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Spatial Information Day 2014 was held on Friday, 29 August 2014 at the Adelaide Convention Centre.
Thirty guests started their SID2014 day with breakfast and inspiring presentations from Zoe Bettison MP (Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion, Social Housing, Multicultural Affairs, Ageing, Youth and Volunteers,Member of the Executive Council),Marika Boelen (FYFE Earth Partners) and Natalie Hamood (Director of People and Culture, Department for State Development).
The objective for SID2014 was to build on the achievements of previous years conferences with the ultimate goal of supporting all members of the spatial sciences sector as they build their careers and contribute their skills to the development of economic and social prosperity across geographic and demographic boundaries. To accomplish this, this years conference agenda was designed to encourage discussion of today's many spatial challenges and issues and then to explore potential solutions, actions, policies and programs to overcome them. If SID2014 has been successful, our delegates will take all the things they have learned back to their studies, workplaces and communities where they will implement them to the benefit of their own development as well as that of their colleagues and clients.
We were delighted to welcome a total of 22 organisations in their support of SID2014 through various Sponsorship and Exhibitor Packages. These organisations made the SID2014 Exhibition an excellent opportunity for Delegates to make new contacts and renew acquaintances, to have discussions and exchange ideas, suggestions and opinions with decisions makers, practitioners and researchers from all over South Australia and across the country.
We were also very fortunate to have had a large group of well-known experts in their fields participate inSID2014. This group included Professors, Directors, Managers, Researchers, Consultants, Members of Boards and other authorities from spatial science fields as well as from municipal management, education and executive development. The direction of the conference was established early by our first Key Note Speaker, The Honourable Lord Mayor of Adelaide Stephen Yarwood who made the poignant observation that while progress is widely praised, change is equally widely resisted. The benefits of challenging the status quo and applying the spatial sciences creatively were then aptly demonstrated by second Key Note Speaker, Associate Professor Lian Pin Koh, who described his application of spatial information to addressing emerging environmental and socioeconomic challenges facing tropical developing nations.
Four streams of concurrent sessions continued to inform and challenge our delegates, culminating in the final Key Note presentation, by Professor David Cropley, who offered a reminder of the innovations on which modern spatial science is founded and suggestions for how every delegate can actively increase their creative and problem-solving capacities.
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Anglesey (walesiül Ynys Môn) egy sziget és megye Wales északnyugati részén, túlnyomórészt walesi anyanyelvű lakossággal. A Menai-szoroson átívelő két híd köti össze a szárazfölddel. Az egyik a Thomas Telford által 1826-ban tervezett Menai-szoros hídja, a másik pedig a nemrégiben épített Britannia híd (eredetileg Robert Stephenson tervezte). Az előbbin az A5, míg az utóbbin az A55-ös út halad át.

Az Anglesey nevet az angolban a megye és a körülötte lévő szigetek, többek között a Holy-sziget megnevezésére használták. Miután a walesi nyelvtörvényben az Angol Parlament elfogadta a walesit, mint hivatalos nyelvet, az önkormányzati választókerület nevét is megváltoztatták Ynys Môn-ra, mind az Angol Parlamentben, mind pedig a Walesi Nemzetgyűlésben.

A maga 720 km²-es területével a legnagyobb walesi sziget, az ötödik legnagyobb a Brit-sziget körül és a legnagyobb az Ír-tengerben, megelőzve a Man-szigetet.

Neve
Anglesey walesi neve Môn, a brit enisis mona-ból ered, először a római korban tűnt fel Tacitus, Caius Plinius Caecilius és Cassius Dio írásaiban mint "Mona". Giraldus Cambrensis Môn Mam Cymru-nak ("Môn, Wales anyja") nevezte, mivel szerinte ez a termékeny vidék egész waleset el tudta látni élelemmel. Sokkal valószínűbb, hogy ez a valóságban csak Gwyneddre vonatkozott. A régi walesi nyelvben "Ynys Dywyll"-nek ("Sötét sziget") és "Ynys y Cedairn"-nek (cedyrn vagy kedyrn; "Bátor emberek szigete") hívták. A "Clas Merddin" és "Y fêl Ynys" (méz sziget) nevek is elterjedtek voltak. Az angol Anglesey név az óészaki nyelvből jött, jelentése: Ongull szigete.

Földrajz

Anglesey egy viszonylag alacsonyan fekvő sziget dombokkal, mint a Parys Mountain, Cadair Mynachdy ("a kolostor széke", vagy Monachdy), Mynydd Bodafon és Holyhead Mountain. A Brit-szigettől a Menai-szoros választja el, ami a legkeskenyebb pontján 250 m széles.

A sziget forgalmas átkelőhely Nagy-Britannia és Írország között. Kompok közlekednek Holyheadből a Holy-szigeten át Dublinba és Dún Laoghaire-ba.

A sziget teljes partszakaszát Kiemelkedő Természeti Szépségű Területnek nyilvánították. Nagyon sok tengerpart jellemzi, főként a keleti részen Beaumaris és Amlwch között, és a nyugati parton Ynys Llanddwyntól, Rhosneigren át, a Carmel Headi öblökig. Az északi partszakaszt meredek sziklák és kis öblök jellemzik.

Kevés természetes tó van, azok is inkább a sziget nyugati felén találhatók. A legnagyobb természetes tó a szigeten a Llyn Llywenan. Folyókból szintén nincs sok, és amik vannak azok sem túl nagyok. Két nagy víztározó található Anglesey-n. Az egyik Llyn Cefni középen, amit az Afon Cefni folyó táplál, a másik pedig a Llyn Alaw északon.

Az éghajlat nyirkos, viszont meglehetősen kiegyensúlyozott a Golf-áramlatnak köszönhetően. A termőföldek változó minőségűek, és valószínűleg sokkal termékenyebbek voltak a múltban.

A szigeten néhány kisebb település található elszórva. A sziget keleti részén Beaumarisban (walesiül Biwmares) található a beaumarisi vár, amelyet I. Eduárd építtetett észak walesi hadjárata során. Beaumaris a környék jachtközpontja, rengeteg vitorlás horgonyoz az öbölben vagy Gallow Point közelében. A délen található Newborough (walesiül: Niwbwrch) falut akkor alapították, amikor a közeli Llanfaes lakóit kitelepítették a beaumarisi kastély építése miatt. Llangefni falu a sziget közepén terül el és ez a környék adminisztratív központja. Menai Bridge (walesiül: Porthaethwy) település az első, a szárazföldet a szigettel összekötő, híd építésekor kezdett el terjeszkedni. Itt szállásolták el az építkezéseken dolgozó munkásokat és itt tárolták az építőanyagot is. Addig Porthaethwy egyike volt a fontos kompátkelőhelyeknek. Közel a faluhoz található Bryn Celli Ddu, egy kőkorszaki temetkezési hely. Szintén a falutól nem messze van az Egyesült Királyság hivatalosan is leghosszabb nevű települése, Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. Amlwch falu a sziget északkeleti részén fekszik, a 18. században gyorsan fejlődő iparvidék volt. Főként rézbányászat folyt a Parys Mountain környékén.

Az Anglesey Tengeri Állatkert kedvelt turistalátványosság, bemutatja a helyi tengeri élővilágot. Minden itt található halat és rákot a környékbeli vizekben fogtak, és ezek az állatok olyan akváriumokban vannak kiállítva, melyek nagyon hasonlítanak a természetes élőhelyükre.

