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PRO HOCKEY TALKPHT Minnesota Wild
Donato gets two-year, $3.8 million extension from Wild
By Sean LeahyJul 16, 2019, 3:43 PM EDT
Ryan Donato took advantage of a bigger opportunity with the Minnesota Wild and earned himself a raise on Tuesday.
The Wild announced that they have extended the 23-year-old Donato with a two-year, $3.8 million contract. That $1.9 million annual salary will be a bump from the $925,000 he made during the 2018-19 NHL season.
Following a February trade that sent Charlie Coyle to the Boston Bruins, Donato saw his ice time rise over three minutes under Bruce Boudreau and that resulted in four goals and 16 points in 22 games with Minnesota. Unable to carve out his own role in Boston, Donato struggled offensively with six goals and nine points in 34 games before moving.
"I definitely learned the business side of it, for sure," Donato said in April. "One thing I learned, in Boston and here, it's a game of ups and downs. More than college, more than any level, there's a lot of ups and downs. It's been an emotional roller coaster the whole year, but definitely over the last couple months it's settled down quite a bit."
Donato, who was a restricted free agent and will remain one when his contract expires after the 2020-21 season, continued his production in the American Hockey League's notching 11 points in 14 games between the end of the Iowa Wild's regular season and the Calder Cup playoffs.
"It's all about opportunity in this league," Donato said. "If I can get myself into scoring positions playing with the high-end veteran players we have here, that have been known to find guys in scoring positions, then I'm a guy that can bury it."
The Wild have high hopes for next season as they expect to be a playoff team coming out of what will be a very, very competitive Central Division. General manager Paul Fenton added Ryan Hartman and Mats Zuccarello to boost the team's offense which finished fourth-worst in the NHL in goals per game (2.56). Donato will be expected to be a key contributor.
Sean Leahy is a writer for Pro Hockey Talk on NBC Sports. Drop him a line at phtblog@nbcsports.com or follow him on Twitter @Sean_Leahy.
Tags: 2019 NHL free agency, 2019 NHL Trade Deadline, Boston Bruins, Minnesota Wild, Ryan Donato, Charlie Coyle, Mats Zuccarello, Ryan Hartman
Central Division arms race only intensifying
By Scott BilleckJul 14, 2019, 3:08 PM EDT
It's the National Hockey League's version of an arms race, a Cold War of sorts.
The developing and cultivating of assets has been rampant in the Central Division over the past few seasons, if not several more before that. Powerhouses have arisen, some likely — Nashville, for instance, and Winnipeg, too, with their drafting.
Others have forged different paths. The St. Louis Blues tricked the world in January when they sat in last place in the NHL, only to hoist the Stanley Cup in the middle of June in one of sports most remarkable comeback stories.
From Manitoba down through Texas, the Central has become and remained hockey's toughest division, one where aggressiveness in the trade market, in the scouting department and on the draft floor has paid off in dividends for those who have been patient to allow their teams to blossom. And those who have been able to unload and reload, too, have found success.
Four of the past 10 Cup champs have come from the division, and while the Blackhawks have won three of those, others have come close, including the Predators who reached the Cup final in 2017.
The paths have been many, and it's resulted in a division full of legitimate playoff contenders, if not Stanley Cup ones as well.
It's a proper standoff.
Let's delve a little deeper into the Central Division waters, shall we?
Dallas Stars: They have grown one of the best defenses in the league, command one of the best goalies in the NHL and added a lethal scoring threat in Joe Pavelski this summer, took a cheap and calculated risk on Corey Perry and took a chance on the oft-injured Andrej Sekera.
If the payoff becomes more goals, a rejuvenated leader in Perry and a stout defenseman that Sekera can be, the Stars, who were a goal away from the Western Conference Final this past season, could be a major player in the division.
Colorado Avalanche: The Avs have made their intentions clear. After an unlikely second-round appearance in this past year's playoffs, the Avs have added the fourth-overall pick thanks to offloading Matt Duchene a couple seasons ago to the Ottawa Senators, who were horrible last season. They signed Joonas Donskoi in free agency, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, too, and pried Andre Burakovsky away from the Washington Capitals and Nazem Kadri from the Toronto Maple Leafs in an aggressive start to the offseason.
Colorado already has some of the best offensive weapons in the NHL with Mikko Rantanen, Nathan MacKinnon and Gabriel Landeskog. It remains to be seen if their defense takes a hit with the loss of Tyson Barrie in the Kadri deal. But a young team got a good taste in the postseason this year and the additions made can only make the team better.
Still strong
Nashville Predators: The trade-off for adding Matt Duchene was shipping out P.K. Subban. It's a steep price to pay, but one mitigated by having one of the best defensive cores in the NHL even without Subban's services.
Duchene should add much-needed goal-scoring to the club, including on the power play where the Preds were abysmal last year (12.9%, 31st in the NHL). The Predators still ooze talent, and they're a tough-as-nails team to play against, Subban or not. They'll challenge once again for a third-successive division crown.
St. Louis Blues: The Stanley Cup champs found a way to make the best of the sum of their parts. It's not that they didn't have skill, but they also didn't have a bona fide superstar, at least during the regular season.
But a rugged team that bands together seems to be a squad that can find success, despite whatever perceived lackings they have (see: Vegas, 2018). Jordan Binnington remains a question mark only because we need to see him play a full season at (or at least near) the level he produced after getting his first NHL start on Jan. 7. Ryan O'Reilly was exactly what the team needed and if Robby Fabbri can stay healthy, they could get a good shot of talent injected into the roster.
The Unknowns
Winnipeg Jets: Losing Jacob Trouba hurts. How much so remains to be seen, but taking a top-pairing defender off any team is going to expose a gap that can be exploited.
The Jets are going to get younger once again this season, especially on the back end where they've lost Tyler Myers and Ben Chiarot. Those aren't losses that will hurt the team nearly as much, but its experience not on the roster anymore. The Jets will have competition for those spots and could still make a move on the back end (perhaps Jake Gardiner if they could make it work) that would improve that situation.
Signing Patrik Laine and Kyle Connor comes first, however. Andrew Copp, too, along with Neal Pionk, part of their return for Trouba. The Jets still need to sort out their second-line center issue. Who plays with Laine is a big question with no answer at the moment. The Jets aren't the Stanley Cup contender they were two years ago, and they won't be riding the same hype train they rode coming into the past season. They also won't be terrible. They're still a playoff team, but the ceiling is unknown at the moment.
Did they improve?
Chicago Blackhawks: They've made some moves, giving Alexander Nylander a second chance while acquiring Calvin de Haan and Olli Maatta to make their defense stouter. And they have a quality 1-2 punch in goal now with the addition of Robin Lehner, who is some of the best insurance you can have with Crawford's injury proneness.
Will Dylan Strome continue to flourish as he did last season when he joined the team? Alex DeBrincat is a very good player and they still have Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews. Part of their backend is still fossilizing, however. And can Corey Crawford remain healthy? They signed Robin Lehner, so that could take some uncertainty away.
I'm inclined to think Chicago has gotten better and can compete for a playoff spot. I'm just not sure they're on the same level as the teams above.
Minnesota Wild: One wonders where this team is heading. Signing Mats Zuccarello is a good addition and taking a cheap chance on Ryan Hartman isn't half bad.
But even with that, where is the goal scoring coming from? They traded away Mikael Granlund and Zuccarello has broken the 20-goal barrier just once in his career. Zach Parise isn't the player he used to be. Eric Staal isn't getting any younger. Ryan Suter can only play so many minutes a night and Devan Dubnyk took a step down last season, along with the rest of the team.
Tags: Central Division, Chicago Blackhawks, Colorado Avalanche, Dallas Stars, Minnesota Wild, Nashville Predators, St. Louis Blues, Western Conference, Winnipeg Jets, Alex DeBrincat, Andre Burakovsky, Andrej Sekera, Andrew Copp, Ben Chiarot, Calvin De Haan, Corey Crawford, Devan Dubnyk, Drew Copp, Dylan Strome, Eric Staal, Gabriel Landeskog, Jacob Trouba, Jake Gardiner, Joe Pavelski, Jonathan Toews, Joonas Donskoi, Jordan Binnington, Kyle Connor, Mats Zuccarello, Matt Duchene, Mikael Granlund, Mikko Rantanen, Nathan MacKinnon, Nazem Kadri, Neal Pionk, Olli Maatta, P.K. Subban, Patrick Kane, Patrik Laine, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Robby Fabbri, Robin Lehner, Ryan Hartman, Ryan O'Reilly, Ryan Suter, Tyler Myers, Tyson Barrie, Zach Parise
