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Shuffling for GroupBy and Join
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.. currentmodule:: dask.dataframe

Operations like ``groupby``, ``join``, and ``set_index`` have special
performance considerations that are different from normal Pandas due to the
parallel, larger-than-memory, and distributed nature of Dask DataFrame.

Easy Case
---------

To start off, common groupby operations like
``df.groupby(columns).reduction()`` for known reductions like ``mean, sum, std,
var, count, nunique`` are all quite fast and efficient, even if partitions are
not cleanly divided with known divisions.  This is the common case.

Additionally, if divisions are known, then applying an arbitrary function to
groups is efficient when the grouping columns include the index.

Joins are also quite fast when joining a Dask DataFrame to a Pandas DataFrame
or when joining two Dask DataFrames along their index.  No special
considerations need to be made when operating in these common cases.

So, if you're doing common groupby and join operations, then you can stop reading
this.  Everything will scale nicely.  Fortunately, this is true most of the
time:

.. code-block:: python

   >>> df.groupby(columns).known_reduction()             # Fast and common case
   >>> df.groupby(columns_with_index).apply(user_fn)     # Fast and common case
   >>> dask_df.join(pandas_df, on=column)                # Fast and common case
   >>> lhs.join(rhs)                                     # Fast and common case
   >>> lhs.merge(rhs, on=columns_with_index)             # Fast and common case

Difficult Cases
---------------

In some cases, such as when applying an arbitrary function to groups (when not
grouping on index with known divisions), when joining along non-index columns,
or when explicitly setting an unsorted column to be the index, we may need to
trigger a full dataset shuffle:

.. code-block:: python

   >>> df.groupby(columns_no_index).apply(user_fn)   # Requires shuffle
   >>> lhs.join(rhs, on=columns_no_index)            # Requires shuffle
   >>> df.set_index(column)                          # Requires shuffle

A shuffle is necessary when we need to re-sort our data along a new index.  For
example, if we have banking records that are organized by time and we now want
to organize them by user ID, then we'll need to move a lot of data around.  In
Pandas all of this data fits in memory, so this operation was easy.  Now that we
don't assume that all data fits in memory, we must be a bit more careful.

Re-sorting the data can be avoided by restricting yourself to the easy cases
mentioned above.

Shuffle Methods
---------------

There are currently two strategies to shuffle data depending on whether you are
on a single machine or on a distributed cluster: shuffle on disk and shuffle
over the network.

Shuffle on Disk
```````````````

When operating on larger-than-memory data on a single machine, we shuffle by
dumping intermediate results to disk.  This is done using the partd_ project
for on-disk shuffles.

.. _partd: https://github.com/dask/partd

Shuffle over the Network
````````````````````````

When operating on a distributed cluster, the Dask workers may not have access to
a shared hard drive.  In this case, we shuffle data by breaking input partitions
into many pieces based on where they will end up and moving these pieces
throughout the network.  This prolific expansion of intermediate partitions
can stress the task scheduler.  To manage for many-partitioned datasets we
sometimes shuffle in stages, causing undue copies but reducing the ``n**2``
effect of shuffling to something closer to ``n log(n)`` with ``log(n)`` copies.

