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Q: I want to create this type of xml file using jaxb in eclipse       <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
      <action-root>
       <action name="EMPLOYERS">
    <name>EMPLOYERS</name>
    <version>12</version>
    <param>5</param>
      </action>
     </action-root>

heey i want to print below xml file data in unmarshalling so what changes should i make changes

A: I Think you can do this way ..it is simple compared to above
ActionRoot.java
package com.naren;

import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessorType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType;

@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
@XmlType(name = "", propOrder = {
    "action"
})
@XmlRootElement(name = "action-root")
public class ActionRoot {

    @XmlElement(required = true)
    private Action action;

    /**
     * Gets the value of the action property.
     *
     * @return
     *     possible object is
     *     {@link ActionRoot.Action }
     *
     */
    public Action getAction() {
        return action;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the value of the action property.
     *
     * @param value
     *     allowed object is
     *     {@link ActionRoot.Action }
     *
     */
    public void setAction(Action value) {
        this.action = value;
    }

}

Action.java
package com.naren;

import java.util.List;

import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessorType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAttribute;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType;

@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
@XmlType(name = "", propOrder = { "reportName", "reportVersion",
        "repNoOfParam", "repParams" })
public class Action {

    @XmlElement(name = "report-name", required = true)
    private String reportName;
    @XmlElement(name = "report-version")
    private int reportVersion;
    @XmlElement(name = "rep-no-of-param")
    private int repNoOfParam;
    @XmlElement(name = "rep-params")
    private List<RepParams> repParams;
    @XmlAttribute
    private String name;

    public String getReportName() {
        return reportName;
    }

    public void setReportName(String reportName) {
        this.reportName = reportName;
    }

    public int getReportVersion() {
        return reportVersion;
    }

    public void setReportVersion(int reportVersion) {
        this.reportVersion = reportVersion;
    }

    public int getRepNoOfParam() {
        return repNoOfParam;
    }

    public void setRepNoOfParam(int repNoOfParam) {
        this.repNoOfParam = repNoOfParam;
    }

    public List<RepParams> getRepParams() {
        return repParams;
    }

    public void setRepParams(List<RepParams> repParams) {
        this.repParams = repParams;
    }

    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    public void setName(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }

}

RepParams.java
package com.naren;

import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessorType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAttribute;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlValue;

@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
@XmlType(name = "", propOrder = { "value" })
public class RepParams {
    @XmlAttribute
    private String name;

    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    public void setName(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }

    public int getId() {
        return id;
    }

    public void setId(int id) {
        this.id = id;
    }

    public String getValue() {
        return value;
    }

    public void setValue(String value) {
        this.value = value;
    }

    @XmlAttribute
    private int id;
    @XmlValue
    private String value;

}

FOR marshaling TESTXMLGEN.java
package com.naren;

import java.io.File;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext;
import javax.xml.bind.JAXBException;
import javax.xml.bind.Marshaller;

public class TestXMLGen {

    /**
     * @param args
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        ActionRoot actionRoot = new ActionRoot();
        Action action = new Action();
        action.setName("EMPLOYERS");
        action.setRepNoOfParam((byte) 5);
        action.setReportVersion((byte) 12);
        action.setReportName("EMPLOYERS");
        List<RepParams> list = new ArrayList<RepParams>();

        RepParams repParams = new RepParams();
        repParams.setId((byte) 0);
        repParams.setName("P_LOCATION_ID");
        repParams.setValue("oadd_location_id");

        RepParams repParams2 = new RepParams();
        repParams2.setId((byte) 1);
        repParams2.setName("P_FINYEAR_ID");
        repParams2.setValue("oadd_fin_year_id");
        list.add(repParams);
        list.add(repParams2);
        action.setRepParams(list);
        actionRoot.setAction(action);
        try {

            File file = new File("file.xml");

            JAXBContext jaxbContext1 = JAXBContext
                    .newInstance(ActionRoot.class);
            Marshaller jaxbMarshaller = jaxbContext1.createMarshaller();

            // output pretty printed
            jaxbMarshaller.setProperty(Marshaller.JAXB_FORMATTED_OUTPUT, true);

            jaxbMarshaller.marshal(actionRoot, file);
            jaxbMarshaller.marshal(actionRoot, System.out);
        } catch (JAXBException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

    }

}

For UnMArshalling TestUnMarshalXML.java
 package com.naren;

import java.io.File;
import java.util.List;

import javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext;
import javax.xml.bind.JAXBException;
import javax.xml.bind.Unmarshaller;

public class TestUnMarshalXML {
    public static void main(String[] args) {

         try {

            File file = new File("file.xml");
            JAXBContext jaxbContext = JAXBContext.newInstance(ActionRoot.class);

            Unmarshaller jaxbUnmarshaller = jaxbContext.createUnmarshaller();
            ActionRoot aroot = (ActionRoot) jaxbUnmarshaller.unmarshal(file);

            Action action = aroot.getAction();
            List<RepParams> repParams=action.getRepParams();
            System.out.println(action.getName()+"\t"+action.getReportName()+"\t"+action.getReportVersion());
            for(RepParams rp:repParams)
                System.out.println(rp.getId()+"\t"+rp.getName()+"\t"+rp.getValue());

          } catch (JAXBException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
          }

