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U.S. Pride organizers debate in-person vs. virtual events for 2021
Gary Carnivele April 3, 2021
Like LGBTQ Pride organizations in several of the nation's largest cities, D.C.'s Capital Pride Alliance is planning to hold several virtual Pride events during the traditional Pride month of June and is considering at least one in-person event for October — a smaller Pride parade.
Also like other cities, the traditional June Capital Pride Parade and Festival, which have attracted more than 250,000 participants and spectators in past years, have been cancelled this year following last year's cancellation, according to Capital Pride Executive Director Ryan Bos.
Bos said a "reimagined" parade called Paint the Town With Pride is being planned for June 12 that will consist only of asking LGBTQ residents and supporters to decorate their homes or businesses with creative outdoor displays or signs with LGBTQ Pride messages. He said the locations of the displays will be released by Capital Pride so people can visit the sites while complying with COVID safe-distancing rules.
Bos said Capital Pride will organize a possible Pride Brigade of peoples' vehicles to travel together across the city to view the displays on June 12. He said the displays are planned to be in place through the month of June to enable people to visit the sites when convenient for them. Detailed plans for D.C.'s Pride events can be viewed at capitalpride.org.
D.C.'s two main Black Pride events — a conference and outdoor festival that have drawn more than 3,000 participants up until 2019 and that traditionally take place during Memorial Day weekend — have been cancelled this year for the second year in a row.
According to Kenya Hutton, deputy director of the D.C.-based LGBTQ organization Center for Black Equity, which coordinates Black Pride events in about 45 cities across the country, said D.C.'s Black Pride will hold several virtual events over Memorial Day weekend, with details available on its Facebook page.
He said some in-person Black Pride events have already been held and others are scheduled to take place in states that have relaxed COVID restrictions. Among them was an outdoor Pride event in St. Petersburg, Fla., that took place in January.
On the other side of the country, Christopher Street West-Los Angeles Pride, which has organized one of the nation's largest Pride celebrations each year since the early 1970s, states on its website that it will hold this year's celebration June 11-13. But like several other large U.S. cities, it has yet to announce what type of events it will offer.
"Stay tuned for announcements about what we're [safely] planning," the website statement says.
L.A. Pride spokesperson Chris Prouty, similar to officials with Pride organizations in other cities, told the Blade that L.A. Pride organizers are carefully watching the unfolding developments associated with the COVID-19 pandemic to determine what type of events might be possible in June.
"As the pandemic continues to affect the way all organizations plan for events, CSW/LA Pride is committed to producing a safe but impactful Pride 2021 for the communities we serve," Prouty said. "We're developing a variety of programming that will be announced soon and will continue to include input from local health officials, community-based organizations and non-profits," he said. "We encourage other Prides across the country to do the same."
The San Francisco LGBT Pride Parade and Celebration organization announced on March 24 that it will hold several smaller in-person events throughout the month of June. But similar to last year, its traditional Pride Parade and celebration at the city's Civic Center, which in past years have drawn thousands of participants, were cancelled this year.
"Knowing how deeply people miss being together, we've worked tirelessly with our partners at City Hall, public health, and elsewhere to ensure a number of incredible, safe experiences," said San Francisco Pride Executive Director Fred Lopez. Among the outdoor in-person events planned are two evenings of film screenings on June 11-12 at the San Francisco Giants baseball stadium.
In a break from its Pride events in past years, in which thousands of LGBTQ visitors from other cities and states attended San Francisco Pride, organizers this year have bluntly asked people from outside the Bay Area to stay away.
"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does not yet recommend leisure travel, and the organization's leadership respectfully asks visitors from outside the region to reconsider their attendance," San Francisco Pride organizers said in a statement.
Heritage of Pride, the group that organizes most but not all of New York City's LGBTQ Pride events, has announced several Pride events throughout the month of June, including a virtual Pride March on June 27 with "to be determined in-person elements." In years prior to COVID restrictions, the New York City Pride March has drawn many thousands of participants.
The organization's traditional Pride Rally will take place virtually on June 25 featuring prominent LGBTQ speakers, according to a statement released by Heritage of Pride. Its traditional PrideFest and Pride Island events "will also return on June 27, with further details to be revealed at a later time," the statement says. It says at least three other events, including a Human Rights Conference, will be held virtually.
Reclaim Pride Coalition, a separate New York City organization, announced it will hold its 3rd Annual Queer Liberation March for Pride on Sunday, June 27. The in-person march will include safety precautions, mask distribution for those who don't have a mask, and other risk reduction strategies, organizers said in a statement.
"The struggle for Queer Liberation cannot wait for the passing of the pandemic, as COVID-19 has made surviving even more difficult for far too many of our most marginalized community members," one of the organizers said in the statement.
The Baltimore-based Pride Center of Maryland has announced the 45th Annual Baltimore Pride Festival will take place over the weekend of June 18. The announcement says the event will consist of an "innovative Pride celebration that will incorporate virtual and social-distance considerate, intimate in-person experiences to make Baltimore proud," but no further details were given.
Annapolis Pride, Inc. announced in early March that its second annual Annapolis, Md., Pride Parade and Festival was scheduled to take place Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021. The group indicated that as of March, the two events would take place outdoors and in-person rather than virtually.
Delaware Pride, the organization that puts on that state's main Pride events in the state capital in Dover, announced in March that it decided to reschedule its traditional June Pride event until Saturday, Oct. 2. The main Pride event has traditionally been held on the grounds of Legislative Hall at the state capital building.
David Mariner, executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, the LGBTQ community center and advocacy group in Rehoboth Beach, Del. said there were no current plans for a Pride event in Rehoboth. He said many of Rehoboth's large number of LGBTQ residents and visitors usually attend the Delaware Pride events in Dover.
In Virginia, the Fairfax County Pride event held in past years called NOVA Pride, which has drawn crowds from the D.C. Northern Virginia area, will not take place this year due to COVID restrictions, according to Bruce Hightower, president of the Arlington Gay and Lesbian Alliance, who said he spoke with one of NOVA Pride's lead organizers.
A spokesperson for the annual Virginia Pride event held in Richmond could not immediately be reached to obtain plans for the Richmond Pride.
A spokesperson for Chicago's Pride Fest 2021 said the annual two-day street festival held in the city's well known LGBTQ neighborhood of Boys Town had been scheduled for June 19-20 but has been postponed due to city COVID restrictions. The spokesperson, Esmeralda Bravo, said organizers are working closely with city officials to determine the best date to reschedule the event, which could be in August or September.
In Florida, statements released by organizers of Miami Beach Pride and the Stonewall Pride Parade and Street Festival in Wilton Manors, the small LGBTQ-friendly city located just outside Fort Lauderdale, say both will be in-person events. The Wilton Manors parade and festival are scheduled for June 19. Miami Beach Pride says it will hold several events from Sept. 10-19, with the largest being a festival in Lummus Park that's expected to draw 125,000 participants.
However, organizers of the Miami Beach Pride say a "contingency hybrid event plan is also in place should the planned [festival] event be disrupted by unknowns due to COVID-19." The contingency plan calls for a significantly reduced number of attendees for the festival and other possible restrictions required by Miami Beach officials.
Boston Pride, the organization that had hoped to host Boston's 50th anniversary Pride events in June, announced the events in June had to be postponed due to COIVD restrictions. The group said in a statement that it was working with city officials to reschedule the Pride events, which include a parade and festival, for the fall "if all conditions are in place for such events."
For the second year in a row, Seattle Pride has renamed itself "Virtual Pride 2021" due to COVID restriction on large gatherings, organizers said on the group's website. It is scheduled to take place online with several events, including entertainment performances, scheduled for June 26-27.
"While we are all missing the Parade, Virtual Pride is our opportunity to commemorate the past, celebrate new wins for equality, and get encouragement for the work yet to come, and quite frankly it's going to be a hell of a lot of fun," organizers said on the event's website. "Stay tuned for your link to register for this FREE event," the organizers said.
InterPride, a coalition of LGBTQ Pride organizations in the U.S. and in other countries, is in the process of compiling a comprehensive list of virtual and in-person LGBTQ Pride events in 2021 that's expected to be completed in a few weeks. Julian Sanjivan, the group's co-president, said the list will be available on the website: interpride.org.
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Q: Converting from Oracle to Mysql I'm having trouble converting this to MySql. I originally had this in an Oracle Database, but I'm getting an error on line 6. How can I fix this?
create table racewinners (
    racename varchar(20) not null,
    raceyear integer,
    ridername varchar(20) not null,
    distance integer,
    winning_time INTERVAL DAY (9) TO SECOND (2),
    constraint racewinners_rname_ryear_pk primary key (racename, raceyear),
    constraint racewinners_raceriders_fk foreign key (ridername) references raceriders(ridername)
);

