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Højtemperatur-superledere (forkortet høj-Tc eller HTS) er betegnelsen for materialer, der virker som superledere ved usædvanligt høje temperaturer. Den første høj-Tc-superleder blev opfundet i 1986 af IBM-forskerne Georg Bednorz og Karl Alexander Müller,, som blev tildelt nobelprisen i fysik i 1987 "for deres vigtige gennembrud i opdagelsen af superledning i keramiske materialer". Det usædvanlige var superledning højere end 90 K eller −183°C i 1986, da det ifølge de daværende teorier ikke kunne lade sig gøre for konventionelle superledere.

Flydende nitrogen koger ved 77 K, og superledning ved højere temperaturer end dette, muliggør mange eksperimenter og anvendelser som er mindre praktiske ved lavere temperaturer.

Medens "almindelige" eller metalliske superledere normalt har overgangstemperaturer (temperaturen under hvilken de virker superledende) under 30 K (−243,2 °C), er der blevet opfundet højtemperatur-superledere med overgangstemperaturer på op til 138 K (−135 °C). Før 2008 var det kun visse forbindelser af kobber og oxygen (såkaldte "cuprater"), som mentes at have HTS-egenskaber, og betegnelserne "højtemperatur-superleder" og "cuprat-superleder" blev brugt i flæng om forbindelser som bismuth-strontium-calcium-kobberoxid (BSCCO) og yttrium-barium-kobberoxid (YBCO). Imidlertid kendes der nu talrige jernbaserede højtemperatur-superledere.

Verdenspremiere 2001: Superledere i testdrift på Amager
Den 28. maj 2001 kl. 11.45 blev højtemperatur-superledere kølet af flydende kvælstof sat i testdrift i elnettet i Danmark på Amager. Højtemperatur-superlederne havde en længde på 30 meter og var beregnet til vekselstrømsdrift. Testdriften var en succes og var et samarbejde mellem sektorforskning, universiteter og industri; (NKT Research, DTU, Risø, DEFU, NST, Eltra og Elkraft) og varede i 2 år.

Referencer

Superledere
Uløste problemer indenfor fysik

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the perimeter of a triangle is 56 inches. the longest side measures 4 inches less than the sum of the other two sides. three times the shortest side is 4 inches more than the longest side. find the lengths of the three sides
a+b+c = 54
c = a+b-4
3a = c+4
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The backyard of a house is in the shape of a triangle. The longest side is 4 ft shorter than twice the shortest side. The third side is 4 ft less than the longest side. If the perimeter of the yard is 162 ft, what are the lengths
The perimeter of a scalene triangle is 14.5 cm. The longest side is twice that of the shortest side. Which equation can be used to find the side lengths if the longest side measures 6.2 cm?
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the shortest side on a isosceles triangle is 2x-3 inches long. the two longer sides are 6 inches longer than the shortest side.the perimeter of the triangle is 33 inches. what is the length of each of the longer sides of the
1.What is the perimeter of a rectangle with width 10 inches in length 13 inches? A.23inches B.36inches C.46inches*** D.130inches 2.What is the area of a triangle with base 19 inches and height 11 inchinches? A.209square inches
The hypotenuse (side C) of a triangle is 13 inches long. Which of the following pairs of measurements could be correct for the lengths of the other two sides of the triangle? (Note: N + 82 =C2) A. 2.5 inches,4 inches B. 2.5
A certain triangle has a perimeter of 3080 mi. The shortest side measures 71 mi less than the middle side, and the longest side measures 373 mi more than the middle side. Find the lengths of the three sides.
One side of a triangle is x inches longer than another side. The ray bisecting the angle formed by these sides divides the opposite side into 3-inch and 5-inch segments. Find the perimeter of the triangle in terms of x. ( triangle
Television sizes are described by the length of their diagonal measure. What would be the listed size of the TV shown? (to the nearest whole inch) A) 31 inches B) 32 inches C) 36 inches D) 42 inches The top portion of the tv is 28
A triangle has a perimeter of 47 inches. The medium side is 5 more than the short side, and the longest side is 4 times the length of the shortest side. Find the shortest side.
the perimeter of a triangle is 59 inches. the longest side is 11 inches longer than the medium side, and the medium side is 3 inches more than the shortest side. Find the length of each side.
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An isosceles triangle has legs that are each x inches long a base that is y inches long. The perimeter of this triangle is 38 inches. The base is 8 inches shorter than the length of a leg.
Triangle ABC and triangle XYZ are similar. If AB, BC, and AC are 7 inches, 9 inches, and 10 inches respectively, and XY is 9 inches, find XZ to the nearest tenth of an inch.