        }
}


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Drama Amid Indonesia's Disappearing Mangroves
By Anthony Kuhn
A man gathering firewood to sell cuts down mangrove trees in the coastal area of Medan city on Indonesia's Sumatra island on Jan. 31. The country, which has one-quarter of the world's mangroves, is losing them at a rate of 6 percent a year. The coastal forests play important ecological and environmental roles.
The rising tide laps at the feet of local children and fishermen and submerges all but the tops of the mangrove trees of Tiwoho village in Indonesia's North Sulawesi province. At one degree of latitude north of the equator, the climate here is about the same all year round: hot, wet and perfect for the forests of salt-tolerant trees that grow along sheltered coastlines.
Indonesia has one-quarter of the world's mangrove forests, but it's losing them at an alarming rate of 6 percent a year. The world as a whole is estimated to have lost half of its mangroves in the past half-century.
The flooded forests help protect coastlines from tidal floods and erosion, provide a home to an important variety of biodiversity, and provide important absorption of the world's carbon dioxide.
Replanting, Re-Educating
But for the villagers, the mangroves have meant something else. The villagers used to cut down the trees for firewood, timber and to make shrimp ponds. But two decades ago, farmer Kamal Amani and other villagers began to replant them.
"Looking at the mangroves now, I am very pleased," he says, surveying the expanse of vegetation from a hilltop. "I am proud of what we have achieved for future generations. And we're very proud of Professor Jamaluddin."
Rignolda Jamaluddin, a marine scientist at a local university, has devoted himself to rebuilding North Sulawesi's mangroves, one village at a time.
He says he has tried to explain to the residents how the mangroves serve as a breeding ground for the tuna and grouper that teem in the local waters, protect the shoreline from tsunamis, and provide an abundance of useful materials that can be gathered without harming the forest.
"We can take benefits from the mangrove by not cutting the trees," Jamaluddin says. "For example, we make alcohol, we make sugar from mangrove trees." Villagers have also learned to make and sell bamboo furniture and develop ecotourism.
The mangrove forest also protects a neighboring ecosystem: the coral reefs, which are a favorite with divers. The mangroves help to filter and capture river sediment that would otherwise bury the reefs.
/ Yosef Riadi for NPR
Rignolda Jamaluddin, a local marine scientist, stands in front of the mangrove forests of North Sulawesi that he has worked to rebuild over the past two decades. Part of his strategy included educating villagers on ways they would benefit from not cutting down the trees, such as making alcohol, sugar and furniture from the trees.
Role In Carbon Capture
Jamaluddin walks over the sandy soil and into the thick underbrush of the mangrove forest. At first glance, all seems silent and deserted. But look and listen closely, and you'll find a microcosm of constant change, cycles of life and death, growth and decay.
Some mangrove roots poke upward through the soil to breathe, like an ocean full of snorkels. Other mangroves grip the mud with a lattice of roots, like the flying buttresses of a cluster of gothic cathedrals. All of them have adapted to their environment by developing filtration systems to survive in saltwater that would kill other trees.
There's a constant snapping and popping sound in the forest, which Jamaluddin says is the sound of crabs snapping their pincers and mollusks shutting their shells. Those animals are not just tasty links in the local food chain; they're also helping to compost fallen leaves and organic matter, turning them into an underground layer of carbon-rich peat.
Mangroves are a "very efficient living system in terms of sequestering carbon dioxide," says Daniel Murdiyarso, a climate change expert at the Center for International Forestry Research in Bogor, Indonesia. The carbon dioxide, he continues, is "stored in the leaves, and the leaves will be consumed by the feeders, including crabs and all those microorganisms below the ground."
Murdiyarso says mangroves store five to eight times more carbon underground than above ground. The more mature the mangrove forest, the deeper underground its peat layer extends.
Mangroves account for less than 1 percent of the world's tropical forest area, Murdiyarso says, but their destruction produces 10 percent of all carbon emissions from deforestation. Deforestation, meanwhile, is the second-largest source of carbon emissions after the burning of fossil fuels.
Jin Eong Ong, a professor at the Universiti Sains Malaysia's Center for Marine and Coastal Studies, estimates that Indonesia's mangroves absorb and store enough carbon dioxide to offset the annual emissions of 5 million cars, roughly equivalent to all the registered vehicles in Massachusetts.
Anthony Kuhn / NPR
A rising tide submerges mangrove trees and lifts local boats in Tiwoho Village in Indonesia's North Sulawesi province. Two decades ago, locals began efforts to revitalize the area's mangroves.
Best Strategy May Be The Local One
There's no doubt that Indonesia's mangroves provide many valuable services: storing carbon, filtering water and nourishing wildlife. The question is: How much are the services worth, and how can paying for them help protect the mangroves?
In Jakarta, Forestry Ministry official Eko Warsito frames the problem this way: "More than 50 percent of Indonesia's population lives in coastal areas, and most of them are poor. An ordinary plot of mangroves is worth $84 an acre. But if it's cleared and planted with oil palms, it can be worth more than $20,000 an acre."
Warsito says some developed countries, including Spain and the Netherlands, have already begun paying Indonesia to plant mangroves. In exchange, they get carbon credits that they can trade or use as a permit to emit carbon.
The city of Jakarta is buying mangrove seeds from the Forestry Ministry and planting them in Jakarta Bay, Warsito notes. Restoring the mangroves, city officials hope, will stop saltwater from seeping inland and contaminating the city's water supplies.
And, he adds, Indonesia is set to issue a presidential decree outlining a strategy for the sustainable management of its mangroves.
Then again, in Tiwoho, the villagers have restored mangroves without government policies or foreign investment. The fact that the village is in Bunaken National Park doesn't seem to have helped the mangroves much.
Jamaluddin argues that government management is less effective at protecting mangroves than community-based education.
"If the local people have their own strategy, their own knowledge and the ecosystem already functioning naturally, then we don't need the regulation, like the national park," he says. "So just let them manage the resources in their own way."
This is not just the most cost-effective way to protect the mangroves, Jamaluddin says; more importantly, it's nature's way.
Anthony Kuhn
Anthony Kuhn is NPR's correspondent based in Seoul, South Korea, reporting on the Korean Peninsula, Japan, and the great diversity of Asia's countries and cultures. Before moving to Seoul in 2018, he traveled to the region to cover major stories including the North Korean nuclear crisis and the Fukushima earthquake and nuclear disaster.
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ZÝYAEDDÝN BERNÝ

Geri

Hindistan'ýn meþhur velilerinden. Hace Nizamüddin-i Evliyanýn talebesidir. Hocasýna yakýn
olmak nimetine kavuþan seçilmiþlerdendi. Gýyaspur þehrinde otururdu. 1285 (H.684) senesi
civarýnda doðup, 1357 (H.758) de vefat etti. Vefat tarihi, Keþf-üz-Zünun'da 1493 (H.899)
olarak bildirilmiþtir ki, bu mümkün deðildir. Babasý Müeyyidülmülk Sultan Alaeddin
Halaci'nin kardeþi Akli Hanýn naibi idi.

Çok ilim tahsil eden Ziyaeddin Berni'nin hafýzasý pek kuvvetli idi. Alim ve salih zatlarýn
sohbetlerinde bulunmaktan büyük zevk alýrdý. Hace Nizamüddin-i Evliya hazretlerinin
bereketli sohbetlerine devam ederdi. Bilhassa Emir Hüsrev Dehlevi ve Emir Hasan Senceri
ile yakýnlýklarý vardý. Devamlý onlarla beraber bulunurdu.

Güzel huylu, kültürlü, hoþsohbet, güzel latifeler yapan neþeli bir zat idi.

Sultan Muhammed Tuðluk zamanýnda 17 sene ve Firuz Þah zamanlarýnda bir müddet sarayda
vazife aldý. Bu iki sultan devirlerinde, sultanýn yakýn adamlarýndan, güvendiði kimselerdendi.
Tarih ilminde de söz sahibi olan Ziyaeddin Berni, meþhur Tarih-i Firuz Þah isimli eserin de
sahibidir. Baþka eserleri de vardýr.

Tasavvuf yolunda ilerlemek arzusunda bulunan ve bu yolda çok gayretli olan Mevlana
Ziyaeddin Berni, hiçbir zaman dünyalýk toplamak gayretinde, telaþýnda olmamýþtýr.
Kendisine yetecek kadar þeylerle yetinir, daha fazlasýný elinde bulundurmazdý.

Hace Ziyaeddin Berni, Hasretname isimli eserinde þöyle anlatýr: "Bir zaman, hocam Hace
Nizamüddin-i Evliya'nýn sohbetinde bulunuyordum. O gün ruhlara hayat veren bereketli
sohbetlerinde, sabahtan kuþluk vaktine kadar bulundum. Bu sýrada birçok kiþi, talebe olmak
üzere geldi. O da gelenlerin hepsini kabul etti. O esnada kalbimden; "Eskiden büyük zatlar,
kendilerine talebe olmak üzere gelenleri kabul etmekte ihtiyatlý davranýrlar, her geleni hemen
kabul etmezlerdi. Bizim hocamýz ise, gelenlerden hiçbirini ayýrmýyor, hepsini kabul ediyor."
düþüncesi geçti. Ben bu düþünceler içindeyken, bir ara bunu kendisine sual etmek bile
istedim. Allahü tealanýn izniyle benim bu düþüncelerimi anladý. Bana dönerek tebessüm etti
ve; "Bana istediðini sor ama, gelen herkesi niçin kabul ettiðimi sorma!" buyurdu. Sonra da
þöyle devam etti; "Talebe olmak üzere gelenlerin hepsini kabul ettiðimizi, ihtiyatlý
davranmadýðýmýzý düþünüyorsunuz. Bizim böyle davranmamýzýn üç sebebi vardýr. Birincisi;
tecrübe ile anlýyorum ki, bize talebe olmak üzere gelenlerin hemen hepsi, günah iþlemekten
sakýnan, namazlarýný devamlý cemaatle kýlan, emirleri yapmakta gevþek davranmayan, istidad
sahibi kimselerdir. Bunun için onlarý kabul ediyorum. Ýkincisi; manevi olarak acizlik ve
ihtiyaç içinde kapýmýza gelip; "Bütün günahlarýma tövbe ettim" diyen bir kimseyi geri
göndermek gönlümüze hiç hoþ gelmiyor. Bize talebe olanlardan hepsinin, günahlardan uzak
durduðu, tövbesini bozmadýðý da meydandadýr. Üçüncü ve en mühim sebep de; hocam
Feridüddin Genc-i Þeker, bana icazet ve hilafet verirken böyle iþaret buyurmuþtur." Bu
açýklamadan sonra, ona olan muhabbetim daha çok arttý."

1) Kamus-ul-A'lam; c.4, s.2981

2) Ahbar-ul-Ahyar; s.195

3) Keþf-üz-Zünun; s.299

4) Ýslam Alimleri Ansiklopedisi; c.11, s.206

5) Persian Literatüre; c.1, s.505

6) Siyer-ül-Evliya; s.312

7) Hazinet-ül-Asfiya; c.1, s.344

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package org.apach3.commons.lang3.time;

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.Format;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.TimeZone;
import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;

/**
 *
FormatCache is a cache and factory for {@link Format}s.

