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The world's best urban hiking trails inside city limits
Hiking Trip Planning
Tim Wenger
As the weather begins to warm, those hiking boots tucked in the back of your closet may begin to call your name. Hiking season is fast approaching, and after a long winter, a good long walk is in order. In many cases, you don't even need to leave city limits. These urban hikes offer both exercise and skyline views, without a long commute to the trailhead.
1. Crosstown Trail — San Francisco, California
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San Francisco is a compact city, and you can walk 17 miles across some of its best attributes on the new Crosstown Trail, which we've described in detail. Starting from Sunrise Point, you'll pass through the Community Gardens and McLaren Park in the first segment. Segment Two highlights include the farm animals of the Virginia Leishman Farm and a nearly three-mile stretch along the Laguna Honda Community Trail. Segment Three hits the Sunset District and includes a rather steep climb up a staircase to the Rocky Outcrop garden area and the Hidden Garden Tiled Steps, one of the city's more unique viewpoints.
2. Arthur's Seat — Edinburgh, Scotland
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Edinburgh's urban trail offers both city views and the chance to summit a volcano right from the heart of town. The 800-foot climb begins at the end of the Royal Mile, where you'll hike up through Holyrood Park to the "seat," the highest accessible point, and look out over the city. The volcano last erupted 340 million years ago, so there's no worry of being spewed upon at the summit. The hike itself is quick — allow 45 minutes up, 30 down, and 15 to enjoy the views at the top.
3. Lakefront Trail — Chicago, Illinois
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Stretching 18.2 miles from Calumet Park to Rogers Park, Chicago's Lakefront Trail offers coastal vibes to The Windy City — at least in summer. While the entire length is a multi-day effort, build your hike(s) around specific sites along the way — the bird sanctuary at Montrose, the famed Navy Pier in the heart of the city, or the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. Catch some rays at Hollywood Beach, or hop a rentable Divvy Bike and see how many miles you can squeeze into one day.
4. Elliot Bay Trail — Seattle, Washington
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Few US cities are as photogenic as Seattle, and you'll see the city from its best angles along the five-mile Elliot Bay Trail that stretches along the waterfront. Along the way, you can grab a coffee or snack at Pike Place Market, stop for a walkthrough of the Seattle Art Museum, or visit the marine life at the Seattle Aquarium. The trail is often busy even on Seattle's notoriously rainy days, but don't let weather deter you. Even when it's gray outside, the skyline looking out over the bay is somehow still amazingly beautiful.
5. Victoria Peak and Pok Fu Lam Country Park — Hong Kong
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Hong Kong contains vast, unexpectedly wild areas that make for spectacular hiking and even camping. Public transit accesses the region's trail-heavy Country Parks, and much of the urban core on Hong Kong Island is encircled in trails you can reach on foot from the Mid-Levels and even Centro — if you're up for a good climb. In fact, Victoria Peak and Pok Fu Lam Country Park are directly above the Mid-Levels. Best ascended in the morning, before the oppressive afternoon heat sets in, they offer sweeping vistas over the city to Victoria Harbor on one side and the surrounding islands across the straight on the other. To access the Pok Fu Lam trailhead, head to the top of Victoria Peak and walk down the backside towards the coast.
6. The High Line — New York, New York
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New York City's High Line will transport you from the bustle of the city. It's understandably popular, so you won't necessarily leave behind the crowds of the street below you, but you will leave behind the cars and honking yellow cabs and embrace the trees, shrubs, and even flowers that have been thoughtfully planted along the High Line's 1.5-mile length. The former elevated railway runs from Manhattan's Gansevoort and Washington streets to 34th Street, cutting out just past 11th Avenue. In the years since its development, more buildings built alongside it have begun to crowd out the sunlight, but the views of the surrounding public art installations and the Chelsea neighborhood are photo-worthy. The High Line is definitely worth going out of your way for should you find yourself visiting the Whitney Museum of Art or the Chelsea Market.
7. Mount Royal — Montreal, Canada
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Mount Royal is as quintessentially Montreal as poutine, and the 45-minute trail to the top is the first thing you should do in the city. (It's easier to do before you gorge on that poutine and Montreal bagels.) Multiple viewpoints await, none more epic than the lookout over downtown from the top. This is the best place in the city for people-watching at any point throughout the year, particularly on weekend mornings, and in winter you'll see snowshoers and the occasional dog-pulled cross-country skier.
8. Schuylkill River Trail — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Philly's Schuylkill River Trail runs 26.5 miles from the city to Phoenixville, taking you through Valley Forge National Historical Park. But without leaving city limits, you can hike the waterfront and take in a unique view of the city's skyline. Pop off for easy access to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, a round of disc golf at the Sedgley Woods course, and the Strawberry Mansion in Fairmount Park. The trail is paved through the city, though beyond it leads to a network of hiking trails in the surrounding countryside en route to Phoenixville.
9. Indianapolis Cultural Trail — Indianapolis, Indiana
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Were you to go on a sightseeing tour of Indiana's largest city, you'd undoubtedly spend time on the Indianapolis Cultural Trail. It leads from downtown right to the Indianapolis City Market, the Indiana State Museum, and nearly a dozen separate art installations. The trail is made up of multiple paths that run along the city's inner canal, where you also have the option to hop aboard a kayak or pedal boat should you get the urge to hit the water. Get on the trail at the corner of Capitol Avenue and Walnut Street, and see where the day takes you — though be sure to hit the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library and end with a pint at TwoDEEP Brewing.
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Q: Get CGRect of View I'm using a "RectGetter" to get the CGRect of a View.
Like this:
Text("Hello")
    .background(RectGetter(rect: self.$rect))

struct RectGetter: View {
    @Binding var rect: CGRect

    var body: some View {
        GeometryReader { proxy in
            self.createView(proxy: proxy)
        }
    }

    func createView(proxy: GeometryProxy) -> some View {
        DispatchQueue.main.async {
            self.rect = proxy.frame(in: .global) // crash here
        }

