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This is a gallery of pictures and descriptions of a climb to the summit of 14,336 foot La Plata Peak, the fifth highest mountain in Colorado. The weather was nearly perfect this day, allowing time to linger a bit, enjoying the views on the way up; from the summit; and on the way back down. Please click on the thumbnails to view larger pictures and trail descriptions. For the complete tour start at the top left and click the "next" button on each page. Please click here to see a 360° QuickTime panorama from the summit.


WASHINGTON, DC (May 16, 2014) – Today, key public health and housing leaders, including U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan, gathered in Washington, DC, for the unveiling of a new National Healthy Housing Standard. The National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH) and the American Public Health Association (APHA) developed the Standard, a health-focused property maintenance policy targeting the nation's 100 million existing homes: single-family, multifamily, rental, and owner-occupied. The Standard can be adopted as a regulation by government agencies and as a voluntary best practice by any property owner.
In September, 2013, NCHH found that 35 million (or 40%) of metropolitan homes in the U.S. have one or more health and safety hazards as reported in the State of Healthy Housing, a comprehensive study of housing conditions in 46 metropolitan areas of the nation. That study draws on data from the American Housing Survey, which found that approximately 6.3 million housing units are considered to be substandard – a statistic that has remained relatively static for over a decade.
Between 20% and 30% of asthma cases are linked to home environmental conditions. About 21,000 lung cancer deaths result from radon in homes. Over 24 million homes that have lead-based paint hazards put children at risk of the irreversible neurological effects of childhood lead poisoning. In addition, home injuries are the leading causes of death for young children and put six million adults over 65 in hospitals and nursing homes due to falls that are too often preventable.
NCHH and APHA based the Standard on evidence from the fields of environmental public health, safety, building science, engineering, and indoor environmental quality. The National Committee on Housing and Health and a Technical Review Work Group, comprised of leading international experts and professionals, oversaw the development of the Standard.
"We hope the Standard will inspire action and cross-sector collaboration. Most of all, we hope through the implementation of this Standard we will save lives, shrink disparities, and ensure our nation's homes are the safe havens they were meant to be," said Henry Cisneros, who served on the National Committee for Housing and Health. Cisneros was the 10th Secretary for HUD and is the chairman of Cityview, an institutional investment firm focused on urban real estate.
The Technical Review Work Group considered more than 300 public comments from health and housing practitioners and advocates representing 50 different organizations, and accepted many of their insights on the Standard.
"We are calling on federal, state, and local agencies to seek the adoption of this health-based standard to ensure that every person in America has access to a safe and healthy home," said Dr. Thomas Vernon, who chairs NCHH's board of directors and also chaired the National Committee on Housing and Health.
The Standard differs from a new construction or rehab standard in that it governs the maintenance and condition of occupied dwellings.
The National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH) is the preeminent national nonprofit dedicated to creating safe and healthy housing for America's families. Our research provides the scientific basis for federal, state, and local policies and programs. NCHH has trained nearly 45,000 individuals in healthy housing practices since 2005. Our advocacy efforts ensure that health is considered in housing policy and that housing is valued as a determinant of health. Through partnerships, we can reduce health disparities in low-income communities and communities of color. Learn more about NCHH at www.nchh.org, on Twitter (@nchh), Facebook (Facebook.com/HealthyHousing), and http://vimeo.com/59202134.
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The Ever-Changing War Lit Scene
Two weeks ago I was invited to read fiction on stage in a Williamsburg, Brooklyn, bar called Pete's Candy Store. Pete's often hosts readings, but only once a year dedicates a night to veteran writing. This year's event was hosted by Kaboom author and Words After War mainstay Matt Gallagher, who had many nice things to say about me and my fellow readers Paul Wolfe, Teresa Fazio, and Brandon Willitts. Wolfe, a former Army officer now at Columbia, read fiction set in Iraq. Fazio, a former Marine officer, read from a memoir-in-progress. Willitts, a Navy enlisted veteran, read fiction set in the American west. I read an adaptation of a myth I first encountered in Ovid's The Metamorphoses called "Cyex and Alceone." My adaptation, called "Cy and Ali," holds true to the outlines of Ovid's myth, but I placed my updated story in the modern era, with action set in Afghanistan and back home. The story wasn't new—I first published it on my old blog 15-Month Adventure then later republished it in Time Now, but no one seemed to notice or mind. Two listeners liked the way I included a woman's point-of-view, which was cool. Another told me that the story made her choke up a bit. That's what you get I guess with stories based on myth: big emotions. "If you want to make your readers feel loss, make them love something and then take it away," the writing workshop maxim goes.
Brandon Willitts, Matt Gallagher, me, Teresa Fazio, Paul Wolfe
I'm working on a series of stories based on Ovid. The war lit scene has done ancient Greece to death—Sparta, Odysseus, Penelope, Antigone, etc.—so my schtick is to do classical Rome. The physical transformations of Ovid's The Metamorphoses, when updated in the vernacular of fiction, give your stories a magical realist bent, with people changing into trees and birds and such things, which really wrenches your stories out of the mode of journalistic rendering of realistic detail in a hurry, if that's what you want. I'll let you know how it works out.
The expanding and permeable borders of the veterans writing scene continue to admit new members and permute in interesting ways. In the audience at Pete's were two Army friends, Sean Case and Erin Hadlock. Both veterans, each has contributed significantly to veterans writing. Sean, who keeps an eye on the latest-and-greatest in Arabic literature, was the first to alert me to Hassan Blasim—until someone tells me otherwise, Case was the man who "broke" Blasim in America, no small achievement. Hadlock recently published an essay co-written with Sue Doe in Generation Vet: Composition, Student-Veterans, and the Post-9/11 University (2014) called "Not Just 'Yes Sir,' 'No Sir': How Genre and Agency Interact in Student-Veteran Writing" that was referred to left-and-right in panels at the recent Conference on College Composition and Communication. Apparently, "military literacy genres"—think awards, evaluations, mission orders, field manuals, storyboards, etc.—are red-hot subjects of study in academia. But Hadlock's bigger claim to fame is that she was Matt Gallagher's first squad leader in ROTC way back when at Wake Forest. Now that's saying something….
Me, Erin Hadlock, Sean Case, Matt Gallagher.
Thanks to Jillian Capewell and Lindsay Hood, the organizers of Pete's Candy Store Reading Series.
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Q: bash with multiple long options I've got a bash script that I don't want reading the bashrc or bash profile. so I tried this:
#!/bin/bash --norc --noprofile
echo ran

it gives me this error:
> ./tst.sh
/bin/bash: --norc --noprofile: invalid option
Usage:  /bin/bash [GNU long option] [option] ...
GNU long options:
    --debug
    --debugger
    --dump-po-strings
    --dump-strings
    --help
    --init-file
    --login
    --noediting
    --noprofile
    --norc
    --posix
    --protected
    --rcfile
    --rpm-requires
    --restricted
    --verbose
    --version
    --wordexp

it appears that I may only specify one long option, but I can't find that documented. the --noprofile is probably over kill, but I'm still curious why I can't specify multiple long options

A: The point is that you can specify at most one word of options on the shebang line (it doesn't have anything to do with long or short options).
More precisely, the execve function of your OS passes everything that follows #!/bin/bash as a single argument to bash. This results in the same as the execution of
bash "--norc --noprofile"

which produces your error.
As pointed out by the links in the comments (in-ulm.de/~mascheck/various/shebang/#splitting and manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/en/man2/execve.2.html) this behaviour is OS-specific, and the variations include:

*

*All words as a single argument (your case)

*Each word as a separate argument (what you were expecting)

*Only first word as a single argument

*No arguments at all

Conclusion: on your OS you can't specify multiple words of arguments for bash on the shebang line, and even if you could, you probably shouldn't, because the script would fail on operating systems that don't support multiple shebang arguments.