 *
 * @since 3.0
 * @version $Id: FormatCache 892161 2009-12-18 07:21:10Z  $
 */
// TODO: Before making public move from getDateTimeInstance(Integer,...) to int; or some other approach.
abstract class FormatCache<F extends Format> {
    /**
     * No date or no time.  Used in same parameters as DateFormat.SHORT or DateFormat.LONG
     */
    static final int NONE= -1;

    private final ConcurrentMap<MultipartKey, F> cInstanceCache
        = new ConcurrentHashMap<MultipartKey, F>(7);

    private final ConcurrentMap<MultipartKey, String> cDateTimeInstanceCache
        = new ConcurrentHashMap<MultipartKey, String>(7);

    /**
     *
Gets a formatter instance using the default pattern in the
     * default timezone and locale.

     *
     * @return a date/time formatter
     */
    public F getInstance() {
        return getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, DateFormat.SHORT, TimeZone.getDefault(), Locale.getDefault());
    }

    /**
     *
Gets a formatter instance using the specified pattern, time zone
     * and locale.

     *
     * @param pattern  {@link java.text.SimpleDateFormat} compatible
     *  pattern
     * @param timeZone  the non-null time zone
     * @param locale  the non-null locale
     * @return a pattern based date/time formatter
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if pattern is invalid
     *  or null
     */
    public F getInstance(String pattern, TimeZone timeZone, Locale locale) {
        if (pattern == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException("pattern must not be null");
        }
        if (timeZone == null) {
            timeZone = TimeZone.getDefault();
        }
        if (locale == null) {
            locale = Locale.getDefault();
        }
        MultipartKey key = new MultipartKey(pattern, timeZone, locale);
        F format = cInstanceCache.get(key);
        if (format == null) {
            format = createInstance(pattern, timeZone, locale);
            F previousValue= cInstanceCache.putIfAbsent(key, format);
            if (previousValue != null) {
                // another thread snuck in and did the same work
                // we should return the instance that is in ConcurrentMap
                format= previousValue;
            }
        }
        return format;
    }

    /**
     *
Create a format instance using the specified pattern, time zone
     * and locale.

     *
     * @param pattern  {@link java.text.SimpleDateFormat} compatible pattern, this will not be null.
     * @param timeZone  time zone, this will not be null.
     * @param locale  locale, this will not be null.
     * @return a pattern based date/time formatter
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if pattern is invalid
     *  or null
     */
    abstract protected F createInstance(String pattern, TimeZone timeZone, Locale locale);

    /**
     *
Gets a date/time formatter instance using the specified style,
     * time zone and locale.

     *
     * @param dateStyle  date style: FULL, LONG, MEDIUM, or SHORT
     * @param timeStyle  time style: FULL, LONG, MEDIUM, or SHORT
     * @param timeZone  optional time zone, overrides time zone of
     *  formatted date
     * @param locale  optional locale, overrides system locale
     * @return a localized standard date/time formatter
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the Locale has no date/time
     *  pattern defined
     */
    public F getDateTimeInstance(Integer dateStyle, Integer timeStyle, TimeZone timeZone, Locale locale) {
        if (locale == null) {
            locale = Locale.getDefault();
        }
        MultipartKey key = new MultipartKey(dateStyle, timeStyle, locale);

        String pattern = cDateTimeInstanceCache.get(key);
        if (pattern == null) {
            try {
                DateFormat formatter;
                if (dateStyle == null) {
                    formatter = DateFormat.getTimeInstance(timeStyle, locale);
                }
                else if (timeStyle == null) {
                    formatter = DateFormat.getDateInstance(dateStyle, locale);
                }
                else {
                    formatter = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(dateStyle, timeStyle, locale);
                }
                pattern = ((SimpleDateFormat)formatter).toPattern();
                String previous = cDateTimeInstanceCache.putIfAbsent(key, pattern);
                if (previous != null) {
                    // even though it doesn't matter if another thread put the pattern
                    // it's still good practice to return the String instance that is
                    // actually in the ConcurrentMap
                    pattern= previous;
                }
            } catch (ClassCastException ex) {
                throw new IllegalArgumentException("No date time pattern for locale: " + locale);
            }
        }

        return getInstance(pattern, timeZone, locale);
    }

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     *
Helper class to hold multi-part Map keys

     */
    private static class MultipartKey {
        private final Object[] keys;
        private int hashCode;

        /**
         * Constructs an instance of MultipartKey to hold the specified objects.
         * @param keys the set of objects that make up the key.  Each key may be null.
         */
        public MultipartKey(Object... keys) {
            this.keys = keys;
        }

        /**
         * {@inheritDoc}
         */
        @Override
        public boolean equals(Object obj) {
            if (this == obj) {
                return true;
            }
            if ( obj instanceof MultipartKey == false ) {
                return false;
            }
            return Arrays.equals(keys, ((MultipartKey)obj).keys);
        }

        /**
         * {@inheritDoc}
         */
        @Override
        public int hashCode() {
            if(hashCode==0) {
                int rc= 0;
                for(Object key : keys) {
                    if(key!=null) {
                        rc= rc*7 + key.hashCode();
                    }
                }
                hashCode= rc;
            }
            return hashCode;
        }
    }

}


Asked if we support college and non-commercial radio here at Matador, we would have to reply "yes". And, of course, if that means plying college MDs with free goods, tickets and expensive gifts to pump up chart positions, we'd emphatically reply "hell yes!!"
Well, The Ponys are about to put a little more rock action in their support. The Free Yr Radio campaign is putting together a series of in-stores to help in the support of the local college radio stations across the US and next Tuesday April 24th the band are going to be rocking Urban Outfitters (where else?) in Lawrence, KS in support of the very fine radio station KJHK.
The show begins at 6pm and your free invite can be printed at www.freeyrradio.com/kjhkguest.
Make sure you show up early and have your invite in-hand as the show is first come, first served and you MUST have an invite.


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Q: Extract hour information from a date string Is it possible extract hour value from a date string like below
20151211091805 +0000

expected output-
09:18:05 (this should also be string)

A: Try this:
$t = "20151211091805";
echo date('H:i:s',strtotime($t));

A: Use PHP's date function.
echo date("H:i:s", strtotime("20151211091805"));

Another way using DateTime class.
$dateTime = new DateTime("20151211091805");
echo $dateTime->format('H:i:s');

A: Try this..
<?php
 $timestamp = 20151211091805;
 $date = new DateTime("$ts");
 echo date_format($date, 'H:i:s');
?>

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Eleven è l'album di debutto del gruppo pop punk band Sugarcult, pubblicato nel 1997 come demo e ripubblicato nel 1999. Alcune delle tracce dell'album provengono dall'EP Five.

Tracce

Crediti
 Tim Pagnotta - voce, chitarra
 Marko DeSantis - chitarra
 Lance Austin - chitarra
 Airin Older - basso, voce d'accompagnamento
 Ben Davis - batteria, voce d'accompagnamento
 Jim Mooey - tromba

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Collegamenti esterni

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Spire is a youth organization working for a just and sustainable distribution of the world's resources. We aim to examine the big connections that create injustice. Our focus areas are the environment, food security, international trade and urban development. Spire influences politicians in Norway and internationally to create change. We work with youth in the South and run information campaigns to inspire Norwegian youth to action. We are the Development Fund's youth organization. Will you join us?
We live in a world marked by enormous inequality, and we consume the earth's resources to an extent that we are not only causing damage today but we also restrict future generations. Poverty can be both a cause and a result of environmental degradation. Therefore, the environment and development go hand in hand. Our goal is to change the social structures that maintain an unfair distribution and the unsustainable management of economic, social, biological and cultural rights and resources.
Spire was formed when the Development Fund received Operation Day's Work (OD) in 2003. A group of involved youth came together with the goal of creating a youth organization focused on the relationship between the environment and development. Despite the fact that we are a young organization, we have gained a solid foothold in the Norwegian organizational environment, and we have achieved several political victories. Among other things, we got significant political support for our campaign against land grabbing in 2010 - several of our requirements were included in the Report to the Storting (white paper) 14, "Towards a greener development – on a coherent environmental and development policy". Our main target group is youth between 18 and 30 years, but we do not want age to be a limitation for engagement. If you are engaged and share our political views you are welcome on the team!
Solidarity: Spire believes that global power factors such as the World Bank, World Trade Organization and the large multinational companies are helping to create an unfair distribution of resources. The result is that the gap between the poor and the rich continues to increase. Spire wants to counteract this.
Environment: Spire is not just interested in how we allocate resources; we are also concerned about how they are managed. Spire believes that development must occur on the environment's own terms.
Young people: Young people are also central to our international work. Spire believes that developing countries must participate in shaping their own future. In many developing countries, youth are still a marginalized group who do not have the chance to participate in democratic processes. Our focus on this group is to help ensure that their voice is heard on the road to a better and fairer world.
A large annual meeting is our highest authority, where all of our members have a vote, speech, and are encouraged to propose motions.


