From a humid 81° to a cool 61° in 40 minutes….
Gardening has been a way of life for me. My grandfather, my mother, both avid gardeners, bequeathed to me and my 6 siblings and to our children the joys of gardening, landscaping, and developing a harmonious relationship with Mother Nature. Since we are still renting a home and the gardens are not mine, the intimate relationship I had with the soil has metamorphosed from active gardening to becoming a custodian, a steward and a caretaker of this property. I've done all I can to restore the once tangled and overgrown small gardens in this rental. Now I have developed an insatiable interest and curiosity about the grassland that surrounds this property.
The salt marsh and fields behind our home have provided a great education on the habitat of breeding and nesting birds. This amazing grassland, a tapestry of color in summer bloom, has engaged me. I am entertained daily by the bobolinks, the redwing blackbirds, the eastern meadowlarks that fly in and out of their sanctuary, very vocal and always ready to defend a territory. I'm drawn to their breeding rituals, territory claims, and their banding together for common attacks on crows and hawks.
I've been accustomed to gazing upward to tree canopies to follow birds in Virginia. It's a whole new experience in New Hampshire as I gaze down on meadow events, binoculars in hand, from our elevated deck east of the fields. The one bird that I especially enjoy is the colorful bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus), a member of the blackbird family. This is a new bird on my life list. Their aerial displays are entertaining and their enchanting songs serenade us throughout the day.
The most noticeable thing about the bobolink is the stunning bright buff colored cap he wears. His breast is black and the bird's back is white, almost as if he put his clothes on backwards. Males claim territories a week before the arrival of females and the bright colors are helpful when females search from above for males in the grasses.
Arthur Cleveland Bent (1866-1954), author of Life Histories of North American Birds, wrote, "It is unique among bird songs, a bubbling delirium of ecstatic music that flows from the gifted throat of the bird like sparkling champagne." To experience a little of what I see and hear every day, check out the youtube video below.
This grassland is owned and protected by the homeowners. Although it will be eventually harvested to feed farm animals, that process must be delayed until the bobolink nesting period has ended, something that happens much too early in many fields. In the fall, the male changes into drab plumage, the birds begin to flock and they migrate about 6,000 miles to spend the winter in the grasslands of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.
I love a rainy day. Overnight the temperatures dropped and we awoke to a brisk chill in the air and wind blowing rain in sheets across the meadow. It's the type of weather that makes one want to snuggle beneath the down comforter and just listen to the patter on the roof. The birds were happy, the gardens were happy and later, with a hot mug of java, I was happy to linger at the window and watch the activity at the bird feeders. There will be a slower pace today. No garden chores. No pulling the hose out to water the baby grass or the hydrangea in pots.
By noon, the storm intensified as I bundled up to walk the pooch in the yard. Blooms that stood tall and colorful yesterday, hung low and disheveled in the wind and rain.
The rain came down in buckets for the remainder of the day. Tomorrow may be a day to tidying up in the garden but today was a day to slow down the pace and enjoy the quiet.


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It was 10 days after she first arrived at the Syrian-Jordanian border that Marwa's* patience ran out.
She had left Damascus, the capital, on 25 May with her five young children and her husband, who was just out of detention and still weak from the beatings he underwent there, she said.
The rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) took them more than 100km, through insecure back roads, to al-Hayt crossing on the southwestern edge of Syria, only to learn that the border was closed.
The family spent three nights in Ma'ariya village before getting word the border had reopened. They tried again, but the Jordanian army told them there was only one bus available to take them safety to the other side. That day, the bus was only taking people from Tal Shihab crossing, several kilometres east, a 10,000 lira (US$100) ride they could not afford.
"Come back tomorrow," Marwa recounts being told.
She spent the next six days going back and forth to the border, where she waited 12 hours for a bus that never arrived. During her wait, she listened to constant shelling in nearby Shaghara town.
"One day they take 20 people; then for two to three days, they take no one," she told IRIN.
Turned back to the village time after time, they slept in people's homes, in a school-turned-shelter and, when there was no space, on the streets in the cold.
On the 10th day, she and some 50 other women had had enough.
Then, despite warnings from Syrian rebels and Jordanian officials, they picked up their bags and their children and started walking.
After they descended hundreds of feet in elevation and crossed an empty river bed by foot, Jordanian border officials finally let them in.
Marwa and her family were among 244 Syrians who made it to the UN registration centre in Jordan's Za'atari refugee camp that night, on 4 June. They were welcomed by an army of aid workers accustomed to much larger numbers.
"At anything less than 2,500 new arrivals per night, we don't consider ourselves busy," said one man distributing blankets, referring to earlier levels which have dropped dramatically in recent weeks.
Aid workers do not know what to make of the current trends.
One week in mid-May, the camp saw almost no new arrivals - attributed at the time to security measures during two international conferences in Jordan. Since then, arrival levels have fluctuated, but remain in the hundreds of entries per night, far below earlier averages of 1,500 to 2,500 per day, if not higher.
The period without entries was "blown out of proportion" by the press, Anmar Alhmoud, the Jordanian government's spokesperson on Syrian refugees, told IRIN last week. Jordan continued receiving injured people throughout, he said, insisting the country's open-door policy has not changed.
Jordan's King Abdullah II "never said anything about closing the border… We are obliged to accept all those who seek refuge," Alhmoud said.
The Jordanian Armed Forces have diverted hundreds of soldiers from their regular duties to the refugee rescue effort. Soldiers pick them up from remote, desert areas so harsh even Bedouin tribes do not live there, including the nexus between the Jordanian, Syrian and Iraqi borders, which is home only to sand and smugglers. In some cases, the army feeds and shelters the refugees in their barracks for days until transport becomes available, as many of these areas can only be reached with military vehicles.
But aid workers suggest that what first appeared to be a temporary closure is beginning to look like a longer-term reduction in refugee intake.
"How many days are you going to leave us here? There are sick and pregnant women among us. We can't wait anymore."
One refugee at Za'atari, who had come to meet his mother, brother and sisters due to arrive from Tal Shihab crossing last week, said 300 people had been turned back that night, among them his family members.
Observers say the government may have used May's international meetings as a pretext to test international reaction to a border closure. So far, outrage has been limited.
Still, he acknowledged the UN did not have enough information to fully explain the "slow-down" in the number of new arrivals. And while "there may be delays" in crossing the border, Jordan's intake remains one of the largest in the region. During visits to the border, he said, UNHCR officials have never witnessed people waiting on the other side.
As the number of refugees increases exponentially across the region, neighbouring countries, including Iraq and Turkey, have also been accused of not fully opening their borders to Syrian refugees. The European Union has turned away many Syrian asylum-seekers.
But other factors may also be at play in the reduced flow of refugees into Jordan.
A recent Syrian government offensive to re-take parts of the south has restricted access to some of the routes previously used by refugees, Harper and others said. The Syrian government now controls many areas along the border previously controlled by the opposition; as such, the FSA has had more difficulty helping people get to the border, analysts said.
In addition, according to Harper, at least 15 villages in southern Syria have been completely emptied, with one-third of southern Dera'a Governorate's original population now living in Jordan.
As Walid Alkhatib, of the Center for Strategic Studies at the University of Jordan, put it: "There are not many Syrians left in the villages" along the border in the first place.
This contradicts refugees' testimonies. One elderly woman told IRIN: "Many people want to come here. They turn them back." She traveled to Jordan to help her son cross the border; as a young, single man, he would not have been allowed in alone, she said.
On 23 May, the imam of Syria's Nasib Village, one of the main crossing points, told IRIN 10,000 people were waiting to cross the border.
Harper warned that Syria's neighbours needed additional support "so that they have the confidence" to keep accepting refugees. "What is happening at the moment is that Jordan is being used as a buffer zone or a shock-absorber for what is going on inside Syria," he said.
Indeed, some observers say the perceived change in policy was an attempt by Jordan to send a message to the international community ahead of an international appeal for more funding to support host countries, which was launched on 7 June in Geneva.
Harper also advocated for more humanitarian support for Syrians within their own country so that they need not seek refuge in the first place.
The presence of Syrian refugees has put an increasing burden on Jordanian services, especially water delivery. Some observers say the government, already fragile after large-scale protests in 2012, is under increasing pressure to limit the impact of the Syrian crisis on Jordanians.
An April poll by the Center for Strategic Studies found that 71 percent of Jordanians wanted the government to stop the flow of refugees.
According to Alkhatib, head of the Center's polling department, the government has become "more selective" about who enters the country.
A Jordanian military source told IRIN there were no limits on the numbers or locations of Syrian refugee entries, but confirmed there were certain conditions for entry. Government officials have repeatedly said that Palestinian refugees in Syria or Syrians without documentation, especially young, single men, are not allowed to enter Jordan.
Other sources close to the government said entry criteria exclude asylum seekers belonging to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's Allawi sect, as well as anyone with past affiliations with the Syrian Army. Under international law, anyone with a genuine fear of persecution has the right to seek asylum.
One young female refugee from Um Walid village in Dera'a told IRIN that after reaching the Jordanian government registration centre in Rabat Sarhan, Jordanian officials sent her and others back on a bus to the Syrian side of the Tal Shihab border crossing, on the basis that her brother was using forged identification and had a suspicious travel history.
When she returned days later, alone, she entered successfully.
"We are tortured depending on their mood," she said of Jordanian officials. She spoke to IRIN while waiting to register with UNHCR in the middle of the night.
Refugees at the registration centre in Za'atari camp consistently told stories of having to wait days before being allowed to cross.
One group of Syrians at the Nasib crossing on 4 June were initially told there were no entries that day, several refugees told IRIN separately. As they waited, a shell from the Syrian side flew overhead, landing 10m in front of them. Another landed shortly afterwards within 50m of them. They dropped everything and ran; some hid under a sand ridge, and others tried to cross the riverbed. The Jordanian army then brought all them across the border and even went back for their bags.
In another case, recounted by a refugee, after 15 people were let in at a crossing point, the 16th was turned back and told that capacity had been reached for the day. In other cases, refugees said, Jordanian officials told them they required a minimum of 50 people before they could bring a bus to take them across the border.


