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Q: How to use scala.xml.transform.RuleTransformer in UDF? (gives scala.MatchError: scala.xml.Node) I am attempting to register a Spark UDF in order to help me transform a XML string from a table but am getting the following exception. May I know what am I missing? I am using Scala 2.12.10 and Spark 2.4.4.
package org.mt.experiments

import org.apache.spark.sql.SparkSession

import scala.xml.transform.{RewriteRule, RuleTransformer}
import scala.xml.{Elem, Node, NodeSeq}

object Launcher2 {

  case class Student(name: String, books: String)

  def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {

    val spark = SparkSession
      .builder
      .master("local[*]")
      .enableHiveSupport
      .getOrCreate

    import spark.implicits._

    spark.udf.register("cleanXML", (xmlDoc: Node) => {
      new RuleTransformer(new RewriteRule {
        override def transform(node: Node): NodeSeq = node match {
          case e: Elem if e.label == "author" => NodeSeq.Empty
          case node => node
        }
      }).transform(xmlDoc)
    })

    val andy = Student(
      name = "Andy",
      books = "<books><book><<title>Functional Programming in Scala</title><author>Paul Chiusano and Runar Bjarnason</author><year>2014-12-26</year></book><book><title>Real and Complex Analysis</title><author>Walter Rudin</author><year>2015-05-19</year></book></books>"
    )
    val studentDF = Seq(andy).toDF()
    studentDF.createOrReplaceTempView("studentDetails")
    val tokDF = spark.sql("SELECT name, cleanXML(books) as books FROM studentDetails")
    tokDF.show(false)
  }
}

ERROR
Exception in thread "main" scala.MatchError: scala.xml.Node (of class scala.reflect.internal.Types$ClassNoArgsTypeRef)
    at org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.ScalaReflection$.$anonfun$schemaFor$1(ScalaReflection.scala:760)
    at scala.reflect.internal.tpe.TypeConstraints$UndoLog.undo(TypeConstraints.scala:69)
    at org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.ScalaReflection.cleanUpReflectionObjects(ScalaReflection.scala:926)
    at org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.ScalaReflection.cleanUpReflectionObjects$(ScalaReflection.scala:925)
    at org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.ScalaReflection$.cleanUpReflectionObjects(ScalaReflection.scala:49)
    at org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.ScalaReflection$.schemaFor(ScalaReflection.scala:740)
    at org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.ScalaReflection$.$anonfun$schemaFor$1(ScalaReflection.scala:761)
    at scala.reflect.internal.tpe.TypeConstraints$UndoLog.undo(TypeConstraints.scala:69)
    at org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.ScalaReflection.cleanUpReflectionObjects(ScalaReflection.scala:926)
    at org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.ScalaReflection.cleanUpReflectionObjects$(ScalaReflection.scala:925)
    at org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.ScalaReflection$.cleanUpReflectionObjects(ScalaReflection.scala:49)
    at org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.ScalaReflection$.schemaFor(ScalaReflection.scala:740)
    at org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.ScalaReflection$.schemaFor(ScalaReflection.scala:736)
    at org.apache.spark.sql.UDFRegistration.register(UDFRegistration.scala:192)
    at org.mt.experiments.Launcher2$.main(Launcher2.scala:22)
    at org.mt.experiments.Launcher2.main(Launcher2.scala)

A:
Exception in thread "main" scala.MatchError: scala.xml.Node (of class scala.reflect.internal.Types$ClassNoArgsTypeRef)

The error says that scala.xml.Node is not supported as a type of a UDF function as an input or output.
According to the scaladoc of RuleTransformer.transform:

transform(...): Seq[Node]

So the following code that you want to register as the cleanXML user-defined function returns an unsupported type and hence the exception.
(xmlDoc: Node) => {
      new RuleTransformer(new RewriteRule {
        override def transform(node: Node): NodeSeq = node match {
          case e: Elem if e.label == "author" => NodeSeq.Empty
          case node => node
        }
      }).transform(xmlDoc)
    }

You could simply .headOption.map(_.toString).getOrElse(...) or similar to work it around.