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SCARLETT Moffatt joins Vicky Pattison open Virtually Famous following I'm A Celebrity furore.
The Geordie pair joined fellow Newcastle native Chris Ramsay on the panel show.
But if viewers think there'd be tension between the two following, they thought right.
In fact, the girls were all smiles as they joined in the fun with Seann Walsh, Paisley Billings, Jay Hutton, Jamie Laing and Jason Byrne.
Former I'm A Celebrity winner Vicky was heavily criticised for 'plonking' the victory crown on new Queen of the jungle Scarlett.
She was slammed for being ungracious and jealous over Scarlett's win.
But Vicky – who won the show last year – took to Twitter to tell her two million followers that this wasn't the case.
She wrote: "I don't know why I bother defending myself anymore - however one last time I will. I adore @ScarlettMoffatt and Im proud of her win.
"I was TOLD by producers to be quick when passing her crown due to ad restrictions and let's not forget it was meant to be about Scarlett and not me!!!
"Yet you still can't wait to criticise and call me out on something that simple didn't exist!!!
On the show I'm A Celebrity: Extra Camp host Chris Ramsay brought up the drama on the show.
Addressing the two jungle Queens, he revealed that he was "annoyed" that the backlash that his co-star Vicky received.
He even went as far as branded the naysayers "idiots" for believing that Vicky had snubbed Scarlett.
He then said that he has a clip of the pair getting along at the ITV show's afterparty.
However, he was clearly having a laugh as what then showed was a video of two women viciously fighting.
But instead of being awkward, Scarlett and Vicky laughed of Chris' joke.
Following her I'm A Celebrity win, Scarlett has been embroiled in a bidding war as ITV want the reality star to join its channel full-time.
Virtually Famous airs Tuesday 20TH December at 10pm on E4.


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Lady Gaga's Huge New Back Tattoo Pays Tribute To 'A Star Is Born'
Lady Gaga And Bradley Cooper Are Performing 'Shallow' At The Oscars
Lady Gaga Just Brought Bradley Cooper On Stage To Perform 'Shallow'
Bradley Cooper Wouldn't Let Lady Gaga Wear This One Thing For 'A Star Is Born'
Oprah Got Lady Gaga To Address Those Bradley Cooper Dating Rumours
This Photo Has Fans Convinced Bradley Cooper And Lady Gaga Are Reunited
Lady Gaga's Public Makeout Session Was A Shut Down Of Bradley Cooper Dating Rumours
Lady Gaga And Bradley Cooper Are Set To Reunite On The Red Carpet
People Are Convinced Irina Shayk's Latest Instagram Post Is Trolling Bradley Cooper
Bradley Cooper And Lady Gaga Are Rumoured To Be Performing Together This Weekend
A Much Needed Update On What's Going On With Lady Gaga And Bradley Cooper
Fans Are Divided Over Lady Gaga Kissing A Married Musician
Bradley Cooper Has A 'Huge And Overwhelming' Connection To Lady Gaga
Fans Are Convinced Lady Gaga Is Defending Bradley Cooper After Irina Shayk Split
5 Reasons You Need To See 'A Star is Born'
Feat. Bradley Cooper's abs, and Bradley Cooper's dog - by Tamara Davis
In these trying times, a great on-screen love story is the escape we all need – and Bradley Cooper's directorial debut A Star Is Born is just the film to do that job. In case you missed it, the actor cast Lady Gaga to play opposite him in her first major movie role, and both are garnering Oscar buzz already. If you're counting down to Thursday, when the movie officially hits cinemas, let us tide you over with five reasons this one's a must-see.
But first, a quick synopsis: Cooper plays Jackson Maine, a world-famous country-rock musician whose long career in the spotlight has lead to a steady alcohol and drug habit. Longing for anonymity, he stumbles into a bar for a late-night drink and ends up meeting Ally (Gaga), a gifted but struggling songwriter. The two form an instant connection and *spoiler alert* she becomes his musical protégée and lover. Cue an intense and relatable look at the highs and lows of a relationship, set against the heady backdrop of the music world.
1. The performances
Cooper worked with a vocal coach to hone the deep southern drawl that makes his character so swoon-worthy, and had guitar lessons to perfect his on-stage credibility. He's brilliantly believable as Maine, and the scenes where he surrenders to his vices (and attempts to recover from them) are the film's most moving.
Gaga proved her acting chops when she won a Golden Globe for her role in American Horror Story: Hotel, but she scales new heights in A Star is Born. This isn't the stage-ready, Performance Art Gaga we're used to – it's a stripped back version (think no make-up, singing A capella in a carpark). Her transformation into a commercial artist is captivating, as are her emotionally fuelled scenes with Cooper.
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2. The soundtrack
Cooper and Gaga wrote and recorded the entire soundtrack, and captured many of the film's performances live. If it feels like you're watching the duo on stage at a real festival, it's because you are – the two shot scenes together at Coachella in 2017, when Gaga invited the actor on stage to join her set. Cooper also made a surprise appearance at Glastonbury last year. The soundtrack's standout hit – and the one likely to chart after the movie hits cinemas – is an emotional duet called Shallow. Watch it and weep - you've been warned.
Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper - Shallow (A Star Is Born)
3. Bradley Cooper's face/abs/etc
The A-lister tends to wear his hair short and rarely sports a beard, but he goes method with the muso look for this role with a luscious mane and grizzly facial hair. It's a seriously good look for the actor, and we dare you to watch this movie and not fall in love with him a little bit. This reviewer did. In one pivotal scene, Maine comes to the door to greet a music exec wearing only slim-cut black jeans and a belt. No one is immune to that level of sexy.
4. The cameos
The film is also a fun game of spot-the-industry-celeb. We won't spoil it for you, but there are plenty of seasoned muso's and actors that pop up in small roles (and a few major drag queens, too.)
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5. The dog
Cooper's fluffy pet pup Charlie, which he shares with longtime love Irina Shayk in real life, has an adorable cameo of his own – and hands-down steals the show. While we couldn't find a picture of Cooper's pup, here's a gorgeous photo of his family!
A Star is Born is in cinemas on Thursday.
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Tamara is InStyle's Deputy Editor, and looks after the culture and lifestyle pages of the magazine.


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Kristanna Sommer Løken () este o actriță și fotomodel american de origine norvegiană. Ea a devenit mai cunoscută prin rolul Taja din filmele  Terminatorul 3: Supremația Roboților și BloodRayne.