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Letter to the Editor by Theresa Baroni on Informatics: The Electronic Health Record: Will Nursing Be on Board When the Ship Leaves?
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Response by Theresa Baroni to "Informatics: The Electronic Health Record: Will Nursing Be on Board When the Ship Leaves?" by Linda Q. Thede (August 18, 2008).
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I write in response to the Informatics Column of August, 2008 titled, "The Electronic Health Record: Will Nursing Be on Board When the Ship Leaves?"
I have read many articles regarding the readiness of the health profession to use, exclusively, electronic health records (EHRs). Advantages of EHRs are that they provide continuity to patient care, reduce duplicate tests, decrease the time it takes to be diagnosed and treated for illnesses, and improve the bottom line for healthcare organizations.
I believe that nurses are intelligent and willing to move ahead in adopting EHRs. These records can make nurses' assessments and care more efficient. Nurses have always taken on new challenges to improve the quality and safety of patient care. However, there are aspects of the EHRs that are of concern to me.
My primary concern is that as EHRs become common, nurses, too, will have their health information stored in an EHR. This means that their medical history would conceivably be available at the touch of a button. As more and more healthcare organizations begin to use EHRs, all healthcare encounters will be included in the EHR. Ambulatory care visits, mental health visits, and surgical procedures will all be available electronically. Additionally, findings from laboratory and radiography studies will also be accessible to all physicians, nurses, and healthcare providers.
I am concerned about the rights and privacy of nurses, especially those who have been diagnosed with diseases, such as HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis B, and/or mental illness. Nurses who have been injured on the job by giving care to other human beings could be considered a liability to healthcare organizations if their medical record shows a musculoskeletal injury or laminectomy. It occurs to me that personnel making hiring decisions may have access to all employee health records. If this occurs, would the hiring manager use a nurse's health record to decide whether or not the nurse would be hired, just as in the case of background checks and drug testing data that are currently used as a condition of employment? Prospective employers' access to private health data could be used to violate a nurse's right to privacy, discriminate against, and not hire these nurses. The United States government has gone to great lengths to protect the privacy of patients' medical information with the introduction of HIPAA. We might assume that accessing confidential data would not occur because HIPAA dictates that accessing a patient's medical information without their express written consent would be illegal and unethical. The fact of the matter is that all of our healthcare information could, theoretically, be accessible to everyone who had access to the EHR. In addition, unethical people exist in every discipline, including healthcare. It would be difficult to prove that one's health records were accessed and that inappropriate access to their personal health information was the reason a specific nurse was not hired for a given position. Trying to prove that a hiring manager viewed prospective nurses' health data would be almost impossible unless someone from inside the organization would speak out, by which time nurses would have experienced severe financial losses due to the fact that a hiring manager had accessed their health records.
Another legal concern, now that EHRs are in use, is that companies offering the software for EHR's are maintaining ownership of the software and all of the information that is on the software. One's health history could legally belong to the information technology companies. To date, this has not been problematic in healthcare; but as EHRs become increasingly common, such possibilities must be addressed. As I write this letter, there are few nursing positions available due to the economic state of our country. Healthcare organizations have the luxury of picking the most desired nurses to work for them. Where does this leave the nurses who have battle scars from a lifetime of service and care of others? Where does this leave nurses who may have a history of infectious diseases, mental illness, and/or specific surgeries, or even older nurses? Now is the time to address these concerns. As President Obama has called for our healthcare system to be totally electronic by the year 2013, legislators must address the issues of nurses' rights to privacy and amend the HIPAA law so that as patients stay protected, nurses will also be protected from discriminatory hiring practices by healthcare organizations.
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EU's Conservatives Come to Athens to Plot Campaign Strategy
By The National Herald
FILE - Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday had a working dinner with the president of the European People's Party (EPP) Group in the European Parliament, Manfred Weber, who is visiting Greece, March 3, 2022 (Photo by Prime Minister's Press Office/EUROKINISSI).
ATHENS – The European People's Party of center-right groups in the European Union returned to the Greek capital to kick off its push for the bloc's elections and meet Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
EPP President Manfred Weber from Germany, who came to Athens in 2019 to boost Mitsotakis' campaign against the ruling Radical Left SYRIZA, brought an entourage of top leaders to do the same again for the EU elections.
They are led by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and will discuss plans for the 2023 and 2024 elections during a two-event organized by Weber, said the state-run Athens-Macedonia News Agency ANA-MPA.
The aim is to mutually support and unite the forces of the centre-right in view of the important electoral contests of 2023 – in Greece, Spain, Poland and Finland – and the general elections of 2024 against their rivals.
Mitsotakis is not only bringing proposals to the table at the European Council, but also at the EPP, where the European centre-right aspires to maintain and increase its strength in view of the 2024 battle.
