Making a mixtape in January is always a challenge, especially after compiling all of your favorites into a "Best of..." from the year prior. Thankfully, some great music has come out already this year, including Cold War Kids' new record, which is a lot more arena-rockish than in the past (produced by Kings of Leon's producer, and it shows) but I love it. A few other faves are "Young Blood" by The Naked and Famous, a New Zealand band that sounds like ol' school MGMT (read: back when they were good), "Blow it Up" by The Vaccines (you'll hear a lot more about this band in 2011) and "Poor in Love" by Destroyer, whose album comes out soon. And of course Frightened Rabbit's "The Wrestle", a track off of last year's The Winter of Mixed Drinks, which I will go on record to say that it gets better and better with every listen. Which, given the fact that my play count just on my work computer exceeds 100, means it's pretty phenomenal.
Download bittersweet between my teeth: January 2011 Mix - ENJOY!
For the past three years, I've made a "Best Of..." mix, ending the year by looking back & reflecting on the songs that meant the most to me. I didn't subscribe to the rule that they had to be released in that year, just that they were the soundtrack of my last twelve months. I would spend weeks thinking about this, first making a list of the songs that I remembered listening to the most. Then I would go back through DailyTuneage (which sadly, is anything but Daily these days), looking at Last.fm logs and iTunes play counts and end up with hundreds of songs that I loved. Far too many to fit on one CD (which is my limit, for those of you who still listen to things like that) so I'd often create a B-Side Mix that were a few that just missed making the list.
This year, I decided it wasn't enough, and set out to complete monthly "Best of" Mixes, which I was successful in doing, save for May & June when I was all busy and HAPPY or something equally annoying, which now irks my Type-A self as I really, really wanted to have twelve complete months of what I was listening to. (I'll try better this year, promise. As for the happy? Working on that, too.) But when it came to the end of the year, my December Mix was as challenging as ever to compile, but my Best of 2010? Much easier. I simply reviewed my monthly "Best Of" mixes, checked a few other songs that I was into, and then made the difficult choice of deciding what songs made were deemed the Best of the Best. And, unlike years past, I put them in chronological order instead of my MasterMixMaking Algorithm™, which totally doesn't exist but would be super if it did. And so for the last week, I've been listening to this mix, and taking a literal chronological trip down memory lane, which I'll share with you now.
1. Little Lion Man - Mumford & Sons (JANUARY): I remember first hearing about them in late December, courtesy of my friend Jake, who sent me this song and I was instantly in love, trying to find the album (which was only available in the UK) and listening nonstop. It made my January mix, and over the last twelve months it's become more and more fitting with some of the lyrics. (Yep. You know which ones I'm talking about.) And since then, they've found HUGE success, selling out venues galore. (I saw them 3x; once at Slim's in SF, once at Lollapalooza and a third time at their last paid North American show at Terminal5 in NYC. They're great performers.) So maybe you heard them here first...that would be nice.
2. Broken Horse - Freelance Whales (JANUARY): Not sure how I found out about these guys, but I did, and I'm so glad I did. A lot of people gravitated towards their "Generator" songs, or "Hannah" (which is my second-favorite) but for me, this sad, slow ballad resonated most. Though I got to see them a few times as well, the one I think back on most was at Rickshaw Stop on a Friday in San Francisco in the midst of one of the more confusing months of my life. (Commonly referred to as "August".) Still love this song, though.
3. Ring Ring - Sleigh Bells (MARCH): I first brought y'all Sleigh Bells back in February with the insanely catchy song 'Crown on the Ground' (which I just embarrassingly saw that I used the exact same adjectives to describe it then...THIS, friends, is why I'm not a music writer) and while I still love it, I ended up listening to "Ring Ring" a bit more. Note that I had their pre-release, and this is the original version of the song; on their full album it is called "Rill Rill and frankly, I think the newer version loses some of its awesome. I saw them at SXSW - dragged Ryan, Prager and Charlie to an NPR showcase and made them stay all afternoon waiting for their set (the $1 PBR's didn't hurt) and despite some technical issues, was one of the best shows I saw all week.
4. The Loneliness and the Scream - Frightened Rabbit (MARCH): Oh yes, Frightened Rabbit, you know I love y'all. And when I first posted this link back in March, I hadn't yet met Scott and Grant and Billy and Andy and Gordy. I just loved this song, and couldn't wait to hear it in person, as it was off their upcoming album, "The Winter of Mixed Drinks". I loved that it was orchestral, and thought it would resonate well in concert. (It SO does.) So this song makes me think of how fortunate I was to get to meet and get to know this fantastically talented band this year...from a Twitter @reply to helping coordinate an acoustic show here in SF (and have Revision3 film it in all its glory!) to seeing them backstage repeatedly...yeah. I'm beyond lucky for these experiences, but also to have found good friends in these guys.
5. Bear - The Antlers (MARCH): Found out about The Antlers first from Jay Parkinson, who linked me to the beautiful and haunting song, Kettering (which was on my Best of 2009 Mix). Got to see them open for The National during Lollapalooza at The House of Blues in Chicago...a fight broke out (read: drunken assholes) but I was with dear friends and was so happy to finally be seeing them live.
6. Fixed - Stars (JULY): The first song I heard off of their new album, the whole of which I don't think I've played enough, even though I did get to see them three times and hang out with them backstage at Lollapalooza. The line - which I think I actually have wrong - "After when I'm caught, touch turns into fisticuffs, It's all in your head, wonder if I'm fixed or cuffed." - hit home in mid-July. What happens when you fall right back into what you were dreading the most?
7. Breakneck Speed - Tokyo Police Club (JULY): I didn't listen to this album as much as I should have, but this song & "Tessellate" both stood out. Got to meet them at Lollapalooza, and see them a few times, including at that same show at Rickshaw Stop with Freelance Whales. Already talked about that, so...next.
9. You Were a Kindness (Unreleased) - The National (AUGUST): I can't speak about this song...still too much. Just know it was released on the very day that I needed it to, that I heard it on a live recording, spent over an hour trying to download it, and transcribed every lyric. "Why would you shatter someone like me?"stood out, probably because the song - and the time that it described - very nearly did. Note that this version was off the remastered "High Violet", which (spoiler alert!) was tied for my best album of 2010.
10. Truth - Alexander (SEPTEMBER): Yet another one that I tracked down from the Internet...heard it on Sirius XMU and the amount of Boolean searches in creative ways, trying to yield this gem, is embarrassing. But alas, found what may be the only copy of this track, as it was only given to Sirius XMU and still isn't yet released. Other music nerds feel the same way, and can't wait for Alex Ebert - the frontman of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros (who I got to see side-stage from Austin City Limits!) - to release his new album. Apparently it will be on it.
11. Ready to Start - Arcade Fire (AUGUST): Oopsie. My magical plan to list these in order of month was foiled by this last-minute addition. August, September...same diff, right? Anyway, I SAW Arcade Fire in September at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, which was an awesome show...I hadn't seen them since four years previous at the same venue. Calexico opened, and they were pretty good, but didn't hold a candle to Arcade Fire, which many said produced the best album of the year. (It was up there, but no cigar.) Incidentally, they opened the show with this song.
12. Love is All I Am - Dawes (OCTOBER): I feel it's time to go on record and publicly declare to Taylor [Dawes' lead singer] that I am not, in fact, stalking him. Despite much evidence to the contrary. I first met him backstage for Frightened Rabbit during Lollapalooza; then saw him when they played the next week at The California Academy of Sciences, and he gave me the hugest hug. Then saw him the NEXT day at Outside Lands here in SF, where we chatted for a bit; then front stage at Austin City Limits & in the Artist Lounge there. I will also go on record and say that Taylor is one of the most gracious & kind musicians that I've seen with his fans...so friendly. (Also, pretty hunky.) But enough about my non-stalking...back to the music. This song was another one whose lyrics offered the words that I was looking for when I needed a way to articulate something difficult. So thanks, Taylor, for that. And for not issuing a restraining order.
13. Fader - Temper Trap (SEPTEMBER): Damnit, I did it again. Apparently the Fall was a whole August-September-October mishmash of awesome songs. Which I'm fine with...Autumn was good for me. I *needed* this Autumn...it was the first steps in finding the way back home. (More on that to come...) I got to meet the guys from Temper Trap - Melbourne-ians, at that (and we know I love me some Aussies) at Lollapalooza, and saw 'em again at Outside Lands. "Sweet Disposition" was one of my favorite songs from last year, and both this (and "Love Lost") made Best Of mixes this year.
15. Terrible Love (Alternate Version) - The National (NOVEMBER): Last year, I was obsessed with "About Today". I listened to it over and over again, to numb myself through a horrible breakup. I had just started listening to the band in earnest; two of my close guy friends were huge fans, and I started 2010 rediscovering the awesomeness that was "Boxer" and their eponymous first LP. So when we got a pre-release of "High Violet", this year's release (that many agree is the best album of 2010), I was anxious to hear it and to love it. And it didn't disappoint...I think I have listened to this record (both digitally, and on vinyl) more than any other one. I definitely saw them more than any other band; I flew to LA in May and saw them two nights in a row; saw them at House of Blues Chicago, then the next night went side-stage and saw them in front of 50,000 people; caught them at Austin City Limits (yep, side-stage again) and finally at Treasure Island Music Fest. SIX TIMES. Anyway, this song was one that grew on me; when they released the remastered version in November, it fast became my favorite on the album, as this version plays up the horn section more than the original, which concentrates heavily on the drums. I'd embarrass myself if I told you how often I listened to it, but I'll put it this way: I have it on a vinyl single. Yep.
16. FootShooter - Frightened Rabbit (NOVEMBER): Another album that was amazing from the get-go, but somehow still grew on me (especially after I heard it on vinyl) was Frightened Rabbit's "The Winter of Mixed Drinks" - it's cheerier than their highly-lauded "Midnight Organ Fight" but I think features their talent a bit more. I don't want to call it mature - though it is - as that takes away from the brutal honesty that are featured in their lyrics that fans love. This song, in fact, is about Scott being "vocal when [he's] loaded". BRILLIANT. Alas, tied for Best Album of 2010.
17. Dirty Cartoons - Menomena (DECEMBER): First listened to this album in Jay's back garden in Williamsburg. Buddy (his dog) was running around, it was a warm - but not hot - Autumn night, and we were sharing a bottle of wine after a lovely dinner. I had heard that this album was good but WOW. It blew me away. Sounded like three or four different bands - ones that I love - all compiled into one. I've since purchased it on vinyl, and HIGHLY suggest you do too. I missed seeing them in SF (they were playing the same night as Arcade Fire) but it's highly on my 2011 to-do list as I hear I'd be blown away.
18. The Way Back Home - Band of Horses (DECEMBER): I think this may have been my highest-anticipated album of 2010 after seeing them at SXSW, and hate to say it, but didn't hit home with me that much. The songs were all catchy, and sure, I played it a bit in the Spring, but it didn't have that sticking factor that makes you want to listen to it on repeat, as "The Winter of Mixed Drinks" or "High Violet" did. Yet there were a few standouts, and my favorite song off the album was this ballad. I didn't listen to it in earnest until the last few weeks of the year, but as 2010 came to a close, it fit. Made sense. Was like a contented sigh after a year of ups and downs, of emotion both high and low, a subtle tying up of loose ends.
And so I named my Best of 2010 after this last track, "The Way Back Home." It was the closing song to this retrospective, my year in music, the year I've learned more about myself than any other. Also the year where I've seen more shows than any other, was lucky enough to meet some of my favorite bands in person, and developed a love for records in all of their vinyl amazingness. I feel at home, finally, after traveling more than I thought possible - at least in terms of maintaining my sanity - and as I head into 2011, I'm genuinely excited about the days and months to come. I've made my way back home, and I intend to stay.
So please, enjoy my musical retrospective, and here's to making many more amazing memories, set to your own personal soundtrack, in the year ahead.