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Oh, Laura Wiess, why do you have to keep making me either cry or at least tear up from your books?
Although perhaps I wouldn't say that Ordinary Beauty was so much on the masterpiece level as How It Ends, still this book was powerful past words on pages. And I think I can also say that its heroine, Sayre, was my favorite out of all four Laura Wiess books. Hanna from How It Ends occasionally annoyed me, in fact: because of the dynamics of that story, it wasn't necessary to believe in her and care for her as much as it was for Sayre. From early on, Sayre wins you over with what almost appears as bleak optimism as she trudges through snow and pain to not continue the cycle of hurt that made up her childhood.
As the book develops, there are quick and vague explanations of Sayre's past that eventually ease into full narration of her history and the people she has known. It's a perfect connection between past and present, between what Sayre admits about her life in the beginning and what she reveals in the end.
Naturally, it's another heartbreaking book. But the emergence that occurs in it is also very encouraging and very applicable: "ordinary beauty" is about seeing the wonderfulness of a simple, full day. It's about love and appreciation and about first seeing and then basking in the ordinary beauty: that is what ends the cycles of violence, hopelessness, flatness, and pain.
1) Fossil Piece - This piece I bought (at the Discount Gems & Minerals place in Sedona) actually wasn't the one I had in mind: that one was long gone. However, it is of the same variety (and rather difficult to photograph, hence the extreme close-up that reveals nothing of the actual shape of the piece). It helps satisfy my reaching for anything that reminds me of Primeval, just as I once reached out for all sorts of Medieval things because they reminded me of Middle-Earth.
2) Hair Milk - I tried a bit of this a couple of years ago, but had forgotten how great it is. It's formulated with more natural type of ingredients, and just a small amount added to wet hair brings out the small amount of curl my hair has and keeps it from turning too frizzy or bulky. I sidestep most hair products, but this one is worth using.
3) Banana Republic Shorts - I happened to come across an amazing sale at Banana Republic (okay, it was actually one of their outlet stores), so I picked up two pairs of shorts (probably I could/should have gotten a third). One is dark blue with a butterfly pattern, the other black with lace-like embroidery. Very happy purchases.
4) Tyrannosaurus Necklace - You may have caught sight of this necklace already in the latest of Connor & Abby's adventures. I discovered it on ModCloth (which is a rather cool site I also recently discovered), and of course I bought it because of Primeval. It's about three inches in size and has quite the detail in it. It may be bold (it's brass, so I'm looking forward to it tarnishing and getting less shiny), but isn't a dinosaur necklace cooler than a standard owl one?
5) Burt's Bees Lip Shimmer - Though the tinted lip balms are newer than the shimmers, I had actually never tried the shimmers. They have a bit more color and a tad of shine (but not too much), and also a bit of peppermint flavor that puts in mine Tarte's lip colors. I tried out the new color, Strawberry, which gives a happy and light pink. A great staple to have.
6) Goat Milk Soap - This soap came from a booth at a craft market, but you can also buy it online (though I would recommend buying a similar soap from a local source instead). I was most intrigued by the variety, Horchata, which means that the soap smells wonderfully of cinnamon. Though it's a little on the gooey-side, I otherwise love this soap--it makes for a nice face scrub, too.
7) Laura Wiess - There are few living authors I follow closely (as in, read all their new works), but this month I have officially added Laura Wiess to the list. She's quite the capable writer.
8) Zoya Nail Lacquer - I do like green, but I don't tend to wear very bright colors, so most green nail polish shades aren't quite right for me. But then I found this earthy shade by Zoya that hits just the right level. It also brushes on smoothly, making me willing to try more from Zoya in the future (I found the brand at Ulta).
9) Tarte Cheek Stain - Someone actually gave this one to me because she didn't like it much (I think because it wasn't long-lasting enough), but I have come to like it. This is my first cheek stain, and I of course love that it's by Tarte. The form is like a giant chap stick, so you can rub or dab it straight on or apply it with your fingers. I usually dab it so as to get a very subtle amount on (otherwise you can really bring out the red, which really isn't my makeup style). Applied this way, it gives a natural look, and I haven't noticed yet that it fades quickly.
10) Alpaca Wool Hat - I was certain I had already mentioned this hat, but apparently not. I found it at another cool site called Local Harvest (click on Shop, then Farm Crafts to get to the Clothing section). Usually I've been getting the vintage hats, but I thought I could make an exception for a friendly alpaca wool hat--it's supporting happy alpacas, right? Oh, and I've been trying to practice one of Hatter's hat tricks from Alice, but it's very difficult.
Two days ago, sisters Hilly and Hannah Hindi of the Internet parody duo The Hillywood Show, of which I am very much a fan, released a new kind of video. Under the artist name "Hilly + Hannah," they released a music video to an original song, "Saturday Night," that is also available on iTunes; you can view the video by clicking here.
They revealed plans for this song months ago, and even then I wasn't sure what to think about it. Parodies and original songs? But they're certainly not the first YouTubers to release music on iTunes, and it's usually a good thing to try out new things--even if they don't turn out perfect, you can learn about what worked and what you did/didn't like about them. So while the song didn't turn out to be my favorite (I suspected it wouldn't be: Hilly and Hannah like hip hop--I don't really), I can respect and maybe even admire the experimentation and branching out.
But my disinterest in this new venture goes deeper than that, into the lyrics of the song and the form of the music video. You see, my love of The Hillywood Show (back when "Twilight Parody" was their only parody apart from the original episodes) grew, in many ways, from watching the behind the scenes videos and seeing how much fun Hilly and Hannah had putting the material together and how positive they seemed as people. That matters for my YouTube subscriptions: I like positive inspiration, if you will, even in my entertainment.
But this music video, while sleekly put together and all, just looks like a music video to me. It doesn't remind me of The Hillywood Show; I know that it isn't exactly a Hillywood production, but still . . . where is the connection to the minds behind the show and the video/song? And then there are the lyrics: they sound like standard hip hop lyrics to me, about dancing and dating/flirting. Is a "just dance" message it? I don't think I have anything against plain entertainment, but something of the wholesomeness, if you will, of Hillywood felt missing from this music video.
So while it was interesting to see something different, it's still going to be the parodies/behind the scenes that I look forward most to seeing.
If you haven't seen it yet, you can view Peter Jackson's new production video here. And, yes, it has spoilers.
There were three main things that caught my attention in this video: Radagast, Andy Serkis, and Beorn's Hall.
I remember hearing something or other about how Radagast would be in the movie, but probably tried to store away the info outside of memory (wanting to not know everything about the movie beforehand). But the brief moments in the vlog showed an actor approaching his character in as tactile a way as does Ian McKellen and a home that is as decorated a set as Bag End. Looking forward to seeing more.
And it looks like Andy Serkis has been having a good time as the second unit director; if any of the actors had this role, it seems only fitting that he be the one. I loved the shirts some of the crew were wearing, emblazoned with the words "Andy's Flying Serkis."
I literally gasped when they showed Beorn's Hall, of which I hadn't previously seen anything (I can't say for sure if anyone else had--I've been staying away from most of the production/character photos). Maybe it's just because I've spent so much time on Beowulf in a few of my classes, but it was amazing to see this Hall. What is a relatively simple space became awesome--and that bodes well for the scenes with Beorn.
Some books are like miniature drills, starting by putting little scratches in your skin and then moving on to inflict deep sores that throb and ooze tears hidden tears. It's a flowing process, a painful one, and one you will literally have to emerge from when you close that last page.
