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Legacy claims: High Court overturns first instance decision refusing to extend limitation
The High Court has recently overturned a first instance decision which refused to extend the limitation period for a claimant pursuant to section 33 of the Limitation Act.
Gregory v H J Haynes Limited [2020] EWHC 911 (Ch)
Addressing the key issues relating to the disapplication of the Limitation Act, Mr Justice Mann held that the delay was excusable in the circumstances, and that a fair trial was still possible, although it was very close to the point at which it would be unfair to a defendant to extend the period.
The Claimant was employed as a roofer by the defendant, claiming to have been exposed to asbestos dust during his employment. The Claimant now suffers from pleural thickening and respiratory disability and is at risk of mesothelioma and asbestosis.
The parties agreed that the limitation period commenced in November 2008, when the Claimant first had knowledge of his disease. In March 2009, the Claimant contacted solicitors with a view to making a claim. The Defendant company no longer existed, having been dissolved in December 1992. From 2009 to 2012, a number of unsuccessful enquiries to try and ascertain the insurers of the company at the time of the Claimant's employment were made.
On 2 September 2014 the Claimant's solicitors became aware of the insurer's identity after searching ELTO, and a letter of claim was issued on 27 March 2015. The Claimant issued proceedings on 5 September 2017, nine years after he first had the requisite knowledge, and made an application to disapply the Limitation Act.
At first instance, District Judge Bell dismissed the application, stating that the Claimant's solicitors had been aware the "limitation clock was ticking" yet "made very little attempt to identify the insurers" between 2009 and 2014. The Claimant appealed, arguing District Judge Bell had "distorted the balancing exercise which had to be carried out" under the Limitation Act.
Mr Justice Mann found the lower court had erred. He stated "it is not possible to see what more the Claimant could realistically and sensibly have done in this period [2009 - 2014]." Four unsuccessful ELTO searches had been made, and Mr Justice Mann continued that he "did not consider that the Claimant could be in any way to blame for the delay in this period, and that it was wrong to characterise the delay as culpable on the part of the Claimant."
Reconsidering the Claimant's application to disapply the Limitation Act 1980, he found as follows:
The delays between 2008 and 2014 were excusable in the absence of an identifiable insurer initially, and thereafter, the Claimant could not be expected to carry out continuous ELTO searches. There was a culpable delay which "ought not to have happened" between 2014 and the issue of proceedings.
Whilst the "adverse effect of [the delay] will be suffered more by the Defendant", the damage to the Defendant's evidential case in terms of lost evidence had been done long before proceedings were issued. Mr Justice Mann agreed with the lower court that a fair trial was still possible.
Regarding the steps taken by the Claimant to get medical and legal advice Mr Justice Mann stated that "what Parliament requires to be taken into account is a failure to get advice promptly so as to reduce the delay in making a claim." The fact that the Claimant's medical report had been delayed "in this case is of much less significance."
The appeal was granted.
It was noted that there had been a delay in progressing the claim and that no justifiable reason had been given.
However, this was not quite close enough, to the point where it would be "unfair to extend the period". The delay had been "attributable to the solicitors and not dilatoriness on the part of the Claimant himself." Mr Justice Mann was clear to note that "if there had been any evidence of additional prejudice to the Defendant arising out of that last period of delay, my decision would probably have been different".
What can we learn?
The recent historic abuse decision in FXF v Ampleforth Abbey Trustees provides a counterpoint to this decision. In FXF, the court refused to disapply the Limitation Act. The delay in FXF was considered to be significantly longer and was directly caused by the Claimant as opposed to their solicitors. The circumstances had seriously prejudiced the prospect of there being a fair trial, resulting in the refusal of the application.
Mr Justice Mann did acknowledge a claim may be "so delayed already that additional delay does not cause any identifiable prejudice" to a defendant. However, the court emphasised allowing a continual delay could mean that "parties and their solicitors could just become lazy" and this would compromise the good discipline required for claims.
Mr Justice Mann reiterated the judgment in the decision of Carroll v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester, where he stated that when the court exercises its discretion under section 33(1) of the Limitation Act 1980 it needs to have regard to all the circumstances of the case as well as the five matters specified in subsections 33(3)(a)-(f). Further, "the burden is on the claimant to show that his or her prejudice would outweigh that to the defendant". Each case therefore should be assessed on its own merits and careful consideration given whether to run a limitation defence. However, practitioners should note that there has been a consistent reluctance on the part of the courts to apply limitation in cases involving asbestos, when compared to noise induced hearing loss cases for example.
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Mayte Ivonne Chávez García (Ciudad de México, 26 de agosto de 1979) es una árbitra mexicana. Ha dirimido juegos de la Primera División de México, la Primera División Femenil de México y ha participado en justas internacionales como ocho copas del mundo y los Juegos Olímpicos.

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Chávez es licenciada en pedagogía. Inició actividades en 2001. Debutó como árbitra asistente en el juego Cruz Azul Hidalgo vs Atlético Mexiquense, ocurrido el 10 de septiembre de 2006. En 2004 le fue dado el Gafete FIFA para poder arbitrar partidos gestionados por esa federación. Desde entonces ha sido árbitra asistente en todas las ligas gestionadas por la Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación, incluyendo las ligas masculinas y femeniles, así como partidos internacionales de Concacaf, ocho mundiales y tres justas olímpicas.

En 2021 formó parte de la Jornada 10 del torneo Guardianes 2021, mismo en el que participaron ocho mujeres árbitras en distintos encuentros del futbol profesional mexicano, situación que nunca había ocurrido.