Matt Cullen retires after 21 NHL seasons, three Stanley Cups
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By Sean LeahyJul 10, 2019, 12:23 PM EDT
A career that began in 1997 has come to an end after 21 seasons, 1,516 NHL games and three Stanley Cup titles. On Wednesday, Matt Cullen announced his retirement at the age of 42.
In a story he wrote for the Pittsburgh Penguins website, Cullen said that he knew entering the 2018-19 season it would be his final one in hockey. Over the past few summers, the topic of retirement would come up and the longtime NHL forward had his doubts if he could continue playing.
"I remember waking up in the middle of the night many times these last few years thinking, 'What am I doing? I'm 40 years old," he wrote. "I don't think I can play another year in the NHL.' After each time I signed the past few years I woke up in a cold sweat, not sure if I could still play.
"Honestly, if I could play forever, I would. All I know is hockey. I've never done anything. I never wanted to do anything else. I don't know anything else."
Cullen, a 1996 second-round pick, spent his first five and a half NHL seasons with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim before being dealt to the Florida Panthers. He would later sign with the Carolina Hurricanes in 2004 and help the franchise win their first ever Stanley Cup championship in 2006. He finished tied for third on the team that postseason in scoring with 18 points.
A year after signing with the New York Rangers, Cullen was dealt back to Carolina. He'd later move on to Ottawa, Minnesota, and Nashville before landing with the Penguins where he was part of their 2016 and 2017 back-to-back Cup winning teams.
Cullen spent three of his final four NHL seasons in Pittsburgh, with a one-season stop back home in Minnesota in 2017-18. He gained clarity about his future over the last few seasons and was comfortable with hanging up his skates now rather than coming back for another season.
"It was an emotional time, but I knew it was coming. It just felt right and I was really at peace with everything when it was over," Cullen wrote.
"I felt like it was only right to retire in Pittsburgh with everything that the organization had given me and done for me. I'm so happy I came back and finished my last year in Pittsburgh. I wouldn't trade that last year for anything."
Tags: Anaheim Mighty Ducks, Carolina Hurricanes, Florida Panthers, Matt Cullen, Minnesota Wild, Nashville Predators, New York Rangers, Ottawa Senators, Pittsburgh Penguins, Matt Cullen
NHL Free agency: Most long-term contracts will end in trade or buyout
By Adam GretzJul 5, 2019, 4:36 PM EDT
Exactly six years ago Friday, the Toronto Maple Leafs made one of the most infamous free agent signings in the salary cap era when they inked David Clarkson to a seven-year, $36.75 million contract. It was a dubious signing from the very beginning due to Clarkson's age (he was already 29 years old) and lack of consistent, top-line production in the NHL. Adding to the absurdity was the reception of the contract in Toronto (comparing him to Wendel Clark) and the way then-general manager Dave Nonis defended the signing from any and all criticism by saying, "I'm not worried about six or seven right now. I'm worried about one. And year one, I know we're going to have a very good player. I believe that he's got a lot of good years left in him."
In year one Clarkson scored five goals in 60 games, was a colossal bust, and was then traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets halfway through year two of the contract for Nathan Horton, another free agent bust from the same offseason whose career would be derailed and ultimately ended by injury. The Maple Leafs knew Horton would never play again and the whole trade was nothing more than a way to shed an albatross contract that looked to be a mistake from the start. It was an obvious — and ultimately legal — circumvention of the league's salary cap.
Clarkson's contract is far from the only one that has gotten general managers in trouble for signing a player for too many years in free agency. Almost every time the justification is similar to the one Nonis gave for the Clarkson signing: We're not worried about four or five years, we just want to win right now.
Most of them never win "right now," and almost all of them are looking for a way out within two years.
Between the summers of 2009 and 2016 there were 35 unrestricted free agents signed to contracts of five years or longer.
What sort of return did teams get on those investments?
Let's start with this, showing the result of each signing.
[Related: PHT 2019 Free Agent Signing Tracker]
This only includes players that actually changed teams as UFA's. It does not include re-signings of players still under contract with their current team (contract extensions), or the re-signing of restricted free agents.
• Fourteen of the 35 players were traded before the end of their contract term. That includes nine players that were traded before completing three full seasons with their new team. Most of these trades were salary dumps or an exchange of undesirable contracts.
• Ten of the contracts ended in a buyout, usually after three or four seasons.
• There are only three players signed during this time period that are still playing out their contracts with their current teams: Zach Parise and Ryan Suter in Minnesota, and Michael Frolik with the Calgary Flames. The latter has been mentioned in trade rumors for more than a year now.
• Only four players played out the entire term with the team that signed them: Paul Martin with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Anton Stralman with the Tampa Bay Lightning, Brian Gionta with the Montreal Canadiens, and Dan Hamhuis with the Vancouver Canucks.
• Three players had their careers ended by injury before the duration of the contract: Marian Hossa with the Chicago Blackhawks, Ryane Clowe with the New Jersey Devils, and Mattias Ohlund with the Tampa Bay Lightning.
• On average, those 35 players played out just 57 percent of their contract term with the team that signed them. Fourteen of them played out only half of the contract or less.
• If you want to go with the "I don't care what happens in six years as long as we win the Stanley Cup with this player" argument, the only players in the above sampling that actually won a Stanley Cup with the team that signed them during their contract were Hossa in Chicago and Matt Niskanen and Brooks Orpik in Washington. The only others to even play in the Stanley Cup Final were Anton Stralman, Valtteri Filpulla, and Matt Carle in Tampa Bay, and Brad Richards with the New York Rangers (he was bought out the following summer after three years of a 10-year contract).
What did teams learn from this sampling?
Mostly nothing, because they have kept doing it.
Between the 2016 and 2018 offseasons there were 13 UFA contracts of five years or more signed, and the early returns are already looking disastrous.
In the summer of 2016 the following deals were signed.
David Backes to the Boston Bruins for five years at $6 million per year
Kyle Okposo to the Buffalo Sabres for seven years at $6 million per year
Frans Nielsen to the Detroit Red Wings for six years at $5.25 million per year
Milan Lucic to the Edmonton Oilers for seven years at $6 million per year
Loui Eriksson to the Vancouver Canucks for six years at $5.5 million per year
James Reimer to the Florida Panthers for five years at $3.4 million per year
Andrew Ladd to the New York Islanders for seven years at $5.5 million per year
Not sure there is anybody that would look at any of those contracts just three years later and argue that any of those teams are getting what they hoped to get. Reimer has already been traded so the Panthers could give another long-term deal to a different goalie (Sergei Bobrovsky) this offseason, while the rest of the contracts have all quickly become an albatross for every team that signed them.
There were six contracts signed over the 2017 and 2018 offseasons with Alexander Radulov, Karl Alzner, John Tavares, James van Riemsdyk, Jack Johnson, and John Moore all getting contracts of five years or more.
So far the Radulov and Tavares contracts look to be the best investments and have provided the most return.
Alzner spent time in the AHL this past season, while Johnson has been the subject of trade rumors after just one season in Pittsburgh.
This offseason seven teams have decided to bet against history and take their chances on long-term deals.
Vancouver signed Tyler Myers to a five-year contract
New York signed Artemi Panarin to a seven-year contract
Florida signed Bobrovsky to a seven-year contract
Pittsburgh signed Brandon Tanev to a six-year contract
Nashville signed Matt Duchene to a seven-year contract
New York Islanders re-signed Anders Lee to a seven-year contract
History suggests that probably at least five of these players will be playing for a different team within two or three years.
The players that have had the highest chances of playing out most of their contract are the high-end players (first-or second-line forwards; top-pairing defenders) that are still reasonably close to the prime of their careers, so that might be good news for the Rangers and Panarin and maybe — emphasis maybe — Duchene and the Predators.
All of the rest? These look like textbook deals that are destined to end in a salary dump trade or a buyout within a couple of years.
