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July 11, 2013 by Danna McCall
It's been a long time since a market-rate rental home complex was developed on Snoqualmie Ridge. In fact, the one existing rental apartment home development, Echo Ridge, was built almost at the inception of Snoqualmie Ridge in the late 1990's.
But that changed yesterday, July 10 2013, when the tell-tale orange tape went up and trees began coming down on land parcel S-11 at the corner of SE Swenson Drive and Snoqualmie Parkway – the entrance to the Deer Park neighborhood.
According to a July 8th Planning Department report to the Snoqualmie City Council, "engineering plans were approved and a Phase II Mixed Use Consistency Review is nearly complete" for The Woodlands, a 100-unit, market-rate rental townhome community being developed by Evergreen Housing Development Group. The Woodlands will consist of 11 buildings and an office/community building.
Snoqualmie Ridge Division II, which began developing in 2005, was planned to incorporate a mix of different home types and retail. That includes single family homes, attached and detached multi-family homes (condos), affordable housing (rental and for sale) and market-rate rental homes. The Woodlands will be the first market-rate apartments in Snoquamie Ridge Division II
In the past city officials have said it is important to have market-rate rental apartments in Snoqualmie for those who cannot (or choose to not) buy homes, but can afford market-rate rentals. Echo Ridge Apartments were built to serve the population of Snoqualmie Ridge Division I, thus leaving a need for apartments in division II.
For more information on The Woodlands visit their information page on the City of Snoqualmie website.
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JJ says
And Echo Ridge is not even full? I am still in shock over the deceptive tactics our city "leaders" used to push this through. Going from 46 to 100 appartments was called a "minor modification" by the city so it was not required to bring this project up for vote? I can already tell you what my vote will be next election…. And for the planning dept. please retire!
TH says
I second the motion-all in favor?
tj says
Seriously! Only one driveway in and out onto an already thin road. I do expect and hope a turn lane onto Swenson is included in this " planning" as its already near head on collisions trying not to have ones back end taken off when turning onto Swenson from the parkway and having another vehicle leaving deer park or about to turn left out of deer park! I agree that this was not a minor alteration in planning
silke says
You are so right!!! It is a hassle already…the Swenson drive is parked full with cars already left and right…And the Street is so small…How will that work? I think somebody only thought of the Money they will make.
Ep says
I think Echo Ridge is pretty full – and it is good to have affordable housing on the Ridge (and competition for Echo Ridge). Lots of families going through transitions (newcomers, divorcees, young couples) need to rent for a period of time and there is very little available on the Ridge in terms of rentals. Diversity makes our community stronger.
Why don't they find a place on the ridge then for it??
The People in Deer park choose to live in Deer Park and not on the ridge for numerous reasons…
The housing market slowly goes up and with that complex it will go down rapidly! Many in here don't want affordable housing here! I do not want to sound rude, negative or judging in any way.Not at all…The houses in here are all pretty expensive and everyone takes extremely well care..Our parks,the streets and Trails…100 Apartments bring a lot of People here..I doubt this will not be a bad thing and having a negative Impact! Just saying what many others think!
EP…I just called Echo Ridge and can move in at the end of the month if needed. That is not the point here…read what TJ and I wrote again. This is a danger in Deer Park and 100 units should have NEVER been pushed through by the city. 46 units would have been enough…and if not they should have moved it to another site. Last I looked; there was plenty of land still available in the master plan across the street by the future school and the new Mormon Church. If they could push through 100 units as a "minor" modification, then they could make the property across the street work as well.
Marla Jeanne says
Will we ever have a proper grocery store and pharmacy on the Ridge? Yes, Bartell, wonderful, but it is in North Bend! A few more conveniences would be nice. Issaquah Highlands is on their way to being much improved with a grocery store going in and the now completed theaters. There needs to be more here for our young people to enjoy, so we don't have to go off the Ridge all the time. It would be nice to put revenue back into the community.
It is incredible sad to see the trees coming down so fast!! Me living on Mc Intosh court i see it all up front and i really wonder if that is needed?
Where will the Kids of that complex go to school??? Deer park kids like mine have to ride the bus to North Bend Elementary…This school is small and the class sizes are already big! There is no way they can take any more kids! I am just sooooo disappointed! On the other side of the street was plenty of space…Now the whole corner to the Entrance of Deer park is messed up! We choose to live in Deer park because of all the green and being a little away from the Ridge…Now it is just the same…SAD!!!
brunok says
When a handful of trees came down on Swenson, I was surprised. When I saw the entire section leveled, I was saddened. I too am concerned about safety, congestion, and, a lowering of property prices. Going from 46 to 100 units is unwelcome news to me. Combine this with the 'white roof' landing strip (as I call it) industrial building on The Parkway, and we are becoming just another crowded sub-division.
Micah says
Because of this construction the street lights into the Swenson Street are no longer lit up and it is extremely dark at night. Why isn't the city doing anything about this? It's dangerous for the neighborhood especially with so many kids in this area.
There is so much hypocrisy here on the part of the Mayor and planning department (esp. Nancy Tucker). This was originally supposed to be retail. It was rezoned to high density apartments because supposed there was no demand for retail. Yet the city if petitioning King County to add the Leisure Land site to city limits due to a lack of retail space. HUH? We have had a 2013 of poor planning decisions – eg. the white "landing strip" roof in the business park (keeping all the trees the city cut would have prevented that), end-to-end clearing and increasing density on S11 (was it really necessary to cut right up to the edge of the Ridge trail?? So greedy…), the lowering of the berm so we can all look at Chase's parking lot (ummm… I have a Chase account but will not use this place), etc. Time for the Mayor and city planners to go….
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Exercise and diet could be the key to saving more than 200,000 people dying from cancer across the next 25 years, Australian research has found.
The research found that as many as 190,500 deaths from cancer that were linked to being overweight, and a further 19,200 linked to low exercise rates, could be prevented.
The study was published in the International Journal of Cancer on Monday, from Brisbane's QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute.
In a world where about half of all Australians do not meet the minimum two-and-a-half hours of exercise a week – and where two-thirds of adults are considered overweight or obese – the research is a sobering reminder of the consequences of lifestyle excesses.
Despite knowing this, it's not always easy to lead the optimum life.
The New Daily talked to the experts and put together some practical ways you can move more, eat better and still have a drink without giving up all the fun things in life.
When it comes to exercise, dietitian and campaign manager of Cancer Council Victoria's Live Lighter wellness program, Alice Bastable, said "some is better than none, and more is better than less".
"This means walking for 10 minutes on your lunch break, using public transport, walking your dog, using stairs instead of a lift or parking the car further away from the shops," she said.
Nutritionist Dr Tim Crowe recommended doing exercise that you enjoy.
"Just do it regularly – all forms of exercise, be it swimming, running, playing tennis etc, are good," he said.
If you're overweight and finding it difficult to lose the kilos, preventing further weight gain can help protect against cancer, Ms Bastable said.
"Switching to more plant-based foods in your diet can save you money and also reduce risk of cancer," Ms Bastable said.
When it comes to vegetables, aim for colour and try to buy in season for optimum benefits, she said.
If you really hate all veggies and want something more prescriptive, Dr Crowe recommends looking to the cruciferous family, which includes cabbage, broccoli, bok choy, cauliflower and brussels sprouts.
Swapping iceberg lettuce for baby spinach and rocket is also a great way to pack more nutritional punch in a salad.
Another holy grail of health is fish.
"The oilier the better," Dr Crowe said.
He said ideally, we should all be eating fresh fish two to three times a week, but the canned variety (including tuna) is also fine.
"If it's red, reduce it, or substitute it with white meat such as chicken or fish," Dr Crowe said.
He recommends no more than 500 grams of fresh red meat a week.
"A decent steak is about 100-200 grams, so you can have it two to three times per week," he said.
Processed meats such as pastrami, salami, bacon and ham, however, are a no-no from both experts.
"Limit these as much as possible," Dr Crowe said, with both nutritionists advising to ditch these for good.
Unfortunately, there is simply no safe level of alcohol when it comes to cancer.
"The ethanol (alcohol) itself is carcinogenic, and every drink you have increases your chances of getting cancer," Ms Bastable said.
According to the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), drinking no more than two standard drinks a day reduces the lifetime risk of harm from alcohol.
Drinking four standard drinks on a single occasion reduces the risk of alcohol-related injury arising from that occasion.
A standard drink contains 10g of alcohol (equivalent to 12.5ml of pure alcohol), and it's always good to remember that one serving of alcohol does not mean one standard drink.
The reality is that most Australians will continue to drink, so being mindful of how much you drink is the next best thing.
"If you're going to drink, it's better off having a less-sugary drink, such as vodka and soda," Dr Crowe said.


