Release Date: September 2nd, 2013.
sharp humour, scathing social commentary and raw heart-breaking emotion.
'King For A King' has enjoyed almost 20,000 views on YouTube.
young troubadour has recorded his second album with the help of David Hatton Jnr.
Wars' in which he attempts a history of the world in under four minutes.
When it comes to British Contemporary Musicians, I am very sceptical of what sort of artists come under this genre. As there as so many artists now, like I discussed in previous reviews that are classed as folk or country singers and they are not. Just because you can play guitar and add auto tune to your voice doesn't mean you are a British Contemporary Musicians. However Will Varley is deserved to be in that musical category.
26 year old Will Varley has created a second album, As the Crow Flies more specifically. The album shows off his talents as a lyricist. Being not only a singer but a film maker, novelist and a poet. He uses what skills he has as a writer to create some rather witty tracks. In particular the self checkout shuffle, Varley discusses the typical routine of student. Having very little money to spend on food or wine because they have spent it on the bookies. It was the epitome of what a student has to go through every day, being young himself Varley most likely draws from past experiences.
I enjoyed the use of cultural references in that song as well as the track I've got an email. This I think has to be one of my favourite songs; it's very up to date with the current political situation and uses some humour too. Talking about how people are so drawn in to spam emails but dependant on how desperate you are to gain employment you'll believe and do anything. I think it is because of this that it is my favourite song. I mean this as a compliment when I say that Varley reminds me of a young Bill Bailey, using music and witty lyrics to humour and entertain the audience.
For those of you are fans of Mumford and Sons, then I think you will like Will Varley. Again, similar to Gerry Griffin he just uses a guitar and his voice and it somehow creates this massive dynamic within this genre of music. It is so simple yet effective; I could sit and listen to Varley's album As The Crow Flies, it is just a pity he isn't touring across the North East of England. I reckon he would have a strong fan base.


Manchester United's ex-manager José Mourinho is to host his own show on Russian TV channel RT, formerly known as Russia Today, the station says.
Mourinho, 56, will provide analysis of Champions League games in the fortnightly football programme.
"I'm going to talk about football on RT. What else did you think I was going to do?" he says in a promotional video.
Mourinho worked as a pundit for the Moscow-based RT network during the 2018 World Cup, which was held in Russia.


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© Cathrine Stukhard
Unharnessing tradition
TEXT EMILY BARTELS
PHOTOS CATHRINE STUKHARD
Beauty and genteel culture? How dull. A Brit with a penchant for bad taste shows that Vienna has more to offer than Sisi and Sachertorte.
Ugly things provoke revulsion, but the façade that Eugene Quinn is pointing at elicits pity at best. Purple tadpoles on a pink background; faceless women and a single eye decorate the outside. A gutter juts from the eye's pupil. "In bad weather, the house cries," says the city guide, sounding amused. "Is this house ugly?" he asks the group. Most lift their hands, only a few disagree. Beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder.
Quinn, 48, is wearing hi-vis garbage collectors' pants. He holds up two crumpled pieces of paper on a stick, proclaiming "Vienna Ugly" in Comic Sans font. His mission is to take visitors to the ugliest places in Vienna. His tour starts at a World War II anti-aircraft tower, pokes fun at the gilded statue of Johann Strauß in the city's main park, and compares the building of the Hungarian Cultural Institute to Russian president Vladimir Putin: "Aggressive and proud – a small building with megalomaniacal ideas." Obviously the Vienna Ugly tour only works in a city that is as beautiful as Vienna, says Quinn. In the former imperial capital, magnificent buildings are the rule, rather than the exception. The centrally located Ringstraße street is a prime example: It is lined dramatically by the Volksgarten park, the Spanish Riding School and the Austrian National Library. The parliament building opposite resembles an ancient temple, complete with white columns and marble sculptures. Down the road, the city hall with its turrets seems to emulate a Disney castle. Even the apartment buildings on the Innerer Ring, painted bright yellow and ivory, are beautiful. Vienna's fairy-tale backdrops are its best assets. The city knows this, and it maintains them well.
Carriage horses at ease
Taking a break in the museum distric
Quinn's tour of Vienna's architectural atrocities takes two and a half hours and includes monstrous roof structures, artificial rock faces and the Ministry for Innovation, which seems to have emerged from an architectural netherworld. Here, the paradoxical nature of ugliness is particularly poignant. The buildings make such good viewing because they do not conform to the usual esthetic norms.
Eugene Quinn hails from London and moved to Vienna eight years ago with his Austrian wife. In 2012 they set up the "space and place" culture project and have been organizing playful assaults on the city's public spaces, including coffee-house conversations between Vienna natives and migrants and an olfactory tour called "Smells like Wien Spirit." It is a playground for grown-ups. "We like to play with the image of the city," says Quinn. What may seem absurd to some, is just ridiculous enough for him. But just like beauty cannot exist without ugliness, the jester would be nothing without an adversary. Quinn found his nemesis in Vienna's Chamber of Commerce, which stipulates that tour guides must obtain a license and undergo training to conduct guided tours. Preparing for the exam takes two years and costs almost 5000 euros. The Chamber of Commerce once fined Quinn 380 euros for lacking the necessary certificates. This explains why he wears his garbage collectors' pants. He is also barred from showing his groups around any of the usual sights and is not allowed to talk about historical dates. This, according to the Chamber of Commerce, is the way to distinguish his tour from "real" guided tours. The Kafkaesque disputes even made Germany's main news program, Tagesschau, and were featured in the Guardian, the Süddeutsche Zeitung and USA Today. Quinn will only comment that he is not interested in fighting the authorities, but the city's image. "Many people think that Vienna is hopelessly old-fashioned, but that is not true."
Many people think that Vienna is old-fashioned, but that's not true
Eugene Quinn, Vienna Ugly Tour
And yet many conservatives still hanker for a golden age in which Austria was more Austrian than it is today. The Viennese live with one foot in the past. They will not be told they cannot smoke in a café. They navigate around the horse-drawn carriages and horse droppings in the city center without complaining. Hype is an alien concept to them. As comedian Karl Farkas once said: "The Viennese look confidently into the past."
Eugene Quinn revels in a Nazi-era flak tower
Party time: Guests celebrate the sixth anniversary of Tel Aviv Beach, the Molchos' bar on the Danube Canal
Innovations take a bit longer to establish themselves here, compared to other metropolises. For example, the slowly changing nature of the Naschmarkt market, which consists of a long line of dark green pavilions with striped awnings. Cafés and restaurants only started opening here eleven years ago, and have since turned the paths between the stalls into the city's catwalk. At one end, affluent Viennese catch the sun and enjoy oysters; the other end is a meeting place for students.
At the Neni café, the Molcho family serve dishes from their native Israel: shakshuka, tabbouleh and hummus. Mother Haya Molcho opened the restaurant with her sons Nuriel, Elior, Nadiv and Ilan. The Molchos experimented right from the start, serving mulled wine in winter, and in summer holding fashion shows and getting street artists to decorate the awnings of the pavilions. "In the beginning, we had to expect a 'no' from the city authorities in response to any creative requests. That was really obstructive," says Nuriel Molcho, who is responsible for the café's marketing. "In Vienna, 'new' is never good – until even the city government realizes that the changes actually work well."
The Neni café has since become a brand and has turned into a small food empire with branches in Hamburg and Berlin, with Amsterdam, Paris and Munich set to follow. Haya gives lessons at her cooking school, while Ilan handles the distribution of the brand's supermarket range. The Molchos also opened a beach bar on the lower footpath along the Danube canal, previously a gray concrete wasteland, where two solitary bars held the fort and only graffiti artists and joggers ventured into some stretches along the waterway. The Molchos bought a pavilion there, refurbished it in the Bauhaus style and called it Tel Aviv Beach. "Today the canal is booming," Nuriel Molcho says, adding that the city government is becoming more and more accommodating. Bars that relocate to the canal area enjoy more generous licenses, like being allowed to play music until 2 a.m. Molcho, in a straw hat and shorts, is standing next to a bathtub, filling up water balloons. The brothers are celebrating their beach club's sixth birthday. Rubber flamingos hang from palm trees, and fans disperse cooling water vapor around the place. Now and then a water fight breaks out. Most guests laze around on deckchairs – a cigarette in one hand, a mojito in the other – and watch the sun go down.
Play yourself to sleep at the Ruby Marie hotel, which is happy to lend guests a guitar.
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Enjoy people-watching in the museum district from the comfort of a lounge chair.
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Café Ansari on trendy Praterstrasse serves Georgian-Middle Eastern cuisine.
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Elior, Nuriel and Nadiv Molcho – only Ilan is missing in this picture of the Molcho brothers
Their initials gave the Neni restaurant its name (in the Naschmarkt)
The Vienna Ugly tour passes through the City Park
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Traditional Vienna: a horse-drawn carriage outside the Hofburg
Supersense, a store in Leopoldstadt
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Vienna is a city of spectators, says Eugene Quinn. "The Viennese like watching shows, but don't want to be part of them." The former BBC journalist eventually came to an agreement with the Chamber of Commerce, and the Vienna Tourist Board now lists Vienna Ugly on its website. Today, Quinn wants to show us around the new campus of the Vienna University of Economics and Business in the Leopoldstadt district, as a contrast to the city's old town. The curved library building was designed by star architect Zaha Hadid. White, rounded surfaces rise up from the floor in the foyer, punctuated by narrow windows. Quinn often prepares his tours in the neighboring Teaching Center, with its facade of slowly oxidizing steel. It is Quinn's favorite design: "At first glance, you wonder what has happened to the poor building, the rust makes it look so vulnerable."
The universities and their relaxed admissions procedures draw many students to Vienna, a quarter of whom are from abroad. They form a bulwark against conservatism, aided by iconic institutions like the city magazine Falter, which shines a spotlight on corruption and nepotism in the city. The left-leaning FM4 radio station broadcasts progressive shows – partly in English – while pop band Wanda and author Stefanie Sargnagel with her downbeat comedy are shaking up Austrian pop culture. "In the 19th century, Vienna was a radically avant-garde city. Gustav Klimt and Sigmund Freud did a lot of crazy things here," says Quinn, adding that the imperial past is being dug up, romanticized and artificially preserved for the sake of tourism. "But Vienna can't just be all about Mozart and Sachertorte cake."
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Q: how to read text file relative path I have read sources here & there, but did not get the following code working. Basically, I wish to read a text file, named 'Administrator' from the folder 'src'. I will need a relative path, since this project may be transferred to another person. Please be patient with me.
public void staffExists () throws IOException
    {
        //http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2788080/reading-a-text-file-in-java
        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(getClass().getResourceAsStream ("/DBTextFiles/Administrator.txt")));

