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How do you buy the right train ticket in the UK? [duplicate]
Where can I find the restrictions and easements that apply to a given UK Rail Ticket? 1 answer
I recently traveled by train in the UK. I went to the station and bought a return ticket from Bristol to Oxford. The machine presented a huge number of options but in the end I chose a super off peak return as I was coming back the next day out of what I thought were peak times.
When I attempted to come back at 9:40 am I found that my ticket wasn't valid until 10:30am. I checked my ticket and there was nothing written on it about when it was valid and no times were shown on the machine I bought it from either.
How on earth can you tell which ticket you should have at what time of day?
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marked as duplicate by Kate Gregory, pnuts, Gayot Fow, Gagravarr, JoErNanO♦ Apr 24 '15 at 19:58
@pnuts. Given that there is no way to know at the point you buy a ticket from a machine in station, can they really fine you when you get it wrong? – eleanora Apr 24 '15 at 10:25
@pnuts Isn't it something to do with when the train arrives and not when it leaves as well? Also, I can't see any way to check when in the station except for to go to the ticket desk, which seems to defeat the point of the machines. – eleanora Apr 24 '15 at 13:18
@eleanora "can they really fine you when you get it wrong?" - put it this way, the head of Transport for London recently described some UK train company ticket conductors as "Gestapo-like" and accused them of deliberately trying to fine as many people as possible as a deliberate revenue-maximising strategy. And that's a top public official saying that, on the record... theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/apr/23/… (warning, article contains quotes of him swearing) – user568458 Apr 24 '15 at 15:44
Ticket machines are intended for purchasing a ticket when you already know exactly what ticket you want - many people do know exactly what they want because they do the journey regularly. If you have questions, then you should talk to a human. – Richard Gadsden Dec 11 '15 at 11:53
I would recommend one of two options:
Go to the ticket window at the station, not a machine. The machines are quick if you know exactly what you want, but the ticket office staff know the system much better than anyone and are able to help if you're not sure exactly what you need.
Buy (or at least search for) your ticket online. You can say exactly what train you want, and see the price, and usually also see what other trains you can travel on with the same ticket.
Regarding "no times were shown on the machine I bought it from", there is usually a "more information" button on the more modern machines that brings up a screen showing the restrictions on one particular ticket, but this is still not necessarily easy to interpret.
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Thank you. I did double check and there is was no "more information" button next to each type of ticket that I could see. I would be very interested to know if anyone has direct experience of a "more information" option on a ticket machine which actually told you at which times your ticket would be valid both out and back. – eleanora Apr 24 '15 at 13:19
@eleanora I doubt you'd get a machine to tell you that - ticket restrictions can be more complicated than that, eg by route. Ticket office and station staff can normally explain them to you, and may even have printed sheets listing what trains you can/can't get with certain tickets. (eg Oxford station staff will give you a printed list of trains an off peak ticket isn't valid on coming back from London if you ask) – Gagravarr Apr 24 '15 at 14:30
On certain train companies' machines, I've seen an information screen like that at the end of the ticket selection process, and I'm pretty sure it mentions the peak-time restrictions on cheap day returns - but it's a full screen of text that's only shown for a few seconds before it's covered by an only slightly smaller popup demanding that I confirm my ticket choice and proceed to payment. So it's not as helpful as they meant it to be. – alg Apr 24 '15 at 17:09
@alg I would love to see a screenshot! I really did go back and check again and I didn't see anything about the times for "super off-peak" trains. – eleanora Apr 24 '15 at 18:34
I was at a FGW station later on Friday, so I had a look at their machines. In this case the summary information screen that appeared between selecting the ticket and actually buying it just said "Peak travel restrictions apply Mon-Fri". The text was identical for off-peak and super off-peak, so clearly not completely helpful. There was no "more information" button in this case, though there was one for "Not via London" earlier in the process. I'm sure I've seen times on a "more information" button elsewhere. I stick with my first suggestion of buying at the ticket office if you're not sure. – djr Apr 26 '15 at 8:18
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A: The conda init command adds these lines. If you haven't yet uninstalled the conda command, then one could use
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which should delete whatever lines it had added to the .bash_profile or other resource files. These files are loaded by shells upon initialization whenever an interactive (e.g., bash -i) or login (e.g., bash -l) session is launched. Advanced users use these files to customize their interactive shell sessions with things like aliases, PATH and PS1 customizations, and specialized functions (sounds like OP does not have such customizations defined).
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...
# <<< conda initialize <<<

then one can safely delete the file altogether.

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The woman who owns Emily's yoga studio, Pleasance Silicki. She paved the way for Emily's business now.
Be radically affirming of herself and others.
Big ups to Joe Grossberg for this recommendation!
Emily enjoys being able to nap, sleep, and drink lots of water, then she challenges you to think on what those ideas mean to them.


