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Tomato season is the perfect time to make up a jar of these nature-sweetened jewels. You can dry a pound for $4.50, instead of spending $10 to $15 on store-bought — or even $20 for the imported ones, which tend to be mostly oil anyway. (Just pick a cool day or keep the air conditioning on — sun-drying is too hard to control.) Use them to brighten up spreads, pasta sauces, pizza toppings, and more.
Preheat oven to 300°F. Line two 15 1/2" by 10 1/2" jelly-roll pans with parchment paper.
In large bowl, combine tomatoes, olive oil, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper. Arrange tomatoes, cut sides up, on prepared pans. Scatter garlic cloves and thyme pieces over tomatoes.
Bake 4 hours and 30 minutes or until tomatoes have collapsed and begun to brown, rotating pans between racks halfway through baking.


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Councillors push seven new cycling routes for completion this year
Public information sessions won't happen because of COVID-19
Jun 1, 2020 11:00 PM By: David Helwig
Cranking hard through coronavirus complications, Sault Ste. Marie councillors are determined to get a major expansion of local cycling options completed in 2020.
Back in February, City Council gave the go-ahead to five new priority cycling routes: Lake Street, MacDonald Avenue, North Street, Korah Road and Goulais Avenue.
They also approved two multi-use paths: Northern Community Centre and James Street/ Machine Shop.
But those February approvals were conditional on notice being given to owners of property fronting on the proposed routes, with public information sessions hosted by the city.
The COVID-19 emergency has tossed a stick into the spokes of public information sessions of any kind, at least for the time being.
So at last week's City Council meeting, Ward 3 Coun. Donna Hilsinger and Ward 4's Marchy Bruni convinced their colleagues to proceed giving public notice about the planned work, without holding public information sessions.
Don McConnell, the city's director, planning and enterprise services, said past information sessions on cycling routes were very well attended.
"There was great interest, McConnell said.
But neighbours who receive notices will be able to look at information on the city's website and to phone city staff to discuss any concerns, "which would be the same thing that we would be doing if we were in a meeting."
Mayor Christian Provenzano pointed out that objections were raised at previous information sessions about cycling routes but City Council nonetheless decided to press on with the initiatives as part of an overall cycling master plan.
"We heard everybody out at council but we moved forward," the mayor said.
"The decision on whether we move forward or not is completely within our jurisdiction."
"It didn't happen last time and I wouldn't expect it would happen this time because these are all decisions that were made in the context of plans that we've already asked staff to work on," Provenzano said.
About the Author: David Helwig
David Helwig's journalism career spans seven decades beginning in the 1960s. His work has been recognized with national and international awards.

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package QueueHandlers;

import org.apache.qpid.jms.JmsConnectionFactory;

import javax.jms.*;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Locale;

import static Util.System.env;

/**
 * Created by Andras on 26/07/2016.
 */
public class JMSListener
{
	private final String user     = env( "ACTIVEMQ_USER",     "admin"     );
	private final String password = env( "ACTIVEMQ_PASSWORD", "password"  );
	private final String host     = env( "ACTIVEMQ_HOST",     "localhost" );
	private final int    port     = Integer.parseInt( env( "ACTIVEMQ_PORT", "5672" ));
	private final String mQueueName;

	private Connection      mConnection;
	private Session         mSession;
	private MessageConsumer mConsumer;

	public JMSListener( String aQueueName )
	{
		mQueueName = aQueueName.toLowerCase();
	}

	public void Connect() throws JMSException
	{
		String connectionURI = "amqp://" + host + ":" + port;

		JmsConnectionFactory factory = new JmsConnectionFactory(connectionURI);

		mConnection = factory.createConnection(user, password);
		mConnection.start();
		mSession = mConnection.createSession(false, Session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE);

		Destination destination = mSession.createQueue(mQueueName);

		mConsumer = mSession.createConsumer(destination);
	}

	public void Disconnect() throws JMSException
	{
		mConnection.close();
	}

	public Serializable Listen() throws JMSException
	{
		System.out.println("Waiting for messages...");

		Message msg = mConsumer.receive( 1000 );
		if (msg instanceof ObjectMessage)
		{
			return ((ObjectMessage) msg).getObject();
		}
		else
		{
			if( msg != null )
				System.out.println("Unexpected message type: " + msg.getClass());
		}
		return null;
	}
}

