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Govt plans to use AI tools for digital forensics: Report
Anirban Ghoshal 15 Feb, 2018
The government is planning to use artificial intelligence-based tools for a digital forensics project currently under way at the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), said a report in The Economic Times.
The report said that the C-DAC is planning to use artificial intelligence to look out for threats before they breach systems and track hackers to stop repeated breaches. The digital forensics arm of the C-DAC will help small and medium firms roll out commercial solutions for cyber threats, it added.
Finance minister Arun Jaitley had, in last year's budget speech, said that the C-DAC, in collaboration with Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), would look to develop tools to<|fim_middle|> Cyber Swachhta Kendra C-DAC CERT-In CERT-Fin Ravi Shankar Prasad Arun Jaitley | tackle cybersecurity issues. He had also said that CERTs for different sectors, especially the financial sector, were being contemplated.
After Jaitley's speech, Union minister for electronics and information technology Ravi Shankar Prasad had said that the C-DAC was working on digital forensics, a branch of forensic science that deals with recovering and analysing information from data storage devices including computers, phones and networks.
The report said that the digital forensics project has a budget of Rs 3.95 crore and that, apart from the C-DAC, the Indian Institute of Technology, Patna will also be involved in its implementation.
The report cited a senior government official as saying that the project will help the C-DAC research on cybersecurity for two years before starting out training programmes for government officials in the field.
The Indian government has taken a number of initiatives in recent years to boost cybersecurity.
Last month, the government said its botnet malware apps had reduced infections in the country by at least 51% after their launch on the web and the Google Play Store in February 2017.
The government had launched the Cyber Swachhta Kendra (Botnet Cleaning and Malware Analysis Centre) under CERT-In in February last year. The government had also launched apps such as AppSamvid, USB Pratirodh and M-Kavach on Google Play Store and on the web to help detect and remove botnet malware, in the same period.
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The proper DMM selection improves job performance, but how do you make that selection?
Whether you know them as DMMs, VOMs, multitesters, or multimeters, digital multimeters are essential tools that continue to evolve and crop up on tool belts and workbenches everywhere. There are so many brands and models on the market now it can be difficult to know where to start before purchasing one.
According to an independent study by the Research Department, Inc., millions of multimeters are sold every year in the United States alone. Most are purchased for under $100, but they can be as expensive as $300 or more for a unit with advanced features.
In many ways, DMMs are becoming the tape measure of the new millennium with their rich feature sets, easy-to-use functions, and versatility. With the addition of a couple of accessories like test leads, specialized probes, and adapters, your DMM can turn test-and-measurement cartwheels.
By conducting a cursory bit of product research, comparing prices, and determining where to buy a DMM, you can save time on each job and money in the long run. Consider and answer the following questions before making your purchase.
What tasks will you do? Without asking this basic question, you could end up with a meter that has the wrong features or improper ranges for the tasks at hand. Determine early in the process what you want to do. Then, frame your search along the lines of your specific needs. Will you measure voltage, current, ohms, or a combination of all three? Do you need frequency, temperature, or capacitance?
What environment will you work in?
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Do you need true rms voltage for current measurement of circuits with switching power supply loads?
Will you be working in daylight or in a dark electrical closet? Backlit LCDs are mandatory where lights and visibility are low, and for most of maintenance workers that's pretty frequent.
What transient category do you need? Some models are specifically designed for electronics troubleshooting (Cat, I and II), while others are right for home and automotive use (Cat. I to III). Most likely, you need one rated for industrial use, and that's typically going to require a Cat. III 600V rating.
Will your meter stay indoors or will you take it outside? Some models incorporate prop-up stands, and others feature holsters designed<|fim_middle|> warranties? With many meters and test tools being manufactured in other countries, the basic meter warranty is of primary consideration. Who will repair it? Where will you send it for warranty work? Does the manufacturer offer an on-the-spot replacement program?
What is the calibration policy? If you need annual calibrations, what is the cost and what is the turnaround time?
What is the hidden cost of buying too much meter? DMMs are like any electronics purchase, whether it's audio equipment or computers. You can spend plenty and get a multi-function, multi-task, and multi-complicated unit with all the fancy bells and whistles. Be aware however, that as the options and features mount, so does the complexity of operating the unit. And then there is the cost of learning to correctly use the extra features, employing the proper measurement protocols that ensure precise measurement. However, don't let the hidden cost idea discourage you from getting the features you need. If you use those features fairly often, you'll find they're well worth the added expense.
Visiting manufacturers' Web sites and asking other users what they like and don't like about their meters will help you make a good buying decision. Tackle the process as you would with any tool you depend on for making your living. This is especially important if you're buying a large number of meters for a department or crew. You'll improve the bottom line—not because you got a good deal on a meter, but because you got the right tool for the job.
Allen is a Wavetek Meterman product planner, Everett, Wash. | to withstand most job environments. If your style is tough or rough, a few dollars spent for a meter carrying case or holster to protect your investment is well worth the money.
Do you need a complete kit or will you buy accessories separately? Many suppliers offer complete ranges of test leads, probes, thermocouples, and other devices that extend the functionality of meters. Several companies also have task-related kits that include everything you'll need to undertake specific measurements. Look for a wide range of accessories for your kind of work. While you may not need every accessory, the fact that a manufacturer offers the full range needed for your kind of work shows an effort to provide for the market you're in, and that says something about the meter. If the test leads seem cheap, that says something about the meter, too.
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I visited Japanese shopping mall before LAX airport. I had a mini tendon and cold soba noodles for lunch. Ready for long flight!
I have been to London and Manchester and Birmingham.
We had a secret gig at the Pipeline bar in Londo on April 13. It became our good kick off show. Invited audience seemed enjoy our show.
Janice from Damnably made British breakfast! She cooks very well!
Janice made breakfast for us again! Thank you!
I had chicken and avocado sandwich before radio session.
We appeared on All Tomorrow's Parties 2.0 curated by a famous comedian Stewart Lee. It became the 2nd time to play for us since 2<|fim_middle|> weather was nice!
Since we had spare time until load in, we visited Windsor Castle but it was closed because of some VIP might there. It was rainy.
Driving time was not long today. We had time to visit Windsor Castle. But the castle was closed. British flag are everywhere. It means Queens in the Castle..(?) Our manager said so.
We had lunch at Thetford on the way to Norwich. It was St. George day and flea market was held there.
We stopped at Thetford and had lunch.
I had a jacket potato! It's baked potato!
I chose it with chicken mayo. The meal filled me up!
Boy Scout? Many children were marching.
Famous painter Yoshitomo Nara and his friends came to our show.
The venue used to be a church!
We traveled from Colchester to London. For the first, we dropped our laundry at a cleaner shop. I ate Tempura Domburi for lunch at a mall.
We left the hotel in Colchester at 9 a.m.
We came back to London. And dropped off our clothes at laundromat. We went to the big shopping mall and had lunch until checking in start. I had ramen noodles!
So many audience seemed having a good time at our show. Thanks a lot! I hope to come back to Leeds again.
We were going to Leeds from London.
It took 4 hours and half driving.
Arrived at the venue! Brudenell Social Club.
It was getting cold again from a few days ago. We had snow when we came around New Castle.
He was drawing graffiti art! Thank you!
We supposed to check out at noon. But we heard the news in the morning about Naoko had to radio interview, we left the hotel 10:30 a.m. to Edinburgh!
He was waiting at the venue!
It took an hour from Edinburgh to Glasgow. I saw snow. So cold!
It was short drive from Edinburgh to Glasgow. We had spear time to have cafe latte. We went to the museum cafe.
It was early check out at 8:30a.m. today.
Because we had to take a ferry to Belfast. And then two hours drive to Dublin.
Thank you Belfast Rock City!!
We traveled from Cork, Ireland to Liverpool, England.
It was long travel day today!
It was more than two hours drive to get the ferry port. Three and a half hours on the ferry. And then two hours drive to get Liverpool.
We left the hotel at 11 a.m. And we arrived at the next hotel almost 9 p.m.
We had been in Liverpool since the night before. I payed extra to the hotel and get late check out until 2:00pm and had rest. Atsukoand Risa went to The Beatles Story, though.
I visited Liverpool last time was 23 years? ago. Wow!
I woke up early than usual and went to The Beatles Story with Risa.
After sound check, we went to Thai restaurant. Delicious!
Drive to Leicester from Nottingham.
We arrived at the venue in Bedford. The venue is on the second floor. It's called the first floor in the UK. The first floor is called ground floor!
After 3 hours drive from our highway hotel the day before, we arrived at Bristol. It might 3 times for me to come here.
I ate this sandwich in the van.
A fan was waiting with his guitar!
Arrived at London and loaded out the equipments. Had delicious Thai food for dinner. | 010.
After checking out the hotel, We went to the mall near the hotel in Manchester for branch. I had meatball pasta.
Cereal machine! Many kinds! I didn't eat.
we left the ATP hotel and arrived at the venue The O2 Academy 3 around 3pm. There was a big sign on the front of the venue. We loaded in and did stage setting. Then I went to the dressing room and found a big bag of crisps for catering. Cool!
We travel with this big van.
We arrived at Birmingham around 3 p.m. Nice venue!
We checked out a hotel in Birmingham at noon and had 3 hours drive to London. 12:00 check out made us relaxed.
We are back to Camden Town in London! It's fun place to look around. So many people!
April 18 Travel day Stonehenge!
saw UFO above the Stonehenge?!
We're going to Falmouth from London.
We visited Stonehenge! It's second time for me to see it. But I still felt "Wow!". How to make those? It's mystery.
The day before the show at Falmouth, I had dinner at an Indian-Bangladesh restaurant close to the hotel. Food was so good.
The next day, we were on BBC radio in Cornwall with David White. The studio is a cute house.
We had interview with BBC Radio Cornwall in the morning. We left the hotel at 9 a.m. We had a little bit time to see the cathedral.
It was live in Falmouth on April 19th.
It was live in Soutampton on April 20th.
I picked up sea shells on the shore in Falmouth.
The venue is Joiners. 5 hours drive took us to come here. This is around the venue. I've heard that the seaside town Southampton was a mother port of Titanic.
I had a cute sushi pack in the van.
We had spare time until load in, stopped at Arundel Castle.
It was live in Brighton on April 21th.
I went to see the Arundel Castle. I like flowers. I saw many pretty flowers there. I'm glad that the | 460 |
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Did you realize that content marketing produces three times the sales leads as paid search? Regardless of what type of digital marketing strategies you use, staying consistent is a must.
Having a website is a must for any business trying to stay relevant in today's market. Setting and forgetting a website will generally backfire.
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In the fast-paced world of today, consumers simply don't have time to type while on the go. This is why voice search is becoming increasingly popular.
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The best way to do this is by using keywords that read more like conversational phrases. Many companies have found that using longtail keywords in the form of questions is essential when trying to rank in voice searches.
The more conversational the text on your website is, the easier you will find it to connect with consumers using voice search.
While video marketing has been around for a while, it seems to grow in popularity with each passing years. Modern businesses are capitalizing on this marketing medium by creating entertaining and informative videos.
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In the past, having a well-written article was all a company needed to attract consumers. These days, you have to back up the claims in your articles with credible sources.
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Best Areas to Stay in Peoria, Illinois
The Best Areas to Stay in Peoria, IL
Where to Stay in Peoria – A Guide to the City on the Illinois River
Peoria is a city in Illinois. Located on the Illinois River and founded by the French in 1691, this city is famous for being the oldest European settlement in Illinois. In this post, we will explore the best areas to stay in Peoria, IL.
The Best Areas to Stay in Peoria, Illinois
1. Recommended area: Downtown Peoria (Civic Center)
2. East Peoria
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Peoria's center's main cultural attractions include the<|fim_middle|> in Peoria to remain close to the attractions and leisure of the city, and because it has the best hotels, ideal for those traveling for business, exhibitions, events, and congresses.
Best areas to stay in Peoria – Peoria Civic Center
Accommodation near Peoria Civic Center – Click on the map to see all available accommodation in this area
Why is this a recommended area to stay in Peoria:
Caterpillar Visitors Center
Best area for business travelers
Riverfront Museum
Best area to stay without a car
Accommodation in this area
Mark Twain Hotel
This hotel offers a free airport shuttle service, a restaurant and a gym.
Staybridge Suites Peoria Downtown Hotel
Located in the city center of Peoria, just a 3-minute walk from the city's civic center, this hotel offers spacious suites with full kitchens.
Peoria Marriott Pere Marquette Hotel
This modern hotel is housed in a Beaux Arts building adjacent to the Peoria Civic Center and features a restaurant.
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East Peoria is located across the Illinois River, on its east coast, as its name suggests.
Among its most popular attractions are some old Caterpillar factories, the Campus of the well-known Central College and the famous Par-A-Dice Hotel and Casino, a luxurious hotel that is also one of the most famous casinos in Illinois.
East Peoria offers a quiet environment compared to the city center, but it is ideal for family entertainment, thanks to its parks, golf courses and historic buildings such as the City Hall.
East Peoria is a seven-minutes drive from the city center.
Streets like West Washington have a number of bus stations that, in addition to facilitating the transfer through the district, allow visitors to reach the center of Peoria, easily.
The accommodation in this part of the city is made up of big brand and some three-star hotels, which makes it one of the best areas to stay in Peoria, due to its mixed accommodation for all types of budgets.
Where to stay in Peoria – East Peoria
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Par-A-Dice Hotel and Casino
Mixed accommodation
Parks and green areas
Close to the city center
Peaceful area
Connected by public transport
Holiday Inn and Suites East Peoria
Less than an 8-minute drive from the center of Peoria, this hotel has rooms with flat-screen TVs and free Wi-Fi. A continental breakfast is served each morning.
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Best Areas to Stay in Edmonton, Canada | Peoria Riverfront Museum, Caterpillar Visitors Center, the Peoria Historical Society, and the Murray Baker Bridge. See accommodation in Downtown Peoria.
Other important attractions in Peoria include Par-A-Dice Hotel Casino, Wheels O' Time Museum, Pettengill-Morron House Museum, or the Northmoor Observatory.
Outdoorsy types and those traveling with kids will also enjoy attractions like the Wildlife Prairie Park, The Peoria PlayHouse, Peoria Zoo, Luthy Botanical Garden, and Forest Park Nature Center.
Due to its inland location, Peoria has a humid continental climate with hot summers and long, snowy winters. January temperatures typically range between 17°F and 33ºF (-8 to 0 °C). Meanwhile, in the summer, average temperatures hover around 65 – 86 °F (19 – 30 °C). The best time to visit Peoria is from late spring through early fall (April through October); temperatures are comfortable for outdoor activities and sightseeing during this time.
To get to Peoria by air, the city is served by General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport. Located 5 miles west of Downtown Peoria, this airport offers domestic connections to a handful of destinations in the US, including Chicago, Dallas, Las Vegas, Orlando, Phoenix, and Charlotte.
No current passenger train services connect Peoria to other cities; however, Peoria is well-served by a network of long-distance buses with destinations in Illinois and other cities in the US Midwest. See bus routes, schedules & fares.
When it comes to moving around the city, Peoria has a public transportation system consisting of fixed-route buses operated by the Greater Peoria Mass Transit District. The city's riverside and downtown districts are easy to explore on foot, but the car is still the best way to reach the outlying areas. Peoria is served by Uber and Lyft services, and you can always choose to rent a car during your stay.
The best area to stay in Peoria, IL, is Downtown. This central area near the riverfront is home to the city's main historical and cultural attractions, nightlife, restaurants, and some of the town's best hotels. See accommodation in Downtown Peoria.
Another great area to keep in mind when choosing the best location in Peoria is East Peoria.
Keep reading to find more about the best areas to stay in Peoria, IL.
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Peoria Marriott Pere Marquette
Featuring an on-site restaurant, this modern Peoria hotel is in a historic, Beaux-Arts building adjacent to the Peoria Civic Center. A flat-screen cable TV is included in every room.
Peoria Civic Center is located in the heart of the city, and it is the most entertaining and active area of the city.
The best events, concerts, festivals, exhibitions and congresses give life to Peoria Civic Center. Hence, it is the busiest district in the city.
The Civic Center consists of a stadium, an exhibition hall, a theater, ballroom and several meeting rooms.
Other attractions near the Civic Center of Peoria are the Renaissance Park, located on Main Street, Peoria Riverfront Museum on Washington Street and Caterpillar Visitors Center.
Washington, Jefferson and West 3rd avenues are well-supported by bus stations, although, the entire area near the Peoria Civic Center is ideal for walking to each attraction since it is very pedestrian-friendly.
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Unless you consider raw, vegan desserts an indulgence.
Gisele Bündchen and Tom Brady eat really clean on the regular—the 100-percent-organic, mostly vegetables, no-sugar, no-flour, no-salt, no-dairy sort of clean,<|fim_middle|> meal.
They end the day with a smaller dinner.
3. Serve grains and protein separately.
"'G' likes to eat vegetarian sometimes, so we'll do a grain separate from the protein," Young said.
4. Juice cleanse to reset.
"[Gisele's] totally into juice cleanses, so she'll do about one per year," Young revealed. Young's juice cleanses include "delicious, nutritious juices, superfood smoothies, cleansing and detoxifying teas, coconut water, and reviving potassium broth," according to her website.
5. Skip dessert—unless it's raw and vegan.
"[Gisele and Tom] didn't want to do desserts anymore, for healthy eating purposes, but I shared all of my raw vegan desserts with them and they love them and have them all the time," Young said. | according to a recent report from the power couple's personal chef.
But the couple has another chef—Joanne Gerrard Young, a holistic nutritionist—at their home in Costa Rica, where Gisele spends lots of time and Tom visits about once a year.
1. Eat 80 percent raw.
"They don't always do raw, but since it's so easy to do in Costa Rica, we do an 80/20 raw diet, with big, colorful salads and lots of fresh veggies," Young told Well and Good. That leaves the last 20 percent of the plate open for lean protein and grains.
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Building the Patent Knowledgebase With Life-Size Patent Models
Barbara J. Hampton, J.D., M.L.S.
Teasing out the evidence from inventors' drawings, descriptions, and claims in patent records is something librarians at Patent and Trademark Resource Centers do with expertise and pride. Another important source for our understanding of inventions, the patent models illustrating the function of an invention, were created and submitted with patents between 1790 and 1880. The models show the invention in three dimensions (maximum size allowed:<|fim_middle|>6 and 1877 ). A small portion of the collection was salvaged and restored, but most were destroyed. Those losses were compounded by the resulting loss of interest in the remaining models and corresponding decision to move them off site. The final blow came with the impulse to declutter by selling nearly all patent models at auction in the early part of the twentieth century.
Fortunately, thanks to the persistence of a few philanthropic patent enthusiasts, a significant sample of these models has been recovered. Ann and Alan Rothschild collected a wide range of patent models and maintained a private museum for many years . Their newly published catalogue of their collection, Inventing a Better Mousetrap, gives us images of hundreds of these models, together with biographical and historical annotations. For those ready for a challenge, readers can test their skill identifying 25 patent models. There are also detailed instructions for replicating six models. Recently, the Rothschilds arranged for the collection to be housed in a more accessible location, the Hagley Museum in Greenville, DE, the former site of the gunpowder works founded by E. I. du Pont in 1802. | 12" x 12" x 12") and even include some working parts.
Although some models were entirely made of wood, or nearly so, most used the expertise of a metalworker , a challenge for those whose inventive wealth was in ideas, not bank accounts or metal shops. However, the models made the inventor's ideas clearer to those not fluent with technical drawings and descriptions. Technology historians and patent researchers get a better appreciation of the inventive concept. Beyond the technology of inventions, social scientists can see the evolution of family life and community culture as features were developed to address the needs of users, and manufacturing and marketing illustrated the business climate of the time.
Sadly, the Patent Office's collection of models was decimated by accident (fires in 183 | 157 |
Harris Lowry Manton LLP Honored by Daily Report for #2 Medical Malpractice Verdict in Georgia for 2018
Harris Lowry Manton LLP, a full-service catastrophic and personal injury firm with offices in Atlanta and Savannah, was recently recognized by The Daily Report, Atlanta's top legal publication, for the Simmons v. Southcoast Medical Group verdict in which a woman was awarded $18 million in medical malpractice damages. The jury verdict was named the #2 Medical Malpractice Verdict for 2018 in the Daily Report's Top Verdicts & Settlements special report, released earlier today.
Joan Simmons, a 58-year-old woman from Okatie, S.C., was admitted to a Savannah, Ga. hospital on July 20, 2014 with complaints of back pain and signs of an infection. An infectious disease doctor at Southcoast Medical Group failed to diagnose and treat her spinal epidural abscess, a serious complication of the infection. The untreated abscess put pressure on Simmons' spinal cord, causing paralysis in both legs. As a result of this medical negligence, Simmons was left permanently paraplegic.
After hearing the facts presented by the legal team during the seven-day trial, the Chatham County jury returned the largest medical malpractice verdict in the county's history. The jury ruled in favor of the plaintiff, finding that Southcoast Medical Group and its physician were liable for failure to diagnose and treat a spinal abscess. The jury apportioned 90 percent of the fault—or $16.2 million—to SouthCoast Medical Group and to the infectious disease specialist who treated Simmons.
During the trial, Harris Lowry Manton LLP's litigators demonstrated the catastrophic effect of medical mal<|fim_middle|> state of Georgia.
ABOUT HARRIS LOWRY MANTON LLP:
Harris Lowry Manton LLP is an award-winning, full-service trial law firm with offices in Atlanta and Savannah. The firm's attorneys have been recognized by leading rating associations, bar associations and other organizations as some of the top trial lawyers in the United States. The firm brings together three accomplished partners — Jeff Harris, Steve Lowry and Jed Manton — who are known for securing major verdicts and settlements for clients in complex personal injury, product liability and wrongful death cases. For more information, visit www.hlmlawfirm.com.
By Jeffrey R. Harris|June 17th, 2019| | practice, explaining that Joan Simmons walked into the hospital and left in a wheelchair, unable to walk. The trial team also included Owen C. Murphy of Owen Murphy, P.C. and W. Andrew Bowen of Bowen Painter, LLC.
"Earning recognition for this medical malpractice verdict is especially meaningful for our litigation team, who worked hard to make sure justice was served for Ms. Simmons," said Harris Lowry Manton LLP partner Jeff Harris. "We are deeply honored to be recognized once again by the Daily Report for securing one of Georgia's top verdicts for the year."
Harris Lowry Manton LLP has a strong record of handling complex cases and has secured more multi-million dollar verdicts over the past decade than any other law firm in Georgia. Top verdicts previously recognized by the Daily Report include an $11.2 million jury verdict for the wrongful death of "Midnight Rider" camera assistant Sarah Jones (2017), a $30.5 million jury verdict for Zetah Louis in a medical malpractice case where a delay in fetal monitoring led to profound birth injuries (2016) and a $40 million jury verdict for Joel and Aimee Jenkins after a motor vehicle accident caused permanent injuries to the police chief of Climax, Ga. (2016).
In addition, Harris Lowry Manton LLP was recently named the Litigation Department of the Year in the small firm category by the 2019 Georgia Legal Awards, the only plaintiff's litigation firm in the state to be so honored. Sponsored by the Daily Report, the Georgia Legal Awards recognizes the state's finest attorneys for their contribution to the Georgia legal community and excellence in a variety of practice areas.
Earlier this year, Harris Lowry Manton LLP partners Jeff Harris and Steve Lowry were named to Georgia Super Lawyers' prestigious Top 100 list of attorneys for the second consecutive year. Harris and Lowry have also been honored in Georgia Trend's "Legal Elite" issue, which recognizes top attorneys in the | 412 |
Pastor Lopez
Pagaras
Plegaria Vallenata 1994
Gol<|fim_middle|> England, Mexico, and virtually anywhere in the world where there are Colombian and Latin American communities. His most important albums include Pastor López y Su Combo (1974), El Negro Parrandero (1977), Con Toda la Fuerza (1985), Con Calor Tropical (1990), El Indio (1993), and 2007's Vuelve con Mucho Más. While he records infrequently, his abundant catalog has netted many fine compilations covering a range of tropical music genres. ~ Thom Jurek
Los Vallenato Trio | pe Con Golpe
Antología Pastor López, Vol. 3 1995
Estos Son los Cantantes 1995
La Cumbia
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About Pastor Lopez
Pastor Lopez (aka El Indio Lopez) is an iconic Venezuelan singer/songwriter and musician beloved across the South American continent for his knowledge of tropical music including cumbia, vallenato, paseaíto, porro, and his sweet tenor singing voice.
He lives in Colombia, but was born in Barquisimeto, Venezuela. Lopez began singing almost as soon as he could talk; he made his first (non-commercial) recording at the age of five. Throughout childhood and adolescence, he alternated between singing and studying. In the mid-'60s, Lopez began working and recording in Venezuela with his brothers in a joropo band called Conjunto de los Hermanos López before leaving to work with Aníbal Velásquez, Los Mayorales, and Emir Boscán & los Tomasinos. With the latter he scored a pair of big hits: "Caimito" and "El Paloma." In 1971 he joined the combo of his compatriot Nelson Henríquez, who were, at the time, wildly popular in Colombia. Between 1971 and 1973 they recorded a slew of hits that have become classics and are still referenced and covered in the 21st century; these include "La Arañita," "La Ha Maca Raya," "El Fiestón," "Bagpipe of Venezuela," "Playa Blanca," and "Playa Colorá." In 1973, Lopez left to start his own band, Pastor López y Su Combo, which began a decades-long period filled with hit records -- his catalog numbers over 50 albums -- and sold-out performances in many countries. Interestingly, his band has utilized the same instrumentation since its inception: Two trumpets, piano, bass, congas (timbales), and vocals. Many all-star musicians have passed through his group since the mid-'70s in both Colombia and Venezuela.
Lopez is internationally recognized in countries such as the United States, Canada, Spain, | 470 |
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Iraq Illustrates Folly of Nation Building
By Thomas Sowell Wednesday, 18 June 2014 09:38 AM Current | Bio | Archive
The news from Iraq that Islamic terrorists have now taken over cities that American troops liberated during the Iraq war must have left an especially bitter aftertaste to Americans who lost a loved one who died taking one of those cities, or to a survivor who came back<|fim_middle|> Japan, and World War II was over more than 60 years ago. Turning those militaristic countries around was one of the great achievements in human history. Their neighboring countries have been able to enjoy a peace and security that they had not known for generations.
Perhaps what was achieved in Germany and Japan made it seem that we might achieve something similar in Iraq. But "the greatest generation" that had fought and survived the horrors of war around the world was under no illusion that trying to turn our defeated enemies around would be easy, quick, and cheap.
Creating democracy in Germany and Japan was a goal, but not a fetish. Creating a stable and viable government amid the ruins and rubble of war was the first priority and a major responsibility. You cannot create instant democracy like you are making instant coffee.
There are prerequisites for a free society, and the foundations of democracy cannot be built on chaotic conditions with widespread uncertainty and fear. To hold elections for the sake of holding elections is to abdicate responsibility for the sake of appearances.
The biggest danger is that you will create a government that will work at cross purposes to everything you are trying to achieve — a government you cannot rein in, much less repudiate, without destroying your own credibility as representatives of democracy. That has happened in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
By contrast, in both Germany and Japan power was turned over to elected officials at such times and in such degree as conditions seemed to indicate. Eventually, both countries resumed their roles as sovereign nations. But we didn't publish a timetable.
Today, with terrorists threatening to at least fragment Iraq, if not take it over, it is a sobering thought that Barack Obama and his key advisers have a track record of having been wrong about Iraq and other foreign policy issues for years, going back before they took office — and no track record of learning from their mistakes.
The news from Iraq that Islamic terrorists have now taken over cities that American troops liberated during the Iraq war must have left an especially bitter aftertaste to Americans who lost a loved one who died taking one of those cities, or to a survivor who came back …
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Surely we need to learn something from a tragedy of this magnitude.
Some say that we should never have gone into Iraq in the first place. Others say we should never have pulled our troops out when we did, leaving behind a weak and irresponsible government in charge.
At a minimum, Iraq should put an end to the notion of "nation-building," especially nation-building on the cheap, and to the glib and heady talk of "national greatness" interventionists who were prepared to put other people's lives on the line from the safety of their editorial offices.
Those who are ready to blame President George W. Bush for everything bad that has happened since he left office should at least acknowledge that he was a patriotic American president who did what he did for the good of the country — an assumption that we can no longer safely make about the current occupant of the White House.
If President Bush's gamble that we could create a thriving democracy in the Middle East — one of the least likely places for a democracy to thrive — had paid off, it could have been the beginning of a world-changing benefit to this generation and to generations yet unborn.
A thriving free society in the Muslim world, and the values and example that such a society could represent, might undermine the whole hate-filled world terrorist movement that is seeking to turn back civilization to a darker world of centuries past.
But creating such a society, if it is possible at all, cannot be done on the cheap, with politicians constantly calling for us to announce to the world — including our enemies — when we are going to leave. The very idea is silly, but everything silly is not funny.
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Sarah Polley's Take This Waltz opened to mixed reviews with no moderate ground as<|fim_middle|>itiveness that cripples her love for her husband, desiring an escape from the monotonous routine that governs over her married life. Ranging from the claustrophobic setting of the bedroom, to the kitchen, to the shower, the shots intricately weave together to demonstrate a seemingly stunted relationship that isolates them as a couple. These shots that unfold in the bedroom and the kitchen are repetitious and at times, uninteresting, and although they are meant to reflect the sterility of the couple, they can, at times, reflect the un-inventiveness of film. Beyond this fixed home setting lies an urban scape in which desire interrupts the cutesie couple routine that characterizes Margot's married life, and eventually, Margot succumbs to this obtrusive desire, giving into a more mature love life as she ever so serenely takes this waltz.
Polley balances the seemingly everlasting quality of relationships against the finiteness of them. The characters discuss the intrigue that comes with something new and the obsolete quality of the old. Whereas Lou (Seth Rogan) discusses his sentiments on growing old together and the nostalgia that grounds a relationship and secures it, the women in a local swimming class consider a stark reality on the aging body and the consequences it has on a relationship. There was some controversy over the shower scene that reveals the nakedness of women ranging in age as each discuss an unembellished take on growing old together that differs significantly from Lou's romanticized version of love.
The writing is one of the strongest points of the film. Much of the humour stems from the dialogue and much of the passion that cannot be experienced physically is beautifully delivered in speech. Daniel (Luke Kirby) delivers a monologue that so outwardly and boldly outlines what he would do to Margot in bed. The passion that he communicates here differs from the pg-version that characterizes her relationship with her husband. This cutesie relationship between husband and wife is comical, discomforting, and as the film progresses, it can be annoying. All in all, the actors do a great job illustrating the struggle, the emotional collapse, and eventual growth that typify the relationships that punctuate our lives and make us the intricate, fun-loving, complex people we are.
← Dredd 3DTed → | audiences either proclaimed their love for the film or announced a general aversion to the film. I thoroughly enjoyed her latest work, but not to the extent that I would say this is a cinematic tour de force; the film has its disappointments, but its redeeming qualities are greater.
Polley captures the beauty that is Toronto in every shot. The blurring lights and the hustling streets of the city scape coupled with the discomfort of the hot, humid days remedied only with the coolness of the nights and the intrusive roar of the fans nicely capture a sense of unease as Margot (Michelle Williams) contemplates an affair with her neighbour across the street. The cinematography nicely encompasses the fluctuation of emotions as Margot struggles with the repet | 151 |
At a recent National Grid roundtable discussion held in association with Network entitled 'Solving future system challenges now' attendees examined how a whole-system approach could help solve the myriad of challenges faced by the industry. Tom Grimwood reports.
"Whole-system" is a phrase you often hear during discussions around energy. Being used so frequently and within so many different contexts, its meaning can sometimes seem vague.
So, when Network and National Grid hosted a roundtable in late 2018, the first topic on the agenda was what exactly constitutes the whole-system.
Attendees admitted the whole-system could in theory refer to a variety of things and were divided on where the line should be drawn.
They agreed it should at least stretch across both transmission and distribution and gas and electricity, with much of transport being absorbed into the power sector over time. But some argued it should also cover other essential utilities, for instance water.
"There's been quite a bit of renewal of water assets," said one, noting the potential of water pumps to provide significant volumes of flexibility to the power grid. "But they're being renewed without thinking about the link with the electricity system."
Others went further, saying the whole-system could even encompass the entirety of the economy. Networks are ultimately to try to save money for energy users, who are becoming increasingly involved in the running of the energy system themselves.
However, another warned they shouldn't try to run before they can walk: "I wonder if the definition of whole-system including everything is just too wide at the moment to get a grip on.
"You set incremental small goals and then you can broaden it out as you get further along, rather than trying to define it in a really broad way which is then impossible to make any tangible progress against."
Unable to settle on a concrete definition, the conversation nevertheless shifted to some of the obstacles that will need to be overcome.
Most identified the lack of a joined up regulatory, policy and market framework as the overarching barrier to progress.
They said whole-system solutions will require consistent price signals and incentives that allow actors in one sphere to share the gains that accrue in another, particularly in instances where<|fim_middle|> the fact there is much more interaction between the different parts of the system than there used to be."
"Part of the problem is that costs and values aren't currently easy to measure across the whole network. Things are measured in different units, it's not obvious how efficiencies in one part of the system impact elsewhere and that's before you even start to think about cost impacts."
Flexibility and the DSO business model was the topic of discussion at a recent roundtable hosted by Network and Oracle. With work now well underway on the second set of RIIO price controls, speakers were keen to talk about the impact of regulation on the transformation of networks.
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Without these in place, they will continue to operate in financial siloes and lucrative opportunities will be missed. Cross-sector incentives should be integrated into the next set of price controls.
One attendee noted the difficulty in valuing the whole-system benefits of a particular action, or even establishing the baseline to measure against. Several suggested new institutions such a whole-system operator or multi-utility regulator may be required to support such a framework.
Another blamed its absence on the short-term, incremental thinking, which they believed had become "dominant" among policy-makers.
They said the government must take a longer-term, more strategic view as it did when deciding to build the national electricity transmission network shortly after the Second World War: "These assets were only fully used 25 years later. If we had an incremental view at the time, the overall infrastructure costs would have been 10 times larger."
That said, they also recognised the scale of the challenge: "We've not really found this being resolved anywhere. The UK, given its position as an island and also the combination of nuclear and renewables, will be facing these challenges five to 10 years before Europe and the US, for example. Can we turn this in to an opportunity and start really addressing this, and potentially leading this?"
Several questioned whether policy-makers were in a position yet to move towards an enduring solution.
"Frameworks will always limit what is possible by their very nature," said one. "You create a structure of rules and then you're basically saying that certain things are not allowed.
"Do we think, particularly in relation to some of the absolutely massive questions we have in GB at the moment - say around the future of heat - that we're actually in the space to do that yet? I'm not sure we are."
"If one looks at the somewhat chaotic disorderly approach, one might argue we've followed to date, we've actually been remarkably successful in terms of the progress we've made in decarbonising," added another. "One could make the argument that the absence of a whole-system view hasn't necessarily precluded significant progress. If you go to a whole-systems view, you do start getting into a position where you are starting to nail down some of those options."
Both emphasised the need to put consumers at the centre of decision making: "Unless we bring consumers with us, we might as well whistle because it's not going to work."
There was agreement that pursuing some options for the future of the energy system would rule out others, and that in many cases it is still too early to make big strategic decisions. With regards to heat, attendees said there should be large-scale trials and demonstrations to provide an evidence base and a proper public debate to deliver a mandate.
Some therefore called for more value to be placed on optionality. "If it's not going to cost much more to put in a fat cable compared to the cost of digging up the road, put in a fat cable," remarked one. They said the response to uncertainty needed go beyond merely making "no regrets" decisions.
The table also agreed on the need for greater engagement with consumers to establish their needs and wants and how they are likely to interact with the energy system when presented with price signals and incentives.
Several attendees raised the tricky issue of how to design a framework which rewards certain desirable behaviours, without effectively punishing others. They expressed concerns that vulnerable customers - those who can least afford to - might end up paying the most for their energy.
On this front and many others, Britain obviously still has a long way to go to achieving a whole-system approach to energy.
"The market and regulatory framework needs to improve to align the objectives of the industry and businesses with the objectives of society."
"Generally people can come up with a technological solution when they're looking at things with a whole-system approach. It's a market pull mechanism which is the really difficult part. How do you design something which enables these things to be collectively financed and the benefits to be spread fairly over the various users of the system?
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Then I found myself at a major speaking engagement in Berlin last December, where it was obvious the attendees there were<|fim_middle|> me they have read something I've posted on LinkedIn than I do about my Tweets, though those LinkedIn posts are flowing from my Twitter stream. that makes sense, of course. Those aggregated at my LinkedIn profile are my professional network and therefore more likely to be attentive and interested, but Twitter is the easy handheld way to put it all in play.
As an experienced marketer and senior executive, it's clear to me that Twitter hasn't yet reached a critical mass that would enable anyone to use it as the primary pillar of a media mix, and perhaps it never will. Like you I suspect, I'm puzzled how it makes money. Guess it doesn't. In time it may well fizzle.
But for now, it can be a useful tool beneath the tapping thumbs of a C-level executive; a stream of new insights, a door opener, a strategic alignment plumb and a conduit of generational relevance between those who have paved the way and those who are doing so, now. | very engaged in the use of Twitter during the programming. Fortunately for me, a Twitter-proficient colleague was "handling" me at this conference, so I asked him to set me up, as we listened to a presenter opine on social media and customer service. Before the day ended, I had 100 followers, and social media had put the content of my thought leadership message in play in a way no other medium has done for me or my firm ever before.
Since then, I have posted 1500 messages to Twitter, and reviewed the so-called Twitter stream several times a day. While the media form is still nascent, I can share that I have found it to be worthy of at least a few measures of my already well-divided attention span. It's not like an e-mail inbox. It's like passing through the busy lobby of hotel several times a day where fortuitously a lot of the people you might hope to bump into happen to be passing through, as well.
Twitter is an excellent learning platform. If you can find and follow the great curators of content, it's like having the best editors and subject matter experts working just for you, offering up delicious bite-sized contributions. The stream is no longer just chatty kids making us aware of whether they went with the single or double @Wendys.
Now, you will find the likes of the venerated Harvard professor @RosabethKanter sharing excellent content on management and leadership daily, and the always-brilliant @DanielPink curating an eclectic stream of need-to-know tidbits relevant to almost every executive interested in navigating the shoals of contemporary discontinuity. One-to-one marketing pioneer @DonPeppers is at it, again, demonstrating the best practices of unleashing the potential of this new platform. Breaking news in general, but more importantly in your industry, or even your company, is now more likely to appear on Twitter than in any other media venue. Ignore it at your risk.
I've always been a voracious reader and sharer, a tear-sheeter who underscores in articles and passes along what he finds to others in the organization for their learning and benefit. Twitter was made for this. It is the ultimate "Check This Out" tool that enables one to push a fresh cognitive kernel to the collective mind of the organization in real time.
Most importantly, it's given me connection to the techno-dexterous Millenials who are every day innovating the brave new world of media. I teach them. They teach me. I get the better of the deal.
For all I've said here about Twitter, proper homage must be paid to LinkedIn. My Twitter follower stream grew most quickly after I had linked my Twitter posts to my LinkedIn profile. I have substantially more people who tell | 567 |
We started a conversation which could have<|fim_middle|> This conversation truly addressed the needs of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County's ALICE population. The discussion was vivacious, and everyone in attendance was committed and focused.
We thank all who were able to join us to take part in finding solutions to our community's most pressing needs. If you were not able to attend, we welcome you to join us for our next community conversation (time and date to be announced soon). We appreciate each of you for your continued support as we stand #UnitedforALICE.
Thank you to our media partners who provided great coverage of this event. | a significant impact on our community. On Wednesday morning, March 14, we gathered community leaders representing local nonprofits, elected officials, local government, health care, higher education, Pre-K-12 education, business leaders, board members, faith communities, local media, students and interested community members.
141 community members united to empower people in need.
