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About the Contest:
- Lord of the Code (LoC) is a series of competitive programming contests hosted every month, by Code@Amrita, the coding club at Amrita School of Engineering, Amritapuri campus. One of the aims of this monthly contest is to create awareness about the competitive programming and problem solving among the school students. While the focus is on the students in Kerala, anybody who is interested in coding can participate in the contest. The contest is conducted on CodeChef every month. Contest spans over two days – Saturday midnight through Monday midnight. The contest will focus on problem solving rather than direct implementation of the programming language syntax and built in functions.
- Organizer: The contest is hosted by Amrita University in association with CodeChef.
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Contest Details:
- This is an External Rated Contest.
- Duration: 48 hours
- Start time: 28th April 2018, 00:00 hrs IST
- End time: 30th April 2018, 00:00 hrs IST
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- All the problems will be partially graded and you will get score for passing certain test data . You will receive hundred (100) point for solving a problem (passing all test cases).
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- Those who achieve the score first will be placed higher in the ranklist in case of a tie.
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- Any participant found to be indulging in any form of malpractice will be immediately disqualified.
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However, if you are using any other online development environment, make sure that other contestants don't have access to your code. As a contestant, you are responsible for making sure others don't access the code that you submit. If you use Ideone, make sure to mark your submission "private" (not secret)".
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North Korea Threatens the U.S. (Again) and More
What's News: North Korea steps up its rhetoric against the U.S. yet again, Time Warner plans to spin off Time, Inc., the number of people filing for unemployment benefits falls and shutting down piracy sites increased legal downloading. Photo: AP
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CHARD achieved national league status for the first time in their history with a thrilling victory 22-18 victory over Towcestrians in Northamptonshire yesterday.
Well over 100 Chard supporters made the 350 mile round trip to see their side earn a place in National Three (SW) next season when they will be playing the likes of Brixham, Barnstaple and Exmouth.
Chard: Harrison, Pennington, Douglas, Massey, Roberts, Doak, Nicholls Aplin, Jenkins, Hyslop, Henly, Gosden, Parsons, Wright, Wagstaff. Replacements Stead (for Nicholls 2m), Robinson, Biss, J Massey.


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Earlier this week, we reviewed iOS 6. And with the release of the iPhone 5 yesterday, more and more users are testing out its new features. As we noted in our review, Apple's home grown maps feature 3D views, integrations with Siri (she gives directions), and turn by turn navigation, among other things. Users have been installing the new version of iOS on their iPads, iPhone, and iPods, and as they experimented with many of its new features and apps, several pointed out that Apple's maps app (a replacement for the previous app map fueled by Google's API), was... not quite what some expected. Apple acquired mapping companies C3, Poly9, and Placebase in order to build the new app, and despite many changes and new features, the new maps have been the target for a lot of criticism.
In the Macintoshian Achaia forum, users discussed some of the initial reactions to the map app in the thread iOS 6 Bugs, Grumbles, Workarounds and Solutions. User Oleph notes that points of interest are missing, while Alan H. says that "I had a frustrating time using turn-by-turn in Maps in my car. I was getting no audio over Bluetooth as I would expect. I found Maps will only work over Bluetooth IF I have set the input source for the stereo to Bluetooth Audio. So basically, I can't listen to the radio or a CD when doing turn-by-turn, ONLY to the Music app on the iPhone, or perhaps other audio apps on the iPhone. I would expect it to work like the phone or Siri over Bluetooth, where it just interrupts whatever is playing (or not playing for that matter) on the stereo and then give the verbal prompt."
William Munny is not pleased with the new maps, either: "According to the new maps app, I live in the middle of a huge blur of green and brown. It really is absolutely awful. I have upgraded my iPad (just to see), but I will be trying to keep my iPhone on iOS 5 until they sort out Maps. As my iPhone has GPS, I actually use the maps on it to find my way around. For me at least, there isn't that much in iOS6 that screams 'upgrade!'"
By the way, if you are waiting for Apple to address discrepancies in its mapping data but you want to stick with iOS 6, you have other options for your mapping needs. There are several mapping apps in the App Store, and if you should miss Google Maps from your iOS device (including the very useful transit directions), don't forget that you can view Google Maps in the Web browser at http://maps.google.com. You can also download Chrome and view it there, if you like a more dedicated app for your maps.