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Copa Mundial Femenina de Fútbol Sub-17 de 2008
Copa Mundial Femenina de Fútbol Sub-17 de 2010
Copa Mundial Femenina de Fútbol Sub-17 de 2018
Copa Mundial Femenina de Fútbol Sub-20 de 2010
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Juegos Olímpicos de Londres 2012
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 Premio Nacional del Deporte, 2021

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D Orazio & Associates Inc. Acquires 203 Shares of CVS Health Co. (NYSE:CVS)
Posted by Dante Gardener on Jan 14th, 2022
D Orazio & Associates Inc. lifted its holdings in CVS Health Co. (NYSE:CVS) by 46.7% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 638 shares of the pharmacy operator's stock after purchasing an additional 203 shares during the period. D Orazio & Associates Inc.'s holdings in CVS Health were worth $54,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Several other large investors have also modified their holdings of CVS. Capital International Investors lifted its stake in shares of CVS Health by 55.8% in the 2nd quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 27,400,512 shares of the pharmacy operator's stock worth $2,286,301,000 after purchasing an additional 9,809,050 shares during the period. Nordea Investment Management AB lifted its stake in shares of CVS Health by 89.6% in the 3rd quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 17,420,988 shares of the pharmacy operator's stock worth $1,519,284,000 after purchasing an additional 8,235,096 shares during the period. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC bought a new position in shares of CVS Health in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $291,690,000. Veritas Asset Management LLP increased its holdings in CVS Health by 36.4% in the 3rd quarter. Veritas Asset Management LLP now owns 11,153,024 shares of the pharmacy operator's stock worth $946,446,000 after acquiring an additional 2,975,111 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Amundi purchased a new stake in CVS Health in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $201,455,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 75.84% of the company's stock.
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Several research firms recently issued reports on CVS. Credit Suisse Group increased their target price on shares of CVS Health from $107.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Friday, December 10th. Tigress Financial increased their target price on shares of CVS Health from $108.00 to $122.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, December 23rd. Seaport Global Securities began coverage on shares of CVS Health in a report on Wednesday, December 1st. They issued a "buy" rating and a $110.00 target price for the company. Truist Securities increased their target price on shares of CVS Health from $118.00 to $124.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, January 5th. Finally, Cowen increased their price objective on shares of CVS Health from $103.00 to $114.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Friday, December 10th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nineteen have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of "Buy" and an average target price of $112.04.
CVS traded up $0.16 during trading on Friday, reaching $105.50. The company had a trading volume of 96,167 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,138,394. The stock has a market cap of $139.27 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.42, a PEG ratio of 1.65 and a beta of 0.86. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $97.63 and a 200-day simple moving average of $89.11. CVS Health Co. has a 52 week low of $68.02 and a 52 week high of $107.26. The company has a quick ratio of 0.67, a current ratio of 0.94 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.76.
CVS Health (NYSE:CVS) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 3rd. The pharmacy operator reported $1.97 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.79 by $0.18. The company had revenue of $73.79 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $70.52 billion. CVS Health had a return on equity of 14.16% and a net margin of 2.66%. CVS Health's revenue was up 10.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.66 earnings per share. As a group, equities research analysts expect that CVS Health Co. will post 8.36 EPS for the current fiscal year.
The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, February 1st. Investors of record on Friday, January 21st will be given a $0.55 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 20th. This is an increase from CVS Health's previous quarterly dividend of $0.50. This represents a $2.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.09%. CVS Health's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 34.97%.
In other news, COO Jonathan C. Roberts sold 108,870 shares of CVS Health stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $95.00, for a total transaction of $10,342,650.00. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, EVP Troyen A. Brennan sold 28,159 shares of CVS Health stock in a transaction on Monday, November 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $90.00, for a total value of $2,534,310.00. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 219,786 shares of company stock valued at $20,159,576. Corporate insiders own 0.69% of the company's stock.
CVS Health Company Profile
CVS Health Corp. engages in the provision of health care services. It operates through the following segments: Pharmacy Services, Retail or Long Term Care, Health Care Benefits, and Corporate/Other. The Pharmacy Services segment offers pharmacy benefit management solutions. The Retail or Long Term Care segment includes selling of prescription drugs and assortment of general merchandise.
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There are many daily risks faced by buildings and their managers, with electrical fires being one of the most common and dangerous. Commercial fires impact occupant health, property and the business itself – with 25% of businesses who suffer a fire never reopening. Given the often-unpredictable nature of electrical fires, businesses must invest in the latest technologies to prevent irreparable damage. It is the responsibility of the consultant engineer to show leadership and initiative in improving safety to protect the business, its employees and its most valuable assets. Engineers must look beyond simply tackling overloads and short circuits and examine a range of connected solutions that can stop a fire before it even has a chance to begin. This drastically reduces the cost of damages and repairs, while giving building operators unrivalled visibility. Connected protection is crucial at every level of the circuit, from the switchboard to distribution. A centralized system for equipment monitoring and detection provides building managers with all the information they need to keep fire risk under control, and therefore protect staff, property and business. Electrical fire risk awareness During the design and implementation phase, the consultant engineer's role is traditionally to respect and master the local standards. They should ensure all components and parts of the circuit comply with the latest wiring rules, electrical and building codes. Yet for enhanced safety they should also be willing to look beyond the standards of the day. Given the often-unpredictable nature of electrical fires, businesses must invest in the latest technologies to prevent irreparable damage Today's regulations do a good job of protecting buildings from the dangers of short circuits and overloads, mostly by mandating the use of circuit breakers. 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On average 3,740 fires occur in food and groceries stores in the US annually Several detection technologies need to work in parallel, depending on the type of products stored, the environment and the expected level of occupation on the protected area. Store height and ventilation need to be taken into consideration and also the kind of lighting in some cases. Depending on the ceiling height, the shopping floor could be protected with beam smoke detectors. If the ceiling is below six meters, or the store shelves obstruct the beam, it's possible to use spot type smoke detectors. The same approach can be taken for warehousing and storage areas, but here I would recommend multi-criteria detectors, with heat and smoke detection combined. localized protection As I've mentioned before, cooking areas have an increased level of risk, which calls for localized protection. 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The Fire Safety Bill intends to ensure evacuation plans are reviewed, regularly updated and communicated to residents in a 'form that they can be reasonably be expected to understand.' And it highlights the importance of individual flat entrance doors, where the external walls of the building have unsafe cladding, comply with current standards. This will play a key part in increasing residents' fire safety, whereby building owners will now face 'enforcement action' from emergency services if they do not manage fire risk in a building's structure. Improving the fire safety of buildings In addition, the government is consulting with the National Fire Chiefs Council to begin testing evacuation alert systems for high-rise blocks of flats, which could support fire and rescue services' operational response by alerting residents if they need to escape. 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And such decisions and obligations must be upheld and maintained throughout a development's life. The new safety case regime will apply not only to new buildings, but also to buildings that are already in use" In Dame Judith's own words: "When introduced by the new regulator, the new safety case regime will apply not only to new buildings, but also to buildings that are already in use and occupied. If those buildings were built to poor standards in the past, it will not be the case that you can simply say 'well it complied with building regulations at the time'. The test will be different. The test will be 'is this building safe to be occupied?' and, if not, what are you going to do to improve it?' … People will be asked to think about what they can do, what is reasonable and what is practicable to do in order to improve the safety of a given building." Regulating the fire safety industry Both Hackitt and the Government want the BSR to be set up in shadow form before the Building Safety Bill becomes law. The plan is to put the bill before Parliament by the autumn, despite the challenges thrown by the Pandemic. The new legislation proposed by Government will undoubtedly ensure that buildings and those that live and work in them are maintained to be fire safe. In the words of BAFE CEO Stephen Adams: "The time is right to help better regulate the fire safety industry to change end user behavior and create a UK that's safer from the devastating effects of fire." As BAFE further attests, as lockdown measures begin to be lifted, there will be a need for the competent maintenance of fire safety systems/provisions and fire risk assessment work. Fire doors and risk assessments Amthal is working closely with building owners and managers across the UK to deliver the benefits of safer environment This means for those who own or manage residential buildings, will soon be 'held into account' if they do not ensure fire safety in their buildings, and the requirements will impact further on costs and resource allocation, for investigating buildings and ensuring compliance. There is a definite sense to be proactive in acceptance of the new impending legislation. But the concern cited amongst building owners is the industry's ability to undertake the volume of assessments required, given the lack of current lack of specific legislation on specific elements such as fire doors and risk assessments, together with the steep expectations for fire strategy and evacuation plans. Amthal is working closely with building owners and managers across the UK to deliver the benefits of safer environment within a holistic fire safety approach. Working in partnership, means taking the time to understand the implications of the Government's Fire Safety Bill, alongside the implications of the Building Safety Bill and BSR program. This way, we can ensure responsible persons confidently achieve all operational requirements for the ultimate benefit of residents' peace of mind.
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Donald Trump has spoken publicly about global climate change being a hoax. He claims it was created by the Chinese to make the United States un-competitive.
But as we often see with Trump, what he says, and what he believes are two different things. Because he has applied to build a sea-wall to protect one of his golf courses in Ireland from the impact of global climate change.
Which once again shows that there is a group of people who do not care about our future, that are well aware of the impact of global climate change on our planet's future that are immoral and value immediate profit over long term damage to our planet and the people that inhabit it. They are selling a hoax! They are selling a lie that global climate change is a hoax.


