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by Doug Noble • October 21, 2019
T here being very little artificial light in early Sacramento during the night, the possibility of a crime or disruption of the peace occurring was high. Thus, the recently established city government took steps to help its citizens and protect the peace. On page three of the May 22, 1850 edition of the "Placer Times," there is a notice of the establishment of a "Night Watch," for the safety of the people of Sacramento, a portion of which is repeated here.
"AN ORDINANCE establishing a Watch for the safety and good order of the City of Sacramento.
"Section 1. Be it ordained, that there shall be appointed by the Marshal of the City and the Captain of the Watch ten able-bodied, sober and discreet men to constitute the Night Watch of the City of Sacramento. From the hour of seven in the evening until sunrise in the morning one half at least of said Watch shall be constantly on duty, unless sickness or some other cause of like character should render it impracticable for such a portion of the Watch to be on duty. That during the time any Watchman is on duty he shall have power, and it shall be his duty to prevent the commission of any breach of the peace, to suppress riots and all disorderly assemblages, to arrest and take into custody any person found committing any act injurious to the quiet and good order of the city, or to the person or property of any citizen; and also to arrest and take into custody all vagrants or suspicious persons whose appearance and conduct many seem to justify their being called to account for their manner of living.
"Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, that upon the arrest of any person under the provisions of the first section of this ordinance, such person so arrested shall be taken to the watch house, or such place as may be provided for such purpose, and delivered to the Captain of the Watch, who shall be informed by the person who may have made such arrest, of the occasion and circumstances under which such arrest has been made. And it is also further provided, that in no case shall any Watchman or any officer having in any manner any charge of such Watch receive from any person arrested or about to be arrested, or charged with any offence, any sum of money or any thing of value, either ass a present or as a fine, or in any other manner whatsoever.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, that at the earliest possible period after the arrest of any person as aforesaid, the Captain of the Watch shall report said arrest to the Marshal of the City, who shall take immediate custody of such offender, and report the arrest, the occasion of the same, the name of the party arrested, &c. to the City Attorney, in order that such offender may be brought before the Recorder for examination."
After several more sections regarding the fine points of the process it notes in Section 7. that for any neglect or violation of duty by these "able-bodied, sober and discreet" watchmen, a fine of up to five hundred dollars and ten days in jail can be imposed. Section 8. adds that each watchman shall receive a monthly salary of one hundred and fifty dollars.
One of the biggest problems facing the miners in early California was disposing of the gold once they found it. Often the nuggets were saved and dust was just used as cash, a "pinch" at a time. It was carried around in a small leather bag called a "poke" and offered up to pay bills.
If a miner wanted to sell his gold, he had to use a speculator who would purchase it for less than its real value and make arrangements to have it shipped to the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia, PA, where it would be assayed, melted and then cast into bars.
There were also a number of private mints making coins in California that often had less gold than the stated value (gold dust was valued at $16 per ounce, but a one ounce U.S. gold coin was worth $20). One of these private mints was F. D. Kohler and Co., which was sold to Baldwin & Co. in April of 1850.
After being petitioned by the citizens of California, the legislature of the "State of California" decided what was happening was not a good idea in many ways and in May of 1850 established the Office of the State Assayer.
The May 22 edition of the Placer Times published the new law in its entirety and then added a comment explaining the action in simple words.
"TO MINERS. – The foregoing law affords a remedy for an evil the mining community had long been subject to, in having their gold to pass into the hands of speculator at more than two dollars less than its value. – The State Assayer melts the dusts of the miner into bars or ingots, tests its fineness, and stamps it with the same value as would the United States Mint The dust current in this market is intrinsically worth above $18 – it assays at an average from $17 90 to $18 20 per ounce. Besides, but the Act creating the office, all stamped bars or ingots are received for all public dues throughout the State, at the same value as government coin.
"The Governor has appointed O. P. Sutton, Director, and F. D. Kohler [yes, the former private mint owner], Assayer. Their office is at San Francisco, on south side of Portsmouth Square.
"Under the provisions of the Act, a branch office will likely soon be opened at Sacramento City, and also one at Stockton."
The State Assay Office of California was the only mint in the country to operate under the authority of a state, since the U.S. Constitution forbid the coining of money by states in 1789.
The California State Assayer refined and assayed gold dust and cast into ingots weighing a minimum of two troy ounces, ingots not being mentioned in the Constitution as being illegal and nobody seemed to care anyway. On these pieces he stamped the state name, value, weight and fineness of the ingot. Their value ranged from $36.55 to $150.00. The $50 "slugs" were probably the most common.
In late 1850 the California State Assayer's office became the United States Assay Office, which issued United States coins noting that they were certified by the California Office and in 1854, the U.S. Mint in San Francisco was established, replacing it.
Most of the privately minted gold coins and early California gold coins were later melted down by the San Francisco Mint.
Continuing with the May 13, 1850 edition of the "Placer Times," on page two there is an interesting article from the San Francisco newspaper, "Alta California," relating to the Chinese immigrants, who are often looked down upon by the Americans and others and believed by some to be cunningly dangerous.
The article refers to them as "celestials," a term for Chinese immigrants used in the Old West, and elsewhere, derived from their status as subjects of the "Son of Heaven" (the Chinese Emperor). The term is no longer in common use and is rarely heard outside of western movies.
"Nankeens" refers to their trousers, which were made from "nankeen," a hand woven, cotton cloth that was usually a brownish yellow in color. Their "pigtails" or "queues" were a mark of political enslavement to the Manchu dynasty, and a curiosity to the Americans. There was a belief among many that if the pigtail was cut off, the person's soul could not go to heaven, thus, threats to cut off the pigtail were taken seriously. The pigtail was abolished in China in 1911 when the Manchu dynasty was overthrown in favor of the Republic.
"CELESTIAL. – It seems a little singular to an 'outside barbarian,' to see the Celestials in our streets carrying on various branches of industry. We have a great deal of respect for the Chinese, with their nankeens and their pigtails and are pleased to find them of so quiet, peaceable and industrious dispositions. We know of no class of citizens who conduct themselves more becomingly and are gratified to know that they meet with success. Several of the Chinese who kept restaurants were burned out at the last fire, but they have again commenced operations. In passing down Jackson street yesterday we saw our celestial friend Ahi, industriously employed in putting up a spacious frame covered with blue nankeen. He was surrounded by a crowd of Chinamen all working away, sawing, planing, hammering, nailing, and busying themselves in the most delightful manner, all in their native costume. – [Alta Cal. 11th."
On page three of the May 15, 1850 edition of the "Placer Times" there are two articles regarding criminal acts. The first one relates to a crime at Benicia, and the other is a very small article regarding a problem encountered by miners returning from California, which is also a warning to those heading back east.
"ROBBERY AND ARREST. – Six rascals went on board a ship at Benicia while the Captain and other officers were on shore, drew knives and pistols upon the steward who was in charge, robbed him of $3,000 or $4,000, stole a whale boat and put off. An officer came up here [Sacramento] and notified Capt. [C. N.]Cunningham, who has had his efficient and indefatigable aid on the watch, and on Monday morning two of the thieves were arrested on their arrival and confined on board the Strafford [one of several ships used as a jail], whence they will be returned to Benicia for trial. The other four are hourly expected, having shipped to work up a schooner to this port.
"Our Marshal and Mr. Tutt are thoroughly organizing their department. Mr. [Jeremiah] Root has been appointed Captain of the Watch, and we may hope soon to enjoy all the security of a well regulated police system."
"RETURNED CALIFORNIANS. – Mr. John Grigsby and D. F. McClellan were robbed on board the Ne Plus Ultra of $11,400, while the boat was at the levee in New Orleans. They had just exchanged their dust for coin. The loss has left them almost destitute."
Note: "Ne Plus Ultra" is a Latin phrase meaning no more beyond, often used to mean the most perfect example of something. An ideal name for a boat, or anything else for that matter.
The question of people squatting on public lands and other people questioning their right to be there has reached the newly elected legislature of California.
Many of those arriving in California, after trying their hand at gold mining, have decided to find land for development or agricultural purposes and have taken possession of public lands.
The legislature has carefully avoided the issue of the Spanish and Mexican land grants, which are still being worked out by the federal government and have set up a method to defend title to claimed lands not being used for mining purposes.
Since the public lands belong to the United States, and not the State of California, one wonders what authority the legislature has and if this even further complicates this serious problem of questionable land ownership, which has resulted in untold serious fights and numerous deaths.
"AN ACT PRESCRIBING THE MODE OF MAINTAINING AND DEFENDING POSSESSORY ACTIONS ON LANDS BELONGING TO THE UNITED STATES.
"The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
"Section 1. Any person now occupying and settled upon, or who may hereafter occupy and settle upon any of the public lands belonging to the United States, unoccupied, except upon land containing mines of any of the precious metals, may commence and maintain any action for interference with, or injuries done to his possession of said land, against any person or persons so interfering with or injuring such land, or such possession.
"Sec. 2. On the trail of any such cause, the possession or possessory right of the plaintiff shall be considered as extending to the boundaries embraced by the claim of such plaintiff, so as to enable him to have and maintain any action as aforesaid, which being compelled to prove an actual enclosure: Provided, that such 'claim' shall not exceed in any case one hundred and sixty acres of land.
"Sec. 3. Every such claim, to entitle the holder to maintain any action as aforesaid, shall be marked out, so that the boundaries thereof may be readily traced, and the extent of such 'claim' easily known, and no person shall be entitled to maintain any such action for possession of, or injury to, any claim, unless he occupy the same, or shall have made improvements thereon, to the value of one hundred dollars.
