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This pages contains information about the 2016 Transcontinental Race No4. See the Overview page for a general introduction to the Transcontinental Race (TCR).
As in the previous year, the race started in Geraardsbergen, Belgium with a short loop around the town and then an ascent of the cobbled climb, the Muur van Geraardsbergen, but that was the only location used in 2016 that had been used in a previous edition. The start time was two hours earlier than before at 10pm on 29th July, 2016.
The leaders managed to ride about 650 km to the first checkpoint in Clermont-Ferrand in central France in just over 24 hours. After visiting the checkpoint, riders ascended the Col de Ceyssat on the side of the Puy de Dôme, an extinct volcano. The col was used because the race had unfortunately not received permission for people to ride to the top of the volcano on the private service road.
The second checkpoint was in the central Swiss Alps. Most people took the easier route to get there that crossed the Jura mountains near Pontarlier and descended down to Lake Neuchatel. Some people chose to go further south and along Lake Geneva. The Swiss checkpoint included the longest obligatory parcours ever used in the TCR, a total of 70 km with over 3500 meters of climbing going over the Grosse Scheidegg, Grimsel and Furka passes (the latter being at 2429 m elevation).
The third checkpoint was at the Passo Giau in the Italian Dolomites. The shortest route to get there required going over 3 more Swiss mountain passes, each above 2000 meters elevation. Some people chose the much longer, but somewhat flatter route through the Swiss region of Ticino and then along the base of the Italian Alps.
The fourth checkpoint was at a new location in Montenegro, the Durmitor National Park. There was again a variety of route choices, with most people descending down to the Italian lowlands and going via Trieste and then onto the Croatia coast, but some people went north into Austria, then through Ljubljana in Slovenia and onto Sarajevo in Bosnia. Many who rode along the coast in Croatia experienced extremely strong Bora winds that made it difficult to ride at times.
This was the first edition of the race that did not finish in Istanbul, Turkey. The finish was still in Turkey, but this time it was on the Asian side of the Dardanelles channel in the town Çanakkale, which is near the site of the ancient city of Troy. Most people took a similar route between Checkpoint 4 and the finish, going via Kosovo, Macedonia, and Greece, but a few opted to stay further north through Serbia and Bulgaria.
Francis Cade, an official race videographer, made 10 short videos focusing on the racers, see this playlist, plus 18 video-logs about his time following the race, see this playlist.
Netwerk Geraardsbergen made a video about the start, there a few videos on the race's official Vimeo channel and the Bike Show did a podcast after the race including interviews with Mike Hall and Emily Chappell.
A French magazine, 200 has several articles about the race in the Autumn 2016 edition, including interviews with Kristof Allegaert, the first mixed pair to finish the race (Charlotte Dequevauviller & Thomas Chavrier). The editor (Alain Puiseux) wrote an article about riding the race himself; it's all in French, but it's one of the most beautiful reports that I've ever read.
The number of starting places again increased, this time from 250 in 2015 to 300 in 2016, consisting of 200 solos and 50 pairs. 600 people completed the application in November 2015, and this blog post explains how volunteers, race veterans, and people who would increase the diversity of the field were given priority before a random lottery was used to assign the remaining places, with the outcome of this process being announced in late December. In the end, 216 people made it to the start line.
Provisional race results were posted on the TCR website in early December 2016, and a revised version of these is available here, which is what the analyses below are based on. An "official" version of the results was not published before the race director Mike Hall passed away in March 2017, so these "provisional" results are likely to be the final ones that are published.
I've delved deeper into the data by looking at the times taken between the checkpoints and the tracker data to understand the story and progression of each person's race. I make comments summarizing this for all racers who finished before the party at the end of Day 15 plus several other notable racers.
Times between the checkpoints are obviously affected by when each person took sleep breaks, etc. and the weather and route conditions that each person experienced, but it is still interesting to see where people gained places or lost places during the race. To view specific rider tracks, go to Trackleaders and click on an individual rider's name or click on the T button at the top of the map to show all tracks.
My comments about each rider's race are based purely on the publicly available data and are kept as neutral as possible. Every racer has a far richer story to tell, and fortunately many of them have shared that by writing race reports, blogs, podcasts, videos, etc. I have given links to as many of these as I can find – click on the riders' names that are in green to view their reports. If you know of a race report that I haven't linked to then please Contact Me. I've given preference to post-race summaries over Facebook and Twitter posts, but have included the latter when nothing else was available. The reports are mostly in English, but there are a variety of other languages.
There are five tables below, organized based on the classification of the racers. The positions and times at the finish include all penalties. Times taken between the intermediate checkpoints do not include the penalties. You can click on a link to skip directly to a certain table.
84 of the finishers were classified as "Solos": "riders who started and finished as individuals without receiving outside assistance". In the results table below, intermediate rankings are shown in the "Rank at CP …" column, but to make relative progress through the field much easier to track, this data only includes the 84 solos. Pairs, people who finished but were unclassified, and people who passed the checkpoint but did not finish are not included in these rankings.
In the "Comments" column, "overall" positions and positions in each intermediate segment between checkpoints are calculated based on all people who passed those checkpoints (meaning 205 people for Start-CP1, 183 for CP1-CP2, 158 for CP2-CP3, 141 for CP3-CP4, and 138 people for CP4-Finish). In contrast to the official results, pairs are counted as taking two positions in the overall rankings instead of one.
1 8d 18h 02m 3: Kristof Allegaert, Video 1-1-1-1-1 Kristof arrived 1st at all checkpoints and the finish. In the individual segments, he was only 1st for the Start-CP1, but was never worse than 4th in any segment. He made some route choices that were different from most other people: after CP3 he went through Austria and then into eastern Croatia and went through Bulgaria to reach the finish.
2 9d 22h 43m 172: Neil Phillips, Video 3-5-5-2-2 Neil achieved his 2nd place finish by being 3rd or 4th in three of the five segments, which were Start-CP1, CP3-CP4, CP4-Finish.
3 10d 00h 51m 60: Carlos Mazón, Video 4-3-2-3-3 Carlos' best segment was CP3-CP4, with the 5th best time, but was also in the top 10 for the Start-CP1, CP1-CP2, and CP4-Finish segments, so it was his consistency that got him onto the podium. A landslide caused the road that he tried to take to CP3 to be closed, so he lost at least one hour doubling back and finding an alternative.
4 10d 05h 31m 75: James Hayden, Video 2-39-12-4-4 James arrived at CP1 in 3rd place overall, but then had to take more than a day off to recover from an illness. He then had two fastest segment times: CP2-CP3 and CP3-CP4, which moved him back from 61st overall to 4th. Between CP2 and the Finish, he was only 5 hours slower than the winner, Kristof.
5 10d 10h 32m 77: Peter Sandholt 13-4-3-5-5 Peter got to CP1 in 18th overall and then had the 2nd best segment time for CP1-CP2, moving him into 6th place overall; he then backed that up by having the 10th best segment time for CP2-CP3 and finished in 5th place.
6 10d 18h 32m 80: Nelson Trees 5-6-7-8-6 Nelson arrived at CP1 in 7th place then did a consistent ride to hold a similar position throughout, including having the 8th best segment time for CP3-CP4, during which he was one of several people who rode the full length of central Bosnia, including riding through Bihac and Sarajevo.
7 10d 21h 30m 93: Geoffroy Dussault, Blog 29-27-13-6-7 Geoffrey started relatively slowly for the first two segments (37th and 35th overall). He entered Switzerland further south than most people, then went via Lausanne and climbed over the Juan pass before arriving at CP2. He then had the 3rd best time for CP2-CP3 and the 4th best time for CP3-CP4, which moved him into the top 10.
8 11d 00h 32m 4: Ultan Coyle 9-9-6-7-8 Ultan's best segment was CP3-CP4, for which he had the 8th fastest time. He lost two places in the final classification due to penalties. He appeared to miss a turn on his way to CP2, after Pontarlier he had to double-back on his route, losing about 1 hour.
9 11d 06h 50m 168: Vincent Muhlethaler 20-10-8-9-9 Vincent started steadily, arriving in 25th place overall at CP1 (and appeared to get a bit confused in Reims on the first morning), but then moved up with the 8th best segment time for CP1-CP2 and held onto his position after that.
10 11d 06h 50m 72: Michael Wacker 16-12-11-10-10 Michael was reasonably steady throughout, with his best segment being the 10th best time for CP3-CP4, during which he used the direct, dirt road border crossing into Montenegro that quite a few people used but some did not make it across and had to find a different route.