A sziget lakóinak a turizmus jelenti a legfőbb bevételi forrást. A második legjelentősebb iparág a mezőgazdaság, a helyi tejgazdaságok a legproduktívabbak a környéken.

A sziget északi részén található a Wylfa atomerőmű.

Az ipar kizárólag Holyhead környékén van jelen nagyobb mértékben. Korábban egy alumíniumolvasztó is működött a környéken. Az alumíniumolvasztó 2009 szeptemberében részben bezárt, 450-ről 80-ra csökkentve dolgozóinak létszámát. Ez nagy csapás volt a sziget gazdaságának, amely különösen Holyheadet érintette. Amlwch mellett van a Wylfa atomerőmű és egy használaton kívüli brómkitermelő üzem. Az atomerőművet 2010 környékén tervezik bezárni, azonban a megyei tanács kitolná ezt a határidőt, és egy új erőművet építtetnének a régi helyett.

A kisebb iparágak széles skálája található meg, főképpen ipari és üzleti parkokban, Llangefni és Gaerwen körzetében. Többek között vágóhíd, fűrésztelep, alumíniumolvasztás, haltenyésztés, élelmiszer feldolgozás.
A szélenergia hasznosítása céljából 20 szélerőművet állítottak Anglesey-ben, az északi part környékén. A sziget környéki erős áramlatok is felkeltették néhány befektető érdeklődését, akik a hullámenergiát akarják kiaknázni.

Geológia

Geológiai szempontból Anglesey meglehetősen összetett képet mutat, a környékbeli iskolákból is gyakran szerveznek ide tanulmányi kirándulásokat. Az újabb kőzetrétegek nagyon régi prekambriumbeli kőzeten nyugszanak, amelyek négy területen oszlanak el:

 nyugati régió, Holyhead és Llanfaethlu
 a sziget belsejében, Aberffraw és Trefdraeth körül
 keleti régió, Newborough, Caerwen és Pentraeth
 a part menti régióban Glyn Garth-nál a Menai-szoros hídja és Beaumaris között

A központi prekambriumi kőzetektől északnyugatra egy gránitöv terül el Llanfaelogtól, közel a partokhoz, Llanerchymedd környékéig. A Holyheadi prekambriumi és a gránit réteg között egy keskeny ordovíciumi földsáv fekszik, amely palából és homokkőből áll.

Ökológia és természetvédelem

Anglesey nagy részén megtalálhatóak a marha- és juhtelepek. Ezeken a területeken a természetes növénytakaró és állatvilág szükségszerűen elpusztult. Mindamellett számos wetland található a térségben, amelyek védettek. Az összes itt található tónak nagy jelentősége van a szigeten élő vízi és részben vízi madarak életében. A RAF felszállóhely a mezei pacsirták fészkelőhelye. A függőleges sziklafal környékén South Stacknál, Holyhead közelében, nagyon sok alkaféle fészkel, köztük lundák és lummák, továbbá csókák és vándorsólymok. Anglesey-n található a Nagy-Britanniában megmaradt kisszámú európai mókus populációk közül kettő, Pentraeth és Newborough környékén.

1966-ban a sziget teljes partszakaszát Kiemelkedő Természeti Szépségű Területnek nyilvánították, és ezt 1967-ben meg is erősítették. A cél az volt, hogy megóvják a part esztétikus megjelenését, és megakadályozzák a romboló hatású építkezéseket, fejlesztéseket. Ez a minősítés lefedi az egész 201 km-es (125 mérföld) partszakaszt, beleértve Holyhead Mountaint, Mynydd Bodafont és számos más fontos területet, melyek területe összesen mintegy 221 km².

Történelme
Számos megalitikus emlékmű és menhir tanúsítja, hogy már az őskorban is éltek itt emberek. Plas Newydd egyike a 28 még most is álló cromlechnek.

Anglesey történelme régóta összekapcsolódik a druidákkal. I. sz. 60-ban Gaius Suetonius Paulinus elszántan próbálta megtörni a kelta druidákat, megtámadva a szigetet, leromboltatta az oltárokat és szent helyeket. A Boudica által vezetett felkelés hírére azonban ki kellett vonnia hadseregét, mielőtt megszilárdíthatta volna hatalmát a térségben. A szigetet végül Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Britannia kormányzója, olvasztotta be a Római Birodalomba i. sz. 78-ban. A Holyhead mellett található erődöt a rómaiak emelték, és a városból Llanfairpwllgwyngyll-be vezető út is valószínűleg eredetileg a rómaiak munkája. Brit vaskori és római kori területek feltárása során számos érme és ékszer került elő. Miután az 5. század elején a rómaiak kivonultak a Brit-szigetről, Írországból kalózok telepedtek le Anglesey-ben és a közeli Llŷn-félszigeten. Erre válaszul, Cunedda ap Edern, egy Gododdinból való skót hadúr hadjáratot indított, hogy kiűzze a betolakodókat. A hadjáratot a fia, Einion Yrth ap Cunedda, és unokája, Cadwallon Lawhir ap Einion folytatták, míg 470-ben végül sikerrel jártak. Mivel Anglesey egy sziget, ezért jól védhetőnek bizonyult a századok során. Gwynedd királyság fővárosa Aberffraw lett, egy 853-as dán rajtaütést leszámítva, egészen a 13. századig, amikor az angol flotta fejlesztései miatt a sziget elvesztette korábbi jelentőségét.
Az írek után a sziget folyamatos viking, szász és normann támadásoknak volt kitéve, mígnem I. Eduárd angol király végleg meg nem hódította a 13. században.

Kormányzat

Anglesey (Holy-szigettel együtt) egyike a tizenhárom történelmi walesi megyének. A középkorban, Wales 1283-as meghódítása előtt, Môn többször volt független, gyakran örökölték Gwynedd királyság részeként. Ez legutoljára 1171-ben esett meg Owain Gwynedd halálakor, amikor a szigetet Rhodri ab Owain Gwynedd örökölte, utána pedig Owain Goch-hoz került valamikor 1246 és 1255 között. I. Eduárd hódítását követően 1284-ben megyének nyilvánították. 1974-ben Gwynedd megye egyik körzete volt, majd 1996-ban a helyi kormányzati reform után ismét külön megye lett belőle.

Városok

Közlekedés

Anglesey, Holyheadtől Chesterig, az A55-ös autóúttal van összekötve a szárazfölddel. A sziget keleti részéből Bangoron át, a Menai-szoros felett, egészen St. Albansig vezet az A5-ös út. Az A5025 az északi partok mentén, míg az A4080 a dél felől, gyűrű alakban vezet körbe a szigeten.

Hat vasútállomás van a szigeten: Holyhead, Valley, Rhosneigr, Ty Croes, Bodorgan, Llanfairpwll.
Az Anglesey repülőtérről naponta két menetrend szerinti járat indul a Cardiffi repülőtérre, ahonnan a világ bármely nagyvárosa elérhető.

A holyheadi kompkikötő meglehetősen forgalmas, évente kétmilliós utasforgalmat bonyolít le.