A: MySQL doesn't have an interval data type.  You should be able to use datetime for this.  The following is a typical way to write this for MySQL:
create table racewinners (
    racename varchar(20) not null,
    raceyear integer,
    ridername varchar(20) not null,
    distance int,
    winning_time datetime,
    primary key (racename, raceyear),
    foreign key (ridername) references raceriders(ridername)
);

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enhanced-pet-clinic
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Spring Pet Clinic example using Spring-Boot, Thymeleaf, AOP, MVC, Embedded Tomcat, Security, and more.

## Technology stack

 - Spring Boot
 - Thymeleaf
 - Dandelion-Datatables 0.10.0
 - Hibernate Validator
 - WebJars
 - Tomcat 8

## Spring Features

 - Spring JavaConfig
 - Spring Security
 - Spring MVC
 - Spring JPA
 - Spring AOP

## Tomcat 8

POM <tomcat.version>8.0.8</tomcat.version>

NOTE: Check latest stable version.

## To run this application

Using __Embedded Apache Tomcat__:

    mvn spring-boot:run

You can then access the sample here: [http://localhost:8080/](http://localhost:8080/)

## Spring Boot Remote Shell

To access this application via SSH, use the username sshuser with password sshpassword on port 2000.

Example: ssh -p 2000 sshuser@localhost

Type help for a list of commands. See [http://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/htmlsingle/#production-ready-connecting-to-the-remote-shell](Spring Boot Reference Manual Section 38.1).

### Use of Profiles

There are currently 2 sets of profiles:
  * Environment
  ** test - allows for access via HTTP and HTTPS
  ** live - only allows access via HTTPS and puts management pages behind under security
  * Database
  ** intdb - uses hsqldb as an internal database
  ** extdb - uses MySQL as an external database
Use different databases depending on profile.
http://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current-SNAPSHOT/reference/htmlsingle/ Section 58.5

## HTTP POST vs. PUT
I removed all PUT requests from the application. Please see http://zacharyvoase.com/2009/07/03/http-post-put-diff/ for more information.

## TODO / To Fix

### Spring Boot Auditing

Add implementation for a lock-out policy based on authentication failures.

### Packaging executable jar application

http://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current-SNAPSHOT/reference/htmlsingle/ Section 53.1

### Logout (Spring Security)

When session management is enabled with a lockout policy for maximum sessions reached, logging out prevents the user from re-logging in. So far I have been unable to figure out how to implement the removal of the session upon logout.

### Actuator

Make index page for Actuator services, available to an ADMIN or superuser.

### "Whitelabel" Error Page

Ensure error handling is happening properly.

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"In December 1982 my old friend Norman Peterkin passed away in his sleep at the age of almost 96 in a Guildford hospital. For so many years he had seemed immortal that I could scarcely believe the news. At first the grief was personal, but later I realised that he had been making a significant contribution to many different aspects of British music for over sixty years and so the loss was thus more widespread. Latterly he had been known in two roles: as a "grandad" figure for the Music Department of Oxford University Press and as the composer of the song, "I heard a piper piping". He had outlived most of the contemporaries who might have remembered other facets of his life, e.g. his contributions to musical life in far flung parts of the old Empire, and his work in the 1920s with the composers' circle in Liverpool.
History will give Norman Peterkin an unusual position in the hierarchy of twentieth century British music and musicians. For some of his songs he will be known as a subtle, imaginative composer of considerable distinction. As a publisher he will always be associated with Hubert Foss, but as one who was known as a poet in music and a musician in publishing he will have a niche all his own."
Simon Heffer, The Daily Telegraph "From the 1960s to the 1990s, those with a taste for obscure English classical composers, or for the obscure works of the well-known ones, needed only one port of call: Lyrita Records. For aficionados of the English canon the re-issue of this material is one of the great events in our musical history. It is like coming across long-buried treasure, and represents perhaps the finest exhibition our music has ever had."
Norman Peterkin (1886-1982) was a Liverpudlian who worked in the music industry, and was probably best-known for his association with Hubert Foss, the editor of the Music Department at Oxford University Press in the 1920s and 1930s. Peterkin had also worked for other publishing houses, including some in the Far East, notably Singapore. What is not so well known is that he himself was a composer of no little merit, focusing largely on piano music and songs, although he produced several orchestral scores, none of which we seem to hear today. However, thanks to this Lyrita recording, we can now at least have a chance to sample some of his songs.
Since Peterkin was a contemporary of Delius, Warlock and Van Dieren, he had something to live up to. Delius, in fact, was one of his chief influences early on, as is evident from the chromaticism found in his accompaniments. Other influences include Grieg and Cyril Scott. So, in a sense, he was somewhat associated with the Delius-Warlock circle without being intimately acquainted with any of these composers.
Peterkin's choice of texts for the songs on this recording include medieval Oriental poets, Celtic-inspired poets (Fiona Macleod, Padraic Colum, Seosmh MacCathmhaoil), and Walter De La Mare. There is even a setting (perhaps following Elgar's example) of a poem by his wife ('A Little Wind Came Blowing'). Moods range from the whimsical ('The Bees' Song'), through black comedy ('Dubbuldideery'), to the wistful beauty of 'My Fidil is Singing' and 'The Song of Fionula'. While the chosen texts do not exhibit any earth-shattering profundity, they do have atmosphere, conjuring up misty Oriental or Irish landscapes and other-worldly creatures, and Peterkin's ear for melody never fails him - at least on the evidence of these songs.