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Q: Change figure legend text I have a figure with several lines and a corresponding legend. For example:
figure; hold all;
plot(sin(1:0.1:10));
plot(cos(1:0.1:10));
legend('sin', 'cos');

I wonder if it is possible to change a text of a specific legend entry. If I do
hline = findobj(gcf, 'type', 'line');
legend(hline(5), 'new text')

the old legend disappears and a new one appears with just a single entry. How can I keep the whole legend and only change one entry?

A: First, take a handle when you create the figure, or alternatively, extract the legend handle from the current figure:
h1 = legend('sin', 'cos');
h1 = findobj(gcf, 'tag', 'legend');

You can then retrieve the current text:
ltext = get(h1,'string');

ltext is a cell array of strings.  Simply replace the one you want (presuming you know which number in the legend it is):
ltext{n} = 'new text';
set(h1,'string',ltext);

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Q: Dependency Injection - construction I want to know if I am on the right track of thought here, I am programming mainly to interfaces so I want to know if the classes below should be injected via DI or should I instantiate a class myself...
Note: these services are held in my core libaray not my web app (asp.net mvc)
//IUserSession is never known, this depends on client app, this is never known so I must inject at all times
//IWorkflowService I need to inject as client app have a few different services/ packages, depending on that the business rules could vary
//IReadonlySession is only ever 1 in my app so I never need to inject? could be different in other client calls but unlikely
//INotificationService will always be whatever I say it is, it is always ever going to be one thing, so I should program against an interface and not inject?
private readonly IUserSession _userSession;
private readonly IReadOnlySession _readonlySession;
private readonly INotificationService _notificationService;

public Processor(IUserSession userSession, IWorkflowService workflowService)
        : base(workflowService)
    {
        _userSession = userSession;
        _readonlySession = new ReadonlySession();
        _notificationService = new NotificationService();
    }

//IReadonlySession is injected, as this could change depending on if I am running tests, I may use a different database, or I may call my code from a different client app (unlikely but possible)
public Processor(IUserSession userSession, IWorkflowService workflowService,   IReadonlySession readonlySession)
        : base(workflowService)
    {
        _userSession = userSession;
        _readonlySession = readonlySession;
        _notificationService = new NotificationService();
    }

Question:
Is my instantiation of objects correct? Is the way I have implemented it correct?

