William M Dean - Slices of Laugh: What's So Great About Retweet Trains?
What's So Great About Retweet Trains?
The other day, I climbed aboard a ReTweet Train, for a brief ride.
In case you've never heard of ReTweet Trains, they are, basically, Twitter accounts where every follower is committed to (a) ReTweeting each other, and (b) following everyone who follows them.
I started by looking over a ReTweet Train that was recommended to me, through a friend: The Twitter page of M LeMont (https://twitter.com/MisterSalesman) which is largely a long repetitive list of ads about his ReTweet Train. I began very noncommittally by ReTweeting one of the ads. Within seconds, new followers and ReTweets began to accumulate on my account. I was seriously amazed to see 20... 30... then 40 new followers and 50 ReTweets, all in the space of 10 minutes. The number of clicks on my blog soared, as well. I got an extra 200 hits, within the first hour.
In the end, however, it was against my policy to follow people who aren't providing interesting content, and so I only followed one person from the train. Consequently, all the followers I had gained, unfollowed me within 24 hours, as is part of the ReTweet Train code of conduct.
A ReTweet Train is a sure-fire way to gain Twitter followers. If you follow the advice of @MisterSalesman, for instance, and put in the hours of hard work, you will probably reach the target of 100,000 followers, within a year.
The basic theory is that with numbers that large, it doesn't matter whether or not they are your target group, you will still gain genuine followers—it's a shotgun approach. It makes some sense as almost every account on Twitter habitually trades a follow for a follow. This means that mixed in with all those professional number-generating spammers are millions of ordinary people, and if your material gets spammed to millions, then by happenstance and good timing, several hundred might actually see your stuff. As almost everyone's Twitter feed is filled with follow-for-follow spam, this type of numbers strategy might well be the only way to get significant exposure, through Twitter.
My recent experience seems to have proven this shotgun approach valid. I ended up with no more Twitter followers than I had before, but a week later, my blog is still getting 50-80 more hits than before this experiment. As I'm not honouring the ReTweet Train code of following everyone and ReTweeting a whole bunch of crap, the number of hits on my blog may ebb—though one week later, it hasn't. Nevertheless, I am impressed: This is, possibly, the first thing I've seen in social media that had an immediate and measurable effect. I'd be 100% on board, if there were more interesting things posted on the ReTweet Train that I could ReTweet, rather than just ads for the ReTweet Train, itself.
Of course, this strategy flies in the face of Twitter advice I published only a couple of weeks ago (see My 1st Year in Social Media), but that advice was for building a strong Twitter account, assuming that Twitter is your main platform. This shotgun approach is more suited to using Twitter solely to promote another site. If you adopt this strategy, your main Twitter feed will soon be polluted with thousands of ReTweeted ads and junk, so you'll have to start using Twitter's List feature to create separate, more useful streams for yourself. If you want a more pristine Twitter feed for others to view, you might have to create a second one, to which you post more selectively.
My next excursion on a ReTweet Train will be a more ambitious outing. After all, my focus is my blog and from there, my book. I only use Twitter as a traffic-generating tool. So, why worry about the virtual pollution that tool creates? If that's the way this particular tool is most effectively wielded, then perhaps it's silly to be using it any other way.
I'm still reluctant to participate in generating numbers using endless cycles of spam, but my feelings are not really a valid reason not to do it. And, if it produces results, then I'm sure that I'll quickly warm to the idea.
UPDATE: After a heated debate in my own mind, I've spent the last 5 days actively involved with the M LeMont ReTweet community (https://twitter.com/MisterSalesman) accepting followers in return for follows which has yielded a couple of unexpected results. Firstly, My blog hits immediately started growing. But the larger surprise for me was that during the initial follow-for-follow exchange between myself and other people, I have had some very nice exchanges and connected in a small way, with others who are all part of the same social-media experiment. Somehow—perhaps because all of us having laid our cards on the table about why we are following and ReTweeting—the initial contact is much more comfortable as people are more open to the approach and to conversation.
Also, I eventually realized that M Lemont's page is not the place to find stuff to ReTweet. You are supposed to explore the pages of other ReTweeters who follow you. M Lemont is just a central hub to connect us all. I now check out each follower, I thank them for their follow with a ReTweetable picture and I ReTweet something of theirs.
NOTE: This article has turned into what may appear to be a huge endorsement of M Lemont's Twitter page. I want to assure readers that I am in no way affiliated with M Lemont and am just reporting what actually happened to me. There are other ReTweet Train pages, this was just one recommended to me. If I seem enthusiastic, it's just because it seems to work. If it stops working, or I determine that there are negative consequences, I will update this post appropriately. Sincerely, William M. Dean.
Bonus Twitter Tip: Thanking those who choose to follow you is an opportunity to make contact and get ReTweeted. As part of my ReTweet Train experiment, I followed author, Christina Paul (https://twitter.com/ChristinaPBooks) and received this thank you, in return. I liked the earnestness of her reply, as well as the idea of including so much info in a picture. Also, I found her Twitter policies interesting. They might take a lot of time to implement, but would probably generate a lot of ReTweets of her material.


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Q: пайтон код не записывает данные в эксель файл Я хочу, чтобы считывались данные из файла main.txt в указанном ниже формате и записывались в Excel-файл раздельно.
login1:password1:mail1:pass_mail1
login2:password2:mail2:pass_mail2

Вот сам код:
import pandas as pd
file1 = open('main.txt', 'r')
df = pd.DataFrame({'login': [], "password": [], "mail": [], "pass_mail": []})
login, password, mail, pass_mail = [], [], [], []
while True:
    line = file1.readline().rstrip()
    line = line.split(":")
    if not line:
        break
    if len(line) != 4:
        continue
    login.append(line[0])
    password.append(line[1])
    mail.append(line[2])
    pass_mail.append(line[3])
df["login"] = login
df["password"] = password
df["mail"] = mail
df["pass_mail"] = pass_mail
df.to_excel('./teams.xlsx')

Ошибок не выводит, не могу понять в чём причина.

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It's been over a month since my last metagame update from around Japan and quite a lot has changed since early October. In my previous TJMGD article, Battle for Zendikar had just been released and we had just moved into a new standard. Atarka Red had just shown that it was a deck to be reckoned with. Both Abzan red and Dark Jeskai had also started showing up prior to the Pro Tour. I also put together a very rough version of the currently popular Eldrazi ramp decks weeks before it even came out.
Disappointingly, I haven't had such a smooth ride in Battle for Zendikar standard so far. I've struggled a lot to find a deck I like, as well as to learn how to play it and how to deal with the myriad of playable decks currently in standard. I started out with Mardu tokens/Dragons that I had been playing prior to rotation with a few changes, and I did alright. Here's my current version of it.
Crackling Doom was great and I found myself doing well against the 5 color Bring to Light decks, but lost to control decks like UW Awaken control because my deck simple wasn't explosive enough. Control decks simply grinded me out through counterspells and card advantage. I made a lot of changes to the deck such as going with a Dragon theme with Regent, Kolaghan, and Draconic Roar instead of Fiery Impulse and Hordeling Outbursts. The token theme is still there however, thanks in large part to Secure the Wastes and Gideon, Ally of Zendikar.
