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Form Inter-Ministry Network For Better Health Care Access In Rural Sarawak — Dr Kelvin Yii
By CodeBlue | 10 December 2022
No babies in a country with supposed universal health care coverage should die in their mother's arms on the way to the hospital.
Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii. Picture by Boo Su-Lyn.
There has to be a transparent and comprehensive enquiry and investigation into two recent cases of death in Sarawak, allegedly due to the lack of access of health care services in their respective areas.
The first case involves a baby allegedly died in its mother's arms while travelling on a bus from Julau to Kuching for treatment. The other was an elderly woman from Lawas who died before an ambulance that was supposed to send her to hospital could go through the gate of Sungai Tujoh Immigration, Customs, Quarantine and Security (ICQS).
It is saddening that in this day and age, we still hear of such cases where there are people, especially in the rural areas, who are deprived of their right to quality health care. This is a clear symptom of long-term under-investment and neglect in our health care services, especially in rural areas.
However, to properly address this issue, we need to address the different social determinants of health (SDoH), which includes addressing poverty, providing basic amenities, equitable development and many others which may not only fall under the Ministry of Health.
That is why, moving forward to resolve health inequities, there has to be a comprehensive federal-state inter-ministry and inter-agency framework to come up with a holistic blueprint to properly address all the different social determinants of health so that no one is left behind.
I hope the new Health Minister and Deputy Minister will spearhead these inter-governmental agencies to first and foremost, identify issues and then allocate the necessary resources to better equip the healthcare facilities in rural areas, and also ensure development in the surrounding ecosystem.
Then, it is important to firstly give all the necessary support to existing health care staff in the area, and then ensuring that these facilities have the necessary specialists and manpower, and even basic amenities and development so that even in cases of emergency, patient transfers can be done in the most efficient manner without unnecessary hurdles.
All this requires political will and more importantly, for ministries not to work in silos anymore.
We may need to "re-think" how we do health care, especially in rural areas, as we want to ensure that all Malaysians will get access to quality universal health care and such incidents do not happen again.
Dr Kelvin Yii is the Member of Parliament for Bandar Kuching.
This is the personal opinion of the writer or publication and does not necessarily represent the views of CodeBlue.
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The Best Used Patagonia Gear You Can Buy Now
Patagonia's Worn Wear website is a place where used and repaired clothing and equipment is sold at a huge discount.
By Tanner Bowden
Last September, Patagonia launched its Worn Wear website, which is an online shop where lightly-used and mended Patagonia gear is sold with a big price cut. The idea behind Worn Wear — that outdoor equipment should be repaired, not replaced — isn't a new one for the brand. Patagonia has long been known for its dedication to minimizing its environmental footprint as much as a billion dollar company can, and making its products as nondisposable as possible is paramount to that goal.
That ethos is written plainly in Patagonia's mission statement: "Build the best product, cause no unnecessary harm, use business to inspire and implement solutions to the environmental crisis." It starts with product for a reason — if a product is good, its quality and longevity will inevitably keep consumers from replacing it as often as they might with something cheaper, in both price and quality.
On Black Friday, 2011 Patagonia doubled-down on this solemn undertaking with a full-page ad in the New York Times with a blaring command: "Don't Buy This Jacket." In the ad copy that followed, Patagonia admitted sincerely its understanding that each jacket or backpack it makes takes a heavy toll on the environment and its resources, but it also encouraged consumers to repair, reuse and recycle worn-out gear.
Worn Wear is the evolution of that declaration. Patagonia's repair program — it promises to replace or fix-up any faulty or damaged merchandise — is an assurance that helps consumers justify buying gear that's often more expensive than similar items from competitors. It also keeps them loyal long-term. At the same time that Patagonia launched the Worn Wear website, it also announced a trade-in program in which customers can drop off used clothing in exchange for store credit that can be used on new products.
The trade-ins are washed and repaired by Patagonia's experts and entered into the Worn Wear database. The site is now brimming with jackets, shirts, pants, board shorts and more. It's like walking into a Goodwill stocked exclusively with awesome outdoor gear, and as such, sizes are limited, but there are also some once-in-a-lifetime scores. And remember, anything you buy can be traded in for store credit again later. Here are our seven favorite items currently in the Worn Wear store.
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Sara Salazar Wiki [José José Wife], Age, Bio, Kids, Family, Net Worth
Celebrity spouse By Jeevan Shetty On September 28, 2019
Sara Salazar Wiki
Sara Salazar is the third wife of José José' who is an iconic Mexican singer and songwriter known affectionately as El príncipe de la Canción (Prince of Songs). On September 28, 2019, he passed away in a hospital in South Florida.
He battled pancreatic cancer for several years and his death was confirmed by his assistant Laura Nuñez on Twitter. She wrote, "Today, Saturday, September 28, José José died at age 71 in Miami Flo .. Confirmed by his assistant Laura Nuñez."
Hoy sábado 28 de Septiembre falleció José José a los 71 años en Miami Flo.. Confirmado por su asistente Laura Nuñez pic.twitter.com/Z0cijTqBsm
— TelevisaEspectáculos (@TvsEspectaculos) September 28, 2019
In 2017, José José confirmed that he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Later, he had undergone chemotherapy, telling fans in a video two years ago: "That is the reality of what I'm going through. I want you to know that aside from the small tumor, I am well. I am ready to take on this new adventure in my life."
At the time, he was 69 and had been hospitalized and the doctor said he would live two more years. In 2018, he was rushed to a Florida hospital by private jet and during that time he weighed less than 100 pounds.
According to Billboard, he "had 20 Hot Latin Songs hits, four reached No. 1, and 15 albums on the Top Latin Albums chart," and he sold more than 1.8 million albums in the United States. Then, José José had achieved "worldwide fame in 1971 with his interpretation of Roberto Cantoral's 'El Triste', at the OTI Festival."
Sara Salazar Husband
She tied the knot with Singer José José in 1995 and they met at a Miami house party, and at first, Salazar confused the Mexican balladeer for a salsa singer. He was married to Natalia Kiki Herrera Calles from 1970 to 1976. Later, the singer was married to Anel much longer – from 1976 to 1990.
However, the singer was married three times and leaves behind three children. Sara and the singer share one kid and previously he was married to Anel (Noreña) and Kikis Herrera Calles. José José is survived by his wife Sara Salazar, his children Sarita Sosa (who he had with his current wife), and José Joel and Marisol (who had with Anel Noreña). Where Jose-Francisco Ortiz (born 1975), Marysol Estrella Ortiz (born 1982) and Sara Ortiz (born 1995)
In 2018, Salazar admitted, according to Quien, that she was living separately from the singer, but denied they were divorcing. She attributed the separation to her health problems. "There [José José] has the attention of my daughter, of Jimmy, the husband of my daughter who loves him very much, and of Didier, Jimmy's brother," she said, according to the publication.
According to Quien, when asked about the possibility of divorce, she said, "The one who invented that does not know me, how do you think that after my husband has done so much for me I am going out with such a thing?" She added: "I always kiss him and say 'I love you, here I am for you forever."
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Use the New-S3Bucket cmdlet to create a new Amazon S3 bucket. The following examples creates a bucket named website-example. The name of the bucket must be unique across all regions. The example creates the bucket in the us-west-1 region.
You can verify the region in which the bucket is located using the Get-S3BucketLocation cmdlet.
You could use the following line to remove this bucket. We suggest that you leave this bucket in place as we use it in subsequent examples.
Note that the bucket removal process takes some time to finish. If you try to create a same-named bucket immediately, the New-S3Bucket cmdlet might fail for a period of time.


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var UBound = 0;
var bug = 103602;
var summary = 'Reassignment to a const is NOT an error per ECMA';
var status = '';
var statusitems = [];
var actual = '';
var actualvalues = [];
var expect= '';
var expectedvalues = [];
var cnFAIL_1 = 'Redeclaration of a const FAILED to cause an error';
var cnFAIL_2 = 'Reassigning to a const caused an ERROR! It should not!!!';
var sEval = '';

/*
 * Not every implementation supports const (a non-ECMA extension)
 * For example, Rhino does not; it would generate a complile-time error.
 * So we have to hide this so it will be detected at run-time instead.
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try
{
  sEval = 'const one = 1';
  eval(sEval);
}
catch(e)
{
  quit(); // if const is not supported, this testcase is over -
}

status = inSection(1);
try
{
  /*
   * Redeclaration of const should be a compile-time error.
   * Hide so it will be detected at run-time.
   */
  sEval = 'const one = 2;';
  eval(sEval);

  expect = ''; // we shouldn't reach this line
  actual = cnFAIL_1;
  addThis();
}
catch(e)
{
  // good - we should be here.
  actual = expect;
  addThis();
}

status = inSection(2);
try
{
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   * Reassignment to a const should be NOT be an error, per ECMA.
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  actual = expect; // good: no error was generated
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  actual = one;
  expect = 1;
  addThis();

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  actual = (one = 2);
  expect = 2;
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}

