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The Massachusetts State House at night. (Photo by Michael Jonas)
State government/ Opinion
My checklist for Beacon Hill
Greater abortion access, police reform top priorities
Carol Rose	Massachusetts Legislature	0 Comments Nov 26, 2020
WHILE A FEW remaining ballots have yet to be tallied, this much is certain: For the second time, and by a margin of two to one, Massachusetts voters overwhelmingly rejected Donald Trump's hateful agenda, signaling their political support for a more compassionate, just, and equitable society.
Despite unprecedented threats to voting rights, including attacks on the US Post Office, the American people and our electoral system prevailed. Despite a devasting pandemic, Bay Staters cast their ballots in record numbers—thanks in part to a temporary but remarkably successful expansion of vote-by-mail. And the message from Commonwealth voters could not be clearer: "No to four more years of racist, sexist, xenophobic, and anti-LGBTQ policies; yes to a brighter future, with liberty and justice for all."
Massachusetts voters have made their wishes clear. Massachusetts elected leaders now have a unique opportunity—and duty—to deliver on that promise.
Lawmakers can start by protecting and strengthening access to reproductive health care. The rushed appointment of Amy Coney Barrett to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg on the US Supreme Court renews the urgent need to safeguard access for rich and poor families alike. Massachusetts legislators—and Gov. Charlie Baker—must ensure that people are no longer forced to fly across the country or navigate the court system during a pandemic in order to get the reproductive medical care they need.
Beacon Hill has made some promising moves on this front. As of last week, both the House and the Senate have passed budget amendments to strengthen abortion access and ensure that families facing an unviable pregnancy due to a fatal fetal diagnosis can obtain necessary medical care. In addition, senators voted down a separate anti-abortion amendment by an overwhelming margin. Leadership in both chambers deserves praise for their efficient stewardship of these crucial measures. The budget conference committee should report out the strongest possible version, and Baker should heed the will of voters and sign the measures into law without delay.
Next, lawmakers should pass a strong police accountability bill, with oversight measures that have real teeth. This means a robust licensing system and an independent review board with the power to launch its own investigations and decertify errant police officers. It also means ending the disastrous legal doctrine known as qualified immunity. A bill covering these matters has been delayed in conference committee since the summer, while growing stories of police misconduct are revealed. It's good news that lawmakers have promised to deliver on these much-needed police reforms—and not a moment too soon. November 25 marks the six-month anniversary of George Floyd's killing. Justice delayed is justice denied.
Finally, the Massachusetts Legislature must take steps to protect immigrants in the Bay State. From the early days of the Muslim ban through the ongoing atrocities of family separation and the war on asylum-seekers, the Trump administration used the machinery of government to inflict cruelties on immigrant families throughout Massachusetts and the nation. Despite passage of welcoming resolutions in dozens of Massachusetts cities and towns, lawmakers on Beacon Hill have yet to pass meaningful protection for immigrant families in the Commonwealth.
It's time for a law to provide a driver's license to all qualified drivers, regardless of immigration status. This would ensure that everyone on the road is licensed and insured, which would enhance safety for everybody. Everyday interactions with local police shouldn't fuel a deportation pipeline.
As we look to a post-Trump future, Massachusetts must blaze a trail for the rest of the nation, building a model of society that respects the will of the voters by ensuring equality and justice for all. It will take conscious effort to undo the damage to our public institutions and our democracy, but Baker and Massachusetts lawmakers can play a leadership role in righting many of those wrongs, particularly for the most vulnerable members of our Commonwealth.
The Commonwealth has had better leaders than most. But we would do well to note where other states have overtaken us. There is nothing stopping Massachusetts from further securing our democracy by making the recent voting accommodations permanent and passing Election Day Registration, ending the War on Drugs, or ensuring that all drivers are licensed.
About Carol Rose
Executive Director, ACLU of Massachusetts
The Trump years taught us that we must secure and defend civil rights and civil liberties, or risk losing them. The voters of Massachusetts have voted their values. This is the time for bold action by our elected leaders. The future of freedom depends on it.
Carol Rose is the executive director of the ACLU of Massachusetts.
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The Gender and Politics Research Group, convened by Dr. Meryl Kenny, Dr. Claire Duncanson and Professor Fiona Mackay, brings together researchers across Politics and International Relations, the School of Social and Political Science, and beyond, all of whom use gender and feminist analyses in their research. The members of the GPRG explore issues in relation to the broad themes of gender relations, power, identities, institutions, and change. The group tweets as @genderpol and regularly posts on its blog Gender Politics at Edinburgh.
Past and current research projects fall within three broad areas:
Gender and Politics, including gender and constitutional change in the United Kingdom; gender, political parties and political recruitment; and international, European, and local approaches to gender mainstreaming and gender quotas
Gender and International Relations, including military masculinities; international gender norm diffusion; conflict and post-conflict; political settlements; and international organisations, particularly the UN.
Gender and Political Theory, including feminist institutionalism, theories of institutional change and feminist ethics
As gender is a cross-cutting research theme, the group co-hosts events with other research groups in Politics & IR and beyond, as well organising various workshops, conferences, and seminars, and mentoring early career scholars. For details of our current seminar schedule, or to sign up to our mailing list, please email genderpoliticsatedinburgh@gmail.com.
Members of the GPRG are committed to gendering the disciplines of Politics and International Relations. Our members are engaged in research and teaching activities on gender and politics. GPRG members have developed and run Honours and Masters courses on gender, including The Global Politics of Sex and Gender (nominated for a EUSA Best Course award in every year it has run). Our students won first prize in the PSA Women and Politics Specialist Group Undergraduate Essay Competition in 2010 and 2013, and were runners-up in 2016. In 2015-16, Meryl Kenny, Fiona Mackay, and other GPRG members worked with gender scholars across the School and College, EUSA, and a team of Honours students to co-develop a new Ordinary level introduction to the study of Gender - Understanding Gender in the Contemporary World - which ran for the first time in 2016-17.
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Richard Crooke and his team delivered a superb day of cycling and running races again this year, and like last year the rain made an appearance. Fortunately the early races for the youth riders and the runners had dry and pleasant conditions; the later 4th-cat and women's races were beset by crashes as light rain mixed with the dirt and grease on the road surface. By the last race (National B crit) enough rain had fallen to clean the course and make it more grippy.