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A real highlight of the iconic Route 66 is this Oaklahoma city that sits on the Arkansas River. When you stop and spend time in Tulsa you will experience some of the finest of America's past and present culture. Recommended landmarks on this part of the road include Ollie's Station Restaurant and the Cyrus Avery Centennial Plaza with its bronze sculptures. Tulsa is unexpectedly home to an impressive collection of art deco buildings and you will find great examples of this architecture along the streets of Deco District. This is a cosmopolitan neighbourhood infused with history and best seen on the fun Art Deco Segway tour. Another interesting recommendation here is to book a ticket with Tulsa Tunnel Tours to explore the underground network of tunnels in the area. Art lovers should head to Tulsa Arts District - this is a thriving district with great shops and working studios where you can appreciate many crafts including glassblowing. A highlight is Cain's Ballroom, a historic venue, and a highly regarded live music and performance theatre. Offering an equally good events calendar is the Tulsa Performing Arts Center. Comprised of four individual auditoriums, this is the place to come if you want to see first-class ballet, opera, stand-up comedians, or a Broadway show. One of the most popular tourist attractions in Tulsa is The Philbrook Museum of Art. This gallery is worth visiting not only for its extensive art collections but also for its historic building and the beautiful gardens that surround it. You will also discover treasured artwork at the Tulsa's Gilcrease Museum, which houses 350,000 historical artifacts, Frederick Remington bronze statues, and original Thomas Moran paintings. And if you've come to Tulsa for the music - you have to spend time at the Woody Guthrie Center. This fantastic facility houses exhibits detailing Guthrie's life, talents, and powerful lyrics, and often features special events to showcase other inspirational musicians.
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Comics horror veteran Mike Wolfer writes and illustrates a powerful new chapter in the Crossed saga! After admitting two women into their defensible stronghold atop a collapsed bridge, an uneasy alliance of survivors discovers just how the women successfully navigated through the horrors on the ground below. They followed the advice of their "bible," a best-selling, "survival guide" novel. Fiction or not, the book could be the answer to saving all of their lives in the wasteland ruled by the maniacal Crossed. But trust in the uninfected can be more dangerous than the violent urges of the Crossed themselves. There is no help, there is no hope. There is only the Crossed. This volume collects issues #81-86 of the ongoing Crossed: Badlands series.


A financial trader in London caused a storm of outrage by suggesting that world leaders cannot do anything to prevent a global market collapse, saying that investment bank Goldman Sachs ruled the world.
Alessio Rastani's comments on BBC Television on Monday have gone viral, viewed by more than 360,000 people, but they fit so closely to the stereotype of a heartless banker that rumours are rife that he is actually part of a hoax.
Answering questions about world leaders' response to the eurozone debt crisis, the 34-year-old said traders "know the stock market is finished. The euro, as far as they're concerned, they don't really care".
"For most traders, we don't really care that much how they're going to fix the economy, how they're going to fix the whole situation, our job is to make money from it," he said.
As the BBC presenter looked on in shock, he added: "The governments don't rule the world. Goldman Sachs rules the world. Goldman Sachs does not care about this rescue package, neither does the big funds."
The remarks by Rastani, described by the BBC as an independent trader, caused a storm on Twitter and in British newspapers, and prompted Spanish Finance Minister Elena Salgado to brand him "mad and immoral."
The Daily Mail website said it was the "moment trader told shocked BBC presenter the City just LOVES an economic disaster," while The Independent described him as "the trader who lifted the lid on what the City really thinks".
The Guardian asked readers in an online poll if they were shocked, with two options: "No, this is how capitalism works", or "Yes (but only by his honesty)".
Asked about his warning that millions of people's savings could vanish in the next year, Salgado said this was not the case as savings were guaranteed across Europe.
"He thinks that he can get money simply with this threat, with this statement," she told Spanish public television TVE.
"So he is not only mad, he is mad and immoral."
Other commentators meanwhile speculated that Rastani was simply expressing views in public that were privately held by many.
BBC business editor Robert Peston said on Twitter that Rastani had merely "voiced what traders working for big firms and funds say in private," while the Financial Times asked in a blog entry "Do traders dream of defaulting Greeks?"
Some media reports have suggested Rastani is a member of The Yes Men, a US-based protest group who claimed responsibility for a bogus report in 2004 on the BBC that Dow Chemical would compensate victims of the Bhopal disaster.
In an interview with Forbes website, he denied he bore any resemblance to the fictitious Dow spokesman who orchestrated that hoax and insisted he was a genuine trader who worked for himself.
The BBC also stood by him, saying it had carried out "detailed investigations" but could find no evidence to suggest Rastani was not what he claimed.


