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This Secretariat comprises staff members which are established by section 9 of the Public Service Commission Act no 2 of 1990 to enable the Commission to effectively exercise its powers, perform its functions and carry out its duties.
The PSCS provides technical and administrative support to the PSC to enable it to carry out its advisory and recommendatory functions.
Its objectives are:
To analyse and develop appropriate policies in accordance with the powers, functions and duties of the PSC on human resources and related matters.
Website: http://www.psc.gov.na
Department Secretary
Tel: +264 61 287 3037 or +264 61 4351001


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https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Immigrants-found-concealed-in-cargo-of-lumber-15848764.php
Immigrants found concealed in cargo of lumber
By César Rodriguez, LMTonline.com / Laredo Morning Times
Updated 8:16 pm CST, Tuesday, January 5, 2021
U.S. Border Patrol agents discovered 17 immigrants who were inside a compartment within a cargo of lumber.
Photo: Courtesy Photo /U.S. Border Patrol
A man has been arrested after U.S. Border Patrol agents discovered multiple people hiding in a cargo of lumber, states the arrest affidavit filed on Dec. 31.
A blue sport utility vehicle pulling a trailer with lumber arrived at the U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint on Interstate 35 on Dec. 29.
The driver was identified as Jorge Gonzalez. He was referred to secondary examination after a K-9 unit alerted to possible contraband within the vehicle.
Agents searched the trailer and discovered 17 people hiding in a compartment built inside the lumber. All were determined to be immigrants who were in the country illegally.
Gonzalez and the immigrants were detained for further investigation.
Homeland Security Investigations special agents responded to take over the investigation. Gonzalez allegedly agreed to provide a statement without an attorney present.
"Gonzalez stated he did not have his driver's license. He knew he was transporting something illegal and he was to be paid approximately ($2,000) to drive the trailer toward San Antonio, Texas," states the affidavit.
Gonzalez was arrested and charged with transport, attempt to transport, conspire to transport immigrants who were in the country illegally.
A Mexican national detained as a material witness stated he made arrangements with a smuggler for a sum of money to be transported into the United States. He stated it was hard to breathe inside the wooden compartment. He was not able to identify the driver of the trailer, states the affidavit.

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Bugatti has finally unveiled its highly anticipated Chiron.
Rolled out at the Geneva Motor Show, the new Chiron costs a whopping $2.6 million and was named after race car driver Louis Chiron, per ArsTechnica.
As legendary as Bugatti is, this is the first new model in over ten years — that last being the Veyron, as Mashable reports.
After one look at this supercar, you can see it was definitely worth the wait.
The price tag isn't the only thing that will make your eyes pop.
The Chiron has an absurdly power packed, quad-turbo W16 engine that pumps out 1500 horsepower.
According to The Verge, "it can reach 125 miles per hour in 6.5 seconds."
It's so powerful, that Bugatti put a 261 mph limit on the car. To help put that into perspective, Mashable pointed out, "a 747 lifts off the ground at 180 mph."
However, as Car And Driver reports, there are certain settings where you can really put the pedal to the metal. "The driver can select Lift, EB, Autobahn, and Handling modes using a dial on the steering wheel, but, as on the Veyron, Top Speed requires a separate "Speed Key" and unlocks the Chiron's Vmax potential."
We like the sound of that. #SpeedKey.
If you do have $2.6 million lying around, you better get your name on the list quickly.
Only 500 of these beasts will be made.
In order to make the Chiron street legal, Mashable said that Bugatti had to, "develop both a chassis and a braking system as stout as the most advanced and technically complex race cars in the world. Moreover, the tires were tested to aerospace tolerances."
The interior of the vehicle is also drop-dead gorgeous.
The dash is accompanied by "a new instrument cluster with three TFT digital screens as well as an analog speedometer. Cleverly, the faster you drive the Chiron, the more the information displayed falls away," as Mashable points out.
Oh and in case you need it, the Chiron is as resistant to electromagnetic interference as a military vehicle.
You can watch this video below to get an even better look at the Chiron.


If we could have to choose the absolute staples in boys' casual clothing it would have to be jeans and shirts, and Goxip's collection for boys will have you covered on both! Get your boy or teen the best of the best when it comes to designer shirts and stock up his wardrobe with at least a couple of awesome shirts he can wear to death this season.
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You can dress down his choice with a pair of jeans and have him wear it to school, or smarten it up with a pair of chinos and sneakers for his time out with friends.
From old favorites to popular styles of shirts, there are plenty of options for you to check out, and quite a few amazing deals!


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The Commercial Music Ensembles at Cal State LA are two groups that work under the direction of Professors JP Mourão and Ross Levinson. The ensembles provide students with invaluable real-world experience of being in a pop commercial band, performing music in all styles and genres within the popular music realm. The bands draw repertoire from hits and B-sides from all eras of popular music, with a focus on the 1950s onward, and special attention to what is hip and current in pop music today. Covers, original arrangements of big hits, and also original songs are part of this vast repertoire which allows students to experience a variety of approaches to music making, thus helping them to become very versatile performers and enhance their chances of success in the very competitive commercial music industry in Los Angeles.
Professor JP Mourão has more than 20 years of experience in the music industry as a producer, session musician, arranger, and touring guitarist. Since relocating to Los Angeles, from his native Sao Paulo in Brazil, he has contributed to recording projects for a variety of artists, producers, and composers, major and indie labels, as well as major movie/streaming studios. He can also be seen on the road all over the world with acclaimed Japanese pianist Keiko Matsui and with several other artists and projects locally in California.
Professor Ross Levinson is known for his own music performances for films and other media. Levinson's own success as a professional composer, arranger and performer provides an impetus to the creative expression of the group.
The ensembles are open to any Cal State LA student by audition only. For more information, contact Prof. JP Mourao and Prof. Ross Levinson.