But is everyone experiencing the same level of inconvenience? Ars contributor Iljitsch Van Beijnum wanted to explore this question, and he posted a poll to the OpenForum to see in more detail how good or how bad the maps really are. You can find the poll in the thread Apple Maps: any good?
The poll results (at the time of this writing), turned out to be really interesting. Though Apple's maps don't necessarily come out as a winner in user experience and functionality, there are many positive votes for it in comparison to votes against.
The discussions in the thread provide several arguments in support of or against Apple's bold move to build and implement its new maps app. Stef does not like the lack of public transit data (which we also noted in our review), and Schpyder confirms that the accuracy is not very good.
OAW cannot be deterred from his viewpoint on the problems in using maps: "I have an iPhone 4. And IMO ... the new Maps is a wash. Sure we have the vector based imagery and a smooth UI. That's great. But losing Street View blows any way you slice it. The 3D flyover view seems 'interesting'... but unless you are flying around in a helicopter what good does it do you if you are trying to actually get somewhere as opposed to just visually viewing a skyline a la Google Earth? Street View was incredibly useful for seeing what an unfamiliar destination actually looked like so it would be recognizable when you finally approached it on foot or in a vehicle. But no matter... since I still have a couple of months left on my iPhone 4 contract I can't use that feature anyway. I was hoping the new turn-by-turn navigation would make the new Maps be a net positive for me but after using it a few times I simply must say that it sucks."
njponzer thinks that focusing on how the maps work today is not looking at the big picture: "The question is will the maps data get better over time, as Apple passively collects information from people using Maps, or will it languish for a year and see only marginal improvements like Siri? Google Maps was not the Google Maps of today when it first launched, after all. Pessimistically, this sort of software service does not seem to be an organizational strength for Apple."
Joel_B expects Apple is working on fixing the issues with mapping data: "Of course Apple will fix problems in the map data. Back when Google Maps first started there were inaccuracies. At least three main roads in Central London were marked as two way when they were in fact one way... The only difference then was that before the iPhone, the number of people who were using Google Maps on a smartphone were tiny. But it gives people something to complain about."
Pods also finds many features to like, but definitely finds issue with the new database, saying that Google Maps is a "masterpiece." Pods also adds, "Apple, you know that I love you, that I have too many of your logos in my house, but I'm with Google on this maps fiasco. Shake hands. Do it for me. Let Google Maps on to the App Store. And Google, don't stiff us: we want you to compete tooth-and-nail with Apple Maps. We want the best possible Maps app from you and we want it now."
If you are using the new maps app, how is it making you feel? How has it impacted your own travel? Maybe it has also had an effect on your driving, now that it supports turn-by-turn directions? Share your thoughts and reactions to Apple's new maps with us in the OpenForum or in the comments below. Join in the conversation with us in the Ars OpenForum. Register for an account to participate in the discussion.


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COMMERCE CITY COLO. (August 21 2008) – With this Friday's match against Real Salt Lake the Colorado Rapids have a chance to bring the Rocky Mountain Cup back to this side of the mountains. With a victory the Rapids will claim the Cup for the third time in the four-year history of the rivalry. A tie or loss and it will come down to the season finale for the second year in a row.
Last year Real Salt Lake took advantage of Colorado's drive for the postseason in the year's final game as they scored a goal on the counterattack to win the Cup for the first time.
Neither team has won the Rocky Mountain Cup on their home field with Colorado winning it at Rice-Eccles Stadium in both 2005 and 2006. (See below for a year-by-year look at the competition).
There will be plenty of familiar faces at Rice-Eccles Stadium as Salt Lake employs former Rapids: Kyle Beckerman Nat Borchers Clint Mathis and Chris Wingert. The only player on Colorado's roster who played for RSL is Mehdi Ballouchy.
In preparation for the artificial surface that has given Real Salt Lake an undefeated 6-0-5 home record this year the Rapids are training on the turf at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. Colorado has not played a match on an artifical surface since BMO Field in Toronto on August 9.
Rocky Mountain Cup Year-by-Year
2005: Despite losing the first game Rapids win Cup with a 3-1 record.
2006: Rapids go to Salt Lake in a must win game and take the heated affair 1-0 to win Cup.
