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Arnold confident Sainsbury will play in Kuwait despite Israel move
By Dominic Bossi
August 30, 2019 — 5.01pm
Australia coach Graham Arnold expects Trent Sainsbury to be able to play away against Kuwait next week despite the Gulf state not allowing entry to residents of Israel.
The Socceroos' defender secured a move from Dutch giants PSV to Israeli club Maccabi Haifa on Friday morning, hours before being announced in Australia's squad to play in next week's away World Cup qualifier in Kuwait City.
Socceroo defender Trent Sainsbury is hoping to avoid Kuwait's travel ban. Credit:AP
In being selected, he will become the first Australian player residing in Israel to play an away match in a Gulf nation that does not recognise Israeli occupation, testing Kuwait's travel restrictions. Kuwait is one of a number of Gulf nations that does not recognise the state of Israel and practices the right of refusal of entry to anyone with an Israeli passport or with proof of travel to Israel.
According to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trading, "If your passport has evidence of travel to Israel, such as entry or exit stamps, you may experience difficulties entering Kuwait."
Sources at Football Federation Australia informed the Herald they are confident Sainsbury will be granted entry to Kuwait, citing FIFA statutes preventing government interference in football. Speaking at his squad announcement, Arnold was confident Sainsbury's move to Israel would not threaten his participation in competitive games played in Gulf states.
"I doubt that. Look, I know his agent and I know that at FFA we spoke to Trent about that and it will be fine," Arnold said.
The threat of bans from sporting tournaments has not always lead to Kuwait relaxing its entry requirements, however, with the country previously ignoring guidelines from sporting governing bodies in the past. The Kuwait Olympic team was banned from competing in the 2016 Olympics in Rio De Janiero due to government interference, which included the refusal of granting an Israeli delegate a visa to attend a shooting qualifying tournament in 2015. That same year, Kuwait was handed a two-year ban by FIFA for government interference.
Meanwhile, Arnold was supportive of Sainsbury's move to Maccabi Haifa despite the significant drop in standard from the Dutch Eredivisie to the Israeli Premier League.
"For Trent, he wasn't playing at PSV, didn't have much game time last year and it was all about getting back on to the stage and performing. For Maccabi Haifa, it's a wonderful signing," he said. "For us, it's great that he's going to go there and play every week. I expect that Trent will go to another level. It's a top club, a big club in Israel. Israeli football is going along very strongly."
There was no room in the squad for Tom Rogic, who was left out having not yet played for Celtic this season. In-form striker Adam Taggart retains his place in the squad while there are recalls for German-basd forward, Brandon Borello, and Groningen winger, Ajdin Hrustic.
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Goalkeepers: Ryan, Redmayne, Langerak.
Defenders: Sainsbury, Milligan, Degenek, Souttar, Grant, Behich, Smith.
Midfielders: Amini, Jeggo, Irvine, Luongo, Mooy, Goodwin, Hrustic.
Forwards: Borello, Giannou, Maclaren, Taggart, Mabil, Leckie.
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Israeli Prime Minister Olmert now gives guns to Arab terrorists while planning to surrender more of his country's essential heartland. The apparent rationale of Israeli arms to Fatah is to diminish the contending power of Hamas. Inevitably, these same weapons will be used to murder individual Jews. Surely they will do absolutely nothing to help Israel.
The elegant new name given by Olmert to the next round of Israeli territorial concessions is "realignment." A linguistic change from former Prime Minister Sharon's "disengagement," this semantic policy offers no real changes in substance. Like its carefully codified predecessors, it offers only Land For Nothing.
What now emanates from Prime Minister Olmert's continuing complicity in Israel's defeat is a discernible scent of impurity. Surely Sharon's disengagement has already proven itself an obvious mistake. Indisputably, Gaza is now an active base for both Hamas and al-Qaeda terrorism. What, then, does Olmert now hope to achieve by further strengthening Israel's sworn enemies?
It is all so sadly predictable. The ongoing Arab/Islamic war against Israel is not about compromise. It is only about annihilation. Jewish annihilation.. The only acceptable"compromise" Israel could ever offer to Fatah or Hamas (it makes no serious difference for Israel which group dominates the Palestinian Authority) would be to disappear.
Soon, Olmert and his followers will encounter a stunning irony. Following self-destructive arms transfers and "realignment," Israel will appear to its many enemies as weak and without existential will. Drawing upon their own particular interpretations of sacred texts, proverbs and revealed expectations, these enemies will conclude (however erroneously) that Israel actually wishes to die. This is admittedly a very difficult concept to grasp for all those who do not seek to understand from an Arab/Islamic perspective, but it is now an indispensable mode of policy thinking.
There is yet another irony here. Sensing Israel's newest surrenders as incontestable expressions of divine will, Israel's principal enemies won't immediately oblige the Jewish State's presumed wish to die. Instead, they will "allow" Israel to disappear slowly; first, by more "realignment," and later by all-out war.
This long-planned Arab Jihad will be initiated in carefully measured phases. Only when the IDF is openly fawning upon its own doom - an unutterable humiliation that has already dragged on from Rabin to Sharon to Olmert - will the dissolving Jewish state merge into "Palestine."
In the end, let us be frank, Washington, London, Paris and Ottawa will be pleased. Still unable to understand why their proposed "Two State Solution" never materialized, they will still be content that Israel is no longer a bother. So it is that they will proudly celebrate Israel's "incorporation" into a "democratic Palestine." Like Bill Clinton, who first set the American stage for Israel's Oslo capitulations and who later provided billions of American tax dollars to North Korea that were used to build nuclear weapons, they will realize and applaud the utter unimportance of truth in politics. In the United States, a disgraced former president who also stood by silently while 800,000 were murdered by machete in Rwanda now openly cashes in on millions of dollars in speaking fees.
About what does the former president speak to earn eight million dollars a year on the lecture circuit? He speaks about nothing. Like Seinfeld's comedic show within a show, his presidency was all about nothing. Absolutely nothing. But this point is immaterial. The fact that no one seems to care (Mr. Clinton does, after all, "look presidential") will give aid and comfort to all who shall soon stand silently by as Israel's enemies plan their final battles.
Despair, we learn from the philosopher Kierkegaard, "is the sickness unto death," and it is now Israel's possible fate to despair for a long, long while, eventually to a point where it might actually prefer to die. If Israel's enemies interpret Olmert's "realignment" as a fulfillment of precise religious expectations, the torment of Israel's despair will be that it shall not be able to die. To be sick in this grotesque fashion, to be sick unto death and not even to be able to die, would be, for all Israel, the unkindest cut of all.
The despairing state, like the despairing individual, cannot die. For Israel, the agonizing hopelessness - in this case, even the last hope of death would be unavailable - will entail "dying the death," living to experience death. This fate is much worse than simply being allowed to die - to expire quickly, completely, blessedly. But to die and yet not to die, to actually die the death, would be for Israel a fate distinctly worse than death.
Thus it is that despair, this immobilizing sickness in the Israeli Self, is the Jewish State's sickness unto death. The despairing Jewish State under Olmert is mortally ill, but it will not be allowed to die, at least not for a while. To be delivered from this sickness unto death is impossible, unless Israel's profound sickness of the spirit is first understood. This sickness, a rotting of Israel's Jewish soul now enhanced and accelerated by "realignment," is ultimately more dangerous even than enemy armies and missiles. Although it is certainly correct that a dramatic synergy exists between enemy military might and Israel's growing "soulessness," it is the latter that breeds a virulent sickness unto death.
Israel's sickness of the spirit is not its sickness unto death. Rather, it is the pathology that leads to the sickness unto death. It is, then, an illness that leads not to death directly (that would be a relatively favorable outcome), but to a protracted death by an extended despair.
Fear and Trembling. It is time for Israel to experience these sorts of dread, to acknowledge that the Third Temple Commonwealth may not live to see a Third Temple, and to understand that "realignment," like "disengagement," is always an unforgivable crime.
The (moderate) Palestinian Authority's appointed clergy, preaching on the Temple Mount, recently offered the following familiar sermon: "Palestinians spearhead Allah's war against the Jews. The dead shall not rise until the Palestinians shall kill all the Jews....All agreements with Israel are provisional." As for expected Palestinian gratitude to the United States for pushing Israel into the "Road Map" ambit of genocide, here is what another PA-appointed preacher said on the Gaza-based Al Quds radio station on the day following last July's London bombings: "We welcome these blessed acts...."
The Palestinian solution for "The Jews" is an openly Final Solution. As long as Israel agrees to yield to such a plan, its sickness of the spirit will spread.. Finally, unless "realignment" can finally give way to courage, it will become the sickness unto death.
LOUIS RENE BERES was educated at Princeton (Ph.D., 1971). He lectures and publishes widely on international relations and international law.


