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If you could choose, what city would you like to see crushed by a giant monster?
Discussion in 'The Moving Picture' started by Worf, May 6, 2017.
Worf I'll Lock Up
Troy, New York, USA
Okay we've ALL seen Tokyo demolished, New York mashed, London "Gorgo'd", L.A. folded, spindled AND mutilated and even Copenhagen slimed. If you were the producer of the "next big monster mash"... what city would you like to see flattened by a giant reptile (or the Army trying to kill it!)?
Me, save for the Nazi's and "Team America", Paris "The City of Light" has been spared the ravages of mutated atomic menaces. I say squash it! Mimes running hither and yon only to be flattened or crisped crepe like with atomic breath. The Louvre in shambles, the staff desperately trying to save what pieces they can! C'est Manifique.
My second choice, Washington D.C. "Earth vs. The Flying Saucers" didn't do enough damage!
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Definitely D.C. All those smug politicians getting their cozy lives disrupted.
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LizzieMaine Bartender
Where The Tourists Meet The Sea
Camden, Maine. Preferably at the height of tourist season. And get Rockport too, while you're at it.
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Ottawa, Canada.
Bartrnder edit: political commentary redacted. Please be reminded that politics is verboten on TFL.
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ChiTownScion One Too Many
The Great Pacific Northwest
LizzieMaine said: ↑
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Frunobulax
Funkytown, USA
Williamson, W. Va. If you've been there, you understand.
God has tried, but failed.
Sent directly from my mind to yours.
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MisterCairo I'll Lock Up
Gads Hill, Ontario
Hamilton, Ontario.
Stearmen I'll Lock Up
There are days when I wouldn't mind my city getting it!
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Belfast. Hell, all of Northern Ireland. Sink it right into the sea, it could only improve it!
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belfastboy said: ↑
Yeah I kinda meant this thread as a tongue in cheek exercise really. A chance to poke fun at places we don't like.
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Worf said: ↑
I understand but that is the spirit in which I posted.
Fading Fast
I got that, but stayed away anyhow (wrote and deleted several lines before posting) as I understand (I think and only a bit) the world we live in and knew that any tongue-in-cheek post I made would probably either get me banned from /reprimanded by FL or hated by half or more of its members (assuming I'm not already).
What you wanted to do was in good fun and would be great table conversation over beers, it just doesn't work in the always-ready-to-be-offended / always-ready-to see-hate-and-isms-where-joking-and-lightheartedness-was-intended world we live in today. My dad's buddies - from very mixed backgrounds - could have had this conversation and they'd all still be the best of friends afterwards; our world doesn't work that way.
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Fading Fast said: ↑
I'm offended by this remark. I think I've been microaggressed!
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Frunobulax said: ↑
Your safe space is ready, with adult colouring books and a kitten...
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GHT I'll Lock Up
There's a suburb of what is now East London that was once part of the county of Essex. The place is known as Dagenham. In the UK, social housing for the least well off are referred to as 'Council Houses.' So called because the local council is the landlord. When Ford sited it's UK factory alongside the railway line in Dagenham, it was welcomed by the council, who saw prosperity and jobs coming to the area.
The factory was going to need workers and so started an urban sprawl like no other. Every street, home, shop, even places of worship, all looked like an homogenised blend of one and the same building. The area became so huge and so, same old, same old, that locals joked: There are only two structures that can be seen on earth, from outer space, with the naked eye. The Great Wall of China and The Dagenham Council Estate.
If you bombed it flat it would still look the same.
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GHT said: ↑
My dad worked very briefly at the Dagenham Ford plant before emigrating to Canada.
Touchofevil
I have a group of friends who were like this when we got together. Outsiders, at times, thought that we disliked each other, but that was so far from the truth. None of us could be considered thin-skinned. We had a lot of laughs and good times together.
Benny Holiday My Mail is Forwarded Here
All the new stinkin' rotten gigantic blocks of apartment buildings being built all across Sydney by greedy developers and their politician friends. I want to see Godzilla do to them what they did to all the beautiful old 100-year-old Federation homes (there is no heritage list here; just developer's kickbacks).
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I read your post and didn't say anything to anyone about it. If the mods took it down it wasn't because I asked them to. But I do respect their judgment. This is the only forum I frequent anymore, hell, I even got off Facebook because I couldn't take the rancor. I feel welcome here and most of the folks get my jokes (even the bad ones). The problem with posts is one can't transmit a wry smile or a knowing wink like you could if you were on my porch and we were sharing a laugh.... something anyone here is welcome to do!
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Touchofevil said: ↑
I had buddies like this... regardless of which way the political winds blew we all loved one another and broke bread together... Sadly after this last election... things just haven't been the same. Sitting on pins and needles wondering who's gonna say what to set someone off... Sad.
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MFA's "Pictures from a Changing Nation" gallery: American stories told through postcards
Lia Fox, Staff Writer|April 19, 2022
LIA FOX/SAGAMORE STAFF
The gallery displays an arrangement of diverse postcards from different times in US history.
Sharing cultivated snapshots of your life might appear to be a recent invention of the digital age, but the Museum of Fine Arts' new exhibit tells a different story: the story of photo postcards.
On March 17, 2022, the Museum of Fine Arts opened an exhibition of over 300 postcards from 1903 to the beginning of World War II. This immersive and entertaining experience gives deeper insight into American culture on a personal level.
As you enter, each miniature photograph invites you to take a glance at the lives of 20th century Americans: farmers, politicians, suffragettes, circus dancers, baseball players and much more. Each card tells a different story, from the whimsical and amusing side of American History to the darker narrative of class struggle and even depictions of child labor. As a collection, there is a feeling of American patriotism steeped in individuality and nostalgia.
The exhibition also includes a photoshoot opportunity for visitors. This includes a place for you to take a timed photo, sitting on a large painted crescent moon seat with a starry backdrop. This is a fun way to transport you to the world of postcards, which I personally really enjoyed.
I found that these miniature time capsules gave me a new perspective on the past. The cards made me feel a vivid connection to ordinary strangers ranging back to 100 years ago. Each card captures a moment, frozen in time, of people living in many different ways, just like us.
Walking around the room, I felt like I was looking at 300 memories; there were memories of mail carriages, hot air balloons, elephants in a parade, the first models of the solar system and many more vibrant displays of human livelihood.
The thing that sets this exhibit apart from others at the Museum, is its humility. Right down the hall from these postcards, there are works of famously talented artists, Van Gogh and Monet, among others. However, these photos were taken by everyday people doing mostly everyday activities. Its simplicity is what makes it one of the most human portrayals of American history.
"Pictures from a changing nation" is certainly the right title for this display. Postcards of some of the first female baseball teams are a personal favorite of mine. Images of temperance movements, radical movements and elections convey the feeling of progress and change.
Considering most people are visual learners, skip the history book and take a trip to the MFA to see American history taught through 4" by 6" photographs. This exhibition closes July 25, 2022, so hurry before it's too late.
This exhibit is part of the MFA museum in Boston, MA, open Sunday, Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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 Violencia política, medio común usado por los pueblos y gobiernos de todo el mundo para lograr objetivos "políticos".
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 Violencia simbólica, concepto instituido por el sociólogo francés Pierre Bourdieu en la década de los 70.
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I found myself suddenly and unexpectedly unemployed after more than twenty-five years in the same job. Prior to this I had no ambition to own my own business. I had previously had vague thoughts that it would be very nice to be able to work from home, but I never had any idea of what I could actually work at. I have a computer, I am literate and can type at a pretty fast rate. Apart from these, I have no skills which I can see as the basis for a home based business. I like reading and I grow all manner of plants from beans to cacti, but I couldn?t see anybody paying me to stay home and do any of these things.
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This business's roots go back to 1876 when 28-year-old William Butts Mershon established a planing mill, operating as Wm. B. Mershon. A few years later, his younger brother Edward C. Mershon finished his schooling and joined the business, which recapitalized to the tune of $50,000; the company name became Wm. B. Mershon & Co. At that time they decided to design and manufacture band sawmills. E. C. proved to be a creative and increasingly skilled machine designer as they designed new band mills with thin kerfs.
Over the years the company's product portfolio expanded to include single- and twin-head saws in a range of sizes from the most enormous all the way down to the merely "very large".
From January 1909 "The Packages"
The day-to-day running of the company fell largely to E. C. Mershon as W. B. Mershon focused more on the family lumber business. Although it was W. B.'s name on the company, E. C. became widely known as a respected industry expert, and the company's ads sometimes featured a photo of E. C. (we have never seen an ad with a photo of W. B.) E. C. died in 1919, at age 60, and his brother took over the day-to-day operations of the company, at least for a while. Following the loss of E. C., the company continued in a low-key way. By 1943—the year of William B. Mershon's death—the company name had become W. B. Mershon Corp., and they were working with the "Murray Company" of Boston (which was, in fact, S. A. Woods Machine Co., whose rabidly anti-union president had refused union workers as ordered by the government which resulted in S. A. Woods being operated by the Murray Co. during the war), which was providing parts and support services. By the end of World War II, W. B. Mershon Corp. was based in Boston. The company seems to have disappeared altogether by the late 1940s with S. A. Woods taking over parts and support. We suspect that by the beginning of the war the company was no longer making new products but existed solely to service their existing machines.
The January 1886 issue of Manufacturer & Builder mentions E. C. Mershon's 1886 planer cutter patent.
November 1902 The Canada Lumberman . "One of Saginaw's great industries are the works of W. B. Mershon & Company situated on the east side of the city. They make a specialty of band saws and band-sawing tools and machinery. They are making extended improvements and additions to their extensive works. Special machines for the manufacture of screws and bolts, all electrically driven, are in operation in their machine shop. One hundred men are kept busy in this shop at the band re-saws and pony band log mills. The different shops are veritable hives of industry. Three railroad companies have tracks through the works and the docking facilities are ample. Mr. E. C. Mershon is the business head of the machinery establishment, and by his keen business foresight and aptitude has built up a splendid reputation."
December 1919 Barrel and Box .
EDWARD CLARK MEBSHON.
On Nov. 30, following a long illness, occurred the death of Edward Clark Mershon at Saginaw, Mich. He was born at East Saginaw, Aug. 29, 1859, a son of Augustus H. and Helen Johnson Mershon, and spent most of his life in his natal city. In 1876 his brother, William B. Mershon, following the traditions of the family, started a planing mill, and shortly afterward was joined by E. C. Mershon. With a capital of $50,000 they founded the firm of William B. Mershon & Co., which became one of the largest woodworking industries of the Saginaw Valley. From its inception Edward C. Mershon had personal charge of the mechanical end of the company's business, and in that position rapidly developed the peculiar genius which was his. It was the pressure of an unusually large contract for box shooks which first aroused E. C. Mershon to the great waste of time and material under the old methods and started him on the train of study and invention which resulted in the perfection of his first band resaw.
This new tool marked the beginning of a series of inventions developing the use of thin saw blades, which has placed the name of Mershon in lumber mills throughout the world. The great firm of William B. Mershon & Co., manufacturers of band saw machinery, has grown from that beginning. Mr. Mershon became president of that company, and was also a director of the Saginaw & Manistee Lumber Co., of Williams, Ariz. For the last four and a half years, however, he had not been active in the business. Until recently he had been a director in the Mershon-Eddy-Parker Co., prominent box and lumber manufacturers of Saginaw.
Mr. Mershon was known to his more intimate friends as a lover of music and other fine arts, and was active in promoting philanthropic projects. Imbued with a gentle, kindly disposition, he was greatly beloved by business associates and fellow citizens, and leaves a wide circle of friends to mourn his death. Mr. Mershon never married. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Helen Mershon; one brother, William B. Mershon; and two sisters, Miss Elsie Mershon and Mrs. W. J. Wickes; all of Saginaw.
E. C. Mershon also wrote a 94-page book, "Use and Care of Band Resaws"; we have seen a Ninth Edition copy (1911) on eBay, so it must have been fairly successful.
"Mershon" was mentioned by Batory as a line of Yates-American products that they stopped supporting in 1989 (see p. 32 of his first book).
Seen on eBay: a catalog of "Mershon Band Sawing Machinery", W. B. Mershon Co., described as ca. 1910.
The patents listed below were granted to E. C. Mershon; the patents were not assigned, but W. B. Mershon was a witness on one of them, and the products are consistent with W. B. Mershon's product line. In addition, we have lately seen a couple of machine plaques on eBay. One says, "Standard / W. B. Mershon & Co / Saginaw, Mich. / U.S.A." and another, from the same machine, says "Patented by E. C. Mershon" followed by eight patent dates. The patents are all related to band resaws.
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Q: a beautiful solution to decode a table with dplyr and mutate Dear dplyr/tidyverse companions, I am looking for a nice solution to the following problem. I only get my solutions in base R with a loop. How do you solve this cleanly in tidyverse?