        try
        {
            String line = null;
            while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null)
            {
                if (!(line.startsWith("*")))
                {
                    System.out.println(line);
                }
            }

        }
        catch (IOException ex)
        {
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }

        finally
        {
            reader.close();
        }
    }

A: This is a valid absolute path (on the systems I'm aware of):
    /path/to/directory/../../otherfolder/etc/

So what the other answer was saying, was to get the path to the current directory with:
    String filePath = new File("").getAbsolutePath();

Then concatenate your relative path with:
    filePath.concat("path to the property file");

A: Now I get it, somewhat answers here & there do help in getting me to the goal. Did a short edit to my code & it worked. Hope it'll also help some poor souls out there.
String filePath = new File("").getAbsolutePath();
System.out.println (filePath);

//http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2788080/reading-a-text-file-in-java
//http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19874066/how-to-read-text-file-relative-path
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(filePath + "/src/DBTextFiles/Administrator.txt"));

try
{
    String line = null;
    while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null)
    {
        if (!(line.startsWith("*")))
        {
            System.out.println(line);
        }
    }
}
catch (IOException ex)
{
    ex.printStackTrace();
}

finally
{
    reader.close();
}

A: This is not correct:
new FileReader(getClass().getResourceAsStream ("/DBTextFiles/Administrator.txt"))

You want:
new InputStreamReader(getClass().getResourceAsStream ("/DBTextFiles/Administrator.txt"))

A: In almost all cases you should use the portable forward slash "/"." In every case you should use either the File constructor that accepts a File (parent) & String (file name) or use System.getProperty("file.separator").

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Q: How to remove default UserValidator I don't know, how to remove/disable default AspNetCore.Identity.UserValidator. UserManager has 2 UserValidators now: Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.UserValidator and Penize_eShop.MyUserValidator
Thanks for help

public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
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    services.AddApplicationInsightsTelemetry(Configuration);

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    services.AddIdentity<MyUser, MyRole>(options =>
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        ;

    services.AddScoped<SignInManager<MyUser>, MySignInManager>();
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    services.AddMvc();

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Bills rule out linebacker Edmunds from playing against Jets
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills coach Sean McDermott on Friday ruled out starting middle linebacker Tremaine Edmunds from playing at the New York Jets on Sunday.
Edmunds didn't practice this week after sustaining a hamstring injury in a 9-6 loss at Jacksonville last week.
Q-Collar gives Bills linebacker Klein sense of protection
By The Associated PressOctober 8, 2021 GMT
Buffalo Bills linebacker A.J. Klein wears a unique, protective necklace that's become as much part of his uniform as his helmet and shoulder pads.
The Q-Collar is a non-invasive device worn around the neck to aid in the protection of the brain from effects associated with repetitive, sub-concussive head impacts.


Local officials are saying that 28 people were hurt in a shooting early Saturday after a dispute at a downtown Little Rock nightclub.
The city's police chief said officers suspect multiple people fired weapons but that the incident was not terror-related.
Little Rock Police said on Twitter that 25 people suffered gunshot wounds and three had unrelated injuries. Police said all were expected to survive.
Clubgoers between the ages of 16 and 35 suffered gunshot wounds, and three others had unrelated injuries. Two people were in critical condition Saturday afternoon, police said.
The shooting occurred around 2:30 a.m. Saturday at the Power Ultra Lounge, a club in a two-story building downtown about 1 mile east of the state Capitol, during a concert by Tennessee rapper Finese 2Tymes, CBS affiliate KTHV-TV reports.
…"We do NOT believe this incident was an active shooter or terror related incident. It appears to have been a dispute at a concert," the city police posted on its Twitter account overnight.
Admittedly, the actual story did report the city correctly. However, the ensuing the geography review and diversity lesson that the haughty publication received is schadenfreudelicious.
Have you ever crossed the Hudson River?
Where, exactly, is downtown Arkansas? Is that close to midtown Texas?
Layers and layers of fact-checkers.
The pinnacle of journalism in the United States.
@nytimes Calling Copy Editor, Calling Copy Editor…"downtown Arkansas" ?????
It appears that karma has been spending a lot of time with the establishment media this week.
I was told by a person well acquainted with one of the premier colleges of journalism in the country that journalism students are taught one skill: writing for a deadline. They can get their degree without knowing anything else about any other subject. It does seem like a plausible theory, to me.
I don't know what they teach at J-school but I don't think it's that.
Journalists are illiterate about the world, and some cain't evn wrat gud.
As to the incident itself, meh – just more BoB crime. Thin the herd.
Well I live in the suburbs of "Downtown Arkansas" and this "mass shooting" didn't get nearly the notice here that it did everywhere else apparently, since it was almost 4 days until I heard about it.
This was a shoot out at a predominantly African American club and was apparently an artistic dispute.
Non-PC Translation: Two rap gangs couldn't decided who's "rap" sucked the least and tried to shoot each other up in the middle of a club filled with like minded thugs.
Can a person buy ammunition with food stamps? If not, that needs to change.
These shootouts at "dah club" are so frequent they are't news.
If this is Downtown Arkansas, I can only imagine what happens Uptown.
We are a concealed carry state, the thugs usually avoid uptown, lol.
NYT is laying off about 100 copy editors.
Coincidence you say? I think not.
WOW!You really can't make this stuff up. The remaining dinosaur media will ignore it, therefore, it never happened.
Many of their readers will not understand what was wrong with that headline.
The shooting actually occurred in Troddendown Town, AR. The residents there voted to increase the city's sales tax a few years ago after Mayor Stodola threatened us with more crime and houses burning down if we didn't support it. Arkansas *and Troddendown Town) is one of the poorest states and has some of the highest taxes. Keepin' 'em down in Troddendown Town.
Look, they are used to "New York, New York". How were they to know that other states don't have a similar naming pattern for their major cities?
Oh, I get it. Arkansas is such a tiny place that it doesn't even have a separate downtown. Probably just three gas stations, seven bars, two brothels, a general store, a VFW post, and a gun store. That's why the story was in error, right? I mean how were we to know?


