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Q: SwiftUI - Open external app with URL also goes back to home page I create 2 screens using SwiftUI. Main screen navigates to sub screen using NavigationLink. On the sub screen, There is a button which will trigger following code when user click it. It aims to navigate to email app with given email address.
The email app is opened successfully, but my app also automatically goes back to home screen. Is this special behaviour of NavigationView? is there any way to prevent this ?
let email = "abc@gmail.com"
let link = "mailto:\(email)"
guard let url = URL(string: link) else { return }
UIApplication.shared.open(url)

UPDATE:
After diving into the code, I found the root cause around the MyApp struct, which it always creates new instance of ContentView and inject new instance of UserSettings. I debugged with break-points and saw that when the app navigates to Email/Phone app, Myapp is called with updated scenePhase (.inactive or .background).
Then inside ContentView, it automatically fetches data and renders the main UI.
My new question is: Could we force it always use same instance of ContentView while the app moves to background and comes back?
@main
struct MyApp: App {
    @Environment(\.scenePhase) private var scenePhase
    var body: some Scene {
        WindowGroup {
            ContentView().environmentObject(UserSettings())
        }.onChange(of: scenePhase) { (newScenePhase) in
            switch newScenePhase{
            case .active:
                print("scene is now active!")
            case .inactive:
                print("scene is now inactive!")
            case .background:
                print("scene is now in the background!")
            @unknown default:
                print("Apple must have added something new!")
            }
        }
    }
}

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The latest S&P/Case-Shiller home price index figures were just released. On a month-over-month basis, prices were up 1.2% in 20 top metropolitan areas in August. That marked the fourth consecutive monthly gain. On a year-over-year basis, home prices were down 11.3%. That was better than the 11.9% decline economists were expecting and an improvement from the 13.3% drop in July. All 20 cities are still showing YOY declines, but the rate of depreciation is moderating. The best market? Dallas at -1.2%. The worst? Las Vegas at -29.9%.
* Existing home sales jumped 9.4% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.57 million units from 5.09 million in August. That was twice the gain that was expected and the rate of sales was the highest since July 2007.
* Single-family sales gained 9.4%, while condo and cooperative sales rose 9.7%. By region, sales climbed across the board. They were up 4.4% in the Northeast, 9% in the South, 9.6% in the Midwest, and 13% in the West.
* The raw number of homes for sale dropped 7.5% to 3.63 million units from 3.924 million in August. Supply was off 15% from a year earlier. The months supply at current sales pace indicator of inventory dropped to 7.8 from 9.3. Single family inventory dropped to 7.6 from 9, while condo inventory fell to 11 from 12.1.
* The median price of an existing home fell 1.4% to $174,900 from $177,300 in August. That was off 8.5% from $191,400 in the year-ago period.
September was a blockbuster month for existing home sales. The looming expiration of the tax credit, combined with stabilization in the broader economy and cheap home prices, drove sales to the highest level we've seen in a couple of years. The supply of used homes for sale is also steadily declining, an encouraging trend considering that new home inventory has already dropped like a rock.
If there's a fly in the ointment, it's concern about the "pull forward" effect. Clearly, some buyers purchased a home this summer because of the tax credit and the tax credit alone. Unless that credit is extended or expanded, we'll see "give back" in the coming couple of months. I don't think it derails the overall recovery. That's being driven by true, fundamental forces, such as the dramatic improvement in housing affordability. But it will be noticeable nonetheless.
"The US central bank has stuck with the "extended period" phrase – indicating policymakers see little likelihood that interest rates will rise over a time frame that has never been defined, but some see as at least six months.
"But now senior officials are starting to mull changing the statement in a way that would soften this guidance. That would be a natural step in the slow glide- path towards eventual policy normalisation.
"Importantly, however, it would also give the central bank greater flexibility to respond to inflation risks if they escalate in a way the Fed does not expect but cannot rule out."
Dollar shouts: "Help, I've fallen and I can't get up!"
* The Bank of Canada released a statement today saying that "heightened volatility and persistent strength in the Canadian dollar are working to slow growth ... the current strength in the dollar is expected, over time, to more than fully offset the favorable developments since July."
* European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet warned again about "excessive volatility" in exchange rates, while a French economic advisor said the current EURUSD exchange rate is a "disaster for the European economy."
* In Brazil, the carry trade (borrow cheap dollars, invest the money in higher-risk, higher-yield assets) is so out of control the government just slapped a tax on foreign investors in Brazilian assets. A 2% levy will apply to foreign purchases of Brazilian fixed-income securities and stocks, effective immediately.
* Minutes of the latest Reserve Bank of Australia meeting showed that officials were very concerned about the side effects of recklessly easy money. The minutes suggested that a "very expansionary setting of policy was no longer necessary, and possibly imprudent." The RBA surprised the world recently by becoming the first Group of 20 central bank to raise rates, albeit by a quarter point to 3.25%.
Bottom line: Washington doesn't care about letting the dollar circle the drain. The Fed may want to keep U.S. rates at effectively zero until the next millennium. But Canada doesn't much like the surging loonie, the ECB hates the euro surge, Brazil isn't thrilled about the exploding real, and Australian officials are clearly firing a shot across Bernanke's bow.
* September housing starts inched up by 0.5% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 590,000 from a downwardly revised 587,000 in August. Single family starts rose 3.9%, while multifamily starts dropped 15.2%. Starts are still down 28.2% from year-earlier levels, but that's a smaller decline than the 40%+ YOY drops we were seeing in the spring.
* Building permits dipped 1.2% to 573,000 from 580,000 a month earlier. Single family permits dropped 3% ... the first decline since March ... while multifamily permits gained 6%.
* On a regional basis, starts dropped in 3 out of 4 regions, with the West down 8.8%, the Northeast off 5.5% and the Midwest down 1.8%. Starts rose 7.1% in the South. Permitting activity fell in 2 out of four regions (-1.7% in the South and West), while holding stable in the Northeast and Midwest.
After a steady upward march, the housing market appears to be stopping to catch its breath. Housing starts have leveled off, while single family permits showed their first dip in six months. Builders are growing more hesitant for a few reasons: The "Cash for Cottages" tax credit is about to expire ... job growth is MIA ... and consumer confidence is cooling a bit.
This doesn't mean the recovery is over. The sum total of the indicators I follow still suggest the worst of the downturn is behind us (with the exception of home prices -- those will likely continue to fall over the next year, albeit at a more gradual pace). But the recovery will be far from vigorous. Rather, it will be a gentle, halting, drawn out affair. Think three steps forward, two steps back here.
The latest National Association of Home Builders index was just released. The index fell to 18 in October from 19 in September. The subindex tracking present sales fell to 17 from 18, the subindex tracking expectations about future sales dropped to 27 from 29, and the subindex measuring prospective buyer traffic slumped to 14 from 17.
Regionally speaking, we saw weakness in three out of four parts of the country. The index that tracks activity in the West fell the most -- to 14 from 18 -- while the index that tracks activity in the Northeast was the lone bright spot, rising to 25 from 24. Both the Midwest and South indices dipped to 18 from 19.
We saw auto sales slump after the "Cash for Clunkers" program expired. Now we're seeing a similar hangover in housing thanks to the looming expiration of the "Cash for Cottages" tax credit. Specifically, all three subindices in the NAHB report declined, as did three out of four regional indices.
The overall housing recovery remains on track, with new home inventories falling substantially and low home prices helping to bring some buyers off the sidelines. But these latest figures underscore my belief the recovery will be a drawn out, gradual affair as opposed to a vigorous "V-shaped" rebound.