Selecting methods
`````````````````

Dask will use on-disk shuffling by default, but will switch to task-based
distributed shuffling if the default scheduler is set to use a
``dask.distributed.Client``, such as would be the case if the user sets the
Client as default:

.. code-block:: python

    client = Client('scheduler:8786', set_as_default=True)

Alternatively, if you prefer to avoid defaults, you can configure the global
shuffling method by using the ``dask.config.set(shuffle=...)`` command.
This can be done globally:

.. code-block:: python

    dask.config.set(shuffle='tasks')

    df.groupby(...).apply(...)

or as a context manager:

.. code-block:: python

    with dask.config.set(shuffle='tasks'):
        df.groupby(...).apply(...)

In addition, ``set_index`` also accepts a ``shuffle`` keyword argument that
can be used to select either on-disk or task-based shuffling:

.. code-block:: python

    df.set_index(column, shuffle='disk')
    df.set_index(column, shuffle='tasks')

.. _dataframe.groupby.aggregate:

Aggregate
=========

Dask supports Pandas' ``aggregate`` syntax to run multiple reductions on the
same groups.  Common reductions such as ``max``, ``sum``, and ``mean`` are
directly supported:

.. code-block:: python

    >>> df.groupby(columns).aggregate(['sum', 'mean', 'max', 'min'])

Dask also supports user defined reductions.  To ensure proper performance, the
reduction has to be formulated in terms of three independent steps. The
``chunk`` step is applied to each partition independently and reduces the data
within a partition. The ``aggregate`` combines the within partition results.
The optional ``finalize`` step combines the results returned from the
``aggregate`` step and should return a single final column. For Dask to
recognize the reduction, it has to be passed as an instance of
``dask.dataframe.Aggregation``.

For example, ``sum`` could be implemented as:

.. code-block:: python

    custom_sum = dd.Aggregation('custom_sum', lambda s: s.sum(), lambda s0: s0.sum())
    df.groupby('g').agg(custom_sum)

The name argument should be different from existing reductions to avoid data
corruption.  The arguments to each function are pre-grouped series objects,
similar to ``df.groupby('g')['value']``.

Many reductions can only be implemented with multiple temporaries. To implement
these reductions, the steps should return tuples and expect multiple arguments.
A mean function can be implemented as:

.. code-block:: python

    custom_mean = dd.Aggregation(
        'custom_mean',
        lambda s: (s.count(), s.sum()),
        lambda count, sum: (count.sum(), sum.sum()),
        lambda count, sum: sum / count,
    )
    df.groupby('g').agg(custom_mean)

For example, let's compute the group-wise extent (maximum - minimum)
for a DataFrame.

.. code-block:: python

   >>> df = pd.DataFrame({
   ...   'a': ['a', 'b', 'a', 'a', 'b'],
   ...   'b': [0, 1, 0, 2, 5],
   >>> })
   >>> ddf = dd.from_pandas(df, 2)

We define the building blocks to find the maximum and minimum of each chunk, and then
the maximum and minimum over all the chunks. We finalize by taking the difference between
the Series with the maxima and minima

.. code-block:: python

   >>> def chunk(grouped):
   ...     return grouped.max(), grouped.min()

   >>> def agg(chunk_maxes, chunk_mins):
   ...     return chunk_maxes.max(), chunk_mins.min()

   >>> def finalize(maxima, minima):
   ...     return maxima - minima

Finally, we create and use the aggregation

.. code-block:: python

   >>> extent = dd.Aggregation('extent', chunk, agg, finalize=finalize)
   >>> ddf.groupby('a').agg(extent).compute()
      b
   a
   a  2
   b  4

Another example of a custom aggregation is the Dask DataFrame version of
Pandas' ``groupby('g').agg(list)``:

.. code-block:: python

   >>> import itertools as it
   >>> collect_list = dd.Aggregation(
   ...     name="collect_list",
   ...     chunk=lambda s: s.apply(list),
   ...     agg=lambda s0: s0.apply(lambda chunks: list(it.chain.from_iterable(chunks))),
   ... )
   >>> df.groupby('g').agg(collect_list)

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From grain to gain: the origin of "emolument"
There is growing concern about conflicts of interests between Donald Trump's businesses and presidency. These conflicts may violate Article 1, Section 9 of the US Constitution, the anti-aristocratic and anti-bribery "Emoluments Clause":
No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.
Constitutional lawyers can explain why Trump's international business ties may break this obscure clause, but what does this obscure word emolument mean, and where does it come from?
Emoluments: caught grain-handed? "Cornmeal breading," image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
An emolument, as the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) defines it, is "profit or gain arising from station, office, or employment." It also once more generally referred to a "reward," "salary," "advantage," or "benefit." The Barnhart Etymological Dictionary dates it to 1435, citing the Proceedings of the Privy Council. (The Privy Council has advised the English monarchy since the late 1300s.)
Entering into English from French, emolument ultimately derives from the Latin emolumentum, a "profit" or "gain," especially one brought about by effort or exertion. Many etymologists conjecture, though, that the original sense of emolumentum was a "payment to a miller for grinding corn," hence "profit." The expression grist to/for the mill is grounded in a similar metaphor.
If this theory is correct, the root Latin is emolere, literally "to grind out." Emolere fuses e– (a form of ex, "out of") with molere, "to grind." The latter, molere, is cognate to a host of other English words, including meal (grain) and mallet. Their Proto-Indo-European ancestor *mel-, "to crush" or "grind," thus describes how a mallet can make meal.
Other etymologies, including Skeat and the OED's, derive Latin's emolumentum from a similar-looking but different verb: emoliri, "to accomplish" with physical effort, or "work out." The base of this emoliri is moles, a "mass" or "pile," which chemistry borrowed in molecule and mole.
Grains, whether cereal or chemical, are little bits, but presidential emoluments? That's a big deal.
Author John KellyCategories UncategorizedPosted on November 29, 2016 November 29, 2016 Leave a comment
The etymological stuff of "stuffing"
Many of us will be stuffing ourselves with stuffing this Thanksgiving holiday. But we won't be going for seconds of the original stuffing, if we consider the etymology of this delicious dish.
Knowing one's stuff
Today, stuff can refer to just about anything: belongings, information, material. But in the 1330s, stuff protected knights: It was the quilted material they wore under their chain mail. Come the 1400s, stuff named military equipment, stock, stores, and provisions. Various trades applied stuff to their working materials, and by the late 1580s, stuff became a generic word for "things."
The verb stuff follows a similar development. In the 1380s, Chaucer used stuff for "furnishing a place with stock or stores." Stuff also could "equip an army or fort with military equipment" in the early 1400s. Eaters were being stuffed with food by the 1430s, as were birds by cooks. Over the following century, stuff expanded to include "filling," "packing," or "cramming" something.
As for that scrumptious stuffing we plate up on Thanksgiving? The Oxford English Dictionary attests the culinary term by 1538, citing The Dictionary of Sir Thomas Elyot, the first English dictionary of Classical Latin. In an apt coincidence, Elyot defined the word fartile: "stuffynge, or that wherewith any foule is crammed or franked." Many feasters call this signature Thanksgiving side dressing, but the term can depend on your regional dialect and whether you cooked it in or out of the bird.
That's the stuff
We know stuff, originally stoffe or stof, comes from the Old French estoffe ("textile material") and estoffer ("to furnish" or "stock" and possible source of stifle). From here, the etymology isn't clear. Many scholars think the words came into northern France from the Old High German *stopfôn, "to plug with tow or oakum," loose fibers obtained when old rope is untwisted. And this *stopfôn may be borrowed from the Latin *stuppāre, "to stop up (with tow or oakum)." The suspected root is stuppa, "coarse flax" or "hemp," which also yields the English noun and verb stop.
So, the ropy material stuppa was used a stopper, borrowed as a Germanic verb for "plug," adapted in French as a fabric padding. When the word entered English, speakers likened "stopping, plugging, and padding" to "stocking something up," first armor and armies and later birds and bellies. In English, literal stuff grew to all sorts of figurative stuff, so useful was this catch-call term for the "things" that makes something up.
Thanks to all that stuffing, it's not old ropes were loosening on Thanksgiving, though. It's our belts. Happy Thanksgiving!
Author John KellyCategories UncategorizedPosted on November 24, 2016 3 Comments
Turkey (repost)
As Thanksgiving approaches, I'm busy giving thanks with some family visiting Ireland from the states. So, I thought I would dish up this post from the archives on the holiday's main attraction: the origin of "turkey."
It turns out the bird and the country don't just make for junior high geography jokes or World War I mnemonics. They're actually connected–dare I say–at the thigh. Well, sort of.
Originally, turkey–or turkey-cock (attested in 1541) and turkey-hen, back when our intimacy with where our food comes from necessitated such distinctions–referred to the guinea fowl, a bird native to sub-Saharan Africa.
The guinea fowl (or guineafowl), courtesy of Encyclopedia Britannica Online and Index Open.
According to some historians, these African guinea fowl made their way into Europe during the Middle Ages through the Turkish Ottoman Empire, which controlled much of North Africa, southern Europe, and the Middle East. So-called "turkey merchants" traded the birds and other goods and wares.
In the early 16th-century, Spanish conquistadors imported into Europe what we now think of as the turkey, domesticated by the Aztecs in Mexico as early as 800 BC, through the Turkish-dominated Mediterranean, whereupon English-speaking peoples misidentified this bird with the African guinea fowl. (Apparently, corn was also known as turkey corn or turkey wheat due to the same Turkey-by-way-of-Spain-by-way-of-the-New-World channel.) The English name for the American bird stuck, even after the Portuguese brought back–and correctly distinguished from its distant American cousin–guinea fowl from West Africa. Cookbooks from the late 1500s and early 1600s provide evidence that the turkey was already a centerpiece at English feasts, including Christmas. As for why we came to eat turkey for Christmas and Thanksgiving, Slate offers a digestible bit of food anthropology here.
