In my holiday edition of Slice of Suburbia, I have ventured to New Hope, PA. I wanted to go at Christmas, stay in an elegant B&B and just enjoy all the charm this town has to offer, and I got my wish!
New Hope was formerly known as Coryell's Ferry and is a borough in Bucks County. It relies on the tourist trade as New Hope is home to many artists with much culture in this little town. New Hope is perched on the edge of the Delaware River, with Lambertville across the bridge in New Jersey.
Located on York Road, New Hope is in between Philadelphia and New York, and was the overnight point back in the day for weary travelers before continuing their journey. After a fire destroyed many mills in the area, the New Hope name was incorporated in 1837 because of the 'new hope' that was brought into town by new industry and the Delaware Canal.
New Hope is also know for the history in the area, on a cold Christmas night in 1776, George Washington and his troops ferried across the Delaware to attack the Hessians in Trenton, New Jersey, a recreation done by the area folks each Christmas. In June 1778, Washington and his thousands of troops came through Coryell's Ferry on his way from Valley Forge, PA, to the Battle of Monmouth.
Knowing the rich history of this quaint village, my friend and P2P assistant Brandon and I arrived to start with a train ride on the New Hope & Ivyland Railroad. In 1891 the railroad began transporting passengers with greater ease and efficiency to get from place to place. Pulled by a 1925 Baldwin Steam Locomotive and with antique coaches, the train made me feel as if I should be dressed in 20's finery. During the holiday season, the train transforms to the Polar Express and Santa and Mrs. Claus come aboard to greet the children, while music is played and carols are sung. Children can even wear their pajamas! This was very relaxing and fun as we sipped cocoa and enjoyed the scenery as the steam engine chugged us through the picturesque valley.
When we returned to the station, we walked up Main Street to check in at the Wedgwood Inn, where we were given a choice of rooms from there as well as the 1833 Umpleby House, a circa 1833 Classic Revival plaster-over-stone manor house, on the National Registry of Historic Places.
Our room was a French Victorian 2-Room Suite, and it was beautiful! Comfy bed, spacious, awesome Jacuzzi and fireplace with a sitting area, robes, and luxurious linens. The house also featured a large parlor and a sweet kitchen, inviting us to make ourselves at home.
Then, we wandered our misty way across the bridge to Lambertville, New Jersey and ventured into some antique shops, before coming to the tasting room at the Tomasello Winery, Historic Lambertville House on Union Street. Emily poured our wines and was quite knowledgeable. Our favorite was the Blackberry wine, which exploded with rich notes of just-picked fruits. We then headed back across the bridge to PA. The weather was quite strange, as it was getting warmer and the river was getting spookier with the mist.
Brandon and I stopped in the New Hope Library to support their book sale, buying a few books and VHS tapes, and we happily headed back to the Umpleby House to relax before dinner. We pretty much had this gorgeous house to ourselves, as we relaxed in the parlor with our books, some Christmas music and cups of tea and cookies that were left out for us. This place has all the amenities of home, but none of the cold feelings of a hotel room. We definitely knew we were in a special place of tranquility.
We then headed off into the night to a place I have been wanting to go for dinner for years – the amazing, the classy, the restaurant in a church- Marsha Brown. This place is home to the best Creole food north of anywhere you'd ever find in the south. From the moment we sat down, Jack Shire (the cutest server I ever laid eyes on) attended to Brandon and me. With his amazing recommendations of what to order by the culinary talented Executive Chef Caleb Lentchner.
Marsha was seeking to give clients an experience of being in a southern kitchen, with warm friendly people and delicious food. And oh the food! Nothing was too fussy, just full of intense flavors, and real fresh ingredients. We started off with drinks- a crisp Christmas-tini for me and an Amaretto Sour for Brandon, with huge bowls of lobster bisque filled to the brim with fresh lobster and shrimp pieces and sherry. Next Jack brought us mini crab cakes with mustard remoulade and the ever-delectable Eggplant Ophelia-which is Marsha's mother's favorite. It is a mini tower of shrimp and crabmeat, topped with grilled eggplant, baked and topped with Creole butter. This creation is a work of art and extremely delicious- heavenly!
In between courses, we checked out our surroundings. The dining area is located on the second floor of the church where the actual services were held, with a bar on the first floor. Striking stained glass windows cast pockets of dancing light wherever you look, and clients and sit on old refurbished church pews.
When we walked up the stairs, we walked into a huge open space with a mesmerizing mural on the back wall, framing the alter area where clients can dine. Up top is the original choir loft, set for dinner as well. The whole space is one of elegance and comfort, unlike any food establishment I have ever been in.
George, the maître d', checked in with us often to tell us tidbits about the food and the space, while Jack brought us even more yummies. Dinner for Brandon was sautéed catfish (oh how that boy just loves his catfish!) lightly spiced with Marsha's signature seafood dressing, while I enjoyed delicate sautéed sea scallops atop New Orleans style pork with greens. We couldn't even finish it all!
And then it was time for dessert, as Jack brought us three to choose from: a moist and tasty '24K' cake with cream cheese frosting, a creamy bread pudding studded with raisins, and a sinfully rich chocolate cake covered in ganache. It was all so decadent! We took our time leaving over coffee, as even though it was the December winter solstice, there was a thunderstorm raging outside!
The next morning we walked over to the Wedgwood for breakfast (yes, in our pajamas!) and chatted with the other guests and Carl and Dinie as we enjoyed a light and tasty mushroom and cheese quiche, fresh fruit with crunchy granola and yogurt, fruity strawberry bread with marmalade and croissants, with juice and fresh hot coffee.
After Carl told us the stories of the Wedgwood, some of which include the Underground Railroad stops (under the house!), guests for ghost hunting and various celeb weddings, we headed back into New Hope to enjoy the unseasonably warm weather. We fed the ducks at the river, walked around town, and said good bye to our amazing hosts, who are celebrating 30 years in service in 2012. Stay tuned to their site for great package and stay deals!
Then off to the New Hope Winery. Sandra, the owner, showed us around the great new event space, where amazing musical guests perform- upcoming guests include Joan Osbourne and Thurston Moore- as well as private functions and parties. We shopped the gift area and sampled all the wines, my favorite being a red Nouveau 2011, while Brandon enjoyed the spiced and holiday wines.
Finally, we ventured to Peddler's Village to see the thousands of lights strung up for the holidays. It was so beautiful and so magical it took my breath away. At long last, we headed home from beautiful Bucks County, tired but full of happy memories from our trip. It's a wonderful place to visit or call home, with gracious people, culture, food and opportunities for adventure!
In the summer, New Hope is bustling, and one can take a boat tour or canoe or kayak down the Delaware. Check out Bucks County River County when the summer season starts.
A huge special thanks to Michelle Greco, Communications Manager at Visit Bucks County for arranging the tours and our events. I couldn't have done this without you- thank you! To Carl and Dinie Glassman at the Wedgwood Inn for their amazing hospitality and being the most gracious hosts imaginable, Wayne the Conductor on the Ivyland and New Hope Railroad & Emily and her wine knowledge at the Tomasello Winery Tasting Room in Lambertville, NJ!
Picture of Wedgwood Inn courtesy of The Wedgwood Inn.


Harvey County was created from portions of Sedgwick, McPherson & Marion counties by an act of the Kansas Legislature on February 29, 1872.
After Harvey County was created by the legislature, a census of the residents was taken and sent to the Governor along with a petition to temporarily appoint three Commissioners and a County Clerk and assign the City of Newton as the county seat.
Harvey County was officially organized with the signature of Governor James Harvey on April 4, 1872.
Harvey County was named after Governor James Harvey.
The first election in Harvey County was held May 20, 1872 to elect all county officers and set the county seat as Newton.
There have been 25 County Clerks since Harvey County was organized.
TERM: The County Clerk is elected in November of the Presidential Election years and takes office the second Tuesday in January for a term of four years.
The goal of the County Clerk's Office is to serve the citizens of Harvey County with courtesy in providing services and information as requested. The County Clerk's Office also serves as the Election Office for the County.


