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05/07/2019 Update - Ruislip Golf Course
Following recent research into Haste Hill, Uxbridge & Ruislip Golf Courses, we are pleased to add the following information / updates to that below.
Ruislip Golf Course was indeed laid down by Mr Gearge T Weedon and opened toward the end of October 1914, just under 3 months after Britian had declared war on Germany as World War I began. The course opened under the name of King's End Golf Links with King's End Farmhouse which was situated almost opposite The White Bear Pub, used as the clubhouse, from the beginning,. The name seems to have changed to Ruislip Golf Club by 1934, when the council purchased the golf course, to prevent it being sold for development. The council then purchased additional parcels of land, around the course so it could be extended, and completely redesigned by Sandy Herd. The new course opened as a municipal enterprise on Saturday 2nd September 1939, literally the day before the British Government declared war on Germany at the start of World War II. It may be wise to keep your diary clear for 2024, when the course is scheduled to reopen, who knows what might happen?
27/05/2019 Ruislip Golf Club & Ruislip Golf Course
Sometimes the sense of woe is from the demise of 18 holes you have enjoyed playing and other times it's disappointment for the passing of a course upon which you didn't get the opportunity to test your prowess with 14 clubs. Either way, a golfer can't help but feel a pang of sadness when a course closes. The year 2018 is cited as a particularly hostile year for golf courses with the majority of closures due to simple economics.
The latter part of the last century witnessed a rise in the popularity of golf with numerous new facilities opening around the country & indeed worldwide, to the point there was a huge concentration of golf facilities here in the UK. Golf however, is subject to fluctuations in popularity in much the same way as any other sport or pastime and we are now at a point in history when fewer people participate in outdoor sports. Whilst a purely commercial golf venture may close very soon after the objective of making money ceases to be realised, a course owned and run by it's members may struggle on for a while longer before giving in to the inevitable. Many of us will recall the tenure of Mack Trading at local golf facilities and may not be aware of their decsent into liquidation last year with the closure of eight courses under their control. Fortunately the company leased the courses they ran and so it is likely most will re-open. However, it's not all doom and gloom, with the sport, in fact showing distinct signs of being on the up once more.
In recent years though, the need for housing has put further pressure on green spaces with the closure of Blue Mountain Golf Centre in Binfield as well as Southwood Golf Course in Farnborough being relatively local examples of this.
Can you recall the hole that was the setting for your first ever birdie, the first time your tee shot made the green at a 210 yard par 3 or maybe your first hole in one? It's quite possible some or all of these occurred on your home course, the course you've also represented in too many competitions to remember, where you've worn the colours of your club with pride. The setting for so many match wins, medal victories, stableford triumphs, memorable rounds and of course the venue for those days you spent wondering why you bother with the 'sodding game' at all. It's the place you feel comfortable and the place you play golf with friends. Now imagine it's that very course, with all those memories, that is closing
We are therefore lucky at Haste Hill, in that we have a local government proud of the green spaces and sports facilities they oversee and content to set aside a budget to ensure their sporting ambitions are supported. Albeit with the caveat of the 5 abandoned and 1 closed holes at Uxbridge, we have been able to enjoy golf at no less than 4 publicly-owned tracks in Hillingdon, for many years. It should of course be noted the closure of these holes at Uxbridge was far from a choice made by the council, nor indeed could they have easily foreseen the events that led to their lying fallow.
Given the stated aims of the council and their track record in keeping the sport very much alive in the borough, it is perhaps even more wretched that we will shortly see the closure of the oldest golf course in the immediate area due to something out of local control. Bringing to an end an at least 97 year history of 18 hole golf at what was previously King's End farm.
Originally named after the King family that lived there in the 16th century, King's End was a small Hamlet with the farm of the same name set near the junction of Ickenham Road & Sharp's Lane.
In the later years of the 19th century the particularly grimy, industrial conditions in parts of the capital saw weekend outings in charabancs from these more urban areas of London deposit day trippers out into the leafy countryside that surrounded the city. The local area was particularly popular with a number of what were even then historic buidlings, open spaces and of course what was at the time known as Ruislip Reservoir, a particular draw. With all that fresh air and exercise local entrepreneurs set up small scale tea gardens in the orchards and gardens of Ruislip to ensure the visitors were suitably fed & watered, and relieved of a few pence into the bargain.
With the advent of the Metropolitan Railway and its arrival into Ruislip in 1904 the number of weekend trippers grew into the thousands and one such commercial enterprise was The Poplars, set up by a Mr George Weedon at the corner of Ruislip High Street and Ickenham Road, approximately where Lloyds Bank can now be visited. He was also the owner of King's End Farm and transformed some of his land into the Poplars Sports Fields with cricket pitches, swing boats & donkey rides amongst the attractions on offer. There were also refreshment rooms seating up to 1500 people at a time.
The exact date an 18 hole golf course was set up on the site is a little unclear but by 1922, designed by the Open Champion of 1902, Sandy Herd, Ruisilip Golf Course officially came into being. Kings End Farmhouse was even utlised as the club house for the course from the late 1930's until 1951 when houses were constructed there and a new clubhouse was built at roughly the position of what is now the 9th green.
