L. Parker Stephenson Photographs presents in New York a selection of vintage photographs from the 1930s and early 1940s of rural architecture and urban scenes by American photographer Luke Swank (1890-1944). This is the first solo exhibition of Swank's work in New York since 1934 at Delphic Studios. At the time, Swank's modernist images, taken mostly in his native Pennsylvania, were heralded by fellow photographers, curators, and art critics alike and were widely exhibited in museums and galleries on both the East and the West Coasts. However, due to his early death and a paucity of material in public hands, Swank's contributions to the field were overlooked for more than six decades.
Luke Swank began photographing in the mid-late 1920s when industry and progress were being celebrated. Yet it was not until the effects of the Depression were felt that Swank developed his signature style and turned his camera to vanishing scenes of American life. Vernacular architecture was one of his main subjects. While Walker Evans and Aaron Siskind were concurrently examining sites in Pennsylvania, as had Charles Sheeler twenty years prior, the formal elements of Swank's compositions are recognizable and distinct. These include compression of planes through dark shadow, light and dominant line, as well as wider landscape contexts. In closer views where façades fill the frame, texture and graphic elements are accentuated.
In the early 1930s Luke Swank's work was brought to the attention of Julien Levy, a prominent New York gallerist and early champion and promoter of photography as an art. Levy served as co-curator of the Museum of Modern Art's first exhibition to include photography. This was the first of three occasions that Swank's prints were chosen for presentation at MoMA during his life including the Photography Department's inaugural exhibition in 1940. In 1933, Levy selected Swank for a one man exhibition at his venerable gallery and for two other shows; at Smith College and Wesleyan University.
Swank's work was equally embraced on the West Coast by the Group f/64 whose leading members espoused sharp focus and detail. Willard Van Dyke, one of its leading members, accepted a group of Swank's prints for the juried First Salon of Pure Photography in 1934. Other prominent galleries and museums also presented Swank's work (the Brooklyn Museum, the Albright Knox Gallery, and the Carnegie Institute among others) but as a husband and father during the Depression he was forced to shift his energies to teaching (establishing one of the early university courses in photography) and later to commercial assignments. His health failed in 1943 and he died the following year.
In 2005, the Carnegie Museum of Art mounted a major exhibition of Luke Swank's work to coincide with the release of the first major monograph, Luke Swank Modernist Photographer by Howard Bossen. This book at long last allowed a broad audience to see the artist's oeuvre and learn about his role in American modernist photography. In addition to the Carnegie Museum's extensive collection, his prints are found in those of the Art Institute of Chicago; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Philadelphia Museum of Art and Smith College among others.


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El Esporte Clube Alexandria fue un equipo de fútbol de Brasil que jugó en el Campeonato Alagoano, la primera división del Estado de Alagoas.

Historia
Fue fundado el  en la ciudad de Maceió del estado de Alagoas por empleados de la Fábrica Alexandria, empresa textil utilizando algodón ubicada en el barrio de Bom Pardo. Dos años después hace su debut en el Campeonato Alagoano, aunque fue hasta 1945 que volvió a participar en la primera división estatal.

En 1947 es campeón estatal por primera y única vez en su historia venciendo en la final al Esporte Clube Barroso, pero no participa en la primera división estatal hasta 1951, participando en la primera división hasta su desaparición en 1954 cuando la fábrica decide desaparecer al equipo, acumulando ocho temporadas en la primera categoría.

Palmarés
Campeonato Alagoano: 1
 1947

Jugadores
El Esporte Clube Alexandria tuvo como campeón de goleo a Wilson en 1951 junto a Louro del Auto Esporte Clube con 12 goles.

Referencias

Enlaces externos
Ganadores del Campeonato Alagoano
ogol.com
Logo del Club
globalsportsarchive
Breve Historia del Club

Equipos de fútbol desaparecidos de Brasil
Equipos de fútbol fundados en 1935
Equipos de fútbol desaparecidos en 1954
Equipos de futbol del estado de Alagoas
Brasil en 1935
Brasil en 1954
Equipos de fútbol de trabajadores

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American wrestlers, 1 Pro Wrestling alumni, Absolute Intense Wrestling alumni,
All Japan Pro Wrestling alumni
Asistencia Asesoría y Administración alumni
Full Throttle Wrestling alumni
Georgia Championship Wrestling alumni
NWA Cyberspace alumni
NWA Wildside alumni
NWA Wrestle Birmingham alumni
Pro Wrestling Evolution alumni
Ring of Glory alumni
Southern Championship Wrestling alumni
USA Pro Wrestling alumni
USA Xtreme Wrestling alumni
Valhalla Pro Wrestling alumni
World Championship Wrestling alumni
NWA World Tag Team Champions
Elix Skipper
Dark Guerrera
The Extreme Blade
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"Primetime" Elix Skipper
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
228 lb (103 kg)
Pez Whatley
WCW Power Plant
"Primetime" Elix Skipper (December 15, 1967) is a retired American professional wrestler, perhaps best known for his time with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
World Championship Wrestling (2000-2001)
Skipper used to manage a McDonald's restaurant before deciding to drive to the Power Plant in Atlanta for training. He received his biggest push in the dying days of World Championship Wrestling as part of Lance Storm's Canadian faction, Team Canada. For a brief period, he was WCW World Cruiserweight Champion, and wore a modified belt as part of the Team Canada gimmick. He was also the first co-holder (with Kid Romeo) of the short-lived WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship. The duo lost the belts to Billy Kidman and Rey Mysterio Jr. on the final edition of Monday Nitro. The theme music he used in WCW was sung by Skipper himself and was based on DMX's "Party Up (Up In Here)."
After WCW (2002)
After WCW was purchased by the World Wrestling Federation in March 2001, Skipper was signed to a developmental contract by the WWF. He was released by the WWF in December 2001 without having appeared on WWF television.
Skipper toured Japan with All Japan Pro Wrestling as Extreme Blade.
Skipper joined Total Nonstop Action Wrestling upon its formation in 2002, where he was named "Primetime" Elix Skipper. He formed a three-man tag team with Low-Ki and Christopher Daniels called Triple X, and the trio embarked on a long feud with America's Most Wanted. All three won the NWA World Tag Team Championship together twice (they were initially stripped of the belts, but won them right back), and Skipper would help Daniels defend the titles when Daniels won them single-handedly in a handicap match on May 7, 2003. Low-Ki eventually left Triple X, and Daniels and Skipper were forced to split after a Six Sides of Steel match with America's Most Wanted at Turning Point on December 5, 2004. During the match, Skipper pulled off what many consider the single greatest spot in TNA history: With Chris Harris sitting at the top of the cage fighting Daniels, Skipper climbed up, walked across the top of the cage and hit Harris with a hurricarana that sent both men off the cage and to the mat. The move gained a huge ovation from the crowd and has been featured in numerous TNA montages ever since.
Since the Triple X split, both Skipper and Daniels have competed in the X Division, with Skipper turning face after Daniels fully turned on him during Ultimate X7 at Destination X 2005. Since receiving a shot at Daniels for the TNA X Division Championship at Lockdown, Skipper has not received as strong a push as Daniels. In August 2005, a jealous Skipper turned heel and joined the The Diamonds in the Rough with Simon Diamond & David Young. From mid-2005 onwards he has remained as a lower card performer alongside David Young managed by Simon Diamond, the team is rarely ever used. The peek for the team was at the December pay per view TNA Turning Point 2005, where the Diamonds faced Chris Sabin, Sonjay Dutt and former pro-wrestler and baseball player Dale Torborg, managed by Chicago White Sox cather AJ Pierzynski, and with colour commentary provided by Bobby "the Brain" Heenan in a "BaseBrawl" match. The lead up to the match which included Pierzynski being presented with a specially made TNA X Division championship belt, gained much media attention all over America and provided a great deal of publicity for TNA. Recently the team has started to detiriorate with ongoing shouting matches between Skipper and Young.
Sudden Death (Kryptonite Krunch)
Play of the Day / Edge of the Blade (Overdrive)
Instant Replay (One-armed spinebuster)
New School (Rope walk frankensteiner)
Skippermission (modified octopus hold)
Dragon suplex
Double underhook suplex
Bringing Down the House (northern lights suplex)
Double springboard moonsault
Slingshot somersault lariat
Crescent Kick
Headstand Corkscrew Leg Drop
Simon Diamond
Robert Fuller
Major Gunns
All Access Wrestling
AAW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Elite Championship Wrestling
ECW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Great Championship Wrestling|Georgia / Great Championship Wrestling
GCW National Television Championship (1 time)
GCW United States Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
GCW Tag Team Championship (1 time, with John Bogie)
Nationwide Championship Wrestling
NCW National Championship (1 time)
NWA Shockwave
NWA Shockwave Cruiser X Championship (1 time)
NWA Wrestle Birmingham
NWA Alabama Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Sonny Siaki (1), and David Young (1)
Southern California Wrestling Association
SCWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
NWA World Tag Team Championship (2 or 3 times) – with Low-Ki and Christopher Daniels as XXX (1 or 2), with "Wildcat" Chris Harris (1)
NOTE: XXX, as a three-man tandem, held the NWA Tag titles twice. While Skipper won the title with Low-Ki the first time, on the second occasion, the belts were won by Low-Ki and Christopher Daniels, and Skipper then began defending the titles along with Low-Ki and Daniels. As a result, some sources only note him as holding it once with XXX.
2004 World X Cup Winner (with Chris Sabin, Christopher Daniels, and Jerry Lynn as Team USA)
USA Xtreme Wrestling
uXw X-treme Championship (1 time)
World Championship Wrestling
WCW World Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship (1 time, with Kid Romeo)
Elix Skipper's event history
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Absolute Intense Wrestling alumni