Just a thought, but maybe we should call our Federal Reserve Chairman the "Bernanke-nator." As Kyle Reese said in the original Terminator movie ... "Listen, and understand. That terminator is out there. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until your dollars are worthless."
Okay, the last part of that quote was ACTUALLY "until you are dead." But you get the idea. Ha-ha!
"Despite the initial successes of Asian economic policies, risks remain. As in the advanced economies, unwinding the stimulative policies introduced during the crisis will require careful judgment. Policymakers will have to balance the risks of withdrawing policy support too early, which might cut short a nascent recovery, against the risks of leaving expansionary policies in place for too long, which could overheat the economy or worsen longer-term fiscal imbalances. In Asia, as in the rest of the world, the provision of adequate short-term stimulus must not be allowed to detract from longer-term goals, such as the amelioration of excessive global imbalances or ongoing structural reforms to increase productivity and support balanced and sustainable growth."
Bottom line: I doubt these comments will do much for the beleaguered dollar, which was weakening into the release of Bernanke's remarks at 11 a.m. Indeed, I believe Bernanke's silence on the greenback speaks volume about how much he cares (read: not at all, as I spelled out last week).
If you haven't already seen it, I recommend checking out my latest piece on the Federal Reserve. At the risk of stealing my own thunder, I'll sum up my view: This Fed has neither the will nor the inclination to pre-emptively tighten policy. They will keep the pedal to the metal until they drive us over the cliff ... again. My two cents anyway.
Courtesy of Bloomberg: "Goldman Sachs Doesn't Have Government Guarantee, Viniar says." HAHHAHAHA. GS CFO David Viniar sure has a good sense of humor.
You have to love it: The just released Fed minutes from the September 22-23 meeting are looking unbelievably dovish. Some Fed members were reportedly even open to INCREASING the size of MBS purchases. This from a Fed whose quantitative easing policies are driving the dollar into the crapper. Seriously? Meanwhile, the Fed minutes note that "with the significant under-utilization of resources expected to persist through 2011, the staff forecast core inflation to slow somewhat further over the next two years from the pace of the first half of 2009."
In other words, if you think this Fed is going to tighten rates anytime soon, you have to be nuts!
"What we're witnessing here is pretty simple: another bubble in financial assets. All that "liquidity" created by the Federal Reserve and other central banks has accomplished its task and prevented a global financial meltdown. But unless they move now to begin sopping up that liquidity, the central bankers run a serious risk of reinflating many of the same bubbles that got us into this mess in the first place.
"Many analysts now look at the economy and conclude that unemployment is still way too high and the threat of inflation still way too low for the Fed to even think about beginning to raise interest rates again. By one calculation, the appropriate federal funds rate today would be something like negative 5 percent. Since that's impossible, the Fed has signaled that it would not only stick by its zero-interest-rate policy for the indefinite future, but also will continue to inject additional money into the financial system by using freshly printed dollars to buy up the debt issued by government-owned Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
"The problem is that because we didn't get into this recession in the normal way, the normal analysis and remedies are not appropriate. Slow growth and high unemployment are indeed going to be a big problem over the next several years, but they aren't going to be solved by pumping out lots of cheap money that is used to speculate in stocks, bonds and commodities rather than be invested in the real economy. And if all this speculation has the effect of driving up the price of commodities and driving down the value of the dollars we use for imports, then it is perfectly possible to wind up with high inflation and high unemployment at the same time -- as happened in the late 1970s."
We're getting some more U.S. economic data and the tone overall is okay. Retail sales dropped 1.5% in September as the Cash for Clunkers program expired (Auto sales plunged 10.4% on the month). But that was actually better than the -2.1% reading that was expected. If you take out autos and gas, sales were actually up 0.4%, double the 0.2% economists were looking for.
Import prices rose 0.1% in September, slightly below the 0.2% rise that was expected. If you strip out all oil, you get a 0.4% rise in import prices. That's the biggest increase since July 2008.
Interesting to watch how the dollar behaves here. The Dollar Index is plumbing new depths, after another clubbing in the Asian session. But the yen is trying to reverse to the downside here. I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out the Japanese are intervening. But they're fighting a losing battle in my view. Fed Vice Chairman Donald Kohn reiterated the "Free money now and forever" view in a speech yesterday, giving traders carte blanche to dump the dollar.
FHA next in line for a bailout?
There's an interesting debate going on in D.C. right now over the FHA loan program. FHA was a non-player during the housing boom because private lenders were falling all over themselves to offer crappy loans to crappy borrowers. Now they're out of the business ... and all those crappy borrowers are going to FHA instead. FHA volumes are surging, and questions are being raised about whether FHA has the reserves to cover the rise in defaults resulting from its easy money lending.
"A former Fannie Mae executive warned a House panel Thursday that the Federal Housing Administration is destined for a multibillion-dollar taxpayer bailout in 24 to 36 months, an analysis that the agency's top official immediately dismissed as "completely unfounded."
"At a hearing before a House Financial Services panel, Edward J. Pinto predicted that the FHA will suffer $40 billion in losses, leaving it unable to cover its bad loans without taxpayer help. Pinto, a real estate finance consultant who served as Fannie Mae's chief credit officer from 1987 to 1989, said he testified so lawmakers would "not be able to say that no one told them of the magnitude of the impending losses."
"His testimony came at a sensitive time for the FHA, which faces increased scrutiny now that it has backed nearly a quarter of all loans made this year. The loans it insures are the sole source of financing for most people who lack good credit or cannot make hefty down payments. But its defaults have been climbing, raising concerns that taxpayers may be forced to kick in if bad loans overwhelm the FHA.
"The agency recently said that a soon-to-be-released audit will show that its reserve fund has fallen below the level required by law, meaning it will not be enough to cover 2 percent of all outstanding FHA mortgages.
"But absent a catastrophic decline in home prices, "we will not need a bailout," FHA Commissioner David H. Stevens told the panel."
Dallas Fed to markets: Party on Dude!
Q: Your benchmark for tightening is when you see the recovery gaining traction. Do you think we've seen convincing signs that it is gaining traction?
Fisher: We're not there yet. You know that I'm a hawk. We're going to move when we have to move. But it's not now. Things are fragile but they're moving in the right direction. If you step back, it is going to take a long time to heal from the kind of severe shock we had, the severe correction we had. There is more confidence but it is not anywhere near robust in the job creating private sector.
Quelle suprise! In response, the DXY just hit an intraday low and gold just hit a fresh all-time high.
UPDATE: I wrote a couple weeks ago that the Fed could give a you-know-what about the dollar, and I spelled out what the ramifications would be of its refusal to EVER do pre-emptive tightening. If you're interested, you can check the piece out here.
This is a nice read from money manager Bill Fleckenstein on the dollar. Worth a read as the buck melts again despite an attempt at "dollar defense" from ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet. The money quote (if you'll pardon the pun) from Fleck?
"Fed money-printing in the last year -- to create its own bailout and finance other government bailouts -- is the functional equivalent of the government saying that you can take the Monopoly game out of the closet, grab all the colored pieces of paper, put three or four zeroes on the end of each bill, then go out and spend it."
What a morning for the U.S. dollar ... a bad one, that is. It's getting hammered against all the major currencies, with the Australian dollar leading the way, thanks to a semi-surprise rate hike by the Reserve Bank of Australia. Unlike our "all easy money, all the time" Federal Reserve, the RBA is joining minor countries like Israel in taking baby steps toward higher rates. The RBA raised its cash rate target by 25 basis points to 3.25%.
"In the most profound financial change in recent Middle East history, Gulf Arabs are planning – along with China, Russia, Japan and France – to end dollar dealings for oil, moving instead to a basket of currencies including the Japanese yen and Chinese yuan, the euro, gold and a new, unified currency planned for nations in the Gulf Co-operation Council, including Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait and Qatar.
