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For app partners: How do I use the Clever Library?
For App Partners: What are sharing permissions for districts?
1. What is app-side filtering?
2. How does app-side filtering work?
3. How do I filter district data?
4. What do districts see when data is filtered?
Districts oversharing data is a common problem for applications on Clever. Applications can now create filters to receive only the data you need, giving you control over data sharing and enhancing integration quality.
How does app-side filtering work?
Step 1: Districts share data with the application.
Step 2: Applications apply filters on the district data to manage exactly which data they are receiving, whereby ensuring that only relevant data is synced.
How do I filter district data?
Filtering is located on the District Profile page.
Select which schools should be included in the sync, press "Continue"
Select which subjects, grades, and terms should be included in the sync, press "Continue"
Preview data. If correct, select "Apply filter"
Clever will apply the filter to the district's data. The results are displayed under "Final Data"
Applications can apply multiple filters for a district! To add an additional filter, press "Create a filter" and repeat Steps 2-5.
What do districts see when data is filtered?
Shared Data: the data shared with the application by the district.
Filters: the filters that were applied to the district data by the application.
Application Receives: the resulting filtered data that will be synced by the application.
How do I set my sharing permissions for applications?
How do I 'Share by Rules'?


Just minutes from the edge of Tucson, you can find campgrounds that are equal or better than the best you'll find in some states. The desert and nearby mountains provide outstanding scenery, and the birds and other wildlife are surprisingly abundant. The different elevations found around Tucson also create opportunities for a diverse range of camping experiences, from setting up next to a saguaro in the heat of the desert to pitching a tent under a tall ponderosa pine near a lake.
Where you choose to camp may depend on the season. Higher regions make great escapes in the summer but are too cold for camping in winter. It's also worth noting that tents and RVs coexist quite amicably in most of the campgrounds around Tucson. RVers who want to enjoy the natural surroundings don't need to limit themselves to an urban RV park, and tenters have a full range of options. Here is our list of the top picks for the best campgrounds near Tucson.
If you truly want to camp in the desert while still having the convenience of a designated campground, you can't beat the Gilbert Ray Campground. Campsites are surrounded by saguaro and prickly pear cactus, and the views stretch out to the mountains and distant valley. Only a few sites have shade covers; almost all are in full sun. This campground, only 13 miles from Tucson, puts you right on the doorstep of the west section of Saguaro National Park. Just down the road are hiking trails, Old Tucson Studios, and the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.
This campground is extremely convenient to shops and services. Pretty much anything you need is within three miles, including grocery stores, restaurants, a Target, and a Super Walmart.
If you are looking for a quick weekend camping getaway from Tucson during the warmer months, Rose Canyon Lake Campground is a wonderful destination. Not far from Mt. Lemmon Ski Valley, this campground is centered around scenic Rose Canyon Lake. At an elevation of about 7,000 feet, the area has a real alpine feel, with stands of huge ponderosa pines and Gambel oak. The campsites are back from the lake but well spread out, with plenty of space at each site. The campground has 70 sites and is the most developed of the five or six campgrounds in the area. Sites are a mix of first-come, first-served and reservable. Facilities are limited to pit toilets and central water taps. While it seems a world away from the city, way up in the sky island, it is only 22 miles from Tucson.
Molino Basin Campground is the first of a series of campgrounds along the Sky Island Scenic Byway, east of Tucson, also known as the Mount Lemmon Highway. This campground is set at an elevation of approximately 4,500 feet, but despite the altitude, it still has a very desert-like feel. Small to medium-size trees (oak and mesquite) are scattered around the campground, but the landscape is mostly long grass, often a golden color. This is one of the nicest campgrounds in the area. Scenic hills surround the area, sites are well spaced and offer plenty of privacy, and most sites are level. Many are perched on a small hill, out on their own. Molino Basin Campground has 37 campsites and is best suited to tents and small trailers. Some sites have shade covers, but many do not. A small number of sites are walk-in. Facilities are limited to pit toilets and there is no drinking water at this campground.
Beyond Molino Basin Campground on the Sky Island Scenic Byway, at an elevation of over 6,000 feet, General Hitchcock Campground is the first campground along here with some tall ponderosa pines and an alpine setting. This location has just 12 tent-only campsites, all first-come, first-served, but the setting here is beautiful. Large boulders are strewn about the landscape in among the trees and sites, and pine needles carpet the ground. Each site has a fire pit and standing barbecue. There is no water at this campground and only pit toilets.
The Green Mountain Trail, open to hikers and bikers, leaves from the campground. Beyond this campground, the highway is quite dramatic. The road hugs the mountainside, sometimes on bridges, and the canyon becomes quite narrow in some sections.
Another campground with a beautiful setting on the southeastern edge of Tucson, Colossal Cave Mountain Park is a little different than some other campgrounds. The main park gate is locked each night, so no entrance or exit is allowed after certain hours. This park is well positioned, just 11 miles south of Saguaro National Park (East), on Old Spanish Trail. The campground has 30 sites and is primarily geared toward tent camping but can accommodate a limited number of RVs. This is a primitive campground with no electrical sites and limited restrooms and water. Campsites have tables and barbecue grills. Pets are welcome.
Located 40 miles northwest of Tucson on Interstate 10, Picacho Peak is hard to miss. Standing much higher than anything in the surrounding area, the angular peak is particularly eye-catching from a distance. The campground at the base of the peak is a lovely retreat in the desert, close to interesting hiking trails and set among saguaros and other vegetation of the Sonoran Desert. The 100 campsites are a mix of reservable and first-come, first-served sites. Facilities include restrooms, showers, electrical sites, and a dump station.
If your idea of camping involves throwing a backpack on your back and heading off into the wilderness for alone time, the Rincon Mountain District of Saguaro National Park has just what you're after. Located in the east section of the park, in the Rincon Mountain District, is the Saguaro Wilderness Area, with six backcountry campgrounds. These are not just simple walk-in sites, these are sites you must hike into on foot or with livestock to access, and many have serious elevation gains. The campgrounds are located at altitudes that range from 4,800 feet to 9,000 feet, high up in the pine forest. Temperatures are much cooler at these higher elevations.
You can reach the trailheads at several different access points. Permits are required, and you should educate yourself fully on the complexities of this undertaking before hitting the trails. Facilities at the campsites include pit toilets and hitching rails for horses. Seasonal water sources are available, but all water must be treated. Sites can be booked up to two months in advance.
If camping doesn't work out for you or you would like to treat yourself to a couple of nights in a hotel, you can find some great options near natural areas.
Luxury Hotels: If you have decided to completely abandon the whole idea of camping and suddenly want to pamper yourself in luxury, while still maintaining that feeling of being one with nature, or perhaps experiencing a taste of the West, White Stallion Ranch might be just what you're looking for. This dude ranch offers a chance to horseback ride through the hillsides, hike to the mountaintops, or climb the cliff sides. Learn rodeo skills, or just relax in the pool. At night, gather around a campfire, enjoy some live entertainment, take watercolor classes, learn dancing, or appreciate the night sky with an astronomy show. Rooms are decorated in a luxurious western theme. Alternatively, Hacienda Del Sol Guest Ranch is a small, intimate resort that offers a more traditional stay. Fabulous gardens greet visitors, and the hillside pool looks out to the mountains. Rooms are well-appointed and offer everything you could need. The resort is located in the foothills of the Santa Catalina Mountains, on the eastern edge of Tucson. For a more extensive list of luxury retreats, see our list of the Top Resorts in Tucson.
Mid-Range Hotels: If you want to wake up and go hiking and have your coffee while watching a roadrunner whisk past, you may enjoy Tanque Verde Ranch. Located on the east side of Tucson near Saguaro National Park, this dude ranch offers a whole range of activities for adults and kids, from hiking, mountain biking, and horseback riding to fishing or spending a relaxing day at the spa. Salas and casitas feature tasteful decor, and some come with fireplaces. The on-site restaurant features southwestern cuisine. The very reasonably priced Comfort Suites at Sabino Canyon is in a great location for people who want to enjoy the outdoors. Sabino Canyon, home to some of the best hiking around Tucson, is right on the doorstep, and nearby is Mt. Lemmon. Rooms are spacious and comfortable, and the property has a pool, hot tub, and lovely central courtyard.
Budget Hotels: You can find some good budget hotels near the airport. Two of the top picks in this area include the Country Inn & Suites by Radisson, which features a pool and hot tub, as well as free breakfast, and the Baymont Inn & Suites, also with a pool and complimentary breakfast.
Camping: For inspiration in planning more camping adventures, and to point you in the direction of some areas you may not have considered, see our article on the best campgrounds in Arizona. If you are heading north, learn more about where to camp with our piece on the top campgrounds in the Phoenix area. You'll be surprised what you find around this metropolitan area, including lakefront campsites. As well, have a look at the best places to camp in Sedona and Prescott.
Hiking: You'll find no end to great hiking in Arizona. For the best of the best, see our comprehensive series of articles on hiking in the following destinations: Tucson, Phoenix, Sedona, Prescott, and an overall look at the best hikes in Arizona.


