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Platform-releng/How to do miscellaneous releng tasks
There are times when some quirky thing out of the ordinary has to be done. This page captures some of them. They are likely easily to get out of date or details change from case to case, but ... thought they would at least serve as "hints" in case others have to ever do these things (and they serve as reminders to me :). They are likely too be quirky and volatile to be part of a FAQ, but might evolve to be a "procedures document". Thought I'd try to capture them every time I do one that I find confusing or hard to keep straight, or when someone asks about, so it is not a complete or exhaustive document, but again, hints. Note that most of these procedures require shell access to build.eclipse.org.
How to restart Hudson tests
[November 28, 2012]
Sometimes tests have to be restarted and reran. This is especially true if something goes wrong with Hudson, say, and its restarted during the middle of a test run.
Hudson tests can be re-ran directly from Hudson web interface; just provide the buildId and eclipseStream and the scripts will figure out where to get the build from the "download.eclipse.org". This works because there is a cronjob running that knows how to efficiently "look for results" and if finds any, will collect them up and summarize them on main download page.
The could be done programatically as well. This example is specific for a Kepler I-build, but idea would be same for others. It assumes the build is complete, and on "downloads" and this is just to run the tests on Hudson. It might be easier to do programmatically, if you had to restart all three tests, for example, otherwise, the webpages are pretty easy.
The file to start tests is in
To do the retest a file named startTests.sh is executed from command line.
But, this file needs two parameters, the buildId to test, and the eclipseStream that the build is from. You could edit the sh file directly, but best is to edit a file named buildParams.shsource. The contents of that file, for a Kepler re-test, would be something like
buildId=I20120911-1000 eclipseStream=4.3.0
Then, then startTests.sh is executed, it will read the values from that file.
(I think startTests.sh should be ran from screen shell, or otherwise allowed to continue running even if you logoff or lose connection.)
How to re-collect Hudson tests
[November 28, 2012]
Occasionally the tests run fine and you can "see" the test results on Hudson, but they are not summarized and integrated with the builds download page. This can happen for example, if Hudson is busy and returns a "502" error while trying to fetch the zip file of the results.
There is a way to "manually" retry this "fetch and summarize" job. We currently try only once, because occasionally there are test failures that result in "infinite reties" for some times of errors.
In brief, look in
There are data files there named 'testjobdata'<timestamp>'.txt'. There would be three of them generated for each build ... one for each platform tested. They are prefixed according to their state (no prefix meaning "has not been processed yet". For example,
testjobdata201211280639.txt RAN_testjobdata201211280639.txt RUNNING_testjobdata201211280639.txt ERROR_testjobdata201211280639.txt
There are also files named 'collection-out.txt' and 'collection-err.txt' which give some logs of standard out and standard error file the "collect and summarize" jobs ran. If you see a recoverable error in there (e.g. we received a 502 from Hudson) you can re-try the job just by renaming the file. For example, rename 'ERROR_testjobdata201211280639.txt' back to 'testjobdata201211280639.txt' (filenames matching "testjobdata*" are processed by the usual cron job, which runs every 10 minutes).
The cronjob that runs is /shared/eclipse/sdk/testdataCronJob.sh. In theory, a releng committer could run this directly (instead of waiting for cronjob, or if cronjob itself is broken) but occasionally, in past, I've been surprised that some permissions aren't right (and is seldom tested).
The scripts in '/shared/eclipse/sdk' are stored in git in '/org.eclipse.releng.eclipsebuilder/scripts/sdk' but there is no "checkout/checkin" going on automatically ... they are stored there for safety and history.
How to see tests results on Hudson
[December 10, 2012]
Our jobs on Hudson are collected in the Eclipse and Equinox view. Tests based on 3.x builds are prefixed with ep3 and Tests based on 4.x are prefixed with ep4. The view shows the status of the last job ran (or, current job running). To see history, you need to click on one job. To see which test job corresponds to which build, you need to "drill down" and look at "Parameters" of each job.
Below are some example screen shots.
The first shows the history of one job.
- progress bar shows a job in progress (and, its icon will be blinking).
: a yellow dot icon means the job finished but there were test failures (normal for our current tests)
: a grey dot means the job started but was cancelled (could have been cancelled on purpose, or might have been that Hudson was restarted).
: a red dot means there was an error that prevented the tests from running (such as they could not be installed).
The following screen shot shows the results of a normal job. You can see there tests ran, and had the usual 100 or so failures. You can click on "TestResults" on the left nav bar to see the whole list of tests ... we have about 80,000.
To see exactly which build was tested, you need to click on the "Parameters" link on the left nav bar to see the buildId and eclipseStream.


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WHEREAS law enforcement testimony as to confessions and other inculpatory statements are extraordinarily persuasive evidence to juries;
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Murphey, whose term began Aug. 2, is overseeing the chain's day-to-day operations, including the restructuring of the company's finances. He has 20 years in turnaround experience and is one of 400 Certified Turnaround Professionals.
In mid-July, a bankruptcy court judge named Murphey the company's chief restructuring officer. Soon after, Fuel Fitness owner Manny Butera left the company to pursue other business interests. Fuel Fitness (formerly Total Fitness Systems) filed for bankruptcy last December.
Murphey, whose office is in Atlanta, says he is seeking new investors and hopes to have a new owner lined up by the end of the year.