The Ancient Greeks called the guinea fowl μελεαγρίς, apparently a reference to the Meliagrides, sisters of the Argonaut Meleager, leader of the famed Calydonian boar hunt. Upon Meleager's tragic death, his sisters were changed into guinea hens. Father of modern taxonomy Carl Linnaeus used the name to classify the genus of the North American bird (Meleagris gallopavo), while the name also identifies a common species of the African guinea fowl (Numida meleagris).
As for the Turkish? They call the bird hindi. It means "Indian," and is probably from the French poulet d'inde, or "chicken from India." Lest we forget, those European explorers–um, conquerors and colonists–did think the New World was Asia. Hence, the West Indies. Hindi and Indian? Yes, they are related.
And as for Turkey? Turkey is named for the Turks. Romans in the Middle Ages called it Turcus and the Greeks, Tourkos. These come from the Persian national name turk, which folklore glosses as "strength," but can mean "beautiful youth," "barbarian," or "robber." There is an early Chinese word, tu-kin, referring to a people in the mountains of east-central Asia, who may be connected to ancient ancestors of the Turks.
None of this may be turkey shoot, except for cold turkey. Cold turkey–suddenly and completely withdrawing from drugs, originally heroin (and later chocolate), including the intense symptoms therein–is attested in 1910, 1921, or 1936, depending on your source. Thanksgiving leftovers testify that cold turkey requires very little work, thus the original sense of "without preparation." A cold shoulder (of mutton) is related, "considered a poor man's dish and thus, perhaps, something one would set out for an unwanted guest with deliberate intention to convey displeasure," the Online Etymology Dictionary delightfully observes. But let's not leave our Canadian friends out, where Parson notes cold turkey refers to door-to-door selling or salesmen, perhaps for the same low-prep reasons.
As for "talking turkey," Parson defines it as talking "business" or "sense," with turkey standing for "the substantial and succulent part of a (Christmas) dinner."
Oh, and that thing dangling from the turkey's neck? That's called a wattle. It's a fleshy caruncle. Birds (and other animals) also have dewlaps and snoods. Apparently, when we named the anatomy of birds, Linnaeus left the room and Dr. Suess took his place. Folds of skin: bon appetit, right?
Whatever's on your table and whatever you are celebrating this week, enjoy your holiday, give thanks, be safe, and, by all means, avoid fleshy caruncles.
The etymological facts on "fake"
Fake news has been very much in the real news this week. Facebook in particular has been in the hot seat for the proliferation of false stories and misinformation over the 2016 presidential campaign. Many fear fake news on the internet and social media not only influenced the election but is also further dividing the American people and eroding the core principles of democracy.
As we get the facts on fake news, let's have a look at what the word fake might be hiding in its etymology.
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) first attests the adjective fake, meaning "spurious" or "counterfeit," in a 1775 letter from William Howe, who rose to Commander-in-Chief of the British Army during the American Revolution. He wrote: "So many artifices have been practiced upon Strangers under the appearance of Friendship, fake Pilots &c., that those coming out with Stores…cannot be put too much on their guard."
By 1819, fake was a verb used by thieves as slang for "doing (something) for the purpose of deception." The OED provides a passage from James Hardy Vaux, an English convict who served time in Australian penal colonies and authored A New Vocabulary of the Flash Language, with "flash language" referring to the secret cant criminals used to evade and confuse the authorities. It's worth quoting Vaux's entry for fake at length. Fake is:
a word so variously used, that I can only illustrate it by a few examples. To fake any person or place, may signify to rob them; to fake a person, may also imply to shoot, wound, or cut; to fake a man out and out, is to kill him; a man who inflicts wounds upon, or otherwise disfigures, himself, for any sinister purpose, is said to have faked himself; if a man's shoe happens to pinch, or gall his foot, from its being overtight, he will complain that his shoe fakes his foot sadly; it also describes the doing of any act, or the fabricating any thing, as, to fake your slangs, is to cut your irons in order to escape from custody;to fake your pin, is to create a sore leg, or to cut it, as if accidentally, with an axe, etc., in hopes to obtain a discharge from the army or navy, to get into the doctor's list, etc.; to fake a screeve, is to write a letter, or other paper; to fake a screw, is to shape out a skeleton or false key, for the purpose of screwing a particular place; to fake a cly, is to pick a pocket; etc., etc., etc.
To fake it emerges in the 1920s as jazz slang for "improvise." To fake, or "pretend," is by the 1940s. A fake, meanwhile, appears by the 1820s, a faker by the 1840s. Sports saw its feinting fake by the 1930-40s. And Charles Dickens's pickpocketing Fagin in Oliver Twist (1838) indeed suggests feague and fake.
The origin of fake, in spite of these incredible citations, is obscure. Many etymologists look to the German fegen (or Dutch vegen), which meant "to sweep," "clean," or "polish," a verb much evidenced as slang terms for "plundering" or "tormenting." This fegen may have yielded the late 16th-century English word feague, "to beat" or "whip," which evolved into fake, possibly by means of feak, "to twitch" or "jerk." The connecting sense between German's fegen and English's fake is of sprucing something up to make it look more valuable than it actually is.
The fegen explanation is compelling but problematic, as the Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology observes. For the earliest evidence of fake, for "false," comes from Howe, who was an upper-class man of the military and government, while Vaux was a lower-class, thrice-convicted thief (though impressive man of letters, as his dictionary is considered the first written Australia). Slang typically emerges from the streets, so to speak, and crosses over into mainstream, standard dialect, not the other way around. Barnhart suggests that Howe's fake and Vaux's fake may well be different words, both with unknown origins.
As any etymologist worth their salt will tell you, it's better to leave the origin of a word truly unknown than to traffic in phonies, no matter how much you might want to share them on Facebook.
Author John KellyCategories UncategorizedPosted on November 18, 2016 November 17, 2016 3 Comments
"Hallelujah": word of praise, lord of song
We lost yet another great this year: Leonard Cohen, the Canadian singer, songwriter, and poet who passed away at 82. Cohen was perhaps best known for his much storied and much covered song, "Hallelujah." In honor of the legendary artist, let's pay tribute to the etymology of one of his most defining words.
Hallelujah is an interjection used as an expression of worship: "Praise the Lord!" The Oxford English Dictionary first records it in the 1535 Coverdale Bible, the first complete Modern English translation of the Bible. The term mainly appears in the Psalms, which originally were religious songs. The English Hallelujah renders its Hebrew root, hallĕlū-yāh, among other transliterations: "praise God." The Greek, and later Latin, rendition of the Hebrew also gave English alleluia, which is attested far earlier, in Old English.
The Hebrew hallĕlū-yāh comprises two elements. The first, hallĕlū, is the plural imperative of hallēl, "to praise, extol, celebrate." A plural imperative directs more than two people to perform an action, which is why many older Bibles translate hallelujah as "Praise ye the Lord!" (Today, we just use the pronoun you for both one you and more than one you, but English used to have ye to refer to two or more people.) According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the Hebrew hallēl is imitative, a word for "praise" derived from the sound of an exalting trill.
The second element yāh is a shortened form of Yahweh. The history of Yahweh is a complex one, involving both deep religious beliefs and deep structures of Semitic languages. To put it simplistically, for many Jews, both now and in the past, the name of God was believed too holy to utter. So, sacred texts would render the name as YHWH, known as the Tetragrammaton (Greek for "four letters"), which scholars later vocalized as Yahweh or Jehovah. Some think YHWH itself may come from a root verb hāwāh, "to be," making Yahweh literally mean "he that is" or "the self-existing."
It can be difficult to reconcile Cohen's dirgeful, cold, and broken hallelujah with its exclamatory, worshipful origin – though difficulty is at the very core of Cohen's entire artistic project. But perhaps the raw, naked, and ancient etymology of hallelujah well captures the emotional energy of Cohen's most famous song: a searching and yearning for some bigger meaning, which he finds in the self-existing sound, in a literal hallelujah. "I'll stand before the Lord of Song," he sang, "With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah."
A "shocking" etymology
There are a lot of words and yet there are no words to describe how so many are feeling after Donald Trump upset Hillary Clinton for the presidency on Tuesday night. But one word, for so many reasons, recurs: shock.
The original "shocker"? Watch your step. "Lakebed with Tree Stumps," courtesy of freeimages.com.
The word shock originally referred to a military clash. The Oxford English Dictionary first attests the noun and verb forms of the word in the 1560s, used of the collision of two forces in a charge. Isn't that apt, America?
Such a collision is sudden and violent, hence shock's various metaphorical extensions. Scientists had taken up the word shock by 1614. Come the 1650s, shock was naming a general "damage blow," whether to one's personal beliefs or to a society's foundational institutions. Fifty years later, shock was in use in its modern sense of "disturbed surprise." Medical shock is recorded by 1805, a shocker 1824, shell shock 1915, and culture shock by 1940.
Etymologists generally trace shock to the French choc ("violent attack") and choquer ("strike against"). Indeed, at the D-Day Beaches in Normandy, visitors can follow a route called Le Choc ("the onslaught, the impact") to view sites of the American offensive starting on June 6, 1944.
But from here, the origin of shock is unclear. Some suppose the French choquer comes from a Germanic root for a "jolt" or "swing" and could be imitative of shaking, which word is possibly related. Others consider the Old French chope, a "tree stump," which one might stumble over before crashing to the ground, apparently.
English has other shock words, etymologically unrelated but perhaps still instructive. Like a shock of hair, all too fitting for the president-elect . Or a shock of wheat, barley, or oats – sheaves of grain stacked upright, able to stand because they support each other so bundled. Together.
And maybe that's a welcome bit of "shock" therapy.
