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Beauty, Camping, Cycling, Exercise, Exploring, Footbiking, Hiking, Holidays, Interesting Places, NAtional Parks, Nature, Travel, Walking
A Very Outdoor Month
Late March 2022 was the time of a "wife and me" holiday – the first such holiday after the last of our progeny departed the nest. The destination was Mitta Mitta, a place I had stayed at twice before. Mitta Mitta is nestled in the Mitta Mitta valley, where the Snowy Creek and Mitta Mitta river converge and is a very scenic place, surrounded by mountains and forests on three sides, and a broad valley containing farms on the fourth side.
View from our onsite caravan, Mitta Mitta Caravan Park
Mitta Mitta Caravan Park
Early morning mist, Mitta Mitta
Church near caravan park, Mitta Mitta
Parkland next to the river near Mitta Mitta hotel and store
Laurel Hotel, Mitta Mitta
This holiday was specifically for me to try some activities I had not done there during the previous times I stayed at Mitta Mitta.
Kickbike ride along Omeo Highway towards Glen Wills.
Hike to Mt Welcome.
Drive to Mt Benambra, overlooking Dartmouth Dam.
Omeo Highway Kickbike Ride
My plan was to kickbike 40km or maybe more from Mitta Mitta, along the Omeo Highway, to a place close to the summit of the Omeo Highway around the location of Mt Wills. If I managed to complete what I planned I would break two personal records:
Longest kickbike ride to date (record was previously 60km).
Highest elevation climbed.
I had a day pack, a raincoat, cycling jacket, 2 spare tubes (one for each size of rim on the kickbike), some tools, 2.75 litres of water, and a quantity of bite sized Mars bars. I also had a mobile phone, but as I didn't think there would be mobile reception where I was going it was more for taking pictures than making phone calls! Before I left Mitta Mitta, I told Rebecca to wait 6 hours, and if I wasn't back by then to drive out towards Glen Wills to pick me up.
According to Google Maps, the road was a fairly constant ascent, apart from a small 'hump' not far from Mitta Mitta. But after riding the first 20km from Mitta Mitta I realised Google Maps was not that accurate to the detail of the elevation of the ride even if it was to overall elevation tendency. There was a lot more up and down hill in the first 20km than Google Maps showed, which may be because Google Maps averages the gradient.
Along this section of the ride I passed through Granite Flat. It was previously known as Snowy Creek, and between the 1860s and 1890s was a gold mining area, with a population of around 500 people. In 1885, the Mammoth Hydraulic Sluicing Company completed a timber flume and race to carry water from the Snowy Creek to Granite Flat and Yankee Hill. The flume and race was the largest in the Southern Hemisphere, with a span of 230 metres and a height of 35 metres, and a length of 22 kilometres. By 1895 the flume and race was abandoned, and in 1908 it was dismantled for safety reasons as it posed a risk to traffic passing below it. Today in Granite Flat, cattle and orchards are the main industries and without the signage to tell the area's past it would be hard to guess what happened there.
While riding this section, I was passed by some cyclists. Each one of them said a 'hello' as they went passed, and 2 of them slowed to my speed and chatted with me for a while. They asked me where I was planning to go, and I said 40km from Mitta Mitta, at which they encouraged me in my attempt. They were also interested in my kickbike, so we chatted a little about it. Then, as they wanted to increase their speed, they bid me farewell and said they might see me on the way back.
After the first 20km of the ride, the climbing really started, with a fairly steady uphill climb. I knew this section was going to be hard, but as I could then turn around and coast downhill I didn't think too much about the difficulty. But as there were more up and down in the first 20km of the ride than I had anticipated, I couldn't push myself too hard as I would need some energy for the ups and downs on the return journey.
After enduring 15km of ascending up into the maintains, I decided I didn't have too much energy left, and so I turned around to head back to Mitta Mitta. Before I turned around, I did the muscle stretches I usually do at the end of a kickbike ride, then started the 15km descent. Within a few kms, my knees started aching, so I pulled over and stopped. I think they ached because of the sudden lack of movement after the climb, so I did some leg movements to try and ease the pain.
While I was doing that another cyclist with a European accent rolled down and stopped beside me, and we had a chat. He was part of a group of cyclists that had come to Mitta Mitta from Sydney. The two cyclists I mentioned earlier were part of the same group. He asked me about my kickbike too, and was somewhat surprised to learn that I didn't have a 'traditional' bicycle and that I only ride the kickbike. He had parked his car at Lightning Creek camping area specifically so he could ride the steepest uphill section for 20kms or so. Considering he was probably in his late 60s, I was suitably impressed with his effort!
I continued downhill, my knees not being sore anymore, and arrived at Lightning Creek in a fairly short time. As I was riding past I noticed some old machinery on display, and so detoured into the camping area to take a look. As I was looking at the machinery, I noticed a couple of cyclists sitting at a wooden table. One of then waved to me – it was the cyclist with the Eurpoean accent. So I went over and sat with them for a while. One of the other cyclists took a picture of my kickbike. After a few minutes chatting with them, I departed to continue on my journey back to Mitta Mitta.
About 10km further on I came to Granite Flat again, and stopped to have a break. I had been stopping about every 5km for a drink and short rest since leaving Mitta Mitta, but returning back to Granite Flat was sort of 'milestone' in the sense that I knew I only had 10km until I was back at Mitta Mitta. While I was having a break, the 2 cyclists I mentioned earlier that slowed down to have a chat approached, and they stopped and had another chat with me. They said they were impressed with my effort even though I didn't make it to 40km from Mitta Mitta before turning around, and that I would still beat my previous kickbike distance record by 10km. After a bit more of a chat they continued on their way. Not long after that I also left Granite Flat on the last leg of the ride.
I was somewhat surprised by the camraderie between the various cyclists and me, but was very thankful for it as it served as some motivation for me to keep going and helped me feel part of a larger group who were all trying to ride the ascent towards Glen Wills, as well as engendering a feeling of not being alone in the mountains and forests.
In the last 10kms, I spotted a familiar car travelling towards me. It was Rebecca. I then realised that I had been on the ride for more than 6 hours (including breaks and stops). Rebecca asked me if I was going to keep going, and I said I would and that it wouldn't be more than an hour until I was back at Mitta Mitta. As it turned out I was back in Mitta Mitta in about half an hour.
As I crested the last hill before Mitta Mitta I experienced that sense of relief I often feel when I return to civilisation at the end of a long hike or ride. But I still had a little longer to go as the caravan park at Mitta Mitta was about 800 metres on the other side of Mitta Mitta. Before long, I was back at the caravan park, and after some more stretches, I sat down to a meal of tomato and pesto legume pasta – high in protein and very delicious. The ride was completed!
Low fog at Granite Flat
River next to the road near The Walnuts
Kickbike, near Granite Flat
Rocks next to road near The Walnuts
Typical scenery between Granite Flat and Mt Wills
Yours truly climbing towards Mt Wills on Kickbike
Orchard near The Walnuts, south of Granite Flat
Ride details:
Length: 70.5km.
Elevation gain: 1161m.
Moving Time: 5 hours, 19 minutes.
Avg Speed: 13.3km.
Energy Burnt: 3025 calories.
Activity on Strava
River and Deep Gully Walk with Rebecca
As I wanted to have a day less exercise intense than the previous day's kickbike ride, we decided that we could do the River and Deep Gully walks at Mitta Mitta. So we drove the car the km or so to the starting place of those walks. I had previously done these 2 walks, but Rebecca hadn't, so it would be a totally new walk for her.
This was a very pleasant walk, and nice change from the high intensity of of the long kickbike ride.
We passed the Gnome Home and Frog Log, deep in the depths of Deep Gully amongst the ferns and other dwellers of the lower forest canopy. Occasionally we would hear a noise in the bush near the path, and Rebecca was somewhat concerned about that. But I assured her we were quite safe. The plan was that we would do a loop, but as we became somewhat disorientated we ended up going back more or less the way we came. This had the effect of lengthening the walk by about 2kms. By the time we got back to the car, Rebecca had completed her longest walk in the last few years – 6km.
For me the real achievement for this walk was that I completed the Cloncurry – Mt Isa section of the Rundownunder virtual run / walk around Australia. More will be said about that in a later post.
Mt Welcome Hike
The maps and information for the hike indicated the following:
TIME: 5.5hrs
DISTANCE: 8km
GRADE: Hard. Steep inclines. No drinking water available. Good level of fitness required.
TRAIL NOTES: Hike follows mountain ridge offering spectacular views of the valley below when you reach the summit. To make a circuit walk, follow Mt Disappointment track back down to Omeo Highway 3.5km south of the town and return along the road.
Sign post pointing to Mt Welcome hike
This hike was somewhat of an unknown, but was something I had wanted to try for quite a while. The Mt Welcome hike follows the ridgeline of a mountain that looms above Mitta Mitta like a huge pyramid with trees (which I think is Mt Welcome, but am not sure), and the hike itself follows a track that in places is not very well defined. The instructions in the information about the hike said the hike followed the mountain ridge, so I kept that in mind when the track was a bit vague and hard to follow.
The distance of the hike seemed somewhat ambiguous in the information available on line and on information signage in Mitta Mitta township. It indicated the hike was 8km and that the time to complete the hike was about 5 1/2 hours, with time estimated based on an average hiking speed of between 1 and 3kph, but there was no mention of whether that was a return distance, or just one way. Some of the other walks indicated the distance was a return distance but the information for this hike didn't. So just to be safe I packed a quantity of bite sized Mars bars, 3.5 litres of water, a raincoat, and jacket, assuming the 8km in the information was one way, making the whole hike 16km. As it turned out, the 8km distance was return from the point where the trail crossed the Upper Pioneer Trail, which is about a km or so from the Mitta Mitta township.
Mt Welcome Track – not very well defined
Mt Welcome Track – there is a track in there somewhere
Yours truly on Mt Welcome Track
After the track crossed the Upper Pioneer Trail, the track got very steep. On the steep sections I was averaging about 2.5kph – at the upper end of the estimate in the information. When the trail was more level I was able to increase my speed considerably to the point where I averaged over 4kph speed for the whole hike.
There wasn't a lot of wildlife seen on most of the hike, but there was evidence of wildlife. There were scratchings in the ground, maybe from echidnas or rabbits. There were also a lot of spiders webs across the track at higher elevations, which I mostly didn't see in time but certainly felt them on my legs as I walked through them. I heard a number of lyrebirds doing their calls from varying distances from the track, but I couldn't get close enough to them to actually see them. As I walked a long on some sections of the track butterflies would ascend in front of me and flitter away, some of them landing nearby. But when they did land nearby they were very hard to see due to the coloration of their wings when they were folded.
Mt Welcome Track – catepillar
Mt Welcome Track – Butterfly, well camouflaged
There were also quite a few places along the track where there was a view into the valleys or up to the mountain ranges.
View from Mt Welcome Track
View from start of Mt Welcome Track
View from near start of Mt Welcome Track
About an hour and 45 minutes after I had left the caravan park I reached the Mt Disappointment Track, which signalled that at that point I was either on Mt Welcome or had already passed over it. I walked along Mt Disappointment Track for a short way until it started going downhill which seemed to me to indicate I was actually on Mt Welcome, although I'm not exactly sure that I was as there was no signage to indicate it.
Flora on Mt Welcome Track
After that I turned around and started the return hike back to Mitta Mitta. I made good time on some sections of the return journey, but the steeper sections were somewhat hazardous due to slippery surfaces. But I managed to negotiate those sections ok, only slipping once. I think my new shoes I use for walking probably helped stop me from slipping more as they have good grip on their soles.
As I was walking into the caravan park, who should I see walking towards me but my Beloved. She had decided that she wanted to walk to the general store to buy some lunch. She was a bit surprised to see me, as she assumed that the walk was going to be 16km and so wasn't expecting me back for a few hours so I explained that the 8km indicated in the information was a return distance from the Upper Pioneer Trail.
Stats for hike:
Distance: 12.45km.
Elevation Gain: 754m.
Moving Time: 2 hours 56 mins.
Avg Speed: 4.2kph.
161% of daily activity goal reached as a result of the hike.
