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Out of the four walls

Print edition : September 16, 2016

A 13-year-old aspiring dancer in Kumbharwada, the potters' colony in Dharavi, is chained by his family, which claims that he is mentally ill and steals from his neighbours. Photo: Shantanu Das

Care for the mentally ill should look beyond the “madhouse” and towards inclusive communities with a place for persons with psychosocial disabilities.

ARMAAN ALKAZI, a researcher in mental health, narrates his experience of Ishwar Sankalpa, an organisation that encourages community interventions for persons perceived to have mental disorders:

“We go looking for Kuku Didi behind a dilapidated wall in a densely populated part of southern Kolkata. Kallu, my guide and translator, leads me to a small clearing, with jhuggis on one side and a decaying two-storey building on the other. The ground is slightly charred and awash with plastic bags. We find Kuku Didi napping on the first-floor landing, and Kallu is forced to wake her up. She is shy as Kallu goes through the process of ‘checking in’—asking about how she eats, her medication, whether she manages to collect enough plastic bags to get by. She nods but does not speak, reserving a generous half smile for me. Kuku Didi used to live in the jhuggi cluster next door. After her husband died, she fell into a depression, and her son with his wife insisted that there was no space in the house for her. Suddenly, she was homeless and severely ill.

“After she was identified, Kallu started to regularly drop by and check in with Kuku Didi. After slowly gaining her trust and getting her diagnosed at a local hospital, Ishwar Sankalpa, the organisation for which Kallu works, tried to negotiate with her family and persuade it to take her back. But her son and daughter-in-law were adamant that she could only stay if she contributed to the running of the household. Kuku Didi, who now collects and sells recyclable materials, makes about 30 to 40 rupees a day, enough to feed herself but not enough to ‘contribute’. Kallu is trying to get her a widow’s pension, which may help. But until that vast bureaucratic nightmare has been negotiated, Kuku Didi sleeps on the landing and cooks in the open space in front of it. As we leave, Kallu, who is supernaturally good-natured, summarises thus: ‘People are worse than animals.’”

Persons with psychosocial disabilities—which is the term used for persons with mental disorders that reflect the social model of disability—were represented through the World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry before the drafting committee of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). It played a crucial role in drafting some of the key principles in the Convention—such as the right of recognition of personhood before the law, the right to liberty, and the right to live independently and within the community. However, globally, this community has not gained much in terms of the recognition of these rights in domestic legislation. The Mental Health Care Bill (“the Bill”) follows the trend—laying out progressive concepts while at the same time keeping to the commonly accepted methods of forced institutionalisation, electroconvulsive therapy, and recording findings of “incapacity”.

In a similar vein, the Bill recognises the supremacy of the right of a person with mental illness to live in the community and the need to make the “mental hospital” only the last resort. The social model of disability treats a diagnosis of mental disorder as an impairment. What causes the disability are the barriers that exist and prevent this person from living in the community on an equal basis with others. These could be societal, like stigma and abuse; inaccessible environments; the lack of access to treatment and therapy; and other factors. One would think that the news of a “Mental Health Care” law would be good news to those who, like Kuku Didi, are trying to negotiate an impairment with the intersectionalities of poverty, gender, age and disability along with her unsupportive family environment. Unfortunately, like many pieces of social justice legislation in the recent past, the Bill, recently passed by the Rajya Sabha, has left many in the sector with mixed feelings, particularly because of its failure to move along with the “paradigm shift” of the disability discourse and its consideration of mental illness as solely a medical condition.

For any individual to exercise the right to live independently and within the community, varying levels of support and access to services are necessary. In the context of mental health, these services are not only mental health-related and may not be limited to the individual. Communities can be harsh and unforgiving. The role of community-based workers like Kallu and programmes like Ishwar Sankalpa enable women like Kuku Didi to reframe their lives in the new circumstances. Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR), developed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and practised all over the world, provides a range of services that complete the circle of support and enable persons with disabilities to live in their own homes and within their own communities if they so desire. For instance, facilitating information and access to government schemes and rights available for the person and his/her caregivers, negotiating barriers and problems that can come up at different points in people’s lives, strategising towards inclusion of the child or person within the community and family, linking families and persons with disabilities to others for peer support; and creating disabled persons’ organisations or self-help groups or support groups. The approach of each CBR project depends on the context of the community, an adaptability that is the strength of the model. Much like the rights discourse, even community-based approaches towards persons with psychosocial disabilities need to move on from the strictly medical approach. But globally, and in India, successful examples of holistic approaches towards inclusion of persons with psychosocial disabilities in the community have been established, and have even, in some cases, been proven to have improved therapeutic outcomes for these persons.

Community-based interventions for persons with mental disorders have until now focussed exclusively on treatment services. The National Mental Health Programme and the National Mental Health Policy both speak in these terms. The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, pending reintroduction in the Rajya Sabha, has been extensively critiqued for its failure to effectively give effect to the right to live independently and within the community as well.

When confronted with situations like Kuku Didi’s, the usual response is to debate whether it would be better to send such a person to a mental health institution, ostensibly for her own protection and to ensure that there is a roof over her head. Globally, the view of persons with psychosocial disabilities themselves who have experienced institutions is slowly gaining acceptance in policy circles: the view that institutions are archaic and outdated and rob one of the essence of humanness, one’s personhood. Even limited periods of stay for “therapy” and “treatment” extend to years and decades, and even those who leave find themselves entirely unequipped for the outside world.

In recent years, the condition of long-term care institutions has been well documented, with instances of extreme abuse and death capturing national headlines from time to time. The Human Rights Watch Report “Treated Worse than Animals” highlighted the plight of women with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities in the mental health institutions of Pune. The Supreme Court is currently seized of a public interest petition concerning conditions at Asha Kiran, a group of homes for children and persons with intellectual disabilities in Delhi. The status report submitted by a few members of the advisory expert panel set up by the court highlighted overcrowding in the facility, and the lack of rehabilitation services for patients. Large numbers of residents, particularly women and children, were diagnosed as having mental health disorders and put on psychotropic medication with little else to support their rehabilitation, the report said. The lack of adequate staff; inadequate care; poor nutrition; and the lack of hygiene, meaningful activity and interaction with the larger community and society are seen to have had a profound negative effect on the physical and mental health of the inmates.