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Q: UICollectionView not responding after CATransform3D I Have a UIView and inside I have UICollectionView with couple of images.
UICollectionView responds to dragging, and I can scroll it without problem.
When I apply CATransform3D transformation to the UIView which holds the UICollectionView (scale transform effect like on twitter app), the UICollectionView stops responding to the touch, and then scrolling does not work.
I tried refreshing the UICollectionView after transformation is done, but nothing helps.
Any idea?

A: You should check what is real frame of UICollectionView after your transformation.
You can output frame it via debug console
or
use Xcode view debugging: after your transform, go to Xcode, and open in main menu
Debug->View Debuggin->Capture View Hierarchy

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The scope of political redistribution with proportional income taxation
Lopez-Rodriguez, David (2011): The scope of political redistribution with proportional income taxation.
This paper investigates the politicians �incentives to pursue income redistribution when governments are constrained to levy taxes on labor income and this creates distortions. Politicians who strive to be elected may strategically redistribute through in-kind rather than cash transfers and overprovide consumption of goods. I show that the overprovision of in-kind transfers reduces the disincentive effects of taxation in labor effort and enlarges the pool of resources for political redistribution. As a result, politicians are able to implement larger redistributive transfers and improve the well-being of swing voters. Hence, electoral competition for pivotal voters provides politicians incentives to implement redistributive schedules that reduce distortions in labor markets and improve the efficiency of the taxation system.
political income redistribution; swing voters; political distortions; in-kind transfers
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H - Public Economics > H2 - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue > H21 - Efficiency ; Optimal Taxation
H - Public Economics > H2 - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue > H24 - Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies
D - Microeconomics > D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making > D72 - Political Processes: Rent-Seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
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Q: Make Image follow Mouse, pointing towards a set point i'm looking for a way to have a image follow the mouse pointer, pointing towards a certain point.

This Illustration shows the Mouse Pointer in 2 positions and how i would like to have the image following the mouse pointer to behave.
The Red Arrow is the image i want to show following the mouse pointer, the green ring represents one axis of the position of the red arrow, the blue line pointing towards the target represents the second axis of the arrows position as well as the rotation of the Red Arrow (making it not only be inbetween mouse and target, but also pointing correctly to the target).
I was easily able to find instructions on how to make an image follow the mouse pointer, but for the changes of positioning, i was struggling to find even the correct wording to find any results
Can anyone help me with this? what keywords could help me get on the correct path?
Thanks in advance!
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not exactly a change for the original question, but a somehow related second question for a similar style:

This would be a similar situation, but instead of an image following the mouse pointing towards a point, the mousepointer itself would rotate to show the direction of the target


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The Football League play-offs for the 1992–93 season were held in May 1993, with the finals taking place at Wembley Stadium in London. The play-off semi-finals were played over two legs and were contested by the teams who finished in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th place in the Football League First Division and Football League Second Division and the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th placed teams in the Football League Third Division table. The winners of the semi-finals progressed through to the finals, with the winner of these matches gaining promotion for the following season.

Background
The Football League play-offs have been held every year since 1987. They take place for each division following the conclusion of the regular season and are contested by the four clubs finishing below the automatic promotion places.

First Division

Portsmouth, whose top scorer Guy Whittingham had found the net 42 times in Division One, only missed out on automatic promotion on goal difference. Fourth placed Tranmere Rovers had recorded the highest finish of their history and had yet to play in the top flight of English football. Swindon Town, who finished fifth, had won the playoff final three years earlier but promotion was then withdrawn due to financial irregularities. The last playoff place went to the previous season's beaten finalists, Leicester City.

In the end, it was Leicester and Swindon who went through to the final. Swindon took a 3-0 lead before Leicester clawed back to make it 3-3, only for Paul Bodin to score the winner and deliver top flight football to Swindon for the first time in their history.

Glenn Hoddle's impressive two-year spell as player-manager of Swindon attracted attention of bigger clubs, and soon after this famous victory he was appointed player-manager of Chelsea, while losers Leicester had now been beaten in all of their six appearances at Wembley.

Semi-finals
First leg

Second leg

Swindon Town won 5–4 on aggregate.

Leicester City won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final

Second Division

Semi-finals
First leg

Second leg

Port Vale won 2–1 on aggregate.

West Bromwich Albion won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final

Third Division

Semi-finals
First leg

Second leg

Crewe Alexandra won 9–3 on aggregate.

York City won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

External links
Football League website

English Football League play-offs

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I'm formatting my book with Adobe InDesign. While it does work to do a web search to find out how to do things like add more pages to the book, or move a title farther down the page, I decided I wanted more of an overview of the whole program and its features.
A friend suggested checking a book out of the library. This was perfect, because I could check out several books and see which one I liked, and since I have an older version of the program, older books were just right.
This book won because it is inviting, clear, direct, and brief. The design examples are varied and interesting (not all for sports and bars). Some of the examples are even from "Mothering Magazine"! While Robin doesn't address book projects, the aesthetics and attention to detail in her examples fit in with how I work. Not only am I happy to support a woman author of a technical book, I feel more at home reading her book.
Highly recommended if you need to wrestle with InDesign CS5. I got her Photoshop book too, and I'm looking forward to reading that next, to work on the book cover and interior illustrations.