        return Rectangle().fill(Color.clear)
    }
}

But sometimes I get a crash when setting the rect.
Thread 0 name:
Thread 0 Crashed:
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib          0x00000001a1ec5ec4 __pthread_kill + 8
1   libsystem_pthread.dylib         0x00000001a1de5724 pthread_kill$VARIANT$armv81 + 216 (pthread.c:1458)
2   libsystem_c.dylib               0x00000001a1d358c0 __abort + 112 (abort.c:147)
3   libsystem_c.dylib               0x00000001a1d35850 abort + 112 (abort.c:118)
4   AttributeGraph                  0x00000001cce56548 0x1cce25000 + 202056
5   AttributeGraph                  0x00000001cce2b980 0x1cce25000 + 27008
6   SwiftUI                         0x00000001d89ce9b4 $s7SwiftUI27_PositionAwareLayoutContextV10dimensionsSo6CGSizeVvg + 56 (<compiler-generated>:0)
7   SwiftUI                         0x00000001d8a43584 $sSo6CGSizeVIgd_ABIegr_TRTA + 24 (<compiler-generated>:0)
8   SwiftUI                         0x00000001d8a43a54 $s7SwiftUI13GeometryProxyV4sync33_4C4BAC551E328ACCA9CD3748EDC0CC3ALLyxSgxyXElFxAA9ViewGraphCXEfU_... + 92 (GeometryReader.swift:126)
9   SwiftUI                         0x00000001d8a43f20 $s7SwiftUI13GeometryProxyV4sync33_4C4BAC551E328ACCA9CD3748EDC0CC3ALLyxSgxyXElFxAA9ViewGraphCXEfU_... + 20 (<compiler-generated>:0)
10  SwiftUI                         0x00000001d8c4842c $s7SwiftUI16ViewRendererHostPAAE06updateC5Graph4bodyqd__qd__AA0cG0CXE_tlF + 80 (ViewRendererHost.swift:64)
11  SwiftUI                         0x00000001d8a438d4 $s7SwiftUI13GeometryProxyV5frame2inSo6CGRectVAA15CoordinateSpaceO_tF + 196 (GeometryReader.swift:125)
12  MyApp                           0x0000000102cf5c54 closure #1 in RectGetter.createView(proxy:) + 128 (RectGetter.swift:22)

Is there some more reliable way (not crashing) to get the CGRect of a View?

A: Update: improved and simplified a possible solution to read rect of any view in any coordinate space via helper extension. Works since Xcode 11.1, retested with Xcode 13.3.
Main part:
func rectReader(_ binding: Binding<CGRect>, _ space: CoordinateSpace = .global) -> some View {
    GeometryReader { (geometry) -> Color in
        let rect = geometry.frame(in: space)
        DispatchQueue.main.async {
            binding.wrappedValue = rect
        }
        return .clear
    }
}

Usage the same
Text("Test").background(rectReader($rect))

or with new extension
Text("Test").reading(rect: $rect)

Complete findings and code is here

A: Another way is with Preference Keys, as outlined here.
In summary, you can set up a modifier:
struct SizePreferenceKey: PreferenceKey {
    static var defaultValue: CGRect = .zero

    static func reduce(value: inout CGRect, nextValue: () -> CGRect) {
        value = nextValue()
    }
}

struct SizeModifier: ViewModifier {
    private var sizeView: some View {
        GeometryReader { geometry in
            Color.clear.preference(key: SizePreferenceKey.self, value: geometry.frame(in: .global))
        }
    }

    func body(content: Content) -> some View {
        content.background(sizeView)
    }
}

Then use that one:
SomeView()
   .modifier(SizeModifier())
   .onPreferenceChange(SizePreferenceKey.self) { print("My rect is: \($0)") }

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After the Shuttle Space system is retired in 2010 the International Space Station will be dependent on the Russian Soyuz and Progress vehicles to rotate flight crews and ship supplies respectively. The cancelled man-rated Ares I was expected to be operational in 2015 and the cancelled Ares V cargo launch vehicle was scheduled to be operational soon after. NASA will be dependent on the Russians and commercial space vendors such as SpaceX until then. Lunar missions by NASA should begin around 2020.
New Space is like aviation in the time of the Wrights, Quick and Curtis. These men were pioneers that were limited to their personal finances, helped by family and friends. A recent development is the flood of billionaires and multimillionaires that the flow of wealth to the top of the pyramid has produced. There are a few Howard Hughes, Elon Musks and Paul Allens out there.
The first thing that you learn in biotech is to fail as soon as possible; otherwise you just keep burning capital and fail later. A showstopper for the saucer will be that it is unstable even in level flight and will require computer stabilization. Aircraft instability wouldn't stop a Skunk Works aircraft but is the kiss of death for a start-up project. Even the Lunar Landing vehicles have near-IRS capabilities enhanced by GPS.
I propose building a super-scale remote-controlled airplane to test the feasibility of an aircraft which would duplicate the missions of the Soyuz and Progress spacecraft but which would be jet-powered and capable of landing at any commercial airport. I propose a saucer-shaped vehicle for reentry which would transition to horizontal flight for landing. The biggest problem area is transitioning from the reentry mode to horizontal flight in a controlled, reliable manner. Control of profile drag and angle of attack will be necessary for more nuanced flight profiles. A rocket would allow the vehicle to deorbit and small thrusters or gyros would be required for attitude control in space. A full-sized aircraft would be capable of normal flight for training or ferrying. Large engines, both jet and rocket, will be required for suborbital tourism while smaller engines will do for a reentry vehicle or for a proof-of-concept aircraft. Integration of the rocket engine could be a phase II development. I will use electric duct fans initially for the model aircraft since development not performance is the primary goal.
A model could verify the feasibility of flying and landing a reentry vehicle shaped saucer. A considerable amount of avionics and flight control development could be done with models. Super-size models can be as complicated as space-qualified manned or unmanned vehicles, i.e., triple-redundant control systems. NASA has spent hundreds of millions of dollars researching similar vehicles which are only rocket-powered gliders.
A full size aircraft could have hybrid jets which use supplemental LOX to maintain thrust at higher altitudes. A rocket engine would supplement the thrust at an appropriate time and allow flights into near space. A hybrid jet should be capable of reaching near space for use in the space tourist trade. That would be the end of its use as a single-stage vehicle. I'm assuming that jet fuel and LOX are used in the rocket at the present time but I'm not ruling out hypergolic fuels.
Flight into near-space, space tourism, should be possible with jet engines supplemented with LOX. 4000 mph in the upper stratosphere should be enough speed to get into near space with diminishing thrust as the altitude increases. The use of by-pass fans decreases the instability of the aircraft at low speed near the launch pad.
A spacecraft returning to Earth should be able in the near-future to land at most commercial airports after entering the air traffic system of the destination country. Once a space infrastructure is in place, special taxis will return passengers and cargo to the Earth's surface after a space-faring liner rendezvous with a space port in low-earth orbit.
Forget the International Space Station and Cape Canaveral – they're in the wrong locations for transport to the Moon, Mars and geosynchronous orbit.
The SR-71 is arguably the greatest aircraft ever flown. The spy plane was designed to be flown at an unclassified altitude of 85,000 feet with an optimum engine speed of mach 3.2. All but two of the surviving aircraft (two were assigned to NASA) are on display in aviation museums.
Most of the SR-71's thrust at operational speeds comes from compressed by-pass air being ignited like an after burner, a ramjet mode. The SR-71 wiki suggested that the engine/duct design could theoretically reach mach 6. A zoomed aircraft at 85,000 feet flying at mach 3.2 with rapidly diminishing thrust due to diminishing air density should be able to fly space tourism flights to near space.