Besides rendering persons with psychosocial disabilities incapable of contributing to the community, institutions also take up a substantial amount of funding and supervisory manpower of the State government. In India and in other developing economies, long-term institutional care is gaining in popularity across the public and private sectors. A budget analysis undertaken by the Equals Centre for Promotion of Social Justice, Chennai, has revealed that there has in fact been an increase in spending on the establishment of institutions for persons with disabilities by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

The expenditure on community-based inclusion measures, despite a decade of ratification of the CRPD, has been negligible and limited only to insufficient disability maintenance or allowances. The United Nations Committee and the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights have both, time and again, cautioned member states against the problematic nature of institutions and of the various avatars that they may take —“halfway homes”, “group homes”, and so on—by testing the autonomy and say that residents have in the functioning of these spaces and the freedom they have to conduct their lives within them.

Idealistic goal?

How will persons with psychosocial disabilities live in the community independently within a rights-based approach? The goal is often dismissed as idealistic, mostly because of its perceived impossibility. Within the framework of the current Bill, it is perhaps so. Success requires a reimagining of many established notions regarding persons with mental disorders and what they require. A starting point would be including persons with psychosocial disabilities in identifying the barriers that they face on account of their impairment. For example, do they find it easy to access available social protection schemes and disability certification? What is the nature of discrimination that is faced at the workplace, in the family, in hospitals, and therefore what is the kind of reasonable accommodation required? How do services available for all persons respond to persons with psychosocial disabilities? It is well documented that people exposed to conflict, natural disasters or other humanitarian emergencies, or children and adolescents exposed to substance abuse or violence, are more at risk of mental health disorders, as are women who are exposed to violence and abuse.

The burden of caregiving for a person with a mental disorder in the family who faces high restrictions in participation often falls on the family, and is not paid for, and most often falls on a female family member. It is this burden of caregiving that leads to abandonment—be it in an institution or on the streets, or in the bylanes of the Bannerghatta National Park near Bengaluru in the hope of a quick end for the “suffering” family member. How can we compensate caregiving or create a cadre of trained personal assistants to assist these persons in a dignified manner?

The idea that decision-making should be an independent undertaking is also one that requires reimagining. Supported decision-making requires recognition and support services. Experiments have begun around the world, with those like Open Dialogue in Finland, which has been found to have positively impacted the rates of psychosis in its consumer base, and the role of Personal Ombudsmen in Sweden.

Unfortunately, community services are still stuck within the notion of what “mental health services” should be. The idea that persons with psychosocial disabilities have other needs, which extend beyond therapy, is not within the scope of this legislation. Persons with psychosocial disabilities tend to be split between the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (as a disability) and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (as a health concern), with other Ministries having absolutely no responsiveness to persons with disabilities in general, despite a mandate to utilise 3 per cent of their budget for persons with disabilities. Recently, the Department of Personnel and Training objected to job reservation for persons with mental illness under the Disabilities Bill. Yet livelihoods can make the difference between recovery and a lifetime of a “revolving door” with the institution.

One issue of grave concern under the Bill is that it seeks to regulate all places (regardless of ownership) where persons with a diagnosis of mental illness are admitted and reside at, or kept in, for purposes of care, treatment, convalescence and rehabilitation, including hospitals and nursing homes, by requiring their registration as mental health establishments. The problematic aspect here is the resultant segregation of services as meant for “mental health”. With the terminology so wide, there is a legitimate concern that establishments meant for general well-being may begin to discriminate against persons diagnosed with mental health problems on the grounds that they may face the consequences of a penalty that may extend to Rs.50,000 for the first contravention. The current avatar of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, on the other hand, does not penalise discrimination in access to places and services run by the private sector. The lived experience of persons with psychosocial disabilities is that medicinal cures are hardly enough to ensure long-term recovery to become a contributing member of society. Rehabilitation is much more than medication and therapy, just as “mental illness” is much more than the commonly accepted notion of being a “chemical imbalance”.

Radhika Alkazi has worked in the field of disability for the last 30 years and is the founder of ASTHA, an NGO in Delhi that has been working with children and persons with disabilities and their families in urban communities for 23 years.

Amba Salelkar is a lawyer and works on the promotion of legal harmonisation with the Equals Centre for promotion of Social Justice, Chennai.

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This is one of the most sustainable and eco-friendly brands out there. If you have a friend looking for a bike, I highly suggest this eco-friendly gift.

100% of Teva’s iconic straps are made from traceable, verifiable recycled plastic using REPREVE® yarn. That’s over 9 million plastic bottles kept out of landfills and put to better use. Teva also uses sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives for key materials and less water in their packaging.

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For the richest people in Africa, 2018 has proven to be a year of growth. Thanks in part to rising stock markets and an upswing in commodity prices, the richest Africans saw their combined wealth soar over the last 12 months to a combined total of $75.4bn. We look at the ten richest people in Africa, according to the Forbes 2018 rich list.

10) Mohamed Mansour – Net worth: USD$2.7bn

Born into one of the most prominent business families in Alexandria, Egypt, the Mansour Group (TMG), Mohamed Mansour took over TMG in 1976. Over the course of his career, Mansour was the founder and chairman of Mansour Automotive Company (one of the biggest distributors of General Motors in the world) and Unatrac (Caterpillar’s Egypt distributor) as well as former Chairman of Credit Agricole Egypt – the second largest bank in Egypt.

9) Isabel dos Santos – Net worth: $2.7bn

The daughter of the long-time former president of Angola, Jose Eduardo dos Santos is the richest woman in Africa. With a career spanning 20- years, dos Santos built most of her fortune from a number of foreign investments while situated in Luanda. These include a 29% stake in Netherlands-based telecom company ZON Multimedia, as well as being a member of the board of the Angolan bank Banco BIC Português. Most recently, dos Santos helped bring Sonae into Angola. The biggest retailer in Portugal has since opened five food hypermarkets across the country. Sehe is currently the CEO of Angola diamonds,

8) Koos Becker – Net Worth – $2.8bn

Jacobus Petrus “Koos” Becker is the Chairperson of Naspers, a global internet and entertainment group and one of the largest technology investors in the world. With a presence in more than 130 countries all around the world, the company has a market cap of $112.8bn. In 2001, he played a key role in the company’s $32mn injection in then start-up company, Tencent. Tencent has since become the first Asian company to cross a market valuation of $500bn.

