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I have a
custom-post-type called
wr_event and a custom-field for it called
I have a lot of posts and each of those posts has set an
event_date. Pretty straight forward.
All I'd like to do now is list all the years in which
events have been posted.
So I'd like to have this …
2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008
How do I do that? I thought of looping through all posts and listing the years, but somehow I can't figure out how to do so.
$loop = new WP_Query( $args );
while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post();
global $post;
$this_year = get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'event_date', true );
$this_year = date('Y', $this_year);
echo $this_year;
What's the best and simplest solution to do so?
rsort( $years ); // sorts the years array into reverse order
foreach ($years as $year) {
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CAMERON - It's official. Maddie Ross is now Guinness World Record holder.
Her journey, which began on a cool October Friday night in Cameron, culminated on New Year's Eve inside the Ohio Valley mall as nearly 100 friends, family, well-wishers and official witness watched the 14-year-old teen break the Guinness record for consecutive handsprings.
Last week, Ross received her official certificate from Guinness HQ in London that she owns the record.
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CAMERON HIGH School freshman Maddie Ross stands in front of her trophies at the Arielettes in Sherrard. Ross is holding the official certificate from Guinness World Records of the consecutive handspring record she broke on New Year's Eve.
It's one she intends to improve upon either this spring or fall. It's one she had easily bested in October.
And it's also one that she nearly didn't break when it mattered.
Back in October, Ross' mother Missi was watching the today show when then 16-year-old Texas teen Miranda Ferguson was featured on the Today Show after setting the Guinness mark for handsprings at 35.
Missi Ross, the owner of Arielettes in Sherrard, had a feeling her daughter could best that mark and phoned Maddie during school to inquire about her interest in trying.
That night before the football game, Maddie Ross was filmed attempting to break the record, one she shattered by performing 43 consecutive back handsprings on the soft grass of the Dragons' field.
But, since there were no officially designated witnesses, representatives from Guinness explained she'd have to do it again.
That necessitated the official record-breaking attempt inside the mall on New Year's Eve.
Ross was primed and ready, confident in her ability to break the record. She was so confident that she had set her goal at 50.
She set off on her first pass down the main corridor inside the mall but didn't count on two issues. The first was minor and correctable. Not having the benefit of the painted white lines of the football field, Ross began veering off course slightly, forcing an overcorrection to get back on track about 20 handsprings into her attempt.
The second issues was a major one and it nearly cost Ross her record.
Ross hadn't planned on the lack of give of the concrete mall floor and the repeated pounding of her hands and feet on its surface began to take their toll. After 30 handspring, just five shy of tying the record, Ross had to stop.
She regained her composure and made a second attempt. This time, she only made it though 24 rotations before stopping.
Tears of frustration and anger had set in and Ross needed a few minutes to get her mind right.
"I was frustrated," Ross said. "I didn't think I was going to be able to do it the third time. It hurt. It wasn't the carpet, more the concrete that was hurting the inside of my hands. That was unexpected."
Her mother told Ross to change up her thinking and not think 50, only beating the record.
So one more time, not wanting to disappoint herself or the large number of supporters lining the mall corridor cheering her on, Ross mustered the courage to give it one final go.
She broke the record at 36 and immediately stopped as her family and friends swarmed her to offer their congratulations.
"Once I got to 36, I had beat it and I was done," Ross said.
For days following New Year's Eve, Ross' palms of her hands were puffy and sore. Her feet were swollen. She had performed 90 back handsprings on a surface with little give in the span of less than 90 minutes.
She plans to better her mark either this spring or fall, on the field in Cameron.
"It makes a huge difference being able to do it on a football field," she admitted.
The certificate marked the end of a strange journey, beset with obstacles to overcome, both in and out of her control.
After the October attempt, Missi Ross repeatedly attempted to contact the Guinness people. Her daughter's 43 handsprings was on film and numerous witnesses in attendance could attest to the video, and the attempts, authenticity.
But Guinness in officials in London were having difficulty getting a hold of their New York office. After all, that was during the initial days of Hurricane Sandy cleanup.
Then, after planning her official attempt on New Year's Eve, travelling from Cameron to the mall became problematic because of a winter storm that blanketed the Ohio Valley, making driving a challenge.
This is far from Ross' first major success. A quick scan of the wall at Arielettes tells the story of her achievements in dance and tumbling as dozens and dozens of trophies and plaques, some taller than Ross herself, line the wall.
But being a world-record holder is a moment she will treasure forever.
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The 6 Most Nonchalant Ways People Dodged Death (Repeatedly)
How many times have you almost died? If your answer is "Somewhere between two and 14 times," then you're probably on this list.
We're not sure if that makes the people below incredibly lucky or unlucky. All we know is that they have better stories to tell at parties than we do.
#6. Rodney Cocks Is Followed by Explosions Everywhere He Goes
It always sucks when your job follows you when you're on vacation, especially when said job involves people trying to blow you to shit. That's what keeps happening to Australian army Captain Rodney Cocks, who hears explosions coming his way about as often as he hears bad puns about his name.
We're guessing he doesn't Google himself very often.
In October 2002, Cocks was on the island of Bali, Indonesia, on a break from his peacekeeping duty in East Timor. One night, as Cocks and some friends left a nightclub and headed to a nearby cafe to check their e-mail, Cocks heard a loud noise coming from behind him. He turned around and saw a van full of explosives go off right in front of the club he'd just left. Despite being covered in glass and injured (he was only 50 yards from the explosion, wearing shorts and flip-flops), Cocks got up and ran inside what was left of the club to help other people.
Most of whom were busy taking blurry cellphone pictures of the tragedy.
Rather than staying the hell away from anything involving bombs from then on out, which is what anyone who isn't a freaking action hero would do, Cocks actually signed up to deal with them on a daily basis. After wrapping up his tour in East Timor, he toyed with the idea of becoming a lawyer but decided that disabling landmines in Iraq sounded much more badass. And so, less than a year after the Bali incident, Cocks would find himself standing a few yards from yet another giant explosion -- not while dealing with landmines, but just sitting in a perfectly safe office.
In August 2003, Cocks was sitting at his desk at the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad, then got up and went to the other room for a second (maybe he had to reset his router). Moments later, this happened:
The router never stood a chance.
Had Cocks remained at his desk, he would have been killed by the massive truck bomb that exploded right outside his window. When Cocks ran back to where his office used to be and saw the remains of the suicide bomber lying right in front of him, he says his first thought was "Yeah, you didn't get me this time, either." We're guessing this is the part they'll replace with "Yippie-ki-yay, motherfucker" when Bruce Willis buys his life story and recycles it into Die Hard 6 and 7.