2007: Real gets two 1-0 wins in the season's last five game to win the Cup for the first time.
2005: Despite losing the first game Rapids win Cup with a 3-1 record.
2006: Rapids go to Salt Lake in a must win game and take the heated affair 1-0 to win Cup.
2007: Real gets two 1-0 wins in the season's last five game to win the Cup for the first time.
Colorado Rapids at Real Salt Lake
Friday Aug. 29
7:00 pm MT
Rice-Eccles Stadium
Colorado Rapids at Real Salt Lake
Friday Aug. 29
7:00 pm MT
Rice-Eccles Stadium
Colorado Rapids 0 at DC United 3
Saturday Aug. 23
5:30 pm MT
Dick's Sporting Goods Park
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Colorado Rapids 0 at DC United 3
Saturday Aug. 23
5:30 pm MT
Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Match Recap
Video highlights
After several consecutive weeks with little or no new injuries the Rapids have been hit with a rash of new ailments.
Mehdi Ballouchy joins Ugo Ihemelu on the sideline as they both recover from concussions suffered in recent games. Ballouchy sat out the second half of last week's match against DC United suffering his concussion right before the break. Ihemelu has missed the team's last two matches while the training staff want him to be symptom free for a full week before returning to action.
Pablo Mastroeni and Terry Cooke will miss Friday's game with hamstring injuries suffered in the game against DC United. Also injured in that match was Greg Dalby who will not be making the trip to Utah this Friday.
The good news is that Jordan Harvey Jacob Peterson and Jose Burciaga Jr. are nearing full recoveries from their knocks.
Smith Now 1-1-0: According to the Elias Sports Bureau Rapids interim head coach Gary Smith was credited with the Rapids 2-1 victory over the Kansas City Wizards on August 16 despite not yet being named to his current position. Because Fernando Clavijo never returned to the bench and Smith assumed the new position Smith gets credit for the victory. The ruling by Elias follows the accepted procedure in similar situations for MLB NFL NBA NHL WNBA and AFL.
Official Viewing Party at British Bulldog: The official Rapids Away-Game Viewing Party for Friday's match against Real Salt Lake will be held at the British Bulldog located at 2052 Stout Street (the corner of Stout and Broadway in Lodo). Wear your Rapids jersey and come join other fans to watch the game live in a great soccer atmosphere on Friday! Click here for more information on The British Bulldog.
Rapids Youth Teams Update: The club is in the process of evaluating Under-16 and Under-18 players for the 2008-09 Development Academy season which begins in November. Finally registration is open for the Rapids Junior Academy leagues that will begin this fall in the Stapleton and Commerce City areas. For more information on any of the Rapids Academy programs call 303-727-3575 or click here.
Rapids In the Community: The Rapids play a strong role in our local community as well as on the field. Here are some of the outreach programs the Rapids are currently involved in:
** Shop with a Player on Friday Sept. 12 from 4-6 p.m.
Fifteen kids from the Boys & Girls Club will receive a $100 "back to school" shopping spree courtesy of Dick's Sporting Goods at their store in Lakewood and they will shop with Rapids players.
** The Rapids Food Bank of the Rockies and Teammates for Kids are working together to provide nutritious food to lower income families. Food Bank of the Rockies created the Totes of Hope program and the Rapids and Teammates for Kids will donate $5000 dollars to this program to fill a Colorado Rapids backpack every Friday afternoon for one full calendar year for 40 children at the Commerce City Boys & Girls Club. Pre-game at the Rapids game on Sept. 20 a check in the amount of $5000 will be presented to Food Bank of the Rockies for Totes of Hope and the Commerce City Boys & Girls Club. The 40 children will parade around the field wearing their backpacks during the check presentation.
** The Rapids Passback and Soccer Dreams Without Borders will be collecting new and slightly used soccer gear during the Rapids vs. New England Revolution match on Saturday Sept. 20 at 7 p.m. at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. Every family donating will receive a buy one get one free ticket voucher to the Rapids vs. Houston Dynamo match on Saturday Oct. 4. This will mark the fourth and final Passback equipment collection during the Rapids 2008 season and equipment will be collected outside Gates B and G beginning an hour and a half prior to kickoff.
