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As General Electionsdraw closer, the enormity of holding a successful event-free poll falls on the Election Commission of India (ECI). election commissioner Harishankar Brahma talks in an exclusive interview with KS Narayanan. and will "nota" really play an important role?
K S NARAYANAN | Issue Dated: February 9, 2014, New Delhi
Tags : University of Pune | NOTA | NIC | Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi |
Suhas Palshikar who teaches political science at the University of Pune, makes an interesting observation. "Like their festivals, Indians enjoy their elections, celebrate elections almost like festivities. But beyond this festive element, elections also carry important significance as democratic expression of people's expectations from the political elite and popular assessments of governments and rulers''.
So election time it is as India's plurality is put to test yet again in the mother of all battles for the sixteenth Lok Sabha to be held around May this year. At a philosophical level, it will be repeating what it has done for the last six decades.
There are many reasons why the forthcoming elections are going to be a humdinger.
1. The 2011 Indian Against Corruption (IAC) movement led by Anna Hazare virtually heralded the entry of the common man into politics. Emergence of the Aam Admi Party (AAP) as a party with promise has initiated a new zeal in the nation, giving the term anti-corruption a whole new meaning. Equally, the defeat of three-time Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and her party's rout in the Delhi assembly was symbolic of nation's mood.
2. Many blame Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for policy and decision paralysis, failing to stop scams - multi-crore telecom, coal or Commonwealth Games scams - and for failing to initiate large scale reforms that would have attracted both domestic and foreign investors and kept the growth story of Indian economy in-tact. Senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar said the decision to name Manmohan Singh as the Prime Minister should have been reversed. Claiming that he had on an earlier occasion questioned the wisdom of such a decision, Aiyar said no Congress leader listened to him then. He also demanded a revamp of the party structure and added that Congress should sit in opposition and reinvent itself.
3. The Congress is faced by a crisis of its own with obvious choice Rahul Gandhi not being highly rated at the box office, despite a first-ever detailed interview given to a leading TV channel.
4. BJP's prime ministerial candidate and three-time Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi is trying to woo the electorate with his state's model of development. At the BJP strategy meet, Modi called for building 'brand India', focusing on 5-Ts - talent, tradition, tourism, trade and technology. Despite anti-incumbency, Modi has his rivals within BJP, NDA and as well the Congress and now AAP to contend with.
5. Other key players expected to play important roles in the General Elections and government formation include regional satraps like AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa, BSP leader Mayawati and Trinamool chief and Bengal chief ministerMamata Banerjee, BJD leader and Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik and Jagan Mohan Reddy of YSR Congress in Andhra Pradesh.
The story of India's elections is a story of large and mind boggling numbers. The national legislature consists of 543 elected seats currently—meaning that the entire electorate in the country is divided into 543 electoral districts or Lok Sabha constituencies. Each of these has an average voter population of .8 to 1.8 million. The total electorate of India was over 670 million in 2004 and 716 million in 2009! According to the 2011 Census, the first-time voter number is a staggering 149.36 million. That's well over 20 percent of the 725 million voters the Election Commission (EC) reckons will be eligible to vote in 2014.The total number first-time voters is likely to swell by May 2014 to around 160 million (the census was held in 2011).
Last year the Election Commission of India said it would introduce an SMS-based alert system called Communication Plan for Election (COMET) during the election. It is aimed at sending messages to millions of government officials on election duty and was successfully deployed in assembly elections in Goa, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Manipur in early 2012 and in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat in late 2012.
The COMET system "Uses coded text messages through mobile phones to collect data about officials, information about scheduled events like staff reaching the polling station, mock polls, start of polling, voting percentages every two hours, number of voters in after voting time and whether the poll party reached safely at the high security electronic voting machine (EVMs) deposited at the centre." The system also sends alerts to the local police in case of disturbances at any polling station.
The Election Commission also implemented the `None of The Above' during the recent assembly elections. Election Commission officials belive NOTA is popular in rural areas and predict it will make an impact in the next general elections, 2019.
Besides massive and raucous election rallies, politicians and political parties are hitting headlines thanks to opinion polls and electoral debates on 24x7 electronic media, social media.
Setting in motion the process of consultations with various stakeholders ahead of announcement, the Election Commission has convened a meeting of all recognized political parties on February 4 to discuss poll preparedness and other relevant issues. During the meeting, to be attended by the leaders of six recognized national parties and 47 state parties, the EC will discuss electoral rolls, polling stations and various factors which have a bearing on the timing of the polls.
The announcement for the forthcoming general elections could be made on March 3 with the Model Code of Conduct, which prohibits the government from formulating any major policy decisions, coming into play within two weeks of the announcement.
Union Ministries involved in infrastructure projects have informally been told by the Election Commission that they have till March 3 to push the processes forward. The commission has also held consultations with the home ministry on force availability and deployment. Although poll dates usually factor in the examination schedules and crop cycles, the general elections for the last two Lok Sabha elections has clashed with annual examinations.
The prestige and popular acceptance of elections as a principle and also as a reality of India's democratic politics deserves its credit. Palshikar has a point when he says that "Elections in India have earned legitimacy not because of any inherent qualities of the system but because of the investment made in elections by the elite and masses alike. It is not just the system of elections per se but the history of electoral practices producing credible electoral outcomes in India: prestige deriving from practice that has earned legitimacy. Therefore, the credit goes to those who framed the system, those who monitor it, and also to those who practiced it over the last six decades". To discuss all that, Harishankar Brahma, election commissioner, speaks about the challenges which confront the ECI during the conduct of General Elections 2014 to reconstitute the 16 Lok Sabha by June this year. Asked about the spate of mud-slinging on arch political rivals and inciting electoral on communal violence, Brahma is confident that every player will fall in line once the Model Code of Conduct comes into play. "They will have time to play till we announce the model code,'' he tells KS Narayanan in an exclusive interview.
'Parties will have time to play till we announce the model code'
We are in 2014. India is all set to witness the mother of all electoral battles -the General Elections. How is the ECI geared to face this challenge?
It is a fact we (Election Commission of India) are tense as the time approaches nearer. We have less than 90 day to start the business. The entire electoral operation has to be completed before May 2014 as the Lok Sabha has to be reconstituted before June this year. Everything has to be completed by May 23 or 24. We have to think in terms of conducting elections to 543 parliamentary seats in period of 30 to 35 days. That is a big challenge indeed. It is a huge challenge as we have 80 crore voters as on today. It is a big enterprise spread across 35 states and union territories. We have already started the work. I would like to tell you that we are mentally and physically prepared to do that. In 2009 we had a five-phased election. We may do it in six phases this time but we are yet to firm that up. This will happen only after meeting officials of the ministry of home affairs, officials of state governments; our colleagues in those states to have a proper understanding of the ground situation. The quality of electoral roll will decide the quality of the election. We need to have perfect electoral rolls. Some people might have died or migrated. All these have to checkd. Keeping a 100 per cent clean electoral roll is one of the biggest challenges in conduct of the election. It is the basic foundation of the quality of elections. Any flawed, fraud or spurious names, it does not create a good impression.
The ECI intends to issue photo identity cards to every eligible voter. Will it ensure cent percent voting?
Our intention is to issue photo I cards to every Indian voter. As of today 98 per cent of those registered have been issued Election Photo Identity Cards. Among the novel initiatives of the Election Commission, the voters who have been allotted EPIC (Electoral Photo I-Card) numbers, can take a print of their own voter slip and cast the vote. The commission is also making efforts to enable the voters to display the voter slip on their mobile phones as well.
In the recently held Assembly elections there were electoral malpractices of graft through cash and liquor.
Will the commission take punitive action against individuals and political parties who indulge in such malpractice?
It is a fact the EC has been fighting the menace for the last five decades. The role of muscle and money (contraband like drugs and liquor) and freebies have tremendous effect in creating a non-level playing field. The Election Commission is making efforts to impose curbs. But let me admit, in our system it is quite difficult to curb 100 per cent. But at least we should be able to control 70 to 80 per cent. However it is a reality that Election Commission cannot this job alone. We need the cooperation from civil society, NGOs, media and all the citizens. In assembly elections in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu too, electoral malpractices cropped up.