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text: Tom Elken wrote: >> <aside> >> To split hairs, in a system with multi-core Opterons, the cores on a >> single chip are SMP relative to each other, since they all >> use the same >> memory controller, and have equal access to the RAM directly >> controlled >> by that memory controller. But once they access RAM from another chip >> (different socket), it becomes a NUMA situation. (Is there a name for >> this hybrid architecture?) >> </aside> > > NUMA != SMP is not a universally held conclusion. > > By some definitions*, SGI's large Altix machines, NUMA with Itanium, are > SMP machines. Each processor core in these Altix's can read/write from > any memory in the machine (with differing latency), and access the I/O > resources of the machine. > Press releases certainly trumpet them that way: "NCSA Adds 6.5 Teraflops > With SGI Altix SMP System" at > http://www.hpcwire.com/offthewire/17869149.html > > > * http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/S/SMP.html > "Short for Symmetric Multiprocessing, a computer architecture that > provides fast performance by making multiple CPUs available to complete > individual processes simultaneously (multiprocessing). Unlike > asymmetrical processing, any idle processor can be assigned any task, > and additional CPUs can be added to improve performance and handle > increased loads. A variety of specialized operating systems and hardware > arrangements are available to support SMP. Specific applications can > benefit from SMP if the code allows multithreading. > > SMP uses a single operating system and shares common memory and disk > input/output resources. Both UNIX and Windows NT support SMP. " > > Altix with Itanium satisfies this definiton. I always considered SMP to refer the memory access model, purely from a hardware perspective, but as your post and several other replies have indicated, there's differing opinions on this, and definitely no universal consensus. Interestingly, Wikipedia agrees with my earlier statements*, which is in opposition to webopedia's def. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symmetric_multiprocessing I consulted Hennessy & Patterson** to see what they said, but, they are, uhhhh... to verbose for a Friday afternoon. * I didn't read the *whole* entry, but skimmed it quickly while writing this. **Hennessy, John L, and Patterson, David A., "Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach", 3rd Ed., Morgan Kaufman Publishers, 2003 -- Prentice


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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – And so it has come to this: A fan base that came to dislike the Maloof family in a way few cities have ever disliked the owners of any franchise in any sport now need the Maloofs to be the Maloofs to have any hope of keeping the Kings.
That's why one organization, two cities and millions of fans waiting to (a) celebrate or (b) officially get stabbed in the heart were anxious Wednesday as Yahoo! Sports reported that the Kings were close to being sold to a group that would move the team to Seattle next season. Because the Kings have been close to leaving once before and on another occasion close to staying, only to have both fall through.
This could still fall through, too. The Maloofs – the three brothers most intimately involved, plus other siblings, plus their mother – were so deep in talks with Anaheim in spring 2011 that they received an extension on the deadline to file for relocation, before ultimately, and, smartly, deciding against becoming the third NBA team, and the only invisible one, in the Los Angeles market. Then, last February, often-contentious negotiations with Sacramento officials gave way to a deal brokered at All-Star weekend for a new downtown arena that would keep the love affair between the city and the team alive, only to have the family walk away from the agreement in principle. One of the brothers showed up at the subsequent City Council meeting to support the vote to approve the deal, a couple of the Maloofs walked to center court with Mayor Kevin Johnson during a timeout at a Kings game and raised hands in triumph, and still the family walked away.
So there remains a fair degree of uncertainty, even with the story from the very credible Adrian Wojnarowski that the Maloofs and the Seattle group are close to a deal, that this really is the end of the NBA in Sacramento.
But if it is?
The bruise will leave a spray of black and blue.
This isn't just about basketball. It's not even about the immediacy of the economic impact of a team here vs. no team here, with paychecks for game-night workers and business for hotels and restaurants when teams come to town. This is about everything.
The emotions: The Kings are part of the fabric of the community. That was the case when they were playoff regulars and that remains true as they annually drown in the standings. There is a lot more anger now, but that's a sign of how much people want their fun back. And most of the anger is for the Maloofs, along with the rising tide of frustration for Geoff Petrie as head of basketball operations.
The economy: The departure of the Kings goes so far beyond losing the NBA. Members of the visitor's bureau have worried for years about how a potential exit could hit Sacramento in ways that might not be measurable for years. Convention business could suffer as groups take conventions to cities that seem more major league. Service industries will suffer in what is already a time of financial hardships.
The arena: Sacramento still needs one. Sleep Train Arena – the former Arco Arena – has already been losing business, sometimes to smaller facilities in town and sometimes to other locales all together. Johnson has been forceful in saying his hometown must have an entertainment complex whether the Kings are part of it or not. Now, he might have to get the money without being able to promise voters an anchor tenant.
The region: The place that was one the shining example of what the NBA wanted its fan bases to be like is on the verge of having no major-league sports. Oakland is about 75 miles away, San Francisco about 90, but Sacramento itself has a microscopic amount of interest in college sports. It has one of the best minor-league baseball stadiums in the country and a deep baseball tradition, but no real passion for what happens on the field with the Class AAA affiliate of the A's. That's what the Kings are/were for.
There will be some local hope that Sacramento could one day get another team, the way the league looked favorably at Charlotte for years of support that was washed away by a distaste for ownership, if an arena is built. And, indeed, Johnson has built major credibility with owners and league executives. But the former All-Star point guard with the Suns has received the message from commissioner David Stern loud and clear: Don't wait by the phone. While there is no way to know what the world will look like in five years, chances are very, very slim.
If Sacramento wants the NBA, it needs the Seattle deal to fall apart. It needs to work with these owners, get an arena, and hope for a sale later. It needs the Maloofs to be the Maloofs.