11 11d 08h 58m 133: Daniel Fisher 15-19-14-17-11 Daniel was around 20th overall throughout the race up to CP4, but then made a big push, getting the best segment time for CP4-Finish, but still just missed out on a top 10 finish.
12 11d 09h 26m 154: Matthew Falconer 12-24-15-11-12 Matthew arrived at CP1 in 17th place overall, but lost places when he took a hillier route to CP2, climbing to a higher altitude in the Jura mountains than anyone else, entering Switzerland via Col de la Givrine. He subsequently made up places by having the 8th best time for both CP2-CP3 and CP4-Finish.
13 11d 16h 30m 84: Samuli Mäkinen 18-20-19-12-13 Samuli's best segment was CP3-CP4, with the 13th best time. He crossed Switerland using a slightly unusual route, going through Yverdon and Fribourg.
14 11d 18h 46m 12: Stephane Ouaja 19-11-16-16-14 Stephane twice had a segment time in the top 10 (9th for CP1-CP2 and 7th for CP4-Finish), but lost several hours hiking over a mountain in Switzerland on his way to CP3.
15 12d 00h 26m 142: Stuart Birnie 10-8-10-13-15 Stuart reached his best placing of 12th overall at CP2, and was reasonably consistent throughout. He was the first racer to chose the longer but flattest option between CP2 & CP3 south of the Alps.
17 12d 05h 27m 166: Michal Wolff 24-23-18-15-17 Michal must prefer the mountains to flat roads because his best segments were CP2-CP3 and CP3-CP4, having one of the top 20 best times in each. He chose to approach CP3 using the long traverse of Bosnia from Bihac.
18 12d 05h 28m 66: Frank van der Sman 8-14-22-20-18 Frank appears to prefer the flatter parts of the course: He arrived at CP1 in 11th place, dropped backwards during the middle, mountainous part of the route, then had the 6th best segment time for the relatively flat CP4-Finish. He took the typical Alpine route between CP2-CP3, but avoided the tunnels on the approach to the Albula pass by taking the longer and more difficult route via Chur and then climbing past Lenzerheide.
19 12d 10h 32m 171: Jacopo Porreca 28-29-17-18-19 Opposite to Frank, Jacopo had his best segment in the most mountainous part of the route, with the 6th best time for the segment across the Alps: CP2-CP3. After arriving at the start of the mandatory parcours for CP4 in Montenegro, he went the wrong way and lost more than an hour riding in the wrong direction and back again.
20 12d 14h 30m 89: Joe Todd 25-17-25-19-20 Joe achieved an excellent finishing position for the second year in a row and was again the TCR's youngest participant.
21 12d 14h 44m 144: Andrew Sallnow 7-7-9-14-21 Andrew was in the top 10 for most of the first half of the race despite climbing the Stelvio Pass twice, once from the Swiss side almost to the top, and then from the Bormio side all the way over! He then had several border crossings problems in the Balkans. He took a total of about 16 hours to get through the short stretch on the Bosnian-Montenegran border due to approaching the border from different directions three times before finally making it through on the direct dirt road. When leaving Kosovo, he lost several more hours when he tried to enter Serbia, but was turned away and so had to re-route into Macedonia (this is due to an odd Serbian rule caused by them not recognizing Kosovo as an independent country).
22 12d 15h 51m 91: Ryszard Deneka 41-25-27-24-22 Ryszard rode most strongly in the CP1-CP2 segment, where he gained a lot of places, and after that consistently held his position. He was one of many people who chose to cross the Dardanelles straight in Turkey at Gallipoli, and so approach the finish from the Asian side instead of staying on the European side of the straight for longer like the majority of people did.
23 12d 16h 01m 26: Björn Lenhard 6-2-4-23-23 Björn arrived at CP1 in 9th place overall and had the best segment time from CP1-CP2, moving him into 2nd place. However, after CP3 he had to take more than a day off to recover from an illness, but was still able to finish with a very respectable time.
24 12d 18h 38m 42: Zbynek Simcik 26-28-20-22-24 Zybnek held a solid pace throughout, with a similar position at all checkpoints. He was one of the people who entered Montenegro using the most direct way over the minor dirt road in the mountains near CP4.
25 12d 20h 36m 24: Chris White 54-33-28-26-25 Chris arrived at CP1 in 83rd position overall, but then gained over 30 places before reaching CP2, and continued to gain a few places at each CP. He used the more northerly option after CP3 via Austria and was the only one to use a hillier route through part of Greece, coming into Xanthi via the foothills of the Rhodope mountains.
26 12d 22h 52m 140: Stefan Slegl 30-21-26-27-26 Stefan had the 14th best segment time for CP1-CP2, after which he achieved his highest overall position, but then fell back slightly. His route from the Start to CP1 may have been one of the shortest because it was very direct, but probably involved more climbing than more popular options.
27 13d 00h 30m 46: Jürgen Knupe 21-13-21-28-27 Jürgen was around the top 20 overall for the first half of the race, but lost some places in the second half. He chose the longer, but flatter route south of the Alps to get to CP3, then after CP3 he went via Austia.
28 13d 02h 29m 175: David Winton 56-40-38-29-28 David followed a similar pattern to Chris White: Started steadily, gained a lot of places between CP1 & CP2, then continued to gain some places at each CP. Between CP2 & CP3, he opted to stay mostly south of the Alps.
29 13d 03h 59m 167: Urs Arnold Kutschera 46-30-31-34-29 Urs was another person who gained a lot of places between CP1 & CP2, but after that consistently held his position. After CP3, instead of going north via Austria or south via the Italian Adriatic coast, he stayed in the Italian Alps until crossing into Slovenia, then went via Zagreb.
30 13d 04h 05m 14: Jack Thompson 34-18-30-38-30 Jack had a very mixed race. He had the 7th best time from CP1-CP2 (despite taking a far more southerly route than most people), and the 4th best time from CP4-Finish (when he chose to go via Bulgaria). However, he was a lot slower in the other sections, causing him to only just finish inside the top 30.
31 13d 04h 46m 30: James Mansell 47-36-32-30-31 James had a solid race, slowly moving up the rankings at almost every checkpoint. His tracker data is not available.
32 13d 08h 33m 32: Patrick Miette 49-54-47-31-32 Patrick had the 11th best segment time for CP3-CP4, during which he used the most popular option via Trieste, Rijeka, and Mostar.
33 13d 10h 28m 7: Emily Chappell, Video 27-31-24-25-33 See females below.
34 13d 10h 28m 155: Frank Proud 31-38-39-35-34 Frank's worst segment was CP1-CP2, but he was otherwise reasonably consistent. He stayed south of the Alps for as long as possible between CP2 & CP3.
35 13d 11h 23m 82: Max Kraus 33-34-34-32-35 Max was one of the most consistent mid-pack riders, holding a similar position throughout the race.
36 13d 17h 53m 162: Rudy Rollenberg 32-49-49-39-36 Rudy started reasonably strongly, but then lost a lot of places between CP1 & CP2, but got most of them back before the end of the race.
37 13d 17h 57m 19: Mike Sheldrake 48-44-42-36-37 Mike is a three-time veteran of the race, and showed his experience by keeping a consistent pace and gradually moving up through the field.
38 13d 21h 28m 163: Bela Kuzler 36-22-29-33-38 Bela had a very good segment from CP1-CP2, but a very slow segment CP4-Finish.
39 13d 23h 42m 17: Anton Lindberg 40-46-46-42-39 Anton's pace was reasonably consistent throughout the race. Between CP3-CP4, he went further east than anybody, almost reaching Hungary.
40 14d 01h 05m 11: Jack Keevill 68-56-37-43-40 Jack must love the mountains because the only person who gained more places than him between CP2 & CP3 was James Hayden. He then lost a few places between CP3 & CP4 due to climbing a few more mountains than most others before leaving Italy.
41 14d 03h 42m 37: Jeff Liu 22-35-43-41-41 Jeff was in the top 30 overall at CP1, then lost some places getting to CP2 and again to CP3, but then held his position for the second half of the race.
42 14d 05h 29m 159: Charles Batho 59-51-53-46-42 Charles improved his position reasonably consistently throughout the race. Between CP1 & CP2, he went much further north than most people.
43 14d 05h 35m 67: Paul Buckley 14-16-36-47-43 Paul was in the top 20 overall at CP1 & CP2, but had problems in the more mountainous part of the course, with a slow time in the CP2-CP3 segment and stopped in Croatia for 24 hours due to the extreme Bora wind on the coast, but finished reasonably strongly.
44 14d 10h 29m 151: Fabian Rabe 63-62-50-50-44 Fabian improved his position consistently throughout the race. He lost many hours when trying to use the direct approach to CP3 via the dirt road, but turned around and went back to the more southerly border crossing that he had previously been heading towards.
45 14d 15h 25m 44: Mikko Mäkipää 42-50-40-37-45 Just like in the previous three races, Mikko did his own thing. His only goals are to comfortably reach the finish in time for the party and to ride through as many interesting areas as possible along the way. As always, he successfully achieved both, including going via St Moritz and then over the legendary Gavia pass in Italy between CP2 & CP3, which is higher than any of the required climbs; after CP3 he was one of just a handful of people who went via Austria.
46 14d 15h 50m 137: Dragan Mladenovic 17-26-35-40-46 Dragan was in 22nd overall at CP1, but then lost places at each subsequent checkpoint. He used the Austrian option after CP3 and approached the finish from Bulgaria.
47 14d 16h 25m 41: Eyvind Bergström 38-57-54-49-47 Eyvind dropped a lot of places between CP1 & CP2, then regained some but not all of them. His tracker data ia not available.