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Q: Two lists - Append and exchange I have this
def url = "http://myurl/".toURL().text
def root = new XmlSlurper().parseText(url)

def namn = root.data.'content-item'.'**'.findAll{ node-> node.name() == 'resourceURI' }*.text()
def mylist = []

namn.each{
mylist << it
}

println mylist

def namn2 = root.data.'content-item'.'**'.findAll{ node-> node.name() == 'relativePath' }*.text()
def mylist2 = []

namn2.each{
mylist2 << it
}

println mylist2

That will be the output of this:
[http://myurl/, http://myurl/]

[/Sixten/1.1.0.235/, /Sixten/1.1.0.331/]

I know want to Exchange it to be
[Sixten-1.1.0.235.nupkg, Sixten-1.1.0.331.nupkg]

and then appended to the first list so it would result like this
[http://myurl/Sixten-1.1.0.235.nupkg, http://myurl/Sixten-1.1.0.331.nupkg]

HOW?

A: You don't need to do the each to get the values into a list...  You already have lists:
def myList = root.data.'content-item'
                 .'**'
                 .findAll{ node-> node.name() == 'resourceURI' }
                *.text()

def myList2 = root.data.'content-item'
                  .'**'
                  .findAll{ node-> node.name() == 'relativePath' }
                 *.text()

Then, to manipulate myList2, you just need:
myList2 = myList2*.getAt(1..-2)*.replaceAll('/', '-')*.plus('.nupkg')

And to append the urls to the start just requires:
[myList,myList2].transpose().collect { a, b -> a + b }

A: How about this:
def myList = ['http://myurl/', 'http://myurl/']
def myList2 = ['/Sixten/1.1.0.235/', '/Sixten/1.1.0.331/']

myList2 = myList2.collect { list2Entry ->
    list2Entry[1..-2].replaceAll('/', '-') + '.nupkg'
}

def lst = []
myList.eachWithIndex{ txt, idx ->
    lst << txt + myList2[idx]
}

println lst

prints:
[http://myurl/Sixten-1.1.0.235.nupkg, http://myurl/Sixten-1.1.0.331.nupkg]
First, inside the collect the leading and trailing slashes are removed by removing the first and last char of the strings with [1..-2]. Then the slashes in the middle of the strings are replaced by minus with replaceAll and .nupkg is added with string concatenation.
Inside the eachWithIndex every string from myList is concatenated with the string inside myList2 at the same position and the resulting string is added to the newly created list lst.

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Chris Vui Agrees Bristol Rugby Switch Ahead Of 2017/18 Season
Samoan international Chris Vui will swap Worcester Warriors for Bristol Rugby in the summer.
The exciting 24 year-old – who can play lock forward or in the back row – earned his first cap during the 2016 November internationals.
Vui has been a standout performer for the Warriors since joining on a short-term deal and will make the switch to Ashton Gate ahead of the 2017/18 campaign.
"Chris comes with excellent pedigree and he's another highly-rated young player – with international experience – to add to our ranks," said Head Coach Mark Tainton.
"Chris is an abrasive and physical utility forward with a huge amount of quality. The way he has performed for Worcester since he arrived at Sixways has been very impressive – he's been one of their best performing players this season.
"He is eager to play for an ambitious club and be part of our journey. We're delighted to welcome him to Ashton Gate next season."
"Chris comes with excellent pedigree and he's another highly-rated young player – with international experience – to add to our ranks."
Mark Tainton, Head Coach
New Zealand-born Vui represented New Zealand U20s in the 2013 IRB Junior World Championships and the Blues in Super Rugby.
He said: "It's good to agree terms with Bristol – I'm excited about getting started. It was obviously a difficult decision to leave Worcester and I understand the position that Bristol are in, but I am looking forward to the challenge and contributing to the ambitions that Pat and the Club are working towards."
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Q: Issues with SOAP API login callout I have the following piece of code that used to work before:
Custom_Data__c cData = [SELECT Password__c, Security_Token__c, Username__c FROM Custom_Data__c WHERE Name = :Constants.CURRENCY_TYPE_BATCH_CUSTOM_DATA_NAME];
String user = cData.Username__c;
String pass = cData.Password__c + (cData.Security_Token__c == null ? '' : cData.Security_Token__c);
String sessionId = login(user, pass);

private static String login(String user, String password) {
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    req.setMethod('POST');
    req.setTimeout(60000);
    req.setEndpoint(URL.getSalesforceBaseUrl().toExternalForm()+'/services/Soap/u/51.0');
    req.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/xml;charset=UTF-8');
    req.setHeader('SOAPAction', '""');
    req.setBody('<Envelope xmlns="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"><Header/><Body><login xmlns="urn:partner.soap.sforce.com"><username>' + user + '</username><password>' + password + '</password></login></Body></Envelope>');
    HttpResponse res =  new Http().send(req);
    system.debug(res);
    if(res.getStatusCode() == 200){
        Dom.Document responseDocument = res.getBodyDocument();
        Dom.Xmlnode rootElm = responseDocument.getRootElement(); // soapenv:Envelope
        Dom.Xmlnode bodyElm = rootElm.getChildElement('Body', Constants.NS_SOAP); // soapenv:Body
        Dom.Xmlnode loginResponseElm = bodyElm.getChildElement('loginResponse', Constants.NS_SF); // loginResponse
        Dom.Xmlnode resultElm = loginResponseElm.getChildElement('result', Constants.NS_SF); // result
        Dom.Xmlnode sessionIdElm = resultElm.getChildElement('sessionId', Constants.NS_SF); // sessionId
        return sessionIdElm.getText();
    }
    return null;
}

I am getting the following error :
System.HttpResponse[Status=Server Error, StatusCode=500]

Also when I look at the response body I get the following details:
INVALID_LOGIN: Invalid username, password, security token; or user locked out.