This week I've discovered that inner muse for the realm of abstract art. As a photographer/artist, I feel that the use of abstract photography is often overlooked in the artistic world.
Consider that when you take a picture with your camera you want the subject of the picture to have a crystal clear focus. It is usually touted that an essential need for a great picture is a focused subject, proper lighting, and some form of action. Obviously your lists of what makes up a good picture varies depending on your experience, your equipment and your artistic need. Yet, these items remain essential for memorable photographs.
It should also come as no surprise that these essential items are also part of good art. But let's take a step further back and explore how abstract art breaks those important rules.
The abstract style in art and the ideal abstract form of photography begin with the same general goals. Artists will sacrifice the subject clarity to evoke a sense of emotion. This clarity is either in the form of focus or perhaps even identification that feeds this sacrifice. However, it's the emotion that the work brings to the viewer that matters. What makes this a joy and a nervous endeavor for the artist working with abstraction is the hope that the viewer of the piece will feel an emotional response to the work also.
Photography produces a unique form of abstract art. Most pieces of abstract art you discover in a museum are paintings or sculptures. The artist renders or carves according to their whim to transform the blank canvas or rock into a quasi-identifiable or non-identifiable work. Remember though, the need of the artist is to evoke the emotion the artist wants to discuss. But with photography, the trick is to create a similar experience with something that is real and actually exists.
Such is the case with our new abstract work Waves Thru Time. This work is a time-lapsed exposure of waves on a shoreline during a sunset. Hidden throughout the work are subtle hints of pinks and oranges that highlight reflections the setting sun on the blue waters.
The picture is a unique look at the constant motion of waves and the subtle variations of blues, whites, pinks, and oranges, of a sunset over time. A calming pattern of colors meant to dance across the picture in various highs and lows.
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La battaglia del Mare del Giappone (chiamata anche battaglia di Ulsan) fu uno scontro navale nell'ambito della guerra russo-giapponese, che ebbe luogo il 14 agosto 1904 (quattro giorni dopo la battaglia del Mar Giallo) tra due squadroni di incrociatori della Marina Imperiale Russa e della Marina imperiale giapponese.

Antefatti
All'inizio della guerra russo-giapponese, la maggior parte della Flotta del Pacifico era ancorata a Port Arthur quando venne attaccata dalla Marina imperiale giapponese, questo evento viene conosciuto come la battaglia di Porth Arthur. Tuttavia, la base navale russa di Vladivostok, nonostante fosse stata bombardata da uno squadrone giapponese sotto il comando del Viceammiraglio Dewa Shigetō a marzo 1904, rimase comunque in gran parte intatta. A Vladivostok, era presente una guarnigione composta dall'incrociatore leggero Bogatyr, dall'incrociatore ausiliario Lena e da uno squadrone di incrociatori corazzati: Rossia, Rurik e Gromoboi. L'unità fu comandata dall'ammiraglio Karl Petrovič Jessen dal 15 marzo al 12 giugno 1904, dal 12 giugno al 16 ottobre 1904 dal viceammiraglio Pyotr Bezobrazov, mentre dal 16 ottobre fino alla fine della guerra, il comando ritornò nuovamente a Jessen.

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Bibliografia
 Rotem Kowner. Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War. Scarecrow, 2006. ISBN 0-8108-4927-5
 Ian Nish. The Origins of the Russo-Japanese War. Longman, 1985. ISBN 0-582-49114-2
 Richard Connaughton. Rising Sun and Tumbling Bear. Cassell, 2003. ISBN 0-304-36657-9
 Brook, Peter, Armoured Cruiser versus Armoured Cruiser, Ulsan, 14 August 1904, in Warship 2000-2001, Conway's Maritime Press , ISBN 0-85177-791-0
 Warner, Denis and Peggy (1974). The Tide at Sunrise: A History of the Russo-Japanese War', 1904-1905. New York.
 Repington, Charles (1905). The War in the Far East, 1904-1905. London, 1905.
 F.R. Sedwick. The Russo-Japanese War. New York, The Macmillan Company, 1909.

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Guerra nel 1904
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Expanding Computer Science Education in Puerto Rico
Commitment by Computer Science for All in Puerto Rico (CS4ALL-PR)
In 2019, Computer Science For All Puerto Rico (CS4All-PR) committed to expand its work to increase equitable access to computer science education by (1) building a network to strengthen and formalize the agenda for computer science education in Puerto Rico; (2) training 24 non-computer science teachers (grades 6-12), who will commit to implementing computer science education in their classrooms; (3) formalizing their partnership with Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA); and (4) creating an Advisory Group to help sustain these efforts. After Hurricanes Irma and Maria, over 300,000 people left the island and over 550 schools were closed, increasing disparities between who has access to computer science education. This commitment will promote the integration of computer science education into classrooms across Puerto Rico, helping students to gain skills that will promote their growth and improve their ability to meet the demands of the job market.
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Computer Science for All in Puerto Rico (CS4ALL-PR)
University of Puerto Rico; World Computer Exchange; Computer Science Teachers Association; University of California, Los Angeles; The National Center for Computer Science Education; Expanding Computing Education Pathways (ECEP) Alliance
CS4All-PR commits to expanding its work to increase equitable access to computer science education in Puerto Rico by (1) building a network to strengthen and formalize the agenda for computer science education in Puerto Rico, (2) training 24 non-computer science teachers (grades 6-12) who will commit to implementing computer science education, (3) formalizing their previously created partnership with Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA), and (4) creating an Advisory Group to help sustain these efforts.
CS4All-PR will begin by creating a Collaborative Impact Network that includes five universities. The network will convene two-to-three regional meetings to identify key needs, leverage best practices from urban universities to support access in rural areas, and promote collaboration on advocacy efforts.
CS4All-PR will also expand upon its previous trainings and provide 24 teachers (6-12 grades) who do not have experience teaching computer science, with professional development to teach computer science in their current classrooms. All 24 teachers will commit to implementing computer science education in the classroom immediately thereafter.
The CS4All-PR team also plans to formalize its partnership with the CSTA by onboarding a CSTA representative to be part of the CS4All- PR leadership team. As part of the partnership with CSTA, each of the teachers receiving professional development will have the opportunity to be paired with a mentor or become a mentor after their training.
Finally, the team will create an Advisory Group to support the financial and programmatic sustainability of CS4All-PR. The group will provide guidance and assistance in leveraging financial opportunities aligned with the mission of CS4All-PR. The team aims to recruit four members who have a strong fiscal network and knowledge of best practices in computer science education, as well as a focus on equity and inclusion.
June – October 2019
Network building: Conduct outreach to recruit universities in the Collaborative Impact Network; Meet with university representatives and add one university to the network each month.
Teacher training: The first cohort of 12 middle and high school teachers with no previous background in teaching computer science will receive professional development to integrate CS in the classroom. Selected teachers trained the first summer will join the CSTA and serve as mentors for the new teachers in the second year.
Formalize CSTA partnership: Add a CSTA representative on the CS4All-PR leadership team.
September – December 2019
Network building: Convene two-to-three regional meetings of the Collective Impact Network to discuss projects and build common understanding as well as project momentum.
Ongoing monitoring: The facilitators leading the training in Puerto Rico will have virtual calls with the National Center for Computer Science Education and the newly trained teachers to monitor the progress of the teachers trained in the summer of 2019.
January 2020 – March 2020
Advisory Group: Hold a series of meetings with key stakeholders to build a CS4All-PR Advisory Group.
March – June 2020
Teacher training: Recruit teachers for Summer 2020 professional development opportunity.
Teacher training: Conduct professional development for second cohort of 12 middle and high school teachers. Teachers from the first cohort will serve as mentors.
Due to Hurricanes Irma and Maria and the impacts of Puerto Rico's financial crisis, over 300,000 people have left the island and over 550 schools have been closed. Computer science education is a critical component to ensuring that remaining students have access to skills that will promote their growth and readiness for the demands of the job market.
The Computer Science for All (CS4All-PR) leadership has advocated for computer science integration in Puerto Rico since 2014. Between 2014 and 2016, they provided an online course on incorporating computation thinking into curriculum to over 300 teachers across Puerto Rico. The team also successfully created the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA), a network of professors and teachers committed to expanding access to computer science, with over 100 members across three universities.
CS4All-PR has established alliances with providers of nationally recognized computer science curricula, such as Exploring Computer Science (ECS), and supported efforts to translate the ECS curriculum in Spanish, ensuring it is culturally relevant in Puerto Rico, and creating a model for inclusive instruction. The team also trained 32 teachers (grades 6-12) to equip them with skills they need to effectively teach computer science in the classroom.
During the 2018 CS4All-PR Summit, both the Puerto Rico Secretary of Economic Development (PRDE) and the Secretary of Education endorsed CS4All-PR's strategic plan, supporting the implementation of computer science education in the K-12 system over the next ten years. However, there continues to be challenges promoting computer science education as a key part of learning in Puerto Rico and disparities between who has access to computer science education remains. Changes in leadership and priorities at the PRDE have led to disparate efforts to advance computer science access, and the recently trained teachers have not all been able to implement computer science education in the classroom.
The CS4All-PR team is seeking industry mentors and community organizing models that can be replicated to advocate for computer science for all, across all education levels. The team is interested in connecting with high-level leaders prepared to drive computer science education reform who may be interested in joining an advisory group that will help build a sustainable network of advocacy for inclusive computer science education. The goal of the network will be to advance access to high quality computer science education for all students in Puerto Rico. The group will ultimately focus on schools in rural areas, girls, women and children with disabilities. CS4All-PR can share translated computer science curricula with educators interested in accessing computer science curriculum in Spanish. The team can also offer best practices on how to translate a curriculum and implement it in schools, as well as how to write grant proposals advocating for improved access to computer science education.