6) Naguib Sawiris – Net worth – $4bn

The Egyptian businessman built his fortune in the telecom industry, having founded Global Telecom Holding back in 1998 with 200,000 subscribers which has since grown exponentially to more than 102 million subscribers today. He also founded Orascom Telecom Holding OTH and then stepped down as CEO following the $6.6bn merger with Vimpelcom Ltd (now VEON), creating the world’s sixth largest mobile telecommunications provider in April 2011. Sawiris also has interests in Evolution Mining and Endeavor Mining, with a 20% stake in each company respectively.

6) Issad Rebrab & family – Net Worth $4bn

The founder and CEP of Cevital, the largest privately held-conglomerate in Algeria, Issad Rebrab owns and operates one of the largest sugar refineries in the world with a capacity to produce two million tons a year. The company operates in food processing, automotive and services, industry, and distribution sectors and in May 2018, the company signed a deal with JSW Steel to sell the second largest steel firm in Italy (owned by Cevital) in a deal worth Rs 6 bn ($83mn).

5) Mike Adenuga – Net worth – $5.3bn

The second richest man in Nigeria, Mike Adenuga built his fortune in the telecom industry and oil production. He is the founder of Globacom, which is now known as Glo, one of the biggest telecommunications network providers in Africa. Since its creation in 2003, Glo has recorded a profit of just over $4bn. Adenuga is also the founder and CEO of Conoil, the leading Nigerian independent oil and gas exploration and production company. Over recent years, Conoil has experienced exponential year-on-year growth and recorded a profit of N809bn ($2.2mn) in 2018.

4) Nassef Sawiris – Net worth – $6.8bn

Nassef Sawiris is the youngest son of Onsi Sawiris, the father of the wealthiest family in Egypt. Serving as CEO of Orascom Construction, one of the largest engineering and construction contractor companies in the world, Sawiris split Orascom Construction into two entities back in 2015; OCI and Orascom Construction. He now serves as CEO of OCI, which is one of the largest nitrogen fertiliser producers in the world. He also has holdings in Larfarge Holcim and Adidas.

3) Johann Rupert – Net worth – $7.2bn

Johann Rupert is the chairman of Richemont, the Switzerland-based luxury goods company. As founder and CEO, Rupert has overseen incredible growth in acquiring some of the world’s leading fashion brands. These include Azzedine Alaïa, Chloé, and Dunhill, as well as Van Cleef & Arpels, Vacheron Constantin and Cartier. In 2010, Richemont invested $550mn to acquire 100% of the world’s premier online luxury fashion Net-a-Porter. Rupert is also part of a 50/50 joint venture partnership with Polo Ralph Lauren, which operates the Ralph Lauren Watch and Jewelry Company.

2) Nicky Oppenheimer – Net worth – $7.7bn

Nicky Oppenheimer served as Chairman of De Beers Group, the world’s leading diamond company, for over a decade before retiring in 2012 following the company’s acquisition by Anglo American which saw Oppenheimer sell his 40% stake for $5.1bn in cash in 2012. He owns a 1% stake in Anglo American through the sale. Nicky was the third generation of Oppenheimer to run De Beers, with Ernest Oppenheimer (who founded the company in 1917) officially assuming the role of chairman of De Beers back in 1929.

1) Aliko Dangote – Net worth – $12.2bn

The richest man in Africa, Aliko Dangote founded and chairs Dangote Cement which is the largest cement producer on the continent. He is the majority owner of the company with an 88% stake. The company produces around 29.3 MTA of cement in Nigeria alone and produces more than 45MTA per year across the whole of Africa. The company recorded a net profit of more than $2bn in 2017. Running alongside Dangote Cement is the Aliko Dangote Foundation. The main objective of the Foundation is to reduce the number of lives lost to malnutrition and disease. In 2015, the Dangote Foundation played a key role containing the spread of Ebola in Nigeria and other parts of Africa. The Foundation was the biggest private contributor to the African Union Ebola Trust Fund with a donation of $3mn.

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The story behind the release of the new Gardein™ soup range is the demonstration of the futility of conventional animal ag arguing about names. Gardein™, owned by food behemoth Conagra Brands, clearly put “PLANT-BASED” in capitals followed by the product name, such as “Be’f & Vegetable”. Any argument that they’re trying to “fool” the customer is patently absurd. Let’s not forget that this is ConAgra we’re talking about with great legal and marketing teams. This means 2 things;

1 – They’ve done their homework.
2 – They easily have the resources to take on any legal challenge should they choose to do so.

All of the resources being spent by both parties on the Word War would be far better spent on product innovation and marketing than legal arguments.

Other imaginative names in the range are;

Chick’n Noodl’
Saus’ge Gumbo
Chick’n & Rice
Minestrone & Saus’ge

This further reinforces that every animal based product on the shelves is a target for replacement. Soups are just another example that plantbased products are now firmly mainstream.

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Singers: Diljit Dosanjh, TruSkool, Monica Arnal Vidal(Female Vocalist)

The super duper new song by Diljit Dosanjh, called “El Sueño”, meaning “The Dream” in Spanish has won over millions of hearts around the world. Diljit doesn’t fail to impress us with this catchy pop melody sung by him and Tru-Skool. It is an interesting mix of Spanish and English lyrics and features the Spanish actress and writer Vanessa Calderon.

The Song Of Our Dreams

“El Sueño” revolves around a beautiful dream and the entire song denotes an intense tale of courage and bravery. It has been picturized around the backdrop of a World War. The video shows our fearless Diljit and all his Sardar friends rescuing an innocent, kidnapped girl from the clutches of some goons.

Our Valiant Diljit’s mere presence is so empowering that you just can’t take your eyes off him. The main phrase from the song ‘Mere Supne De Vich Sohneya, Bas Teri Sardari Aundi Ae’ talks about the feelings of the rescued girl who couldn’t stop dreaming about our heroic Diljit Dosanjh and his guts or courage. The way he and his other friends defeated the goons is something that deserves plenty of accolades, so she is grateful to these Sardars.