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Wake-up call for southwest
Last week, travellers on the Ibadan-Ife-Akure expressway were accosted by bandits who attacked, injured and robbed people while shooting sporadically. Also, in what appears to be a separate incident on the road that same day, one professor from the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, OAUTH, was abducted. The incidents have brought a chilling cold running through the spine of many of us who are used to travelling on that road.
This column remembers, with nostalgia, those days in the late 70s and early 80s when one could move on that road at any time of the day, even at the dead of the night, without fear that bandits could strike. Students of the University of Ife, as it was then called, would cram into cars or get on their heavy-duty motor bikes and leave the campus for parties in Ibadan, Ondo or Ilesha by midnight, to return to campus in the wee hours of the morning without hassle. But not anymore.
But the robberies and kidnappings on that route did not start last week. On June 30, 2009, Prince Dotun Layade, a building engineer and chairman of Dotlay Engineering Company, based in Ibadan, Oyo State, met his untimely death on that road. He had left his base in Ibadan in the evening of that fateful day, on his way to Igbinedion University, Okada, Edo State, where he was supervising the construction of some buildings. Unfortunately, he ran into a road block mounted by some bandits along the Ife-Ilesha-Akure stretch of the road. He was kidnapped along with some of the people in his entourage and taken away into the thick forest. One thing led to another and, Dotlay, as he was fondly called by his admirers, gave up the ghost in the forest while being ruthlessly tortured by his captors. Of course, not knowing what next to do, his captors fled the scene. His body was later found by a search party after his driver raised the alarm.
Since then, it has been one gory tale of man's inhumanity to man as kidnappers and robbers intermittently carry out their nefarious business along that route. About a month ago, a senior lecturer with the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, met his death along that route. Onukaba Adinoyi-Ojo, a journalist and former managing director of Daily Times Newspapers also died on that road a few years ago. It is apparent that the innocence of that road in the past has been violated. The situation is also made worse by the bad state of the road, which slows speeding vehicles and helps the criminals in their nefarious activities.
How many more Nigerians must fall victim before a solution is found to the menace of the bandits on that road and other roads in this country? At the launch of "Operation Puff Adder" organised in Osogbo by Leye Oyebade, the newly posted Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG, Gboyega Oyetola, the governor of Osun State, had hinted that intelligence reports reaching him indicate that the bandits terrorising Zamfara State and the Northwest had started sneaking into Osun State and other contiguous states. Nobody needs a soothsayer to prove that any more.
What happened last Sunday is a pointer to the fact that the Southwest may very well be under invasion. A source who lives on that axis confirmed that they have been witnessing suspicious movement along that corridor in recent times. According to the source, truckloads of people suspected to be Fulanis, Malians or Nigeriens, are usually seen passing-by at night, heading to Ilesha or Ibadan. The professor, Olayinka Adegbehingbe, who was earlier kidnapped last week but has now been released after a ransom was paid, also claimed his abductors were of Fulani origin. Although one cannot attest to the veracity of the profiling or linguistic knowledge of the victims, their accounts are in line with recent news and observations about the movement of the bandits along that route.
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For anyone that thinks that the scale of insecurity in this country tips towards the north, there is news for them – we are all in the eye of the storm. The whole country is now engulfed in widespread killings, kidnappings, violent robberies and all manner of evil, and there is no sacred place or sacred cow. Anyone can be violated anywhere and at any time. Army generals, community leaders, lawmakers, professors, foreigners and ordinary Nigerians are fair game in the pool of insecurity the country appears to be sinking into.
Violent crime in this country is becoming a hot venture, with criminal 'upstarts' quickly mushrooming and replicating across the country. In the real business world, this kind of boom is only possible in an enabling environment. So the authorities need to ask themselves how the status-quo is enabling violent criminals to flourish in all corners of the country. Even local and foreign aid workers are being kidnapped and killed while our top security officials are afraid to travel on our roads. The country has also been struggling to attract investors. But how do we protect their investments and that of the existing investors in the country?
Mohammed Adamu, the energetic Inspector General of Police, IGP, has said that the police force is under-staffed and under-equipped, and as such, cannot realistically contain the insecurity that pervades in the country. Government strategy has been to utilize the military and to form multi-agency security task forces, which sometimes, includes ordinary citizens and local hunters with their dane-guns. However, even this has proven to be inadequate to contain the insecurity. It means that the combination of our security forces and volunteer civilians has failed against the marauding bandits and terrorists parading more sophisticated weapons all over the place.
It is often said that, in times of peace, it is advisable to stock up on arms to boost the security capability of a country. This country has not seen peace for decades. The equipment that materialise from the little funds that actually trickles down to bolster security are immediately deployed in fighting terrorists, bandits, armed robbers, hostile protesters, and periodically, election 'troublemakers', not to mention equipment lost during attacks by the same criminals. As such, there is never enough. Finding recruits for security agencies is also most difficult in times of war, which is why there are war-time drafts. With the many civilian JTFs, it already appears like we are doing just that.
If one is to tell it as it is, the accounts of the attack on the Ibadan-Ife-Akure expressway last week shows that our wildest fears are coming true. Criminal elements are setting-up interstate networks that may be too hard to contain if those in authority sleep on their duty. Without intending to be divisive or stir emotions, it is a security breach of the greatest proportions for kidnappers and robbers of other tribes or nationalities, who constitute themselves into an army of bandits, to be terrorising people all over the place.
This is why the leaders of the southwest must come together to device strategies to prevent the zone from being turned into another theatre of war by these migrating bandits. Unfortunately, some of the leaders, especially the traditional rulers, are currently engaged in supremacy war amongst themselves. They need to wake up to their real responsibilities. Many of these bandits invariably live among the people, and as such, with concerted effort, they can be identified and exposed. It is a time for vigilance, for security agencies and ordinary citizens alike. We cannot allow ourselves to be overrun by bandits. Countries that let their security apparatus to be dismantled in the way we seem to be going almost never recover.
We cannot erect walls between states and regions, as the strength of this country is in our unity in diversity. However, answers to questions of security begin at the local level, which is why many of us have criticised our northern leaders for so long, even as we sympathised with the innocent victims of their inaction or irresponsibility. One hopes that indolence does not become a national leadership quality. A stitch in time saves nine.
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A quick blast from the past
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From the Moveable Type chuck-pearson.org blog, January 20, 2009.
Newt Gingrich, as cited by Washington Post op-ed type David Ignatius, circa September 2005:
Gingrich argues that the values debate that has divided America so sharply during the past decade is over. There's a broad consensus about most issues, and anyway people realize that the country's big problems aren't about morality but performance. "We're not in a values fight now but over whether the system is working," Gingrich told me. "The issue is delivery." And that's true at every level — city, state and federal. Gingrich's critique of the federal response is as devastating as that of any Democrat. "For the last week the federal government and its state and local counterparts have consistently been behind the curve," he wrote fellow Republicans this week. "The American people overwhelmingly know that the current situation is totally unacceptable," and for that reason, "it is a mistake to get trapped into defending the systems and processes which clearly failed." He observes in another memo, "While the destruction was unprecedented, it was entirely predictable…"
This is the moment for the Party of Performance to take center stage. The breakdown in public life was obvious before Katrina. We have a government that can't control its borders, can't find a viable strategy for its war in Iraq, can't organize the key agencies to address the terrorism problems it has been trumpeting. The yearning in the country for something different has been palpable this year.
America faces an "extreme disaster," says Gingrich, one that will have more lasting and complex effects than any domestic event since World War II. The politicians who rise to that challenge will surge in the 2006 and 2008 elections. The ones who remain stuck in their ruts will suffer. Who's ready to sign up for the Party of Performance?
Barack Obama's inaugural address, 20 January 2009:
Now, there are some who question the scale of our ambitions, who suggest that our system cannot tolerate too many big plans. Their memories are short, for they have forgotten what this country has already done, what free men and women can achieve when imagination is joined to common purpose and necessity to courage. What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them, that the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long, no longer apply. The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works, whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified. Where the answer is yes, we intend to move forward. Where the answer is no, programs will end. And those of us who manage the public's knowledge will be held to account, to spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in the light of day, because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and their government.
Nor is the question before us whether the market is a force for good or ill. Its power to generate wealth and expand freedom is unmatched. But this crisis has reminded us that without a watchful eye, the market can spin out of control. The nation cannot prosper long when it favors only the prosperous. The success of our economy has always depended not just on the size of our gross domestic product, but on the reach of our prosperity; on the ability to extend opportunity to every willing heart — not out of charity, but because it is the surest route to our common good.
As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals. Our founding fathers faced with perils that we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man, a charter expanded by the blood of generations. Those ideals still light the world, and we will not give them up for expedience's sake.
And so, to all other peoples and governments who are watching today, from the grandest capitals to the small village where my father was born: know that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity, and we are ready to lead once more. Recall that earlier generations faced down fascism and communism not just with missiles and tanks, but with the sturdy alliances and enduring convictions. They understood that our power alone cannot protect us, nor does it entitle us to do as we please. Instead, they knew that our power grows through its prudent use.
…and now we know who signed on for the Party of Performance.
Congratulations, President Obama.
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Q: CakePHP crontab intl I create a crontab for execute de cakephp-queue but it returns!
You must enable the intl extension to use CakePHP
Not working: */1  *  *  *  *  MY_FULL_PATH_TO_APP && bin/cake queue runworker
I run php -m | grep intl it returns intl!
When I execute cake and make a request, it works well, but with crontab, it not works!
From crontab http request, it works well too!
Working: */1 * * * * wget http://af99d912.ngrok.io/api/v4/usuarios/checar.json
SO macOS!