Here is a cool one from Patrice Chambrier: "Hope for the 21st century." At first I thought that this was just a set of stickers. However, on closer inspection Patrice's works reveal wood relief and mixed media.
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If the jeans are abbreviate cut, accumulate the anorak slim, too. And as it's a accidental booty on what is commonly a academic colour, abstain accessorising with a abridged square, as this would breach the abstemiousness of the anorak and attending too dressed up. Accomplishment the attending with some simple atramentous suede chukka or Chelsea boots.
Retro is in, there's no agnosticism about that. But with assorted eras currently authoritative after-effects in menswear, we can actively advertence and mix decades for avant-garde appearance moves. Picture Richard Gere in American Gigolo as he leans nonchalantly adjoin a wall, arising Armani-clad Hollywood address as his double-ed anorak accidentally hangs accessible over a channelled shirt, commutual with high-waisted accidental trousers.
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The faded-cotton workwear attending thankfully hasn't, um, faded. And we can't vouch for this appearance of anorak enough. They're unlined, baggy and uncomplicated. It's about a shirt that you abrasion over a tee, bandy on with jeans and go anywhere in.
Profoundly adulatory on all shapes, they acquiesce for added able-bodied physiques and are added than aloof a afar clothing jacket. They'll fit able-bodied beneath a covering too already the temperatures bead and will go with best styles of jeans. A achromatic dejected or blooming will accommodate the best ambit of options, and beat over a T-shirt – apparent or striped for a attending evocative of summer – it works as a abundant weekday or weekend look.
As the anorak is accidental and faded, abrasion the sleeve cuffs formed aback and brace with achromatic jeans – beeline leg Levi's 501s conceivably – with some arid assignment boots.
It's Friday morning, you've got a big affair with a client, which agency cutting sweats won't cut it unless the name on your coffer annual reads "Zuckerburg". The claiming is you appetite to admit an air of authority, argue others of your ability and ability but additionally attending like you're absolutely in blow with today's gig abridgement and accidental workwear thing. It's a accomplished line, but absolutely achievable.
Take one brace of darker denim trousers, add a bendable caramel or autumn-toned knitted polo and accomplishment with a hardly heavier-weighted blazer with a accomplished check, abbreviate cut (slightly added structured for an animated look) additionally in added chastened colours; et voila, you'll back this adorable aggregate in one fell appearance swoop.
One of the abundant things about experimenting with blazers in another fabrics is that you can abrasion them as you ability abrasion a ablaze biscuit or blah top coat. A absolute or flannel anorak beat over knitwear will be balmy abundant for the change in seasons and able abundant to booty you through a ambit of dress codes.
Better still is a beefy roll-neck, which wears able-bodied beneath a agnate accustomed fibre blazer, some dark, chaste jeans with accustomed fade, and walking boots or all-weather winter Vans in amber suede. Add in a absolute or cashmere bandage with a attenuate arrangement and you accept a abundant autumn attending after the charge for a added coat.
And that's it: Jeremy appearance – Clarkson and Corbyn – absolutely averted. And for one aftermost booty home, amuse don't anytime abrasion an untucked shirt with a blazer, abnormally over jeans. This attending is aloof for country and western crooners only. Howdie.


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Q: How to modify subelement of multidimensional array in foreach iteration I am attempting to modify the contents of the first subelement in each array element of a multidimensional array, however, if I pass said element by reference I get an error that "&" is not expected.  Do I need to ditch the foreach ($arr as list ()) syntax and revert to a standard for loop and access with a counter variable?
foreach ($transactions as list(&$student, &$tyID)) {

    $query = "SELECT $column
              FROM student
              WHERE stUserID=$student";

    if ($stmt = mysqli_prepare($link, $query)) {
        mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt);

        mysqli_stmt_bind_result($stmt, $userHID);

        while (mysqli_stmt_fetch($stmt)) {
            $student = $userHID;
            $tyID = $transType[$tyID];
        }

        mysqli_stmt_close($stmt);
    }
}

Edit: Updated code, I actually need to modify the first two subelements of each array in the transactions array.