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Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Pricilla Chan, recently announced their plan to donate the majority of their Facebook shares to charity. As part of this plan, drafted in a letter to their newborn daughter, the couple vowed to focus on personalized learning—an approach that uses technology and tools that adjust to a student's learning needs. This method molds the learning experience to the unique needs of each individual student, giving all students a greater chance of success in the classroom. Not only does this help teachers identify students' strengths and weaknesses, it also monitors the pace at which each student learns.
Zuckerberg and Chan are excited to move forward with this technology, as noted in their letter. They wrote, "We're starting to build this technology now, and the results are already promising. Not only do students perform better on tests, but they gain the skills and confidence to learn anything they want. And this journey is just beginning. The technology and teaching will rapidly improve every year you're in school." Other groups have already done research on this technology, including the Gates Foundation. In one of their studies, they found that students who used personalized learning tools in the classroom made more progress over the course of two years than a control group.
World-renowned Harvard Professor Howard Gardner, whose 1983 book Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences revolutionized the fields of psychology and education, wrote an open letter to Zuckerberg and his wife about how they might best approach personalized learning for maximum effect. In his letter, he envisions several possibilities for how the individualization of the learning process may take place. The most popular version—developed in the mid-twentieth century—is a single learning path, in which the pace of advancement is adjusted to the learner. This approach assumes that there is just one way to learn, but allows each student to learn at his or her own pace.
Macmillan Learning offers an array of personalized learning solutions that engage students and save educators time. Our Sapling Learning online homework solution allows educators to tailor their course to administer homework, track grades, and monitor student progress. And our LaunchPad resource allows students to read, study, and practice skills virtually to help them achieve comprehension without putting extra pressure on the instructor. These tools can help students feel less overwhelmed by courses at all levels, giving them a greater chance of success.
Since no two students learn in the exact same way or at the same pace, personalized learning technology is truly a game changer. These tools can help educators identify which areas a student needs to spend more time on, and allow them to advance in areas they have mastered. In allowing students to progress at the pace they are comfortable with, the learning experience will become more rewarding for them. The technology is also beneficial for instructors, allowing them to focus less on delivering content to the class as a whole and giving them the opportunity to support individual students as needed. They can also use real-time date in order to maximize class performance, bypassing easier topics and spending more time on new or complicated materials.
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Sandy loam texture with a higher pH. Alkaline with higher cation exchange capacity. Its somewhat reddish colour denounces the presence of iron, displaying an unusual structure due to the pomegranate orchard that stood here before.
A land where once stood a pomegranate orchard gave rise to the most emblematic and iconic vineyard of our project. In 1999, the orchard was removed, and then in 2002 the Syrah and Touriga Franca grape varieties were planted. On an undulating slope of medium decline, this vine grew and developed on the roots of the old pomegranate trees, resulting in unique conditions of maturation for these two varieties every year, thus confining the richness of its wine and profile unique and exclusive to this area.
A slightly lighter texture with 70% sand, but higher levels of organic matter.
"With the purpose of further establishing the pledge to one of the most successful Portuguese grape varieties – the Touriga Nacional – this vineyard is planted in 2002.
Vineyard with a steep slope and elevation, with sandy loam soils, poor in organic matter and with a large percentage of limestone.
The Monte Vineyard was born in the year 2000 and was a true bet on the future. The steep slope and southern exposure allow for different levels of maturation for distinct wine profiles, resulting in more than 2 harvests on different dates. The minerality and freshness that we can find here contrast with the ripe fruit and the warm aromas given by the circumstances of the plot.
Sandy loam texture with a high percentage of sand, low in acid and with average levels of organic matter. The proximity to a stream and its smaller orthography contribute to a homogeneity in the soil of this plot.
This block of Touriga Nacional in organic conversion mode was planted in the year 2000. The deep connection to the bordering stream and its proximity to the neighbouring landscape of trees make this block less exposed to the heat, resulting in a totally different profile. Throughout its soil, richer along the stream and poorer at the top, this vineyard favours a fresher Touriga, with less structure, by the stream, and at the top, a more mature profile, with a marked floral character.
Sandy loam texture with a higher percentage of clay, shale, and granite, with a neutral pH and heterogeneous throughout the plot.
This vineyard was planted taking into account the typical varieties of the region: Trincadeira, Alicante Bouschet, and even Touriga Nacional, as well as the Touriga Franca, an uncommon variety in the Alentejo. This Touriga Nacional vineyard has the stream bordering it, as well as the protection that its medium slope offers to the west. The unstressed slope allows for less leached, thus richer, soils, whose heterogeneity is identified and zoned every harvest for each wine profile. The vineyard grows with moderate vigour, with freshness and acidity being the pillars to the character of the grapes it produces every year. In a hot region like this, northern exposure is, quite often, a gift.
The Ribeira Vineyard's Touriga Franca plot, opposite to the Touriga Nacional from the same block, is oriented more towards the south, with a steeper slope and without the protection of the vegetation found around the stream. Here, in this zone of the block, soils are less fertile and more compact. Concentration and elegance are the digital print of the caste in this area.
The Alicante Bouschet block of the Ribeira Vineyard displays poor soils and its exposure to the west/southwest boosts its personality of concentration and richness of fruit. The most Portuguese of the foreign grape varieties greatly benefits from this relationship between sun exposure, slope and soil.
Shallower soil with a sandy loam texture and a higher percentage of clay in the top layer.
The Adega Vineyard, planted in 2000, comes with the very clear intent of producing grapes with different characteristics like no other planted variety could provide in a warm region, namely the acidity and a perfect alcohol balance. The Alfrocheiro variety entirely covers this large plot facing southwest, presenting rich but deep soils, with some compaction beyond 1m depth, which create a natural constraint of vigour to the plant. The natural acidity and the neutrality of its aromas coupled with the specificity of the plot make these grapes perfect for Ravasqueira's sole, unique sparkling wine, produced in small quantities from a careful selection of clusters in each harvest.
Coarse-textured soil with large granite outcrops, visible in the stones and minerals present on the surface, with the presence of some limestone in the deeper layers.
The Taco Vineyard comes to fruition in 2002 and follows the more traditional Alentejo vineyard of the time: Trincadeira Aragonez and Cabernet Sauvignon. The latter would be replaced by the Syrah grape variety in 2010. In a hot climate such as the Alentejo's, the Syrah variety has an almost ideal development, benefiting from the forest and large hill surrounding it at Ravasqueira, which confers it with very different development characteristics from the rest. Aligned along a north-south axis, with exposure mostly to the east, the morning light is balanced by the shadows cast at dusk. The soils of this vineyard are poor and demanding. Here, the Syrah usually has a more mature and intense aromatic profile, but also freshness, fruit of the conditions surrounding this plot.
Poor in organic matter, with a lot of stone, a high percentage of sand and visible minerals from its granitic parent rock.
In 2005, the most southern of the Monte da Ravasqueira vineyards is planted. Among the chosen grape varieties, Aragonez, Trincadeira, and Touriga Nacional, the unfamiliar Sangiovese and Nero d'Avola appear. The passion for Italian wines is at the genesis of the planting of these grape varieties. It is mostly planted in extremely poor soils that are well-drained, and with very rich granite outcrops. With a slope of almost 20 metres between the top and bottom of the block, there is a huge potential for different terroirs, that we try to make the most of every year. There are countless styles of grapes collected from the Touriga Nacional block every harvest, which together would make just one type of wine, but by zoning and separating, we can obtain grapes with a distinct and unique profile.
Coarse-textured soil with 70% sand, a neutral pH, and good levels of organic matter.
The choice of grape variety for this vineyard, planted in 2002, was not consensual. Eventually, the Aragonez and white Chardonnay varieties were the ones planted, with the latter being done so at a later stage and grafted with the Alvarinho and Viognier castes. The Colos Vineyard, where the Alvarinho and Viognier grapes once again form a successful partnership, is a vineyard with the opposite characteristics of the Monte Vineyard. We can say that they are a mirror of each other, but not its reflection. Facing southeast, it benefits from the cold air that rests by the stream, as well as the shade cast over it in the late afternoon. The minerality and freshness are the main attributes of this Ravasqueira micro-terroir, perhaps derived from these eminently granitic soils.
Coarse sandy loam soil, with a large percentage of sand and pebble stones. Low pH.
In 2002, the passion for French white wines spoke louder and the French grape varieties Semillon and Marsanne, along with the very Portuguese Arinto, were introduced to Ravasqueira. We can say that the Penedo Gordo Vineyard is the antithesis of what is expected to be found on an estate with over 3000 hectares: a tiny block, covering just over a hectare, with three different grape varieties, Arinto, Semillon, and Marsanne. The soil is rich and fertile, but it is its proximity to the stream and location in a low zone surrounded by hills, that guard the acidity and freshness found in these grapes. The name Penedo Gordo is inspired by the enormous granite rock that was removed during the preparation of the plantation, which could not but be the greatest proof of relationship between the terroir and its expression in our wines.
Higher in pH, with a sandy loam texture, and deeper than the other blocks.
Planted in 2002, the Serra Brava had in its genesis the ambition to be a worthy representative of one of the largest Alentejo castes, the Alicante Bouschet. Although the plot presents quite a variety in its soils, due to the proximity of part of the vineyard to a branch of the stream, it is the poverty of these soils that most characterise it. The most vigorous rootstock is very representative of this same observation at the time of soil preparation. The reflection of the minerals released by the erosion of the granitic parent rock is very clear, as is the involvement of the vineyard facing east and the surrounding orography that allows for protection in the driest and hottest years. The freshness transmitted is evident and the longevity of the wines it produces, a certainty.