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By not only accepting his own insignificance but by humiliating himself to the utmost, by giving up on every vestige of individual will, by renouncing and denouncing his individual strength, the individual could hope to be. Reformation starts in your local church community.
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Nate Pickowicz beautifully summarizes the spirit of the Reformers in his most recent book, Why We're Protestant: An Introduction to the Five Solas of the Reformation. First, the author clearly describes the "gospel crisis" that emerged in the sixteenth century. The crisis involves a fundamental disagreement on how sinners are justified/5(55).
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For example, a morality of consciousness-raising will nurture a spirituality different from that nurtured by a morality of conscience-formation.
Protestant Misconceptions. A groundwork for understanding the term "spirituality" having been laid, some misconceptions I have observed in Protestant circles can now be explicated. Some books dropped out of Protestant Bibles in the early 19th century when Bible societies which were founded and supported initially by Protestants began printing Bibles for the masses.
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As they watched Flyers fans give Oskar Lindblom a loud and lengthy standing ovation Saturday night, both shared the same sentiment.
They were moved — but not surprised.
Lindblom, the team's 23-year-old forward who is undergoing treatment for Ewing's sarcoma, was shown on the Jumbotron during the first period of the Flyers-Lightning game.
The crowd of 19,866 fans saluted Lindblom for the entire stoppage of play (see story/video).
It was outstanding," Vigneault said Monday after morning skate at the Wells Fargo Center. "You can tell he was a little not at ease there, he's a pretty shy young man, but it was great to see the fans' support. I expected nothing less from these great fans and this great crowd that we have here.
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In 1944, POWs Got a Great X-Mas Gift—An Escape Map
In 1944, U.S. POWs Got the Best X-Mas Gift of All—An Escape Map
How British and American intelligence snuck secret maps between layers of playing cards.
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Across the globe, World War II's battles were powerfully visible and intense by the end of 1944. As Allied and Axis powers struggled to create two diametrically opposed futures, the most prominent of conflicts grabbed headlines and, later, filled history books. But other fights, ones just as important, were of a more clandestine nature.
Colditz Castle, a Renaissance-style castle turned WWII prison located in the Saxony region of Germany, contained one of those key fights. The Germans placed the most high-profile WWII POWs—the ones difficult to control or prone to break out—at Colditz. Because of the Geneva Convention, organizations like the Red Cross could deliver Christmas care packages to POWs. What the German Army saw as a harmless distraction for prisoners, Allied spies saw as an opportunity.
To pull off massive prisoner escapes from Colditz—and across other prisons throughout Europe—the American Office of Strategic Services (the forerunner to the CIA) and the British Special Operations Executive agency turned to an unlikely ally—The United States Playing Card Company.
The Thunderbolt squadron playing cards at the Advanced 9th Air Base, Normandy, France, 1944.
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In World War II, pilots were everything.
"One of the most precious commodities in various parts of the war were pilots," says Andrew Hammond historian and curator at the International Spy Museum and seven-year veteran of Britain's Royal Air Force and British Army G2 Intelligence Unit. "It could cost a lot to train them and they were really short of pilots. It was important when they were shot down to try to get them back home."
Hammond believes that the American Office for Strategic Services and the British Special Operations Executive agency, the saboteurs and commandos behind German lines trying to create havoc, worked together to gather intelligence. MI9, the now-defunct British agency focused on escape and evasion, and the U.S. Army's Military Intelligence Service-X (MIS-X) program were also working on the project.
While MI9 may have been one of the main groups behind the genesis of the idea of getting "important personnel back up in planes and in bombers to defend Britain," it was a fully joint operation that required the help of the U.S. Playing Card Company and its Bicycle brand.
Before being sent on a mission, pilots were likely told that an unlikely memento from home could be the difference between life and death if they were ever captured.
"They would be alerted to the fact," Hammond says. "In intelligence and espionage, it is only helpful if people know it exists. I don't think they would have just left it to chance."
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What's in a Card?
Your standard playing card is made by joining two layers of paper, laminated, and then glued. What was sent to POWs, though, was anything but standard. When water was applied to these special POW cards, the layers peeled away to reveal a piece of a map of escape routes in Germany. Place the deck together and prisoners had an entire map of their German region, along with micro-maps and other tips.
Not every care package had the special decks, called "map decks," and Hammond says the loaded decks were marked by the cellophane seal intentionally applied crooked so they "would know it was the doctored one."
The decks came in a white and blue box with the signature Bicycle logo and card back design in blue and white. Along with a map of surrounding areas, complete with latitudes and longitudes, the map included different instructions. With the maps sent to specific POW camps, there were likely regional variations, such as the Colditz Castle version helping soldiers navigate through Saxony.
Instructions highlight hills for viewpoints, fields that must be crossed carefully, and riverbanks that are ideal to follow.
The map was embedded in 48 of the playing cards with the four Aces featuring individual micro-maps with details about rivers or roads. The Joker cards were used as the map assembly key to bring it all together. The escape map deck required POWs to lay out the entirety of Spades before switching colors to Diamonds and then moving on to Clubs and Hearts.
"You started from the top left and kept adding them up," Hammond says, "starting with the next (suit)."
In one instance for a southern Germany map, instructions told POWs that "escapes into Switzerland have the great chance of success if attempted across the frontier of the Canton of Schaffhausen," while instructing escapees to avoid the Lake Constance region.
Specific instructions included looking for overland electric cables in certain areas and finding specific 70-foot-high pylons, made of steel and carrying seven electric cables as a key identifier from Waldshut to Ravensburg. Instructions highlight hills for viewpoints, fields that must be crossed carefully, and riverbanks that are ideal to follow.
British POWs play cards in occupied France, 1944.
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While the map deck may have been part of the special Red Cross Christmas package, MIS-X was sending up to 100 care packages daily from its secret PO Box 1142 location at Fort Hunt in Alexandria, Virginia, a National Park Service site the Army took over during World War II. Additional decks of cards likely were included in these "loaded" packs. MI9 was also sending packages from London addresses that no longer existed because of the bombing.
At least 32 prisoners used the map to escape from Colditz Castle and the thousands of decks distributed likely led to over 300 additional escape attempts around Germany.
A look inside Colditz Castle, a renaissance castle in Saxony that was used as a POW camp during WWII.
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"I believe they were used for a variety of different escapes," says Hammond. "Colditz Castle is the most high-profile one. There was quite a significant breakout from the deck of cards. Anywhere you found some successful escape, there is a decent chance these decks were involved."
The map deck effort was kept as secret as possible during the war to avoid German detection. Because the map deck was a clear violation of the Geneva Convention, the effort was held as top secret for decades following the war, not coming to the light until the 1970s.
"There are no clear numbers on how many were printed, how many went into (Germany), and how many escapes were because of the cards. There are just things we don't know."
"In the world of intelligence and espionage, it is a mosaic that some things get slowly revealed over time and there are always parts you can't properly see," Hammond says. "There are no clear numbers on how many were printed, how many went into (Germany), and how many escapes were because of the cards. There are just things we don't know."
The U.S. Playing Card Company says it doesn't have detailed archival information on the cards because of the top-secret nature of the operation, but a spokesperson did call the effort "one of the more interesting projects in our long history."
Hammond doesn't know if the Germans ever put the map deck puzzle together and confiscated any decks, but in the context of World War II, he wouldn't be surprised if, despite the likelihood that a growing number of people knew about the decks, the Germans never caught wind of it because there were so many regular decks also entering camps.
"Maybe back then you could have gotten away with it long enough," he says.
The Last Living Deck
The International Spy Museum, located in Washington, D.C., has the only known surviving deck of cards in their collection. Along with a complete, sealed deck, the museum also has a dissected Six of Clubs revealing part of the map hidden inside.
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The artifacts came to the Spy Museum's display after spending time in the CIA Museum, only accessible to those who can get into headquarters at Langley, "which isn't your average person," Hammond points out. "It is great having all of this wonderful stuff, but if nobody can see it, it isn't quite as good."
Despite lacking some details regarding the project, the company created a limited-edition reproduction in April 1990 and, in 2013, created a modern-day Commemorative Bicycle Escape Map Deck with original artwork included.
In the commemorative deck, a replica of a map is printed on the face of the cards, rather than forcing consumers to peel the cards away, allowing owners of the modern decks to lay out the map just as it was in 1944, according to Hammond.
The map proves easy enough to see in the commemorative version, a far cry from the secrecy that shrouded the escape map decks during World War II.
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Building ComplianceAaron Tait-Jones2021-10-26T21:45:19+13:00
Building Health and Safety Compliance Audit
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Fascinating to watch the developments in the Qantas dispute over the recent weeks. We've got out of the habit of watching a dispute on this scale, in a critical industry, with the added frisson of uncertainty over the operation of new legislation. The theatre of a commercial/industrial dispute such as this is something which anyone involved in negotiation or dispute resolution can appreciate. What step to take next, when to take it? How to calibrate it and what message will it send to the other players? How to play your cards close to your chest, while at the same time managing the audience (in this case via intense media interest)?