Author John KellyCategories UncategorizedPosted on November 11, 2016 1 Comment
"Suffrage": Cutting through all the noise
Are you tired of all the campaign noise? Are you worried America is splitting into two? Are you saying prayers? Or are you proudly casting your ballot – for a woman who, not 100 years ago, couldn't have done so herself ? On this US Election Day, the etymology of suffrage, that right to vote so sacrosanct in democracy, wraps all of these feelings into one.
Thoughts and prayers…and votes
The earliest meaning of suffrage in English was "prayers." These prayers, as the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) attests them in the 14th century, were intercessory, or said on behalf on another, especially for the souls of the dead. An earlier variant, suffragies, also referred to such prayers in Middle English.
It's over the course of the 16th century that suffrage moves towards various senses related to voting. The OED records suffrage as "a vote" cast in favor of some official proposition or candidate by 1535. By 1665, suffrage referred to general "voting" as such.
But it's the United States Constitution, which entered into force 1789, where we first find the use of suffrage in its modern sense: "the right to vote." Article V stipulates that "no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate."
A screen capture of Article V of the US Constitution, courtesy of the US National Archives. Does it seem the Founding Fathers needed a little help with their apostrophe rules?
Expanding suffrage
By 1822 we have a universal suffragist, who worked to extend franchise. In the middle of the 19th century, suffragists especially referred to those fighting for the right of black men to vote. In the last quarter of the 19th century, the focus of suffragist was on women's suffrage.
Women's suffrage as such is first recorded in the name of a Rhode Island organization, the Young Women's Suffrage Association, listed in James Webster's 1842 People's Democratic Guide. As the guide explained its mission:
A screen capture of The People's Democratic Guide, courtesy of the Internet Archive.
The Young Women's Suffrage Association, like the Ladies Free Suffrage Association of Rhode Island, whose entry is immediately preceding in the guide, issued a powerful call:
Suffragette, a women fighting for her right to vote, appears by 1906. Early on, though, this title was actually associated with violence and militancy.
The sound and the fury?
So, how did suffrage evolve from "prayers" to "the right vote"? It seems that word had two influences: the French suffrage and its origin, the Latin suffrāgium. The Latin root variously denoted a "voting tablet," "ballot," "voice," "vote," and, yes, "the right to vote." The "voting" sense of the English suffrage may have been directly borrowed from this source in the 16th century while the earlier notion of "prayers" was taken from an intermediary French form meaning "support."
It doesn't stretch the imagination, then, to connect "prayers" and "voting" via the notion of "lending one's support." The word vote itself, after all, derives from the Latin vōtum, a "vow" or "wish," eventually expressed with respect to some decision or person.
And as for the meaning of Latin's suffrāgium? There are two theories. The first supposes the word joins sub ("under") and fragor ("crash," "din"). The idea, apparently, is a vote made under shouts of approval, perhaps not unlike the modern voice vote of aye's and nay's. The second thinks suffrāgium could blend that same sub and frangere, "to break," like a little shard of tile once used to cast ballots.
There is some precedent for this broken tile explanation. The word ostracism indeed derives from the Greek ostrakon, a "tile" or "potsherd" used in votes to banish a person in ancient Athens. And similarly, the Greek kleros, source of clerk, referred to a "twig" used by ancient Greeks to cast lots.
As it happens, Latin's fragor, "noise," is related to frangere, "to break," and gives English other words like fraction, fragment, and fracture. We've heard so much noise this 2016 presidential election, and we've experienced a lot of breakage. But there's at least one thing that cuts through, one thing that keeps us together, and that's exercising our suffrage.
Author John KellyCategories UncategorizedPosted on November 8, 2016 4 Comments
Inside the etymological cave of "cub"
After a 108-year drought, the Chicago Cubs beat the Cleveland Indians to win the World Series. The team fought their way back to victory over the Tribe with all the ferocity and tenacity of their ursine namesake – or at least when that cub comes of age. In honor of the champions, let's have a peek into the etymological cave of cub.
The official mascot of the Chicago Cubs is a young bear cub. The Chicago Daily News nicknamed the team the Cubs in 1902, as they've been called ever since. But previously, the club was known as the White Stockings, Colts, and even the Orphans.
In the English language, cub didn't refer to young bears but young foxes. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) dates the word back to 1530. It was soon after extended to the young of other animals, like lions, tigers, and bears, who were originally called whelps. We can trace its metaphorical use for an "undeveloped youth" to Shakespeare, "apprentice" or "beginner" to Mark Twain.
While cub appears relatively late in English, its origin is obscure. Many etymologists have attempted a connection to the Old Irish cuib, a "dog," but the historical record doesn't quite bear this out. If this is the case, the Irish-based cub would be cognate to canine, cynic, hound, and other Indo-European words for dogs. Others have linked it to the Old Norse kobbi, a "seal," from a base sense of a shapeless "block" or "stump," alluding to the clumsy lump that is a newborn seal. This kobbi is related to a Germanic base for "cup" and "head" (think kopf). The Old Norse theory, involving that blobby, baby seal, also resonates with the old myth that baby bears were born without any form and had to be licked into shape by their mothers.
While the etymology of cub may be obscure, the Chicago Cubs have proven this season that they are anything but – even if it took over a century.
Go Tribe!
The Cleveland Indians and Chicago Cubs face off in Game 6 of the World Series tonight. As I grew up in Ohio, and as my family hails from Cleveland, I'm rooting for the Indians to bring in their first championship since 1948. Speaking of tribe (and putting aside the team's racially controversial mascot), where does the word tribe come from?
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) first attests tribe in 1327, specifically referring to the 12 tribes of Israel. This tribe, passing into English from French, is from Latin's tribus, "tribe," based on Greek's use of ϕῡλή (phyle) for the biblical tribes descended from Jacob. The Greek phyle, itself meaning "tribe" or "clan," survives in phylum and phylogenetic, which we may recall from biology class. A tribe was more generally referring to a "race" or national "division" of people by the 1600s, and any sort of "group" by the 1700s.
Now, the earliest use of Latin's tribus, best we know, named the three, early peoples of Rome, which some scholars consider to be the Latin, Sabine, and Etruscan tribes. The deeper roots of the word are unclear. Many etymologists have suggested tribus joins tri-, from the Latin for "three," and the ancient root for "to be," *bheue-. This Indo-European base also yields English's be and could convey a sense of "growing," "becoming," or "appearing," which might help explain its application to one of those three, founding Roman families. Derivative terms include tribune and tribunal, which we can trace back to tribunus, literally the "head of a tribe" but politically a representative of the plebeian interests in Roman government.
Whoever wins this year, both Cleveland and Chicago fans are no doubt ecstatic that their tribe has – at long last – had representation in baseball's highest game.

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IT'S THE end of Wales' most successful Autumn ever. Now bring on the Six Nations! Wales must feel on top of the world after their November campaign and they have every right to celebrate what has been a superb four weeks.
To win four straight games this month – and beat Australia and South Africa along the way – is an achievement that's not to be sniffed at. And don't forget that this year we've won all five matches against Rugby Championships sides, been unbeaten at home and held the Wallabies and Springboks to one try and a mere 17 points between them this month.
In total that's now nine straight wins for Warren Gatland's side and, once the dust settles, I'm sure the coaches will look back on this autumn with a huge amount of pride and enjoyment.
Enjoy your glass of red tonight Warren, you deserve it!
I was always positive about Wales' World Cup chances going into this series and that mood has only heightened after what I've seen this month. If we've been flying under the radar thanks to the usual noise that surrounds Eddie Jones and his England camp, and the superb displays put up by the Irish all year, then there will be a few people sitting up and taking notice now.
Sport can be a cruel business, though, and I must admit my delight at watching Wales' fourth straight win over South Africa was tempered significantly by the sight of Ellis Jenkins being taken from the field at the final whistle. That was gut-wrenching for me, especially after his performance.
For him to step in at the 11th hour for Dan Lydiate and produce that kind of exemplary display just shows what a huge talent he is. You have to remember, too, that although he started the game at blindside flanker, he played most of the 80 minutes at No.8 following Ross Moriarty's early head injury.
That's not an unusual position for Ellis, I know, but playing there at Test level is a different beast. He excelled there and, when I heard Warren confirm his injury was a suspected anterior cruciate ligament, I have to admit my heart sank. What a blow that would be.
Time will tell for how long Ellis is ruled out, but I just hope his injury isn't too serious. I'll have my fingers crossed for him and hope, like everyone else in Wales, we can see him back in action sooner rather than later. He was simply sensational against the Boks and was fully deserving of the man of the match award.
While the game ended on something of a downer, that can't detract from the evolution of what is the strongest Wales squad I've seen in my time. That's some verdict I know, but it's true.
After victories over Scotland and Tonga either side of ending a 10-year wait to beat Australia, the display against South Africa was, for me, Wales' best of the autumn. Let me qualify that statement.
The reason I think that is because for long periods of the game, and especially in the second half, Wales had their backs to the wall. They were up against it with a formidable opponent sensing blood. When Jesse Kriel scored for South Africa just before the hour mark, the game was in the balance. In years gone by, Wales would have folded at that point and gone on to lose the game.
