A radar image from the U.S. Coast Guard's report on the 2015 Dauphin Island Race disaster shows a storm sweeping toward Mobile Bay, at right. The report faults sailors for not paying adequate attention to the weather, and race organizers for not broadcasting a warning.
The first point of the report's conclusion is blunt, saying that "the initiating event (first unwanted outcome) for this casualty was the failure of the race participants to monitor, prepare for, and/or seek safe refuge from the severe thunderstorms approaching from the west."
However, Coast Guard investigators did not absolve organizers at Fairhope Yacht Club of all responsibility. Among causal factors it lists two "that involve human error."
The first: "Failure of race participants to use all available means to monitor weather and urgent marine weather broadcasts." The second: "The Race Committee failed to immediately notify participants and/or cancel the race once presented with information regarding severe thunderstorms located in Pascagoula, MS headed for Mobile Bay, AL."
The split nature of the findings makes it difficult to predict how the report will affect ongoing litigation between Fairhope Yacht Club and several parties who lost loved ones or otherwise suffered in the disaster. That complex case, which merges together several separate suits as well as counterclaims filed by Fairhope Yacht Club, currently is set for a pretrial conference in August to be followed by a bench trial in the fall.
An attorney representing Fairhope Yacht Club said the club had not yet received a copy of the report and could not comment on it.
The report offers six safety recommendations, none of which are aimed directly at race organizers or participants. Four are recommendations for the U.S. Sailing Association (USSA) to change rules in ways intended to improve safety. The other two suggest changes to Coast Guard administrative procedures.
Jack Gierhart, chief executive officer of the USSA, said late Monday via email that for years his organization had been expressing its desire for a copy of the report when it was complete, but had not yet received one. He said that USSA plans to give it a thorough review and then decide what potential actions it will take.
The report itself apparently was completed less than a year after the catastrophe: Capt. Joseph H. Snowden, then the head of Coast Guard Sector Mobile, signed off on it on March 11, 2015. But it was still subject to higher review and its pages bore the warning "This document is for internal Coast Guard use only. This document shall not be published or otherwise released outside the Coast Guard without approval from Commandant."
That final approval didn't come until April 8, 2019, when it was cleared by Rear Adm. J.P. Nadeau, assistant commandant for prevention policy. Within days after that, Coast Guard Sector Mobile began meeting with the families of those who died to share the findings. One of the families provided a copy of the report to AL.com.
The report begins with a recap of race day, April 25, 2015. This was the 57th annual Dauphin Island Race, a one-way race that runs from the upper Bay to a finish line about 18 nautical miles away, within sight of the Dauphin Island Bridge. The Coast Guard report says 125 boats and 475 people registered and 117 boats actually competed.
Miscommunication and a false start delayed the beginning of the race by more than an hour. The first boats finished shortly before 2 p.m.; shortly after 3 p.m. "severe thunderstorms consisting of hurricane force winds and steep waves swept across the western shores of Mobile Bay." Eight boats sank, six lives were lost and 40 people were rescued from the water.
Racers were advised the night before that a line of thunderstorms likely would come through in the afternoon. Early on race day, advisories began to build to the east. A National Weather Service bulletin at 7:15 a.m. warned of very large hail and wind gusts up to 70 mph in coastal Texas and southwestern Louisiana. At 9:45 a.m. NWS Mobile warned that afternoon storms in the region could be "strong or briefly severe with damaging winds and large hail." At 10:10 a.m. a buoy in Louisiana recorded 83 mph winds.
On it went, with the warnings creeping eastward. At 1:22 p.m. NWS warned that a storm in Stone County, Miss, was capable of producing winds over 60 mph. A little later, it warned that a storm "capable of producing quarter size hail and damaging winds over 60 mph was located 8 miles northeast of Leakesville, MS and moving east at 35 mph."
Hindsight may make the picture look sharper than it was at the time. The Coast Guard timeline also notes that at 1:42 NWS Mobile issued a marine forecast for coastal waters from Pascagoula to Destin advising that winds generally would be 12-17 mph.
A potentially pivotal event occurred shortly before 2 p.m. when race organizers received a call from the Coast Guard at Station Dauphin Island "that conveyed weather concerns of thunderstorms heading east from Pascagoula, MS approaching Mobile Bay area with wind gusts of up to 58 mph."
That call, as might be expected, has been a point of keen interest in the litigation. John Hirsch, co-chairman of the race and then vice commodore of Fairhope Yacht Club, testified in a deposition that he took the call and and considered it an advisory rather than a warning; Principal Race Officer Anne Randlette Fitzpatrick testified in a deposition that she was aware of the call but likewise did not see it as motivation to broadcast a warning or alter race plans.
"And they said we just wanted to let you know that we have observed a storm in Gulfport, Mississippi and we don't know which way it's gonna go, either northeast -- it could go east, we don't know. And if it goes east, then it's gonna be a horrible storm.
"And then I was thinking at that time that we're operating under the permit given by the Coast Guard, and they could pull that permit at any time.
"So I asked him directly, I said, are you telling me to cancel this event? And he said no. And I said what are you telling me to do? And he said, I'm telling you to get out your iPhones and look at your apps and keep a weather eye out for this storm.
"And I said, okay. Because that's exactly what I've been doing all day, and I really wasn't changing anything that I had been doing based on that.
"So when I hung up, I looked up at the apps and I saw the storm that he was recognizing in Gulfport, which is the same one I was recognizing. I looked at the pattern, and it looked like it was tracking to the northeast and it was gonna completely miss Mobile Bay. And that's the extent of our conversation."
In the Coast Guard timeline, the warnings rapidly go from ominous to terrifying. At 2:21 NWS Mobile warned of a severe storm that was near Grand Bay and moving east at 70 mph -- meaning it would hit the Bay in minutes -- capable of quarter-size hail and winds over 60 mph. At 2:46 a monitoring station in Pascagoula recorded 53 mph winds. At 3:09 NWS Mobile issued a marine warning that a line of thunderstorms producing winds of 39 mph or more was at the western edge of the Bay, moving east at 58 mph.
Then it hit. A data station near Dauphin Island's Katrina Cut recorded 63 mph winds. The data station at Middle Bay Light, a central point in the race course, reported 73 mph winds. In the aftermath, sailors reported gale-force winds that hit suddenly, giant waves and blinding rain. In contrast to most bay squalls, this terror went on for 20 to 30 minutes.
As more than 100 sailboats gathered to start Mobile's biggest, most historic race, seemingly insignificant delays and an unstable storm system were building toward a fateful conclusion.
"Investigators heard numerous times during interviews, 'the weather came out of nowhere,' but throughout the day of 25 April 2015, the NWS tracked a line of severe thunderstorms moving across Louisiana, headed for southern Alabama with recorded winds in excess of 75 mph."
"Most participants had some means to monitor weather … but also admitted to investigators they were so focused on competing in and enjoying the race that they lost touch with their responsibility to monitor weather. Multiple race participants stated they kept their handheld VHFs in a waterproof container in the cabin, had the device turned off, or were at most periodically monitoring their smartphones. Under these conditions, no one could hear or would have heard urgent weather broadcasts or communications from the race committee."
"This investigation revealed that by the start of the race, the organizational authority for the race was not adequately informed of the impending weather heading towards Mobile Bay. Organizational authorities were unaware and did not use local resources for continuous weather monitoring; emergency management divisions in nearby counties provide detailed weather data and reports for large scale events free of charge to organizational authorities upon request."
The Coast Guard report also takes issue with sailing culture on a couple of points. "Nothing in Maritime Law relieves the Master/Operator/Person in Charge of a vessel of their duty to safely navigate the vessel," it says. "During interviews, it was noted amongst investigators that there was a noticeable level of over confidence. … The Dauphin Island Regatta is known as a fun race. It has a party, good time atmosphere and has been held successfully for many years with no negative outcomes. This event started with optimal sailing conditions for the race. The high level of comfort with this race lulled many of the participants into a false sense of safety and inattention to their duties."
Furthermore: "There exists a cultural view within the sailing community that after the start of an event, the race committee and participants do not communicate with one another unless absolutely necessary," the report says. "The belief is that if one participant failed to hear an official communication and another did, then one participant may receive an unfair advantage over the other, possibly leading to protests, recalls, restarts or race cancellations. Many believe that race communications are to be avoided if at all possible. In talking with members from US Sailing, this was discussed and all agree that this view is shared in their community but should change. There should be no hesitation to pass information, particularly if the communication is safety related."
The four rule changes recommended to the U.S. Sailing Association would require racers to wear Personal Flotation Devices (PFDs) throughout all events; would require racing crews to keep handheld VHF radio units in boat cockpits rather than secured somewhere out of reach; would require boats to "check in" prior to race start with all crew on deck and wearing PFDs and a VHF displayed; and would require updated crew rosters of all boats to be filed shortly before the start of any race.
At least for the Dauphin Island Race, some of those procedures have already become the norm. Responsibility for the race rotates among three yacht clubs, and in 2016 Mobile Yacht Club implemented several new requirements. Among them, boats had to file up-to-date crew rosters reflecting any last-minute changes. All crew had to wear their PFDs during the start and for five minutes after. (Race organizers said this would guarantee that sailors knew where their PFDs were and that they fit, should they be needed later.) And all boats had to check in before the start to show that everyone had their PFD on.
Mobile Yacht Club once again is in charge for 2019, and those safety procedures remain in effect. The 61st annual Dauphin Island Race is scheduled for April 27.
The racing instructions that spell them out also carry a reminder that the sea remains as unforgiving as ever.


