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GQ talks #MeToo
#MeToo: The changing face of dating apps
By Amelia Tait 13 February 2018
From Bumble, to Happn, Once and Tinder - our writer finds out how they're adapting
Natalie Durkin can't remember what attracted her to Ricky, but she won't forget what changed her mind. "Hey! How's your week? Xx" she asked the stranger in January after matching with him on Bumble - the dating app where women must initiate the conversation.
"Be better if I was in bed with you with a finger in the arse," replied Ricky.
For Durkin, this message wasn't exactly unusual. With over five years' experience using dating apps, the 28-year-old actress has become used to being "instantly sexualised" by men. "It made me feel small and angry… I was worthless because my value to him was only sexual, not as a human being," Durkin says now. Although she would normally have ignored the message, she was inspired by the #MeToo movement to speak out. "It's made it a lot easier to say "That's not okay" - and the more you see other people do it, it's easier to say." She screenshotted the exchange and posted it to Twitter, where Bumble replied at once.
"We will always fiercely protect our users," says Louise Troen, Bumble's international brand director. The company responded to Durkin's tweet ready to act, but she had already blocked Ricky. "We have a strict block and report function and a customer service team that work 24 hours a day to combat any type of abuse or unsolicited comments," says Troen, who explains Bumble have zero tolerance of "genital photographs" (or as they more commonly known, dick pics).
Bumble has always been this way, and was founded as a female-first dating app in 2014. But has #MeToo inspired other apps to offer greater protection to women? And have men on these apps - Bumble or otherwise - actually started acting differently as a result?
Six days after The New York Times first broke its story about decades of alleged sexual assault by Harvey Weinstein, Tinder added a new feature. Called "reactions", the tool allowed women to send animations to "douchey" men. As far as tackling harassment goes, animated eye-rolls weren't a groundbreaking offering.
"The dating industry needs to be finally able to offer some type of post-dating service: we can't be a simple online messaging system anymore," says Jean Meyer, the founder of dating app Once. "We have to take responsibility for what actually happens during the date." Since 2015, Once has used real matchmakers to present its users with just one match a day. In February 2018, the app launched new features to "drive female empowerment".
"Most women actually have to stalk their online dates beforehand... Well, there is no need to do that anymore," says Meyer, explaining that Once have launched a review tool to help women avoid catfishes and stay safe. Much like you can review a restaurant on TripAdvisor, Once now allows women to review their dates and evaluate the accuracy of their pictures, while men will get anonymous feedback so they can improve. "Creeps and harassers won't be tolerated."
Claire Certain is head of trends at Happn, the dating app which shows you people you've crossed paths with in real life. "In light of #MeToo, we haven't changed anything in-app since our safety policy is already very strong," she says. Certain explains both men and women are encouraged to report "inappropriate behaviour" on the app, and can block harassers easily.
Blocks and bans are okay for responding to abusive men, but can dating apps prevent men from acting abusively in the first place? When I ask if technology can fix a societal problem, Certain says there also needs to be a cultural shift; Meyer says "Of course".
Louise Troen believes "you can teach people to behave a certain way through product experience", inadvertently illustrating the problems inherent in the commodification of female empowerment. Dating apps aren't altruistically keeping women safe - they're selling safety. Both Bumble and Tinder only allow "premium" users who pay to undo accidental swipes - a problem in a world where men often react aggressively to rejection.
Durkin, the woman who received the explicit message at the start of the year, understands you might not think it was a "big deal". While she agrees she could simply press the block button, she also thinks it's important women start speaking out in order to make a change. "Young girls are being conditioned to accept themselves as a sexual object," she says, explaining that not speaking out normalises this behaviour. Harassment doesn't have to result in rape or murder to be harassment, and harassment shouldn't be an expected part of dating apps.
Durkin's tolerance has certainly changed since #MeToo, so I ask her if the men she matches with have also changed. "I think it's much the same out there," she says. "I think women are just starting to fight back more."
I go on Tinder to see firsthand whether #MeToo has changed men's approach to online dating. "I haven't changed my approach because I didn't think there was anything wrong with it beforehand," says Luke, 21, from 13 kilometres away - and I believe him because he seems nice enough. Christopher, 40, says he "is not completely familiar" with #MeToo. Tony - whose picture is a topless body shot in which he has raised and clenched his arm to show off his biceps - simply asks: "Do you do anal?"
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Krusenstiernska gården är ett kulturhistoriskt museum med vidhängande blomsterpark i gamla stan i Kalmar.

Historik och museum
Krusenstiernska gårdens tomt var tidigare malmgård under namnet "rådman Saurs trädgård". Den inköptes 1762 av handelsman Johans Löfberg och hade därefter flera olika ägare tills tomten 1871 köptes av konsul S. Söderbergh som gav trädgården sin nuvarande omfattning. 1874 såldes den till Hermine von Krusenstierna. Hermine gifte sig 1877 med sin kusin löjtnant Philip von Krusenstierna. Paret avled barnlöst 1908 respektive 1915 och gården testamenterades till deras tjänstekvinna Hulda Nydell som bodde på gården och vårdade parets minne fram till sin död 1940. Vid sin död testamenterade hon gården med alla dess inventarier till Kalmar stad och Kalmar läns Fornminnesförening.

Boningshuset härrör från omkring 1800, möjligen från sent 1700-tal. Trädgårdsmästarbostaden är uppförd 1872. Möblerna är gustavianska, men det finns föremål från andra stilepoker. Gården är bekant för sin samling av ostindiskt porslin.

Trädgården rymmer, förutom en servering, fruktträd, bärbuskar och blommor samt örtagård och lusthus.

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Sedan 2008 har det etablerats en friluftsteater med plats för drygt 1 000 åskådare, Krusenstiernska teatern, i trädgården. Där spelas sommarkomedier med bland annat Robert Gustafsson och Thomas Petersson som återkommande huvudrollsinnehavare.

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The E-310 seems to be rated consistently really highly as a good basic grill. It lacks side burners and other gimmicks that David suggested look good, but don't ever get used, which I like. We put the grill together today, and it's built like a Sherman Tank. I also really like the size of grill - it's big enough to be taken seriously, but not so large that it eats up half our deck.
The assembly process seemed to take at least an hour and was about what you'd expect. Taken from a birds-eye-view, the instructions looked like absolute chaos. But, going step by step, it was possible to follow them. We only took a few minor missteps. Sure would make life easier if all the bolts weren't the same color (black), but, we pushed through.
We test drove the grill for dinner tonight, oddly enough, with a basic Salmon dish. The grilled performed flawlessly and the fish tasted good. Though, my guess is that it would be hard recipe to screw up.
So, we've got the deck and grill - now all we need is the weather, and it's party time!