We had a lively and revealing discussion about our ALICE population. ALICE® is a United Way project that focuses on community members who are Asset Limited, Income Constrained, and Employed. | 112 |
Pacers use late-game magic to rally past Orlando 114-112
New Celtics Walker, Kanter meet media
Wolves sign undrafted rookie C Reid
76ers extend Simmons for $170M, 5 years
Simmons backs out of World Cup
Warriors GM Myers moves on from Durant
Cavs waive G Smith after eventful tenure
Ingram 'close' to normal after surgery
Suns re-sign Oubre Jr. to multiyear deal
Bucks sign<|fim_middle|>3 at Indiana and 0-7 against his former team.
Magic: Will try to salvage a split in the season series Tuesday at Houston.
Pacers: Host Charlotte on Monday in the first of four meetings between the teams this season.
More AP NBA: https://apnews.com/tag/NBAbasketball | Giannis' brother Thanasis
(Photo by Ron Hoskins/NBAE via Getty Images)
By MICHAEL MAROT
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Victor Oladipo and Lance Stephenson delivered the perfect combination for the Indiana Pacers.
After watching their fatigued and foul-prone teammates spend most of the first 3 1/2 quarters scrambling to stay close, the tag-team energizers took matters into their own hands Saturday night. They drove and dished, they made shots and they defended.
It was a knockout finish.
Oladipo scored 24 points, Stephenson added a season-high 21, each had five rebounds and six assists, and the Pacers overcame a late 10-point deficit to get past the struggling Orlando Magic 114-112.
"When that energy (is there), when the crowd is into it, the players are into it, the bench is into it - it's unlike any other," Oladipo said. "It's a great environment to be a part of. It might be a little tougher you know, playing as hard as we did yesterday and coming in (tonight) and trying to repeat. But it's a part of the NBA."
The Pacers powered through on grit.
After trailing by as much as 21, Oladipo's 21-footer in the midst of a 15-0 run finally gave the Pacers their first lead at 107-106 with 3:30 to play. And they closed it out by finishing the game on an 18-6 run over the final 6:15.
Still, it almost wasn't enough.
After Domantas Sabonis missed 1 of 2 free throws with 20.5 seconds to go, Orlando got two chances to tie the score and one to win it.
But Aaron Gordon missed a 16-footer with 12.5 seconds left then missed two free throws with 7.9 seconds to go and Jonathan Simmons missed the go-ahead 3-pointer before Oladipo finally corralled the last rebound.
"We knew it was going to be a tough second half. We played lockdown defense and we fed off of (the energy)," Stephenson said. "I know we had a tough rebounding night, but we made up for it. We just kept playing."
Magic coach Frank Vogel expected nothing less from his former team.
Each time he sensed the Pacers were about to make a run, Vogel called timeout even after the Pacers cut a 106-96 deficit to 106-95 on Sabonis' layup with 5:32 to go.
But the last timeout didn't slow down Oladipo, Stephenson or the Pacers, who scored the next six points to take a 111-106 lead.
Gordon had 22 points, 11 rebounds and four assists and Evan Fournier wound up with 19 points for the Magic, who have lost seven straight in the series and 19 of their last 22.
"We knew we'd have to win the second half different than we won the first half, our intensity would have to be greater," Vogel said. "That's what it looked like, and we weren't able to hang on."
Magic: Elfrid Payton had 12 points and five assists on a night Orlando shot 54.5 percent from the field and scored 70 points in the first half. ... Only 10 opponents have failed to score at least 100 points against the Magic this season. ... Orlando has lost 18 of its last 20 to Indiana, dating to March 2013, and hasn't won in Indianapolis since 2014.
Pacers: Thaddeus Young scored 20 points and Sabonis finished with 18 points and nine rebounds. ... After shooting 33.3 percent in the first quarter, Indiana shot 63.4 percent from the field in the second half. ... Indiana has given up 143 points in the first half of its last two games. ... The Pacers have won 10 of their last 11 home games against Orlando.
HE'S BACK
Pacers center Myles Turner returned to action Saturday after missing the previous nine games with an injured right elbow.
But he didn't start.
"We're going to be patient with his return and work him back into the rotation," coach Nate McMillan said before the game. "And Domantas has been doing a pretty good with the starting unit."
In less than 11 minutes, Turner had four points three rebounds and no blocks.
FIGHTING THROUGH
Vogel wasn't sure how long he'd last on the sideline.
During pre-game availability, Vogel acknowledged he's tried myriad treatments to fight off a cold and his voice was still pretty weak.
"I'm going to try to coach but I've been coughing an awful lot so we'll see how that goes," Vogel said.
He did make it through but is now 0- | 1,063 |
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Jensen Ackles'<|fim_middle|>. We know that Jensen Ackles signed on for one season of the creepy show, so there's no guarantee we'll see Sheriff Beau Arlen again after this season – but let's enjoy him while we have him! Here's my recap of all things Sheriff Beau from the last episode of Big Sky to catch us up for tonight.
As always, there were lots of twists and turns, both in the plot and, in this episode, emotionally too. Thanks for making me care about this character and showing us his vulnerable side as well as his badass side, Mr. Ackles. Now I'm going to miss him!
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Picking up where we left off, Beau and Jenny get to do some more interrogating, this time of the captured Walter, who doesn't tell them anything and isn't in the system, so they literally don't know who he is. I forgot to mention we also get some Ackles comedic chops in this episode too.
Beau: Mind if I call you Toby?
Sheriff Beau isn't very happy that the mystery man left them with "a damn murder cluster". They show him the photos of the people they think he killed, and he doesn't react to Luke or Mary. When the photo of Paige is put down, however, Walter gets emotional – and Beau definitely notices.
Walter confesses to killing Paige, determined to protect her. Sometimes I really do feel bad for Walter. But only sometimes.
Cassie questions Walter later, asking about the hiker and why he moved the body and left a figurine with him.
Walter: I didn't kill him. People always think the worst of me.
He says the figurine was meant for protection, for when the person passes over. Cassie asks why there weren't figurines on Mary or Luke, didn't they need protection?
Walter: Not from me.
Sometimes Walter tells it like it is also.
Beau gets to spend that time with Emily he's been craving, and we get to see the soft Dad side of the Sheriff, which awwww. I love his trailer set up, with the beautiful scenic vista behind it and the lights strung up all around. Nicely done, Sheriff Beau, you've got a real flair for decorating.
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January 23, 2023 spnfans
The season finale of Big Sky was both what I expected and not at all what I expected – and doesn't that just sum up the show perfectly? Season 3 was the season that Sheriff Beau Arlen came to town, which is why I started doing these recap/reviews after watching the show sporadically during its first two seasons.
Will he be back in Season 4? Will the show be back in Season 4? We don't know. And I guess that's not a bad way to leave it! But after the tour de force that was Ackles' portrayal of the Sheriff in the finale, many fans are sure hoping we get to see him again.
The episode picks up right where we left off, crazy Buck ditching the van he's got Emily and Denise in. He stops at a bar to find another vehicle and some hapless guy hears the women screaming and assures them he'll help them.
So of course Buck kills him and steals his truck, stopping to wave at Emily and Denise with a smile after he drops the poor guy to the ground by snapping his neck. SO creepy.
Carla shows up at the rendezvous site as they're taking Avery's body out, distraught and calling for Beau.
Also? Extreme bowlegs there.
He comforts her, and shows himself to be the better man by telling her that in the end, he needs her to know that Avery did everything he could trying to save Emily.
Unfortunately, he says, they think that Buck Barnes has her, which makes Carla even more distraught and who can blame her? Beau reassures her.
Beau: Listen to me, I'm gonna find her and bring her back. Okay?
God knows it's clear he desperately wants to, more than he wants anything in the universe.
I know I'm in the minority, but I really liked the evolution of Beau and Carla's relationship in this season. Ackles has said that he played Beau as still in love with Carla, and to me that came through – he's gentle and protective with her, reassuring her with his touch and with the intense eye contact that shows her how much he cares. And I think she realized that as the season went on, turning to him more and more and forgiving him – or perhaps understanding just how much his partner's death damaged him – so that they could respect each other again. As co-parents definitely, but maybe as human beings too.
They figure out that Denise and Emily are still alive at least, and call Cassie to help.
Meanwhile, Sunny packs a bag, including her gun, when there's a noise in her house. It's Walter, who's snuck in without the cops seeing him because, as he tells his mother, you didn't raise a fool. He's changed his mind about not wanting to see her anymore because Buck is alive. Sunny says she has a plan to set everything right. Sunny and Walter team up? What could go wrong?
Poppernak tells Sunny to sit tight and not go anywhere, the Sheriff is on his way and she can't leave. Then the smoke alarm goes off in Sunny's house and when he comes in to see what's happening, crafty Sunny drives away.
Back at the office, Beau, Jenny and Cassie watch the surveillance footage of Buck and see that he drops something, so they investigate, Cassie suggesting that maybe Cormac will recognize it.
Cormac does – it's a keychain made of bone and it opens a gate that he thinks he might recognize, so he and Cassie go off to investigate.
Before she leaves, Cassie too reassures Beau that they're going to get Emily and Denise back. Beau looks increasingly distraught – I cannot imagine what it's like to have to wait and try to stay calm when you know your child is in such danger.
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Big Sky Nears the End of Season 3 with the Emotional 'Are You Mad?'
The answer: Hell yes! Just about everyone is mad in this episode, especially Sheriff Beau Arlen. And with good reason!
(And it turns out, some people fit the alternate definition of that question too…)
Here's a recap of the penultimate episode and all things Beau Arlen as we head into the season 3 finale! The episode is a tension-filled roller coaster from the very first moment. Sunny comes home to find bloody handprints on the wall, calling for Buck – but it's Paige who responds, carrying a big knife. She accuses Sunny of siccing her psychotic husband on her.
Paige: I killed him, and I'm gonna do the same to you.
Sunny holds her off, then Jenny and Cassie show up and tell Paige to drop the knife, it's over.
Meanwhile, our favorite sheriff is in his office, looking at a framed photo of Emily as a baby in a 'Daddy's Girl' frame.
He calls to check on her and she answers as she comes back from the coffee shop, juggling coffees and banana bread.
Emily: Consider me checked. Talk later?
A typical father and teenage daughter interaction, but I love how nothing discourages Beau from being protective of his "little girl".
Poppernak says they found out who the guy from the hotel was that Beau shot, and Beau expresses his anger at Avery for this whole mess, saying "that smug sonofabitch saw an opportunity to steal $15 million" without thinking about the consequences. Officer Madge interrupts them, and Beau asks hopefully if it's breakfast burrito time?
Madge: I stopped serving men in 1999.
Beau: Okay…
I love Madge. The quirky characters in this show are a big part of what makes it so good.
She tells them the news that Paige is alive, and Sunny is currently being held for questioning.
Jenny questions Paige in her hospital bed. She says Buck took her somewhere underground in the woods but she doesn't' know where. Paige insists Sunny was in on it, that's why she went after her. When Jenny doesn't seem to be taking it seriously enough, Paige gets upset.
Paige: That psycho tortured me! He had hearts in jars, human trophies!
That gets Jenny's attention for sure. We knew it!!
Beau questions Sunny, saying she'd better start talking. She insists she doesn't know anything about the bleeding heart killer no matter what Paige says, that she was trying to keep Paige safe from the people she took the money from. Beau advises her to get out in front of all this, that this is her one chance, but Sunny is more concerned about Walter – now that Paige was found alive, he should be released. Maybe, she says, he could help them find Buck.
Beau considers.
I love that Jensen gets to do scenes with Reba McEntire. And though Sunny has been complicit in some not okay things, I can't help but feel bad for her and relate to her love for her kids (even if she totally screwed that up too…)
Also, I may be entirely enthralled with Ackles in that faux fur collared jacket, especially in screencaps like that one. He looks like he maybe belongs in Game of Thrones and I would be here for that too.
Anyway, it's more than a little unexpected that I've ended up sympathizing with Walter (and even with Paige a little), but I was happy to see that Walter is indeed released from prison. Sunny arrives to pick him up and he reluctantly gets in the car with her. She says he was right about Buck and she should have listened to him, but Walter is angry and hurt that she didn't and I don't blame him. Of course that fire wasn't okay, but the guy was abused and then lived in the woods his whole life so I've got a soft spot for him.
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'Big Sky' Returns and Sheriff Beau Has All Our Hearts
January 8, 2023 January 11, 2023 spnfans
Big Sky returned with a bang last week – and with lots going on, including with our favorite sheriff, Beau Arlen. Here's my Beau-intensive recap (which is in part a great excuse to post lots and lots of caps and gifs of Jensen Ackles making Beau Arlen the latest in a long line of ridiculously hot and complex and heartbreaking characters that we all fall in love with). So enjoy!
But first, the story. The episode picks up just where it left off, Jenny finding her mother in her house bloody and roughed up and frantic, saying she messed up and needs her help, insisting the 30 grand she stole is gone and she grifted the wrong guy. Jenny is at the end of her rope, saying she can't do this anymore, tying her mother's hands and preparing to take her to jail, Gigi insisting they have to get out of there, it's not safe. And sure enough, the bad guys break down the door, taking Jenny down in the process – and drag her mother out.
Poor Jenny.
And where's our favorite sheriff? Curled up on his deck chair outside under a blanket while Carla and Emily sleep in his trailer. Keeping watch, a rifle at his side ala Dean Winchester with his knife under his pillow.
Emily joins him, saying she can't sleep, and he gives her his blanket. I love Dad Beau.
He tells her that Avery isn't a good guy, that he tried to steal $15 Million, that he put Carla and Emily in danger.
Beau: What does she see in him?
Then he thinks better of that.
Beau: Sorry, I shouldn't say that to you.
I love that even in the brief glimpses we get of him, we see that Beau tries hard to be a good parent to his daughter. He's not perfect, and he knows it, but he tries. His conflicted character, pulled by his anger to say things he shouldn't and not keep the right boundaries with Emily, feels realistic, and we relate to his struggle to do the right thing even though what he really wants to do is badmouth Avery from one side of the world to the other.
Emily says maybe Avery's afraid of losing Carla if he doesn't have money.
Then she asks a serious question that has apparently driven a wedge between Beau and his family for quite some time – what happened in Houston with his partner?
Beau deflects, saying she knows what happened, but Emily calls him on it, saying he never talked about it.
Beau: Not much to talk about.
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It's painfully clear that's not true, to us and to Emily, and Ackles lets us see every bit of the pain Beau is still in after the loss of his partner even as Beau tries to deflect. Sometimes when people are grieving, it cuts them off from the other loved ones in their lives, and it seems like that happened with Beau after he lost his partner, perhaps out of the guilt he feels about it. That's pretty tragic, because then it's loss on top of loss, and that's hard to get through. Beau is still suffering from both those losses – his partner and his family. Damn it, I'm caring way too much about this character who is most likely a one season addition to the show, but I just can't help it!
Emily: Mom never needed you to be perfect, she just wanted you to let her in more.
She leaves and goes back inside, leaving him looking so sad it broke my heart. Jensen Ackles can make you feel every bit of what his character is feeling, and it HURTS.
And damn it, he looks so good while he's hurting and it's all confusing as hell and please give me more of it.
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Big Sky – Mid Season Finale!
I think we all expected the mid season finale of Big Sky to be creepy, scary and shocking – and it was! It was also unexpectedly tender and touching if you're a Beau Arlen fan (which I am. Obviously.) So let's recap all things Beau Arlen for this latest episode, as we head into a winter hiatus for the show.
We pick up where we left off (I love that this show does that), with Paige and Sunny uneasily figuring out what each other are up to. Paige says that Walter helped her and that she knows he's Sunny's son, and asks for her help finding her bag and her journal. Sunny says she knows Paige was after a big sum of money and she thinks she knows who took the journal before the cops could. Paige offers to help get Walter out of jail if Sunny helps her find that journal. Who thinks this will go well? Exactly no one.
Beau and Jenny ask Walter more questions, telling him they've figured out his secret from the newspaper clippings Cassie found – that he murdered his parents in a house fire.
Walter: They weren't my parents.
They ask him if he also killed the other child who was in the house, who was never found. Walter insists he was protecting her, that they hurt her even worse than they did him.
Walter: I set her free.
Beau: Meaning you killed her? The same damn thing.
They don't believe Walter was able to survive on his own, and ask who helped him, mentioning Sunny and Buck.
Walter: Leave Sunny out of this.
Beau and Jenny confer with Cassie, who wonder if maybe Buck was his accomplice – and if the other kid (Meredith) is maybe still alive, though they haven't been able to find any information on her.
Jenny gets a call from Pop. He's at a friend's daughter's wedding, where he meets a pretty lady and has some fancy food, and then immediately it gets turned into a crime scene when the groom-to-be is killed. Poor Pop.
Jenny: There was a murder at the wedding.
Beau: Oh, come on! Hey, does this mean you're Pop's plus one for the wedding?
Jenny: Jealous?
Beau: Yeah, I wanna be Pop's plus one!
So cute.
Jenny goes off to help Pop, and Denise and Emily pitch in to help find Meredith in the system. Denise calls him Bobo.
Emily: Bobo???
Cassie: Yeah, it's the cringiest of all time.
Beau: It's a harmless term of endearment. What you got, Denise-ie-poo?
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Get Ready for Big Sky's Mid Season Finale!
December 7, 2022 spnfans
How is it already time for the midseason finale of Big Sky? Tonight is a brand new episode that looks like it will be even more gasp-inducing than most of them are. Meanwhile, the cast and crew are finishing up shooting the season finale this week | 3,428 |
Seasonal markets, filled with a diversity of fresh, locally produced and wild foods, are a wonderful reflection of local culture. The benefits of buying from markets at home and while traveling are numerous. Not only is it good for your health and the local economy, you're helping the growers support their lifestyle, send their kids to school, and put food on their own tables.
One third of the food that we eat has been grown by farmers<|fim_middle|> cherish these folks for their dedication to producing more healthy produce from their own hands. Great post, Rebbeca, for a wonderful 'fresh' time of year!
wow...very interesting post !!! loved the pics !!!
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I love seeing markets from all over the world. It's wonderful thinking about coming together and cooking.
Love this! I would love to go enjoy these markets!
So happy about the local food markets revival! So inspiring.
Beautifully baked bread. I am in love with these market.
Just look at those amazing pictures & that giant Brie that is nearly falling off the table! :) Yum Yum Yum!
What fun to see markets from around the world! I have two all-time favorites...in Paris and Venice.
I'm such a market fan, love these shots!
Thanks Andi, much more market pictures to come, we're heading off to Italy and Budapest this summer.
Beautiful highlights...& what a nougat!
That nougat was expensive but so tasty!
I love learning about markets from all over the world. Great idea for a post!
Markets are great for fresh food and people watching.
Thanks, we love markets and always search them out when we're in a new city.
So interesting to see a market from another country! I got hooked on Farmers' Markets about ten years ago and regret not visiting them sooner. Ours opens this Saturday - yay!
It's so much nicer to shop at a market than at a grocery store isn't it?
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Brigidine schools
Roman Catholic Diocese of Ballarat | is an independent Roman Catholic co-educational secondary day school located in Ararat, Victoria, Australia.
Established in 1955, Marian College works under the governance of the Brigidine Sisters.
History
Marian College was founded in 1888 by the Brigidine Sisters from Ireland. The foundress being Mother Gertrude Kelly. It follows the five Brigidine Core Values and is under the motto "Fortiter et Suaviter" - Strength and Gentleness. The first teachers of the school were five Brigidine nuns from Ireland sent by Bishop Daniel Delany to Australia. The sisters came on the boat "The Ormuz" and moved into the new brick convent. The original convent is still in use in the school today housing the chapel, parlour, hall, offices, library and staff area.
The parlour, the most beautiful room in the school, was painted by Sister Kate Griffin, for whom a wing in the school is named.
There are numerous wings in the school named after influential people:
Ursula Hayes Wing
Brendan Davey Wing
See also
Catholic education in Australia
List of high schools in Victoria
List of non-government schools in Victoria
References
External links
Marian College website
Ararat, Victoria
Educational institutions established in 1888
Catholic secondary schools in Victoria (Australia)
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Dit artikel behandelt landbouw in Nederland. In 2020 werd van het totale Nederlandse grondgebied (41.543 km²) 54% gebruikt door de landbouw (2.236.317 hectare). In 2019 bedroeg het aandeel van de landbouw in de economie van Nederland (het bruto binnenlands product of bbp) 1,4%; in 1995 was dat nog 2,8%. Nederland had in 2018 met 1,4% een relatief grote landbouwsector vergeleken met zijn buurlanden en het EU-gemiddelde van 1,1%.
Nederland is na de VS de belangrijkste exporteur van agrarische producten. In 2019 werd voor 94,5 miljard euro geëxporteerd. Bloemen en planten vormen het belangrijkste deel van de landbouwuitvoer, gevolgd door vlees en zuivel.
Ontwikkeling en organisatie
Ruimtelijke ordening
Het Burgerlijk Wetboek Deel 7: bijzondere overeenkomsten bepaalt in artikel 312: 'Onder landbouw wordt verstaan, steeds voorzover bedrijfsmatig uitgeoefend: akkerbouw; weidebouw; veehouderij; pluimveehouderij; tuinbouw, daaronder begrepen fruitteelt en het kweken van bomen, bloemen en bloembollen; de teelt van griendhout en riet; elke andere tak van bodemcultuur, met uitzondering van de bosbouw.' Sinds het midden van de 20e eeuw is door schaalvergroting en mechanisatie het aantal landbouwbedrijven afgenomen en zijn de bedrijven in grootte toegenomen. Van de 410.000 landbouwbedrijven in 1950 waren er in 2016 nog 55.000 over, terwijl het gemiddelde boerenbedrijf in oppervlakte groeide van ongeveer 5,7 hectare in 1950 naar 32,4 hectare in 2016. Tussen 2010 en 2012 nam de totale "landbouwgrond" oftewel het "agrarisch terrein" van 2.264.376 hectare af tot 2.252.233; in 2020 was dat 2.236.317 hectare in de CBS-statistiek bodemgebruik. De term "agrarisch terrein" is inclusief erven, tuinen en andere oppervlakten en heeft daarmee een ruimere definitie dan de veelgebruikte vakterm "areaal cultuurgrond", die zich in de Landbouwtelling (een gezamenlijke enquête van het CBS en het landbouwministerie) beperkt tot grasland en voedergewassen, akkerbouw, opengrondstuinbouw ("tuinbouw open grond") en glastuinbouw ("tuinbouw onder glas") en zo anno 2020 uitkwam op 1.814.500 hectare. De term "erf" slaat op de grond waarop alle gebouwen van een boerderij staan, waaronder stallen voor het vee, bedrijfswoningen van boeren en eventuele werknemers, machinebergruimtes, mestsilo's, kuilplaatsen en voedersilo's; deze oppervlakte valt dus buiten het begrip "areaal cultuurgrond". Volgens het CBS en Wageningen University & Research was anno 2020 '53,9% van het totaal areaal cultuurgrond in gebruik als grasland (blijvend, tijdelijk en natuurlijk grasland), 11,4% voor groenvoedergewassen, 29,0% voor akkerbouwland, 5,1% voor opengrondstuinbouw en 0,6% voor glastuinbouw.'
Agrarische beroepsbevolking
Terwijl de Nederlandse bevolking tussen 1807 en 2000 groeide van 2 naar 16 miljoen mensen, slonk het percentage van de beroepsbevolking dat werkzaam was in de landbouwsector van 43,1% naar 3,3%, omdat er door de mechanisatie steeds minder landarbeiders nodig waren. De arbeid verschoof eerst naar de industriële sector en daarna steeds meer naar de dienstensector; zo evolueerde Nederland van een overwegend agrarische samenleving naar een verzorgingsstaat. In 1998 waren er in de Nederlandse landbouw en visserij samen afgerond 291.000 banen, in 2018 waren dat er 250.000. Van deze kwart miljoen banen in 2018 werden er 115.000 vervuld door werknemers en 135.000 vervuld door zelfstandigen; met 54% waren landbouw en visserij de sectoren met de meeste zelfstandigen. 168.000 banen (67,2% ofwel twee derde) werd vervuld door mannen, de overige 82.000 (32,8%) door vrouwen. Het aantal mensen werkzaam in de landbouw is gedurende de jaren 1980–2004 sterk afgenomen: van 265.467 in 1980 tot 98.900 in 2004.
Organisatie
Werkgevers en werknemers in de landbouw worden vaak agrariërs, boeren of landbouwers genoemd; in de verschillende sectoren wordt ook wel gesproken van akkerbouwers, tuinders en veeboeren. Er zijn verscheidene opleidingen om agrariër te worden. De agrarische opleidingscentra (AOC's) verzorgen de agrarische beroepsopleidingen. Het Wageningen University & Research centre in Wageningen verzorgt wetenschappelijke opleidingen en leidt niet direct op tot het beroep van boer alhoewel sommige afgestudeerden een eigen boerenbedrijf hebben. Tevens staat in Dronten de CAH Vilentum Hogeschool. Landbouwers in Nederland hebben zich in een aantal belangenorganisaties verenigd, zoals de Land- en Tuinbouworganisatie (LTO Nederland), de Farmers Defence Force, Agractie, Nederlands Agrarisch Jongeren Kontakt (NAJK), Netwerk Grondig, de Nederlandse Zuivel Organisatie, Glastuinbouw Nederland, de Nederlandse Akkerbouw Vakbond, de Nederlandse Melkveehouders Vakbond en de Nederlandse Vakbond Varkenshouders.
De landbouw valt anno 2020 onder de verantwoordelijkheid van het Ministerie van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit (LNV) en wordt onder meer bijgestuurd door de agentschappen de Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland (RVO) en de Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit (NVWA). In 2017 is het agrarisch onderwijs van het Ministerie van LNV overgeheveld naar het ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap. Sinds 2022 is er ook een Minister voor Natuur en Stikstof om de stikstofcrisis, die in 2019 acuut werd en waarbij de landbouw een grote rol speelt, het hoofd te bieden.
Geschiedenis
Prehistorie en oudheid (tot 500)
Middeleeuwen (500–1500)
In de Gallo-Romeinse periode was de landbouw in de Nederlanden georganiseerd in kouters. In de vroege middeleeuwen werden de meeste landbouwgronden in het latere Nederland georganiseerd volgens het hofstelsel rondom een vroonhof van de landeigenaar. Daaromheen lagen de boerderijen (mansi) van de horige boeren (laten). Het drieslagstelsel was een algemeen gebruikte landbouwmethode. Tijdens de Grote Ontginning van de 10e tot en met de 13e eeuw is het landschap in wat later het Groene Hart of ook wel de Hollands-Utrechtse laagvlakte zou worden genoemd grotendeels gevormd ten behoeve van de landbouw en het grondpatroon ervan is sindsdien weinig veranderd. Keuterboeren, dagloners, pachter, herendiensten (Oost-Nederland tot eind 18e eeuw).
Vroegmoderne tijd (1500–1850)
Vroeger werd de landbouw in Nederland bedreven door gemengde bedrijven. Dit waren kleine bedrijfjes, met wat koeien, een paar varkens voor vlees en paarden als trekdier. De akkerbouw was gericht op het produceren van voer voor eigen dieren en eigen consumptie. De rest van de productie werd op de lokale markt verhandeld. Het was vrij moeilijk voor deze bedrijfjes om het hoofd boven water te houden. Vooral op de arme zandgronden in Nederland hadden de boeren het zwaar. Voor 1850 waren vrijwel alle agrarische bedrijven op de zandgronden in Nederland gecombineerde bedrijven. Het houden van vee was op de zandgronden een welkome aanvulling van meststoffen voor de plantaardige productie.
Industriële Revolutie (1850–1945)
Na 1850 stegen de prijzen voor dierlijke producten zoals boter en vlees veel sneller dan de prijzen van plantaardige producten. Door deze prijsstijging van dierlijke producten gingen agrarische bedrijven zich steeds meer toeleggen op dierlijke productie. Dierlijke productie werd in plaats van een aanvulling op de plantaardige productie de hoofdtak van deze agrarische bedrijven, terwijl de plantaardig productie werd gebruikt voor het maken van veevoer. De dierlijke productie kon mede zulke grote vormen aannemen doordat er goedkoop plantaardige producten konden worden geïmporteerd die als diervoeder gebruikt konden worden. Zo was Nederland vlak voor de Eerste Wereldoorlog een van de grootste maïsimporteurs van Europa. Door het verslechteren van de economische omstandigheden in de jaren 1920, de verminderde exportmogelijkheden en stijgende prijzen van de grondstoffen voor het veevoer, die veelal geïmporteerd moesten worden, probeerden bedrijven de productiviteit per arbeidskracht te verhogen om zo nog steeds een voldoende inkomen te genereren.
Wederopbouw (1945–1960)
Aan het eind van de Tweede Wereldoorlog maakte Nederland de hongerwinter mee. Er was schaarste aan voedsel, en dit leidde tot een nationaal trauma. Bovendien lag het voedselconsumptieniveau in Nederland al sinds het begin van de 20e eeuw op ongeveer hetzelfde niveau. Daarom werd Sicco Mansholt, minister van Landbouw sinds 1945, gevraagd de voedselvoorziening op orde te brengen. Hierbij werd gebruik gemaakt van de hulp uit Amerika in de vorm van Marshallhulp en voorlichting. Naar Amerikaans voorbeeld werden er maatregelen doorgevoerd om de voedselproductie te verhogen. De voedsel- en vleesproductie werd daarbij geïndustrialiseerd. Door ruilverkaveling en specialisatie ontstonden er bedrijven die efficiënter voedsel en veevoer konden produceren. Ook in de melkveehouderij werd sterk gemechaniseerd en geautomatiseerd.
Na de Tweede Wereldoorlog was het Nederlandse regeringsbeleid gericht op het herstel van de economie en de industriële productie. Om de koopkracht van de mensen te vergroten werd de prijs voor het voedselpakket laag gehouden. Maar de boeren hadden wel een goed inkomen nodig. Daarom moest de landbouwproductie fors omhoog. Verhoging van de productie werd bereikt door deze te mechaniseren. Hierdoor kon met veel minder arbeid hetzelfde werk verzet worden. Verhoging van de opbrengst werd bereikt door gebruik van kunstmest, bestrijdingsmiddelen en krachtvoer. Met de opkomst van de Europese Unie en mede dankzij het gemeenschappelijk landbouwbeleid kwam de intensieve veehouderij in een stroomversnelling. Het gemeenschappelijk landbouwbeleid had als doel een stabiele voedselvoorziening, lage prijzen voor de consument en een goed inkomen voor de boeren. Om een stabiele voedselvoorziening te krijgen streefde de Europese Unie naar een overschot van producten. Om dit voor elkaar te krijgen werd er door de Europese Unie en de nationale overheden veel geld geïnvesteerd in onderzoek om de productie te optimaliseren. Dus met minimale mankracht, grondstoffen en dieren zo'n hoog mogelijke productie halen. Daarnaast konden agrarische bedrijven door stabiele en relatief hoge prijzen makkelijk geld lenen om schaalvergroting toe te passen.
Schaalvergroting en mechanisatie (1960–heden)
De intensieve veehouderij kwam pas goed tot ontwikkeling door het Gat van Rotterdam. Deze situatie ontstond na de GATT-onderhandelingen over internationale handel in 1962. De Europese Gemeenschap zegde ter compensatie van de bescherming van de Europese graanmarkt toe dat goedkope graanvervangers zoals soja en tapioca uit Amerika en Azië zonder importheffing geïmporteerd konden worden. Een van de voornaamste invoerhavens hiervoor was Rotterdam met de Graan Elevator Maatschappij. Deze graanvervangers vormden goede en goedkope onderdelen voor krachtvoer, zodat de intensieve veehouderij in Nederland explosief kon groeien. Vanwege de nabijheid van Rotterdam konden ook de vervoerskosten laag blijven.
In Nederland is bio-industrie vooral in Oost-Brabant en Noord-Limburg te vinden. Hier worden op grote schaal hokdieren gefokt. Grootschalige graasdier-bedrijven vindt men vooral in Friesland en in de Betuwe.
Het productieaandeel van de grootschalige veehouderijbedrijven stijgt gestaag, terwijl er in totaal steeds minder bedrijven zijn. Ondanks een daling van 271.000 varkenhouders in 1950 tot nog maar 5000 varkenhouders in 2014, en van 216.000 rundveehouders in 1950 tot 30.000 in 2014, is het aantal koeien en varkens dat in Nederland gehouden wordt sterk gestegen. Het aantal varkens is zelfs vertienvoudigd. Ook het aantal slachtkuikens is in 60 jaar vertienvoudigd. In dezelfde periode is het aantal hectare grasland verminderd, net als de teelt van klaver en luzerne. De maïsproductie is wel gestegen.
Akker- en tuinbouw
Hoewel de landbouw voor buitenlanders vaak in verband gebracht wordt met de Nederlandse economie, door traditionele producten als tulpen en kaas, werkt maar 2% van de bevolking in deze sector. De aanwezigheid van de Nederlandse bedrijven op het gebied van bloemen, bloembollen en veredelde zaden in de wereldeconomie is echter significant.
Akkerbouw
Het Nederlandse akkerbouwareaal daalde van 2000 tot 2018 van 634.400 hectare naar 516.175 hectare (anno 2020 was dit 29,0% van het totaal areaal cultuurgrond in Nederland). Tussen 2000 en 2021 kromp het totaal akkerbouwareaal met 16,7%. Gerst nam 35,7% af, aardappelen 10,5%, tarwe 11,9% en suikerbieten 26,9%, terwijl de oppervlakte van zaaiuien met 117% toenam. Van 2021 tot 2022 nam het areaal akkerbouw weer toe met 10.480 hectare tot 536.230 ha.
Het aantal akkerbouwbedrijven nam in de periode 2000–2018 af van 35.872 tot 18.197. Het gemiddelde areaal van de overblijvende bedrijven groeide sterk; 33% had anno 2018 een oppervlakte van meer dan 100 hectare tegen 16,5% in 2000.
Anno 2021 werd 180.000 hectare, oftewel 34% van het Nederlandse akkerbouwareaal, gebruikt voor graanproductie. Hoewel aardappelen en uien meer opleveren dan graan, wordt graan toch vaker gezaaid omdat het goed is voor de bodem. Anno 2022 werden granen zoals tarwe in Nederland vooral verbouwd voor veevoer omdat er relatief weinig eiwitten inzitten. Daarom importeerde men voor het bakken van brood liever granen uit andere landen, hoewel de toegenomen belangstelling voor duurzaamheid tot enige verschuiving naar lokale productie van tarwebrood aan het leiden was.
In Nederland is er een teelt van consumptieaardappelen, processing aardappelen (fabrieksaardappel), zetmeelaardappelen (fabrieksaardappel) en pootaardappelen. De belangrijkste teeltgebieden van consumptie-aardappels zijn Flevoland, Zeeland en Noord-Brabant. In de veenkoloniën (in Drenthe en Groningen) worden veel fabrieksaardappels voor de zetmeelwinning geteeld. In het noorden, vanwege minder luizen, pootaardappels.
Opengrondstuinbouw
Anno 2020 werd 93.100 hectare oftewel 5,1% van het totaal areaal cultuurgrond in Nederland gebruikt voor opengrondstuinbouw, ook wel "tuinbouw open grond" genoemd. Hiervan werd 26.000 hectare besteed aan groenteteelt, 19.900 hectare aan fruitteelt, 27.000 hectare aan bloembollenteelt en 16.700 hectare aan boomkwekerij.
Glastuinbouw
In Nederland waren er anno 2021 3.710 gespecialiseerde glastuinbouwbedrijven met in totaal 10.570 hectare kassen (anno 2020 was dit 0,6% van het totaal areaal cultuurgrond in Nederland). De meest geteelde gewassen onder glas waren anno 2021 tomaat (1.850 hectare), paprika (1.630 hectare), komkommer (640 hectare), aardbei (570 hectare) en chrysant (470 hectare). In 2000 was het aantal teeltbedrijven nog meer dan 11.000, maar ook hier is schaalvergroting opgetreden, terwijl het areaal van 10.520 hectare (2000) eerst licht afnam tot 8.990 (2018) en daarna weer herstelde tot 10.570 (2021).
Veeteelt
Omvang
Oppervlakte
Anno 2020 werd 1.184.400 hectare oftewel 65,1% van het totaal areaal cultuurgrond in Nederland gebruikt door de veehouderij, waarvan 977.500 hectare oftewel 53,9% als grasland (blijvend, tijdelijk en natuurlijk grasland) en 195.800 hectare oftewel 11,4% voor groenvoedergewassen (voornamelijk snijmaïs dat door de boerderijen zelf als veevoer wordt gebruikt). De resterende 11.100 hectare (amper 1%) voor overige doeleinden wordt in beslag genomen door overige groenvoedergewassen zoals voederbieten en luzerne. Het "areaal cultuurgrond" is exclusief de rest van het "agrarisch terrein" (ongeveer 400.000 hectare) dat onder andere de erven bevat waarop bijvoorbeeld stallen voor het vee, bedrijfswoningen, machinebergingen, kuilplaatsen, mest- en voedersilo's staan.
Veestapel
Er worden in de Nederlandse agrarische sector meer dan 100 miljoen dieren (varkens, runderen, geiten, kippen en schapen) gehouden.
{| class="wikitable"
! Diersoort
! Aantal 2019'|-
| kippen || 97 miljoen
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| varkens || 12 miljoen
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| runderen || 3,9 miljoen
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| geiten || 0,6 miljoen
|}
Daarnaast zijn er nog kalkoenen, eenden en konijnen. Volgens het Productschap voor Pluimvee en Eieren werden in 2009 bijna 10 miljard eieren gelegd, een groot deel daarvan wordt geëxporteerd.
Slacht
In 2012 werden er 552,5 miljoen runderen, geiten, varkens, schapen en pluimvee geslacht. Dat dit aantal groter is dan het aantal dieren dat in Nederland wordt gehouden komt doordat bijvoorbeeld een vleeskip slechts enkele maanden (6 weken voor een 'plofkip') leeft voordat deze naar de slacht gaat, waarna zijn plaats in de stal weer wordt ingenomen door een ander vleeskuiken - het aantal vleeskippen dat op enig moment gehouden wordt ligt dus stabiel op ca. 50 miljoen, terwijl er jaarlijks toch 500 miljoen worden geslacht.
Volgens de NVWA waren er op 18 mei 2020 in Nederland 163 erkende slachthuizen voor vlees van gedomesticeerde hoefdieren, 27 voor vlees van pluimvee en konijnen en 21 voor vlees van gekweekt wild. (Voor de jacht, die niet onder de landbouw valt, waren er 15 erkende vrij wildbewerkingsinrichtingen).
Pluimveehouderij
Vestigingsplaatsen van pluimveehouderijen
Om pluimvee te mogen houden moet een boer eerst pluimveerechten of pluimvee-eenheden verwerven om het milieu niet te veel te belasten.
De meeste pluimveehouderijen zijn te vinden op zandgronden, vooral in Noord-Brabant, Limburg, Gelderland en Overijssel. De reden is dat op die van oudsher weinig vruchtbare gronden, graan verbouwd kon worden als veevoer en de mest er goed gebruikt kon worden om de bodemvruchtbaarheid te verbeteren.
Tegenwoordig is de vestigingsplaats niet meer afhankelijk van de plaats waar voer geproduceerd en mest gebruikt kan worden. Heel veel van het voer wordt geïmporteerd. De mest wordt met vrachtwagens gebracht naar waar het gebruikt kan worden. Een groot deel van de Nederlandse kippenmest gaat zo naar het haven- en industriegebied Moerdijk, waar verbranding plaatsvindt. Dit levert energie en mineralen op.
Statistieken
In de Nederlandse pluimveehouderij worden de volgende dieren gehouden:
kippen
kalkoenen
eenden
ganzen
parelhoenders
in mindere mate houdt men ook wel struisvogels.
Kwartelboerderijen zijn in Nederland niet toegestaan, al kunnen kwarteleieren wel uit andere Europese landen worden geïmporteerd.