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Markey Cancer Center Faculty Publications
Phase 1b Trial of Proteasome Inhibitor Carfilzomib with Irinotecan in Lung Cancer and Other Irinotecan-Sensitive Malignancies That Have Progressed on Prior Therapy (Onyx IST Reference Number: CAR-IST-553)
Susanne M. Arnold, University of KentuckyFollow
Kari Chansky, Cancer Research and Biostatistics (CRAB)
Markos Leggas, University of KentuckyFollow
Michael A. Thompson, Aurora Research Institute
John L. Villano, University of KentuckyFollow
John Hamm, Norton Cancer Institute
Rachel E. Sanborn, Providence Cancer Center
Glen J. Weiss, Cancer Treatment Centers of America At Western Regional Medical Center
Gurkamal Chatta, Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Maria Q. Baggstrom, Washington University
Introduction Proteasome inhibition is an established therapy for many malignancies. Carfilzomib, a novel proteasome inhibitor, was combined with irinotecan to provide a synergistic approach in relapsed, irinotecan-sensitive cancers. Materials and Methods Patients with relapsed irinotecan-sensitive cancers received carfilzomib (Day 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, and 16) at three dose levels (20/27 mg/m2, 20/36 mg/m2 and 20/45 mg/m2/day) in combination with irinotecan (Days 1, 8 and 15) at 125 mg/m2/day. Key eligibility criteria included measurable disease, a Zubrod PS of 0 or 1, and acceptable organ function. Patients with stable asymptomatic brain metastases were eligible. Dose escalation utilized a standard 3 + 3 design. Results Overall, 16 patients were enrolled to three dose levels, with four patients replaced. Three patients experienced dose limiting toxicity (DLT) and the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) was exceeded in Cohort 3. The RP2 dose was carfilzomib 20/36 mg/m2 (given on Days 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, and 16) and irinotecan 125 mg/m2 (Days 1, 8 and 15). Common Grade (Gr) 3 and 4 toxicities included fatigue (19%), thrombocytopenia (19%), and diarrhea (13%). Conclusions Irinotecan and carfilzomib were well tolerated, with common toxicities of fatigue, thrombocytopenia and neutropenic fever. Objective clinical response was 19% (one confirmed partial response (PR) in small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and two unconfirmed); stable disease (SD) was 6% for a disease control rate (DCR) of 25%. The recommended phase II dose was carfilzomib 20/36 mg/m2 and irinotecan125 mg/m2. The phase II evaluation is ongoing in relapsed small cell lung cancer.
Published in Investigational New Drugs, v. 35, issue 5, p. 608-615.
© The Author(s) 2017
This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
The authors disclose research funding received from Onyx pharmaceuticals, subsidiary of Amgen.
Arnold, Susanne M.; Chansky, Kari; Leggas, Markos; Thompson, Michael A.; Villano, John L.; Hamm, John; Sanborn, Rachel E.; Weiss, Glen J.; Chatta, Gurkamal; and Baggstrom, Maria Q., "Phase 1b Trial of Proteasome Inhibitor Carfilzomib with Irinotecan in Lung Cancer and Other Irinotecan-Sensitive Malignancies That Have Progressed on Prior Therapy (Onyx IST Reference Number: CAR-IST-553)" (2017). Markey Cancer Center Faculty Publications. 81.
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NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Sep 6, 2012) - Augme® Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: AUGT) ("Augme") ("the Company"), a technology and services leader in interactive media marketing that offers the only patented end-to-end mobile marketing and mobile advertising platform, today announced preliminary revenue results for the second quarter of FY2013.
The Company expects to report revenue of between $6.1 million and $6.3 million for the quarter ended August 31, 2012, and between $11.2 million and $11.4 million for the first half of FY2013. Preliminary revenue for the most recent quarter represents an increase of more than 48% when compared with pro-forma revenue of $4.1 million in the second quarter of FY2012, including the results of Hipcricket, Inc., which Augme acquired on August 25, 2011. The Company reported revenue of $5.1 million in the first quarter of FY2013, which ended May 31, 2012.
Total backlog, or the dollar value of signed contracts, approximated $18.9 million at August 31, 2012, compared with $17.4 million at the end of the quarter ended May 31, 2012, an increase of approximately 9%.
New order bookings, or the dollar value of contracts signed during the second quarter of FY2013, totaled approximately $7.9 million, compared with $6.5 million during the first quarter of FY2013, an increase of more than 21%. New bookings from existing customers accounted for 71% of total new orders received during the most recent quarter, while 29% of new bookings resulted from orders received from new customers.
"We met our expectation for sequential revenue growth in the second quarter with a 20%-24% increase, and we are on track to achieve our objective of sequential quarterly revenue growth averaging 15%-20% for the balance of the fiscal year," said Paul Arena, Chief Executive Officer of Augme Technologies, Inc. "With a record $18.9 million backlog at quarter-end, momentum continues to build as more companies adopt mobile marketing and existing customers budget additional dollars for mobile marketing and advertising campaigns."
The Company will report its second quarter financial results on October 10, 2012 before the market opens. An investor conference call will be held at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time the same day to discuss these operating results. Details for accessing the conference call will be provided near the end of September.
Augme® Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: AUGT) provides strategic services and mobile marketing technology to leading consumer and healthcare brands. Selling its products and services under the Hipcricket brand, Augme's platform has provided measurable successes across an industry-leading 200,000+ campaigns for its clients, which include many of America's brand-name leaders (e.g., Macy's, MillerCoors, Nestle, Clear Channel) in a variety of industries, along with their agencies.