To President Obama, curbing entitlement growth has never been a core priority.
On Wednesday, Senate Republicans will break bread with President Barack Obama at the White House.
On Tuesday, Bernie Sanders, the most liberal member of the Senate Democratic caucus, was standing outside the gates rebuking Obama for selling out seniors.
That jarring juxtaposition captures the upside-down political dynamic of Obama's new budget proposal, due to be released Wednesday: Its centerpiece is a highly controversial plan to trim Social Security cost-of-living increases — a move one longtime Obama adviser called a "goodwill gesture" to Republicans and liberals decry as a shocking departure from Obama's 2012 campaign rhetoric, a betrayal that warrants retribution.
So far, there is scant evidence that Republicans view Obama's "chained-CPI" proposal as a sign of good will. And there are plenty of people on the left who regard it as a sign of bad will — a departure from the message that won Obama a second-term and new occasion for doubting the president's negotiating skills.
What we don't know is: How serious is Obama about reforming the country's runaway entitlement system?
He hasn't yet revealed whether he's prepared to go all the way to convince the country — let alone his own party — that cuts in the most popular programs ever created by Washington are substantively the right thing to do.
So far, his position on entitlement reform boils down to: The Republicans made me do it. What he truly thinks, and whether he's prepared to truly risk his own political capital on the idea by challenging his own party to tackle a problem he's repeatedly identified as the country's top fiscal threat, remains a muddle.
Sen. Rob Portman, an Ohio Republican who would be central to any budget bargain, told POLITICO the GOP will not give Obama much credit for good faith unless he is ready to tell his own party forthrightly that current spending on entitlements is unsustainable.
On the other hand, "some people in the White House have convinced themselves that they think this is good policy — and they've told us this," he added.
That liberal anger — boiling to a level not seen since the fractious debate over health care reform — serves a tactical purpose for Obama. Taking a page from Bill Clinton's 1990s playbook, Obama is courting public confrontation with his party's powerful liberal wing to prove he's willing to flout party orthodoxy in hopes of reviving the ever-elusive "grand bargain" to set the country on a sustainable fiscal path.
Unlike Clinton — who sought to shift his party back to the center — Obama isn't seeking a Sister Souljah moment to redefine his relationship to Democrats.


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using ObjectFactories.CecilLayer;

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{
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    #endregion

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    public EnumerableFinder(ILog log)
    {
      _log = log;
    }
    #endregion

    #region IEnumerableFinder Members
    public IEnumerable<object> FindEnumerables(IAssembly assembly)
    {
      foreach (TypeDefinition type in assembly.Types)
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        {
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          {
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              if (returnedVariable != null)
              {
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    {
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      foreach (Instruction i in body.Instructions)
      {
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      if (instruction.OpCode != OpCodes.Ret)
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      {
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      {
        Console.WriteLine("{0} {1}", variable.VariableType, variable.Name);
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    {
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             opcode == OpCodes.Ldloc_2 || opcode == OpCodes.Ldloc_3;
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}

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Q: Android Sender App getting timeout for DEFAULT_MEDIA_RECEIVER_APPLICATION_ID, when trying to connect to Chromecast I am working on adding Chromecast support to my app.
I have gone through : https://codelabs.developers.google.com/codelabs/cast-videos-android/#0
Link for app from code lab : https://github.com/googlecodelabs/cast-videos-android/archive/master.zip
I'm able to cast videos using sample app, but in same app if I set the Receiver Application ID to DEFAULT_MEDIA_RECEIVER_APPLICATION_ID then I'm getting error 15 in SessionManagerListener callback.
            @Override
            public void onSessionStartFailed(CastSession session, int error) {
               //error =15
            }

Following is CastOptionsProvider from code lab (read code comment):
public class CastOptionsProvider implements OptionsProvider {

    @Override
    public CastOptions getCastOptions(Context context) {
        return new CastOptions.Builder()
                .setReceiverApplicationId(context.getString(R.string.app_id)) // Here,I'm trying to use DEFAULT_MEDIA_RECEIVER_APPLICATION_ID = "CC1AD845"
                .build();
    }

    @Override
    public List<SessionProvider> getAdditionalSessionProviders(Context context) {
        return null;
    }
}

I know that error 15 means session timeout. I'm not able to get any working example with DEFAULT_MEDIA_RECEIVER_APPLICATION_ID.
Thanks in advance.
I have also referred the thread , Android Sender App getting timeout when trying to connect to Chromecast

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https://support.google.com/chromecast/answer/7438776?hl=en-IN


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In contrast to Nepal, the hardships of this trip well and truly pushed me to my limits this time. Once I'd arrived in the depths of the province, flowing water and electricity were just sporadic treats. The heat during the day was almost unbearable, the cold well water in the province was not really a good alternative for my European stomach, leaving us with just heated up water to take on our long car journey. The catering was not any better, a chicken that passed us five minutes beforehand on a moped's luggage rack with its head bobbing between the wheel's spokes was presented to us whole a little bit later as a "soup". My travelling companions from CARE Austria, considerably more experienced and toughened up, kept a straight face while eating it, while I personally just ate rice for days.