A: Depending on your configuration, CLI and webserwer can use different php.ini files. And thats probably your case. First run: php -i | grep "Configuration File" from CLI, it should output your php.ini file location. Open it with your favourite text editor and enable intl there.


Egyptian General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announces removal of Morsi as president, proposes roadmap for future; interim administration to determine when presidential, parliamentary elections to take place.
CAIRO - Egypt's armed forces overthrew elected Islamist President Mohamed Morsi on Wednesday and announced a political transition with the support of a wide range of political, religious and youth leaders.
After a day of drama in which tanks and troops deployed near the presidential palace as a military deadline for Morsi to yield to mass protests passed, the top army commander announced on television that the president had "failed to meet the demands of the Egyptian people".


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Students in the Film & Media Ph.D. are encouraged to situate moving images within the larger theoretical and analytical frameworks of a range of other disciplines. They integrate the traditions of History, Law, Literature, Religion and Political Theory to the newer disciplines of Film Studies and Digital Media, applying the tools of Post-Structuralism, Psychoanalysis, New Historicism, Frankfurt School, Feminist Theory, Queer Theory, Post-Colonialism and Deconstruction. Many combine their degree study with a campus Designated Emphasis (graduate "minor") in New Media, in Critical Theory, or in Women, Gender and Sexuality.
The Film & Media Ph.D. emphasizes film and media history and theory, but also includes a digital-media production component that can be interwoven with the student's other areas of study. Through a cooperative effort with the Department of Art Practice and the Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies, the Department of Film & Media has helped to found the Digital Media Labs Consortium, a humanities-based initiative that pools production resources and coordinates courses of instruction to widen the possibilities in advanced digital-media production. Art Practice also offers an MFA that includes production in digital media and new genres. Other production degrees on campus include the Graduate School of Journalism's M.A. in documentary film production.
During their first two years, graduate students in the Film & Media Ph.D. take a course in Film Theory, a course in Film Historiography, a Proseminar that orients new students to the professional field of Film & Media Studies, and other seminars chosen from a range of electives (see sample topics in the "Courses" section). Beginning in their fifth semester, students begin to prepare in greater depth for their doctoral Qualifying Examinations and dissertation research. Because the Department of Film & Media at Berkeley is committed to interdisciplinary research, students are required to work in significant ways with faculty in other departments as well as with Film & Media Faculty.
The Film & Media Ph.D. has about 25 graduate students. Students are admitted to the program in the Fall semester only. The deadline for receipt of admission applications (including all supporting documents) is 1 December 2021 at 8:59PM PST. Please note that the Department of Film & Media admits students for a Ph.D. only. Although an M.A. degree is awarded after partial completion of the requirements for the Ph.D., there is no M.A. program as such with its own curriculum.


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Russian roulette has been described as a deadly game of chance. It involves a participant placing a single round into a revolver, spinning the cylinder, placing the muzzle of the gun to their head and then pulling the trigger. If the cylinder holds six rounds, the participant will be absolutely fine five times out of six. What about the other occasion? Well, the participant will be not so good.
History of Russian Roulette
The first mention of Russian roulette came in 1937 in a short story by Georges Surdez. ''Did you ever hear of Russian Roulette?' … With the Russian army in Romania, around 1917, some officer would suddenly pull out his revolver, put a single bullet in the cylinder, spin the cylinder, snap it back in place, put it to his head and pull the trigger.' Claims have been made that this practice was known of in Russia in the early 19th century.
It wasn't until 1978 and the release of the film 'The Deer Hunter' that Russian roulette became known worldwide. The film was set during the Vietnam War and in one scene three soldiers are captured and endure a particularly brutal version of the game – the game not ending until all but one had died.
Real Life Incidents of Russian Roulette
In December 1954, American Blues musician Johnny Ace killed himself in Texas with a .22 caliber revolver. It was widely reported at the time that this has happened whilst playing Russian roulette, however eye witnesses state that he had been playing with the gun, but not playing the deadly game – bragging that he knew which chamber was loaded before he fired.
In 1976, Aimo Leikas, a Finnish magician killed himself whilst performing his Russian roulette act. His act used a combination of live and dummy ammunition and he claimed he could choose the right one using telepathy – an act he had been performing for a year. Leikas died in front of a horrified live audience at the age of 29.
In October 1984, US actor John-Erik Hexum was filming an episode of 'Cover Up'. The scene required him to load blanks into a .44 Magnum handgun. During a delay in filming, the actor became restless and began messing around. He unloaded all the blanks apart from one, and proceeded to play a game of Russian roulette. Hexum was unaware that firing a blank at point blank range is akin to creating a small explosion. Sadly, he fired the blank, shattering his skull and causing massive hemorrhaging in his brain. John-Erik Hexum died five days later.
Whilst filming the popular UK series 'Who Do You Think You Are' in 2010, it emerged that the grandfather of actor Alan Cumming had died playing Russian roulette whilst serving as a police officer in Malaya. The family had previously thought he had died whilst cleaning his gun.
Malcolm X stated in his autobiography that he had played Russian roulette in his time as a burglar, in order to convince his partners he was willing to die. English Novelist Graham Greene admitted in his autobiography that he had played the game alone as a teenager on two occasions. John Hinckley Jr., the man who had attempted to kill then President Ronald Reagan was known to have played the game alone twice.
Sadly, these are not the only reported cases of fatal games of Russian roulette. After the release of the movie 'The Deer Hunter' several teen deaths caused the media and the police to blame the depiction of Russian roulette from the movie. Over the years there have been many other cases of this deadly game being fatal. These include suicides, alcohol fueled games and games of dare which have gone way too far – in some cases accomplices in the game being charged with possession of a weapon, homicide and manslaughter.
Russian Roulette in Popular Culture
In the 2008 song Poker Face by Lady Gaga, there is a line 'Russian Roulette is not the same without a gun'.
Rihanna released a song names 'Russian roulette' in 2008.
In 2010, a version of the game was played in the popular video game 'Call of Duty: Black Ops'.
In 2014 Anthony Horowitz released the book named 'Russian roulette', a prequel to the Alex Rider novel.
Updated on February 9, 2015 by Best Roulette Team.