A: There's little gained from programming against an interface if you still have a hard coupling to NotificationService, so I would say

*

*either inject INotificationService

*or program against the concrete class

As there seems to be some appropriate defaults, you should consider Constructor Chaining:
public Processor(IUserSession userSession, IWorkflowService workflowService)
    : this(userSession, workflowService, new ReadonlySession()) { }

public Processor(IUserSession userSession,
    IWorkflowService workflowService, IReadonlySession readonlySession)
    : base(workflowService)
{
    _userSession = userSession;
    _readonlySession = readonlySession;
    _notificationService = new NotificationService();
}

This will give the consumer of your library an easy way to get started without constraining advanced users.
You may also want to use the Facade solution outlined here: Dependency Inject (DI) "friendly" library


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Dunkin's Keurig Deal Heats up Coffee War with Starbucks
By AdministratorPublished February 23, 2011 Category K-Cup
Thomas Grillo writes in the Boston Herald that Dunkin' Donuts and Starbucks — with their coffee shops saturating neighborhoods and their bags of beans bulging from supermarket shelves — are now duking it out one cup at a time.
Canton-based Dunkin' beat its java rival to the punch yesterday by scoring a distribution deal with Keurig, the hot-selling single-serve brewers made by Vermont's Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, and expanding into a $2.5 billion home-brewing market. Financial terms were not disclosed.
"We see this as an absolutely critical initiative, one that we are very excited about," said Nigel Travis, CEO of parent company Dunkin' Brands. "The single-serve brewing channel is a field that's growing."
The $180 Keurig machines already sit on kitchen counters in some 6 million homes, and the percolating market could see 4 million more purchases by the end of this year, according to analysts at Janney Capital Markets.
For now, Dunkin' will sell the Keurig K-Cup packs only at its own stores — which should limit the damage to Starbucks' market share. Just last week, many industry observers thought the Seattle giant was on the verge of a Keurig deal with Green Mountain, but the news turned out to be a Starbucks push into a half-million hotel rooms with a single-serve brewing brand made by Courtesy Products.
Green Mountain CEO Larry Blanford declined to say whether his deal with Dunkin' precludes the possibility of a similar agreement with Starbucks for Keurig, which controls 80 percent of the single-serve market.
"Starbucks are a major industry player and we respect their brand," he said. "Our research on the brewing system demonstrates that consumers do like choices."
Starbucks has been making single-serve products for Keurig's competitor, the Tassimo machine made by Kraft Foods. But that deal is close to expiring.
Dunkin' Donuts' decision to confine Keurig sales to its own coffee shops delighted a group of independent franchisees who felt burned by the parent company's shift to selling bagged coffee — the same bags of beans on sale in shops — in grocery stores.
"Franchisees worked very closely with Dunkin's management team on the decision to sell K-Cups in our stores and they considered our interests," said James Coen, the trade group's president. "The decision to sell Dunkin' coffee in supermarkets five years ago caused lots of tension between franchisees and Dunkin' Brands."
The Dunkin' K-Cup plastic packets will be available in regular, decaffeinated, French vanilla, hazelnut and "dark." Also, certain Dunkin' shops will sell the quick-brewing Keurig machines "on occasion."
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Bats in Bogor
Melody Kemp
High above Jakarta, Melody Kemp watches a cricket match between Australian visitors and a team of passionate young Indonesians
The overloaded blue minibus struggled up the long driveway, leaving a trail of dust that merged with the smog-laden air rising from Bogor city, barely visible below. Body parts emerged though the open door, the passengers eager to break free of the heat and humid stink of the interior. An arm, then two; then a few legs.
Before the bus had even stopped, many of the eleven young men jammed inside had hit the ground running, their sports shoes gripping the warm pebbles underfoot. Trotting to a stop, they bent, stretched and swayed in the cool air.
We were spending one of Indonesia's many religious holidays on our friend Tako's estate, set well above the strangled city. His house, over 600 meters above the murky, chemical-stained Java Sea and dense pollution of Jakarta, offers nights cool enough for sleep without the ever-present air con to which one clings for survival in the capital.
Born and raised in Indonesia, Tako's sepia-faded Dutch ancestors look out from a clutter of framed photos. That of his square-jawed, full-lipped father, a sea going man in captain's regalia, dominates the collection. Next to him sit Tako's great aunts; stiffly corseted and apparently equally stiffly resolved.
Now in his early 60s, with a background in agricultural economy, the urbane Tako could be a self-styled modern rajah. His 2.8 hectares of land is a mixture of rice fields and varied tree crops over which chickens and goats range. But at the front of the house, facing the road and fringed by blowsy bougainvillea, is his raison d'être. A full-sized cricket ground with carefully tended pitch. Tako brought cricket to West Java, and the young men who have just arrived are one of the teams he has coached. They are to play a visiting Australian team that afternoon.
Sitting on the deep wooden veranda, I watch West Javanese farmers stagger by, their torsos hidden beneath untidy loads of cattle fodder. It is the weekend of Idul Adha, the Muslim Day of Sacrifice. A well-fed goat or buffalo to be slaughtered at the mosque to commemorate Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son, can fetch a good price. Arabic chanting had threaded through the valleys all night as a prelude to the early morning's blood rituals. While economists have lauded Indonesia's spectacular growth, they have been queasy about the distribution of its fruits. The frenzy to get free meat from the mosques at Idul Adha has intensified. 'It's because of rural villa-fication,' Tako said, winking and indicating rural lands being carpeted by tasteless tributes to urban wealth.
Near our room, women in conical hats harvest rice using sickles and traditional knives known as ani ani. Others stand and bend, threshing and winnowing, hurling the grain into the morning breezes, as has been the custom for centuries. Inside, my husband downloads news from Germany.
A tarp had protected the pitch from overnight monsoon rains. The grass had been cut the day before, the gardeners smoking as they pushed rusty hand mowers. The day smells of grass and challenge.
I am relishing the fragrant air when a huge black bag is heaved out of the minibus onto a pile of enormous yellowed teak leaves. The loud whump and slight tremble in the earth indicate its' weight. The guys disappear around the back and soon the tang of Indonesian coffee strides through the house, spiced by the omnipresent aroma of kretek cigarettes and the smell of goat shit.
The Sundanese team, now refreshed by coffee and sparked by nicotine, assemble around the bag, tossing out bats, helmets, balls, leg pads and those small objects known quaintly as boxes, designed to protect the balls from balls.
Tako in baggy T-shirt, floppy hat and shorts calls them onto the field for practice. This is to be their first outing against a foreign team.
They look at me, smiling shyly. I speak good Indonesian, so am soon laughing and swapping names. Agus, 14, is in love with cricket. 'I have only been playing for a year. I want to be a pace bowler. This will be my first serious game.' Grabbing the scorebook and a pen, he flops down in a plastic chair.
In English tinged with a slight Aussie accent, a round-faced Indonesian asks if I like cricket. He tells me his name is Eddi.
How does an Eddi from Bogor get involved in cricket?
'I spent eight years in Randwick while my parents, both doctors, did PhDs and Master's degrees at the University of New South Wales. I took up cricket, and it was love at first toss. I played rugby in winter, but was really just passing the time waiting for the cricket season to start. When I came back to Indonesia I was worried I wouldn't be able to play. Then I met Tako.'
I pointed at a tall, lithe young man casually sending cover drives off the field, and asked his name. 'That's André; he's a great all rounder.' André, with his maroon cricket cap, looked the part. At 17, and one of the few dressed in whites, he already had the grace and stance of a confident player.
Itik – meaning duck, an unfortunate name for a cricketer – an angular 18-year-old with a bad overbite and pretence of a beard, wound up to bowl. The ball rocketed down the pitch to André, who measured its arrival, swung, and sent it into the goat pens. Itik was impressive, but André was not to be intimidated.
Donning his pads and helmet, Eddi turned and said, 'This will be a really good game. We all want to learn. I am looking forward to meeting some Australians and talking cricket again.' He smiled broadly before going on to hit a rapid-fire 68 runs.
Tako called for rotation, so pads and boxes were removed and swapped, gloves and bats handed on.
The burly Hari, more comfortable as keeper, hefted a slow ball into the rice paddies. Fielders waded calf-deep in mud in search of the lost ball. Someone yelled that he had seen it sail over a fence, so the net used to retrieve leaves and scorpions from the swimming pool was located and used to lift the ball from where it sat amongst the new rice seedlings.