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Take down Skyway, lift waterfront
By Donn Esmonde|Published Sun, Sep 30, 2012
I don't care if my as-yet-unborn grandkids understand how it happened, or who was most responsible. All that will count – to them, to me, to everyone else – will be enjoying the pleasures of a better waterfront.
Whether future generations know the history behind the change will matter less than the reality of it. The hordes who this summer walked past an excavated Commercial Slip on their way to Thursday at the Harbor concerts did not silently thank the activists who saved the site's history. But they enjoyed the fruits of their labor. Just as many of those same people may someday gaze skyward and see not Skyway but sky.
The waterfront highway-on-stilts is a blast from the past that roadblocks the future. It is an obsolete anachronism that holds back development, takes people away from the waterfront instead of bringing them to it and lost its reason for being soon after it opened.
It will cost us tens of millions of dollars in the coming years to maintain the mistake. Every dollar will be an investment in the past that perpetuates a problem.
Other than that, I really like it.
Congressman Brian Higgins, the longtime waterfront champion, called again Monday for the Skyway's demise. With a planned cross-channel bridge and a revitalized backdoor-to-downtown Ohio Street in the works, the Skyway – built high to accommodate tankers that long ago stopped coming – will become a redundant dinosaur.
This is not just me talking. From Toronto to Milwaukee to San Francisco, sensible cities in recent years have dismantled elevated waterfront roadways. The Skyway this year was fourth on an urban experts' national hit list of obsolete, development-choking roadways. Higgins, the driving force behind recent waterfront revival, has long had it in his cross hairs.
"Do we stay stuck in the past, or do we move forward to a better place?" Higgins asked me, rhetorically, on a recent afternoon over coffee.
Predictably, the state DOT has its arms wrapped around every Skyway pier. The concrete-huggers cling to the 1950s relic the way naturalists revere a redwood, claiming it is a needed vehicle-carrier.
Yet the cost of prolonging the life of an anti-development relic – a DOT study put it at $117 million over the next 20 years – could be better spent on alternative roads and bridges. Beyond that, the Skyway, part of the legacy of master builder Robert Moses, undercuts the value of the prime waterfront property it looms above. Taking it down is addition by subtraction.
For Higgins, it is a mission. "I want to galvanize public support," Higgins said. "I think there's a growing confidence in our ability as a community to get profound changes implemented."
As John Norquist of Congress for the New Urbanism has told me: "Robert Moses' dead gray hands are still strangling the City of Buffalo."
CNU holds its annual conference here in 2014. It will only amplify the anti-Skyway chorus.
I look forward to, someday, telling my grandkids all about it.
email: desmonde@buffnews.com
Donn Esmonde – Donn Esmonde is a retired columnist for The Buffalo News.


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I'm rarely at a loss for words.
I have a talent for generating words, and using them to express things in vivid and coherent ways. These words, however, emerge from a heart that is drawn up or pulled down by conflicting motivations.
I have asked myself, "How often, when I speak or write, am I truly seeking to edify reality, to affirm what is good? How often, rather, are my words angry, distracting, or selfish?"
So many wasted words! And yet I have a desire to speak the truth. I have the desire and the prayer that my words might be works of mercy and instruments of peace. Still, I am always running into obstacles, encountering the grasping and vanity and folly within myself.
I think perhaps we speak foolishly because we are insecure. We seek attention with our words, even at the expense of others. Why? Because we are afraid that we are not loved. Or, rather, we have forgotten that we are loved. We are not nourished by a vital connection with the One who loves us.
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Home Theater Systems Reviews
Samsung HT-BD2T HTIB
Mark Fleischmann | Jan 5, 2009
Price: $1,759 At A Glance: Integrated Blu-ray drive and amps • Skinny stand-mount front speakers, wall-mount surrounds • Basic HTIB sound in a convenient package
Do You Know the Way to Blu?
Audio manufacturers in the home theater sphere fall into two distinct groups. The most distinguished calling cards belong to the audio specialty brands. If you say you're using B&W speakers with an Outlaw receiver, fellow audiophiles will immediately nod their heads. They know what you're talking about, and they know you know what you're talking about.
Then there are the manufacturers who handle audio as an outgrowth of their video products. After all, home theater with lousy audio is hardly home theater at all. These manufacturers will likely offer audio products in the context of a home-theater-in-a-box system. Some of them now build Blu-ray players into their HTIBs. At the heart of Samsung's system is a combo Blu-ray player and surround receiver, hereinafter referred to as the Blu-receiver.
At heart, Samsung is a maker of superb and bestselling video displays. But do you want to buy a whole system with speakers, amps, and a signal source from Samsung? Preliminary answer: That depends on how you view the tradeoff between convenience (always the strong suit of an all-in-one system) and performance (the plot thickens).
Blu in the Heart
This system is known as the HT-BD2, according to its front panel, manual, and carton; or it's known as the HT-BD2T, according to Samsung's Website. The Website also lists similar-sounding models, the HT-BD2ST and HT-BD2ET, with smaller speakers. This 7.1-channel system uses towers as both front and side surround speakers and comes in a box that's almost as tall as a fridge.
The Blu-receiver has an attractive gloss-black plastic finish. The front panel angles upward and is nearly horizontal. That's good, because you'll be able to operate the controls easily regardless of where the unit sits on your rack. But it's also bad, because the front panel is virtually impossible to read from across the room. At far left is a power button and LED. Next to it is a slot-load disc mechanism (no drawer) with an Eject key just to the right of it. Farther to the right are a single function button, a set of transport controls, and a 1.5-inch-long rocker switch that serves as master volume control.
The front and side surround speakers are 52-inch-tall towers. They are a three-part affair. The business end is on top, with a pedestal of similar dimensions in the middle, and a 13-inch base at the bottom. The speakers utilize a ported woofer-tweeter-woofer configuration.
Although the molded-plastic speakers and pedestals are nothing special, Samsung took some pains with the bases. They're glossy black plastic on top with an underlying heavy metal disc that gives them some extra stability. You can give them a casual whack, and they probably won't tip over. However, the wobbly plastic parts that fit the base to the pedestal undercut this stability slightly.
A low 9.5-inch-wide non-adjustable foot supports the 21.8-inch horizontal center speaker. I regret that I wasn't able to get the center's tweeter on the same level as the front left/right tweeters—which were 44 inches off the floor, a bit on the high side. The 11-inch-tall back surrounds include a keyhole for wall mounting.
The sub makes a good impression from the front, thanks to its gloss black plastic faceplate and metal grille. The back includes a single mono line input, volume knob, and power button. There are no other controls—no crossover knob, no phase control, no bypass switch.
Hooking everything up is easy, as you'd expect with this kind of system. The supplied speaker cables have color-coded plugs at one end to fit into the Blu-receiver. The other end has soldered bare-wire tips with black or red wrapping to indicate positive or negative speaker connections. It took me less than 15 minutes to assemble the speakers (no tools required), get everything in place, run the cables, and connect everything. There was no agonizing. It was fairly obvious how everything fit together. So far, so good.
To complete the setup, I ventured into the Control menu to balance the channel levels. Here I ran into a problem. Normally, you expect to find individual channel level adjustments in the same menu with the test tones needed to adjust the channels. Without the tones, you can't really tell how the channels relate to one another except by ear, and the ear is easily fooled. That's why I use an Aperion Audio Sound Level Meter ($29 at www.aperionaudio.com).
Unfortunately, the channel-level adjustment is in the Sound Edit menu, and the test tones are in the Speaker Setup menu. So there's no way to hear the tones and make the adjustments at the same time. I had to go back and forth. This wasn't easy, especially with a system that's a little balky at accepting commands. It turned a five-minute routine into an ordeal that consumed the better part of an hour. Samsung seems to assume the average HTIB buyer will not be too fussy about channel levels.
Blu Movies
Because of the wide disparity between titles, I'll list my disc-loading times. My editor speculates that the differences may have stemmed from the player's handling of discs authored in the BD-Java environment. Samsung also confirms that the Blu-ray drive is based on the BD-P1400, a standalone player dating from an earlier generation of the Blu-ray era.
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle loaded in 27 seconds. If you know anything about these guys, you know they got loaded, too. In a dream sequence, one of the supporting characters was a large plastic bag filled with green herbal matter. For this audience, cognitive challenges abound, so the movie was mixed with dialogue right up front as in a TV show. This probably wasted the resolution of DTS-HD Master Audio, but really, no movie ever suffers from lossless surround. The Samsung speakers batted this easy pitch out of the park. However, it also betrayed a slight resonating-plastic coloration and never broke free from it.
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Q: Yii INSERT ... ON DUPLICATE UPDATE I am working on a Yii project. How can I use the ON DUPLICATE feature of MySQL ( http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/insert-on-duplicate.html ) when doing a save() on a Yii model?
My MySQL is as follows:
CREATE TABLE `ck_space_calendar_cache` (
  `space_id` int(11) NOT NULL,
  `day` date NOT NULL,
  `available` tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
  `price` decimal(12,2) DEFAULT NULL,
  `offer` varchar(45) DEFAULT NULL,
  `presale_date` date DEFAULT NULL,
  `presale_price` decimal(12,2) DEFAULT NULL,
  `value_x` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
  `value_y` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`space_id`,`day`),
  KEY `space` (`space_id`),
  CONSTRAINT `space` FOREIGN KEY (`space_id`) REFERENCES `ck_space` (`id`) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE NO ACTION
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;

My PHP is a follows:
$cache = new SpaceCalendarCache();
$cache->attributes = $day; //Some array with attributes
$cache->save();

If there is a duplicate in my primary key (sapce_id,day), I don't want it to complain, I just want it to update with the latest data.
I know how to do it in raw SQL, I was just wondering if there is a clean Yii way to do it.