INJURY UPDATE (13/11): Jon Welsh has been called up to the Scotland squad after Willem Nel, Tim Swinson and Rob Harley were ruled out of the next two tests through injury.
Nel and Swinson sustained an arm fracture and hand injury respectively and require further specialist assessment. Tommy Seymour had an MRI scan on his toe which confirmed that the player will require ongoing treatment by the Scotland medical team before returning to training this week.
Harley's knee injury happened in training last week and he's back with Glasgow.
So Hamish Watson wasn't as effective in the carry but made more metres than any other forward??
How you can give Wilson and Watson the same rating is baffling!
Very generous marks in my opinion. Attack, fine for the most part, but everyone should be losing a couple of points for the defensive effort.
We need more aggression desperately and I don't know where that comes from. The lack of brutality that Dave Rennie talks about is as evident for Scotland as it is for Glasgow. J Gray and Toolis need to spend some time with Big Jim, but not too much….Fraser Brown, Huw Jones and Watson are aggressive, Hardie has it but unavailable and Dunbar used to and it's hopefully coming back, but we need that in at least 2 more ball carriers who are on the pitch – Strauss, Du Preez, Bradbury, Richie? Other options?
Townsend has a big week ahead of him.
I think the ratings are about right though I'd give Watson an extra half. You could argue for taking a point off everyone for the collectively dire defence though but I not think anyone singled themselves out with a poor performance.
I think that when the likes of Cummings and Bradbury break into the team we will see that extra aggression that seems to be missing. I also really look forward to the younger Fagerson breaking through at Glasgow as he is a player who can run through people! This was really the game that Cummings should have been on the bench for though in my opinion.
I think McInally did enough to keep hold of the 2 shirt, Brown may be slightly more dynamic in the loose but McInally has a much steadier head on him. I also think Fagerson if he can play to his potential in the next two games could start to cement his place in the tight head shirt regardless of Nel's injury status. It's great to think that we can put out two really good international front rows between Fagerson, Nel, McInally, Brown and Marfo could add his name to the four injured looseheads who are all international class. Ford, Turner and Berghan in the wings as well!
Crosbie too in the future, makes yards, although despite being 6'5 maybe needs to put on a bit more bulk? I'd like Crosbie and Carmichael (covering lock in a tight spot) to be fighting for 6 Edinbugh and Du Preez and Bradbury fighting out for 8. Callum Hunter Hill to step up to lock in Carmichaels place.
Agree with that MK. Crosbie is a superb prospect at 6….if he could fill out enough…could be an amazing 8 IMO.
I think you've got three players who can all do a bit of everything there but Crosbie and Fagerson both have proper power. Agree that Crosbie could add some bulk, he's certainly got the frame. I believe Fagerson has gone from 99kg to 107kg since breaking into the Glasgow team last season. If Crosbie can add 8kg without losing the dynamism then he'll be a real weapon in contact!
Totally agree with you Scummo – though I'd maybe stretch as far as an extra point for Watson.
These ratings are all wrong. All too high, this was a poor performance.
Yes.. thought the same. The Pyrgos observation makes me wonder if some folks are watching the same match.
Some good play mixed with some awful play. McInally, and Marfo (because it was his debut) were only players who stood out.
Ratings akin to those dished out for effort in the bad old days of the likes of Nick De Luca, Simon Danielli, Allan Jacobsen and Hugo Southwell.
The defence was so woeful that the forward pack should be marked down at least 1 mark each.
McInally – 8 – Throwing seems to have improved.
Fagerson – 5.5 – Questionable ruck defence? Gets himself about the pitch.
Chunk is a living legend – away and wash your mouth out with soap for such blasphemy!
Ratings are way off, far too high.
I suggest watching the game again – we were gash for large parts of the game.
It was like watching a re-run of the RWC match – every time Samoa had possession for a few minutes they looked like scoring in the second half.
The half-time score flattered us and we really should have kicked on then – a good side would have snuffed out Samoa in the first 15mins of the second half and put the game to bed – but I fear we are starting to believe our press – I know we are missing many players but yesterday was a ridiculously poor performance.
Absolutely no coherence in defence, we lost the collisions and Samoa made yards at will.
We were back to making moronic mistakes – restarts back to being [poor] – even players like Huw Jones knocking on at restarts. Restarts have been a bone of contention with us for years, it's one of the easiest skills to coach and it's disgraceful we are still at this stage.
I know we will be better next week – but to me it was a very worrying performance.
Cummings should be on that bench , not swinson, what does swinson offer over cummings other than experience, somthing which has not fazed him anyway as he looks like he has played pro rugby for years.
Same goes for P.Horne over prygos, he just needs a little more pro time to work on game management , i would like to see him ready for the six nations and challenging that bench spot with laidlaw and price.
I thought Nel looked off the pace even before the injury to his arm , yeh he made a good turnover , but he looked very slow retreating back into the defensive line and breathing hard.
The sooner richie gray comes back in form the better , he looks to be carrying the ball hard and actually gaining yards before his injury. somthing the rest of our locks do not offer. Cummings may be able to do this although he needs the chance the show it at the top level. I could see those 2 being the combination in the future.
i would like to see du preez giving a start for the next 2 games , he needs continued exposure at the highest level.
Never got the Harris selection in the first place and he did nothing to change my mind.
I declare these ratings as this week's HANDS IN THE RUCK.
How on earth do you manage to score Toolis the same as Gray. BBT was head and shoulders above the Lesser Gray.
Watson the same as Wilson? You're having a laugh surely? Pinball was easily the best of our back-row. I'm not saying he should have a better rating, but Wilson was pretty honking.
Pyrgos the same as Horne and CduP. Really? Big Cornell played his way into the team for next week. Henry played his way onto the train back to Glasgow. Not the fast service to Queen St, the slow one to Central, which is more like how he plays.
Haha outstanding patter, I genuinely lolled, comment of the week!
Is it just me who wants to see more from seymour ? i dont think he has been extraordinary in any game since he game back from the lions , a few glimpes of skill but not enough for me considering how much better we know he can be. defense and high ball solid mind .
Sometimes the Lions can have a detrimental effect on the form of players.
Looks like some guys have had their wish granted with regards to the second row. Just announced by SRU that Swinson, Nel, Harley all out for remainder of autumn tests. Seymour likely to miss all blacks game. John Welsh called up to replace Nel.
Also….get Pyrgos on that train! I'll chip in for the ticket!
Sadly Pyrgos will be there on the bench for the next 2 matches – even young dynamic coaches cling onto the belief they need experienced players to close out games – regardless of their form.
To be fair to Pyrgos perhaps the team could try to stay on the front foot a bit more for the last 20. It's certainly nice that we are getting used to the idea of being in front and needing to close games out but if we didn't try and do this in our own 22 under so much pressure then maybe Pyrgos wouldn't be box kicking so much. Anyone else ever think this when watching us in the last ten minutes?
Why box kick at all in your 22 when you're in front and competitive at the lineout?
A box kick only any good if you chase it properly and the kick needs to be accurate.
I still have doubts about Dunbar at IC if you want to play the fastest brand of rugby, but I am not sure Horne is the answer against the ABs (Sonny Bill running down that channel with BB on his inside !!!) and didn't see enough of Harris to think he is currently a better option to start – Dunbar needs a huge game.
Waisake Naholo against Lee Jones is quite frightening from a physical point of view, but hopefully he can hold his own and perhaps cause some damage the other way.
Think Barclay will certainly play. Probably Hamilton or Wilson on the bench. Hopefully take a look at Hamilton.
Otherwise, agree that team seems most likely. IMO probably the best we can field currently also.
If Seymour is injured who do we see? Think McGuigan into the XV and then maybe Grigg on the bench – Huw Jones can cover wing. Or give Harris another chance. He was anonymous but didnt really have a chance to show anything.
I'd agree with this. Barclay will play. Hopefully CDP to get a chance ahead of Wilson. Very keen to see what Hamilton is like but can't see Wilson being dropped from the squad.
I'd like to see McGuigan given a chance on the wing with Harris on the bench again.
You'd drop Barclay, the captain, for a debutante against the ABs?!
Pyrgos not that bad. Way too early for GH and I'm a fan. That was clear from Leinster. If MB and GT still rate HP that's good enough for me.
Swinson has been incredibly solid for Scotland and Glasgow for the last two seasons, will anyone identify what he has done wrong other than being a lock and smaller than 6,5′.
Seymour is lethal. The criticism he's getting sounds Gatlandish. He scores all the time, sets up others and is solid in deference but vaguely needs to do more?
The worrying areas going into NZ are – as someone said – LJ on the wing as he could be flattened. Call up Visser now.
6/7/8. Call up Strauss and Denton now.
NRS, stop it you are being too sensible.
Although I love the putdown of saying comments are "Gatlandish", can there be any worse slur in world rugby?
With the rest of the squad all playing a test match level game, with travel and some playing twice in a week already, i don't see New Zealand fielding a much weaker squad than the above. Scary times for saturday….
I'm glad we're likely to play a New Zealand 1st XV. How else can we make judgments about where we stand as a Test nation in the wider scheme of things? Also, if they field a full strength side then it means they're respecting us, for the first time in a long time.
jc, apologies, didn't see you as being negative at all. Seemed to me you were setting out the scale of the challenge for us at the weekend. It's huge of course, but in the past nine months we've turned over two of the three sides who've beaten New Zealand in the past year. They fell apart second half v France on Saturday. We're going to beat them one day, and they know it. Might be Saturday, might not. It will happen though.
Agree Lee Jones is good but the sheer size difference against Naholo would be bad news. Townsend put Hoyland up against that massive Fijian winger, it was carnage and Hoyland hasn't been seen since.
If Jones is outmuscled by Naholo, Pyrgos gets on the park again and we end up losing this weekend then it's surely time for Townsend to be fired.
5 games including an away winnin Australia. Saturdays performance was slap dash but Toonie has plenty of time to get his team to hit a groove. We'll lose to the ABs, but so long as we defend like our lives depend on it and score a couple of tries i'll be happy.
Haha, I laughed out loud at the end there :-). Sack him. Ha. Brilliant.
We know Scotgow Warriors can play rapid rugby. I want to see Scotgow Warriors show the variation in their gameplay needed at this level. Be defensive, kick for territory then go he'll for leather in their half. We have to play in their half. If Finn can't do that don't play him. If he can then he will really start to look like the real deal.
A vivid dream last night. Russell scores in the left corner in the opening ten minutes. Not much later Barclay catches a lucky bounce from a kick in their 22 and powers over for another. I woke up after that. If it's correct i'll be dishing out lottery numbers next week for a commission.
Just read on the bbc sport website that John Barclay has signed a 3 year deal with Edinburgh from next season. It's in the Scottish gossip bit.
That would be a superb bit of business by Cockerill.
I think that would be a really good signing for Edinburgh.
The backrow row would then have a nice balance with the youth of Crosbie, Ritchie and Bradbury and the experience of Barclay, Ritchie and Du Preez. Agree with Pio that Hardie must be on his way out.
Where, Lairgboy? I can't find it on BBC Sport?
But you won't find it there anymore as the page is changed daily. Originally story in hard press from the Scottish Sun apparently.
Thanks, Matto and Rory. You would have thought it would have made a bigger splash in Wales and Scotland.
I'd guess Cockerill bringing Barclay in to add leadership & coach Ritchie and Bradbury…as well as being a very good player in his own right…with experience of winning.
If hardie is out of edinburgh , i would like to see him join glasgow as he fits the style well.
Glasgow already have Gibbins Fusaro and Smith.
Aye, Gibbins is basically Hardie 2.0 without the injuries or being called away for international duty. Which is what Glasgow need.
If anyone should be joining Glasgow from Edinburgh its CdP – he DOES suit Glasgow's style.
Except when Ireland upped the tempo and 'brutality' at the ruck area for the first 20 minutes of the 2nd half, we couldn't cope and they scored two tries.
Fair point, Andrew. But we came back and battered them for the last ten minutes after Barclay snaffled their line-out less than ten metres from our line.
Our defence was woeful against Samoa. You are only as good as your last game. QED our defence is woeful and needs to improve. I think we'll find that NZ defence is better than Samoa's so in order to score more tries than them we'll need to stop them scoring so many.
I agree with your last sentence and that our defence needs to improve. But I don't think I agree that "you're only as good as your last game" and the QED that follows. We were great against Wales and then got destroyed by England. Your last game is one important indication of how good you are, but there are many other variables. What about players playing together for the first time? First time in front of such a big crowd? First game of the series? Getting used to new systems? Unpredictability of the opposition? Players returning to form after injury (Hogg/Gray etc.)? Players with niggles/having an off day?
There are so many reasons why a defence might struggle one week and improve the next.
Having said all that, I still agree with you that our defence does need to improve!
I agree but maintain that the way the bench was employed ruined the flow of the game for us. I understand why the mass changes were implemented, obviously to rest key players for this weekend. Had the 1st XV stayed on for a bit longer and we drip fed the changes (as per normal) I think we wouldn't have leaked those tries at the end and would have potentially scored a couple more ourselves.
The defence was porous the whole game though but I think they will be painfully aware of that themselves and will have been working on it. Our defence hasn't been bad recently so I see no reason to believe that broadly the same group of players cannot tackle anymore.