Jegyzetek

Fordítás

Brit-szigetek
Wales szigetei
Wales megyéi

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When I post macro images on Instagram, I usually get one or more comments about how someone wishes they had a dedicated macro lens in their bag. Well, the good thing is, you don't have to have a macro-specific lens to shoot macro! To show you how easy it is to make macro images without one that's specifically labeled "macro", I pulled out my nifty-fifty, because it's a lens that most photographers own. If you don't own one of these, I highly recommend purchasing one! There are more expensive models around, but honestly, my $100 50mm f/1.8 is such a great lens I can't bear to part with it, even though it's not my main lens.
This first image shows my scene shot with my 50mm, as close as the camera would allow me to get. Then I share the same results with each method so you can see how each one performs. With each technique, I got as near as my camera allowed me to get and still have my subject be in focus, so some of them I was able to get just inches away, and others further away. I was shooting the ice cream cone at f/2.8, so I only have a narrow slice of focus. The coneflower was shot at f/5. I did not do any cropping to the images as I want to share them as they were taken. Only a bit of editing was done--I added contrast, highlights and darkened the blacks.
This ring allows you to take macro with your 50mm backwards on your camera. To do this, you need to twist the reverse ring to the back of your lens, then connect it to your camera. Of course, you don't have to have the specific ring on your camera, you can always just hold the lens on there like you're free-lensing, but having the ring hold it in place allows you to have the use of both hands, keeps wind-blown debris out, and gives you a greater peace of mind!
When your lens is backward, it cannot communicate with your camera. You will still be able to adjust your shutter speed, but not your aperture or auto focus. If you're good at manual focus, this isn't a problem, but if you have never done it, I suggest using live view to make sure your images are sharp and in focus.
You can see that at f/2.8 the results are fairly blurry with only a small slice of focus.
A convex lens can be used for more than just macro, so it makes a great little tool to have in your bag, period! Though the magnification isn't as great with a convex lens as it is with some of the other methods, it's fun to play with anyhow. To use it for macro, just hold it in front of your lens. I find it easiest to place it directly on my lens. You can experiment with how far away the lens is from your camera lens, but this is hard to do in manual focus unless you have three hands! It gives a soft glow around the edges, and can give you a bit of reflection in there too if the conditions are right, making it look like a double exposure.
An extension tube set is a great option, because once you buy the proper tubes for your camera you can use them with any of your lenses. And extension tube goes between your camera and the lens. There are two types of extension tubes, the cheaper ones do not communicate between your lens and your camera, but the more expensive ones do allow you to have that communication still. If you need to have auto focus and all of your settings available, I would look into the more expensive ones.
The extension tubes work by putting your lens closer to the subject, and allowing you to stay farther back. You've probably noticed that your camera won't focus properly when you were too close to a subject, but extension tubes allow you to be closer and almost "trick" your camera sensor into thinking it's further away than you really are. Extension tubes really are a great option if you want to be able to use macro with more than one lens. The drawbacks to extension tubes is that you lose light, so you'll have to slow your shutter speed or up your ISO. Also, I find that it's harder to get tack sharp images as easily--it does take some practice and time!
I made a quick video to show you the different tools you can use, so check it out if you want to see how each of these things work, and what they look like.
One of the final products, shot with my 50mm and +4 macro filter at f/5, 1/125 sec, ISO 640.
Cropped in a bit to center it, did some cleanup of spots and tweaking in Photoshop.
I hope this helps you realize that you don't have to purchase an expensive dedicated macro lens! Use some of these cheaper options, play around a bit, see if you really love shooting macro, then go for the big purchase if you decide you like it!


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Another thing to notice is that the speed advertised by most providers is not the speed that they would offer you but the maximum speed that they can offer. It would help if you got the estimated speed that you are likely to get in the plan selected by you.
Megabits per second (Mbps) is the unit used to measure the broadband speed. Higher megabits denote a faster internet speed and thus, a faster connection. The standard speed offered by most internet providers is up to 38Mbps. The superfast fiber connections offer speeds up to 76Mbps. Higher speeds than this are also available, but they tend to be highly expensive and generally not required for home usage.
The internet speed that would be ideal for you would be decided by how you use the internet. The number of people using the broadband connection in the house, the number of devices attached to the internet connection, the extent of online games played or sites like Netflix watched will decide the speed that would work best for you.
The internet speed you will be getting with your connection is often quoted specifically in the agreement that is drawn with your agreed provider. It also states out the maximum speed that the line can support as well as also specifies a minimum guaranteed speed. It is highly recommended that you test the speed you are promised at authentic speed checking sites. These sites check your connection several times and test and track the speed, multiple times. Post it; they show their accurate assessment of the broadband speed.
There are several factors that determine your internet speed apart from the provider. Few of them are the type of connection, distance from the exchange in case of ADSL broadband, exchange contention ratio, i.e. the maximum number of people recommended to use the internet at any given time, number of devices connected, quality of cables and router, weather conditions, etc.
With the knowledge up your sleeve, you can easily compare various broadband deals and choose the best fit for you.
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Spat between deputy judge president Goliath and judge Hlope plays out in public
Nyati Bush lodge was 'unaware' of the first drowning incident
Wanted: Intimacy coordinators. Hollywood's fastest growing job
Demand is soaring for intimacy directors or coordinators who help choreograph TV and movie scenes involving sex or nudity and ensure that actors are not exploited or made to feel uncomfortable.
Intimacy coordinators
Reuters | 95 days ago
LOS ANGELES - Two years after a sexual harassment scandal roiled Hollywood, one of the fastest growing jobs in the entertainment industry is that of the intimacy director.
Fuelled by the #MeToo and Time's Up movements, demand is soaring for intimacy directors or coordinators who help choreograph TV and movie scenes involving sex or nudity and ensure that actors are not exploited or made to feel uncomfortable.
Interest in the specialised job is high, but training can take months.
"We have stunt coordinators. We really take care of people in those kind of scenes. But scenes of intimacy have kind of been left a little too alone," said Jessica Steinrock, managing director of the non-profit Intimacy Directors International (IDI).
HBO now has an intimacy coordinator on all its shows involving intimate scenes, while Showtime uses one on The Affair and other series.
Elsewhere, IDI and groups like Theatrical Intimacy Education and Intimacy on Set run multiple workshops in the United States and the UK that empower actors to speak up.
IDI, founded in 2016, says the number of its intimacy instructors has mushroomed to 29, from just four two years ago. More than 70 people applied for 10 places with IDI earlier this year to train for the role.
"It is absolutely growing at a rapid pace," said Gabrielle Carteris, president of the US actors union SAG-AFTRA. "There are a plethora of shows and not enough intimacy coordinators right now."
Intimacy directors act as a liaison on movie and TV sets between producers or directors and actors to ensure that actors are treated with respect, whether the script calls for a first kiss or a rape scene.
Before sexual misconduct allegations involving multiple actors, directors and producers swept Hollywood in 2017, actors were often left to fend for themselves in establishing boundaries at work.
Steinrock, who has also worked as an actor, recalled feeling vulnerable one time, when the hand of a fellow actor slipped lower than usual during a scene.
"I found myself thinking, 'is it because he likes me? Is it because he is more in the moment today?' Even though my character might be ok with that, me - the actor - was not. But I found it really difficult to have that conversation," she said.
Steinrock and Carteris said there has been some resistance from directors who fear shooting of some scenes may be slowed down. But those who have tried it have mostly embraced the practice.
David Simon, co-creator of HBO's porn industry drama The Deuce, told Rolling Stone magazine in an interview last year that he would never work without an intimacy co-ordinator again.
CREATING A BIGGER POOL
Finding the right people for the work takes care.
"We're looking for people that have an interest in sensitivity, consent and mental health but also people that have movement experience," said Steinrock.
SAG-AFTRA is currently working with several groups to establish common protocols for the work of intimacy coordinators and the training they undergo.
"There are actors who are older now and who want to pay back, but it doesn't necessarily mean they are qualified. There are dancers who have been talking to us about aging out of their careers and they want to be able to come into the next thing," said Carteris.
"We do have to create a bigger pool and then we have to create that training ground so that there is a standardized way of working that we all understand what is expected," she added.
Independent actor, writer and educator Heather Maria Acs decided she wants to train as an instructor after taking part in a recent intimacy workshop in Los Angeles with some 20 other people.
It's a career she never could have envisaged three years ago despite her 20 years in show business. "I had no idea and yet it makes so much sense. I'm excited to share it with other people," she said
Acs said the skills she had learned in just one afternoon workshop were "not only skills for performers but they are life skills."
"The one thing I will take away... is how powerful a yes can be when there is an option to say no. And how powerful a no can be when we know it's safe to say yes," she said.
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UA Venture Capital Fund LLC, a new, early-stage venture capital firm aimed at supporting University of Arizona technology spinoffs, has made its first three investments including in Regulonix, which is commercializing a new kind of non-opioid painkiller.
Researchers at Translational Genomics Research Institute discovered a gene associated with "SuperAgers" that it hopes to target with new drugs to reduce age-related memory loss and perhaps help prevent Alzheimer's disease.
Asthma, Alzheimer's, cancer, the aging immune system, diabetes, precision medicine and Valley fever are among the health issues being tackled by University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers with funding from the National Institutes of Health.
Northern Arizona University has received the green light to establish a College of Engineering, Informatics and Applied Sciences to accommodate growing interest in the science, technology, engineering and math fields.
Life365, which brings together available, connected technology through its health software platform to allow remote patient monitoring, was granted a patent this month for any medical device intended for home use that talks to wearables.
Arizona's more than 8,000 tech firms supported over 168,000 jobs and paid $15.7 billion in wages in 2016, according to a new study, and the state ranked second among six Southwest states for tech employment growth from 2015 to 2016.