#5. Pierre Cota Survives a Car Accident and Plane Crash to Get to a Meeting
Of all the excuses for being late for a meeting, you'd think "My car was totaled, and then my freaking plane crashed" would be good enough for anyone. But that just didn't cut it for French engineer Pierre Cota, who either was extremely devoted to punctuality or had the least understanding bosses ever.
"Oh, you 'totaled your car,' huh? Your 'plane crashed,' eh? Jenkins fell over a dog, and he was on time."
On January 20, 1992, Cota was driving to the airport in Lyon, France, when he lost control of his vehicle and was involved in a horrific pileup. Cota's car was totaled, but he escaped the accident without consequence -- except missing his damn flight, that is. Cota was still determined to get to Strasbourg in time for a meeting, so he booked a later flight and somehow made his way to the airport, despite no longer owning a working car.
"Make sure you get the lead out of my chest, I've got to make it through security."
As it turns out, the plane Cota boarded happened to be Air Inter Flight 148 -- the one that crashed into a mountain in Strasbourg because of a dumbly designed display screen. The crashed killed 87 passengers; Pierre Cota was one of nine who made it. Since Cota had booked his flight at the last minute, his seat was chosen from one of the last available in the tail of the plane, which saved his (possibly invulnerable anyway) ass. Despite the strength of the impact and the flames surrounding him, Cota "grabbed the boy next to [him], and went out through a hole in the plane."
Of course, at this point it was more hole than plane.
But hey, at least he was in Strasbourg, finally. Cota's only injury after two deadly accidents? A nosebleed, apparently. Somewhere, a guy who looks like Samuel L. Jackson rose dramatically from his wheelchair and said, "I found him."
#4. Joseph Samuel Is Executed Three Times and Doesn't Die
On the morning of September 26, 1803, a crowd of people gathered on a street in Parramatta, Australia, to watch two criminals being hanged to death, which was like the 19th century equivalent of a reality show (but somehow more tasteful). This was a special occasion, though: Despite there being only two criminals, the audience actually got to witness four hangings ... resulting in one death.
In modern terms, that's like four trashy make-out scenes, but only one of Snooki puking.
One of the sentenced criminals turned out to be so hard to kill that the Australian justice system eventually gave up and let him live. The man was Joseph Samuel, an English criminal who'd been banished to the land of kangaroos in 1801. In 1802, Samuel was involved in the death of a constable and sentenced to be hanged from the neck until dead. This last part would prove trickier than they thought.
Samuel's own request to be hanged until he felt a bit ill was quickly shot down.
Unfortunately for Samuel and the other guy, hanging technology wasn't so advanced at this point: Instead of automatically snapping their necks by letting them fall through a trapdoor while hanging from the noose, the executioner simply made the convicts stand on a cart and then pushed the cart away, leaving them to asphyxiate over several minutes. That's exactly what happened to the first criminal, but when Samuel's turn came, the rope snapped and he fell down, only spraining his ankle. And then the exact same thing happened again. And again.
Let's all take a moment to be grateful that "rope" is no longer a key tool of law enforcement.
All three hanging attempts were made with different ropes, obviously, as the other criminal continued being slowly asphyxiated by one exactly like that. Meanwhile, the crowd started getting restless: Clearly, God didn't want this man dead. We're not joking about that -- unsure of how to proceed (and possibly running out of ropes), the executioner called the governor, who, upon reviewing the situation, in fact decided that God's will truly was for Joseph Samuel to be alive.
They still threw him back in jail, though, because it's not like God posted his bail or anything.


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Twice a year the Bennington College campus swells with writing talent, when some of America's most acclaimed and celebrated writers come together for the Bennington Writing Seminars, two 10-day residencies in its MFA in writing program. Hundreds of budding writers travel cross-country to join a host of award-winning faculty and writers-in-residence that include former U.S. Poet Laureate Donald Hall. Faculty and guest lecturers offer an evening reading series, free and open to the public, in Bennington College's Deane Carriage Barn. The readings begin Thursday, June 12, 2008, and will conclude Friday, June 20, 2008.
Amy Hempel
Nicholas Montemarano
Thursday, June 12, 2008
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Amy Hempel's newest book, The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel, was a finalist for the PEN-Faulkner Award and one of The New York Times' Ten Best Books of the Year. She has published four other collections of stories: The Dog of the Marriage, Tumble Home, At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom, and Reasons to Live. Her stories have been published in twelve languages. Her anthology of poems in the voices of dogs, Unleashed: Poems by Writers' Dogs, was published by Crown. Ms. Hempel received a Guggenheim Fellowship and is currently a contributing editor to Bomb magazine. Nicholas Montemarano is the author of the short story collection—If the Sky Falls—and the novel A Fine Place. His short stories have appeared in Esquire, Zoetrope: All-Story, Tin House, The Southern Review, AGNI, The Gettysburg Review, The Pushcart Prize, and many other publications. His nonfiction has been published in The Washington Post Magazine and DoubleTake. He is the recipient of fellowships from The National Endowment for the Arts, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, The MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, the Edward F. Albee Foundation, and the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference. Martha Cooley
Timothy Liu
Friday, June 13, 2008
7:00 p.m. Martha Cooley's first novel, The Archivist, was published in 1998 and has appeared in translation in eleven languages. Her second novel, Thirty-Three Swoons, was published in the U.S. and Italy in 2005 and is now in paperback. Ms. Cooley's short fiction and nonfiction have appeared in A Public Space, AGNI, Washington Square, and elsewhere. Timothy Liu's books of poems are For Dust Thou Art: Poems, Of Thee I Sing, Hard Evidence, Say Goodnight, Burnt Offerings, and Vox Angelica. His poetry has also appeared in American Letters and Commentary, Field, Grand Street, The Nation, New American Writing, Paris Review, Ploughshares, Poetry, and The Yale Review among other publications. He edited the anthology, Word of Mouth: An Anthology of Gay American Poetry. Susan Cheever
Brian Morton
Saturday, June 14, 2008
7:00 p.m.