A: I'm repeating two main points from previous answers I think you should keep:

*

*Don't (try to) use "on duplicate key update" since its MySQL-only, as txyoji points out.

*Prefer the select->if not found then insert->else insert demonstrated by Uday Sawant.

There's another point here, though: Concurrency. Although for low traffic applications the probability that you'll get in trouble is minimal (still never zero), I think we always be careful about this.
From a transactional point of view, "INSERT .. ON DUPLICATE UPDATE" is not equivalent to selecting into your application's memory and then inserting or updating. The first is a single transaction, then second is not.
Here's a bad scenario:

*

*You do select your record using findByPk() which returns null

*Some other transaction (from some other user request) inserts a record with the id you just failed to select

*At the next instant you try to insert it again

In this case you'll either get an exception (if you're working with a unique key, as you do here) or a duplicate entry. Duplicate entries are much harder to pick up (usually nothing seems weird until your users see duplicate records).
The solution here is to set a strict isolation level, for example "serializable", and then begin a transaction.
Here's an example for yii:
Yii::app()->db->createCommand('SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL SERIALIZABLE');

$trn = Yii::app()->db->beginTransaction();

try {
    // Try to load model with available id i.e. unique key
    // Since we're in serializable isolation level, even if
    // the record does not exist the RDBMS will lock this key
    // so nobody can insert it until you commit.
    // The same shold for the (most usual) case of findByAttributes()
    $model = someModel::model()->findByAttributes(array(
        'sapce_id' => $sapceId,
        'day' => $day
    ));

    //now check if the model is null
    if (!$model) {
        $model = new someModel();
    }

    //Apply you new changes
    $model->attributes = $attributes;

    //save
    $model->save();

    // Commit changes
    $trn->commit();

} catch (Exception $e) {
    // Rollback transaction
    $trn->rollback();

    echo $e->getMessage();
}

You can see more about isolation levels at least in the following links and see what every isolation level has to offer in data integrity in exchange for concurrency
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms173763.aspx
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/set-transaction.html

A: The "On Duplicate Key Update" feature is specific to MySQL's dialect of SQL. Its unlikely to be implemented in any data abstraction layer. ZendDB and Propel don't have an equivalent.
You can simulate the behavior by attempting an insert in a try/catch and update if insert fails with the proper error code. (duplicate key error).

A: I overrode beforeValidate() where I checked if a duplicate exists. If one does, I set $this->setIsNewRecord(false);
Seems to work. Not sure how performant it is.

A: I agree with @txyoji's analysis of the problem, but I would use a different solution.
You can extend the save() method of the model to look for an existing record, and update it, or insert a new row if it doesn't.

A: You are using models in Yii, its quite simple ..  try to load you model where you suspect  to have duplicate entries, if you find the entry the model is loaded else null is return. now if your model is null simply create new model. rest is your normal code to insert a new record.
//try to load model with available id i.e. unique key
$model = someModel::model()->findByPk($id);

//now check if the model is null
if(!$model) $model = new someModel();

//Apply you new changes
$model->attributes = $attributes;

//save
$model->save();

Refer to post controllers update method in sample app Yii blog. I might be wrong with spelling of function names, sorry for that.

A: you have to use try catch like that:
                try{
                    $model->save();
                }
                catch(CDbException $e){
                    $model->isNewRecord = false;
                    $model->save();
                }

A: Ooops, sorry.. this answer for yii2
If you dont use yii model, this function generates mysql syntax insert on duplicates key update
static function insertDuplicate($table, $columns, $duplicates, $values="",$ignores=false){
        $params=array();
        $names=array();
        $tipe="VALUES";
        $ignore=($ignores===true)?"IGNORE":"";
        $placeholders=array();
        if(is_array($columns)){
            if(!isset($columns[0])){
                foreach($columns as $name=>$value)
                {
                    $names[]=$name;
                    if($value instanceof CDbExpression)
                    {
                        $placeholders[] = $value->expression;
                        foreach($value->params as $n => $v)
                            $params[$n] = $v;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        $placeholders[] = ':' . $name;
                        $params[':' . $name] = $value;
                    }
                }
            }else{
                $names=$columns;
            }
            $myColumn=implode(', ',$names);
            if($values!=""){
                $myValue=$values;
            }else{
                $myValue='('.implode(', ', $placeholders).')';
            }
        }else{
            $myColumn=$columns;
            $myValue=$values;
        }
        if($values!=""){
            if(substr(strtoupper($values),0,6)=="SELECT"){
                $tipe="";
            }
        }
        $d = array();
        if(is_array($duplicates)){
            if(!isset($duplicates[0])){
                foreach($duplicates as $duplicate=>$act)
                {

                    if($act=="increase"){
                        $dup=$table.".".$duplicate . ' = '.$table.".".$duplicate.' + VALUES('.$duplicate.')';
                    }elseif($act=="decrease"){
                        $dup=$table.".".$duplicate . ' = '.$table.".".$duplicate.' - VALUES('.$duplicate.')';
                    }else{
                        $dup=$table.".".$duplicate . ' = VALUES('.$duplicate.')';
                    }
                    $d[] = $dup;
                }
            }else{
                foreach($duplicates as $duplicate){
                    $dup=$duplicate . ' = VALUES('.$duplicate.')';
                    $d[] = $dup;
                }
            }
            $myDuplicate= implode(', ', $d);
        }else{
            $myDuplicate=$duplicates;
        }

        $sql='INSERT '.$ignore.' INTO ' . $table
            . ' (' . $myColumn . ') '.$tipe.' '
            . $myValue . ' ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE ' .$myDuplicate;
        return Yii::$app->db->createCommand($sql)->bindValues($params)->execute();
    }

Place that function into someclass, and dont forget use
use yii\db\Command;

in that class
That function can insert on key update, update increment, update decrement, update multi from a value, and update from select
Usage :
//to update available=1 and price into 100
someclass::insertDuplicate(
'ck_space_calendar_cache',
['sapce_id'=>1,'day'=>'2022-09-01','available'=>1,'price'=>100],
['available','price']
);

//to update price increase by 100, (if price is decrease then change it to decrease)
someclass::insertDuplicate(
'ck_space_calendar_cache',
['sapce_id'=>1,'day'=>'2022-09-01','price'=>100],
['price'=>'increase']
);

//to update mass with a value
someclass::insertDuplicate(
'ck_space_calendar_cache',
['sapce_id','day','price'],
['price'],
'(1,'2022-09-01',100),(2,'2022-09-01',300),(3,'2022-09-01',100)'
);

//to update mass with select from another table
someclass::insertDuplicate(
'ck_space_calendar_cache',
['sapce_id','day','price'],
['price'],
'SELECT otherid as sapce_id, otherday as day, otherprice as price from other WHERE otherprice>100'
);


So, we may have mentioned it once or twice, but we threw our third Club Brunch party at the weekend - and we had a BLAST.
We were back in our favourite venue, upstairs at Palm 2 - now even bigger and better than before - and there were the beginnings of some festive cheer (if only in some hungover heads from the start of Christmas party season) as we cooked up brunch for almost 60 people.
We served up smoked salmon blinis as an amuse bouche, then either croissant egg nests (for everyone who asked, here's the recipe) with Gilly's baked ham and spinach or lemon and ricotta pancakes with blueberry compote, vanilla creme fraiche and toasted almonds.
The 'build your own Bellini' bar went down a storm as did the bloody marys, Chorley's Gin Ginger Zinger and the Blanc de Blancs cocktail from our friends at Codorniu with their delicious Anna de Codorníu Blanc de Blancs Cava.
Finally a shout out to all the DJs (Chr1s Love, Eeek Empire and ZTG) who soundtracked brunch and everyone else who helped out on the day. Big brunch love to you all!
Keep an eye out for our next event in February.