Also participating are European Parliament Presidenet Roberta Metsola, the former president of the European Council and the EPP, Donald Tusk, the President of Romania Klaus Iohannis, the President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades, the Prime Ministers of Croatia, Andrej Plenkovic, and Slovakia's Eduard Heger, Austria's Chancellor Karl Nehammer and Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani.
Pair of Turkish F-16s Infringe Athens FIR; Fly Over Oinousses, Chios and Panaghia
AEGEAN - A pair of Turkish F-16 fighter jets on Monday entered the Athens Flight Information Region (FIR) without submitting flight plans and infringed Greek air space.
Greek Prosecutor Orders Investigation of Alleged Police-Mobster Ties
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31 Days In May Book and Tour
By: michael April 26, 2018
To honor Mental Health Awareness Month in May of 2017, Derek posted a daily image to his social media outlets that showcased his ongoing battle with Dual Diagnosis, a term for those who struggle with both mental illness and substance abuse. This book, 31 Days In May, is a look at the link between creativity and disturbed mental states, as told through Derek' artwork.
What started off as self-exploration quickly turned into a personal journey for those among Derek's followers who were dealing with mental health and addiction issues of their own. Topics such as loneliness, relationships, depression and suicide are beautifully and painfully depicted throughout the book with the hope that it not only helps dispel some of the negative stereotypes surrounding mental illness, but also helps to educate readers, and shows others so afflicted that they aren't alone.
Along with the 31 images that were originally posted, Derek included additional thematically-linked pieces, resulting in a generous book of over 150 pages filled with stunning art. The book concludes with a gallery of Derek Hess-inspired tattoos (see next page), which fans of his art and message have gotten to help deal with their own mental health issues.
31 Days In May is over 150 pages, hardbound, and contains over 120 Derek Hess images, some never before published, with a foreword by Dr. Joseph Calabrese, Director of the Mood Disorders Program at the University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center.
Each copy will be signed by Derek.
Double Dog Daddy-O!
By: michael February 8, 2017
The Collaborative Works of Derek Hess and Scott Pickering
The bond between artists, Derek Hess and Scott Pickering was created in the smoke filled, legendary early 90's Euclid Tavern. Derek was booking the bands there, while Scott was playing in many Cleveland bands (Prisonshake, My Dad Is Dead, etc.) Both were visual artists in the very early stages of their careers. No one would have expected, 20 years later they would join forces for one of the most unlikely art collaborations.
Double Dog Daddy-O! features over 25 works created jointly by Derek Hess and Scott Pickering. Making this show truly unique, is not only their opposite illustrative styles coming together, but this is the first time Hess has worked with another artist on single pieces.
Derek is known for his sometimes extreme, but always impactful images depicting societies daily struggles, created in his classically trained style.
Scotts approach to his art is fast, free flying creatures, drawn loosely without rules. If the line works he'll build on it….and probably add a hat on the head of the figure.
"Derek and I decided to collaborate on a series of new drawings. No rules- let's just see what happens- and the results are energy blasts of visual chaos. perfect." -Scott Pickering
"Scott and I decided to take our different approaches to the paper and combine them and see what happens. What's grown from the mayhem are some solid expressions of serious nonsense that leaves the viewer satisfied." -Derek Hess
For additional information, to schedule an interview or request additional imagery please contact: Martin Geramita (216) 288-4868 or marty@strhess.com
AS I REMEMBER YOU
By: michael October 28, 2016
New Work, News
AS I REMEMBER YOU New print by Derek Hess Available Now
Forced Perspective Now Available on VOD and DVD/Bluray/Book
By: Derek April 14, 2016
Available, News
Forced Perspective is an intimate portrait of iconic Cleveland artist Derek Hess by filmmaker Nick Cavalier. The film is a journey through Derek's struggle with alcoholism and bipolar and how these demons effect the artwork, presenting a voyeur into Derek's personal life, revealing his process and philosophy. This award winning documentary showcases the evolution of a celebrated artist, his effect on music and culture while highlighting the link between creativity and mental illness.
Forced Perspective is now available for purchase through Vimeo On Demand and through the Forced Perspective IndieMerch page.
Burned Out Skateboard
By: Derek March 10, 2016
first come first serve
Burned Out Skateboard, signed and numbered limited edition of 100.
Please be aware that this is a pre-order item. Expected to ship on or around March 18, 2016 *
New Clutch poster available
By: michael December 29, 2014
New Work, Available, News
Signed and numbered limited edition of 200. offset print 28″ x 12″
Pre – Order Black White and Red all over
News, Books
Over 175 iconic images that are simultaneously unsettling and compelling. The pieces chosen for this book have all the drama of a mood light illuminated with a 1,000 watt bulb…or perhaps a dim bulb, Hess leaves that for you to decide. You're sure to leave with an opinion – or more accurately, an emotion.
Blueprint to a Brownie II
By: Derek September 18, 2014
Each print comes with a certificate of authenticity.
36″ x 24″ signed and numbered limited edition print of 200.
Created on a replica from the original blueprints from the Municipal Stadium.
Each print is consistent.
By: Derek July 30, 2014
Now Available for Pre-Order – Always signed and number Fine Art Print.
Always print trailer
"Always" a signed and numbered limited edition Fine Art Giclee print.
Preview trailer for this print below.
First Trailer for Forced Perspective
By: Derek May 16, 2014
"Forced Perspective" is a documentary film showcasing the life of artist Derek Hess directed by Nick Cavalier.
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Derek, Nick Cavalier visit Bill Peters
By: Derek May 7, 2014
Video of Derek and Forced Perspective Documentary Director Nick Cavalier visit the Bill Peters Metal on Metal radio show.
Forced Perspective Fan Submissions
By: Derek February 13, 2014
Nick Cavalier wants stories from fans of my art to be used in the documentary film, Forced Perspective.