実は、みんなが気づかない間にアートディレクターのANTHONYが、コモンスペースをなんとDISCOに改造!光るネックレスとサングラスを付けたら、準備万端!電気を消して、Disco ballを点けたら、LET THE PARTY BEGIN!!!
Waking up early always come with a treat. Campers join the "Early Bird" club around 6:15 am to play fun activities. Today's "Early Bird" club was lead by our Japanese calligraphy director, Kotaro! Under the morning sunshine, Kotaro and the campers did air swimming. Kotaro also showed us his air Japanese calligraphy!
Today's breakfast was prepared by Pappy Smile. The fresh milk we drink everyday is from a special farm in Nagano.
The above picture is our image character for the milk, Ms. Milk, our drama director Seiko Tano!
Delicious breakfast follows with today's activities. The campers chose from dance, field, tennis, and golf for the morning sport activities.
The Activity Director for Dance was Takako who played in the musical "Cats" as a member of the Gekidan Shiki (Four season theater). Takako's motto is to "have fun no matter what while dancing." The campers learned difficult dance steps so they can perform on stage on Parent's Day. Takako was so amazed how fast the campers learned the steps!
After Sports Time, Una-jyu (Eel Bowl) was prepared for the starving campers. Many campers who didn't like Unagi managed to eat this one. The soft and sweet Unagi captured the campers hearts. It was delicious!
Today's MSTERIO letter was "T". T stands for Teamwork. If everyone cooperates they can accomplish so much more.
A: "Do you want to hang out?"
Now the campers know how to invite each other to play together in English!
In the afternoon there were indoor activities.
The answer is... "Kokoro (Heart)." This kanji is made out of 4 door radicals that combine to make a heart. Isn't it interesting to think of the origin of characters?
Today's art class was sculpture! The campers got to pick flowers from the mountains to make a miniature flower arrangement. Then they made an imitation of the flower arrangement using different materials such as pipe cleaners, rocks, shells, etc. Shells even transformed into beautiful flowers!
Dinner was fresh vegetables from WoodyMock's small farm. Stir fried gigantic zucchinis, pickled fresh cucumbers, and boiled green beans.
Our main dish was Pizza!!! Pizza night also means.... DISCO NIGHT!!!
Anthony, our art director, secretly transformed our lobby space into a Disco! Turn off the light, put on some glowing necklaces and shutter shades and you're ready to go. LET THE PARTY BEGIN!!!
What made the night even better was Sarasa from WoodyMock who made us a MSTERIO cake!
The awesome night came to an end with MSTERIO Songs. Everyone got together and made a large circle singing along together.
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The fire at the Cuban oil storage facility looks more like an American sabotage
For the second day in Cuba, an oil storage facility is blazing in the port city of Matanzas, located on the northern coast, 90 km from the capital of the island country of Havana. According to official information, one of the tanks was struck by lightning, causing a major fire. The fire then spread and caused the second tank to explode.
According to preliminary data, 1 person died, another 17 people went missing, 121 people were injured (all hospitalized), of which 5 are in critical condition, and 3 are in serious condition. Among the victims there are journalists and officials who were the first to arrive at the scene of the emergency. Now firefighters and military personnel continue to fight the fire.
The fire started on the evening of 5 August. The surroundings were covered with clouds of black smoke. Authorities have begun evacuating the surrounding areas, home to 140 people. Cuba was supported by Mexico and Venezuela, who sent planes with humanitarian aid, technique and specialists. The first reservoir contained about 26 thousand cubic meters of black gold, and the second - 52 thousand cubic meters of hydrocarbon raw materials. Cuban authorities say it could take time to put out the fire, and even a fire helicopter is involved.
In turn, netizens noticed that the oil storage facility had been working successfully for years, having survived more than one natural disaster. However, at the time of the global fuel crisis, lightning "accidentally" and very "successfully" struck the most important facility of the fuel and energy complex, moreover, in a country that has been experiencing a shortage of oil and oil products for decades. Now the situation with fuel in Cuba will become even more complicated.
What happened is more like a diversion, which the United States suspected of committing. Washington is hostile to Havana. Cuba has been under US sanctions for over 60 years, the longest economic blockade in the world. The Americans could well take a similar step in a neighboring country, on whose territory they even have a naval base in Guantanamo Bay, which is leased indefinitely. Washington hopes for the start of mass protests by Cubans due to lack of fuel and power cuts to change the government, as is happening in other countries.
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American evil rats climb into all the cracks, just to spoil. The vile and deceitful rabble feel that kirdyk is coming to them, . Shapoklyak is a bummer everywhere - in Syria, and in Ukraine, and in Taiwan, the old woman Shapoklyak traveled in vain.


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Dinwiddie County declares itself 'Second Amendment Sanctuary'
By Enzo Domingo | November 21, 2019 at 7:15 PM EST - Updated November 21 at 11:36 PM
DINWIDDIE, Va. (WWBT) - Dinwiddie County now joins a handful of other Virginia counties in voting to defend gun rights.
Voting in of the Second Amendment Resolution drew in hundreds of people to Tuesday's supervisor's meeting.
Dinwiddie Supervisor William Chavis says hunting is a big part of the culture down here, with most people owning a firearm.
"We live rural. We have a lot of animals out here. I live in the middle of 100 acres; there's coyotes, bears," said a Dinwiddie County resident, who only wanted to go by 'Rhonda'.
Hunting, along with personal protection, are part of the reason why the county board of supervisors passed the resolution.
"We have rights to bear arms. Point blank. And our county, we have a lot of hunters, lots of sportsmen that like to sport shoot," Chairman Chavis said.
The resolution passed on a four to zero vote, with member Brenda Ebron-Bonner abstaining.
The movement has spread across Virginia since Election Day when Democrats gained control of the General Assembly. That opened to door for more gun control measures.
Many in Dinwiddie believe their constitutional rights are threatened.
"I'm really glad that somebody in Virginia is stepping up," said Gene Brown.
Dinwiddie is the sixth Virginia county to declare itself a 2nd Amendment Sanctuary. Two more may follow suit.
But Chairman Chavis says the resolution does not mean the county will ignore state law:
"We're not saying 'No, we're not going to stand by the law.' or 'This county isn't going to stand by the law.' Wrong. Absolutely wrong. We stand firm on the second amendment, we believe we have the right to bear arms."
Dinwiddie supervisors say they want the state to know they don't want county funds to be used to restrict gun rights.
Enzo Domingo
Enzo comes to Richmond by way of Jersey City, NJ. His news career originally started behind the camera as a Studio Director for News 12 New Jersey.
2nd Amendment supporters from all over Virginia come to Richmond for Lobby Day
Whether they were on wheels or on foot, plenty of people showed up for a Second Amendment rally in downtown Richmond.
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Amtrak halting Va. routes ahead of Presidential Inauguration
Va. gubernatorial candidate releases plan to expand affordable child care
Court rules Charlottesville's tax on freelance authors is unconstitutional
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Cut half avocado into slices or cubes.
Drizzle dressing made of lemon juice (from half lemon) and honey.
Sprinkle fresh ground black pepper.
There are many variations you can try depending on your palate or meal pairings. Another summer version I like is to cut fruits like green apples, grapes or strawberries and make a citrus dressing from olive oil and oranges or grapefruit.
For a savory twist, add crushed red pepper flakes your favorite cheese and use balsamic vinaigrette instead of honey. All you have to do is try different combinations.
For the version I'm enjoying tonight, I invested no more than five minutes to prepare and mix the ingredients and have spent approximately $1.50 – $2.00 for a medium size salad!
What are your favorite easy salad recipes?