Drive to Mt Benambra
Sometimes as humans we decide to do something that is a bit more than we can accomplish. The drive to Mt Benambra was one of those things for us. It seemed like a good idea at the time; a leisurely drive on a country road, with the reward that the views would be great from the top. What we didn't know is that the road to get to Mt Benambra was more like a 4×4 track, steep and rocky in places, which our little low-to-the-ground sedan really wasn't designed for. Add to that the fact that because I was not driving due to using a temporary pair of glasses while awaiting new glasses, Rebecca had been doing all the driving while we were on holidays which meant she would have to drive along the Mt Benambra road.
View from Mt Benambra Road
The road turned off the Dartmouth Dam road between the town of Dartmouth and the dam, and started off ok. A gravel road. But before long it got steep. And rocky. And rough. After about 5km of driving, and after checking to see how much further it was to Mt Benambra (about 12km more according to Google Maps), Rebecca had had enough and we decided to turn around. I asked Rebecca whether she wanted me to drive, and she said as long as I could see the road ok. I assured her that at low speed I could drive ok with the temporary glasses. So we found a place to turn the car around, and slowly and gingerly made our way back down the road we had driven up.
Lightning Creek and Snowy Creek Campgrounds and areas
On my 70km kickbike ride towards Mt Wills, I stopped briefly at Lightning Creek, and became aware of the Snowy Creek / Granite Flat area. So we decided to explore those two places a little more.
We left Mitta Mitta fairly early in the car that day, and stopped at Granite Flat cemetery. Perched on the side of a hill, the Granite Flat cemetery has very few well defined grave sites although it is possible there are various graves not marked. As we walked around the cemetery looking at the plots that were discernable, the thing that struck me was that the graves were not aligned the same way. Some seemed to be facing east, but there were others at weird angles. Most cemeteries, especially older ones, tend to have the graves all facing east. There have been very few cemeteries I've visited where graves were obviously at odd angles, Granite Flat and the cemetery at Hay, NSW (which had one grave at an odd angle and the rest facing east) being about the only two I've come across in my various travels.
Granite Flat Cemetery
Church at Granite Flat. Cemetery is inside the fence in the background.
We then went to Snowy Creek Campground, which is a few kms off the Omeo Highway. It is not a very large campground, but is nestled in the valley on both sides of the creek after which it is named. The obvious feature there was the large boulders in the creek.
Snowy Creek Camping Area
After a bit of an explore of the Snowy Creek Campground area, and being attacked by a myriad of mosquitos, we continued on to Lightning Creek. At Lightning Creek, there is a large camping and day visitor area, as well as some old machinery. We went for a bit of a walk along the Dunstans Log Road, which according to Google Maps connects up to the Omeo Highway further up in the mountains, but the Lightning Creek crosses it about a km from the camping area and there is no bridge, so rather than get our feet wet we turned around and headed back towards the camping area.
A rather high stump, Lightning Creek Day Visitor Area
Dunstans Log Road
Lightning Creek crossing over Dunstans Log Road
Rootsey Spur Track
View from Rootsey Spur Track
Artistry of nature
Lightning Creek Camping Area
Rotunda at Lightning Creek Day Visitor Area
At the edge of the camping area, there is a track called Rootsey Spur Track which heads up the mountain and is quite steep in places. We started walking up that track, but after a while Rebecca was getting pretty pooped, so we turned around and walked back to where we had parked our car. After soaking up the valley atmosphere while Rebecca had some lunch, we decided to head back to Mitta Mitta.
Old machinery near start of Rootsey Spur Track, Lightning Creek Camping Area
Old logging machinery, Lightning Creek Camping Area
Mt Wills Hike
On the way home, after spending nearly a week at Mitta Mitta, I wanted to climb Mt Wills which is about 45km south of Mitta Mitta. Mt Wills is 1,755 m or 5,758 ft high, and is crossed by the Australian Alpine Walking Track. Victoria's highest mountain, Mt Bogong, is 1986m in elevation so Mt Wills is a little over 200 metres lower in elevation and so is one of Victoria's highest mountains.
Tallangatta District Ski Club Hut
Mt Wills Track – yes, it was as steep as it looks!
View from Tallangatta District Ski Club Hut, near Mt Wills
We started the hike at the car park near the Tallangatta District Ski Club Hut. As with any hike to the top of a mountain, it involved a lot of climbing – more than 300 metres for this one, even though it was only about 3km to the summit. That's an average grade of 1:10. Scenery was mostly snow gums, and alpine meadows at higher altitudes with more large rocks the closer we got to the summit. There were some great views across to other high mountains in the Great Dividing Range and the view from the top was spectacular.
View from Mt Wills Track
Rebecca developed sore buttock muscles during the hike. Her response: 'how dare you take me on a hike that makes it sore for me to sit down afterwards". We explored the summit area once we got to there, including the hut and 'hilton-esque' (not) toilet. After a bit of a break at the summit we walked back to the car, 3km of predominantly downhill.
Mt Wills Hut, Mt Wills Summit
Mt Wills Hut interior
Mt Wills Hut Toilet
Seats, Mt Wills Hut
Rock formation, Mt Wills Summit
Rebecca at Mt Wills Summit
Mt Wills Summit
View from Mt Wills Summit
On way down, I paused my Polar smart watch at one point to wait for Bec, but then forgot to unpause so for the walk back down I had to use Bec's Strava data.
Flower, Mt Wills Track
Length: 6.18km.
Time taken: 1 hour 38 minutes.
Elevation gain: 304 metres.
Activity on Strava (Ascent) | Activity on Strava (Descent)
After finishing the hike, we drove on to Harrietville, near the head of the Ovens valley, with a plan to stay there overnight.
Harrietville – Eurobin Kickbike Ride
After a reasonable sleep, and a comfy motel, the plan today was to kickbike from Harrietville to Eurobin. The reason for doing this was mainly to complete the Wangaratta – Bright and Everton – Beechworth sections of the Murray to Mountains Rail Trail. I had completed the other sections over the last year, and this ride would allow me to complete the rail trail. There is a section of rail trail between Beechworth and Yackandandah, but as far as I know at time of writing this blog post it isn't yet complete. That will be a ride for another day.
Log cart, Harrietville
Sculpture of men mining, Harrietville
Old water wheel, Harrietville
For this ride, the plan was that Rebecca would drive to Eurobin, where I would end the ride and then we would drive home. I left Harrietville early, so I would beat the hotter part of the day. The Harrietville – Bright Shared Trail which I rode on until the town of Bright more or less follows the Ovens River downstream. This meant I made good time on that 20+km section. Having the sound of the river not far away was rather soothing, and made the ride more enjoyable, and being away from the Ovens Valley Highway means very little traffic noise. Just me, the Kickbike and river. Or so it seemed.
Bright – Harrietville Shared Trail
Looking back towards the mountains above Harrietville
Kickbike at Bright Goods Shed
Railway bridge over the Ovens River, which now carries the railtrail, between Bright and Porepunkah
Mt Buffalo from railtrail near Eurobin
After Bright, the ride was on the Murray to Mountains Rail Trail. I have ridden this trail before on bikes other than a Kickbike, so the trail was fairly familiar to me. But even still, there is always something different to see, or scenery that has changed a little since I last rode it a number of years ago.
Stats for ride:
Time taken: 2 hours 23 minutes.
Avg speed: 17.8kph.
Stringybark Creek Camp & Area
A few weekends after our stay at Mitta Mitta there was a regional church camp at a place called Stringybark Creek, about 20km south of the town of Tatong, Victoria. Stringybark Creek is about 1.5 hours from where we live. We left home fairly early in the afternoon, which allowed plenty of time to get to the camp site and set up the tent before it got dark.
Rebecca and tent at Stringybark Creek Camp Ground
There is something about a forest of tall eucalyptus trees that soothes the soul. Maybe it's the seeming permanence and strength of the trees (although they aren't really that permanent), or the abundance of greenery in the various layers underneath the forest canopy, or maybe just the serenity of being away from hustle bustle of everyday life.
While there I did some walking along the road towards Tolmie, and around the Stringybark Creek Historical Area.
A bumpy tree, Springybark Creek area
Colorful rock, Springybark Creek area
A colony of fungi, Springybark Creek area
The Stringybark Creek Historical Area has a few places of interest: 1) historic sites near the campground; 2) a walk around the area where the Kelly bushranging gang killed a number of police back in the 1870s; 3) a single grave in the forest. I decided to walk to the different places, because 'why not'. The historic sites near Stringybark Creek camp area includes the sites of some sawmills, a gold mining area, and an old homestead site.
Approximate site of Beasly Homestead, Stringybark Creek area
The Kelly bushranging gang was infamous for the crimes it's members commited. Anybody who knows Victoria's history reasonably well will know at least some of the exploits of the Kelly gang, such as the attempt to derail a train of police near Glenrowan, and the hold up at the Glenrowan Hotel. Because of it's exploits, the Kelly gang is sometimes idolised, sometimes loathed. Ned Kelly, the leader of the gang, apparently knew how to appeal to people's sense of right and wrong and get them on his side, at least in principle. When the gang held up the town of Jerilderie in NSW in 1879, he wrote a long letter explaining his actions which some have considered to be an early call for an Australian republic ( transcription of letter ) free of 'English laws'.
Some time before the Jerilderie holdup, on 26th October 1878, the Kelly gang killed 3 policemen who were hunting for them due to an outstanding warrant for their arrest in regards to the previous attempted murder of a policeman. At the time the Kelly gang had been living in the area around Stringybark Creek, having set up camp there after moving away from their homes down in the valley. The Stringybark Creek Historical Area include signs with information on the murder of the police, as well as the other historical features in the area.
To commemorate the deaths of the three policemen killed by the gang, a large memorial was erected in the main street of the town of Mansfield, some distance away. There is also a "Kelly tree" with a plaque embedded it in the Stringybark Creek Historical Area, apparently not the original "Kelly tree" but in the vicinity of it.
The current Kelly Tree, Springybark Creek area
Plaque in the Kelly Tree, Springybark Creek area
Not far away from the location of the Kelly gang's murder of the police at Stringybark Creek there is a historic grave. The grave is of Emma Sophia Heller, who died in 1889 at the age of 42. After a very varied life which started in England, she had married Frederick Heller, who was originally from Germany. After living in Wangaratta for a time, they moved to the Toombullups, the region which includes Stringybark Creek, and lived in a settlement called Round Camp. They existed by milking cows, gold prospecting, growing an orchard (after they cleared the land) and crops of oats and maize.
Emma Heller Grave, Stringybark Creek area
Emma Heller had a heart condition, and during a particularly severe winter in 1889 she passed away. Due to the conditions which included heavy snowfall, the family was given permission to bury her near their homestead. Today, the homestead, orchards, and crops are gone, the gold mining area and homesteads are no more, replaced with forest. But the grave is still there, a lonely reminder of the pioneers who once lived in the area.
After about a month of various outdoorsey activities, including some activities I had never done before, and places I had never been before, it was time for a return to that place we call 'home'.
This blog post is dedicated to my dad, Donald Stanford, who passed away around 3am on 26th March 2022 at the age of 86. It is mostly due to his influence in my formative years that I gained a love of the outdoors, and particularly the mountains and forests of the Australia's Great Dividing Range. I spent many hours walking, hiking and camping with dad, and although there were accomplished cyclists on mum's side of the family, it was dad that first introduced me to the concept of long bike rides, the first 50km bike ride I ever did being at the age of about 11 years old being with him and the Warburton Pathfinders Club. For a more comprehensive life sketch, see Dad's life sketch blog post.
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By jimslogolife 2 Comments
In Memoriam - Donald Richard Stanford
Hi James, I've had a lovely trip around your Blog from my CP. The ride with Warburton Pathfinders – was that the one Mal and I came on too? Mal rode a little red bike if I remember correctly. I can't remember if Wendy came too.
jimslogolife
Hi Mum.
The ride was between Pakenham and a bit south of Longwarry, and then back to Pakenham. I think I remember Mal riding part of it but don't remember his bike, but don't remember Wendy riding it at all.
I remember that where we stopped for lunch was a shop, which seemed to be in the middle of nowhere, and I think members from Longwarry church helped in providing lunch.
Love, James