If a player makes it to unrestricted free agency you should know what you are bidding on and adjust your expectations accordingly. It is usually a player that has almost certainly already played their most productive hockey in the NHL, and it is usually a player that their former team didn't feel was worth the money or term they were going to be able to get on the open market. It is rare that a team allows a player it actually wants to re-sign and values make it to free agency.
Elite players like Tavares and Panarin are the exception.
The end result is a bidding war for a declining player that probably isn't as good as you think, which then ultimately leads to a team paying a player to NOT play for them (buyout), or trading them for another player another team doesn't want, or giving up a more valuable asset to entice a team to take your bad contract in a trade.
NHL Free agency: Sometimes the best way to win is to not play.
Tags: 2019 NHL free agency, Anders Lee, Artemi Panarin, Brandon Tanev, Florida Panthers, Matt Duchene, Nashville Predators, New York Islanders, New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Sergei Bobrovsky, Alexander Radulov, Anders Lee, Andrew Ladd, Anton Stralman, Artemi Panarin, Brandon Tanev, Brooks Orpik, Dan Hamhuis, David Backes, David Clarkson, Drew Ladd, Frans Nielsen, Jack Johnson, James Reimer, James van Riemsdyk, John Moore, John Tavares, Kyle Okposo, Loui Eriksson, Marian Hossa, Matt Duchene, Matt Niskanen, Michael Frolik, Milan Lucic, Nathan Horton, Ryan Suter, Sergei Bobrovsky, Tyler Myers, Zach Parise
Central Recasting: Division rivals ready to challenge Blues
Associated PressJul 2, 2019, 6:00 PM EDT
The NHL isn't a copycat league. It's a response league.
After the big and gritty St. Louis Blues muscled their way to the Stanley Cup, division rivals have responded in different ways.
The Nashville Predators inked top free agent center Matt Duchene ; the Dallas Stars beefed up with tough, playoff-tested scorers Joe Pavelski and Corey Perry; the Minnesota Wild got faster by signing Mats Zuccarello; the Colorado Avalanche replenished their scoring depth up front by trading for Nazem Kadri and Andre Burakovsky and signing Joonas Donskoi; and the Chicago Blackhawks went bargain hunting and ended up with Vezina Trophy finalist goaltender Robin Lehner.
There is no precise blueprint on challenging a champion. Teams in the East tried to ratchet up the speed and skill to keep up with the 2016 and 2017 Cup-winning Penguins, and Pittsburgh spent the past year adding size and toughness to go toe to toe with the Washington Capitals after they won.
Now the Central Division is stacked with the reigning Blues, Stars, Avalanche, Wild, Predators, Blackhawks and Winnipeg Jets ready to battle it out just to make the playoffs next season. Pacific powerhouses San Jose and Vegas lost some talent in free agency , and hockey's balance of power has tilted further toward the Central.
"Everyone is a contender before the season starts," said Zuccarello, who left the Stars for the Wild. "A playoff spot is where to start and then everyone knows once we get to the playoff it's about momentum and confidence. You never know what's going to happen. Take St. Louis. Nobody thought they were going to get to the playoffs on Jan. 1 and then they got a boost and got some confidence, and boom, they're the Stanley Cup champions."
A year ago, the Blues dominated July 1 by signing Patrick Maroon, Tyler Bozak and David Perron and trading for eventual Conn Smythe Trophy winner Ryan O'Reilly. Those moves paid off with the first championship in franchise history.
St. Louis was quieter this year, leaving the door open for plenty of activity around them. Dallas reached double overtime of Game 7 against the Blues in the second round and could sell that opportunity to win to pending free agents.
The Stars being one goal away from the Western Conference final lured Perry, who said "they have a legit chance to win." They sure think so with the additions of Perry and Pavelski to a core of Tyler Seguin, Jamie Benn, John Klingberg, Miro Heiskanen and Ben Bishop.
"Our team's trending up and it's a good sign," Dallas general manager Jim Nill said. "You can never be competitive enough. We saw that in the playoffs. I think St. Louis showed everybody that's how you've got to play and we were right there with St. Louis."
Nashville finished ahead of St. Louis the past two seasons before signing Duchene, and Winnipeg was right there in a six-game slobberknocker of a first-round series.
Playoff wild card Colorado is also trending up after being one win away from beating San Jose and facing St. Louis in the West final. The Avalanche had arguably the NHL's best line in Gabriel Landeskog, Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen and went into the summer stuffed with salary-cap space and the intention of supplementing those stars with more offensive forwards.
"We're adding a supporting case to that group," GM Joe Sakic said. "The coaches have a lot of options to mix and match with line combinations."
That supporting cast includes a major upgrade at second-line center with Kadri, more speed with Burakovsky and a little bit of everything with Donskoi. Colorado still has plenty of room to sign Rantanen to a new contract and has enough young pieces that Kadri was convinced to waive his no-trade clause with Toronto to go there.
"The Colorado Avalanche are going to be contenders for many, many years to come with such a young team with great players," Kadri said Tuesday. "I definitely think that this team has a chance to not only do it once but multiple times hopefully in the future with the pieces that they have."
That won't be easy, especially in this division. Zuccarello believes Minnesota can rebound from missing the playoffs and ride talent and goaltender Devan Dubnyk to be the Blues of 2020.
"I think we are a competitor," GM Paul Fenton said after signing Zuccarello and forward Ryan Hartman . "You look at our team right now and the stability we have with our goaltending. There's not a lot of teams that have the top-four defensemen like we do in the league. And our center ice is just solid right down the middle. You put the excitement of our wingers on the outside, and I think we have a really good team that has a chance to win."
The regular season and first couple rounds are enough of a gauntlet that players aren't counting on anything done in June and July to guarantee success.
"We're enjoying the position we're in, but we haven't done anything yet," Landeskog said. "It's about taking that next step for us, and it's about making sure that we're all growing and we're all doing our part to get better."
AP Sports Writers Dave Campbell and Schuyler Dixon contributed.
Tags: Chicago Blackhawks, Colorado Avalanche, Dallas Stars, Minnesota Wild, Nashville Predators, St. Louis Blues, Winnipeg Jets, Andre Burakovsky, Ben Bishop, David Perron, Devan Dubnyk, Gabriel Landeskog, Jamie Benn, Joe Pavelski, John Klingberg, Joonas Donskoi, Mats Zuccarello, Matt Duchene, Mikko Rantanen, Miro Heiskanen, Nathan MacKinnon, Nazem Kadri, Patrick Maroon, Robin Lehner, Ryan Hartman, Ryan O'Reilly, Tyler Bozak, Tyler Seguin
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Cycleways are a proven way to improve the health of a city, reduce congestion and reduce the cost of infrastructure. So whether you are biking, driving or walking, please take care around the new cycleways.
Hook turns are a safer way for cyclists to turn right at an intersection.
Stay in the cycle lane as you enter the intersection and stop in the green hook turn box.
Wait until the traffic signals on the other side of the road turn green and then cycle across the intersection keeping left.
Hook turns can be done at almost any intersection, including intersections with or without the marked stopping area.
Neighbourhood greenways are sections of cycle way on quieter 30km streets. Many greenways have sharrow markings.
Sharrows show that the space is to be shared between people on bikes and in cars.
Cyclists should ride towards the middle of the road to avoid opening doors from parked cars and stormwater grates.
Green-painted cycle priority crossings, and paired cycle priority and pedestrian crossings mean that drivers must give way to people on bikes.
Cyclists need to check before entering the priority crossing that any drivers coming have seen them and are able to stop.
Drivers must give way to cyclists and pedestrians when entering or leaving a driveway. If possible, drivers should drive forwards out of their driveway.
If a two-way cycle way runs in front of a property, cyclists can be coming from both directions.
Remember to not park on the cycle way.
Stay left if you are walking or riding on a two-way shared path or two-way cycle way.
In-lane bus stops require that cyclists stop to give way to passengers getting on and off the bus.
Bus passengers should stand on the footpath rather than the cycle way while waiting for the bus and also check for cyclists before boarding or exiting.
Take care to follow the designated cyclists traffic signals.
When a bicycle rides over the white diamonds, this triggers the traffic lights at the crossing for cyclists.
Always cross at designated crossing points only.
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It doesn't matter how i try to get the value from an input in will never get it. So my question is what am i doing wrong or why does it not work?