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'US Should significantly reduce rate of incarceration,' says new report
by National Academy of Sciences
Given the minimal impact of long prison sentences on crime prevention and the negative social consequences and burdensome financial costs of U.S. incarceration rates, which have more than quadrupled in the last four decades, the nation should revise current criminal justice policies to significantly reduce imprisonment rates, says a new report from the National Research Council.
A comprehensive review of data led the committee that wrote the report to conclude that the costs of the current rate of incarceration outweigh the benefits. The committee recommended that federal and state policymakers re-examine policies requiring mandatory and long sentences, as well as take steps to improve prison conditions and to reduce unnecessary harm to the families and communities of those incarcerated. In addition, it recommended a reconsideration of drug crime policy, given the apparently low effectiveness of a heightened enforcement strategy that resulted in a tenfold increase in the incarceration rate for drug offenses from 1980 to 2010—twice the rate for other crimes.
"We are concerned that the United States is past the point where the number of people in prison can be justified by social benefits," said committee chair Jeremy Travis, president of John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. "We need to embark on a national conversation to rethink the role of prison in society. A criminal justice system that makes less use of incarceration can better achieve its aims than a harsher, more punitive system. There are common-sense, practical steps we can take to move in this direction."
The unprecedented and internationally unique rise in U.S. state and federal prison populations, from 200,000 inmates in 1973 to 1.5 million in 2009, occurred because of policy decisions such as mandatory sentencing, long sentences for violent and repeat offenses, and intensified criminalization of drug-related activity. Stricter sentencing policies were formed initially during a period of rising crime and social change; however, over the four decades when incarceration rates rose steadily, crime rates fluctuated.
The committee evaluated scientific evidence on the effects of high incarceration rates on public safety and U.S. society, as well as their effects on those in prison, their families, and the communities from which prisoners originate and to which they return. The following data illustrate the magnitude of incarceration rates, the racial disparities of incarceration, and societal impacts:
With the inclusion of local jails, the U.S. penal population totals 2.2 million adults, the largest in the world; the U.S. has nearly one-quarter of the world's prisoners, but only 5 percent of its population.
Nearly 1 in 100 adults is in prison or jail, which is 5 to 10 times higher than rates in Western Europe and other democracies.
Of those incarcerated in 2011, about 60 percent were black or Hispanic.
Black men under age 35 who did not finish high school are more likely to be behind bars than employed in the labor market.
In 2009, 62 percent of black children 17 or younger whose parents had not completed high school had experienced a parent being sent to prison, compared with 17 percent for Hispanic children and 15 percent for white children with similarly educated parents.
Another major consequence of high rates of incarceration is their considerable fiscal burden on society, the report says. Allocations for corrections have outpaced budget increases for nearly all other key government services, including education, transportation, and public assistance. State spending on corrections is the third highest category of general fund expenditures in most states today, ranked only behind Medicaid and education.
Estimating incarceration's impact on crime is challenging, and studies on this topic have produced divergent findings. However, the report concludes that the increase in incarceration may have caused a decrease in crime, but the magnitude of the reduction is highly uncertain and the results of most studies suggest it was unlikely to have been large. In addition, the deterrent effect of increases in lengthy prison sentences is modest at best. Because recidivism rates decline significantly with age, lengthy sentences are an inefficient approach to preventing crime, unless they can specifically target high-rate or extremely dangerous offenders.
People who live in poor and minority communities have always had substantially higher rates of prison admission and return than other groups. Consequently, the effects of harsh penal policies in the past 40 years have fallen most heavily on blacks and Hispanics, especially the poorest, the report says. In 2010, the imprisonment rate for blacks was 4.6 times that for whites. This exceeds racial differences for many other common social indicators, from wealth and employment to infant mortality.
Incarceration correlates with negative social and economic outcomes for former prisoners and their families, and it is concentrated in communities already severely disadvantaged and least capable of absorbing additional adversities. From 1980 to 2000, the number of children with incarcerated fathers increased from about 350,000 to 2.1 million—about 3 percent of all U.S. children. Further, men with a criminal record often experience reduced earnings and employment after prison, and housing insecurity and behavioral problems in children are hardships strongly related to fathers' incarceration, according to the report.
"When ex-inmates return to their communities, their lives often continue to be characterized by violence, joblessness, substance abuse, family breakdown, and neighborhood disadvantage," said committee vice chair Bruce Western, professor of sociology, Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Professor of Criminal Justice, and the director of the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. "It can be challenging to draw strong causal conclusions from this research, but it's clear that incarceration is now a facet of the complex combination of negative conditions that characterize high-poverty communities in U.S. cities. Prisons are part of a poverty trap, with many paths leading in, but few leading out."
The report notes that deciding whether incarceration is justified requires an analysis of social costs versus benefits. This equation should weigh the importance of recognizing the harm experienced by crime victims, appropriately addressing those harms, and reinforcing society's disapproval of criminal behavior. However, the committee stressed that future policy decisions should not only be based on empirical evidence but also should follow these four guiding principles, which have been notably absent from recent policy debates on the proper use of prisons:
Proportionality: Criminal offenses should be sentenced in proportion to their seriousness.
Parsimony: The period of confinement should be sufficient but not greater than necessary to achieve the goals of sentencing policy.
Citizenship: The conditions and consequences of imprisonment should not be so severe or lasting as to violate one's fundamental status as a member of society.
Social justice: Prisons should be instruments of justice, and as such their collective effect should be to promote society's aspirations for a fair distribution of rights, resources, and opportunities.
The committee did not conduct an exhaustive review of literature on the effectiveness of alternatives to incarceration, crime prevention strategies, or victim assistance programs.
In a supplementary statement to the report, one committee member questioned some of the report's conclusions regarding the effect of incarceration rates on crime prevention and underlying causes of high incarceration rates. However, he concurred with the report's recommendations, which he noted are important and ripe for consideration by the public and policymakers.
Incarceration has no effect on nonresident fathers' parenting
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HIV treatment while incarcerated helped prisoners achieve viral suppression
Medicaid expansion improves health care services for prison population
Systematic incarceration of African American males is a wrong, costly path
State public safety spending needs re-evaluation to reduce prison population
More should be done for female parolees


Contactless movement of hovering objects thanks to superconductor technology. In all directions and positions as well as in sealed spaces. Under the heading SupraMotion 2.0, Festo presents three more research platforms: SupraHandling 2.0, SupraShuttle and SupraChanger.


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What a year it was in local bowling
Dana Voytovich, last year's winner of the George A. Obenauer Master Championship, was still alive in the elimination bracket entering competition on Saturday. (James P. McCoy/Buffalo News file photo)
By Milt Northrop|Published Sat, Dec 29, 2018
Whether it's bowling or another area of the sports news, you sometimes get surprised in December when you take a look back at the events of the past year.
More has happened than you can recall off the top of your head. So, you need go back through the archives for a reminder.
Sometimes an individual or two stand out as the male or female performer of the year. The Buffalo area had a lot of individual achievement in the bowling, but the vote here for the mythical honors would go to Dana Voytovich of Cheektowaga and Julie Selk of Lancaster.
On the day after he graduated from the University at Buffalo, Voytovich won his first George A. Obenauer championship in May, defeating former champion Jack Jurek in the finals.
After defeating the veteran pro from Lackawanna in the winners bracket final, Voytovich had win another three-game match against Jurek a few hours later. The two met in three matches on the final day of the tournament at AMF Airport Lanes.
In late January, Selk, the top qualifier, won her second WNY Queens Division I Tournament at Island Lanes. Kendyll Jaskier, a sophomore at West Seneca East High, won Division 2, and Denayjah Glaso won Division 3.
Selk followed that in the spring by winning the scratch singles (730), six-game combine (1,471) and all-events (1,998) in the Greater Buffalo USBC Association Women's Championship at Kenmore Lanes.
The men's scratch singles winner was Ron Stacy, who was a member of the Zawadzki Jewelers team that won the regular team championship in the 1999 American Bowling Congress, the last time it was held in Syracuse.
This time, Michael and Jeff Krycum earned an eagle by tying for first in standard doubles with 1,203 in the 2018 USBC Open Championship at the OnCenter in Syracuse. The last previous WNY winner in the Open was Brad Angelo, who won all-events in 2016.
Pete Zmozynski of Buffalo bowled the second 300 game of the 2018 USBC Open.
Another achievement by a female bowler was Kristina Szczerbinski's 444-422 triumph over Brad Angelo in the championship match of the 28th New York State Senior Masters at Allie Brandt Lanes in Lockport.
Derek Pawlowski had the first in a string of outstanding individual achievements when he bowled an 878 series at the Tonawanda Bowling Center, one of the highest three-game series in local history.
Chris Gable bowled a 279-299-300-878 at Wimbledon Lanes, and Chris Labiak of North Tonawanda shot a 300-269-300-869 series. Jeff Biddlecom shot 300-236-300-826 at Wimbledon.
Mike Johnson won the Tri-City Masters, defeating Thomas Brady Jr., 392-358. in the title match.
Ray Textor, 60, of Kennedy defeated Pat Brick, 414-388, in the final for his second consecutive title in the New York State Senior Masters in Cortland. John Masiello and Mike Faliero Jr. advanced as far as the semifinals.
In October, 86-year-old Vince Capaldi of Niagara Falls became the oldest man to bowl an 800 series when he shot 278-258-268-804 at Rapids Lanes in Niagara Falls.
Mike Zarcone added the Tonawanda Senior Masters to his career resume when led the qualifying with 788 and survived three Eliminator rounds to win it. He defeated Mike Nowak, 258-231, in a rousing final.
Danielle Milo and Tom Klenke, both of Orchard Park won the scratch division titles at the 33rd annual GBUSBC Youth Singles Championships at Kenmore Lanes. Milo helped Orchard Park to second place in the Girls School Team Division 1 competition.
Not only did the Cheektowaga girls team win the Division 2 Girls School Team division, the total of 5,116 was good enough to win the Boys Division 2 School team title.
It all leaves you wondering what to expect in 2019.
Milt Northrop – Milt Northrop joined The Buffalo News in December 1967 as a copy editor in sports department. He has reported on the Braves, the Bills, the Sabres beat and bowling in the years since.