48 14d 16h 45m 73: Mindaugas Sasnauskas 64-64-56-48-48 Mindaugas was outside the top 100 overall when he reached CP2, but then gradually moved up through the field. On his way to CP2, he spent more time in the French Jura that most other people,. including riding up the scenic gorge of the Ain river.
49 14d 17h 04m 96: Robert Quirk 57-58-70-51-49 Robert only had 2 hours of penalties, but that caused him to lose four places in the final classification.
50 14d 17h 05m 145: Mehmet Sertaç Ünal 50-48-66-52-50 Mehmet had a reltively slow trip across the Alps from CP2-CP3, where he took one of the longer options via Davos and the Fluela Pass, but was otherwise reasonably consistent.
51 14d 20h 18m 114: Darren Franks 11-15-33-64-51 Darren was in the top 20 overall at CP2, but then had a lot of problems that slowed him down between there and CP4, falling back to 94th overall. When the finish line was in sight, he sped up again, getting the 14th best segment time from CP4-Finish.
52 14d 20h 25m 124: Ben May 55-77-69-57-52 Ben had some problems that caused him to have one of the slowest times between CP1 & CP2, but he was able to re-group and gradually regained the positions that he'd lost by the time he reached the finish. After CP3, he was one of the people who took the more northerly route via Austria.
53 14d 21h 18m 57: Michal Plech 39-47-41-56-53 Michal had a reasonably consistent pace throughout. He was one of several people who tried to enter Montenegro via a minor border crossing that is only open to locals. None of those people appeared to be alllowed through (even though many people made it through the nearby unmanned border on the dirt road), and so he had to turn around and find an alternative border crossing, which lost him several hours.
54 14d 21h 32m 146: Chris Dennis 69-60-67-54-54 Chris was outside the top 100 overall at CP3, but was stronger in the second half of the race to arrive in time for the finish party. He was one of several people who used a more westerly approach to CP1, spending some time riding along the flat Loire river valley.
55 14d 23h 31m 104: Andrew Brogan 51-45-44-45-55 Andrew had been riding reasonably consistently, then had a slow segment from CP4-Finish, but he still kept a good enough pace to be the last person to reach the finish before the official end of the party and so be awarded the coveted maglia nera / black jersey.
56 15d 00h 27m 64: Joshua Rea 23-37-45-58-56 Joshua started strongly, in the top 30 overall at CP1, but gradually lost ground throughout the rest of the race. He arrived before the finish party, but lost 3 places in the final classification due to penalties.
58 15d 03h 35m 141: Johanna Josten-van Duinkerken 53-55-57-53-58 See females below.
62 15d 16h 45m 110: Andi Buchs 75-68-63-66-62 Andi deserves special recognition as this year's toughest guy of major bikepacking races, having completed the Trans America Bike Race (about 7000 km) about one month before doing the Transcontinental Race (4000 km), both in very respectable times. He was one of only a few people who took the Julier pass between CP2 & CP3 instead of the far more popular Albula Pass.
68 16d 01h 47m 5: Jayne Wadsworth 44-43-48-67-68 See females below.
84 27d 13h 24m 92: Cheng-Hui Hsieh 84-84-84-84-84 See pair #228.
Females are included in the overall solo classification above, but are also classified separately below. Intermediate positions are first given within females only and then in brackets the overall solo classifications from above are repeated.
(27-31-24-25-33) Emily was the 1st female to arrive at all checkpoints and rode strongly and steadily until CP4. She then chose a longer route to the finish than most other people, via Albania, but she maintained her position as the 1st female.
(53-55-57-53-58) Johanna was one of the most consistent mid-field racers in the general solo classification. In the females classification, she moved up from 4th at CP1 to finish 2nd, but unfortunately arrived just a couple of hours after the finish party ended.
(44-43-48-67-68) Jayne was the 2nd solo female all the way up to CP3, but had one of the slowest times for CP3-CP4, possibly due to staying along the very windy Croatian coast for much longer than most other riders. She finished the 2016 race as the 3rd solo female after having been the only female finisher in 2015.
Intermediate positions are given out of all pairs that finished and were classified.
1 11d 19h 39m 212: Andrew Boyd & James Stannard 1-1-1-1-1 Andrew & James were the first pair to finish and rode strongly throughout the race, including having the 4th best time of anyone for the Alpine CP2-CP3 segment.
2 12d 12h 57m 226: Christian Schaefer & Peter Tannenberger 2-2-2-2-2 Christian & Peter's best segment was CP3-CP4, where they had the 15th best segment time of anyone while using a route via Austria and Zagreb. This solidified thieir position as the 2nd pair.
3 12d 21h 53m 225: Bernd Frick & Josef Frick 4-4-3-3-3 Bernd & Josef steadily moved up the overall rankings as the race progressed and finished as the 3rd pair. Whereas almost everyone used the same route to cross Montenegro after CP4, Bernd and Joseph found an alternative that avoided the town of Berane and instead used an extremely small road in the mountains that slowed them down a bit.
4 13d 11h 57m 216: Luigi Burini & Luca Colonetti 6-6-5-4-4 Luigi & Luca also moved up steadily through the overall rankings and in the pairs. There were many ways to approach CP3, these Italians chose one of the more scenic options, via the Fedaia Pass.
5 13d 19h 26m 204: Charlotte Dequevauviller & Thomas Chavrier 3-3-4-5-5 Charlotte & Thomas started really strongly, were passed by a couple of other pairs during the race, but then held on to finish in a respectable time with Charlotte being one of only two females to finish before the party.
6 14d 11h 15m 168: Burkay Günay & Muammer Yildiz 11-8-8-6-6 Burkay & Muammer were the first Turks to reach the finish.
7 14d 17h 29m 211: Adam Krabbe & Max Lindberg 8-7-6-8-7 Adam & Max had a reasonably consistent pace throughout, but lost some time when they got turned back at the locals-only border crossing between Bosnia and Montenegro.
8 14d 23h 18m 215: Daniel Welch & Michael Cannon 5-5-7-7-8 Daniel & Michael started quite strongly. They dropped a few places in their category during the race but were still able to finish before the party.
16 27d 18h 24m 228: Alberto Varni & Mattia Biffi 16-16-16-16-16 Alberto & Mattia appeared to party their way across Europe, entertaining people on social media as they went. Only once, at CP3, did someone pass the checkpoint after they did. Towards the finish, they joined up with the last solo finisher, #92 Cheng-Hui Hsieh, and the three of them finished the race together, 13 days after the official party.
Despite crossing the finish line in a certain position, these racers are unclassified due to starting in a pair and finishing as a solo, starting as a solo but riding a significant portion of the race with another racer, or due to receiving outside assistance. Comments are made for everyone who finished before the party. Intermediate positions for these riders are given out of all 216 starters and they are listed alphabetically.
11d 14h 57m 223: Sylvain Blairon 56-39-26-14-13 Sylvain was the 13th person to arrive at the finish, but he couldn't be classified because he was in a pair for the first day with a partner who began the race with an injury. He had the 9th best time from CP1 to the Finish, so probably would have finished in the top 10 if he had started the race in the Solo category.
14d 18h 18m 230: Jorne Bluekens & Toon De Keyser 166-124-89-85-74 Jorne & Toon took the intermediate option between CP2 & CP3, which was one of their strongest segments: they headed south through Ticino but instead of going completely south of the Alps, they went around the northern end of Lake Como and then over the Aprica pass. They finished the race strongly with a good time for the final segment from CP4-Finish.
12d 22h 52m 173: Craig Boddice 61-49-54-36-35 Craig was one of several people who took the more westerly route between the Start & CP1. This was slightly longer but involved less climbing with a long section along the Loire river. In Croatia, he stayed on the Croatian coast for longer than most people.
13d 17h 56m 21: Adrien Dugoujon 82-75-69-47-50 Adrien avoided riding directly along the coast near Rijeka in the wind by staying higher up in the hills instead. He did finally join the Adriatic coast a lot later, not long before reaching CP4. This unconventional route worked well for him because CP3-CP4 was his fastest section, with a time inside the top 20.
14d 19h 27m 221: Richard Egan 151-133-109-88-76 Richard started in a pair with Thomas Quinn, but they arrived at CP1 several hours apart and Thomas scratched soon after that. To get into Montenegro, Richard took the direct route to CP4 via the small dirt road pass.
12d 20h 36m 70: Benedikt Hartmann 49-38-30-22-30 Benedikt rode consistently thoughout the first half of the race, then had a segment time in the top 20 for CP3-CP4, followed by a much slower segment from CP4-Finish.
13d 22h 42m 210: George Marshall 85-96-67-52-56 George started the race in a pair with Joseph Duffy, but continued solo after Joseph scratched between CP1 & CP2. He then rode strongly and picked up many places, but lost some time on the final segment, partly due to bike problems.
14d 17h 05m 147: Pierre Nicolle 59-56-51-63-70 The first half of Pierre's race was very solid, but he lost some places during the second half of the race. This was partly because he tried to go from Macedonia to Kosovo via a very minor mountain pass that people from previous TCRs have had wild stories about. He had to turn around partway up and headed back to the more popular route from Rozaje to Pej instead.