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The company is marking its 50th anniversary in 2016. Customers are sharing in the celebration through free giveaways, visits from popular food mascots like the Kool-Aid Man and Mr. Peanut and other events. All 26 stores are outfitted with 50th Anniversary in store danglers, outdoor banners and a variety of point-of-sale marketing signage, as well as a "Just a Kid from Chippewa" campaign running on gordys.com/about in conjunction with its YouTube channel, Gordy's Market. Throughout 2016 Gordy's intends to continue to keep its 50th Anniversary front of mind for their customers with a continuous push throughout its media outlets, including digital, print, radio and TV.
There are plenty of reasons to be excited about the company's next 50 years following a period of strong growth. When Selvig joined the company in 2010, Gordy's Market operated only six stores. That number has more than quadrupled as the company opened its 26th store in mid-May.
That expansion has occurred during a time of heightened competition between large grocers and big-box stores. Many independent or smaller chains have been the casualties of that battle, creating a void in the industry that Gordy's Market can fill. "A lot of what we've been doing is going into smaller communities where customers are having to drive upwards of 30 miles to get to the nearest grocery store. We want to provide them with their own local grocery store to serve our customers closer to home," Selvig says.
In other cases, Gordy's Market bought out an owner who was ready to retire or wanted to leave the industry. By stepping in, Gordy's Market expanded its presence throughout western Wisconsin while enabling towns to keep their local grocery store.
Hometown Market
When Gordy's Market opens a new store it caters to the needs of that community instead of using a set template. Locations range in size from 15,000 square feet to as large as 65,000 square feet. One of the newest supermarkets, located in Stanley, Wis., is one of the company's first Gordy's Market built from the ground up and is 27,000 square feet in size. Whether the company continues to build more ground-up stores or repurposes existing buildings will depend on the market and if the building can accommodate Gordy's Market's layout, Selvig explains.
The company has found success with its customers by cultivating the idea that Gordy's Market is part of their community. "We want to be known as folks' local grocery store," Selvig says. Associates know customers by name, root for the same high school sports teams and provide a familiar face at the cash register and in the aisles.
Gordy's Market also sponsors local events such as the Tomah, Wis., fireworks display, and the Gordy's Gives Back program donates to local organizations. "We do our best as far as giving back to the communities we serve and making sure we're supporting as many of the local organizations and events as we can," Selvig says.
Gordy's Market finds what is important in each community and tries to become involved. Selvig has visited places like Highground Veterans Memorial Park in Neillsville, Wis., to meet residents and show that Gordy's Market is invested in their town. "I feel it's very important to get out and shake hands and kiss babies," he says.
Staying Competitive
It's not enough for Gordy's Market to be its customers' hometown grocer to stay ahead of the grocery industry. The company must also match that local feel with superior products and services. Gordy's Market is constantly working to introduce higher-quality foods into its stores.
Many of its supermarkets now offer smokehouse meats, including sausages and 15 varieties of homemade brats. "Brats are a big deal up in Wisconsin," Selvig jokes. "If you don't have a brat and a beer in your hand there's something wrong."
In addition to its fresh, homemade smokehouse meats, Gordy's Market makes custom cakes, take-and-bake pizzas, fresh salads and grab-and-go items from the deli, as well as partnering with a local group to make the sushi it offers. Selvig says all of its items are competitively priced, creating value for customers.
One area where Gordy's Market has improved in the past year is in bridging its in-store experience with its digital presence with a revamped website. The sites refreshed and streamlined design, combined with enriched content and optimization for mobile devices, not only allows visitors to better interact with Gordy's Market online, but at store level, as well. "Our mission as an independent grocer is to provide a user experience rivaling that of larger retailers," said Maggie Cook, marketing director. "We are constantly researching and developing new methods for connecting with millennials, as well as ways to continue improving the shopping experience all customers have been accustomed to at Gordy's."
Those offerings and high-quality products are helping Gordy's Market differentiate itself among fierce competition. Supersized grocery stores, big-box shops and discount stores continue to encroach on western Wisconsin – and the rest of the country – but Gordy's Market is not wrapping itself up in what those rivals are doing.
Instead, Selvig says the company is focused on providing the best grocery shopping experience to its customers and serving as a leading example of innovation. "We are going to do what we do well while continuing to research and develop methods to better serve our customers in an ever-evolving market to continue to bring customers into our stores and get excited about grocery shopping," he says.