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Q: Storing Python scripts on a webserver Following on my previous question, if I have some hosting how can I put a python script on their that I can then run from there?  Do I need to do something special to run it/install something?
EDIT-Clarification-I would like to be able to upload the script which does stuff on the internet-no data is stored on my computer.  I then need to schedule it to run once a day.

A: You have to ensure your hoster system supports Python.
You can ask them about that.
To run the script once it is there, you can act in several ways, depending on what you want to do.
You can have your server side language to invoke it (i.e. from the backend of a web page), or if you have a shell access to the machine you can invoke it manually.
Btw, very often hosting providers give a scheduling tool (i.e. an interface for crontab or at) via the hosting plan administration panel, which you could use to start your script.
First thing, anyway, you have to ask your hoster and check Python availability.

A: Usually python is already installed, but it depends on your hoster. Ask them.


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JoeFecarotta.com
The man, the myth, the legend in his own mind....
Tom Cruise Kills Oprah
I don't know why, but this makes me laugh everytime I watch it. Cruise isn't losing his mind....this is now the real him!
World's most expensive cities - Jun. 22, 2005
Pummeling NY is getting too easy.
Whats interesting about this list is that NY isn't the top in the world, only the top in this country. Tokyo is #1, and Osaka #2. Why on earth would anyone want to raise a family in these places? I'm guessing their not. Yuppies are competing for their piece of the pie and tolerate the 300 sq ft "loft" for 2000 bucks a month.
They can have it.
Throw this one out to Tim Bowling, who is one cool cat.
"Words were never invented to fully explain the peaceful aura that surrounds us when we are in communion with minds of the same thoughts.
Eddie Myers"
Wow is this site spooky...
http://www.merrickbiotech.com
Its a firm in Arizona where buyers can insure their organs. Cleints recieve their organs with no possibilty of rejection once transferred to the patient, the genetic make-up of the organ being identical to the patient's. Takes one to three years depending on the organ's complexity. 150k to just talk to these guys, averaging 1.2 million for the final pricetag. Its alot, but just like CD players, it'll come down. :)
Noosphere on FB
Joe on Agile
What is the Noosphere?
Throw this one out to Tim Bowling, who is one cool...


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Al Guest is a Canadian animation producer.

He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and started his career there when he dropped out of the University of Manitoba to pursue a career in films. A writer and fine artist, he has exhibited his paintings at many galleries in Winnipeg and Toronto, Ontario. He is most known for his film work - especially animation - which he has written, produced, and directed in 10 studios on three continents.

Toronto
In Toronto he established both an animation studio and a live action production company. In the early 1960s Guest was called on by Sydney Banks, legendary Canadian broadcast and film pioneer, to help create the Directors Guild of Canada (DGC). As related by Banks, the founding President, Guest was talked into becoming its first unelected secretary and persuaded to contribute the distinctive "director's chair" logo still in use by the DGC.

Together with his partner, animator Jean Mathieson, Guest has produced more than 4,000 television commercials, theatrical shorts, television series and sponsored films, winning more than 100 awards.

Although known primarily for animation, they have also produced and directed live action commercials with their company in London, England as well as live action TV shows in the U.S. Among their live productions produced in Canada were 130 episodes of The Bonnie Prudden Show (U.S. syndication) and 195 episodes of The Ed Allen Show (U.S. syndication).

Among their animated productions produced in Canada were: 78 episodes of The Undersea Adventures of Captain Nemo, (CBS) 52 episodes of Rocket Robin Hood (CBC & international syndication), 20 episodes of The Toothbrush Family (CBS), 20 episodes of The Sunrunners (Ontario Education Channel) and 26 episodes of The Hilarious House of Frightenstein (U.S. syndication) and the half hour Inuit special Ukaliq. The Undersea Adventures of Captain Nemo ran in Quebec as Capitaine Mark Simon.

Hollywood
Subsequently, they moved to Hollywood, California where they designed and built a complete motion-control system and produced special effects for numerous commercials and the films Alligator, Any Which Way You Can, Body Heat, and One from the Heart, for which they also produced the logo animation for Francis Ford Coppola's Zoetrope Studios.

Dublin
On the recommendation and financing of their New York distributor, Don Taffner, they went to Dublin, Ireland and partnered in setting up a major animation facility, Emerald City Productions, from scratch in a country that had no animation history. Providing the design and specifications for a complete reconstruction of the premises, supervising all purchasing and installation of the equipment as well as designing the furniture, they set about to recruit and train the entire staff, from animators and background artists to camera operators and editors. The studio was set in DunLaoghaire.

While training the staff, Al Guest and Jean Mathieson wrote, produced and directed all the studio's output including the following one-hour specials based on classic books: Oliver Twist (BBC), Ghost Stories From The Pickwick Papers (Syndication), The Phantom of the Opera (HBO), Ben-Hur (Syndication), Les Miserables (HBO), A Tale of Two Cities (Syndication), The Canterville Ghost (Syndication), Around the World in Eighty Days (Syndication), The Call of the Wild (with Global Television Network, Canada), and Brer Rabbit Tales (Syndication).

Manila, Hong Kong & Guangzhou
After commuting from L.A. to their Dublin studio every six weeks for four years, they sold the studio to an English company and moved to Palm Springs. There they were commissioned by Syd Banks, to write a live action motion picture screenplay based on the life of Emily Brontë, Emily's Story - Wuthering Heights, to be produced by Denis Heroux, the producer of The Black Robe and Atlantic City.

Their animation activity did not stop however,  and they wrote, directed and produced Brer Rabbit's Xmas Carol, The Outrageous Adventures of Brer Rabbit, and Mighty Bigfoot, for which they also designed all the characters.

These productions were all made with studios in Manila and Guangzhou, China, which necessitated numerous trips to the studios by Guest & Mathieson to maintain their "hands-on" production style. The animated commercials they produced during this period were all done in L.A. on their computers.

Los Angeles
In 1998 they were appointed to the faculty of Mount San Antonio College in the new Digital Animation Production course where they taught courses in Animation Principles - Beginning and Advanced, Inbetweening, Storyboard, Layout, Animation script writing, Drawing the Figure in Motion, and CGI Environment (Maya). Although certified as professors at Mount San Antonio College, they left teaching after a year to produce and direct a trailer section of their script - Emily's Story - Wuthering Heights, as a combination live-action & CGI production.

Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou & Suzhou
In 2000, Guest & Mathieson spent 13 months directing and producing Flutemaster. A ground-breaking animated series originating in California and produced in China, it was a hit running Prime Time on the Chinese network CCTV, where, as one of the most popular programs ever aired, it reached an audience of 140 million viewers during its broadcast in 2004. Guest and Mathieson designed characters, the logo, and art directed the "look" of the series and its promotion. They also trained Chinese concept, storyboard, and background artists in contemporary American animation style, procedures and technical standards. Flutemaster ran in the US as Skateboy. While in Beijing they were invited to the Beijing Broadcasting Institute where they gave an address.

Back to Hollywood
They have completed a 2D series Going Buggs based on their movie Planet of the Buggs, which was created and directed by their son William S. Mathieson, as well as finishing a completely CG pilot - Oh No, Domingo!.
A live action horror film they wrote - House of Darkness was produced in Montreal.
A creative and business consultant in Videogames, Al Guest now devotes most of his time to writing Crime and Mafia novels.