Augme's offerings allow marketers, brands, and agencies to plan, create, test, deploy, and track mobile marketing programs across every mobile channel, including SMS, MMS, 2D/QR codes, mobile websites, advertising networks, social media and branded apps. Augme's AD LIFE® platform facilitates consumer brand interaction and the ability to track and analyze campaign results. Using its own patented device-detection and proprietary mobile content adaptation software, AD LIFE® solves the mobile marketing industry problem of disparate operating systems, device types, and on-screen mobile content rendering. Augme also provides business-to-consumer solutions, including national mobile couponing campaigns, strategic mobile healthcare tools, custom mobile application development, and consumer data tracking and analytics. In addition to AD LIFE®, Augme in 2011 acquired the assets of Hipcricket, Inc. and JAGTAG, Inc. and licenses the digital broadcast platform BOOMBOX®. The Company's industry-leading patent portfolio includes 13 issued patents and over 80 pending patents in the U.S. and internationally with over 2,000 claims in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications ('TMT') space. Augme is headquartered in New York City, with operations in Seattle, Atlanta, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Miami and Tucson. For more information visit www.augme.com or www.hipcricket.com.
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MackinVIA receives its 6th consecutive Modern Library Award
Burnsville, MN – January 14, 2022 – Mackin, a leading provider of print and digital fiction and nonfiction books for PK-12, is pleased to announce it is a multi-year honoree, winning another Platinum Award in LibraryWorks' eighth annual Modern Library Awards (MLAs). The MLAs were created to recognize the top products and services in the library industry.
Products and services were submitted in the fall using a simple application and then were posted on a private site with an enhanced description and attendant materials. These products were batched into small groups and sent to the LibraryWorks database of more than 80,000 librarians in public, K-12, academic, and special libraries. Only customers with experience with these products/services in their facilities were permitted to judge the products/services, resulting in a truly unbiased score.
Each judge scored the product from 1-10 on a series of questions regarding functionality, value, customer service, etc. MackinVIA received a remarkable score of 9.8, resulting in their sixth Platinum Award from this prestigious organization. "Since its inception over a decade ago, MackinVIA has made great progress becoming the preferred digital content management system in schools around the world and has continued its technological growth to remain one of the world's top choices. As a company, Mackin has always been known for their ingenuity and superior customer service. It's no surprise that these motivating forces helped MackinVIA to be recognized and validated again," remarked Troy Mikell, Director of Marketing and Communications at Mackin.
MackinVIA is a free digital content management system that provides more than 9 million students, around the world, with access to more than 3 million eBook titles, read-alongs, audiobooks, databases, and video resources. Jenny Newman, publisher and MLA program manager, said, "It's easy to understand how MackinVIA scored so well. They've been continually breaking barriers and have remained at the forefront of the industry since their company entered the market nearly 40 years ago."
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Islander's custom shark cages are specifically designed for cage diving at Guadalupe Island. Our shark cages are a proprietary design and meticulously welded with superior materials and techniques. All fabrication has been done by Travis Thomas, senior welder for the Marine Science Development Center at Scripps Institute of Oceanography here in San Diego. Our shark cages are constructed of 6061 T6 aluminum alloy. They are the only cages at Guadalupe Island that are hand TIG welded, not to be confused with the weaker, faster technique of MIG welding. Simply put, Islander Charters has the strongest, safest Great White Shark cages at Guadalupe Island.
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Porsche gets comfortable with 3D-printed seat technology
By Gareth Price2020-07-06T13:52:00+01:00
An innovative alternative to conventional sports seat upholstery is in development with a 3D-printed bodyform full-bucket seat
The new bucket seat is based on Porsche's existing driver seat and its "sandwich construction" enabling reduced weight, improved comfort and even passive climate control.
The seat design will also feature panels exposing a view of the 3D-printed structure
The base support of expanded polypropylene (EPP) is bonded to a breathable comfort layer – a mixture of polyurethane-based materials made through an additive manufacturing process, ie, 3D printing.
The outer skin is made of Racetex – a waterproof but breathable material – detailed with perforations for passive climate control. The seat will also feature panels exposing a view of the 3D-printed structure.
The innovation is still at development stage and, as such, production is initially be limited to 40 seat prototypes for use on race tracks in combination with a six-point seat belt.
Customer feedback will be incorporated into the ongoing development process with the final road-legal models targeted for production in mid-2021.
Porsche and partners explore power and efficiency benefits of 3D-printed pistons
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For the automotive industry environmental sustainability is not just important for the vehicles they produce, it is also a key factor in the production process. This edition of AMS takes a close look at sustainable production, utilising recycled materials and renewable energy sources
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Q: How to compare hours on elasticsearch I am trying to compare hours using painless language in my elasticsearch query. I would like query something like:
{
   "script":"doc['schedule.from_time'] >= doc['schedule.to_time']"
}