The Rising Popularity

Just within 24 hours of release, this song became the number 1 track on Itunes India and garnered over 2.5 million views in a single day. Presently, the music video for “El Sueño” has reached more than 15 million views on YouTube.

A few weeks back Diljit Dosanjh started a game on Instagram in which people had to make little videos of themselves singing “El Sueño” and whichever video he would like the most, he would post it on to his own Instagram account.

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The Bountiful Basket is a locally and volunteer run food shelf for Eastern Carver County that is located at 1600 Bavaria Rd, Chaska. Guardian Angels participates with the food shelf throughout the year, including the Packup-A-Pickup food drive each March. For more information on getting involved with food drives or with volunteering directly at the food shelf call 952-556-0244 or visit their website at

Card Making Ministry

The primary purpose of the Card Making Ministry is to make and give cards to Guardian Angels parishioners in time of sorrow or celebration.  If you are interested in joining us or would like more information, please contact Tammy at 952-448-6980[email protected].

Funeral Ministry

The death of a loved one is a sad and difficult moment in each of our lives. We know this and want to be especially present for you through our prayers and pastoral support during this time of sorrow. Father Deziel and the Guardian Angels staff and community are here to help.

Contact: Parish Office, 952-227-4000[email protected]

Funeral Luncheon Ministry

The Guardian Angels Funeral Luncheon Ministry plans, organizes and serves funeral luncheons at Guardian Angels. If you are interested in helping in the funeral luncheon ministry contact Linda at 952-240-7226[email protected].

Giving Tree

The Giving Tree is an opportunity for Guardian Angels parishioners to help provide Christmas gifts to individuals and families in need. Every November trees are set up in the back of church with tags listing the particular needs of local residents that parishioners then purchase and donate.

For more information contact: Cheryl at 612-366-3953, or Marilyn at 320-260-0116, or email [email protected].

Loaves and Fishes

Loaves and Fishes prepares and serves meals to people in need in the area of Carver and Scott County at St. Mark’s Church in Shakopee. Guardian Angels’ volunteers provide the food, meal preparation and serves for the ministry on the fifth Thursday of the month but dinner is served every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at 350 South Atwood Street. Anyone is welcome for dinner.  If you are interested in joining us or would like more information, please contact Ken at 612-201-7449 or email [email protected].

Love Inc

Love in the Name of Christ (Love Inc) is a partnership of over 25 Eastern Carver County Churches, including Guardian Angels, who provide support for area families and individuals who are in need of help. For more information or to volunteer, visit their website at or call at 952-448-3261.

Pastoral Care for the Homebound

Pastoral Care ministers go out and visit parishioners on a regular basis that are sick or homebound. If you are interested in volunteering or know of someone needing a Pastoral Care Minister please call the Parish Office at 952-227-4000, [email protected]

Prayer Request Line

Guardian Angels Prayer Line is honored to pray for you and your loved ones upon request. Intentions will be send to all the members of the group by email. Each member prays for the intention in their own special way. If you have a prayer request or would like to join the prayer group please contact [email protected] or 952-227-4000.

Prayer Shawl

Guardian Angels has handmade shawls that are blessed and donated to those in times of illness, grief, or celebration. If you know of anyone in need of a prayer shawl or are interested in joining the group, please contact Tricia at 952-217-5828 or Kathy at 952-448-5922, or email [email protected].

Sunday Eucharist for the Homebound

On Sunday mornings, teams of two Homebound Ministers bring the Eucharist to parishioners who are unable to attend Mass. If you or someone you know would like to receive the Eucharist on Sunday mornings, or if you’d like to become a Sunday Homebound Minister please contact Lucy at 952-448-2565, [email protected].

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Parents can feel comfortable buying this game for their children. All of the characters are adorable, and none of the violence is the kind that will scar children for life. Some of the older games are difficult, but they'll teach your children the hand-eye coordination skills that will serve them well as the fighter pilots of the future.

Sega fans might have a mixed reaction to this collection. Sure, it's nice to see some rarer games putting in an appearance, but they might find themselves disgusted to be fans of a company that would re-release Sonic Drift 2 while sitting on Panzer Dragoon Saga.

Gamers who missed the 16-bit era need not be afraid—while the older games are amazingly difficult by modern standards, Sega has included a quick save option with the game, making all that tedious level replaying a thing of the past.

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So let's take a gander back at that time and see what's happened! In addition to writing hundreds of video game reviews, Dan produced a book that can be legally purchased by almost anyone! He also wrote two short films, two episodes of television, and two movies! Although, sadly, and through much fault of his own, the movies have yet to be released.

In addition to general game reviewing, he's also dabbled in more long-form work, writing some of the longest and most comprehensive game reviews of all time. Then there's his non-GameCritics blogging, where he's famous as the world's foremost expert on the TV show Criminal Minds, as well as the co-host of a weekly podcast - he's even working on a new videogame/critical experiment, which you can find out more about here!

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Crisis VRigade

PSN user rating: 69.8% (votes: 428)
Total player count
as of 19 November 2020
New players
19 Oct – 19 Nov
Returning players
Returning players who have earned at least one trophy in the last month.

Archive as of 19 November 2020

Total player count by date

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40,000 players (98%)
earned at least one trophy

~100% players
have other games besides Crisis VRigade on their account

91 games
the median number of games on accounts with Crisis VRigade

1 day
the median retention period (between the first and the last trophy), players without trophies are excluded

Popularity by region

Relative popularity
compared to other regions
Region's share
North America1.4x more popular38%
Central and South America8x less popular1.5%
Western and Northern Europe1.4x more popular45%
Eastern and Southern Europe1.5x more popular5%
Asia9x less popular0.6%
Middle East2.5x less popular1.1%
Australia and New Zealand2.5x more popular8%
South Africa1.6x less popular0.2%