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In a talk titled "Goodness: Altruism and the Literary Imagination," Toni Morrison expanded on the theme of goodness for the 2012 Harvard Divinity School's Ingersoll Lecture on Immortality. "Expressions of goodness are never trivial in my work, are never incidental in my writing," said Morrison.
Toni Morrison silenced the audience in Sanders Theatre on Thursday afternoon, not with one of her own stories, but with a tragic tale from real life.
The author, the recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1993, recounted the "mindless horror" of the 2006 murder of five Amish girls in a one-room Pennsylvania schoolhouse by a gunman who then committed suicide, and the shocking reaction to the tragedy. Instead of demanding vengeance, the community comforted the killer's widow and children.
Morrison expanded on the theme of goodness for the Harvard Divinity School's (HDS) 2012 Ingersoll Lecture on Immortality. In a talk titled "Goodness: Altruism and the Literary Imagination," she explored how authors illuminate concepts of good and evil. She also examined the treatment of goodness in her own novels.
"Expressions of goodness are never trivial in my work, they are never incidental in my writing. In fact, I want them to have life-changing properties and to illuminate decisively the moral questions embedded in the narrative," she said.
"Many of late and early 20th-century heavyweights – Norman Mailer, Saul Bellow, Philip Roth – are masters of exposing the frailties, the pointlessness, and the comedy of goodness," she added.
But in Morrison's work virtue is a force, and it takes various forms, including the instinctual form of a mother desperate to save her child. In "A Mercy" (2008), which revolves around slavery in the United States in the late 1600s, one of the main characters gives her child away to a stranger in order to save her.
For the past three months, members of the Harvard community have met weekly at HDS to explore the religious dimensions of Morrison's writings. The working group was convened by Harvard's Davíd Carrasco (pictured) and Stephanie Paulsell.
Many in the crowd arrived well prepared. For the past three months, members of the Harvard community have met weekly at HDS to explore the religious dimensions of Morrison's writings. The working group, convened by David Carrasco, Harvard's Neil L. Rudenstine Professor of the Study of Latin America, and Stephanie Paulsell, Houghton Professor of the Practice of Ministry Studies, brought together scholars from across the University.


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WESA, Allegheny Front Win Golden Quills
By ebaisley • May 25, 2018
The Press Club of Western Pennsylvania announced the winners of the 54th Golden Quills Awards on May 24th, 2018 at the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh. The competition recognizes professional excellence in print, broadcast, and digital journalism, including photography and videography in Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio. Below is a list of winners and finalists from Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting, including 90.5 WESA, The Allegheny Front, and 91.3 WYEP.
90.5 WESA Reporters Win Vann Awards
By ebaisley • May 4, 2018
The Pittsburgh Black Media Federation's 30th annual Robert L. Vann Media Awards, held May 3 at the University of Pittsburgh, highlighted the power of diverse storytelling and exceptional journalism. Three 90.5 WESA reporters were among the winners.
RADIO PUBLIC AFFAIRS
● An-Li Herring 90.5 WESA
Black Girls, Who Often Have History of Trauma, Are 11 Times More Likely to Encounter Justice System
RADIO NEWS FEATURE
RTDNA, PBA Awards
90.5 WESA reporter Margaret J. Krauss's report, Snagging Amazon HQ2 was recently recognized with an Edward R. Murrow Regional Award in the hard news category by the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA).
WESA, WYEP and Allegheny Front Finalists Announced
Finalists have been named in the Press Club of Western PA's 54th Golden Quill Awards, recognizing professional excellence in journalism. More than 15 journalists and producers from WESA, WYEP, and Allegheny Front are finalists in the Radio/Podcast category for spot/breaking news, features, science, education, arts and entertainment, sports, environment, documentary, public service and more. The complete list of finalists is available here.
90.5 WESA Wins 11 AP Media Editors Awards
By ebaisley • Apr 11, 2018
Pittsburgh's NPR News Station Leads Statewide Radio In First Place Awards
An Award-Winning Season for Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting
May 26, 2017; PITTSBURGH, PA— Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting (including 90.5 WESA and 91.3 WYEP, as well as The Allegheny Front) has had an award-winning season, with recognition from the Pennsylvania Associated Press, Pittsburgh Black Media Federation Robert L. Vann Awards and culminating last evening with awards at the Pennsylvania Press Club Golden Quills Awards.
WESA & Allegheny Front Win Golden Quills
By ebaisley • Jun 6, 2016
At the Western Pennsylvania Press Club's 52nd annual Golden Quill Awards held on May 12, 90.5 WESA and The Allegheny Front reporters won in multiple categories.
Rhythm Sweet & Hot Honored by State Legislature
By ebaisley • Oct 15, 2015
PITTSBURGH, PA., October 15, 2015— October 17 has been designated "Rhythm Sweet & Hot Day" in the state of Pennsylvania, honoring the show's 34-plus years on the airwaves featuring the music of the 1920s, 30s and 40s. Representative Joseph Petrarca, D-Westmoreland, Armstrong, and Indiana Counties, introduced the legislation on September 18, and it was subsequently approved by the state House of Representatives.
More Awards for 90.5 WESA
May 31, 2015: 90.5 WESA's Josh Raulerson and The Allegheny Front's Reid Frazier, along with Erika Beras, Deanna Garcia, Kevin Gavin, Larkin Page-Jacobs and Sarah Schneider won awards for their reporting at the 2015 Pennsylvania Associated Press Broadcasters Awards, held May 30 in Gettysburg.
A first-place award in the News Documentary category went to Raulerson and Frazier for their series, "Zone of Influence". Kevin Gavin and Sarah Schneider received second place in this category for their work on the "School to Prison Pipeline" broadcast.
Larkin Page-Jacobs won a second place award for her feature on a business incubator for felons. Erika Beras won a third-place award in the Public Affairs category for her report on veterans and traumatic brain injuries, while Deanna Garcia won a third place award in enterprise/individual reporting for her work on poverty in the LGBT community.
90.5 Reporters Win Awards
90.5 WESA reporters Deanna Garcia, Liz Reid, Larkin Page-Jacobs, and Erika Beras, Essential Pittsburgh's Paul Guggenheimer, Marcus Charleston and Heather McClain, and The Allegheny Front's Kara Holsopple won awards at the Press Club of Western PA's Annual "Golden Quill" Awards last night.
90.5 WESA General Manager DeAnne Hamilton Honored as 'Woman of Excellence'
By 90.5 WESA • Dec 11, 2014
Ryan Loew / 90.5 WESA
For a seventh year, the New Pittsburgh Courier has honored "top caliber women in the Pittsburgh area" through its 50 Women of Excellence Awards. This year's recipients include legacy winners Alma Speed Fox and Katie Everette Johnson as well as 90.5 WESA General Manager DeAnne Hamilton.
"The contributions of these women are what aids in making Pittsburgh 'the most livable city,' " says Rod Doss, editor and publisher of the New Pittsburgh Courier.
Essential Pittsburgh Wins Pittsburgh Black Media Federation Award
By Elizabeth Baisley • Sep 5, 2014
Essential Pittsburgh won first place in the broadcast/radio/public affairs category at the Pittsburgh Black Media Federation's Robert L. Vann Awards of Excellence for its program, "The Black Middle Class Experience in Pittsburgh."
The judges commented: "What really made this piece work was hearing all of the different voices of how economics and social issues were at play in the lives of the black middle class in Pittsburgh."
90.5 WESA Nine Wins At 2013 PABPA Awards
By Reid Carter • Jun 2, 2014
Presented by the Pennsylvania AP Broadcasters Association, the 2013 PAPBA News Awards are in recognition of outstanding broadcast journalism efforts by AP member radio and television stations, cable television and networks in Pennsylvania. Awards were presented on May 31 at the PAPBA banquet in State College.
90.5 WESA claimed nine wins, including three top prizes, as well as the Sandy Starobin Award for Individual Reporting.
Enterprise/Individual Reporting
90.5 WESA Staff Wins Several Golden Quill Awards
By 90.5 WESA • May 23, 2014
Presented by the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania, the 50th annual Golden Quill Awards were awarded in recognition of professional excellence in written, photographic, broadcast and online journalism. 90.5 WESA claimed 11 wins, including three top prizes and multiple finalist awards, for some of the station's most compelling broadcast features.
Feature, Radio
Winner: Deanna Garcia, "With Santa Costumes and Drag Queens, This Isn't Your Grandma's Bingo"
Finalist: Deanna Garcia, "Connecting the Dots Between Play and Learning in the Classroom"
90.5 WESA Wins Two Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards
By Ryan Loew • Apr 24, 2014
The Radio Television Digital News Association
This week, 90.5 WESA was recognized with two regional Edward R. Murrow awards in the large market radio category. The Radio Television Digital News Association, or RTDNA, presents the awards in honor of outstanding achievements in electronic journalism.
90.5 WESA Receives Top Prizes In 2013 Golden Quill Awards
By 90.5 WESA • Apr 24, 2014
Presented by the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania, the 49th annual Golden Quill Awards were awarded in recognition of professional excellence in written, photographic, broadcast, and online journalism. 90.5 WESA received three top prizes, as well as multiple finalist awards, for some of the station's most compelling broadcast features.
Station Recognized In 2012 Pennsylvania Associated Press News Awards Contest
Presented by the Pennsylvania Associated Press Broadcasters Association, the Pennsylvania Associated Press News Awards recognize outstanding broadcast journalism efforts by AP member radio and television stations, cable television and networks in Pennsylvania.
Several 90.5 staff members received recognition in the Radio A, Major Market Stations category.

