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Pakistan Releases Al-Qaida Operative
Pakistan has released an alleged al-Qaida operative without charge three years after his arrest. The suspect played a key role in an undercover sting operation that targeted known al-Qaida terrorists. From Islamabad, VOA correspondent Benjamin Sand reports.
Pakistani authorities say Mohammad Naeem Noor Khan was freed several days ago and is with his family in the southern city of Karachi.
Khan's lawyer, Babar Awan says the government gave no indication it had been considering the release.
"I was taken by surprise when I started arguing before the Supreme Court and suddenly the Attorney General came up and said Mr. Khan has been released," said Awan.
Khan was arrested in 2004 in the eastern city of Lahore.
Intelligence officers described Khan as a senior Al-Qaida computer expert.
He was seen as a liaison between the terrorist group's leaders and its militant forces around the world.
His computer contained alleged plans for possible terrorist attacks in London and several cities in the United States.
E-mails linked Khan to suspects in the 1998 U.S. embassy attacks in East Africa and led to a number of arrests in Africa, the Middle East and Great Britain.
Khan himself was reportedly never charged and officials familiar with his case say he cooperated with investigators who were leading a major sting operation targeting Al-Qaida militants.
His undercover work came to an abrupt end however after his name and detention were reported in the media only a few weeks after his arrest.
More recently Khan's name was tied to a separate and still unresolved controversy here in Pakistan.
Families and human rights workers have been pressing the government through the courts for information about several hundred suspected militants. They say the militants, including Khan, have been secretly and illegally detained as part of the government's war against terrorism.
The plight of the secretly detained has fueled opposition to the government's efforts to crack down on religious extremists.
At the same time U.S. officials say Pakistan has to do more to combat al-Qaida linked militants operating inside its borders.
Pakistan remains a key U.S. ally in the region although security experts say Al-Qaida is gaining ground in the country's remote tribal areas along the Afghan border.
Pakistan and Britain Sign Prisoner Repatriation Agreement
Pakistan and Britain have signed an agreement allowing prisoners from each others' countries to return home to serve their sentences. British High Commissioner Robert Brinkley and Pakistani Interior Secretary Syed Kamal Shah signed the Prisoner Transfer Agreement Friday in Islamabad. Brinkley said transferring prisoners to their countries of origin would help maintain family ties and remove cultural barriers, which would make rehabilitation easier. More…
US Court to Reconsider Government Detention Powers
A U.S. federal court has agreed to reconsider a previous court ruling that prevents the Bush administration from detaining a civilian terrorism suspect in the U.S. The Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals acted Wednesday to allow an expanded panel of judges to re-hear arguments on the government's power to detain Qatari citizen and alleged al-Qaida agent Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri. The new round of arguments will begin at the end of October. The government…
More Kidnappings in Violent Pakistan-Afghan Border Region
Pakistani officials say Islamic militants have kidnapped an army officer and three other men in a tribal region near the Afghan border. The men were seized in the town of Ladha, located in the troubled South Waziristan tribal region in northwestern Pakistan. They were headed to a religious school when they were abducted. Along with the army officer, the militants kidnapped a government official and two soldiers. South Waziristan is a stronghold for Taleban…


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Winchester Ammunition Pledges $100K for Folds of Honor Scholarships
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Winchester Ammunition recently pledged $100,00 to the Folds of Honor Foundation. The donation will support educational scholarships to the spouses and children of fallen or disabled U.S. armed forces service members.
Winchester USA Valor: Limited-Edition Ammo Supports Folds of Honor
Winchester Ammunition Donates $100K to Folds of Honor
"Winchester has proudly supported our U.S. Warfighters for more than 100 years on battlefields around the world. We are thankful for the opportunity to take this one step further to support the families of those heroes through our partnership with Folds of Honor," said Winchester President Brett Flaugher.
Winchester recently launched a limited-edition USA Valor collection of military-inspired ammo to commemorate the partnership. The USA Valor ammo pays tribute to our military forces. But it also supports Folds of Honor, providing support for the bearers of their legacy through educational scholarships.
"We are so grateful for the patriots at Winchester and for the company's generous support," said Lt. Col. Dan Rooney, founder and CEO of Folds of Honor. "Winchester recognizes and addresses the needs of the military families we serve. These students deserve our help, and we're thankful for Winchester's commitment."
Winchester remains a major supporter of the U.S. military, manufacturing ammunition for the armed forces. Last year, Winchester took operational control of the Lake City Ammo Plant, continuing its long tradition of military support. For even more info, please visit winchester.com.


We had a couple of readers ask that we compare the Moto X to the other recently announced phones for Verizon (DROID ULTRA, MAXX, and Mini), but since review units for the new DROIDs aren't currently ready, we're stuck looking at the four on paper for now. This is a quick spec comparison to show you the subtle differences in each phone. Some differ in display size, battery capacity, and of course, they almost all differ in price.
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Báró orci Orczy Bódog Félix (Tarnaörs, 1835. június 8. – London, 1892. január 25.) magyar zeneszerző, a Nemzeti Színház intendánsa.

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A zene iránt korán érzett hajlamot és fiatal éveiben az alkotás terén is figyelmet keltett. 1870. október 12-től 1873. március haváig a Nemzeti Színház intendánsa volt. 1880-tól zongoraleckékből tartotta fenn magát. Operái: Pandora; Sisyphus King of Ephyrus; Renegát. (Ez utóbbit előadták Londonban, 1880 táján.) Amikor a Nemzeti Színház intendánsa lett, hivatalát több újítással kezdte meg: megszüntette a drámai előadások közzenéjét és csak egy, a darab stílusához illő nyitányt játszatott. A zenekari helyet a drámai előadásokra a színitanoda növendékei számára engedte át, hogy a színpadi játékot tanulmányozhassák. A pontosan megjelenő közönség érdekében elrendelte, hogy a későn érkezők csak a felvonás végeztével foglalhassák el helyeiket. Főpróba után a dramaturg, drámabírálók, a darab írója vagy fordítója, rendező és főszereplők összejövetelét rendelte el, véleményadás és esetleges változtatások megbeszélése végett. Elrendelte, hogy előadás után rendező és karmester tegyen írott jelentést arról, ha az est folyamán valami rendkívüli történt. Intézkedett, hogy jövőben a színműveket kinyomtassák és alacsony áron árulják. A napilapok szerkesztőségei állandó támlásszékjegyet kaptak. Bösendorfer-zongorát vett a színháznak. Elrendelte, hogy újévtől a hölgytagok kényelmére négy bérkocsi álljon állandóan rendelkezésre. Elrendelte, hogy a szereplők nyílt jelenetek után a közönség tapsaira ne jelenjenek meg. Elrendelte, hogy a színház tagjai hetenként kétszer a Várszínházban is játsszanak. Wagner tanácsára meghívta Richter Jánost karmesternek, de Erkel Ferencet, Szigligeti Edét és Huber Károlyt mellőzte. 1881-től Londonban élt.

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States Consider Foster Care Alternatives As They Grapple With Parental Addiction
By Paul Gaita 06/27/18
Some states are taking approaches that focus on reducing the trauma of separation from the child while encouraging parents to continue treatment.
A new report from The Hill notes that the rise in the number of children who enter foster care has forced state governments to rethink the notion of separating families while parents undergo treatment for substance dependency.
States such as New Jersey, which has struggled with high rates of opioid overdose, and Colorado are implementing programs which allow children to remain with the parent in treatment, or combinations of care by relatives with enhanced mental health services for the parents.
In both cases, the hope is twofold: to reduce the trauma of separation from the child and encourage the parents to continue with treatment.
Statistics have shown that after a decade of decline in the number of children entering the national foster care system, caseloads in 36 states rose by 10% between 2012 and 2016. The opioid epidemic was credited with much of the increase in many states, which treated substance dependency in a home with children as a form of abuse and therefore worthy of removing the children.
However, as the numbers for both opioid dependency and foster care admission continue to rise, state agencies have begun to regard the approach as "impounding trauma upon trauma," as Jason Butkowski, a spokesperson for New Jersey's Department of Children and Families, stated.
"Children do better when they're with family," said Wendi Turner, executive director of the Ohio Family Care Association. And several states have launched a variety of programs designed to enable that arrangement. In Nebraska, the state Division of Children and Family Services initiated its Mom and Me program, which grants long-term residential treatment for mothers in recovery and allows them to remain with dependent children ages eight and under.
In New Jersey, state services do not equate exposure to substances taken by mothers as a form of child abuse, which grants the state more options to provide assistance to adults and their dependent children.
And in Washington, D.C., foster care numbers have declined due to their use of kinship care programs, in which a relative takes in a child deemed at risk instead of a state program, along with Medicaid-funded treatment programs.
In all cases, states are taking the stance that by eliminating the potential for stigma or trauma on children, parents may be more willing to seek treatment and hopefully keep their families together. New Jersey spokesperson Butkowski noted that in some cases, "folks aren't reaching out for services because addiction is such a charged term."
Colorado has embraced this notion through its Lift the Label campaign, which seeks to inform the public about opioid dependency and recovery, and "provide a message of hope from people who used to feel hopeless," according to a Department of Human Services press release.
"We want people to know if they are ready to seek help, we've got their back," said department head Reggie Bicha.
In all cases, states hope that the sympathetic approach will generate greater interest in their various treatment programs and in turn, bring down foster care numbers.
"Put the person first," said Butkowski. "We're asking the question, 'What happened? Why are you in this place in your life?' rather than 'What did you do? How can you make it better?'"
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Q: Tag an object N times with same tag using acts_as_taggable_on I'm using acts_as_taggable_on, but now have a new requirement:
The end goal: Users should be able to agree with the tag choice another user has made, making the tagging more credible / reliable.
I see two ways to do this:
1) One way to do this would be to let an object be tagged more than once with the same tag (ie, tag_id doesn't need to be unique within the tagging context).
I know how to remove the validation in tagging.rb, but how do I change the code to let multiple users tag an object with the same tag? Is it as simple as removing the validation?
2.) Another way would be to make taggings voteable using thumbs_up, so users can upvote / downvote the tagging decision.
Both of these seem weak, so I'm leaning towards rolling my own tagging solution, but I'd rather DRY – so, any insights into which method is best, or am I missing some easy way to do this?

