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The People's Journal
Corrected weekly by the lea th, Bruce
Morrow Co.
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Cicein--I*in......... ...15 to
Fryer..................... 15 to
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-Don't forget that Thursday,
28th, will be thanksgiving (lay.
-Secona Church has been re
painted and otherwise improved.
-Mrs. John Harrison and chil
dren are here visiting Mrs. J. L.
-An infant daughter of Niles
Gravely is ill with scarlet fever and
-Born unto Mr. and Mrs, Spar
tan Childs, on the 19th inst., a
-Mennens Borated Talcum
Powder Special Sale-15c box at
Bolt and Thornley's.
-A gentle sprinkle of snow fell
last Monday night and was contin
ued Tuespay in this vicinity.
-Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Oliver
and children are here with Mrs.
Olver's mother, Mrs. Thornley.
--Mrs. A.. R. N. Folger, nee Miss
Charlotte Murff, is visiting her un
cle, Judge J. 13. Newberry, at this
-Mr. Henry Grant and Miss
Louise Gilstrap were married at
the Birde's home, Hazel, S. C., on
the 17th inst.
-Miss Elane Ashmore, a Char.
ing yong lady of Greenville S. C. is
visiting the family of W. 11. Ash.
more this week.
-Sunday Iight will bo the last
appointment for Rev. R. R. Dag
nall at Pickens church for the
present conference year.
-The Commissioners are plac
ing a stone and piping fence around
the front yard of the Court Ifouso
as a protection to shade trees and
the yard.
-Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Phillips
cf Clement attended the wedding
of Mr. Henry Grant and Miss Nan
Louisa Gilstraj, at Hazel, S. C., on
the 17th inst.
-Married, on Sunday, 10th
inst., at the residence of the offici
ating minister, Rev. T. F. Nelson,
Mr. W. C. Fowler to Miss J. A.
Cantrell, all of Pickens couij ty.
-L. S. Bailey, mnember of the
House of Represenitatives f rom
Dawson county, Ga., hais beeni on a
"isit to his daughter Mrs Joec Loop,
.of WVhite P. 0., this county.
--Jarnies A. Dillingham, the of'
licient Deputy Sheriff of Anderson
county camne up Saturday after the
Comptons who had been'lodged in
Pickenis jail charged with violation
of the dispensary law.
-Married on the 14th inst., at
residence of Augustus Ferguson,
Mr. William P. Edens, of Pickens
county, to Miss Caldona Ferguson,
of Greenville ecounty, A. L. Edens,
Notary Public, ofliciating.
--A stable and crib was destroy
ed by fire on Taylor, H-. Stewart's
place on Crow Creek last Monday
night 11 th inst. T1he fire is though t
to hiave~originated from sparks from
the torch of passing night hunters.
--The merchante, of Pickens are
going to close their storos T1haniks
giving day Nov., 28, so may the
people understand that tney must
not come to town, that day,
with the intention of purchasing
MARRIAGE IN LlmRTY.
Cards have been issued1 anmnonne
ing the marriage of Miss Marie
A ntoiette Richardson, . eldes~t
daughter of Mr. and Mr-s. E. Bi.
Richardson, at Liberty, S. C., onl
on Wensdy Nov. 20th, .1901, to
Mr. Robert Bruce Fickling. At
home, Blackvilb, 5. C., after Dec.
A dollar is a small amflounit, but it pa.y I
for one year*'s subscription to Tn'ii Jou
Nmr,. Send us your dollar.
One two-horse and one one-horse
crop. Tenants to furnish stock.
3t . F D.H. L. CL AYTON,
36 . F D.No. 3, Liber ty, S. C.
-A three years old infant of Mir. and
Mrs. Wm Thacker, died last Monday af
tor-noon and was buried tho following
day at Bethlehem cemeu tery, Rev. 11. 11
Dagnal conducting the funeral services
I will apply to 3. B. Newberry
Probate Judge of Plckense county
on the 20th day of December, 1902
f or a final settlement and dlischar-ge
ns administraitor of the estate of
J. L. Thornley, decea~sed.
yo, 28t4 Administrator.
---Pulverised sge, ginger and red
popper at Bolt & Tbornleyn, Fresh.
Th'e Beth.hamn sobool, in di8.
Lrict No, 20, Will oommence Mon,
Geo. B. Hamilton, of Norris, spei
Sunday at home.
The following gentlemen in the et
ploy of the Southern spent Sunday i
town: V. A. Howard, F. E. Pickens at
W. H . Bryant.
Miss Emmna Johnson took up the di
ties of a toacher at or near Roberts j
Anderson county last week.
Messri. Norton and Joyce Harris,
Pelzer, were guosts at the home of M
P. L. Johnson last Wednesday.
Many of Ea;ley's young folk onjoyl
themselves at a birthday party given I
Miss Kate Robinson on Monday.
At Easley last Thursday eveuing, 141
inst., Miss Lidio Milos lagood was ma
ried to Mr. Edward Henry Shanklin, j
the Presbyterian church, 9 o'clock. TI
church was beautifully decorated, tl
night was perfect, the coremony was si:
ple but appropriately solemn and the v
tondants-young mien and voie
friends of the contracting parties-coi
tributed by their studied interest at
prompt and courteous assistaneo in mal
ing the sorvices most beautiful and in
Tho music was under the direction 4
Mrs. Richard S. Ligon, of Andersoi
and all moved responsive to its inspirin
No delay marred the evonness of fli
coromony, but, at (he appointed hou:
tho attenants ppoo;ired at the main ei
trance to the building and, preceded b
the ushers, took positions in alternatin
order, followed by the brido anud groon
accompanied by the maid of honor, an
bust man, Miss GOertrude Iluigood an
Mr. J. S. Cothran, respectively.
Rev. Thomas H. M dd, the bride
pastor, ofliciated, and in short, well ch<
sen sentences, giving expression to th
reslionsibilit ies and high privileges c
th) state authoit to be assumntl throng
thin orditne, instituted and sanctiono
by Christ, pronounced themi husban
and wife.
After the ceremony, the bridal part,
and invited guests repaired to thebride
home where ai reception was tendered b,
her parents, and the couple received th
congratulations of friends and all enjoy
ed the charming hospitalities.
,Mr.:anud Mrs. Shanklin left next mornuin
for twe north whore they will sojourn
few weeks, after which they will be i
home to their friends, Easley, S. C.
The display of beautiful and useft
presents, but most of aill the expressior
of love and sincero wishes for their we
fare ntid happiness attested the esteem i
which these young people are held.
Mrs. Shanklin is the eldest daught<
of Mr. and Mrs. Wn. M. Haigood. H<
friends are measured by her acquait
tances-those who know her for h(
worth. By her ready and willing sei
v'ices socially and in church and charitk
ble labors shen hon donionstrated he
chuaracte'r and everybody loves her. 81h
in bright and acc:mnplished and these al
tractions couled with her sincerity ant
christiaun attaiinmnents manko her a mnou
wvorthty prize.
Mr. Shanklin is a young man of cee
gy and the other necesssazy qualities fc
sucess and achtievemients of high orde1
At present, he holds the responsible p<
sition of Superintendant of the Easle
Cotton Mills to which plaeo by wer
andl exempliicition of ability he hi
raised huimself.
The couple have the hearty congrati
lations of a host of friends.
Grandma, did you see me fil
From the window high?
WVell, I w;s ntot hurt at all
It was nice to fly,
Like a bird from out a tower
Darting down to kiss a flower.
Grandma, why were you afraid,
When you saw me fall?
D.on't you know my angel stayed,
Close enough to call?
Under me woero wings unmbending,
To direct my swift descending.
G randmna, I forever mean,
To beware of ills,
From life's tower will never' loan
Over windowy sills,
Shluml climb upward, treading, trying
lBut the birds may do all theo ilyint
Greenville, N. C. L. Bi. C.
Th'le above is an original compoesitic
by the little eleven-year old child of M
and M[rs. C. H . Carpenter.
Hou therun Rail way has in autgura
Led P~ul lman sleeping car limo b<
twoeen Washington, D). C. and Ai
Ian ta, Ga., on their '"Atlanta
New York Express" trains Nos. 5
and 34 ; first car south bound leav
ing WVashington November 3rd
first car northbound leaving A tlari
ta November 5th, :1901.
This affords Pullmant service o
these trains though from Altant
to New York, the Pullman cai
having heretofore been at tached t
the Atlanta & New Y ork Expres
at Charlotto andl no Pu llmain sea
between Charlotte and Atlantta.
We want what is due us on subacril
tion. Many could read the paper wgi
more grauce if they had a clear receipti
Pity your subscription to Tm Jou
NArs, then readl the newvs and keep i
--Ladies, Do you wan't to make 8
per month at home by doing writing ai
agency work, It' so wrIte.
Mrs F. E'. Coxl,
_____Piekene, 8. 0,
..-Miss Marie flichardson of Liber
has been en a visit to relatives near Pio
ens, Miss Richareon has lately return<
from an extended visit to hier aunt MJ
Lirsie Htide at Cincinnati,
Subscription dIijs to theg pae u
I iko expressiQgM 9f PVgrgisgeg,,w
1497y 0%p
FOR THE LITTLE~0fEt.
