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Mesari (en serbe cyrillique : ) est un village de Bosnie-Herzégovine. Il est situé sur le territoire de la Ville de Trebinje et dans la République serbe de Bosnie. Selon les premiers résultats du recensement bosnien de 2013, il ne compte plus aucun habitant.

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Le village est situé au bord de la Trebišnjica, qui débouche pour une part dans la mer Adriatique et se jette pour une autre dans la Neretva.

Il est entouré par les localités suivantes :

Histoire

Dans le village, l'église Saint-Élie, reconstruite en 1897 mais d'origine plus ancienne, est inscrite sur la liste des monuments nationaux de Bosnie-Herzégovine ; avec l'église, un tumulus préhistorique et un ensemble de 8 stećci, un type particulier de tombes médiévales, et 31 tombes cruciformes sont également classés.

Démographie

Évolution historique de la population dans la localité

Répartition de la population par nationalités (1991)
En 1991, les 10 habitants du village étaient tous serbes.

Illustrations

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Villes de Bosnie-Herzégovine
 Municipalités de Bosnie-Herzégovine
 Monuments nationaux de Trebinje
 Monument national (Bosnie-Herzégovine)

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Wood, Concrete, Stone, and Steel
Minnesota's Historic Bridges
Denis P. Gardner
From International Falls to Minneapolis to Winona—the first illustrated history of the bridges of Minnesota
Like never before we are aware of the crucial place of bridges in our lives. Wood, Concrete, Stone, and Steel documents and celebrates a wide range of the state's rural and urban spans. Historian Denis P. Gardner tells the remarkable stories of their construction and makes a compelling argument for the value of preserving our bridges and the cultural heritage they carry.
This marvelous book reminds us that bridges have played a significant role in Minnesota's history, shaping the pattern of its development as well as the visual character of its landscape. In these pages, Denis Gardner provides a wide-ranging guide to the varied spans that have supported and ornamented our state's roads and railways, from the monumental Stone Arch Bridge in Minneapolis to the spidery steel Soo Line High Bridge near Stillwater and the pagoda-topped Lester Park Rustic Bridge that once graced my hometown of Duluth. Equally important, he tells the compelling story of the visionary people, historic events and technological advances that helped make Minnesota the special place we know and cherish.
Richard Moe, president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation
Minnesota and the Upper Midwest, Architecture and Design, History, Material culture, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Duluth, Mississippi River, St. Paul
Like never before we are aware of the crucial place of bridges in our lives. The spans that warranted little notice are now at the forefront of public and political debate and we are reminded of the rich history—and the uncertain future—of bridging in Minnesota.
Historian Denis P. Gardner documents and celebrates a wide range of the state's rural and urban spans, telling the remarkable stories of their construction and impact on Minnesota life and culture. From Pratt trusses to bowstring arches, Wood, Concrete, Stone, and Steel describes nearly every bridge type found in Minnesota, including railroad spans, and features more than 225 illustrations of historical and extant bridges. Gardner details the development of engineering and construction innovations (complete with a guide to trusses) and traces the fascinating politics and personalities behind the task of creating and maintaining safe, and often beautiful, crossings.
Through arresting photographs and lively narrative, Gardner makes a compelling argument for the value of preserving our bridges and the cultural heritage they carry and brings to life their importance in Minnesota's past, present, and future.
Minnesota Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians – David Gebhard Award — Honorable Mention
$39.95 cloth/jacket ISBN 978-0-8166-4666-1
240 pages, 237 b&w photos, 10 1/2 x 9, 2008
Denis P. Gardner is an award-winning historian who has documented properties for the National Register of Historic Places and the Historic American Engineering Record. He is the author of Minnesota Treasures: Stories behind the State's Historic Places.
Eric DeLony is former director of the Historic American Engineering Record.
Gardner's exhaustive history of bridge building in Minnesota is a refreshing reminder that we once lived in a state where government—and the private sector—took pride in creating artful infrastructure. With the help of historical photographs, Gardner offers a rare glimpse at the engineering feats that characterized Minneapolis's early years.
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A year ago, this book might have been of greatest interest to bridge aficionados and historians. Now, with the twisted remains of the I-35W bridge splayed out along Bohemian Flats on the West Bank and a new bridge rising from the river in its place, everyone's a bridge fan. Gardner's book comes along at the perfect time to capture that burgeoning interest.
It's a propitious moment for Wood, Concrete, Stone and Steel to appear. Denis Gardner buttresses our understanding of some of the state's more notable bridges with detail on their predecessors and peculiarities, detail that reaches beyond the pocket-protector crowd.
Tilts toward the technically inclined, but you don't have to be an engineer to enjoy the noteworthy tidbits and fascinating photos.
Bridges are a part of our infrastructure that I took for granted. My disposition has changed since reading Denis P. Gardner's Wood, Concrete, Stone, and Steel—Minnesota's Historic Bridges. Now, when I approach a bridge, I find myself thinking about the bridge's structure, the material used to build it, and its purpose, wondering what story lies behind its construction. Gardner clearly has high interest in and passion for his subject. . . . The context in which Gardner provides information is interesting, and at times fascinating, making the book a great reference work or one for short readings in short bursts. The 225 photos and informative captions provide easily accessible facts and trivia and charming windows into Minnesota's past, making this an excellent coffee table book.
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The context in which Gardner provides information is interesting, and at times fascinating, making the book a great reference work or one for short readings in short bursts.
Twin Cities Daily Planet
This book is full of gorgeous black-and-white photos of interesting bridges in use, under construction and in sexy close-ups. . . . Don't be scared away by the technical details. Wood, Concrete, Stone, and Steel could stand on the strength of its photos alone. The words are just there to seduce you into bridge nerdism.
Gardner richly details each site and structure as only a preservation historian can.
Architecture Minnesota
Gardner captures the interest of both the historian and the engineer . . . he allows us to look back in time and appreciate the extensive role bridges have played in the history of Minnesota.
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Churches of Minnesota An Illustrated Guide An inspiring exploration of the architectural heritage of Minnesota's churches
St. Paul's Architecture A History The first architectural history of beautiful St. Paul, Minnesota
Twin Cities by Trolley The Streetcar Era in Minneapolis and St. Paul See the city as it once was—a pictorial history of the trolleys that traversed Twin Cities neighborhoods.
Minnesota Architects A Biographical Dictionary The first biographical guide to Minnesota architects from 1860 to the present
Minneapolis and the Age of Railways The fascinating, intertwined history of the city of Minneapolis and its railways
The City, the River, the Bridge Before and after the Minneapolis Bridge Collapse Exploring the university's role in understanding how disasters impact communities

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Utah Ski and Snowboard is your ultimate ski and snowboard guide. From facts about ski and snowboarding to product details and equipment care, everything you need to know about the sport is right here.
Considered as one of the best ski destinations, Utah's mountains are definitely a popular destination for ski and snowboarding enthusiasts. Skiing and snowboarding are considered as Utah's official winter sports since 2012. These activities invite thousands of tourists every year thus boosting the state's tourism and economy.
Because of its elevated location, Utah experiences extremely cold temperatures during winter, the lowest on record being -49oF (-45oC) in a populated area in a cold winter of December in 1932. A temperature of 0oF (-18oC) is not uncommon through out the state. Conversely, the summer season in Utah has typically high temperature ranging from 29 to 38oC, though it usually is still cool during nights.
Despite Utah's extreme temperatures throughout the year, it is considered as one of the major tourist destinations in the United States. It has many national parks, in fact ranking third in number after Alaska and California. It also features several national monuments such as Hovenweep, Natural Bridges, and Bears Ears, among others. It also boasts of its recreational areas, and state parks. Cultural attractions are also quite popular in the state, such as the Sundance Film Festival, Temple Square, and the Utah Shakespearean Festival. The Great Salt Lake, the Monument Valley, and the Bonneville Salt Flats are also famous attractions in Utah.
In 2002, Utah attracted tons of tourism because of the Winter Olympics, which was held in Salt Lake City. From then on, it has been the destination of choice for winter sports athletes and enthusiasts. Famous ski resorts are mostly located in its northern parts, such as Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Provo. In fact, the Deer Valley ski resort in Park City has been the consistent top ranked ski resort in the whole of North America from 2007 to 2011 according to the Ski Magazine. True enough, it cannot be considered "The Greatest Snow on Earth" for nothing.
Whether you are a newbie at skiing or snowboarding, or you are just interested in trying, or an elite who wants to up his skiing game, Utah Ski and Snowboard can provide everything you will need. Guiding you through the best ski resorts, to the best ski and snowboarding schools around, to your equipment and gear from head to toe. They also offer storage, cleaning, and laundry services for your winter sports gear, whether fleece, wool, or synthetic (yes, just like carpet cleaning services, only for the thick garments ski and snowboarding require). Aside from your ski and snowboarding needs, they can also plan other activities to do and sights to see in and around Salt Lake City.
With its breathtaking view of the Wasatch mountain range and the Salt Lake Valley, this resort is surely a skier's favorite. It offers a white variety of slopes for amateurs and elite athletes alike, boasting its light, powdery snow.
The slopes of Alta Ski Area are more for the experienced skiers. With the beautiful scenery of the Little Cottonwood Canyon, this is still a must visit for tourists.
Located in Park City, Deer Valley has been the highest ranked ski resort in the whole of North America from 2007 to 2011 according to the Ski Magazine. Aside from its powdery snow, it also is proud of its downtown where guests enjoy their restaurants and bars.
It is the largest ski resort in the United States, which sports daring slopes for the experienced.
Utah is definitely a haven for winter sports enthusiasts, with is gorgeous snow and lovely sites. Utah Ski and Snowboard can certainly make your Utah visit a memorable one.