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LOU SIFFER AND THE HOWLING DEMONS - "Too Old To Die Young" – limited Vinyledition - Cover, Tracklist, Release Date: 3rd February 2023
LOU SIFFER AND THE HOWLING DEMONS - a wild bunch of Swedish motorheads. The Hard Rock/Rock`n´Roll band from Uppsala (Sweden), will provide 12 pieces of high octane action explosions to their fanbase all over the world.
The band was founded 2008 and released so far one single, 2 Longplayers and an EP. The new album "Too Old To Die Young" is an energy driven masterpiece of Rock`n´Roll in the trails of traditional punk rock and metal acts like Misfits, Entombed and Turbonegro. Due to the band, the new album is "A dark and poisonous motor show filled with alcohol, fast cars, and death. L.S.H.D. will be on your car stereo while rampaging the wrong highway lane, heading for eternity...". Take care, Metalheads!
After the CD release in October 2021 follows the album in a limited edition of 300 black copies and insert on Vinyl. The Preorder is still available.
1. The Worm
2. Sucks To Be You
3. Amplifire
4. The Song That Wrote Itself
5. White Hollow God
6. Night Of The Damned
7. The Last Word
8. Too Old To Die Young
9. Devil In Me
10. Fuel On The Fire
11. Final Nail In The Coffin
12. Can't Slow Down
Total Playing Time: 36:21 min
Lou Siffer – bass
K. Oz – vocals
Kahn Ibbal – guitars
Zack Rilegious – drums
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SCREAMIN'DEMONS signed worldwide deal with PURE STEEL RECORDS
We are very delighted to announce, that Italian metalheads SCREAMIN'DEMONS based in Milan, recently signed a worldwide record deal with PURE STEEL RECORDS.
SCREAMIN'DEMONS was founded in 2021 by 3 historical members of the iconic Italian Metalband Death SS*. The band released several successful albums in the 1990s, which are still considered as heavy metal milestones. Their debut album will be released in 2023 via Pure Steel Records.
SCREAMIN'DEMONS founding member and bass player Andy Barrington comments:
I am very happy and proud to start this new "SuperMetal" adventure with the Pure Steel Records team and we could not have chosen any better. "The new era" has just begun and very soon you will have a taste of what I think real metal music should be. See you on tour!
More news coming soon, stay tuned for the release date.
Alessio Spini (ex-THUNDER RISING) - vocals
Al Priest (ex-DEATH SS, ex-HYDRA) - guitar
Luca Ballabio (ex- F.E.A.S.T., ex-MORTADO) - guitar
Andy Barrington (ex-DEATH SS, ex-V.M.18) – bass, vocals
Ross Lukather (ex-DEATH SS, ex-ATHENA, ex-LABIRINTH, ex-SHINING FURY) - drums
*To avoid any confusion: The band name does not refer to the Third Reich, but to the name of their singer and stands for "In Death of Steve Sylvester", the death of his old self and his rebirth as an entity within the band.
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BLAKEARTH – "Dead Heart" – official single from the album "Earth Fragments"
The single of the US Prog/Power Metal Band BLAKEARTH "Dead Heart" was released on The Orchard. That Song is on the EP "Earth Fragments", which will be released digital on 27th January 2023
Eric Claro - vocals
Bojan Josic - guitars
Amelia Gioiello - bass
Andy Pastore - guitars
Mark Aguirre - drums
Iron Shield Records
GRIM JUSTICE - "Justice in the Night" - Cover, Tracklist, Releasedate: 24th February 2023
The release date of the new album by the Austrian Heavy Metal Metal Band GRIM JUSTICE "Justice in the Night" on CD is February 24th 2023 via IRON SHIELD RECORDS.
The band was founded by lead-singer Michela Vignoli and lead-guitarist Thomas Strohmayer at the end of the year 2010. Grim Justice published their first self-titled studio album in March 2015. After their successful first Europe tour and with new songs in their backpack, the band released the second album "The Return of the Flame" in May 2018. End of 2022 Grim Justice are back with a new single and video clip as well as their third album Release "Justice in the Night". At first for Stream and Download via bandcamp, end of February 2023 the album will be available as CD also.
Grim Justice rock hard and heavy since 2010. Inspired by the good old 80's Heavy Metal and 70's Hard Rock legends Grim Justice's songs tell about the unmerciful justice that everyone gets to know at least once in a lifetime. The talented musicians based in Vienna, Austria add a clear individual note to classic and dark New Wave of Traditional Heavy Metal elements. They stand out through the strong vocals by front woman Michela who delivers heavy and soulful vibes reminding of Doro and Crystal Viper's Marta Gabriel. Get stunned by their strongly infectious tracks and guitar riffs.
1. Justice in the Night
2. Curse of the Moon
3. (This) Dark Soul (of Mine)
4. (The) House (That Lies) in the Shadows
5. Terminus III
7. When Night Falls
8. Argus (2022 Edit)
Michela Vignoli – vocal, guitars
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On Letting People Know You Are Eligible For Awards (Updated x 2)
Adam Roberts wrote a blog post on why he doesn't write a blog post letting everyone know what awards his work is eligible for. John Scalzi responded writing about why he does do that. They both write science fiction for adults.
