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West End Festival announces dates and celebrates 21st anniversary
Scotland's biggest community festival, Glasgow's West End Festival (WEF), celebrates its 21st anniversary this year, with a packed programme of events from Friday June 3rd to Sunday 26th.
A full programme of festival events will focus on Kelvingrove Park, making full use of the refurbished Kelvingrove Bandstand. A massed samba event, a festival of singing, a big band concert and a series of rock concerts are some of the highlights.
In recognition of WEF's milestone anniversary, the festival looks to the future to ensure it continues to be one of the most valued events in the Glasgow calendar. Focus will be placed on working more closely with partners in both the public and private sectors to design and deliver a fresh programme of activities, increasing the opportunity for community participation and engaging a wider audience.
Festival fun in west end park by John Linton Photography
Festival chairman, Liz Scobie, said "Our 21st birthday is a truly significant milestone. We have evolved from a few events to a programme of more than 400 and the participation of hundreds of thousands of people of all ages supported by a small army of volunteers.
"WEF remains a charity and we are extremely grateful to all the unsung heroes who give their time and energy to make our festival happen. As we take time to develop our new-look festival, we have decided that there will not be a parade in Byres Road this year, whilst making plans for it to return bigger and better in the years to come.
"WEF's award-winning commitment to community impacts on the quality of people's lives and helps provide a sense of belonging, neighbourliness and cohesion. Who can put a price on that?"
Festival director, Michael Dale, added "We continue to have a packed programme of events organised by west end businesses, venues and promoters. These will include Oran Mor's "All Dayer", the Queen Margaret Drive and Gibson Street Galas and a large "Festival of Singing" featuring some 20 choirs and choral groups."
In particular, WEF is supporting The Big Lunch on Sunday June 12th as part of a nationwide community project to get as many people as possible to have lunch with their neighbours in streets, gardens and parks throughout the UK.
An Eden Project initiative, last year's event attracted over seven million people in a simple act of community, friendship and fun. Funding of £150 is available for The Big Lunch for anyone who organises individual events.
Advertising and sponsorship opportunities remain available for businesses interested in supporting the development of WEF, the area and the people who live, work and visit the west end.
The full programme will be launched in April. Keep an eye on westendfestival.co.uk for updates, news and more.
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The Cincinnati Reds are taking "Ls" from the Brewers on and off the field.
On Wednesday, the Reds posted a short video feature on Jesse Winker, a 24-year-old outfielder in his second year with the team, who always gets an extra "L" put in his name to make it sound like Winkler.
Since Milwaukee is known for Henry Winkler's character "The Fonz" from Happy Days, the Reds compared Winker to Winkler saying, "Reminder from the home of The Fonz: Jesse Winker doesn't take L's"
In response, the Brewers posted a quote tweet of Tuesday night's 2-0 final score with a chin-scratching emoji.
Nothing else needed to be said. And judging by the comments, Brewers fans loved it.
It's not the first time this week the Brewers got a little snarky on Twitter. On Sunday, they went after the Cubs and other teams that canceled games because of bad weather.


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There's a national foodie hotspot emerging in Canton - and La Cuina is right at the heart of it. Step into this cute and beautifully-decorated restaurant and you're transported to Catalunya - from the delicately prepared Tapas served-up using recipes from the region - to the Spanish accents of owner-and-chef Montserrat and her charming team. Their small and beautifully curated-menu is served with obvious pride - a combination of top-notch ingredients and quality-cooking - and with La Cuina's delightful relaxed atmosphere, you cannot help but fall in love with it.