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using namespace routing;
using namespace routing::turns;

void MoveRoute(Route & route, ms::LatLon const & coords)
{
  location::GpsInfo info;
  info.m_horizontalAccuracy = 0.01;
  info.m_verticalAccuracy = 0.01;
  info.m_longitude = coords.m_lon;
  info.m_latitude = coords.m_lat;
  route.MoveIterator(info);
}

UNIT_TEST(RussiaTulskayaToPaveletskayaStreetNamesTest)
{
  TRouteResult const routeResult =
      integration::CalculateRoute(integration::GetVehicleComponents(VehicleType::Car),
                                  mercator::FromLatLon(55.70839, 37.62145), {0., 0.},
                                  mercator::FromLatLon(55.73198, 37.63945));

  Route & route = *routeResult.first;
  RouterResultCode const result = routeResult.second;
  TEST_EQUAL(result, RouterResultCode::NoError, ());

  integration::TestCurrentStreetName(route, "Большая Тульская улица");
  integration::TestNextStreetName(route, "Подольское шоссе");

  MoveRoute(route, ms::LatLon(55.71398, 37.62443));

  integration::TestCurrentStreetName(route, "Подольское шоссе");
  integration::TestNextStreetName(route, "Валовая улица");

  MoveRoute(route, ms::LatLon(55.72059, 37.62766));

  integration::TestCurrentStreetName(route, "Павловская улица");
  integration::TestNextStreetName(route, "Валовая улица");

  MoveRoute(route, ms::LatLon(55.72469, 37.62624));

  integration::TestCurrentStreetName(route, "Большая Серпуховская улица");
  integration::TestNextStreetName(route, "Валовая улица");

  MoveRoute(route, ms::LatLon(55.73034, 37.63099));

  integration::TestCurrentStreetName(route, "Валовая улица");
  integration::TestNextStreetName(route, "улица Зацепский Вал");

  MoveRoute(route, ms::LatLon(55.730912, 37.636191));

  integration::TestCurrentStreetName(route, "улица Зацепский Вал");
  integration::TestNextStreetName(route, "");

  integration::TestRouteLength(route, 3390.);
}

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Trip is a strategic and operational leader, who over 25 years, built a successful track record of consulting for and leading large scale operational turnarounds, organization change, strategy formulation, and broad-based innovation for several top tier consumer products companies, including The Coca-Cola Company, The Gillette Company, and Procter and Gamble.
From 2009-2012, he led the Program Management Office for the Global Share Care GBU, where his teams led all new product programs from concept through to in-market execution. The programs launched during this time delivered over $1B of revenue and $500M of NPV. Several examples of programs launched were Fusion Pro-glide, Fusion Styler, Venus Embrace and Olay, and Gillette Guard.
From 2005-2009, Trip led Global Operations for the Blades and Razors Business. He was responsible for managing a $1.6 billion budget, $600 million in inventory, 6400 employees, and delivering best-in-class customer service for all Blades and Razors operations across the globe. During this time, he took a high-performing organization to the next level by redesigning the global manufacturing footprint and implementing lean manufacturing techniques in the 15 factories and packaging centers around the world. These changes increased the level of savings from $60M to $100M per year and set the business up to deliver an additional $340M of NPV from future network restructuring programs. In addition, he led a turnaround in customer service, improving case fill rate from 95% to 98.7%, and he reduced inventory 15%.
From 1994 to 2003, Trip rose from Associate to Partner within the prestigious management consulting firm McKinsey & Company. During this time he led several engagements in the consumer industry that ranged from strategy development, organization design, post-merger management, and operational improvement. In addition, he co-led the Operations Practice with a focus in Manufacturing, which grew from 2 to over 90 associates.
Trip earned his MBA in General Management from the Harvard Business School (1994) and a BS in Chemical Engineering with High Distinction from the University of Rochester (1988). During his free time, Trip renovates homes for fun and likes to spend time with his wife Dawn and two children, Torin and Kaila. He also enjoys cycling and investing.
Carlos Nunez is responsible for N12's financial systems and preparing the company for its next phase of expansion. As head of the finance function, Carlos brings over 10 years of M&A and financial analysis experience to N12. Prior to joining N12, Carlos was an investment banker with Cleary Gull, where he advised clients on sell-side and leverage recap transactions within business services, consumer products, and manufacturing industries. He was a member of American Family Ventures, the direct venture capital arm of American Family Insurance, where he was responsible for sourcing and analyzing investment opportunities. Carlos started his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers' assurance group, where he performed audits and M&A advisory services to publicly listed and privately held companies in healthcare, manufacturing, technology, and oil & gas industries in the U.S. and Switzerland.
Carlos holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and an MBA, with a focus on Corporate Finance and Investment Banking, from the University of Wisconsin. He is a Certified Public Accountant. In his spare time, Carlos enjoys international travel and visiting national parks.
Paul holds a Ph.D. from the University of Rochester, where he became an expert in catalysis and chemical kinetics. He has previously been successful in developing and improving laboratory and industrial scale processes for CNT production and modification. He is also a recognized expert in the use of carbon nanotube materials in electrical applications. Paul is an avid cyclist.
Chris is responsible for helping customers get the most out of N12′s composite enhancement products. He holds two degrees from MIT and brings experience in aerospace product development for large OEMs and DoD, as well as composite fabrication and testing. He likes steak.
Dan is an Applications Engineer at N12 Technologies. He received his BSME from the University of Rochester and his MS in the same field from UC Davis. A veteran of several startups, he brings a very diverse set of experiences ranging from aerospace composites fabrication to automated test system design. Outside of work, Dan is a competitive runner as well as an avid skier, surfer and outdoorsman. He loves assembling modular furniture and wishes there was a league to legitimize this activity as a sport.
Chris Dinan manages the production engineering team at N12. He holds a B.S. from UMass Amherst. His interests include robotics and drumming.
Hanna Vincent manages production for N12. She holds an S.B. in Materials Science and Engineering from MIT. She is a competitive sailor.
Ben Bencroft is an Applications Engineer at N12. He works with customers to help integrate N12's products into their designs. He enjoys hockey and surfing.
Brian's responsibilities include the manufacturing and machining of a majority of the test specimens that we use to validate CNT properties and managing customer programs to successful outcomes. He has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering Technology from the University of Maine. He spends his free time rock and ice climbing.