Not now. This Wales team is different. Fitter, stronger, more resolute and filled with a winning mentality. Gone are the scars of the past. Warren's team are playing in the moment and they won't let anything stop this winning run from ending.
Wales' start to the game was just electric. That's the standard we must set every game. Then they were able to rely on the now famous 'Red Wall' to block out almost every attempt the Springboks made to try to get past them.
South Africa are a brutally physical team, but Wales caught them cold and to be 14-0 up inside 20 minutes against a top Tier One nation was nothing short of ideal. From there, Warren's boys had the upper hand and they never let it go.
They were two fine team tries too – and who would have thought Tomas Francis would have been the one to come up with it? He was 100/1 to score first at the bookies. If only I'd had a spare tenner!
Ellis played a superb role in its creation, selling Malcom Marx an unbelievable dummy and then keeping a cool head to pop the ball up for Francis. Just a few minutes later it was two and Ellis was again involved, picking the ball up from the back of the scrum and sending the ball right.
In the end it was Gareth Anscombe's lovely floating pass which allowed Liam Williams to score in the corner. It was superb, yet simple rugby and the finish from Liam was world class.
On the whole, I thought Gareth had a good game and he can be pleased with his Autumn. To start three of the four games at fly-half means he's had a breakthrough campaign. For me, he's now firmly the man in possession of the red No.10 shirt going forward into the Six Nations, but don't rule out my old mate Dan Biggar.
When he came on after 61 minutes he certainly calmed things down and his aerial game was top notch. He also kept his cool to slot those two match winning penalties. He still has so much to offer and is going to be a key man moving forward to the World Cup next year.


Mary Carol really liked the woman who worked the counter at the dry cleaners. And the dry cleaning lady seemed to like her too. The dry cleaning lady always remembered her by name and remembered her phone number (which was how customer information was stored in the system used at that location). They always greeted one another with big smiles. Their conversation, although not lengthy, was definitely beyond small talk.
Then one day the dry cleaning lady said to Mary Carol, "So you and your husband only care about making money?" She continued, "Because you do not have children you must just be all about money, money, money." To say that Mary Carol was shocked by this would be an understatement.
To the dry cleaning lady, there was absolutely nothing wrong with the statement. To Mary Carol the comment was not only false, but unkind. And yet she had no reason to believe that the woman was purposefully being malicious. In short she had crossed a boundary.
We all have different boundaries. And these boundaries vary by relationship. It is most likely that your best friend can say things to you that no one else can get away with. When someone behaves outside the boundaries or expected norms of the relationship, it can be off putting. The challenge we have is learning where these boundaries exist. We train people how to treat us by letting them know what we consider to be acceptable and what is not acceptable. We need to understand our own boundaries and then find a way to communicate these boundaries to others. This is how we help others understand our boundaries.
With regard to the dry cleaning lady, what do you think Mary Carol should do? Ignore the comment, correct the comment, change dry cleaners or wait and see if it happens again?


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Q: Split function SQL I have a column with strings inside. I would like to split them into 3 new columns and drop the original after doing so.
\[{"richResultType": "Breadcrumbs", "items": \[{"name": "Unnamed item"}\]}, {"richResultType": "FAQ", "items": \[{"name": "Unnamed item"}\]}, {"richResultType": "Product snippets", "items": \[{"name": "Elevate Vaillant Langarmhemd", "issues": \[{"issueMessage": "Missing field \\"aggregateRating\\"", "severity": "WARNING"}, {"issueMessage": "Missing field \\"review\\"", "severity": "WARNING"}, {"issueMessage": "Missing field \\"highPrice\\"", "severity": "WARNING"}\]}\]}\]

I tried using split
select split_part('richResultType', ' ', 1) || ' ' || split_part('richResultType', ' ', 2)

but it was only returning the first part richResultType
I was expecting this as end results :
--------------------------------------------------------------------
rich_result_type(Col1)         Items (Col2)                Issues (Col3)
Breadcrumbs                   Unnamed item                 aggregateRating
FAQ                           Elevate Vaillant             review
Product snippets                                           highPrice
...                ...                       ...

A: Your string is a JSON string, so it may already be stored in Snowflake as a variant type. If it is not, you can convert it to a variant using the parse_json function:
create or replace table T1(s string);

insert into T1 select $$[{"richResultType": "Breadcrumbs", "items": [{"name": "Unnamed item"}]}, {"richResultType": "FAQ", "items": [{"name": "Unnamed item"}]}, {"richResultType": "Product snippets", "items": [{"name": "Elevate Vaillant Langarmhemd", "issues": [{"issueMessage": "Missing field \"aggregateRating\"", "severity": "WARNING"}, {"issueMessage": "Missing field \"review\"", "severity": "WARNING"}, {"issueMessage": "Missing field \"highPrice\"", "severity": "WARNING"}]}]}]$$;

select   VALUE:richResultType::string
        ,VALUE:items::array
        ,*
from T1, table(flatten(parse_json(s)));

You can then see from the sample SQL how to extract the parts you want. Since the "items" is an array, it doesn't lend itself well to being put into columns the way the output is showing. You can read the first member in the array using VALUE:items[0], but I think you may need to do some more flattening/processing.

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Charles Henry Higginson
M, #486071, d. 22 November 1894
Charles Henry Higginson was the son of Major John Higginson and unknown daughter Courteney.1 He married Mary Higginson, daughter of Sir James Macaulay Higginson and Louisa Mary Ann Shakespeare, in November 1861.1 He died on 22 November 1894.2
Children of Charles Henry Higginson and Mary Higginson
Agnes Shakespeare Higginson+
Lt.-Col. Gordon Shakespeare Higginson1 b. 1864, d. 14 Feb 1928
Hester Metcalfe Higginson b. 1871, d. 1954
[S47] BIFR1976 page 591. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S47]
[S47] BIFR1976. [S47]
Alexander Forbes Irvine, 22nd of Drum1
M, #486072, b. 17 August 1881, d. 29 April 1922
Alexander Forbes Irvine, 22nd of Drum was born on 17 August 1881.1 He was the son of Francis Hugh Forbes Irvine, 21st of Drum and Mary Agnes Ramsay of Barra and Straloch.2 He married Dorothy Isabel Crawford, daughter of Colonel Henry Crawford of Rothie Norman and Susan Annabella Edith Hunter, on 19 July 1905.1 He died on 29 April 1922 at age 40.1
He was educated at Winchester College, Winchester, Hampshire, EnglandG.1 He was educated at New College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.1 He gained the rank of First World War.1 He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards (SR.)1 He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Aberdeenshire.1 He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Aberdeenshire.1
Children of Alexander Forbes Irvine, 22nd of Drum and Dorothy Isabel Crawford
Alexander Forbes Forbes Irvine, 23rd of Drum2 b. 12 May 1907, d. 10 Jun 1940
Henry Quentin Forbes Irvine, 24th of Drum2 b. 5 Nov 1908, d. 24 Nov 1975
Lt.-Col. Charles Francis Irvine, 25th of Drum+2 b. 12 Nov 1910, d. 4 Mar 1992
Kenneth James Irvine+2 b. 18 Oct 1912, d. 25 Nov 1997
Robert Hugh Irvine2 b. 21 Mar 1919, d. 13 Feb 1942
Quentin Hugh Innes Irvine1
M, #486073, b. 16 February 1882, d. 25 July 1941
Quentin Hugh Innes Irvine was born on 16 February 1882.1 He was the son of Francis Hugh Forbes Irvine, 21st of Drum and Mary Agnes Ramsay of Barra and Straloch.2 He married Irene Dorothy May Burnett, daughter of John Alexander Burnett, 7th of Kemnay and Charlotte Susan Forbes-Gordon, on 2 February 1915.2 He died on 25 July 1941 at age 59.1
He was educated at Radley College, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, EnglandG.1 He graduated from Exeter College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, in 1912 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)1 He fought in the First World War.1 He gained the rank of officer in 1914 in the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders and Middlesex Regiment.1
Children of Quentin Hugh Innes Irvine and Irene Dorothy May Burnett
Mary Dorothea Forbes Irvine+2 b. 28 Oct 1916
Francis Charles Quentin Irvine+2 b. 26 Jan 1918, d. 17 Apr 2003
Jean Christian Charlotte Irvine+2 b. 27 Jan 1924
Sonja Eriksson1
Child of Sonja Eriksson and Richard Andrew Ruff
Emma Anna Elisabet Ruff1 b. 1999
Alexander Irvine1
Alexander Irvine married Margaret Christina MacMillan, daughter of Alexander MacMillan.1
Child of Alexander Irvine and Margaret Christina MacMillan
Alexander Andrew Mackay Irvine, Baron Irvine of Lairg+1 b. 23 Jun 1940
Francis Charles Quentin Irvine1
M, #486076, b. 26 January 1918, d. 17 April 2003
Francis Charles Quentin Irvine was born on 26 January 1918.1 He was the son of Quentin Hugh Innes Irvine and Irene Dorothy May Burnett.2 He married Eva Mollie Leicester, daughter of Major O. Leicester, in 1941.1 He died on 17 April 2003 at age 85.1
He was educated at Harrow School, Harrow, London, England.1 He was educated at Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Berkshire, England.1 He gained the rank of Major between 1938 and 1956 in the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders.1 He fought in the Second World War.1 He was admitted to the Royal Company of Archers in 1951.1 He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) in 1961.1 He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) in 1966.1 He lived in 2003 at Straloch, New Machar, Aberdeenshire, ScotlandG.1
Children of Francis Charles Quentin Irvine and Eva Mollie Leicester
Quentin Hugh Ramsay Irvine2 b. 26 Nov 1942, d. 14 Oct 1983
Francis David Howard Irvine2 b. 14 Oct 1944, d. 25 Nov 1982
Susan Diana Mary Irvine+2 b. 10 Nov 1951
Major O. Leicester1
Major O. Leicester gained the rank of Major in the Indian Army.1
Child of Major O. Leicester
Eva Mollie Leicester+2
Eva Mollie Leicester1
Eva Mollie Leicester is the daughter of Major O. Leicester.2 She married Francis Charles Quentin Irvine, son of Quentin Hugh Innes Irvine and Irene Dorothy May Burnett, in 1941.1
From 1941, her married name became Irvine.
Children of Eva Mollie Leicester and Francis Charles Quentin Irvine
Quentin Hugh Ramsay Irvine1
M, #486079, b. 26 November 1942, d. 14 October 1983