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text: At 06:52 AM 3/18/2007, Robert G. Brown wrote: >To answer my own question (GIYF, after all:-) there is a white paper >here: > >HOWEVER, if you love your local firemen and want them to live (or love >yourselves and the other employees who sit near the data not-a-centers), >the same white paper says that an EPO switch is still a very good idea >for small server rooms and wiring closets that are not "data centers" >but are just "data closets" or "data rooms that aren't quite centers". Do not underestimate the power of lobby... e.g. The front matter of the IEEE Emerald Book, (which used to be called "grounding for sensitive electronic equipment") explains why the "sensitive" was removed. Mfrs didn't want their particular piece of equipment to be referred to as sensitive. There's a huge "small office and retail" sort of market for middling sized UPSes, and APC and the like would like to sell into that market as a "plug and play" product. Also, this is where the local AHJ can play a role. THEY can say, we don't care if your installation isn't in a room that meets ALL of the requirements of 645, we want you to provide a disconnecting means anyway. However, an explanatory note in NEC Article 645 (Information Technology Equipment) says, in part: "...For those ITE rooms constructed in accordance with NFPA 75, Article 645 contains electrical installation requirements that are *less* stringent than the requirements of the first four chapters of the Code..." (my emphasis on "less" added) For instance they let you connect things by flexible cords that normally wouldn't be allowed, have subfloors and run cables of some types of insulation that would normally not be allowed, etc. I haven't checked other parts of the code, but there might well be a "disconnecting means" requirement in there somewhere. Another way that folks avoid the code is by putting the UPS into a rack with the equipment being powered. That puts it on the other side the "line of demarcation" between that which is subject to code and that which is "internal to the equipment" and subject to different rules. And, here, the regulatory environment gets very tricky, depending on who's doing the racking and stacking. In Los Angeles county, for instance, an "assembly" like this would require UL (or other recognized testing lab:RTL) certification or, possibly, wet-stamped drawings by a PE in order to be legally sold/transferred/etc. So that means you can't just order it up from your distributor already configured, unless they get the right certs. {There are exemptions for R&D equipment, and things destined for the movie industry, or things destined for a computer room (oops, now you're in Art. 645 territory again)} If you do the rack and stack yourself, it's sort of in a gray area. As always, it's the paper artifacts you maintain that will determine how it gets handled in the event that it becomes important (like if a fire happens, and people start to really take a look at the stuff...). What I find interesting is that in California, I could not legally perform electrical installations that I would design as a PE. That has to be done by a licensed electrician, and I understand some of the purported logic (there's a world of difference between practical and theoretical knowledge), but I view it as a fine bit of union protectionism promulgated by the IBEW. Yes, there is an exemption for work done by a homeowner on their own property.. at least for a while. >This white paper STILL doesn't help a whole lot with the actual nuts and >bolts of how to wire a room kill -- it makes is seem like every room is >supposed to be a unique piece of engineering where you should expect to >drop thousands of dollars on the process (more than the cost of the >UPS's being controlled by a factor of two or so) rather than a simple >"wire the following standard cat5 rj45 cables from here to here, plug >them into the EPO switch suitably mounted on the wall here, test" type >HOWTO. Typically, these things are wired in two different ways: 1) The "shunt trip", where all the EPOs are normally open, in parallel, and go to a special connection on the main breaker feeding the room. (Which has the effect of shorting the output of the circuit breaker, tripping it.. although that's not actually how it's done). A separate set of contacts would be used for the trip on the battery side of the UPS 2) The "interlock" scheme, where the EPOs are normally closed, wired in series, and breaking any, removes power from a latching relay. Most UPSes have (at least as an option) some sort of scheme where an external contact closure can be used to control the relay. There are some subtleties in how all these relays get wired up, because you need to have power to actuate a relay in the first place, and having UPSes around makes the power switching a bit more complex (so that once you've turned the relay on, the battery voltage doesn't keep it on, even if you remove the original power). Latching relay schemes are very common: Relay coil and NO contacts are in series with power. "Turn ON" button shorts contacts, applying power to coil, pulling in relay. NO contacts are now closed, in parallel with button, so button can be released. The OFF button is a NC type in series with the whole thing, so that if it is pressed, the power is removed from the coil, the latching contacts open, and you need to press "ON" to get the thing repowered up. Where there are numerous things that need to be controlled, you wind up having many sets of contacts on the back of the EPO operator. (The operator is the actual pushbutton part.. for industrial applications, they are made with layers of contacts that you just attach to the back.. need 30 sets of contacts, no problem) For a complex system, there might actually be a separate "emergency shutdown power" bus to save the need for zillions of contacts. This would be engineered to "come up first and go down last". For instanace, your EPO might be a NC contact set that provides power to a whole raft of contactors (i.e. the UPSes would be configured so that their internal contactor is "closed on application of external coil power") With half a dozen UPSes, several different phases of AC power, and a dozen racks, this can get pretty complex. >But I will persevere. Google is still there, and the information I seek >MUST be somewhere in webland...;-) James Lux, P.E. Spacecraft Radio Frequency Subsystems Group Flight Communications Systems Section Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mail Stop 161-213 4800 Oak Grove Drive Pasadena CA 91109 tel: (818)354-2075 fax: (818)393-6875


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There must be a good (Allan) Shermanesque parody buried in Joe Biden's tribute to the boss: "You can go back 500 years. You cannot find a more audacious plan. Never knowing for certain. We never had more than a 48 percent probability that he was there," Biden said at a fundraiser in New Jersey.
Five hundred years, five hundred years, five hundred years, five hundred years…It takes a man with a certain touch to inspire mockery over the bin Laden operation, or Obama's role in it. But Joe Biden's got it!
You have to love the precision of that "48 percent probability that he was there." I wonder who did the math on that. They must have figured either he'll be there or he won't. You know, it's a 52-48 kind of a thing.
And what happened 500 years ago anyway? I think he really means is that it was the most audacious plan
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how do they sound like the comments of a jerk? they just sound honest and rather confident to me.
If there's a weakness, I don't do it you'll never see the scene
You kids don't play so rough. Somebody's gonna start crying.
that sucks, that he's so dumb and all. I bet when he's jerking off he's like "this is just like in the remake of psycho when he's yanking it to ann heche oohhhy" Tarantino is cool, fine. I'm sorry to say it but i think i enjoy filmmakers who have lives outside of the movies.


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MIAMI — Pinned down by gunfire in Ambush Alley, Army Staff Sergeant Greg Reynolds thought he surely would die in the desert dust on the road to Mosul, Iraq, in 2003.
But the Dighton, Mass., native survived — only to have his left arm sheared off five years later in a motorcycle/car accident in Swansea, just miles from his home. The other driver, James Viera, 75, a Korean War veteran from Tiverton, R.I., was unhurt, but Reynolds's injuries were horrific. He would not return for his scheduled second tour of duty in Iraq.
The chiseled, 175-pound soldier teetered between the here and the hereafter. He was in a coma for six weeks and dropped 65 pounds. When he awoke, he didn't know who he was, where he was, or what had happened.
Then things got worse.
Much worse.
But this is not a story of darkness. Reynolds, now 28, beat back his demons and came out stronger at the broken places.
"It's phenomenal," he said. "I think that injury made me a better person. Maybe I would've died in my second tour in Iraq. And I wouldn't have been able to touch as many people as I touched now."
Now he is the starting left-center fielder for the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball team, a collection of heroes who have lost limbs, primarily in Afghanistan and Iraq.