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We possess a deep passion for alpine adventure & the outdoors, and with the small professional group we have on board, we've notched up experience that spans almost 3 decades on some of the most isolated trails and highest peaks. We put a lot of care into all the details when it comes to executing any of your ventures. We've led expeditions, climbs and treks over the years & summited with success. This was due to grassroots planning with Extensive research, fact-finding and training over the years of our devotion to providing you a holiday with absolute gratification, value for money and never ever compromising on your safety, come what may. This is the whole base of the reasons why we remain one of the leading adventure operators in the country; because we are constantly working to perform in ways that exceed all your expectations the moment your jet hits the tarmac at the airport in Kathmandu.
Our safety measures are beyond comparisons, because we've seen it all, done it all. We know what the heights can do if you set out unprepared on a high altitude trek or attempt a peak of over 6000m, it's always a risk above the tree-lines; and we do risk assessments & double check our itineraries before sending it to our guests because we want to make sure enough acclimatizing time is given to potential trekkers & climbers embarking on a trip with us. We use stringent standards which places more focus on planning and risk assessment, this even develops good practice to ensure the safety and well-being of everyone joining a trip to the Himalayas in Nepal.
We also make sure our services are paramount and personalized & it's vital that only the best is provided to our clients because this is mountain business where the risks are pretty high. Our services also include advising our guests on how best to prepare for a trip, especially in isolated regions & when climbing peaks. It's mandatory for us to encourage our clients to go through a medical routine before starting any potential trip above 4000m in altitude. When you book a trip with Highland Expeditions, you are not just a customer, you are a parent, a brother/sister, a very close friend – put simply – you are family; and all our safety priorities & services are based entirely on this relationship.
The planet's a big enough for everyone to explore and its human nature to checkout the wild outback. But the world is a huge place. And the different languages are mind boggling to learn, with borders to cross and cultures to parley. A limited group of adventure movement makes traveling easier and allows you to make better use of the precious time you have. The logistics don't become a hurdle to cross; & you can center all your energy on discovering the unknown for the experience of a lifetime. At Highland Expeditions, our groups are limited enough to give you that individual feel of discovering a destination independently, but large enough to get social conveniently. Group sizes tend to differentiate on where and how we're travelling, but our average group size is about 12 people on the move. Experience has taught us its a great number to let you connect with the folks you meet without feeling like you're just another member of the group. We've put years of know how into our itineraries, operations and accommodation. So why spend hours agonizing over every detail of your unaccompanied voyage when you can leave it to a company who lives and comprehends your style of travel. The smaller group you are the more united you stand & this creates a strong family.
We've been through it all – the ups and downs have been full and plenty. This is nature at its best & worst. We can't take anything for granted when it's a tryst with Mother Nature, especially in the wilderness; and above the tree-lines.
Treks and Climbs success ratio have been unparalleled with 100 % of success with more than 90% of the members' making it to the summit. All our itineraries are drawn up by experts with decades of experience and exploration knowledge, to ensure our travelers will enjoy and capture the most fascinating landscapes with peace of mind during your vacation.
Trekking and Climbing gear provided.
The Equipment we provide for your Trek includes or is limited to: Duffel bag, Sleeping bag with liner, Down Jacket and t-shirts or a cap. Any other equipment is available on hire in Thamel. We recommend you to trekking outlets that ensure premium quality that don't give you hang-ups on the trail. The equipment we provide you is of the highest in quality standards to protect you & keep you warm in the wild.
The Equipment we provide for Climbing includes a Duffel bag, with well maintained Group climbing gears that guarantee your safety at alpine altitudes.
We particularly would like to advise you to consider equipment as essentials while packing for peaks & mountain Expeditions. The list we include on equipment checklist is only a guideline. Adjustments to the list given can be done according to your needs, interests, duration of your trip, or the season of your trip, etc. You can find a lot of these gears to hire or buy in Kathmandu. Much of the gears which are available in Kathmandu are locally manufactured (and consequently a lot cheaper) and some gears found here are imported from China and are obviously of better quality. You can find some prime high quality branded gears too in some famous stores hereabouts.
Our prices are based on a costing that has no frills policy. We offer trips at best price and guarantee a value for money. Compared to the services we provide you will find our trip cost to be very reasonable. What you pay in the beginning is the final cost and we do not have any hidden cost. All our deals are upfront, clean and justified.
Our in-depth tailored programs have been well thought off to suit your needs. At Highland Expeditions, we use our in-depth experience picked up over the years to organize tours and treks that truly match with your needs. Whether you are looking for a budget tour, luxury tour, or treks & expeditions on the mountains, as a group or individual; we have the expertise to offer you the best & what matches your expectations. This is what matters most, we reckon. All of the trips that we plan for you are not only meant to suit your needs, but also your interests. Our exclusive itineraries are geared to go long or short depending on your time frame & the kind of journey you want to undertake. We combine one program into another to give you a scintillating mix of history, the outdoors & even put a safari into the mix; all precisely worked out to give you much within the short time span you may have. Our website is designed to give you some practical browsing time so that you may be encouraged & develop ideas to assist you work out custom tailor made holidays that enhance your vacations right to the core.
The world's a pretty mind-boggling but wonderful place, and God put his heart into creating this planet; we want to contribute in keeping it that way. All we have to do is just be conscious about the environment, a slightly softer stride. Sustainable travel doesn't mean we don't enjoy ourselves. It means that fun can be used to benefit others. With Respect. Highland Expeditions is committed to maintaining our reliability, living by our values and making sure we're running our business with a set platform of principles. This being, to operate in a responsible manner, incorporating the principles of sustainable development in the way we provide our travelers with down-to-earth experiences. However, these values are more than just words in a file on record; they are ingrained in the culture and daily operations of all our ventures; in the city & on the mountains. In addition, we expect our staff and travelers to demonstrate the principles of responsible travel - respecting people, cultures and local environments; in the distribution of wealth; in good will and cross-cultural sharing; and in contributing to sustainable development, where we give back more than we take.
It is advisable to consider some factors in the choice of your travel partner prior to the decision to make initial down-payments to confirm the trip of your choice.
Highland Expeditions is a premier adventure company based in Nepal and organizes trekking in Nepal with safety priority and service paramount.
Join our high altitude expeditions in Himalayas and climb with highly professional guides and best Sherpa support. We offer fully guided and supported expeditions to Everest, Manaslu, Lhotse, Ama Dablam, Cho Oyu and other 8000m mountains.
Highland Expeditions has come up with some of the best tours in Nepal that will allow you to get closer perspective of Nepal in short days and in a pleasant way.


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Чемпиона́т Пе́рвой ли́ги Ла́твии по футбо́лу 1996 го́да () — 5-й сезон Первой лиги Латвии по футболу.