Do you have a central heating system installed in your home?
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But before calling a professional, you should know about some of the common problems that cause annoying noise from your central heating system.
Noise from Boiler: If your boiler is creating irregular sound, you might be using an old heater. In boilers installed years back develops limescale that can be the major reason behind this noise. If you have an old boiler, try removing limescale. It's very easy to remove the excessive scale on your boiler. To remove the excess scale, all you need is to add de-scaler to your expansion tank. It will flow from the complete circuit which can be easily washed with clean water. It's better to call boiler engineers in case you are unable to diagnose the actual problem.
Vibrating Pipes: Well, you might be facing vibrating pipes due to multiple reasons that generally includes overheating or improper installation. If your pipes are not installed beneath the floorboards correctly, it may start vibrating. In such cases, start with checking of the thermostat. Pause the heating system and switch it on after a while. If you hear a CLICK sound, you might be having an issue.
Murmuring Sound: This type of sound generally generates in your radiator. If your radiator is also creating such type of murmuring noise, the problem could be due to trapped air. The trapped air always generates an uneven sound due to improper sound distribution. This problem can be easily felt when you see your radiator. Interestingly, this problem generally occurs during the winter season. But you can easily overwhelm this issue with the use of proper guidance. However, if you find it hard, call an expert.
Humming Noise: Many times, when your central heating system isn't working properly, it starts producing a humming sound. This problem occurs either due to the non-functioning of thermostat or improper functioning of the central pump. While tuning, the starts to work too fast, and causing heavy noise. Ensure right setting to enable the proper functioning of your central heating system.
So, when do you really require a professional mechanic?
There is no specific scenario where you may as for the plumber for help. But in case you are not able to diagnose the actual problem or are not able to resolve it, professional engineers are the best one to handle it. There are different ways to find the best plumber for your home.
Make sure you find the best person to deal with your heating system and get it resolved. You can take help from online reviews which allows you to filter the list of a large number of persons. So, prepare yourself for this winter and enjoy the snow.


Investigators say three men have pleaded guilty in Texas in a scheme to sell dozens of rare alligator snapping turtles.
Experts say the reptiles are the largest freshwater turtles in the world, weighing up to 200 pounds and living as long as a century.
Authorities say the turtles were caught during Texas fishing trips and hauled to Louisiana. Both states have wildlife laws meant to protect the rare turtles.
Prosecutors announced Tuesday that two Louisiana men — Travis Joseph Leger and Rickey Paul Simon, both of Sulphur — and Jason Gene Leckelt of Wilburton, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to illegally traffic the turtles. They face up to five years in prison.
Federal agents recovered about 30 of the alligators from ponds in Sulphur. Investigators believe the turtles could have brought up to $1,000 apiece.