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How to Effectively Roll Out an SOP
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Rolling out a new Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) is a big deal. You are, after all, changing the way employees handle the processes in your company.
A successful SOP rollout includes testing the SOP and troubleshooting it, training your employees, and updating it as needed.
As complicated as the process can be, nearly every growing company occasionally has to create a new or updated SOP.
But did you know that if you roll out your SOP the right way, you may get less resistance from your staff?
Let's take a look at an ideal rollout plan. Then think about using it to implement your new SOP.
Test It Before the Official Rollout
You've worked on your new SOP for a long time, and all you want to do is roll it out and be done with it. But it would be counterproductive to roll out the plan unless you first test it to ensure that all the procedures are correct.
We'll get into the specifics of an effective test program for SOPs in another post, but if you're about to roll out your new SOP, make sure you've done the following at a minimum:
Have someone from each department perform a live test for their segment of the SOP. When you test the SOP department-by-department, you will get usable and reliable test results.
Don't allow the SOP writers to test the processes because they may do what they meant to say instead of reading the actual instructions. Instead, ask people who perform the tasks in their daily jobs to do the tests.
Ask for feedback and adjust the SOP if necessary. If the testing exposed any weaknesses or inconsistencies in the plan, you can make changes before the official rollout.
You may have to go through the testing process several times, but once you've arrived at a point where the employee can perform the actions perfectly using the SOP instructions, it's time to roll it out.
Step One: Use the Right Platform
Using project management software is an excellent way to park an SOP library.
Many corporations use SharePoint because it was the first on the scene and is widely recognized.
But others use different software for various reasons. For example, many smaller companies want a more streamlined and easy-to-use tool. If that's what you need, take a look at Google Drive, Workzone, or Box.
Most of the programs are customizable, so you can only add the features you need. And each one has its benefits and limitations so you will need to determine the right program for you.
Once you've uploaded your SOP to the platform, it's time to get your department heads on board.
Step Two: Train Your Department Heads
Before you disseminate the SOP throughout all the layers of your organization, you should ensure that the department heads understand it. If you train them now, they will be able to answer any questions their team has.
You can do this in several ways. For example, hold workshops for department heads that teach them the basics of the SOP. If you can predict and anticipate the most common staff questions, you will save a lot of time by addressing them with the department heads. Then instruct the department staff to go to the department head if they have any questions.
You can also train your department heads one-on-one. This method is more time-consuming, but it allows you to address specific compliance issues for each department during the training.
Step Three: Ask Department Heads to Inform the Staff
Now that the department heads understand the new SOP, it's time to inform the staff about its existence. When you use your newly trained department heads to spread the word, it will allow them to address any department-specific questions the staff may have.
Department heads can inform their staff about the new SOP in a number of ways. When do doing so, they should explain the reasons for the new SOP, what it means for them, how to access it, and when that access will be available to them.
To get the word out, department heads can:
Hold a department-wide meeting
Use department emails to inform their staff of the new SOP
Issue a memo to the entire department
Now that your department heads are equipped to answer staff questions, it's time to distribute the SOP.
Step Four: Make the SOP Available to Staff
The department heads have already informed the staff that a new SOP is coming, and now all that's left to do is make it accessible to them.
Instruct your department heads to point staff toward whatever platform you've chosen and ask them to read the SOP. With some programs, your staff will have to log on to the program while others will allow you to distribute it to everyone at once via email.
You will need to ensure that all staff members read the SOP. But instead of tracking their compliance the old fashioned way via emails and phone calls, why not automate the process? It will make it easier for you and less of a hassle for your staff.
If you use SharePoint, you can enable DocRead to distribute the SOP to your staff easily and then receive a confirmation for every employee who reads it.
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But when you distribute the SOP, don't assume that all your employees learn the same way. The truth is that we all have different learning styles, and some of us absorb information better by reading it, while others learn more by watching videos.
To ensure that your staff learns the new SOP, offer them the chance to read it or watch a video.
Step Five: Test Their Understanding
It's too easy for staff to glance over the SOP because they're having a hectic day. But that won't do anyone any good, and it certainly won't ensure SOP compliance.
To ensure your staff has read and understood the SOP, you should test them on the knowledge. SharePoint's DocSurvey allows you to create and attach quizzes to the SOP document or video. The quizzes can be made up of multiple-choice questions or open-ended questions. After you've created the quiz, you upload it to SharePoint.
Then, you can require your employees to complete the quiz before the SOP is marked as read. Doing this ensures that the staff takes time to absorb the information.
You can also assign a passing grade. If an employee reads the SOP, takes the quiz and doesn't pass it, you can require them to take the quiz again.
And remember, the department heads have been trained on the SOP, so if a staff member has questions, they will have been instructed to reach out to them for answers.
Step Six: Track the Results
Now that you've distributed the SOP, all staff has read it and passed the quiz; you would think your job is complete, right?
Not so fast.
Just because your employees read the SOP, that doesn't mean things are flowing smoothly in every department.
You will need to follow up with staff and ask how the changes are affecting their workflow. Do this by assigning ownership for each process of the SOP. You can organize this by department or however it makes sense for your organization.
For instance, if customer service processes have changed, assign ownership to that department head. That person will be responsible for tracking the SOP's effects on procedures. They should document every incidence of non-compliance as well as any issues that arise from the new procedures. To streamline the process, you can use issue tracker software like Zoho or Incident Monitor.
You can also ask the owners to use DocSurvey, or whatever project management tool they use, to send periodic surveys to employees asking for feedback about the SOP. If the same issue is brought up more than once, you should take a look at it. Chances are, it's an opportunity to improve the system even more.
To ensure that the reviews are done in a timely manner, you can build expiration dates into the program.
That's the end of the SOP process. While it took a lot of work to implement, you now have a structure that will keep staff on track and in compliance.
That is, until your procedures change again.
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Metro car shed: Centre neither has title nor possession of Kanjurmarg land, AG tells Bombay HC
It's not about Union or state's land, it's our land, hence public interest component has to be considered: HC
Written by Omkar Gokhale | Mumbai | December 11, 2020 10:33:33 pm
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The Maharashtra government on Friday told the Bombay High Court that the salt commissionerate under the central government neither has title nor possession of the Kanjurmarg land allotted for the Metro car shed, whereas the state owns the same.
Advocate General (AG) Ashutosh Kumbhakoni, representing the state government, made submissions before a division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Girish S Kulkarni, which was responding to the Centre's writ plea, filed through its deputy salt commissioner, challenging a November 2018 order of the revenue minister declaring that while the state was the owner of various salt pans in Mumbai, some were privately owned.
The state, through the Mumbai suburban collector, had passed an order transferring the Kanjurmarg salt pan land on October 1 and handing over its possession to MMRDA on October 6. While the state government had transferred 102 acres in Kanjurmarg to the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) for the Metro car shed project, the Centre had opposed it on the ground that all salt pans belonged to it.
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On Friday, continuing his rebuttal to Centre's plea, Kumbhakoni said, "Present petition is misconceived. Not even a scrap of paper, no contemporaneous record as to what activities they conducted on the said land is produced by the petitioner. They (petitioners) haven't bothered to mention the objections, if any, to the development plan."
"The petitioner or private party neither has title nor possession and the state government has ownership of the land," he added.
The bench, earlier during the day, observed that in many documents produced before it, the state government was seen admitting that the Centre is in possession of the property. "Prima facie case is made out that the petition is such that it should not be thrown at this stage," CJ Datta said.
To which, the state government responded, "The Kanjurmarg land was never acquired by the Centre and it was always with the state government. This property was not part of that litigation and no issue was raised against it which everyone admitted." In view of this, Kumbhakoni said that no interim relief be granted to the Centre and sought dismissal of the plea.
While posting further hearing, which will include the Centre's reply to Monday, CJ Datta observed, "It is not about Union's land or state's land, at the end of the day it is our (public) land. Hence the public interest component on the land has to be considered."
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Tesla to reveal Model Y tonight: Elon Musk bets big on new electric SUV
Nathan Bomey
Tesla CEO Elon Musk will unveil the automaker's newest electric vehicle at an event Thursday night in the Los Angeles area.
The Model Y will make its debut as questions swirl regarding the SUV's design, tech features, exact timing and pricing.
Tesla must deliver a functional interior and improved reliability to appeal to pragmatic, family-oriented compact SUV buyers, said Jessica Caldwell, an analyst at car-buying advice site Edmunds.
"This is not a sports-car segment," Caldwell said. "These are not young Tesla enthusiasts thinking this is my way into a Tesla. Will it have smart packaging on the interior that will actually work for families?"
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Karl Brauer, executive publisher of Cox Automotive's Kelley Blue Book and Autotrader, said "the clock is ticking" for Tesla to deliver a compelling product because competitors are rapidly catching up. That makes it critical for the company to pull off the Model Y launch without a hitch.
"Every day that goes by, it's less interesting for any single (electric) SUV to hit the market than what was a day before, and that include Teslas," Brauer said.
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Here are five key things to expect from the Model Y:
It could be Tesla's best-seller yet
Americans are having a love affair with SUVs and crossovers, and the Model Y size is expected to line up with the popular compact SUV subsegment.
Compact passenger cars are actually declining in popularity, which is partly why it was surprising that Musk chose the category for the automaker's first mass-market vehicle, the Model 3.
Musk has estimated that Model Y demand could be anywhere from 50 percent more or even double that of the Model 3.
Brauer agreed that Model Y sales will likely eventually top the Model 3.
Higher cost, less battery range
"Model Y, being an SUV, is about 10% bigger than Model 3, so will cost about 10% more & have slightly less range for same battery," Musk said on Twitter on March 3.
The basic version of the Model 3 starts at $35,000, but most buyers have paid well over $40,000 and some have paid more than $50,000 for vehicles with more options.
The starting price for the Model Y likely will approach $40,000, Brauer and Caldwell said. And many buyers will likely pay $50,000 or more, they predicted.
"There will be a lot of questions about the price," Caldwell said. "Not only are we looking for a pricing announcement but some assurance that they're actually going to offer that vehicle at that price."
You won't be able to get one for a while
If history is any guide, Tesla will likely begin accepting online orders soon after Thursday night's event, if not immediately after. But that doesn't mean you should expect to drive one anytime soon.
Musk has said that production will begin slowly in early 2020 and hit high volumes by late 2020. But Tesla has repeatedly missed production goals in the past.
"They need to confirm that the car has a realistic timeline that they can meet," Brauer said. "This would be a good time to not overpromise and underdeliver."
It's a lot like the Model 3
The Model Y is based on the same architectural platform as the Model 3.
That allows Tesla to save costs by using about 75 percent of the same parts, Musk told investors in January.
Assembled in Reno?
That's an unusual place to manufacture vehicles. Most U.S.-assembled cars are made in the Midwest or the South, with the notable exception of the Tesla Model S, Model X and Model 3 vehicles made in Fremont, California.
The automaker has said it will likely make the Model Y at its battery factory in Nevada, where it continues to expand production. But that will require a major investment in assembly line equipment and employee training to get started.
"Batteries and powertrains will come out and go straight into the vehicle," Musk said in January. "So that also reduces our risk of execution and reduces the cost of having to transfer parts from California to Nevada. It's not a for-sure thing, but it's quite likely, and it's our default plan."
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The levels of some substances in your blood vary substantially, according to when and what you last ate. To control for variability introduced by eating, you must fast for a specific number of hours before certain blood tests. Although most diet soda is calorie-free, you should not drink diet soda or any other beverage except water when fasting for blood tests.
Many people mistakenly think of diet soda as nothing more than colored, carbonated water because it is sugar- and fat-free and contains no calories. Diet soda, however, contains many substances. A partial list of ingredients in some leading brands of diet soda includes caffeine, lactic acid, potassium citrate, potassium benzoate, phosphoric acid, aspartame, acesulfame potassium, monosodium phosphate, brominated vegetable oil, carob bean gum, grapefruit juice concentrate, and various flavors and colors. These substances may provoke changes in your blood chemistries, altering your fasting blood test results.
When you have blood work, your doctor receives a report that includes your test result and the laboratory's normal range for the test. For blood tests that require you to fast in preparation, the normal range applies only to the fasting state. Drinking diet soda invalidates your blood test result because it is not a fasting value. If you mistakenly drink diet soda when you are supposed to be fasting, call your doctor's office or the blood laboratory. You will probably need to reschedule your blood test.
Many blood tests do not require preparation. If your doctor schedules you for a fasting blood test, however, it is important that you not eat or drink anything other than water for the time specified, which typically ranges from eight to 14 hours. Do not drink diet soda, vitamin water, coffee or tea during your fast. You should not chew gum or use breath mints during your fast. Avoid smoking when fasting for a blood test. Most doctors recommend not exercising in the morning before collection of your fasting blood work. Laboratories typically schedule collection of fasting blood tests early in the morning to avoid a lengthy delay before you are able to eat your breakfast. If you normally take medicine by mouth in the morning, ask your doctor whether to take your medication as usual.
Several common blood tests require you to fast before collection of the sample. Examples include a fasting blood sugar, a glucose tolerance test, cholesterol and triglyceride levels, and a lipid panel, also known as a lipoprotein panel. Less common blood tests, such as an insulin level, also require fasting before collection. If you have questions about your fasting blood test, call your doctor's office or testing laboratory.