I will not be naked anymore!!!
Discussion in 'MacBook Air' started by Cybergypsy, Feb 16, 2008.
Now THAT's an eye-catching subject line if ever I saw one!
If you're a chick, awww why not?
If you're a dude, thanks a lot for finally covering up!
If you're a Macbook Air, actually I think naked is pretty cool. Will certainly turn more heads and get you more attention.
These are pretty cool, as well.
Not interested in that Airmail anymore? Maybe I'll just double bag my MBA. Can't have too much protection, right?
We shall see. I'm still (im)patiently waiting for any of these cases to arrive.
I'm using my Dell laptop case for my work computer. Except I'm putting the MBA in the top half where files and papers are supposed to go instead of the base where the Dell laptop fits. I don't want it flopping around in there too much.
Got caught running out in the cold without a sock on it .... or was it sunburn?
I fell for the oldest trick in the book too... Great thread name!
Can she make a black one?! I need something while I'm waiting for the other cases/covers/whatever I've ordered to come in.


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Q: Joining process during quitting - Tkinter + multiporcessing I'm writing a GUI application that has a button which invokes a long task. In order for it not to freeze the GUI I delegate the task to a different process using python 3.3's multiprocessing module. Then I return the result for display using a Pipe.
I want the application not to leave any zombie process even if quit during the computation. As I'm on a mac this can happen one of two ways: through quitting the application (Command+Q) or but closing it's window.
Here's the code in the function linked to a button in the GUI:
main_pipe,child_pipe=Pipe()
p=Process(target=worker,args=(child_pipe,data))
p.start()
try:
    while not main_pipe.poll():
        root.update()

    value_array=main_pipe.recv()
finally:
    p.join()

This doesn't work the application doesn't respond to Command+q, and closing the window leaves two zombie process running (one for the GUI and one for the worker).
How to make it work in the other case as well?
Is this good practice? Is the a nicer, more pythonic way of doing it?
Additionally at the very end of the script I have those two lines (the exit() closes the application if the window is closed while not processing anything):
root.mainloop()
exit()

And finally, what's the difference between update() and mainloop()? Is it only that the latter hogs up the program while update() doesn't?

A: Ok, I finally solved it. Although I not complete sure regarding this method's pythoness or side effects, if somebody needs it here it is.
I figured that quitting correctly can only happen in a mainloop() not in a update() so I wrote two functions, one for creating the process, and one for checking it's output and they call each other using root.after(). I set the processes daemon flag to true to ensure proper quitting behaviour. Here's the code:
def process_start():

    global value_array
    global main_pipe

    main_pipe,child_pipe = Pipe()

    p=Process(target=worker,args=(child_pipe,data))
    p.daemon=True
    p.start()

    root.after(500,check_proc)

def check_proc():

    if not main_pipe.poll():
        root.after(500,check_proc)

    else:
        global value_array
        value_array=main_pipe.recv()

I'm still not sure if p.join() is needed but the deamon thing seems to get around the zombie-proceses problem

A: I was facing the similar problem earlier (except I wasn't using multiprocess). After nearly a whole days research, I come up with the following conclusion:

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*mainloop and root.waitwindow will (sometimes) block the sys.exit signal, which your program should receive after you hit ⌘Q.

*You can bind ⌘Q to a new function, although you may still receive the sys.exit signal

*Another way (more reliable in my case) is to remap the tcl quitting signal to another function, instead of the default one. You can remap the quit event (dock quit and ⌘Q) using this: root.createcommand('::tk::mac::Quit',function)

*When trying to quit the software, use sys.exit instead of exit() or quit()

*You can also use root.wm_protocol("WM_DELETE_WINDOW", function) to define the behavior when users clicking on the red button.

*You can actually make the border of the window and the three default buttons disappear by flagging root.overridedirect(1) and thus force the user to click on a button on your GUI instead of closing the window.


Join us as we rally in front of Bank of America and march to San Francisco City Hall to demand the SF Board of Supervisors, SF Mayor, and SF Treasurer divest its 10+ billion dollar cash flow from Wall Street banks and create a People's Bank that will operate with principles of equity, social, racial, economic and environmental justice.
April 25th is the day of Bank of America's shareholder meeting and it is also one of the main banks that manages San Francisco taxpayer money. Bank of America currently invests in the Dakota Access Pipeline, fossil fuels, gun manufacturers, private prisons, the military industrial complex, and predatory loans that drive low-income people out of their homes.
It is clear that Bank of America is run to make money for wealthy shareholders and not the benefit of those living in San Francisco. The time is now to end our toxic relationship and to finally break up. We call on everyone to come and say that Bank of America's time is up and that City officials needs to move as quickly as possible to create a peoples bank now!