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ORIGINAL LODGE BUILDING TO BE TAKEN DOWN
The Lodge that has life changing memories attached to it will be taken down in the coming month. This plan has been in the works for many years. The building has been assessed and this decision was made because of many issues surrounding fixing it's problems as well as bringing it up to the present code. Built between 1979 and 1981, the lodge symbolized a huge step of faith for SABC leaders and community members. SABC had been located on a plot of land just West and North of Vauxhall, AB since 1954. There were some issues with this site – the camp did not own the property, the buildings were in desperate need of upgrades, the swimming pool dugout was condemned, and the location did not lend itself to being an ideal place to hold camp. The board of directors took it upon themselves to find another location in the late 70's.
Lynn Ruggles was a board member at that time. The Ross Ruggles family had a piece of property on the Travers Reservoir that he thought would be a perfect location for a Bible camp… but he had to get the permission of his 5 brothers and sisters – Tom, Frank, Carol, Iona and Phil. When he approached each of them about this, there was not one hesitation. They unanimously agreed that they should offer this land to the camp as a permanent location. The Lord was working in each of their hearts to allow this to happen. We are so thankful for the generosity, faithfulness, and vision of the Ruggles family. God has done more than we ever could have imagined.
There are many stories that live on. Vern Beck tells the story of driving cement trucks from Bow Island and getting them stuck in the prairie trails that led to the camp property at the time (think about it – a cement truck stuck in the mud equals a disaster!) There was also the time when volunteers were putting up trusses and a ring got caught up on a nail and a finger was lost. There were Electricians that did the drywalling and farmers that did the flooring, and somehow it all got done! The gift of these volunteers laid a strong foundation for SABC and has enabled us to progress to where we are today.
It was a noisy place. The dining room was directly above the chapel. When there were 150 young people jumping up and down during a game or a camp song, the whole floor moved! The kitchen was state of the art and many meals were prepared for guests and volunteers. Most importantly, the lodge was a place where the Gospel was shared with thousands of people. The life-giving message of hope and love was proclaimed loud and clear. And many gave their lives to Christ for the very first time. This is the legacy that will continue to live on as we replace the old with the new.
We have salvaged much from the old building. The dishwasher was given to another camp and some of the furniture and beds were given to another non profit. The rock from both fireplaces has been salvaged and will be installed on fireplaces in the new building. We know those founders of SABC would take joy in how God is continuing to bless their efforts.
Do you have any memories from the Heritage Lodge? We'd love to hear from you. You can share them on our facebook page.
RANDOM FACTS ABOUT THE HERITAGE LODGE
1) Size: 14,789 ft2
2) Rooms: 18
3) Cost to build: Roughly $1 Million 4) Entrance Addition added 1997
5) Summers in operation: 1981-2018
VISION 75 UPDATE
The SABC board recently approved the go ahead to begin the final phase of Vision 75 – replacing the Heritage Lodge. Silver Ridge Construction has been hired to manage the project. Alvin Fritz and his team designed the building. It is projected to be a 16 month build so the camp will operate next summer without this space. Of the $4 million cost, there is $1.5 million cash on hand with pledges totalling another $350,000 over the next 2 years. The board is confident in our plan to raise $550,000 annually in order to end up with a $1 million mortgage at the end of 2021. Please have a look at our recently updated website for more information. As well, cabins have been constructed over the past year. The Vulcan area churches have combined forces and will complete the final two cabins this spring!
We are thankful for the overwhelming response from our local community. Additionally, the camp will be constructing a washhouse to go with these cabins. This project will be completed by volunteers during the months of April to June. We are looking for some help with general labourer for these months. If you are able to help, please contact our office. We are thankful for the many that have already stepped forward to help.
LETHBRIDGE AND MEDICINE HAT POLICE TAKE PART IN JOINT TRAINING EXERCISES AT SABC
Once the salvage effort was completed, the old lodge building was offered to the Tactical Police Teams in Lethbridge and Medicine Hat. The squad leader mentioned
to our staff, "There are not many opportunities like this that come up for us to use real buildings and break down real windows and doors. Our team benefited so much from being out here."
Camp staff are already very busy preparing for this summer. There
are many volunteer and paid work opportunities for individuals of all ages. Please look on our website or phone the office for more information.
Register soon as we anticipate having another full summer of campers!
SOME ITEMS WE ARE LOOKING FOR
These are a few things that we are looking for:
• Canoes
• Kayaks
• LED TV
• Random cool mugs
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How To: Using m0n0wall to create a Wireless Captive Portal
David Cook
m0n0wall
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The freedom of wireless networking is now a reality for everybody with a suitably equipped device. At one time too expensive for everything other than corporate use on a business network, Wi-Fi is now mainstream. In many respects, this is due to Intel's extensive marketing of its Centrino brand, launched in mid-March 2003.
Despite concerns over the relative insecurity of WEP encryption, wireless networks are everywhere. The speed increase and value for money offered by 802.11g has only accelerated the take-up, increasingly by home users attracted by being able to network computers together and share broadband Internet connections.
It is not just home users that now want to share access. Taking lead from the big-boys such as Starbucks, Costa Coffee and McDonalds among others, even the small coffee shop and diner owner wants to provide wireless Internet access as a value-added service to their laptop PC and PDA using customers. The D-Link Airspot and SAGEM F@st range of Hotspot Gateways are two of a number of commercial devices that have been developed specifically for this growing market complete with user control, ticket printers and billing.
However there is another more altruistic group of wireless Internet providers such as NYCwireless (New York City), Socal Free Net (San Diego) in the USA and Airwan (Cardiff) and Pier To Pier (Brighton) in the UK. These community projects are driven by people willing to share spare bandwidth on their Internet connections with the public at large for free.
Here though, free is as in 'free beer', rather than free as in 'freedom'. While members of these groups are more than happy for their spare bandwidth to be used, the last thing they want is for their bandwidth to be abused. The functionality in m0n0wall can assist in giving a degree of control over this.
So what is a Captive Portal?
The m0n0wall [reviewed here] implementation of a Captive Portal was introduced in one of the early betas of m0n0wall v1.1 earlier this year. This was largely the work of Dinesh Nair with assistance from Manuel Kasper and the other m0n0wall developers.
Basically, the Captive Portal is a web page that users/clients are forced to visit before they are granted access to the Internet. This web page can have a number of purposes, but primarily it allows you to:
• Notify users of your Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) which they have to agree to before they are granted access to the Internet.
• Tell users anything else relevant to the access they are being granted, ports and services that are restricted, details of sponsors, who they should buy beer for in thanks :-) etc.
Alternatively, the Captive Portal can configured to authenticate users with a UserID and Password against a RADIUS server before they are granted Internet access. RADIUS is a standard protocol for remote user authentication and accounting used in "enterprise" grade networks and by some ISPs.
This has given rise to widespread support for RADIUS by most Unixes and Unix-like operating systems. MS Windows Server also has an implementation called Internet Authentication Services which authenticates against both local accounts and a centralised NT4 Domain or Active Directory.
User Authentication is of more relevance on a private network as a way of controlling access to the Internet. So for this article, I will concentrate on configuring the Captive Portal for unauthenticated access.
Using a Captive Portal to access the Internet
For the purposes of this article, let's imagine a Community Cafe. In the Cafe, there are a number of open access PCs connected to an Ethernet network. The Cafe also provides a wireless network for customers visiting with laptop PCs and other wireless devices.
I'm using the straightforward scenario of a Cafe, but this could just as easily be someone sharing broadband Internet with their immediate neighbours, or a school or other educational institution.