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Relative popularity
compared to other countries
Country's share
Hungary3x more popular0.5%
United Kingdom3x more popular24%
Australia3x more popular7%
Finland3x more popular0.9%
Ireland2x more popular1.1%
Denmark2x more popular0.9%
Canada1.6x more popular6%
New Zealand1.4x more popular1%
Romania1.4x more popular0.4%
Germany1.3x more popular7%
Ukraine1.3x more popular0.4%
Russia1.2x more popular3%
Belgium1.2x more popular1.2%
Swedenworldwide average0.7%
Turkeyworldwide average0.9%
Norwayworldwide average0.5%
United Statesworldwide average32%
Netherlands1.2x less popular1.3%
Poland1.2x less popular1%
Austria1.3x less popular0.4%
Portugal1.5x less popular0.4%
Israel1.7x less popular0.2%
South Africa1.7x less popular0.2%
Spain1.8x less popular2.5%
Switzerland2x less popular0.2%
South Korea2x less popular0.2%
Italy2.5x less popular1.2%
France2.5x less popular2.5%
Singapore2.5x less popular0.1%
Brazil4x less popular0.9%
Mexico5x less popular0.4%
Chile7x less popular0.1%
Argentina11x less popular0.1%
Japan25x less popular0.2%
Saudi Arabia ~ 0%
Hong Kong ~ 0%
Emirates ~ 0%
Colombia ~ 0%
Greece ~ 0%
China ~ 0%
Peru ~ 0%
India ~ 0%
Malaysia ~ 0%
Kuwait ~ 0%
Indonesia ~ 0%
Taiwan ~ 0%
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New players
19 Oct – 19 Nov
Returning players
Returning players who have earned at least one trophy in the last month.

Archive as of 19 November 2020

Number of players by platform

Some gamers can play on both platforms, so the whole can be less or more than the sum of its parts.

Total player count PlayStation 3 300,000 59%
PlayStation Vita 210,000 41%
New players PlayStation 3 +200 30%
PlayStation Vita +400 70%
Trophy earners PlayStation 3 800 58%
PlayStation Vita 500 42%

Total player count by date and platform

Note: the chart is very inaccurate before 1 May 2018.
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470,000 players (91%)
earned at least one trophy

2,800 accounts (0.6%)
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177 days
the median retention period (between the first and the last trophy), players without trophies are excluded. Includes only those players who played the game after 1 May 2018.

Popularity by region

Relative popularity
compared to other regions
Region's share
North America3x more popular11%
Central and South America1.3x less popular0.7%
Western and Northern Europe1.2x less popular4%
Eastern and Southern Europe2.5x less popular0.07%
Asia100x more popular84%
Middle East1.7x more popular0.4%
Australia and New Zealandworldwide average0.4%
South Africa4x less popular0.01%

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Country's share
Hong Kong200x more popular13%
Taiwan200x more popular3%
China190x more popular1.2%
Japan110x more popular63%
South Korea110x more popular1.3%
Thailand50x more popular0.2%
Malaysia50x more popular0.5%
Singapore40x more popular0.5%
Indonesia25x more popular0.2%
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Germany1.3x more popular0.7%
United Kingdom1.3x more popular1.2%
Brazilworldwide average0.4%
Mexicoworldwide average0.2%
Franceworldwide average0.9%
Peru1.2x less popular0.02%
Saudi Arabia1.3x less popular0.2%
Greece1.4x less popular0.02%
Colombia1.5x less popular0.03%
Netherlands1.5x less popular0.1%
Chile1.6x less popular0.05%
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Finland1.8x less popular0.02%
Ireland1.8x less popular0.03%
Sweden1.8x less popular0.03%
Switzerland2.5x less popular0.02%
Argentina2.5x less popular0.05%
Russia3x less popular0.04%
Spain3x less popular0.1%
South Africa4x less popular0.01%
Norway5x less popular0.01%
Turkey5x less popular0.01%
New Zealand5x less popular0.01%
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I certainly started out with a rush of posts this week, didn’t I? Well, I don’t know if I’ll have new posts on a daily basis from now on, though we’ll have to wait and see. I do hope to sporadically post links to things I find interesting, but didn’t write myself.

I plan to have either a free stitch pattern or a write up of a less-well-known technique (like the one I did last night) on a weekly basis. To that end, I’ve started work on the ones I hope to post over the next couple of weeks.

I don’t know how often new patterns will be going up; more often than I was during my hiatus for certain!

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We’ll do this after second service on Sunday, January 5.  We’ll have a pot luck soup and chili lunch for volunteers. We invite you to stay after to help and eat! Food volunteers , contact Teresa Rider at 412-7473. Thank you all for your willingness to serve!


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Uncle Dave Macon – The Dixie Dewdrop

When digging through the musical past I sometimes run across a character whose story is too good to pass up, even if they’re pretty much unknown to many current music lovers. A good example is Uncle Dave Macon, who was one of the first stars of the Grand Ole Opry and also holds the distinction of being the earliest-born subject ever profiled on the GMC.

Born in rural Tennessee during the years immediately following the Civil War, David Harrison Macon was the son of a former confederate officer. Although he was musically inclined and spent some time around touring musicians while growing up, as an adult he worked at everything from farming to running his own truck line. In the 1920s, by then middle-aged, Macon was struggling to make a living and he turned to music. He’d kept his hand in through the years by performing at parties and dances, and after teaming up with fiddler Sid Harkreader he began to find some success on tour.

Over the next few years, Macon was able to begin making records that sold very well and he also became one of the earliest stars of the new radio show, WSM Barn Dance, which later became the Grand Ole Opry. Sometimes known as the Dixie Dewdrop but usually just fondly called Uncle Dave Macon, he became one of the most beloved members of the show’s company, and over the next several decades worked with many future stars, among them Roy Acuff and Bill Monroe. By the time of his death in 1952 (at age 82) he was an institution.

Macon was a talented banjoist and singer who also incorporated comedy routines into his act, but part of his appeal was his ability to present the audience with many varieties of traditional American music. He was equally at home with gospel music, minstrel, country blues, folk music, and even African-American songs. An example of the latter is the song below.

Uncle Dave Macon – “I’ll Keep My Skillet Good And Greasy”

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  1. I freakin’ love Uncle Dave Macon. We play his music in our restaurant. Don’t let him ve forgotten. He is an American treasure.

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…another idea!