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I can't seem to resist a bit of tinkering in the garden!
Although the flowerbeds are all officially "done," I have managed to sneak in a few more plants here and there. It's a sickness, really. Must have more flowers!
In the past I had just let the weeds take over in this little spot, after the tulips and daffodils died off.
However, now that the sod is there looking so fine and neat, I couldn't do that.
Hence the geraniums and verbena.
As I dug down to plant them, I pulled up several bulbs, which I decided to replant elsewhere.
This is probably a better spot for annuals anyway.
There were a few bare spots back here, where some of what we planted last fall didn't make it through the winter.
This bed is so symmetrical--had to keep that going.
So I put in a similar group of 3 on each side of the hydrangea.
I'm already really liking this coneflower.
It is very bright in this picture, but it has different colors all on one plant, ranging form the deep red you see here, to various shades of orange.
My daughter chose the color scheme for this bed and she likes it bright!
The achillea hasn't bloomed yet, but it looks pretty close.
I hope they all grow big with deep roots this summer, so that I'll see them again next year!
A little splash of color up here.
But now that I've planted it, I'm thinking it would look even better with 3 or 4 more of the same thing evenly spaced between the shrubs. Don't you think?
Okay, okay. I'll go back to the garden center!
Sheesh! Force me into it!


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Q: Laplace transform of Liouville Weyl Derivative: I am trying to calculate Laplace transform of fractional derivative with $a=-\infty$ defined as:
$$ D_{-\infty,t}^\alpha V(t)= \frac{1}{\Gamma(1-\alpha)} \int_{-\infty}^{t} \frac{V'(\tau)}{(t-\tau)^\alpha} d\tau$$
where $\alpha \in (0,1)$.
I know Laplace transform of $D_{0,t}^{\alpha} V(t)$. So, trying to find out Laplace transform of $\frac{1}{\Gamma(1-\alpha)} \int_{-\infty}^{0} \frac{V'(\tau)}{(t-\tau)^\alpha} d\tau$.
Can I use convolution method? I see in convolution, we take limit from $0$ to $t$.
Any help would be appreciated.

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Today I talk with Don Komarechka about what he learned from his recent experience as he self-published his incredible new book, Sky Crystals – Unraveling the Mysteries of Snowflakes. Don is a photographer based in Barrie, Ontario, Canada and a fellow This Week in Photo Podcast co-host, and now also a fellow X-Rite Coloratti member.
Here's the photo that Don mentioned, of him checking the pages of his book literally as they came off the press.
And here are a few more of Don's beautiful snowflake images too.


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import alluxio.AlluxioURI;
import alluxio.client.file.FileSystem;
import alluxio.exception.AlluxioException;
import alluxio.exception.ExceptionMessage;
import alluxio.exception.status.InvalidArgumentException;

import org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine;

import java.io.IOException;

import javax.annotation.concurrent.ThreadSafe;

/**
 * Unpins the given file or folder (recursively unpinning all children if a folder). Pinned files
 * are never evicted from memory, so this method will allow such files to be evicted.
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@ThreadSafe
public final class UnpinCommand extends WithWildCardPathCommand {

  /**
   * @param fs the filesystem of Alluxio
   */
  public UnpinCommand(FileSystem fs) {
    super(fs);
  }

  @Override
  public String getCommandName() {
    return "unpin";
  }

  @Override
  protected void runCommand(AlluxioURI path, CommandLine cl) throws AlluxioException, IOException {
    FileSystemCommandUtils.setPinned(mFileSystem, path, false);
    System.out.println("File '" + path + "' was successfully unpinned.");
  }

  @Override
  public String getUsage() {
    return "unpin <path>";
  }

  @Override
  public String getDescription() {
    return "Unpins the given file or folder from memory (works recursively for a directory).";
  }

  @Override
  public void validateArgs(String... args) throws InvalidArgumentException {
    if (args.length < 1) {
      throw new InvalidArgumentException(ExceptionMessage.INVALID_ARGS_NUM_INSUFFICIENT
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}


One Quora user says people who are nice to animals are naturally friendly and open.
In July, we published a list of seemingly trivial behaviors that people use to make judgments about your personality.
The list got a fair amount of traction, so we decided to research even more ways people draw inferences about your personality.
The following eight items are drawn from the original Quora thread, "What are the really small things that tell a lot about a person's psychology and personality?," as well as other research.
Read on to learn what captures people's attention when you first meet them.
A recent British study found that it takes just 26 seconds for visitors to make judgments about you based on the state of your home.
Next is how cluttered the space is — people notice shoes and coats scattered about and piles of unopened mail.
Research suggests that people will assume a lot about you based on your selfies.
Usually, those assumptions are inaccurate — for example, being alone in a photo does not mean you're neurotic — but people are probably right to think that positive emotion in a selfie predicts openness to experience.
Quora user Humaira Siddiqui says she judges people based on the type of music they listen to, citing a 2003 study on the topic.
The study found that people who listen to "reflective and complex" music tend to be open to new experiences and politically liberal. Those who listen to "upbeat and conventional" jams are generally extroverted and athletic.
Shivani Jha has a theory on what your color of choice reveals about your personality. For example, if your favorite color is red, she assumes you desire physical fulfillment; if your favorite color is yellow, she thinks you need logical order and value individuality.
Industrial psychologist Bernardo Tirado, PMP, breaks it down slightly differently. Writing in Psychology Today, Tirado says red-lovers are tenacious and determined, while yellow-lovers enjoy learning and find happiness easily.
Meanwhile, one study found that people who prefer dogs are generally more energetic and outgoing, while those who prefer cats tend to be more introverted and sensitive.
People who are less confident of themselves tend to lean forward more in their posture when standing or walking. They put more body weight on the balls of their feet, like getting ready to move fast.
People who are self-confident tend to lean back more. They have a larger proportion of their body weight on their heels than at the front of their feet.
Over time, their standing posture is reflected in the state of their shoes. A person who is perpetually walking on the balls of his feet would have the soles of his shoes more worn out at the front, while a more self-assured person may have the heels area worn out more.
According to Lorri Robinson, a person's attitude toward animals reveals a lot about them.
"If someone has never met a stray they didn't speak to or pet (if the animal approached them in a friendly manner), that person is going to be naturally friendly and open," she writes.
Even if someone doesn't say anything about himself in conversation, you can still learn about his personality.