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Q: Optimize query with Eloquent (count on big table) I have an administration panel and in it I display all the users, with a line that mentions how many photos he has posted.
By default I have a seeder that imports 17,000 photos and the user who posts them is an administrator, so I have 1 user who has 17,000 photos.
In this panel, I display this count:
{{ $user->pictures()->count() }}

However with the debug bar I see that it takes a lot of time (300ms), here is the query with the debug bar:
select count(*) as aggregate from `pictures` where `pictures`.`user_id` = 'fe9eaf79-fc2d-47b8-8a43-4c61a81bce22' and `pictures`.`user_id` is not null and `status` = 1 and `pictures`.`deleted_at` is null

In the controller, I've this :
public function show()
    {
        $users = User::orderBy('username', 'ASC')
            ->paginate(20);

        return view('admin.users', [
            'users' => $users,
        ]);
    }

Do you know how I can optimize this count on such a big table?

A: This is known as the n+1 problem.
What's happening is that for every user, Laravel is making another query ($user->pictures()->count()), so the more user you are displaying, the longer the load time will be.
You can use eager loading to load the number of pictures for each users within your first query.
$users = User::query()
         ->withCount('pictures')
         ->orderBy('username', 'ASC')
         ->paginate(20);

The number of pictures will then be available on each user by doing $user->pictures_count.

A: You can use Eager Loading
 $users = User::with('pictures')->orderBy('username', 'ASC')
            ->paginate(20);

Or if you just need the count withCount so that each user will have a property called pictures_count.Then use it in blade like {{ $user->pictures_count }}
 $users = User::withCount('pictures')->orderBy('username', 'ASC')
            ->paginate(20);

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Nevada will be key battleground on voter ID
by Jon Ralston Thu, 01/30/2014 - 10:23
Four years ago, Sharron Angle gave to Democrats the greatest gift they could have asked for in the campaign, assuring through her nomination that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid would be re-elected.
Now, Angle is about to prove that she is the gift that keeps on giving. Or so some opponents of voter ID would hope as Nevada, inevitably, becomes a focal point of the national, partisan battle over voter suppression laws.
In the space of 24 hours, Angle announced her voter ID initiative and ex-Obama campaign grassroots guru Jeremy Bird declared that Nevada is one of four states his new group fighting such tactics will focus on.
This is about 2014, but more about 2016. This is a partisan conflagration, as Republicans grow increasingly fearful of increasing minority participation while Democrats want to expand access, preferably to their voters. And this is an issue that no one in elective office or on the ballot should be able to avoid, especially if Angle qualifies her petition and Republican Secretary of State hopeful Barbara Cegavske, the state senator, continues to emphasize "the integrity of elections in Nevada."
Voter ID is an incendiary issue that, like most political conflicts, loses any nuance in the volcanic spewing of rhetoric. But suffice to say that an attempt to suppress the votes of those they don't think will vote for them generally is what motivates those pushing these policies while the reverse is true of those opposing them: They want to make sure they can maximize turnout by those who are likely to vote for them and who are more easily dissuaded by voter ID policies.
Angle's initiative comes after she vowed to fight the mythical epidemic of voter fraud in America after her disastrous loss to Reid, in which she allowed a political corpse to become reanimated by her figuratively self-inflicted Second Amendment remedies. She later mused about potential fraud, which her acolytes seized on to justify her decisive loss by 41,000 votes.
Angle's initiative has the standard voter ID language and already has been embraced by some forces of the right in Nevada. She is not the best messenger – for anything! – and already has proposed repealing the state's Obamacare exchange. The multitasking Angle needs 100,000 signatures by mid-June to qualify those initiatives for the November ballot. Whether she is using them as a springboard to another bid for something this cycle we will know in a month when filing opens.
But no matter. Angle has set down her marker, the GOP candidate for secretary of state, who oversees elections, surely will be on board and the divide will soon become clear.
(I asked the governor's office where Brian Sandoval, who has embraced Cegavske, stands on the initiative and have yet to hear anything. UPDATE: The response from the governor's office was that he "has not read the petition." Not yet.)
In an interesting bit of coincidental timing, the morning after news broke of Angle's latest, a voting rights campaign called iVote declared it was focusing on four secretary of state races this cycle: Colorado, Ohio, Iowa and….Nevada. With Republicans forming a Super PAC to target secretary of state races – you can readily see what the stakes are here – the Democrats are countering with a PAC overseen by Bird that will attempt to highlight issues and, yes, defeat candidates such as Cegavske.
Why Nevada? Because we matter.
"(Nevada is) a critical piece if anybody wants to become commander in chief," Bird told me in an interview. "It's a battleground and will continue to be a battleground. It has a big impact on national elections."
Oh, do go on, sir.
Bird said Nevada also has an open seat – term-limited Ross Miller is running for attorney general – and that his team will eventually have a full-time operative here on the ground. They will use mail, TV and focus groups to deliver the anti-voter ID message.
"You will see a coordinated effort whereby we try to flip the script," Bird said. "We will be on offense to expand access."
Nevada is a fascinating battleground for this conflict because these issues have been raised before and because there has been such disparity in competence between the Democratic and Republican turnout machines. And, also, because of Miller's political pratfall last year when he proposed what was seen as a voter ID bill but was something much different than what Angle has proposed.
And don't forget that during the 2013 session, issues of voters access were raised and Miller's efforts to do so were repelled, with one vetoed by Sandoval. Republicans aren't worried as much about same-day registration and expanded voting periods encouraging fraud as much as they are that they will allow the Democratic machine to harness its natural advantages to get more voters to the polls. (I am not a fan of early voting, as I have often said, but this is about motivations.)
I am amused by the potential here for Angle's efforts to have a boomerang effect. Democratic strategists here are rightly fretting about the lack of a Senate or White House race at the top of the ticket to motivate voters and a runaway governor's contest for Sandoval. They have been mulling ballot initiatives of their own, such as one to increase the minimum wage, to counter the potential ennui.
But now Angle has given them an initiative – the Democrats already have sent out a "Republican war on voting" missive – to brandish to inform people they were afraid wouldn't vote that the GOP doesn't want them to vote. That ought to spark the base.
Although Democrats have to be worried about the visceral appeal of voter ID laws, my guess is when the news of Angle's plan hit these Democratic folks on Wednesday, they couldn't have been more thrilled.
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# Серверная отрисовка