2016 was a doozy. I think pretty much everyone can agree on that. It was a bizarre, hilariously exhausting rollercoaster of a year, though not without its good points. In 2016 I graduated college, moved in with one of the coolest people on earth, made new friendships and grew existing ones. 2016 tested me in ways I never knew it could, and for the most part I made it out stronger and more prepared to roll with the punches than ever. What's that saying about rough waters making a skilled sailor? I'm not sure exactly, but it totally applies.
2016 was the "it is what it is" year for me. A year of goodbyes. A year of acceptance.
2017 will hopefully be the year of moving on to even better and brighter things.
That being said, and dramatic monologue aside, I'd like to discuss some 2017 goals. Compared to last year's goals these are pretty similar, but hey! Progress is progress.
I set this as a goal pretty much every year, and every year it seems to slip by me. Now that I'm no longer wrapped up in reading for classes and swirling about with papers due seemingly every 15 minutes, maybe I'll have some time to tackle that to-read list. Got any suggestions?
2. Establish a daily routine for productivity.
You know what would be nice? Eating breakfast. Waking up on time. Being an actual functioning human for more than a week at a time! A routine sounds lovely. Now how do I get one of those?
3. Take a trip to NYC.
I've been dying to visit NYC again since I got back from my last trip (years ago!) and there's some really cool people I've been wanting to see, and museums, and shopping! There's just something about the big apple.
4. Take a trip to Toronto.
I've been bugging my roommate that I need to go try Tim Hortons and buy some maple syrup but honestly I just want to see the city! Time to get that passport renewed!
5. Continue to grow Red Lip Collective.
This year was an awesome start for my little business, and I can't wait to see how far I can take it in 2017! I've got some great new pin ideas, and I want to branch out a little with products. Hopefully it will be a hit!
6. Find a blogging schedule that works for me.
I'm sure this has graced every blogger's list at some point, but 2016 threw a wrench in my blogging schedule for sure. Busy times! Hopefully having a more consistent schedule overall will allow for more time to actually blog! Wouldn't that be nice?
With minimalism being such a "trend" (and a good one at that) in 2016 it's been making a lot of people think about their possessions with intention. I want to make an even more conscious effort to cut the superfluous out of my life. To seek clarity and quality in all things.
8. Explore my music and movie tastes.
College really put a damper on my music listening and movie watching, and it's time to change that! I want to put aside a little bit of time to discover new music (I just bought one of these!) and actually spend some evenings to tackle my ever-growing Netflix list!
9. Focus on gratitude, creativity, and beauty in the little things.
I think it's really important to take time to feel grounded and to really reflect on our blessings and the beauty in our lives. Often times things are too busy and we focus on the next item on our to do list, or the sad things, or our bank accounts. I want to spend more time with my family, admire more art, drink more tea, and get out in nature whenever I can.
When I look around at my peers (bloggers, friends, small business owners, etc) I see so many bright and talented beings, and I want to bolster that as much as humanly possible. Whether it be attending a nearby comedy or open-mic night, dining and shopping locally, making a purchase from a rad etsy store, or simply tweeting positive vibes to someone, I want to make 2017 a year of supporting and encouraging others.
I just completed the 40 bags in 40 days challenge and it's really helped me stop hoarding stuff that I didn't really love. And if audio books count, the DC library has so many great audio books you can download straight to your phone.
I deifnitely want to simplify as well and de-clutter, donate and sell a lot of my items.... great goals! The reading one is on my list every year too and I'm hoping to actually achieve it this year :) I'm only my 2nd book within a few weeks already which is a lot for me!