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  actual = cnFAIL_2;
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}

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  statusitems[UBound] = status;
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  expectedvalues[UBound] = expect;
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}

function test()
{
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  }

  exitFunc ('test');
}

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Rehash of old threads I am sure, but didnt want to bump an old one..
So I was having misfires on 3 and 6, figured good time to change the spark plugs. Bought NGK 95770 and gapped to .022.
After I was done with the install I started it, it seemed to idle abit high, around 1k rpm, but settled down to 600 after about 1 minute. Figured it might be computer resetting or whatnot. Got in the car to drive it and it was really sluggish and loud when when driving in the neighborhood. Almost feel no torque when putting down the gas, and it seems excessively loud even at 2500 rmps..
I took it back to the house and not sure how to move forward, anyone have good suggestions?
Last edited by Skyline404; 01-11-2019 at 01:50 PM..
Re-check everything- ensure plugs are all torqued to spec & coils are all pushed 100% down / seated & the connectors are all secure and fully pushed in.
Originally Posted by Dave @ BMS/Fuel-It!
I will check again, but I have checked afew times. I torqued them to 17 ft/pounds. I called my local tuner shop and they said trying to gap them at .026, did that and saw no difference. I put the boschs back in and its still sluggish and loud when putting the food down on the gas. No check engine light, or vibrations or anything of that nature. Just no acceleration, no torque, and the DCI is really loud.. Could this be a lose vacum hose?
Sounds like boost leak or vacuum hose.
Yup. Something must have gotten disrupted, or a 'coincidence' occurred.
A few of us have found that with the NGK, upon second torque-check, they are not tight.
However, given you changed them back and have the same - it's not the plugs.
Any chance you have a JB4 installed and can post a log?
I do have a JB4, but have never done a log before, would it better to do one on my PC or the Android application?
Just switched back the NGK, it does run, no crazy idles or stutters or anything... Have driven maybe 10 miles so far, but no CEL or anything... yet. No pending codes in INPA either, or the JB4 PC application.
But the DCI is crazy loud when I put on the gas, and it does not seem to have the pull that it used to and def feels alot slower on the throttle/acceleration..
I will try to get some logs in alittle while and post them up.
Just switched back the NGK, it does run, no crazy idles or stutters or anything... But the DCI is crazy loud when I put on the gas, and it does not seem to have the pull that it used to.
I have checked everything over and over, by that I mean the gaps, although my gapping tool looked suspect so i just went over to auto zone and bought a new one... Will pull them all out and check triple the check the gaps with the new one after I get some logs... Turner shop I go to said to try .026 gaps, so thats what they all should be set at.
Ok this might just be tripping out, and not used to how loud the DCI is, as I am normally used to listening to music, just not sure.
It seemed to run alright but still to me, sluggish and loud but who knows, I did see both blinkers come on once around 5.5k RPM, but did not follow with a cel, and nothing in JB4 application.
Most boring logs I've reviewed.
You never step on it.
I do see your boost is over target by 4+ much of the time, but you are also feathering, so hard to tell without another log under load.


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100 years ago in Redlands: City completes…
100 years ago in Redlands: City completes excavation for Sylvan Plunge
This photo of the excavation for Redlands' Sylvan Plunge, the swimming pool in Sylvan Park that served the city from 1923 to the 1970s, ran Dec. 12, 1922, in the Redlands Daily Facts. (Redlands Daily Facts)
By Redlands Daily Facts | |
PUBLISHED: December 3, 2022 at 9:02 a.m. | UPDATED: December 3, 2022 at 9:03 a.m.
Swimming pool excavation made
The hole for the swimming pool at Sylvan Park has been dug according to the report made to W.C. Guerth, who has been in general charge of the campaign for the pool, by G.S. Hinckley, city engineer. The city tractor and teams were used in scooping out the big hole and those who have been out to look it over say that it is some sizeable bathing place.
The timber has been placed on the grounds for the forms and these will be placed next week and the pouring of concrete will be started then. Several transfer men of the city have agreed to haul the concrete free of charge and they will begin work this week.
At the meeting of the merchants this morning Mr. Guerth was given a rising vote of thanks for his excellent work in putting the swimming pool across, He was given credit for the great proportion of the work that has been done.
Building will be erected at the cemetery
G.S. Hinckley, city engineer, presented at the meeting of the city trustees yesterday afternoon plans for an office building, comfort station and service station for Hillside cemetery to be built on the hill above the entrance of the cemetery.
The building, which is to be of pleasing design with tile roof and an exterior of stucco, is to cost about $4,000. The front room is to be an office nicely equipped and with a fireplace. Off it are comfort stations for men and women, thoroughly equipped and rest lounges so that out-of-town funeral parties can be accommodated. Back of these will be two wings with a patio in the center, these to be used for storage of materials and tool room.
The trustees were favorable toward the erection of the building, which has been badly needed for months.
Ornamental lights are springing up all over town. Yesterday the trustees awarded a contract to the Southwest Electric company for ornamental lights on Kendall to cost $680 and on West State to cost $697. Petitions came in for ornamental lights on Brookside from Third to Center and were received. It is understood that a petition for lights on Eureka from Olive to Fern will come in soon and W.H Pettibone plans to circulate one for Eureka from Olive to Brookside.
There was a lengthy discussion with representatives of the Chamber of Commerce, Realty Board and Merchants association relative to the signs to be placed on the roads entering Redlands and advertising the city. The cost will be about $700 and the city promised to provide the posts for the signs and to install them. Several spoke of the value there would be in advertising.
W.C. Guerth reported for the swimming pool committee that $1,500 in money has been received and more is coming in.
A new censorship commission appointed to view the various productions that come to Redlands that come to Redlands. Rev Ralph Smith, former head, has left the city. Mrs. Anna Lewis was made head of the commission with Rev. Herbert C. Ide and C.M. Brown as members.
Plans were discussed for getting foamite tanks for the city fire department, these are badly needed according to Chief Jones.
S.H. Dowdy made a protest of the action of neighbors' chickens in visiting him and an investigation was promised.
There was a lengthy discussion of plans for the paving of Third Street from Citrus Avenue to Central Avenue, just two blocks. It will be done, it is thought.
Swimming pool excavation completed at Sylvan Park
The work of excavating for the swimming pool in Sylvan Park has been finished and next week it is expected to start the work of placing the forms for the concrete. The forms will all be placed before the pouring of the concrete is started.
The pool is going to be one of the finest in the state according to the plans and specifications which have been completed for it is one of the largest and is so designed that it will be as comfortable and convenient as a pool can be made.
When the pool is completed the work of building the necessary dressing rooms for the present will be started. These will be of the latest type, the men's dressing rooms and boys' dressing rooms to be of the thrown together type instead of small cells. There will be some partitions for parties in these but the lockers and dressing benches will be out in one big room. The showers are to be of the latest type it is planned.
Editor's note: Redlanders swam in the Sylvan Plunge, the city's swimming pool in Sylvan Park, from the time it opened in June 1923 until it closed in the 1970s. The Redlands Skate Park is now on the site where the Sylvan Plunge was.
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Having a presence on various social media sites is extremely important when recruiting millennials. Not only do you need to have accounts set up, you also need to be very active on these sites. The millennial generation is always on social media and sharing as much information as they can. In fact, a 2015 report from comScore found that the average millennial spends almost 26 hours a month on mobile social media apps.
Social media sites are very useful in targeting specific demographics, especially when it comes to recruiting millennials. For example, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter all have advertising platforms, which empower you to target the types of candidates you are searching for so that your ads appear in their feed.
Join specific groups on LinkedIn that fall in line with the types of candidates you are searching for, such as college alumni groups. Be active in these groups and communicate with the members so that they will share your job postings with others.
Millennials are not always quick to answer phone calls or return emails. A 2014 Gallup survey found that, when it comes to communication, texting is the most popular form for young adults. On a day-to-day basis, 68 percent of millennials text "a lot." If you are planning on recruiting millennials, be sure that you are including texting in your strategy.
You may very well get a quick reply back via text to ask for more information on the job or request a time to talk.
When it comes to recruiting millennials, who better to spearhead the effort than your millennial employees? It is likely that you already have millennials in your company. Make sure that they know about the job openings you have. When they have easy access to job information and know that you would like to consider their referrals, you have a greater chance of them sharing the information with their millennial friends.
It's not news that millennials are looking for a company culture with flexible schedules, collaboration, and meaningful work. Don't believe it? A 2014 Randstad survey found that, for 70 percent of millennials, the people they work with helps them do better work. For 51 percent, meaningful work better engaged them.
If you pride yourself and your company on the fact that you offer this type of culture to your employees, then it is smart to display this in your job ads when recruiting millennials.
Why would a millennial want to work at my company?
What does my company offer that others may not?
Write down as many answers to these questions as you can and be sure to include as many as possible in your ads.
Additionally, get creative with the formatting of your ad. If you want to catch the eyes of millennials, you need to step it up a notch. Boring, Times New Roman font and black and white text will not be attractive to this group of job seekers. Use color, graphics, and even consider using video advertisement.
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When it comes to millennials, it's clear they LOVE technology. When hiring millennials, it's important to find where exactly millennials are "hanging out" and conversing online. Aside from social media, you will find that texting, live online updates, and attractive websites are all important recruiting tools when it comes to reaching the "plugged-in" millennial generation.
As we said before, for many of us, millennials included, texting has become our go-to form of communication. So why should this be any different when recruiting millennials? Rather than spin your wheels, leaving numerous voicemails on candidate phones, try sending a text message. You may be surprised to see that you will receive a greater response rate from millennials via text than phone calls and voicemails.
Millennials like instant notification without constant phone calls. If you are revamping your recruiting strategy, be sure to include a system of automated live updates. This system should be easily accessible via computer or smartphone.
Updates informing job opening status, the stage that an application is in, etc. are all things that millennials will embrace.
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Also, consider including videos that clearly portray your culture and what the day to day environment looks like. Perhaps include videos of your employees talking about what they do and what they enjoy about their job.
In years past, if you were situated in Connecticut and had a qualified candidate you wanted to speak with in California, your options were limited. You either had to hope a phone conversation would suffice, or you had to pay to fly this individual out to your office.
Video interviewing has revolutionized this completely. Now, candidates from all over the world can record video interviews on their own time (eliminating issues about time zone differences) for hiring managers to watch when they're free. It takes the hassle out of hiring, as there is much less concern about syncing up schedules to chat with candidates.
This is a huge perk for candidates, too, as it makes it easier (and much more cost-friendly) to apply for jobs outside of their current city. For talent who is looking for a new career opportunity, but concerned about spending time flying all over the country to interview, there's no need to worry any longer. Anyone can now apply and interview for jobs all over the world without ever leaving the comfort of home.
Before the Internet, you relied on a person's resume and cover letter to get a sense of what they were all about. You had to hope they were being genuine during an interview. That's all changed with the rise of social media.
Now, you can hop on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, or any number of different social media platforms and hear from the candidate directly. What's on their mind? What kind of pictures do they deem appropriate to share? These factors can paint a clearer picture of what this individual is all about and can help you determine whether they would be a good fit for your business.
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Just because a candidate wasn't a good fit for a particular role, doesn't mean they'll never be a good fit for your business. Because of this, it's smart to keep strong resumes on file for when jobs become available in the future. Before the days of computers, you had to hope someone kept these resumes neatly filed away and didn't accidentally toss them. Now, you can build a whole database and easily sort through to find the type of employee you're searching for.
This is a major improvement for candidates as well. Instead of having to go through the whole application process each time they'd like to be considered for a job, they can just revisit the company's online portal and resubmit their stored resume. Additionally, they may be contacted about open positions that they were previously unaware of simply because their resume has been stored for future consideration.
Technology has also made it much easier to communicate with candidates who may not be a good fit for a particular role. Instead of waiting weeks to get a rejection letter in the mail, they can have an email delivered to their inbox. While this may be unfortunate news, it allows them to continue on with their job search more quickly.
If you're planning on recruiting millennials, social media is key to a successful recruitment strategy. Not only are millennials using social media to connect with friends and family, but as American Press Institute points out, 88 percent of millennials are looking to social media for daily news updates. Let's face it, social media is a key part of the life of a millennial and it is equally important to your millennial recruiting strategy.
How often do you notice a millennial walking down the street, sitting in a restaurant, waiting in line at a checkout, or waiting in a doctor's office all while looking at their smartphone? Smartphones have made it so easy for us to always stay connected, and millennials are always plugged-in and checking social media updates. If there is one place where your advertising will get the most visibility, it's on social media.
Take a look through your social media feeds and pay attention to how many "shares," "likes," or "retweets" you see. Social media platforms promote sharing, whether it's sharing photos, life events, food eaten, favorite restaurants, or news updates. Since social media is a virtual playground for millennials, you will notice that they are embracing the pastime of social media sharing. They, like brands and places, share upcoming events or news constantly.
When you focus your millennial recruiting strategy throughout social media, you have a greater chance of millennials noticing your ads and sharing them with other millennials. This is an excellent way to ensure that you're capturing a wide audience of millennials when it comes to your job advertisements.
We mentioned social media ads before, but let's really dig into what makes them powerful. While social media is free to an extent, sometimes it is well worth it to invest money into social media advertisements. Many social media platforms, such as Facebook and LinkedIn, allow you to laser focus your ads on your target millennial audience by setting age preferences, location, college degrees, as well as other demographics. This allows you the opportunity to ensure that your ad is appearing in the daily feed of your millennial audience.
Also, assuming that you already have some millennials on your team, make sure that they know where to find your ads online so they can share with other millennials. When it comes to attracting millennials, there is no greater testament to your company brand than having your existing employees recommend your place of employment.
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import csv
import sqlite3
import sys
import os
from zipfile import ZipFile
from codecs import iterdecode
import datetime