I don't write such posts and never have because, as Scalzi puts it, that kind of self-promotion makes some of us feel squicky. It doesn't make him feel that way; but it surely does me.
However, and this is a big however, I write in a field, Young Adult, where there is no popularly voted award that has as big an impact as winning a Hugo does. In science fiction the Hugo is the big deal.
All the game changing awards in my field are juried awards:
The biggest in the US is the Newbery Award. Win a Newbery and your book will stay in print forever. YA isn't actually eligible for it but many of us YA writers also write books that are more middle grade and are thus eligible. The Printz and the National Book Awards Young People's Literature division are the big YA awards. Neither has the impact of a Newbery win.
In Australia the big awards are the Children's Book Council Book of the Year Awards which also has an effect on sales, though not on the scale of the Newbery. Then there's the much more recent Prime Minister's Literary Awards which includes a YA category. Get shortlisted for one of those and you get $5,000 tax free. Win one and you get $80,000 tax free. How good would that be? Very.
So it's a pretty easy decision for me to make. In my world popularly voted awards are pretty irrelevant and juried awards aren't going to be swayed by me posting a LOOK AT WHAT I WROTE THIS YEAR VOTE FOR ME VOTE FOR ME screed. Au contraire. I can imagine how the Newbery jurists would respond to a Dear Newbery Jurists post. Or an ad in Publishers Weekly addressed to them. *shudder*
To be honest, I don't worry about awards or pin my hopes on them. I won't lie: it's lovely to win one. It's lovely to be shortlisted. I've written about how much being shortlisted for a CBCA meant to me.
But I've been a juror for some awards so I know first-hand how random they can be. How it depends on the interactions of the jurors. I've seen great books not make short lists because I was the only one on the jury who recognised their greatness.1 We've discovered months after the decision process was over that, in fact, one or two wonderful books weren't even nominated. We jurists never got to see them. Aaargh!
At least in the world of books, there is no system of deciding who wins awards that is fair and just and guarantees the very best books triumph.2 That's because no one can ever agree on what those books are.
That's why I think it's best for us writers not to worry about it too much. I try to restrict my worrying to the stuff I have control over. I figure the best thing I can do for my writing career is write the very best books I can, whether they win awards, and sell tonnes of copies or not.
Tl;dr: Awards are random, life is short, write the books/stories/poems/blog posts that you want to write.
I have had a few more thoughts on this subject after reading Amal El-Mohtar's excellent piece on it. Here's a little snippet of what she says:
Recently I went on a tear on Twitter because I saw women for whom I have tremendous admiration and respect speak up about how difficult they find it to overcome shyness and low self-esteem enough to talk about their work, and what an ongoing struggle it is for them to find value in their art, to think of it as in any way contributing anything to the world.
You cannot with one breath say that you wish more women were recognized for their work, and then say in the next that you think less of people who make others aware of their work. You cannot trust that somehow, magically, the systems that suppress the voices of women, people of colour, disabled people, queer people, trans people, will of their own accord stop doing that when award season rolls around in order to suddenly make you aware of their work. You MUST recognize the fact that the only way to counter silence is to encourage speech and make room for it to be heard.
I completely agree with El-Mohtar. The ones who are least likely to blow their own horns3 are the ones who most need to, the ones who people like me and El-Mohtar most want to hear from.
But I can't lie. I'm really glad I'm in a field where popularly voted awards are no big thing so I don't have to make others aware of my work come award time. Even after what El-Mohtar says in her cogent post. Even knowing that it's largely socialisation that makes me feel squicky about it in the first place.
I do write an annual post on the last day of the year to keep track of what I've been up to professionally. Somehow that doesn't feel squicky because it feels more like it's addressed to myself. I feel the same way about the anniversary of going freelance posts I write. Those are for me, not to spruik my books or myself, which would be tacky.
Why do I think it's tacky?
I'm a writer. I make my living by writing books. Why do I think it's tacky to remind people about that and have them buy said books? Why don't I have any buy buttons on my website? Why I do find everything associated with selling my work uncomfortable? Yes, I do think a large part of it is because of my socialisation as a woman. Particularly as an Australian woman. I definitely think that Australians and British people, on the whole, are more uncomfortable with the whole selling thing than those from the USA. For me it's partly gender and partly culture.