Susan Cheever's newest book, American Bloomsbury: The Lives of Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry David Thoreau: Their Lives, Their Loves, Their Work (2004), was on the Boston Globe bestseller list for three months. Cheever's other books include My Name is Bill: Bill Wilson, His Life and the Creation of Alcoholics Anonymous, and Home Before Dark: A Biographical Memoir of John Cheever by His Daughter. She has also published five novels. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and many other magazines and anthologies. Her work has been nominated for a National Book Circle Award and won the Boston Globe Winship medal. She is a Guggenheim Fellow, a member of the Authors Guild Council, and a director of the Yaddo Corporation. Brian Morton's novels include Breakable You; A Window Across the River, which was a Today Show Book Club selection; and Starting Out in the Evening, which received the Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Koret Jewish Book Award for Fiction, a Guggenheim Foundation Award, was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, and was made into a motion picture. Charles Bock
Fiona Maazel
Sunday, June 15, 2008
7:00 p.m. Charles Bock has an MFA from Bennington College and has received fellowships from Yaddo, UCross, and the Vermont Studio Center. His novel Beautiful Children was a New York Times and national bestseller. Fiona Maazel's first novel, Last, Last Chance, was published by FSG in March. She graduated from the Bennington Writing Seminars in 2002. Amy Gerstler
Dinah Lenney
Monday, June 16, 2008
7:00 p.m. Amy Gerstler's many books of poems include Ghost Girl, Medicine, Crown of Weeds, Nerve Store, and Bitter Angel. Ms. Gerstler also has two chapbooks of fiction, Primitive Man and Martine's Mouth. Bitter Angel was awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award, and Crown of Weeds received the California Book Award. Dinah Lenney's first book of memoir is Bigger Than Life: A Murder, A Memoir. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Agni, L.A. Times, and elsewhere. A working actor, she most recently played a well-intentioned prison warden on Law and Order. Ms. Lenney holds an MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars.
Bret Anthony Johnston
Francine Prose
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
7:00 p.m. Bret Anthony Johnston is the editor of Naming the World: And Other Exercises for the Creative Writer, and the author of Corpus Christi: Stories. His honors include a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship and a National Book Award for writers under 35. His fiction and essays have been published in The Paris Review, Esquire, The New York Times Magazine, and in numerous anthologies, including New Stories from the South: The Year's Best 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2008. Mr. Johnston is the director of creative writing at Harvard University. Francine Prose is the author of the New York Times bestseller Reading Like a Writer, as well as fourteen books of fiction, including A Changed Man—winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize—and Blue Angel, a finalist for the National Book Award. A critic and essayist, Ms. Prose has taught literature and writing for more than twenty years at major universities. Michael Burkard
Sheila Kohler
Thursday, June 19, 2008
7:00 p.m. Michael Burkard's books of poems include Envelope of Night, Selected and Uncollected Poems 1966–1990, Unsleeping, Pennsylvania Collection Agency, Entire Dilemma, My Secret Boat: A Notebook of Prose and Poems, Fictions from the Self, Ruby for Grief, and In a White Light. Mr. Burkard was awarded a 2008 Guggenheim Fellowship and has received a Whiting Writer's Award and a fellowship in poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts. Sheila Kohler's newest book is the historical novel, Bluebird or The Invention of Happiness. She is the author of five other novels: Crossways, Children of Pithiviers, Cracks, The House on R Street, and The Perfect Place. Ms. Kohler's work received the O. Henry Award, the Open Voice Prize, the Smart Family Foundation Prize, and the Willa Cather Prize. Lucie Brock-Broido
Bernard Cooper
Friday, June 20, 2008
7:00 p.m. Lucie Brock-Broido's books of poetry include Trouble in Mind, The Master Letters, and A Hunger. Her awards and honors include the Witter-Bynner Prize of Poetry from the Academy of American Arts and Letters, the Harvard Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Award, the Harvard-Danforth Award for Distinction in Teaching, the Jerome J. Shestack Poetry Prize from American Poetry Review, two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, and a Guggenheim fellowship. Bernard Cooper's books of memoir are The Bill from My Father and Truth Serum. He has also published a book of essays, Maps to Anywhere, a novel, A Year of Rhymes, and a book of short stories, Guess Again. His work will appear in The Best American Essays of 2008—his fifth appearance in this series. Mr. Cooper has received writing fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation.
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Football notebook: Ansonia lineman eager to play after missing 2012 with injury
Ansonia High's Ryan Hovan is champing at the bit for his senior year, especially for Friday's night's season opener against Torrington at 7 at Jarvis Stadium.
According to Chargers head coach Tom Brockett, Hovan could be the best two-way lineman as a right offensive guard and a defensive end in the Naugatuck Valley League, based on his strength, agility, blocking ability and defensive instincts.
If not for a preseason injury last year, Hovan may have been among the league's elite lineman in 2012.
As the team bus left Rentschler Field last fall, just a half-hour or so after Ansonia cruised past North Branford, 59-26, to capture the 2012 Class S state championship, Hovan wasn't in a good mood.
He had watched from the sidelines as he did for the previous 13 games after a preseason leg injury derailed his junior year. Hovan broke his right tibia in the last scrimmage against Shelton a week before the season opener.
"It was horrible," said Hovan recently. "All I thought about on the way home was, 'Where can I find a gym the next day?' I still wasn't cleared to run, but I was able to work out and improve my upper body strength."
Hovan wasn't medically cleared to run until February and was able to resume football activities during spring practice in June.
"It feels great to be back on the field," said Hovan. "I can't wait for Friday night."
Speaking of the Chargers, contrary to media reports and on Twitter last week, junior quarterback Jai'Quan McKnight will suit up for the Chargers, who hold the state's longest current winning streak at 28 games.
McKnight wore a walking boot for precautionary reasons after suffering turf toe, according to Brockett. McKnight was injured days earlier during a scrimmage against West Haven.
McKnight practiced lightly Monday and is hopeful of practicing at full strength today. "At the worst, it will be a game-time decision," said Brockett of his playing status.
Senior Thomas Majchrzak will see action if McKnight can't play.
Ansonia junior Witold Gul takes over the placekicking duties for Arthur Kwaskiewicz, who underwent surgery to repair his torn left anterior cruciate ligament. Kwaskiewicz converted 59 PAT kicks, including five in the Chargers' 41-13 state semifinal win over Hyde Leadership. Majchrzak is the holder on PATs and Matt Simon is the long snapper.
Entering the Hall: Jack Hunt, the legendary Ansonia football coach who died last Thanksgiving, will be inducted posthumously into the Connecticut High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame on Nov. 21.
Hunt compiled a 193-26-1 overall record with a winning percentage of .881 over 18 seasons and guided the Chargers to seven state crowns and four runner-up plaques.
Hunt stepped down after the 2005 season, ending a 33-year overall coaching career.
Sidelined, but not forgotten: Watertown senior linebacker Jimmy Truelove underwent surgery to repair his ACL and MCL in his right knee recently. Truelove injured his leg during a passing league drill.
"Jimmy was a starter at times last year and was definitely going to be a full-time, impact player this season," said Watertown coach Mike Veronneau. "He has such great determination and sheer hustle, and is a tough kid. His teammates have rallied around him. Until this past week, the kids hadn't seen him often at practice because he had trouble staying up on crutches. But when we had the Avon scrimmage recently, Jimmy showed up and all of the kids broke from their stretching line to wish him well. He was trembling because he was so excited to see and be with his teammates."