A: <?php  if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {
echo $_POST['user'];
}
else
{
?>
<form  name="loginForm" method="post" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>">
 Username: <input type='text' placeholder='Username' name='user' id='user' value='Nytrix'></input>

    Password: <input type='password' placeholder='Password'  name='pass'></input>

    <input type='submit' value='Login' name='submit'> </input>

             <?php

}
              ?>

A: You need to submit the form in order to have access to data inside $_POST . In your example you are accessing $_POST content without making sure there is a for submission. Once you click the submit button, the $_POST code will work.

A: Try something like this:
 <?php
 if ( isset( $_POST['submit'] ) ) {
    echo $_POST['user'];
 }
 ?>

A: for $_POST to exist, the current page must have posted. You don't post any data to this page. A way to achieve this is to add a form to your page, in which you can add your elements and submit button.
example (w3schools)
<form name="input" action="demo_form_action.asp" method="post">
Username: <input type="text" name="user">
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>

ps: the input elements don't admin closing tags.

A: You need <form action="" method="post"> ... Inputs ... </form>. Then you have a form to submit.

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Do you remember the first time you held a baby? It probably felt a bit awkward. You might have experienced fear and anxiety. My daughter experienced that recently when we went to visit our neighbors and their newborn, Foster. Chances are, especially if you are now a parent, that you feel very comfortable holding a baby.
When my oldest child first learned to ride a bike, it would be an understatement to say he was awkward. He wobbled and crashed with each attempt. But he got up and tried over and over again with gusto. Now, 20 years later, he is very comfortable on a bike.
Several years ago, right after my husband of 20 years and I separated, I was covering a night match at the Family Circle Cup. Some of my friends texted me and asked me to join them at the Daniel Island Grille after the match. They were there with their husbands, all of whom I liked very much. After the match, I found a prime parking spot right across from the restaurant. I turned off the car…but didn't get out. I couldn't face that awkward moment and situation where I would be the only one at the table without a spouse. I turned the key, put the car in gear, and went home. I wasn't comfortable being awkward in that situation. I'm happy to report I have since faced that fear and learned to be comfortable being the single woman in the room. And, it's come full circle – now that I'm married again.
Here's another example. Three years ago, on my morning walk, I noticed a man who was jogging. He wasn't very good at it. In fact, he was the most awkward runner I had ever seen. You could hear him coming from a mile away – clop-clopping along. He could only run about a hundred yards and then stopped to walk. He was awkward indeed. I still see him running – only now he is smooth and doesn't stop. I don't hear him coming and he sails right on by me. He doesn't know it, but he inspires me daily.
Look how awkward I look in the photo accompanying this article – a photo of me jumping off a cliff. That's a very awkward pose! What are my legs doing? My arms? I remember I was scared to death standing on that cliff. My family and friends were urging me on, in fact they, who jumped off with no fear, were getting annoyed with how long it was taking me to build up my nerve. But they also encouraged me with a chant, "Sue's the champ! Sue's the champ!" They repeated it over and over again. And off I finally went in my awkward jump.
Sometimes, in some situations, we are all afraid to appear awkward – to look stupid – to be laughed at. In those situations, we miss out on learning new things. We may never know what we can actually do.
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Q: How can I calculate the number of objects that heap memory will hold? I want to code/design an algorithm in java in which i started with an input of
variable int i=0;
while (i==0){i==1;}
create or start again with var i in new memory location set value again to 1;
loop to assign value 1 to var and jump to next memory location.
until heap memory full
 then Calculate total variables created and exist in memory , by using loop
System.out.println(total var created);
Can i done this in Java?
i have done with "how much time to create fixed variable count in java"

A: If I get you right, you want to fill the heap memory. I guess creating String literals in a loop will do that;
int i = 0;
while(i < 1000){

    System.out.println("2 times" + i + "equals" + i * 2);
    i = i + 1;
}

will create 1000 string literals in the constant string pool. These literals will not be canditates to be garbage collected for some time -enough for filling the memory- for purposes of reuse. So they will fill up the memory eventually. If you increase value 1000, you'll get more literals.
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using System;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using NServiceKit.ServiceHost;

namespace NServiceKit.WebHost.IntegrationTests.Services
{
    /// A batch widget validation request.
	[DataContract]
	[Route("/BatchWidgetValidation")]
	public class BatchWidgetValidationRequest
	{
        /// Gets or sets the batch.
        ///
        /// <value>The batch.</value>
		[DataMember]
		public WidgetValidationRequest[] Batch { get; set; }
	}

    /// A batch widget validation response.
	[DataContract]
	public class BatchWidgetValidationResponse
	{
        /// Gets or sets the batch.
        ///
        /// <value>The batch.</value>
		[DataMember]
		public WidgetValidationResponse[] Batch { get; set; }
	}

    /// A batch widget validation request service.
	public class BatchWidgetValidationRequestService : ServiceInterface.Service
	{
        /// Anies the given request.
        ///
        /// <exception cref="NotImplementedException">Thrown when the requested operation is unimplemented.</exception>
        ///
        /// <param name="request">The request.</param>
        ///
        /// <returns>An object.</returns>
		public object Any(BatchWidgetValidationRequest request)
		{
			throw new NotImplementedException();
		}
	}

    /// A widget validation request.
	[DataContract]
	[Route("/WidgetValidation")]
	public class WidgetValidationRequest
	{
        /// Gets or sets the identifier that owns this item.
        ///
        /// <value>The identifier of the owner.</value>
		[DataMember]
		public int OwnerID { get; set; }

        /// Gets or sets the identifier of the seller.
        ///
        /// <value>The identifier of the seller.</value>
		[DataMember]
		public string SellerID { get; set; }

        /// Gets or sets the widget number.
        ///
        /// <value>The widget number.</value>
		[DataMember]
		public string WidgetNumber { get; set; }

        /// Gets or sets the quantity.
        ///
        /// <value>The quantity.</value>
		[DataMember]
		public string Quantity { get; set; }
	}

    /// A widget validation response.
	[DataContract]
	public class WidgetValidationResponse
	{
        /// Gets or sets the seller widget number.
        ///
        /// <value>The seller widget number.</value>
		[DataMember]
		public string SellerWidgetNumber { get; set; }

        /// Gets or sets the type of the match.
        ///
        /// <value>The type of the match.</value>
		[DataMember]
		public string MatchType { get; set; }

        /// Gets or sets the widget price.
        ///
        /// <value>The widget price.</value>
		[DataMember]
		public decimal WidgetPrice { get; set; }

        /// Gets or sets the name of the widget.
        ///
        /// <value>The name of the widget.</value>
		[DataMember]
		public string WidgetName { get; set; }
	}

    /// A widget validation request service.
	public class WidgetValidationRequestService : ServiceInterface.Service
	{
        /// Anies the given request.
        ///
        /// <exception cref="NotImplementedException">Thrown when the requested operation is unimplemented.</exception>
        ///
        /// <param name="request">The request.</param>
        ///
        /// <returns>An object.</returns>
		public object Any(WidgetValidationRequest request)
		{
			throw new NotImplementedException();
		}
	}
}

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Tricks To Download Slither.io Game For PC | Window XP/7/8/10
by Subhankar DasMay 12, 2018
Slither.io is a game developed by low-tech studios.is an action game that includes a dose of addiction. In this game, you have to guide the snake to complete the objective. The different worms that come alongside should be dodge especially the head. In the multiplayer mode, you have the opportunity to beat the best player in this game around the globe. There are many features of this game that you may like while playing this game. As this game was mainly developed for the Android and IOS version, so there is no PC version available for this game.
Many of the lovers of this game want to play this game on the big screen and for that, there is a technique that you have to download an Android Emulator on your device. The only emulator that I recommend for you is Bluestacks and with it, you can run most of the Android games and apps on your PC. Only you have to download Bluestacks and then download and install the game on your PC. Every time you want to play Slither.io should be opened through the Android Emulator. So without further to do let us just look at the steps to download this game on your PC.
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1 Installation of Bluestack Step By Step With Images:
2 Installation of Nox Step By Step With Images.
Installation of Bluestack Step By Step With Images:
Goto the official website of Bluestacks and click on the Download button.
Once the download is over click on the downloaded file to start the installation process.
Then click on the next button and accept the terms and condition.
You can just go to the default location for installation.
Now click on the install option to install the app on your device.
Then click on the finish button to open Bluestacks.
Installation of Nox Step By Step With Images.
Go to the official website of Nox and download it from there.
Then click on the file that you have downloaded to start the installation process.
Accept the terms and condition and click on the install option to continue with the process.
Once the installation is complete open the emulator on your computer screen.
Then go to your google account and sign in it the user id and password.
After installation the emulator, then follow these steps for Slither.io apk download and used in laptop and PC.
Click on the link for Slither.io apk download.
Just goto the search option and type in with Slither.io and hit the search button.
Slither.io is one of the best game for kids. And here in this article I have shown the process to download Slither.io for windows 8/8.1/10. So get it and if you have any problem regarding it than let us know below.
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I am a blogger by profession and loves to update my readers on technology, health, and travel.
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What is your favorite animal.
Re: What is your favorite animal.
I have a lot of favourite animals especially big cats but if I have to pick one I would go for the Panthera onca otherwise known as a Jaguar. Beautiful markings and you just got to respect a cat which can break through a turtle's shell using its jaws with ease.
As for extinction animals, the Smilodon (sabre-toothed tiger) wins it for me. I did a report on it for evolution and wow, talk about a killer predation method. Really effective hunters, one of the most ultimate predators.
Clearly not the best for the environment they were in or they wouldn't have died out.
I also have lots of favourites. I am nervouse around animals, having got my first (non-fish) pet very late in life, but I do like them.
I love all types of cat from the domestic to the big, wild ones.
I'm a die hard cat lover and I like all types.
I made fox shaped potato cakes today.
Potato cakes are savory, and not very similar to cookies. You add flour to the potatoes, cut out bake the mixture and serve them hot with butter.
Alice wrote: Clearly not the best for the environment they were in or they wouldn't have died out.
Yeah, sadly the Ice Age played a major factor in their extinction, it completely wrecked the entire planet's ecosystem. Along with freak weather conditions, prey migration, inability to catch smaller prey and pre-historic humans hunting them, unfortunately the Smilodon didn't have much chance of survival.
I also like dogs. And I like hedgehogs.