class UTF8TextFile(object):
    def __init__(self, fp):
        self.fp = fp

    def next(self):
        return self.fp.next().encode( "ascii", "backslashreplace" )

    def __iter__(self):
        return self

def cons(ary):
    for i in range(len(ary)-1):
        yield (ary[i], ary[i+1])

def parse_gtfs_time(timestr):
    return (lambda x:int(x[0])*3600+int(x[1])*60+int(x[2]))(timestr.split(":")) #oh yes I did

def parse_gtfs_date(datestr):
    return (int(datestr[0:4]), int(datestr[4:6]), int(datestr[6:8]))

def create_table(cc, gtfs_basename, header):
    # Create stoptimes table
    sqlite_field_definitions = ["%s %s"%(field_name, field_type if field_type else "TEXT") for field_name, field_type, field_converter in header]
    cc.execute("create table %s (%s)"%(gtfs_basename,",".join(sqlite_field_definitions)))

def load_gtfs_table_to_sqlite(fp, gtfs_basename, cc, header=None):
    """header is iterable of (fieldname, fieldtype, processing_function). For example, (("stop_sequence", "INTEGER", int),).
    "TEXT" is default fieldtype. Default processing_function is lambda x:x"""

    ur = UTF8TextFile( fp )
    rd = csv.reader( ur )

    # create map of field locations in gtfs header to field locations as specified by the table definition
    gtfs_header = next(rd)
    gtfs_field_indices = dict(zip(gtfs_header, range(len(gtfs_header))))

    field_name_locations = [gtfs_field_indices[field_name] if field_name in gtfs_field_indices else None for field_name, field_type, field_converter in header]
    field_converters = [field_definition[2] for field_definition in header]
    field_operator = list(zip(field_name_locations, field_converters))

    # populate stoptimes table
    insert_template = 'insert into %s (%s) values (%s)'%(gtfs_basename,",".join([x[0] for x in header]), ",".join(["?"]*len(header)))
    print( insert_template )
    for i, line in enumerate(rd):
        #print( i%50, line )
        if i%5000==0: print(i)

        # carry on quietly if there's a blank line in the csv
        if line == []:
            continue

        _line = []
        for i, converter in field_operator:
            if i is not None:
                if converter:
                    _line.append( converter(line[i]) )
                else:
                    _line.append( line[i] )
            else:
                _line.append( None )

        cc.execute(insert_template, _line)

class Pattern:
    def __init__(self, pattern_id, stop_ids, layovers, crossings):
        self.pattern_id = pattern_id
        self.stop_ids = stop_ids
        self.layovers = layovers
        self.crossings = crossings

    @property
    def signature(self):
        return (tuple(self.stops), tuple(self.crossings), tuple(self.layovers))

class TripBundle:
    def __init__(self, gtfsdb, pattern):
        self.gtfsdb = gtfsdb
        self.pattern = pattern
        self.trip_ids = []

    def add_trip(self, trip_id):
        self.trip_ids.append( trip_id )

    def stop_time_bundle( self, stop_id, service_id ):
        c = self.gtfsdb.conn.cursor()

        query = """
SELECT stop_times.* FROM stop_times, trips
  WHERE stop_times.trip_id = trips.trip_id
        AND trips.trip_id IN (%s)
        AND trips.service_id = ?
        AND stop_times.stop_id = ?
  ORDER BY departure_time"""%(",".join(["'%s'"%x for x in self.trip_ids]))

        c.execute(query, (service_id,str(stop_id)))

        return list(c)

    def stop_time_bundles( self, service_id ):
        for stop_id in self.pattern.stop_ids:
            yield self.stop_time_bundle( stop_id, service_id )

    def __repr__(self):
        return "<TripBundle n_trips: %d n_stops: %d>"%(len(self.trip_ids), len(self.pattern.stop_ids))

