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Wisconsin Assembly Passes Open-Pit Mining Bill Despite Opposition
by Communications Intern | Jan 26, 2012 | mining laws
Bill rolls back environmental protections, eliminates accountability for mining companies
MADISON — The Wisconsin Assembly passed AB 426, the Assembly Open-Pit Mining Bill, on a party-line vote today despite strong public opposition to the bill.
"Assembly Republicans voted today to roll back commonsense environmental protections, silence the voice of the public, and eliminate accountability for mining corporations," says Amber Meyer Smith, government relations director at Clean Wisconsin. "Their actions stand in contrast to the will of Wisconsin citizens and jeopardize the health of our families for the profit of out-of-state mining corporations."
The attempt to rewrite Wisconsin's mining laws comes as Gogebic Taconite, a subsidiary of the West Virginia-based mining corporation the Cline Group, proposes to build a massive open-pit iron mine in Northern Wisconsin. At legislative hearings held in West Allis and Hurley, opponents of the mining bill significantly outnumbered supporters, and residents who live near the proposed mine waited hours to express their concerns that this legislation would threaten the quality of their water and the health of their families.
"This legislation puts the profits of out-of-state mining executives ahead of the health of my family," says Pete Rasmussen, a resident of Marengo and co-founder of the Penokee Hills Education Project. "Our children will have to live with the consequences of a mine long after the resources run out and mine officials pack their bags and head for another state. Our laws should protect us and our children, not give free reign to mining corporations that have no interest in protecting Wisconsin's environment."
While the Assembly passed the legislation today, the Senate has yet to introduce any mining legislation. In September, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald announced the formation of a Senate Select Committee for reviewing mining legislation.
In October, a poll from the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute, a conservative organization, showed that a majority of Wisconsin residents oppose changing our mining laws. Only 38 percent of Wisconsinites favor streamlining environmental regulations to create mining jobs in Northern Wisconsin, while 51 percent oppose weakening environmental regulations, according to the poll.
"It's clear that Wisconsin residents want our mining laws to remain strong, and to continue to protect our beautiful natural resources," said Smith. "We encourage our senators to reject the Assembly bill and stand with the people of Wisconsin, not out-of-state mining executives."


An event celebrating the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Belgium and Vietnam, called "A Touch of Belgium" event opens at Ly Thai To Flower Garden in Hanoi on May 12.
A series of cultural activities will be held during the event with the participation of local and international artists.
The Majorettes twirling marching band together with the cheerleading squad of Hanoi Foreign Trade University and children of the Hanoi Be Singer Club will perform parades in live music from the Hanoi Brass Band.
Nicolas Coutsier, a young and talented choreographer from Belgium, and Vietnamese young dancers from the Kinergie Studio will present a contemporary dancing show titled "Exploring Connections".
Belgian DJ Simon Medard and Cambodian VJ Daniel Long (d.one) will bring their best work to enliven the event with awesome live music and striking visuals.
The highlight is a "Smurf corner" with beloved blue creatures called Smurfs who are celebrating their 60th birthday this year. Visitors has also a chance to learn about activities of Belgian non-governmental organizations in Vietnam and enjoy Belgian specialities.