In the recent assembly elections, the commission had introduced None of the Above (NOTA). Do you plan to extend it to the General Elections?
I would honestly accept the fact that we introduced the NOTA thanks to the Supreme Court judgment. NOTA was introduced in the assembly election of December 2013 in five states. What is interesting is that the NOTA is much more popular in rural areas than in urban areas. In urban areas despite educated people, there is no awareness about NOTA.
How far will NOTA strengthen the democratic process?
NOTA may not have had a very emphatic entry but it will create a tremendous effect on politics if not in 2014, then the general elections after that. Political parties will be forced to nominate better and acceptable and qualified candidates. It will definitely play a sterling role in India's elections.
With poll fever picking up during the last few weeks, political parties and leaders have indulged in personal attacks. How does the commission view it?
Certain comments are not palatable whether there is election or not. Let us not indulge in it. We should limit ourselves to gentlemanly behaviour and should not go beyond that.
Does the commission have any plans to introduce the Right to Recall?
Its okay at the gram panchayat and municipal level elections but in India at a whole we can't use it. How do we implement it? It's too early for right to recall. We don't have systems in place.
Internet giant Google last month made a formal presentation to the EC proposing a tie-up with it for voter facilitation services ahead of Lok Sabha elections. The move was criticised in various quarters.
In December 2013, Google came with a presentation. We all know that the Google Search Engine is the best. But that issue is now closed. We are not going ahead with the agreement. It is a closed chapter.
Is there any alternative to what Google offered?
Of course. We are looking at the National Informatics Centre (NIC). NIC Director General Shefali Sushil Dash met and assured us of all the support. NIC can provide us the same facility that was offered to us by Google. None of the government or its departments would like to go to outsiders. Our emphasis would be NIC should come out with stronger and aggressive activity and servers so that we do it in house. Once the NIC develops an infrastructure everybody can use it.
How long will the NIC take to develop the required infrastructure for voter facilitation service?
From what I understood from the assurance given by NIC, they have already developed the capacity. But some technical details are being worked out.
Political parties have begun their campaign for Lok Sabha elections. There is a fear they may vitiate the atmosphere on communal lines. Will the commission act as a deterrent?
The commission has adequate laws. We know that once we announce and notify the elections, political parties will fall in line. Things are quite aggressive and people talk against each other. They have time to play till we announce it. It is routine affair. Once model conduct comes in force things will cool down and proceedings will be reasonable.
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Sheffield United: Paul Heckingbottom reveals an unexpected benefit of his Covid-19 isolation period
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Sheffield United captain Billy Sharp explains why he believes lockdown has brought out the best in people
Supporters of a certain vintage will remember 'Phoenix from the Flames'; a segment of the Fantasy Football television show, which saw hosts Frank Skinner and David Baddiel reenact famous moments from the game's history.
By James Shield
Wednesday, 15th April 2020, 10:28 pm
A new, revamped version has just been unveiled on social media with Leo, the son of Sheffield United captain Billy Sharp, recreating Alan Shearer's goal for England against Georgia in 1996 and Paul Gascoigne's FA Cup final free-kick five years earlier.
The video vignettes, published on Twitter by his father, have introduced the youngster's skills to a new audience. They also provide an insight into how Sharp and his family are passing the time as they isolate at home during the coronavirus pandemic.
Like many of his fellow professionals, Sharp would prefer to be spending April playing actual matches rather than choreographing kickabouts in the back garden. But every cloud has a silver lining and, as the Premier League approaches its sixth week in lockdown, the centre-forward admits the suspension of the fixture calendar has brought some benefits.
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"It's been nice," Sharp says. "The weather has helped and it's been nice to be out in the fresh air spending quality time with the kids. I've got that bond with them anyway but the 24/7 thing, which I'm not always able to do at this time of year, is really good. It's nice to be able to do all the things I sometimes don't get to do."
Although his wife Jade has been taking charge of their children's home schooling - "I never liked maths, stuff like that and English, so she takes care of those" - Sharp has been providing lessons on a subject he is qualified to teach. Leo and his younger brother Milo have been enjoying crash courses in the history of football and learning about some of its most iconic names.
"His favourite player changes every day," Sharp says, referring to Leo. "I've told him about Gazza and he thought that goal was brilliant. They both know about Bobby Moore and Gordon Banks as well, as my dad told them about those guys. We've got little figures of those two in the house.
"It's good to know about past players as well as the ones out there at the moment. But football isn't the be all and end all."
Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder had led his team to seventh in the Premier League before the fixture calendar was suspended: Simon Bellis/Sportimage
"I do feel a little bit bad that he (Leo) has been a bit of a guinea pig with the videos," Sharp continues. "He's just a seven year old kid enjoying himself in the back garden. I just wanted to give an insight into what we're up to.
"But it's great that people are now posting things back to me to show to him. It's inspiring others and he's doing really well with it."
Sharp, aged 34, was approaching a potentially career defining run of matches when the season was indefinitely postponed. Seventh in the table and preparing for an FA Cup quarter-final against Arsenal, United were chasing European qualification on two different fronts only a year after being promoted from the Championship.
Although the break in competition could not have come at a more inconvenient time for a squad unbeaten in its last six outings before the shutdown was announced, Sharp acknowledges it has given him a renewed sense of perspective about what he has given to football and what football has given back.
Sheffield United's Sander Berge arrived from Genk in January: Tess Derry/PA Wire.
"I'm lucky to be a footballer. I've worked hard to get here and to be in these surroundings, with all the material things. But that's what they are, material things. As long as I have the kids and the wife and know my family and friends are safe, that's what really matters.
"The time we are going through now is surreal, When you do go to the shops, it's so quiet out there and it makes you appreciate what you do have and what you've worked for.
"Hopefully we don't have to go through this again, hopefully it doesn't last too long. But you've got to stay strong, make sure you look after your loved ones and when it's all over, reflect on the lessons you've learned. Take the good things out of it and forget about the bad things."
Revealing he has developed a new skill since United were forced to mothball their training complex in order to comply with social distancing measures - "Cutting up cardboard boxes with a Stanley knife, that's been my thing. We've been getting lots of things delivered so credit to the drivers for still being out there at work" - Sharp has also been reflecting upon the responsibilities the captain's armband brings.
Billy Sharp takes his responsibilities seriously after being appointed Sheffield United captain by the Premier League club's manager Chris Wilder: Alistair Langham/Sportimage
"We've got a big WhatsApp group and there's a few smaller ones," he says. "We've had video calls with the lads and I've got in contact with the overseas lads, who have just come here, because it must be really hard for them; especially the ones on their own.
"They've only just signed for the club and then this happens. They must be wondering what they've done? But they're all in a good place and when football returns, they can have their families over. So we're getting in touch with them everyday and the same goes for the manager."
Sharp suspects it will be the middle of next month at the earliest when United's players meet in person again.
"Initially they said it was going to be two weeks but now I'm probably doing Jade's head in and the kids are getting restless," he laughs. "But it isn't going to last forever and you see people doing some amazing things out there in the world right now; all the NHS staff, the health care workers and people like bus drivers, delivery drivers and dustbin men who are still doing what they have to do.
"We're the lucky ones really, being in our own homes and occupying each other until all this disappeared and we can continue with normal life."
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Q: Sending Custom Message to Client in Tigase I am using Tigase server and smack library ( for android on client side ). In Tigase when user A send a message to user B and if user B is offline it store the message in database and send to user B later when it comes online again. I want to add one more functionality in this that when user B is offline server must tell user A that user B is offline and message will be delivered when he will come online.
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A: It is possible, just use AMP: http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0079.html which is fully implemented on the Tigase server and should be activated by default. AMP gives you features to do precisely what you are asking for and much more. On the server side the AMP is implemented in such a way that it is very easy to extend. You just have to write/plug your own conditions, actions and other stuff.