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Q: Why can I not use aws_lambda_function datasource inside aws_lambda_alias routing_config? I am experimenting with a blue/green deployment setup for lambdas using terraform and lambda aliases.
I am trying to automatically retrieve the previously deployed version of the lambda by using the aws_lambda_function data source and using the value inside the routing_config => additional_version_weights. This would allow me to set up a traffic split between the previously deployed version and the version that has just been deployed.
However, I have run into 2 errors I don't quite understand.
The first error is when I try and use the data source in conjunction with a regular variable. In this case terraform complains about being unable to parse the value.
If I hard code the value terraform will attempt to run the update, however, it will fail as it tries to set the version in the routing configuration to an empty value which causes a validation error. If I instead output the value I can see that the correct version is retrieved.
Example code and steps to reproduce can be found on link below.
https://github.com/jaknor/terraform-lambda-data-source-issue
Is anyone able to explain why this isn't working?
Please note, while I appreciate that there are other ways of achieving my goal, at the moment I am only interested in understanding these particular errors.

A: In Terraform v0.11 and prior, interpolation sequences are not supported on the left side of an = symbol introducing an argument or object key.
To generate a map with dynamic keys, you must instead use the map function:
  additional_version_weights = "${map(data.aws_lambda_function.existing_lambda_func.version, var.lambda_previous_version_percentage)}"

In Terraform v0.12 (which is in beta as I write this) the parser is now able to distinguish between arguments (which must be constants in the configuration) and map keys (which can be arbitrary expressions) and so the following syntax is preferable, although the above will still work for backward compatibility.
  additional_version_weights = {
    (data.aws_lambda_function.existing_lambda_func.version) = var.lambda_previous_version_percentage
  }

The additional parentheses around the key expression are important to tell Terraform that this should be understood as a normal expression rather than as a literal name.