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As far as i know Zeppelins were abandoned because they were not safe, back in time. Is it still the case in 2011 though? In my opinion it is more economical to operate a Zeppelin than a plane and they are more stable as there is less acceleration so the interior has tables and chairs etc.
The problem is we are running out of helium. Liquid helium is used in the MRI and other applications. It is also profligately wasted on party balloons. So the prospect for helium lofted dirigibles is not good. Also the US in the 1930s built some helium lofted dirigibles, which were destroyed by storms. So they are not entirely safe, as they are pretty vulnerable to weather.
They are safe now that they use helium.
There exist zeppelins for special occasions. During the Olympics in Athens in 2004 there was a Zeppelin hovering for the news cover. There existed some by GoodYear for advertisement purposes some years ago.
They are not used for transport because of economic choices. I think time is the important factor in plane travel, and they cannot compete there. There are tourism uses.
There was a German company CargoLifter that wanted to build commercial zeppelins to transport heavy weight goods. However the company got insolvent. In the german Wikipedia article it is mentioned that Boeing is working on some transportation craft similar to a zeppelin.
There's a company in my home town that's trying to revive the idea for local cargo transport. Seems to me that there's a lot of technical challenges and very little to gain by doing so. It'll be interesting to see how it ends up going for them...
Why would it be more economical? Why would the energy required to propel a large unaerodynamic balloon a certain distance be less than that required to propel an equivalent cargo in an aeroplane?
I'm pretty sure they were also abandoned because they're slow and uneconomical.
If I think about the scaling of the aerodynamic drag at a fixed speed with size. A heavier than air airfoil scales linearly with mass, because of the need to generate lift. A Zepplin's area should scale as the 2/3rds power of its size. So for a large enough Zeppline, it should be more efficient.
I am agreed, about the high vulnerability to weather events.
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Tomato and Tarragon Pilaf
Categories: Entertaining, Low-fat, Quick to fix, Vegetarian
Type: Side Dishes
Type: Side Dishes
Tomato and tarragon pilaf makes a delicious side dish to any meal.
Prep Time: 10M
Cooking Time: 25M
Serves: Serves 4
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
- 11/2 cups instant rice
- 11/2 cups hot vegetable stock
- 1lb (450g) tomatoes, quartered
- 2 or 3 sprigs of fresh tarragon, leaves picked and torn
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
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- Heat the oil and butter in a large frying pan over low heat. Add the onion and a pinch of salt, and cook for about 5 minutes until soft. Stir in the garlic and rice, making sure the rice is well coated with butter.
- Now pour in the hot stock, and stir again. Bring to a boil, cover, and remove from heat. Let stand for 5 minutes. Uncover and stir to fluff the rice. If the pilaf seems dry, add a little more hot stock or water.
- Season well with salt and pepper, then stir in the tomatoes and tarragon. Serve hot with a crisp green salad.
- Tarragon isn't everyone's favorite herb, so substitute thyme or rosemary, if you wish.
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For those who were close to 19-year-old Aaron McCoy or 22-year-old Dustin Parrish, it's been a difficult time.
"A lot of people miss you. You've showed a lot of people a lot of things that they needed to go on, there's nothing we wouldn't do to get you back," said friend Nichole Gillon.
Both of the young men died early Saturday morning when Parrish's Jeep ran off of bishop road in Barren County, throwing both of them out of the jeep.
The Barren County Sheriff Department said it's difficult to deal with cases like this.
"Yea it is. There's more of an outcry after the fact, and it's always harder to deal with teenagers, with the younger kids it's harder to deal with," said Barren County Deputy Adam Bow.
A police report says neither were wearing a seat belt, and alcohol was involved.
"We lost the heart and soul of the crew, that says it to a t," said friends of McCoy.
Several friends have responded in their own way.
Last night, they made memorials and spun out several times in their cars in honor of the two men.
"We've been showing a different way a younger generation would mourn for the loss of a friend, and we're here today to let everybody know it's not to harm anyone, to disturb anyone. It's just how people our age would handle it," said Gillon.
While this caused some to call into the Sheriff Department to complain about it, police allowed them to have one night to do their thing.
"I have a lot of respect for the Barren County Sheriff Department right now, a whole, whole lot of respect for them," said one of McCoy's friends.
Tuesday night, several gathered at the sight to remember the two men again, but police would allow no more burnouts.
Friends said this is what the two men would've wanted them to do.
Funeral arrangements are this week with McCoy's at 1 pm on Wednesday at A.F. Crow and Son Funeral Home, and Parrish's at 1 pm tomorrow at Beaumont cemetery.


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I want to connect my TI-84 Plus to my Ubuntu 11.04 laptop. I use the organelle cables to connect it. The program
tilp(2) didn't work or at least it didn't show my TI-84 Plus; I've tried to run it in root and in the normal way.
I want to connect my TI-84 Plus to my Ubuntu 11.04 laptop. I use the organelle cables to connect it. The program
The libticables2-2 library supplied with Ubuntu 11.04 (and as of this writing, 11.10 too) supports the SilverLink cables only. I've just uploaded a patch which adds support for the TI-84+ calculator which is available in LP #747589.
Overview of the fix
Instructions for installing tilp and getting it to work with the TI-84+:
You likely need wine installed in order to use the ti-84 tools. Wine is a Windows compatibility layer that allows you to run certain Windows applications in Linux. According to the Wine AppDB entry for the Graph Link software there may be some issues running the program (note that the results listed are a little old, so the program may work fine).
Perhaps TILP isn't working because of this bug? https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tilp/+bug/49251
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These years of learning and travel made him what he is today: an exceptional chef with one Michelin star. His restaurant 'Piment', opened in 2000 in the Eppendorf district of Hamburg, seats only 29 guests - a manageable number and just right for this creative chef who loves the spices of his Moroccan homeland such as ginger, saffron and cumin. He also adores traditional German food; only with Nouri it is prepared a little differently than usual - with lots of flavours and exuberant creativity.
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I'm arriving to Wroclaw airport (Ryanair) next April, where should I exchange most of my money? In the airport, in the city or in another city?
There are plenty of ATMs and Exchanges all around the city, especially in city center.
At ATM, you will get a rate controlled by bank and Exchanges have their own rates. They may be a bit less interesting at airport (I suppose), I would suggest exchanging money somewhere at market place or Galeria Dominikanska.
However, ATM seems more convenient (at least to me).