Quentin Hugh Ramsay Irvine was born on 26 November 1942.1 He was the son of Francis Charles Quentin Irvine and Eva Mollie Leicester.2 He died on 14 October 1983 at age 40.1
He was educated at Harrow School, Harrow, London, England.1 He was educated at University College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.1
Francis David Howard Irvine1
M, #486080, b. 14 October 1944, d. 25 November 1982
Francis David Howard Irvine was born on 14 October 1944.1 He was the son of Francis Charles Quentin Irvine and Eva Mollie Leicester.2 He died on 25 November 1982 at age 38.1
He was educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond, Perthshire, ScotlandG.1 He was educated at Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, Berkshire, England.1


On April 1 requirements of the Social Security Protection Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-203) went into effect. The law now requires certification of both bonding and licensing for nongovernmental organizational representative payees. The law refers to a certified community-based nonprofit social service agency defined as a community-based nonprofit social service agency which is in compliance with requirements for annual certification to the commissioner, that it is bonded in accordance with requirements specified by the commissioner, and that it is licensed in each state in which it serves as a representative payee, if licensing is available in the state. Any annual certification shall include a copy of any independent audit on the agency performed since the previous certification.
Guidance provided by the Social Security Administration (SSA) states that agencies must meet the requirements for both bonding and licensure by April 1 or their authorization to collect a fee will be revoked. A bond is defined as an insurance contract that guarantees payment either to the beneficiary of Social Security Income or Supplemental Security Income benefits or to the Social Security Administration on behalf of the agency if unforeseen financial loss is caused by an act or default of the agency or an individual in the agency. The minimum amount of the bond or insurance coverage should equal the amount of conserved funds on hand plus the average monthly amount of Social Security payments received by the agency. The license must be issued in the state in which the agency serves as representative payee and must permit the agency to provide specialized services to residents of the state, such as fiduciary services, community mental health services, social services, substance abuse treatment services, residential care services, psychiatric care services, skilled nursing services or Medicaid services, or to conduct business in the state. Organizational charters, articles of incorporation, and licenses for "doing business as" are not considered licenses to operate for purposes of these requirements.
For more information, contact your local Social Security Office or 800-772-1213, the Social Security toll-free number that operates from 7:00 a.m. — 7:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.


FOX is swapping stars. TVLine reports Eddie Cibrian is replacing Brian Austin Green for season two of Rosewood.
Green abruptly left the show while shooting the first episode of season two.
Season two of Rosewood is set to premiere on September 22nd at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
What do you think? Are you a fan of Rosewood? Are you excited about the new season?
More about: FOX TV shows: canceled or renewed?, Rosewood, Rosewood: canceled or renewed?


The aim was to describe the star volume analysis in ridge preservation using different grafting materials. Bilateral extraction of the first mandibular molars of sixteen male rabbits was performed, divided at random into four groups (n= 4 in each group) according to graft, using: blood clot (G1), xenograft (G2), pure phase beta-tricalcium phosphate (G3) and biphasic calcium phosphate (60 % HA / 40 % beta-TCP) (G4). Rabbits were euthanized at 4, 6, or 8 wk post-extraction; the trabecular bone structures was evaluated by star volume analysis. The Levene test was used to analyze variance, as was the independent sample t-test. A P-value of < 0.001 was used to establish a statistically significant. The star volume analysis of the mandibular trabecula shows that the marrow space star volume (V*m.space) was higher than the trabecular star volume (V*tr). At 6-week post-extraction, new trabecular bone was evident. At 8-week post-extraction V*tr increase in all groups and the V*m.space diminish, suggesting coarsening of the internal architecture. In G2, some trabecular bone was observed in the central region. In G3, most of the socket regions were occupied by newly formed and loose trabecular bone and in the G4, the sockets were almost entirely filled with trabecular bone. Star volume analysis is adequate to analysis of bone patterns formation using bone substitutes.
KEY WORDS: Extraction socket healing; Bone graft; Socket Preservation.


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eriving information on natural resources including soils resources, is discussed. An introduction to soils as a natural body with respect to their formation, physical and chemical properties used during inventory of soils, and soil classification is given in Chapter-5.The spectral response patterns of soils including hyperspectral characteristics -fundamental to deriving information on soils from spectral measurements, and the techniques of soil resources mapping are discussed in chapter-6 and -7,respectively. Furthermore, the creation of digital soil resources database and the development of soil information systems, a very important aspect of storage and dissemination of digital soil data to the end users are discussed in ch.apter-8. Lastly, the applications of remote sensing techniques in soil moisture estimation and soil fertility evaluation are covered in chapter-9 and -10, respectively.


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Theresa May pulls Brexit deal as suspicions grow that she's about to resign
Zoe DrewettThursday 23 May 2019 12:27 pm
The Government has not scheduled to bring back Theresa May's withdrawal bill (Picture: PA, AFP, EPA)
Theresa May's key Brexit legislation has been pulled from the Commons schedule, adding to mounting speculation the Prime Minister is on the verge of quitting.
Downing Street had insisted the second reading of the Withdrawal Agreement Bill (WAB) would go before MPs in the week beginning June 3, but it was not announced when the Government set out the forthcoming Commons agenda today.
On Wednesday, Downing Street had said the WAB would be published on Friday and debated by MPs in the first week of June.
But Government whip Mark Spencer, outlining forthcoming business in the Commons on Thursday, said: 'We will update the House on the publication and introduction of the Withdrawal Agreement Bill on our return from the Whitsun recess.'
Mr Spencer was deputising at business questions following the resignation of Commons Leader Andrea Leadsom, who stormed out of Government in protest at May's Brexit stance on Wednesday night.
May will meet Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 Committee of Conservative MPs tomorrow, when it is expected her fate will be sealed.
Tory MPs have demanded she resign following Cabinet turmoil over her Brexit strategy.
Theresa May and her husband, Philip, after casting their votes today (Picture: PA)
Theresa May's future as Prime Minister is in doubt (Picture: PA)
British Labour party Leader Jeremy Corbyn leaves after voting in the election at a polling station in London (Picture: EPA)
Ahead of the PM's showdown meeting with Sir Graham, 1922 Committee treasurer Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown told the Press Association on Thursday: 'I want her to give a timetable for when she will go.
'I think this blank denial from Number 10 today may be a smokescreen because she does not want to influence the outcome of the European elections.
'Maybe she will still quit tomorrow.'
Theresa May's shambolic Brexit week
No-show at PMQs
A number of Brexit-supporting colleagues of Theresa May were noticably absent from Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday.
Andrea Leadsom – who would later quit the Cabinet – was among members of the so-called 'Pizza Club' who were absent.
Told to scrap Withdrawal Agreement Bill
Theresa May faced growing calls from her own party to scrap her Brexit proposal after announcing it earlier this week as it faced near-certain humiliating defeat
'Barricaded' in at Number 10
The Prime Minister is understood to have effectively gone into hiding at Downing Street as a growing number of Tories joined the race for her job.
Former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith said yesterday: 'The sofa is up against the door, she's not leaving.'
Andrea Leadsom Resigns
Andrea Leadsom's resignation letter to Theresa May (Picture: PA)
The former Commons leader resigned with a 'heavy heart' on Wednesday night, saying she no longer believes the Government's approach will deliver on the referendum result.
The PM, writing in reply, disagreed with the ex-minister's assessment, but said she was sorry to lose someone of Leadsom's 'passion, drive and sincerity'.
Who is next?
Other ministers are said to be ready to go too, with Conservatives 'queuing up' for May's job as Prime Minister.
Boris Johnson leads the field for a leadership race with May predicted to resign by the end of the week.
Downing Street sources said it was possible that the PM could meet Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt on Thursday, her preferred choice to be her successor.
But David Lidington, a former Europe Minister who is the PM's de-facto deputy, could find himself the caretaker boss as the political crisis grips the country.
Asked what would happen if the PM did not announce a resignation date, Sir Geoffrey said: 'I think there will be overwhelming pressure for the 22 to change the rules and hold a ballot on confidence in the Prime Minister.'
Meanwhile Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, who has requested a meeting with May but refused to say what would be discussed, insisted she would still be PM when US President Donald Trump makes a state visit to the UK from June 3.
Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage arrives to vote in the European Elections in Biggin Hill (Picture: Getty)
Sir David Evennett is the latest Conservative to demand Mrs May's resignation.
Previously viewed as a loyalist, the Bexleyheath and Crayford MP used European Parliament election day to insist Mrs May must go.
He tweeted: 'Theresa May must now resign. We need a new PM a new Cabinet and a new approach to Brexit.'
Labour and the Conservatives are expected to suffer severe losses in today's European elections, with the Lib Dems and Brexit Party hoping to hoover up their votes.
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THE SMASHING PUMPKINS Reschedule 'Oceania' Northeast U.S. Tour Dates Due To The Aftermath Of Hurricane Sandy
Posted on October 31, 2012 by aaron
FR: TODD BRODGINSKI/MITCH SCHNEIDER/ALEX GREENBERG