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Miami Gardens, Florida, USA; Buffalo Bills wide receiver Cole Beasley (11) runs with the ball during the second half against the Miami Dolphins at Hard Rock Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports
By Andrew Erickson
From obsolete to elite.
That's the only way to describe the 2020 Buffalo Bills after they were crowned AFC East champions for the first time since 1995.
No player deserves more credit for the team's massive leap than quarterback Josh Allen, who improved his adjusted completion percentage from 71.1% (30th) to a whopping 79.1% (sixth), which helped lead to a fantasy QB1 finish. Even the team's expected points added (EPA) per play mark went from 30th to fifth in one season.
The offense ultimately finished the season with the third-most passing yards along with the fifth-most points scored, and there is little doubt the squad can't repeat those outputs in 2021. The head coach/offensive coordinator combination of Sean McDermott and Brian Daboll returns for a fourth straight season, and the personnel (sans John Brown for Emmanuel Sanders) looks nearly identical to the unit that gave opposing defenses the blues in 2020.
2021 Team Preview
Jan 24, 2021; Kansas City, MO, USA; Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen (17) runs the ball against the Kansas City Chiefs during the first quarter in the AFC Championship Game at Arrowhead Stadium. Credit: Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports
Skeptics will consider Allen a prime regression candidate after his unbelievable 2020 season, but the numbers paint a different picture. His league-leading 23.3 expected fantasy points per game and modest 6.5% passing touchdown rate (seventh) are tell-tale signs that his production should remain stable. Facing the league's second-easiest strength of schedule for quarterbacks (and the easiest schedule for the first five weeks) also makes Allen a sure-fire bet to easily meet his fantasy draft day cost.
The Bills quarterback has the luxury of playing in an offense that loves to pass the ball. Buffalo threw at the sixth-highest rate on early downs (61%), averaging nearly 32 passing attempts per game (third).
If all else fails, Allen has his legs to fall back on. Since entering the NFL, he has compiled at least 400 rushing yards and eight rushing touchdowns in each of his three seasons.
Allen can further expand his chemistry with Stefon Diggs, which is a terrifying thought for opposing defenses. The former Viking led the league in games with at least 90 receiving yards during the regular season (10) and finished second overall in PFF receiving grade (90.9). Diggs also finished fifth in yards per route run (2.5) and third in fantasy points per game (20.6). That was all in Year 1 with Allen following a truncated offseason.
Diggs' 29% target share doesn't project to be going anywhere, and so drafters should have the utmost confidence in selecting him as a top-three wide receiver and as a backend first-rounder in PPR formats.
Even so, there's room for his red-zone role to grow. Among all of Diggs' accolades, he was mortal when targeted in the red zone (68.9 PFF grade, 42nd). He also commanded just as many end-zone targets as rookie Gabriel Davis, which is odd because Diggs is the clear alpha.
Nov 8, 2020; Orchard Park, New York, USA; Buffalo Bills wide receiver Stefon Diggs (14) runs with the ball after a catch against the Seattle Seahawks during the first quarter at Bills Stadium. Credit: Rich Barnes-USA TODAY Sports
Unless the 2020 fourth-rounder takes a big leap in Year 2 — currently the No. 4 option on the depth chart — expect Diggs and Allen to lock down their connection in the red zone in 2021.
The entire passing game will be prolific, so snagging any ancillary wide receivers is a sharp move for fantasy drafts. They are all being vastly undervalued (ADPs outside the top 125 overall and the top 55 wide receivers).
However, be sure to not overlook the Bills' running backs despite how atrocious the team's backfield was last season. Uber-efficient offenses create more scoring opportunities for all players, including a team's running game.
RB ZACK MOSS
Zack Moss is in the driver's seat to emerge as the RB1 in the Bills' backfield after averaging 11.1 fantasy points per game in his eight games where he saw double-digit touches. In his healthy starts, the team averaged more rushing attempts per game (25 versus 22), so it's possible his absence contributed to Buffalo being so pass-heavy.
Bills running back Zack Moss turns upfield after catching a short pass.
Regardless, it ended up being an overall lackluster season for all Bills running backs, as they finished 29th in cumulative fantasy points scored at the position. The unit would have ranked even worse if it weren't for a random RB9 finish from third-string running back Antonio Williams in Week 17. Even so, drafters should want pieces of high-powered offenses, and Moss is one of the cheapest parts available (RB35 ADP).
The team's success will create scoring opportunities for Moss. When available last year, he got the nod in terms of goal-line touches over the rushing quarterback. He had more carries inside the five-yard line (eight versus six) and inside the 10-yard line (14 versus nine) than Allen. The Bills quarterback has also performed well above expectation in the rushing touchdowns department over the past two seasons, leaving some room for regression that could benefit Moss.
The second-year running back also has the chance to completely neutralize Devin Singletary's role as the team's primary back on third downs. Moss was PFF's highest-graded pass blocker (89.9) on true pass sets, which could lead to more third-down snaps. Singletary ranked 45th with a 45.2 grade.
Just be wary of Buffalo's tough early-season schedule. With matchups against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Miami Dolphins and Washington Football Team (top-13 run defenses in 2020) followed by three plus-matchups, Moss seems destined to be a late-bloomer in 2021.
WR Cole Beasley
Cole Beasley can't continue to be drafted as the WR64. Understandably, his ADP has fallen due to off-field concerns, but he's going to be a supreme value if his situation clears up by the time the season kicks off. Last season, Beasley finished 33rd in fantasy points per game and 27th in total receiving yards (967). From the slot, Beasley ranked No. 1 in the NFL in yards (948) and second in PFF receiving grade (90.8).
Considering he's almost guaranteed to reprise his 88% slot snap rate from 2020, Beasley provides any roster a solid floor with some surprising upside in a pass-first offense. He posted two top-three finishes last season.
WR Emmanuel Sanders
With Sanders being 34 years old, it's tough to get too excited about him. But there's no denying he has fantasy value in a high-powered offense. His numbers last year don't necessarily indicate his production is about to fall off a cliff, either.
Sanders finished 22nd in target rate per route run (22%) and 31st in yards per route run (1.84) among wide receivers with at least 50 targets while playing with a rotating carousel of quarterbacks for the New Orleans Saints. In his 13 healthy games, he averaged 12.6 fantasy points per game (37th).
Reports out of Bills' camp claim that Sanders is working ahead of Gabriel Davis on the depth chart. Sanders would also see a massive boost if Beasley were no longer in the picture because he'd most likely cannibalize the vacated snaps and targets from the slot.
WR Gabriel Davis
Gabriel Davis fans weren't thrilled when the Buffalo Bills opted to sign veteran free agent Emmanuel Sanders to a one-year deal for 2021. It looked like it was wheels up for Davis as a breakout candidate after the team released John Brown, but the Sanders signing has people pumping the brakes.
But while Sanders may delay the breakout, it's far from being completely shut down.
Davis' downfield archetype — 17.3-yard average depth of target (aDOT), seventh-highest in the NFL — is the complete opposite of Sanders' recent usage. The veteran hasn't posted an aDOT higher than 13.0 yards since 2016.
Dec 7, 2020; Glendale, Arizona, USA; Buffalo Bills wide receiver Gabriel Davis (13) scores a touchdown against the San Francisco 49ers during the second half at State Farm Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports
Davis still has a path to a second-year breakout. He was PFF's second-highest-graded rookie wideout on targets 20-plus yards downfield (98.8), and his overall volume of high-value targets was utterly impressive as a rookie.
The former UCF standout finished with just two fewer deep targets than Stefon Diggs and posted an identical 25% end-zone target share. His air yards share (19%) was better than established veteran teammates in Brown and Cole Beasley.
The rookie put up at least 68 receiving yards or scored a touchdown in nine games. He ended the season strong, amassing192 receiving yards on only six receptions across his last two games before injury. That netted him a 90.7 PFF receiving grade.
Allen proved last season that he can support multiple fantasy wide receivers, as his guys scored more fantasy points than any other team's group. Savvy fantasy managers should be all about trying to acquire the team's big-play wideout. It won't be surprising if he hauls in double-digit touchdowns (he scored seven last year) in the Bills' high-powered offense.
Just be patient if the team relies on the older veterans to start the season. It will only be a matter of time until Davis makes his impact. Buffalo ran 11 or 10 personnel (87%) more than any team last season, so Davis can still be involved in the offense, even as the No. 4 on the depth chart.
RB Devin Singletary
Zack Moss and Devin Singletary were huge disappointments last year. Singletary finished the 2020 regular season as the RB32 and Moss as the RB48 (he missed three games).
But their ADPs have fallen so dramatically (Singletary is routinely available in the 16th round) that both have become value propositions. Breakout running back performances often tend to emerge from ambiguous backfields, and that's exactly what Buffalo has to offer.
Moss appears like the No. 1 runner, but teams can make strange decisions. They can opt to follow a hot-hand approach, which could lead Singletary to a larger role than Moss advocates (like myself) would care to admit.
Moss also has a track record of injuries from his college days to his first year in the NFL, so there's a non-zero chance he misses games in 2021.
That would promote Singletary to clear RB1 status, as we saw last year when Moss missed time.
In those five contests, Singletary saw a 75% snap share and nearly 77% of the team's running back opportunities.
Devin Singletary | 2020
Backfield Duties Fantasy PPG Snap % Expected fantasy PPG Touches per game Carries per game Team RB opp. share
W/ Zack Moss 8.6 56% 9.5 11.1 8.8 52%
W/o Zack Moss 10.1 75% 13.0 14.6 11.0 77%
He'd also likely see positive regression in terms of touchdowns after finishing last season with just 8% of his fantasy points from scores — worst in the league.
Scoring has been the major missing component to Singletary's fantasy appeal. Otherwise, he's been efficient churning out yardage. He ranks fifth in 15-plus-yard rushes (23) and sixth in missed tackle rate forced per touch (25%) since 2019.
That's not half bad for a player with an RB46 ADP who also happened to finish sixth in routes run (318) and 16th in receptions (38) at the position in 2020.
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Plaintiff Satyendranath Das ("Das") appeals pro se from a grant of summary judgment affirming the denial by the Commissioner of Social Security ("Commissioner") of his claim for underpayment for the year 1990 and his request for totalization of benefits for work done in the United Kingdom ("U.K."). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a grant of summary judgment. Hermes v. Secretary of Health & Human Servs., 926 F.2d 789, 790 (9th Cir. 1991). The Commissioner's decision "should only be disturbed if it is not supported by substantial evidence or it is based on legal error.' " Id. (quoting Green v. Heckler, 803 F.2d 528, 529 (9th Cir. 1986)). We affirm.
Das believes that the reduction of his 1990 monthly benefits should be determined by using the number of months he actually received benefits prior to the age of 65 rather than the number of months he was entitled to receive benefits. Das cites Jacobson v. Weinberger, 398 F. Supp. 575 (S.D.N.Y. 1975), to support this contention. The claimant in Jacobson applied for and received benefits twelve months prior to reaching age 65. This twelve month period was used to calculate the reduction of claimant's monthly benefits. Compared to the claimant in Jacobson, Das believes that he is being treated unfairly because the SSA used the thirty-five month period during which Das was entitled to receive benefits to calculate Das's reduction of benefits despite the fact that his benefits were withheld for most of this period.
Das's confusion stems from the definition of the word "entitled." Both 42 U.S.C. § 402(a) and the Code of Federal Regulations § 404.310, provide the criteria for entitlement: 1) attainment of age 62, 2) accumulation of the requisite number of work quarters, and 3) application for benefits.3 We must defer to the Commissioner's interpretation of the Social Security Act unless it is unreasonable. Das v. Department of Health & Human Servs., 17 F.3d 1250, 1254 (9th Cir. 1994). The only reasonable interpretation in this case is that entitlement, and thus the period used for calculating a reduction in benefits, begins when the claimant meets the three requirements listed in the 42 U.S.C. § 402(a) and 20 C.F.R. § 404.310. When Das applied for benefits at age 62, he became entitled to receive benefits. The fact that his benefits were withheld while his earnings exceeded the allowable maximum amount does not change this conclusion.4 Thus, the thirty-five month period used by the SSA to calculate the reduction of Das's monthly benefit amount during the year 1990 was correct.
Das also argues that he should be able to benefit from the U.S.-U.K. totalization of benefits agreement, Agreement on Social Security Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Feb. 13, 1984, U.S.-U.K., T.I.A.S. No. 11086, 1985 WL 167272 (Treaty) ("Agreement"), entered into pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 433, to receive credit for his contributions to the U.K. social security system. Das believes that the Agreement requires the SSA to consider his U.K. contributions in determining the amount of benefits owed. This is not the correct interpretation of the Agreement or authorizing statute.
The Agreement is designed to allow contributions to one system to be considered in determining eligibility in the other system. Agreement, 1985 WL 167272 at * 4. Section 433, the statute which authorizes the Agreement, specifically precludes dual coverage. 42 U.S.C. § 433(c) (1) (B) (i) (1997). As the SSA has explained to Das on multiple occasions, he has a sufficient number of work quarters in the U.S. to qualify for U.S. benefits. Thus, the Agreement is of no help to Das. We conclude that the Commissioner's determination that the Agreement does not apply to Das is based on a sound interpretation of the relevant law.
Alternatively, Das seeks assurance that he will not be penalized (have his U.S. benefits reduced) if he receives U.K. benefits. The record indicates that Das has not attempted to apply for additional benefits from the U.K., nor has the SSA taken any action to reduce Das's benefits based on any possible U.K. entitlement. Therefore, this issue is not ripe for our consideration. See Lee v. Oregon, 107 F.3d 1382, 1387-88 (9th Cir. 1997).
42 U.S.C. § 402(q) (1997) (emphasis added).
(1) is a fully insured individual.
(3) has filed application for old-age insurance benefits ... for the month preceding the month in which he attained retirement age.
42 U.S.C. § 402(a) (1997) (emphasis added).
Who is entitled to old-age benefits.
(c) You apply; or you are entitled to disability benefits up to the month you become 65 years old. At age 65, your disability benefits automatically become old-age benefits.