A: Why can't you do it in this way? Assumed the keys are same as the list variables
foreach ($transactions as &$transaction) {

    $query = "SELECT {$column}
              FROM student
              WHERE stUserID={$transaction['student']}";

    if ($stmt = mysqli_prepare($link, $query)) {
        mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt);

        mysqli_stmt_bind_result($stmt, $userHID);

        while (mysqli_stmt_fetch($stmt)) {
            $transaction['student'] = $userHID;
            $transaction['tyID'] = $transType[$transaction['tyID']];
        }

        mysqli_stmt_close($stmt);
    }
}

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Should Pittsburgh Trade Crosby or Malkin?
Posted in Hockey with tags Alexei Kovalev, Bill Guerin, Boston Bruins, Bryan Allen, Chris Kunitz, Craig Anderson, Detriot Red Wings, Edmonton Oilers, Eric Brewer, Evgeni Malkin, Florida Panthers, Hockey, Joe Thornton, Marc Savard, Marco Sturm, Mario Lemieux, NHL, Pittsburgh Penguins, Ray Shero, Ryan Whitney, San Jose Sharks, Shawn Matthias, Sidney Crosby, St. Louis Blues, Tomas Vokoun, Vancouver Canucks, Washington Capitals, Zdeno Chara on March 24, 2009 by FEGNS
About a month ago, Adam Gretz of NHL.Fanhouse.com wrote a well thought out reaction to recent talk that the Pittsburgh Penguins should trade either Sidney Crosby or Evgeni Malkin to attain depth.
Since his article was written on February 24th, Pittsburgh has made a head coaching change, traded Ryan Whitney to Anaheim for Chris Kunitz, and acquired Billy Guerin at the trade deadline from the NY Islanders. These combined changes seem to have spurred a turn around in Pittsburgh, as the Penguins now sit comfortably in a playoff spot with many of the teams around them in the standings slumping and moving backwards.
This recent success, while wonderful for the Penguins and their current season hopes for a Stanley Cup, have not (at least in my opinion) changed anything in the grand scheme of things… and have certainly not rendered Mr. Gretz's article moot.
It's my opinion that the thought of trading one of Crosby or Malkin is not as outlandish and destructive of a thing as he makes it seem, so let's look at things from a slightly different (but entirely appropriate) economic perspective.
In economic theory, when you determine the value of something… you must consider not only what it is currently worth, but what the assets committed to such a quantity could be worth if allocated elsewhere. This theory is likely front and center in most NHL general manager's heads as they assess the "value" of not only their players, but other players in the league, and other players not in the league (draftees, prospects, and European players). Mr. Gretz did not consider this subject when writing his article, and consequently many of his examples of "failed trades" do not actually support his argument.
Let's look at a few of these examples to see the basic theories of economics at work…
August 2, 2005 — Chris Pronger: The St. Louis Blues send Chris Pronger to the Edmonton Oilers for Eric Brewer, Doug Lynch, and Jeff Woywitka.
Chris Pronger was reportedly unhappy with a 7+ million dollar qualifying offer that the Blues gave him as an RFA the summer that they traded him. This was the same summer that the salary cap andthe collective bargaining agreement went into effect. St. Louis decided that with a salary cap maximum of just under $40 million, that their money could be spent better elsewhere. Moving Pronger not only avoided a situation of an unhappy player becoming a cancer in the locker room, but also allowed the Blues more monetary flexibility.
July 11, 2001: Pittsburgh trades Jaromir Jagr and Frantisek Kucera to the Washington Capitals for Kris Beech, Michel Sivek, and Ross Lupaschuk.
Pittsburgh had not been to the Stanley Cup finals since the 1991-92 season. Trading away Jaromir Jagr allowed the aging Penguins team (that consisted of not much more than Alexei Kovalev and Mario Lemieux at the time of the deal), to focus on rebuilding and becoming a contender again. With the loss of Jagr, the team drafted in the top five years in a row… selecting Ryan Whitney, Marc-Andre Fleury, Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby, and Jordan Staal with these respective top 5 overall draft picks.
By trading away Jagr, the Penguins have rebuilt their team into one of the most skilled young teams in the league. Oh yeah… and all five of the above listed players were an integral part to getting the Penguins back to the Stanley Cup finals for the first time since the early 90s. So was the Jagr deal really that bad? When you think of everything that has directly come from it? Jagr and Lemieux are long gone from the NHL, so if the Penguins had kept Jagr… where would they be now?
November 30, 2005: Boston Bruins trade Joe Thornton to the San Jose Sharks for Brad Stuart, Marco Sturm, and Wayne Primeau.
During the time that "Jumbo Joe" was in Boston, they never made it past the 2nd round of the playoffs. Since Thorton has been traded to San Jose, the Sharks have never made it past the 2nd round of the playoffs (despite making it to the western conference finals the season before acquiring Thornton). Trading Thornton allowed Boston to sign Zdeno Chara and Marc Savard via free agency, and they have been a large part of Boston's success in the eastern conference this season. Boston also has a number of young players contributing to their very good 2008-09 season, that they likely would have never had the chance to draft had they not traded Thornton.
June 23, 2006: Florida Panthers trade Roberto Luongo and Lukas Krajicek to Vancouver for Todd Bertuzzi, Bryan Allen, and Alex Auld.
Florida is on pace to finish the 2008-09 season with their highest point totals in the standings since before they acquired Luongo from NYI. They acquired Tomas Vokoun and Craig Anderson via free agency to adequately address their needs in goal, and Bryan Allen has been very solid defensively since joining their team. Florida traded Todd Bertuzzi to Detriot for blue chip prospect Shawn Matthias, and a conditional draft pick. So had Florida not moved Luongo, they wouldn't likely have the contributions of Vokoun, Anderson, Allen, or Matthias.
You can list nearly all the "bad" superstar trades in NHL history, and if you follow the cookie crumbs that are left in the wake of the actual deal itself, you can see that close to 100% of the time, things pan out the way they should. While many trades seem like bad ideas at the time sometimes they are necessary to ultimately achieve success.
This happens, because the "value" of the player/superstar that you are trading can almost always be transferred into new or different players. If Crosby or Malkin were dealt in a trade, there's not a doubt in my mind, that the "value" of the returning package would at the end of the day make the deal worth while.
The bottom line is that the Penguins have close to 22 million dollars committed to 3 natural centers. You can not win a Stanley Cup without a supporting cast for these pivots. With the contracting economy, the salary cap pinch will likely be felt in the next couple of seasons, and if I were a betting man… I'd suggest that one of two things happen in the coming years:
1) The Penguins continue from struggle from a lack of depth have trouble finding secondary scoring outside of Crosby and Malkin. Their consistency suffers, and they fail to make a serious run at the Stanley Cup (without blowing their draft picks and prospects on a talented rental winger like they did last year with Marian Hossa).
2) They trade one of Crosby or Malkin and they receivenot only depth, but salary cap room to modify their team chemistry and create a balanced attack and a perennial contender.
Any betting man knows that you don't help your chances of winning big if you put all your eggs in one basket. The Penguins would do well to at least entertain offers for their franchise centermen… though I'd imagine that there wouldn't be as many takers as some seem to suggest. With teams dying to shed heavy salaries this past trade deadline, there will be more andmore teams that are stuck withlarge contracts… Pittsburgh being one of them. Not only have they put themselves in a bad position withthe salary cap with their big contracts, but they've put themselves in a bad trading position as well.
As Mr. Gretz mentions there are many teams with large amounts of money committed to players for next season… but how many teams can claim that they have approximately $21.4 million in cap space committed to three players that play the SAME POSITION?
Say what you want about Detriot, Washington, NY Rangers, etc… and their cap positions… but at least they've diversified their cap allowance throughout their roster.
If you still don't think the Penguins should move either Malkin or Crosby, take a moment and consider how many superstars that play the same position have remained on a team together for their entire careers… it doesn't happen… it didn't happen before the salary cap, and now that there is a salary cap, it CERTAINLY won't happen. The penguins would be wise to consider trading one of these players while they are young, marketable, and still have some years left on their contracts (this will guarantee the maximum immediate value in return)…
As final note: both players are unrestricted free agents at the termination of their current contracts… and BOTH have no-trade clauses in the final year of their current deals. Pittsburgh GM Ray Shero should be at least considering trading one now… so that he doesn't get caught with his pants down losing one for nothing a few years.
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Q: Analyze valgrind output: "invalid free()" I have this strange error found by valgrind on a (stupid) authentication module which makes some on heap allocations.
 ==8009== Invalid free() / delete / delete[] / realloc()
 ==8009==    at 0x4C2A739: free (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
 ==8009==    by 0x40263F: authenticate (server_utils.c:109)
 ==8009==    by 0x401A27: main (server.c:240)
 ==8009==  Address 0x51f1310 is 0 bytes inside a block of size 18 free'd
 ==8009==    at 0x4C2A739: free (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
 ==8009==    by 0x402633: authenticate (server_utils.c:108)
 ==8009==    by 0x401A27: main (server.c:240)
 =8009==
 ==8009== Invalid free() / delete / delete[] / realloc()
 ==8009==    at 0x4C2A739: free (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
 ==8009==    by 0x40264B: authenticate (server_utils.c:110)
 ==8009==    by 0x401A27: main (server.c:240)
 ==8009==  Address 0x51f1319 is 9 bytes inside a block of size 18 free'd
 ==8009==    at 0x4C2A739: free (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
 ==8009==    by 0x402633: authenticate (server_utils.c:108)
 ==8009==    by 0x401A27: main (server.c:240)
 ==8009==
 ==8009== Invalid free() / delete / delete[] / realloc()
 ==8009==    at 0x4C2A739: free (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
 ==8009==    by 0x402657: authenticate (server_utils.c:111)
 ==8009==    by 0x401A27: main (server.c:240)
 ==8009==  Address 0x51f131e is 14 bytes inside a block of size 18 free'd
 ==8009==    at 0x4C2A739: free (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
 ==8009==    by 0x402633: authenticate (server_utils.c:108)
 ==8009==    by 0x401A27: main (server.c:240)
 ==8009== ...