Not sure of the arrangements in Poland but in Ukraine the best way to get local currency would be to simply withdraw it from an ATM. All the exchange places would give you worse rate then you would get for the electronic money transfer from bank to bank. And from my exprience airports are the worst.
Generally, almost wherever I go, I find it's easiest to get money out of the ATM. (Aside from Uzbekistan, where ATM's were card-specific). Ideally if you can before you go, arrange for a debit card or similar with zero fees for withdrawing in other countries - your bank may be able to offer you one, or you can order one online. Some really good tips on MoneySavingExpert.


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My wife and I are planning an "adventure" honeymoon to South East Asia in February 2012. We have our eye currently on Angkor Wat (Siem Reap, Cambodia). Our honeymoon will be for 2 weeks and we are interested to hear what other places in the surrounding area that are recommended as we know Angkor Wat will not take 2 weeks to see. We are up for taking a short flight or bus and crossing into other countries. We like hiking, jungle tours, seeing animals, beaches, and seeing interesting "old" things such as temples and ruins. We're not fans of big cities and night clubbing/partying. We are both seasoned travellers. Any suggestions or small "hidden gems" would be highly appreciated!
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Two weeks is a decent amount of time to explore Cambodia. Here are a couple of my recommendations:
I'm not sure which airport you're flying in to - probably Phnom Penh? There isn't much of 'undiscovered' stuff to do in PP, and it's a fairly bustling city by Cambodian standards. The problem mostly is that the places I mentioned above often don't have direct bus connections that you can take, and everything interchanges at PP (the major bus operator is PP Sorya Transport). So you might find yourself having to go back, although most bus journeys are no longer than 6-10 hours long.
One bit that I really want to do was cross overland into Laos from Cambodia and travel further up to Vientiane. Actually, I was more interested in the Si Phan Don ('Four Thousand Islands', although I don't think there are precisely that many in reality :D ) which I've heard is a very laid back and beautiful place to relax in. I couldn't seem to any bus operators for that bit though (very surprised by that! I was told I need to go back to PP and catch a bus from there instead) but for two weeks, it's a less touristy place and you might like it. Also, apparently, they had stopped issuing visas on arrival at the land border; if so, you'll need to get a visa in advance, which you can at Phnom Penh.
While in Seam Reap I'd also recommend going on a boat trip on the Tonlé Sap lake to see the floating villages. As Ankur suggests you can hire a tuk-tuk driver for the day for like $15. We hired one who drove us to the lake (which was an adventure in itself down a crazy mud/clay road) and came with us on the boat trip. It lasted a few hours and was quite cheap (can't remember exactly maybe $5-10 each). Whilst on the trip, young children come aboard pirate style offering to let you hold their pet snakes for $1 - very surreal but awesome! On the edge of the lake there is also a large hill called Phnom Krom. There is a temple at the top, but the main attraction is the spectacular view of the lake.
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I ordered a dedicated server 1 month ago and I want to make sure my server is dedicated and not a VPS or Shared server. Are there any tools I can verify that my server is running on bare metal and that I am the only user?
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First, you should trust your hosting provider. If you think they sold you a VPS, maybe you should reconsider this provider. Just to make sure you have a dedicated you can try this:
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you are probably have a VPS since venet0 is telling that this server is being an OpenVZ VPS. Note: This is not 100% fool proof, some VPS like Xen have an eth0.
Check devices/system:
Then you are using a VPS.
Check if some files exists:
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To augment @Book Of Zeus' answer, if you are running under KVM you will see things like:
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Enter the command "df -h". If you see a virtual file system type, then that indicates you're on a virtual machine. For eg. "vzfs" is the Virtuozzo file system virtualization technology developed by Parallels, Inc.
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In 1965, despite pronounced disadvantages in firepower and mobility, the Communist Vietnamese endeavored to crush South Vietnam and expel the American military with a strategy for a quick and decisive victory predicated not on guerrilla but "big-unit" war. Warren Wilkins chronicles the formation, development, and participation of the Viet Cong in the opening phase of the big-unit war and shows how the failure of that strategy profoundly influenced the decision to launch the Tet Offensive.
Unlike most books on the war, this one provides an authentic account from the Communist perspective, with the author drawing on memoirs, unit histories, and battlefield studies to reconstruct the formation and deployment of major military units, battles and campaigns, and the strategic debates that informed the big unit war.
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"Grab Their Belts to Fight Them portrays the VC as a more complex organism than previously understood, and Wilkins's account of VC big-unit warfare between 1965 and 1966 is a necessary addition to the literature if we wish to keep learning from the Vietnam War. If nothing else, this assessment of VC fighting highlights the fact that, with the right strategic direction, seemingly unconventional armies are quite capable of fighting in a more conventional manner, whether or not they wear pajamas."
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"Warren Wilkins has written a valuable book on the early phases of the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. . . .Wilkins makes a well-researched argument that redefines and cuts through the popular mythology of the Viet Cong being a insurgency of fighters in black pajamas. Wilkins has done us a service with this new book. . . . While my specialization is al-Qaida, it is important to appreciate that the late al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) leader Abdul-Aziz al-Muqrin appreciated the Vietnamese insurgency tactics, which themselves built upon Mao Tse Tung's insurgency principles. Wilkins book helps me to better understand the importance of preventing al-Qaida from gaining the capacity to transition to big-unit wars that the Viet Cong undertook between 1965 to 1966, while simultaneously raising the issues of legitimacy and strategic communications in insurgencies. However, winning an insurgency is not as simple as insurgents gaining the capacity to fight large unit wars or COIN commanders defeating insurgents in big unit wars as the Vietnam War ultimately showed. The book also shows the power of managing the narrative, with Hanoi painting a picture of being willing to sacrifice to the last person, and that their efforts were mainly guerilla based, versus the reality that they were concerned with casualties, and did conduct large scale coordinated operations, being well equipped and trained. Wilkins book helps keep these realities in focus."
— Small Wars Journal, September 4, 2011
"I eagerly add Wilkins' book to my professional library. It answers questions I've had since 1965 and puts our first battles in perspective. It is also an almost eerie reminder of a war in which we fought with a long logistics tail, supporting a shaky, corrupt government that fielded a checkered quality of armed forces, as we tolerated sanctuaries for our enemies and engaged in combat operations and pacification—simultaneously, with waning U.S. public support. Draw your own conclusions and predictions after reading this fine book."
— Proceedings, September 2011
". . . .An absolutely invaluable contribution to military history shelves, especially those with a focus on the Vietnam War."