Play resumed. 'Ooooh ... Shot!' called Eddi, back on the sidelines, as the same young man hit the next ball into the driveway, Enam!! (six) called Agus, scribbling in the scorebook.
After two practice innings and increasing anxiety, the Aussies turned up in several cars. 'They are two hours late,' Tako noted sourly.
The boys continued to play while the Aussies extracted themselves from the cars.
The first to emerge was a huge man, fat as a whale, with a bum-crack of at least 8 cm visible above his elastic-waisted nylon trousers. In modest Muslim Indonesia, we all averted our eyes. He made no attempt to haul up his strides before, leaning back into the car and hefting a case of vodka which he then carried across to the house. His walking was laboured and slow. I could see he had bad knees, not a surprise in mechanical, if not medical, terms.
Other players emerged. One tall, taciturn man carried his gear in a deep blue nylon bag. His face remained impassive and he did not smile or acknowledge the Indonesian players. Later, he told me that for him, travelling was simply a way to indulge in sport and drink. 'I usually play golf. If the course is good I will go anywhere. I drink with me mates and then go home to the missus.'
The large man, Tiny, whistled through his teeth as he watched the West Java team's prowess. 'Might as well go straight for the beer and forget the game, fellas,' he laughed. 'They will walk all over us.' At that point, 17-year-old Darusman, currently at the crease, swung wildly, launching a huge arcing shot right over his own head. It landed with barely a splash in the pool. If it had been a diving contest, the judges' cards would have shown 5. Tako waded in to retrieve it.
The younger team stopped play and wandered over to meet the visitors. A white haired, soft-faced lawyer with extensive Asian experience asked me questions about Indonesia. No-one actually spoke to the team they were about to play, merely nodding at them, so the Sundanese lads did what all young men do; they played at fighting, feinting and throwing mild play punches, and chortling if one 'accidentally' landed; grooving to dangdut or Indo-hip-hop on fake iPods. I could not look at Eddi's face as he tried so hard to get involved and was subtly rebuffed, or worse, ignored.
The Australians' shirts were covered in sponsors' advertising, like wannabe Formula One drivers. One symbol was obviously their team insignia. CBB, they told me, stood for Colonials Behaving Badly, a spoof on the MCC. I admit I winced at the obvious and then winced again at my own smugness. The fat man, who I gather lived in Dubai, approached with a crate of beer and another of vodka, signs that they planned to behave badly in Bogor as well.
The West Java team watched with growing apprehension and some impatience. They were there to play. If there was an Indonesian word for fart-arsing I think I would have heard it. But politeness won, and they patiently waited as one by one the Australians publicly or in one of Tako's many rooms, changed into cricketing outfits. Tako called players out to the pitch. The West Java team won the toss, opting to bat first.
There was some great play. I sat next to Agus, who was assiduously scoring and counting overs as he waited for his turn to bat. The rest of the team sat on the grass and around the pool like seductive Indonesian screen stars, waiting to go on. 'Shot! Yah! Alhamdullilah!' they called, as cover drives sent the Australians gingerly picking their way into the spiky bougainvillea in search of the ball.
Tiny stepped up to the crease to bowl. He could not run, so stood his ground and hurled the ball down the pitch with what could only be described as lethargic energy. The Sunda boys easily batted him away, sending strong shots to silly mid on where they went through the legs of the older Australian fielder. The Aussies were hopelessly outclassed by the ability, youth and competitive spirit of the younger team. But they were also having a damned good time.
Suddenly Tiny bent over, face contorted in pain, clutching at his knee. The Indonesian team gathered around him, concern plainly showing on their faces. I thought he was going to topple onto the grass, and for one horrible moment I wondered how the hell we could get him up again. Do we cement-render him and turn him into an object of reverence? But he managed both to stay on his feet and hobble off. Play resumed, and the lanky golfer, whose name I never heard, took over the bowling. Tiny made it as far as the small empty spectator's hut.
On the field the Australians were now batting. The elderly lawyer acquitted himself well, making 23 runs from 8 overs. One affable blond man from Melbourne handed me his camera and asked me to take some snaps. I captured the moments when he swung a six, thwack into the newly threshed rice, and later when he took a good catch. I also captured some great close ups of the Sunda boys as they watched and cheered both sides.
As the day got hotter, the play became more sluggish, and then it was over.
The Sundanese team won by a big margin, and went inside to eat and to drink – but only water. Alcohol is haram, particularly on this holy day. Most of the Australians gathered on the veranda neglecting food and preferring beer. Tiny had limped to the main house and with a vodka in his hand joined his team mates in what looked to be an long evening's drinking binge. Tako gave us a pleading look. We shrugged and went inside to pack. We were heading back to Jakarta.
The young guys were reliving the game with one of Tako's lovers, who had just arrived. Eddi looked downcast. He had lost face and credibility; and worse, his attempts to talk cricket had been ignored. I smiled and said, 'Bloody great play!'
As we travelled down the highway, I carried the energy of the Sundanese team with me, back into the dense Jakarta air. I could not help but think that I had been lucky enough to witness a sporting jihad in which the infidel had been roundly defeated at its own game.
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Lakeside Mall Confirms New Ownership, Plans Mixed Use Development
By Lionheart Capital
STERLING HEIGHTS — Five years of proactive strategy and planning by Sterling Heights City leadership has helped secure new ownership for Lakeside Mall. Lakeside Shopping Center confirmed the news on December 19th. Out of the Box Ventures, a subsidiary of Miami, Florida based Lionheart Capital, closed on the property on Dec. 19 and will become the new owner of the mall immediately. Long-term plans for Lakeside Mall include adding new uses to the property other than retail over a period of time. Lakeside Mall was acquired by Out of the Box Ventures, after General Growth Properties Inc. defaulted on their $144 million dollar mortgage loan. Lakeside Mall is the largest mall in the state of Michigan with over 1.5 million square feet of retail space.
Out of the Box Ventures is a commercial real estate fund that is part of the fast-growing force of change currently sweeping the retail industry. In under three years, the company has created a proprietary method for unlocking new value in formerly distressed commercial retail space and are scaling rapidly. Out of the Box Ventures' vision is to transform these retail spaces into dynamic mixed-use destinations, designed to be as functional as they are impactful in the revitalization of their surrounding areas and communities.
City leadership has been strategically planning the future of the Lakeside area, historically the City's largest retail hub, for a number of years. Efforts have included formulating the Lakeside Sustainability Plan in 2015, administering a retail market study in 2016 and continuing sustained, targeted outreach to retailers and developers interested in the Lakeside area as brick and mortar retail malls continued to decline across the nation. In 2018, the City adopted the Lakeside Overlay District that allows for a mixture of uses at the Lakeside mall property – an incentive to reimagine the 1.5 million square foot, 100 acre property.
"Our goal has always been to see Lakeside transform a traditional retail mall into a mixed-use space focused on walkability, placemaking and community," said Sterling Heights Mayor Michael Taylor. "I'm proud of the proactive work we've done to help position the Lakeside Mall area for continued success for many decades to come."
"A redevelopment project of this magnitude could equate to hundreds of millions of dollars just for construction," said Sterling Heights Senior Economic Development Advisor Luke Bonner. "But this project's economic impact to the region could far exceed the construction value. It's imperative that we work toward preserving this critical tax base and increasing the job base of 1,000 currently supported by Lakeside Mall."
"We are excited about our plans to revitalize Lakeside Mall with a new wave of premium tenancy and engaging activations. We share the City's vision and look forward to significant collaboration with City officials and the community to ensure Lakeside Mall's future is promising and a point of pride for the entire region," said Ophir Sternberg, CEO & Founding Partner, Lionheart Capital. "We have a strong track record for success and expect nothing less for this exciting endeavor."
Media with further questions can contact Community Relations Director Melanie Davis at mdavis@sterling-heights.net or by calling 586.446.2471 (o) or 586.303.0923 (m).
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Q: Shell Script : What is the difference of the number of "<" at "read -a" I have seen read -a with two << and three <<< . What is the difference ?
For example:
read -a arr <<"$file"
read -a arr <<<"$file"