I went 2-1 at a 22 person FNM at the end of the first week of October, 3-2 at a 32 person weekend tournament a few days later, and 3-3 at a 43 person PPTQ in the middle of October. As I said above, I did well against decks like Abzan and Jeskai, but had bad match ups against control decks. In the first few weeks, I saw a lot of Dark Jeskai decks and they won quite a few tournaments in Nagoya. GB Aristocrat decks starting showing up at the beginning of the second week of October here, but it was Abzan red decks that saw a boost in popularity at that time.
It was in the following week of October that I finally came around to trying out my previously built Eldrazi ramp deck. I went 3-0 with my GB build at a 20 person tournament thanks to Ugin wiping boards and my black board wipes keeping me safe, but I couldn't maintain my consistency and went 1-4 a few days later at a slightly larger 31 person weekend tournament. During the middle of October, lots of 4 color decks started showing up around town and started dominating the metagame. We also had some of the RG Landfall decks sneak in some wins, but for the most part people were either playing Dark Jeskai or Burning Abzan.
The Top 8 of the PPTQ in the middle of the month I went to was Esper Control, 4 Color Sidisi Megamorph, GW Megamorph, GB Aristocrats, Temur Midrange, Abzan midrange, 5 color Bring to Light, and Mardu tokens. (Esper control was the eventual winner).
I continued on with my Eldrazi ramp deck in the 3rd week of the month, this time using a UG build that focused more on tempo cards than removal since my removal seemed to be overwhelmed so easily. I did alright with it going 2-1 at a 20 person weekday event in Nagoya, but I quickly switched back to my Mardu Dragon/Tokens deck when I saw the metagame shifting. Temur was starting to show up more and more, as did Aristocrat and Jeskai decks. I liked the deck, but had problems with mulligans and decided to retire the deck for a short time after a 2-3 and 2-2 Game Days result. It was during this weekend that Abzan Red, Dark Jeskai, and GB/x Aristocrat decks really started to flood the field at tournaments. Abzan Aggro decks were also pretty oppressive during this period.
I struggled through the next few tournaments with my Eldrazi ramp builds, using UG Eldrazi but having trouble finishing games. I also tried RUG builds but just couldn't get my brews with cards like Herald of Kozilek to move. It wasn't until Jake Mondello's success with GR Eldrazi Ramp at GP Quebec did I FINALLY see what was wrong with my deck. I had the right idea with Ugins and Ulamogs, but my ramp was all wrong and I didn't have defensive cards like Jaddi Offshoot to stem the loss of life from decks like Atarka Red.
I went 2-1 at my first tournament with GR Ramp, doing well against slower midrange decks as well as control. I went 1-2 at the next tournament, and 3-0 at the tournament after that with GR Eldrazi. Finding a good build to fit the metagame was hard, and I also found myself having a lot of problems with mulligans as well while trying to find the right combination of cards. Abzan Aggro won a lot of events in Nagoya during this time, and GR Eldrazi ramp decks also started to show up a lot after GP Quebec as well. Dark Jeskai was still hanging around, but Abzan decks were slowly but surely pushing it out of the meta. My first big test with the deck came at a 32 player PPTQ at the start of November. Using a build similar to the GP Quebec top 8 deck, I went 2-3, losing almost entirely to fast decks like BR Warriors and Abzan aggro. I didn't have problems against Megamorph or Temur decks, but I simply couldn't deal with quick decks using Mondello's build. I mulliganed to 5 cards A LOT and sometimes found myself stuck on 5-6 mana with no way of getting up to 7 for Atarka or higher for a Ugin or Ulamog.
I was beyond frustrated with myself. The deck is strong. Heck, it's bonkers in a multicolor field like what most people are experiencing in their metagames at the moment, but the deck is going to need a lot of fine tuning.
The top 8 of the PPTQ was Abzan aggro x2, Abzan Red x2, BR aggro, Dark Jeskai, GR Eldrazi Ramp, and GW Megamorph. The metagame was definitely shifting towards Abzan last week, and my worst fears came true this weekend at a 50 person PPTQ where the top 8 was made up almost entirely of Abzan aggro decks. There were 6 overall, with one 5 Color Bring to Light deck and another Bant Megamorph deck taking the last 2 spots.
This is out of control now and its time GR Eldrazi decks come out in force in order to deal with them swiftly and harshly. My new build seeks to do just that while at the same time addressing the issue it has with fast aggro decks like Atarka Red.
Ulamog, Atarka, and Ugin for finishers.
The mana is also still the same for the most part, except I added a 2nd mountain to improve my ability to play a red spell early. The big changes are adding Rattleclaw Mystic and Oblivion Sower to the main. Rattleclaw takes over from Sylvan Scrying which, while great for getting you a combo piece like Sanctum of Ugin when you need it, doesn't ramp. With Abzan decks spreading like a virus all over tournaments city wide, it means that there aren't as many Fiery Impulses or Draconic Roars to stop you from getting value out of the Mystic on turn 3. Being able to play a turn 3 Hedron Archive or Vegetation is absolutely HUGE. It sets you up for a possible turn 4 Atarka, which could then put all of your other threats into play one turn earlier than usual (turn 5 Ugin, turn 6 Ulamog if you have Shrine of the Forsaken Gods, etc). In the mirror where the first person to land a Ulamog is usually the winner, this is very important. I believe it gives you an advantage in that match up if your opponent is using only sorcery speed spells.
Playing an early Mystic also means you can drop a Oblivion Sower on turn 4. What I noticed while playing the deck over the last few weeks is that it has both unstoppable hands (when you ramp out and play a threat) and horrible ones that screw you over (mulligans to 4 or 5, no color lands, no ramp cards). There is a huge gap between your early spells and playing you finishers, and it made the deck incredibly top heavy. I chose to add Oblivion Sower to make a more natural curve, and remarkably it has been doing pretty well. All I had to do was move my Nissas to the sideboard with a Ulamog, and drop my 3rd Hedron. It's been a great help against aggressive decks, especially if I'm playing against Abzan aggro or Atarka red and have an Offshoot in play. It lets me ramp a little and play a body that will stop attacks cold if your opponent doesn't have removal for Sower. It also is great against control decks that like to lean on Dig Thru Time a lot. While not always effective, it can also sometimes take away GB Aristocrats' combo pieces and hitting a 4-5 color decks only sources of one color can be crippling as well.
In the sideboard, I decided to forego cards like Rending Volley in favor of more well rounded arsenal.
Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger – the 4th Ulamog comes in against any deck that's midrange or that starts around turn 3-4. It helps me keep the average mana cost low in the main as well.
Nissa, Vastwood Seer – she was getting burned out or targeted with Dromoka's Command all of the time, so I think she's better suited coming in against control type decks that don't kill her early.
Seismic Rupture – Realized I probably need something I can play early to stop Atarka Red's onslaught. Turn 3 Rupture is better than a turn 5 Ugin.