External links

Bibliography
CARTOONS: ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF CINEMA ANIMATION by Giannalberto Bendazzi - Indiana University Press 1995
CARTOON CAPERS by Karen Mazurkewich - McArthur and Company 1999
COLOMBO'S CANADIAN REFERENCES by John Robert Colombo - Oxford University Press 1976
PRESS RELEASE - World Wide Pictures Corporation
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FANTASY by John Clute and John Grant - Macmillan 1999
FRIGHT XMAS by Alan-Bertanellson Jones - AuthorHouse 2010
MORE THEATRE: M-Z by Alvin H. Marill and William T. Leonard - Scarecrow Press 1993
SELF-PORTRAIT:ESSAYS ON THE CANADIAN AND QUEBEC CINEMAS - Pierre Veronneau & Piers Handling - The Canadian Film Institute 1980
CINEMA CANADA - ISSUES 34-47 - Canadian Society of Cinematographers 1977
THE CHRISTMAS ENCYCLOPAEDIA - William D. Crump - McFarland & Co 2006
LES CINEMAS CANADIENS - Pierre Veronneau - Lherminier 1978
VOYAGE AU FOND DES MERS (French Edition) - Max Phillipe Morel - lulu.com 2012
BIBLE AND CINEMA: FIFTY KEY FILMS - Adele Reinhatz - (Routledge Key Guides) 2012
THE UNDERGROUNDS OF THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA: SUBLIMATION AND THE GOTHIC IN LEROUX'S NOVEL AND ITS PROGENY - Jerrold E. Hogle - 2002
BEN-HUR - Lew Wallace and David Mayer - (Oxford World's Classics) - 1998

Canadian animated film directors
Canadian animated film producers
Canadian television directors
Canadian television producers
Canadian painters
Living people
Artists from Winnipeg
Film directors from Winnipeg
Year of birth missing (living people)


Make sure that you have everything you need before making your application.
The Biocides Submission Manual (BSM) 'Technical Guide: How to prepare a biocides dossier'.
The Biocides Submission Manual (BSM) 'Technical Guide: How to use the SPC Editor'.
The Biocides Submission Manual (BSM) 'Application instructions: How to submit an application for National Authorisation '.
The "Supporting Documents" table from ECHA's website. Make sure that you use the latest document template.
two or more authorisations linked by mutual recognition.
When you submit a renewal for two or more national authorisations, make sure that you identify each and every asset and enter them in only one supporting document. The supporting document needs to include all assets that form part of the same group for each and every application.
When you prepare a renewal for two or more national authorisations linked by mutual recognition, it is vital that you organise amongst the asset owners which assets will be renewed and the distribution of the submission work.
Please contact the ECHA Helpdesk or your national helpdesk if you have any queries concerning your application for a national authorisation renewal.
From the 'NEW APPLICATION' tab, select 'NA-APP – Application for national authorisation' to launch the application 'wizard', which will guide you through the various steps of the submission process.
You can apply for more than one Mutual recognition(s) in parallel at the same time. You can submit simultaneous applications to every concerned Member State by making a selection in the relevant tick boxes in the 'Select authorities' step. You can also initiate the Mutual recognition(s) in parallel at a later stage. Please refer to the specific section below for further information.
Draft your SPC file from the SPC of the reference case.
During the submission of an application for national authorisation, in the 'Select authorities' step, as explained in the section above.
From the 'NEW APPLICATION' tab: select 'NA-MRP – Mutual recognition in parallel' and enter the reference number (the national authorisation case number of the biocidal product you want to have recognised in parallel).
From the 'CASES' tab: search for the relevant national authorisation case you want to have recognised in parallel. Click on the case number and from the details page launch your application by clicking 'Create new case' for 'NA-MRP – Mutual recognition in parallel'.
The application 'wizard' will guide you through the various steps of the submission process.
Draft your SPC file from the authorised SPC of the reference asset.
From the 'NEW APPLICATION' tab; select 'NA-MRS – Mutual recognition in sequence' and enter the reference number (the national authorisation asset number of the biocidal product you want to have mutually recognised).
From the 'ASSETS' tab, search for the relevant national authorisation asset you want to have mutually recognised. Click on the asset number and from the details page launch your application by clicking 'Create new case' for 'NA-MRS – Mutual recognition in sequence'.
Create your SPC file from the authorised SPC of the reference family case or asset, using specific functionality in the SPC Editor – Apply for a same product.
From the 'NEW APPLICATION' tab, select 'NA-BBP – National authorisation of the same biocidal product (pending)' and enter the reference number (the national authorisation or mutual recognition in parallel case number of the reference biocidal product) or 'NA-BBS – National authorisation of the same biocidal product (authorised)' and enter the reference number (the national authorisation asset number of the reference biocidal product) to launch the application 'wizard'.
From the 'ASSETS' tab, search for the relevant national authorisation asset you wish to renew. Click on the asset number and from the details page launch your application by clicking 'Create new case' for 'NA-RNL - Application for renewal of national authorisation'. The application 'wizard' will guide you through the various steps of the submission process.
If you want to initiate the renewal of a single national authorisation(s) under Article 31 of the BPR, your receiving Member State is already given and you should leave the other asset(s) proposed in the 'Grouping of assets' step (if any) unselected. Submit your application with the supporting document 'Renewal of a single national authorisation'.
Among the assets you have access to, select one which has been granted by the Member State you have chosen as reference Member State for the renewal and initiate the renewal from this asset; N.B.: in case you do not have access to any asset granted by the selected reference Member State, select any other asset and initiate the renewal from this asset, .
If you are not able to select all the assets listed in the supporting document (i.e. the assets which should be renewed together), the assets not covered by your submission will have to be covered by other (additional) submission(s) which should all contain the same supporting document in order to ensure the linking, N.B.: the additional submission(s) can be made either by you or by other companies, depending on who has access to the assets to be renewed which have not been covered by your submission.
If you want to include a new NA-RNL case in your grouped renewal of several national authorisations, you should search for your reference case. The status should be 'in progress' or 'suspended'. Click on 'create new case' in the submission details page to launch the application wizard.
From the 'NEW APPLICATION' tab, select 'CC-APP – Classification of a change to a product authorisation' to launch the application 'wizard', which will guide you through the various steps of the submission process.
From the 'ASSETS' tab, search for the relevant national authorisation asset for which you wish to request a change. Click on the asset number and from the details page launch your application by clicking 'Create new case' for 'NA-ADC - National authorisation administrative change on request'. The application 'wizard' will guide you through the various steps of the submission process.
If the changes are sought in more than one market area, you can submit simultaneous applications to every concerned Member state by making a selection in the relevant tick boxes in in the 'Grouping of assets' step.
Submit your notification/application, with the supporting document from step 1, for the assets that you have selected from the list visible to you in the wizard. Initiate a new separate NA-ADC follow up application for each of your missing asset(s) (the assets not presented by the wizard but affected by the change), and include the same supporting document submitted in your previous application (step 1). The reference Member State indicated in the supporting document must be the same as the one for earlier submission.
If the changes are not sought in the Member State which originally evaluated your application for authorisation of the biocidal product, or if you wish to change the reference Member State, you will need to initiate the submission from the asset which has been granted by your chosen new reference Member State.
From the 'ASSETS' tab, search for the relevant national authorisation asset for which you wish to request a change. Click on the asset number and from the details page launch your application by clicking 'Create new case' for 'NA-MIC - National authorisation minor change on request' or 'NA-MAC - National authorisation major change on request'. The application 'wizard' will guide you through the various steps of the submission process.
Submit your notification/application, with the supporting document from step 1, for the assets that you have selected from the list visible to you in the wizard.
Initiate a new separate NA-MIC or NA-MAC follow up application for each of your missing asset(s) (the assets not presented by the wizard but affected by the change), and include the same supporting document submitted in your previous application (step 1). The reference Member State indicated in the supporting document must be the same as the one for earlier submission.
If you want to include a new NA-MIC or NA-MAC case in your grouped submission, you should search for your reference case. The status should be 'in progress' or 'suspended'. Click on 'create new case' in the submission details page to launch the application wizard.
If the changes are not sought in the Member State which originally evaluated your application for authorisation of the biocidal product, or if you wish to change the reference Member State, you will need to start the submission from the asset which has been granted by your chosen new reference Member State.
From the 'NEW APPLICATION' tab, select 'NA-MRG – Merge of product authorisation(s) in one product family' and enter the reference number (the national authorisation asset number of the reference biocidal product you want to merge into a product family) to launch the application 'wizard' which will guide you through the various steps of the submission process.
The owner of a national authorisation asset must first initiate a transfer process in R4BP 3, this is done in the 'Delegation/ Nomination' tab of the asset. Once the owner has delegated the asset, you can start the acceptance.
Draft your SPC file from the authorised SPC of the obtainable asset.
From the 'ASSET' tab, search for the relevant national authorisation asset. Click on the asset number and from the details page click 'Accept Asset Transfer'. The application 'wizard' will guide you through the various steps of the process.
From the 'ASSETS' tab, search for the specific asset number by filling in some search criterion. Clicking on the asset number hyperlink in the 'Assets list' will open a details page for that specific asset. On this page, click 'Create new case' and a list of application types available for that asset will appear. From this list, you can launch the wizard by selecting 'NA-CCL – National authorisation cancellation on request'. It is important to note that when creating a member cancellation you have to start by selecting first the member asset.
The application 'wizard' will guide you through the various steps of the submission process.
Create your SPC file from the authorised SPC of the reference family asset, using specific functionality in the SPC Editor – 'Notify a product'.
From the 'ASSETS' tab, search for the relevant national authorisation asset. Click on the asset number and from the details page launch your application by clicking 'Create new case' for 'NA-NPF - Notification of product in product family for national authorisation'. The application 'wizard' will guide you through the various steps of the submission process.
From the 'ASSETS' tab, search for the relevant national authorisation asset for which you wish to notify unexpected or adverse effect.. Click on the asset number and from the details page launch your application by clicking 'Create new case' for 'NE-NOT - Notification of unexpected or adverse effect for national authorisation'. The application 'wizard' will guide you through the various steps of the submission process.
From the 'NEW APPLICATION' tab, select 'ET-NOT – Notification of experiment or test' to launch the application 'wizard', which will guide you through the various steps of the submission process.
From the 'NEW APPLICATION' tab, select 'PP-APP – Parallel trade' and enter the reference numbers (the national authorisation asset number in the Member State of origin and the national authorisation asset number in the Member State of introduction) to launch the application 'wizard', which will guide you through the various steps of the submission process.
From the 'NEW APPLICATION' tab, select 'IN-REB – Inquire to share data (for biocidal product)' and enter the reference number (the national authorisation asset number of the reference biocidal product) to launch the application 'wizard', which will guide you through the various steps of the submission process.
Important – make a note of your submission number. You will need it for further reference.
Requests for more information. These are important because if you fail to complete the task by the deadline, your application may be rejected.
Invoices, which have a 30-day deadline for payment. If you fail to pay the fee within the deadline, you application will be rejected.
Results of the ECHA format check.
Results of the acceptance step.


