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Pleasureland owner: We need more visitors in town before it's too late
Norman Wallis wants to lead a joint advertising campaign
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Southport Pleasureland owner Norman Wallis
Southport Pleasureland owner Norman Wallis is calling for more to be done to bring visitors to the town.
Norman, who transformed the theme park 10 years ago after it had become a derelict wasteland, says business leaders need to devote more attention to attracting those from out of town.
He is now leading a campaign to unite businesses and is putting in £5,000 to contribute towards a collective advertising campaign.
Explaining his plan, Norman said: "I just want to bring people together to get more people into the town because that's what we need.
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"I don't think we can compete with Manchester and Liverpool in a lot of areas so we've got to offer something different.
"We've got some amazing shops and restaurants here and we need to make sure people actually know about them.
"I don't even want Pleasureland's name on it, I just want to say 'Southport Southport Southport!"
"We've got to tell people come here and we've got to do it before it's too late and businesses miss out on all those visitors."
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Despite hundreds of thousands of visitors descending on the town throughout The Open Championship last month, Norman argues that not enough benefit from that was felt in the town centre.
He now says more must be done to bring people to Southport.
He said: "I do feel that now we have to actively promote the town in order to bring a greater footfall this season. I think perhaps the Open didn't bring as many people into the town centre spending money as we would have liked and indeed expected.
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"So it is imperative that we as a town actively cooperate and promote Southport in order to increase the footfall this season and reach the revenue targets that we so desperately need.
"You always get people complaining and moaning about things being no good but they don't actually want to do anything about it - well I am!"
Norman is holding a meeting to discuss the plans and budgets today (Friday) at midday at the Royal Clifton Hotel. If you wish to attend, email Sandra@southportpleasureland.com
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va ser un astrònom i matemàtic francès.

Vida i obra
Esclangon va néixer en una petita vila dels Alps de l'Alta Provença a la que va restar molt unit tota la seva vida; els seus pares són pagesos al paratge de Les Gènelys. El professor de primària a Les Armands, veient el seu potencial, encoratja els seus pares a portar-lo a l'internat de Manòsca. Acaba el batxillerat amb 16 anys i va al Lycée de Niça per preparar la seva entrada a l'École Normale Supérieure, en la qual es va graduar el 1898 ocupant la segona plaça.

L'any següent comença a treballar com astrònom auxiliar a l'observatori de Bordeus dirigit per Georges Rayet. Va romandre a Bordeus fins l'esclat de la Primera Guerra Mundial (1914), compaginant les seves tasques d'astrònom amb classes a la universitat de Bordeus i a l'Institut Colonial i fent la seva tesi doctoral (1904) sobre unes funcions que ell anomena quasi-periòdiques. Durant la guerra va ser assignat al regiment d'artilleria de Gâvres (Bretanya) per estudiar el só emès en disparar un canó. Els seus estudis van permetre localitzar, per mitjà del só, el punt exacte des del que es feia el tret, fent així més vulnerables les bateries enemigues.

Un cop acabada la guerra, el 1919, Esclangon va ser nomenat director de l'observatori d'Estrasburg, on va reorganitzar (ajudat per André-Louis Danjon) un observatori que, fins a la guerra, havia estat alemany i que els alemanys havien abandonat en molt mal estat, enmig de les penúries pròpies d'una post-guerra. El 1929, va ser nomenat director de l'observatori de París, substituint Henri Deslandres que es jubilava. Tan a Estrasburg com a París, va compaginar les seves tasques astronòmiques amb les classes a les universitats locals. Es va jubilar el 1946, essent nomenat professor honorari de la universitat de París.

L'obra per la que és més recordat es la del rellotge parlant, amb el qual donava servei a tots els qui volien conèixer la hora exacta amb una trucada telefònica. Aquest servei es va posar en marxa el 14 de febrer de 1933, superant un bon nombre de dificultats i proporcionant la hora amb una exactitud d'una centèsima de segon.

Va ser un autor prolífic que va escriure més de 200 articles a revistes científiques. Esclangon va fruir d'una autoritat científica internacional i el 1935 va ser escollit president de la Unió Astronòmica Internacional per tres anys.

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CALIFORNIA'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE REMAINS HISTORICALLY LOW AS LABOR FORCE JUMPS
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Employment Growth Continues At Steady Pace
California added to its nonfarm job base a steady pace in the latest numbers from the Economic Development Department (EDD), increasing by 30,700 positions, according to an analysis released jointly by Beacon Economics and the UC Riverside School of Business Center for Economic Forecasting and Development. For four of the last five months, the state has exceeded the 24,100 average monthly gain that occurred during the first eleven months of 2018. At the same time, California's 1.8% year-over-year increase remained just above the national growth rate of 1.7%.
The state's unemployment rate remained at its historic low of 4.1% in November. Moreover, this came in the face of a sizeable 75,580 increase in California's labor force during the month, building on solid gains from September and October. In percentage terms, the 0.7% increase in the labor force from November 2017 to November 2018 was the largest since the 0.8% gain in March.
California's employment growth continues to be broad based, with high-skill and low-skill sectors boosting payrolls this month. The Leisure and Hospitality sector added the most jobs last month, increasing payrolls by 12,400. This strong growth helped push year-over-year gains to 2.6%, well above the overall statewide gain of 1.8%.
"All eyes are on the Retail Trade sector during the holiday season where job counts are little changed compared to a year ago as increases in online shopping challenge brick-and-mortar stores to demonstrate their value proposition," said Robert Kleinhenz Executive Director of Research at Beacon Economics and the UCR Center for Forecasting. "More generally, however, California saw a welcome jump in its labor force after months of little or no improvement, a good sign for the state's employers in the months to come."
The Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services sector and the Construction sector had a strong month, increasing payrolls by 7,000 and 3,300, respectively. More importantly, with this solid month, year-over-year job growth came in at 4.3% in Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services and at 3.6% in Construction, helping drive a significant portion of overall statewide job gains over the last year. Other sectors posting solid gains this month include Other Services (2,800), Government (2,700), and Logistics (2,100).
While growth was up across the majority of industry sectors, a handful shed positions during the month. The Information sector (-4,500) shed the most jobs in November, followed by the Management sector, which shed 200 positions. However, despite this one-month decline, growth remains positive in both these industries from a year-over-year perspective with Information boosting payrolls by 1.5% and Management growing by a modest 0.2%.
At the regional level, growth was concentrated in the Bay Area in November. The San Francisco (MD) led the way, boosting payrolls by 6,300. That was followed by San Jose (+4,200) and the East Bay (+3,700). From a year-over-year perspective, San Jose (+3.4%) has been the fastest growing, followed by Santa Rosa (+2.3%), San Rafael (+2.1%), and both the East Bay and San Francisco (MD) (+1.9%).
Growth was modest in Southern California in November with Los Angeles (MD) (+2,200) leading the way. Los Angeles (MD) was followed by gains in San Diego (+1,500), Orange County (+1,100), and the Inland Empire (+500). From a year-over-year perspective, El Centro (+2.8%) has been growing the fastest, followed by the Inland Empire (+2.3%), San Diego (+1.8%), and Ventura (+1.6%).
In the Central Valley, Sacramento led the way increasing payrolls by 3,100 in November. This was followed by growth in Stockton (+1,300), Modesto (+1,000), and Visalia (+500). From a year-over-year perspective, Merced (+3.7%) has been growing the fastest, followed by Chico (+3.5%), Stockton (+3.1%), and Redding (+2.7%).
On the Central Coast, Santa Barbara led the way boosting payrolls by 400, followed by San Luis Obispo (+200) and Salinas (+200). From a year-over-year perspective, Santa Cruz (+2.0%) has been growing the fastest, followed by Salinas (+1.8%), San Luis Obispo (+1.4%), and Santa Barbara (+0.4%).
Beacon Economics is an independent economic research and consulting firm based in Los Angeles. The UCR School of Business Center for Economic Forecasting and Development is the first world class university forecasting center in the Inland Empire. This analysis was authored by Christopher Thornberg, Robert Kleinhenz, and Brian Vanderplas. Learn more at www.beaconecon.com and www.ucreconomicforecast.org.
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The 1989 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas as a member of the Big Eight Conference during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by second-year head coach Glen Mason, the Jayhawks compiled an overall record of 4–7 with a mark of 2–5 in conference play, placing sixth in the Big 8. The team played home games at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas.