Figure 1 shows a diagram of my hypothetical Cafe network. The Internet connection is some sort of broadband, cable, xDSL etc. and the Cafe network is physically connected by a router on the WAN interface of a m0n0wall firewall (grey).
Figure 1: Community Cafe Network
(click on the image for a larger view)
The m0n0wall firewall has two further interfaces: the LAN interface that connects PCs used in the administration and day-to-day running of the Cafe (green); and the PORTAL interface that connects to a wired Ethernet LAN (in green) and wireless LAN via an access point (in orange) to provide client devices managed access to the Internet.
In running this network for the Cafe we need to:
protect PCs used for running the Cafe (connected on the LAN interface) from both the Internet and clients on the PORTAL interface
protect clients connected on the PORTAL interface from the Internet
control the Internet ports and services clients connected on the PORTAL interface can use
ensure that clients using the Internet first agree to an Acceptable Use Policy before granting access
You'll see that m0n0wall provides all the necessary functionality to meet these requirements.
Connecting the Cafe Admin and Open Access PCs is relatively straightforward. All that's required is a couple of Ethernet hubs or switches - one is connected to the LAN interface of the m0n0wall firewall for the Cafe Admin PCs, the second to the PORTAL interface for the Cafe Open Access PCs and wireless access point.
Customers of the Cafe could then use one of the fixed Open Access PCs provided which would already be configured for using the Internet. Customers with their own notebooks would have to do some simple configuration so they can use the wireless hotspot:
Configure the wireless adapter to be a DHCP client (Obtain IP address automatically)
Select the Captive Portal's SSID to connect
Both groups of customers would find that initially, general access to the Internet would be blocked. To access the Internet, they would need to launch a web browser. When the browser attempts to connect to its Home Page, it will be redirected to the Portal's Terms and Conditions or Acceptable Use Policy on the Portal Page. Internet access will be granted by simply clicking on an "I Accept" or similar button on this page until the alloted connection time expires.
Tip: If we were only providing a wireless hot-spot for customers with laptop PCs etc, the wireless access point could be connected directly to the PORTAL interface of the m0n0wall using a CAT5 cross-over cable in place of a hub/switch and two normal CAT5 cables.
Tip: A managed switch supporting 802.1Q VLANs could be used in place of two unmanaged hubs/switches and separate LAN and PORTAL interfaces. m0n0wall would then only need two physical network interfaces, one for the WAN and another for both the 802.1Q LAN and PORTAL virtual interfaces. See this post from the m0n0wall mailing list for an example.
Setting it all up
We've had a quick look at the structure of a network where the Captive Portal may be useful and how it will allow us to control access to the Internet. Let's now look at the detail of getting it configured and running.
The basics of m0n0wall were covered in my previous article covering v1.0 of the software. If you are new to m0n0wall, this covers hardware installation and getting m0n0wall up and running. The set up process below assumes you already have a version of m0n0wall v1.1 running on either a standalone PC or one of the embedded PC platforms I discussed in my m0n0wall review.
The steps are:
Configure the PORTAL network interface
Configure DHCP to hand out a suitable IP configuration to clients (PCs and other devices)
Configure the Captive Portal itself, connection time-outs etc.
Upload the HTML for the portal page
Step 1: Configure the PORTAL network interface
m0n0wall requires a minimum of two physical network interfaces for the LAN and WAN. You could run the captive portal on the LAN interface, however this would allow anonymous users access to any of your PCs/Servers on the LAN as well as your Internet connection unless you connected those users via a VLAN-capable switch.
A more secure method is to put the Captive Portal on a separate interface in the same way as it is good practice to put Internet-facing servers on a separate interface, normally referred to as a DMZ (demilitarised zone). As I pointed out previously, this has the benefit of letting you establish separate firewall rules for the two classes of users.
m0n0wall handles additional network interfaces as Optional interfaces. In my case, I'm using a PC Engines WRAP, so I have a third physical Ethernet interface that I am going to use for the Captive Portal. As you can see in Figure 2, m0n0wall allows you to rename the interface for ease of identification.
Figure 2: Configuring the PORTAL interface
Note that the network address / subnet used isn't too important as long as it is not the same as your LAN and either:
a private network that meets RFC 1918 (10/8, 172.16/12, 192.168/16), typically a network between 192.168.1.0/24 and 192.168.254.0/24
a subnet of public IP addresses assigned by your ISP and routed to your m0n0wall
I used 192.168.11.0/24 (subnet mask 255.255.255.0) which allows 254 valid IP addresses. Of those I have assigned:
192.168.11.1 to the Portal interface of m0n0wall
192.168.11.2 to the wireless AP
To provide wireless access, I am going to use a stand-alone access point instead of trying to use m0n0wall's built-in wireless support. This lets us use any off-the-shelf access point instead of limiting us to the relatively small set of WLAN chipsets supported by m0n0wall (and FreeBSD). It also frees us from having to use a mini-PCI WLAN card with either the Soekris or PCEngines WRAP embedded platforms or having to add a PC Card / CardBus adapter so that we can use a CardBus WLAN card with a desktop.
I used a BuffaloTech WLA-G54C-1 G54 Compact Access Point while writing this article. It's relatively inexpensive (I paid around $74) and supports both 802.11b and 802.11g standards. For more details, please have a look at Tim Higgins' review. Since I didn't have a cross-over cable handy, I simply plugged the Portal interface of the WRAP and the AP into a 10mbps hub.
I won't be covering the configuration of the AP itself in this article, since that's adequately covered by your AP's user manual and there is nothing in particular that needs to be set for use with the m0n0wall Captive Portal.
Step 2: Configure DHCP
The next step is to configure DHCP on the PORTAL interface to allow Captive Portal users to automatically pick up their IP configuration when they connect. Here you need to allocate a range of IP addresses which will be leased. Figure 3 shows that I allocated 192.168.11.101 to 192.168.11.150, effectively restricting the captive portal to 50 concurrent users. You also need to enable the DHCP server on the PORTAL interface using the 'check-box' at the top of the screen.
Figure 3: Portal Interface DHCP configuration
As I am not expecting lots of users, I have left the DHCP lease times at their default settings. On a busy Captive Portal with many users you may want to set the lease time similar to the hard timeout.
Step 3: Configure the Captive Portal
Now we need to configure the Captive Portal itself. Figure 4 shows there are three tabs for this: Captive Portal; Pass-though MAC; and Allowed IP Addresses.
The first thing to do is choose the interface to run the Captive Portal on. You can see I've chosen the optional interface, PORTAL, that I previously configured. Next are the timeouts - idle and hard - that disconnect a client from the portal. The timeouts are just a tidying-up process, since in our no-authentication setup, clients are able to immediately reconnect to gain access to the Internet. The idle timeout disconnects a client after the defined period of network inactivity and the hard timeout forces client disconnection after the programmed period from the start of the current connection.
Figure 4: Captive Portal Configuration
The Logout popup window checkbox controls whether a popup window with a logout button comes up when clients are first allowed through the portal. It allows clients to manually disconnect themselves before the timeouts occur.
Figure 5: Captive Portal Logout Popup
The RADIUS server and Authentication error page areas are used to configure the Portal to authenticate users with a username and password before they are granted access. These aren't relevant for enabling open access, so I won't cover them here.
Step 4: Create the Captive Portal Page
This brings us to the Portal page contents. The Portal page is displayed when a client first attempts to connect through the Portal. Access to the Internet is blocked until the user brings up a web browser and clicks the Submit button on the webpage that will appear. Clicking the Submit button indicates that they have read and understood the contents of the page. The user is then allowed access to the Internet via the Portal, still restricted by any firewall rules that may be in place until either the idle or hard timeout is reached.
The Portal page contents are customisable and you can upload any valid HTML from a file as long as it contains the following form HTML
<form method="post" action="">
<input name="accept" type="submit" value="I Agree">
Note that while the example above shows the value of the submit button to be "I Agree", it can be anything you like. Typically the Portal page would contain information regarding any restrictions in place and an Acceptable Use Policy (AUP).