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Like any other skill or character trait, service takes practice. Like any other spiritual attribute, the practice begins with attitude.
Today, we'll look at Service.
What different motivations might people have for serving others?
What motivation does God want us to have in serving others?
Why is washing feet something the disciples wouldn't necessarily volunteer to do? Who usually washed feet?
What lesson was Jesus trying to teach his disciples?
Read Luke 9:48. Richard Foster comments that many of us do not aspire to be the greatest. However, wich of us would aspire to be the least?
Why is being the "least" difficult? Where on a scale of one to ten is the task of washing feet?
What makes doing a menial task for someone else difficult?
Read Luke 9:23. What is Jesus asking us to do?
Richard Foster says that submission to God comes before service. We must put ourselves aside to serve God and others.
Why is submission a necessary step toward godly service?
How do we "die to self" when we serve others?
Why does Jesus ask that we put aside ourselves and our own wishes when we serve others?
How will practicing acts of kindness, charitable giving, and rendering service to others impact our relationship with God?
How will these practices further our growth in our faith and godliness?
Read 1 Peter 4:10,11, 1 Corinthians 10:31, and Colossians 3:17,23,24. What instructions do these verses give us regarding serving others?
It's easy to allow our service to be outward displays. It's also easy to "do what we've always done" and become comfortable with our status quo. If we work in the church nursery, serve on the benevolence committee, and invite the preacher and his energetic children over to dinner once a year, we think we're doing good!
Do something for someone else that you've never done before.
Do something for someone else that they won't know about so they can't thank you.
Do something for someone who has been unkind to you. In other words, overcome evil with good (Romans 12:21).
Does it feel uncomfortable? Clumsy? People criticized your motives? Don't grow weary of doing good. After all, just like any other spiritual discipline, active service takes practice.
For further reading, check out Charles Swindoll's book, Improving Your Serve.
Spiritual Habits Bible Study: What are Spiritual Disciplines?
If a new Christian who didn't have much church background asked you, "What do I need to do to get closer to God?" how would you respond?
Richard Foster, in his classic book, Celebration of Discipline called these habits or practices, spiritual disciplines. Yet this term is not in the Bible.
What does the term, spiritual disciplines, mean to you?
How do you react to it?
Does it sound threatening or desirable?
Should the Christian pursue a regular practice of certain activities?
Spiritual disciplines, according to Foster, are tools that help us get past hollow superficiality of religion. They call us to go deeper in our faith. Like anything, however, only when we practice something daily does it become a part of us.
Have you ever craved wanting to get closer to God?
What has helped you draw closer to Him?
Spiritual disciplines are routine practices that help you draw closer to God.The book, Secret Pathways by Gary Thomas assures us that some of those measures will appeal to each of us more than others.
What spiritual practices have helped you over the years?
Add to this list if you can: regular meeting with other believers, bible study, prayer, finding solitude, service to others, generous giving to others, daily obedience to what God's Word says.
The danger in practicing spiritual habits is that it is possible to become legalistic about doing them and treat other Christians as inferior if they are not pursuing them as well. It's possible to use them to flaunt our spiritual superiority and manipulate others for our own purposes. One sister in Christ once shamed me for not being involved in a small group Bible study, hinting that I was never going to be as strong of a Christian if I wasn't involved in Bible study with others.
What part of this was right?
What is the danger in what this person said?
How can we avoid getting into a legalist mindset about practices such as church attendance, daily prayer, bible reading and group bible study?
How can we encourage other Christians to become involved in these things without giving them a "you gotta do this or else you aren't a good Christian" implication?
What does this verse tell us we are to practice?
What warning does this verse give us about the practice of certain spiritual activities?
What benefit does someone receive when they practice obedience to God's commands?
Colossians 3:8,9 lists practices your "old self" did.
What are the opposites of the practices on this list? Are these things that the "new self" can practice instead (v. 10)?
2 Peter 1:5-7 gives a great list of Christian character attributes. Look now at v. 8-10.
How do we attain these character traits?
What is the benefit of working to attain these character traits?
Which of these character traits would you like more of in your life? Pick one. What will you do this week to practice this trait in your life?
What is a spiritual discipline?
Starting next week, I'll begin a Bible Study on this page that looks at various practices and habits a Christian can use to help them grow in their intimacy with God. I'll be using Richard Foster's classic book, Celebration of Discipline, for the structure of the study prompts. As always, the Bible will act as my foundation.
For centuries, those desiring a closer, inward-focused relationship with God, used the term "disciplines" to denote those activities we routinely do to keep our focus on Christ and His ways. Richard Foster popularized the term "Spiritual Disciplines" in his classic book published in 1978.
I guardedly recommend Foster's book. For some of us, Foster's ideas might sound off-beat and we may wonder if they are biblically based. After all, the term "spiritual discipline" is not in the Bible. However, the concept of spiritual training and each of the chapter topics are part of biblical doctrine. How Richard Foster chooses to handle those topics – aye, there's the rub.
Does Foster go too far?
It's unfortunate that Foster launches into meditation, prayer, and fasting as his first three topics. Meditation, in particular, is a discipline for the more mature Christian, partly because the world has blemished its meaning and intent so that, in most people's minds, meditation is a polar opposite of what Scripture intends it to be. I think I would have started with a topic more appropriate for the new Christian. As a writer, though, I can understand. Meditation is an effective attention grabber as the first topic out of the shoot.
Becoming familiar with God's Word is the first step in drawing closer to God.
Foster talks much about God speaking directly to us in those times of meditation. Realize that Foster is a Quaker and his background influences what he writes. Quakers are most noted for believing that God can and does speak directly to us. We call this extra-biblical revelation. I, the leadership of my church, and the professors of my seminary do not hold to this viewpoint; we believe a Christian's first understanding comes from the Word of God and that the Word of God is all we need to understand and apply what God would have us do.
Let's not throw out the baby with the bathwater.
I'm not dismissing Foster's book all together. There are some shining gems of wisdom in his text and his thoughts have compelled me and many others to make the time to spend moments alone with God. I love his classic line that we need to approach our understanding of current events with the Bible in one hand and the newspaper in the other.
We can use Celebration of Discipline as a launching pad to discover what the Bible says about the topics he proposes. It is important to ponder what practices and habits are necessary for a Christian to pursue in order to grow in godliness and intimacy with God. While I don't believe in extra-biblical revelation – that God speaks directly to people outside of the Word of God — perhaps we need to be more open to the role of the Holy Spirit in guiding our understanding of God's Word and the timing of His prompts to obey His Word. 2 Timothy 2:7 – "Reflect on what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all this" – shows us that God is definitely engaged in helping us understand and apply Scripture, if we will but stop and allow ourselves to think about it.
Another aspect fuels Foster's approach. Foster wrote in the 1970's when there was a huge movement to get away from a legalistic, outward appearance form of religion. People longed for an inner personal relationship with God and some of their questions were, "What do I need to do to get that personal relationship? How can I grow in godliness and be more sensitive to spiritual things? How can I integrate this into my daily life instead of having only a Sunday-go-to-meeting kind of religion?" Those are valid questions which I hope to address over the next few weeks.
Let's study spiritual disciplines together!
You don't need to read Foster's book to participate in the study I will present over the next few weeks. It's a deep book. Should you choose to read it, do so with an open and discerning mind with your Bible beside you. (We should do that with ANY Christian book, magazine article, or blog post, including anything written by yours truly!) Regardless, I hope you will pursue the practice of spiritual disciplines and that in doing so, you grow closer to your Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Each week, I'll post a new topic along with a series of questions. You can use those questions throughout the week to study on your own. Feel free to print them out and use them with your small group.