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  <option value="Aerial">Aerial</option>
  <option value="AerialWithLabels">Aerial with labels</option>
  <option value="Road" selected>Road</option>
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Example of a MapQuest map.Shows how to create custom controls.

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    source: new ol.source.MapQuest({layer: 'osm'})
  }),
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    style: 'Aerial',
    visible: false,
    source: new ol.source.MapQuest({layer: 'sat'})
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    style: 'AerialWithLabels',
    visible: false,
    layers: [
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var map = new ol.Map({
  layers: layers,
  target: 'map',
  view: new ol.View({
    center: ol.proj.transform(
        [-73.979378, 40.702222], 'EPSG:4326', 'EPSG:3857'),
    zoom: 9
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  <option value="Aerial">Aerial</option>
  <option value="AerialWithLabels">Aerial with labels</option>
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    <title>MapQuest</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://openlayers.org/en/v3.15.1/css/ol.css" type="text/css">
    <script src="http://openlayers.org/en/v3.15.1/build/ol.js"></script>
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  <body>
    <div id="map" class="map"></div>
    <select id="layer-select">
      <option value="Aerial">Aerial</option>
      <option value="AerialWithLabels">Aerial with labels</option>
      <option value="Road" selected>Road</option>
    </select>
    <script>
      var layers = [
        new ol.layer.Tile({
          style: 'Road',
          source: new ol.source.MapQuest({layer: 'osm'})
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        new ol.layer.Tile({
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          visible: false,
          source: new ol.source.MapQuest({layer: 'sat'})
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          visible: false,
          layers: [
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            new ol.layer.Tile({
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            })
          ]
        })
      ];

      var map = new ol.Map({
        layers: layers,
        target: 'map',
        view: new ol.View({
          center: ol.proj.transform(
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          zoom: 9
        })
      });

      var select = document.getElementById('layer-select');

      function onChange() {
        var style = select.value;
        var i, ii;
        for (i = 0, ii = layers.length; i < ii; ++i) {
          layers[i].set('visible', (layers[i].get('style') == style));
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      select.addEventListener('change', onChange);