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Tony began training in the combat arts from the age of ten and has been actively involved in martial arts for over 40 years. His traditional roots lay with the Japanese karate school of GoJu-Ryu. Later, he also went on to train within the Shito-Ryu and Shorin-Ryu styles of karate. Having attained black belts in all three systems he's augmented his training in many other martial arts including Tae-Kwon Do, Ju-Jitsu, Kung-Fu and the Japanese arts of sword mastery known as Kenjutsu and Iaido.
At a very young age, Tony achieved the title of State Kata-Champion and continued to train and teach at both national and international levels. He has spent many years teaching children and adults, specializing in women's self-defence courses with the YMCA and also within the West Australian state and private school systems. In recent years he's also attained both State and National titles in The National All-Styles tournament circuit, in both kata and fighting categories of competition.
Whist training in Japan during 2007, Tony was graded to 5th Dan .
Tony has always held and a very open and respectful orientation to all traditional martial arts though in recent years he has focused his attention on close-combat and self-defence practice that is more 'street-wise' and reality-based. Rather than a particular 'art' or 'system', Goshin-Do is seen more as a "no nonsense approach to reality-based self-defence" and not a formal style.
In addition to his dedication to self-defence, Tony also holds an Advanced and Graduate Diploma in Psychotherapy together with qualifications in Professional Counselling. He is a Full Member of the Psychotherapists and Counsellors Association of Western Australia. He runs a successful private practice in Mount Lawley, named The Lindsay Centre and has also lectured in Psychotherapy and Counselling since 1997.
The word muay derives from the Sanskrit mavya which means "to bind together".
Muay thai is referred to as the "Art of Eight Limbs" or the "Science of Eight Limbs" because it makes use of punches, kicks, elbows and knee strikes, thus using eight "points of contact", as opposed to "two points" (fists) in boxing and "four points" (hands and feet) used in other more regulated combat sports, such as kickboxing and savate.
Kata is a Japanese word describing detailed patterns of movements practiced either solo or in pairs.
Karate Kata are executed as a specified series of a variety of moves, with stepping and turning, while attempting to maintain perfect form.
The practitioner is counseled to visualize the enemy attacks and their responses.
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Micron Technology Puts Its Cash to Work Using Artificial Intelligence
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Micron Technology Inc.'s
cash deposits are generating millions of dollars in additional returns for the memory-chip maker thanks to the help of an artificial-intelligence tool developed internally.
The AI application allows Boise, Idaho-based Micron to invest its funds so they generate higher returns in the current low-interest-rate environment, which worries many finance chiefs across industries.
The technology gives Micron recommendations for different asset classes and financial institutions that promise the highest yield. It takes into consideration the company's limits for the amounts of money it can deposit with a particular institution or invest in a certain type of asset. Micron, which makes memory chips and storage devices for things ranging from cars to data centers, has relationships with more than 20 banks globally.
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With near-zero interest rates in the U.S. and elsewhere, companies are struggling to find returns for the cash piles that they accumulated in response to the economic shock caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Companies in the S&P 500 had $3.79 trillion in cash and equivalents at the end of the first quarter, up from $3.03 trillion a year earlier and from $2.07 trillion in 2019, according to the most recent comprehensive data from S&P Global Market Intelligence.
Micron had $7.8 billion in cash and equivalents during the quarter ended June 3, down from $8.3 billion a year earlier but still up from the comparable quarter of 2019. The company's interest income, which includes yields on cash deposits, was $8 million, down from $23 million a year earlier, due in part to lower interest rates.
"In this low-rate environment, given the amount of cash that we maintain, every basis point counts and translates to millions of dollars," said
Greg Routin,
Micron's treasurer.
Figuring out the best way to allocate funds within the company's internal limits can be a complicated matrix, Chief Financial Officer
David Zinsner
said. "The AI tool is designed to…do all that thinking in a really quick manner," he added.
The company previously relied on employees in its treasury division to determine the maximum amount it could earn by allocating cash across its deposit and investment accounts. The AI tool now assists employees in making cash-management decisions.
"This is not about job elimination but better work," Mr. Zinsner said. "With the AI tool, our team members are freed up to spend more time in other areas of treasury to drive long-term value for Micron."
Micron CFO David Zinsner
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Mr. Zinsner said the AI tool doesn't move the company's money, but that could change. "Ultimately what we want to get to, is where it actually does all the transaction part of it too, but that's probably a little ways off," he said.
The AI application, in use since the second quarter, has generated additional yields in the low millions compared with what the company would have earned without it, according to Mr. Routin. The tool was developed by an internal team that focuses on automation across departments, executives said.
Companies across industries have flooded banks with cash in recent quarters, leading some of them to take steps to discourage deposits, including by dropping rates on funds over a certain amount. Excess deposits can weigh on banks' profitability.
Micron's AI tool has driven recent company decisions to allocate more funds toward higher-yielding bank accounts and away from lower-yielding money-market funds, Mr. Routin said. International banks with smaller retail footprints in recent months have paid higher yields than some U.S. banks, he said. The AI tool takes into consideration investment options including overnight bank deposits; time deposits, which place limits on when the cash can be withdrawn; money-market funds, a type of mutual fund; currencies and investment managers, Mr. Routin said.
The company's revenue has increased as demand for goods that rely on chips, such as cars and home appliances, has soared during the pandemic, leading to chip shortages. Micron earned $1.7 billion in the quarter ended June 3, up from $803 million a year earlier.
AI tools that guide companies' cash-management decisions are relatively rare, according to Pete Gilchrist, executive vice president for retail deposits and commercial banking at Novantas, an advisory firm. Such tools can make it harder for banks to predict customer behavior, such as how much money companies plan to keep in their accounts, Mr. Gilchrist said.
Mr. Routin, Micron's treasurer, said the application's biggest benefit has been helping the company navigate various accounts across jurisdictions and currencies. "Given the number of banks we work with, and the opportunities we have, this AI tool has really allowed us to take our optimization to the next level," he said.
Write to Kristin Broughton at Kristin.Broughton@wsj.com
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"Tencent needs to invest in new business, it would help the company build a better ecosystem infrastructure to support growth, but it will hurt margins in the short term," said Benjamin Wu, an analyst at Shanghai-based consultancy Pacific Epoch.
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Revenue from the Value Added Services unit, which includes online games and messaging, climbed 37 percent but online advertising sales surged a much-quicker 49 percent. Costs however soared 72 percent, reflecting the expense of acquiring video and music content to keep users hooked as well as investment in new businesses such as cloud computing. Executives told reporters on Wednesday that spending was crucial to the longer term.
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After striking gold with Honour of Kings, Tencent developed two mobile versions of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, the world's hottest personal computer title last year. Since their January debut in China, the pair have given Tencent a much-needed boost in momentum, attracting more than 80 million players, combined. The company is still in talks with regulators to introduce a desktop version of PUBG.