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Transport blitz welcome, but serious value-for-money questions linger
The Public Transport Users Association has commended the Andrews State Government for its renewed commitment to suburban and regional public transport with new projects including the Western Rail Plan, Cranbourne train line duplication, Hurstbridge and Sunbury line improvements, new trams, and a solid start on the Airport Rail Link in cooperation with the re-elected Morrison Federal Government.
"On public transport the government is delivering as they promised and as we expected," said PTUA President Dr Tony Morton. "There's new funding for some of those more prosaic service initiatives and network improvements, particularly on the rail network, that make a big difference for getting around Melbourne and Victoria."
At the same time, the PTUA was disappointed the government did not take the opportunity to reassess its major infrastructure strategy before committing to the $16 billion North East Link. "This one road project by itself outweighs all the government's new commitments on public and active transport put together," Dr Morton said. "Overall, even if you count level crossing removal as exclusively a public transport project, new road spending in this budget exceeds new public and active transport spending by over 40 per cent. If you acknowledge that level crossings are 50/50 for motorists and public transport users, spending for roads and cars is more than double the rest."
"Quite apart from the real damage the North East Link will do – and you can't greenwash that with false claims about congestion relief or what a wonderful busway there'll be – this deprives the government of opportunities to invest in big infrastructure that's going to help the millions of people living in Melbourne in the future. Projects like Melbourne Metro 2 from Newport to Clifton Hill appear not to be even on the radar."
The PTUA was also disappointed at the lack of funds for improved bus services. "In the 5-year forward estimates there's $8 million in new money for bus services, but $150 million for car parking at railway stations. This is despite the fact that more Melbourne commuters report getting to the station by bus or tram than by car. It's little wonder we have traffic problems in our district centres: we spend up to $40,000 per parking space to get one extra person onto a train while neglecting the bus services that can bring dozens at a time, all day, without adding to traffic."
Dr Morton noted that Metro train patronage is on the rise, and welcomed additional funding for services. "Public transport has to keep up with demand. It is critical that additional services are provided – in peak where possible, but also right across the day – to cut waiting times and to help prevent overcrowding spiralling out of control as our population grows."
"The bottom line is this budget contains welcome news yet is designed to reinforce the status quo, like all the 'balanced transport' exercises of the past. It still pushes Melbourne toward greater dependence on cars and promises a more traffic-congested future."
Expenditure on new initiatives in 2019/20 budget (level crossing funds counted 100% against 'public transport')
millions of dollars Capital Operating Total
Roads/cars 16620.0 579.8 17199.8
Public transport 11571.0 601.5 12172.5
Active transport 42.3 23.4 65.7
Expenditure on new initiatives in 2019/20 budget (level crossing funds counted 50/50 against 'public transport' and 'roads/cars')
Public transport 8296.0 601.5 8897.5
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London Gallery visit 13/9/10 (updated)
On Monday 13/9/10, I take the Welsh Dragon Express to the big smoke to see some galleries. At this moment im going to Sally Mann at the photographer's gallery. Edward Maybridge at Tate Britain. Im also going to Tate Modern to see Exposed. I'm sure we will find some other things to visit
First of all i didn't get to the photographer's gallery as it was closed on a monday .So sadly i missed out on seeing sally Mann's work. however i made up for it with the other things that i saw while in London.
Exposed, Voyeurism, Surveillance & The Camera @Tate Modern
The artist statement on the wall read " Exposed asks whether such incisiveness is inherent to the medium itself"? The exhibition starts off when Photography was a new medium. There was two little 5×3 Carbon Print images of Vatican guards been taken as they stood in window, an early example of paparazzi. Horace Engle was a amateur photographer capturing people off guard. The far more documented amateur Paul Martins work was very interesting capture a Victorian Britain at play on the seaside. The people unaware to his presence. The foundations where set for a whole british fascination with photographing the seaside. This type of image for that time will have been used to show. Inner City Britain what is out there with the use of the new train networks. The juxtaposition to this was Lewis Hine's work in New York of the same period. Capturing a total different dress styles the people in comparison almost look alien. Helen Levitt captured early street life in New York during early 1950s onwards. Her work has an innocence to it that would maybe hard to capture in this day and age. Her images cried out of long warm summers free from any cares. I didn't think at the time of viewing these images it really was a cornerstones for the greats to come of the 1960s & 1970s. THis was it landscapes didn't have to be the only thing you could capture with the camera.Un like paint and canvas. the camera could move a lot faster.
In the next section the quote "photography invented modern celebrity culture" to be where the celebrities are you had to be out and about always ready to capture what was on the street. Harry Callahan was a four runner in this. Spending his time split with morning on the street to afternoons producing his body's of work. His close up invasive style would soon be the norm breaking a new barriers in pushing what was acceptable. A sketched an image (see Above) of Garry Winogrand and Lee Freelander's work. Freelander almost immerses himself in the ladies fox coat jacket. The symmetry in the image is a total master class
Garry Winograd was the first image half way throughout the exhibition where you could see the reflection of the photographer. This become a major thing in photography books to capture yourself in the image. The image almost had line down the middle of it. In B&W there is something looking like a down and out. THere is a young couple looking up from the lower steps. I think this show the watershed of the young people being aware of the photographer and older disheveled man unaware. A beautiful image, both photographers are master of their discipline for me.
The almost mystical work of Wegee never fails to enchant my imagination the highlight image of the exhibition for me was this one of Marilyn Monroe. The first image by Wegee say a lot about his work on the outside looking in. Where as the second image took at the same time by Gary Winogrand is the more famous of the two images.
The next section of work captures the darker side of the subject. featuring work by Larry Clark cult classic Tulsa. Where Clark follows the actions and goings on of heroin users in New York. He was one of the first photographers to document this subject in such a graphic way. Brassai had a series of 8 images one after the other of a man found dead in the street. The series shows people finding him police arrive the body taken away. THe last image show the street empty back to normal. There was an image of Paris Hilton on being arrested in the back of a police car. I'll be honest i walked pat the image. I later found out that it was taken by Nick ut who captured the effects of napalm being dropped on a village in Vietnam Again these image are challenging what we don't expect to see. This type of Photography constantly pushes boundaries. sadly I don't think the image of Hilton will be as iconic in 3o years time if even relevant!
This is shown when looking at mitch epstiens work again this was a standout image for me. Capturing the actions of a New york couple naked in a bedroom. I thought this was a great homage to Alfred Hitchcock Rear Window.
I think reply to the question at the start of the exhibition. I found the Exhibition very interesting as to see how over just 100 years what is seen a feasible to be captured has evolved. Maybe all the shock has gone from the image. Photography has to ask the question other than word of mouth how do you capture the split second. Some may say its gone to far with the level that paparazzi has gone to. While there's demand these pictures will always be taken.
Muybridge @ Tate Britain
In the above image there pictures of fighter planes.This was work By Fiona Banner. It was so impressive to see such a fine use of the space in the gallery. Tate Britain never fails to not let you down with some really challenging exhibitions. It was brilliant to be able to take photographs of the installation.
I was unsure what to expect from the Edward Muybridge exhibition other than the career defining work he did proving the horse while galloping didn't have all feet on the floor. THe exhibition was really well laid out. They had a mock up of the measuring device he used to capture info mation through a series of multiple cameras
The area that took me by surprise was his landscape work. It was in the now farmiler yosemite national park. This work was pre Ansel Adams and must have been a massive influence on Adams work.
The images of the half dome mountain by Adams
this was also taken by Muybridge
It adds more to how adams captures the location in his own unique style some year later. Muybridge dedication to press on with his pioneering activities was even more so with 360 degree of San francisco bay taken in 1877 which consists of 14 A-3 images
Kurt Tong @ Photofusion, Brixton
Photofusion is always worth making the trip out of your way to see. It always has some really contemporary photography work. Kurt Tong was the Artist in residence with In case it rains in Heaven. An offering of paper items used in Chinese culture to lost relatives who they say leave with no worldly possessions. The exhibition was great example of why the artist statement is so important. At the end of the photos was a video of all the paper item being set on fire. The point was unclear until i had viewed the reasoning behind the work. As im reading the hand out the inner beauty came striking through. Like I said Photofusion always good as a hidden gem!
Photographs from The New Society @ The V&A
The new society Magazine was around from 1962 and was later bought out by New Statesmen. John Berger the writer of Ways of seeing worked as a writer for the magazine. For the time of the magazine it for me was set out to challenge what british society saw as the norm. The work of Paul Trevor, Chris Steele Perkins Michael Bennett and Martin Parr. The images had in places a touch of humour as seen in Ian Berrys work shows
I was in the past lucky enough to see the Paul trevor archive which is held in the Museum of London. The archive was boxed away in a little room and documented the turbulent times of 25 years on the brick lane area in London. Impeccable was the precision that Trevor worked with. Sadly the images are not seen to have enough relevance as of yet to be worked with into a book. Maybe the subject is to close to the bone with race issues in a time of trying to put the forgotten Great Back into Britain. It was great to see Trevor s Work.
Wolfgang Tillmans @ The Serpantine
Ill be honest i didn't get the direction of the exhibition by Wolfgang Tillmans. It had a very strong abstract theme running through it. Although each image was impressive in its own merit it was somewhat lost on me. However the big plus for me was the delivery and presentation of the images. I'm really none conformist when it comes to putting photos up. We know why images are put in frames. It what we expect. Apart from tradition where is this rule written. Tillmans really challenges this. Image put on the wall with Sellotape(other Brands are available), Bulldog clips and a wooden table covered with Glass. The images were printed on Per-specs frames, Aluminum prints, Photo Copies, 6×4 images and of course the traditional framed style. I think this shows the value of seeing work in the flesh rather than on a computer screen. Like i say i may not have totally connoted with the content. The delivery has really sparked my imagination…
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Q: Binding to function, which get result from $http.get I have list of checkbox and want return some statistic from server for selected.
View
<div ng-app="app" ng-controller="Ctrl">
    <input ng-model="regionId">
    {{getStatistic()}}
</div>

Controller
angular.module('app', [])
    .controller('Ctrl', function($scope, $http) {

    $scope.regionId = 'abc';

    $scope.getStatistic = function() {
        $http.get('serviceUrl', {params:$scope.regionId}).success(
            function(data){
                return data;
            });

        //How return data to view?

    }
});

How I can declare function getStatistic() in controller. The function must request web-service and return a string after each change of model.
Best,
Evgeniy.

A: When the value is changed you want to call the webservice to fetch the result.
$scope.toggle = function(region) {
  $http.get('service/resulturl')
       .success(function(result) {
          $scope.statistic = result;
        });
};

As you can see the result of the webservice call is stored in $scope.statistic. This is all you need to bind to in the view :
SUMMARY: {{statistic}}

EDIT:
Rather than rely on an onChange event, you can watch your model for changes:
$scope.$watch('regionId', function() {
    $http.get('service/resulturl')
       .success(function(result) {
          $scope.statistic = result;
        });
});

If you want to watch an array of values pass a third parameter of true to the $watch function to do a value comparison rather than a reference comparison.
FURTHER EDIT:
Have seen your amended example. You would not want to put the GetStatistic() call in the view as this would trigger an http get every cycle which would be completely unnecessary. You should bind to a value that is set when the value you are watching changes and only trigger the http get when the value changes.