"Secret meetings have already been held by finance ministers and central bank governors in Russia, China, Japan and Brazil to work on the scheme, which will mean that oil will no longer be priced in dollars.
"The plans, confirmed to The Independent by both Gulf Arab and Chinese banking sources in Hong Kong, may help to explain the sudden rise in gold prices, but it also augurs an extraordinary transition from dollar markets within nine years."


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Logistics company expands GR office to keep up with growth
Due to recent growth, a logistics services company is expanding its Grand Rapids office and increasing the size of its team.
Automated Logistics Systems (ALS) is in the process of adding an additional 9,000 square feet to its existing 3,000 square feet of space at 1595 Galbraith Ave SE, Suite 275. The new space will have the capacity for about 120 total employees — almost tripling the office's current headcount of about 45 team members.
Despite broad industry challenges such as supply chain disruptions and labor shortages, ALS — which also has offices in Jackson and in Laredo, Texas — has seen its operations growing in recent years, particularly in the Grand Rapids market.
"I know we're expecting to grow in all our locations over the next few years, but our biggest area of growth we are expecting is in Grand Rapids just with the pure talent and opportunities we're finding in the area," said Colin McCloskey, vice president of managed services at ALS.
The company decided to establish a presence in the West Michigan region after operating on the east side of the state and serving customers in the automotive industry through its Jackson office since 1994. The Grand Rapids employees were based out of a small office downtown in 2015 before moving to a building off East Beltline Avenue in 2017 as the team began to grow.
According to McCloskey, the company continued to expand its regional team and experience year over year growth as a business overall. The team moved into the current Grand Rapids office in 2019, and McCloskey said he anticipates the need to expand again in the next few years.
According to the team, the organization's culture is a key factor for this growth.
"I think probably the biggest reason as to why we've had continued success since COVID is because we kept our great people, and then we've just focused on hiring more great people," said Nick Schaefer, vice president of operations and sales at ALS. "Our culture just continually turns the flywheel for our organization to continue to grow."
At the root of the ALS culture is its family-owned origin. The company was founded by Harry Parker as Parker Motor Freight in 1927, operating out of Boyne City with one secondhand truck running freight in the midst of the Great Depression's economic downturn.
When Parker was killed in a car accident in 1947, his wife, Lucille, took over the business and helped it prosper. Schaefer mentioned this was at a time when there were few female presidents in the male-dominated trucking industry.
Since then, the company has continued to be family-owned and operated. Under the leadership of Harry and Lucille's son, John Parker, Parker Motor Freight rebranded to ALS in 1992 to become a broader organization utilizing freight brokerage to expand capabilities and transportation nodes plus improve market share.
Today, the third generation of Parker leadership has manifested in Joe Parker's role as president. According to the team, he leads with transparency and a commitment to employees.
"That's why culture is so important to us at ALS — it really stems from being a family-owned company," McCloskey said.
One thing that set ALS apart during pandemic-related difficulties, McCloskey said, was Joe Parker's commitment to retaining employees and avoiding any layoffs from the beginning. Now, the company is working to increase its team from a growth standpoint instead of being understaffed.
"In logistics, your only asset that you have to invest in is people, so it's really on the backs of your people who are going to drive your business forward," Schaefer said. "You can take the best strategy in the world, but if you don't have people to execute it, all you have is a great idea."
McCloskey, Schaefer and Jared Dubay, director of carrier sales at ALS, all emphasized the company's additional support for employees through bonuses, weekly lunches, planned outings and consistent company-wide recognition of employees who embody the core values of ALS.
ALS also seeks to make an impact for others outside of the organization. McCloskey recalled a time when a donor for a foundation supporting amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease, mistakenly sent a significant check to the logistics provider's Jackson office.
McCloskey said Parker ensured the check was delivered to the foundation and has helped organize financial support for the foundation each year through company golf outings plus contributions to families impacted by Lou Gehrig's disease and by Parkinson's disease.
For Schaefer, these efforts have helped strengthen the team and propel the company forward, as evident by the new Grand Rapids expansion.
"I think probably the biggest thing that's propelled us is people feeling part of something greater than just coming into work and signing in at 8 a.m. and going home at 5 p.m.," Schaefer said. "When you have a culture like this where people work so hard together, you can move mountains with a bunch of people rowing in the same direction."
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FedEx is a multinational logistics services firm that features all aspects of logistics flow catered to consumers and businesses worldwide. The firm boasts a diverse mode of delivery methods to ensure that whichever used is time and cost effective. That leads to how FedEx has unearthed a few effective modes that determine on which route items are to be delivered. Their modes of cargo transport would include air, land and water. One system that has long-established to be cost effective for FedEx is via the nodes and links, whereby a node is a point of physical location such as a terminal or a hub where the containers are, while a link is the connection that connects the two nodes or hubs. Hubs are essential to logistics as they carry significant tasks so that parcel deliveries can flow smoothly. There are two main methods that FedEx credits to be most efficient for transporting packages; Zero Transhipment Case and Two Transhipment Case. So in general, the Zero Transhipment Case has an advantage in terms of being low cost whereas the Two Transhipment Case is useful in dealing with large volume parcels that would require covering long distance freight.
Nonetheless, FedEx services have not only applied to logistics, but also in the supply chain flow. According to an employee who works for a Melbourne based company, PBR Brakes, he had showed which area of supply chains that would require the services of a logistics company. For example, a production of one product that must go through the processes of supply chain in order to reach the end consumer would definitely need a service from a company such as FedEx, for more than once. Globalization has played an important role in requiring more services such as logistics companies due to the increasing demand of products and materials from overseas. Consequently, FedEx is clearly benefiting from this movement towards the new economy, being able to fully exploit the world's emerging need for technology evolvement in supply chain and logistic services.
According to the APICS dictionary definition, logistics in general is part of, or involved in supply chain activities. Logistics is the movement of acquiring, producing and distributing physical materials and products at the right place, at the right time (APICS Search 2012). Supply chain on the other hand is "The global systems used to deliver products and services from raw materials to end customers through an engineered flow of information, physical distribution, and cash" (CSCMP Supply Chain Management Definitions 2012). Logistics main functions are to provide solutions by planning and executing the right system which involves the management of warehousing, transportation, order fulfilment and inventory, just to name a few.
There are many big names in the logistics industry and FedEx being one of them will be the main discussion in this report. FedEx's current main competitors would include UPS, DHL and TNT that are also the commonly used freight services worldwide. FedEx has a very broad portfolio and as a multinational firm, its business comprises of diverse segments that are segregated by four different regions; Asia Pacific, North America, Latin America and the combination of Europe, Middle East, Indian Subcontinent and Africa under one umbrella. However, this report will be emphasizing more on how FedEx's general operations are executed in the USA.


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Iryo's Inaugural Passenger-Carrying Service
posted on 25th Nov 2022 09:00
With open access company Iryo having roots in the València district, it was logical that the inaugural passenger-carrying service to be operated, a special for invited guests on 21 November 2022, should be from Madrid to València, and not to Barcelona, which together with Zaragoza will be the destinations for the first regular passenger-carrying services, from 25 November onwards.
Iryo is owned by OFL (Operador Ferroviario de Levante), which in turn is owned by València-based Air Nostrum, the concerns having a 31 % shareholding in the train service operator. With Trenitalia having a 45 % stake, the on-board ambience is distinctly stylish and of Italian influence.
