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Sometimes a baseball fan just can't win.
There is a certain attractiveness to a struggling baseball team. No wild-eyed dreamer sits around dreaming about his day as GM where his wisdom, wit, passion and devilish good looks transform the New York Yankees into World Champions. The Yankees don?t need his help. No, the dreamer in all of us wants to take the struggling club, the doormats, the worst of the worst, and lead them to the World Championship with a grateful city offering its praise and adulation.
And so the wild-eyed dreamer in me has been inherently fascinated with some of the also-rans in Major League Baseball. The Pirates? Love ?em, always have. Devil Rays? Terrific fun.
But as you no doubt know, it has very recently gotten very ugly for two of these struggling franchises. Many people in the last week have come to bat for the Minnesota Twins and they certainly have all sorts of valid reasons for doing so, but let me speak for a moment for MLB's favorite punching bag, the Montreal Expos:
By now everybody should know the story of the Expos, but here's a blow by blow of their existence the last 7 or 8 years.
1994: While drawing 24,000 a game and picking up steam into August, the Expos put together the best record in baseball. However, Montreal fans are forced to watch helplessly as the Strike hits, canceling the rest of the season, the post-season and the World Series. A club that looked to be on the verge of breaking through and winning the hearts of Montreal has the rug pulled out from underneath them. The best season in franchise history ends unfinished.
1995: The strike ends and the Expos ownership decided that it would be a fine idea to slash payroll. The rationale some people have posed for this strategy was that since the new revenue sharing agreement was tied into payroll, with the lowest payroll teams receiving the largest share, the Expos had discovered that they could guarantee a profit every season simply by slashing payroll to bare minimum levels and collecting the shared revenue. Expos ownership could also cry poor, saying that they simply couldn?t afford the increasing player salaries and that the only way they could would be if they got a publicly funded stadium. Whatever the reasoning, the Expos lose two of their starting outfielders, one of their better starting pitchers and their All-Star closer in the resulting carnage. The team drops to 66-78.
1996: The Expos bounce back going 88-74. Attendance, which had understandably fallen off the previous year, begins to recover a bit. Despite losing their shortstop and third baseman and also losing two starting pitchers to injury, they continue to plug holes with talent from their abundant farm system. Expo fans hold their breath and hope the worst is over.
1997: The latest purges cost the Expos their rightfielder, their team leader in innings pitched, and their latest closer. One of the first purgees wins the National League Most Valuable Player Award for the Rockies. Having turned over their entire outfield, their shortstop, most of their starting pitching staff, and two different closers since the 1994 team, the Expos simply can't plug the holes fast enough anymore and they drop to 78-84. Attendance falls slightly but was still above 1995 levels. Still, the Expos have added some nice young talent in Rondell White, Valdimir Guerrero, Ugueth Urbina and have good looking prospects like Brad Fullmer waiting in the wings. Most importantly, the Expos have the 1997 Cy Young Award Winner who posted a brilliant ERA of 1.90 struck out over 300 batters and was just 25 years old. This certainly looked like a team that could still make some hay…
1998: The 25 year-old Cy Young pitcher is promptly traded the following offseason. Expo fans get to watch in horror as he proceeds to dominate hitters the next three years to an extent that possibly hasn?t been seen in baseball history. If that isn?t enough, they also ditch their leftfielder, second baseman, catcher, first baseman and set-up man. They go 65-97 and attendance drops to 11,295 a game.
1999: The Expos have a good offseason and only lose their shortstop to the annual salary purges. With the club now fully gutted, the management side of things starts to unravel. An understandably grouchy Felipe Alou has trouble getting along with some of the young players (Brad Fullmer chief amongst them) and punitive benchings and demotions begin to occur. The youth movement begins to crumble as it appears the coaching staff has run out of patience with the revolving door. Their former Cy Young pitcher snags another Cy Young with the Boston Red Sox. The Expos field a young club and lose ballgames. They finish 68-94 before average crowds of 9,547. Head orchestrator of the great baseball flea market, Claude Brochu, finally leaves the scene after this season. New owner Jeff Loria pronounces that things would be different from now on.
2000: The Expos acquire a few veterans of dubious quality as a message that the team would begin trying again. The Expos storm out of the gate as the league?s surprise team and Expo fans see one last shining glimmer of hope in what has turned into an awful test of their allegiance. But it was not to be. The biggest of their offseason acquisitions has an ERA of a jetliner and then gets injured. The Expos cool off and start losing again. They trade one of their better (and soon to be more expensive) players, an outfielder, for a young pitcher who promptly pitches one game for the Expos and blows his arm out. He has not pitched for them since. Discussions for a new stadium come to a halt, the U.S. press starts beating up on the team, and the Commissioner's office (in a position all along to stop the fire sales) begins questioning the ability of the people of Montreal to support their baseball team. Their former Cy Young pitcher grabs another Cy Young and narrowly misses the American League Most Valuable Player Award. The Expos go 67-95, though the early season run boosts their average attendance back up to 11,000 a game.
2001: After an entire offseason criticizing, not only the Expo fans for not supporting their team, but also the city of Montreal for being a second rate city, the U.S. press begins using the Expos as their favorite punching bag for all that's "wrong with the game." The Expos have a slow start and the whole thing goes downhill from there. Alou is fired and replaced by former player, manager and broadcaster Jeff Torborg. Amidst increasing talk that the team will either be moved or contracted, the Expos start to draw crowds in the 2,000 range on occassion. The owner of the Colorado Rockies, out of the goodness of his own heart, decides he wants to donate some of the Expos revenue to the disaster relief fund in New York by having his team and city host games that were scheduled to be played in Montreal and donate the gate proceeds. When the Expos understandably balk, some of the press blasts them for not wanting to help out such a good cause. A shipment of American flags to be given out at the first games since the terrorist attack is late in arriving to Olympic Stadium and fans don't receive them when they enter as they had in other parks. The press points out the lack of flags at the game as evidence as to how insensitive the city of Montreal is to the tragedy that has occurred in America. The team goes 68-94, averages 7,935 fans a game, and, just after the season concludes, reports begin to spread that the Expos will be contracted before the start of the 2002 season.
While just summarizing all of the events (and I'm sure I've missed or misremembered a grisly detail or two here or there) this nutshells what has occurred over the last eight years. To sum up even more simply: the Expos were a good young team, supported by one of the largest Canadian cities. They had their best season ever snuffed out by a labor dispute, saw the end results of said dispute encourage their owner to sell off any player talent with any sort of a price tag, and got to re-live this little exercise over and over again after every season. The owner of the club badmouths the stadium; the commissioner of the sport badmouths the sport; and both badmouth the town for not buying them a stadium. They endured losing seasons, and when there was hope for winning baseball, it was quickly extinguished by more fire sales. The stadium was, by most accounts, no longer being maintained properly. The best pitcher in the game got traded at the very start of the peak of his career in order to avoid arbitration. Finally, in the last year, Expo fans have seen the unsympathetic American press attack and villify the fans, the city and at times the country of Les Expos…
...and wonder of wonders, the fans have stopped attending Expos games. Who could possibly have guessed that?
One of the things I hear a lot when listening to a struggling team?s fans discuss their club, is ?the only thing we can really do about the club's terminal incompetence is vote with our dollar. We should stop going to the park, stop buying their merchandise and stop watching the games on TV. If we hit them in their wallet, then they'll have to take notice and correct their behavior.? A common theory about the Cubs long tradition on ineptitude makes the same argument: ?since the Cubs make money every single year and sell lots of tickets every single year, regardless of how good the team is, management never has any incentive to field a good team.?? In other words, the vote with your pocketbook theory contends that if you don?t buy their substandard product, they will be forced to improve it.
It is a theory the many fans of the Montreal Expos have put to the test, and it is a theory that apparently does not hold. If the team puts a substandard product on the field, and you don't attend, it appears that:
Your devotion as a fan will be questioned,
The adequacy of where you live will be questioned, and
You will lose your team.
Apparently ownership has decided that every Major League city is obligated to put a great deal of time, effort and money into supporting their baseball team, regardless of whether the team?s ownership chooses to do the same. If not, you lose your? team, and the owner gets to try his act elsewhere.