Bitcoin Press Release: Blockchain technology and digital currencies within the Republic of Moldova? Over the past year a lot of ground work has been established relating to the education of Distributed Technology Ledger (Blockchain).
30th December 2017, Chisinau, Moldova – The creation of DTMA "Digital & Distributed Technology Moldova Association" founded by local and supported by international advisory with further workshops and presentation bringing several international representatives to Moldova to present variable use cases around blockchain, DTMA community portal is now online and open to registrations.
DTMA core objectives are to introduce international projects to Moldova and leverage the valuable asset Moldova has to offer which is its human resources untapped market for Developers amongst this Moldova provides a perfect test bed for maturing and trialing projects that then can be exported into the global arena.
DTMA recently launched its own blockchain version of Dash for Self governance and the use of the treasury as an option for students and academics to apply for small grants to explore Blockchain initiatives.
DTMA Training and workshops for international companies looking to enter to the Moldova market and for projects that would like to setup Labs within Universities with Interns.
A Travel Portal has been put online with additional functionalities to be released within 2018 to support tour guides, exports of wine from Moldova and social engagement/marketing opportunities via tokenization Currently the portal is active with 900 Airlines, 800,000 hotels globally.
DTMA is currently running due diligence with local Private companies to explore the viability of creating its' own version of Level 39, Canary Wharf, London (dubbed the most influential hub for Innovation in Europe) This proposal could enable Moldova to be a hub between the CIS Countries and EU.
DTMA's initiative and long term goal is support the Digital Era and attract the International market place of blockchain to consider Moldova as a viable and potential National Hub, whilst improving and supporting higher education with the economic and Digital roadmap of the Government. "Digital Moldova 2020". DTMA welcomes Digital currency communities and blockchain projects to join DTMA and support the inclusion and education of potential applications that the Moldova could benefit from.
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Taking up where we left off yesterday in the Practical, Tactical SEO Guide Part I, next up in the SEO Guide Series is template selection. Choosing the right template for the right task is one of the most underrated SEO techniques, which can either rank or tank a site.
The templates you use are directly tied to the amount of link-flow that flows through the page (from proceeding internal and inbound links) as well as what degree of link equity proceeds to nurture and irrigate other linked pages in a site.
The templates you use (based on where the content in a website's hierarchy) determines how that page communicates with both search engines and other critical pages in the website. If the template is optimal, then it only houses elements (server side includes or custom code snippets) which are relevant to the purpose of that page.
The main consideration for templates from an SEO perspective is to minimize inherent duplicate content issues and to augment link-flow in a website.
The reason controlling link flow is important is, if you have the same shingles "groups of words, code, etc." such as a recurring side bar, footer, masthead and primary navigation within a website, then basically by just swapping out the internal text on the body area, changing a title or changing a description simply does not cut it for search engines and can incur a ranking suppression penalty.
A search engine is programmed to seek out duplicate content (either internal an inherent to a website) as well as duplicate shingles (groups of words, code, etc.) on other sites particularly now more than ever and minimize the impact on the ranking algorithm when less than desirable duplicate data is found.
According to a recent post on Google Algorithms updates on 1.28.2011 on Matt Cutt's blog chief of the Web Spam team for Google pages lacking unique content may be flagged and removed or suppressed.
While this has been known for years in elite SEO circles (not to create a duplicate footprint) the problem often stems from lack of optimization or poor/lazy coding from developers either not knowing or simply relying on one template to run the entire website.
The typical reaction from search engines was previously "the supplemental index" meaning, sure, it's crawled, but isolated in a secondary index which may or may not be included as a "relevant" search. In other words it's analogous to SEO purgatory.
While you can get pages out of the supplemental index and back into the main index, it is better to avoid it in the first place, which leads back to template optimization and assigning a role in the hierarchy for each page (based on competitive thresholds ergo competing pages, aged competitors or authority sites who have trust and are occupying the search engine result pages for those keywords).
There are solutions for breaking-out from the mold or rather "designing SEO friendly templates" but this involves creating a range of parameters such as having granular control over the header/masthead, meta data, sidebar, footer and body areas extensively and independently in order to sculpt the most relevant type of page for the ranking objective.
Here are links to more relevant posts on template optimization and SEO for large websites that are archived in the SEO Design Solutions Blog.
Landing page selection is something we have been adamant about for years. Essentially, there are two kinds of pages in a website (1) pages that are meant to rank as the flagship for a specific keyword and (2) pages that are designed to support the flagship pages a.k.a. preferred landing pages in a website.
The reason why selecting a preferred landing page is imperative for organic optimization is (1) it delivers users directly to the page they were seeking and (2) it serves as the perfect hub page or springboard to feed additional pages in the site architecture based on semantic relevance or more effectively theming and siloing your content to increase rankings (by passing along ranking factor to other theme relevant content in a site).
It is capable to rank an entire cluster of keywords for various search modifiers (leading, best, affordable, cheap) as well as Geographical modifiers such as a city, state or zip code all from adhering to principles of on page optimization.
This ties directly in to the previous topic of keyword research and site architecture but directly is impacted by the following topic content development and creation as well. Essentially, each primary keyword should have its own page, but can also serve as a catch all for 4-6 additional keyword variations.
This process is augmented through (a) how you link internally from page to page (b) what data exists on the page, in the meta data, the H1 (header tag which is the topic of the page – much like a headline in a newspaper) as well as (c) the range of anchor text from other websites.
This combination creates a synergy or rather symphony of ranking factors which imbue your landing pages with specific algorithmic attributes that ear mark that page as the definitive source of information for its intended keywords.
For more information about how to properly create preferred landing pages or elect them, refer to the body of documents in the archives in the SEO Design Solutions Blog.
While most would have you think the process is rocket science, think of it as holistic planning incorporating a more human analogy would be to view the landing pages as appendages, the internal links as the circulatory system and the site architecture as the skeleton and your content as the muscles which when unified produce the phenomenon of a synchronized body capable of movement.
Consider this conditioning and that conditioning allows your website mobility and movement.
In this case, that movement is up higher in the relevance chain of documents in the index in search engines as each page serves a purpose based on a tiered system or form, function, relevance and appeal.
Stay tuned for more… or read The Practical Tactical SEO Guide Part 1 or The Practical "Real Deal" SEO Guide Part 3 of this series by following the links provided.
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Variety is the spice of life. Be it our food or our friends, as much as we would love to, we cannot always stick to the same for all of our life. Our body and mind naturally crave for a change and this change can be given to them through going for variety and experiencing something different.
Even if you are particularly fond of any one thing, there can always be different types of the same thing that you can try and learn from your experience. Maybe this will land you something better to which you were completely oblivious until now or it will make you appreciate the earlier type even more.
So whatever it is that you use, it is always good if you explore different types it is available in and learn more about the same.
Mitragyna speciosa is an evergreen deciduous tree that belongs to the coffee family. Kratom has many health benefits and also works as a psychoactive substance.
It is native to Indochina region and is grown naturally in Thailand. The tree is also called as Kratom or ketum or kratom.
Apart from having health benefits, Kratom also has many negative effects that one can suffer from if its consumption goes wrong. Kratom can be an evergreen tree or deciduous tree depending upon the climatic conditions and the environment of the place.
The tree has been categorized into various types depending upon a different basis of classifications.
Strictly speaking, Kratom trees are of three different types. They are the White Vein, Red Vein and Green Vein kratom. Several people often have a misconception that Green Vein and White Vein are the same. But in reality, they are both quite different on many levels.
The basic difference between White Vein and Green Vein Kratom comes from their leaves. If you examine the leaves of both these types of Kratom you will be able to clearly see that the White vein type has white or beige colour leaves whereas the Green Vein type, as expected, has green colour leaves.
The various names of Kratom can be too confusing for anyone. As in some cases, different names are used even for the same type of Kratom which can create a whole lot of confusions. Sometimes these new names are introduced for marketing and sales purposes as they add spice and attract customers' attention.
Several vendors are thus exploiting the different names of Kratom trees and modifying them to make some new names that are highly interesting.
As Kratom tree is native to Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand its actual name has to have roots in these countries itself and it is quite so.
Some of its common types and names are Borneo, Bali, Riau, Sumatra Kratom etc.
Kratom trees are also classified depending upon the region where the strains of Kratom are grown. Some of the examples are Thai (as grown in Thailand), Indo (as grown in Indonesia), Malay (as grown in Malaysia), Man Da (an enhanced version of the Thai type Kratom), Borneo (Indo grown in Indonesia).
Also, the tree can have its own hybrid too. For instance, Bali is that Kratom that is a combination of the Borneo and Sumatra. It was named so as this combination was first created in Bali and hence the name.
If you get into the market looking for information and products of Kratom tree then you might come across different names that can be confusing.
Remember that all types of Kratom trees are basically either of the Thai type or Indo type or Malay type and if not of these three types then it definitely must be a combination of these types.
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A World Dream
Por: Helládio Holanda
Jackie, Tito, Marlon, Jermaine, Randy and Michael. Only one of them left very early, the lead vocalist Michael Jackson, yet the sheen, the legacy of the band The Jacksons, formerly known as Jackson 5, remains alive forever! The Five Brothers from Gary, Indiana, United States, have always been very close. The brothers formed the band with the exception of Randy who joined the band in 1976 when the group became The Jacksons and were hired by Sony, Jermaine stayed on the old record label, remained 5 members but named The Jacksons. In 1984 at the last meeting in "Victory", Jermaine joined the band and for the only time we had all the brothers reunited, in this case the Jacksons "Six" if we could call it that. The band that packaged successes from 1969 to 1990, brought historical hits like "ABC", "I'll Be There", "I Want You Back", "Dancing Machine", among others by the former Motown label between 69 and 75, after this period continued to pack hits such as "Blame It On The Boogie" "Shake Your Body" "Can You Feel It" "State Of Shock". The Jacksons were and are phenomena of success. Today they are back, doing their last tours around the world. In 1992 the TV brought the series "American Dreams", for the author of this work, they went from an "American Dream" to a "World Dream".
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The Fairmont Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten has been welcoming guests from all over the world for more than 115 years. While tradition is one of the hotel's trademarks, it also connects tradition with innovation. In recent years Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten has succeeded in bringing its history into line with contemporary and international lifestyle trends.
Fairmont Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten offers guests culinary diversity in nine restaurants and bars and a "Vier Jahreszeiten Spa" including more than 100 different treatments. Behind the scenes of the hotel, there is an unusual event location available for parties or other events.