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data <- tibble(var1 = rep(c(1:3), 2),
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1     1     1
2     2     2
3     3     3
4     1     1
5     2     2
6     3     3

*Additional I have a coding table, which has for every column a better name (var1 -> variable1) and a better value (1 -> "a")

coding <- tibble(variable = c(rep("var1", 3),rep("var2", 3)),
                     name = c(rep("variable1", 3),rep("variable2", 3)),
                     code = rep(c(1:3), 2),
                     value = rep(c("a", "b", "c"), 2))

# A tibble: 6 x 4
  variable name       code value
  <chr>    <chr>     <int> <chr>
1 var1     variable1     1 a
2 var1     variable1     2 b
3 var1     variable1     3 c
4 var2     variable2     1 a
5 var2     variable2     2 b
6 var2     variable2     3 c

*I'm looking for a result, which has transformed names of the columns and the real values as factors in the dataset, compare:

result <- tibble(variable1 = factor(rep(c("a", "b", "c"), 2)),
                 variable2 = factor(rep(c("a", "b", "c"), 2)))

# A tibble: 6 x 2
  variable1 variable2
  <fct>     <fct>
1 a         a
2 b         b
3 c         c
4 a         a
5 b         b
6 c         c

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A: A general solution for any number of columns -

*

*create a row number column to identify each row

*get data in long format

*join it with coding for each value

*keep only unique rows and get it back in wide format.

library(dplyr)
library(tidyr)

data %>%
  mutate(row = row_number()) %>%
  pivot_longer(cols = -row, values_to = 'code')  %>%
  left_join(coding, by = 'code') %>%
  select(row, name = name.y, value) %>%
  distinct() %>%
  pivot_wider() %>%
  select(-row)

# variable1 variable2
#  <chr>     <chr>
#1 a         a
#2 b         b
#3 c         c
#4 a         a
#5 b         b
#6 c         c

A: library(dplyr)
library(tidyr)

data %>%
  stack() %>%
  left_join(coding, by = c(ind = "variable", values = "code")) %>%
  group_by(name) %>%
  mutate(j = row_number()) %>%
  pivot_wider(id_cols = j, values_from = value) %>%
  select(-j)

# # A tibble: 6 x 2
#   variable1 variable2
#   <chr>     <chr>
# 1 a         a
# 2 b         b
# 3 c         c
# 4 a         a
# 5 b         b
# 6 c         c