I made sure that the login credentials are up to date and got a new security token.
Also I am able to login with that user on the main login page.
When inspecting the login history for the user I see the following

A: The issue was due to the fact that I was retrieving the password from an encrypted field. I managed to solve it by creating a permission set that with the View Encrypted data access and assigned it to the user that was running the code.


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X-ray diffractometry (XRD) is an X-ray–based method for determining the crystal structure of a material. Because X-ray wavelengths are of roughly the same size as the interatomic spacings of a crystal, significant diffraction of the waves occurs.
X-ray diffractometry (XRD) is an X-ray–based method for determining the crystal structure of a material. Because X-ray wavelengths are of roughly the same size as the interatomic spacings of a crystal, significant diffraction of the waves occurs. Because of the regularities inherent in a crystal structure, monochromatic X-rays are diffracted at various angles with different intensities. For a single crystal of a material, the result is a pattern of bright von Laue spots on the detector. This pattern can be inverted mathematically to determine the crystal structure of the sample, providing information on the chemical structure of the sample. Alternatively, the diffractogram can be compared to a known library in order to identify the sample.
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Three main types of sample commonly are analyzed by XRD. Large, single crystals provide the clearest diffraction patterns and XRD can help to solve the atomic structures of complex proteins, although preparing a pure crystal can be problematic. Instead of single crystals, powders consisting of many small crystals with random orientations can be analyzed. This smears out the von Laue spots, but the diffractograms generally are suitable for identification purposes. Finally, metal samples can be analyzed by XRD, which can reveal residual stress in the metal where the atomic spacings have been deformed, indicating potential weakness in the material.
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The UK's National Urban Forestry Unit (NUFU) is a charity working in partnership with central and local government, the corporate sector and other environmental charities to help create a more tree-rich environment as an important means of improving the quality of life for the millions of people who live and work in towns and cities.
urban forests is also being established.
Each tree makes a difference, but the bold concept of the urban forest offers scope for significant environmental, social and economic benefits. Cleaner air, flood protection, increased wildlife and land reclamation are a few of the contributions that a strategic approach to woodland establishment can make. What is more, research has shown that as little as three minutes in natural green surroundings can reduce human stress.
All kinds of towns and cities in the UK are embracing the concept of urban forestry and are investing in greenspace. In the old industrial settlements of South Yorkshire, the West Midlands, Central Scotland and Merseyside, reclaiming derelict land is central to success. In cities such as Belfast, Birmingham and Edinburgh, public parks and river corridors provide the functional green infrastructure. In growth areas such as Thames Gateway, the urban forest is being planned as an integral part of new development.
NUFU produces a range of publications which describe best practice in urban forestry, including regular case studies to which you can subscribe. The publications, many of which are free, can be ordered online from the Unit's website.
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The Danish concept of hygge (pronounced "hoo-gah"), founded on the principle of recognising – and encouraging – moments of extraordinary contentment, cosiness or social fulfilment, has been billed by many as the next big thing in design and decor trends.
Hygge disdains the notion that expensive objects and brand-name items are keys to fulfilment, focusing instead on the value of experiences and relationships more than things.
This does not mean a hygge home has to be filled with the latest trendy furniture or decluttered to the point of monastic minimalism, says Tony Clarke, managing director of the Rawson Property Group.
"Hygge is a very personal concept. It's that X-factor that turns a house into a home – into a space that feels safe, tranquil, intimate and joyful, where you can relax and connect with your inner self and your loved ones." Clarke says achieving this does not have to be expensive.
"It just requires a little self-knowledge and creativity. Here are a few suggestions to get you started." Secure your space Feeling safe is a big part of hygge and so home security should be a top priority for hygge-seekers.
Find your peace Tranquillity is also central to hygge, but can mean different things to different people, Clarke says. "Some people enjoy the hustle and bustle of a busy neighbourhood and feel on edge when things are too quiet. Other people feel anxious when they're surrounded by noise, and prefer solitude.
Get social Many argue that hygge can only truly be felt with company, as human happiness is so intimately connected to our relationships with others.
For this reason, Clarke suggests creating designated "social spaces" in your home that support and encourage bonding with friends and family. This could mean designing a circle of cushions on the floor or thickly-padded armchairs by the fireplace. Indulge your delights It's not all about getting chatty, though – a hygge home should also enable you to indulge in personal delights, Clarke says.
"Whether it's curling up with a good book, getting your hands dirty in the garden or whipping up a storm in the kitchen or workshop, your home should support the activities that you love. Minimise negative distractions Above all, hygge is about appreciating the now, which requires mindfulness and the ability to be present in the moment. While your home can't direct your thought processes, it can minimise negative distractions and give you the freedom to focus on the present.
"Try to keep things tidy and organised, and keep work away from your living and sleeping spaces," says Clarke. Focus on the positive Few homes are perfect, but Clarke says this doesn't mean they're not hygge.