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Christmas greetings and what we are doing in 2023
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Christmas greetings to friends of Pilgrims Hall
With Christmas Day fast approaching, Christians around the world will once again be celebrating the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. The Apostle John reminds us that 'God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, so that whoever believes in him will not die but live for ever'.
John further reminds us that 'This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins'. The coming of Jesus Christ was, as the angels announced to the shepherds at the time of his birth, as Saviour. Whatever our personal circumstances are at this season, and despite all the problems that beset this world, all those that know and love the Lord Jesus Christ can and should marvel in his incarnation. We can rejoice in our salvation achieved through Christ's redemptive work and the gift of faith that we are forgiven, made right with God and have eternal security in Him as adopted children.
I take this opportunity to thank you for your support for Pilgrims Hall over this past year. We are grateful for your prayers, financial gifts, practical help and other forms of support that have helped to facilitate the ongoing life and ministry of Pilgrims Hall. We recently held our Annual General Meeting and it was encouraging to look back over the previous year and see God's faithful provision over that time. We were able to operate over a full year without any Covid19 restrictions. It was pleasing that we were able to re-open the Hall to retreat guests and welcome new people and for churches and Christian organisations to return and make use of the facilities. The Rendezvous Tea Room and Wellspring bookshop fully reopened and we were also able to provide a programme of Bible ministry. I want to publicly thank the Resident Team for their dedication, commitment and hard work in running the day-to-day operations, together with the team of volunteers and Trustees for their service and support.
What are we doing in 2023?
Looking forward to 2023, we plan to operate all our facilities, details of which can be found on our website.
In terms of Bible ministry, we aim to complete the current studies on the book of Isaiah early in the New Year, after which there will be a rerun of a series of studies on the fundamentals of the Christian faith that will take place on Saturday mornings starting from 25 February and throughout March. There will also be studies which address covenant relationship that will be held on each Wednesday morning in March.
On Saturday 4th February, Tony Brown, from the Reachout Trust, will be leading a seminar on the beliefs of Mormons and Jehovah Witnesses to help our understanding in witnessing to them. Again, details will be published on our website and advertised nearer the time.
Meanwhile, may you truly know the peace of God which surpasses all human understanding as you celebrate Christmas and look forward to the Second Coming of our Lord and Saviour.
Steve Dodgson
Chairman of Trustees
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Should You Give Up Your Seat on an Overbooked Flight?
You may be entitled to extra compensation if your flight is oversold.
By Liz Weiss, Staff Writer April 20, 2017
By Liz Weiss, Staff Writer April 20, 2017, at 3:36 p.m.
To lower your chances of being bumped, experts suggest checking in at least 24 hours before your flight and avoiding no-frills basic economy fares.(Getty Images)
United Airlines caused a stir last week when footage taken by other travelers of local authorities brutally dragging a passenger from his seat before a flight from Chicago to Louisville, Kentucky, went viral.
While the company's CEO, Oscar Munoz, apologized and vowed to halt using law enforcement to remove passengers already aboard planes to secure seats for employees, the incident has spurred questions about airline policies and prompted heightened scrutiny over the industrywide practice of overselling flights. But while last week's incident took the internet by storm, it's not all-too-uncommon for carriers to bump passengers due to overselling tickets or, like last week, accommodating crew members flying for work. According to the Department of Transportation, 40,629 passengers were involuntarily denied boarding from their U.S. flights due to overbooking in 2016.
[See: 7 Secret Tricks to Scoring a Cheap Business-Class Seat.]
By law, airlines have the right to remove passengers from their planes for a variety of circumstances and must outline their policies in their customer agreement in a contract of carriage. "Airline contracts of carriage do state that your seat isn't guaranteed, and there is language in them to cover refusing to fly someone at [the airline's] discretion," explains George Hobica, founder of Airfarewatchdog.com. "Passengers have far fewer rights than they imagine," he adds.
But flyers do have some federally-mandated rights. For this reason, U.S. News tapped aviation experts to help you navigate air-travel policies and learn how to negotiate top dollar on an oversold flight.
Want to Avoid Getting Bumped? Get to the Top of the Priority Boarding List
DOT policies require that the airline first ask for passengers to volunteer to switch flights before compensation rules for involuntary bumping go into effect, says Charles Leocha, chairman and co-founder of Travelers United, a nonprofit advocacy group in the District of Columbia that works with the DOT and Congress on passenger rights issues. Whether you're at risk of getting bumped is determined by each carrier's priority boarding list, which defines groups of passengers that will be removed in the event of an oversold flight and is written (in the fine print) in the contract of carriage, Leocha explains. Despite contrary belief, the order in which passengers are selected to be involuntary denied access is not random, he explains. For example, United's priority list is based on factors such as the fare purchased, frequent flyer status, the check-in time and the itinerary.
The most important step is getting a seat assignment, cautions Daraius Dubash, who runs the travel advice site Million Mile Secrets. To limit your odds of getting involuntarily bumped, he recommends checking in at least 24 hours before your flight, getting to the boarding gate on time with a seat assignment and avoiding no-frills basic economy fares. With status, you're less likely to be bumped, explains Gary Leff, author of frequent-flyer site View From the Wing. Leff advises arriving at the gate early, as seats aren't given away typically until about 15 minutes before departure and your check-in time may be a tie-breaker.
[See: 5 Airport Lounges You Need to Know About – and How to Get Inside.]
Don't Volunteer Your Seat Without Understanding the Terms
Before you willingly switch flights when a gate agent asks for volunteers, make sure you're clear about the conditions, Leff cautions. While you would be entitled to a substitute flight and could receive a voucher or a free ticket for another flight, you may be forgoing negotiating power and additional compensation. If you volunteer, you're only entitled to what's been offered by the carrier. And while some carriers ask you what price you'll give up your seat for – allowing you (and fellow passengers) to bid for a higher class of service – if there are other volunteers, the carrier may not be as accommodating, he says. Once passengers accept the benefits outlined as volunteers, they "waive rights for future compensation," explains Henrik Zillmer, CEO of the site AirHelp.com.
But if there simply are not enough volunteers who agree to a voucher and a later flight (rather than cash), you may be denied boarding because the flight is full. In a scenario in which you're involuntarily bumped, the "law states that the airline has to inform the passenger who is denied boarding what their rights are," Zillmer says. This information should also be provided in writing, Loecha adds. The passenger rights and vouchers available for voluntary denied access vary by carrier, and they often come with caveats, such as time-sensitive vouchers for future flights that expire within a year or restricted days and fare classes for using the vouchers, Loecha explains. And while the carrier is required to provide an alternate flight option, you may be put on standby or the substitute flight might not be suitable. If you would book your own substitute flight reservation to reach your final destination, you may request an "involuntary refund" to be compensated for the original cost of your ticket.
Negotiate for the Highest Price If You Get Involuntarily Bumped
If you are required to change flights and your new flight arrives more than one hour later than your original arrival time, the airline is required by law to compensate you with 200 percent of the original price paid with a $675 limit. The amount you can receive depends on when your switched flight reaches your final destination. If you arrive more than two hours later than your scheduled arrival time, the carrier must compensate you up to 400 percent of the one-way fare, with a federally mandated $1,350 cap. In the case of the United incident, the flight staff offered passengers $800, four times the one-way fare, Leocha explains. What's more, bumped passengers must be compensated in cash, not a voucher, according to DOT guidelines, he adds. At the time of denied boarding access, remember "you have a right to a refund of your ticket in addition to the payout," Leff says. A full list of rules and restrictions for compensation are available on DOT's website.
[Read: How to Get a Refund After Canceling Your Flight.]
Understand the Exceptions
Keep in mind there are caveats when seeking compensation for an oversold flight. For example, if you're bumped for a reason other than overbooking (think: a delay or cancellation), or the carrier decides to switch to a smaller plane, you won't have the same federal benefits. On smaller 30- to 60-seat airplanes or in the event of an equipment swap, the same rules do not apply for involuntary or voluntary denied boardings, Leff explains. And if you arrive in under an hour to your final destination, the carrier is not required to give you anything for the hassle. On international flights departing from the U.S., you'll only receive compensation up to 400 percent of your fare (at a $1,350 cap) if your flight arrives more than four hours later than its planned arrival time, Loecha cautions.