Omvang van de verschillende sectoren in de pluimveehouderij in 2014 en 2005:
De omvang van de 'alternatieve' vleeskuikenhouderij is gegroeid. Bedrijven zijn geleidelijk overgeschakeld op scharrelhuisvesting of een ander concept.
Een groot deel van de eieren wordt op een andere manier dan in de gangbare legbatterijen geproduceerd. De verschillende huisvestingsmethodes voor leghennen zijn (met het aantal geproduceerde eieren in 2005):
legbatterij-eieren (5400 miljoen)
scharreleieren (2244 miljoen)
vrije-uitloopeieren (1447 miljoen)
biologische eieren (112 miljoen)
Legbatterijen zijn omwille van het dierenwelzijn door Europese richtlijn 1999/74/EC sinds 1 januari 2012 in de hele EU verboden. Nederland heeft in de aanloop naar het verbod de legbatterijen uitgefaseerd: 400 van de 1100 pluimveeboeren hadden in 2010 nog legbatterijen, tegen december 2011 waren dat er nog ongeveer 10. Verrijkte kooien waren nog tot 2021 toegestaan.
Varkenshouderij
In 2021 werden in Nederland 11,4 miljoen varkens gehouden.
Soorten varkensbedrijven
Veruit de meeste bedrijven in deze bedrijfstak werken volgens de methoden van de intensieve veehouderij. Er zijn ook enkele bedrijven waar scharrelvarkens worden gehouden en circa 80 biologische bedrijven, waar op biologische wijze varkens worden gehouden. Sommige bedrijven laten toe dat de dierenbescherming hun bedrijfsvoering op het gebied van dierwelzijn controleert; ze kunnen hiermee een of meer sterren verdienen. Ook waren er in 2011 175 bedrijven die produceren onder een milieukeur.
De varkenshouderij kan verder onderverdeeld worden in vermeerderingsbedrijven, vleesvarkensbedrijven en gesloten bedrijven.
Statistieken
Vanaf het midden van de 19e eeuw begonnen de boeren in de zandgebieden (Veluwe, Middenpeel en Noord-Brabant) steeds meer te produceren voor de export. Ze gingen rogge als krachtvoer aan het vee voeren. Al vrij snel werd er veevoer ingevoerd. Begin 1900 behoorde Nederland samen met Duitsland en Engeland tot de drie grootste maïsimporteurs van Europa. Later werd overgeschakeld op de invoer van tapioca. Mede doordat het gemengde bedrijf te klein werd voor de kinderen, ontstond een grondloze vorm van varkenshouderij die alsmaar verder intensiveerde. Vanaf de jaren zestig heeft het Gat van Rotterdam een belangrijke rol gespeeld. De Nederlandse varkenshouderij kon daardoor profiteren van lage voerkosten en goedkope import van energierijke gewassen. Ze groeide na 1960 dan ook zeer snel.
Naast geïmporteerd voer bestaat bij de varkensvleesproductie anno 2010 ongeveer 70 procent van het rantsoen van de dieren uit restproducten. Afval van de voedingsmiddelenindustrie, zoals de aardappelverwerkende industrie en de kaasproductie. Ook restproducten van bio-energie producenten en sojaschroot dat vrij komt bij het produceren van sojaolie voor voedingsmiddelen wordt aan de varkens gevoerd.
Hield in vroeger jaren een varkenshouder slechts enkele honderden varkens; anno 2011 had een varkenshouder die alleen vleesvarkens produceerde ongeveer 4000 varkens nodig om zijn bedrijf rendabel uit te kunnen oefenen. Om die reden zijn er steeds meer bedrijven met meer dan 2.500 varkens. In 1980 waren dat er in Nederland 100, maar in 2005 waren het er al meer dan 1.000. In de meeste gevallen zijn dit gezinsbedrijven waar naast de boer vaak zijn vrouw en soms een van de kinderen of een medewerker werkzaam zijn. Omdat er steeds meer bedrijven streven naar zeer grootschalige varkensproductie is er in provincies als Noord-Brabant en Overijssel veel discussie over de vestiging van deze zogenoemde megastallen. Sommigen stellen voor dat deze manier van vleesproductie beter kan verhuizen van het platteland naar industrieterreinen bij de steden. Veel stedelingen vinden het ontstaan van stallen met meerdere verdiepingen, de zogenoemde varkensflats echter ook geen aantrekkelijke idee. De bedrijfstak is afhankelijk van vergunningsverlening door de provinciale overheid. Ze heeft bij de bedrijfsontwikkeling met regelgeving te maken zonder dat precies wettelijk is vastgelegd wat de limiet aan de grootte van een bedrijf is. Schaalvergroting betekent echter niet dat er meer varkens in Nederland komen. Een varkenshouder moet varkensrechten hebben om varkens te kunnen houden en het aantal varkensrechten is niet gestegen, dus het totale aantal gaat de 20 miljoen dieren per jaar niet te boven.
Door het systeem van varkensrechten wordt bij nieuwbouw (die moet voldoen aan de hoogste eisen voor dierwelzijn en milieu) altijd ergens anders een of meerdere minder rendabele stallen gesloten.
Wettelijke maatregelen
In Nederland is het wettelijk verplicht voor personen die één of meer varkens houden om zich te melden bij het Ministerie van Economische Zaken, Landbouw en Innovatie (EL&I). Deze wettelijke verplichting geldt omdat de overheid wil weten wie er allemaal varkens houdt. De overheid gebruikt deze kennis bij de bestrijding van veewetziekten zoals mond-en-klauwzeer en varkenspest.
Een varkenshouderij moet voldoen aan onder andere het bestemmingsplan, de Wet milieubeheer (tot 1993 Hinderwet) en Mestwet en aan het Varkensbesluit. Er is een Europese richtlijn met minimumnormen, waaraan de Nederlandse regelgeving moet voldoen. Bij het opstellen van het Varkensbesluit is uitgegaan van deze richtlijn, maar het Varkensbesluit stelt strengere normen. Het Varkensbesluit is vooral van belang voor het welzijn van de varkens. Het besluit stelt naast inrichtingseisen ook eisen aan het welzijn van de varkens en geeft hiertoe voorschriften voor bijvoorbeeld het behandelen van zieke en gewonde dieren en de huisvesting van zeugen, biggen en mestvarkens.
Vanuit milieuoogpunt mag een varkenshouderij niet te dicht bij een natuurgebied liggen in verband met de ammoniakuitstoot en moet het bedrijf een milieuvergunning hebben.
Rundveehouderij
In Nederland worden voornamelijk vrouwelijke runderen (koeien) geh<|fim_middle|>vallen moeten producten die onveilig blijken maar al verkocht zijn nog worden herroepen voordat ze worden geconsumeerd.
Epidemiemanagement: ziektes die zich verspreiden onder dieren en kunnen overspringen op mensen moeten worden beperkt en bestreden; er moet medische zorg zijn voor mensen die ziektes oplopen. Enkele voorbeelden in de moderne Nederlandse landbouw zijn onder meer de vogelpest, Escherichia coli O104:H4 (de EHEC-bacterie), q-koorts en de fipronilcrisis.
Voedselzekerheid: de voedsellogistiek moet goed op orde zijn om te garanderen dat er genoeg veilig voedsel voor iedereen beschikbaar is om schaarste en hongersnoden te voorkomen.
Voedingspatroon: burgers moeten goed geïnformeerd worden over hoe een gezond, evenwichtig voedingspatroon eruitziet en welke variaties er mogelijk zijn ten aanzien van gewenste diëten (bijvoorbeeld om gezond af te vallen of minder/geen vlees/dierlijke producten te consumeren). Het Voedingscentrum, dat gesubsidieerd wordt door de Rijksoverheid, neemt die taak op zich. Een bekend voorbeeld van Nederlands overheidsbeleid op dit vlak is de in 1953 geïntroduceerde Schijf van Vijf.
Milieu-impact: de uitstoot van broeikasgassen, watermanagement, het tegengaan van voedselverspilling, het beperken van wegwerpartikelen zoals plastic verpakkingen van landbouwproducten en andere ecologische zaken die een directe impact kunnen hebben op de volksgezondheid vallen ook onder de verantwoordelijkheid van de NVWA en het RIVM.
Zie ook
Landbouw in Vlaanderen
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YouTube, Boeren in Nederland tussen 1920 en 1960, overheidsfilm van 35 minuten. | ouden voor zowel melk- als rundvleesproductie. Er wordt derhalve gesproken van melkkoeien, vleeskoeien en dubbeldoelkoeien. Daarnaast levert de huid van geslachte koeien als belangrijk bijproduct leer op, wat weer gebruikt kan worden voor kleding zoals schoenen.
Tussen 2000 en 2021 nam het aantal rundveehouderijbedrijven in Nederland af van 45.804 tot 23.539, terwijl het gemiddeld aantal runderen per bedrijf groeide van 89 tot 162.
Melkveehouderij
Door onder andere de intensivering van het weidebedrijf, verbeterde huisvestingssystemen, nieuwe veevoedingstechnieken en doelmatiger fokprogramma's is de melkproductie van Nederlandse koeien in de 20e en vroege 21e eeuw gestaag opgevoerd. Nederlandse melkkoeien gaven in 1910 per jaar zo'n 2500 liter melk. In 1950 gaf een gemiddelde koe 4000 l/jaar, hetgeen toenam tot 8200 l/jaar in 2015.
In 1940 werd in Nederland de melkstandaardisatie ingevoerd, dat het minimale en maximale vetgehalte bepaalt voor (afgeroomde) melk die onder verschillende benamingen mag worden verkocht. In Nederland is dit vastgelegd in het Warenwetbesluit Zuivel.
Pelsdierhouderij
In Nederland werden tot 2021 in de meeste pelsdierfokkerijen Amerikaanse nertsen gefokt. Vossen- en chinchillafokkerijen zijn respectievelijk sinds 1995 en 1997 verboden in Nederland. Ook konijnen worden gehouden als pelsdieren.
Ten tijde van de coronacrisis in Nederland in mei 2020 raakten twee medewerkers van fokkerijen besmet met het virus door contact met nertsen. Een deel van de oppositie in de Tweede Kamer drong daarom aan op vervroeging van de reeds vastgestelde sluiting van alle fokboerderijen. De regering besloot de definitieve sluiting van de overgebleven nertsfokkerijen te vervroegen naar 1 maart 2021 om verdere verspreiding van het coronavirus via de bedrijven tegen te gaan.
Extensieve veeteelt
In natuurgebieden vindt soms extensieve veeteelt plaats. Een dergelijke begrazing van natuurgebieden gebeurt onder meer door schapen, paarden en runderen, soms oude rassen zoals het heidekoe of het Drents heideschaap of half-wilde dieren, zoals het heckrund.
Milieu-impact
Nederland heeft een relatief grote veestapel vergeleken met andere landen, hetgeen zorgt voor een grote milieu-impact. Vanaf de tweede helft van de 20e eeuw werd dit in toenemende mate erkend als een ecologisch probleem waar iets aan diende te worden gedaan. Daarentegen is het uitbreiden van de veestapel economisch gunstig voor de landbouwsector.
De akkerbouw is intensief en veroorzaakt milieuschade door het gebruik van onkruidbestrijdingsmiddelen en insecticiden.
Broeikasgassen
De landbouw stootte anno 2018 jaarlijks zo'n 26 megaton aan broeikasgassen uit, wat neerkomt op circa 10% van de totale emissie van Nederland. Volgens het Klimaatakkoord van Parijs (2015) moet dit in 2030 met 3,5 megaton lager zijn. Onder meer de Raad voor de leefomgeving en infrastructuur (april 2018), het Planbureau voor de Leefomgeving en de Wetenschappelijke Raad voor het Regeringsbeleid kwamen daarom eind jaren 2010 in adviezen aan de regering tot de conclusie dat in Nederland minder dieren gehouden zouden moeten worden en Nederlanders minder vlees zouden moeten eten.
Uit onderzoek van het Kieskompas en Greenpeace bleek in oktober 2018 dat 54% van de Nederlanders het eens was met de stelling 'Om de uitstoot van broeikasgassen te verminderen moet het aantal koeien, varkens en kippen in de veehouderij worden verminderd', terwijl 25% het oneens was en 21% neutraal. Een nog veel groter aandeel van de geënquêteerden, namelijk 67%, was bereid om minder vlees te eten om schade aan het milieu te beperken. Met uitzondering van aanhangers van de PVV en de SGP, vond de meerderheid van kiezers van alle partijen dat Nederlandse veestapel moest worden gereduceerd.
Nutrienten en eutrofiëring
Niet alle als meststof gebruikte voedingsstoffen (kalium, fosfor en stikstof) worden door de planten opgenomen. Een deel hiervan komt in de lucht of het water terecht. Dit leidt tot eutrofiëring en luchtverontreiniging. Een van de beleidsinitiatieven van de Rijksoverheid om de stikstofvervuiling te verminderen was het Programma Aanpak Stikstof (PAS).
Op 29 mei 2019 werd het dit programma ongeldig verklaard door de Raad van State, omdat dit in strijd was met Europese rechtsgeldige normen om de milieuschade veroorzaakt door stikstof te verminderen. Dit veroorzaakte de Stikstofcrisis: sindsdien lagen allerlei projecten stil, vooral in de woningbouw, en zocht het kabinet-Rutte III naar een oplossing. Kamerlid Tjeerd de Groot (D66) wees erop dat 70% van de binnenlandse stikstofuitstoot uit de landbouw komt en daarbinnen vooral de intensieve veehouderij (volgens Nieuwsuur'' 45% van alle stikstofemissies), terwijl die minder dan 1% van de Nederlandse economie bedraagt; daarom stelde hij voor om de Nederlandse veestapel te halveren. Het voorstel werd niet gesteund door coalitiepartners VVD, CDA en ChristenUnie, en vormde de directe aanleiding voor het boerenprotest op 1 oktober 2019.
Verdroging
Ten behoeve van efficiënt landbouwbeheer vindt waterpeilverlaging in landbouwgebieden plaats. Natuurgebieden verdrogen door dit waterbeheer. In de veengebieden in West- en Noord-Nederland vindt bovendien inklinking plaats, waardoor de bodem daalt.
Afname biodiversiteit
De landbouw geldt als een van de belangrijkste oorzaken van de afname van biodiversiteit in Nederland. Het aantal soorten neemt door de jaren heen sterk af. Zo waren er in Nederland in het jaar 1950 1400 soorten hogere planten. Sindsdien zijn hiervan 70 uitgestorven en zijn 500 in aantal/oppervlakte ernstig achteruitgegaan. Het aantal broedvogelsoorten is in dezelfde periode met een derde afgenomen. Ook bij de insectenpopulaties wordt sedert het begin van de 21e eeuw een opmerkelijke terugval genoteerd.
Vooral de intensivering van de landbouw geldt als een belangrijke oorzaak, en daarmee habitatverlies voor veel soorten. Ook eutrofiëring door het overmatig gebruik van meststoffen draagt hieraan bij.
Stank
De veehouderij, vooral de varkenshouderij, leidt al sinds 1970 tot stankproblemen.
Pesticiden
De landbouw draagt bij tot een toename van vervuiling van het grond- en oppervlaktewater, door het gebruik van pesticiden.
Alternatieve landbouwmethoden
Sedert het eind van de negentiende eeuw zijn er initiatieven te komen tot vormen van alternatieve landbouw, 'duurzame landbouw, 'biologische landbouw', 'kringlooplandbouw' en meer. Verreweg de meeste landbouwers in Nederland volgen conventionele methoden, maar het aantal boeren dat volgens een alternatieve aanpak werkt, groeit langzaam. De alternatieve landbouwmethoden beogen natuur- en milieuvriendelijker te zijn door de extensievere productievormen, zoals het lagere gebruik van pesticiden, een lagere veebezetting, het gebruik van eigen mest voor akkers of eigen voer in plaats van ingevoerd krachtvoer. Het ruimtebeslag kan door deze extensieve bezetting hoger zijn en de productie door het niet gebruiken van veel meststoffen lager zijn. De mate waarin alternatieve vormen natuur- en milieuvriendelijker zijn, hangt af van het type alternatieve landbouw.
De Nederlandse overheid heeft in het vierde Nationaal Milieubeleidsplan in 2001 en eerder al in de Structuurnota landbouw uit 1990 aangegeven te kiezen voor een meer duurzame landbouw.
Biologische landbouw
Volgens het CBS produceerde anno 2019 3,3% van de Nederlandse boeren biologisch en de rest conventioneel; volgens Stichting Skal Biocontrole, een belangengroep van bijna 2000 Nederlandse bioboeren, was het ongeveer 4%. Daarnaast waren er in 2018 volgens belangenvereniging Demeter 143 boeren die produceerden volgens de biologisch-dynamische landbouw.
De biologische landbouw stamt uit het begin van de twintigste eeuw. In de jaren 1960 en 1970 ontstonden veel maatschappelijke organisaties rond 'natuur' en 'milieu' zoals Milieudefensie en Stichting Natuur en Milieu, deels als recatie op de vervuilende landbouw. In dit nieuwe maatschappelijke klimaat vonden veel kritische landbouwers aansluiting bij de Vereniging voor Biologisch-Dynamische Landbouw en Voeding. Boeren die niets zagen in de antroposofie van Steiner zochten andere wegen, onder andere in centrum De Kleine Aarde te Boxtel. Ter ondersteuning en ontwikkeling van de ecologische landbouw, werd in 1984 de Nederlandse Vereniging voor Ekologische Landbouw (NVEL) opgericht.
Met de uitbraken van gekkekoeienziekte, mond-en-klauwzeer en de varkenspest in het begin van de jaren 1990, kwam de gangbare landbouw meer ter discussie te staan. Mede hierdoor kregen consumenten meer oog voor biologische producten. In 1991 werd de biologische plantaardige productie wettelijk vastgelegd. Biologische producten waren in de jaren zeventig en tachtig enkel in gezondheidswinkels te koop, totdat ze in de jaren negentig ook in de schappen van reguliere supermarkten kwamen te liggen. Tegenwoordig verkopen steeds meer supermarkten biologische producten en nog altijd wordt het biologische aanbod steeds gevarieerder. Ook worden de eisen voor de biologische keurmerken steeds strenger. Biologische landbouw gebruikt veel minder insecticiden en andere synthetische hulpstoffen en is daarmee doorgaans milieuvriendelijker, maar of zij beter voor de voedselveiligheid is dan conventionele landbouw is omstreden. Het ruimtebeslag is doorgaans hoger en de productie doorgaans lager dan die van de gangbare landbouw. Of de biologische landbouw duurzamer is dan conventionele landbouw hangt af van een aantal factoren en de gebruikte criteria.
Kringlooplandbouw
Kringlooplandbouw is een vorm van duurzame landbouw waarbij de kringloop van stoffen gesloten is. Dit houdt in dat alle stoffen die door de landbouw uit een gebied verdwijnen ook weer teruggebracht worden in het gebied. De stoffen die een gebied verlaten, zoals nitraten, moeten dus ook weer in het gebied terechtkomen. Er wordt op een zo efficiënt mogelijke manier gebruikgemaakt van de beschikbare hulpbronnen en de agrariër probeert de uitstroom en instroom van deze hulpbronnen gelijk te houden. Vormen van kringlooplandbouw zijn heel oud maar kregen meer aandacht nadat Justus von Liebig in 1861 wees op de nadelige gevolgen van onmatig kunstmestgebruik voor het bodemleven en de kwaliteit van het agrarisch product. Aan het begin van de 21e eeuw kwam het hoger op de politieke agenda te staan in Nederland omdat het een oplossing leek te bieden voor de problemen in de landbouw, zoals de vervuiling als gevolg van de hoge mestproductie.
Geïntegreerde landbouw
Onder geïntegreerde landbouw wordt een landbouw verstaan die probeert de verschillende functies van landbouw op elkaar af te stemmen. In het bijzonder gaat het erom natuur-, landschaps- en milieubeheer een bestanddeel van de bedrijfsvoering te laten zijn, naast de meer traditionele bestanddelen zoals loonvorming, arbeidsomstandigheden en voedselproductie. De term geïntegreerde landbouw kreeg in Nederland bekendheid met het verschijnen van de nota 'Bouwstenen voor een geïntegreerde landbouw' van de Wetenschappelijke Raad voor het Regeringsbeleid in 1985, maar was al eerder, in 1980, gebruikt in een discussienota voor Vereniging Milieudefensie. Deze vorm van landbouw moest een antwoord zijn op de problemen in de gangbare landbouw maar meer dan de alternatieve landbouw aansluiten bij de bestaande landbouw. Er is overlap met de begrippen 'verbrede landbouw' en 'duurzame landbouw'.
Biologische bestrijding
Biologische bestrijding is de bestrijding van schadelijke organismen in de land- en tuinbouw door een natuurlijke vijand van het schadelijke organisme uit te zetten. Voordelen van biologische bestrijding zijn dat er geen milieuschade door residuen van pesticiden plaatsvindt, en dat problemen met resistentie niet aan de orde zijn. Nadelen zijn dat biologische bestrijders als sluipwespen kunnen wegvliegen zodat ze vooral in kassen toegepast kunnen worden en dat ze vaak niet alle veroorzakers van plantenziekten of plagen aanpakken.
Dierenwelzijn
Dierenrechtenorganisaties zoals Dierenbescherming en Wakker Dier, maar ook politieke partijen hebben al decennia lang kritiek op de Nederlandse veehouderij, met name de bio-industrie, vanwege het gebrek aan dierenwelzijn. In de bio-industrie worden dieren met fysieke ingrepen en genetische veredeling aangepast aan bedrijfseconomische eisen. De zorg voor dierenwelzijn kreeg in 1992 een wettelijke basis in de Gezondheids- en welzijnswet voor dieren. Problemen met dierenwelzijn doen zich veel voor in de intensive varkenshouderij en pluimveehouderij, maar ook wel in de rundveehouderij.
Kippen
In de Nederlandse pluimveesector zijn de belangrijkste dierenwelzijnskwesties het grootschalige doden van mannelijke eendagskuikens omwille van hun economische nutteloosheid, het ondervoeden of verwaarlozen van vrouwelijke kuikens en de wijze waarop de snavels van met name kippen werden geknipt (verboden sinds 2019).
Net als elders in de wereld voerde de Nederlandse pluimveesector halverwege de 20e eeuw het snavelknippen in onder pluimvee om te voorkomen dat ze elkaars veren zouden pikken en beschadigen of zelfs kannibalisme plegen. Het snavelknippen veroorzaakte echter veel pijn voor de vogels en werd in toenemende mate bekritiseerd als dieronvriendelijk. Nadat de meeste Scandinavische landen het snavelknippen al hadden verboden, werd er in 1996 in Nederland ook een verbod aangekondigd, maar door bezwaren uit de pluimveesector werd dit jarenlang uitgesteld. In juni 2013 bereikte de regering een akkoord met de pluimveehouders en dierenwelzijnsorganisaties om het snavelknippen uit te faseren en in 2018 te verbieden. Het verbod op snavels knippen trad uiteindelijk op 1 januari 2019 in werking.
In de Nederlandse pluimveesector worden er jaarlijks zo'n 45 miljoen eendagshaantjes gelijk na de geboorte gedood. Haantjes zijn economisch gezien niet aantrekkelijk; ze kunnen geen eieren leggen en doen er te lang over om het gewicht van een vleeskip te bereiken. Het duurt veertien weken voordat een haantje twee kilo weegt. De mannelijke kuikens worden op de broederij versnipperd of vergast. Dit gebeurt bij de productie van alle soorten eieren: biologische eieren, vrije-uitloopeieren, scharreleieren en legbatterij-eieren.
Het doden van eendagskuikens is een controversieel thema. In de politiek en wetenschap worden alternatieven voortdurend geëvalueerd. De Duitse bondslanden Hessen en Noordrijn-Westfalen hebben het stelselmatige doden van eendagskuikens verboden, een wetvoorstel voor een nationaal verbod in Duitsland is in 2015 door de Bondsraad goedgekeurd. Middels in-ovogeslachtsbepaling wordt in verschillende landen sinds de jaren 2010 gepoogd om het kuikendoden te kunnen uitfaseren. In 2018 is het Nederlands-Duitse bedrijf Seleggt hier als eerste in geslaagd en vanaf november dat jaar lagen deze 'Respeggt'-eieren in honderden winkels in de regio Berlijn. Jumbo was de eerste supermarktketen in Nederland; sinds half maart 2020 hadden alle Jumbo-supermarkten (meer dan 600 filialen in Nederland) ze in de schappen liggen. Coop is van plan in september 2020 te beginnen met de verkoop van Respeggt-eieren.
Ieder jaar worden er in Nederland 500 miljoen kuikentjes gebroed. In 2012 stierven naar schatting vijf miljoen kuikens omdat broederijen de kuikens tot 48 uur lang zonder voer en water laten zitten nadat ze uit het ei zijn gekomen.
Om het imago van de kippensector te verbeteren begonnen de Nederlandse ondernemers in 2017 een grootschalige publiciteitscampagne. In 2018 concludeerde de Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit (NVWA) in een drietal rapporten dat er nog veel misgaat in de kippenvleesketen. Onvoldoende voer en drinkwater, zweren aan de poten en verkeerd gebruik van antibiotica zouden regelmatig voorkomen in pluimveebedrijven. De instantie zal strenger gaan optreden tegen niet naleven van wetten en regels.
Varkens
Door de hoge dierdichtheid en gebrek aan beweegruimte hebben varkens de neiging om elkaar te bijten. Het staartbijten heeft invloed op het welzijn en gezondheid van de varkens. Bij varkenshouderijen is het gangbaar om de varkensstaart uit voorzorg te couperen.
Runderen
In de 20e eeuw werden 'kistkalveren' als belangrijk welzijnsprobleem in de rundveehouderij gezien. Kistkalveren leefden in een soort kistje, verstoken van stro, daglicht, contact met ander dieren en bewegingsruimte. Na maatschappelijk protest besloot de EU en vervolgens Nederland over te gaan tot nieuwe wetgeving (het zogenaamde 'Kalverbesluit', van 7 juli 1994) dat een minimumleefruimte vast stelde voor de kalveren. Het leidde in Nederland in de 10 jaar die volgden tot verbetering, vaak tot groepshuisvesting voor de kalveren.
In de melkveehouderij leidt het doorfokken voor een hoge melkopbrengst soms tot gezondheidsproblemen, zoals klachten aan de uier. Ook worden jonge mannelijke kalveren vanwege hun overbodigheid meteen na de geboorte bij de moederkoe weggehaald.
Ziektes
Dierziektes hebben een negatief effect op dierenwelzijn. Een veelvoorkomend voorbeeld in de rundveehouderij is ontsteking van het uierweefsel (mastitis). MRSA komt bij 40% van de varkens voor. Vanwege MKZ werden in 2001 260.000 gezonde dieren preventief gedood ('geruimd'). In Nederland zijn 88 BSE (gekkekoeienziekte) gevallen bij runderen vastgesteld (oorzaak: besmet diermeel). In 2006 was er een flinke uitbraak van blauwtong.
In 2002 is de Diergezondheidsmonitoring opgezet om de gezondheid van runderen, schapen en geiten, varkens en pluimvee in de Nederlandse veehouderij in de gaten te houden.
Transport
Miljoenen levende dieren worden door Europa getransporteerd non stop over duizenden kilometers om elders geslacht te worden vaak zonder goede verzorging (water). Nederland exporteerde in 2010 12 miljoen levende varkens, 60.000 levende runderen, 120.000 levende kalfjes en ruim 220.000 schapen en geiten (PVE).
Brand
Kippen, kuikens, varkens, biggen, kalveren en koeien in de bio-industrie komen veelvuldig massaal om bij brand. Het gaat daarbij al gauw om honderden tot duizenden dieren per brandgeval die levend verbranden omdat de dieren in grote aantallen gehouden worden in één schuur. In 2009 verbrandden er 112.185 dieren waaronder 91.000 kippen, 7430 varkens, 400 koeien. 10 jaar later, in 2019, zijn er volgens het VATD, die het aantal dodelijke slachtoffers van stalbranden nauwkeurig bijhoudt, al vóór oktober 328.038 dieren omgekomen door stalbranden.
Keurmerk
In 2007 lanceerde De Dierenbescherming het Beter Leven-keurmerk voor onder andere vlees met de bedoeling het lot van dieren in de bio-industrie te verbeteren. Een label op de verpakking geeft met één tot drie sterren de mate van dierenwelzijn aan: één ster is iets beter dan zonder keurmerk, drie sterren is het hoogst haalbare. De consument kan bij de keuze van een product een bijdrage leveren aan het dierenwelzijn door te letten op de 'Beter Leven'-sterren.
Volksgezondheid
In de Nederlandse landbouwsector ligt de verantwoordelijkheid voor de volksgezondheid, inclusief de voedselveiligheid en voedselzekerheid, bij de Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit (NVWA) en het Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM), die worden aangestuurd door het Ministerie van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit (LNV) en het Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport (VWS). Zij moeten ervoor zorgen dat de productie, het transport, de distributie en de consumptie van landbouwproducten in goede banen wordt geleid, zonder dat dit een gevaar vormt voor het mensenwelzijn (naast het dierenwelzijn en het milieu). Daarbij zijn de volgende zaken van belang:
Voedselveiligheid: het voedsel moet van goede kwaliteit zijn voor menselijke consumptie. Het moet vers en/of goed verpakt zijn, voorzien van ingrediëntinformatie, een houdbaarheidsdatum en voor die tijd niet bedorven zijn, en mag niet besmet zijn met gevaarlijke ziektes. In noodge | 6,453 |
There Are<|fim_middle|> newsfeed of this platform when you print it, you choose.
Choose to Schedule your articles or add every article to your choice's Queue. This part is easy as you have already set your queue up in Step one. Your Queue, filled with posts (and prepared to go) will appear something like this.
Replicate your post a certain number of times (once you do so you may set the minimum number of times between repetitions of this article ). Note that you can accomplish this to get Facebook but you have to be aware of the Twitter rules see below.
I love that Agorapulse has included a pause button. It's not fantastic timing to post or When a catastrophe is, you can pause the queue.
Perhaps you want to pause a seasonal queue of articles At Christmas… it is simple with the pause button!
Meet Edgar has a pause button and it had been something That I really wished to see in almost any instrument that I chose to replace it with. I asked Agorapulse to add one and they did (they always listen — never be reluctant to mention tips or give opinions!) .
The function can be for announcing handy Events like a Facebook Live (if you hold them to a weekly or regular basis). Share your content that must go out each week at a specific time of the week in a queue. I would advise that a bit varies the posts to keep the content fresh and.
The rules are not New as discussed by Agorapulse's CEO Emeric Ernoult. It's just that they're currently making a point of saying they will apply them.
Basically this imply that we can Post similar or equal content to numerous accounts. This also applies to replicate content in exactly the account.
Lets's take a look Twitter with Agorapulse whilst complying with all the principles, so you comply with the rules when you draft a picture similar to this one to post to Twitter.
Note that you can elect to schedule or to queue Your post to Twitter. Here's where we need to consider Twitter's rules and comply with them. You can do this a couple ways with Agorapulse.
If you look At the picture above, you will see that Agorapulse blocks my ability to post replicate content to more than one of my Twitter accounts. The tool recognises that I'm posting to Twitter! This helps ensure that I adhere to Twitter's guidelines.
Here is how I use Agorapulse to save loads of Time and remain out of Twitter Jail. Together with Agorapulse, you have two choices for replicating a hyperlink.
It is possible to opt to Schedule your post once (or more than once in the event that you change it). To do this, simply put in your post, then pick the time and date you would like it to go out out at. If it'll be printed more than once, you will want to edit the repeated or replicate tweets so they're not"replicate" content. More of that is under.
You can opt to Queue your article once or more than with variations. Agorapulse advocates this. When you're queueing content for Twitter, be certain that you don't select the option to"re-queue multiple occasions." You can still use this attribute for some other platforms, but this is where you would wind up in breach of the rules of Twitter. While I choose to do it this way, I'm sure it's a special place, then add it to the top or bottom of this queue (ie I choose"queue next" or"queue last").
Advanced Scheduling is also used by me to Publish 1 tweet, set that tweet to replicate a certain number of occasions. Below, I have set it to article no more often than every 7 Days, as well as 6 repeats. Don't forget to edit the repeats!
I could see, After I schedule the 6 x repeats Those posts in my schedule. I'd go straight in and change them to text that is new, emojis, images or hashtags. Do this quickly — do not do it or you will forget.
Note. It's Okay when you edit your posts, if the connection stays the same. It is the text that you need to change each time.
I'd been using Advanced Scheduling in this way For a little while today to post fresh content — well before the new"rules" were announced. I like to mix up this and it's better for engagement.
Don't forget Bulk Upload! Agorapulse also allows you to upload up to a 100 parts of content by using a CSV file. This also can include content from any RSS feed and includes your photographs! You can even use this to curate articles from different sites and save hours!
As easy as Agorapulse would be to use, you Do not need to do all of the checking and involvement yourself… it is a dream for delegation.
If you are a member of Agorapulse's Large level Account (starting at $199 per month), then you can update to staff approval whereby you can assign tasks and accept messages around multiple team members.
If you are a team, this feature is a good One to update to.
Oh and guess what? Remarks and teamwork happens in Real time. So if Jess and Joe are online at the same time working on the exact same account, there will not be double-up. It is possible to see exactly what your team is performing in real time.
Agorapulse is A spouse. This also suggests that they are one of the first tools to get entry to the API to allow auto-posting to Instagram which is HUGE of Instagram!
If you have one of the business accounts with Agorapulse you can now auto-schedule to Instagram. This usually means you can now plan your articles beforehand and click to post in your telephone when you are ready OR you can auto article.
Just make sure that you don't forget to participate You autopost….posting is just part of the process. You have to follow up on replies and comments.
I Think That Agorapulse is the only tool Offers both scheduling and auto-scheduling to Instagram as well as monitoring and reporting… so it's a win-win-win in case you have a company account. Most Instagram tools that give you reports are a fee!
On Your app or background computer, schedule your Instagram article (add picture and caption) then program the date and time that you want to print it. You can choose to change on Auto-scheduling or you can use the program to connect through to Instagram and place the image.
If you post will receive a notification via your program when it is time to post. Simply click"Publish" and you will be changed through to the Instagram app.
Post as you would ordinarily on Instagram. Your copy/description will be duplicated and you need to glue it into the Instagram app. Check you are ready to go and you have added as necessary!
I am impressed that Agorapulse has Added another feature that would require us to utilize a separate tool and the new attribute makes it even better. Bringing these tools saves time AND money and is an integral reason why I love Agorapulse for Social Media Management.
Here's where we get to Some attributes that are for the greater degree of membership on Agorapulse.
Keeping up with comments on advertisements is hard for Facebook and Instagram advertisements. Agorapulse allows you engage with them easily and to see them and pulls in the advertisement comments to your inbox.
You can also take Advantage of these free tools on their site.
If you want one Reason to test out Agorapulse here it is.
Prices start at $49 per Month for small/solo companies with increasing costs for medium, large and enterprise businesses. You will find out more about pricing here.
I have A hunch that as soon as you check out Agorapulse for social media management, try A number of their free tools and also choose the free trial for a spin, you will be hooked as I am. | Lots of social media management tools that Deserve a mention . I have used many of them at one time or another, such as Hootsuite, Sprout Social, and Buffer.
But I changed to Agorapulse a few years ago Today and it has been my 1 choice to social media management since that time. You may read about some of the feature comparisons between Agorapulse and other platforms .
But for the purposes of This post, I want to focus on Agorapulse so you can consider it.
It could literally be the Primary tool in Your arsenal! Agorapulse is kind of like a Swiss Army knife of social media direction.
It will not have features That you never use, making you think"what's that used for?" . It's practical, no-fluff and super easy to use.
Dare I say, it is even enjoyable (but we'll get to this ). Let's take a peek why I adore Agorapulse for social media direction!
Oh and Before I start… I must mention that I don't always use each and every function at the exact same time. I do use a couple of tools for a few purposes. However, I really like that Agorapulse includes a suite of features that do cover most of your social media advertising requirements.
In fact, I Have been gradually moving lots of the attributes I use on additional programs around to Agorapulse. It is difficult not to want to remain"in" this instrument since it is so user-friendly and fun to use. I also have taken on a new ambassador role with Agorapulse since writing this article. The article has been updated but my genuine love with this particular tool and the fact that I can't do with it in my toolbox has not changed.
Customer service is at the core of business Agorapulse. If their customers are happy and utilizing their instrument in the finest possible manner, (and they get results), then everything falls into place. Their team concentrates on client experience over anything else.
Agorapulse also stinks About what works, what they are able to build and what needs improving. You are not a customer but part of a business. In fact, lots of the present features that I am about to talk about came out of client testimonials and opinions.
I've summarized all 12 reasons why I like Agorapulse Below, but let's begin with a video summary of the current (awesome) update — then I will break down the key features. There is a lot to enjoy.
Now that We've covered off to the all-important Purpose of engagement (that is the reason why I adore Agorapulse the most), let's take a peek at posting and scheduling.
As far as a publishing Tool goes, Agorapulse is one of the easiest I've used. It is a breeze to post to Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram (and they have the new auto-posting function for Instagram as an official Instagram Partner).
The articles can be easily customised by you to suit each platform. As it intuitive to use, I don't even have to go into detail about this . You, (like me) need to have the ability to work out how to schedule an easy post, readily and without instruction.
Schedule the article later on for a specific date and time.
It's also easy to schedule exactly the same post to Go out on different platforms, on various times, while being optimised for those platforms (changing the text or picture size).
One feature I especially like is the capability Kind"@" and the title of the consumer and Agorapulse will bring up the probable accounts you can pick from on Twitter and Facebook. Notice how Agorapulse suggests extra accounts when I begin entering their business name.
We will get to Instagram in a minute, but for today, Please know that publishing your content and scheduling beforehand on Agorapulse is super easy! And like I said, it is also possible to now auto-post to Instagram using Agorapulse as they are an official partner and have access to that new attribute via Instagram's API.
Oh and they have a Fairly slick calendar opinion too, So you are able to see your articles ready to go across the programs.
And it's colour coded for people like me That level of visual organisation. Winning!
Unlike some other social media management tools, Agorapulse has just one pillar for me to react to notifications and mentions.
To me, that's"one task" to finish each day. And it's actually almost enjoyable to clean out my inbox.
It is concentrated, it's easy and it is easy to Use, and that means you won't skip a mention!
Your inbox (where each of the posts you will need to review or respond to are available ). Your inbox items are highlighted as things.
An area for engagement where you respond and participate via enjoys, retweets or replies.
You can click on a user's profile to expand it. You will then see all of the information you want — right within Agorapulse (including any prior interactions).
Only one click and you can see if you have a History with the consumer and the conversations you have had before. As a consequence, you can provide the people the right attention at the right moment.
I DMs I have and can easily see how many mentions In my inbox. If I am looking at this tweet from Ravi, I will see how many tweets that I have to review and that I can review or respond to his tweet. It's the exact same for channels that are societal — your entire participation is in one place.
I know my inbox Isn't empty in this screenshot. When I have finished writing this post, but it's going to be! I do not always get to inbox zero every day however I get there often enough to LOVE that"Congratulations" display!
It's easy to check of your own references. You can Filter by mention or message kind as follows.
Only review the articles replied to or dealt with. It is marked as reviewed As soon as you respond to a post.
In the next case from Nicky, I could choose To reply (or answer from DM), examine the article, delegate it for someone else (more of that later), retweet it or"just like" the article — all from within the same dashboard area on Agorapulse.
Being able to see your comments ALL are handy on Instagram, in which you usually can only find the past 50 mentions on your own feed. It is not possible to maintain with mentions if you have a high number of followers. Agorapulse changes all that which is huge for brands and influencers.
Excited? You can participate with All your Mentions, even when you are getting to them.
And I could readily participate by Switching to Facebook as well.