You might notice that there is no way of uploading content files such as images to m0n0wall for the Portal page. As discussed in the previous article, m0n0wall is designed to run completely from RAM so images, Flash objects, etc. would quickly start eating into available memory. You can, however, host content files elsewhere, such as a webserver on the LAN interface or on the Internet and reference them in your uploaded Portal Page contents HTML. These can be added using HTML syntax like:
<img src="http://portal.dave-cook.org.uk/images/CommunityCafe.gif">
This on its own isn't enough, however, since m0n0wall will block access to the webserver until the Submit button on the Portal page has been clicked! This would also be the case if you had whole websites that you would want Portal clients to be able to access before they were granted free access to the Internet. This could be an FAQ about the Portal service itself, or the websites of sponsors and advertisers.
Fortunately, the Allowed IP Addresses feature allows you to unblock access to specific IP addresses that clients can freely access without being required to pass through the Portal page. This functions in two ways.
To IP addresses - allowing access to remote websites and such
From IP addresses - which could be used to allow known clients with statically configured IP access to the Internet
Updated 2 October 2004
Figure 6 shows that I have allowed access to my webserver on the LAN for the Portal page images and to two other Internet websites that I am promoting on the Portal page. Configuring access to websites with IP addresses, rather than their DNS name, can cause problems if the sites move IP addresses frequently or like www.tomshardware.com, have multiple IP addresses which would all have to be configured separately.
The final entry is in the opposite direction, allowing my wireless access point to addresses beyond the Captive Portal. This is so that I can use its web adminstration from the LAN network, without this reponses to my connection attempts from the LAN network would be blocked by the Captive Portal.
Figure 6: Captive Portal - Allowed IP Addresses
Access to known clients can also be granted by MAC address using the Pass-through MAC page. This is a better method than static IP addresses, as it allows the client to still pick up their IP configuration by DHCP.
As an example, my finished Portal page is shown in Figure 7. It is not going to win any prizes for website design, but all the basic elements are there. The Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) was created by amending the AUP in place at www.piertopier.net. If you want to use it as a starting point it downloadable here as a text file, and the page HTML here.
Figure 7: Finished Portal Page
Captive Portal Management
Once the Captive Portal is set up, there is little to do in the way of ongoing management. You can keep an eye on how many clients and who have connected via the Status -> Captive Portal page. You can also forcibly disconnect clients, though there is no way of permanently barring them from the Portal.
Figure 8: Captive Portal Status
If you really had a problem client, you could attempt to stop them from using the Portal by statically allocating an IP address to their MAC address and then blocking this IP address with a firewall rule. Not elegant, but it could work with someone with little technical knowledge. However, this is easily circumvented by somebody either manually configuring a valid static IP in the same range and connecting with that, or 'spooifng' the MAC address of their wireless interface so they appeared to the portal to be another client, something relatively simple to do under MS Windows 2000 and XP.
Something you have to pay attention to when allowing unknown clients access to your networks and Internet connection is security. m0n0wall is relatively secure by default, however there are a few things to consider:
Don't allow the portal subnet access to ANY in a firewall rule
Using ANY will grant access to all networks connected to the firewall, including the network on your LAN interface and any other optional interfaces.
Block direct access to your PORTAL interface IP address and your WAN interface IP address from your portal network
This will prevent Portal clients from being able to access the m0n0wall administration GUI.
Block access to SMTP (port 25) from the Portal network
Since most people have access to web mail, this will prevent users from intentionally (Spammers) or unintentionally (those inadvertently infected with Viruses, Trojans and Worms) sending out bulk email from your Internet connection.
Limit the bandwidth available to your portal network with Traffic Shaping
If you are using your Internet connection for other purposes than the Captive Portal - providing Internet access to your LAN for example - limit the bandwidth available to your Portal network with m0n0wall's Traffic Shaping features. This will prevent clients on the portal network from using all available bandwidth.
Figure 9 shows the firewall rules I placed on the PORTAL interface that adequately protect my network while still allowing fairly free access to the Internet for the portal clients. The first three rules block all NetBIOS traffic - an essential practice on all Internet-facing connections. These are followed by a rule blocking all outbound SMTP (Port 25) connections.
Figure 9: m0n0wall Firewall Rules on the PORTAL interface
The fifth rule down blocks HTTP connections to the PORTAL interface itself (m0n0wall will allow Web Admin on all interfaces if firewall rules allow). This is followed by a similar rule that blocks HTTP connections to the small subnet between the WAN interface of the firewall and the inside interface of my DSL router, again stopping Web Admin access on both the m0n0wall and my DSL router.
Second to last is a rule that allows access to my LAN, but only for HTTP to a server (HOMER) that hosts the images for the portal page. The last rule allows any connection (if not previously blocked) to anywhere other than the LAN network.
Tip: Blocking SMTP on a Captive Portal has been the subject of discussion on the m0n0wall mailing lists in recent weeks. While some see it as protecting the network they are providing from being used for spamming, others see it as being at odds with providing free, unrestricted access to the Internet.
Dana Spiegel, director of the community-based organization NYCwireless, has stated: "NYCwireless has a totally unrestricted network where we've never seen a spammer send out millions of spam messages".
One approach suggested is to severely limit the bandwidth available for SMTP mail to discourage anyone from sending bulk email. In the end, it is the decision of whoever provides the Portal / HotSpot and what they are comfortable with.
I have shown how m0n0wall v1.1 can be used to allow free, but controlled, access to the Internet. Like m0n0wall in general, the implementation is relatively simple but very flexible, as one user pointed out when I was researching this article:
"What I like is that you can build a wireless DMZ using completely different types of APs (wireless access points) and it doesn't make a difference because the m0n0wall is doing all of the authentication and firewalling. So really those APs become nothing more then dumb bridges."
In the true spirit of a Open Source project, the m0n0wall Captive Portal doesn't provide any functionality for metering and billing the Captive Portal clients. If you want these features, you'll have to look to commercial products.
The main potential difficulty of providing 'open access' is the inability to permanently prevent a persistent abuser connecting to the Captive Portal. This is not a limitation particular to the m0n0wall implementation, just of the anonymous way you are allowing clients to connect and the relative ease of pretending to be somebody different with a simple change of MAC address.
The most common abuse is going to be the persistent 'bandwidth hogger'. This should be relatively easy to control with a combination of sensible firewall rules, blocking bandwidth-intensive services such as peer-to-peer networks, and controlling the amount of bandwidth in use with m0n0wall's Traffic Shaping feature. So I'll show you how to use m0n0wall's very powerful Traffic Shaping capability in my next article.
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Cricket: UAE shatter Zimbabwe's World Cup dreams
23rd March 2018 Sport
Zimbabwe lost a World Cup qualifying thriller by just three runs to the United Arab Emirates on Thursday, allowing Afghanistan and Ireland to clash in a winner-takes-all tie for a place in the 2019 finals.
Chasing a rain-affected target of 230 off 40 overs, Zimbabwe needed six off the last ball to win the Super Six match and join already-qualified West Indies in the 2019 showpiece.
But Craig Ervine was only able to take two off man-of-the-match Mohammad Naveed and the home side's hopes were dashed.
The UAE, who had no chance of qualifying for the finals, made 235-7 off 47.5 overs with Rameez Shazhad hitting a top score of 59.
After a delay for rain at the Harare Sports Club, Zimbabwe were set a DLS target of 230 off 40 overs but despite a run-a-ball 80 from Sean Williams, the home side never recovered from a poor start which saw them slip to 45-3 at one stage.
On Friday, Afghanistan and Ireland will meet at the same venue with the winner guaranteed a place in the 2019 finals in England and Wales.