Honour of Kings remains a staple for Tencent. Developed in-house, the mobile hack-and-slash title loosely resembles the world's most popular desktop game — League of Legends, whose developer Riot Games Tencent acquired in 2015. But Tencent is also moving swiftly into areas such as financial services, aiming to compete more directly with Ant Financial, the Alibaba affiliate that's dominated payments for years.
Tencent's payments services was now No. 1 in China when measured by daily or monthly active users, Lau said. Its Licaitong wealth-management service harbored more than 300 billion yuan in assets as of January, while Weilidai — its nascent lending business — had outstanding loans of more than 100 billion yuan at the end of 2017.
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Placemaking is a critical strategy for creating economically prosperous communities – large and small. The Michigan Municipal League recognized this over a decade ago through significant research, and has dedicated tremendous resources to advancing this strategy in Michigan and nationwide.
As the League moves forward in pursuing programs and policies that support prosperous communities, it is important to pause and take stock of where the organization has been. This retrospective highlights the history of placemaking, the programs and efforts the League, with key partnerships, has undertaken in support of placemaking, and how those activities have shaped policies and quality of life in Michigan communities.
The Directory of Michigan Municipal Officials is the only place to find contact information for thousands of Michigan community leaders – everything from the phone number of the Addison village president to the address of Zilwaukee City Hall – plus demographic information on each community as well as the names of state and U.S. representatives. There's also easy-to-navigate information on Michigan Municipal League programs and services.
A complimentary directory is sent to all city managers and clerks, and mayors/presidents with populations of 4,000 and above. Complimentary copies will be mailed to the offices of your community but if you would like to purchase additional copies, they are available to League members at $15 each.
Please note: This book is compiled once a year following the November municipal elections, and published the following spring.
Click here for the online Directory Yellow Pages searchable by category or company.
Click here for online directories for the State of Michigan and U.S. government agencies, as well as legislative contact information.
This newly revised and greatly expanded handbook is essential reading material for both new and veteran elected and appointed officials in general law villages. Topics covered include basics of public service; the structure and function of village government in Michigan; specifics about the roles and responsibilities of general law village officials; options for delivering village services to residents; how to select and work with consultants; and in-depth tips about the operation of village government including written procedures, village financial operations, personnel and human resources issues, labor relations issues, risk management and environmental concerns. Numerous appendices cover the 1998 revisions to the GLV Act; a summary of other laws that affect GLVs; the full text of the Open Meetings Act and the Freedom of Information Act; sample rules of procedure for GLV council meetings; and five key sample ordinances. A Michigan Municipal League publication. Approx. 180 pages.
Each year, dozens of mayors, city managers, and other local leaders give a "State of the City/Village" address in their communities in which they highlight key priorities, challenges, and accomplishments. The speeches help improve transparency and connect local leaders with their constituents.
The Michigan Municipal League has published our Michigan: State of the Cities 2018 report summarizing key themes and priorities presented in these speeches. Modeled after the National League of Cities State of the Cities effort, the League's report highlights key findings in 11 top line categories such as economic development and public safety, and breaks down how the speeches addressed specific subtopics or issues within each of those broader categories. It provides a snapshot of the priority issues, challenges and accomplishments of municipalities across the state each year.
Michigan: State of the Cities 2018
This book was written to help new planning commissioners become effective commissioners. The topics covered include tools for planning commissioners, preparing for meetings, meeting the public, how knowledge of the zoning ordinance and applying ordinance standards will help you make decisions that will stick and what the future holds for planning commissioners. Written by Steve Langworthy, published by the Michigan Municipal League. 50 pages.
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Note: Schedule #8, Records Management Handbook: Guidelines and Approved Retention and Disposal Schedule for Cities and Villages is an approved schedule*. However, there have been significant changes regarding its updating. Instead of updating the entire schedule, the state's Records Management Services has updated parts of it in sections, as separate schedules.
If you have adopted and used Schedule #8, you now need to adopt the separate schedules that have superseded sections of this book. For example, the Elections schedule (schedule #23) and the Clerks schedule (schedule #24) have superseded sections of Schedule #8, Records Management Handbook: Guidelines and Approved Retention and Disposal Schedule for Cities and Villages.
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This manual is intended to provide the basics for restoring Michigan communities—building by building. It focuses on the problems faced by the largest and the smallest of our communities. How do we effectively deal with dangerous and unsafe buildings? How can we best address the problems of litter, overgrown weeds, and abandoned buildings? We do so by acknowledging that the problems, unless dealt with effectively and quickly, not only impede our community progress but also sap our community spirit.
We know that vibrant communities have, in common, walkable downtowns, flourishing retail districts, exciting cultural opportunities, affordable housing and educational opportunities. We also know that favorable design concepts promote mixed-use, walkable neighborhoods that work to retain and attract young people and their employers to Michigan and the "new retirees" of the baby boomer generation. We know what works—we need to make sure that we have in place the tools that permit us to create vibrant communities in our downtowns, neighborhoods and regions.
This handbook was written to help new zoning board of appeals members understand the scope of their role and responsibilities, and to provide them with a basis of understanding in order to capably perform their duties within the law. Topics covered include: the role of the ZBA as a whole and as individual members; an explanation of the zoning enabling acts; the ZBA's relationship to other municipal bodies and individuals; how to identify and handle conflicts of interest; hot to interpret a zoning ordinance; types of variances; preparing for and conducting meetings; and guidelines for making tough decisions. Written by Steve Langworthy. 40 pages.
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Paris, April 28: The president of French football club Paris Saint-Germain, sser al-Khelaifi, underlined on Tuesday that Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani would not be leaving the club next season. The Qatari official's remarks came in an interview with French newspaper Le Parisien, where he added that he had no plans to meet Cavani, or to even look at a bid by Manchester United to sign the player, reports Efe.
The same publication published comments on Monday made by a source close to the Uruguayan that Cavani would not likely stay with PSG for another year unless he got to play his favourite position, an out-and-out striker, instead of being a winger. PSG coach Laurent Blanc typically plays Swedish forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 33, in the centre attack position, and puts the Uruguayan, under contract until 2018, as a winger. Le Parisien noted on Monday that some clubs had already shown interest in signing Cavani, such as Atletico Madrid, Juventus and Manchester United. In the interview al-Khelaifi confirmed that Ibrahimovic and the Argentine Javier Pastore will also remain on the team's squad next season. IANS