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"A fresh and remarkably detailed portrayal of how a clever enemy force adapts to fight American soldiers. Wilkins' descriptions and insights apply to the war being waged in Afghanistan"
—Bing West, author of The Village, The Strongest Tribe and The Wrong War: Grit, Strategy and the Way Out of Afghanistan
"In this important history of America's early Vietnam battles, Warren Wilkins offers new insights by analyzing the fighting from both the American and Vietnamese Communist perspectives. This book belongs on the shelf of anyone interested in the military history of the Vietnam War."
—Mark Moyar author ofTriumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War, 1954-1965
"This is a huge contribution to understanding what made the Viet Cong tick, even when impatient zealots from Hanoi were winding their clock. Let's be honest: the Viet Cong were the al Qaeda of their day, willing to risk all, lose all for their cause with little coaxing. We have learned lately not to dismiss those we don't understand, a sub-theme of this extraordinary book. Warren Wilkins makes the case that the VC was pushed into the '68 Tet Offensive. But if the VC was weakened with overwhelming casualties in untimely attacks, the Hanoi-sponsored 'talk-fight' strategy ultimately worked wonders achieving dual goals—driving the U.S. out of the country and sapping the strength from our allies in Saigon."
—Lt. Col. Charles Krohn, USA (Ret.),author of The Lost Battalion of Tet: Breakout of the 2/12th Cavalry at Hue
"Wilkins gives us an objective, thoroughly researched, and insightful analysis of enemy military operations in Vietnam. This work is a significant addition to the historiography of the Vietnam War, no mean feat considering all that has been previously written on this subject."
—Sgt. Maj. Dan Cragg, USA (Ret.), co-author of Inside the VC and the NVA: The Real Story of North Vietnam's Armed Forces


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Some from a standard dictionary (using ending-by search) 厚{あつ}ぼったい (thick), はれぼったい (puffy), 口{くち}幅{はば}ったい (bragging), じれったい (impatient), 平{ひら}べったい (flat), 野暮{やぼ}ったい (uncouth).
It's interesting to me how many of these have a ば row kana before the ったい, and ぼったい appears in the dictionary, as being something that attaches to the stem of a i-adjective or verb (basically as a strengthener).
This form seems common in 遠州弁{えんしゅうべん}, for example as in this site which splits the words into plain ったい and ぼったい ending versions, and also in 静岡弁{しずおかべん}.
Reading your conversation with Tsuyoshi ito in the comments, I guess you are asking whether -ttai is a derivational affix or an inflectional one. It is a derivational one.


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The testimony of an expert witness depends on the competency of the witness, whereas, the testimony of an ordinary witness is validated by corroborating testimony.
We are free to challenge an expert to ensure his testimony does not wander outside the scope of his expertise. The testimony of an ordinary witnesses should be corroborated by other voices.
The witnesses to the gold plates of the Book of Mormon are presented as expert witnesses where we are supposed to trust them without outside corroboration.
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SOUTHBURY — Here is what most people know about Katie Cizynski: They know that she's the leading basketball scorer in the history of Pomperaug High with 1,690 points.
That the 6-foot-2 forward was a three-time All-Stater who helped the Panthers win two South-West Conference titles in four years.
That she was an All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference player as a junior at Fairfield University and is leading the Stags this season in both scoring (15.3 ppg.) and rebounding (8.6 rpg.).
Here is what most people don't know:
That she has anklyosing spondylitis, a form of juvenile arthritis that attacks the spine.
That an hour or so after she plays a game her hips are swollen and throbbing, and the pain radiates down her back.
That she takes medicine daily and also receives a three-hour IV treatment once a month at her doctor's office to try to manage the pain.
"She hurts," said her father, Joe, "but she's never given in to it."
Cizynski was first diagnosed with the condition at age 10 just before fifth grade. She had just recovered from a bout with Lyme disease, but her body was still stiff and achy. Then she started having trouble walking up stairs. Finally, a pediatric rheumatologist at Yale-New Haven Hospital determined it was arthritis.
At about the same time, Cizynski, called "Boomer" by her dad for her love of soccer, took up the sport of basketball. She was already tall for her age and intensely competitive. Plus, she found that being active helped her deal with the stiffness.
And she was good. As a freshman at Pomperaug, Cizynski and her best friend, Kasey Dean, a point guard, were informed on the second day of tryouts that they'd be practicing with the varsity.
Both of them became starters. At the end of the season the Panthers got hot and won the 2007 SWC championship. Cizynski scored 22 points in the final and was named tournament MVP.
After the game, a tall stranger introduced himself. His name was Dave Grant, and he pointed to a banner on the gym wall listing the school's 1,000-point scorers. At 1,377, Grant's name was at the top. "I just wanted to meet the person who's going to break my record," he told her.
Midway through her junior year, when she passed 1,000, Cizynski knew the prediction could come true. Midway through her senior season, she went into a game against Bethel needing 30 points to set the record before the home fans.
"It was stressful," Cizynski said. "I remember airballing a shot."
But late in the third period of a 70-21 romp, she dropped in two foul shots to reach 1,379.
Cizynski's success coincided with a phenomenal run of success for the program. In four seasons, the Panthers went 15-9, 19-7, 20-5 and a school-record 24-2. Pomperaug won the SWC again in her senior season of 2010.
Several colleges wooed her, but Cizynski visited Fairfield, her parents' alma mater, as a junior and decided immediately that was the place for her. Cizynski moved into the Stags' starting lineup as a sophomore. As a junior, she averaged 11.9 points and 8.4 rebounds and was named to the All-MAAC second team.
Playing basketball has, in some ways, been a double-edged sword. Cizynski says that being active is vital to dealing with her arthritis. But the wear and tear of Division I college basketball takes a toll, too.
"It hasn't prevented her from playing," said Joe, who himself was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis a year before Katie's birth. "But I think it has prevented her from playing at her highest level."
Off the court, Cizynski has been involved with the New England chapter of the Juvenile Arthritis Foundation as an intern, spokeswoman and at fundraisers. During her junior year at Pomperaug, she gave her first talk to a group of children in New Haven about playing basketball despite having juvenile arthritis.
"At the time, I didn't realize I was able to make an impact," Cizynski said.
She found out differently. Her rheumatogolist, Dr. Lawrence Zemel, later told her one of his other patients, a little girl, had asked him if she could be on the "same medication as that basketball player."
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If you are a tenant of the local authority (council) or registered social landlord (housing association) you are responsible for paying the rent. Rent is a priority debt and failure to make payments could result in your landlord going to court to evict you.
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Even at this stage you can still stop eviction action.You can apply to have the warrant suspended by applying to the County Court. You will need to complete a form called a N244. This can be done at anytime before the eviction date. You will need to take your completed form to the County Court.