Наиболее распространенный вариант использования для серверной отрисовки - это использовать начальную отрисовку, когда пользователь (или поисковой движок) впервые запрашивает ваше приложение.

Когда сервер получает запрос, он отрисовывает необходимые компоненты в HTML строк, а затем отправляет ее как ответ клиенту. С этого момента клиент берет на себя обязанности по отрисовке.

## Material-UI on the server

Material-UI was designed from the ground-up with the constraint of rendering on the server, but it's up to you to make sure it's correctly integrated. It's important to provide the page with the required CSS, otherwise the page will render with just the HTML then wait for the CSS to be injected by the client, causing it to flicker (FOUC). It's important to provide the page with the required CSS, otherwise the page will render with just the HTML then wait for the CSS to be injected by the client, causing it to flicker (FOUC).

1. Create a fresh, new [`ServerStyleSheets`](/styles/api/#serverstylesheets) instance on every request.
2. Render the React tree with the server-side collector.
3. Pull the CSS out.
4. Передать CSS клиенту.

На стороне клиента CSS будет добавлен второй раз перед удалением добавленного сервером CSS.

## Настройка

В следующем рецепте мы рассмотрим, как настроить серверную отрисовку.

### The theme

Create a theme that will be shared between the client and the server:

`theme.js`

```js
import { createMuiTheme } from '@material-ui/core/styles';
import red from '@material-ui/core/colors/red';

// Create a theme instance.
const theme = createMuiTheme({
  palette: {
    primary: {
      main: '#556cd6',
    },
    secondary: {
      main: '#19857b',
    },
    error: {
      main: red.A400,
    },
    background: {
      default: '#fff',
    },
  },
});

export default theme;
```

### The server-side

The following is the outline for what the server-side is going to look like. We are going to set up an [Express middleware](https://expressjs.com/en/guide/using-middleware.html) using [app.use](https://expressjs.com/en/api.html) to handle all requests that come in to the server. If you're unfamiliar with Express or middleware, just know that the handleRender function will be called every time the server receives a request.

`server.js`

```js
const css = sheets.toString();

  // Send the rendered page back to the client.
function renderFullPage(html, css) {
  /* ... */
}

function handleRender(req, res) {
  /* ...
*/
}

const app = express();

// Isso é acionado toda vez que o servidor recebe uma solicitação.
```

### Обработка запроса

The first thing that we need to do on every request is create a new `ServerStyleSheets`.

When rendering, we will wrap `App`, the root component, inside a [`StylesProvider`](/styles/api/#stylesprovider) and [`ThemeProvider`](/styles/api/#themeprovider) to make the style configuration and the `theme` available to all components in the component tree.

The key step in server-side rendering is to render the initial HTML of the component **before** we send it to the client side. To do this, we use [ReactDOMServer.renderToString()](https://reactjs.org/docs/react-dom-server.html).

We then get the CSS from the `sheets` using `sheets.toString()`. As we are also using emotion as our default styled engine, we need to extract the styles from the emotion instance as well. For this we need to share the same cache definition for both the client and server:

`cache.js`

```js
import createCache from '@emotion/cache';

const cache = createCache({ key: 'css' });

export default cache;
```

With this we are creating new Emotion server instance and using this to extract the critical styles for the html as well.

We will see how this is passed along in the `renderFullPage` function.

```jsx
import express from 'express';
import * as React from 'react';
import ReactDOMServer from 'react-dom/server';
import { ServerStyleSheets, ThemeProvider } from '@material-ui/core/styles';
import createEmotionServer from '@emotion/server/create-instance';
import App from './App';
import theme from './theme';
import cache from './cache';

const { extractCritical } = createEmotionServer(cache);

function handleRender(req, res) {
  const sheets = new ServerStyleSheets();

  // Render the component to a string.
  const html = ReactDOMServer.renderToString(
    sheets.collect(
      <CacheProvider value={cache}>
        <ThemeProvider theme={theme}>
          <App />
        </ThemeProvider>
      </CacheProvider>,
    ),
  );

  // Grab the CSS from the sheets.
  const css = sheets.toString();

  // Grab the CSS from emotion
  const styles = extractCritical(html);

  // Send the rendered page back to the client.
  res.send(renderFullPage(html, `${css} ${styles.css}`));
}

const app = express();

app.use('/build', express.static('build'));

// This is fired every time the server-side receives a request.
*/
}

const app = express();

// Isso é acionado toda vez que o servidor recebe uma solicitação.
```

### Inject Initial Component HTML and CSS

The final step on the server-side is to inject the initial component HTML and CSS into a template to be rendered on the client side.

```js
function renderFullPage(html, css) {
  return `
    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
      <head>
        <title>My page</title>
        <style id="jss-server-side">${css}</style>
      </head>
      <body>
        <div id="root">${html}</div>
      </body>
    </html>
  `;
}
```

### The Client Side

The client side is straightforward. All we need to do is remove the server-side generated CSS. Let's take a look at the client file:

`client.js`

```jsx
import * as React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import { ThemeProvider } from '@material-ui/core/styles';
import { CacheProvider } from '@emotion/react';
import App from './App';
import theme from './theme';
import cache from './cache';

function Main() {
  React.useEffect(() => {
    const jssStyles = document.querySelector('#jss-server-side');
    if (jssStyles) {
      jssStyles.parentElement.removeChild(jssStyles);
    }
  }, []);

  return (
    <CacheProvider value={cache}>
      <ThemeProvider theme={theme}>
        <App />
      </ThemeProvider>
    </CacheProvider>
  );
}

ReactDOM.hydrate(<Main />, document.querySelector('#root'));
```

## Reference implementations

We host different reference implementations which you can find in the [GitHub repository](https://github.com/mui-org/material-ui) under the [`/examples`](https://github.com/mui-org/material-ui/tree/master/examples) folder:

- [The reference implementation of this tutorial](https://github.com/mui-org/material-ui/tree/next/examples/ssr)
- [Gatsby](https://github.com/mui-org/material-ui/tree/next/examples/gatsby)
- https://github.com/mui-org/material-ui/tree/master/examples/nextjs

## Troubleshooting

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Bikash Tiwari, central chair person of Nepal Sadbhawana Party(Gajendrabadi) has ended his hunger strike after 18 days on December 10. He was in hunger strike demanding the reformation of the Gajendra Narayan Hospital in Raj Biraj.
After the four points agreement with the government in presence of Health Minister Gagan Thapa, Tiwari has ended his strike by taking juice from 14 months old malnutrition suffering baby girl Nil Kumari Mandal.
Tiwari said that some of the achievement has been fulfilled however others are in a process. At the same time he thanked students, activists, political writesr, advocates, media personnel and locals for supporting his 18 days long hunger strike.
INSEC had released a press statement demanding the government to address the demands put forward by Tiwari.