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Oakton's Mosaic Harmony: A Fountain of Black History
On Feb. 26, Mosaic Harmony will perform at Tall Oaks Assisted Living in Reston. Photo by David York
By By Michael Doan
As the country celebrates Black History Month in February, Fairfax County has a multicultural interfaith choir that is spreading African-American culture in all of its concerts.
The chorus, Mosaic Harmony, has been singing inspirational songs in the black gospel music style since 1993, with its base at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Fairfax (UUCF) in Oakton.
"Every message from our songs has its foundation in the African-American musical tradition," says David North, director for 15 years. "The spiritual and freedom songs were about mercy and God's power and deliverance. We also communicate justice, liberation, unity and God's love."
Photo by David York
David North directs the Mosaic Harmony chorus. The chorus has been singing inspirational songs in the black gospel music style since 1993, with its base at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Fairfax (UUCF) in Oakton.
Originating from African tribal music, the rhythms and music evolved into the spirituals and metered hymns sung by the Africans' descendants in this country, he says.
While the majority of Mosaic Harmony's 60 singers are white, the audience can see them swaying, clapping and singing praises as if they were at a revival service in Anacostia, Harlem or East St. Louis. Frequently, the audience joins in.
North's repertoire includes some traditional spiritual pieces as "The Storm Is Passing Over" and "Soon I Will Be Done (With the Troubles of the World)" in a jazzed-up version. But many are contemporary pieces such as Kirk Franklin's "Smile" and a number of North's own works, such as "One Humankind" and "Now Is the Time." All concerts conclude with chorus members holding hands with the audience and singing "Make Us One."
"It is the Word without necessarily the teachings of Christianity," says North. "The lyrics could be what anyone of any faith might sing to bring a message of good news to someone else. The Moslems, the Jewish and Buddhists are people of good will that believe the same thing that Jesus believed in—the love and the reign of God." The choir's music has frequent references to "Lord" but few to Christ, Jesus or the cross. And God is not referred to as "He."
RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY has been the choir's theme since it was started by the Unitarian congregation in Oakton. Other churches sent members, and there was soon a consensus "to unify the world one song at a time," says Laura Romstedt, the assistant director. Like many gospel choirs, Mosaic Harmony does not rely on printed music. So members don't have to know how to read music. In fact, there are no auditions. The choir rehearses every other Tuesday night at the Oakton church.
"Every message from our songs has its foundation in the African-American musical tradition."
—David North, Mosaic Harmony Director
Unlike blues, rock or jazz, the music always has an uplifting theme. "No matter how down I have felt going into a rehearsal, I have come out feeling 80 percent better," says member Roxane Hughes.
It is the animated choir director who gets most members' credit for lifting their spirits. North sings a number of solos and puts the audience to work by standing, clapping and singing along to some of the fast-paced songs. He is also pastor at Holy Redeemer Metropolitan Church in College Park, Md., and recently retired as an adult protective services investigator for Prince George's County.
THE CHORUS performs and raises money at concerts for a number of charities, such as Coats for Kids, Family Matters, Capital Hospice, Buganda University and the Brain Tumor Foundation. In 1997, Mosaic Harmony won the Human Rights Award from the Fairfax County Human Rights Commission. Last March, the choir was the closing act in the widely heralded "Intersections" concert series at the Atlas Performing Arts Center in Washington.
While Mosaic Harmony appears throughout the Washington area (and has even performed in Europe), many of its concerts are in Fairfax County. On Feb. 26 it sings at Tall Oaks Assisted Living in Reston, and on May 12 at the dedication of the United Christian Parish in Reston.
Then comes its annual fund raising concerts "Something to Sing About" on Sunday, May 26, at 4 p.m. at UUCF and Saturday, June 2, at 7 p.m. at Convergence in Alexandria. Tickets for these two concerts are on sale on the website www.mosaicharmony.org. CDs can also be purchased on the website. Information can be received also on Facebook's "Mosaic Harmony" page.


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Mostly interested in perennials, currently purples and whites, but certainly not exclusively. Also those plants which are good for cutting.


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Too dumb to check: Did police really threaten to arrest national-champion team for smoking celebratory cigars?
Ed MorrisseyPosted at 8:01 pm on January 14, 2020
"Smoke 'em if you got 'em!" yelled one victorious member of the NCAA football national champion Louisiana State Tigers. If you do, however, don't let the police catch you. One overeager officer threatened to arrest several players for their celebratory stogies, a threat which fortunately never materialized:
A police officer threw water on the party when telling the national champions they could not smoke the cigars that burned for easily 15 minutes after beating Clemson.
In fact, the officer announced to the players any smoking cigars in the locker room would be subject to arrest. Several players holding stogies laughed at the warning like it was a joke but the cop wasn't smiling.
Another officer tried to tell them it was OK to celebrate with a smoke in the locker room but he insisted his commander told him it was a no-go.
Nobody was arrested.
In fact, no one seemed bothered by the threat, as the video below demonstrates. Starting QB Joe Burrow, whose next destination might well be Cincinnati in the NFL draft, soaked up the winning atmosphere while he still can, along with some fine cigar smoke. And he wasn't the only one, either:
https://twitter.com/NewCuIture/status/1216978190826078208
You can't blame LSU for feeling a bit untouchable late Monday night.
The Tigers had just steamrolled Clemson in the national championship game, ending that program's 29-game winning streak and capping off a record season that starred Heisman Trophy winner Joe Burrow.
So a celebration was in order. One that included victory cigars in the locker room.
Except at least one police officer at the Superdome wasn't in on the party, threatening to arrest those lighting up. According to AL.com, several players laughed while holding their stogies.
The police may have responded to complaints about the smoke from others inside and just outside the locker room. Twitchy notes that a handful of reporters complained about the "unbelievably smoky" atmosphere, calling it "suffocating." Undoubtably the facility has a no-smoking policy backed by either state or local ordinance; few places in the country lack either or both. Technically speaking, the police were correct to notify the players of that violation.
But still, to quote Sigmund Freud (perhaps apocryphally), sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. Police could simply have issued a summons for an infraction if they wanted to enforce that regulation rather than tell a group of celebrating players that they might haul them off to the hoosegow over it. There is a grand tradition of celebrating accomplishments with cigars amongst one's comrades, and one cigar never killed anyone. (And it beats another alternative, alcohol, which occasionally does.) Enforcing the law means doing so in a manner which brings it credibility rather than disrepute, and at least one officer did know the difference between the two.
So smoke 'em if you got 'em, gentlemen. And try not to think too hard about the NFL draft order coming up in the spring.
Tags: cigars college champions law enforcement LSU police smoking
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#21 - Brian Gionta 2009-10
By franck5890
August 3, 2009 in Players Archives
http://canadiens.nhl.com/team/app?page=Pla...mp;service=page
Position: Right Wing
Born: Jan 18 '79
Born in: Rochester, NY, United States
Drafted: New Jersey's 3rd round choice, 82nd overall, in 1998
Acquired: Signed as an unrestricted free agent on July 1st, 2009
I1IscottieI1I
One of my new favorite players. I like this guys speed and his style of play.
I think once people see this guy sprint down the ice in his new hab jersey, people are gonna like him right away!
while I wish we could have signed him for less or fewer years, I DO think he will play up to his contract & i DO think we're going to be very happy with this signing in the years to come.
I don't think he's likely to play up to his contract. The term is terrible, with that being said this guy is a good hockey player and he fits the system well. I do expect him to throw up a 25-30 goal season with 60+ points and solid, smart hockey in the early part of the contract. As for the back half? Let's just cross our fingers...
I hope you're right Jedimaas. I am most worried about this player! He was one of our last signings, and I do believe we overpaid for him. That, right there, sets us up for disappointment. If he can somehow find a way to contribute 30 goals I would satisified, but I am also worried he will struggle. Was that ever-elusive right-handed shot really worth $5 million/season? I guess we shall see in a month or two.
mtl_-Habs4Life-_mtlc
I would have preferred $4 million for 3 years, but I'll deal with it.
My guess is that a team like Detroit or SJ could have signed him for that. A team like Montreal, which is usually not a 'free agent hotbed' obviously had to go higher.
I think Graeme summed it up best when we were talking about it after the signing. I argued that I felt we should wait & see - he might very well live up to that contract (certainly last year - 60 pts while being a defensive stalwart was worth $5m) - and he's not going to be "ancient" at the end of the contract either - most players are still playing well at 35.
Graeme's point was not that he couldnt live up to his contract - he agreed that perhaps he will - graeme's concern was that he felt we didnt need to PAY him that contract to sign him. In other words, while he may play up to $5m a year, he likely should have been 'getable' for $4m or less & perhaps for a shorter term.
My gut feeling is that gainey & martin really felt he was just the player they needed & as such, price was not an option. It seems like a bad way to do dealings, but Im still willing to give them the benefit of the doubt for now.
Rocket-1
With Gomez in new jersey he was a power play monster, i think he scored 26 or 28 of his 48 goals on the power play in that amazing season that they had.
Plus he was on a great pace the next year (with Gomez again) when he pulled a groin or something i can't really remember to have another 35 goals season.
Still ended up with 25 goals that season missing 20 games.
QbGamer
This guy is one of the least talked about signings, yet we paid him 5 million a season for the next 5 season.
Lets all prey hes good..
Mind you i have no idea what hes like, same can be said on camm iv never watched him play either.
sebchenier
I'm just afraid that he will look like a mosquito on the ice being bounced around like a pinball.
If you watch youtube videos of Gionta you will see he does not get bounced around the ice like a pinball.
He's actually like Boullion - he has very strong legs & with the low centre of gravity is surprisingly hard to knock off the puck. add to that amazing speed & shiftiness & he's quite a bit more effective than his frame would make one believe.
He was playing pretty aggressive in Jersey for a small guy let me tell you that.
Habcore
He's very fast and elusive no worry there
A Bouillon who can score? That sounds pretty awesome! I guess there won't be much waiting now, anyway. We will be watching him in action during pre-season at the end of the month. Then we will see what Gionta has!
puckoff1
this whole highlight reel is him driving the net/being in front scoring dirty goals. something we definetly need
Mauro-Biello
Oh wow I didn't expect that
Location:Hamilton, ON
Especially since Koivu is gone.
Methinks Gionta might be just what the doctor ordered for Pleki. They both scored in the scrimmage today but more important, they have been talking a lot since the camp started to get to know how the other plays and to learn to find the other quickly on the ice.
Goatie bonding?
Photo: Habs InsideOut
i like the way Brian carries himself and the way he goes about his business, a silent confidence
I've been clamoring for a Lats-Pleks-Gionta line since July. Hopefully I get my wish when puck drops for real.
Dnjscott
Now we're talking! Two pluses for the price of....well, two, I guess....maybe more, given the cap hit....but who cares about the price if it works?
I think there's a lot more left in Gionta, and playing in Montreal is a sure way to find that out. Make or break time....but the new coach will emphasize "make" for sure. And Pleks may have found the perfect fit for that elusive "chemistry." You never know.
I'm hoping that one great season wasn't a fluke, but my inital thoughts are he's a good acquisition. Guess we'll just have to wait and see.
Go Brian!
We could make it a true goatee line!
Seriously though, I'd love to see this line together. Hopefully they get a shot.
I think the key with Plekanec is to flank him with wingers who aren't afraid to go into the dirty areas and drive to the net. Gionta, by all accounts, isn't shy about paying the physical price to score, while Lats has improved tremendously in this regard in the past year and has the size to compete effectively down low. Let Pleks be an effective perimeter player and the line could surprise.