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For the first time ever, Lathrop sweeps the Joe T. Classic
Published: Jan. 20, 2020 at 7:44 PM AKST
In a tournament honoring the late Joe Tremarello, on Coach T. Court, Mrs. Tremarello joined the Lathrop Malemute teams as they celebrated a championship sweep in the Joe T. Classic for the first time in its history.
Both the Lathrop boys and girls squads went a perfect 3-0 on the weekend, sealed by convincing victories over the Sitka Wolves on Saturday.
In the 8th edition of the tournament, the Lathrop boys were crowned champions for the first time after dismantling the Wolves 61-33.
Junior Ben Kraska was tabbed tournament MVP, while his teammates Jakobee Johnson and Tyriq Luke were also named to the all-tournament team after the dominant weekend.
The Malemutes only allowed 109 points (36.3 ppg) throughout the Classic, anchored by their press defense and quick hands.
"Communication with the team, everyone giving 100 percent, even the subs giving 100 percent when they're on the floor and that just helps us get the victory," Kraska said after the championship game.
"The crowd has been here for us, they definitely helped us get that activity going, the bench, and getting people to stay up high and just working hard."
Lathrop controlled all three games, winning by double-digits in each game with an average margin of victory of over 15 points. The 'Mutes took down the Barrow Whalers 52-41 on Thursday, before defeating the Monroe Catholic Rams on Friday 52-35, led by Luke's 16 points.
"Even though we won the tournament, we still have stuff to work on," Kraska added. "We got goals to fulfill and this was just one step into the season, just more motivation to get at it."
Lathrop will visit the Hutchison Hawks on Wednesday at 6 p.m. for a non-conference matchup.
Monroe's Malachi Bradley and Quinn McHenry were named to the all-tournament team.
The Lathrop girls put on an offensive clinic throughout the Joe T. Classic, reaching the 60-point mark in all three games, including their 63-42 win over Sitka in the title game. Tristan Martin took home the tournament MVP honors after putting up 24, 12 and 17-point performances respecively. Teammates Ella Roberts and TT Tagovailoa were also all-tournament selections, while Katie Bast was represented from Monroe. With the undefeated weekend, the Malemutes remain unbeaten against Alaska schools at 6-0. This is the fourth time in eight years the girls were crowned Joe T. Classic champions. Lathrop takes on the Hawks at Hutchison High School on Wednesday; tip-off is at 7:30 p.m.
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Walking, wine tasting, and wonderful views of the California Wine Country. Photo by Wine Country Trekking
Walk Inn to Inn in California Wine Country
By Deep Culture Travel on March 1, 2019 Active Journeys
Can you imagine walking from Bodega Bay to Healdsburg? No? How about strolling just a few miles a day on quiet country roads, stopping for private winery tours, and arriving at a five-star B&B where your luggage is already in your room!
Sounds like a natural idea for the Sonoma Wine Country, doesn't it? In fact, Wine Country Trekking (WCT) is the only company based in this county that offers inn-to-inn, customized, self-guided walks. They do all the heavy lifting for their guests, from providing individualized, daily itineraries and topo maps to making the arrangements for VIP winery experiences, luxury accommodations, gourmet picnics, and restaurant reservations. When needed, they'll even set up airport transfer for your family and friends who fly into the Bay Area and Santa Rosa airports.
The Pelican Inn at Muir Beach is one of Wine Country Trekking's upscale B&Bs on their "Mt. Tamalpais to the Wine Country" itinerary. Photo by Wine Country Trekking
The five-day, four-night "Bodega Bay to Healdsburg" trek starts with two beach walks on the Sonoma Coast, then meanders shady footpaths in Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve and lingers overnight at the perfectly pink, Mission Revival-style Applewood Inn. Each day involves from 3 to 9 miles a day of walking, with visits to several Dry Creek Valley appellation wineries, a picnic at a lush organic farm, and a private tasting in a romantic wine cave.
The destination is Healdsburg, where lodging is luxurious at Madrona Manor, one of California's most spectacular Victorian-era mansions, and a good example of the WCT's taste in upscale accommodations.
Healthy, Active, Very Private Walking Tours
Walking tours are enjoying a resurgence in popularity with travelers intent on exploring in a slow, no-tech fashion––on foot. In the their "Eight Travel Predictions for 2018," Booking.com pronounced: "The trend for wellness getaways isn't slowing down, with almost double the amount of people, nearly one in five, planning to take health and well-being trips in 2018. Trips enjoying particular prominence are those that involve travelling on two feet––a brilliant way to take in the local landscape, Walking is the ultimate way to explore, with 56% of travelers saying they want to do walking or hiking trips in 2018."
Beyond health benefits, self-guided walking tours are designed for those who prefer privacy and going at their own pace, plus traveling with family or friends, rather than with a group of strangers.
Walking Around California Wine Country
Wine Country Trekking is the brainchild of Mary and Greg Guerrazzi, whose travel clientele were asking for the kind of active, inn-to-inn tours they'd enjoyed in Europe. In 2007, the Guerrazzis, who are long-time residents of Glen Ellen, began designing customized trips for visitors and locals who like to get fresh air and exercise along with their food-and-wine discoveries.
According to WCT partner (and Mary Guerrazzi's sister), Sheila Taylor, "We have a variety of individualized self-guided vacations for walkers, hikers, and runners, from honeymooners to multi-generation families, girlfriend gangs to couples celebrating their anniversaries. Most of our trekkers come from across the U.S. and Canada, although we also have people from Australia and New Zealand, and a few from Europe."
Strolling country roads in the Sonoma WIne Country, on a Wine Country Trekkers walking vacation.
Among the most popular of WCT itineraries, especially with pre-wedding parties, is the 4-day, 3-night "Sonoma Valley Wine Tasting" package involving 6-7 miles a day of easy walking in the foothills above Sonoma and Glen Ellen. The walks are combined with exclusive boutique winery experiences and gourmet picnics, and with options for spa treatments and shopping around Sonoma plaza. Honeymooners from Boston liked this package, writing, "We were a little apprehensive about the toughness of the hikes, but, there was nothing to worry about. The hikes were challenging enough to give you a workout, yet not so difficult where you would be exhausted by the end of the day. The wineries we visited provided a unique look at both larger scale (Ravenswood Winery) and smaller scale wineries (Robert Hunter Winery), all of which we felt were distinctly Sonoma."
A recent WCT guest on the 3-day, 2-night "Kenwood Luxury Getaway" trek was Antonio Rosique, a TV and movie actor from Mexico who was here with his girlfriend for the Sonoma Film Festival. Since Hood Mountain and Trione-Annadel State Park hiking trails had burned in the valley fire last Fall, WCT got creative with other options for the two of them, and Rosique said, "Everything worked perfect. The maps were super-accurate and detailed, and the schedule and attention to detail was awesome, as were the restaurants and the hotel. I am looking forward to coming back soon to hike with you guys!"
On the itinerary on this trek is a small, appointment only winery, MacLeod Family Vineyard, where rocky hillsides above Kenwood produce Sauvignon Blancs redolent of pineapple, apricot and citrus. Second-and third-generation MacLeods create an intimate experience for WCT guests by spinning family stories and sharing ripe figs off the trees during private tours and tastings.
Running Around California Wine Country
Based in Glen Ellen and Kenwood, the 5-day, 4-night "Sonoma Valley Runners Trek" is for serious runners who also want luxury and pampering. The trails are 8 to 13 miles a day, with moderate elevation gain, in Jack London State Park, Sonoma Valley Regional Park, and Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, along with VIP winery and vineyard tours, and private cave and mountaintop tastings.
The "Sausalito to Point Reyes Runners Trek" rambles over rolling hills overlooking the Golden Gate, on Muir Beach, and over Mt. Tam to Point Reyes National Seashore and West Marin, and may be hiked, rather than run–or a combination of both.
Rambling in the vineyards on the Bodega Bay to Healdsburg walking itinerary with Wine Country Trekking.
Families Walk Together
Recent WCT guests were two college-age siblings who flew in from North Carolina, met with their parents, and embarked on a family reunion of a lifetime, the "San Francisco to the Wine Country" trek. Ten invigorating days of coastal and valley ramblings ranged from sea-breezy trails at Point Reyes National Seashore to kayaking on Tomales Bay, and winery-to-winery walks. Their trip ended at a luxurious property in Glen Ellen, named repeatedly as one of the "top 100 hotels in the world," a Japanese-style "ryokan" complete with a zen-influenced spa.
At the last of several winery visits on this trek, a winemaker/owner escorted the family to his estate for a private tasting of his cult status Pinot Noirs. The foursome then strolled to the Glen Ellen Star eatery, where the chef/owner, as noted by Food and Wine magazine as a "Best New Chef," greeted the family, along with his wife, who is one of the Benziger Family Winery clan.
Wine Country Trekking provides customized itineraries for each couple or group, with topographical maps and detailed trail notes, both in print and electronically; breakfasts and gourmet lunches are included. Their treks are priced from $1,200 per person, double occupancy (April-November); from $1,000 December-March.
Inn-to-inn walks in the vineyards and the foothills of the California Wine Country.
More Self-Guided Inn-to-Inn Walks
"Napa Valley and Sonoma Active Culinary Walking and Biking Tour" with Backroads, based in Berkeley for more than forty years. This tour includes advance planning, winery visits, luggage transport, luxury-level lodging, cooking class, and some meals. 5 days from $3,298 per person, double occupancy.
"California: The Wine Country" with Country Walkers, a Vermont-based company offering 60 destinations in the U.S. and Europe. Their Wine Country walk includes detailed itineraries, wineries, luggage transport, upscale lodging, and some meals. 6 days from $2,248 per person, double occupancy. They also offer a San Francisco to Point Reyes walk.
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Ant O'Connor strikes late to secure point for Harrow Borough against Chesham United
Ant O'Connor rescued a point for Harrow Borough against Chesham United. Picture: Bruce Viveash
Ant O'Connor scored with the last kick of the game to salvage a point for Harrow Borough away at high-flying Chesham United in the Southern League Premier Division South on Tuesday night.
United took the lead through Dave Pearce's penalty in the 67th minute after substitute Romario Hart was hauled down in the box.
But with seconds left to play, Borough snatched an equaliser via O'Connor which sees them stay in 11th place in the Southern League Premier Division South.
Chesham were showing just why they were high up in the division early on and were only prevented from going ahead by a good stop from Hafed Al-Droubi to deny Pearce.
Borough improved as the half went on and went close through both George Moore and Luke Warner-Ely, but were ultimately unable to break through the Chesham defence.
An even start to the second half ensured, with both teams creating but not finishing chances, until the breakthrough came in the 67th minute.
Hart was fouled by Matt Drage in the box, and Pearce powered home the penalty to put Chesham ahead.
Following the opener, the game started to drift away from Borough and the home side were looking likely to add a second, but Al-Droubi produced a flying save to keep out Hart.
Chesham were sensing a sixth straight win in the league, but with the final chance, Borough snatched a point. Shaun Preddie found Dylan Kearney with a knock-down and his effort was subsequently saved by Jonathan North, but he could only parry along the line to the waiting O'Connor, who tapped home from two yards.
The draw leaves Borough 11th in the table ahead of their trip to Salisbury this Saturday.