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Lasse Virén (Myrskylä, 1949. július 22. –) négyszeres olimpiai bajnok finn hosszútávfutó. Általa újjáéledt a "repülő finn" elnevezés, amelyet az 1920-as években olyan sportolókra alkalmaztak, mint Hannes Kolehmainen, Paavo Nurmi és Ville Ritola. 1972-ben és 1976-ban az év finn sportolójának választották, 1999–2007 és 2010–2011 között parlamenti képviselő volt.

Életpályája

Pályafutásának kezdete
Futói pályáját az Amerikai Egyesült Államokban kezdte a Brigham Young University-n, a utahi Provóban. Nemzetközi környezetben 1971-ben mutatkozott be, a helsinki atlétikai Európa-bajnokságon. Ekkor még szerény teljesítményt ért el, 5000 méteren a hetedik, 10000 méteren pedig a tizenhetedik lett. Röviddel az Európa-bajnokság után országos csúcsot döntött 5000 méteren.

1972-es olimpiai játékok
Az 1972. évi nyári olimpiai játékokon Münchenben Virén megnyerte az 5000 és a 10000 méteres futást. A 10000 méteres futás döntőjében szeptember 3-án Virén annak ellenére megdöntötte Ron Clarke hét éve fennálló világcsúcsát, hogy a tizenkettedik körben Emiel Puttemansszal összeütközve elesett. Ezzel 20 métert vesztett, de kevesebb mint 150 méterre volt csak szüksége, hogy ismét átvegye a vezetést. 600 méterrel a cél előtt Virén olyan iramot diktált az utolsó másfél körben, hogy csak Puttemans tudott lépést tartani vele. Eredménye, amellyel megnyerte a futamot (27:38:40) még ma is a müncheni Olimpiai Stadion pályacsúcsa. A finn Hannes Kolehmainen (1912), a csehszlovákiai Emil Zátopek (1952) és a szovjet Vlagyimir Kuc (1956) után Virén lett a negyedik atléta, aki ugyanazon az olimpián nyerni tudott mindkét távon. Az 5000 méteres futás egy héttel későbbi döntőjében Virén az élbolyban volt Steve Prefontaine, Mohamed Gammoudi, Puttemans és Ian Stewart társaságában a futam utolsó négy körében, végül 13:26.4-gyel nyert, egy másodperccel Gammoudi előtt. Négy nappal később, a barátságtalan, nedves, szeles idő ellenére új világcsúcsot állított fel 5000 méteren (13:16.4) a helsinki Olimpiai Stadionban További hat nap múlva Puttemans mintegy három másodperccel jobb időt ért el.

Az egyik tényező Virén olimpiai győzelmeiben, főleg Münchenben, az volt, hogy kevés figyelmet szenteltek neki, így mindig a belső körben tudta venni a kanyarokat, ami több tíz méter előnyt jelentett versenytársaival szemben.

1976-os olimpiai játékok
Az olimpiai játékok között Virén gyengébben szerepelt. Az 1976. évi nyári olimpiai játékokon Virén ismét megnyerte mindkét számot, ezzel ő lett az első, aki kétszer duplázott (utóbb Mo Farahnak is sikerült). Aránylag könnyen nyerte a 10000 méteres futás döntőjét, mert a brit Brendan Foster 8000 méter körül leszakadt a folyamatosan gyorsuló portugál Carlos Lopestől, Lopes pedig már nem tudott lényegesen gyorsítani az utolsó körben. Virén a 9550. méter körül megelőzte Lopest és 4,79 másodperccel győzte le.

A 10000 méteres futás döntője után Virén levette Onitsuka Tiger (ASICS) Runspark cipőjét, és a győzelem jeleként meglengette a közönség felé. A Nemzetközi Olimpiai Bizottság rosszindulatú szándékkal vádolta Virént, mert felmutatta a cipőn levő tigriscsíkos logót, és eltiltotta az 5000 méteres futás döntőjétől. Fellebbezés után mégis engedélyt kapott a részvételre, mintegy két órával a döntő kezdete előtt.

Az 5000 méteres futás döntőjében azzal tartotta távol magától a világklasszisokat (Dick Quax, Rod Dixon és Brendan Foster), hogy pusztító iramot diktált az utolsó körökben. Az utolsó 1500 méteren nyújtott teljesítményével a 8. lett volna az 1500 méteres futás döntőjében. Az első négy futó hat méter eltéréssel ért célba, ami ritkán fordul elő a fontos nemzetközi versenyeken. 18 órával az 5000 méteres futás döntője után Virén részt vett a maratoni futásban, és 2:13:11-es eredménnyel ötödik helyen végzett.

1980-as olimpiai játékok
Lasse Virén befejezte sportpályafutását az 1980. évi nyári olimpiai játékok után, ahol ötödik helyet ért el 10000 méteren. A selejtezőkben negyedik helyen végzett, és csak úgy jutott be a döntőbe, hogy az ír John Treacy hőgutát kapott. Az élbolyban haladt az utolsó 300 méterig, de utána utat engedett a kiugró Miruts Yifternek, aki meg is nyerte a futamot. Egyesek szerint Virén jobb eredményt érhetett volna el az 1980-as olimpiai játékokon, ha nem végzett volna túl sok maratonszerű edzést. Maga Virén a röviddel korábbi lábsérülésének tulajdonította a gyenge szereplést. Más vélemény szerint a legfőbb gondot az jelentette, hogy Virén nem vitt magával gyúrót a több hónapon át tartó edzőtáborokba Kolumbiába és a Kanári-szigetekre, és ennek következtében lábizmai megmerevedtek a gyorsulási edzés időszakára, a fent említett sérülést okozva. Virén kihagyta az 5000 méteres futamot és a maratoni futásban indult. Az elején elég jól szerepelt, 20 kilométeren át az élbolyban haladt, de gyomorpanaszok miatt kiesett a 30. kilométer előtt. 1980 őszén bejelentette, hogy visszavonul a versenyzéstől.

Olimpiai játékokon kívül
1974-ben a két olimpiai győzelem között és egy komplex lábműtét után bronzérmet nyert az Európa-bajnokságon 5000 méteren, 13:24.57-es eredménnyel Brendan Foster mögött. Két nappal később Helsinkiben, Virén 13:26.0-os eredménnyel nyert egy 5000 méteres futamon, legyőzve a svéd Anders Gärderudot. A helsinki verseny után három nappal Virén ismét Fosterrel találkozott Londonban egy 2 mérföldes (3,2 km) futamban, a Coca-Cola nemzetközi versenyén. Ismét Foster győzött, Virén negyedik lett, csupán 0,06 másodperccel maradva le a második helyezettől.

Az olimpiai játékokon kívül Virén kétszer döntött világcsúcsot 2 mérföldön és 5000 méteren. Mindkét eset közvetlenül az 1972-es olimpiai játékok előtt történt: 2 mérföldön a 8:14,0-et augusztus 14-én, 5000 méteren 13:16,4-et szeptember 14-én érte el.

Sportpályafutása végeztével ismert alakká vált Finnországban, és a Nemzeti Koalíció jelöltjeként parlamenti képviselő volt 1999–2007 illetve 2010–2011 között. 2011 után nem próbálkozott azzal, hogy újraválasztassa magát.