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Q: Button to clear text and reset search input not working Ok, so I have a filterable search form that returns certain images in a grid, which works great, it resets when I delete the text in the search input, but when I click the "Clear" button, which should do the same thing as deleting the text, it doesn't work. Here is the HTML and JQuery used:
    <form id="live-search" action="" class="styled" method="post" style="margin: 2em 0;">

            <input type="text" class="form-control" id="filter" value="" style="width: 80%; float: left;" placeholder="Type to search"/>

            <input type="button" class="clear-btn" value="Clear" style="background: transparent; border: 2px solid #af2332; color: #af2332; padding: 5px 15px; border-radius: 3px; font-size: 18px; height: 34px;">

     </form>

This is the JQuery for the clearing text:
    jQuery(document).ready(function(){
          jQuery("#filter").keyup(function(){

                            // Retrieve the input field text and reset the count to zero
                            var filter = jQuery(this).val(), count = 0;

                            // Loop through the comment list
                            jQuery(".watcheroo").each(function(){

                                jQuery(this).removeClass('active');

                                // If the list item does not contain the text phrase fade it out
                                if (jQuery(this).text().search(new RegExp(filter, "i")) < 0) {

                                jQuery(this).fadeOut();

                                // Show the list item if the phrase matches and increase the count by 1
                                } else {

                                jQuery(this).show();
                                count++;

                                }

                                });

                            // Update the count
                            var numberItems = count;

                    });
                    //clear button remove text
                    jQuery(".clear-btn").click( function() {
                            jQuery("#filter").value = "";

                    });

    });

Any help would greatly be appreciated.

A: value is a property on a DOMElement, not a jQuery object. Use val('') instead:
jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
    $("#filter").keyup(function() {
        var filter = $(this).val(),
            count = 0;

        $(".watcheroo").each(function(){
            var $watcheroo = $(this);
            $watcheroo.removeClass('active');

            if ($watcheroo.text().search(new RegExp(filter, "i")) < 0) {
                $watcheroo.fadeOut();
            } else {
                $watcheroo.show();
                count++;
            }
        });
        var numberItems = count;
    });

    $(".clear-btn").click(function() {
        $("#filter").val(''); // <-- note val() here
    });
});

Note that I amended your code to alias the instance of jQuery passed in to the document.ready handler. This way you can still use the $ variable safely within the scope of that function.

A: As the accepted answer doesn't solve the problem.
Try input event instead of keyup
$("#filter").on("input", function() {.....

& then clear the filter input field on which event you want.
$(".clear-btn").on("click", function() {
  $("#filter").val("").trigger("input");
});

A: Add this to your CSS:

input[type="search"]::-webkit-search-cancel-button {
    -webkit-appearance: searchfield-cancel-button;
}
<form>
  <input type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search...">
</form>

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Before the mall was the department store. Before the department store was the "covered passage", which allowed shoppers to get out of the weather and the dirt (and open sewage) of the busy streets, and to shop for different goods in one protected area. What a relief that must have been for the women in their long dresses and button-up shoes!
My friend and I spent a nice afternoon exploring a few of the dozen or so remaining passages couvertes in the second and ninth arrondissements. These arcades were built in the late 18th century, and some are in better condition than others. Even the more run-down, however, offer a glimpse of their previous beauty. The arched glass ceilings, tiled floors, and lovely old light fixtures must have been such a luxury for those shoppers of yore. Today the shops in these passages consist largely of antique bookstores, restaurants, tea shops, art galleries, toy shops, and the occasional souvenir store.
The best-preserved of the passages we saw was the Galerie Vivienne, 4 rue Petits Champs, built in 1823.
The floor of this gallery was just gorgeous.
Thanks to this talented Italian artist who was kind enough to leave us his mark.
I wanted to run my fingers over these lovely old steps, worn down and smoothed out by years and years of feet.
The arcade was lined with restaurants, boutiques, and bookstores. This antique bookstore, Librairie Jousseaume, is the longest surviving tenant, having opened at the same time as the gallery.
Passage des Panoramas is the oldest surviving arcade, originally built in 1799. It also has the distinction of being the first building in Paris to have been equipped for gas lighting.
Galerie Jouffroy, built in 1845, showed off the new 19th century mastery of iron structures, and was the first Paris passage built entirely out of glass and iron.
Passage Verdeau was built as an extension of Passage Jouffroy in 1847.
Our final stop was the Passage du Grand Cerf.
Sadly, the only picture I took that wasn't too dark was of the floor. Oh well.
It was a very pretty arcade, and I'm sorry that you will just have to take my word for that. Or better yet, go see it for yourself.
I hope that you enjoyed your afternoon of shopping. And you didn't even have to drag your skirt in the muck.
I've never seen these in such great detail! Thank you so much for sharing! What kinds of shops are inside these? Are they different from normal shops along la rue? Any particularly good ones?? Merci!!


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Q: Symfony2 - Force file download I'm trying to download a file when a user clicks on download link.
In Controller:
    $response = new Response();
    $response->headers->set('Content-type', 'application/octect-stream');
    $response->headers->set('Content-Disposition', sprintf('attachment; filename="%s"', $filename));
    $response->headers->set('Content-Length', filesize($filename));

    return $response;

This is opening the dialog box to save the file, but it says the file is 0 bytes.
And changing it to:
        $response = new Response();
        $response->headers->set('Content-type', 'application/octect-stream');
        $response->headers->set('Content-Disposition', sprintf('attachment; filename="%s"', $filename));
        $response->headers->set('Content-Length', filesize($filename));
        $response->headers->set('Content-Transfer-Encoding', 'binary');
        $response->setContent(readfile($filename));

        return $response;

I get a bunch of weird characters instead of the file download dialog box.
Finally, switching the "setContent" line to:
    $response->setContent(file_get_contents($filename));

It returns a PHP error:

Fatal error: Allowed memory size...

Any clues on how to achieve this?
I've done it before in PHP (wihtout MVC), but I don't know what can be missing to do it through Symfony2...
Maybe the solution is setting the memory_limit in PHP.INI, but I guess it´s not the best practice...

A: The most comfortable solution is
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\BinaryFileResponse;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\ResponseHeaderBag;

$response = new BinaryFileResponse($file);
$response->setContentDisposition(ResponseHeaderBag::DISPOSITION_ATTACHMENT);

return $response;

A: Don't know if it can help but it's application/octet-stream not application/octect-stream

A: As of Symfony 3.2 you can use the file() controller helper which is a shortcut for creating a BinaryFileResponse as mentioned in a previous answer:
public function fileAction()
{
    // send the file contents and force the browser to download it
    return $this->file('/path/to/some_file.pdf');
}

A: +1 for alexander response.
But if you can't use X-Sendfile, you should use the BinaryFileResponse added in the 2.2:  http://symfony.com/doc/current/components/http_foundation/introduction.html#serving-files
In my project the result is
$response = new \Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\BinaryFileResponse($dir .DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR. $zipName);

$d = $response->headers->makeDisposition(
    ResponseHeaderBag::DISPOSITION_ATTACHMENT,
    $zipName
   );

$response->headers->set('Content-Disposition', $d);

return $response;

A: I finally solved this without X-SendFile (which is probably the best practice). Anyway, for those who can't get X-Sendfile apache module to work (shared hosting), here's a solution:
// Generate response
$response = new Response();

// Set headers
$response->headers->set('Cache-Control', 'private');
$response->headers->set('Content-type', mime_content_type($filename));
$response->headers->set('Content-Disposition', 'attachment; filename="' . basename($filename) . '";');
$response->headers->set('Content-length', filesize($filename));

// Send headers before outputting anything
$response->sendHeaders();