Roast – I've found this to be a good card against Abzan Aggro decks. Stops early Anafenzas, level upped Wardens, and even Tasigurs.
Feed the Clan – good against Atarka Red, but also necessary against Aristocrat decks too I think.
Gaea's Revenge – great against control, but also not bad against the mirror when your opponent plays a Void Winnower.
Winds of Qal Sisma – a good stall tactic against aggro decks, and not bad against Dark Jeskai or Dragon decks as well. Just need time to play that Ugin for a board wipe!
Void Winnower – absolutely necessary again the mirror. Stops opponents from playing Ulamog, Ugins, and a lot of their ramp. The first person to play one will probably win.
I have high hopes for this build and there is a good chance I'll be using it at GP Kobe in 2 weeks. I went 2-1 at a casual event last week with it, and 2-1 again at a medium sized 16 person FNM. I lost to the mirror (kept a slow hand and he played Ulamog first) and a BUG Aristocrats deck (he found his combo early). I played at a 50 PPTQ with it as well and started out strong 2-0 against RUG and Jeskai Dragons, but lost the next 3 to mistakes and being too aggressive. I sided incorrectly against 5 Color Bring to Light thinking it was Abzan aggro (only saw Den protector and Rhino), didn't play defensively enough against Atarka Red (won a game, but lost the 3rd match to a double striking Swiftspear with Trample for more than 20 damage after tapping out for ramp with Winds of Qal Sisma in hand), and played too aggressively against Mardu midrange and missed my Sanctum of Ugin trigger. I managed a 3-3 record for 21st place, but I still have confidence that I can improve my match ups with more practice.
I'm not the only Cardboard Samurai sleeving it up every week in Japan. My fellow group members in Tokyo, Yokohama, and Kyushu have also been playing a lot. They've had much better results with their decks. Two of them have been using Jeskai decks (Dark Jeskai and regular Jeskai), and one person has been using Temur with a splash of white. They've all been putting up good numbers and have been doing rather well for themselves against Abzan and various aggro decks such as BR and GR Landfall aggro.
Tokyo for the most part tends to have a lot of aggro compared to other places, so I wouldn't be surprised to see a resurgence of Dark or other Jeskai decks, as well as more Atarka Red builds. Players from Nagoya seem to be settling on Abzan Aggro, and GR Ramp decks have also been seeing a lot more play lately. By the time GP Kobe arrives, I think about 40% of the field will be various Abzan builds, 15% will be Eldrazi Ramp decks, 20% will be Jeskai based decks, 10% will be Atarka Red or similar aggro decks, and the remaining 15% will be decks like Temur Dragons/Midrange, Mardu Midrange/tokens, and GB Aristocrats.
The general info about the Grand Prix can be found on Wizard's website but for those of you that haven't been to the site before I can give you some advice about it since I played in last years GP Kobe. In order to get to the event hall, you need to go to Sannomiya station and take the Port Liner to the event hall. It's not that far from Sannomiya, perhaps 10-15 minutes from station to door. There isn't much around the event hall in terms of food and restaurants (though vendors should be on site), so I would grab something from around the downtown area before heading there if you think you'll be hungry. I believe there is a Don Quixote and a few convenience stores near the station, so if you get there early on Friday be sure to stock up before heading to the event hall. If there is anything else I can help you out with prior to the Grand Prix let me know and I'll do my best to help you out. I hope that the information I've supplied you with helps and that you're well prepared in two weeks when the Grand Prix starts. I'm getting excited, but I'm also nervous that I won't be playing at the top of my game by then. Time to shake out the cobwebs! Good luck and I hope to see some of you there!


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Majorca tourism
"Not possible" to predict a lengthening of the tourism season
More couples than families this year
The great hope is for a lengthening of the tourism season.
03-09-2021Cati Cladera
A report from the Pimem federation for small to medium-sized businesses suggests that the increasing trend for last-minute reservations does not make it possible to foresee a lengthening of the tourism season in the Balearics. This last-minute trend is generating a great deal of uncertainty and doesn't give a clear view of what will happen next month, at Christmas or at Easter next year.
Tourism business companies in Mallorca were responsible for the report, which was presented on Friday. One revealed that while holiday bookings reached 50% of 2019 volume in July and August, profit was below this 50 per cent because of, for instance, shorter stays.
The CEO of the Dingus tourism technology company, Jaime Monsterrat, says that the forecasts for bookings until the end of the season are "following the same trend". They are around 50 or 60 per cent, but for the moment they do not lead to thoughts about a lengthening of the season.
Despite hopes for the national market in the Balearics this year, Juan Mateos, CEO of Juniper Innovating Travel Technology, observes that it has barely reached 10 per cent of sales by travel agencies. "They have chosen the mainland over the Balearic Islands." Even so, the weight of national tourism is said to have increased slightly compared with 2019.
Director of sales, Carlos Feliu, adds that the Balearics are maintaining more restrictive Covid measures for children under 12 than the Canary Islands or the mainland. This may have affected the choice of holiday destination.
Couples, it was observed, have displaced family tourism. Seventy per cent of clients who have come to the Balearics have been couples. Their stays have been shorter than expected - five to seven nights, rather than more than eight nights, which would normally be the case.
BedsOnline highlighted the fact Mallorca has been losing some market share. The island leads with 44% of bookings, but the other islands have been gaining - Minorca 30 per cent, Ibiza 21 and Formentera five.
Most of the reservations in Mallorca have been for Palma (28 per cent), followed by Arenal, Puerto Alcudia, Cala Millor, Santa Ponsa and Playa de Palma, which range between five and seven per cent.
Looking ahead to next year, however, the outlook is "very good", as bookings are already 50 per cent of those for this summer.
Last-minute bookings
Mallorca tourism
John / Hace 5 months
It's not hard to understand that couples are not staying long periods because they know the amber list could change at any time so shorter stays are better. Families only have a 7 week window from July & August because of the summer holidays, and the cost of getting everybody PCR tests is putting them off,so less bookings. There's your answers.

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Osypuk, T. L., Joshi, P., Geronimo, K., & Acevedo-Garcia, D. (2013). Do Social Policies Influence the Health of Women and their Children? Implications for Designing Future Policies Using a 'Social Determinants of Health' Lens. In Women and Health (pp. 735-751). Elsevier Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-384978-6.00049-2
Do Social Policies Influence the Health of Women and their Children? Implications for Designing Future Policies Using a 'Social Determinants of Health' Lens. / Osypuk, Theresa L.; Joshi, Pamela; Geronimo, Kimberly; Acevedo-Garcia, Dolores.
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The heroism, horror and hurt of Lauda at Ferrari
Last year F1 Racing retold the incredible history of Ferrari with a series of in-depth features. As part of our tribute to the late Niki Lauda, here's another chance to read the chapter covering his extraordinarily dramatic time at Maranello
By Damien Smith
History tends to paint him as the wily pragmatist who calculated his way to a pair of Ferrari world titles in the mid 1970s - a kind of prototype Michael Schumacher.