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Free NES Titles For Switch Online Subscribers Revealed For April
It's a new month, and that means subscribers to Nintendo Switch Online are getting more free NES titles. This month's lineup includes the classic boxing game Punch-Out!!, as well as Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels, which is known for its very difficult levels. The third game is the shoot-em-up Star Soldier.
These three games will become available to download starting on April 10. In the past, Japan has received different titles, but they seem to be the same this month. Here's a trailer:
Free NES games is one the perks of signing up to Nintendo Switch Online. The catalog already includes iconic games like Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda, Metroid, and Yoshi. New titles are added on a monthly basis, so the offering pretty much keeps getting better and better.
Other benefits of Nintendo Switch Online is access to cloud saves (for some games) and of course the ability to play titles online to begin with.
A subscription to Nintendo Switch Online costs $4 USD/month or $8 USD for three months. A 12-month membership is available for $20 USD, while a Family Membership for up to eight Nintendo Account members costs $35 USD for a year. New subscribers can sign up with a seven-day free trial.
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The Perfect Bag, Amazing Color!!
This bag is perfect for the woman that does it ALL! It has held my Macbook Pro, wallet, diapers, wipes, ipad, shoes, pretty much anything my day may consist of! The color is beautiful. I liked the way it looked when I saw it online but the Dusk color is even more beautiful in person!!
I never liked the typical laptop bags. Why do I have to look like I'm carrying a laptop? This bag is beautiful and works with anything I wear. The blue and pink/bronze hints give it a great look. There is also plenty of room for more papers, pads, etc. The center pocket makes a great divider to keep the laptop separate from everything else. Thanks Brahmin!
My favorite Brahmin so far.!
Big enough to handle all the things a very busy woman needs during the day with more style than the majority of bags. Makes me feel great when I am carrying it.


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With the holidays fast approaching many people will experience the inevitable over-loading of plates and forced second helpings of Grandma's desserts, though delicious they may be. With the new year closely following, inevitably many will take up their yearly oath to "be more active," "lose weight," or "get stronger/faster." This is all well and good, but there are a few steps that you need to take to lessen your chances of experiencing the common pitfalls. Many people will take up these oaths and hit the gym at 1000% only to find themselves sidelined due to injury, or slowly losing steam because the goals they initially set were not reasonable, and the experience of failure over-rides their desire to continue. In order to give yourself a reasonable chance at success this time around, please follow along with this blog and perform some of the habit-forming suggestions. Soon you may find yourself well ahead of last year because this year, you have prepared.
The topics throughout the blog series will be: understanding the gym environment, exposing the myths; setting goals and creating a plan, understanding adaptations, and avoiding injury.
The first thing you need to understand if you have not been to the gym before is the environment. To some this may seem trivial, but to others the gym is an intimidating environment to step into either because of large bulky individuals grunting and dropping weights or it seeming like everyone else in the gym is already so fit! Well, this is how they got to where they are, and it can be your avenue too. Rest assured, most of the intimidation you may feel is only within your head. By understanding the environment, you can help yourself overcome this initial intimidation factor.
The first thing to understand about the environment is those very people who may intimidate you. Everyone in the gym has different goals and are currently working hard to try to attain them…just like you. Different exercises in the gym serve different purposes, with power lifting you may hear people grunting and dropping heavy weights. They are not doing it to show off (in most cases), but to conserve energy and prevent injury before their next attempt. The people who are running seemingly forever on the treadmill, they did not get to that point over night and many may have started in your shoes. They are not judging you for being in the gym, more likely is they may quietly be mentally cheering you on. You should never compare yourself to these people, the person you are working against in the gym is only your former self.
The next thing to know about going to the gym is the do NOTS. The thing that will get many dirty looks is talking on your phone while occupying a piece of equipment. There may be someone waiting on the piece of equipment being occupied, and many gym goers are too polite to confront someone on this. This rule extends to the cardio equipment as well, nobody likes hearing someone else's conversation over their carefully chosen playlist. Next, do not leave your equipment with weighted plates on it, if you put them on then take them off, it is part of your workout. The final do NOT is…leaving dumbbells off of the rack or putting them back on the rack where they do not belong. Please be courteous and match the numbers on the weights to the numbers on the rack. This way when you, and your fellow gym goers need it, you can spend your time lifting it rather than looking for it.
Well, those are the important notes to understanding your gym environment. The next part of this series will focus on understanding your muscles and how they move your bones (your musculoskeletal system), and then we will branch off into exposing the myths, setting goals and creating a plan, understanding adaptations, and avoiding injury.