Before How It Ends, Laura Wiess brought us Leftovers and Such a Pretty Girl. (Her latest book, Ordinary Beauty, also came out last year, but I'm not sure I'll get to it before the summer is over.) In all three of these, there is uniqueness, starkness, and such emotion. How It Ends is the longest at around 350 pages and covers such ground that you won't want to speed through it too quickly.
It starts fairly simply, switching between the perspectives of teenage Hanna and her aging neighbor Helen. There are some parallels and contrasts between them, some touching moments, some harsher moments. But somewhere around the halfway point, something changes.
Layers come in, endless depths strive into view, and any and all emotions plunge into your mind through the written words. Because nothing is glossed over (sensitive readers be aware), a complete life picture can be created. You can choose many focuses through which to look at this book: feminism, youth and aging, death, sickness, romantic love, familial love, friendship, generation gaps, connections between generations, nature, medicine, school, parenthood, hidden histories, human rights, animal rights. It's fairly dense, but also so easy to read.
The language in this book is perfect. The characters' voices are their voices. Some parts read almost like a journal, some more like one person speaking to another, and each style is appropriate and fitting for each section's content. This book is stunning.
Laura Wiess is an artist.
Nick Willing is a smart guy. I have come to that conclusion.
First I watched Tin Man, enjoyed it more than I expected. Then came Alice, which I liked and may or may not have ended up buying, as well. Now we have Neverland.
The three of these were made-for-TV miniseries, based, respectively and loosely, on The Wizard of Oz, Alice in Wonderland, and Peter Pan. A recipe for disaster, right? Well, not really, not if the acting passes the test and the minds behind it all know what they're doing. And Nick Willing knows what he's doing. If you listen to the commentary on Alice, you can hear him talk about all the tiny details and all the ways he incorporated inspiration from the original story while still taking things in a different direction but somehow still doing something very similar. It's a delicate balance, and one you will have no chance of achieving if you don't understand exactly how the original story works.
I expect most people who wanted to see it have watched Brave now, but if you haven't and do not want to hear spoilers, stop reading.
Most of the reviews I glanced at before watching said that it was a good movie, but not a great one--that it would have been a very good effort from another studio, but wasn't as much as they had expected from Pixar. But unlike, it seems, most people, I never developed that awe of Pixar. Toy Story is good, of course, and I can't say Up wasn't, too. But Pixar as an entity hasn't amazed me with perfection.
And that's exactly what I thought of Brave. The first portion of the movie was more or less "usual." I thought it was finally getting better when Merida met with the witch for the first time . . . but most of what followed that scene didn't reach very high levels. And I never felt that Merida went through much of a transformation in the movie: she just makes a mistake, has a tiff with her mother, and then decides to do better. It's all very little.
Okay, it's nice to see Brave taking the unwanted marriage plot and giving it a new turn, turning it into a mother/daughter relationship story. But it could have been better. The whole bear thing, for instance, could have been more symbolic. You have the mother bear idea and the bear as a figure of power and a sort of kingliness (both Beowulf and King Arthur's names possibly contain the word "bear" in them). But instead two characters just randomly turned into bears: why? Because the witch has a one-potion-solves-all fix that turns everyone into bears, no matter what specific wish they ask her for? Who is this witch, anyway? How did Mordu meet her? What is her connection to the will-o'-the-wisps?
And why was Merida's archery emphasized so much in the beginning only to fade away?
I suppose the movie is supposed to show the truth behind mythologies, how they were formed and how we can use them. But it felt very shallow to me. It felt more like a TV movie than one to see in theatres or give too much attention. It needed more depth, and I think a fairly small amount of tweaking could have given it that. Without that, though, it's fading fast from my memory.
There have been a good amount of dinosaur-related items around me lately, which has been confusing Abby and Connor.
First, I had to assure them that this triceratops was, in truth, only a cookie. It took a moment for them to believe me.
Then they caught sight of what seemed a miniature Tyrannosaurus; Connor tried to shield Abby from its sharp teeth.
But once again, it was only my new necklace. Once I had informed them of this, the two started in on an examination of it. Abby was concerned that real dinosaurs had been harmed in the making of it, and Connor wanted to make sure it wouldn't "come back to life."
Since I enjoyed Gayle Forman's If I Stay and its sequel Where She Went so much, it was time I read one of her earlier works, as well. Sisters in Sanity is from 2007, and while I wouldn't say it is as wonderful a book as those, still it shows the development of things I enjoyed in their pages.
The basic plot is about a girl who has lost her mother and whose dad/stepmother send her to a boarding school for troubled teens that turns out to have the opposite of helpful counseling/fair living conditions; she makes friends with a couple of other girls at the school, and they help each other out and keep their spirits up by knowing that they all care. While some of the school's conditions made me indignant at the staff, somehow it became an enjoyable novel to read. There is a lightness of spirit and also a strength of character in it. It isn't so much about uncovering a harsh school (the school featured is fictional, though the author's note does point out, along with this fact, that there are schools out there not giving the proper conditions to actually help people), but about gaps and overcoming them.
There are the obvious generational gaps, the gaps between categories (similar to cliques), gaps between people in the know and people who are ignorant, gaps between those who have found healing and those who are on the way and those still in denial. This book is about overcoming whatever it is that comes to trouble you by relying on yourself, but also by confiding in love and companionship.
It's a short read--I read it over two days. Honestly, I didn't want to spend more time on it, though it is a nice piece of work. Recommended for fans of Gayle Forman's other works and readers who enjoy a good teen story.
Often I say that I have the same taste in books, music, and movies, probably with art included, too. I feel like I am always responding to the same types of things, whether in the form of a Flyleaf song or a Charlotte Bronte novel. Things may appear very different, but they may have different coloring when viewed by my eyes.
And so this brings me to the origins of art and also to its purpose. I have come very much to dislike Oscar Wilde's statement in the Preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray that "all art is meaningless" and its only value is in its beauty and aestheticism or some such thing. I disagree: art has meaning to the creator because its creation is a process (one that often comes with healing or other such products), and art also illuminates anything from an individual's experience to a society's particular (or not so particular) traits. All societies have art, in one form or another. And even tasks like planting seeds and building a basic chair have art to them.
So when it comes to art like the first four forms I mentioned (the usual books, music, movies, and paintings/sculptures/etc.), how do I like art to arise? Should it come free of itself? Should it come with intention and plans? Should it have a specific purpose or message? Should it be a question?
I think it can be any of these things, or any combination of them. Some art is very purposeful, like a documentary probably is. The director sets out with the intention to enlighten the world about a particular subject, but probably also learns some new things himself along the way (and some would argue that the thing the director learned is what made his documentary art). Or you could reference Tolkien, who set out in The Lord of the Rings to create a British mythology; but even he, he who liked to be in absolute control, built off of things like languages that had been forming in his mind for years.
That's why I think "expression" is the perfect way to describe art. An author may not know what his story means while he is writing it, but it's flowing out of his mind so that he must let it take physical form, just as human beings have always found a way to communicate no matter in what language. Somethings expression is to a certain aim and sometimes it isn't; most often, I think it is both.