13d 05h 32m 218: Gualtiero Rossano 39-29-38-41-41 Gualtiero and his partner Alberto Vaghi were the 1st pair to reach CP2. After CP3 they took the northern option via Austria, but Alberto scratched in Bosnia, so Gualtiero continued solo. He tried to take the final of the three ferry crossings across the Dardenelles towards the finish line but arrived in the night when the ferries from Kilitbahir weren't running, so he had to ride back to Eceabat to get the ferry from there instead.
13d 11h 37m 62: Karl Speed 48-48-56-39-46 Karl chose the flatter, southerly option between CP2 & CP3. He then took the direct route to CP4 via the small dirt road pass, which helped to make the CP3-4 section his strongest. He tried to take a shortcut north of Alexandroupoli in Greece, but it turned out to be a very poor road and he suffered some bike problems that forced him to visit Alexandroupoli anyway, which lost him several hours.
13d 19h 57m 59: Dario Valsesia 77-44-35-53-54 Dario took a rather indirect route through Bosnia and Montenegro, which appeared to cost him some time as the CP3-4 segment was his slowest and he lost many of the places that he had gained during his strong CP1-2 and CP2-3 segments.
Intermediate positions are given out of all 216 starters. "x" = Checkpoint where the racer was first registered as having scratched. Comments are made for people who were in the top 10 at some point and for people who publicly reported their reason for scratching. Riders are ordered based on the number of checkpoints reached, then by the poistion at the last checkpoint, then alphabetically.
2: Alex Bourgeonnier 5-3-8-5-x Alexandre was in the top 10 throughout the race, but scratched after reaching CP4 in 5th place.
56: Hans-Rudolf Nyfeler 15-8-2-x Hans-Rudolf was 15th at CP1, then recorded the 5th and 7th best segment times for CP1-CP2 and CP2-CP3, respectively, to move him into 2nd place at CP3, but then scratched from the race.
150: Mathias Dalgas 16-5-4-x Mathias had the 3rd best segment time between CP1-CP2, but scratched after CP3, when he was in 4th place.
105: Matija Ilic 8-11-10-x Matija was in the top 10 until scratching after CP3.
29: Franziska Kühne 176-162-143-x Franziska started reasonably well, but began to struggle more and more as the days went on. In Austria, she finally figured out why her body wasn't functioning as normal – she was pregnant! It's probably the happiest reason that anyone has ever had to scratch from the TCR.
152: Rishi Fox 143-150-x Rishi had problems with digestion and dehydration throughout the early part of the race. The heat in Italy unfortunately caused her race to end in an ambulance.
117: Lionel Bobb 193-174-x Lionel scratched due to Achilles problems.
81: Demian Barlaro 195-180-x Demian scratched in Italy due to knee, Achilles, and health problems.
15: Bernd Paul 2-x Bernd arrived at CP1 in 2nd place, but just like in 2015, he scratched from the race soon after due to a sun allergy.
132: Xavier Pesnel 29-x Xavier scratched after CP1 due to knee problems.
36: Dominik Möller 174-x Dominik scratched in Switzerland due to knee problems.
229: Lamri Adjis 179-x Lamri scratched after CP1 due to knee problems.
129: Robbrecht Desmet 183-x Robbrecht scratched in Switzerland due to knee problems.
1: Josh Ibbett x Josh was the defending champion but had back problems that caused him to scratch during the first day.
223: Bruno Le Bras x Bruno had to stop during the first day due to a pre-existing medical condition.
And finally, a report from a checkpoint volunteer, George Bennett.
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Cajun Navy Member Compares Florida City To Third World Country War Zone
Cajun Navy member Jason Gunderson walked CNN through some of the devastation from Hurricane Michael in Callaway, Florida, and said the area looked like a "third world country war zone," on "New Day" Thursday.
"The only way I can explain it through my eyeballs is a third world country war zone," Gunderson said. "Its beyond recognition and of being repaired. Theres telephone poles down. Every single telephone pole is snapped in half — power lines on the ground, live power lines. Flooded waters, trees twisted around, buildings folded in half, no roofs — its a very surreal situation."
The Cajun Navy started as a group of people with privately owned boats who volunteered to save victims of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The group was resurrected in 2016 after flooding in Louisiana and again in 2017 for Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.
"To say the least, Im honored to be out here to help and with the group that I have," Gunderson added. (RELATED: Mike Huckabee Says Hurricane Michael Is A Crisis But Will Bring Americans Closer Together)
He said he and his team have faced "horrific situations" where they had to rescue senior citizens, whose homes had collapsed on them and covered them in rubble.
"As of right now the guys and I are in the mobile command unit, which is an ambulance. And we have been going around on phone calls coming in from our commanding officers to rescue at some addresses and weve been coming up to some pretty horrific situations," he said.
"We rescued an elderly lady earlier, a roof ripped off and had to cut the trees just to get the vehicle down the road. Theres no power anywhere," he continued.
"We get inside the home and the lady is in a pretzel position underneath a bunch of rubble," he said. "About a 250-pound elderly lady and where she was at, if you look above her head there was no roof. And all you could see is the stars and the trees mashed in on top of her. Pulling her out, we had to rip a door off the wall and use it as a gurney and take her out of the house with it. She was all busted up, bloodied from head to toe."
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When Shania Twain's Personal Life Went up in Flames, She Bounced Back Stronger Than Ever
By Allison Cacich
Updated 1 month ago
Taylor Swift may have had the most anticipated performance at the American Music Awards on Nov. 24, but Shania Twain proved why she's the best-selling female country artist of all time with a medley of her greatest hits.
As she brought the house down with classics like "That Don't Impress Me Much" and "Man! I Feel Like a Woman," fans were reminded of the 54-year-old's enduring strength and overwhelming heart, which have made her a force to be reckoned with over the last two decades — particularly in the face of a very public cheating scandal.
Shania's personal life took a hit 11 years ago when she discovered that her husband, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, was having an affair with her best friend, Marie-Anne Thiébaud. Thankfully, the brunette beauty has since found her happily ever after.
Is Shania Twain still married?
Unsurprisingly, the mother of one is no longer married to Mutt. But less than a year after their divorce was finalized, Shania tied the knot with businessman Frédéric Thiébaud, the ex-husband of Marie-Anne. As Rihanna would say, the jilted spouses found love in a hopeless place.
Shania with ex-husband Mutt Lange.
"It's a passionate love on every level," the Grammy winner told The Guardian in a 2018 interview. "I used to be very monotone in my relationships."
Though Frédéric didn't join Shania on the AMA red carpet, he cheered on his wife from the front row during her energetic performance. Before the couple's January 2011 wedding, the singer gushed about their supportive relationship.
"[He] has been the most constant companion and support for both [my son] Eja and I. And having gone through the suffering of his family splitting apart at the same time and under the same extreme circumstances, he understands me better than anyone," Shania wrote on her website.
Shania with second husband Frédéric Thiébaud.
"We leaned on one another through the ups and downs, taking turns holding each other up," she added. "We've become stronger and closer through it all, as have our children, Eja and Johanna, [Fred's daughter]."
Shania hasn't been able to face Marie-Anne since the affair.
The Canadian admitted in her chat with The Guardian that she still feels a great deal of animosity towards her former confidant. "She's the last person on the planet I want to run into. Ever," Shania shared.
The songwriter chose to use the betrayal she experienced to churn out her most recent album, "Now," which was released in 2017. But a few of the tunes didn't make the final cut due to their vitriolic and profanity-laced lyrics.
"If I'm really angry, I'll say 'f--k' a lot. And, if I'm writing, that word will be in every line," she confessed. "There was one song I wrote about my cheating friend and there was a lot of f--ks in there. I hated her, so that's the best word to use when you hate somebody."
Shania explained that it's hard to let go of those feelings because Marie-Anne was the person she turned to when she suspected that Mutt was being unfaithful. "I do really nasty things in my dreams to her," she revealed. "I'm always cutting her hair or shaving it off." That actually shows a surprising amount of restraint.
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Kim Myong-chol (, born 1944) is a Korean writer and editor based in Japan and an unofficial spokesperson of North Korea, regularly travelling to Pyongyang and around the world portraying the North Korean leadership and politics. He was a close associate of Kim Jong-il. His articles have appeared in many publications, including Asia Times and Asia Research. Among the several books that he has written is Kim Jong-il — Military Strategy for Reunification. His books have been banned in South Korea. Currently, he is the Executive Director of CFKAP (Center for Korean-American Peace), based in Tokyo, Japan. He holds North Korean nationality and a North Korean diplomatic passport.