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Steven Lochran
Author. Sometimes blogger. Aspiring rocketeer.
Paladero: A's to your Q's
Posted by Steven Lochran
Much like winter, July is coming. As is the release of PALADERO: THE RIDERS OF THUNDER REALM. I recently had the opportunity to talk to booksellers about the series as part of Hardie Grant Egmont's 2016 roadshows, and without too much preamble I present to you an overview of everything we discussed. Enjoy!
Can you tell us more about where this incredible world came from?
I originally created the Kingdom of Ai in 2007 as part of an entirely different novel. It was a contemporary fairy tale along the lines of The Neverending Story, featuring a brother and sister on a quest to find their missing father. Along the way they entered the strange territory known as Thunder Realm where they met a dinosaur-riding paladero by the name of Josiah Sarif, a Han Solo-type character who ended up being their bodyguard. I created the term paladero by combining paladin – another word for knight – with vaquero, the Spanish term for cowboy. This word rolled around in my brain for years, with the paladero character stealing the limelight from the rest of the characters.
After writing about a third of this novel, I shared it with my wife Simone and with HGE publisher Hilary Rogers. Both of them agreed that the story was trying to cover too much ground and that it would help to simplify things. I decided to focus on what I felt was the most interesting element; the paladeros of Thunder Realm and the character of Josiah Sarif. Where had he come from and what was his world like? I went back to when Josiah was a teenager known as 'Joss', and started all over again from there.
Tell us more about Joss, and what your inspiration for his character was. What makes him special?
Joss is a fifteen-year-old orphan from the island-city of Daheed, which was destroyed when he was very young in a similar fashion to Atlantis. The only survivor, he was taken in by an Orphan House on the mainland where he grew up dreaming of becoming a paladero and living his life out on the open ranges of Thunder Realm, where dinosaurs known as 'thunder lizards' roam.
Joss is a combination of influences. My original intention with him was to create a Marty McFly-style character, a bit of a troublemaking smart alec with an unerring sense of confidence. In working on the manuscript with my editor Marisa Pintado, we zeroed in on Joss's nobler characteristics and ditched the more arrogant elements. Not only did this make him a more sympathetic character but also a more grounded one with a greater arc. While he's brave in the face of danger and has an innate sense of justice, he's still prone to doubt and fear. He keeps mostly to himself, and has to be drawn out of his shell by the other apprentices with whom he's sharing his quest.
He also has amazing rock star hair. Apparently they've got salon-grade hairdryers in Thunder Realm. Who knew!
Tell us more about Joss's brethren, who accompany Joss on the Way?
When Joss is sent on the ancient quest known as the Way to prove himself, he goes through a binding ceremony where he and the other hopeful apprentices (or simply 'prentices', as paladeros call them) are sworn to look out for each other. This makes them brethren, but it doesn't necessarily make them friends.
All of Joss's brethren are older than him, leaving him an outsider in more ways than one. What he doesn't realise is that they themselves are outsiders, and that they'll have to overcome their differences if they have any hope of succeeding.
I wanted to create a cast of characters that could each feel like the star of their own book. They all have their own secrets, their own backstories, and I hope that they're diverse enough that there's a character for almost everyone to identify with and count as their favourite.
What makes fantasy great reading, especially for this 8+ readership? Where do you see this book sitting on the shelves?
Fantasy and Middle Grade fiction overlap in many ways, with both having strong themes of discovery and coming of age. What makes Fantasy especially great for this age range is that it's a genre that's entirely preoccupied with storytelling. Everything has a history, everyone has a tale to tell. There are stories within stories, ready to engage and excite the imagination. It also helps that there are captivating landscapes, thrilling action sequences and, in this case, dinosaurs.
As far as where PALADERO is likely to be shelved, we were discussing this the other day and it was pointed out that 'Lochran' sits right next to 'Landy'. While I'd never presume to say I've accomplished what the SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT series has done, I think PALADERO would easily appeal to the same kind of reader as it's a little bit thorny, it's a little bit challenging, but it's still also a lot of fun. I'd also go so far as to say that, if a parent of teacher came in looking for what to recommend to any STAR WARS or JURASSIC WORLD fans who may be a little reluctant on the reading front, PALADERO would make for an easy sell.
How do you manage a demanding job and the intensity of writing a series?
There's this myth that a writer needs huge slabs of uninterrupted time to get anything worthwhile done. The truth is, if you train your brain to do it, you can get a lot accomplished in 10-20 minute bursts. That's not to say that a day spent totally absorbed in your manuscript isn't appreciated. In fact, the closer I get to deadline (and over it) the more weekends I need to spend doing that. But that's a luxury, and one that not many people can indulge in with work and family commitments.
If all you can spare is 10 minutes to write down as little as 100-200 words, you'd be surprised at how quickly those words accumulate into a novel. A lot of this book has been scribbled out in notebooks over a coffee, then written up and revised late at night or over a weekend. And I can't count the amount of long car trips I've spent daydreaming about where next to send Joss in Thunder Realm, all set to an appropriate movie score or ambient soundtrack that keeps me from getting distracted.
And lastly, perhaps you could tell us what's next for the Paladero series.
I've just handed in the first draft of Book 2, and I can say that many of the questions about Joss's past that are asked in the first book will be addressed in the next one. We'll be delving a lot more deeply into his history, as well as that of his brethren Ganymede Drake's, all while learning more about the dark conspiracy that's working away behind the scenes that could spell doom for them all.
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Exciting book mail today thanks to @hardiegrantegmont - the Czech edition of #Paladero The City of Night Neverending! #bookstagram
I've been so occupied with writing #Paladero Book 4 that this is my first chance to say thanks so much to @anni.treetops for the fantastic chat on her Tea in the Treetops podcast (which turned out to a surprisingly tricky tongue twister for me when recording the promo, but I totally nailed it on the fifth take)
Another sighting of #Paladero out in the wild, this time thanks to @theyoungersun! I don't think I'll ever get used to seeing a book of mine on the shelves of a proper bookshop #bookstagram #bookstore #loveozmg #middlegrade #middlegradebooks
First spotting of #Paladero The Edge of the World out in the wild! Big thanks to @dymocksgeelong for the plum placement!
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Paladero Book 2 is out, and so we do the dance of joy!
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ARTIFACT: This is a very rare circa early 1950s stewardess wing "1st issue" (it has the 2nd issue "shark mouth" logo) for the Flying Tiger Line, which began in 1945 as the first commercial air cargo company in the US and was later a military charter outfit until 1989. The wing is by Balfour in sterling silver.
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Why Brexit may be a deadly experiment for science
Will Hutton
EU funding was a vital lifeline for our world-leading scientific research sector. That, and so much more, has now been blown away
Sat 16 Jul 2016 19.05 EDT Last modified on Wed 14 Feb 2018 11.02 EST
Britain leads – or, rather, led – the world in scientific research. Photograph: Cultura RM Exclusive/Matt Lincoln/Getty Images
Public scientific research is one of Britain's great unsung industries. Its turnover is around £8bn, it employs some 100,000 researchers and it leads the world. After the US, we produce more cited research papers than anyone else. We're not as good as we should be in translating all that effort into companies, products and services. But without its stimulus, our moderate levels of private business research, itself employing another 150,000 researchers, would be even lower. Nonetheless, as a self-standing industry, public scientific research is one of our most competitive and a top exporter.
Or it was. It is one of the many areas of our economic life likely to take an irreparable hit as Britain leaves the EU. Britain's leadership position was built on the excellence of its science, capacity to attract talent and the extraordinary ability of its scientists to build international networks bidding for EU research money. The EU is spending £70bn on scientific research in its Horizon 2020 programme: up until 23 June, more of it was being allocated to British-led partnerships than any other member state.
Three-quarters of all the increase in scientific funding to universities has come from the EU over the last few years. Just as importantly, science has long since gone international, whatever Ukip and Tory Brexiters may think; the world's biggest research base and generator of science is the EU: 64% of British scientific research is built on international collaborations, unerpinned by EU funding, now contributing nearly one in five research pounds spent in British universities.
Researchers from Europe, joining these collaborations, could live in Britain freely. Unless Boris Johnson and lead Brexit negotiator David Davis stop babbling about possible trade deals years hence outside the EU and become unexpectedly non-ideological and nimble – and Theresa May and home secretary, Amber Rudd, very pragmatic about immigration – British science is about to be very badly hurt.
Mike Galsworthy, director of Scientists for EU, already reports 378 responses to his Brexit impact monitoring database . Over a quarter have encountered problems with being part of consortiums bidding for intensely competitive Horizon 2020 funding. Everyone fears the risks in a few years of having non-EU Britain as a partner. Worse still are reports of xenophobia cited by EU research scientists in their daily life in buses, trains, shops and from neighbours. Word is spreading fast: don't come to Britain. From being at the heart of European scientific research, Britain is going to the margins, with incalculable consequences for our knowledge base, the standing of our universities and research jobs.
It is the same across the board. All the relatively strong parts of our otherwise weak economy have built their strength on EU membership and after more than 40 years the links are deep – and very expensive to unravel. The single market offers a "passport" to all member state companies, allowing them to do business anywhere in the EU without further certification or regulation.
This has all the ingredients of not just a Brexit recession but one followed by protracted stagnation
Banks and insurance companies have already begun quietly moving their bases to within the EU to sustain their ability to trade via the bank passport: Airbus at last week's Farnborough airshow made the same point – it did not want to plough through thousands of pages of UK regulations to invest in Britain. Rolls-Royce similarly. Bank of England agents across the country report that the majority of investment proposals have been frozen; inward investment has trickled to nothing. The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors reports the sharpest fall in expectations of rising house prices since 2004.
This has all the ingredients of not just a Brexit recession but one followed by protracted stagnation. I think the risks of a credit crunch are understated, despite the Bank of England allowing banks to use more of their capital buffer to support new lending. Property prices for farmland and commercial property are dependent on either the common agricultural policy supporting farmland prices or the nearly 500 multinationals headquartered in Britain demanding office space because of our access to the single market. Prices could plunge, with huge loan write-downs inevitable.
Moreover, as the Bank of England's chief economist, Andy Haldane, recently remarked in an important speech, the British recovery is much more anaemic than widely reported. "So far at least," he said, "this has been a recovery for the too few rather than the too many, a recovery delivering a little too little rather than far too much." It has been a jobs rich but pay poor recovery, with half of UK households seeing no increase in their disposable income since 2005 – a lost decade of income. It has been the young and those in the regions who have suffered worst.
Brexit will make all this much worse, but badly handled by the Brexiters catapulted into leading the negotiations, it could morph into a catastrophe. David Davis airily dismissed these risks in an article for ConservativeHome before his appointment. His favoured option was for Britain to trade with the EU under essentially World Trade Organisation rules in a dreamland where there are only benefits and no costs.
Theresa May is trying hard; including Scotland in the talks as she has promised makes Brexiter stupidity a bit less likely. All the country's economic constituencies – manufacturing, science, the creative industries, energy, finance – need to make it plain as the recession gathers momentum how crucial it is that we stay as close to the EU as possible and demand their role in the talks too, as should parliament.
Sixteen million of us voted to remain: many who voted to leave will reconsider as the facts that were withheld by a propagandist press and callow, cowed BBC become more obvious. The country was lied to by the hard right and its allies on a scale not witnessed in our history. To argue that the resulting vote at one moment in time represents Britain's last word on the matter is a travesty of democracy, especially as the consequences unfold.
Democracies discuss and debate, especially when they risk going over a cliff. It may take the 16 million to form a new political party to make the case as Labour dies. It's our country too and we don't need to live in a xenophobic economic dead zone.
Science funding crisis