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From top to bottom; Zebra SARASA Clip 0.4 black, pearl blue and magenta.
There is a bit of a back story to how I discovered the Zebra SARASA gel pens. It all started when I got all serious about my journal writing (which has another entire back story to itself I will get into another time). Since discovering these pens, I have not changed my mind; these pens are simply the best and currently hold my number one spot in my favorite 5 gel pens.
It started when I needed a nice black pen for my 2016 journal. Being a lefty, I am picky about the pens and ink I use but looked in my pen collection and found a pen I hadn't used yet which my partner had purchased but wasn't using at the time. It was a Zebra SARASA 0.5 Clip black pen. From the first time writing with it, I fell in love. The ink flowed flawlessly on various paper I was using and didn't blot, smudge, skip or do any other fancy things. It just wrote nicely. My handwriting also looked a lot better with it.
Black, pale blue and magenta Zebra SARASA Clips.
Sadly, I noticed the pen was almost running out of ink so I had to find more of this pen and stock up. I visited my local ¥100 shop, but I could only find the Uni-ball Signo RT 0.38 for sale. Purchased that as it seemed similar to the SARASA and would suffice until I had found the SARASA I wanted in shops.
I then got hooked on using the Uni-ball Signo RT 0.38 but was in a state of confusion if I liked or didn't like the thin 0.38 lines it made. One day I would like it, the next I would hate it. This continued for a while. I found more stock of the SARASA Clip 0.5 but had become accustomed to the thin lines of the Signo RT 0.38. I am sure anyone reading this who is not a fan of stationery or pens would be closing their browsers now and thinking I must be insane, I probably am, but like I said, I am picky about these sorts of things.
While shopping for a completely different stationery thing, I stumbled upon a whole section dedicated to the Zebra SARASA Clip pens. I nearly peed cried out in joy when I discovered they were available in all the sizes, 37 colours and were only ¥90! Sizes available were 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.7 and 1.0 as well as plenty of colours to choose from. It took a lot of self control to not buy everything I saw and just bought one 0.4 black pen.
Pretty rainbow of assorted SARASAs.
The 0.4 size is perfect. The extra 0.02mm thicker lines it writes are just what I needed to settle my perfectionism tendencies and calm my confused relationship with the 0.38 Uni-ball Signo RT. I will eventually get around to doing a review of the pen at a later date.
Weeks later after discovering this pen, I started noticing that we actually have a few of these pens at my work already. Found 4 in our office, different colours, size 0.5 and I had no idea. I hadn't even noticed them until now. I see them everywhere and have even seen other people buying them.
Customers must get a little nervous when they catch me looking at them, smiling at them as I quietly shake my head yes when they reach for the 0.4.