He has talked hairstyles with Johnny Damon, sipped a margarita with Jimmy Buffett, met softball star Jennie Finch, played touch football at the Super Bowl against NFL veterans, and taken batting practice at Fenway Park.
More important, he has inspired others through peer visits, blood drives, and just hard-nosed hustle and determination, both on and off the diamond.
"He's an inspiration to me," said Josh Wege, a Marine lance corporal from Wisconsin who lost his legs below the knees when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off in Afghanistan.
Wege says Reynolds is fearless, especially roaming the outfield, where he dives for anything within reach, sometimes getting a face full of turf for his efforts.
"He can't brace himself," said Wege. "It takes guts to do what he does."
Meeting the enemy
The Wounded Warriors, who are supported by donations, play only able-bodied opponents — mostly teams of police, firefighting, and military personnel — and have a 51-30 record. They have played in 17 states and 43 cities since the program began in mid 2010. Their motto is, "Life without limbs is limitless."
David Van Sleet, founder and head coach of the team and a prosthetics manager with the Department of Veterans Affairs, says he heard about Reynolds from the VA medical center in Jamaica Plain.
"They said, 'We think this is what you're looking for. He's a real diehard. He gives it his all,' " said Van Sleet.
According to Reynolds, the players drive each other.
"It's mind over matter," he said. "When we step on the field, the camaraderie on this team is unbelievable. We are all combat veterans, we're all amputees, and we all want to play competitive softball."
They are truly America's Team, a collection of 15 heroes from all different parts of the country.
Reynolds was raised in Dighton by a single mother who did her best to provide. On Sept. 10, 2001 — the day before the terrorist attacks — Reynolds asked his mom to call an Army recruiter.
He enlisted when he was 17, and went quickly from baseball to Basra.
"These women were putting their infants in the road to try and stop our convoys," he said. "Next thing I know, an angry mob is popping up on our troops, grabbing everything they could. Warning shots, throwing rocks, breaking windshields, scraping the glasses off your face."
He was in Iraq for his 19th and 20th birthdays. He watched the Red Sox win the 2004 World Series on Armed Forces Television and celebrated with cold beer in the hot desert. The troops even built a replica Fenway Park, complete with a Green Monster and Citgo sign, and Reynolds played Wiffleball in the 130-degree heat.
And he fought the enemy, winning an Army Commendation Medal with Valor.
"I volunteered a lot," he said. "It takes you off [waste-]burning detail."
He came home a changed man.
"I'd like to think it made me a man and grow up fast," he said. "I did take a lot of things for granted, driving from Point A to Point B without getting blown up. A hot shower, fresh clean running water."
Despite some concerns, he decided to do a second tour.
"I reupped to serve my country and continue the mission," he said. "I came home with more money than I ever had."
Fateful turn in the road
Reynolds bought a racing motorcycle, a yellow Suzuki TL 1000R, and was visiting friends at Narragansett Bay on the warm Sunday afternoon of June 22, 2008.
"I remember seeing storm clouds," he said. "I said, 'Hey, let's roll out.' "
He called his house and told his grandmother he'd be home for the big ham dinner. He said goodbye to his friends and headed north.
"That's all I remember," he said.
According to Swansea Police, a 2004 Chevy Impala driven by Viera was exiting Interstate 195 and made a left turn in front of Reynolds, who swerved left to avoid it.
"I had the right of way," said Reynolds. "He must have panicked and cut my only way out off. They say the whole thing took three seconds. I committed left and hit the brakes. My bike impacted the rear side of the Chevy Impala back door, it caught my shoulder, ripped me right open."
He sustained broken bones in his neck, a brain injury, a punctured knee, and a ripped artery. His heart was exposed at the scene and he nearly bled to death, but an ambulance was nearby. Swansea Police Lieutenant Gregory Ryan was on the scene.
"We didn't think he was going to make it," said Ryan. "He was all torn up."
Reynolds finally woke up in early August, trying to scream, but the tubes in his mouth made that impossible. Nurses would explain his condition to him, but he would doze off, and then not remember what they said.
"It was like '50 First Dates', " he said.
It angered Reynolds that he heard nothing from Viera. He was eventually sent to the VA Hospital in West Roxbury, where he was in a wheelchair most of the time. He was down to 110 pounds and felt like a POW.
When he got home, he became a recluse.
"I lived in a hoodie sweatshirt for a year," he said. "I didn't leave the house without it. I was so insecure in the way I looked. Physically fit, a confident guy before, down to a fragile little child."
He thought about suicide.
"I'm not going to lie, I was very suicidal myself," he said. "I needed help getting dressed. I never cried so much. I was figuring out ways. I was going to run a hose from the tailpipe into the car. I don't have the intestinal fortitude to do it."
His mother stepped in to help.
"She said, 'Greg, just give yourself one year and try to make it work,' " he said.
Her love sparked the gradual healing. Friends stuck by him. His anger dissipated. He penned a "veteran-to-veteran" letter to Viera.
"In order for healing, to move on, you have to accept," he said. "Essentially, I forgave that man."
Part of a team
Reynolds's buddies also came to the rescue. They organized "Help Greg Finish The Ride," a charity motorcycle run in 2009 that completed Reynolds's unfinished ride home.
"That really helped me move on," he said. "A big motorcycle community supported me. It was very, very healing."
When he found out how much blood he had lost in the accident, he vowed to pay it back.
"I took 101 units of blood and blood products," he said. "I hold an annual blood drive with the Red Cross to get those 101 units back. Today we've collected more than 600 units and gotten 135 first-time units."
He went to Bridgewater State College and earned a degree in criminal justice in December 2009.
And he bonded with the Wounded Warriors.
"We need each other," he said. " 'TEAM' means, 'together, everyone accomplishes more.' "
"I don't consider myself handicapped, I consider myself handicapable," said Reynolds. "You put something in front of me and tell me I can't do it, I'll prove you wrong."
Like every one of his new teammates, he never thought he'd play ball again.
Playing for Dighton-Rehoboth High School, the speedy Reynolds once started a triple play when he tracked down a blast to center field as runners circled the bases.