"Sec. 4. The neglect to occupy or cultivate such 'claim' for the period of three months, shall be considered such an abandonment as to preclude the claimant from maintaining any action as hereinbefore mentioned.
"Sec. 5. Any person or persons claiming the right of possession to land under this act, shall have the right to defend said possession and the claim thereto, and all the rights and privileges given them by this Act.
JOHN BIGLER, Speaker of the Assembly. JOHN M'DOUGAL, Lieutenant-Governor and President of the Senate. Approved, April 11th, 1850."
Continuing with the May 3, 1850 edition of the "Placer Times," on page three there is a short series of articles which were obviously picked up from other newspapers. Although they are really not a part of any criminal activity, they are a bit "unique" and, in some cases, maybe even improbable.
"The schr. [schooner] Enterprise, Capt. Vandyke, cleared at New Orleans on the 20th Feb. for San Francisco. She is only 5 and 62-100 tons burden and carries seven men. The E. will proceed to Chagres [Atlantic Panama port], from which place she will be hauled across the Isthmus, launched in the Pacific and pursue her voyage."
"The schr. Teolinda left Panama 4th December for this port, having been purchased there by a company, at a cost of $12,000. After a four month's cruize [archaic], she put into San Diego in distress, and was sold there for the sum of $450. Two of the passengers have arrived at this port. [Alt. Cal. 27th"
"A balloon to carry three thousand people is said to be in process of erection in Paris, and to be propelled on the bird-wing principle."
"It is stated that Mr. Fessenden, of Boston, has invented a pocket-filter, by means of which the traveler may suck up pure water from the ponds and streams, or even the puddles, which he may encounter on his way."
Unfortunately, there are no existing copies of the Monday, May 6, 1850 edition of the Placer Times available, so continuing on to the May 8 edition, on page three are found two stories regarding crime in the Sacramento area.
"BOLD ROBBERIES. – On Monday afternoon several of the lodging rooms over the auction store of J. B. Starr & Co. were opened by some thieving rascals, who broke into a number of trunks and carried off all their valuable contents. The same night, a trunk was broken open in one of the rooms, but the thief was not lucky enough to find the ore in it, before (for some reason best know to himself) he vamosed. We have frequently cautioned the public against the depredations of these scoundrels, as they become more numerous it is requisite to keep one's eye peeled all the time. There are two ore three genteel swindlers operating about town, whose names we shall publish the moment we are a little better satisfied of their intentions.
"STILL ANOTHER. – The third victim to the bogus operations presented himself yesterday. – Two hundred and twenty-four dollars was the amount of his misplaced confidence."
In the next column is another mention of problems between the Indians and the miners.
"INDIAN OUTRAGE. – We have learned from a letter dated near Barnes' Bar, on the North Fork [American River], some further particulars of the death of Mr. Joseph G. Stone. He was conversing with two other men beside a camp fire, in from of Mr. Richard Smythe's tent, when he was instantly killed by two arrows piercing his heart. The Indians fled immediately down the river to within half a mile of the Oregon Bar, where they stole a quantity of provisions, and shot a man from the west – one arrow entering the calf of his right leg and the other his left thigh; not dangerously, however. They committed other depredations on their way. After the funeral of Mr. Stone a party of forty-five put off after the Indians, but we are not advised of their success. Mr. Stone is supposed to be from Cambridge, near Boston, and it is the desire of his friends that this intelligence may reach his family."
At the bottom of page four of the same edition are two lines of interest to single men in California:
"Woo gently. It is not fashionable for
young ladies to take ardent spirits."
In the May 8 and May 10 editions of the newspaper are two notices of stolen property.
"ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD. Lost or stolen on the 24th ult., from the Steamer Senator, a russet leather travelling trunk containing a gold watch, jewelry, two Chinese shawls, a quantity of lady's wearing apparel, &c. The above reward will be paid on delivery of the trunk and contents to Mr. McKnight at the Sutter House."
"$50 REWARD. Stolen from the steamer Senator on Wednesday morning, May 8, a large black leather Trunk, containing gentlemen and ladies' wearing apparel. The trunk had no mark upon it. The above reward will be paid by returning it to HENRY B. LYMAN, at the Mansion House."
At this point in time, ships are arriving in San Francisco by the dozens each day, carrying supplies and a significant amount of lumber, bricks and other building supplies. Many of these are from ports in Maine and Massachusetts and have travelled for around six months to reach California. Since they also bring the newspapers the Placer Times is very full of east coast news and a minimum amount of local news.
Continually advertised on the front page of each edition are opportunities to buy shares in wonderfully described new cities that have been layed out. They include: Plumas City "10 miles above Nicolaus and 5 from Elizaville on high ground above the Feather River," Featherton City "15 to 20 miles above Marysville" and El Dorado City, which is apparently also near Marysville.
Like many towns of that era, it appears that all of them flourished for a short time and then vanished, probably with the investor's money.
The May 13 edition has a small article on page two regarding the problems of leaving money lying around.
"POCKETS. – Two gentlemen were relieved of their funds on Friday night, at the Sutter House. The amount was but $200, but enough to caution them and others against leaving money about on chairs, and in other exposed situations, depending upon the poor security of a lock and key. A noted hotel thief is in town, known and watched."
Continuing with the May 1, 1850 edition of the "Placer Times," on page three there is a short article regarding the very questionable "Foreign Miners Tax," which requires all but Americans to pay a monthly tax or leave their claims.
"COLLECTORS OF TAXES FROM FOREIGN MINERS. – Major Dickey, who has lately arrived here from San Jose, where he has attended the sessions of the Legislature during the winter as the reporter of the Alta California, gives us the following list of appointments by the Governor:
"Capt. H. M. Naglee, San Francisco County; W. A. Baker, Sacramento County; Riley Gregg, Yuba County; Benj. McCullough, Mariposa County; Gen. L. A. Besançon, Touolumne [sic] County; Col. Gift, El Dorado County; W. B Almond, Calaveras County; T. B. Van Buren, San Joaquin County; W. H. Richardson, Sutter County; J. F. Ankeny, Shasta County; Capt. A. W. Adams, Butte County."
Colonel Gift does not seem to appear in any of the books regarding El Dorado County, or even in the 1850 Federal Census. However, another person in the list, Captain Henry Morris Naglee, was a major figure in early California.
In 1849 officials of the City of San Francisco requested the military governor, Brigadier General Bennett Riley, to aid them in combating a criminal element that had been growing since gold was discovered in 1848. General Riley complied with the request and formed the California Militia, which he called the First California Guard, and which later became the California National Guard. Riley appointed Naglee as its first commander.
Naglee owned property near San Jose, where he raised cattle and also grapes to make brandy. He is known by some as the "Father of California's brandy industry." He would later become a general in the Civil War. In 1864, disillusioned with the progress of the war, he resigned his commission and returned to his farm and vineyards in California where he died in 1886 at the age of 71.
Page three of the same issue continues with an article regarding a growing and serious problem in California, squatters on the lands earlier granted to people by the Spanish and Mexican governments.
As a bit of history, it was originally agreed that with the ceding of California to the United States, Spanish and Mexican land grants would be recognized. However, when Congress approved the treaty, that provision was removed. Thus, many people believed that all land was public and available to anyone claiming it.
To iron out the confusion over land ownership in California, Congress passed "An Act to Ascertain and Settle Private Land Claims in the State of California" in 1851. This legislation established the California Land Commission, which had responsibility for adjudicating the validity of claims to Spanish and Mexican land grants. The law placed the burden of proof on the claimant.
Because it provided for appeals of the Commission's decisions to the Federal courts, titles to these claims were often tied up in expensive litigation for years. In the mean time, there were many violent and bloody clashes between squatters and the claimants to the land grants.
"The subjoined from the N. Y. American Sun show that squatterism is appreciated in the East:
"From all accounts there are likely to be serous collisions between the new settlers and the old landholders of California. Squatters have already commenced inroads upon the estates of Capt. Sutter and others, claiming to have as good a right as he to lands conquered by the United States. Capt. Sutter, and many other persons, hold large tracts of land by virtue of Mexican titles – titles perfectly sufficient to protect the owners under the rule of Mexico. The new comers, or a portion of them, assume that these titles are no longer valid, that the United States dissolved them by her conquest, and made the whole territory public. This lawless, agrarian doctrine is naturally espoused by those who have no land, and who prefer squatting upon improved ground, to taking wild land and improving it for themselves.
"Unless the United States Government settles this question of Mexican titles soon, the worst consequences will follow. There can be nothing more absurd and wicked than the doctrine that conquest impairs the title of the conquered, individually, to their property. The United States is bound to protect those residents of California, or any other conquered territory, in all their property rights at the time of conquest. Any other course than this would be robbery of the Norman stamp. It is high time the United States placed some restriction upon speculation in public lands, but to tolerate the lawless partition of property already secured by individuals, according to the laws and customs of civilized nations, would be a graceless outrage."
In 1850 the Pennsylvania Supreme Court had before it a case involving a partnership between two men regarding mining gold in California and who owned it. It is unclear whether both of them went to California or if one of them went while the other stayed home.
"CALIFORNIA GOLD DIGGERS – Important Decision. – Judge Rogers, of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, made a decision recently, which is likely to have some slight influence on the operations of the silent partner business in the gold digging line. An application was made to the court, by Mr. J. A. Lessig, of Philadelphia, for an injunction to restrain one Patrick McLangton from disposing of some $20,000 worth of gold dust. The plaintiff alleged that he and Patrick entered into partnership, for the purpose of digging gold in California, and that the proceeds, amounting to the above sum, had been taken possession of by the said Patrick, without the slightest attempt on his part to divide the spoils. The gold dust was at the United States Mint, in that city, and an injunction was prayed, to prevent the defendant from taking it from that place. The court decided that the refusal of a partner to account, is no ground of injunction; and that, even if there was a partnership, the plaintiff not having labored towards that end, and the wole fund having been acquired by the defendant, it was not partnership property. The injunction was refused."