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Adventures on and off trains
Tagged: European integration – by rail!
Plein speaking
It's one of Amsterdam's most potent attractions. Mostly hidden from view, it exists as much in people's minds as in the flesh. A mysterious, alluring way of life, its roots go back to the heady 1960s. It trades on exotic confections of light, colour and above all smell. To sample it is to experience a deluge of unfamiliar, even queasy sensations. And it is a habit that certain generations, even now, find tiresome, suspicious, and above all baffling.
I'm talking, of course, about Amsterdam's underground scene.
By which I mean, of course, the Metro.
Written by Ian Jones 1 Comment Posted in Away days	Tagged with A great thing about the underground, European integration - by rail!, Shared rail-based adventuring
A railway runs under it
The English Channel: sailed across by the wise and stately; flown over by the rash and foolish.
For many years I held that belief. I spouted it widely, to ever-narrowing minds. Then, like all the other demented dictums and moist-eyed theories you concoct as a teenager, I dumped it.
I still think it's silly to fly over the Channel. What changed was the arrival, in 1994, of a third option.
What sort of person, I now wondered, chose to travel under the sea by train? More to the point, who had the means to do such a dazzling thing?
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Trans-Europe express: part three
LYING IN MY TINY BUNK in the carriage of the train that was carrying me from Nice to Rotterdam in the summer of 1994, I tried not to think about just how exposed I was.
Not literally: I had enough trouble in these circumstances trying not to let my guard down, never mind anything else.
It was more the wider context that threatened to disturb me, and which I endeavoured to put to the back of my mind.
Apart from my three fellow travellers, I was a stranger in a strange land with absolutely no means of contacting anyone I knew if something went wrong.
I don't think I'd ever placed myself in such a situation before, and for good or ill I've never quite done so again.
However I must have done enough to cram such thoughts into a hastily-sealed bit of my brain, for I ended up getting a fair few hours of sleep. This was much to my surprise, and to those of my companions, who it later transpired had barely slept a wink and were bemused, and not a little envious, that I'd somehow stayed comatose for so long.
I was in one of the three top bunks in our couchette. I had a view of the carriage ceiling a few centimetres above my head, and nothing else.
I had to lie on my back the whole while. If I tried turning on to my left hand side I hit the wall, and if I tried turning to the right I would fall on to the floor.
This lack of movement, combined with the scorching heat, turned my "bed" into a coffin of foam rubber, to which I stuck with sweat.
The conditions were intolerable. The whole journey seemed to have been intolerable.
Yet somehow, somehow, I fell asleep.
After a couple more stops were out of the way, it was around 1am that it happened. The steady pulsing of the train's engine, the regular rhythm of the wheels on the tracks, and the unchanging hum of the carriage machinery all conspired to lull me into a sort of reassured, becalmed stupor.
The next thing I knew it was 7am and I was awake.
I'd made it through the night, unscathed and uncompromised.
I felt absolutely awful, of course, and I knew I looked terrible: shabby, smelly and utterly out-of-sorts.
But it was the morning. And it was cooler. And I was somewhere different.
I went into the corridor and stood, watching the countryside race past.
Outside was northern Europe: plains of uniform fields and acres of monochrome woods with no rocky hills or tropical groves to be seen. Flat moorland stretched for miles.
There were rivers. There were bridges over the rivers. There were ducks nestling under the bridges over the rivers.
And then there was industry. Factories! Power stations! Warehouses! All drab, all functional, all standing magnificent against a soft, sombre sky.
An enormous sense of familiarity, and at the same time desperate longing, crashed over me. These places looked like home!
Though I was now geographically a lot closer to the UK than I had been for quite a few days, emotionally I felt further away than ever.
I hadn't thought much about home since starting the trip almost two weeks earlier. We were always moving forward, looking ahead, preparing for the next leg of the journey and anticipating the next obstacle.
Now there was nothing left to do but to complete the circle and head back to Britain. With this realisation, everything and everyone associated with home charged back into my consciousness from wherever I'd hitherto quelled them.
I wanted to be back among them as soon as possible, yet I knew it would be a further 24 hours before I set foot on UK soil.
I cursed our stupid timetable – why weren't we due to sail today? Whose idiotic idea had it been to eke out this adventure so as to include a Sunday afternoon in Rotterdam? Worse, a Sunday evening at the Hook of Holland ferry terminal?
"Well, we are where we are," someone said – quite possibly me inside my own head.
I now did something rather embarrassing.
I started humming the signature tune of Michael Palin's Around the World in 80 Days.
I'd watched the whole series on video just before we left. I suppose that by evoking the programme at this moment, I thought rather fancifully I could imbue my journey with a similar sense of the epic and the significant.
In reality, all I got was funny looks from the other passengers, some of whom I recognised – with a shudder – from the previous night's antics.
Pretty soon we'd reached Rotterdam and were threading our way through a day of deep anti-climax.
I was elated that I'd both got through and ended up rather enjoying our marathon train ride. But I was also maddened by the way were now inching our way towards home rather than hurtling, as had been the case for the previous 15 hours.
Plus it turned out there was a final ordeal to endure.
At the Hook of Holland, the ferry we intended to catch had a hydraulic ramp that wasn't working. It needed to be welded into place.
I remember standing on deck at about 11pm, looking down through the darkness and watching some of the crew trying to bang the ferry doors shut. It was as if some malevolent travel god, determined to hold up my departure from the continent for just a little longer, was taunting me one last time.
But the ship sailed, and I slept in an uncomfortable seat for a few hours, before waking and stumbling back out on to deck.
Harwich was on the horizon, twinkling in the cool sunlight.
I had never felt such deep love for a container port.
Written by Ian Jones Leave a comment Posted in My back pages	Tagged with European integration - by rail!, Homesickness, I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing, Ill-advised comparisons with Michael Palin, Something approaching beauty
Trans-Europe express: part two
IN RETROSPECT we were doomed from the start.
For some reason we'd booked ourselves into two different compartments, or couchettes as we tried earnestly to remember to call them. But rather than accept this division and dilution of camaraderie, we decided to feign collective ignorance and all sit together in the same one.
There were six places in a couchette so we anticipated sleeping, as it were, with two strangers. As for the likelihood of a bit of bother arising from our sabotaging of the booking system, naively we hoped we could do a bit of bartering with our reservations and persuade two other passengers to swap.
All of this might have worked, had we been in the correct carriage from the off.
The train left Nice at 6.35pm and to start with everything looked promising. We called at several stations and nobody tried to join us in our compartment.
Then came trouble.
Shortly after two Germans had arrived, bringing our couchette up to its full capacity of six, the attendant in charge of reservations swaggered in.
Thankfully he didn't query the presence of all four of our group in the same compartment. But this was only because he never got that far in his inquiries. For it turned out that we were in entirely the wrong carriage to begin with: 113 instead of 713.
Now this was something of a puzzle, for there was no carriage 713.
Believe me, we'd looked for it. We'd hunted up and down the platform trying to find it. We'd stumbled up and down the train for the same reason. The conclusion was always the same. It didn't exist. There was no carriage 713.
We'd concluded that we had misinterpreted the details on our tickets, and that we should be in 113 not 713. After all, a seven and a one aren't that dissimilar if scrawled in a bad hand. But now we were being told there WAS a carriage 713, and moreover, we better damn well get to it.
Not having a clue precisely to where we needed to "get", the four of us picked up our mountain of baggage and blundered along the corridors, now seemingly packed with French and German travellers all talking EXTREMELY LOUDLY, to what we thought was the aforementioned, hitherto elusive, carriage 713.
We found an empty couchette. We piled into it. It was now about 8.30pm and my faith in the virtue of making this overnight transcontinental trek had completely vanished. If only every single other passenger would do the same.
Except they didn't. It had got dark, and we were about to start converting the compartment into beds, when two elderly people turned up, claiming VERY FORCEFULLY they had two of the seats in our couchette.
There were indeed two seats free in our couchette. But, according to this doddery yet doughty couple, they were not "the right ones". The "right ones" were the ones we were half-sitting, half-lying in.
Bargaining was hopeless. Especially when the couple was joined suddenly by half a dozen passers-by – complete strangers who had NO REASON to involve themselves in our affairs – until the compartment was packed with people noisily and, it has to be said, joyously pointing out we were in the wrong.
A simple transaction had become a crisis nearing EU emergency summit proportions.
How they all laughed when they realised, by way of a conclusion to their collective prosecution, that we were STILL in the wrong carriage: 613, not 713.
There were more than a few smirks of satisfaction as, once again, we had to collect together our increasingly battered possessions (including several shopping bags of provisions intended to see us through the night and the following morning) and move on.
Outside, numerous French departments were slipping past smugly and silently. Inside, numerous compartments were also slipping past, equally smugly but far from silently.
Arriving in what we thought was, at last, carriage 713, we continued to gamble on the chance of all of us sleeping together and once more found a couchette with plenty of non-reserved seats available.
It was now really quite late. This was our third attempt at staying put. Surely nothing could go wrong now.
This time we'd reached the stage of actually climbing into our sleeping bags when there was a knock on the door. It was the reservations man. The same one as before. Only a hundred times more angry.
Pathetically, I pretended I was asleep. Furiously, he shouted in my face.
"TICK-ETS! TICK-ETS!"
Quivering, I proffered the said documents in his general direction. He snatched them out of my hand, then snatched me out of my bed.
For even though I assumed I was in a non-reserved berth, my ticket stated otherwise, and for that I had to be humiliated in as public a way possible.
I was duly marched out of the compartment, away from the bed I hadn't reserved, and into the compartment containing the one I apparently had.