Are you a small business owner in rural East Sussex? Do you run a larger enterprise on your own from home or small business unit in a rural area?
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They believe there is little or no support for small businesses based in rural East Sussex, so this project aims to help combat that issue.
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Q: Enable sudo -f option in 12.04 LTS How is it possible to enable the

sudo -f
  option in 12.04 LTS?

A: sudo has no -f option.  If it had the manpage would have it listed and it would also not need "enabling".
sudo -f
sudo: invalid option -- 'f'
usage: sudo -h | -K | -k | -V
usage: sudo -v [-AknS] [-g group] [-h host] [-p prompt] [-u user]
usage: sudo -l [-AknS] [-g group] [-h host] [-p prompt] [-U user] [-u user]
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usage: sudo [-AbEHknPS] [-r role] [-t type] [-C num] [-g group] [-h host] [-p
            prompt] [-u user] [VAR=value] [-i|-s] [<command>]
usage: sudo -e [-AknS] [-r role] [-t type] [-C num] [-g group] [-h host] [-p
            prompt] [-u user] file ...

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I quickly checked the sources, and it turns out that this feature needs to be enabled during compliation with the --enable-force flag.
As far as I can tell, Arch and Debian don't have this feature enabled, and neither does Gentoo, which not even provides a use-flag for it. It is, however, turned on by default on Ubuntu (after all, they make heavy use of sudo), RHEL, Fedora Core (since version 12), and openSUSE

I can not find any reference to the claim Ubuntu supports this. Nor any other system using "sudo". If Debian does not support it I seriously doubt Ubuntu does. Our system tends to stick to Debian and if we ever deviate from Debian in the long run we always tend to stray back to how Debian does it.
Oh and the man page your link claims has "-f" listed does not list "-f". It it existed in 2011 it does no longer.
The link also claims you can get it working by recompiling "sudo". But still I would assume that the "sudo" website would list it as a compile option and I have not seen it.

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One of the richest races on the Victorian provincial night racing calendar will be held this Friday with the running of the $50,000 TAB Racing Industry Associations Sprint (1000m) at Cranbourne.
Scheduled as the sixth event on an eight-race card, the sprint carries a $20,000 VOBIS Gold bonus for all qualified horses aged four and older.
This combined purse of $70,000 makes it the second-richest race held under lights at Cranbourne behind the $100,000 Inglis Pinker Pinker Plate (2025m), held two days before the Cranbourne Cup in mid-October.
The inaugural Victorian Industry Association race night was held last year and the architect of the initiative, Australian Trainers' Association CEO Andrew Nicholl, is excited with how the meeting has developed for its second year.
"We are delighted with the opportunity to run this event once again," Nicholl said.
"It is a night where we recognise our hard-working associations and their ongoing efforts to support the 70,000-plus member base that they collectively represent in Victoria every day of the year.
"We would also like to thank greatly our principal partners for their continued support of this event.
"In particular, Racing Victoria and Tabcorp, and our race-day programming partner, the Cranbourne Turf Club."
The meeting will recognise six key Victorian representative associations and each will have a race named in their honour. The Cranbourne Turf Club will also host a supporting function for 150 guests.
"Each association has been given the opportunity to put something extra on the table, above and beyond the standard prizemoney," Nicholl said.
Strappers will also be recognised for their commitment to the thoroughbred under their care with a 'best turned out' $100 TAB voucher awarded in the mounting yard prior to each race.
Below is a rundown of the extra incentives, aside from prizemoney, offered by participating associations on Friday night.
The winning jockey will receive a $250 Crown voucher.
In addition to the standard prizemoney, TBV will pay one VOBIS Gold nomination fee for a 2016 born foal of the winning owner(s) to a maximum value of $1100 or, alternatively, for the breeder(s) of the winning horse, if the owner(s) choose not to take up this offer.
TBV will also provide a free annual membership to the winning horse's breeder, trainer and owner (maximum of one membership per connection category).
The winning trainer will receive a horse rug, plus equine supplements of their choice from the Hygain and Mitavite range to the value of $400.
In addition to standard prizemoney, TROA will provide a further $5000 bonus for the winning owner(s) of the race. This excludes any trainer or rider percentage as this is not prizemoney but a 'bonus' for our members.


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Historic EU COVID recovery fund deal; Turkey and Greece Aegean dispute
Ian Bremmer shares his insights on this week's World In (More Than) 60 Seconds:
How will the EU coronavirus recovery fund work and are there winners and losers?
How it's going to work? Hundreds of billions of euros being distributed between, its collective redistribution from wealthy countries to poor countries. And that money has been now unanimous agreement between all 27 members of the European Union. Not 28, the Brits are no longer a part of the table. And it's historic. It's by far the biggest political success that we've seen anywhere around the world in providing real multilateral leadership to help make it easier for those countries that are suffering the most. In the case of Europe, that means the poorer countries that don't have the ability to bail out their devastated economies. Again, you are seeing double digit contractions across Europe economically this year. Now you're seeing hundreds of billions of euros, half of that will be grants, don't need to pay back, half will be loans. That was a big part of the of the debate, of the controversy.
And who's it going to go to? It's going to go to the southern Europeans, like Italy, like Spain. It's going to go to the Eastern Europeans. And part of that, that's where you have some of the problems that some of those East Europeans do not actually support. All of the mandated rule of law, independent judiciary that you're supposed to, to be a part of the EU, the EU has not been able to sanction them. Countries like Hungary and Poland precisely because you need unanimity to do so and it's hard to get unanimity. Some of the wealthier countries are saying, "well, we're not going to give that money unless we can ensure that everybody that gets it actually is aligned politically." Well, that didn't work. So, countries like Poland and Hungary will continue to have their political systems diverge from those of the west and the north. That's bad for Europe long term, but for the short term, Euroscepticism is actually on the decline, not on the rise, because even if you're a Eurosceptic in a country like Italy or Greece or Hungary, if they're saying they're going to give you money to help bail you out, mutualized debt, something that no one thought could have happened before the pandemic, you're reasonably happy with that. I mean, you know, you're not going to give up free money. That's how I like Ayn Rand Institute accepting cash from the US government. You know, I mean, you read "Atlas Shrugged." I mean, I suppose, though, it was horrible, but that doesn't mean you won't take free money from the government. That's just your ideology. Who cares about that?
What is going on with Turkey and Greece in the Aegean Sea?
Well, the Turkish government is now sending a bunch of military vessels, looks like towards this Greek economic exclusion zone, which is where the Greeks are saying they have the right to exploit resources in the Aegean Sea. The Turks are contesting that. It's kind of like the dispute you've seen in the South China Sea, where the international community clearly supports one set of norms in the fishing and mineral rights that are off of countries borders. But the more powerful country militarily in the region, China, is trying to subvert that. That is what we are potentially now seeing with Turkey and the Greeks. With the Turks saying they have the right to exploit and providing licenses for doing so and suddenly a bunch of military ships showing up. Very interesting because Greece and Turkey are both NATO allies. The Americans are supporting the Greeks, as the international community broadly does here, in terms of their definition of what their territoriality actually implies, where it expands to. But that doesn't mean the Turks are going to listen. And the fact there's been a bit of a bromance between President Trump and Turkish President Erdogan complicates this. So, we should watch this very closely. Big win for the Greeks in terms of the EU deal, potentially big problems in terms of the fight with Turkey.
Finally, is Russian influence in UK politics really the "new normal?"
I'm going to say no. I think people continue to exaggerate what the Russians are actually able to accomplish. It is true that they provided lots of disinformation and certainly weren't saying, they weren't open about it, they weren't saying "this is coming from Russia." It wasn't state propaganda. It was pretending to be local actors with the Brexit referendum, with the Scottish independence referendum, and of course, in the United States with the US elections. But the amount of money is relatively limited. And the outcomes, I would argue, are much more divisive because of problems in these countries themselves. The Russians tried to have that same kind of impact on the German elections and it failed. Why did it fail? Because the German people were generally happier with their social contract, generally weren't prepared to listen to crazy extremist conspiracy theories. In the US, in the UK, where lots of people increasingly feel like their own systems are delegitimized and rigged, they're more willing to listen to wackos. And so, they're more susceptible to delegitimization efforts, whether they're domestic or international. So, if you really want to fix this, I mean, yes, the US needs to respond and show that if the Russians hit us on cyber, we're going to hit them on cyber. That tit for tat is completely understandable and appropriate. But you're not going to fix the problem until you actually build your own resilience at home and that's what we need to be doing. Certainly true for the UK.
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HAILEY, Idaho (KLIX) Elk have returned in numbers near a busy highway prompting officials to warn drivers to slow down. The wildlife have been reported near Buttercup Road and Highway 75 just north of Hailey, according to the Blaine County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff issued the warning on social media that they've gotten reports of elk being hit on the highway. The speed on that section of road drops to 45 m.p.h. at night to prevent wildlife/car collisions. The sheriff's office also advised people that if they choose to salvage the animal after hitting it, they need to file a salvage claim with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. The state allows any animal to be salvaged as long as it is hunted in the state. However, protected non-game wildlife cannot be salvaged, such as endangered species.