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De Vijfde Coalitieoorlog (1809) was een militair conflict tussen Napoleons Franse keizerrijk en een coalitie van onder meer Oostenrijk en Groot-Brittannië. Oostenrijk leed een pijnlijke nederlaag en moest grote gebieden afstaan bij de Vrede van Schönbrunn.

Ook Nederland was een oorlogstoneel. De Britten landden op Walcheren in juli 1809 met een expeditieleger van 40.000 manschappen, in een poging om Antwerpen in te nemen. De expeditie liep echter uit op een fiasco.

Achtergrond
Oostenrijk had in 1805 een nederlaag tegen Napoleon geleden in de Derde Coalitieoorlog en werd tot een vernederende vrede gedwongen waarbij het Venetië en Tirol verloor, en het Heilige Roomse Rijk werd opgeheven. De Oostenrijkers hadden zich buiten de Vierde Coalitieoorlog (1806-1807) tegen Frankrijk gehouden, maar in februari 1809 besloot Oostenrijk in het geheim om een nieuwe oorlog tegen Napoleon te beginnen, in de hoop verloren gebied terug te veroveren en de herinnering aan eerdere nederlagen uit te wissen.

Samen met de Britten, die al vanaf 1792 continu in oorlog met Frankrijk waren geweest (met uitzondering van een korte periode van vrede in 1802-1803), vormde Oostenrijk een nieuwe coalitie tegen Frankrijk, de Vijfde Coalitie genoemd. Ook de kleine Italiaanse staten Sicilië en Sardinië namen deel aan dit bondgenootschap.

Oostenrijk moest het zonder de Russen stellen, omdat tsaar Alexander I een alliantie met Napoleon had gesloten en verwikkeld was in de Finse Oorlog tegen Zweden. Pruisen, dat een zware nederlaag tegen Frankrijk had geleden in de Vierde Coalitieoorlog, hield zich ook neutraal. Op het Europees continent stond Oostenrijk dus grotendeels alleen tegen Frankrijk en diens bondgenoten.

Bij het uitbreken van de oorlog was de aandacht van Napoleon elders gericht, op het Iberisch Schiereiland. Portugal weigerde toe te treden tot het Continentaal stelsel (een handelsembargo gericht tegen Groot-Brittannië). De Fransen marcheerden in 1807 Spanje binnen met het excuus de Britse bondgenoot Portugal te bezetten, en op 1 december van dat jaar werd Lissabon ingenomen. Napoleon zette de Spaanse koning af en zette zijn broer Jozef Bonaparte op de Spaanse troon. Dit leidde tot een Spaanse opstand en guerrillaoorlog, de Spaanse Onafhankelijkheidsoorlog.

Verloop

Duitsland
Op 10 april staken Oostenrijkse troepen onder bevel van aartshertog Karel de Inn over en vielen Beieren, een Franse bondgenoot, binnen. De Oostenrijkers maakten korte metten met de Beierse troepen en bereikten de brug over de Isar bij Landshut op de 16e. Een dag later was een groot deel van het Oostenrijkse leger al over de Isar. De Oostenrijkers trokken vervolgens in de richting van de Donau.

De Oostenrijkse aanval kwam als een verrassing voor de Fransen, die daardoor niet snel konden reageren. Met de komst van Napoleon op de 17e begonnen de Fransen echter een tegenaanval. Op 19 april versloeg veldmaarschalk Davout de Oostenrijkers in de Slag bij Teugen-Hausen. Een dag later versloeg Napoleon de Oostenrijkers in de Slag bij Abensberg, en op 21-22 april versloeg Davout de Oostenrijkers in de Slag bij Eckmühl. De Oostenrijkers werden uit elkaar gedreven maar waren nog niet verslagen. Ze behaalden zelfs een kleine overwinning door op 20 april de brug over de Donau bij Regensburg in te nemen.

Terwijl de Oostenrijkers zich uit Beieren terugtrokken naar Bohemen en Oostenrijk, namen de Fransen in de Slag bij Regensburg (19-23 april) de Donaubrug bij Regensburg weer in. Hierbij werd Napoleon verwond door een kogel die zijn enkel trof. Dit was de enige keer dat Napoleon ooit verwond raakte tijdens zijn oorlogen.

Napoleon kon nu zijn aandacht zuidwaarts richten, op Oostenrijk zelf. Na een aantal treffen met de Oostenrijkers, waaronder de Slag bij Ebersberg op 3 mei, namen de Fransen op 13 mei de Oostenrijkse hoofdstad Wenen in. Het was de tweede keer dat de stad in Franse handen viel; de eerste keer was in 1805.

Omdat de bruggen over de Donau vernietigd waren, bouwden de Fransen provisorische bruggen bij Wenen en begonnen de Donau over te steken. Met twee derde van het Franse leger aan de noordkant van de rivier viel aartshertog Karel met het Oostenrijkse leger de Fransen aan. In de daaropvolgende veldslag, de Slag bij Aspern-Eßling (21-22 mei), werden de Fransen verslagen en trokken zich terug. De Franse maarschalk Lannes sneuvelde toen hij dodelijk door een kanonskogel werd getroffen. De veldslag was de eerste grote nederlaag van Napoleon.

Napoleon wachtte op versterkingen en waagde pas zes weken later, op 30 juni, een nieuwe poging om de Donau over te steken, ditmaal met succes. Napoleon stond nu met 188.000 man tegenover het Oostenrijkse leger van 150.000 man. Bij het dorp Deutsch-Wagram kwam het op 5 juli tot een beslissende veldslag, de Slag bij Wagram. De enorme veldslag bleef onbeslist tot de volgende dag, toen Napoleon met een massaal artilleriebombardement door een batterij van 112 kanonnen grote gaten in de Oostenrijkse linie sloeg. Aartshertog Karel besefte dat het een kwestie van tijd was voor het hele Oostenrijkse leger uit elkaar zou vallen, en beval een terugtrekking in de richting van Bohemen. De Fransen achtervolgden de Oostenrijkers en in midden-juli tekenden Napoleon en Karel een wapenstilstand.

Italië
Ongeveer tegelijkertijd met de Oostenrijkse inval in Beieren vielen Oostenrijkse troepen onder bevel van aartshertog Johan Italië binnen.

Aartshertog Johan versloeg op 16 april een Frans-Italiaans leger onder bevel van de Italiaanse onderkoning Eugène de Beauharnais in de Slag bij Sacile. Eugène de Beauharnais wist echter het tij te keren door een kleine overwinning te behalen in de Slag bij Piave op 7-8 mei. Op 14 juni kwam het tot een nieuw treffen, de Slag bij Raab, waarbij de Oostenrijkers nogmaals het onderspit dolven. Door deze nederlaag kwam aartshertog Johan te laat om de Oostenrijkse nederlaag in de Slag bij Wagram te voorkomen. Eugène de Beauharnais kon echter wel op tijd zijn troepen naar Oostenrijk dirigeren en deelnemen aan Wagram.

Polen
Na de Vierde Coalitieoorlog had Pruisen Polen verloren, dat in 1807 een Franse vazalstaat werd, het Hertogdom Warschau. Bij het uitbreken van de Vijfde Coalitieoorlog vielen 36.000 Oostenrijkse troepen onder bevel van aartshertog Ferdinand Karel Jozef Polen binnen. Poolse troepen onder bevel van Józef Poniatowski versloegen de Oostenrijkers echter in de Slag bij Raszyn op 19 april. De Oostenrijkers namen nog wel Warschau in, dat door de Polen onverdedigd was gelaten, maar bleven daar vastzitten terwijl de Poolse troepen Galicië en andere Poolse gebieden onder Oostenrijkse heerschappij binnenvielen.