I was cruising through my (sadly, rather large) backlog of emails this morning, when I found a link to a pattern from Berroco… it’s a really very useful pattern for needle knitting… an ice pick glove! Now, you really must click on the link, so that you can see what I’m talking about, and then come right back here, K?  Go on ahead… just don’t forget to come back for the punch line, K? 😉

Are you back now??  Did you get a good look?  Cute idea, isn’t it?  Let me show you something else that will be of the utmost interest to us loom knitters out there:

Bath Mitt from the Spa Set~

Bath Mitt from the Spa Set~

Doesn’t this little item from the Spa Set found in the Peggin’ Pages look just like it could be used as the same kind of thing?

Let me tell you as the maker of this little design that YES!  It would be perfect for it!

All you would do is cinch the finger tip area up around the ice pick edge using a gathered bind off, rather than sealing it closed upon itself… couldn’t be easier!

What a great idea for a Christmas gift, right?

It’s so funny that this was in my email box today, because just a few days before, an idea popped into my head about this very same Bath Mitt.  Actually the idea was inspired by the true life events of my friend GuppyGirl, who has been experiencing quite a few reasons lately in her household to have need of this little trick:

FAM_ICE_BAG_RUBBER_9-1946This is a pic of the exact ice bag that I own a pair of… twin ice buddies that have come in very handy for assorted surgeries and bumps and bruises.

The only thing is that you can’t really use it straight on the skin… it’s just too cold, and it tends to condensate, leaving you all damp as well as cold, lol!

The answer??  Just slip this baby inside the Bath Mitt and then fill it with ice…voila!  Ice bag cozy!

Bath MittSo, now that I’ve inspired you (hopefully, lol!) to set out upon a journey of bath mitt making frenzy… are you wondering where to find the pattern for this very versatile little item?

Just click right here to the Peggin’ Pages and scroll down until you see the Spa Set… it’s actually 3 patterns in one, and thus a very good deal. 😉

Have a wonderful weekend!

(I know I will: my family is making a journey to the pumpkin patch on Sunday…which is also my birthday!  I just love birthdays, lol!)

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3 Responses to …another idea!

  1. guppylovesshark says:

    Super neat adaption for your pretty bath mitt ❤ Happy Birthday tomorrow! Hugs!

  2. Jeannette Pirkle says:

    I didn’t read any twitter or facebook over the busy weekend and I just saw this. You are right, what great ‘other’ items this mitt can become. I love the ice pack idea and the ice pick cover.We only use an ice pick once or twice a year and it is in the morning. By noon all has melted away. It isn’t that cold but it comes down and freezes over night and it isn’t quite warm enough for the time to leave for work yet.
    We all hope to never need to use the heat packs or ice packs but when we do need it we need it right away. I’ve seen hot water bottle cozies in stores too. They were factory knit but this is another great gift. Put a name or duplicate stitch something on it to bring a smile.

  3. gettinitpegged says:

    Hi, Jenny! 🙂

    This is a test for my blog comments…do you think you could let me know if you’ve received this in your email box??

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When snack attacks strike, help children choose snacks that give their bodies the nutrients and energy that they need with the suggestions included on the Snack Strategies Handouts. The front side of the handout features photos of tasty and good-for-you snack choices organized by food group. The backside includes snack suggestions by food group and explains to parents and caregivers why snacks are important for young, growing bodies.

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Mark has over 15 years of experience helping retirees develop personalized financial strategies that are meaningful and fulfilling.

His career began in 1988, working for Forethought Financial Services in various sales management and executive leadership positions. In 2002, Mark followed his entrepreneurial spirit and started Giesting Financial, where he could focus his time and energy on working directly with clients who could benefit from his counsel and guidance. Since starting his business in 2002, Mark has won the Batesville Herald Tribune’s People’s Choice Award for Ripley and Franklin counties – as voted on by readers – numerous times over the past decade.

In addition to passing the required securities and insurance examinations, Mark is certified as a Chartered Financial Consultant® from The American College of Financial Services and has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Thomas More College.

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An outgoing individual who thrives on interactions with others, Thorn especially enjoys working with clients to help them realize their financial goals. A lifelong Columbus resident, he was a scholar-athlete at Columbus North High School.

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Colt received a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from the University of Evansville and played for its NCAA Division I men’s basketball team. He was a dedicated student-athlete, breaking the all-time scoring record and earning accolades as a two-time Academic All-American. After playing professional basketball in Europe, Colt returned to the U.S. and now holds the Series 65 securities license, as well as life insurance license. Since then, he has also earned the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ (CFP®) designation.

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***Cover Reveal *** Race for the Moon by Michelle Cornwell Jordan

TITLE – Race For The Moon

SERIES – Trilogy

AUTHOR – Michelle Cornwell-Jordan

GENRE – Young Teens (13-16)

PUBLICATION DATE – November 27, 2014

COVER ARTIST – Amy Rooney – CV Writer Designs

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Ten year old Ivee falls asleep one night to awaken to a strange new world; a world without Adults. Anyone twenty one years old or older had vanished, including her parents. Along with the disappearances of loved ones; every modern convenience—electricity, computers, phones—had been taken away as well. So Ivee discovered she was responsible not only for her own survival, but that of her sister Celia.

Seven years later, Seventeen year old Ivee is happy with her life; feeling safe behind the gates of the Highlander’s camp in the northern division of Athol. Things were good until her sister is kidnapped by another faction the Downenders. Ivee is given a map and a message; she has a week to make her way to the southern end of the city, to save her sister.

Setting out on her journey, Ivee discovers how different the world has truly become outside the gates of her home——Phantom Airships, Manbots and Ghostly Wolves—are just a few of the surprises she encounters during her quest. She is not alone, one of her campmates joins her mission; she also meets a handsome and mysterious boy, called the Savior. He joins their quest, only saying he has unfinished business with the Downies. Many truths will be faced during the adventure, the biggest truth Ivee discovers—she will do whatever it takes to persevere— against the terrors of the dark new land.

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Michelle has been married for 19 years and has a 16 year old daughter. A book lover, her favorite genre has always been paranormal adventures.

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Engineering Survey

Engineering survey represents the survey which is done before, during and after engineering works. Engineering survey has three distinct stages; conceptual stage, construction stage and post-construction stage.