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Q: x86 Assembly - printf doesn't print without "\n" So I'm confused. I'm going through the book "Programming from the Ground Up" and am working with using libraries.
printf is working just fine so long as I include a "\n" in the string, but without it it will print absolutely nothing.
Any idea why this happens?
Code:

.section .data

my_str:
        .ascii "Jimmy Joe is %d years old!\n\0"

my_num:
        .long 76

.section .text

.globl _start
_start:
        pushl my_num
        pushl $my_str
        call printf

        movl $1, %eax
        movl $0, %ebx
        int $0x80

Also, when I use -m elf_i386 for 32-bit mode and -dynamic-linker /lib/ld-linux.so.2 -lc to link, I get the warning

ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib64/libc.so when searching for -lc

If that makes any difference, or if anybody has any suggestions as to how to have it load the 32-bit library directly.
Thanks!

A: The problem is that printf by default just prints stuff into the stdout buffer.  Things won't actually be printed until the buffer is flushed.  The depends on the buffering mode of stdout, but, by default, it is line-buffered, which means it gets flushed every time you print a newline character.
To flush explicitly in C, you call fflush; you can do that in asm code with
pushl stdout
call fflush
addl $4, %esp

Alternately, you can call the stdlib exit function (which flushes all I/O buffers before actually exiting), instead of using the _exit system call, which does not.

A: It seems you try to link your 32-bit program against the (system default) 64Bit c library.
Check if you have libs32 packages installed.
To find out which libraries a program or other dynamically loads froum the LD_LIBRARY_PATH use ldd <name_of_your_binary>
As to why the newline is required I can only speculate that it flushes the output buffer.
See also Why does printf not flush after the call unless a newline is in the format string?


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Community Conversation On Lynching History Set
By LAINE GRIFFIN Daily News-Record
Laine Griffin
HARRISONBURG — James Madison University will be hosting a working group dialogue Monday evening on Harrisonburg's past of lynching.
The event stems back to an effort that began in 2017 by Steven Thomas and the rest of the Northeast Neighborhood along with Gianluca De Fazio, assistant professor of justice studies at James Madison University, to learn more about the lynching of Charlotte Harris and to memorialize her life.
Harris was a black woman who was abducted from law enforcement from the Harrisonburg-Rockingham County jail by a mob and was lynched on March 6, 1878. She was the only documented black woman in the state of Virginia to have been lynched.
The meeting will take place Monday at 6 p.m. in Memorial Hall at JMU, located at 800 S. Main St.
The meeting's purpose will be to talk about progress the local Community Remembrance Project has made, bring awareness to Harrisonburg and Rockingham County and have a community conversation about the history, according to De Fazio.
"We want to raise awareness about the past here and have people in the community more cognizant about our past, " he said. "And we want to start up conversations about how we need to respect our past when talking about it, and I hope this is a stepping point for ongoing discussions."
The local Community Remembrance Project is composed of Thomas from the NENA, City Councilman Sal Romero, Assistant to the City Manager Amy Snider, Rockingham County's Director for Planning Bradford Dyjak, JMU Professor Susan Zurbrigg and De Fazio.
Members of the History of Lynching in Virginia Work Group will also be in attendance. The group is led by Sen. Jennifer McClellan, D-Richmond, who will be in attendance, and includes legislative members, educators, historians along with the local leaders.
The History of Lynching in Virginia Work Group was formed in 2018 and is a work group of the Virginia Dr. Martin Luther Kind Jr. Memorial Commission, which aims to shed light on the history of lynching in the state, according to the memorial commission's website.
In its attempt to bring awareness to the history, the commission has been compiling the names and stories of the lynching victims and outreach to communities throughout Virginia.
Harrisonburg will be the first city to host the meeting. Other localities that will be hosting include Charlottesville, Alexandria and Culpeper among others.
In the beginning of 2019, the Virginia Assembly unanimously passed a resolution to acknowledge the existence and acceptance of lynching in the state and called for reconciliation among every city and county where African-Americans faced discrimination.
The General Assembly also said it would support placement of historical markers in any county or city that can provide documentation of a lynching.
NENA is working toward getting a monument and marker around the county courthouse in remembrance of Harris.
"We are hoping this is where we will be able to acknowledge what happened in our history," Karen Thomas, the head of NENA said. "In the meeting Monday, and in general, we want people to learn about Charlotte and Virginia's history with lynching as a whole."
She said most people don't know about the lynching of Harris or the amount of lynching that happened in the state and the stories behind it.
"This meeting will help us introduce all of that," Thomas said. "It will also help the people who have been affected in any way to find healing."
She said she is hoping to see members of the Rockingham County Board of Supervisors at the meeting as well as the City Council.
Harrisonburg's Mayor Deanna Reed will be present at the meeting and will give welcoming remarks and say what the history of Harris means to her.
"As an African-American woman, I personally cannot allow for her life to be dismissed. She was someone's daughter, maybe wife or mother," Reed said in an interview Friday. "It is an immense honor to be a part of a community that recognizes a part of history that we so often try to ignore, but ignoring does not help us heal."
She said it's important to not let what happened to her be erased and tell the story.
"As a community, we must support the Northeast Neighborhood Association as they lead this project," Reed said. "As a community, we need to own this horrible history, tell the truth and begin the healing process."
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New Orleans Pelicans face steep road to 2017 postseason with ten games remaining
Not technically impossible. Yet.
By David Fisher@Fish_TBW Mar 26, 2017, 2:00am CDT
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Just ten games remain for the New Orleans Pelicans in the 2016-17 season. The playoffs are a distant hope but could become slightly more reasonable (which is not to say actually reasonable) with a victory tonight over the Denver Nuggets.
More pressing is the need to catch not only the Nuggets but pass the Dallas Mavericks and Portland Trail Blazers along the way. Portland plays their second-to-last back-to-back tonight as well, against the Los Angeles Lakers. Since the All-Star break, the Lakers are 2-12 under the reign of Magic Johnson. Maintaining their lottery pick, which would convey to the Philadelphia 76ers if it falls outside the top three, is clearly the priority for Los Angeles at this point.
Therein lies the rub for the Pels diminutive playoff hopes. It is not just finishing five games better than the Nuggets and securing a tiebreaker in three head-to-head match ups; New Orleans must also chase down a hot Portland team (11-5 since the All-Star Break) with a relatively easy schedule to boot.
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There are a couple details to work out here. Portland and Denver have not decided their tiebreaker yet, but all signs point to Portland owning it. They are already ahead 2-1 in the head-to-head (final game on Tuesday in Portland) and are substantially ahead in divisional record. In order for the Nuggets to win the tiebreaker, they must win all their remaining divisional games and Portland must lose all of theirs. If the teams are tied at the end, almost assuredly Portland will own the tiebreaker and make the playoffs.
New Orleans has a chance to secure the tiebreaker against both Portland and Denver. It requires going 3-0 against Denver and winning the final game of the season, in the Rose Garden, over the Blazers. The Pelicans last won in Portland on November 26, 2010. It was the 15th game Monty Williams served as the head coach and the then-Hornets were 12-3.
I haven't mentioned the Dallas Mavericks yet for good reason. They have by far the most difficult schedule and nearly as far to climb as the Pelicans so they're just as unlikely of finding passage into the playoffs.
None of this is to say the remaining ten games cannot be fun. DeMarcus Cousins has certainly injected new life into a typical game and the Houston contest on Friday, while a loss, was thoroughly enjoyable until the wheels came off in the final minutes. The question of retaining Alvin Gentry and/or Dell Demps will be influenced by the team's performance over the next three weeks. Valuable information on how to best fit Anthony Davis and Boogie Cousins together, and the pieces not yet here but necessary, will also be discovered to some degree.
At this point the team has won too many games to reasonably tank. Even if they are mathematically eliminated, do not expect this franchise to commit to seeking losses (and potentially valuable ping pong balls). FYI, the only draft prospect to focus on today for the Pelicans is Sindarius Thornwell of South Carolina (Sunday at 1:20 PM on CBS), who is slotted in the mid-to-late second round.
If we started the season over with Boogie, I'd expect the Pelicans to make the playoffs. If the season started when Jrue Holiday returned they'd be the favorites. But, that 0-8 start (the second 0-8 start in a row under Gentry) now feels more like a noose, at least for the Pelicans playoff chances. Maybe next October and November they can avoid stepping on all the rakes available.