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Twitterati respond to Jeremy Corbyn's general election speech
Jeremy Corbyn's poll numbers are a lot better than Ed Miliband's ... - businessinsider.com
Political commentators have mostly positive response to Corbyn's speech – except Piers Morgan
by Ben Sherlock (article) and Parasshuram Shalgar (video)
20 April 2017 at 14:58 20 April 2017 at 14:58
Jeremy Corbyn has given a hotly-discussed speech announcing the Labour Party's plans in the event that they win the general election in June that current Prime Minister Theresa May has sprung upon us all of a sudden. He's taken a very anti-establishment stance with his strategy and he wants to close up the divide between the haves and the have-nots and wipe out the one percent in order to share the wealth amongst everybody in the country who has "a contribution to make and a life to lead." After the speech, there was a Q&A session with reporters. Now, political commentators have taken to social media to share their response to Corbyn's remarks, and it's mostly very positive.
The response to Corbyn's speech is mostly glowing
Nick Robinson from the BBC tweeted that "no-one should be surprised" by Corbyn's anti-establishment campaign. He said that Corbyn being "long on passion" and "short on details" is the "story of his life." Meanwhile, Tim Sculthorpe from the Daily Mail called the speech a "good start" to the Labour campaign with a "decent speech" that avoided difficult questions from journalists "reasonably elegantly."
Laura Kuenssberg, also from the BBC, made note of Corbyn's "only tiny mention of Brexit" in his speech, whereas May is very Brexit-centric in her campaign. Piers Morgan, who never holds back his right-wing views, accused Corbyn of "politics of envy" for "savaging" the establishment. Kevin Schofield, the editor of PoliticsHome, says that despite the fact he didn't quite answer "the media's questions...at least (he) took them – unlike Theresa May."
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Ian Crook is urging players and fans to simply enjoy the game against the Newcastle Jets on Saturday evening as the fixture closes in on being sold out.
The Sydney FC Head Coach was part of the club-s inaugural A-League backroom staff in the 2005/06 Championship winning season and is aware occasions like this don-t come along too often.
"It-ll be a great atmosphere here on the weekend obviously with Alessandro-s first game at home," he said.
Sydney FC hope to break their record attendance for a regular A-League fixture, which stands at over 33,000.
Crook will need to replace young star Terry Antonis after the 18 year old was ruled out with concussion, sustained the 2-0 defeat in Wellington.
"We-ve got a couple of options at the moment whether we put young (Hagi) Gligor in or Dimi Petratos.
"We-ll assess things from today and some other stuff from the other day, then myself, Bimbi (Steve Corica - Asst Coach) and Spider (Zeljko Kalac - Goalkeeper coach) will sit down and decide that," he concluded.
Saturday-s game will be preceded by a celebrity match with a Unicef team including Wallabies World Cup Winning captain Nick Farr-Jones and Sydney FC-s dual international Ellyse Perry taking on a Fox Sports team with Premier League winners Robbie Slater and Mark Bosnich, plus presenter Mel McLaughlin. Kick-off is at 3.30pm.