$response->setContent(file_get_contents($filename));

return $response;

A: For those who don't have the option of setting headers:
The download attribute may help depending on which browsers you need to support:

or

This is not supported in all legacy browsers. See this page for browser support:
https://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_a_download.asp

A: You shouldn't use PHP for downloading files because it's a task for an Apache or Nginx server. Best option is to use X-Accel-Redirect (in case of Nginx) / X-Sendfile (in case of Apache) headers for file downloading.
Following action snippet can be used with configured Nginx to download files from Symfony2:
return new Response('', 200, array('X-Accel-Redirect' => $filename));

UPD1: Code for apache with configured mod_xsendfile:
return new Response('', 200, array(
    'X-Sendfile'          => $filename,
    'Content-type'        => 'application/octet-stream',
    'Content-Disposition' => sprintf('attachment; filename="%s"', $filename))
);


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FACTOID # 21: 15% of Army recruits from South Dakota are Native American, which is roughly the same percentage for female Army recruits in the state.
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Promotional movie poster for the film.
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Romancing the Stone
The Jewel of the Nile is a sequel to the 1984 romantic adventure Romancing the Stone featuring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito, the stars of the first film. Released in 1985, it sends their characters off on a new adventure in a fictional Middle Eastern desert, in an effort to find the precious "Jewel of the Nile." Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (497x755, 94 KB) Movie poster for the 1985 film The Jewel of the Nile. ... Teague can refer to: // Baden Teague, Australian politician Brad Teague, NASCAR driver David Teague (footballer), Australian rules football player David C. Teague, writer, cartoonist, filmmaker and comedian George Teague, American football player Jason Cranford Teague, author of computing books Jeff Teague, industrial designer Lewis Teague (artisan), architect and painter Lewis... For other people bearing this name, see Michael Douglas (disambiguation). ... For other people bearing this name, see Michael Douglas (disambiguation). ... Mary Kathleen Turner (born June 19, 1954) is an Academy Award nominated American actress. ... Daniel Michael DeVito Jr. ... Jan de Bont (born October 22, 1943) is a Dutch cameraman and film director. ... Twentieth (20th) Century Fox Film Corporation (known from 1935 to 1985 as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation) is one of the six major American film studios. ... // Back to the Future, starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd and Lea Thompson Rambo: First Blood Part II, starring Sylvester Stallone Rocky IV, starring Sylvester Stallone The Color Purple, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey, Margaret Avery, Rae Dawn Chong, Adolph Caesar Out of Africa, starring Meryl Streep and... Romancing the Stone is an American 1984 action-adventure film. ... A sequel is a work of fiction in literature, film, and other creative works that is produced after a completed work, and is set in the same universe but at a later time. ... // Events The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name. ... Romancing the Stone is an American 1984 action-adventure film. ... For other people bearing this name, see Michael Douglas (disambiguation). ... Mary Kathleen Turner (born June 19, 1954) is an Academy Award nominated American actress. ... Daniel Michael DeVito Jr. ... // Back to the Future, starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd and Lea Thompson Rambo: First Blood Part II, starring Sylvester Stallone Rocky IV, starring Sylvester Stallone The Color Purple, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey, Margaret Avery, Rae Dawn Chong, Adolph Caesar Out of Africa, starring Meryl Streep and... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ...
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1.1 Opening Sequence
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Opening Sequence
Like the first film, the opening scene takes place in one of Joan's novels. But this time, instead of Joan's wild-west supercouple, Jesse and Angelina, Joan and Jack are the featured heroes. As the movie starts Jack and Joan are on an old sailing ship. They're getting married. Suddenly, pirates attack the ship. Jack leads a brief counterattack against the pirates, but eventually the pirates take the ship and the survivors must get to the lifeboats. By the time, Jack and Joan reach the lifeboats, there's only room enough for one more. Joan gives the seat to Jack and he leaves without her. Now she's alone and surrounded by pirates. It seems she's doomed. And then...
We return to reality, where Joan is sitting on the deck of the Angelina, struggling to finish her novel. Frustrated, she gives up and tosses her typewriter overboard.
Rest of film
Joan Wilder (Turner) is having trouble writing her next romantic novel while living with Jack Colton (Douglas) on his boat, the Angelina, and refuses to discuss marriage. At a book signing engagement she meets a charming Arab ruler named Omar (Spiros Focas) that has managed to persuade the world that he is a firm, but fair, ruler of a fictional Middle Eastern nation. Omar offers Joan the opportunity to live like a queen at his palace, while she writes a fluff piece about him. However, as soon as Joan leaves with Omar, Jack runs into Ralph (DeVito) who having gotten out of prison plans on killing Jack, but is stopped by an Arab named Tarak (Paul David Magid), who tells Jack of Omar's true intentions, including the fact that he has their greatest treasure, the Jewel of the Nile, in his possession. Ralph, immediately interested at the prospect agrees to help find the Jewel. Jack, however, is less than convinced. But seconds later, the Angelina explodes, having been sabotaged under Omar's orders. He then agrees to team up with Ralph and Tarak in order to track down the lost jewel in Omar's kingdom.
In the fabled kingdom, Joan discovers that Omar is a brutal dictator, that imprisons her until she agrees to finish the fluff piece that will introduce him to the world as an enlightened ruler that will unite the Arab world. In the palace jail she meets a holy man, Al-Julhara, (Avner Eisenberg), who is in fact the Jewel of the Nile. The pair escape the palace, and with the help of Jack are able to flee Omar's army into the desert. Ralph, who provides much of the film's comic relief, is left to fend for himself in the desert and thus joins with the rebel tribe led by Tarak that has sworn to protect the jewel so he can fulfill his destiny. Languages Arabic other minority languages Religions Predomiantly Sunni Islam, as well as Shia Islam, Greek Orthodoxy, Greek Catholicism, Alawite Islam, Druzism, Ibadi Islam, and Judaism Footnotes a Mainly in Antakya. ...
After a battle with a mountain African tribe, Joan breaks the news to Jack, that the Jewel is in fact Al-Julhara who is the real leader of the Arab people. Omar plans on using a British rock & roll technician's smoke and mirrors special effects at an upcoming festival, planned by Omar, to convince the Arab world that he is in fact a prophet that will unite the Arab world under his rule. Jack, Joan and the Holy Man decide to crash the festival and unmask Omar as the fraud that he is. Once Omar is killed, the Holy Man rises as the real spiritual leader and the film ends with Jack and Joan finally getting married, and Ralph being acknowledged as an official member of Tarak's tribe, signified by being presented with a priceless jeweled dagger. A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ...
While The Jewel of the Nile grossed nearly as much as its predecessor,[1] the film was much less successful critically and helped to effectively kill the franchise, although it was said at the time that both Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas only made the sequel because they were contractually obligated to do so.[2] (At one point during pre-production, Turner tried to back out of the project, and Twentieth Century Fox threatened her with a $25 million lawsuit.)[3] Turner, Douglas, and DeVito would later reunite in the (unrelated) film The War of the Roses. Mary Kathleen Turner (born June 19, 1954) is an Academy Award nominated American actress. ... For other people bearing this name, see Michael Douglas (disambiguation). ... Related articles FOX Television Network Fox Searchlight Pictures Fox Entertainment Group List of Hollywood movie studios List of movies Variant of current 20th Century Fox logo External links 20th Century Fox Movies official site Twentieth Century Fox is also the punning title of a song by The Doors on their... For other uses, see The War of the Roses (disambiguation). ...
Critics felt the film was loaded with numerous plot holes and that it lacked the first film's original charm. The New York Times opened its review by writing, "There's nothing in The Jewel of the Nile that wasn't funnier or more fanciful in Romancing the Stone."[4] Roger Ebert agreed that "it is not quite the equal of Romancing the Stone," but praised the interplay between Douglas and Turner. "It seems clear," he wrote, "that they like each other and are having fun during the parade of ludicrous situations in the movie, and their chemistry is sometimes more entertaining than the contrivances of the plot."[2] The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City by Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. ... Romancing the Stone is an American 1984 action-adventure film. ... Roger Joseph Ebert (June 18, 1942) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American film critic. ...
As with the first film, the novelization of the sequel was credited to Joan Wilder.
Omar's archetypal character was loosely based on Saddam Hussein, the image especially in the desert of the bereted leader with moustache and Aviator sunglasses, echoing many of the images of Hussein in American media.[citation needed]
The Jewel of the Nile was the final film released on the SelectaVision video format.
Even though the movie was rated PG, on Fox Movie Channel it was rated TV-MA LSV.
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^ Box Office Mojo: The Jewel of the Nile
^ a b The Jewel of the Nile. by Roger Ebert, The Chicago Sun-Times. (1985-12-11). Retrieved on 2007-02-09.
^ The Last Movie Star. Entertainment Weekly. (1991-08-02). Retrieved on 2007-02-09.
^ Film: 'Jewel of the Nile'. by Janet Maslin, The New York Times. (1985-12-11). Retrieved on 2007-02-09.
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The Jewel Of The Nile: Special Edition (1985) (1837 words)
The Jewel of the Nile made it to screens little more than a year and a half after the initial release of Stone.
He wants her to travel the Nile with him and write about his story as he attempts to unite the tribes of the Nile and bring peace to the area.
The Jewel of the Nile appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 2.35:1 on this single-sided, double-layered DVD; the image has been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.
The Jewel of the Nile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (954 words)
In the palace jail she meets a holy man, Al-Julhara, (Avner Eisenberg), who is in fact the Jewel of the Nile.
Although not a critical success the The Jewel of the Nile is held as being more of a cult classic than its predecessor.