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Move by former NYC Mayor Bloomberg to create smaller schools leads to big disparities within single buildings
By Sarah Ryley, Kerry Burke and Ginger Adams Otis
A parent-funded greenhouse sits on top of the school building that houses M.S. 256 Academic & Athletic Excellence, M.S. 258 Community Action School, and P.S. 333 Manhattan School for Children at 154 W. 93rd St. Students at P.S. 333 study science in the greenhouse. (Barry Williams/for New York Daily News)
Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg reinvented the public school system, closing more than 160 failing institutions and opening 654 new, smaller ones in their place.
Roughly half of the city's more than 1,700 schools share a building — and one in the Bronx is split among nine schools.
Supporters say the Bloomberg overhaul helped boost academic achievement during his tenure — with high school graduation rates climbing from 50.9% in 2002 to 61.3% in 2013. But critics say he created a system of winners and losers among students, with needier kids pushed into lower-performing schools.
A Daily News analysis of city and state Department of Education data from the 2013-14 school year examined the disparities between schools that share a building and found significant variations in graduation rates, test scores, race and wealth.
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"The school system Bloomberg created shows marked differences in student populations," said David Bloomfield, an education professor at Brooklyn College and the CUNY Grad Center.
"Concentrations of students in poverty led to predictable outcomes," Bloomfield said.
Often, a charter school moved into the extra space made by closing a failing school. Privately operated, city-funded charters now make up about 11% of all schools.
The imbalances between schools within a single building can be striking.
Of the 55 buildings with multiple schools that teach the third grade, 33 buildings had a disparity of 20 percentage points or greater in third-grade math proficiency rates. Twenty-six buildings had the same level of disparity in third-grade reading proficiency.
The top 10 disparities in both measures — with one exception involving a gifted and talented school — were charter schools out-performing public schools.
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The News found the biggest disparities in third-grade proficiency at a Brownsville, Brooklyn building shared by Public School 401, Christopher Avenue Community School, where only 8% tested proficient in math last school year, and the Leadership Preparatory Ocean Hill Charter School, where 100% tested proficient — a 92 percentage point difference.
John Visconti, president of the parent group at M.S. 256, said the school has changed principals at least twice in the last few years. (Norman Y. Lono for New York Daily News)
Just 7% of Christopher Avenue third-graders tested proficient in reading, versus 80% at the charter school.
The public school — on the first and second floors — serves a significantly higher percentage of students who are homeless, on special education plans, and who qualify for free or reduced lunch, according to state data.
But Leadership Preparatory officials pointed out their elementary school — which is on the third floor and has a student population roughly 87% classified as economically disadvantaged — includes a low-income preference in its lottery.
The News found that the relatively new charter ranked 12th citywide in third-grade reading proficiency and first in math last school year, beating even some gifted and talented schools.
Fifth-graders at the charter's new middle school on the fourth floor did not perform as well — only 12% passed reading and 39% passed math.
Barbara Martinez, spokeswoman for Uncommon Schools — the parent organization that owns Leadership Preparatory — said the fifth grade had all new students last year, "most of whom were several grade levels behind in reading and math."
The second biggest disparity was at a Harlem building shared by Public School 123, where only 6% of third-graders tested proficient in math, and a Success Academy charter, where 97% of third-grade kids tested proficient in math.
Even within the district schools, there were huge gaps in achievement — often predicated by equally huge gaps in income among the students' families.
The biggest financial disparity was found on the Upper West Side, in a multi-school building where kids at Public School 333, the Manhattan School for Children, learn science in a "stunning rooftop greenhouse" donated by parents.
Only 18% of those students qualified for free or reduced lunch — a difference of 69 percentage points compared to the kids at Middle School 256, Academic & Athletic Excellence, where 88% qualified for free or reduced lunch. Proficiency rates were in the single digits at M.S. 256.
Those two schools on W. 93rd St. between Amsterdam and Columbus Aves. also have the second-highest disparity in racial makeup in the same building. Academic & Athletic Excellence is 96% black and Hispanic; The Manhattan School for Children is 80% white and Asian.
There's also a stark inequity in their respective Parent Teacher Associations. The parent group at P.S. 333 reported raising more than $400,000 last school year for classroom and office supplies, field trips, professional development and technology.
"We have a greenhouse on the roof that three parents provided," said Jane Rodriguez, 47, a former schoolteacher whose daughter Julia, 7, is a second-grader at Manhattan School for Children. "There are differences between the schools, definitely. We follow a more progressive curriculum. Our students learn by doing."
John Visconti, president of the parent group at M.S. 256, said this is the first year the organization has been in operation, so they've been focused on hiring a new principal and establishing by-laws.
"The school had a lot of rough starts," said Visconti, who enrolled his 6th-grade son in the school for its unique French dual language program, which also attracts children from many African and Caribbean countries. "They had a principal last year that left and the year before that they had another principal."
But he added that with the new principal in place, the teachers have been acting as a more cohesive unit and already math scores have shown a big improvement.
The third school in the building, Middle School 258, the Community Action School, had 67% of its students eligible for free or reduced lunch last year, according to state data.
The News found one of the most widespread disparities within co-located schools was in their demographic makeup — 51 buildings have schools with a difference of 20 percentage points or more in the percent of students who are black or Hispanic.
"What those kids experience, it just reinforces the institutional racism that's in the school system," said Mona Davis, president of the New York City Parents Union, citing a recent study by the Civil Rights Project at the University of California at Los Angeles that found the city had one of the most segregated school systems in the nation.
"It's unfortunate that children are exposed and conditioned to it at such a young age."
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Belgian high schoolers demand to get back in-person learning
by Samuel Petrequin
Students and relatives stand at the main entrance of the school Athenee Leonie de Waha in Liege, Belgium, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. Fed up with the COVID-19 restrictions keeping them at home most of the time, students in the last two years of high school in the city of Liege launched an online petition asking for more in-person class time. The students' efforts paid off Tuesday following an online meeting with Mayor Willy Demeyer and education officials in the city. The officials pledged to revisit the current COVID-19 protocol in a bid to get the 16 to 18-year-olds in-person instruction at least half-time starting Monday. (AP Photo/Valentin Bianchi)
A late-stage side effect of the coronavirus pandemic has turned up in Belgium, where a group of teenagers is begging to go back to school.
Fed up with the COVID-19 restrictions keeping them at home most of the time, students in the last two years of a high school in the city of Liege launched an online petition asking for more in-person class time.
"It's been six months now that we have been going to class only once a week," the students enrolled at the Athénée Léonie de Waha wrote last week. "Get ready, and open your ears: We want to go to school more often. Yes, yes, you heard it right!"
The students' efforts paid off Tuesday following an online meeting with Mayor Willy Demeyer and education officials in the city, which is known for its universities. The officials pledged to revisit the current COVID-19 protocol in a bid to get the 16 to 18-year-olds in-person instruction at least half-time starting Monday.
Months of learning exclusively or mostly online took a toll on the school's more than 200 students, the petition writers said. Concerned that prolonged distance learning would eventually derail their academic progress, they complained about the lack of social interaction and a growing loss of motivation sitting alone in front of their computers.
The main facade of the school Athenee Leonie de Waha is seen in Liege, Belgium, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. Fed up with the COVID-19 restrictions keeping them at home most of the time, students in the last two years of high school in the city of Liege launched an online petition asking for more in-person class time. The students' efforts paid off Tuesday following an online meeting with Mayor Willy Demeyer and education officials in the city. The officials pledged to revisit the current COVID-19 protocol in a bid to get the 16 to 18-year-olds in-person instruction at least half-time starting Monday. (AP Photo/Valentin Bianchi)
"We could not take it anymore," student Lena Piazza told The Associated Press. "With the fatigue and the loss of concentration, many people were about to disengage."
Piazza said she felt like "an old person" with headaches, pain in her neck and a lot of stress.
Since the start of the pandemic, academic studies and accounts from parents and teachers in many countries have highlighted the global challenges of remote learning. But as confirmed coronavirus cases keep soaring across Europe and authorities face a more contagious virus variant and overwhelmed hospitals, a general return to regular schooling is not foreseen for months in many countries.
In Italy, students and parents have protested continued school closures, with some high schoolers declaring an online "strike" on Monday. Most Italian elementary and middle schools remained open for in-person learning throughout the fall, but high schools shifted back to remote learning at the end of October.
Students of the school Athenee Leonie de Waha and relatives leave at the end of their classes in Liege, Belgium, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. Fed up with the COVID-19 restrictions keeping them at home most of the time, students in the last two years of high school in the city of Liege launched an online petition asking for more in-person class time. The students' efforts paid off Tuesday following an online meeting with Mayor Willy Demeyer and education officials in the city. The officials pledged to revisit the current COVID-19 protocol in a bid to get the 16 to 18-year-olds in-person instruction at least half-time starting Monday. (AP Photo/Valentin Bianchi)
The Liege students had an advantage in getting officials to take their pleas seriously. They attend classes at a school that employs the alternative pedagogy developed by French educational reformer Celestin Freinet. His philosophy rejected the traditional lines of authority in schools, holding that children's views should be taken into account.
Athénée Léonie de Waha Director Rudi Creeten said the students had his support in their battle to attend school in person more often. He said they had shown patience and dedication to remote learning over the past months but started to "suffer" recently.
"Their struggles to go through the current situation have been heard," Creeten told the AP. The decision made Tuesday "opens a door. It says that we can trust the youth."
In Belgium, like in other countries, decisions whether to close or open schools vary greatly, depending on the course of the pandemic, on whether schools are public, private or church-run, and which grades are involved. At Léonie de Waha, only the oldest students were restricted to attending school once a week.
A woman and a child stand at the main entrance of the school Athenee Leonie de Waha in Liege, Belgium, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. Fed up with the COVID-19 restrictions keeping them at home most of the time, students in the last two years of high school in the city of Liege launched an online petition asking for more in-person class time. The students' efforts paid off Tuesday following an online meeting with Mayor Willy Demeyer and education officials in the city. The officials pledged to revisit the current COVID-19 protocol in a bid to get the 16 to 18-year-olds in-person instruction at least half-time starting Monday. (AP Photo/Valentin Bianchi)
Students of the school Athenee Leonie de Waha leave at the end of their classes in Liege, Belgium, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. Fed up with the COVID-19 restrictions keeping them at home most of the time, students in the last two years of high school in the city of Liege launched an online petition asking for more in-person class time. The students' efforts paid off Tuesday following an online meeting with Mayor Willy Demeyer and education officials in the city. The officials pledged to revisit the current COVID-19 protocol in a bid to get the 16 to 18-year-olds in-person instruction at least half-time starting Monday. (AP Photo/Valentin Bianchi)
The virus has played havoc with education across the continent, with schools opening and reclosing often at short notice and the status of crucial student exams constantly in flux.
French schools went back full-time in September and have largely remained that way, even after new virus restrictions were imposed nationwide in October. Britain closed schools last week in response to surging numbers of new infections, although the children of essential workers still can attend in person.
In Spain, most students returned to school following the Christmas and New Year's holidays. But the unprecedented weekend blizzard that left 20 inches of snow in much of Spain has led many regions to cancel all classes at least until Wednesday.
And in Germany, where infections are also soaring, authorities in Berlin backtracked last week on plans to partially resume in-person teaching, following protests from parents, teachers and the federal government.
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Today, more than ever, we need men and women of God with those same spiritual guts. The church has become institutionalized and satisfied with the status quo. Forty years ago, it was simply a matter of opening the front door and the people would come. That is not true in 2017. We have a large percentage of 2 full generations now that do not attend church. Children that grew up in homes void of God are now having their own children, which of course, will also grow up in homes void of God. The world that we live in continues each day to boldly present a message that is in direct opposition to the Truth of God's Word.
This message today is a wake-up call to men and women who love the Lord. God did not call us to isolate ourselves from this world, but to go out into the world and share the hope and love of Jesus Christ. I have never seen so many people that are afraid of the world that we live in. Did you not read in the Bible in 1 John 4:4 that tells you, "Greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world?" Did you not read in the Bible that we are "more than conquerors?" Did you not read in the Bible that we are called to go out into the "highways" and invite the lost to know Christ? God did not call us to hide our light under a bushel, but to share that light with this dark world we live in! God is looking for men and women with "spiritual guts" to take His message to the lost and hurting of this world.
Even those who reject what you are saying have at least had a seed planted in their life. God will allow you to minister to people that are at a place in their life where they realize there has to be a better way. They WILL be open to accepting Christ as their Savior and changing their life. Jesus told us that the harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. The church has forgotten the most important part of being a Christian, and that is we are here to serve, NOT be served. We are like Eli, sitting in our grand palaces, getting so fat that we can't even move. God has called us to rise up and take His message of Christ's love to the lost and hurting of this world we live in.