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Biography of Donald Woods, South African Journalist
Famous for Championing Anti-Apartheid Activist Steve Biko
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Alistair Boddy-Evans
History Expert
Postgraduate Certificate in Education, University College London
M.S., Imperial College London
B.S., Heriot-Watt University
Alistair Boddy-Evans is a teacher and African history scholar with more than 25 years of experience.
Donald Woods (December 15, 1933, died August 19, 2001) was a South African anti-apartheid activist and journalist. His coverage of Steve Biko's death in custody led to his exile from South Africa. His books exposed case and were the basis of the movie, "Cry Freedom."
Fast Facts: Donald Woods
Known For: Editor of the South African newspaper Daily Dispatch who was an ally of fellow anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko.
Born: December 15, 1933, in Hobeni, Transkei, South Africa
Died: August 19. 2001 in London, United Kingdom
Awards and Honors: Conscience-in-Media Award, from the American Society of Journalists and Authors, in 1978; World Association of Newspapers' Golden Pen of Freedom Award, in 1978
Spouse: Wendy Woods
Children: Jane, Dillon, Duncan, Gavin, Lindsay, Mary, and Lindsay
Woods was born in Hobeni, Transkei, South Africa. He was descended from five generations of white settlers. While studying law at the University of Cape Town, he became active in the anti-apartheid Federal Party. He worked as a journalist for newspapers in the United Kingdom before returning to South Africa to report for the Daily Dispatch. He became the editor-in-chief in 1965 for the paper that had an anti-apartheid editorial stance and a racially integrated editorial staff.
Uncovering the Truth About the Death of Steve Biko
When the South African Black consciousness leader Steve Biko died in police custody in September 1977, journalist Donald Woods was at the forefront of the campaign to get the truth revealed about his death. At first, the police claimed that Biko had died as the result of a hunger strike. The inquest showed that he'd died of brain injuries received while in custody and that he'd been kept naked and in chains for a prolonged period before his death. They ruled it held that Biko had died "as a result of injuries received after a scuffle with members of the security police in Port Elizabeth." But why Biko was in jail in Pretoria when he died, and the events attending his death weren't explained satisfactorily.
Woods Accuses the Government over Biko's Death
Woods used his position as editor of the Daily Dispatch newspaper to attack the Nationalist government over Biko's death. This description by Woods of Biko reveals why he felt so strongly about this particular death, one of many under the apartheid regime's security forces: "This was a new breed of South African — the Black Consciousness breed — and I knew immediately that a movement that produced the sort of personality now confronting me had qualities that Blacks had been needing in South Africa for three hundred years."
In his biography "Biko" Woods describes the security policemen testifying at the inquest:
"These men displayed symptoms of extreme insularity. They are people whose upbringing has impressed upon them the divine right to retain power, and in that sense, they are innocent men — incapable of thinking or acting differently. On top of that, they have gravitated to an occupation that has given them all the scope they need to express their rigid personalities. They have been protected for years by laws of the country. They have been able to carry out all their imaginative torture practices quite undisturbed in cells and rooms all over the country, with tacit official sanction, and they have been given tremendous status by the government as the men who 'protect the State from subversion.'"
Woods Is Banned and Escapes to Exile
Woods was hounded by the police and then banned, which meant he was not to leave his East London home, nor could he continue to work. After a child's t-shirt with a photo of Steve Biko on it posted to him was found to have been impregnated with acid, Woods began to fear for the safety of his family. He "stuck on a stage mustache and dyed my grey hair black and then climbed over the back fence," to escape to Lesotho. He hitchhiked some 300 miles and swam across the flooded Tele River to get there. His family joined him, and from there they went to Britain, where they were granted political asylum.
In exile, he wrote several books and continued campaigning against apartheid. The movie "Cry Freedom" was based on his book "Biko." After 13 years in exile, Woods visited South Africa in August 1990, but never returned to live there.
Woods died, aged 67, of cancer in a hospital near London, UK, on August 19, 2001.
Boddy-Evans, Alistair. "Biography of Donald Woods, South African Journalist." ThoughtCo, Oct. 4, 2021, thoughtco.com/donald-woods-death-of-an-activist-44443. Boddy-Evans, Alistair. (2021, October 4). Biography of Donald Woods, South African Journalist. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/donald-woods-death-of-an-activist-44443 Boddy-Evans, Alistair. "Biography of Donald Woods, South African Journalist." ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/donald-woods-death-of-an-activist-44443 (accessed January 31, 2023).
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     *
     * @param array|Varien_Object $to
     * @param array $publicMap
     * @return array|Varien_Object
     */
    public function &import($to, array $publicMap = array())
    {
        return Varien_Object_Mapper::accumulateByMap(array($this, 'getDataUsingMethod'), $to, $publicMap);
    }

    /**
     * Export $this public data from specified object or array
     *
     * @param array|Varien_Object $from
     * @param array $publicMap
     * @return Mage_Paypal_Model_Api_Abstract
     */
    public function export($from, array $publicMap = array())
    {
        Varien_Object_Mapper::accumulateByMap($from, array($this, 'setDataUsingMethod'), $publicMap);
        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * Set PayPal cart instance
     *
     * @param Mage_Paypal_Model_Cart $cart
     * @return Mage_Paypal_Model_Api_Abstract
     */
    public function setPaypalCart(Mage_Paypal_Model_Cart $cart)
    {
        $this->_cart = $cart;
        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * Config instance setter
     * @param Mage_Paypal_Model_Config $config
     * @return Mage_Paypal_Model_Api_Abstract
     */
    public function setConfigObject(Mage_Paypal_Model_Config $config)
    {
        $this->_config = $config;
        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * Current locale code getter
     *
     * @return string
     */
    public function getLocaleCode()
    {
        return Mage::app()->getLocale()->getLocaleCode();
    }

    /**
     * Always take into accoun
     */
    public function getFraudManagementFiltersEnabled()
    {
        return 1;
    }

    /**
     * Set recurring profiles
     *
     * @param array $items
     * @return Mage_Paypal_Model_Api_Abstract
     */
    public function addRecurringPaymentProfiles(array $items)
    {
        if ($items) {
            $this->_recurringPaymentProfiles = $items;
        }
        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * Export $this public data to private request array
     *
     * @param array $internalRequestMap
     * @param array $request
     * @return array
     */
    protected function &_exportToRequest(array $privateRequestMap, array $request = array())
    {
        $map = array();
        foreach ($privateRequestMap as $key) {
            if (isset($this->_globalMap[$key])) {
                $map[$this->_globalMap[$key]] = $key;
            }
        }
        $result = Varien_Object_Mapper::accumulateByMap(array($this, 'getDataUsingMethod'), $request, $map);
        foreach ($privateRequestMap as $key) {
            if (isset($this->_exportToRequestFilters[$key]) && isset($result[$key])) {
                $callback   = $this->_exportToRequestFilters[$key];
                $privateKey = $result[$key];
                $publicKey  = $map[$this->_globalMap[$key]];
                $result[$key] = call_user_func(array($this, $callback), $privateKey, $publicKey);
            }
        }
        return $result;
    }

    /**
     * Import $this public data from a private response array
     *
     * @param array $privateResponseMap
     * @param array $response
     */
    protected function _importFromResponse(array $privateResponseMap, array $response)
    {
        $map = array();
        foreach ($privateResponseMap as $key) {
            if (isset($this->_globalMap[$key])) {
                $map[$key] = $this->_globalMap[$key];
            }
            if (isset($response[$key]) && isset($this->_importFromRequestFilters[$key])) {
                $callback = $this->_importFromRequestFilters[$key];
                $response[$key] = call_user_func(array($this, $callback), $response[$key], $key, $map[$key]);
            }
        }
        Varien_Object_Mapper::accumulateByMap($response, array($this, 'setDataUsingMethod'), $map);
    }

    /**
     * Prepare line items request
     *
     * Returns true if there were line items added
     *
     * @param array &$request
     * @param int $i
     * @return true|bool
     */
    protected function _exportLineItems(array &$request, $i = 0)
    {
        if (!$this->_cart) {
            return;
        }

        // always add cart totals, even if line items are not requested
        if ($this->_lineItemTotalExportMap) {
            foreach ($this->_cart->getTotals() as $key => $total) {
                if (isset($this->_lineItemTotalExportMap[$key])) { // !empty($total)
                    $privateKey = $this->_lineItemTotalExportMap[$key];
                    $request[$privateKey] = $this->_filterAmount($total);
                }
            }
        }