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Mother and son were forced to hide from intruder
The man has been remanded until November 25, when his court appearance will take place.
Wed, 04 Nov, 2020 - 19:00
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A 21-year-old man was remanded in custody for three weeks yesterday following an investigation into a report of an intruder armed with an axe breaking into a house and forcing a mother and son to hide.
Michael Martin from Mount Brosna, Mayfield, Cork, appeared by video link from prison at Cork District Court.
His solicitor, Frank Buttimer, confirmed it was a recent alleged incident and there was consent to a three-week adjournment.
Sergeant Gearóid Davis said directions were awaited from the DPP.
Judge Olann Kelleher remanded the accused in custody until November 25 when his court appearance will again be by video link from prison.
He is charged with aggravated burglary at a house at Meadow Park, Ballyvolane, Cork, on October 24, 2020.
Det Garda John Gleeson of Watercourse Road Garda Station objected to bail at an earlier hearing of Cork District Court.
Det Garda Gleeson said that gardaí responded to a call from a 58-year-old woman living with her 31-year-old son in a house in Ballyvolane before 2am on October 24, who reported that an intruder had broken into their house.
Gardaí responded quickly and arrived at the scene to find a glass door at the back of the house had been smashed and opened.
Det Garda Gleeson alleged that gardaí entered the house where they found the accused armed with an axe going through kitchen cabinets and that when he saw gardaí, he dropped the axe and tried to escape out the front of the house.
He further alleged gardaí caught him in the sitting room of the house and recovered the axe, which they showed to the occupants of the house who said it was not theirs, so gardaí concluded the accused brought the axe with him.
Det Garda Gleeson also alleged that the woman and her son had been forced to take refuge in an upstairs bedroom and lock themselves in but had to try and hold the door shut after the intruder tried to force his way into the room.
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Around 40 students from the Studio 9 Independent School of the Arts gathered at Stuart Park and danced to Michael Jackson's Thriller for Kelowna's 2021 Thrill the World event on Oct. 30. (Aaron Hemens/Capital News)
After having no public performance last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Thrill the World Kelowna returned on Saturday (Oct. 30), which saw around 40 students from the Studio 9 Independent School of the Arts gather at Stuart Park and dance to Michael Jackson's Thriller.
At 3 p.m. sharp, the music kicked off and the costumed students, whose grade levels ranged from kindergarten to grade seven, began to show off their own version of Jackson's dance routine from the Thriller's music video.
"We've been doing videotaped performances for a year and half. To be able to have them come out live and perform is amazing," said Michael Guzzi, the CEO of Studio 9.
Guzzi said that this was the seventh or eighth year that the school has participated in Thrill the World, a Halloween dance event that sees registered cities from around the globe dance to Thriller at the same time, all the while raising funds for charities.
"They set the day, they set the time and then we dance at that date and time," he said.
In past years, he said that middle school students would lead the event. But it was the little children this year who took over this year's dance, who had been preparing for the event since September.
"The little guys — we have a lot of new students this year — they were amazing," he said.
The event, he said, is all about having fun.
"That experience of getting out in front of people, people standing around watching you – that's a big deal. You gotta get out there and dance in front of people you don't know," he said.
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"I don't think I've ever taken a picture before in which the subject is less than one per cent of the image and yet everyone's eye is immediately grabbed by that one point. That was always my intention".
Scottish photographer David Yarrow is a pioneer of fine art photography, known for visiting isolated locations and communities to capture the sublime beauty of the natural world. His dramatic and highly evocative images, usually black and white, fuse the knowledgeable approach of David Attenborough with Ridley Scott's visual drama and the exquisite composition of Ansel Adams. His photographs fetch high prices across international auction houses, making Yarrow one of the most coveted photographers alive today. He has equally shown an unchanging commitment to charitable causes and protecting wildlife through fundraising for various NGOs and the British NHS.
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Yarrow was born in Glasgow in 1966 and started his photography career working for the London Times at the age of 20, taking pictures of the World Cup Final in Mexico City. He famously photographed Diego Maradona holding the World Cup which propelled the photographer to stardom. After graduating from Edinburgh university, Yarrow pursued a career in finance and continued producing photography at the same time.
Yarrow is most famous for his visceral, powerful photography of life on earth, specifically wildlife. He cites the photojournalism of Robert Capa as a major inspiration for his work and has produced printed photographs of the elephants and lions of the African savannahs to the penguin colonies of Antarctica. His signature style is high resolution, black and white photographs with a focus on shadows and heavy saturation, resulting in an evocative and dramatic effect.
His other famous series Storytelling, which resulted in the release of his latest book, fuses elements of wildlife with urban drama to a highly aesthetic effect, consisting of expertly staged compositions. The book's foreword was written by Cindy Crawford. All the profits from the copies purchased through David Yarrow Photography Ltd will be donated to the UW Health Kids Cancer Care Charity. David and Cindy's on-going collaboration since 2019 has raised over $3m for the UW Health Kids Cancer Care Charity.
David's Series of Lives of Others saw him travelling to remote locations to focus on indigenous communities and landscapes, capturing various mesmerizing moments from across cultures worldwide. His most recent works, taken during the pandemic, are set in America and explore the mythology of the Wild West.
Yarrow is active in a range of ambassadorial roles from WildArk and The Kevin Richardson Foundation, to Nikon and UBS and has shown continual commitment to charitable causes over the course of his career. Raising over $10m for humanitarian and conservation organisations, Yarrow is the affiliated photographer of the African Conservation Charity Tusk Trust.
His photograph The Wolves of Wall Street, signed by Leonardo Dicaprio and Martin Scorsese sold for $200,000 with all proceeds going to a conservation NGO. During the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, Yarrow also released a print called Our Pride in support of the British NHS as a part of the Art For Heroes campaign in conjunction with Maddox Gallery.
As one of the best-selling and most famous photographers alive, some of Yarrow's most impressive auction sales include the 12/12 edition of the photograph Africa selling for $106,250 in 2019, and the work Old Testament fetching $52,500 in the same year.
In 2021, Yarrow collaborated with international supermodel Cindy Crawford to recreate her 1992 Pepsi advert in order to raise much needed funds for the American Family Children's Hospital in Madison Wiscoinsin. By the end of the year, the duo had raised over 1 million dollars for the charity.
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You know the problem: Choose any set of 10 reports from your company and you'll find 10 different ways of presenting the information. Some reports put the message first, some put it at the end, and others don't have any message at all. Some reports fail to specify the content, while others are overloaded with descriptions. Many contain no glossary with accepted definitions and abbreviations of key performance indicators. To make a long story short, there's usually no standard policy for the conceptual and visual design of reports—often not even within the same company, let alone a globally accepted intercompany standard.
Philips, the Netherlands-based global player in healthcare, consumer lifestyle, and lighting technology, started to improve this situation within the scope of its multiyear change and performance program dubbed Accelerate!, which is being implemented across the organization to drive value creation and speed up growth.
For instance, if you look at the notation of currencies, you'll find many different ways of expressing "in thousand euros." Fonts and colors? They often depend on the personal tastes of whoever assembled the report. The width of columns in tables, the number of digits used to display values, the usage of grid lines: They're all over the place. Even the choice of chart types seems to be arbitrary: Some people like pies; others prefer bars or lines.
Maurice Verhagen, head of Reporting Services, is in charge of the concept and rollout of reporting standards at Philips. Verhagen talked recently with Jürgen Faisst about reporting at Philips, implementation of the IBCS, the benefits achieved, and his recommendations for readers of Strategic Finance.
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Outdoor Activities in the heart of Tuscany!
Trekking is a different way of exploring the territory that surrounds you. Together we will discover the lesser-known corners, the curiosities and the history of this corner of Tuscany, perhaps less known, but which will surprise you with its beauty; at a slow pace we will try to live a unique experience, leaving time to fill the eyes with beautiful landscapes, listen to the sounds of nature, breathe in the many scents: a different experience, always engaging, every season.
Running in a natural environment, not necessarily on marked trails, with long lengths and often with high incline.
In the early morning, enjoy an hour long run completely immersed in nature, along the hills surrounding Diacceroni, with the view of Volterra in the distance. You decide the pace based on your level and preferences. Discover challenging courses and big hills or run at a more intermediate level on the trails.
Fast walking with particular attention to breathing, foot support, arm movement and general body posture. In other words it is "the art of walking", a simple technique for transforming normal walking into a sport that's suitable for everyone.
In the early morning, enjoy an hour of fit walking open to all those who prefer not to run but have their own psycho-fiscal welfare at heart and want to discover and get in tune with the surrounding nature and territory. You decide the pace based on your level and preferences.
A discipline born in Scandinavian countries and consists of carrying out a predefined route characterized by control points called "lanterns", with the exclusive help of a detailed topographic map and a compass. Through fun games and challenges, we teach children to orient themselves in nature, a lifelong skill.
We propose a small circuit where participants depart on various recreational orienteering excursions. It is an activity designed for children but fun and useful for adults, too.
A journey outside the tourist routes, in search of small historical curiosities and local life. It's different way to get in tune with the territory, learning to know and appreciate its history and natural peculiarities.
A wonderful excursion to discover the territory of Gambassi Terme, rich in history and nature. We will start by walking along part of an ancient and famous medieval route, the Francigena, like old pilgrims. Then we will plunge into the thick of the vegetation and fording the streams we will make the discovery of hypothermal sources, always frequented by the local population for the allegedly curative effects. Accompanied by the unmistakable smell of sulfur, typical of these sulphurous waters, and by the noises of nature alone, meeting the ruins of ancient mills and medieval furnaces, we will go in search of the traces of one of the last hermits who found solace in the ravines and ravines that characterize this fascinating part of the territory. As new explorers we will discover waterfalls, remains of statues and everyday life of a man whose history cannot fail to fascinate. An excursion that will leave you without words!
We will learn about the nature and history of Iano, the Palagio and their suggestive territories that in the Middle Ages were the scene of bloody battles. We will climb to the Stone and to the Sanctuary of the Pietrina, in search of the remains of their castles, made impregnable by the steep walls of the Masso del Becco, yesterday a natural defense against enemy attacks and today a climbing school. We will descend into the magical atmosphere of the Panera Rossa, surrounded by lush vegetation and accompanied by the relaxing flow of water.
A pleasant walk among the magic of uncontaminated nature, breathtaking landscapes and deeply rooted historical testimonies that will bring adults and children to live an enchanting and mystical experience.
An Excursion in the fantastic area of the Montenero Nature Reserve, rich in historical and landscape features, to discover the local flora and fauna. We will walk around the ring around Monte Nero, visiting the remains of the ancient parish church of San Giovanni Battista alla Nera (XI century) and the ancient Castello della Nera (X century), the subject of ancient disputes. We will deepen the naturalistic aspects, admiring the panorama from the imposing and wild Devil's Tooth and discovering the suggestive volcanic rocks, deeply engraved and shaped by the Strolla stream, so as to create a narrow valley characterized by rugged cliffs and picturesque waterfalls.
The Sentierelsa is a historical-naturalistic path that allows you to skirt the Elsa river and cross it on several occasions through outcropping boulders. The river that gave its name to a very important valley, always passing of goods and pilgrims. The river even mentioned by Boccaccio and Dante. It's a river that has given so much to the local population, but has also taken away from it …… Along the route, there are many types of plants, remains of ancient hydraulic constructions and water jumps with a magnificent waterfall, fifteen meters high, which flows into a deep pool of clear water. A real adventure, an opportunity to become children again. During this course there is the risk of getting wet.
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On Wednesday Lord Judge, the Lord Chief Justice, gave evidence to the House of Lords constitution committee. He criticised the measures in the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 which created the post of Chief Justice, removing the role as head of the judiciary from the duties of the Lord Chancellor. Judge argued that separating the judiciary from the cabinet had resulted in the Lord Chancellor becoming head of a large department with conflicting interests, and had left nobody in parliament who could speak for the judiciary. Joshua Rozenberg's analysis is available here.
Lord Judge was also in the news this week for his remarks on the use of television cameras in court. Broadcasters will be allowed in the Court of Appeal from October. He said:
"I'm perfectly happy for cameras to come in to court providing their presence doesn't increase the risk that justice won't be done. Not sentencing, I take a very strong view about sentencing.
"Everybody thought that if you fixed the camera on the judge then it would be all right, but of course people can demonstrate during the sentencing remarks, so there are cheers and boos.
"We have to be very careful about how this works."
He also added:
"I am bound to say that in most cases I suspect John and Jane citizen will find it incredibly dull."
The Judicial Office introduced stricter rules regulating the use of expert witnesses in family proceedings. Previously, the test for whether evidence from experts would be heard was whether it was "reasonably required". From today onwards the test is whether it is "necessary".
Lord Tyler drew attention to the presence of a "Parliamentary Rifle Range", which apparently exists in the basement of the House of Lords. Hansard records reveal that it was refurbished in 1990 for the use of members of parliament's Sports and Social Club. Questions Lord Tyler asked on his blog included:
"If this facility costs the taxpayer almost nothing, who runs this outfit? Who is responsible for the security of the rifles and their ammunition? Surely selected members are not permitted to wander round the building with them? Is this not a potential weakness in our otherwise tight security? And who pays for that security? I tried phoning the Rifle Range (ext 3350 if you want to know) to get answers to these questions, but it rang without anyone answering."
This is Grimsby reported that "the quiet dignity of a court session was abruptly disturbed" when someone loudly broke wind in the public gallery. Furthermore, in a seemingly unrelated incident shortly afterwards, the lights in the courtroom went out for a few seconds before flickering back on.
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