3 Palms Pizzeria is a Neapolitian style pizza restaurant in the First & Main shopping district of downtown Hudson. The first time I tried 3 Palms was during the Taste of Hudson last year and it quickly became one of our favorite restaurants in Hudson.
The dining area at 3 Palms consists of heavy wooden tables, giving the restaurant a rustic feel. There are large windows throughout the dining area, giving you plenty of sunlight during your dining experience.
Make sure you save room for dessert, upon entering 3 Palms, you'll be greeted by the dessert case and the gelato case. You need to order the gelato, it's wonderful, I've never tried a flavor here that I didn't like.
On a Friday or Saturday you may need to wait a little for a table, 3 Palms wrote down my phone number and told me that we could walk around outside and would receive a text when our table was ready.
It was an incredibly nice night, so Dave and I opted to sit out on their patio. They have a mix of some larger group tables and some couple's tables outside.
The patio is along the front and side of the restaurant, we were at a table closest to the main entrance. However, the patio starts far enough away from the main entrance, that we weren't bothered by people entering and leaving the restaurant. One of my biggest restaurant pet peeves is being seated too close to the main door or the kitchen entrance, it always makes it difficult to enjoy your meal, because there's too much activity.
Flowers were everywhere along their gate.
We weren't too hungry, so we skipped ordering a starter. If you're hungry for an appetizer, I would recommend the Crispy Fried Artichokes served with lemon roasted garlic dipping sauce or the Antipasto Plate if you're ordering an appetizer for a larger group.
We split a Funghi Pizza which includes wild mushrooms, cippolini onions and smoked mozzarella cheese (smoked in house).
All pizzas at 3 Palms are prepared in the traditional Neapolitian way and cooked in a wood burning pizza oven. Due to the dough being hand rolled, each pizza may look a little different due to the individual qualities it may have obtained through hand rolling and wood firing.
I love the thin, crispy crust that 3 Palms creates with their pizza making techniques and cooking the pizza in a wood burning oven. If mushrooms aren't a food you love, 3 Palms has a large list of pizza options and includes all of the ingredients for each on their menu. I've also tried the Margherita pizza before and loved it just as much as the Funghi.
For dessert Dave and I split some caramel gelato. Gelato is denser than ice cream, but it has a lower percentage of fat, allowing the flavors to shine through better. I have never been disappointed with 3 Palms gelato, I'm sure all of their flavors taste divine.


This tour will ask visitors to question an artist's original intent in creating a piece and how their work functions differently in a museum environment. Visitors will see ordinary objects like jugs and shoes being repurposed and made into art. Transcending aesthetics and delving into the history behind objects, we will explore a wide array cultures and time periods from the Italian Renaissance to contemporary America.


"Voices from the Jazz Boutique" is how she has themed her performances – offering a majestic flare of music covering all facets of time, category, and movements of jazz at its core.
Yvette is at her best when involved in a gambit of projects that includes singing, performing, and showcasing her personality both on-stage and "on-air".
While living in both New Orleans and Washington, DC, Yvette has had the opportunity to share the stage with many of today's great jazz musicians. She enjoys rousing the audience with the movement and motion of jazz, as well as charming you with its lyrics. In some descriptions she considers herself a "Jazz Entertainer" and most intimately a "torch singer". It's the emotion and the intensity of the interpretation that she gets caught into. When singing the songs that are embedded in her experience, the song becomes hers, she's at one with the song, and a dramatic overture is the outcome. Yvette's repertoire consists of an impressive range of jazz, blues, and gospel.