He has claimed variously that "North Korea has all types of nuclear bombs and warheads, atomic, hydrogen and neutron, and the means of delivery, short-range, medium-range and long-range, putting the whole of the continental US within effective range" and that "[u]nlike all the previous wars Korea fought, a next war will be better called the American War or the DPRK-US War because the main theater will be the continental US, with major cities transformed into towering infernos." Additionally, he has threatened Australia with similar results, stating "[i]f Australia becomes part of American manipulation against North Korea, North Korea reserve the right to strike back on Australia".

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HyperPad (1990) 0 Database DOS
HyperPad is a tool for DOS similar to Apple's HyperCard. You can create pages of text and make hyperlinks between them.
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This is a telecommunications program from IBM that lets an IBM PC emulate an IBM 3101 terminal. This was used with IBM's mainframe/minicomputer products. Product features: Emulation of a 3270-oriented subset of 3101 block mode, Full-screen sessions through PVM or VAMP, Series/1 Yale IUP and 7171 support, limited non-full-screen support for TSO/TCAM, connection to a Series/1 in block mode, Half and Full Duplex Hosts, and connection to other IBM PC's in Character Mode.
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The IBM 5520/Personal Computer Attachment Program enables you to switch back and forth between your microcomputer and the functions of text and files processing and document distribution. Using this program, you can emulate (imitate the functions of) an IBM 5253 Display Station and use the functions of the IBM 5520 Administrative System. You can also emulate an IBM 3278 Display Station and add, change, copy, or delete data in the data base of an appropriately programmed IBM System 370 attached to an IBM 5520.
IBM Assistant Executive Solutions (1984) 1 Database DOS
IBM Assistant Executive Solutions is a set of pre-designed forms and reports sold for use with IBM Filing Assistant. The forms are intended to help professionals organize appointments, personal and business checking accounts, portfolios, and more.
IBM Asynchronous Communications Support (1981) 0 Communications CPM
IBM Asynchronous Communications Support contains a rudimentary telecommunications terminal emulation program written in IBM BASIC. It was provided alongside IBM PCs and the IBM asynchronous communications adapter (serial port card).
IBM Personal Decision Series Plans Plus Edition (1985) 0 Spreadsheet DOS
The IBM Personal Decision Series Plans Plus Edition is a financial modeling spreadsheet application. It features built in business graph and report generation capabilities, and can share data with other members of the Personal Decision Series. There was also a scaled back version called "Plans Edition".
IBM Planning Assistant (1984) 4 Spreadsheet DOS
IBM Planning Assistant is an easy-to-use electronic spreadsheet, that you may use to analyze "what if" situations in planning, budgeting, projecting, and forecasting. Features built in help and customizable formulas for advanced calculations, and interoperates with other IBM Assistant Series programs. Planning Assistant was a rebranded version of PFS:Plan sold through IBM.
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Q: Error Classpath is empty. Please build the project first e.g. by running apache kafka i was following this step to download apache kafka into my device windows https://www.confluent.io/blog/set-up-and-run-kafka-on-windows-linux-wsl-2/
but when i did this bin/zookeeper-server-start.sh config/zookeeper.properties
i always stuck with this error Error Classpath is empty. Please build the project first e.g.
where my wrong at?