Practitioner practicing archaic acupuncture observes fifty circulations in yin and yang meridians and 100 cuts of Rong and Wei circulation through the pulse as it explained in NanJing. Difficulty 72 explains exactly these qi movement trough in and yang meridians by Rong and Wei Qi. Practitioner also finds the dominating Qi as yin and yang victory through the pulse. It is the yin or yang Qi which practitioners applies on affected meridian.
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ASPEN — Colorado authorities say a father saved his 15-year-old daughter who fell into the Roaring Fork River and was under the water for more than 45 seconds.
The Pitkin County Sheriff's Office says the incident happened Saturday afternoon about 10 miles (16 kilometers) east of Aspen on the way up Independence Pass. The family was visiting the popular spot, which includes a waterfall and hiking trail, from the Front Range.
The Aspen Times reports that the girl fell about 15 feet (4.6 meters), hit her head and went under the water. The father pulled her out and administered CPR.
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DZone's 2017 Microservices survey saw more than half of respondents claiming to be using microservices now: 27% of respondents said they use microservices in development environments, and 26% said they are using microservices in at least some of their applications in a production environment. Another 36% of respondents have not used microservices in any of their applications yet, but are interested in trying a microservices architecture. Only 10% of respondents said they have no interest in experimenting with microservices at all, and less than 1% of respondents said they have tried switching to microservices architecture in the past, but decided it wasn't for them.
Of the 53% of respondents who currently use microservices in one capacity or another, 81% said that using microservices architectures has made their job easier. And of all survey respondents, 75% said they believe that the excitement surrounding microservices in the current developer landscape is warranted–though interestingly, this sentiment is held slightly more amongst respondents interested but not currently using microservices (80%) than in the subset of respondents using microservices in production (76%) or in development (71%). Regardless, it seems that a large majority of devs are preparing (or have already prepared) to escape the monolith and see what it's like on the microservices bandwagon.
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Dennis Schiller (ur. 18 maja 1965 w Göteborgu) – szwedzki piłkarz występujący na pozycji obrońcy.