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Joseph Finder, Boy and Writer
May 24, 2017 by PoisonedBlogger
Long before Joseph Finder was the author of The Switch, he was a boy who fell in love with one author's book.
Finder tells that story in a recent article for Publishers Weekly. https://bit.ly/2qTZCGt. It's the story of an author who cared enough to answer a young boy, answers that inspired him.
You can read the article. You can also meet Joseph Finder at The Poisoned Pen on Saturday, June 17 at 2 PM when he's on book tour for The Switch. You can pre-order a signed copy of the book through the Web Store. https://bit.ly/2qThvY5
Here's the description of The Switch.
A simple mix up throws one innocent man into the crosshairs of sinister government secrets and ruthless political ambitions in New York Timesbestselling author Joseph Finder's timely, electrifying new thriller.
Michael Tanner is on his way home from a business trip when he accidentally picks up the wrong MacBook in an airport security line. He doesn't notice the mix-up until he arrives home in Boston, but by then it's too late. Tanner's curiosity gets the better of him when he discovers that the owner is a US senator and that the laptop contains top secret files.
When Senator Susan Robbins realizes she's come back with the wrong laptop, she calls her young chief of staff, Will Abbott, in a panic. Both know that the senator broke the law by uploading classified documents onto her personal computer. If those documents wind up in the wrong hands, it could be Snowden 2.0—and her career in politics will be over. She needs to recover the MacBook before it's too late.
When Will fails to gain Tanner's cooperation, he is forced to take measures to retrieve the laptop before a bigger security breach is revealed. He turns to an unscrupulous "fixer" for help. In the meantime, the security agency whose files the senator has appropriated has its own methods, darker still—and suddenly Tanner finds himself a hunted man, on the run, terrified for the safety of his family, in desperate need of a plan, and able to trust no one.
Jo Nesbø at The Poisoned Pen
Edan Lepucki and Bookstores


Below average ride on a headless horse | Steer Forth!
Picture taken at Unterlinden Museum in Colmar, Alsace. Posted for Average at Photo Hunt.
This medieval ride cannot possibly have been very comfortable – also in view of the rider's missing arms.
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Oh wow this is my first time to see this one. Like it!
That is definitely not an average piece of art. I really enjoyed your very above average take on this difficult theme.


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What Makes them unique is that they've added many features over the decades that not one like surveys, an event management tool, and campaigns. All these contribute to the diverse list of email options available, as well as automations and newsletters that are recurring.
On top of these options, they also boast a Market with over 400 programs and integrations that cater to even the most market of products. Yet despite these numbers and features, interest in Constant Contact appears to be on the decline, at least according to Google Trends. Enough reason for us to have a better look at Constant Contact's ins & outs and check whether it's still applicable in the 21st century.
If You're choosing an email Marketing tool for the business, you could do a lot worse compared to Constant Contact (which starts at $20 a month). Then the business offers a 6-day free trial if you want to try out some of the features without committing. This review looks especially at the program, which supports up to 500 contacts. Were it not for some unexplained hiccups, Constant Contact might have been an easy choice for our first choice.
How does Constant Contact pile up against the Contest for companies with 2,500 contacts? It carries a high $45-per-month price . Email marketing programs also have a cap on how many messages you can send in a month but Constant Contact does not.
Constant Contact is easy to use and has lots Starting with the data icons located next to choices and fields describing what they are Knowledge Base articles, and coaches accessible. Constant Contact has an Activity page which lists the status of different tasks, such as uploaded contacts, so you know what's going on in the background.
Phone support Isn't 24/7 but the hours are Still pretty generous, moving from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. during the week, also 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekends. Chat is available, along with the brokers will also call you to make sure you have.
Constant Contact offers a number of programs Depending on the size of your subscriber base. The cheapest plan is $20 per month for as many as 500 subscribers and $45 for up to 2,500. A plan prices $335 for 50,000 and $195 for $10,000 subscribers. Price-wise, it's not too different from Campaigner. You can sign up for other add-on providers, for example EventSpot ($20 a month for a single occasion; $25 for up to five events) for event registrations, and Survey ($10 per month) to conduct polls (all of which are included at no additional charge on the Email Plus plan). The fundamental account comes to store images used from the email campaigns with a Library. MyLibrary Plus ($5 per month) expands your storage to 1 GB. Newsletter Archive ($5 per month) creates a widget which may be added to your website on which you can display links to around 100 mails. This is a if you would like your clients to be able to see your messages.
The free trial Provides you access to all of You can send up to 100 mails although these features for 60 days. The trial is a great way to get accustomed to the platform to get a restricted number of messages. When you're sure about the stage, update to the paid version and start blasting away. There is also a 30-day money-back guarantee, which is unusual in this area.
As Soon as You're satisfied with your newsletter, It is possible to send it right away or schedule it for after (in 5-minute periods, for example 3:05 a.m., 3:10 a.m., and so on). We could not locate a recurring program to send messages on a daily, weekly, or yearly basis the manner Campaigner doesto send messages depending on the local time in the recipient's place, as GetResponse can.
The Business recently announced a new Attribute called Action Blocks, which enable marketers to add polls or RSVP blocks to regular emails. This permits recipients to answer messages with one click without needing to depart the email inbox and go to a web page.
You are able to track As Soon as You've sent a newsletter By using the Reports tab its success. The dash displays the fundamentals, including unsubscribe requests, and opens, clickthroughs, bounces. A useful bar chart shows open prices along with a graph compares performance over multiple campaigns. Users can also select up to five mails to compare high-level results side by side. The report has a convenient Refresh button so that you can observe real-time results. It's not like MailChimp where you have to manually load the pages. When we opened emails and clicked on the links, they were registered almost instantly.
The Resource Center offers links to Info about average clickthrough rates by business. You can even look at relative metrics to find out if your level of involvement with your clients is improving or declining over the past three months. The cellular app is useful if you need to observe the effort performance from your mobile device.
When we used the form Speech, we repeatedly received an error message but it did not state what had gone wrong. We were motivated to hit on the Previous button to go back and fix the problem but we could not because the page had expired from our browser (Firefox) cache. After a couple of attempts, the entire page crashed. This was an unusual experience, to say the least. Constant Contact has ensured us has greatly improved because our first test and that this is not likely to occur again.
The document upload, Gmail import, and CRM Migration options, on the other hand, were easy to use and secure. We think most people would end up using these choices. We monitored the upload progress under"Contacts: Activity" and was informed while the import was complete. Much like Campaigner, Constant Contact allows other disposable speeches and Mailinator. It's too bad many services do not follow the case of GetResponse$15.00 in GetResponse, which filters out known disposable domains. Constant Contact rather flags contacts that are inclined to be other or transactional such addresses so that the user can choose whether to eliminate or keep them.
Our only quibble with the Contact Manager is That it is a pain. When we cut and glued our list, we dropped in addresses. We did not have other fields, such as name or address. To add this, we needed to load each person listing and update the fields. This wasn't that simple because the pages were slow to load in our testing. Since we can see the whole list in Contact Manager, then it might have been nice to be able to simply click on the missing field, enter, and just keep going down the page. Lesson learned: Be sure to have all the applicable fields populated from the listing before uploading the names.
Constant Contact also enables you to create forms That clients can use to register for newsletters and emails. These forms may be hosted either on your site or on Constant Contact's servers. You can segment the users based on whether they used other procedures or the form, which can be helpful. The business also recently announced a new sign-up form editor that is designed to permit users to produce inline forms which can be embedded on a website in addition to pop-up forms that can be customized to show after a fixed amount of time or when a visitor attempts to leave the web site, the business said.
Constant Contact demands you to confirm that You have consent from your entire record –no bought lists allowed! Since there is absolutely no way to confirm you have permission from every individual receiving messages sent to this address you also can't use set addresses such as sales @ or advertising @ addresses or distribution lists. You can also create autoresponders, recorded under the Generate button, to ship automatically when a user is added to some list. We used the templates to construct a newsletter .
If you don't need these features, However Constant Contact is a superb option. If you need a little bit more flexibility in your marketing plan, then check out email advertising Editors' Choices Campaigner and MailChimp instead.
That is because, unlike other tools, for example Editors' Choice marketing automation platforms Pardot and HubSpot, Constant Contact doesn't does not offer branching logic. It focuses to begin automation campaigns. For instance, an automation workflow can be started by you when someone accomplishes a landmark, such as a birthday or anniversary as a customer or joins a listing. You can not alter automationsbased on whether or not someone opened an email, forwarded an email, or clicked on a link inside the body of this email.
Automation platforms automatic more intelligent and, well, than email tools, make life personalized and more easy for entrepreneurs for clients. Additionally, Constant Contact does not provide A/B testing (they do offer subject line A/B testing), no search advertising addition, and also the limited workflows it is possible to create don't offer you drag-and-drop builders, which are pretty much standard these days. If you require basic automation for interactions with clients, then Constant Contact is a reliable automation system. But if you want flexible workflows and sequencing that adjust to your clients' specific activities Constant Contact isn't powerful enough to compete at the marketing automation area.
Nowadays, the Matter, is that there are Lots of other email Tools that offer even greater than Constant Contact, and for a lot less money. This includes user experience, but also not just attributes. In reality, for the amount you pay with Constant Contact, you could end up using tools like ActiveCampaign and GetResponse.