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Mary Tudor
England's First Queen
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Category: Biography & Memoir | European World History
Feb 23, 2016 | 432 Pages
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An engrossing, unadulterated biography of "Bloody Mary"—elder daughter of Henry VIII, Catholic zealot, and England's first reigning Queen
Mary Tudor was the first woman to inherit the throne of England. Reigning through one of Britain's stormiest eras, she earned the nickname "Bloody Mary" for her violent religious persecutions. She was born a princess, the daughter of Henry VIII and the Spanish Katherine of Aragon. Yet in the wake of Henry's break with Rome, Mary, a devout Catholic, was declared illegitimate and was disinherited. She refused to accept her new status or to recognize Henry's new wife, Anne Boleyn, as queen. She faced imprisonment and even death.
Mary successfully fought to reclaim her rightful place in the Tudor line, but her coronation would not end her struggles. She flouted fierce opposition in marrying Philip of Spain, sought to restore England to the Catholic faith, and burned hundreds of dissenters at the stake. But beneath her hard exterior was a woman whose private traumas of phantom pregnancies, debilitating illnesses, and unrequited love played out in the public glare of the fickle court. Though often overshadowed by her long-reigning sister, Elizabeth I, Mary Tudor was a complex figure of immense courage, determination, and humanity—and a political pioneer who proved that a woman could rule with all the power of her male predecessors.
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Anna Whitelock has a Ph.D. in history from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University. Her articles and book reviews on various aspects of Tudor history have appeared in publications including the Guardian, the Times Literary Supplement, and BBC History. Mary Tudor,… More about Anna Whitelock
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Q: How to force a version in semantic release I have a npm package that I need to release in npmjs.com but because I unpublished a previously wrong version now npmjs doesn't allow me to re-publish an artefact with the same version (it throws an error saying You cannot publish over the previously published versions)
In my project I use semantic-release which automatically calculates the version to give to an artefact based on the commits from the last published version.
Therefore I am wondering if there is a way to overwrite or force semantic-release to give a different version than the one it calculates, for example typing it in when running its command in CI