A: Sounds like you might have downloaded the Kafka sources (labeled src) rather than the binaries
Download the binary link for the desired Kafka version from here: https://kafka.apache.org/downloads

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Undercover in Afghanistan
In 2015 the Dutch architect/ urban planner Jan Willem Petersen went for several months to Afghanistan on a mission of his own initiative.
Since 2001, Afghanistan has been the stage of the largest reconstruction mission in human history. The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) has taken tens of thousands of projects to rebuild the country ravaged by decades of civil war. Now that the international community is preparing its withdrawal from the country and the end of the reconstruction mission is in sight, the opportunity arises to visit Afghanistan and assess the legacy of the efforts made. Also the Netherlands has made a major contribution to Afghanistan with different missions. It has been five years since the Task Force Uruzgan transferred responsibility for security and reconstruction of Uruzgan province to ISAF partners Australia and the United States. Given the substantial contribution from the Netherlands through hundreds of projects, the time has come to demonstrate for the first time the spatial dimension of the reconstruction mission. How do the schools, roads, mosques, hospitals, government buildings, water networks, factories, bridges, prisons, police stations and even an airport nowadays function? How do the western interventions hold up the challenging Afghan realities? This project attempts to provide insight into this largely hidden aspect of the mission, and aims to take lessons for future missions to come.
Listen to the interview HERE
photocredits: Jan Willem Petersen
This story is part of Antenna Embedded answering questions such as:
Why do artists and others want to embed themselves in environments which are other to them?
What do they aim for?
Where does the process of embedding ends?
Does it ever (need to) end?
This Antenna brings to you inside stories of artists, curators, designers, authors, urban planners, artist-in-residence programmes, bienials, and even whole city areas about their way of becoming or being embedded.
Jan Willem Petersen went on his own "specialist operation" through the Uruzgan region in Afghanistan.
Bradley MacCallum was embedded for a year of research with the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
Danielle van Zuijlen plunges into the intricate workings of real estate and politics of a Ghent neighbourhood where she lives herself.
The Deltaworkers residency deeply embeds itself in reality ánd mythology of New Orleans.
And we offer you a variety of voices on embedding, from Manifesta biennial director Hedwig Fijen, "The Beach" initiator Diana Krabbendam, cultural program director Liesbeth Jansen, artist Jantine Wijnja, curator Sjoerd ter Borg, and author Daan Heerma van Voss.
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Episode 12: Dragons of Russia
First of all, we are overjoyed to report that Anike's wayward arachnid has safely returned home! Secondly, we're in Russia, baby! So grab that MythsterMap and mark it off as we explore the dragons of Russia.
Links mentioned:
Zmey Gorynych, the adorable cartoon
Zmey Gorynych, the folk metal band
And now without further ado, on with the show!
Dragons of Russia transcript
Anike: Hello again, Mythsters!
Jaz: Hey Anike! How are you doing this fine day?
Anike: Hiya Jaz! I'm doing excellently. We finally found Redrum, just all of a sudden. And how are you doing?
Jaz: That's awesome, awesome news. I'm, well, doing. Let's just keep it at that. I will probably talk more about it in later episodes but right now, I'm just doing. Yeah, we'll talk about that later. But I am excited about today's batch of dragons and I can't wait to dig in because I'm in desperate need of some distraction
Anike: Oooh, me too. Me, too. So, Russia today.
Jaz: Yeah! Awesome, isn't it? Now, as usual, before we dig in, our usual pre-emptive apologies. Russian is not an easy language to learn on the fly.
Anike: That implies we've encountered easier languages before.
Jaz: Well, no? Any language you're not used to is going to be hard. The rhythm and pronunciation and feel are completely different from what you're used to. Vowels do completely different things, and–well, it's always a minefield. Russia was no exception. So, we offer our apologies ahead of time, because we know we're going to mutilate some syllables in the coming episode.
Anike: Yeah, most probably. Well, without further ado, let's get to the linguistic acrobatics! A zmei is a dragon or serpent, or a humanoid type creature, but with some traits of a dragon. They feature in skazki–or Russian folktales– and byliny–Russian epic poetry.
Jaz: The first one we came across, is Zmey Gorynych, also known as The Snake of the Mountains. Now, this is a very popular dragon, with more myths and legends than he's got toenails. He's even had cartoons made about him. I watched a few on YouTube, and they're actually quite cute. I've included a link to my favourite one in the show notes, for the curious souls among our Mythsters. Definitely do go check it out.
Anike: And know what else I found on the YouTubes when searching for Zmey Gorynych?
Jaz: I bet you're about to tell me…
Anike: A folk metal band!
Jaz: No!
Anike: Yes! It's got the vintage power guitar vibes of Dragonforce, and the folksy elements and shiverworthy vocal vibe of Finntroll!
Jaz: Oh, shit, I need that in my life. Like right now.
Anike: I knoooow! How sweet is this?
Jaz: Like candy. We will include this link in the show notes as well, of course.
Anike: Yes, but we digress. Who was Zmey Gorynych? What did he do?
Jaz: OK, so, these stories tend to follow a basic formula. The more so, as we travel west into cultures with a predominant Christian veneer: You've got the evil dragon guarding a thing. Of course, he is impossible to vanquish, and has outsmarted hero after hero, leaving a trail of dismembered heroic corpses in his wake.
Anike: UNTIL…
Jaz: Until what?
Anike: Until a hero above all other heroes arises. With the help of a clever trick or a superpower of some sorts, he defeats the dragon. In Zmey Gorynych's case, his lair is usually located in the mountains or the forest. Hence the nickname "Snake of the Mountains."
Jaz: But, you know what zmey reminds me of?
Anike: No?
Jaz: Smaug.
Anike: OOOH. THAT is an interesting theory. Especially since Smaug has at least one trait in common with the Russian dragons.
Jaz: *gasp* what? What, what, what?!
Anike: A Russian dragon knows how to speak. And he can spew sparks, smoke, and fire.
Jaz: Awe-some! Oh, my god.
Anike: I know. Now, a zmey also tends to have multiple heads, which is not like Smaug. Usually three, but sometimes seven or nine as well.
Jaz: Oh. There goes my theory.
Anike: Not necessarily. We see the word zmey having many etymological ties to other slavic dragons, so Tolkien could have been influenced by these, without using the complete image of the zmey, heads and all.
Jaz: Hmm. That's a good point.
Anike: But anyway. As fascinating as this is, of course, it has very little to do with Zmey Gorynych. If you are at all familiar with Russian naming traditions, you know that the last name refers to the father of the person in question. And Gorynya happens to be an epic hero from the mountains.
Jaz: What? So this dragon is the offspring of a hero?
Anike: Ya. A gigantic hero, to be precise. Gorynya was one of the giants featuring in the Russian creation myth. He helped Svarog build the world. When all the work was done, Gorynya and his giant buddies got bored, and started tossing mountains at one another.
Jaz: Another image you can pluck right out of Tolkien's work.
Anike: Ooh yes, when Bilbo, Gandalf and the dwarves leave Rivendel and have to hide from the giants, only to end up caught and chased by goblins.
Jaz: Yup, except these giants got turned into mountains when they wouldn't listen to Svarog's attempts at negotiating. Gorynya was among the few who were spared. They were given a task to perform. Busy work, I'd call it, maybe. Keep them out of mischief, you know.
Anike: I'd try that. It usually works, too.
Jaz: Yeah. So they were put in charge of guarding the door between our world, the 'World of Yav', from the underworld, or the 'World of Nav', and the spirits and demons that dwell there. They also help Baba-Yaga to guard the crossing of the river Smorodina. Now, as fascinating as Gorynya is, I couldn't find much in the way of more concrete references to a familial bond there.
Anike: Oh, but it would be one hell of a coincidence if that bond didn't exist.
Jaz: Ooh yeah, Absolutely. So, back to Zmey Gorynych. We don't know that much more about him, other than the fact that he was an antagonist to a hero or bogatyr called Dobrynya Nikitich. If one is to believe the legend, Dobrynya hits the dragon, and the creature begs for mercy. Dobrynya, who is essentially an easygoing guy, obviously, takes pity on the dragon and lets him go free.
Anike: But Zmey Gorynych almost immediately kidnaps a princess, and so Dobrynya is obliged to hunt him down and fight him a second time. But this time, the battle is much more… MORE.
Jaz: right. They fight to the death in a duel that lasts for three days and three nights. In the end, of course, Dobrynya slays the dragon and rescues the princess.
Anike: And, this is our first princess kidnapping and the gallant knight who rescues her from the evil dragon.
Jaz: I know. Talk about a milestone, eh? Anyway, Zmey Gorynych becomes a recurring motif in Russian folkloric art, even to this day. You can find a ton of monuments immortalising him throughout Russia. One Slavic poem from ancient times gives us a strong sense of how people viewed the dragon: "Zmey Gorynych, a terrible snake with three heads and seven tails. A flame blazes from his nostrils. Smoke belches from his ears. Copper claws sparkle on his paws." Oh, I like that one. Copper claws sparkled, ooh, I want copper claws.
Anike: Copper claws, huh? Nice! Although, I guess he didn't need nailpolish then.
Jaz: I hadn't even thought of that! How convenient. Right, anyway. What do you say we look at another dragon?
Anike: Well, how can I say no to that?
Jaz: OK, OK. Tugarin Zmeyevich.
Anike: I sense a theme here going on, with the naming. I'm guessing in English that would be something like Jack Dragonson or something.
Jaz: Huh. There's a name to build a story around. But we're going off track again. This one goes by many names, actually. Tugarin Zmeyevich, Zmey Tugaretin, Zmeishe Tugarishche, and then some more, but yeah, they only got more and more difficult. So, hmm, let's continue with the story.
Anike: Yeah. But this dragon appears either as a bogatyr, which we already established is a knight-errant–or the Russian equivalent of one, at least. Anyway, but he can also appear in a true animal form.
Jaz: His torso is covered with fiery snakes. He flies, with the help of his papery wings.
Anike: But in the end, it's his flying that gets him defeated. The best-known story about him is without a doubt the duel with Alyosha Popovich and his servant Yekim. This is another one of those stories with countless variations and iterations, so as usual in these cases, we'll pick out the one that makes the most sense to us.
Jaz: Right. So, at the beginning of the story, Alyosha and his servant Yekim travel to Kiev to attend a meeting with a certain prince Vladimir. Upon their arrival, the prince appears to be throwing a party and invites Alyosha to sit at his side, but Alyosha refuses. Instead, he finds a spot which lands him in the lowest ranking, right next to the stove
Anike: At least he was nice and warm.
Jaz: So true. These mythical people have so little regard for practicalities, haven't they? OK so, we're at the feast, where our friend keeps things modest but cozy and warm, and in walks Tugarin. He has no such compunctions, and plants his butt right in between Vladimir and his wife. And THEN, he not only refuses to pray to God, but he showed appalling table manners, gorging himself at the banquet table, as well. I bet he even chewed with his mouth open?
Anike: Ewww.
Jaz: Yeah. So, Alyosha gets annoyed with Tugarin, and insults him with stories about the deaths of a dog and a cow.
Anike: Ohhh kay????
Jaz: Yeah, don't expect this to make too much sense. But Tugarin, insulted as he is, throws a dagger at Alyosha, who accepts the challenge. So I guess a dagger toss is like the cliché gauntlet slap we know from Robin Hood, Men in Tights, then?
Anike: Well, they end up facing off in an open field, and upon Alyosha's arrival, Tugarin is already flying, on wings made of paper. Alyosha, who is suitably devout, unlike Tugarin, prays for rain. And of course he gets his wish. The wings get soaked, and Tugarin takes a tumble. Alyosha then knocks his head off with his staff, sticks it on a spear, cuts his body into little pieces, and presents all of this to Prince Vladimir's court.
Jaz: Very thorough, I do have to say. So, despite being referred to as a dragon, he really retains his human form, is seen riding a horse, and he has to make wings out of paper, in order to fly? I will grant, the gluttony and greed is certainly a dragonlike trait in those cultures where a dragon is considered evil. But this story presents itself much more as a morality tale than that of Zmey Gorynych, if you ask me. For one, he shows poor manners, imposes on his host and is impious, all in direct opposition to Alyosha, who is modesty incarnate, prays, and does all the right things. So, pagans and heretics bad, Christians good, I guess? In this christian vs pagan context, I also found references to the dragon being used as a metaphor for the seemingly unstoppable Tatars. Some support the theory that Tugarin's name has its root in Tugar-Khan or Tugor-Khan. However, not all of the sources I found supports this theory.
Anike: Maybe it has. In some versions, however, we do see a more supernatural version of Tugarin. With a body covered in fiery snakes, which are effectively weapons he tries to employ in his duel with Alyosha. He also tries to strangle his opponent with smoke, throws sparks at him, scorches him, and shoots firebrands at him. In some stories, he also hisses like a snake.
Jaz: And, other than a stealer of princesses, there are some versions of Tugarin's story, where Vladimir's wife is a bit miffed when Tugarin is defeated so not everyone was equally annoyed by the dragon. The zmey could also transform into a handsome young man, in order to seduce women.
Anike: We also have one account of our old friend Zmey Gorynych, seducing Ivan Tsarevich's sister. She pretends to be sick and asks her brother to bring her a number of impossible things: the milk of a wolf, a bear, and a lioness. Against all odds, though, he succeeds. Later, when Ivan gets separated from his animal helpers, the zmey reveals his true nature and tries to eat him. In some other versions, it's not Ivan's sister, but his wife.
Jaz: I object to these stories. Stereotyped much?
Anike: Right?
Jaz: OK, as payback, let's burst some bubbles about THE quintessential christian dragonmyth: According to some sources, it was not a classic dragon, or drakon, that Saint George defeated, but a zmey. So, it goes without saying that this holy dragonslayer was highly popular in Russia, and became the object of artists great and small.
Anike: Oooh, now that is fascinating. Let's stick a pin in that for when we reach the home of the good saint.
Jaz: Oh, yes let's for sure. Because We won't have time to dig deeper right now.
Anike: Yeaaaah, sadly, as usual. The hourglass has run out, mythsters. But we will meet again in a fortnight, of course.
Jaz: We certainly will, in warm and sunny Egypt!
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Yesterday, I wrote about the negative side of being a huge fan of a sport that barely qualifies as fringe where I live.
In Texas, it's often said that the number one sport is football, and the number two sport is spring football. Hockey is far, far under the radar, even with an NHL team in Dallas and three AHL teams (Austin, San Antonio, and Houston).
So if you live here and your son wants to play hockey, it might seem like a huge negative.
It's not, though. It's great.
Here's why. Every youth football leage coach (or most of them, anyway) in Texas thinks he's a superstar coach just waiting to be discovered. And if he wins his youth league games 60-0, maybe he'll get a junior high job, then a high school job, then a better high school job, then a small college job...then he's winning the Super Bowl, and he's the legend that he knows he so richly deserves.
In other words, in Texas, there is a giant ladder in front of every coach, and most of them desperately want to climb it as high as they can go. They want the clout.
They yell at the kids. They don't care about kids learning good judgment on the field, so that they'll be better players when they get older. Even if they're coaching a team of ten-year-olds, they have to win NOW. All they want is every kid to perfectly execute the instructions they're given.
I've watched youth football practices, and it hurts. I'm glad that Eli 8.8 hasn't expressed an interest in playing, because it looks like a soul-sucking experience, and that should never happen to a kid.
I've heard some horror stories about youth hockey league coaches in Canada, too, and I think it's a version of the same problem we have down here--hockey is the number one sport in Canada, and all those coaches have ladders to climb.
For a hockey coach in Texas, though, there is no ladder. Hell, there isn't even a step. Anyone who coaches hockey down here is coaching because they love hockey and want to work with kids. It's just not financially or professionally lucrative enough to attract selfish people. There's no clout.
Plus, lots of them are Canadians. Win.
Eli 8.8 went to his first hockey skills class last Saturday. There were thirty kids in his class, and seven coaches, so they split the kids up into groups based on their age and skating skill. Eli went with the highest level group (and remember, he's been skating for less than a month), so it gives you an idea of how low the initial skill levels are down here.
He was all geared up (I'll get a picture), and he skated around, and damned if he didn't look like a hockey player. He really did, and he's skating ridiculously well to have only put in about fifteen hours in his life on the ice.
All the coaches were just terrific--positive, friendly, funny--and the practice was extremely well-organized. At one point, Eli skated over to the glass, and I walked down from the bleachers. He had his mouthpiece in, so I couldn't understand what he said, but I could see the gigantic grin on his face.
Later, I asked him about it, and he said he just skated over to let me know how happy he was.
He's going to want a dryer for his birthday. I just know it.