Those labels alone do Niki Lauda a monumental disservice, however. Clinical? Oh yes, certainly. But also searingly fast - a match for anyone at his mid-decade zenith, and almost certainly on a curve that was still rising... until the Nurburgring 1976.
The blazing crash, head-melting scars and awe-inspiring recovery are the stuff of Lauda's legend, though his contribution to Ferrari's myth-making in the team's fourth decade was already of epic proportions, even before that fateful meeting with the barriers at Bergwerk.
Like all the Formula 1 greats before him - Fangio, Moss, Clark and Stewart - Lauda reset the bar: he was fitter, more dedicated, more professional and, as 18 impressive pole positions in 29 races across '74-75 indicate, consequently the best of his time. That's the speed he had, right there. Without the horror at the 'Ring, it's unlikely he'd have needed to wait until 1984 to be proclaimed a three-time champion.
Of course, Niki didn't do it all alone. Like Schumacher two decades later, he was part of an axis of power within which his strengths could shine. Watching his back was the smooth-talking lawyer and beside him the bespectacled genius forging racing gold. Without them, Lauda's legend might have remained latent.
Luca Cordero di Montezemolo was Gianni Agnelli's man, parachuted in by Fiat's patriarch in the midst of all-too-characteristic Ferrari turmoil during 1973. That season, the Scuderia hit perhaps their lowest ebb, missing races mid-season and dropping to the status of a one-car team. Just 12 points were dredged to leave the reds joint sixth in the constructors' standings.
But Montezemolo was pedalling fast - and somehow without any notion of undermining the Old Man. Mauro Forghieri's Peter Sellers-style specs were back in the F1 pitlane by August, the mercurial designer coming back in from the cold (again) following exile to the 'experimental department'. Then for '74, Ferrari hired Lauda.
His stock was of similarly aristocratic pedigree to Montezemolo's, but in defiance of his grandfather, Lauda raised sponsorship to gain access to the F1 fold, becoming with hindsight the sport's most celebrated 'pay driver'. But his talent, first at March and then BRM, quickly elevated him beyond such dismissive tags.
Moustachioed Ferrari team leader Gianclaudio 'Clay' Regazzoni knew what Lauda was made from and was man enough to point it out to Enzo. The Swiss, through solid reliability, would lead an unlikely title revival in '74, losing out only in the final round to Emerson Fittipaldi's McLaren. As for the future, as far as Ferrari were concerned, that was in the hands of Clay's forthright team-mate.
Lauda had labelled the '73 B3 a pile of "shit" on his first test at Fiorano, then immediately set to work, in harness with Forghieri, to dial out the trouble. By the new season, the B3's heavy revisions included an en vogue periscope air intake, improved weight distribution, pannier-mounted radiators and improved aerodynamics.
From an embarrassing also-ran, the B3 was transformed into the fastest thing on the grid. Niki's nine poles would confirm that status, but a return of only two wins offers clues to his stalled title challenge. No matter, '75 would be their year - and in some style thanks to another dash of career-defining Forghieri genius.
The result of Lauda, Forghieri and di Montezemolo was the 312T of '75 and the beginning of Ferrari's greatest series of F1 cars until Rory Byrne began to weave his magic for Schumacher
Upon arriving at Maranello, Lauda had wondered why Ferrari didn't win every year, such were their resources and facilities. Like John Surtees before him, he'd learn the hard way that Italian machination could (and often would) undermine the best-laid plans - but for now he had Montezemolo to protect him, as Schumacher would have Jean Todt 20 years later.
Luca's first significant call remains, for some, one of his most destructive: he canned Ferrari's sportscar programme at a single slash. Once the dominant force at Le Mans, Ferrari have still yet to return to the 24 Hours as a true factory force.
Montezemolo, though, had circled the problem that had frustrated Surtees a full decade earlier: Le Mans was a distraction to the F1 effort. Luca knew what had to be done - and the subsequent success of 'Total F1' would offer all the justification he'd ever need.
Montezemolo's other giant contribution, and in part a consequence of the sportscar cull, was how he carved Forghieri the space and freedom to do what he did best. The result was the 312T of '75 and the beginning of Ferrari's greatest series of F1 cars - at least until Rory Byrne began to weave his magic for Schumacher.
'T' equals Trasversale - and represents the key feature of a car that would dominate '75, and in subsequent evolutions deliver a hat-trick of constructors' titles. Obsessed with the quest to conquer the polar-moment-of-inertia physics that defined this pre-ground-effects era, Forghieri was convinced that a gearbox mounted transversally would unlock new levels of performance in alliance with his masterpiece flat-12 that remained the benchmark, to the tune of at least 20hp over rival Cosworth V8 DFVs.
Memories of painful experiments at March left Lauda unconvinced, but he trusted Forghieri, and as usual, his instincts proved sound. This would be one of the great F1 cars.
Lauda's season started quietly with a fifth and sixth in the South American opening rounds in the old B3. The new car took its bow in South Africa, but only after Niki crashed it in practice. A lacklustre fifth in Kyalami brought howls from the Italian media, Forghieri stood firm.
The first win, at the non-championship Silverstone International Trophy, was a narrow one over Emerson Fittipaldi's McLaren. But the 312T was just beginning to get into its stride.
Next up, Niki would claim pole for the final (and tragic) Spanish GP at Montjuic Park, a race forever recalled for the crash involving Rolf Stommelen's Hill that killed five spectators. Safety (or rather the lack of it) at Barcelona's swooping park track dominated the whole weekend and Lauda was haunted by the memory. His girlfriend Mariella Reininghaus angrily accused him and his fellow drivers of hypocrisy for taking the start at all, after team members felt compelled to tighten bolts on barriers, such were the lamentable levels of circuit preparation.
Consecutive victories in Monaco, Belgium and Sweden ensured Lauda had one hand on his first title by the summer, despite a subsequent fallow patch. He'd secure the title with a safe third at Monza, to the delight of all Italy, before winning the final round at Watkins Glen to finish a healthy (for those days) 19.5 points clear of best-of-the-rest Fittipaldi.
By future Schumacher standards, this had been a far from perfect campaign. But in the perspective of this super-competitive era, Lauda and Ferrari looked formidable. Who - or more pointedly what - could possibly beat them in '76?
The callous response to Lauda's trials cost Enzo his champion. Once Lauda secured his second title, he couldn't wait to exact his revenge and walk away
James Hunt had already defeated his friend at Zandvoort in '75, proving the true substance beneath the good-time frivolities at privateer Hesketh Racing. Now he found himself thrust into a top-line McLaren drive thanks to Fittipaldi's puzzling decision to leave. Hunt was clearly better than he'd been given credit for - but could he really lead McLaren in a title battle against the might of Lauda and Ferrari?
The answer to that question is too well known to require a detailed recount here. Hunt stepped up gloriously in a manner that would capture attention around the world. In the year punk shook the cultural establishment, a dishevelled public schoolboy took F1 beyond its narrow band of fans to a global sporting audience ravenous for the next chapter of a riveting rivalry: 1976 was Year Zero in more ways than one.