.TheoPeoullar Pete of Several Famous
Potentates have their pets as well
as other people. Pope Leo is espe
cially fond of birds. "There are
no better diploiatists around me,"
ie said recently to a foreign enbas
eador, "than my birds. My visitors,
after I have given themn audience,
o away, praismig ine for my affa
ility, but the truth is they cannot
hear half what 1 say, since my voice
is frequently drowned by the war
bling of my little pets."
Tlhe king of l'ortugal's favorite
animal is a huge baboon. A hide
ous, wicked animal it is and exces
sively fond of strong drink, but at
the same time it is very droll, es)e
cially after it has taken a drop too
Cockat.oos, parrots and huniininv
birds are the pets of the king of
Belgium, and imany finic specimens
of them are to be found in the
aviaries of his palace.
The sultan of Turkey is fonder of
guinea pigs than of aiy other ani
For years Queen Willihelmina of
Holland has had a colony of white
mice, to the nurture and care of
which she has never failed to devote
all the time that was necessary.
For a herd of she goats tlie queen
regent of Spain reserves all her fa
vors, and the reason is because she
cannot forget that these aniials did
good work as nu rscs toward pre
serving the life of the sickly infant
who is now Alfonso X1 I.
The Largest Flower in the World.
Can you imagine a blossom as
large as a carriage wlel ?
On the island of, Mindaimo, one
of the Philippine group, was found
by some oxplorers such a flower.
Far up on te munountaini of P'i rag,
2,500 feet above the sea level, some
explorers were wandering when they
camne across some buds larger tian
gigantic cabbage heads. G reatly
astonished, they searched further
and presently discovered a full
blown blossom, live petaled and
three feet in diameter. It was car
ried on low lying, luxuriant vines.
The natives call it bolo.
It was found impossible to pre
serve it fresh, so they photographed
it and kept some dried petals to
press, and by improvised scales
found that a single flower weighed
twenty-two pounds.
It was afterward found to be a
species of ramflesia, first found in
Sumatra and named after Sir Stam
ford lIaflles. The new flower was
a lled Raflesia schadengergia, in
Wonor of its discoverer, Dr. Scbad
The Brave Are Not ContemptIble.
T1here is a p~opullar impression
among young meni that unless they
resent every uncouth sally they will
be regarded as cowvards. No great
er mistake can be made. The bravo,
manly boy is the one who cherishes
no0 resentment and carries no imal
ice in his heart. By seeking to
wreak vengeance upon03 one wiho
stoops to slurring figures of spechl
you simlply lower yourself to his
contemptible level. --Industrial
School Magazine.
Why the Jury Went Out.
A pr'etty story is told1 abouit a
little boy whose elder sister is much
interested in photography and giv'es
the family the beniefit of nmany ob
servations albout her work. Thlis lit
tle boy was taken to the courthouse
to see the end of a certain trial.
ie caine home and told his mother
about it. "The judge maide a speCch)
to the jury," lhe said, "and then
sent them into a little dark room
to develop."-T1rained Motherhood.
The Cat School.
wflEN THE TEiACHER1 wENT OUT.
-Louis Wain.
To the Mark.
To the mark gocs the ship,
13ird and boat and booming train;
To the mark speak eye and lip,
Deeply loved that love again.
To the mark the arrow sings,
Plianeta move and rains descend.
To tho mark the hammer rings;
To the mark speaks friend with friend.
To the mark go ax and plow.
Shame upon thy listless aim
It ft glance setde and thou
Fail to give thy work thy name.
.-Ethelwyn wVetherald in Youth's Companion.
A Follower of Balfour.
A lad whom Mr. Balfour had em
ployed several times to carry his
clubs was one day carrying clubs for
another gentleman, when Mr. Bal
four happened to pass. He recog
nized the boy and nodded affably to
him, which gave huge delight to the
youngster. The lad was overheard
remarking to his companion caddies
p s Mdr. Balfour passed on "Yo see
han WO Conaenad'tive3 kanI aa
I It has been said that circum.
stance alter caos and it proves
2. correct in most instances. Condi.
an tions bring. about circumstance
d and the reverse. This fall has
brought about a serious condition
- with both merchants and farmere
, because of the extreme.seasons and
short crops, but it cannot be help
r. ed.: Great~dissatisfaction anong
rthe farmeire and especially the
, young men prevails. There seemE
y to be a general desire among the
young men to leave the farms and
go to the railroads,machino shops,
Ih cotton mills and other placos offer
r- ing employment. Short crops and
n1 low prices and not lack of energy
10 aro responsible for this. Of course
i they can't be blamed for going
t. where they can make the most
2, money, but now of all times is
- when they are needed oi the
d farms. Farming is one of the most
lhonorable of occupations.
Other occupations are, ol course,
f just as honorablo but the farm is
1, the back-bono of the country.
g Henry W. Grady advised the
young men to go west and a great
0 many took his advice andt this
county was deprived of some of its
best citizens. The papers have of
late boon urging people to come
,, south. It is a great field and gives
( opportunity for money making.
d The dissatisfaction throughout
the couutry caused by three suc
cessive bad crops is discouraging
but butter timos will come to thoso
I who porsiSteitly 1101d on. By re.
h1 dueing farming to practical mothods
d is the only way to realize from it.
L Business methods count there as
everywhere, Don't Le too hopeful
of .ther occupations, stick to the
farm, economize, bo careful, be so.
bor, saving and industrious and
thoroughly honest and you will
succceed. Magister.
g - ...
Columbia, Nov. 8. 1.901.
County Sup't. of Ed.
Dear Sir: I shall collect and
look after a school exhibit at the
exposition at Charleston. In the
n nature of things, the best. work of
tire schools, (the training of mind
r and charactor) cannot be exhibit.:d.
There is not much work of the pu
pils that is objective and tangible,
and no school should attempt to
Lmake an exhibit unless it has some
r thing to exhibit. Yet I hope there
maniy be some country schiools with
something to exhibit in the way of
Sdrawings, globes, raised maps or
some results of manual training.
Let your tcachers know that their
r schools are invited to send an ex
.hibit. 1f they will take part, they
'should wvrite mue at once, so that wve
may agree on what is wanted, and
I may arrange for free transporta
t- Also, please complete arrange
ments for the instruction of your
teachers on Saturday once a month.
Secure a good negro instructor for
your negro teachers to insure more
accurate records and better reports
as well as better teaching.
Very truly yours,
John J. McMahan.
-Try us for Menneon's T1alcum Pow.
der. 13olt & Thornloy.
-loit atnd Thiornliey ha~vo tho agcucy~
for Nuninally's Pure candies at Picens,
Always Fresh.
-Au infant of Mr. and Mrs. Davia
Hioldier who live in the Daicusvdie section
died on the 9th inst [and was buirrieid on
Saturday followving near their home.
-Friends of thie late J. TP. Yeung
-blood are remindod that R1ev. J. E. Fos
(- ter will p~reh his funeral at Sccona on
the irst, Sunday ini D)eember at 11
n cloLck.
r. '.WINTER Ilt)M I'S IN SI'MME~R
-is the title of a very neat and
attractive loldes just issued by thme
Southern Railway giving complete
information regarinh tg thre various
5 Winter Resorts of health and
-pleasure on and reached by its
i unes, with rates of board, capa
- city of hotels, names of proprieturd
n Trhis boklot is in a very concise
a an attractive form and will prove
.5 valuable to any one contemplating
o0 a trip for tihe winter.
s5 A copy may be had by sending
a two cent postage stamp to,
A. G. P. A. Atlanta. Ga.
Ii NOTION.
Thme Eighteen Mile Alliance
will meet at Fred V. O,Dells, on
Saturday, tire 7th day of Decemnber,
1991, at 2 o'clock p. mn., for the
purpose of reorganizinig said Allt,
hOance arnd electing ;dolegates to thre
lcounty alliance. Labanr Mauldinm,
Last Secretary.
All official .documents in the
7Y Philippines must hereafter use the
md terms, "Mr. ", "Mrs." and "Miss''
rs instead of Senror, Souora' Senorita
or Don. Iucidentally no Spaih
M titles or terzaa are to bo usedi which).
That is to come in Decer
iavo had line weathor this fall, L
tho time to prepare for what is to
Cold Wew
Heavy Clothing,
Notwithstanding the fair weat
lmd such a trade oil she, the sec
>est and they are Buttle A xo, th
3uggy or Waon, let ts hear I ron
Yours tr
Wanting 3
I am restless, never satlih
lesirc to make it still grea
reatest effort of my life thi
YOods the l.people wandtt 1( t
2xp1erienlce is worth anything w
AIAVAVS remember that the <
1he cheap order; it's the h
*oods, Such as it pays to buy.
itantly arriving, a TR lli.NI
IN TillS I illsTH lN(, .
and every bod0(y tells the priic.
.4() inich Sea lsland1, *j een
Standard~ I )rills, 5 cents.
Tlhe liest 25 cents J(;ans
1 .adies' I leavy Unde(rve';
M\en's Henvvy I(Idrv'est
I )ress G oods, all G ;rades
[email protected] SHOES!