From what I understand he says I do three invalid free() on lines 109-110-111. The error should be that I try to free up more space than is actually allocated, but I can not decide how much space deallocate. Also I do not understand why then it refers to line 108 (which is also a free()).
This is from the documentation (Invalid free):

Memcheck keeps track of the blocks allocated by your program with malloc/new, so it can know exactly whether or not the argument to free/delete is legitimate or not. Here, this test program has freed the same block twice. As with the illegal read/write errors, Memcheck attempts to make sense of the address freed. If, as here, the address is one which has previously been freed, you wil be told that -- making duplicate frees of the same block easy to spot.
You will also get this message if you try to free a pointer that doesn't point to the start of a heap block.

I can not really imagine how be in one of these cases.
/* Authentication through <user_id:password:flag>
 * Returns 1 on success, -1 if user_id doesn't exist, -2 on password mismatch
 * On success sets access_permissions
 */
int authenticate(USR_PSW *received, int *access_permissions) {

/*Users file opening*/
FILE *fd;
fd = fopen(USERS_FILE, "r");
if (fd == NULL) {
    fprintf(stderr, "Users file opening error\n");
    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}

char *usr_psw_line = malloc(USR_SIZE + PSW_SIZE + 3 + 1);
if (usr_psw_line == NULL) {
    fprintf(stderr, "Dynamic alloc error\n");
    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
char *usr_tok = malloc(USR_SIZE);
if (usr_tok == NULL) {
    free(usr_psw_line);
    fprintf(stderr, "Dynamic alloc error\n");
    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
char *psw_tok = malloc(PSW_SIZE);
if (psw_tok == NULL) {
    free(usr_psw_line);
    free(usr_tok);
    fprintf(stderr, "Dynamic alloc error\n");
    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
char *flg_tok = malloc(sizeof (char) *2);
if (flg_tok == NULL) {
    free(usr_psw_line);
    free(usr_tok);
    free(psw_tok);
    fprintf(stderr, "Dynamic alloc error\n");
    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}

/*Reading from file <user_id:password:flag> */
while (fgets(usr_psw_line, USR_SIZE - 1 + PSW_SIZE - 1 + 3 + 1, fd) != NULL) {
    usr_tok = strtok(usr_psw_line, ":");

    if (strcmp(usr_tok, received->user_id) == 0) {
        /*user_id found, password check*/
        psw_tok = strtok(NULL, ":");
        /*password match*/
        if (strcmp(psw_tok, received->password) == 0) {
            flg_tok = strtok(NULL, ":");
            *access_permissions = atoi(flg_tok);
            free(usr_psw_line); //108
            free(usr_tok);//109
            free(psw_tok);//110
            free(flg_tok);//111
            fclose(fd);
            return AUTHENTICATED;
        } else { //password unmatch
            free(usr_psw_line);
            free(usr_tok);
            free(psw_tok);
            free(flg_tok);
            fclose(fd);
            return INVALID_PSW;
        }
    } else {
        fseek(fd, 1, SEEK_CUR);
        continue;
    }

}
/*EOF Reached without match*/
free(usr_psw_line);
free(usr_tok);
free(psw_tok);
free(flg_tok);
fclose(fd);
return INVALID_USR;

}

The header file:
#ifndef __SERVER_UTILS_H__
#define __SERVER_UTILS_H__

#define USR_SIZE 9
#define PSW_SIZE 5

/*Authentication data structure definition*/
typedef struct{
    char user_id[USR_SIZE]; // eg: user_123
    char password[PSW_SIZE]; // eg: a1b2
} USR_PSW;

#define NM_MAX_SIZE 17
#define NR_MAX_SIZE 11

/*System record structure*/
typedef struct{
    char first_name[NM_MAX_SIZE];
    char last_name[NM_MAX_SIZE];
    char number[NR_MAX_SIZE];
}TBOOK_RECORD;

/*Session status flags*/
#define NOT_AUTHENTICATED 0
#define AUTHENTICATED 1
#define INVALID_USR 2
#define INVALID_PSW 3

/*Persmissions flags*/
#define NO_PERM 0
#define READ_WRITE  1
#define O_WRITE  2
#define O_READ  3

/*Contains <user_id:password,flag> triplets stored in server */
 #define USERS_FILE "users.txt"

/*Contains all telbook records <first_name:last_name:phone_number>*/
 #define RECORDS_FILE "records.txt"

/*Single records file line max length (before \n) */
 #define RECFILE_LINE_MAX_LEN  2*NM_MAX_SIZE+NR_MAX_SIZE+3+1;

/*Client operation*/
#define NO_OP 0
#define SEARCH_BY_NAME 1
#define SEARCH_BY_NUMBER 2
#define INSERT_RECORD 3

/*
 * Returns number of bytes copied into buffer (excluding terminating null byte),
 * or 0 on EOF, or -1 on error.
 * size_t : used for sizes of objects.
 * ssize_t: used for a count of bytes or an error indication (-1).
 */
 ssize_t readline(int fd, void *buffer, size_t n);

/* Authentication through <user_id:password:flag>
 * Returns 1 on success, -1 if user_id doesn't exist, -2 on password mismatch
 * On success sets access_permissions
 */
int authenticate(USR_PSW *received, int *access_permissions);

int close_session(int sock_ds);

int search_by__(int op_code, TBOOK_RECORD *rc_rcvd, TBOOK_RECORD *rc_rspn
            , FILE *fd, char *file_line);

int insert_record(TBOOK_RECORD *rc_rcvd);

#endif  /* __SERVER_UTILS_H__ */

A: usr_tok = strtok(usr_psw_line, ":");
...
    psw_tok = strtok(NULL, ":");

You are overwriting your pointer to your malloced memory (thereby leaking it) with a pointer elsewhere. Then you are trying to free that pointer you received from elsewhere, which is (as valgrind says) invalid.

A: To add to the above answer just make sure you fclose (fp) in all the cases where you have a return statement

A: When you use strok() you are changing the pointer address. This way you may not point to the entire block when you call free(). You may use auxiliar pointers to store strok() return values and then you can use the original pointers to free() all the allocated space correclty.