Denver Post Soccer Mailbag: Have a question about the Rapids MLS or soccer in general? Submit your question to The Denver Post's soccer scribe. The Denver Post's Brian Forbes posts his Soccer Mailbag during the 2008 MLS season on DenverPost.com. To drop a Rapids or soccer-related question into the Soccer Mailbag click here.
Rapids Trivia Thursdays: The Rapids have announced that the club will host "Trivia Thursdays" contests at the Cantina at Dick's Sporting Goods Park every Thursday night from 8:30-10:30 p.m. starting this Thursday Aug. 14! It's free to play so grab your friends come down for great food and drink specials and play trivia to win great prizes! Details


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"The Guns at Last Light: the War in Western Europe, 1944-45" (Henry Holt), by Rick Atkinson
Fruitless combat in places like Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan can evoke a certain wistfulness for World War II. Often characterized as our last "good war," it combined a sense of purpose with universal public support and ended decisively with good triumphing over evil.
The Western European phase of America's war against the Nazis lasted a mere 11 months, from D-Day to Germany's surrender, but the dramatic events, the leading figures and the carnage dwarf anything that our military has seen in the nearly 70 years since.
That epic campaign comes alive in "The Guns at Last Light," the third and final volume of Rick Atkinson's magisterial "Liberation Trilogy." The first book covered the North Africa campaign and won the Pulitzer Prize for history; the second carried the story through the fighting in Italy.
The latest volume plows more familiar turf, beginning with the landings on Normandy's beaches and moving on to the liberation of Paris, the Battle of the Bulge and the final push into Germany.
Even though we know how it ends, this 850-page military history captivates the reader with the high drama of a spellbinding novel and a cast of characters that a master storyteller would be hard-pressed to invent.
At the highest echelons, we see Supreme Commander Dwight Eisenhower's struggle to manage a war while coping with the egotism and insubordination of British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery and the insufferably vainglorious Charles De Gaulle, leader of the Free French. The many generals profiled by Atkinson range from the courageous and beloved paratroop commander James Gavin to the parsimonious and universally reviled logistics chief John Lee.
The author's talent as a military historian shines brightest, however, when the reader is put in the midst of battle and the book provides a sense of what it was like for the GIs and Tommies to take on the vaunted Wehrmacht. There is courage and endurance aplenty, from the sniper-laden hedgerows of Normandy to the rugged, wintry terrain of the Ardennes. It was there that U.S. troops withstood Adolph Hitler's last-roll-of-the-dice attack in what became known as the Battle of the Bulge.
Atkinson captures the sights, sounds and smells of the battlefield. The odors that drifted over Normandy, for example, combined cordite with the stink of dead cows. The vicious cycle of atrocities and reprisals begins soon after D-Day when an SS Panzer unit methodically slaughters scores of Canadian prisoners. British troops responded in kind, with a platoon commander's daily orders noting, "NPT below rank major": no prisoners to be taken below the rank of major. Atrocities culminated in the Malmedy massacre a week before Christmas in the Ardennes, but never approached the scale that was routine on the Eastern Front.
Non-battle casualties take a crushing toll, whether from trench foot and combat exhaustion (formerly known as shell shock) to desertion and the rising incidence of venereal disease that inevitably followed the issuance of 48-hour passes to Paris.
Atkinson's accounts of the war's final days and its aftermath are emotionally gripping, from the liberation of concentration camps to the repatriation of more than 82,000 dead soldiers whose families elected to have their remains brought back to America; the personal effects of the fallen also were carefully tended to and delivered to loved ones.
The history detailed in this book has been recounted many times, from Cornelius Ryan's marvelous accounts of D-Day and Operation Market Garden to more recent works by historians Max Hastings and Anthony Beevor. More is sure to be written, but it's hard to imagine a more engrossing, dramatic, fair-minded and elegantly written account of these 11 months that changed the course of history.


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I thought Japan's 2011 Fukushima nuclear plant meltdown would have sealed nuclear power's fate, but I keep hearing otherwise. Can you enlighten?
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- The Nuclear Risk. // ReNew Canada;2011, Vol. 7 Issue 3, p6
The article presents the results of the survey that was focused on the acceptability of nuclear energy in Canada, following the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, which revealed that a higher percentage of respondents thought that nuclear energy is safe.