A: semantic-release uses tags to determine the last version and the new commits added since then. In order to skip the version that was unpublished from npm you can add a Git tag that correspond to that version on the commit associated with the latest version published.
git tag v<latest-version-published> v<version-to-skip>
git push --tags origin
Then re-run your CI job that failed so semantic-release can run again, pick up the new tag and increment the version from there.

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Michelle Ann Lighthall, 35, of 440 Winnacunnet Road, Hampton, was arrested and charged with operating without a valid license and on a bench warrant.
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Nate McLouth's homer breaks tie, helps the Orioles beat the Yankees 4-3
By By Eduardo A. Encina and The Baltimore Sun
From the moment the ball made contact with Nate McLouth's bat and sailed toward the right-field foul pole of Camden Yards, McLouth's mind raced back to last October.
The Orioles left fielder couldn't help but think back to the Orioles' final game of last season, in Game 5 of American League Championship Series against the New York Yankees, when McLouth launched a CC Sabathia pitch high and deep toward the pole at Yankee Stadium. Numerous replays later, the debate rages whether the ball — which was ruled foul — nicked the foul pole.
Once he swung at Sabathia's 1-0 delivery in the seventh inning Friday night, McLouth tilted his body, trying to will the high fly ball fair. This time, McLouth's ball left no doubt, landing in the flag-court in right field for the game-winning solo homer, sending the Orioles to a 4-3 comeback victory over the Yankees in front of an announced 40,041 at Camden Yards.
"I wasn't even out of the batter's box before I thought that," McLouth said of thinking back to Game 5. "Off the bat, I knew it had the distance, it just stayed true. It stayed straight, and I was happy about that. … I literally did think about that the second I hit it."
It was the first time this season that McLouth batted eighth in the lineup. Sixty-one of his previous 63 starts were from the leadoff spot.
An inning before his solo homer in the seventh inning, McLouth broke up Sabathia's no-hit bid with a leadoff single in the sixth. The Orioles managed just five hits against Sabathia — including two dribblers that didn't leave the infield, but still rallied back from a 3-0 third-inning deficit to take the first game of this pivotal three-game series by beating the Yankees' ace.
With the win, the Orioles (45-36) took a two-game lead over the Yankees for second place in the American League East and kept pace 3 1/2 games back of the division-leading Red Sox.
"It's good to get that first win of the series," McLouth said. "For them just to keep that at a three-run lead was big, that's kind of within striking distance. You're not going to do that too often against CC, but we were able to break through with some infield hits."
Heralded Orioles pitching prospect Kevin Gausman, making his first major league appearance in relief, earned his first big league win with 4 scoreless innings as the Orioles' bullpen tossed 62/3 scoreless innings.
Of McLouth's five homers this season, three have given the Orioles the lead. His last home run also sealed a win over the Yankees at Camden Yards a month ago. On May 21, he hit a walk-off homer in the 10th inning off Vidal Nuno to give the Orioles a 3-2 win.
The 22-year-old Gausman, who was winless in five previous big league starts, yielded just three singles and struck out four, keeping the Orioles within striking distance after spot starter T.J. McFarland, making his first major league start, was chased from the game after 2 innings.
"Sometimes, when you put young pitchers in a come-to-the-rescue mode … there's a little different culture that they come into in a game," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said of Gausman. "I think he's going to be a guy where it doesn't matter, but whether it's [McFarland] or it's him, when you're trying to manage and develop young pitchers, experience tells you that you try to create a situation where they've got nothing to lose, and I think he really came in there letting it rip.
Gausman, recalled as an extra bullpen arm on Monday, made his first appearance in nine days and dominated the Yankees lineup mixing a fastball that reached 99 mph with his splitter and slider. Gausman hadn't made a relief appearance since high school, when he used to come in from playing right field.
"I was thinking last night about what the best relievers have and they have that bulldog mentality," Gausman said. "That's something I definitely tried to kind of do today. … I think [Buck] definitely has something and knows something to put me out there and put me into the situation and the role. I can just kind of go out there. It's not like you are thinking all day when you are starting. It's like, 'All right I gotta get ready, go out there and throw strikes and execute.'"
Sabathia, who was going for his 200th career win in his 400th career start, carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning, but by the end of the frame the Orioles had rallied for three runs to tie the game. Manny Machado's major-leading 37th double of the season was lined into the right-center field gap, scoring two runs, but Machado's biggest contribution to tying the game might have come on the basepaths.
On J.J. Hardy's fly out to center field, Machado — seeing center fielder Brett Gardner catching the ball on his heels — tagged from second and sprinted to third. That became important when Machado was able to score on Adam Jones' two-out infield single to tie the game at 3-3.
"It's a do or die play," Machado said. "Something that Buck allows us to do is play our game. If you have a shot for it, go for it. I think in that situation, I want to get to third there, especially if I see him camping under the ball. I definitely want to take that extra base."
Said Jones: "I think the biggest part about that whole, that allowed us to tie the game, was Machado going to third base. Gardner has a good arm but he caught it flat footed. I think that's the key to the game."
Sabathia entered the inning having retired 12 of his first 13 batters. Alexi Casilla was the sole Orioles base runner, reaching on a fielding error on third baseman Alberto Gonzalez in the third inning.
But McLouth's leadoff single to center was followed by a nubber Casilla hit to the right of the mound that Sabathia charged, scooped and turned to find no one at first base.
That set the stage for Machado, who went the other way with a 2-1 offering from Sabathia to score McLouth and Casilla. At the official halfway point of the season, Machado is just 30 doubles shy of Earl Webb's 82-year-old record for doubles in a season (67). Machado's 37 doubles are second most through the end of June since 1921, trailing only Edgar Martinez's 39 in 1996.
Rule 5 pick McFarland, given the starting nod following the previous night's game, lasted just 2 2/3 innings in his first major-league start after working out of the bullpen the entire season. He struggled from the beginning against the Yankees (42-37). McFarland allowed the leadoff hitter on base in each of his three innings — with two of them scoring.
He trailed 1-0 just three batters into the game on Robinson Cano's RBI single, but dodged further damage in the opening frame. After stranding two base runners in the second, McFarland allowed three straight singles to open the third inning — the last being Vernon Wells' RBI single.
Three batters later, McFarland would be chased from the game after Chris Stewart's two-out, run-scoring bloop single to center with the Orioles down 3-0.
Gausman, the other leading candidate for Friday's spot start, kept the Orioles in the game in his first game action in nine days with 41/3 scoreless relief innings.
Gausman (1-3) kept the Orioles in the game after the early deficit. He struck out three of the first four Yankees he faced, retired 11 of the last 13 batters. After the game, he received a shaving cream pie from Jones and was doused by a cooler full of water by teammate Chris Dickerson.
Tommy Hunter tossed two scoreless innings to end the game for his second career save, striking out three and allowing just one hit.
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Starting as a grant-making organization for the initial few years, Bharti Foundation decided to implement its own program, retaining education as its key focus. It was then that the Satya Bharti School Program was launched in Punjab as the first state. These were the Greenfield Schools which were built, managed and operated by Bharti Foundation on land provided by Panchayats or community members. Currently, of the 254 schools, 200 are Greenfield Schools initiated with primary classes, placing Bharti charity program among the biggest CSRs in the country.
Moving forward, the Foundation planned a new model of intervention in partnership with the Rajasthan Education Initiative (REI) of the state government. The school adoption model was conceptualized under this initiative. 49 government schools were adopted, of which 12 were elementary schools, where the Foundation is responsible for management, operations and financial requirements of the schools. The government provides partial financial support by extending existing government schemes like mid-day meals, text books and development grants etc. government schools have been adopted under this model in Alwar and Jaipur districts of Rajasthan.
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package com.silentgo.orm.rsresolver.support;

import com.silentgo.orm.common.CaseInsensitiveHashMap;

import java.beans.BeanInfo;
import java.beans.IntrospectionException;
import java.beans.Introspector;
import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.math.BigDecimal;
import java.sql.*;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Project : silentgo
 * com.silentgo.orm.rsresolver.support
 *
 * @author teddyzhu
 *

 *         Created by teddyzhu on 16/9/21.
 */
public class BaseResolverKit {

    public static Object[] resolveArray(ResultSet rs, Integer cols) throws SQLException {
        Object[] ret = new Object[cols];
        for (int i = 0; i < cols; i++) {
            ret[i] = rs.getObject(i + 1);
        }
        return ret;
    }

    public static final int PROPERTY_NOT_FOUND = -1;

    public static <T> T resolveBean(ResultSet rs, Class<T> type,
                                    PropertyDescriptor[] props, int[] columnToProperty,
                                    Map<Class<?>, Object> primitiveDefaults)
            throws SQLException {