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Dune: Part One Review
*No twists spoiled of course…
Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence, only those who can conquer their own fear will survive.
"Dreams make good stories, but everything important happens when we're awake."
Glorious Cinema is back! That's what everyone is buzzing about with the new Denis Villeneuve film Dune: Part One. Yes, I will refer to this movie as Part One because this is so clearly half the story, and it literally says Dune: Part One in the title card of the movie. Denis Villeneuve took on Frank Herbert's so called "unadaptable" story and gave us an experience that we have not had since probably TENET in the theater. Like TENET which is made by a master (Christopher Nolan, The God), Villeneuve is one of the great Directors living today. His credits of PRISONERS, INCENDIES, SICARIO, POLYTECHNIQUE, ARRIVAL, and of course BLADE RUNNER 2049, show that he can do literally any genre, and amplify it to a level we have not seen before. So to see him take on DUNE was very exciting.
In the 80's we saw another Master of Cinema, David Lynch, take on the story and the movie was riddled with production issues and to be honest looks pretty ridiculous these days. Villeneuve decided to do what was needed for the story and that was split it into to two and make it as big as humanly possible. Everything is filmed on location except for apparently only 2 total green screen shots, and Villeneuve filmed half the scenes it feels like with IMAX cameras, giving it that massive feel that it deserved. All of that is to help tell the story of the Atreides family and their inevitable betrayal. Of course, you can see the influence the novel Dune had on movies like Star Wars and the Matrix, but the story is timeless because it has relatable characters and a compelling idea of a messiah to an oppressed people. Oh and yeah there are massive Sand Worms too!
One of the cool things about this movie is the patience it has with the story. Every scene is very well thought out and gives us time to take in the incredible surroundings with our characters. It does not hurt to also have a Hans Zimmer score banging away and immersing you even farther into this gigantic, yet mysterious world of Spice Mining. However, the cast is really what set this movie apart with how many incredible young stars it has mixed with veteran faces. People like: Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya, Jason Momoa, Oscar Isaac, Rebecca Ferguson, Stellan Skarsgård, Javier Bardem, and many more give this production a high level of talent on screen to go along with the masters working off screen.
Stock Up – Timothee Chalamet
This guy clearly is on track to be the next dare I say Damon or DiCaprio even. Hes only 25 and has already worked with Villeneuve, Greta Gerwig, Woody Allen, Luca Guadagnino, Adam McKay, Wes Anderson, and he will be playing Willy Wonka in a prequel soon. He is on the track to stardom and shows with this movie he can lead a gigantic franchise. He can already do it all and we will continue to see much more of him in the future.
Stock Up – Rebecca Ferguson
She is fantastic as Paul's mom and has been on the rise for years now with movies like The Greatest Showman, Doctor Sleep, Mission Impossible 6, The Kid who Would be King, and even the new Men in Black. She has great chemistry with Oscar Isaac and Chalamet and I look forward to seeing her character in the second part of this story.
Stock Neutral – Denis Villeneuve
As I explained above this guy is just on a plane only occupied by maybe Nolan, Spielberg, Scorsese, Tarantino and maybe a few others as far as cinematic immersion. The way he makes his movies and the way he tells his stories is just so incredibly aesthetically pleasing. I hope he continues to make movies for a very long time.
What's the deal with Bautista's character?
If you were hoping to find more of Zendaya and Javier Bardem in this movie, you may be out of luck.
The duel in the final third of the movie is incredibly cool and very well shot.
This movie is awesome in so many ways, even though at times it can be a bit hard to follow due to the source material. There is just so much there that shows cinematic mastery from the scope, the score, and the overall acting. I am going to waiting on pins and needles until the day they greenlight Part 2 because this story deserves its proper ending, to be told by this filmmaker.
*You can find my Denis Villeneuve Rankings here.
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Draw The Skeletal Formula For The Ammonium Salt Formed When Lidocaine Reacts With Hcl Here
Answer to PART A: Draw the skeletal formula for the ammonium salts formed when lidocaine reacts with HCL PART B: Why is the ammon. Draw the condensed structural formula for the ammonium salt formed when lidocaine reacts with HCl. b. Why is the ammonium salt of lidocaine used rather than. and cardiac depressant. Lidocaine (xylocaine). a. Draw the condensed structural formula for the ammonium salt formed when lidocaine reacts with HCl.
Answer to Draw the condensed structural formula of the amine salt formed when lidocaine reacts with HCl.
Structure, properties, spectra, suppliers and links for: Lidocaine hydrochloride, 73 ChemSpider 2D Image | Lidocaine hydrochloride | C14H23ClN2O.
Draw the condensed structural formula for the ammonium salt formed by the reaction of trimethylamine and HCl. Answer. Write a balanced chemical equation .
and cardiac depressant. Lidocaine (xylocaine)a. Draw the condensed structural formula for the ammonium salt formed when lidocaine reacts with HCl.
partial marks. 8. Ignore the omission of one H atom from a full structural formula provided the bond is . the enthalpy values for bond formation are taken . The peaks for lidocaine and caffeine overlap or .. (iii) Draw a structural formula for the organic compound formed when iron(II) sulfide reacts with hydrochloric acid.
Amines undergo neutralization reactions with acids to form alkylammonium ions a) CH3NH2. + HCl. CH3NH3. + Cl Methylamine hydrochloric acid methylammonium chloride .. Hydrolysis of lidocaine results in the inactivation of its activity as a local . Draw a representative structure of the polyamide formed from. STRUCTURAL Draw the structure of the organic product(s) formed when each of the Below is the reaction between an acid chloride and water to give a when molecule (M) is hydrolysed by heating it with 6 M HCl. The following is a nucleophilic addition-elimination reaction between ammonia and. Ammonium nitrate | NH4NO3 or H4N2O3 | CID - structure, chemical names, Acid forming salts are effective only in promoting net loss of extracellular electrolyte . ammonium nitrate solution through the reaction of ammonia and nitric acid in a neutralizer. Neutralize with 6 M-HCL /6 M- hydrochloric acid/.
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Amines are derivatives of ammonia (NH3) in which one or more hydrogens are replaced by . Write the IUPAC name or provide the structural formula for each amine: (a). NH2 .. Complete each acid–base reaction, and name the salt formed: Mix with HCl, H2O .. Draw a structural formula for each compound with. The reaction shown is similar to the Lederer-Mannase reaction carried out in the lab. used instead of benzaldehyde, complications arise due to the formation of enolate . Diethylammonium chloride is obtained as byproduct in this reaction. The subsequent extraction with hydrochloric acid transfers the lidocaine into the. entists thought organic compounds were those produced by living organ- heated an aqueous solution of ammonium chloride and silver cyanate, both .. see it, and how to draw structural formulas of molecules containing them. HCl heat or light. If chloromethane is allowed to react with more chlorine, further chlori -.
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Which line in the table correctly describes reactions X and Y? 5. Which of the following compounds does not have isomeric structures? A C2HCl3 . (iii) Draw a structural formula for the organic compound formed when 1·0 cm3 of lidocaine solution contains 10 mg of lidocaine. .. State a use for these fatty acid salts.
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Today on the road with team extreem. Wehrer stappers planned this day around Wachtendonk full of favorite points.
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The Vivian Girls makes music that's a mixture of borrowed shades from shoegaze, thickly layered noise-pop, and garagey rock beats. It's a heady concoction, but one that's sure to leave you begging for more. The Brooklyn trio's self-titled debut LP has already sold out, with a reissue coming out sometime during the fall. I've taken a listen to that said LP, and it doesn't really make a compelling listen during the first time, so I'm assuming that these girls must put on one hell of a live show to have attracted so much attention.
In order to satiate my Electrelane craving for the time and fill in that empty gap while the Brighton quartet is gone on an indefinite hiatus, songs by the Vivian Girls seems to do the trick and fit into that fissure quite perfectly. In 'Tell the World', the music closely resembles the rocking tunes of the aforementioned alternative-rock, all-girl group, especially during that first minute. But, the more heavily inspired shoegazey number, 'Where Do You Run To?' is the true highlight of this record: set against the fuzzy, dreamy backdrop, are airy, girl-group, vocal harmony parts, that's given an all round lo-fi treatment, thus quickly proving that these Brooklyn gals are anything but ordinary.
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Q: What is the best practice for Django project structure? I would like to know if there is a best practice for the structure of Django projects.
In particular, where do you located the virtualenv folder for your project?
Do you think is better the following solution:
/myproject
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    manage.py
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        settings.py
        urls.py
        wsgi.py
        __init__.py

Or do you think is better to have a folder with all environments, for example in the home directory:
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A: I like to use virtualenvwrapper to keep my virtualenv at the same place and easily access them. I can recommand you to use this :)
Features

- Organizes all of your virtual environments in one place.
- Wrappers for managing your virtual environments (create, delete, copy).
- Use a single command to switch between environments.
- Tab completion for commands that take a virtual environment as argument.
- User-configurable hooks for all operations (see Per-User Customization).
- Plugin system for more creating sharable extensions (see Extending Virtualenvwrapper).

I have no relation with this project, I just use it on daily basis and really like it. Hope it can help you :)

A: Yup, using virtualenvwrapper is the best practice to manage your project without interfering with your machine environment it's like creating your own environment or machine you can say.
I think Django has provide the best structure as we use daily without any interruption not even mentally and it's easy to handle, Everything is separated so well.
Yes and you can have many aaps under one project which may or may not be connected to each other depends on your requirement , configuration of all app under one project will be in settings.py which is in parent folder for   all apps.
Basically it's awesome what they have provided.I will suggest you to use default hierarchy, doesn't matter even if your working with big or small project.