  • Conceptual stage: This usually happens before an engineering works. Examples include topographical survey and cadastral surveying works.
  • Construction stage: Major activities involved at this stage include setting out of works as well as extensions of control to the engineering work.
  • Post-construction stage: this stage involves the monitoring of engineering works. In addition, there is verification of positions of elements as well as design points.

Setting Out

This is a survey process where information on designs of works is transferred to the ground for purposes of construction of engineering works.

Elements of Setting Out

  1. Provision of horizontal controls
  2. Provision of vertical control.
  3. Vertical alignment for buildings
  4. Accurate positioning techniques

Aims of Setting Out

  1. To ensure the engineering works are set out in their correct relative and absolute positions.
  2. To make sure the work continues smoothly with minimal cost.

Stages in Setting Out

There are two main stages:

  • Planning of the setting out where individuals acquire the design plans and the necessary labor and technical staff.
  • The establishment of control which include locating design points and elements of construction as well as setting out levels and excavations.

Four Basic Control Points Used in Engineering Survey

  1. Primary control points – these represents the high order control points for triangulation, trilateration or GPS positioning.
  2. Secondary control points – densification of primary points using traversing and GNSS positioning techniques.
  3. Detail points- marks the location of features on the project construction works (Marks and stakes).
  4. Temporary Benchmarks – Provided near construction works for setting out levels.

Ways of Setting Out Detail Point

  1. Offset method.
  2. Intersection.
  3. Traverse.
  4. Ties.

Example: Given two primary control points A (1000mE, 2000mN), b (986.72mE, 1897.46mN), calculate the data for setting out coordinates of a point S (1025.00mE, 1950.00mN).

Ways of Referencing and Setting Out Design Points

  1. Baseline established between control points.
  2. Use of reference grids.
    1. Survey grid  – grid values from survey plan which has coordinates from national geodetic systems.
    1. Side grid – done along perimeter of the construction site. Provide closer control points (Secondary control points).
    1. Structural grid – used for referencing and also for positioning. It bring control closer to the building (tertiary control points).
    1. Secondary grid – it is used to place the design points inside the building.
  3. Offset pegs – these are the extra pegs which are located on the lines of buildings but at an offset distance away from a corner position. The offsets distance should be enough to avoid disturbance of the pegs during excavations. They are used together with the profile boards.

Vertical Controls

Vertical controls are used in geomatic engineering works to plan position, determine height and elevation of points, to assess the depth of excavation as well as for leveling works.

Consider a proposed sewer line which is 60m long to be constructed from manhole A to B. The invert level for manhole A is 30.02m. The gradient from A to B is 1:100 falling from A to B. The ground level at A is 32.90m. If the height of the traveler is set at 3.75, determine:

  1. Invert level of manhole B
  2. Reduced level of sight rail at A and B.

Example 2.

A section of a sewer is to be laid between A and B 100 m apart. Sight rails have been established as shown below. If the sewer is to be constructed using a travelling rod of 3.25m, determine the invert level at the manholes and the gradient of the sewer lines as designed.

BS IS FS Distance Remarks
1.480     50 BM RL 48.290m
  0.855   75 Sight rail at MHA
  2.105   40 Sight rail at MHB
    1.480 50 BM RL 48.290

Determine the invert level of A and B.

Example 3.

A sewer is to be constructed between 2 points P and Q 80m apart. Levels were taken to establish the longitudinal profile as provided in the table below. The invert level at P is to be 120.750m above datum and the sewer is to fall towards Q at a gradient of 1:120. The length of the traveler is 3 meters.

BS IS FS Distance Remarks
  2.925   0 BM RL 124.82m
  2.697   20 Ground level at P
  2.560   40
  2.915   60
  3.020   80 Ground level at Q
    0.633   BM

At the setting out stage, the level was set up close to its previous position and a back sight of 0.587 was recorded on a staff held on the benchmark. Determine:

  1. The staff reading required for fixing the sight rails at P and Q.
  2. The heights of those rails above ground level at P and Q.

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Highlights from Git 2.21

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The open source Git project just released Git 2.21 with features and bug fixes from over 60 contributors. We last caught up with you on the latest Git releases when 2.19 was released. Here’s a look at some of the most interesting features and changes introduced since then.

Human-readable dates with --date=human

As part of its output, git log displays the date each commit was authored. Without making an alternate selection, timestamps will display in Git’s “default” format (for example, “Tue Feb 12 09:00:33 2019 -0800”).

That’s very precise, but a lot of those details are things that you might already know, or don’t care about. For example, if the commit happened today, you already know what year it is. Likewise, if a commit happened seven years ago, you don’t care which second it was authored. So what do you do? You could use --date=relative, which would give you output like 6 days ago, but often, you want to relate “six days ago” to a specific event, like “my meeting last Wednesday.” So, was six days ago Tuesday, or was it Wednesday that you were interested in?

Git 2.21 introduces a new date format that tells you exactly when something occurred with just the right amount of detail: --date=human. Here’s how git log looks with the new format:

git log --date=human example

That’s both more accurate than --date=relative and easier to consume than the full weight of --date=default.

But what about when you’re scripting? Here, you might want to frequently switch between the human and machine-readable formats while putting together a pipeline. Git 2.21 has an option suitable for this setting, too: --date=auto:human. When printing output to a pager, if Git is given this option it will act as if it had been passed --date=human. When otherwise printing output to a non-pager, Git will act as if no format had been given at all. If human isn’t quite your speed, you can combine auto with any other format of your choosing, like --date=auto:relative.

git log --date=auto:human example[source]

Detecting case-insensitive path collisions

One commonly asked Git question is, “After cloning a repository, why does git status report some of the files as modified?” Quite often, the answer is that the repository contains a tree which cannot be represented on your file system. For instance, if it contains both file as well as FILE and your file system is case-insensitive, Git can only checkout one of those files. Worse, Git doesn’t actually detect this case during the clone; it simply writes out each path, unaware that the file system considers them to be the same file. You only find out something has gone wrong when you see a mystery modification.

The exact rules for when this occurs will vary from system to system. In addition to “folding” what we normally consider upper and lowercase characters in English, you may also see this from language-specific conversions, non-printing characters, or Unicode normalization.