At present Iryo has 12 Class 109 Frecciarossa 1000 (Zefiro V300) EMUs available for service, based at Santa Catalina depot, in the southern suburbs of Madrid. By late November nine were still being used for final testing, while three were available for use. In all 20 trains were ordered from Alstom, the latter then acquiring Bombardier, together with the latter's involvement in the ETR 1000 fleets in service and being built for use in Italy, France and Spain. Hitachi Rail then announced that it had acquired the intellectual property and commercial activities related to these trains, together with their maintenance contracts.
For the inaugural train, 109 008 was used on the eastbound journey, while the westbound run was made using 109 008 (to Madrid-Chamartín) and either 011 or 012 (which departed slightly later to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha). At present it is impossible for 1,435 mm gauge trains to serve both Atocha and Chamartín, until the new platforms on the line passing through the Jardín Botánico tunnel between the two stations are completed. Regular commercial services between Madrid, Cuenca and València are scheduled to start on 16 December 2022.
The special train on the 21st departed from Chamartín at 10.30, and reached València Joaquín Sorolla at 12.13, three minutes later than scheduled. Weather conditions were far from ideal, with a deep depression (Denise) sweeping across Spain from the Atlantic, resutling in strong crosswinds on the higher parts of the route over the Serranía de Cuenca, together with frequent showers.
On board were Iryo and Air Nostrum President Carlos Bertomeu, MiTMA Minister Raquel Sánchez, the President of the Generalitat Valenciana, Ximo Puig, Trenitalia's CEO, Luigi Corradi, and Globalvia CEO, Javier Pérez Fortea. Representatives from the Italian Embassy and the Italian Chamber of Commerce were also among the guests, and there was a strong media representation, although there were quite a few empty seats.
After a slow descent of the Jardín Botánico tunnel, followed by a moderately-paced run to the junction between the Levante and Andalucían high speed lines at Torrejón de Velasco, 109 008 accelerated to speeds approaching 300 km/h, the on-board movement caused by the crosswinds being, at times, quite noticeable - otherwise the ride was exceptionally smooth. During the journey guests were treated to a light mid-morning snack, consisting of either salmon or charcuterie, salad and quail eggs, with wine, followed by coffee.
At València, where weather conditions, although slightly overcast, were distinctly warmer and drier than in Madrid, Raquel Sánchez confirmed that the liberalization of high speed train services in Spain had been a success (109 008 came to rest adjacent to a Madrid-bound Ouigo TGV which was being boarded by a substantial number of passengers), and urged other EU member countries to develop the market for high speed train travel still further: "We are proud to have created non-discriminatory and transparent conditions for all concerns interested in participating in train service liberalization, without any being granted special favours, Iryo, alongside Ouigo and Renfe, are competing under equal conditions on the Spanish rail network, within the liberalization framework created by our country. That means that Spain is the first country in Europe to have three major companies providing high speed train services."
Luigi Corradi stated that "Iryo is the result of both Italian and Spanish experience in high speed rail travel and passenger care. It is a proud moment for me and for Trenitalia to see the Frecciarossa 1000 about to start running between Spain's majhor cities."
Iryo's involvement in the Spanigh high speed rail market represents an investment of 800 million EUR. Eventually the company will be operating 30 % of all high speed services in Spain, and is anticipating moving around 8 million passengers annually. If the quality of travel and on-board services is as good as it was on 21 November, this will indeed be a notable step forward for high speed rail travel in Europe.
Departure from València was at 15.00, with arrival at Chamartín slightly later than the scheduled 16.40, on account of the extremely strong headwind and frequent showers. Folowing the inauguration of commercial services to Zaragoza and Barcelona on the 25th, and to Cuenca and València on 16 December 2055, Iryo's next step will be the introduction of services to Córdoba, Málaga and Sevilla on 31 March 2023, followed by those to Albacete and Alacant on 2 June 2023. Alstom and Hitachi are now pursuing the authorisation of the Zefiro V300 train in Germany, with the long term aim of offering a suite of high speed international services.
Madrid To Barcelona - Rail Wins Over Plane
Iryo To València. And Later To Paris
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Replenishments of warehouse locations – Warehouse worker will be required to log in a specific function to obtain all locations with limited or no available product. The RF scan gun will locate the designated area to retrieve the items.
Select product for production in the mill; select product to be transferred to the other locations; move product to locations for replenishments; retrieve product that is either too high to reach by ground, or product too heavy to carry by hand.
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The Uncertain future of Chinese crypto miners can directly be attributed to the unsupportive policies of the Chinese government. This has many Chinese miners uncertain of what the future will hold for their industry. Most mining farms in China are located in Sichuan province and solely rely on electric power provided by small hydroelectric stations. Recently, The Chinese government has proposed to close some of the power generation facilities in Sichuan as a means to protect the environment, many small hydropower stations in Sichuan province are slated to be closed later on this year. This proposed action by the Sichuan provincial government may eliminate an estimated 60% of all mining farms located in the province and is expected to result in the loss of around 15 thousand jobs that are related to the industry. Xinjiang province is another important place which many mining facilities in China are located. According to a file released by the government of Xinjiang. The Xinjiang government will further strengthen the management of virtual currency trading and production as well as actively guide mining enterprises to withdraw from the province. This stance by the Xingjiang government has many miners worried about what the future holds for them.
The mass Migrating of Chinese crypto miners and their farms out of China has become an inevitable trend in the Chinese mining industry. The growing cost of electricity within China and the uncertain policies of the Chinese government make China no longer a sustainable place for the mining industry to continue doing business. Many owners of mining farms have begun to migrate their farms abroad. Some of the most sought-after countries for the Chinese crypto miners include The Kyrgyz Republic, Russia, Mongolia, also some other countries in Latin America and Southeast Asia. The mass majority of those countries have inexpensive sources of energy when compared to China and are more than willing to accept the influx of Chinese investment into their respective countries. Although The Chinese crypto mining industry has about a 70% market share globally, the Chinese government seems disinterested to keep the vast army of miners and the multi-billion dollars industry chain within its borders and is insistent in pushing them out of the country indefinitely.
Miners that are migrating to foreign countries are still facing many risks and challenges. The first problem is how to protect the assets of the Chinese Crypto miners. It is said that many mining machines transported from China to Russia "lost" for no reason and some miners have complained that after they paid the deposit, they were not allowed to commence their mining operation. The second problem is many Chinese crypto miners just simply don't know how to do this sort of business outside of China. They no longer blend into and have begun to be scrutinized even in some of these other countries that they are operating from. It is very uncertain what the future holds for the Chinese crypto miner and only time will tell if they can settle into some welcoming place.


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Sustainable woodland in England falls for fifth year in a row as forestry regulator misses performance goals
Figures released by Forestry Commission show amount of woodland in England classified as being managed sustainably has dropped by 10 per cent since 2015
The Government has pledged to plant 30,000 hectares of new woodland per year by 2025 (Photo: PA)
By Cahal Milmo
June 11, 2020 11:41 pm(Updated July 13, 2020 2:50 pm)
The amount of woodland in England which is certified as being managed sustainably has fallen for five years in a row and now represents less than 40 per cent of the total.
Figures released by the Forestry Commission, the body which regulates public and private woodland in England, showed that 323,000 hectares of English forest is recognised as sustainable – a fall of nearly ten per cent since 2015. In England, 38 per cent of total woodland area is classified as sustainable while the figure for the United Kingdom as a whole is 44 per cent.
Existing woodland
The data was criticised by opposition politicians who said that the need to protect existing woodland must not be forgotten amid Government initiatives to increase planting of new trees.
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Wera Hobhouse, environment spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats, said: "Our world-famous forests and woodland are at risk. For the fifth year running, sustainable woodland has slumped to below 40 per cent [in England], the lowest in over a decade.
"Planting trees is just the beginning. Urgent action to protect our forests is needed now, more than ever."