I still occupy the( l'i,
[ron a lbrot an to aI
Before Bryi
W\est E'nd, 4
"MVore g2oodls
Samne goods
N*CRjAIG1 B
M DRESStGOO0DSi FL
And in fact anything in the
We have a nice line of Ladie
ours, before buying elsewher<
Don't forget us when you
is our pet line and we will dot
We have a big lot of coffe.
and we will give ou r customI
LOOK! One thousand po
cents a pound. Just as good
the contrary.
Call on us and we will tryt
give you satisfaction,
gr~jRemember we make;
prodluce, beeswax, star grass,
IBeef hides t-ken if dry, Con
N. II, In order that weC may
we are compelled to ask our I
gOOds Onl credit to come forw
alber, January, and February. We
ut it will tiot last always. Now Is
como. We aro well supplied with
bher Groods.
her or this fall, wo havo never before
ret of this i4 we sell nothing but the
bhst on t-arth. It you nced a new
k you, We might. save you mhonoy.
'our Trade!
I. \s mv business ifncreases my
r irrtea-s. I have made the
Sas.onto ".(.t the goods the
the ri:h'lt price, and if ten years
I ami satislied I have succeeded.
lass of goods I mldle is not of
ppy medium and better class of
I now liave in store and con.
)OUS ST()CK of
"(g AND HATS!
I wa'ltlt
nuIs. Ctos
C)In tile Inarket.
Is, 1 5 anh l 25 cents.
5. 25 and 5<> c:en'ts.
and~ P rices.
ONT ro 1Won SI 1OES.
in e ID ress Shoes hE r mien,
and children.
n~g 'Youir Z-ood.s
O0k3S ANI) PRICES!
',reenville, S. C.
for same money,
for* less mnoney."
DElVED A NEW UINE OF
D)ry Goods line with prices right.
s' Capes and ask that you see
OES I fSH OESI+4
wan~it to buy a pair of shoes. That
our best to lelase you.
on hand that was bought cheap
-s the benefit of it.
unds of keg soda to go at 2 1-2
as any, don't be convinced to
o sell you something that will
it specialty of all kinds of country
grub root, and ginseng wanted
e to see us,
be able to meet our oblgatiop~
riends to whom we haye go]4
ard and make nromnt navmane
County of Picons.
Court of Common1 Pleas.
Amlanda E. Keinonmore, J. W. JamRe
and Daniel C. Durhium, Plaintiffs.
W. T. Mco'ell, Julius E. Bo)ggs, na ad
ministrator of tho estato of G. \y.
Jaues, decalsed, Thomas iDurham,
Jackson Durham, William A, Dur.
ham, Augustus Durhan, Anni l)ur
1atn1, the heirs at, law of James A!ex.
1111dor, deconsed, who was a brother of
Diana Jame14, decased, wIoso nlames
and nimber aro unkniown; th
heirs at law of Diiiel Alexander, de
Ot.-edt, who Was ai brothi-r of I)ialia
tiames, dtceased,viz: Sarah AnIn Stew.
art, EhiA Jltnle RiceV and) 00thers, Who080
na111m and nube re un1known, 11ho
heirs .t law of Eilizabeth It hirhamll , de
ceased, who w:im a )ister of Diana
J ames, tu'eI emId,viz: Thomas ntrlamm
and1 th1 r whose iunest, and number
are unkntlmlown, the ht ir-S it 1laW of Polly
(Sibsonl, dveat' ,, Wih wia a sisttor of
Dianla Jan.1tie 'I-, ased, wV1ho name1s6.
and nmber alre i 1tknowIn, the lieis at
iIw of Nancy (libson, decetsed, who
\uts a 0ister of I) ia li me sI 14, doceased,
whotsk. naines anlit num11ber are-( un.l
kiiowil, the heirs it law of Kizziah
I lolden, tic-e sseil, wiho was i ister of
Diana .1ailes, d-evcset, whoso n11a111es
andl( inunneri aire un1known, (1ho heir"
at law of Milli Uiie, deelnsed,
who was a sister. of I)ana Jame Cs, 1
dc'eesd, wh1os lii nes ald unmliIher
alIt ullnoil, ti lirs at law of 'Sal
)Li Hoatiner, decease'd, w1h) was at s4i
ter of Di:na .anmes. dec;.sed, whose
nataes anld linnr r nknlownL1ectt
Hiid, who was sister of Diatu Iamlos,
drveelsed, or heri lwtirs, At aw whos'!
nlalmes :d 11111n11 . Ire tll k lown, the
heirs at brw f -4 Ndinda t)nurhaim , dt
deceased, who was a siter of Ialla
n ecas, d, whos Ialies tind
number are iuknomwni, feildialts.
Youl art. hen-byN !4umm11oned" and , re
<itued t ans er te cospl int li this
acltion of whitlb a copyl. is ine-rowith se(rv
dt lpoll youl:i to Sive :1 011y oh your
answer to the !-,till In l:1it oIn the sb-1i
s i Il.; i tlik at l'it.le'ns (iCiurt
I llus', S. ('., uith ila I nty davs ufter
the selvi-(!inorl'(f, qowcIn,iVt' Of the day
(of suich ser vice: :1114i1 yoni fli I
tin afc.ciic t ,i ti' phrii itit ti -
titn wid aptply 1to thll) ('ut f lor ithe( re
he(l dennulald itl i ( .,)fil 0ulnt.
Alltd ac of yOU ar1 i1 mby oll.il
that th Obi' t t4i6I;.,ic nte'tlon is the allm
t of tht' atial Ill t i w tI. (i.
\V. Jamii !, dc'.. cusd, :tlitlh n1 e T -
So il lim itinun i nins t ia y of Yoll
D)ated Nove't ilt er 1 1, . I ., 1 901.
I\'y NJ. 111.lINs,
Phrititi ge- ' A Jllornt.
At . ,L tli es, C. ('. I. ( . ei
Tl'o thmir defndnts av 11a1e(I
81n d to )ana d :111 sulic ieftinllis that
itily h tun whosie n mii es' lnd 1111111.
hler and4 lo' Ition 11re uc inkown t o 11 it 111
1l1i il1111d t tsuch i rolls wit h who i
anly ri suich nililnrs who may13 be un1der
fourlten i 1) years if' age nuiyt resitle:
yo1 artietreby ntifiedl that the object
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Of all the people involved, the fall guy is Bill Castro? He's been about the only thing holding that junk pile Melvin put together into any semblance of a staff.
Weak, weak, weak.
Are the Brewers giving up?
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Re: Are the Brewers giving up?
Because it's easier to fire (and replace) a pitching coach than the majority of the pitching staff.
Re: Are the Brewers giving up?
The person who needs to be fired is clearly Doug Melvin. Other than the playoff-run saving pickup of CC Sabathia and a few lucky scrap-heap grabs, he has not made any good moves for the last two years. What he has done has been mediocre at best, or downright disastrously idiotic; signing David Riske; releasing most of their pitching depth last spring (then trading to get guys like Vargas back this year); trading T. Gwynn for a box of cracked bats; etc.
A panic-move scapegoating of someone like Castro, who has worked his ass off for this organization, is shameful.
A panic-move scapegoating of someone like Castro, who has worked his ass off for this organization, is shameful.
Re: Are the Brewers giving up?
fisticuffs wrote:Not a bad idea. Calling up Escobar? Finally. Now I may have a reason to watch. Not sure about Hardy being sent down. He should have been dealt before the deadline.
Part of the thing about trading someone is that someone else has to be willing to give you something of value. With the season Hardy has had, I'm not sure the Brewers could have gotten anything more than a hot ham sandwich.
A few years ago I thought Hardy was a star in the making. He's been incredibly disappointing. I'm hopeful that the shock of sending him down will wake his ass up and make him realize that it takes a lot of effort to stay in the show. Right now it's up to JJ.
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4) – Denver Broncos kicker Matt Prater has been named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week.
Prater set an NFL record with a 64-yard field goal against the Tennessee Titans on Sunday.
Prater made the field goal as time expired in the first half of Denver's 51-28 win.
"The AFC Special Teams Player of the Week recognition marks the fifth such honor of his career. He joins wide receiver Trindon Holliday (Week 2) as Broncos AFC Special Teams Players of the Week this season," the Broncos said in a statement.
It's the 25th time a Broncos player has been named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week.
It's also the seventh time this year a Bronco has earned conference Player of the Week recognition.


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Simple software installation help
I am gradually shifting to Linux (Dapper) from XP and still a little confused. I can't seem to understand how to install something once I download it...at least some of the time! I can get applications in the Package Manager and that seems to go well, but if I install something from a download site it gets confusing. For instance...ClamAV antivirus program: after downloading, I have this file: clamav-0.90.1.tar.gz
If I open that file there are about 20 other files in that, but I can't ever figure out what is the "exe" file that will install it, as in XP. I've read about the commands for "apt-get" but not very comfortable or clear on my terminal command usage yet. Could someone help me with a baby step so I can get past this mental block? Thanks.
You probably downloaded no compiled (binary) program but the source code of it. See this thread on how to compile sources: http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/...ms_from_Source
You might be interested in checkinstall, too. With it you can create packages for some various formats (tgz, deb, rpm) so that you can add your package with your distro's package manager (and in most cases remove it cleanly if you don't need it anymore).
You should avoid installing applications from source, source packages most often end with (tar.gz). Your distribution probably has clamav from repositories that are customized for your Drapper. They end with the extension (.deb). You can view all packages that are on the CD/DVD by opening a GUI software installer/updater/remover called Synaptic via the main menu/system. Look for the clamav package after highlighting "All" on the left after selecting "Status" at bottom left.