A few minutes later, when I had to scurry back to pick up a few pieces of luggage left behind, I discovered the two people whose beds we'd taken were…
It only had to be two of the chorus of hooting onlookers that had hounded us out of carriage 613, and who were now beaming more broadly and more sadistically than ever.
Oh, the humanity.
Stripped of my dignity and my trust in human compassion, not to mention most of my clothes, there was nothing left but to try, at last, to get to sleep.
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Trans-Europe express: part one
THE LAST TIME I WENT ABROAD was in 1994.
I know. That's an appallingly long period ago. But it's not that I haven't wanted to return. For the first 10 years or so I simply didn't have the money, while latterly it's been more a case of not having anyone to go with.
My 17-year exile within the UK hasn't really rivalled that of Dr Who Jon Pertwee, at least not by way of encounters with diabolical masterminds or brokering peace deals at international summits. It has, however, outlasted his by over a decade. That's assuming his adventures took place in a linear dimension, but enough of that.
The last time I went abroad was to Europe in July 1994, just after I'd finished my A-level exams.
I went with three others, one of whom I never saw again from the second we got back to Britain. I lost contact with the other pair towards the end of the last century.
We spent two weeks interrailing. Two weeks that were, at that point, the most intense period I had ever spent in the company of others. We were around and on top of each other, often literally (only in the sense of bunk beds, mind), day after night after day after night.
I think I was the one who had planted the notion of interrailing in the others' heads, before – typically – going off the entire idea and trying to sabotage the trip just weeks ahead of departure.
But by that point the thing had gained a momentum. It was happening and I had no choice but to go to Millets and buy a rucksack large enough to accommodate a mad cow or two (contemporary satire), convert my meagre savings into a plastic pouch of travellers' cheques, and visit British Rail's international travel centre at Derby station.
I ended up pretty much loving the whole adventure. I might write about other bits of it at a later date, but I want to concentrate here on what, for me, was the most exhilarating, but also the most maddening, chunk of the trip.
It was Saturday 16 July. We had spent a few days in Nice on the south coast of France, but now had to head northwards in order to be back in the UK by the 18th.
To do this, we were booked on a train that would carry us all the way from Nice to Rotterdam. And we would be travelling through the night. We would drift off to sleep amid the balmy plains of the French Riviera then wake back in the cool climes of the Low Countries. That was the plan, at any rate.
The concept of what we were about to do appealed to me immensely. The reality was somewhat different. It went against all my instincts for self-preservation to bed down on a foreign train and willingly fall into protracted semi-consciousness. Heavens, anything could happen!
Worse, I'd spent much of the day of our departure suffering prolonged constipation. I'd also broken my sunglasses, and had sulked for a good two hours or so under a tree, cursing the tropical heat and my unfailing capacity to attract bad luck.
All of this, however, passed swiftly from my mind (and body) once our train crawled into Nice station, we gathered up our acres of baggage, and set to finding the compartment in which we were billeted to spend the next 15 hours.
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A History of the Late Province of Lower Canada, Parliamentary and Political, From the Commencement to the Close of Its Existence as a Separate Province, In Six Volumes
Christie, Robert (Author)
A history of Quebec from the Conquest to the Act of Union, based mainly on official documents and private correspondence. It has been remarked that this work is of historiographic importance for its detailed, impartial chronicling of events and its presentation of documents, some no longer extant in their original form. The author (1787-1856) was a journalist, historian, law clerk and later Member of the Legislative Assembly.
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Christie, Robert. A History of the Late Province of Lower Canada, Parliamentary and Political, From the Commencement to the Close of Its Existence as a Separate Province, In Six Volumes. 2nd ed. 6 vols. Montreal: Richard Worthington, 1866. http://ebooks.library.ualberta.ca/local/cihm_32652.
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Japan stuns the USA to book a place in the semifinal!
By Mark Prichard
PHOTO: FB/Fina1908
Japan national water polo team is the biggest winner of the day at the FINA World League Super Final in Budapest. The Japanese shocked the USA and won 11:10 in the quarterfinal match to book a place in the semifinal.
The Americans came to the quarterfinal with a perfect record from a group stage, where they beat rivals lake Spain and Croatia. Before this match, they were seen as clear favorites. However, a quick double gave Japan a great opening of the match.
Americans realized they were in trouble. The managed to respond with three goals in a row and went for more in the second when they gained a 5:3 advantage. But, by the end of the first half, Japan managed to equalize (6:6).
It was a goal for a goal in the third quarter, but 30 seconds before the end, Araki Kenta put the rebound in the net and Japan took an 8:7 lead. Japanese continued to play at the high level and in the last quarter, Koppu Harukiirario gave them a 9-7 lead.
The USA woke up and thanks to goals from Bowen and Hallock they equalized (10:10) four minutes before the final whistle. And it was Japan who scored the one and only goal by the end of the game. It was Adachi Seya who beat the USA goalkeeper with a minute and 49 seconds remaining. Hallock and Bowen tried hard, but could not get their team to escape a narrow defeat.
Today, Montenegro was the first team to reach semifinals after an easy win against Kazakhstan – 14:6. The Montenegrins got to an excellent start with a 5:2 lead in the first quarter and the maintained it until half-time. There was no surprise in this match as Montenegro made one more step towards the trophy.
Spain water polo team had a tougher job against Australia. They won 9:4, but the Aussies gave the Spanish a good fight in the first half. La Furia Roja started to create a gap in the third quarter. Australia came back to a single goal deficit (5:4), but after that Spain scored four times in a row to secure a win.
And then we saw a penalty drama in a game between Hungary and Croatia. It was a true derby game. Hungarians won only after the penalty shoot-out 10:8 (6:6 in the regular time). The Hungarians were calmer and more precise, they converted four shots, while Croats missed one and another was saved by Viktor Nagy.
THURSDAY, JUNE 21ST – QUARTER-FINALS
Hungary 10:8 Croatia
(1:1, 1:1, 3:2, 1:2 – 4:2)
Hungary: Zalánki 3, Bedő 2, Vámos 2, Angyal, Bátori, Erdélyi,
Croatia: Lovre 2, Vukicevic 2, Krapic, Vrlic, Buslje, Benic
Japan 11:10 USA
(2:3, 4:3, 2:1, 3:3)
Japan: Arai 2, Inaba 2, Okawa 2, Koppu, Siga, Araki
USA: Hallock 4, Hooper, Obert, Bowen, Irwing
Australia 4:9 Spain
Australia: Campbell, Kayes, Hollis, Brooks
Spain: Espanol 2, Tahull 2, Munarriz, Larumbe, Fernandez, Mallarach, Bustos
Montenegro 14:6 Kazakhstan
Montenegro: Ivovic 3, Brguljan 2, Janovic 2, Djurdjic 2, Spaic 2, Vidovic, Misic, Draskovic,
Kazakhstan: Ukumanov 2, Ruday 2, Aubakirov, Sakenov
FRIDAY, JUNE 22 – SEMIFINAL
Hungary – Japan
Spain – Montenegro
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"Another Waterloo game?"
Not exactly. And much more.
While most "Waterloo games" either lock players into the circumstances of that famous battle, or give some small leeway into the overall circumstances of the "100 Days" battles in Belgium, they all suffer from a similar narrow focus. You will have the Armée du Nord face some combination of Blücher and Wellington and everyone just does the best they can.
But any reading of the 100 Days shows a flurry of activity—key, historical events—which no one has bothered putting into game form.
Beyond Waterloo, designed by John Prados, begins with Napoleon entering Paris and the Coalition Allies facing choices about what to do about this.
We've all read the events that follow. Napoleon feverishly works the diplomatic channels while trying to reform a government and rebuild something like La Grande Armée. The allies put aside their quibbling over the new lines on the map of Europe, declare Boney an "outlaw," and start mobilizing about a million troops to invade France.
Repeat, Beyond Waterloo begins with Napoleon entering Paris. Each player gets to pursue these grand strategic paths we've all discussed about many times but never gamed. The map includes France—ALL of France—plus Belgium, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. Get the picture? This time, the players will have different choices. "Beyond Waterloo" means WATERLOO MAY NOT HAPPEN AT ALL! Or if it happens, the players will be part of why it happens!
This is a rare opportunity for some genuinely alternative history exploration. The game involves military, economic, and diplomatic paths, and totally new design elements. Because of the complexity and "newness" of many approaches, the game offers a layered approach, beginning by teaching players a new way of having combat that is both strategic and nuanced for the era. And yes, you can fight "just the Battle of Waterloo" if you wish! At the next level of instruction, we get to the "Basic game." (Yes, when have you seen "phase 2" in complexity called "the Basic Game?" ) Here the players begin to deal with strategic issues, economics, administration systems, and other factors scarcely deal with in any game, much less one on the 100 Days. As players work up to the Advanced Game, they include diplomacy, force mobilizations, politics, and how each of these impacts and molds grand strategy.
Beyond Waterloo gives players the first ever chance to actually PLAY the situation we've all read about regarding Napoleon's return. Now the varied circumstances in Switzerland, Spain, the Vendée, disgruntled allied countries (who aren't getting what they wanted at the negotiation table), spy networks, and the politics of Paris are all PART of the game. Yes, you'll find the familiar names of Wellington, Ney, and Blücher included, but also Soult, Schwarzenburg, Charles, and even Murat's bizarre effort in Naples.
John Prados has been part of some of gaming's real milestones… Rise and Decline of the 3rd Reich, Army of the Heartland, Campaigns of Napoleon, Panzerkrieg. For ATO, he's delivered award winners like Fortress Berlinand Khe Sanh, 1968. Beyond Waterloo sets another milestone that gamers will talk about for years to come.
This is the Waterloo game serious students of the end of an era have been looking for. The 2011 Annual will be a landmark of historical gaming. Make sure you get yours now!
Beyond Waterloo and the 2011 ATO Magazine Annual
Expanded Map - One and 1/2 full color 22"x34" mapsheets with new territories and labels
Counters - Over 560 full color 1/2" die-cut pieces
Rules length - 24 pages plus expanded combat rules
Expansion Scenarios and Options - The Guards, The Royal Court, Louis XVIII's Dream
Upgraded Cards - 36 Battle Tactic cards (including 12 new ones)
Separate Charts - 4 pages
Game Aids - Upgraded Sequence of Play/upgraded VASSAL kit
Complexity - High
How challenging is it solitaire? - Poor
Playing time - Up to 3 to 4 hours for the smaller scenario, 16 to 20 hours for the full campaign game
Design - John Prados
Development - Lembit Tohver
Graphic Design - Mark Mahaffey and Charles Kilber