      onChange();
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Itinerary Home
Water in the West
Mission of the Bureau of Reclamation
Bureau of Reclamation Engineering Achievements
The Origins of Hydroelectric Power
Hydroelectric Power and the Bureau of Reclamation
Hydroelectric Power in the 20th Century and Beyond
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Bureau of Reclamation Historic Dams, Irrigation Projects, and Powerplants
Managing Water in the West
Nevada and Arizona
The recently opened Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge, in background, diverts traffic around the crest of the dam.
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Physically, Hoover Dam is a massive, concrete arch-gravity dam, 660 feet thick at its base and wide enough at its crest that traffic on old U.S. 93 coursed right over its top. Some 726 feet in the canyon below, or the equivalent of a 60-story building, the Colorado River lies tamed behind this great concrete wedge, its base as wide as two football fields are long.
Hoover Dam stores water that irrigates 2 million acres, not only in the rich farm fields of Southern California's Imperial Valley, but across the state line in Arizona. Hoover Dam generates enough hydroelectric power to serve 1.3 million people each year, provides municipal water for urban centers including Los Angeles, Phoenix and Tucson, holds back flood waters, provides storage during drought and takes more than a little credit for the unabashed growth of the desert Southwest. For all that, Hoover Dam is much more; it is an American icon, a monument to the ingenuity of the nation's engineers and the power of its machines. Hoover Dam is the symbol of an era when an urban, industrial America reveled in harnessing its natural resources.
The story of Hoover Dam begins long before the first bucket of concrete was poured on June 6, 1933, and it continues today with the recently opened Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge, an engineering marvel in itself, towering 900 feet above the Colorado River's Black Canyon, just south of Hoover Dam. The new bridge diverts traffic from the top of the dam, lessening congestion and increasing security, while also offering unsurpassed views from its pedestrian walkway. Hoover Dam, spanning the Arizona-Nevada border about 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas, is the most-visited dam in the world, counting some 7 million tourists a year. With its 110-mile-long Lake Mead, Hoover Dam and its corresponding system of tunnels, outlet works, spillways, powerplant, and transmission lines has transformed this bone-dry slice of desert into a vacation paradise.
As early as 1901, manmade canals diverted Colorado River water to the Imperial Valley's fruit and vegetable fields. But the Colorado was a mighty river, gouging rock mesas as it went, including the most famous gorge of all--the Grand Canyon. The Colorado could grow angry, swelling to a torrent, flooding land for miles around, clogging irrigation canals with sediment, and washing away small earth dams. In 1905, the Colorado broke out of its banks at an irrigation canal head works and ran wild for months, sending its entire flow into the Salton Sink--creating the Salton Sea. As the Colorado destroyed homes and crops, and damaged highways and railroads, its name turned to mud, much like the landscape it destroyed.
To engineers at the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the solution was clear: a large, multipurpose dam that not only would control floods, but harness the Colorado for irrigation and hydroelectric power. Years of debate followed as opponents questioned the economic feasibility and engineering know-how for such an enormous project. Furthermore, six of the seven states in the Colorado River drainage area (Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, and Nevada) expressed fears that California would get the lion's share of the water. Then-Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover stepped up as the man of the hour when he oversaw a compromise in 1922 that became the Colorado River Compact. This compact divided the seven states into the Upper and Lower Basins, established a set amount of river water to be consumed annually, and left the apportionment percentages for the states to work out among themselves.
On December 21, 1928, President Calvin Coolidge signed an act authorizing the Boulder Canyon Project, so named because a study originally had recommended the Boulder Canyon of the Colorado, not the nearby Black Canyon, as the site of the dam. On July 3, 1930, then-President Herbert Hoover signed the first appropriation bill. It was during dedication ceremonies on September 17, 1930, that Secretary of the Interior Ray L. Wilbur, while driving a silver spike for the railroad spur that would run to the construction site, announced that the name of the colossal structure was to be Hoover Dam. However, the soon-to-be-elected Democratic administration of Franklin Roosevelt continued to use the name Boulder Dam. It wasn't until April 30, 1947, that a resolution of Congress made Hoover Dam the official name.
Workers excavate the Colorado River riverbed to solid bed rock.
Building Hoover Dam was a monumental undertaking. Construction required 5 million barrels of cement and 45 million pounds of reinforcement steel. The mass of concrete used weighed 6.6 million tons and would pave a road stretching from San Francisco to New York City. Hoover Dam's spillways could float a battleship, and Lake Mead, when filled to capacity, contains enough water to cover Connecticut 10 feet deep. It would take a maximum of 5,218 men (employed in any one month) a total of five years to build the dam, which actually was completed ahead of schedule. The construction contract went to a combination of six prominent contracting firms that pooled their resources and incorporated as Six Companies Inc. of San Francisco, for the express purpose of building Hoover Dam. Six Companies' low bid of nearly $49 million, awarded on March 11, 1931, was the largest construction contract let by the U.S. government up to that time.
Housing and feeding workers was a huge task, as well. The government designed and built the still thriving Boulder City, six miles from the dam site. A state-of-the-art hospital anticipated the many injuries to come (the official death toll is 96 men), while a fully stocked department store, recreation hall, laundry, and amenities from a school to a post office rounded out the town. Married men and their families lived in 758 cottages, while single men lived in one of nine dormitories. The men paid $1.60 a day for room and board at the domitories, but they received a private room, transportation to and from the construction site, and all-they-could-eat meals. Beef, veal, lamb, and pork came in 20,000-pound lots shipped from Reno. With no dairies in southern Nevada, Boulder City's food contractor purchased a 160-acre farm at Mesquite, Nevada, where 200 cows provided fresh milk, cream, and butter.
Less wholesome was the road to Vegas, where bars and brothels sprang up miles before the workers with pay in their pockets could make it to what in the 1930s was a Las Vegas of only 5,000 people. While gambling had existed illegally there for years, the town secured a legal thumbs up from the Nevada Legislature in 1931, the same year construction began on Hoover Dam. While gambling was legal, drinking was not. In Boulder City, officers seized eight stills and arrested 72 people before Prohibition was repealed in early 1933.
So how does one go about building a dam as large as Hoover?
First, engineers had to find a way to turn the mighty Colorado River aside so workers could have access to a dry river bed. They did this by driving four tunnels through the canyon walls, two on each side, the intent being to funnel the river past the dam site, then shoot it out below. With temperatures reaching as high as 140 degrees in the tunnels, workers suffered from deadly heat prostration, with a reported death of one worker occurring every two days in the summer of 1933. Not only did the tunnels need to be dug, but also lined with concrete and then grouted to fill any seams or cracks. The sun-scorched desert heat was intense in the open air, as well, where 115 degrees during the day and a low of 95 at night were common during the summer months. Tunnel excavation using traditional drill-and-blast methods proceeded for more than two years, from June 1931 to November 1933.
High scalers used steel bars to knock down loose material from the canyon walls, and 44-pound jackhammers to drill powder holes.
When two of the tunnels were finished, excavated rock and gravel were dumped into the river to form a temporary coffer dam, which began diverting the Colorado's flow into those tunnels on November 14, 1932. Permanent coffer dams were then built, one upstream (98 feet high and 510 feet long) and one downstream (66 feet high and 350 feet long). The "construction stiffs," as Fortune magazine referred to the workers, now were free to attack the canyon walls. Making an average 68 cents an hour, they were lowered over the canyon rim in safety belts or bosun chairs, then used steel bars to knock down any and all loose material, and 44-pound jackhammers to drill powder holes. By the summer of 1933, so many "high scalers," as they were known, had been killed by rock slides and falling objects that the men took to making improvised hard hats by coating their cloth hats with coal tar, which proved extremely effective.
With water diverted and the river bed dry, excavation began for the dam, the powerplants that sit at its toe, and the twin set of graceful intake towers, which stand prominently on the reservoir side of the dam. Using huge power shovels, men labored in shifts, 24 hours a day, removing mud, silt, and rock to reach solid bedrock. Abutments had to be shaped properly and cuts made in the canyon walls to ensure the dam could carry the forthcoming load of more than 41 billion tons.
Finally, work on the actual dam could begin. Because engineers wanted a single mass, the design called for a series of an estimated 215 vertical columns. The columns were constructed block by block by pouring concrete into square forms varying in size from 25 to 60 feet square. Each block interlocked with the next by vertical and horizontal keyways, like a Lego set. Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam, meaning, as explained by the Public Broadcasting Service website "Building Big," that as tons of water in the reservoir push against the concrete in the dam, compressive forces travel along the dam's great wall into the cliffs on both sides of the dam.
Because concrete creates great internal heat while hardening, Hoover Dam's engineers worried about expansion and then contraction of the concrete. To solve the problem they created an artificial cooling system consisting of 590 miles of pipe loops embedded in the concrete with air-cooled or refrigerated water circulating through them. Buckets of concrete, mixed at two plants onsite and transported by rail, were hoisted by one of five, 20-ton cableways strung from canyon rim to canyon rim. During the summer, as each section was poured, it was the sole task of 20 men to keep the concrete moist by spraying the surface with water. Thus was Hoover Dam built, concrete block upon concrete block, the last bucket poured on May 29, 1935. That February 1, even before the last bucket was poured, water began to back up into Lake Mead when a great steel bulkhead in one of the diversion tunnels was lowered.
Today, as then, electrically operated hoists atop the intake towers raise and lower gates below, drawing water in from the reservoir. The water rushes in through headers and down huge pipes called penstocks to the powerhouse, where water flowing at the rate of 2,000 to 3,000 cubic feet per second operates the 17 main turbines that spin the generators that create electricity.
Hoover Dam and Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge at night.
Combined with the penstocks, a series of pipes known as the outlet system can bypass the turbines and divert water into the river channel downstream if an emergency warrants or if the penstocks need maintenance. In June 1998, a torrent of water shot from the outlet system and sent whitecaps rippling down the Colorado during testing of new jet flow gates that replaced 12 obsolete needle valves in the outlet works. The new gates increased the release capacity from about 50,000 cubic feet per second to 73,000 cubic feet per second. (One cubic foot equals about 7½ gallons.)
In addition, two spillways, 27 feet below the top of the dam, stand ready to send any water reaching that high into tunnels that connect to two of the original diversion tunnels.The other two original diversion tunnels, plugged at strategic points, play a key role, as well, in funneling water to the generators in the powerhouse and to the outlet system. Water never has gone over the top of Hoover Dam, nor is it supposed to, and the spillways have only been used twice. The first time, in 1941, was a test of the system. The second time, in 1983, was during a flood.
Hoover Dam is about 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas on U.S. 93 at the Nevada-Arizona border. The dam is a National Historic Landmark listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Click here for the National Historic Landmark registration file: text and photos. The dam and has been documented by the National Park Service's Historic American Engineering Record. Hoover Dam is also listed by the American Society of Civil Engineers as a Civil Engineering Landmark and a Monument of the Millennium. Hoover Dam is the subject of an online lesson plan "The Greatest Dam in the World": Building Hoover Dam . The lesson plan has been produced by the National Park Service's Teaching with Historic Places program, which offers a series of online classroom-ready lesson plans on registered historic places. To learn more, visit the Teaching with Historic Places homepage.
The Hoover Dam Visitor Center is open 9:00am to 6:00pm every day of the year except Thanksgiving and Christmas. Tours of the dam and powerplant are available. For a fee schedule, parking information, and more information about Hoover Dam, click here for Bureau of Reclamation's Hoover Dam website or call toll free: 866-730-9097. The busiest season for visitation to Hoover Dam runs from Memorial Day through Labor Day. The slowest months are January and February. The least crowded time of day for tours is from 9:00am to 10:30am and 3:00 pm to 4:45pm. On your visit, don't miss the introductory film, the 30-foot-tall winged sculptures by Oskar Hansen, the gleaming terrazzo floors imbedded with Southwestern Indian designs, and two special plaques--one dedicated to workers, the other to the Hoover Dam mascot, a stray dog adopted by workers and buried nearby. For hands-on activities explaining how dams are built, visit the PBS website, "Building Big."
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Q: Validating attributes of tables added in ArcMap? I have validated the Telco Features based on the feature class name and their Type_Name. But I am not able to do same for tables like connection table etc. and others which mostly have different attributes and values and some I find don't have any values at all.
Can you help me with your ideas, how to validate the attributes of all the tables added in the map.