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Closing a challenging year with a very active Mediterranean network
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EFI's Mediterranean Facility (EFIMED) brings the year 2020 to a close with the latest December issue. This latest edition includes a wealth of news on sustainable forestry, new horizons in Europe in this field and initiatives and projects that revolve around the idea of sustainability as a driving force for progress and prosperity in societies and economies emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. The reader will also find interesting calls for studies and opportunities for work and training coming from CREAF, in Barcelona, or the Confederation of European Forest Owners (CEPF) office in Brussels, Belgium.
Certainly this 2020 has been a very challenging year, but even so EFI's Mediterranean network has been very active and moved forward with an endless number of initiatives, projects and events taking place. It has been a more digital year, where the word "online" has been the main protagonist, but let's hope that from next year onwards all this energy and thrust will also be channelled into more face-to-face gatherings!
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NXT Champion and recent main roster call-up Tommaso Ciampa will be undergoing major neck surgery next week that keeps him off TakeOver: New York and WrestleMania.
Ciampa's neck injuries are worse than first feared and according to Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio the nature of his surgery means Ciampa will be on the shelf for a minimum of six months but potentially as long as 14 months.
This is obviously a major blow to both WWE and NXT and particularly unfortunate timing for Ciampa, who was set to receive a main roster push alongside Johnny Gargano as part of plans to bolster the tag division.
Over in NXT the situation is even more complicated. Ciampa has been champion of the brand since the middle of last year and was set to square off with Gargano at TakeOver: New York following an angle that took place at the recent NXT television tapings.
Due to the severity of the injury and the nature of his surgery, it seems unlikely that Ciampa will be permitted to do anything physical at next week's NXT tapings, meaning he will almost certainly not be able to drop the title in the ring prior to TakeOver.
Instead it is rumoured that Ciampa will vacate the title and a match between Johnny Gargano and Adam Cole, who have been wrestling on house shows of late, will replace it as the TakeOver headliner with the vacant strap up for grabs. It should be noted that this option is merely speculation at this point.
WrestleTalk would like to wish Ciampa all the best as he recovers from his surgery. We hope to see the scourge of NXT back in the ring sooner rather than later.


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Focused Identification of Germplasm Strategy
Project Leader : Dr Kenneth Street
FIGS – the Focused Identification of Germplasm Strategy ― is a newtechnique for searching agricultural genebanks. It allows gene bank managers and agricultural researchers worldwide to screen large plant collections of plant genetic resources collections more rapidly and accurately than was previously possible using traditional methods. This helps improve the effectiveness of crop improvement programs.
The world's agricultural genebanks hold more than 7.5 million accessions of crops and their wild relatives – a valuable source of novel genes that can improve drought tolerance, disease resistance, and other traits. But the sheer number of accessions makes it difficult for breeders to identify those that might have useful traits.
FIGS combines agro-ecological information with data on plant traits and characteristics to narrow down the search – identifying sets of plant genotypes with a higher probability of containing specific 'target' traits.
FIGS grew out of early work by Michael Mackay in the 1980s, building on the core collection concept. Tasked with developing boron-tolerant wheat for Australian farmers, Mackay turned to accessions that had been collected from Mediterranean sites with soils of marine origin – soils that commonly contain toxic levels of boron. These accessions provided all the genetic variation needed to develop boron-tolerant cultivars.
FIGS has been further developed, tested and refined since the early 2000s by a research team from ICARDA, with partners including the Vavilov Institute (Russia), the Nordgen genebank (Nordic Region), and the Australian Winter Cereals Collection. The development of FIGS was funded by the Grains Research & Development Corporation of Australia (GRDC) www.grdc.com.au/
The goal is to develop a computer program that will walk a potential user through the process of using FIGS.
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Giving Hope and Love to Those in Death Row - Catholic.SG Stories - Looking for motivating real life story or inspiring catholic stories. Read here!
"Christ so present in that prison," recalled the Good Shepherd Sister (RGS), who turns 81 in February.
This sharing was first published on the Catholic News.
This the dramatisation of a high-profile Singapore case that was carefully and extensively documented and reported in media.
All of the information "divulged by the penitent" in the confession scene is public knowledge that has been put into a sequenced dialogue for dramatic effect.
For this film, its is unlikely that additional knowledge of the confession was made available at the time of filming as the Redemptorist Priest Fr. Brian Doro, who heard the confession of Catherine Tan, passed away in February 2015.
The above is an extract of an article printed in the Catholic News on 3 Feb 2019.