With Haste Hill Golf Course being established in 1926 there is long association between the two clubs, with the members at Ruislip being equally our fellow golfers, feircest rivals, pantomime villains, drinking buddies and good friends. So it is with a great deal of sadness that we note the handover of the course, scheduled for September this year, for the construction of the HS2 railway. It is currently understood that following the completion of works the course will be reconfigured and reopened in 2024, as a 9 hole course with short game areas and a new modern driving range. It is certain the London Borough of Hillingdon will want to do all they can to return the remaining site to use as a credible golfing facility.
On a personal level, Ruislip was one of the courses chosen by a team of four Haste Hill regulars, including me & another member of the current club committee, to undertake the Macmillan Longest Day Golf Challenge a few years ago. The 16th hole is also the place I did land that longer par 3 green, from the tee, for the first time.
So, as far as Ruislip Golf Course is concerned it is very much a case of the railway giveth and the railway taketh away. We urge any golfer to ensure they get down to the course for one last hack around before it's too late. Then, once you've finished your 18 holes raise a glass in the clubhouse, to our friends at Ruislip Golf Club who will eagerly be awaiting the chance to cross clubs with us once again, at their new home, when it opens.
Sources: Eileen M Bowlt and her excellent book, 'Ruislip Past', BBC News website, London Borough Of Hillingdon website.
08/03/2019: Liam Cella's stock is rising
As some of you will no doubt be aware, Liam is a member at both Northwood & Haste Hill but chooses to retain his handicap at The Hill. He will no doubt have raised his stock with his new club mates at Northwood on the back of his performance and ultimate victory, partnering Paul Dimmer in the Daily Mail Foursomes Matchplay on Monday. The draw for the next round takes place on the 18th March. We wish them well for round two.
07/03/2019: Daily Mail Foursomes Matchplay Tuesday 5th March
Liam Cella and Paul Dimmer played their first round of the this competition, welcoming a pairing from our neighbours, Northwood GC. Home advantage proved decisive with a commanding performance from Liam whose putter could do no wrong. The pair took the first 5 holes without reply with birdies at the 4th and 5th and not losing a hole until the 7th. A third birdie at the 11th strengthened their dominance running out winners with a 5 & 3 margin at the 15th. The match was played with great spirit and sportsmanship and the Northwood pair of Dave A and Paul J are to be congratulated for their endeavours and good humour throughout the match.
Pairs 31/01/2019: January Match and Competition Update
Cup competitions
There were two cup competitions in January:
Other competition winners
A full listing of all cup, shield, medal and stableford winners is available on the website.
Sweep winners
The January sweep winners were: G Golding; T Fipkin; A Jainudeen; L Cella; S Shah; J Thiel; J Cooley; A Green (x2); V Dhanak; Z Yousaf; and K Byrne.
Matches played
On the team front six teams were entered in the NAPGC winter knockout, the Gordon Forster Bowl, with three progressing to the second round.
Team Entries and Playing for the Club
More generally, team entries have been made to the Middlesex County and NAPGC team knockouts for 2019.
Competitions entered cater for all handicaps and all members are encouraged to put themselves forward to play.
When playing for the club, home and away, all players are charged a £10 match fee which goes into the wider 'match fee' pot towards the cost of visitor green fees and food (when catering is available!) across the whole of the season. There is no charge for players and teams reaching finals, who have their full green fees paid by the Club and wider travel costs subsidised. Club shirts are available to purchase for £30 and ping wind breaker tops are available for £40.
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Members are hereby duly reminded that match play and stroke play events cannot be played simultaneously.
If a player does attempt to do both at the same time, the penalty is disqualification from the stroke play competition and the match play result is void.
If players enter match play events they are commiting to play that format and should make time to play matches within time allowed. Please don't enter if you do not want to play to the rules of golf in this respect!
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1 May 2018 - Rules and England Golf
England Golf has granted authority to counties to allow clubs to extend Winter rules until 31/5/2018 where ground conditions warrant. Mddx have duly extended this to Clubs and we have applied this.
From January 2019 the new rules of golf will come into force. These have not yet been formally published, when they are we will seek to share the key issues with members.
From January 2020 the new world handicap system will come into force. England Golf have run seminars for Club officials to explain the system. In simple terms each course will have a slope standard score and players handicaps will be vaired to match different courses played. Again further news will follow in due course.
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27/02/2018 - Revised handicap limits fo Haste Hill competitions
With the introduction of handicaps upto 54 for Men, the Committee have taken the opportunity to review the handicap bands and limits for all of our competitions. Players with higher handicaps than allowed can normally still enter but will be capped at these limits. Players should check the entry forms and sign in sheets for confirmation of rules for each competition.
In broad terms the handicap limits shall be as follows:
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26/02/2018 - Prize givng day
Photos from the prize giving day are now available to view in past events presentation day
It was a good afternoon, so thank you to all who took the time out to attend. Trophy winners do not need to get the trophies engraved, this will be done when they are returned. Winners will be notified when the tropies are required.
31/01/2018 - Handicap Annual Review
The Annual Review is an essential part of the CONGU handicap system, and for players within a club to be correctly handicapped, the committee must carry out the review on all home players between 31 October and 1 March. It is recommended that the review be carried out after 1 January 2018 to allow for changes to be made to the handicap software. It is also worth remembering that the annual review is about applying both increases and decreases where required.