Kariera klubowa
Schiller karierę rozpoczynał w 1984 roku w pierwszoligowym zespole IFK Göteborg. W tym samym roku wywalczył z nim mistrzostwo Szwecji, a w 1986 roku wicemistrzostwo Szwecji. W 1987 roku przeszedł do norweskiego Lillestrøm SK. W 1989 roku zdobył z nim mistrzostwo Norwegii. Trzy razy był też wicemistrzem Norwegii (1988, 1994, 1996), a w 1992 roku dotarł do finału Pucharu Norwegii.

W 1997 roku Schiller odszedł do Molde FK, z którym dwa razy wywalczył wicemistrzostwo Norwegii (1998, 1999). W 2000 roku grał w trzecioligowym Dahle IL, po czym zakończył karierę.

Kariera reprezentacyjna
W reprezentacji Szwecji Schiller zadebiutował 12 stycznia 1988 w wygranym 4:1 towarzyskim meczu z NRD. 26 kwietnia 1989 w wygranym 2:0 towarzyskim pojedynku z Walią strzelił swojego jedynego gola w kadrze.

W latach 1988–1992 w drużynie narodowej rozegrał 14 spotkań.

Bibliografia
 Profil na eu.football.info
 Dennis Schiller w bazie Worldfootball

Reprezentanci Szwecji w piłce nożnej
Piłkarze IFK Göteborg
Piłkarze Lillestrøm SK
Piłkarze Molde FK
Urodzeni w 1965
Ludzie urodzeni w Göteborgu


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FIFA Rankings: Croatia drops out of top 10
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Croatia has dropped out of the top 10 on the FIFA Rankings which were released on Thursday.
Croatia was ranked 9th in the world going into this month's internationals but after losses to Sweden (2-1) and Portugal (3-2), they have dropped out of the top 10 to be now ranked 11th.
Belgium is still ranked the No. 1 team in the world, just ahead of world champions France and Brazil. Italy and Mexico are newcomers to the top 10 with Croatia and Colombia dropping out.
FIFA rankings (Screenshot)
Despite dropping out, Croatia has still secured a top seed spot for the draw for the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.
55 teams have been allocated to six pots – five containing 10 teams and one containing five teams – based on the latest FIFA world rankings.
Croatia is in Pot 1 and will therefore avoid Belgium, France, England, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands.
European seedings for World Cup qualifying draw:
Pot 1: Belgium, France, England, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands.
Pot 2: Switzerland, Wales, Poland, Sweden, Austria, Ukraine, Serbia, Turkey, Slovakia, Romania.
Pot 3: Russia, Hungary, Ireland, Czech Republic, Norway, Northern Ireland, Iceland, Scotland, Greece, Finland.
Pot 4: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Albania, Bulgaria, Israel, Belarus, Georgia, Luxembourg.
Pot 5: Armenia, Cyprus, Faroe Islands, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Kosovo, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Latvia, Andorra.
Pot 6: Malta, Moldova, Liechtenstein, Gibraltar, San Marino.
All teams within a group will play each other twice in a home and away format between March and November 2021.13 of the 32 teams that will compete at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will be from Europe.
When is the 2022 World Cup qualifying draw?
The draw for the European teams takes place on Monday, December 7 in Zurich, Switzerland.
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Versatile actor Roger Allam talks about his role in God of Carnage.
MUSICAL fans will remember actor Roger Allam as Javert in the original production of Les Misérables back in 1985 but they'll see a very different side to the hard working actor when he comes to Milton Keynes Theatre in God of Carnage.
Allam plays Michel Vallon, a purveyor of household wares whose marriage is in freefall following an incident involving his young son.
He stars alongside Richard E Grant, Lia Williams and Serena Evans, in the Yasmina Reza comedy that has had people chuckling in the aisles during its national tour.
The award-winning 55-year-old, who has a brace of young boys of his own, rapidly comes unbuttoned during the 80-minute production, at one point accused of murdering a hamster and at another tussling with his volatile wife over a bottle of rum. It gets pretty physical.
Roger hasn't been on the road since he appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1983 but he has become almost a permanent fixture in London's West End.
He's recently appeared in the comedy Boeing Boeing, which comes with a touring cast to Milton Keynes next month, as Hitler in David Edgar's Speer at the National, in panto with Sir Ian McKellan at the Old Vic and as Willy Brandt in Michael Frayn's play Democracy.
In May the actor takes over from Graham Norton as a drag queen in the smash hit musical La Cage Aux Folles back in the West End. He's nothing if not versatile.
"The thing that attracted me to acting," he told me as we sat in the stalls after a Carnage matinee, " was doing things with a strong contrast. I wouldn't like it if I thought I was being nailed down into a particular furrow.
"When I first got interested in acting at my school there was a book called 'Great Actors' which had interviews with Olivier, Gielguid and all that generation and there was always a double page for each of them with lots of little photos of the different characters they'd played with beards, make-up and in wildly different things.
"I thought: 'Oh yes, that's what I want to do' so that was part of the initial attraction. I absolutely saw myself as Olivier! Why wouldn't one want to be Laurence Olivier ?
"My character in God of Carnage, Michel Vallon, is a man who has done rather well for himself, expanding his father's business, although I imagine that wasn't his dream in life.
"Somewhere he becomes rather disappointed about it and his marriage is just on the point of finally breaking up as the play begins. Their marriage is like a tree that looks all right but all the roots are dead.
"It's great fun but hard to play because it's difficult material to get the balance right so that it is funny without letting the audience completely off the hook.
"When we were rehearsing we made a few changes from the version that was in the West End but the Broadway version has undergone a rather radical transformation because they're setting it in New York and Americanising it.
"The difficulty of Anglicising it is that it would too easily become a different kind of comedy and that would muddy the waters a bit.
"I loved the material. I did Art (Reza's world-wide hit from 14 years ago with a similar theme satirising middle-class snobbery) before with (director) Matthew Warchus and this job came up quite by chance and I was free.
The producers are hoping to shoehorn God of Carnage back into a West End theatre some time in the autumn and Allam has said that he's be happy to go back in – if he's free.
In the mean time he has to practice in high heels and corsets for his role as Albin in the award-winning La Cage.
"It will be fun. I haven't put on the high heels yet but I will. A few years ago I did a production of Privates on Parade (winning an Olivier for best actor) at the Donmar in which I had to go some way down that (drag) path.
"I haven't done a big musical for a long time. Privates is a play with music, a sort of hybrid, and it was at the Donmar which is quite small scale.
"I did panto at the Old Vic (playing Abanazar in Aladdin), that was like a musical, but the last big scale musical I did in the West End was City of Angels in 1993".