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Cedar Valley is set quite spectacularly on high ground, affording panoramic views of the Caribbean coastline. Ralph Aldridge originally laid out the course in 1970 as a 9-holer. Seven years later, the course was extended to 18 holes and it immediately became Antigua's first and only 18-hole championship course.
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The Cedar Valley design is at once thrilling and the layout plots its way up and down the valley in a charming manner. Mature tropical trees flank many of the fairways and they certainly come into play if you are slightly wayward.
Measuring 6,157 yards with par set at 70, Cedar Valley is not that long, but it does provide a challenging test for all levels of golfer. The first hole, which measures more than 400 yards from the back tees, sweeps to the right and it's probably one of the hardest holes on the course and a brutal opener hole for many golfing holidaymakers.
We think Cedar Valley is the best course on Antigua and if the condition could be improved we're convinced that this could be one of the Caribbean's best courses.
I was a member from 2007-2008 and the condition of the course was much improved over that time. It is a very beautiful course with each hole offering different challenges. Notable are the 6th with its dramatic views from the elevated tee, the 9th which tempts the bold and ends with a glorious green, the 14th and 16th either side of the dried up lake (which remains a blot on the course) both of which are challenging but great fun. Far better tha any of the other courses in Antigua. The clubhouse is great place to hang out.
I played this course in 1992 when I was a beginner and it is a beautiful course. Stunning scenery all around. Very nice and I would love to see it now 15 years later.
First of all Antigua is a wonderful island as most people I'm sure would agree if they've been lucky enough to spend some time here, but Antigua hasn't yet got a really top-class golf course. However Cedar Valley could very come close, all it needs is a sympathetic renovation and a little TLC. If the club could improve the all-round course condition then who knows? Wonderful elevation changes make this a really exciting course and the views are simply delightful. I'd certainly play here again and enjoyed meeting Curtly Ambrose, but the course could be so much better.