But I have the error:

Cannot apply [>] operation to types [org.elasticsearch.index.fielddata.ScriptDocValues.Dates]

The scheme of the nested document is:
{
    "settings": {
        "index.mapping.total_fields.limit": 10000
    },
    "mappings": {
        "_doc": {
           "dynamic_templates": [{
                "integers": {
                    "match_mapping_type": "long",
                    "mapping": {
                        "type": "long",
                        "index": false
                    }
                }
            }],
            "properties": {
                "enabled_services": {
                    "type": "nested",
                    "properties": {
                        "service_id": {
                           "type": "text",
                           "analyzer": "whitespace",
                           "search_analyzer": "whitespace"
                        },
                        "available_day_of_week": {
                            "type": "long"
                        },
                        "available_from_time": {
                            "type": "date",
                            "format": "hour_minute"
                        },
                        "available_to_time": {
                            "type": "date",
                            "format": "hour_minute"
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

(The values are formated like "2:00" or "18:00").
I have tried to use .date or .value but it does not work because my variable contains only hours not datetime.
Can someone help me :)

A: I think you are looking for:
doc['enabled_services.available_from_time'].value.isAfter(doc['enabled_services.available_to_time'].value)
You also need to remove "type": "nested" from your mapping. I think it is not needed in your case.
Working code is below:
Mapping
PUT /painless-dates
{
  "settings": {
    "index.mapping.total_fields.limit": 10000
  },
  "mappings": {
    "_doc": {
      "dynamic_templates": [
        {
          "integers": {
            "match_mapping_type": "long",
            "mapping": {
              "type": "long",
              "index": false
            }
          }
        }
      ],
      "properties": {
        "enabled_services": {
          "properties": {
            "service_id": {
              "type": "text",
              "analyzer": "whitespace",
              "search_analyzer": "whitespace"
            },
            "available_day_of_week": {
              "type": "long"
            },
            "available_from_time": {
              "type": "date",
              "format": "hour_minute"
            },
            "available_to_time": {
              "type": "date",
              "format": "hour_minute"
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Add two elements
POST /painless-dates/_doc
{
  "enabled_services": {
    "available_from_time": "02:00",
    "available_to_time": "18:00"
  }
}

POST /painless-dates/_doc
{
  "enabled_services": {
    "available_from_time": "04:00",
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A: OK I found the answer:
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Thank you all !

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Mom's Gone Bronson!: Merry Christmas!
I would like to take a moment to wish you all a Merry Christmas! I hope you all had a fabulous day! We spent the day hiding away at home, cooking, lazing around and not doing much of anything but watching Dr. Who (which was AWESOME!) and catching up with relatives overseas!!
I won a giveaway last week for Welch's Sparkling Grape Cocktail Juices and the package arrived yesterday!! My children thoroughly enjoyed drinking out of the flutes that came with it (and the juice itself) - I then used them for my home made non-alcoholic egg-nog today and that went down a treat too!
The turkey took FOREVER and a day to cook but it was SO worth it when it was done! The cake turned out fabulous too and everything pulled together wonderfully! I have enough turkey left to feed a small army and a ton of food from all of the food that I bought with the backing of Aldi (see previous Aldi post)! The kids will enjoy all of those sandwiches and cake and trimmings all week long!!
Aside from the food we've cooked today, I actually came home last night to find several boxes of tinned goods on my living room floor! Someone at my husband's work gave them to him and stocked us up for the near future! If ever the world decides to end again, you should all come around to mine! - All joking aside, this year has been very hard for our family and so the help is MORE than welcome and very much appreciated! It is nice to have a stocked pantry and not have to worry about where tomorrow's dinner is coming from! I am eternally grateful to have such wonderful, loving and caring friends! The only way is certainly UP!
We have had 5 days of Christmas fun now and I have had a great time visiting with everyone AND even receiving the dusting of snow! It is back to normality tomorrow though even if everyone I know seems to be getting rather sick!! Let us hope we bring in 2013 without too much of an incident and roll on the New Year!!!
Much love and Seasons Greetings!


They say a picture is worth a thousand words… so here are 4000 words!
Here are some samples of what you can do for our BIG /small challenge. ..a big quilt, with one BIG star. Special thanks to Shirley and Fabric Spark/ Country Clothesline who are now selling this as a kit!
… and here is another version: a big quilt with a small star.
If you want to take part in the 12 x 12″ portion of this challenge, here is a 12″ quilt- a small quilt with a big message. Thanks, Ann!
First the small version so you can see it IS small, then a close up so you can see her work.
Note: Interested in taking a workshop? Sign up before June 1st, and you may win 2 tickets to Leni' Levenson Wiener's trunk show on Saturday July 28th. Quilt application forms are now available online, so enter soon and enter often!
Yes, as the leaves fall from the trees and we quilters hunker down for a winter in our sewing spaces, thoughts turn to next summer's Quilts at the Creek. We love -and display- all kinds of quilts at our show. But some people like a challenge, and we are always happy to oblige. What is next year's challenge? Who is teaching workshops? What shall I make?
Our challenge this year is BIG / small. Interpret this as you wish- What??
A small quilt, with a big message (world peace?) This should be a 12 x 12″ quilt, and we will hang them together.
A large quilt with small blocks. Or one big block. Your choice!
Big and small in one quilt.. hmmmmm need to think about this one.
Our workshops this summer will be led by Leni Levenson Wiener. I LOVE her work, and can't wait to meet her in person, see her work and attend her trunk show. Sneak peak of her work can be seen here. Details and online sign ups available in early January.
Do you have a dream teacher you would like to take a workshop with? Workshop instructors are booked years ahead, but we are always interested in your input- you never know, they just might be available and fit into our schedule! Or do you have favourite local quilter that you would like to see give a trunk show at Quilts at the Creek? Click here to send us an email with your suggestions!. Or leave a comment in the box below.
Happy quilting, and don't forget to mark your calendar for next summer: July 28 & 29, 2018.
Did you miss Quilts at the Creek last weekend? Or do you just want to sigh over all those wonderful quilts one last time? Wait no longer, see photos here.
Want to find out more about next year's show? Sign up by clicking on the button to your right: "Sign Up Here for Updates".
Well, the show is over for another year, and we are all in recovery mode. But meanwhile I thought you might like a peak at the quilts celebrating Canada, and all the red and white quilts that we had on display (OK, I hope I didn't miss any!). Click on the first one for a slideshow.
If you have never been to Quilts at the Creek, this is the year to be there! The weather promises us sunny skies this Saturday and Sunday. There will be hundreds of quilts throughout the park, vendors selling fabric and quilt kits, hand quilting demos (check out the group of Afghani children working on their hand work!). There are lots of places to wander and check out the historic buildings, farm animals to pet, and food trucks: Gourmet Gringos selling tacos and another selling ice cream. There are trunks shows you can attend*, and Laura Coia (Canadian Youtube sensation of SewVeryEasy) doing a meet and greet from 1 – 2:30 pm.
*Saturday's trunk shows by our guest workshop leaders Cheryl Arkison of Calgary and Tamara Kate of Montreal are $10 each, and Sunday's workshops are by local up-and-coming quilt designer/artists are free. Details here..
Park hours 11 am to 5 pm…see you there!