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Q: maven calls external script on both Linux and Windows platforms I need to run an external script on both Linux and MS-Windows platforms.

*

*Do I use the right plugin exec-maven-plugin?

*Is there a more suitable plugin?

*What filename should I put in <executable>....</executable>?
<plugin>
  <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
  <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>1.2.1</version>
    <executions>
        <execution>
            <id>compile-jni</id>
            <phase>compile</phase>
            <goals>
                <goal>exec</goal>
            </goals>
            <configuration>
                <executable>./compile-jni</executable>
                <workingDirectory>${basedir}/src/main/cpp</workingDirectory>
            </configuration>
        </execution>
    </executions>
</plugin>

I use the same Makefile for both platforms Linux/MS-Windows
My script compile-jni.bat:
call "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat" x86
bash -c "make"

My script compile-jni.sh:
#!/bin/sh
make

UPDATE:
Two colleagues have suggested alternatives:

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*Use a variable script.extension
change <executable>./compile-jni${script.extension}</executable> in the pom.xml
and append the variable within the command line mvn compile -Dscript.extention=.bat

*or set the Visual Studio environment variables before calling maven:
call "C:\%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat" x86
mvn compile #(the same script 'bash -c "make"' works on both platforms)

But on both solutions, Eclipse users may be stucked... I am still looking for an automatic and elegant solution...