- After Fukushima. // America;7/4/2011, Vol. 205 Issue 1, p5
The author reflects on the impact of the nuclear disater that took place at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan in March 2011, on the nuclear policies of other nations in the world. Countries including Italy, Germany, and Switzerland have dropped their plans for expanding nuclear power....
- From the Editor:. // Power Engineering;Jul2011, Vol. 115 Issue 7, preceding p6
A letter from the editor is presented in response to the article "After Japan" in the April 2011 issue, regarding the state of nuclear power technology in the U.S. in light of the Fukushima disaster in Japan.
- India Goes Ahead with Nukes Despite Fukushima. GUNASEKARAN, N. // Progressive Populist;8/1/2011, Vol. 17 Issue 13, p17
The article reports on the plans of the Indian government to push through with its plans to increase nuclear power production by 2032 despite the prevalence of high radiation levels coming from the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan that was damaged by the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011.
- Doctors talk radiation level from scans, Japanese nuclear crisis. Brown, Todd R. // Business Journal Serving Fresno & the Central San Joaquin Valley;3/18/2011, Issue 324310, p8
The article reports on the radiation level that has increased due to nuclear disasters in Japan like one at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. It discusses the harmful impacts of the excess computer tomography (CT) scans. It also mentions about the health problems caused by the exposure of...
- ANALYSIS Regional nuclear plans stall after Japan's Fukushima disaster. RATCUFFE, VERITY // MEED: Middle East Economic Digest;11/4/2011, Vol. 55 Issue 44, p17
The article comments on the impact of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011 on nuclear power plans in the Middle East and North Africa region. It is said that the impact of the Fukushima crisis in the Middle East and North Africa region is becoming clear eight months later. The Emirates...
- In a Perfect World, Fukushima Would Halt Nuclear Renaissance in Its Tracks. Alvarez, Robert // Foreign Policy in Focus;3/16/2011, p2
A blog about why the U.S. should reconsider its nuclear research and development initiatives following the accident at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear complex in Japan.
- Pro-Nuclear Energy Forces Barely Pause to Rubberneck at Fukushima. Wellen, Russ // Foreign Policy in Focus;3/16/2011, p3
A blog is presented, which discusses the lack of impact of the Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan on nuclear development initiatives in Indonesia and the U.S.


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In a shabby windowless building, a woman was in labor. Her carpenter husband had recently died and the family home was sold to settle debts, so she brought forth her child in a stable.
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Injuries loom large in first losing season in 11 years
Howard, Halladay contribute little; Manuel replaced by Sandberg
PHILADELPHIA -- Jimmy Rollins has been a pretty solid prognosticator over his career.
He hit big when he called the Phillies the team to beat in the National League East in 2007, and they overcame a seven-game deficit with 17 games to play to win the division on the final day of the season. He said the Phillies would win 100 games in 2008. They won 103, including 11 in the postseason, on the way to the second World Series championship in franchise history.
But Rollins also spoke optimistically early this spring when told critics think the Phillies are too old and past their prime.
"Well, half of it is true," he said. "We're definitely an older team, especially when you look around our division. Are the better days behind us? It's going to be sunny in Philly when we get there. It looks like some pretty good days ahead of us for me."
Rollins' forecast had a puncher's chance when the Phillies improved to 49-48 the first game following the All-Star break to pull within 6 1/2 games of the first-place Braves in the NL East and within 5 1/2 games of the second NL Wild Card spot. But then the freefall came. The Phillies lost 19 of 23 and Charlie Manuel, the winningest manager in franchise history, lost his job. Ryne Sandberg took his place, shedding the interim label on Sept. 22.
But the Phillies finished the season with their first losing record since 2002.
They had placed much of their hope on Ryan Howard, Roy Halladay and Chase Utley. All three missed significant time in 2012 due to injuries, and the Phillies hoped each of them would be healthy and productive this year.
Only Utley was.
Howard injured his left knee and had surgery in July. Halladay had right shoulder surgery in May and battled an illness along the way, too.
The Phillies had high hopes for offseason acquisitions Michael Young, Mike Adams, Delmon Young, Ben Revere, Chad Durbin and John Lannan. The Phillies released Durbin early, Lannan battled a knee injury that ultimately required surgery, Adams suffered a shoulder injury that required surgery, Revere started to play well when he broke his right ankle in July and Michael Young and Delmon Young never really provided the offensive punch the front office expected.