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Sourav Ganguly as the new BCCI Chief
October 14, 2019 October 14, 2019 sumit sharmaComments (2)Posted in Trending IndiaTagged Anurag Thakur, Arun Dhumal, BCCI, BCCI Chief, Dada, Indian Cricket, Jay Shah, Ravi Shastri, SGanguly99, Sourav Ganguly
"Obviously, it's a great feeling as I have played for the country and captained the country. And I am taking over at a time when BCCI has not been in greatest of position for the last three years. Its image got hampered quite a lot. It's a great opportunity for me to do something good", said the former India captain, Saurav Ganguly, who will have to demit office in July, due to compulsory cooling off period.
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Acting president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) CK Khanna on Monday hailed the decision to appoint Sourav Ganguly as the president of the cricket governing body.
"It is a matter of great pride that former India captain Sourav Ganguly is now set to lead as president of BCCI with his vast experience as cricketer and as former India captain," Khanna told.
Khanna is optimistic that Ganguly, who is the president of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) and a member of the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC), will lead the cricket governing body to new heights.
"Also, he is member of CAC and president of CAB. He will lead BCCI to new heights and I am confident that he will take dynamic decisions because BCCI's past few years had faced tough time. We are confident that under his leadership his entire team will do great job during his tenure. I wish all the very best to Sourav and his team," Khanna said.
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Sourav Ganguly is the current president of the Cricket Association of Bengal, and would bring in vast experience as a player, captain, and then as a coach-mentor. He was the chairman of the BCCI technical committee and has been a media personality for many years.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah's son Jay Shah will be the new secretary while Arun Dhumal will be the new treasurer. Dhumal is younger brother of MoS Finance and former BCCI president Anurag Thakur. When the new office bearers assume office, it will end a 33-month term of the Committee of Administrators, which called shots in running the cricket affairs in country post Lodha Committee reforms.
People have stated tweets for congratulating Dada and Saurav Ganguly Fan Clubs like SGanguly99 have started showing anger over Ravi Shastri and earlier decisions of BCCI in context to Ganguly.
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The Police have obtained an order from the Akkaraipattu Magistrate to evict students and parents blocking the administration building of the South Eastern University, the UGC and Higher Education and Cultural Affairs Ministry said, in a statement issued through the Director General of Information yesterday.
The statement said that the allegation that the University administration had closed the administration building is completely false and a travesty of truth.The statement added that earlier, a group of students who committed acts of indiscipline by engaging in ragging and other acts of obstruction were punished according to the gravity and seriousness of their acts.However, they were given an opportunity to appeal against their punishment.
The students who were punished are trying to resolve their problem by force by trying to hide their wrongful acts, the statement said.A majority of students in the technology faculty were completely against these acts of indiscipline committed by a handful of students and opposed any moves to restore the studentship of the students who had been expelled.
They have threatened to even leave the University if these expelled students were taken back.
Given this situation, some of the students along with their parents had forcibly entered the administration building on Friday night and barricaded it with chains preventing the Vice Chancellor and other officials from entering the building. However, academic activities of the South Eastern University are continuing as usual and the Vice Chancellor and his administrative staff are operating from an alternative building, the statement said.


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Q: Windows Mobile application formatting messed up on Mobile 6 device I have a Windows Mobile application that was written in Visual Studio 2005 and uses the .NET 2.0 compact framework.  This application, when installed on windows Mobile 5 or 6 devices looks the same.  However, since I have upgraded to Visual Studio 2008, the application looks fine on Windows Mobile 5 devices, but on 6 devices the interface is messed up.  Graphics and buttons are tiny, but text is ok.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Sean M. Severson

A: It sounds kind of odd, but it maybe have something to do with this two properties:

    this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(192F, 192F);
    this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Dpi;


CHOSEN BY THE GODS OF THEIR FAITH THE WOLFSAYERS WERE BORN.
Eight families predestined to keep the balance between light and shadow. A two thousand aged shadow cursed the families in thousands year old curse forcing them into an eternal battle with no respite. Hope resides in the predestined chosen three of their kin to break a curse before the final battle.
Believed to be the only Wolfsayer left alive, open to speculations Firena Anlryn must find out who she is before time runs out. After her fight with the Demon Sorcerer Wethreir, Firena soon comes face to face with the forsaken Wolfsayer in a war full of revelations and the empowerment of women. With many buried truths coming to light her life and the lives of others will change now more than ever, empowering their lives beyond their wildest dreams. Insidious shadows arise fiercer than the first and with their coming, darkness descends.
Ancient and new relations collide in a battle of the ages. Predestined to raise the swords of war against the thralls of shadow and the forsaken one, three Wolfsayers are named saviors amongst their kin. The final battle between the cursed and the blessed draws closer, once the first curse falls apart and another arises. Another troubling ordeal sheds clarity that the heroes must unite if they have any hope of succeeding whilst one of their own stands alone. Will it be too late to halt the shadow's advance… Who will thrive in the end?