A: An example of running sh script.
This just does a chmod for the sh script. Keep in mind if you have a sh script, you should definitely do a chmod before performing other operations such as running the actual script, so having this as an example, you can do the first <execution> as below and add another <execution> to run your script.
For the batch file, you can have only one <execution> to run your script
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
            <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>${org.codehaus.mojo.version}</version>
            <executions>
               <execution>
                    <id>script-chmod</id>
                    <phase>install</phase>
                    <goals>
                        <goal>exec</goal>
                    </goals>
                    <configuration>
                        <executable>chmod</executable>
                        <arguments>
                            <argument>+x</argument>
                            <argument>yourscript.sh</argument>
                        </arguments>
                    </configuration>
                </execution>
            </executions>
        </plugin>

and you would probably want to add a profile depending on which machine you are:
<profiles>
  <profile>
    <activation>
      <os>
        <family>!windows</family>
      </os>
    </activation>
    <plugin>
      <!-- add your exec-maven-plugin here -->
    </plugin>
    ...
  </profile>
</profiles>

Hope this will be a start for what you need

A: Finally, I mixed the ideas => the <profiles> are used to set an internal variable script.extension depending on the operating system:
<profiles>
  <profile>
    <id>Windows</id>
    <activation>
      <os>
        <family>Windows</family>
      </os>
    </activation>
    <properties>
      <script.extension>.bat</script.extension>
    </properties>
  </profile>
  <profile>
    <id>unix</id>
    <activation>
      <os>
        <family>unix</family>
      </os>
    </activation>
    <properties>
      <script.extension>.sh</script.extension>
    </properties>
  </profile>
</profiles>

Then I use the variable to complete the script filename:
<plugin>
  <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
  <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
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  <executions>
    <execution>
      <id>compile-jni</id>
      <phase>compile</phase>
      <goals>
        <goal>exec</goal>
      </goals>
      <configuration>
        <executable>./compile-jni${script.extension}</executable>
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    </execution>
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   ⚠   As noticed by Maksim for maven 3.5.4 move up the section <configuration> as shown below:
<plugin>
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  <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
  <configuration>
    <executable>./compile-jni${script.extension}</executable>
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  <version>1.2.1</version>
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      <phase>compile</phase>
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I have moved the working directory from the pom.xml to the shell script. In order to simplify maintenance, the common stuff is moved within this shell scrip. Therefore, the batch file use this shell script:
compile-jni.bat:
call "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat" x86
bash compile-jni.sh

compile-jni.sh:
#!/bin/sh
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I almost feel like I'm cheating. Aren't gluten free cookies supposed to be gritty and dry? Aren't they supposed to be loaded with all kinds of crazy flours? Is this kind of simplicity even allowed?
Well it's allowed in my world, because here I make all the rules. If I say gluten free cookies can be chewy, gooey, and easy, then they can be. If I say that you you have all the ingredients already in your pantry, then you do. And if I say "let there be chocolate", there will be chocolate.
Preheat oven to 350ºF. Mix together the butter and sugars. Add the egg and vanilla and mix until combined. Mix together the soda, salt, and cocoa and add to the wet ingredients, mixing until combined. Stir in the chocolate chips and nuts. Bake for about 10 minutes or until they look done.
*I haven't tried coconut oil, but it should work. Heh.
Love this concept & the cookies look yummy! Definitely trying this.
These cookies looked so good and without flour. Thought I would give the recipe a try and make them. They did not turn out as some of the other comments stated. I did not make the whole batch at start. I added some gluten free flour to the mix and tried again. They turned out with the flour. I do not think I will make again. They are very sweet. I feel the sugar could be decreased down.
I have made them many times and never had a problem. I'm not sure what could have happened but I am so sorry they didn't work for you. They're AMAZING. They're our absolute favorite homemade cookie! Even my non-gf guys love them. My mouth is watering thinking about them. I know what I'm making tomorrow!
i'm going to die from cookie overload. i've only eaten two (plus probably 3 in dough form) and i am in love. thank you!!
These are amazing! I made them with one cup butterscotch chips instead of the semi sweet and white. They were absolutely delicious not to mention quick and easy to make. This a one for the recipe book!
I made these tonight and they are CRAZY good. Man, they are going to be gone quick!
Can anyone shed some light on what I did wrong? I mixed up these cookies per instructions, and after 8 minutes, they were completely flattened, uncooked piles of gooey chocolate sugar and butter. Where did I go wrong?
Try chilling the dough before you bake the cookies. If the butter gets to melty, that will happen to any cookie recipe. If you melted the butter before mixing, that could be why. Just chill the dough for maybe 30 minutes before baking and that will solve the problem.
I had this problem too. I refrigerated it for 45 mins and they still turned out as puddles. I had to throw them all away! I did use soy butter and flaxseed egg.
I found that they took closer to 12 minutes to bake. I'm surprised that they were flattened, though--my dough was so thick that I had a hard time stirring it to get the chips in.
Your baking soda is probably expired. Buy fresh and try again!
My cookies did the exact same thing! I don't know what I did wrong! I followed the recipe to a tee! I just wish I knew how to fix them.
I followed the recipe exactly, plus I refrigerated why batter, but they flattened out and went crispy and burntish. So I tried adding some coconut flour and a little bit more butter, and then they turned out soft and rich-delicious!
Brownies + cookies = the best chocolatey treat ever! I like that it's just cocoa powder and no other GF flours.
i would love to try these. can i use agave nectar rather than the brown and white sugar?
I just made a batch of these and they are fantastic. Soooo chocolatey! I have made 4 of your GF recipes now and they were all really yummy. Can't wait to try more.
These look fantastic - can't wait to try them out this weekend!
Yum. I'll bet using peanut butter chips would make them like peanut butter cups. Wow, the possibilities are endless. THANK YOU.
these are the best things ever. i have made 3 batches in a week for people. with mint chocolate chips. thanks!
Heather, I did the same as your, coconut oil and coconut sugar instead of white sugar. I also used a flax egg replacement. Mine were oily and very thin I did not chill, was that maybe the problem do you think?
I refrigerated them for about a half an hour before baking and they barely spread out!
I just made these and even my anti-gluten free brother-in-law said they were delicious. And I quote: "This is the best gluten free thing I've ever eaten!"
I definitely suggest refrigerating for 10-20 minutes before baking, but otherwise followed the recipe exactly as listed. YUM!
Hi. What do u mean by mixing? Using the mixer issit? Or just a spatula? Tx.
is the brown sugar packed or unpacked?
Mine turned out weirdly salty? Was I supposed to use unsalted butter?
Tried this last night, they came out great! Delicate and crispy with a rich dark chocolate flavor. My boyfriend calls them "Charklates" lol. Used margarine instead of unsalted butter, and am wondering if they maybe would have been chewier? Today they're still good but quite crispy and crumbly.
Really really yummy! Just wanted to add...if you are making these for someone who is gluten-free, make sure your vanilla and chocolate chips are gluten free.
Do you use sweetened or unsweetened cocoa powder?
These were decadent! Loved them, couldn't eat more than two in one sitting.
I love these cookies!!! My mother-in-law found the recipe a few Christmases ago and this is the first holiday season I've tried to make them myself. Was able to find all the right ingredients in London and even with an English oven they turned out fabulous! I read the comments and was scared they'd end up as gooey piles, so I popped the dough in the fridge for a couple minutes before spooning onto the baking sheet. Also yielded more than 12 cookies. These are my favorite, thank you for sharing the recipe!
I made these using coconut oil! They're incredibly rich with a nice chewy/soft/melt-in-your-mouth texture and I love them.
Beware 1 -- the coconut oil leaves an oily feeling on your lips/fingers, but isn't overpowering in the actual cookie taste and texture! I would use coconut oil over butter again.