Then you will have to set up your apt sources.list which is basically a bunch of software repository web addresses that give you access to a much more broad selection of software. But till you have that set up, try and avoid installing "tar.gz" packages.
Linux is not affected by the virus things that are designed for Windows, but if you access your Windows partition/installation from Drapper, it is wise to install an anti-virus. I'll look for the right web link to help you set up your sources.list and report back. For now you can brush up on it by checking out the link below, you will need to learn this.
newbie to newbie ::
the one that you downloaded is the source package which means you need to compile the program(which is clamav in your case) ... normally(most of the time) you will see file by the name of "configure" after you unpack the the package with file extension of "tar.gz" ...
usually you all need to do is to just execute the commands './configure' , 'make' and 'make install' in a row but you need to read some documents like "FAQ" , "INSTALL" , "NEWS" , "README" and "UPGRADE" inside the directory where you have unpacked the package ...
or you can also try executing this command in your terminal 'apt-get install clamav' ...
or you can try going here first ::
//just get a good printed book specifically about ubuntu published by orielly ... they will show you what linux is ...
Glad you posted alred
Just about forgot I was going to drop a couple good links to help this person install Ubuntu packages instead of source.
Once you have your sources.list setup nice, all you do is issue command: sudo apt-get update
And after the terminal prompt comes back ( after some time), you look in Synaptic and there will be thousands of custom Ubuntu packages that install clean, and uninstall clean. Not like Windows where there is a lot of stuff left behind to slow it down after many installs and uninstalls.
Simple software installation help
Thank you all very much, can't wait to follow up on your suggestions! I WILL report back...
I'm on vacation, be back soon.
I'm back but now have another problem before I get back to the "Simple Software Installation" issue!! For some reasons (too numerous to mention) I can't access the Linux drive. Here is what I did...XP Home on hd0, Linux 6.06 on hd1, grub installed on hd0 and I could pick my OS on startup. I wanted to clean up hd0, degrag it, then make a good backup before I committed full time to Linux. In the process, I used a registry cleaner I've used many times but did too good of a job! I ended up doing a clean install of XP Home on hd0 (I did have most of the important personal files on Linux already so no big loss). I was unable to access Help and Support, System Restore, and many other normal diagnostic/repair utilities so it was nice to clean out the mess from XP and start over. However, I can't figure out how to reinstall the grub on the first HD. The posts I've read and information I have in my Linux book are not helping my peanut brain. It seems like I use the Dapper CD and when it asks me where to install the grub, I should say on hd0, but I am hesitant about the process because I don't want to overwrite anything. If I just stop at that point, and eject the CD and restart, will the grub be on the first HD, or do I have to follow through further? I want to end up with Linux being the OS that starts when I turn on the computer (after waiting 10 seconds for me to make a choice). Until I tickled the registry, I had it set up this way and it would go to Linux, use the external modem to get on-line and away I'd go. I can't quite work out the instructions I've found on this site or others, a little help please!
The reason you can't get back to linux is that XP took over the MBR when you reinstalled. Linux is still happily on its own partition though, you just need to reinstall grub to be able to use it.
So, follow the instructions you have to reinstall grub on the MBR. It won't hurt windows, but you may not be offered windows as a choice the first time you boot with grub. Do not panic if this happens, you'll just need to make an entry in your grub menu.lst that points to your windows partition (and there are plenty of posts on how to do this!).
Good luck.
OK, I knew the mbr was overwritten, and Linux still on hd1. I'll proceed as you said with confidence! Just for the heck of it, what would happen if I disconnected hd0 and booted to hd1 with the Dapper CD in? I'll let you know how your suggestion works in a bit. Thx
You could then put the windows as your slave drive, and there's an option in grub to fool windows into thinking that it is the master drive, when in fact, it is not.
I think it goes like this :
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
But you'll find the answer yourself if you google for something like
XP grub boot map (hd0)
Many people have had this problem before!
Simple Software Install
I decided to give XP the boot and installed Linux on the first hard drive and be done with it. Now I have Linux 6.06 on each hard drive and have to figure out how to mount the second drive so I can transfer files. I can find mounting a drive that has NTSF or FAT 32 on it, but still looking for EXT3. I'll get the hand of this yet now that I'm 100% Linux!!
Your second drive is probably /dev/hdb1.
You can find out details with the following commands :
sudo fdisk -l and mount
Once you know which partition your old linux is on, create a mountpoint for it:
sudo mkdir /mnt/oldlinux
Now mount the drive
mount -t ext3 /dev/hdxy /mnt/oldlinux
Where x is either a or b and y is the partition number.
Now you can see your files, and copy them over.
You may have to do this as root, and their ownerships & groups may also need to be changed if your newest installation has a different UserID for your username. See man chown
As far as mounting a NTFS or fat 32 valume in linux you can mount the drive but you will only be able to reade from it. So i'd suggest that you monut the drive with the sequence of commands that tredegar recommended except insteade of using the mountpoin old linux use the mount point /winfiles ofcourse remebering that the second hardrive on the primary ata controller is listed as /dev/hdb so the first partioti of your second eide hdd is /dev/hdb1.
Then once you have your second drive mounted I suggest that you back up you files off that partition and reformatit to etention 3 aka native linux.
Simple Software Install
OK, I'm getting somewhere! I did complete the commands and was successful until I got to the requirement of being "root" like you said. Your steps were clear and easy to understand, thank you. Now for trying to change change permissions, I've tried that before and wasn't as successful.
PS The second hard drive has only Linux loaded on it for the OS, but I might have saved some documents on it somewhere from XP. I assume that won't be a problem... Thanks to you both!!
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Book Review: Murach's SQL for SQL Server
June 6, 2003[From Narayana Vyas Kondreddi]
Are you a VB, Web or Windows developer? Completely new to SQL programming? Look no further! This book is just for you. "Murach's SQL for SQL Server" is a good first book for anyone interested in learning the basics of SQL programming, and becoming a database developer, or probably move into the role of a database administrator (DBA). Unlike some of the popular T-SQL programming books currently available in the market, this book won't present some of those cool tricks and twisted queries. It will help you get your basics of SQL programming right.
This book is divided into the following four sections:
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The biggest game in the Big 12 this weekend will take place in Lubbock, Texas, where Texas Tech will look to bounce back from its first loss of the season against an Oklahoma State team looking to make it four wins in a row.
The Red Raiders (4-1 in Big 12 play) will host a couple key recruits during the game, including two defensive linemen who could really help fill some needs.
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In Noah Baumbach's world, there's not a soul around who isn't a ball of razor wire just begging to be kicked. "Greenberg" arrives after the astonishing clarity of "The Squid and the Whale" and "Margot at the Wedding," forming a mesmerizing second-wind career resurgence for the filmmaker, who's finally sniffed out a meaningful cinematic voice in recent years. "Greenberg" is constructed with a certain determination, but it lacks authority; Baumbach's concentrated spray of toxin has been reduced to a fine mist, adding up to a film of extraordinary pathology, but only marginal connection.
Fresh from a stint inside a mental hospital, Roger Greenberg (Ben Stiller) has returned to Los Angeles to watch his brother's house while his sibling conducts business in Vietnam with his family. Left alone to reflect on his troubles, Roger takes to a routine of drink, complaint letter writing, and doghouse construction to calm his whirring mind. Helping Roger out is Florence (Greta Gerwig), the family's personal assistant and a woman with her own set of self-destructive personality quirks. Roger and Florence embark on a testy affair, despite a 15-year age difference and his compulsion to reject any type of intimacy. Also stirring up Roger's timidity are his attempts to reconcile with slighted friends (including Rhys Ifans) and his old girlfriend, Beth (Jennifer Jason Leigh).
With "Greenberg," Baumbach (who hatched the film with Jennifer Jason Leigh) wants the viewer to feel the messy, suffocating spaces of poisonous behavior that control the lead character like a demented puppet master. Roger isn't a bastard, but he's powerless to his urges, walking around with a hornet's nest of insecurity that requires constant rotation through efforts of arrogance and paranoia. He's a discombobulated man hungry to reclaim his relevance, yet surround by friends who've outgrown their twentysomthing indiscretions, some plenty glad to be rid of Roger years ago.
Yes, you guessed it. "Greenberg" is a comedy.
It's become Baumbach's passion to decipher the code of the broken individual, and "Greenberg" is dutifully stocked with enough fragmented mental states to successfully articulate the storm front facing the characters, along with the toxicity of life in Los Angeles. These are unlikable characters, but sympathy doesn't seem to be the point here, only the summation of destructive thoughts, funneled through Baumbach's Altmanesque itch, which lends the film a hazy widescreen distance, further isolating the characters. The screenplay enjoys a sense of discovery as Roger slowly unravels, frustrated by everything that comes his way, yet he's comforted by the strain. The anxiety restores his power, making the character a fascinating lead for Baumbach to follow, captured in Stiller's impressively potholed, hollow-core performance.