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Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]
Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited
Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1897, Wellington
Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand
License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence
The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]
Halcombe
Halcombe.
Three miles' ride along the Mangaone saddle, starting from a vantage point overlooking Makino village, immediately under foot to the south, brings the wayfarer down to Halcombe, the tenth station on the Longburn-Wanganui Railway Line. It is distant from the former place twenty-four miles, and from Wanganui forty-three miles, the latitude being 40° 10' south, and the longitude 175° 19' east. Its population of 376 live at an altitude of 386 feet above sea-level, on the produce of the farming, pastoral, and timber country which surrounds. The trade in sawn timber is falling off owing to scarcity, the adjacent forest having nearly all been hewn down when saw-milling was at its briskest. The pastoral and agricultural lands in and around Halcombe are rich, and farmers and graziers seem well-to-do, and their flocks and herds thrive on the rich grasses which grow hereabout luxuriantly. Situate in the Waituna Riding of the Oroua County, and being a portion of the Rangitikei Electoral District, Halcombe has its local school committee, which watches over the educational requirements of the neighbourhood,
page 1267 under the Education Board of Wanganui. With the railway station is combined the post and telegraph office, the money-order, postal-note, and the post-office savings bank, mails being daily received and despatched three times to and from the north, and twice to and from the south. The locality is supplied with four churches—English, Presbyterian, Catholic, and Lutheran. The township, which is situated in the Manchester Block, was named after Mr. A. Follett Halcombe, who represented the Emigrants and Colonists' Aid Corporation during the early history of the settlement, and who is referred to below.
Mr. A. Follett Halcombe, after whom the settlement of settlement of Halcombe was named, has had a career of over forty years in the Provincial District. He has been prominent as a public man, having taken part in the Wellington Provincial Government from 1864 to 1870, during which time he was Provincial Secretary and Treasurer. He afterwards held office under the general Government as Emigration Officer, from which position he retired in 1872. Mr. Halcombe was then appointed attorney and agent for the Emigrnats and Colonists' Aid Corporation, formed to settle the Manchester Block in the Manawatu District, the town of Feilding being the principal settlement. On him devolved the sole responsibility for the arduous and complex work entailed in settling the large tract of country which had been acquired. During the period of nine years in which the district was under his management, Mr. Halcombe had the pleasure of watching the progress of the various townships. From a dense bush the process of evolution went on steadily, despite the many hardships and drawbacks of a pioneer's life in the virgin forest. The bush clearings with their rough slab huts were replaced by well grassed paddocks and smiling homesteads, while the principal townships rapidly developed, streets and squares being laid off, the more prominent corners of which were soon occupied by hotels and business places, private houses meanwhile springing up like mushrooms. In 1881 Mr. Halcombe retired from this onerous position, and removed to Taranaki, where he became a settler, and here he has since remained with the exception of a short time, during which he was in business in Feilding with his son, Mr. J. W. F. Halcombe, under the style of A. F. Halcombe and Son, as land and commission agents. Mr. Halcombe has ever been known and respected as a large-hearted and cultivated gentleman of strict integrity and great business capacity.
The Halcombe Town Board is the body in which is vested the care of the town. Six members are elected by the ratepayers. The area under the jurisdiction of the Board is 640 acres, or exactly one square mile. The annual rateable value of the property amounts to £850, and the revenue totals £85. There are five miles of formed and metalled roads in the district; the roads are kept in an excellent state of order. Mr. Jas. Purkiss acts as secretary to the Board, and the offices are located in Stanway Road.
The Halcombe Public School is a convenient wooden building, situate 1 at a short distance from the railway station. It was erected some sixteen or seventeen years ago, and the increased number of scholars has necessitated its being considerably enlarged. The accommodation is now sufficient for 200 children, and there is not far short of this number on the roll, the last returns showing that there were 191 children attending school, of whom ninety-eight were boys, and ninety-four girls. The teaching staff is composed of a head master, Mr. S. Strachan, two assistants, and a cadet.
Mr. Samuel Strachan is the headmaster of the Halcombe Public School. He is a native of New Zealand, and was educated at the Wanganui Boys' High School. After going through a thorough course of training as a pupil teacher, Mr. Strachan took his E2 certificate in the year 1888. He was appointed assistant-master at the Clive Public School, and held the position for three years, when he was transferred to a similar position at the Feilding Board School, where he remained for the same length of time. On leaving Feilding, Mr. Strachan was appointed to the head-mastership of the Halcombe School, where he is doing good work in training the; young. Mr. Strachan is himself an enthusiastic lover of sport, hunting, and all active pastimes. For years he has performed the laborious duties of secretary to polo, cricket, and tennis clubs. He is now a member of the Feilding Polo Club and of the Halcombe Sports Committee.
The Stanway Public School was established in 1882, and at the present time there are some sixty-three children on the roll. The building is of the usual Government school type, and consists of two rooms capable of seating 100 children. Close by the school is the master's residence—a comfortable and roomy house.
Mr. Dugald Matheson, Headmaster of the Stanway Public School, was born at Queenstown in 1868, and received his education in the public schools of Palmerston North. After passing his examination as pupil teacher, his first appointment was to the Linton school, of which he had charge for six years. He was then promoted to the Stanway school, and has been in charge ever since. In volunteer circles Mr. Mathuson is well known, having been a sergeant in the Manawatu Mounted Rifles, and in 1894 he was awarded the gold medal for best accoutred and mounted man in the troop. In football he played for a number of seasons with both Mortion and Feilding Football Clubs. In shooting and swimming Mr. Matheson has always taken great interest, and at the present time (1896) is busy in forming a local rifle club. Recently Mr. Matheson married a daughter of the late Mr. Ferguson, of Marton.
Court Loyal Halcombe, No. 6947 (Halcombe). Mr Alex, Williamson is the secretary.
Williams, W. M. Coachbuilder, Wheelright. Farrier, and General Blacksmith, Stanway Road, Halcombe. Telegraphic address, "Williams, Halcombe." Private residence, Willoughby Street. Mr. Williams is a native of Brecknockshire, Wales, where he was apprenticed and thoroughly mastered all details of the business. He completed his term as long ago as 1858, and for many years worked at his trade in the Old Country. In 1876 he decided to come to New Zealand, and embarked in the good ship "Wamea" from London. On arrival he settled in Halcombe, and founded the business it 1878, which he has conducted ever since. The premises occupied by Mr. Williams are central and extensive, affording about 3000 square feet of floorage space. Mr. Williams does a considerable trade in all departments of his business. In local politics he has long held the position of a member of the Halcombe Town Board. Mr. Williams is also interested in the various friendly societies, and has held all the important offices in the local branch of the Foresters' Society.
Cowdrey, William, Boardinghouse Proprietor, Halcombe Restaurant, Willoughby Street, Halcombe, Mr. Cowdrey is a native of Wiltshire, England, and in 1877 decided to settle in New Zealand. Before leaving for the Colony Mr. Cowdrey selected a section of land in Halcombe, at an office in Queen Anne's Gate, in the city of London. He came out to New Zealand per ship "Northamptonshire" in the above year. For eight years Mr. Cowdrey conducted the business of a baker in Halcombe, at the same time cultivating his farm. In 1894 the Halcombe Restaurant was founded. The building contains eight rooms, including a comfortable parlour and a large dining-room. Mrs. Cowdrey attends personally to the requirements of visitors.
Purkiss, James, Stationer, Newsagent, Land, Estate, and Commission Agent, Stanway Road, Halcombe. Bankers, Bank of New Zealand. Mr. Purkiss hails from Essex, England, and arrived in the Colony per ship "Ardenernig" in 1862. He was brought up to a seafaring life; but the glamour of a gold digger's experiences lured him away. He went right through the Otago and West Coast goldfields, and in 1880 settled in Halcombe. The freehold premises occupied by him contain about 750 square feet floorage space, the building being constructed of wood. Mr. Purkiss is agent for the Commercial Union Fire Insurance Company. He is registrar of births, deaths, and marriages, and is the secretary of the Halcombe Town Board. Mr. Purkiss has had many years experience in matters affecting property in his district. He is fully acquainted with all parts, and is in the best position to advise intending settlers. He has a good assortment of farms on hand for sale, and is also in a position to give reliable valuations of any lands in the locality.
Bell, William, General Storekeeper, Corner of Willoughby Street and Stanway Road, Halcombe. Bankers, Bank of New Zealand. Private residence, Levin Street. Mr. Bell's store is one of the oldest and best in Halcombe. It was established by him in 1880, and the departments comprise grocery, crockery, drapery, ironmongery, and patent medicines. Mr. Bell does a large reciprocal trade with the farmers, selling them general merchandise, and exporting their butter in very large quantities. He is a director and treasurer of the Halcombe Dairy Company, and agent for the New Zealand Insurance Company. Mr. Bell, who has had a most eventful career, was born in Linlithgowshire, Scotland, educated at Bathgate Academy, and arrived in New Zealand, per ship "Stormbird," from Glasgow, landing at Dunedin, when that now great city was a settlement about two years old. He remembers the site of Dunedin when it was so boggy that a team of bullocks "got stuck" in what is now the very heart of the town. Narrow escapes figure prominently in Mr. Bell's history. Joining in the West Coast rush, he tried hard for a passage thither in the "City of Dunedin," but as she was filled up for three trips, he decided to go overland. After a most exciting ride, during which he was pulled through the river at his horse's tail, he arrived there not very pleased with his decision, until he learned that the "City of Dunedin" was lost, and that all on board had perished. At another time he walked over the exact spot near Greymouth and Notown, where, three days after, Burgess, Kelly, and Levy committed one of their nefarious murders. Mr. Bell saw some very rough times on the diggings. He drove the first team of horses (his own property), into Gabriel's Gully, where he had a store, and was among the first to arrive on the West Coast fields. In 1875 he visited Melbourne, having done very well on the diggings, and stayed in Victoria till 1879, when he returned to the Colony and prepared to start in business as above. Mr. Bell is well respected in Halcombe, where he is chairman of the school committee, and ex-chairman of the Town Board.
Tyler, Mrs. W., Baker and Fruiterer, Stanway Road, Halcombe. Estab. 1895.
King, John, Boardinghousekeeper, Willoughby Street, Halcombe, Established 1887.
Wahle, Robert, Farrier and General Blacksmith, Willoughby Street, Halcombe. Established 1894.
Bennett, Chas, James, Saddler and Harnessnaker, Stanway Road, Halcombe. Bankers, Bank of New Zealand. Established 1890.
Colville, John, Bootmaker, Stanway Road, Halcombe. Established 1891.
Runciman, Geo. Mitchell, General Storekeeper, Halcombe. Bankers, Bank of New Zealand, Feilding. Established 1895.
Williamson, Alex., General Storekeeper, Stanway Road, Halcombe. Bankers, Bank of New Zealand. Established 1878, and conducted by present proprietor since 1894.
Callingham, Thos. Robert, Farmer, Halcombe. Mr. Callingham is the owner of a compact little property on the Halcombe Road, and has resided in the district for the past fifteen years. Mr. Callingham was born in Sussex in 1858, and received his education in his native country. In 1871 he decided to come out to New Zealand, and upon his arrival in the Colony page 1269 started acquiring the necessary experience to fit him for becoming the owner of land. As a member of the school committee Mr. Callingham has for a number of years done good service to his district. For many years he was an active member of the lodge of Rechabitas. Mr. Callingham is married to a daughter of the late Mr. Thorns, for many years county engineer in Rangitikei, and has two sons and one daughter. Mr. Callingham takes great interest in all local affaire, and is ever willing to give his services.
Riddiford, Daniel George, Sheepfarmer, Halcombe. "Burnside," the station belonging to Mr. Riddiford, is situated on the main road from Stanway to Halcombe, and stands back some distance from the road. The property comprises 2000 acres of first-class grazing country, carrying 6000 odd Lincoln sheep and 150 head of Polled-Angus cattle. Mr. Riddiford's estate has the reputation among buyers of producing some of the best fat stock in the district. The subject of this sketch was born at the Lower Hutt in 1859, and received his education at Uppingham Public School, in the Old Country. In 1878 Mr. Riddiford returned to New Zealand, and spent several years on his father's run in the Wairarapa. About fourteen years ago he acquired his present estate, and has lived at "Burnside" with his wife and family ever since. The house is a handsome two story building, which contains fifteen rooms, and has a fine commanding outlook. At the back is very complete stabling accommodation for Mr. Riddifford's numerous polo ponies and hunters. In hunting and polo circles Mr. Riddiford's name is well known, he having acted as master of the Rangitikei hounds for many seasons. As captain of the Rangitikei Polo Club, he has a good sporting record, having skippered his club in 1894 when they won the Saville, Cup, and again in 1895 when they were the winners of the All-round Challenge Cup. As master of the hounds he has led the way for many a dash over stiff timber and tough country. He breeds all his own polo ponies, and is the possessor of some excellent animals. In all forms of sport Mr. Riddiford takes the keenest interest, being a good shot and angler. He is also a steward of the Marton Jockey Club, and for many years was a member of the council of the Munawatu and West Coast Agricultural and Pastoral Association, of which society he is still a leading member. Mr. Riddiford is a Justice of the Peace for the county, having been appointed many years ago. He is married to a daughter of the late Mr. John Glennie, of New South Wales.
Mr. D. G. Riddiford.