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Defending San Francisco, from Breakers to Bay
As sea levels continue to rise, San Francisco officials struggle to maintain city coastlines.
Tom Molanphy
Thu Oct 5th, 2017 6:00am
(Photo: Jessica Christian)
The reports out of New Orleans in 2005 were grim. Katrina's epic storm surge was rising so fast that some residents, certain they would be washed away, taped their driver's licenses to their bodies to ensure their corpses could be identified.
The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season has continued Katrina's legacy of destruction. Although the cold waters of the eastern Pacific can't churn up quite the same fury that the Atlantic can — hot water contains more energy, and thus it can spew out massive storms — it doesn't mean San Francisco is safe from the rising waters. The National Research Council has forecasted average tides in the Bay Area to rise from 3 to more than 5 feet by 2100, so experts from breakers to Bay are wondering: where will all that water go?
Ocean Beach's surf has pounded the ill-placed Great Highway for generations. It's part of Mother Nature's timeless leverage against humanity: She's been designing her system for billions of years, and she can go billions more — with or without us.
Instead of outmuscling, outsmarting or waiting out Mother Nature, the Ocean Beach Master Plan, created by by the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association, is a comprehensive plan to respond to severe erosion issues on the 3.5-mile stretch of beach between the Cliff House and Fort Funston.
Spaced out over a 40-year period, it offers a dramatic solution: Give way to the pounding waves and make some room for the original ecosystem.
"Ocean Beach is one of the places already exposed to coastal hazards, and luckily, some adaptation strategies have already been done," Benjamin Grant, the urban design policy director of SPUR, tells SF Weekly.
Although this stretch of Ocean Beach has hung on through a combination of closures, riprap (piles of rock), and dump trucks regularly hauling sand back and forth, rising temperatures pack storms with more water and more energy, which means the winter storms that batter Ocean Beach will most likely become stronger. And the rocks, sand, and dump trucks come with drawbacks.
"The boulders cover the beach up and are unsafe to cross," Grant says. "They scour out the sand when they send waves back out and can create problems in places that don't have the boulders."
All things being equal, the safest solution would be to give back a large part of the Sunset to the Pacific Ocean. But not only would a few Sunset residents, fishermen, surfers, and threatened bird species on Ocean Beach have a problem with this, all of San Francisco needs an integral piece of infrastructure tucked between the Pacific Ocean and the San Francisco Zoo: the $200 million, 12-acre Oceanside Treatment Plant that handles about a fifth of San Francisco's wastewater.
"Before the Clean Water Act, raw sewage would be poured into the ocean," Grant says, adding that the plant "is a huge investment that needs to be protected."
The compromise? Managed retreat, which basically means both giving into the ocean's power but also building against it. In 2018, the first phase of the Ocean Beach Master Plan will begin closing the Great Highway south of Sloat Boulevard, and replace this section with a coastal trail.
Grant concedes that planning for global warming is more complicated than most planning. Although there is a consensus that sea level rise will occur, calculations vary on how much, which means projections of what should be done are equally uncertain.
"The farther out you go, the more the models fall apart," he says. "But we're lucky here in San Francisco that we don't have to contend with climate denial."
The arguments about what to do in San Francisco center around what is the best science — not what is science.
On the other side of the city, Elaine Forbes, executive director of the Port of San Francisco, deals with the rising tide of the San Francisco Bay.
"My job is very different in terms of where I can do a managed retreat, or just manage the water," she says.
As hard as it is to manage the forces near Ocean Beach, the line between the bay and the billion-dollar infrastructure of transportation, housing, and commerce downtown is even more rigid: a 3-mile, 100-year old seawall from Fisherman's Wharf to AT&T Park.
"The seawall is where managed retreat does not work at all," Forbes says.
While housing took over the Sunset's natural ecosystem of dunes in the early 1900s, the takeover on the city's eastern side was dramatic and decisive: The bay was filled, and nearly 500 acres of land were reclaimed from the water.
"We have a dual threat from rising water and seismic vulnerability since the seawall sits on mud," Forbes says. "And the soil will liquefy [during an earthquake] and push the seawall bayward, which we have evidence actually happened in 1906. We need to strengthen soil under this seawall."
In addition to being in mud, the seawall is damaged in places, and an initial estimate for a seismic retrofit came in at around $2 billion.
Those who have been on the Embarcadero during the King Tides, when the waves rise over the sea wall, have had a preview of what could be a more frequent event by 2100.
"We have very low-lying areas," Forbes says. "In the area of Pier 14, we already have flooding in the Embarcadero. Disaster-prone communities are always racing against the clock. Anyone living in coastal communities knows things have changed. The hubris in not reacting to what can be seen is quite stunning."
Unlike Grant and Forbes, who are under pressure to devise a plan that satisfies multiple interests, Patrick Barnard of the United States Geological Survey focuses on understanding what's going on with sea level rise. And he sees clear problems with Houston's city planning.
"Houston has a lot of oil and gas and groundwater pumped out, so the center of Houston has sunk about 10 feet," Barnard says. "They also paved over all of the wetlands with very little consideration for flood routing, which made them even more exposed."
hese are lessons that can be useful for the Bay Area. For example, San Jose subsided about 12 feet since the first half of the 20th century, so the city curbed groundwater pumping rates over the last 50 years. And salt pond restoration helps extend the South Bay, which creates an alternate route for rising water.
Barnard emphasizes that not only water but sand and earth have natural movements that must also be taken into account when planning. "These beaches need to migrate naturally. … Otherwise, the beach will be pushed between the ocean and wall, and basically drown."
Although the power and value of water is universally recognized, Barnard notes that sand is the second-most used natural resource behind water. And when sand is taken out of a natural system — a practice done in the bay to help make concrete — that natural buffer for storms is eliminated.
"The combination of sediment practices (such as dredging and mining) limits the amount [of sand] that gets out to the coast," Barnard says.
In addition to stronger winter storms causing erosion on Ocean Beach and rising tides flooding from the bay, scientists like Barnard point to a third front: Rising temperatures mean Mother
Nature's perfectly designed water-storage system of snowpack in the Sierras will see less snow and more rain, as well as by earlier melts — which means even more water for the Bay Area to deal with.
"We're probably going to look something like New Orleans, eventually," Barnard says. "We're pretty dug in. Google and Facebook are in very low areas, so we'll need to spend lots on flood protections. It looks like we will do a lot more defending and less retreating."