class GTFSDatabase:
    TRIPS_DEF = ("trips", (("route_id",   None, None),
                           ("trip_id",    None, None),
                           ("service_id", None, None),
                           ("shape_id", None, None)))
    ROUTES_DEF = ("routes", (("route_id", None, None),
                             ("route_short_name", None, None),
                             ("route_long_name", None, None)) )
    STOP_TIMES_DEF = ("stop_times", (("trip_id", None, None),
                                     ("arrival_time", "INTEGER", parse_gtfs_time),
                                     ("departure_time", "INTEGER", parse_gtfs_time),
                                     ("stop_id", None, None),
                                     ("stop_sequence", "INTEGER", None),
                                     ("shape_dist_traveled", "FLOAT", None)))
    STOPS_DEF = ("stops", (("stop_id", None, None),
                           ("stop_name", None, None),
                           ("stop_lat", "FLOAT", None),
                           ("stop_lon", "FLOAT", None)) )
    CALENDAR_DEF = ("calendar", (("service_id", None, None),
                                 ("monday", "INTEGER", None),
                                 ("tuesday", "INTEGER", None),
                                 ("wednesday", "INTEGER", None),
                                 ("thursday", "INTEGER", None),
                                 ("friday", "INTEGER", None),
                                 ("saturday", "INTEGER", None),
                                 ("sunday", "INTEGER", None),
                                 ("start_date", None, None),
                                 ("end_date", None, None)) )
    CAL_DATES_DEF = ("calendar_dates", (("service_id", None, None),
                                        ("date", None, None),
                                        ("exception_type", "INTEGER", None)) )
    AGENCY_DEF = ("agency", (("agency_id", None, None),
                             ("agency_name", None, None),
                             ("agency_url", None, None),
                             ("agency_timezone", None, None)) )

    FREQUENCIES_DEF = ("frequencies", (("trip_id", None, None),
                                       ("start_time", "INTEGER", parse_gtfs_time),
                                       ("end_time", "INTEGER", parse_gtfs_time),
                                       ("headway_secs", "INTEGER", None)) )
    CONNECTIONS_DEF = ("connections", (("stop_id1", None, None),
                                       ("stop_id2", None, None),
                                       ("type", None, None),
                                       ("distance", "INTEGER", None)))
    SHAPES_DEF = ("shapes", (("shape_id", None, None),
                               ("shape_pt_lat", "FLOAT", None),
                               ("shape_pt_lon", "FLOAT", None),
                               ("shape_pt_sequence", "INTEGER", None),
                               ("shape_dist_traveled", "FLOAT", None)))

    GTFS_DEF = (TRIPS_DEF,
                STOP_TIMES_DEF,
                STOPS_DEF,
                CALENDAR_DEF,
                CAL_DATES_DEF,
                AGENCY_DEF,
                FREQUENCIES_DEF,
                ROUTES_DEF,
                CONNECTIONS_DEF,
                SHAPES_DEF)

    def __init__(self, sqlite_filename, overwrite=False):
        if overwrite:
            try:
                os.remove(sqlite_filename)
            except:
                pass

        self.conn = sqlite3.connect( sqlite_filename )

    def load_gtfs(self, gtfs_filename, reporter=None):
        c = self.conn.cursor()

        zf = ZipFile( gtfs_filename )

        for tablename, table_def in self.GTFS_DEF:
            if reporter: reporter.write( "creating table %s\n"%tablename )
            create_table( c, tablename, table_def )
            if reporter: reporter.write( "loading table %s\n"%tablename )

            try:
                trips_file = iterdecode( zf.open(tablename+".txt"), "utf-8" )
                load_gtfs_table_to_sqlite(trips_file, tablename, c, table_def)
            except KeyError:
                if reporter: reporter.write( "NOTICE: GTFS feed has no file %s.txt, cannot load\n"%tablename )

        self._create_indices(c)
        self.conn.commit()
        c.close()

    def _create_indices(self, c):

        c.execute( "CREATE INDEX stop_times_trip_id ON stop_times (trip_id)" )
        c.execute( "CREATE INDEX trips_trip_id ON trips (trip_id)" )
        c.execute( "CREATE INDEX stops_stop_lat ON stops (stop_lat)" )
        c.execute( "CREATE INDEX stops_stop_lon ON stops (stop_lon)" )

    def stops(self):
        c = self.conn.cursor()

        c.execute( "SELECT * FROM stops" )
        ret = list(c)

        c.close()
        return ret

    def stop(self, stop_id):
        c = self.conn.cursor()
        c.execute( "SELECT * FROM stops WHERE stop_id = ?", (stop_id,) )
        ret = next(c)
        c.close()
        return ret

    def count_stops(self):
        c = self.conn.cursor()
        c.execute( "SELECT count(*) FROM stops" )

        ret = next(c)[0]
        c.close()
        return ret

    def compile_trip_bundles(self, reporter=None):

        c = self.conn.cursor()

        patterns = {}
        bundles = {}

        c.execute( "SELECT count(*) FROM trips" )
        n_trips = next(c)[0]

        c.execute( "SELECT trip_id FROM trips" )
        for i, (trip_id,) in enumerate(c):
            if reporter and i%(n_trips//50)==0: reporter.write( "%d/%d trips grouped by %d patterns\n"%(i,n_trips,len(bundles)))

            d = self.conn.cursor()
            d.execute( "SELECT trip_id, arrival_time, departure_time, stop_id FROM stop_times WHERE trip_id=? ORDER BY stop_sequence", (trip_id,) )

            stop_times = list(d)

            stop_ids = [stop_id for trip_id, arrival_time, departure_time, stop_id in stop_times]
            layovers = [departure_time-arrival_time for trip_id, arrival_time, departure_time, stop_id in stop_times]
            crossings = [arrival_time2 - departure_time1 for (trip_id1, arrival_time1, departure_time1, stop_id1),
                                                             (trip_id2, arrival_time2, departure_time2, stop_id2) in cons(stop_times)]
            pattern_signature = (tuple(stop_ids), tuple(layovers), tuple(crossings))

            if pattern_signature not in patterns:
                pattern = Pattern( len(patterns), stop_ids, layovers, crossings )
                patterns[pattern_signature] = pattern
            else:
                pattern = patterns[pattern_signature]

            if pattern not in bundles:
                bundles[pattern] = TripBundle( self, pattern )

            bundles[pattern].add_trip( trip_id )

            #if i==10:
            #    break

        c.close()

        return bundles.values()

    def nearby_stops(self, lat, lng, range):
        c = self.conn.cursor()

        c.execute( "SELECT * FROM stops WHERE stop_lat BETWEEN ? AND ? AND stop_lon BETWEEN ? And ?", (lat-range, lat+range, lng-range, lng+range) )

        for row in c:
            yield row

    def extent(self):
        c = self.conn.cursor()

        c.execute( "SELECT min(stop_lon), min(stop_lat), max(stop_lon), max(stop_lat) FROM stops" )

        ret = next(c)
        c.close()
        return ret

    def execute(self, query, args=None):

        c = self.conn.cursor()

        if args:
            c.execute( query, args )
        else:
            c.execute( query )

        for record in c:
            yield record
        c.close()

    def agency_timezone_name(self, agency_id_or_name=None):

        if agency_id_or_name is None:
            agency_timezone_name = list(self.execute( "SELECT agency_timezone FROM agency LIMIT 1" ))
        else:
            agency_timezone_name = list(self.execute( "SELECT agency_timezone FROM agency WHERE agency_id=? OR agency_name=?", (agency_id_or_name,agency_id_or_name) ))

        return agency_timezone_name[0][0]

    def day_bounds(self):
        daymin = list( self.execute("select min(departure_time) from stop_times") )[0][0]
        daymax = list( self.execute("select max(arrival_time) from stop_times") )[0][0]

        return (daymin, daymax)

    def date_range(self):
        start_date, end_date = list( self.execute("select min(start_date), max(end_date) from calendar") )[0]

        start_date = start_date or "99999999" #sorted greater than any date
        end_date = end_date or "00000000" #sorted earlier than any date

        first_exception_date, last_exception_date = list( self.execute("select min(date), max(date) from calendar_dates WHERE exception_type=1") )[0]

        first_exception_date = first_exception_date or "99999999"
        last_exceptoin_date = last_exception_date or "00000000"

        start_date = min(start_date, first_exception_date)
        end_date = max(end_date, last_exception_date )

        return datetime.date( *parse_gtfs_date(start_date) ), datetime.date( *parse_gtfs_date(end_date) )

    DOWS = ['monday', 'tuesday', 'wednesday', 'thursday', 'friday', 'saturday', 'sunday']
    DOW_INDEX = dict(zip(range(len(DOWS)),DOWS))

    def service_periods(self, datetime):
        # Get the gtfs date range. If the datetime is out of the range, no service periods are in effect
        start_date, end_date = self.date_range()
        if datetime < start_date or datetime > end_date:
            return []

        # Use the day-of-week name to query for all service periods that run on that day
        dow_name = self.DOW_INDEX[datetime.weekday()]
        sids = set( [x[0] for x in self.execute( "SELECT * FROM calendar WHERE %s=1"%dow_name )] )