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Q: Laravel - Removing object inside of array based on key value - array_filter I'm having trouble removing an object inside of this array.
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How can I maintain the same syntax on the options object after removing the object inside of the cart array  ?

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    {
        $user = $this->user ;

        $data = array_filter( $user->options->cart , function ( $option ) use ( $id ) {
            if ( $option->product_id ==  $id ) {
                return false;
            }
            return json_encode($option);
        });

        //dd($user->options->cart);
        //dd($data);

        $user->options = (object)['cart' => $data ];
        $user->save() ;
        return response()->json( $user , 200 ) ;

    }

Solved :
    public function destroy( $id,  Request $request )
    {
        $user = $this->user ;

        $data = array_filter( $user->options->cart , function ( $option ) use ( $id ) {
            if ( $option->product_id ==  $id ) {
                return false;
            }
            return true;
        });

        $user->options = ['cart' => array_values( $data ) ];
        $user->save() ;
        return response()->json( $user , 200 ) ;

    }
}

A: if i understood u right , u want to rearrange the array after u do your logic plus keeping the structure , i would suggest you to use array_values
$new_data= array_values($data);

and if u got an error that its not an array although i doubt that just use the toArray() method
$new_data= array_values($data->toArray());

A: It seems like (object)['cart' => $data ] is somehow changing your array.
Setting the property directly should work:
$user->options->cart = $data;

Also, return json_encode($option); doesn't have any real effect except making the execution slower. You can just return true;.

A: Looking at your JSON encoding, I see that your options object on the bottom left is an object that contains a property, cart, which is an array. Your options object on the bottom right is an object that contains a property, cart, which is an object that contains a property for each numeric index.
I'm not at all certain, but I think the problem might be that the array_filter function preserves the array keys:

If the callback function returns TRUE, the current value from array is returned into the result array. Array keys are preserved.

I suggest you try using some approach that does not try to preserve array keys so that your filtered array has contiguous, numeric values.
public function destroy( $id,  Request $request )
{
    foreach($this->user->options->cart as $key => $cart_item) {
        if ($cart_item->product_id == $id) {
            unset($this->user->options->cart[$key]);
        }
    }

    $user->save() ;
    return response()->json( $user , 200 ) ;

}

EDIT: I am not privy to the details of your implementation (I don't know what type of object $user is or what $user->save or $response->json() might do) but this code will remove an array element by product_id:
$arr = array(
        (object)["product_id" => 819, "name" => "I am 819"],
        (object)["product_id" => 820, "name" => "I am 820"],
        (object)["product_id" => 821, "name" => "I am 821"],
        (object)["product_id" => 822, "name" => "I am 822"]
);

foreach($arr as $key => $v) {
        if ($v->product_id == 820) {
                unset($arr[$key]);
        }
}

var_dump($arr);

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Q: SWRevealViewController - know which ViewController is displayed I am using the SWRevealViewController plugin (https://github.com/John-Lluch/SWRevealViewController) to have drawer-like transitions in my iOS app.
I added a panGestureRecognizer to my view to allow the user to drag the right ViewController to hide the left VC:
[self.view addGestureRecognizer: self.revealViewController.panGestureRecognizer];

Now i'd like to detect when the right VC has been dragged to trigger an animation, so basically I just want to find a way to automatically know which VC is displayed.
So far I have tried to bind an event to self.revealViewController.panGestureRecognizer with this code:
 [self.revealViewController.panGestureRecognizer addTarget:self action:@selector(PanGestureEnded:)];

And then do this:
-(void)PanGestureEnded:(UIPanGestureRecognizer *)gesture{
    if (gesture.state==UIGestureRecognizerStateEnded) {
        //some code here
    }
}

But my app always crashes and I gest a exc_bad_access error. So I enabled NSZombies and I get the following error message:
 -[TabBarViewController PanGestureEnded:]: message sent to deallocated instance 0xc1ad890

Does anyone have an idea how to fix this?
Many thanks

A: I just encountered the same error today when trying to bind an action to self.revealViewController.panGestureRecognizer also.
I cannot fix the error. Instead, I set the current controller as the delegate of revealViewController, and call the delegate method:
- (void)revealControllerPanGestureBegan:(SWRevealViewController *)revealController

and perform my action in the above method.
Hope this help.

A: I've faced the same issue recently.
I was able to solve it by updating SWRevealViewController project to its latest release and instead of using the segue connection as "reveal view controller" (which is now deprecated) I'm using "reveal view controller push controller".