RESCHEDULE 'OCEANIA' NORTHEAST U.S. TOUR DATES DUE TO
THE AFTERMATH OF HURRICANE SANDY
This Halloween, THE SMASHING PUMPKINS were set to perform in New York City at Brooklyn's new Barclay's Arena, but due to the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the show is being rescheduled. Details of the new date to be announced soon.
Having heavily disrupted the Northeast, Hurricane Sandy has also forced the band to reschedule their shows in Camden, NJ for December 8 and Fairfax, VA for December 9. The SMASHING PUMPKINS show in Uncasville, CT is also being rescheduled with the date to be announced very soon. All tickets from the original shows will be honored at:
TBA Brooklyn, NY Barclays Arena
12/8 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
12/9 Fairfax, VA Patriot Center
TBA Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun
At these arena shows, the PUMPKINS–singer/guitarist BILLY CORGAN, guitarist JEFF SCHROEDER, drummer MIKE BYRNE and bassist NICOLE FIORENTINO—are performing their new OCEANIA CD in full and for the second half of the show they play classics and deep cuts from their body of work. The PUMPKINS are backed by visuals prepared by Sean Evans, whose most recent project was assisting Roger Waters on the newest staging of "The Wall." THE PUMPKINS are using new technology in video-mapping to create something new and previously unseen. Joining the PUMPKINS for these shows is Morning Parade.
About THE SMASHING PUMPKINS:
THE SMASHING PUMPKINS have created one of the most acclaimed bodies of work in musical history having sold more than 30 million albums, and won multiple Grammy Awards in the process. Formed in Chicago in 1988, they released Gish, their influential and platinum debut in 1991, which was followed by albums including the nine-time platinum Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness and the four-time platinum Siamese Dream, as well as the platinum certified 1998 album Adore. The pivotal group's many hits defined the alternative music era and continue to resonate on modern rock radio, influencing a whole new generation. The PUMPKINS returned in 2007 with their acclaimed sixth album Zeitgeist. They have since remained on the cutting edge of music and technology with various online releases. In June 2012, the band released the album Oceania, via Martha's Music/EMI Label Services/Caroline Distribution. Marking THE SMASHING PUMPKINS' 7th studio record, it is "an album within an album," part of their 44-song work-in-progress Teargarden By Kaleidyscope.
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Actors: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Yumi Hara, Aya Suzaki, Aya Uchida
Directors: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Format: Animated, Box set
Language: Japanese, English
Region: Region B/2
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 – 1.78:1
Release Date: 10 Oct. 2016
Trinity Seven – Complete Season Collection Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack
**Special Edition Combo Pack Including 2 x Blu-ray, 2 x DVD and a limited edition o-card cover**
Things have been looking sunny for Arata Kasuga lately. Unfortunately it's been the wrong sun in the sky, and the mysterious Breakdown Phenomenon that accompanied it destroyed his town and stole his beloved cousin Hiijiri, leaving Arata in a fantasy world of his own creation!
There's still a chance to save her, however, as the appearance of the Black Sun also revealed Arata's potential abilities as a mage, placing him in the powerful Demon Lord class.
But first, since Arata and his newfound magical talents are far too dangerous to leave to their own devices, he's immediately whisked off to the Royal Biblia Academy. That's where he'll meet seven beautiful female mages whose powers are intrinsically tied to the same sins that Arata has to master to put his world back together.
Of course, the tricky part is that they have their own plans for him as well! The lessons in sin are about to begin as Arata takes on the Trinity Seven!
Contains episodes 1-12.
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Can Andile Jali propel Mamelodi Sundowns to victory in the Champions League?
PSL / 13 June 2018, 6:00pm / MINENHLE MKHIZE
Andile Jali joined Mamelodi Sundowns from Belgian side KV Oostende. Photo: Twiiter/@Masandwana
JOHANNESBURG - Will the significant signing of midfield dynamo Andile Jali propel Mamelodi Sundowns to great heights in this year's Caf Champions League?
Sundowns are in the group stages of the Champions League, but they haven't enjoyed the best of starts.
After two rounds, Masandawana are currently third in Group C, two points behind leaders Wydad Casablanca and second-placed Horoya, with AS Togo-Port propping up the standings on zero points. IOL Sport has learned that Sundowns are busy with the process of registering Jali in their Champions League squad.
"Sundowns will no doubt register Jali in their Caf Champions League team. As soon as they come back, they will register him and Tony Silva," a source at Sundowns revealed. Jali penned a five-year deal last week. The Bafana star spent four years in Belgium plying his trade for KV Oostende.
Jali possesses continental pedigree, having reached the final of the Caf Champions League with Orlando Pirates in 2013, where they were defeated by Al Ahly. He has 44 Bafana caps under his belt. In 2015, the midfield ace represented his country in the Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea.
A new era begins!
➖#WelcomeJali pic.twitter.com/PoGzRFpOpx
— Mamelodi Sundowns FC (@Masandawana) June 8, 2018
Sundowns spokesperson Thulani Thuswa said he knows nothing about Jali being registered in their Caf squad. "We are still on holiday. I haven't been in contact with the technical team. I will only get in touch with them once they come back for pre-season, but we will make proper announcements as soon as we are back," Thuswa stated.
Sundowns' next assignment in the Caf Champions League is against AS Togo-Port away in Lome on July 17.
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Nothing says Christmas more than a fleet of bicycling Santas in a good old hometown parade.
A few more from today, since I love the viewpoint of my kids watching something when they don't know I'm taking their photos. Also, because I loved the hat and crown my daughter wanted to wear to the parade.
Wearing her crown when her cousin, Miss Delaware, went by on a parade float.
I have to say that I have not seen Santa bicyclists. I'd like to have the camera the one santa has strung around his neck.
It sure is a mighty big camera!


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Blue Planet - Seas of Life
Cast: David Attenborough, Peter Coyote
Blue Planet - Seas of Life available in DVD
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Buy Online, Pick up in Store . By focusing on the world's oceans, the series charted such concepts as evolution, the food chain, survival of the fittest, and the future of that omnipresent non-sea creature known as Man. Many of the underwater images qualified as "firsts," boldly going where no photographer had gone before. Even when the narrative portions of the program lagged, the slack was taken up by the brilliant visuals. Originally lasting eight 50-minute episodes and boasting a budget of ten million dollars, Blue Planet: Seas of Life debuted in England over the BBC on September 12, 2001, then was broadcast in America over the Discovery Channel beginning January 28, 2002.
Scene Index
Eighty minutes of behind-the-scenes footage - one 10-minute featurette for each episode; Interviews with producer Alastair Fothergill, cameraman Doug Allan and researcher Penny Allen; Deep trouble - a compelling exploration of the impact of civilization on the oceans; Photo galleries; Fact files
David Attenborough Narrator
Peter Coyote Narrator
Disc #1 -- Blue Planet: Seas of Life
1. Blue Whales [2:41]
2. Series Introduction [2:24]
3. Waves and Weather [3:18]
4. Seamounts and Sharks [4:00]
5. Sardine Shoal [6:12]
6. Albatross Colony [2:58]
7. Night Migrations [2:34]
8. Ridley Turtles [4:34]
9. Herring Bonanza [5:56]
10. Grey Whale Hunt [8:13]
11. Deep Sea Scavengers [2:36]
12. Squad Spawning [3:12]
1. Introduction [1:57]
2. The Arctic Circle [2:30]
3. Bears and Beluga Whales [4:09]
4. Foxes and Seals [3:19]
5. Seal Hunt [4:11]
6. Summer Migrations [4:36]
7. Walruses and Whales [4:53]
8. The Antarctic Circle [3:30]
9. Chinstrap Penguins [6:04]
10. Krill Feeding Frenzy [4:48]
11. Emperor Penguins [5:01]
12. Leopard Seal Attack [3:44]
2. Open Ocean Hunting [4:03]
3. Manta Rays and Fish Eggs [4:06]
4. Predators in the Dark [2:58]
5. Predator's Ball [4:48]
6. Floating and Flotsam [7:37]
7. Volcanoes and Ocean Islands [4:48]
8. Giants at the Mount [2:36]
9. Hunting Anchovetta [3:32]
10. Spinner Dolphins [3:52]
11. Seasonal Changes [3:07]
12. Diving Birds [5:15]
2. Twilight Zone [4:06]
3. 500 Meters Down [2:36]
4. The Dark Zone [3:50]
5. Pyrotechnic Displays [3:43]
6. Headlights and Charges [5:01]
7. Rising to the Top [2:43]
8. The Bottom of the Sea [6:15]
9. Deep Sea Predators [5:40]
10. The Abyssal Plain [3:04]
11. Mid Ocean Ridges [5:06]
12. How Life Began [4:59]
2. Struggle to Survive [3:23]
3. The Blooming Sea [3:26]
4. Dinning on Plankton [5:00]
5. The Kelp Forest [4:39]
6. Darkness and Dawn [3:54]
7. Finding Food [3:24]
8. Crustacean Summer [5:37]
9. Seasons Change [5:52]
10. Birth and Death [3:11]
11. Spring in the South [4:17]
12. Herring Hunt [4:28]
2. How Coral Grows [3:53]
3. Inside the Reef [3:14]
4. Attack and Defense [4:40]
5. Ravenous Parrotfish [4:27]
6. Homes and Hunters [4:25]
7. Living Larders [3:52]
8. When Night Falls [5:34]
9. Sex on the Reef [4:58]
10. Cuttlefish and Whales [3:13]
11. The Corals Spawn [2:58]
12. Stormy Season [5:45]
2. Incredible Tides [3:50]
3. Under the Sand [2:54]
4. Hungry Bears, Surfing Snails [4:02]
5. Hunting in the Shadows [5:56]
6. Changing Tides [3:26]
7. The Worst of the Waves [2:27]
8. In the Weaker Currents [7:31]
9. Fighting For Seashells [3:40]
10. Foraging Predators [3:30]
11. Briny Tides and Red Crabs [5:45]
12. Extraordinary Hunters [3:47]
2. Seagoing Lizards [4:02]
3. Laying Eggs [3:23]
4. Hunting Hatchlings [4:39]
5. Fish Out of Water [2:48]
6. Seabird Cities [4:03]
7. Predators and Prey [4:18]
8. In the Southern Ocean [5:07]
9. Whales and Walruses [4:11]
10. Elephant Seals [5:19]
11. Killer Whale Attack [5:00]
12. Death of a Sea Lion Pup [4:11]
2. Expedition Begins [3:40]
3. Mystery in the Water [4:56]
4. Heart of the Amazon [3:54]
5. Giant Otters [4:15]
6. Giant Catfish [6:28]
7. Streams and Pools [2:40]
8. The Virgin Forest [4:32]
9. Deeper Water [5:04]
10. Botos [3:14]
11. Life in the Abyss [4:47]
12. Final Day [5:46]
2. Diving Deep [1:30]
3. Reef Whitetip Sharks [3:33]
4. Destroyed Coral Reel [4:34]
5. Nightime Sharks [4:32]
6. Trouble Underwater [6:20]
7. Blacktips Shark [6:07]
8. Silvertip Rumor [4:58]
9. Silky Sharks [4:48]
10. Deep Sharks [5:24]
11. Hammerheads [4:40]
12. Decomparison [1:45]
1. Introduction [:44]
2. Antarctic From Above [3:51]
3. Land of Ice [5:26]
4. Penguins and Birds [5:07]
5. Snowy Petrols [7:31]