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Don't overlook the department that's on the frontlines in terms of advancing good jobs and an ethical culture.
Profit with purpose is the new face of business.
We need to foster people using business for a higher purpose. The good thing is, people don't need to start or own a business to participate.
Coca-Cola's EKOCenters are allowing Vietnamese communities to thrive by connecting economic, environmental and social dots.
Why 'purpose' is the secret ingredient any CEO needs to lead fiercely.
It's one of the fastest-growing divisions of CBS. President and Founder Paul Polizzotto describes the unique business model and the role of purpose.


We try to follow the examples of worship in the New Testament – we don't add anything or take anything away. We have men of the congregation who lead us in acapella singing, prayer, partaking of the Lord's supper each first day of the week and preaching. Sunday mornings, Wednesday mornings, and Wednesday evenings we have Bible classes for all ages taught by various members of our church.
There are no superheroes that make up our congregation. We all have our faults but we all have our strengths.
We are Christians – nothing more and nothing less.


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Acclaimed B.C. actor Brent Carver passes away
Carver, one of Canada's greatest actors with a career spanning 40 years, passed away at home in Cranbrook
Aug. 6, 2020 1:20 p.m.
Cranbrook's Brent Carver, one of Canada's greatest stage actors, has passed away.
Carver's family shared the news on Thursday, August 6, that he had passed away at home.
"Our family is sharing news of Brent Carver's passing at home in Cranbrook, B.C., his birthplace and favourite place on Earth," the family wrote in a release.
"An impressive record, dating back to 1972, of awards, solo shows, collaborations with musicians, Broadway and West End shows and memorable performances at theatres across Canada and the United States culminated in a Governor General's Performing Arts Award For Lifetime Artistic Achievement in 2014 — a proud moment for our entire family.
"His love of performing was matched only by his zest for life and lifetime devotion to family, friends and treasured pets.
A Mount Baker Secondary School graduate, Carver was recognized as one of Canada's most versatile actors.
"Brent Carver is known for the sensitivity, emotional honesty and charisma he brings to every role, from Shakespeare classics to new Canadian works, and from intimate cabaret performances to blockbuster musicals," the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards website described him, when his lifetime achievement award was announced. "In a career spanning over 40 years he has dazzled audiences and critics across Canada, the United States and the UK."
Toronto was been Carver's home for many years, but his roots in Cranbrook were deep. He told the Townsman in 2014 how he appreciated the vibrancy of the local theatrical communities, students and adults. "It's a vibrant (acting) community, with lots of passion."
… More to come
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Q: where does mvn tomcat:run come in this project I'm in the process of learning maven and stumbled on this project. The README says to run mvn tomcat:run to execute the proejct. I tried this and it works. However, I don't understand where is that command coming from? the pom.xml doesn't have any tomcat plugins.

A: Maven has a bit of magic built in when it comes to invoking plugins from the command line. It basically guesses at which plugin it should use based on the short name you specify--"tomcat" in this case. See the "Introduction to Plugin Prefix Resolution" for the details of how it happens.

A: the old version of thus plugin was hosted here: http://mojo.codehaus.org/tomcat-maven-plugin/ and moved to http://tomcat.apache.org/maven-plugin.html


In addition to being the star of her own WE TV reality series "L.A. Hair," Kim Kimble was the principle hairstylist on Whitney Houston's final film "Sparkle." So how did Kim Kimble land such a high profile gig? By styling A-list clients like Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Kelly Rowland, and Shakira, and producing the Kimble Hair Care Systems line of hair care products.
Check out Kim Kimble's reality show Kim Kimble Thursdays at 9 pm EST/8 pm CST on WE TV. And listen to what Kim Kimble said about her time working with Whitney Houston by visiting RNBPhilly.com.


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Sarah Carlin Ames Featured on OPB's 'Think Out Loud' to Discuss City Club Research Report on Portland's Commission Form of Government
Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB)
As a member of the City Club of Portland's volunteer research team, Sarah Carlin Ames contributed over the last 18 months to a report that examines whether Portland's unique commission-based government promotes equitable representation and equitable policy outcomes for the city's residents. This week, the City Club released the findings of its research, which concluded that the existing form of government is, in fact, not equitable. The report also contained the City Club's recommendations for achieving a better system, which include appointing a City Manager to handle day-to-day city operations and increasing the number of city councilmembers.
On this episode of OPB's "Think Out Loud," Sarah Carlin Ames and City Club Executive Director Julia Meier review the City Club's report findings and why they believe the proposed changes will help eliminate some of the government's structural barriers that have historically prevented equitable and efficient representation of Portland residents.
Download a copy of the report on the City Club website.
About City Club of Portland research: The City Club research program enlists members in rigorous research and analysis to produce reports on the complex issues facing the city, region and state. Research committee members interact with key stakeholders and decision-makers, gain a deeper understanding of regional affairs and influence public policy. City Club reports serve as a resource for community leaders and citizens developing or evaluating policy initiatives.
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Sarah Carlin Ames Appeared on KGW 'Straight Talk' to Discuss the City Club's Recommendations to Make Portland's City Government More Equitable


Security camera footage of a man robbing an Elmhurst Bank of America on Nov. 12.
ELMHURST – A man suspected of robbing an Elmhurst Bank of America on Nov. 12 has been taken into custody, according to the FBI.
The robbery occurred about 12:11 p.m. at the Bank of America at 205 N. Addison St. in Elmhurst, according to the FBI.
The alleged suspect, a black man about 6-feet tall and thought to be in his 20s, who at the time was wearing a black face mask, jacket and black gloves, did not show a weapon during the robbery, the FBI said.


Heat related casualties and deaths have been increasing at an alarming rate all cross the country. To tackle this problem certain agencies have adopted 'heat action plans'.
The municipal corporation of Ahmedabad developed a Heat Action Plan in 2013 with help from the Indian Institute of Public Health, Gandhinagar (IIPHG), NRDC, IMD and other partners.
The plan has a heat prediction and alert system using various media, community outreach and health education modules about how to protect from the ill-effects of heat.
Preparation of hospitals and health staff to deal with heat emergency cases; reducing heat exposure, and simple adaptation measures like cooling centres and water distribution.
Finally, each year the plan is evaluated for its impact based on data from the health department regarding mortality and morbidity.
This plan has shown substantial impact in reducing mortality during peak heat waves when the temperature goes above 44 degree C.
After the implementation of the heat action plan (2013-2017), on peak heat days, the all-causes daily mortality has declined by 30% to 40% as compared to the years before the heat action plan (2009 to 2012).
Customised heat action plans need to be adopted by all the localities across the country depending on the severity and occurence of extreme heat events to prevent loss of life.
The National Disaster Management Authority needs to step in and take appropriate steps to identify the vulnerable areas and take necessary steps to minimise casualities.


"Literature is the ditch I'm going to die in. It's still the thing I care most about."
--Thomas McGuane in a New York Times interview at his 2,000-acre ranch in McLeod, Mont. McGuane's latest novel, Driving on the Rim, was released this week by Knopf.
Thomas McGuane is one of my favorite authors. I'm pretty sure I've read all his books. Love this quote of his, I could have said it.