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Canadian Ryukyu Kobujutsu Association
Canadian Society for the Study and Preservation of Ancient Ryukyu Martial Arts
Provincial clubs
The ancient martial arts of the Ryukyu Islands consist of Toshu-jutsu (the Way of Empty Hand), and Emono-jutsu (the Way of Weapon Techniques). Today, the former is generally called karate and the latter Ryukyu Kobujutsu.
Ryukyu kobujutsu uses eight different weapons, consisting of bo, sai, tonfa, nunchaku, kama, tekko, tinbe and surujin.
The kobujutsu practiced by members of the Canadian Ryukyu Kobudo Kobujutsu Association is associated with the Ryukyu Kobujutsu Hozon Shinko Kai, currently headed by Mr. Kisho Inoue.
Higashi Sensei introduced kobujutsu into Canada in 1974. Through the efforts of Mr. Michael S. Delaney of Nova Scotia, the Canadian Ryukyu Kobudo Kobujutsu Association was created in 1996. The concept to formalize the group into an association was formulated at a meeting of interested students at a clinic in Chester, Nova Scotia during the spring of 1995. Present also at the 1995 meeting were Mr. Max Wolfe (New Brunswick), Mr. Randall MacLean (Nova Scotia), Mr. Ken Roper (Prince Edward Island), Commander Patrick Finn (Ontario), Mr. Derek Ryan (Newfoundland), Mr. Don Mazarolle (New Brunswick), and Higashi Sensei. Mr. Wolfe accepted the position on the Executive Board as its first president.
The Association has existed since that time and remains dedicated to the promotion and preservation of Ryukyu classical martial arts in Canada.
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Land Bill opposed in the Rajya Sabha
17 Mar, 2015 . 2 mins read
Policy matter this week
Construction activity on what was once a farm land
Opposition to the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill
The controversial Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill has met with opposition in the Rajya Sabha from Congress, Biju Janta Dal and Telangana Rashtra Samithi. However, the Lok Sabha has passed the Bill with nine amendments and two new clauses. The BJP-led Government wants to dilute the 'consent' clause and the mandatory social impact assessment in the existing Act, despite promising to make it more people and farmer friendly.
Maharahstra launches the 'Jalyukta Shivar Abhiyan' to become drought-free by 2019
With an objective to become a drought-free state by 2019, the Maharashtra Government has launched a new programme called the 'Jalyukta Shivar Abhiyan'. The aim of the programme is to make 5,000 villages water secure every year by initiating permanent measures to combat drought, harvest rainwater and promote micro-irrigation systems. In addition to this, the State Government has decided to stop fund allocations to irrigation projects where less than 15% of work has been completed.
More polluting units along the Ganga to come under NGT's scanner
The Principal Committee appointed by the National Green Tribunal has revised its guidelines to also identify seriously polluting units in addition to grossly polluting industries along the Ganga river. The State Pollution Control Boards have been entitled to inspect seriously polluting units as against grossly polluting units, which are scrutinized by both the Central and State Pollution Control Boards. Under the revised guidelines, 33 sectors, which includes almost every category of industry, have been identified.
Government merges Green India Mission with MGNREGA
In a bid to increase and improve the country's forest cover, the Government has merged the National Mission for a Green India with the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA). Under the National Mission for a Green India, the Environment Ministry aims to increase 10 million hectares of forest cover over the next decade. With this merger between the Environment and Rural Development Ministries, the Government plans to strengthen field-level efforts to develop forest cover and improve forest-based livelihoods.
Hydel project in Arunachal's Dibang Basin stalled
The Expert Committee of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has stalled the 3,097 MW hydropower project, worth Rs 25,000 crore, in the Dibang basin of Arunachal Pradesh, until the environment impact assessment study is completed. Per MoEF the impact study, which is yet to start, will take at least two years to complete. The Central Water Commission which had been issued terms of reference, is still in the process of awarding the study.
This is a roundup of important policy matters from March 9 - 16, 2015. Also read last week's news updates.
AgricultureIrrigationContamination, Pollution and QualityBiological PollutionDroughts and FloodsEcology and EnvironmentGovernanceGovernment ProgrammesHydropowerRural WaterSurface Water
Doomed by displacement
Black life: Impact of coal mining in Jharsuguda
Droughts in Maharashtra: Lack of management
Mannu Mattu Neeru
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Stephen Crane: The Red Badge of Courage
3. CHAPTER III.
WHEN another night came the columns, changed to purple streaks, filed across two pontoon bridges. A glaring fire wine-tinted the waters of the river. Its rays, shining upon the moving masses of troops, brought forth here and there sudden gleams of silver or gold. Upon the other shore a dark and mysterious range of hills was curved against the sky. The insect voices of the night sang solemnly.
After this crossing the youth assured himself that at any moment they might be suddenly and fearfully assaulted from the caves of the lowering woods. He kept his eyes watchfully upon the darkness.
But his regiment went unmolested to a camping place, and its soldiers slept the brave sleep of wearied men. In the morning they were routed out with early energy, and hustled along a narrow road that led deep into the forest.
It was during this rapid march that the regiment lost many of the marks of a new command.
The men had begun to count the miles upon their fingers, and they grew tired. "Sore feet an' damned short rations, that's all," said the loud soldier. There was perspiration and grumblings. After a time they began to shed their knapsacks. Some tossed them unconcernedly down; others hid them carefully, asserting their plans to return for them at some convenient time. Men extricated themselves from thick shirts. Presently few carried anything but their necessary clothing, blankets, haversacks, canteens, and arms and ammunition. "You can now eat and shoot," said the tall soldier to the youth. "That's all you want to do."
There was sudden change from the ponderous infantry of theory to the light and speedy infantry of practice. The regiment, relieved of a burden, received a new impetus. But there was much loss of valuable knapsacks, and, on the whole, very good shirts.
But the regiment was not yet veteranlike in appearance. Veteran regiments in the army were likely to be very small aggregations of men. Once, when the command had first come to the field, some perambulating veterans, noting the length of their column, had accosted them thus: "Hey, fellers, what brigade is that?" And when the men had replied that they formed a regiment and not a brigade, the older soldiers had laughed, and said, "O Gawd!"
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Even before COVID-19, New York City was facing a profound hunger crisis—particularly in the marginalized communities that City Harvest has long served.
In one of the world's most costly cities, more than 2.5 million working-age New Yorkers were struggling to make ends meet before COVID-19. Nearly 1.2 million New Yorkers were experiencing food insecurity, including one in five New York City children.
Someone experiencing food insecurity may not know when or where their next meal will come from. Often, this may be a reflection of a household's ability to afford basic necessities—such as rent, utilities, insurance, or medical bills—before adding in their grocery budget. A family or household may experience food insecurity for a brief period of time (for example, while a parent is between jobs) or for much longer (for example, a senior living on a fixed income).
The COVID-19 pandemic and the economic crash that followed have made New York City's hunger crisis even worse. Food insecurity is expected to rise 38 percent citywide in 2020—and 49 percent among children, according to Feeding America. But hunger doesn't fall equally across the city. It hits particularly hard in the communities of color that have been disproportionately harmed by decades of policy inequities and systemic failures.