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Q: Four different function signatures, encapsulate with one parent type I have these four different function signatures:
type BeforeHookCallbackMode = (h: IBeforeHook) => void;
type BeforeHookRegularMode = (h?: IBeforeHook) => Promise<any>;
type BeforeHookObservableMode = (h?: IBeforeHook) => Observable<any>;
type BeforeHookEEMode = (h?: IBeforeHook) => EventEmitter;

How can I create a parent type, from which these 4 types inherit? So that I can use that parent type in a function signature, instead of doing:
function(fn : BeforeHookCallbackMode | BeforeHookRegularMode | BeforeHookObservableMode | BeforeHookEEMode) {

}

A: You're not looking for a "parent" type, but a "union" type.
type BeforeHookMode = BeforeHookCallbackMode |
  BeforeHookRegularMode |
  BeforeHookObservableMode |
  BeforeHookEEMode;

function (fn: BeforeHookMode) {


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Who Should Govern the Internet?
Richard Bennett Like November 16, 2010 0
Comcast EVP David Cohen delivered an important speech at a Brookings Center event on Internet governance yesterday concerning the Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group (BITAG.)
The audio recording of the event is here, the general description is here and a Comcast Voices blog post is here. Here are David Cohen's remarks in their entirety. (Note: Darrell West of Brookings hosted the event.)
David L. Cohen
Comcast Corporation
Speech to the Brookings Institution
Center for Technology Innovation
Thank you, Darrell.
And hello everyone.
It's a privilege to be here, and I'm delighted to see all of you.
Like most people in our industry, I've watched with admiration as Darrell West launched the Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings.
In the short time he's been here, he's put Brookings back on the map as an important forum for discussing public policy and technology.
As Darrell has settled into Washington, he's probably learned for himself the old truism that there are three things that are impossible to find in this city:
One, a cheap hotel room.
Two, a legal parking spot.
And, three — a unanimous opinion.
Now, of course, unanimous opinions are hard to come by anywhere. And probably the last place you'd look for one is in the Internet policy space.
A few years ago, I might have agreed that even consensus is a long shot when it comes to the issue of managing broadband networks, and what constitutes "reasonable network management."
But recent developments suggest that a consensus among reasonable stakeholders may, in fact, be possible.
We've just been looking for it in all the wrong places…
The courts … the FCC … and the Congress — All valuable institutions filled with capable, conscientious people … but few of them with the background to work out consensus on what are essentially complicated technical issues.
So over the years, lawyers and lobbyists have dominated the discussion on broadband policy. And they are generally not paid to produce consensus.
No offense to anyone here. I'm a lawyer and have done my share of politics. But that kind of experience doesn't make me, or anybody else like me, an authority on the Internet.
The Internet is a miracle – not of lobbying or politics, but of engineering. And this engineering is all the more miraculous for taking an immensely complex technology… and making it accessible … even to those of us who don't know a terabyte from a mosquito bite.
We can enjoy the simplicity of using broadband internet services, because the complex challenges of delivering broadband are handled by the engineers who manage our broadband networks – reliably, securely, and fairly.
They need to accommodate the growing bandwidth needs of nearly 2 billion Internet users around the globe and thousands of new applications.
They need to meet the practical necessity of managing traffic flows 24/7 without raising allegations of unfairness.
They need to handle all the wonderful new applications that demand extra bandwidth and extra technical attention… and at the same time cope with some not-so-wonderful innovations, including malicious ones that can harm millions of users.
And they need to do all of this working arm-in-arm with the business people who need to figure out how to finance these incredible networks, in the face of more demand and more competition… and these business people in turn need to convince the investment community to support making these networks bigger, faster, safer, and more sophisticated.
Every one of these challenges involves network management. They're incredibly difficult. And nobody can claim to have all the answers.
That certainly includes Comcast. We're immensely proud of our engineering and technical talent. We have a great new headquarters building in downtown Philadelphia, and fully 12 stories of that space is dedicated to housing engineers and related technologists. Nearly 40% of the entire company consists of technical personnel. That speaks volumes about how engineering-intensive our business is in the 21st century. In fact, we often say the company is now being run by engineers!
And our business is inescapably at the center of the acrimonious but widely misunderstood debate over Net Neutrality. Were you to walk out onto Massachusetts Avenue this afternoon and ask the first 10 people you see to define Net Neutrality — you would get 10 different definitions and that's only because this is Northwest Washington, — where nobody likes to say "I don't know."
I won't add still another definition. But I can tell you that Net Neutrality is, first and foremost, an engineering issue. To be more exact, it is a set of engineering issues that stem primarily from network management challenges.
Unfortunately, the national debate around Net Neutrality and an "open Internet" has been almost exclusively driven by lawyers. For too long now, the debate has paid too little attention to the engineers, without whom the Internet as we know it wouldn't exist.
At Comcast, we get daily reminders of that reality.
For decades, millions of Americans thought of Comcast as "the cable company." And that's OK, because those are our roots, and we're proud of them.
But Comcast has also become America's largest Internet Service Provider, and built one of the world's largest IP networks. That fact might even surprise some of our customers.
On a typical day, our network handles 48 billion requests for Internet addresses— what the engineers call "DNS queries." That's the equivalent of eight queries for every person on this planet… every day… and that's just for one ISP! And those queries hit the network at a peak rate of one million per second.
Our top service tier offers customers some of the fastest download speeds in the country – up to 105 Megabits per second. In fact, that tier of service is now available to 25 million homes in America. And the information moved by our network reflects changing technology and evolving user demands.
But some of the action inside the network reflects the dark side of cyberspace.
Our security experts fight an unceasing battle to protect customers from spam and malware. This is a vital part of the network management function for Comcast and every other ISP.
Lately, our network's mail servers have been fielding 525 million daily attempts to deliver email. And a stunning 80 percent of those emails turn out to be sources of spam, attempts to steal customer data or to infect users with destructive viruses. Like our competitors, we keep updating network management technology to keep this ugly stuff out of our customers' mailboxes.
At the end of September, Comcast engineers launched a new technology approach against botnets. These are the hideous viruses that are used to steal intellectual property of American companies and steal millions of dollars from banks, among other things.
We provide our users with a suite of security services that we call Constant Guard™ — the most comprehensive such suite available on the market. We've now added a proactive bot detection component to this service – a first among ISPs in the U.S.
Once a bot is detected, the system automatically notifies the customer and provides them with a link where they can get help removing it.
This was a terrific innovative solution executed by our engineers. But as Comcast has learned, innovation isn't enough even when it's technically successful.
Innovative solutions need the force of consensus behind them. Because the Internet community has one thing in common with the stock market — it doesn't like surprises.
Our education in that sphere began with our Bit Torrent adventure. For anyone here who did not follow this adventure, let me offer you a brief recap.
Bit Torrent is what's called a peer-to-peer file sharing program. It links thousands of computers together to distribute super high bandwidth files like full-length movies… some legally, some not.
Peer-to-peer applications have been around for years, but Bit Torrent was engineered differently. When it came on the scene around 2005, it was a way to consume incredible amounts of bandwidth at once – hence the "torrent" name – and these torrents were soon overwhelming the upstream capacity of our Internet services.
When an incredibly small minority of our customers made use of this aggressive, bandwidth-hungry protocol, the result was slower service for a lot of our customers, as the shared bandwidth in a neighborhood was monopolized by these torrents. We wanted to balance this out, and we felt we had to take
So in 2007, we and many other ISPs made a considered judgment. And in retrospect, we made the wrong decision for the right reasons.
Notwithstanding what some have argued, we didn't block all Bit Torrent traffic. And we didn't do anything based on an anti-competitive intent, as some of our harshest critics later conceded. But we did take measures that would redirect or slow down uploads from computers on our network. We didn't implement it in the most elegant way, and the Internet community certainly let us know about it.
This led to an FCC complaint, and to a flawed 2008 finding by the previous FCC that our decision to manage Bit Torrent uploads in this way violated the "principles" of Net Neutrality.