Like I shared above, Agorapulse allows me to Easily track and participate with my best advocates employing the"Fans and Followers" attribute. From in your Twitter account, you click "Fans and Followers" and then filter your search under"All","Favorites" or"Top" users according to below.
You can add profiles and a star to "favorite" people you would like to follow carefully in Agorapulse. This way, you have their posts accessible in their very own thread! Now it's easy retweet their content and to engage together!
You will also see positions for your following in just About every profile perspective on Agorapulse.
Ambassador — this person has retweeted posted or you links to your website.
In Nicky's situation, she is all 3 with respect to my @sociallysorted Twitter account. Nicky is somebody I ought to be engaging with (and I do!) .
On this, Facebook Function shows you who has said your webpage, and the number of times they've enjoyed and commented or delivered a message, as well as their final interaction with you. You can also prohibit them from within Agorapulse, although I expect that happens infrequently!
On Instagram you Will see who has left comments on your post, their followers/followed that is complete counts and you are able to trace or unfollow from within Agorapulse.
These basic metrics give you a clear image of who Follows you, promotes you and engages with you the maximum.
What is so great about it? It opens a whole new World of possibility for locating (and linking ) conversations around any topic you like (like your manufacturer ).
When it comes To reports, Agorapulse actually shines. With one click you can create a report that is easy to decipher and simple to create. GREAT for showing customers!
The detailed reports can also help you find a range Information such as.
Evolution metrics with time. Agorapulse compares metrics and provides a reading re whether a specific metric is decreasing or increasing over a time to you.
Your best performing material is analysed and Presented in report form. You can also download it as a csv file to show that the people/clients/team that must view it the most.
For social media supervisors and agencies that this is Huge, as it allows you to supply your clients with information that is easy-to-read.
You can take a peek at your competition!
This function is like Heaven to me. Agorapulse describes it as being able to"tag, rename, conceal, delete or assign content… while you sleep". All by using Moderation Rules.
Therefore I don't see almost all of them at the first 17, my DMs can be filtered by me. This is where the magic happens. You can set up filters to weed out"many" of those bad DMs. Not all (sigh) but most.
I can then filter my feed by DMs or even Mentions. Clean them out quickly and I go to DMs. To be honest I get numerous DMs which are spam nowadays, it is hard not to overlook the excellent ones. Automobile DMs have made DMs useless to me personally, which is a shame.
Filtering and moderation functions for all accounts Types but I mostly use it for Twitter to"markers as reviewed" all the Auto DMs which come through saying"thanks for after".
It mostly filters out The auto-DMs, and yes I am sad that it grabs some actual ones as well, but you've got to pick your battles!
Filter content out to be responded to — on any platform. Perhaps you want to have of the posts featuring a hashtag that is particular to be tagged in a way — so you can respond to them later.
Filter those people that are SUPER out and post all of the time you don't have to observe every Tweet at Agorapulse — just repond to them sometimes or in Twitter.
In case you've got one of the"large" level accounts (best for smaller agencies) you'll have posts assigned to a group member (see 11 below).
Basically the moderation function is just another Bonus motive to think about Agorapulse for social media direction.
If you are around and out And you need to clean your inbox, the Agorapulse app is something that you will love.
Agorapulse's queue feature Permits You to publish Your articles on a repeated, evergreen basis using intelligent categories — a lot like the manner in that Meet Edgar allows you to set posts to be scheduled at certain times daily based on certain categories. I use it for Twitter and Facebook.
If you Need to and are currently using a tool Reduce costs, then contemplate Agorapulse's evergreen content attribute rather (and you get the bonus of all the additional Agorapulse attributes ).
Here are a few things to learn about using Agorapulse for replicated, queued content.
With Agorapulse name and it easy to set up Your queue insert your schedule to get posts to be printed on, and catogories. Then of adding content, the process is intuitive. As you can see, it's a slick dash (the consumer experience is awesome).
Firstly, put your content up and You Have to name Categories (all colour-coded and ready for action!) .
All you have to, When You've set up your categories Do is add times such as this, to the program.
Then I Want to add content to each of the category queues!
Agorapulse gives You a handy visual/image preview of this post, to explain to you how it'll look on the | 2,535 |
Honeybees communicate primarily with each other through vibrations. By biting a wooden stick connected to a conductor, visitors to the Hive can get a sense of four types of vibrational messages through the bones in their head. These include the tooting and quacking signals that virgin queen bees make when they challenge each other in a display of strength to determine who will be the queen of the hive; begging, when a bee<|fim_middle|> after an Expo - will attract a different audience to Kew, which had 1.6m visitors last year, making it the 15th most visited attraction in the UK. Kew has spent two year's worth of its events and festival budget on the structure, which is hosting talks, tours and trails throughout its 18 months in residence.
The Hive's meditative soundtrack of a 40,000-strong honeybee colony, along with instruments and the human voice, created by members of the band Spiritualized, has been named as one of the Guardian's best albums of 2016 so far. | requests food from another another; and the waggle dance which communicates the location of a good food source.
No-one outside of a research laboratory will have had the opportunity to experience these bee messages which form part of pioneering work into honeybee communication being conducted by Martin Bencsik, a reader in physics at Nottingham Trent University.
Buttress, from Nottingham, originally conceived the Hive as the centrepiece of the UK Pavilion at the 2015 Milan Expo after researching the well-publicised decline of bees and stumbling across Bencsik's research. It integrates architecture, art and design with science and the environment.
A one-acre wild flower meadow planted with 34 native species, including clovers and cornflowers, and a few later flowering cultivated varieties surrounds the Hive at Kew, along with 65 metres of native hedging.
When in bloom, the idea is that the buzzing of wild bees, of which 50 species have been identified at Kew feeding on the flowers, will greet the visitor as they walk along a path to the upper level of The Hive where an oculus connects the structure with the sky and the elements (unlike the dark, dry cavity where honeybees live).
Created and built by engineers Simmonds Studio, architectural practice BDP and York-based Stage One, the £6m Hive won the gold-medal for best pavilion at the Milan Expo, whose theme was feeding the planet.
With bees pollinating 70 of the most important crops that we eat, including most fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds, as they collect the nectar and pollen from the crops' flowers, Buttress says he wanted to highlight the significance of pollinators to our existence. "Bees are highly sensitive creatures and can be seen as sentinels for the health of the planet," he says.
Kew's director, Richard Deverell, said the Hive is a "great way to tell the story about the relationship between plants and insects". For that reason, he says the botanical gardens are the perfect new home for a structure that allows us: "to explore the urgent issues we face in relation to pollinators, their intimate relationships with plants and their vital role in helping us feed a rapidly growing population".
Kew receives 45% of its funding from the UK government, which was against an EU ban in 2013 on neonicitinoid pesticides shown to be harmful to bees. The UK also granted a temporary lifting of the ban in 2015.
Deverell says he hopes the Hive - the first UK Pavilion to be reused and brought back to Britain | 538 |
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Air<|fim_middle|>ides with the company's 20th anniversary in Australia.
The new office is located at Block E, 391 Park Road, Regents Park, NSW. | -Conditioners Australia (MHIAA) recently relocated its head office from Kingsgrove in New South Wales to Regents Park.
MHIAA's managing director Yuji Ito says the new space offers improved facilities more suited to the expanding company's changing needs.
MHIAA worked with Powerhouse Group for the design and build of the new office space and Marshall Air for all air conditioning installations. The new premises also feature a state-of-the-art showroom and training facility.
Ito says MHIAA wanted to showcase its proud Japanese heritage and looked to Japanese and industrial influences in the design.
"Japan represents innovation and a customer-centric approach and what better way to impress customers than by making use of some of their design principles and philosophies?" he said.
The relocation coinc | 155 |
In the wake of the home finance crisis that began in about 2008, obtaining a mortgage is now more difficult than it was before, but knowing the obstacles will help prepare you for buying a home. Today's lenders want to avoid the mistakes that bankrupted yesterday's lenders. Additionally, Government Sponsored Entities (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have set much tighter guidelines that lenders must follow. There are numerous factors considered when determining eligibility for a mortgage, but the three big ones are credit history, income and debt.
The debt-to-income ratio (DTI) is a valuable number that underwriters look at heavily when determining your borrowing ability. To put it simply, DTI is the amount of debt you have compared to your overall income. A low DTI shows lenders that you have a favorable balance between debt and income.
There are two main kinds of DTI and they're expressed as a pair (front-end/back-end). The front-end ratio indicates the percentage of income that goes towards housing costs (principal and interest, mortgage insurance, property taxes and homeowners' association dues). The back-end ratio is the percentage of income that goes towards paying recurring debts, including the housing costs covered in the front-end, plus credit card payments, car payments, student loans, child support, alimony, etc. AmeriSave, one of the nation's largest online lenders generally requires a DTI of 45% or lower for conventional conforming loans.
If you haven't guessed it yet, one of the keys to unlocking the door of homeownership is reducing your debt-to-income ratio. There are many things you can do to actively reduce your DTI so you can apply for a mortgage.
Increase your income – This might mean working some overtime, asking for a salary increase or taking on a part-time job. Be advised though, as we mentioned earlier, income verification standards have increased greatly in the new age of lending so be mindful that cash or otherwise non-reported earnings will likely not count toward your "income"; although it could be used to reduce debt to the same effect.
Reduce spending – Review your bank and credit card statements to see where you are spending most of your money. Cut back<|fim_middle|> less debt. You can also track changes to your credit report with free services like Credit Karma.
Check out our post on easy ways to save money! | on unnecessary expenses and research other providers of insurance, phone, cable and other utilities to see if there are lower-cost alternatives. Plow those savings into reducing your debt.
You have credit card debt of $5000 with a minimum payment of $120 and an auto loan with $5000 remaining and a payment of $600. The $600 per month towards the auto loan reduces your borrowing power by $100,000, so you may want to consider using the savings to eliminate the auto loan and continue paying monthly towards the credit card.
If you plan on paying off any debts in full, ask the creditor the date they report to the credit bureaus, then apply for the mortgage after your account has been updated, revealing | 159 |
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The Courier Mail focuses on "publishing articles that highlight the continuous struggles put in place by women in their search for equality in society." The magazine also reiterates "the growing level of unity among women as they fight for their rights around the globe." It is worth noting that Anya Tsukanova's The Courier Mail article, "Ukrainian Topless Feminists to Protest in Africa and South America" is open and gives the nature of women protests as they happen on the ground. Other articles tend to conceal some of the most significant details that could help readers understand the urgency of women's struggle for equity in society. I found this article understandable as it took a sober and more open approach to the struggle of women for equity. I have chosen to compare Tsukanova's article with an article from The New York Times by Ginia Bellafante, who shares<|fim_middle|> article, a similar position toward feminism is maintained. Tsukanova's article, "Ukrainian Topless Feminists to Protest in Africa and South America," also reiterates the view that women should be given equal opportunities that would help them play a contributory role toward the development of society. The approach of both Sand and Tsukanova to the issue of women progress within society is similar, as they both take an open and sober approach to the matter. They both come out strongly to defend women by emphasizing that their position must be understood and taken with enormous seriousness that would help bring balance to the society. Therefore, the article by Tsukanova is consistent in addressing women's rights of equality in the society. It advocates women's rights of equality in the society.
In conclusion, Anya Tsukanova's The Courier Mail article, "Ukrainian Topless Feminists to Protest in Africa and South America," plays an effective role in ensuring that the rights of women are understood and respected. Tsukanova indicates the manner in which Ukrainian women decided to demonstrate topless to catch the attention of every person and ensure that their problems are addressed effectively. It compares effectively to the mainstream feminist media article by Bellafante. Bellafante's article in The New York Times, "The New Shades of Feminism", compares significantly with Tsukanova's article, as both of them defend the demonstrations adopted by women all over the globe to ensure that their rights are addressed accordingly to achieve equality.
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Lure of Junk Food essay | similar ideas to those expressed by Tsukanova. Bellafante's article in The New York Times, "The New Shades of Feminism", also exemplifies the manner in which women are trying to stand up and fight for equal opportunities as their male counterparts. Tsukanova also expresses similar sentiments.
Penni Mitchell (2006) in her article, "The Pen and the Picket", explains that women are not getting the right share within the society; that is why they team up to fight for their rights effectively around the globe. Tsukanova's article explicates how women are determined to fight for their rights without any form of fear. In her article, Tsukanova (2013) features the Ukrainian women who launch a global topless protest to demand for equality within society. These women are set to protest in Africa and South American in order to ensure that the voice of all women is heard and respected within society. They are not intimidated by the presence of police as their fight for equality is destined to get to an end that would put a stop to the male dominance in all aspects of the society. Tsukanova's article is extremely interesting because it takes an open approach to the discussion of the reaction of these women in the demand for equality. It is noted that they decided to catch the attention of every individual, including the media, by deciding to take off their tops and protest topless. This could have helped drive their point home in a clear manner that could be understood by their leaders. According to Tsukanova, these young women could recognize as equitable the power sharing between men and women within their society. They wanted to fill the gap between men and women bridged by integrating women into excellent positions that could also help them make decisions to move their country forward. The commitment of The Courier Mail to addressing feminist issues means a lot to me. Notably, the commitment to addressing feminist issues in an open manner is indicative of a society that is maturing and embracing every individual as being equal and important. It is an expression of equal opportunities for all individuals in society without favoring them along their gender lines.
The analysis of Anya Tsukanova's The Courier Mail article, "Ukrainian Topless Feminists to Protest in Africa and South America," can be compared to other articles as well. As noted before, this article supports the rise of women in the defense for their rights of equality within the society. It highlights the manner in which these Ukrainian women decide to take to the streets topless to ensure that their voices are heard and their issues addressed within the right time. The analysis of this article in terms of what it addresses and its position on the rights of women can be applied effectively to other articles with the similar sentiments about the freedom and rights of women within society. Additionally, the analysis of this article can be applied effectively to other surrounding articles in trying to find out the most common problems that most women around the globe face. These problems can be understood as fundamental and vital in indicating a common approach to addressing these problems to alleviate women's problems because of the existing inequality and male dominance within the society. This publication is extremely consistent in maintaining its stated feminist perspective. It is constant in its assertion that women must be given adequate space for development and equality within the society. It is constant in supporting the advocacy of the rights of women in society.
Ginia Bellafante's article also supports the demonstrations held by women in support of their rights. According to Bellafante (2012), "Women have started waking up in society and they are teaming up to advocate their rights in different aspects of society all over the globe." Women are gradually becoming enlightened about their rights in society and they are working appropriately toward ensuring that their position is understood and respected. Cultural transformation is ensuring that children are only able to grow up with positive attitudes relating to gender. Again, women have access to more freedom to hold demonstrations that would help them pass across their grievances to the relevant authorities and the entire society. Here, Bellafante implies the view that the current society is extremely open and the negative cultures limiting the development of women are being washed away gradually. This mainstream article compares significantly to Tsukanova's article, which also discusses the importance of demonstrations in the development of women within society. In comparison to Tsukanova's | 877 |
This is a friendly letter addressing you as a hero of the evolution-creation battle. Evolution is due for a refinement, and as a significant voice (Russell Garwood Reach of to Defend Evolution NATURE vol. 485 no. 7398 May 17, 2012 page <|fim_middle|> down at the river's edge. But pretty much is was a billion years, a mile thick layer, of trilobite history. More recent eons had been long since eroded away.
The other success was the dinosaurs. Comparable in durability with the trilobites, they had endured beyond imagination. But they were very different. The trilobites were interesting, but a bit boring. They didn't have much more going for them than roaches, if that much. On the other had the dinosaurs had evolved into many spectacular forms. It was not just their armor and size. They munched plants and each other. They ran, walked, waded, jumped, flew, swam and did battle. They were exciting.
All right, there were two extremes. There were boring trilobites (personally I don't think of them as boring, but there are not a lot of movies of the Godzilla persuasion about them) and there were the thrilling dinosaurs. Yet they both had record smashing successes.
I don't know how you would test the idea that trilobites had essentially no tendency to undergo speciation. There might be a way with sufficient data, but it isn't going to happen soon.
If you are still reading, you now know something that is in extreme contrast with the current paradigm of, "The bigger and more diverse the gene pool the better." And the new paradigm is supported by evidence.
There have been 56.499 visitors so far. | 281) I thought you might be interested.
A randomly mating population of animals cannot survive if the size is indefinitely large, environmental issues aside. If it were to get to be too big, speciation effects would drive it to extinction. The argument (using chromosomes, but parts of chromosomes follow the same logic) has been dramatized by some good looking women at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVMGS44Bk3Y and I encourage you to look at it. It should only take about seven pleasant minutes.
There are two obvious ways to avoid the inevitable extinction this logic implies: evolution must limit population sizes or give up speciation.
I have never understood why evolution has been subjected to doubt. When I was a third grade child my teacher, Mrs. Thompson, left lying about in the classroom a little book that simply laid out the fossil record. I think it was not legal to teach evolution in that place and time, but when I poured over the pamphlet, it was quite clear that age had succeeded age and that the only evident driving force was natural selection.
I can live with that. Life will always be mysterious. There is more than one way to look at things, and one approach may be more appropriate for one person at one time than for another at another. So there is no need to wonder whether the Tree of Life in the Garden of Eden had tree rings. The issue is just not evidence based. Science is based on evidence.
Decades later I was on the north rim of the Grand Canyon. I looked at a brochure describing the geology of the far wall. I had always had the notion of seeing the great adventure of evolution laid out in a single panorama; there would be the Permian age with those animals represented in shadowed guise by fossils I could not see from a mile away. There would be a large band where dinosaurs romped. To my dismay, it was trilobites all the way down. All right, if you craned your neck you could see the dark, lifeless Vishnu Schist right | 420 |
Lady Lions steamroll West End in county tournament quarterfinals
Photo: Sardis High's Kaitlin Morris (23) guards West End's Montanna Mashburn during the Lady Lions' 57-12 victory in the quarterfinals of the Etowah County Schools Basketball Tournament on Tuesday, Jan. 15, in Sardis City. (Chris McCarthy/Messenger)
By Chris McCarthy, Publisher/Editor
The Sardis<|fim_middle|> to it," Wallace added. "Etowah County basketball is big; it always has been and it always will be. To play a tournament of this caliber on your home floor is huge, and we want to do a great job as hosts for our kids and our community." | High girls put the pedal to the metal early on and never let up on the gas in the Etowah County Schools Basketball Tournament quarterfinals last Tuesday (Jan. 15).
The Lady Lions (10-4) limited West End to five field goals on the way to a 57-12 victory in Sardis City.
Kaitlyn Morris and Emily-Kate Jones each scored nine points in the first half as the hosts jumped out to a 17-2 lead after one quarter and a 35-8 advantage at halftime. Morris finished with 11 points and Jones and Molly Morris each chipped in eight as Sardis built a 53-10 lead by the end of the third quarter.
A running clock was used over the final eight minutes, with Kathryn Brooks knocking down a three-point basket to cap the Lady Lions' 43-point victory.
Sardis advanced to the tournament semifinals, where the Lady Lions will face Glencoe on Thursday.
Head coach Josh Wallace was pleased with the scorebook, in which nine of his players netted points on their home court.
'We've had a little lull in our season during which we didn't play well at times, and tonight I thought I broke some of those bad tendencies. I like to play man-to-man defense, but we work on zone [defense] every day in practice and we had it working tonight. Our girls are sold out to the team, and sold out to each other, and that makes a huge difference."
Kaylee Dobbins scored five points for the Lady Patriots.
"Any time that you play in your own gym, there's excitement, and now you're adding the county tournament | 352 |
L'église Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens est une église catholique située à Osny, en France. Elle possède un transept provenant d'une première église romane de la fin du , avec un croisillon nord toujours inchangé hormis la voûte, un chœur du début du , encore dans le style gothique primitif, et un clocher gothique contemporain du chœur. La nef et les bas-côtés ont été construits à neuf à la fin du <|fim_middle|> La baie du croisillon sud a déjà été remaniée au moment de la construction des chapelles, et est donc en arc brisé. Pour les bas-côtés de la nef censés imiter le style du , des lancettes plus aigües que celles de la seconde travée du chœur ont été retenues. La façade occidentale a reçu un grand portail à double archivolte en tiers-point, reposant sur deux paires de colonnettes à chapiteaux.
Annexes
Bibliographie
Articles connexes
Liste des monuments historiques du Val-d'Oise
Osny
Liens externes
Site de la paroisse
Notes et références
Osny
Monument historique dans le Val-d'Oise
Monument historique inscrit en 1926
Monument historique inscrit en 1948
Osny
Osny
Osny | seulement, en imitant le modèle du jamais correctement réparé depuis la guerre de Cent Ans. Dans son ensemble, l'église Saint-Pierre ne présente pas de particularités architecturales qui lui sont spécifiques, mais les parties anciennes sont toutefois d'un intérêt archéologique certain. Le clocher et le chœur sont inscrits monuments historiques depuis respectivement 1926 et 1948 ; le transept n'est pas encore protégé bien qu'étant la partie la plus ancienne. À la suite d'un incendie criminel, les parties orientales de l'église ont été restaurées en 2008. L'église Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens reste toujours le centre de la vie paroissiale d'Osny, et les messes dominicales y sont célébrées le samedi soir et le dimanche matin.
Localisation
L'église est située en France, en région Île-de-France et dans le département du Val-d'Oise, dans l'agglomération de Cergy-Pontoise, sur la commune d'Osny, rue Aristide-Briand (RD 92Z). C'est la rue principale du centre du bourg ancien. Elle passe devant l'élévation sud de l'église, qui est précédée d'un vaste parvis. L'ancienne mairie de 1874 est située juste en face. La rue de l'Église, une petite voie secondaire, passe devant le chevet. Une ruelle longe l'église au nord, et permet de faire le tour de l'édifice en regagnant le parvis devant la façade occidentale. L'on entre dans l'église par le portail latéral sud ou le portail occidental.
Historique
Une première église est construite à l'emplacement de l'édifice actuel à la fin du ou au début du , dans le style roman. La voûte du croisillon nord est refaite à la fin du . C'est la voûte la plus ancienne qui subsiste dans l'église, et ses deux chapiteaux au revers du mur nord sont les derniers qui restent sur place de l'église primitive. Un troisième est exposé au musée Tavet-Delacour de Pontoise, au rez-de-chaussée, près de l'escalier. Dès la première moitié du , la première église est déjà remplacée par un édifice de style gothique, hormis le transept, qui est maintenu et subsiste toujours. La croisée du transept et le croisillon nord sont toutefois dotés de nouvelles voûtes. La nouvelle voûte de la croisée est plus élevée que l'ancienne. Ici tout comme le croisillon sud, les chapiteaux romans sont remplacés par de nouveaux chapiteaux, mais leurs corbeilles restent nus et ne seront jamais sculptés. Le clocher central se dressant au-dessus de la croisée du transept est quant à lui remplacé par un clocher gothique selon le modèle répandu alors dans le Vexin français, inspiré de l'église Saint-Quentin de Nucourt.
Sous l'Ancien Régime, Osny faisait partie de l'archidiocèse de Rouen et de l'archidiaconé du Vexin français, qui avait son siège en l'église Saint-Mellon de Pontoise (située près de l'actuelle cathédrale Saint-Maclou et démolie après la Révolution française). La cure d'Osny était placée sous le double patronage de l'archevêque de Rouen, représenté par l'archidiacre de Pontoise, et le chapitre de la cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Beauvais, qui nommaient alternativement les curés. La dîme revenait pour un tiers au chapitre de la cathédrale de Beauvais, et pour les deux autres tiers à l'abbaye de Chelles, une abbaye de sœurs bénédictines située à Chelles, dans l'actuel département de Seine-et-Marne. Cette abbaye avait la qualité de seigneur d'Osny, droit confirmé par une charte de Louis VI datée de 1127.
En 1432, pendant la guerre de Cent Ans, les Anglais dévastent l'église, mais elle n'est toutefois pas reconstruite au siècle suivant, comme la plupart des églises de la région dans le même cas, mais seulement réparée. Néanmoins, la baie du chevet est remplacée au par une large fenêtre en plein cintre avec un remplage simple de type Renaissance, et les baies au sud et au nord du transept et des chapelles latérales sont repercées. Sous l'impulsion de la Révolution, les cloches sont réquisitionnées par le Comité de surveillance révolutionnaire et fondues pour en faire des canons. L'église doit être fermée au culte à la Toussaint 1793, et ne peut être rouverte qu'en 1802. Il faudra attendre 1819 pour la réception de deux nouvelles cloches, respectivement de et de de diamètre. Pour des raisons d'hygiène, le cimetière entourant l'église est désaffecté en 1824 et en partie exhumé en 1879. En 1870, le toit en bâtière initial du clocher est remplacé par une toiture en hache.
L'édifice étant bâti sur un sol marécageux, la nef en particulier souffre de l'humidité et se trouve dans un mauvais état. Le portail occidental avec une multiple archivolte reposant sur des colonnettes à chapiteaux est mutilé et en grande partie recouvert de ciment. Les murs sont encore solides, mais la démolition totale de l'église est bel et bien envisagée pendant les années 1880. L'architecte en chef des monuments historiques Alphonse Simil soumet un projet de restauration pour la nef, qui aurait facilement pu être sauvée. À la suite d'un legs permettant la construction d'une nouvelle nef avec bas-côtés et grâce à des subventions, la nef non voûtée du début du est toutefois démolie en 1895, mais le chœur et le transept sont quand même sauvés. La croisée du transept est refaite une seconde fois (depuis le début du ), et les chapiteaux romans sont enlevés. L'un d'entre eux est déposé au musée Tavet-Delacour de Pontoise. La nouvelle nef est bâtie dans le style du , en récupérant quatre chapiteaux d'origine. Un cinquième est remis au musée Tavet-Delacour. La frise à modillons imite celle du chœur. La perte de l'ancienne nef n'est pas moins regrettable, car elle représentait l'une des dernières nefs-grange non voûtées de cette époque dans la région, bien que les murs gouttereaux et toutes les fenêtres avaient déjà été remaniés à la fin du ou au début du . Quatre autres nefs de ce type subsistaient dans le Vexin à la fin du , dont une a été également détruite, et deux autres dotées de voûtes. Désormais, seule l'église de Fours-en-Vexin conserve une nef semblable à la nef ancienne d'Osny.
En 1922, Louis Régnier devient le témoin d'une façon barbare de restaurer le clocher : sur la face méridionale, où les arcs des fenêtres et le parement du mur avaient été refaits grossièrement en plâtre, les claveaux et blocs sculptés manquants ne sont pas remplacés en bonne et due forme, mais en ciment. Même la frise de têtes de clous est reproduite en ciment, ainsi que les sommets des contreforts, alors qu'il aurait été tout à fait possible d'obtenir une subvention pour mener ces travaux dans les règles de l'art. Le clocher est toutefois inscrit au titre des monuments historiques par arrêté du , et le chœur par arrêté du . Le reste de l'édifice n'est ni classé ni inscrit, y compris le croisillon nord roman. En 1945, les habitants restaurent la chapelle de la Vierge au sud du chœur en signe de reconnaissance pour la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Le clocher, le transept, le chœur et ses deux chapelles sont restaurés extérieurement en 1986. À la suite d'un incendie criminel en 2006, l'intérieur de ces parties anciennes est restauré en 2008. Malgré le nombre d'habitants important de la ville (plus de habitants), l'église Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens demeure l'unique église catholique d'Osny. S'y ajoute seulement l'oratoire Saint-Joseph. La paroisse ne couvre pas d'autres communes. Les messes dominicales sont célébrées en l'église Saint-Pierre le samedi à 18 h 30 et le dimanche à 10 h 30.
Description
Aperçu général
À peu près régulièrement orientée, avec une façade occidentale légèrement tournée vers le nord-ouest, l'église Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens est de plan cruciforme. Elle se compose d'une nef de quatre travées, accompagnée de ses deux bas-côtés ; d'un transept ; d'un clocher central s'élevant au-dessus du carré du transept ; d'un chœur au chevet plat de deux travées ; et de deux chapelles latérales d'une travée, à l'angle entre les croisillons et la première travée du chœur. Elles se terminent également par un chevet plat. L'axe du chœur dévie vers le nord par rapport à celui de la nef. La sacristie se situe entre la chapelle sud et la dernière travée du chœur. Une tourelle d'escalier carrée occupe l'angle entre le croisillon nord et le bas-côté nord. L'église ne comporte que deux pignons visibles, l'un au chevet et l'autre au-dessus de la façade occidentale. Du fait que la nef avec les bas-côtés soit moins large que la partie ancienne de l'église au niveau du transept, un pignon intermédiaire délimite la nef à l'est. Les croisillons et les chapelles latérales sont recouverts par des toits en appentis en continuité avec la toiture centrale, ce qui est également le cas des bas-côtés.
Intérieur
L'on distingue globalement deux ensembles : la nef avec ses bas-côtés bâtie à neuf en 1895, et les parties anciennes datant de la fin du XI ou du début du XII, de la fin du XII et de la première moitié du . Les parties anciennes présentent une certaine homogénéité en regardant depuis la nef, mais un examen plus précis révèle un grand nombre de particularités dans chacune des sept travées constituant le transept, le chœur et ses deux chapelles latérales. Les trois travées formant le vaisseau central, à savoir la croisée du transept et les deux travées du chœur, sont voûtées à la même hauteur : les doubleaux des grandes arcades qui les séparent supportent donc également les voûtes et touchent directement à leurs formerets (absents dans la première travée du chœur).
La croisée du transept, moins profonde que les travées du chœur, montre de ce fait des ogives plus aigües. Sa voûte a été refaite au et est percé d'un trou de cloches. Au moment de la construction de la nouvelle nef, l'arcade du regardant la nef a été refaite à neuf. Ses colonnes romanes et ses chapiteaux datant encore des débuts de l'église ont donc été supprimés. Le chapiteau au nord, présentant deux combattants à pied vêtus de longues cottes de maille et se protégeant de grands boucliers ovales, a été sauvegardé et déposé au musée Tavet-Delacour de Pontoise. L'autre chapiteau était fruste. L'arcade et ses deux formerets reposent désormais sur des chapiteaux aux corbeilles non sculptés. De tels chapiteaux sommaires règnent sur les quatre extrémités de la croisée et même à l'ouest des deux arcades faisant communiquer la première travée du chœur avec les chapelles. Les arcades entre la croisée et les croisillons subsistent toutefois du , et celle du sud conserve un décor polychrome remis au jour en 2008. La croisée du transept abrite aujourd'hui le maître-autel sur une petite tribune, afin de pouvoir utiliser plus efficacement l'espace disponible dans l'église et d'assurer une bonne visibilité depuis l'ensemble des bancs.
Quant à la première travée du chœur, sa voûte est dépourvue de formerets, et les arcades s'ouvrant sur les chapelles sont plus basses que la voûte. Entre la première et la seconde travée du chœur, l'on trouve deux faisceaux d'une colonne et de deux colonnettes, la première recevant le doubleau, les autres les ogives. Ces chapiteaux sont à crochets. La clé de voûte est une petite couronne de feuillages, tout comme dans la seconde travée. Cette travée du sanctuaire disposant de formerets contrairement à la précédente, des culots accompagnent les faisceaux de colonnettes entre les deux travées du chœur. Dans les deux angles à gauche et à droite du chevet, cette logique n'est pas observée : cette fois-ci, les formerets ont aussi droit à des colonnettes, ce qui donne des faisceaux de trois colonnettes, dont une pour l'ogive. De ce fait, aucune des trois travées du vaisseau central n'est identique. Au , la baie du chevet a été repercée et doté d'un remplage de trois arcades plein cintre surmontées d'un oculus : c'est l'unique fenêtre à remplage de toute l'église. Latéralement, subsistent les baies en tiers-point à lancette simple d'origine. Les voûtains de la voûte de la seconde travée du chœur a été peint de fresques représentant le tétramorphe comme symboles des Quatre Évangélistes, le taureau habituel pour saint Luc étant remplacé par un cheval, et l'aigle pour saint Jean n'étant plus lisible. Le lion représente saint Marc, et l'ange ou homme ailé saint Matthieu. Le Christ est visible à l'ouest de la première travée du chœur. Ces fresques n'ont été découvertes puis restaurées qu'en 2008.
Si le croisillon nord ne représente qu'une parmi trois travées subsistant de l'édifice roman d'autour de l'an 1100, avec la croisée et le croisillon sud, c'est toutefois la dernière travée conservant des chapiteaux romans. Supportant la voûte de la fin du , ils se trouvent au sommet des deux colonnes dans les angles nord-ouest et nord-est. Celui dans l'angle nord-ouest est sculpté à faible relief et fait apparaître une fleur de lys ; celui dans l'angle nord-est est le plus remarquable et représente deux masques humains dans un décor de palmettes entrelacées. Les nervures de la voûte se composent de deux tores séparés par une arête, et il n'y a pas de clé de voûte ni de formerets. Une étroite arcade non décorée s'ouvre sur le bas-côté nord, alors qu'une élégante arcade en tiers-point, au profil d'un méplat entre deux tores, s'ouvre sur la chapelle latérale nord. L'arcade regardant vers la croisée est brisée, et ses chapiteaux aux corbeilles non sculptées sont du même genre que les autres employés à la fin du . Il est à souligner que ces trois arcades ne jouent pas de rôle dans le support de la voûte, leur profil ne correspondant dans aucun cas. Le croisillon sud se distingue par une arcade plus pointue du côté de la croisée, formée de trois tores, avec le décor polychrome déjà évoqué ; par un profil des ogives plus simple, constitué d'un gros tore ; et bien sûr par des chapiteaux gothiques dans les angles sud-ouest et sud-est. Ils sont sculptés de motifs de feuilles plates assez simples. Curieusement, un formeret existe au sud, alors que les autres extrémités de la voûte en sont dépourvues. Dans l'angle sud-est, la base de colonne située en dessous du niveau du sol a été dégagée : en effet, le sol de l'église a été remblayée et était située environ plus bas à l'origine, et les voûtes paraissaient donc plus élevées.
Les deux chapelles partagent le même type de voûte que le croisillon sud, avec toutefois des nervures en profil d'amande plus élégantes que le profil monotorique. Il n'y a pas non plus de clés de voûte. Les chapelles sont voûtées plus basses que les croisillons, et les arcades s'ouvrant sur ces derniers et la première travée du chœur coïncident ici avec le profil des voûtes. Comme dans la dernière travée du chœur, il y a des formerets, mais comme particularité, ils ne sont pas reçus par des chapiteaux et des colonnettes, mais se continuent jusqu'au sol et restent non décorés. Ceci est d'autant plus étonnant que les arcades s'ouvrant sur la première travée du chœur disposent de formerets purement décoratifs côté chœur, et reposent donc sur deux colonnes accompagnée chacune d'une colonnette et d'un simple ébrasement. Dans les quatre angles au nord et au sud, se situent des colonnettes uniques accompagnées de deux ébrasements, portant des chapiteaux sculptés en feuillages ou en crochets. Sur l'arcade entre la première travée du chœur et la chapelle du sud, des traces de polychromie subsistent. La chapelle du nord est dédiée à saint Jacques ; celle du sud à la Vierge. L'on y trouve une copie du seul élément de mobilier classé monument historique que possède l'église, une Vierge à l'Enfant, haute de et datant du . Deux intéressantes pierres tombales à effigie relativement bien conservées se trouvent en outre dans la chapelle de la Vierge.
Extérieur
Le clocher est l'élément le plus intéressant visible de l'extérieur. Il ne comporte qu'un unique étage, celui du beffroi, haut et élancé, émergeant de la toiture. Ses contreforts, deux pour chaque angle, sont peu saillants et émergent de massifs de maçonnerie de section carrée. Une fine colonnette prend naissance en même temps et occupe l'angle entre deux contreforts, pour se terminer au niveau de leurs glacis finals. Chaque face du clocher est ajourée de deux hautes baies abat-son en tiers-point, s'inscrivant dans des archivoltes s'appuyant sur une colonnette commune au centre, et deux colonnettes pour chacune des deux extrémités. Ces colonnettes portent des chapiteaux, et les arcatures sont décorées d'un boudin et d'un cordon de têtes de clous. En haut, les murs sont couronnés par une corniche de modillons cubiques.
Les façades sont très sobres. Des pignons n'existent qu'à l'ouest et au chevet, les croisillons du transept et les deux chapelles latérales du chœur étant recouverts ensemble par des toits en appentis s'appuyant contre la toiture du vaisseau central. Aucune distinction entre transept et chapelles latérales n'est visible. Les contreforts à ressauts qui règnent partout, sauf au nord du transept, sont caractéristiques du style gothique primitif. Leur silhouette est plus prononcée au chevet, où ils atteignent une hauteur plus importante du fait de l'absence de bas-côtés à ce niveau. Lors de la construction de la nouvelle nef, des contreforts du même type ont été adoptés. Sur le chœur, des corniches de têtes de clous reposant sur des modillons cubiques constituent l'unique ornementation. Comme déjà évoqué, la baie Renaissance du chevet est l'unique fenêtre de l'église à disposer d'un remplage. La dernière travée du chœur et la chapelle de la Vierge (chapelle sud) conservent leurs fenêtres en arc brisé d'origine. Celle au chevet de la chapelle est en grande partie obstruée par la sacristie. Au chevet de la chapelle Saint-Jacques au nord, l'on trouve un simple oculus rond au même emplacement. Les deux fenêtres en plein cintre au nord de la chapelle Saint-Jacques et du croisillon nord sont identiques, alors que la construction de ces parties s'est fait à plus d'un siècle de distance. Étant donné la période de construction des chapelles au , quand le plein cintre ne s'applique généralement plus, elles doivent résulter d'un remaniement au au plus tôt. | 5,180 |
Visit the world's best amusement parks
by Aimee Heckel · January 17, 2014
Cedar Point has been named the best amusement park in the world for many years.
By Aimee Heckel
There's more to amusement than Walt Disney. But just like a popular Disney vacation, an entertaining amusement park can be a great focal point for a fun family vacation.
Here are three of the world's best amusement parks.
1. Parc Astrex in Paris.
Paris is known for its fashion, elegance, art and fine food. But it's also home to a crazy, Gallic-themed, humorous amusement park. Parc Astrex features 32 different attractions, including an inverted roller coaster with seven loops, river rides and plenty of other drops, spins and splashes. This park also offers shows, dolphins and a virtual tour through history. Meet Caesar, Zeus, Roman legends and more.
2. Cedar Point in Ohio.
This place has been voted "the best amusement park in the world" for 15 consecutive years by Amusement Today, and it brings its A game with more than 150 different rides, shows and attractions. Check out the unique carousels, and if you dare, the Top Thrill Dragster, the fastest roller coaster in the park, which gets going 120 miles per hour.
For something new, try the RipCord or drive race cars in the Challenge Park. Dinosaur fans will love Dinosaurs Alive on Adventure Island, an interactive exhibit that brings dinosaurs to life.
New this year: the Pipe Scream roller coaster, which will fly you fast 43 feet above the midway.
3. Alton Towers in Staffordshire, United Kingdom.
This park claims to be the UK's best, and it'd be hard to beat, with the world's first 14 looping roller coaster (The Smiler), a zero-gravity thrill ride (The Blade) and a ride that reaches G-forces greater than a space shuttle launch (The Nemesis).
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Aimee's passion for storytelling has brought her around the world as a journalist, writing award-winning articles about health and economic plights in Haiti and Uganda. She is currently a features writer and columnist for the Boulder Daily Camera, a travel contributor to USA Today 10Best.com, the Colorado travel expert for About.com, a blogger for Huffington Post Weird and a regular contributor to other publications, such as SpaTravelGal.com, Fodor's travel books and more. Reach out to her at AimeeHeckel.com, find her travel board on Pinterest, follow her on Twitter, or ping her on Google+. | Back from ShopAtHome.com.
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Design and Assessment of an Innovative Swine Waste to Renewable Energy System
Citation: Transactions of the ASABE. 59(5): 1009-1018. (doi: 10.13031/trans.59.11731) @2016
Authors: Charles W. Adair, Jiele Xu, Jason S. Elliott, William G. Simmons, Marvin Cavanaugh, Tanja Vujic, Marc A. Deshusses
Keywords: Anaerobic digestion, Carbon offsets, Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), Process intensification, Renewable Energy Certificate (REC), Swine waste treatment, Waste-to-energy.