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Rodney, Caesar – Declaration of Independence
This Caesar Rodney mug is part of our collection of Declaration of Independence biographical mugs. An image of Caesar Rodney and a short biography are features of this history mug.
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Caesar Rodney was a representative from Delaware and a signatory on the Declaration of Independence. Rodney was High Sheriff of Kent County, Delaware. He was a leading patriot and member of the Stamp Act Congress. In 1778 he was elected president of the State of Delaware. Rodney was a major-general of the Delaware Militia, and his military actions were crucial in the defense of the colony and the support of Washington's Continental Army.
This Caesar Rodney mug is part of our Declaration of Independence series profiling the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence. It was on June 11, 1776, that the Second Continental Congress appointed a "Committee of Five" which included: John Adams of Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, Robert Livingston of New York and Roger Sherman of Connecticut to create this declaration. A third reading of the draft text was reviewed by the "Committee of the Whole" on July 3, 1776, which resulted in the removal of two passages, most notably the passage that included a denunciation of slavery and the slave trade. The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776, and signed by two of the appointed members of the "Committee of Five". Most of the 56 men signed it on August 2, 1776. Six of these men were also signatories on the US Constitution in 1787: George Clymer, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Morris, George Read, Roger Sherman and James Wilson.
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Read the first time April 3, 2014.
TO AMEND ARTICLE 4, CHAPTER 53, TITLE 44, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES THERAPEUTIC RESEARCH ACT OF 1980, SO AS TO ENACT THE "MEDICAL CANNABIS THERAPEUTIC TREATMENT RESEARCH ACT", TO ESTABLISH THE MEDICAL CANNABIS THERAPEUTIC TREATMENT RESEARCH PROGRAM AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, TO PROVIDE FOR PATIENTS ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM, TO PROVIDE WHO AND UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES MEDICAL CANNABIS CAN BE ADMINISTERED TO A PATIENT, TO PROVIDE FOR NOTICE TO A PARTICIPATING PATIENT THAT THE PATIENT WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN A RESEARCH STUDY AND OF THE EXPERIMENTAL NATURE OF THE MEDICAL CANNABIS PROGRAM, TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROTECTION OF A PARTICIPATING PATIENT'S PERSONAL INFORMATION, TO PROVIDE FOR THE OPERATION OF THE PROGRAM BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, TO PROVIDE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS BY ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS THAT SUPERVISE OR ADMINISTER MEDICAL CANNABIS TREATMENTS, TO PROVIDE CRIMINAL AND CIVIL IMMUNITY FROM STATE ACTIONS OR SUITS ARISING FROM THE PROPER IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS ACT, TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE SHALL DEFEND STATE EMPLOYEES WHO, IN GOOD FAITH, CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT, AND TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL TO COLLABORATE WITH ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS TO ASSIST INTERESTED PATIENTS WITH THE APPLICATION PROCESS TO PARTICIPATE IN EXISTING UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION-APPROVED INVESTIGATIONAL NEW DRUG STUDIES CONCERNING MEDICAL CANNABIS.
(2)(b) the patient or research subject at the direction and in the presence of the practitioner.
(2) 'Agent' means an authorized person who acts on behalf of or at the direction of a manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser, except that this term does not include a common or contract carrier, public warehouseman, or employee of the carrier or warehouseman, when acting in the usual or lawful course of the carrier's or warehouseman's business.
(3) 'Bureau' means the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, United States Department of Justice, or its successor agency.
(4) 'Commission' means the South Carolina Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse.
(5) 'Confidant' means a medical practitioner, a pharmacist, a pharmacologist, a psychologist, a psychiatrist, a full-time staff member of a college or university counseling bureau, a guidance counselor or a teacher in an elementary school or in a junior or senior high school, a full-time staff member of a hospital, a duly ordained and licensed member of the clergy, accredited Christian Science practitioner, or any professional or paraprofessional staff member of a drug treatment, education, rehabilitation, or referral center who has received a communication from a holder of the privilege.
(6) 'Controlled substance' means a drug, substance, or immediate precursor in Schedules I through V in Sections 44-53-190 , 44-53-210, 44-53-230, 44-53-250, and 44-53-270.
(7) 'Controlled substance analogue' means a substance that is intended for human consumption and that either has a chemical structure substantially similar to that of a controlled substance in Schedules I, II, or III or has a stimulant, depressant, analgesic, or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system that is substantially similar to that of a controlled substance in Schedules I, II, or III. Controlled substance analogue does not include a controlled substance; any substance generally recognized as safe and effective within the meaning of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.; any substance for which there is an approved new drug application; or, with respect to a particular person, any substance if an exemption is in effect for investigational use for that person under Section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. 355.
(8) 'Counterfeit substance' means a controlled substance which, or the container or labeling of which, without authorization, bears the trademark, trade name, or other identifying mark, imprint, number, or device, or any likeness thereof, of a manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser other than the person who, in fact, manufactured, distributed, or dispensed such substance and which, thereby, falsely purports or is represented to be the product of, or to have been distributed by, such other manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser.
(9) 'Cocaine base' means an alkaloidal cocaine or freebase form of cocaine, which is the end product of a chemical alteration whereby the cocaine in salt form is converted to a form suitable for smoking. Cocaine base is commonly referred to as 'rock' or 'crack cocaine'.
(10) 'Deliver' or 'delivery' means the actual, constructive, or attempted transfer of a controlled drug or paraphernalia whether or not there exists an agency relationship.
(11) 'Department' means the State Department of Health and Environmental Control.
(c) lysergic acid diethylamide or mescaline, or any other substance which the appropriate federal agency or the department, after investigation, has found to have, and by regulation designates as having a potential for abuse because of its stimulant or depressant effect on the central nervous system or its hallucinogenic effect.
(13) 'Detoxification treatment' means the dispensing, for a period not in excess of twenty-one days, of a narcotic drug in decreasing doses to an individual in order to alleviate adverse physiological or psychological effects incident to withdrawal from the continuous or sustained use of a narcotic drug and as a method of bringing the individual to a narcotic drug-free state within this period.
(14) 'Director' means the Director of the Department of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs under the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division.
(15) 'Dispense' means to deliver a controlled substance to an ultimate user or research subject by or pursuant to the lawful order of a practitioner, including the prescribing, administering, packaging, labeling, or compounding necessary to prepare the substance for the delivery.
(16) 'Dispenser' means a practitioner who delivers a controlled substance to the ultimate user or research subject.
(17) 'Distribute' means to deliver (other than by administering or dispensing) a controlled substance.
(18) 'Distributor' means a person who so delivers a controlled substance.
(d) intended for use as a component of any substance specified in subitem (a), (b), or (c) of this paragraph but does not include devices or their components, parts, or accessories.
(20) 'Drug problem' means a mental or physical problem caused by the use or abuse of a controlled substance.
(21) 'Holder of the privilege' means a person with an existing or a potential drug problem who seeks counseling, treatment, or therapy regarding such drug problem.
(22) 'Imitation controlled substance' means a noncontrolled substance which is represented to be a controlled substance and is packaged in a manner normally used for the distribution or delivery of an illegal controlled substance.
(23) 'Immediate precursor' means a substance which the appropriate federal agency or the department has found to be and by regulation has designated as being, or can be proven by expert testimony as being, the principal compound commonly used or produced primarily for use, and which is an immediate chemical intermediary used or likely to be used in the manufacture of a controlled substance, or is a reagent, solvent, or catalyst used in the manufacture of controlled substances, the control of which is necessary to prevent, curtail, or limit such manufacture.
(24) 'Maintenance treatment' means the dispensing, for a period in excess of twenty-one days, of a narcotic drug in the treatment of an individual for dependence upon heroin or other morphine-like drugs.
(2)(b) by a practitioner, or by his authorized agent under his supervision, for the purpose of, or as an incident to, research, teaching, or chemical analysis and not for sale.
(26) 'Manufacturer' means any person who packages, repackages, or labels any container of any controlled substance, except practitioners who dispense or compound prescription orders for delivery to the ultimate consumer.
(4)(iv) every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the marijuana plant, marijuana seeds, or marijuana resin.
(vi) for persons, or the persons' parents, legal guardians, or other caretakers, who have received a written certification from a physician licensed in this State that the person has been diagnosed by a physician as having Lennox Gastaut Syndrome, Dravet Syndrome, also known as 'severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy', or any other severe form of epilepsy that is not adequately treated by traditional medical therapies, the substance cannabidiol, a nonpsychoactive cannabinoid, or any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of any plant of the genus cannabis that contains nine-tenths of one percent or less of tetrahydrocannabinol and more than fifteen percent of cannabidiol.
(c) For purposes of this item, written certification means a document dated and signed by a physician stating that the patient has been diagnosed with Lennox Gastaut Syndrome, Dravet Syndrome, also known as 'severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy', or any other severe form of epilepsy that is not adequately treated by traditional medical therapies and the physician's conclusion that the patient might benefit from the medical use of cannabidiol.
(d) A physician is not subject to detrimental action, including arrest, prosecution, penalty, denial of a right or privilege, civil penalty, or disciplinary action by a professional licensing board for providing written certification for the medical use of cannabidiol to a patient in accordance with this section.
(28) 'Methamphetamine' includes any salt, isomer, or salt of an isomer, or any mixture or compound containing amphetamine or methamphetamine. Methamphetamine is commonly referred to as 'crank', 'ice', or 'crystal meth'.
(c) a substance (and any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, or preparation thereof) which is chemically identical with any of the substances referred to in subitem (a) or (b). This term does not include decocainized coca leaves or extracts of coca leaves, which extracts do not contain cocaine or ecgonine.
(30) 'Noncontrolled substance' means any substance of chemical or natural origin which is not included in the schedules of controlled substances set forth in this article or included in the federal schedules of controlled substances set forth in Title 21, Section 812 of the United States Code or in Title 21, Part 1308 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(31) 'Opiate' means any substance having an addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability similar to morphine or being capable of conversion into a drug having addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability. It does not include, unless specifically designated as controlled under this article, the dextrorotatory isomer of 3-methoxy-n-methylmorphinan and its salts (dextromethorphan). It does include racemic and levorotatory forms.
(32) 'Opium poppy' means the plant of the species Papaver somniferum L., except the seed thereof.
(14)(n) ice pipes or chillers.
(34) 'Peyote' means all parts of the plant presently classified botanically as Lophophora Williamsii Lemaire, whether growing or not; the seeds thereof; any extract from any part of such plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of such plant, its seeds, or extracts.
(35) 'Poppy straw' means all parts, except the seeds, of the opium poppy, after mowing.
(2)(b) a pharmacy, hospital, or other institution licensed, registered, or otherwise permitted to distribute, dispense, conduct research with respect to, or to administer a controlled substance in the course of professional practice or research in this State.
(37) 'Production' includes the manufacture, planting, cultivation, growing, or harvesting of a controlled substance.
(38) 'Ultimate user' means a person who lawfully possesses a controlled substance for his own use or for the use of a member of his household or for administration to an animal owned by him or a member of his household."
(1) 'Academic medical center' means a research hospital that operates a medical residency program for physicians and conducts research that involves human subjects, and other hospital research programs conducting research as a sub-recipient with the academic medical center as the prime awardee.
(b) has been tested in animals to demonstrate preliminary effectiveness and to ensure that it is safe to administer to humans.
(3) 'Cannabidiol' means a finished preparation containing, of its total cannabinoid content, at least 98 percent cannabidiol and not more than 0.90 percent tetrahydrocannabinol by volume that has been extracted from marijuana or synthesized in a laboratory.
(4) 'Designated caregiver' means a person who provides informal or formal care to a qualifying patient, with or without compensation, on a temporary or permanent or full-time or part-time basis and includes a relative, household member, day care personnel, and personnel of a public or private institution or facility.
(5) 'Pharmacist' means an individual health care provider licensed by this State to engage in the practice of pharmacy.
(6) 'Physician' means a doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathic medicine licensed by the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners.
(7) 'Qualifying patient' means anyone who suffers from Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome, Dravet Syndrome, also known as severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy, or any other form of refractory epilepsy that is not adequately treated by traditional medical therapies.
Section 44-53-1820. (A) A statewide investigational new drug application may be established in this State, if approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration to conduct expanded access clinical trials using cannabidiol on qualifying patients with severe forms of epilepsy.
(2) receives a license from the United States Drug Enforcement Administration.
(C) Such physician, acting as principal investigator, may include subinvestigators who are also board certified and who practice in an academic medical center in this State and treat patients with severe forms of epilepsy. Such subinvestigators shall comply with subsection (B)(2) of this section.
(D) The principal investigator and all subinvestigators shall adhere to the rules and regulations established by the relevant institutional review board for each participating academic medical center and by the United States Food and Drug Administration, the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
(E) Nothing in this article prohibits a physician licensed in South Carolina from applying for Investigational New Drug authorization from the United States Food and Drug Administration.
(2) approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration to be used for treatment of a condition specified in an investigational new drug application.
(B) The principal investigator and any subinvestigator may receive cannabidiol directly from an approved source or authorized distributor for an approved source for use in the expanded access clinical trials.
Section 44-53-1840. (A) A person acting in compliance with the provisions of this article must not be subject to arrest, prosecution, or any civil or administrative penalty, including a civil penalty or disciplinary action by a professional licensing board, or be denied any right or privilege, for the use, prescription, administration, possession, manufacture, or distribution of medical cannabis.
(B) The State must defend a state employee against a federal claim or suit that arises or by virtue of their good faith performance of official duties pursuant to this article."
SECTION 3. Section 44-53-150 is repealed.
SECTION 4. (A) There is created a study committee whose purpose is to develop a plan for the sale and use of medical marijuana in the State should the Drug Enforcement Administration declassify or reclassify marijuana as a controlled substance.
(k) the President or a designee of the South Carolina Medical Association.
(2) The study committee also may invite representatives of non-profit entities with expertise in the production of CBD oil to participate in the study committee process.
(3) The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee and the Senate Medical Affairs Committee shall designate staff to assist the study committee.
(C) The study committee shall provide a report with findings and recommendations to the House of Representatives and the Senate by March 15, 2015, at which the study committee shall dissolve. The report must address, at a minimum, methods and procedures for cultivating medical marijuana in the State, the amount of tax to impose on the sale of medical marijuana, the need for an agriculture marketing plan for the sale and use of medical marijuana, and the impact of the sale and use of medical marijuana on public health and wellness.