Many accusations have been callously thrown at me the last couple of days for causing the uptick in our winter weather, these are preposterous. First of all giving out recipe's for tasty ground hog delights did not bring down the "Puxatawney Curse" on me. I've been sent many e-mails of thanks for them and told they are tastiest when accompanied by any alcoholic drink that has to be strained through a t-shirt. Secondly, me saying "I've been through a lot worse!" was not a gauntlet cast toward Mother Nature and she has taken up the challenge. It's just good old IOWA, we will complain to each other and feel sorry for those outside the state that aren't rugged enough to enjoy it's beauty. At this time of year this offers us the opportunity to prepare our other seasonal complaints and develop new ones. On Saturday, February 10th I will again step outside to establish if I've seen my shadow, if not I predict it's cloudy and cold. If I'm not in by 10 minutes come get me, it's probably extremely cold and I have hypothermia or my tongue is stuck to something metal.


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Farmer Surprised To Find 'Ghost Apples' On Trees After Polar Vortex
Even if temporarily, the polar vortex has completely reshaped the face of the United States. But while some are having huge problems while dealing with the cold, others are having fun. And not just surfers. Farm manager Andrew Sietsema was pruning apple trees in an icy orchard in western Michigan when he stumbled upon a rare phenomenon dubbed 'ghost apples.'
"When I pruned the tree it would be shaken in the process, and the mush would slip out of the bottom of the 'ghost apple,'" Andrew told Bored Panda. "Most apples just fell off, ice and all. But quite a few would leave a cool 'ghost apple' behind."
"I guess it was just cold enough that the ice covering the apple hadn't melted yet, but it was warm enough that the apple inside turned to complete mush (apples have a lower freezing point than water)."
"I'm sure you could find them at any orchard on the Ridge (near Sparta, MI), or at least any that still had a few unpicked apples hanging on the trees," he added. 'Jonagold' is one of my favorite apple varieties, but we'll call these "Jonaghosts.'"
According to Andrew, not a lot of fruits and veggies are capable of pulling off such a stunt. "You could only find them on other fruits and vegetables if they remained unharvested and persisted into the winter. Most crops do not."
William Shoemaker, a retired fruit and vegetable horticulturist from the University of Illinois, toldForbes that those apples, leftover from harvest, just went through a week of "exceptionally cold weather" due to the polar vortex.
"Besides being somewhat mummified, they could also be rotten," he said. "[If so,] they maintain their form, but their substance gets closer to applesauce."
When their temperature drops to around -18°C (0°F), their structure collapses, and a few could "spew their rotten contents successfully." Although people might wonder why the apples didn't freeze solid, Shoemaker reminded that the apple has a significant acid content, so it has to get extremely cold before it freezes as well.


WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a big win for vapers, this afternoon the House Appropriations Committee voted in favor of an amendment to the FY 2017 Agriculture Appropriations bill that would modernize the predicate date for vapor products and stop the FDA from banning 99%-plus of vapor products on the market today. The bipartisan amendment by Rep. Tom Cole (R – OK) and Rep. Sanford Bishop (D – GA) passed by a 31-19 vote.
Yesterday, Gregory Conley, the President of the American Vaping Association (AVA), warned in an Op Ed published by The Hill that a failure to change the February 15, 2007 predicate date would mean the closure of thousands of small businesses across the country and allow Big Tobacco to take over the vapor product market.
"Modernizing the predicate date will not interfere with the FDA's ability to regulate vapor products. All this change does is force the agency to regulate the vapor products rather than just ban 99%-plus of products on the market today," continued Conley.
In addition to changing the predicate date, the Cole-Bishop amendment directs the FDA to set product standards, dictate labeling requirements, require retailer registration to effectuate youth access compliance checks, and ban self-service displays and vending machines in stores that permit minors. Furthermore, the amendment restricts the advertising of vapor products.
Despite today's favorable vote, the AVA remains cautious of the process that lies ahead.
The 2017 spending and budget bills may not be voted by the full House and Senate until the end of the year, so uncertainty in the market will continue to linger.
"The fate of the U.S. vapor product industry is in the hands of Congress," says Conley.
Word out there is deeming regs are being released in the morning.