A: In man bash, search for << and <<< for an explanation how they work.
You use << to create Here Documents:

   Here Documents
       This  type  of  redirection  instructs the shell to read input from the
       current source until a line containing only delimiter (with no trailing
       blanks)  is seen.  All of the lines read up to that point are then used
       as the standard input for a command.

       The format of here-documents is:

              <<[-]word
                      here-document
              delimiter

A typical use is to create a file:
cat << EOF > file.txt
hello
there
EOF

You use <<< to create Here Strings:

   Here Strings
       A variant of here documents, the format is:

              <<<word

       The word undergoes brace  expansion,  tilde  expansion,  parameter  and
       variable  expansion,  command  substitution,  arithmetic expansion, and
       quote removal.  Pathname expansion and  word  splitting  are  not  per-
       formed.   The  result  is supplied as a single string to the command on
       its standard input.

A typical use is to provide a single line to some command as if it's stdin, for example:
uppercase=$(tr [:lower:] [:upper:] <<< hello)

Which is the modern equivalent of the awkward old technique:
uppercase=$(echo hello | tr [:lower:] [:upper:])

(An even more modern way would be text=hello; uppercase=${text^^}, but that's not the point here.)


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WSF Masters: Hosts England to contest nine finals
Nick Taylor (right) shakes hands with Derek Ryan after a tough quarter-final
RESULTS: World Masters Squash Championships, Birmingham, England
Men's O35 semi-finals:
[3/4] Stefan Leifels (GER) bt [1] Omar Elborolossy (EGY) 6-11, 11-6, 6-11, 14-12, 11-7 (60m)
[2] Renan Lavigne (FRA) bt [5/8] Mirko Pareccini (ITA) 11-3, 11-5, 11-3 (23m)
Women's O35 semi-finals:
[1] Sabine Schoene (GER) bt [3/4] Karen Meakins (BAR) 11-4, 5-11, 11-8, 11-3 (25m)
[2] Wendy Maitland Jones (SCO) bt [3/4] Laura Mylotte (IRL) 11-3, 11-9, 3-11, 12-10 (35m)
[3/4] Nick Taylor (ENG) bt [1] Derek Ryan (IRL) 11-6, 11-8, 11-7 (51m)
[2] Craig Rowland (AUS) bt [3/4] Michael Tootill (RSA) 14-12, 3-11, 11-6, 11-5 (55m)
[3/4] Simone Korell (GER) bt [1] Senga Macfie (SCO) 11-6, 6-11, 11-6, 12-10 (26m)
Linda Shannon (RSA) bt Yoriko Michishita (JPN) 12-10, 11-7, 11-5 (21m)
[1] Craig van der Wath (RSA) bt [5/8] Frank Ellis (SCO) 10-12, 11-7, 11-6, 11-3 (43m)
[5/8] Yawar Abbas (ENG) bt Jean-Jacques Pineau (FRA) 11-7, 6-11, 11-7, 7-11, 11-6 (56m)
[1] Michelle Martin (AUS) bt Louise Lefebvre (CAN) 11-3, 11-7, 11-5 (18m)
[2] Sarah Nelson (AUS) bt [3/4] Nicola Horn (ENG) 11-6, 11-6, 11-3 (18m)
Dominic Hughes (USA) bt [5/8] Zainal Abidin Ab. Malik (SIN) 7-11, 11-9, 4-11, 12-10, 11-8 (44m)
[3/4] Willie Hosey (IRL) bt [2] Trevor Wilkinson (RSA) 11-5, 11-9, 11-4 (23m)
[5/8] Theresa Elliott (ZIM) bt [1] Mandy Akin (ENG) 12-10, 6-11, 11-9, 11-9 (30m)
Susan Lawrence (JAM) bt [2] Lisa O'Grady (RSA) 11-3, 11-6, 12-10 (21m)
[1] Peter Alexander (ENG) bt [3/4] Udo Kahl (GER) 1-11, 11-8, 11-0, 11-6 (24m)
[2] Pierr Roodt (RSA) bt [5/8] Rustom Bativala (ENG) 11-2, 11-2, 11-4 (20m)
[1] Julie Field (ENG) bt [3/4] Karen Hume (ENG) 9-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-5 (26m)
[3/4] Anne Richards (AUS) bt Jacky Gardner (ENG) 7-11, 9-11, 12-10, 11-4, 14-12 (45m)
[1] Keith Jones (ENG) bt [3/4] Moussa Helal (ENG) 17-15, 11-13, 11-8, 11-7 (40m)
[9/16] John Macrury (CAY) bt [3/4] Gordon Daniel (RSA) 11-9, 11-8, 11-3 (25m)
[1] Sue Volkze (AUS) bt [3/4] Sue Vine (ENG) 11-7, 11-4, 11-9 (18m)
[3/4] Faith Sinclair (SCO) bt [2] Laura Ramsay (CAN) 5-11, 11-1, 15-13, 11-6 (28m)
[1] Philip Ayton (ENG) bt [3/4] Rodney Boswell (ENG) 11-7, 11-6, 11-5 (22m)
[5/8] Roy Plumstead (RSA) bt [3/4] Chris Goodbourn (ENG) 11-4, 3-11, 8-11, 11-1, 11-7 (33m)
Ann Manley (ENG) bt [3/4] Jean Grainger (RSA) 11-8, 11-9, 9-11, 7-11, 11-4 (34m)
[3/4] Bett Dryhurst (ENG) bt Kaye Jackson (NZL) 11-9, 11-7, 4-11, 11-4 (20m)
[1] Adrian Wright (ENG) bt [3/4] Mo Khalifa (ENG) 7-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-6 (28m)
[2] Brian Phillips (WAL) bt [3/4] Michael Gough (USA) 8-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-9 (26m)
[3/4] Malcolm Gilham (ENG) bt [1] John Woodliffe (ENG) 14-12, 11-6, 13-11 (26m)
[2] Patrick Kirton (ENG) bt [3/4] Lance Kinder (ENG) 11-6, 11-7, 11-2 (17m)
[1] Peter Fahrenheim (RSA) bt [3/4] Diarmuid Swan (CAN) 11-4, 11-8, 11-9 (17m)
[3/4] Alex Hamilton (SCO) bt Michael McKean (ENG) 10-12, 11-6, 11-7, 11-5 (27m)
Hosts England To Contest Nine World Masters Finals
English players will contest nine of the 18 finals in the World Masters Squash Championships in Birmingham, with the hosts guaranteed both the Men's Over-75 and Women's Over-65 trophies.
More than 750 players from 47 countries began the quest for success in the World Squash Federation championships which boast 18 different events from Men's and Women's Over-35 championships to a Men's Over-80 event – climaxing with most of the finals taking place on a new state-of-the-art all-glass ASB showcourt erected in the Bramall Music Building at the University of Birmingham.