Without the horror of the Nurburgring, would Hunt have been able to claw back the deficit to Lauda and beat him to the title? It's an irrelevant and pointless question. More pertinently, the events of the long, hot summer of '76 proved to Lauda once and for all that there's more to life than world titles. The bravery of his racing return, and perhaps more significantly his decision to stop and walk away from the deluge at Fuji, capture the true spirit of this incredible man more than any career stat ever will.
From a Ferrari perspective, the most significant factor in this famous episode of their history was an absence; the man who was no longer there. His task seemingly achieved, by '76 Montezemolo had been promoted away into the upper hierarchy of Fiat. Lauda surely missed his influence, but more significantly Ferrari returned to bad old habits.
The callous response to Lauda's trials - the handling of Carlos Reutemann's hiring just as Niki was coming back at Monza, and the lack of support for his brave stand at Fuji - cost Enzo his champion. Sure, Niki stayed on and even secured a second title in '77 - but once he'd done so, he couldn't wait to exact his revenge and walk away.
Once he was gone, Ferrari - as usual - wasted little time moving on. Especially when they had someone fresh on their books, a brilliant French-Canadian who would blaze a wondrous trail for an all-too-brief handful of seasons.
For many, Gilles Villeneuve remains the Ferrari grand prix driver archetype: free-spirited, utterly committed, squeezing every last drop from life - and devastatingly fast. Enzo saw something of his pre-war hero Tazio Nuvolari in Gilles, and loved him like a son.
This purist racer burst into F1 at the wheel of a McLaren at the '77 British GP, having impressed Hunt during a sojourn to a Canadian Formula Atlantic race. But to eternal bemusement, McLaren boss Teddy Mayer let Villeneuve walk - straight into the arms of his arch rivals.
When Lauda quit immediately after securing his title, Villeneuve was catapulted straight into a Ferrari race seat. The hard-trying mistakes, the flailing rear wheels sparking off asphalt are all well documented. But the sensitivities, how he became adept at nursing tyres and how fellow racers just loved to go wheel-to-wheel with a man they knew they could trust... these are qualities less commonly celebrated.
When Jody Scheckter joined him for '79 there might have been reason to expect more sparks. Once a 'wildman' himself, Scheckter was now an elder statesman with a strong survival instinct, looking for a title that would allow him to quit on his own terms. In the 312 T4 on Michelin radials, against ground-effect Ligiers and Williams yet to be fully tamed, still-grenading Renault turbos and '78 champions Lotus trying to back out of one of Colin Chapman's occasional technical cul-de-sacs... he had his chance.
Sure, Villeneuve was faster over one lap and won races early in the season, but Scheckter's consistent approach eventually delivered the title his career deserved. And perhaps against expectation, the pair became firm friends. After his fair share of run-ins with the establishment, perhaps it's no surprise that Jody loved Gilles' racing spirit and full-blooded approach. At Monza, Villeneuve respectfully played the team game. A man of high morals, he obediently followed his team-mate across the line for Scheckter to secure victory and the title. His own chance would come, reasoned Gilles.
Not in 1980 it wouldn't. The old boom-and-slump habit bit hard as Forghieri persevered with his cherished flat-12 a year too long, the T5 proving slow and even unreliable against the now mature ground-effect opposition. At season's end, Scheckter stepped from the cockpit, purposefully walked down the nose of his car... and kept going into the sunset.
Scheckter's title had capped a fruitful decade for the Scuderia; at the birth of the 1980s no one would have imagined the tree would be barren for the next 21 years.
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Koepka to become new world No. 1 after CJ Cup win
SEOUL (Reuters) - Brooks Koepka will become world number one for the first time on Monday after the American fended off a game Gary Woodland to earn a four-stroke victory at the PGA Tour's CJ Cup in South Korea.
FILE PHOTO: Golf - 2018 Ryder Cup at Le Golf National - Guyancourt, France - September 27, 2018 Team USA's Brooks Koepka during practice REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo
Koepka posted a final round of 64 at the Nine Bridges Golf Club on Jeju island on Sunday, finishing with a flourish by eagling the last hole for a combined 21-under 267 at the $9.5 million tournament.
The 28-year-old, who won two of this year's four majors and was named the U.S. tour's Player of the Year, will move up from third spot to replace Dustin Johnson as number one when the latest rankings are released.
Johnson and world number two Justin Rose were not playing this week.
Koepka said his rise to become the top ranked player in men's golf was the stuff dreams are made of.
"I look at where I started, my first pro start was in Switzerland and I don't think I could have said six years later that I would be number one in the world," he said.
"The world number one is something I dreamed of as a kid and I don't think this one's going to sink in."
Woodland (63) gave Koepka a run for his money, closing the gap with six birdies on the front nine, but his charge faltered with a bogey on 17 and he finished alone in second on 17-under.
Ryan Palmer looked well out of contention heading into the final round but a course record 10-under 62, which included seven straight birdies to finish, gave him the clubhouse lead on 15-under before Woodland and Koepka came home.
Palmer finished tied for third with Spaniard Rafa Cabrera Bello (65).
Koepka, whose win came on his first start of the new PGA Tour season after he skipped the opening two events, showed both sides of his game on Sunday, hammering out thunderous drives and exhibiting deft touch around the greens.
With Woodland trailing by just a shot, Koepka looked to be struggling to make par on 16 when he found himself in tangly rough from off the green.
However, he produced a delightful chip that disappeared straight into the cup, and when Woodland dropped a shot at the par-three 17th Koepka was virtually home and dry.
"I just hung in there," Koepka added. "I'm not somebody that's going to panic if things go the wrong way, pretty sure everybody can tell that."
The victory and number one ranking has come at just the right time for Koepka, who was part of the U.S. team beaten handily by Europe at the Ryder Cup last month.
Koepka was also left 'heartbroken' after learning that one of his tee shots at the event in Paris had struck a spectator and reportedly left her blinded in one eye.
Reporting by Peter Rutherford; Editing by Sudipto Ganguly and Martyn Herman


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Introduction: Realizing the Goal of Universal Music Education
Janet R Barrett
Research & Scholarship (1)
Music Education at a Crossroads
Realizing the Goal of Music for All
Lanham, MD
Rowman & Littlefield Education
Music Education at a Crossroads: Realizing the Goal of Music for All
Barrett, J. R. (ed.), 2009, Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Education. 134 p.
Research output: Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book
Barrett, J. R. (2009). Introduction: Realizing the Goal of Universal Music Education. In Music Education at a Crossroads: Realizing the Goal of Music for All (pp. 1-8). Rowman & Littlefield Education.
Introduction : Realizing the Goal of Universal Music Education. / Barrett, Janet R.
Music Education at a Crossroads: Realizing the Goal of Music for All. Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2009. p. 1-8.
Barrett, JR 2009, Introduction: Realizing the Goal of Universal Music Education. in Music Education at a Crossroads: Realizing the Goal of Music for All. Rowman & Littlefield Education, Lanham, MD, pp. 1-8.