        // add cart line items
        $items = $this->_cart->getItems();
        if (empty($items) || !$this->getIsLineItemsEnabled()) {
            return;
        }
        $result = null;
        foreach ($items as $item) {
            foreach ($this->_lineItemExportItemsFormat as $publicKey => $privateFormat) {
                $result = true;
                $value = $item->getDataUsingMethod($publicKey);
                if (isset($this->_lineItemExportItemsFilters[$publicKey])) {
                    $callback   = $this->_lineItemExportItemsFilters[$publicKey];
                    $value = call_user_func(array($this, $callback), $value);
                }
                if (is_float($value)) {
                    $value = $this->_filterAmount($value);
                }
                $request[sprintf($privateFormat, $i)] = $value;
            }
            $i++;
        }
        return $result;
    }

    /**
     * Prepare shipping options request
     * Returns false if there are no shipping options
     *
     * @param array &$request
     * @param int $i
     * @return bool
     */
    protected function _exportShippingOptions(array &$request, $i = 0)
    {
        $options = $this->getShippingOptions();
        if (empty($options)) {
            return false;
        }
        foreach ($options as $option) {
            foreach ($this->_shippingOptionsExportItemsFormat as $publicKey => $privateFormat) {
                $value = $option->getDataUsingMethod($publicKey);
                if (is_float($value)) {
                    $value = $this->_filterAmount($value);
                }
                if (is_bool($value)) {
                    $value = $this->_filterBool($value);
                }
                $request[sprintf($privateFormat, $i)] = $value;
            }
            $i++;
        }
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Filter amounts in API calls
     * @param float|string $value
     * @return string
     */
    protected function _filterAmount($value)
    {
        return sprintf('%.2F', $value);
    }

    /**
     * Filter boolean values in API calls
     *
     * @param mixed $value
     * @return string
     */
    protected function _filterBool($value)
    {
        return ($value) ? 'true' : 'false';
    }

    /**
     * Filter int values in API calls
     *
     * @param mixed $value
     * @return int
     */
    protected function _filterInt($value)
    {
        return (int)$value;
    }

    /**
     * Unified getter that looks in data or falls back to config
     *
     * @param string $key
     * @param mixed $default
     * @return mixed
     */
    protected function _getDataOrConfig($key, $default = null)
    {
        if ($this->hasData($key)) {
            return $this->getData($key);
        }
        return $this->_config->$key ? $this->_config->$key : $default;
    }

    /**
     * region_id workaround: PayPal requires state code, try to find one in the address
     *
     * @param Varien_Object $address
     * @return string
     */
    protected function _lookupRegionCodeFromAddress(Varien_Object $address)
    {
        if ($regionId = $address->getData('region_id')) {
            $region = Mage::getModel('directory/region')->load($regionId);
            if ($region->getId()) {
                return $region->getCode();
            }
        }
        return '';
    }

    /**
     * Street address workaround: divides address lines into parts by specified keys
     * (keys should go as 3rd, 4th[...] parameters)
     *
     * @param Varien_Object $address
     * @param array $request
     */
    protected function _importStreetFromAddress(Varien_Object $address, array &$to)
    {
        $keys = func_get_args(); array_shift($keys); array_shift($keys);
        $street = $address->getStreet();
        if (!$keys || !$street || !is_array($street)) {
            return;
        }

        $street = Mage::helper('customer/address')
            ->convertStreetLines($address->getStreet(), count($keys));

        $i = 0;
        foreach ($keys as $key) {
            $to[$key] = isset($street[$i]) ? $street[$i]: '';
            $i++;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Build query string from request
     *
     * @param array $request
     * @return string
     */
    protected function _buildQuery($request)
    {
        return http_build_query($request);
    }

    /**
     * Filter qty in API calls
     * Paypal note: The value for quantity must be a positive integer. Null, zero, or negative numbers are not allowed.
     *
     * @param float|string|int $value
     * @return string
     */
    protected function _filterQty($value)
    {
        return intval($value);
    }

    /**
     * Log debug data to file
     *
     * @param mixed $debugData
     */
    protected function _debug($debugData)
    {
        if ($this->getDebugFlag()) {
            Mage::getModel('core/log_adapter', 'payment_' . $this->_config->getMethodCode() . '.log')
               ->setFilterDataKeys($this->_debugReplacePrivateDataKeys)
               ->log($debugData);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Define if debugging is enabled
     *
     * @return bool
     */
    public function getDebugFlag()
    {
        return $this->_config->debug;
    }

    /**
     * Check whether API certificate authentication should be used
     *
     * @return bool
     */
    public function getUseCertAuthentication()
    {
        return (bool)$this->_config->apiAuthentication;
    }
}

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Jake Neighbours (né le  à Airdrie, dans la province de l'Alberta au Canada) est un joueur professionnel canadien de hockey sur glace. Il évolue au poste de ailier gauche.

Biographie

Carrière en club
Il est choisi au premier tour, en  par les Blues de Saint-Louis lors du repêchage d'entrée dans la LNH 2020.

Statistiques
Pour les significations des abréviations, voir statistiques du hockey sur glace.

En club

| 2017-2018 || Oil Kings d'Edmonton || LHOu ||11 ||0 ||4 ||4 ||6 ||- ||- ||- ||- ||-
|-
| 2018-2019 || Oil Kings d'Edmonton || LHOu ||47 ||11 ||13 ||24 ||25 ||16 ||4 ||8 ||12 ||10
|-
| 2019-2020 || Oil Kings d'Edmonton || LHOu ||64 ||23 ||47 ||70 ||39 ||- ||- ||- ||- ||-
|-
| 2020-2021 || Oil Kings d'Edmonton || LHOu ||19 ||9 ||24 ||33 ||17 ||- ||- ||- ||- ||-
|-
| 2021-2022 || Blues de Saint-Louis || LNH ||9 ||1 ||1 ||2 ||2 ||- ||- ||- ||- ||-
|-
| 2021-2022 || Oil Kings d'Edmonton || LHOu ||30 ||17 ||28 ||45 ||38 ||19 ||3 ||14 ||17 ||16

Notes et références

Attaquant de hockey sur glace
Naissance en mars 2002
Joueur canadien de hockey sur glace
Choix de repêchage des Blues de Saint-Louis
Choix de premier tour au repêchage d'entrée dans la LNH
Joueur des Oil Kings d'Edmonton
Naissance à Airdrie (Canada)
Joueur des Blues de Saint-Louis

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May | 2011 | Okay, Whatever.
493. The man at the grill is the closest thing we have to a king. Fetch him beers.
Recently, whilst eating Indian food, someone mentioned that it seems the hotter the climate, the hotter (spicier) the food.
Is this true? It seems to be.
If so, why? It seems counter-intuitive.
The province said more soldiers were needed to help communities deal with water levels that were receding more slowly than expected and also to eventually remove heavy sandbags.
"As you can appreciate the role of the Canadian Forces is mainly centred on defence activities and therefore they must maintain a capacity in this area to deal with other events should they occur in the country or abroad. Moreover the services you are requesting, if they were authorized, would place the Canadian Forces in competition with the private sector at the local and provincial level which could accomplish this type of reintegration work," Mr. Toews stated in a letter dated May 20 in response to his Quebec counterpart Robert Dutil's request for more help.


Why oh why have I not had waffles in ages These blueberry ones look incredible.
These Blue Berries look so perfect with this waffle and surely the kids to enjoy them. This could make my breakfast a festive one too.
I do love sugar free waffles and these look absolutely yummy. I have never tried using sweeteners in my baking before.
I love making my own waffles and these look delicious! A perfect weekend brunch for sure!
Oh wow!! I love the look of these blueberry waffles. The lower calories of the sweetener really appeals to me as a way to reduce sugar in my diet. The combination blueberries and cream is best level in my mind!!
These waffles look so incredibly yummy!! I love stuffing my waffles and pancakes with berries, makes them so much yummier!
Such a great idea to put blueberries in them! I know my kids are going to eat these up!
I love that these are a lower sugar waffle. My kids love sweet breakfasts, but I would rather they didn't have them. So this is a good alternative. Thanks!
I love the sounds of these waffles. I need to try them on the kids as they love blueberries.
These waffles sound delicious. I need to try them on the kids!!!!
I love that these are freezer-friendly, mornings can be so hectic and it would be nice to grab something other than a granola bar or drive-through bagel..
What a tasty breakfast option! I love waffles but always find myself having the same old breakfast.
OK, these look absolutely amazing. It has been ages since I had any sort of waffle and these sound like some of the best!
Such a delicious way to start the day! Love that I can prep these on the weekend and use throughout the week. Such a great tip to making mornings easier.
We have pancakes or waffles just about every weekend too! Mostly pancakes but I know my family would love these waffles.
I think you may have reawoken the waffle desire in me . I love blueberries in everything! When I lived alone inevitably I'd have to freeze leftover waffles, I put mine straight from the freezer into the toaster.
these sound just incredible! i haven't made waffles for breakfast in such a long time, but this has me motivated to try them soon!