In telco dataset, most of the feature class have their one of the attributes as "TYPE_NAME". Say for Transmedia there are 2 types with the TYPE_NAME "AERIAL" and "BURIED". Depending on the TYPE_NAME I have validated the other attributes' value of the featureclass. What I mean by other attributes is like Transmedia_Name, NUMBEROFFIBERS, NUMBEROFRIBBONS etc. I used some regular expression to validate. But now when there are some features and tables those I can add in the TOC but there are no TYPE_NAME. So rethinking about how to do that for those cases. I think as per my capacity I have explained  what I am trying to do.
There are 5 methods which is doing the same #

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*Reading the config Excel File into a datatable( one time activity )

*Reading  the Header of the dataTable

*Reading the values in the columns of the datatable

*Reading the data from the feature.

*Validate

Reading the config Excel File into a datatable
 public void ReadExcelToDataTable(string configPath)
        {

            Excel.Application xlApp = new Excel.Application();
            Excel.Workbook workBook;
            Excel.Worksheet workSheet;
            //_dTable = new DataTable();
            // FileStream fileStream = new System.IO.FileStream(configPath, FileMode.Open);
            workBook = xlApp.Workbooks.Open(configPath);
            try
            {

                workSheet = (Excel.Worksheet)workBook.Worksheets[1];
                int columnCount = workSheet.UsedRange.Columns.Count;
                _dTable = new DataTable();
                DataRow row = _dTable.NewRow();
                _dTable.Clear();

                int noOfRow = 1;

                int stoppingCondition = 1;

                foreach (Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Worksheet var in workBook.Worksheets)
                {

                    if (stoppingCondition > 1)
                    {
                        break;
                    }
                    int rows = var.UsedRange.Rows.Count;

                    int cols = var.UsedRange.Columns.Count;

                    for (int columnIndex = 1; columnIndex <= columnCount; columnIndex++)
                    {

                        string colname = workSheet.Cells[1, columnIndex].Text;

                        _dTable.Columns.Add(colname);

                        noOfRow = 2;

                    }

                    for (int rowIndex = noOfRow; rowIndex <= rows; rowIndex++)
                    {

                        DataRow dr = _dTable.NewRow();

                        for (int columnIndex = 1; columnIndex <= cols; columnIndex++)
                        {
                            dr[columnIndex - 1] = var.Cells[rowIndex, columnIndex].Text;
                        }

                        _dTable.Rows.Add(dr);
                    }
                    stoppingCondition++;
                }

            }
            catch (Exception exp)
            {

                throw exp;
            }
            finally
            {
                workBook.Close();

                //Closing excel application
                xlApp.Quit();
            }

            //return _dTable;
        }

Reading header of the DataTable #
public List<string> GetDataTableHeaderRow(IFeature feature)
        {
            string[] strHeaderRow = new string[_dTable.Columns.Count];
            string name = feature.Class.AliasName.ToString();
            string[] splittedFeatureName = name.Split('.');
            string featureName = splittedFeatureName[1] + "_NAME";
            //headerRow[iCount] = featureName;
            List<string> lstConfigHeader = new List<string>();
            try
            {
                int iCount = 0;
                foreach (DataColumn col in _dTable.Columns)
                {
                    if ((col.ToString()).Equals("FeatureClass") == false)
                    {
                        strHeaderRow[iCount] = col.ToString();
                        lstConfigHeader.Add(col.ToString());
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        strHeaderRow[iCount] = featureName;
                        lstConfigHeader.Add(featureName);
                    }
                }
            }
            catch (Exception exp)
            {
                throw exp;
            }
           // return strHeaderRow;
            return lstConfigHeader;
}

Reading the columns of the datatable
public  List<string> ReadDataTableValues(IFeature feature, string[] headerRow)
        {
            List<String> list = new List<String>();
            int fldIndx = -1;
            int iCount = 0;
            string name = feature.Class.AliasName.ToString();
            string featureName = "";
            string[] splittedFeatureName = name.Split('.');
            featureName = splittedFeatureName[1] + "_NAME";
            try
            {
                int fldIndex = feature.Fields.FindField("TYPE_NAME");
                DataRow[] rows = _dTable.Select("FeatureClass = '" + feature.Class.AliasName + "' AND TYPE_NAME = '" + feature.get_Value(fldIndex) + "'");

                foreach (var rowItem in rows)
                {
                    for (int iter = 1; iter <= _dTable.Columns.Count; iter++,iCount++)
                    {
                        fldIndx = feature.Fields.FindField(headerRow[iCount]);
                        if (fldIndx >= 0)
                        {
                            if (featureName.Equals(headerRow[iCount]) == true)
                            {
                                list.Add(rowItem["FEATURE_NAME"].ToString());
                            }

                            else if (!((rowItem[headerRow[iCount]].ToString()).IsNullEmptyOrWhiteSpace()) && (featureName.Equals(headerRow[iCount]) == false))
                            {
                                list.Add(rowItem[headerRow[iCount]].ToString());
                            }
                            else
                            {
                                list.Add(String.Empty);
                            }
                        }
                        //iCount++;
                    }
                }

            }
            catch (Exception exp)
            {
                throw exp;
            }
            finally
            {

            }
            return list;
        }

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public List<string> GetValuesFromFeatureClass(string[] headerRow, IFeature feature)
        {
            int fldIndex;
            int length = headerRow.Length;
            //int iter = 0;
            string[] featureFieldValues = new string[length];
            List<string> strList = new List<string>();
            try
            {
                for (int iCount = 0; iCount < headerRow.Length; iCount++)
                {
                    fldIndex = feature.Fields.FindField(headerRow[iCount]);
                    if (fldIndex >= 0)
                    {
                        strList.Add(feature.get_Value(fldIndex).ToString());
                        //featureFieldValues[iter] = feature.get_Value(fldIndex).ToString();
                        //iter++;
                    }
                }
            }
            catch (Exception exp)
            {
                throw exp;
            }

            return strList;

        }

I am not pasting here the code of validation. As you asked for the ArcGis Code and for making things clear What I did, I pasted the 4 methods which are working now.