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The Ball State Soccer team practices Wednesday Sept. 5, 2018, at Briner Sports Complex. Eric Pritchett, DN
Soccer returns home for senior night
by Olivia Adams / 2:11 p.m. Sep. 13, 2018
This Friday, Ball State Soccer (3-1-1, 0-0 MAC) will kick off their first regular season home game along with celebrating senior night against the Omaha Mavericks (2-4-1, 0-0 Summit).
Senior night will be one to remember as the graduating seniors get to run onto the field and meet their loved ones at the halfway line. They will get to stand out there for the National Anthem with each other and take a big group picture. However, after that, it's down to business.
"The intentions will be to recognize the seniors, so we will definitely recognize them at the start of the game and then the girls will tackle this game as if it is any other game," Head coach Craig Roberts said. "We are going to try and allow the seniors to get on for the game, but its business at the end of the day. We still have to make sure we tackle the game as if it's a regular game."
Last weekend, the Cardinals struggled in capitalizing on opportunities and take shots on net. This week, Roberts has been working with the team on shot selection, taking shots around the 18 and getting comfortable for this upcoming game.
With the Cardinals being at home for the first time in almost a month, the Cardinals are on the good side with the crowd in cheering them on.
"I think they are very excited with not being on the road," Roberts said. "We've had a lot of challenges on the road with endless weather conditions and dilemmas we've faced. So it will be a good week back in Muncie where girls can sleep in their own beds. They will be calmer and more collected and obviously having a larger fan base that is for us and not against us will give them motivation."
The Mavericks come into this match riding a two game win streak with wins over Green Bay, 1-0, and Southern Utah, 1-0. The Mavericks also have a double overtime loss to Arkansas State as the Cardinals do to Western Illinois.
The Cardinals will face the Mavericks on Friday at 5 p.m. at Briner Sports Complex.
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The Play Team is pleased to announce the release of Play Framework 2.6.19. This is the latest stable release of Play.
To upgrade an existing Play 2.6 project, edit your project/plugins.sbt file and set the sbt-plugin to 2.6.19.
playframework/playframework#8590: Upgrade Akka version to 2.5.16 including an important bug fix.
Special note on Akka 2.5.16 upgrade. In Akka 2.5.12 there was a bug fix that introduced a backward incompatible change. This didn't affect Play users because we were still depending on Akka 2.5.11. This new release is bringing in Akka 2.5.16 and therefore you may need to adapt your code.
And, as always, there are a good number of documentation improvements made by Play contributors. For more details see the full list of changes and the 2.6.19.
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| Levin named CEO of Coursera
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Levin named CEO of Coursera
Yuval Ben-David 3:08 am, Mar 25, 2014
Less than a year after stepping down from the Yale presidency, Richard Levin has been named the next chief executive officer of the online education outfit Coursera.
Levin's appointment to lead Coursera — an online platform for Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) used by 108 schools including Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Stanford and the University of Pennsylvania — was announced Monday on the company's blog. Noting Levin's business acumen and enthusiasm for online education, Coursera co-founders Daphne Koller and Andrew Ng said on the website that Levin would help their company achieve its ultimate goal: "to change the world through education." In recent years, Coursera has shot to the forefront of the online education trend, popularizing the idea of MOOCs, which allow for global online participation in courses through a video platform.
Levin told the News that the job offer rolled out of a conversation at a party in New York. Levin confessed his admiration of Coursera to one of its investors, who in turn connected him with the Coursera leadership. During his sabbatical in Palo Alto last semester, Levin signed on to be a part-time senior advisor to the company. But he said the idea that he should take on a bigger role began to "bubble up from the leadership team."
"He's one of the most well-respected university presidents in the past fifty years," Koller told the News. "He carries an incredible amount of credibility in the academic world."
Koller, a computer science professor at Stanford, said Levin's appointment demonstrates the significance of MOOCs to higher education. She added that Levin will be able to leverage Coursera's network of connections across academia, business and industry in service of Coursera's mission.
University President Peter Salovey said Levin is a fitting leader for Coursera because he is knowledgeable about online education and "thinks broadly about the future of higher education."
While president of Yale, Levin oversaw successive waves of online education projects, including AllLearn — a joint venture with Stanford and Oxford universities — as well as the Open Yale Courses initiative and, most recently, Yale's partnership with Coursera itself. This semester, Yale began offering four pilot courses on the platform.
Akhil Amar, a law professor who is currently offering his American constitutional law lecture on Coursera, said he thinks Levin's appointments signals a good relationship between Yale and the online education platform.
Koller said having Levin onboard can "only strengthen" Coursera's already-strong relationship with Yale.
Among the strengths Levin brings to Coursera are the connections he made as Yale's president — including those in China, where Coursera recently announced a deal with NetEase, a technology firm, to launch a Chinese-language portal called Coursera Zone.
"Certainly Rick's connections in China are very valuable to any organization that's trying to have an impact in China," Koller said.
As Yale's president, Levin famously worked to promote Yale's relationship with China and extend the University's brand to Asia. When Chinese president Hu Jintao came to the United States in 2006, he made a visit to Yale's campus. More controversially, as part of its pivot to Asia, Yale entered into partnership with the National University of Singapore to build Yale-NUS, a liberal arts college in Singapore.
Levin told the News that China is a "huge potential market" for Coursera.
"I have a sense of how the Chinese educational system operates, I think that knowledge will be helpful," Levin said. "There is a great interest in China in using more interactive forms of instruction."
Levin's appointment drew praise from two of the architects of Yale's current online education initiatives.
Lucas Swineford, who runs Yale's office of digital dissemination, called Levin's appointment a "grand slam" for Coursera.
"To think how strong the Coursera technology and platform is today and how Rick with his energy and vision will get it in short order is exhilarating," he said.
Music professor Craig Wright, who chairs Yale's Committee on Online Education, said Levin is "passionately committed to the proposition that education can be extended globally for the good of all."
Coursera has approximately seven million users.


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Q: How to re-define addition for custom classes? I've seen some packages that defines new classes and binary operators like + or - still work. There must be a way to define how + operates according to the class of the two arguments, in a way like defining
plot.myclass = function(x) something

changes what plot() does if the argument is of class myclass.
How can I change what a built-in binary operator does? Do they work exactly like S3 methods?
As an example, let's say I want to have an addition operator for character objects, so that
"abc" + "def"

returns "abcdef", how to specify that I want + to return paste(arg1,arg2) when the arguments are character objects.