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Q: How to get the Model in my data access class library I want create a simple user interface with WPF Core. my goal is to save a few students in my database via the user interface. I have an extra class library for data access. This class contains simple CRUD commands with Dapper Micro ORM. I have a Student Model in my WPF Project. I don't understand how I can get my model into my class library without creating a dependency. I want to initialize my data access class in my MainWindow constructor. So my wpf project needs a reference to my class library.
But I need the student model class in my class library to save the results of the queries directly as a student, for example: con.Query < Student> ("SELECT * Students FROM MyDB). I would then have a circle dependency. Have anyone a easy Solution for my Problem?
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    public MainWindow()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
        var builder = new ConfigurationBuilder()
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        IConfiguration configuration = builder.Build();
        DataAccess dataAccess = new DataAccess(configuration) //<- this class is from my referenced class library
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Named for the founder of our club and AEC's first president, the Atlanta Economics Club presents the Joseph K. Heyman scholarship to an outstanding student in economics. This scholarship is open to any undergraduate or graduate student enrolled at a metropolitan Atlanta college or university.The application deadline for the 2019-2020 Scholarship is November 1, 2019.
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Fernanda Arcaraz Georgia Institute of Technology
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Fernanda Arcaraz received a B.S. in Economics and International Affairs from the Georgia Institute of Technology in May 2018 (Summa Cum Laude). She is currently pursuing a M.S. in Economics at Georgia Tech (expected graduation May 2019). During her undergraduate career, Fernanda was a student ambassador for the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, tutored for the Georgia Tech Athletic Association and for students with special needs, and conducted econometric research to analyze factors affecting corruption in developing countries. Fernanda worked at PLI Consulting as an International Business Development and Sales intern. She also began in undergrad and continues in graduate school to work for the Georgia Tech Office of Hispanic Initiatives as a student assistant and at NCR Corporation as a Global Financial Sales intern. Fernanda has accepted a full-time position with NCR beginning in July 2019 where she will work as a Sales Operations Analyst conducting market research and revenue analytics for NCR in global markets.
Celine ApollonUndergraduate Scholarship
Celine is an undergraduate student at Georgia Tech pursuing a B.S. in Economics with two minors in International Affairs and City Planning. She is ranked second in her class, and is currently studying International Economics and Sociology at Sciences Po in Paris on an exchange program this academic year. She has worked on Sociology research with Dr. Allen Hyde at Georgia Tech, interned at the Georgia Department of Economic Development, and most recently, interned at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta during the summer of 2018. She hopes to participate in human rights outreach directly after graduation. Her long term goal is to work specifically with economic development and disaster relief in lower income communities throughout the world.
Roberto LorenaGeorgia State University
Roberto is a Georgia State University student pursuing a BBA in Business Economics. He has an overall GPA of 3.86, and he is currently working as a Financial Associate with Peachtree Financial Group and College Planning. He has also worked as a research assistant for Dr. Jonathan Smith at GSU. After graduating from GSU in May 2018, he plans to work for an economic development organization and obtain his Certified Business Economist certification from National Association for Business Economics (NABE). He eventually hopes to pursue a graduate degree in economics.
Asmaa Malik Georgia State University
Asmaa Malik is a student at Georgia State University pursuing a Masters in Economics. She is expected to complete her MA in Fall 2019. Asmaa works as a Public Finance Fellow at Georgia State University's Center for State and Local Finance. She is very interested in urban economics, and she aspires to become a site-selection consultant in the food-service or restaurant industry. Asmaa also has her own food blog where she combines her interest in food with economics by examining statistical data from readers. Her long run goal is to become a college professor.
Maryam SalihuGeorgia State University
Maryam received her undergraduate degree in Economics and Finance from the University of Wisconsin – Superior in August 2017 (Magna Cum Laude) and is currently pursuing a Masters in Economics from Georgia State University (expected graduation May 2019). As an undergraduate, Maryam was very active in research. She presented a paper at the Wisconsin Economic Association Conference, and another paper she wrote won the Best Undergraduate Research Paper in Economics at the University of Wisconsin Superior in 2016. Maryam also worked as an intern at the Securities and Exchange Commission in Abuja, Nigeria in the summer of 2016. After completing her master's degree, Maryam plans to pursue a PhD in Economics.
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Augustine DentehGeorgia State University
Augustine Denteh was a fourth year Ph.D. Economics student in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University (GSU). He was interested in applied microeconomics with emphasis on health, labor, and applied econometrics. His objective is to pursue a teaching and research career in Economics and will seek a tenure track professor position upon graduating from GSU.
Augustine's dissertation focuses on the identification and estimation of the treatment effect of a misreported binary treatment indicator on health-related outcomes such as obesity in survey data. Misreporting is pervasive in survey data and has important consequences for the estimation of treatment effects. He propose a methodology that will be applied to examine the impacts of SNAP (also known as the Food Stamp Program) on several health-related outcomes: adult obesity, food insecurity, and household food purchases. It is noteworthy that he have recently obtained a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) funding through the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) to investigate the nature and consequences of misreporting when examining the
impacts of SNAP.
As part of his professional development, Augustine worked for one year at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta through a Federal Reserve Bank fellowship, which was awarded through the Department of Economics at GSU. He worked with Dr. Julie Hotchkiss, providing research support ranging from reading and summarizing technical economics papers to performing statistical analyses using SAS and Stata. He has taught undergraduate econometrics classes in preparation for a tenure track professor position. He is also very active in attending professional conferences.
Leonardo Rodriguez Georgia State University
Leonardo Rodriguez was a senior pursuing his Bachelors of Science in Economics and Masters of Arts in Economics in a 4 plus 1 program at Georgia State University. He secured four internships in local, state and federal government in areas such as community development and economic development, which equipped him with a depth of knowledge and skill-set in community development, regression analysis, data management and more. His academic aspirations are eventually to pursue a PhD in economics so that he can conduct research in areas such as immigration and community development.
With executive leadership roles in organizations such as AIESEC, Hispanic Scholarship Fund, and Student Government Association, Leonardo implemented service events, constituent days and even legislation for the community of Georgia State University. As an economist or policymaker, he plans to advocate and research for the greater good of our communities. Whether it is working class rights or evaluating monetary policies, Leonardo aspires to be an agent of change for the community.
Kendrick Janelle PulverKennesaw State University
Kendrick is a senior Economics and Quantitive Analysis major at Kennesaw State University. She has a 3.73 GPA and plans to pursue a Ph.D. in Economics after she graduates in May. Kendrick has been active in research and has done poster presentations of her research on the time series analysis and forecast of U.S. debt at Kennesaw State's SAS Day and the 2015 SAS Analytics Conference. In addition to her academic work, she has worked as an intern at Henssler Financial and Southern Company.
Anne HannuschEmory University
Anne is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Economics at Emory University. She is working on her dissertation which incorporates family structure and decision-making into macroeconomic models. After graduating, Anne hopes to find a job as a tenure track professor. She has served as the teaching assistant for the Managerial Economics class for the Executive MBA program for the past three years and has won the Economics Department's Teaching Excellence Award. She is also working as a Graduate Research Assistant in the Research Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
2014–2015 Recipient
Jessica MitchellGeorgia State University
Bachelor's of Science degree in Economics
This year's winner is Jessica Mitchell, pursuing a Bachelor's of Science degree in Economics. As a current junior of the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Ms. Mitchell has woven herself into the fabric of university life as a co-captain of the Georgia State University's Pantherette Dance Team and Georgia State University's BCM (Baptist Christian Ministries). As a student in the Georgia State University Honors College, Jessica Mitchell currently holds a 3.62 GPA. Jessica chose the discipline of economics to study to implement financial change within lower class communities and begin programs to increase adolescent graduation rates as well as financial literacy amongst recently incarcerated juveniles.
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Barnabas Initiatives is pleased to recommend specialists of proven character and ability in a specialized skill(s). Every specialist has a heart for churches that are disadvantaged, under-resourced, or simply ordinary. All bring specialized training and wisdom to bear on the hopes, concerns, and challenges of a local church or faith community. Each specialists offers insights, wisdom, and training for specific stressors or aims.
Les Cool is the lead pastor of Grace Evangelical Congregational Church in Akron (Pa.) and the Kingdom Extension Associate of the Evangelical Congregational Church. In over 30 years of ministry, Les has been a youth pastor, church planter, and lead pastor. As a coach, Les is accredited by the International Coach Federation, specializing in pastoral and leader care and development. He is also is a certified end-of-life coach and a GRIP-Birkman certified coach, providing personal and team assessments for leadership and ministry development. Les draws from his ministry training and experience in small group ministries, pulpit and classroom experience, church planting and health ministries, and a passion for God's people as he walks with pastors, executives, and lay leaders to encourage and coach toward a better today and a more hopeful tomorrow. Les, along with his wife Carol, fleshes out the gifts of mercy and hospitality, using both to develop relationships for Kingdom growth.
Les's special interests include: pastoral care and encouragement, leader and team development, and GRIP-Birkman assessments. He is available for customized training events in the areas of:
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Ling Dinse is Assistant Professor in Counseling and Social work at Lancaster Bible College (Lancaster, Pa.). Ling was the congregational counselor at Elizabethtown Brethren in Christ (BIC) Church for 17 years, serving the church and community. Originally from Hong Kong, Ling attended Houghton College and completed both her B.A. (1993) and MSW (1996) degrees at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Ling received her doctorate of social work (2018) degree at Millersville University, Millersville (Pa.). Ling and her husband, Dan, have two daughters, Erica and Elaina.
Ling is active as a speaker in the areas of racial reconciliation, marriage enrichment, parenting, social justice, and poverty.
Hank Johnson is Lead Pastor at Harrisburg BIC Church (HBIC), an urban and multiethnic church. Hank has served at camps, community and youth centers, and in social work. He was born in Liberia and has lived in Sierra Leone, Abidjan, Palisades Park (N.J.), and Philadelphia (Pa.). Hank was graduated from Central High School in Philadelphia and Messiah College (Grantham, Pa.). He completed a M.Div. degree from Evangelical Theological Seminary (Myerstown, Pa.). Hank and his wife, Shell, have two daughters, Harper and Kennedy. Hank enjoys sports, fellowship with family and friends, traveling, and board games. Hank serves as president of the board of directors.
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In 2003 after participating on the launch team of a church plant in Millerstown, Pa. God specifically led Pauline to make a mid-career decision to leave health care and enter full-time ministry. She completed the Directed Study Program with the BIC, receiving her ministerial license and later ordination. She served as associate and executive pastor at Grantham (Pa.) Church and then was named as the first woman bishop in the BIC with administrative oversight of 45 churches in the Atlantic Conference.
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I dig Biker Film, they were a nice piece of the exploitation genre that sadly went away too soon. They were usually the variation of two types of plot. Bikers must fight someone, or rival bikers fight each other. Sometimes you got a cool twist where the bikers were monsters.
Its the story of the hard drinking womanizing Big Halsy, played to perfection by Robert Redford. See Halsy has been banned from the pro racing circuit for his drunken antics and hot temper. Its at a small amateur race he meets Little Fauss. A young naive rider who starts to idolize the way Halsy lives his life. His parents hate Halsy and think he's a bad influence, what with him being a drunk jerk. But they strike up a friendship non the less.
I'm not a huge Redford fan but man doe he scream James Dean cool in this film. He plays the troubled care free smooth talking Halsy to perfection. The whole cast is good but its all Redford's film. He chews every scene to perfection, and shows why he has been an active player in Hollywood all these years.
I really have to put Olive Films over again for this fantastic transfer. The outside scenes all pop with little to no grain visible. Sound quality is outstanding as the race scenes scream through your speakers.
If you a fan of biker films, drama, 70s films, or Robert Redford this is a must watch film that I highly recommend.