Nederland
De Britten kwamen pas in juli in actie, toen Oostenrijk de oorlog al verloren had. Een Brits expeditieleger van 40.000 soldaten landde op Walcheren op 30 juli in een poging om de belangrijke havenstad Antwerpen in te nemen. Zeeland was deel van het Koninkrijk Holland, een Franse vazalstaat. De Britten kwamen echter niet ver, hoewel ze wel Vlissingen innamen. Zo'n 4.000 soldaten bezweken aan malaria voordat de troepenmacht uiteindelijk in december werd teruggetrokken.

Gevolgen
Bij de Vrede van Schönbrunn, die op 14 oktober in het Schönbrunn-paleis in Wenen werd getekend, moest Oostenrijk opnieuw grote gebieden afstaan. Frankrijk kreeg Karinthië, Krain, Triëst en Dalmatië, die samen de Illyrische Provincies van Frankrijk werden. Het Hertogdom Warschau kreeg de Poolse bezittingen van Oostenrijk, waaronder Galicië en Krakau. Oostenrijk moest ook herstellingen aan Frankrijk betalen en het Oostenrijkse leger moest worden teruggebracht tot een sterkte van 150.000 man.

Na de oorlog bereikte Napoleons Franse keizerrijk zijn grootste omvang. Bijna heel Europa was nu Frans, als vazalstaat, bondgenoot, vriend of verslagen vijand. In 1810 trouwde Napoleon met de Oostenrijkse aartshertogin Marie Louise, waarmee hij een langdurende vrede tussen Frankrijk en Oostenrijk hoopte te bereiken. Zijn desastreuze veldtocht tegen Rusland zou echter heel Europa tegen hem keren en tot zijn nederlaag in 1814 leiden.

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Geschiedenis van Duitsland
Geschiedenis van Nederland in de 19e eeuw
Napoleontische oorlogen
Oorlog in Europa
Oorlog in de 19e eeuw
Oorlog van Beieren
Oorlog van Italië
Oorlog van het keizerrijk Oostenrijk
Oorlog van Saksen
Oorlog van het Verenigd Koninkrijk
Oorlog van Zwitserland


A new briefing issued today distils the key findings from the recently released Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) for the buildings sector.
AR5 represents the most comprehensive overview of climate science to date and is the fact base that will be used by governments and businesses to formulate climate policy in the coming years.
The GBPN worked together with the following partners on distilling the AR5 content into concise, clear, and relevant findings: Buildings Performance Institute Europe (BPIE), World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), Cambridge Judge Business School (CJBS), European Climate Foundation (ECF).
In 2010, the world's buildings accounted for 32% of global final energy use and 19% of all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Under business-as-usual projections, use of energy in buildings globally could double or even triple by 2050.
Widespread implementation of best practices and technologies could see energy use in buildings stabilise or even fall by 2050. Many mitigation options promise multiple co-benefits.
Many barriers exist to greater uptake of energy-saving opportunities. But know-how exists on retrofitting and how to build very low- and zero-energy buildings, often at little marginal investment cost.
The very long life-cycles of buildings create risks of energy use 'lock-in'. Using state-of-the-art standards immediately, for both new and retrofit buildings, would alleviate this hazard.
Buildings face major risks of damage from the projected impacts of climate change, having already experienced a big increase in extreme weather damage in recent decades.
The briefing highlights how the impacts of climate change such as heat stress, extreme precipitation, inland and coastal flooding, landslides, air pollution, drought, and water scarcity pose risks in urban areas that are amplified by a lack of essential infrastructure and services or by living in poor-quality housing and exposed areas. Improving housing and resilient infrastructure systems could significantly reduce vulnerability and exposure in urban areas.
Building codes and appliance standards, if well designed and implemented, have been among the most environmentally and cost effective instruments for emission reductions. Substantially strengthening these codes, adopting them in further jurisdictions, and extending them to more building and appliance types will be key factors in reaching ambitious climate goals and in helping adapt to the changing climate.
The briefing is being distributed across the buildings industry with a call for action to address this global threat.
The report is one of a series of thirteen, based upon The Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). AR5 represents the most comprehensive overview of climate science to date and is the fact base that will used by governments and businesses to formulate climate policy in the coming years. Sustainable Fisheries Partnership, the European Climate Foundation, the University of Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) and the Cambridge Judge Business School have worked together to distil relevant AR5 findings into concise, clear, relevant findings and visuals derived from, and in line with, the original text.
The set of summaries cover the broad implications of climate change, how the IPCCC works and give an overview of the physical science, as well as adaptation and mitigation options. The specific summaries cover the energy sector, investors and financial institutions, the transport sector, the tourism industry, the agricultural sector, fisheries and aquaculture, the defence sector, primary industries, cities, buildings and employment.


Today's managers need to be equipped with the right skills to deal with the growing number of challenges facing them, including dealing with the competition, coping with ethical dilemmas, identifying and hiring talent, managing diversity, building sustainability, and adapting to the latest technology. This course will provide students with a thorough understanding of management, with a focus on the characteristics of successful managers, manager development, and the importance of critical thinking in management. Using a theoretical approach, this course will encourage students to define effective management and identify the strategies necessary to be successful business managers. Upon completion of this course, students will be fully prepared to begin working as business managers.


Lenov expands its IdeaPad U-series the new 15-inch U510 Ultrabook, joining the 13-inch U310 and 14-inch U410. At 21mm thick, the U510, as a Ultrabook, is pretty heavy at about 2.2kg. It is powered by 3rd gen Intel Ivy Bridge processor up to Core i7 and up to 8GB of RAM to deliver high performance. The notebook can be equipped with 500GB, 750GB or 1TB hard drive and optional 24/32GB SSD cache drive for enhanced performance.
The 15-inch Ultrabook also managed to pack a DVD burner or Blu-ray drive. It supports Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity and comes with integrated webcam and stereo speakers. Lenovo will release the IdeaPad U510 in September with starting price of $679.


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TRAILS FOREVER
TRAILS FOREVER Legacy Fund
Cuyahoga Valley National Park has over 100 miles of trails for you to hike, bike, run, horseback ride, and ski – but funding from the National Park Service alone isn't enough to maintain these trails.
TRAILS FOREVER Legacy Fund, an endowment, lets you give back to the trails that have enriched your life. Your gift ensures future generations will have access to a maintained, world-class trail system.
Here are a couple examples of how your contributions support Trails Forever:
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East Rim Mountain Bike Trail
With support from the Conservancy, Cuyahoga Valley National Park officially opened its first mountain biking trail in spring 2016. The initial 2.3-mile East Rim Trail allows bikers, hikers, and runners to explore a unique area of the Cuyahoga Valley. An additional 6.5-mile loop was completed in the spring of 2018. Funding for the East Rim trail system was provided by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, ODNR Recreational Trails program, National Parks Centennial Challenge, S. L. Gimbel Foundation Fund, People for Bikes, and contributions from individual donors.
Photo: Conservancy Staff
Tabletop Trail
In the fall of 2014, Conservancy TRAILS FOREVER donors and volunteers helped restore and reopen Tabletop Trail after 10 years of being closed due to flood damage. New features on this stretch of the Wetmore Trail system included better erosion control, drainage features, and reinforced creek banks. The final work was completed on Make A Difference Day when nearly 100 volunteers helped put the finishing touches on the restored trail.