And so, as Bud Selig attempts to sell the used Volkswagen that is contraction to the baseball public, the city of Montreal and their many Expo fans get hit from all angles, as an increasingly reactionary baseball world lines up in lock-step to place the blame for "all that is wrong with the sport" squarely at their feet…
It doesn?t seem that baseball will ever realize that for most rational people (a group of which I am not a member) there is far more to life than Major League Baseball. Expo fans have spouses, children, parents and friends whom they care about more deeply than they ever could about a silly baseball team. They go to parks, and on vacations and use the money they earn from working to spend it in whatever way they find most enriches their lives and the lives of people they care about. For many of the people of Montreal, one of those things used to be Montreal Expos Baseball. Still, the citizens of Montreal will heal and begin to do other things with their time that will give them at least almost as much joy. And that is where Major League Baseball has made a terrible mistake. The city of Montreal is by far the most unique city in Major League Baseball. They speak a different language in a different country with strong ties to a continent into which Major League Baseball has made little inroads. They have a few of the most exciting young players in the game of baseball, and, like most fans of struggling teams, are just waiting for someone to step to the plate and make a difference for their ballclub. In eras past the city of Montreal has shown quite clearly it can and will support Major League Baseball and the Montreal Expos under one and only one condition: the league and team agree to meet them halfway and actually try to put a good team on the field for them. In the end greed isn?t the one holding the knife to throats of the Expos, but rather laziness. Apparently effort is a price Major League Baseball and the Expos current ownership is unwilling to pay.
And if there's anything that can and will destroy the great sport of baseball, it's most certainly that kind of attitude from its stewards.
Voros McCracken Posted: November 09, 2001 at 05:00 AM | 9 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. RJ in TO Posted: November 10, 2001 at 12:13 AM (#604203)
Thank you for realizing that a lot of the problems facing the Expos in Montreal are not of the fans making, but of the Expos and the other owners. Just another example of baseball failing its market, rather than the marjet failing them.
As a side note, how can the owners complain about the position of Olympic Stadium when it is only about 20 min. from the majority of the downtown region on one of the best subway systems in North America?
By the way, over the last 20 years, the Expos have been about as sucessful as the Brewers. Why is it that, despite the artificial intruige of a new stadium, the Brewers have yet to be mentioned as a reasonable contraction candidate? Just wait for a couple years until the newness has worn off, and we will see how the attendance numbers are.
2. Zeke Posted: November 10, 2001 at 12:13 AM (#604204)
I just wanted to write and say, kick-ass article Voros! Thanks.
3. DEF Posted: November 10, 2001 at 12:13 AM (#604207)
Very nice job, Voros. It looks like my comment on another article about a lack of analysis by the Primer staff was premature. Glad to see I was wrong.
4. Charles Saeger Posted: November 12, 2001 at 12:13 AM (#604219)
On local television revenues:
The issue is that the Expos did not have a local television contract for 2001. In addition to driving down attendance, it also dried up a very necessary revenue stream for the team. Pro hockey teams, a sport that almost invariably draws lower ratings than baseball, all have local television contracts (to the best of my knowledge).
Here is what bothers me: this is probably a deliberate act of sabotage by Jeff Loria. Think about it. The owners have been quietly mentioning contraction since last year. To maximise his argument, Loria pursues a policy that will deliberately tank his team, so he can either acquire a more lucrative team or take the money ($150-$250 million) and run.
To say that deliberately causing a business to be a loser so you can have your competitors buy you out is a serious anti-trust issue, even if that franchise is in Canada (MLB is incorporated in New York, so it would fall under the Sherman Act, save for the exemption).
We are talking about some very nasty shenanigans on the part of the Lords of the Realm.
5. Voros McCracken Posted: November 12, 2001 at 12:13 AM (#604224)
Just to back up David's point, he is correct that large markets suffer the same attendence woes that small markets do when they field losing teams: the Mets, Giants, Phillies, White Sox and Angels are all large market clubs and have all suffered attendance slumps due to poor team quality.
And the key point with the Expos isn't that they are bad, it is that the team gutted a winning a ballclub and has since not lifted a finger to improve the club. So not only do they suffer from fielding a bad team, but they also suffer due to a perceived (correctly IMO) lack of effort from the team's management to change things.
6. Cris E Posted: November 13, 2001 at 12:13 AM (#604227)
David -
You're right and you're wrong: there is real money to be had at the gate, but not many teams can charge $30 a seat. Even with new stadiums all over the place the average ticket in 2001 cost $18.99. But the Twins avg seat price in 2000 was a hair under $10, so in a tupperware stadium in MN your numbers are cut by two thirds. If you have a bad park you won't get as much per seat. If you live in a cheap part of the country then people will flinch beore paying $6 for a beer. An article I saw recently showed that Santa Clara had the fifth highest cost of living in the country, and claimed that was as big a driver for moving the As as the population base.
7. David Geiser Posted: November 16, 2001 at 12:13 AM (#604242)
Let's finish your list, Brad:
1969 7/12; 1970 6/12; 1971 8/12; 1972 9/12; 1973 9/12; 1974 9/12; 1975 9/12; 1976 11/12; 1977 6/12; 1978 7/12; 1979 4/12; 1980 4/12; 1981 3/12; 1982 3/12; 1983 2/12; 1984 8/12 1985 8/12.
It looks to me that there was a time between 1977-83 when the Expos were drawing quite well, comparatively.
Yes, they currently have some disadvantages: no real TV deal, ugly stadium. But the past suggests that they have plenty here to work with. Markets do not exist prefabricated for a business to simply walk in and capitalize on, they have to be built and maintained, and that requires investment. Those cities with successful franchises, and some of them are smaller media markets than Montreal, have made those investments. It seems to me that the Expos have neglected that over the years.
Is the Big-O as uncomfortably loud as it was four years ago, the last time I went to a game there? The noise alone would be enough to keep me from going.
The points about not all revenue coming from the gate are valid, but the relationship between a team's attendance and it's overall revenue (based on Forbes' figures) is quite strong. Attendance seems to correlate with revenue more than other suspects, like Market Size. I think the reason for this, besides the obvious (more tickets sold==more money), is that attendance works as a good estimator of team popularity which has an effect on most of the other revenue streams as well.
9. Jokerman Posted: December 01, 2001 at 12:16 AM (#604374)
Great job! These comments should be forwarded to Gammons and every other member of the baseball media "elite" who merely echo Selig & Co. in exchange for a steady stream of info. While you're at it send it to every front office in baseball, starting with the Big One in New York.
One thing must be pointed out about the 2000 season (Loria's first).
The organization-not just Loria-tried to fill three holes with established players. #1 A set-up man, preferably lefthanded. Yes they over-paid for Graeme lloyd but certainly did not expect him to miss the entire season. #2 a veteran starter capable of throwing about 200 innings. Irabu, obviously was a physical mess. Again, who knew he'd be that bad? #3 A lefthanded bat with sock for the middle of the line up, with a much better glove than incumbent firstbaseman Brad Fullmer. Enter Lee Stevens.
The point is...if you throw in a typical Lloyd, Irabu & Stevens season (only Stevens came close and even his year ended 125 at bats early because of a foot problem)to a normal, HEALTHY mix, than the 2000 Expos would have created a lot more excitement than they eventually did (8 games over .500 in early June).
No team can overcome a season in which it has to use 27 pitchers. 27 for Goodness sake! (Check Cleveland Indians, same season).
Loria and friends did not sabotage the franchise. He tried to win, it just didn't work out.
And one more thing. The Langston-Johnson deal of 1989? It actually propelled the Expos into first place where they stayed...for awhile.
Langstons 1989 Expos numbers were damn good. He wasn't the problem.
Obviously,in retrospect, the trade was a disaster. But if others (Hubie Brooks, Tim Raines, Tim Wallach, Andres Galarraga, Kevin Gross, Andy McGaffigan & Joe Hesketh)had performed as well as Langtson did, then maybe the Expos get to the post season and owner Charles Bronfman does not get fed up, keeps the team, builds a new downtown ballpark and we wouldn't have to turn blue trying to explain to the ill-informed that Montreal can support Major League Baseball.
Once again, it's good to know that in some pockets outside of Montreal there are sophisticated, keen baseball observers who understand. And sympathize. Thanks.
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L'Empereur Smith is a Lucky Luke adventure written by Goscinny and illustrated by Morris. It is the forty fifth book in the series and was originally published in French by Dargaud in the year 1976 and in English by Cinebook in 2010 as Emperor Smith. The story is loosely based on the life of the historical Emperor Norton of San Francisco.