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The Dark Side of Glory
An early glimpse of PTSD in the letters of World War I aces.
Mark Wilkins
Like many aces, Edward Mannock was a sensitive young man, aware of the danger facing him during the Great War.
"I zoom up violently, the pressure pushes me into my seat, my sight goes for a second, then more shots, they're both at me, I'm skidding madly, zooming, doing flat turns, quick rolls, anything to stop them getting a bead on me, throwing the poor old Pup around, my gentle sensitive Pup, her startled shudders of protest almost hurt, but there's no smooth flying in a shambles like this, it's ham-fisted stuff or you're out." –Arthur Gould Lee
The Great War was in its second year and was not going well. Troops were mired in the mud and blood of trench warfare, and a despondent public desperately needed hope, leading many of them to look skyward.
Though aviation was in its infancy, little time had been wasted in fitting the day's frail airplanes of spruce and canvas with machine guns, giving birth to a new phenomenon: aerial combat. Unlike the antiquated thinking that had led to the stalemate of trench warfare, aerial warfare was unfettered by old ideas. It was created in the moment, and pilots tested their ideas using their hides as collateral. If a new tactic worked, a new maneuver was born; if it didn't, the man conceiving it often died. Those who excelled at the new type of warfare gave birth to a new term: ace.
The mythology of the ace generated hope that aerial warfare might save the day. It's a mythology that lives on. Tom Crouch, an aeronautics curator at the National Air and Space Museum, notes that even though World War II remains one of the most documented wars in collective memory, few can remember the names of the pilots who became aces in it. In contrast, almost everyone has heard of World War I's Red Baron (German ace Manfred von Richthofen).
The Great War's aces won lasting fame, but success came at a price. When these pilots confronted their humanity, their victims, or both, they often suffered, and each man had a finite amount of emotional capital and courage. Renowned English physician Charles Moran noted that "men wear out in war like clothes."
However much newspaper reporters tried to romanticize the exploits of World War I aviators, there was no glossing over the cold, hard killing power of machine guns—even ones mounted on airplanes.
German ace Ernst Udet struggled with the ethics of war even as he scored 64 victories.
The destruction of a German biplane may have affected its attacker as well as its pilot.
Combat stress among fliers, known then as "aero-neurosis," became more common as the war progressed. Psychological stress, combined with the little-understood effects of high-altitude flying such as hypoxia, often resulted in airmen being removed from duty and sent to one of many convalescent hospitals that had popped up across the French and British countryside.
The field of combat aviation psychiatry evolved symbiotically with the war. The diagnosis and treatment of both ground and aerial disorders was skewed toward quickly returning the men to the trenches and cockpits. As the war continued, militaries of both the Allies and Central Powers began to create hospitals specifically for fliers. One of these—Number 24 Royal Air Force General Hospital—is mentioned by Canadian pilot Captain Roy Brown: "It is on a hill close to Hampstead Heath. They do a lot of research work here into the different kinds of troubles which are peculiar to flying people. It is purely for [Royal Air Force] officers, so they get lots of material to work on. It is a very good idea having a hospital like this [because] in an ordinary hospital, they do not know how to treat the troubles of flying people."
Many such as Brown were discharged from the hospital to serve in a reduced capacity as flight instructors, while some were granted a series of leaves as military and medical leadership debated what to do with them. Treatment and diagnosis tended to focus on the airmen's various physiological disorders, while downplaying their damaged psyches. And these compromised airmen were virtually ignored in the press; news stories about psychological suffering were considered counterproductive to the war effort. Furthermore, mail from fliers and troops to their loved ones back home was often censored. In one letter Brown writes about attacking an enemy: "I don't know how much of this the censor will allow. I have never written anything like this before, but there is really nothing in it that can do the enemy any good so it should go through."
Those who fought in the air above France knew they were a breed apart—not necessarily better than those on the ground, just different—and that what they were doing was best done during the summer of their lives. Arthur Gould Lee had this to say about his experience as a Royal Air Force pilot: "Those of us who were to pass safely through this strife and bloodshed would be affected by it all the rest of our lives. Although maybe I'd not matched up in achievement with the best, I was there with them. It was my crowded hour of glorious life."
After the war ended in 1918, many pilots' letters were published, and when the early aces could not put their pain into words, their friends sometimes did it for them. The following five pilots did not hold back in revealing the psychological suffering so prevalent among their kind.
John MacGavock Grider was one of 210 cadets who joined the aviation section of the U.S. Army Signal Corps shortly after the United States entered the war in 1917. Volunteers from the group were sent to England for training. In May 1918, Grider was assigned to Royal Flying Corps 85 Squadron, where he downed four enemy aircraft. On June 18, he was killed in action. After his death, his letters were edited and published by his friend, Elliott White Springs. "I can't write much these days," wrote Grider. "I'm too nervous. I can hardly hold a pen. I'm all right in the air, as calm as a cucumber, but on the ground, I'm a wreck and I get panicky. Nobody in the squadron can get a glass to his mouth with one hand after one of these patrols. Some nights we have nightmares. We don't sleep much."
By the time Grider wrote the following entry, he was already a man forever changed: "It's only a question of time until we all get it. I'm all shot to pieces. I only hope I can stick it out. I don't want to quit. My nerves are all gone, and I can't stop. I've lived beyond my time already. It's not the fear of death that's done it. It's this eternal flinching from it that's doing it, and has made a coward out of me. Few men live to know what real fear is. It's something that grows on you, day by day, that eats into your constitution and undermines your sanity. I have never been serious about anything in my life, and now I know that I'll never be otherwise again. Here I am, twenty four years old. I look forty and feel ninety. I've lost all interest in life beyond the next patrol."
A few days later, Grider was shot down 20 miles behind German lines. He was given a decent burial by the Germans, and his grave was later found by the Red Cross. Death must have come as a relief to him.
William Lambert volunteered for the Royal Flying Corps in late 1916. After training in Toronto, he was sent to Europe, and in March 1918 he joined 24 Squadron, which was stationed in France and had been outfitted with Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a fighters. Lambert flew and fought well. The war's toll, however, became personal when his close friend and wingman Lieutenant J. Daley perished. "Daley was gone forever," wrote Lambert in his book Combat Report, which was based on his diaries and logbooks. "We had been almost like brothers for three months and had worked together as a team of two. I can see him even now, on patrol, after doing something that pleased him. He would move in close to me, wingtip to wingtip, look over and wave to me with a wide grin covering his face. I would certainly miss Daley."
By the following entry, Lambert is nearly at the end of his rope; his subconscious knows it but his conscious mind does not. "After yesterday, the nerves of almost every pilot in the squadron were about shot," he wrote. "Most had been doing this work for three weeks. No one complained, but one had only to look into the face of a pilot and watch his actions. The story was there. During the fighting of the previous day, I had no time to think about it, but 24 hours later it was a different story."
Lambert's combat fatigue caught him by surprise, like a slow fuse finally reaching its charge. "Almost everything from that day [late August] until about October 1, 1918, is a blank," he wrote. "I do not know what happened to me, only that I was suffering from the effects of combat fatigue. My recollection is of watching someone loading my gear into a tender. Later, I was swimming with another pilot on a long white, sandy beach. A woman in nurse's uniform, strolling along the beach, joined us. She told us that it was a resort hotel—at Wimereux—and had been converted into a hospital [Number 14 Stationary Hospital]. We were patients there. This puzzled us. What were we doing there?
"Later I was in a London hospital [Queen Alexandra's Hospital], evidently for the whole of September, being attended by two doctors. One had a slender, flexible wire contraption about twelve inches long and to which was attached an electric cord. This wire was inserted into, and pushed half way up, one of my nostrils, and it was explained as part of the treatment to the ruptured ear drums I had apparently contracted. I seem to recall enduring this most painful and extremely unpleasant torture about every second or third day for a period of several weeks. About the last week of September, I was told that if I wished, I could go home at my own expense for three months leave. You can bet that 'I wished.' "
Lambert was finally discharged and returned to Ohio. He attempted to secure a pension from the Royal Air Force, but it took years to get and ended up being a pittance.
A nurse administers electrical therapy to a soldier sitting in a device known as a Bergonic chair. Electrical treatments were also used on airmen, with the aim of easing psychological stress.
Ernst Udet was Germany's top ace after Manfred von Richthofen was killed. Udet was credited with 64 victories. He served in Jastas (fighter squadrons) 37, 11, and 4 and was in command of the latter two.
A sensitive and imaginative man, Udet confronted his humanity early in his evolution as a combat flier. His adjustment to the war didn't go perfectly, but in the long run he seems to have fared better than other fliers. "Very soon he was so close that I could see the observer's head," wrote Udet in his memoir, Ace of the Black Cross. "With his rectangular goggles, he resembled some great, ferocious insect bent upon my destruction. The moment had now come for me to shoot in earnest, but I was quite unable to do so! It was as though horror had turned my blood to ice, taken the strength from my arms, and numbed my brain. I sat passively in the cockpit, flying straight ahead, and staring idiotically at the Caudron as we passed each other. 'You miserable coward!' the engine seemed to say. I had failed miserably at the crucial moment. I had thought of myself, and had trembled for my own safety. There and then, I vowed to rid myself of the stain that now lay upon my honor.
"The moment had come. My heart beat furiously, and the hand which held the joy-stick was damp. My Fokker flew above the enemy squadron like a hawk singling out its victim but did not pounce. But even as I hesitated, I realized that if I failed to open the battle immediately, I should never have the courage to do so afterwards. In that case I would land, go to my room, and then, in the morning, Pfalzer would have the task of writing my father that there had been a fatal accident while I was cleaning my revolver."
It's telling that Udet wrote about suicide. He did ultimately take his life, in 1941, when he felt that Hermann Goering—a comrade in arms and his squadron commander during World War I—had betrayed him during World War II.
Udet, like so many pilots, succumbed to curiosity and anxiety about his victims: "I flew back to the aerodrome, my skin soaked in perspiration, and my nerves in a desperately excited state. I had made it a rule never to let myself worry about the men I shot down. He who fights should not look at the wounds he inflicts. But I felt an insatiable desire to know who my opponent had been. I made my way to the scene of the crash. My opponent had been shot through the head. The doctor handed me his wallet: Lieutenant C.R. Massdorp, Ontario, RFC 47. Also in the wallet were a picture of an elderly woman and a letter. It said: 'Don't be too reckless. Think of father and me.' Somehow one had to try to get rid of the thought that a mother wept for every man one shot down."
Roy Brown was a Canadian flier who served with the Royal Flying Corps on the Western front. He was credited with 10 victories. Brown seems to have fought reasonably well, but after the Royal Air Force credited him with shooting down Manfred von Richthofen on April 21, 1918, Brown was shaken. The image of the German ace's body had unhinged him. (The angle of von Richthofen's bullet wound, however, suggests that the fatal shot came from ground fire, not Roy Brown's gun.)
Roy Brown was initially credited with killing the Red Baron, an honor he didn't want.
Manfred von Richthofen's body was photographed after he was killed. Brown took no pleasure in the death of the young German pilot.
Germany's top ace, Manfred von Richthofen, was shot down in April 1918.
In a letter to his mother, Brown wrote: "The sight of Richthofen as I walked closer gave me a start. He appeared so small to me, so delicate. He looked so friendly. Blond, silk-soft hair, like that of a child, fell from the broad, high forehead. His face, particularly peaceful, had an expression of gentleness and goodness, of refinement. Suddenly I felt miserable, desperately unhappy, as if I had committed an injustice. With a feeling of shame, a kind of anger against myself moved in my thoughts, that I had forced him to lay there. And in my heart, I cursed the force that is devoted to death.
"I gnashed my teeth, I cursed the war. If I could, I would gladly have brought him back to life, but that is somewhat different than shooting a gun. I could no longer look him in the face. I went away. I did not feel like a victor. There was a lump in my throat. If he had been my dearest friend, I could not have felt greater sorrow."
Shortly after von Richthofen's death, Brown, experiencing exhaustion, checked into a hospital. In another letter to his mother, he wrote: "I do not sleep very well. While I was awake, the nurse came in. When I heard her, I jumped and was as frightened as a baby. After that, every little noise made me jump and frightened me the same. Please excuse me writing and telling you all this. I must unburden myself some time."
Brown did not see action again, and after his recovery, he became a flight instructor. On July 15, 1918, he took an airplane for a practice flight and fainted in the air. His aircraft crashed from about 300 feet, and he suffered severe injuries but survived.
Edward "Mick" Mannock, who came from working class Irish stock, championed a collectivist approach to fighter tactics: focusing on the good of the group versus individual achievement. And though the strain of combat had reduced him to a nervous wreck, he somehow managed to lead his squadron in targeting German pilots, while racking up 73 victories of his own.
On July 13, 1917, Mannock shot down a two-seat reconnaissance biplane. The victory afforded him his first close inspection of a victim. "I shot the pilot in three places and wounded the observer in the side," he wrote. "The machine was smashed to pieces, and a little black-and-tan dog which was with the observer was also killed. The observer escaped death. The pilot was horribly mutilated. I felt exactly like a murderer.
"I don't quite know how long my nerves will last out. I am rather old now, as airmen go, for fighting. These times are so horrible that occasionally I feel that life is not worth hanging on to. I had thoughts of getting married, but not now."
Mannock had expressed these feelings to his friend Jim Eyles, who noted, when Mannock was home on leave: "His face, when he lifted it, was a terrible sight. Saliva and tears were running down his face; he couldn't stop it. He smiled weakly at me when he saw me watching and tried to make light of it. He would not talk about it at all. I felt helpless not being able to do anything. He was ashamed to let me see him in this condition but could not help it, however hard he tried."
Mannock wrote a letter to a Mary Lewis shortly before his final patrol. Contained in this excerpt is the notion that physical and mental anguish served a purpose: "I do not believe that the war & the 'Great Push' are things 'rare and superficial.' Strife & bloodshed & physical 'exertion' & mental anguish are all good, gloriously wonderfully beneficial things for the human race. These boys out here fighting are tempted at every moment of their day to run away from the ghastly Hell created by the Maker, but they resist the temptation and die for it, or become fitter & better for it, or because of it."
Mannock's last patrol was July 26, 1918. He and a new pilot were over Pacaut Wood when German rifle and machine-gun fire hit the port side of his S.E.5a, igniting the aircraft's fuel. Mannock lost control, and the airplane crashed behind German lines near Merville. His body was taken out of his airplane and buried by German soldiers somewhere in northern France.
This story is a selection from the February/March issue of Air & Space magazine
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Mark Wilkins is a historian, writer, museum professional, and master model-maker. He is serving as historical consultant and producer of aerial effects for an upcoming feature documentary on the Lafayette Escadrille.