What lies ahead for the cloud?
As enterprise adoption of cloud solutions soars, IT leaders must recognize where vulnerabilities still exist, what improvements to push for, and how to reap the most value from available technologies.
In survey results released last year, IBM reported that the strategic importance of cloud to C-level decision makers, such as CEOs, CMOs, finance, HR, and procurement executives, is likely to double from 34% to 72% -- compared to 58% of CIOs. The same survey revealed that one out of five organizations is ahead of the curve on cloud adoption and achieving competitive advantage with cloud that goes beyond cutting costs and driving efficiency. The results also indicated that organizations that are driving cloud adoption aggressively are 170% more likely to use analytics extensively via cloud to derive insights for better business decisions.


Alright, this is Grandfather. I want to let you know that something has changed. Some time ago, I predicted that there was a danger - a great danger of a tidal wave that could happen caused either by Earth changes or possibly even something created by man but that great danger has been reduced.
It is now - instead of its higher probability as it was before - is now reduced to about 18%. So even though there is some danger the potential for it has decreased.


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Greece > Greek Mainland > Macedonia > Pella
Book hotel in Pella
Pella - Macedonia (Greece)
Pella. Pella is the name of a Greek prefecture to the west of the prefecture of Thessaloniki. It borders with Thessaloniki, as well as the prefectures of Kilkis, Florina, Kozani and Imathia. In the north it borders with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Pella is surrounded by high mountains named the Voras Mountains, Vermio, Paiko, Tzena and Pinovo.
Pella is known in Greece for growing delicious fruit. When you drive by car from Thessaloniki via the provincial road to Edessa, you see apple orchards and other fruit trees everywhere. Coming from Thessaloniki you will meet first Palia (Old) and Nea (New) Pella. Here are the ruins of the ancient capital of Macedonia founded by Archelaos in the fifth century BC. Alexander the Great, one of the most important leaders in Greek history, was born here. Alexander the Great was the son of King Philippos the 2nd of Macedonia.
About ten kilometers (6 mi) away is the town of Giannitsa, a charming town with a rich history. However, the nicest town in the prefecture of Pella is the capital Edessa. Edessa is built on the slopes of a hill overlooking the Macedonian countryside. In Edessa, one of the biggest attractions is the waterfall. Hundreds of tourists visit daily. Edessa lies near the ancient city of Aiges, the ancient capital of the Macedonian Empire.
Photo Gallery Pella - Photos of Macedonia
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Pella: 71 hotels
The west of Pella
West of Edessa is the town Skydra. Most of its residents are farmers. North of Edessa is a large fertile plain where, among others, lies the town of Aridea. Throughout Greece, Aridea is known for its production of red peppers and fruits. West of Aridea are the hot springs of Pozar, or as the Greeks refer to them, the springs of Loutraki. The nature here is very beautiful. The mountains are covered in lush vegetation and in the area are 17 caves that can be explored. The area is ideal for nature lovers, hikers and mountaineers. The area around Aridea has many beautiful forests.
East of the slopes of Mount Voras is the Black Forest and in the municipality of Promachon is a forest where a type of pine tree, unique to the Balakans, grows. The town of Skydra is also known for the good fruit grown here. Skydra is, in fact, one of the largest centers for the production of fruits in Greece. Another town where water flows abundantly is Arnissa, which stands on the lower slopes of Mount Voras, east of the lake Vegoritida. Voras Kaimaktsalan, as it is also called, is a ski resort in the northwest of the prefecture of Pella. Its 13 ski slopes have a total length of 15 kilometers (9 mi). Voras is the third highest mountain in Greece, with the highest point at 2,524 meters (8,280 ft).
Weather forecast Pella
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Sights and tips department Pella
The Church of Profitis Ilias on the top of the mountain Kaimaktsalan at 2,524 meters (8,280 ft) altitude. This church is dedicated to the Apostles Peter and Paul. Here stands a monument dedicated to the memory of Serbs who gave their lives in the 1st World War.
The more Vegoritida where various bird species as well as endangered species such as the lesser kestrel are found.
The traditional settlement of Agios Athanasios located at 1,200 meters (4,000 ft) above sea level near the ski center of Kaimaktsalan. This village was built at the end of the 16th century. In the village is the Analipsis Church that was built in the 17th century.
The river Loudias. A very popular spot among canoeists and kayakers.
How access to Pella
The prefecture of Pella is reachable daily either by bus or train from Thessaloniki and Athens.
Pella in other languages
Pella (GriekseGids.nl)
Pella (GriekseGids.be)
Pella (GreeceGuide.co.uk)
Pella (GriechenlandWeb.de)
Pella: Where on the map is Pella located?
The map of Pella - ©JustGreece.com
Edessa
Hotels Pella
Filoxenia 1 & 2
Palaios Agios Athanasios
Leventis Art Suites
Panagitsa
Hotel Athina
Kato Loutraki
Asteras Hotel
Eliton Hotel & Spa
House of Arts


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"Soundbyte has been behind the original music for so many of ClearStory's productions. We continue to return to Soundbyte because of the care and creativity brought to our projects – translating our incredibly varied sound briefs into beautiful compositions that are both unique and fitting to our final films. No musical genre or demand has fazed Soundbyte, from electronica to early baroque, from the creation of fifty original tracks or turning around a composition for picture lock in under 24 hours. Good music is fundamental to the success of any broadcast film and we are sure that the critical praise we have received for these productions is due in no small part to Soundbyte's involvement."
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Andra Heritage
"Soundbyte has been my go-to composer for years. He's incredibly collaborative, provides great music and is always willing to go the extra mile to get it right. He's a delight to work with."
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"Soundbyte recorded the very bare bones of ten or so sketches I had. Just vocal and badly played acoustic guitar. He then composed, arranged, performed, produced then mixed full orchestration for each, therefore turning a handful of lyrical rants into a beautiful album of work. He works in a fast, creative and selfless way which was extremely impressive to witness first hand…… and he's cheap too!"
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"Soundbyte is an amazing composer whom I've worked with across several different series. He's my go to because I know he will listen to what we need, offer a variety of creative options and deliver specifically what is required. He's quick, creative and accommodating and if I know I have him onboard for a production it means one less thing to worry about – but one more thing to look forward to."
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The European GNSS Agency (GSA) has published its first Galileo Open Service quarterly performance report.
The report, which covers the first three months of 2017, is available online in the GSC Electronic Library, or directly here.
Following the Declaration of Initial Services in December 2016, the GSA will publish a new Galileo Initial Services Open Service report after each quarter. The quarterly reports aim to provide the public with the latest information on the Galileo Open Service's performance.
Each of these parameters is examined with respect to their minimum performance levels (MPLs), as declared in the European GNSS (Galileo) Open Service Definition Document (OS-SDD).
In the first quarterly reporting period after the Declaration of Galileo Initial Services, the measured Galileo Initial Open Service performance figures generally exceeded the MPL targets specified in the OS-SDD by significant margins.
Availability of the Galileo ranging service at the worst user location, with monthly values of 100 percent, is significantly above expectations, where the MPL is 87 percent.
The signal in space ranging accuracy shows a 95th percentile monthly accuracy better than 1.07 [m] for individual space vehicles.
Availability of the Galileo UTC time determination service was achieved, with a monthly value of 100 percent, compared to the [OS-SDD] MPL target of 87 percent.
Availability of GGTO determination (not declared as a service in this phase) was 100 percent in January and March. February showed a slightly lower figure of 96.44 percent, although still well above the [OS-SDD] MPL target of 80 percent.
Excellent values were achieved for UTC time dissemination service accuracy. The measured Galileo Initial Open Service performance figures generally exceeded the MPL targets specified in the OS-SDD by significant margins.
For up-to-date information, check the European GNSS Service Centre (GSC) website. For all support related to Galileo, contact the Galileo Help Desk. The Help Desk allows close interaction with users, both to support the exploitation of Galileo services and to collect relevant information on signal performance as observed by the users themselves.


These statues are wonderful reminders of the saints and their holy lives. They will give you and your neighbors a reminder to imitate their lives. Every time you are outside your home, you will have a tangible remembrance of your faith. Your neighbors might also become curious and ask about that saint. They are a great tool for evangelization and edification.


Discussion in 'Amps and Cabs [BG]' started by bassplayerjojo, Mar 9, 2002.
My recent thoughts have changed about the 412's I think. I don't know if I can handle the lugging it around. So, say I get the 212. The 212's are 600 watts, which isn't teriible at all (the 412's are 800 I think), because the head I was Planning on buying is 590 watts peak. So, soundwise, not any brand in particular, how do 212's compare to 412's?
Since I mike my amps for recording or play small house parties, a 4x12 would be silly.
Soundwise - the same. 4x12 sounded awful on a house patio. 2x12 in the pub, my high and mids got lost in the crowd - literally.
What's better, a donut or half a donut?
Same thing. There isn't much difference besides the obvious.
I think the 2x12 has more versatility (if I used the right word ) then the 4x12. And it's true that a person really doesnt' want to just drown out the crowd, so I say 2x12.
Fewer speaker elements per cab is, IMLE, better for sound.
Fewer speaker elements per cab is, definitely, better for ones back.
2x10+subwoofer is a nice combination.
So how does one explain the inimitable tone of an old Ampeg 810 cab? Or the amazing fidelity of an EA 210?
I do agree however that fewer elements per cab are easier on the back.
Ultimately, you have to go with what sound you want and how many speakers it takes to get that sound versus how many trips to the car you're willing to make. For me, I'd rather deal with one cab that gives me what I want instead of making multiple trips back and forth.
BTW, moving heavy objects has more to do with proper posture and technique than brute strength. Since talking to some weightlifters regarding technique, my back doesn't hurt even after carrying my Aggie (~100lbs?) up several flights of stairs. Ain't I am not Ahnuld by any stretch of the imagination.