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Reposted from @hoopskater - Now that I'm counting macros again I wanted to share one of my favorite #questipies of all time - QUEST BAR CUPCAKES and they are macro friendly at 209 cal - 9g F/18g C/16g P.
1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Place 3 silicone cupcake liners on a baking sheet pan.
2. Mix together graham cracker crumbs and coconut oil. Evenly distribute this mixture into each of the three cupcake liners. Press down to form to the bottom of the cupcake liner, creating a crust.
3. Cut the Quest Bar into three even pieces. Place the pieces on a plate sprayed with cooking spray and microwave for 12 seconds. Mold each pieces into each of the 3 cupcake liners, on top of the graham cracker crust.
4. Combine the almond meal, coconut flour, protein powder, yogurt, coffee creamer, egg white, syrup, and baking powder in a bowl. Mix together until batter is smooth and everything is well combined. Evenly spoon the batter into of each of the 3 cupcake liners, on top of the quest bar.
5. Bake in the pre-heated oven for 16 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool. Mix together the icing ingredients until smooth.Evenly spoon icing on top of each cupcake.
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I love that @questnutrition is so easy for on the go. .
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Quest Pizza is by far our favorite! If y'all haven't tried it, do it...like, now. You won't regret it.
We discovered @questnutrition when we started our health journey. To us, Quest means a journey of ups and downs in hopes of conquering a goal at the end of the road. We aren't where we wanna be, but we sure are a lot further than we used to be.
The food you eat before a workout can have a major impact on your energy and stamina to get through your training. One of my favorite foods to fuel my body is the @questnutrition protein cookie, especially the peanut butter flavor!
Whether I'm focusing on strength training, HIIT circuits, or a pick-up game of volleyball, I always reach for these to make my session the best it can be! Plus, who doesn't want to eat a delicious cookie that's also healthy?
What are some of your favorite @questnutrition foods?
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Do not mind my messy bun. I don't think I talk about these enough. But these are my favorite @questnutrition products so far. Their protein tortilla chips are the perfect replacement for chips. Theyre packed with great flavor with a nice crunch. My favorite way to eat them is in my taco salad.
I also like their protein bars. They have tons of flavors and is great for on the go. I like to have a few bites of these when I'm craving sweets. Sweets are my weakness!
These chips are the perfect snack for on the go but my FAVORITE way to enjoy them is with tacos in a bag! Best of all they're only 5g total carbs for the entire bag so I can easily fit these in my daily macros without feeling deprived or guilty!
What's your favorite quest snack?
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Ahh, guys I HAVE to share my new obsession with y'all! QUEST BARS (and don't get me started on the Quest Tortilla Style Nacho chips). This morning I had 0 time to sit at home and eat, so I grabbed a bar, and enjoyed it during rush hour on the 202.
It is keto friendly, which as many of you know, I have taken on the keto diet in the last couple days.
Now that I'm counting macros again I wanted to share one of my favorite #questipies of all time - QUEST BAR CUPCAKES and they are macro friendly at 209 cal - 9g F/18g C/16g P.
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Republican Senator Rand Paul has a brilliant idea for Trump's January 29th State of The Union Address after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi blindly claimed there were security concerns for the event due to the shutdown.
According to Hannity.com, Sen. Rand Paul directly rebuked Speaker Nancy Pelosi's recent comments that suggested President Trump delay his annual State of the Union address; urging the Commander-in-Chief to hold the event in the United States Senate.
"Senator McConnell is in charge of the Senate. If Mrs. Pelosi refuses to allow the president to deliver the State of the Union in the House, I propose we move it to the Senate and make it happen!" Paul tweeted.
Speaker Pelosi stated without consulting the United States Secret Service or the Department of Homeland Security that "security concerns" for the event brought her to this conclusion and the shutdown could make the address a dangerous situation for politicians and guests.