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NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: St Neots Town could be Miles better with Matty on board
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Updated: Monday, July 16, 2018 (14:54)
New St Neots Town signing Matty Miles in action during pre-season. Picture: CLAIRE HOWES
St Neots Town manager Matt Clements is confident his latest signing can take a two-step leap in his stride.
Clements has completed the capture of Matty Miles from lower-level neighbours Eynesbury Rovers following a series of pleasing performances in pre-season friendlies.
Miles, who can operate as a right-back or central midfielder, was released by Premiership club Leicester City last summer after rising through their youth system. He played against St Neots for Rovers in last season's Hunts Senior Cup final - a match Saints won 6-1.
Now Clements is hopeful he can help the 21 year-old climb back up the footballing ladder.
He said: "Matty has played in all three of our friendlies so far and has done very well.
"He is the type of player we like to bring to the club - he's young, he's got a good pedigree and he is hungry to progress in the game.
"Matty also fits the bill because he is very athletic and that's hugely important for a full-back given the way we like to play expansive and exciting football.
"They're not just on the pitch to defend and have an important attacking role to play as well.
"He is also adaptable in that he can sit in midfield and versatility is important to us when trying to build the best squad we possibly can on the budget we have."
Two of Saints' other new signings this summer - defender Jack Keeble and attacking talent Claudio Ofosu - have also been released by professional clubs. They were at League Two sides Grimsby and Stevenage respectively.
Clements has also signed midfielder James Peters during the close season and is still hopeful of adding another forward to his ranks.
Saints actually face Stevenage tomorrow night (Tuesday) in their fourth friendly of the summer after being beaten 7-1 by Cambridge United, 5-1 by MK Dons and 4-0 by Peterborough United so far.
Clements liked much of what he saw from his side in the last of those games on Saturday when all of the League One outfit's goals arrived in the second half.
He added: "I was really pleased with what we produced in the first half when having our strongest available side on the pitch.
"We looked dangerous at times when we had the ball, while our shape and work-ethic off it were both very pleasing.
"We did start to look a bit disjointed when making a lot of changes in the second half, but that's entirely understandable.
"We know it is always going to be very tough for us when playing Football League opposition, but we've progressed from game to game and that pleases me."
Goalkeeper Dan Swan impressed for Saints. He is battling with Harry Reynolds to become the club's new number one.
Reynolds played no part against Posh after being hurt in the warm-up.
Saints have no fixture this Saturday but go to Haverhill Rovers next Tuesday.
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The piano concert and new Steinway is the brainchild of assiduous and dedicated concert promoter and impresaria, Yvonne Evans. Yvonne is the director of Seven Star Concerts, a concert agency which essentially promotes Words and Music performances. She has been raising money for a new instrument over the past months and then fortuitously met Susan Tod Boyd, and the rest is history! The 'Tod Boyd Steinway' was installed at the OSO centre during the Summer, after being restored by Michael Lewis, and was ready on 9th August for its first outing; a 'Classic Gershwin' evening of words and music, which was performed by actress Susan Porrett and pianist Viv McLean (Viv plays the Steinway in the photo above), to a full house.
The piano has a particularly fascinating history. It has been played by such notable musicians as Ralph Vaughan Williams and Cecil Sharpe, and used to accompany Isolde Menges (one of the foremost violinists of the first half of the twentieth century) in practice for her various solo performances and with her Quartet and Quintet throughout the 1920s, 30s and 40s. It continued to be played by her son, David Tod Boyd, throughout his own impressive musical career ending up in the Opera School at the Royal College of Music from where he retired.
The piano was originally bought new in 1906 by Harold Tod Boyd a pianist, choir master and composer. In 1920 he married Isolde Menges, and came to live in Castelnau shortly afterwards. Isolde Menges had studied with Leopold Auer and Carl Flesch in St. Petersburg. She had made her debut concert 1913 at Wigmore Hall and throughout the first half of the twentieth century worked with leading conductors and orchestras around the world. In 1938, her Quartet was one of the first to present the entire cycle of Beethoven Quartets. A major prize commemorates her at the Royal College of Music, where she was a professor up until 1969.
The piano featured prominently throughout her musical life in her home in Barnes, where it has been enjoyed by the many musicians who passed through her professional and social circle. On this piano Vaughan Williams composed his second string quartet.
Following Isolde's death in 1976 it was left to her son, David Tod Boyd, who held musical director and conductor roles at the Carl Rosa Opera Company, ENO, West End Theatres, the National Theatre and the Royal College of Music. The piano is dedicated to the memory of David Tod Boyd.
The Grand OSO Black and White Piano Party will assist in raising money for the ongoing maintenance and upkeep of the piano. The concert features pianists Anthony Hewitt, Viv McLean, Bobby Chen, Génia, and Benet McLean, with words provided by Susan Porrett and Graham Roos. Fenella Fielding is the special guest who will unveil the piano. The programme is to include works by Schubert, Mendelssohn, Gershwin, and Chopin, and there will no doubt be a few surprises too!


One man doused another man with flammable liquid and set him on fire in a San Diego parking lot Sunday morning, police said.
A man doused a homeless man with flammable liquid and set him on fire in a San Diego parking lot Sunday morning, police said.
The "serious burn injuries throughout his body" left Julio Caesar Edeza, 39, in critical condition after the 11:45 a.m. attack, and he's not expected to survive, said San Diego police Lt. Manny Del Toro.
Police on Monday released a sketch of the as-yet-unidentified suspect in his 30s last seen driving a black two-door pickup truck from the Euclid Ave. Rite Aide lot in the Oak Park neighborhood. Homicide detectives are leading the search for the attempted murderer.
"The expression on his face was that he's either hurt somebody before or he's going to do it again, because there was nothing there, no emotion. He'll hurt someone," Misti Cardenas, a witness and friend of the victim, told KNSD-TV.
The assailant asked Cardenas for water and looked at her with a weird expression when she said she didn't have any, she said. He then asked Edeza, a well-known member of the area's homeless community, to get in his truck, she said.
Edeza walked toward the truck, and the man doused him and engulfed his body from head to toe, Cardenas told the TV station.
"I don't know what to say. I just watched him burn," she said. The suspect sped away in his truck as an emergency crew rushed Edeza to a local hospital.
Friends and family members by the ailing man's side described Edeza as a religious man, a loving father of a 14-year-old son and a good cook.
"He'd give the shirt off his back," his friend Tiffany Rogness told KNSD. "He'd do anything he could for you."
Investigators believe the suspect is a Latino man who weighs between 160 and 170 pounds, and he was wearing a red hat, red shirt and black pants Sunday. He had not been arrested Monday night, Del Toro said.
"Hopefully something comes in soon and we'll get this guy identified and get this guy taken into custody," Del Toro said.


When asked to pen a post on #WhyIWrite in commemoration of today's National Day on Writing by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) , I was an eager volunteer. The short answer to why I write is simple: Because I have to. It's a need for me, much like eating, sleeping or breathing.
Let me back up a bit, however. From the youngest age I can accurately remember, I have been a writer in some form or another. In elementary school, I wrote stories. I was never a great artist, so they were often poorly illustrated with rudimentary stick figures; but the words were what mattered to me, and still do.
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As I grew older, entering middle school and then high school, it became more and more clear to me that writing was my destiny. English was always my favorite subject, whether it was creative writing or studying the great literary cannon. Math, however, was something I struggled with throughout my academic career. Multiplication, division and algebra would bring me near tears; but ask me to diagram a sentence and my eyes would light up. Write a 20-page term paper? No problem. It was just in my blood.
Good writers read a lot. Good writers are inspired and motivated by the work of other writers, and the English Department was the place where I really began my journey of "being a writer" that I had seeded in my early childhood. A publishing internship at The Missouri Review, Mizzou's esteemed literary magazine only reinforced it. I graduated with a degree in English with an emphasis in Creative Writing. It was a degree my parents were skeptical of being of any use. It has, however, served me quite well.
Today, I write for several reasons: Foremost, because I still feel that need, that longing to put words on a page on a daily basis. Secondly, because I have been able to turn that longing and that skill into a fairly good living. Not everyone is fortunate enough to be paid to do the thing they love and are best at. I have been fortunate enough to do just that and I never, ever take it for granted.
Much of the time, I'm writing an article for a magazine or a newspaper or blog that is on a subject of great interest to me – which is always the best. Yet, even when I'm tasked with writing for business for a client or on a topic that maybe isn't that personally interesting, I'm still grateful – grateful for the simple act of forming sentences and helping someone communicate through the words that come easily to me and may not come as easily to them.
That's the long answer of #WhyIWrite, and it boils down to this: I write because I'm a writer. Writers write. It's who I am. It's what I do; and I'll do it until the day I die.