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Cultivating Curiosity at Any Age
Lifelong learning programs let you take classes you wish you had in college
By Debbie Musser
Many years after he first started college, Todd Makler is back in school and happy to be there. Makler, 72, is currently a student in the Stanford Continuing Studies Program and takes courses every quarter at the Palo Alto university. A retired physician who relocated to California from Philadelphia in 2010, Makler was looking for a rigorous academic program.
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"Moving here and not knowing people, taking continuing courses was an obvious thing for me," said Makler. "I've taken a number of courses on literature, and last fall I took a course on Greek philosophy, 'Ancient Wisdom: Classical Greek Thinking from Homer to Socrates,' as well as 'Great Republics: Lessons from History,' a course on the experience of various republics over the last 2,000 years and what has caused problems in the forms of governance."
Makler has taken all his Stanford Continuing Studies courses alongside his 97-year-old father, as well as a few with his wife. "We're interested in the material, and this gives us something to talk about other than politics and the stock market," Makler said.
A Stimulating Curriculum
Through the Continuing Studies Program, Stanford University's rich educational resources are able to be shared with adult students.
"Since its inception in 1988, more than 1,000 Stanford faculty and academic staff have taught in the program, joined by carefully-recruited artists, journalists, business people and academics from neighboring institutions," said Dan Colman, director and associate dean. "This unique program helps to nurture a vibrant living community and promote the pleasures of intellectual exploration."
The Stanford Continuing Studies Program offers approximately 600 courses per year, attracting 18,000 students annually. "Our students range in age from the 20s to the 90s with the average in the mid-40s, and courses meet on Stanford's campus in the evenings or on a Saturday," Colman says. "We now offer a growing number of online courses; about 25 percent of our curriculum is offered online, providing lifelong learners access to our courses, even if they don't live in the San Francisco Bay area."
The goal is to provide a complete array of courses for students as they move through life. "If you want to learn a new language or learn to paint; if you want to immerse yourself in history, literature or philosophy; or if you want to learn what's happening in the new worlds of artificial intelligence and data science, we offer courses that you can take at a fairly affordable price," Colman said.
Challenging the Mind
The Wesleyan Institute for Lifelong Learning (WILL) at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn. is a non-credit based, short-term academic program that meets on campus. "We serve approximately 300 students per year — a nice mixture of young professionals as well as retired folks who want to roll up their sleeves in a Shakespeare class or get their brain moving in a theater class," said Richard Friswell, who directs the program.
An example of a WILL class is 'Civil Rights, Civil Wrongs, Minorities and the American Dream 1935-1968,' drawing a number of community experts on socially active programs to serve on a panel. 'A Tour of the Universe and How We Got Here' takes place in the campus observatory. "For that class, students spend the day in several lectures on astrophysics and when it gets dark, they head into the observatory and look into the heavens," Friswell said.
Sue Weston, 58, of West Hartford, Conn., works in talent development and has taken five classes through WILL. "My favorite was 'Meet Me at Les Deux Magots: The Lost Generation in 1920s Paris,'" she said. "I love Paris as a city and for its art and history, and I knew the class would continue to build on what I already knew and loved about the city."
Weston appreciates the opportunity to always keep learning. "WILL classes are one of the outlets that keep me balanced and challenge my mind in a different way than work does," she said. "The participants are diverse and bring their own knowledge and points of view to the class which adds another element that I also enjoy. And often after taking a class, I find that I have a list of books to read or topics to look into further, so for me, the learning continues even after the class is over."
The Benefits of Being an Older Student
WILL instructor Herb Arnold has been a professor at Wesleyan since 1962, retiring in 2006. "I was teaching in a program called the College of Letters which was one of the earliest interdisciplinary programs for undergraduates in the United States, combining history, literature and philosophy," Arnold said.
For the past 10 years, Arnold has taught a WILL course each spring. "I'll take one major work by a major author and give the context for it, an introduction to that period," he said. "If I do Machiavelli, then we'll study the political and historical background over five or six weeks. One basic text to read plus suggested reads. Just discussion, no papers."
After a career of teaching undergrads, Arnold appreciates having "grownups" to talk to in class.
"Dissecting Dante's Divine Comedy — 'in the middle of my life I find myself in a dark wood' — undergrads, they have no clue what this means," Arnold said. "People who are in their 50s or 60s or retired, they know what the middle of life is: it's behind them."
Besides the obvious benefits of remaining intellectually alive, lifelong learning courses have the power of enhancing lives in a unique way. "A student will tell me, 'Look, I became a lawyer; I knew there were all these wonderful things out there to learn, but I never had the time to do it," Arnold said.
He also notes that taking a course is different than just catching up on reading. "It's the whole process, how to approach such material and the introduction to a period or a genre," Arnold said. "And they can find out why people were always talking about this guy Dante."
Debbie Musser is a freelance writer and editor who enjoys digging in and researching health topics. She most recently was editor of Woodbury Magazine in Woodbury, Minn., where she resides, following a 25-year career in public relations and corporate communications in Minneapolis/St. Paul. Read More


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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -The Vancouver Canucks have re-signed defenseman Aaron Rome to a two-year contract extension.
The deal will pay Rome $700,000 next season and $800,000 the following year. The 26-year-old Rome would have been eligible to become an unrestricted free agent July 1.
Signed by the Canucks as a free agent last summer after playing just 26 NHL games over his first five pro seasons, Rome played 49 games with four assists.


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Inventor Sued for Infringing His Own Patent. You Won't Believe What Happened Next
Stanford Public Law Working Paper No. 2878054
32 Pages Posted: 2 Dec 2016
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Mark A. Lemley
Date Written: November 30, 2016
The Supreme Court and the Federal Circuit have repeatedly emphasized the public interest in testing the validity of patents, weeding out patents that should not have been issued. But there is one important group of people the law systematically prevents from challenging bad patents. Curiously, it is the very group patent law is supposed to support: inventors themselves. The century-old doctrine of assignor estoppel precludes inventors who file patent applications from later challenging the validity or enforceability of the patents they receive. The stated rationale for assignor estoppel is that it would be unfair to allow the inventor to benefit from obtaining a patent and later change her tune and attack the patent when it benefits her to do so. The Supreme Court has traditionally disfavored the doctrine, reading it narrowly. But the Federal Circuit has expanded the doctrine in a variety of dimensions, and applied it even when the benefit to the inventor is illusory. Further, the doctrine misunderstands the role of inventor-employees in the modern world.
More important, the expansive modern form of assignor estoppel interferes substantially with employee mobility. Inventors as a class are put under burdens that we apply to no other employee. If they start a company, or even go to work for an existing company in the same field, they will not be able to defend a patent suit from their old employer. The result is a sort of partial noncompete clause, one imposed without even the fiction of agreement and one that binds anyone the inventor comes in contact with after leaving the job. Abundant evidence suggests that noncompetes in general retard innovation and economic growth, and several states prohibit them outright, while all others limit them. But assignor estoppel is a federal law doctrine that overrides those state choices.
It is time to rethink the doctrine of assignor estoppel. I describe the doctrine, its rationale, and how it has expanded dramatically in the past 25 years. I argue that the doctrine is out of touch with the realities of both modern inventing and modern patent law, and that it interferes with both the invalidation of bad patents and the goal of employee mobility. Should the Supreme Court take up the doctrine, it is unlikely to survive in its current form. Rather, it should – and will – return to its much more limited roots.
Lemley, Mark A., Inventor Sued for Infringing His Own Patent. You Won't Believe What Happened Next (November 30, 2016). Stanford Public Law Working Paper No. 2878054. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2878054 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2878054
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Q: How to make ss show the user who is using the socket? I want to know which user launched the process that is using a TCP socket.
I tried with ss -nte, but it only shows the uid, not the user's name. Is there a way to make ss show the user's name?
Here the output of ss -nte
lucio@debian:~$ ss -nte
State            Recv-Q            Send-Q                        Local Address:Port                           Peer Address:Port
ESTAB            0                 0                              192.168.56.1:45414                        192.168.56.201:22               timer:(keepalive,46min,0) uid:1000 ino:711653 sk:4 <->
ESTAB            0                 0                              192.168.56.1:35544                        192.168.56.203:22               timer:(keepalive,46min,0) uid:1000 ino:713505 sk:12 <->
ESTAB            0                 0                            192.168.178.70:55342                        151.101.193.69:443              uid:1000 ino:758973 sk:3a <->
ESTAB            0                 0                            192.168.178.70:41212                        198.252.206.25:443              timer:(keepalive,7min4sec,0) uid:1000 ino:756177 sk:3b <->
ESTAB            0                 0                              192.168.56.1:45542                        192.168.56.202:22               timer:(keepalive,46min,0) uid:1000 ino:715991 sk:1e <->
ESTAB            0                 0                            192.168.178.70:41196                        198.252.206.25:443              timer:(keepalive,6min19sec,0) uid:1000 ino:756063 sk:3c <->
ESTAB            0                 0                            192.168.178.70:43372                         216.58.205.78:443              uid:1000 ino:759631 sk:3d <->