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Winslow, Arizona
The story of Two Guns, Arizona could easily be described as a Shakespearian tragedy on Route 66.
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It has all the workings of a modern-day Hamlet – murder, madness, and supernatural superstition dotting its colorful history.
Two Guns, originally known as Canyon Lodge, started out as a modest trading post at the beginning of the 19th century, run by a couple of homesteaders by the names of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel B. Oldfield. A few more westward pioneers staked claim to the area over the years, and by the early 1920s the road through town, known as the National Trail Highway, became the preferred route across Diablo Canyon. When Earle and Louise Cundiff blew into town, they brought 320 acres of the land, making Canyon Lodge a busy stop for travelers. By the late '20s, what was once the National Trail Highway was blossoming into the famed Route 66, and the once-isolated trading post was evolving into a bustling stop for incoming drivers needing gas, food, and oil.
This quickly escalating prosperity caught the attention of a man named Harry Miller. A well-educated veteran of the Spanish-American War and an ostentatious publicist, Miller was an eccentric man who claimed to be full-blooded Apache and was known for his garish and unpleasant demeanor. Wanting a piece of the action, Harry "Two Guns" Miller allegedly struck a deal with the Cundiffs to lease a business site for ten years.
Under Miller's watch, the trading post was renamed Two Guns and turned into a full-blown tourist trap. He grew out his hair and braided it, taking on a persona by the name of Chief Crazy Thunder. He started a zoo with chicken-wire cages that held mountain lions and other native Arizona animals and started tours down into a canyon cave now called Apache Death Cave, where 42 Apache men met their death in battle.
The story of the cave was interesting in its own right, but Miller believed that the tale needed something more. He cleaned up the remaining bones he found in the cave, built fake ruins, and repurposed the tomb into a "cave dwelling." In a macabre commercial stroke of genius, he saved the skulls of the ill-fated Apache and sold them as souvenirs. In order to make the cave a bit more tourist-friendly, he also strung up some electric lighting, threw in a soda stand, and renamed the death cave the "Mystery Cave."
It was around this time that people say the curse of Two Guns began.
With Miller's tourist-attracting efforts, Two Guns grew even faster, but it was only a year before the town became overwhelmed with misfortune, starting with a drifter couple who stayed in Two Guns for a night, and then stole a large amount of merchandise from the trading post. This set Miller back quite a bit, but it was only the beginning.
The terms and broad wording of Miller's ten-year lease had always been a source of tension between him and Earl Cundiff, and that tension finally came to a head on March 3, 1926. During a heated dispute over the lease, Miller shot Cundiff in cold blood. For unknown reasons, Miller was acquitted at the trial.
While Miller didn't go to prison, he suffered in other ways. Shortly after his trial, Miller was mauled by a mountain lion on two separate occasions. He also was bitten by a poisonous Gila monster, which led to an illness and a completely swollen arm. This must have made the two mountain lion attacks seem not so bad in comparison.
In 1929, a huge fire would gut the trading post at Two Guns, and when the widow Cundiff tried to prove her claim on the homestead land, Miller protested, claiming that the land was his because he was there before them, which was a bold-faced lie. After $15,000 worth of court actions later, Cundiff managed to keep ownership of the land – Miller would leave soon after.
Even without Miller, Two Guns and its inhabitants continued to suffer. Route 66 was rerouted to the opposite canyon, taking its travelers and their money with it. Louise Cundiff and her new husband, Phillip Hersch, had to rebuild everything in Two Guns, including the zoo, on the opposite canyon just to keep the town going.
Two Guns was finally sold in the 1950s, and doomed to be leased and abandoned numerous times until 1960, when a man named Dreher revitalized the area with a restaurant, gift shop, gas station, and even another shot at a zoo. He created tourist trails to the cave, and began exploring the possibilities of touring the cavern where all of those Apache warriors Miller claimed to be descended from lost their lives.
It seemed that Dreher was immune to the Two Guns curse, or perhaps it was finally broken. With Interstate 40 on its way to completion, Two Guns would have its own dedicated exit ramp, which meant tourists would once again be passing through the town. All was going splendidly – until a huge inferno swallowed up the entire place in 1971.
That was be the last time Two Guns would ever be inhabited.
Two Guns is now considered an abandoned ghost town. The ruins of the zoo and the gutted gas station still stand, and you can still visit the cave. In 2011, Russell Crowe purchased Two Guns to film a Westworld remake, but only time will tell if the production will suffer from the curse, or if Hollywood is somehow immune.
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Q: How to handle actions on next, prev and view changes in Angular FullCalendar I integrated Angular fullCalendar to my Angular project and was able to display events and handle click on them, however I couldn't find anything in the official documentation about how to handle click upon next, prev buttons and on view changes.
My scenario exection is: On next, prev buttons I want to retrieve events related to these days if I'm on timeGrid month and retrieve events related to the whole month if I'm on dayGridMonth.
The calendar declaration in the TS file is as follow:
@ViewChild('calendar')
  calendarComponent: FullCalendarComponent;
  private eventToEdit: EventClickArg;

  // other properties
  private subscriptions: Subscription[] = [];
  calendarOptions: CalendarOptions = {
    headerToolbar: {
      left: 'prev,next today',
      center: 'title',
      right: 'dayGridMonth,timeGridDay,listWeek'
    },
    initialView: 'timeGridDay',
    themeSystem: 'bootstrap',
    weekends: false,
    locale: 'fr',
    buttonText: {
      today: 'Aujourd\'hui',
      month: 'Mois',
      day: 'Jour',
      week: 'Semaine'
    },
    editable: true,
    selectable: true,
    selectMirror: true,
    dayMaxEvents: true,
    slotDuration: '00:15:00',
    select: this.handleDateSelect.bind(this),
    slotMinTime: '08:00:00',
    slotMaxTime: '22:00:00',
    eventClick: this.handleEventClick.bind(this),
    eventBackgroundColor: '#089bab',
    eventBorderColor: '#089bab',
  };

The component html is below:

              <full-calendar #calendar
                             [options]='calendarOptions'></full-calendar>

A: For those who may concern, I found a property called datesSet that I bind to a handler method, it triggers the handler each time a date is changed. This is the new TS file:
calendarOptions: CalendarOptions = {
    // ... same properties in the question
    datesSet: this.handleDateChanged.bind(this)   };

  handleDateChanged(arg) {
    this.logger.debug('your view is:', this.calendarComponent.getApi().view);
    this.calendarComponent.getApi().removeAllEvents();
    if (this.calendarComponent.getApi().view.type === 'timeGridDay') {
      this.retrieveAllAppointments(this.calendarComponent.getApi().getDate(), this.calendarComponent.getApi().getDate(), null);
    } else if (this.calendarComponent.getApi().view.type === 'dayGridMonth') {
      this.retrieveAllAppointments(arg.start, arg.end, null);

    } else if (this.calendarComponent.getApi().view.type === 'listWeek'){
      this.retrieveAllAppointments(arg.start, arg.end, null);
    }
}

retrieveAllAppointments is the method where I call my Rest API


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Seller oder Šeller ist der Familienname folgender Personen:

 John Seller (≈1630–1697), englischer Kartograph
 Luděk Šeller (* 1995), tschechischer Skilangläufer

Sonstiges:

 Seller-Gletscher, Gletscher im Grahamland, Antarktika

Siehe auch:

 Sellar
 Sellers
 Seler

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Looking for a new game to challenge your brain and capture your heart? Mah-Jong, the ancient Chinese game of four winds, may be just the ticket. The goal, which is similar in principle to rummy, is to accumulate sets. It's a challenging game for four players with the desire to connect to an ancient culture. Our compact, American version includes dice, chips, 166 plastic tiles, four racks, and instructions for four beginners or advanced players.
I received this Mah-Jong set for Christmas and I found it to be cheap and the instructions were a copy and it had been copied so many times that you could'nt read them. Not happy at all.


Preheat the oven to 374°F (190°C). In a bowl, blend the flour, corn starch and baking powder.
Cut the plums into small pieces. Separate the egg yolks from the whites. Beat the egg yolks together with the sugar and the oil, incorporate this blend to the bowl containing the flour.
Grind the flavored green tea 'Petite Ourse' with a mincer or a blender, add it to the mix, and then add the plums. Whisk the egg whites until they are stiff, together with a pinch of salt. Incorporate them delicately to the bowl. Pour the mix into a cake pan and put in the oven for 35 minutes. Leave it to cool before removing from the pan and enjoy!
Its awesome, surely am gonna try this on Christmas. There are so many reasons that you should not miss eating plum cake on Christmas.