        # For each exception on the given datetime, add or remove service_id to the accumulating list
        datetimestr = datetime.strftime( "%Y%m%d" )
        for exception_sid, exception_type in self.execute( "select service_id, exception_type from calendar_dates WHERE date = ?", (datetimestr,) ):
            if exception_type == 1:
                sids.add( exception_sid )
            elif exception_type == 2:
                if exception_sid in sids:
                    sids.remove( exception_sid )

        return list(sids)

    def service_ids(self):
        query = "SELECT DISTINCT service_id FROM (SELECT service_id FROM calendar UNION SELECT service_id FROM calendar_dates)"

        return [x[0] for x in self.execute( query )]

    def shape(self, shape_id):
        query = "SELECT shape_pt_lon, shape_pt_lat, shape_dist_traveled from shapes where shape_id = %s order by shape_pt_sequence" % shape_id

        return list(self.execute( query ))

    def shape_between(self, trip_id, stop1, stop2):
        query = """SELECT t.shape_id, st.shape_dist_traveled, st.stop_id, st.stop_sequence
                     FROM trips t
                     JOIN stop_times st ON st.trip_id = t.trip_id
                     WHERE t.trip_id = %s and (st.stop_id = '%s' or st.stop_id = '%s')
                     ORDER BY stop_sequence""" % (trip_id, stop1, stop2)

        distances = []
        shape_id = None
        started = None
        for x in self.execute( query ):
            if not started and x[2] == stop1:
                shape_id = x[0]
                started = True
                distances.append(x[1])

            if started and stop2 == x[2]:
                distances.append(x[1])
                break

        if not shape_id:
            return None

        t_min = min(distances)
        t_max = max(distances)

        shape = []
        last = None
        total_traveled = 0
        for pt in self.shape(shape_id):
            dist_traveled = pt[2]
            if dist_traveled > t_min and dist_traveled < t_max:
                if len(shape) == 0 and total_traveled != 0 and t_min != 0 and dist_traveled - total_traveled != 0:
                    # interpolate first node:
                    percent_along = (dist_traveled - t_min) / (dist_traveled - total_traveled)
                    shape.append((last[0] + (pt[0] - last[0])*percent_along,
                                  last[1] + (pt[1] - last[1])*percent_along))
                else:
                    shape.append(last)
                    last = (pt[0],pt[1])
            elif dist_traveled > t_max:
                # calculate the differnce and interpolate
                percent_along = (dist_traveled - t_max) / (dist_traveled - total_traveled)
                shape.append((last[0] + (pt[0] - last[0])*percent_along,
                              last[1] + (pt[1] - last[1])*percent_along))
                return shape
            else:
                last = (pt[0],pt[1])
            total_traveled = dist_traveled

        return shape

def main_inspect_gtfsdb():
    from sys import argv

    if len(argv) < 2:
        print "usage: python gtfsdb.py gtfsdb_filename [query]"
        exit()

    gtfsdb_filename = argv[1]
    gtfsdb = GTFSDatabase( gtfsdb_filename )

    if len(argv) == 2:
        for table_name, fields in gtfsdb.GTFS_DEF:
            print "Table: %s"%table_name
            for field_name, field_type, field_converter in fields:
                print "\t%s %s"%(field_type, field_name)
        exit()

    query = argv[2]
    for record in gtfsdb.execute( query ):
        print record

    #for stop_id, stop_name, stop_lat, stop_lon in gtfsdb.stops():
    #    print( stop_lat, stop_lon )
    #    gtfsdb.nearby_stops( stop_lat, stop_lon, 0.05 )
    #    break

    #bundles = gtfsdb.compile_trip_bundles()
    #for bundle in bundles:
    #    for departure_set in bundle.iter_departures("WKDY"):
    #        print( departure_set )
    #
    #    #print( len(bundle.trip_ids) )
    #    sys.stdout.flush()

    pass

def main_build_gtfsdb():
    if len(sys.argv) < 3:
        print "Converts GTFS file to GTFS-DB, which is super handy\nusage: python process_gtfs.py gtfs_filename, gtfsdb_filename"
        exit()

    gtfsdb_filename = sys.argv[2]
    gtfs_filename = sys.argv[1]

    gtfsdb = GTFSDatabase( gtfsdb_filename, overwrite=True )
    gtfsdb.load_gtfs( gtfs_filename, reporter=sys.stdout )

if __name__=='__main__': main_inspect_gtfsdb()


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Pennay, B., Dec 2014, In: Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society. 100, 2, p. 221-222 2 p.
To buy or not to buy? Perceptions of bottled drinking water in Australia and New Zealand
Ragusa, A. T. & Crampton, A., Oct 2016, In: Human Ecology. 44, 5, p. 565-576 12 p.
To carry fire: A creative critique of European and colonial anthropogenic fire Regimes on Gunnai land
Waters, L., 13 May 2022, 263 p.
To choose, or not to choose: Exploring the reasons why Australians do or do not, use Internet banking
Williamson, C., Lichtenstein, S., Sullivan, J. & Schauder, D., 2006, In: International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction. 2, 4, p. 17-36 20 p.
To collaborate or work on your own: A project leader's perspective
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Tocolytic effect of morphine via increased metabolic clearance of oxytocin in the baboon
Bai, Y. H., Pak, S., Choi, B. C. & Wilson, L. J., 2002, In: Yonsei Medical Journal. 43, p. 567-572 6 p.
To criticise the critic: Songs of experience
Bradley, B. & Selby, J., 2001, In: Australian Psychologist. 36, 1, p. 84-87 4 p.
Brown, L., 2011, USA : Antipodes: A global journal of Australian New Zealand Literature.
Toddlers with cleft palate: Speech Practices across four continents
Cronin, A., McLeod, S. & Verdon, S., Nov 2017.
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Toddlers with cleft palate: Enhancing communication through holistic child- and family-centred practice
Cronin, A., 2020, Australia: Charles Sturt University. 246 p.
Together we will go our way: The development of a stakeholder framework for rural gay pride events
Lewis, C., Small, F. & Mehmet, M., 2019, Travel and Tourism Research Association Conference: Advancing Tourism Research Globally. p. 1-11 11 p.
To have and to hold: Human resource management and skills retention in Australia.
Smith, A. & Oczkowski, E., 2007, 21st ANZAM conference: Managing our intellectual and social capital. Chapman, R. (ed.). Sydney, Australia: ANZAM, p. 1-13 13 p.
To have and to hold: modelling the drivers of employee turnover and skill retention in Australian organisations
Smith, A., Oczkowski, E. & Selby Smith, C., Jan 2011, In: International Journal of Human Resource Management. 22, 2, p. 395-416 22 p.
To have and to hold: Retaining and utilising skilled people
Smith, A., Oczkowski, E. & Sleby-Smith, C., 2008, National Centre for Vocational Education Research. 64 p.
Toiling with Qoheleth for Pasifika, Papua, and Palestine: Reading Eccl 3:9-13 with 7:13-18
Havea, J., 2020, Reading Ecclesiastes from Asia and Pasifika. Havea, J. & Lau, P. H. W. (eds.). 1st ed. Atlanta: SBL Press, p. 53-67 15 p. (International Voices in Biblical Studies; no. 10).
To know where the bodies are buried: The use of the cognitive interview in an environmental scale spatial memory retrieval task
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Tolerable ranges of fluid shear for early life-stage fishes: Implications for safe fish passage at hydropower and irrigation infrastructure
Navarro, A., Boys, C. A., Robinson, W., Baumgartner, L. J., Miller, B., Deng, Z. D. & Finlayson, C. M., 21 Jun 2019, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Marine and Freshwater Research. 70, 11, p. 1503-1512 10 p.
"Tolerance, freedom, justice and peace"? Britain, Australia and anti-Muslim racism since 11 September 2001
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It can be sad to realise dreams, but also an opportunity to come up with new ones. After five years climbing peaks around the world and completing the historic double ascent of Everest, Kilian Jornet continues to seek new challenges to allow him to carry on dreaming.
Surrounded by the mountains and people who are his inspiration, in 'Path to Everest', the mountain athlete reveals his most intimate fears, contradictions and passions..
Surrounded by the mountains and people who are his inspiration, in 'Path to Everest', the mountain athlete reveals his most intimate fears, contradictions and passions.
Summits of My Life is the personal project of Kilian Jornet, in which for five years he has traveled to some of the most important peaks of the planet to try to establish FKT (fastest known time) of ascent and descent of some of the most emblematic mountains of the world.
The project is closely linked to values and a way of understanding the purist and minimalist mountain. The experiences lived in each challenge have been captured in different films.