I am a fan of Chuvaness because I dig her acerbic wit. She is lifestyle blogger with a Japanese street style aesthetic and an obsession with immaculate bathrooms. Reading her blog for years has given me a good grasp of her voice. For today's Writing Room assignment, I was tasked to compose an entry using another blogger's voice. I did not have to think twice and chose Chuvaness as my reference.
My car broke down today and my driver is on leave. It was a last-minute pandemonium. I had no choice but to take the MRT to my meeting in Quezon City. Those who know me well can attest to the fact that I consider anything north of Megamall to be out of town. Good thing my meeting was set for lunchtime so I had the luxury of skipping the rush hour crowd.
My optimism was dashed the moment my Uber driver dropped me off at Ortigas station. The sidewalk was so narrowly barricaded that only one person can pass through it at a time. The elevator was not working as well so I had to take a gazillion steps to the top. By the time I reached the ticketing area, I was met by an intense queue. The people looked exhausted and I immediately felt the same way. It was hot and not well-ventilated. This was already 11am, but the crowd is still major. My Margielic ensemble could not handle the heat, the inefficient ticketing system which mixed both Beep card top-ups and single journey purchases, and the telenovela running on the TV screens. I mean, why? It did not even have subtitles. Is this a reference to the daily drama at the MRT?
By the time I passed through the turnstiles, I did not feel like a worldly, efficient commuter anymore. I felt tired. I walked to the far end of the platform to reach the designated area for women, children, expectant moms, and seniors. I stayed in the women-only area and ignored the people around me who did not seem to understand the system of properly queueing for their turn to ride the train. The platform was hot and humid. Not Chuva-approved.
The train arrived after an eternity, and it was just timely that the air condition was down. Great. This is summer and Manila. The train moved excruciatingly slow. I prayed the rosary to Trinoma. I asked for patience. And a miracle for Manila.


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Last week we had somewhat of a lull in esports action, with only League of Legends World Championships grabbing the eye amongst the big three titles, League of Legends, Dota 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Sure, there were qualifiers in Dota but the respective scenes are now well and truly back into the swing of things.
Can Astralis put a stop to the FaZe Clan hype train?
The new Counter-Strike roster put together by FaZe clan has been nothing short of superb since its inception. Yet again Danish in-game leader Finn "karrigan" Andersen has brought together a selection of individual talents and made them sing from the same hymn sheet, something that not many other leaders have achieved. Across ELEAGUE and ESL New York, the latter a tournament in which they romped to victory, they have won a staggering 20 pistol rounds and only lost six. For Counter-Strike aficionados, it's clear just how important and impressive that statistic truly is.
FaZe faced what many thought a big challenge late last night against Danish side North, but despite looking mortal at times they squeezed past 16-12 on Mirage and 16-10 on Inferno to book a slot in the ELEAGE Final which takes place this weekend. They will meet, for the first time since roster changes, Astralis. The formidable Danish side have struggled to hit the lofty heights that saw them win a major earlier in the year, but have made it through to the final after stumbling over the line against North American squad Cloud9. The only prior matchups to go off saw FaZe beat Astralis in a best of one back in New York. Astralis are known for depth in tactics, so should they be able to knock FaZe out of their comfort zone and put them on maps that they're not quite proven on yet they will most definitely have a chance.
This is most definitely the sternest test that FaZe will have faced. Astralis will be ready, but can the star-studded mix squad continue to swat aside all that step into their path?
Can Team Liquid notch the first tournament of the new Dota season?
Dota 2 events are like London buses, you wait what seems an age for one and then four come along at once. Away from cheesy metaphors, the Dota 2 season is back, and back with a bang. This weekend will see the conclusion of the season's very first minor. Out in Kiev, eight of the world's best are battling it out for their share of $300,000. The International 7 winners, who each took over $2,000,000 after winning the lion's share of the record-breaking $25,000,000 prize pool return to the LAN stage and will be looking to show they're still motivated for up and coming fixtures. Their group stage performances were incredibly solid, with the team looking calm, relaxed and as if they're still thoroughly enjoying their Dota. They're the first, and currently only team confirmed in the semi-finals and on what we've seen thus far, not many will be able to challenge them.
North American roster compLexity haven't been seen on the international stage for a while, but have looked strong already out in Kiev. They dismantled The International 7 runners up Newbee in their first game and may well be the second team to cement their place in the semi-finals. The tournament is vitally important, as it represents the first opportunity for players to acquire "performance points", new for this season, that will be used to quantify who should be invited to Valve's flagship tournament come August.
That's not to disregard the other teams at the event either, as very little Dota has yet been played. Natus Vincere will be looking to show that they mean business and are finally set to put up a run of form that will see them again respected in the Dota scene. Make no mistake, they will have the full backing of what's sure to be a packed crowd out in Kiev, as they're one of a few select CIS favourites. Midlaner Danil "Dendi" Ishutin is still an iconic name in Dota 2, but it's been a fair while since his laning prowess has been up there with the best midlaners in the popular MOBA.
Will Natus Vincere announce that they're back this weekend? Will Kyle "melonzz" Freedman captain his team to minor glory? Maybe it'll just be another weekend of utterly beautiful Dota and sheer dominance from Team Liquid. Only time will tell.