2014-ben Virént a Nemzetközi Atlétikai Szövetség (IAAF) az IAAF Hall of Fame tagjává választotta.

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EX: CSE 604.681.0221
Why Cobalt?
Buena Vista Hills Cobalt
Silver Dollar Property
Kagoot Brook
Notices & SEDAR Filings
Explorex Announces Plans for The Kagoot Brook Cobalt – Manganese – Base Metals Project in New Brunswick
Vancouver, B.C. – January 29, 2019 – Explorex Resources Inc. (the "Company" or "Explorex") (CSE:EX, Frankfurt:1XE, US:EXPXF) is pleased to announce the Company's plan to conduct a comprehensive exploration program, at the Kagoot Brook Co-Mn-Base Metals project in New Brunswick, consisting of a detailed geophysical survey followed by a 2,000m drill program.
Historical work at Kagoot Brook has delineated two drainages, two kilometres apart, that exhibit a series of remarkably anomalous cobalt values up to 6,000 ppm* in the silts (see Company news releases dated May 31 and February 14, 2018).
Recent follow-up stream silt sampling programs performed by the Company revealed:
(i) a significant concentration of and a strong relationship of cobalt with manganese and associated base metals (nickel, copper, lead and zinc);
(ii) the relative percentage of the cobalt to manganese indicates a favourable high cobalt tenor (i.e. grade component); and
(iii) a distinct upstream cut-off of the cobalt mineralization (see Company news release dated November 5, 2018).
The project area is blanketed by a thin till cover with little or no outcrop and the in-stream silt grade cut-offs are interpreted to closely reflect the southern contact of the underlying mineralized horizon. The grade cut-offs align well with stratigraphy adding confidence to the >2 km inferred potential length of mineralization along the geological trend.
The Company took advantage of a window of opportunity and completed two holes for a total 500 metres prior to the Christmas break. This initial two-hole drill program was limited in scope and designed to drill along one transect across the target stratigraphy within the 4 x 1 kilometre target area. The processing of the core is complete and results should be available mid to late February.
The planned exploration program will consist of comprehensive geophysical coverage of the target area followed by a 2,000m drill program.
*Note: The stream silt samples reported in this release are solely designed to show the presence or absence of mineralization and to characterize the mineralization. Silt samples are by definition selective and not intended to provide nor should be construed as a representative indication of grade or mineralization at the projects.
Technical Information in this news release has been reviewed by R. Kemp, P Geo., a Qualified Person as that term is defined in NI 43-101.
About Explorex Resources Inc.
Explorex is an exploration company focusing on Cobalt and metals critical to rechargeable battery technology. Explorex is earning a 75% interest in the Co-Mn-Base Metals Kagoot Brook project in New Brunswick, has 100% interest in the early stage Handlebar Co-Cu-Ni Project northeast of Kamloops BC and is actively sourcing additional projects to increase its property portfolio.
On behalf of the Board,
Gary Schellenberg,
For further information, please contact Gary Schellenberg, CEO or Mike Sieb, President at 604-681-0221
Neither the Canadian Securities Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the Canadian Securities Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this press release.
This news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially and there are no assurances that the transaction described in this news release will close on the terms described or at all. Except as required pursuant to applicable securities laws, the Company will not update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof. More detailed information about potential factors that could affect financial results is included in the documents filed from time to time with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities by the Company. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward looking statements.
CobaltKagoot BrookManganese
EXPLOREX RESOURCES ANNOUNCES FINANCING
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Explorex Resources Exploration Plans Buena Vista Hills Cobalt – IOCG Project, Nevada
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EXPLOREX RESOURCES ASSUMES LEASE ON THE BUENA VISTA HILLS COBALT – IOCG PROJECT, NEVADA
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package io.enmasse.systemtest.resolvers;

import io.enmasse.systemtest.utils.JmsProvider;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtensionContext;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ParameterContext;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ParameterResolutionException;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ParameterResolver;

public class JmsProviderParameterResolver implements ParameterResolver {

    @Override
    public boolean supportsParameter(ParameterContext parameterContext, ExtensionContext extensionContext) throws ParameterResolutionException {
        return (parameterContext.getParameter().getType() == JmsProvider.class);
    }

    @Override
    public Object resolveParameter(ParameterContext parameterContext, ExtensionContext extensionContext) throws ParameterResolutionException {
        return new JmsProvider();
    }
}


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Q: Error in [.data.frame`(attr, , region) : undefined columns selected Estou querendo usar o fortify para plotar um gráfico no R:
PaísX <- fortify(BRmap, region = "ID_2") %>%
  mutate(id = as.integer(id)) %>%
  full_join(BRmap@data, by =c("id" = "ID_2")) %>%
  select(c(id, long, lat, order, hole, piece, group, NAME_2))

Mas quando rodo a linha, apresenta esse erro:

Error in [.data.frame`(attr, , region) : undefined columns selected<

O BRMap é um shapefile que pode ser encontrado no https://gadm.org

A: O erro está ocorrendo porque a coluna ID_2 não existe no objeto BRmap, como a mensagem de erro está informando.
Ao ler o arquivo baixado da página indicada, podemos verificar que nenhuma de suas colunas é tem nome ID_2, mas há a coluna GID_2 (não sei se é a que deseja de fato usar).
BRmap <- readRDS("gadm36_BRA_2_sp.rds")
names(BRmap)
 [1] "GID_0"     "NAME_0"    "GID_1"     "NAME_1"    "NL_NAME_1" "GID_2"
 [7] "NAME_2"    "VARNAME_2" "NL_NAME_2" "TYPE_2"    "ENGTYPE_2" "CC_2"
[13] "HASC_2"

Algo que ajuda muito há debugar os códigos construídos com o pipe operator (%>%) é rodar o código que vai até um pipe, e depois até o seguinte e assim por diante. Isso ajuda a identificar onde está o erro. Neste caso o erro já está na primeira linha.
Ademais, recomendo remover a linha com o mutate(...), pois os IDs não são numéricos e, ao convertê-los para inteiros terá apenas NA em toda a coluna.
head(BRmap$GID_2)
[1] "BRA.1.1_1" "BRA.1.2_1" "BRA.1.3_1" "BRA.1.4_1" "BRA.1.5_1" "BRA.1.6_1"

Por fim, temos:
library(dplyr)
PaísX <- ggplot2::fortify(BRmap, region = "GID_2") %>%
  full_join(BRmap@data, by =c("id" = "GID_2")) %>%
  select(c(id, long, lat, order, hole, piece, group, NAME_2))