Abstract. The greater reliance on concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) for livestock production presents<|fim_middle|> is comprised of an in-ground 7,600 m3 anaerobic digester that receives the hog manure and generates biogas that is used on-site for renewable energy generation in a 65 kW microturbine. The effluent of the anaerobic digester is further treated biologically in a 4,200 m3 intermittently aerated basin, providing both organics removal and some nitrogen control. Water from that basin recharges and flushes the pits in the animal barns. The system has been operational for over two years and is efficiently converting swine manure to biogas. The biogas production rate typically fluctuates seasonally from 350 to 900 m3 d-1. The overall chemical oxygen demand (COD) and biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) removal are 92% and 99%, respectively, while total nitrogen removal is about 77% and total phosphorous removal is 82%. Thus far, carbon offset and Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) production have averaged 2485 offsets and 385 RECs per year when running without issue. The overall cost per 1,000 kg of steady-state live weight (SSLW) per year was estimated at $462, a value that is competitive as an environmentally superior technology. Overall, this large-scale project illustrates the significant potential of this system while simultaneously highlighting the important economic challenges of waste-to-energy bioprocesses. | both environmental challenges and opportunities for renewable energy and resource recovery. In this article, the design, economics of construction and operation, and environmental process performance of an innovative swine waste to renewable energy management system are presented and discussed. The system was installed at a feeder-to-finish swine CAFO permitted for 8,640 head of swine. It | 73 |
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Originally I had no intentions of purchasing another SE but the look of this Semi-Hollow changed my mind. The neck plays exactly like my American made PRS and the 85/15's sound amazing. This SE model came set up perfectly out of the box. The finish is nearly perfect, I am not able to find any blemishes on it.
Let me begin by saying this guitar is gorgeous. The Blue Matteo is very striking and the creme binding is the cherry on top. I play a lot of drop tunings and this guitar handles it very well. Drop F was a bit floppy with 9's but still doable. Doesn't look like a metal machine but it is. The sustain is fantastic and plugged into a Randall RD1H, it definitely chugs. Coil split it and you get some nice start tones for classic rock. Not a shred machine by any means but for heavy blues, rock and metal, this does it all.
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A blackbird was giving us the best of his autumn repertoire from a cottage garden in Combrook. Not even the stone angels forming a guard of honour either side of the church door could have sung more celestially.
We sat on the churchyard wall to hear him out, then followed a grass path under heavy-laden horse chestnuts. The fallen conkers lay all around, their spiny green shells half split to reveal a wink of shiny brown nut within.
Greylag geese waddled complaining among the ewes in Park Field, where the long ornamental lake of Compton Pools glinted between trees just beginning to change their dress from green to gold. From the sheep pastures around Home Farm we looked back down a valley landscaped by Capability Brown in the 1770s for Baron Willoughby de Broke. Artfully shaped slopes and dells guided the eye from tree clumps and skyline down to the lake and its three-arched ornamental bridge, a brilliant trick of depth and perspective.
The parkland path and roads led north past stubble and pastures, between hedges crimson with hawthorn berries – peggles, as old countrymen used to call them. The land in its green and brown stripes billowed like a tarpaulin on a windy day.
The horses in the paddocks around Banisters Meadow Farm were too intent on loading grass into themselves to give us more than a glance. Just beyond, we turned back along the homeward path, skirting the osier beds at Poolfield where the knobbly old trees stood knee deep in dark carr swamp.
On the far side of a great trackless field of plough we found Compton Verney's parkland opening its sculpted vistas again. The pillars and portico of the early Georgian mansion stood<|fim_middle|> arrow/YA) along field edge. At bottom, right; in 50m, left (333546) down field, across stream (334544) and on across large field. At corner of Poolfield Coppice, through gate (336537); right along fence; in 500m cross left end of Upper Pool (332535, BA). In 100m right across bridge (BA); follow field edge for 500m to Poolfield Cottages (328534).
Left up drive; in 150m, right (gate, BA). Aim a little right across paddock to hedge gap and deer gate (326534). On through wood; through another deer gate, across field, trending a little away from hedge on your right, for 500m to road (321536). Right; in 100m, left (kissing gate) into Compton Verney park. Follow path over meadow for ¾ mile to gate into car park (314527).
Cross in front of café; through gate; left on woodland path. Follow 'Bird Hide'; pass hide, and follow woodland path to cross B4086 at bridge (311526 – take care!). Path across field (YA), into wood (310523, YA); straight ahead, no lefts or rights, to emerge in field (309519). Right, down to road by house (308518); left to church.
Accommodation: Howard Arms, Ilmington, Warwicks CV36 4LT (01608-682226, howardarms.com) – cheerful, characterful village inn. | beyond the lake, every painter's dream of peaceful Middle England.
The Verney family built Compton Verney and held it for 200 years. Soap king Joseph Watson, manufacturer of Nubolic disinfectant and Bumpo soap powder, bought the estate in 1921. The new owner exemplified the self-made man of the post-war world. He died a lord, chasing the fox with the Quorn – a paid-up member of the galloping classes.
Bus 67A, 67B to Compton Verney house.
Walk (7¼ miles, easy, OS Explorer 206): With church on right continue down 'No Through Road'. In 200m, left by No 27 (307519, blue arrow/BA) down path, then beside Compton Pools. In 300m through gate (305521, BA), across Park Field. Gate to right of houses (305525, BA), right along drive to B4086 (307528). Left up Compton Hill; in 200m, right ('Home Farm', BA) along drive past Home Farm for 1¼ miles to cross road (318540).
Ahead for ½ mile; right (323545, 'Hill Fields') down farm road. In 400m, left along muddy lane (327543); at Banisters Meadow Farm (330545), left up drive to road (331549). Right; in 100m, right (stile, yellow | 358 |
Could this be possible? Unfortunately so. The certificates that your server sends might not be the certificates that your browser uses. This shouldn't be an issue when migrating to SHA-2, but due to bad practices by some certificate authorities and users running out-of-date software, it sometimes is. Read on to learn more.
An SSL certificate must be signed by a certificate authority (CA) to be trusted. In the simplest case, a website's certificate (the "end-entity" certificate) is signed directly by a CA that is trusted by web browsers (a so-called "root" certificate).
It's straightforward for a web browser to validate a certificate that's signed directly by a root: the browser looks up the end-entity certificate's issuer in its root certificate store, and if found, it validates the signature of the end-entity certificate using the public key of the root certificate.
Validating a certificate signed by an intermediate is tricky. A browser can't simply look up the issuer in its root store, since the certificate isn't signed by a root. Instead, the browser must find the intermediate certificate that signed the certificate, recurring as necessary (intermediates may be signed by other intermediates) until it has constructed a chain of certificates that ends at a root certificate. This is actually rather complicated, because there may be more than one possible chain from an end-entity certificate to a root.
The most basic way that browsers discover an intermediate certificate chain is by having the server tell them. This is why, when you deploy an SSL certificate, you have to configure not only your own certificate, but also the intermediate certificates. However, browsers often cache intermediate certificates, and might use a cached certificate instead of the one offered by the server. This is why Chrome might show a red cross even when the chain you serve is entirely SHA-2: it's not using<|fim_middle|> January 28. Unfortunately, Debian has been extremely sluggish in shipping an updated NSS package. A bug was filed in Debian's bug tracker on December 30, 2014, but wasn't fixed in Debian Unstable until May 13. Meanwhile, Debian Stable (Jessie) continues to ship NSS 3.17.2. The Debian Security Team has ruled out fixing this through a security update, and it doesn't look like the package maintainer will respond quickly enough to get the fix into the upcoming point release of Debian Stable. Ubuntu, by contrast, treated this as a security issue and released updated packages for all their distributions on February 19.
Update: An updated NSS package, prepared by Andrew Ayer from SSLMate, shipped with the Debian Jessie 8.2 point release on September 5th, 2015! | your chain, but a cached chain which uses SHA-1.
In theory, this is avoidable, if CAs follow best practices and users run up-to-date software. Unfortunately, this isn't always the case, and there are two situations in particular that are known to cause issues.
When a certificate authority transitions to SHA-2, it can either reuse its existing intermediate certificates by re-signing the existing public keys with SHA-2 signatures, or it can generate brand new intermediate certificates with new public keys and subject names.
The first way is wrong. Although a CA can take an existing intermediate and re-sign it with SHA-2, browsers might have the intermediate cached with the old SHA-1 signature. As explained above, browsers can ignore the chain presented by the server, so even if the server sends the intermediate with the new SHA-2 signature, the client may construct the chain using the cached SHA-1 intermediate certificate instead. This is exactly what CryptoAPI does.
SHA-2 Subscriber certificates SHOULD NOT chain up to a SHA-1 Subordinate CA Certificate.
Unfortunately, some CAs ignored this advice at first, and one CA, StartCom, is still issuing SHA-2 end-entity certificates that are signed by a SHA-1 intermediate. While they provide a version of the intermediate signed with SHA-2, it does no good if a browser already has the SHA-1 version cached.
Fortunately, both of SSLMate's CAs correctly issue certificates from a brand new SHA-2 intermediate, so SSLMate customers need not worry about this issue.
Sometimes root certificates are themselves signed by other roots, a practice known as cross-signing. By providing an alternative path to a trusted root, cross-signing allows new roots to work in browsers that don't yet have the root in their trust store. Once browsers start trusting a root, the cross-signed certificate is no longer necessary. However, as with other intermediate certificates, cross-signed certificates can be cached, and a bug in NSS caused Chrome on Linux to use cached cross-signed roots even when a shorter and newer chain existed. If the cached cross-signed certificate happened to use SHA-1, Chrome would consider the chain weak and display the red cross, even if the chain sent by the server was entirely SHA-2.
This bug has been fixed as of NSS 3.17.4, released on | 477 |
Q: Server side rendering vs client side rendering and how does web sites used to work before angular Im kinda new to the whole web applicaiton , and web sites world, but i started to programming and build my own web , using angular and i feel very comfortable with the idea of client side rendering , and the using of AJAX in angular($HTTP
/ $RESOURCE) , but i didnt use the "legacy" apporach to building web sites , because i jump on angular because it was sound like the best new !
but as i learned i got alot of obstacles in my path because lack of knowledage in the tradionial web site technoligoes and how all developes , i was like to know how the web sites has started , and what are the attuidue toward this world , and how does the server side rendering works , because as i understand all of this , is that simple i have templates , and the JS in the side client do all of the manipulation , add/delete divs etc , and there is no any connection to the server side about rendering the DOMS at all , only get information by using http or resources.. i want to know how does php server side works .
A: There are two different meanings for rendering, which is probably what confuses you.
Angular can take a piece of 'raw' information and 'render' the DOM elements required to display that data. The data could be, for example, a JavaScript object, which could be fetched as a JSON object from some API.
Rendering on servers vs client
In the more traditional approach, the HTML code comes 'pre-rendered' from the server. That means the server contains static HTML (just an HTML file that you could have typed in Notepad), or a server side script like PHP, which would "render" the HTML code with all the data in it. The server returns this HTML source code and the browser just "renders" it.
So "rendering on the server" means taking templates and data and combining them into raw source code.
And "rendering on the client" traditionally means taking that HTML source code and displaying it on the screen. Angular uses a third variation, which means doing DOM manipulation to "render" the data into the document. But I'll get to that later.
So server side rendering doesn't mean (now or ever before) that the actual display, the page that you look at, is rendered on the server. Not even the DOM is rendered on the server. The server just renders the textual HTML source code from the data it fetched, and the client (the browser itself) still generates the DOM and does the graphical rendering of the page.
And PHP therefore also doesn't respond to a button click directly. It only responds to HTTP requests, which can originate from an URL being typed in, a link being visited, a form being posted, or an AJAX request being performed.
HTML has built-in behavior
Traditional HTML has built-in behavior, which is why it could work without any client side scripting. A normal hyperlink is not clickable because of the script, but because the browser knows this element and its intention. So the logic of hopping from one page to the next is built-in in the browser itself. Same goes for forms. The browser knows that the data of a form should<|fim_middle|> loaded from anywhere else.
A: the html was invented for sharing linked documents in the web. It all began with static text stored on a server and delivered to the client rendered by the browser.
Then the html text was generated dynamically with programs/templates on the server(PHP,JSP, e.t.c). Javascript did the animation and some little client side programming(dom manipulation).
Then the Javascript for manipulating the dom was generated on the server which get delivered to the client and building the document client side.
| be sent to a server when you click the submit button. All you do in HTML is define (in the form attributes) what the URL is, the method, and which button to press to send the information. Again, no scripting needed.
Client side JavaScript can manipulate an already loaded page
The client side process is actually a two step process. First, the HTML source code is parsed and transformed into a DOM document, a list of in-memory objects containing information about the elements.
This document is then rendered (displayed) on the screen.
JavaScript (and that includes jQuery or Angular too), can work with these in-memory objects. It can bind events to them, so you can validate form input before sending it (saving the time of doing the round trip, server side checking, and parsing a complete response page), or respond to the click on any element. And you can even manipulate the objects themselves by just changing their contents, their appearance, removing them, or adding new ones.
So JavaScript's approach seems to be somewhat in between. You don't have to actually draw the changes you want, but you don't have to rely on HTML loading either. You have direct access to the objects, and any change you make to them automatically reflected on the display by the browser. So you can insert an extra element object and it will automagically appear on the screen.
And that is what makes JavaScript so fast and powerful. This approach is more direct than loading a big chunk of HTML from the server. So in the old days, you could just hop from one page to the next, and the whole page would need to be reloaded and re-rendered. With JavaScript, you could do small interactions, and with AJAX you could get pieces of information from an external source and display that information on the page without having to reload the entire page.
NB. AJAX by the way is also not very new. It was invented years ago by Microsoft to build a rich, web-based version of Outlook. The X in AJAX stands for XML, which is nowadays replaced by JSON as the notation of choice for communicating these pieces of information.
Angular 'hides' this DOM manipulation
Angular is just a framework that abstracts all this DOM manipulation that JavaScript can do. It lets you put markers in the HTML, and manipulate object data in JavaScript, and it will automatically put those together to update the page. This makes it easier to build a web application on a high level. You just have to worry about the design and the data, and much of the technicality to put them together is taken out.
Apart from that, Angular is not more than any other way of JavaScript DOM manipulation. It just lets you mess with the document that is currently loaded, something that a server side script cannot do.
However, in most cases the server (and the server side scripts) still plays an important role. It is this server side process that now 'renders' the JSON data that is fetched by your Angular application. That is, of course, unless you have some application that doesn't require any additional data to be | 628 |
The past five months have been somewhat of a rollercoaster for Nicole Mendes.
First, she tore her ACL in October. Then, after months of rehab, the senior stepped back into the batter's box as a pinch hitter in late February. Still in the recovery process, Mendes was transitioning into the role of designated player, only to see the season canceled a few days later due to the spread of COVID-19.
But through the ups and downs the 2020 season brought, Mendes displayed her consistent work ethic and continued to grow as both a player and person.
Once the initial shock of her injury wore off, Mendes started focusing on her future goals – getting back on the field with her OU teammates for her senior year and preparing for the 2020 Summer Olympics as a member of the Mexican National Team.
She quickly realized she could not think too far ahead though, or she would feel<|fim_middle|> about the win-loss record, they always talk about the memories they made along the way. And despite the season coming to a quick end, way shorter than anyone would have expected, I think this team made some really cool memories, and for that to be our last one as a team, I thought it was really something special to be a part of."
Through this journey, Mendes said she has learned three key lessons. The first is patience and how it really works, not only with herself but others and how others show it to her. Another is that there are different ways to lead. As someone who has always led by example, Mendes found ways to be creative as captain when she was unable to show results on the field and focused on connecting and building relationships with her teammates. Finally, Mendes realized that life doesn't always happen the way we plan it or want it to.
"It doesn't matter what the situation, how the situation happens, what matters is how you to choose to react to it … It means so much to me that despite all the moments where I was down, I was able to kind of say, 'OK, life happens, but how are you going to react to it?'"
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Video property of the University of Oklahoma. | stressed out and worried about aspects she could not control. At the advice of OU's former strength coach, Mendes learned to take it one day at a time and focus on little goals along the way. Even though she's faced frustration and "breakdown moments" during her recovery, this mindset has brought a peace of mind during struggles.
It was also challenging to watch others around her play softball when she could not do the same, but Mendes also found pride in seeing how much her teammates improved.
"As frustrating as it was personally for me to watch and not be able to play, it was also almost equally as rewarding to see this team from where we started in the fall to how far we've come and how far we've progressed," Mendes shared.
As frustrating as it was personally for me to watch and not be able to play, it was also almost equally as rewarding to see this team from where we started in the fall to how far we've come and how far we've progressed..."
The Sooners have also provided a strong support system for Mendes. From teammates tossing her balls in the cage so she could do one-armed swings, to others scheduling hang outs to get her mind off of softball and her knee, to those she was in a Bible study offering encouragement on the tougher days, Mendes is grateful for the community around her.
Mendes' work ethic is obvious to her coaches and teammates, both before the injury and during the rehab process. OU head coach Patty Gasso said Mendes' personality and competitive spirit are two traits that rub off on others, and ones the Sooners missed on the field.
"She was voted by the team as our captain. That means that there's something about you that makes players around you better, and that's I think what they felt. Even when she's not on the field, she's still trying to help make teammates better," Gasso stated. "She put in a lot of work and a lot of time in the training room … When it was tough, she went through it. She probably was pushing it to a point of too much at times, but that's just her passion and her work ethic."
When Grace Green came to OU as a freshman last season, Mendes made her feel welcome, which helped ease her nerves. Green has also found it helpful watching the example the upperclassman sets.
"Even when she struggled, she never got down. Her attitude always stayed amazing, so she was just an overall great role model and person you could lean on," Green explained. "Even though she wasn't on the field, she was always around, always helping, always in getting her rehab."
Mendes recorded a single on March 1 in her third at-bat of the season. In total, she made six plate appearances and tallied three hits – two of which were home runs – with five RBI before the season was cut short on March 12.
As disappointing as this abrupt halt was, Mendes said it was the right decision because public safety takes a front seat. The Houston, Texas, native also plans to return to OU next season, whether she redshirts or the NCAA grants additional eligibility for seniors.
The night before the remainder of the season was canceled, the team had a potluck at Gasso's house. After the meal, a couple of the Sooners were baptized, and seeing how happy and joyful they were in that moment will stick with Mendes from this shortened season.
"It's more than just softball. It's about the relationships and the memories that you make," Mendes reflected. "Whenever you talk about teams in the past, they never talk | 743 |
Since August 10, research reports on Walt Disney Co (DIS) have included the keyword "ESPN" 212 times
Posted By: FactSet Sep 28, 2016, 9:15 am
Are Concerns Over Walt Disney Co ESPN Overblown? by Chris Voigt, Consultant & Matt Vodicka, Associate Product Manager – FactSet
The Walt Disney Company released its third quarter results in early August, and the stock took an initial tumble of 1.1%. Though the company reported a marginal EPS beat, many are concerned with the performance of ESPN, which Disney owns. Since August 10, research reports on Disney have included the keyword "ESPN" 212 times. By contrast, mentions of the ABC Network (also owned by Disney) have only occurred 110 times over that same time period. This seems to be a clear indication that analysts are playing close attention to the sports television station.
A FactSet StreetAccount Street Takeaway from August 10 highlights this concern:
"Several analysts believe the company's announced investment in BAMTech for $1.00B largely overshadowed the Q3 print; as constructive notes suggested the closer relationship with the video streaming service is a strategic positive that improves the company's delivery options, allowing the launch later this year of direct-to-consumer ESPN offering. While some concern was expressed around execution and cannibalization risk, most surveyed were incrementally positive around Disney's efforts to address concerns regarding ESPN's core linear business."
But are concerns surrounding ESPN warranted? To answer this question, it is critical to quantify and qualify the importance of ESPN in relation to Disney's other business lines. When one thinks about Disney as a whole, the company's movies and theme parks are usually the first things that spring to mind. Though ESPN is owned by Disney, it is not usually the first property mentioned when looking at Disney's extensive network of business lines and relationships.
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Why then, is ESPN's performance being scrutinized? Is the perception of Disney wrong, is ESPN the driving force behind this $151.8 billion company? Since the market open on August 10, Disney is down approximately 6.03% (as of EOD September 26), compared to a decline of about 1.09% for the S&P 500 over that same time period.
It is clear from the graph above that there is some correlation between analysts' concern over ESPN and Disney's stock price. But are investors being too hard on the company? To figure this out, it is imperative to analyze the various business lines and understand how those individual verticals add-up to the company's top-line sales.
Getting the Full Picture
According to GICS, Disney's main focus is<|fim_middle|> and see which contributes the most to the company's top-line.
Using traditional methods of sector and industry classification, we are unable to uncover the true diversity of a company. But using FactSet RBICS with revenue, we can quickly see all of Disney's lines of business and their respective contribution to the company's overall revenue figure.
The graphic above illustrates how revenue analysis is critical when comparing the key contributors to a company's sales figure. While media and entertainment continue to be strong contributors for Disney, the single largest contributor to the company overall are its theme parks. The theme park segment alone contributes about 30.81% of the company's overall revenue, whereas Television Stations (ABC) and US TV Cable and Broadcast Networks (ESPN) contribute about 22.93% and 15.94%, respectively.
Despite the increased attention given to ESPN in recent years, it's clear that other areas of Disney's business contribute far more to its performance. Understanding the performance of these segments is at the core of the fundamental process of stock analysis. Companies are much more diverse now than in the past, and it's increasingly critical for investors to have clarity into the operations of these diverse companies to capitalize on their performance.
To take this analysis even further, we can show where Disney stands in relation to its peers in the Amusement Centers and Theme Parks subindustry, which is a new opportunity, as FactSet RBICS is the first to standardize these groups across the entire universe of securities.
Based our analysis, Disney's theme parks are clearly dominant relative to their peers. With contributions of around $16 billion alone, Disney's theme parks command a whopping 42.65% of the $37.6 billion subindustry as a whole.
Additionally, we can use this data to find "pure plays" (companies that generate 100% of their revenue from a specific business line) in a given subindustry, such as SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. While it is clear from this exercise that ESPN does matter to Disney's top-line, it cannot be denied that DIS' other business lines have their place in the conversation, as well. But at a fundamental level, should we be paying more attention to ESPN than to Disney's amusement parks? No.
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Disney+ positive launch boosted the consumer goods sector | in Movies & Entertainment, but is it fair to put the entire enterprise in that bucket? With so many different business lines, it's hard to imagine that Disney falls neatly into this group. While theme parks and movies may be the first images conjured with the mention of Disney, with a far more extensive ownership network, his classification does not seem to be wholly accurate. It would be hard to agree that the company's GICS classification provides a comprehensive answer regarding DIS and its main area of business, especially given that Movies & Entertainment is such a broad category, anyway.
The immediate problem, then, is that a company as diverse as Disney may defy categorization in a single group. To figure out how to weight the various business lines of the company, it is imperative to view each business line's revenue | 161 |
New Arrivals August 16, 2017
Explore a Galaxy of Pen and Paper, now on Android
I've been playing tabletop RPGs for many years, so Galaxy of Pen and Paper had an easy in with me. That being said, the humour and references are well-written enough to hit the mark for anyone who hasn't rolled dice themselves<|fim_middle|> you add to your character list, you can keep customising until you find the mix you like the best. Once you've done that, it's time to send them off into the waiting GM's hands to discover adventure and combat. The gameplay system is simple to understand…
by Adam Scott
Android Game of the Year 2017
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© 2017 Destination Android | and the game's unique pixel graphic style stands out and matches the tone of the game perfectly. The story, which I haven't yet gotten very far into, is, of course, narrated by the GM and flavoured gently around the light customisation options you're given. If you have a big, bulky alien in your party, they'll react differently to the story than a technician would. As | 81 |
Q: Position element on page based on its height and width I have built a drop-down menu here http://dev.driz.co.uk/jsonmenu/ that uses JSON to dynamically build the menus. The reason for doing this insead of putting the HTML in the page itself is for performance (only load what you need) and so that I can position the menu outside of the table.
I have begun implementing a way to position the menu based on its height and proximity to the window (browser window NOT the scrollable container). The problem is that when the height of the menu is bigger than the space below the link and viewport then it should move the menu above and vice-versa. Parts of it are working just not quite correctly.
NOTE: The reason the positioning is done after the HTML is inserted rather than in a callback if user moves the window etc is because the menu is removed if the user scrolls or anything like that so it would be pointless to do it then.
Code as requested:
$(document).ready(function () {
$('a.buildMenu').click(function (event) {
// Prevent normal behaviour
event.preventDefault();
// Stops it bubbling to the document
event.stopPropagation();
var link = $(this);
// If the menu already exists remove it and exit the request
if($(document).find('div#' + $(link).data('id')).length){
$('.buildMenu').removeClass('selected');
$('.menu').remove();
return false;
}
// Remove any other menus from the DOM
$('.buildMenu').removeClass('selected');
$('.menu').remove();
// Get the position of the link
var offset = link.offset();
var top = offset.top;
var left = offset.left;
var bottom = top + link.height();
var right = $(window).width() - link.width();
top = top + link.height();
bottom = bottom + link.height();
// Append the menu to the DOM in position
var menuInstance = $('<div class="<|fim_middle|> $.ajax({
url: 'menu.json',
timeout: 5000,
dataType: 'JSON',
success: function (data) {
// Build the menu
var ul = $("<ul/>").attr("id", data.menu.id).addClass(data.menu.class);
// For each menu item
$.each(data.menu.content.menuitem, function () {
var li = $("<li/>").appendTo(ul).addClass(this.liClass);
var anchor = $("<a/>").appendTo(li).attr("href", this.href).attr("title", this.title);
var span = $("<span/>").appendTo(anchor).addClass(this.icon).html(this.text)
});
// Remove the loading class and insert menu into instance
$(menuInstance).removeClass('loading').html(ul);
// If the menu is taller than the bottom space
if(menuInstance.height() > bottom) {
menuInstance.css({'top':'auto','bottom':bottom,'left':left});
}
// If the menu is taller than the top space
else if(menuInstance.height() > top) {
menuInstance.css({'top':top,'left':left});
}
// Default position...
else {
menuInstance.css({'top':top,'left':left});
}
},
error: function (jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
console.log(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown);
}
});
});
// Remove menu from DOM if anything except the menu is clicked
$(document).bind('click', function (event) {
var clicked = $(event.target);
if (!clicked.parents().hasClass('menu')) {
$('.buildMenu').removeClass('selected');
$('.menu').remove();
}
});
// Remove menu if user scrolls panel
$(window).bind('resize', function() {
$('.buildMenu').removeClass('selected');
$('.menu').remove();
});
$('div').bind('scroll', function() {
$('.buildMenu').removeClass('selected');
$('.menu').remove();
});
});
Here is a screenshot of the issue (the code should make that menu appear above the link because its height is bigger than the offset space below the link)
A: Looks like the problem is with Line 71-74.
// If the menu is taller than the bottom space
if(menuInstance.height() > bottom) {
menuInstance.css({'top':'auto','bottom':bottom,'left':left});
}
bottom is being calculated as the distance from the top of the window to bottom of the menu link ... and you're saying "if the menu height is bigger than that".
I think what you're wanting to check is the if the menu height is bigger than the distance from the bottom of the menu link to the bottom of the window. So...
if(menuInstance.height() > ($(window).height() - bottom) )
This should take the distance from the bottom of the link to the bottom of the window and compare that to the height of the menu.
Then you need to correct how you're position menuInstance.
'bottom': ($(window).height() - top) + link.height()
Here's the full code...
// If the menu is taller than the bottom space
if (menuInstance.height() > ($(window).height() - bottom)) {
menuInstance.css({
'top': 'auto',
'bottom': ($(window).height() - top) + link.height(),
'left': left
});
}
| menu loading">loading...</div>').appendTo('body').css({'position':'absolute','top':top,'left':left});
// Add the instance id
$(menuInstance).attr('id', $(link).data('id'));
// Add class of selected to clicked link
$(this).addClass('selected');
// Request JSON data
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OFPP Administrator Dan Gordon Announces He Is Stepping Down
By Paul Harris November 2, 2011 2 Comments
Dan Gordon
Today, Office of Federal Procurement Policy Administrator Dan Gordon announced he is stepping down from his post to take a position at George Washington University Law School.
President Barack Obama appointed Gordon, a former Government Accountability Office lawyer, to head the procurement office in September 2009.Gordon is now leaving to serve as the associate dean for government contracts law at the George Washington University Law School.
The news was announced by Office of Management and Budget Director Jack Lew on the OMB blog.
Lew wrote, "Throughout his tenure, Dan has helped agencies focus on strengthening their acquisition workforce, especially by providing training, and driving the administration's commitment to tightening oversight of contractors, whether through a reinvigorated suspension and debarment process to deal with the<|fim_middle|> contracting officers' representatives, who help ensure that contractors deliver what they have promised, on time and on budget."
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Heather Gray Takes Role as VP of Capture, Proposals at SOSi | 'bad actors' whose misdeeds no longer go unpunished, or focusing on the contract management role of | 23 |
To us, there is nothing better than a great design makeover followed by the emotional nursery makeover reveal. That's why it's beyond exciting that we finally get to share the Embrace Space contest winner and all the makeover details! So grab a cup of coffee, take a seat and get ready because you won't want to miss watching this journey unfold.
Let us first take<|fim_middle|> in Meghan's Embrace Space next, so stay tuned!
Nice. Lucky you, Meghan! And congratulations on the baby! | you back to the beginning and officially introduce our Embrace Space makeover winner, Meghan Mills of Arlington, Virginia. It was only a few weeks ago that Melisa and I boarded planes to surprise Meghan, HGTV ambush-style, and tell her that she was in for a huge treat—the Embrace Space makeover. Meghan couldn't have been a better sport and, let us just say, the perfect Bravado Mama! While Meghan was whisked away for a day of fun, Melisa and I got busy turning her drab guest room into a dreamy nursery that she would be able to enjoy with her baby. It was a hectic day and there were a few "are we going to make it" moments, but the end result was amazing. Seeing Meghan and her husband Brad's reaction to the reveal was truly an exciting moment for us. You can see the whole story in this video, so check it out!
We have to offer a big thank you to Meghan, Brad and the team at Bravado for letting us be a part of such a wonderful experience. So what did you think? We'll be sharing the design resources we used | 231 |
I try to cook at least one meatless meal in my house per week. Vegetarian doesn't have to be boring, or lack nutrition, if the right ingredients are used. Today is my "Meatless Monday" and tomorrow is "National Mushroom Day," so I perused the market and came up with these simple, flavorful Baked Stuffed Portobellos. These hardy Baked Stuffed Portobellos make perfect appetizers or vegetarian entrées if served with your favorite grain or pasta<|fim_middle|>, when 10 minutes cooking time is up, remove pan from oven. Add Panko mixture on top of the goat cheese, pressing down gently. Put mushrooms back in the oven for approximately 5 minutes, or until Panko bread crumbs become slightly brown (take extra care not to burn).
Remove pan from the oven, place mushrooms on plate, sprinkle fresh basil ribbons on top, and serve while hot.
Serves 4. Recipe can easily be multiplied. You could bake mushrooms and wilt spinach in advance. Be sure they are both at room temperature before assembling. Remember to always have fun in the kitchen. Cheers!
*If desired, you could add precooked minced meat into the mushrooms. | . Easy to make, few ingredients and super fresh, these Italian-inspired Baked Stuffed Portobellos can also easily be made vegan and/or gluten-free by subbing a few ingredients (see suggestions at the end of post). Let's get cooking!
Preheat oven to 350°F . Gently remove stems and scrape black gills out of portobellos, taking care of not to rip the edges. Place mushrooms open side up on baking sheet and cook for 20 minutes.
While mushrooms are baking, put olive oil in large skillet over medium heat on stove top. Add garlic. Sauté for approximately 1 minute; do not allow to burn. Add spinach and salt to pan. Stir and fold constantly until the spinach wilts down (aprrox 5 minutes). Remove from heat, set aside, and allow to cool to the touch. Place spinach in a colander lined with paper towels. Use additional paper towels and squeeze as much liquid out as possible.
With mushrooms still on baking sheet, spread 1/4 cup marinara sauce on the bottom of each. Divide the cooked and drained spinach into four parts. Place equal amounts of spinach in each mushroom. Divide the crumbled goat cheese into four parts. Using your hands, form a loose patty of sorts before putting one on top of each mushroom.
Place the mushrooms back in the oven for approximately 10 minutes. During that time, melt the unsalted butter in a small bowl in the microwave for 20 seconds or so. Add and mix Panko bread crumbs and Italian seasoning to the butter (roll the dried herbs in-between your fingers when adding to help release natural oils).
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For many years Blue Hill Schools has provided space for a combined effort of ESU #9 and Hastings Head Start to operate a preschool program called the Webster County Early Learning Center (WCELC). Starting in August, Blue Hill Community Schools will take over operation of the preschool program and it will be called the Blue Hill Preschool.
Blue Hill Preschool will not be charging a tuition for students to attend. The new developmental preschool program is for children who have turned 3 by July <|fim_middle|> Blue Hill School District's boundaries.
We invite you to consider the program for your child. If you have questions or would like more information there will be a special Preview/Enrollment Night on Tuesday, March 20 at 6:30pm in the Blue Hill High School Gym. First preference for registration will be given to students receiving special education services followed by District resident families and families of current option enrolled students in grades K-12.
If you have questions or would like more information, please contact Mrs. Lori Toepfer by calling the Blue Hill Elementary School Office at 402-756-2085 or send an email to loritoepfer@bluehillschools.org. A copy of the preschool application can be found by following this link - BH Preschool Application. | 31st and turn 5 after July 31st. Preschool will offer half day and full day sessions. The program will be staffed by highly qualified early childhood educators many of whom have experience working in a preschool setting. Transportation will be provided to the preschool and to daycares. Transportation for preschool students will be expanded to include destinations outside of the | 74 |
4th Annual 'Scott Hamilton and Friends' Benefits The Scott Hamilton CARES Foundation for Funding Cancer Research with Partial Proceeds Benefiting the V Foundation for Cancer Research
V Foundation
The V Foundation for Cancer Research, a top-rated cancer research charity, is excited to announce Olympic Gold Medalist Scott Hamilton will return to the ice on November 24 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN for the fourth annual 'Scott Hamilton & Friends.'
CARY, NC (November 22, 2019) — The V Foundation for Cancer Research, a top-rated cancer research charity, is excited to announce Olympic Gold Medalist Scott Hamilton will return to the ice on November 24 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN for the fourth annual 'Scott Hamilton & Friends<|fim_middle|> Racial Disparities in Cancer Outcomes
The V Foundation Announces 16th Annual V Week for Cancer Research with Founding Partner ESPN | .' On Sunday, the biggest names in figure skating will perform to songs performed live by the greatest names in music. The event will raise funds for The Scott Hamilton CARES Foundation, funding cancer research, including $200,000 benefiting the V Foundation.
"I have some truly amazing friends that will come together for a night unlike any other — incredible music and figure skating performances combined for a night that celebrates the '80s while raising money for cancer research," said Hamilton.
Co-hosting the evening with Hamilton is nine-time GRAMMY Award winner Sheryl Crow. Crow and Hamilton, both cancer survivors, will be joined on stage for performances by GRAMMY winning artist Kenny Loggins, multi-platinum singer/songwriter Gavin DeGraw, American Music Award-winning band MercyMe, Academy of Country Music nominated band Runaway June, John Elefante, former lead singer of Kansas, and Johnathan Cain andNeal Schon of Journey, backed by highly acclaimed Nashville touring, recording and songwriting veterans, Sixwire.
"Working with Scott and the team at Scott Hamilton CARES is an absolute privilege and joy," said Susan Braun, Chief Executive Officer of the V Foundation. "Their creativity captures our minds, and their commitment to cancer patients and research captures our hearts. This partnership helps us both put outstanding science into motion — so we can put an end to cancer."
The event will pair these live music performances with ice skating from the biggest names in the field. Performances will include Olympic Ice Dancing Gold Medalists and Dancing with the Stars champion Meryl Davis and her partner Olympic Ice Dancing Gold Medalist Charlie White, 2x Olympic Pairs Gold Medalist Katia Gordeeva, Ice Dance World Medalists Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje, World Gold Medalist Jeffrey Buttle, U.S. National Gold Medalist Mirai Nagasu, 2x U.S. National Gold Medalist Alissa Czisny, U.S. National Gold Medalists Ashley Cain-Gribble and Timothy Le Duc, U.S. National Gold Medalist Ryan Bradley, U.S. National Gold Medalist Max Aaron and 2x Canadian National Gold Medalist Nam Nguyen.
Proceeds from the concert benefit Scott Hamilton CARES Foundation, which supports the future of cancer by funding advanced, innovative research that treats the cancer while sparing the patient. For more information, visit ScottCARES.org or v.org.
About the V Foundation for Cancer Research
The V Foundation for Cancer Research was founded in 1993 by ESPN and the late Jim Valvano, legendary North Carolina State University basketball coach and ESPN commentator. Since 1993, the Foundation has funded more than $250 million in cancer research grants nationwide. The V Foundation awards 100% of direct donations to cancer research and programs. The V Foundation's endowment covers administrative expenses. The Foundation awards peer-reviewed grants through a competitive awards process strictly supervised by a Scientific Advisory Committee. For more information on the V Foundation or to make a donation, please visit v.org.
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HOBBIES • by Stephen V. Ramey
June 1, 2014 Every Day Fiction 20 Comments
"I really must speak to you about the koi." The speaker was a man still in his pajamas, standing by the tall window overlooking the courtyard.
Countess Vinsensio Blue Moon Rising considered whether to answer his query. He was in no manner dressed to be received by her, a countess with more generations of generals and statesman standing in regimented rows of ancestry than he was capable of imagining. Still, his comment concerning koi piqued her interest. Of all her hobbies, tending to the koi was her favorite.
"What, precisely, is the matter?" she said. She did not care to look at him, and so looked away. The courtyard trees brimmed with cherries — another of her hobbies — but she could not see the ponds from her vantage in the blue chair. Blue was the color she preferred in chairs and walls and area rugs. Various complementary shades, of course, but blue through and through.
"They're floating," the man in pajamas stated.
"Koi often laze in the sunshine at this time of — "
"I mean they're floating upside-down, belly-up as it were." His voice conveyed sympathy, though that was difficult to credit in a man who wore pajamas all day.
Now the Countess did look at him, directly into his steely eyes. His angular face was made even longer by the downward-pointed beard on his chin.
"What is your name?" she said.
The man made an awkward bow from the waist. "I am known as Mister Pajama Man by my peers, but you may call me P.J."
The Countess shifted in her seat without the slightest display of the discomfort she felt from stays digging into her tender flesh. "Is it your habit to go about in pajamas, Mister P… P.J.?"
"It is," he said. "I have pursued this particular pastime since my detention — a consequence of certain crimes I most vehemently deny! — in this sterile place of delinquent doctors and transparent therapists." His teeth appeared in what turned out to be a rather full smile. The Countess nodded, though she did not understand why he would refer to her servants in such a manner.
"Is wearing pajamas your singular hobby?" she said. She had little respect for people with merely one hobby, yet she did rather enjoy this man's smile.
"That, and the koi," he said. "And one other."
The Countess nodded. "As we have the koi in common, you may aid me." She extended her hand, fingers perfectly aligned. He bowed again as he took her hand, which put her at ease. Strange hobbies she could tolerate, but men without manners drove her insensate.
They stood at the window and looked down upon three ponds, as blue as the walls, as blue as the Countess' blood. And, indeed, every koi seemed to be floating at the surface, the whites of their bellies as bright as the sun.
The Countess' face went hot. Showing one's belly was tantamount in fish to a lady revealing her undergarments in public. "Have you witnessed this before?" she said.