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Q: Why have arrays in Go? I understand the difference between arrays and slices in Go. But what I don't understand is why it is helpful to have arrays at all. Why is it helpful that an array type definition specifies a length and an element type? Why can't every "array" that we use be a slice?

A: There is more to arrays than just the fixed length:  they are comparable, and they are values (not reference or pointer types).
There are countless advantages of arrays over slices in certain situations, all of which together more than justify the existence of arrays (along with slices). Let's see them. (I'm not even counting arrays being the building blocks of slices.)

1. Being comparable means you can use arrays as keys in maps, but not slices. Yes, you could say now that why not make slices comparable then, so that this alone wouldn't justify the existence of both. Equality is not well defined on slices. FAQ: Why don't maps allow slices as keys?

They don't implement equality because equality is not well defined on such types; there are multiple considerations involving shallow vs. deep comparison, pointer vs. value comparison, how to deal with recursive types, and so on.

2. Arrays can also give you higher compile-time safety, as the index bounds can be checked at compile time (array length must evaluate to a non-negative constant representable by a value of type int):
s := make([]int, 3)
s[3] = 3 // "Only" a runtime panic: runtime error: index out of range

a := [3]int{}
a[3] = 3 // Compile-time error: invalid array index 3 (out of bounds for 3-element array)

3. Also passing around or assigning array values will implicitly make a copy of the entire array, so it will be "detached" from the original value. If you pass a slice, it will still make a copy but just of the slice header, but the slice value (the header) will point to the same backing array. This may or may not be what you want. If you want to "detach" a slice from the "original" one, you have to explicitly copy the content e.g. with the builtin copy() function to a new slice.
a := [2]int{1, 2}
b := a
b[0] = 10 // This only affects b, a will remain {1, 2}

sa := []int{1, 2}
sb := sa
sb[0] = 10 // Affects both sb and sa

4. Also since the array length is part of the array type, arrays with different length are distinct types. On one hand this may be a "pain in the ass" (e.g. you write a function which takes a parameter of type [4]int, you can't use that function to take and process an array of type [5]int), but this may also be an advantage: this may be used to explicitly specify the length of the array that is expected. E.g. you want to write a function which takes an IPv4 address, it can be modeled with the type [4]byte. Now you have a compile-time guarantee that the value passed to your function will have exactly 4 bytes, no more and no less (which would be an invalid IPv4 address anyway).
5. Related to the previous, the array length may also serve a documentation purpose. A type [4]byte properly documents that IPv4 has 4 bytes. An rgb variable of type [3]byte tells there are 1 byte for each color components. In some cases it is even taken out and is available, documented separately; for example in the crypto/md5 package: md5.Sum() returns a value of type [Size]byte where md5.Size is a constant being 16: the length of an MD5 checksum.
6. They are also very useful when planning memory layout of struct types, see JimB's answer here, and this answer in greater detail and real-life example.
7. Also since slices are headers and they are (almost) always passed around as-is (without pointers), the language spec is more restrictive regarding pointers to slices than pointers to arrays. For example the spec provides multiple shorthands for operating with pointers to arrays, while the same gives compile-time error in case of slices (because it's rare to use pointers to slices, if you still want / have to do it, you have to be explicit about handling it; read more in this answer).
Such examples are:

*

*Slicing a p pointer to array: p[low:high] is a shorthand for (*p)[low:high]. If p is a pointer to slice, this is compile-time error (spec: Slice expressions).

*Indexing a p pointer to array: p[i] is a shorthand for (*p)[i]. If p is pointer to a slice, this is a compile time error (spec: Index expressions).
Example:
pa := &[2]int{1, 2}
fmt.Println(pa[1:1]) // OK
fmt.Println(pa[1])   // OK

ps := &[]int{3, 4}
println(ps[1:1]) // Error: cannot slice ps (type *[]int)
println(ps[1])   // Error: invalid operation: ps[1] (type *[]int does not support indexing)

8. Accessing (single) array elements is more efficient than accessing slice elements; as in case of slices the runtime has to go through an implicit pointer dereference. Also "the expressions len(s) and cap(s) are constants if the type of s is an array or pointer to an array".
May be suprising, but you can even write:
type IP [4]byte

const x = len(IP{}) // x will be 4

It's valid, and is evaluated and compile-time even though IP{} is not a constant expression so e.g. const i = IP{} would be a compile-time error! After this, it's not even surprising that the following also works:
const x2 = len((*IP)(nil)) // x2 will also be 4

Note: When ranging over a complete array vs a complete slice, there may be no performance difference at all as obviously it may be optimized so that the pointer in the slice header is only dereferenced once. For details / example, see Array vs Slice: accessing speed.