G4S is the global market leader in security and safety solutions. Partner Monsterboard asked our support for a temporary online recruitment campaign in Almere. Type of jobs: BOA (Extraordinary Investigative Officer) and other.


Replacement for IRC Github service?
Eh, why put off what can be done in a few minutes… I've configured a hook manually for the time being… Will review the result after the day's activities.
Hey @EWDurbin. When the github integration was written (~2012) they didn't have terribly fine grained permissions. The only way for me to write webhooks to the personal projects or org proejcts at the time (and to see which ones were already listed to look for duplicates) was full r/w. PRs happily accepted, the project is entirely python (although outdated, hasn't changed much in the last 7 years).
Can you get permissions fixed as I think this is a deal-breaker for many?
I am looking forward to use such service.
What is wrong with the SSL certificate already on the service?
Correction: the issue is that HTTP is not redirected to HTTPS and this triggers lots of warnings. Not sure how I ended up on HTTP, but clearly it should redirect to HTTPS.
A few thousand legacy hooks still point to http endpoints, and services like Github and Bitbucket refuse to follow 301s. It should redirect, yes, but the quick fix was to just not redirect.
Resolved, HTTPS enforced except for legacy hooks which will continue working on http-only.
You could use HSTS Policy to force browsers to use HTTPS while not preventing old hooks from working.
BTW, Thank you for setting up this services I LOVE how it works!


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Latin America: A Global History. A history of the region from an international perspective. Four of twelve chapters written.
Intellectuals and Crises. A history of how social and political crises have shaped intellectual currents and a narrative of intellectual interventions in public life during upheavals. Research in progress.
`Agricultural Credit in Argentina'; Third World Economic History and Development Group Conference, School of Oriental and African Studies, (London), 8-10 September, 1988.
Seminar Organizer: `Comparative Economic History of the Third World: The Very Long View. Reflections on E.L.Jones' The European Miracle', Nissan Centre For Japanese Studies, St. Antony's College, Oxford, Hilary Term, 1987.


OSOOL for Training and Consulting implemented a training program to Al- Sahara Bank in Amman-Jordan during the period 25-29/10/2015 under title the program was "Recent Developments in Documentary Credits, International Standards and Letters of Guarantee". The participants were from the Bank's departments of accreditations and guarantee letters. The program focused on the concept and importance of documentary credits as well as on their different types and parties. The program also focused on the operating course and the risks of foreign trade. The condensed practical cases, presented by the proficient trainer and the participants, played an important role in teaching the participants how to assess and evaluate the risks of foreign trade, what tools might reduce those risks and the relation between documentary credits and the financial data and lists. The cases were based on the real operations in the banks of Libya.


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Q: Ruby-Tire wait for indexes to get created Using Tire I need to fill indexes in the test cases after I create some records, which I do like this.
['London', 'Mumbai', 'New York'].each { |name| Place.create(name: name) }
t = Tire.index('places')
t.import(Place.all.entries)

How do I wait for the index to be created before proceeding?

A: Call t.refresh directly after you call import. This will ensure that Tire is in sync with elasticsearch.

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Ready for some adult go-kart racing? Join the Jacksonville Jaycees on Saturday, July 25th at the Autobahn and let out your inner speed demon! The cost is $28/person for one race and $50/person for 3 races. Get there at 10am to get registered and race with the group!


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/* global QUnit */

// import { RawShaderMaterial } from '../../../../src/materials/RawShaderMaterial.js';

export default QUnit.module( 'Materials', () => {

	QUnit.module( 'RawShaderMaterial', () => {

		// INHERITANCE
		QUnit.todo( 'Extending', ( assert ) => {

			assert.ok( false, 'everything\'s gonna be alright' );

		} );

		// INSTANCING
		QUnit.todo( 'Instancing', ( assert ) => {

			assert.ok( false, 'everything\'s gonna be alright' );

		} );

		// PUBLIC STUFF
		QUnit.todo( 'isRawShaderMaterial', ( assert ) => {

			assert.ok( false, 'everything\'s gonna be alright' );

		} );

	} );

} );


Russia needs a world order in which its opponents cannot monopolize global sources of growth and restrict access to them should political differences arise. Multi-polarity has acquired a completely new meaning. In the past, it was understood as the co-existence of several great powers; but now it is seen as the presence of alternative sources of growth and development.
In the run-up to the XI Annual Session of the Valdai International Discussion Club, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) � one of the club�s co-founders � has published a report by RIAC Programme Director Ivan Timofeev entitled "World Order or World Anarchy: A Look at the Modern System of International Relations."
The situation in Ukraine and the crisis in international relations have again raised questions about what kind of world we live in. Is there such a thing as world order? What are its foundations? How should Russia proceed in an increasingly competitive global environment?
This global environment, according to the report, is extremely uncertain. And it is this uncertainty that causes the key global players to be in constant fear of hostile actions on the part of the others. "In this context, a conflict breaks out even when the parties are objectively not interested in it," notes Ivan Timofeev. Perhaps this is why the Ukrainian crisis has not yet been resolved, despite the fact that it has not brought any tangible gains to either side.
As for Russia, the author writes that its "position among great powers today is fairly vulnerable." This is due to its limited ability to convert its political resources in the international arena into socio-economic development. The situation is made even worse by Russia�s opponents, who will try to block Russia�s access to the global sources of growth and development.
Russia cannot let itself slip into a fierce confrontation with the West. Nor can it afford to make significant concessions. Moscow is interested in the kind of multi-polarity in which the country has access to sources of growth. And one of these sources will inevitably be China. However, independence from the United States and the European Union should not develop into dependence on China. The only way for Russia to successfully steer clear of such a situation is to take the pragmatic approach and "play on several chessboards at once", while at the same time turning itself into a source of development.
The XI Annual Session of the Valdai International Discussion Club has been given the title "The World Order: New Rules or a Game without Rules?" Around 100 participants from over 25 countries will put their heads together to work on new approaches to issues on the global agenda. Among them will be RIAC President Igor Ivanov, Director General Andrei Kortunov and Programme Director Ivan Timofeev.
The XI Annual Session of the Valdai International Discussion Club will take place in Sochi on October 22�24.


Wanderlust is Port Alfred's best kept secret!
Be it a trot or gallop, horse riding is always fun, more so when on the the beach.
Enjoy the scenery on offer as you canoe along the Kowie river.
Enjoy and experience the real outdoors, stunning scenery and wildlife. Hike with professional guides and learn about nature, history. Our trips are designed for everyone.
Dolphin Watching A sight for sore eyes.
Bathurst hosts a pineapple museum whose building is shaped like a 17 metres (56 ft) tall pineapple.
Get up close and personal with African wildlife - an experience not to be missed!
Undeniably exhilarating. You just have to try it.
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Environment New Jersey today announced its full slate of endorsements for the gubernatorial race, state legislative elections, two mayoral races this year and Ballot Question 2, as it prepares to launch a get out the vote and voter education push state-wide and in key legislative races leading up to Election Day on Tuesday, November 7.
After Hurricanes Harvey and Irma recently pummeled our coasts, Environment New Jersey warned that pending budget proposals from the Trump Administration and Congress threaten key programs that protect our communities from storm- related impacts. The group documented threats to programs that prevent or curb flooding, sewage overflows and leaks from toxic waste sites. Environment New Jersey also called for preventing more global warming-fueled extreme weather in the future.
Environment New Jersey analyzed the FY 2018 budget proposed by President Trump in the spring of 2017 and the current House and Senate appropriations bills and their impact on programs that protect communities from storm-related impacts. Overall, the Trump administration proposes a 31% ($2.6 billion) budget decrease for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) -- the primary agency for protecting the air we breathe and the water we drink, and reducing our exposure to toxic chemicals. The administration's proposal also specifically proposed eliminating or cutting important clean water, coastal protection and slashing toxic waste cleanup programs. To date, the House has also proposed steep but slightly smaller cuts to the EPA of $528 million. The House spending bills also include several harmful legislative "riders," including one that targets the Clean Water Rule, which protects flood-absorbing wetlands. The House bill also cuts important coastal protection programs and initially slashed clean water grants to states.