A: The acts_as_taggable_on gem supports this use case, actually. The key is using the tag ownership features:
@owner_a.tag(@taggable_object, :with => "list,of,tags", :on => :taggable_attribute)
@owner_b.tag(@taggable_object, :with => "list,of,neat,tags", :on => :taggable_attribute)

@taggable_object.taggable_attribute(@some_user, :locations) # => [#<ActsAsTaggableOn::Tag id: 1, name: "list">...]

This will give you a list of all tags, including duplicate tags from unique owners, effectively allowing each user to tag an object with a specific tag one time.
I use the following to convert that list to a hash of unique tags with a count for each tag:
@taggable_object.taggable_attribute.inject(Hash.new(0)) {|h,i| h[i.name] += 1; h } # => { "list" => 2, ... "neat" => 1 }

I use this to see which tags the user has already applied to the object, which lets me determine with to show a down/upvote icon:
@taggable_object.owner_tags_on(@owner_1, :taggable_attribute); # => [#<ActsAsTaggableOn::Tag id: 1, name: "list">...]

Remember that acts as taggable on always overwrites the previous tag list when using the ownership feature, so adding another @owner_a.tag(:taggable_object, :with => "new,tags"...) would erase the previously tagged items on the @taggable_object.

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What are The Perks of Being a Registered MSME in India?
The Perks of Being a Registered MSME in India
By - Rajeev Rambhatla on July 4, 2020
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises ('MSME') play a crucial role in a developing country like India. MSME industries are in fact the backbone of the economy as has been quoted by many economists. The MSME sector contributes to roughly 45% of India's total industrial employment, approximately 50% of India's total exports and almost 95% of all industrial units of the country and around 6000 types of products are manufactured in these industries[1].
With the growth of MSMEs, the country's economy grows as a whole and prospers. Whether the company is in manufacturing or services, registrations or applications thereof are governed by the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 ('MSMED Act'). The MSMED Act came into force on 02nd October 2006. It was established to promote, facilitate and develop MSMEs.
As the world is currently reeling from the wrath of the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, India and Indian businesses have been no exception. Even big businesses and established companies have been forced to undertake extreme cost-cutting measures in order to cope with the effects of the pandemic induced lockdown and to keep their businesses afloat. One can imagine the plight of smaller businesses like the MSMEs.
Several small businesses have even been forced to shut down their operations completely or go neck-deep in debt in order to try and survive this tough period. The Government of India in order to support the rehabilitation and ensure the upliftment is in the process of implementing a major economic stimulus with a special focus on MSMEs in order to better equip them given the current situation. By virtue of their registration as an MSME/SSI ('Small Scale Industries') under the MSMED Act, they are entitled to certain benefits. Some of the benefits are:
Collateral Free Bank Loans:
The Government of India has recently notified that collateral-free credit shall be available to all companies in all small and micro business sectors. This initiative ensures funds for MSMEs/SSIs. Under this initiative, existing as well as the new enterprises can claim the benefits enshrined herein. A trust by the name of the Credit Guarantee Trust Fund Scheme was introduced by the Government of India, Small Industries Development Bank of India ('SIDBI') and the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development to ensure this scheme is implemented for all MSMEs/SSIs.
Patent Registration:
A significant subsidy of 50% is given to registered MSMEs/SSIs. This subsidy can be availed for patent registration only by furnishing a copy of the application to the respective ministry.
Exemption of Interest Rates on Overdrafts:
Registered MSMEs/SSIs are eligible to avail a benefit of 1% on overdrafts however the implementation of this scheme differs from bank to bank and clarity needs to be sought from the bank extending the overdraft facility.
Eligibility for Industrial Promotion Subsidy:
The Government of India also ensures that registered MSMEs/SSIs are eligible for subsidies on amounts spent towards Industrial Promotion. The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Ministry regulates the quantum of the subsidy and the same is a regular feature in the budget as well.
Protection against delayed payments:
Very often buyers of services or products from MSMEs/SSIs usually tend to delay/default on the payments to be made to them. The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise, Government of India with the intention of providing support to these enterprises enshrined upon them the right to charge interest on the payments that are delayed from their buyers/customers.
For the quick and easy settlement of such disputes, the government has issued guidelines advising such settlement must be done in minimum time through conciliation and arbitration and other such measures. In case, if any MSME/SSI registered enterprise supplies/provides any goods/services to a buyer/customer then the buyer/customer is required to make the complete payment on or before the agreed date of payment as per the arrangement between the parties or within 15 days from the day they had accepted the goods and services from MSME/SSI registered business in cases where the date of payment is not mentioned.
If the buyer/customer causes a delay in the payment for more than 45 days after accepting/consuming the products or services then the buyer/customer is liable to be charged compound interest on the amount that was agreed to be paid for the products/services provided/rendered. The interest rate is usually three times the rate that is notified by the Reserve Bank of India ('RBI').
Concession on electricity bills:
This fixed rate of concession is available to all registered MSMEs/SSIs by simply furnishing an application to the Electricity Department or their respective DISCOM, such application shall be accompanied with a copy of the MSME/SSI registration obtained under the MSMED Act.
Reimbursement of ISO Certification charges:
Any amount spent towards obtaining an ISO certification by registered MSMEs/SSIs is eligible for reimbursement from the Government of India on filing of an application to that effect along with the requisite set of documentation.
MSMEs are indeed the backbone of our economy and it is important for more and more small businesses to obtain the registration under the MSMED Act in order to be beneficiaries of the aforementioned benefits. The Government of India is indeed taking the term 'ease of business' very seriously especially for MSMEs/SSIs and this is clearly visible from the benefits being offered to registered MSMEs/SSIs and even the recently announced economic stimulus package which has several policies that are designed specifically with MSMEs in mind.
[1] www.msme.gov.in
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Designation - Head- Hyderabad