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Syslink Xandria Ltd. ("Syslink", "us", "our" or "we"). is the owner of the intellectual property rights in the Xandria Software.
Syslink has agreed to grant the Licensee a licence to use the Software for the Licence Fee in accordance with this Agreement.
This Agreement is made between the parties effective as of the Effective Date ("Agreement"). Each executed Order shall be deemed a separate agreement to which the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall apply as if they were set out in full in each Order.
3.1. Subject to Licensee's compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the program documentation and the relevant Order, including, without limitation, the timely payment of all fees and other charges payable to Syslink under this Agreement, Syslink hereby grants to the Licensee a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, non-assignable, non-perpetual revocable term licence to use the Software and the Support Services solely for its Business Use on the number of instances (SAP instance, Server, Database) and for the duration which Licensee has paid for as set forth in the relevant Order.
3.2. The Software may not be sublicensed to any third parties, nor may it or any derived knowledge from the use of the Software be used for the development of competitive products.
3.3. Licensee acknowledges that the Software will not operate without a licence key.
3.4. Syslink reserves all rights not expressly granted herein.
access the Software or the Support Services for purposes of monitoring their availability, performance or functionality, or for any other benchmarking or competitive purposes.
4.2. If at any time the Licensee contravenes any of the prohibitions listed in this clause 4, Syslink may treat such contravention as an irremediable breach entitling Syslink to terminate this agreement and any relevant Order.
5.1. Licensee shall permit Syslink to inspect and have access to any premises at or on which the Software is being kept or used, and have access to any records kept in connection with this Agreement, for the purpose of ensuring Licensee is complying with the terms of this Agreement, provided Syslink shall provide reasonable notice of such inspection.
5.2. At Syslink's request, Licensee shall promptly furnish Syslink with written certification verifying that the Software is being used in accordance with this Agreement, including for Business Use in the territory specified in the Order. Licensee shall keep a complete and accurate record of its Users and the equipment on which the Software is installed and provide such record to Syslink on request from time to time. Licensee shall notify Syslink as soon as it becomes aware of any unauthorised use of the Software.
5.3. Licensee acknowledges that: (i) the Software has been designed for SAP hosting and outsourcing services and SAP system management generally and not specifically for the Licensee's particular requirements; and (ii) Licensee's ordering of the Software hereunder is neither contingent on the delivery of any future functionality or features nor dependent on any oral or written public comments made by Syslink regarding existing or future functionality or features of the Software.
The Software may be downloaded from the Website at any time after the Effective Date and payment of the initial Licence Fees. Once the Licensee has downloaded the Software the Licensee can install the Software locally on site.
Licensee has seven (7) days following the delivery date to test whether the Software conforms in all material respects as detailed by Syslink. If Licensee believes that the Software fails to conform in any material respect to the criteria detailed by Syslink, Licensee must provide written notice to Syslink detailing the non-compliance, and Syslink will either correct the non-conformities or provide an acceptable workaround in a timely manner. If Licensee does not send written notice within seven (7) days following the delivery date the Software will be deemed accepted.
7.1. Syslink warrants that: (i) the Software licensed to Licensee will operate in all material respects as described in the applicable program documentation, under normal use and circumstances for one year after delivery; and (ii) it will use reasonable technical means to ensure that the Software does not contain any Malicious Code or other computer programming routines designed to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any other software. Licensee must notify Syslink of any program warranty deficiency within one year after delivery.
7.2. Syslink warrants that the Support Services will be provided in a professional manner consistent with industry standards.
7.3. Syslink will, at its own expense and as its sole discretion and Licensee`s exclusive remedy for any breach of these warranties do one of the following: (i) use commercially reasonable efforts to correct any reproducible error in the Software reported to Syslink by Licensee in writing during the Software warranty period; (ii) replace the Software; or (iii) terminate the licence immediately by notice in writing to Licensee and refund any portion of the Licence Fees paid by Licensee prior to date of termination (less a reasonable sum in respect of Licensee's use of the Software up to the termination date). Any such error correction or replacement provided to Licensee will not extend the original warranty period.
7.4. The express warranties are in lieu of all other warranties, express, implied, or statutory regarding the Software, any related services (including the Support Services) and related documentation, and Syslink specifically disclaims all warranties of merchantability fitness for a particular purpose.
7.5. The express warranties do not apply to damage resulting from misuse, abuse or computer or electrical malfunction, or if the Software has been installed, used or operated other than in accordance with instructions furnished by Syslink or the program documentation. Syslink does not warrant that Licensee's use of Software will be error-free, uninterrupted, virus-free, or secure. Licensee acknowledges that it relies on no warranties other than the express warranties in this Agreement.
7.6. Licensee represents and warrants that: (i) it has not falsely identified itself nor provided any false information to gain access to the Software; (ii) its billing information is correct; and (iii) it will not infringe the intellectual property or privacy rights of any third parties.
8.1. Nothing in this Agreement shall limit or exclude either party's liability for death or personal injury caused by its negligence or for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
8.2. In all other cases Syslink's liability to Licensee under this Agreement, for all losses, costs, expenses and damages, whether arising in contract, by reason of negligence or otherwise, will not in the aggregate exceed a sum equal to the aggregate Licence Fees received by Syslink in the 12 month period immediately preceding the event giving rise to such liability. In no event (to the extent not prohibited by law) will Syslink be liable for: (i) loss resulting from any defect or deficiency which Syslink remedies within a reasonable time; or (ii) any indirect, special, incidental or consequential costs, losses, damages or expenses; or (iii) loss of business, profits, revenue, goodwill or anticipated savings; or (iv) loss or corruption of data; or (v) any sums paid by Licensee to a third party; or (iii) loss which could have been avoided by Licensee following Syslink's reasonable advice and instructions.
9.1. Syslink (and its licensors, where applicable) shall own all right, title and interest to the Software (including all intellectual property rights contained therein) and any other materials created or developed by Syslink pursuant to this Agreement, including any and all enhancements, modifications, extensions and derivative works thereof. This Agreement does not convey to Licensee any rights of ownership in or related to the Software or to any other intellectual property rights owned or used by Syslink hereunder. The Syslink name, the Syslink logo, and the product names associated with the Software are trademarks of Syslink, and no right or licence is granted to use them.
9.3. Syslink shall at its option have the right to change all or any part of the Software or the Support Services in order to avoid any infringement.
9.4. Licensee shall ensure it has all the rights and permissions necessary to use the Software in accordance with this Agreement, including the appropriate licences for the use of SAP software in conjunction with the Software.
9.5. This clause 10 states the entire liability of Syslink to the Licensee in respect of the infringement of the copyright, patent or trademark rights of any third party.
10.1. Syslink issues periodic updates (error correction; small modifications) and new releases (new versions) of its Software.
10.2. With the execution and payment of the mandatory support service by Licensee, Syslink provides updates and grants the right to download all subsequent new versions of the program made generally available during the contracted period.
11.1. Licensee will pay Syslink the Licence Fees and the Support Services Fees set forth in the relevant Order.
additional In-Memory and Non-In-Memory Databases (without SAP System); and (e) Servers which are managed and monitored with the Software.
11.3. The Licence Fees exclude all applicable sales, use, and other taxes and all applicable export and import fees, customs duties and similar charges, and Licensee will be responsible for payment of all such taxes, fees, duties, and charges, and any related penalties and interest, arising from the payment of the Licence Fees or the delivery or licence of the Software. Licensee will defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Syslink from all claims and liability arising from Licensees failure to report or pay any such taxes, fees, duties or charges.
by Syslink if Licensee fails to pay any amount due under this Agreement or relevant Order on the due date for payment and remains in default not less than 10 days after being notified to make such payment.
by Syslink if Licensee fails to pay any amount due under this Agreement or relevant Order on the due date for payment and remains in default not less than  days after being notified to make such payment.
12.3. Any termination hereunder shall be without prejudice to any other rights or remedies either party may be entitled to hereunder or at law or in equity and shall not affect any accrued rights or liabilities of either party nor the coming into or continuance in force of any provision hereof which is expressly or by implication intended to come into or continue in force on or after such termination. Termination of the Agreement shall not affect any existing Orders which shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.
13.1. Neither party shall disclose to any person or entity any information about the Software or other Confidential Information that is furnished to or otherwise becomes known to the other. Each party's obligation to maintain the confidentiality of such information shall not apply to information which: (a) was known to the receiving party before receiving such information; (b) is in the public domain; or (c) is received by the receiving party from a third party who was legally entitled to make an unrestricted disclosure.
13.2. Each party agrees that it may only use any Confidential Information that it receives from the Disclosing Party for the purpose of performing its obligations or exercising its rights under this Agreement ("Permitted Purpose"), and that it may only disclose such Confidential Information to its officers, employees, contractors and agents to the extent they need to know and use it for the Permitted Purpose. Each party shall ensure that its officers, employees, contractors and agents are bound by equivalent obligations in respect of the Confidential Information to those set out hereunder and shall use its best efforts to ensure that they abide by such obligations.
13.3. If either party is compelled by law, regulation or a court of competent jurisdiction to disclose any Confidential Information belonging to the other party, to the extent permitted by law, it will promptly notify the other party so it may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy, and cooperate, at the other party's expense, in seeking such order or other remedy. If disclosure is ultimately required, the party will furnish only that portion of the Confidential Information that is legally required, exercise reasonable efforts to obtain assurance that it will receive confidential treatment, and continue to treat such Confidential Information in accordance with its obligations under this clause.
13.4. Each party acknowledges that the other would be irreparably harmed if the other party's obligations hereunder are not specifically enforced and that neither party would have an adequate remedy at law in the event of an actual or threatened violation hereof. Therefore, each party agrees that the other shall be entitled to seek an injunction or any appropriate decree of specific performance for any actual or threatened violations by the other party or its employees, agents, representatives or customers, without the necessity of showing actual damages or that monetary damages would not afford an adequate remedy.
13.5. Syslink will maintain organizational and technical measures for the protection, security, confidentiality and integrity of any personal data provided by or on behalf of Licensee and processed by Syslink pursuant to this Agreement. The terms of the data processing addendum at www.syslink-xandria.com shall apply to such processing, and are hereby incorporated by reference.
13.6. This clause 13 shall survive termination howsoever arising.
Licensee may not assign, transfer, mortgage, charge, subcontract, declare a trust of or deal in any other manner with any or all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement without Syslink's prior written consent. Syslink shall be entitled to assign transfer, mortgage, charge, subcontract, declare a trust of or deal in any other manner with any or all of its rights and obligations hereunder.
No variation of this Agreement or an Order shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by the parties (or their authorised representatives).
This Agreement is governed by the substantive and procedural laws of Switzerland and Licensee agrees to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of, and venue in, the courts in Switzerland. The UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (C.I.S.G) is not applicable.
In the event any provision of this Licence Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain valid and enforceable according to its terms.
Neither party shall have any liability under or be deemed to be in breach of this Agreement for any delays or failures in performance of this Agreement which result from circumstances beyond the reasonable control of that party (including Acts of God, war or other armed conflict, and terrorist attacks, but excluding strikes, lockouts or any industrial action). The party affected by such circumstances shall promptly notify the other party in writing when such circumstances cause a delay or failure in performance and when they cease to do so. If such circumstances continue for a continuous period of more than six months, either party may terminate this Agreement by written notice to the other party.
Nothing in this Agreement shall constitute or imply any partnership, joint venture, agency, fiduciary relationship or other relationship between the parties other than the contractual relationship expressly provided for in this agreement. Neither party shall have, nor represent that it has any authority to make commitments on the other party's behalf.
Export and use of the Software may be subject to export control laws and regulations, including prohibition. By installing, activating or using this Software, Licensee confirms that it will not export or re-export the Software without all required foreign government licenses. Licensee will defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Syslink from and against all fines, penalties, liabilities, damages, costs and expenses incurred as a result of any violation of such laws or regulations by Licensee or any of its agents or employees.