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Deadly Carnage – Through The Void, Above The Suns
Band: Deadly Carnage
Title: Through The Void, Above The Suns
Label: A Sad Sadness Song
Release Date: 30 March 2018
Format reviewed: CD-quality Digital Promo
Deadly Carnage is a name which instantly makes me think of brutal death metal band. But surprise, surprise! The Italian band sent me straight into another direction. No, not a direction, a grandeur dimension in fact.
Started as a black metal band in 2005, the four musicians decided to continue towards post-black, doom and post-rock since 2007. Much exploring new territories and pushing their boundaries since then, the band now releases their fourth full-length album – "Through The Void, Above The Suns" and I can say that Alexios (Guitars, Vocals), Dave (Guitars),
Adres (Bass) and Marco (Drums) deliver their best album to date. It's funny how the destiny plays with me most recently, taking me every week to a new Cosmic journey. If you don't know what I'm talking about, just check my latest reviews… This time the destination is the Void in order to meet the chaotic energy, the Matter, the real fabric of the Universe. Cosmos is living, Cosmos is breathing. Based on this the band constructs their epic new album. The Universal pillars of the existence of Birth and Creation, Procreation and End, Entropy lay deep into the philosophical existentialism of this super intelligent record. And as a result, we reach out to the total destruction, bringing us the beauty of the absolute emptiness. The album consists of 9 tracks with a total running time of glorious 45 minutes! Stylistically the Italians magically mix post-black, doom, post-metal, cosmic solitude and eternal pain, with torturous and clean vocals by Alexios and very much distorted guitar presence – like in a dream.
"Matter" and "Hyle" are kinda strained, doomy, torturous, dark. Full of tension and painful feelings. "Cosmi" is great instrumental – dissociative, distorted again. "Lumis" continues the strained sensual dream in drowning already in darker post-black blasts matters. "
Ifene "begins as airy yet dark and continues as frantic outburst, twisting into a painful sad hallucinative dream with clear vocals. It is followed by the atmospheric and ambient instrumental "Fractals". "Divide" is calmer, airy again, carrying a feeling of an existential loss and eternity. The record ends with "Entropia" – a heavy painful end with the usual distorted post atmospheric feeling.
All the time while listening the album I had a couple of intrusive thoughts. First of all, for some reason, I thought that this could be a potential direction which Anathema could have taken after their 95-98 period, instead of drowning into the proggy alternative style. Second thought was that if I have to make a comparison to describe the album or give it a direction, it could be Neurosis meets Anathema meets Alcest. On and on "Through The Void, Above The Suns" is an amazing album, which I strongly recommend. It is a great experience full of feelings.
"We are the eyes
that Universe uses
to watch itself"
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Had a great session with this beautiful family. It may not have been super cold and you can tell that it is not winter but why not take advantage of the moment and get some great Christmas pictures out of the session. Who doesn't need pictures for those Christmas cards and look at that golden fall light!! Love it all. I feel this is what Christmas looks like in Arizona!


Commute Challenge 2018 happened in September 2018 with videos being posted at tinyurl.com/commutechallenge2018.
The 2018 commute challenge may be even better than the original – certainly the projection values are much higher, and there was much better media coverage.
I was working in London for a few weeks so I did a mini commute challenge. Normally I take the tube but May 1st I unicycled and got some beautiful video once I arrived, available here, linked on twitter here.
For a radio interview discussing Commute Challenge 2017 go here.
A brief blog post about commute challenge is on the Bike All Over blog, here.
And, 425 Business Magazine did an article on alternate commute methods – you can find it here, announcement tweet here.
And, a brief video summary of the commute challenge is below.
I'm lucky enough to live just 2 km (1.25 miles) away from the place where I work. Because of this – and because I dislike driving – I tend to commute in a variety of non-car ways. A few months into my new job I noticed that I tended to use about six different commute methods on a regular basis: walking, running, cycling, unicycling, inline skating, and taking a bus. Having that many commute methods got me thinking: how many commute methods could I come up with? Could I commute to work using a different method every work day for a month?
And so was born the commute challenge. After much procrastination I tried this challenge in April 2017. One month, twenty work days, twenty different commute methods.
Let me know if you see this video hosted somewhere other than youtube.
Observant viewers may note that the order of commuting methods is different between the video and the calendar. The calendar shows the actual order of events, whereas the video was edited and rearranged as needed in order to tell the story best. The important thing is that all twenty commute methods (and a few others not shown) actually happened during the month, with a different one every day.
Riding on a OneWheel, Segway Mini, or SoloWheel are all fun ways to get to work. They all scratch my unicycling itch, and they all help reassure me that my balance has adapted to only having one inner ear. And I enjoyed the Ripstick and the surprisingly practical kayak. But the winner for the most fun commute has to be water skiing to work. Sure, it's not practical. We practically drove past work on the way to the house of the friend whose boat towed me. But when you start your day water skiing in a Jesus costume across Lake Washington you just can't stop smiling. The cold water woke me up, the music was inspiring, and it felt great to do something improbable before breakfast.
Swimming. Hands down, swimming. The skateboard was slow and dangerous (probably due to my poor skills), the ElliptiGo was inefficient and uninspiring, and the canoe (and, to be fair, water skiing) required a support vehicle. But swimming was the only commute method that was simultaneously unpleasant, inefficient, and potentially dangerous – it's the trifecta! The water was cold (about 8° Celsius or 46° Fahrenheit) so I wore two wet suits and neoprene boots, gloves, and a hood, This kept me warm enough (as long as I didn't put my face in the water) but made it hard to move or breathe. Luckily the swim was only about 600 m (0.4 miles) and I had a safety cyclist ready to watch me drown, so I made it, but "zero stars, would not swim again." I recommend that you save swimming to work for August, when it will still be inefficient but at least not as unpleasant and dangerous.
I tried to get a Waymo ride but was unable to arrange it. Even though biking and city bus are two of my usual commute methods I never actually got around to them. I have at least half a dozen other unicycle types that I could have used to expand my commute methods list. I thought about borrowing a friend's penny farthing but I didn't have the right outfit for that ride. I regret not being able to commute via helicopter, sky diving, slip-and-slide, horse, tight wire, or human hamster ball.
Life is too short to spend it stuck in traffic, or looking for parking. While not everybody has the diversity of commute options that I have, I think that there are some people who commute alone in a car because they haven't fully considered the costs (financial, societal, environmental) or because they haven't considered the health and joy benefits of trying other options. Busing and carpooling are available to many and while they may take more time than driving alone in a car, they may be better uses of your time. They might not be as much fun as water skiing, but if you can read a book or talk to a friend while commuting then that's progress.
Thanks to Maria, Sarah, Seth, David, Gina, Mike, Chris, John, Alex, ulbi, Kurt, and Helen for all their support.
The music for the video is Back In Summer by Nicolai Heidlas, courtesy of HookSounds.
I use my bike and other non-car methods to commute partly because it's better for the world (fewer greenhouse gases, one less car on the road, one less parking spot used) but mostly because it makes me happier. Rather than explain why a shorter non-car commute is good for happiness I'll just link to this video about One Scientifically Proven Thing Actually Makes People Happier.
This post can be found at https://tinyurl.com/commutechallenge2017.
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This gets another Totally Freakin' Awesome™ Award, this time in the sphere of human activity!
I asked about a self-driving car but apparently it was still just a bit too early.
Pogo Stick would be great. My pogo stick is pretty terrible, but I did enough searching that I now see ads for $400 pogo sticks everywhere.
The whole thing made me smile. I'm so jealous! I'm almost 7km from work and there's basically no waterways between me and the office. I've only done four (ho-hum) methods: bus, running, biking, and car, but you've given me inspiration to add some new ones this summer!
Great! The extra 5 km definitely makes options harder but I hope you do add some new methods – post here if you do. And remember, if you officially label it "Commute Challenge" then people will lend you cool toys!
Thanks! Maybe I'll grab a tank and do it underwater next time – but under warmer water. Time to read up on Lake Washington scuba regulations I guess.
Hmmm. Is it more satisfying to pedal up Market St., going faster on pedal power than any of the cars, or to coast down State St., going faster on gravity alone than any of the cars? They're both so fun that I find it hard to choose.
sadly enough, I take the bus (2 different ones) to do my 32km commutes. In 2020 Montreal will be forcing us to take a train. I will then need to walk, take the shuttle to the bus which will take me to the train. I already lose 2h a day. If i was riding a bike it would take around 3.5h / day.
I would love to work from home again. You did a great job, I'm jealous!