But there are plenty of women, people of colour, disabled people, queer people, trans people from the USA who are also mighty uncomfortable with the whole process.
On top of all of that there's the whole ridiculous notion that we shouldn't be making money out of art in the first place. Artists being above all that.
Amar El Mohtar is so very right. She ends her piece by calling for us to stop this stupid debate:
Can we please just accept — and make widespread the acceptance! — that making lists during Awards season is fine? That it's standard? That there is a vast difference between stating one's eligibility and campaigning for votes? That lists are extremely helpful to nominating parties who are rigorous in their reading and want to see conversations in fandom expand and diversify? And that rolling one's eyes about the whole process helps precisely no one while in fact hindering many?
I'm with her and am going to try very hard not to give into my feelings of squickiness at self promotion in the future.
Update the Second: And now Gwenda Bond has joined the discussion with this passionate post. She begins by talking about how she almost didn't write it:
So…I almost talked myself out of making this post, but then, hey, I said I was going to start blogging again and these are the kinds of things I'm interesting in blogging about. Even though it is a little scary, for reasons the post will make clear. The thing is, publishing books is—even though our books are not ourselves—extremely revealing, by which I mean it opens us up to lots more casual judgment and criticism, especially when we voice opinions that not everyone agrees with or wants to hear.
All too many of us stay silent for those reasons.
Do read the whole post because Gwenda beautifully articulates so much of what this discussion is actually about. Not merely who does and doesn't self-promote but how we are perceived when we do self-promote.
This blog post began with me talking about staying quiet about achievements because of choosing not to blow our own horn.4 But as both El-Mohtar and Bond make clear, there's a tonne of silencing going on. Women being attacked for speaking up about their own worth and it really has to stop.
I strongly recommend you read both El-Mohtar and Bond's posts.
Shocking, I know. And I'm sure the other jurors felt the same way about the books I did not recognise the greatness of. [↩]
Popularly voted awards have their own sets of issues. [↩]
Ahem. [↩]
So to speak. [↩]
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nature nanotechnology
Nanomechanical systems
Inside track weighs in with solution
Javier Tamayo1
Nature Nanotechnology volume 2, pages 342–343 (2007)Cite this article
The performance of biosensors that rely on tiny vibrating cantilevers suffers when they are operated in a liquid. The solution is to place the liquid inside the cantilever.
Laboratories around the world are competing to measure the smallest possible masses with sensors based on tiny cantilevers that are fixed at one end and vibrate at the other. The concept is simple: when an object lands on the cantilever, its resonant frequency decreases by an amount that is proportional to the mass of the object. The sensitivity of the device is inversely proportional to the active mass of the cantilever, and as advances in fabrication techniques have allowed sensors to become smaller, the masses measured have evolved from picograms to zeptograms1,2,3. Improvements in transduction techniques — which convert the vibration of the cantilever into a signal that can be measured — have also been central to this progress.
Figure 1: Mass sensing in liquids with nanomechanical devices.
Thundat, T., Wachter, E. A., Sharp, S. L. & Warmack, R. J. Appl. Phys. Lett. 66, 1695–1697 (1995).
Ilic, B. et al. Nano Lett. 5, 925929 (2005).
Yang, Y. T., Callegari, C., Feng, X. L., Ekinci, K. L. & Roukes, M. L. Nano Lett. 6, 583–586 (2006).
Zhang, J. et al. Nature Nanotech. 1, 214–220 (2006).
Braun, T. et al. Phys. Rev. E 72, 031907 (2005).
Pang, W. et al. Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 243503 (2006).
Tamayo, J. J. Appl. Phys. 97, 044903 (2005).
Burg, T. P. & Manalis, S. R. Appl. Phys. Lett. 83, 2698–2700 (2003).
Burg, T. P. et al. Nature 446, 1066–1069 (2007).
Burg, T. P. et al. J. Microelectromech. Syst. 15, 1466–1476 (2006).
Javier Tamayo is at the Institute of Microelectronics (IMM-CNM, CSIC), 28760 Madrid, Spain. jtamayo@imm.cnm.csic.es,
Javier Tamayo
Tamayo, J. Inside track weighs in with solution. Nature Nanotech 2, 342–343 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2007.159
Issue Date: June 2007
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2007.159
Nature Nanotechnology (Nat. Nanotechnol.) ISSN 1748-3395 (online) ISSN 1748-3387 (print)
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The Abertillery by-election of was held on 30 November 1950 in Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent, following the death of the incumbent Labour MP George Daggar. Local minister Llywelyn Williams stood for the Labour Party, while Richard Body contested it for the Conservative Party. Williams was elected, with a majority of 20,783 (73%).