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The Mint Museum names Dr. Todd Herman its new President & CEO
The Mint Museum > News > The Mint Museum names Dr. Todd Herman its new President & CEO
July 12, 2018 Leigh DyerNews2
Herman has led Arkansas Arts Center since 2011.
Following a national search, The Mint Museum Board of Trustees has unanimously approved naming Dr. Todd Herman as the Mint's new President & CEO. Herman, who has been the Director and CEO of Arkansas Arts Center in Little Rock, Arkansas since 2011, plans to join the Mint effective August 20.
"I am thrilled to be joining The Mint Museum and its strong tradition of excellence in the arts," said Herman. "Charlotte has a vibrant and growing arts community and I look forward to positioning the Mint – North Carolina's first art museum – as an active, collaborative participant in the local, regional, and national arts conversation. With two locations, it's exciting to consider the possibilities of how the Mint can better connect with a wide range of audiences through its renowned collection and programs, and be a lively hub where art meets community."
"Todd is the perfect person to lead the Mint through its next phase of growth, and I am thrilled that this is my first public announcement as the new chair of The Mint Museum's Board of Trustees," said Sean Jones, managing partner of K&L Gates in Charlotte, who became chair of the board effective July 1.
"I look forward to joining with our board in welcoming Todd to Charlotte and The Mint Museum. I couldn't be more pleased with the results of the Mint's extensive search, which carefully and thoroughly evaluated dozens of candidates and many strong finalists, and clearly established that Todd is the best possible choice for the Mint," said immediate past board chair Weston M. Andress, Regional President for PNC Bank, who chaired the CEO search committee and will remain on the Mint's board.
Herman oversaw a dramatic period of growth, fundraising, and forward-looking planning at the Arkansas Arts Center . His accomplishments include raising $16 million to repay debt and increase the museum's endowment, and hiring new curators to expand exhibition programs. He currently oversees a $6.2 million operating budget and manages 50 full-time and 30 part-time employees and 350 volunteers.
At the Mint, he will oversee a $10.1 million operating budget and manage 54 full-time and 23 part-time employees and 1,200 volunteers.
Prior to Arkansas, Herman was chief curator for six years at the Columbia Museum of Art in South Carolina; and he spent seven years at the Cleveland Museum of Art. He has held two Samuel H. Kress Fellowships and has taught art history at universities in Italy, South Carolina, Virginia, and in the Midwest. He received undergraduate degrees in art history and microbiology from James Madison University and his Ph.D. in art history from Case Western Reserve University with a focus on Italian Renaissance painting.
Herman was born in York, Penn. (home of the York Peppermint Pattie). He will move to Charlotte with his partner, Harry Gerard, and their two dogs, Abby and Lola. He is an avid jet skier and lover of travel, food, wine, and gardening.
Herman joins the Mint during an exciting period of growth, with priorities including strengthened community engagement; a grand re-opening of Mint Museum Uptown following a temporary closure for improvements; an ambitious schedule of both traveling and Mint-organized exhibitions for the coming fiscal year; and plans for expanded study and exhibition of fashion and ceramics at Mint Museum Randolph. The community will be invited to meet Herman during a series of public events throughout the fall.
"Todd will be a wonderful leader for our team and organization," said Hillary Cooper, the Mint's director of advancement & communications, who served as the staff representative on the search committee. "He brings the energy, expertise, and enthusiasm we need for the museum to reach its full potential. His caring nature, creative spirit, and passion for building relationships will resonate well with our community. I am so excited to work closely with him to advance our mission – it will be so much fun!"
Herman replaces Bruce LaRowe, interim president & CEO of the Mint since June 2017 . LaRowe will remain at the Mint to assist with the transition in the coming weeks.
Click here to see The Charlotte Observer's report .
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Home » Expired U.S. passport? U.S. Citizens with Certain Expired Passports Can Return to U.S.
Expired U.S. passport? U.S. Citizens with Certain Expired Passports Can Return to U.S.
The Department of State and U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced that U.S. citizens with expired U.S. passports meeting certain criteria will be allowed to return to the United States. This accommodation was created due to the unprecedented backlog in U.S. passport renewal appointments at U.S. Embassies and Consulates and travel limitations related to COVID-19, which have caused many U.S. citizens to get stuck outside the country with an expired U.S. passport. https://www.state.gov/return-travel-on-recently-expired-u-s-passports/
U.S. citizens who are abroad with U.S. passports that expired on or after Jan. 1, 2020 can use their expired U.S. passport for direct return travel to the United States until Dec. 31, 2021. To be eligible, you must be flying directly to the United States or a U.S. territory or taking connecting flights with a short-term stopover on your direct return to the United States or a U.S. territory.
Further, your expired U.S. passport must have been originally valid for 10 years, or, if you were age 15 or younger when the passport was issued, it had to have been valid for five years. The expired passport must also be undamaged, unaltered and in your possession.
What Travel Does Not Qualify
This accommodation is intended to help U.S. citizens return home. You cannot use your expired U.S. passport to depart from the United States to an international destination. You also cannot use your expired U.S. passport to travel to a foreign country for any length of stay in excess of an airport connection on your way back to the United States.
The exception also does not apply to expired U.S. passports that were limited in validity or expired special issuance passports, such as diplomatic, official, service or no-fee regular passports. Additionally, as stated above, if your expired passport is damaged, altered or missing, or if it expired prior to Jan. 1, 2020, you are not eligible for this accommodation.
COVID-19 Test Requirements
In order to fly to the United States, you must have proof of a negative result from a COVID-19 test that was taken within 72 hours of your flight's departure or proof of recovery from the virus within the last 90 days. The latter requires proof of the positive viral test and a letter from a healthcare provider or public health official stating that you were cleared for travel. Airlines are required to confirm the negative result or proof of recovery for all passengers aged 2 or older, regardless of vaccination status, prior to boarding. However, COVID-19 rules can change, so check for updates before you travel. Also, as airlines may adopt and modify their own specific policies, inquire about your carrier's rules before your trip.
Travel Restrictions/Protocols
As a U.S. citizen, you are exempt from the Presidential Proclamations that prohibit most travelers from entering the United States if they have been in Brazil, China, India, Iran, Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom or the countries of Europe's Schengen Area within the last 14 days. However, you are expected to follow CDC guidelines for testing and quarantining upon your return, which are less stringent if you are vaccinated with an FDA- or World Health Organization-authorized vaccine. Check for updates to CDC guidelines before traveling.
Applying for a New U.S. Passport
Once you return to the United States, do not hesitate to renew your U.S. passport. Applications can be submitted by mail or in-person through a community acceptance facility, such as a post office, court clerk or library, the processing time for routine service is currently about 10 to 12 weeks. If you need to travel internationally sooner than that, you can pay an additional $60 fee to expedite your application and receive a U.S. passport in 4 to 6 weeks. Some limited in-person service is offered at U.S. passport agencies and centers for those who need to travel internationally in the next 3 business days.
The immigration attorneys at Barst are available for questions related to travel to the United States for U.S. citizens, U.S. passport renewals and all other U.S. passport and U.S. citizen queries. For general inquiries or to set up a consultation, please visit https://bmkllp.com/contact-us/.


Rabbi Wein is a distinguished Torah scholar, author of works of Talmudic commentary and responsa. He is a former dean and community rabbi, author of a series on Jewish history, a member of the Illinois Bar, a former Director of the Orthodox Union and the creator of a highly regarded series of Jewish history tapes. He is presently a senior faculty member of Ohr Somayach Jerusalem.


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This guide details how to intall and configure [PostgreSQL](https://www.postgresql.org/) to support your ILP Kit installation.  It is a continuation of a broader installation guide, [found here](./README.md).

## Table of Contents

- [Install PostgreSQL](#install-postgresql)
- [Configure PostgreSQL](#configure-postgresql)
- [Data Required to Complete the ILPKit Installation](#data-required-to-complete-the-ilpkit-installation)

## Initialize CloudSQL VM
In order to utilize Google Cloud SQL, you'll need to create an instance using the following instructions:

1. Navigate to the CloudSQL instances page [here](https://console.cloud.google.com/sql/instances).
1. Click the `Create Instance` button to start the new-instance configuration wizard.
1. Select `PostgreSQL version 9.6`, and click `Next`.
1. Type an `Instance Id` into the text field.  This will be used to identify your database instance in various GCP console screens.
1. Choose a `Location` and a `Machine Type`.  For exploratory or initial-use, the lowest number of cores and least amount of memory should suffice.
1. To save money, choose `HDD` as your storage type.  It will be a bit slower in terms of performance, but you probably won't notice, especially at first.
1. Accept the rest of the default settings, and click the `Create` button.

> Be sure to take note of the password you generated for the `postgres` user.  You'll need it to connect to your database later in this guide.

Once your CloudSQL instance is up and running, take note of the `IP Address` that was assigned.  We'll use that later in this guide as well.

## Configure Network Access
Follow [the instructions here](https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/postgres/connect-compute-engine) to connect to your CloudSQL instance from your ILP-Kit VM.

## Create ilpkit Database User
In order to utilize Postgres, we need to configure it for ILP-Kit.  Follow the instructions here to create a new user called `ilpkit` in your database instance:  [Create and Manage Users](https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/postgres/create-manage-users).

## Create ilpkit Database
Next, create a database called `ilpkit` in your CloudSQL instance by [following the instructions here](https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/postgres/create-manage-databases).

## Data Required to Complete the Installation
For later, be sure to take note of the following pieces of data that you have configured.  You'll need them  when you complete the ILP Kit configuration steps in the main [installation guide](../README.md).

* **Posgres DB URI**
  This is a string that you'll enter into your ILPKit's `env.list` configuration file in order to tell ILPKit where to connect to your database.
  * This value consists of the following information: `postgres://[USER]:[PASSWORD]@[HOST]:[POSTGRES_ROLE]`.
  * Using the information specified in this guide, a concrete example would be:  `postgres://ilpkit:ilpkit@100.10.1.1/ilpkit`

> Security Note: Don't use the password `ilpkit` for your Postgres `ilpkit` role.  Instead, choose a strong password that is not easily guessable.  By default, only your VM has access to your CloudSQL instance, but better safe than sorry.