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Q: Firebase-Function trigger guarantee Is there any documentation about the guarantee I have of my firebase function(s) to run for each event and in the correct order one by one?
I will explain by an example.
Let say I have an event with 4 people.
Each person is buying stuff for the event and insert it to the app, and the app calculates the amount each one should give the other to balance the score.
The calculation is done using Firebase function, using a trigger of "item" in the event.
So if person A spent 40$, the app should charge B. C and D with 10$ to A.
And if later B spent 20$, now C should give A 15$ and D give A 10$ and B 5$.
The question is, when I insert the second item, can I just calculate what was change (e.g. I know the balance score is 15$, because the current is 10' and I added 20/5) or it is possible that there was another item I may have missed and I need every time to sum all the expenses and calculate from scratch? (for example, a moment after B insert his expense to the app, C also did it, and now the function is triggered again, while I still didn't calculate B expense.)

A: There is no guarantee about ordering of events.  That is something you'll have to figure out if it's important for your function, and deal with accordingly.
There is only an guarantee that a background function will be executed at least once, which means it could be invoked multiple times with the same event id and payload.  That is the way serverless functions work.


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La Serie A2 1996-1997 è stata la 13ª edizione di questo torneo, che dal 1985 rappresenta il secondo livello del campionato italiano di pallanuoto maschile.

Civitavecchia e Canottieri Napoli hanno vinto i rispettivi gironi ed i Play-off e si sono garantite il ritorno nella massima serie.
Non ci sono state retrocessioni per allargamento dei quadri.

Classifiche finali

Girone Nord

Girone Sud

Play Off

Verdetti
 Civitavecchia e Can. Napoli promosse in Serie A1

Bibliografia

Voci correlate
Serie A1 1996-97

Collegamenti esterni

Sport acquatici nel 1996
Sport acquatici nel 1997
Edizioni del campionato italiano maschile di pallanuoto


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If you see a large list of results, you need to change the value of current Coins value in Turbo Racing 3D by either consuming them or adding them. Go back to the list and find your new current Coins value in Turbo Racing 3D to the large list and finally you can edit the value.
You can get free stuffs in Turbo Racing 3D app by logging in daily or you can get full lives at anytime. You can get this cheat by changing your phone's time setting.
Close your Turbo Racing 3D app by either restarting your phone or by killing it on your task manager.
Open Turbo Racing 3D app and you will get your daily rewards and refill your lives.
Open Turbo Racing 3D app but do not play a single game.
Open Turbo Racing 3D app just to make sure that there is no problem.
You should turn off your WIFI/3G/LTE internet connection before you can launch the Turbo Racing 3D game. If you already launched the Turbo Racing 3D game, just force close or go to your multitask (Android: Multitask button, iOS: Double Tap Home Button) and swipe it out.


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module Fog
  module Parsers
    module AWS
      module KMS
        class ListKeys < Fog::Parsers::Base
          def reset
            @response = { 'Keys' => [] }
          end

          def start_element(name, attrs = [])
            super
            case name
            when 'Keys'
              @keys = []
            when 'member'
              @key = {}
            end
          end

          def end_element(name)
            case name
            when 'KeyId', 'KeyArn'
              @key[name] = value
            when 'member'
              @keys << @key
            when 'Keys'
              @response['Keys'] = @keys
            when 'Truncated'
              @response['Truncated'] = (value == 'true')
            when 'NextMarker'
              @response['Marker'] = value
            end
          end
        end
      end
    end
  end
end

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For over a month now, I've been at POC (Pacific Orientation Course) at Nobnob near Madang. POC is a fourteen week course designed to introduce us to life, culture and language in PNG. The goal is to give us an appreciation for the life of Papua New Guineans as well as skills to live, minister and thrive in this country.
To this end, the course has many facets which I hope to describe in a series of blog posts. As this is my first post in six weeks of POC and it is only a few weeks until we head to villages for a five week block, please be patient if the posts are somewhat delayed in arriving!
POC is certainly a full-on experience. The busy schedule is only a part of it; between 28 adult participants, their 20 kids (mostly pre-school aged) and staff families, everyday life is never dull. Shared meals, living in dorms around a common quadrangle, riding up and down the mountain in the POC truck…life is full and often tiring, but good.
I hope you enjoy my POC snapshots as I write them and post them. Maybe I'll even manage to add some photos, but we'll see.