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Blu-ray Release: The Bride Wore Black
– December 18, 2014Find Others: Blu-ray, Movie, New Release, NewsGet More: Foreign, Thriller, Twilight Time
Blu-ray Release Date: Jan. 20, 2015
Studio: Twilight Time
The incandescent Jeanne Moreau (La Notte, The Train) stars as an avenging angel in François Truffaut's (Jules and Jim) 1968 thriller The Bride Wore Black, an homage to the thrillers of Alfred Hitchcock.
Jeanne Moreau takes aim in The Bride Wore Black
The film—about a widow (Moreau) who goes after the five men she believes murdered her husband on their wedding day—provides a brilliant contrast between dark deeds and the light-struck beauties of southern France.
Highlighted by, among other things, a spectacular score by Bernard Herrmann, who's always associated for his Hitchcock soundtracks (including those for Psycho and North by Northwest, The Bride Wore Black nonetheless takes on its own strangely poetic, very French ambiance.
Based on a book by American genre novelist Cornell Woolrich (aka William Irish) and shot by the legendary Raoul Coutard (Contempt, Z) The Bride Wore Black's release by Twilight Time represents the movie's Blu-ray debut.
As supplier Twilight Time prints up only 3,000 copies of each title, keep an on distributor Screen Archives's site for the upcoming prebook date, which will probably be in early January!
Blu-ray Release: Gran Bollito
New Release: The Girl Who Played With Fire DVD and Blu-ray
Blu-ray, DVD Release: Point Blank (2010)
Blu-ray Release: The Killer Elite (1975)
Blu-ray Release: The Detective
About Laurence
Founder and editor Laurence Lerman saw Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest when he was 13 years old and that's all it took. He has been writing about film and video for more than a quarter of a century for magazines, anthologies, websites and most recently, Video Business magazine, where he served as the Reviews Editor for 15 years.


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Harald Marg (ur. 26 września 1954 w Magdeburgu) – niemiecki kajakarz, złoty medalista olimpijski z Moskwy i sześciokrotny mistrz świata. W czasie swojej kariery sportowej reprezentował Niemiecką Republikę Demokratyczną.

Kariera sportowa
Zdobył brązowy medal w wyścigu kajaków czwórek (K-4) na dystansie 1000 metrów, w osadzie z Norbertem Paschke, Peterem Korschem i Jürgenem Lehnertem, na mistrzostwach świata w 1973 w Tampere. Na mistrzostwach świata w 1975 w Belgradzie wywalczył dwa srebrne medale: w wyścigu dwójek (K-2) na 500 metrów (w parze z Herbertem Laabsem) i w wyścigu czwórek na 1000 metrów (z Laabsem, Gerhardem Rummelem i Rüdigerem Helmem).

Zdobył dwa złote medale w konkurencji czwórek na dystansach 500 metrów (z Frankiem-Peterem Bischofem, Berndem Duvigneau i Rolandem Graupnerem) i 1000 metrów (z Bischoffem, Duvigneau i Helmem) na mistrzostwach świata w 1978 w Belgradzie. Powtórzył ten sukces na mistrzostwach świata w 1979 w Duisburgu, wygrywając w wyścigach czwórek na 500 metrów (z Duvigneau, Jürgenem Dittrichem i Graupnerem) i na 1000 metrów (z Duvigneau, Helmem i Berndem Olbrichtem).

Zwyciężył wraz z Helmem, Duvigneau i Olbrichtem w wyścigu czwórek na dystansie 1000 metrów na igrzyskach olimpijskich w 1980 w Moskwie. Zdobył dwa medale w wyścigach K-4 na mistrzostwach świata w 1981 w Nottingham: złoty na 1000 metrów (z Helmem, Bischoffem i Peterem Hempelem) i brązowy na 500 metrów (z z Helmem, Bischoffem i André Wohllebe). Na mistrzostwach świata w 1982 w Belgradzie wywalczył dwa srebrne medale w konkurencji czwórek: na 500 metrów z Helmem, Bischoffem i Frankiem Fischerem oraz na 1000 metrów z Helmem, Bischoffem i Hempelem, a na mistrzostwach świata w 1983 w Tampere zwyciężył w czwórkach na 500 metrów i zdobył srebrny medal na 1000 metrów (na obu dystansach z Andreasem Stähle, Helmem i Hempelem).

Zdobył wiele medali mistrzostw NRD. Na dystansie 500 metrów był mistrzem w czwórkach w latach 1977–1979 i 1981 oraz wicemistrzem w dwójkach w 1979 i 1983 i w czwórkach w 1982. Na dystansie 1000 metrów zwyciężał w czwórkach w latach 1974, 1978–1980 i 1983 oraz zdobywał srebrne medale w 1973 i 1977, a w dwójkach zdobył brązowy medal w 1975.

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Apparently Nando's has been listed as the ideal place for a first date, and here I was visiting this branch again for a date with Anthony from POF. I mean at least if the date doesn't go well I've had a Nando's so I can't complain with that.
Got there about half two by overground train from Clapham junction so I wasn't late. He apparently paid £5 for 1 hour where he parked his car which is quite extortionate in all honesty. Times like that I'm glad I don't drive but he didn't have to pay for me so I wasn't that worried.
1/4 chicken mango and lime with garlic bread, peri chips and sweet mash delivered in about 6-7 minutes. There was no peri salt on the chips so the girl brought over the shaker and let me have my own way with it. I also requested breast as I was hungry and it was a decent size I was happy with the meal, well cooked, nothing burned, saucy chicken no complaints.
The problem with automatic taps is if there is a failure and it doesn't work so my soaped up hands had to be wiped off with tissue, and I had to go into the other ladies toilet. This was the same one that gouged out my hand e last time I was in this branch. Restaurant fine, toilets need more care.


Criteria: This item is the MultiCam (OCP) Uniform patch for the Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command. This patch is approximately 3" tall and 2 1/2" wide. The upturned sword represents the command's combat readiness and powerful capabilities. The lightning flashes are indicative of the speed and power of electronic communication. Also called shoulder sleeve insignia, this item is backed by hook-and-loop fasteners and is sold individually.


The International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI) held their scientific assembly "Volcanism and its Impact on Society" in Pucón, Chile, from November 14 - 19, 2004. Approximately 940 people from 44 countries attended this meeting that was organized by representatives of the Geological Survey of Chile (Sernageomin) including faculty and students of the University of Chile, and sponsored by Sociedad Geologica de Chile and Instituto Geografico Militar (Chile). IAVCEI travel grants helped pay expenses for several young scientists or scientists from developing countries.
Three outstanding volcanologists were awarded with new IAVCEI Honorary Memberships. One was awarded at Sapporo 2003: Prof Shigeo Aramaki (Japan); the other two were given in Pucón: Prof Hans-U. Schmincke (Germany), and Dr Robert Tilling (USA). The Thorarinsson medal was awarded to Wes Hildreth (USA), and two Wager medals to Andy Harris(USA) and Oleg Melnik (Russia). Two new awards were given for the first time in 2004: the Krafft medal to Tom Simkin (USA) and the Young Scientist award to Costanza Bonadonna (Italy).
Meetings of both the General Committee and the Council of the Federation of Astronomical and Geophysical Data Analysis Services (FAGS) were held in Paris on May 2-3. The meetings were also attended by Carthage Smith, Deputy Executive Director of ICSU, and the Secretaries General of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), Oddbjorn Engvold, and IUGG, Jo Ann Joselyn. Dr. Smith explained that the ICSU Executive Board had decided to propose to the General Assembly that FAGS should no longer be an ICSU Interdisciplinary Body. Assuming that this decision is accepted by the ICSU General Assembly in October, FAGS will become the Council of Astronomical and Geophysical Data Analysis Services (CAGS) while steps are taken to reorganize.
The IGY GOLD CLUB program is now on line at www.ihy2007.org Persons who took part in the research activities of the International Geophysical Year (1957-58) are asked to register and make available either a recollection or a memento (letter, article, photo, etc.) to historians, librarians, and others investigating and preserving the history of geophysics. In return, they will receive a special "IGY Gold Anniversary" certificate of recognition and a commemorative lapel pin. The Gold Club Program was unveiled at the May American Geophysical Union meeting in New Orleans.
An UN/ESA/NASA Workshop on the IHY will be hosted by the United Arab Emirates University on behalf of the government of the UAE. The workshop will be held 20-23 November 2005 in Abu-Dhabi and Al-Ain. Information about the workshop is available at www.fsc.uaeu.ac.ae/physics/UNESA.htm.
For updates and other information on IHY activities, consult the website.
The International Council for Science (ICSU) and the International Social Science Council (ISSC) invite applications for the position of Executive Director of the International Human Dimensions Programme (IHDP). IHDP is a non-governmental organization focusing on social and human dimensions of environmental change. The successful candidate for Director will have done international research in a relevant social science discipline and will be knowledgeable in the socio-economic, cultural, behavioural, and institutional dimensions of global environmental change research efforts. The position is located in Bonn, Germany, and applications must be received by 15 June. For detailed information, visit the web page www.ihdp.org.