No New Yorker—no matter who they are or where they come from—should have to worry about where their next meal will come from.
City Harvest is committed to helping feed every New Yorker who was in need before the pandemic and everyone who finds themselves in need of food assistance now.
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PMQs: Commons erupts in laughter as May is told to STOP 'dancing' around Brexit | Politics | News – UK
Jeremy Corbyn told the Prime Minister Leave voters expected the Brexit negotiations to be handled by a competent Government arguing she had failed to represent British voters appropriately.
The Labour leader took a swipe at Mrs May as she claimed to be able to reach a deal with the Brussels bloc that would present the UK with "countervailing opportunities".
Mr Corbyn joked about the Prime Minister's recent trip to Africa as he compared her dancing skills to her negotiations tactics.
He said: "A majority of people might have voted to leave but they expected the negotiations to be handled competently and they certainly are not.
"I didn't hear a single one of these countervailing opportunities.
"I say to the Prime Minister, quite simply this: she can't keep dancing around all the issues."
Mrs May struggled to keep a straight face as the Commons erupted in laughter at the Labour leader's joke.
Mr Corbyn went on: "It seems that Panasonic has taken the cue and decided to dance off altogether – they're relocating out of this country.
"Could the Prime Minister tell the House how many other companies have been in touch with her or her ministerial team and told her privately that they intend to relocate in the absence of a serious, sensible deal with the European Union?"
Mrs May said businesses have "shown confidence" in the economy before reeling off a list of investment projects, adding: "What we're doing is negotiating a Brexit deal that will deliver for this country, deliver on the vote of the British people, and that will ensure we do so protecting jobs, maintaining our union and ensuring no hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland."
She added Mr Corbyn had given mixed messages over trade deals and free movement, claiming: "He can't even agree with himself on his own position."
The Prime Minister's Chequers deal has been criticised by both prominent Brexiteers and arch-Remainers in the House.
The deal, that has already been rejected by EU Chief Negotiator Michel Barnier, might be completely scrapped next week when Mrs May will meet her Cabinet to discuss future moves.
Tory Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg branded the deal "a fundamental error".
He claimed Mrs May's proposals had no chance to be revived as it lacks supporters from both sides of the argument.
He said: "So far, it's not popular with pro-Europeans, it's not popular with the European Commission, and eurosceptic think it's not Brexit.
"So it doesn't have many supporters."
The Prime Minister said the white paper provided a "comprehensive and ambitious vision" for the future security relationship.
She said: "That's why we're proposing that security partnership, to protect our shared law enforcement and criminal justice capabilities, facilitate continued cooperation and support our joint working on security issues such as counter-terrorism."
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Low life
The poetic power of Patrick Hamilton's pubs
Mr Simpston and Mr Gorse reminded me of my time on the railways in the 1970s
Jeremy Clarke
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Nice airport was more or less deserted. Two-and-a-half hours early for the easyJet flight to Gatwick, I had a leisurely cup of tea and a bun at a café kiosk before going through security, sharing a counter with a couple of young gay Frenchmen who were bickering respectfully over the timing of some future arrangement.
I took out my 99p 1987 charity-shop paperback, Mr Stimpson and Mr Gorse by Patrick Hamilton, and began to read. I love Patrick Hamilton's novels, but until that moment hadn't bothered to try the later ones, which he wrote when his alcoholism had taken a grip and he couldn't get out of bed, as they are generally considered to be disappointingly bad. But for 99p I thought I may as well see for myself, and I read hoping to be pleasantly surprised.
The first sentence was: 'There are, clearly, in England and all over the world, countless Colonels with hard-working, valiant and enchanting characters.' There followed a page of desiccated jollity about how Colonels, especially retired Colonels, have such a terrible reputation for being 'peppery' or 'choleric' that saintly Colonels living meekly in boarding houses are unfairly tarred with the same brush. I imagined the tremulous, ill, disillusioned Marxist propped up on pillows, the first of his three whisky bottles within easy reach, determined to produce something. (The final novel of the Gorse trilogy was dictated drunk.)
The gay couple picked up their luggage and sauntered off still arguing. Then I, too, hoisted my bag on to my back and went up the escalator and into the security-check hall. I was the only customer. I forgot to take my toiletries out of my bag and put them in the tray, but the bag passed through the scanner without comment. From here I moved into what must surely be one of the best departure lounges in Europe: a sun-filled glass cathedral with a panoramic view of the runways, the blue Mediterranean beyond, and to the right a profile of the bay of Nice. There were few other passengers in here also. I took the end seat of an empty row, faced the sea, took up my book, and sunbathed in February.
The pub in Gorse, which Hamilton calls the Friar, is typically based on one in Reading. I once worked on a railway-track repair gang based at Reading station, and drank in the pubs near the station, and I guessed that the Friar was based on the Greyfriar. Nobody writes about boozers and boozing like Hamilton, and as I sat in the warm sunshine, he bought vividly to mind an unhappy winter I had all but forgotten about. It was unhappy even at the time. The eight-man repair gang I was assigned to resented me because I was freshly out of the track-mending school and in their eyes knew nothing. The gang leader, a hairy biker, expressed this resentment on behalf of the others by punching me in the face and giving me the horn. And every morning after that I was given this horn, which was powered by an air canister. I trudged a mile up the track, and all I had to do all day was blow the horn if I saw a train coming. As a safety procedure it seemed precariously susceptible to human error — or a vengeful impulse — but all survived my three weeks on the horn. I remembered how very cold I was as I peered down the track for hours on end — and lonely.
Half an hour before my flight was due to take off, an announcement called easyJet passengers to a departure gate at the farthest end of the airport. The largely unhappy memories provoked during the previous two hours by Hamilton's tale of Reading pub life, and the demonic cynicism of the telling of it, had put me into a dreamlike state. As I toddled along to the gate, I hardly knew whether I was in Nice waiting for a plane, fondling my horn beside a railway line in the 1970s, or perched on a barstool in Hamilton's fictional Friar pub in 1928. But as I approached, then mingled with a mob pressing like dumb cattle to pass through Gate 28, only to queue again on the air-bridge, I realised I was in fact already back in Britain. An English easyJet stewardess doubling as a ticket collector had scented battle with a bewildered French family over two small extra items of hand luggage and was now trebling as a stony-eyed thug. I treated with her on their behalf. She threatened to bar me from the plane, finally relenting with bad grace. When we eventually got on, the cabin was one third empty. I sat and rejoined Patrick Hamilton in the Friar. When I looked up an hour later, we were circling above Sussex.
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An hour? From Nice to Sussex? Has easyJet some new turbo-powered plane? It's 'easy' to see how British easyJet is with its grim staff and their bad attitude. Ryanair has changed its policy and tried to be nice. Even so, you can often fly BA for the same sort of price.
Maxwell Frere
No-one, in my opinion, has ever written so entertainingly about wasting time by hanging about in pubs than Patrick Hamilton. "Hangover Square" is my personal favourite but "Mr Stimpson and Mr Gorse" is a very good read too, as long as one can rid the image of Nigel Havers, hamming, from one's mind.