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package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client;

import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.ClientTests;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.LargeTests;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.CoprocessorHost;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.MultiRowMutationEndpoint;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.NoOpScanPolicyObserver;
import org.junit.BeforeClass;
import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;

/**
 * Test all client operations with a coprocessor that
 * just implements the default flush/compact/scan policy.
 */
@Category({LargeTests.class, ClientTests.class})
public class TestFromClientSideWithCoprocessor extends TestFromClientSide {
  @BeforeClass
  public static void setUpBeforeClass() throws Exception {
    Configuration conf = TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration();
    conf.setStrings(CoprocessorHost.REGION_COPROCESSOR_CONF_KEY,
        MultiRowMutationEndpoint.class.getName(), NoOpScanPolicyObserver.class.getName());
    conf.setBoolean("hbase.table.sanity.checks", true); // enable for below tests
    // We need more than one region server in this test
    TEST_UTIL.startMiniCluster(SLAVES);
  }
}

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The Importance of Vehicle Indoor Air Quality
The coveted "new car smell" is now known to result from chemicals emitted from plastic and leather parts that make up the interior of automobiles. These parts emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs; e.g., benzene, formaldehyde), semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs; e.g., phthalates, trichlorophenyl phosphate [TCPP]), and other chemicals. For example, TCPP is a flame retardant often found in polyurethane foams. Although TCPP provides safety by reducing the risk of these foams igniting in a fire or accident, its semi-volatile nature causes it to release into the car's interior, where passengers can be exposed to its vapor.
VOCs and SVOC affect vehicle interior air quality, or VIAQ. Unfortunately, substantial harms to human health have been linked to interior parts off-gassing VOCs and SVOCs. The confined space of the passenger compartment allows these chemicals to concentrate, reaching levels that may negatively affect human health. Furthermore, heat and ultraviolet light can trigger the additional release of these chemicals, making the risk of exposure to dangerous concentrations of VOCs and SVOCs greatest in the summer, when car interiors can get as hot at 192°F (88°C).1 The breathing of polluted air and cause throat irritation, severe health effects such as asthma and COPD, and an increased risk of cardiovascular issues.2 While this information has been well linked to indoor air quality in buildings (e.g., Sick Building Syndrome), the quality of vehicle indoor air has been comparably overlooked until more recently. Many individuals often spend up to 3 hours per day in their cars. Thus, despite previously escaping scrutiny, designers and producers of this indoor environment are now under growing pressure to improve and regulate VOC and SVOC emission from interior car parts. The accurate analysis of off-gassed VOCs and SVOCs from interior car parts represents an important quality control issue for automotive companies.
The VOCs commonly off-gassed in vehicle interiors that have the greatest potential toxicity to humans include: benzene and formaldehyde (classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) as Group 1 carcinogens), ethyl benzene and styrene (IARC Group 2B carcinogens), and other molecules, such as toluene, xylene, and acetaldehyde. Within the passenger compartment of a new vehicle, the concentration of each of these compounds often exceed the levels deemed safe for extended human exposure.3
Vehicle interior air quality (VIAQ) standards vary widely in different regions of the world, and regulations or voluntary standards on the permissible concentrations of VOC in new vehicles have only been adopted in a handful of countries. Currently, only Russia, Japan, South Korea, and China have national regulations, but next year, changes in the Chinese, European, and U.S. regulations will tighten restriction on vehicle indoor air emissions.4
Currently, automobile manufacturers seem to contend with these regional differences in regulations by making concessions in markets with the tightest requirements, and using their own standards with cars sold in the rest of the world. For example, BMW provides PM 2.5 filters in all its cars sold in China, where consumers are more sensitive to odors. Notably, BMW feels that it cannot change the odor universally through product development without complaints from other markets, leading them to adopt this customization. However, BMW is pushing for a global standard for vehicle indoor air emissions because a global rule would standardize testing and save time.4
GERSTEL's customers in the automotive industry are using GERSTEL products to evaluate VOCs and SVOC s that are off-gassed by interior parts of cars. These materials vary widely and include plastics used for the dashboard, carpet on the floor, foam moldings in the door panels, and more. To measure the VOCs and SVOCs emitted by interior car parts, the parts are placed in sample bags for environmental chamber testing. The concentrations of VOCs and SVOCs can be measured by gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC/MS). Emissions can be measured over time or upon exposure to heat or ultraviolet radiation (simulating the interior vehicle conditions experienced on hot, summer days when cars are parked in direct sunlight).
Thermal desorption instruments enable more accurate and quantitative analysis of VOCs and SVOCs from a sample material. GERSTEL created their first Thermal Desorption Unit for use with the VDA 278 method, which is used by vehicle manufactures to test for VOC emissions and fogging compounds. The GERSTEL TDS was developed to solve a VIAQ problem: the fogging of windshields due to the emissions of SVOC's from the polymers in the dashboard. The VDA 278 method is based on direct thermal extraction, wherein the desorption temperature is the most critical method parameter for successful extraction. The GERSTEL Thermal Desorption System (TDS), fitted with a GERSTEL TDSA Autosampler, allows for precise control of extraction temperature and automated workflow from sample extraction to analysis, thereby maximizing efficiency and producing accurate, reproducible results.5 Importantly, this system can be used for VOC and FOG analysis, the latter of which examines condensable organic compounds that create the "fogging effect." TDS/TDSA systems are regularly used in VDA "round robin" testing to ensure industry-wide compliance with automotive specifications.
Recently, Ford Motor Company has partnered with GERSTEL to use the GERSTEL Dynamic Headspace Station and GERSTEL Thermal Desorption Unit (TDU)to measure semi-volatile emissions from foams and other automotive parts. Vehicle testing at Ford includes measuring VOC and SVOC concentrations in various conditions: indoors or outdoors and with windows open or closed. They capture both standing emissions (exhaust) and compounds off-gassed by interior parts. Samples are heated in sampling bags for 2 hours at 65°C before processing through thermal desorption-GC/MS to analyze VOC. These offerings help Ford, and indeed the International Standards Organization as well, to develop optimized, standardizable, testing methods that can be used to ensure compliance with the changing and developing VIAQ regulations.
In addition to this specific example, GERSTEL has several other products that can improve the reliability, speed, and accuracy of VIAQ analysis. For example, the analysis of airborne aldehydes and ketones requires the collection of these analytes by passing them through 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine (DNPH). GERSTEL MultiPurpose Sampler MPS Robotic can be configured with a special tray to hold DNPH cartridges, with improves the automation of online desorption and analysis of DNPH derivatives. Using the GERSTEL MultiPurpose Sampler MPS Robotic, fitted with the DNPH cartridge and coupled to an Agilent 6460 Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer, the measurement of VOCs and SVOCs from car interior air samples can be analyzed reliably and reproducibly in samples collected using a hand-held air sampler. Importantly, this process can be fully automated. 5
Finally, thermal extraction using the GERSTEL Thermal Extractor (TE) offers an efficient alternative to environmental chamber testing for VOCs and SVOCs in interior spaces in buildings and vehicles, and this approach had been adopted and optimized in the EU, where an AgBB evaluation scheme is used to monitor VIAQ. The large extraction tube of the TE (ID: 14 mm, length of heated zone: 75 mm) can be loaded with much larger and more representative samples than regular thermal desorption tubes. The samples are heated in a flow of inert gas, and the extracted analytes are purged onto an adsorbent tube and concentrated. Thermal Desorption-GC/MS analysis is subsequently performed following the AgBB guidelines. Thermal extraction offers and easier and less costly means to obtain reliable, consistent information on indoor air quality, and it is easily adaptable for VIAQ.6,7
In conclusion, the analysis and control of VIAQ is an important consideration for human health. Vehicle interiors that comply with current and future regulations for vehicle indoor air emissions will be essential to the automotive market. Analysis of VOCs and SVOCs using GC/MS coupled to the GERSTEL Thermal Desorption Unit (TDU) , GERSTEL MultiPurpose Sampler MPS Robotic, and other GERSTEL products will help to ensure automated, reliable, and consistent results, which will be essential for the compliance of automotive companies with the new and evolving regulations.
1) https://environment.about.com/od/pollution/a/toxic_cars.htm
2) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/51886923_Car_indoor_air_pollution_-_Analysis_of_potential_sources
3) https://library.ul.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/40/2015/11/Vehicle-Interior-Air-Quality_final.pdf
4) https://www.plasticsnews.com/article/20160808/NEWS/160809845/bmw-pushes-for-global-standard-on-vehicle-air-quality
5) https://www.gerstelus.com/media/1407/aldehydes-and-ketones.pdf
6) https://www.gerstelus.com/media/1397/2014-06_automated-dnph-aldehydes.pdf
7) https://www.gerstel.com/pdf/GST_GSW_12_22-25_en.pdf
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Assistant Professor of Theater Jeanne Willcoxon has established herself as one of the most enthusiastic, entertaining and engaging professors on campus with an incredibly wide breadth of knowledge. For her undergraduate education, Willcoxon attended Sarah Lawrence College in New York where she studied generalized liberal arts, which was the only major the college offered at the time. After completing her BA, Willcoxon attended the American Repertory Theater's Advanced Theater Training Institute in Cambridge, Mass. Later, she earned her Master's and PhD in theater theory and history at the University of Minnesota.
Before she began to teach, Willcoxon spent time acting and collaborating in Chicago, New York City and Boston.
"I had no health insurance. I had no steady income. I was fine," she said.
Most of her time was spent doing "off-off-Broadway shows" and pieces that were "weird, wonderful stuff." Some of her favorite roles included Nina in The Seagull, Jordan in The Great Gatsby, and both Viola and Sebastian in Twelfth Night.
"I would not recommend ever doing both roles at the same time," Willcoxon said.
In addition, Willcoxon spent time in Germany teaching English.
Willcoxon's favorite part about teaching is her students.
"I think anyone you ask will say the best moment is the students . . . I feel enlightened by the students. And I hope my students sometimes feel enlightened by me," she said.
Besides teaching theater, Willcoxon also directs a show every year, and this spring she will direct the musical Cabaret. For this production she is particularly interested in bringing the culture of Weimar Germany into the show. While Willcoxon does not have a favorite show she has directed, she noted that directing Spring Awakening helped her as a director.