A fee is payable but if you are in receipt of certain benefits or Working Tax Credit / Child Tax Credit you may be able to apply for an exemption. If you are on a low income you may be able to apply for a remission. In both cases applications must be made on form EX160 and should be taken to the court at the same time as the N244 along with recent proof of your income benefit.
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Hi guys,
new version ViewNX2 is available. With new movie functions, GPS etc.
Hi guys,
new version ViewNX2 is available. With new movie functions, GPS etc.
BTW: I just found out, that there is also a new Nikon Transfer 2 version included in the ViewNX 2. After downloading, >Programs, > Nikon Software, > double click ViewNX 2 and you find a map Nikon Transfer 2 as well. Just drag and drop to the dock if you like.
For mac users. Vincen told me that there should be one.... But you do not find this mentioned on the Nikon download site. Just download the new version of View NX2.
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yep new release of Nikon View NX 2 includes also a new version of Nikon Transfer (none real new features excepted they redesigned and changed colors of interface, and icon of program :D), and new Movie Editor. Be careful it doesn't replace existing version 1 you might have on your computer so you have to uninstall them separately ! And as expected, still 32 bits program, nothing in 64 bits ! at least on mac version :(
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[Washington, D.C.] - The terrorist attacks in Riyadh were barbaric and heinous crimes that will never be forgiven. Those who committed these nefarious acts represent the cruelty and inhumanity of a primitive mind-set that seeks to sow fear and pain in the lives of innocent people. The victims – Saudis, Americans, Lebanese, Jordanians, British, Filipinos, Irish, Swiss, and other nationalities – were all living side-by-side, sharing a neighborhood, and raising their children in peace.
Our hearts go out to all who have lost loved ones. Our sympathies are with them during their time of pain.
The terrorists made no distinction as to race, religion or nationality; their unconditional hatred is a perversion of humanity's higher aspirations. The victims, who were living together peacefully despite their cultural diversity, were practicing the basic tenets of tolerance and human decency that these terrorists in ignorance and ignominy have declared war upon. Progress and peace were the targets of these attacks.
When our countrymen and our guests are murdered in their homes, when parents lose their children, it galvanizes our determination to find everyone who may have contributed to these crimes - and to exact just retribution. No person should have to suffer the ordeal of picking up the charred remains of loved ones, and then having to pick up the pieces of their life. No faith justifies or condones the killing of innocents: certainly not the Islamic faith, which teaches that the killing of an innocent soul is tantamount to the killing of all humanity.
This week, we clearly lost a battle in the war on terrorism. When you lose a battle, it is important to learn the lessons of that battle, and not to waste time pointing fingers and blaming your allies. We must learn from our mistakes, because our enemies are learning from theirs.
Should we have done more? Of course. We wish we'd sent a hundred soldiers to guard the victims, and if we had known exactly where the cowards would strike we would have done that and more. But we did not know specifically where they would strike, and no amount of second-guessing will change that fact.
If I could leave you with one message here today, it would be that these attacks illustrate that President Bush is correct when he says, time and again, that we are allies in a war with terrorism. We will win some battles and we will lose some. But we must remain focused on winning the war, and we will.
A few months ago, I presented our first report on Saudi cooperation in the War on Terrorism. The report outlined the many actions we were taking to cut off terrorist finances and bring down the Al-Qaeda network. Since that time, Saudi Arabia has taken additional bold steps that, with U.S. support and cooperation, will deliver additional blows to the terrorists.
First, I am announcing here today that Saudi Arabia has taken additional measures to crack down on charities and prevent money that is meant for good causes to be diverted to terrorism by criminals. Now in effect, no charitable organizations can give money outside of Saudi Arabia, other than through highly-controlled and government-supervised channels.
Second, we are announcing that the Al-Haramain Foundation is closing its operations in ten countries outside Saudi Arabia. We have worked with the Foundation to vet its offices, and determined that the backgrounds of many non-Saudis who worked in them were not clear.
We will fight the terrorists and those who support them, with determination and vigor on all fronts. We will use every means possible to track down those responsible and bring them to justice. And we will not rest until the safety of our citizens and residents is assured. We will act independently, as well as collectively with peace-loving nations, to wage a fierce and merciless war against terrorism in order to eradicate this deadly disease that threatens all societies. And we will succeed, let there be no doubt about this.
Saudi Arabia will not be intimidated, but we have been provoked. As His Royal Highness Crown Prince Abdullah stated in his speech this past week: "There can be no acceptance or justification for terrorism. Nor is there a place for any ideology which promotes it, or beliefs which condone it." There is no place for terrorism in Saudi Arabia or anywhere else in the world. Civilization is an all-encompassing forward movement, leaving little room for backward currents and regressive and deviant dissidents.
Make no mistake, the Al-Qaeda bombings were aimed as much against the Saudi government as they were against the United States.
Why do they hate us?
Because we are trying to move our country forward. To modernize, innovate and build a civil society. They want to turn back the clock and return the country to the dark ages.
They hate us because we want to improve relations with the world. They want to sever ties and lock the doors.
The tragic events in Riyadh make clear that the war against terrorism is far from over. If those responsible for this crime believe they can terrorize us and weaken our resolve, they are mistaken. If they think they will disrupt our unity, they are dreaming.
Monday's tragedy has galvanized our country. It has delivered a call to action for every citizen to stand together against the forces of terrorism that threaten us. Our resolve, steadfastness and determination are greater than ever.
We will work with all peace-loving countries to root out this evil. We have received a delegation from the U.S. to help in the investigation, and we expect an additional delegation to depart for the Kingdom today.


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My friend claims that India had democracy before the British colonized it. I am skeptical and have failed to find any references to democracy in India within the last thousand years. I found one weak reference to democracy in 600 BC but that hardly counts as pre-British. Was democracy present in India when British colonization began?
Was democracy present in India when British colonization began?
Democracy, in some fashion, has appeared in India throughout its history. However, just prior to the British arrival in India; representative democracy was not being practiced in regards to government. Though the following is largely a depiction of South Asia the text and links represent the governments either within or surrounding India during the time period just before the British East India Company entered the picture.
The Vijayanagara Empire did display tiers of administration within their Government, however, still being ruled by a king and failing to provide representation their government is not representative of a democracy.
The Ahom Kingdom did form councils but it does not seem to be representative of the people but rather current royalty.
The Sikh Empire probably came closest in terms of me finding some sort of democracy. A British observers decried the situation as a "dangerous military democracy". British representatives and visitors in the Punjab described the regiments as preserving "puritanical" order internally, but also as being in a perpetual state of mutiny or rebellion against the central Durbar. The reason this was not mentioned above is that it obviously includes a touch of British (1839) influence and though a "democracy" is mentioned this was at the same time a rapid sucsession of kings were in power.