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Not to be sniffed at: Win El Chapo's hideout (with escape tunnel) in lottery
Some lucky lottery winner could soon be moving into convicted Mexican drug kingpin El Chapo's safehouse!
by Naledi de Wee
Dreaming of hitting the lottery jackpot? Well, the Mexican government is giving away the house of former drug kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán used as a hideout in 2014 when Mexican marines had him surrounded in the national lottery.
The house had been abandoned for years and the marines did some damage when they searched it, so repairs were necessary.
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WIN EL CHAPO'S SAFEHOUSE IN LOTTERY
El Chapo was the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel that was infamous for drug trafficking, money laundering and other crimes. El Chapo hid from the police in 2014 inside his Culiacan home in northwest Mexico.
According to Associated Press, the two-bedroom home is worth $183 000 (R2 614 832). The home went up for auction last year with the bidding starting at $130 000 (R1 854 776), but no one seemed interested in it at the time.
INSIDE EL CHAPO'S HOME
Mexico's Institute to Return Stolen Goods to the People (INDEP) has already touched up El Chapo's home and it is ready for its next owner. Before the house was renovated, this is what you would find inside.
The convicted drug lord built himself a tunnel underneath his bathtub that he used to flee from the Mexican authorities who were after him. The tunnel El Chapo built was three kilometers long and reportedly cost him $50 000 (roughly R7 million) to build.
Unfortunately for him, his freedom was short-lived and he was captured by authorities a few days after.
The 64-year-old drug lord has a reputation for escaping from authorities. He first escaped from prison in 2001 in a laundry cart with the help of police officers.
He escaped the second time in 2015 through a tunnel from the shower of the Federal Social Readaptation Center No 1 a maximum-security prison in Mexico, to a nearby house.
It seems El Chapo had a lot of experience with tunnels.
El Chapo was convicted of more than 12 charges, including international drug trafficking, conspiracy and money laundering. He was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Here's me inside the other end of El Chapo's escape tunnel. His bathtub led down into Culiacán's drainage system.
This is nearly two miles away from the safe house. The tunnel is low — Chapo's name means shorty but he had to have been hunched over the whole time he was running. pic.twitter.com/A2l301LrlN
— Keegan Hamilton (@keegan_hamilton) December 4, 2018
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WHERE TO GET A LOTTERY TICKET?
Unfortunately for South Africans, this one is only available for anyone in Mexico right now. A lottery ticket is selling for $12.50 (R178,34) and the draw will take place today (15 September) which is a day before Mexico's Independence Day.
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CONCEALED AMBITION (IRE) is a 6 year old GELDING which was most recently trained by Tim Vaughan. This GELDING was foaled in 2012, and is by the sire STOWAWAY (GB) and dam CLAIREFONTAINE (GB).
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Report offers actionable recommendations to support academic success of Black and Latino male students.
For many years, educators and policymakers looking for strategies to close the achievement gap and improve student learning have sought solutions involving new uses of technology, especially for students placed at-risk. Unfortunately, the results of technology initiatives have been mixed. Often, the introduction of technology into classrooms has failed to meet the grand expectations proponents anticipated. The educational landscape is replete with stories and studies about how at-risk students were unable to benefit from particular innovations seeking to use computers for teaching.
This is a guidance letter prepared by the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Education describing how schools can meet their obligations under federal law to administer student discipline without discriminating on the basis of race, color, or national origin.
This National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems (NC crest) brief demonstrates the need for rethinking current approaches to teacher education pedagogy and provides guidelines for developing culturally responsive teacher education pedagogy.


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COVID-19 vaccination associated with a small, temporary increase in menstrual cycle length, suggests NIH-funded study
The FINANCIAL — Women receiving one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine during a single menstrual cycle had an increase in cycle length of nearly one day, compared to unvaccinated women, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. The increase in cycle length—a longer time between bleeding—was not associated with any change in the number of days of menses (days of bleeding). The study appears in Obstetrics & Gynecology.
The authors, led by Alison Edelman, M.D., M.P.H., of Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, noted that menstrual cycles typically vary a small amount from month to month, and the increase they saw was well within the range of normal variability. They added that additional research is needed to determine how COVID-19 vaccination could potentially influence other menstrual characteristics, such as associated symptoms (pain, mood changes, etc.) and characteristics of bleeding (including heaviness of flow).
"It is reassuring that the study found only a small, temporary menstrual change in women," said Diana W. Bianchi, M.D., director of NIH's Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). "These results provide, for the first time, an opportunity to counsel women about what to expect from COVID-19 vaccination so they can plan accordingly."
Dr. Bianchi added that little research has previously been conducted on how vaccines for COVID-19 or vaccines for other diseases could potentially influence the menstrual cycle.
NICHD and NIH's Office of Research on Women's Health funded the study, which was part of $1.67 million awarded to five institutions to explore potential links between COVID-19 vaccination and menstrual changes.
See also Scientists Investigate Why Some Rapid Tests Aren't Picking Up Omicron; Should You Swab Your Throat, Too?
The study authors analyzed de-identified data from a fertility tracking app, Natural Cycles. Users input data on their temperature and their menstrual cycles and can consent to the use of their de-identified data for research. For vaccinated individuals, data was from three consecutive cycles before vaccination and from three more consecutive cycles, including the cycle or cycles in which vaccination took place. For unvaccinated individuals, data was collected for six consecutive cycles. Of the 3,959 individuals in the study, 2,403 were vaccinated and 1,556 were unvaccinated.
Most vaccinated users received the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. On average, the first vaccination dose was associated with a .71-day cycle increase in cycle length and the second dose with a .91-day increase. Therefore, users vaccinated over two cycles had an increase of less than one day in each of the vaccination cycles. There were no changes in the number of menstrual bleeding days for the vaccinated individuals. The researchers saw no significant change in cycle length for the unvaccinated app users.
A subgroup of app users who received two vaccine doses in the same menstrual cycle (358 users) had a larger average increase in cycle length of two days. However, this change appears to decrease in subsequent cycles, indicating that the menstrual changes likely are temporary. The authors added that the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics classifies a variation in cycle length as normal if the change is less than eight days.
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This stuff is incredibly potent, and I'm not anywhere near to exaggerating. I've taken energy/metabolism boosters before, and they'd give me that jittery feeling, but Craze doesn't seem to have that side effect.
The instructions say to take it 6hrs before going to sleep. The first time I tried it using only half a dose at 8pm and ended up being awake till 2am. The second time I tried it was on a Thursday where I was completely exhausted from a long week. So I figured it'd be safe to take a scoop at 7pm… I was up till 4am. I was completely alert during all that time, and I thought I'd end up suffering the next day at work, but I felt totally fine surprisingly.
As a word of caution I'd suggest taking it much earlier in the day. And as each day progresses push forward the time at which you take it and note when it wears off for you. What you're trying to do is get it as close to your workout as possible, which is challenging if you're like me (I hit the gym at 9:30pm).
As for the weight lifting side of things it seems to improve the intensity and endurance. But it's hard to tell if that's just a placebo effect.
I'll loop back and revise this review after going through a full package.