Volunteers in Scottish Highlands isolate in the woods to save the trees
The statistics released by the Forestry Commission showed that the agency's performance has declined in half of its six key benchmarks. Across all 30 of its "performance indicators", some two thirds of measurements are classified as deteriorating or showing little or no improvement.
The Government defended its record, saying the amount of newly-planted woodland funded by Whitehall had increased by 54 per cent in the last year to 1,956 hectares. In the last three years, more than 4,000 hectares has been planted.
A spokesman for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said: "Tree planting remains at the heart of our ambitious environmental programme which is why we have committed to increase tree planting across the UK to 30,000 hectares per year by 2025 – working closely with devolved administrations, communities and landowners to make this happen."


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Q: Referencing a vlookup result as a formula argument Suppose the value of cell A1 is total sales $ at the Los Angeles location, year to date. The value is pulled from a pivot table on a different sheet.
The formula for A1 is:
=SUM(GETPIVOTDATA("Amount",'Transactions(Pivot)'!$A$75,"Location","Los Angeles","Months",{7,8,9,10,11,12}))
Currently, every month when I run this report I need to manually update the month arrays in the formulas; for example next month I will need to manually update {7,8,9,10,11,12} to {7,8,9,10,11,12,1}. There are many cells and this is a very tedious task.
My question is how can I automate the task of updating the month array in the GETPIVOTTABLE formula?
What I've attempted with no success: I set up a 2-column lookup table on a different sheet where column A is the current month and column B contains the month array value to be used in the GETPIVOTTABLE formula. For example:
7 {7}
8 {7,8}
9 {7,8,9}

etc...
Then I tried updating my GETPIVOTTABLE formula to use a VLOOKUP to get the month array:
=SUM(GETPIVOTDATA("Amount",'Transactions(Pivot)'!$A$75,"Location","Los Angeles","Months",VLOOKUP($B$2,$L$9:$M$20,2,FALSE))
But it didn't work - I get a #REF! error.
Thanks in advance for your help.

A: You can give a range instead of the vlookup and enter the numbers 7,8,9 . . . . in that range for example your formula
=SUM(GETPIVOTDATA("Amount",'Transactions(Pivot)'!$A$75,"Location","Los Angeles","Months",{7,8,9,10,11,12}))

will become
=SUM(GETPIVOTDATA("Amount",'Transactions(Pivot)'!$A$75,"Location","Los Angeles","Months",A1:A7))

and A1 to A7 contains the months.
after entering this formula press Ctrl+Shift+Enter


My name is Angelica D. Seguera, 30 years of age. I'm happily married and a full time mom. We have two children, a boy and a girl. We named them Teancum Dave and Axera Leigh. Their names have significant meaning. Teancum is my favorite warrior and Axera is a medicine that was given to my son. He was hospitalized after I give birth to him. He stayed in ICU for one month. And only the Axera Cefefime med has cured him. Right there my husband and I decided that in the future if we will be blessed another child and if it is a girl we will name her Axera. Since high school, I love to write articles, poem, and antidotes in my small notes. I love to read magazines, pocketbooks, and inspirational books. I already submitted one article to a magazine and it was selected to be a part of it. A lot of my family and friend have read it and appreciate my writing skills. They said that I have good skill and it was inspirational. I am really motivated to work on my writing and find more opportunity to share it and earn from it too. My favorite foods are pizza, cake, ice cream, fried chicken, spaghetti and lasagna. I know that these are not so healthy food to eat but I can cheat sometimes. I can't help to eat this delicious food. I'm really craving for it. At least now I am now avoiding to eat pork, beef and to drink sodas.
Welcome to PP. Interesting reason to name your child Axera. Hope you will be active and I look forward to reading your posts.
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Protest in Form of Trump-like Inflatable Chicken Sits Outside White House
Published August 9, 2017 • Updated on August 9, 2017 at 10:15 pm
(WASHINGTON) — The scene was custom-made to go viral on social media.
A 30-foot inflatable chicken with a hairdo to match President Donald Trump appeared on the plot of land south of the White House, perfectly situated for the permanent TV cameras on the roof across the street to capture it between the chief executive's home and the Washington Monument.
"Chicken Don" as the fowl is known, flew to the top of social media feeds Wednesday afternoon as images of the prop sitting in one of the country's most famous locations began to circulate.
The bird's presence was the idea of Taran Singh Brar, a documentary filmmaker, and the culmination of a five-month process to acquire a permit and permission to stage the protest.
"We're here to criticize the president as a weak and ineffective leader," said Singh Brar. "He's too afraid to release his tax returns, too afraid to stand up to Vladimir Putin and now he's playing chicken with North Korea."
This image from video, shows a inflatable chicken on the Ellipse, just south of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017. The giant inflatable chicken bearing the unmistakable hairstyle of the commander-in-chief transfixed tourists and TV cameras in the nation's capital. (AP Photo)
In March, Singh Brar established a GoFundMe page to raise money to purchase and insure the $1,500 air-filled balloon to be used during April's Tax March in Chicago — one of several protests of the president around the country coinciding with Tax Day.
Once the chicken was in hand, Singh Brar communicated with the Secret Service and acquired a permit to inflate the balloon on the grass between Constitution Avenue and the White House South Lawn. He arrived at 10 a.m. Wednesday to set it up.
Seven hours later, the area was still flooded with people taking photos and marveling at the golden-haired inflatable, but one notable D.C. resident missed out.
"When the president went on vacation, I felt a little bit bummed," said Singh Brar, referring to Trump's ongoing 17-day stay at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club. "And then I realized it's actually better, because the [symbolism] works and the Secret Service won't be as jumpy."
The chicken balloon has appeared in Washington before, most recently before a protest in April to pressure Trump into releasing his tax returns. It even has its own Twitter account: @TaxMarchChicken.
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The recycling technology of the lithium iron phosphate battery
Fire recovery process(Lithium iron phosphate battery)
The traditional fire recovery method is generally to burn the electrode pieces at high temperature to burn the carbon and organic matter in the electrode fragments. The remaining ash that cannot be burned is finally screened to obtain fine powder materials containing metals and metal oxides. The process is simple, but the treatment process is long and the comprehensive recovery of valuable metals is low. The improved fire recovery technology is to remove the organic binder by calcination, separate the lithium iron phosphate powder from the aluminum foil to obtain the lithium iron phosphate material, and then add an appropriate amount of raw materials to obtain the required molar ratio of lithium, iron and phosphorus, and synthesize a new lithium iron phosphate by high-temperature solid-state method. According to the cost calculation, the improved fire dry recovery of lithium iron phosphate waste battery can achieve profit, but the newly prepared lithium iron phosphate according to this recovery process has many impurities and unstable performance.
Wet recovery process(Lithium iron phosphate battery)
Wet recovery is mainly to dissolve the metal ions in lithium iron phosphate battery through acid-base solution, and further extract the dissolved metal ions in the form of oxides and salts by precipitation and adsorption. H2SO4, NaOH, H2O2 and other reagents are mostly used in the reaction process. The wet recovery process is simple and the equipment requirements are not high. It is suitable for industrial large-scale production. It is not only the most studied by scholars, but also the mainstream treatment route of waste lithium-ion batteries in China.