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Mayoral candidates talk downtown development, roads during forum
The Dawson County Chamber of Commerce hosted a mayoral candidate forum Feb. 13 at the Performing Arts Center in Dawsonville. - photo by Jessica Taylor
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The advocacy committee of the Dawson County Chamber of Commerce held a special election candidate forum last week for the mayor of Dawsonville seat.
The forum was held at the Performing Arts Center Feb. 13, and acting Mayor Mike Eason and former Mayor James Grogan were asked a series of questions about the city's finances, attracting business and the role of the mayor.
Eason was born in Birmingham, Ala. and attended high school in Atlanta. He was formerly the City of Cumming police chief and Deputy State Inspector General. He worked as a special agent for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation for over 30 years.
Eason said he had learned a lot in his 35 years in public service, and having lived in Cumming for over 30 years before moving to Dawsonville in 2012, he said he saw a lot of changes.
"I don't want to see them impact our way of life the way they impacted us down there," he said. "We have an opportunity to plan for this urban wave that's headed in our direction, it's coming. If we can manage it...we can make a difference in how our community looks in 20 years."
Acting Mayor Mike Eason said during the mayoral candidate forum Feb. 13 that he wants citizens of the city of Dawsonville to be represented by a mayor who will listen to concerns about what they need and want in the city. - photo by Jessica Taylor
In his opening statement, Grogan talked about his background as a Dawsonville native.
Grogan said he attended Reinhardt College and the University of Georgia and worked in the hardware industry. He served on the city council from 2010 to 2012, and was appointed acting mayor in April 2012 after the death of Joe Lane Cox. He won the July 31, 2012 special election and was re-elected in 2015 for a four-year term.
He read a list of accomplishments he said the city had seen under his leadership, which included maintaining no city tax, clean financial audits, attracting the Moonshine Distillery and Atlanta Motorsports Park as tourist destinations, establishing the Dawsonville's brand as a racing city and renaming the city streets to reflect racing heritage, hosting three successful music festivals and purchasing the land to build Main Street Park, among others.
The main topic of discussion was the business environment in the downtown Dawsonville area.
Both candidates brought up the lack of parking, accessible sidewalks and the need for a bypass to take large tractor trailers out of the downtown area.
Eason said that the first step to developing downtown and aiding business would be to get the trucks off the roads.
"You don't want to have families walking down sidewalk with 18 wheelers going by every two minutes," he said.
After that, parking and connecting the rest of the sidewalks is key for business growth and survival.
"We've got a lot of business here and the biggest problem we have is people can't get to them. Until we can solve that problem and find them a place to park and walk up and down our streets, our businesses are not going to thrive," Eason said.
Grogan talked about a study that was conducted to revitalize downtown, which the city has yet to put into action.
"There have been a lot of businesses come into the city, and they come and they leave real quick. We have no fronts for businesses. We don't have the old warehouses and the old storefronts like other towns do," Grogan said. "We have four or five landowners downtown and unless they move then we're not going to be able to do much with that."
James Grogan, former mayor of the city of Dawsonville, said during the mayoral candidate forum last week that the primary role of the mayor is to sell the city of Dawsonville and spread the word about what it has to offer. - photo by Jessica Taylor
The candidates were also asked what they thought the greatest achievements of the city had been in the past four years, and what they would like to see in the future.
"I think…an achievement was to redo our debt load on sewer and water and saving ourselves well over $2 million based on the life of the bonds," Grogan said. "And the connection of the sidewalks, people have always told us we need to get that done and we've worked on it real hard and achieved a lot of that."
He said that expanding the water and sewer system, moving forward with the airport and downtown revitalization are his top priorities.
Eason said that the city's achievements can be seen in the number of people clamoring to move to the area.
"Most people don't know that we've got 50 homes under construction all the time in the city of Dawsonville," he said. "We're completing 10-12 every month. We've got a lot of new developments here and a lot of new homes- we've provided a place that people want to come to live."
For the future, Eason said he wants to see Dawsonville turn into a destination city, with the help of Main Street Park and development of downtown businesses.
Both were asked what the role of a mayor should be, beyond being present at city council meetings.
Grogan said he thinks the mayor is a spokesperson, someone who goes out and sells the city to other people.
"I know that attending the (Georgia Municipal Association) conventions and things of that sort, I always introduce myself as the mayor of Dawsonville, home of the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame, the Dawsonville Moonshine Distillery and the Atlanta Motorsports Park. Everywhere I go, people know about Dawsonville," he said. "Just the fact that I'm speaking to people about our city and what we have to offer has been a tremendous thing for me."
I always introduce myself as the mayor of Dawsonville, home of the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame, the Dawsonville Moonshine Distillery and the Atlanta Motorsports Park.
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Eason agreed that the mayor must be a spokesperson, and not just run the city council meetings, but that the mayor's primary role is to represent each citizen in the city.
"I think it's important that you have the opportunity to reach out to me and express your desires and concerns about what you need and want in your city," he said. "I certainly agree with Mr. Grogan that that's the job of the mayor, that he's the spokesperson for the city, but not just running council meetings, but helping direct, helping the city manager, helping the staff, anything that's going to help the people of the city's desires be implemented."
You can view the entire forum online at the Dawson County Chamber YouTube page, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9OVRu0IX2M.
The special election is to fill the unexpired term of the mayor, and the elected candidate will serve until Dec. 31, 2019.
Advance voting will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 26 through March 18, Monday through Friday only. Election day is March 20, and polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
All voting will take place at the board of elections office, located at 96 Academy Ave. The office can be reached at (706) 344-3640.