Comcast had no choice but to push back. We thought the FCC decision was unfair and unwise. We took the FCC to court and, this spring, an opinion by a three-judge federal panel unanimously and strongly agreed that the Commission acted improperly.
While the D.C. Circuit vindicated Comcast, it"s much more important to consider what we learned from all this.
Some months into the FCC"s activities against Comcast, and long before the FCC reached a decision, it became clear to us that the "legal" issue we were debating was, at its core, an "engineering" issue. So our engineers got to work.
They reached out to Bit Torrent to explore how their application and our network could get along better, which led to an agreement and an ongoing and successful collaboration to discuss, refine, and adjust our network management techniques.
They also pursued another, better way to deal with network congestion issues in general. And they wanted to take the pulse of the Internet community before they implemented it.
So our engineers took their technical issues and ideas to the Internet Engineering Task Force – the IETF.
The IETF is an independent, self-governing international standards body that evaluates a wide range of technical proposals. IETF has no ideological bias – just an insistence on transparency and technical rigor.
The IETF is not a forum for filing complaints. It's a forum where engineers and technologists, representing every layer of the Internet, seek solutions… an organization where new ideas can be vetted with some of the world's most accomplished engineers… where deliberations are open to public comment by anyone with the interest and the technical qualifications.
And I might add, the IETF exemplifies the self-governance tradition that's worked so well for the Internet worldwide.
So we went to the IETF with our P2P concerns and some new ideas on how to deal with them. This led us to a traffic management approach that solved the problem in a reasonable way without triggering any complaints of unfairness.
By engaging in ongoing dialogue with the IETF, Bit Torrent, Google and others in the Internet space, we found a way to manage our network effectively, to protect the overall customer experience.
Since this experience, there has been very little said about our network management practices – not because we no longer manage our network, but because any issues are worked out by the engineers – as they should be.
Based on this successful experience, we've taken other new network management ideas to the IETF in recent years — not after the fact, but early in the planning stage. And as we've tested things, we've openly shared the results of technical trials. That's part of the transparency the IETF thrives on.
This not only helps us, but it also gives us the chance to contribute our experiences back to the IETF for the benefit of others on the Internet. We get to give something back to the global effort.
Working with the IETF on critical matters, such as DNS Security, or DNSSEC, helped us become the first major ISP in the U.S. to start rolling out DNSSEC – another part of our Constant Guard™ comprehensive security suite – that protects our customers from connecting to websites tampered with by hackers or criminals.
Comcast is one of many U.S. companies to benefit from working through the IETF. And our collective experience has convinced us that we would all benefit from a U.S.-focused body modeled on the IETF — an engineering-based, independent organization devoted to Internet technical issues, including issues surrounding network management.
To address these issues, America needed an institution as innovative as the Internet itself. And now we have one, in the form of the new Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group, known as BITAG ("Bee-Tag"). Comcast is proud to be a charter member, alongside other leading ISPs, equipment and software companies, content companies, and representatives of the Internet community, including academics and Internet users.
America has never had a similar domestic forum where companies could bring their questions or problems for objective analysis and solutions. But with BITAG, anybody with a legitimate stake in a network management or other technical issue can contribute to a solution.
BITAG will be available to advise federal agencies on the technological aspects of Internet policy issues. The only condition is one required of all participants. Don't send lawyers to BITAG working sessions. Send engineers or other technologists ready to deal with these questions at an engineering level — in a non-adversarial setting.
For those in this room whose first instinct might be to run to the FCC to challenge a network management practice, I'd ask you to think of it this way – the difference between taking a question to BITAG or taking it to a regulatory agency will be the difference between going to a marriage counselor or hiring a divorce lawyer. The first way offers the possibility of working things through to an equitable solution. The second promises to be messy, prolonged and expensive – even if you win.
BITAG is an idea whose time has come. And this new organization couldn't ask for a better leader than Dale Hatfield. Dale is an engineer's engineer – but also a people's engineer, with the capacity to bring the most complicated issues down to earth.
He's a master at helping people reach consensus, and that's what BITAG is about. BITAG will build on the proven success of the Internet as a largely self-governing, self-healing ecosystem. An ecosystem guided by consensus among the people who live in it, with minimal direct involvement by government.
This isn't lack of governance. This is self-governance built around consensus. And it works.
I've been called many things, but never naïve. And I'm a big believer in consensus-building. Ironically, I learned the power of consensus in the rough, winner-take-all world of big city politics — during the 5-1/2 years I was chief of staff for Ed Rendell when he was mayor of Philadelphia.
Ed Rendell inherited a city government on the verge of bankruptcy with rising taxes and declining population. And the famous turnaround the Rendell administration achieved in Philadelphia could only be achieved by consensus building — among the city workforce, city council factions, the business community, civic and neighborhood groups, Republicans and Democrats in Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Washington DC.
The consensus in Philadelphia was driven by crisis. In this case, consensus on Internet policy can be driven by opportunity – and by turning to the experts first.
Consensus along with self-governance is already a hallmark of the Internet around the globe — let's put it to work for us here at home.
I know the term "self-governance" rings alarm bells in some circles. It stirs images like the recent New Yorker cartoon that showed a suburban house engulfed in flames. Firefighters are racing across the front lawn. But a man with a garden hose is cheerily waving them away, saying: "No thanks, we're libertarians."
Now by no means am I suggesting a libertarian approach to Internet policy in America. Self-governance does not mean chaos.
All of us benefit from having a free and open Internet. Maintaining that is a legitimate government concern.
The only question is "how." And for the good of the whole Internet ecosystem, public policy has to allow for two essential needs. Internet companies must be free to manage their networks in the best interests of their customers. And, they must have the opportunity to make the financial returns necessary to keep expanding and innovating in broadband.
Just before Congress recessed for the mid-term elections, Congressman Waxman made a commendable effort to build stakeholder consensus around a workable approach on these issues. The proposal was supported by a diverse array of stakeholders, including the Consumer Federation of America, Consumers Union, Public Knowledge, and the Center for Democracy and Technology, the entire cable industry as well as AT&T and Verizon, labor and civil rights groups, and many players in the tech and venture capital communities – arguably the most diverse coalition ever to be forged around a telecom issue. I think this showed that reasonable minds can reason together, and I hope that spirit continues to prevail.
I also appreciate Chairman Genachowski's efforts to the same end – to find alternatives to the imbalanced and dangerous regulatory approaches that some have advocated – and in fact demanded, while at the same time attacking him personally. We need to move on from that kind of unproductive behavior.
An open Internet is vital to American interests, here and around the globe. I applaud the forceful stance taken by the Obama Administration in support of a free and open Internet globally, as reflected in the President"s September address to the United Nations. Secretary of State Clinton and Ambassador Verveer have also been clear that the openness that characterizes the Internet in the United States should be embraced by governments worldwide.
The open Internet faces a somewhat different threat here at home. The vitality of this brilliant resource, created by engineers, could be litigated and legislated away piece by piece, by lawyers, lobbyists and organized activists.
They are all entitled to their opinions, of course. But opinion is not a basis for national policy. It must be grounded in engineering principles, based on facts and data, consistent with the public interest and reinforced with the benefit of consensus.
If that test is met, the Internet will remain the driving force for economic growth, job creation, and an ever more free society.
The Internet is too big and too important for government to ignore… and it is too complex and too dynamic for government to regulate intrusively. Let's learn from the Internet itself – it is flourishing as a self-governing, self-healing ecosystem, and the more we can take advantage of that model, coupled with reasonable, consensus-based regulation, the better.
Thank you all very much.
Defining the Internet
Our Innovation Infrastructure: Opportunities and Challenges