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From the monthly archives:	September 2013
Prison operating at 193% capacity on day of Castro suicide
On September 30, 2013 By Joseph
On Saturday The Columbus Dispatch published part of an interview with Gary Mohr related to the two recent, high-profile suicides in Ohio's prisons, including the death of Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro on September 3rd. Mohr, John Kasich's prisons director, told the paper that he did not think all suicides could be prevented in Ohio's prisons and that overcrowding and understaffing likely had nothing to do with the recent suicides.
"Would more staff have prevented it?", Mohr asked rhetorically. "I don't believe that's the cause for the loss of life."
While it's still unclear what, if anything specific, is to […]
Shutdown or no, www.healthcare.gov opens tomorrow!
On September 30, 2013 By Luke Brockmeier
Tomorrow is the first day of open enrollment in Ohio's health insurance exchange at www.healthcare.gov. Even if the government shuts down tonight, Obamacare will still be fully funded (it's a law, it's not part of the discretionary budget) and the exchanges will be fully functional.
Well, largely functional. Here's what to do, and then what to watch out for.
Like I said, just go to www.healthcare.gov and provide the required information. It's basically address/income/age type of stuff. You won't have to give a health history.
You'll get a list of health care plans that […]
Kasich spokesman threatens reporter over Pinterest pin
Kasich Spokesman Rob Nichols is well known for giving obnoxious quotes to reporters, like the time he accused State Rep. Debbie Phillips of wanting everyone in Ohio to live "on a collective farm cooking organic quinoa over a dung fire" when she questioned the Governor's involvement in removing an Ohio EPA employee who tried to protect Ohio's waterways from excessive polluting by the coal industry.
It turns out Nichols is just as obnoxious in his private communications.
According to The Examiner's John Michael Spinelli, Nichols sent him a late night email threatening to take away his access to the […]
The Lighter Side: Poll: U.S. should secede from Texas
On September 30, 2013 By Abe
A yet-to-be-published poll by an anonymous survey firm reports that a majority of desperate Americans wants the United States to secede from Texas. Although it will prevent the Dallas Cowboys from ever again being called "America's Team", people now feel secession would be the only way to stop Ted Cruz from seeking the presidency – a welcome trade-off that is driving the secessionist mood.
Batchelder's words melt down at party's ice cream social
Ohio House Speaker Bill Batchelder showed up at the annual Medina County Republican ice cream social last week – and let me be the first to say there is nothing untoward about a political leader casually spending Sunday afternoon schmoozing with his Republican friends and contributors.
But according to the Medina Gazette, his hometown paper, he didn't let the opportunity pass without damning President Obama on count after count, hitting more of his constituents' sweet spots than a triple dip chocolate sundae. (The paper reported 60 of the party's disciples were there to greet him,which seems like a spare number in […]
Mandel to give back (half of) tainted Suarez donations (again)
In August 2011 the Toledo Blade reported that Josh Mandel's senate campaign had received over $100,000 in questionable donations from Ben Suarez and his wife, along with employees of Suarez's company. A PAC associated with Mandel also received $30,000 from the Suarez's
By late May, almost 10 months after finding out the money was tainted, and with the FBI now investigating Suarez, Mandel reluctantly returned the $100K.
Saurez was finally indicted this week on nine counts including conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government, conspiracy to violate campaign finance laws and witness tampering.
And suddenly – over two years after […]
Kasich pal Thibaut registered to lobby JobsOhio, Governor's Office
According to the website for Ohio's Joint Legislative Ethics Committee (JLEC), there are 465 active lobbyist registrations related to JobsOhio, Kasich's secretive, public-private development organization. Kasich's long time friend Don Thibaut is personally registered to lobby JobsOhio for 9 different organizations.
Which leaves me scratching my head.
If JobsOhio really is a completely private organization, as the Kasich administration claims, then why do lobbyists have to register with a state ethics group in order to communicate with the organization on behalf of their clients?
Don't get me wrong, given the amount of money we're giving JobsOhio – $6+ Billion in public […]
Obamacare rates lower than expected; Ohio's rates above average
Good news, so-so news, bad news, and a path forward.
The good news is that Obamacare's base premiums are 16% below projections. That means that the Congressional Budget Office, when it has estimated the federal cost of the program, has been overestimating the expenditures.
The HHS report at the link is a sign that Obamacare will likely reduce the federal deficit far more than originally thought.
The so-so news is that these federal savings don't translate into consumer savings. 88% of the currently uninsured will qualify for premium support or Medicaid; only 12% of people will pay the […]
Pure Romance picks Cincinnati (UPDATED)
In a victory for the city and the state, Pure Romance has announced that they will move forward with a relocation to downtown Cincinnati, despite being rejected for tax credits by a prudish Kasich administration.
The company has outgrown their suburban warehouse facilities and is looking to expand operations. They were initially approved for $108,000 in incentives from Ohio to match $353,000 from Cincinnati, but JobsOhio nixed the deal when they found out that Pure Romance markets relationship enhancements to women.
The new management positions, according to the Enquirer, will pay 41% more than the average job […]
The Lighter Side: Weighty crises: Cats with fur, and those with deep pockets
Reacting to a Harper's Index report that 58 pct. of the cats in America are overweight (Honest!), Republican leaders are urging their plump elected officials to avoid contact with their fat-cat contributors at fancy eateries until the potential image crises blows over. Explained one hefty county chairman, "It won't look right if we are seen stuffing ourselves at the better restaurants with our big contributors while we are at the same time cutting food stamps."
Lobbyists get special ID card to bypass new statehouse security
We reported back in May that the Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board (CSRAB), under pressure from the Kasich Administration, was planning to implement tighter security at the Ohio Statehouse – including screens of almost every very visitor with security wands prior to entering the building.
The security wand initiative was presented as a compromise to an earlier proposal by Kasich to install metal detectors at every statehouse entrance. Kasich's proposal came shortly after he tried to lock large crowds of protesters out of the Ohio Statehouse during an anti-Senate Bill 5 rally.
Under […]