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A: I tried to delete all dlls related to Microsoft.TeamFoundation.* in Custom Assembly folder and restart the services => It works!


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Welcome back, friends! I've been amazed by the amount of response I've received from the first part of this interview. This is shaping up to be one of the most popular articles I've ever done! Thank you all for spreading the word!
With that little bit of shameless self-promotion out of the way, let's get back to business! If you missed the previous installment of this interview, you can read it here.
Let's move on to the real reason I called you. Were you aware of the series? Did they approach you, or was this something your agent put together?
It was kind of a combination. I was definitely aware of the show, though I didn't really know anything about the characters. It was all set up through my representation. The timing was kind of funny, because they called me in late December or early January, and I couldn't attend. So for all practical purposes I thought the chance had passed. But then a couple weeks passed and they still hadn't found anyone, so they called for me again and this time I was able to go.
It was hilarious, because the casting director had said, "They definitely want to see Adrienne, but they're concerned that she might be too old." I remember my agent thinking that they must be thinking of the wrong person, because the role was for twenty-five and I'm twenty-two. I always play younger - this is the first time I've played older.
My agent's like, "I think you have the wrong person." And the casting director said, "I'm not sure, I remember her, I love her, but I thought she was older." So I showed up and she looked at me and was like, "Oh my god. You're the one." I'm sure it was out of frustration because she had been looking for a while.
That's actually somewhat surprising that they'd think you were too old.
I was totally surprised when they said that.
So you got the part, after extensive trials I'm sure.
[Laughs] There were a few.
And then they sent you the first script. What was your reaction after reading it?
Complete and total shock. The sides that I read - the excerpts from the script I auditioned with - it was only two scenes.
This was from the first episode you did?
Yeah, this was for Livia, and onscreen the scenes ended up totally different from the audition sides. One of the scenes was with Ares - it was, in fact one of the very first scenes in the script. Basically it was just me plotting with him. At that point it was incredibly romantic, and he was convincing me how I was going to be the Empress and so on, how I was going to lead everyone back to the gods.
None of the scenes even read with Xena, so I had no idea there was even any relationship between us. I wasn't sure my story would even intersect with hers - I thought that I was in a "B" storyline that didn't even involve her.
Absolutely! It's interesting. I was thrilled, but I was also shocked and confused. I didn't know much of the back-story; I didn't understand the lack of age difference. When I learned more about the story, and more of the details I became absolutely ecstatic.
How did you prepare for that? Once you became more aware of the back-story of the character and where she came from, did you grab a hold of some tapes of the show to get some idea of the way things worked?
A couple of things, actually. There's a lot about my character that isn't known. I mean there's twenty-five years where we have no idea what happened. So just for my own sake I did a little back-story on what kind of person she is, what kind of life she's had, what makes her who she is - trying to justify some of the choices.
The production company sent me three tapes, one with Xena when she was evil, one of the first episodes where Callisto appeared, and then an episode that was only a few episodes before I appeared, when I was a baby. This was so I would know a little bit about the story.
Before I left, I had about four days of rehearsals with a martial arts teacher who does fight choreography for film. I was able to work with him and get a clue about what they might be asking for. He taught me some sequences, and how to work with certain weapons. I got a lot of help out of that.
The honest truth is, I cannot tell you how much of a difference the costume made. That is really what cinched the whole thing. It was regal, and powerful, and slightly intimidating - or at least, that's how it made me feel. That helped me tremendously.
I was going to ask if you had studied any of Hudson Leick's performances. When you first appeared - obviously the fans knew exactly what was going on with Eve being Callisto reborn - several people commented on how your physical performance and mannerisms seemed very similar to things that Hudson did as Callisto. There was a lot of question whether that was intentional - if it was something you and the producers were going for to intentionally draw that connection.
I would say it was a combination. Once I realized that I was the daughter I absolutely watched for details that I might be able to pick up from them. Hudson has the most amazing... I don't even know if I can describe it all that well... but she had this presence that was deliciously evil. It wasn't necessarily overbearing and ugly, it was really satisfying to watch. She was entirely self-satisfied, and I stole a little bit of that. I think Callisto was completely in the right, no one could ever challenge her - from her own perspective, at least - and I definitely brought that into my character. Without a doubt, that whatever decision I made was one hundred percent correct and nobody could change my mind.
Physically, I only saw the single fight she did in that episode they sent me. I have to say that was the fight choreographer. I heard a lot of the actual moves during the fights were taken from her and a lot of the choreography was from earlier episodes. I've heard the same comment from other people, and I can't take responsibility for that. It was entirely the choreographer.
If you didn't have the attitude, it wouldn't have worked.
Exactly. At the same time, it was also the directors that were helping. I don't think they were consciously going for mimicry of Xena or Callisto, but I do think they wanted me right on the brink - because no matter what the character is like, they aren't interesting unless you like something about them. Even if it's that you like to hate them, that they're fabulously evil. They definitely tried to take it as far as it would go. Hopefully it worked.
[Groans] You know what I hate about that? This is a secret that bothers me so much. The first episode that we shot ran twenty-two minutes over. Twenty-two minutes is an entire half-hour episode. They had to cut a half hour of material out of it, and that bothered me so much because some of my very favorite scenes had to be cut. The story still makes sense without them, but they were a bit evolutionary for my character. They showed some interesting things, so that was unfortunate.
The fans are constantly murmuring about director's cuts being released, because all this film is lying around. The show is obviously a huge hit, and the fans will buy almost anything. Why don't they release DVD versions of these episodes with all the extra footage that was cut for time and explain how it fits together. I'd love to see them myself simply for the storytelling and production aspects. I'm sure I'm not the only one that feels that way.
I don't know how much it would help, but I'd sure appreciate it. [Laughs] It's always interesting to see a director's cut, because everything the director thought was important is there. After that it's simply a matter of fitting it to the time frame. You take out what you can take out, but hate to, and will still allow the story to be told.
The one advantage to feature film over television.
Was the amount of preparation you did for this character unusual for you, or do you usually do a good amount of development work on your own before playing a part.
I'd say that at least ninety percent of the time I do as much work as I can. If for no other reason than to make it more interesting for me. It makes it more fun for me to play if I have a little bit more back-story going on, or whatever it takes for me to enjoy the piece.
Physically, Livia and Eve took more out of me than any character I've ever done. But emotionally I can't really say that. The transition has been wonderful, simply being able to play two entirely different characters. But I can't say it was an exceptional amount of time that I dedicated. In fact, I'd say it's about normal.
How beat up did you get filming those fight scenes?
I did get some serious bruises. But it really wasn't horrible - it was exhausting, and it was really a learning experience because it is so precise. You know, of course, that you're not actually trying to hurt that person, and they're not trying to hurt you, but it's a matter of everyone remembering exactly what the sequence is. The biggest difference is in rehearsal you don't go that fast, you're simply trying to memorize what move comes next. On film they want it to be as fast as you can physically do it, it just looks much more fierce. So there were a couple of times I got seriously whacked because either I, or the person I was fighting with lost their place.
[Laughs] Using Motherhood specifically, I certainly looked a lot worse than I ever actually felt. It was stressful, but it wasn't that physically... scary might be a good term. It was exhausting, but not terribly overwhelming.
I've got to ask this. Lucy Lawless is well known for her incredible singing voice with the two musical episodes they've done on the show, and her role on Broadway. Do you sing yourself, or are you more like Renee and beg off that sort of thing?