See related questions where an array can be used / makes more sense than a slice:
Why use arrays instead of slices?
Why can't Go slice be used as keys in Go maps pretty much the same way arrays can be used as keys?
Hash with key as an array type
How do I check the equality of three values elegantly?
Slicing a slice pointer passed as argument
And this is just for curiosity: a slice can contain itself while an array can't. (Actually this property makes comparison easier as you don't have to deal with recursive data structures).
Must-read blogs:
Go Slices: usage and internals
Arrays, slices (and strings): The mechanics of 'append'

A: Arrays are values, and it is often useful to have a value instead of a pointer.
Values can be compared, hence you can use arrays as map keys.
Values are always initialized, so there's you don't need to initialize, or make them like you do with a slice.
Arrays give you better control of memory layout, where as you can't allocate space directly in a struct with a slice, you can with an array:
type Foo struct {
    buf [64]byte
}

Here, a Foo value will contains a 64 byte value, rather than a slice header which needs to be separately initialized. Arrays are also used to pad structs to match alignment when interoperating with C code and to prevent false sharing for better cache performance.
Another aspect for improved performance is that you can better define memory layout than with slices, because data locality can have a very big impact on memory intensive calculations. Dereferencing a pointer can take considerable time compared to the operations being performed on the data, and copying values smaller than a cache line incurs very little cost, so performance critical code often uses arrays for that reason alone.

A: Arrays are more efficient in saving space.  If you never update the size of the slice (i.e. start with a predefined size and never go past it) there really is not much of a performance difference.  But there is extra overhead in space, as a slice is simply a wrapper containing the array at its core. Contextually, it also improves clarity as it makes the intended use of the variable more apparent.

A: Every array could be a slice but not every slice could be an array. If you have a fixed collection size you can get a minor performance improvement from using an array. At the very least you'll save the space occupied by the slice header.


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Metropolitan Association for Befriending Young Servants (MABYS) var en frivilligorganisation av medel- och överklasskvinnor, grundades av Jane Nassau Senior, och sociala reformatorn Henrietta Barnett 1875. Målet var att stödja unga flickor i London, hindra dem från att bli prostituterade, kriminella eller alkoholister, och anställa tjänsteflickor.

Äldre tiders fattiglagar hade lett till att många barn tvångsomhändetogs av sina familjer av myndigheterna, och skickades till fattigstugan. Barnen blev därefter ivägskickade därifrån i 14-årsåldern, och fick överleva så gott de kunde; vilket ledde till stora sociala problem, då många barn hamnade i ett liv i brottslighet och prostitution. Innan man bildade MABYS var enda hoppet för dessa barn att kunna migrera till Kanada eller Australien.

MABYS försökte hjälpa unga flickor, bland annat genom att erbjuda dem arbete som tjänsteflickor och på så vis undvika att de blev prostituerade och alkoholister. Frivilliga från MABYS besökte flickor som uteslutits från fattigvården, och hjälpte dem hitta husrum och, vid behov, ny anställning. Under 1880-talet hade MABYS 25 kontor och 17 skyddshem, och under 1890-talet arbetade över 1 000 frivilliga för MABYS, och man beandlade årligen ansökningar om anställning från över 7 000 flickor, av vilka över 5 000 framgångsrikt placerades ut, av vilka 25% kom från Londons fattigvårdsskolor.

MABYS förespråkade inte kontakt mellan flickorna och deras föräldrar, på grund av oro för att barnen skulle få dåliga vanor från familjerna, eller försvagas genom anhöriga. Jane Nassau Senior, med stöd från Thomas John Barnardo, hade lobbat för att MABYS, och liknande organisationer, automatiskt skulle förbli målsmän upp till 20 år för alla barn som tagits om hand av fattigvården i över minst fem år.

MABYS växte snabbt. 1887 startade man ett träningscentrum för svagsinta flickor, med mål att de skulle få anställning, och runt 1896 bedrev man logi-hus och träningscenter för arbetslösa kvinnor, och tog hand om flickor som kom till London och sökte arbete, och flickor från ungdomsvårdsskolor.

I samband med de sociala förändringarna vid tiden runt första världskriget började tillbakagången för MABYS, även om organisationen formellt fanns kvar åtminstone till 1940. 1948 avskaffades slutligen gamla tiders fattigvård definitivt genom National Assistance Act, och ansvaret för utbildningen och träningen överfördes till brittiska staten.

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Following theoretical calculations, practical manipulations and laboratory trials of different speeds and gradients to match the aerobic fitness standards of the job-related fitness test (JRFT) for personal safety training (PST) and police specialist posts, the Chester Treadmill Police Walk Test was devised(Sykes 2015).
CTPWT(Sykes 2015) is an adaptation of the original Chester Treadmill Walk Test (Sykes 2009) which was designed for use by the UK Fire Service as an alternative aerobic fitness test to the 20m Shuttle Run and Chester Step Test.
CTPWTis a performance test specifically developed for the Police Service of England and Wales as an alternative fitness test to the 15m Shuttle run,for those deemed medically unsuited to its twists and turns, to determine whether an officer is able to achieve the minimum recommended aerobic fitness standard for PST and Specialist Posts, excluding ARV and DIAFO (College of Policing 2014). After a suitable warm-up, the subject is required to walk at a brisk pace (6.0km/hr) on the treadmill. Every 2 minutes the gradient is raised by 3%. If the subject is able to satisfactorily reach the target time of between 10 and 12 minutes, then he/she will have achieved the minimum recommended aerobic fitness standard (see Table 1).
It is imperative that there are no medical contraindications to the subject undertaking the Chester Treadmill Police Walk Test.
Most individuals don't require a medical check-up before taking this test or starting regular, moderate exercise. However, if there are any doubts about the individual's suitability to partake in moderately vigorous physical activity, then please advise them to consult a doctor – and do not conduct the Treadmill Test.
There is always the slight risk that taking any form of exercise may reveal a health defect or weakness that may lead to injury, illness or even fatality. If you have any doubts at all about the subject's ability to safely undertake the Chester Treadmill Police Walk Test or to participate in a programme of regular exercise, then do not conduct the test and refer them to the Occupational Health Department or their GP for appropriate advice.
For further information on pre-participation health screening, see American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM 2013).
The subject should not have eaten, smoked, exercised or drunk tea or coffee for at least 2 hours before the test.
The subject should not be recovering from illness or have a cold, or is taking beta blocker drugs which will depress heart rate scores.
The subject should be wearing loose-fitting, comfortable clothing.
The room should be quiet, well ventilated and between 18-20 degrees Celsius.
The subject should not have undertaken any heavy physical exercise for at least 24 hours before the test.
An appropriate Risk Assessment has been completed and approved.
The Test Administrator should be well trained, knowledgeable and experienced in conducting the Test. They should be totally familiar with operating the treadmill and in explaining to a subject the useof the RPE chart. If at any time during the test, the subject shows signs of over-tiredness, discomfort or dizziness – and/or reports an RPE of 18+ -then the test should be stopped and the subject allowed to recover and cool down.
f.the subject has a suitable warm up with mobility, stretching and limbering floor exercises of low to moderate intensity.
2.Inform the subject what they will be required to do – explaining the importance of good treadmill walking technique.
3.Following a suitable warm-up ask the subject to stand on the treadmill. Attach safety cord as appropriate.
5.Level 1: 0-2 minutes at 0% gradient. At the end of the level check RPE is less than 18 and if so, continue to Level 2, increasing the gradient to 3%.
6.Level 2: 2-4 minutes at 3% gradient. At the end of the level check RPE is less than 18 and if so, continue to Level 3, increasing the gradient to 6%.
7.Level 3: 4-6 minutes at 6% gradient. At the end of the level check RPE is less than 18 and shows no signs of distress or discomfort. If so, continue to Level 4, increasing the gradient to 9%.
8.Level 4: 6-8 minutes at 9% gradient. At the end of the level check RPE is less than 18 and subject shows no signs of distress or discomfort. If so, continue to Level 5, increasing the gradient to 12%.
10.Level 6: 10-12 minutes at 15% gradient. For those in Specialist Posts required to pass at a higher level of fitness, the test may be continued for up to a further 2 minutes (see Table 1 and 2 with Target Times for Personal Safety Training (PST) and Specialist Posts).
11.Cool Down: At the end of the test, lower the gradient to 0%, reduce the treadmill speed to a gentle stroll (around 4-5km/hr) and ask the subject to continue walking until he/she feels recovered and can hold a conversation comfortably – normally around 4-5 minutes. Also, ensure that the subject further cools down with some gentle limbering and stretching floor exercises.
12. Cautionary Note: As with the 15m Shuttle Run the CTPWT could be a near-maximal (or even maximal) test for some individuals and care should be taken by the tester to ensure that if the subject is unable to keep up with the workrate and becomes overly distressed, the test should be stopped and the subject should be allowed to cool down.
13. For those unable to achieve the target time, aerobic capacity may be estimated from the time and gradient that the subject was able to complete (e.g. if the subject was able to walk for only 8 minutes before having to stop the test, their aerobic capacity may be estimated as shown in Table 3 as 30mlsO2/kg/min).
The test has been designed specifically to identify officers capable of achieving the minimum aerobic fitness standard of between 35 and 41 mlsO2/kg/min as required by the Police Service of England and Wales.
This is not a test to determine a subject's actual aerobic capacity (VO2Max). It merely indicates that the value is equal to that required for related operational activities.
Should an actual assessment of Aerobic Capacity and Fitness Level also be required, this may be estimated from the heart rate responses during the test using the bespoke CTWTP Aerobic Fitness Calculator software package (www.cartwrightfitness.co.uk).
See Table 4 for Specialist Post CTPWT Target Times and equivalent 15m Shuttle Run Levels.