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Louisville Girls High School > About Us
To see young girls become women of integrity in the society.
Christian values of truth, justice and the fear of God.
Moral values and principles that will enable them to freely make right choices.
The love of learning and academic excellence.
Skills development for self-reliance and global relevance.
A family spirit and selfless giving of self in service to others
Sint Unum (Oneness with God, self and the whole of creation), Simplicity, Charity, Accountability, Hard work, and Creativity.
OUR FOUR FOCAL POINTS
Louisville Girls have four focal points geared towards helping them realize their expected goals. These are:
ABOUT LOUISVILLE GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL
Louisville Girls High School Ijebu Itele is owned and managed by the Institute of the Sisters of St. Louis, a religious group of women. The Institute was founded in 1842 in France by Abbe Eugene Marie Louis Bautain with a vision of 'a world healed, unified and transformed by the saving wisdom of Christianity' and a mission to particularly instruct the young, care for the sick and work for the salvation of souls. Presently, the central house (headquarters) is in Dublin, Ireland. In Nigeria, the provincial house where the leader and proprietress of the school, Sr. Isabel Mann with her team reside is in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital.
The Sisters of St. Louis are in nine countries of the world: France, Ireland, Brazil, Nigeria, Ghana, Benin Republic, Ethiopia, USA, and the United Kingdom, but with a very active mission in Africa. The St. Louis Sisters arrived in Nigeria (Kano State) in 1948. There are presently about 140 sisters of St. Louis working in Nigeria.
Louisville Girls High School was established on 11th January 1998, in a quiet rural community, Ijebu Itele, devoid of all forms of distraction. It is an environment that is highly conducive to learning. There are presently sixty-five teachers, twenty-eight clerical and forty-five utility staff, and five hundred and eighteen (518) students for the 2016/2017 academic session.
LGHS is one of the finest investments in your daughter's future. We offer comprehensive education, VAT (Value Added Teaching) inclusive. Together with other girls from different states, beliefs and tongues, your daughter is assured of being molded into a humble, intelligent, loyal, honest, kind, generous, obedient, God-fearing and focused individual among future women of integrity.
With our regular assessment, the entire members of staff are competent in their field. The teachers are hard-working and professionally trained; the results over the years have proved their worth and competence.
EXPLANATION AND SYMBOLISM OF THE ST. LOUIS CREST
A glance at the St. Louis Crest, the coat of arms, used in all St. Louis schools is the surest way of making contact with the distinctive spirit of the Institute of the Sisters of St. Louis.
A sword encircled by a crown of thorns
The central device, a sword encircled by a crown of thorns, recalls at once the Institute's chief patron saint, King Louis IX of France and his part in the Crusades; it was he who recovered the crown of thorns from the Saracens and housed it in the Sainte‑Chapelle, Paris.
A fleur‑de‑lis,
Opposite the tower is a fleur‑de‑lis, emblem of the Kings of France, recalling the Congregation's French origin. According to an old tradition, the use of this heraldic device began in the reign of France's first Christian King, Clovis I, for whom it represented the lily given him by an angel at his baptism.
The inverted chevron of gold chain
The inverted chevron of gold chain symbolises the "strong bond of the true Christian union" which welds the members of the Institute into the unity of a religious family. The golden chain and the sword are in conjunction cruciform. This fundamental symbol of Christianity recalls God's love for man.
St. Louis IX "Dieu le veult", "God wills it"
The motto of St. Louis IX "Dieu le veult", "God wills it", was the rallying cry of the Crusaders. It bespeaks chivalry, courage, courtesy, enthusiasm ‑ all the virtues required by the ideal of Christian knighthood. Union in charity is again emphasized by the motto of the Sisters of St. Louis "Ut sint unum", "that they may be one", a prayer which was especially dear to the founder, Abbé Louis Bautain.
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A couple years ago I was saying "Twitter what?" and today I'm utterly addicted. Initially, I thought of the social media site as another wannabe Facebook. And I was way too confused…tweet, retweet, follow, reply, @ mentions, hash tags, and not to mention the 140 character limit. All of my hesitation is typical of someone who is not an early adopter.
As time went on, I saw how celebrities, athletes, and companies were jumping on the Twitter wagon. So I joined. I first followed big names like Ryan Seacrest and Oprah Winfrey. I began to understand Twitter's concepts and the site's massive sharing power. Before I knew it, I loved it.
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50 Years of Doctor Who
077 The Chase Episode 6: The Planet of Decision
EPISODE: The Chase Episode 6: The Planet of Decision
OVERALL EPISODE NUMBER: 077
STORY NUMBER: 016
TRANSMITTED: Saturday 26 June 1965
WRITER: Terry Nation
DIRECTOR: Richard Martin
SCRIPT EDITOR: Dennis Spooner
PRODUCER: Verity Lambert
RATINGS: 9.5 million viewers
FORMAT: DVD: Doctor Who - The Space Museum/The Chase
"I shall miss them. Yes, I shall miss them, silly old fusspots."
The travellers ascend in the lift with the Mechanoid to it's city. The Daleks fetch equipment from their ship to cut through the wall and follow. The travellers are herded into a room but the Doctor isn't happy. Inside the room is a bearded man: He is astronaut Steven Taylor, marooned when his ship crashed. He assumes they are rescuers sent from Earth and is overcome. He has been a guest of the Mechanoids for two years, robots who were sent from Earth to prepare the world for colonisation. They await a command code that never came. The Mechanoids are holding them as specimens monitoring all they do and say. The Daleks summon the lift and prepare to confront the Mechanoids. There is a way out from the cell onto the roof of the city 1500ft above the ground. The travellers see this as an escape route: Ian finds some power cable which he thinks they can lower and climb down. The Daleks enter the city and confront the Mechanoids.
Neither side will back down and a pitch battle ensues. Vicki is overcome by the height so the others lower her as the city catches fire in the battle. Steven charges inside to retrieve his cuddly panda mascot. The travellers make it to the ground but there's no sign of Steven. They shelter in the Tardis as the city is destroyed. Emerging later they find the Dalek time craft empty and abandoned. Ian & Barbara realise that since it works properly they would be able to get home. While they go into the machine to talk with the Doctor, Steven stumbles out of the jungle and into the Tardis. The Doctor isn't keen on Ian and Barbara leaving, claiming it could kill them, but Vicki talks him into it. He programs the machine for one flight to London 1965 and then sets it to self destruct. The machine dematerialises leaving the Doctor and Vicki together. Ian & Barbara materialise in a warehouse opposite White City Tube Station and leave just before the time machine is destroyed. Ian and Barbara are overjoyed to have returned home to London and then wonder how they will explain their absence. The Doctor and Vicki watch on the Time Space Visualiser, as the Doctor admits he will miss his friends. The Tardis leaves Mechanus, with it's remaining crew unaware that they have a guest.
After a five episode build up in many ways this episode is a bit of a let down. The Doctor effectively lets the Mechanoids solve their problem for them.
We do get to find out who & what these robots are as marooned astronaut Steven Taylor explains:
DOCTOR: You mean there's no other human beings here on this planet?
STEVEN: No, nothing except the Mechanoids.
BARBARA: Where do they come from, do you know?
STEVEN: You don't know? But this is Mechanus.
IAN: Sorry?
STEVEN: Look, about fifty years ago Earth decided to colonise this planet. Well, it landed a rocket full of robots programmed to clear landing sites, get everything ready for the first immigrants.
VICKI: And they didn't arrive?
STEVEN: No. See, Earth got involved in interplanetary wars. I suppose this place was forgotten.
Be interesting to know when this is and what interplanetary wars Earth has got involved in.....
Steven is played by actor Peter Purves, then aged 26. His short acting career to that point had most of the usual suspects on it including Z-Cars and Dixon of Dock Green. He'd already appeared in The Chase episode 3 Flight Through Eternity as American tourist Morton Dill. As far as the Tardis crew knows he perishes in the city while retrieving his panda mascot HiFi but the viewer gets to see Steven on the ground evading a Fungoid, presumably Ken Tyllsen the only "WITH" credited on this episode. So we know he's got out the city. What we don't know is his final fate..... and for that you'll need to come back next episode!
We get a new Dalek arm attachment this episode the electrode unit which they use to cut their way into the lift shaft. The seismic detector, seen in earlier episodes, also features. The Doctor's box of tricks, created in episode three and carries around since then, finally gets used against the Daleks invading Steven's living space and is what causes the fire that destroys the Mechanoid city.
The Mechanoids are another attempt, like the Vrood and the Zarbi, to repeat the success of the Daleks and find the next big Doctor Who monster. This time they're little more than a Dalek rip off, another race of machine creatures. A shell, with a weapon projecting from it, in this case their flame thrower.
How they ever got away with that in the studio I'll never know but next story the Daleks get one too!
In fact there's a very famous publicity image of producer Verity Lambert lighting her cigarette off of the Mechanoid's flame thrower!
In fact there's a large number of publicity shots & off screen photos existing for The Chase, some of which can be found on the DVD but, like this one, there's even more out there on the internet if you look!