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Armstrong's Bar & Grill
3307 John Sevier Highway
Fridays: 9 p.m. karaoke by Darrell Ward
Bar Marley
760 Stone St.
www.barmarley.com
Wednesdays: 7 p.m. karaoke
Barley's Taproom & Pizzeria
200 E. Jackson Ave.
barleysknoxville.com
Friday: 10 p.m. The Burnin Hermans
Saturday: 10 p.m. The Whiskey Gentry CD release show & Folk Soul Revival
Sunday: 8 p.m. Momma Molasses & Friends
Monday, April 3: 10 p.m. 9th Street Stompers
Tuesday, March 4: 10 p.m. The Danberrys
Wednesdays: 8 p.m. Trivia
Thursday, March 6: 6 p.m. WDVX's Six O'Clock Swerve presents A Tribute To Merle Haggard; 10 p.m. Driftwood
128 W. Broadway, Maryville, 865-983-0808
http://barleysmaryville.com/
Friday: 9 p.m. Lemon Sky
Bistro at the Bijou
807 S. Gay St.
www.thebistroatthebijou.com
Friday: 9 p.m. Tom Johnson
Sundays: noon, Jazz Brunch with Shifflett's Jazz Benedict
Boyd's Jig & Reel
101 S. Central St.
www.jigandreel.com
Friday: 10 p.m. The Good Bad Kids
Ciderville Music Barn
2836 Clinton Highway
Saturdays: 8 p.m. WYSH and Merle radio show and dance
Club XYZ
1215 N. Central St.
Friday-Saturday: 11:30 p.m. & 1 a.m. The XYZ Queenz
Sundays & Wednesdays: Karaoke
Cotton Eyed Joe
11220 Outlet Drive
http://cottoneyedjoe.com
Thursdays: 9 p.m. Karaoke
Crown & Goose
www.thecrownandgoose.com
Wednesdays: 6:30 p.m. Frog and Toad (Jazz)
Gibby's Dining and Drinks at Holiday Inn Cedar Bluff
9134 Executive Park Drive
Fridays: 7 p.m. Pro Audio DJ
Sundays: 7 p.m. Smokey Mountain Shaggers with DJ John
Tuesdays: 6:30 p.m. Live music
Wednesdays: 7 p.m. Karaoke with Edie
Thursdays: 7 p.m. DJ John
2050 Parkway, Pigeon Forge
http://www.hardrock.com/cafes/pigeon-forge/
Friday: 6 p.m. Jimmy Morris; 9 p.m. Wonky Tonk
Saturday: 6 p.m. Kincaid Dos: 9 p.m. Kincaid
Wednesday: 6 p.m. Logan Murrell
International and The Concourse
940 Blackstock Ave.
www.internationalknox.com
Friday: 7:30 p.m. Killswitch Engage with The Devil Wears Prada; 9 p.m. Headroom
Saturday: 9 p.m. Rewind
Sunday: 8 p.m. Sheer Inspiration presents Renew: A Pole Dance Soiree
Wednesday: 8 p.m. Sirius XM Presents: The Highway Finds Tour Featuring Steve Moakler
Thursday: 9 p.m. Boondox & Blaze Ya Dead Homie
1848 Cumberland Ave.
Tuesdays: 8 p.m. Open Mic stand-up comedy
Marie's Olde Towne Tavern
904 N. Central St.
Fridays and Saturdays: 8 p.m. Karaoke with Johnny Mills
Wednesdays: 7 p.m. Karaoke with Johnny Mills
Mouse's Ear
Mondays-Saturdays: 4 p.m.-3 a.m. DJ with live entertainment;
Sundays: 7 p.m.-3 a.m. DJ with live entertainment
4710 Old Broadway
Fridays: 7:30 p.m. Blind Draw/Mystery Out
Saturdays: 8 p.m. Live entertainment
Preservation Pub and Speakeasy
http://scruffycity.com/preservation-pub/
Friday: 10 p.m. Urban Soil & Stagolee
Saturday: 8 p.m. Young Mister; 10 p.m. The High Divers & Broomestix
Sunday: 9 p.m. Rossdafareye & Eric Caldwell; 11 p.m. Breadfoot
Monday: 10 p.m. Jay Bragg Band
Tuesday: 7 p.m. Open Mike; 10 p.m. Paul McKenna & Andrew Finn Magill
Wednesday: 10 p.m. Tennessee Stifflegs and Chris Acker & the Growing Boys
Thursday: 10 p.m. Of Good Nature & Crane
Red Piano Lounge
www.theredpianolounge.com
Friday: 9 p.m. Vance Thompson
R.T. Goodtimes
1043 North Main St. (Exit 129), Rocky Top, Tenn.
Thursdays: 8 p.m.-midnight with Viki
Sassy Ann's
820 N. Fourth Ave.
Fridays: 9:30 p.m. KnoxVegas Comedy; 11 p.m. DJ Sir Ill
Thursdays & Saturdays: 9 p.m. DJ dance party
Wednesdays: 9:30 p.m. Live-music jam session
Scruffy City Hall
Friday: 10 p.m. The Brockefellers, Black Sabbath Tribute
Saturday: 10 p.m. Testify! Vintage Soul & Funk Dance Party
Sunday: 8 p.m. Knox horror film-fest
Mondays: 8 p.m. Geeks Who Drink Trivia
Tuesdays: 8 p.m. Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv Troupe
Wednesdays: 7 p.m. Scruffy Comedy Night
Thursdays: 8 p.m. The Jangling Sparrows
Smoky Mtn. Brewery
www.smoky-mtn-brewery.com/
Friday: 9:30 p.m. RMS
Fridays & Saturdays: 9 p.m. DJ Eric B
Susan's Happy Hour
1482 Amherst Road
(https://www.facebook.com/doris.brock.188)
Wednesdays: 8 p.m. Live music
Fridays: Blind draw dart tournament
Saturdays: 8 p.m. Karaoke
Suttree's High Gravity Tavern
409 S Gay St.
Mondays: 7 p.m. Bluegrass Jam
The Open Chord
www.openchordmusic.com
Friday: 8 p.m. The Synister Carnivale w/In Service of Sound, Zero Point
Saturday: 8 p.m. Matt Woods (with full band)
Tuesday: 7:30 p.m. Lee DeWyze and Shayna Leigh
Wednesday: 8 p.m. Secret City Cyphers
Thursday: 8 p.m. Brewhouse Blues Jam; midnight, Coolio After Party/Meet & Greet
Toot's Little Honky Tonk
114 E. Anderson Ave.
Fridays and Saturdays: Karaoke with Bonnie King
Two Doors Down
118 E. Broadway, Maryville; 865-980-7771;
www.twodoorsdownmaryville.com
Friday: 10 p.m. Avenue C
Saturday: 10 p.m. Nuthin' Fancy
404 Greenbelt Drive
Maryville; 865-681-1212
www.waterfrontmaryville.com
Friday: 9 p.m. Nuthin' Fancy
Saturday: 9 p.m. karaoke
Whiskey Bend Bar & Dance Club
https://mobile.twitter.com/whiskeybendknox
6 p.m. Friday: Open for dancing
Wild Wing Cafe
11335 Campbell Lakes Drive; 865-777-9464
www.wildwingcafe.com
Saturdays: DJ Stan Duh Man
Sundays: J Luke
Tuesdays: live bluegrass
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(b.Barcelona 1941) graduated in architecture at his native city's Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura in 1965 (a year after its founding) with his friends Pep Bonet, Cristian Cirici and Oscar Tusquets of PER, the design studio that is still one of the most important and original manifestations of the so-called Barcelona School. United by a common cause, the four musketeers of Catalan New Wave went on to produce witty, cerebral, refreshingly ironic architecture that epitomised the inevitable contradictions of Spain's multi-faceted critical climate at the time. Clotet's subsequent and more personal collaboration with Oscar Tusquets lasted until 1983 and resulted in major achievements like the Villa Regàs and its belvedere in Llofriu (Gerona, 1970-72; widley regarded by critics as a one of the first postmodernist buildings), the Villa Vittoria on the island of Pantelleria (1972-75), the La Balsa restaurant in Barcelona (winner of the Fad Prize in 1979), the project for a hight school in the district of Raval (1980-81), the restoration and extension of the Palau de la Mùsica Catalana in Barcelona (1981-83), the Banca de Espana in Gerona, the project for the extension of the faculty of Medicine of the Barcelona University (1979-82), and the competition project fot the Museum of Modern Art in Frankfurt (1983). His more recent work with Ignacio Paricio includes the Palacio de Los Deportes n Granada (1992), the Viviendas of the Olympic Village in Barcelona (1992) and the municipal swimming-pool in Badalona (1995). Clotet taught design from 1977 to 1984, and was one of the founding partners of B.D. Ediciones de Diseño, the company for which he designs internationally acclaimed furniture and objects.


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One of my favorite lazy ways to prepare fresh summer vegetables is cooking them on the grill. It's so easy and the perfect way to take advantage of the summer bounty of peppers, squash and onions. Making a big batch ensures you have a stash for a quick pasta salad or sandwich.
Recently, I joined a new weekly food blogging group that will feature a different Power Food each week based on the book Power Foods: 150 delicious recipes with 38 Healthiest Ingredients from the editors of Martha Stewart's Whole Living Magazine. Power Foods are foods that are outstanding in the amounts of vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients, essential fatty acids, fiber and more, that help fight disease and promote good health.
This week, we're featuring Bell Peppers as a Power Food.
Bell peppers are surprisingly a Power Food. Although I have used roasted peppers as the main ingredient in Muhammara, a roasted red pepper dip, and Roasted Red Pepper Carrot Pesto, I usually use red bell peppers in stir-fries, as crudite dippers, or as part of a medley of grilled vegetables.
So, what makes Bell Peppers a Power Food? Bell peppers are packed with carotenoids, which help boost the immune system and fight cancer and heart disease. Interestingly enough, orange peppers are a top source of lutein and zeaxanthin (more than any other fruit or vegetable), which are important for good vision, and red peppers contain beta-carotene, important for night vision.
Bell peppers are exceptionally high in vitamin C and vitamin A. One cup of raw bell peppers provides 195.8% Daily Value vitamin C and 57.6% Daily Value vitamin A. They are also high in vitamin B6, folate, fiber and vitamin E.
It's best to eat bell peppers raw or just cooking them for a short period of time as higher heat cooking can damage some of the delicate phytonutrients in bell peppers. Whoops! See, I learned something. Although I do love roasted and grilled bell peppers, it's better to enjoy them raw in a salad or in a stir-fry where they are barely cooked.
Here's a Power Salad I made last night for the kids, full of Red Peppers, Yellow Peppers, Tomatoes, Avocados, Cucumbers, and Romaine Lettuce. I took a picture with my phone and posted it on Facebook.
I enjoyed these grilled vegetables with Yogurt Sauce.
Gently toss vegetables with olive oil, herbs, salt and pepper.
Grill on a sheet of aluminum foil until done, about 10-12 minutes, turning pieces halfway through.
This post has been linked up to Beyond the Peel's "Keep It Real" Thursday event, This Chick Cooks Whole Food Wednesdays event, Kelly the Kitchen Kop's Real Food Wednesday event.
Compared to green peppers, red peppers have nine times the amount of carotene and twice the vitamin C of green peppers. Red peppers also contain the antioxidant lycopene. Generally speaking, the more colorful the vegetable. I read somewhere that yellow peppers do not have as much vitamin A as red peppers.
I would always give my mom a hard time when she made bell pepper dishes, until one day I breathed in the aroma of roasting bell peppers. That was it. I was hooked for life. I love grilled bell peppers. Lovely Lovely dish, Jeanette.
Grilled or roasted bell peppers are hard to resist. I had the same experience when I first tried roasting bell peppers.
There is nothing like roasting vegetables to get the full measure of them. This is a good combination of vegetables. Your salad looks delicious, as well.
Thanks for such an informative and colorful post Jeanette! While the raw peppers do maintain all of the nutrients, I am going to assume that if I just ate 2-3 portions of those delicious grilled peppers I can make up the difference!
I think eating vegetables is a plus when you enjoy what you're eating, so I'm with you. I love my roasted red peppers, but I will try to throw them in raw in salads.
Beautiful post–love the colors! Happy Friday, Jeanette.
i'm all about simple veggie dishes! yay for grilled delights!
This is my kind of recipe 😉 It looks gorgeous, thanks for sharing!
I absolutely love salads made from grilled vegetables, especially when they're marinated with garlic and herbs. I'll give this one a try soon after getting home to my outdoor grill.
I love your varieties on the mixed veggies! Yes, I love the charred flavor from the grill as well. So easy to prepare and so flavorful. 🙂 Hope you're enjoying your weekend.
I do love grilled vegetables in the summer – they're so versatile too. I grill extra and keep them in the refrigerator for sandwiches and quesadillas for the kids.
I love bell peppers, actually just had some stir-fries with black fungus. Love yours with summer squash too. Very fresh and healthy.
Sounds awesome, my kind of salad!
This looks and sounds wonderful! I can't wait to give this recipe a try!
What a colorful informative post, Jeannette. I learn so much every time I visit your site. A huge fan of grilled vegetables, I also try to keep extras in the fridge for salads, sandwiches and pastas. Can't wait to try your Power Salad.
There is just NOTHING better than grilled summer veggies, especially red pepps. Just coaxes out all that juicy sweetness… Now I just need to get a grill, the George Foreman can't compete. And yes, I still break out the Foreman from time to time!
Roasted peppers are at the top of the yummy list. I didn't know they were a power food! Great excuse to eat more of them!