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Princess Eugenie dazzled guests and crowds on her wedding day in Windsor.
The royal married Jack Brooksbank, 32, at St George's Chapel on Friday, October 12.
Eugenie arrived in a bridal carriage and was dressed in a flowing white dress designed by Peter Pilotto and Christopher De Vos of British-based label Peter Pilotto.
Her father Prince Andrew walked her up the aisle.
Around 850 guests were invited to the second Royal Wedding at the chapel in Windsor Castle this summer.
The Queen, Prince Phillip, Prince William and Kate Middleton and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
Prince George and Princess Charlotte joined the page boys and flowers girls to walk down the aisle.
Demi Moore, Cara Delevigne, super models Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell, singer Ellie Goulding and Robbie Williams and wife Ayda Field were among the celebrity guests.
After tying the knot, the couple went on a horse drawn parade through the streets of Windsor, Berkshire.
Crowds lined the route to get a glimpse of the bride and groom.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were married in the romantic surroundings earlier this year.
Princess Eugenie, 28, who holds the title of Princess of York, is ninth-in-line to the throne.
She is the daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson and the Queen's granddaughter.


In "Long Story Short," Dana Goodyear's profile of Lydia Davis in The New Yorker this week (http://tinyurl.com/keaoath), she recounts Davis's criticism of her book club's latest selection (mercifully unnamed). Davis, a short story writer of some renown in the world of literary magazines and book prizes, complains that the author is guilty of employing "mixed metaphors." While at first blush her dissection of the passages seems like smart writing talk, the sort of advice all of us soak up and then repeat to each other, something about it annoyed me. The more I thought about the examples, the more pedantic her criticism seemed. After a while, I was convinced these sentences were not "mixed metaphors" but something else altogether.
For the record, the verb stuff (from the old French estoffe and Middle English stoffen) has nine meanings; the noun form of the word has seven. While most things that we stuff (fill) and most things that constitute stuffing are soft, not all of them are. Besides such examples as stuffing a turkey and the stuffing of a sofa cushion, we also stuff a ballot box (a hard object) with flat planes of paper, which is not exactly akin to breaded mounds of Thanksgiving stuffing or wads of polyester fill. We also say that we are "stuffed" when we eat too much and "stuffed up" when we have a cold. The first meaning in my 1936 Webster's second edition of the verb to stuff is "to fill by crowding something into; to cram," which sounds like the meaning this author intended.
As to the first example, the erosion of something acute into something dull does not, at first blush, seem particularly precise. To erode is from the Latin, erodere, to gnaw, and its definition is "to eat into or away; to destroy by slow disintegration," with the application in physical geography of "to wear away, as land by the action of water." The writer is saying that an acute intimacy had been gnawed into something dull; its sharpness had been worn away. If you think of this literally, a sharp knife is dulled by use, not by a rat chewing at it, although you might say an acute intimacy had rusted into something dull. But, in the sense of "slow disintegration," it is not necessarily incorrect to say that something acute could disintegrate slowly into something dull.
It occurred to me that her criticism was as much about precision as comparison. Indeed, if these two examples employ metaphors, they are submerged ones at best. When I think of "mixed metaphors," my mind turns to the sort of tangled-up expressions that The New Yorker loves to print in small type at the end of its articles, under the heading, "Block that Metaphor." These sentences, usually from corporate memos or police reports, typically employ two or three analogies so hopelessly intertwined that the effect is humorous to those in the know, and confounding to their intended audiences. "By the first quarter of this year, our soldiers in Sales will take the field by storm and roll the red carpet at high pitch," might be one example. By the end of the sentence, the poor sales employees have been fighting a war, playing football, premiering a movie and singing opera.
Lydia Davis's insistence that all words must stay within their accustomed contexts, however, strikes me as deathly to prose. Mixing textures, contexts, and meanings can give us startling juxtapositions that keep writing fresh and alive. When pudding scratches your tongue, rocks waterfall onto your head, an air-conditioner feathers off a sill and onto the sidewalk, the concrete (things with edges: the flat, hard, heavy) meets the amorphous (things without edges: liquid, gel, fiber). (Out of necessity, I am being somewhat imprecise here – the opposite of concrete is really abstract – but a synonym for concrete is "hard" and "solid," and I think the meaning is clear.) Contrasting the two injects writing with energy and tension, no matter – perhaps because of – how imprecise (or improbable) the comparison is.
Davis may have been correct that laziness and inattention to detail, not a conscious attempt to contrast the dissimilar, were behind our anonymous author's use of "eroded" and "stuffed." That does not mean, however, that we have to police our own writing for such juxtapositions to a fault. I'd rather write in a world of tension, where textures and senses mix, where language molds to new and surprising contrasts, than in a world where every word must stay within its literal confines of meaning.


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[Winifred Brown [Winifred Sawley Brown, later Adams], aviatrix, the first woman to win the King's Cup Air Race.] Autograph Signature ('Winifred Brown.') with short inscription.
Winifred Brown [Winifred Sawley Brown, later Adams] (1899-1984), aviatrix, explorer, sportswoman, yachtswoman, in 1930 the first woman to win the King's Cup Air Race
21 October 1931. No place.
On one side of 8.5 x 11 cm piece of grey card, with rounded corners. In good condition, lightly aged. Neatly and simply written out (in response to a request for an autograph), reading: 'Best Wishes | Sincerely | Winifred Brown.' Date by Brown at bottom left. Endorsed in pencil at head: 'First woman to win King's Cup Air Race | 1930'.
KING'S
[ Sinclair Lewis, Nobel-Prize-winning American novelist. ] Autograph Signature.
Sinclair Lewis [ Harry Sinclair Lewis ] (1885-1951), American novelist and winner of the 1930 Nobel Prize for Literature
Without place or date.
On 5.5 x 12.5 cm strip torn from the foot of a letter. In good condition, lightly aged. Beneath the typed words 'Sincerely yours,' is the firm bold signature 'Sinclair Lewis'.
[ Indian General Election, 1930. ] Two satirical 'Election Bulletins' in Telugu, with English phrases interspersed, numbered 1 and 2, printed by the Sri Rama Press, Vizagapatam, with references to 'Buchi Gandhi', 'Non-cooperation' and 'Swaraj'.
[ The Indian General Election, 1930; Mahatma Gandhi; Swaraj; non-cooperation ]
Both items by the Sri Rama Press, Vizagapatam [Visakhapatnam, India]. The first dated from 'Vizagapatam' on 17 August 1930, and the second from the same place on 21 August 1930.
Two items, both 1p., folio, on pieces of cheap paper stock. Frail survivals: both in fair condition, on browned, worn and creased high-acidity paper. Both with punch-holes to one margin. The first with numbering to one margin, and the second initialled and dated in manuscript 22 August 1930 (in addition to the printed date of the day before). Both in smallish type, with the word 'Citizens' in the bottom right-hand corner and '(To be continued)' centred at foot.
NON-COOPERATION
SWARAJ
Mimeographed typed Malayan stock market report, 'For Private Circulation Only', from Charles Bradbury & Co. (1930) Ltd, Stock & Share Brokers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaya.
[Charles Bradbury & Co. (1930) Ltd., Stock & Share Brokers, Kuala Lumpur, Federation of Malaya [Malaysia]]
Charles Bradbury & Co. (1930) Ltd. (Members of the Malayan Stock Exchange). Stock & Share Brokers, 28 & 30 Old Market Square, Kuala Lumpur, Federation of Malaya [Malaysia]. 'CIRCULAR LETTER No.7/60 | 30th September, 1960.'
10pp., foolscap 8vo. Good, on lightly-aged paper. Sections on Industrials, Tin, Rubber, Company Reports; with full-page table of 'Market Price of Rubber and Nett Profit per Pound'. Begins: 'September was a strange sort of month - quiet by recent standards with hte market suspended between shade and shien as bearish and bullish-looking clouds scudded across the scene in jumbled sequence leaving investors and speculators confused and cautious.' From the private papers of C. A. A. Nicol (1921-2012), OBE, CPM, AMN, Special Branch, Malayan Union Police Force.
MALAYAN
MIMEOGRAPHED
[Printed prospectus, signed by author.] Lecture on the British Arctic Air-Route Expedition by Martin Lindsay. A Member of the Expedition and the Author of Those Greenland Days. [With photographs of author and of four arctic scenes.]
Sir Martin Lindsay [Sir Martin Alexander Lindsay] (1905-1981), explorer and Conservative politician [British Arctic Air Route Expedition, Greenland, 1930-1931; Augustine Courtauld (1904-1959)]
'Printed by DRESSERS, Darlington.' Undated [1932].
3pp., 4to. Bifolium. In black and white on shiny art paper. Lightly worn and aged, with 5 cm closed tears along central vertical fold lines of both leaves. The text, on the first page, begins: 'The Expedition consisted of fourteen men of an average age of 24, who left England in the summer of 1930 to study the flying conditions of Greenland for a short air-route across the Arctic regions to Canada.' It describes how 'Mr.
COURTHAULD
EPLORATION
Treaty for the Limitation and Reduction of Naval Armaments, between the American, French, British, Italian and Japanese governments, signed by eleven of the plenipotentiaries, including three prime ministers (Macdonald, Briand and Wakatsuki).
J. Ramsay Macdonald; Aristide Briand; Reijiro Wakatsuki; Charles F. Adams III; Dwight W. Morrow; [London Naval Conference, 1930; Treaty for the Limitation and Reduction of Naval Armaments]
London; 27 April 1930.
8vo, 34 pp + blank last page. Unbound and stapled. Fair, with central vertical fold, on slightly-aged paper, with light staining to the first and last pages. Signed on the first page by [three Americans] Henry L. Stimson; Charles F. Adams III; Dwight W. Morrow; [one French] Aristide Briand; [two British] J. Ramsay Macdonald; A. V. Alexander; [one Italian] Giuseppe Sirianni; [and all four Japanese representatives] Reijiro Wakatsuki; Takeshi Takarabe; Tsuneo Matsudaira and Matsuzo Nagai.
Pamphlets and Books
Military and Naval History
BRIAND
REJIRO
WAKATSUKI