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Homeowners will be eligible to receive up to $36,000. The program is targeted to those with employment-related issues that are able to recover from a financial hardship. MPP loan recipients must be either 1) willing to search for employment, 2) willing to attend school to secure employment, or 3) must have recovered from a temporary program-eligible financial hardship and need assistance bringing their mortgage payments current (reinstatement).
What is a Program Eligible Financial Hardship?
- A program-eligible financial hardship is an event or condition that has caused a reduction in income that is likely to improve in the foreseeable future (i.e. illness, death of a co-borrower, divorce or separation).
The homeowner must meet eligibility and program underwriting guidelines and must also complete a hardship affidavit. As each situation is different, please talk to a RADA Housing Counselor to determine if you are eligible to apply for MPP assistance.
Note: Homeowners who are within 15 calendar days of a foreclosure sale cannot submit an application for MPP assistance. If the Clerk of Court postpones the sale date to meet the 15-day requirement, the MPP application may be submitted.
Unemployed and under-employed homeowners who need help with their mortgage payment(s) and/or mortgage-related expenses while looking for work may be eligible for Job Search assistance. The current mortgage must not be more than 9 months delinquent when the homeowner applies. However, the mortgage does not need to be delinquent at all for the homeowner to be eligible.
Note: If your mortgage is more than 9 months delinquent, you may still be able to apply for Job Search assistance. See the Homeowner Contribution Options below.
MPP Job Search assistance is available up to $36,000 for a minimum of 9 months and a maximum of 18 months. You must need at least 9 months of assistance to be eligible for Job Search assistance.
Mortgage reinstatement is a one-time loan (up to $36,000) made to bring a delinquent mortgage and/or mortgage-related expenses current for a homeowner who is re-employed in a full-time permanent position or who has recovered from a temporary program-eligible financial hardship and now has the ability to resume the regular monthly mortgage payments based on his/her new income.
Note: If your mortgage delinquency exceeds the $36,000, you may still be able to apply for one-time Reinstatement. See the Homeowner Contribution Options below.
In order to qualify for Job Search Assistance, "a homeowner must not be more than 6 months delinquent" However, if you are otherwise eligible for job search assistance but are more than 6 months delinquent, you may be allowed to pay the difference to bring the outstanding delinquency to within the 6 month limit. These gap funds would be payable in certified funds at closing, and the source of the funds would have to be documented.
For example, if a borrower were 7 months delinquent and had the means to pay one month of mortgage expenses (to reduce the delinquency to 6 months) he would be permitted to do so by providing certified funds at closing. The source of the funds would have to be discussed in the Hardship Affidavit and documented by the RADA Housing Counselor prior to MPP loan approval.
Homeowners may pay the difference between the available MPP funds they are eligible for and what they actually need to complete their education or retraining program (not to exceed program maximums).
The source of the gap funds would have to be discussed in the Hardship Affidavit and documented by the RADA Housing Counselor prior to loan approval.
If you are delinquent on your existing mortgage payments, you must pay the gap amount in certified funds at closing.
If you are current on your existing mortgage payments, you must use verified funds to pay your mortgage expenses directly to your mortgage servicer for the months of shortfall, or gap, until the MPP assistance begins.
If the amount you need to bring your mortgage current exceeds the $36,000 maximum amount available under MPP, you may pay the difference between the available MPP funds that you are eligible for and what is needed to reinstate your mortgage. You must provide certified funds at closing to cover the gap.


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U.S. Senate Stands with NRA in Strongly Opposing U.N Gun Control Efforts
From the NRA:
For nearly 20 years, the NRA has worked tirelessly to oppose any United Nations effort to undermine the constitutional rights of law-abiding American gun owners. The latest attempt by the U.N. and global gun banners to eliminate our Second Amendment freedoms is to include civilian arms in the current Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), which will be finalized next year.
In order for any treaty to take effect, however, it must be ratified by two-thirds of the U.S. Senate. To ensure that any ATT that includes civilian arms is dead on arrival in the Senate, the NRA has been working to get as many U.S. Senators as possible to publicly oppose any ATT that includes restrictions on civilian arms.
As of this morning, 50 members of the U.S. Senate have signed letters to President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton saying they will oppose any ATT that includes civilian firearms ownership. These strongly worded letters caution the President and Secretary of State to uphold the Constitution of the United States.
As Senator Jerry Moran's letter warns, "(A)s the treaty process continues, we strongly encourage your administration to uphold our constitutional protections of civilian firearms ownership. These freedoms are non-negotiable, and we will oppose ratification of an Arms Trade Treaty presented to the Senate that in any way restricts the rights of law-abiding U.S. citizens to manufacture, assemble, possess, transfer or purchase firearms, ammunition and related items."
Thanking the NRA for our long-standing work on this issue, Senator Moran remarked, "I appreciate the NRA's partnership on this important effort to defend the rights of American gun owners. I want to thank them for their active support in sending a strong message to the Obama Administration that our firearm freedoms are not negotiable."
As we have for nearly two decades, the NRA will continue to fight against any U.N. treaty that undermines the constitutional rights of American gun owners. These letters send a clear message to the international bureaucrats who want to eliminate our fundamental, individual right to keep and bear arms. Clearly, a U.N. ATT that includes civilian arms within its scope is not supported by the American people or their elected U.S. Senators. We are grateful to Senator Moran, Senator Jon Tester, and all members of the Senate who have chosen to stand on the side of America's 80 million gun owners in opposition to those who want to eliminate our freedoms. And thank you as well to those NRA members who contacted their Senators and encouraged them to support this critical effort.
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August 16, 2019 August 19, 2019 locusmag 7 Comments
Writer Barry Hughart, 85, died August 1, 2019. Hughart was best known for his Master Li series, set in a mythical version of China, beginning with World Fantasy and Mythopoeic Award winner Bridge of Birds (1984) and continuing with The Story of the Stone (1988) and Eight Skilled Gentlemen (1991), all later collected as The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox (1998).
Hughart was born March 13, 1934 in Peoria IL, and went to college at Columbia University, graduating in 1956. He enlisted in the US Air Force and served from 1956-60, spending time in the Korean DMZ. From 1960 to 1965 he worked with a military surplus company, and from 1965-70 was manager of the Lenox Hill Book shop in NYC. He eventually settled in Tucson AZ. In addition to novels, he also wrote dialogue for films.
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7 thoughts on "Barry Hughart (1934-2019)"
Richard J. Chwedyk
My arithmetic is deplorable, but shouldn't Hughart's birth year be 1934? Otherwise his age at T.O.D. would have been 95.
If Mr. Hughart was born in 1924, then at death he would have been 95 and not 85.
Neil Renton
Please check your math. Barry Hughart was apparently 95 at the time of his death, not 85.
Tracey C.
1924-2019 would make him 95, not 85.
I'd always hoped that we'd maybe see other Master Li novels after all.
But we'll always have the three he gifted upon us! 🙂
I had hoped for that too! I've loved these books ever since I first stumbled across them.
Who knows? Maybe we'll be fantastically lucky and someone some day will turn these stories into a really great tv series or movie trilogy.
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Bridge of Birds is my very favorite novel, period. Hats off to Barry Hughart, the master of Master Li, and may the Great Wheel of Transmigrations offer him an auspicious return!