[Laughs] Renee is so cute. She's adorable, because actually the final episode that I filmed had a scene where the three of us were supposed to be singing together. It wasn't supposed to be some big production number, just the three of us singing as we traveled. It ended up getting cut - it never got filmed because it ended up not working with the rest of the episode. But it was fun because it would have actually been us singing.
I think Lucy is amazing. I would never in a million years say I'm in the same category as Lucy in any aspect because she's just unbelievable. She's just very inspiring to me. But I am a singer.
When this whole thing started back in January, I was part of a group, a sort of female urban pop group. Specifically because of this job I ended up having to make the choice of what I loved more, the singing or the acting. I couldn't deny how much I loved it, so I ended up choosing acting.
The group is doing fabulously. They have a record deal, and they should have an album out... probably late spring but it might not be until summer. It's interesting, because I love performing and that's my favorite thing about the music group, but career wise... I couldn't give up the acting and I actually had to make the choice. Mostly because all of the Xena I was filming was in New Zealand, and I couldn't keep up my part of the bargain being gone so much. It's been an interesting year, one of those times of "when it rains it pours." Having two things that you love so much both work at the same time... it was overwhelming and just having to make the decision was pretty scary.
And now you're going back to do some more.
Yeah, I've filmed three episodes off the sixth season so far, and I'm leaving on Tuesday to film a fourth episode. After that I have absolutely no idea. It's completely up to the producers, and they haven't given me any idea whatsoever of what they're thinking with my character.
They tend to keep their cards close to their vest. Any information that leaks out, fifty million people know about it in half an hour.
Any little tidbits you can drop about the stuff you've done so far?
I have no idea about the other episodes - the ones I haven't been in - because I don't exactly know where the storyline is going this year. The episodes I've filmed, though - one of them is about as close to a horror episode as the show can really get. I haven't seen any of the final footage of any of the stuff I've done this year, but I had so much fun doing that episode - the makeup was so gruesome. The audience is going to freak out when they see Renee, because she looks unbelievable. That was The Haunting of Amphipolis.
I know that they do deal with some of the previous twenty-five years, and what has happened to people that Xena and Gabrielle know. What has happened to their families, things like that.
I don't know - that's pretty much as far as I can go. I'm a huge believer in not spilling secrets, because I think it's better to be surprised and love it than to know all the spoilers ahead of time.
That feeling of surprise is part of the reason I try to avoid spoilers. In fact, to give you an idea of how much I like that feeling, the show only airs once during the week in my area - late Sunday night into Monday morning. I stay up to watch the show when it airs, rather than tape it because there's a more... satisfying feeling. Somehow, it's more immediate.
Exactly. I know what you mean - it doesn't matter what it is that I've done, there's something about seeing it the first time as opposed to seeing it on a rerun, even if I haven't seen it before. There's something about knowing it's the first time anyone is seeing it. With Xena, it's such a huge viewing audience that there's a real shared experience, so many people are watching it and it's so important to them.
Out of all the things you've done as an actress, even as far back as live high school theatre, what is the single performance you are most proud of?
Oh god... you don't even know how hard that question is.
[Laughs] The thing is for me; I have favorite performances for different reasons. I truly have a hard time just picking one. Livia was more fun than any character I've ever played - she was so self-absorbed. If you don't care what anybody else thinks, that gives you a sense of freedom that I personally don't have in real life. I'm a person that really cares what everyone thinks. I'm almost a detriment that I worry too much about pleasing everyone else. If you're playing a character that is so self-satisfied, it's really interesting.
I did a little film a couple of years ago that is one of the things I'm most proud of. It's called Walk Away, and it almost had an amazing life, but unfortunately nothing really happened to it. That film, though, is one of my absolute proudest moments because it was myself and a group of friends, and it was made by calling in a ton of favors. Between all of us it was about seven hundred bucks or something that we spent and it ended up being twenty-three minutes or something like that. Just doing it, just being able to get it made was unbelievable. It was the coolest experience of calling in favors, getting free film from all these shows that have leftover reels, borrowing a location - one scene was shot in a restaurant where we had to beg them to let us use the restaurant at three in the morning. Then there were beach scenes, and none of us happened to know anything about the tide. Silly little things like that.
It was shot over about two and a half weeks. Not consistently, but over that time frame. One of my very best friends in the world directed it, and just the effect that it had. She went to Cannes that year and was able to show it to people - as a twenty minute film there wasn't much that could be done with it, but it was nice knowing that it was given a small life. It was really interesting.
Every role I've ever had has taught me something. Whether it's something about being part of a production, or about relationships that I've developed. It's such a... I love working so much because it's impossible. Every week you set out to do something that's truly impossible, there's no way you can get all of this footage shot, there's no way you can accomplish all these things that you're supposed to do in a week with all of these locations, and only a hundred different obstacles you have to hurdle. But you do it; it takes a hundred different people working together. It's just so appealing for me to see so many different people brought together on a project. It just happens again and again where it feels like family, because for however long it is - whether it's just one episode you're on, or whether you're shooting a movie, it's a family that you have because you spend so many hours with them.
I think that's why people do it, because the hours are ridiculous. If it wasn't so fun, I don't think people would be in the film business. I know so many people that work up to seventeen hours a day. For what other job would you do that? But they truly love what they do. Somehow it makes a difference.
Have you gotten more attention - both from the fans and the industry - because of your work on Xena?
It's been a bit of a combination. Obviously, of course, from the fans because Xena fans are like no other fans I can even think of. The enthusiasm and interest that they've shown has been beyond overwhelming.
For instance, there's the fan club. Shawna Pedego is the fan club president, and she contacted me almost immediately after I returned from doing the first three episodes. I remember thinking, "How hilarious is it that somebody thinks I need a fan club?" I thought was the funniest thing. It took her almost two and half or three weeks to convince me that it was a worthwhile thing just to try. I mean, I thought there was just no way - as much as I had heard about the fans, I didn't understand. I still hadn't had the experiences.
Have you made a convention appearance yet?
I have not. My first appearance is in about three weeks.
I know - everybody tells me that. It's funny because it started out as this huge thing where there was this cabaret - which I still don't completely get - but I was supposed to do this big cabaret thing, and I was supposed to be on both days. It's just so overwhelming, the musical director doesn't have time to learn three new songs because everybody else there has done numerous conventions, and he's familiar with their work.
So now it's become I don't have to do the cabaret, and since I'm not doing the cabaret I don't have to do the first day - just the second. The convention people keep calling me back and saying, "You don't understand, you'll thank us for this. It's so overwhelming that it'll be the most wonderful thing you've experienced, but it will be more than you've expected because of the feedback. It's better to start small and grow."
It will be interesting - I'm so looking forward to it.
I don't think I'll be able to make it to that one. I have never actually made it to a con myself yet. I live in central Maine and the nearest cons are usually in New York City, which is an eight or ten hour drive for me. I've got a friend who keeps telling me I've got to go to one.
I've heard that whether you're a fan or whether you're part of the show, you have to attend at least one, simply because the experience is so amazing.
We're supposedly going into the last season, so I'd better make sure that I fit at least one into my schedule here.
Once again I'd like to thank both Adrienne and Shawna Pedego for the use of the images in this article. You can visit the official Adrienne Wilkinson Fan Club online at: www.AdrienneWilkinson.com.
Until next time, battle on!