I thought it might be useful to list my top 100 cloud phone system features to look out for when selecting a new cloud based unified communications (UC) platform for your business / also known as Cloud PBX or UCaaS (unified communications as a service).
New emerging technologies like AI, IoT, VR are now coming into the world of UC, however this list is hopefully an available list of features we've come to expect from most modern UCaaS platforms.
NOTE: Features are in no particular order, however categorised for simplicity. This list has been created based on cloud based PBX equipment. For my on-premises PBX features list click here.
If you'd like to add a feature or need something explaining comment below.


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The Cow That Should Have Been
So here I am at the kitchen table trying to get a better handle on the inner workings of the Canadian establishment with a copy Drisdelle's, "Parasites: Tales of Humanity's Most Unwelcome Guests," when around the bend of our drive comes our neighbor Harold in his pickup. Harold needs help with a task he can't handle on his own, and so off we go.
We don't engage the term "bovine" too often as a compliment, remember, and here we have a Hereford lain on her side with her feet on a vaguely uphill grade, and due to the insurmountability of her balloonish midsection, is now powerless to get up. She'd been there for some time, it would seem, as evidenced by the brown pond adjacent her hoop, in which she had thoroughly plied her tail. (However this turns out, stay back from the tail, I remind myself.)
"Oh Lord," was one preliminary thought, "She's having trouble birthing and one of us sure as hell will soon be up to our shoulder in her wildebeest trying to turn the calf!" Her tail a paint-brush. Immediately followed by, "Why do all cows seem to live in a perpetual state of diarrhea?" and then the revelation, "It's not enough to make responsible decisions in choosing for yourself only those proper animals that can birth naturally when your neighbor insists on keeping up the tradition of raising only those animals we've thoroughly screwed..." when, praise-be, it became evident that while pregnant, this was not the true nature of her predicament. She was simply defeated by her own preposterous design. Lucky it was us and not coyotes coming to her aid. I am sure, in fact, that if we hadn't been there to lend a hand, this would have been a scene to be immortalized on canvas as "Bessie's Final Gesture." Serving perhaps as a symbol for where the process of domestication was taking us all - a bloated carcass to be eaten alive by scavengers.
As it turns out, the fix is embarrassingly simple. Harold applies a lariat to both her hind feet. We heave until she's rotated 90 degrees, (thankfully the ground is slippery with snow and less pristine substances,) head now upslope, such as the slope was. She gets up and walks off, as if she's only been napping a moment or two.
Domestic cattle were established in western North America mostly by English elites of the then prevailing Empire in order to better provide for an insatiable appetite amongst the British aristocracy for beef. Big money cleared all hurdles, and with this backing, the cattlemen of the west carried mighty political clout, the remnants of which, despite the cattle industry being in severe present peril, remain to this day. Observe single-family holdings of vast estates here in the west, acquired and held on to for a veritable pittance by the standards of today due to this history of partisan politics. And so worked, and works - barely - the mechanism by which an animal far from optimal for its situation became every bit as sacred to westerners as it is to the Hindu, nevermind that we eat it.
Anyways, to hell with cows, and pity the poor cowboy tending these squalid hordes. Here's a better solution:
The yak was introduced to North America by way of Canada, and we can thank naturalist and artist Ernest Thompson Seton for this. Seton presented the idea that yak would be the perfect animal for the Canadian plains to Lord Albert Earl Grey, the Governor Central of Canada. Lord Grey presented Seton's idea in a letter to Lord Elgin, the Secretary of State for the British Colonies. In his letter Grey states that the Premier of Canada, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, had already requested a formal report from Seton. The project was given the thumbs-up and the original animals were acquired from Herbrand Russell who was the 11th Duke of Bedford, President of Zoological Society, savior of Pere David's Deer and who had a herd of his own yaks at Woburn Abbey. In 1909 a small group of the animals arrived in Brandon, Manitoba for research purposes. The answer to the question is this the ideal domestic animal for the Canadian plains is of course, "No," the bison was and is the ideal animal for the Canadian plains, but you know the story there. The yak is certainly second-best, and when you factor in ease of handling, they have bison beat.
The yaks failed to thrive in Brandon, low elevation being blamed. They were moved to Banff, did much better there, and by 1919 a sizeable herd was the result. Animals were then moved to Wainwright, Alberta where the original question somehow became twisted out of shape thanks one can imagine to political meddling by the already deeply-entrenched cattle industry. The question became, "Can the yak be used to improve cattle, can cattle be used to improve yak?" The answer of course was again, "No," you breed them together and you get a critter that performs poorly as both a cow and as a yak. So the project was abandoned as we turned back to our cows. On the plus side, there were now yaks in Canada, in North America.
Now, on to the details. Who better than the International Yak Association (IYAK) to further illuminate the superior qualities of this "Cow that should have been"?
"The strength and value of the yak comes from its amazing versatility. Try to find an animal that can fill so many roles. Their fiber or wool compares to the finest fibers in the world and is enjoying growing international interest as companies like Khunu and Shokayintroduce the work of the indigenous peoples of the Himalayas to amazing yak fiber products. Even Newsweek is jumping on the yak wagon! Yak leather is THE Premium Leather for Ecco's top lines not because it is different but because it allows them to produce a superior shoe. According to Ecco's testing, yak leather is up to three times stronger than traditional leathers allowing them to produce lighter and longer wearing shoes. The health benefits of yak cheese are becoming famous world wide. Yak meat is becoming a favorite restauranteurs, chefs, health conscious foodies, and folks looking for a delicious alternative to everyday beef. As a companion animal, you will not find a more intelligent and hard working partner.
"Yak down is the softest yak fiber and is the undercoat the animals grow for insulation in the colder months. It is shed in the spring and is wonderful stuff for woven and knitted garments. The down is a short fiber--about 1-1/2" long with some crimp, and it may be challenging to spin unless it has been carded into a roving. As you can see below, the fineness of the yak down fiber could be equated to merino wool or cashmere, and close to qiviut (musk ox down). Yak down does not have the lanolin that makes sheep wool greasy, so you don't lose much in weight when it is washed. The other fibers are medium length (about 2-3 inches) guard hair that is usually mixed in with the down when it is combed out, and then the long, really coarse guard hair that creates the yak's "skirt". A rug woven from this guard hair would wear extremely well.
"The amount of down fiber on the yak's back may vary between animals, but it has been shown that the cooler the climate and longer the colder weather lasts, the more dense a coat of down fiber the animal grows. The density of the down coat is greater in calves than adults because their bodies have not built up the fat and hide thickness to protect them from a harsh, cold environment. The denseness of the down coat usually decreases with age as the animal builds up more subcutaneous fat and its hide becomes thicker.