        T bean = null;
        try {
            bean = type.newInstance();
        } catch (InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        for (int i = 1; i < columnToProperty.length; i++) {

            if (columnToProperty[i] == PROPERTY_NOT_FOUND) {
                continue;
            }

            PropertyDescriptor prop = props[columnToProperty[i]];
            Class<?> propType = prop.getPropertyType();

            Object value = null;
            if (propType != null) {
                value = processColumn(rs, i, propType);

                if (value == null && propType.isPrimitive()) {
                    value = primitiveDefaults.get(propType);
                }
            }

            callSetter(bean, prop, value);
        }

        return bean;
    }

    public static Map<String, Object> resolveMap(ResultSet resultSet) throws SQLException {
        Map<String, Object> result = new CaseInsensitiveHashMap();
        ResultSetMetaData rsmd = resultSet.getMetaData();
        int cols = rsmd.getColumnCount();

        for (int i = 1; i <= cols; i++) {
            String columnName = rsmd.getColumnLabel(i);
            if (null == columnName || 0 == columnName.length()) {
                columnName = rsmd.getColumnName(i);
            }
            result.put(columnName, resultSet.getObject(i));
        }
        return result;
    }

    public static <T> T processColumn(ResultSet rs, String name, Class<T> propType)
            throws SQLException {

        if (!propType.isPrimitive() && rs.getObject(name) == null) {
            return null;
        }

        if (propType.equals(String.class)) {
            return (T) rs.getString(name);

        } else if (
                propType.equals(Integer.TYPE) || propType.equals(Integer.class)) {
            return (T) Integer.valueOf(rs.getInt(name));

        } else if (
                propType.equals(Boolean.TYPE) || propType.equals(Boolean.class)) {
            return (T) Boolean.valueOf(rs.getBoolean(name));

        } else if (propType.equals(Long.TYPE) || propType.equals(Long.class)) {
            return (T) Long.valueOf(rs.getLong(name));

        } else if (
                propType.equals(Double.TYPE) || propType.equals(Double.class)) {
            return (T) Double.valueOf(rs.getDouble(name));

        } else if (
                propType.equals(Float.TYPE) || propType.equals(Float.class)) {
            return (T) Float.valueOf(rs.getFloat(name));

        } else if (
                propType.equals(Short.TYPE) || propType.equals(Short.class)) {
            return (T) Short.valueOf(rs.getShort(name));

        } else if (propType.equals(Byte.TYPE) || propType.equals(Byte.class)) {
            return (T) Byte.valueOf(rs.getByte(name));

        } else if (propType.equals(BigDecimal.class)) {
            return (T) rs.getBigDecimal(name);
        } else if (propType.equals(Timestamp.class)) {
            return (T) rs.getTimestamp(name);

        } else if (propType.equals(SQLXML.class)) {
            return (T) rs.getSQLXML(name);

        } else {
            return (T) rs.getObject(name);
        }
    }

    public static <T> T processColumn(ResultSet rs, int index, Class<T> propType)
            throws SQLException {

        if (!propType.isPrimitive() && rs.getObject(index) == null) {
            return null;
        }

        if (propType.equals(String.class)) {
            return (T) rs.getString(index);

        } else if (
                propType.equals(Integer.TYPE) || propType.equals(Integer.class)) {
            return (T) Integer.valueOf(rs.getInt(index));

        } else if (
                propType.equals(Boolean.TYPE) || propType.equals(Boolean.class)) {
            return (T) Boolean.valueOf(rs.getBoolean(index));

        } else if (propType.equals(Long.TYPE) || propType.equals(Long.class)) {
            return (T) Long.valueOf(rs.getLong(index));

        } else if (
                propType.equals(Double.TYPE) || propType.equals(Double.class)) {
            return (T) Double.valueOf(rs.getDouble(index));

        } else if (
                propType.equals(Float.TYPE) || propType.equals(Float.class)) {
            return (T) Float.valueOf(rs.getFloat(index));

        } else if (
                propType.equals(Short.TYPE) || propType.equals(Short.class)) {
            return (T) Short.valueOf(rs.getShort(index));

        } else if (propType.equals(Byte.TYPE) || propType.equals(Byte.class)) {
            return (T) Byte.valueOf(rs.getByte(index));

        } else if (propType.equals(BigDecimal.class)) {
            return (T) rs.getBigDecimal(index);
        } else if (propType.equals(Timestamp.class)) {
            return (T) rs.getTimestamp(index);

        } else if (propType.equals(SQLXML.class)) {
            return (T) rs.getSQLXML(index);

        } else {
            return (T) rs.getObject(index);
        }

    }

    private static void callSetter(Object target, PropertyDescriptor prop, Object value)
            throws SQLException {

        Method setter = prop.getWriteMethod();

        if (setter == null) {
            return;
        }

        Class<?>[] params = setter.getParameterTypes();
        try {
            // convert types for some popular ones
            if (value instanceof java.util.Date) {
                final String targetType = params[0].getName();
                if ("java.sql.Date".equals(targetType)) {
                    value = new java.sql.Date(((java.util.Date) value).getTime());
                } else if ("java.sql.Time".equals(targetType)) {
                    value = new java.sql.Time(((java.util.Date) value).getTime());
                } else if ("java.sql.Timestamp".equals(targetType)) {
                    Timestamp tsValue = (Timestamp) value;
                    int nanos = tsValue.getNanos();
                    value = new Timestamp(tsValue.getTime());
                    ((Timestamp) value).setNanos(nanos);
                }
            } else if (value instanceof String && params[0].isEnum()) {
                value = Enum.valueOf(params[0].asSubclass(Enum.class), (String) value);
            }