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Ward Jackson Park is a public park, founded by public subscription in memory of Ward Jackson, one of Hartlepool's benefactors. The park, which occupies about seven hectares, was opened in July 1883. Features include a lake, lodge house and bandstand.
Ralph Ward Jackson, a local industrialist, was one of the benefactors of West Hartlepool. A public fund was set up to support him in old age after he suffered financial trouble, but after his sudden death the money was instead used to establish a public park in his name. The design of Matthew Scott, son of the Town Surveyor, was adopted, the park being opened in July 1883.
This is a municipal park for general public use. It is open daily from 7.30 am until dusk.
A late 19th century municipal park founded by public subscription in memory of Ward Jackson, one of Hartlepool's benefactors.
Ward Jackson Park lies close to the west edge of West Hartlepool. The gently undulating 7ha site is bounded by Park Avenue to the east, Elwick Road to the west and south, and to the north by the back gardens of private houses developed in the former grounds of Tunstall Manor.
There are two main entrances to the park. The entrance standing at the south-east corner is accompanied by a lodge (listed grade II), built in 1883 to the designs of Messrs Henry Suggitt and Son; the north-east entrance is flanked by gates standing adjacent to the western end of Grange Road, at the north end of Park Avenue. Opposite the latter entrance, a clock tower (listed grade II), built of brick with stone details, terminates the view into the park from the end of the avenue of trees which leads from The Parade. The clock tower bears a plaque inscribed 'The gift of Alderman John Brown, J P Mayor 1902-3-4. In consideration for others 1921', having been presented by Brown to commemorate his forty years of public service. The iron gates purchased from George Smith of Glasgow, which formerly marked this north-east entrance, were removed along with the park railings in 1941 and were replaced by the present gates and railings in the mid C20.
Two pedestrian entrances also provide access to the park, one at the south-west corner of the park, off Elwick Road, the other off the same road at the north-west corner of the site.
A path leads as a circular walk round the perimeter of the park. Where it runs parallel with Park Avenue to the east, and Elwick Road to the south, this walk is screened from the road by a band of shrubbery. Along the north side a belt of woodland separates the park from the gardens beyond; to the west a line of sycamores and light railings provides a more open boundary.
From the lodge at the south-east entrance, the perimeter walk forks at a triangular bed, the eastern branch leading north into the park. Occupying the higher ground of the south-east corner of the park, screened from the lodge and entrance by a band of shrubbery, is a rose garden and a childrens playground, the latter established following a donation from the local Rotary Club in 1980. The play area occupies the site of a former cafe, opened in 1970, this in turn having replaced an earlier brick-built refreshment pavilion erected in 1891 and demolished in 1969.
By the late 1890s (OS 1897), a lawn tennis ground and quoit alley had been constructed in this south-east corner of the park, the alley having been replaced by a hard tennis court by 1939 (OS). The parks original bowling green, laid out in 1890, seems also to have been sited in this part of the park, and likewise the park's aviary, first set up in 1937 adjacent to the lodge, was moved to this area in 1952.
The rose garden itself was started in 1952 and extended in 1979 when it replaced the set of tennis courts. The accompanying pavilion, erected in 1914, was seriously damaged by fire in the mid 1990s. The park bell stands on its stone plinth at the southern edge of the present rose garden, a position which it has occupied since c 1924.
Further to the north along the perimeter path, the walk offers a view west across the broad sloping lawns of the centre of the park to the distant country rising beyond.
The raised Park Corporation Bowling Green, established in 1913, occupies the north-east corner of the park, a pavilion, erected in 1913 and now used as a store, standing at the south-east corner of the green. Adjacent to this building is a temporary modern cabin (late C20), currently in use as the clubhouse. Immediately south of the green the open grassed area was developed as a putting green in 1922 but no longer functions as such.
The perimeter walk continues round the north side of the green, passing a wooden shelter, now (1997) in poor condition, constructed to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of King George V in 1935. To the south-west of the shelter stands a white willow which pre-dates the establishment of the park.
Informal paths with rustic stone edging wind through the strip of woodland which forms the northern boundary of the site. In front of this (to the south), the main perimeter walk becomes a formal terrace which runs parallel with the northern boundary, a sundial, presented along with 350 fairy lamps by R W Vick in 1919, having once stood on the terrace along with a set of urns.
From the promenade the land falls away southwards, the ground in front of the eastern end of the terrace being levelled to form a flower garden. At the south-west corner of this garden area stand the remains of the South African War Memorial (listed grade II), unveiled in 1905, of which only the granite pedestal survives, the bronze statue of a soldier by local sculptor Francis William Doyle Jones having been stolen in 1965.
Views from the terrace, now (1997) rather obscured, extend south to the octagonal cast-iron bandstand (listed grade II) which stands to the south-west of the bowling green. Purchased from J & A Law, Ironfounders, Glasgow, this feature was presented by Sir William Gray in 1900 to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee and officially opened in 1901. In 1927 its plot was enclosed with an ornamental larch fence.
The north-west quarter of the park is dominated by a pond with an island, constructed as a feature of the original park landscaping, on the site of an existing small field pond. It has a serpentine bank, the shoreline having been concreted in 1930 to replace the former drystone-walled edge. At the southern end of the lake is a shelter and toilet block. The perimeter walk leads down the west side of the water, between it and the row of sycamore trees and railings which divide the park from the public road beyond. The walk offers, between the bays of planting on the lake edge, views east across the water to an elaborate cast-iron fountain. Another gift to commemorate the Queens Diamond Jubilee, this was presented by Alderman Dickinson in 1900 and completed in 1902. Set in a stone basin with cast-iron edgings, it stands to the east of the lake, south of the war memorial and west of the bandstand, occupying the site of the parks original bandstand (a model purchased from Messrs G Smith and Son, Glasgow). The two small shelters which stood to north-east and south-east of this area have gone.
A loop leads off the main perimeter path into the south-west corner of the ground, providing access to an informal flower garden screened from the body of the park by a band of shrubbery. This corner was reworked in the early C20 (OS 1919), the realignment of Elwick Road resulting in the squaring off of the park, and the gain of the additional corner of land.
On the west edge of Hartlepool.
Ralph Ward Jackson (d 1880), a local industrialist, was one of the benefactors of West Hartlepool. In later life he met with financial troubles and a fund was set up by the townspeople in acknowledgement of what he had done for the area, to purchase an annuity to help support him in his old age. Following Jackson's sudden death, it was decided that the money so far collected should go towards the founding of a public park to be named in his honour.
The land chosen for purchase was an area of agricultural land known as the Old Cow Pasture on the Tunstall Hall estate, a little to the north-east of Tunstall Hall. Development of the amenity fell to the Town Improvement Commissioners who used a loan of £5000 for the work. A competition was held for the design for the ground, the first premium going to a joint scheme by T W Helliwell, architect, and Messrs Lister and Kershaw, landscape gardeners, both parties of Brighouse, Yorkshire. In the event, however, for reasons of cost the design of Matthew Scott, son of the Town Surveyor, was adopted, the park being opened in July 1883 (Pounder 1983). The park became the focus of several roads, including Elwick Road and Park Avenue, flanked by fashionable late 19th century villas built by the wealthiest residents of Hartlepool. Various features were added to the park during the late 19th and 20th centuries.
The park remains (1997) in use as a public facility.