"Yak meat's sweet, juicy, delicious flavor is never gamey and is not dry unless overcooked. Although very lean, the juiciness and flavor of yak meat comes from its unique mixture of fats that are low in saturated fats, cholesterol and triglycerides. Yak is a red meat that offers heart patients a new opportunity for fine dining and offers athletes a diet exceptionally rich in body building proteins, minerals, vitamins and the right fats for building muscle mass and good health. This healthy and delicious meat product is a driving force behind the yak's value and success as a profitable livestock enterprise. "Yak Milk, contrary to legend, is not pink but yak butter's legendary status is well deserved. Yak butter tea is the comfort food of the Himalayas. Yak milk is rich in butterfat at around 6% to 11% and this makes it perfect for yogurt, butter, and cheese. No animal has such a history of carrying heavy loads in extreme terrain. Their sure-footedness makes them the only choice for the world's most famous mountain climbers and folks just looking for a some time away."
Baby Rose, a calf from this year.
We would add a few anecdotes here. People interested in sheep but worried about the predator problem (amongst other problems with keeping sheep,) might consider the yak instead: woe to any coyote who would make lunch of a sheep who tries to do the same to a yak - they have little tolerance for such nonsense and he'll just as likely end up skewered! Coming from dry areas, yaks utilize moisture better than cows. Their droppings are not a perpetual filthy mess like a cow's, but rather more like an elk's. Also, they don't swarm around waterholes, streams, or rivers all summer as cows do, destroying the ground, the riparian habitat, and fouling the water. They eat about 1/2 as much as a cow pound-for-pound, allowing higher stocking rates, if that's your goal. They also eat a broader range of vegetation. On our old place they virtually eliminated kochia, a noxious weed nothing else would touch, and put a dent in the snowberry invading the native grasses. They are calmer than cows, easier to handle, and as our friend Ken at Rafter K 2 Farms, a man who has raised both cattle and yaks reports, this is likely due to the fact that there is no comparison in intelligence between a yak and a cow, nor in health issues. They tend to birth easily, naturally, without assistance. We appreciate also that yaks are not prone to rending the otherwise peaceful country air with penetrating, moronic noises ala the cow. A relatively soft and infrequently uttered grunt is their only call. Finally, yaks are picturesque. They seem to fit the wild landscape, to look appropriate there, where cows always seem to detract from any scene beyond the dairy fold. They are much like bison this way. In fact, we have often reflected that a yak can be viewed as a small bison that will make friends with you rather than try to kill you.
We are very happy to have a growing herd of yaks again on our place. Aside from their many uses, they lend us a sense of well-being by their very presence. And hey, maybe things are coming full circle: yaks now have at least token backing from the new generation of British aristocracy. When the young Royals were here recently, guess what they dined on?
Yaks, beautiful and ancient cattle, very much enjoy and vie for attention. Photo: Laura Fetherstonhaugh
Dusk or Dawn... What's Your Call?
"Are we headed for Renaissance or Ruin? The future is up to the individual. When the human spirit rises, everything changes!" - Gerald Celente
Gerald Celente, founder of The Trends Research Institute in 1980, is a political atheist. Unencumbered by political dogma, rigid ideology or conventional wisdom, Celente, whose motto is "think for yourself," observes and analyzes the current events forming future trends for what they are – not for the way he wants them to be. Celente has earned his reputation as "The most trusted name in trends" by accurately forecasting hundreds of social, business, consumer, environmental, economic, political, entertainment, and technology trends.
I recently had the opportunity to however briefly rub electrons over the radio with this man, Celente, one of the folks I have been keeping my eye on for some time, in attempts to make sense of the general unraveling of things. Donna McElligot of the CBC has been growing some big stones, as evidenced by inviting this man on her call-in show, "Alberta at Noon." For Celente tells it as it is. Far be it from him to deliver the normal mandated mainstream pablum most of us are fed by an establishment that would have us all their infant call-children. I was hoping some spare grey stuff might come spilling down the line from his brain-box and anoint me. He did not disappoint. He had plenty of spare wisdom for us all.
Celente is, as we just mentioned, a "political athiest," like myself. Someone who sees Big Politics as a spectacle increasingly removed from the real world, a self-serving sideshow much like the practice of law has become, law having not coincidentally spawned the overwhelming majority of our leaders. Like the legal process, an impediment more often these days than not, or at best, just another business like any other - a casino, say, or an escort service. At worst, an infestation. I'm sure our First Nations, a people who'd been doing quite nicely managing their own affairs sustainably for millenia, viewed it that way once upon a not-so-distant time, if not still. A political atheist is someone who may remind you, "Don't cast your ballot on a dung-heap and expect not to be delivered a shit-beetle." A political atheist is someone who refuses to lend legitimacy to illegitimate people and their illegitimate processes, created by themselves for themselves, through willful participation in that process. A political atheist is someone who recognizes that much as we'd like to be able to make the monsters go away through the simple act of dropping an "X" into a box, free then to slip back into peaceful slumber, it doesn't work that way. Not for long, anyway. Clearly not now. But as this is the case, how then will it work, "going forward" as we so like to say these days? It's an understatement to point out that we need to know this.
I was driving into town to get a thousand pounds of oats when Celente was announced as guest of the call-in show. Appalled at the idea that we might blow this rare chance to cut through the dryer-lint of usual mainstream discourse, that the discussion would be steered towards such trivial matters as the "unfair portrayal of the Tarsands," or worse, "what do you think of the fact that we are golfing in Alberta in February," I got right in there to see if I could not help massage things towards the much-needed wake-up call I knew this man, given this opportunity, could deliver. I needn't have bothered. He needed no help from me.
Celente's message for us was both ominous and inspiring. Here are the highlights:
If there is war in Iran, it will be the beginning of WWIII. This will be bad for civilization. It will be great for the energy sector. It looks right now as though this is where things are headed;
Forget Politics, the current system is leading us somewhere we do not want to go - the future is in the hands of the individual, making decisions and taking action locally;
The human spirit is the root of greatness - we can achieve another Renaissance if we lift our spirits out of the mercenary gutters they rot in at present;
If we keep on the current path, however, with the economic bottom line our God, ruin is where we are headed;
The future of the family farm is one of the bright trends of the day, but we've got to abolish the draconian laws we've put in place as impediments restricting free farm commerce (farm-gate sales)...
Make sure you have an escape plan - you don't want to be caughtin an urban centre in a time of real crisis...
Celente pointed out that those who didn't see our current crises coming were looking to the wrong people, to the specialists lacking in necessary scope. I would concur. It seems to me a given that we not listen to any economist lacking a broader education in the workings of natural systems or the history of human civilizations, for example - they are not equipped for their job. If you've been doing your digging outside the mandated media placed within our most convenient grasp, it's pretty clear where we're headed, and has been for generations. This was one of the primary motives behind our founding Thompson Small Farm, and now The New Farmer School. For as Celente, a martial black belt trainer, points out:
"The first rule of Close Combat is to attack the attacker. Action is faster than reaction. The same holds true for the future. You know the future is coming … attack it before it attacks you."
Dusk or Dawn? It's your call, and mine. How will it be made to work, now? It will work like this: buy local, augment your skill-set, embrace your neighbor, nurture your own community, make your own decisions, know your farmer.