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Game Picks - Saturday: October 1, 2011
The Tampa Bay Rays certainly made a statement in their opening salvo in Arlington against the Texas Rangers. Kelly Shoppach became this year's Terry Steinbach, Mike Scioscia or Jim Leyritz. C.J. Wilson struggled early and young Matt Moore, the kid with the smile, showed up amidst all the hype and shut down one of the most potent offenses in the game. It was an eye-opening game. The other game on the schedule was eye-opening for other reasons, mainly because it was suspended by rain and as such will test the Yankees ability to rewrite their plan of attack against the Tigers.
The irritating thing about the Yankees - Tigers game was that the greed of the networks and Major League Baseball turned it into a fiasco. Insisting the Yankees be available for the late game for ratings purposes put the game out of reach for the rains that came and washed it all away. How did those rating go after that, TBS? It's high time that playoff schedules were made via common sense instead of with dollar signs. Instead we lose one of the greatest pitching match ups we could have hoped for lost to the elements. There is no blame to not heeding the weather maps to start that game. The rain was apparently worse than expected. That happens. But when you start a game so late, you have no other options but to call it. It was yet another scheduling black eye for baseball.
Hey, a picks post turned into a rant. Sorry about that. Here are Saturday's picks:
The Brewers over the Diamondbacks: This one rolled around in this picker's head for quite a while. The pitching match up is outstanding with Ian Kennedy facing Yovani Gallardo. Kennedy has faced the Brewers three times to the tune of twenty innings and did a nice job of shutting them down with only one homer allowed. But as good as he's been, Gallardo has been even tougher on the Diamondbacks. He's never lost to them and has a sparkling ERA. Add a full house of screaming Milwaukee fans and it should all add up to a Brewers win.
The Phillies over the Cardinals: Let's face it, Roy Halladay was born to pitch these kinds of games. He is the Bob Gibson of this generation, which is ironic facing the Cardinals. Kyle Lohse has had a really nice season and is a wily and smart pitcher. But he won't be able to keep up with Halladay.
The Rangers over the Bay Rays: This game all boils down to Derek Holland. Holland can be unhittable at times and put up nine zeroes and at other times, he can stink up the joint. He needs to be the former for this pick to pan out as James Shields is one tough customer and the Rays are flying on all cylinders.
The Yankees over the Tigers: Such a shame we lost that match up. But, it is what it is. Doug Fister has been brilliant but this is his first rodeo in the post season. How cool and calm can he be? Will he fall apart when things get tough? Ivan Nova is really in the same boat. The game will come down to who gets off to the faster start. Playing at home has to give the Yankees the edge when all other elements are equal.
Labels: ALDS, MLB Game Picks, MLB Playoffs, NLDS
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No Need To Reinvent The Wheel For Green Features
by Judy Johnson, AIA, LEED BD+C
Techniques Allow Existing Buildings To Capture Benefits
We have all seen new buildings that were designed with sustainable technologies. While these buildings are exciting and groundbreaking, they are often not a reality for clients who have budget constraints and must adapt existing buildings – especially if it's a historic building. There is a perception that in order to achieve sustainability, clients have to start new, from the ground up, and be ready to pay extra for "green" features. However, reality tells a much different story: existing buildings each have their own set of variables, challenges and opportunities that can lead to new and innovative sustainable solutions.
Innovation by The Sea
The existing Lighthouse Building at Southern Maine Community College in South Portland, Maine was renovated from a machine shop to a building which houses offices, conference rooms and teaching spaces. With a mandate to be more sustainable, a new and innovative approach was selected to heat and cool the existing building. Tapping into nearby Casco Bay, the seawater-based mechanical system utilizes a closed loop piping system to circulate an FDA-approved propylene glycol solution between the heat pumps in the building and a heat exchanger in the ocean. This results in a heating and cooling system that is four times more efficient than a conventional high-efficiency mechanical system.
This system has no fossil fuel costs and a payback period of six years, which is significantly less than a traditional system. This project highlights the success and opportunities when the design team of architects and engineers all work together to develop innovative solutions for an existing building.
Moving into the 21st Century
In some cases, it is necessary to map a path to elevate a Historic Registry building to a 21st century standard of comfort and performance.
The Charles E. Moody School was constructed in 1905-06 in Fairfield, Maine, replacing an earlier structure destroyed by fire. The Moody School is a contributing structure to the "Hinckley Good Will Home Historic District," designated a National Register of Historic Places in 1986. Recently, renovations were made to the original 16,000-square-foot, 12-classroom building at the Good Will-Hinckley Moody School, and a 7,200-square-foot addition was constructed to create five new classrooms to house the MeANS Charter School. The integrated design team of architects and engineers explored solutions to design energy-efficient mechanical systems, utilize highly efficient lighting, create highly insulated exterior walls and roof, site the building strategically to maximum sun exposure and place solar panels on the roof to generate electricity.
All these design strategies combined to produce a building that is net-positive, meaning it produces more energy than it consumes. This additional electricity is then used to provide power to adjacent buildings on the campus.
Some of the most successful sustainable designs are those that not only incorporate an existing building but also embrace the local region. An anchor store in an Auburn, Maine mall was transformed into a LEED Platinum call center and office space. The integrated design team made use of local recycled materials, natural daylighting and an energetic design to create a better working environment for employees.
The original space measured approximately 240-by-204 feet, a 57,600-square-foot area with very little natural light. A new 40-by-40-foot skylight was installed in the center of the building and new windows were added along the perimeter to provide natural light to all employees. This natural daylight allows for minimal lighting levels in the space, making employees more content and productive. Photo sensors are strategically located to keep lights off when there is ample natural daylight resulting in reduced electrical costs.
These projects are examples of unique and sustainable solutions that were developed by a fully integrated team of architects and engineers to transform existing buildings into spaces that are energy efficient, comfortable and will serve the owner for many more years. When we look at our existing buildings as opportunities to be good stewards of the environment, we begin to create new innovative technologies, efficient solutions and a more sustainable future.
This article originally appeared in Banker & Tradesman on 02/28/2016
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Shubman Gill's Career And How He Fulfilled His Fathers Dreams
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A right-handed, top-order batsman from Punjab, Shubman Gill is an Indian cricketer. He made his first-class cricket debut for Punjab in the 2016-17 Ranji Trophy against Bengal, scoring a half-century in a match against Service at the end of 2016 and scoring 129 runs in the next match. In the 2016–17 Vijay Hazare Trophy, he also made his List A debut for Punjab on 25 February 2017. He made his first-class cricket match for Punjab in the 2017-18 Ranji Trophy. Later in the same month, he won his second first-class.
In terms of his international debut, he premiered abroad for the Indian cricket team in January 2019.
Shubman Gill: 4 Facts About His Blossoming Career!
1. Early life in Punjab and fulfilling his father's dreams:
Shubman Gill was born (on September 7, 1999) in Fazilka, Punjab. His family owned farmland there. His father, a farmer named Lakhwinder Singh, wanted to become a cricketer but could not fulfill that dream career. He then decided to make his son Shubman Gill a cricketer. Gill's father was convinced of his talent and moved the family to Mohali and rented a house near PCA Stadium. Gill's father told Shubman that he had a passion for cricket since he was three. Gill's father, Lakhwinder Singh, stated during one interview: "He played cricket for only three years. Children at that age were playing with toys. He had never heard of such toys. He made his undefeated double century in the Vijay Merchant Trophy as he made his way to the Under-1 state for Punjab. In Punjab, Shubman Gill scored 2 runs in the Inter-District Under-1 competition and shared the opening stand of Nirmal Singh with a 2-run record.
2. Debuting for Punjab and then in the India C squad:
He made his debut for Punjab in the 1–0 Vijay Hazare Trophy on February 6, 2011. He made his first-class debut for Punjab in the 2–0 Ranji Trophy on November 1 and batted for Punjab in the second game later that month. Scored his first century. The Kolkata Knight Riders bought the IPL auction for Rs 1.3 crore on January 1. He made his debut for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League on 2 April.
On 6 October, he was named in the India C squad of the 2–3 Deodhar Trophy. In the final round, Robin scored an unbeaten century against India A. By November, Shubman was named one of eight players to watch the 2–0 Ranji Trophy. Gill scored his first double century in first-class cricket in a Ranji Trophy match against Punjab, Tamil Nadu. On the fourth day of the match against Hyderabad in the Ranji Trophy on 1 December, Punjab needed 2 runs from 5 overs. Gill scored 3 runs off 4 balls. The match ended in a draw. By January 1, Gill had scored four runs in fourteen innings in eight matches in first-class cricket. A week later, he scored 1,000 runs in first-class cricket in his fifteenth innings. He was the Punjab run-scorer in the 1–0 Ranji Trophy. He has scored 5 runs in five matches.
3. International career and hitting a double century for India:
He was part of the Indian Under-1 triumph against England Under-1 on February 2.
On 2 December, he was named vice-captain of the India Under-4 Cricket World Cup. He became India's top run-scorer in the tournament, scoring 5 runs. The International Cricket Council (ICC) named Gil as the team's rising star.
In January, Gill was inducted into the India limited-overs series for the series against New Zealand. On 1 August, in a first-class match, Gill became the youngest batsman to hit a double century for the Indian team. Brian Lara of Trinidad and Tobago was 2 years old when he scored a century for India A against West Indies A at the Cricket Academy, and was later named in India's Test squad for the series against South Africa.
4. 2018 U-19 Cricket World Cup as co-captain:
As the co-captain of the 2018 U-19 Cricket World Cup, he was included in the draft of India's U-19 team. Shubhaman has scored 362 runs at an average of 124.00 in the 2016 ICC Under-19 World Cup, where he played a key role in India's record fourth World Cup win, batting at number three and being selected as the Player Edition of the tournament. His unbeaten 102 in the match-winning semifinals against arch-rivals Pakistan U-19 has earned him the admiration of great batsmen like Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, and Sourav Ganguly.
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With the new term having just started in the UK, we wanted to create a new site for all the students who use Sportplan. Not only will this help support them as they progress through the GCSE and A-Level curriculum but it will also save them time thanks to the more user friendly website.
Using the student package you can get a whole class to log in simultaneously for group learning; as well as provide them with their own personal workspace during lessons or for homework (perfect for those offering as a performer or a coach).
Through your school's student package you can log into Sportplan. After logging in, as a student, you will be asked to sign into your individual student profile. The new student profile links all your content together and gives you access to more student specific tools.
To create your profile, simply provide your name and a passphrase, you'll need to remember this! Next time you come back to use Sportplan, you'll see your name in the sign in options so you'll just need to enter your passphrase to get back into your work.
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Cross of Gold 1896
The Democratic Convention in 1896 held in the Colosseum in Chicago, has a fixed place in the political history of our country, as the "Crown of Thorns" and "Cross of Gold" Convention.
***** The delegates were all tied up in a deadlock and as soon as Bryan ascended to the platform it was easy to see that they were all keyed up for some fireworks. After the loud applause of his admirers, and some "boos" from the eastern delegates, had subsided, he started out with the most sensational speech that was ever made in the history of a party convention. Directly back of Bryan, was a large window, opening out on an open court behind the building. As the speaker stood, his form was perfectly framed by the window, which was not curtained. This was noticeable to many of his auditors who remembered it later on.
As he proceeded in his speech after lambasting "Wall Street" and its "oppressors of the poor", he worked up to a point for his peroration. The light through the window behind him made his figure - in long black Prince Albert coat - seem to be part of a stage setting, put there for a purpose; then as he neared the end - referring to the "barons of great wealth", he roared out: "We will say to them - you shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold!" As he uttered these last words he spread out his arms, cross like, at full length, with open hands, which completed a scene that moved all who saw it; and from that dramatic climax the convention was in his hands. I have heard people say that Bryan had that speech corked up for some time, waiting for the right place to spring it; and that he timed it to the moving of the light to get the effect.
***** I pause for a moment to shudder over the thought of what might have happened if the radio had then been in use as it is today! Bryan would have been elected by his convincing arguments and silver toned oratory; for he surely had the sympathy of the masses, when they heard his voice.
I never saw such a sight as I witnessed when Bryan came to Chicago. he had been widely billed and otherwise advertised for a big show by his campaign committee. Canal Street was crowded in front of the Union Depot. All down Madision to Market, and Washington to Michigan Avenue, the streets were thickly lined with people waiting to see Bryan. I had a seat at a second story window in the office of S. T. Gunderson in the Chamber of Commerce Building, at the corner of La Salle and Washington, and could see the crowd from Market Street to Michigan Avenue. There must have been not less than two hundred thousand people waiting at the depot and along the line of march.
Finally, when the train which was carrying him arrived, there was great difficulty in getting him into the carriage that was waiting for him. The crowds closed in, trying to get near enough to even touch the horses or the carriage in which he rode. They fell in behind, and followed in a solid mass the whole length of the route all shouting "Bryan, Bryan, Bryan!" We could hear the roar clear down to La Salle Street. He rode in a large barouche with the top down, and, instead of sitting on the back seat, he was perched up on the lowered top so he could see all, and be seen. This show, as I remember, was about the middle of summer, and there was little doubt then but what Bryan would be elected.
In Reminiscence by Frederick E. Coyne, pages 88-91
Excella Press, Chicago, 1941.