EGU Annual Handicap Review Notes
The review was carried out at Haste Hill in January and all Members affected by changes have been duly notified by email.
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4. Denis Rafferty has asked me to share the attached link with you. His daughter Samantha is running the London marathon this year in memory of her little girl Niamh, who sadly passed away 5 years
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2/01/2018 - The updated CONGU handbook is available on-line
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Title: CH-CSMA-CA: a MAC protocol for asynchronous channel hopping rendezvous in 802.11 DCF-based cognitive radio networks
Authors: Quan Liu; Xiaodong Wang; Xingming Zhou
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Abstract: Blind rendezvous paradigm recently expedites the approach to the control channel establishment problem in cognitive radio networks. As a result, many novel asynchronous channel hopping (CH) rendezvous schemes are proposed for realising blind rendezvous in these years. However, how to integrate these asynchronous CH rendezvous schemes with CSMA/CA MAC has not been researched so far. In this paper, we propose a CH rendezvous-based CSMA/CA MAC (named CH-CSMA/CA) to work with existing asynchronous CH rendezvous schemes by tailoring mechanisms of 802.11 DCF to the slotted operation manner of these rendezvous schemes. Moreover, we identify that the channel busy-time inconsistency problem unique to CH-CSMA/CAMAC design is caused by virtual carrier sensing (VCS) mechanism of 802.11 DCF, and an enhanced virtual carrier sensing (EVCS) mechanism is proposed to alleviate its impact on networking performance (i.e., channel access delay and throughput). Extensive simulation results verify the effectiveness of our MAC design.
Keywords: cognitive radio networks; CRNs; blind rendezvous; asynchronous channel hopping rendezvous; control channel establishment; IEEE 802.11 DCF; distributed coordination function; channel busy-time inconsistency; enhanced virtual carrier sensing; EVCS; MAC protocol; medium access control; network performance; channel access delay; throughput; simulation; carrier sense multiple access; CSMA.
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St Benedict brought light to Europe's darkness. He can do the same in our time
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The New York Public Library recently shared their list of the most popular books for 2013.
"50 Shades of Grey" continued to be popular, with two books from the series ranking in the top 10 for fiction. Gillian Flynn's "Gone Girl" was first in fiction, with 7,892 circulations, while Sheryl Sandberg's "Lean In" was the most frequently read book in nonfiction, with 4,199 circulations.
As Jezebel noted, female authors made a great showing on both lists.
Here's the complete list, ranked according to the number of times they were checked out last year.
Adult Fiction
1. "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn
2. "The Casual Vacancy" by J. K. Rowling
3. "Inferno" by Dan Brown
4. "And the Mountains Echoed" by Khaled Hosseini
5. "Revenge Wears Prada: The Devil Returns" by Lauren Weisberger
6. "Until the End of Time: A Novel" by Danielle Steel
7. "50 Shades of Grey" by E. L. James
8. "A Wanted Man: A Jack Reacher Novel" by Lee Child
9. "50 Shades Freed" by E L James
10. "The Sins of the Mother: A Novel" by Danielle Steel
Adult Nonfiction
1. "Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead" by Sheryl Sandberg
2. "Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls" by David Sedaris
3. "My Beloved World" by Sonia Sotomayor
4. "Steve Jobs" by Walter Isaacson
5. "The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business" by Charles Duhigg
6. "Thinking, Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman
7. "Salt, Sugar, Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us" by Michael Moss
8. "Bossypants" by Tina Fey
9. "Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife" by Eben Alexander, M.D.
10. "Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail" by Cheryl Strayed
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Outdoor Education Duty Manager
Location: YMCA-YWCA of Vancouver Island Outdoor Centre/Camp Thunderbird (Sooke, BC)
Vacancies: 1
Position: Casual (seasonal)
Placement: April 2020
Wage Range: $120 – $151 per day (commensurate with certifications and experience)
Nature and Scope:
The Outdoor Education Duty Manager assists the Program Manager in organizing and supervising Team Leaders and Instructors, leading programs focused on outdoor adventure, leadership, team building, and environmental education. In addition, provides program leadership and supervision for out-trips as well as direct program delivery. Outdoor Education activities include canoeing, rock climbing, kayaking, archery, orienting high ropes courses, swimming, mass games, camp fires and drama games. Out-trips may include multi-day overnight sea kayaking, ocean or lake canoe tripping, and backpacking in wilderness areas as well as shorter overnight backpacking trips on the camp trail network. Creates a positive environment and through a commitment to camping excellence, ensures that children, youth and adults leave with increased confidence, self-esteem, and new skills. Implements and practices YMCA-YWCA strategic directions, values, vision, key goals, objectives and policies; and the effective implementation and supervision of health and safety and risk management protocols.
This casual/seasonal position is entitled to an individual YMCA-YWCA membership and 4% vacation pay.