coordinators of national events organised in the framework of a European event in the field of sport.
A Collaborative Partnership is transnational and involves at least five organisations from five different Programme Countries. The duration can last from 12-36 months. The Partnership should involve an appropriate and diverse range of partners in order to benefit from different experiences, profiles and expertise and produce relevant and high quality project results. The maximum amount that a project can apply for is 500 thousand euros.
A not-for-profit European sport events is an action that must have participants from at least 12 different Programme countries. Projects can last up to 12 months. The maximum amount that individual projects can apply for are 2 million euros.
The sports grants are all allocated centrally from Brussels so the Erasmus + office in Iceland is only in an advisory role in this action.
Rannís is the National Agency for Erasmus+ Sport in Iceland. The aim of Rannís is to help Icelandic organisations active in the field of sport to make the most of the opportunities provided by the programme.


He left for a reason. He said goodbye for a reason. He didn't just walk away without thinking about it. And maybe he's an idiot for it. Maybe he made the biggest mistake of his life leaving you. But it's done. It's final.
You, in all your innocent, uninhibited love, have just thrust the object of your blind devotion into the blazing furnace of self-doubt. Don't be surprised when they get…well, squirmier. This was your doing and you should take responsibility for it.
Don't fool your heart. Don't give it anymore false hope or faith. It will only make the wounds grow bigger. It will only make the bruises go deeper. And it will only make the pain more powerful.
If you were really in love with her? She'd be in your arms right now. You wouldn't have to explain anything. You wouldn't have to apologize or try to get her back. You wouldn't have to have something to miss. You wouldn't have to have someone to want.
You need to let him go because he's not worthy of the love you give him. He's not worthy of the lust you give him. He's not worthy of being in your head all day long.
Did we love each other? In our own distorted way, yes. But it wasn't true love. True love puts the other first. True love is sacrificial.
You can be there through the worst of it. You can be there through the times where you think it will never end. All you have to do is be there.
When you date a girl who knows how precious she is, please do not stomp on her heart. She trusts you. She hears your words and believes them. She feels your kisses, and believes in the power of your lips. She feels herself falling and trusts that you won't drop her. Please don't drop her.
It doesn't matter if they are gone now. It just matters how they made you feel, and how they made you see yourself. It doesn't matter if you never see them again. It just matters what they left inside of your soul.