            // Don't before setter if the value object isn't the right type
            if (isCompatibleType(value, params[0])) {
                setter.invoke(target, new Object[]{value});
            } else {
                throw new SQLException(
                        "Cannot setEqual " + prop.getName() + ": incompatible types, cannot convert "
                                + value.getClass().getName() + " to " + params[0].getName());
                // value cannot be null here because isCompatibleType allows null
            }

        } catch (IllegalArgumentException | IllegalAccessException | InvocationTargetException e) {
            throw new SQLException(
                    "Cannot setEqual " + prop.getName() + ": " + e.getMessage());

        }
    }

    public static boolean isCompatibleType(Object value, Class<?> type) {
        // Do object check first, then primitives
        if (value == null || type.isInstance(value)) {
            return true;

        } else if (type.equals(Integer.TYPE) && value instanceof Integer) {
            return true;

        } else if (type.equals(Long.TYPE) && value instanceof Long) {
            return true;

        } else if (type.equals(Double.TYPE) && value instanceof Double) {
            return true;

        } else if (type.equals(Float.TYPE) && value instanceof Float) {
            return true;

        } else if (type.equals(Short.TYPE) && value instanceof Short) {
            return true;

        } else if (type.equals(Byte.TYPE) && value instanceof Byte) {
            return true;

        } else if (type.equals(Character.TYPE) && value instanceof Character) {
            return true;

        } else if (type.equals(Boolean.TYPE) && value instanceof Boolean) {
            return true;

        }
        return false;

    }

    public static <T> PropertyDescriptor[] propertyDescriptors(Class<T> c)
            throws SQLException {
        // Introspector caches BeanInfo classes for better performance
        BeanInfo beanInfo = null;
        try {
            beanInfo = Introspector.getBeanInfo(c);

        } catch (IntrospectionException e) {
            throw new SQLException(
                    "Bean introspection failed: " + e.getMessage());
        }

        return beanInfo.getPropertyDescriptors();
    }

    public static int[] mapColumnsToProperties(ResultSetMetaData rsmd,
                                               PropertyDescriptor[] props, Map<String, String> columnToPropertyOverrides) throws SQLException {

        int cols = rsmd.getColumnCount();
        int[] columnToProperty = new int[cols + 1];
        Arrays.fill(columnToProperty, PROPERTY_NOT_FOUND);

        for (int col = 1; col <= cols; col++) {
            String columnName = rsmd.getColumnLabel(col);
            if (null == columnName || 0 == columnName.length()) {
                columnName = rsmd.getColumnName(col);
            }
            String propertyName = columnToPropertyOverrides.get(columnName);
            if (propertyName == null) {
                propertyName = columnName;
            }
            for (int i = 0; i < props.length; i++) {

                if (propertyName.equalsIgnoreCase(props[i].getName())) {
                    columnToProperty[col] = i;
                    break;
                }
            }
        }

        return columnToProperty;
    }

}

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Q: Get CIDR of my IP on the WAN I have a script that updates some remote systems with my laptop's IP and CIDR on the WAN, how the Internet sees me, in other words.
I use the following to get my IP on the WAN in bash:
dig +short myip.opendns.com @resolver1.opendns.com

How can I get the CIDR for my IP on the WAN in bash as well?

A: In general the short answer is this is not practically feasible.
In the very specific case you have access to your firewall your firewall has a public IP address on its outside interface and you can access a shall prompt on the firewall. You can do something like this:
ssh root@192.168.200.4 'eval $(ipcalc -np `ifconfig eth1 | sed -n "s/inet addr:\([^ ]*\).*Mask:\([^ ]*\).*/\1 \2/p"`) ; echo $NETWORK/$PREFIX'

This command is specific to Redhat6.
Remember this information is available from the firewall because a network administrator entered the information provided him by the ISP to configure the outside interface. Therefore the only reliable way to get this information is to ask your ISP. Even if you can deduce the CIDR for your ISP from DNS and whois records, you can't deduce how the ISP has subdivided the available IPs internally. This is an administrative function and must be solved administratively.


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The Bombardier ALP-45DP is a type of single cab dual-mode locomotive operated by New Jersey Transit and Exo. The locomotive was designed and originally built by Bombardier, which was bought by Alstom, which will complete the second order of locomotives.

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New Jersey Transit

New Jersey Transit (NJT) purchased 26 ALP-45DPs in 2008, with an option to purchase up to 63 additional units. The first locomotive from the order was displayed at Innotrans in 2010 and was officially unveiled at Pennsylvania Station on May 11, 2011. NJT purchased 9 additional units in July 2010. The locomotives from these two orders are numbered 4500–4534.

The ALP-45DPs are used on the Morristown Line, Montclair-Boonton Line, Raritan Valley Line, Northeast Corridor Line, and the North Jersey Coast Line, providing a one-seat ride into New York Penn Station. They are also used on the Main Line, Bergen County Line, Pascack Valley Line, and occasionally on Metro-North Railroad's Port Jervis Line.  They have replaced all GP40FH-2 locomotives (except those owned by Metro-North), and a majority of the GP40PH-2 and F40PH-2CAT locomotives.