- Assist Program Manager with oversight and leadership in the development, implementation and delivery of Outdoor Education programs which provide participants with challenges, build relationships and teams, offer the opportunity to develop new skills and grow mentally, emotionally and physically, and increase environmental awareness and appreciation
- Provide direct program delivery, including: acting as an Outdoor Education Instructor; and providing trip leadership, logistical support and planning for the Out-Trip program by supporting the Outdoor Education Wilderness Tripping Team Leader
- Ensure instructors have the skills, resources, direction, and support to deliver programs that are safe, fun and educational through direct supervision, mentoring and feedback
- Adhere to YMCA Camping and BCCA accreditation standards in program and service delivery
- Oversee and supervise mass activities and games, creation of lesson plans, program delivery and campfires
- Work with teachers, schools and other user groups to develop and adjust client schedules
- Ensure maintenance of site and equipment, adequate supplies, and perform dining hall duties, cleaning and janitorial work
- Complete administrative paperwork
- Assist Program Manager with communications to schools, participants, parents, teachers and instructors on program goals, assisting with final details and arrivals, maximizing participation, understanding expectations, listening to and addressing concerns and providing post-program feedback
- Supervise, delegate and organize staff who are not delivering direct program delivery to ensure optimal use of time for completing camp maintenance, cleaning and development work
- Maintain effective communication with Supervisor and other Association personnel and volunteers
- Deal with a variety of youth/parent concerns including behavioral, listening, attentiveness, homesickness, etc.
- Take a senior leadership role during evenings and weekends as the on-site Duty Manager
- Ensure the safety of staff, groups of students, participants, and volunteers by effectively practicing, supervising, and adhering to health and safety, security and risk management policies and procedures
- Assist in training staff to fully prepare them to deal with emergencies, maintain emergency plan; must be capable of leadership during emergency situations
- Identify hazards and areas of risk, and implementing corrective measures including reporting on required facility and equipment maintenance, repairs, and replacement
- Participate in the training of new employees and volunteers, performance reviews, conflict resolution, conducting pre-season training and in-service training programs.
- Ensure that all staff and volunteers follow all Association policies including Finance, Personnel, Health and Safety
• Post-Secondary Education (completed or in progress) or an equivalent combination of training and experience
• Current Occupational First Aid Level 3 and CPR C required
• Current National Lifeguard certification considered an asset
• Rock Climbing Instructor Level 1 certification (taken within 2 years) required
• Current SKGABC Assistant Overnight Guide certification considered an asset
• Minimum 2 years of program instructor and out-trip leader experience
• Clear Police/RCMP Criminal Record Check with Vulnerable Sector Screening required
To Apply: Please send a cover letter and resume, identifying the position you are applying for, to:
Human Resources
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Email: email@example.com
Please Note:
1. Application Deadline: This posting will close when a suitable candidate has been found.
2. Please indicate in your cover letter how you heard about this position.
3. We thank all applicants, but only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
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By Jessica Gross
Mom was the kind of broad who wore red lipstick no matter whether it was called for, and especially when it wasn't. She'd apply it to go outside and pick up the paper from the driveway, to take out the garbage, to grocery shop. She'd slather it on to go to the dentist, which inevitably left a smeared red mess like an allergy all around her mouth, but she loved that look. She wouldn't let the dentist wipe it off with her bib, and instead would come straight home to us, bursting though the door with arms flailing. The first time she did this, Dani started to cry, but by the third or fourth time we knew it was coming and laughed as she romped around the living room, kicking her legs in a crazy jig. [Read more…] about Lipstick


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It have been a long long long time since my 1-year anniversary shot I posted 9 months ago. Yes, 9 months ago T_T
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My husband would be this guy! HAHA
He always yells at me & tells me it's not funny and not to laugh, but I mean how can you not?!
Look how cute this guy looks 😂
Bless him!
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Yeah, so I have a wheelbarrow full of images that have been sitting on backlog. Lots of little stories I never got around to writing. So I'm just going to do a blanket upload because I really *wanted* to explain the backstories but I just don't have the time.
In short, they range from "learning to shoot from the hip" and to "taking my X-T2 into the shop for a sensor polish." If you have a question about the context of a particular image, feel free to ask!


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Money Making in Down Markets
[By Julia O'Neal; MA, CPA]
When a physician-investor buys a stock, he or she is said to be "long" the stock. "Shorting" is selling a stock a physician-investor does not own.
Investing or Betting?
Like buying a "put", short selling is a bet that the stock will go down in price. The short seller sells a security he or she does not own, in anticipation of the price falling, and borrows the security to deliver to the buyer.
When the short seller has to "cover" the borrowed stock, he or she will have to buy it. The short seller hopes to buy back the stock at a lower price to repay the loaned stock. If it must be bought back at a higher price, the short seller loses money.
Unlimited Loss Potential
Because there is no limit on how high the stock could go if the short seller is wrong, there is no limit on how much could be lost. (The physician-investor who is "long" a stock can lose only the entire cost of the stock.)
"Shorting Against the Box"
A physician-investor may sell a stock short simply because he or she believes it is going down, but may also "sell short against the box" to protect a long position. This is a strategy used particularly when income tax rates for long-term capital gains are lower than ordinary income or short-term capital gains.
For tax reasons, the physician-investor does not want to sell some stock that is owned.
However, he or she believes the stock is going down and wants to be protected. The physician-investor will profit from a short-term decline in value, but can still hold the security for a possible long-term gain.