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Category Archives: Transportation
Night on Earth
R 1991 ‧ Drama/Comedy ‧ 2h 9m
Dir: Jim Jarmusch
Cab drivers, in the US and elsewhere.
Release date: May 2, 1992 (New York)
Music composed by: Tom Waits
Screenplay: Jim Jarmusch
Cinematography: Frederick Elmes
Posted by Labor Film Database on February 16, 2021 in 2021 Shortlist, A: New/Just Added, Comedy, Drama, Transportation
The Great Strike 1917
Documentary about events which shaped Australian society and the labor movement for a century and beyond.
Thousands had stopped work, the government recruited volunteers to break the strike, allowing them to bear arms; unions were deregistered and union leaders charged with conspiracy. It was a time of violent emotions, state violence and individual acts of violence by and against strikers. A striker was shot and killed. A filmmaker had his film embargoed. It was Sydney, 1917.
The world was in the grip of "The Great War". Rail and tram employees had been forced to work longer hours, with reduced wages and conditions. With the introduction of a new American 'timecard' system, tramway and railway workers in inner Sydney walked off the job in protest, triggering the strike.
The stoppage became the biggest industrial upheaval Australia has seen before or since. At its height the strike stopped coastal shipping, mining, stevedoring and transport, and involved tens of thousands of workers in Australia's eastern states.
Despite being a crushing defeat at the time, it had lasting consequences for the Australian labor movement. It was 100 years ago, but personal stories rarely spoken about were to filter through, reflecting on both the trauma and the positive legacy of the event, which still strongly resonate today.
Mandy King
cavadini@tpg.com.au
Posted by Labor Film Database on October 5, 2019 in A: New/Just Added, Documentary, Industrial/Mine/Manufacturing, Labor History, Strikes-Strikebreaking-Lockouts, Transportation, Working Class
2019 ‧ Drama ‧ 1h 40m
Ricky and his family have been fighting an uphill struggle against debt since the 2008 financial crash. An opportunity to wrestle back some independence appears with a shiny new van and the chance to run a franchise as a self-employed delivery driver. It's hard work, and his wife's job as a carer is no easier. The family unit is strong but when both are pulled in different directions everything comes to breaking point.
Initial release: May 16, 2019 (France)
Director: Ken Loach
Producer: Rebecca O'Brien
Screenplay: Paul Laverty
Nominations: Palme d'Or, Cannes Best Actress Award, MORE
Production companies: Wild Bunch, Why Not Productions, Sixteen Films
Sorry We Missed You review – Ken Loach's superb swipe at zero-hours Britain
Posted by Labor Film Database on October 5, 2019 in 2020 Shortlist, A: New/Just Added, Construction Trades, Drama, Temp/Precarious work, Transportation, Working Class, zero hours work
The St. Louis Kid (1934)
Director: Ray Enright
Writers: Warren Duff (screen play), Seton I. Miller (screen play) | 1 more credit »
Stars: James Cagney, Patricia Ellis, Allen Jenkins
Drama directed by Ray Enright and starring James Cagney as a truck driver who gets mixed up in a union dispute after a union leader is killed and his girlfriend is kidnapped after witnessing the crime.
Trucker Eddie Kennedy gets involved with the law when he has an car accident with Ann Reid and knocks the owner of a dairy out. He evades a penalty when he claims, that he had done it as an act of solidarity with the farmers. The farmers start an boycott action against this dairy, so the owner has to bring milk from elsewhere to his dairy, but the farmers closed the road, and Kennedy is arrested once more. He leaves jail at night to meet Ann, but meanwhile the owner has asked some mobsters to deliver the milk. One of the farmers is murdered, Ann Reid is missing and Eddie Kennedy is accused of murder.
Posted by Labor Film Database on December 23, 2018 in Drama, Strikes-Strikebreaking-Lockouts, Transportation
From Gulf to Gulf to Gulf
(2013, 83mins, dir. Shaina Anand & Ashok Sukumaran)
A boat has many powers: to gather a society in its making, to distribute goods, to carry people and ideas across places that seem more different than ever before. This auto-ethnographic travelogue was produced through four years of dialogue, friendship and exchange between the Mumbai-based studio CAMP and sailors from Kutch, Sindh, Baluchistan and Southern Iran, working in the wharfs of Sharjah and Dubai. Captured with cell phone cameras and set to a soundtrack of Bollywood, Pakistani and religious songs chosen by the sailors, the film sails from Gujarat to the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Aden to the Somali coast and back again, alongside cargoes ranging from medical equipment to live goats.
Posted by Labor Film Database on December 23, 2018 in Documentary, Global Economy, Transportation
The Last Rites
(2008, 17mins, dir. Yasmine Kabir)
A haunting wordless depiction of the ship-breaking yards of Chittagong, Bangladesh. "With her images, one feels the impossible weight of the ropes, as shoeless feet are submerged ankle deep in toxic petroleum; the palpable hunger driving bodies of skin and bone to repeat arduous physical feats that would make a strong man groan." [Alisa Lebow]
They're called the ship-breaking yards: the graveyards of ocean-going vessels near Chittagong in Bangladesh. In the foreground, fishermen wade through low water with nets in hand; in the background, we see the gigantic ships on their sides, waiting for the day they'll be taken apart.
The Last Rites is a short, silent account in which director Yasmine Kabir is more in search of the poetry of the images than an all-encompassing record of the events. She juxtaposes the insignificance of the men against the towering sides of the ships. The fire of the welding machine is the only warmth in the dark backgrounds of cold steel. This is where the ships come to die. Not all at once with a bang, but slowly, only as fast as the men can dismantle them. After all, the ships aren't taken apart with big cranes, but rather by the welders, piece by piece. One sheet of metal at a time, until nothing's left, and then more ships arrive for dismantling. The Last Rites is Kabir's third documentary at IDFA. After her first in 2000, My Migrant Soul, her second film was screened in 2003: A Certain Liberation, a heartbreaking story about a woman who walked the streets of the town of Kopilmoni like a crazy person after her family was murdered.
Posted by Labor Film Database on December 22, 2018 in Documentary, Environment, Global Economy, Transportation
From Cable Street to Brick Lane (2012)
A non-linear tribute to successive generations of immigrants and trade unionists in London's East End, and their triumph over prejudice and intolerance.
Archive footage brings to life the 1936 Battle of Cable Street when Irish dockers ran to the aid of Jews, socialists, anarchists and communists whose protest against a march by the British Union of Fascists provoked an attack by the police. Interviewees – including artist Bob & Roberta Smith and writer Rachel Lichtenstein – recall the subsequent struggles of anti-fascists against racial and homophobic violence in the 1970s and 1990s, depicting a vibrant but disparate community united against hate.
Posted by Labor Film Database on December 22, 2018 in Cities-Urban, Communism/Socialism, Discrimination: Racism, Sexism, etc, Documentary, Transportation, Women, Working Class
Unsung Hero: The Jack Jones Story
Documentary film on former Transport & General Union (UK) General Secretary Jack Jones, a man who exercised more power over government economic policy than any other trades union leader in British history.
Jones took on four of the great evils of modern times: poverty, fascism, worker exploitation and pensioner poverty – and took them on with so much conviction that at one point, the public voted him the most powerful man in Britain.
The life of Jack Jones mirrors the story of the 20th century – a man whose like we may never see again.
Roy Boulter, Hurricane Films, roy@hurricanefilms.co.uk
Posted by Labor Film Database on December 22, 2018 in Documentary, Labor History, Transportation
Boom and Bust: America's Journey on the Erie Canal
Directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Paul Wagner and co-produced by Steve Zeitlin of CityLore and Erie Canal Museum Curator Daniel Ward, the film tells the story of industrial expansion and decline along the Erie Canal and examines its impact on the lives of workers in steel, grain, textiles and shipping. Wagner's credits include The Stone Carvers and Windhorse. A meditation on economic cycles and the American Dream. The film surveys the macro-economics of industrial expansion and decline along the Erie Canal, and examines its impact on the lives of workers in steel, grain, textiles and shipping. In the wake of economic collapse, can the people of America's cities find meaning and worth?
Paul Wagner, Charlottesville, VA: pw@paulwagnerfilms.com
Posted by Labor Film Database on November 11, 2015 in Documentary, Immigrants/Immigration, Labor History, Technology, Transportation
Open Eyes (2013)
Filmmaker: Martin Aletta
Argentina/Japan | 2013 | Fiction | 15 minutes
Tokyo. Ryo goes to his job at the railway company where he's task is remove the remains of the railroad due to the numerous suicides. Saki, a young girl, wanders around her city contemplating an apathetic society. Her walk drives her to the platform of station where Ryo finds her…
2015 Brazilian International Labour Film Festival
Posted by Labor Film Database on November 11, 2015 in Cities-Urban, Drama, Philosophy, Transportation, Women