We have the perfect venue for your next social gathering, christmas party, promotional and launch event, birthday celebration, engagements and even weddings! La Cantina offers a range of cost-effective functions and private parties for groups from 20 to 400 people. With 2 stunning venues that deliver to its clients an exceptional standard of service through each and every facet of the event process. With an experienced team of staff and management, it is our job to ensure that you have the best experience possible.
At LaCantina we offer a variety of function menu and beverage packages and our facilities can accommodate either a formal sit down dinner or stand up finger food style event. Take a look at our function menus that can also be tailored to your specific group, and the gallery of photos.


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In August of 2015, six search canines and their handler partners were added to the Empact rescue capability. This is an exciting development in the history of our organization, and a critical component of a professional rescue team.
These dogs play a vital role in quickly locating survivors of earthquakes, hurricanes, tornado's or floods. The window of survival for trapped disaster victims diminish exponentially by the day. Together with their human partners, our canine members significantly decrease the amount of time it takes to locate these precious lives.


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Biogas has been utilized within wastewater treatment plants for decades. However, the value of biogas and the environmental credits associated with biogas has risen exponentially in recent years.
"It is an exciting time within the wastewater industry," said Jeremey Lay, wastewater treatment manager at Bartlett & West. "The industry's focus used to be on effluent quality and biosolids disposal, but the focus has shifted to water reuse and resource recovery. For years many of our customers have been interested in being sustainable, but new resource recovery revenue streams and technological improvements are turning their 'green ambitions' into profitable solutions."
Large municipal and industrial entities produce significant amounts of biogas as part of their wastewater treatment process. This biogas consists of roughly 50 to 75 percent methane—the main component of natural gas.
Historically this biogas is captured through anaerobic digesters and used to fuel boilers for the production of steam. Some larger municipalities use the captured biogas to fuel a generator to produce electricity to help run the treatment plant. However that use of biogas is typically only about 45 percent efficient and is corrosive for the generator.
Now, technological advancements and the federal government's position on renewable fuels made biogas much more valuable than those historical uses.
The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) was originally created to promote the development of renewable fuel markets such as corn ethanol and soy biodiesel. The RFS mandates that increasing percentages of the vehicle fuels used in the United States be from renewable sources. The RFS was modified in 2012 to include other biofuels such as biogas in order to spur additional biofuel growth.
These renewable fuels are given a renewable identification number (RIN), which are used to identify and track biofuel. Obligated parties under the RFS, such as big oil companies, have to purchase and blend in biofuel in order to comply with the mandate. Plus, state programs such as California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard have further increased the value of biogas.
"We've been working to connect producers and municipalities with biogas utilization solutions and turn their byproducts into potential profits through the Renewable Fuel Standard and RIN market," explains Phil Gates, manager of biogas utilization at Bartlett & West. "Our firm is positioned to be able to do everything associated with biogas, from plan and design of the actual infrastructure, to assisting clients take biogas to market creating value."
A potential revenue stream, which is particularly unique and attractive for clients as it provides an opportunity to have a self-funded source for infrastructure improvements.
An environmentally-conscious waste treatment solution.
And, a partner with understanding of everything from wastewater and biosolids treatment technology, to navigating biogas legislature and the revenue pipeline.


Steve has been a lifetime member of Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 344 and has been a plumbing foreman for over 29 years. He came to United Mechanical in 2002 and worked as a field foreman on many projects including Imation Expansion, Marriott Hotel, OG&E Expansion, and ProCure. In 2012 United Mechanical started a plumbing prefabrication shop and Steve jumped at the opportunity to serve as shop foreman. His responsibilities include managing the production of prefabricated piping spools, prefabricated and assembled plumbing batteries, and equipment skids.


- Looking to meet new people.
- Likes to Chat or be talked to.
- Open to using FaceTime, email and/or Skype to keep in touch before and after the con.
If you are all of these things, great! I'm looking for at least 8 people but if I get more that's even better. I made this thread last year for those who may recall. I adjusted the the minimum age requirement from 18+ to 21+. Also, there is no gender preference.That said, I am hoping to build a diverse circle of Con Friends.
1. Likes Clannad (Anime or Visual Novel or both).
2. Cosplaying as someone from the Pokemon, Fire Emblem or Phoenix Wright games.
3. Cosplaying with a coworker or family member.
4. Owns a Nintendo 3DS (3DS, 2DS or New Nintendo 3DS).
5. Owns a PS Vita.
6. First time coming to Anime Boston or Boston in general.
7. Attending just Friday or Sunday of the weekend.
8. No particular interest in sports in general.
9. Pregnant or had a baby in the last year.
10. Expecting or planning to go to Anime Boston alone.
If you know someone who fits one of these but they don't use social media OR the Aniime Boston forums, tell them to email me at btboston1@gmail.com with the subject "Anime Boston Friend" so it doesn't get marked as spam.
Re: Looking to make some Con friends at AB2017!
I'm chill with chatting ftf before time, anyways I'm female (don't know if that's a preference due to the preggers thing), I am a mom (of 3) and I'm over 21 (31).
Well, I'm not particularly interested in sports, and (thus far) it looks like I'll be going it alone. I do like to be talked to, and I'd be willing to keep in touch by email.


As I write this caption almost 4 years after first visiting Oneonta Gorge, it's amazing how things have changed. When we came here in 2013 we were the only ones in the gorge. We had this place entirely all to ourselves. Flash forward to 2017 and the park service has had to close this area due to so many people getting injured. It's a madhouse during the spring and summer here.
To get to this little area, one must walk into a river, climb aboard a giant log-jam, crawl up the fallen tree trunks, back down to the water, and then hop back into the river. If you keep going a little further there's another waterfall, though it gets a bit deep for a short-guy like me with tons of camera gear on my back.
This is one of the first places that I walked up a river. Now I own my own "frog suit" and constantly walk in rivers to get my photos. I loved the fall colors, the fallen trees, and the shape of this little gorge. The title here is a little play on the name "Oneonta", the name of the gorge.


Dairy supply chain and market intelligence leader Dairy.com announces the release of Mobile Manifest 2.0—a significant upgrade to its mobile application for milk data collection.
For this release, Dairy.com rewrote its Mobile Manifest app from the ground up. Adding numerous features requested by users and making the app available on Android and iOS platforms, this application sets the standard for raw milk data collection.
App handles commingled loads, direct pay, supplemental milk, overlap of multiple client companies and drop yard support.
App prompts for the information you need to gather, in the order you'd like to gather it.
Data is validated as it is gathered, resulting in significantly higher data quality than paper and electronic batch methods.
Robust data at the farm, load, route and hauler level can inform better business decisions.
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package Tool;

import android.os.Environment;

public class WebUrls {
	public final static String ABOUTUS = "http://www.mr-action.com/app/about.asp";
	public final static String SENT_CONTANT = "http://www.mr-action.com/app/contant.asp";
	public final static String SAVE_FOOT_INFO = "http://www.mr-action.com/app/member/save_foot_info.asp";
	public final static String GET_FOOT_INFO = "http://www.mr-action.com/app/member/get_foot_info.asp";
	public final static String set_member_info = "http://www.mr-action.com/app/member/save_user_info.asp";
	public final static String get_member_info = "http://www.mr-action.com/app/member/get_user_info.asp";
	public final static String meet_get_order_list = "http://www.shoesparty.com.tw/app/meet/meet_get_order_list.asp";//取得訂單list
	public final static String meet_get_order_product_list = "http://www.mr-action.com/app/meet/meet_get_order_product_list.asp";//見面會訂單 產品list
	public static final String regedit = "http://www.mr-action.com/app/member/regedit.asp";
	//登
	public static final String login = "http://www.mr-action.com/app/login.asp";
	public static final String get_pw = "http://www.mr-action.com/app/get_password.asp";