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Fenton Law Group successfully defended a client, who is the Chief of Medical Staff of a Hospital and Hospital District, in a case seeking to impose fines for not reporting sanctions to the Medical Board that were imposed upon a physician under the Chief of Staff's authority. The sanctions imposed on the physician under the Chief of Staff's domain stemmed from various violations. Notably, this was the first case in which the California Medical Board sought to penalize a Chief of Staff, and in effect a Hospital and Hospital District, for not reporting such sanctions. After a two day evidentiary hearing in San Diego, the Administrative Law Judge found that the sanctioned physician was disciplined for reasons unrelated to medical safety or quality of care, not a medical disciplinary cause or reason, and dismissed the Notification of Violation and Imposition of Fine. The proposed decision was adopted by the California Medical Board in a decision effective December 18, 2018.
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Зу́єва Анастасі́я Плато́нівна ( , Спасське Тульської губернії —  23 березня 1986, Москва) — російська радянська актриса театру та кіно. Народна артистка СРСР (1957), лауреат Сталінської премії (1957).

Біографія
У 1915 р. закінчила школу драматичного мистецтва під керівництвом Н. Г. Александрова, Н. О. Массалітинова та Н. А. Подгорного. У 1916 р. її було прийнято до 2-ї Студії МХАТ, у 1924 р. — до трупи МХАТ.

У 1928 р. Анастасія Зуєва успішно зіграла Матінку в «Унтиловську» Леонова, потім — Матрьону в інсценуванні роману Лева Толстого «Воскресіння». Максим Горький, побачивши Зуєву в ролі Матрьони, зазначив: «Краща, ніж у житті». Незабаром після цього вона зіграла роль, яка здивувала та вразила покоління глядачів, — Коробочка, поміщиця з розумом дитини з «Мертвих душ» М. В. Гоголя, інсценована спеціально для Московського художнього театру Михайлом Булгаковим.

У кіно актриса вперше з'явилася у фільмі «Просперіті» у 1932 р. Потім були невеликі ролі у стрічках «Світлий шлях», «Бенкет у Жермунці», «Донецькі шахтарі», «Васьок Трубачов і його товариші». Знялась в українському фільмі «П'ятий океан» (1940, Дарина Єгорівна).

Похована в Москві на Новодівочому цвинтарі.

Визнання та нагороди
 Орден Леніна (двічі)
 Орден «Знак Пошани»
 Сталінська премія (1952)
 Звання народної артистки СРСР (1957)

Творчість

Ролі в театрі
 «Таланти та шанувальники» О. М. Островського — Домна Пантелеївна
 «Плоди просвіти» Л. М. Толстого — Куховарка
 «Воскресіння» по Л. М. Толстому — Матрьона
 «Мертві душі» по М. В. Гоголю — Коробочка
 «Гроза» О. М. Островського — Феклуша
 «Ліс» О. М. Островського — Уліта
 «Піквікський клуб» по Ч. Діккенсу — місс Уордль
 «Остання жертва» О. М. Островського — Глафіра Фірсівна
 «Земля» Миколая Вірти — Марфа
 «Три сестри» А. П. Чехова — Анфіса

Фільмографія
 1932 — Проспериті
 1940 — Світлий шлях
 1940 — П'ятий океан
 1941 — Бойова кінозбірка № 6
 1941 — Ювілей
 1946 — Перша пукавичка
 1950 — Донецькі шахтарі
 1951 — Спортивна честь
 1952 — Ревізор — Пошльопкіна
 1955 — Васьок Трубачов і його товариші — тітка Дуня
 1956 — Справа № 306
 1958 — Жених з того світу
 1960 — Мертві душі — Коробочка
 1961 — Воскресіння
 1964 — Живе такий хлопець — бабка Марфа
 1964 — Морозко — розповідачка
 1968 — Вогонь, вода та… мідні труби — розповідачка
 1969 — Варвара-краса, довга коса — розповідачка
 1970 — Квіти запізнілі
 1971 — Одружилися старий із старою — Авдотья Микитівна
 1972 — Золоті роги
 1977 — Чеховські сторінки
 1978 — І знову Аніскін — бабка Лізавета Толстих
 1982 — Там, на невідомих стежках

Література
 Всемирный биографический знциклопедический словарь. М., 1999. — С.293;
 Иллюстрированный знциклопедический словарь. М., 2000. — С.483-484;
 Театр: Знциклопедия. М., 2002. — С.167.