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Q: Windows docker, mount a volume and run a script in it I'm working with the servercore Windows docker image for CI purposes (i.e. building).
I'm fine building it, running it mounting the repo as a volume, launching it and keeping it listening on a specific port and launching exec "mountedFolder/script.bat".
docker build . -t build_image
docker run -d -t -p 8585:9090 -v $PATH:c:/repo build_image > id.txt
set /p id=<id.txt
docker exec %id% "build.bat"

But is there any way to launch the script (and cd-ing to its folder before launching it), in the run command itself? Something like
docker run --rm -v $PATH:c:/repo build_image /PATH/to/BAT/build.bat


Bass fishing in Florida is often a feast or famine practice, thanks in large part to the drastic environmental conditions. Extreme summertime heat combines with daily torrential rains, producing water temperatures in the mid 90s, lazy bass and lazier fishermen.
Hurricanes come through and make major adjustments, as I witnessed first-hand on the St. Johns River in 2017 when Irma brought a hundred-year flood that wouldn�t leave. For months the river rolled over its banks, flushing out the majestic cypress swamps that hadn�t seen water in decades.
Massive amounts of nutrients flowed into the river in the form of decaying plant and animal matter, fueling decomposition and removing oxygen from the system at an alarming rate. The result was the largest fish kill ever witnessed by most people in our region; acres of dead bass, bluegills, gar and other fish filling every shoreline as the flood receded.
The birds and the gators had a field day.
Fishing on the river following the flood had been unproductive. For several months, it wasn�t uncommon to fish a full day and not catch a bass in many areas. The fish were, simply, gone.
But a beautiful thing is occurring. The river is rebounding. A recent trip proved the theory of friends at the Fish and Wildlife Commission and others who have seen this scenario before: Little fish are showing up in big numbers.
To take a fair sample, I rigged a light crappie rod with a small twister-tail and set off into the swamp early one morning. What a blast I had! Cast after cast, I caught the cutest little bass I�d ever seen, and redbreast sunfish with the most gorgeous colors of any native freshwater fish. A handful of crappies and bluegills were thrown in the mix � too small to keep, but a great size to bend the little pole and give me a thrill. In all, I landed about 30 fish in half a day.
Grinning ear to ear as I loaded the boat, I reflected on my fulfilling morning, despite not catching a fish over 10 inches long. Business and a few personal issues at home had kept me off the water more than ever and it felt great to catch something. Anything.
I couldn�t help but put the feeling in the context of a recent BassFan debate, regarding bass fishing as a spectator sport. Many fans have complained that the MLF format � catching and counting most all fish, including dinkers � skews the current model. I, too, have been critical of the system and the outcome it produces in fishing tournaments. Is it really a fair way to determine a winner?
After my morning on the river, I wonder what difference it makes.
What we have today is the quest for five big fish vs. the quest for bites, regardless of size. But remember, that wasn�t always the case.
Bass tournaments, you might recall, started as catch-and-keep rodeos, evolving into organized events with 15-fish limits. Our competitive forefathers � Bill Dance and the like � focused their efforts on quantity rather than quality for much of their tournament careers. Sure, we hear about the hundred-pound limits and record strings of the era but a lot of times it was tough just to get to 15 for the day, so any decent bite counted. It would surprise many fans to know that those records weren�t often the result of full limits.
As time went on, the daily limit was reduced to 10, then eight and five, with the popularization of catch and release, and concerns for the fish and fish stocks. As a side note, many will recall Rick Clunn�s take on these changes, and the way it changed fishing methods of the top pros. Quality replaced quantity.
So what will it hurt to change things back, but in a new and improved way?
Again, I can�t help but think of my recent outing. These days, 90 percent of my fishing in Florida is done with magnum rods and heavy braid, yet my ultra-light outing was one of my most memorable in recent times. Getting bites, you see, is just damn fun.
Perhaps we�ll again see recognition within the tournament community; it�s what we started with, in a way. As fans, can we embrace the fact that the best angler may be decided by methods other than the accepted model, or will our answer remain �just because�?