"What shall we do about it?" Obviously, the status quo was intolerable. "As a fellow koi enthusiast, we must put our heads together on this matter."
"Come," the man in Pajamas said. "We'll inspect the damage."
"Very well." The Countess followed him through double-doors into the courtyard. They bent over the first pool.
"What might cause such a die-off?" she mused aloud. "These fish have a pedigree nearly as distinguished as my own."
"Poison," the man in pajamas said.
"Poison?" The Countess straightened. Her ribs pinched with the sudden shifting of her corset. "What evidence to you observe that I do not?" The water was so clear<|fim_middle|> cannot be helped; we must associate intimately if we are to solve the mystery of the fish." She angled her face toward his. She had never kissed a man in a courtyard filled with dead koi.
"You misunderstand me," the man in pajamas said, "I harbor no passion for koi, Madam, but a strong desire to see them dead."
The Countess frowned. "You have confused me, sir."
His grip around her tightened further. "Allow me to enumerate." He lifted his free hand. "I have precisely three hobbies, Madam." He extended a finger. "One: Wearing Pajamas." A second finger ticked out. "Two: Poisoning koi." A third finger shot forth. "Three: Killing you." With a sudden thrust he cast the Countess into the pond.
Cold water slapped her face. She struggled and splashed, but in the end the bulk and absorption qualities of her garments bore her down. Air bubbled from her lungs. She turned her face sideways until an orange constellation hung between her and the man in pajamas. He peered through the water like a hawk observing a kill.
She recognized the expectation in his eyes, the all too common exhilaration of witnessing a better unhorsed. Anger bled through her then, dark and cold and hard as steel. She would not give the man in pajamas the satisfaction he sought.
With a final effort, she craned her head around and gazed resolutely into the blue, blue bottom.
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"It's not that," the man in pajamas said. The Countess felt his arm slip around her waist. Her first impulse was to smack his hand, but as she was not a creature of first impulse she allowed the surprisingly comfortable pressure to continue.
"If you are concerned about interruption," he said, "be assured that we are quite alone. I chose this time and place precisely."
The Countess sighed. "I suppose it | 99 |
The following review contains spoilers from the show's pilot episode.
"I need to know, is this is real?" David Haller (Dan Stevens) asks Syd Barrett (Rachel Keller) in the pilot episode of Legion, FX's outstanding new X-Men spinoff series. Created by Noah Hawley, based on a lesser-known Marvel Comic character introduced by Chris Claremont and Bill Sienkiewicz, Legion is an origin story centered on a mutant named David Haller whose telepathic and telekinetic powers mimic symptoms of schizophrenia.
Hawley, the mastermind behind FX's brilliant Fargo, constructs an original story in the shadow of the X-Men universe. The pilot, written and directed by the show-runner, is a frenetically paced psychedelic mind-bender that successfully subverts expectations for not only comic book adaptations, but prestige dramas as well. The first of the series' eight episodes debuted on February 8th and it's sensational. Legion eschews traditional storytelling for a wild, unpredictable and thrilling ride into a mutant's brain that should delight both comic book fans and non-fans alike.
David's story begins with an opening childhood montage accompanied by The Who. David transforms from a happy kid to a hopeless young man, suffering from an endless onslaught of auditory and visual hallucinations. He's diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and medicated; however, his severe psychological pain drives him to an unsuccessfully suicide attempt. Subsequently, he enters Clockworks Psychiatric Hospital where he spends the next six years. Heavily medicated and treated by a series of therapists, David's worst symptoms and his mood stabilize; yet, he continues to be haunted by a relentless voices and lurid visions, including frequent visits from a grotesque "Dev<|fim_middle|> Haller has a famous relative in the comics, but I'd be surprised if the character is featured on the show.
Keller's character shares a name with one of the founding members of Pink Floyd, who left the group due to his deteriorating mental health. "Brain Dead," "Wish You Were Here" and "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" all deal with the aftermath of Barrett's departure.
Here's another Pink Floyd reference. The pilot seems to evoke many of the themes from the band's The Dark Side of the Moon. | il with Yellow Eyes." Spending his existence in a clouded Kolonopin daze, David passes the time by hanging out with his best friend Lenny (Aubrey Plaza). His only connection to the outside world is his sister (The League's Kate Anselton), who drops by for visits on his birthday. So it goes.
His life takes an unexpected turn when a new patient arrives, the beautiful and mysterious Sydney "Syd" Barrett (Fargo's Rachel Keller). Syd suffers from anti-social anxiety disorder and David's spur of the moment meet-cute attempt backfires. David's psychosis has isolated him from maintaining meaningful relationships and he's desperate to make a connection. He receives a second chance when Syd joins his therapy group. The duo effortlessly banters like they've known each other for years. She's sarcastic, intelligent and thoughtful. David is smitten and decides to ask her out. She accepts, but divulges her fear of physical contact. This isn't a deal-breaker for David and the couple embarks on an emotionally intimate relationship, shown through an inspired montage. They creatively discover ways to show affection, as they laugh, cry, and dance. It's a heartfelt glimpse of two misfits falling in love.
David is jolted awake in an unfamiliar place and greeted by "The Interrogator" (Hamish Linklater). The Interrogator works for a shady government agency that's holding David captive at their covert location. David is questioned about his involvement with "the incident at Clockworks" Unsure of the reason for his detainment, an understandably skittish David slowly shares what he remembers. David admits he once believed he could control things with his mind, but his delusion has disappeared through years of therapy and psychotropic medication. Twist! His powers are real and they're spectacular! He just doesn't know it. He may even be the strongest mutant alive. We see evidence of his abilities through his memory of a psychedelic freak out in a kitchen, triggered by a volatile blend of anger and despair. The scene is filmed in spectacular slow motion, with David's vast telekinetic abilities on full display, unwittingly causing cabinets and drawers to violently swing open as their contents swirl through the air with the force of a tornado.
The episode's most pivotal scene is David's hazy memory of the "incident" and it's catalyst: Syd's news that she's leaving Clockworks. David's happy for her, but the thought of life without her scares him. David decides to express his feelings by impulsively kissing her goodbye. This seemingly innocuous romantic gesture has dire consequences for everyone at Clockworks, as we discover Syd is much more than just a manic pixie dream girl with an aversion to physical contact. She's a mutant, too, with mysterious powers of her own. Syd and David's superpowers unintentionally collide in an explosive sequence where Legion's camera races through the hospital and flips upside down, while simultaneously zooming in and out and switching point-of-views. This creates a disorienting effect as the audience is hurled into the middle of pure chaos.
The episode's second half bounds back and forth through time, as David tries to piece together his memories, dreams, and visions, in order to outsmart his captors and grab hold of his reality. A trio of allies, Kerry (Amber Midthunder), Ptonomy (Jeremie Harris), and Melanie (Jean Smart), come to David's assistance in an undeniably jaw-dropping climactic rescue, setting the stage for upcoming episodes.
Legion's cast grounds the cerebral thriller with winning performances. Dan Stevens, a British actor most famous for his role on Downton Abbey, is terrific as man tenuously grasping reality. Stevens nails every aspect of a tricky role, believably expressing existential dread and earnestness, while also added touches of self-deprecating humor. Rachel Keller, Fargo's young femme fatale Simone Gerhardt, is also superb. Keller is a versatile and magnetic actress, whose expressive eyes reveal Syd as someone balancing a desire for human connection with the secrets of her past. Her relationship with David adds dimensions of heart and the two actors play off each other wonderfully. Aubrey Plaza (Parks and Recreation) provides welcome comic relief as David's delightfully disheveled best friend, Lenny. Resembling Lou Reed, Plaza steals scenes with her distinctive delivery and squirrely body language, with eyes twinkling with maniacal mischief. Lenny's interactions with David lead to the show's most laughs, serving as a disarming detour from the darkness.
Legion is not only a journey into David's fractured psyche, but one also into Noah Hawley's boundless imagination.. With his 2016 novel Before the Fall and Fargo, Hawley's excelled at creating suspenseful stories with intricate plotting, sharp dialogue, and compelling characters. Legion strikes the same chords as his previous work, but distinguishes itself with a more complex, non-linear story structure and visual style unlike anything on TV. The sets are meticulously detailed, filling David's delirious fever dreams and fuzzy memories with bright, saturated colors. David's trouble distinguishing dreams from reality gives the show a timeless vibe. Many of David's visions are fueled by his consumption of popular culture; the hospital's name and interiors are a nod to a several Stanley Kubrick films and Milos Forman's One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest. The characters dress in styles from a myriad of eras. David's sister looks like a 1960s housewife, the hospital's patients wear uniforms that mirror 1970s ABA warm-ups, and the government agents wear suits ostensibly fitted by a tailor from a dystopian future.
The show's brilliantly shot, using a myriad of disorienting camera angles that expertly evoke a malleable tone. The visuals seamlessly move from the look of 1970s conspiracy thriller, to the menacing sensory distortion of a David Lynch film, to the joyous dance numbers and offbeat montages seen in Wes Anderson's movie. Each reference serves a purpose and Hawley masterfully blends the divergent styles into his own singular vision.
Composer Jeff Russo adds to the show's mind-bending tone with an unnerving score. Russo's ever changing soundscape expresses David's kinetic mental state toggling from jittery percussion to 80s synth infused electronica to ominous trombones to uplifting cinematic strings. There's also a collection of tracks by bands including The Who, The Rolling Stones, Jane's Addiction, and Pink Floyd.
Noah Hawley's Fargo ranks as one of the best shows on TV, and if this masterful debut is any indication, Legion will reach similar heights.
Legion airs Wednesday nights at 10 p.m. on FX.
I'm not sure how much the show will incorporate elements of X-Men in its story. David | 1,423 |
Ryan Seacrest dating Adriana Lima
Ryan Seacrest and Adriana Lima are dating.
The radio show host and the Victoria's Secret Angel were spotted out on a dinner date in New York City after spending plenty of time together at the Rio 2016 Olympics in the raven-haired stunner's native Brazil over the summer.
The pair were also seen indulging in some food at New York's Dell'Anima eatery over the weekend, according to E!.
Adriana, 35, snapped several pictures of herself with the 41-year-old TV presenter during the Olympics, in which she described him as "handsome" and "charismatic".
She wrote: "With the charismatic- handsome @ryanseacrest and the beautiful @alessandraambrosio"
In another snap she shared a picture of herself, Ryan and fellow model Alessandra Ambrosio on the beach in Rio.
She captioned the picture: "No escritório. At The Office today with @ryanseac<|fim_middle|> got engaged to the star in 2002 but they called off their engagement less than a year later.
Ryan was in a relationship with professional dancer Julianne Hough for more than two years until they split in March 2013. | rest @alessandraambrosio"
Sharing another photo of the trio, in which she is clutching a common Brazilian brigadeiro delicacy, she wrote: "Don't touch my brigadeiro!"
Before the Games kicked off, Adriana got the chance to carry the Olympic torch.
She wrote afterwards: "Grateful to experience this incredible honor and dream to carry the #Rio2016 Olympic torch in my home country Brazil (sic)"
Adriana has two daughters, Valentina, six, and four-year-old Sienna, with Serbian NBA star Marko Jarić, who she split from in May 2014 after five years of marriage.
The pair's divorce was completed in March this year.
She previously dated singer Lenny Kravitz in 2001 and | 164 |
Too be fair it is a quieter time than we are used to around the hood but still lots to do if you're looking for fun.
Today in honour of Pi Day our neighbours<|fim_middle|> weather you might need a strong one and there is no better place to enjoy top quality bourbon than Hooch on Rideau Street.
Kick off Saturday with Cartoons & Pyjamas at the Mayfair theatre. Saturday Morning all you can eat Cereal Cartoon Party starts at 10AM – what a great way to start the day.
Saturday morning at 11am the St Patrick's Day parade kicks off at Laurier & Elgin. A bit cooler than I'd like for the wearing of the green but it'll definitely be full of warm spirit.
Sure, Urban Craft is located at the Glebe Community Centre, put this Saturday's fair is worth attending given the presence of great Sandy Hill locals like Auntie Loo's Treats – hosting Auntie Loo's Kitchen and providing the opportunity to support ton's of talent local artisans. Like the tag line says "Hip – Modern – Handmade"!
The wonderful thing about downtown living is the remarkable events on our doorstep.
From Winter Bike Rides to Award Winning plays and now two glamorous nights of Oysters, Vodka & Stout within stumbling distance from home.
Dress up in your finest outwear and visit The Albion Room patio tonight and tomorrow for the outdoor Ice Bar event. It is no secret that we are massive fans of this high-end quality venue. Chef Stephen La Salle will be shucking on the patio all night while you warm-up by the fire and enjoy drinks in the comfortable stylish surrounds. | over at Boko Bakery on Elgin are offering FREE Pie-pops until 8PM. Great offer and we'll be sure to pick up a few extra bits to support their generosity.
Tons of great local's for Friday night drinks. Personal favourites include the outstanding cocktails and stylish surrounds of The Albion Rooms. Fancy a craft beer & live music it's got to be the Lunenburg Pub where the prices are great and the crowd is lively. With the wintery | 96 |
Atlanta – Celebrity Nollywood Actress Oge Okoye looked dashing in an Estella Couture gown as she stepped out on stage to present awards to recipients at the recently hosted 2nd Annual African Awards, USA. The African Awards is an annual award organized to showcase and<|fim_middle|> Sport Personality: Osi Umenyiro, Diplomatic Personality: Mr. Joe Beasley and the Humanitarian Recipient: Carter Center. Trendy Africa Magazine was nominated in the category of 'Publication of the year'.
Presenters at the awards included Yewande and Dr. Lisa Gilkes. From M.T.V. and B.E.T. to the historic Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Yewande's socially charged music has taken center stage with the likes of the Black Eyed Peas, Maroon 5, and India Arie, but it is her work as an award-winning lecturer, activist and honorary U. S. Cultural Ambassador that has become perhaps her greatest achievement. Since 2006, her humanitarian organization, The Change Rocks Foundation, has empowered some of the world's most vulnerable children by using music to promote education, leadership, health awareness and sustainable skills from Africa to the Americas.
Doctor Lisa Perry Gilkes, MD is a medical phenomenon. Dr. Gilkes is an otolaryngologist, specializing in the facial plastic surgery, head and neck surgery, and the treatment of ear, nose and throat disorders In Adults and Children, and she treats sleep disorders such as Sleep Apnea. I can't think of anyone more qualified to present our Medical Personnel of the Year Award. Abigal Thomas; the event facilitator, explained that the a portion of the proceeds will benefit Hope of Africa Organization – an organization that provide resources to orphans and the underprivileged in West Africa via medical supplies, education scholarship funds, school supplies, etc. | recognize the enormous talents of people of African descent who have made positive and selfless contributions in their local community and abroad.
Award winners at the event include; Educator of the Year: Nathaniel Nyok, African Publication of the Year: Dr. Mike Okeke, African Actor: Majid Michel, Medical Personnel: Dr. Yvonne Smith, Fashion Designer: Afua Sam, Upcoming Artist: Filon Jay, Best DJ: Samuel Conteh, | 94 |
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First haircuts are a specialty, and kids (and kids-at-heart) can have their hair decorated with colored gel (and perhaps even some pixie dust!). The Dapper Dans barber shop quartet even makes surprise appearances from time to time. In fact, the shop is so popular that they just began accepting reservations. Guests can call 407-WDW-DINE to book an appointment.
Penny cut both my son's and daughter's hair last week. They watched a parade go by as they sat there getting their hair cut. What a wonderful addition to their first Disney World trip!
I was lucky enough to be present when this video was being taped since my son was receiving his first haircut that day (we had a 9 am reservation). Gary (and all the cast members) went above and beyond to make my little guy comfortable. We even got some up close and personal attention with Mickey after his filming session was over. Thanks for the magic, we won't take our little guy anywhere else for a haircut!
Can you get a shave with a straight razor at the Barber Shop?
I just took my son Hayden in for his 1st haircut September 24th. I loved that it came with a 1st haircut Mickey ears and a certificate.
The Harmony Barber Shop is one of those little places that make Disney World special. Thank you for such a great video about it!
Does Harmony Barber Shop participate in any program like "Locks for Love", where the long hair is donated to make wigs for children or adults having radiation treatments?
I love this video! It makes me want to go get my hair cut there.
Michael gave my son (Sawyer) his first haircut on his 1st birthday in November 2008. He was amazing with him and it's something we will remember forever. The pictures and video we have are incredible. Everything about that day was so MAGICAL!!! Can't wait to go back and get one of these "Mickey" haircuts!
My son, Jared, 11, and my husband, Steve both look forward to haircuts at the barber shop. Jared lets his hair grow just for the trips. Last year, Steve was the center of attention as several people waiting snapped pictures of him at the moment of the big reveal. Both father and son walk out every time with wonderful haircuts, complete with colorful gel, glitter and Mickey confetti. They draw a lot of attention as they walk around with the matching hair. Great bonding moments!
Its wonderful to see that Michael is still cutting hair at the barbershop. My wife and I learned about this wonderful experience from the nolonger published Disney Magazine and had our first haircuts there about 10 years ago.
We have gone back a few more times since. Its fun watching the littleones get their first haircuts. Its also fun as an adult to get you haircut by someone is so warm and friendly.
Not to mention having it finished off with blue color and pixie dust.
We love the Harmony Barber Shop! Both my daughters had their first hair cuts at the Magic Kingdom. At the end of May my oldest daughter was able to have her hair cut short so we could dontate the length to make wigs for others.
Love this! We are getting my little nephews first hair cut at the Magic Kingdom Park Harmony Barber Shop in January. I can't wait!!
Michal cut my son's hair for the first time this past March. He is great if you can get him but I'm sure the other just as good. My advice is to go right before the afternoon parade starts. My son got to watch the entire parade from the barber chair and there was no wait!!!
My sons and I always get the color and pixie dust when we go. Where else but Disney World could you get away with it and not feel out of place. If you can't let go and enjoy in the Happiest Place on Earth I don't know where you could.
Just booked my son's first haircut on our trip in November. Can't wait. Hope we can get Michal but I am sure they are all great. Hubby is still trying to decide if he should get his cut at the same time.
How fun-looking! I am definitely making an appt. for my next Disney World visit.
Wow… he must've gotten something nice in compensation to do that, lol. I wish they'd do that at Disneyland.
Mickey (the barber, not the mouse!) – Hello from Tampa (again!) We'll see you next week for Liam's birthday!
I still get my haircut at the Harmony Barber Shop, and always opt for the glitter, and mickey head encrusted colored gel 🙂 Ohh and the previous posters are correct, Michael is the best! I would like to have a moment of silence for the famed cash register that used to be there. Michael said it went on to greener pastures…..
I guess this barber shop is for kids of ALL ages!!!
Great video, keep 'em coming!
When I met and picked up my stepson for the first time at 3 years old, I took him to Disney. His hair was so long he couldn't see so we stopped in the Harmony Barber shop for a haircut…that was almost 20 years ago…wow how time flies!
Michael has cut my hair a few times. The last time, I was luck enough to enjoy a surprise visit from the Dapper Dans. What a great way to get a hair cut! Mixed emotions about making reservations though. While I like being able to make reservations, it seems as though making a last minute decision and walking up would be impossible.
Last year my oldest got her 1st hair cut done by Ms. Penny and it was great. She wanted to get her haircut this year while we were there, but we just didn't have the time. Hopefully next year my 2nd will have enough hair to get her's done and I let them both do it! I'm hoping to always get my kids 1st haircuts done here, truly magical!!!
Love it!! We have a daughter and I will have to take her here for her first haircut as well!
Ryan's second haircut. Michal did the first, but couldn't find the images online.
I'd do that in a heartbeat! I'm planning a park visit in December – perhaps I should make an appointment.
Michal has cut all of my boy's hair. 🙂 He's given 2 of my boys their first haircuts and when my youngest boy has enough hair for a haircut (he's over a year old and still has peach fuzz at this point haha) then he will be going to see Michal. In fact, my oldest was terrified of haircuts and would have to be held down and screamed the entire time he got a haircut before Michal. After going to Harmony, he only wants his hair cut at Disney. 😉 He's a kid after my own heart. lol. So we make the trip down every few months strictly for haircuts and then of course it turns into a day of rides and fun. He was doing a modeling class and they requested he have his hair cut at a place here in our city that they use for their event. It didn't go over too well. lol.
We LOVE Michal! He gave my son his first hair cut a few weeks ago and we had such a wonderful experience. I wish I could attach a picture to<|fim_middle|> Harmony Barber Shop until I saw this video!
Gary, once again, you've gone above and beyond to share the magic of our Parks to our Guests despite the ramifications of your antics! I'm glad to see that your hair has grown back. | share with all of you. I'll never forget that moment and we already have our appointment set up for our next trip (my son's hair grows fast!).
Michal gave my son his first haircut 2 and a half years ago!!!! He's the best!
Michael gave my oldest son his first haircut during his first visit to the Magic Kingdom 8 years ago. It was absolutely wonderful. Now we're taking our fifth and last son to Disney to visit the Harmony Barber shop for his first haircut. What a wonderful way to make magical memories.
I was thinking how nice it would be to have one's hair cut and styled at the | 129 |
Catching Up with D.J. Kennedy
The thirteenth all-time scorer in St. John's history finds success overseas
D.J. Kennedy celebrates after Overseas Elite captures their fourth straight championship
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Nick Bello, Social Media Manager
For former St. John's guard D.J. Kennedy, basketball has given him the opportunity to travel the world as he has built an illustrious career playing overseas. Kennedy, who is ranked thirteenth all-time in scoring at St. John<|fim_middle|> alma mater.
"I always keep a tab on them to see how things are going," he said.
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In a recent interview with the Torch, Kennedy talked about how the game of basketball has brought him to different corners of the world.
"I've seen a lot of places that I thought I probably wouldn't ever see due to basketball," he said.
At St. John's, Kennedy scored 1,504 points in his career and was part of the 2010-11 team that turned the Red Storm program around by making it all the way to the NCAA Tournament — after not making to the Tournament for many years prior.
Although Kennedy suffered an injury in his senior season, he still put up 10.4 points per game in what was his favorite season as a Johnnie.
"It was bittersweet for me being that I got injured," Kennedy said. "That whole year was amazing for us, for everything we did to make a run like that, [it] was just great."
Kennedy's professional career got off to a rocky start as he went undrafted in the 2011 NBA Draft. He was later acquired by the Erie BayHawks of the D-League before later signing with the Cleveland Cavaliers in April of 2012. In 2013, Kennedy was named to D-League All-Star team and later went on to win the 2013 NBA D-League Championship with the Rio Grande Vipers.
He would later go on to play for four NBA teams and also played in the NBA Summer League with Miami, Minnesota and Houston.
"It was a good experience for me," Kennedy said about his time in the NBA. "It's a tough business, you just gotta hope you have the right opportunity and you're in the right situation."
Kennedy's first experience overseas came in the fall of 2013 when he signed with BCM Gravelines in France. Kennedy played in only eight games for Gravelines before playing for Hapoel Holon of Israel in 2014. Kennedy's overseas journey has taken him to France, Germany, Russia, China and, recently, Turkey.
In November of last year Kennedy signed with Pinar Karşiyaka of Turkey where he averaged an impressive 19 points and 8.4 rebounds per game in 18 appearances. Kennedy was later named to the Star Lineup of the Basketball Champions League.
Although Kennedy has experienced a lot of success overseas, he has also been successful on American soil in an event called The Basketball Tournament. This tournament featured 18 teams from across the country who competes in a high stakes basketball competition for $2 million. Kennedy, who plays for Overseas Elite, captured his fourth straight championship last Friday night where he contributed 14 points and nine rebounds in the win, and was also named MVP of the tournament for the second time in his TBT career.
Overseas Elite also features Paris Horne and Justin Burrell who were teammates of Kennedy's at St. John's.
"We have that chemistry and we know each other real well," Kennedy said about playing with Horne and Burrell. "We know how each other play and we play off one another."
Kennedy got involved with The Basketball Tournament through Horne, whose agency started a team. This year, however, it featured a St. John's alumni team that was coached by Kevin Clark, another former teammate of Kennedy's at St. John's.
Kennedy however never thought about playing for Clark's alumni team in this year's tournament.
"I don't think any of us even considered it," Kennedy said when asked if him Horne or Burrell thought about joining Clark's team.
Kennedy's performance last Friday night showed that the 28-year-old has a lot of game left in him.
"I haven't given [retirement] any thought yet," Kennedy said. "It's great to be able to travel the world and make as much money as you can doing what you love to do."
Although Kennedy hasn't planned out life after basketball, coming back to St. John's to be a part of the athletics program or even to coach, would be something he is willing to try.
"[St. John's has] one of the best supporting casts in terms of fans and alumni," he said. "I would definitely like to be a part of that if the opportunity came about."
For right now, however, Kennedy is going to keep playing overseas where he still keeps tabs on St. John's basketball. Although games are not broadcasted on cable, Kennedy finds ways to watch his | 938 |
Artist Joseph Aspell<|fim_middle|> San Francisco, was reserved for a four-month exhibition of this work. They can now be seen in St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco.
Rubén M. Escobedo (B.B.A. '60) and his wife, Verόnica Salazar Escobedo, have given $500,000 to create The Escobedo Saint John's Bible Lecture Series Endowment. Their gift will allow for the recruitment of scriptural scholars, research and curriculum design, and other programming as St. Mary's seeks to establish a Center for Catholic Studies.
The Saint John's Bible was created by scribes, artists and craftspeople across the world under the direction of Donald Jackson, one of the world's most prominent calligraphers. Each set of the Heritage Edition uses the best archival-quality, 100 percent cotton paper, fade-resistant ultraviolet inks, hand stamping and metallic foils containing genuine silver and gold to mirror the original. | presented "Sight, Insight, Illumination – Art: The Humanity of the Spiritual" on Thursday, March 20, as part of the newly renamed Escobedo Saint John's Bible Lecture Series.
The event was held in the University Center's Conference Room A on campus. Volumes of The Saint John's Bible were on display for close examination.
Aspell led a conversation centering on his art's exploration of contemporary life through the window of Vatican Council II scholarly renewal. He walked the audience through cathedrals and gardens, universities and retreats, parishes and schools. He explored architecture, landscape design, sculpture, stained glass and great craftsmanship, moving from sight to insight to illumination.
em>The Saint John's Bible is the first handwritten, hand-illuminated Bible to be commissioned by a Benedictine Abbey in more than 550 years, and its seven-volume Heritage Edition now resides at St. Mary's University. The Saint John's Bible was commissioned in 1998 by the Benedictine monks of Saint John's Abbey and University in Collegeville, Minn. The Heritage Edition, valued at about $150,000, is a full-scale reproduction of the original masterpiece; each volume measures 2 feet tall by 3 feet wide when open. Only 299 sets of the Heritage Edition exist.
Aspell has been creating art and working with churches of various denominations for the past 30 years. Among his achievements is his work as designer for the Papal Visit to San Francisco in 1987. Later the tapestry wing of the Palace of the Legion of Honor, the fine art museum in | 340 |
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Used Moffat MM12 Stainless Steel Multideck Chiller. | are beautiful quality and have been used 3 times. Bought from brand new. No longer required as took over another company so condensing stock.
A fantastic machine used for only 2 years and in mint condition aside from some minor scratches as shown on the photo. Currently retailing at over £5,500.00 new, making it outstanding value.
It also comes with a Mazzer Luigi grinder, again currently selling at over £500. Plus jugs | 97 |
Locate services for your parent from providers you can trust.
Editor's note: This article originally appeared in the January 2014 issue of Kiplinger's Personal Finance.
The signs are subtle at first. Your mom's fridge is less stocked than usual. Dust appears on surfaces<|fim_middle|>'s Managing Someone Else's Money. | that once gleamed. You spot a ding on the car. As you're leaving for the airport after a visit, her next-door neighbor makes a point of asking how she's doing and urges you to come back soon.
Later, you get a call about a fall, an illness or another minor car accident, and suddenly you're one of the seven million or so people playing the role of long-distance caregiver, defined as someone who helps a parent or relative living an hour or more away. The job can involve anything from visiting more often to orchestrating services and taking on financial and legal responsibilities on behalf of a parent.
Start the conversation. Persuading your parent that he or she needs help requires tact and patience, says Christina Irving, of the Family Caregiver Alliance. "Bring up what you're noticing and let them know you're concerned and would like to help as much as you can." If the problem involves finances, such as racking up overdraft fees, appeal to your parent's practical side, says Cal Brown, a financial adviser at Savant Capital Management, in McLean, Va. "Point out the errors and say, 'Look, you can't do this anymore. It's costing you too much money.' " Consider including a trusted adviser in the conversation, such as the family doctor or lawyer, for support.
Or, if the roles don't break down neatly, divvy them up according to who has time to make arrangements and who has the money to help pay for services. Also ask family friends, neighbors and perhaps church members to help -- say, by providing an occasional ride. Tools such as CaringBridge can help you organize tasks and keep everyone informed.
Gather information. Put together a file or notebook that includes the names and contact information of your parent's doctors, lawyers, financial advisers and other key players, including the friends and neighbors who have agreed to help out. Make a list of all medications, and find out where the prescriptions are filled. (Some pharmacies, including CVS, let patients manage their prescriptions online, making it easier to keep track. And some pharmacies still deliver.) On the financial side, gather information about your parent's income and assets. Identify bank, investment and credit card accounts and passwords, and know where insurance policies, legal documents and tax returns are kept.
Get authority. One of you will also need your parent's durable power of attorney, which lets you make legal and financial transactions on your parent's behalf. With this document, anything the person giving authority can do, the agent should be able to do, "no matter what the situation," says Howard Krooks, president of the National Academy of Eldercare Attorneys. That agent (presumably, you or a sibling) can set up automatic payments for recurring fixed expenses, such as the mortgage, and pay other bills online.
Line up home services. If your parent is recovering from an illness or injury or is having trouble with basic activities such as dressing or bathing, he or she may need home health care. Home health aides, who are often nurses, can supervise medications and provide physical or occupational therapy, as well as skilled nursing. The average cost runs $21 an hour. Medicare covers home health care under specific, limited circumstances; private insurers generally follow the same criteria Medicare does. See more information on the rules and find a Medicare-certified home health agency here.
Enlist volunteers. The National Volunteer Caregiving Network (some chapters continue to use the name Faith in Action) lists about 500 programs in communities across the country whose volunteers provide free services, including transportation, yardwork, light housekeeping, respite care and friendly visits. Not every program provides every service, but most at least offer transportation, says Rhonda Anderson, executive director of the network, "because that's the biggest need." Programs usually run a background check and vet the driving records of volunteers, she says. To find services near you, use this interactive map.
Hire a geriatric care manager. If your parent's medical situation becomes more complicated than you can handle, or you simply need guidance, hire a certified geriatric care manager. Such professionals will assess your parent's needs, help identify services and, if necessary, provide ongoing care management.
The cost: $100 to $200 an hour, depending on the location, says Jullie Gray, president of the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers. That's pricey, but it may take only one or two meetings to come up with a plan you can execute yourself, says Gray. "It's an affordable way to get on track." Care management can also be cost-effective if you live across the country or abroad and would otherwise face out-of-sight travel expenses. And sometimes, having boots on the ground is worth any price. "If Mom or Dad ends up in the hospital, we talk to doctors, coordinate care and make sure everyone knows what's happening," says Gray.
For a one-stop shop to find services in your community, call or visit the Eldercare Locator (800-677-1116). The locator can connect you with local agencies and volunteer programs that belong to the National Aging Network. For help paying the bills, visit www.benefitscheckup.org, which identifies programs that help pay for prescription drugs, health care and other basics. Also see the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | 1,101 |
Nigel and Linda have been in the fish frying trade since 1988 and serving the people of Lancaster together for over 20 years. Nigel and Linda started working together at Linda's parents' shop on Coulston Road. Years later, when Linda's parents decided to retire, Nigel and Linda decided to buy their own shop on Prospect Street. To achieve this they had to sell their much loved house and uplift the children to live above the chip shop. The pair were determined to turn the run down terraced shop around and began investing money into renovation and the finest frying technology. This investment and Nigel and Linda's knowledge and commitment was to set them apart from most other fryers.
After studying the history of fish and chips back to its humble beginnings nearly 150 years ago, they are committed to raising standards within the industry, aiming to bring fish and chips into the 21st century. Their fish and chips contain incredibly low levels of saturated fat compared to generations gone by. Recent analysis shows that 100 grams of a portion of Hodgson's fish, chips and peas contains merely 5.5 grams of fat.
Hodgson's Fish and Chips are prepared fresh daily from natural products. Hodgson's sources their fish<|fim_middle|> other takeaways – the average high street chain burger has 14.8g and French fries have 15.5g. Recent analysis shows that 100 grams of a portion of Hodgson's fish, chips and peas contains merely 5.5 grams of fat.
4. A portion contains 30 per cent of a female's recommended daily calorie intake and 23 per cent for a man.
5. Cod is the most popular fish sold in fish and chip shops although haddock and plaice are also very much liked.
6. You can get a third of your daily vitamin C from a portion of chips.
7. Thick chips absorb less oil than thin ones, so chunky chips are healthier.
8. In a further survey, fish and chips beat bacon for the UK's favourite smell.
9. Walker's created fish and chip flavour crisps in 2009.
10. Such is celebrity chef Brian Turner's love of the dish he has a chip fork made of silver always with him. | responsibly from sustainable stocks, only caught by reputable vessels. They marry this to trusty potatoes lifted from the fields of Pilling. They are simply cleaned, cut and fried to perfection.
Tony Naylor of The Guardian Newspaper (the national paper not our local one) sang our praises in his December 2011 article entitled "Lancaster's 10 best budget restaurants, pubs and cafes" in which he writes we are "are maintaining a fearsome standard" since becoming Fish and Chip Shop of the year... read the article here. In his blog piece about researching Lancaster's eateries for the paper's "Britain's best budget eats" series, he writes about "the exceptional fish 'n' chips at Hodgson's". Thanks, Tony! You can read his blog post here.
Hodgson's Chippy were thrilled to announce that they had won the UK's Fish and Chip Shop of the year 2005/06.
"To win this competition was a dream come true. It's the best thing to have happened to us in our professional life and has made all the hard work worth it. We've worked in the fish and chips business for many years and it's always been great fun. A great accolade for such a hard working committed team."
It was a proud moment for Hodgson's when in 2000 Nigel won the National Title of Young Fish Frier of the Year and in 2005 Paul too won the trophy. This was something that we had worked at for a lengthy time, achieving this made history as we were the first fish and chip shop to have two Young Fish Frier winners working at the same shop.
Judging goes through various stages of elimination and each candidate must have a very wide knowledge of the trade as well as, of course, being able to fry the best fish and chips. The competition is sponsored by the National Federation of Fish Friers and Drywite who are suppliers to the trade. Click the NFFF logo on the left for more news about our win.
Hodgson's Chippy have been a holder of this prestigious Seafish Quality Award every year since 1998 through to 2009. Stringent criteria must be met to achieve this award, with regular spot checks from Seafish Industry Authority.
In the new Star Rating Scheme Hodgson's achieved a Top 5 Star Rating - only a handful throughout the UK have achieved this.
STAFF members from Britain's top chippy are frying high again after scooping another award.
Hodgson's Chippy were crowned the best in Britain earlier this year when they won Fish and Chip of the Year, here they have also won the Best Team Award from the Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board at a sparkling ceremony at the Dunkenhalgh Hotel in Rishton.
Says boss Nigel Hodgson: "To win this award recognises what a fantastic team we have at the shop and to succeed over contenders from hotels, colleges and restaurants, it is brilliant!"
We sent our classic dish of fish, chips and peas to a UKAS accredited laboratory to be tested. UKAS accreditation means that the lab has been assessed against internationally recognised standards to demonstrate competence, impartiality and performance capability. Here's what they found.
A great balance of protein and carbohydrate, plenty of fibre, low in fat and salt, our fish and chips are one of the healthiest options for a take-away treat!
compliance with structural requirements and confidence in management control/procedures.
Lancaster City Council is working in partnership with The Food Standards Agency to run The Food Hygiene Rating Scheme.
This is a national scheme, providing consumers with information about hygiene standards in food premises. We are inspected by local authority food safety officers to check compliance with legal requirements. The food hygiene rating given reflects the inspection findings.
The Food Hygiene Rating Scheme enables you to make an informed choice about where you choose to eat out or shop for food, as it gives you an idea of what's going on in the kitchen, or behind closed doors.
You can view the rating of the place where you choose to eat or shop by checking the sticker in the window, the certificate on display inside the premises or by going to the FSA website. Click the FSA logo to go to their website in a new window.
To find out how Lancaster City Council monitors food safety, click the LCC logo to go to their website in a new window.
1. The UK has an estimated 10,500 fish and chip shops.
2. On any Friday, one in five takeaways are from the chippy.
3. The average portion of Fish & chips has 9.4 grams of fat per 100 grams, beating | 972 |
GO bond to fund UNM construction if passed
By Tom Hanlon Published 10/22/18 6:10am
Photo courtesy of UNM Newsroom.
This November, voters will be able to decide if the University of New Mexico will receive funds to renovate its chemistry building, construct a new Reserve Officer Training Corps building and build a new career center for the UNM Taos branch.
These projects are all part of General Obligation Bond D, which will be on the general election ballot this November. GO bonds are a type of municipal bond often used to fund brick and mortar projects on universities.
They are secured through a pledge taken by the state government to pay back bond holders using legally available resources, often through tax revenues. GO Bond D, however, is not associated with taxpayer dollars and would be paid back through revenue generated by UNM.
Dr. Karen Ann Smith, the research facilities director for the UNM Chemistry Department, said she wants voters to know the GO Bond D would benefit students and faculty in the long run.
"We think that we will be able to provide the students with better lab experiences that are climate controlled and experiments that are more relevant to what they're going to be doing looking forward from UNM," Smith said.
Bond D would allocate $16 million to renovating Clark Hall, UNM's chemistry building. According to UNM's GO Bond explanation, Bond D would renovate and modernize the 65-year-old building's classrooms, offices and teaching labs. It would also renovate the building's utilities, heating and air conditioning systems, and electrical and plumbing systems.
"The roof leaks, heating and climate control is terrible, students have to wear their winter coats in the lecture hall. And so, fixing all that would be really important," Smith said.
Smith said that while the renovation would present logistical challenges forcing faculty and staff offices to be temporarily relocated, all labs and classes would still be offered as normal.
"We will not allow those labs to be discontinued," Smith said. "We want students to be able to take those labs and we have to figure out a way to offer them."
Smith said the temporary inconvenience would be worth the new labs and equipment the chemistry department might receive if voters approve Bond D.
"We want to be able to offer cutting-edge science to the students and we can't do that with the current teaching labs," Smith said.
If approved, Bond D would also allocate $7 million to the construction of a ROTC building that would house the Army, Navy and Air Force programs. These programs are currently housed in separate buildings on the Northwest corner of campus.
According to UNM's GO Bond explanation, the ROTC buildings, "lack the basic infrastructure to support modern technologies, do not meet ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) bathroom fixture requirements, and lack proper facilities for women."
Before the start of the Fall semester, Army ROTC moved part of their program from their building on the corner of Lomas Boulevard and Yale Boulevard to Oñate Hall because facilities in the old building had become unusable.
Lt. Col. Alissa McKaig, professor of military science for UNM's AROTC, said a new facility housing all three service branches would better reflect<|fim_middle|> Center on the Taos Klauer Campus. According to the UNM GO Bond explanation, the new building would "house specialized classrooms for digital and media arts, computer simulation and 3D modeling; currently not available in the Taos area or at Klauer Campus."
The College Pathways to Career Center's purpose would be to provide "pre-college to college to career preparation services that will expose students to real-world job applications."
Early voting began Oct. 20 and will continue until Nov. 3. Election Day is Nov. 6.
Tom Hanlon is a news reporter at the Daily Lobo. He can be contacted at news@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @TomHanlonNM. | the kind of education cadets receive at UNM.
"We are recruiting nation-wide to bring cadets, and when they come to our program they're coming to attend UNM and so we want them to see our program as a reflection of the quality of education that they also receive in the University," McKaig said.