The main method of wet recovery of lithium iron phosphate battery is to recover the cathode. When the lithium iron phosphate cathode is recovered by wet process, the aluminum foil collector must be separated from the cathode active material. One of the methods is to use alkali solution to dissolve the collector, and the active substance does not react with alkali solution. The active substance can be obtained by filtration. The second method is to dissolve the binder PVDF with organic solvent to separate the lithium iron phosphate cathode material from the aluminum foil. The aluminum foil can be reused. The active material can be treated later, and the organic solvent can be distilled to realize its recycling. Compared with the two methods, the second method is more environmentally friendly and safe. One way to recover lithium iron phosphate from cathode is to generate lithium carbonate. This recycling method has low cost and is adopted by most lithium iron phosphate recycling enterprises, but the main component of lithium iron phosphate (content 95%) has not been recycled, resulting in a waste of resources.
The ideal wet recovery method is to convert the waste lithium ferrous phosphate cathode material into lithium salt and iron phosphate to realize the full element recovery of Li, Fe and P. In order to turn lithium ferrous phosphate into lithium salt and iron phosphate, ferrous oxide needs to be oxidized into ferric iron, and lithium is leached by acid leaching or alkali leaching. Some scholars separated aluminum sheet and lithium iron phosphate by oxidative calcination, and then leached and separated it by sulfuric acid to obtain crude iron phosphate. The solution was precipitated into lithium carbonate with sodium carbonate; The filtrate is evaporated and crystallized to obtain anhydrous sodium sulfate, which is sold as a by-product; The crude iron phosphate is further refined to obtain battery grade iron phosphate, which can be used for the preparation of lithium iron phosphate materials. After years of research, the process has been relatively mature
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Liam Humor: Still worth it?
I'm considering giving up on writing the humor blog.
I can't figure out how to increase my traffic or become popular. I've been at this for 6 months now, and I have maybe five regular readers, and then a whole lot of people who stop by once because they see me listed on BlogExplosion or BlogClicker, drop a quick comment, and leave.
I had really hoped for this blog to become popular. I never had illusions that I could *BE* Dave Barry, but in his hiatus, I thought perhaps I could be a poor man's version. Perhaps an insufficient filling for a huge cavity left by his absence, but a filling that was better than the aching hole. But in truth, I'm getting a lot more response on the political blog, and I never really meant to become a political pundit.
So, I guess my question is this: Can anyone think something I'm not doing that could drive a lot more traffic here, maybe build up my regular, week-on-week readership?
It's not that I don't enjoy WRITING the humor columns, it's just a matter that sometimes it's starting to feel like pressure to write something funny every week, when there is a lot of other pressure in my life right now. (Not looking for sympathy, in the world as it is today, we can all say that). When something strikes me as funny, I'd probably still write an essay about it, even if I no longer had the weekly essay, but somehow it's feeling like a lot of effort for not a whole lot of readers.
This is starting to sound whiny and self centered, and I don't mean it as such, I'm really just looking for someone to either give me some advice on how to get my columns more widely read, or else for someone to honestly tell me that I'm just not that funny, and perhaps a humor column isn't the outlet for me.
I've noticed that blogging is a fickle thing.
People can love you one day and hate you the next.
Hey! Don't give up dude. The crowd is fickle and merciless. You do what you do very nicely and if BE'ers only care about their measly .00056 credit, then F 'em!
OMGoddess! I started commenting before I saw Deb's post... freaky man!
There are all kinds of blogs, man. There's blogging for yourself, which is basically all I do. I don't expect much attention, and I don't get it. I don't blog often.
Then there's blogging for an audience, and that seems to be enjoyable for many, though I don't think I'd fit. And if you aren't getting the audience you want, and feel like it's wasted effort, don't feel bad about shutting down the humor blog.
On the other hand, if you want the encouragement I've been lax in providing, here it is. I enjoy your humor posts a lot, really I do. There were quite a few giggles I had to stifle when reading your Orlando/Oracle series from my office. The one about your daughter in the school orchestra was just perfect. Your gentle humor is a treat to read.
So if you enjoy writing 'em, believe me, I'll enjoy reading 'em.
I couldn't find your humor items when you reminded me to look. Before you had everything indexed from the main blog but now there is no way to get here without making some effort. You may have noticed that people are lazy and that their attention span is short.
In terms of getting more readership, I sure don't have any wisdom to share. Have you read the book, Blog, by Hugh Hewitt? He does have some suggestions. At least offer your rant readers a link to your humor. Maybe you can manage some parallel themes in both blogs to play against.
Just keep in mind that I stopped reading your humor when it stopped being in my face. And I enjoyed the humor as a relief from reading your serious - and long - rants.
Don't give up now... You are beginning to sound more like Barry all the time!
Seriously, amatures only write when they feel like it. Pros write whether they feel like it or not. It takes time to build a successful website and a readership. It doesn't fall out of cyberspace - you have to want it enough to work for it.
And hey... I found you. You must be doing something right.
Thanks, everyone, for the encouragement (both those who commented here and those who e-mailed me directly).
I'm going to try to keep at it. In the end, it's supposed to be enjoyable for me, so what I'm going to do is stop feeling quite so much pressure if I miss a week. If I have things to write, I'll write them. If I miss a week, I miss a week. Inasmuch as I don't have an editor to annoy or a paycheck to miss, there are worse things.
It's nice to know there are those who enjoy my columns!
Wow, a comment from Sheila Moss!
I think maybe the problem is in the blog. I think blogs are a bit limiting in structure. And I don't think they get the advantages of search engines since there are so many of them. I'm sure if we put our thinking caps on, there might be a better of way. You are getting better and better, if that's even possible. And you seem to have less angst over writing on a regular basis. So please, don't give up.
Is there some local newspaper which you might offer to place a column, say once a week? You could offer it for free so they agree. Afterall, you do this for free. Why not make it work for you? And if you were in a newspaper, even a small one, there might be some additional exposure that could come from it. You've been so gosh darn prolific with your blog, certainly you can easily come up with good column material once a week. That should be a snap for you.
And maybe someone like Sheila might give you some ideas or point you to some advice on becoming syndicated or something. I think it all would be worth the effort, in my humble opinion. Do it, Liam. Don't be shy. I would think in your region an offer of a column would be more than welcome.
I want to see you with a byline, or however it's spelled.
I'm glad you said something. I try to check out the personal links of everyone who posts a comment, but I was busy the other day, and the name "Sheila Moss" didn't click.
I've definitely got some great company, it appears. I've gotten several good lessons from Tony Calabrese, a humorist and part-time professional stand-up comic in California, and now Sheila Moss.
If that's not enough to keep me going, nothing is.
I was inspired to write one this week in answer to a question you've probably never asked: Can individual teeth scream.
I guess my frustration is I really don't know how to take that next step. I've considered several times sending some sample columns in to the local paper, but somehow my stuff which, when I read it on my blog, makes me chuckle, suddenly becomes trite and stupid to me when I consider sending it in to the local news sheet.
I'll keep at the writing, though, and perhaps once my kids summer vacation comes sadly to an end, and I have a bit less ado going on in my house, I'll put a little more thought into trying to break into the print media.
And to Sheila Moss, I'm terribly sorry I didn't make the connection. Thanks for stopping by, it's great to see you here!
For what it's worth, I've added you to my sidebar list of other sites I enjoy.
I'm glad you're still considering going professional. You really should.
Don't worry over what you've written. I suspect you are much too hard on yourself, but that's only a sign of a true artist.
I'm still trying to catch up with reading your stuff. But what I've read is pretty amazing. I loved the one where you considered the literal interpretations of the bible in defense of your argument. My thought, while reading it, was that more people should be reading that. You underestimate yourself, my friend.
Also, don't just mail your writing examples to the newspapers. Go personally and introduce yourself. I've never met you, of course, but I have a hunch you would make quite an impression, and that is just as important. They would be impressed by you demonstrating how serious you are with your offer to contribute to their paper. Use the personal touch. It is one of your strengths.