The Nana Agyeman Badu Park at Dormaa-Ahenkro will be the centre of attraction on Sunday as people from far and near will throng the ancient Brong Ahafo town to witness the coronation of the new Ghana Premier League champions, Aduana Stars.
This is the second time Aduana Stars will be crowned GPL lords after they were led by the late Herbert Addo to win the trophy on their debut in the elite league seven years ago.
Aside the pomp and circumstance which will be associated with the celebration, the patron and bankroller of the club, Oseadeayo Agyeman Badu II, is expected to give the whole ceremony a royal touch with his presence, while the entire Dormaa-Ahenkro township will be is thrown into a carnival mood with music and dancing.
The newly crowned champions will engage neighbours Berekum Chelsea, who placed eighth in the just-ended league with 42 points, in a friendly encounter to mark the occasion.
After missing the title narrowly last season under Romania's Cioaba Aristica, Aduana Stars appointed Coach Yusif Abubakar, who bagged 57 points from 30 matches with the unflinching support of the Dormaahene, his technical team and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Albert Commey.
The Dormaa-based club are already looking to the future with hope as they kick-start the upgrading of their home ground to meet the standards of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and help them achieve their CAF Champions League group stage target.


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Christian Aid calls on UK Government to adopt Labour's proposal on global debt crisis
Christian Aid has welcomed the UK Labour party's announcement of plans for an Overseas Loan Transparency Act which will establish a new compulsory register of overseas loans.
The proposed new Act would require all lenders from the UK to disclose loans to foreign governments, and was announced today ahead of the G20 Finance Ministers meeting this weekend.
Christian Aid's Head of UK Advocacy Tom Viita said:
"There are now 31 countries in debt crisis, making this a global problem which needs international solutions from the G20, but the G20 must not be a group to hide behind.
"The vast majority of international loans in Africa are made under English law because it allows a cloak of secrecy over lending, so the buck stops with the UK Parliament to bring real transparency or continue to allow unjust debt to cripple developing countries.
"Labour's welcome move piles yet more pressure on the UK Government to close these secrecy loopholes. We urge the Government to close the loopholes that allow secret loans and shut down the predatory vulture funds operating in the City of London."
Labour's move comes after Christian Aid last month called on the UK to step up and meet its moral responsibility to avert debt crises in developing countries that are often struggling to recover in the wake of humanitarian emergencies
In a Christian Aid report, The New Global Debt Crisis – published in collaboration with the Jubilee Debt Campaign – the international development organisation urged the UK Government to end its complicity in exacerbating the already desperate situations faced by some of the world's poorest countries.
The full Christian Aid debt report can be downloaded here: caid.org.uk/debt-report
For more information please contact James Macintyre at jmacintyre@christian-aid.org
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A Drinking Club with a Running Problem
Sin City Hash House Harriers and Harriettes
About Hashing
Next SCH4 Event
SCH4 HYPER HASH July 18, 2019 at 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Phil's Lounge, 11662 Lebanon Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45241, USA $8. Come and hyper hash
Next Licking Valley Event
Licking Valley July Hash July 25, 2019 at 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm LVH3 July hash will be at SCH4 Campout Thursday evening July 25.
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Saturday Hash July 27, 2019 at 4:00 pm – 11:01 pm Celtic Festival
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QCH4 #53 July 23, 2019 at 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm The Wood Bar, 1763 Sherman Ave, Cincinnati 45212 HTS and Creamy
Next Miami Valley Event
R#N 037: Hyper Hash August 1, 2019 at 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
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Running Competitor (2012)
CityBeat San Diego (2002)
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Pittsburgh (2011)
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Hash Songs
Hashes consist of two key elements. The trail, and also the circle. The circle is a celebration where hashers accuse one another of various "crimes" from on trail …and to sing songs when people drink. Hash songs are often parodies of classic songs, very few of them are appropriate. Most are exceedingly inappropriate. A collection of hash songs!
Rehash / Hash Trash Summaries
There was a time when a summary of each hash event was written. This, to preserve knowledge of this event for future generations. Our collection of ReHash / Hash Trash summaries!
What is Hashing?
Running Amuck
by Emily Abedon writing for Beer Across America
"DRINKERS WITH A RUNNING PROBLEM," is their defining sloga. Beer is their driving force.
They are the Hash House Harriers (a.k.a. hashers)–beer aficionados who run, and runners who drink beer–and their historic club spans the globe.
Hashing is a sport loosely modeled after the old English schoolboy game of "hare and hounds." One ore more "hares" sets up a path, marked with flour, lime, or chalk, and the "hounds" then follow the hasH-mark trail.
According to a Pittsburgh club's Web page, the hounds follow the four-eight-mile trail because:
1. They don't know any better.
2. There might be beer along the way.
3. It might go interesting places.
4. There might be beer at the end.
In fact, places that have been "hashed" include shopping malls, cemeteries, swamps, jungles, beaches, college dormitories, slag heaps, and the Hollywood sign. One hash even took a group of runners on a plane from San Diego to Los Angeles.
The history of such antics is rumored to be ancient, but goes back at least as far as the 1930's, when British soldiers in Malaysia ran to work up a thirst before heading to their favorite tavern. Today, there are several hundred hashing clubs around the world, all utilizing terms consistent with those of their English forefathers.
There are guidelines, but no rules. The run is cooperative; the pack works as a team to find the trail. You don't have to drink beer; there are usually soft drinks and water at each stop. You don't even have to run. You can walk, crawl, or even shimmy.
"On-on!" comes a jubilant shout when members of the pack find they're on the right trail. "Shiggy" is the mud, sludge, swamp, storm drain, or whatever particularly messy terrain the pack has been drawn through in this arguably pointless quest. "Down-down!" calls the boisterous crowd when beer consumption is in order. Those with unfinished beverages run the risk of having them dumped over thier head.
Most hash clubs run locally once a week. Special hashing events take place on Halloween, April Fools' Day, or pick-a-day-any-day at a variety of locations across the country. Local hash hotlines detail weekly happenings. And hard-core hashers travel the nation, and even the world, for Interhash events–mega-shindigs that have been known to involve hasher hellions in various stages of undress, as well as tremendous amounts of shiggy, not to mention beer, beer, and more beer.
Second to hashers' love of the illustrious malt beverage is their love of bawdy humor. Runners embarking on their first hash are labeled virgins. After a half dozen or so hashing events, a hasher gets a name. Usually it's a title with an explicitly dirty double entendre.
Stark Nekked, Vibrator Dependent, Open Wide, Sweet Cheeks, Bunny Banger, Melon Molestor, Dirty Harry, Mutha, and Tight Lips are a few of the somewhat milder names. One married couple is fondly known as Grunt and Groan. The hasher at the front of the pack, vying to be first to the beer, is known as an FRB–Front Running Bastard.
Kentucky-born hasher Chuck Magera–whose nickname can't be mentioned here–hashed close to 20 miles last year through the jungle-like terrain of Orlando, Florida, to a dreamy oasis finish line–more than 100 kegs of beer. In six years of hashing, he has encountered trouble when hash marks brought his group onto an airport runway; thanked fate when he found his future wife, "Bo Peep." on a hash cruise to Nassau; and indulged in total hedonism via naked jaunts with a busload of hashers through unsuspecting cities.
But the attorney can be a lot more serious than his hashing persona would indicate. He has trained fast and hard and won numerous 5K races.
"Hashing is a good complement to racing," Magera says, "because you can't be serious all the time, or you'll go nuts. It's totally non-competitive. It's the opposite of racing."
In fact, the word "race" is strictly forbidden at hashes. The slightest mention can bring serious consequences to the offender. A popular punishment is sitting on ice and chugging a beer. Other hash crimes include wearing new shoes, having a birthday, getting lost, and getting found.
Georgia native Mike Henderson's hash name, Dawggie Style, stuck after an amorous Labrador attached himself to the runner's leg in front of a group of hashers. His interest in hashing seems to stem from a three-way split among beer, running, and sociability.
"It's amazing. You meet people from all over the place," Henderson says. "I mean, obviously beer is loved around the world. People run around the world. And silliness seems to be universal as well."
"I've got friends from all over," says Babette Burstein, a 10-year veteran of hashing.
Nicknamed Maui Waui after a stint in Hawaii, Burstein helped celebrate the international spirit at a post-Olympics Interhash in Atlanta, sponsored by the city's seven hash groups. Close to 100 compatriots attended the three-day event, which featured a party, a pub crawl, and a hash run with a dozen or so kegs.
Burstein says her friends may have funny names, but most of them are professionals with great senses of humor and excellent outlooks on life.
"We've got doctors, lawyers, nurses, accountants, carpenters," says Burstein, an administrative assistant at an engineering firm. "They've got a lot of responsibility during the week, and on weekends hash runs are a great stress release."
It appears the desire to let off some steam is universal. Last year's World Interhash brought 3,500 people from all over the world to Cyprus. In April 1997, sneakers will meet suds in Trinidad.
The Internet has become a popular method of finding fellow hashers in exotic locales. There are thousands of hash sites on the World Wide Web.
Jennifer Cox (Eager Beaver to her hashing pals) has been following the shiggy trail for eight years and hopes to keep it up for the rest of her life. Several men she introduced to her hobby didn't quite understand her love for the hash. Needless to say, those guys didn't make the final cut. The man she married is a happy hare.
"I think hashing brings the world closer together," says Cox, "uniting people who just want to stay healthy and enjoy beer."