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When 'Driver' Goes the Way of 'Computer'
A computer was once a human who computed; how long until "a driver" is a machine that drives?
Alexis C. Madrigal
Google has shown off a new driverless vehicle prototype, a cute little thing with no wheel or other control mechanisms. Previously, the company had installed its software and hardware on stock Lexus SUVs and Toyota Priuses.
The new prototype is the embodiment of something that Google, its affiliates, and other self-driving car thinkers have been talking about for a while: if the driver doesn't need controls, the whole car can be redesigned.
"For over a century, the assumption in car design is that you will have a driver. The whole proportion of the vehicle, where we put powertrains, and where other things have been laid out rests on the assumption that you'll have a driver and the human factors associated with that," Larry Burns, former head of R&D at GM and a consultant to Google, told me at a Google event. "I think this is not evolutionary but a major shift in how we think about personal mobility."
Another Google consultant Brad Templeton has been talking up this kind of transformation for years, too. He's got an entire page dedicated to the design changes that can come from as Burns put it, "tak[ing] the driver out of the loop."
Range is much less important
Battery problems are considerably reduced
Refueling is not usually done while humans travel
Single passenger vehicles will be much more common
Reverse and face to face seating
The steering wheel vanishes
Windshield requirements are different
Cargo space is not necessary in all vehicles
Acceleration is not a big requirement
Cars may be much lighter
Suspensions can be super-soft
If all these people—along with the host of other car manufacturers—are right about this stuff and driverless cars become ubiquitous, a friend of mine pointed out that a fascinating thing could happen.
A driver could come to mean the machine that drives just as a computer is a machine that computes.
Computers at work!
If that seems implausible, consider that the meaning of "a computer" as a person (usually a woman) who computed was entirely established for a long time before ENIAC.
There are books about this time, like When Computers Were Human. And pocket histories. Papers detailing human computers' efforts during the war. Webster's dictionary from 1828 (and 1913) defines computer as "one who computes," though the latter edition allows it could be a machine that computes, too.
Still, the point is, weird as it feels: a computer was a human for more than two hundred years. And in the span of some decades, that meaning has been completely and totally drained from the word.
The playwright and choreographer Cara de Fabio explored this transition through her grandmother's story in her recent play, She Was a Computer. the shift from computer as human to computer as machine happened in living memory.
Born in 1916, the youngest of 10, she went to a vocational high school to learn a trade, and ended up in a finishing course to become a Comptometer operator.
"You know what a comptometer is don't you? NO? Well it was a machine, that added, subtracted, multiplied and divided, but all by hand."
She would sit in front of a metal box, cousin of the cash register, sibling of the typewriter, and plug numbers in, and spit numbers out.
Rows of girls would do this all day to keep the books straight. In a time when progress looked much like a photo from a factory in China, my grandmother was one of those workers, manufacturing math. Somewhere between the abacus and the calculator, my kin was crunching numbers with bone and flesh.
She was a computer.
Just think about it: how awkward are the phrases, "driverless car" or "autonomous vehicle" or "automated vehicle"? These are the "horseless carriage" of our day.
How much easier would it be to simply apply the logic of computer and call a car like Google's a driver? Take it for a test drive. For example: "I took a driver to the store." Or, "A driver picked me up." Or: "It's like Uber but for drivers."
This linguistic change won't happen overnight. It won't happen in a decade. But give it thirty years and I'd bet some sort of linguistic compromise is made. Our language lives and adapts. If autonomous vehicles succeed, they will eat the previous meanings of words.
Alexis C. Madrigal is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of Powering the Dream: The History and Promise of Green Technology.