Now he has developed his own catch-and-flip technique for fielding. After he catches the ball, he tosses it up, drops his glove, and bare-hands the ball to fire it in. Unlike former major league pitcher Jim Abbott, who had a forearm he could use for holding his glove, Reynolds has no support. He has no collarbone on his right side.
Marine Corps General John F. Kelly, a Boston native and the head of the US Southern Command, has seen Reynolds play, and said, "He's got an arm like a sniper's rifle."
That's from doing more than 110 one-armed pushups a day, said Reynolds.
"My goal is to play better than a guy that has all his limbs," he said. "You can only get better by playing better teams. It's mind over matter."
He also had to learn to hit one-handed, which was complicated. Reynolds has a tracking problem in his right eye, so he has to hit lefty, meaning that every swing is a one-handed backhand.
"I'm a singles hitter," he says. "I can almost beat out a ground ball and if they make a mistake I always go for two."
A fan favorite
On the field, there is nothing but joy, win or lose.
"I feel normal here," said Reynolds. "Back home, people gawk — yeah, they do — but here I'm one of them. That's my people. When we step on the field, the camaraderie on this team is unbelievable. I'd do anything for these guys."
"We won before we started," said Van Sleet, the coach. "They didn't think they were going to live, they knew they weren't going to walk, and they certainly knew they weren't ever going to play a sport again.
"But through extensive rehabilitation and great mind control, they willed themselves back on the field."
And that's not where it ends. Reynolds also plays golf with trauma survivors and goes rock climbing. He visits veterans who have lost limbs. He is a US Paralympic hopeful in shooting. He gives motivational speeches at schools.
"I wouldn't have these opportunities if I wasn't injured," he said.
He is also a fan favorite. Kids love the glove flip.
"Blink and you'll miss it," he tells them.
After the Wounded Warriors played a game against the University of Miami baseball team, 10-year-old Joseph Beard waited in line for an autograph.
"Honestly, when I first saw that [flip], I was surprised because I didn't know you could do that," he said. "It looked awesome."
These days, Reynolds smiles easily.
"I can't tell you how many lives I've affected," he said. "Little kids tell me, 'You're my favorite player. Can you sign this?' It's so cool."
His favorite was a young boy at a game at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown who had had an arm amputated.
"He was our batboy," said Reynolds, "and his mom said, 'This is the first time in Scotty's life he said, "No one is looking at me different and I'm having a blast." ' After that, he went on to play baseball and he got most improved player."
That day at the Baseball Hall of Fame, the boy asked Reynolds for an autograph.
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As promised in another thread, here's a bevy of Maldor Cultural stuff.
We use Cultural Abilities in a slightly different manner than either 1st edition or 2nd edition TSOY does. Effectively, any Open Ability is already on your character sheet, and starting characters get 3 Cultural Abilities added to their character sheet as "open" (humans get a fourth one, a further incentive for their humanity, and their lack of a Species Ability).
We use the ranked priority system of 1st edition TSOY, so that, for instance, you might make your Fighting Abilities a "B" priority, meaning that a single advance would allow you to raise your First-Aid and your Scrapping by 1. However, the Cultural Abilities (with their more limited focus) are always placed on your sheet at one priority level higher than the other abilities in that category: the same character with "B" Fighting Abilities would get to place Infantry as an "A" ability.
It might seem confusing to some people, but its made for interesting mechanics, and provides some real incentive to ground yourself in the flavor of your nation. There are also plenty of Secrets which do things like unlock all of the other Cultural Abilities you didn't take during that character generation step, let you add Cultural Abilities from foreign cultures, or do things like add all of the Three-Corner Magic abilities you didn't take as Cultural Abilities (if you're a Maldorite) to your sheet, albeit at slightly lower priority than they would've been had you added them with your free Cultural slots.
So, with that in mind, some new Cultural Abilities first:
Artistic Ability: Drama (I):
In Maldor, theater is perhaps the most popular art form among peasants and lords alike, a means of preserving history, celebrating good times, and sometimes even satirizing the tyrannical Lords. Companies of traveling players are not uncommon, and even laboring peasants may come together to form pageant plays at festivals. Use this ability to stage in or act in a performance.
Craft Ability: Blacksmith (V):
Metal-rich Maldor breeds many laborers in the smithing field, from those who simply shoe horses to armorers, weaponsmiths, and other exotic trades. Use this ability to shape iron and steel to your purposes, working a forge or foundry, and earning your living.
Craft Ability: Brewing (R):<
Fighting Ability: Cavalry (V):<
Outdoor Ability: Falconry (I):
This ability is used to capture and train hunting raptors, from the eagles of Oran to the smaller falcons more common to the north woods of Maldor. It can be used to hunt and catch small game with a raptor, or deliver messages to another trained falconer.
Priestly Ability: Alchemy (R):
The Three-Corner Academy, and many other institutions, once taught the basic premises of alchemy. Use this ability to synthesize solvents, adhesives, and other simple chemical compounds. It can also be paired with some Three-Corner Magic Secrets to create elixirs and other wonders.
Social Ability: Antiquity (R):
You are well-versed in the ancient history of the empire of Maldor, and you recognize its trappings. Use this ability to decipher old inscriptions, recall ancient historical figures and battles, and otherwise recall lore of the pre-Shadow age.
Social Ability: Games (R):
Wagering, dice games, and betting are common pastimes for common folk, soldiers, brigands, and revolutionaries. Even the Lords of Maldor enjoy chess and other games of strategy. Use this ability to understand the rules of a game, beat opponents, and cheat.
And here are a host of Secrets we end up using. Explanations and additional notes in parentheses, when necessary. The basic premise behind this was to create Secrets which took the focus off of Three Corner Magic so much. While I love the Three Corner system, I also wanted a character to play a Maldorite peasant, soldier, brigand, revolutionary, merchant, or what have you and still feel that cultural vibe without thinking he had to buy into the Three Corner system. As such, it makes the wizardly folk feel a bit more special when they show up, but lets the soldiers be soldiers and still feel noticeably different from other characters who are relying on Open Secrets or the Secrets of their respective cultures.