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Ralph L. Fike High School is a high school in Wilson, North Carolina.  Fike High School opened its doors to students on October 9, 1958. It is named for Dr. Ralph Llewellyn Fike. Fike High School is the sole International Baccalaureate school in Wilson County.

Academic achievements
In 2019, Fike graduating seniors received 127 scholarships offered worth $2,326,300. Four students were also selected to attend the Governor's School of North Carolina. The school is an elite educational program for intellectually gifted high school students.

Fike's class of 2018 graduated 59 seniors with a weighted cumulative GPA of 4.0 or higher.

In 2017 Fike had two students selected to attend the North Carolina Governor's School and two selected to attend the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics.

Athletics
Fike's football program is recognized as the first 4-A football program to win three consecutive North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) Football State Championships (1967, 1968, 1969). Fike is also the 1958 3A Co-State Champions and 3A 2002 State Runner-up. Fike's football program has earned 22 appearances in the NCHSAA playoffs.

The Fike Men's Basketball program won the NCHSAA 4A State Championship in 1984.

The Fike Women's Basketball program won the 1979 NCHSAA 4A State Championship.

Fike's Baseball program won NCHSAA state championships in 1962 (4A), 1968 (4A), and 1999 (3A). The 1968 team was led by head coach Gilbert Ferrell.  The 1999 team was led by head coach Will Flowers with Brent Bissette being selected as MVP in the championship game.

Fike's wrestling program had its first state champion in 2019. Fike's wrestling program had its first state champion crowned in 2019 when Aaron Bancroft won the 160-pound title in the 3-A classification. Bancroft repeated as state champion again in 2020.

Fike's Men and Women Indoor Track teams have produced six state champions collectively.

The Fike Cross-Country program was crowned the first true county champions in 2019.

The Fike Men's golf team won the 3A Team State Championship in 2008 as well as two individual champions.

The Fike Women's Tennis program won team state championships from 1971–1972. Doubles championships were won in 1972 and 2001–2002.

Community service
Fike High School has been a major contributor  and supporter of Operation Backpack.

Fike annually hosts blood drives every spring. It currently reigns as having the largest one-day high school blood drive in the country.

Notable alumni

 Jamareo Artis, bassist for Bruno Mars
 Ronnie Barnes, Senior Vice President of medical services/head athletic trainer for New York Giants
 Carlester Crumpler Sr., former NFL running back
 Izel Jenkins, former NFL defensive back
 Emily Rhyne, Emmy Award winning Cinematographer and editor at The New York Times
Jamie Watson (basketball), former National Basketball Association

References

Fike, Ralph L.
Schools in Wilson County, North Carolina
Wilson, North Carolina

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South-American Indian language of the Tupí-Guaraní family; still in use in Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina.
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That would be wonderful. Just let us know the distance between the hash marks on the borders so we can be sure we have it sized correctly. Thank you for your wonderful work.
Thanks a million Gary, this just jumped to #1 on my recolor queue!
I abandoned my recolor of Chaiwat's C45 as it was beyond me (and Pablo) to create a new windscreen that Chaiwat left out - didn't help that I never heard back from him.
Hopefully the other white templates will start coming when I'm done with this, thanks again!
OK, I've just uploaded my 1:72 recolor of Gary Pilsworth's 1:48 Beech Model 18 into NPC-54, the first aircraft of Philippine Air Lines. Incidentally, the registry code dates back to when the Philippines was a US territory.
It began flying on 15 March 1941, from Nielsen Field (now Makati CBD) to Loakan Field in Baguio, with PAL founding director Andres Soriano supplying his personal Beech 18 and pilot Paul Gunn. This particular aircraft was shot down by a Japanese floatplane (likely a F1M 'Pete' from Sanyo Maru) between Zamboanga and Bukidnon around 26 January 1942.
Captain 'Pappy' Gunn survived his second shootdown and went on to wage a very unconventional war, as documented by General George Kenney.
I was so enthused by this subject it only took me a half day to finish this recolor! My abandoned project turned out useful as I'd already done the research into colors and graphics placement. For me Gary's version hits the sweet spot between Chaiwat's simplistic design and Gerard's more complex interpretation. Enjoy!
Ready for my next challenge, Gary - how about an uncolored HS-748?
As usual, available after moderator approval.
Textures finally done for "Bucket of Bolts"
Thank you very much Mr. Pilsworth. Another suggestion with all due respect, a model that at least I have never seen before. Also Beechcraft, this time the Staggerwing biplane. Also perhaps the V tail Bonanza. You may or may not know that the Bonanza has the record of the most continuously produced aircraft. It started production in 1947 and it is still being made. The main external difference is that the latest model has no V tail which is a pity. The classic Bonanza MUST have a V tail. Or what about both versions? We love your models sir.


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You may have seen on our social media pages recently that we had been entered into The Wedding Industry Awards 2018 as Best Caterer and we had made it to the Regional Finals which took place at The Mansion in Leeds on Monday night. Some of the team got their glad rags on and headed over, admittedly not really expecting to win (well, you never do, do you?) but looking forward to the experience. The voting panel made their decision based on information sent to them by our couples, therefore the award was made on merit and for this we're extremely proud. Every single team member contributed to the scores and feedback that our couples sent through. Well, we're pretty sure you will have seen the news (you're reading our social media updates right?) and we're absolutely delighted to confirm that we won! We're incredibly proud of this achievement as it's a well recognised award within the industry, and also the region that we won for was not only Yorkshire but the North East too. By anyone's standards, that's a lot of ground to have covered! See the video clip here Having won the Regional heat we're now heading to the National Final in London in January. We have no doubt we'll be up against some stiff competition with some incredible caterers but we're looking forward to being in the running. We're not planning to put forward an Oscar worthy speech here but we do want to thank all the couples who took the time to vote. Being able to play a part in your day was already an honour but the fact you appreciated what we'd done, enough to put your votes in, means the world. Thank you, thank you, thank you! And finally, because we couldn't do it without them, thank you to our team. This award is for all of you and we definitely couldn't have done it without you! Team F4D rock!! London, we'll see you in January!
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Fernando Ortega and Stuart Townend Discuss Their Favorite Christmas Carols
December 19, 2020 | Stuart Townend • Fernando Ortega
Episode No. 001
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Sandra McCracken and Ellie Holcomb Discuss Their Favorite Christmas Carols
In this bonus episode of TGC Q&A, Fernando Ortega and Stuart Townend discuss their favorite Christmas carols:
"Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence" (0:44)
"In the Bleak Midwinter" (1:00)
"Joy to the World "(1:27)
"O Come All Ye Faithful" (1:59)
Huge language to grapple with mind-blowing truths (2:18)
The humility of the Godhead as an infant (3:08)
Honesty in Christmas songs (4:07)
Explore more from TGC on Christmas and Advent songs here, here, and here.
The following is an uncorrected transcript generated by a transcription service. Before quoting in print, please check the corresponding audio for accuracy.
Fernando Ortega: This is my favorite time of the year, advent, especially advent and into Christmas. My former pastor would always tell me that I specialize in advent, Lent and crucifixion, and I was pretty lousy when it came to more joyous seasons of the year. So, that always hurt my feelings. But for me, my favorite advent hymn is Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence. Do you know that one?
Stuart Townend: I'm aware of it. We don't sing it at our church, but I'm aware of it, right. It's very beautiful.
Fernando Ortega: I think it's a French carol.
Stuart Townend: Yeah. That might be right.
Fernando Ortega: It is beautiful. And then my favorite Christmas carol is In the Bleak Midwinter.
Stuart Townend: Oh, that's great. I love that, actually. Yeah, lyrically, that's beautiful.
Fernando Ortega: Those two. But I love that season. There are so many rich carols to sing in that time. I'm trying to think of all the ones that we do at my church. We didn't really celebrate advent until this new pastor came, and then he brought me on to bring…
Stuart Townend: Well, I love the hymn Joy to the World as an advent carol.
Fernando Ortega: Gosh, I love that. Sandra McCracken just posted it on Instagram. She was recording Joy to the World while holding her new baby.
Stuart Townend: Oh, sweet.
Fernando Ortega: And so what more perfect team could you sing and holding a child that's coming into the world?
Stuart Townend: Fantastic. Well, when I tour in the UK, I have a little folk band, an English or Irish folk band. So we do a double-time thing of Joy to the World, and it's just a big celebration thing, [inaudible] thing, and it's just so full of energy and stuff, so it's really cool.
I think in terms of Christmas carols, I'm a traditionalist, so I love, Oh Come All Ye Faithful, and I love that grappling with the enormity of God in the flesh, God of God, light of light, Lo, Here [inaudible 00:00:02:14]. I mean just beautiful. Quite high flown language, but actually really tussling. You need big language to grapple with these huge concepts.
And it is for me, it's an amazing time of year. That idea that Christ, the one that the Bible says through whom all things were made, would enter what he'd made and walk humbly, is just mind blowing. The incarnation is just an incredible thing that we need to celebrate, descending to our level, understanding so completely because he's felt what we felt. It's just a beautiful thing. And I love that idea of the vulnerability of the baby, the Godhead in a vulnerable child who needs a mother to protect him, who needs a mother to feed him. That's just a mind blowing sense of understanding the humility of God.
Fernando Ortega: Yeah. When my daughter was born, so I'm 62 and I have a ten-year-old, so everybody thinks I'm her grandfather, even my own family [inaudible 00:03:17]. But anyway, when she was born, I was blown away at how incredibly frail she was. You have to hold her head up to make sure that it doesn't get hurt, her neck, and feeding her and everything, she was just so completely reliant on me and her mom. And that's how Christ, who spoke us into existence, came through a birth canal, and then suffered himself to be cared for, to be as frail as that, that they had to feed him, they had to burp him, they had to comfort him when he cried. The humility of God in that moment, it's astonishing. As modern songwriters, we need to write songs about this.
Stuart Townend: Yeah, I think we do. I think people are beginning to recognize that we do need more Christmas contributions. I had my own attempt a few years ago. It starts with a weird line, but it starts with, "From the squalor of a borrowed stable." I think I got fed up of all the Christmas cards showing really quite a comfortable scene of the baby in some soft hay in a manger, going, "Oh, what a sweet scene that is." But of course that would be far away from the reality of being born into poverty, into something that was not even a proper room. And that speaks volumes, doesn't it?
Fernando Ortega: It does. I wrote one myself that I don't like very much. People always ask me to sing it, but I can never remember how it goes. But anyway, that's a good challenge for us I think.
I think the challenge though in something like that is there are so many cliches about that event, would be to find language that was new and startling, that captures how startling the moment is, and then by the use of unlikely words or something.
Stuart Townend: Yeah.
Stuart Townend is a worship songwriter best known for his hymns "In Christ Alone," "How Deep the Father's Love," and "The Power of the Cross." Aside from writing, Townend travels around the UK and abroad, leading worship at events and performing concerts either on his own or with his band. An accomplished musician, arranger, and producer, he has years of experience teaching and training musicians who serve in local church worship. Townend is married with three adult children, and lives in Brighton, UK.
Fernando Ortega is a singer-songwriter of contemporary Christian music. Ortega is best known both for his interpretations of many traditional hymns and songs, such as "Give Me Jesus" and "Be Thou My Vision," and for writing clear and easily understood songs such as "This Good Day" and more. Born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico, it is from his heritage and classical training at the University of New Mexico where Ortega derives his sound—embracing country, classical, Celtic, Latin American, world, modern folk, and rustic hymnody.