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(JTA) – The City Council of Tromso in Norway adopted a resolution calling on its residents to boycott products made in the West Bank, eastern Jerusalem and the Golan Heights.
The resolution was adopted Wednesday in a 25-17 vote, according to the municipality's website.
It states that "the municipal council encourages Tromso Municipality's residents to boycott goods and services produced in the Occupied Territories."
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PO, wind effect very strongly how a sea kayak behaves on the water.
While most rudderless sea kayaks are designed to slightly weathercock occasionally there is a kayak that will leecock.
With a skegged kayak, weathercocking is easily corrected by deploying a bit of skeg.
The same can not be said for a leecocking kayak.
What to do when a kayak leecocks?
My latest project saw me modify and cut away some of the stern of one of my kayaks.
Gnarlydog, did the speed you were paddling effect the amount the NorthSea would leecock? Did wind direction effect it? Or did it leecock in wind from any direction?
For those unaware, Gnarlydog has asked a good, but difficult question. Leecocking is the opposite of weathercocking. In the video above, my boat leecocks (moves flat to the wind) because I wasn't paddling. If I had been paddling the kayak would have turned slightly into the wind unless I corrected it.
it's interesting that you chose to cut the stern - making it 'looser' when the problem was the bow was too loose. By the way, you are a braver man than I taking your dremel tool to your kayak!
So yes, you can load the bow - which I am not a fan of - I am curious what would have happened if you loaded the bow AND stern. essentially forcing the entire boat deeper in the water, increasing the effects of the bow without effecting the boats trim.
minor leecocking can be corrected by stroke. Either adding a sweep at the end of your forward stroke on one side, or sliding the entire paddle to one side, so it is longer on one side than the other. These stroke adjustments in combination with edge works well to control the boat as you will see in fridays video.
But I think the real answer is one you wont like. The best correction is a rudder. Not to tighten the stern, but to redirect the bow. To keep the bow turned into the wind.
But I suspect two things. first, I think you aren't a fan of the rudder. and second. I think your boats designer had a very specific use in mind, and it was probably (though I could be wrong) maneuverability. As I am sure you know, everything in Kayaks is a trade off, you want to go straight, it's going to be hard to turn. You want to turn, it's going to be hard to go straight. I think this is a case where the designer was trying to make a long kayak turn easier.
PO, yes, the speed I was paddling did effect the leecocking: more speed less of a problem.
Of course that is because as I sped up the pressure on the bow increased and "anchored" it in the water more firmly.
If I paddled at a relaxed pace the kayak would leecock enough that some correcting strokes were needed to keep it on track.
Speed will effect most kayaks in regards of lee/weathercocking.
If I could somehow firm up the bow the kayak would be even less maneuverable.
Since I cut the stern the SeaBird is so much easier to turn, very similar to my other British style kayaks.
The SeaBird originally came with a rudder which I removed soon after purchase.
I could have left the hull as is and not installed a skeg: the boat tracked straight even in following seas.
However, since the hull is rather round (the chines are very soft/round compared to an SKUK Explorer) edging the kayak to change direction is not very effective.
The long keel line in the stern did not help either: the stern would not release when edged (unlike let's say a VCP Nordkapp).
Before I cut the stern I moved the seat forward (up to 6") to adjust the trim. It worked but the stern still was not loose enough for my likings.
While the easiest solution for any kayak that is not balanced is to add a rudder, I dislike paddling with one.
I used to have rudder kayaks and they really were preventing me from using my body (edge, lean, sweep strokes etc) when paddling.
It became more evident once I started to paddle in heavy seas and swell, not to mention that surfing with them was just bad.
I have not looked back since I got my first skeg kayak.
If anybody is interested to improve his/her skills I always suggest paddling a skeg kayak.
Gnarlydog. You bring up some very good points. And you touched on somethings that I will be covering in the future. I totally agree with you about the rudder. it can be a crutch to some (many) paddlers. My boat has a rudder, and it is in the stowed position most of the time. It comes down when I am paddling in a wind that is keeping me from going where I want to go. I dislike the skeg for one reason. I like to paddling long distance/multi week trips. That skeg makes it much harder to pack the rear compartment, and a rudder will help with tracking in a cross wind just like a skeg. to each his own.
in terms of your boat and leecocking, I think we are on the same page. There are a number of things to tweak it, but probably none a great cure.


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Les élections sénatoriales de 2014 dans la Vendée ont lieu le dimanche . Elles ont pour but d'élire les trois sénateurs représentant le département au Sénat pour un mandat de six années.

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La Vendée fait partie des départements appartenant, avant la réforme de l'élection des sénateurs, à la série C. La moitié de cette série, dont les sénateurs sont renouvelés pour la dernière fois en 2004, est intégrée à la nouvelle série 1 renouvelée en 2011, l'autre moitié, dont la Vendée, rejoint la Série 2 renouvelable en 2014. Les sénateurs sortants effectuent donc un mandat de 9 ans, prolongé d'un an par le décalage des élections municipales et sénatoriales de 2007.

Lors des élections sénatoriales du 26 septembre 2004 dans la Vendée, trois sénateurs ont été élus au scrutin majoritaire, tous trois issus des rangs de la droite: Philippe Darniche du Mouvement pour la France de Philippe de Villiers, Jean-Claude Merceron de l'UDI-Alliance centriste et Bruno Retailleau de l'UMP. Les deux premiers ont indiqué ne pas être candidats à un nouveau mandat.

Depuis 2004, le collège électoral, constitué des grands électeurs que sont les sénateurs sortants, les députés, les conseillers régionaux, les conseillers généraux et les délégués des conseils municipaux, a été entièrement renouvelé.

Le corps électoral appelé à élire les nouveaux sénateurs résulte des élections législatives de 2012 qui ont donné trois députés à la droite et deux à la gauche, les élections régionales de 2010 qui ont conforté la majorité de gauche au conseil régional des Pays de la Loire (10 sièges sur 17 dans la Vendée), les élections cantonales de 2008 et de 2011 qui ont vu l'érosion de la majorité de droite au sein du conseil général, majorité qui reste malgré tout très nette avec 25 sièges sur 31 et surtout les élections municipales de 2014 qui ont vu la gauche perdre ses principaux points d'ancrage dans le département: La Roche-sur-Yon, Fontenay-Le-Comte et Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez. Après ces élections, la gauche n'est plus majoritaire que dans cinq communes de plus de , et est totalement absente de nombreux conseils municipaux.

Mais l'évolution la plus significative pour ce qui concerne la Vendée tient au changement de mode de scrutin, les départements élisant trois sénateurs étant dorénavant concernés par le scrutin à la proportionnelle avec listes paritaires, ce qui dans la plupart des départements concernés se traduira par le partage entre une tendance majoritaire qui obtiendra deux sièges et une minorité qui en obtiendra un. Cependant, étant donné le résultat des élections municipales, la conquête d'un siège par la gauche dans la Vendée est loin d'être acquise.

Sénateurs sortants

Collège électoral
En application des règles applicables pour les élections sénatoriales françaises, le collège électoral appelé à élire les sénateurs de la Vendée en 2014 se compose de la manière suivante :

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Présentation des candidats
Les nouveaux représentants sont élus pour une législature de 6 ans au suffrage universel indirect par les grands électeurs du département. Dans la Vendée, les trois sénateurs sont élus au scrutin proportionnel plurinominal. Chaque liste de candidats est obligatoirement paritaire et alterne entre les hommes et les femmes. 7 listes ont été déposées dans le département, comportant chacune 5 noms. Elles sont présentées ici dans l'ordre de leur dépôt à la préfecture et comportent l'intitulé figurant aux dossiers de candidature.

Union de la droite et du centre

Front national

Parti socialiste

Divers droite

Europe Écologie Les Verts

Divers droite

Parti communiste français

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Q: Jmeter-Ant xslt-report: BUILD FAILED Test.jtl does not exist error although i have Test.jtl I am trying to run my Test.jmx file through below ant cmd:
C:\apache-ant-1.10.1-bin\bin>ant
I got the following error:
C:\apache-ant-1.10.1-bin\bin>ant
Buildfile: C:\apache-ant-1.10.1-bin\bin\build.xml

run:
     [echo] funcMode = false
   [jmeter] Executing test plan: C:\apache-ant-1.10.1-bin\bin\Test.jmx ==> C:\apache-ant-1.10.1-bin\bin\Test.jtl

_message_xalan:

xslt-report:

BUILD FAILED
C:\apache-ant-1.10.1-bin\bin\build.xml:124: input file C:\apache-ant-1.10.1-bin\bin\Test.jtl does not exist