It meant the Phillies would spend the final months of the season giving ample playing time to their most inexperienced players in a nod to the future.
Maybe that youth can improve the team's 2014 forecast.
Defining moment: The Phillies fired Manuel on Aug. 16 and replaced him with Sandberg. This figured to be Manuel's final season at the helm anyway, but the front office hoped a healthier team meant the Phillies had one more run in them. They were not completely healthy, but the healthy players also did not perform. And as things went south, it became more and more apparent the clubhouse needed a shakeup. It cost Manuel his job.
What went right: Other than a strained oblique, Utley stayed healthy and produced. That is encouraging going forward. Domonic Brown finally had his breakout season, making the National League All-Star team. Cliff Lee and Cole Hamels pitched well, although they would have benefited from some run support. And young players like Cody Asche, Darin Ruf, Justin De Fratus and Jake Diekman showed enough promise to make people feel good about their abilities to succeed next season.
What went wrong: Plenty of things. Howard and Halladay were not healthy. The new acquisitions failed to meet expectations. Carlos Ruiz started the season serving a 25-game suspension for using a banned stimulant. Rollins posted the worst offensive season of his career. The pitching staff as a whole, a strength for several seasons, was a weakness. The offense also sat at the bottom of the National League throughout the year.
Biggest surprise: The fact Utley not only stayed healthy, but produced as much as he did. He ranked among the top second basemen in baseball offensively, which is a good sign because the Phillies are desperate for offense.
Hitter of the Year: Brown made his first All-Star team and led the Phillies in nearly every offensive category. They certainly need more from him next season, when expectations will be much greater.
Pitcher of the Year: Hamels actually pitched well following a rough start, but the nod goes to Lee. He was consistent from the beginning of the season to the end, earning a spot on the All-Star team.
Rookie of the Year: Asche probably earned the Opening Day job at third base based on his performance this season. The Phillies like his bat, glove and makeup in the clubhouse. They hope he complements Howard, Utley and Rollins moving forward.


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Joined: 16 May 2006
Posts: 456
Location: california
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 7:53 pm
Post subject: California Fires Redux
Eerily, almost to the exact day (October 20) of the Berkeley-Oakland fires 16 years later, another firestorm is in progress in California, this time in the southern part of the state.
Any C&Zers in Southern Caifornia who are near this tragedy? Rainey? Others? All of you, take care and don't take any chances. Losing houses and property is one thing; losing lives is another.
Pray for dipping temperatures, no wind, and some rain.
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Joined: 29 Sep 2004
Posts: 2498
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 8:22 pm
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As I understand it there are fires from Oxnard to the Mexican border. They're standing ready to evacuate the San Diego Zoo and the Wild Animal Park. That's not everything in between, of course, but a
area for fire fighters to have to cover nonetheless! A quarter of a million people have been evacuated from San Diego county alone. Don't know how many up here in Los Angeles county.
I'm in Woodland Hills near the Ventura countyline. That's closest to the Malibu fire and south of the Canyon Country fire. We're not in any danger. My neighborhood is suburban but close to Ventura Blvd and the 101 which is to say close to the main thorofares.
We're about 2 miles from the facility that is taking in the large animals like horses that are being evacuated from Malibu. So they're counting on this area remaining safe. Still, my animals smell the smoke and are pretty nutz.
Hope no one else is in any more danger. This is exciting enough, thank you very much.
God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny. -- Garrison Keillor
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Posts: 2498
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:30 am
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Here's an interactive map of the fires I've found.
If you move the blue square in the lower right you can go up and down the coast for a different detail. Meanwhile, if you click on any of the features represented it identifies resources and landmarks. If you click on any of the fire symbols it identifies that fire by the name the firefighters are using and provides what information is available like the size, number of buildings threatened and percentage of containment (hint: not much).
You can also select the Satellite or Hybrid maps on the upper right and see the actual terrain.
I'm near the green horse where large animals who have been evacuated are being boarded just south of the 101 freeway and immediately east of that road (Topanga) that's been closed down to be exact. As you can see it's suburban but it's on the fringe of the developed area so it's secure where we are even though there are undeveloped canyons from the south of us to the coast.