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Press release from The NRP Group
With a population nearing 70,000, Victoria, Texas, is a growing community in need of additional low-cost workforce housing options for new and current residents. Victoria's community leaders, along with multi-family housing developer The NRP Group, are proud to announce a partnership that will take the city one step closer to revitalizing the southside of Victoria.
The area known as Silver City has been traditionally overlooked by developers. However, the City of Victoria and the Victoria Housing Finance Corporation see the potential in the community, and they have been working with developers on a strategic plan to reinvigorate the area. This partnership has led to a new development that is still in the planning phase, but it has been tentatively named Odem Street Apartments. The official name of the community will be selected once construction begins.
On Sept. 7, the Victoria City Council approved a resolution authorizing the Odem Street Apartments to proceed with an application to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs to help finance the development. The NRP Group plans to break ground on the Odem Street Apartments project in the summer of 2022, with the first apartment homes open for leasing in the fall of 2023. The target completion date for the entire community is slated for the spring of 2024. These dates are still tentative and are contingent upon receiving approval and financing from the state.
The property will feature a vibrant community of affordable apartment homes for workforce individuals and families. It will include a 24/7 workout facility, a community space, a business center equipped with Wi-Fi and printers, and a child-friendly swimming pool. The NRP Group has been collaborating with Victoria city leaders for 18 months to realize the targeted goal of bringing much-needed new affordable housing to the city's southside.
Housing will be reserved for residents who earn up to 70% of Victoria's median family income, which varies depending on household size. According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 70% of the 2021 median family income for a family of four in Victoria is $52,080. To find out if you qualify, visit www.victoriatx.gov/cdbg. Units will be priced according to residents' income:
Unit size Number of units Estimated monthly rent
1 bedroom, 1 bathroom 12 $312-813
2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms 132 $379-1,023
4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms 36 $489-1,318
City Manager Jesús A. Garza is working closely with Mayor Jeff Bauknight, City Council members and other city officials to achieve this goal. In 2020, the city developed a detailed Housing Needs Assessment that identifies specific housing needs in Victoria and outlines feasible solutions to help meet these needs. The study shows that the Housing Affordability Index (HAI) in Victoria is disproportionately higher than the rate in the rest of Texas, so the need for affordable rental housing is a high priority for the city. Also, during the development of Victoria's community-driven 2035 Comprehensive Plan, residents identified the expansion of entry-level and moderate-income housing options as a key goal for the city.
"The timing of this development is perfect," Garza said. "This will be the City's second affordable housing development in two years, and it will serve as a catalyst to help encourage additional economic development opportunities on the southside."
Research data from the completed Housing Needs Assessment uncovered that the city's economy and housing supply are still reeling from the devastating effects of Hurricane Harvey and the collapse of the Eagle Ford Shale. Rental costs have increased 24% in the past 10 years. Victoria's volatile housing market has caused an unstable environment for first-time homebuyers and low- to moderate-income residents. In fact, 82.7% of households in Victoria would not qualify to buy a home with a required 20% down payment.
Communities like the southside of Victoria are very vulnerable to overcrowding and depressed living conditions due to this shortage of affordable housing, rising rental costs, growing families and stagnant wages. It is the city's goal to improve the quality of life for residents who call this area home and to offer new and affordable housing options to an area that has been neglected for quite some time. The Odem Street Apartments development will continue to move the city's strategic plan for southside revitalization forward.
Mayor Jeff Bauknight is enthusiastic about the partnership between The NRP Group and the City of Victoria.
"We are excited to have this opportunity to utilize state and federal programs, in partnership with our trusted developers and our local housing finance corporation, to create a more livable city and to improve the lives of all of our residents," Bauknight said.
The NRP Group has built an outstanding reputation for developing affordable workforce housing. These carefully planned developments feature spacious floorplans and modern amenities for individuals and busy families who are looking to live within communities that offer both employment opportunities and safe neighborhoods.
The Odem Street Apartments will provide this and more. The development will create a vibrant neighborhood that will become a destination for residents and will attract other developers and businesses to the area, creating a positive growth pattern that will continue for many years to come.
For more information, please contact Jason Arechiga, Senior Vice President of Development for The NRP Group at Jarechiga@nrpgroup.com.
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1) Put chicken in a large pot with enough water to cover the chicken by 1". Cover with tight fitting lid.
2) Boil the chicken till it separates easily from the bones.
3) Remove chicken from the water to a platter to cool.
4) Pour the rice into the broth, stir and bring to a boil. Turn heat to simmer. Cover and simmer till almost done.(read your package directions and subtract 5 minutes from cooking time)Water should not be all absorbed. If it is, add enough water to make a little broth.You don't want it to burn or be dry, but not so much that you have soup.
5) Separate chicken from the bones while the rice cooks. Discard bones and cut chicken pieces. If your dog is large, you can leave the pieces larger. If your dog is a toy breed, you will want to pull apart or cut into bite size pieces.
6)When rice is 5 minutes prior to done, add vegetables to it and stir thoroughly. Bring it to simmer temperature and cook covered for approximately 5 minutes or until vegetables are hot.(You can also add chopped spinach, celery cut into bit size pieces and white beets cut into bit size pieces)Stay away from corn and grains as they have been proven to cause allergic reactions in some dogs. If adding fresh veggies like celery and/or beets, you will need to add them 15 minutes prior to the end of the cooking process.
7) Remove from heat, add the chicken pieces and stir thoroughly. This recipe will make approximately 2.5 quarts of food.
8)Allow to cool then store portions in zip lock freezer bags till ready to use. You can freeze portions you will not be using right away and remove from freezer 2 hours before you will be feeding your pet.
I have small dogs so I use small freezer bags and use one portion and freeze 2 portions.
i have 2 puggles ...what is the portion size for a 18lb dog and a 25lb dog?
Editors Comments ~ Since this is a visitor submitted recipe, I can not give you the exact portion size.
The portion size of a meal depends a lot on the age and activity level of your dog. I would highly recommend asking your dogs Vet for her advice.