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Q: How to keep the data warehouse synchronised with the source systems? I'm a DBA who is responsible for exporting data from an ERP system for Business Intelligence purposes. The data from ERP system is being sent to the data warehouse and they are used in the ETL process.
We used to run the export process at the end of the day. The queries which collect the data used the WHERE clause with a document creation/modification date = yesterday.
This mostly works just fine - there isn't too much data to export from the source system (less resource consuming on both source and destination systems).
But some source tables don't have the modification date column (only the create date).
At the moment I can see only 2 possibilities:

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*exporting all the records from the source system (very costly and impossible to mainain in a long run)

*exporting records created in the last 7 days (less costly and pretty effective because older data is rarely modified)

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What tool can you recommend? I'm sure it can be done efficiently in SSIS but I just don't know the right solution.

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Hans-Peter Jannoch (1938–2004) was a German conductor, composer and pianist.

Life
Jannoch studied piano and composition at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler". Afterwards he was a répétiteur at the Leipzig Opera and at the Deutsches Nationaltheater und Staatskapelle Weimar. He was a member of the "Kammerensemble Paul Dessau" (formerly: gruppe neue musik weimar). In 1983, he was awarded the Hanns Eisler Prize. In 1989, he co-founded the "ensemble unitedberlin", which also played pieces by him. He taught music theory at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" Berlin and is considered a sponsor of Helmut Zapf. His works have been published by Breitkopf & Härtel in Leipzig and were performed by the Staatskapelle Weimar, among others. In 2001, the composer Hermann Keller dedicated the piece "Klavierstücke für Lehrer, Kollegen und Freunde" to him.

Work
 Appell für Vietnam (cantata)
 Divertimento für Streichorchester
 Aynn Wintrstück (chamber music)
 Freude, Freude heißt der Kreis (Choral music)
 Scherzo für Bläserquintett
 Pneuma für Orchester

Radio play
 Totenmesse by Jörg Michael Koerbl. Dokumentation, MDR/WDR 1993.

Publication
 Musikgeschichte, quo vadis?. In Musik und Gesellschaft 1980, issue 11,

References

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20th-century German composers
20th-century classical composers
20th-century German male classical pianists
German conductors (music)
German music educators
Academic staff of the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin
1938 births
2004 deaths
Place of birth unknown
Place of death unknown

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WCF October 2014 Newsletter
The newsletter provides a summary for WCF Members of what the Management Committee has been doing recently and what is on the agenda in the near future. Your comments are always very welcome. It is also made available to all on the WCF web-site and via the Nottingham list and other croquet bulletin boards.
Council debates and decisions
Three WCF Topics were published to Members and two have reached their closing dates and received responses. Topic 33 concerned proposed amendments to current Statutes 301 to 309 intended to re-organise and shorten the text without any significant change in intent. These Statutes deal with the versions of croquet recognised by the WCF, responsibility for the relevant laws and rules and the regulation of individual's ability to represent countries in WCF and other international events. Comments have now been received from several Members and these are now under review. Topic 34 received Member support for a MC proposal to advertise future WCF Topics on the WCF website and e-mail lists. The text of the Topic will be published on the WCF website so that individuals with an interest or experience in the subject-matter will be able to pass on their views to their WCF Member and so help to develop that Member's contribution to the Topic discussion. This will be trialled throughout 2015. Topic 35 is open and seeks Members' views on the appropriate refund policy to adopt when players withdraw from a World Championship having already paid their entry fee.
What has been happening since July?
The main activity was the administration and preparation for the five forthcoming WCF championships and details of these events are given in the following section. Other MC matters included seeking agreement for the long-term support of CroquetScores and agreeing that the WCF should seek to appoint a Golf Croquet Ranking Officer to complement the role of the existing AC Ranking Officer and to appoint Assistant Ranking Officers for both AC and GC to reduce the "key person" risk that currently exists. The scope of the forthcoming WCF Statute Review has been under consideration and is expected to include a review of the existing WCF and MC sub-committees as well as the role of the WCF in relation to the MacRobertson Shield and the International Laws Committee.
Recent and forthcoming WCF championships
2014 Over-50 Golf Croquet World Championship
This was held at the Egyptian Croquet Federation lawns and at the Gizera Croquet Club in Zamalek, Cairo from Sunday, 5 October to Saturday, 11 October. 36 competitors from Australia, Egypt, England, Ireland, Latvia, Scotland, Spain, South Africa and USA took part and enjoyed glorious weather. 16 players progressed to the knock-out stage. The second Over-50 Golf Croquet World Champion is Salah Hassan of Egypt who defeated Hazem Mahmoud, also of Egypt, in the final. Salah is a former double Golf Croquet World Champion, in 1997 and 2000.
2014 Women's Golf Croquet World Championship
This will be held in Cairo from Sunday, 16 November to Friday, 21 November. The Event Capacity is 40 players and competitors will represent Australia, Egypt, England, Finland, France, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, Scotland and the USA.
2015 Under-21 Golf Croquet World Championship
This will be held at the United Croquet Club, Christchurch, New Zealand from Sunday, 1 February to Thursday, 5 February 2015. The Event Capacity is 28 and Ranking Places and Membership Places have been awarded to competitors representing Australia, Egypt, England and New Zealand.
This will be held at the Mount Maunganui Croquet Club and other clubs in the Bay of Plenty region, North Island, New Zealand from Saturday, 7 February to Sunday, 15 February 2015. A Qualifying Event will be held from Tuesday, 3 February to Thursday, 5 February 2015. The Event Capacity is 80 and Ranking Places, Wild Card Places and Membership Places have been awarded to competitors representing Australia, Belgium, Czech Republic, Egypt, England, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland and the USA. Full details can be found on the WCF web-site under World Championships.
2015 Women's Association Croquet World Championship
This will be held in Nottingham from Saturday, 25 July to Saturday, 1 August 2015. The Event capacity is 32 players and the Response Date by which Members must inform the WCF if they wish to be awarded Membership Places is Sunday, 23 November 2014.
MC Topics completed or closed
MC 279: Croquet Federation of India coaching request.
MC 280: Italian Croquet Association financial assistance request.
MC 286: Statute 301-306 amendments – sent to Council for comment as Topic 33.
MC 287: Hosting of 2017 AC WTC Tier 2.1.
MC 289: Upgrade of Belgium membership status – approved by Council.
MC 290: Appointment of Andrew Hope to Hall of Fame Committee.
MC 292: Review of WCF and MC sub-committees – incorporated in Statute Review.
MC 293: Member consultation practices – resolved through WCF Topic 34.
Topics open, pending or under administration on 31 October 2015
MC 278: Review of croquet activity among Members.
MC 282: 2015 Golf Croquet World Championship, February 2015.
MC 283: 2015 Women's Association Croquet World Championship, July 2015.
MC 284: New WCF web-site.
MC 285: 2015 Under-21 Golf Croquet World Championship, February 2015.
MC 288: CroquetScores agreement.
MC 291: Appointment of GC Ranking Officer and Assistant Ranking Officers.
MC 294: Governance Working Group.
MC 295: 2016 Association Croquet World Championship – USCA bid expected soon.
MC 296: Review of methods of making economic foreign payments.
MC 297: Entry fees refunds policy – submitted to Council as Topic 35.
MC 298: 2010 MacRobertson Shield medals – MC agreed to award these retrospectively.
MC 299: 2015 WCF Annual General Meeting – will be held during 2015 GCWC.
MC 300: 2015 Business Plan to be published in draft to Members in November.
MC 301: Statutes 301 to 304 – Topic 33 comments to be incorporated in revised draft.
MC 302: Advertising of consultations and proposals – approved under Topic 34.
MC 303: 2014 Hall of Fame inductees to be announced in 2014Q4.
Outlook for November
The main activities for the month will be continuing to administer the forthcoming World Championships, finalising the revision of Statutes 301 to 307 for submission to Council, beginning the review of the WCF Statutes and preparing the 2015 Business Plan and Budget.
Stephen Mulliner
Secretary-General 2 November 2014