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Sir W. F. Williams
The Sir W. F. Williams was a Clipper of the Black Ball line operated primarily out of Liverpool in England. Her tonnage has been reported as 869 tons. (Source: The Tasmanian Daily News) Known voyages follow.
Arrival Location
(1) 11/09/1856 Liverpool, England 02/12/1856 Hobart, Van Diemen's Land Transported 341 Bounty Immigrants, 6 died during the journey and 5 within days of landing. (Source: The Tasmanian Daily News 3 Dec 1856)
(2) 28/05/1857 Liverpool, England 18/08/1857 Hobart, Van Diemen's Land Transported 244 Bounty Immigrants (Source: The Mercury 19 Aug 1857 and The Courier 02 Sep 1857)
(3) 00/06/1858 London, England 20/09/1858 Hobart, Van Diemen's Land Journey of 84 days. (Source: The Cornwall Chronicle 22 Sep 1858)
The arrival of the ship in 1856 was reported in The Tasmanian Daily News on 3 December 1856.
ARRIVED. Dec. 2. Sir W. F. Williams, ship, 869, Rees, from Liverpool, 11th September, with general cargo. Passengers,. Mr. J. G. Williams, Dr. Hardy, and 335 steerage. Mail, 1 bag, 2 parcels. Agents, Kerr, Bogle, and Co.1
By February 1857 some were questioning what appeared to be a higher than average mortality rate among passengers on the vessel.
IMMIGRANT SHIP "SIR. W. F. WILLIAMS."
To the Editor of the Tasmanian Daily News.
Sir, I understand that a very unusual number of immigrants by the above-named vessel have died since her arrival in this port. This is a fearfully lamentable fact, if true, and I wish to inquire through the medium of your invaluable journal, whether such is the case? And if so, whether the Government have ordered any enquiry under the "Passenger Act 1852," to be instituted in the matter? I am aware that a coroner's inquest has been held upon the body of one of the deceased passengers, but that is not enough. There must be an official investigation into the cause of so frightful a mortality before the public will be satisfied. It appears to me that the existing Government of this colony are not only extremely supine upon matters, of vital moment, but really that no vigilance what ever is exercised towards British subjects landing on these shores by them. Had such a dreadful fact as that which I have mentioned occurred at the Cape of Good Hope or at Melbourne the authorities of each of those ports would never have rested until the actual cause were ascertained. A Government, Sir, exists for the benefit of society, and therefore every dereliction of duty on the part of that Government should be visited with the public condemnation.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient servant.
Humanitas.
Jan. 30th.
We have taken steps to ascertain to what extent the above statements are borne out by facts. We happen to know of five who died within a few days after her arrival in port. These, with the six that died during the voyage, in themselves constitute a very large mortality out of 341 passengers. — Ed. T.D.N.2
The arrival of the ship later in 1857 with a new cache of passengers was reported in The Hobart Town Mercury on Wednesday 19 August 1857.
ARRIVAL OF THE SIR W.F. WILLIAMS.
ELEVEN DAYS' LATER ENGLISH NEWS
Br the arrival of the Sir W. P. Williams from Liverpool, 27th May, we are in possession, through the polite attention of Captain Rees, of English journals to that date.3
The arrival of the ship in 1858 was reported in the The Hobart Town Daily Mercury on Tuesday 21 September 1858.
THE SIR W.F. WILLIAMS. This magnificent ship arrived in Harbour yesterday, after an excellent run from the Downs, of 84 days. Capt. Ross reports the arrival of the Wellington, Harrowby, and Aurora Australis, from this port. The Sir W. F. Williams brings a large miscellaneous cargo, and 9 passengers, but no immigrants, as we supposed she would from the English papers.4
Anthony J. Harrison: Tony Harrison's Website: http://www.users.on.net/~ahvem/page3/page2/page4/page7/page7.html (Accessed 11 July 2021, contains a description of the 1856 journey)
Basil Lubbock: The Colonial Clippers; https://www.gutenberg.org/files/52897/52897-h/52897-h.htm (Accessed 11 July 2021)
Stephen Blackwell: The Blackwells of Tasmania; https://blackwellfamily.id.au/www/images/stories/documents/tasmania.pdf (Accessed 11 July 2021)
Wikipedia: Black Ball Line; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Ball_Line_(trans-Atlantic_packet) (Accessed 11 July 2021)
Wikipedia: James Baines & Co.; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Baines_%26_Co. (Accessed 11 July 2021)
Wikitree: James Parke (Passenger on the 1857 voyage of the Sir W. F. Williams); https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Parke-1061 (Accessed 11 July 2021)
Wikitree: Walter Drysdale (Passenger on the 1857 voyage of the Sir W. F. Williams); https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Drysdale-387 (Accessed 11 July 2021)
An example of a vessel very similar to the Sir W. F. Williams is the James Baines, pictured below, one of the Black Ball Line of Australian Packets belonging to Messrs James Baines and Co, Liverpool.
The Clipper Ship James Baines
1. "SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE." The Tasmanian Daily News (Hobart Town, Tas. : 1855 - 1858) 3 December 1856: 2. Web. 11 Jul 2021; http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article202390873.
2. "IMMIGRANT SHIP "SIR. W. F. WILLIAMS."" The Tasmanian Daily News (Hobart Town, Tas. : 1855 - 1858) 2 February 1857: 3. Web. 11 Jul 2021; http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article202989928.
3. "ARRIVAL OF THE SIR W.F. WILLIAMS." The Hobart Town Mercury (Tas. : 1857) 19 August 1857: 3. Web. 11 Jul 2021; http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3244782.
4. "MISCELLANEOUS SHIPPING." The Hobart Town Daily Mercury (Tas. : 1858 - 1860) 21 September 1858: 2. Web. 11 Jul 2021; http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3250608.
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Anthony Crolla is aiming to produce a sensational upset when he challenges Vasyl Lomachenko for the WBA and WBO lightweight belts in Los Angeles.
The Ukrainian is one of the world's finest pound-for-pound fighters, having become the fastest ever three-weight champion, and his renowned skills will be on show against Crolla, with live coverage starting from 3am on Saturday morning on Sky Sports.
Crolla has already overcome daunting adversity throughout his career as he claimed a world title after recovering from serious head injuries that he suffered while confronting a burglar.
The Mancunian earned his status as the WBA's mandatory challenger with three victories since failing to regain his WBA belt in a rematch with Jorge Linares, another of the sport's multi-weight champions.
But Crolla is facing a supremely talented opponent in the form of Lomachenko, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, who clinically stopped Linares last year and has also halted pound-for-pound rival Guillermo Rigondeaux.
In the early hours of Saturday morning, Crolla will test himself at the very highest level as he targets one of the most seismic shocks in boxing history.


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Q: Predicting accelerating object collisions in a friction-less environment Background
I'm building a simple game where two ships are launching missiles at each other in space.
Stuff got complicated when the ships started moving in a friction-less environment and the missiles naturally needed to do the same thing.
Premises

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*A missile has a constant acceleration and is trying to hit a moving target in a friction-less environment.

*Target is also constantly accelerating in the same friction-less environment.

*The friction-less environment is only 2 dimensional

*There is no gravitation affecting the missile

Question
What math should I use to determine the direction the missile should jolt in?
What i have right now
I've implemented this answer which works quite alright. I am not 100% sure of what a, b, c etc means and not sure which math is actually implemented here.
I modified above linked answer by making the missile mimic its targets jolts and adding its own on top of those. It is an ugly solution to say the least.
Problem with current solution
The current solution requires to know the speed of the missile.
The missile is constantly accelerating, and it has no top speed.
Unless I know how far the missile will travel, I cannot know the average speed.
Above solution requires that I know the speed of the projectile.