In Git 2.20, git clone now detects and reports colliding groups during the initial checkout, which should remove some of the confusion. Unfortunately, Git can’t actually fix the problem for you. What the original committer put in the repository can’t be checked out as-is on your file system. So if you’re thinking about putting files into a multi-platform project that differ only in case, the best advice is still: don’t.

Performance improvements and other bits

Behind the scenes, a lot has changed over the last couple of Git releases, too. We’re dedicating this section to overview a few of these changes. Not all of them will impact your Git usage day-to-day, but some will, and all of the changes are especially important for server administrators.

Multi-pack indexes

Git stores objects (e.g., representations of the files, directories, and more that make up your Git repository) in both the “loose” and “packed” formats. A “loose” object is a compressed encoding of an object, stored in a file. A “packed” object is stored in a packfile, which is a collection of objects, written in terms of deltas of one another.

Because it can be costly to rewrite these packs every time a new object is added to the repository, repositories tend to accumulate many loose objects or individual packs over time. Eventually, these are reconciled during a “repack” operation. However, this reconciliation is not possible for larger repositories, like the Windows repository.

Instead of repacking, Git can now create a multi-pack index file, which is a listing of objects residing in multiple packs, removing the need to perform expensive repacks (in many cases).

Delta islands

An important optimization for Git servers is that the format for transmitted objects is the same as the heavily-compressed on-disk packfiles. That means that in many cases, Git can serve repositories to clients by simply copying bytes off disk without having to inflate individual objects.

But sometimes this assumption breaks down. Objects on disk may be stored as “deltas” against one another. When two versions of a file have similar content, we might store the full contents of one version (the “base”), but only the differences against the base for the other version. This creates a complication when serving a fetch. If object A is stored as a delta against object B, we can only send the client our on-disk version of A if we are also sending them B (or if we know they already have B). Otherwise, we have to reconstruct the full contents of A and re-compress it.

This happens rarely in many repositories where clients clone all of the objects stored by the server. But it can be quite common when multiple distinct but overlapping sets of objects are stored in the same packfile (for example, due to repository forks or unmerged pull requests). Git may store a delta between objects found only in two different forks. When someone clones one of the forks, they want only one of the objects, and we have to discard the delta.

Git 2.20 solves this by introducing the concept of “delta islands. Repository administrators can partition the ref namespace into distinct “islands”, and Git will avoid making deltas between islands. The end result is a repository which is slightly larger on disk but is still able to serve client fetches much more cheaply.

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Delta reuse with bitmaps

We already discussed the importance of reusing on-disk deltas when serving fetches, but how do we know when the other side has the base object they’ need to use the delta we send them? If we’re sending them the base, too, then the answer is easy. But if we’re not, how do we know if they have it?

That answer is deceptively simple: the client will have already told us which commits it has (so that we don’t bother sending them again). If they claim to have a commit which contains the base object, then we can re-use the delta. But there’s one hitch: we not only need to know about the commit they mentioned, but also the entire object graph. The base may have been part of a commit hundreds or thousands of commits deep in the history of the project.

Git doesn’t traverse the entire object graph to check for possible bases because it’s too expensive to do so. For instance, walking the entire graph of a Linux kernel takes roughly 30 seconds.

Fortunately, there’s already a solution within Git: reachability bitmaps. Git has an optional on-disk data structure to record the sets of objects “reachable” from each commit. When this data is available, we can query it to quickly determine whether the client has a base object. This results in the server generating smaller packs that are produced more quickly for an overall faster fetch experience.

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Repository alternates are a tool that server administrators have at their disposal to reduce redundant information. When two repositories are known to share objects (like a fork and its parent), the fork can list the parent as an “alternate”, and any objects the fork doesn’t have itself, it can look for in its parent. This is helpful since we can avoid storing twice the vast number of objects shared between the fork and parent.

Likewise, a repository with alternates advertises “tips” it has when receiving a push. In other words, before writing from your computer to a remote, that remote will tell you what the tips of its branches are, so you can determine information that is already known by the remote, and therefore use less bandwidth. When a repository has alternates, the tips advertisement is the union of all local and alternate branch tips.

But what happens when computing the tips of an alternate is more expensive than a client sending redundant data? It makes the push so slow that we have disabled this feature for years at GitHub. In Git 2.20, repositories can hook into the way that they enumerate alternate tips, and make the corresponding transaction much faster.

Now that we’ve highlighted a handful of the changes in the past two releases, we want to share a summary of a few other interesting changes. As always, you can learn more by clicking the “source” link, or reading the documentation or release notes.

  • Have you ever tried to run git cherry-pick on a merge commit only to have it fail? You might have found that the fix involves passing -m1 and moved on. In fact, -m1 says to select the first parent as the mainline, and it replays the relevant commits. Prior to Git 2.21, passing this option on a non-merge commit caused an error, but now it transparently does what you meant. [source]

  • Veteran Git users from our last post might recall that git branch -l establishes a reflog for a newly created branch, instead of listing all branches. Now, instead of doing something you almost certainly didn’t mean, git branch -l will list all of your repository’s branches, keeping in line with other commands that accept -l. [source]

  • If you’ve ever been stuck or forgotten what a certain command or flag does, you might have run git --help (or git -h) to learn more. In Git 2.21, this invocation now follows aliases, and shows the aliased command’s helptext. [source]

  • In repositories with large on-disk checkouts, git status can take a long time to complete. In order to indicate that it’s making progress, the status command now displays a progress bar. [source]

  • Many parts of Git have historically been implemented as shell scripts, calling into tools written in C to do the heavy lifting. While this allowed rapid prototyping, the resulting tools could often be slow due to the overhead of running many separate programs. There are continuing efforts to move these scripts into C, affecting git submodule, git bisect, and git rebase. You may notice rebase in particular being much faster, due to the hard work of the Summer of Code students, Pratik Karki and Alban Gruin.

  • The -G option tells git log to only show commits whose diffs match a particular pattern. But until Git 2.21, it was searching binary files as if they were text, which made things slower and often produced confusing results. [source]

That’s all for now

We went through a few of the changes that have happened over the last couple of versions, but there’s a lot more to discover. Read the release notes for 2.21, or review the release notes for previous versions in the Git repository.