Additionally, not all of these are exactly "novel." Many of them are derrivative of other Secrets and the basic structure Clinton laid out. I'm not trying to blow anyone's mind with how these work, or develop the game in some radical new way. Their premise was entirely to allow players who choose to be Maldorite characters in my games to get a handle on the flavor of their nation. I'd have accepted any of these if they'd been created by players, so they're well within the bounds of the game logic.
Secret of Academy Training
You have received special training at the prestigious academies of Maldor. Choose one of the following Ability categories, and increase it by one priority for the purposes of all future Advances: Artistic, Craft, Fighting, Priestly, or Social.
If you have either Day or Night Three Corner Magic Ability categories on your character sheet, you can use this Secret to advance all of those abilities by one priority, instead.
You have a talent for being able to find whatever others will find most useful. You can make a Scrounging Ability check to add unrestricted bonus dice to any other appropriate check, assuming that you have found useful items which can be applied to the check.
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Secret of Competitive Spirit<
1 Instinct.
Secret of Complex Designs
Items you create are so complex and skillfully designed that they are difficult to emulate or undo. Any check to copy these designs (such as forging a piece of art, or stealing your clockwork blueprints) or circumvent them (such as picking a lock, disarming a trap, or scaling a palisade designed to keep opponents out) takes a penalty die on the check.
Secret of the Field Medic
Your experience on the battlefield has taught you how to treat war wounds, battle scars, and similar ailments. You can chain your Infantry ability to any check made to help others recover from harm or wounds inflicted during combat.
Secret of the Hearty Drinker
You are no stranger to the effects of strong drink. You receive a bonus die on Endurance checks to resist the effects of alcohol and similar intoxicating substances, though not most poisons. If you successfully make the check, you can select to apply some of the properties of the substance and not others as you wish, so that you could enjoy the beneficial effects of a strong drink but not take damage or penalties from it.
Secret of Lost Lore
You have plumbed the depths of ancient lost libraries of Maldor. You can chain your Scrounging ability check to any Arcane Lore, Antiquity, or History ability check to recall ancient stories, legends, and historical events.
You are an appointee of one of the Lords of Maldor. You might be a captain of a guard, a herald, or a reeve. You can chain your Law ability to any Orate or Intimidate check you make when dealing with Maldorite citizens or while in your homelands.
(It bears mention at this time that we use Open Abilities that no one else does. For instance, all of the Craft abilities are folded into either Handcrafts, for smaller projects, or Construction, for larger stuff such as architecture, shipwrighting, etc. Similarly, we have Open Abilities like Law, History, and Arcane Lore. Feel free to modify these as appropriate for your own games. For our personal play style, I've been content with using these new ones.)
Secret of Magical Potential<
Secret of Military Discipline
You are trained at fighting alongside a commander, and acting directly on his instructions and orders. When another character grants you any amount of bonus dice from Orate or Battle ability checks, you take double the amount of bonus dice, and your restriction for the use of bonus dice is raised to two per roll.
(Heh. Another note is merited here. It's funny when I realize just how many homebrew rules we use. Our bonus dice from chained ability checks, and the aid of other individuals, are typically what we call Restricted Chains, meaning we only allow one die to roll over to the next check. This was a game rule instituted to stop an orgy of dice from appearing when chained checks were made. Don't get me wrong: we LOVE chaining abilities to each other, but it made things crazy after a certain point. In most cases, a character who could find any ability to chain womped his opponent handily if the opponent couldn't do the same, and it made for less drama, and we nipped the problem there. Just like pool point expenditures on abilities, your chains are normally restricted to a single bonus die.
There's a Secret we use called the Secret of Ability Genius which works, in some respects, like the Secret of Ability Speciality. Take Secret of Ability Genius: Etiquette, and your use of Etiquette chains are now restricted--you can roll over as many dice from Etiquette as you'd like to another ability check, when you chain them.
Hopefully, with that explained, the Secret above makes more sense.)
This has gotten so long that I need to cut in half. More Secrets, followed by Keys, in the second post.
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Part 2 of the horrifying avalanche of Maldorite crunchiness.
Secret of the Mounted Charge
You can spur a horse forward to deal a devastating attack to a foe. If you make a successful melee attack from horseback, you can make an additional Cavalry ability check; the SL of the Cavalry check is added to the damage of your attack as points of harm. You must be able to charge an opponent to do this, so fighting in close quarters or while surrounded makes such an attack impossible.
2 Vigor, 1 Instinct.
(This one hasn't been field-tested yet. I suspect it may be overpowered. Then again, its not every day a guy gets up on a horse in the middle of a battle, so I'm waiting to see just how broken it is, particularly 'cause its a fun moment where you're running down a foe from horseback. I suspect it isn't more powerful than the Secret of the Mighty Blow, and is arguably a lot more limited.)
Secret of Oathbinding<
2 Reason.
Secret of the Prayer of Dawn
You have been initiated into some of the mysteries of the faith of the Sun Lord. You can make a Pray ability check to illuminate an area with soft light, making it easy to see in darkness. The duration and radius of the light is determined by the Success Level of your check.
(I didn't want to twink off into cleric-land, but I just feel bad for that poor solar faith sometimes. I thought it'd be nice to give them a Secret or two, so that maybe someone would see the appeal in going for an Absolon-as-Sun-King character now and again.)
Secret of the Scion
For some reason, people believe you have some connection to the line of Absolon. Perhaps you are a lineal descendant of the emperors, an inheritor of their legacy, or even believed to be Absolon reincarnate. You receive a bonus die on all social rolls with loyalists and believers, but you may draw the attentions or envy of the Lords of Maldor, who might seek to involve you in their schemes (or dispose of you entirely).
(Kudos to Robert Ahrens for this one, from whose Crimson Sands TSOY campaign I stole this idea. Did I say "stole"? I meant "brazenly stole." He's the guy who got me into TSOY. Gotta give a little love back.)
Secret of Shared Defense
You have learned Maldorite fighting tactics, allowing you to share defensive items with a single character you designate, provided they stay nearby you. If you are wielding a defensive item with an imbued defense bonus, you can apply a +1 defense to the character you protect (though you cannot apply a higher defensive bonus, even if your imbued item normally provides a greater defense to you).