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In the small town of Grass Town, Lucky Luke meets Dean Smith, a wealthy rancher in the area who has lost his mind and imagines himself to be the Emperor of the United States. Thanks to his fortune, Smith was able to afford to hire a small army, equipped with cannons, and to put on a whole apparatus. Amused by this character who they consider harmless, the people of Grass Town play the game and pretend to take Smith seriously.

The situation escalates when Buck Ritchie, a notorious bandit of the region, gets to meet Smith, and convince him to use his army to occupy the city. Terrorized, the locals rank on the side of Smith, who sets out to reconquer all the United States, making Grass Town the new capital of the country.

Judged for high treason, Sheriff Linen and Whitman, the editor of the newspaper, cowardly plead their case, and are pardoned by the Emperor Smith who gives them a title and a ministry to each. Convicted, Barney, the judge, is sentenced to death, commuted to life in prison, while Lucky Luke manages to escape, and plans to neutralize Smith, and free Grass Town. He does this by infiltrating a ball and kidnapping Smith. Gates, his second-in-command, and former cook, attempts to lead them, but with no-one to pay them, his soldiers quit. Luke arrests Gates. Richie duels Luke, cannon versus pistol, with Luke firing a bullet down the cannon, exploding it.

Luke goes to Smith, locked in a small hut nearby, and advises him to cross the nearby Rio Grande into Mexico.

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 Dean Smith: Rich rancher of the region who has gone mad, and imagines himself to be the Emperor of the United States; he now calls himself "Emperor Smith," and speaks of himself in the plural.
 Buck Ritchie: Notorious bandit, who manages to infiltrate Smith's army.
 Colonel Gates: former cook of Smith, who became his right-hand man. His important role also made him lose his head.
 Judge Barney: Judge of the city, he is the only notable of the city, helped by Lucky Luke, to oppose Smith when the situation degenerates.
 Sheriff Linen: Sheriff of the city, he does not concern himself with Smith, who he considers harmless and fun before he takes over. Cowardice leads him to join him.
 Rudolph Whitman: Director of the Grass Town Guardian, the city's newspaper, which publishes Smith's proclamations and decrees. He considers the latter as a picturesque figure before joining.

External links
Lucky Luke official site album index
Goscinny website on Lucky Luke

Comics by Morris (cartoonist)
Lucky Luke albums
1976 graphic novels
Works by René Goscinny

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With the sudden death of John, principal organist of St. Mary's, Portree, and of the Diocesan Choir of Argyll & the Isles, we have lost a gifted musician and lovely human being. I can do no better than quote from the message sent round the Diocesan Choir on behalf of Fr. Michael Hutson (Director of the Choir) and Mgr. James MacNeil (Vicar General of the Diocese).:-
"It is with great sadness that we heard of the death last week of John Bell, principal organist of the Diocesan Choir of Argyll & the Isles and organist at St Mary's, Portree…Conversations among priests often include anecdotes about their parish organist – too slow, too fast, too loud, awkward, difficult and uppity! None of these criticisms could be applied to Gentleman John.
For sure, he had his opinions. But he always saw music as the servant of the liturgy and made himself the servant of the parish community. He truly loved the whole world of church organ music. John didn't just play the organ, he somehow prayed it! His technical skill was matched by the thoughtful and prayerful manner with which he chose music for the services. He then played that music in a way which would uplift the congregation's minds and hearts or encouraged the congregation to lift up their hearts and voices to the Lord in song! John was a great organist, but he wasn't a show off. He played to lead others in prayer. And he played beautifully, making his playing an act of prayer in itself…… Our cathedral liturgies were greatly improved by the high standard of his playing. As part of the team of organists for the Papal Mass in 2010, John's maturity and the humility of his approach to the task at hand were greatly appreciated. His child-like pride at being involved in the Papal Liturgy was so strong that he couldn't really comprehend how refreshing we found his contribution!
He was simply such a gentleman, a big man in so many ways, gently humorous and very kind. It was always a joy to see him – whether seated at the organ, or turning up at the door – out of the blue – in his beloved camper van! John was a magnanimous musician and we will miss him very much."
John's funeral Mass took place at St. Mary's on 5 January. The church was full, with people attending from across the Diocese and further afield. Mgr. MacNeil (former Parish Priest of St. Mary's) concelebrated with Fr. Willie Maclean (present Parish Priest), Fr. Hutson, Fr. Roddie Johnstone and Fr. David Connor, all of whom had had the joy of experiencing John's music ministry.
Organist Fr. Michael at the funeral Mass
John himself had chosen the music for the liturgy with Shona Campbell, cantor at St. Mary's, and Shona sang the Psalm at the funeral. The music included "Be Thou my Vision", Ps. 42 (the Bob Hurd setting), "Be still, for the presence", the Shutte Mass of Christ the Saviour, "Sweet Sacrament Divine", the Mary McKillop hymn,"We belong to God", the Fitzpatrick setting of the Final Commendation, the plainsong Salve Regina and "City of God".
In his homily, Mgr. MacNeil commented that the inclusion of the last named hymn had raised a few eyebrows because people had thought John was not fond of it but- typical John – he had been reluctant to play it simply because he didn't think he played it as well as he should! Mgr MacNeil said we could view John's sudden death as a disaster but we have to believe that God is good and it was his decision to take John at the right time for him. Reflecting on John's humility and generosity of spirit, he reminded people that John had been seriously ill some ten years previously and had viewed his recovery as God giving him the gift of extra time. We should see it that way too and take heart from our belief in the Communion of Saints – John and so many good people who have gone before us are still linked with us in prayer. Turning to the words of that final hymn, he urged us therefore to go forth and build the City of God.
At the end of the Mass, a lengthy cortege followed the hearse over the single track road to the cemetery at Struan, where John and his family lived. As we sympathised with any vehicle which pulled over to let the hearse pass and then found itself stuck while the following cars wnet past, we thought about how John had travelled this lengthy road (some 11 miles) to come to play at Mass.
The peaceful view from Struan Cemetery
When we reached the cemetery in its beautiful setting overlooking the sea, we were led by a piper to the graveside for the final prayers and committal, with six bearers from the parish handing over partway to another six. The weather at least was kind as we said farewell to John and returned to Portree.
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Increased youth membership from 7 riders in 2017 to 35 members in 2018 with the introduction of the Youth Development Program.
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Reimbursed 12 youth members for fees at team competitions. LVDA teams placed 20th & 21st out of more than 40 teams at the Youth Dressage Festival in NY, placed 3rd at the Region 1 Youth Team Competition in NJ, and placed 5th as the only youth team at the Bucks County Horse Park Adult Team competition in PA.
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I know this post has been long awaited...the groomsmen!
wow...had to have the dead deer huh?!? haha!!! it's sooo freaky!!!! looks like a fun group of guys!!!!!!
Does Michael know he is a groomsman? He said "all those hot bridesmaids are thinking who is gonna get stuck with the old,bald guy?" LOL! That's great that Jon is including his new brother!!
I have looked at these pics upsidedown and backways... WHAT DEER?!