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Well, SCCM 2012 SP1 secondary sites use SQL Server Express 2012 (I even upgraded them to SQL Server 2012 SP1), so this KB can be related with my issue. Uninstalled this KB from the affected machine and restarted MSSQL$CONFIGMGRSEC as well as SMS_EXECUTIVE and SMS_SITE_COMPONENT_MANAGER services. Sure enough, all things started to be working again and rcmctrl.log file didn't throw any error messages as well as Database Replication node reported as "link active" state.
If only I would have searched on the web, I would have probably bumped up against this thread at myITforum where Brian Mason stumbled upon the same issue. Additionally, SCCM Team Blog also has this issue reported and a workaround solution where one of them happens to be uninstalling the patch, among several.
I also discovered that after the KB uninstall, you just have to restart the SQL Service (MSSQL$CONFIGMGRSEC) and that should start the replication back again, so NO need to restart other services.


Alastair Cook still has the appetite for Test cricket despite a difficult tour to New Zealand, according to England batting coach Graham Thorpe.
The opening batsman was dismissed for 14 during day three of the second Test against the hosts in Christchurch, taking his tally in the two-match series to 23 runs in four innings.
Cook did hit an unbeaten 244 in Melbourne against Australia in the Ashes in December but has struggled for consistency, leading to speculation over his future.
However, having seen up close how hard the left-hander is working at his game in the nets, Thorpe believes a big score is just around the corner for England's former captain.
"I do see a guy who is still hungry," Thorpe told Sky Sports.
"You can see that from the way he goes about his work in the nets. He's trying some different things as well, he's trying to positive when he goes into the nets, and I think we just saw a little bit of that today. We saw a little bit of the freedom he wants to play with.
"Unfortunately, he got a good ball and played at one outside off stump. He was out for a low score but no one is more disappointed than Alastair.
"Over the years we've come to know how he operates. We're always saying he's just a few hours at the crease away from a big score, so that's the bit he has to keep in his mind as well."
England ended Sunday's play on 203-3 in their second innings, meaning a lead of 231 as they attempt to level the series.


I've never been able to quite figure out why I hate snakes, but my disdain of slithering serpents extends to the robot variety as well. I'm sure part of it comes from the way they wriggle and writhe to get around; it just freaks me out. But at the same time, I'm also impressed that robotics researchers have taught robo-snakes how to climb obstacles like a ladder.
The simplistic design of a robot snake—a long articulated tube—is also what makes them appealing for a variety of applications. Sending one slithering down a pipe to look for blockages or damage is one obvious application, but they can also be useful for traversing countless types of terrain. Two-legged robots that walk are getting better at it, but the act of balancing is computationally intensive, resulting in robots like Boston Dynamics' ATLAS costing millions of dollars.
Snakes are much simpler life forms than humans, and emulating how they move and locomote results in a simpler and cheaper robot, at least compared to a two-legged humanoid. And now, thanks to a joint research project at Kyoto University and the University of Electro-Communications in Japan, roboticists have improved where robot snakes can go. A newly developed gait, which has this robot snake bending and twisting its smooth body to create a series of connected shapes, allows it to slowly but securely wrap itself around each rung as it climbs a ladder.
It isn't going to win any ladder-climbing races, but it means this robot can now more accurately recreate the abilities of a real snake, which include climbing trees and other obstacles. For disaster recovery situations, which robots like these are often developed for, the robo-snake could more easily traverse piles of rubble or damaged infrastructure that lay in ruins, which even humans, and human-like robots, would have trouble with.
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As we continue our series of lessons on the activities we participate in when we assemble together, we are going to talk today about prayer. The ability to approach God's throne is a great privilege. But it is also a tremendous responsibility to direct God's people before him; after all, the one who leads prayer is speaking on behalf of an entire congregation to God!
We will make some suggestions for the public (and private) prayer in our sermon, but some things have to be cut for time's sake. With that said, I thought I would share with you some practical suggestions I have found to be helpful. Many of these are culled from Dan Chambers book Showtime: Worship in the Age of Show Business.
Consider writing out and reading more public prayers. That is not to make this a requirement over spontaneous prayer. But many men would probably benefit from at least making an outline in advance, if not writing the entire thing out. The point here is not so much about the specific words used, but about putting thought and preparation into our prayers.
Too many times, our public prayers tend to lapse into platitudes and generalities. Those aren't particularly meaningful. But a prayer that is thoughtful and heartfelt can be truly inspiring. Some people can do that with little or no preparation; some cannot. By thinking about prayer in advance and even writing it out or outlining it, all of those who have the privilege of leading prayer in public can think about the specific needs of the congregation and prepare to take them before God in a meaningful way.
Keep public prayers brief. Brief is a relative term, of course; I am sure we all have different notions on the ideal length of a sermon, for instance. The goal is not to prescribe a specific time limit, but to be conscious of the attention span of the congregation. When prayers go on and on, concentration naturally begins to wane, so that even a very meaningful prayer may end up losing its intended effect. What we are really talking about here, then, is excessively long prayers. It would be better for us to simply add more, shorter prayers in an assembly than one or two unduly long ones.
Devote an entire service to prayer. It would probably be beneficial for us to consider conducting some sort of regular prayer meeting. As has been observed, it's much easier to get us to study prayer as a group than it is to get us together to actually pray. This could be once a month, once a quarter, whatever interval we like, but prayer should occupy a place of importance in our lives, both individually and collectively. And our corporate prayer practice has a tendency to shape our personal practice.
In this sort of service, we might call on men to lead prayers for particular concerns: supplication on behalf of needs in the congregation; thanksgiving for what God has done and is doing among us; confession of sin; etc. That could be interspersed with selected songs and/or readings from Scripture – the Psalms in particular are a treasure trove related to prayer. In keeping with the requisite preparation we have noted, prayer assignments should hopefully be made in advance to allow adequate time for reflection on what will be said.
Get specific. Most of the time, our public prayers are sort of "catch-all" affairs that include everything that we can possibly think of in the moment. There is nothing wrong with that. But what if we considered having a narrower, but deeper focus in our prayers? Certain prayers in the assembly could be set aside for praise, for intercession, for petition, and so forth. One of the elders recently raised the idea of a "Shepherd's Prayer" at the close of services to send the congregation out with a blessing, and I think that is an excellent idea along this line.
There are, no doubt, other suggestions that could be made. You might not necessarily agree with all of these, or you might have your own good ideas that aren't mentioned here. In any case, the hope is to develop a more profound experience of public prayer. We are not simply fulfilling an obligation here; we are leading the thoughts of an entire body of God's people in approaching his throne. That's a serious matter. Those invested with this duty should treat it accordingly.