The Short-Sale rule
Short sales can be made only after a plus tick (ticks are movements of 1/8 or more for listed stocks and can be increments as small as 1/64 for NASDAQ or OTC stocks) or a zero plus tick.
That means short sales can be made only after the stock has sold for either a higher price or the same price, but the last price difference was up. Ironically, the short interest theory holds that large short positions are bullish for a stock.
Even though many physician-investors are obviously anticipating that the price will fall, the buying pressure ("short squeeze") engendered by all of their need to buy the stock to cover their borrowing is expected to raise the price of the stock.
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Rosemary Hollis PhD
Rosemary Hollis has worked in academia and the 'think tank' community, in London and in Washington D.C. She was Director of the Olive Tree Scholarship Programme for Palestinians and Israelis (2008-16) and Professor of Middle East Policy Studies (2012-18) at City, University of London. Before that, Rosemary was Director of Research (2005-08) and Head of the Middle East Programme (1995-2005) at Chatham House (the Royal Institute of International Affairs) in London. From 1990-95 she was Head of the Middle East Programme at RUSI (the Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies).
She has published extensively on issues to do with the international politics of the Middle East and conflicts in the region.


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Weekly Legislative Update
Week of July 1, 2019
Congressional Outlook
The House and Senate are both in recess this week for the Independence Day holiday. When the House returns on July 8, it will consider the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
(H.R. 2500), which
$733 billion for FY2020 appropriations and sets forth policies for Department of Defense (DoD) programs and activities, including military personnel strengths. The House will also vote on the FY 2020 Homeland Security and Legislative Branch Appropriations bills later in July, the two remaining spending bills that have not yet passed the lower chamber.
When the Senate returns, it will vote on six judicial and executive nominations:
Daniel Bress
to be a U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals;
T. Kent Wetherell II
to be a U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Florida;
Damon Leichty
to be a U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Indiana;
J. Nicholas Ranjan
to be a U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania;
Robert King
to be the Education Department's Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education; and
Peter Wright
to be the Environmental Protection Agency's Assistant Administrator for the Office of Solid Waste.
Congressional leaders have made no progress with the White House in striking a two-year deal to raise budget caps as well as the federal debt limit. While the House has already passed ten of its twelve FY 2020 spending bills, the Senate has yet to begin their appropriations process, waiting for the longer-term deal to materialize. Now, when they return from the Independence Day recess next week, the Senate may decide to "deem" top-line spending caps that appropriators can work from to move their versions of FY 2020 spending bills. If this happens, spending levels will likely be set at current FY 2019 enacted numbers, not at higher levels deemed by the House. The fiscal year ends on September 30, 2019.
On Monday afternoon, President Trump will sign the
Taxpayer First Act
(H.R. 3151) into law, which
the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to modify its appeals, summons, and asset seizure procedures, in addition to making a variety of other changes to the agency. Trump will also likely sign the
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance and Security at the Southern Border Act, 2019
(H.R. 3401) into law later this week, which
$4.6 billion
in emergency supplemental appropriations to address the humanitarian and security crisis at the southern border
On Thursday, July 4, President Trump will deliver remarks at the "Salute to America" event taking place in front of the Lincoln Memorial. On Friday, Trump will travel to Bedminster, New Jersey for a brief vacation.
Week in Review
House approves $383 billion spending package
House approves bill increasing federal worker pay
House passes election security measure requiring cybersecurity safeguards, paper ballots
House approves Senate version of border bill after Pelosi yields
Mueller to testify publicly on July 17 following a subpoena
Supreme Court Leaves Census Question on Citizenship in Doubt
Supreme Court Bars Challenges to Partisan Gerrymandering
Supreme Court will hear arguments over DACA termination
Senator Feinstein Bill Restores Local Control to Support 5G Deployment
Senate passes $750B defense bill
Senate rejects Iran war powers amendment
Senate confirms Interior, DOE picks
Senate Passes 11 Bills for Indian Country
Trump Wants to Cut Regulations That Block New Housing
Trump signs executive order to compel disclosure of health-care prices
EPA Announces Reversal of Decades-Old Air Toxics Policy
Trump Holds Off On More China Tariffs; 2 Sides Agree to Restart Trade Talks
Trump signs pandemic preparedness bill into law
Trump imposes new sanctions on Iran, warns U.S. 'restraint' is limited


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I question often seen on the Alteryx forums is how to unzip a file in Alteryx.
In an earlier post I covered how to use the Alteryx Run Command tool to publish a Tableau Data Extract to the Tableau Server in an Alteryx workflow using TabCmd.
This post is similar but is showing how to unzip using the Run Command. The Run Command tool is able to call exe programs, meaning anything possible by exe is possible within Alteryx.
Credit to this solution needs to be given to jdunkerley79 who supplied the solution in the Alteryx forum: http://community.alteryx.com/t5/Data-Preparation-Blending/Can-Alteryx-unzip-a-file-as-part-of-the-workflow/td-p/10604
The first thing to do is install software to unzip. Currently I'm using 7-zip (http://www.7-zip.org/). This can be called via the command prompt.