Barrett JR. Introduction: Realizing the Goal of Universal Music Education. In Music Education at a Crossroads: Realizing the Goal of Music for All. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Education. 2009. p. 1-8
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The inventory is the key document that goes into fine detail, listing a property's decor, contents and exact condition. It is normally between 30 and 60 pages of clear concise information. This document can be reused for up to 5 years but must be updated at the start of every tenancy. It is used as the reference point for check out to decide liabilities and is called upon by the deposit schemes when there is a dispute.
Even if your property is unfurnished, you still need an inventory as it details floor coverings, decor, bathroom fittings, light fittings and kitchen appliances which are all costly to be replaced if they are damaged.
The clerk will start the report from the entrance of the property, following a set order to ensure nothing is missed. Making comments on the colour, the fabric type, the style and lastly the condition of each area of the room, and then move to the next room doing the same thing.
The clerk will walk through the property a second time taking photographs of each room – covering every angle. This acts as a 2nd opportunity to check the property.
The report is transcribed by our team of experienced typists who flag any anomalies in the report. This is then proofread by a second team to ensure the report is complete and meets our expected quality levels.
The report is returned to the customer between 24 and 48 hours after the job is completed. The customer has 7 days to raise any questions they may have with the report. After this point, the report is closed off.


The mosquito problem in Atlanta is widely known, but we know how to control mosquitoes – that's our business. Statistics and news agencies rank Atlanta as being the worst city in the U.S. for mosquitoes. Whether this is justified or not, there is no doubt that 'skeeters' are more than just annoying to Atlantans, and have the capability of transmitting some very nasty diseases.
While most tourists believe mosquitoes to be nothing more than an irritating annoyance that can be dispensed with by a quick slap, as a resident in this part of skeeter country you known that it goes a lot further than just 'annoyance.' Not only can they ruin a BBQ party, but they can sometimes become a matter of life and death, particularly for younger members of your family.
• Encephalitis is swelling of the brain, and is a condition that can be brought on by the West Nile virus, commonly carried by mosquitoes. This is the most common mosquito virus in Georgia.
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There are others, but the point being made here is that mosquitoes are more than just a nuisance to residents of Atlanta and visitors to this great city. Any mosquito problem in Atlanta must be dealt with effectively, and that means knowing the habits of these insects, how to control them and the best time to apply control measures.
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We at Mr. Mister™ use these facts to control mosquitoes in your yard and around your home. Our ClearZone™ misting treatment employs a special formulation (designed for mosquitoes) that adheres to the underside of the leaves and stalks of plants and trees that protects them for around 21 days. These are areas where such insects tend to lie in wait for their next meal!
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Home >> July 2012 Edition >> Brief: Satellite Backhaul For Rural Small Cells
Brief: Satellite Backhaul For Rural Small Cells
By Dimitris Mavrakis + Julian Bright, Senior Analysts—Networks, Informa
Mobile operators around the world are witnessing a surge in data traffic as smartphone use increases, devices become more affordable and network capacity expands. One way in which they are responding to this data explosion is by adopting new, small-cell architectures that can better target underserved areas in developed markets, and extend services into previously unconnected remote and rural areas.
The technology developed for femtocells, the compact home base stations which have already been extensively deployed in many markets as a consumer offering, is now being adapted as a small-cell solution for outdoor metropolitan and rural deployments; an approach which is attracting keen interest from operators and vendors alike.
In a global survey carried out on behalf of iDirect by Informa Telecoms & Media, the use of small cells as a means of providing wireless or mobile access in rural and underserved areas attracted widespread support, with almost half (47 percent) of respondents favoring small cells in preference to 2G or 3G macrocells.
Out of over 330 senior industry professionals who completed the survey, almost 50 percent (156) were from operators, with the rest comprising system integrators, hardware and software vendors. The survey results were backed up by means of interviews with selected mobile operators in order to obtain their views first-hand. Both the survey and the follow-up research encompassed operators from developed and developing markets.
A key challenge when servicing these new small cells will be the provision of backhaul. Fixed-line backhaul options, such as copper or fiber, are almost certain to prove impractical, inflexible or too costly for use in conjunction with small cells outside highly-developed areas, and the alternatives—such as microwave or satellite, both of which are widely deployed in backhaul networks —are under consideration.
Satellite technology has already proved highly adaptable for mobile backhaul purposes. Modern TDMA-based systems can rapidly deliver the highly-cost-effective, carrier-class, two-way all-IP connectivity with shared bandwidth that is ideally suited to small-cell environments.
When coupled with satellite backhaul, the small-cell approach generated a highly positive response from the survey group, with over 55 percent expressing an interest in evaluating a solution that combines the two technologies. Both existing users of satellite backhaul and companies without previous experience of the technology responded affirmatively.
Economic modeling carried out by Informa shows that, when used in conjunction with small cells, the business case for satellite backhaul is strongly favorable. Payback can be achieved in as little as two years, and total cost of ownership (TCO) is highly competitive due to significantly reduced capex relative to competing solutions, and opex in line with similar network deployments.
In the white paper, which you can download from iDirect, Informa evaluates the market potential for satellite backhaul when used in conjunction with small cells and shares the key findings from the survey along with feedback from the operator interviews. Additionally, small-cell technologies and their applications are summarized and the performance advantages of satellite backhaul are considered. Finally, the white paper outlines the key cost benefits of a small cell solution in more detail, based on economic modeling, and presents the findings in the form of a case study.
To download this iDirect-sponsored white paper, visit the following link:
http://idirect.net/Applications/Cellular-Backhaul/Informa-White-Paper.aspx
About the authors of this brief and the white paper
Dimitris Mavrakis is a principal analyst in Informa Telecoms & Media's Networks team. He covers a range of topics including next-generation networks, IMS, LTE, WiMAX, OFDM, core networks, network APIs and identifying emerging strategies for the mobile business. Dimitris is also actively involved in Informa's consulting business and has led several projects on behalf of Tier-1 operators and key vendors. Dimitris holds a PhD in Mobile Communications and an MSc in Satellite Communications from the University of Surrey.
Julian Bright is a senior analyst in Informa Telecoms & Media's Networks team. He covers a range of wireless broadband technologies including WCDMA/HSPA, LTE, mobile WiMAX and Wi-Fi, and associated technology areas including fixed-mobile convergence, next-generation IP core networks and IMS technologies and strategies. Julian has almost 20 years' experience as a commentator and analyst in the telecoms arena. Prior to that, he spent eight years with a major telecoms company working mainly on projects for BT.


CINCINNATI, OH (February 6, 2018) – For the first time ever, Michelman will showcase its expanding portfolio of fiber sizing solutions with its own booth at JEC World 2018 on March 6-8, 2018. They will showcase Hydrosize®, its versatile line of fiber sizing that allows customers to tailor the surface chemistry of reinforcement fibers to the chemistry of the matrix resin, thereby optimizing the interface adhesion between the polymers and fibers. This improved interface adhesion helps fiber producers and composite manufacturers produce stronger, lighter and more durable composite parts. Michelman will exhibit in Pavilion #6, Booth K83 at the Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre. Michelman offers a diverse selection of sizing solutions that are optimized for a broad range of thermoplastic and thermoset resins, including high temperature matrices. The company's fiber sizing can be applied during the manufacturing process of chopped or continuous strand fiberglass, carbon fiber, natural fibers and fillers, or post-applied when making non-wovens and composite pre-pregs.