Oh, and if you do go in person to the newspaper, be sure to arrange ahead of time for an appointment with the top editor. Don't just show up and find the editor isn't there. Make the most of your visit.


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The ʻIolani Palace history is long, harried, and incredibly interesting. A history full of the ghosts of Iolani Palace. Just to put it into perspective, the joint is the only ROYAL PALACE on US soil… that's a BIG deal when you take into account the nation's stance on monarchies.
The place was the royal residence of the rulers of the Kingdom of Hawaii starting with Kamehameha III under the Kamehameha Dynasty (1845) and finishing up with Queen Liliʻuokalani (1893) under the Kalākaua Dynasty.
Want to visit the place? No sweats it's rather simple, it's the huge opulent building located in the capitol district of downtown Honolulu; just ask anyone and they'll point you towards it… or do what our crafty digital brain have been tweaked for, call up the overlord and let him take the baton:
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The History of Iolani Palace
Iolani Palace. Source: Wikimedia.
Before we talk about the ghosts of Iolani Palace, let's talk about the history of the place. At the beginning 19th century, the place where ʻIolani Palace stands was near an old funeral site known as Pohukaina. The ossuary is assumed to be named after a great chief who according to fable picked a cave in Kanehoalani in the Koʻolau Range for his resting place. The land is said to be blessed and protected by his spirit, so, a dynasty of chiefs, rulers, the original Big Kahunas transformed the region into the equivalent of a 90210 zip-code; everyone with a smidgen of royal blood, or prominence, started to set up shop there.
The buildings weren't as sumptuous as the palace that later flourished in the area. They were small homes with folding door entrances, decorated tent door of chintz fabric, and carpeted with handcrafted makaloa mats.
Burial Mound
As chiefs, lords, and monarchs passed away, the sacred burial site grew. The place no longer just for that fabled leader Pohukaina, but for the ruling class (aliʻi).
Years after 1825, the first Western-style royal tomb was constructed for the bodies of King Kamehameha II and his queen Kamāmalu. European and western sensibilities started encroaching into the island. And, more importantly, Hawaiian Royalty and culture were no longer hermetically sealed. Natives, particular the monarchs had started to travel. Kamehameha II trip to London blew her mind; she came back with visions of Westminster Abbey and bee in her carefully coiffed Picadilli bonnet. She passed down this love affair to her daughter.
As more bodies were added, the tiny vaults became packed, so other chiefs and servants were buried in unmarked graves nearby… hence why your reading a blog about the Ghosts of Iolani Palace.
The Iolani Palace
In July 1844, Kekūanāoʻa started developing a huge home at the site of the current palace as a tribute to his daughter Victoria Kamāmalu. Kamehameha III – daughter of that wandering Royal dignitary that went off to London – bought the property and tweaked it into a royal mansion fit for London big-shots. It would eventually, after many MANY name changes, become the Iolani Palace.
Seat Of Government
Since the unification of Hawaii, Maui had been the seat of the official government. Kamehameha I established his royal seat at Lahaina, Maui in 1802, where he built the kingdom's first royal residency called the Brick Palace.
It remained the seat of the government until Kamehameha III, in 1845, relocated the capital to Honolulu… Communing to do her stately duties was a pain in you know where.
"This momentous decision bridges the schism between the ancient traditions of Hawaii and the new 19th-century outlook of the monarchy and its vision for its people."
Royal imprisonment and trial
For years things stayed the same… until 1893.
What happened in 1893? All hell broke loose.
The Committee of Safety, formally the Citizen's Committee of Public Safety, a 13-member group of the Annexation Club – which sounds exactly like it sounds – went all cloak and dagger, Pre-CIA, skullduggery on the archipelagos and overthrew the government. The collection was formed of essentially Hawaiian vassals of American origin and American citizens who were members of the Missionary Party, as well as some foreign residents in the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi.
The Committee of Safety, formally the Citizen's Committee of Public Safety, was a 13-member group of the Hawaiian League also known as the Annexation Club. Henry E. Cooper, Chairman, Theodore F. Lansing, Henry Waterhouse, Lorrin A. Thurston, Ed Suhr, F.W. McChesney, John Emmeluth, Wm. R. Castle, Wm. O. Smith, J.A. McCandless, C. Bolte, W.C. Wilder, and Andrew Brown. Source: Wikimedia
The club carefully plotted and carried out the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi on January 17, 1893. The main goal of this group – backed by stooges within the US – was to ultimately achieve the annexation of Hawaiʻi by the United States. The thing is that, well, no one told the President of the US. The whole wacky plot was put on the backburner by then-President Grover Cleveland. It wasn't until a new administration came into power, and the stink and stench of the whole debacle started to wear off that the United States Congress, in 1898, approved a joint resolution of annexation creating the U.S. Territory of Hawaiʻi.
The Committee of Safety in 1893 and troop/mercenaries of the newly formed Provisional Government of Hawaiʻi took charge of ʻIolani Palace. The place was renamed the "Executive Building". "Government officials" inventoried its contents and sold at public auctions whatever fittings or furnishings or pieces of art were not proper for government services. They made a bundle.
Meanwhile, Hawaiian was in turmoil. The original plan was for the US government to come in and gladhand the whole affair. What no one was expecting was for a President to see the Goat's Wedding the group had made and tell his aid de camp: "not even with a two-mile-long stick." Hawaii was a hornet's nest and the US didn't want to poke around it. So now, the transitional government suddenly finds itself with the odious responsibility of, well, having to govern. Not only governing but governing a rather inflamed nation with armed up urgency groups clamoring for their Martini soaked heads.
Five long years of rebel fighting, guerilla warfare, rebellions, revolts, assassination plots, the whole kit, and kaboodle.
Queen Liliʻuokalani, the deposed monarch, was imprisoned for nine months in a small room on the upper floor of the renamed Palace. Why was she being kept? Well, the new government wanted her as a figurehead; they would promulgate new laws and the Queen would serve as their mouthpiece.
Liliuokalani, the last sovereign of the Hawaiian kingdom. Source: Wikimedia
That same year, stymied and frustrated, mid the second of the Wilcox rebellions, the Queen abdicated, not accepting the group's demands. She lived out the remainder of her later life as a private citizen and died at her residence, Washington Place, in Honolulu on November 11, 1917.
When Liliuokalani died in 1917, provincial governor Lucius E. Pinkham bestowed her the honor of a state funeral in the throne room of the palace.
The Hauntings of Iolani Palace
A palace that was amid a rebellion/coup-d-eta, which many historians label as "a blueprint of how to steal a kingdom." A palace that's set in the grounds of an ancient burial mound. A palace that swimming in Honolulu history. A palace that serves as a capstone to a land full of Gods, urban legends, and other supernatural tales. Does the place have ghosts? Hell, the place makes Hogwarts look lowkey.
Some say the last Queen is still at the Palace and is the main specter ghost enthusiast might encounter there. Reports by both workers of the Palace, directors, guides and tourists alike speak of odd things happening in its corridors.
Here are some of the things that take place in the Palace:
In the blue room of the Palace, is a piano that is secured in a bolted down glass case. The security guards don't have the key to that glass cage. Nonetheless, the curators and guards can sometimes hear the piano playing. Keys being pressed in random order.
The doors on the Queen's bedroom is locked every night… and like clockwork, once a month, the alarm to that room goes off. When the guards investigate, the door is cracked open and there's no one inside.
The Queen had a fondness for cigars and oftentimes the place reeks of them. Visitors have complained of walking down its corridors and getting hit with the pungent smell of tobacco.
Lights appear out of the blue in windows at night. Torches just wandering about.
And, finally, there's a specter in a rich vintage black dress that has been seen multiple times prancing around the palace rooms and its yard.