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Delshah Seals $103M Construction Financing for Brooklyn Luxury Rental Tower
Bank OZK provided a $62 million senior loan in the deal, with EverWest Real Estate Partners providing a $40.5 million mezzanine loan.
By Cathy Cunningham	January 2, 2019 4:38 pm
A rendering of 22 Chapel Street. Courtesy: Delshah Capital
Delshah Capital has kicked off 2019 with a bang and closed $102.5 million in construction financing for its 20-story luxury rental tower at 22 Chapel Street in Downtown Brooklyn, Commercial Observer has learned.
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Bank OZK provided a $62 million senior loan in the deal, while Denver, Colo.-based EverWest Real Estate Partners provided a $40.5 million mezzanine loan. The financing has a 42-month term plus two one-year extension options. The deal closed on December 31 and was arranged by JLL's Aaron Appel and Michael Diaz.
The project is Delshah Capital's first ground-up development in Brooklyn and is being co-developed by OTL Enterprises.
The CetraRuddy Architecture-designed property—which fronts both Cathedral Place and Flatbush Avenue Extension—will include 180 luxury apartments, 25 percent of which will be affordable under the Affordable New York Housing Program. The development will feature 2,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space, 15,000 square feet of community space and a rooftop pool. Nonprofit Start Treatment and Recovery Centers contributed the land for the project and will be housed in the community space. Additional building amenities include 87 parking spaces, a fitness center, a lounge and a children's playroom.
The deal is not being executed through Delshah's Israeli public vehicle.
The developer was previously in negotiations with Moinian Group to provide a $95 million loan for the project, as reported by The Real Deal last August, but a deal couldn't be reached and the two parted ways, with Delshah bringing in Bank OZK and EverWest shortly thereafter.
"It's a great project for Delshah Capital, and we were excited to have worked with them to get it financed," Appel told CO.
Bank OZK also lent $60 million in Delshah's $115 million acquisition of 30 Morningside Drive in Morningside Heights in 2016 (with Square Mile Capital Management providing a $17.5 million mezzanine piece in the deal).
As for EverWest, "It was our first time working with them," Delshah Founder Michael Shah said. "They were incredibly professional and very pleasant to deal with. They handled any issues that came up very quickly and we'd definitely work with them again."
Officials at EverWest did not immediately return a request for comment. Officials at Bank OZK declined to comment.
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Because of its gepgraphical position, it often had defensive role during history, which is witnessed in the remains of Gradina Fortress dating 6th century. It also had one of the crucial roles in Croatian War of Independence, defending Sibenik from the agressor. During tourist season, there are boat lines few times a day, and one way ticket costs 23 kn. It takes 1.30 to 2 hours to get from Sibenik to Zirje, and it's the only island in this archipelago where you can drive your car.


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We really hope not! Like any new place, it might take a couple of visits to feel comfortable, our worship is what is called 'ordered' that means the way it is put together has meaning and it isn't just about the words. We are really friendly and we are a fellowship made up of lots of different kinds of people.
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You'll get all the information you need to help you decide how you want to take part… there's no set rules!
We have large print booklets and we try to be as dyslexia friendly as we can by making the booklets available in different fonts and on different coloured paper that can make things easier.
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To be prepared for a typical 2-3 zone defense, today's playset is called "Zone Overload". Player 1 will be at the top of the key, players 2/3 will be on each wing, and players 4/5 will be on each block. The beginning of the play should present a 1-2-2 (players in the gaps of the 2-3 defense). Player 1 and player 3 will pass the ball back and forth; this will notify the team which player will overload. After pass back, player 3 will cut to the opposite block. As player 1 reverses the ball to player 2, player 5 cuts to the same block as player 4. Now player 4 and 5 will set a screen on the zone defender in the corner. Player 3 will pop out to the corner to create an overload. This movement creates a man to man match. Each player has several different options to create a scoring play.
Zone Overload should be a continuous play. Player 3 is now the designated baseline runner or overloader. Stay tuned for different options using this playset.