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Hedwig von Branca (* 29. November 1890 in Nürnberg; † 17. März 1985 in München) war eine deutsche Malerin, Porträtistin bedeutender Persönlichkeiten aus Politik, Wirtschaft, Kunst und Wissenschaft.

Leben und Wirken
Hedwig Therese von Branca war die Tochter des jüdischen Kunsthistorikers und Privatgelehrten Max Frankenburger (1860–1943) und dessen Ehefrau Maria, geb. Hirschhorn. Im Alter von 14 Jahren erhielt sie ihren ersten Zeichenunterricht. Vier Jahre später besuchte sie die Damenakademie des Münchner Künstlerinnenvereins. Anschließend wurde Hedwig Therese Frankenburger Schülerin u. a. von Walter Thor, Heinrich Knirr sowie Moritz Heymann. Wichtige Impulse erhielt sie später durch den Privatunterricht bei Friedrich August von Kaulbach und Emil Preetorius.

Seit ca. 1910 war die Künstlerin als Illustratorin für die Zeitschrift Jugend und andere Zeitschriften in Deutschland, Italien, England, den USA und der Schweiz tätig. Am 23. Dezember 1916 heiratete sie den Freiherrn Wilhelm von Branca (1870–1958). Die Ehe wurde 1922 geschieden. Vier Jahre später, am 22. April 1926, heiratete die Künstlerin Edgar Haniel von Haimhausen.

Nach 1945 lebte Hedwig von Branca in der Schweiz und in Haimhausen. Sie ist die Mutter des Architekten Alexander von Branca.

Die Künstlerin, die viele Motive aus Haimhausen und Umgebung festgehalten hatte, erwarb sich einen Namen als Bildnismalerin und konnte die Großen dieser Erde wie die Familie Alfons' XIII. von Spanien, Mitglieder des bayerischen Königshauses, Richard Strauss, Gustav Stresemann, Aga Khan, Ranbindranath Tagore und Fuad von Ägypten porträtieren.

Künstlerisches Werk
Während das Frühwerk gelegentlich an den Jugendstil erinnert, weist die späte Zeit auch abstrakte Motive auf. Von besonderer Vielfalt und Qualität sind die Kinderbilder der Künstlerin. In diesen Bildern nähert sich das Charmante einer besonderen Form des Religiösen, nämlich dem Gnadenhaft-Paradiesischen.

Ausstellungen (Auswahl)
 1927: Künstlerhaus Berlin
 1931: Galerie Caspari München
 1932: Galerie Knoedler Paris
 1954: Galerie Gurlitt München
 1964: Galerie Schumacher München
 1970 u. 1980: Pavillon Alter Botanischer Garten München
 1977 u. 1981: Katholische Akademie München

Ehrungen
 1974: Schwabinger Kunstpreis (Ehrenpreis)

Werke (Auswahl)
 Häuschen in Haimhausen, Öl/Lwd. 55×47
 Am Lido, Aquarell 15×22
 In einer Bar, Aquarell 39×39
 Selbstporträt, Öl/Lwd. 80×60
 Pause in der Münchner Hofoper, Aquarell 18,5×29
 Fische, Öl/Lwd. 50×65
 Venedig am Canale Grande, Aquarell 14,5×22

Literatur
 Bruckmann Lexikon der Münchner Kunst. Münchner Maler im 19./20. Jahrhundert, Fünfter Band, München 1993, S. 107 (hier wird fälschlicherweise München als Geburtsort der Malerin angegeben).
 Ottilie Thiemann-Stoedter: Die Malerkolonie Haimhausen. In: Amperland. Jg. 10, 1974, S. 518–527. (Online, PDF; 2,4 MB).
 Hans Kiessling (Hrsg.): Maler der Münchner Kunstszene 1955–1982. Eine Dokumentation von 88 Malern mit 440 Bildtafeln und Kurzbiographien. EOS-Verlag, St. Ottilien 1982, ISBN 3-88096-175-1, D. 44–49.

Einzelnachweise

⚭Hedwig #Branca
⚭Hedwig
Maler (Deutschland)
Person (Haimhausen)
Deutscher
Geboren 1890
Gestorben 1985
Frau