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UK and EU agree Brexit trade deal
No 10 says 'we have taken back control', after years of talks end in settlement allowing tariff-free trade in good
Boris Johnson speaks to Ursula von der Leyen by video link from Downing Street after completing the Brexit deal. Photograph: Andrew Parsons/No 10 Downing Street
Daniel Boffey in Brussels and Lisa O'Carroll in London
Thu 24 Dec 2020 11.03 EST
First published on Thu 24 Dec 2020 09.47 EST
A historic deal on the UK's future trading and security relationship with the European Union has been struck on Christmas Eve, a week before the end of the Brexit transition period, triggering a victory cry from Downing Street and sombre reflection in Brussels.
As the country leaves the single market and customs union on 31 December, new arrangements allowing for tariff-free trade in goods and close police and judicial cooperation will come into force.
The announcement followed a final call between Boris Johnson in Downing Street and the European commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, in her Berlaymont headquarters in Brussels – at least the fifth such call over the last 24 hours.
The trade agreement – running to 2,000 pages – is unprecedented in scope, containing provisions on subjects ranging from civil nuclear cooperation and energy interconnections to fishing and aviation.
A No 10 spokesperson said: "The deal is done. Everything that the British public was promised during the 2016 referendum and in the general election last year is delivered by this deal.
"We have taken back control of our money, borders, laws, trade and our fishing waters. The deal is fantastic news for families and businesses in every part of the UK. We have signed the first free trade agreement based on zero tariffs and zero quotas that has ever been achieved."
Johnson tweeted a picture of himself with both thumbs up.
'Time to leave Brexit behind,' says EU's Ursula von der Leyen after deal agreed – video
Von der Leyen was more reflective in her comments at a press conference during which she referenced Shakespeare, the Beatles and TS Eliot.
"It was a long and winding road, but we have got a good deal to show for it. It is fair. It is a balanced deal. And it is the right and responsible thing to do for both sides," she said. "At the end of a successful negotiation I normally feel joy. But today I only feel quiet satisfaction and, frankly speaking, relief.
"I know this is a difficult day for some and to our friends in the United Kingdom, I want to say parting is such sweet sorrow but, to use the line from TS Eliot, what we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is often a beginning. So, to all Europeans, I think it is time to leave Brexit behind."
The deal guarantees "zero tariff and zero quota" trade on goods that were worth £668bn in 2019. But it will also mean significant costs to businesses as exporters face a host of border checks from 1 January and freedom of movement in the EU will end for most UK nationals.
Johnson: Brexit deal 'resolves question that has bedevilled politics' – video
The Downing Street spokesperson said, however, that the agreement would guarantee that the UK was "no longer in the lunar pull of the EU, we are not bound by EU rules, there is no role for the European court of justice and all of our key red lines about returning sovereignty have been achieved."
They added: "It means that we will have full political and economic independence on 1 January 2021. A points-based immigration system will put us in full control of who enters the UK and free movement will end.
"We have delivered this great deal for the entire United Kingdom in record time, and under extremely challenging conditions, which protects the integrity of our internal market and Northern Ireland's place within it.
"We have got Brexit done and we can now take full advantage of the fantastic opportunities available to us as an independent trading nation, striking trade deals with other partners around the world."
The prime minister told his cabinet late on Wednesday night that the deal respected the sovereignty of both sides, as he urged senior figures to help him sell it.
On Wednesday the Brexiter European Research Group of Conservative MPs said it would ask a self-styled "star chamber" of lawyers to scrutinise the terms before giving its support.
The agreement avoids a no-deal exit that the Office for Budget Responsibility had warned would reduce Britain's economic output by £40bn in 2021 and cost more than 300,000 jobs.
The UK left the EU on 31 January but has benefited from continued membership of the single market and customs union over the last year, with British citizens retaining the right to freedom of movement around the bloc.
The end of the transition period will bring widespread changes for British businesses and citizens, as a new chapter in the country's relationship with its neighbours begins.
Businesses will face extra paperwork and costs when trading with the UK's biggest export market. Freedom of movement for most UK nationals will end, with restrictions imposed on stays in EU member states. As the UK will be a "third country" to the EU, coronavirus travel restrictions could be imposed on British nationals as of 1 January.
The EU's chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, with Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels on Thursday Photograph: Reuters
The EU's chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, said it was "a day of relief but tinged with some sadness". He lamented the government's decision not to be a partner in the Erasmus student exchange programme and the lack of cooperation on foreign policy and defence.
In the final days it had been future EU access and quotas in British fishing waters – an issue of small economic impact but high political salience for both sides – that was the difference between a deal and a breakdown in talks.
The compromise found involves a transition period of five and a half years to phase in the changes, with the UK accepting a 25% repatriation of quotas. But Downing Street has knocked back attempts by the EU to establish a mechanism under which changes to the quotas in the future could lead to tariffs on British exports.
The issue had been key to No 10's claims to have taken back control of British waters. The EU vessels that fish in the zone six to 12 nautical miles from the British coastline will be able to continue during the transition, but access will be negotiated on an annual basis after that. There is a three-month notice for closing access.
Following the announcement of a deal, the European commission sent the draft treaty to the member states. Should the 27 capitals be content with the deal, ministers on the council of the EU will agree on provisional application of the agreement on 1 January.
The European parliament declined to stage a vote of consent this year, given the lack of time for scrutiny. MEPs will have their say next month.