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Women Have Few Places to Go When Seeking Addiction Recovery
The stigma against female addicts isn't helping.
By Joy DiazMay 17, 2016 9:49 amArts & Culture, Health & Science
Joy Diz/Texas Standard
Courtney Meeks holds baby Eve in the rehab center.
The day William Welch learned he needed to go to rehab, a social worker got on the phone and got him admitted at a center in Abilene.
I caught up with Welch outside a café in Austin the night before he left. His sister Stacy is coming to pick him up to take him to the bus station.
As Stacy Welch gets out of her car, her face looks stern.
She's tired, she says. She just left a 13-hour shift at a hospital kitchen. And, yes, she's mad – or perhaps hurt would be the right word. She's seen her brother battling his addiction for 20 years.
"I'm ready for my brother to be clean and sober," Stacy Welch says.
For the last several months, Texas Standard has been following the lives of Courtney Meeks and William Welch. They're new parents facing many perils. Meeks and Welch are homeless, they're HIV positive and because of their addiction to drugs, Child Protective Services has been involved in the care of their baby girl since her birth in April.
Through a state program called "Drug Court" Meeks and Welch were ordered to go to rehab to get baby Eve back. But the two new parents have had drastically different experiences.
William says this time he'll get clean for baby Eve – he doesn't want her to ever touch drugs.
Tears choke him as he tries to speak, they stop him from sharing the dreams he has for his baby girl.
Stacy is tearing up too. But it's tears of joy. She's encouraged by the fact William was able to get into rehab so quickly.
Back when Stacy was battling her meth addiction she couldn't find a rehab center that would take her.
The same happened to William's partner, Courtney Meeks.
It took Meeks an entire month to find an available spot at a rehab facility.
On our way to her HIV appointment Meeks tells me that after Eve was born, she had no place to go. It didn't matter that she had just had a C-section. After the hospital discharged her no other facility would take her.
"I had to sleep on a makeshift bed last night which was basically a sign on the ground, and then a carpet on top of that and then a blanket on top of that," Meeks says.
The main difference between Williams and Meeks is their gender. Resources for women seeking treatment are scarce – not just in Texas – but around the country.
Kathryn Cunningham leads the Center for Addiction Research at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.
"You indicated the possibility that there were differences in access for treatment – I think that's true because men are more likely to seek treatment but I also think the barriers for women are still much higher," Cunningham says.
All the experts I talked to said the same thing: Women, in general, do not seek help. It's a mystery that baffles them.
But they also talked about those barriers Cunningham mentioned. One of them is the stigma associated with female addicts. It, in part, goes something like this: women are believed to be caregivers. Women have the potential to be mothers and therefore a woman who's battling addiction is, among many other things, a bad mother.
Courtney Meeks is trying to overcome that stigma herself. She has a 12-year-old daughter from a previous relationship. The child is with her dad.
"My 12 year-old texted me saying 'Don't disappoint Eve as you've disappointed me,'" Meeks says.
Ivana Grahovac is familiar with all the labels female addicts carry. Grahovac leads Austin Recovery Center. It's very small – there are only 15 beds – but it's unique. It's a place where mothers, like Courtney Meeks, are allowed to bring one young child into rehab with them.
"Until we can heal the stigma and educate our community that people do recover – and long-term recovery is a reality for over 23 million Americans – people will either fail to find good treatment or they will fail to be met with compassion, love and understanding from a society that will help welcome them into their families and into their jobs," Grahovac says.
If, as Grahovac says, intangible resources such as compassion are necessary, tangible ones are desperately needed too. That's why this year, the Salvation Army – the largest nation-wide provider of free rehabilitation services – will break ground in Austin on a 3.5 million dollar facility for women.
Jan Gunter with the Salvation Army and I are standing by the bare field that will soon be transformed into a 55-bed residence.
"Can you just picture the day when we're able to begin taking women in and making it possible for people like Courtney to access those resources when they need them," Gunter says.
I don't want to quench Gunter's enthusiasm, but the facility across the street – the one for men – houses twice as many people. That facility has been open for 23 years. Why has it taken so long to even think about the needs of women?
"I can't really speak to that – but – you know? The best time to plant a tree was 25 years ago, the next best time is today," Gunter says.
Today, fewer people consider addiction a moral failure and more understand it as a disease of the brain – a mental illness. It's something that, with the right resources, can be managed and even sometimes cured.
The Standard has been following Meeks and Welch since January. We've reported on their involvement with CPS, pregnancy and search for housing.
Texas Standard for May 17, 2016
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Why Did Paxton Jump into Exxon's Climate Fight?
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My two young maple trees are growing nicely, but they're getting too full. When is the best time to prune them, and where should I make my cuts?
In general, the best time to prune maples is in the late spring or summer, after they have fully leafed out. Trimming maple trees earlier earlier in the year allows large amounts of sap to weep out of the cuts—as you would expect from a tree that supplies us with maple syrup. This shouldn't harm mature specimens, but it may weaken young trees like yours.
With any tree, the best pruning strategy is to first remove dead, damaged, or diseased limbs. Next, go after the ones that are crossed, rubbing against each other, or growing toward the center of the crown. Then snip off the suckers. Make all cuts perpendicular to the direction of growth, and don't cut into the branch collar, the slightly swollen ring at the base of each limb.
You'll need a pair of sharp pruning shears for those easy-to-reach twigs less than ½ inch across. Loppers can handle the ones up to about an inch wide. A handsaw will take care of anything bigger. For limbs you can't reach, use a pole saw with loppers.
When sawing those bigger limbs, always use the three-cut method. About 2 feet from the collar, cut a third of the way into the underside of the limb. Then cut into the top of the branch 2 inches farther out from the first cut, and saw all the way through. The undercut stops the falling limb from ripping off the bark and leaving a gaping, hard-to-heal wound. Now, with most of the limb's weight gone, make the third cut next to the branch collar.
After this initial cleanup is done, step back and assess the tree's overall shape. The goal is to open up some space between limbs without making the tree look sparse or unbalanced. So before you remove a healthy branch, take a moment to visualize what the tree will look like when it's gone. Don't rush; once a limb is cut off, it can't be put back.
Don't get carried away, either. You shouldn't remove more than 30 percent of the crown at a time. Any more than that will hinder the tree's recovery. Remember, you can always do more pruning next year.
Shown: Roger Cook prunes a maple tree using a pole saw fitted with a rope-controlled lopper. With this tool, Roger can do almost all of his tree-pruning work while standing safely on the ground.
Is overmulching causing the bark to split on my maple trees?


Lou Bulosan-Nelson, a 13-year-old half Filipino girl, lives in San Francisco with her mother and grandmother near a close-knit community of relatives. Lou's father died before Lou was born, but left her with a gift of land. Lou's dream is to build a tiny home on the land to fulfill her father's dream to build the family a home of their own. After Lou maps out a plan to build her tiny home, her mother delivers devastating news. She got a job offer for a nursing job in Washington state and tells Lou they will be moving soon. Lou also overhears that her land may have to be auctioned off if the back taxes aren't paid. Down but not out, Lou hopes that if she builds the tiny house quickly, her mom will change her mind about moving away from family and friends. Her plan doesn't go as well as expected, but friends and family come to her rescue. This well-crafted story incorporates Filipino language and customs such as the birdlike Tinikling dance and descriptions of favorite dishes.


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Unions spend big in Chicago City Council races
By Hal Dardick and John Byrne
Ald. John Arena, above, was the beneficiary of more than $280,000 in union money aimed at helping him keep his 45th Ward seat. But he's headed for an April 7 runoff against police Lt. John Garrido. (Antonio Perez, Chicago Tribune)
Just as deep-pocketed business leaders are contributing cash to help Mayor Rahm Emanuel maintain a City Council that backs his agenda, major unions are doling out dollars to try to reshape a council more to their liking.
Unions funded by rank-and-file workers spent nearly $1.7 million on last week's aldermanic elections in direct contributions and on broadcast ads, mailers and polling, according to campaign finance and union records. That's more than double the $820,000 or so spent by Chicago Forward, a pro-Emanuel super PAC fueled by contributions from corporate interests.
Both the unions and Chicago Forward scored victories — and suffered losses. It's harder to quantify the union results because different unions sometimes backed different candidates, particularly when it came to the more left-leaning Chicago Teachers Union. But in general, the unions scored more wins than losses and managed to push a handful of incumbents into runoffs.
Chicago Forward saw 18 of its candidates win on Election Day, but about a dozen are headed into April 7 runoffs after failing to secure a majority of the vote. Another two candidates lost outright.
While unions spent more than the Emanuel-aligned super PAC, labor officials believe they are only going part way to level the playing field for their candidates, who don't pull in the kind of contributions from builders, lawyers and businesses that flow into the campaign funds of candidates backed by the powers that be on the fifth floor of City Hall.
"Our focus has been on the aldermanic campaigns, and we knew going in that our endorsed candidates were very likely to be at a significant fundraising disadvantage due to the huge sums — especially of corporate and outside money — pouring into these races," said Anders Lindall, spokesman for the American Federation State, County and Municipal Workers Local 31, which pumped about $209,000 into City Council contests.
Lindall called the Chicago Forward contributions just "one manifestation" of the influence of business interests in aldermanic campaigns. And he noted that unions have been spending significant sums on city candidates the last three elections, often uniting behind the same candidates in ward races, to make sure the union's views are represented on the council.
In some cases, the union-endorsed candidates also were backed by Chicago Forward, showing that the interests of both sides don't always diverge.
Service Employees International Union spent nearly $1 million on ward races, before factoring in the costs of salaries and research. The Chicago Teachers Union spent about $386,000. At least four other unions made smaller contributions.
SEIU's biggest goal was to protect members of the council's progressive caucus, and add to their numbers, said union spokesman Jerry Morrison. Most progressive caucus members won, but pushed into runoffs were 45th Ward Ald. John Arena and Ald. Toni Foulkes, who was running in the 16th Ward after her current 15th Ward was redrawn following the census.
SEIU also won outright in the 35th Ward, where 26-year-old immigrant rights organizer Carlos Ramirez-Rosa defeated Ald. Rey Colon.
"The first priority for us was protecting the progressive caucus," Morrison said. "It was clear Rahm Emanuel's super PAC and other big business elements were targeting the progressive caucus for defeat, and we wanted to do what we could to stop that. And we have. We defended all our friends, and we added progressive voices to the council."
The union's biggest victory came at a price. SEIU spent about $230,000 on Ramirez-Rosa's race in the form of direct contributions, mailers, polling and anti-Colon TV ads. By contrast, Chicago Forward spent about $13,000 on Colon's behalf.
The unions also won in the 38th Ward, where Ald. Nicholas Sposato decided to run after his current 36th Ward was redrawn to be less politically favorable. Sposato emerged from a field of seven candidates, including one backed by the Cullerton family that has controlled the ward for more than a century.
Several unions, with SEIU leading the way, put $136,000 into that contest. Chicago Forward stayed out of the race.
Although the unions did not win outright in the 10th Ward, they counted Susan Sadlowski Garza's ability to force Ald. John Pope into a runoff in a seven-person race as a success. In the 37th Ward, Tara Stamps came in second and will face Ald. Emma Mitts in April.
The unions also spent big on Arena, with four labor funds pumping in more than $280,000. Still, Arena faces police Lt. John Garrido on April 7, in a rematch from four years ago. Chicago Forward spent $20,000 on anti-Arena mailers, and Garrido raised about $78,000, with $20,000 coming from the Fraternal Order of Police.
The unions also backed Foulkes, but she will face off against Stephanie Coleman in a runoff after no candidate scored a majority Tuesday.
In addition, the unions were heavily involved in the mayor's race, spending nearly $1.3 million to back Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, who is in a runoff against Emanuel.
Along with the money comes ground troops, who worked closely with grass-roots organizations to make a difference in the mayoral and aldermanic contests.
"We hope to be able to play more offense (in City Council elections) in this round," Morrison said of the April runoffs. "We needed to protect people in the first round, and now we will be considering how best to try to expand the progressive caucus, to get more aldermen with independent voices on the council."
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John Arena
John Garrido
Nicholas Sposato
Emma Mitts