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I'd like to think the story of this week's good lottery luck in Louisiana involves someone who could really use the money. Especially since this week's "lottery good luck" happened to fall just as a large part of Louisiana was still reeling from the effects of Hurricane Delta last Friday.
The drawing in question is the Powerball multi-state lottery game for Saturday, October 10th. Officials with the Louisiana Lottery Corporation are reporting that one ticket sold in the state matched enough numbers to be eligible to claim a prize of $50,000.
The numbers that were drawn for that "day after Hurricane Delta" were:
05 18 23 40 50 PB 18 and PP x3
According to the Louisiana Lottery's website, the ticket purchaser matched four of the five white-ball numbers and the Powerball. That makes the ticket worth $50,000. No single ticket was sold that matched all the numbers for the game's top prize.
The winning ticket was reportedly sold in Livingston Louisiana at the Suma Quick Stop. That's located at 17480 Black Mud Road in Livingston. Maybe the ticket was purchased by someone who was temporarily displaced by Hurricane Delta. Maybe the ticket was purchased by someone who played Powerball on a whim. We don't really know, yet.
What we do know is that tonight when the ping pong balls drop around 10 pm that the Powerball jackpot will be an estimated $72 million. That's more than enough to cover the cost of a generator, a tarp, some cans of spam, and a vacation house in the mountains where they don't have hurricanes.
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I know where you are coming from. I bought two hogs one male and one female. I was so excited. I thought I would have some little piglets to sell.That would cover the cost that I had invested in them. I thought when my hogs got bigger I could have them butchered. Well I feel in love with them They became my pets so their was no way I would ever eat them. I am the same way with my chickens. Anyway my hogs never breed. Someone suggested that the might have been brother and sister. Who knew? After spending about 1,000.00 dollars on feed and building a fence for them,(in a years time) I sold them real cheep! I am a farmer wantabe.
Yes, it is especially difficult for us, because my husband refuses to butcher and/or eat any livestock that we can't sell. There has been interest in everything we are selling, except the adult sheep. I don't know what we will do if no one wants them. We might be reduced to giving them away, and taking the loss.
"Learning this lifestyle is certainly an ongoing project. But it is absolutely one that is full of lessons worth learning."
I so wish you were closer to me ... I'm looking for a local source for pasture-fed lamb. I do understand and appreciate the lessons you are sharing.