McKaig said the vision for the tri-service ROTC building is a U shaped structure with a center courtyard and each ROTC program would have its own wing. McKaig said such a layout would reflect the joint nature of military operations in today's military.
"These are the future leaders of our military, of our government, of our nation," McKaig said. "So I look at them establishing working relationships or just getting to know people from those other branches."
McKaig also said a shared building would promote friendly interservice competition and camaraderie.
"We used to have interservice competitions, we always beat Navy at Army-Navy football every year, and that has sort of gone away in the last few years and I think the new building would sort of reenergize that," McKaig said.
Bond D would also allocate $4,275,000 to the construction of a new building for the College Pathways to Career | 260 |
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San Francisco to Open New $100 Million Cruise Ship Terminal
After two decades of settling for sub-par facilities, San Francisco will finally welcome cruise liners into its multimillion dollar two storey facility, Pier 27. Built with a combination of glass and aluminium, this new cruise ship terminal is an impressive structure offering state of the art facilities as well as breathtaking views over the metropolis.
Cementing the city's status as a popular cruise ship port of call
The new terminal is expecting its first ship in September or October, when it will welcome 3000 passengers through its doors. The North Californian city is currently experiencing unprecedented growth in its leisure cruise scene and the opening of the new terminal ensures San Francisco can offers its guests premium boarding and disembarkation facilities.
Peter Dailey, Maritime Director for the Port of San Francisco said "It's been a long time coming to get this built. "We're really proud we could pull it off and we're looking forward to having the first ship come in."
Cruise ship passengers play an important role in the city's tourism economy, with the average traveller channelling a daily estimate of $168 into local restaurants, shops, activities and attractions. With the city expecting 260,000 passengers in 2014 and 300,000 the following year, the new cruise terminal will serve as the backbone of the San Francisco cruise tourism industry.
With unique attractions such as the world famous Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz Prison and Fisherman's Wharf as well as lively shopping, restaurant and nightlife scenes, San Francisco is fast emerging as one of North America's most popular port of calls. Thanks to the development of Pier 27, the boarding and disembarkation experience will be easier, faster and more enjoyable than ever.
A premier events setting
As well as greeting passengers, Pier 27 is also set to become a trendy party and events venue, port officials giving the go-ahead for up to 67 events each year. Global companies LinkedIn and Salesforce have already secured bookings at a rate of $45,905. Expected to generate an estimated annual events income of $2.4 million, Pier 27 will be one of San Francisco's most prestigious venues.
"It's such a beautiful location and a beautiful building" said Tom Kiely, Executive Vice President of Tourism at the San Francisco Travel Association. "There's no better view than from where that cruise terminal is located."
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Erick<|fim_middle|> 80 mph with higher gusts. Flossie is expected to slowly strengthen over the next few days.
Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 25 miles from the storm's center, with tropical-storm-force winds extending outward up to 90 miles.
Flossie is moving to the west-northwest at about 14 mph and the storm is expected to continue in that general direction for the next few days.
The storm is taking a more northerly course than Erick's and could hit Hawaii directly if the current forecast track continues, although if that happens, it would be early next week.
The Pacific hurricane season is expected to last until Nov. 30.
Flossie a hurricane, Erick strengthens to Category 4
Honolulu flood risk project awaits state and city agreement | , Flossie continue track toward islands
By JOHN BURNETT Hawaii Tribune-Herald | Tuesday, July 30, 2019, 5:17 p.m.
Central Pacific Hurricane Center map The projected 5-day track for Hurricane Erick as of 5 p.m. today.
National Hurricane Center map The projected 5-day track for Hurricane Flossie as of 5 p.m. today.
There are now two hurricanes churning westward in the Pacific Ocean toward Hawaii.
At 5 p.m. today, the center of Hurricane Erick was about 1,210 miles east-southeast of Hilo. With maximum sustained winds of 130 mph and higher gusts, Erick is a Category 4 cyclone. Little change in intensity is expected overnight, but the storm is forecast to begin losing strength Wednesday followed by a more rapid weakening Thursday and Friday.
Erick is moving toward the west-northwest at about 15 mph, and the storm is expected to continue in that general direction for the next several days.
Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 30 miles from the storm's center, with tropical-storm-force winds extending outward up to 125 mph.
The forecast track has Erick passing south of the Big Island early Friday morning, but the storm is expected to bring increased rain and higher surf.
In the Eastern Pacific, the center of Hurricane Flossie was 2,250 miles east-south east of Hilo at 5 p.m. today.
The Category 1 cyclone picked up intensity today and was packing maximum sustained winds of | 334 |
Review: 'Monsters University' Has Just Enough Heart and Laughs
In 2001, when Monster's, Inc. came out, Pixar was still in its early years. The company had two Toy Story films and A Bug's Life, which some considered a slight disappointment. Adorable as it was, Monster's, Inc. still didn't quite reach the heights of quality storytelling that would come a bit later with films like Finding Nemo and The Incredibles. It's only natural that now, 12 years and ample amounts of that quality later, the company's trek back to the well brings us Monsters University, a prequel. The results are still fine, adorable as ever, with plenty of laughs from audiences both young and old. And maybe that's good enough.
As with the previous Monster's installment, the film focuses on Mike (voiced by Billy Crystal) and Sully (voiced by John Goodman), two monsters just trying to be the best Scarers they can be. But just because you're born a monster doesn't necessary mean you get the job of terrifying young children, so it's off to college to learn the ABCs of S-C-A-R-Y. As<|fim_middle|>
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I know 7/10 is good, but I still feel disappointed.
DAVIDPD on Jun 21, 2013
Well at least we know that part of the stuff we loved from Pixar Animation Studios still exists, but honestly after Toy Story 3 Pixar films have been declining in quality (Cars 2 and Brave) I hope this is their comeback or somewhat close to a comeback.
Fidel Reyes on Jun 21, 2013 | with real college, something the younger members of the audience won't quite understand, Monsters University throws surprises, obstacles, and disappointments at the two, young monsters.
The first surprise being that Mike and Sully don't hit it off as the best of friends right off that bat. That's the chief motivation in the screenplay at work here, showing us how exactly these two became not only best friends but the top scarers at Monster's, Inc. That part isn't, and shouldn't be construed as, a spoiler.
The screenplay works in enough twists and turns among the countless bits of laugh and cuteness. Director Dan Scanlon, who also contributed to the screenplay along with Robert L. Baird and Daniel Gerson, tries his hardest at keeping Monsters University from being a simple Point A-to-Point B narrative. Even when the film appears to be headed down obvious territory, the message and lessons it holds end up working their own wonders, keeping the viewer completely interested in the story as well as the comedy.
Both work here, the latter aiding in how well the former works. Mike, the small, green blob of teeth and a single eyeball, is going after his dream. At every turn, he's told he just isn't scary enough, but that doesn't deter the little guy from doing the best he can. It's in the film's early moments, when Mike, still a child, visits Monster's, Inc. and sees the scaring masters at work. He's immediately sold on his dream, and no one, not overly critical teachers nor mean-spirited frat brothers, is going to tell Mike what he can't be.
The opening is nowhere as adorable as Boo from the first film and in no way does it tug at the same heartstrings Pixar is known for hitting early on. We're looking at you, first five minutes of Up. But even though this moment, and the rest of Monsters University, for that matter, never nails the perfect Pixar touch, its colorful cuteness and solid pacing are undeniable.
On the other side of the Monster coin, Sully comes from a long line of Scarers. He's a natural, and because of this he's lazy at keeping his scaring tactics in practice. It isn't hard to see how these two are destined to become best buddies even if the start of their relationship is more than a little rocky.
The rest of the characters on hand are just as colorful, unique monsters of every shape and size, some scarier than others. Helen Mirren voices Dean Hardscrabble, an interesting combination of bat and centipede that may have younger audience members flinching in fright. That's kind of the idea, though, but not to worry. A whole new series of laughs are always right around the corner.
That's what Monsters University does best, bringing just enough genuine laughs for everyone in the audience to enjoy. Yes, the message of never giving up on your dream is clear. Some might say obvious. But when it comes to drawing laughter out of the crowd, Pixar still knows precisely which buttons to push and which dials to turn. Monsters University may be as shallow as the fountain in the college quad, but this vibrantly animated version of Revenge of the Nerds went to the school of certified comedy. It passes.
Maybe not with honors, but a pass is still a pass.
Jeremy's Rating: 7 out of 10 | 695 |
We live in a world full<|fim_middle|> avoid updating security because it seems too expensive or complicated. However, with more ways for criminals to attack, businesses may face more pressure to adopt managed IT services and other ways to stay relevant. | of potential cyber dangers. Everyday internet users need to be aware of this and companies have to take measures to protect procurement processes and their goods. The exact nature of new threats is changing as criminals get bolder, and two recent crises show the stakes riding on good digital security. The political dimensions of these incidents may be important, but as a business, your immediate concern is probably how to put up the best defense against it.
Ransomware refers to a type of malware which locks computers and forces users to pay to access their files. If victims refuses to pay, they risk losing their data as the criminal deletes it, but if they do, they reward the attacker, and there's no guarantee they won't become victims again.
The most famous recent instance of this is the WannaCry or WannaCrypt program, which, according to NPR, appeared in countries around the world. As of this writing, much of the concern regards who is behind this attack, with some security researchers suggesting it might be a state-sponsored effort from North Korea. Flashpoint researcher Paul Burbage denied this, though, despite other assertions.
"We compared the code samples between WannaCry and previous [Democratic People's Republic of Korea] activity, but the only similarities are public libraries," he said. "Perhaps Symantec has more to go on than us at this point, but we are not seeing a DPRK link with the WannaCry worm campaign at this point."
BBC News reported that the attack had a wide range of targets, from government agencies to companies such as Nissan, although the latter said there was no significant effect from the attack. Still, businesses should weigh the cost of disruption when such attacks are possible.
"Businesses should weigh the cost of disruption when such attacks are possible."
Another noteworthy case included a phishing attack through Google Docs that seemed to fool more people than usual. The Washington Post estimated that this incident may have affected more than a million Google users, based on the company's own statements of the damage.
Phishing is essentially the use of fake email links and attachments to trick targets into clicking on bad links or surrendering important data. In this recent case, the Post said, users opened their inboxes to see what appeared to be a legitimate request to share email access with a third party.
Since it used the actual Google login page, there was a higher possibility that even those who were phishing-savvy might have fallen for it. This subverts one of the typical main ways to fight against phishing emails, which is usually to look for "tells" that the message isn't legitimate.
Supply Chain Dive elaborated on why companies should think of the impact of cybersecurity threats on their business systems. The source said the businesses might | 549 |
NETBALL: She was a central rock on court for Lightning last year but 2019 could bring extra responsibilities in attack for Laura Scherian.
The 30-year-old predominantly played in centre during the Coast's successful premiership defence, however, her third season at the club is set to involve more time in wing attack.
"I'm looking at swinging to wing attack and centre, which will definitely be a big task for me," she said.
She's no stranger to the position, having filled it intermittently over the past two seasons.
"Wing attack controls that attack end whereas in the centre you have to read everything and slot in where you're needed," she said.
<|fim_middle|> little bit faster on court so it's been really nice to get back together. | While focussed on Lightning, Scherian admitted spending more time in a different position could benefit chances of representative call-ups.
She's already had a taste for it, having been involved in Diamonds camps and being part of the Australian Fast5 team.
"I'm just thinking of what I can do for Lightning and what my role will be in terms of centre court here at moment, but, being more versatile definitely helps with representative positions as well," she said.
Lightning returned for their first full court session of the year on Thursday, with players embracing the pre-season grind again.
"I think you lift that little bit more in the gym when you're in there as a group and run that | 138 |
Classic Album Sundays have announced their fourth exclusive event in celebration of National Album Day.
Electronic music pioneers Orbital will join Classic Album Sundays at Miranda in The Ace Hotel London on Wednesday October 10th 2018 to look back their iconic fourth album In Sides.
Orbital will be interviewed by Classic Album Sundays founder and BBC 6music host Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy on the making of the album and it's lasting legacy.
This will then be followed by a full album playback and the evening will wrap up with a Q&A allowing fans to ask questions<|fim_middle|> didn't speak for five years after the 'Wonky' tour ended.
"When we fell out, I just couldn't enjoy any of the amazing things we'd done over 25 years with Orbital," says Phil. | of their own.
Being able to host this event is exciting for all of us as it once looked impossible after Orbital's surprisingly bitter break-up in 2012. Driven apart by music's strange and infamous brother-vs-brother dynamic, Paul and Phil | 55 |
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With over 37,000 students, the California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) is the third largest campus of the <|fim_middle|> Systems include access control, video surveillance, and intrusion alarm. Exante360 will be involved with the project through commissioning and closeout.
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Parkside North Housing
The new $102 million student housing building, in the shape of the numeral eight, will consist of four levels encompassing two outdoor courtyards. Exante360 is providing design and consulting services for the access control, video surveillance, and intrusion alarm systems. The video surveillance system will include fixed directional, 270°, and 360° cameras and local NVRs. The electronic access control will utilize Power-over-Ethernet door locks accessed by credentials that tie into the "one card" platform students and faculty use campus wide. In addition to the security systems, the team is working in conjunction with CSULB IT to provide the network design to support the additional data and voice network traffic. The new dormitory is scheduled to be completed in May 2021.
Horn Center
The Horn Center provides technological resources such as wifi, computing, and printing services for students. Exante360 is providing security design and consulting services for the Horn Center renovation project. Systems include access control, video surveillance, and intrusion alarm. Exante360 will be involved with the project through commissioning and closeout.
As part of the largest publicly funded art school west of the Mississippi, the Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum creates exhibitions and programs that provide space for critical interpretation of contemporary and modern art and culture. The museum is undergoing a renovation and Exante360 is providing the security systems design. | 328 |
The start of the year, post harvest (and drought) saw us moving more feed in the off–season than we have for a long time. Surplus silage and straw that had been sitting around for a couple of years was put to good use<|fim_middle|> keep people going. It was great to see our vast web of contacts being put to use. I hope that it has become an invaluable service to our clients over the years; we aim to always have a feed solution. | by farmers through the wet late autumn weather. It was good to see a lot of the older feed getting used up in a time of need instead of being wasted. It has made way for us to restock with new fresh material in the coming months. Hopefully Mother Nature will play ball and help grow some good quality crops.
I must make mention of the outstanding efforts of our Feed Rep., Bruce Lilley over the winter. For every person that phoned looking for a load of straw or silage, Bruce found some. Even when stocks were running as low as I have ever seen them, he managed to | 122 |
The biggest thing about the first day of StudyWorld this year was the secret which we could finally reveal at the Welcome Reception: that it's all change next year.
English UK staff have been planning the changes to our favourite<|fim_middle|>quiet Dog drilled down a little more into how educators should use this knowledge, explaining precisely what has to happen to rise up the Google search rankings, with the creation of plenty of customised copy on the website which includes keywords and meets customer needs. To make this work, educators needed to use their staff and students, which often required a culture change.
Other busy seminars included business English expert Mark Waistell explaining to agents that his sector works in a different way to general English, and outlining ways in which they could work together.
Today it's business as usual at StudyWorld with plenty of attendees reporting full appointment schedules. StudyWorld staff have been busy overnight putting up information stands about how the event is changing, so do come along and ask questions. | event for many months, and it's been very hard to keep quiet about it when there are such exciting changes ahead.
So we revealed the news about StudyWorld 2017 with a short film and an announcement from Sarah Cooper, chief executive of English UK who talked about the "interesting and exciting" changes before reminding us there was plenty of work to be done at this year's event.
And there is. We've got a special guest in the form of Shakespeare himself – a virtual reality playwright who is visible, with StudyWorld delegates, on a special screen and talks and moves. He'll be at StudyWorld all day Tuesday as well, and in a special opening to the seminar sessions we learned much more about what he means to the world and how he can help everyone to market UK education.
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Well, I suppose it is around that time of year. With the weather getting warmer the amount of outdoors concerts naturally rises during these particular months. Save for the odd festival performance, this particular gig would be my first outdoors concert in quite a long while actually; making me a bit nervous in terms of sound, atmosphere and the like. More so, my worries are also based on the 50/50 success rate of the sound at last year's John Mayer concert in Forum; my worry being that he would bring that particular sound-mix with him to Tivoli. Thus entering Tivoli for a few firsts of the year, beer in hand, I anxiously awaited the arrival of John Mayer on stage.
All photos courtesy of Christian Søes / Blurred.dk
Entering about 15 minutes later than scheduled, tension was already building quite a bit in the crowd from where I was standing due to the time restraints of the outdoors concerts in Tivoli. Most tensions were relieved relatively quickly though, as Mayer entered to the tones of "Queen of California" and the relaxing country-esque swagger of the track. "Queen of California" might not be one of Mayer's best efforts but it works quite well in the live setting as the simple vocal melody is easy to sing along to – as was evident with most parts of the predominantly female crowd. With "No Such Thing" Mayer got the crowd actively engaged in small-time dancing, random moving about and sporadic mouthing of lyrics. The sound-mix was extraordinarily clear for<|fim_middle|> to see him again, but only time will tell if that plan will come into fruition.
1. Queen of California
2. No Such Thing
3. Paper Doll
4. I Don't Trust Myself (With Loving You)
5. Dear Marie
7. Going Down the Road, Feeling Bad (Grateful Dead cover)
8. Slow Dancing in a Burning Room
9. XO
10. Neon
11. If I Ever Get Around to Living
12. Half of My Heart
13. Who Says
14. Waiting on the World to Change
--Encore:--
15. Gravity | the most part; providing a stark contrast to the reverb-washed mess of Forum. In spite of this quite clear mix, Mayer and his bandmates were occasionally still rather hard to hear as the volume was generally too low – coupled with several parts of the audience's inability to leave everyday chit-chat behind when going to a show. Surprisingly, "Paper Doll" off "Paradise Valley" hushed down the crowd a bit; making it a bigger hit than I had initially deemed it, apparently. Whilst still not a fan of that particular song (or the album from whence it comes) I was still able to appreciate the underplayed dynamics of the song as the band-members had their brief moments of glory where the interplay between the musicians was no less than top notch.
As the first tones of "I Don't Trust Myself (With Loving You)" rang through the crisp summer air, the applause was thunderous – occasionally drowning out parts of the soundscape. It's understandable, really, that this particular song would receive such applause given its massive success when the "Continuum" album came out. Nonetheless, these vast amounts of applause were almost always borderline frustrating for me, personally, due to the massive amount of the sound they drowned out every time. None of this was Mayer and his band's fault, of course, and can only be blamed on the sonic restrictions of the outdoor format. Following "I Don't Trust Myself (With Loving You)", Mayer took a few moments out of the tightly packed setlist to secure the guitars of a few crowd-members; signing their guitars and having the security people deliver them back to the rightful owners with Mayer proclaiming: "Now they can finally put their guitars down and enjoy the show - I know, I've been there. Holding that guitar for hours on end for someone to sign it; it burns and just takes out all the joy, so now you can relax."
With "Dear Marie" and "Wildfire" Mayer achieved an amazing level of crowd control on this night. Following his every whim, hordes of fans (both male and female) were at the ready to sing the words of these songs, swaying blissfully to the extended musical interplay whilst awaiting their turn to finally sing (shout) their lungs out. With "Going Down the Road Feeling Bad" Mayer not only piqued my interest by covering The Grateful Dead – he also managed to reach one of his musical highlights of the evening in terms of musical ability. Both he and his band performed with a nerve that was just a joy to watch whilst they also sounded unnervingly authentic in relation to doing a classic track like this particular one justice. Whilst I am more than certain that most audience members were unaware of this track's origin I can still find a quite large amount of joy in the fact that Mayer goes all out on his recent country-inspired efforts by including a folksy country classic in his setlist – one made famous by one of my all-time favorite bands, no less. At least one can't accuse him of doing things half-assed.
Following a semi-anonymous version of "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room", Mayer managed to utterly destroy one of his guitars by accident – prompting him to spend a few moments reflecting on the impact of this by saying: "Broke one of my guitars. It's actually sad, because most people would say it's just stuff. Even though I have a backup for it, it's still not just stuff you know. Well, someone will fix it.". Picking up his backup guitar, Mayer launched into his recent single-effort; a cover of Beyoncé's "XO" which he followed by venturing into an adventurously extended version of "Neon" which had most of the audience standing at their toes; once again awaiting their chance to sing along to the chorus of the song.
With "Waiting on the World to Change" Mayer incited rampant sing-alongs that were indeed worthy of the superior performance on this particular night – serving as an effective stopping point before the final encore. Due to the time restrictions, Mayer and his band returned for a single encore in the form of "Gravity" – complete with extended solos, dynamic interplay between the musicians and, sadly, also filled with a constant buzzing and humming from the background which was quite reminiscent of the sound a guitar usually makes when plugged into an electrical socket that is not grounded. Nonetheless, most people seemed to overlook this last sonic error, prompting large portions of the crowd to leave Tivoli's beautiful surroundings in a blissful state – myself included, as I realized that this performance was in a whole other league than the previous time I saw John Mayer. At this point I am strongly considering going | 964 |
WNSW PHN Applauds Local Residents Receiving Free COVID-19 Vaccinations
Western NSW Primary Health Network (WNSW PHN) is extremely pleased with the response from the region's residents to the Commonwealth Government's rollout of the free COVID-19<|fim_middle|> their booking to receive their vaccination course soon.
Particular priority has been placed on ensuring our region's Aged Care Facility Residents, elderly, residents with pre-existing medical issues, Indigenous residents over the age of 50 and our frontline Health Professionals are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
However, we still have a long way to go, and as Vaccination supply increases in our region, booking availability will also continue to increase.
For the first time in more than a year, Western NSW Local Health District announced a confirmed case of COVID-19 in our region on Tuesday (July 20) and this highlights not only the importance of personal hygiene, correctly wearing masks and abiding by the NSW Government COVID-19 restrictions, but also just how vitally important it is that as many of our region's residents are vaccinated against COVID-19 in as timely a fashion as possible.
WNSW PHN understands that appointments for COVID-19 Vaccinations are currently booked some weeks in advance, but the sooner bookings are made, the sooner we can get everyone vaccinated, and we appreciate everyone's patience at this time as availability improves over the coming weeks and months.
As advised by the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI), the AstraZeneca Vaccine is the preferred vaccine for people aged 60 years and over.
The AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine is available at all Commonwealth Vaccination Clinics and those General Practices in Western NSW who are part of the vaccination program.
ATAGI recommends that the Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine is the preferred vaccine for all people under the age of 60 years. This means all adults 60 years and over should book in for the AstraZeneca vaccine, while those under 60 should book for Pfizer vaccine.
Anyone under the age of 60 years considering the AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine should consult with their usual GP to make an informed decision.
The Western NSW Local Health District has the Pfizer vaccine available at their vaccination hubs located at Dubbo, Orange and Bathurst, while Pfizer is also available at the Cowra, Bathurst and Mudgee GP Respiratory Clinics, while some other GP Respiratory Clinics will begin offering Pfizer in coming weeks and months, as well as some Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHOs).
These locations are on top of the Pharmacies announced by NSW Health on July 1st that are also joining the vaccination program rollout and are administering the AstraZeneca Vaccine.
These pharmacies include:
Dunedoo Pharmacy, 86 Bolaro Street, Dunedoo
Gilgandra Pharmacy, 49 Miller Street, Gilgandra
Gulgong Dispensary, 119 Mayne Street, Gulgong
Narromine Pharmacy, 53 Dandaloo Street, Narromine
Wentworth Pharmacy, 15 Sandwych Street, Wentworth
We urge everyone who hasn't already received their COVID-19 Vaccine to make their booking via the online eligibility checker, at https://covid-vaccine.healthdirect.gov.au/eligibility.
Those seeking more information on AstraZeneca and Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccines, and how to prepare for their vaccination, can access the COVID-19 Vaccination Patient Resources at https://www.health.gov.au/resources/collections/covid-19-vaccination-patient-resources.
Residents with questions for concerns regarding COVID-19 Vaccinations should consult their regular GP.
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Many of our residents have either already been fully vaccinated, received their first vaccination as part of the program, or have made | 27 |
There are many activities that one has to take in life which makes finding a grocery delivery service seem to be a tedious exercise. Technology has however improved the situation as one can now place their orders from home through apps and websites of companies that stock the products. One needs to be careful to choose the most reliable and quickest app while one ordering groceries for the first time need to plan. The following five tips will inform you on what to seek in a company to ensure that it will meet your requirements.
The first step when seeking the best grocery is selecting the grocery delivery service where one needs to check delivery services that offer a variety of products. While most companies stock a wide variety of products there are others that stock specific products. A company can only deliver what they have in stock where one needs to determine whether available products are fresh or frozen. There are companies that also sell snacks, drinks, household items, personal care and dairy products. The groceries will have specified what they have stocked in their websites as they are the primary source of<|fim_middle|> whether the websites offers delivery service in your local area. Some companies will ship the grocery products to overseas buyers but at a higher cost.
One needs to buy products from companies that sell high-quality and fresh products where one can determine using the reviews that are given by the company's previous clients. | information when one seeks to place orders.
Before you decide on a specific company you need to check on the delivery times where one should place orders with companies that will deliver on time. A website should indicate the time when one should expect to receive their orders as the upfront fee depends on the time at which one expects the delivery. There are sites that offer one expedited deliveries which ensure that gets their orders in time. To avoid overpaying for an order and also getting late deliveries there is need for one to pay attention to delivery times specified on the website.
Cost is another determinant when one chooses a grocery delivery service. The websites usually break down the prices for their clients. Price is dependent on the price of the groceries, the cost of paying the drivers, cost of delivering the items and minimum order fees that your order attracts. While all the services may not attract fees, there are companies that will offer expedited services which further increases the cost.
Before you settle on a certain grocery delivery service one needs to check | 203 |
This paper analyses economic flows over the lifecycle in Ecuador, a middle-income country that is anticipating rapid population ageing. Using the National Transfer Accounts (NTA) framework, the paper develops estimates of age patterns of production and<|fim_middle|>6 and 2011, such as increases in public transfers to older persons and in older persons' net transfers to younger people. The paper concludes with an assessment of the demographic dividend in Ecuador, noting that the window of accelerated economic growth associated with the favourable demographic shifts that led to an increase in the ratio of producers to consumers would soon close. | consumption, as well as the magnitudes of the various types of economic transfers between age groups for Ecuador for 2006 and 2011. These estimates add to the database of countries participating in the international collaborative NTA project. Analyses of the estimates point to important socioeconomic transformations that took place in Ecuador between 200 | 70 |
Oh yes....<|fim_middle|> and caressing midnight sounds. 9 Tracks in all of killer futuristic electro that really is just too good. Immense. | now availabe for digital! taking us further down deep towards sub-aquatic rumbles and alien conspiracies, the ever-mysterious Drexciya have produced their finest material to date with this devastating new double pack for the Clone label. Having bought and registered their own Star (check coordinates ra18h35m37.73 d3'22'31.12" if you have some time), the obvious move was to make a concept album on the subject, in finest alien electroid fashion. This is Drexciya at their widest, cleanest, most absorbing. The opening 'Cascading Celestial Giants' sets the scene with a deep underwater ambience, pulsing cinemascopics rendered via all manner of progressions that recall 70's Sci-Fi and Artificial Intelligence with equal measure. Lunged into open waters and staggered beats, from this point on Drexciya fly with pure, crisp, spacious, electroid crunches that, in truth, only they produce with this much understanding of the music, its origins and its effect! '700 Million Light Years From Earth', for example, utilises the same spacious beats that made their 'Other People Place' project for Warp so enticing, while the crushing 'Drexciyan Star Chamber' simply oozes twilight suave and atmosphere with its precise electro pulse | 284 |
On Saturday 30 November, television host Graham Norton hosted The Love is in My Blood Winter Dinner at the GREY GOOSE Fly Beyond Bar, on Shaftesbury Avenue in London, to benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation.
The focus of the evening was to support the charity's 'Early Testing Saves Lives' message via a call to action for guests and the public at large<|fim_middle|> make other projects possible. Many sectors shy away from HIV. Grey Goose has the creativity, love and courage to see beyond the horizon to a future where we have beaten AIDS. We are very grateful for their support of the 'Early Testing Saves Lives' campaign," said David Furnish.
"The Elton John AIDS Foundation and Grey Goose share the same belief that the world will be a better place if you fly beyond the norm. Along the way there will be opposition, but with passion or compassion this can be overcome to achieve an AIDs free future," commented Natasha Curtin, Grey Goose Global Brand Director. | to show compassion for all people who are HIV+ and to eradicate the stigma surrounding HIV testing.
"Some people have HIV in their blood, everyone has love in their blood," commented Graham Norton.
Guests at The Love is in My Blood Winter Dinner were invited to add their support to the campaign, by tweeting 'selfies' of themselves with 'Love is in My Blood' banners and hearts.
"We hope to encourage a mass public tweet on Sunday 1 December to spread our compassionate message – 'Love is in My Blood'. To date we have been joined by many celebrity supporters including Ai Weiwei, Ben Cohen, Alan Carr, David Walliams & Lara Stone, Plan B, Elizabeth Hurley, Stephen Fry, Sting & Trudie Styler, Ed Sheeran, Florence Welch and many more," explained David Furnish, co-founder of the Elton John AIDS Foundation.
The intimate dinner for 100 guests, including Julian Macdonald, Melissa Odabash, Ben de Lisi and Isabella Christensen, featured a banquet of fine food and, of course, a collection of GREY GOOSE Fly Beyond cocktails. Cabaret act Le Gateau Chocolat and DJ Paul Harris of 'Dirty Vegas' fame entertained guests post dinner.
The GREY GOOSE Fly Beyond Bar was a temporary venue created by GREY GOOSE to celebrate the vision of Francois Thibault, the maître de chai who flew beyond the norm to create 'a vodka with taste in France'.
"Grey Goose has supported the Elton John AIDS Foundation for over 8 years and has raised in excess of 2.5 million pounds for the charity. This money has helped to build much needed homes for families with AIDs in Cambodia, as well as introducing a groundbreaking online support network in the UK and helping | 365 |
Q: Obtaining Hard Drive serial number in windows server 2003 Following another thread, I read that wmic diskdrive get serialnumber in cmd would produce the serial number for the hdd installed.<|fim_middle|>85).aspx
Adding @DavidPostill 's suggestion as well:
wmic diskdrive get model
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I'm getting a message:
ERROR:
Code = 0x80041017
Description = Invalid query
Is there another command or another way of getting the serial number (all I want to do is order a duplicate HDD) without physically going to the server? This is a Windows Server 2003.
A: Try:
wmic path win32_physicalmedia get SerialNumber
or in PowerShell:
Get-WmiObject Win32_PhysicalMedia | Format-Table Tag, SerialNumber
But, as mentioned in the comments, this will only get you the serial number, not the model. If you want the make/model try the following:
wmic path win32_physicalmedia get SerialNumber, Model, Manufacturer, SKU, ParNumber
Hopefully that will give you some, it depends on what they registered in the class. More options of the Win32_PhysicalMedia class can be found here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa394346(v=vs. | 218 |
The dark red complexion and and opaqueness of Orin Swift Machete leave a dark image to the<|fim_middle|> to match the name of the wine. | imagination when you first set your eyes on a glass of deep crimson wine. The scents of sweet blueberries and candied plum entwine themselves with hints of roasted vanilla and toasted oak for an inviting aroma. Aromas of aromatic violets and Earl Grey tea take you across the pond to England. The first sip brings juicy blackberries fresh off the vine along with tinges of velvety cassis. Excellent with a pasta layered with a hearty bolognese sauces, roasted venison and root vegetables, or a rich chocolate torte.
Imagine the scent of fragrant violets mixed with clean and earthy mountain scents as you pour a glass of Orin Swift Machete. With earthy and brambly notes you are introduced to flavors of sweet berries, juicy black cherries, and comforting mocha. Perfect with roasted venison or leg of lamb.
David Swift Phinney was never one to play by the rules. After a trip in 1995 to Italy during which he learned the art of wine-making, he finished college then landed a job at Robert Mondavi Winery in 1997. In 1998, Phinney founded Orin Swift Cellars. He enjoys producing Machete, Abstract, and Mercury Head wines along with an array of others that are sold in bottles with cutting edge labels | 278 |
Have you been to the Phoenix Zoo recently? If not, this is the time of year to go! For one, the weather is beautiful, and secondly, it's ZooLights time! I've been<|fim_middle|> – 12 a.m. on Friday & Saturday.
Ticket prices for ZooLights are between $9 and $14 (depending on night, and whether you are a member or not). Kids two and under are free! You can receive a discounted entry ticket at Fry's grocery stores. | going for years, but now that I also have a two-year old daughter I'll be going for sure! ZooLights was practically made for kids and families. Every time I go it's an endless stream of kids and their doting parents. But, that's what makes it so awesome! Getting to see the glimmer in a child's eye when they see the massive amount of lights on display is priceless.
ZooLights is one of the best ideas for a zoo I've ever seen. What a fantastic idea to get people out of their homes and walking around the zoo.
ZooLights runs from November 28th, 2013 through January 12th, 2014. The hours are 6 – 10 p.m. on Sunday – Thursday and 6 p.m. | 168 |
Bedtime should be a time of deep calm. A time when kids of all ages gently let go of the day and slide easily into a deep and restful sleep.
There are times when falling asleep at night can be a struggle, even a battle. Occasional sleepless nights are normal enough, but if bedtime regularly leaves you exhausted and strung out, with a stressed, exhausted and unhappy child then it's time to take action.
According to research collated for a recent BBC Panorama program sleep disorders in children are on the rise. Hospital attendances in England for children under 14 with sleep disorders have tripled in the past 10 years and prescriptions for common sleep medications for children have increased tenfold in the same period.
Shocking statistics, don't you agree?
Poor sleep in children has been linked to a greater risk of obesity.
Sleep disorders are known to contribute to lack of emotional control and poor school performance.
Mental health is generally poorer in children who don't sleep well. Inadequate sleep can shorten their attention span and bring on ADHD-like symptoms.
Sleep deprivation can lower the strength of the immune system and increase the chances of your child getting sick.
The release of growth hormone, essential for growing kids, happens at night.
Luckily hypnosis has a great deal to offer a child who doesn't sleep well.
Here are three of my top hypnosis hacks that you can try on your own to help get your kids to sleep better.
First and foremost that means being in a quiet state of mind yourself, even if you have to fake it for a while. Second, put a ban on night time use of electronic devices like IPads that emit light in the blue range and keep the brain in 'wakeful mode'.
It's always a good idea to help them turn their attention onto what has been good, positive and uplifting. Especially if their day has been particularly challenging or stressful.
Help them come up with at least three things that they have been grateful for, enjoyed, or that they can appreciate about themselves. It sounds such a simple thing to do but going off to sleep focusing on thoughts that are positive and uplifting can make a big impact on the quality of their sleep.
Whatever the age of your child, bedtime is an excellent time<|fim_middle|> children, encourage them to set their intention to have a good and positive day ahead.
If you would like some help with this you'll find my audio book (MP3 or CD) 'Rest and Sleep' very useful. It will help your child drift off to sleep feeling calm and reassured.
Of course if you are feeling creative you may like to make up your own guided visualisations for bedtime and you'll find a range of scripts to guide you here, if you would like some help.
Oh, and one last thing. Did I mention that to get your kids in the right mindset for sleep you need to be calm and relaxed too? So you might even like to try out some of these tips for yourself. | to work with visualisations and positive imagery.
Bedtime is also an excellent time for storytelling, engaging the imagination and helping your child set their intention to have a successful and happy day ahead.
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All teachers of the charter school shall hold a valid multiple-subject or single subject California teaching credential issued by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing and holds an ESEA (NCLB) Certificate of Compliance for each core academic subject taught.
Coast Redwood High School is fully accredited by the premier independent school accrediting body: Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). The accreditation process reviews all aspects of the school's programs and operations on an ongoing basis.
Coast Redwood High School celebrates senior graduations each year in the Redwood Grove at the Fall Creek Outdoor Amphitheater.
We pursue our values and mission through the integration of Academic Excellence, Creative Self-Expression, and Positive Character Development. These principles permeate all we do and bring depth, meaning, and enthusiasm for learning at CRHS.
Creative self-expression is part of all academic coursework. We integrate creative arts and academics with the belief that they are mutually reinforcing. This allows students to discover new gifts and talents and overcome self-perceived limitations.
We encourage relationships that build trust and safety between teacher and student, peer to peer, and all members of our school community. We focus on learning that brings forth thinking and discussions of ethical relevance. We strive to create opportunities for students to engage in open and honest communication. We work closely with families to encourage a thoughtful exchange of ideas around the many issues that confront youth in our modern society.
We create opportunities for older students to mentor and care for younger students through school-wide activities including theater productions, buddy programs and athletic events trough SLVHS. We teach and model responsible citizenship through community service projects, civic participation, and environmental stewardship through our Environmental Horticulture pathway.
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The course consists of five themed 'weeks', each of which is made up of several sub-topics. To start the course, go to the Course overview page and begin working your way through each week. If you prefer, you can jump straight to topics of your choice.
The core videos are labeled as 'topic' videos. In addition we've included extra insights from some of our experts. The 'Oceans Extras' videos provide additional insights from our key experts and the 'Data Shorts' videos offer a brief overview of data types from our lead educator Dr Mark Higgins.
'Optional further reading' - links to external websites at the bottom of each video page.
'Explore the data' - This links through to the EUMETSAT Oceans MOOC Data Viewer specially created for this course. Using the viewer you can explore a selection of data relevant to the themes and topics in this course, including some of the latest Copernicus data from Sentinel 3. You can also use the time slider to view previous data. Additional information about the data is also included on the app.
'View featured satellites on the satellite tracking app' – The list of satellites mentioned in each video links through to an interactive map showing the current location of the satellites. You can find additional information and further links for each satellite on the app.
'View featured imagery, animations and external links'– Below the text on each video page, you'll find an image gallery containing images and data featured in the videos.
At the end of each week, we have included a guided exercise, using interactive apps available on other websites, to help you become more familiar with looking at and working with EO datasets. You will be guided through the process of searching for, comparing and drawing conclusions from data relevant to some of the topics covered in that week.
You can watch the topic videos in your browser or download them using the links provided, and a transcript of each of the main videos is also provided. (In some cases, you may need to resize your browser or scroll down to see the full frame. You can also view the video in a smaller window by clicking the symbol in the bottom right corner of the video).
Buttons are provided under each video to help you navigate back to the course overview page, or subsequent topics.
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The Thai capital's backpacker ghetto Khaosan Road is home to a dearth of decent food in a city renowned for its foodie reputation, right? Wrong. You would indeed be well advised to steer clear of the greasy pad thai pushed out by the street carts on Khaosan itself, along with the watered-down and overly pricey plates masquerading as Thai food elsewhere on this lumin<|fim_middle|>, but it is worth the trek to this barbaric, neon-lit part of the capital for dinner alone. Order any of the dishes on the extensive menu and you'll dearly struggle to be disappointed. But to be truly wowed, opt for the gaeng som pla chon, a rich and spicy, sour southern curry, with a whole deep-fried snakehead fish – and plenty of leafy green vegetables – swimming in its sauce. The creamy yet tangy deliciousness of the curry juxtaposes in delectable ways with the crispiness of the fish skin and the tenderness of the meat that lies beneath. You won't go home hungry after this, or any of the other generously-sized portions at Tai Derm; in fact, you'll just be left planning your return visit. Do as my friends and I, and so many other local regulars do here, and order a good selection of dishes, a bottle of whisky and mixers and a big bucket of ice – and settle in for a long evening's feast.
The description of khao san was amazing and so on point!
Ha, that gave me a good chuckle, Mark – thanks for the comment! | ous stretch of tourist trash (I'm being harsh, but only a little). But just a short skip away, literally on the adjoining streets, are a number of joints serving up top-notch food that is worth crossing the city for – in fact, I frequently do. One of these places is even reached from the backpacker street itself, and has an address that technically puts it right on Khaosan – so don't write off the whole area just yet.