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Arnold statement on Salter and Coleman coming Wednesday
By Brian McInnis on December 7, 2010 | Court Sense
UH coach Gib Arnold dubbed today's practice "Competition Tuesday" as he announced to his team he was re-opening starting jobs in the team's first action since the 0-2 road trip.
Junior point guard Anthony Salter was not there to compete, however, lengthening his absence which started to prior to the team's recent road trip. Also missing was freshman guard Jordan Coleman.
UPDATE: Arnold said he'd issue a statement about both players prior to Wednesday's practice. Not looking good on both counts. Both guys didn't get a whole lot of playing time, and it must have been tough for Coleman to be the only one of the four true freshman not to see much action.
Were both to leave the team (and it is certainly looking that way) UH would be down to nine active players for Saturday's game against HPU.
However, the Rainbows may have picked up another player just as they are losing two. More on this tomorrow.
The team's road loss streak is actually 12 games, not 13 as I wrote previously. That's because the BYU game technically counted as a neutral site. Yes, even though the crowd of around 13,300 was heavily slanted for the Cougars in Salt Lake City, it was "neutral."
If you're counting the total away-game losing streak for UH (including neutral sites) it's 14, including the team's last Western Athletic Conference tournament loss to Fresno State in 2008-09.
bb December 7, 2010 6:26 pm
Thanks again for the updates BMC
How's Amis' foot? After the past two games, they need him.
pocho December 7, 2010 6:32 pm
yeah, thanks for the updates hopefully Gib gives you some time for a quick chat.
josh December 7, 2010 10:10 pm
Not good news, But better they leave now than stick around being unhappy. Will this mean coach Gib will have three scholarships available for next season?
andy December 7, 2010 10:16 pm
don't know why Coleman wasn't getting any playing time. he seemed like a pretty good player. hope coach knows what he's doing.
i would like to see both those guys stick it out. playing time will come if they're good enough and both of them definitely have talent.
jeezy33 December 7, 2010 10:22 pm
Very bummed about coleman. Has huge expectations for him down the road when he got stronger.
al December 7, 2010 10:28 pm
if they are leaving, then, i say better now than later.
we want real men on our men's basketball team. a man would have stuck it out and worked harder to earn it.
if this is truly the case, then, it is better they leave now rather than stay and cause internal issues.
josh, yes three more for the late signing period for a total of 5 with blakes and stevens.
or gib could save it for the following year since he would only have two scholies.
perhaps we can get the brazilian and the european?
the maturing of bobby miles will determine if we go after another pg. i guess gerry blakes' transition will also be key to next year as well.
it's been awhile since we've seen the likes of ac carter on campus.
pocho December 8, 2010 6:06 am
Gib definately needs another big man for sure.
Go Get Em Gib, Hook Em Up and Reel Em In!
josh December 8, 2010 9:17 am
Who is the player they are picking up? Lutu?
jeezy33 December 8, 2010 11:51 am
miah or lutu? Come on man. spill the news
Brian McInnis December 8, 2010 12:59 pm
It's coming soon, don't worry.
Mike December 8, 2010 8:14 pm
Don't know about Salt but things don't add up about Coleman. Gib said he wasn't playing because he needed to get stronger, so why not redshirt him???? He was 17 when he came to the program and was the fastest player on the team, and had second highest vertical, how weak can he be. Leading up to the season he was mentioned in a couple of articles about how well he was doing on the defensive end, then nothing for playing time when the other freshmen are getting lots of time and even starting.
Speed is something we need, I have watched three games so far, Cent. Mich., Cal Poly, and BYU and have not seen one basket in transition.
Doesn't sound like there were any disciplinary problems involved so it seems like Coach was sending him a message. Coleman was Coach Nash's recruit, so maybe this is Gib's way of taking ownership for the future of the program.
Brian McInnis December 9, 2010 8:52 am
Jordan showed flashes with his athleticism, but he was young even for a freshman. Coach would get on him a lot in practice for struggling with playing Arnold's style of ball. Strength was just one factor.
He was Nash's recruit (specifically, former assistant coach Eran Ganot's recruit), but Gib wanted him there from the moment he came in as coach and acknowledged he was somewhat surprised by Coleman's request to leave.