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CUTLASS SUPREME: Oldsmobile's highway coupe
keen — Dec 2nd, 1994
By Chip Keen
Special to The Sun
The Cutlass Supreme has everything you should expect for a car made in 1995. It has a responsive high-tech V-6 engine. It has all the current safety features:
* Driverand passenger-side air bags, side-impact reinforcement, and four-wheel antilock disc brakes.
It gets 29 miles per gallon on the highway, yet has all the power needed to carry a family of four with their assorted baggage over a mountain pass with ease. Its 16-inch, low-profile tires, independent rear suspension, and front-wheel drive configuration give it excellent traction on slippery roads. It pollutes the air very little, and uses ozone-friendly refrigerant in its air conditioning system.
At $18,460, it's competitively priced. Oldsmobile's "simplified pricing" plan takes the stress out of negotiating the purchase. The Cutlass, like all 1995 Oldsmobiles, is provided with the "Oldsmobile Edge," a policy that provides 24-hour roadside assistance, emergency lockout service, an overnight warranty repair guarantee, trip interruption expense benefits, and a computerized trip routing service.
Despite all that the Cutlass has going for it, Oldsmobile does not expect it to be a sales leader for them. They even plan on redesigning it as a mid-year model release in 1997.
The '97 Cutlass Supreme will be similar in style to Oldsmobile's newest and highly acclaimed model, the Aurora. It will have soft lines, no chrome, and a smoothly curving dash that is integrated with the seating area.
It's already been dubbed the "Son of Aurora."
This decision to rework the Cutlass Supreme speaks less about any shortcomings of the current Cutlass than it does for how competitive the new car market has become. If the Cutlass in its present incarnation had appeared in 1985, it would have been unanimously hailed as Car of the Year. Coming when it does, it easily gets lost in the shuffle. Don't overlook it. If I were considering the purchaseof a new car this year, I would give serious thought to the Cutlass.
From the mechanic's angle: I like what I see under the hood. Most transverse-mounted front wheel drive V6 engines are challenging to work on. Little room is
left between the firewall and the rear cylinder bank, and virtually no room is left between the front of the engine and the fender well. The Cutlass is blessedly different. Sufficient room is left at the firewall and access at the fender well is excellent. The engine itself is an enhanced design. It uses
roller lifters and a die-cast aluminum oil pan that contributes to the structural rigidity of the block, including cross-bolting to the lower main bearing caps.
The battery is mounted underneath the windshield washer reservoir, but the reservoir is easily removed, and a convenient auxiliary power tap has been provided for diagnostic and jump starting purposes. The fuel rail is mounted
beneath the intake manifold, but it has an access port that makes testing the fuel pressure easy. The ABS valve body is separately serviceable, good news when it comes time to replace the master cylinder.
The radiator has a petcock that drains without obstructions through a hole in the lower support. The oil filter has a special fixture mounted beneath it to
drain any spills away from the engine and crossmember.
On the down side, the fuel filter looks messy and dangerous to change. It is mounted at a level that is lower than the gas tank, and the fuel hose, being plastic, cannot be crimped while the filter is being removed. Also, steering and
suspension components have no grease fittings, and the exhaust system is not stainless steel.
Cutlass SL Coupe
* BASE PRICE: $18,460.00
* AS TESTED: $18,995.00
* TYPE: Front wheel drive, 107.5inch wheelbase
* ENGINE: 3100 V6, 160 SAEhp @ 5,200 rpm, 185 lb-ft torque @ 4,000 rpm
* TRANSAXLE: 4-speed electronic automatic
* FUEL SYSTEM: Electronic sequential multi-port fuel injection
* MILEAGE: 19 mpg city, 29 mpg highway
TEST DRIVE: Gearing up for the 3000GT
By Chip Keen Special to The Sun Mitsubishi 3000GT BASE PRICE: $27,050 AS TESTED: $27,520 TYPE: 3-door sport coupe, front wheel drive, 97.2" wheelbase ENGINE: 3.0L V6, 161 bhp @ 5,500 rpm, 185 lb-ft torque @ 4,000 rpm TRANSMISSION: 5-speed manual with overdrive FUEL SYSTEM: Electronic multi-point w/ twin spray injectors MILEAGE: 19 ... [Read More...]
TEST DRIVE: Tercel: 'most affordable' car
By Chip Keen Special to The Sun According to Toyota, the name Tercel is derived from the Latin word for one-third. That being the case, I asked myself the question: "What is it that the 1996 Toyota Tercel is one-third of?" All I could ... [Read More...]
Test Drive: Saturn SC2 does it well
By Chip Keen Special to The Sun I remember the last Saturn I reviewed, an SL2 sedan. It was a car I wanted to love but couldn't. Saturn was a new company with innovative management and marketing techniques. I was expecting a car ... [Read More...]
Bravada: Olds' special edition vehicle
Olds Bravada * BASE PRICE: $24,520 * AS TESTED: $24,995 * TYPE: Sport Utility Vehicle, four-door, all-wheel drive, 107-inch wheelbase * ENGINE: 4.3L V-6, 200 bhp @ 4500 rpm, 260 lb-ft of torque @ 3600 rpm * TRANSMISSION: Four-speed automatic electronic with overdrive * FUEL SYSTEM: Throttle body fuel injection * MILEAGE: 16 mpg city, 21 mpg highway cat from ... [Read More...]
TEST DRIVE: LSS: Oldsmobile's sporty '88'
By Chip Keen Special to The Sun As the famous advertisement says: "It's not your father's Oldsmobile anymore." My father has never owned an Oldsmobile, but if the time comes when he does, it won't be the Olds LSS. As far as exterior ... [Read More...]


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