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Animal-microbe mutualisms are ubiquitous in nature and are powerful driving forces in the evolution of life on Earth. Most animal-associated microbial communities, including those on and within humans are enormously diverse, which poses an immense challenge to understanding the molecular mechanisms that underpin their establishment and maintenance. Many marine invertebrates have evolved intimate associations with just one or a few species of chemosynthetic bacteria. They are therefore ideal natural models for investigating the molecular mechanisms underpinning host-microbe associations.
My Group investigates host-microbe mutualisms in lucind clams that host a specific species of sulfur-oxidizing bacteria in their gills. Lucinid clams are found worldwide in shallow marine habitats such as coastal seagrass sediments that are easily accessible for sampling. There are up to 500 known species of lucinid clams currently known, and each of these hosts its own specific symbiotic microbes. The symbiotic bacteria are chemosynthetic, which means they use chemical energy from the environment to synthesize sugars and other molecules needed by the host. This ancient and highly successful partnership has resulted in a reduction of the length and complexity of the clam's digestive tract over evolution, as it relies on its gill symbionts for nutrition.
We focus on two fundamental aspects of mutualistic interactions: Molecular host-microbe crosstalk, and fine-scale microbial genetic diversity.
Molecular host-microbe crosstalk is the language used by symbiotic partners to recognize and communicate with one another. The innate immune system of bivalves allows them to interact specifically with their symbionts and to tell them apart from the diverse 'crowd' of bacteria in their environment. Many beneficial microbes are known to use similar molecular mechanisms to communicate with their hosts as pathogenic microbes use to 'hijack' their hosts. How these mechanisms evolved, and which factors determine whether they will be used for 'good' or 'evil' is currently not well understood. Our approach uses field experiments and laboratory experiments in aquaria at the University of Vienna. The goal of our work is to bring our understanding of the molecular basis of beneficial host-microbe associations to a level previously only achieved for model organisms in artificial surroundings, but so-far unmatched in natural systems.
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rhodes wrote: How can you have booked a funeral less than a week after someone was stabbed?
Won't there at least be a proper investigation into what has happened?
Ah, of course, Rhodes! Hope Good Old Dave wasn't in a hurry to literally bury the evidence? And I wonder why the weapon ended up down a drain, what with it being an 'accident' and all?
So one of them was wandering around with a knife, by accident, as you do?
However, thank God we won't yet be subjected to him and her propping each other up in a public display of supportive grief.
Odd, isn't it, what with Amy being missing and Dave having killed Dean? But it's OK, Dean's mum has forgiven him.
I was quite surprised at that also. If it was a natural death then yes funerals are more or less a few days later.
Thanks, Anita, it seems broadly the same as England and Wales, or our Procurator Fiscal system.
I really don't see Amy and Dean's real dad letting this one go, I should think he's raising Hell about it.
Amy's idiot mother reminds me of that stupid bimbo who killed both her children, but sadly not herself, in Spain, because their father was charged with abusing her daughter from a previous marriage.
You are welcome Bonny; I had to look it up as I have never had any trouble with the law so wasn't too sure if ours was the same as yours.
Here's hoping that all will be uncovered and the truth will come out about what happened to Amy and why Dean was killed so their poor family can finally get some peace.
Yes, I thought of her. And I doubt that there was much chance of Audrey siding with her children either.
So why would Dean and Dave have a fight? That Dave is a big man against a skinny boy.
Christopher Fitzpatrick has revealed how Dean had opened up to him about his sister's disappearance in the days before he was stabbed to death.
It has emerged the 23-year-old was planning to go to gardai with vital information which he hoped would nail Amy's killer.
His dad Christopher, 47, told Irishmirror.ie: "The last couple of days he was confiding in me quite a lot about Amy.
"Before that he never said much but he was coming around and talking a lot more about it.
Sources have revealed Dean was planning to speak to gardai or the family's private investigator Liam Brady about the case.
They claim he had information which he wanted to pass on to police which may have provided a breakthrough in the five-year investigation.
Gardai are investigating tragic Dean's movements and conversations in the lead-up to his death on Saturday night.
Meanwhile, his mother's partner Dave Mahon has admitted stabbing him to death but denies it was murder.
Mahon, 42, who was questioned by gardai for 24 hours, claimed he was acting in self-defence and that it was an accident.
Dean's dad Christopher and aunt Christine Kenny last night said they were hoping to secure justice for the killing.
Ms Kenny said: "All we want is Dean's body to be released but we have to go by the law and whatever the police have to do, they have to do it.
Christopher added: "We want to make an appeal for anyone that was there on the night.
"We would appeal for anyone who was at the function in the hotel, outside or in the apartment complex on the night to come forward if they saw anything.
Ms Kenny explained the family believe this latest killing may affect the hunt for missing Amy.
Dean's sister Amy disappeared in 2008. The then 15-year-old schoolgirl vanished without a trace on New Year's Eve in Spain, where she had been living with her mum Audrey and step-dad Dave Mahon.
Amy is presumed dead and her body has never been recovered, despite huge searches.
Ms Kenny said: "We believe that Dean's death might now bring about some new information about Amy.
Christine and Christopher declined to comment on the details of Dean's death and they explained that the matter was now under Garda investigation.
The dad described the horror moment he learned his son had been killed.
Christopher said: "The gardai got my number from Dean's phone and they called me to say what had happened.
Ms Kenny revealed how the couple rushed to Beaumont Hospital but by that stage it was too late.
Christopher was visibly emotional when he was asked to describe his eldest son.
He said Dean was also an avid cyclist and would bike from their home in Artane, North Dublin, to his girlfriend Sarah O'Rourke's house in Lusk every day.
Christopher added: "Dean was a quiet guy. He just done his own thing and he never bothered anyone.
Although Dean was trying to find work at the time of his death he had a keen interest in mechanics.
Christine explained he was with them in the three days leading up to his death.
And she added he was in a very positive mood. The family are now preparing for the funeral which was further delayed yesterday when Dave Mahon requested an independent post mortem.
Private investigator Liam Brady last night appealed for anyone with information about Amy's disappearance to contact him through the website searchforamy.com.
Anyone with information about Dean's killing can call Coolock Garda station on 016664200, The Garda Confidential Telephone Line 1800 666 111 or any Garda station.
Dave Mahon was yesterday back with Dean Fitzpatrick's mum.
Three days after he allegedly stabbed Dean to death in Northern Cross, North Dublin, the 42-year-old returned to the flat he shares with his partner – Dean's mum Audrey.
The pair were together at the apartment in Burnell Square when Irishmirror.ie called yesterday.
Heartbroken Audrey admitted: "I haven't been the best.
Later Mahon confirmed he was back at the flat with Audrey.
A family member confirmed the pair are still together despite the tragic killing.
Mahon was first spotted leaving the apartment complex near Clarehall at 1pm yesterday.
Dressed in a grey T-shirt, jeans and white runners, he returned at 3pm with a male companion.
His pal left shortly afterwards but Mahon remained in the flat with Dean's mum.
The pair were inside when Dean's father Christopher laid a crucifix and rosary beads at the scene where the attack happened.
So, Dean was stabbed to death 'accidentally' by Good Old Dave just before he was going to the police with information about his missing sister Amy?
That's the sister who was sharing a roof with Good Old Dave when she vanished?
I wonder what that information could have been? It's a real puzzle. Not.
Diddums! It hasn't done an awful lot for Dean, either, due to Dave having killed the young lad. And I wouldn't be at all surprised if Amy's life hadn't been ruined by Dave, too.
The family are now preparing for the funeral which was further delayed yesterday when Dave Mahon requested an independent post mortem.
What, was he thinking of trying to claim that Dean had a sudden heart attack, or something? IMO, that thug is heading straight for the dock in an Irish court, and I would not be at all surprised if his wife joined him, if she's been covering for him over Amy's disappearance.
Something along the lines of what we have all been thinking. And you can bet your sweet life Sweet Audrey knows something.
Her and Dave were supposedly out together that New Years Eve.
The very fact that Mahon wanted a second post mortem makes a nonsense of his excuses about it being an accident, IMO - it suggests he is thinking of a way of wriggling out of serious charges.
As for Amy's mother - that she can so quickly 'forgive' the thug who's killed her son, whatever the circumstances, suggests that there's just about nothing she won't turn a blind eye to.
Funeral arrangements made for Dean Fitzpatrick without the knowledge of his birth father were cancelled after solicitors were called in.
Christopher Fitzpatrick has taken legal advice to ensure that his wishes regarding the burial of his dead son are respected.
It is understood a bitter dispute has arisen within the estranged family over Dean's final resting place.
Dean's mother, Audrey, wants him to be buried in her mother's grave. Mr Fitzpatrick wants him to be laid to rest in a single grave.
Mr Fitzpatrick and his extended family were "gutted" to see details of a funeral online, claiming they had not been told.
The funeral site, RIP.ie yesterday carried details of the service which had been due to take place today. The death notice was subsequently removed from the website.
Good God! Audrey'n'Dave are rather vile, aren't they? The more I see of them, the more I suspect they know what happened to poor Amy.
This is typical of women who put their personal interests before those of their children. They neglect them in life and then demand the right to bury them, as if this will in some way negate what has happened.
"Look at how much I cared. He will have the best funeral ever. The most flowers and the best coffin." And then no doubt, she will send the bill to his father because she hasn't got any money.
I am aghast at the sheer gall of these two, Sabot. IMO, a 'mother' who can consistently behave like this, would put her thuggish partner ahead of her children WHATEVER he did.
I have no doubt the couple's conduct is attracting the attention of both the Irish and Spanish police, or that their real father will be demanding Amy's disappearance is looked at again.
Mr Mahon has admitted to the killing but claimed he stabbed Dean in self-defence and described it as a "terrible accident".
And while Audrey Fitzpatrick said she does not know if their relationship will survive the ordeal, she does believe her partner's claim that Dean died accidentally.
"I don't know, I still don't know. I love him and I hate him, that's the way it is with us at the minute. But I know he wouldn't kill Dean on purpose," she said.
"He was very close to Dean. He always rang Dave before he rang me."
Mr Mahon said he will accept whatever punishment he receives but revealed his biggest fear is to be in a prison cell and forced "to live with this in my mind".
"It will be hard enough to live with this in my mind walking down the street and getting on with your life as best as one can, but to be in a cell, that's a different matter."
I doubt if too many people agree with her right now. She seems more concerned about that thug than her dead son or her missing daughter, IMO.
Calls for a Review by The Irish Police, except I can't quite see Audrey and Dave doing that.
Demands to The Spanish Police to reopen The Case.
Shrieks from us demanding they Interrogate Audrey and Dave.
More shrieks from us demanding a Forensic Account of what happened to The Fund. ie: How many Mortgage Payments were made, and how many trips back to Ireland were paid for?
Demands for a much closer look at Neglect and Child abuse.
Demands for a much closer look at their friends on MM. Rogatory Interviews and the like.
Wot? The sheer gall of it.
Dean is only dead forever. No chance of Parol there. RIP.
Yes, that takes some beating for self-centred sociopathy, doesn't it?
The guy stabbed the young man and went home to bed?
He accidentally dropped the weapon down a drain after the accidental stabbing, Tony, befoe he went to bed.
Very accident-prone, is Mahon, what with mislaying a stepdaughter and killing a stepson. Accidentally.
A dispute has arisen over the funeral arrangements of Dubliner Dean Fitzpatrick, who was killed last Saturday in a stabbing incident, the High Court heard today.
The funeral of the 23-year-old has been delayed because of a dispute over the burial arrangements within his extended family.
His father, Christopher Fitzpatrick, earlier this week contacted the office of the Dublin City Coroner Dr Brian Farrell to ask it to delay the release of his son's remains.
Mr Fitzpatrick, who has been estranged for many years from Audrey Fitzpatrick, mother of Dean, wants his son buried in a new plot while Mrs Fitzpatrick wants him buried in a plot connected to her family.
Counsel for Mr Fitzpatrick told the High Court this morning his client's intention is Dean will be buried in a new plot. It is intended Dean's sister Amy, aged 15, who had gone missing in early 2008 would be buried alongside him, counsel indicated.
Mr Fiztpatrick has brought proceedings against the Coroner aimed at preventing the release of his son's body until the court detrmines the matter.
The President of the High Court, Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns, said he will deal with the matter at 2pm today and he directed Mrs Fitzpatrick should be put on notice of the proceedings.
Counsel for Mr Fitzpatrick said there had been difficulty serving notice of the proceedings to date but efforts would continue, include by contacting a Garda liaison officer.
The matter was "of extreme ugency" and the hearing will proceed this afternoon, the judge said.
The funeral Mass had been scheduled to take place this morning at St Brendan's Church in Coolock, north Dublin, with burial at Fingal Cemetery. It remains unclear when the funeral will be held.
Originally from Donaghmede, Mr Fitzpatrick was fatally stabbed during a scuffle in an apartment at Northern Cross, Malahide Road, shortly before 11.30pm last Saturday.