Background
At the 1950 general election, George Daggar held his seat for the Labour Party. He defeated the challenger from the Conservative Party, O.J. Lewis, with a majority of 25,206. By September that year, Dagger was too ill to attend votes at the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, including one on the steel debate opened by Winston Churchill; the largest opposition vote since 1924. Dagger was one of only two MPs not to be present, alongside Harold Roberts for the Conservative Party. Although around the same time, Dagger was said to be showing signs of improvement. Following his death, the seat was re-contested.

Candidates
The candidates put forward by the parties were the Rev. Llywelyn Williams for Labour, and Richard Body for the Conservative Party. Williams resigned his ministry of the Welsh Congregational Church at Abertillery in order to contest the seat. Body did not have any local links, and had contested the Rotherham constituency at the 1950 general election.

Result
The by-election was held on 30 November, with the result announced the following day. It was the same day as the by-election in the Bristol South East constituency. Williams held the seat for the Labour Party, with 26,622 votes and a share increase by just over half of one percent, while Body received 3,839 and saw his share decrease by the same amount.

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The general rule for all aspects of German society – Ordnung muss sein – shouldn't be taken so seriously. Sometimes less discipline and more creativity ought to be considered. Just picture the life in Germany afterwards.


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TASS is establishing a Short Term Adviser Pool (STA Pool) to support its activities. The STA Pool will include a range of international and national experts with various specialisations in education to be able to quickly respond to requests from the Government of Indonesia for technical assistance.
Please submit your expression of interest and CV through the above link or email to recruitment@tass.or.id, before 13th November 2017.
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Ральф Стэнли (; 25 февраля 1927, Макклюр, штат Вирджиния, США — 23 июня 2016, Коберн, штат Вирджиния, США) — американский музыкант стиля блюграсс, певец и композитор. Один из крупнейших исполнителей, работавший в жанре кантри, блюграсс и фолк. Лауреат премии Грэмми (2002).

Биография
Родился в местечке McClure, на севере штата Вирджиния, США в семье Lee и Lucy Stanley. В 1936 году он переехал в округ Дикинсон (Dickenson County)..

В 1946 году вместе со своим старшим братом и гитаристом Карером Стэнли (1925–1966) они организовали музыкальную группу Clinch Mountain Boys, играли в местных старинных и баптистских стилях,  выступали на провинциальных радиостанциях. В конце 1950-х годов была образована группа The Stanley Brothers. Ральф и Картер выступали вместе с этими группами с 1946 до 1966 года до самой кончины старшего брата. В дальнейшем Ральф начал сольную карьеру, но продолжал использовать именование группы.

В 1976 году получил почётную степень доктора музыки от университета Lincoln Memorial University (Теннесси), после чего получил прозвище «Dr. Ralph Stanley». Член нескольких Залов Славы музыки блюграсс и кантри: International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor (1992, вместе с The Stanley Brothers), Grand Ole Opry (2000).

В 2000 году Библиотекой конгресса США назван живой легендой Library of Congress Living Legend in April 2000.

В 2002 году за песню-панихиду а капелла «O Death» Ральф Стэнли получил премию Грэмми в категории «Лучшее мужское исполнение с вокалом в стиле кантри». Кроме того, записанный с его участием саундтрек «O Brother, Where Art Thou?» культового фильма «О, где же ты, брат?» братьев Джоэла и Итана Коэнов получил премию Грэмми как «Лучший альбом года».