A: Hacky attempt to bring in perl to help.  See how it replaces the uid:1001 with user:bob.
# ss -ntel
State          Recv-Q          Send-Q                    Local Address:Port                     Peer Address:Port
LISTEN         0               10                              0.0.0.0:12345                         0.0.0.0:*              uid:1001 ino:29109 sk:5e <->
LISTEN         0               100                           127.0.0.1:25                            0.0.0.0:*              ino:18771 sk:2 <->
LISTEN         0               128                             0.0.0.0:111                           0.0.0.0:*              ino:16606 sk:3 <->
LISTEN         0               128                             0.0.0.0:22                            0.0.0.0:*              ino:20128 sk:4 <->
LISTEN         0               10                                 [::]:12345                            [::]:*              uid:1001 ino:29108 sk:61 v6only:1 <->
LISTEN         0               128                                [::]:111                              [::]:*              ino:16609 sk:5 v6only:1 <->
LISTEN         0               128                                   *:80                                  *:*              ino:18314 sk:6 v6only:0 <->
LISTEN         0               128                                [::]:22                               [::]:*              ino:20130 sk:7 v6only:1 <->
# ss -ntel|perl -pne 'if(/uid:(\d+)/){@a=getpwuid($1);s/uid:(\d+)/user:$a[0]/}'
State    Recv-Q    Send-Q        Local Address:Port        Peer Address:Port
LISTEN   0         10                  0.0.0.0:12345            0.0.0.0:*        user:bob ino:29109 sk:5e <->
LISTEN   0         100               127.0.0.1:25               0.0.0.0:*        ino:18771 sk:2 <->
LISTEN   0         128                 0.0.0.0:111              0.0.0.0:*        ino:16606 sk:3 <->
LISTEN   0         128                 0.0.0.0:22               0.0.0.0:*        ino:20128 sk:4 <->
LISTEN   0         10                     [::]:12345               [::]:*        user:bob ino:29108 sk:61 v6only:1 <->
LISTEN   0         128                    [::]:111                 [::]:*        ino:16609 sk:5 v6only:1 <->
LISTEN   0         128                       *:80                     *:*        ino:18314 sk:6 v6only:0 <->
LISTEN   0         128                    [::]:22                  [::]:*        ino:20130 sk:7 v6only:1 <->
#

Note : I've checked the source and there doesn't appear to be anything native within ss to achieve this.


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It is said that all manner of things live just beneath the surface of Waterdeep, and those that live even deeper are the things that make legends and nightmares real. It is these tales of demons and wizards that will be told time and again within the Yawning Portal as those that have seen the depths of Undermountain, and those that wish they had, share their stories. This is one such story where a group of adventurers strayed too far, and fell away from this realm for a time. The adventurers stepped forth into the next chamber and as the ceiling opened up it seemed to give way to the vast expanse of space. Gurgan the dwarven fighter shouted to the group "Aye, kinna have stars this deep in tha ground!" They were yelling because the rush of water echoed throughout the chamber. It was then that they all noticed the massive system of waterfalls across the chamber from them.
As the group started to move towards the waterfalls a figure began to rise from the pool below them. The adventurers set into motion like a well-oiled machine knowing the roles they would each play as they had done hundreds of times before. The figure seemed to be a mess of styles and clothing. Their cape seemed to be made from giant butterfly wings, and their headdress was that of a wolf. Before anyone could react to the scene before them the figure had drawn a wand and cast their hand towards the group. It seemed like the stars in the sky came to their beck and call. The party tried to move and fend of the falling stars, but nothing would deter their descent. As it touched each of the adventurers they disappeared, and felt as if they were falling upwards and into blackness before landing in a place completely unknown and wholly foreign to them. It would be decades before they were seen in this world again.
With those bits of lore out of the way, it's on to the album! For this one I am taking a look at the fourth studio album by British rock band Uriah Heep. Inspired by the news of Undermountain making its way to 5th edition I set the lore beneath the city of Waterdeep, and thought of the mad wizard Halaster being the person in the album cover. If that is Halaster then we need a big spell to fly from his hands! With that in mind I give you Astral Dismissal!
Shout Out: This time my shout out goes to Dan Dillon an awesome designer and inspiration! Check out literally anything he has done and you will be better for it. I have the privilege of having him in a live stream set in Undermountain, and you can listen to those games HERE. Not to mention, he is one of the designers on Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage!


Moneycation: Is the property crowdfunding explosion safe?
Is the property crowdfunding explosion safe?
Can property crowdfunding be trusted?
Crowdfunding has been the darling of the media for some time now. From movies to videogames and smart watches to smart cars, everything, it seems, has caught the crowdfunding bug, and property is no exception.
However, while investing $50 in an obscure documentary that you would like to see made may be a risk worth taking, does the same apply to what is obviously a far bigger investment? Buying property is not simply a 'set and forget' affair. It requires a degree of expertise and knowledge to make dreams of a buy-to-let future become a reality. Can one really trust a company that has sprung up from out of nowhere to handle your property portfolio for you?
There are several different models available on the market at present, and the fluid state of the technology realm will undoubtedly bring up some new players with new ideas in the not too distant future, too. However, the key movers and shakers in property crowdfunding are working on one angle – giving those who couldn't otherwise have the opportunity to invest in the property market the chance to do so.
They aim themselves at individuals by preselecting a number of different properties and then asking their would-be investors to put their money into buying said properties. This sum can be as little as $50 or as much as $50,000 depending on the company and the property in question.
Generally, there is a fee attached to the investment, somewhere in the region of 2 percent is the norm, and this will cover the company's costs associated with buying the property for all of the investors. Once the property is secured it is placed on to the rental market, and the company then takes a further percentage of the monthly income gathered from rent – usually around 10.5 percent.
With so many crowdfunding property companies hitting the market – the UK Crowdfunding Association recently said that 14 of its last 40 members were property crowd-funders – there is growing concern over the viability of such a crowded market place.
Larger players are expected to enter the arena soon, so what will happen to the smaller companies and those who have already invested in property with them? Will their investments be safe should a takeover come to pass? Or will the terms and conditions that they signed up to suddenly change and leave them high and dry without a worthwhile return on what was once a seemingly good thing?
The truth is that no one knows for certain how this is going to play out, so caution should be the watchword of the day. Despite the positive press in other areas, many of which are more lifestyle driven, crowdfunding is still a very new and untested way to invest in something as diverse and ever changing as the property market.
While some companies involved in the practice of crowdfunding properties will undoubtedly survive and thrive moving forward, many won't. The question is, are you willing to gamble such large sums of money on what may well turn out to be a loser in a very competitive race?
About the author: Jonathan Stephens is the founder of Surrenden Property Investment and has a wealth of experience in the property sector and shares his knowledge by writing for property and investment magazines.


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#ifndef ANIMATION_BLEND_TREE_EDITOR_PLUGIN_H
#define ANIMATION_BLEND_TREE_EDITOR_PLUGIN_H

#include "editor/editor_plugin.h"
#include "editor/plugins/animation_tree_editor_plugin.h"
#include "scene/animation/animation_blend_tree.h"
#include "scene/gui/button.h"
#include "scene/gui/graph_edit.h"
#include "scene/gui/popup.h"
#include "scene/gui/tree.h"

class ProgressBar;
class EditorFileDialog;
class EditorUndoRedoManager;

class AnimationNodeBlendTreeEditor : public AnimationTreeNodeEditorPlugin {
	GDCLASS(AnimationNodeBlendTreeEditor, AnimationTreeNodeEditorPlugin);

	Ref<AnimationNodeBlendTree> blend_tree;

	bool read_only = false;

	GraphEdit *graph = nullptr;
	MenuButton *add_node = nullptr;
	Vector2 position_from_popup_menu;
	bool use_position_from_popup_menu;

	PanelContainer *error_panel = nullptr;
	Label *error_label = nullptr;

	Ref<EditorUndoRedoManager> undo_redo;

	AcceptDialog *filter_dialog = nullptr;
	Tree *filters = nullptr;
	CheckBox *filter_enabled = nullptr;

	HashMap<StringName, ProgressBar *> animations;
	Vector<EditorProperty *> visible_properties;

	String to_node = "";
	int to_slot = -1;
	String from_node = "";

	struct AddOption {
		String name;
		String type;
		Ref<Script> script;
		int input_port_count;
		AddOption(const String &p_name = String(), const String &p_type = String(), int p_input_port_count = 0) :
				name(p_name),
				type(p_type),
				input_port_count(p_input_port_count) {
		}
	};