Secret of the Shield Bulwark<
(An incentive for those who have to go purely on the defense during BDTP, such as changing their intention. The "using a shield" part is pure candy fluff; there's no mechanic for it. I just like the image of the armor-and-shield-clad Maldorite warrior. Yes, I'm a fantasy goober. Moving on...)
Secret of the Shield Parry
You can brace yourself when wielding a shield and defending against an attack, steeling yourself against greater damage. You can chain an Infantry Ability check to any Endurance check to defend against damage. This chain is restricted, as per normal rules.
Secret of the Siege Engineer
You can design and build siege engines with a Construction ability check. Once built, these engines can be used to make Infantry checks as if you or their wielders possessed the Secret of Shattering Strikes (effectively ignoring the standard penalty die for attacking inanimate objects or barriers). You can lead teams of sappers and other workers to undermine walls and battlements by making Construction checks.
(Everyone using standard TSOY rules would use, I guess, Rough Crafts. Maybe Complex Crafts. You see our concern sometimes with the Crafts rules, and why we opted for the two abilities we have.
Shattering Strikes is another homebrew of ours. We have a default assumption in game that its not as easy to smash through a stone wall as it is to knock a person down, so that materials tend to have fixed Success Levels to smash them, and typically apply a penalty die on the attempt. Yes, it's awfully D&D of me, but its not that different than assuming that an engineer would've come through this place at some point and set the difficulty ratings for all the walls and doors and such that you see, so its a passive contested check anyhow. This just standardizes and shorthands it for me.)
Secret of the Tactical Fighter<
Secret of the Thieves' Guild
You have been initiated into a criminal organization in Maldor, whether its a lowly street gang, a group of highwaymen and brigands, an assassin's cult, or a criminal syndicate with a multi-generational history of "made men" and families. When in contact with your guild, you can spend 1 Reason and make a Streetwise ability check: the Success Level of the check results in a pool of bonus dice similar to the Secret of Blessing. These bonus dice can be applied to any criminal activity, and represent special equipment, help in the form of lookouts and trained criminals, loans of money, or other aid.
Secret of War College
You are a member of one of the prestigious War Colleges of Maldor, which are somewhere between military academies and secret societies. As a result of your extensive training, you receive a bonus die on Battle Ability checks, and a bonus die on Infantry or Dueling checks with a single weapon (typically the signature weapon of your War College).
Secret of the War Hound<
Secret of the War-Cry
When you issue a war-cry, a challenge to battle, or an oath of vengeance, others take notice, particularly your foes. You can chain an Orate ability check to an appropriate Fighting Ability check when facing a foe. This chain is restricted normally.
Secret of the Wonder<
Secret of the Wonder-Wielder
You have a good understanding of the magical wonders of old Maldor, even if you are not a Three Corner Magician yourself. When activating a wonder, you can spend 1 Reason to make an Arcane Lore check, rather than using the appropriate Sorcery ability. The wonder functions normally, with its typical effect.
1 Reason.
(Yes, straight out of D&D, its the "Use Magic Device secret." But, actually, it has a lot of flair when used in game, as it means that non-Three Corner characters can sometimes steal a cool magical doohickey and do something awesome with it.)
Secret of the Wonder-Worker<
3 Reason, 1 Vigor.
And last but certainly not least, some Keys are probably in order.
Key of the Dolorous Oath
You are tied to a task which you find loathsome, troubling, or painful, but still must perform because of the expectations or others, or some pressure or threat which is used against you.
1 XP: Every time your obligation or oath comes up in a scene.
2 XP: Every time your oath brings you humiliation or discomfort.
5 XP: Every time your oath disrupts the chance to get what you really want.
Break your oath, and face the repercussions.
Key of
You have served your time in the armies of Maldor, and draw your sense of self from your time as a soldier or officer.
1 XP: Whenever you share a meaningful scene with fellow soldiers or military superiors.
2 XP: Any time your loyalty to your fellow soldiers or your superior officers causes you inconvenience.
5 XP: Any time your loyalty to your fellow soldiers or your superior officers brings danger or harm.
Break faith with your men or disobey an order.
Key of the Veteran<
Resist an opportunity for honor or glory.
Okay. That's it for now. Comments, suggestions, criticisms, and more are all welcome, but I'm not fishing for them, really. This is mostly for the benefit of others who've asked about it over boards and e-mail.
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While working on the lundi project, a minor, but not negligible, issue arose: How can we spare the user from producing manually all those std::functions from their callable objects?
The hypothetical
expose function template takes
std::function<R(P...)> and exposes them to the lua VM. A typical use case would be:
std::function<void(int, int)> lamarck = [](int a, int b){ std::cout << a << b; }; expose(lamarck);
That's nice and all, but why do you need to write the signature of the function you just typed? That's redundant. The thing is, lambdas are actually function objects. The preceding lambda declaration is roughly equivalent to
struct blanche { void operator()(int a, int b) const { std::cout << a << b; } }; std::function<void(int, int)> lamarck = blanche();
Note the braces; we're not assigning a type here.
Now, we could put pretty much anything in function objects; the only thing that makes them function objects are the presence of operator(). That would be insane, of course, to provide an implicit conversion to std::function.
Nobody is keeping you from doing it, though:
template<typename R, typename... P> std::function<R(P...)> make_function(R(func const &)(P...)) { return std::function<R(P...)>(func); }
Well, that's the easy part, but what about function objects? You can't just match a function object's call signature because it's not easily accessible. You can, though, look at his operator() to work out the parameter and return types. Note that it's not possible if operator() is a template or if it's overloaded.
This is where
decltype is useful:
typedef decltype(&T::operator()) ptmf_type;
ptmf_type should look (in the case of
void(int, int)) like
void (mytype::*)(int, int) const, which can be matched in a template to extract all the needed types. We might as well work out directly the function type:
template<typename T> struct ptmf_traits { typedef void type; }; template<typename O, typename R, typename... P> struct ptmf_traits<R(O::*)(P...) const> { typedef std::function<R(P...)> type; };
Now, you can just use
ptmf_traits<decltype(&LambdaType::operator())>::type to get a function type:
template<typename Func> ptmf_traits<decltype(&Func::operator())>::type make_function_from_lambda(Func const &func) { return func; }
With this function, the type of the std::function produced is fully deduced from the argument type:
auto my_func = make_function_from_lambda([](int a, int b){ std::cout << a << b; }); // my_func's type is std::function<void(int, int)>
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AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian rebels broke through government lines to ease a siege of their positions in the strategic central city of Homs on Sunday despite coming under fierce aerial bombardment, opposition campaigners said.