Mechanoid Merchandising exists in the form of plastic toys in several sizes and appearances in the Daleks TV21 comic strip, long overdue for a new collection as the previous one 1994's Dalek Chronicles goes for a pretty penny on eBay!
If you're a Doctor Who fan you'll be able to hazard a pretty good guess as to what the next big monster was, but they're not due to show up for another season and a half yet!
There's three Mechanoids in this episode: Murphy Grumbar, who was in the previous episode and Jack Pitt & John Scott Martin. Both were Zarbi in the Web Planet. Scott Martin was Dalek operator in episodes 1-4 while Pitt was the Mire Beast in episodes 1 & 2 and the cabin steward in 3. Both then were the mysterious "WITH", probably Fungoids, in episode 5..
Director Richard Martin has reused several of the cast of his previous story the Web Planet over the course of this story:
ACTOR Web Planet The Chase EPISODES
John Scott Martin Zarbi Dalek
Mechanoid 1-4
Jack Pitt Zarbi Mire Beast
Cabin Steward
Ian Thompson Hetra Malsan 2
Arne Gordon Hrostar Guide 3
Roslyn DeWinter Vrestin Grey Lady 4
The battle between the Daleks and the Mechanoids is over by the 18 minute mark of the episode leaving the rest of the time top deal with the departure of the Doctor's last two initial companions. Very little has been made of trying to get them home recently, in fact I don't think the subject has come up since Susan left. But it's obvious they want to go home when the chance, in the form of a working time machine, presents itself:
BARBARA: Ian, do you realise we could get home?
IAN: Home? Yes. Do you want to?
BARBARA: Yes. I never realised it before.
IAN: Neither did I. We may never get another chance.
BARBARA: Do you think we could work it?
IAN: Well, would the Doctor take us?
BARBARA: Let's ask him.
DOCTOR: I don't want to know! I want none of this! I've never heard such nonsense in my life! You'll end up as a couple of burnt cinders, flying around in space. You idiots! You are absolute idiots!
I wonder how much of this is the Doctor being serious about the risks of travelling in an alien time machine, which has seemed to have served the Daleks very well, and how much is overstatement because he doesn't want to loose Ian & Barbara, his last link to his Granddaughter Susan.
Years later, in Talons of Weng Chiang, we meet the hideously deformed Weng Chiang who has had an accident with a time machine!
But Ian & Barbara are insistent....
BARBARA: We are not idiots! We want to go home!
IAN: Yes, home! I want to sit in a pub and drink a pint of beer again. I want to walk in a park and watch a cricket match. Above all, I want to belong somewhere, do something, instead of this aimless drifting around in space.
DOCTOR: Aimless? I've tried for two years to get you both home!
IAN: Well, you haven't been very successful, have you?
DOCTOR: How dare you, young man. How dare you, sir! I didn't even invite you into the ship in the first place. You both thrust yourselves upon me!
BARBARA: Oh, Doctor, stop it!
DOCTOR: Oh, for heavens sake, I've never heard such nonsense.
BARBARA: Look, I know we thrust ourselves upon you, but we've through a great deal together since then. And all we've been through will remain with us always. It'll probably be the most exciting part of my life. Look, Doctor, we're different people, and now we have a chance to go home. We want to take that chance. Will you help us work that machine?
In the end it's Vicki assuring the Doctor that she will stay that persuades him to let them try:
VICKI: Doctor? Doctor, you've got to let them go if they want to. They want to be back in their own time.
DOCTOR: Don't you want to go with them, child?
VICKI: What for? What would I want to be back in their time for? I want to be with you. Doctor, you've got to help them.
DOCTOR: Don't you realise, child, the enormous risks?
VICKI: But it's up to them.
But Vicki herself is evidentially sorry to see the two older companions leave when they do go.
Ian and Barbara do make it home safely, materialising in a garage in sight of White City Tube station with a car tax disc confirming when they arrived. The garage is on the lot at Ealing Film Studios where the filmed battle sequence for this episode were shot and this sequence was shot on 10th May 1965.
At this point this sequence is directed by Douglas Camfield who was due to take charge for the next story with a series of still images shot on 6th May 1965:
Ian & Barbara visit Trafalgar square then Albert Embankment & Westminster Bridge. Both previously featured as locations during episode 3 of Dalek Invasion of Earth.
We've seen Barbara stand in that spot before: she and resistance fighter Jenny were pushing the crippled Dortmun as Daleks crossed the bridge!
We then see a real life Police Box in Bayswater Road before they visit Kensington Gardens. As you can see they're very happy to be home together.
Their final stop is Regent Street where they board a Routemaster bus and get a shock at the fares going up in the two years they've been away!
The Bus Conductor they encounter is played by regular series stunt man, and regular Camfield associate, Derek Ware. He made his début on the first Doctor Who story An Unearthly Child (Production Assistant: Douglas Camfield) as the uncredited fight arranger, a role he repeated on The Aztecs: Temple of Evil. He finally gets an on screen credit both as a Saracen Warrior and the fight arranger in Camfield's previous story, The Crusade. Ware's group HAVOC would provide stunts for many Doctor Who stories. He returns as an uncredited Trojan Soldier as well as the Fight Arranger in Myth Makers 4: Horse of Destruction before fight Arranging Dalek Masterplan 7: The Feast of Steven and appearing in episodes 9 & 10, Golden Death & Escape Switch, of the same story as Tuthmos. He's the Spaniard in episodes 1, 3 & 4 of The Smugglers - he fight arranges that last episode too, fight arranges episodes 1 & 4 of Camfield's Web of Fear as well as appearing in episode 4 as a soldier. He's The Ambassadors of Death: Episode 2 as a UNIT Sergeant and Episode 7 as a UNIT Soldier before playing Private Wyatt in episodes 1-3 of the next story, Camfield's Inferno. He fight arranges the fist episode of the story after that, Terror of the Autons before making his final, and possibly most famous, on-screen appearance in The Claws of Axos: Episode One as Pigbin Josh!
This is the last time we see Ian & Barbara on screen but apparently the powers that be wanted to give them a brief cameo at the end of the Massacre, witnessing the Tardis depart from Wimbledon Common. Many years later we came so close to getting Ian back during 1983's Mawdryn Undead. William Russell was unavailable for filming as teacher Ian Chesterton so the function was filled by Nicholas Courtney's Brigadier having retired to teach maths.
If you want my opinion then yes, Ian & Barbara did go off together, get married and live happily ever after!
As I write William Russell is alive and well, if advancing in years, and has regularly contributed commentary to Doctor Who DVDs. Jacqueline Hill, who played Barbara, took a break from acting to raise a family, returning to the trade in the late 70s when her appearances included a guest role in the Tom Baker story Meglos. Sadly she was taken ill with cancer and died in 1993. A tribute to her can be found on the recently released Doctor Who - Meglos DVD.
Ian & Barbara's trip round London has been watched by The Doctor and Vicki, using the Space Time Visualiser for the last time so they know their friends are home safe:
VICKI: Doctor, they made it! They made it!
DOCTOR: I shall miss them. Yes, I shall miss them, silly old fusspots. Come along, my dear, it's time we were off.
We also bid farewell to two members of behind the scenes staff. Script Editor Dennis Spooner takes leave of his post with this story. His tenure on staff was brief but he'll be back writing the next story as well as a good proportion of next year's Dalek Masterplan. This is the last Doctor Who directed by Richard Martin. Popular with the cast he seemed to get lumbered with technical monster stories which perhaps weren't quite his forte. It's interesting contrasting the Daleks under his direction to that of Christopher Barry in their first appearance and Douglas Camfield in their next. He had a long career in television working on a variety of programs.
The audio of this episode was edited together with new narration by Dalek Voice artist David Graham and as a record by Century 21 Records in the UK during 1966. The Chase was one of the last Target Books to be released, novelised by John Peel. It was released on VHS in 1993 as part of Doctor Who's 30th anniversary in a limited edition Dalek tin with Remembrance of the Daleks then on DVD in 2010 when it was packed with the Space Museum.
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076 The Chase Episode 5: The Death of Doctor Who
EPISODE: The Chase Episode 5: The Death of Doctor Who
RATINGS: 9 million viewers
"We will take no prisoners. Eliminate on sight!"
The episode title appropriateness meter is out again but suspects, due to the presence of the robot Doctor, that we're gonna get conned here!
The Doctor, Ian & Barbara explore the jungle on the planet Mechanus examining the plants which are surprisingly mobile. Ian thinks it's the perfect place to fight the Daleks. Vicki sneaks out of her hiding place in the Daleks' time machine. The Doctor and his group follow some lights to a cave where Vicki finds what looks like a weapon. Vicki hammers on the Tardis door but nobody is there to let her in while the plants continue to attack her. Vicki's screams are heard by the others so Ian & The Doctor leave to find her. The Daleks engage the attacking plant life. Meanwhile the robot Doctor finds Barbara and tells her Ian is dead. The real Doctor and Ian, carrying the unconscious Vicki return to the cave to discover Barbara gone. Ian searches for her but when Vicki wakes she thinks the Doctor is the robot but when Ian returns she is convinced and tells them of the robot. Ian finds Barbara who is attacked by the robot. The robot flees the scene, returning when the real Doctor arrives. There's an argument but they figure out which Doctor is the robot when he gets Vicki's name wrong and calls her Susan. The real Doctor defeats the robot. The Daleks guarding the Tardis decide to search the jungle at daybreak. The travellers spend the night in a cave during which they are monitored by a mechanical eye. In the morning, with clearer skies, the travellers are able to see a city raised high above the jungle they are in. The Daleks approach them, so the Doctor pretends to be the robot duplicate but fails and the Daleks attack. A door opens at the back of the cave revealing a strange, almost spherical Mechanoid which invites them to enter.....