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Q: How to make numerical field name CLS compliant? I am working on .net framework 3.5 and using RDLC files for reporting in my project.
Problem that I am facing is that in my Dataset I have a numerically named field "63" and whenever I am using it in my RDLC file its showing me this error
"A field in the dataset 'DataSet1' has the name '63'. Field names must be CLS-compliant identifiers."
I have already performed few things like.
1.) [assembly: CLSCompliantAttribute(false)]
in my project's assemblyInfo.cs
2.) and placing attribute name under square brackets. eg :[63] in my Dataset.
But all went futile any help will be appreciated Thank You

A: Ok, then try this.

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*Open the xsd file.

*Right click on the table.

*Select configure.

*Assign an alias in the select statement.

*Update report.
This link might help u out

A: Ok I got an answer for it.
only thing that is to be done is to change the name of the variable like fro "63" to "a63". To turn the name alphanumeric.


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Arthur "Artie" Verner Johnson, March 30, 1944-January 24, 2019, passed away unexpectedly at his home in Kenton, Michigan at the age of 74. Artie loved being outdoors riding his four wheeler and partridge hunting. He enjoyed being around his friends having a drink at the local pub and playing his machine. Always smiling and could make people laugh, a good time was had by all when Artie was around.
After high school, Artie enlisted in the US Navy from 1961-1967. He then drove over the road semi for different companies until eventually becoming self-employed with his own truck. He loved to travel. Upon retiring he moved back to his hometown where he lived the rest of his days.
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TL;DR news on Pelosi Taiwan at April 22, 2023
Experts who spoke with Responsible Statecraft said these policies are likely to provoke a sharp response from China, further stoking tensions in the Taiwan Strait. Swaine G20 sets stage for first Xi and Biden meeting since pandemic Only these two men can break the downward spiral over Taiwan. Well I think the president was answering a question he got from a reporter that surrounded the context of the kinds of information we give to Speaker Pelosi before she travels. What I wanted to make clear today was that we are going to make sure that if the speaker decides to go to Taiwan she can do so safely and securely. Two other sources said Pelosi was scheduled to meet a small group of activists who are outspoken about China's human rights record during her stay in Taiwan, possibly on Wednesday. Taiwan rejects China's sovereignty claims and says only its people can decide the island's future. Pelosi arrived in Singapore early Monday, kicking off her Asian tour as questions swirled over a possible stop in Taiwan that has fueled tension with Beijing. China has been steadily ratcheting up diplomatic and military pressure on Taiwan. Nancy Pelosi's office has not confirmed that. Nancy Pelosi: I think that it's important for us to show support for Taiwan. Kyle Peterson: Jillian, what's going on here with this debate in Washington about this trip and what's to be gained by a visit to Taiwan by somebody like Nancy Pelosi. I mean, we've seen China increase its provocation in Taiwan and what I'm talking about is military planes going into Taiwanese airspace about 600 times this year, about a thousand times last year. I think the concern here now is that if Pelosi doesn't go, it looks like the US is backing down in response to Chinese threats and that's not a good situation. We mean what we say." But what kind of retaliation do you think is likely? I mean, surely as Pelosi says, they wouldn't try to shoot down her plane or at least the US military wouldn't allow that. But you know, I think it's helpful when we're thinking about Taiwan, to look at the history of Ukraine as well. In Taiwan, that's going to be much more difficult because it's an island and we've already seen the Chinese practicing for how to cut Taiwan off from outside support. They've been drilling urban warfare, as well, with eye to occupying Taiwanese cities potentially. 27, 2022 SHARE President Xi Jinping warned against meddling in China's dealings with Taiwan during a phone call with his U.S. The People's Liberation Army has sent growing numbers of fighter planes and bombers to fly near Taiwan in an attempt to intimidate its democratically elected government. It all comes as President Joe Biden is set to speak Thursday with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for the first time in four months, and the potential Pelosi trip is looming over the conversation. Pelosi advocated for human rights in China by working against Beijing in 1993 as it eyed hosting the summer Olympics and she opposed its bid for the 2008 games. However it remains unclear whether she will put Taiwan on her schedule.