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Underneath the Stars Festival
Captain's (B)Log: Friday 1st of March 2019
by Pure Records March 01, 2019
Wow! Dydd Gwyl Dewi Hapus, Happy St. David's Day and White Rabbits - It's March already; who knew we'd get to March so quickly!! We're looking forward to Sam and Ruth's release on the 15th and also Kate's album release is revving up nicely with some reveals later this month...he he heee! Can't wait.
Spring, St. David's Day and the lovely weather we've had on the hill this week means that the daffodils are out - and Kate's snapped a pic of her and Freda out and about. Lovely.
We're currently working on plans for filming some videos to go with Kate's new album later this month with our usual film crew so we know it's going to look lovely. The logistics are not easy by any stretch of the imagination because Kate's band are all professionals from all over the country so nailing them down to one date and time is - to put it nicely - tricky.
Damien and Anton have also been mixing it up a bit with one of the tracks on the album and taking it in a totally new direction! It's been a lot of fun and who knows where it might go eventually? Do you think he's been eating too much sugar?
Earworm of the week: Country Roads: John Denver
This week's teabag count: 75, back to full strength!
Steve's Quote of the Week: "Someone's poking in t'trough" (someone was actually poking in the trough outside the office)
More next week…
Back to Music on a Yorkshire Hill… The Diary of a Cottage Industry Record Company
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The Family is Willie Nelson's touring and recording group. Nelson, who did not manage through the 1960s to succeed as a singer, retired after the failure of his 1971 album Yesterday's Wine. The following year, he returned from retirement rejuvenated by the burgeoning music movement of Austin, Texas.

In 1973, he formed a new backing band. The new lineup consisted of some of the members of his old road band "The Record Men," with the addition of new members. The original lineup included his sister, Bobbie, on the piano; drummer Paul English; harmonicist Mickey Raphael; bassist Bee Spears; and guitarist Jody Payne. The current lineup includes all the members but Jody Payne, who retired in 2008, Bee Spears, who died in 2011, and Paul English, who died in February 2020. Billy English joined in 1983 on percussion.  Replacing Spears, Kevin Smith joined the band in 2012, and Willie Nelson's son Lukas Nelson joined in 2013 replacing Payne. Bobbie Nelson died in 2022.

The Record Men
During the 1960s, while recording as an RCA Records artist, Nelson was backed in the studio by session musicians, while he also had a road band. In 1966, he formed a new lineup for his road band, consisting of Johnny Bush on guitar; Jimmy Day on the steel guitar; Paul English on drums; and David Zettner on bass. The band was originally named "The Offenders", but after it was rejected by the promoters, the name was changed to "The Record Men", after Nelson's single "Mr. Record Man". Zettner left the band in 1968 after he was drafted. He was replaced on the bass by his friend Bee Spears. While playing in the band, Johnny Bush also played as a solo act on the package of the Willie Nelson Show. After Zettner was discharged from the military he returned to the band, and Spears started to play for Bush. Bush left The Record Men to concentrate on his solo act a few months later. After a brief exit of Jimmy Day to play with Ray Price's Cherokee Cowboys, Paul English's older brother, Oliver, joined for nine months playing the steel guitar. In 1969 Jimmy Day and David Zettner returned, while Billy English, Paul English's younger brother, joined to play the drums.

By 1971, after nearly a decade with RCA, Nelson had no major success.  Meanwhile, his latest album Yesterday's Wine  failed to chart and to meet RCA expectations. Although his contract was not over, Nelson decided to retire because of the number of failures he had had.

Forming the Family
He moved to Austin, Texas, where the burgeoning hippie music scene rejuvenated the singer. His popularity in Austin soared as he played his own brand of country music marked by country, folk and jazz influences. In 1972, Nelson's friend Darrell Royal, introduced him to harmonicist Mickey Raphael during a jam session. Nelson soon returned to the recording under a new contract with Atlantic Records. His sister Bobbie, who performed on piano in Nelson's band during his childhood throughout the Texas Honky-Tonk circuit, joined the band during the recording of Shotgun Willie. After Nelson's relationship with Jimmy Day became turbulent, due to his habitual drinking, and after he was shot by Paul English during a dispute, Day left shortly after recording Shotgun Willie. Nelson retired the steel guitar from his backing, using Raphael's harmonica to replace the steel guitar on the melody lines. He later also hired Merle Haggard's touring guitarist Jody Payne. The final lineup consisted of Bobbie Nelson (piano), Paul English (drums), Bee Spears (bass), Mickey Raphael (harmonica), and Jody Payne (guitar). The band that became known as the Family, performed together for the first time at the Armadillo World Headquarters in Austin, Texas, where they were acclaimed by the audience.

Rex Ludwig played drums with the band from 1976 to 1979, Chris Ethridge played bass from 1978-1982, and Grady Martin played guitar from 1979-1994. In 2012, Kevin Smith joined the band as the bassist after the death of Bee Spears earlier the same year. Smith had already backed Nelson on his 2009 album Willie and the Wheel. Willie & Family  tours North America in the bio-diesel bus Honeysuckle Rose V, which is fueled by Bio-Willie.