From the street seemingly little more than a humble stall, Areesaa Rote Dee's deceptively large interior is hugely popular with nearby workers and local Muslims, who more than ever pack into the place just after sunset during the holy month of Ramadan. The star at Areesaa Rote Dee is the khao mok gai – I've yet to taste a better version of this chicken biryani dish anywhere in Thailand. A heap of moist yellow rice, each grain glistening with the goodness of chicken stock, sits beneath a tender cut of on-the-bone chicken slowly cooked in a marinade of deep, flavoursome spices inspired by the cuisine of southern Thailand and India.
A regular sized portion will set you back just 40 baht, while the array of other dishes include beef satay to die for, noodle soups and spring rolls. This unmissable joint is well known by locals but, as a tourist, you could easily walk past and not realise it existed behind the front of its simple street-side frontage. Just don't be fooled by its proximity to Khaosan – this is some of the best food you will taste in Thailand.
This tired and worn looking shophouse might not be the obvious spot for a winning meal; in fact, you might well be inclined to avoid it all together. But do so at your peril – Roti Mataba has a reputation made of gold, and deservedly so. Just look at the crowd as you approach. It's almost always packed; on the few tables outside on the pavement, the narrow seats squeezed in alongside the counter on the ground floor and up the stairs in the air-conditioned restaurant area above. And tellingly, it's often a largely Thai crowd that's to be found here. Choose from the bilingual menu or point and pick from the glass cabinet of dishes prepared each day to this family's traditional recipes since they set up shop here over sixty years ago.
Come for the roti pancakes if you will and, sure, indulge in a maturbak stuffed savoury pancake – but whatever you do, don't miss the simply unbeatable massuman curry this place does so well. Thanks to using less coconut milk than most restaurants pour in, Roti Mataba's recipe lets the deep spice flavours of the southern, Indian and Malay inspired curry paste shine through in all their glory. A good massuman should be intriguing and complex in taste, not hot and spicy at first taste as some confused cooks end up making it – and as many a confused western traveller comes to expect it. Here, at Roti Mataba, is a pristine example of how it should be done the proper way. Minus the potatoes that find their way in elsewhere (and often not to bad effect, it has to be said) and with nothing more than a tender piece of on-the-bone chicken, its meat ready to collapse off once your spoon even comes close, the occasional sliver of pineapple and a few chopped peanuts for crunch. Bliss.
Open Tuesday-Friday, 09.30am-09.30pm; Saturday and Sunday, 09.30am-10.00pm; closed Mondays.
The ambience at Tai Derm is the first thing to swing in its favour. Down an alley at one of the far ends of Khaosan Road, it is just a few short steps from the thick of the 'action' if that's your thing, and yet for the lack of noise you could be on the other side of the city. Staff are friendly – again, unusual for somewhere so close to Khaosan's bucket bars, jaded T-shirt vendors and '10 baht for a photo' novelty insect stalls. The clientèle, on the rare occasions that the restaurant gets busy (when they have a live band or such like), tends to be primarily Thai – this despite the fact that the guest house, Tai Derm's main business and of which the restaurant is just an offshoot, is mostly booked out by western backpackers looking for a cheap place to rest their heads. The rooms themselves are pleasant and homely feeling, if small, in an old wooden building with creaky flooboards – though the undeniable downside is that there is just one shower and a couple of toilets (admittedly all spotless) to share among the nine bedrooms.
Back to the food – to put it simply, it is unexpectedly awesome and makes this place glimmer like a lost star even more. How such great restaurant-quality food ended up in the midst of Khaosan Road is a mystery | 1,041 |
Think you need RTX for ray tracing? This CryEngine demo convinced me otherwise
By Gabe Carey
AMD gamers rejoice! Real-time ray tracing for Radeon could be in the cards after all.
"This demo runs on most mainstream, contemporary AMD and Nvidia GPUs," reads the introductory text in a new demo video released by Crytek (opens in new tab).
What follows is a reel of Blade Runner-inspired footage, a science fiction infusion of neon lights bouncing off the most reflective surfaces imaginable: condensating windows, shattered mirrors, empty bullet shells rusting in shallow puddles of rain. A glistening metal drone whisps through the drizzling night sky.
The demonstration, titled "Neon Noir," is rendered entirely in real-time and is designed to flaunt the effects of ray tracing (opens in new tab) across multiple video cards and APIs. In the video, Crytek says, all two minutes and three seconds shown of the demo are running on an AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 graphics card. And while we consider that GPU one of the best graphics cards (opens in new tab) you can buy right now, it's well established that real-time ray tracing is a feat only Nvidia's RTX cards can accomplish at reasonable framerates. Or so we thought.
Neon Noir was, according to its creator, developed using a modified version of CryEngine 5.5. Leveraging an existing<|fim_middle|> ray tracing. Either way, it works.
Though older components may struggle to keep up with a demo like this due to their weaker DX12 and Vulkan rapport, the demo makes a compelling case for buying an AMD card in 2019. In our review of the AMD Radeon VII (opens in new tab), the Red Team's first graphics card based on the 7nm fabrication process, we lamented its lack of features, specifically pointing out the glaring absence of ray tracing. However, as Crytek has now proven, that doesn't necessarily have to be the case.
In glorious 4K UHD, the CryEngine trailblazer, famed agitator of gaming PCs circa 2007, Crytek is exhibiting a ray tracing solution it deems "both API and hardware agnostic." No longer tying you to the powerful but exorbitant GeForce RTX-series cards, it will be interesting to see how Nvidia responds to the demo. Experimental as it is, there is a deep hunger for the benefits ray tracing yields, albeit minus the imposing barrier of entry.
Even if it doesn't look quite as splashy as Nvidia's primo take on the same tech, imitation ray tracing is still a marked improvement on the AMD and Nvidia Pascal ray tracing options of the present. Because there are none. And hanging onto your old graphics card to catch a glimpse of lifelike lighting and shadows is a much easier pill to swallow than shelling out over $300 for a marginally better experience on a Turing-based Nvidia GPU.
That does bring up the question of performance, however. While Neon Noir can run without an RTX card, if it's using DXR or Vulkan extensions for ray tracing that are accelerated on Nvidia's RTX cards, it should run faster on such hardware. It's also unclear how things will scale when moving from a demo to an actual game. Getting a small environment with ray tracing effects to run well isn't the same as doing ray tracing in a larger open environment.
It's too early to tell if Crytek's Neon Noir demo really is indicative of a ubiquitous future for ray tracing. As it stands right now, no games support real-time ray tracing without an RTX card, but that may change. This new tailor-made rendition of Total Illumination will make its way to CryEngine later this year. Soon enough, we'll see whether or not developers are as interested in ray tracing on AMD and legacy Nvidia graphics cards as I am.
Better yet, perhaps we'll even see a few clones of this same feature running in more customary game engines like Unreal and Unity. Whatever the case, we're sure to learn more about Neon Noir and various other CryEngine trappings throughout our week at GDC (opens in new tab).
Gabe has been writing about the intersection of games and technology since the tender age of 16. Previously seen on TechRadar, Digital Trends and PC Magazine, he currently serves as a Senior Writer on the central hardware team spanning PC Gamer and GamesRadar. In his leisure time, you can find him amassing Razer products, playing games and watching superhero movies ranging from bad to mediocre in his cramped Manhattan apartment.
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Roller Drama review: Charming but flawed | facet of the engine called "Total Illumination," it works by removing some of the notorious pain points of the development process, such as pre-baked cube maps and local screen space reflections, particularly when creating "smooth surfaces" (windows, mirrors, metal drones, etc.). In other words, its aim is to streamline the implementation of ray tracing for game developers.
Until now, ray tracing—at least in the context of gaming—has hinged on the RT cores found exclusively in the Green Team's pricey, Turing architecture-based GeForce 20 series cards released last September. But now, thanks to a custom-fitted CryEngine 5, it seems it is possible to bring similar functionality over to AMD and pre-Turing Nvidia systems alike. That is, so long as they boast compatibility with DirectX 12 and Vulkan, the two APIs supported by Neon Noir.
To be clear, in theory any DX12-enabled GPU that has drivers with DXR support should be able to run DXR games with ray tracing enabled (currently Battlefield 5, Metro Exodus, as well as 3DMark Port Royal). The problem: neither AMD nor Nvidia have released such drivers so far, with the RTX series being the only option. Crytek may be leveraging unreleased drivers, or it may have taken a different approach to implementing | 267 |
A register is a semiconductor device that is used for storing several bits of digital data. It basically consists of a set of flip-flops, with each flip-flop representing one bit of the register.
Thus, an n-bit register has n flip-flops.
A special type of register, known as the shift register, is used to pass or transfer bits of data from one flip-flop to another.
This process of transferring data bits from one flip-flop to the next is known as 'shifting'.
Shift registers are useful for transferring data in a serial manner while allowing parallel access to the data.
A shift register is simply a set of flip-flops interconnected in such a way that the input to a flip-flop is the output of the one before it.
Clocking all the flip-flops at the same time will cause the bits of data to shift or move to the right in one direction (i.e., toward the last flip-flop) .
Figure shows a simple implementation of a 4-bit<|fim_middle|> 'ring counter'.
A more complicated version of a shift register is one that allows shifting in both directions, left or right.
It is aptly and quite descriptively referred to as the Shift-Right Shift-Left Register.
To accomplish this, a 'Mode' control line is added to the circuit. The state of this 'Mode' input determines whether the shift direction would be right or left. | shift register using D-type flip-flops.
Under its basic operation, the data bit of the last flip-flop is lost once it is clocked out.
In some applications there is a need to bring this back to the first flip-flop, in which case the data will just be circulated within the shift register. A shift register connected this way is known as an end-around-carry shift register, or simply | 83 |
Education – Welcome to the West Bank!
A private Lutheran liberal arts 4-year college. The only college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America located in the heart of a large urban area influenced by the context of a vital metropolitan setting and by an intentionally diverse campus community. Engaging with the city—the neighborhood with arts and culture with Fortune 500 companies and with all it can teach us about our diverse urban environment.
The Cedar Riverside Adult Education Collaborative is a collaboration between three partner agencies: Riverside Plaza Tenants' Association (RPTA), Brian Coyle Community Center, and Minneapolis Adult Basic Education.
Since the year 2000, these three agencies have pooled resources and worked jointly to provide education opportunities to adult immigrants and refugees living in and around the Cedar Riverside neighborhood.
The mission of Cedar Riverside Community School is to prepare children to become knowledgeable responsible and service-minded citizens. The academic program in collaboration with neighborhood non-profit community organizations is designed with this end in mind.
A multifaceted Catholic institution in St. Paul<|fim_middle|> is one of the most comprehensive public universities in the world. It is both the state's land-grant university and its flagship research institution. Focused on becoming one of the top three public research universities in the world the U of M offers 143 different degree programs and thousands of engaging challenging courses. Its West Bank campus is home to most social sciences and the arts in addition to arts venues Rarig Center Ted Mann the Nash Gallery and Barbara Barker Center for Dance. | Minnesota providing undergraduate programs in liberal arts and professional programs for women. The Minneapolis campus specializes in associate degree and certificate programs for both women and men just off of Interstate 94 east of downtown Minneapolis near Fairview-University Medical Center's Riverside Campus.
The University of Minnesota | 54 |
As a double major in math and art, I am interested in exploring the ways that these subjects<|fim_middle|> same place? Finding the solution is only part of the fun. This work of art is one part of a small series displaying the solutions for small values of n. | can intersect. My artwork conceptualizes mathematical ideas within compositions of lines and color. The mathematical concepts can range from theorems to math problems and even to simple mathematical properties. I work with acrylic on wood panel, leaving open spaces within the composition for the natural wood grain to show through and contrast with the geometric components of the painted areas. I utilize color, line, and paint application to highlight the contrast of the organic and the geometric. This juxtaposition examines the way math and art fit together. They oppose one another, but still work together to create a beautiful composition.
The Pythagorean Theorem can be proved in different ways and it has many applications, the characteristics of the Spiral of Theodorus being one of them. Every pattern and shape in this painting is either a picture proof of the Pythagorean Theorem or is an extension of the spiral. The shapes and lines partition the composition into separate sections. The colors of those sections is determined by the geometric shapes that they intersect with, creating a spiral of color radiating out from the center of the Spiral of Theodorus.
How many ways can n people move around a table by only moving one seat to the left or right, with no two people sitting in the | 248 |
Hore Mayanga est un village de la commune de Martap située dans la Région de l'Adamaoua et le département de la Vina au Cameroun.
Localisation et population
Le village Hore Mayanga se situe au nord-est de la commune de Martap. Il est entouré du village Bagarmi à l'ouest et le village Hore-Bini au sud.
Lors du recensement de 2005, Hore Mayanga comptait 93 personnes dont 48 de sexe masculin et 45 de sexe féminin. Cependant le Plan communal de développement (PCD) de la commune de Martap réalisé en 2015 a dénombré 600 habitants, dont 280 de sexe masculin et 320 de sexe féminin.
Climat
La commune de Martap se caractérise par un climat tropical. On note une légère variation de température tout au long de l'année, 22,0 °C en juillet et 24,5 en mars. Cependant, la variation des précipitations atteint les 272 mm entre 274 mm au mois d'août et seulement 2 mm en décembre et en janvier.
Projets sociaux et économiques
Le Plan communal de développement de 2015 a mis en place plusieurs projets pour améliorer les conditions de vie des habitants. Ces projets visent le développement au niveau de l'infrastructure, l'agriculture, l'industrie animale, l'éducation, la santé publique et d'autres secteurs. Ces projets impliquaient tous les villages de la commune de Martap, et notamment Hore Mayanga.
Projets sociaux
Il y avait 5 projets prioritaires dont le coût estimatif total de Francs CFA. On a planifié, dans l'ordre de priorité, la construction d'un bâtiment de deux salles de classes équipées à l'école publique de Horé Mayanga, la réalisation d'un forage à mot<|fim_middle|>artap-897956/
Notes et références
Village dans la région de l'Adamaoua | ricité humaine, l'étude de faisabilité pour le reprofilage de la route Tchabal - Horé Mayanga, la construction et l'équipement d'un centre d'alphabétisation fonctionnel et la dotation en semences améliorées.
Projets économiques
Sur le plan économique, on s'est focalisé sur l'agriculture. En effet, on a programmé la dotation aux agriculteurs du village d'un attelage complet(charrue et bœuf) et la dotation du village en moulin. La réalisation de ces deux projets devrait atteindre les Francs CFA.
Annexes
Bibliographie
Plan communal de développement (PCD) de la commune de Martap, , 350 p.
Liens externes
Martap, sur le site Communes et villes unies du Cameroun (CVUC)
https://fr.climate-data.org/afrique/cameroun/adamawa/m | 211 |
It's Up For Grabs Now
Reported by<|fim_middle|> to OTB. While both of these are great news, the latter is especially good for the future. Maybe we'll be able to return to 4 regular teams next season too?
Oh, and the answer is that it's setting 18 and we play 1h20m with 10 second increments! | Sterling Macadams
So, after a 5 week break we return to main league chess. Would anyone remember any of the openings? Would be C team manage to finish above the B team in Division 2? And – more importantly – could anyone remember how to program the clocks or indeed what time controls we were supposed to be playing? If you're sitting comfortably, I will begin.
The A team played their last league game of the season away at Rose Forgrove, playing the 'grove's A team. With club captain Paul May unavailable and Rose Forgrove outgrading Limewood and Scarcroft on every board, it didn't look good for our A team – BUT! Rob Lockwood overcame an almost 250 point grade deficit to beat Clive Davies and Paul Johnson overcame another deficit to win his game. With a couple of draws from Paul Brencher and Dan Hill, we took the match 3-2. This guaranteed that our A team would finish in the top half of Division 1, which is a fantastic season result in such a tough league – hopefully this will mean that if the league moves to 3 Divisions next year (as clubs can field more teams), our A team will remain in Division 1. With the A teams from 7 different clubs in the top 7 places, you'd expect those to form the bulk of Division 1.
Into Division 2, where going into the last round of matches our C team was actually above the B team, although both were down towards the lower end of the table. Arguably the B team had the easier final fixture at home against Rose Forgrove C while the C team visited promotion-chasing Alwoodley B, but how would they get on on the night?
Well, the B team's match got off to an unusual start as our venue claimed not to have notice of our booking and were planning to close at 9pm, when of course the match timings are geared to finish by 10pm. Fortunately the Rose Forgrovers were OK with agreeing reduced time on the clocks, which really goes to show how friendly this league is in frustrating circumstances. Unfortunately the switch to shorter games didn't really help the B team, with only Lewis Carroll getting anything from his game, pulling the rabbit out of the hat with a great draw against a player rated over 250 higher.
This meant that unless the C team "did a Derby County" and had points deducted for selling the back room of the Fox and Grapes to themselves for a vastly reduced price whilst also wildly overvaluing the resale value of knights on the edge of the board and doubled pawns, they would finish above the B team. Which was handy, because the C team didn't do that well at Alwoodley B. Our only win was Titas Lukauskas on board 1 versus Frank Sheldrick, with Titas trapping Frank's queen on h6 with a lovely combination of knight, bishop, rook and queen, at which point Frank resigned.
Titas' brother Rojas suffered a rare defeat on board 2 in a fascinating king and pawn endgame featuring mutual promotions, and a forced exchange of queens initiatied by a skewer which unfortunately left Rojus' king too far away from the rest of the pawns. Fascinating game to watch, and that's my excuse for losing my own game after an error which allowed my opponent to pick up a key central pawn which he levered to great advantage. With defeats on boards 4 and 5 (all outgraded) the C team lost 4-1. Thanks again to Alwoodley for making us all feel so welcome and offering consoling drinks after the matches as we retired to the bar to discuss the games and watch the footie (Liverpool v Villareal). Such a nice club to play at, even if the away captain ends up having to lift all the tables out and put them away – I bet Carlsen doesn't have to do that!
So our first full season after lockdown is finished and over-the-board chess in Leeds looks good. Many teams I have spoken to are hoping to have more teams out as either more people are comfortable returning to OTB chess, or players – especially younger players – are moving from playing online | 878 |
The<|fim_middle|> fields of Eton | elite have not had to overcome adversity and are therefore ill-equipped to cope in a crisis – sound familiar, Boris?
Behavioural neuroscientist Kelly Lambert argues that the wealthy do not make contingency plans, which might explain this government's disastrous response to coronavirus
Sean Smith
Monday 02 November 2020 09:17
Boris Johnson announces second national lockdown
"If you're going through hell, keep going," exhorted Winston Churchill. Margaret Thatcher, meanwhile, was not for turning. The Conservative Party's engine doesn't generally come with a reverse gear but boy-racer Boris Johnson can't stop pulling handbrake turns. It's not sustainable and he knows it. He must hear the murmuring ghosts of a party that has always conflated power with the "true grit" of resolution.
This government is out of step with modern Britain; ours is an austere age, where ordinary people have learned to just about manage by hoping for the best, while preparing for the worst. We make contingency plans, we put safety nets in place, because we have to. Agile, strategic planners have long been the most sought-after workers in the job market. But this government seems to have missed that memo.
A central premise of Kelly Lambert's fascinating book, Well Grounded: The Neurobiology of Rational Decisions, is that privilege compromises the brain's ability to contingency plan. Lambert, a behavioural neuroscientist, argues that people who have not had to overcome adversity are particularly ill-equipped to cope when the status quo tips over into crisis.
Lambert believes that the rich are disadvantaged when it comes to "building the brain's contingency circuit". They tend to see the time and energy spent on back-up plans as an unnecessary waste of mental resources because, for those with a gilded back story, Plan A has almost always sufficed. She argues that, in extremis, privilege reverts to "warped neural processing" and "brain bubbles" destined to burst on first contact with reality.
Sound familiar? Two-thirds of the current cabinet were privately educated, which might go some way to explaining the magical thinking behind air bridges, "world-beating" tracing apps and moonshots.
No surprise, then, that when crisis has struck in recent years, we were underprepared. Donald Tusk, former president of the European Council, warned of there being "a special place in hell" for "those who promoted Brexit without even a sketch of a plan of how to carry it out".
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And Covid's Karma has blindsided this cabinet of Brexiteers, too. Johnson's front bench lacks the problem-solving skills to navigate this pandemic because most of them didn't get where they are today by having any truck with tricksy nuance. Johnson can no longer dismiss detail as the purview of his "girly swot" predecessors in Downing Street.
In a true meritocracy, leaders graduate through the tempering tiers of middle management, where they learn to overcome obstacles by anticipating, mitigating and detailed action planning. It is often tedious, tiresome forensic work that the privileged can by-pass on their way to senior positions. Lambert argues that by identifying and allying yourself with an organisation's prevailing orthodoxy, an elite can sidestep the engine room on the way to the boardroom. It's a form of institutionalised confirmation bias and Brexit's turbo charging effect on the careers of today's cabinet ministers would appear to be a fine example.
The prime minister presides over an administration that seems to regard contingency planning as a precursor to compromise. Brexit posturing has hardwired this reflex into the government's standard operating procedure. As a negotiating strategy in Brussels it might have some merit but, domestically, it's led to a disastrous series of avoidable government climb downs on everything from exam algorithms to free school meals and fatally delayed circuit breakers.
Ordinary people chalk failures down to experience and try to learn from them by reflecting on their own performance. But the truly entitled are spared that indignity and can outsource failures to others through an unedifying round of blame games. Lambert thinks that institutionalised confirmation basis indemnifies ascendant elites by discrediting and marginalising non-believers.
Look at Dominic Cummings' feud with Whitehall, for example. Expecting a government to operate without working closely with its senior civil service is like expecting a car to run without an engine. As cabinet ministers pull levers that don't connect to gears, government stalls.
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This generation of jaunty journalist politicians did not have to manage people or events as they climbed the greasy pole of politics. Boris Johnson has always had a newspaper columnist's tendency to skim over the facts, selecting only those that served his viewpoint.
But Covid-19 is a formidable foe from every angle. The prime minister's tendency to see detail as beneath his pay grade is no longer an option; he needs to earn the £160,000 salary he is struggling to survive on.
Command of detail has been a familiar failing throughout Johnson's colourful career, from misappropriating fictitious quotations to infamously misleading his former leader, Michael Howard. The Tory grandees must be beginning to wonder how much longer they can overlook his frailties. Their out-of-touch star has been comprehensively outclassed by a "well-grounded" young man from Manchester. Marcus Rashford has taught this government a lesson in integrity.
Those Tory grandees may well conclude that this war, as well as the war on the virus, was lost years ago on the playing fields of Eton. Kelly Lambert would no doubt agree.
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The past three years for Minneapolis-based Wild Rumpus Books have been the best yet. Sales have been up and customers keep coming through the doors. Marketing consultant Felicity Britton admits that the success is a little unusual, considering the state of independent bookstores. But then again, Wild Rumpus Books isn't your average bookstore.
With an orientation toward young readers, Wild Rumpus holds a lot of popular events for children. Whether the kids are hopping onto a vintage trolley car to ride around town or authors are speaking in the store, there are plenty of things to make reading a fun and interactive experience. In fact, the trolley rides and readings became so popular over the years that sales staff would have to work after hours just to field calls for attendance, and customers trying to register had to listen to a busy signal, sometimes for hours on end. That meant extra overtime costs for the store, and a lot of unhappy faces.
Since 2008, the store has been using Constant Contact Email Marketing to notify customers about special deals and new titles. In late 2010, Wild Rumpus Books decided to try Event Marketing to register people for trolley rides and author events. That left the phone lines open and the staff available to help with the operations of the bookstore itself. Taking events online hasn't exactly dampened attendance — this year, the October trolley rides sold out in four minutes, without one busy signal.
Felicity says that Wild Rumpus Books originally tried using a free event invitation tool to better organize events, but the service only added to the chaos. There was no way to cap attendance for each occasion, which was a problem because the modestly-sized bookstore can hold 300 people and the trolley can hold 60. So, without the ability to limit registration, children could end up crammed into the store or hanging from the trolley's side.
By creating an intuitive RSVP system through Constant Contact's event marketing tool, Wild Rumpus Books now offers a way for people to quickly register and pay online through PayPal.
Felicity explains that email marketing has made it easier to keep the store's "whimsical tone" and still look professional. Online newsletters have been a cost-effective alternative for Wild Rumpus Books, as well. More than 15,000 people have signed up to be on the mailing list since the store opened in 1992. Without email, that would have meant a lot of extra postage.
"Independent bookstores are a dying breed, and we're lucky that the last three years have been our best to date," Felicity says. She believes that the continued growth of Wild Rumpus Books has been due to the personal and unique experience that customers get when they enter the door. The Wild Rumpus was started by Collette Morgan and Tom<|fim_middle|> their own.
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It's true! I'm still a big fan of paper books myself -- even though everyone is saying that e-books are the wave of the future, I think people often overlook the experience of reading something together, which is something that Wild Rumpus Books emphasizes so well. | Braun, who both had theater backgrounds and shared a love of the Maurice Sendak classic Where the Wild Things Are. Consequently, drama and adventure are around every corner.
Three years of great growth despite a weak economy and the threat of e-books is particularly admirable. And Felicity says that Wild Rumpus Books isn't just about the books — it's about giving time for parents to get together with their children and do something that everyone can enjoy. By combining an unforgettable experience with a good book, the store has ensured that trolley rides are still full, kids are still reading, and chinchillas, tarantulas, and African lizards all have a home to call | 136 |
The old adage, "Life is what happens while you are busy making plans" is certainly true. However, that doesn't mean that we shouldn't make plans, particularly when it comes to our money. Whether you are just starting out, hitting your stride or nearing the<|fim_middle|>.
Benita Harp is the chief operating officer for Life Credit Union, which is a financial cooperative that is solely dedicated to serving those who work in and for the healthcare community. Life Credit Union partners financial wellness coaches with members, free of charge, to help them plan for a financially healthy life. To find out more, contact Benita at benita@lifecu.org or call 615-230-LIFE, ext. 3477. | finish line of your career, here are four ways to improve your financial health.
When I take a long trip, and use an app to find my way, I don't just plug the address in and never look at or listen to the instructions provided. Likewise, you should create a budget to guide you along your financial journey and take steps to ensure it remains relevant when life detours happen. By keeping your budget relevant to your life, you can reroute your financial future to get back on track toward an ever-improving financial position when needed. Track your spending on a regular basis, live within your means, and communicate with those who share your budget. View your budget as a living document to be visited regularly, utilized consistently, and amended as necessary.
Closely coupled with treating your budget as a living document is knowing where you stand financially on a daily basis. Not realistic for your life? Then know where you stand weekly. I'm not a clinician, but I've seen enough drama on television to know that applying pressure on a wound helps stop the bleeding … and a correctly utilized tourniquet is used if the injury is very severe. No doctor or nurse thinks the bleeding will stop if they simply ignore it. Likewise, by incorporating the discipline of being keenly aware of your financial position on at LEAST a weekly basis, you can stop or minimize the hemorrhaging of expenses that sometimes occur.
One way to be more aware of your financial position is to balance your checking account daily, if you don't already. Also, be sure to review statements from your financial institution, credit card companies, investment firms, etc. to remain aware of your current interest rate(s), rate of return, balances, and even thwart fraud.
Nothing compares to having a realistic plan for retirement. An effective retirement plan will show you how much you will need to accumulate for your desired lifestyle, and how much to save each year until then. The plan should also include an approximate retirement target date and what investment choices will help you reach these goals most effectively.
You may have the acumen and desire to do this yourself, but most people need to enlist the assistance of a competent financial advisor to complete this task. As with your budget, you need to assess your retirement plan at least one time, per year. For example, in a Consumer Reports article written by Carla Fried, "If you use a retirement calculator that fills in the expected return based on long-term historical averages, you may be overestimating how big your nest egg will grow." Read the full article to learn more at http://www.consumerreports.org/retirement-planning/stress-test-your-retirement-plan/.
Hopefully, you have excellent financial advisors working for you already. If not, why not? To clarify, a financial advisor is a broad term for a professional who can help improve your financial life by using a variety of strategies and products to both manage your wealth and improve your financial habits. Their role is to find ways to increase your net worth and help you accomplish your financial objectives. There are subsets of this financial advisor group, such as financial planners, stockbrokers, insurance agents, money managers, estate planners, and more. If you do not already have a financial advisor, be sure to perform your due diligence before turning your money over to anyone.
May the life that happens to you, while making plans, be financially healthy | 685 |
Client Server Model Applications
As technology advanced, connecting machines and sharing data became an important goal and a pressing reality for application developers.
Simple networks formed and new applications and application architectures arose. Since networking and resource sharing introduced larger and more complex problems into the development environment, and because the inherent flaws in monolithic applications were becoming clear, a new approach that captured the nature of these new applications was devised. And because the "applications" had grown, so had the stages of an application from an abstract viewpoint.
Client-Server applications became all the rage. And the monolithic applications started to fade into the past like some forgotten dinosaurs.
In the client-server model, applications were broken apart, distributing processing between client computers and server computers.
As client-server applications became feasible, so too did the layering of the technology<|fim_middle|> accounts, internal systems; email and database applications became the norm in the client-server era.
The traditional client server applications enabled, and encouraged, developers to build feature rich solutions that integrated key technologies in a single point of access.
Typically a developer would focus on delivery of the graphical user interface and storing data in repositories that enabled users to share data. Technologies like ODBC (Open Database Connectivity), Visual Basic, Visual C and MFC (Microsoft Foundation Classes) helped developers build applications in short timescales that could access and share data. | become more important. In the client server model, the three layers of an application could more easily be isolated. In fact, such isolation became even more crucial as scalability, distribution and mainenance became even more complex.
Another factor in the separation of the layers came from the data. As sharing data became essential to faster and wider information distribution, the network systems drove applications to evolve into data sharers.
Rather than store data locally, in a client-server application, data would be stored in a central repository where it could be accessed by multiple clients who wished to "share" it.
The benefit of this architecture was that it gave access to large numbers of users so that they could store and retrieve important data in a consistent and stable manner generally from a "fully loaded" application on the client machine. Order processing, | 162 |
The Valley of the Dinosaurs () is an area in the state of Paraíba, Brazil, that contains many fossilized dinosaur tracks.
It contains the Valley of the Dinosaurs Area of Relevant Ecological Interest, a sustainable use area of relevant ecological interest.
This in turn contains the smaller and fully protected Valley of the Dinosaurs Natural Monument.
In 2015–16 there was concern that renovations to the tourist attraction, which had been delayed through lack of funding, might not be respecting the integrity of the site.
Location
The Valley of the Dinosaurs is an area in the sedimentary basin of the Peixe River that holds over 50 types of ancient animal tracks, including those of stegosaurids, allosauroids and iguanodonts.
The valley covers an area of about that includes the city of Sousa, Paraíba, and ten other municipalities.
It is in a Caatinga biome.
Tracks have been found in about 30 locations in the valley, with fossilized footprints of over 80 species at about 20 different stratographic levels.
Most of the tracks are of carnivorous dinosaurs.
The tracks the dinosaurs made in the damp earth beside ponds and rivers in rainy periods hardened over long periods of drought, gained new layers of sand and clay from floods, and fossilized.
Footprints are as small as , perhaps from dinosaurs the size of modern chickens, up to long, such as that<|fim_middle|> changes to the external area including delimitation of parking spaces, paving of paths and walkways and upgrades to lookout gazebos to meet accessibility standards.
Suspended walkways let the visitors view 50 fossilized footprints of the carnivorous noasauridae and 53 of the herbivore Iguanodon.
Conservation
The Area of Relevant Ecological Interest is classed as IUCN protected area category IV (habitat/species management area), whose purpose is to maintain natural ecosystems of regional or local importance and regulate use of these areas to make it compatible with the nature conservation objectives.
In December 2015 it was reported that the Valley of the Dinosaurs was in a state of neglect, and renovations had been suspended.
The replica of Tyrannosaurus Rex had been destroyed, access roads were covered by scrub, there were hundreds of cobblestones around the entrance, piles of sand and other problems.
Reporters found that the work had been abandoned due to delays in releasing funding to the company charged with work on the site.
In February 2016 the Federal Public Ministry (MPF) in Sousa recommended that Paraíba Office of Environment Administration (SUDEMA) prepare the management plan for the natural monument within 90 days defining steps to ensure the integrity and protection of natural resources of the site, and steps taken to integrate it into the social and economic life of the surrounding communities.
The MPF also recommended that SUDEMA give a detailed report within 30 days on the work carried out by the Sousa Prefecture in the Valley of Dinosaurs, which should be limited to protecting the integrity of the unit.
If the prefecture's work was not limited to this, MPF said that SUDEMA should take administrative measures to stop the work.
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Protected areas established in 1984 | of a four-ton iguanodon.
The most visited site is the island called the Passagem das Pedras (Crossing of Stones) in the bed of the Peixe River.
This is about from the urban centre of Sousa.
History
The dinosaur tracks were discovered by a local farmer, Anísio Fausto Silva, in the late 19th century.
At the start of the 20th century the engineer Luciano Jacques de Moraes began to study them scientifically.
Although not a trained palaeontologist, Moraes gave detailed descriptions with drawings of the tracks for publication in the book Serras e Montanhas do Nordeste (1924).
The Área de Relevante Interesse Ecológico Vale dos Dinossauros was established on 18 December 1984 and is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio).
The protected area covers .
It is in the Sousa municipality of the state of Paraíba.
The Valley of the Dinosaurs Natural Monument was created in 2002 by the municipality of Souza.
This is a fully protected natural monument of about .
There were plans to divert the Peixe River, which flooded the tracks in the rainy season.
A R$1.3 million renovation was funded by the federal government and Petrobras, and the site was reopened on 24 May 2013.
Work included renovation of the museum, restructuring of the exhibition space, auditorium, offices and bathrooms, and | 319 |
Careful attention to detail, sourcing local materials, carrying out any work you can on a DIY basis and keeping one eye on the costs can all help to bring your extension project in on a tight budget.
If you are in need of some extension inspiration, take a look at this selection of projects that have all been achieved within a £50,000 budget.
Looking to add a new kitchen diner to their farmhouse in north Wales, the homeowners of this project chose Welsh Oak Frame to design and build their new addition as they felt<|fim_middle|> used internally as a feature wall. A bank of rooflights brings natural daylight into the new space.
Looking to work out the build costs of your extension? Find out how much yours could cost with our extension cost calculator. | that exposed oak would be in keeping with the style of the original farmhouse and would add character and warmth to the new space.
This cottage on the Scottish Borders has been subject to a large extension constructed using insulating concrete formwork (ICF) from Beco Wallform.
Completed by Border Oak, this oak and glass single room extension has been added to a listed Arts and Crafts house, and joined with a modern frameless glass connection so that the two parts can be easily distinguished.
The owners of this period home wanted to introduce more space, and commissioned Anglian Home Improvements to add an orangery extension.
With a view to creating a more traditional space in keeping with the existing building, the clients behind this project were keen to knock down the old side extension to make way for a new addition.
The extension, designed by Design Squared, is clad in white render, and houses an open plan kitchen/dining/living area that is connected to the rear reception room.
The challenge for Samantha Worrall and Philip Osborne was how they could create more space for their growing family within their 1930s semi-detached home on a limited budget.
The owners of this stone-clad home in Frome, Somerset were looking to create additional space off their existing kitchen. The couple opted for a lean-to conservatory filled with natural light.
Enlisting the services of David Salisbury, the design team at the company created a simple but effective design to perfectly fit the bill, complete with two skylights and top-hung windows for ventilation.
After previously carrying out a garage conversion to this 1970s semi-detached home, Eclipse Property Solutions was enlisted once again by the homeowners to build a new kitchen/dining/family space to the rear.
With a growing family, the owners of this three bedroom detached house in Staffordshire were becoming increasingly constrained by the property's size.
Reluctant to move out of the area, the homeowners appointed Croft Architecture to come up with a design concept that would see their old, cold, leaking conservatory replaced with a modern, light-filled, open plan extension.
When the homeowners bought this semi-detached home in London, they knew immediately they wanted to create a new extension to the rear of the property.
A new 8m x 5m flat roof extension was built and clad in London Stock bricks to match the existing brickwork, with reclaimed bricks, also London Stock, | 492 |
Hotel Mercure Coralia Cuatro Palmas considered one of the most beautiful and comfortable hotel facilities on the Varadero, the world famous Cuban beach. Distinguished and elegant.<|fim_middle|> Palmas".
Starting from 1st November 2017 Starfish Cuatro Palmas will become an adults-only hotel and only; minimum age 16 y/o. | Arches, columns, stained-glass windows and balustrades give it a distinctively Cuban appeal. This, along with the excellent services provided to guests, make it a magnificent vacation place.
Quality accommodations and nautical sports installations characterize the Cuatro Palmas, as well as its wonderful architecture, that makes it an example of touristic development, respecting the environment.
"Cuba", the main restaurant for buffet breakfast and diner, facing the pool, beautiful colonial style.
"Las Olas" is opposite the pool and features a terrace facing the ocean. It offers snacks as well as Italian and American a la carte cuisine. There is also another restaurant called "Las | 133 |
Many experienced executives may already have noticed that the traditional models of leadership are changing. Our world is rapidly moving on, and as a result, business leaders need to adapt to create and maintain a stable economy, and to ensure decisions work not only for the business, but for everyone around them and the environment.
Modern day society seems much more complex with economic, political and environmental crises reminding us that a major event thousands of miles away could affect our businesses, and our own stability.
With<|fim_middle|>'s values.
The ability to identify and clearly communicate a deeper purpose for your business is key. However, this purpose should go well beyond financial targets, charity fundraising, reducing the carbon footprint and other traditional business goals (although all are important to sustainable business). Conscious leaders make the good of the planet and its people one of the fundamental reasons they are in business in the first place. Leadership expert JV Crum III sums it up nicely: "The new model of effective leadership demands that you evaluate the purpose of your business; more importantly, it requires that you dig deeper and ask, 'What purpose does my life serve?'".
Running a business with care and compassion is important to making decisions that have a long-lasting, positive impact on employees, customers, the supply chain and other stakeholders. Taking an understanding approach transforms errors into opportunities to improve, helping employees feel safe to explore new ways of working and innovating.
Conscious leaders lead businesses with humility and typically avoid portraying a persona of power or status. They respond to the shift from a more traditional self-focused approach to a more aware and holistic leadership style. Successful conscious business is built on sharing information and knowledge, enabling others to do their best, collaborating with colleagues and sharing the credit of achievements.
For more information on conscious leadership, look at the member-owned organisation, Conscious Business, and its LinkedIn Group Conscious Business UK.
Pure Executive can also help provide further insight into leadership skills. Contact us on 01223 209888. | so many issues to tackle, it is becoming widely acknowledged that business has a significant role to play in tackling the causes to create a more balanced and stable world so we can all flourish.
As an executive recruitment specialist, Pure Executive aims to stay in touch with changing trends. Conscious leadership is one such trend – a movement emerging in response to our need to adapt, so we can help combat fundamental global issues such as poverty and climate change.
A deeper level of mindfulness, wisdom and emotional intelligence is required when making business decisions that benefit the whole, rather than just the bottom line. Since conscious leadership is a new phenomenon, we thought it useful to introduce the key characteristics required by a conscious leader.
Until recently the word 'emotional' was rarely used in the context of business. However, conscious leadership is shifting expectations, requiring increased levels of emotional intelligence. Historically more emphasis has been put on IQ - not EQ - when it comes to running a successful enterprise, but conscious leaders need the ability to connect and empathise with others in order to build relationships with people of all kinds. EQ also entails being more aware of your own emotions and behaviour, and possessing the ability to manage yourself effectively.
Another idea that drives conscious capitalism is the need for businesses to reach the highest possible potential. To achieve this you, as a leader, need to be prepared to not only be aware of your own strengths and weaknesses, but you also need to be willing to constantly improve yourself as an individual and as a senior professional. In doing this you also set an example to your employees, investors and shareholders who expect to see your organisation's leadership demonstrating the brand | 327 |
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