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Redemption or Retread?
By Stephen Juza
Each January, the coaching carousel turns in the NFL, leading several teams to give walking papers to their head coaches in hopes of future success. However, even with the utmost consideration, replacing a head coach can lead to dismal results for a team.
Should a team select an up-and-coming coordinator to be a rookie head coach? Should they hire someone from the college ranks? Or should they hire one of the many experienced head coaches waiting for a shot to redeem themselves?
Since the NFL merger in 1970, only 66 coaches have been hired for a second head coaching opportunity. These coaches fall into one of four groups:
Unsuccessful in their first job and immediately hired for their second job (the "Adam")
Successful in their first job, but at least a year between their head coaching opportunities (the "Mike")
Unsuccessful in their first job, but at least a year between their head coaching opportunities (the "Bill")
Successful in their first job and immediately hired for their second role (the "Andy")
For a general manager, there is no guarantee for success regardless of which coach they hire. There is also not a more consequential decision they will make in their job. Unfortunately, there's far more chance of failure than success; the average coach in the NFL, throughout the league's history, has a sub-.500 winning percentage. For every Don Shula (with a win percentage of 68%), there are a dozen Hue Jacksons (with a win percentage of only 21%).
However, we may gain more insight into this conundrum by comparing examples of the four groups of redemption (or retread) coach:
The "Adam":
In 2019, the Miami Dolphins fired Adam Gase after three seasons. After a promising rookie season, the Dolphins went 13-19 in his last two seasons, and Gase was subsequently fired. Despite the lack of success, the New York Jets swooped in and hired him less than two weeks later.
It seems crazy to expect different results, but what does NFL history tell us about a coach like Gase, who was sub .500 in their first job and immediately hired by a new team. This doesn't happen very often, and for good reason. Barring a dramatic turnaround by Gase and the Jets the rest of the season, none of the six coaches would go on to have a winning record in their second job.
Ray Rhodes was close, posting a record of 8-8 in his sole season for the Green Bay Packers.
Teams tend to quickly recognize their error, and "Adam" typically only coaches 35 games for his second team; more than two seasons, but fewer games than the other coach groups. Historically, expecting a failed coach to immediately turn into a winning coach in a single offseason seems like a tall order, and one that GMs should shy away from in the future.
The "Mike":
Mike McCarthy had an incredibly successful run with the Packers starting in 2006. After an 8-8 season that year, the Packers won at least 10 games in eight of the next ten seasons, including a Super Bowl victory after the 2010 season. However, the Packers couldn't maintain that excellence forever, and McCarthy was fired during the 2018 season, going 12-16-1 in his final two years. Spending a year outside of the NFL, he re-emerged in 2020 as the new head coach of the Dallas Cowboys.
The Cowboys appear primed for success behind young stars Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott, and after a decade of mediocrity under Jason Garrett, they are eager to prove themselves. Tenacity aside, here's a word of caution for Cowboys fans: this coaching group rarely works out.
"Mikes" tie for the largest number of repeat coaching hires; twenty-three of the 66 rehired coaches fall under this group. After winning an average of 58% of their games in their first job, or at least for nine wins every year, their average win percentage drops down to 39% with their next team, translating to only six wins per season. Most of the coaches in this group had amazing success in their first job that failed to develop in their next job.
Vince Lombardi won five championships with the Packers, but he only went 7-5-2 and missed the playoffs in his sole season with the Washington Redskins. Jimmy Johnson won two Super Bowls with the Cowboys in the 90s. He only won two playoff games with the Dolphins in his four seasons as their head coach.
However, the largest drop-off in success belongs to George Seifert. After winning two Super Bowls and 75% of his games in San Francisco, he was tasked with leading the expansion team, Carolina Panthers. In three seasons, the Panthers won 16 games and endured a then-record 15 consecutive losses.
While bringing in a "Mike" to turn around the franchise seems like a sure thing, only 4 of the 23 coaches in this group won more games than they lost with their second team.
The "Bill":
Bill Belichick was a rising star as a defensive coordinator for the New York Giants, a star pupil of Bill Parcells, and instrumental in their two Super Bowl wins. After the second Super Bowl victory for the Giants in 1990, he earned his first shot as an NFL head coach. However, the five seasons leading the Cleveland Browns were anything but the success the team envisioned. Winning only 45% of their games and one trip to the playoffs in that time led to Belichick's firing as the team moved to Baltimore before the 1996 season.
Belichick returned to the assistant ranks for several seasons before rising back to the head coaching level for the New England Patriots in 2000. From there, the Patriots have reeled off one of the greatest dynasties in all of sports history.
While Belichick is a clear outlier—any team would love to hire arguably the greatest coach ever—the break in head coaching stints seems important when hiring a "Bill". While "Mikes" seem to regress after their time off, "Bills" come back better.
Six of the 23 coaches in this category improved to have winning records. Belichick isn't the only Super Bowl coach in the group: Gary Kubiak won the Super Bowl in 2015 with the Broncos and Marv Levy took the Bills to four consecutive Super Bowls.
The time away from head coaching seems like it gives these coaches an opportunity to reflect on what they did wrong in their first job, and come up with ways to fix it for their next team. This leaves the last, and most successful group.
The "Andy":
Andy Reid was incredibly successful with the Philadelphia Eagles, making numerous NFC Championship games and one Super Bowl during his fourteen years as their head coach. However, after a long run of success, his tenure ended on a sour note. The team finished 4-12 in 2012, only the third losing season of Reid's tenure, and the Eagles fired him. Quickly, the Kansas City Chiefs hired Reid as their head coach in 2013, and his success followed him. Seven seasons, 82 wins (and counting), six playoff berths, and one Super Bowl win followed.
While it's rare that a successful coach is fired, they are able to bring that success to their new team better than any other group. . Of the 14 "Andys", six of them continued to have a winning record for their second team. Not only are they winning games, they are winning Super Bowls. Tony Dungy, Don Shula, and Jon Gruden won four Super Bowls between them with their second stints as a head coach, and George Allen and Mike Holmgren went to one each.
While "Mikes" tend to do worse after some time away from head coaching, "Andys" are more likely to pick up at their peak and continue winning. Occasionally, they elevate their already high bar of success to new levels.
This track record bodes well this season for Washington and new head coach Ron Rivera—the latest "Andy" to be hired. After nine seasons as the head coach of the Panthers in which he coached the team to the playoffs four times and one Super Bowl, Rivera was hired by Washington as their new head coach.
Importance of Experience:
While there is a lot to consider when hiring experienced NFL head coaches, there seems to be one more variable that could help GMs make this critical decision—years of experience. Regardless of their prior success or time off, making it at least five seasons with their former team is a critical indicator of future success for most redemption coaches.
Only three coaches (out of thirty) who failed to make it five years in their initial head coaching gig were able to turn it around and lead their second team to a winning record. Jon Gruden is one of those three coaches, who moved from a successful tenure with the Oakland Raiders to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and led them to a Super Bowl in his first season as their head coach (against his former team, no less).
While former tenure (or lack thereof) offers similar results for "Mikes", it seems to be the biggest benchmark for a "Bill" to become successful. If they were good enough to coach five years in their first job, while it wasn't ultimately successful, they have valuable experience to bring to their future job. Five of the seven "Bills" that made it five years ended up winning in their second job. This is also an important factor for "Andys" as well. Five of nine "Andys" were successful once again, compared to only one of five rehires that coached four years or less with their first team.
It offers a mark of future success for all coaches--except for "Adam". No one should hire an "Adam", as the Jets are currently finding out.
After this season, there will be inevitably several head coaching positions opening up. Who are some current NFL assistants primed for a second chance at head coaching jobs? There are two potential "Bills" with five years of experience: former head coaches Jim Schwartz and Jay Gruden. Both have at least five years of experience and coached a team to the playoffs.
There could be a few other enticing names, albeit falling short of the five years of experience, such as Josh McDaniels or Steve Spagnuolo. Both had disastrous results as a head coach in their first stint, but have had a decade pass since they were a head coach and, subsequently, may have learned a few new tricks.
Either way, teams should shy away from fired coaches who failed to win in their first job. Chances are, they will replicate the success, or lack thereof, and both the teams and the fans will find themselves disappointed.
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Ladin poet Roberta Dapunt's works transcend linguistic barriers. During the Tyrol Days, Dapunt, who lives and works on a farm in South Tyrol, will offer a literary introduction to her everyday life: in Ladin, Italian, German and English. Her verses are as understated as they are spellbinding in their poetic power.
Roberta Dapunt was born in Val Badia in South Tyrol, where she lives and works with her family on a farm. She writes in Italian and Ladin, the Rhaeto-Romanic language of her homeland.
Her Poems have widely been published in magazines and anthologies. The first volume of poetry "OscuraMente" (1993) was followed by several others, including "la terra più del paradiso" (2008) and "le beatitudini della malattia" (2013), both in Italian, published by Giulio Einaudi editore, and "Nauz, Gedichte und Bilder", in Ladin and German, published by Folio Verlag in 2012 and her later in Italian translated by Roberta herself, published by Il Ponte del Sale editore (2017); and in 2018 her newest collection "sincope", by Giulio Einaudi editore.
"trilogia sui sensi" was written for the book "L'odore della roccia | Der Geruch der Felsen | The Scent of the Crag".