This article will make your taste buds tingle. We present the world's 10 most expensive steaks.
Although that time of year when mouth-watering smells from barbecues has passed, the restaurants are still open and offer some of the best meals in the world.
Why are these so expensive? The Japanese cattle eat only rice, maize and barley and drink only pure filtered water. So your money are well spent!
Without no further talking, let's get straight to business and see which are the costliest steaks in the world and where you can enjoy them!
We begin our top list with the Wagyu Tomahawk steak, which is actually not for the faint of heart.
This steak is served at a restaurant located in Rhode Island, and you can enjoy it for $109.
The dish started to be served about 2 years ago, but if you look for it on the menu, it won't be there.
The steak consists of rib eye with a pretty long bone, weighing no less than 30 ounces.
And guess what? The dish is ordered almost 40 times a week, despite the restaurant's worries that the price would put customers off.


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Kamala Harris appoints Indian-American Sabrina Singh as press secretary
ByVinai Venkatesham
Sabrina,32, previously headed the press shop of two Democratic presidential candidates — New Jersey Senator Cory Booker and former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg.
Democratic Senator Kamala Harris
WASHINGTON: Senator Kamala Harris has roped in Indian-American Sabrina Singh, who previously was the spokeswoman of two Democratic presidential candidates, as press secretary for her Democratic vice presidential campaign.
Singh, 32, previously headed the press shop of two Democratic presidential candidates — New Jersey Senator Cory Booker and former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg.
Last week, Democratic presumptive vice presidential nominee Joe Biden, 77, picked 55-year-old Indian-origin Harris as his running mate.
"I'm so excited to join the #BidenHarris ticket as Press Secretary for @KamalaHarris! Can't wait to get to work and win in November!," said Singh, the first-ever Indian-American press secretary to a vice presidential nominee of a major political party.
A resident of Los Angeles, Singh was earlier spokesperson of the Democratic National Committee.
She is the granddaughter of Sardar J J Singh of the India League of America, a non-profit organisation which champions the interests of Indian-American community in the US.
In the 1940s, J J Singh along with a small group of fellow Indians mounted a nationwide campaign against racial discriminatory policies of the US.
This culminated in the then president Harry Truman signing the Luce-Celler Act on July 2, 1946.
The signing of the Act allowed a quota of 100 Indians to immigrate to the United States per annum.
Meanwhile, Sri Lankan-American Rohini Kosoglu has been appointed in a senior role to advise Harris. She has earlier served as a senior advisor to Harris in her Senate office and presidential campaign.
Harris was a presidential aspirant until last year before she dropped out of the race because of lack of popular support.
Reserved seats for transgender commuters in Bengal buses
Predicted Playing XI: Wood for Curran as Root looks to overtake Australia in Test ranking race
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How Did FDA Establish Requirements for Water Quality and Testing of Irrigation Water under the FSMA Final Rule for Produce Safety
Produce Safety Final Rule
Questions and Answers with Samir Assar
Public comments submitted in response to the proposed Produce Safety Rule, both as originally proposed and as revised in the supplemental notice, indicated concerns about the complexity and cost of the new requirements for agricultural water.
Samir Assar, Ph.D., director of the Division of Produce Safety, addresses those concerns and explains the FDA's reasons for establishing the water quality and testing provisions outlined in the final rule. He focuses on the requirements for water that directly contacts growing produce, other than sprouts (which have a more strict standard for irrigation-water quality).
Q: Some challenge the scientific basis of the microbial water quality criteria, saying that generic E. coli is not appropriate for use in assessing the safety of agricultural water used for any purpose. And they question the use of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) criteria for recreational water as a basis for the criteria for water that directly contacts growing produce (other than sprouts) in the final rule. What scientific support was used to craft the final standards?
The types of water used for agricultural water are incredibly diverse. After reviewing scientific literature, we determined that generic E. coli, bacteria found in the intestinal tract of both people and animals, are consistent indicators of the presence of feces. Identifying fecal contamination is important in assessing the safety of agricultural water. As such contamination increases, so does the likelihood that disease-causing microorganisms are also present.
The science behind EPA's recreational water criteria is based on recent epidemiological studies, and the scientific evidence showed that people have gotten sick by swallowing recreational water that is contaminated with feces. Using these criteria as a starting point, we took into consideration other technical information and recommendations to account for circumstances unique to produce growing. For example, we analyzed guidelines issued by the World Health Organization, which helped shape our provisions for post-irrigation microbial die-off and microbial removal.
Overall, this rule (including our water quality requirements) has a strong foundation in science and the risks associated with production practices.
Q: Is it necessary to use two different numerical criteria for water that directly contacts growing produce (other than sprouts), both the geometric mean (GM) and statistical threshold value (STV)? Does this need to be so complex?
The criteria are complex because the nature of agricultural water is complex. It's important to keep in mind that agricultural water is estimated to be the most important pathway of contamination.
The goal of these water quality criteria is to understand and describe water sources and water distribution systems. For untreated water used for this purpose, the required criteria are a GM of samples of 126 CFU or less of generic E. coli per 100 mL of water, and an STV of 410 CFU or less of generic E. coli in 100 mL of water. (CFU stands for colony forming units, a measure of bacteria.)
Why are there two criteria for this water use? Because the GM and STV capture two different pieces of information about the distribution of levels of generic E. coli in a water source. The geometric mean (GM) measures what is called the central tendency, which is essentially the average amount of generic E. coli in a water source. The STV reflects the amount of variation in the E. coli levels, which can be caused by events such as a heavy rainfall. It measures expected deviations from the average for a water source. Collectively, both pieces of information provide a more complete description of your water quality than either one alone.
Accounting for the variability of E. coli levels in water sources also makes make it much less likely that a farm will have to discontinue use of its water source due to small fluctuations in water quality.
Q: Are these water quality criteria absolute or has some flexibility been provided?
There is quite a bit of flexibility provided in the final rule. Even if their water initially exceeds the GM/STV criteria for water that directly contacts growing produce (except for sprouts), farms do not have to immediately discontinue use of the water used for this purpose. The rule allows farms to take corrective measures as soon as practicable, but no later than the following year, to achieve the microbial quality criteria. Options for corrective measures include:
Applying a specific amount of time (in days) between last irrigation and harvest (up to a maximum four days), and/or between harvest and end of storage to allow time for potentially dangerous microorganisms to die off. Farms could also apply a calculated log reduction during activities such as commercial washing. (A log reduction estimates how many live bacteria will be eliminated by the activity.)
Re-inspecting the entire affected agricultural water system under the farm's control and, among other steps, making changes to ensure that their water meets the criteria.
Treating the water.