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Traffic changes may be on the way for some Middle Village streets near Juniper Park
By Anthony Giudice Posted on April 6, 2017
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Changes to parking and traffic rules may be on the way to the streets around Juniper Valley Park in Middle Village.
Two requests for traffic signage changes were presented to Community Board 5's (CB 5) Transportation and Public Transit Committees during their joint March meeting that would bring back parking to the residential side of Juniper Boulevard North, and convert a stretch of 62nd Avenue from a two-way street to a one-way street.
The demand for parking across the CB 5 area is always high, and the area around Juniper Valley Park is no different.
According to Robert Holden, president of the Juniper Park Civic Association (JPCA), overnight parking was eliminated along Juniper Boulevard North decades ago when residents around the park complained that people were hanging around the park in their cars at all hours of the night, causing problems for those who lived directly across the street.
To address that problem, "No Standing" signs were placed along Juniper Boulevard North that prevented overnight parking from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m.
"That was done in the late '80s, early '90s because people would hang out in cars and drink and make noise all night," Holden said of the "No Standing" signs. "The police said we can stop them from drinking, but we can't force them to leave the area of the park legally. The only way would be no standing signs. And that solved the problem."
Now, residents are looking to bring overnight parking exclusively to the north side of Juniper Boulevard North.
During the meeting, the CB 5 committees agreed to reach out to the JPCA for their opinion on the change.
"We've got to do a study on this, poll our members over there to see if they want this," Holden said. "So in the next few weeks we are going to do that. We'll listen to what everyone says and look at it during our April 27 meeting."
A second request was made to change 62nd Avenue between 80th Street and Juniper Boulevard North/77th Street from a two-way street to a one-way street westbound, due to concerns over accidents along the roadway.
According to the CB 5 committees, the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) has approved this request and are looking to the board for approval to officially come and make the change.
"Committee members are going to take a look at the situation before moving forward," said Gary Giordano, district manager for CB 5. "If the committee is favorable to this, then we would organize a public hearing at one of the full board's monthly meetings."
"I personally wouldn't have a problem with that one-way westbound," Holden added. "I think one-way streets make it safer. It's not going to stop the accidents, but hopefully it could help the situation."
Both topics will be brought up at the April 27 JPCA meeting at Our Lady of Hope School in Middle Village.
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Vic Falls Mayor trial date set
Staff Reporter25th February 2020
Victoria Falls Mayor Councillor Somveli Dlamini
By Judith Sibanda
The trial of Victoria Falls Mayor Councillor Somvelo Dhlamini who is facing alleged abuse of office charges is set to begin on March 10.
Dhlamini is accused of forging title deeds of a housing stand in 2013 before illegally selling the stand for US$ 20 000.
He made a brief appearance before Victoria Falls senior resident magistrate Lindiwe Maphosa on Tuesday who remanded him to March 10.
The allegations are that during his 2013 term of office as MDC ward nine councillor, Dhlamini was allocated by Victoria Falls Municipality a residential stand measuring 1 120 square meters at stand number 756 Aerodrome area at 40 percent discount which was supposed to be paid before the lapse of his term of office in 2018.
The terms of the sale according to circular number 12 of 2016 was that the councillors were prohibited from selling or ceding the lease during their terms of office, and the title deeds could not be issued until the development of the home was complete.
They were only to be given offer letters.
Instead of abiding by the conditions set by the ministry of local governance, Dhlamini decided to sell his unpaid and underdeveloped stand to Memory Buhle Sithole for a purchase price of US$ 20 000.
The accused had corruptly forged a title deed which was used by Sithole to acquire a loan from CABS.
After the approval, Sithole allegedly went to make direct payment of US$ 7 962 (40%) discount to Council.
Investigations also established that at the time of sale of the stand, there had not been any developments on the stand.
Council argues that since Dhlamini had not made a single effort to pay for the stand or develop it, they would've sold the same stand at US$ 20 000 to the applicant who had been on the waiting list considering that his term of office was about to lapse, and they had the right to repossess it if it was not paid for in five years.
Dhlamini made a gain of US$ 12 038 through the sale.
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100 Things Dolphins Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die (100 Things...Fans Should Know)
Whether you were there for the perfect season or are just diving in, these are the 100 things every fan needs to know and do in their lifetime. Miami Herald columnist Armando Salguero has collected every essential piece of Dolphins knowledge, as well as must-do activities, and ranks them all from 1 to 100. Covering important dates, behind-the-scenes tales, memorable moments, and outstanding achievements by the likes of Dan Marino, Don Shula, Jason Taylor, Bob Griese, and Larry Little, this is the ultimate resource guide for all Dolphins faithful.
A brilliantly funny exploration of the Sunshine State from the man who knows it best: Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times -bestselling author Dave Barry. We never know what will happen next in Florida. We know only that, any minute now, something will. Every few months, Dave Barry gets a call from some media person wanting to know, "What the hell is wrong with Florida?" Somehow, the state's acquired an image as a subtropical festival of stupid, and as a loyal Floridian, Dave begs to differ. Sure, there was the 2000 election. And people seem to take their pants off for no good reason. And it has flying insects the size of LeBron James. But it is a great state, and Dave is going to tell you why. Join him as he celebrates Florida from Key West at the bottom to whatever it is that's at the top, from the Sunshine State's earliest history to the fun-fair of weirdness that it is today. It's the most hilarious book yet from "the funniest damn writer in the whole country" (Carl Hiaasen, and he should know). By the end, you'll have to admit that whatever else you might think about Florida–you can never say it's boring.
6. 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Cincinnati: Including Southwest Ohio, Southeast Indiana, and Northern Kentucky by Tamara York Review Summary
60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Cincinnati: Including Southwest Ohio, Southeast Indiana, and Northern Kentucky
It's Time to Take a Hike in Cincinnati! 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Cincinnati covers the best and oftentimes little- known hiking destinations within 60 miles of the greater Cincinnati area. The hikes were selected based on family friendliness, scenery, and history. Many of the hikes fall between 3 to 5 miles in length, providing parents with a relaxing and revitalizing hike that even little ones can enjoy. Author Tamara York hiked most of the trails with her two young daughters. 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Cincinnati was created with other parents and newbie hikers in mind, yet it provides plenty of challenging hikes for skilled outdoor adventurers. Trails in this guide cover southwest Ohio, southeast Indiana, and northern Kentucky, and range from easy to difficult.
7. Lonely Planet USA Planning Map (Planning Maps) by Lonely Planet Review Summary
Lonely Planet USA Planning Map (Planning Maps)
From Lonely Planet, the world's leading travel guide publisher Durable and waterproof, with a handy slipcase and an easy-fold format, Lonely Planet USA Planning Map is your conveniently-sized passport to traveling with ease. Get more from your map and your trip with images and information about top country attractions, itinerary suggestions, a transport guide, planning information, themed lists and practical travel tips. With this easy-to-use, full colour navigation tool in your back pocket, you can truly get to the heart of the USA, so begin your journey now! * Durable and waterproof * Easy-fold format and convenient size * Handy slipcase * Full colour and easy-to-use * Before-you-go info * Beautiful imagery * Tailored itineraries * Can't-miss regional highlights * Detailed town index * Transport planner * Themed lists * Covers New York City, Washington, DC, Boston, New England, Walt Disney World, Miami, The Everglades, New Orleans, Nashville, Blue Ridge Parkway, Las Vegas, Grand Canyon National Park, Austin & San Antonio, Los Angeles, Pacific Coast Highways, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, Yellowstone National Park, Rocky Mountains, Route 66, Great Lakes Check out Lonely Planet USA , our most comprehensive guidebook to the country, covering the top sights and most authentic off-beat experiences. Or check out Lonely Planet Best of USA , a handy-sized guide focused on the can't-miss experiences for a quick trip. About Lonely Planet: Since 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel media company with guidebooks to every destination, an award- winning website, mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet covers must-see spots but also enables curious travellers to get off beaten paths to understand more of the culture of the places in which they find themselves. The world awaits! Lonely Planet guides have won the TripAdvisor Traveler's Choice Award in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016. 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves, it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' – Fairfax Media 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' – New York Times
8. Rail-Trails Florida: The definitive guide to the state's top multiuse trails by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy Review Summary
Rail-Trails Florida: The definitive guide to the state's top multiuse trails
Explore the best rail-trails ―52 trails and more than 856 miles―with the official guide Looking for a level trail where you can enjoy a brisk fitness walk, bike ride, or stroll with the family? All across the country, unused railroad corridors have been converted to public multiuse trails. Here, the experts from Rails- to-Trails Conservancy present the best of these rail-trails in Florida General James A. Van Fleet State Trail runs 29 miles through Central Florida's expansive Green Swamp, home to some of the state's most impressive wildlife. For a real adventure, try the 106.5-mile Florida Keys Overseas Heritage Trail, which stretches from Key Largo to Key West. Or for visitors who really want to unplug, visit Sanibel Island, a beautiful sanctuary with 24 paved miles that take you to beaches, a wildlife refuge and rehabilitation center, a historical lighthouse and village, a renowned seashell museum, and more. In this book, you'll find: * Detailed maps for every rail-trail, plus driving directions to trailheads * Icons indicating the activities each trail can accommodate * Succinct descriptions written by rail-trail experts "You can now throw away all your self-help books on fighting depression, losing weight, toning muscles, finding something to do with your kids, and learning American history. Just use this guide, find a great trail―and enjoy!" ―Peter Harnik, Director, Center for City Park Excellence, Trust for Public Land
9. Florida's Paved Bike Trails by Mr. Jeff Kunerth Review Summary
Florida's Paved Bike Trails
Since the release of the first edition of Florida 's Paved Bike Trails, the Sunshine State has added more than 200 miles of multiuse asphalt and concrete paths. This updated edition of the best-selling guide to bicycling in Florida adds twenty-three new trails to an already impressive roster, offering cyclists–as well as rollerbladers, joggers, and walkers–vital details on over sixty trails across Florida. From where to find parking, water, restrooms, and benches, to how to reach nearby beaches, restaurants, museums, and other attractions, the authors expertly guide readers through Florida's beautiful terrain.
10. Folded Map: Miami Street Map (Rand Mcnally Street Map) by Rand McNally Review Summary
Folded Map: Miami Street Map (Rand Mcnally Street Map)
Rand McNally's folded map for Miami is a must-have for anyone traveling in and around this part of Florida, offering unbeatable accuracy and reliability at a great price. Our trusted cartography shows all Interstate, U.S., state, and county highways, along with clearly indicated parks, points of interest, airports, county boundaries, and streets. The easy-to-use legend and detailed index make for quick and easy location of destinations. You'll see why Rand McNally folded maps have been the trusted standard for years. Regularly updated Full-color maps Clearly labeled Interstate, U.S., state, and county highways Indications of parks, points of interest, airports, county boundaries, schools, shopping malls, downtown & vicinity maps Easy-to-use legend Detailed & full street index Convenient folded size Coverage Area Coral Gables, Doral, Florida City, Hialeah, Homnstead, Key Biscayne, Miami Beach, Miami Gardens, Miami Springs, North Bay Village, North Miami Beach, Opa-Locka, Palmetto Bay, Pinecrest, Sweetwater Product Details Measures 9.5″ x 4″ and folds out to 40″ x 28″.
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