Malcolm Gilham had to upset fellow Englishman and top seed John Woodliffe to give himself the chance of defending his title in the Men's O75 event. The 77-year-old from Suffolk defeated former World O70 champion Woodliffe 14-12, 11-6, 13-11 to set up an all-English final against Patrick Kirton.
Reigning British Open O75 champion Kirton, the No2 seed from Surrey, beat fellow countryman Lance Kinder 11-6, 11-7, 11-2 in just 17 minutes.
British Masters stalwarts Ann Manley and Bett Dryhurst will contest the Women's O65 climax. Unseeded Manley, a former World O60 champion from Bristol, upset former champion Jean Grainger, a 3/4 seed from South Africa, 11-8, 11-9, 9-11, 7-11, 11-4.
Dryhurst, the reigning British Open O60 and European O60 champion, reached her fourth World Masters final after beating New Zealand's unseeded Kaye Jackson 11-9, 11-7, 4-11, 11-4.
England's Nick Taylor, who reached a career high of 14 on the PSA World Tour, caused an upset in the Men's O40 event by beating Ireland's No1 seed Derek Ryan, the defending champion, 11-6, 11-8, 11-7.
Jersey-based Taylor will now face second seed Craig Rowland, a 41-year-old former world No7 from Australia who defeated South African Michael Tootill 14-12, 3-11, 11-6, 11-5.
"To beat a player like Derek who has got 200 caps for Ireland is amazing," said Taylor. "He's a tough player to beat so I am very pleased to be in the final."
Ryan wasn't the only number one seed to fall: One of the day's biggest shocks took place in the Men's O35 event where Egypt's hot favourite Omar Elborolossy lost out in five games to Stefan Leifels of Germany.
Leifels, 39, now faces 37-year-old Frenchman Renan Lavigne, the defending champion who brushed aside Italian Mirko Pareccini 11-3, 11-5, 11-3.
"I am delighted to be in the final," said Lavigne, a former world No17 from Marseille. "You always want to defend your title, but against Stefan it will be tough as he plays regularly in leagues and is match fit, also he's just beat the number one seed!"
Australian squash legend Michelle Martin, a three times World Open champion and former world number one, also secured her final spot with a 3/0 victory over Canadian Louise Lefebvre in the Women's O45 championship.
"It was hot today so I'm happy that the match went to plan," said the 45-year-old from Sydney who has not yet dropped a game. "I still really enjoy playing and it has been great catching up with friends that I have known for years so although it's not quite the same as the World Open, I'm really happy to be in the final."
Martin faces compatriot Sarah Nelson after the No2 seed beat England's Nicola Horn.
"I had never played Nicky before so I didn't know what to expect – I wanted a good quick match so I'm really pleased," said Nelson, a former World O40 champion who has also yet to drop a game. "I've been training with Michelle in Sydney and we were hoping to be in opposite sides of the draw so we could have an all-Aussie final.
"We play together heaps and she has been really helping me so that I could get to the final; now we'll just have to see what happens!"
The Women's O35 final will be played out by the top two seeds, with German favourite Sabine Schoene looking to retain her title by overcoming Scotland's Wendy Maitland Jones.
England's Yawar Abbas battled to an epic 3/2 victory over Frenchman Jean-Jacques Pineau in the Men's O45 semi-finals.
"It was such a tight match, at times I had to go back to basics and play straight to try and frustrate him," said a relieved Abbas after his 11-7, 6-11, 11-7, 7-11, 11-6 victory in 56 minutes.
"I am so happy to be in the final, this is my first World event so I'm pretty excited about playing tomorrow," added the 46-year-old from Manchester who now faces top-seeded South African Craig van der Wath, a former World O35 champion.
The Men's Over 55, 60 and 65 events all feature top seeds from England, with Suffolk's Peter Alexander facing second seed Pierr Roodt of South Africa in the O55 climax; Keith Jones meeting surprise Cayman Islander finalist John Macrury in the O60; whilst the O65 final will be contested by England's Philip Ayton and South African Roy Plumstead.
Over 60's finalist Keith Jones said: "It means a lot to be in the final, I'm the holding champ but to get to this level you have to beat some very good players so I won't be taking anything for granted."
Opponent John Macrury added: "There's only one club in the Cayman Islands, so we obviously have a very small team. It's great for me and the country to have a finalist and I'm so pleased. I hope I get to be interviewed again after the final!"
After dropping the opening game, Yorkshire's Julie Field took control of her Women's O55 semi-final match, beating Karen Hume 9-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-5 in 26 minutes.
An epic battle in the opposite side of the draw saw England's unseeded Jacky Gardner ending up on the wrong end of a dramatic 14-12 final game against Australia's Anne Richards.
Event website: www.squashworldmasters.com
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Ritratti is the twenty-first album by Italian singer-songwriter Francesco Guccini. The title means portraits, and some of the songs of the album are portraits of historical figures. It was released in 2004 by EMI, was generally well received by critics and fans, and remained at the top of the Italian album chart for two weeks.