Farms can also use alternative water quality criteria, using a different indicator organism for fecal contamination (instead of generic E. coli) or different numerical criteria (instead of the GM and STV). A farm could also use a different microbial die-off rate and accompanying maximum time interval. FDA does not have to approve these alternatives, but farms must have adequate scientific data and information to support their conclusion that their alternatives provide the same level of public health protection as is provided by the final rule, and do not increase the likelihood that the produce will be unsafe or otherwise adulterated.
An important source of such information is peer-reviewed scientific literature. Farms might also use the results of third-party testing, or data derived from their own operation. Scientific support may come from commodity-specific or other guidance developed by FDA, industry, academia, trade associations, or other stakeholders. Combining information from peer-reviewed, scientific literature with other data and resources would help provide a robust support for an alternative approach.
These options provide significant flexibility for compliance with the rule and can account for potential differences among regions, commodities and farming practices. Farmers will not have to figure out on their own how to justify alternative approaches. FDA will be issuing a guidance document to help farms understand the use of alternatives.
Q: What do you say to commenters who complained about the proposed water-testing regimen? They called the number of required samples excessive and costly.
We recognize the range of water uses on farms. The final rule provides a framework to ensure that farms (and inspectors) know what is expected, but it also provides enough flexibility to deal with the incredible variations in water use for different foods, regions and practices.
We have established different testing regimens for untreated surface and ground water. More sampling is required for surface water because it is far more vulnerable to contamination than ground water and therefore greater variability in generic E. coli levels is expected.
Surface water testing will require a minimum of 20 initial samples collected over two to four years. After that, farms must test a minimum of five samples a year. The microbial water quality profile will thus be updated annually on a rolling basis using a minimum of 20 samples. The calculation of the GM and STV will typically be based on the five new samples and 15 of the most recent earlier samples.
Ground water testing will require a minimum of four initial samples over one year, followed by a minimum of one new sample each year. The profile will be updated annually using at a minimum the most recent four samples.
These are the minimum numbers of samples we consider statistically necessary to provide a picture of the surface and ground water quality.
There are a number of factors in the final rule that we expect will reduce testing frequency and cost. These considerations include:
The GM/STV criteria, and the associated testing requirements, do not apply to water that does not come in direct contact with the harvestable portion of the produce. For example, these requirements will not apply to water used for drip irrigation of tree crops that grow high above the ground and are not likely to touch the ground.
Farms that use a public water system or supply will not have to test their water, provided that there are documents establishing that the public water meets specific criteria.
Farms can utilize data obtained from other parties, as long as the samples tested adequately reflect the farm's water source and all other applicable requirements of the rule are met. For example, other requirements include the timing of the collection of samples and the number of samples collected.
Alternatives to the minimum number of samples for the initial or annual survey can be developed, as long as it is established that the alternative approach provides the same level of public health protection as the testing frequency established in the rule and does not increase the likelihood that the produce will be unsafe or otherwise adulterated.
Variances can also be requested by state, tribal and foreign governments, with supporting information to justify use of a different approach that is appropriate based on factors that may include the crop, climate, soil or environmental conditions of a region. While variance requests are limited to those submitted by government regulatory authorities, FDA anticipates that in many cases, industry groups and other stakeholders will be working with these government entities. Industry groups and other stakeholders could, for example, develop the scientific data necessary for a state, tribal, or foreign government's variance request.
We intend to work with farms by issuing a guidance document outlining these considerations, including utilizing alternatives and variances.
We believe that the cost of testing is justified based on the significant risk that agricultural water poses as a source of contamination and foodborne illness. FDA estimates that agricultural water provisions, as written in the final rule, will cost approximately $37 million dollars annually, which represents an average cost to a single farm of approximately $1,058 per year.
The agency anticipates the final rule will bring about a reduction of over 60 percent in the risk of contamination from agricultural water, or a reduction of about 20 percent in the total number of foodborne illnesses associated with produce, with a corresponding reduction of $477 million in the costs of foodborne illnesses.
Q: How will FDA be helping farmers understand the new water quality and testing requirements, including how to calculate the GM and STV?
For the microbial water quality criteria, we understand that calculations associated with the GM and STV values are complicated. We are working to develop online tools to help farms with these calculations. We will continue to work with educational organizations and partners to develop resources to assist farms.
FDA recently issued a training strategy in which we outline plans to work with public and private partners providing training for farms, both small and large.
We will also be working with cooperative extension, land grant universities, trade associations, foreign partners, the Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN), and other stakeholders to develop a network of institutions that can provide technical assistance to the farming community, especially small and very small farms. This is in addition to establishing a Food Safety Technical Assistance Network to provide a central source of information to stakeholders.
There will be ample time for farmers to come into compliance. Compliance dates are staggered according to the size of the business, with an extra two years being provided to meet some of the agricultural water requirements for most farms. The result is (for produce other than sprouts) compliance periods of six years for very small farms, five years for small farms, and four years for all other covered farms for certain water provisions.
The bottom line message is: You're not in this alone. FDA will continue to provide guidance and information about the water provisions and will work with our partners to provide the resources and tools needed to understand and meet these requirements.
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Here's what the first major show of 2017 served up for auto-lovers in the United States and elsewhere. Welcome to Wheels coverage of the Detroit Motor Show.
Can Toyota battle the Camry's bland reputation with its heavily revised lineup? Well, it is one of Australia's best-selling mid-sized cars after all.
Toyota NASCAR catches fire while doing a burnout at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.


Sunset at the 2017 Mahabhuta Yoga Festival in Pensacola. Year of the Fire Rooster.
Welcome to our new yoga space, in a beautiful, quiet, residential neighborhood of River Ridge. Enter this red door in the parish hall of All Saints' Episcopal Church. We would like you to join us.
Our studio is moving November 1, 2017.
These Tibetan Buddhist monks are tediously creating the Green Tara sand mandala. Last week it was the World Peace mandala. At week's end it was swept away and poured into the Mississippi River so that blessings and healing may flow throughout the world.
The World Peace Mandala on the left was created one grain of sand at a time by the Drepung Gomang Tibetan monks.
After the closing ceremony in which the mandala was dismantled, only this little pile of sand remained. It symbolizes the impermanence of all that exists, creates awareness of our attachment and suffering, and generates social healing.