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This survey is from my blogger pal, Jamie at The Perpetual Page-Turner. It's divided into two parts. The first part is focusing on books we read in 2010- not necessarily books published in 2010, but books we READ in 2010 and then the second post, coming up soon, will be about blogging in 2010. I am going to add a third post that discusses my favorite books that were published in 2010 only. So, keep you eye out for those posts this week!
1. Best book of 2010? For me, this is almost impossible to answer, because I have a list of about ten or so books, but if I had to narrow it down, I'd go with my early favorite- The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting. It combined my some of favorite things, such as romance, suspense, mystery, paranormal elements, and crimes. What can I say? I love crime scene investigations and a good mystery.
2. Worst book of 2010? Freaksville by Kitty Keswick- it wasn't the "worst book," but for me, it was the least enjoyable. I'm sure my middle school students would love it though.
3. Most Disappointing Book of 2010? If you followed my blog this year, you know how disappointed I was with Halo by Alexandra Adornetto. For me, it didn't work and it was a big letdown. I also broke up with a series this year- The House of Night series by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast. I hated Burned; I just got too frustrated or maybe it's me? Either way, it was time to go our separate ways.
4. Most surprising (in a good way!) book of 2010? I was completely surprised by The Agency: A Spy in the House by Y.S. Lee. I really enjoyed it. It combined a fantastic mystery and the setting was Victorian England, which I love!
5. Book you recommended to people most in 2010? There are three that I recommend freqently. Nightshade by Andrea Cremer for those who would like a break from vampires and enjoy werewolves. I also recommend Matched by Ally Condie to fans of dystopias and finally, I recommend Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins to fans of contemporary/realistic fiction.
6. Best series you discovered in 2010? The Mortal Instrument series by Cassandra Clare; I am a huge fan!
7. Favorite new authors you discovered in 2010? She is a "new to me author" and I am borderline obsessed with her writing style. It's the incredible Jenny Han.
8. Most hilarious read of 2010? I remember reading Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey this summer on vacation at Key West. I was by the pool laughing out loud hysterically. I don't know if it was too many Key Lime Pina Coladas, but I thought this book was hysterical. I also adored Sloppy Firsts by Megan McCafferty; it was extremely funny.
9. Most thrilling, unputdownable book in 2010? Duh, the Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins. Amazing! Any series that can get my dad and my husband's attention (former reluctant readers) is an incredible series. I also had a hard time putting down The Maze Runner by James Dashner.
10. Book you most anticipated in 2010? Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins for obvious reasons as well as Matched by Ally Condie.
11. Favorite cover of a book you read in 2010? I adore the cover of Fallen by Lauren Kate as well as the cover to The Summer I Turned Pretty and It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han.
12. Most memorable character in 2010? It's definitely a three way tie: Katniss from the Hunger Games series, Belly from Han's Summer series and Rose from Vampire Academy series. Yes, they are all VERY different, but that is why I love these three characters.
13. Most beautifully written book in 2010? I thought Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver was written beautifully. I love Lauren Oliver's writing style. I read If I Stay this year and I would have to say it was the most beautifully written book I've read in a long time. If I had to pick an adult book, I would go with Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman or The Distant Hours by Kate Morton-both really well done.
14. Book that had the greatest impact on you in 2010? If I stick to YA, I'd go with It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han (I told you I was obsessed) or Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly.
15. Book you can't believe you waited UNTIL 2010 to finally read? City of Bones by Cassandra Clare, which came out in 2008 and I just read it this past year. It completely rocked my world. I also just read Sloppy Firsts a week ago and LOVED it; it came out in 2001! I definitely wish I started that series sooner!
More to come soon! Hope you are having a great holiday!
Most disappointing for me was also Halo (big letdown), along with Personal Demons. I was disappointed in that one.
I just bought the Body Finder, I can't wait to dig in and meet Jay, everyone has this book on their "best of" list and I've been missing out for too long! I loved Matched and Anna and the French Kiss as well:) I heard Halo was definitely disappointing, so I skipped that one. Great list Christina!
I'm exploring all these lists and it is quite fun. I've added Matched and Anna to my wishlist. Nice to see you liked these.
Loved this! It was neat to read your reading reflections of 2010.
Great list! I need to try several of these.
Love your choices. I posted my survey a few days ago. We had the same best book and disappointing book.
hi, i found you from the meme, and love your answers, i go a few books form my TBR pile. btw, i love your blog, and just became a follower. i'm gonna grab your button, too. happy new year!!!!


eCommerce website development is the process of development of websites, for selling products. Most businesses today have invested in online shop development and that's quite justified as well. After all, consumers are increasingly getting net savvy and a major chunk of dealings, now happen online. Thus, let it be Zen cart eCommerce development or Magneto eCommerce web development, designers are leaving no stone unturned to create dynamic eCommerce websites.
However, design intricacies have reached a stage where the websites are getting too complicated. It all started with websites selling a few products or offering basic scheme. But with time, the scope has tremendously expanded. It is no longer limited to few products or pages. 1000s of products are displayed and sold on a website. While earlier, it was just an introductory scheme, now there are a range of offers and plan options. Payments too are made online and on several occasions the eCommerce website is developed such that offered discount coupons can be availed across a segment of portals. The stated has empowered customer to do as much more, however at the same time, this has also complicated the whole process. With one website selling products and fulfilling the various related functions, website development is no longer an easy job. Different applications like Zen cart development or Magneto eCommerce development or other such variants are thus being deployed.
Increased demands however have made the websites more complicated. The simplicity factor has eroded and this is a problem. A shopper is now lost in the online maze. One page directs to another, which leads to a yet another connecting page and so on so forth. Many a times, buyers end up buying wrong products or stay confused over the amount of final bill. Either product specifications are not clear or there are just too many pictures to confuse. In other words, the focus during development of online shops has drifted from the buyer's ease. The websites are no longer user friendly. They are hi-tech and they have excellent sale offers, but the look & feel is all too difficult.
Simplicity is important in website development; the role however increases if the target audiences are people from non technical background. The idea is that the user has limited technical knowledge and he has reached a particular website to buy. This buyer is simply not interested in the sophisticated programming techniques applied, while making this website. Customer will be impressed if he can find the needed products simply and can buy them, with as much ease.
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The trouble is you have no idea what dying is going to be like, and there is no one to tell you. I read that drowning is not like sinking rapidly asleep in the water, but undergoing a lengthy and painful suffocation, though I don't believe that anybody knows.
The worst thing would be a death which is a sort of joke. When we were in the South of France one year, there were widespread forest fires and small planes were used to scoop up water from the sea and, flying inland, dump it on the blazing pines.
An innocent tourist was snorkelling harmlessly and happily watching the fish. He was scooped up by a plane, flown inland and dropped, from a great height, on to the forest fire. He became the subject of a lawsuit with an insurance company as no one could decide whether he had been killed by fire or water. That, with any luck, is not the way to go.
Of course, it's not death, but the process of dying that gives rise to timor mortis. A friend near death, whom I visited in hospital, described a strange dream and alarming hallucinations. The doctor had turned into a devilish figure who was seducing the patient's wife.
Though my friend tried to point out that the doctor had grown a long and scaly tail, which was let out as an advertising space and had the name of various commercial products printed on it, his wife took no notice and surrendered to the devilish doctor's advances.
Very soon after Emily was born, Penny haemorrhaged terribly, losing a large proportion of her blood. Though told by the cleaning lady that it wasn't her 'life blood' and that it wouldn't really matter, she rang a sensible doctor, who closed his surgery and rushed her to hospital.
It was hard to find a vein to receive new blood and, as she lay unconscious, she saw a blinding light and realised she was dying, an experience which caused her no terror.