Overview
Ritratti ("portraits") was released on February 20, 2004, four years after Guccini's last studio album, Stagioni.  It consists of nine songs, three of which are portraits of historical figures: "Odysseus" and "Cristoforo Columbo", in which Guccini focuses on the theme of travel through the voices of Ulysses and Columbus, and "Canzone per il Che", the second Guccini's song in honour of Ernesto "Che" Guevara after "Stagioni", included in the album of the same name. "Piazza Alimonda" is about the demonstrations at the 2001 G8 Summit in Genoa and the death of Carlo Giuliani during the riots.
There are several literary references throughout the album, especially in "Odysseus", which references the Odyssey, the Canto 26 of Dante's  Inferno, and "A Zacinto", a poem by Foscolo. "La ziatta" was translated in the dialect of Modena by Guccini from "La tieta" by Joan Manuel Serrat, while "La tua libertà" was a song first written in 1971 but never recorded before.

Reception
The album was generally well received by critics. The Italian music website Ondarock gave it a 6.5 mark, saying Ritratti was not outstanding for its music but for its lyrics, which "face current affairs both seriously and lightly". The two major Italian newspapers also praised the album; the Corriere della Sera said it contained songs which are still necessary, and the fact that Guccini didn't change his style was "a piece of luck", while La Repubblica described the album as an "earthquake of sharp words". The website Rockol.it, in its review, criticised the album, saying it was "old, anachronistic, with songs full of obsolete images".

Ritratti was a commercial success: it reached the number one spot in the FIMI Albums Chart,  and held it for two weeks, from February 26 to March 11. It remained in the Top 20 chart for eight weeks.

Track listing

Personnel
Vince Tempera – piano, keyboards
Antonio Marangolo – saxophone, percussion
Roberto Manuzzi – saxophone, keyboards
Ares Tavolazzi – bass guitar, double bass
Juan Carlos Biondini – guitar, backing vocals, bouzouki
Ellade Bandini – drums
Daniele Di Bonaventura – bandoneón
Giancarlo Bianchetti – rhythm guitar (in "Odysseus")

References

Francesco Guccini albums
2004 albums


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