	public static final String PRODUCT_LIST = "http://www.mr-action.com/app/product/product_list.asp";
	public final static String product_info = "http://www.mr-action.com/app/product/prodct_info.asp";

	public final static String pro_product_list = "http://www.mr-action.com/app/product/product_list.asp";//一般產品

	public final static String SIZE = "http://www.mr-action.com/app/product/product_size.asp";//size
	public final static String color = "http://www.mr-action.com/app/product/product_color.asp";//color

	public final static String car_url = "http://www.mr-action.com/mobile/ordercart.asp";
	public final static String order_list = "http://www.mr-action.com/mobile/OrderList.asp";

	public final static String Sent_temp_order = "http://www.mr-action.com/app/product/sent_temp_order.asp";//加到購物車
	public final static String Sent_temp_order1 = "http://www.mr-action.com/app/product/sent_temp_order1.asp";//加到購物車

	public static String ffff = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + "/data/Shoes";
	public final static String Product_color_img = "http://www.mr-action.com/app/product/Product_color_img.asp";//單一產品全部COLOR圖片

	public final static String footinfowebView = "http://www.mr-action.com/app/web/foot_info.html";

	public final static String imgPath = "http://www.mr-action.com/upload/app_img/pro/ad";
}


Weight of the Evidence: What Do You See?
Other than being UFC fighters, what do these three men, Shane Carwin in the top photo and Cain Velasquez to the left and Brad Morris to the right in the bottom photo, share in common?
Guess in the comments and I'll explain on Monday!
Do they all have the same trainer?
They do intense exercise on a lower carb diet?
I'll guess diabetes. Most of them have that puffy look that insulin resistance gives us, even though they have a lot of muscle underneath.
Is it that they're all heavyweights? Velasquez sure looks leaner than the other two, though.
They're probably all considered obese by current medical definitions.
As heavyweight fighters, they're all technically obese in BMI terms.
subcutaneous fat around the torso.
I agree with the subcutaneous fat guess-- so they all probably carb LOAD!!!
All three are overweight by BMI?
I'm going with others who think they're all obese.
They're either overweight or obese by BMI.
You wouldn't want to meet any of them in a dark alley? Seriously, I think it's the BMI thing that others have said.
1. They are all obese or overweight according to government guidelines, even though they are considered "athletes".
Definitely obese - maybe even morbidly obese, with the muscle those guys have.
They all have "love handles".
They each weigh at least 230 lbs, stand over 6 feet tall and have BMI over 30. They are all technically obese.


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Stephen Graham Jones, né le  à Midland au Texas, est un romancier et nouvelliste américain d'horreur et de policier. Il est amérindien et fait partie de la tribu des "Blackfeet". Il est professeur à l'université de Boulder au Colorado.

Biographie

Œuvres

Série The Indian Lake

Romans indépendants

Recueils de nouvelles

Références

Liens externes

Naissance en janvier 1972
Naissance à Midland (Texas)
Romancier américain du XXe siècle
Romancier américain du XXIe siècle
Nouvelliste américain du XXe siècle
Nouvelliste américain du XXIe siècle
Écrivain américain d'horreur
Auteur américain de roman policier
Prix Bram-Stoker de la meilleure nouvelle longue
Prix Bram-Stoker du meilleur roman
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[A collection of tracts regarding Tract no. 90 of Newman's Tracts for the times : including the text of Tract 90.
By: Ward, William George, 1812-1882.
American reprint, from the second English edition.
The corrections in the Second Edition are put in brackets.
Authorship attributed to John Henry Newman.


This day today 4 weeks ago I had contractions. Some were mild, some were stronger it wasn't possible to ignore but they weren't the real deal either. My midwife had been around in the early afternoon to check on me because at that point I was unsure what was happening. From her examination point of view nothing much was happening. I was able to sleep after she had left but around bed time for my older kid I felt these contractions twitching again.
Most of this day is more of a feeling inside of me than a real memory as such but I do remember bits and pieces, me going to the bath, the midwife ariving, again, our Doula being present, my little baby girl(who was about to become a big sister)sleeping as silently as she had hardly ever done before. yes, I can recall this.
But even more dominantly I remember all the thoughts, obsticals, in my head. Flying around in my head from left to right and back again, like a bat who has lost its way. Thoughts of a labouring woman fighting with thoughts of the midfwife in my brain that I am too.
The midwife in me who knew I had to let go somehow and the labouring woman who didn't know how.
As things progressed and I couldn't ly in bed anymore, I felt I needed a firm ground, more support than the softer matras was giving me, my inner midwife knew the contractions were, until this time, very far apart, but the labouring me was getting louder with every wave that was coming my way.
Then, it hit me during a break of a contraction, my head resting on a pillow, eyes closed, I thought about my little girl lying in bed and not knowing that her world would be a different one when she 'd wake up in the morning. She wouldn't be my baby anymore, she d be the big sister.
I started to cry. Not just a little, no, I sobbed. I cried for the loss, that my ,to that day little girl was going to experience, I cried that I was loosing my little girl. I cried because everything I knew was about to change.
And you know what? Nobody stopped me from crying. Nobody asked, nobody spoke. This was MY private moment. The moment where the 2 voices in my head stopped fighting. The moment I could let go and stop worrying, stop thinking it over and over, again and again.
Shortly after, my contractions got regular and closer, not long till I felt pressure, my waters broke and the urge was there.
And to our surprise a little baby girl was born.
Weeks later, sitting on my sofa, nursing the little girl and reading books to the, now, older girl ( who has of course grown by 10 centimeters over night) I am very grateful how everything has turned out and I realize that both of them will always be my little girls.


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import javax.persistence.Column;
import javax.persistence.Entity;
import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
import javax.persistence.Id;
import javax.persistence.JoinColumn;
import javax.persistence.ManyToOne;
import javax.persistence.NamedQueries;
import javax.persistence.NamedQuery;
import javax.persistence.Table;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;

@Entity
@NamedQueries({
		@NamedQuery(name = "Assunto.findAll", query = "SELECT a FROM Assunto a"),
		@NamedQuery(name = "Assunto.findByDisciplina", query = "SELECT a FROM Assunto a WHERE a.disciplina = :disciplina_id"),
		@NamedQuery(name = "Assunto.update", query = "SELECT a FROM Assunto a WHERE a.idAssunto = :id_ssunto") })
@Table(name = "tb_assunto")
@XmlRootElement(name = "assunto")
public class Assunto {

	@Id
	@GeneratedValue
	@Column(name = "id_assunto")
	private int idAssunto;
	@Column(name = "nm_assunto", nullable = false)
	private String nomeAssunto;
	@ManyToOne
	@JoinColumn(name = "disciplina_id")
	private Disciplina disciplina;

	public Assunto() {
		disciplina = new Disciplina();

	}

	public int getIdAssunto() {
		return idAssunto;
	}

	public void setIdAssunto(int idAssunto) {
		this.idAssunto = idAssunto;
	}

	public String getNomeAssunto() {
		return nomeAssunto;
	}

	public void setNomeAssunto(String nomeAssunto) {
		this.nomeAssunto = nomeAssunto;
	}

	public Disciplina getDisciplina() {
		return disciplina;
	}

	public void setDisciplina(Disciplina disciplina) {
		this.disciplina = disciplina;
	}