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Q: Error with OnClickListener on menu item for animation I want to set an OnClickListener to an Item from my Menu but the ImageView item isn't found. I need this OnCLickListener for my refresh animation on the reload button.

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    public void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater) {
        inflater.inflate(R.menu.menu_training, menu);

        // Declare ImageView and Animation for rotation animation
        ImageView reloadButton = (ImageView) menu.findItem(R.id.menu_reloadbutton).getActionView();

        // Set onClick listener for button press action
        reloadButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View view) {
                Toast.makeText(getActivity(), "Liste aktualisieren gedrückt!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
            }
        });
    }

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    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">

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        android:icon="@drawable/ic_menu_reloadentry"
        android:title="@string/menu_reloadentry"
        app:showAsAction="ifRoom"/>

</menu>

This is the error:

java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'void android.widget.ImageView.setOnClickListener(android.view.View$OnClickListener)' on a null object reference


It's unbelievable to think that Frozen is still going strong after all this time but we just let it go! We've already brought you a couple of ideas for throwing a Frozen party on a budget but this time we're completely going to town!
Attention to detail is key if you want your party to impress your guests. Little things like these Olaf straw toppers make ordinary party accessories just that little bit more fun!
And everything from your confetti down to the little gifts you put in your party bags can tie into your theme. When choosing sweets, stick to the same colours as your decorations and you'll be amazed how it makes everything come together.
Decorating your chairs instantly gives your party a bit of glam and it can really help tie the whole theme together. Anything goes but for this Frozen party we took long strips of organza and tied them into bows on the back of each chair.
Top tip: When choosing the colour of your chair decorations, pick a colour that already features in your tableware or decorations.
As for party games, you can't go wrong with a piñata! They're fun for all ages and if you're throwing a party for younger children, we'd really recommend a pull piñata like this one as it means no-one needs to hit anything with a stick. Just grab a ribbon and pull!
For the birthday cake, we got this little masterpiece from Richard's Cakes in Manchester – check out how realistic it is!
Sculpting an Anna or Elsa might be a bit tricky if you're a beginner but you could always have a go at making a little Olaf with some ready-made white icing – this kind would be perfect.
Or for more inspiration check out our post on Frozen birthday cakes that are absolutely worth melting for!
And if you're feeling really crafty you could make a life-sized Olaf out of papier-maché and cotton wool!
We gave ours a removable head like in the film so that you can fill him up with sweets as a surprise for your guests.
And while fancy dress is obviously a must for any Frozen birthday party, you can complete your outfit with this fabulous make-up tutorial by Ashlea Henson. She's a regular guest vlogger on our YouTube channel and her step-by-step tutorials are super easy to follow if you're a beginner like us!
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Argentina's peso is close to an all-time low, the Turkish Lira is teetering close to its year-to-date low again and the South African rand is creeping back to December levels.
Where would those currencies be in a world where the Fed was still tightening, dare I ask? A higher interest rate in America is seen as detrimental for emerging markets as U.S. investors bring their dollars back home with the higher yields.
A dovish Fed may have taken the pressure off emerging markets, but investors have now become more attuned to the mantra that not all of these economies are cut from the same cloth. In fact, the currencies that have suffered this year are not only the countries with high external dollar liabilities, but also happen to be the ones facing the softest growth conditions.
Analysts have labeled the local elections this past weekend as a referendum on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's policies, but one trader told me that either way "we are likely to see more volatility as locals continue to buy dollars and are worried about the growth outlook."
Robin Brooks, the chief economist at the Institute of International Finance, wrote in a note last week that beyond politics, "markets would like to see a shift in the growth model: away from a credit-dependent model towards a more sustainable one," adding that one cannot assume Turkey is an isolated event as investors become increasingly wary of financing countries that are too heavily indebted/credit dependent.


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Panics every 15 minutes or so. Check Point Software Technologies, Inc. So which blocklists are you recommending? Of course, if that is the problem I'd still replace the SATA cable.
It seems 3124-2 is the chipset (I'm no expert I'm just stating what I believe based upon my research) and it says this controller supports RAID. Unless you added something and I was unaware: # uncomment to define AntiVirus scanner here: av_scanner = clamd:/var/run/clamav/clamd BigWil Reply With Quote 06-23-2007,03:17 PM #18 nobaloney View Profile View Forum Posts Can you post the model of your motherboard and what bios version you had and upgraded to? With the BIOS upgrade today I could get to the web GUI in less than 2 min, so I think there's something to it in my case anyway.
built on Wed Sep 11 18:16:44 EDT Log in or Sign up FreeNAS Community Home Forums > FreeNAS Forum > Help & Support > Bug Reporting Discussion > Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode So if it takes a little too long to get your data from a hard drive without TLER, the NAS can and will drop your drive offline because it thinks it You could have a flaky power supply too.
But if anyone has any further ideas im all ears. in var/crash there is a minfree file set to 2048 bu there is no vmcore.0 or other files that minfree in there. I was seeing it when access shares on NFS.. So I'm sorry, but I disagree with anyone who is going to argue that it "works well together".
Bad memory? These machines with same sticks ran fine back in the 4.10 days but every since going to 6.1 and 6.2 these panics happen and their isn't the slightest log as to Right after that it came with a "Rebooting...." message and did a total reboot whereafter it worked as normal.This is a new box I just took into production. SMART tests run daily, both short and long via web GUI, odd and even drive IDs run at separate times.
It answers common questions newbies to FreeNAS have. Though we have one supermicro in partiular that is stubborn and requires a manual power cycle. That's why the manual was changed to say 8GB of RAM minimum for ZFS. I'm really not sure what more you want from us.
Only you can prevent flame wars! Never had problems before. You may just need more memory. It's the truth.


The Island's Footprint Trust will be able to give a greater service to remote communities, thanks to funding from the Defra European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, administered by Natural Enterprise and the Big Lottery's Awards for All grant.
The Footprint Trust took delivery of a new Ford Connect van in April 2011 thanks to this funding. Named the GreenMobile the new vehicle will assist communities in setting up 'Friends of…' type groups to care for local open spaces and help improve wildlife habitats and access. The vehicle will also help the charity in delivering its other projects particularly its attendance at large Island events such as the Chale Show. Another aspect of the Trust's work is fighting fuel poverty through their new Energetic project. The van will be used to visit events and schools to inform people of the help they can offer in reducing fuel bills.
The Awards for All funding has enabled the Trust to purchase new professional display boards and leaflets to promote the help it can offer Islanders.
"GreenMobile is much more than just a van. The Trust through this resource ims to increase rural people's opportunities to take part in voluntary endeavour. There is much talk about the Big Society – but for this vision to be realised people need resources, training and support.
The Trust wishes to improve quality of life by providing a gateway so that interested people can get together and form 'Friends of…' type groups. The Trust has a tool store, which insured and trained groups can borrow from. The GreenMobile will be able to be borrowed by local groups to transport tools and equipment.