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What volume increase is needed for the management of raised intracranial pressure in children with craniosynostosis?
Breakey, Richard William Francis; (2021) What volume increase is needed for the management of raised intracranial pressure in children with craniosynostosis? Doctoral thesis (Ph.D), UCL (University College London).
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Craniosynostosis describes a fusion of one or more sutures in the skull. It can occur in isolation or as part of a syndrome. In either setting, it is a condition which may lead to raised intracranial pressure. The exact cause of raised intracranial pressure in craniosynostosis is unknown. It may be due to; a volume mismatch between the intracranial contents and their containing cavity, venous hypertension, hydrocephalus or airway obstruction, which is often a sequela of an associated syndrome. At Great Ormond Street Hospital, after hydrocephalus and airway obstruction have been treated, the next surgical treatment of choice is cranial vault expansion. This expansion has been shown to reduce intracranial pressure, interestingly despite its success, the reasons behind its benefits are not fully understood. Using reconstructed 3-dimensional imaging, accurate measurement of cranial volumes can now be achieved. The aim of this project is to use the advances in 3-dimensional imaging and image processing to provide novel information on the volume changes that occur following cranial vault expansion. This information will be combined with clinical metrics to create a greater understanding of the causes of raised intracranial pressure in craniosynostosis, why cranial vault expansion treats them and whether there is an optimal volume expansion.
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Spoiler-Free Review: Taken & Given - D.J. Umber
Last year, I got to beta read and read the final copy of Taken & Given provided and written by D.J. Umber. Thank you so much for sending me this book!
Title: Taken & Given (Ancient Conflicts #1)
Author: D.J. Umber
Published by: DJ Umber Books
Pages: 260 | Publication date: April 11th 2017
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When Julia swears revenge, she has no idea the price it will carry.
Northern Italy, 133 BC - At sunrise Julia's life consisted of friends, family and keeping the identity of her lover a secret. By nightfall, it had all been torn from her. Tribal raiders burn her home to the ground and force her into chains as a slave. As the tribesmen take her and the other captives north beyond the mountains, she offers the gods what little she has left - even her flesh - in exchange for revenge.
But the heart is not so easily controlled. She soon finds herself at the mercy of Saxa, an innocent young woman whose mischievous charm she can barely resist. But as the bond between them grows, she discovers who the young woman really is – sister to the same ruthless warlord who murdered her friends and family. The situation comes to a head and Julia must choose; Saxa or revenge for her family.
Meanwhile, a young nobleman refuses to accept things as they are, and begins a desperate plot to have the captives brought home, no matter the price.
I must say I truly LOVED this book. I'm such a fan of Historical Fiction but I was skeptical once I learned that it took place in 133 BC, in the Roman Republic. I've never read something similar, so I was a bit doubtful but this one proved me totally wrong.
I'll be honest: it took me little time to relate to the characters, especially Julia. She's such a strong character, while in other way she's really vulnerable and looking to replace her younger sister, and for me that's why her relationship with Saxa clicked so fast, and also because of the Stockholm syndrome. While I can admit that it was there and it can be a problem, the main characters' relationship develops to more than the syndrome, and I really liked seeing their dynamic.
Even though Julia and Siegfried's relationship is far from perfect, I found myself caring for them, and rooting for their relationship. I would love to see their relationship develop, in different circumstances obviously, in a possible sequel.
I also enjoyed the multiple POVs, especially Julia and Gaius' since they were connected and didn't know it yet, which created this intriguing and surprising atmosphere.
"The fighting had ended but for the captives, the struggle had only begun."
The writing is on point – not to poetic or even dragging – so the scenes take their own pace and go on smoothly. The romance is well done, even though it makes me sad to see Julia being treated sometimes poorly by Siegfried, and I really want to see what happens next in their relationship and in the plot.
Regarding the plot, it's also well developed. It takes its own pace and there isn't too much focus on the romantic relationships, which can deteriorate a story. It's a political story, and the author doesn't sugarcoat it and that's an amazing asset.
The ending was one of the key moments for me. I completely didn't see that coming, and almost felt sorry for the character that it happened to. It was such a good move by the author, and it just added to my wishing that we had a sequel already promised.
To conclude, this novel was a big surprise for me and kept me hooked from the very first page. I wish more people knew about it since it's such a compelling story. The writing is gorgeous, without being too poetic and repetitive and the characters are super relatable. The time and space setting are also an asset and completed the atmosphere of Historical Fiction.
What about you? Have you read Taken & Given? If so, share your thoughts! If not, do you plan to pick it up?
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Sandra Black July 17, 2018 at 9:56 PM
Quero-te dizer que encontrei o blog por acidente mas fiquei logo super feliz por tal ter acontecido. Vi logo duas das minhas quotes preferidas de ACOTAR e rendi-me!
Vou seguir :)
Ana - TheBooktarian September 4, 2018 at 5:07 PM
Owwn muito obrigada! Espero que continues a gostar!
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Fly-in fly-out work practices (including drive-in drive-out, bus in bus out, ship in ship out, defence- and any occupation where one family member is away from the home for extended periods of time) occur across a number of professions, but are predominantly associated with the resources industry. This book is for families where one family member spends a fixed number of days working away, followed by a fixed number of days at home.
On-site the worker is separated from everything familiar and has hours filled with loneliness, doubt and exhaustion. The partner at home is handling everything on their own and they are exhausted and counting the sleeps until their loved one comes home.
There are unique challenges that this lifestyle and work choice has – that will often leave families, overwhelmed, broken and left feeling unsupported – wondering why they are doing this at all and where they can turn for help.
While there are plenty of orientation books for the workers, online websites and groups for the FIFO workers and their partners – there isn't a user-friendly, all inclusive book and resource for ALL who are involved in FIFO – from young to older, those away and those at home, single to married with children – a guide that prepares the whole family and keeps them going during the rotations, changes and upheavals.
Separated by Work fills this gap and more. Included are hands-on exercises and practical tips and exercises. Interspersed through the narrative are interviews and quotes from other experts in the field and short case studies from FIFO workers and families.