That isn't to say there are no people living there. There
and these are the people who go through constant cycles of mudslides and wildfires just so they can live in Los Angeles and close to nature too. It's quite beautiful and driving that closed road from where we are to the coast is like a 20 minute mini-vacation. I hope it stays that way!
God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny. -- Garrison Keillor
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Posts: 1654
Location: Penrith (where jacarandas remind me of change), New South Wales, Australia
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 12:22 am
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At times like these when I'm a zillion miles from certain events....my heart goes to the spots...to the civilians...to all those working in firefighting..all those...
a heavy dose of nature....of the power in our planet...of the energy...
and along with such times, will come stories...of bravery, of generosity, of sudden hope, of grief, of anger; and in a little while, of 'oh my goodness, there's the first green shoot on that blackened tree' moments...
with love from Australia to California....I am thinking of you so much..
"I've never accepted the external appearance of things as the whole truth. The world is much more elaborate than the nerves of our eye can tell us." - James Gleeson
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Posts: 456
Location: california
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 1:31 am
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Rainey, I'm (we're) relieved that you and yours are safe. Having lived through the Oakland firestorm of 16 years ago, I know the fear you can feel--and the terrible sadness--if you are anywhere near the fires. We were lucky, and the fires here did not reach us. But we had our old van packed with the irreplacables: important documents, family photos, handmade baby clothes, etc. What else matters? My husband went to work at the hospital emergency room where he worked part-time, and I sat at home watching the television. Our older daughter was in her freshman year at Cal and watched the fire spread over the Berkeley hills before she high-tailed it out of her dorm with a few friends and came home (a mere 5 miles away).
My brother tells me that the furniture in his house in Huntington Beach was covered with gritty ash before he realized what was happening and shut the house up tight.
Once again, wish for no wind, falling temps, and moisture of any kind. What a nightmare.
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Location: Penrith (where jacarandas remind me of change), New South Wales, Australia
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 1:44 am
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I'm reminded of a fire that swept through parts of Victoria...friends of ours were in an area totally surrounded by fire...a ring...terror..
there will come a time when this fire will stop...and then the reality of the first day without the flames...
hugs to all
"I've never accepted the external appearance of things as the whole truth. The world is much more elaborate than the nerves of our eye can tell us." - James Gleeson
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Posts: 827
Location: Oakland, CA
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 6:31 pm
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I live about one block from where the firestorm in Oakland STOPPED 16 years ago. (I'm about a mile away from Georgia.) Our son's school was destroyed and 35 families from that school - as well as about 50 families from our church (some duplicates here) - lost their homes.
I walk daily along a road of houses ALL rebuilt after the fire and I know the toll it takes on families to go through the turmoil of losing EVERYTHING - often, including pets!
So, I too have been praying and sending good thoughts to those going through this. It's dreadful.. Today on the radio I heard a woman whose house burned 4 years ago. Finally a year ago, they moved into their new home. She is not sure the new home is still there - they left in a shower of sparks! She said the only good thing is that they didn't have much in the house because they were still recovering from the first fire! I guess I would be thinking about moving at that point to somewhere that was maybe a little safer from wild fires.
Again, I hope everyone is SAFE. THINGS can be replaced.
Has anyone heard anything about arson with any of these fires? I have heard some very paranoid theories.
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When I woke this morning there was a cataloguing of American disasters and the Oakland fire tho fires, generally and surprisingly, aren't the costliest disasters we have was in the top 5. I had no idea!
Sooo sad to hear about someone potentially losing a second home to fire! Again, I can't imagine...
Steve was randomly wondering what this will do to available loan money following on the heels of the unsecured loans financial disaster. Can't guess about that either.
Mostly, regarding the fires up here, they're thinking the effects of the winds which, happily, are less intense. I think there's some speculation about arson in San Diego county tho. Not sure how they can formulate that theory when there's been so little containment to examine the site of the first outbreak, but that's what I've heard on the news.
The central problem, I believe, is zoning. The natural contours of the land and the resinous nature of the growth cause fires that become intensely hot immediately while the narrow confines of canyons make it difficult to evacuate, difficult for firefighting equipment to get in and next to impossible to get the equipment out again. In fact, the coalescing of factors for fire are so extreme in San Diego county that a planning officer for the fire department told a Red Cross meeting in Ventura county that fire fighters from Australia and New Zealand come to San Diego to train with their fire fighters in these extreme conditions.