Next is how to use this in Alteryx:
1. Use a text input with the full Zip File Path to the file to unzip
2. Use a formula tool to write the unzip command. The field can be called cmd. For example:
"C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" e "[FilePath]" (with FilePath being the field in the text input tool containing the file path to the zipped file)
3. The unzipped file will be dropped to the directory from which it was called in the command line, hence this needs to be set before the unzip command is called. Using text inputs before and after the Select cmd field will enable us to set the directory within the command line. Remember in the command line a directory must be referred to via it's mapped letter, not via the UNC \\server\directory Therefore we use pushd and popd to temporarily map directories.
This is what each line of the script is doing:
4. Notice all of the fields going to the Union tool are called 'cmd'.
5. We have now created the script and it can be loaded into the Run Command tool. Loading a script into the Run Command tool automatically creates and runs a .bat file, which effectively is the script. This file just requires naming and subsequently calling in the Run Command tool…which actually is far simpler than I make it sound.
a. The union field is the only thing taken into the Run Command tool – i.e. only the script, no other fields.
b. The Write Source, prominently (and perhaps misleadingly…) called Output is where the script is 'saved as' a .bat file
c. In this example we save it to the Alteryx temp (%temp%) directory. Set it to be file type csv, first row doesn't contain field names and Never Quote Output Fields
d. As we have now created the .bat file we now call it in the Run External Program Command section.
e. Finally we created the file ziplist.txt in the script, containing the name of the file unzipped – we need to take this out of the Run Command tool to use in the workflow. To take a value out of the Run Command tool use the Read Results section and open the file in the Input section. This can also be a csv.
f. Note: as none of these Output and Input files exist while creating the Run Command you'll be presented errors – these should go away when running the workflow.
6. The next step is to create and output the file path of the unzipped file. The formula tool is used to create the file path of this file. We put the unzipped file in the Alteryx engine temp directory in a new folder called Extract. The name of the file is taken from the ziplist.txt output from the Run Command tool. Therefore our formula is:
[Engine.TempFilePath] + 'Extract\' + [Field_1]
This is what the Alteryx engine directory looks like once the workflow has run, with the actual file inside the Extract folder:
I created this as a macro, with the full workflow here.


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An official website of the United States government
Mass layoff initial claimants for unemployment insurance, March 2010
April 26, 2010
In March, 15 of the 19 major industry sectors in the private economy reported over-the-year decreases in initial claimants for unemployment insurance due to mass layoff events, led by manufacturing (‑85,002, on a not seasonally adjusted basis).
Within manufacturing, the number of claimants in March 2010 was greatest in transportation equipment and food. Of the 21 manufacturing subsectors, 19 experienced over-the-year reductions in initial claims, led by transportation equipment (‑18,884) and machinery (‑5,708).
These data are from the Mass Layoffs Statistics program and are not seasonally adjusted. To learn more, see "Mass Layoffs — March 2010" (HTML) (PDF), news release USDL-10-0492. Each mass layoff event involves at least 50 people from a single employer.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Mass layoff initial claimants for unemployment insurance, March 2010 on the Internet at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2010/ted_20100426.htm (visited January 24, 2020).
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My title this morning is simply 'Ruin'. So that's encouraging for a summer Sunday morning! We've come to chapter 11 of the prophecy of Zechariah. And it is a tough chapter, but let me say right up front that it also points us to the hope that we have in Christ. Please have that open in front of you – it starts there on p798. And also take a look at my outline on the back of the service sheet.
Zechariah is a prophecy for our times - massively relevant to the church in the West and not least to us. Zechariah is speaking at a time when God's people are at a low ebb – devastated by decline, harassed by opponents without, undermined by compromise and corruption within. At the same time they have a great and daunting calling to rebuild all that has been lost, starting from scratch. So we need to pay close attention to God's voice through Zechariah.
We don't have time for too much detail, so we need to keep our eyes on the big picture here – look at the wood rather than the trees. This chapter is all about shepherds and sheep. And this chapter is also all about ruin and judgement. The shepherds are the leaders of God's people. And the sheep are God's people. And here, both shepherds and sheep are under judgement.
Judgement, of course, is an uncomfortable topic. But it's one we have to face up to, because unless we do, we can't see the full wonder of the forgiveness and freedom from judgement that Jesus gives us through his death and resurrection. If you never knew that you needed rescuing, then you're not going to be thankful and joyful when you are rescued. There is a key verse in Paul's Letter to the Romans that sums up the gospel. It is 6.23, and Paul says:
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
If you're going to rejoice in the free gift, you have to understand first that the wages of sin is death. That's what Zechariah 11 helps us to do. Using the image of shepherds and sheep, this is a graphic prophetic picture of the judgement we deserve. It's really developing a theme that was summed up in the previous chapter. Just turn back a page and take a look at 10.2-3:
Therefore the people wander like sheep; they are
afflicted for lack of a shepherd.
"My anger is hot against the shepherds,
and I will punish the leaders;
for the LORD of hosts cares for his flock, the house of Judah,
and will make them like his majestic steed in battle."