Yeah this episode struggles. It's main problem is that for most of the time it's obvious which is the Doctor and which is the double due to a different actor playing the duplicate in most of the scenes. So when the robot Doctor gives himself away by calling Vicki Susan, the name of the Doctor's now departed granddaughter, it doesn't come as a surprise.
ROBOT DOCTOR: Chesterton, now's your chance. Destroy it. Destroy it with a rock! Susan, don't look this way, it'll be nasty.
BARBARA: Ian, don't. That's the Doctor!
There again it's not unknown for the real Doctor to get someone's name wrong is it?
The eventual fight is quite effective and the confrontation beforehand is realised by using Hartnell twice. I think lessons are learnt here and the next time there's a duplicate of the Doctor the two are kept apart allowing Hartnell to play both roles.
Doubles is a repeated theme in Doctor Who: we meet a real double of the First Doctor in the form of the Abbot of Amboise in The Massacre while the Second Doctor's double is the villainous Salamander in Enemy of the World. we don't meet a double of the Third Doctor but he meets duplicates of all his UNIT friends in the alternate universe of Inferno. The fourth makes up for it by meeting his twice: an Android Duplicate in The Android Invasion (Writer: Terry Nation. Don't waste a good idea Tel) and the shape shifting Meglos in the story of the same name. His companions meets doubles a few times too: Harry Sulivan is duplicated by a shape shifting Zygon in Terror of the Zygons and then, like the Doctor , his other Companion Sarah and Sgt Benton is duplicated in the Android Invasion. Romana then models her second body on Princess Astra someone she met in the Armageddon Factor. The Fifth Doctor's companion Tegan meets doubles of herself in the realm of the Mara while Nyssa meets her double Ann Talbot in Black Orchid. Omega models a new body on the Fifth Doctor in Arc of Infinity before the Doctor, Turlough and Tegan are duplicated by The Daleks in Resurrection of the Daleks.
Following the defeat of the robot the Doctor tries to impersonate the Robot Doctor to deceive the Daleks which strikes me as one of the more unselfish things he's done!
The movie Daleks we spotted last episode can be seen again: there's one in the middle of the group of 3 on the left, and one in the background of the right photo between the middle Dalek in the foreground, our old friend with the broken neck ring, and the Tardis.
No sign of the silver eye or the holes for the neck hinge since episode 3 has he been repainted?
Sadly there's more Dalek silliness here. We get a case of nodding eye stalks in agreement with their leader's command and then some very odd dialogue:
DALEK 2: Move to position. On my command, advance and attack.
DALEK 5: Align and advance!
DALEK 6: Advance and attack!
DALEKS: Attack and destroy! Destroy and rejoice!
Destroy and Rejoice? Rejoicing isn't a very Dalek thing to do. Surely something more like
Attack and Exterminate! Conquer and Destroy!
would have been more appropriate?
Three very odd credits at the end of the titles this week "WITH" and then three names: Jack Pitt, a Zabri in Web Planet, Mire Beast in episodes 1 & 2 and Cabin Steward in 3, John Scott Martin, also a Zarbi in the web Planet and a Dalek in the first four episodes here and Ken Tyllsen, one of the Sensorites in the story of the same name. I'm assuming that they're the Fungoids we see in the forest and, perhaps, one or more of the Daleks at times. I count four moving on screen at one stage yet only three operators are credited this week: Robert Jewell, Kevin Manser & Gerald Taylor. The WITH comes immediately after the credit for the Mechanoid initially making me think they played Mechanoids here, Pitt & Scott Martin do next episode, but there's only one Mechanoid on screen.
The one we see is occupied by Murphy Grumbar, a Dalek Operator from the first two stories who's not been required here yet. The Voice is provided by David Graham, also doing some of the Daleks here.
The design of the Mechanoids, and their city, is fabulous and makes for a really good reveal just as the episode finishes.
075 The Chase Episode 4: Journey Into Terror
EPISODE: The Chase Episode 4: Journey Into Terror
"Our next landing will be our battle ground and we shall fight. We shall fight to the death!"
The episode title appropriateness meter says we should hope to be terrified this episode!
The Tardis has materialised in an old dark house. The Doctor & Ian explore upstairs, while Vicki & Barbara examine the huge carved face fireplace whose eyes light up scaring them. Ian sees apparitions while Doctor finds a laboratory with SOMETHING on the table. As they approach it sits up and they realise that they're in the lair of Frankenstein's Monster. Meanwhile Vicki & Barbara encounter a dinner suited gentleman with long canines who introduces himself as Count Dracula before vanishing as does Vicki. A screaming woman comes onto the balcony as Barbara falls through a section of wall. Ian & the Doctor think there's something familiar about the house, it's what they'd expect in a Nightmare. The Doctor wonders if they've wandered into the realm of dreams. The Daleks arrive as Ian & The Doctor search for Barbara & Vicki. A Dalek encounters Frankenstein's Monster which attacks it, while another is distracted by Dracula. Vicki shouts a warning and is separated from the others who've not noticed she is gone and dematerialise. The monster destroys a Dalek allowing Vicki to hide in the Dalek's time machine. The Tardis crew speculate on where they'd been as the camera pulls back revealing they've been in a House of Horrors at the futuristic Festival of Ghana. Barbara notices Vicki has gone. The Daleks observe the Tardis is nearing the planet Mechanus. The Daleks use their reproducer program to begin to make a double of the Doctor. Vicki tries to contact the Tardis for help and manages to find the double. The Doctor is blaming himself for Vicki being left behind. Ian suggests capturing the functional Dalek time machine and returning to find Vicki. The next time they land they will stop and fight the Daleks. The Daleks meanwhile activate their robot Doctor as the Tardis amaterialises in swampy terrain that Ian thinks looks alive. The double is sent to infiltrate and kill the Tardis crew.
I remarked about the Scooby Doo element to Keys of Marinus episode 3. Well Terry Nation's done it again by providing us with a near perfect Scooby Doo like setting by materialising the Tardis in the typical Scooby Doo haunted house. Creaking, cobwebs, thunder & lightening and even the regular cast splitting up and each encountering something nasty - the works. Roiks!
Of course what that really gives us is Dracula & Frankenstein's monster vs the Daleks!
Then after 15 minutes, including the a proposed theory that we may be in a land of dreams (not as silly as it sounds as we find out later!) we discover that this location is nothing but a disused funhouse, set in the futuristic year of 1996!
Oh dear a Dalek/stairs joke from Ian, how funny:
BARBARA: I'm not wild about this place.
IAN: I don't know. Ideal place to fight Daleks, you know. Good stout walls, an upper storey, stairs. Daleks don't like stairs.
We refer you to the Dalek on the upper deck of the ship last week! Ian, of course, didn't get to see that. He could be in for a shock later.
Sadly there's more Dalek silliness in this episode starting off with an on screen mistake: As The Doctor and Ian descend into Frankenstein's Laboratory, before the Daleks' ship arrive what do we glimpse through the archway at the base of the stairs? A Dalek waiting for it's moment in the next scene!
Then the er-ing Dalek we heard last episode makes it's return
Er, er, in earth time, er, four minutes.
The vaguely apologetic hesitancy makes him sound a bit like Blake's 7 Slave!
As I remarked last episode The Chase & the aforementioned Keys of Marinus have certain similarities: If you change the travel bands of Keys of Marinus to time machines here as the means of transport and add in a pursuing force, something that Marinus lacked, and they're not dissimilar. An early sign of Nation's recycling policy, perhaps noticing as I did that having the Vrood appearing occasionally as pursuers of the Tardis crew in the earlier story would have added something. For more recycling see also: Most other Nation written Dalek stories. In fact The Chase is strongly rehashed in later episodes of the Dalek Masterplan that throughout continues Terry Nations frequent trick of changing the setting as often as possible.
This episode is the first appearance of a double of the Doctor. Unfortunately for most of this episode it's transparently obvious he's a double due to it being played by another actor who looks nothing like William Hartnell! Thankfully Hartnell himself dubs the robot double's main speech and a brief on screen close up of Hartnell with a Dalek at the end helps the illusion. But the damage is done.
Playing the robot Doctor is Edmund Warwick. He'd previously been Darrius in The Screaming Jungle, the fourth episode of The Keys of Marinus and then obtained his main qualification for this role by doubling for William Hartnell in The End of Tomorrow, the fourth episode of The Dalek Invasion Of Earth, while Hartnell was resting following an on set injury the previous week.
The screaming woman in this episode, credited as The Grey Lady, but what is probably meant to be a banshee is a return appearance by Roslyn DeWinter who choreographed the Web Planet and appeared as the Menoptera Vrestin in the same story.
Count Dracula is played by Malcolm Rogers he'll return as a Policeman in The Dalek Masterplan 7:The Feast of Steven
John Maxim is credited as Frankenstein (it's Frankenstein's Monster - Frankenstein is the scientist who creates it!). He'll be back in The Moonbase as a Cyberman where he's credited as John Wills.
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074 The Chase Episode 3: Flight Through Eternity