A: Here is the physics:
In one dimension $x(t)=x_0+v_0t+at^2/2$. $x_0$ is the initial coordinate, $v_0$ is the initial velocity.
For your problem, you have two directions (along $x$ and along $y$) and two objects (target will be denoted by subscript T, missile by subscript M)
$$
x_T(t)=x_{T,0}+v_{T,x,0} t+a_{T,x}t^2/2\\
y_T(t)=y_{T,0}+v_{T,y,0} t+a_{T,y}t^2/2\\
x_M(t)=x_{M,0}+v_{M,x,0} t+a_{M,x}t^2/2\\
y_M(t)=y_{M,0}+v_{M,y,0} t+a_{M,y}t^2/2\\
$$
It is possible that some of your initial velocities or positions are 0, but I wrote the equations for the general case. On the right side of these equations you know the initial positions and velocities, both $x$ and $y$ components, for both target and missile, and the two components of target acceleration.
When the missile hits the target $x_T(t)=x_M(t)$ and $y_T(t)=y_M(t)$. You can then rewrite these equations as:
$$
(x_{T,0}-x_{M,0})+(v_{T,x,0}-v_{M,x,0})t+(a_{T,x}-a_{M,x})t^2/2=0\\
(y_{T,0}-y_{M,0})+(v_{T,y,0}-v_{M,y,0})t+(a_{T,y}-a_{M,y})t^2/2=0
$$
Now you have two equations, with unknowns $t, a_{M,x},a_{M,y}$. If you don't have another equation, you have an infinite number of solutions. You can hit the target at any time $t>0$ if you have enough acceleration. If you know the absolute value for the acceleration of the missile $a_M$, you can add it as one of your equations $a_M^2=a_{M,x}^2+a_{M,y}^2$. Or if you are interested in the direction $\theta$ with respect to the $x$ direction, you can write $a_{M,x}=a_M\cos(\theta)$ and $a_{M,y}=a_M\sin(\theta)$. Now you need to solve these equations, by eliminating $t$. Note that since this is a quadratic equation you will need to choose the positive solution. You might have multiple solutions anyway, or none if your acceleration is too small.
Once you get the solution for $a_{M,x}$ and $a_{M,y}$, you can use the first 4 equations to plot the trajectories as a function of time.


An analysis of the 1982 field season activities at Rancho de las Cabras (41 WN 30) is presented in this report. Additional data concerning structural details and construction activities at the site are presented. The results of further archival research provide additional information concerning the history of the Rancho de las Cabras site, its relationship to Mission Espada, and the adjacent landowners. An expanded genealogy is presented of the Calvillo and Delgado families, both intimately connected to Rancho de las Cabras. Recommendations are made for further work at the site.
During early 1980, personnel from the Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio, were involved in intensive survey and limited testing operations at archaeological sites in a proposed pipeline right-of-way along the Rio Grande, Webb County, Texas. Eight terrace sites, located just south of the city of Laredo, were investigated to determine potential eligibility for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places and for selection as State Historical Landmarks. Both historic and prehistoric cultural materials were identified at these sites including the remains of two previously unrecorded prehistoric burials.
An archaeological survey was conducted of power line routes near Uvalde and Blewett in Uvalde and Kinney Counties, Texas, for the Rio Grande Electric Cooperative, Inc. Four prehistoric sites were found; however, only two sites (41 KY 22 and 41 KY 24) are recommended for testing to determine eligibility for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. The survey was conducted during January 1983, in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, and Executive Order 11593.
Four prehistoric sites occurring within a one mile stretch of FM 153, ten miles northwest of LaGrange, Texas, were investigated in November, 1983. These sites were evidenced by light scatters of burned rock and lithic debris on the surface. Excavation revealed shallow sandy loam deposits containing very small amounts of cultural material. The portion of these sites within the FM 153 right-of-way have no potential for further work.
Site 41CD56 is an aboriginal site located on Crier Creek in northwestern Colorado County, Texas. Testing in October, 1983, revealed that moderate amounts of thermally altered chert/quartzite and lithic debitage were contained in sandy deposits varying from 20 to 110 cm in depth. Two burned rock accumulations, possibly disturbed hearths, were discovered; but no diagnostic tools or indicators of cultural affiliation were found.
Testing was undertaken in November 1982 of two sites on State Highway 6 between Hearne and Bryan in order to determine site depth, cultural context, and archaeological significance. Archaeological Site 41RT128 was typified by numerous bone fragments of Bos species, and Site 41RT129 was evidenced by a lithic scatter on a sandy hilltop on the south bank of Pin Oak Creek.
This report outlines the results of an archaeological investigation associated with a complex of buildings located in the southeast portion of the Old Ursuline Academy campus, San Antonio, Texas. An analysis of the physical characteristics of the buildings is provided. A proposed history based on field observations and archival research is offered. Additional information is presented regarding legends concerning the early years of Ursuline Academy.
Testing of archaeological Sites 41TV 386 and 41TV338 was performed during the period of August 1 through September 7, 1983, by Harold G. Wooldridge and Glenn T. Goode of the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation professional cultural resources staff under auspices of Procedures for the Protection of Historic and Cultural Properties (36 CFR, Part 800), procedures prescribed and endorsed by the Federal Highway Administration.
Construction activities during the replacement and upgrading of the State Highway 21 bridge over the Brazos River in Burleson County uncovered a previously unknown portion of archaeological Site 41BU16, the Reading Site, within the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation (SDHPT) right-of-way.
Efforts by local concerned citizens resulted in the salvaging of one partially intact burial and the notification of the SDHPT cultural resources staff.
Site 41KT32 is an open prehistoric campsite located on the Salt Fork of the Brazos River in Kent County, Texas. Test excavations revealed that the site is primarily outside of the proposed bridge replacement project area. Scattered burned rock was noted, and artifacts recovered indicate site habitation during the Late Archaic Period.
On the basis of the site's limited extent within the project and the lack of direct impact by the project on the primary portion of the site, no further investigation is being recommended.
Site 41TV338, located in the west bank and terrace of Barton Creek west of Loop 360, was found in 1975. The SDHPT, during an archaeological survey in 1983, determined the site would be impacted by the present undertaking.
Testing of archaeological Site 41KR210 was undertaken in January, 1983, in accordance with provisions of the Memorandum of Understanding between the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation (SDHPT) and the Texas Antiquities Committee. Testing was to determine site depth, cultural context, and archaeological significance. Archaeological Site 41KR210 was typified by shallow deposits of cultural material which included lithic material and scattered burned rock.
During summer 1979, the Center for Archaeological Research conducted excavations at the Berger Bluff site (41 GO 30A) in Goliad County, Texas. The site, located on a high bluff above Coleto Creek, had been shown to be a valuable archaeological resource in previous test excavations and was potentially endangered by wave erosion from the waters of the soon to be completed Coleto Creek Reservoir. The excavations were considered necessary as a partial mitigation, under the provisions of the Texas Antiquities Code.
In early 1983, an archaeological crew from the Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio, conducted a survey and testing program at site 41 OM 65 on the Valenzuela Ranch in Dimmit County, Texas. The results of the field work, analysis of artifacts recovered during restoration of a stone house on the site, and archival research in Dimmit, Webb, and Bexar Counties are reported. Conclusions are drawn as to the ranch's original and subsequent ownership, the approximate date of construction of the house, and its various uses through the years.


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All the pros will know it's Tjunajjok, and that guide I cannot remember the nam, that kid who looks 12 but who is more than twice that age, that guide who is unbeleavaly sweet and patient, who will drive your boat to the best spots of the Kaitum river and make evrything so you catch unforgetable trout and grayling. But it's not about Tjunajjok that we're going to talk, but Jesse McGlothlin, that photograph who is an avid fly fisher, born in Montana. Here's her trip to Swedish Lapland, to Tjunajjok and Geunja.