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Sometimes, the songs know before the songwriter does. That was certainly the case with LP's newest release, 'Death Valley,' a heartrending collection mined from the deepest reaches of her subconscious. Without fully realizing it at the time, the New York native was grappling with the fallout from a crumbling relationship in her music, putting together the pieces and learning to navigate a trying time of loss and struggle before she'd actually even embarked on the journey.
"I was feeling uneasy, like I knew that something was wrong," reflects LP, who now calls LA home. "I got a lot of material out of that ominous, foreboding feeling I had."
The 'Death Valley' EP, a preview of her forthcoming full-length on Vagrant Records, follows LP's 2014 major label debut, 'Forever For Now.' With its instantly recognizable single "Into The Wild," which was omnipresent as the soundtrack to a Citibank ad campaign and racked up nearly 10 million streams on Spotify alone, the record was a breakout critical smash. The Wall Street Journal raved that she was "knocking on stardom's door," Elle dubbed her "rock's next big thing," and USA Today praised her "serious pipes," while Vogue hailed her "penetrating voice and Dylan-goes-electric swagger," and BuzzFeed offered simple instructions: "buckle up and press play." She made the rounds on late night television, with performances everywhere from Letterman and Kimmel to Craig Ferguson and Carson Daly, and she wowed festival crowds from Austin City Limits and Bonnaroo to Hard Rock Calling and Lollapalooza, showcasing what the LA Times described as "the kind of show-stopping, booming voice that draws standing ovations." Martin Guitar even invited her to become the first woman—and the first ukulele player—to join their prestigious Ambassador program.
Though the album was her debut for a major label, LP was by no means a stranger to the music business. She had a track record of hits to her name as a songwriter, penning tunes for Rihanna, Christina Aguilera, Rita Ora, the Backstreet Boys and more. But 'Forever For Now' showed a new side of her artistry: more personal, more intimate, and fueled by her singular, stop-you-dead-in-your-tracks vocals.
"Writing songs for other people, when you get that right, you make a connection with the artist and you help them connect to the world," she reflects. In an interview with CNN, though, LP explained the difference in writing for herself, describing 'Forever For Now' as "a bunch of songs I feel only I can sing."
The same can be said of the five tracks on 'Death Valley': any writer would kill to have penned these songs, but only LP could sing them. And if she learned anything from her debut, it was to trust her instincts about what makes her own music so unique.
"I did this record much like I did the last record, except this time around, we just fine-tuned and sculpted what was already there in the demos rather than starting from scratch and re-recording everything," she explains. "I work with such amazing people that the level of talent is so high from the get-go, and I didn't want to lose that initial burst of what makes the songs special or risk overproducing them. We built off of the palpable energy and the initial thrust of the tracks instead of ripping them apart and examining them so hard that they lost their spontaneity."
It's a formula that pays off in spades on 'Death Valley,' which finds LP teaming up with her longtime collaborators Mike Del Rio of POWERS, who produced most of the tracks, and Nate Campany, who co-wrote several songs. The EP begins with an ominous, rhythmic rattling chain that sucks you deep into opener "Muddy Waters" and sets the stage for the journey to follow. Co-written with British singer/songwriter Josh Record, "Muddy Waters" rises up into a dark spiritual, a twisted gospel of confusion and desolation embodying the anxious sense of dread that presages the end of a relationship. In the infectious, atmospheric "Lost On You," LP alternates between an understated verse and a soaring chorus, belting out, "Let's raise a glass or two / To all the things I've lost on you" in a poignant moment of self reflection, while the title track channels her love of the Replacements' brand of reckless rock and roll, and the shuffling, whistle-fueled "Other People" is a sardonic kiss-off to an ex.
It's not all so bittersweet, though, as the uplifting "Strange" moves beyond heartbreak to a joyous, triumphant celebration of self-acceptance and love, with LP blissfully singing, "We are all strange / And it ain't never never ever gonna change."
"My natural propensity is toward being an upbeat person and writing in an inclusive, 'we're all in this together' kind of way," she explains. "I like the idea of music uniting people and galvanizing them. That song just kind of wrote itself in that way."
Perhaps that's the humility speaking (LP is, after all, a remarkably hard worker, constantly bouncing between her own breakout career as an artist and the cadre of stars who count on her inimitable perspective as a writer), but the idea that songs can write themselves is central to 'Death Valley.' This was music that poured out of her before she knew what it was about, before she lived through the heartbreak and pain and ultimate redemption that inspired it. The songs on 'Death Valley' may have known what was coming before LP did, but you don't need to be clairvoyant to see the future awaiting an artist this charismatic and gifted.
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Gang behind £400k Beaverbrooks watch raid brought to justice
DAILY NEWSLEAD STORYNEWS by Andrew Seymour	on March 21, 2017
A Romanian crime gang that stole £400,000 worth of watches from a branch of Beaverbrooks and raided Breitling and Montblanc boutiques has been sentenced to a total of 47 years in jail.
Members of the gang set up camp and cycled to jewellers across England in a series of burglaries where they stole more than £3.1m of goods, including luxury watches.
The thefts took place over a 12-month period between November 2015 and September 2016, and included a raid on Beaverbrooks in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, where the gang made off with nearly half a million pounds worth of watches.
Sledgehammers were used to gain entry to the shop and a fire was also set to hamper the efforts of emergency services.
In June last year, the men raided Breitling's store at the Bluewater shopping centre in Kent (pictured below) and in August the Bicester Village branch of Montblanc was targeted.
Additionally, branches of Fraser Hart, Goldsmiths and Ernest Jones were also victims of the gang, along with Chris Shan Jewellers in Lancashire and Poel Jewellers in Stratford-upon-Avon.
The raid in Stoke led the investigating team from Staffordshire Police to link up with officers from several other Forces after it was established that raids had also taken place.
Detective Chief Inspector Ricky Fields, of Staffordshire Police's Force Safeguarding and Investigation (North), said the planning that had gone into the crimes was extremely detailed and carefully worked out.
"We're dealing with a group of individuals who are extremely organised and forensically aware," he said. "They went to great lengths and employed an interesting MO in an attempt to avoid detection."
DCI Fields said the group could be linked to the crime academy in Romania as several of the members came from the same region of the country and employed similar strategies.
The Romanian Crime Academy recruits men and provides a strict code for its members as well as training in numerous techniques, such as avoiding being followed as well as understanding forensic evidence.
"They employed a number of strategies including cycling to the scenes of their crimes and cordoning off sections of road to reduce traffic and observers. They also pitched tents, typically two to three miles from the scene of the crime and buried their waste in a bid to avoid DNA being gathered."
DCI Fields said officers across the country had "worked tirelessly" to achieve the prosecution. "This was a highly organised Romanian crime group who, thanks to great partnership working between all forces, we were able to bring to justice," he said.
Six men, all aged between 19 and 28, were jailed for between six and eight years each for conspiring to commit burglaries at jewellers spanning nine counties.
A further man is due to be sentenced on March 28.
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Did Romans have only one suffix -uus?
I stumbled across this comment on using the "v" and "u" in the "linguistics" forum. My question is: what does "The Romans would not have differentiated the symbols" mean? Did Romans have only one suffix -uus? If so, why we, in the modern day, substitute the original spelling -uus to -vus? From what point in time and by whom such a decision was made?
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What Sam K. is saying is that the Romans would not have differentiated the letters U and V. They're the same letter in antiquity.
So the word servus and antiquus would have been spelled SERVVS and ANTIQVVS respectively. Representation of those letters in modern editions is not even consistent, with some opting for seruus and others (rarely) servvs.
It makes more sense if you read the deleted comments, too. Sam's comment was in response to another comment confused by that answer's differentiation between -vus and -uus, which in antiquity would have been written -VVS regardless of the vocalic or consonantal nature of the letter.
Originally in Latin, the letter "v" was written to show the vowel /u/ and its corresponding semivowel, /w/. The Romans did not have the sound "v" that we know in English. The Latin alphabet didn't need a letter for that sound until it started being used by the Romance languages, the Germanic languages, and other languages that had a "v" sound and a "u" sound at the same time.
"u" was a variation of the letter "v". Eventually, these became used as separate letters, which was far after the Romans.
The actual evolution of the Latin alphabet is much more complex than I'm describing it as. Every people had to modify it to suit their language, with all sorts of different sounds and sound changes happening. Regardless, the Romans only had one letter, u, which was written as v.
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