These areas have more recently been developed at the insistence of big developers who make the big bucks on new home construction. Previously, these same canyons caught fire and burned. But firefighters didn't have to go
them they contained them from the perimeters. And people didn't have to make the decisions to try to defend their homes or evacuate. Now, lines of closely-set homes go up the canyons along single roads that end in cul-de-sacs where fire fighters can't afford to lose men and equipment. Plus, habitation introduces all sorts of new hazards electric lines, BBQs, fireplace sparks, people!
Developers, zoning boards and local governments have to answer for this one!
God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny. -- Garrison Keillor
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This article is one of the scarier things I've read this morning!
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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 6:26 pm
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One of the things that they're saying is different about the Los Angeles county fires and the San Diego county fires is that while both fire departments prepare for dealing with such fires, Los Angeles county puts a lot of energy into preparing to prevent such fires.
People who live in the vegetated areas here are required by law to have a clearance area around their structures. If they don't do their clearance, they get a notice and then the fire department (or their contractors) do it and bill the owners.
It's also been more than a decade since we have been allowed to have the lovely cedar shake roofs that were so characteristic of SoCal at one point. They were an important element in the architecture of the ranch houses of the 50s. But now they're not permitted in building and those who still have them are only allowed to replace (I think it's) 10% of the roof to maintain existing ones.
Maybe some of those things are applicable strategies for NoCal.
God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny. -- Garrison Keillor
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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 6:49 pm
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The vegetation clearance and shake roof prohibition is also mandated up here. Every fall, a friendly firefighter coomes by and does an inspection. Last year two of our shrubss were too close to the top of the chimney, so we hacked everything back - WAAAAAAAAAAAAY back.
Interestingly, I live, as I mentioned , a block away from the last home that burned in Oaklnd. Of the homes that survived the inferno, 100% have tile roofs. None of the homes with shake or even composition shingle roofs survived. (At least the ones near me)
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I am an elder at an OPC and we will be installing our new pastor soon. I am going to give the charge to the congregation and was interested in material or Biblical references. Any information would be most appreciated.
In the past I have used Hebrews 13 to give congregational charges.
7Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith. 8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
9Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings. It is good for our hearts to be strengthened by grace, not by ceremonial foods, which are of no value to those who eat them. 10We have an altar from which those who minister at the tabernacle have no right to eat.
11The high priest carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Place as a sin offering, but the bodies are burned outside the camp. 12And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through his own blood. 13Let us, then, go to him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace he bore. 14For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.
15Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise-the fruit of lips that confess his name. 16And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased. 17Obey your leaders and submit to their authority. They keep watch over you as men who must give an account. Obey them so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no advantage to you.
18Pray for us. We are sure that we have a clear conscience and desire to live honorably in every way. 19I particularly urge you to pray so that I may be restored to you soon.
20May the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, 21equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. (Heb. 13:7-21, NIV)
My notes on the text are attached below. I hope you find them helpful. Please let me know if I can be of any further assistance (especially since my notes are so sketchy!).
I. Read Hebrews 13:17-18
A. A call to submit to elders and pray for them
B. A clear command, which all will no doubt heed
C. But look at context
II. Read Hebrews 13:7-21
A. Task of elders is to shepherd you after Jesus Christ (13:7-17)
1. Easy to fall prey to strange doctrines, teachings which have appearance of wisdom
2. But Jesus does not change
a) His sacrifice is complete & therefore permanent (13:10)
b) Always follow him (13:13-14), not new and exciting teachings
3. Elders watch out for your souls by bringing you back to Christ by their words & example (13:7, 15-17)
B. Task of sheep is to pray for your elders that they will imitate Jesus Christ (13:18-21)
1. We all want to have a good conscience before God, assured we have obeyed him rightly/thoroughly
2. Pray your elders might have this good conscience because, by power of Spirit, they have faithfully imitated the Great Shepherd (hence benediction)
C. Rejoice to know faithfulness to tasks of elders and sheep comes not from own strength, but by perfect and complete work and presence of Christ in you all
III. Praise God he has made you all well-pleasing in his sight through Christ Jesus
I rejoice with you in this new stage in your life as a congregation and pray you all may be richly blessed in it by our Lord.
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