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Q: What is the difference between explicit initialization and default initialization in a switch statement un-scoped case-labels? AFAIK it is not a good idea to define objects in a case-label without being scoped (surrounded with curly-braces) because control can bypass their definition:
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char grade = 'C';

switch (grade){
case 'A':
    std::cout << "grade A" << '\n';
    int n_elem = 0; //
break;
case 'B': //  error: jump to case label
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    n_elem = 100;
break;
}

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char grade = 'C';

switch (grade){
case 'A':
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    int n_elem; // declaration or definition
break;
case 'B':
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    n_elem = 100; // ok
break;
}

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*Why in 1 it doesn't work but in 2 it works?

*Why in 1 n_elem mustn't have an initializer but in 2 n_elem can be default-initialized?

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Newly Redeveloped Grocery-Anchored Shopping Center Sold by Institutional Property Advisors in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA – November 29, 2021 - Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI), announced the sale of Penrose Plaza, a 258,494-square-foot shopping center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at a purchase price of $52 million.
"Penrose Plaza was recently redeveloped and renovated in 2017 with a host of national tenants being added to the roster, including Planet Fitness, DD's Discount, Citi Trends, Fine Wine & Good Spirits, and Chase Bank," said Brad Nathanson, IPA senior managing director. Anchoring Penrose Plaza is also a newly expanded and renovated 68,174-square-foot Shoprite Supermarket, a tenant at Penrose Plaza since 2004.
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Description Along the coastal path a couple of miles north of Solva is the site of the wrecks of the Vernicos Alexia, Vernicos Georgios and Vernicos Barbara IV. I 1981 the Alexia was towing the Georgios and Barbara when it suffered engine problems. It's anchors failed to hold and all three tugs were swept ashore and wrecked. An engine block and a few scraps is all that remains although more can be seen at low tide.


I think I'll order "lopster" the next time we go out for seafood, LOL! Enjoy your day and be blessed!
Both cards are so special...John is a blessed husband and grammpy! That's the first thing I noticed on her sea creatures. She will be a demonstrator one day and will think outside of the box! I'm sure he'll be pleased with his cards and present. Is he having a birthday party?
Cassidy's card is as cute as yours is handsome, LeAnne - both spectacular ... certainly must have been smile-inducing! Happy John Day, indeed!
Love the little sailboat on your card and the colors look great. Cassidy's card is sweet. I bet John loved both of them. Happy Birthday to John.
Well a happy belated birthday to your John! Your sailboat card is terrific. I especially like the little banners! Cassidy did a great job on her card too...inside and out!
This summery offering is such a contrast with your PP card! It seems you're a mistress of all seasons!


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Any Zeremonielle Roben des Schattenmonds that remain in your inventory upon completion of Die Kleider am Leibe can safely be destroyed.
The robes drop from the priestesses in the low colored area of the map, it took me like 5 min to get them all at lvl 92. The other spirits in the area around the stones don't drop them.
You will see a series of small huts at 44,56 46,56 and 46,59. There will be many mobs there that drop the robes. Just stick with the huts.