Janet likes to wear dark colors.
Pratap is very good at what he does.
Barney must be about thirty.
Joseph feels a little better this morning.
We're here to support Trevor.
Tell Nadeem not to take all of this medicine at once.
Saumya is with me every day.
Sigurd gave me 300 dollars.
Herman was drinking chocolate milk through a straw.
Metin passed away this morning.
That was all Emma would tell me.
Teri often reads in bed.
The fire started in Tarmi's room.
Talking to Mahesh is like talking to a brick wall.
Nicolas does stuff like this every day.
Jennie hasn't got used to the reality yet.
Alan makes it a rule not to eat after 8:00 p.m.
Andries learned to ride a bike when he was ten.
What makes you think Loukas is here?
Don turned off the radio.
Tal doesn't look like a professor.
I told Chuck I'd make it up to him.
How could you resist Linda?
Dennis has a lovely daughter.
Benjamin took off running when he heard the sirens.
Which hospital did they take Kenton to?
Archie is keen on surfing.
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News | 15 Oct 2014 18:05 | By RnMTeam
I will make history: singer/actor Ali Quli Mirza on his 'Bigg Boss 8' entry
MUMBAI: Dubai-based singer-actor Ali Quli Mirza, who is entering 'Bigg Boss 8' as a wild card entry, says he is all set to make history.
"So far no wild card entry has ever won 'Bigg Boss'. I hope to change that. I hope to entertain inside the 'Bigg Boss', because I am an actor and singer. I see myself as a complete package. Jo jaisa ball phekega main waisa batting karunga (I will behave according to the attitude of others)," Mirza said.
The celebrity, who hails from a village in Uttar Pradesh, still cannot believe how far he has come.
"I used to believe in god. But the way my life has shaped up, I believe in destiny. From a village in UP where we had electricity for only a few hours, I went all the way to Manhattan to shoot Kabir Khan's 'New York', and now I am in 'Bigg Boss'. If this is not destiny, what is," he asked.
Recalling his early days of struggle, he said, "As a child, I had to cycle every day for 17 km to go to my school. It was a very tough life. I dreamt of becoming a star. I wanted to sing and act. And I got to do both. My songs are very popular in Dubai and many countries."
Mirza has been seen in films like 'New York' and 'Jail'. Soon he will be seen in Kamal Sadanah's film 'Roar' about the tigers of Sundarbans.
Of his entry in 'Bigg Boss 8', he said, "It is a huge platform for me. I want people to see me, like me and vote for me."
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private fm stations | 28 Oct 2017
Radio channel pulls down '#MatAaoIndia' campaign
MUMBAI: Radio Mirchi pulled down its '#MatAaoIndia' campaign with an apology for putting up a creative asking foreigners to not visit India in the wake of attack in Agra on a couple from Switzerland.
private fm stations | 15 Sep 2017
Fever FM's 'Disco Station' enters Hyderabad market
MUMBAI: HT Media's Fever FM entertains its listeners each Saturday with a special show - Disco Station. The show exists in Fever FM stations of Uttar Pradesh (UP) belt and Radio Nasha stations of Mumbai and Delhi.
private fm stations | 26 May 2017
Big FM launches five new stations in UP and Bihar
MUMBAI: We at Radioandmusic.com earlier reported about Big FM launching two new stations in Uttar Pradesh û Lucknow (94.3 FM) and Varanasi (95 FM). Now, we bring you more updates on new station launches in UP and Bihar.
News | 20 Jun 2019
Rapper Hard Kaur booked for posts against Yogi, Bhagwat
MUMBAI: A case has been registered against rapper Hard Kaur under various sections of the Indian Penal Code including sedition for her posts against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat.
News | 13 May 2019
Ranveer, Pritam team up to 'make an anthem'
MUMBAI: Composer Pritam and actor Ranveer Singh have teamed up to æmake an anthemÆ for filmmaker Kabir Khan's directorial 83.
News | 26 Mar 2019
Writer's responsibility goes beyond gender: Kausar
MUMBAI: Lyricist and screenwriter Kausar Munir, who has collaborated with filmmaker Kabir Khan to write the story of docu-drama, Roar of the Lion, says she believes in projecting every character in the right manner responsibly, not just women.
News | 23 Jan 2019
Ammy Virk to make Bollywood debut with '83'
MUMBAI: Punjabi singer-actor Ammy Virk is happy to make his debut in the Hindi film industry with the upcoming film, 83 starring Ranveer Singh on India's debut World Cup win in cricket.
News | 24 Dec 2018
Ankit Tiwari opens up on working with Meet Bros
MUMBAI : Singer-composer Ankit Tiwari teamed up with the musical duo Meet Bros for the new single Jhoot bolna paap hai. He says they had been thinking of collaborating with each other for long.
Music and art should be paid for says REProduce Artists founder Rana Ghose
Gaana.com VP & biz head Pawan Aggarwal quits
Eric Berman named vice president of public affairs at Universal Music Group
'Google Play Music' subscription now in India
Ministry of Culture Government of India announces Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav


I have been very busy and it's been a long time to write any blog posts.
I will post pictures for the places that we had been to and hope that when I have time, I will come back and write down the places that we went to since we went there in May, 2010.
This a picture that we took at the outdoor hot spring of the hotel that we stayed! Really love it! It's about two hours bus ride from Osaka and definitely worth the travel time!
We went to a zoo nearby the town that we stayed near the hotel and one part of was like Amusement park. Too bad that we need to catch the 3:00 pm bus to another places, if not, we will for sure stay there for a longer time. The picture on the left, we took it outside the Osaka train station which was 5 minutes away from the hotel that we stayed. The hotel was really good since it has a mini hot spring on the top floor and we enjoyed it very very much!
We also went to Kyoto where there's many ancient Japanese temples there. We went there by train and it's less than an hour train ride from Osaka if I remembered it correctly.
We also went to a place that's like a studio where there's streets like ancient Japan, mini live shows to watch (and you don't really need to know Japanese to watch those and you will understand what they are doing from their body language). And there's a large exhibition of ultraman in that studio and that's one of the reasons why we went there as my hubby is a big fan since he was a kid.
We also went to Nara which is also less than an hour train ride from Osaka. There's many temples there as well.
We really had a great time in Japan and I look forward to going there again!