Unfortunately for "Greenberg," Roger's uncertainty doesn't travel very far. Baumbach doesn't know what to do with his case study, causally nudging the character along from explosion to explosion, more interested in his vociferous outbursts and how they play against his dwindling circle of friends. The character of Florence is meant to counteract Roger's venom. She's a semi-innocent who's drawn to his grind like a moth to a flame, taken with Roger's brusque manner and casual personal interest. Mumblecore darling Gerwig plays the complex role with heavy simpleton overtones, confusing the relationship from scene to scene, while failing to provide a sufficient reason why Florence tolerates Roger in the first place. Their connection is tenuous at best, played nicely for a few chuckles in the opening moments; however, a plausible emotional connection between the pair is never solidified. The relationship soon dissolves into a transparent storytelling necessity.
"Greenberg" has more than its share of highlights (Roger doing coke with teenagers while trying to articulate nagging generational differences summarizes the movie brilliantly), but the mood never gels compellingly, with the film prone to wandering rather than directly confronting the issues at hand. The argument could be made that the aesthetic is intentional to share Roger's perspective with the viewer, but the effect only lasts for an hour. After that, Baumbach doesn't have much to offer besides the comfort of malaise, which dilutes the gravity, making the film's uncompromising attitude almost predictable.


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NHS Grampian
In March, NHS Grampian (NHSG) is launching a new on-line catalogue, called Shelcat (Scottish Health Libraries Catalogue). Shelcat is a national programme: NHSG is one of 41 Scottish NHS libraries taking part in the first phase of its introduction. Shelcat will improve the delivery of library services across NHSG but it will mean some administrative changes for users of NHSG libraries, which are detailed below.
The introduction of Shelcat will bring several benefits to NHSG library users:
NOTE: There will be a transition period between the current arrangements and the full implementation of Shelcat when some services (e.g., managing your library account online) might not be fully available.
If you have any questions on the introduction of Shelcat please contact:
George Dougary
Knowledge Services Manager
Cornhill Library
Extension: 57007
Email: email@example.com
Or your local NHS library:
Dr Grays
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Doing two things here. First, I want to test out a branch in a blog post. I recently created a branch on the branch.com site asking people if they like the iPad mini better than the original iPad, and the conversation was pretty good, so I thought I'd try it out on a blog … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2012
This Thanksgiving I'm thankful that my eyes have been opened wide
There are so many things for me to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. I have my health. I have an amazing family that I yearn to spend every minute of every day with. I work with some of the most talented and fantastic people I know. I am without question, the luckiest person on … [Read more...]
Excellent fantasy football parody video
So funny, especially for people like @interpolate who are having a monstrously terrible fantasy football year. Thanks to my bro-in-law for passing this on. … [Read more...]
Branson on entrepreneurship
This is a really nice set of videos from Richard Branson on entrepreneurship. "Dream big by setting yourself seemingly impossible challenges. You then have to catch up with them." Yup. … [Read more...]
What you can learn from a symphony conductor
Nice article passed to me by the insufferable @gumboshowjoe (insufferable today because the Saints beat the Falcons yesterday and he's tragically a Saints fan). Love the comparison of a symphony conductor to a leader. And there are several references to things I've talked about … [Read more...]


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Jalen Rose played pg for the Raptors and Denver, but he played sf/sg for Indiana. I'll always remember him as a pg because that's the position he played for us.
Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
Another small forward who was good for us early in his Toronto career was Jamario Moon, man I loved his injury. The dunks, the energy defensively with all those random blocks, rebounding, he brought it..
I also loved Carlos Delfino, man I wish we could re-sign that guy...
UGGGHHH sorry for all those typos, shit.... I hate iPod keyss...
Injury - energy*
earliet - earlier*
The best Raptors discussion board is at Raptors Republic.
Stephen Brotherston, Pro Bball Report
Delfino rarely made mistakes, made huge shots, and was a fan favorite. The guy can play, especially those years we made the playoffs, he was always reliable.
I thought he was less of a turnover to happen than Kleiza. Delfino always played within' the game plan. That's what I saw from the number of games I saw him play.. 2007, 2008. *sigh* Those were the years..
I'm still shocked we made the playoffs with Ford, Parker, Moon/Graham, Bosh, Rasho/Bargs, still being the East was a weak conference at the time, damn...
If Kleiza can get fully healthy again, than I have no wants of him to leave, I mean, his solid play for Lithuania has been good.
Twitter: @ReubenJRD NBA, Raptors writer for Daily Hive Vancouver, Toronto.
Ya but i just wasnt a fan of the guy. Our team was terrible back then the reason we looked good was cause the east was garbage. Our roster right now is arguably much better and deeper
I'm actually hoping that Fields can wind up being the type of player that Parker & Delfino were at their best - solid perimeter defenders, effective secondary ball handlers, good 3pt shooters.
*sigh* Those years... Rasho at prime, Moon before shot-happy, Anthony Parker before slowing down, Ford before the overly nagging injuries, a great bench.... This team revolved around Bosh, but it also never failed to be a great offensive tempo team. Moving the ball around, getting good looks, unselfish. Miss that team. Than that damn trade that ruined everything...
Not to mention, insult to injury, Delfino was traded for the rights to Weems, who ends up signing in Moscow, and Delfino always killed us playing against the Bucks.
Fields was said to be the Shane Battier of Toronto, which in my opinion is really far-fetched.. Shane Battier is a great defender, great shooter, high IQ player, deceptively athletic. I really hope I see something within' that mold next season.
Twitter: @ReubenJRD NBA, Raptors writer for Daily Hive Vancouver, Toronto.
Ford, Parker, Moon/Graham, Bosh, Nesterovic. It was a club that was unselfish, knew each other well, played to their strengths (mostly.. *cough* FORD *cough*), and was a team that could get stops..
It was purely a word that is underrated now in my opinion... TEAM.
Anyways, I hope you're right, this team looks much more talented than any of the teams we've had in awhile. I gave this team a 75%, the reason why? All depends on the roster at training camp, if it stays the way it is now.. It'll be the same.
2009 killed us... Sam Mitchell fired, Jay Triano hired. Jermaine O'neal acquired, traded for Marion and Marcus Banks... Real only upside that year was Jose's free throw percentage, and Demar Derozan being drafted...
Twitter: @ReubenJRD NBA, Raptors writer for Daily Hive Vancouver, Toronto.
Brandon Rush just signed for $8M over 2 years. Another bargain basement price that makes Landry Fields' contract look bad.
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• 2011-12 record: 12-18, 4-14 Big Ten (T-11th).
• Big Ten tournament: Lost to Purdue in the first round.
• NCAA tournament/NIT: Did not play.
On the offensive: The Cornhuskers lost 76 percent of their scoring from last season. Forward Brandon Ubel is the lone returning starter after averaging 6.7 points per game. Guards Dylan Talley (8.9 points) and Ray Gallegos (redshirt last season) should help.


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Tired of the Hawks?
kmac replied to Superman54's topic in GeneralJust for the bloody hell of it, I would like to point out that the Conference clinching goal was scored with an assist from no other than a certain guy named Lebda...you know, the loser that can't play hockey and is now Toronto's problem? The guy that stepped in during the 2009 playoffs when our defense was depleted by injuries and just played basic hockey and helped the team make the Finals? You know, that chump....just sayin...
If the wings gets Eliminated by the Sharks....
kmac replied to a topic in GeneralI would still follow the playoffs, although I would be bitter, angry, and cynical and would be most likely cheering for the teams I don't like to fail. (Chicago, Pittsburgh) I wouldn't go out of my way to watch any games (no staying up to catch West Coast games) and I actually probably wouldn't start watching a series until it got to an elimination-game stage. Thats what I did in '06.
Phantom calls back in the league
kmac replied to Pat's topic in GeneralIts not always about blaming the refs, its about being frustrated that calls get missed and become a major factor in the game. It just comes down to that if you are going to be a champion, you have to outplay the opposing team and the refs poor calls. I'm not a tin-foil hat guy, just a guy who wishes that refs were less human and had robot-like analytical abilities...
Uncle Danny reacted to a post in a topic: Officials for tonights game
Officials for tonights game
kmac replied to WingForever44's topic in GeneralO'Halloran has killed us in the past, but last year I actually found myself hoping to see him officiating the big games. He is at least consistent and in my opinion has developed into one of the fairer playoff refs...at least you know what he's going to call and when he's going to call it, unlike a lot of the ******-crew refs out there.
McCarty on Vs....what happened?
kmac replied to kmac's topic in Generalsorry if I sound like a nancy-boy about this, but Mac is kind of a hero of mine because I know what its like to deal with addiction issues in life. I want him to be okay, because I can (somewhat) relate to what he deals with and, yes, when something like that happens unexpectedly I worry that something bad is going on, because I have been there. And yes, I am more focused on the Wings winning tonight, I just watched VS to kill time before the game, was just curious and nervous...
McCarty on Vs....what happened?
kmac posted a topic in GeneralI was watching Pitt and Ottawa on VS and I was looking forward to hearing Darren McCarty with the VS guys after the first period. They teased it, promised us DMac's commentary...and then when they cut to the intermission commentary, the announcers were laughing and joking about McCarty not being available and sending him to the penalty box. Any idea what happened? I love Mac and want the best for him and my worst nightmare would be that he showed up drunk to work and they wouldn't let him on air. Anybody hear any more on this?