This is the thought of you, of your touch.
You have always been so kind.
I feel better when I am around you.
A brighter, different, a better one.
I love you, and I want you to be mine.
I smile when I see you happy….
Your love came as a surprise, something remarkable, something I didn't plan for, I totally lost control of myself, this is going to be the longest fall o f my life because each new day I keep falling in love with you endlessly.
No matter how bright a star is, its beauty can't be seen when it's hidden. You have brought my life to its limelight. Thanks so much my dear. I love you.
The taste of water can be enjoyed only when we are thirsty..!
are not just a prediction.
Without thinking of any reason.
Locks are never made without a matching key. Luckily for me, you came into this world with the key that unlocks my heart. It's safe to say that we're meant to be.
because i know the feeling of not having..!!!!
how can I be lonely when you are always in my thoughts.
I wake up with you and go to sleep with you.


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EXECUTING YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS: THE UNANSWERED QUESTION IN EDDINGS v. OKLAHOMA
Rona L. Just
Eigth Amendment, juveniles, capital punishment, death penalty
The juvenile justice system was created to "treat" and to "rehabilitate" the juvenile offender. But transfers to the adult criminal system allows for juvenile offenders to receive the death penalty for capital crimes. This Note examines the theories of punishment underlying the death penalty, briefly discusses the creation of the juvenile court system and the mechanism of juvenile transfer. This Note then discusses the development of the death penalty by examining Supreme Court cases which have considered state laws challenged under the eighth amendment as forms of cruel and unusual punishment. Supreme Court decisions which have extended constitutional guarantees to minors in the areas of criminal prosecutions and privacy rights also are examined. The decision of the Court in Eddings v. Oklahoma is then analyzed as with the conflicting state and federal decisions and capital punishment statutes. Finally, this Note proposes a model amendment to existing death penalty statutes which prohibits capital punishment of juveniles.
Rona L. Just, EXECUTING YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS: THE UNANSWERED QUESTION IN EDDINGS v. OKLAHOMA, 13 Fordham Urb. L.J. 471 (1985).
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On Easter Saturday of 1878, a small announcement in the local press informed the egg rollers the new law would be enforced. President Rutherford B. Hayes, taking his daily walk, was approached by a number of young egg rollers who inquired about the possibilities of egg rolling on the South Lawn of the White House. Unfamiliar with the activity [his first Easter Monday as President had been rained out the proceeding year] President Hayes, upon his return to the White House, inquired amongst his staff who briefed the attentive Chief Executive. The smiling President issued an official order that should any children arrive to egg roll on Easter Monday, they were to be allowed to do so. That Monday, as children were being turned away from the Capitol grounds, word quickly spread to go to the White House!
By the late 1800s such games as "Egg Picking," "Egg Ball," "Toss and Catch," and "Egg Croquet" were popular Easter Monday activities. The children attending the event take part in many newer activities, but rolling a hard-boiled egg across the lawn is still a highlight of the day. Presidents and First Ladies have personally greeted the egg rollers as have members of the Cabinet, athletes, musicians, celebrities from film, television, and theater and the official White House Easter Bunny. At the end of the day as egg rollers say goodbye, each receives a special presidential wooden egg complete with the signatures of the President and the First Lady and departs with fond memories of this happy tradition at the White House.
Find out how to obtain a White House Easter Egg!