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Haiti's Orphans are Still in Crisis. Where's the Aid When They Need It?
and orphaned children after the earthquake. Daphne was just beginning to feel at home until she was claimed by a distant relative.
The article goes on to profile other children who have faced similar hardships—a 13-year-old named Michaelle who lost both of her parents in the earthquake and resides at Frades, cooking for the younger children with whatever food she can procure.
Frades's board members and volunteers all shared similar thoughts: that even with so many international aid groups in Haiti, sustained help is hard to find. Mattresses, latrines, showers, medical care, psycho-social counselors and, most importantly, a consistent food and water supply are profoundly limited.
Nearly six months after the earthquake, cries for help are falling on deaf ears and efforts to hasten Haiti's reconstruction have been stalled. It is absolutely unthinkable that countless other Haitian orphans could be profiled in the New York Times six months from now.
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So when it says Audio – 5.1 FLAC (Japanese, English), does that mean it's dual audio?
For anyone who's watched the first movie, I noticed the voice message at the beginning of the film was not subbed, yet in Commie's release they subbed the voice message. What I'm wondering is whether I should worry about this or not? I'd hate to watch Coalgirl's release and then not understand what's going on because signs and voice messages weren't subbed, which from what I hear, are very important to the film. My apologies for the inconvenience.
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This series was quite a unique one; thanks for doing it!
Downloaded the series from Frostii in 09. My roomy has never seen it, so I decided to grab it from here since you used their old subs. Thanks.
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Damn, Girl: How to Beat a Catcaller at His Own Game
For as long as women are uncomfortable walking alone, in icky anticipation of a stranger's street harassment, catcalls will be a feminist issue.
By Molly Oswaks
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For a period of months when I was in middle school, there was a man who would park his car around the corner from campus, recline his seat all the way back, and wait in this prone position, cock in hands, for us girls to walk past in our pleated uniform skirts and knee socks. Whenever one of us spotted him, we'd immediately tell our headmistress and then all of our friends, whose questions ("What did it look like?" "Was he...rubbing it?" "Were you scared?") stank of scandalized innocence. I saw him once. It was erect, red in my memory, and he rubbed with a fervor, sweaty and staring me up and down. I ran, my skin feeling all crawly, my skirt suddenly far too short.
It occurs to me now, years later, that this was the first time I learned what it is to be a woman objectified on the street.
I've lived in New York City for six years now, and so far have avoided the fabled subway flashers, naked beneath their trench coats. But it seems I can't walk down the street these days without being catcalled, and is that really so different?
"Hey there, sexy."
"Damn, mami." ((smooching kissing noises))
"Ow, girl. You lookin' good."
There are frightening car horn honks and, of course, that all too familiar whistle, meant to indicate a guy likes what he sees—your body.
To be clear, no one could accuse me of being a girl who can't take a compliment. Tell me you like my haircut, my perfume, my manicure, and I'll not just thank you but tell you where you can get it for yourself. But then, I find nothing complimentary about a catcall. The difference between a compliment and a catcall, as I see it, is that they're never directly addressed to the catcallee (the cat?). They're more like inner monologues of lust spoken aloud. I want to be able to walk to the dry cleaners, pick up a few groceries, even just enjoy a sunny day, without feeling hungry eyes on my backside. I want to run an errand in light makeup and a summer dress without being appraised in public.
What do these catcallers even hope to get out of the exchange? Whistling at me from across the street and commenting how nice my ass looks in a pair of polka dot shorts is not the type of behavior I find attractive in a potential mate.
In an article for Harper's Bazaar, a few years ago, the author Elizabeth Wurtzel meditated on the transience of youth and beauty, writing: "Catcalls are not a feminist issue." While I tend to agree with Wurtzel on many topics of feminism, I must disagree with her here. For as long as women are uncomfortable walking alone, in icky anticipation of a stranger's street harassment, catcalls will be a feminist issue. Perhaps if I'm still getting catcalled in my mid-forties, I'll be a little more appreciative, but that won't make the behavior any more acceptable.
Christine Friar, a blogger for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, wrote in an April 2013 blog post of an encounter she had with a man waiting for the light to turn at a crosswalk. "Hello, gorgeous," he said to her. In a flat tone, she writes, she told him to stop. But he persisted, saying, "I'm just trying to brighten up your day."
"No, you're not," she responded. "You're rude. This is rude. I'm your peer!" And it's true. My female friends, in their summer clothes—or, hell, even bundled up for winter—are as much my peers as the construction workers in their hard hats and hefty denim on just about every street corner in Williamsburg. We're all just people, New Yorkers, trying to get through the day.
Just the other day, I left my apartment to deposit a check and drop of some dry cleaning, and in the 30 minutes that I was out, I received four catcalls. Is it relevant what I was wearing? (A colorful summer dress and strappy wedge sandals.) I don't think it should be. After all, none of us is "asking for it." The first was mildly irritating. For the second, I was on the phone with my mom! And by the third, a whistle from a pickup truck driving by, it had started to get to me.
Seriously? I thought to myself. If one more...
"Hey there, sexy... you're looking––"
"NO ONE LIKES THAT," I shouted, not a missing a beat.
"I was... just sayin'..." The man looked chastened.
I wasn't finished. "Seriously, it's rude." Then, borrowing a line from Christine Friar, although with none of her calm collectedness: "I'm you're PEER, for God's sake."
A bearded hipster stood on the corner watching this all go down, his expression blank, revealing neither support of me nor disdain for the catcaller.
Later that day, wearing the same outfit, I walked with my boyfriend to a nearby restaurant for an early dinner and got not so much as an eyeball in my direction. In fact, I've never been catcalled in his or any other man's presence. His explanation is that no man would encroach on his "territory" in front of him, out of a fraternal respect. (Ah, respect...) But I think he's probably right.
The next day, two more catcalls. By then, I'd had time to reflect. Maybe a calmer retort might get me somewhere, I thought. I was walking down the street, and in the opposite direction a group of men (again, construction workers, though of course the behavior isn't vocation specific) were walking on the same strip of sidewalk. I knew it was coming. You can tell, I think. They stop talking, eyes like full-body scanners.
"Mmm, beautiful," said one.
I stopped, looked him levelly in the eyes. "You know, no one likes when you do that?"
"Huh... Really?" he asked. I think he was genuinely stumped and surprised by my response.
"Yes," I explained. "No one. It's rude; we're peers." (I really love using this line.)
"Well, I'm sorry about that. I wasn't meaning to be rude." He turned to walk away, and as he did, said, with what seemed to be genuine kindness: "You are lovely, though. God bless you."
For more from Molly, follow her on Twitter @mollyoswaks.
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Q: Optimization in R vs Python, constrained, unconstrained and automatic differentiation? I am an economics/stat guy who uses quite a bit of optimization (maximum likelihood, simulated maximum likelihood), constrained optimization (mathematical programming w/ equilibrium conditions), dynamic programming, etc.
I am wondering how Python compares to R for optimization.  In my opinion (feel free to argue this and show me if I am wrong), R is not great for optimization in that it does not have automatic differentiation nor great solvers for higher dimensional problems.  Programs like AMPL (can hook up to any world class solver) or even Matlab with KNITRO solver won't make you explicitly enter a horribly complex jacobian, hessian, nor sparsity pattern, but R (even IPOPTR) makes you do this.  As such, I find R poor for optimization.
Is Python any better?  Does it have the automatic differentiation feature?  Can it link up to world-class solvers?  Any information on this would be great.  Otherwise, I fear I will have to do my work in AMPL or CPLEX, which I do not know, and learning yet another language isn't my highest priority unless I need to.


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Abdoulaye Bamba, né le  à Abidjan en Côte d'Ivoire, est un footballeur ivoirien, qui évolue comme arrière droit ou gauche au SCO d'Angers.

Biographie

Formé en Italie, à la Juventus Turin, l'Italo-ivoirien n'est jamais convoqué avec l'équipe évoluant en Serie A. Il s'engage à l'été 2010 pour un contrat de 2 ans avec le Dijon FCO avec lequel il termine troisième de Ligue 2 pour sa première saison avec les professionnels. Il apparait alors à 24 reprises (22 titularisations) en championnat et est l'une des belles surprises de l'effectif bourguignon. Son entraîneur, Patrice Carteron, ne manquant pas de souligner son adaptation rapide et ses progrès, qu'ils soient dans la récupération du ballon ou dans son apport offensif grâce à la qualité de ses centres. En Ligue 1, il dispute de nouveau 24 rencontres (pour 21 titularisations) et est pisté dès le mercato hivernal par Fulham. Au terme de la saison, le club est relégué en Ligue 2. En fin de contrat et un temps annoncé suivi par l'Olympique lyonnais, il fait le choix de prolonger, jusqu'en , dans le club qui l'a révélé.

Néanmoins, sa fidélité ne l'épargne pas de la concurrence et il se fait pousser sur le banc de touche par le franco sénégalais Pape Paye, au cours de la saison 2013-2014. Grâce à son investissement quotidien et à un état d'esprit exemplaire, il retrouve sa place de titulaire au cours de l'exercice 2014-2015, Olivier Dall'Oglio l'installant sur le flanc gauche de la défense. D'abord réticent à l'idée d'évoluer sur ce côté du terrain, il y réalise finalement sa saison la plus aboutie (33 titularisations), devenant un élément indispensable du club dans l'optique de la lutte pour la Ligue 1, son coéquipier Johan Gastien jugeant indispensable son apport offensif et le définissant comme un défenseur hargneux, très difficile à passer, à l'esprit de guerrier. Au terme de la saison 2015-2016, la promotion dans l'élite française est acquise mais Abdoulaye, en dépit d'une nouvelle belle saison (27 apparitions dont 26 titularisations en Ligue 2), est soumis à la concurrence d'Arnaud Souquet sur le flanc droit et de celle de Quentin Bernard sur le côté opposé. Il annonce par ailleurs à la mi-mai qu'il quittera, libre, le club et dispute ainsi son dernier match sous les couleurs dijonnaises le  lors de la réception de l'AC Ajaccio (victoire 2-0).