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Q: Failed to resolve for reference Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions - Metadata generation failed Had to pick up a bit of work from another developer so just trying to wrap my head round it all!
But I'm having issues building an Azure Functions project and continuously getting a error coming form Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Functions.Build.targets , specifically unable to resolve a reference to Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.
So far I have attempted re-installing the Nuget Package, Re-Starting Visual Studio, my machine yada-yada.
I would welcome any suggestions and appreciate your time!
Full Error Below
Severity    Code    Description Project File    Line    Suppression State
Error       Mono.Cecil.AssemblyResolutionException: Failed to resolve assembly: 'Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions, Version=3.0.6.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35'
   at Mono.Cecil.BaseAssemblyResolver.Resolve(AssemblyNameReference name, ReaderParameters parameters)
   at Mono.Cecil.BaseAssemblyResolver.Resolve(AssemblyNameReference name)
   at Mono.Cecil.DefaultAssemblyResolver.Resolve(AssemblyNameReference name)
   at Mono.Cecil.MetadataResolver.Resolve(TypeReference type)
   at Mono.Cecil.ModuleDefinition.Resolve(TypeReference type)
   at Mono.Cecil.TypeReference.Resolve()
   at MakeFunctionJson.AttributeExtensions.IsWebJobsAttribute(CustomAttribute attribute)
   at MakeFunctionJson.ParameterInfoExtensions.<>c.<IsWebJobSdkTriggerParameter>b__0_0(CustomAttribute a)
   at System.Linq.Enumerable.Any[TSource](IEnumerable`1 source, Func`2 predicate)
   at MakeFunctionJson.ParameterInfoExtensions.IsWebJobSdkTriggerParameter(ParameterDefinition parameterInfo)
   at MakeFunctionJson.MethodInfoExtensions.<>c.<HasTriggerAttribute>b__4_0(ParameterDefinition p)
   at System.Linq.Enumerable.Any[TSource](IEnumerable`1 source, Func`2 predicate)
   at MakeFunctionJson.MethodInfoExtensions.HasTriggerAttribute(MethodDefinition method)
   at MakeFunctionJson.MethodInfoExtensions.HasValidWebJobSdkTriggerAttribute(MethodDefinition method)
   at MakeFunctionJson.FunctionJsonConverter.GenerateFunctions(IEnumerable`1 types)+MoveNext()
   at System.Collections.Generic.List`1..ctor(IEnumerable`1 collection)
   at System.Linq.Enumerable.ToList[TSource](IEnumerable`1 source)
   at MakeFunctionJson.FunctionJsonConverter.TryGenerateFunctionJsons()
   at MakeFunctionJson.FunctionJsonConverter.TryRun()
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A: I saw a message when running the project saying "the extensionsmetadatagenerator package was not imported correctly" Try adding the Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Script.ExtensionsMetadataGenerator nuget package to your project. It is suppose to be loaded as a dependency of Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Functions package, But I didn't see it in my project dependencies list. This worked for me.

A: Or you can just update to
<TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>

If you are not on 3.1

A: I know this is an older post. I am using JetBrain Rider on a Mac. The only way I've gotten around this is to reinstall .Net 5 even though I am building the Function in .Net 6. Any updates that happen to .net 6 is requiring me to reinstall .net 5.


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As far as titles for movies go, Spectre could hardly be better named. Right from the start it's clear that this is a film full of ghosts: past, present and future, dead or alive, benign or threatening – this latest James Bond movie is a conspicuously haunted affair.
You can't say that they don't warn you. Even before the film starts, there's an on-screen caption declaring "the dead are alive" and then we open in Mexico City on the Day of Dead where by tradition the deceased are said to walk the streets once more. And to really hammer the point home, Bond is there at the posthumous direction of the late, lamented M to carry out a clinical low key hit on a terrorist planning an atrocity. Unfortunately things don't go quite according to plan and end up being rather messily high-profile, imperilling the very existence of MI6 as a result.
Despite all the spectral signs and portents in the opening minutes, it still didn't prepare me for the jolting glimpses we get of the late M (Judi Dench), Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen) and Raoul Silva (Javier Bardem) in the opening credits sequence. Nor are these just grace notes: along with Vesper Lynd (Eva Green), their presence is keenly felt throughout the film from the very start and exorcising these ghosts becomes Bond's main preoccupation during the entire endeavour. Read the rest of this entry »
This entry was posted in Film and tagged Ben Whishaw, Christoph Waltz, Daniel Craig, Dave Bautista, Ian Fleming, James Bond, Léa Seydoux, Monica Bellucci, Naomie Harris, Ralph Fiennes, Sam Mendes, Skyfall, Spectre.
James Bond: Happy 50th, old man
Posted on October 5, 2012 Updated on October 5, 2012
You have to hand it to EoN Productions, they know how to whip up the publicity for their upcoming James Bond film, getting the mainstream media falling over the "50th anniversary of the first James Bond film" as a way of priming the audience for the cinema début of Bond 23, aka Skyfall, later this month. Even satellite broadcaster Sky is joining in, launching its 'Sky Movies 007' channel today showing back-to-back Bond films for the whole of October.
Well, massive PR operation or no, it does seem that the 50th anniversary of the première of Dr No warrants a little mark of respect, so here's my blog post offering in that direction – starting with a quick word on the new Bond film theme by Adele that was officially unveiled at 0:07am on Friday morning.
It's good. It's actually very good. Instantly likeable and memorable, it's the first Bond theme in a long time that has the chance of being a hit record in its own right that will last the test of time far beyond the period of the film release.
The risk with bringing a big star like Adele in to do a Bond theme is that either the Bond fans won't like the end result, or the star's fans won't. But "Skyfall" manages to be both a wonderful pure-Adele track while at the same time dripping in all the right epic trappings of a true Bond theme. That's pretty impressive. To be honest, I think the song is as its best when it's most "Adele-ian" and that some of the Bond motifs running through the background are just a little too heavy-handed, which may stop this from becoming seen as a standalone classic as it probably should. But then, this is the 50th anniversary film release and if there's a time to remind people of the Bond heritage and wallow in a little gratuitous nostalgia then it is surely now.
Certainly I'll be adding it to my iTunes collection. But then, I've even got Jack White and Alicia Keys' theme song for A Quantum of Solace, so clearly I'll buy any track that's attached to a Bond film. Maybe that's not the ringing endorsement it was intended to be after all…
Ian Fleming's Moonraker (1955)
Last week I finally got around to reading Ian Fleming's novel Moonraker, some 33 years after I intended to having seen the Roger Moore film of the same name. I won't call the film an 'adaptation' of Fleming's book, because even back as a kid in 1979 I knew that the producers had followed the pattern of the previous film in the series and moved Bond completely away from his literary roots. (The films were so different that they were the first to warrant their own movie novelisations by screenwriter Christopher Wood; they were two of my most-thumbed paperbacks back in the days before the films become available to rewatch on VHS, DVD or endless digital channel reruns.)
The reason why The Spy Who Loved Me went so far away from the novel is entirely down to Fleming himself, who didn't like the story and so forbade any film version of it (although he allowed the title to be used.) In the case of Moonraker it's more a case that the contents of the novel had simply not aged at all well over a quarter of a century and were by any objective analysis unsuitable for adaptation. Given that basis, how readable is the novel now?
The plot consists of three main strands: the first half of the book has Bond uncovering a card cheat as a favour to M. On paper this has a fair degree of tension, but a game of bridge is hardly going to be cinematic (although Martin Campbell managed an impressive transfer of a game of Texas hold 'em to the screen in the 2006 film of Casino Royale). The rest of the book features a story involving new missile technology based on German V2 rockets and obsolete by 1979, added to the threat of Nazis seeking revenge for their wartime defeat. That was a real fear when the book was written, less than ten years after the end of World War 2: but by 1979 such a Nazi vengeance notion would have been archaic to a modern audience more used to having the Germans as partners in the EEC.
So what to do? The film makers resorted to essentially repeating the story format from The Spy Who Loved Me, which in turn had used the basic template laid down by Roald Dahl for You Only Live Twice – just going even bigger. Most people regard the film of Moonraker as having gone too far and as a result be one of the weakest Bond cinematic instalments; in passing I have to say that I disagree and that it's still one of my movie guilty pleasures.
Reading the novel, it's interesting to see just how much of Fleming's plot actually weaves itself into the film's DNA despite the loss of almost all this plot detail. For one thing, the antagonist is still the immensely wealthy Hugo Drax, who is apparently philanthropically using his vast fortune to pull off advanced scientific projects for the good of a grateful nation. In the book, Drax is using his money to fund an intercontinental ballistic missile delivery system for nuclear warheads for the UK government; in the film, he's essentially producing a fleet of space shuttles that the US and UK governments can't fund themselves. But in both cases, he has his own reasons for underwriting the work.
The plot in the book revolved around fanatical former Nazis seeking revenge on the UK: there are no Nazis in the film, but it does come down to a megalomaniac with designs of reseeding a cleansed planet with a race of hand-picked humans to produce a eugenically perfect super-race. Meanwhile, the Bond girl in both the book and film is a fellow undercover agent: in the film it's American CIA operative Holly Goodhead, but in the book it's British Special Branch agent Gala Brand. In both cases there's initial suspicion and animosity between the two organisations and the agents themselves to overcome, but of course they do team up in the end (although Gala Brand never succumbs to Bond's charms in the bedroom like Holly Goodhead does.)
One of Fleming's trademarks in his books is to make Bond suffer: his 007 is no superhuman, but suffers pain and agony during his missions (although just short of any debilitating injuries that might stop him from completing the mission or returning for the next in the series.) Toward the climax of the book, he and Gala Brand narrowly escape being cooked by the rocket exhaust discharge as the missile takes off, a sequence picked up by the film makers during a space shuttle launch although there Bond escapes using another special agent gizmo rather than gritting through the pain.
All in all, it's surprising how much of the book feeds into the film after all. At the same time, the book has a very different feel as a whole. For one thing, while the film jets from California to Venice, Rio de Janeiro to the Amazon and then into outer space, the book never leaves London and the Home Counties, with the climax taking place on the English coast above the white cliffs of Dover. For those of us with an image of 007 as the globe trotting international spy, this is all unexpectedly cosy and domestic.
What's most surprising about Fleming's book is that even 58 years after it was written it's still as readable as it is. Sure, some of the details feel like they belong in the history books – especially the astonishingly quaint section of Bond racing Drax through the Kent country roads which are positively Dick Barton-esque. But it still zips along at a reasonable pace, delivers using a sparse prose style, and never outstays its welcome but is instead a quick, easy and effective read.
Since Fleming's day there have been a glut of books that conform to that style: Alistair Maclean was an early exponent, then there was Clive Cussler, and now it would be Lee Child's Jack Reacher novels that are surely the best of the bunch and the modern day equivalent of the Bond series. But Fleming did it first, and caused quite a stir with his 'sensationalist' writing presentation and overtly brutal and sexual topics. While the Bond books wouldn't stand out in today's crowd (in fact they'd be a bit of a wallflower compared with most popular fiction) and the plot details really are as archaic as the filmmakers realised in 1979, Fleming's farsightedness in creating this new muscular writing style means than at least it's entirely possible to still read and enjoy them even well into the 21st century.
That's no mean feat. Whether in print or on screen, it seems that James Bond still has it, and will be worth returning to for a good while yet to come.
This entry was posted in Books, Film, Music and tagged Adele, Ian Fleming, James Bond, Moonraker, Skyfall.