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Q: Is there a static way to get the current ServerHttpRequest in Spring Webflux? Similar to Is there a static way to get the current HttpServletRequest in Spring, I want to get ServerHttpRequest in my spring webflux project via a static method, so i don't need to pass it across multiple layers all the way from controller.
What's the best way to achieve this ?

A: Below is the static way to get the context for the current request:
Note: If getServerHttpRequest() is blocked, then only the keys which have been set by that point will be available.
public static Mono<ServerHttpRequest> getServerHttpRequest() {
    return Mono.deferContextual(Mono::just)
        .map(contextView -> contextView.get(ServerWebExchange.class).getRequest());
}

Also, it could be achieved via :
mono.subscriberContext // deprecated

And recently, Springflux has introduced "transformDeferredContextual" which is a more cleaner approach:
mono.transformDeferredContextual( (orginialMono, context ) -> {
    ... do something
    return orginialMono; // later this will be flatmapped
});


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Litéra Wins Harper Macleod – the law firm for 2014 Commonwealth Games
Litéra has a new customer in Harper Macleod LLP, legal advisers to the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. The Scottish firm, which has offices in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Inverness, joins other major law firms by choosing Litéra's Change-Pro comparison product.
"Harper Macleod joins several other UK-based firms such as Freshfields, Hogan Lovells and SJ Berwin, as well as the majority of the top 10 US firms in choosing Litéra's solutions, said Karen Massand, Litéra's president. "We are delighted that Harper MacLeod has selected Litéra to provide the software tools that are so critically important to the efficient performance of a law firm competing at the highest levels of the profession."
COMMENT: The Commonwealth Games! We haven't even had the Olympics yet!


Explicit contradiction- is preposition of a certain kind that the conjunctive proposition whereby one of the conjunct is a denial of the other conjunct. For example, john is an excellent singer, and it's false that John is an excellent singer.
Implicit contradiction- is a singular statement which is some way committed, implies or entails some obvious nature.
A-proposition, E-proposition, I-proposition, and O-proposition.
Axiology - This is a branch of philosophy dealing with ethics, religion, aesthetics, and values.
Epistemology- This is the branch of philosophy concerned with the scope and nature of knowledge.


A newly built apartment complex ideally located near to khobar city center complimented by exceelant access to highway, Aramco and Corniche area. Property comprises of 1 & 2 bedroom apartments with communal Gym and pool, and has undergropund allocated parking. Units are spacious with modern fixtures and fitting and can be leased furnished or unfurnished. Property has an elevator.


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Q: Is it possible to attach audio effects to a soundpool in Android Studio? No matter how many codes I read through I cannot attach presetReverb to a soundpool in Android Studio.
Is it even possible?
    presetReverb = new PresetReverb(0, 0);
    presetReverb.setPreset(PresetReverb.PRESET_LARGEHALL);
    presetReverb.setEnabled(true);


A 14,000 square-foot, indoor swimming pool for the Springfield – Greene County Park Board. This building consists of three separate pools including a lap pool, a recreation/exercise pool and a hydrotherapy pool. In addition, support space for the pool includes locker rooms and a lobby. The HVAC system incorporates a specialized pool room dehumidification unit with internal heat recovery that can be used for free reheat of the air or free heat for the pool water depending on the need. Plumbing fixtures were specified for efficient use of water and energy efficient water heaters were incorporated in the design. Efficient lighting and automatic controls were used throughout the project. LED Light fixtures were used in the natatorium as an indirect source to reduce glare. They are positioned around the perimeter of the pools for ease of access. Skylights and windows enabled the use of daylighting controls which automatically reduce artificial light levels when sufficient natural light is present. This facility has been awarded LEED Silver certification by the USGBC. The project was completed in early 2013.


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