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Ireland aiming to become world leader in whiskey tourism
By admin	 On Dec 9, 2016
The Irish Whiskey Association have launched a plan for Ireland to become a world leader in whiskey tourism by 2030.
The Irish Whiskey Tourism Strategy, which was launched with Michael Creed T.D. Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, sets out four recommendations which are required in order to achieve this objective.
These four recommendations are; to support the growth of Irish whiskey distilleries and visitor centres, to develop an all island whiskey tourism product, to create an Irish whiskey trail and tourism infrastructure around distilleries and to develop an embassy network of hotels, restaurants and pubs.
"What we've witnessed over the past few years truly is a renaissance in the industry," said Head of the Irish Whiskey Association, Miriam Mooney.
"This strategy sets the conditions for the next step in growth for the industry. In 2013 there were just four distilleries in Ireland, today there are 16 in production and 13 in planning in 18 counties across Ireland.
"With national and local government support, Irish whiskey tourism has the potential to grow from 653,277 visitors every year up to 1.9 million visitors by 2025, spending an estimated €1.3 billion every year."
The strategy forecasts that the future of Irish whiskey tourism is dependent on a collaboration of local communities and state agencies supporting the growth of Irish whiskey distilleries and visitor centres all around the island.
It proposes innovative ideas including the establishment of an all-island whiskey trail that will attract a significant number of tourists to Ireland, similar to the Bourbon Trail in Kentucky, which attracts nearly one million tourists every year.
The strategy also recommends the development of a hospitality embassy network connected to the Irish whiskey trail which will make it easier for visitors to undertake specialist whiskey tours, while extending the benefits of whiskey tourism to local businesses and cultural hubs around each distillery.
It is hoped that these developments will lead to increased tourism and employment opportunities, similar to the Scotch whisky embassy network, which has created 1,370 jobs and contributes over £43 million to the local economy.
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Home Football News Larry David told Jets to draft Lamar Jackson in 2018 and got...
Larry David told Jets to draft Lamar Jackson in 2018 and got laughed off the phone
New York Jets football has largely been a comedy show for the past few decades, but it turns out an actual comedian may be more suited to run their football operations than the folks they have in place.
"Seinfeld" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm" creator Larry David stopped by "The Michael Kay Show" this week to discuss the state of New York sports and, while doing so, shared a couple of interesting thoughts and and stories as only he can.
Among the most notable takeaways from his appearance, which is well worth the full watch, is that David claims he got former Jets general manager Mike Maccagnan on the phone in 2018 and told him to draft University of Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson.
According to David, that advice was not taken seriously.
David: "I did call Mike Maccagnan before the 2018 draft and I recommended that he draft Lamar Jackson. I have a witness."
Kay: "Really? And what did he say to you when you said that?"
David: "He kinda gave me the most condescending answer."
Kay: "Wow, so you actually told him that?"
David: "Yeah, I told him that. He laughed at me, but who can blame him? Nobody thought Jackson was going to be this good."
Ultimately, Maccagnan and the Jets didn't heed David's advice and they paid dearly. Jackson's now the clear favorite to win NFL MVP after leading the Ravens to the AFC's top seed, while Maccagnan has been out of a job since last May and the Jets just wrapped up their fourth straight losing season.
How different would things be for either side had the Jets actually listened to Larry David? It's interesting to think about. Would Maccagnan still be employed? Would the Jets be a playoff team? Would Jackson be as successful?
Among David's other highlights from the segment:
He told former Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum to draft Reggie Bush
He doesn't trust Jets coach Adam Gase because he wears a hat: "I can't take a coach wearing a hat constantly, it tells me that he's not comfortable with himself…he's hiding. Either he's hiding baldness or there's something about his personality, but you can't trust a man who wears a hat."
He tapes NFL games on Sundays and expects people not to spoil the score/result, which is the most Larry David thing ever.
Anyway, it's time to give Larry David his own sports talk show now.
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Bluegrass Poll | Kentucky voters want option to raise local sales tax, but lawmakers reluctant
Most Kentuckians favor giving local communities the option to raise their own sales tax — for a limited time to pay f...
Bluegrass Poll | Kentucky voters want option to raise local sales tax, but lawmakers reluctant Most Kentuckians favor giving local communities the option to raise their own sales tax — for a limited time to pay f... Check out this story on courier-journal.com: http://cjky.it/1lT2Y6S
By Sebastian Kitchen;, The Courier-Journal; Published 12:00 a.m. ET Feb. 9, 2014 | Updated 11:06 p.m. ET Feb. 9, 2014
Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer delivered his annual State of the City addressat the Kentucky Center for African-American Heritage Thursday afternoon. He also talked about getting a local-option sales tax of up to 1 percent to pay for specific local projects. (By Matt Stone, The Courier-Journal) Jan. 24, 2013 (Photo: By Matt Stone/The Courier-Journal)Buy Photo
Most Kentuckians favor giving local communities the option to raise their own sales tax — for a limited time to pay for specific projects such as roads or libraries, according to the latest Bluegrass Poll.
Though state lawmakers appear unwilling to allow it, 60 percent of Kentuckians surveyed in the latest Bluegrass Poll — conducted by SurveyUSA for The Courier-Journal, WHAS-TV, and the Herald-Leader and WKYT-TV in Lexington — said they support the so-called local-option sales tax advocated by Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer and Lexington Mayor Jim Gray.
Allowing communities to add a local sales tax would first require amending the state constitution. And two-thirds of both houses of the General Assembly first would have to agree to put the question to voters on the statewide ballot in November.
If state lawmakers were to approve the proposal and voters statewide go along, local governments could put a referendum before voters to decide whether to add 1 percentage point to the 6 percent state sales tax to fund specific projects. Once the project is paid for, the local sales tax would go away.
Twenty-four percent of Kentuckians said they would vote against changing the Constitution to allow the option, and 16 percent were undecided. SurveyUSA interviewed 1,082 registered voters in the state from Jan. 30 through Feb. 3, with the sales tax results having a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
However, the new polling indicates that support has waned since the same question was asked in February 2013. At the time, 72 percent of those surveyed supported the proposed amendment.
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Though local officials like Fischer and Gray are strong proponents of the amendment, leaders in the General Assembly still are not.
Senate Majority Floor Leader Damon Thayer, R-Georgetown, has said the Senate is not focused on the issue, especially since revenue-generating bills must originate in the House, and he said he and his fellow Republican senators have concerns about raising taxes in any manner.
House Speaker Greg Stumbo, D-Prestonsburg, said he has expressed concerns to Fischer and Gray about the initiative possibly eroding future revenue for state government by making it more difficult to raise the 6 percent state sales tax.
"The sales tax is essentially the growth tax in Kentucky," Stumbo said. He suggested a better approach is to remove the occupational tax cap, which he said would not require a constitutional amendment.
Senate President Robert Stivers, R-Manchester, said mixed feelings within his caucus, coupled with Stumbo's concerns, leave him doubtful the issue will go far in the General Assembly.
Fischer, who has made passage of the amendment his top legislative priority, knows winning in a super majority vote in Frankfort will be a challenge, but he remains optimistic the legislation will pass if lawmakers listen to their constituents.
Fischer has argued that completion of Waterfront Park took almost 30 years because of the need to raise money from private donors and that is too long to compete with other cities that can move faster to add amenities to help lure skilled workers and economic development projects.
Retiree Carter Martin of Louisville, who also participated in the poll, said he supports the idea.
"I think we ought to have choices about what we need right here in our community rather than somebody in Frankfort deciding what Louisville needs or what Lexington needs," he said. "I think we ought to decide what we need."
Also, Martin said, if people in a community could still vote against raising the sales tax for a project.
Louisville resident David Kochera, who participated in the poll, said he is not opposed to some taxes but believes the local sales tax would be a slush fund for pet projects.
"I think we're already taxed enough," he said.
Fischer has said increasing the sales tax by 1 percentage point in Louisville would raise $100 million to $130 million a year, which he said would be enough to fund a project such as Waterfront Park every year. The sales tax, he said, could be used to complete the Louisville Loop trail system and build two new regional libraries.
Supporters have started a campaign to support the effort they are calling Local Investments for Transformation, or LIFT.
Fischer said in an interview that he is not surprised by poll respondents' support. Noting that it's hard to find 60 percent support from citizens on almost any issue, he said people have resoundingly told him they want the right to vote on local projects.
"They like the idea of local control," he said.
Fischer said Kentucky is falling behind in the competition for economic growth, as 37 other states have some similar mechanism to allow local communities to fund projects. And he said with more financial pressure on Frankfort, cities are not going to receive more funding from the state.
"All we're asking for is the right of citizens to be heard in a referendum in November," Fischer said.
Sebastian Kitchen can be reached at (502) 582-4475. Follow him on Twitter at @writeonsk.
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THE BLUEGRASS POLL® is based on surveys conducted Jan. 30 to Feb. 3 with 1,082 Kentucky registered voters by SurveyUSA. The poll was conducted for The Courier-Journal, WHAS-TV, the Lexington Herald-Leader and WKYT-TV in Lexington.
Seventy-seven percent of respondents were interviewed on their home telephone in the recorded voice of a professional announcer, while the other 23 percent were shown a questionnaire on their smart phone, tablet or other electronic device.
The margin of error for the polled questions was plus or minus 3 percentage points. In theory, one can say with 97 percent certainty that the results would not vary by more than the stated margin of sampling error, in one direction or the other, had all respondents with telephones been interviewed with complete accuracy. Percentages based on subsamples are subject to a higher potential margin of error.
In addition to these sampling errors, the practical difficulties of conducting any survey can also influence the results.
Republishing or broadcasting the poll's results without credit to The Courier-Journal, WHAS-TV, the Lexington Herald-Leader and WKYT-TV is prohibited.
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