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Project developer Solar Philippines opened the country's first photovoltaic (PV) panel factory on Wednesday, a facility which was inaugurated by President Rodrigo Duterte and hailed by observers as a step forward in helping ease the Filipinos' energy woes and advancing the country's climate fight.
Solar Philippines' factory is located in Santo Tomas, Batangas, a province south of Manila. The company promises Filipinos a 30 per cent savings on their monthly electricity bill by making solar panels and batteries more accessible to local communities.
Solar Philippines also announced an ambitious plan to replace fossil fuels with 5,000 megawatts (MW) of solar power.
The country currently relies heavily on fossil fuels, particularly coal, which makes up 44.5 per cent of the Philippines' power generation mix.
Speaking at the inauguration, Duterte noted that the opening of the factory is timely as the country needs to address increasing demand for renewable energy. "It is high time that we begin to establish local solar power," he said.
Solar Philippines chief executive officer Leandro Leviste said that dwindling solar panel costs and the availability of Filipino workers who are experienced in manufacturing solar panels in line with international standards and certifications, have made it possible for the company to enter the solar panel manufacturing business.
"The factory will create 50,000 jobs, from manufacturing to installation, and show the world that Filipino ingenuity is second to none," Leviste said.
The 8,429 square metre facility has the capacity to produce 2.5 million solar panels a year— equivalent to a generation capacity of 800MW a year—making it one of Asia's biggest solar factories.
The Philippine solar factory plans to export panels to the United States and Europe. It has also begun to sell to local distributors, residential and business establishments.
A Philippine climate and sustainability-focused non-profit, the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC), welcomed the factory's opening.
ICSC executive director Red Constantino told Eco-Business that the country having its own solar factory proves that the Philippines can and should invest in more renewables, "not just as a means to reduce greenhouse gas emissions but also to boost the economy and secure cheaper and more reliable electricity for all."
"Solar Philippines' offer (for cheaper energy) is not surprising and reflects the continuing drop in renewable energy costs," Constantino said.
"On the other hand, more coal plants here and around the world increasingly run the risk of becoming stranded assets as fuel prices and currency fluctuations become more volatile", he added.
Coal prevails—for now
Despite the mounting evidence that solar is a more environmentally and economically viable energy source, the country's Department of Energy has no immediate plans to wean the energy sector off fossil fuels.
According to its Power Development Plan 2016 – 2040 launched earlier this month, coal has been the biggest energy source for the country from 2011-2015, and will continue to be so into 2040.
To meet this ambitious target and power the country's robust and power-hungry economy, the Philippines is likely to remain reliant on coal, as seen in the DOE's Coal Roadmap for 2017 to 2040.
According to the roadmap, the energy department will continue with its initiatives to fast-track granting certificates of compliance (COCs) to coal producers. A COC is a pre-requisite to the commencement of commercial operations of a power generation plant.
Greenpeace Southeast Asia in May 2014 revealed that the Philippine energy department is indeed not slowing down on coal. It reported that the energy department has 45 more coal-fired power plants in the pipeline, in addition to 13 that are currently operational.
Greenpeace SEA criticised the Philippine government for its heavy reliance on coal, saying in its report that rather than embracing renewable energy, the Philippine government has been giving the coal industry a "license to kill" for decades.
In contrast, while the energy department's Renewable Energy Roadmap for 2017 to 2040 outlines policy initiatives, it does not identify specific targets for renewable energy support.
Amid this, the Filipino people suffer the burden of having to pay the highest price of electricity in Southeast Asia.
The Philippine energy department acknowledges the price of electricity in the country is a major challenge, and one reason for these higher prices is the absence of government subsidies, it said.
"Technology-neutral"
Philippine energy secretary Alfonso Cusi, who was also present at the solar factory inauguration, acknowledged the role renewable energy plays in helping respond to the Filipinos' energy needs.
"With more energy options available, consumers are expected to gear towards finding the right balance in satisfying their energy needs", he said.
In an editorial published in the South China Morning Post in March this year, Cusi, however, cautioned that the balance between promoting socioeconomic growth and combating climate change is an "extremely fine one" for governments like the Philippines.
Cusi said there is no "one-size-fits-all" approach to tackling climate change because energy is a necessity for growth and conventional energy sources like coal offer affordable power compared to renewable energy.
Thus, the energy secretary said he takes a "technology-neutral" stance to energy sources that will power the country.
"Technology-neutral means that we shouldn't be constrained by rigid or arbitrary targets in sourcing our energy. Both conventional and non-conventional sources must be considered, but this shouldn't be equated with abandoning climate action," Cusi said in his March editorial.
"We can take urgent action to make conventional energy sources more sustainable. For instance, refurbishing old and naturally degrading coal power plants will increase fuel efficiency," he said.
Solar Philippines' Leviste, meanwhile, said that soon, the Philippines will become a leader in the global energy transition.
"Around the world, consumers are going solar because they see the renewable energy revolution has already arrived. We are optimistic that Filipinos will think the same," he said.


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Voted for fruity loops however i've been recently been trying other sequencers. The demo for ableton seems good but I always find myself going back to floops. Dont really like the way you draw out automation in ableton, seems better in fruity loops with the curves etc, also the piano roll in ableton isnt very good. Hopefully this will be improved in a future version. Purchasing a macbook soon for uni purposes so will have a try of logic to see if it fits all my needs.
Live 7 as well, just for pure easyness - compared to the others, maybe except for FL.
Orion is another great production tool.. Very lightweight..
Fastracker II or Skale Tracker!
Fruity Loops does the job 4 me. It's complete & easy.


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September 20, 2019: Fun With Hexagram!
Earlier this year, in response to a Kickstarter challenge, we did a little zine for The Fantasy Trip. We called it Hexagram (silly play on words – my favorite kind). The Kickstarter was successful, we did the zine, and it looked good . . . so we did another one. Now we have a lot of material for #3 and we'll start a Kickstarter for it soon. And I have every hope of doing at least one more after that.
Why do a zine? Why not declare victory with the first one and stop? The big reason – I have to be honest – is that I like it! Magazine publication is fun, and the zine format has an immediacy and informality that I really enjoy. Certainly the good fan feedback helped, too.
It's also good for TFT to have its own quick-response print organ. In addition to an assortment of new ideas and supplementary material, issue 3 includes a rules expansion for fighting on stairs. #3 will have not only the up-to-date errata for the Legacy Edition, but also a well-reasoned article explaining how I got defense wrong. You may agree with the author, you may not, but it's worth reading.
The biggest complaint we have had so far is that shipping is too expensive on a little booklet. That's right; it is. We have little control over that. One thing we are trying with #3 is omitting all ads, thus making the zine effectively 2 pages longer, but also making it eligible for Media Mail rates. We'll see how much that saves. Another approach, and one I selfishly encourage, is "put more stuff in the order." Shipping is a much less painful bite when it's spread over several things, and I get to sell you more game stuff . . .
NOTE: You can find the first two issues of Hexagram, in PDF and in print, at Warehouse 23. To receive email notification when the next campaign launches, please follow both the Steve Jackson Games and Warehouse 23 pages on Kickstarter. --PR