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Q: How to delete range of items from database with gorm Every time I run a gorm query to delete a range of rows from a table I get the following error.
(/home/gregf/code/go/src/github.com/gregf/gormtest/main.go:39)
[2015-06-24 18:55:56]  [0.34ms]  SELECT  id FROM "podcasts"

(/home/gregf/code/go/src/github.com/gregf/gormtest/main.go:50)
[2015-06-24 18:55:56]  near "LIMIT": syntax error

(/home/gregf/code/go/src/github.com/gregf/gormtest/main.go:50)
[2015-06-24 18:55:56]  [0.82ms]  DELETE FROM "episodes"  WHERE (podcast_id = '1') LIMIT 4 OFFSET 2
2015/06/24 18:55:56 &{{0 0   false } near "LIMIT": syntax error 0 <nil> 0xc20802c280 0xc20802c140 0xc20802f900 2 <nil> <nil> false  map[gorm:started_transaction0xc2080380c00xc20805a1c0:true] map[]}

Running the query in sqlite3 directly returns just fine
DELETE FROM "episodes"  WHERE (podcast_id = '1') LIMIT 4 OFFSET 2;
Run Time: real 0.000 user 0.000000 sys 0.000000

Example code
package main

import (
    "log"

    "github.com/jinzhu/gorm"
    _ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
)

type Podcast struct {
    Id       int
    Title    string
    RssUrl   string `sql:"unique_index"`
    Episodes []Episode
}

type Episode struct {
    Id         int
    PodcastID  int
    Title      string
    Url        string `sql:"unique_index"`
    Downloaded bool
    Guid       string `sql:"unique_index"`
}

func main() {
    db, err := gorm.Open("sqlite3", "cache.db")
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }
    db.LogMode(true)

    db.CreateTable(&Podcast{})
    db.CreateTable(&Episode{})

    rows, err := db.Table("podcasts").Select("id").Rows()
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }

    for rows.Next() {
        var podcastId int
        rows.Scan(&podcastId)
        err := db.Table("episodes").Where("podcast_id = ?", podcastId).
            Limit(4).
            Offset(2).
            Delete(Episode{})

        if err != nil {
            log.Printf("%s\n", err)
        }
    }
}

A: Looks like it's a problem of sqlite3 driver.
Please check this thread: How do you enable LIMIT for DELETE in SQLite?
You need to pass flag SQLITE_ENABLE_UPDATE_DELETE_LIMIT to this driver somehow. Unfortunately, I have no idea how, because the driver uses "amalgamation" of SQLite source code and documentation says that you cannot use SQLITE_ENABLE_UPDATE_DELETE_LIMIT with it (https://www.sqlite.org/compile.html).


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Marwa Ba'abad, Stefan Cramer and Aaron Bermange
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Yemen has long been a focus area for the Strategic Peacebuilding Programme (SPP), which carries out peacebuilding processes in the country. It is vital to our work to understand the impact of Coronavirus in the country to date, and its likely future impact, so that we can adapt our programme accordingly. The Ebola outbreak in the DRC was chosen as a case study because there are clear lessons to be drawn from the response to this outbreak. At the same time, while the countries are different in many ways, there are also strong parallels between the conflicts which ravage both countries. This complicates responses to disease outbreaks immensely.
This background briefing has three main purposes:
To provide a background to our research project and to provide an overview of the four briefings.
To provide a brief background to the history and conflicts of both DRC and Yemen, as well as
the disease outbreaks.
To outline conditions in the DRC and Yemen which will have particular impact on the response
to disease outbreaks. In the case of the DRC, the general and health infrastructure shall be
analysed, whilst for Yemen the focus will be on the macro-economic activities and developments.
Image credit: Credit Will De Freitas, Wadi Hadramaut.
Marwa Ba'abad, Head of International Projects
Stefan Cramer, Projects Officer
Aaron Bermange, Projects Assistant
Updated: 28th December, 2020
Conflict, Disease Outbreak and Containment
Chances for Peace in the Third Decade
This is the final briefing in a series that began in 2003. The briefing looks back to a 2012 briefing, which assessed the state of global security in the first decade of the twenty-first century. It then looks forward to the decade ahead by taking into consideration the key events and trends from the past ten years.
Marib: A Yemeni Government Stronghold Increasingly Vulnerable to Houthi Advances
This paper adds color to the monochromatic narrative that has developed around Marib in recent decades by highlighting its rich history, complex social fabric nd important role in the national economy.
Shabwa: Progress Despite Turmoil in a Governorate of Competing Identities
This paper provides an overview of the political and tribal dynamics that resulted in Shabwa's marginalization in recent decades.
PS21 Event Podcast: What Does "Security" Mean in 2020?
As Covid-19 reshapes the world and Britain begins its Integrated Defence and Security Review, what does the word "security" really mean in 2020
WarPod Ep #21 | Dissecting the Overseas Operations Bill
Abigail Watson is joined by Camilla Molyneux and Mark Goodwin-Hudson to discuss the Overseas Operations Bill.
Looking Back to Look Forward: The Value of ORG's Approach to Conflict
This briefing, the penultimate contribution to a series that began in 2003, revisits some of the early issues. These briefings were written at the beginning of the so-called "war on terror".
Made in Marib: A Local Response to Instability and Violence
This guest briefing by Camilla Molyneux discusses how community leaders in Marib, a region in Yemen, have addressed local drivers of instability and violence with significant success.