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 После 16 проведённых игр «Латгале» снялась с турнира.  «Латгале» выиграла 4 игры и проиграла 10, а ещё две закончились вничью, разница мячей составила 19:45. В оставшихся восьми играх команде были засчитаны технические поражения.
 После 19 проведённых игр «Екабпилс» снялся с турнира. «Екабпилс» выиграл 4 игры, проиграл 14, а ещё одна закончилась вничью, разница мячей составила 24:56. В оставшихся пяти играх команде были засчитаны технические поражения.
  В переходных матчах за право играть в Высшей лиге в 1997 году «Валмиера» обыграла «Сконто/Металс» — 2:1 (0:1 и 2:0).

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 Высшая лига Латвии по футболу 1996
 Кубок Латвии по футболу 1996
 Вторая лига Латвии по футболу 1996

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Футбол в Латвии в 1996 году


PUDs are continuously improving operations and expanding infrastructure to provide dependable, reliable services to their local communities.
We provide professional survey, engineering, mapping and planning services to PUDs to help support these efforts and improve the hydroelectric dams, energy infrastructure, fish hatcheries and other resources they manage.
When it comes to measuring the movement of a dam, developing a switchyard or mapping the shoreline of a river, accuracy is important. PUDs throughout North Central Washington trust us to work hand-in-hand with their professional engineering staff, providing accurate data and timely service while ensuring regulatory compliance for their most important projects.


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Downside offers an exceptional co-educational boarding experience for students aged 11 to 18. It is set in 500 acres of glorious English countryside just 25 minutes from the famous World Heritage City of Bath.
Downside is committed to working in partnership with families and to providing an environment which nurtures young people of integrity who can think for themselves, stand up for their beliefs, and act to make a positive difference in the world. Its Catholic and Benedictine values provide support and challenge in equal measure for children of any faith or none. The strength and confidence which its pupils and staff draw from belonging to a community, in which kindness and looking to the needs of others is the currency, encourages them to strive to make the most of their unique gifts and to support others to do the same.
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Downside is uncompromising in the pursuit of academic excellence. It aims for the highest standards in its extensive and exciting extra-curricular programme, and provide plentiful and varied opportunities for service and leadership. Pupil achievements and successes are celebrated, but not allowed to define them. What is most important is that Downside pupils learn to value themselves and others for who they are, recognising that their achievements are the by-product of their values and accompanying work ethic.
Downside offers a wide choice of subjects at GCSE and A Level. The school is particularly strong in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) subjects.
Co-curricular activities, clubs and societies at Downside provide vital experiences and opportunities, introducing pupils to new experiences, new life skills and new friends. All pupils participate in the co-curriculum programme which runs throughout the week and on weekends. With over 100 options to choose from, there is something for everyone – from outdoor adventure and sports to creative arts and service.
There are 30 sports and games options at Downside. Sporting culture here exists in harmony with academic values. It is an indispensable part of Downside's unique character; something that goes far beyond fitness and competition. In recent years, more pupils than ever are competing at representative level – country, district, county, regional or academy – in rugby, cricket, hockey and netball.
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Downside is renowned for the high quality of its performing arts and offers over 40 different arts activities or lessons. Arts facilities include Downside Abbey Church, a 400-seat theatre, a recording studio and a Mac Studio dedicated to music. The highlights of the performing arts year include the St. Cecilia Concert, the many theatre productions and the May Morning Madrigals.
There are 15 outdoor adventure options including water sports, archery, climbing, kayaking, paddlesport and sailing. Duke of Edinburgh is available from the Fourth Form (Year 10) and Ten Tors from the Fifth Form (Year 11).
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"Downside's impeccable values and ethos reflect greatly on each student and focus on concern for the individual, meaning that everyone's beliefs are held highly and respected."
Founded in 1606, Downside School is home to 340 boarders and day pupils representing 26 different nationalities — 75% of students are full boarders and 40% come from outside the UK. Downside is based just 25 minutes from the famous World Heritage City of Bath.
Sixth Formers get their own comfortable single study bedrooms while younger students share rooms and have their own space to study.
The school operates 24/7. With a typical day running from 7.30 a.m. to 9.00 p.m., there is plenty of time to relax and reflect after lessons. Meals are served in the Harry Potter-style dining room. Our award-winning catering team provides pupils with a nutritionally sound and balanced diet that is varied, appealing and sustainably sourced.
Weekends are full, busy and purposeful with a whole host of activities and trips available to cater for all age groups and interests. The school remains open for half terms and Exeat weekends, allowing international pupils to stay with their Downside friends rather than travelling home, should they wish to.
Downside has signed up to the Boarding Schools Association Covid-Safe Charter.
The school is a collection of beautiful buildings, the most magnificent of which is the Abbey, visible like a beacon for miles around. Downside is close to the World Heritage City of Bath, which has direct train links to London, and to the M4, M5 and A303 road links. Bristol Airport is only 40 minutes away.
Set in 500 acres of glorious English countryside, Downside has plenty of space for students to grow, learn and flourish. Beyond campus, there are famous tourist attractions including the World Heritage Site of Stonehenge and the spectacular gorge and caves of Cheddar. Cinema, ten-pin bowling and shopping trips to Bath and Bristol are always popular, as are watersports at Cheddar Reservoir or on the River Avon.
Downside is a beautiful and transformative environment with an extensive range of rugby and cricket pitches; tennis, hockey and netball courts; a modern sports pavilion; as well as indoor facilities including squash courts, cricket nets, a fitness suite, swimming pool and a gymnasium.
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Manchester City's defensive resilience in the absence of the injured Benjamin Mendy faces its first and arguably toughest test when the Premier League leaders clash with champions Chelsea today in London.
The 23-year-old France full-back has been in fine form for City since his £50 million pre-season move from Monaco.But Thursday saw City announce Mendy will undergo surgery in Barcelona after he ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during last weekend's victory over Crystal Palace.
Both Man City and Chelsea go into today's game on the back of midweek Champions League victories over Shakhtar Donetsk and Atletico Madrid respectively.
But Chelsea manager Antonio Conte is unhappy that, while City played at home on Tuesday, his side have a short turnaround after arriving back in London in the early ours of Thursday morning following their success in the Spanish capital.
Meanwhile, Conte has challenged Eden Hazard to repeat his dazzling performance against Atletico Madrid when Chelsea face title rivals Man City today.
Hazard was in fine form on Wednesday as Chelsea became the first English team to win at Atletico with a 2-1 success in the Champions League.
The 26-year-old was making only his second start of the season in Madrid.Now Hazard is poised for his first Premier League start of the campaign following three substitute appearances after surgery on his ankle.
With Premier League leaders City looking strong, Blues boss Conte wants Hazard to help the champions draw level on points with the leaders at Stamford Bridge.
City's swaggering start to the season has won plenty of admirers, with Pep Guardiola's free-scoring side installed as favourites to dethrone Chelsea.While Guardiola is a rival today, that didn't stop Conte expressing his admiration for the Spaniard's purist principles.
Guardiola will be without Sergio Aguero after the City striker sustained a broken rib a car crash on his day off in Holland on Thursday.