The story begins with a mysterious egg washed up on a Scottish beach, the morning after a great storm. Kirstie and her brother Angus find the egg and take it home. The next day it has hatched into a tiny greeny-grey creature with a horse's head, warty skin, four flippers and a crocodile's tail. The baby sea monster soon becomes the family pet – but the trouble is, it just doesn't stop growing!


Posed while playing the ukulele, this Dashboard Hula Boy Doll will wiggle a hula dance as he moves with the motion of your car. Add some tropical fun to any room when you display him on any flat surface such as your desk, countertop or shelf.
This Hula Boy was a replacement for the original one that rode on the dashboard of our vehicle that was a victim of Hurricane Florence flooding. He is waiting for us to purchase the replacement vehicle, but he is just as adorable as the original one.


Roger Conant founded a permanent settlement at the mouth of the Naumkeag River in 1626. After being incorporated into the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the settlement changed their name in 1629 to Salem which means Peace. The tranquil, seaside fishing community was anything but peaceful a little more than a half century later.
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In 1692, children began crying out the names of their tormentors. Doctors could not determine a physical reason for the symptoms, so they said that the children were possessed. Historians believe that an intense feud between families lit the fuse that started the witch-hunts. Fear of the devil and other evil spirits fed the flames of hysteria that subsequently scorched the community. The local prisons held more than 150 people accused of practicing dark magic. In June, the Court of Oyer and Terminer sentenced Bridget Bishop to hang. Before the colonial governor stepped in to halt the proceedings, 13 other women and 5 men followed Bridget to the gallows. One man, Giles Corey, refused to cooperate with the court and was pressed to death.
Since 1972, the Salem Witch Museum has strived to tell the true story behind the infamous witch trials. Located inside a renovated historic church, the museum is a popular attraction. Scenes from the trials come alive inside the great hall. The multimedia exhibits enable you to comprehend the perfect storm that led to the imprisonment and deaths of innocent people. A new exhibit explains the modern interpretations of witchcraft.