Total time: 4 seconds

C:\apache-ant-1.10.1-bin\bin>

I fixed this issue by creating a new Test.jtl file.
Now I am getting this error:
C:\apache-ant-1.10.1-bin\bin>ant -Dtestpath=C:\apache-ant-1.10.1-bin\bin\ -Dtest=Test
Buildfile: C:\apache-ant-1.10.1-bin\bin\build.xml

run:
     [echo] funcMode = false
   [jmeter] Executing test plan: C:\apache-ant-1.10.1-bin\bin\Test.jmx ==> C:\apache-ant-1.10.1-bin\bin\Test.jtl

_message_xalan:

xslt-report:
     [xslt] Processing C:\apache-ant-1.10.1-bin\bin\Test.jtl to C:\apache-ant-1.10.1-bin\bin\Test.html
     [xslt] Loading stylesheet C:\apache-ant-1.10.1-bin\bin\jmeter-results-report_21.xsl
     [xslt] C:\apache-ant-1.10.1-bin\bin\Test.jtl:1:1: Fatal Error! Premature end of file.
     [xslt] Failed to process C:\apache-ant-1.10.1-bin\bin\Test.jtl

BUILD FAILED
C:\apache-ant-1.10.1-bin\bin\build.xml:124: Fatal error during transformation using C:\apache-ant-1.10.1-bin\bin\jmeter-results-report_21.xsl: Premature end of file.; SystemID: file:/C:/apache-ant-1.10.1-bin/bin/Test.jtl; Line#: 1; Column#: 1

Total time: 3 seconds

A: Actually, the correct answer is here. Just need to remove the comments from these lines:
<jvmarg value="-Xincgc"/>
<jvmarg value="-Xmx128m"/>
<jvmarg value="-Dproperty=value"/>
<jmeterarg value="-qextra.properties"/>

in the extracts\build.xml file.

A: Most likely your JMeter test is failing therefore it doesn't generate result file. I would suggest amending your  target like
    <jmeter
        jmeterhome="${jmeter.home}"
        testplan ="${testpath}/${test}.jmx"
        resultlog="${testpath}/${test}.jtl"
        jmeterlogfile="${testpath}/jmeter.log>

in build.xml file. The last line will "tell" the JMeter Ant task to generate jmeter.log file under the ${testpath}, you should be able to figure out what goes wrong by looking into this file.
References:

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*JMeter Ant Task Parameters

*Five Ways To Launch a JMeter Test without Using the JMeter GUI

A: Adding to @Dmitri T answer jtl file is created only if you execute at least 1 Sample, so it won't be created in the following cases:

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*Your test plan failed and Stopped before executing Sampler

*Your test doesn't contain Samplers

*Your configuration is wrong and no thread were executed ( for example Thread number is 0)
You can try to execute/view/debug in GUI mode and check what's wrong.

A: use "resultlogdir" instead of "resultlog"
so change the build.xml  like this:
<jmeter
jmeterhome="${jmeter.home}"
testplan ="${testpath}/${test}.jmx"
resultlogdir="${testpath}/log">

and also the "in" property in  :
   in="${testpath}/log/${test}.jtl"
I have no idea how to explain why, but it worked in my computer


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LOVE that SIGN... Our mom scoops OUR poops EVERY day... even though WE are the ONLY ones who should be pooping in our yard... It is still the GOOD thingy to do... fur the reasons you mentioned.
PeeS... your post POPPED on its OWN... Hope it continues to do it.
I think everyone should be responsible too. No one like poop laying aorund!
I a zillion percent agree. Poop happens - Pick it UP!
Wow, I always hope that the peeps who don't scoop are the first to step in it! BWAR HAR HAR yuck.
That is a great sign! Those should be displayed a lot of places!
Momma always picks up my poops! She had two flexi leashes for me...and a seperate green bag dispenser on each one! Then she has another backup one in the center console of her car, just in case!
Yep our mom and dad both pick it up, but I don't think they ever tell us thank you for leaving it for them.
Great post Lily! we like your sign.
EXCELLENT! Mom or Dad scoop as we go. So to speak.
Our mom always has poop bags in her pants pockets and coat pockets. It's embarrassing but necessary!
You are right on, Lily! For those of us who live near oceans, it's really important to scoop that poop so the bacteria doesn't get into the ocean water. Enough of it that bad bacteria can cause red tides, the kind that kills sea life.
And even if you don't live near an ocean, you really need to scoop. Instead of the bacteria going to the ocean, that nasty bacteria will get into the ground water which is what we drink. Ew!
We are scoopers, in our yard and on walks. And we encourage everyone we know to do the same.
Hi Lily, I am amazed and saddened by how many pup owners don't act responsibly and scoop it up. Most areas have dispensers with bags and garage cans to help owners. I become very unhappy if someone lets their dog leave it on our lawn. I've been know to comment to people about it.
Thanks for participating in this blog hop.
Very yucky when your yard is covered in poop... no doubt about it!
Very important to do but not when it concerns my special pig poop. Mamma has to stop scooping and let it be to help the soil!
Sheesh, you dogs will eat anything!
...ok, truth be told, us cats don't exactly have the greatest of reputations when it comes to eating other ickies.
Our peeps do their part.
It is shocking how much poop is out there!
My Mom and I live on 1/4 an acre and I am all over that property...she went on an poop hunt yesterday! Thanks for the post Lily.
Scooping Poop... VERY important. Mom also has poop bags all over, coat pockets, jean pockets, car door pockets, and stuff. sometimes she thinks we are out of them, then finds some stuffed someplace. We even hand out /offer bags to some who don't have them. Good reminder post!!
Responsible pet ownership all the way. We do scoop the poop because it's embarrassing to leave them all over the place.. what if it were your house it was left in front of, right?
So important to pick up your poo. Thanks for sharing.