Every device created by Zortrax is marketed as a plug&play. Perhaps you have heard this term before, but how does it relate to 3D printers? Are plug&play devices worth considering when buying a 3D printer? What is the difference between this kind of device and a regular one? Do any of these questions bother you? Read this article and you will find all the information you are looking for.
If you are taking your first steps into the 3D printing world and do not have enough knowledge about it, you might feel a little bit overwhelmed by the jargon. Indeed, there are a lot of numbers in both your 3D printer's specification and the parameters you are able to set in your slicer software. It is possible that you were not familiar with the 3D printing software. In fact, this is just the tip of the iceberg. Let's assume that you have already ordered your printer and received the package. How do you assemble all the parts together? How do you position the printer's bed in the proper way? How do you load your filament? And finally, how do you maintain your machine? Don't worry, when I started my journey with 3D printing, I knew pretty much nothing about any of the above. And this is where the plug&play devices come in handy.
Plug&Play vs. RepRap – What's the difference?
The answer is simple – the time. After opening the box with your brand-new regular 3D printer, you will usually have to spend a few hours assembling it. What comes next is calibrating your printer's bed until the tip of the nozzle will stay at the same height irrespective of its XY axis position. Finally, you will have to choose the correct slicer software, and set many parameters which require extensive knowledge about the 3D printing to succeed. In most cases, you might need to repeat each step numerous times to achieve satisfying quality of the model, and – believe me – it takes a lot of time.
On the other hand, you can use a plug&play device like the Zortrax 3D printer. In this case – the situation turns out to be much simpler. You receive your package and just after the unboxing you have a fully assembled 3D printer. After surviving this quick first step, you have to calibrate the printer's bed. Or maybe you don't? In fact, the 3D printer is capable of setting everything for you, automatically, and your role is to select the correct option in the display.
How about the software? Zortrax machines use their own dedicated software, so you don't have to waste time on choosing the right one. Once you open the Z-SUITE (the software is designed by them) on your PC, you need to select your 3D printer from the menu. What pops out in the screen is a friendly, intuitive interface, dedicated for your device. Thanks to it you will not feel confused by numerous parameters to fill. One quick upload onto your flash memory card and you are ready to 3D print your first prototype. And if you have followed the instructions, your 3D printer will work. You don't have to go through a lot of 3D printing tests to find the perfect parameter set. The manufacturers do it for you, so you don't have to spend your time, or know much about 3D printing, to start creating your prototypes.
No matter how experienced you are in 3D printing, you should try using plug&play devices. They are easy and intuitive enough to be used by beginners, and if you are familiar with 3D printing, it gives you some freedom to explore the product more closely, and try new ideas. So are you convinced?
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Sara Bareilles Delights Fans With An Amazing Night Of Music At Mohegan Sun
American recording artist Sara Bareilles is in the midst of her first U.S. tour in five years. She has certainly kept busy, during that time away from the road, writing and starring in her very first Broadway play "Waitress" and also writing and recording a brand new studio album "Amidst The Chaos" (her sixth studio album). With so much music material under her belt, Bareilles poured as much of her music as she could into her 21-song, two hour set last Saturday night at the Mohegan Sun arena.
As Sara Bareilles and her 7-piece strolled on stage to take their places, her show began with a short A capella piece, "Orpheus (Prologue)," followed by the thunderous rhythm of her hit single "Fire." Bareilles was very well-spoken with the crowd, cracking jokes and even feeling genuinely overwhelmed with the response she received from the packed arena. Her voice was perfect throughout the night, as she ran through favorites like "I Choose You" and "Love Song."
Sara invited opening act Emily King to duet with her on the pop song "If I Can't Have You," which Emily also sings on Bareilles' new album. After the beautiful ballad "Miss Simone," Sara gave the audience a glimpse into the world of her Broadway show "Waitress" with a short four-song suite ("What's Inside," "You Matter To Me," "Bad Idea"). The final song of the suite was the touching, emotional ballad "She Used To Be Mine," which Sara sung solo playing just the piano.
She wowed the audience once again with her amazing vocal performance of "No Such Thing feat. Satellite Call," as the room lit up with cell phone lights. Sara Bareilles closed out her set with a couple of her biggest and most well-known hits "King Of Anything" and Brave," as the audience sang along, before returning to beautiful song "Orpheus."
After a very short break, Sara and her band took to the stage one last time for the two-song encore of "Gravity" and "Saint Honesty," as pages feel from ceiling, signaling the close of the evening. Feeling blessed that she is doing what she loves, Sara Bareilles once again overwhelmed and thanked her fans for an amazing night of music.
Setlist: Orpheus (Prologue), Fire, Poetry By Dead Men, Eyes On You, I Choose You, Love Song, Armor, If I Can't Have You, Miss Simone, What's Inside, You Matter To Me, Bad Idea, She Used To Be Mine, Uncharted, No Such Thing/Satellite Call, Let It Rain, King Of Anything, Brave, Orpheus
Encore: Gravity, Saint Honesty
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Trees Fall To Graft
In Malaysia this week, four forestry department officials, including the director, an officer and two rangers, were arrested for taking a $30,000 bribe. In exchange, they allegedly awarded illegal logging concessions. Malaysia has prized hardwoods growing in protected areas in and around its rain forests. The arrests came after an investigation by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission. According to the Malaysia Star (here), more than $100,000 in cash was seized from the house of the forestry department director, who "is said to be a millionaire." The anti-corruption team is now investigating the sources of his wealth. He and the other suspects are being held "to assist in investigations." So far this year, Malaysian authorities have made 23 arrests in 21 cases of illegal logging.
The NGO Global Witness has investigated illegal logging in several Southeast Asian countries. For example, in late 2006, its investigators posed as buyers at flooring companies. Thirteen out of 14 lumber suppliers they talked to in China said they could obtain timber from Burma across the land border despite import restrictions. Chinese companies export timber throughout the world, including to Europe and America. Global Witness said some U.S.-based companies still advertise Burmese wood flooring on their websites even though the Lacey Act now bans commerce in illegally obtained timber and wood products.
"This is just part of a wider problem," Global Witness said. "Half of China's timber imports from all countries are probably illegal and China accounts for roughly a quarter of all illegal timber being traded internationally. . . . This has a knock-on effect for other countries. For example, the U.K. imports more illegal timber than any other EU country because it buys so much from China."
The United States has banned several Cambodian officials from entering the country because of their complicity in illegal logging. The 2008 Consolidated Appropriations Act included a requirement that the U.S. Secretary of State keep a running list of foreign government officials and their family members who have been involved in corruption relating to the extraction of natural resources in their countries. The law requires the State Department to designate individuals on the list as ineligible for United States visas under Presidential Proclamation 7750 (see our post here). In June 2007, Global Witness published details about corrupt ties among Cambodian timber barons and Prime Minister Hun Sen, his wife, and other senior officials.
According to Transparency International (here), illegal cutting represents as much as 80 percent of the total lumber production in some countries. "Estimates suggest that almost $2.5 billion worth of stolen timber is traded between East and South Asian countries each year. Around the world, annual losses from illegal logging on public lands have been estimated at over $10 billion by the World Bank."
Back in Malaysia, the government announced this week that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Academy will receive training assistance from Interpol. The head of the Malaysian commission said, "Corruption is no longer a local matter to contain. It has become a global issue. With globalization and the world now being borderless where every country is doing business with every other country, unchecked corruption can pose a threat to integrity in all countries, thus giving a new meaning to the term cross-border corruption." Interpol is the world's largest international police organization, with 188 member countries. Malaysia ranks 47th on the Corruption Perception Index, tied with Cape Verde, Costa Rica, Hungary, and Jordan.
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For instance, you may have certain beliefs that overlap with the legal issues in your criminal case. In such cases, it's important to be working with a lawyer whose beliefs will not cause you conflicts during the trial.
Attorneys practicing in Sedona, Arizona aren't allowed to continue working on a trial that presents a moral, financial, or personal conflict with the client. Ethics guidelines in Sedona require the criminal lawyer to withdraw from a trial if they can't represent the client due to such conflicts. For this reason, it is absolutely essential for some clients that they have the option of hiring a Christian criminal law lawyer.
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