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Jeff Taylor | From the November 2004 issue
What's worse than spam? Political spam, the dirtiest, vilest form of spam. Campaign '04 is its coming-out party.
One spam-blocking firm, MailFrontier, predicts 1.25 billion unsolicited political e-mails will be sent to prospective voters by November. The group estimates that about 1 percent of all spam is political, usually in the form of surveys. But tracking from Symantec/Brightmail Probe Network found that political spam steadily increased during the election year, suggesting that it could make up 5 percent of all spam going into 2005. Such spam is exempt from the requirements of the CAN-SPAM Act, which regulates only "commercial" messages.
Political fund-raising spam is still relatively rare, but it has already been twisted to fraudulent purposes. In July a scammer based in Jaipur, India, spammed an e-mail list looking for Kerry supporters to contribute to the campaign via a Web page copied from Kerry's official site. The stunt forced the Kerry campaign to warn supporters away from any e-mail mentioning johnkerrys.com, the fake site.
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How can I open magit-status in a new frame? I've tried to write a custom function for this but it has some issues as described below.
I have the above code, however this opens 'multiple' frames if the above is executed multiple times. Is there a way I can prevent it from opening a new frame if an existing magit frame already exists?
Is there possibly an alternative? Otherwise I'd imagine I'd need to get a list of all frames, search for the magit frame and select it.
This says, "If the to-be-displayed buffer is a Magit status buffer, first try to show a window in any frame that is already displaying that buffer. If that fails, display the buffer in a new frame. For non-status buffers, just use Magit's default behavior."
I'm not familiar with Spacemacs, so hopefully you can apply this answer and let me know what modifications are necessary, and I can edit this answer so that it's applicable to both Spacemacs and other Emacs users.
The easiest way to achieve this in Emacs is to load the package other-frame-window (it's available using list-packages or package-install, which from reading docs seem to be readily available in Spacemacs).
In traditional Emacs, the C-x 4 and C-x 5 prefixes have been used to operate on windows and frames, respectively, but they're not easily extensible and they operate in a slightly unintuitive way, so other-frame-window attempts to address this by creating two new prefixes at C-x 7 and C-x 9, both of which have the same following map, but the C-x 7 commands operate on an (Emacs) window, and C-x 9 on frames.
Then, we add z to the keyboard map to invoke magit-status. Once you do this, C-x 9 z will open Magit in another frame.
You could, of course, define a macro to do this directly without needing three keystrokes, or if you dip into the source code in other-frame-window.el, you can roll your own interactive function to do it directly.
Note that Magit will not dismiss upon pressing q in the case when it's the only buffer in the frame. That's because it's well-behaved and does a bury-buffer rather than kill-buffer, so that if the current frame happens to be the only frame, you won't accidentally kill Emacs. You could override this, but I'd advise against it. You can just kill the frame as usual, or use a prefix argument to q (in regular Emacs, that's C-u q) to force it to kill the buffer, frame and all.
One final remark: note that, in general, it's not a great idea to hand-write functions that unilaterally open new frames because there are many reasons why Emacs may be unable to do so — most notably, because you're operating in a non-GUI environment like a terminal emulator, SSH or Mosh session. Correctly-written frame-handling commands deal with this appropriately, so deferring this logic to other-frame-window seems like a good way to get the functionality you want without reinventing the wheel.


"We have a really good group of riders for the race, it's no secret that we have a strong team and are highly motivated, we have more than one option if we make it to the finale in good positions."
Joint team leaders Michael Matthews and Simon Gerrans have both achieved podium spots here in the past and the talent and experience of both riders will be vitally important for the team in Sunday's 51st edition.
Sport director Matt White emphasised the fact that the race had been good to the team in the past.
"Amstel Gold has been a good hunting ground for us in recent years," said White. "It marks the start of an exciting period of racing for the team and hopefully we can continue the upward curve on Sunday.
"I've been looking at the weather forecast for Sunday," continued White. "It does not look good, cold and wet conditions throughout the day. If that ends up being the case then it certainly makes the race wide open, this race is highly technical at the best of times.
Traditionally marking the transition from the cobbled classics to the Ardennes classics, Amstel Gold Race is well known for the opportunities it provides not just for the fast men but also for the climbers and breakaway specialists alike. First held in 1961, the race is a first category WorldTour race and is the most prestigious one-day event in Dutch bike racing. The route follows 250kilometres through the Dutch countryside starting in Maastricht and finishing in Valkenberg and includes virtually every climb of the Limberg region of Holland.
The whole team followed a busy racing schedule of late and head into Amstel Gold Race with plenty of kilometres in their legs. Michael Albasini, Adam Yates andChris Juul Jensen come into the squad after racing in the arduous Pais Vasco while Luke Durbridge has competed strongly in all of the Flanders classics races of the last month. South African Daryl Impey spent a large portion of Wednesday's Brabantse Pijl in the breakaway and completes the line up for Sunday's race.


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In the north of Scotland, a brutal murder has taken place in a remote crofting community. All seems to point to teenager Roderick Macrae as the violent perpetrator. Inventively told through a mixture of memoir, trial transcripts, newspaper reports and more, this award-winning novel builds to one key question: is Roderick Macrae insane? The opening statements presented below launch you into the dark heart of the complex case.
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Statements gathered from various residents of Culduie and the surrounding area by Officer William MacLeod of Wester Ross police force, Dingwall, on the 12th and 13th of August 1869
Statement of Mrs Carmina Murchison [Carmina Smoke], resident of Culduie, 12th August 1869
I have known Roderick Macrae since he was an infant. I generally found him to be a pleasant child and later to be a courteous and obliging young man. I believe he was greatly affected by the death of his mother, who was a charming and gregarious woman. While I do not wish to speak ill of his father, John Macrae is a disagreeable person, who treated Roddy with a degree of severity I do not believe any child deserves.
On the morning of the dreadful incident, I spoke to Roddy as he passed our house. I cannot recall the precise content of our conversation, but I believe he told me that he was on his way to carry out some work on land belonging to Lachlan Mackenzie. He was carrying some tools, which I took to be for this purpose. In addition, we exchanged some remarks about the weather, it being a fine and sunny morning. Roderick appeared quite composed and betrayed no sign of fretfulness. Sometime later, I saw Roddy make his way back along the village. He was covered from head to foot in blood and I ran from the threshold of my house, thinking that some accident had befallen him. As I approached, he stopped and the tool he was carrying dropped from his hand. I asked what had happened and he replied without hesitation that he had killed Lachlan Broad. He appeared quite lucid and made no attempt to continue along the road. I called to my eldest daughter to fetch her father, who was working in the outbuilding behind our house. On seeing Roddy covered in blood, she screamed, and this brought other residents of the village to their doors and caused those at work on their crops to look up from their labour. There was very quickly a general commotion. I confess that in these moments my first instinct was to protect Roddy from the kinsmen of Lachlan Mackenzie. For this reason, when my husband arrived at the scene, I asked him to take Roddy inside our house without telling him what had occurred. Roddy was seated at our table and calmly repeated what he had done. My husband sent our daughter to fetch our neighbour, Duncan Gregor, to stand guard and then ran to Lachlan Mackenzie's house, where he discovered the tragic scene.
Statement of Mr Kenneth Murchison [Kenny Smoke], stonemason, resident of Culduie, 12th August 1869
On the morning in question I was working in my outbuilding behind my house, when I heard a general commotion from the village. I emerged from my workshop to be greeted by my eldest daughter, who was greatly distressed and unable to properly inform me of what had occurred. I ran towards the congregation of people outside our house. Amid the confusion, my wife and I took Roderick Macrae into our house, believing that he had been injured in some accident. Once inside my wife informed me of what had occurred and when I asked Roderick if this was true he repeated quite calmly that it was. I then ran to the home of Lachlan Mackenzie and found a scene too dreadful to describe. I closed the door behind me and examined the bodies for signs of life, of which there were none. Fearing a general outbreak of violence, were any of Lachlan Broad's kinsmen to lay eyes on this scene, I went outside and summoned Mr Gregor to stand guard over the
property. I ran back to my own house and took Roddy from there to my outbuilding, where I barricaded him in. He did not resist. Mr Gregor was unable to prevent Lachlan Broad's kinsmen from entering the premises and seeing the bodies there. By the time I had confined Roddy, they had formed themselves into a vengeful mob, which it took some time and persuasion to subdue.
As to the general character of Roderick Macrae, there is no doubt that he was a queer boy, but whether this was by nature or had been brought on by the tribulations which his family has suffered I am not qualified to say. The evidence of his deeds, however, does not speak of a sound mind.
Statement of the Reverend James Galbraith, minister at the Church of Scotland, Camusterrach, 13th August 1869
I fear the wicked deeds lately committed in this parish only represent a bubbling to the surface of the natural state of savagism of the inhabitants of this place, a savagism that the Church has of late been successful in suppressing. The history of these parts, it has been said, is stained with black and bloody crimes, and its people exhibit a certain wildness and indulgence. Such traits cannot be bred out in a matter of generations, and while the teachings of the Presbytery are a civilising influence, it is inevitable that now and again the old instincts come to the fore.
Nonetheless, one cannot fail to be shocked on hearing of acts such as those committed in Culduie. Of all the individuals in this parish, however, one is least surprised to hear that Roderick Macrae is the perpetrator. Although this individual has attended my church since child-hood, I always sensed that my sermons fell on his ears as seeds on stony ground. I must accept that his crimes represent, in some degree, a failure on my part, but sometimes one must sacrifice a lamb for the general good of the flock. There was always a wickedness, easily discernible, about that boy which I regret to say was beyond my reach.
The boy's mother, Una Macrae, was a frivolous and insincere woman. She attended church regularly, but I fear she mistook the Lord's House for a place of social gathering. I frequently heard her singing on her way to and from the kirk and, after service, she would gather within the grounds with other womenfolk and indulge in intemperate conversation and laughter. On more than one occasion I was obliged to reprimand her.
I am compelled, however, to add a word on behalf of Roderick Macrae's father. John Macrae is among the most devoted to scripture in this parish. His knowledge of the Bible is extensive and he is sincere in his observance. In common with the majority in these parts, however, even while he might parrot the words of the Gospel, I fear his understanding of them is feeble. Following the death of Mr Macrae's wife, I visited the household frequently to offer support and prayer. I observed at that time many signs about the place of adherence to superstition, such as have no place in the home of a believer. Nevertheless, while we are none of us blameless, I believe John Macrae to be a good and devout man, who did not deserve to be burdened with such noxious progeny.
Statement of Mr William Gillies, schoolmaster at Camusterrach, 13th August 1869
Roderick Macrae was among the most talented pupils I have taught since my arrival in this parish. He easily outstripped his fellows in
his ability to grasp concepts in science, mathematics and language, and this he achieved without show of effort or, indeed, of any great interest. As to his character, I can offer only the most limited remarks. Certainly, he was not of a sociable nature and did not mix readily with his fellows, who, in turn, regarded him with some suspicion. For his own part, Roderick behaved with disdain towards his classmates, this at times bordering on contempt. Were I to speculate, I would say this attitude was bred by his academic superiority. That said, I always found him to be a courteous and respectful pupil, not given to unruly behaviour. As a mark of my high regard for his academic gifts, when he was sixteen years old, I called on his father to suggest that Roderick should continue his studies and might, in time, amount to something more suited to his abilities than working the land. I regret to say that my proposal received short shrift from his father, who I found to be a reticent and slow-witted individual.
I have not seen Roderick since that time. I heard some disturbing rumours about his mistreatment of a sheep under his charge, but I cannot testify as to their veracity, other than to state that I found Roderick to be a gentle lad, not given to the cruel behaviour sometimes found in boys of that age. For this reason I find it difficult to credit that he might be capable of carrying out the crimes with which he has recently been charged.
Statement of Peter Mackenzie, first cousin of Lachlan Mackenzie [Lachlan Broad], resident of Culduie, 12th August 1869
Roderick Macrae is as wicked an individual as one could ever have the misfortune to meet. Even as a small boy there was a mean spirit about him, such as one would not credit in a child. He was for many years thought to be mute and capable only of some uncanny commune with his otherworldly sister, who seemed his partner in wickedness. He was generally regarded in the parish as an imbecile, but I myself reckoned him an altogether more malicious creature, and his recent exploits have borne out this view. From an early age he was given to the spiteful mis-treatment of animals and birds, and to arbitrary acts of destruction around the village. He had the Devil's own cunning. On one occasion, when he was perhaps twelve years old, a fire was set in the outbuilding of my cousin Aeneas Mackenzie, destroying a number of valuable tools and a quantity of grain. The boy had been seen in the vicinity of the building, but he denied responsibility and the Black Macrae [his father, John Macrae] swore that his son had not been out of his sight at the time in question. He thus escaped punishment, but as with many other incidents, there was no doubt that he was to blame. His father is likewise a feebleminded individual, who conceals his idiocy behind a zealous adherence to scripture and a cringing deference to the minister.
I was not present in Culduie on the day of the murders and heard about them only on my return that evening.
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I've dreamed of being a writer ever since I was fifteen, when I first discovered how much I wanted to have a voice and be heard. The voice I admired most was James Thurber's, because I loved his humor, sense of the absurd, and willingness to swim against the tide. I still do, though I've found many other influences since, whom you'll come across as this blog grows.
When I'm not writing or reading, I cook; like the first two, it's something I have to do, and love. I also enjoy working with my hands, so I garden and take on modest carpentry projects. My favorite form of exercise is hiking, both where I live, in the Pacific Northwest, and abroad. In September 2014, I spent two weeks hiking in France, where I took the photo above, from a hill overlooking the Dordogne outside the village of St.-Sozy. On my other blog, I'm recounting the story of that trip.
How interesting that you were walking in the Dordogne this year – my husband and I did six days of walking there, beginning with Sarlat. One of our favourite towns was Domme. Your banner photo is beautiful.
Why, thank you. I was somewhat east of Sarlat, as you probably know. What other towns did you see? I'm thinking of using my travel notes for a trip diary, with photos, of course, on my other website.