	Vector<AddOption> add_options;

	void _add_node(int p_idx);
	void _update_options_menu(bool p_has_input_ports = false);

	static AnimationNodeBlendTreeEditor *singleton;

	void _node_dragged(const Vector2 &p_from, const Vector2 &p_to, const StringName &p_which);
	void _node_renamed(const String &p_text, Ref<AnimationNode> p_node);
	void _node_renamed_focus_out(Node *le, Ref<AnimationNode> p_node);
	void _node_changed(const StringName &p_node_name);

	bool updating;

	void _connection_request(const String &p_from, int p_from_index, const String &p_to, int p_to_index);
	void _disconnection_request(const String &p_from, int p_from_index, const String &p_to, int p_to_index);

	void _scroll_changed(const Vector2 &p_scroll);
	void _node_selected(Object *p_node);
	void _open_in_editor(const String &p_which);
	void _anim_selected(int p_index, Array p_options, const String &p_node);
	void _delete_request(const String &p_which);
	void _delete_nodes_request(const TypedArray<StringName> &p_nodes);

	bool _update_filters(const Ref<AnimationNode> &anode);
	void _inspect_filters(const String &p_which);
	void _filter_edited();
	void _filter_toggled();
	Ref<AnimationNode> _filter_edit;

	void _popup(bool p_has_input_ports, const Vector2 &p_popup_position, const Vector2 &p_node_position);
	void _popup_request(const Vector2 &p_position);
	void _connection_to_empty(const String &p_from, int p_from_slot, const Vector2 &p_release_position);
	void _connection_from_empty(const String &p_to, int p_to_slot, const Vector2 &p_release_position);

	void _property_changed(const StringName &p_property, const Variant &p_value, const String &p_field, bool p_changing);
	void _removed_from_graph();

	void _update_editor_settings();
	void _update_theme();

	EditorFileDialog *open_file = nullptr;
	Ref<AnimationNode> file_loaded;
	void _file_opened(const String &p_file);

	enum {
		MENU_LOAD_FILE = 1000,
		MENU_PASTE = 1001,
		MENU_LOAD_FILE_CONFIRM = 1002
	};

protected:
	void _notification(int p_what);
	static void _bind_methods();

public:
	static AnimationNodeBlendTreeEditor *get_singleton() { return singleton; }

	void add_custom_type(const String &p_name, const Ref<Script> &p_script);
	void remove_custom_type(const Ref<Script> &p_script);

	virtual Size2 get_minimum_size() const override;

	virtual bool can_edit(const Ref<AnimationNode> &p_node) override;
	virtual void edit(const Ref<AnimationNode> &p_node) override;

	void update_graph();

	AnimationNodeBlendTreeEditor();
};

#endif // ANIMATION_BLEND_TREE_EDITOR_PLUGIN_H


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Donkey Stable
Missionary Stories
The King of Beasts
Everyone wants a glimpse!
Cathy and I first visited Kruger National Park in 2009. It was our first time to see African animals in the wild. The picture above shows the hoard of viewers who want to get a closer look. You can see them jockey their vehicles to get a clear picture.
God put us at the right spot for this female lion to cross the road right in front of us. You notice the full stomach and unconcerned attitude about the cars on the road. She crossed as if they didn't exist. Her male companion followed closely along with a few other members of the pride.
This picture shows no fear. This picture shows confidence. This picture reflects satisfaction and shows leadership. The odd animals with round wheels are not important to the lion. When you come this close to this powerful animal it is humbling.
You need to be careful when a lion comes into your path. Notice the window that is down on the first car. Maybe that is not a good idea.
Peter said the following; 1 Peter 5:8 (ESV)
8 aBe sober-minded; bbe watchful. Your cadversary the devil dprowls around elike a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
Are you sober-minded and watchful in your daily activity? Recognize that the devil is after anyone who is not cautious. Do you prepare carefully? His eyes may be on you.
Cathy and Danny Sartin
www.deeperstillmissions.com
a See ch. 1:13
b See Matt. 24:42
c Eph. 4:27; 6:11; Rev. 12:9, 12; [Job 1:9–12; Luke 22:31; 2 Cor. 2:11]
d Job 1:7; 2:2
e [Ps. 22:21]
The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. (2016). (1 Pe 5:8). Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles.
Copyright © Danny Sartin. All Rights Reserved.
Spiritual Safaris are written for those who support Deeper Still Missions and its goal of missionary retention.
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A Kingdom Leader is sensitive to issues, differences and understanding of his team on a regular basis. It is possible for a leader to be blind to his treatment of others. It is also possible for a leader to be closed to new truth. A leader can be so resistant to the movement of the Holy Spirit because of his religious training.
Consider how many times Jesus told the disciples that he would die and rise from the dead! They could not accept that simple truth because they could see no redemption and kingship if Jesus was killed. How can such a thing happen? John clearly admits later in his Gospel that they did not understand even after the resurrection of Jesus.
Peter sits in a jail cell as he writes his two epistles for the followers of Christ. He admits that a leader can be ineffective and unproductive because he doesn't see clearly. He begs us to add certain qualities to our faith.
2 Peter 1:9 (ESV)
For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he ois blind, having forgotten that he was pcleansed from his former sins.
Open your heart and mind to the situation Christ has you in. He knows you are there and sees you. Maybe He needs you to be there so your faith will be focused in the correct places. Read Mark 8:22-26. I believe Peter is remembering the unusual healing of the blind man to a blur.
Be aware that you may not see Jesus clearly!
o Job 5:14; 12:25; Isa. 59:10; Zeph. 1:17; [1 John 2:9–11]
p Eph. 5:26; Titus 2:14; Heb. 9:14; 1 John 1:7; Rev. 7:14
Copyright © Danny Sartin. All Rights Reserved. Photos taken by Cathy and Danny Sartin in Africa.
Kingdom Leadership is written for missionaries and ministers serving our Lord in various parts of the world.
Danny Sartin
Four decade veteran of youth ministry in churches, Youth For Christ and now is the Founder and Executive Director of Deeper Still Missions. Danny and his wife Cathy spend most of their time mentoring missionaries in Africa, Europe, Central America and North America. Future opportunities include South America and the Asia Pacific area.
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Under certain circumstances, you will have to stop your Azure AppService / Azure WebApp before deployment as it may lock DLL-files (and thus prevent a successful deployment).
This extension has two tasks, one is for stopping and the other one is for starting an Azure AppService / Azure WebSite as a part of a VSTS build.
The tasks has been tested with a hosted instance of VSTS in combination with Azure AppServices.
Configuration of the build steps is done similar to the standard Azure PowerShell build step, i.e. you will have to connect your subscription to VSTS and then select your subscription from a list. You will also have to specify the name of the AppService to stop / start.


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Arrive at Patna Airport/Railway Station and get transferred to your car. Then get driven to hotel for your smooth check in. Later drive to Kamaldah for the temple dedicated to Sri Sthulabhadra. In Evening back to hotel for overnight stay.
After breakfast proceed to day excursion tour to Arrah. On arrival, visit Bisram (it is said that lord Mahavira, took rest for some time at this place during his wanderings) and Masar (An ancient Jain temple dedicated to Lord Parasnath and contains eight images belongs to 1386 AD). Evening back to Patna for overnight stay.
After breakfast check out from hotel and get driven to Rajgir. En-route visit Kundalpur Jain Temple in Nalanda, It has been identified as the birthplace of Gautam Gandharv. Later get driven to Rajgir, on arrival check in to hotel for overnight stay.
After breakfast start city tour of Rajgir. Rajgir is situated in the middle of 5 Hills and each hill is associated with Jain Temples. Visit Veerayatan, Sone Bhandar, and Maniar Math and do some trek to visit the sacred Jain Temple situated in top of hills. Later in afternoon proceed to Pawapuri, visit Samosaran and Jalmandir. Later drive back to Rajgir for overnight stay.
After breakfast proceed to Parasnath. En-route visit temple in Gunavajee. Later reach Parasnath or Madhuban, on arrival checks in to hotel. Evening you may explore the foothills of Madhuban village with Visit Jain Museum that displays a number of scripts, icons and manuscripts. The telescope installed at the balcony of the museum, provides a clear view of the temple of Parasnath, at the peak of the hills. Overnight stay at Madhuban.
After breakfast get ready for the visit of Shree Sammed Shikharji, one of the most revered sites of the Jains, rest on the highest hills of Parasnath. The one way arduous trek is about 9 km, you may take "Dolis" to ferry you across the height taking you to the peak. Return back to Madhuban for overnight stay.
After breakfast check out from hotel and get ready for departure at Parasnath or Dhanbad Railway station for your onwards train journey to Home.


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