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The Ackerman Institute recognized six students who completed the Social Work and Diversity Program this year at a presentation in the Library held on May 7th. The six students are Dorimar Morales, Eddie Danner and Erika Sosa, from the Hunter College School of Social Work, and Adrianne Fiala, Jacqueline Juarez and Daniela Nunez from the NYU School of Social Work. Laurie Kaplan, Co-Director of the Program, noted that 2008 marked the 16th year of the Social Work and Diversity Program, which was initiated to bring more students of color into the field. The focus of the Program is on personal as well as professional development, and the group process incorporated into the Program often mirrors what students see when they work with families, she remarked.
"This kind of program is very important in terms of what it brings to society," Sippio Small, Co-Director of the Program, said. Mr. Small added that "the important thing in a democracy is to question" and that the Ackerman Institute had always encouraged its trainees to ask many questions. The Ackerman Institute initiated the Social Work and Diversity Program in 1992 as a result of the vision and generosity of Arthur Maslow, former Chair of the Ackerman Board of directors and current Trustee Emeritus. The Program was the country's first initiative designed specifically to address the critical need for a significantly increased number of professionals of color in family therapy services in community-based social service agencies. Currently, only four percent of family therapists across the nation are people of color although it is expected that the number of minority families in the U.S. will reach 48 percent of the population by 2050. the Program offers social work students of color the opportunity to intern at Ackerman and enroll in a postgraduate training program with scholarship support. Each student spoke briefly about his/her experience at Ackerman and presented a case.
Eddie Danner's life story demonstrated that at one time, he might have been a client at Ackerman. He was raised by a single mother, was later separated from her, and as a teenager, was drawn to street life in Harlem. Completing the Ackerman program represents a "personal triumph" he said, and he expressed his gratitude to his colleagues and the staff. "We support one another," he said.
Jacqueline Juarez commented on how a therapist can relate strongly to a family in treatment because often the family's issues are similar to those in the therapist's own life. She said she had a definite connection to the family she saw because fighting was a key issue, and as a child she had refereed family fights.
Dorimar Morales said she thought the term "person of color" was a phrase coined by the dominant culture to lump all kinds of people together. Ms. Morales said she identifies in a variety of ways – as a woman, a Latina, a black and as a person from a Puerto Rican culture that is extremely diverse. In therapy sessions, she added, she identified most strongly as an immigrant although Puerto Ricans in the U.S. are not considered immigrants. As a result of her own anxiety about communicating with clients in English, Ms. Morales helped create a document called Diversity Conversation Guidelines that poses a series of questions for therapists to ask clients. The Guidelines help open communications and decrease anxiety.
Erika Sosa told the audience that her work at Ackerman intersected with her own life as her experience in losing her father was amplified by her work with a family who also experienced a loss. She said she and her co-therapist had not always agreed about how to treat their family, but that their different points of view made them a stronger team and allowed them to grow as individuals.
Adrienne Fiala observed that "beliefs influence behavior" and that she had learned how important it was not to let her beliefs influence the family she treated. She also noted that it was important to remember that different people take different meanings from the same action.
The last student to present, Daniela Nunez, said that the parent/child relationship she saw in her client related to the relationship between her and her co-therapist. The experience helped her learn to open up eventually and has altered her way of thinking and feeling.
Many audience members expressed great appreciation for the students' honesty in discussing their lives and their work at Ackerman.
"This is such crucial stuff," NYU professor Allison Aldridge commented, "and so incredibly moving."
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There is a lot of noise in the world today. You can find noise both inside and outside your home, from so many different sources. Various sounds constantly compete in calling our attention; but did you know that you are also being called to come in silence?
In order to experience more of God in our lives, we need to come into silence. We need to have moments of silence with God and create an atmosphere for prayer. Though most of us are extremely busy and are always on the go, taking a little bit of time for prayer and quiet conversation with God will make our lives less stressful and our daily challenges less difficult.
The time you spend in prayer is never wasted. Confessing your heart to God is an exercise we all should practice. Prayer is the way we communicate with our heavenly Father. We should make it our business to speak with Him daily.
Take a silent moment at the beginning of the day to pray. Discover the value of silence and instill it in your daily life. Through solemn silence, we can position ourselves better to hear God's voice.
We can use our time of silence to read and meditate on the Word that comes to us. Pray with Scripture and open your mind to receiving the Word of God. God's power, wisdom and mercy are revealed to us in the Scriptures. It gives us strength in faith and hope.


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St. Mary's Historic Site is a unique place, both in its history of the Catholic Church in the United States and in its contemporary spiritual ministry. Located at 600 North Paca Street, St. Mary's Historic Site is home to two buildings on the National Register of Historic Places: the Mother Seton House and the Historic Seminary Chapel. The site is also home to St. Mary's Spiritual Center.
Mother Seton House • Historic Seminary Chapel • Visitor Center
In 1791, at the invitation of Bishop John Carroll, the Sulpician Fathers arrived in the City of Baltimore and settled on this very site to begin the first Roman Catholic Seminary in the United States. Bishop Carroll knew of the Sulpician Fathers' unique ministry of priestly formation from their ministry in France, and thus he invited them to come to his young diocese in the United States to do their ministry of priestly formation in this new land. The seminary, founded in 1791, was initially located in a building on the southeast corner of the property known as the One Mile Tavern. With the help of Bishop John Carroll and others, the Sulpicians were able to purchase additional property adjoining the One Mile Tavern and build St. Mary's College and Seminary.
The only remaining structure of the seminary is the Historic Chapel. The building of the chapel began in 1806 and was completed and dedicated in 1808. The chapel was designed by the renowned French architect Maximilian Godefroy, who himself was a friend of Benjamin Latrobe, often referred to as the Father of American Architecture. The chapel attracts architectural students as well as pilgrims to the site.
The other historic building located on the site is the of home of Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton. In 1975, Mother Seton, as she is commonly known, became the first U.S.-born canonized saint within the Catholic Church. Mother Seton, a wife, mother, widow, convert, educator, and finally saint, offers a wonderful example of all that we can be with the grace of God. Mother Seton arrived at the Paca Street home the day of the dedication of the Seminary Chapel in 1808. She came to Baltimore at the invitation of Sulpician Father Louis W. DuBourg, who was then president of St. Mary's College & Seminary. She, her three daughters, and several other girls called the Paca Street house their home for only one year, 1808 to 1809. During that year, she befriended a student at St. Mary's named Samuel Cooper. Mr. Cooper, a man of resources, gave Elizabeth Bayley Seton eight thousand dollars with which she purchased St. Joseph's Valley in Emmitsburg, Maryland.
In 1809 she left her humble roots on Paca Street and began her 3-day journey to Emmitsburg. While in Emmitsburg, once again under the tutelage of the Sulpician Fathers, Mother Seton began her new ministry of Catholic education. It was Sulpician Father Dubois who welcomed her to Emmitsburg and helped her become established in her new home. Her relocation to Emmitsburg was eased by the fact that the Sulpician Fathers were present as neighbors to her at Mount St. Mary's College and Seminary, founded by the Sulpician Fathers in 1808. This institution and the presence of the Sulpician Fathers, gave great support and solace to the young widow and her dreams of founding a religious congregation and establishing a school for girls in Emmitsburg.
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In light of the provisions of canon 903 CIC and canon 703 §1 CCEO, and the USCCB Dallas Charter (2002), Letters of Suitability are required in advance by all clergy, deacons, and religious when performing ministerial duties at St. Mary's Spiritual Center & Historic Site, Inc., 600 N. Paca Street, Baltimore, MD 21201.
Please direct all letters to:
Deacon Vito S. Piazza, Sr., Director
St. Mary's Spiritual Center & Historic Site, Inc.
600 N. Paca Street
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Please note that visitors will be required to wear a mask while on the premises and practice social distancing.
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Q: Contador en Recursividad Python Tengo el típico código de recursividad de las Torres de Hanoi,conozco la fórmula que 2**n - 1 da como resultado el numero de pasos necesarios para realizar completar el juego. Pero necesito un contador implementado dentro de la función recursiva, pero por más que intente colocarlo como parámetro o hacerlo de la forma tradicional como "contador += 1" me da este error: "UnboundLocalError: local variable 'contador' referenced before assignment"
def hanoi(n,inicio,final,auxiliar):
    contador += 1
    if n == 1:
        print(f"Mover disco {n} de Torre {inicio} a torre {final}")
    else:
        hanoi(n-1,inicio,auxiliar,final)
        print(f"Mover disco {n} de Torre {inicio} a torre {final}")
        hanoi(n-1,auxiliar,final,inicio)
        return