Ces belles années dijonnaises lui ouvrent les portes de la sélection ivoirienne, Michel Dussuyer lui offrant sa première cape le  en amical face à la Hongrie puis sa seconde, deux semaines plus tard, face au Gabon. Néanmoins, en dépit de ces expériences, il ne trouve pas de point de chute pour la reprise de la saison 2016-2017, seul le RC Strasbourg, promu en Ligue 2, exprimant un intérêt manifeste. Après s'être entretenu avec l'équipe réserve de la Juventus, il rejoint les rangs du SCO Angers le , palliant le forfait de Yoann Andreu, victime d'une rupture des ligaments croisés.

Statistiques
Le tableau suivant récapitule les statistiques d'Abdoulaye Bamba durant sa carrière.

Palmarès
Il est finaliste de la Coupe de France en 2017 avec le SCO d'Angers.

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Footballeur international ivoirien
Footballeur italien
Joueur du Dijon FCO
Joueur du SCO Angers
Naissance en avril 1990
Naissance à Abidjan

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The Redemption Song of Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter
The wrongfully convicted boxer was a cause célèbre for the likes of Bob Dylan. But he built his true legacy after he was released from prison.
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The New York Times obituary of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter was long on detail about the man's grim upbringing, boxing prowess, and wrongful convictions, but dreadfully short on the many ways in which he spent the last decades of his life helping other exonerees. Of the 2,500 words or so the paper employed to describe Carter's remarkable (and remarkably well-chronicled) journey, less than 200 words emphasized the good works he did for countless people upon his release from prison. Bob Dylan may have drawn attention to his wrongful conviction, but Bob Marley serves as a better soundtrack for his life. It was a redemption song.
William C. Rhoden, the Times' venerable sports columnist, did better, writing in his tribute Sunday that "Carter offers a reminder that one's deeds on the court or on the field will be quickly forgotten; contributions to society resonate across decades. Carter's name endures not because he had a great left hook but because of the principles he represented until the day he died." Let us now spend a few minutes highlighting the ways in which those principles were distributed to countless men and women less fortunate than Carter, who had little of his natural charisma or talent or celebrity, and who desperately needed him to help bring their cases and their causes into light.
Let us spend a few minutes, for example, with Mike Farrell, the noted actor and activist, who had this to say late Sunday night (in an email response to a query) as word of Carter's death spread around the world:
Like many, I had read Rubin's book (The Sixteenth Round) many years earlier and been deeply touched by it. In one of those incredible strokes of luck years later I was interviewed by a fellow for a documentary film and it turned out he was a friend. In fact, I think he was somehow involved in the making of the feature. At any rate, he put us in touch and became fast friends...
Rubin was such a life force, such a powerful fountain of energy, it's hard to think of him as low or sick or now gone. He was magnetic; his energy, his charisma, I suppose, affected everyone around him. Bringing smiles and laughs and a sense of possibility to everyone in his immediate vicinity.
We've spoken together in so many situations, in lectures, in debates, in press conferences calling attention to unjust and inappropriate incarcerations (his specialty), that I smile now when I think of his forever opening line: "Hello, my name is Rubin "Hurricane" Carter and I'm happy to be here. (pause) I'm happy to be ANYWHERE!" Then he would laugh that wonderful laugh and tell whatever part of his story was relevant to the situation at hand. He was a laughing, dancing, ambassador of possibility.
I know many exonerees and am proud to work with them. Too many of them are damaged, in some cases virtually destroyed by their experience. But in the best of instances, when the experience of having been wrongly convicted, imprisoned and dehumanized the way our system does has not crushed the spark of humanity within them, some seem to find an ability to rise above the anger and resentment and use their experience as a motivation to dedicate themselves to correcting the wrongs in our society.
They are, when given the opportunity, an inspiration to us all, and Rubin, with his joyful, indefatigable energy, was the prime example. We've lost a warrior.
Let us now spend a few minutes with Barry Scheck, the co-director (along with Peter Neufeld) of the Innocence Project, which has brought a measure of justice to hundreds of wrongfully convicted men and women in America over the past 22 years. The Innocence Project both enabled and benefited from Carter's indefatigable work. It both helped him and was helped by him, especially at the beginning, when he was famous and it was not. On Monday, via phone, Scheck told me that Carter was there at the very beginning of the current (and most successful) iteration of the exoneration movement:
People don't give him enough credit. When we did the first big [innocence] conference at Northwestern, on innocence and the death penalty, which led ultimately to the moratorium on executions by Illinois Gov. Ryan, Rubin was the keynoter. He did the keynote speech he always did. He would pull out of his pocket a copy of his writ of habeas corpus signed by [U.S. District Judge] H. Lee Sarokin, [the document that freed him from confinement, for the final time, in 1985]. "I never go anywhere without it," he would say.
He would appear whenever we would ask him, at conferences all over the country. He always answered the bell. I met him two years ago, in Perth, after he had been diagnosed with cancer. I immediately asked him to come to New York to our dinner. And he came. And there were like a thousand people there, at the Hilton, and the only thing that people wanted to do that night was to have their picture taken with Rubin. He was such a thoughtful man.
And, finally, let us spend a minute or two with another man who became famous around the world for having been wrongfully convicted and then later exonerated amid great fanfare. Few people understand Carter's life better than Gerry Conlan, the Irish exoneree of the Guildford Four, whose legacy (like Carter's) was memorialized both in song and in film. Conlan is in New York this week, by chance, and took the opportunity to tell me he considers Carter "a great man" who traveled across the pond to speak on behalf of the voiceless there, and who understood that "tragedies usually happen to the most disadvantaged people in the most disadvantaged circumstances."
The point here is not to enlarge Carter in death beyond what he was in life, or to diminish the profound legal and political significance of his wrongful conviction. He will forever be a symbol of a racially unjust justice system—a system that still exists today. The circumstances of his incarceration will always engender debate. Even some of the dubious choices he made after his release, some of the challenges he created for himself, allow us all to appreciate today that he was a quintessentially American hero—flawed, raw, edgy, but eventually resolute and on a righteous path.
"If I find a heaven after this life, I'll be quite surprised," he said shortly before his death. "In my own years on this planet, though, I lived in hell for the first 49 years, and have been in heaven for the past 28 years." It's a shame so many news outlets focused on the former and disregarded the latter. For in those 28 years of "heaven," Rubin Carter changed the world, one speech, one photograph, one exoneration case at a time. He had every right to give in to the anger he surely felt. Instead, famously, he said that "hatred and bitterness and anger only consume the vessel that contains them. It doesn't hurt another soul."
Andrew Cohen is a senior editor at The Marshall Project and a fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice.


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