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Military Expansion — Really?
I recently saw a tweet that said China has four military bases overseas and this is one of the reasons people are afraid of the military expansion of China. I didn't think it was true so I decided to take a look.
China's military expansion is a great cause of concern to the world but is that concern justified? Recently, a senior Australian journalist suggested Australia should invade the Solomon Islands and change its government to one more sympathetic to Australian needs. All because China is in talks with the remote Island group to discuss building a port there. Something Australia has never thought about doing in over 200 years of relations, relations that have kept the Solomon Islands at number 151 of 189 countries on the Human Development Index. The Port China is suggesting would be a commercial port to allow imports, of which China is by a long way the Island's largest with Australia less than half[1] and Exports of which China is once again the largest with Australia not even in the top 5. There seems to be no information anywhere about the port being a military base but something more like the Sri Lankan Port which China profitably runs on behalf of the Sri Lankan government or the Port of Darwin which is also a Chinese managed port providing jobs and income to Northern Territory and tax dollars to the Federal Government of Australia. It was also recently reported that there are now four Chinese military installations outside of China's borders and Wikipedia was used to support the claim.
Wikipedia is a great source of general information but I don't like, nor do I trust the site as a source of facts. I'll rarely cite it as my source unless I've double checked the information and drilled down to find the primary source. On this occasion, I used it and found there are indeed 4 military bases registered as being Chinese on the Wikipedia site and here they are: Djibouti; Myanmar; Pakistan and Tajikistan
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_with_overseas_military_bases#China
However, that's not the end of the story, it's only the beginning. There are about 2,000 Chinese troops in the military base in Djibouti[1]. China went there in 2017 because a large proportion of the shipping passing the Horn of Africa is Chinese in origin and a lot of it was being pirated by Somalian pirates who weren't being stopped by the only permanent US military base in Africa, Camp Lemonnier[2]. The US had setup this base and been operating against an increasing number of piracy incidents since 2001 but seemed ineffective in preventing or even reducing the piracy. There were literally hundreds in previous years[3] which have now reduced to a trickle. According to one leading expert[4]: "Even though they operate independently, PLAN (People's Liberation Army Navy) forces have continuously cooperated with the other task forces and are a major reason why piracy has decreased in the region".
Also worthy of note, but the subject of another article elsewhere, is the poverty alleviation programs China has put into place there, with investments in billions providing for water pipelines, railways, ports and airports; in a similar style to the way in which China has improved conditions within its own borders. Although these are often decried as debt traps the benefits to the country receiving them are enormous and seem to override the issues local politicians have with the restrictive practices of organisations such as the World Bank and the International monetary Fund (IMF)[5]. And, if we were honest, providing jobs for pirates with a decent income is surely a better way of preventing further incidents than chasing them back to their hidden coves. It's highly unlikely that people living in the Horn of Africa actually set out to, or want to become pirates, poverty has forced them into it. The complaints seem to come from the international finance community, who are now missing out on lucrative loan deals, a lot more than they come from the benefiting countries. Like China's military expansion, China's debt trap seems like a myth.
Myanmar is a different story. About 20 years ago, it was widely reported in military circles, based on reports from India's Military Intelligence, that China had an intelligence gathering base in Myanmar, on Great Coco Island[6], 300 kilometres off the coast. It's been so widely reported and so often reported that, according to the Irrawaddy Newspaper[7], people now believe it's true. What isn't widely reported is that both Myanmar and China denied this for many years and the Myanmar military invited the Indian Military to visit the island and see for themselves, they declined. There are no official records in either China or Myanmar of China being given permission to maintain a military base either so, if it is there, it must be very secret. However, in 2005, Myanmar and India signed an agreement to allow Indian Intelligence gathering flights to cross the island. Two months later, according to the Irrawaddy, the Indian Chief of Naval Staff admitted they was no evidence of any Chinese military base on the island. Yet rumours still persist with some even alleging it was there but it's moved. Perhaps it's time for the Indian navy to take up that invitation to visit!
Moving to Pakistan which does indeed have a Chinese invested deep-water port in Gwadar, one of only two in the country. China's investment amounts to $248 million in the first phase of development of a total investment of $1 billion[8]. But is this a military port? The answer is no, but it could be. It's actually set up to be a Freezone port allowing development of tax free, or favourable tax policies in order to capitalise on trading with Pakistan's manufacturing and service industries[9] and yes, China is investing heavily in Pakistan, there's even a Free Trade Agreement and, what was described, as recently as this week, as an Iron-Clad friendship[10] between the two countries. Once again this "military installation" has no military presence but is considered, by India to be a threat. So, if you read about a Chinese military port in Pakistan, it's worth taking a look at the source and you'll probably find it's a great story full of suggestions about what might happen rather than the realities of what is happening. Such as this article in the Republic World ezine[11].
Which brings us to the final place that China has apparently militarized; the landlocked, mountainous and poverty-stricken, neighbouring country of Tajikistan. There is no doubt at all that China would be well served by having some security presence here, it is a region in crisis[12], the largest autonomous region of the country with 47% of its land but only 220,000 of the 9 million Tajik population live there. It borders China's troubled Xinjiang and has a difficult border to police. It also shares a border with Afghanistan where it serves as a corridor for refugees as well as potential terrorists and opium smugglers.
What Beijing has done to help the country, at the request of the country's president, Emomali Rahmon, is build, but not staff a police station near the border[13]. Obviously, a poor country such as Tajikistan would have problems if there were instability in neighbouring country and just such a thing happened in 2021 when Afghan troops, abandoned by their American counterparts fled the country over the nearest borders, at least 1,000 of them arriving in this region of Tajikistan.
Once again, we see suggestions and allegations, even from HK's South China Morning Post that China could, China might or China is suspected of, but never that China has expanded into the region. China's alleged good deeds being misinterpreted, perhaps deliberately so, as military expansion.
We can leave it to the reader to make informed decisions on whether China's military expansion into the Horn of Africa is a good or bad thing, but tens of thousands of mariners and their families are happy to see them there. As are the insurance companies which were paying millions in ransoms to get their ships and crews released and the President of the country, as well as his citizens seem ok with it. The other three sites Wikipedia claims are threats to world peace are only threatening in the minds of people who assume that China has some intent which has never, at any time in modern history, manifested itself as real.
[1] https://oec.world/en/profile/country/slb/
[1] https://bettertourismafrica.org/djibouti/why-is-china-in-djibouti/
[2] https://militarybases.com/overseas/djibouti/
[3] https://ctc.usma.edu/piracy-in-the-horn-of-africa-a-growing-maritime-security-threat/
[4] https://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/2019/10/10/the-decline-of-maritime-piracy-in-the-horn-of-africa/
[5] https://www.thechinastory.org/yearbooks/yearbook-2018-power/forum-whos-in-charge-here/chinas-base-in-djibouti-whos-got-the-power/
[6] https://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/world/china/coco.htm
[7] https://www2.irrawaddy.com/article.php?art_id=6640&page=3
[8] http://www.gwadarport.gov.pk/
[9] https://tribune.com.pk/story/2349350/gwadar-free-zone-phase-ii-set-in-motion
[10] https://www.news18.com/news/world/pakistan-china-sign-agreements-to-further-strengthen-iron-clad-friendship-4896914.html
[11] https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/china/china-seeking-to-use-pakistans-gwadar-port-as-military-base-warns-expert-articleshow.html
[12] https://www.crisisgroup.org/europe-central-asia/central-asia/tajikistan/b87-rivals-authority-tajikistans-gorno-badakhshan
[13] https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3155133/why-china-funding-base-tajikistan
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Q: recursive query in postgresql I have the following table:

and I have the following query:
    WITH RECURSIVE users_r AS (
          SELECT user_id, parent_id, 0 as level
          FROM users
          WHERE parent_id is null
        UNION ALL
          SELECT u.user_id, u.parent_id, u.level + 1
          FROM users u
              INNER JOIN users_r
                  ON (u.parent_id = users_r.user_id)
    )

    SELECT * FROM users_r LIMIT 1000

I want to fill "level" column with depending on the count of ancestors. But my code isn't working. It fills rows only where parent_id is null.

A: It is a simple typo.
The recursive SELECT, immediately after the UNION ALL should not read
SELECT u.user_id, u.parent_id, u.level + 1