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Q: Android app with Parse SDK - need for SQLite? I need to create an Android app that performs the cloud sync with the data. I came across Parse SDK (BaaS) and tried some sample app.
Now, for providing features like local data storage during offline use and syncing up whenever network is available, I was wondering weather we have to use Local SQLite DB. But I noticed Parse provides 'Local Data Store' feature as well.
https://www.parse.com/tutorials/using-the-local-datastore
So is it necessary to use SQLite in the app then?
What are all the cons if are sticking to Parse and avoiding SQLite.

A: I had the same problem in my app.
What i found out that SQLite is faster than parse's local storage, and a bit more stable. Also plus is that you can encrypt SQLite databases.
I dont remember now exactly what happened, but i think there were some crashes related to local storage. Also it didnt work as expected. On some devices the parse local storage was very slow.
In general i would recommend using SQLite. Also there are some architectural problems that cant be solved with Parse's local storage. Those pin and saveInBackground methods were not so transparent to me, so i ended up using SQLite instead.
There were different frameworks for SQLite, but i couldn't get my head into them and ended using SQLite without frameworks, which turned out to be easy.


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Александар Радуновић Попај је композитор и члан групе "Перпер" као и члан групе The Books of Knjige.

Биографија
Александар Радуновић је рођен 1971. године на Цетињу. Ожењен је и има двоје деце.
Студент је специјалистичких студија на ФДУ Цетиње, одсек драматургија. Радио је музику за седамнаест позоришних представа.

Са групом "Перпер" је објавио седам албума, а са Буксовицма један.

Уз остале чланове групе "The Books of Knjige", од 1995. године на подгоричком радију Антена М, ради као водитељ једне од најслушанијих емисија у региону. Од јануара 2016. године ради као асистент на ФДУ Цетиње, на предмету сценарио.

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Рођени 1971.
Цетињани
Црногорски музичари
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You might recall that special Pumpkin Spice Cheeze-Cake recipe I featured last month, in honor of the launch of Laura Theodore's new cookbook, Vegan-Ease: An Easy Guide to Enjoying a Plant-Based Diet. Well just in case you missed it, or need something warm and savory for balance, Laura thought another recipe sample from the book was in order: Vegan Mac 'n Peas!
The rich sauce that completes this vegan mac 'n peas is made mostly of butternut squash, but is enriched with cashews for a creamy finish, and spiked fresh garlic and flavorful, earthy spices to give it that comfort food flair. Laura opts for peas to add pop, but like most of her recipes, this one is very versatile and ready for any of your favorite pasta add-ins.
Once the butternut squash and garlic have cooled, bring a large pot of water to a boil over medium-high heat. Add 1⁄4 teaspoon salt (optional). Stir in the pasta. Decrease the heat to medium-low and cook, stirring occasionally, until the pasta is almost tender. Add the peas and cook, stirring occasionally, until the pasta is tender but firm and the peas are heated through, about 3 minutes. Drain the pasta and peas.
While the pasta and peas cook, put the cooled butternut squash and garlic, cashews, 11⁄2 tablespoons of cold water, mustard powder, smoked paprika, 1⁄2 teaspoon salt, cayenne pepper and turmeric into a blender and process until the consistency of a thick, smooth sauce. Add more water 1 tablespoon at a time, as needed, to achieve the desired consistency. Transfer the sauce to a medium-sized pan and cook over medium-low heat, just until heated through, stirring often and adding more water as needed if the sauce is too thick.
Recipe reprinted with permissions from Laura Theodore's Vegan-Ease: An Easy Guide to Enjoying a Plant-Based Diet © Laura Theodore (Jazzy Vegetarian, LLC 2015). Photo courtesy of Annie Oliverio.
I love that this has so much butternut squash in it. Looks deliciously creamy!
What a great idea! I saw something on TV the other day where they added some nutritional yeast on top too!
Yes, that would give it more of a cheesy vibe.
This one is different – more of a creamy, flavorful sauce – I think you'd like it Brandon!
Mac & cheese (or in this case "cheese" haha) is my FAVORITE!!! This looks so amazing. I bet the butternut squash is the perfect flavor!
Ooh, I don't blame you for using them up on cheesecake!