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A: Although I can get your code working in (all) browsers - http://jsfiddle.net/2mmAF/ , changing the code to use insertBefore seems to alleviate some problem you're having with Safari. Here's the code to use:
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Wahoo! Another finished dress! I'm always happy when I finish a project, but I'm even happier when it's something I will love wearing. The Lilou dress presented me with new challenges and old ones. The bodice of the dress called for a lining. I think this is what kept me from sewing the dress for so long. It put the fear right in me. I'm so glad I overcame it! While making the dress I was able to see new improvements in my sewing. Not only did this project give me a pretty dress to wear (though it did turn out a bit big), it also gave me confidence and the ability to see the fruits of my hard work.
So this lining I spoke of, isn't she pretty? I'm not necessarily critiquing my sewing skills, it just looks really nice on the inside of the dress. It instantly gives the dress a more professional look, don't you think? I wish the lining went throughout the whole dress, but I also know for this gal that probably would have been too much too soon.
For the skirt I used the Clemence pattern attached to the bodice. I love the twirliness of it so much! Though I wanted to hurt that skirt a few times during the sewing process. It just did not want to gather for me. The thread insisted on coming out whenever I tried to gather it.. time after time after time. I finally pinned it to fit within the bodice and sewed away. It turned out pretty well even though I had to break some rules.
My big YAY! moment with this project was finishing the seams. I had yet to properly finish any seams on any of my projects. I had attempted many times, but alas none of them looked right. As I slowly ran the seams through my machine and saw how they were turning out, I wanted to cry. Was this really happening? It was such a happy moment. I'm not sure how they look to a professional. For me they look like little beauties.
After going to Birmingham Fashion week and now making this dress, I've got the design itch real bad. I made three different mood boards in just one day this week. Ah! If only I could start designing, but there's still much to learn. For now I'll continue enjoying my new found passion and being thankful for all the people who inspire and encourage me!
I love this dress!! Lining – you did it! Something I never did! Enjoy your new dress!
I love reading your blog and seeing the adorable clothes you make! I'm not a sewer myself but know how difficult it is and you're doing so well! Its also awesome to see how the Lord is helping you to overcome fear and has given you this passion for sewing. I'm looking forward to seeing what He has is store for you!
Thank you! This is such a sweet comment. I'm so thankful you have enjoyed reading my blog. Please stop by again soon!
Thank you! I've only consistently been sewing since January but I've been slowly learning for almost 2 years. Your comment is so encouraging! Also, I love reading your blog and seeing all the fun things you're making!
Beautiful dress – I want one! Your seams look cute!
No I haven't made one! I don't know why not! It's probably my favourite pattern (by the look of it) from the book and I haven't got round to it!!
Well maybe one day you will! Overall it's pretty fun to make :).
love your pictures! They make me smile!


Since the arrival of smartphones, the whole world seems to have gone photography mad. In every 2 minutes, we now take more photos then were taken by the whole of humanity throughout the entire 19th century. This is no surprise – the very first photograph taken took 8 hours exposure time to develop, and even later cameras like the Daguerreotype needed 15 minutes. What's worse is that the subjects had to sit totally still for the entire time the photo was being taken!
That's a far cry from today's world, where we can take whatever photos we like at the tap of a touchscreen. We flood our smartphones with everything from selfies and pictures of meals out we've had, to treasured photos of our friends, families, and pets.
But just what is happening to the billions of photos we're now taking every single year? The average adult now takes 440 photos per year, and whereas before we might have printed off photos to display proudly in albums and picture frames, an increasing number of our photos are simply being left abandoned on phones and computers. All it takes is a device malfunction or a missing phone for these photos to be lost forever. 30% of people have never backed up any of their photos, and with 113 phones lost or stolen every single minute, the risk could be greater than you think.
Mark Lord Photography has put together an infographic looking at how smartphones have changed our attitudes towards photography, and just what's happening to all the photos we're taking. They've also included some helpful tips on how you can ensure your important memories don't become digital dust – take a look below!
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What are the packaging and labeling requirements for new marijuana products?
California is just starting to get its cannabis packaging and labeling regulations right under MAUCRSA. The state has a mandated transition period from January 1 to July 1, 2018, during which time adult use and medical marijuana licensees can do business with each other, and temporary and annual state licensees can transport and sell cannabis products already in their possession in the newly regulated market. This means there are two packaging and labeling standards during this transition period: one for products that licensees bring into the marketplace from before January 1, 2018 and another for products cultivated or made on or after January 1, 2018. I covered transition period product packaging and labeling in a previous post. This post will cover the packaging and labeling requirements for those products made or cultivated on or after January 1, 2018 (collectively, "New Products").
While distributors have lost a lot of power via MAUCRSA, they may still package, label, re-package, and re-label flower for retail sale (in line with cultivation packaging and labeling rules). That said, they cannot package, label, re-package, and re-label manufactured products unless they also own a manufacturing license and they're dealing with their own manufactured products. The lone exception for manufactured products is if lab testing shows that the tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content, per package or serving, was labeled incorrectly but is still within allowable THC limits. In that case, the distributor may then re-label the package with the correct amount of THC. Lastly, "transport only" distributors can't package, label, re-package, or re-label any cannabis goods at all.
For manufactured New Products, manufacturers (and Type Ps that label, package, re-label, and re-package cannabis products) must ensure that the label is in English and that all required labeling is "unobstructed and conspicuous" so that it can be "read by the consumer". Moreover, all required labeling must go on the outside of the package or container (supplemental product information and "side effects" information can go on the inside of the packaging through inserts). There are two mandatory panel labeling requirements for manufactured New Products: the primary label and the informational label.
the THC content and cannabidiol (CBD) content for the package in its entirety (even if the CBD content is zero), expressed in milligrams per package.
You can include additional product information on the primary panel, but the foregoing MUST be on the outside label as relevant.
the product expiration date, "use by" date, or "best by" date, if any; and, when available from the state, the UID and, if used, the batch number.
if the package contains more than one serving of cannabis product, re-sealable so that child-resistance is maintained throughout the life of the package.
Additionally, a flower label may specify the county of origin only if 100% of the cannabis or nonmanufactured cannabis product contained in the package was produced within the designated county, as defined by finite political boundaries. For more on cannabis appellations in California, see here.
In all, the packaging and labeling requirements for California cannabis products are extremely detailed and must be followed to a T by any business that wishes to maintain its medical or adult use license. All prospective licensees should begin preparations today.
Stay tuned for Part 3 of this series on California cannabis packaging and labeling, where I'll cover the warnings and disclaimers that should go on your products (not covered under or mandated by MAUCRSA), including how to handle new Prop. 65 rules.