}


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Canadian Regulators Hit Ticketmaster With $4 Million Dollar Fine For Deceptive Marketing Practices
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OTTAWA, Ontario (CelebrityAccess) — Ticketmaster L.L.C., TNow Entertainment Group, Inc. and Ticketmaster Canada LP, have agreed to pay a $4 million penalty for allegedly misleading consumers with ticket prices in online ticket sales. In addition, the companies will pay $500,000 for costs incurred by the Competition Bureau during its investigation.
As part of a consent agreement registered with the Competition Tribunal, the companies will also establish a compliance program to ensure their advertising complies with the law and will implement new procedures to prevent advertising issues in the future, the Competition Bureau said.
The Bureau took particular issue with Ticketmaster's service fee policy, in which various fees are tacked on later to tickets that are advertised at the listed face value of the ticket.
"In the Bureau's view, the price representations were misleading even though the amount of the fees was disclosed before consumers completed their transaction. The Bureau concluded that the additional fees often added more than 20% and, in some cases, over 65% to the advertised prices," a statement from Matthew Boswell, Commissioner of Competition said.
"Canadians should be able to trust that the prices advertised are the ones they will pay when purchasing tickets online. The Bureau will remain vigilant and will not tolerate misleading representations. The Bureau expects all ticket vendors to take note and review their marketing practices, knowing that the Bureau continues to examine similar issues in the marketplace and will take action as necessary," Boswell added.
In a separate statement, Ticketmaster Canada confirmed that it had settled the proceedings with the Competition Bureau, and noted that they were the first ticketing company in the country to voluntarily ensure total prices were displayed upfront to Canadian consumers.
Ticketmaster Canada also touted several practices it has adopted to enhance transparency in the ticketing space, including disclosing if resale tickets are being sold at above face value, preventing resale tickets from being listed for sale before the actual onsale date of priamry market tickets and clearly identifying if the ticketing service is the official primary ticket marketplace.
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Q: wordpress Data Table Lazy Loading concept I am working on a WordPress project. In which I applied the DataTable in front-end Theme page. My page DataTable is working fine but it is having many for ... loops. So, it decreases the page speed. I want to apply the lazy loading concept of dataTable and my dataTable content is having the HTML content also.
I have googled it and found this example. So can anyone help me for "How to use this solution with my data are coming from AJAx Request?"
example:
$(document).ready(function() {
    var data = [];
    for ( var i=0 ; i<50000 ; i++ ) {
        data.push( [ i, i, i, i, i ] );
    }

    $('#example').DataTable( {
        data:           data,
        deferRender:    true,
        scrollY:        200,
        scrollCollapse: true,
        scroller:       true
    } );
} );

DataTable example - Client-side data source (50,000 rows)
I am having the following format for my DataTable,
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$return .= '<input type="checkbox" name="filterEmails[]" class="filterEmails" value="' . $user_email . '">	';
$return .= '' . $user_name . '<form method="get" action="aa" style="float: right"><input type="hidden" name="userid" value="' . $user_id . '"/><button type="submit">Details</button></form>	';
$return .= '' . $user_meta['user_title'][0] . '	';
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Required: Want to apply DataTable filter's to my WordPress AJAX data.
Thanks in advance.

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'''Load ecb currency data to database'''
import os
import logging
import optparse

from django.contrib.contenttypes.management import update_all_contenttypes
from django.core.management.base import copy_helper, CommandError, BaseCommand
from django.utils.importlib import import_module

from ccy import currencydb
from ccy.data.ecb import ecbzipccy
from jflow.db.instdata.models import DataId, MktData, DataField

class write_to_db(object):
    '''Hook to write ecb data into jflow database'''
    def __init__(self, field):
        self._vendors = {}
        self.field = field

    def getvendor(self, code):
        v = self._vendors.get(code,None)
        if not v:
            d = DataId.objects.get(code =code)
            v = d.vendors.get(vendor__code = 'ECB')
            self._vendors[code] = v
        return v

    def __call__(self, ccy, dt, val):
        '''Write to database'''
        v = self.getvendor(ccy)
        obj,created = MktData.objects.get_or_create(vendor_id = v,
                                                    dt = dt,
                                                    mkt_value = val,
                                                    field = self.field)

class Command(BaseCommand):
    help = "Add currencies data to database from ECB web site"

    def handle(self, *args, **options):
        from jflow.conf import settings
        field = DataField.objects.get(code = settings.DEFAULT_DATA_FIELD)
        handler = write_to_db(field)
        ecbzipccy(handler = handler)


We would like to believe that our alternative natural health care media would give us the facts that the mainstream media doesn't. But do they? Or are we being fed more scare tactics than serious, objective, investigative journalism? And couldn't we please have news that steers clear of partisan attacks and punditry?
Perfect example: "Natural News." I'm sick of their fear mongering, ideological BS and hyperbole. Why does a supposedly health-focused publication run "stories" like this: "Democrats want to spend us into oblivion" and "Destroying America's economy one tax at a time." And who the hell needs yet another "news source" to "inform" us about Anthony Weiner's wiener? Ugh.
But apart from obvious right wing attack politics, many of the stories are fringe conspiracy nuttery. For example, we're supposed to take seriously their conspiracy theory that the US Army and Navy caused the earthquake and tsunami in Japan that led to the nuclear disaster still playing out there? Oh, please! The super secret HAARP transmitter, they say, is the means by which the evil empire can summon up earthquakes and tsunamis.
Well, how original! Hugo Chavez blamed the Haiti quake on the HAARP project, Jesse Ventura has a YouTube video on it ("a real-life doomsday machine.. that can destroy the world"), and conspiracy theorists have been blaming it for everything from cold winters in Europe to multiple earthquakes and eruptions all over the world.
Frankly, it's embarrassing for anyone who cites any article from Natural News because they regularly veer into this kind of absurd conspiracy talk.
Is Natural News just gullible? Or intentionally misleading? I think it's the latter. Check out this "quote mining" from the HAARP article. Quote mining is a well known trick to support one's point through, well, lying.
Know what? That's flat out dishonest to take a quote out of context intentionally in order to reverse its meaning. And I don't care to be terrorized by intentional distortions, by the "Health Ranger" or anyone else.
This is an epic fail for Natural News, but if you think it's an anomaly, take a look at the other stories on the site. What do YOU think? Truth or spin?
There are plenty of real issues to be concerned about. Do you really want your emotions jerked around by junk journalism?
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Interview with Anu Kay – Novelist
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Anu Kay started her writing journey with her debut novel, Like the Radiant Sun. She writes about her life and the moments that matter to her. She also takes interest in writing about history, human existence, secrets and mysteries of our world. Writing gives her hope to continue, in her own words. Anu Kay has studied creative writing and journalism at the University of Stuttgart, Germany. Before she started writing, she worked as a software developer and analyst for various companies. Anu was born in Bangalore, India. She has lived in several places in the Middle East and Europe and currently resides in Germany. Below is an interview with Anu Kay on the successful run of her debut novel, Like the Radiant Sun.
Alok Mishra: Anu, what genre you would like to associate with your book? History, mythology, fantasy or contemporary fiction?
Anu Kay: I believe 'Like the Radiant Sun' is contemporary fiction, a modern-day mystery, a cross-genre of magical realism and historical fiction. It is a story inspired by the Vedas and Indian epics. The title 'Like the Radiant Sun' is a quote from Rigveda.
Alok Mishra: What was the key inspiration behind the manuscript "Marma Kala" in your novel Like the Radiant Sun?
Anu Kay: Isn't it fascinating that thousands of years ago our ancestors were well advanced in understanding the human body and mind? Through Marma Kala, Kalaripayattu and Ayurveda, our ancestors knew how a human body functions and what it is capable of. Modern science has accepted these age-old concepts. I had to write about India's rich history and its culture, which even today puzzles people in the West.
AM: What's the story behind the mysterious and attractive character of Neela?
AK: In India, we are brought up with stories of gods and goddesses. We are told that they are everywhere and they reveal to us in different shapes and forms. They test us and if we pass the test, they give us a boon. As a child, I used to read comic books where gods and goddesses were beautiful, mysterious, charming and playful. The Rigveda is full of praise for Rudra (who later became Shiva). He has beautiful eyes and lips; he wears braided hair. His form is dazzling, he shines like the radiant sun, like gold. According to the Vedas, irrespective of gender, we all have male and female attributes within us. Understanding ourselves, our bodies, leads us to harmony, and balanced life. In the book 'Like the Radiant Sun', Neela is the female power of Shiva.
AM: The novel takes the readers into the past and present at certain points. How did you decide on those places from the past like Nalanda University, the burning libraries, and Kashi?
AK: We had Gurukulas and universities like Nalanda and Taxila long before the colonial era. Since the book 'Like the Radiant Sun' is based on an ancient Sanskrit manuscript – The Marma Kala, it is impossible to ignore the ancient body of wisdom of historical India. When we talk about Ashoka, we need to include Nalanda University. When we write about Shiva, we cannot ignore a place like Varanasi. The burning library not only depicts lost books, but also the many invasions India had to face. Scholars believe that only 8% of the Vedas, as in written scripture, has been found and the rest is lost in time.
AM: What makes your novel unique according to you? Readers have praised your work for many reasons. What reason do you find that makes your novel unique?
AK: I believe 'Like the Radiant Sun' is the only novel inspired by the Vedas. It treats characters like real people, not fantasy or cartoon figures. The story depicts 'it could have been like this during the Vedic Period'. I believe, the Vedas are like history books and that the Vedic people really existed. 'Like the Radiant Sun' portrays the spirit of India, the spirit of Indian people.
AM: In any good book we read, you may have read many, we find a constant struggle between the good and the evil. In your novel, there is a struggle for the possession of a manuscript. What does that manuscript mean in the larger context, more than a book?
AK: Good question. The Marma Kala in a larger context means knowledge, supremacy, power to win, to be the best. It is in a way materialistic. At the same time, the Marma Kala forces us not to be greedy and selfish. If we want power, we must work on it, be disciplined, earn it and deserve it.
AM: There is a debate among intellectuals on myth and history. Where do you stand? Are Indian myths only hear-say stories, or do they have some concrete base?
AK: Defining history is hardly easier than defining myth. A historian would call something a myth if he/she does not find written proof or archaeological evidence. One can argue, that if no writings or artefacts were found, it does not mean the thing did not exist. If the human eye cannot see certain things like atoms, if our human mind cannot perceive them and our fingers cannot touch them, it doesn't mean they don't exist. In Geneva, Switzerland, at the European Organization of Nuclear Research CERN, they have a statue of Shiva Nataraja symbolizing his cosmic dance of creation and destruction. According to the Vedas, the cosmic dance of Shiva represents the rhythm of the universe – the Big Bang, the cosmos, the revolution and the rotation of planets, the micro cosmos within our human body, the macro cosmos as in the mighty galaxy, the rhythmic human heartbeat, the cyclic nature of humans, the ticking of time…
AM: What will you do next? Write more in the same theme set-up or try something new?
AK: I have more books on the Vedas, ancient manuscripts, ancient wisdom and history. Some of them are in the early draft stage, I hope they will be completed soon and published as well.
Living in Europe, I realised how India can give its spiritual tradition – the inner journey – to the world, as opposed to the more outer focussed Europe. It would be a great complement to the creation of new world culture. I feel the need to bring to light and make available what our ancestors understood to a broader audience, so that not just the scholars, but we all can profit from their profound wisdom. This is my call and I made it my mission to tell real-life stories from the past and to re-live the Vedic times. Let us together make this a beginning of the renaissance of Vedic Times in modern days.
Please check my website www.anu-kay.com for updates.
AM: Do you have some favourite authors? What kind of books do you prefer reading in leisure? And while writing yourself, do you read something by other writers?
AK: I have favourite books rather than favourite authors. 'The Last of the Mohicans' by James Fenimore Cooper, 'Perfume' by Patrick Suskind, 'The Name of the Rose' by Umberto Eco, 'Mahabharata' by Vyasa and 'Shakuntala' by Kalidasa to name a few.
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Q: Quick PHP regex for digit format I just spent hours figuring out how to write a regular expression in PHP that I need to only allow the following format of a string to pass:
(any digit)_(any digit)