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Q: Using Browserify/Babel/node.js can you require a file based on a variable string Accoring to this question you can require a path based on a string at runtime in node.js.
Strangely this seems to work for me okay in node server side, but doesn't seem to work client side using Babel/Browserify
For this particular error, I basically had a lot of mock json data I wanted to require for testing, when the actual API was down.
  // slug comes into the function and could for example be 'movies'
  let modulePath = '../mock/products/' + slug + '.js'
  let data = require(modulePath)

This gives me the following error
  Failed! Error: Cannot find module '../mock/products/movies.js'

If I change it to let modulePath = '../mock/products/movies.js' it will be no problem retrieving the data... and as I mention if I run this server side it has no problem, but is no good when I run the code client side.
I am using babel/babelify to transpile the ES6 code to ES5
Using the following command to build with browserify
browserify --debug -t [babelify] client.js > public/js/bundle.js
My Dev devDependencies in my package.json are as follows:
  "devDependencies": {
    "browserify": "^8.0.3",
    "babel": "^4.0.1",
    "babelify": "~6.1.2"
  }

A: Browserify can only compute the dependencies if they are statically analyzable. It cannot know which modules to bundle if you are generating the import dynamically.


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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders were locked in a tight battle in Iowa's leadoff presidential caucuses Monday as the two rivals offered Americans a stark choice between political pragmatism and revolution. Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, unable to turn it into a three-way race, ended his quest for the nomination.
Nine months after launching their campaigns, Clinton and Sanders faced Iowa voters in equally precarious positions.
Front-runner Clinton was determined to banish the possibility of dual losses in Iowa and in New Hampshire, the nation's first primary, where she trails the Vermont senator. Two straight defeats could set off alarms within the party and throw into question her ability to defeat a Republican.
Sanders, for his part, was hoping to replicate President Barack Obama's pathway to the presidency by using a victory in Iowa to catapult his passion and ideals of "democratic socialism" deep into the primaries. He raised $20 million during January and hoped to turn an Iowa win into a fundraising bonanza.
"We've got a tie ballgame — that's where we are," Sanders told volunteers and supporters in Des Moines, imploring them to turn out for the caucuses.
The race was close, according to entrance poll interviews with early arrivals to caucus sites conducted by Edison Research for AP and television networks.
Even before the caucuses began, Sanders was working to discount the importance of a Clinton edge coming out of Iowa, telling reporters that if the former secretary of state "ends up with two delegates more of many, many hundred delegates, you tell me why that's the end of the world."
He served notice: "We're taking this all of the way."
A loss in Iowa would be a disappointment for Sanders' upstart challenge against Clinton, who has deep ties throughout the party's establishment and a strong following among a more diverse electorate that plays a larger role in primary contests in February and March.
Caucus-goers were choosing between Clinton's pledge to use her wealth of experience in government to bring about steady progress on democratic ideals and Sanders' call for radical change in a system rigged against ordinary Americans.
"Hillary goes out and works with what we have to work with. She works across the aisle and gets things accomplished," said 54-year-old John Grause, a precinct captain for Clinton in Nevada, Iowa.
"It's going to be Bernie. Hillary is history. He hasn't been bought," countered 55-year-old Su Podraza-Nagle, 55, who was caucusing for Sanders in the same town.
In a campaign in which Clinton has closely aligned herself with Obama, more than half of Democratic caucus-goers said they were looking for a candidate who would continue the president's policies, according to preliminary entrance polls of those beginning to arrive at caucus locations.
Sanders' appeal with young voters was evident: More than 8 in 10 caucus-goers under 30 came to support him, as did nearly 6 in 10 of those between ages 30 and 44. Clinton got the support of 6 in 10 caucus-goers between ages 45 and 64, and 7 in 10 of those 65 and over.
Caucus-goers were about evenly split between health care and the economy as the top issues facing the nation. About a quarter said the top issue was income inequality, Sanders' signature issue.
About 4 in 10 said they were first-time caucus attendees, about the same proportion who said so in 2008, when Obama's support among newcomers was critical.
O'Malley, with close to no support, folded even before the victor in Iowa was known. Word about his decision came from people familiar with his plan who weren't authorized to discuss it publicly and requested anonymity.