In December 2017, NJT purchased 17 additional ALP-45DPs, labelled as the ALP-45A, which will replace the remaining GP40PH-2B fleet. On June 28, 2019, Bombardier announced that the first car body from this order was inspected and approved for final assembly. In July 2020, NJT ordered 8 additional ALP-45As, leaving 29 options. The 25 locomotives are now intended to replace the majority of the PL42AC fleet instead of the GP40PH-2B fleet, due to the PL42AC's unreliability and inability to be upgraded to meet new Environmental Protection Agency standards. The ALP-45A locomotives from the 2017 and 2020 orders will be numbered 4535–4559. On December 15, 2020, the first unit from the order, #4535, has left the Kassel factory and was delivered in January 2021. #4536 was the first ALP-45A unit to enter revenue service on July 30, 2021. Following the purchase of Bombardier Transportation in January 2021, Alstom will be responsible for completing the ALP-45A order.

Exo

In 2008 the predecessor of Montreal's Exo, the Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT), ordered 20 locomotives (with an option for 10 more), with an order value of €152 million. These units replaced the remaining GP9s, F40PHRs, and all ex-NJT equipment. The locomotives are for use on the Vaudreuil-Hudson line, Saint-Jérôme line, Mont-Saint-Hilaire line, and Mascouche line to Montreal Central Station via the  electrified Mount Royal Tunnel. They are numbered 1350-1369.

The first unit, AMT 1350, arrived in Montreal on June 9, 2011, after being shipped to Newark and then moving north to its new home.

The locomotives run in electric mode along the entirety of the Deux-Montagnes line and along the Mascouche line between Montreal Central Station and Ahuntsic station. However, with the conversion of the Deux-Montagnes line into the mainline of the Réseau express métropolitain light metro system and the permanent truncation of the Mascouche line to Ahuntsic station starting in January 2020, the locomotives will be run exclusively in diesel mode.

Design
The ALP-45DP is an electro-diesel locomotive design, based on Bombardier's ALP-46/A and TRAXX locomotives. Design requirements included weight less than , length less than , and EPA-compliant emissions.

The challenge of fitting diesel and electric systems within the same carbody while staying within axle load limits, led to the choice of two high-speed, twelve-cylinder Caterpillar 3512C HD diesel engines rated at  each. The systems for the two engines are independentfor example, each has a separate  fuel supply (split across four total tanks owing to NJT regulations regarding tunnel operations that limit individual fuel tank capacity to )allowing the locomotive to operate on one engine in case of failure or under low load. The engines are capable of shorter startup times from idle to load (100 rpm/s) than traditional medium speed diesel engines. To achieve mass balance and distribution within the locomotive, the engines are situated on either side of the transformer, which is located in the center of the locomotive. The engines are manufactured in Lafayette, Indiana, USA.

When running under diesel power, each engine powers a MITRAC TG 3800 A alternator having an output of 1700 kVA @ 1800 rpm. Power output is reduced from  (including HEP) in electric mode to  in diesel mode; under diesel power, the same tractive effort curve is maintained up to around  (assuming  available for traction after HEP reductions for an 8 car train).

The pantograph is of TransTech design. The ABB main transformer has four secondary taps, switchable to supply 1360 V under all electrification supplies. There are two MITRAC TC 3360 DP V01 DC-AC main converters, one per bogie, which convert the single phase input to a 2,8 kV intermediate DC-bus, using IGBT based switches. Each DC bus powers two traction converters, with each traction inverter powering a separate traction motor. The locomotive uses four  MITRAC DR 3700 F fully suspended, bogie mounted traction drives to reduce unsprung mass.

In addition to taps for the traction inverters, the locomotive transformer supplies 1 100 kVA and 140 kVA for head-end power and locomotive auxiliary power. Two partially-redundant auxiliary inverters are incorporated into the two main converter units. Normally, one provides a 3 phase, 480 V 60 Hz 1100 kVA supply for head end power, while the other provides several 3 phase variable voltage, variable frequency supplies (up to 480 V 60 Hz) for the traction motor fans, transformer fans, and inverter cooling circuit motors. In the event of a converter failure, it is possible to route all supply through a single converter, ensuring redundancy and margin of error operations.

HEP is maintained when changing power modes, due to the fact that the pantograph is not lowered until the prime movers have been started (when changing from electric to diesel), and the prime movers are not shut down until the pantograph has made contact with the catenary wire (when changing from diesel to electric). In either case, the changeover takes approximately 100 seconds. The locomotive is capable of performing a mode change while on the move; however, NJ Transit has reprogrammed their locomotives to only allow a mode change during a station stop. This is most likely to prevent the loss of power during the transition to diesel mode with a limited amount of wire left.

The braking system uses Wabtec's Fastbrake control system, with two disc brakes per axle. The mechanical parts of the brake system were supplied by Faiveley Transport. Compressed air supply is charged through a Knorr screw compressor with a capacity of  at  pressure, stored in two  air reservoirs. The dynamic and regenerative braking system operates under all three NJT electrical systems. In addition, the locomotive, while in diesel mode, is capable of routing power generated by the electric brake to HEP and locomotive auxiliary power requirements in addition to the dynamic brake resistor.

The locomotives are within Amtrak's A-05-1355 structure gauge and meet CFR and AAR crashworthiness standards. The diesel engines meet Tier 3 EPA emission standards, and work is being done to enable an upgrade to Tier 4 standards, which took effect on January 1, 2015. Total length is , approximately  longer than the ALP-46A.

The bodyshells of the locomotive were constructed at Bombardier's Wrocław site, the bogies at Siegen, and the alternators at Hennigsdorf factory. The locomotives were assembled at Kassel.

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