which would look like:
219211_2

so far I tried a lot of combinations, I think this one was the closest to the solution:
/(\\d+)(_)(\\d+)/

also if there was a way to limit the range of the last number (the one after the underline) to a certain amount of digits (ex. maximal 12 digits), that would be nice.
I am still learning regular expressions, so any help is greatly appreciated, thanks.

A: You don't need double escaping \\d in PHP.
Use this regex:
"/^(\d+)_(\d{1,12})$/"

*

*\d{1,12} will match 1 to 12 digist

*Better to use line start/end anchors to avoid matching unexpected input

A: The following:
\d+_\d{1,12}(?!\d)

Will match "anywhere in the string". If you need to have it either "at the start", "at the end" or "this is the whole thing", then you will want to modify it with anchors
^\d+_\d{1,12}(?!d)      - must be at the start
\d+_\d{1,12}$           - must be at the end
^\d+_\d{1,12}$          - must be the entire string

demo:    http://regex101.com/r/jG0eZ7
Explanation:
\d+      - at least one digit
_        - literal underscore
\d{1,12} - between 1 and 12 digits
(?!\d)   - followed by "something that is not a digit" (negative lookahead)

The last thing is important otherwise it will match the first 12 and ignore the 13th. If your number happens to be at the end of the string and you used the form I originally had [^\d] it would fail to match in that specific case.
Thanks to @sln for pointing that out.

A: Try this:
$regex= '~^/(\d+)_(\d+)$~';
$input= '219211_2';
if (preg_match($regex, $input, $result)) {
 print_r($result);
}

A: Just try with following regex:
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Here is my Ultimate Breakfast Smoothie recipe formula, designed so I don't have to think too hard in the mornings….
Now the weather is warming up, I find myself drawn to a liquid breakfast and specifically to a smoothie or Nutriblast.
I like to make a breakfast smoothie ice cold, and full of enough goodness and nutrition to fill me up until lunchtime, and to make a good start on my 5 a day.
Here is my basic Breakfast Smoothie recipe, with plenty of adaptations, so I do get a slightly different smoothie every day. Although it seems like a lot of steps, if you have your kitchen set up with everything handy it doesn't take too long to put together.
I always start off by half filling my cup with fresh greens.
Normally I use fresh spinach, although I have frozen spinach on hand if I run out. Occasionally I use kale, or rocket,and if I have some lettuce or salad leaves left over that are looking a bit limp, then I chuck those in too.
The next step is a thickener.
If I have one I like to use a fresh banana, which is nice and sweet. Occasionally I use half an avocado, and then I put more sweet things in the fruit section. If I don't have a thickener, then I generally put in an apple or pear at this point – quartered, with skin on and core removed. The final smoothie is not so thick but it makes a nice change.
I have frozen fruit pre-prepared and chopped in the top of my freezer.
This is where I eat the rainbow as I have the red and yellow box (strawberry, raspberry and banana), orange, yellow and green box (pineapple, mango, melon and kiwi) and a purple box (forest fruits and blueberries). Somedays I just pick from one of these boxes, other days I pick bots from all three. And if I have any fresh fruit lying around that is going a little bit overripe I chuck that in instead.
Occasionally I chuck in a carrot or a bit of celery, but mostly I tend to cheat at this point and use a green smoothie powder, because I can't be bothered chopping up all the fresh veggies. My favourite is Terra Greens from DoTerra, because it contains veggies, grasses, but also some fruit content so the basic flavour is sweet even though it is full of goodies.
The basic ingredients are kale, dandelion, spinach, parsley, collard greens, broccoli, cabbage, wheat grass, alfalfa, oat grass, barley grass, pineapple, guava, mango, goji berry, mangosteen , acerola, lemon and ginger. That's a whole variety of phytonutrients in a single scoop and it really tastes delicious.
I love me some Omega 3s in the morning! I get my good fats by either chucking in a handful of mixed nuts or using a flaxseed mix like this one.
Sometimes I use peanut or cashew butter or tahini. I love how the Nutribullet can reduce even the tiny seeds to almost nothing so you don't notice them in the texture.
Depending on the other thickeners, and what else has gone in, if I am making a meal replacement smoothie I usually chuck in some oats to thicken it up a bit. and keep me filled up for longer.
The only problem with eating the rainbow in a smoothie, is that when you mix red, green and purple ingredients together you end up with a sludge brown colour. But with the mix of fresh and frozen ingredients it should be just the right cool temperature, and you can adjust the thickness to taste.
The colour doesn't bother me, as I know it will taste delicious, but if this is a problem then maybe just stick to the orange and yellow fruits and then you will get a basically green mix.
So there it is – my basic Breakfast Smoothie Recipe. Do you like a smoothie or Nutriblast in the mornings? What do you put in yours?