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Q: Sql Server 2005 Speed Issue We are trying to run a stored procedure that will make a small update to each row of a table with more than 10 million rows (it's a large database, as you can imagine). We are running SQL Server 2005.
The stored procedure I created is behaving strangely. When it starts, it moves very slowly - occupying very few CPU resources. Then suddenly, it spikes for an hour or two, occupying 99% of the CPU resources - at which point it moves very quickly (which is what we want).
But then, suddenly, it slows down again, working very slowly!
We want it to run fast (ie. take all the resources required) so it can finish the task (as this is a ONE TIME stored procedure designed to update the database).
Our server has the following resources:  Intel (R) Xeon (R) CPU E5520 @ 2.27 Ghz 2.27 Ghz, 18 GB of Ram
Could someone please help me understand why SQL Server is doing this, and how to fix my stored procedure so it runs quickly and uses the resources available CONSISTENTLY?

A: Start out by identifying what's going on when the SP is working slowly - is the bottleneck your disk or perhaps network related?
You can follow Brent Ozar's great guide on using perfmon to identify just that: http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2006/12/dba-101-using-perfmon-for-sql-performance-tuning/
Once you know where the bottleneck is at, it becomes a lot easier to identify the core issue. Is the SP joining to any other tables? Is there a noneven distribution of joined data causing greater amounts of disk IO at certain rows compared to others?


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When I push my power door lock button none of my door locks lock or unlock.
Nor does my keyless entry unlock them. I checked the 20A Fuse which is good.
Anybody ever have this problem and can advise?
I found the problem!!! From another thread years ago!! Thanks.
Very good to see this go worked out! Very happy to see the site was useful! You just made my day!
this just happened to my VX, been a hot day here in Cincinnati, fine when I left home, back an hour later and actually thought my battery went dead, lock system dead, gonna check fuses, relay and connections after sunset!


fortunately with SCCM 2012, the SCCM product group changed the way they di hotfixes and started to use Updates Rollup, meaning that you would not find the issue we've been experiencing on SCCM 2007.
Even it is true, Microsoft had to release few updates out of the Update Rollup and people don't know how to manage them in a Task Sequence as this has changed a bit.
the bellow steps are only guidance of what i normally "tend" to do on customers.
As you can see, we're installing 2 hotfixes (kb2910552 and kb2928122), but what exactly is the _SMSTSMDataPath?
well…that's it. next time you deploy a new OS, it will be installed with the hotfixes you specify on the PATCH line.
but remember, test before because if you don't test the task sequence can fail. on SCCM 2007 if you deploy a 2 MSP's and one superseded the other, the TS would fail.


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Cape Girardeau History and Photos
Coming of Age in Cape Girardeau
Posted on December 11, 2013 June 23, 2016 by Ken Steinhoff
Licking the Gateway Arch
I tell newcomers to St. Louis that it is a tradition that first-timer visitors have to lick the arch. I elaborate that in the summertime, entrepreneurs sell alcohol wipes to the germphobes and in the wintertime they sell cups of hot chocolate to chug so your tongue doesn't stick to the frigid stainless steel.
I tried that at Christmas in in 2000 when Son Matt's newly-minted wife Sarah joined us at Brother Mark's for a Christmas celebration. She had been around the Steinhoffs long enough to be inoculated against that kind of foolishness. (Click on the photos to make them larger.)
Friend Jan almost bit
I came very close to convincing Friend Jan to do The Lick, but she remembered who she was with at the last minute and backed out.
Young and gullible Curator Jessica
It was time to get Curator Jessica up to St. Louis to catch a plane back home to Ohio. Over the kitchen table at Brother Mark's, I asked if he had any alcohol wipes she could use at The Arch in the morning. Without missing a beat, he said he could provide some, which would save her bunch of money over the ones the vendors sold to tourists.
The hook was set.
On the way to Cahokia Mounds the next morning, I said, "Drat! I forgot to get the wipes from Mark before we left."
"No problem," she responded, "I was going to ask you to stop at a Walgreens on the way. I can get some then."
As soon as she left the car, I called Wife Lila in Florida. "Guess what Jessica's going to do?" I asked.
"You didn't?"
"Yep," I did.
I get The Look
When we arrived at the arch, a group of high school kids were standing on their hands with their feet on the stainless steel. "You might want to lick a different section," I suggested.
In return, I got The Look, something common to all the women in my life.
Getting down to business
It's time to pull out the wipes. "All they had was a big package," she said.
Swabbing down the Arch
Miz Jessica makes sure that no germs are left.
Holy Cow! She did it
Contact is made. Mission accomplished.
That Tram sure is small
When Jan was here, we ran short on time and she wasn't crazy about climbing into the tram that carries you and four of your soon-to-be closest friends to the top. You can see why here.
We watched a movie on the building of The Arch, something that Jessica's engineering prof husband would have appreciated. I tried to get her to buy him a copy of the movie in the gift shop, but she saw how much it cost and said, "I love him, but not THAT much."
When it came time to board the tram, she was less claustrophobic than I was. Of course, she's about half the size of me and the other guy who was in there with two other women. You develop friendships in a hurry when you're crammed into a tin can like that.
"You know, you and I are sitting closer than I got with my first four girlfriends," I told the woman across from me. Funny how it didn't take her long to exit when the door opened.
On the way down, we met a guy who painted such a succulent picture of the food at Pappy's Smokehouse that we made a beeline there as soon as we could get back to the car. Like I said, quick friendships.
We made it to the top
After what didn't feel like a long time at the rate of about 3.86 mph, we made it the 630 feet (7,560 inches, the website translates) to the top of the structure. It seemed like lots of folks were sharing our space, but it's designed to hold up to 160 visitors. The Gateway Arch website has lots of interesting factoids.
Leaning out feels strange
Miz Jessica wasn't bothered by the tight quarters in the tram, but she has a touch of fear of heights, so she wasn't sure how she'd feel in The Arch. I warned her that leaning out to look at the window can feel like you're going to cause the thing to sway.
A tour guide assured us there was nothing to worry about: it was designed to sway as much as 18 inches, nine inches to either side. I tried to convince Jessica to get the visitors to run from side to side to see if it would start it swaying, but she nixed the idea.
That was probably just as well she didn't waste her effort. The guide said that it only sways about 1.5 inches in a 50 mph wind and will, in theory, survive a major tornado and earthquake.
A friendly group
Everybody on the top was friendly, with lots of people volunteering to take pictures of groups. Maybe the knowledge that you might be trapped in a tram with your neighbor if it jams, something that happened quite a few times in the early days of operation, puts you on your friendliest behavior.
View to the west
We were lucky to be there on a fairly clear day when visibility could have been as much as 30 miles. The green-domed building is the Old Courthouse, which is part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.
A lot of new buildings since 1967
Compare this photo I took in 1967 with the one today. There has been a lot of new construction over the years.