Chapter 11 drives home that message of God's wrath. But there is hope, and this chapter has a structure that prophetically points beyond judgement to the gospel, like an arrow pointing us to Jesus. I've set it out on the outline. You can take that away and look more closely at that if it interests you. At the heart of the chapter is the mysterious reference to the payment of thirty pieces of silver that the shepherd is paid. The beginning and end speak of judgement on the shepherds. Then there are two sections describing the destruction of the flock, and two references to the shepherd's staffs or crooks being broken. So as you can see on the outline I have four headings that relate in turn to the shepherds, the flock, the shepherd's staffs, and the shepherd's wages. So:
First, The Shepherds are Struck Down:
The Leaders of the People of God are Ruined
Take a look at verses 1-3:
Open your doors, O Lebanon,
that the fire may devour your cedars!
Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen,
for the glorious trees are ruined!
Wail, oaks of Bashan,
for the thick forest has been felled!
The sound of the wail of the shepherds,
for their glory is ruined!
The sound of the roar of the lions,
for the thicket of the Jordan is ruined!
And then at verse 17 which picks up the theme again:
"Woe to my worthless shepherd,
who deserts the flock!
May the sword strike his arm
and his right eye!
Let his arm be wholly withered,
his right eye utterly blinded!"
Now I want to illustrate these points with reference to a brilliant book I read recently. It's by a man called James Rebanks, who farms in the Lake District, and it's called 'The Shepherd's Life', which is exactly what the book is about. I was reading it as I was preparing this, and I was struck by the parallels, and I thought I would share them with you. What a worthless, bad shepherd is like is brought into sharp focus when you see a good shepherd. In the course of his book, James Rebanks paints a picture of good shepherding. Let me quote him:
"Improving a flock of sheep is, in theory, simple. You need to buy a tup that brings better genes to your flock: choose him well and he makes your sheep better quality, more beautiful and, ultimately, worth more. The flock of ewes is your core asset, it rolls ever onwards, fixed to your farm ... So good shepherds are obsessed every year with identifying the tup, or tups, that will have an improving effect on their flocks … It matters deeply … I find the depth of commitment and thought in this whole endeavour breathtaking.
We are not sentimental people, but we share our lives with these sheep. We care about them.
We know these ewes as individuals, their breeding and life stories, what their lambs were like this year and possibly last …
My job is simple: get around the fields and feed and shepherd the different flocks of ewes – dealing with any issues that arise. First rule of shepherding: it's not about you, it's about the sheep and the land. Second rule: sometimes you can't win. Third rule: shut up, and go and do the work.
My children have long figured out what makes me tick. When my elder daughter was four years old, she looked at me sternly across the kitchen table and said, with a wisdom beyond her years, 'The trouble with you, Dad, is that it is all about the sheep.'
This is my life. I want no other."
The leaders of God's people should care for them and serve them like good shepherds. But they haven't. They have been the opposite of good shepherds. They have been worthless, says God through Zechariah. And the wages of sin is death. The shepherds are struck down. The leaders of God's people are ruined. But it's not just the leaders who are under judgement. It's the people too. So:
Secondly, The Flock is Slaughtered:
The People of God are Destroyed
Twice the prophet is called on to play the part, as it were, of the shepherd in this prophetic drama of judgement. So look at verses 4-6:
Thus said the LORD my God: "Become shepherd of the flock doomed to slaughter. Those who buy them slaughter them and go unpunished, and those who sell them say, 'Blessed be the LORD, I have become rich', and their own shepherds have no pity on them. For I will no longer have pity on the inhabitants of this land, declares the LORD. Behold, I will cause each of them to fall into the hand of his neighbour, and each into the hand of his king, and they shall crush the land, and I will deliver none from their hand."
And then again similarly in verses 15 and 16:
Then the LORD said to me, "Take once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd. For behold, I am raising up in the land a shepherd who does not care for those being destroyed, or seek the young or heal the maimed or nourish the healthy, but devours the flesh of the fat ones, tearing off even their hoofs."
James Rebanks graphically describes the destruction of sheep and flocks by disease, by destocking, and by devastating epidemic. First, disease:
"A handful of ewes each summer have fly 'strike', infestations of maggots. Creeping, hungry vicious little [things], they take hold in a patch of wool, then in the flesh, or in a foot… A 'struck' foot is sometimes a mass of wriggling maggots… Left untreated, they can kill and clean a sheep to the bones in a month.
Then destocking:
I … wondered if anyone really cared about what we did … Each autumn, more of the great flocks would be sold or reduced ... They call it 'destocking' … it was felt as a grave insult to many folk who work this landscape because the loss of one flock, or its reduction, weakens the whole fell-farming system, making what we do more fragile."
Then devastating epidemic:
"… in 2001 the Foot and Mouth epidemic broke out. From the high ground where we feed our ewes and lambs, for as far as I could see, there were towers of smoke rising from pyres of burning sheep, cattle and pigs. The land was shrouded in a grey haze. The wind carried the sickly smell of burnt flesh and chemical smell of the fires… They came to collect our sheep at lambing time. We loaded pregnant ewes into the wagons. The few lambs that had been born were loaded as well. I have never done anything that felt so wrong, so against everything I was ever taught to do … When the last wagon had gone, I went into the barn, away from everyone, sat down in the shadows, held my head in my hands and sobbed. Then the farms were empty … Our sheep and cattle were dead."