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import os
import getopt
import sys
from ..utils.inject import assign_injectables
from ..utils.immutabledict import ImmutableDict
from manifestparser import ManifestParser
from galleryitemfactory import GalleryItemFactory
import exporter
import templatewriter
import copier

class GalleryGenerator(object):
  """
  The top level class for the application. This is the only object
  that the main function interacts with.
  """
  def __init__(self, gallery_item_factory, input_directory, output_directory,
      static_files_directory, exporter, template_writer):
    """
    Constructor for GalleryGenerator. All needed service objects are injected.

    Args:
      gallery_item_factory the GalleryItemFactory that creates the items.
      input_directory the path of the directory to start in.
      output_directory the directory to which files should be written.
      static_files_directory the directory containing static files to copy over.
      exporter the Exporter to populate the templates.
      template_writer the object that writes the templates to disk.
    """
    assign_injectables(self, locals())

  def run(self):
    top_jpeg_directory = \
        self.gallery_item_factory.create_directory(self.input_directory)
    populated_templates = self.exporter.export(top_jpeg_directory)
    self.template_writer.write_templates(populated_templates)
    # We need to copy the JPEGs over too, and the CSS
    copier.copy_jpegs(self.input_directory, self.output_directory)
    copier.copy_css(self.static_files_directory, self.output_directory)
    # Also, if there are scripts that enhance the experience,
    # copy them over too.
    copier.copy_javascript(self.static_files_directory, self.output_directory)
    # Also grab a copy of directory_image.jpg
    copier.copy_jpegs(self.static_files_directory, self.output_directory)
    # And make a symlink for browsing convenience.
    self.symlink_index(self.output_directory,
        top_jpeg_directory.get_output_file_name())

  def symlink_index(self, output_directory, file_name):
    """
    Symlink "index.html" to file_name. Presumably, file_name is the top-level
    page. This way, the page will appear when someone navigates to the directory
    in a web browser.

    Args:
      file_name the name of the file to symlink to.
    """
    full_link_name = os.path.join(output_directory, 'index.html')
    try:
      os.symlink(file_name, full_link_name)
    except OSError:
      print 'You already have a file named index.html in the output ' + \
          'directory, so the symlink failed.'
      print "I'll assume that there was a specific page that you wanted to" + \
          'display when the user points a browser at the output directory.'
      print 'Skipping the symlink...'

def create_gallery_generator(command_line_arguments, css_directory):
  """
  Given command line arguments, wire up the application and return
  it to the main function. This requires creating most of the objects
  described in the other files from this directory.

  Args:
    command_line_arguments the command line arguments with the program
                           name removed.
    css_directory the directory containing the CSS files.
  """
  input_data = parse_command_line_arguments(command_line_arguments)
  # First parse the manifest file
  with open(input_data['manifest_file'], 'r') as manifest_file:
    parser = ManifestParser(manifest_file)
    lookup_table = parser.get_json_data()
  factory = GalleryItemFactory(lookup_table, input_data['should_prompt'])
  template_exporter = exporter.create_photo_directory_exporter()
  template_writer = \
      templatewriter.create_template_writer(input_data['output_directory'])
  return GalleryGenerator(gallery_item_factory=factory,
      input_directory=input_data['input_directory'],
      output_directory=input_data['output_directory'],
      static_files_directory=css_directory,
      exporter=template_exporter,
      template_writer=template_writer)

def parse_command_line_arguments(command_line_arguments):
  """
  Acceptable command line arguments are:
  -h, --help -> Prints a help message
  -i, --input-directory -> The root directory for the gallery (required)
  -o, --output-directory -> the output directory for the HTML (required)
  -n, --no-prompt -> Automatically use inferred names for directories,
                 instead of prompting the user.

  Args:
    command_line_arguments the command line arguments with the program
                           name removed.
  """
  try:
    options, arguments = getopt.getopt(command_line_arguments,
        "hi:o:m:n", ['help', 'input-directory=', 'output-directory=',
          'manifest-file=', 'no-prompt'])
  except getopt.GetoptError:
    print_usage()
    sys.exit(2)

  input_data = {'should_prompt': True}
  for option, argument in options:
    if option in ('-h', '--help'):
      print_usage()
      sys.exit(0)
    elif option in ('-i', '--input-directory'):
      if os.path.isdir(argument):
        input_data['input_directory'] = argument
      else:
        print argument, "doesn't appear to be a directory."
        print_usage()
        sys.exit(1)
    elif option in ('-o', '--output-directory'):
      input_data['output_directory'] = argument
    elif option in ('-m', '--manifest-file'):
      if os.path.isfile(argument):
        input_data['manifest_file'] = argument
      else:
        print argument, "file couldn't be read for some reason."
        print_usage()
        sys.exit(1)
    elif option in ('-n', '--no-prompt'):
      input_data['should_prompt'] = False

  if 'input_directory' not in input_data \
      or 'output_directory' not in input_data \
      or 'manifest_file' not in input_data:
    print_usage()
    sys.exit(1)

  return ImmutableDict(input_data)

def print_usage():
  print "Please call this script with the following arguments:"
  print "-i my_pictures/ where my_pictures is the directory containing " + \
      "the JPEGs to render (long form: --input-directory=)"
  print "-o my_site/ where my_site is the directory in which to " + \
      "write the output files (long form: --output-directory=)"
  print "-m manifest.json where manifest.json is a manifest file " + \
      "describing the JPEGs' metadata as a JSON string (long form:" + \
        "--manifest_file=)"
  print "-n Automatically infer directory titles instead of asking, " + \
      "will ask by default. (long form: --no-prompt)"
  print "Calling this script with -h or --help prints this message " + \
      "and exits."