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if [ ! -d "$BASE_DIR" ]; then
    echo "This script must be run from the heisenberg project root (i.e. the one containing the files .gitignore and LICENSE.md)."
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echo "Generating 'Figure 2' plots..."
echo "Generated files will appear in the directory \"$OUTPUT_DIR\""
/usr/bin/time python3 -m heisenberg.search --dt=1.0e-2 --max-time=200 --seed=123456789 --embedding-dimension=2 --embedding-solution-sheet-index=1 --plot-type=pdf --output-dir="$OUTPUT_DIR" --exit-after-number-of-successes=1 --quantities-to-plot="x,y;t,z;sqd;objective" --use-terse-plot-titles --plot-size=3 2>&1 | tee "$OUTPUT_DIR/log.txt"


Over 3,500 people attended TOC Europe in London making it one of the most successful TOC shows to date. TOC Europe 2015 now travels back to Rotterdam running from the 9th to the 11th of June.
TOC is now the place that the container supply chain gathers to on an annual basis to learn, debate and network. Whether you are a BCO, carrier, 3PL, port, terminal or supplier, there really is something for you at our flagship event, TOC Europe. Please use this site to identify which areas of the event carry most relevance to your business activity.


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The U.S Changing Gambling Regulation is Impacting the Industry
The recent frenzy of legal activity with US gambling laws has meant that gambling in America has evolved more in the last few years than it has in a long time. States are drafting laws regarding the legalisation of sports betting and there are new bills being filed around the country. The Justice Department's decision to expand the federal prohibition on internet gambling is sure to cast a shroud over the whole industry – these are some of the implications of the regulations on the gambling industry.
What are the changes?
The state law changes are concerning online gambling, fantasy sports, skill-based games and sports betting, to name just a few aspects of the industry. Because of the evolution of the gambling sector and the changes to the technology, especially in respect to loot boxes and casino-style games, the reputation of gambling as a problem has been brought to the forefront. Although many publishers have prohibited these activities, players have still found ways to engage in unauthorised activities which have made the issue even larger and increased the legal scrutiny. But the US Wire Act has now banned all internet gambling that involves interstate transactions, setting it back from its position back in 2011 where only sports betting was prohibited under this ruling.
Sports betting has also experienced changes, an industry which is formed largely from illegal activity, but which contributes some $100 billion to the market. Although the US has a big appetite for sports betting, most betting of this type was illegal because of PASPA. But with PASPAs demise, state legislative activity has changed in favour of sports betting. Esports have also been a big driver in the video game industry in recent years and they have caused plenty of debate over whether they constitute as sport, despite being treated as such. International competitors, for example, are obtaining visas as professional athletes, but this causes complications when it comes to wagering on them. The evolution of sports betting laws would no doubt provide favourable changes in this area.
How will it impact the industry?
Experts have stated that the new laws will have big ramifications on the investment and expansion of the gambling industry in the USA, with shares in casino operators already falling as much as 3.7 percent in some cases. But the new reading of the 1961 Wire Act won't just impact casinos offering online gambling, it will also affect businesses like Timeform and states that started selling lottery tickets online after 2011. The businesses most affected by these changes are interstate lotteries, but intrastate online wagering where punters bet within a single state shouldn't be affected.
Last year, the Supreme Court also ruled that all states excluding Nevada could also allow sports betting, but those that now permit sports betting have to restrict those activities to individuals who are physically in the state itself. Although online poker and blackjack casinos are less technically advanced compared to lotteries, the legal changes will determine how they expand and evolve in light of the Justice Department's opinion. Where the industry will benefit is in regard to sports betting, but companies will need to take a careful look at how they operate in order to avoid issues in the future.
Initiative to Legalise Sports Betting Receive Mixed Response in US States
'Grandma Dee Dee' has not Stopped Volunteering to Children Even at the Old Age
Washington State Population Has Reached Up to 7.5 Million
The new number released on June 28 by the Office of Financial Management shows, Washington state population has reached up to 7.5 million. The state has grown by 118,800 residents over the past year, which is the 1.6% increment in the populace. The growth in the population has come from the people who moved into the state. Last year population of the moved people accounted for 76 percent of the state's population growth.
Since April 1, 2010, the state's population has grown by 821,900 people, and 295,100 people were those who moved into the state during the time frame. Seattle is in top ten cities of the state in terms of population growth including, Bellevue, Tacoma, Spokane, Kennewick, Redmond, Vancouver, Kirkland, Pasco, and Bellingham. Seattle is located at a seaport on the West Coast of the US. It is the largest city in both the states of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. Seattle population till 2018 was 740,745, and it is estimated to be 755,745 people as of 2019.
According to the US census data released in 2018, Metropolitan area of Seattle holds 3.87 million people and is ranked 15th largest city in the US. Seattle is the fastest-growing city in terms of population in the US, and it had remained in the top five largest populated cities in May 2015. In 2016, the city was again in the fastest-growing major cities of the United States with a 3.1% annual growth. The reason for the state's population growth is a major gateway for trade with Asia. As of 2015, Seattle is the fourth-largest container port in North America. Seattle population contains a large share of residents living alone. It is the fifth-highest populated city in terms of single-person households.