6. Race For the South Pole [6:19]
2. Last Great Wilderness [5:49]
3. Early Morning Tide [3:35]
5. Midday Tide [6:47]
6. Wake of the Storm [5:56]
Play in Order
Making of Ocean World
Doug Allan Interview
Making of Frozen Seas
Chapter Selections
Frozen Seas
Making of Open Ocean
Interview With Researcher Penny Allen
Making of the Deep
Chapter Selection
Making of Seasonal Seas
Interview With Producer Alastair Fothergill
Making of Coral Seas
Walking With Dinosaurs/Allosaurus
Walking With Prehisotric Beasts
Seasonal Seas
Making of Tidal Seas
Deep Trouble
Making of Coasts
Tidal Seas
Amazon Abyss
Dive to Shark Volcano
Being There: Antarctica
Being There: Between the Tides
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Quality is the core value on which FB S.r.l. has focused over the years. In addition to a range of manual instruments utilised on a routine basis for checking procedures, the test facility is equipped with a ZEISS continuous 3D scanner that is used to check involutes with the consequent production of detailed measurement graphs. The fact that FB S.r.l. is now certified to ISO 9001 means that the company can offer its services to qualified customers as an aware and reliable supplier.


Better paid and educated workers are better for the economy and inequality comes with many costs.
Five million UK workers are employed in low-paid jobs and the largest group feeling poverty is made up of families with at least one adult in paid work. Official figures miss out the most exploited workers, who include immigrants, young people and women, working illegally in the 'underground' economy.
Most people trapped by in-work poverty have not gone on to better paid jobs in the last ten years but some have been successful and there are good examples of effective workplace learning. These include Unionlearn initiatives and projects such as the longstanding 'Return to Learn' programme run by the Workers' Educational Association and Unison.


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La Copa Laver, coneguda oficialment com a Laver Cup, és un torneig de tennis internacional masculí que es disputa sobre pista dura interior. Es disputa anualment a excepció dels anys olímpics, entre un equip europeu i un de mundial, aquest format per tennistes de països no europeus. Se celebra dues setmanes després del US Open amb una seu rotativa.

Tots els participants de l'equip guanyador reben un premi de 250.000 dòlars. El maig de 2019 va ser inclòs oficialment dins el calendari de l'ATP.

Història
El torneig fou creat per l'empresa de representació de Roger Federer, TEAM8, l'empresari brasiler Jorge Paulo Lemann i la federació australiana de tennis anomenada Tennis Australia. El nom prové de la llegenda tennística australiana Rod Laver, un dels tennistes més importants en la història del tennis.

Format
El torneig se celebra durant tres dies entre dos equips, un format per jugadors europeus i un per la resta de territoris del món. Cada dia es disputen tres partits individuals i un de dobles, de manera que es disputen un total de nou partits individuals i tres de dobles. Les victòries del primer dia suposen un punt, les del segon dia dos punts, mentre que les victòries del tercer dia representen tres punts. El primer equip que aconsegueixi tretze punts és el guanyador del torneig. Aquesta sistema de puntuació implica que cap dels dos equips podrà erigir-se guanyador fins al tercer dia. Segons les combinacions de punts, pot ser que en disputar tots els partits s'arribi a un empat a dotze punts, en aquest cas es disputaria un partit individual addicional per establir l'equip guanyador.

Cada equip està compost per sis tennistes més un de suplent en cas de lesió. Cada equip té un capità i un sots-capità que realitzen les funcions d'entrenadors però no disputen cap partit. Els sis tennistes han de participar en almenys un partit individual però en dos com a màxim, mentre que en els partits de dobles almenys hi ha d'haver quatre tennistes diferents. Tots els partits es disputen a un màxim de tres sets, el tercer dels quals es resol amb un super-tiebreak a deu punts.

Palmarès

Vegeu també
 Copa Federació
 Copa Davis

Referències

Enllaços externs

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Award-Winning LSB The Series Crowfunding To Launch Season 3
By Gabriela Guedez June 18, 2016 No Comments
LSB The Series, an Italian web series centring in the lives of young lesbians is about to begin its third season. The series won Best LGTB at the Dublin Web Fest 2015 and at the Rome Web Awards 2015, and it has already a teaser uploaded on its Youtube channel with a preview of things to come.
Directed by Floriana Buonomo and Geraldine Ottier, and starred by Martina Borgia, Martina Carletti, Lidia Cocciolo, Marina Marchione, Roberta "Pasti" Parravano, Denise Sicignano and Samantha Silvestri, LSB The Series is the first lesbian-focused Italian web series.
Authors are currently organising a crowdfunding campaign to fund the show. The project, which aims to "understand the universality of certain dynamics", shows the difficulties that Italian lesbians face currently but goes beyond letting sexuality be the only defining feature of the characters.
So far, they've produced two seasons of 12 episodes, for a total of over four hours of video. Some episodes have surpassed 500.000 views in Youtube while most reach a few dozen thousands. Filmmakers are hopeful that the campaign will help them reach their target amount, as season 3 will represent bigger challenges for a growing team.
For more information about the series visit lsbtheseries.com
Dub Web Fest is the First Webseries Festival in Ireland. Established by French Filmmaker and Web Series Creator, Mikael Thiery and Videography Ireland Director, Erol Mustafov, The Dublin Web Fest (DubWebFest) unites digital media and tech worlds. We showcase screenings, host Youtube panels and welcome TV and Film production professionals to Dublin's Filmbase over the course of three days.
Coming in November and receiving submissions until September 15.
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YAY! What a diversity of sitings. Nice job folks!
Thanks for the support, LBo!
Have there been re-sightings of any of the sperm whales seen between 2010 and now?
Hey Zach! Good question! We did have one match between 2010 and 2011. However, we weren't super diligent about photographing sperm whale flukes in 2010, so there may be more individuals returning than we realize. We also don't go off our tracklines for all sperm whale sightings, so again, there could be individuals that haven't been photographed. We did have one sperm whale on our second survey, but it popped up off our stern and we didn't want to go backtrack to get it. Monica did investigate into the sighting that we had on our first survey and did not find any matches to previous years. Still early in the season for us, so we'll keep the blog updated if we have any sperm whale matches!
Isn't it a beautiful place?! We're very lucky that we get to spend two full months here. Thank you for checking in with us, NW! Hopefully we'll have some exciting updates soon... as for now, we're stuck on land for a couple days with some intense fog.


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The NBA Eastern Conference was dominated in the in the early 1980€™s by the Philadelphia 76ers and the Boston Celtics. In fact, they were the only two teams to reach the NBA Finals between the years 1980-1987. The two biggest stars of those championship caliber teams were Julius €œDr. J€? Erving and Larry Bird. Larry Bird and Dr. J battled throughout the early part of the decade and this image captures on of these moments. As Dr. J ascended toward the basket, the unassumingly athletic Bird met him in the air to block his shot. Bird€™s has signed this limited edition (33) 16 x 20 designed photo in silver paint pen. His signature is deemed authentic by virtue of Upper Deck Authenticated€™s Five Step Process.


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On average, over 300,000 people are on The Strip every December 31 to celebrate the new year. The Strip closes around 6:00 pm and opens back up around 3:00 am. If you are sightseeing elsewhere in Las Vegas, make sure you are back on The Strip before it shuts down so you won't have a problem getting to your hotel room or suite. Usually the monorail is the only public transportation available, so bring a pair of comfy shoes as you will be walking a lot. Rideshare can drop off those with hotel reservations but will not be able to pick you up during The Strip closure. Keep glass containers of any kind in your hotel room as they are banned beginning at 6:00 pm. Beverages in glass containers will not be available for sale beginning at 6:00pm. Closer to the NYE countdown, hotels will require a room key to access the property, so keep your rom key with you at all times.
In case you are still looking for the perfect NYE's outfit, take advantage of the amazing shopping at MGM Resorts. Stop by SJP by Sarah Jessica Parker for the perfect pair of heels. The Shoppes of Mandalay Place will have these flats you will need to change into later at night. If you still can't decide on the perfect outfit head over to the Shops at Bellagio where you can shop at designer favorites like Chanel, Dior, Gucci, and Valentino just to name a few. Remember it is cold in Vegas in December so bring a jacket! If looking for some inspiration on how to look your best on The Strip, check out our take on the Las Vegas look.
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Whether you're looking for world-famous DJ's, a night of dancing and drinks, or an evening of romance, you're just steps away the hottest nightclubs in Las Vegas. Jewel Nightclub at ARIA has five themed VIP suites that overlook the crowd and DJ booth. Explore Hakkasan Nightclub at MGM Grand and check out its many levels that include a laid back area, a lounge setting and main room and mezzanine where the world's top DJs like Steve Aoki and Calvin Harris frequently headline. Guests at LIGHT Nightclub at Mandalay Bay will be treated to a visual nightlife experience that you won't find elsewhere in the city. Lastly, 1 OAK Las Vegas at The Mirage provides just enough spotlight for burning up the dance floor and dark corners for a sultry rendezvous while sipping cocktails.
Las Vegas is a city known for coming alive especially after dark. But after a long night of entertainment on the Strip, Las Vegas has a way of turning into a city full of hangovers. We have narrowed down the best brunch locations on The Strip. No matter what you're craving, from sweet to savory, Mexican dishes to breakfast classics, a liquid champagne brunch or build your own Bloody Mary bar, Vegas has it all and more. We recommend you check out Citizens Kitchen at Mandalay Bay. This 24-hour restaurant serves up hangover cures like crab cake benedicts and crème brulee French toast and if you're moving a little slower the morning after, no worries, Citizens Kitchen & Bar offers all your brunch favorites until late, with some dishes served all day.
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