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1992: Bowing out
The entertainment greats, including Marlene Dietrich and Anthony Perkins, who passed away this year
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Updated December 25, 1992 at 05:00 AM EST
ROY ACUFF (b. 1903) The "King of Country" recorded seminal country hits like "Wreck on the Highway" and "Great Speckle Bird" with an emotional intensity few could match. A Grand Ole Opry performer since 1938, he cofounded the Acuff-Rose Publishing Co., which helped establish Nashville as a legitimate center of the music business. That fact was not lost on him; as he once said, "I'm a seller, not a singer."
PETER ALLEN (b. 1944) Discovered by Judy Garland in the Hong Kong Hilton in 1964 (he was married to her daughter Liza Minnelli from 1967-74), the ebullient Australian dazzled audiences with showy concert renditions of tunes like "I Go to Rio" and "Quiet Please, There's a Lady Onstage." His "I Honestly Love You" won two Grammys in 1974, and in 1981 he became the first man allowed to join the Radio City Rockettes' kick line.
NESTOR ALMENDROS (b. 1930) The cinematographer made gorgeous substance out of light and shadow for directors Francois Truffaut (The Last Metro), Alan Pakula (Sophie's Choice), Eric Rohmer (Pauline at the Beach), and Robert Benton (Kramer vs. Kramer), winning an Oscar for Terence Malick's 1978 film, Days of Heaven.
ISAAC ASIMOV (b. 1920) A founder of modern science fiction, the amazingly prolific Asimov wrote nearly 500 books on topics ranging from the Bible to robots to Gilbert and Sullivan; in 1966 fans voted his Foundation Trilogy a Hugo award as the best all-time sci-fi series.
ALLAN BLOOM (b. 1930) The quintessential curmudgeonly professor launched the backlash against curriculum reform in American universities with his 1987 bestseller, The Closing of the American Mind. Derided by critics as a sexist, elitist antiquarian, Bloom's yearning for a return to Western "great books" struck a nerve with other academic traditionalists.
SHIRLEY BOOTH (b. 1898) Few actresses could rival the glories of Shirley Booth's career: three Tonys, two Emmys, and an Oscar for a lifetime of winning performances that included TV's compassionate maid Hazel, lonely housewife Lola Delaney in the stage and film versions of Come Back, Little Sheba, and some 40 other Broadway plays. The New York Times' drama critic Brooks Atkinson once wrote of Booth: "No one else in the theater has made native decency so human, so triumphant and so captivating."
JOHN CAGE (b. 1912) The world's foremost exploratory composer influenced every art with his ceaseless experiments, paving the way for Philip Glass' operas, Jasper Johns' paintings, and the choreography of his longtime companion, Merce Cunningham. Life itself was artful for Cage, a view he once expressed by saying, "There is no noise, only sound."
LAURIE COLWIN (b. 1944) She warmed readers, body and soul, with her fiction and recipe/essay collection. In 1990's Goodbye Without Leaving, she wrote: "I followed my boy, whose coppery hair flopped into his eyes. I thought of what he would be, what I had been, of the old man he would turn into whom I would never know. The journey seemed impossibly strange, amazingly long, and over in a flash."


The Wakeup Bahamas initiative was formulated for the Bahamas Chamber Of Commerce & Employers' Confederation (BCCEC) to introduce their Coalition for Responsible Taxation to the public, highlight their objectives and urge Bahamians to "wake up, demand the facts, demand a delay, and demand alternatives" to Value Added Tax (VAT).
An aggressive multimedia campaign that spanned TV, Radio, Print and Web effectively brought the Wakeup Bahamas message to the Bahamian public. The online petition generated thousands of signatures, giving the people a voice and urged the government to make a change.
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Snow expected for Southern Oregon passes today
By Ryan Pfeil Mail Tribune
A quick-hitting Christmas Eve day snowstorm is headed for parts of Southern Oregon and Northern California today, with several new inches of snow expected to fall on nearby mountain passes.
A winter weather advisory will be in effect for the higher elevations from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. today.
The National Weather Service reported heavier rain and snow are expected to start falling over the Cascades and Siskiyous between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. today, with snow levels dropping about 2,000 feet by early afternoon. A graphic from the Weather Service shows more than seven inches could fall at Lake of the Woods, with more than four expected on the Siskiyou Pass above Ashland. Dead Indian Memorial Road could see close to six inches, and Crater Lake and Diamond Lake are predicted to see more than five inches.
The sudden, quick-hitting snowfall is expected to cover certain roads and make them slippery for motorists. Christmas Eve travelers are urged to allow extra time to reach their destinations, carry chains and allow for extra space between vehicles. Highways 66, 140, 62, 138 and 230 will all likely be affected, as will Interstate 5 from the Siskiyou Pass south to Mt. Shasta City, Calif.
"The change over from rain to snow will be quite abrupt and a 1- to 3-hour period of moderate to heavy snow will be enough to overcome initially warm road surfaces," an advisory from the Weather Service reads.
Meteorologist Ken Sargeant said some additional showers of mixed rain and snow are possible Christmas day, with snow levels dropping to between 1,500 to 2,000 feet. More snow is expected to be sprinkled in the foothills, along with parts of Ashland and Talent.
"I wouldn't put it out of the question for Medford seeing a few snowflakes from these showers," Sargeant said.
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