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What is first person point of view? (example and famous books)
First person point of view is a narrative mode that is used when a story is told from the perspective of one character. In this mode, the narrator uses the pronoun "I" to refer to themselves and refers to other characters in the story by their names or other third-person pronouns. This mode of narration allows the reader to gain a personal connection with the narrator and experience the story
What is Second person point of view (POV narrative in fiction with famous books and examples)
What is Second person point of view? Second person point of view is a point of view where the narrator is speaking directly to the reader, using pronouns such as "you" and "your". It is less common than first or third person, but can be effective in creating a sense of immediacy and involvement. 10 Examples of Second person point of view You are walking down the street, feeling the
3rd person omniscient vs limited POV (with examples and famous books)
What is 3rd person POV (omniscient vs limited)? Third person omniscient is a point of view where the narrator is all-knowing and can tell the reader anything they need to know about any character or situation. The narrator is not limited to any one character's perspective, and instead can move between characters and situations freely. Limited point of view, on the other hand, is a point of view where the
Black Friday Deal on Book Editing (manuscript critique 50% off)
To be honest, after recruiting a dozen of the best editors and proofreaders to our team here at BookButchers, I rarely do editing myself, even though for the past few years I've been obsessed with the craft of writing and how to make it easier for new authors. But I do still enjoy the popular $297 first chapter critiques that I do myself – it's a quick way to figure
How to write a memoir (editing and writing tips to publish your story as a bestselling book)
Everybody wants to write a book about their amazing life story, but the truth is it's a lot of hard work and selling your manuscript to a publisher is a risky bet. Maybe you dream of a bestselling book, passive income and even a movie deal, but don't put the cart before the horse. First you have to write the thing. But that's not enough, not nearly. You have to
How to edit a novel (the definitive guide to killing your darlings)
Welcome! Here at Bookbutchers we help authors edit books that people want to read. That part is super important, but too often overlooked. You see, there's a huge secret to publishing successful novels and it's this: they have to satisfy readers If that sounds obvious, keep in mind that most of the writing advice you've ever read has been about *not* writing to market or considering your audience, and just
I've seen this issue come up enough times for me to comment on it: authors who get samples from several editors and weigh the pros and cons of each, which usually center around quality and price, but also personality and professionalism. Most authors would prefer to work with an author who responds quickly and effuses praise and seems to really like their book. They want support and enthusiasm for the
FIRST CHAPTER MISTAKES What follows are some insights I've collected, after providing feedback on hundreds of first drafts. I've tried to only share general examples that I notice frequently in the majority of inexperienced manuscripts. There is nothing implicitly or inherently wrong with any of these: they are simple, common mistakes, made by authors who haven't learned through experience or education that there's a better way to present or communicate relevant information.
Fiction, storytelling, is the same regardless of genre, and over the past century, we've made some gradual concessions in favor of organization and clarity over artistic expression. In other words, there are rules to good writing. Not about the word choice or material itself, but in the presentation of material. To take it from a handful of jarring, undeveloped flights of fancy or snippets of unfinished (and uninspired) scenes and
It can be tricky to self-edit a scene to make sure it's working, so here's a handy revision checklist for editing your novels, with 14 things to focus on or check. Each of these are useful tricks to improve a slow or plodding scene that you like but just isn't dramatic enough to keep momentum. Watch the video for a full-walkthrough! What happens Motivation (what do the characters need/want and


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National Executives Election
New Patriotic Party to elect executives for the newly created regions May 4
March 13, 2019 Ghmatters 0
The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has announced it intentions to elect regional officers for the newly created regions on May 4, 2019. This was contained in a statement signed by the General Secretary of the […]
Suhum Hotel chases NPP over GHC18k unpaid bills
December 19, 2018 Ghmatters 0
Management of a hotel in Suhum in the Eastern Region is chasing officials of the Ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) over their refusal to pay some GHC18,000 outstanding lodging bills incurred during the National Delegates […]
NDC Holds Thanksgiving Service on 2nd December
November 29, 2018 Ghmatters 0
Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, the newly-elected National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress, said the party will on Sunday December 2, hold a national thanksgiving service at the Church of Pentecost, Teshie Nungua in Accra. He […]
John Mahama's challengers unfit – Ofosu Ampofo
Newly elected National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, has suggested that it will not be a wrong decision for the party to elect former President John Mahama as its […]
Leaked: NDC to hold presidential and parliamentary primaries on March 3, 2019
Former President John Dramani Mahama and all the other aspirants of the NDC party will know their fate by March 3, 2019, when the party holds its presidential and Parliamentary primaries according to a leaked […]
NDC's newly elected chairman to undergo one year training with the Church of Pentecost
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The Apertura 2022 Liga MX final phase was being played between 8 October and 30 October 2022. A total of twelve teams were competing in the final phase to decide the champions of the Apertura 2022 Liga MX season. For the fifth straight season, an additional qualifying round, the reclassification or repechaje, was employed, which expanded the number of playoff spots to twelve.

Both finalists qualified to the 2024 CONCACAF Champions League.

Due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup being held in November and December, the Apertura 2022 regular season and final phase began earlier than previous seasons. As a result, the final was held on 30 October 2022 and not in the middle of December.

Pachuca defeated Toluca 8–2 on aggregate to win their seventh league title. As winners, Pachuca will face the Clausura 2023 champion in the 2023 Campeón de Campeones.

Qualified teams
The following teams qualified for the championship stage.

In the following tables, the number of appearances, last appearance, and previous best result count only those in the short tournament era starting from Invierno 1996 (not counting those in the long tournament era from 1943–44 to 1995–96).

Format

Reclassification
All rounds will be played in a single game hosted by the higher seed
If a game ends in a draw, it will proceed directly to a penalty shoot-out.

Liguilla
Teams were re-seeded each round.
The winners of the Reclassification matches were seeded based on their ranking in the classification table.
Team with more goals on aggregate after two matches advanced.
No away goals rule was applied in neither round, if the two teams were tied on aggregate, the higher seeded team advanced.
In the final, if the two teams were tied after both legs, the match went to extra time and, if necessary, a shoot-out.
Both finalists qualified to the 2024 CONCACAF Champions League.

Reclassification

Summary
Matches took place on 8–9 October 2022.

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Matches

Seeding
The following is the final seeding for the final phase. The winners of the Reclassification matches were seeded based on their position in the classification table.

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Summary
The first legs were played on 12–13 October, and the second legs were played on 15–16 October.

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Matches
First leg

Second leg

Monterrey won 3–0 on aggregate.

América won 11–2 on aggregate.

Toluca won 6–4 on aggregate.

2–2 on aggregate. Pachuca advanced due to being the higher seed in the classification table.

Semi-finals

Summary
The first legs were played on 19–20 October, and the second legs were played on 22–23 October.

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Matches
First leg

Second leg

Toluca won 3–2 on aggregate.

Pachuca won 6–2 on aggregate.

Finals

Summary
The first leg was played on 27 October, and the second leg will be played on 30 October.

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First leg

Details

Statistics

Second leg

Pachuca won 8–2 on aggregate.

Details

Statistics

Statistics

Goalscorers

Assists

Notes

References

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InfiniBand: Back to the beginning
Mike Karp (Network World) 20 February, 2006 12:42
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Some readers may remember efforts during the 1990s by Compaq, HP and IBM to deliver a high-speed serial connection technology called Future I/O. Some may also recall a competing technology -- Next Generation I/O (NGIO) -- from a group consisting of Intel, Microsoft, and Sun. Eventually the two camps merged their efforts to work on what all commonly saw as the next generation of technology for connecting servers and storage.
Originally, that combined effort was called System I/O, but that name didn't last long. We now know it as InfiniBand.
InfiniBand aims to be many things to many users, but it is probably best summed up as a high-performance, highly scalable, low latency and highly reliable network for the computer center. Originally intended to be a replacement for Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel, it is in a sense a SAN, but it is also something more: it is a SAN where the "S" refers to "storage" and to "system," and where the "N" may well be a network for all sorts of communications. That is, in addition to linking storage to CPUs, it also links CPUs to one another.
Storage, servers and networking all connect and via a single switch-based fabric with InfiniBand, and may be managed centrally. Because everything converges in this environment, InfiniBand offers the possibility of managing processing, communications, and storage as a single linked entity. A logical result of this is likely to be improved QoS and, one would hope, a simplified management environment.
One result we have already seen is that InfiniBand currently finds lots of use as the interconnect technology for clusters and grids. Right now, for example, high performance computing (HPC) sites are using it to link the processing power of interconnected CPUs in order to scale performance. At the same time, InfiniBand is capable of ramping up I/O when needed to support increased CPU performance; on the other hand it is also capable of effecting economies by sharing the I/O resources of one cluster member with the other cluster nodes.
InfiniBand is not limited to HPC sites. It also has a growing footprint at commercial sites, where its ability to centralize the management of virtualized storage, servers and networks may turn the fundamental tasks involved in both build out and just-in-time service delivery into a dramatically simpler operation.