He wasn't that drunk. I feel bad for the guy. Those field sobriety tests are a joke...I can't pass them when I am sober, and I bet a lot of the holier than thou crowd couldn't either. Christ, most elderly people, people who have physical disabilities, are sick and are on any kind of over the counter medication or are just plain tired couldn't pass those field sobriety tests either. How about tossing them in jail too? Anybody who drinks at all has driven drunk (drunk being defined as over the ridiculously low .08 limit). The cops had the option of giving him a one block ride home and instead chose to raise revenue for their municipality.
... born and raised in SOUTH DETROIT!
kmac replied to Barrie's topic in GeneralYeah, what he said! It always drives me a little nuts to hear them say "South Detroit", when you would never, ever hear a local refer to it that way! Maybe I'm just a purist. When I am singing along with the song on the radio I always sing "Born and raised in Oakland County"! Doesn't fit as well, but a little more accurate. Still, I do like the tune.
kmac replied to kolo's topic in GeneralYes!!! That!!!
Planning a trip to detroit, don't know the area, help
kmac replied to gravey4848's topic in GeneralI hope I am not beating a dead horse here, but yes, you will need to rent a car because there is no such thing as public transportation in Metro Detroit. I know how much it sucks to be visiting from a different city and not know the area and try to drive around in it, especially if you are trying to impress a chick, but there is really no way around this issue...just buy some maps, check out google maps and stuff, if you get a chance, do some recon before you actually have to be somewhere...you are a New Yorker, so you should be able to handle Detroit drivers,just remember to be street smart! Don't wave that finger unless you can back it up! I am from the northern burbs, and I have to agree with NIC's post in pretty much every aspect. If you guys are young and hip, or even middle-aged and hip, spend an evening in Royal Oak, nice downtown and lots of bars and night spots, and laid-back, cool people. Mr. B's is a really cool place. Like I said, I am from the northern burbs (Waterford)...you asked about places to stay away from, and I feel it necessary to give my opinion...I don't hang around downtown. Some posters have said Greektown is safe and fun at night, and I agree with them. However, I can not recommend anywhere downtown as a safe night spot. If you want to walk around at night, I recommend Royal Oak...its a straight, short shot up Woodward Avenue from downtown Detroit. I love Detroit and everything, but lets remember that during the Final Four this year the mayor of Indianapolis got mugged right outside Ford Field.
Leave Brad Staurt alone
kmac replied to hurtingwingsfan's topic in GeneralI am so pissed at Brad Stuart for the game he played last night, but really, no Stuart and the Wings don't even make the finals.....


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Mick Jagger Working On Solo Record
Mick Jagger's brother Chris says the Rolling Stones frontman is hard at work on a record with producer Dave Stewart in Los Angeles. The news coincides with tweets last week from
Roots drummer Questlove, who reported he was in a New York studio with Jagger, but did not specify on what they were working. Stewart has his own album, titled "The Blackbird Diaries," coming this spring, and worked as a producer with both Stevie Nicks and Joss Stone on their upcoming albums.


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Bob Moon: At the risk of sounding like a movie ad, "Toy Story 3" is now playing at a theater near you. The much anticipated animated sequel doesn't need my help, though. It's already expected to bring in more than $70 million this weekend. If you can't get tickets to that, there's always "Shrek 4" or "Sex And the City 2." Notice a trend here? And it hasn't turned out to be a good one when it comes to box office numbers.
Marketplace's Stacey Vanek Smith takes a look at why the line up at your local theater is looking like one big movie flashback.
Rex the Green Dinosaur: We're getting thrown away?!
Other toys: No! No one's getting thrown away!
Stacey Vanek Smith: Actually, everybody's getting recycled.
Media analyst Porter Bibb says sequels are safe. And with movie studios trying to adjust to competition from the Internet, video games and cell phones, safe looks pretty good.
Porter Bibb: Most sequels do extremely well, and they don't have to reinvent the wheel. They've got the package, they've got the storyline, they've got the characters and the talent all lined up.
And there are other perks...
Andy's momWhat are you going to do with these old toys?
Dust them off and sell them. Bibb says movie studios used to make 80 percent of their money off the actual movie. Now, toys, video games and other products can bring in more than half of the revenue for a big franchise.
Bibb: You don't have any dead inventory. You can keep those toys and characters out there for many, many years.
Hal Vogel: We called it "sequelitis."
Entertainment analyst Hal Vogel says movie studios shouldn't over-do sequels. For one thing, the quality of the movies tends to go down.
Shrek: What happened to you?
Puss in Boots: I may have let myself go a little.
And Vogel says sequels rarely do as the original.
Hal Vogel: The problem with it, besides burning out the audience interest, is that your costs tend to go up.
Stars and locations get more expensive. And Vogel says a bad movie can damage the whole brand.
Puss in Boot: My dear friends, we have reached the final chapter.
Or not. Analyst Porter Bibb says even if the sequel flops, the products often keep selling.
Hamm the Piggy BankCome on, let's see how much we're going for on eBay.
In Los Angeles, I'm Stacey Vanek Smith for Marketplace.


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Cougar women cap off season with shut out
The University of Minnesota, Morris women's soccer team capped off the regular season with an 8-0 shut out over Presentation Saturday at home.
The Cougars finish fourth in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference at 9-5.
Snow the day before moved the game to Big Cat Stadium and the added speed of the field turf played into the hands of the Cougars who scored early and often. Fittingly, seniors Maddy Gerber (1 goal, 1 assist) and Nina Jarnot (2 assists) led the way, even connecting on their own score at the 51:44 mark.
Presentation came into the game fielding only 10 players and then lost another to injury in the first half, which led to an onslaught of scoring late in the first half and early in the second.
Head coach Dan Magner played his entire available roster.
Just over two minutes into the game, Taylor Meehan put the Cougars on the board unassisted.
At the 31:00 mark, Bre Cross scored with an assist from Liz Vold.
In the 41st minute, Molly Olson scored on a Gerber assist.
Katie Kestner started the second-half scoring early with an unassisted goal.
Five minutes later, Leah Parker scored on a Jarnot assist.
Less than a minute later, Gerber and Jarnot connected for the sixth goal of the game.
Kestner tallied her second goal of the game unassisted at the 84:01 mark.
With less than three minutes remaining on the clock, Stephanie Leslie made it 8-0 unassisted.


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The Dogs: http://www.thedogsonline.co.uk/ - we enjoyed the space a lot and the menu was quite interesting. Fun decor also.
Fish and Seafood Pie: under-seasoned, but the crust was flaky
Rabbit & Chorizo Casserole: under-seasoned, but the flavors complemented each other
Chips Cooked in Dripping: easily the best chips I had in Scotland - these were crispy and possibly even double fried
Beirut: http://www.beirutrestaurant.co.uk/
We four shared a Selection for Four. The long and the short of it is that the mezze were delicious and the mixed grill disappointing. I think they overcooked most of their meats. However, hummus, babaganooj, spicy sausages, and falafel were all top notch.
Tail End: http://www.yelp.com/biz/tailend-resta...
Their fresh haddock was unbelievable - one of the better pieces of fish I've had
Smoked salmon - a nice piece of smoked salmon
Mussels - the steaming liquid wasn't the most flavorful, but the mussels themselves were tasty.
Chips - soggy, sad
Port Charlotte Hotel: http://www.portcharlottehotel.co.uk/ - probably my favorite meal of the week
Local Oysters - my god these were sweet - really delicious
Seared Scallops with salad - again, beautifully fresh, possibly in a balsamic glaze
Roasted duck over a leek and potato cake with mashed squash and vegetables - perfectly cooked duck and an interesting sauce and potato cake. The baby corn and peapods were unnecessary.
Sticky Toffee Pudding - wow, wonderful
Lochside Hotel: http://www.lochsidehotel.co.uk/Islay_... - we had breakfast here
I was delighted that they served kippers for breakfast. The chef's eggs were also perfectly poached and the mushrooms earthy and dark. While the porridge was unseasoned, I believe that is traditional, so I think it was what it was supposed to be.
CyberBistro, Islay: http://www.islaycybercafe.co.uk/ - very tasty, homestyle food
Mushroom Soup - wonderful, quite warming, but also well seasoned
Steak Pie - a very flaky crust, but slightly under-seasoned
Chips - by this point I was basically done with chips, but I still don't think I liked them.
Mr Singh's Indian Cottage: http://www.mr-singh.co.uk/cottage/ - very tasty Indian with some Punjabi twists
Mixed vegetarian appetizers were uninspiring, though there were mushrooms in sauce that were creamy and gingery - tasty
Haggis Pakora - hey, can't get that at home. Not bad, actually.
Chicken Tikki Masala - pretty pedestrian, but I am not a huge fan of the dish to begin with.
Lamb Cottage Bhuna - spicy, yet completely balanced.
Saag paneer - done in a very traditional punjabi way - not gloopy like many Westernized versions which suffer from too much moisture.
Ubiquitous Chip - http://www.ubiquitouschip.co.uk/
haggis, neeps, tatties - wow, probably the best haggis I've ever had
Venison Sausages with mashed and sauteed spinach - a wonderful take on bangers and mash - the sausage was unctuous.