Російські акторки


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Criticizing human rights before DMZ march 'bananas' – Steinem
Organizers say 'peace-building' mission should not begin with an attack
Matthew Russell Lee April 25, 2015
UNITED NATIONS – Gloria Steinem on Friday described demands that organizers of an upcoming DMZ crossing bring up North Korean human rights violations as "bananas."
Steinem, perhaps the most visible of the march's participants, was speaking as part of a press conference held one block from the UN.
The press conference was marked several times by applause from attendees. But things grew heated when the question of why the WomenCrossDMZ.org website does not mention human rights violations in North Korea.
"I teach a class devoted entirely to North Korea at Rutgers University, we spent the last two weeks talking about human rights in North Korea and the complicated ways in which it needs to be and should be addressed," said Prof. Suzy Kim, who moderated the press conference.
Of "the critique that we've gotten for not mentioning human rights violations in North Korea," Kim said, "if we're trying to initiate a project for long-term peace-building measures it seems that it's not quite right to go in with an attack."
"We would want to raise these issues, but we don't think beginning the talks we would want to start accusing anyone of things. In the process of talking with the North Korean women while we're there, certainly we would be listening to what their concerns are."
At this point Steinem, the famed women's rights activist, interjected.
"That's such a bananas question," she said. "Did you say to (Ronald) Reagan when he said, 'Tear down this wall,' why aren't you talking about Siberia and human rights?"
Reagan, in a Berlin speech in 1987, famously implored Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.
"(Reagan) was talking about tearing down a wall. We are talking about taking down a wall. There are sins on every side. For instance, left over in Vietnam, Agent Orange is still buried."
Organizers said the march has essentially been approved – "the letter is in the mail," is how Cora Weiss of the Hague Appeal for Peace put it.
Most of the press conference was less contentious. Hyung-kyung Chung of the Union Theological Seminary invited attendees also to go a World War II commemoration for the comfort women – women from several countries who were forced into providing sexual services for the Imperial Japanese army – in New Jersey later in the month. She said that a letter about the march had been sent to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, previously South Korea's foreign minister, without any response.
The South Korean mission to the UN, she said, had responded and been helpful.
UNITED NATIONS – Gloria Steinem on Friday described demands that organizers of an upcoming DMZ crossing bring up North Korean human rights violations as "bananas."Steinem, perhaps the most visible of the march's participants, was speaking as part of a press conference held one block from the UN.The press conference was marked several times by applause from attendees. But things
Matthew Russell Lee
Matthew Russell Lee is an investigative journalist who closely covers the United Nations and its Security Council as well as the International Monetary Fund, US Federal Reserve Board and justice issues for Inner City Press and other publications. At the UN he has founded a media freedom organization, the Free UN Coalition for Access.
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A Quick Guide to Visiting Fukuoka: Lively, Yet Laid Back
March 26th, 2019	| Rachel Holdsworth
Fukuoka is Kyushu's largest city—and a growing, lively-yet-laid-back one. It's a stunner of a place, mixing ancient and modern in a relatively compact area, with some of the finest ramen you'll find.
It's literally a city of two halves: the towns of Hakata (east of the Naka River) and Fukuoka (to the west) were joined together in 1889. People still use the name Hakata, but old Fukuoka is now referred to as Tenjin. Confused yet?
To be very simplistic, Hakata is for business and Tenjin is for pleasure. But whatever part of Fukuoka you find yourself in, there's something to enjoy. And if not, the subway will whisk you somewhere else in a jiffy.
What to see in Fukuoka
Kushida Shrine | Photo by Rachel Holdsworth
Fukuoka festivals
If you can bear the summer heat, try being here for the Gion Yamakasa festival, which culminates around July 15th with a race of decorated floats pushed along a 5km route. If you prefer your weather not set to 'blast furnace', head to the popular Kushida Shrine (link in Japanese) at any time of year to see some of the festival floats.
Photo by Rachel Holdsworth
Malls and shopping centres in Fukuoka
Round the corner from Kushida Shrine is Canal City shopping center, a vision in pink concrete that has a cinema, theater, game center, cafes and restaurants as well as shops. Be sure to check out the wall of TV screens, which looks for all the world like a 1980s MTV ident. A canal runs through the middle which is pleasant to sit by, especially on a weekend when there are often free music performances.
Museums in Fukuoka
To soak up some culture head to the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (entrance ¥200), a few blocks from Kushida Shrine. The museum holds nearly 3,000 works by modern and contemporary artists from across Asia and is considered one of the finest collections of its type in the world.
For a taste of Fukuoka of the past, the Hakata Machiya Furusato-kan recreates life in the Meiji and Taisho eras. You can see the restored Machiya Hall for free, but for exhibitions and demonstrations of arts and crafts it's an extra ¥200.
Shrines and parks in Fukuoka
Temple junkies should make sure to add two places to their list of places to visit. Shofuki-ji was founded in 1195 and is the oldest Zen temple in Japan. You can't go in the buildings but the grounds make for a pleasant wander. Tocho-ji dates back to 806 and has Japan's largest wooden seated Buddha. The statue is only a couple of decades old but its size (nearly 11 meters tall) is impressive. There's also a beautiful five-story pagoda in Tocho-ji's grounds.
You might need a rest after all that sightseeing, so head to Ohori Park. It's set around a lovely lake, which you can walk around or across on a series of islands and bridges. It's partly the old moat of the castle, the remains of which are nearby. The park is also home to Fukuoka Art Museum and a beautiful Japanese garden (entrance fee ¥240).
Ohori Park | Photo by Rachel Holdsworth
If you want even more relaxation, Yunohana Onsen in Tenjin has indoor and outdoor baths for the very reasonable fee of ¥720 (take your own towel if you don't want to rent one). It's not that common to find cheap onsen in the middle of cities, particularly not ones with multiple bathing options. Brush up on your onsen etiquette and get soaking.
What to eat in Fukuoka
Tonkotsu ramen
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Fukuoka is the place where tonkotsu ramen comes from. That meaty, salty broth, with melting pork belly and noodles that's so slurpingly addictive? Yes, this is its homeland. It'd simply be rude not to eat some.
Ippudo is a global ramen chain that you can find in London, New York and Sydney, but it started out in Fukuoka. The restaurants here are typical counter joints and the ramen tastes the same as it does in Ippudo the world over, but it's still fun to see where it all began.
Ganso Nagahamaya has been serving ramen for over 60 years. You can walk there in about 10 minutes from the castle ruins, and a bowl costs ¥500.
If you want to be spoiled for choice, there are eight restaurants in Ramen Stadium on the fifth floor of Canal City. The restaurants swap around every now and again, so there'll always be something fresh to try.
Yatai (food stalls) in Fukuoka
If you're sick of ramen—hard to imagine—there's one more famous sight in Fukuoka that you can try. Every evening, food stands called yatai pop up on the streets across the city. You'll find a cluster at the bottom of Nakasu Island but you'll probably stumble across others when you're out and about.
Photo by Yoshikazu TAKADA used under CC
Yatai seat a handful of people and serve things like yakitori (grilled meat skewers), hot pot or ramen, with plentiful booze flowing. Find one that looks to your liking, grab a seat (or join the queue) and chow down. And if you're in the Nakasu area, you're already in the right place to explore Fukuoka's nightlife.
Getting to Fukuoka
Flying to Fukuoka
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Fukuoka Airport is just a couple of subway stops from Hakata and Tenjin stations, making it a perfect gateway to the city. Of the low-cost airlines, Peach and Jetstar fly to Fukuoka from Tokyo Narita—and Skymark actually flies from Tokyo Haneda, avoiding the long trek out to Narita, which is quite exciting. JAL and ANA also fly from Haneda, for those who like to pay with the soul of their first born rather than reasonable amounts of money.
Fukuoka is actually closer to Seoul than it is to Tokyo, so plenty of international flights arrive here from South Korea's Incheon airport. Other Asian cities are connected directly, and you can fly from Europe with Finnair during the summer.
Direct Flights from Tokyo to Fukuoka (fares in JPY)
Return Fare
Tokyo => Fukuoka SAM Columbia ¥13,318 Details
Tokyo => Fukuoka Jetstar ¥13,611 Details
Tokyo => Fukuoka ANA ¥23,546 Details
Trains and Shinkansen to Fukuoka
Pro tip: If you're heading to Fukuoka by train, don't search for Fukuoka Station—you'll end up in Toyama! The main station in Fukuoka is called Hakata and it can be reached in five hours from Tokyo on the bullet train for around ¥21,810, without discounts.
The Tokyo to Fukuoka rail route is covered by the Japan Rail Pass but you'll need to change at Shin-Osaka, Shin-Kobe or Okayama, as the pass doesn't cover the direct (and fastest) Nozomi trains. But if you time the connection right you'll only add 40 minutes to your journey.
Ferries to Fukuoka
Another option is to take a slow ferry from Tokyo to Fukuoka. You can get a one-way ticket for about ¥18,000, including a spot in a second-class cabin. See what's available. If you're a fan of the life aquatic, the super-good-value Japan Ferry Pass 21 offers a Tokyo-Tokushima-Kitakyushu route.
While we do our best to make sure all our information is accurate, details may vary. Post first published in February, 2018. Updated in March, 2019.
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