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Holyoke, MA Apartment House Fire, Nov 1964
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POLICE QUESTION ARSON SUSPECT ABOUT FIRE THAT KILLED SEVEN.
Holyoke, Mass. (UPI) -- A key arson suspect in the apartment house fire Wednesday night that killed seven persons, including five children, was to be requestioned today by police.
Authorities labeled the man "the most likely suspect yet." He was questioned several times Thursday but no arrests have been made.
Fire Chief William W. Mahoney said the blaze
"definitely was the work of an arsonist. There is no doubt in the world. This is arson. It's horrible."
The tragic tenement fire was the third blaze deliberately set in the neighborhood within 15 minutes of each other. Investigators found several empty gasoline cans near the fire scene.
A week ago fire officials warned of an arsonist being loose in this Connecticut Valley industrial city. There had been several suspicious garage and barn fires.
The suspect was picked up on information provided by a woman who lives across from the burned building. She told police she looked out her window when she heard sirens.
She said she saw a man getting out of a red car. He appeared to be trying to hide a five gallon gasoline car, she said.
The prime suspect was one of several men questioned after officials interviewed more than 100 survivors of the blaze and nearby residents.
The fire was discovered by firemen answering an alarm for a blaze of another five-story brick apartment building on nearby East Dwight Street.
Forty persons fled that fire which heavily damaged
the first three floors.
Both buildings were owned by Edgar Bouchard, a grocery store owner and a former public works commissioner, who was on vacation in Florida.
Those killed in the fire were identified as LEO ROBERGE, 10, and his 7 year old brother EDWARD, JR.; MRS. ANITA DUPONT, 52, her daughter, PAULINE, 20, and PAULINE'S two children, MAURICE, 4, and RONALD, 3; and MARY ANN PRONOVOST, 9, MRS. DUPONT'S granddaughter.
Admitted to Holyoke Hospital were EDWARD ROBERGE, SR., 53, his wife NORRIS, 43, their daughter, BARBARA, 16, their 3-year-old son GERALD, and GERALD PRONOVOST, 3.
The PRONOVOST boy was in poor condition and MRS. ROBERGE was in fair condition. The others were in good condition.
Robert C. Brooks, 21, of South Hadley Falls, a volunteer rescue worker, said a first floor tenant told him of hearing someone in the basement before the fire broke out.
Brooks said a resident told him he heard someone puttering around in the cellar. When the tenant called to the man, "the other said 'To hell with it,' and ran out the cellar door," the man told Brooks.
Mahoney said the fire started on the second floor, rear porch and swept rapidly through the building.
Those who died were trapped on the top three floors.
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Holyoke Fire
AnonymousTom Blair (not verified) - 25 May 2017 - 14:22
I think of Leo (poncho)all the time have all my life I think of what he may have become so many of us that were friends than are now gone.
My 2 brothers died in this
Jerry Roberge (not verified) - 29 Oct 2014 - 15:37
My 2 brothers died in this fire
I was also friends with Mary
Anonymous (not verified) - 26 Jun 2014 - 09:51
I was also friends with Mary Ann. I lived on the 3rd floor of that building until July 1964 when we moved to our home in South Hadley. Mary Ann lived on the 5th floor. with here grandmother and grandfather.
1964 fire at 208 west Street in Holyoke Massachusetts
My family and I lived in that building at 208 west street until we moved to our new home in South Hadley in July 1964, I was 10 at the time. I was good friends with Leo Roberge. Leo (poncho) as he was known as by family and friends would stay at our new home in South Hadley on weekends up until the time of his death in November of that year. My brother and I carried them to there resting place on the day of there funeral. They now rest in the cemetery on our street in South Hadley. My parents also took care of the Pronovost children in our home while the parents were at the hospital sitting with there youngest son Gerald. All our old friends and neighbors that were victims of that fire now rest not far from each other in the cemetery on our street. I am now 60 years old and still to this day think of all of them. May god bless and keep them.
Joanne (not verified) - 20 Feb 2011 - 17:02
Mary Ann and I went to school together at Immaculate Conception in Holyoke. I think of her often.
maryann pronovost 9
katrina haney (not verified) - 1 Oct 2010 - 07:36
maryann was a cuz of mine she was staying with her grammie and grampa when the fire broke out all her other siplings and mom where living at the ponds. they drove over right away when they heard. it was very sad losing her and her grandparents...
Holyoke Apartment Fire
Anonymous (not verified) - 26 Feb 2010 - 19:45
I went to school and was a friend of Mary Ann Pronovost, 9, who died in this fire. I think about her often and keep her and her family in my prayers.
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Anarchie bezeichnet:

 Anarchie, Zustand der Abwesenheit von Herrschaft
 umgangssprachlich Gesetzlosigkeit, siehe Anomie
 die Anarchie in den Internationalen Beziehungen, die theoretische Annahme, dass Staaten ihre Sicherheit nicht einer übergeordneten Instanz anvertrauen.
 Anarchie (Film), US-amerikanischer Spielfilm von Michael Almereyda
 Die Anarchie, Bürgerkrieg nach dem Tode Heinrichs I.
 Die Anarchie (Zeitschriften), anarchistische Zeitschriften

Siehe auch:
 Anarchy (Begriffsklärung)


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(Data in this Fact Sheet comes from the biannual exchange of data required by the Treaty. It contains data declared current as of September 1, 2020. Data will be updated each six month period after entry into force of the Treaty.)1
Category of Data United States of America Russian Federation
Deployed ICBMs, Deployed SLBMs, and Deployed Heavy Bombers 675 510
Warheads on Deployed ICBMs, on Deployed SLBMs, and Nuclear Warheads Counted for Deployed Heavy Bombers 1457 1447
Deployed and Non-deployed Launchers of ICBMs, Deployed and Non-deployed Launchers of SLBMs, and Deployed and Non-deployed Heavy Bombers 800 764
United States of America Data
Effective Date: September 1, 2020
ICBMs and ICBM Launchers MM-III Total
Deployed ICBMs 397 397
Non-deployed ICBMs 261 261
Deployed and Non-deployed Launchers of ICBMs 454 454
Deployed Launchers of ICBMs 397 397
Non-deployed Launchers of ICBMs 57 57
Test Launchers 4 4
SLBMs and SLBM Launchers Trident II Total
Deployed SLBMs 230 230
Non-deployed SLBMs 234 234
Deployed and Non-deployed Launchers of SLBMs 280 280
Deployed Launchers of SLBMs 230 230
Non-deployed Launchers of SLBMs 50 50
Heavy Bombers B-2A B-52H Total
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Non-deployed Heavy Bombers 8 10 18
Test Heavy Bombers 1 4 5
Heavy Bombers Equipped for Non-nuclear Armaments 0 41 41
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Salvanto characterizes 50 of the 435 congressional districts as "truly competitive" for Democrats. "When you start with that and then you look at what's happening in those individual districts, it looks like the Democrats will gain seats," he said. "That looks like it's a virtual certainty. But will they gain enough? That, I think, is a toss-up." How will the liberal spinsters spin the truth when there is no blue wave?
Salvanto is the author of "Where Did You Get This Number? A Pollster's Guide to Making Sense of the World," which will be published by Simon and Schuster, a division of CBS, at the end of the month. He explains that "a poll is not a forecast," but rather a tool used to better understand the political climate of a particular district. It may be more important to examine the meaning behind a poll instead of relying on its data to predict an election outcome.
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