Pan fried salmon with vanilla celery root and beets - a great combination of sweet, salty, crispy and crunchy
treacle tart with clootie dumpling ice cream - sweet, but not cloyingly so
Almond sponge with chocolate ice cream - tasty


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January 20, 2013 BY Aaron Hope
At one point just a pack among a variety of more stylized releases from Nike Sportswear, the Vintage edition has become the core of the Blazer catalog. This new Nike Blazer Mid Suede VNTG is an effort befitting the tradition, a slightly dusty Obsidian design with a darker shade on the laces and lighter on the Deep Royal Swooshes. They'll have some serious competition with the YOTS-themed snake Swoosh releases just around the corner, but there's no doubting this will be among the more successful VNTG Blazers now that it's available at stores like End.
Nike Blazer Mid Suede VNTG
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text: I found a pattern on FreePatterns.com and it is called peek-a-boo. It comes from the Big Book of 20 Pieced Candle Mats designed byRuth Swasey. I have tried to do this pattern and can't figure it out. Is anyone familiar w/ this pattern? I looked on the internet to see others called p a b but this one isand it doesn't look like the others that I have found.


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Type: Improvement
Status: Closed
Priority: Minor
Resolution: Fixed
Affects Version/s: None
Fix Version/s: 2.0.1
Component/s: None
The TimestampMessage interface was introduced in
LOG4J2-53 and revised for AsyncLogger in LOG4J2-455.
I've observed that Clock.currentTimeMillis is still called which should not be necessary.
I have two patches, one which adds JUnit tests that demonstrate the unnecessary Clock calls, and one which fixes the issue for both AsyncLogger and "traditional" configurations.
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LOG4J2-1339 AsyncLogger should not call instanceof TimestampMessage in hot path
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Patch committed with minor changes in revision 1614404.
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Thanks for providing the microbenchmarks. There is a lot there, and I'm still unpacking it, experimenting with various things, but so far this is what I've found:
Clock performance varies wildly across systems
I added some simplified benchmarks to focus on the clocks:
final static Clock systemClock = new SystemClock(); @GenerateMicroBenchmark public long testSystemCurrentTimeMillis() { return System.currentTimeMillis(); } @GenerateMicroBenchmark public long testSystemClock() { return systemClock.currentTimeMillis(); } ...
java 1.7.0_55 64 bit, Windows 7 Enterprise, Intel i5-2500 dual CPU 3.30GHz with hyperthreading on (4 virtual cores):
java -jar target/microbenchmarks.jar ".*ClockTest.*" -f 1 -wi 5 -i 5 -tu ns -bm sample -t 4
Benchmark Mode Samples Mean Mean error Units
b.ClockTest.testBaseline sample 205018 9.892 0.399 ns/op
b.ClockTest.testCachedClock sample 237702 147.085 1.211 ns/op
b.ClockTest.testCoarseCachedClock sample 235897 10.037 0.374 ns/op
b.ClockTest.testSystemCurrentTimeMillis sample 208701 14.626 1.074 ns/op
b.ClockTest.testFakeClock sample 235691 9.520 0.371 ns/op
b.ClockTest.testSystemClock sample 239811 13.963 0.440 ns/op
java 1.7.0_05 64 bit, RHEL 4.4.7-4 (Linux 2.6.32-431.e16x86_64), Intel Xeon 4 quad core firstname.lastname@example.com CPUs (16 virtual cores):
java -jar target/microbenchmarks.jar ".*ClockTest.*" -f 1 -wi 5 -i 5 -tu ns -bm sample -t 4
Benchmark Mode Samples Mean Mean error Units
b.ClockTest.testBaseline sample 212362 729.093 10.132 ns/op
b.ClockTest.testCachedClock sample 152722 890.688 7.055 ns/op
b.ClockTest.testCoarseCachedClock sample 336110 632.849 2.585 ns/op
b.ClockTest.testSystemCurrentTimeMillis sample 258054 3174.306 9.986 ns/op
b.ClockTest.testFakeClock sample 336549 1038.334 5.581 ns/op
b.ClockTest.testSystemClock sample 271259 3881.617 15.908 ns/op
Note the massive difference for System.currentTimeMillis(): 14 nanos on WIndows, 3.1 micros on Linux. That's 220x!
I agree, it looks like CachedClock performs very badly if there is contention on the volatile field. (It does perform well on the Linux box where there are enough cores to spread the load, but on the Windows box, brr...)
To instanceof or not, that is the question
First, I am assuming that the vast majority of users will log a mixture of SimpleMessages and ParameterizedMessages, and that TimestampMessages are a relatively rare use case.
Here are my measurements:
java 1.7.0_55 64 bit, Windows 7 Enterprise, Intel i5-2500 dual CPU 3.30GHz with hyperthreading on (4 virtual cores):
java -jar target/microbenchmarks.jar ".*ClockBench.*" -f 1 -wi 5 -i 5 -tu ns -bm sample -t 4
Benchmark Mode Samples Mean Mean error Units
b.ClockBenchmark.testSystemClockSimpleMessageInstanceOf sample 244944 105.317 6.183 ns/op
b.ClockBenchmark.testSystemClockSimpleMessageUseClock sample 284839 86.625 2.427 ns/op
b.ClockBenchmark.testSystemClockTimestampMessageInstanceOf sample 250178 61.812 6.151 ns/op
On Windows, my results seem to indicate that the overhead of msg instanceof TimestampMessage ? ((TimestampMessage) msg).getTimestamp() : clock.currentTimeMillis() is about 20 nanos. On the other hand, TimestampMessage.getTimestamp() is about 20 nanos faster than SystemClock.currentTimeMillis().
So just looking at my Windows results, I would not want to make logging 20 nanos slower for the majority of users in order to make logging 20 nanos faster for the fraction who log TimestampMessages.
However, the Linux results show a very different picture. The Linux benchmark results were very noisy so I changed to 20 iterations, but results easily vary by several hundred nanoseconds between runs...
java 1.7.0_05 64 bit, RHEL 4.4.7-4 (Linux 2.6.32-431.e16x86_64), Intel Xeon 4 quad core email@example.com CPUs (16 virtual cores):
java -jar target/microbenchmarks.jar ".*ClockBench.*" -f 1 -wi 5 -i 20 -tu ns -bm sample -t 4
Benchmark Mode Samples Mean Mean error Units
b.ClockBenchmark.testSystemClockSimpleMessageInstanceOf sample 964501 3596.031 23.931 ns/op
b.ClockBenchmark.testSystemClockSimpleMessageUseClock sample 777443 3207.301 28.671 ns/op
b.ClockBenchmark.testSystemClockTimestampMessageInstanceOf sample 959701 720.979 12.551 ns/op
On the linux box I tested on, the cost of calling System.currentTimeMillis completely dominates the cost of creating a log event. This is painful for TimestampMessages. It looks like the cost of instanceof + conditional is ~400 nanos, but in other tests I got the opposite result so I'm putting this down to noise.
Even if the results are noisy, clearly there is a 4-5x improvement to be had by avoiding calls to System.currentTimeMillis(). The overhead of instanceof + conditional is hard to determine.
So, to conclude, I'll put in the instanceof check.
Summary of results for Java 6 (full results attached). Similar numbers as Java 7.
Benchmark Mode Samples Mean Mean error Units o.a.l.l.p.j.ClockBenchmark.testBaseline sample 236376 28.708 0.068 ns/op o.a.l.l.p.j.ClockBenchmark.testCachedClockSimpleMessage sample 194881 480.207 2.354 ns/op o.a.l.l.p.j.ClockBenchmark.testCachedClockSimpleMessageNoDowncast sample 260867 185.352 0.479 ns/op o.a.l.l.p.j.ClockBenchmark.testCachedClockTimestampMessage sample 277257 64.729 0.221 ns/op o.a.l.l.p.j.ClockBenchmark.testCoarseCachedClockSimpleMessage sample 383724 83.279 0.191 ns/op o.a.l.l.p.j.ClockBenchmark.testCoarseCachedClockSimpleMessageNoDowncast sample 379254 82.977 0.169 ns/op o.a.l.l.p.j.ClockBenchmark.testCoarseCachedClockTimestampMessage sample 273283 66.129 0.151 ns/op o.a.l.l.p.j.ClockBenchmark.testFakeClockSimpleMessage sample 274039 104.556 0.279 ns/op o.a.l.l.p.j.ClockBenchmark.testFakeClockSimpleMessageNoDowncast sample 363139 88.456 4.470 ns/op o.a.l.l.p.j.ClockBenchmark.testFakeClockTimestampMessage sample 274962 65.897 0.214 ns/op o.a.l.l.p.j.ClockBenchmark.testOrdinaryLogEvent sample 206789 132.297 0.643 ns/op o.a.l.l.p.j.ClockBenchmark.testSystemClockSimpleMessage sample 201981 136.891 9.946 ns/op o.a.l.l.p.j.ClockBenchmark.testSystemClockSimpleMessageNoDowncast sample 231942 120.551 0.367 ns/op o.a.l.l.p.j.ClockBenchmark.testSystemClockTimestampMessage sample 267079 66.281 0.206 ns/op
Summary of results for Java 7 (full JMH output attached). Looks like the 'instanceof' downcast adds about 10-20ns to a 85-125ns Log4jLogEvent constructor. Ignore CachedClock which seems to suffer from thread contention (I configured this JMH run to use 4 threads).