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Manufacturers Beware: DOE Battery Charger Regulations Can Cost
By Richard Lehfeldt, Matthew B. Welling & Tyler A. O'Connor on July 25, 2019
Posted in Environment & Natural Resources, Import/Export
Manufacturers of battery chargers or external power supplies (EPSs), or sellers of consumer products that include battery chargers or EPSs, are likely subject to strict energy conservation standards. By virtue of Department of Energy (DOE) regulations that took effect in February 2016 and June 2018 for EPSs and battery chargers, respectively, manufacturers and importers of these charging devices must now meet stringent conservation standards under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) or risk the assessment of civil penalties.
Under EPCA, DOE enforces mandatory appliance efficiency or conservation standards for over 60 covered products, such as refrigerators, dehumidifiers, washing machines, and recently, EPSs and battery chargers. The EPS and battery charger regulations are expansive, and affect products that charge thousands of standard consumer electronic products, including laptop computers, mobile phones, game consoles, electric razors, and electric toothbrushes. With so many products powered by batteries or external power supplies, the universe of EPCA-regulated chargers seems infinite.
Under the standards, EPSs are defined as devices that convert household electricity to direct current in order to operate a consumer product. The battery charger rule applies to any charger that charges batteries for a consumer product, including chargers embedded in those consumer products. Notably, the rules cover all manufacturers of these charging devices and often the companies that import them from foreign manufacturers. EPCA also requires companies to certify and demonstrate compliance with the standards to DOE, and DOE has authority to independently confirm that these representations are accurate.
The scope of these battery charger regulations creates significant potential liability for manufacturers and sellers. The cost of non-compliance may be steep: EPCA penalties are assessed on each noncompliant unit distributed into commerce (either sold or made available for sale), at a maximum penalty rate of $460 per unit, with a "look-back" period of five years. As a result, manufacturers and sellers of consumer products are potentially liable for tens of millions of dollars for chargers that are in most cases adjuncts to their core product lines. Moreover, DOE generally seeks the maximum penalty against manufacturers and sellers who knowingly distribute products that violate EPCA standards, although DOE's practice is to reduce these maximum penalties based on mitigating factors such as self-reporting, cooperation and prompt cessation of sales of non-compliant products.
To avoid these substantial civil penalties, a manufacturer or seller of EPSs or battery chargers should develop procedures to determine whether the rules apply to its devices, and to establish, demonstrate, and maintain its current and future compliance with these rules.
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text: The New Era of Light is an artistic movement, created by Massimiliano Folegatti, in 2018, after the writing of his literary work "Muse - Thoughts of an artist", a psychoanalytic novel in which the protagonist is a researcher of the Sun. The founder of this Movement identifies, first of all, two creative vectors: Literature and Music, but the current intends to spread to all today's Arts. Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, the world has been able to produce only reality shows. There is a need for more, otherwise humanity will suffocate. The Movement's program is to contemplate Pulcritude in order to paint it with sparkling signs of art. The twenty-first century now increasingly rarely allows the creation of works worthy of the name. The New Era of Light, on the other hand, intends to return art to its natural splendor as an indispensable building in the life of humanity. Beauty is urgent on men's days. There is a profound need for a collective dream, too often abandoned. Human beings are thirsty for good works. The New Era of Light aims to participate in that great journey that can lead mankind to another, different, possible world, where there is finally respect and acceptance for all. The members of the artistic movement will be defined Lucenti. Anyone looking for non-trivial answers will be able to follow this creative movement. With «Musa - Thoughts of an artist», the New Era of Light was officially born, after a long karst journey. A humanistic and anthropological renaissance is needed that is able to accompany the future evolution of individuals. There is a need for Art like bread, in this world. If creativity is mortified, the opportunity for a better system of things disappears. The founder of the movement is deeply optimistic, since he knows that there has never been a beautiful society without a good art form. The New Era of Light intends to be a totally contemporary artistic movement, which lives in the era of the birth of artificial intelligence and pushes the individual to remain, with all his strength, deeply human. Clarity is needed, from all points of view. Man will not move towards Pulcritude, unless exhorted by his own innate aspiration to truth. The Lucenti are stable human beings, who have rejected the overall sense of a system of power that would enslave them. They have placed themselves outside and beyond the thought cages of the third millennium and are proud of their condition of diversity. The New Era of Light intends to create magnificent new architectures, with sparkling signs of Art, in absolute respect for the harmony between form and content of the work. The Lucente is asked for consistency: what he thinks and what he produces must be the result of the same evolutionary process of the individual, thanks to a constant correspondence between his mental paths and his work as an artist and man. The movement advances thanks to its desire for truthfulness, an authentic beacon of those who feel attracted to the new current. The program of the New Era of Light is to reconstitute a set of forms of Art, linked to original contents, which know how to excite and indicate a new path: that towards a future cosmos of Possibility of realizing the noblest aspirations of the human being. The New Age of Light moves towards the Sun. It is sparkle. Twinkle. Beauty. In this world, there is a need for songs elevated to every manifestation of Truth, Goodness and Beauty. With «Musa - Thoughts of an artist» the author creates a completely new landscape, in which respect for human life is always manifested and the future of humanity is no longer dark, but bright and brilliant.


Two Directors of New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR) are required to retire by rotation at each Annual General Meeting. This year Matthew Goodson (Chairman) and John Stace step down and both are eligible to stand for reappointment.
Matthew Goodson announced on 11 June 2015 that he would not be seeking re-election for a further three-year term and will retire from the NZTR Board at the conclusion of the AGM to be held in Christchurch on 6 November 2015.
A meeting of the Members' Council was held on 10 August 2015 at which it was agreed to appoint Dr Alan Jackson and Mr John Stace to the two vacant seats on the NZTR Board from the conclusion of the AGM.


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Sports camp provides specialized focus
Ian Zelaya
6 Points' campers practice soccer drills. Photo courtesy of 6 Points Sports Academy
Gaithersburg-resident Jeanne Ellinport has a cardinal rule for her children: If you don't go to Jewish day school, you go to Jewish summer camp.
When Ellinport's youngest daughter was in fourth grade, she wanted to go to an overnight soccer camp, something that didn't exist in the realm of Jewish overnight camps. Being an avid soccer player, it was a delight to both her and her mother when they heard about 6 Points Sports Academy, a Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) specialty overnight camp that focuses on specific competitive sports.
The camp, which opened in the summer of 2010, offers campers state-of-the-art athletic facilities located on the 100-acre grounds of the American Hebrew Academy in Greensboro, N.C. With baseball and softball fields, an eight-lane indoor pool, tennis courts, multipurpose fields, a gymnasium and more, 6 Points provides an option for fourth- to 11th-graders looking to improve their skills in basketball, soccer, swimming, baseball/softball, lacrosse and cheerleading/dance.
Ellinport's daughter is one of the few campers who's attended every summer since 2010, and her other two children decided to follow suit after her youngest had a great experience. A member of the camp committee, Ellinport says 6 Points is great for anyone interested in sports, not just athletes at the top of their game.
"The big misnomer is they have to be really good," she says. "Your kid doesn't have to be the best athlete. They just have to enjoy it and want to do it a few hours
a day."
During the three, 12-day sessions (with two intersessions for those who want to extend their stay), campers from across the country come to 6 Points to improve their skills in their particular sport and, as with any other Jewish overnight camp, make new friends and build their Jewish identity.
Elinor Josephson, the camp administrator for 6 Points, says the idea for the URJ specialty camp came about after the movement realized that Jewish community camps were losing youth to private specialty camping. With the launch of 6 Points, Josephson says URJ was providing youth with both an incredible camp and a wonderful Jewish experience.
"You are coming for skills and drills, and to really improve on your own personal sports skills in your particular [area]," she says.
Led by professional coaches and Jewish counselors, 6 Points allows campers to focus on what is known as their sports major for four hours a day. No matter the sport, the campers experience a variety of training, both competitive and drill-based. The camp also offers two daily sports electives to give campers a break from their major. These include rock-climbing, volleyball, kayaking, flag football, rugby and Zumba.
Josephson notes that a child attending 6 Points won't be left out. The example she gives is when campers are split into teams during a soccer scrimmage. In the middle of the game, she says, a coach might stop it and ask a particular player what they were thinking, what their goal was and how they saw the field.
"In the course of playing, they're learning from every moment," she explains. "There are always interactions, instructions and positive feedback from coaches. The whole point is we take advantage of every single day and every particular session so we maximize what kids are learning, how much fun they're having and the life skills they're learning."
While 6 Points is indeed a sports camp, it tries to balance the sports focus with the ordinary Jewish camp element as well.
Of the camp's "six points to a well-rounded athlete," a proud Jewish identity is one. And the camps six values are community (kehilla), respect (kavod), courage (gevura), compassion (hemla), diligence (haritzut) and humility (anovah).
"What makes it unique is the balance of Jewish experience," says Lori Hulak, the communications and development associate for 6 Points. "On a day-to-day basis, there's some sort of presentation on Jewish values," something that the coaches will incorporate throughout the day.
They know "they're in a Jewish environment," Hulak says, and not just with the presence of Shabbat and 6 Points' own Maccabi Games.
The campers participate in a tikkun olam project that involves a 5k run to raise money for a local charity. Last year, they raised money for a local Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Ellinport also notes that each week, the camp focuses on a different Jewish value, whether it's courage, determination or loyalty, and the kids get a bracelet to remind them of that value.
"It is the coolest thing to pick up your child and see their arms filled with rubber bracelets (one for each value), and have them tell stories of how and why they got them," she says. "It's a great way [for the camp] to cross over into Jewish life and learning. It's a good balance of sports and Jewish identity."
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