In all three notable cases, I came to the conclusion that the system of government in place was not representative of "the people". It has been noted that, throughout history, not all democracies have truly represented "the people". In regards to India and South Asia the tiers/councils/military at the time were simply representative of too few people, or rather a very select group of people (Royalty or military). This along with the implementation of sole rulers made it difficult to justify saying democracy was in affect prior to British colonization.
During the period of Raja Raja Chola 1110 AD at south india, People used to select the village leaders by voting. Chola Government
First of all, reading history depends strongly on what glasses you put on when you do so. The level of satisfaction regarding the answer to your question will therefore depend very strongly on what you think of when you say "democracy". This is true when you look at a polity in the past as well as the present: in order to compare before with after, you need to ask yourself whether there is any proper democracy today in India or elsewhere in the world, because it is what your question implies. Some may be satisfied with the self-appellation of a state, say The Democratic Republic of Congo, to conclude that state is a democracy. (n.b. I am not making any critical judgment of Congo here, I'm just using the name as an example.) So you need to consider what criteria will define a conclusive democracy: is it an election process, is it representativity, is it freedom and civil rights?
Second, Indian history is a real headache to South Asian students like myself, because the further you go back in time, especially before the Sultanates (app. 1200 AD) there is too little documentation to allow one to say much about what really happened. Some chunks of Indian history (e.g. the Kushanas) are reconstructed from displaced mints and which, if you don't take it at face value (notice the pun), are utter speculations.
Some of the earliest evidences of civilisation in South Asia (here I take the word "India" to its broader sense) is what we call the Indus civilisation, about which there is little to say regarding the political system, because there is really no literature to comment what happened then. Another old source are the Vedās, which are more a liturgy than anything and give very little insight on the social and political structure of the society from which it emerged. But if you consider the varṇās (basic castes) described in these texts, then you can already reduce the chances of there being democracy, because the varṇa-system is inherently a hierarchical and claiming the inequality among individuals, based on their respective birth. The Vedās however, are not representative of South Asia (they really just represent themselves). Yet we can find the following:
At a later stage (let's say 600 BC, again there is a lot of debate regarding early history of India and dating), we find societies which are again coined "republics":
The Mahajanapadas were subsumed into the Magadhan empire and later the Mauryan empire. The imperialistic nature of these societies also is subject to debates: to what extent did the emperors really subdued the (vague) area they supposedly control? Perhaps control over the major trade routes and the acquiescence of subordinate polities would have been enough to allow such empires to exist. This does not say much about the internal structure of subordinate states, in which some form of democracy could have existed (mere speculation).
An eminent source of information about politics and statecraft in early Indian history is the Arthashāstra, attributed to Kauṭaliya, which may have worked at the court of Chandragupta Mauriya (founder of the Mauriya empire). I remember (pardon my chaos and short term memory, but I can't find quotes exactly to corroborate what I am saying here) this source mentioning the existence of republics, but the document mostly reflect kingship and aristocracy, more than anything really. Kulke and Rothermund warn though:
After that, really, it is hard to find the word republic or democracy in any source on history of India. It does not mean that voting did not exist: see answers provided by others. And the same is true regarding civil liberties. Under the Mughal rule for instance, especially during the reign of Akbar, who had a reputation for being liberal, we find that the various people under his rule had a many freedoms (but again that depends which source you read, that's the crux of politics). One example is the parallel existence of several codes of law, which reflected the normative differences of the population marked by its religious diversity. This said however, are those criteria sufficient to for you to be convinced those were democratic processes? Suppose there is an election system in which women cannot express their vote, can you really talk about representativity and democracy? Again, that depends on what you expect a democracy to look like.
There is a lot of unknown in Indian history. If you ask me, the chance to find a democratic structure among smaller polities such as tribes, is greater, because of direct overview on political processes and peer pressure. But,as with everything, size doesn't matter and small tribes are not necessarily democratic as many democratic studies would show. There are no ethnographic studies before the British intervention in India, so then we're caught in a loop and we are left with only speculations to answer your question.
I'm going to repeat myself, but the most important part, for me, is what one expects to find when looking for "democracy". If the speculation that a small tribe may have engaged representatively with its members during its political processes, then you may be happily concluding that democracies may have existed in India before the British Raj. If however, you are looking at a proper Western-styled democracy with elections and assemblies, you might find it harder to come to this conclusion.
I definitely remembered there were several
Kambojas was originated from a ksatryia tribe, and it's interesting that many of the ancient republics in Indian history were usually ksatriya in origin.
Also interesting to note is that the republican tradition of the Kambojas people continue even under the Mauryan empire.
Megasthenes (ca. 350 – 290 BC) in his "Indica" mentions democracy several times.
For example,
It is believed that by name Dionysus he means Shiva or Indra.
It is believed that he calls Krishna by the name Herakles.


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What are the topics which an undergraduate with knowledge of algebra, galois theory and analysis learn to understand Langlands program and its goemetric counterpart? I would also like to know what are the good books for these topics, in what order these material should be learned and what are the prerequisites? What is the approximate amount of time required to master these material ? Also, any other helpful suggestions.
I am an undergraduate student in the Department of Mathematics of the University of Chicago and we have many people that are working on the Langlands program here. In fact, I think it is, at the moment at least, the best place if you want to progress in the Langlands program. You may want to consider the following website (http://www.math.uchicago.edu/~mitya/langlands.html) which is the personal website of a former graduate student in our department. You can get a good idea of topics that are covered IN the Langlands program itself, so this might not be of great help. But knowing this, may lead you to find necessary topics to study in order to better understand the Langlands aspects. If you are not faint-hearted, you may also want to consider this (http://www.math.uchicago.edu/seminars/geometric_langlands.html), which is the website of the Geometric Langlands seminar in the University of Chicago. Additionally, you may wish to have a look at Ngô Bảo Châu's personal webpage (http://www.math.uchicago.edu/~ngo/nbc-homepage). He is a central figure in the development of the Langlands program. You may also wish to contact him, I have spoken to him and he is a really approachable person. He might be willing to give you more information on pre-requisites of the Langlands program. In general though, one needs a masterful control over representation theory, complex analysis and number theory. These three in themselves are quite large subfields of mathematics so it will probably take some time for you to master them, especially fields that are as vast as number theory.


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A police officer was first on scene and deployed a fire extinguisher, effectively dousing the flames. However, the house had quickly filled with smoke, leaving the firefighters with the task for deploying smoke ejectors and remaining on scene for some time while operating the large fans.
Firefighters made a similar run Saturday on Stewart Street.
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