This quilt is meant to be easy to follow, and a beginners quilt.
The quilt top itself is going to be cut from a co-ordinating fabric range, and I've chosen the ink and spindle range by Cloud 9 fabrics. I'm just going to jump right into the maths.
If you miscut this – everything goes out of whack BIG TIME. 4mm can cause you a world of pain.
It's australian, beautiful gender neutral fabric. I've bought a 12pce fat quarter bundle, which means I will get 12 squares Australian Fat Quarter = half the width of the fabric x 0.5m. The fabric will be 112cm wide, so I should end up with 50cm x 56cm squares. Converted to inches, that will be 22″ x 19 1/2″.
Every seam or cut I make, will reduce the size of the finished quilt.
Let's assume, I just trim up all my blocks to 19 1/2″ square. Once I then sew up all my blocks together with a 1/4″ seam allowance, that will give me 12 x 19″ blocks.
The most obvious way to arrange those is in a grid, being 3 x 4 blocks.
The finished size would then be (3 x 19) = 57″ by (4 x 19) = 76″.
This is big enough to fit a double bed.
So what if I trim those down a bit more. Let's make of those 12 square into 4 squares. Each square will be cut into 4.5″ squares. I will now have (12 x 4) = 48 41/2″ unfinished squares.
Those, once sewn together will be 48 4″ squares.
If I do 6 rows of 8 – I will end up with a quilt (6 x 4″) = 24″wide and (8 x 4″) 32″ long. Too small for a cot quilt.
The point of this exercise? Do the maths before you cut, or buy ANY fabric.
So my chosen design is going to be inspired by this.
But look a little more like this image here. I tried using quilt studio to plan it out, but it was a bit of a pain. Good, but as I'm comfortable with the maths – I'm going back to le basico.
To do the maths, I do the low-tech version of drawing on graph paper. I make little tiny boxes in excel, and then do some guesstimates. In this, each square represents 2 inches. Initially, I tried each square representing 3 inches, but I didn't have enough fabric for that.
If it looks a little like trial and error (shhhhh, it totally is).
For those wanting to ever make a quilt like this, I'll go through it step by step.
I have 12 fat quarters, which if they are (rounded down) 22″ x 18′, then I'm using 11 squares x 9 square in the top right corner to represent the fat quarter.
My finished block has 6 pieces within it. Therefore, if I can cut all 6 pieces from a fat quarter (before mixing them up and sewing them up), then I can have 12 blocks. Huzzah!
In the bottom left, I've pulled out each part of the finished block, and worked out what size they are in the finished block. I will need to add 1/4″ seam allowance to all sides.
So I'm still planning on doing the applique over the top, and using one of the styles of image from my pinterest board.
I'd love to say I've decided, but sometimes you need to see how a quilt is coming together before you can make a final call.
What do you think about a simple, large silhouette of a child reading?
Click here to go to the #QuiltLikeABoss page for links to all the posts in the QuiltAlong and other information!


The Karlstad, MN area has had 1 report of on-the-ground hail by trained spotters, and has been under severe weather warnings 14 times during the past 12 months. Doppler radar has detected hail at or near Karlstad, MN on 18 occasions, including 4 occasions during the past year.
7/31/2017 6:26 PM CDT At 625 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near stephen, or 28 miles east of grafton, moving southeast at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe storm will be near, englund around 635 pm cdt. florian around 640 pm cdt. Old mill state park around 655 pm cdt.
7/31/2017 5:57 PM CDT At 556 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over kennedy, or 27 miles northeast of grafton, moving southeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, donaldson around 605 pm cdt. stephen around 620 pm cdt. englund around 625 pm cdt. florian around 630 pm cdt. Old mill state park around 645 pm cdt.
8/3/2016 8:40 PM CDT At 840 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from caribou to drayton, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. these severe storms will be near, caribou around 845 pm cdt. kennedy and donaldson around 900 pm cdt. also includes interstate 29 between mile markers 176 and 217. A tornado watch remains in effect until 1100 pm cdt for northwestern minnesota, and northeastern north dakota.
8/3/2016 7:55 PM CDT At 754 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near pembina to near gardar, moving east at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. severe thunderstorms will be near, pembina and st. vincent around 800 pm cdt. noyes around 805 pm cdt. st. thomas, auburn and humboldt around 810 pm cdt. orleans around 815 pm cdt. cashel around 820 pm cdt. also includes interstate 29 between mile markers 176 and 217. A tornado watch remains in effect until 1100 pm cdt for northwestern minnesota, and northeastern north dakota.
7/12/2015 6:39 PM CDT The severe thunderstorm warning for kittson, northeastern marshall, roseau, central pennington and southeastern pembina counties will expire at 645 pm cdt, the storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property. therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. a severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1000 pm cdt for northwestern minnesota and northeastern north dakota.
7/12/2015 6:18 PM CDT At 618 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 miles northeast of orleans to near norris camp, moving northeast at 70 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding and trees. These severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of kittson, northeastern marshall, roseau, central pennington and southeastern pembina counties.
5/28/2015 6:23 PM CDT At 623 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near halma, or 36 miles northeast of grafton, moving east at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding and trees. this severe storm will be near, halma around 635 pm cdt. Karlstad around 645 pm cdt.
5/28/2015 6:05 PM CDT At 604 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over kennedy, or 27 miles northeast of grafton, moving east at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, lake bronson around 635 pm cdt. halma around 645 pm cdt. Karlstad around 700 pm cdt.


Hello everyone, welcome to the daily news roundup where we glance through all the news that we covered throughout the day in the world of technology. We select the most crucial news stories that you should not miss if you want to stay updated with the latest and greatest from the world of technology in the last 24 hours. Considering that today is the first week of the day, the scope extends to coves everything important that took place over the weekend. This includes the latest announcements, smartphone launches, leaks, and rumors.
Let's start with the latest device launch for the day where Motorola launched its latest smartphone in the market, the Motorola One Power. HMD Global announced the launch details for its latest smartphone, the Nokia 5.1 Plus in India. Reports emerged on the internet stating that Samsung may be planning to launch its first smartphone with a quad-camera setup next month. YU hinted that it may enter the TV segment and an Amazon India landing page indicated that Xiaomi Mi Band 3 may be Amazon-exclusive at launch.
Let's take a look a look at all the above-mentioned events in detail.
Motorola India has just launched its latest smartphone, the Motorola One Power in the market for Rs 15,999. The device comes with 64GB internal storage and 4GB RAM. It comes with a 6.2-inch FHD+ screen with that notch while running on Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 SoC.
It will be available as Flipkart exclusive from October 5 at 12 PM. The device comes with a dual camera setup on the back with a 16-megapixel primary and a 5-megapixel secondary sensor and a 12-megapixel camera sensor in the front for selfies.
HMD Global announced the launch of its Nokia 5.1 Plus in the market. The company has priced the device at Rs 10,999 and it will go on sale on October 1. The device comes with a 5.8-inch screen with HD+ resolution and a notch. It is powered by MediaTek Helio P60 along with up to 4GB RAM and up to 64GB internal storage.
There are two variants on sale, the one with 3GB RAM and 32GB internal storage and the one with 4GB RAM and 64GB internal storage. The device features a 13-megapixel primary and a 5-megapixel secondary camera sensor on the back of the device along with an 8-megapixel camera sensor in the front for selfies.
Samsung is gearing up to launch a new smartphone with four cameras on the back. According to the report, the device is likely to be known as the Galaxy A9 Star Pro and the company is planning to launch the device on October 11, 2018.
The company has already sent out media invites and claims that it will be "4X Fun". It is hinted that the four cameras will be vertically stacked up on the left-hand corner of the device along with LED flash module.
BSNL has launched a new Rs 666 "Sixer" plan which offers a total of 3.7GB daily data, up from 1.5GB that it usually offers. It comes with a validity of 129 days, which means users can download up to 477.3GB data through the validity period.
The plan also 100 free SMS daily, meaning users can send a total of 12,900 local and national text messages during the validity period along with unlimited voice calls.
Bharti Airtel has just launched a new plan for Rs 289 which offers unlimited voice calling across India, with free calls applicable even when roaming within the country.
Users also get 100 SMS per day, along with 1GB 4G data at high speed. The plan is valid for 48 days.
Micromax is planning to enter the TV market with its YU-branded TV.
According to a registered listing of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), the company may be planning to launch a 32-inch LCD TV with model number 32YUPHORIA S in coming weeks.
A landing page for the Mi Band 3 has appeared on the Amazon India website hinting that the Band 3 may launch as an Amazon exclusive. According to the landing page, the wearable is "coming soon" as part of the "Smarter Living" lineup of devices expected to launch in the market.
The teaser comes with a caption stating "Smarter lifestyle for a fitter you" along with hints at tracking "more in real time", "bigger display", and "do more on a single charge". There are no additional details on the landing page including the pricing, features, or availability but it is likely that the wearable is between the Rs 1,500 and Rs 2,000 market.