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Back in the days of Windows 8.1, Microsoft had cranked up the device limit per Microsoft account to a generous 81 devices (I guess to make it easier to remember if you came across the question during a trivia night). However, in Windows 10, this has been slashed back down to just 10 devices.
What you may not realise is whenever you install an app on a device under your login it is added to your Microsoft account. This isn't made explicit during the initial app installation process so you could have a huge number of devices clogging up your Microsoft account.
You should also remove your Microsoft account from these devices. However, if you've already reset it back to factory default or manually reformatted and reinstalled Windows yourself then you've done everything necessary to prevent the device showing up again under your account.
Given that I no longer own the Toughbook and Surface RT those will be coming out along with several virtual machines I have been using to test Windows 10.


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Book Talk and Birding Film Draw Parallels Between Racial and Environmental Justice
Antiracism trainer James Addington says that we cannot effectively address climate change until we address our national history of racism.
"Race has to do with the ecology of human community, as does racism. It's an ecological issue because it has to do not just with the ecology of human communities, but to our relationship with other biological communities," said antiracism trainer James Addington during a talk on his new book, Tragic Investment, at ICA GreenRise on November 21, 2019.
That same evening, in the same room, we also hosted the second-ever screening of Monty and Rose, a film that "tells the story of a pair of endangered piping plovers that successfully nested at Chicago's Montrose Beach in the summer of 2019, the first of the species to nest in Chicago in 64 years."
The pair of events, while not explicitly connected, demonstrate the idea posed by Addington that racial and environmental justice are "one struggle," bound by the interplay of community, identity, and power.
Addington has been an antiracism organizer and trainer for the past 27 years and is currently training consultant with Crossroads Antiracism Organizing and Training, an organization dedicated to building racial justice in institutions. He has lived and worked in eight different countries and worked for ICA for 25 years.
In Tragic Investment, he explores how the racial history of the United States continues to sabotage its future, and in particular our ability to respond to ecological challenges of the present. During the book talk, he described the book as "part history lesson, part social analysis, and part spirit exercise" and gave an overview of its structure and themes. He called the book "an act of accountability," particularly for "white people in the company of communities of color."
To illustrate that point, Addington described a passage from the book in which he recounts an instance of being "ambushed" by his own socialized racism and implicit bias while walking along the Mississippi River. As he passed a young black man sitting on the park bench, he noticed that the man was examining the contents of wallet and immediately began to question where the man got the wallet. Despite decades working as an antiracism trainer, Addington admits that biases still intrude upon his thinking.
Derrick Dawson, Co-Coordinator of Chicago Regional Organizing for Antiracism (CROAR), the Chicago program of Crossroads, asked Addington what it means to reconcile these ambushes with an antiracist identity. Addington emphasized accountability, saying that "accountability relationships that we self-consciously enter into sustain us in moments of crisis."
After Addington's remarks, ICA Program Director Seva Gandhi and CROAR Co-Coordinator Joy Bailey explained that ICA and Crossroads have partnered since 2011. Crossroads runs a national training program, similarly to our Technology of Participation (ToP) methods. ICA's program model has integrated the transforming behaviors model from Crossroads, which identifies scarcity, secrecy, individualism, and either/or thinking as values that support white supremacy, and advocates for a radical shift to abundance, transparency, collaboration, and both/and thinking. That transformational shift is central to programs such as ToP and Chicago Sustainability Leaders Network (CSLN).
"Accidental filmmaker" Bob Dolgan sees Monty and Rose as the perfect way to tell the story of the Great Lakes.
The story of the great lakes piping plovers embodies this kind of transformational change. Back in the 1950s, when the endangered birds were last known to have nested in Chicago, the land that would become the Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary was still an army missile base. It took decades of collaboration between the Chicago Park District and birding organizations to seed the area with bird-friendly shrubs such as blackhaw and nannyberry viburnum, serviceberry, chokeberry, and fragrant sumac. Today the 15-acre sanctuary attracts "tens of thousands of migratory birds of more than 300 different species," according to the Park District, earning it the nickname "The Magic Hedge," as well as a loyal following of avid birders.
Bob Dolgan, an Uptown resident, is one of those birders. He runs the consulting company Turnstone Strategies and serves on the board of the Chicago Ornithological Society (COS). Filmmaking came to Dolgan by accident on June 1, 2019 when he heard the "stunning news" that a pair of piping plovers was nesting on Montrose Beach. "We have an opportunity to capture the imagination of all Chicagoans because of Monty and Rose and to provide lasting protection for Montrose Point," he later wrote for COS, "That's why I enlisted a nature videographer to start filming Monty and Rose and the birds of Montrose Point."
Just a few months later, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker proclaimed November 18, 2019 as Piping Plover Day. Dolgan's crowd-funded documentary, Monty and Rose, debuted at the Music Box Theater the same day, making the showing at ICA the second ever public screening.
One of the documentary's central themes is the overwhelming positive response the public had to the birds. Within days of the news breaking, hundreds of people had volunteered to keep watch over the nest. One of the volunteers featured in the film said that "hundreds and hundreds" of people passed by the nest each day, many of them stopping to learn about the plovers. Support for the birds was so great that organizers of the Mamby on the Beach music festival cancelled the late August event, citing in part the protected status of the endangered birds. Plover watch organizer Tamima Itani called the plovers "tremendous ambassadors for birds and birding" whose return to Montrose Beach made for "a magical summer."
Monty and Rose has been a huge success, rapidly filling the limited seating at its first five showings in November, 2019. Bob and his team got busy organizing additional screenings throughout 2020, including a special feature as part of the One Earth Film Festival, the premier environmental film festival in the Midwest with which ICA has also partnered. DVDs of the film are also available for pre-order on the website and include the bonus feature, "Postcard from Waukegan," about Monty and Rose's time in Waukegan in 2018.


Two concerns that are currently confronting our Latino brothers and sisters in high school is the lack of guidance in the college admission processes and the steps needed to earn significant financial aid. With these two important issues in mind, we have developed a community service project that will have tangible results and create an impressive legacy for each of our chapters.
As an undergraduate, you may have been subjected to forms, requirements, deadlines, and last–minute appeals for acceptance or financial aid. For many, the struggle gets even worse once they are in school, so they borrow heavily. As the years go by, financial aid decreases. By then, these students face dropping out of school and being responsible for thousands of dollars' worth of debt. Those who manage to stay in school have to scrounge for the rest of their college career.
Now imagine the difference that can be made by trying to teach those hard–earned lessons to the juniors and seniors in high school who are about to face the same decisions you did. We may even have the added benefit of inspiring some that may not have had the intention to attend college to give it a second thought.
The Beta Chapter of Phi Iota Alpha initiated this project in the spring semester of 2001, with Brentwood High School, following with ASPIRA of New York. We will continue to strive for the continuing the success of incoming students through the Esperanza Project.