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California Passes Vital Legislation to Protect Desert Water, Parks, Wildlife and Tribal Resources
The California Assembly passed and sent legislation (SB 307) to Governor Newsom today, which will require new and independent environmental review of the proposed Cadiz Inc. groundwater mining project that threatens parks, wildlife and sacred tribal lands in the Mojave Desert. The legislation, authored by Senator Richard Roth and passed under the leadership of Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, would prevent the Cadiz Inc. or other desert water export proposals from advancing potentially harmful groundwater mining projects without state review, verifying that no adverse impacts would occur to desert waters, wildlife and lands.
SB 307 protects life sustaining water sources found within Mojave National Preserve and Mojave Trails National Monument, two of California's most ecologically fragile parks, by authorizing state agency oversight in response to recent federal deregulatory actions by the Trump administration. Defenders of Wildlife and the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) and are among the numerous environmental organizations that have supported the bill, alongside a broad range of water agencies, community and tribal leaders, elected officials, former Park Service officials, and others.
"By passing SB 307, the California legislature has sent a message to the Trump administration that science matters and will not be ignored when it comes to protecting our national treasures from the reckless Cadiz groundwater mining project," David Lamfrom, California Desert and Wildlife Director for the National Parks Conservation Association. "For the first time, Cadiz will be subject to independent scientific review, which will no doubt prove that the numbers previously used by the company just don't add up. Senator Richard Roth is a desert, national park and water defender for authoring this legislation to ensure that desert groundwater pumping can serve long-term needs of our wild lands, local communities and businesses."
"The Legislature has made it clear that the era of driving California's aquifers into overdraft conditions is over and emphasizes the importance of managing these aquifers sustainably for the future," said Kim Delfino, California Program Director for Defenders of Wildlife. "SB 307 will protect our state's fragile wildlife that rely on these desert lands for their survival, including the desert tortoise and bighorn sheep. The bill will create a definitive process for the state to assess proposals to export desert groundwater to other areas of the state to ensure that our aquifers remain sustainably managed and our desert lands and wildlife continue to thrive."
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Key provisions, facts and benefits of the bill:
• Protects important federal and state lands, including Mojave National Preserve and Mojave Trails National Monument.
• Passage marks the culmination of a multi-year commitment, originally started by Assemblymember Laura Friedman who carried similar legislation in 2017 and 2018.
• SB 307 is authored by Senator Richard Roth (Riverside), principal co-authored by Assemblymember Laura Friedman (Glendale) and Senator Anthony Portantino (La Cañada Flintridge), and co-authored by Assemblymembers Ben Allen (Santa Monica), Todd Gloria (San Diego), Marc Levine (Marin County), Luz Rivas (Arleta) and Mark Stone (Monterey Bay)
• Requires the State Lands Commission, in consultation with the Department of Fish and Wildlife and Department of Water Resources, to find no adverse impacts from proposed water export projects from this region, such as Cadiz, before groundwater pumping can be authorized.
• Provides a 15-24 month timeframe for the review to be completed upon submittal of an application by the project proponent.
• Protects a desert national park tourism economy that in 2018 alone generated $436 million dollars in economic output in local communities, created over 4,100 sustainable jobs, and generated over $161 million in labor income.
• Reconciles the science. For the first time, Cadiz must undergo environmental review by an entity that is independent and not a project beneficiary.
Defenders of Wildlife is dedicated to the protection of all native animals and plants in their natural communities. With over 1.8 million members and activists, Defenders of Wildlife is a leading advocate for innovative solutions to safeguard our wildlife heritage for generations to come. For more information, visit defenders.org/newsroom and follow us on Twitter @Defenders.
Rebecca Bullis
rbullis@defenders.org
Western Caucus Members Push Anti-Endangered Species Act Bills, Again
It's looking like déjà vu all over again as the Congressional Western Caucus has begun to introduce another package of anti-wildlife, anti-public lands, anti-Endangered Species Act (ESA) bills. The new package of stand-alone bills is – so far – nearly identical to draft legislation the caucus released this past fall. And, like the previous package, the bills would eliminate key protections for wildlife that have been in place for more than 45 years.
Statement from Defenders of Wildlife on Migratory Bird Protection Act Passing Out of the House Natural Resources Committee
Statement from Robert Dewey, Vice President for Government Relations, Defenders of Wildlife upon the Migratory Bird Protection Act passing out of the House Natural Resources


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SunTrust Banks Inc. has been named a leader in the Javelin 2018 Online Banking and 2018 Mobile Banking Scorecards.
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Q: Angular UI-Router sending root url to 404 I am having an infuriating issue regarding ui-router. Everything works as I want, where all bad URLs are sent to the 404 state. However, even though my default state is correctly rendered when the url is /#/, the url of / is redirected to /404/. How can I server the default state to both / and /#/?
app.js
MyApp.config( function ($stateProvider, $urlRouterProvider) {

// For any unmatched url, send to 404
$urlRouterProvider.otherwise("/404/");

$stateProvider
    // Home  (default)
    .state('default', {
        url: '/',
        resolve: {
            ...
        },
   }
});

A: I wanted to do this only with states, so no url provider involved. I found the following solution which I think is good:
(sorry it's coffeescript)
  $stateProvider.
    state('base.public.notFound',
      url:         '^*path'
      templateUrl: 'views/layouts/404.html'
    )

Put this as the last state and you are done!

A: I think this will accomplish your needs -
MyApp.config(function($stateProvider, $urlRouterProvider) {
    // the known route
    $urlRouterProvider.when('', '/');

    // For any unmatched url, send to 404
    $urlRouterProvider.otherwise('/404');

    $stateProvider
        // Home  (default)
        .state('default', {
            url: '/',
            resolve: {
                // ...
            }
            // ....
        });
});

I refered to this post.  You may need to use a regular expression to handle routes with data.
Instead of the  # in your URL you can use a query string too and grab it via $stateParams in a state.
Here is how you can do that -
  // ....

  $stateProvider

    .state('default', {
        url: '/?data',
        templateUrl: 'templates/index.html',
        controller: 'defaultCtrl'
    })

And then you can use this below to go to home with data -
var toStateData = {
    key1: 'value1',
    key2: 'value2'
}

$state.go('default', {data: JSON.stringify(toStateData)});

You don't have to stringify the data in $stateParams but this will allow more options with one parameter.  In the defaultCtrl controller you can get the passed query string like this -
var stateData = JSON.parse($stateParams.data);
var key1 = stateData.key1;
// ....

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Saenuri's Rhee In-je declares presidential bid
By KH디지털2
Published : Jan 15, 2017 - 14:58 Updated : Jan 15, 2017 - 14:58
Rhee In-je of the ruling Saenuri Party on Sunday declared his presidential bid for the fourth time since 1997, unveiling his plans for a constitutional revision and state governance.
The former six-term lawmaker said that if elected, he would push for a constitutional amendment to enact a "power-sharing" model that would diffuse powers currently concentrated wholly in a single president, within six months of his election.
Rhee In-je of the ruling Saenuri Party (Yonhap)
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He also vowed to push for a reform of family-owned conglomerates and promote fairness and transparency in business circles. (Yonhap)


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A Museum Quality Print of the American Crow by John James Audubon for his ornithology book The Birds of America published between 1827 to 1838, this bird was plate number or picture #156 in the first Havell edition of the book. He shows the crow setting in a walnut tree full of nuts, with a hummingbird nest below the crow.
Corvus Americanus - Audubon describes the walnut as being a great tree with its lumber being used for furniture and ship building, the boards being able to resist the effects of weather for years, the nuts being very edible but to oily for Mr. Audubon and where ever the walnut tree is found you could count on the ground being of good quality. He says the following about the American Crow " The Crow is an extremely shy bird, having found familiarity with man no way to his advantage. He is also cunning--at least he is so called, because he takes care of himself and his brood. The state of anxiety, I may say of terror, in which he is constantly kept, would be enough to spoil the temper of any creature. Almost every person has an antipathy to him, and scarcely one of his race would be left in the land, did he not employ all his ingenuity, and take advantage of all his experience, in counteracting the evil machinations of his enemies. Wherever within the Union the laws encourage the destruction of this species, it is shot in great numbers for the sake of the premium offered for each Crow's head. You will perhaps be surprised, reader, when I tell you that in one single State, in the course of a season, 40,000 were shot, besides the multitudes of young birds killed in their nests. Must I add to this slaughter other thousands destroyed by the base artifice of laying poisoned grain along the fields to tempt these poor birds? Yes, I will tell you of all this too.
The natural feelings of every one who admires the bounty of Nature in providing abundantly for the subsistence of all her creatures, prompt me to do so. Like yourself, I admire all her wonderful works, and respect her wise intentions, even when her laws are far beyond our limited comprehension. The Crow devours myriads of grubs every day of the year, that might lay waste the farmer's fields; it destroys quadrupeds innumerable, every one of which is an enemy to his poultry and his flocks. Why then should the farmer be so ungrateful, when he sees such services rendered to him by a providential friend, as to persecute that friend even to the death? The American Crow is common in all parts of the United States. It becomes gregarious immediately after the breeding season, when it forms flocks sometimes containing hundreds, or even thousands. Towards autumn, the individuals bred in the Eastern Districts almost all remove to the Southern States, where they spend the winter in vast numbers..."
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Q: Xmlstarlet conditional select I'm trying to select in my xml only the name of the section when id=1
This is a xml example:
<Raiz>