Members

Current
 Willie Nelson – vocals, guitar (1973–present)
 Mickey Raphael – harmonica (1973–present)
 Billy English – drums, percussion (1975, 1983–present)
 Kevin Smith – double bass (2012–present)
 Micah Nelson - guitar, vocals (2022–present)

Former

 Paul English – drums, percussion (1973–2020; his death)
 Bobbie Nelson – piano (1973–2022; her death)
 Bee Spears – bass (1973–2011; his death)
 Jody Payne – guitar, vocals (1973–2008; died 2013)
 Rex Ludwig  – drums (1976–1979; died 2004)
 Chris Ethridge – bass (1978–1982; died 2012)
 Grady Martin – guitar (1979–1994; died 2001)
 Lukas Nelson – guitar, vocals (2013–2022)

Timeline

Discography

Willie Nelson & Family (1971)
 Red Headed Stranger (1975)
Willie and Family Live (1978)
Honeysuckle Rose (1980)
Let's Face the Music and Dance (2013)
 The Willie Nelson Family (2021)

References

Books

Willie Nelson
American country music groups
Musical groups established in 1973


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Q: QT Jambi - QLCDNumber updated in real-time In my university, we are working with interfaces, using QT Jambi (Java) with the Eclipse Integration.
I would like to improve my design of my Elevator interface.
The main problem is that I would like to update the QLCDNumber with the floor in real-time.
What I do to simulate the elevator working, is to do a Thread.sleep(1000) between 2 floors, so that way, my QLCDNumber will display "an animation" saying "1...2...3...4". The problem is that the QLCDNumber only displays 1 and 4, no animation.
So, for example (resumed), the code I made is this one:
private void simulate(int floor){
    while(actualFloor < floor){
        try{
           Thread.sleep(1000);
        }catch(InterruptedException e){};
    actualFloor++;
    ui.LCDfloor.display(actualFloor);
    }
}

Why this code only shows the 1st floor and the last one?
Sorry if you didn't understand what I wanted, my English is improving every day :)
Thank you in advance.
*Please note that LCDFloor is the name of the QLCDNumber widget

A: It looks like you have two problems:

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*(I assume) You're calling Thread.sleep() on the GUI thread. In other words, when you call simulate, you're doing so on the same thread as the rest of the gui operations. This causes the entire gui to pause.

*You've never given Qt the chance to actually update the UI. When you call ui.LCDfloor.display(actualFloor), the a paint event is queued so that the UI can be updated, but rather than giving the UI a chance to actually execute the paint event, you continue with your loop which prevents the UI from ever being updated until after your simulation is finished.
You have two basic fixes:

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*Don't sleep, it's poor design. Instead, use timer's and signals to simulate the changes.

*Force events to be processed using processEvents.

Also keep in mind that you can't update a GUI element from a non gui thread. And as this is homework, I'll leave the rest to you :).


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girl in red Teams Up With Finneas For New Single 'Serotonin'
by Emma Oxnevad
Indie-pop star girl in red has invited fans into her internal monologue on her new track "Serotonin."
"Serotonin," released today, is the third single from her debut album if i could make it go quiet, out April 30. The track is a candid look at mental illness, with references to intrusive thoughts and medication ruminating over a stomping drum beat and vocals.
The Norweigan singer, real name Marie Ulven, rose to prominence in 2018 with her single "I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend." girl in red's music has thrived in both the bedroom pop and queer music scene, with Ulven being named a "queer icon" by Paper.
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Maryam Nawaz, senior vice president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), will return to the country on January 22.
Maryam's return heralds the imminent arrival of PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif to Pakistan. Premier Shehbaz Sharif reportedly told party leaders that Nawaz Sharif and party top organiser Maryam Nawaz will return to the nation this month (January) to take an active role in the election campaign.
On January 13, PM Shehbaz spoke with Nawaz Sharif over the phone and presided over a meeting of senior party leaders at his house to discuss the political situation in Punjab.
Khawaja Asif, minister of defence, claimed that Nawaz sharif will return after his legal team had completed their work safeguarding him.
A comeback to politics for Maryam Nawaz was reportedly approved by the party's top brass. Her father, PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif, has entrusted her with crucial duties, including the recruitment of new party members.
Maryam will travel to Punjab to meet with government officials. Maryam, it is worth noting, recently travelled to Switzerland to have throat surgery. She left London and spent time with her father and brothers in Geneva.
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The 20 Richest Americans in the World in 2019
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If someone was to ask you who the richest American in the world is today, what would be your answer? Of all the extremely wealthy Americans, there are always a few who come to mind, including Elon Musk, Warren Buffet, or perhaps, Michael Bloomberg. They're all incredibly wealthy, but would you have guessed the right answer? The very rich don't usually go around telling everyone how much they're worth, in fact, it's usually just the opposite. We were curious about who America's richest are, so we did our research to assess the current net worth of the very richest to include in our list of the top 20 Richest Americans in the world for 2019. We also included immigrants who are now U.S. citizens:
20. Elon Musk – $22.3 Billion
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18. Jacqueline Mars – $26.2 Billion
Jacqueline is the sister of John Mars and is also heir to the Mars family fortune. She is also an investor on her own. Her net worth is officially listed as the same as her brother John, holding stable at $26.2 billion, making her the 18th richest American in the world.
17. Phil Knight – $33.5 Billion
Phil Knight is the multi-billionaire American who founded the Nike Corporation. It's one of the top sneaker brands in the world today. Knight serves as the chairman emeritus of Nike. Shoe sales are continually going up with new and innovative specialty sneakers being designed and engineered as often as the seasons change. In addition to owning Nike Inc., Knight also owns Laika, which is a stop motion film production company. He is an entrepreneur as well as philanthropist who is generous in giving donations to those who are less fortunate than he.
16. Michael Dell – $34.3 Billion
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15. Sheldon Adelson – $37 Billion
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14. Steve Ballmer – $41.2 Billion
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13. Rob Walton – $44.6 Billion
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12. Alice Walton – $44.6 Billion
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11. Jim Walton – $44.6 Billion
Like his siblings Alice and Rob Walton, Jim is also an heir to the fortune of the Walton family thanks to their ownership of Walmart, one of the richest retail stores in America. Jim, as his brother and sister has a net worth of $44.6 billion. He is currently serving as on Walmart's board of directors. Jim also founded a company of his own called Arvest Bank and he serves as the CEO.
10. Sergey Brin – $50.3 Billion
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9. David Koch – $51.2 Billion
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8. Charles Koch – $51.2 Billion
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5. Mark Zuckerberg – $62.3 Billion
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4. Larry Ellison – $62.5 Billion
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2. Bill Gates – $100 Billion
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1. Jeff Bezos – $161.81 billion
Jeff Bezos, the founder of the insanely successful online retailer Amazon, has increased his net worth, yet again with a several billion dollar jump for an amazing net worth of an estimated $161.81 billion. This is up from $136 billion earlier in the year, then $145 billion. We're not quite sure where his fortune will be at the end of the year, but from all indications, it could be even higher. When Jeff started Amazon, it was initially just a very simple online bookstore and he even ran it from his bedroom. He didn't have a lot of sales at first, but Jeff is an innovative fellow and it wasn't long before his e-commerce business began to grow as he added more features and products, until there is very little that you can't find on Amazon.
Dana Hanson
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