As with most Oregon coast Chinook salmon fisheries, the catch on the Siletz is best in September and October, with most fish landed in the tidewater areas. Siletz Bay proper, west of Highway 101 between the Taft end of Lincoln City and Salishan Resort, is not as popularly fished as many other bays on the Oregon Coast. Instead, boaters will find access to good fishing on the lower tidewater near Kernville, just inland from the main coastal highway. Additional launches, like ours at Coyote Run, are not far upstream from there along Highway 229. Trollers will often pull herring or spinners through the wider sections, while bait and bobber fishing is popular in the narrower upper tidewater.
Good numbers of fall chinook will enter the free-flowing river (near Strom Park) when rains give the Siletz a good lift, often in October. The best river angling will be in the lower areas of the river, most fall chinook are caught below Siletz, where bank access is somewhat limited due to private property. Try the handful of public shore access points from Mill Park downriver. Boaters should focus their attention on the lowest drifts, such as Ojalla (near the first steel bridge driving upriver) to Morgan Park.
In the winter, hatchery fish released into the Siletz River are from a brood-stock program that uses Wild Steelhead to produce fin-clipped runs for harvest. These fish carry on their parents' habit of returning later than earlier practices of fish reared in hatcheries for many generations. Therefore, while the very first fish may arri ve around Thanksgiving, and catches can be made up to Christmas most years, expect the very best fishing to be from January through March.
Winter fish will be caught in small numbers in April, which also is the month the first Summer-run fish generally are caught. Numbers build in spring and catches often are best in June and July, until the river gets low and warm in mid- to late summer. Fishing for summer Steelhead often picks up again in late September and well into fall, when cooler temperatures and rainfall can turn a sluggish Summer fish into an aggressive biter that is the trademark fish of the river.
When trying to catch a hatchery Steelhead (with adipose fins clipped) to take home from either run, Moonshine County Park is a good place to start. Drive up Logsden Road and then up Moonshine Park Road to get there. There are ponds near here where young Steelhead (smolts) from the winter strain are acclimated before being released into the river and this creates many of the adults that tend to return and are almost imperceptible from their wild cousins!
Summer-run smolts also are released in three locations in this general area, so this stretch often has good numbers of adult Steelhead that can be harvested by being at the right place, at t he right time.
In the summer time, Steelhead will stray into the Gorge upriver from Moonshine Park, looking for cooler water and more abundant feeding conditions. Weekend only no-fee access (and often less crowded fishing conditions) can be found up-river on the privately owned Siletz Gorge Road. Below Moonshine Park there is plenty of private property, so respect owners rights but a bit of access and often high reward can be found at pull-offs, boat ramps and other spots for anglers willing to explore.
Drift boaters will find several good runs to fish in the upper river, they can put in at Moonshine Park and drift down to the Twin Bridges. Another drift can also start at Twin Bridges to Illahee Park known as the Town Drift as it ends at the boat launch in the town of Siletz. Boaters also put in at Illahee and drift a long, scenic (about five miles) loop to Mill Park on the north side of town, then make the short walk through town to get back to their vehicle.


The sport of Hiking and Backpacking is quickly becoming a favorite pastime for many. This means a greater volume of hikers and backpackers visiting our National Parks and wilderness areas every year. Unfortunately, this also equates to a bigger impact on the ecosystem. As a result, many National Parks and wilderness areas now implement a "Leave No Trace" policy to protect them for future generations.
Find out as much as you can about your destination. This will help you decide what you will need to prepare and bring for your trip. Research the regulations in place at the park or campsite to know if you should prepare your food ahead of time or if you could cook it there. Check for the weather forecast so that you will know what gear to wear and what type of tent to bring. Use paper maps or download them ahead of time in case there is limited cell phone or satellite coverage in the area.
In most cases, hiking trails and campsites are marked out. Stay within these areas to prevent further damage to the ecosystem. They are also marked for your safety. Some terrain might be dangerous because of loose soil, brittle rocks or they may be frequented by wild animals. Staying within the allowed trails and campsites will prevent any unnecessary harm both to yourself and the environment. Also remember to camp, cook and relieve yourself at least 200 feet away from any water source to prevent contamination.
It is inevitable you'll create waste when camping. Just make sure that you take out what you bring in. Always have a designated trash bag so that you can take out any trash that you have. If possible, airtight or odor proof bags are great so they don't attract wildlife. When it comes to human waste, a 6-8 inch deep cat-hole is advised at least 200 feet away from any water source or campsites to avoid contamination.
If the park does not allow cat-holes, toilet kits or poop bags are your next option. Some park visitor centers provide bags for hikers. They usually contain odor neutralizing agents or gel powders and can be sealed air-tight. Dispose of these bags outside the park and make sure to bring out any used toilet paper or wipes. Also try to pick up any trash that you see even if it is not yours.
As much as we would love to bring home mementos of our adventure, respect nature and make sure that the next visitors and even the next generation will have the chance to enjoy what you experienced. Do not touch any cultural or historic artifacts and structures. Refrain from bringing home even small rocks or plant clippings. Leave everything as you saw it. Most importantly, do not bring in or introduce any plant or wildlife because even the smallest plant or insect can upset the ecological balance in any ecosystem.
Campfires are almost always synonymous with camping. But because of the increasing threat of forest fires and the impact a small campfire could have on the ecosystem, more and more parks prohibit open fires. Your options would be to use portable stoves or pack food that you do not have to cook.
If campfires are allowed and necessary, make sure to burn only what you need in a fire pan or pit. Use only small pieces of wood on the ground. Keep the fires as small as necessary and put it out completely after use. Then scatter the ashes only when they are cool to the touch. For lighting, use electrical lanterns instead of torches. Do not keep the campfire unattended and up all night.
One of the thrills of the backcountry is the chance to see wildlife in their natural habitat. Just make sure to observe them from a safe distance and never approach them. Never feed the wildlife and also make sure that your food is kept beyond their reach at night. Not only will this make sure that your supplies are safe, but will also protect you and the animals from danger. They might associate campers with free food and could cause the animals to approach campers which could be dangerous to both parties. This could also make it easier for poachers to capture them.
Since backpacking is getting more popular, we should always be considerate of the other campers. We must be quiet so that everyone can enjoy the sounds of nature and not disturb the wildlife. If you need to take a break, try not to stay on the trail so other hikers can pass easily. Should you encounter another hiker on the trail, be courteous and let them pass first. Respect other camper's privacy by setting up your tent some distance away from their camp.
Following the Leave No Trace guidelines will ensure that parks and wild areas are kept safe for campers and wildlife and that they can also be enjoyed by generations to come. Even if the wilderness area that you've visiting does not require Leave No Trace, it is a good principle to employ at all times. Let us all do our part in keeping our backcountry safe and clean by minimizing our impact.