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Clyde Microfiber-KnitTrench Coat
Military styles have always dominated the world of outerwear, and the trench coat is no exception. Developed in 1879 by Thomas Burberry, the coat's initial design was made from a gabardine fabric that was both lightweight, water-repellent, and breathable—unlike its rubberized and waxed predecessors. It featured a double-breasted design, epaulets, a storm-flap collar, and a D-ring belt.
Decades later, when the first World War broke out, British leaders took notice of the coat and commissioned Burberry to produce them at mass scale for soldiers fighting from the depths of muddy trenches—hence the coat's name. The coat's lightness provided soldiers with mobility and flexibility while the water-resistant fabric kept them dry.
It's this utilitarian nature that makes the trench coat one of our favorite modern outwear pieces. For Fall '17, we decided to take our favorite elements of the original trench and reinterpret them for a more contemporary aesthetic. In keeping with the spirit of the original gabardine trench, we decided to use a weather-ready microfiber-knit fabric sourced from Japan.
Milled at the Komatsu Seiren factory in the Ishikawa Prefecture, the fabric is created through a unique bonding method that compresses polyester-nylon microfiber into a suede-like fabric. Through use, the fabric will conform to the shape of its wearer and develop a unique patina, constantly evolving its appearance through wear and tear—much like a beloved pair of raw denim jeans. This high-pressure process also provides the fabric with water-resistance and a rigid structure that softens over time.
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Idanha-a-Velha (het oude Idanha) is een plaats (freguesia) in de Portugese gemeente Idanha-a-Nova en telt 79 inwoners (2001). Idanha-a-Velha is een zeer oude stad gelegen aan de rivier Rio Ponsul, die is gebouwd op het romeinse Aegitania, waarvan de resten nog steeds zichtbaar zijn. Voor toeristen is de stad slechts te voet te bezoeken: autoverkeer is beperkt tot de inwoners. Onder de vele monumenten die de stad rijk is bevinden zich de delen van de oude stadsmuren, de resten van een 16e-eeuwse kerk die is gebouwd op de resten van een kerk uit de 4e eeuw, een vestingruïne en een gerestaureerde olijfolieperserij. Ook de resten van een romeinse brug over de Rio Ponsul zijn goed bewaard gebleven.

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Al in de prehistorie woonden er mensen op de plaats die nu Idanha-a-Velha heet. De stad is meermaals verwoest en opnieuw opgebouwd, en overal in en rond de stad zijn resten te vinden uit onder andere de prehistorie, de Romeinse oudheid, de Visigoten, de periode dat het deel uitmaakte van Al-Andalus en de middeleeuwen. De naam Idanha is een verbastering van Aegitania en pas na de bouw van het "nieuwe" Idanha-a-Nova kreeg de stad haar huidige naam.

Van het jaar 16 tot aan de vierde eeuw was de stad Romeins en telde, naar wordt beweerd, 200.000 inwoners. In de 4e eeuw veroverden de Visigoten de stad. Zij bleven vier eeuwen lang aanwezig. De Visigotische koning Wamba zou in Idanha geboren zijn. Hij liet er een kathedraal bouwen. De stad maakte onder de Visigoten een bloeiperiode door, maar in de achtste eeuw werd Idanha verwoest door de Moren. De stad werd verlaten. Halverwege de 12e eeuw werd door Gualdim Pais, meester van de orde van de Tempeliers, een burcht in Idanha gebouwd. De ooit machtige stad is nooit meer hersteld en in 1836 is Idanha zelfs volledig verlaten. Tegenwoordig wonen er een paar honderd mensen.

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remote vall de boi and preserved past
It is 2098 and the UNESCO adds to the catalogue of cultural heritage the last nine public telephone cabins in a remote almost abandoned town north of Glasgow, Scotland. Especially two of them that are still kept in very good shape at the lobby of the town's hotel. Hundreds of Chinese tourists line to make a call home from the one still functional.
It was the year 2000 when UNESCO catalogued the nine 11th and 12th century Romanesque churches in Vall de Boí. First brought to the attention of the world in the beginning of the 20th century, they remained Romanseque all those years in the remote valley of Boí. Unchanged because of the lack of regional wealth to turn them into a more modern Gothic version of themselves, after once the noble family of Erill, enriched after taking part on the "Reconquista", commissioned them to the best Italian architects of the time.
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PETE WILLIAMS PHOTOGRAPHY returns to ST GEORGE'S BRISTOL as a permanent exhibition.
If you are familiar with Straight no Chaser magazine you will be familiar with classic B&W portraits taken by Peter Williams and his now permanent exhibition in the bar in St George's – the premier live music venue in Bristol – is well worth perusing and it's definitely worth investing in one of his images. All his prints are beautifully printed and framed and are sourced from the photographer's archive (1988 to 2005). The exhibition, like his Chaser Years show at the Maverick Gallery in Shoreditch, features a host of legendary musicians from across the musical spectrum Don Cherry, Joyce, Robert Wyatt, Randy Weston, Busi Mhlongo, Roni Size, DJ Shadow, Nitin Sawhney to name but a few.
Peter Williams' association with St George's started in 2008 with a show in the Crypt when he then supplied images for their vibrant 'Migrations' season. Skilled at sourcing locations which often provide an architectural or filmic narrative Peter is well known for working in a very direct way, with minimal equipment, a location and then shooting for no more than thirty minutes. He is a master of his craft and his relaxed and enthusiastic character is reflected in the photographic relationship he has with his subjects.
On a different tip, Peter also documented the first six months of the seminal Monday night club session That's How It is at Bar Rumba. The club was fronted by Gilles Peterson and Mo Wax's James Lavelle and despite a radical and seriously eclectic music policy is often credited as the birthplace of " trip hop". Peter images will appear in the forthcoming Mo' Wax book Urban Archaeology and look likely to feature in an exhibition at this year's Meltdown.
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