CentOS 6.5 on E5-2667 v2 @ 3.30GHz
Benchmark Mode Samples Mean Mean error Units o.a.l.l.p.j.ClockBenchmark.testBaseline sample 238251 27.986 0.132 ns/op o.a.l.l.p.j.ClockBenchmark.testCachedClockSimpleMessage sample 265004 546.528 2.022 ns/op o.a.l.l.p.j.ClockBenchmark.testCachedClockSimpleMessageNoDowncast sample 265057 192.856 0.531 ns/op o.a.l.l.p.j.ClockBenchmark.testCachedClockTimestampMessage sample 278932 65.167 0.191 ns/op o.a.l.l.p.j.ClockBenchmark.testCoarseCachedClockSimpleMessage sample 358047 85.017 0.122 ns/op o.a.l.l.p.j.ClockBenchmark.testCoarseCachedClockSimpleMessageNoDowncast sample 366842 84.530 0.168 ns/op o.a.l.l.p.j.ClockBenchmark.testCoarseCachedClockTimestampMessage sample 255360 69.229 0.208 ns/op o.a.l.l.p.j.ClockBenchmark.testFakeClockSimpleMessage sample 272217 105.782 0.199 ns/op o.a.l.l.p.j.ClockBenchmark.testFakeClockSimpleMessageNoDowncast sample 365182 85.052 0.165 ns/op o.a.l.l.p.j.ClockBenchmark.testFakeClockTimestampMessage sample 286814 65.450 0.282 ns/op o.a.l.l.p.j.ClockBenchmark.testOrdinaryLogEvent sample 199051 136.273 0.277 ns/op o.a.l.l.p.j.ClockBenchmark.testSystemClockSimpleMessage sample 297985 135.690 0.312 ns/op o.a.l.l.p.j.ClockBenchmark.testSystemClockSimpleMessageNoDowncast sample 235139 124.363 0.176 ns/op o.a.l.l.p.j.ClockBenchmark.testSystemClockTimestampMessage sample 290519 64.377 0.231 ns/op
Drop the attached file into log4j-perf/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/perf and then 'mvn install' in log4j-perf and run the multi-thread test command line I put into the class comment. Feel free to add more/different tests.
It may turn out that neither the Clock or instanceof are very significant compared to the ThreadLocal accesses for ContextMap and ContextStack. However these things all add up so I agree it's bad to make everyone pay the 'instanceof' penalty (however small) if an API revision (to be debated) could make it work better for everyone.
I'm running it now and will attach my results.
It is listed right on the wiki home page for Logging. http://wiki.apache.org/logging/Log4j2ReleaseGuide. However, there a couple of items that need to be updated as there are some sub-projects that need to be deleted from Nexus before releasing that aren't listed on the wiki.
I thought we had a "Releasing Log4j" wiki somewhere, but now I cannot find it... Ralph?
In that case, I'd have to agree with Remko's analysis and defer this to a performance test to see if instanceof is indeed fast enough to use. Tests in JDK 1.6, 1.7, and 1.8 would be nice, but 1.6 is the important one here.
Gary, I don't understand your comment about it being a "fail" to ask first. If you aren't sure of something it is ALWAYS best to ask first rather than mistakes.
I really don't like adding any kind of timestamp method to the Message interface since it only applies to a special kind of Message.
I'll volunteer to RM 2.0.1 as long as there are directions somewhere. Plus I'll probably need some karma or whatever. Either way, I've got some free time this week.
I think isTimestampSet() is more clear. To me, hasTimestamp() answers the question "Do you carry a timestamp of any kind?" as opposed to "Is your timestamp value set?". If an object has no timestamp, a return value of false makes sense.
But this new API makes me think of 2.1, not 2.0.1.
I think either we do this and call the next release 2.1, or of us volunteers as RM for 2.0.1 since Ralph is going to be busy moving and getting surgery. Well, one of you, I am packing boxes to move as well!
Message could have a hasTimestamp() method to indicate if it already has a timestamp associated with it or not. This could also be be used by pre-filling the timestamp in a Message. It would basically be like LogEvent in this case. You could also pass along a generated log message without losing the associated timestamp that may wish to be associated with it.
I don't think this use case is strong enough to justify an API change.
I think it is fair to ask first if it is the best solution. If it is, we can talk about when to implement it or discuss an alternative is the API is to disruptive for current users (with "disruptive" not defined to strictly BC).
Gary, interesting question... I'm not sure actually. My guess would be yes, but would need to measure to be sure.
However, it if is okay to add a method to the Message interface, I would prefer to add a method Message.getTimestamp(IClock). Most messages would return clock.currentTimeMillis(), but TimestampMessages would return this.getTimestamp(). Performance-wise this would be ideal since it would eliminate the need for conditional branching.
(On the other hand, I don't think this use case is strong enough to justify an API change.)
If Message were to define an isTimestampMessage() method, would that be faster than instanceof?
You are correct that this is happening, and I see how the patch would fix the problem, but I am not sure yet if I want to apply the patch.
The patch proposes to use instanceof to check if the message is a TimestampMessage, and avoid the call to clock.currentTimeMillis() if that is the case.
This sometimes avoids the overhead of calling clock.currentTimeMillis(), but in return always adds the overhead of calling instanceof. I am aware that instanceof is pretty damn fast nowadays, but I still hesitate to optimize for TimestampMessages (a special case) at the expense of all other message types...
I would like to do some performance testing first. If the cost of clock.currentTimeMillis() is similar to instanceof, there may not be much benefit, even for TimestampMessages.


text: Collapsing your upper body so that you are downward weight? Taking too far of a backstep so that it increases your lean? I'm a smidge skeptical that he felt he had to pull backwards away from you because you were too heavy. It seems like it would make more sense for him to send his weight more FORWARD if you are leaning on him too much or being too "down". Leaders? Would you sit back in order to help with downward pressure from a follower or would you try to counterbalance her by going towards her more? My point is that it could very well have been a problem with him, because his solution makes me go "hmmmm..." :-? :eyebrow:


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I hope so to - I'm trying to clear a backlog of bookmarks first!!! Foolishly I fear!!
You are welcome Mandy, hopefully you can soon create new puzzles.
Thanks Advia, I enjoyed this puzzle.
I'm glad you had a fun birthday Sue. I saw you posted mountains and I'm looking forward to solving it next week.
I enjoyed this, Advia. Thanks again. 2:28
Thank you Advia. I will be posting some more late tonight or tomorrow. Busy all day today and I'm trying not to miss bookmarking my birthday puzzles to enjoy. This is great, thanks.
I hope she will like it and I hope she continues to post those marvellous supersize puzzles.
advia, this is perfect for Sue! It's very pretty and the perfect size for her. :-)


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Inshallah! Egypt's tourism industry regaining momentum
The statistics showed that more than 2 million tourists visited South Sinai and the Red Sea during the first quarter of 2013.
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The Egyptian Tourism Authority (ETA) has officially released the country's tourism figures for 2013, reporting an impressive 9.5 million tourists visited Egypt throughout last year. Attracting 6.9 million tourists – 71 percent of the total number of tourists visiting Egypt in 2013 – were the Governorates of South Sinai and the Red Sea.
The numbers also showed that 21 thousand Emirati tourists visited in 2013, compared to 27 thousand in 2012; while 208 thousand Saudi tourists visited in 2013, compared to 242 thousand in 2012; and 83 thousand Kuwaiti tourists visited in 2013, compared to 96 thousand in 2012.
Hisham Zaazou, Egyptian Minister of Tourism, said: "Over the past three years, and since the 25th of January Revolution, Egypt attracted more than 30 million tourists - with over 20 percent visiting from the Arab world – further reinforcing Egypt's position as a prime tourist destination in the Arab world and globally. Despite the decrease in the number of tourists in 2013, which amounted to a fall of just under 18 percent when compared with 2012, we continue to maintain Egypt's position as a safe tourist destination. Regardless of the current challenges that Egypt faces, it is still considered the destination of choice for many Arab and foreign tourists."
The figures revealed a trend that the Governorate of South Sinai and the Governorate of the Red Sea - home to the popular cities of Sharm El Sheikh and Hurghada respectively - have enjoyed a more stable and successful year in 2013. Primarily due to their strategic geographic position far from key cities such as Cairo, the two governorates were the least impacted by political unrest, which translated into a larger share of tourists. The high levels of safety and security that the two governorates enjoy, has ensured a steady flow of tourists to both destinations since 2011.
The statistics showed that more than 2 million tourists visited South Sinai and the Red Sea during the first quarter of 2013, while during the second quarter, the number of tourists reached more than 2.1 million – an increase of 4 percent. The third quarter - which coincided with the 30th of June Revolution - saw the arrival of 1.1 million tourists recording a decrease of around 45 percent compared with the second quarter of 2013.During the fourth quarter, Egypt saw the arrival of 1.3 million tourists, an increase of 18 percent compared with the third quarter of 2013 indicating a gradual recovery in the tourism industry despite the increased political stability at the end of the year.
Zaazou added: "The tourism figures for 2013, where we saw a significant increase in the number of tourists visiting Egypt in the first half of the year as well as a strong recovery at the end of the year, reflect the confidence tourists have around the world in Egypt's political situation.
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