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Step 1. Sign in or register (it's free, quick, and easy), if you haven't already. Once signed in you can also leave comments on paintings and bid in our auctions.
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MECHANICAL FANTASY BOX • The Homoerotic Journal of Patrick Cowley
Dark Entries Editions / 2019 / paperback
Patrick Cowley was one of the most revolutionary and influential figures in the canon of electronic dance music. Born in Buffalo, NY on October 19, 1950, Patrick moved to San Francisco in 1971 to study electronic music at the City College of San Francisco. By the late '70s, Patrick's synthesizer techniques landed him a job composing and producing songs for disco diva Sylvester, including #1 hit "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)". Cowley created his own brand of peak-time party music known as Hi-NRG, also dubbed "The San Francisco Sound." By 1981 Patrick had released a string of his own dance 12″ singles, such as "Menergy" and "Megatron Man". That year, he co-founded Megatone Records to release his debut album Megatron Man. Meanwhile, Patrick was hospitalized and diagnosed with an unknown illness, which would later be named AIDS. Recovering for a spell, in 1982 he composed two more #1 hits, "Do You Wanna Funk" for Sylvester, and "Right On Target" for Paul Parker, as well as a second solo album Mind Warp. His life was cut short on November 12, 1982, when he passed away two weeks after his 32nd birthday from AIDS-related illness.
Mechanical Fantasy Box is Cowley's homoerotic journal, or as he called it, "graphic accounts of one man's sex life." The journal begins in 1974 and ends in 1980 on his 30th birthday. It chronicles his slow rise to fame from lighting technician at The City Disco to crafting a ground-breaking 16-minute remix of Donna Summer's "I Feel Love" to performing with Sylvester at the SF Opera House. Vivid descriptions are told of cruising in '70s SoMA sex venues to primal highs in Buena Vista Park and composing pornophonics in his Castro apartment. The entries are introspective and show a very out-front, alive person going through the throes of gay liberation post-Stonewall.
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First off, let me just say that as I write Tuesday morning, a full-blown, biblically-comparable miracle has just occurred. It's just a start, of course; but I nearly fell off the stair-climber at the gym when gold and silver actually crept higher during the New York "pre-market" trading session, amidst a largely news-less, trendless morning. And then, lo and behold, gold surged $8/oz. in a matter of seconds; just as it has done on the downside on perhaps a thousand occasions over the past 15 years.
I mean, think about it. How much longer can reality be held back – regarding the U.S.'s rapidly deteriorating economy, financial position, and political standing? It's "PPT" takes equity markets higher daily under the guise of a (non-existent) "recovery"; while the MSM calls for "tapering" despite the nation's obvious addiction to record low interest rates – per this terrifying article of the upcoming "after-shocks" of the 2003-08 real estate bubble. Not to mention, the economy-killing terror that is Obamacare; which each day, we learn more discomfiting information about – as discussed in this, equally terrifying article. And oh yeah, this morning's validation that the only "growth" America is experiencing is in exploding corporate inventories. In other words, the reality of a collapsing nation has briefly been masked by epic levels of money printing, market manipulation, and propaganda. But for how much longer?
As long-time readers know, I don't pay much attention to the so-called "dollar-index" – as the dollar's relationship to other fiat trash is not a true measure of purchasing power, particularly when 58% of the index basket is the dying Euro, and 26% the hyper-inflating Yen and Pound. However, it is difficult to not notice how the dollar index has failed to rise in the past two years, despite the U.S. supposedly being in "better shape" than Europe and Japan. I mean, last summer, the ECB practically screamed its intention to do "whatever it takes" (i.e., print as much as necessary) to save the collapsing Euro experiment; while last Fall, Japan embarked on the most aggressive QE program in the history of "first world" nations. Heck, as regards Europe, things have gotten so bad, rumors of new bailouts (and bail-ins) are again gaining traction – as the horrifying chart below validates. And thus, I ask, how can the dollar be weakening against a basket of major currencies – but particularly, the Euro?
The answer, of course, is that it's on its way out as the world's "reserve currency," after having abused the privilege to unimaginable proportions over the past four decades. It would have happened anyway – as it always has throughout history. However, an unprecedented level of mismanagement, corruption, and irresponsibility since the turn of the century – and particularly, the past five years – has accelerated this inevitability dramatically; potentially, to the level of imminence.
Quantitatively, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize America is hopelessly bankrupt; sadly, at the Federal, State, municipal, corporate, and individual levels. With both the money supply and across-the-board debt levels now rising parabolically, it has become impossible to deny the fiat Ponzi scheme is in its dying days. Hence, the past two years' maniacal attacks on gold and silver – i.e., the "anti-dollar" investments that expose America for what it has become.
However, it's the qualitative measures that really tell the story; starting with Obama's "slapping" by Vladimir Putin when attempting to build a "bomb Syria" consensus. Across-the-board, such "dissing" of America is becoming commonplace, as exemplified by China's comment last month that it seeks a "de-Americanized" world; and comments last week that it is ending its long-standing policy of building foreign currency reserves.
Given that 60% of China's $3.7 trillion of reserves are dollar-based, the PBOC is essentially stating its intention to "de-Americanize" its assets. Such a draconian stance is a global game changer; destined to dramatically reduce America's global standing – and with it, its citizens' way above average standard of living. Heck, just last week the Yuan passed the Euro as the second most utilized currency in global trade settlement; and trust me, when we look at such "standings" a decade from now, the Yuan will be on the verge of passing the dollar as well – if it hasn't already. Irrespective, the dollar's peak passed at the turn of the century, with nowhere to go but down.
Why did I write this article today, you ask? Easy, due to this new poll, released yesterday. In my view, nothing could be more damning to America's standing than the increasingly negative views of its own citizens. According to the survey, 53% of Americans believe the nation's standing on the global scene has weakened in the past decade; i.e., the highest-ever reading since the poll was established in 1974. Given that Obama's approval rating has fallen to its lowest level since he took office – amidst a "so-called recovery," to boot; whilst Congress' 10% approval rating is the lowest in American history, it shouldn't surprise anyone of Americans' rapidly diminishing view of their nation's standing.
In fact, American's cumulative level of political and economic optimism has also breached historic lows – falling from 40% optimism just nine years ago, to an incredible 20% today. What a surprise, such a plunge coincides with multiple wars; massive, Fed-induced inflation; a burst real estate bubble; and historically low Labor Participation – with many of those working desperately seeking wages above the poverty level. And all this, whilst the very Wall Street firms that caused this mess – after lobbying Congress to repeal the Glass-Steagall Act in 1999 – are living high on the hog, off the free subsidies and inside information garnered from their Washington minions.
Meanwhile, the most tried-and-true symbol of American hegemony – its gold reserves – have been covertly drained throughout this period; sent permanently East in a bid to stave off reality with one last, decade-long "can kick." As discussed yesterday – and hundreds of occasions over the past decade – the evidence of Paper PM suppression and Physical PM drainage is as plentiful as it is stark. And now, on the cusp of the inevitable shortages that will define the end of the modern-day "London Gold Pool," the pieces of the puzzle are starting to come together. That is, of dying U.S. hegemony, the end of the dollar as world's "reserve currency," and the inevitable re-birth of real money to its role as "once and future king" of value preservation. The way I see it, the pace of change is entering a new, accelerated stage; and thus, it's only a matter of time before the "world as we have known it" permanently vanishes. And when it does, if you have not yet protected yourself with the only assets guaranteed to survive the upcoming monetary "reset," it will already be too late.
You nailed that like a split hog Andy. Thanks for another great article.
You miss the elephant in the room that all precious metal commentators miss at the moment – the USA military backing of the dollar. See my posts on Hiddensecretsofmoney.com under Episode 1 referencing my term Units of Destruction or UDs as money backing the USD currency.
The USA military hegemony is NOT in retreat and becomes every more dominant every day. The USA has 12 naval battle groups, no other country has one. Its spying network covers the whole world and it has 220 bases overseas far more than all other countries combined! The USA can fight and win a war against the rest of the world! It has Hollywood cultural dominance, The UN in new York, control over the IMF and World Bank, the English language, dominance in space weaponse..in short Global Spectrum Dominance. As long as this continues the technical bankruptcy is meaningless and the Fed balance sheet can be numbered in the quadrillions.
When oh when are financial commentators going to concentrate on the means of destruction rather than the means of production held hostage by the former.
Force is immaterial. China is destroying America without fighting a bullet!
The only thing shocking or surprising about a surge higher in the PMs even to the point of being temporarily halted on the exchange is an analysts inability to recognize that the paper price is being completely managed in both directions. The surge up only indicates how desperate the Cartel is to bring fresh new longs into the market so that they can turn around and smash the price down to further extricate themselves from the remaining short positions that they hold. Yes, the Morgue has a long side corner in gold but they also continue to have a short side corner in silver (albeit diminishing but still significant). Price will not be allowed to move higher freely until they are positioned to benefit completely by that move and it certainly wont happen on the Comex as it will have defaulted by that point.
Look for another retest of the lows by the end of the year (if we're lucky) starting next week with the FOMC. They need to get the metals down along with confidence and sentiment so that they can be net long all PMs prior to the Fed announcing the next massive increase in QE (likely their last) some time early in the new year. PMs will not be aloud to surge higher prior to that or it would become impossible for the Morgue's (Client – China) to acquire every last bit of metal on the western exchanges prior to the the price discovery mechanism shifty east to the physical exchanges that are being established there now. Not to mention the fact that it's in their very best interest to have the metals down or even at new lows for the end of the year to further crush sentiment for their maximum benefit. Anyone hoping to see this play out within the confines of the 100% controlled paper price discovery market a.k.a the Comex is delusional! True price discovery will not be realized until they realize a total loss of control and the Comex is shut down!
And for anyone who believes that the Morgue (or rather their client – China) is unwilling to realize a $1.5 billion loss in gold by engineering a decline back down to the June lows or even to $1000 is failing to recognize what they gain in the long run by flipping their concentrated silver short (as was done with gold on the last decline) and of course further increasing their gold long. $1.5 billion is nothing when you're sitting $3.6 trillion in reserves and your plan is to control all the money in the world!
I wrote in this article that the surge was manipulative – albeit, with the primary trend. As for saying "PMs will not be aloud to surge higher prior to that or it would become impossible for the Morgue's (Client – China) to acquire every last bit of metal on the western exchanges," it seems you may be getting a touch of the Stockholm Syndrome. JPM – and its partner the U.S. government – cannot control the market indefinitely; just as the London Gold Pool failed in 1968. When such control ends, it may well be overnight – and much sooner than anyone imagines.
Andy, In the private sector when Ponzi schemes are discovered the schemers are brought to trial and sent to prison.
When all visible schemers are discovered which includes every elected official from dog catcher to the President of the U. S. plus all decision makers are discovered , the invisible power structure above them gives them a pass.
It seems like the world is having a terrifying dream like the one King Nebuchadnezzar had in accent times.
"Force is immaterial"…It's very material when a bullet hits you or a nuclear bomb goes off whereas trillions or quadrillions (who cares) on the Fed balance sheet is very immaterial…digital currency not worth the paper it's not written on (as Gerald Celente says). Which is why the PTB don't care about that. "China destroying America"…they can't even enforce a no-fly zone in their own backyard! They are under a potential blockade even now with the USA able to tighten the noose at will if it chooses. Look at the ring of bases around them.
The only way the BRICS can end the dollar's reign as reserve currency is to attack America – and win. The dollar is the only reason that America can afford a military spend greater than the rest of the world combined so attacking the dollar is tantamount to attacking the USA military and vice versa.
If the technical bankruptcy mattered it would have mattered already and it hasn't because the USA military dominance and Global Spectrum Dominance increases every day. The USA is not Zimbabwe, Argentina, Madoff or Enron the normal rules of accountancy/ponzi schemes do not apply. Yes the dollar is technically bankrupt and is a ponzi scheme – but it has been for 40 years. So what?!
If you are so confident, you are welcome to hold dollars instead of gold and silver. Clearly, I disagree 100%.
On my logic it is only a matter of time before being a goldbug (as an attack on the dollar and thereby the USA military) will ensure you being considered a Domestic Extremist / Enemy Within (or Without if an 'alien' as Americans call foreign human beings) / Terrorist. Understand what you are dealing with…this is no game! It's not about silly numbers like the money supply, Fed balance sheet, credit expansion or a quadrillion of derivatives – it's about force of arms and always has been. Ask the native Americans if you don't believe me.
Actually I am 100% in silver in the spiritual faith that one day it will be the world's money but that is because I am morally repelled from holding Units of Destruction. For now (and since 1971)UDs are the world's money backing the American dollar reserve currency and by extension all the fiat currencies.
The proof of this can be seen in my posts under the Forum Topic, Episode 1 of Mike Maloney's Hiddensecretsofmoney.com site where I explain how a UD is the world's money (not currency). As a UD is a unit of destruction in the actual act of destruction it can only redeemed by the death of the redeemer – that is the point. The intrinsic value is achieved by the ability to expropriate any resource by the threat of its deployment/redemption.