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Briarcliff Launches App and Website to Promote Improved Hiking Trail Network
River Journal — January 13, 2020
Whether you're new to Briarcliff Manor or have lived here a lifetime, chances are you aren't familiar with all the walking, biking, and hiking trails that crisscross our community. They've been there for a long time, but they've been poorly maintained, promoted, or marked for level of difficulty. Until now. It is also important to to learn the basics if you're going hiking.
Over the past six months, Mayor Steven Vescio, Trustee Peter Chatzky, Superintendent of Parks and Rec Henry Jamin and other members of the Rec Committee have been working to not only clean up the trails but also make them more accessible, both on the ground and through the use of the latest technology.
The first step in the process was to replace worn signage, groom the entranceways where necessary, and create a new parking area for the trail surrounding the reservoir at Old Sleepy Hollow Road.
The next step involved mapping all the trails and adding them to the Hiking Project app developed by outdoor retail giant REI. The app includes trails across the country and allows users to add their comments or even post additional trails.
According to Chatzky, the new app and web-based system provides "maps of the trails, difficulty ratings, any amenities available like bathroom facilities, parking, and whether you can bring a dog." You'll also find information on whether the trails are family friendly, ADA accessible, have historical significance, and other features.
"The benefit for Briarcliff is it allows us to plan our trails and how we can better connect them," noted Mayor Vescio. "The idea is we can have a whole trail around Briarcliff and connect it to other trails like Rockefeller which would be a great amenity for Briarcliff residents. It's relatively low-cost, low-maintenance, and everybody likes hiking."
Another benefit of the improved trail network is to encourage hikers and bikers to visit the downtown area and frequent the local businesses. "If we can get more bikers to leave the trail and ride into our downtown, have lunch or get a soda or ice cream, it's another way to get visitors into Briarcliff," said Vescio.
The Hiking Project app is available for iOS and Android phones in their respective stores. You can also access the trails at www.hikingproject.com and search for Briarcliff Manor.
Briarcliff TrailsLevel of Difficulty
Law Memorial Park Walking Path –Easy
North County Trailway: Law Park South to Route 117– Easy/Intermediate
Kate Kennard Trail –Intermediate
Yellow Trail –Intermediate/Difficult
North County Trailway: Law Park North to N. State Rd –Easy/Intermediate
Red Trail –Difficult
Thanks for publishing this informative piece! Glad to learn about REI's hiking app – I got it.
Thanks Briarcliff for the work you have done on the trails and getting them published!
Hillary Landau - Hillary's Homes - Houlihan Lawrence says:
This is awesome! We love our beautiful Briarcliff Trails and this makes them even more accessible!
Arts Groups In Westchester Receive Over $500,000 in Matching Grants in Art$WChallenge Program
Westchester County Center Lit in Commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Westchester Jewish Community Services Receives Grant on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
About the Author: River Journal


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Q: I got error "packages have unmet dependencies" while Installing Mysql in EC2 Ubuntu: I try to install mysql on ec2 ubuntu-xenial-16.04. When I try to run this command:
sudo apt-get install mysql-server

I got an error like:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt --fix-broken install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 linux-headers-5.13.0-1028-aws : Depends: linux-aws-5.13-headers-5.13.0-1028 but it is not going to be installed
 mysql-server : Depends: mysql-server-8.0 but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

Is there any suggestion?

A: try this:
Update the repo
sudo apt-get update

Install mysql-server with the missing dependencies
sudo apt-get install -f mysql-server

A: This command sudo apt-get install -f solved my problem.


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Q: Rethinking/discussing privileges What are privileges for?
Privileges are in place so that new users get to know the system and not spam closevotes everywhere, delete random posts, make incorrect edits, downvote everything, etc.
With that said, I think there should be some changes to the privilege system. Here's our current system, and how I think it could be improved:

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*10 rep: images, multiple links, answer protected questions, ask/answer more quickly, review, community wiki

*I think that these privileges are good, mostly. No image/link/answer/question spam from new users. Maybe review should be a bit higher; I don't think by 10 rep one would know enough about the system to review. (proposal: review -> 40)

*15 rep: upvote, flag

*Upvote might need to be raised just a bit higher, maybe 25. One answer of your accepted and now you can upvote? Flagging is good here. (proposal: upvote -> 25)

*20 rep: chat

*This one's okay as it is. We don't want too many chat-question-spammers here.

*50 rep: comment

*This one needs to be lowered. This is the source of many not-an-answer answers and I think commenting can't be too harmful. (proposal: comment -> 25)

*75 rep: bounties

*The minimum bounty amount is 50. 75 isn't that far away from 50. This one's good.

*100 rep: edit CW, create chatrooms

*Community Wiki is meant to be edited by the community, but we don't want spam. Perfect rep level for this. Chatrooms are easily cleaned up if incorrectly created, too.

*125 rep: downvote

*I agree with this one. With the association bonus, you must participate a bit before you can -1. That would get you to understand the site better.

*200 rep: reduce ads

*Good incentive to get more rep. :D

*250 rep: view closevotes on your own question

*I might even go so far as to say this should be available from 1 rep. You should be able to know when someone wants to close your question. However, users might say "HEY DON'T CLOSE ME" so not that low. (proposal: view closevotes on self -> 50)

*500 rep: retag

*I think by, say, 300 rep, you should know what tags are for and how to use them. (proposal: retag -> 300)

*1k rep: view vote count, expanded usercard, create gallery chatrooms

*I completely disagree with this one. The vote count should be available from something like 150 rep. I know it's "expensive," but it really can't be too bad. I barely ever use it anyway. For the usercard, it's just a nice little thing for fun, pretty much. Gallery chatrooms: if you can create normal chatrooms, why can't you create gallery ones? (proposals: vote count -> 150, gallery chatrooms -> 150)

*1.5k rep: create tags

*Pretty hefty amount between retagging and creating tags. Once you know the tag system enough to retag, shouldn't you know enough to create tags, too? (proposal: create tags -> 600)

*2k rep: edit

*Perfect. You need to be trusted quite a bit to edit everything.

*2.5k rep: Create synonyms

*Lower this one! If you have a score of 5 or more on the tag that should prove you know enough. (proposal: synonymize -> 1k)

*3k rep: Vote to close

*Closing is a pretty big thing. I think the rep for this is perfect as it is.

*5k rep: approve tag wiki edits

*Woah, why so far from the 2k for editing? What makes tag wikis any different? (proposal: tag wiki edits -> 2.5k)

*10k rep: handle flags, vote to (un)delete, view deleted, (a whole bunch of lists)

*Alright. Handling flags: by 10k rep this is a well earned privilege. Vote to (un)delete: also good. Deletion is really important because it's gone. Except for other 10ks, that is. View deleted: Hey, what's the harm in letting people see deleted posts? This one's WAY too high. View tons of lists: Yeah, this one's okay. (proposal: view deleted -> 1k)

*15k rep: protect

*Protecting is a big thing. This one's good.

*20k rep: trusted user

*Everything in here I agree with except for editing tag wiki without approval. You can edit posts 18 thousand rep before! (proposal: edit tag wiki without approval -> 2.5k)

We have a theory of moderation. Let's follow it.

A: Please make it harder, not easier, to mess with tag wikis, especially to create them from scratch. The edit queue is full of unattributed copies and other horrors.

A:

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*10k rep: handle flags, vote to (un)delete, view deleted, (a whole bunch of lists)

*

*Alright. Handling flags: by 10k rep this is a well earned privilege. Vote to (un)delete: also good. Deletion is really important because it's gone. Except for other 10ks, that is. View deleted: Hey, what's the harm in letting people see deleted posts? This one's WAY too high. View tons of lists: Yeah, this one's okay. (proposal: view deleted -> 1k)

Given that a 1k user can't actually do anything with a deleted post, what's the point in seeing them?
This would only add noise to the 1-9k user's experience.


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Q: GCM XMPP scaling connections limitations Hi anyone has some experience on scaling GCM XMPP ?
https://developer.android.com/google/gcm/ccs.html
Im reading docs there but Im not sure about this 100 pending msgs on 1 connection. I read somewhere that there is limit to 10 connections on server, is it right ? What f I will run 5 servers, each will open 10 connections, should it work well ?

A: Regarding 100 pending messages:
So apps can use "messages with payload" " to deliver messages of up to 4 Kb. This would be useful in a chat application, for example. To use this feature, simply omit the collapse_key parameter and messages will not be collapsed. GCM will store up to 100 messages. If you exceed that number, all messages will be discarded but you will receive a special message. If an application receives this message, it needs to sync with the server.
Regarding Server connection limit:
You can allow your server to send up to 4000 messages per second on the persistent connection. Knowing you are allowed up to 10 connections, you can possibly send many notifications fast (up to 40k notifications per second).
So you can speed up the message delivery on a device without eventually increasing the number of connections or number of servers but rather splitting your array of devices.
For faster delivery try these methods:  1. delay_while_idle - set to false 2. time_to_live - set to zero (but we have set to 30 for just in case) 3. Canonical IDs - Make sure Canonical IDs returned by GCM replace the old PushID in database 4. collapse_key - The most important factor - set it to random or TOD to avoid Google to throttle notifications.
In extreme case you can always airpush.