Ballpark to the southwest
The round, reddish structure to the southwest is Busch Stadium.
Yellow building is the Casino Queen
The yellow building on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River is the Casino Queen. If you strain your eyes to the horizon, you might be able to see Monk's Mound at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site. (Or it might just be the massive landfill to the west of it.)
Gateway Geyser
The round body of water is the Gateway Geyser, which shoots water as tall as the arch three times a day during the spring months. It is all part of the Malcolm W. Martin Memorial Park, which includes a 40-foot Mississippi River overlook. Malcolm Martin was the man who was instrumental in protecting the area from commercial development and as a green complement to the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial grounds across the river.
Project started in the 1940s
What I didn't realize until this trip was how long the project had been in the works before the gleaming stainless steel structure was yanked out of the ground. It got its start in the 1930s, partially as an urban renewal project to get rid of scores of old buildings that cut off the view of the waterfront.
The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial was envisioned to occupy the 62-plus acres where the original French colonial town of St. Louis was founded. Architect Eero Saarinen won a 1947-1948 competition to design the site. His vision of an arch became the focal point of the memorial instead of just a point of interest. Construction of the arch started in February 1963; the north leg opened in July 1967, and the south in May 1968. That must mean that I really was one of the first visitors.
It was all about the river
St. Louis became the gateway to the west because of its location near the intersection of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers and being just upstream of the Ohio River in Cairo. Like Cape Girardeau, it's still a river town at heart.
Basilica of Saint Louis
The Old Cathedral, the building with the colorful trees around it, was closed when we visited, so we couldn't go in it.
[Editor's note: I think this may be the last of the Curator Jessica stories from this trip. If you are wondering who she is, Jessica Cyders is curator of the Athens County (OH) Historical Society Museum. We became acquainted about a year ago when one of her interns stumbled across my collection of protest photos. I made a swing through Athens with Friend Jan at the end of January and we hit it off. Since then, I've done several exhibits and presentations at the museum and at Ohio University. She's working on persuading me to donate my Ohio photos to the historical society when I go toes-up.
[She stared following this blog and listening to my many tales of growing up in Swampeast Missouri and decided to take a road trip with me to see if anything I told her was true. As you can tell from this account, every word that comes out of mouth or pen is absolutely gospel. (OK, maybe it's gospel according to Ken.)]
CategoriesTravel TagsArch Tram, Athens County Historical Society and Museum, Basilica of Saint Louis, Busch Stadium, Casino Queen, Eero Saarinen, Gateway Arch, Gateway Geyser, Jan Norris, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, Jessica Cyders, Licking The Arch, Malcolm W Martin Memorial Park, Mark Steinhoff, Matt Steinhoff, Mississippi River, Old Cathedral, Old Courthouse, Pappy's Smokehouse, Sarah Steinhoff, St Louis Arch
5 Replies to "Licking the Gateway Arch"
If anyone tries that 'Lick the Arch' stunt today, they're gonna get stuck ala 'A Christmas Story' because the temp dropped to 13 degrees last night.
Janet Zickfield Burns says:
Thank you so much for the photos from the top. I now feel I have been there. I have been in the area at the bottom, of course, but never up in the arch.
That was one of the few places my dad checked out years ago and had to tell me he was sorry, but there is no way we can pull this one off. (He was creative about access, but a tight tin can is a tight tin can.) Last year my daughter had the same reaction. Some things don't/can't change.
Ken Steinhoff says:
The tram isn't too bad unless you have four other people crammed in with you. Fortunately, the door has windows so you don't feel completely sardine in a can. Our companions were a friendly group, but I imagine it would be scary if someone had a panic attack or if you got stuck for an extended period of time.
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Ernest D says:
I love your article and every little detail of it !!! Thank you for putting this together! 🙂
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It is almost impossible to envision what childhood would be like without the enchanting world of fairyland. Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, giants and dwarfs, monsters and magicians, fairies and ogres- these are the companions who thrill young boys and girls of all lands and all times, as Andrew Lang's phenomenally successful collections of stories have proved. From the day that they were first printed, the Lang fairy tale books of many colors have entertained thousands of boys and girls, as they also brought pleasure to the many parents who have read these unforgettable classics to their children.The Blue Fairy Book was the first volume in the series and so it contains some of the best known tales, taken from a variety of sources: not only from Grimm, but exciting adventures by Charles Perrault and Madame d'Aulnoy, The Arabian Nights, and other stories from popular traditions. Here in one attractive paperbound volume- with enlarged print- are Sleeping Beauty, Rumpelstiltzkin, Beauty and the Beast, Hansel and Gretel, Puss in Boots, Trusty John, Jack the Giantkiller, Goldilocks, and many other favorites that have become an indispensable part of our cultural heritage.
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Once upon a time in a certain country there lived a king whose palace was surrounded by a spacious garden. But, though the gardeners were many and the soil was good, this garden yielded neither flowers nor fruits, not even grass or shady trees.
"You are quite right," cried the King.
So the King sent messengers to every town, village, and hamlet in his dominions, to look for a gardener whose forefathers had been gardeners also, and after forty days one was found.
"Come with us and be gardener to the King," they said to him.
"We will pay your debts," they said.
So the gardener allowed himself to be persuaded, and went away with the messengers, taking his wife and his son with him; and the King, delighted to have found a real gardener, entrusted him with the care of his garden. The man found no difficulty in making the royal garden produce flowers and fruit, and at the end of a year the park was not like the same place, and the King showered gifts upon his new servant.
The gardener, as you have heard already, had a son, who was a very handsome young man, with most agreeable manners, and every day he carried the best fruit of the garden to the King, and all the prettiest flowers to his daughter. Now this princess was wonderfully pretty and was just sixteen years old, and the King was beginning to think it was time that she should be married.
"My dear child," said he, "you are of an age to take a husband, therefore I am thinking of marrying you to the son of my prime minister.
"Why not?" asked the King.
"Because I love the gardener's son," answered the Princess.
On hearing this the King was at first very angry, and then he wept and sighed, and declared that such a husband was not worthy of his daughter; but the young Princess was not to be turned from her resolution to marry the gardener's son.
The King followed this advice, and the minister's son was presented with a splendid horse and a purse full of gold pieces, while the gardener's son had only an old lame horse and a purse full of copper money, and every one thought he would never come back from his journey.
The two suitors left the town together, but the minister's son went off at a gallop on his good horse, and very soon was lost to sight behind the most distant hills. He traveled on for some days, and presently reached a fountain beside which an old woman all in rags sat upon a stone.
"Good-day to you, young traveler," said she.
But the minister's son made no reply.
"Let me alone, old witch," cried the young man; "I can do nothing for you," and so saying he went on his way.
That same evening the gardener's son rode up to the fountain upon his lame gray horse.
"Good-day to you, young traveler," said the beggar-woman.
"Good-day, good woman," answered he.
The old woman didn't wait to be asked twice, but mounted behind him, and in this style they reached the chief city of a powerful kingdom. The minister's son was lodged in a grand inn, the gardener's son and the old woman dismounted at the inn for beggars.


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