def hanoi_par(n):
    hanoi(n,1,3,2)

def num_mov(n):
    x = 2 ** (n)-1
    return x

print("\n****************TORRES DE HANOI******************")
x = int(input("Ingrese numero de discos: "))
hanoi_par(x)
print(f"\nNúmero de movimientos necesarios: {num_mov(x)}")

A: Lo simple sería declarar contador como variable global, pero a costa de perder el control de quién y dónde la pueden alterar:
def hanoi(n,inicio,final,auxiliar):
    global contador
    contador += 1
    if n == 1:
        print(f"Mover disco {n} de Torre {inicio} a torre {final}")
    else:
        hanoi(n-1,inicio,auxiliar,final)
        print(f"Mover disco {n} de Torre {inicio} a torre {final}")
        hanoi(n-1,auxiliar,final,inicio)
        return

contador = 0

Un mejor control sería que la función hanoi devolviese el número de movimientos realizados, con lo que puedes llevar mejor las cuentas:
def hanoi(n: int, inicio: int, final: int, auxiliar: int) -> int:

    contador = 0

    if n > 1:
        contador += hanoi(n-1, inicio, auxiliar, final)

    print(f"Mover disco {n} de Torre {inicio} a torre {final}")
    contador += 1

    if n > 1:
        contador += hanoi(n-1, auxiliar, final, inicio)

    return contador

def hanoi_par(n):
    return hanoi(n, 1, 3, 2)

def num_mov(n):
    return 2**n - 1

print("\n****************TORRES DE HANOI******************")
x = int(input("Ingrese numero de discos: "))
total = hanoi_par(x)
print(f"\nNúmero de movimientos necesarios: {num_mov(x)}")
print(f"\nNúmero de movimientos realizados: {total}")


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Sudan protesters urge new night-time rallies over 'massacre'
Sudan's protest movement has called for night-time rallies in the capital Khartoum, to condemn the "massacre" of demonstrators at a sit-in early this month.
In a statement on Monday, the Sudanese movement called for night-time demonstrations in residential areas in Khartoum and other regions as it released its "timetable" for this week.
It also called on its supporters to ask for their main demands, which are transitional civilian rule and condemning the massacre of June 3.
The movement said protests would also be held on Wednesday and Thursday nights.
"We are calling on our people in villages, towns and all over the country to participate and to print and distribute this timetable," the alliance said.
Thousands of Sudanese protesters demanding civilian rule were violently dispersed by armed men in military fatigues outside the military headquarters in the capital on June 3. According to doctors linked to the protest movement, more than 100 people were killed that day.
The assault outside the army complex was led by the RSF, which has its origins in the infamous Janjaweed militia, accused of abuses in the Darfur conflict between 2003 and 2004.
PressTV-Sudan's junta to send perpetrators of carnage to 'gallows'
A top Sudanese general vows to send to the "gallows" those responsible for a deadly crackdown on protesters outside the military headquarters in Khartoum earlier this month.
The crackdown triggered global condemnation, with international organizations and several countries calling for an independent probe into the killings.
The sit-in was held for weeks, initially seeking the ouster of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and later to demand that the army generals who toppled him hand power to a civilian administration.
The military detained Bashir on April 11 in an effective coup after weeks of street protests against his 30-year rule.
Why Was a Whistleblower Advocate for US Spies Fired for Talking to Congress? 1
Russia's Success in Syria Ruining Obama's Plan to Oust Assad 0
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Clean mussels and keep it aside.
Crush grated coconut, turmeric powder, chilli powder, pepper powder, garam masala, 3-4 shallots and 2-3 curry leaves together to a coarse mixture.
Heat oil in a pan, add chopped shallots and saute well.
Add curry leaves and saute for a minute. Then add crushed coconut mixture, cleaned mussels and salt and mix well.
Add 1/4- 1/2 cup of water, cover and cook in medium flame till done, stirring occasionally.
Looks very delicious, really new to me have never tried this before. Thanks for sharing, will surely try it.


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Whether they like it or not, healthcare workers become responsible for managing complex situations. This is true in the hospital or clinic setting, and is equally true when it comes to big-picture, population-level action.
One way to think about this violent conflict is not to focus simply on who to side with (this was the question in the previous step). Instead, we can take a step back and consider the inter-group relationships, shared history, activities, services, social and political life, language, religions, symbols -all of which can be "dividers" or "connectors" in the conflict situation. This may help us think of different options and different ways of doing things.
Take a look through the Do No Harm framework, focusing on pages 3 to 5. This framework was developed by a group of humanitarian aid workers who found themselves in similar, tricky situations as those faced by Dr Samoe and his team.
Once you have read through and understood the framework, you may use the general discussion area below to post some reflections. Otherwise, continue on to the next step.


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Q: rails3 caching: expire fragment with extension How do I expire a fragment in the cache with a file extension (.json) from a another controller?
I am using Rails 3.2.8.
I have two controllers for the same models: /admin/books_controller and /api/books_controller.  The admin controller is used to create/update/delete books and requires elevated access.  The api/books_controller is used to search/list view details about a book by users.  I've attempted to cache the api/books_controller
class Api::BooksController < ApiController
  caches_action :show

  def show
    @book = Book.find(params[:id])
  end
end

This works great.  The first request is slow and the second is fast
Rendered api/books/show.json.rabl (119.7ms)
Write fragment views/localhost:3000/api/books/4.json (1.7ms)
Completed 200 OK in 568ms (Views: 124.2ms | ActiveRecord: 9.5ms)

Read fragment views/localhost:3000/api/books/4.json (0.2ms)
Completed 200 OK in 16ms (ActiveRecord: 2.6ms)

Now, I need to expire the the fragments when the Book is updated or destroyed.  I have this:
class Admin::BooksController < AdminController

  def update
    @book.attributes = params[:book]
    if (@book.save)
      expire_action(:controller => 'api/books', :action => 'show', :id => @book.id, :format => 'json')
    end
  end

end

However, this doesn't resolve to the same fragment (the request is an HTML request now, to a different controller):
Started PUT "/admin/books/4" for 127.0.0.1 at 2012-11-08 12:27:11 -0600
Processing by Admin::BooksController#update as HTML
...
Expire fragment views/localhost:3000/api/books/4 (0.1ms)

My API controller with a JSON request reads and writes this fragment:
views/localhost:3000/api/books/4.json

My Admin controller tries to expire this fragment:
views/localhost:3000/api/books/4

How do I expire views/localhost:3000/api/books/4.json from the other controller with a different request format?
This question: rails 3 caching: expire action for named route indicates I could use a regex to expire multiple fragments, but that requires the keys in the cache to be enumerable (http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionController/Caching/Fragments.html#method-i-expire_fragment)

A: It appears that the problem was with routing setting default parameters.  In the API controller, params[:format] was 'json' and in the Admin controller it was nil.
When I added this to my Admin controller:
params[:format] = 'json'
expire_action(:controller => 'api/books', :action => 'show', :id => @book.id, :format => 'json')

Then, the fragments in both controllers matched.
This let me back to my routes:
In my routes I had this:
namespace :api, :defaults => {:format => 'json'} do
  resources :books, :only => [:show]
end

This caused params[:format] to be set in my api namespace.  I didn't have anything in my admin namespace and apparently actionpack/ActionCachePath saw these two differently.  Removing the defaults in the routes fixed the problem.