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Phillies-Yankees: Closer look, keys to series
Philadelphia Phillies: A closer look
u Coming off their third straight NL East title, the Phillies (93-69) beat wild-card Colorado 3-1 in the first round of the playoffs and downed the Dodgers 4-1 in the NLCS for the second consecutive year. Charlie Manuel's team didn't have to play catch-up this season, leading the division since May 30.
u Cliff Lee was 2-0 with a 0.74 ERA in three outstanding playoff starts that totaled 24?1��3 innings. Ryan Howard, the NLCS MVP, batted .355 with two homers, 14 RBIs, four doubles and seven walks in the first two rounds. Shane Victorino hit .361 with three homers and seven RBIs. Jayson Werth had five homers and 10 RBIs, batting .281. Ruiz hit .346 with seven RBIs, and Chase Utley .303 with eight walks.
u After a tough start at home this season, the Phillies were 32-14 at Citizens Bank Park from July 1 on.
u Philadelphia was 48-33 on the road this season, tied for the best mark in the majors. Then, the Phillies went 3-1 away from home in the playoffs. They are 18-5 overall in the past two postseasons, including 16-4 in the last 20 games. That's the best record over a 20-game span by an NL team in postseason history.
u The Phillies hit a club-record 224 homers and became the 12th team in major league history to have four players with 30.
u The bullpen, a major strength during last year's championship run, was decimated by injuries and inconsistency. But Brad Lidge, who had 11 blown saves during the season, has been sharp of late.
u J.A. Happ, the team's most consistent starter all season, made one brief start and four relief appearances during the playoffs. He compiled a 7.36 ERA. The rookie's versatility is important to the Phillies because they're short on left-handed relievers.
u A potent lineup boasts power and speed. No other NL team had 200 homers and 100 steals.
Mr. October or Mr. May? Playoff focus on A-Rod
u Fans flocked to the ballpark in Philadelphia, selling it out 73 times during the regular season and setting a club attendance record.
Yankees: A closer look
u Back in the postseason after a one-year hiatus, the Yankees (103-59) earned home-field advantage throughout. They won the AL East by eight games over wild-card Boston, their first division title since 2006. It was their 14th playoff berth in 15 years -- but the first as a manager for Joe Girardi, in his second season at the helm in New York. The Yankees swept Minnesota 3-0 in the first round and then dispatched the Los Angeles Angels, a longtime nemesis, 4-2 in the ALCS. Now, the pressure increases. Looking for that elusive 27th championship, the Yankees are in the World Series for the first time since 2003. They haven't won it all since 2000.
u The Yankees spent $423.5 million last winter on Mark Teixeira, CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett, and they all delivered, with Sabathia a true postseason leader. But this is when it counts the most, though, because even a $201 million payroll on opening day can't buy the 11 postseason wins needed for a ring. New York knows that all too well, having been eliminated in the first round three straight times from 2005-07. In fact, the Yankees had lost four straight playoff series before beating the Twins and Angels this year.
u Newcomers such as Burnett and Nick Swisher have lightened the mood in a corporate clubhouse. Girardi emphasized camaraderie and the Yankees have pulled together all season, playing team baseball and having fun in the process. They led the majors with 51 comeback victories and 15 walk-off wins. They came from behind in all three victories against the Twins, including a game-ending homer by Teixeira. They added a walk-off win against Los Angeles, too. In a now-familiar ritual that fans have grown to adore, Burnett punctuates the walk-off victories with a whipped cream pie to the face of the game's star as he's interviewed on television from the field.
u The entire team celebrated milestones for two longtime stars, after Derek Jeter passed Lou Gehrig for the franchise hits record and Mariano Rivera notched his 500th save.
u New York took off on a tear when Alex Rodriguez returned to the lineup after missing the first 28 games following hip surgery. The Yankees grabbed sole possession of first place on July 21 and assumed control of the race with a four-game sweep of Boston at home Aug. 6-9. The team's new $1.5 billion ballpark played like a bandbox for much of the season, yielding 237 homers in 81 games. That suited the Yankees, who set a franchise record with 244 home runs -- marking the first time they led the majors outright since 1961.
u A key move was converting Phil Hughes from starter to reliever during the season. He was outstanding as Rivera's eighth-inning setup man, previously a glaring hole for this team. Hughes struggled in the AL playoffs, however.
u Loaded with power, talent and experience, the Yankees have every reason to believe they can win it all. The starting pitching must hold up, but it mostly flourished in the playoffs.
-- ASSOCIATED PRESS


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Do you like pointy or round hoods?
I like a pointed hood. But, they can look, well, too pointy.
Since I'm writing a pattern for the hoodie pictured, I thought I'd ask my readers. So, to my few and cherished readers, please make your voices heard and take the poll to the right. Leave a comment if you need more room to expound.
I did a few decreases to make the hood a little less angular. I like the way it looks here. Still, I can't decide if a round hood might not be better. I could easily rip out a few rows and rework the top.
When I write that part of the pattern, I could include instructions for both a pointy and a round hood. Maybe that's the best solution.
I like the elfish (elfish, right, not Elvis-h?) feel, too. Sweaters that don't take themselves too seriously are a good thing!


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Directed by Aäläm-Wärqe Davidian
Israel, Germany, France, Ethiopia • 2018 • 93 mins. • In Hebrew, Amharic with English subtitles
Showtimes & Past Screenings
Ethiopian-Israeli writer-director Aäläm-Wärqe Davidian makes a confident feature debut with this story of lives torn asunder by civil war. Set in Addis Ababa in 1989, Fig Tree follows 16-year-old Mina's harrowing coming-of-age during the Ethiopian Civil War. Mina lives with her brother and grandmother in a humble house with newsprint for wallpaper. The family is Jewish and is planning to flee Ethiopia for Israel, where Mina's mother awaits their reunion. But this plan leaves out the person Mina loves most: Eli, her Christian boyfriend, who lives in the woods so as to evade being drafted into Mengistu Haile Mariam's army. Mina hatches a scheme to save Eli, but everyone and everything seems set against her. Drawing upon her own memories of growing up in war-torn Ethiopia, which she left at age 11, director Davidian's approach is unsentimental and focused on her heroine's plight. In capturing the particular nature of Mina's life, Davidian blurs the lines between the quotidian and the extraordinary; we see her attend school or cuddle with Eli under the shade of a fig tree via the same clean, cool camerawork that shows Mina watching boys being scooped off the street and corralled into military vehicles, or discovering a paraplegic soldier attempting suicide. Fig Tree offers us a rare opportunity to better understand the impact of civil war on the lives of ordinary people—and it pulls no punches.
Appears in: 27th Portland Jewish Film Festival
No upcoming screenings of this film are currently scheduled.
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Crailsheim and Worthington: the First US-German Sister Cities
Ehemalige Austauschschülerinnen und -schüler aus beiden Städten während der Abschiedsfeier anlässlich des 70-jährigen Jubiläums/Exchange students celebrate the 70th anniversary of the partnership, © Stadt Crailsheim
There are certainly many superlatives to be amazed about. Worthington and Crailsheim have every reason to be proud of theirs. The two cities boats the oldest German-American sister city partnership, which celebrated its 70th anniversary in 2017.
This partnership began with the pen-pal friendship of two eleven-year-old school girls, Martha Cashel from the small American town of Worthington and Kerttu Siekkinen from the Finnish village of Culunlaani in the municipality of Taivalkoski. After Martha collected a parcel of relief supplies and sent it to Kerttu in post-war Finland, her parents Theodora and Charles Cashel were deeply impressed and thought about how they could help personally. The idea of helping a city marked by war was born.
Before Crailsheim was chosen, however, numerous difficulties had to be overcome - both in the choice of the city and in the minds of the people of Worthington. After some discussions, the Cashels formulated basic criteria for the selection of a partner city. On May 9, 1947, the "Worthington Daily Globe" reported on the main features of the planned sponsorship: contact from person to person, assistance and an exchange of students and teachers, plus an exchange of clergy.
The idea of the Worthington plan took root. To date 116 American cities have partnerships with German cities; worldwide, more than 15,000 (source: bundesregierung.de/April 2017). The sister city partnership between Worthington and Crailsheim was groundbreaking worldwide in this respect.
The official start of the partnership was July 21, 1947, when the "Daily Globe", the local daily newspaper, announced the sponsorship between the two towns about 8,000 km or 5,000 miles apart.
The sister city pairing between Worthington and Crailsheim is not only characterized by citizen and delegation trips, but above all by the annual student exchange: every year one exchange student flies to Worthington and one exchange student to Crailsheim. The new exchange student flies to his home town with those of the previous school year and stays there with his family for the first three months. This has taken place since 1948; with the school year 2018/19 marking the 59th pupil exchange. Many of the relationships that have developed in this way continue to this day, and cross-generational and cross-cultural friendships have developed between two continents.
Overview "German Consulate General Chicago"


My Spirit 328 digital mixer is having problems. These mixers were plagued with power supply problems, and mine has always been a little quirky, occasionally resetting (an early symptom of the problem) after it's been turned on for about fifteen minutes. Last night the 328 didn't want to power on at all, so I assumed it was dead, and I was very very unhappy and frustrated. Then, a few minutes later, it randomly decided to turn on… since then, it's been chugging along, so it's staying powered on 24/7 until everything is recorded or it completely dies.
I haven't decided whether to send the mixer in for repair (cost will be about $350) or just get rid of it and buy something new and improved. Unfortunately, digital technology is very much about disposing of the not so old in favor of the oh so new, unlike older analog equipment that aged very well and in fact sometimes became more valuable with age. This thing is only about eight years old and it's already outdated to the point where I'm considering junking it rather than pay a few hundred bucks to fix it, which is kind of depressing. Bleh.
I got the power supply for the tape echo today, so it's up and going. So far I'm liking it, you can watch the tape spin around as it goes, it definitely has a particular sound to it that I like, and it sounds especially good as you change the tape speed. Negatives are: 1) it's mechanical and thus a little noisy 2) it has a weird thing where it stops recording when you don't put anything in for a while which is fine except there's a pop that gets echoed when it starts back up 3) there's definitely a lot of warble, which is cool but I might also like there to be a bit less sometimes… I bought it used so I might just need to change the tape.
I recorded one more part for "Stuck" using the tape echo, I like the result but I took too long playing around to get it. Need to be more productive… still need to spend more time in the studio.
Tomorrow I need to record multiple parts, do a rough-but-closer drum recording, and run five miles.