In Zechariah's God-given warning of judgement to come, not only are the shepherds struck down – the leaders of God's people ruined; but also the flock is slaughtered – the people of God are destroyed. The wages of sin is death. Then to hammer this home even further Zechariah uses another visual aid using shepherd's staffs or crooks. So:
Thirdly, The Shepherds' Staffs are Broken:
The Blessings of God are Lost
This is in verses 7-11. Here they are:
So I became the shepherd of the flock doomed to be slaughtered by the sheep traders. And I took two staffs, one I named Favour, the other I named Union. And I tended the sheep. In one month I destroyed the three shepherds. But I became impatient with them, and they also detested me. So I said, "I will not be your shepherd. What is to die, let it die. What is to be destroyed, let it be destroyed. And let those who are left devour the flesh of one another." And I took my staff Favour, and I broke it, annulling the covenant that I had made with all the peoples. So it was annulled on that day, and the sheep traders, who were watching me, knew that it was the word of the LORD.
Let me just give an example of how we mustn't lose sight of the wood for the trees. Take the start of verse 8: "In one month I destroyed the three shepherds." That's puzzling. What does that refer to? One commentator has said:
"These words are probably the most enigmatic in the whole Old Testament. The shepherds have been identified in at least forty different ways..."
Pursue that in your own time, but for now we need to keep our eyes on the big picture. The first staff has been broken, symbolising the breaking of the covenant between God and his people. Then look down to verse 14:
Then I broke my second staff Union, annulling the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
The shepherd's staff is a vital tool, and deeply symbolic of the relationship between shepherd and sheep. James Rebanks again:
"A crook is as essential now on our farm as it ever was. My crook is an extension of my arm, letting me catch the sheep. Sheep are faster than a man, but will let you within a distance they feel safe at. The crook is used to take advantage of that and snag them around the neck. I use a crook almost every day in winter and dozens of times a day in the spring when we are lambing and need to catch ewes at regular intervals … My two-year-old son Isaac understands that having a stick is part of what makes you a shepherd."
Zechariah breaks the stick that symbolises the unity of God and his people. And he breaks the stick that symbolises the unity of God's people one with another. Barry Webb, is his helpful Bible Speaks Today volume on Zechariah, describes the process going on here in this way:
"What is clear is that even when Israel as a whole was spiralling down to deserved judgement God continued to extend many covenant blessings to her. The judgement he exercised was not precipitate, nor without concern for the innocent. But the gross and persistent nature of Israel's sin meant that the ultimate sanction of national collapse and dissolution could not be postponed forever."
In the end, the shepherd's staffs are broken. The blessings of God are lost. The wrath and judgement of God are real. In an individual life, as in a nation – indeed as in our nation – the ultimate sanction cannot be postponed for ever. The wages of sin is death. But thank God that is not the end of the story, or we'd all be sunk. Thank God that though the wages of sin is death, the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. And it's that hope that can be found right at the heart of this otherwise grim chapter. So finally and:
Fourthly, The Shepherd's Wages are Thrown Away
The Mystery of the Gospel is Signalled
Look in the middle of the chapter at verses 12-13:
Then I said to them, "If it seems good to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them." And they weighed out as my wages thirty pieces of silver. Then the LORD said to me, "Throw it to the potter"—the lordly price at which I was priced by them. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the LORD, to the potter.
In the context of this prophecy, that's another puzzling passage. But from this side of the coming of Christ, and from this side of the cross and resurrection, and from the perspective of the New Testament, that reference to the payment thirty pieces of silver shouts to us of the betrayal of Jesus by Judas, and the crucifixion, and the pouring out of the blood of Jesus for our sins, and forgiveness in place of condemnation, grace in place of judgement. In fact the gospel is signalled in a number of ways here in Zechariah.
The mystery of the gospel is signalled by the mysterious sovereignty of God in the face of evil and the sin of his people. So Zechariah is told (this is verse 4): "Become shepherd of the flock doomed to slaughter"; and again in verse 15: "Take once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd". God is never the author of evil but he is always sovereign over it and works out his purposes through it. We see that above all in the greatest of all evils, the execution of his Son Jesus.
Then the mystery of the gospel is signalled by those thirty pieces of silver. And then above all the gospel is signalled by amazing prophecies of the cross of Christ that are coming up in chapters 12-13. More on that in the coming weeks. But let me just say by way of preview that in those chapters the gospel is signalled by the mysterious piercing and striking of the godly shepherd who is at God's side, in a way that opens a cleansing fountain for the forgiveness of sin. Judgement will be averted. God's people will be rescued by God from God's coming wrath.
James Rebanks describes how a good shepherd searches for lost sheep. I quote:
"A lamb has gone missing. Its mother is agitated. She runs up and down the fence. I left them, hours ago, safe and well-mothered, and now it is gone. There are no clues … I check the becks in case it has fallen in and drowned … I hate losing a healthy lamb. I check the neighbouring fields. No sign. Then I see that it has got itself stuck between the trunks of an old thorn tree, about a foot off the ground. It is fine, just squashed and tired. I lift it out and it runs off to suckle its mother. You can lose hours looking for a lamb …"
But the good shepherd searches for lost sheep until he finds them. Praise God for his amazing grace. Praise God that out of his great love for us he has sent his Son as our good shepherd to seek us out and save us. Praise God that though the wages of sin is death, the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.