The communally mixed city of Sunni Muslims and Alawites, the minority sect that has dominated Syria since the 1960s, has emerged as a major battleground in the two-year-old uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. The bloodshed has claimed about 70,000 lives so far, according to the United Nations.
Homs, 140 km (88 miles) north of Damascus in central Syria, lies on a vital road juncture linking army bases on the Mediterranean coast, home to a large proportion of Assad's Alawites, and government forces in the capital Damascus.
In a counter-offensive, Sunni rebels punched their way through government lines in the north and west to loosen a months-long army siege on their strongholds in the center of the Syria's third biggest city, opposition sources said.
Insurgents based in the provinces of Hama and Idlib advanced on Homs this weekend from the north while brigades from rural Homs attacked government positions in its Baba Amro district.
This area was overrun by the army after a long siege a year ago and subsequently visited by Assad.
The Syrian state news agency said "a unit of our brave army engaged with an armed terrorist group that had tried to infiltrate Baba Amro ... and killed and wounded several of its members."
Abu Imad, an opposition activist, said the sound of aerial bombardment on Baba Amro in western Homs shook the city.
"This situation is muddled in the whole of Homs, but what is certain is that the regime is busy trying to repel rebel brigades who have broken into Baba Amro from its rural surroundings," he said.
Both sides have taken heavy casualties since the army went on the offensive 10 days ago to take the central districts of Khalidya, al-Qusour and Old Homs, where rebel brigades have been dug in for months, according to opposition military sources.
Rebels repulsed several army attempts to take Khalidya with infantry in the last 10 days and dozens from both sides have been killed, the sources said.
Assad, fighting to maintain his family's four-decade-old grip on Syria, appears to be focusing his military campaign on holding the main cities, along a highway axis running north of Homs to Hama and Aleppo and south to Damascus and Deraa, according to opposition sources.
In a meeting with parliamentarians from Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party in Damascus on Thursday, Assad said he could not control some parts of Syria, accusing Turkey's government of backing what he described as terrorists.
"We can't control all parts of Syria. We are focused on big cities. There are terrorist attacks in the countryside," Assad said, according to a report the party published on Sunday.
Nader al-Husseini, an activist from Baba Amro, said several roadblocks in the district had fallen to rebel fighters and dozens of loyalist troops and militia had fled to the nearby districts of Jobar and Inshaat.
"For the regime to take hits in Baba Amro is damaging to its morale, especially since Assad visited Baba Amro and was filmed there, supposedly sealing the regime's triumph," Husseini said.
In the east of Syria, a desert region that extends to Iraq's Sunni heartland, government jets bombarded the city of Raqqa, which fell to the opposition last week, killing five people. But some refugees who had fled to nearby rural and desert areas have begun returning to the city, activists said.
The German weekly Spiegel, quoting what it called participants and organizers, reported on Sunday that Americans, some in uniforms, were training rebel fighters in Jordan.
Britain's Guardian newspaper had a similar report, quoting Jordanian security services, and said British and French trainers were part of a U.S.-led effort meant to strengthen secular elements over Islamist hardliners in the rebel ranks.
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The United States has said it would provide medical supplies and food directly to opposition fighters but has ruled out sending arms for fear they may find their way to Islamist radicals who might then use them against Western targets.
Saudi Arabia and Qatar are widely believed to be providing weapons to the insurgents, and Arab League ministers decided on Wednesday to let member nations arm them.
Large tracts of eastern Syria, which accounts for all of the major Arab state's oil production and most of its grain output, have been captured by insurgent forces in recent weeks.
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Meanwhile, the number of refugees fleeing Syria could triple by the end of the year from one million now, according to a new United Nations estimate.
"Everything depends on whether or not we will have a political solution but we need to be prepared for a very strong increase of the present numbers," U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres told reporters in Ankara.
Opposition campaigners said at least 20 bodies of young men captured and shot by security forces were found on Sunday in a small waterway running through the contested city of Aleppo.
It was the largest number of bodies lifted in a single day from what became known as "the river of martyrs", after 65 bodies turned up in late January. An average of several bodies a day have been appearing in the river since, several activists in the northern city, which is near Turkey, told Reuters.
Syrian authorities have banned most independent media from the country, making verification of reported events difficult.
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Arsenal Football Club is delighted to announce that five of its young internationals have today signed new long-term contracts. The quintet of Kieran Gibbs (23), Carl Jenkinson (20), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (19), Aaron Ramsey (21) and Jack Wilshere (20), who are all full internationals, and between them have already made more than 350 first-team appearances for the Gunners, have all committed their long-term futures to Arsenal. All five players who have signed new deals represent British countries. Midfielder Ramsey has made the most appearances for his country, playing 24 times and also captaining the Wales national team. The other four players who have put pen to paper on new deals, are all full England internationals. Defender Jenkinson is the most recent to win his first cap, making his full England debut in November in the friendly international in Sweden. Defender Gibbs was a regular under-21 international and has now won two England caps, with midfielder Wilshere representing the Three Lions on nine occasions. Manager Arsène Wenger said: "We are delighted that these five young players have all signed new long-term contracts. The plan is to build a team around a strong basis of young players, in order to get them to develop their talent at the Club. Jack is certainly the best known, the leader of this group - but the other four players are exceptional footballers, and we're very happy that we could conclude their new deals at the same time. Wenger continued: "Gibbs, Jenkinson, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ramsey and Wilshere represent a core of the squad and it's an extension for a long period for all of them. I'm a strong believer in stability and I believe when you have a core of British players, it's always easier to keep them together and that's what we'll try to achieve going forward." Everyone at Arsenal Football Club looks forward to the continued contribution of Kieran, Carl, Alex, Aaron and Jack in the forthcoming years.


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