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Q: Plotly Dash css not available with docker I am trying to run a dash app with docker. When I run my app locally (without docker) the css stylesheet is recognized correctly. Running the dash app with docker results in the default style without applying the changes specified in the stylesheet.
My Dockerfile looks as following:
FROM python:3.9

ENV APP_HOME /app
WORKDIR $APP_HOME
COPY static app.py requirements.txt ./

RUN apt-get update
RUN apt-get install ffmpeg libsm6 libxext6  -y
RUN pip install -r requirements.txt

EXPOSE 8080

CMD python app.py

app.py contains the dash app, while the stylesheet is located in the folder 'static'.
Currently I load the stylesheet like this:
from dash import Dash

app = Dash(__name__)
app.css.config.serve_locally = False
app.css.append_css({'external_url': './static/style.css'})

I have tried the solutions recommended here. However, none of them work for me. Grateful for any suggestions you have to solve this.

A: Turns out explicitly copying the file does the trick. Just added the following line to the Dockerfile:
COPY static/style.css /app/static/style.css


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Don't get ahead of yourself
Your daily newsletter for October 3, 2018
"Overconfidence blurs out the risk."
- Toba Beta
Happy Wednesday, fellow CoinMarketCap-ers! We are halfway through the week. Press on! Did you know that today in history, East and West Germany reunited as one nation after 40 years of division (1990). 🤝
Today's newsletter is dominated by South Korean blockchain news. We will be covering the Korean National Policy Committee Chairman's want to legalize ICOs, the largest South Korean venture capital firm making its first blockchain startup investment and the South Korean government's follow through with its legislative proposal in August.
Hope you enjoy today's newsletter, and don't forget to answer the polls down below too (it's about overconfidence today)! Happy reading! 📚
Hold the fort!
BTC is currently trading at ~$6,480, down ~1.52% from yesterday. BTC broke and closed below the 21-day EMA line yesterday, and is currently challenging the rising support line (~$6,470) resulting from the higher lows it has been forming in the short run since 18 Sept this year. If it closes below this line, it will likely be challenging the more significant rising support line (~$6,300) resulting from the higher lows it has been forming since 28 June this year. Breaking past this second support line would not bode well for BTC, and would reflect a far stronger bearish sentiment. 🙏
As for the other cryptocurrencies, most experienced losses in the ~2-6% range, causing total market capitalization to drop ~$6 billion to ~$215.8 billion, its second biggest drop in the past week. Everything is waiting for BTC to make its decision to go up or down, as it approaches the end of the triangle pattern it is trading within. 👀
Everything's looking great
The chairman of Korea's National Policy Committee, Min Byung-Doo, wants to legalize initial coin offerings (ICOs), but only contingent on setting up the appropriate regulatory frameworks. ✊
He stated during the 9th plenary session of the National Assembly, that with token sales becoming a global trend and raising increasing sums of money each year, the state should no longer ignore to it and that he does not want "the ICO door [to get] closed completely."
Min went on to stress that in order to grant credibility to the industry, ICOs need to be self-regulated and abide by safety standards to prevent "fraud, speculation and capital laundering." He also recognizes that many projects have a future. 👍
The coast looks clear...
The largest South Korean venture capital firm and the same firm that has invested in major billion-dollar Korean enterprises such as Naver and Kakao, Korea Investment Partners (KIP), is investing in its first blockchain startup called Temco. 💰
It is investing an undisclosed amount into the startup that seeks to revolutionize supply chain management systems for small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMEs) through blockchain technology. Through Temco, vendors can track the movements of products from distribution to eventual consumption on a blockchain, and subsequently share the data too. 🤖
Slowly but surely, South Korea seems to be chipping away at its apprehension towards the blockchain industry. 🚀
But suddenly 💩 hits the fan
And...maybe not. 😬
The government of South Korea has decided to stick with its legislative proposal of August to exclude the cryptocurrency and blockchain companies from being certified as venture firms, which entails the stripping of the 75% acquisition tax cut benefit and credit guarantee benefits of cryptocurrency exchanges. 😥
Although several major and more established Korean crypto exchanges like Upbit and Bithumb will remain certified as venture firms until the end of 2018, the newly set up exchanges will not. The lack of tax benefits could discourage development within the industry and prompt them to seek more lenient jurisdictions abroad. 😞
In blockchain research group Diar's latest report, it was revealed that blockchain and cryptocurrency-focused startups have raised ~$3.9 billion from VC investments in Q1, Q2 and Q3 of 2018, a 280% increased compared to the entire of 2017. 💸
The investment arm of Binance, Binance Labs, has reportedly contributed millions of dollars (exact amount undisclosed) to the decentralized digital content ecosystem Contentos that seeks to offer transparency and monetization of content free of third-party censorship and content removal. 💰
Chris Dodds, a board of directors member of the banking giant Charles Schwab Corporation, has joined Coinbase's board of directors. He will lend his expertise on how to expand Coinbase's financial services capabilities. 🤓
How much do you agree: "I often tend to get overconfident" 🤔
And...which type of confidence do you most possess? Also, tell me when was the last time you were overconfident in the polls! 😆
How much do you agree: "Individual sports are more challenging than team sports"
The average answer was 5.7. Pretty even steven. 🤔
"Do you prefer team sports or individual sports?"
50% voted "Yes."
50% voted "No."
Wow, a complete draw! 👍 I believe this has been the first 50% yes 50% no in our newsletter polls' history.
"What do you like about individual sports?"
You are completely responsible for the outcome. - Agreed. The result of each game or match will be the sum of all your personal choices made in that game. 🤔
Challenging, display of skill and athleticism. - Individual sports are lonely, but can bring one the biggest glories. 👑
Easier to judge the impact of that player, no dilution. - Very good point!
Being able to concentrate without distraction. - Yes true, you are only accountable to yourself! 🤙
You make the decisions. - You call the shots and the eventual outcome of the game is yours to decide. 👊
Its all about the winning and as an individual you can be 100% certain you gave 100% effort. - True!
"What do you like about team sports?"
Camaraderie, teamwork, having fun as a group. - Nothing beats working together as a team through blood, sweat and tears and achieving what the collective set out to achieve. You will undoubtedly form lasting bonds. 🤜🤛
How the best players can lose to a weaker but better organized team. The value of the collective and the humanity it shows. - Well said! It emphasizes the importance of working together to achieve a common goal. 💪
Being social! - True! It definitely induces interaction 😄.
Team effort takes the load off of you. - Does it really? The way I see it, you have to work doubly as hard not to let your teammates down!
You cant beat a bit of team banter to spur you on to victory. - Amen! 🤘
Be confident, but wary! 👁
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