        <entry title="title1"/>

        <entry title="title2"/>

        <entry title="title3"/>

</Raiz>

I want to select the section name when id=1
Im trying with
xmlstarlet sel -t -v "/Raiz/section/@name" -i id=1 file.xml

and
xmlstarlet sel -t -v "/Raiz/section/@name" -i [@id=1] file.xml
xmlstarlet sel -t -v "/Raiz/section/@name" -i "id=1" file.xml
xmlstarlet sel -t -v "/Raiz/section/@name" -i @id=1 file.xml

but the output always is:
name1
name2
name3

How can I only select name1?

A: You can try using XPath predicate expression to filter
 element by id attribute value :
xmlstarlet sel -t -v "/Raiz/section[@id=1]/@name" file.xml


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Inside the Frat House: Why six American stars are roommates at The Open
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Even abroad, an ocean away from the familiar comforts of Florida mansions and high-walled country clubs, six American PGA Tour stars have crammed their way into a rental house. Rickie Fowler, Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Kevin Kisner, Zach Johnson and Jimmy Walker opted once again for camaraderie over comfort at this week's Open Championship, continuing a recent tradition by piling into a sprawling rental overlooking Royal Portrush.
As he finished Monday's practice round, Fowler gazed up from the 18th green and tried to identify the group's rental from several large houses overlooking the course. "I guess I could walk here from the house, but it would just be through a fan gate," he said, pondering the possibility.
It's not just the competitors in the house, however. "Six players, three wives and a chef," Kisner explained after his Saturday round. It sounds like the start of a joke. In reality, it's half of a formidable Ryder Cup squad.
This is nothing new for this crew, of course. To say nothing of boyhood friends Spieth and Thomas, or current Florida neighbors Fowler and Thomas, this group has bonded on multiple U.S. teams in international competition. More to the point, they've had nearly this exact group for this event since 2016 at Royal Troon. Only when Jason Dufner failed to qualify for this year's Open did the Carnoustie 7 (below) from 2018 turn into the Portrush 6.
Thank you @traegergrills and @e3meatco for sending over a slice of home!!!!! Chef @michaelparker3036 went #fullsend tonight for us!!
A post shared by Jimmy Walker (@jimmywalkerpga) on Jul 18, 2018 at 11:45am PDT
Kisner's in town fresh off a missed cut at the Scottish Open. He's been traveling with Thomas, who finished T9 in Scotland before jumping over to Northern Ireland. Johnson is the third member of the house traveling stag, fresh off a substandard T37 at the John Deere Classic.
Fowler and Walker missed the cut at the Scottish, too. Spieth, the final member, hasn't played since the Travelers Championship, but flew to Dublin for some pre-Open Irish golf, including at least one bonus round at Portmarnock. On Monday, Walker posted a photo of the three house couples: he and his wife Erin, Spieth with his wife Annie, and Fowler with his fiancee Allison.
Kiz was in the bathroom….. @k_kisner
A post shared by Jimmy Walker (@jimmywalkerpga) on Jul 14, 2019 at 1:03pm PDT
"We gave all the bedrooms and bathrooms to the women," Kisner said. "So the rest of us share another one."
In a sport famous for routine-oriented loners, for wolfpacks of one, this house stands apart. What's the philosophy here? Is it a strategic way to take on a distant land — or just for kicks?
"It's a really fun week," Spieth said assuredly. "The last four years, five or six of us players have stayed in one house. It's a lot of fun. We don't normally do that. There's a lot of good table topics, and just shooting the s— and stuff. It's good."
Tour Confidential Daily: Who triumphs Sunday at Royal Portrush?
When it comes to house hierarchy, Spieth deferred to his wisecracking fellow southerner. "Kiz is kind of the leader of the house. And then everybody just has fun. It's a cool experience being able to all stay in one place at The Open Championship and enjoy the coolest tournament in the world."
House ringleader? Kisner wasn't so sure. "Maybe on just the drinking and the funny part," he said. "The rest of it, they're in charge."
These guys are hardly slumming it, of course — in large part thanks to that chef. Chef Michael Parker, formerly of the Floridian in Palm City, counts Brooks Koepka among his chief clients and has cult hero status in the Tour world.
"He's a cool dude. Makes some good food," Spieth offered.
"I guess he tells Brooks sorry — he's already booked for this week," Kisner adds. "He's great. He gets it, he understands golf, stays out of the way and cooks good meals."
The Open 2019: How every storyline could play out Sunday at Royal Portrush
The home-cooked meals and the year-after-year lodging have made these houses true home bases, exciting places to return to. There's a trend on Tour away from the sterility of a hotel room; this tradition takes that one step further.
"We all just hang at the house, whether it's in the morning before play, or tonight we'll all have dinner and hang out, whether it's movies or watching some golf," Fowler said. "It's a good escape. It's a fun hang."
For his part as alleged social chair, Kisner admitted he's been disappointed by the lack of gaming, attributable to weather, timing and preparations. In 2017, baseball was the sport of choice; in 2018 soccer was in vogue.
"Just not as many of the exciting outdoor activities. Not as much goofing off, I think just because the schedules have been off," he lamented. "Yesterday Jimmy Walker and I teed off at 3:30, everybody was gone all day and it was just him and I laying around, and we don't get home till 10 o'clock at night."
The newness of Royal Portrush contributed to their practice-time focus, too. Thomas said he'd attempted to scout the course ahead of time on YouTube, but came up relatively empty. It's a reminder of their diligence — for all the talk of hangs and couches, these guys are pros for a reason.
But there's a collective camaraderie in the house, one that leads to players rooting for one another for concrete reasons. "Hopefully some of the boys will be going late as well, or at least not early," Fowler said. "We'll hang out in the morning. Typically throw a movie on, whatever it may be, depending on how late I'm going."
Heading to Sunday's final round, Fowler has the latest tee time. After a Saturday 66, he sits T6 at eight under, but that puts him eight shots back of Shane Lowry's lead, meaning another near-miss is more likely than a first major win. Spieth made an early Saturday move but never fully launched into contention; he's seven under.
Thomas shot 68 to stake a claim to four under. Kisner shot 70 and is two under. Four under-par rounds for the four roomies; Johnson (four over) and Walker (six over) failed to make the weekend.
As for the best and worst roommate? Thomas laughed, then punted on the question. "Everybody's tied for first on that."