but
SELECT u.user_id, u.parent_id, users_r.level + 1

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State West Bengal
District Bankura
Colleges and Universities Bankura University, Bankura Christian College, Bankura Sammilani Medical College, Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering, Saldiha College
Languages spoken Bengali, English
Map of Bankura
Bankura (pron: bænˈkʊərə) is a city and a municipality in Bankura Sadar subdivision of Bankura district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of Bankura district.
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Eastern Zone
Western Zone
Northern Zone
In the Mahabharata, Bankura was described as Suhmobhumi. The word Larh or Rarh (in Nagari: rāḍh) was introduced after 6th century A.D. It comes from the old Austric word ráŕhá or ráŕho which means "land of red soil". In ancient times "China called Ráŕh by the name of 'Láti'". In Santali, lar means thread, rarh means tune and larh means snake. Perhaps the Jain and Greek scholars used this original Austric word Larh to indicate this dry forest region which was very difficult. The popularity of Manasa Puja, the worship of Snake-Goddess Manasa, shows this opinion might have some relevance. According to Nilkantha, a famous commentator of the Mahabharata, the words suhmo[bhumi] (Sanskrit: suhma-bhūmi) and Rarh are synonymous.
Scholars differs in their opinion about the etymology of the name Bankura. In the words of the Kol-Mundas, orah or rah means habitation. Many places of Rarh have an added rah at the end of their names. One of the most influential gods of the district Dharmathakur is called Bankura Roy. The name of the district may come from his name. Linguist Suniti Kumar Chatterjee thinks that the name came from the word banka (zig-zag), and its word-corruption banku, which means extremely beautiful, and he who must be worshiped. In 1979, the word "Bancoorah" was found in the map of Renal. In 1863, Gastrel referred this region as Bancoonda.
Bir Hambir was the 49th king of Bagdi Malla dynasty. There is a story that he had twinty two sons. Bir Bankura was one of them. Raja Bir Hambir divided his kingdom into 22 tarafs or circles and gave one to his each son. Taraf Jaybelia fell to the lot of Bir Bankura. He developed a town in his taraf and the town was later named as 'Bankura' after its founder's name.
Bankura district is located in the western part of the state of West Bengal. It is a part of Bardhaman Division of the State and is included in the area known as "Rarh" in Bengal. Bankura district is situated at 23.25°N 87.07°E / 23.25; 87.07. The Damodar River flows along the Northern boundary of the district. Bankura district is bounded by Bardhaman district in the north, Purulia district in the west and Paschim Medinapure district in the south.
The seasons in Bankura are generally distributed as hot summer (April–May), monsoon (June–September) and 'Cold season' (November–February). The humidity is usually medium to high throughout the year and the rainfall, though not heavy, is usually well distributed. The average annual rainfall received by the district is around 1,300 mm. The rainy months are generally July and August. 21.5% of the total geographical area of the district is made up of forest land, covering a total of 148,177 hectares. Net cultivable area of the district is 4.30 lakh hectares.
In the 2011 census, Bankura municipality had a population of 3,596,292 out of which 1,840,504 were males and 1,755,788 were females, constituting 954 females per 1000 male as sex ratio. There was change of 12.64% in the population compared to population as per 2001. Effective literacy rate as in Census 2011 is 70.95%.
As of 2011 India census, Bankura town has a population of 3,596,292. Males constitute 1,840,504 of the population and females 1,755,788. Bankura has an average literacy rate of 70.95%, with 81.00% of the males and 60.44% of females literate. Total Child population in Bankura area is 405,401 out of which 208,632 are boys and 196,769 are girls, under the age of 6 years.
Bankura police station has jurisdiction over Bankura municipality, Bankura I and Bankura II CD Blocks. The area covered is 439 km2. There are 3 town outposts and an outpost at Rajagram.
Bankura Sadar Division woman police station, started in 2014, has jurisdiction over whole of Bankura Sadar subdivision.
Bankura Railway Junction is managed by the South Eastern Railways and is on the Adra-Midnapore rail route. It is in Bankura city. Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express, Rupashi Bangla Express, Aranyak Express, Puri-New Delhi(Nandan Kanan) Superfast Express, Ernakulam-Patna Express, Howrah-LTT Samarsata Express and Purulia-Howrah Express pass through this station. It is the originating and terminating station of Bankura Damodar Railway which will connect to Howrah-Bardhaman Chord section. Computerized reservation facility is available. Going towards north-west, Adra Junction Railway Station is the nearest main station and moving to south, Midnapore Railway Station is the major station next to Bankura.
The Bankura Railway Station and bridge over Dhaleshwari River were built by Gujarati Railway Contractors of the town Jeewan Gangji Savaria and Lalji Raja Vadher in 1900 working for Bengal Nagpur Railway.
National Highway 14 (India) running from Morgam (in Murshidabad district) to Kharagpur (in Paschim Medinipur district), State Highway 9 (West Bengal) running from Durgapur (in Paschim Bardhaman district) to Nayagram (in Jhargram district) and State Highway 5 (West Bengal) running from Rupnarayanpur (in Bardhaman district) to Junput (in Purba Medinipur) pass through Bankura. NH 14 links Bankura to NH 12 and NH 16. Both NH 14 and SH 9 link Bankura to NH 19 (Grand Trunk Road).
Bankura has gained much popularity among the tourists hailing from India. The place has a rich cultural and traditional heritage. It is famous for its paintings, music and other arts. It has gained popularity among domestic tourists due to the beautiful locations and historical destinations. The place has contributed great deal toward modern Bengal art and architecture. You can see the beautiful terracotta art and architecture in Bankura. The tourist spots can be divided into four zones.
Bishnupur is an important tourist spot of Bankura district. It is 152 km from Kolkata and 34 km from Bankura Town. This place has a historical importance as it was the capital of Mallabhum. It is very famous for terracotta temples and Baluchari sarees. It is popular for classical music dalmadal and painting. There are approximately 16 temples, most of which are made in the decade of Mallaraja. Important temples of Bishnupur are Jor Mandir, Rasmancha, Radhamadhab Temple, Kalachand Temple, Madan Mohan Temple, Radha-Gobinda Temple and Shyam Ray Temple.
Joyrambati is 98 km from Kolkata. It is a holy place as it was the birthplace of Sree Sree Maa Sarada Devi. Temple of Singha Bahani Devi and Mayerepukur are also visiting sites.
Susunia Hill is a very important tourist spot of Bankura District. It is 50 km from Bisnupur and 21 km from Bankura town. It is famous for natural spring and Silalipi.
Biharinath Hill is the tallest (448 m) of Bankura District. It is in the northwestern edge of the district. It is 57 km from Bankura Town. It was an ancient centre of Jainism. This place is famous for its natural beauty. Biharinath offers hills, dense forest, water bodies, river Damodar, renowned temple of Lord Shiva, green unpolluted nature with salubrious atmosphere. Now Biharinath can boast of its advancement in tourism with accommodations having A.C. rooms and other modern amenities.
Mukutmanipur is a tourist spot of Bankura District. It is 55 km from Bankura District headquarters. It is the second biggest earthen dam of India.
Jhilimili has a dense natural forest. It lies 70 km from Bankura Town.
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Bankura University is the only university in the city.
Panchmura Mahavidyalaya
Bankura Christian College
Bankura Sammilani College
Bankura Sammilani Medical College
Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering
Bankura Zilla Saradamani Mahila Mahavidyapith
Barjora College, Barjora
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Indpur Goenka High School, Bangla, Indpur
Bankura Zilla School
Bankura Banga Vidyalay
Bankura Hindu High School
Bankura Christian Collegiate School
Rajgram Vivekananda Hindu Vidyalaya
Madhuban Goenka Vidyalaya
Kuchiakol R B institution
Simlapal Madan Mohan High School
Chuagara Sammilani Vidyapith
Bankura Sammilani Medical College and Hospital is the most important hospital of the district equipped with all major departments and diagonostic facilities.
Bankura Sub-Divisional Hospital is an important hospital. It has a paediatric ward, blood test and OT.
Bankura Wikipedia
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