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Ссылки
 http://drralphstanleymusic.com/

Музыканты XX века
Исполнители на струнных музыкальных инструментах
Кантри-музыканты США
Певцы и певицы США
Баптисты США
Умершие от рака кожи
Лауреаты премии «Грэмми»
Члены Grand Ole Opry
Банджоисты США
Блюграсс-музыканты
Награждённые Национальной медалью США в области искусств
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Barrington Stage Company Taps Two to Board of Trustees
11:01AM / Friday, July 12, 2019
Infuriating
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Barrington Stage Company has appointed Caroline Holland and Debra Jo Rupp to the Board of Trustees.
"Caroline Holland and Debra Jo Rupp are exciting new additions to the board. Caroline's knowledge of the Berkshire community and what it needs to make it even more vibrant is extraordinary. Debra Jo's voice as a working theater artist is important as we move ahead developing new work and community projects. We look forward to working side by side with them furthering Barrington Stage's mission," said Artistic Director Julianne Boyd.
Holland is the managing director of Mill Town Capital, overseeing operations, strategy and project
Tanglewood, Sevenars, Taconic Music Highlight the Week
by Stephen Dankner, Guest Column
11:23AM / Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Tanglewood enters its second week, and the highlights are many; indeed, every concert will be memorable.
Two examples: The Boston Symphony, led by maestro Andris Nelson, who will be joined by an outstanding assemblage of operatic superstars, performs Giuseppe Verdi's magisterial Requiem, and the Tanglewood Music Center Orchesta (TMCO) showcases Tchaikovsky's fatalistic Symphony No. 6 ("Pathétique"). Symphonies by Copland (no. 3) and Beethoven (no. 4) will also be heard on consecutive dates, along with an all-Bach solo violin recital by the electrifying virtuosa Hillary Hahn.
Don't miss out on the captivating Sevenars Chamber Music Festival, located in South
Harlem Dance, Buddy Guy's Blues, Nat 'King' Cole Stylings Highlight Week
By Grace Lichtenstein, Guest Column
Blues, jazz, hip-hop, folk, cabaret — you can catch a bit of everything with the varied pops calendar in our region this week. Big names, too: Dance Theatre of Harlem, Buddy Guy, John Davidson to name a few.
Jacob's Pillow
The 50th anniversary of the beloved Dance Theatre of Harlem is being celebrated July 10-14 at the Ted Shawn Theatre. Co-founded by the late Arthur Mitchell, it is now headed by founding member and former principal dancer Virginia Johnson. This is the troupe's first return to the Pillow in five years.
On the bill are a collection of works from the 21st as well as 20th century: Darrell Grand Moultrie's "Harlem on My Mind," Christopher
The Three Ts: Tanglewood, Taconic, Tannery Pond
Tanglewood, the nation's largest and most prestigious summer music presenter, opens its 82nd classical festival season this week. Here's a rundown of the concerts in the Shed and in Ozawa Hall, and also the amazing and elaborate related events in the just-opened Tanglewood Linde Center complex of buildings.
Why go? To be amazed! Read about the stellar music making, with superstar performers interpreting great music from across historical eras – much of it beloved favorites by audiences worldwide, and for the many personal and historical perspectives you'll discover at the Tanglewood Learning Institute (TLI) presentations.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra opens
Red, White, Blue Plus Grease Week for Pop Fans
11:48AM / Tuesday, July 02, 2019
From Stockbridge to Boston, pop fans know what to expect as the mid-week Fourth of July celebration approaches: Sweet Baby James at Tanglewood — but first, there's a great Josh Groban show tonight.
Meanwhile at the Guthrie Center in Great Barrington: more great folk music, while Jacob's Pillow features live music accompaniment to a Merce Cunningham tribute. That, a new production of "Grease" and more.
Hope you have your tickets to James Taylor on Wednesday and Thursday as the Shed and the lawn are both sold out for the annual visit of James Taylor, beloved bard of the Berkshires. However, you can still hear great pop music tonight (Tuesday, July
Tanglewood Cuts Ribbon on New Multidisciplinary Facility
By Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
05:12PM / Friday, June 28, 2019
A total of four structures were built on the property that make up the center.	LENOX, Mass. — Tanglewood cut the ribbon on the new $33 million Linde Center for Music and Learning on Friday morning.	The newly constructed buildings will house the 6,000-square-foot Tanglewood Learning Institute and offer rehearsal and performance spaces, learning opportunities, and more. The spaces will also be available for lease and will host numerous events and programs.	The programs are not just music-based but will also feature talks, film screenings, classes on cinematography, painting, drawing, and photography. "Whether it's through the Tanglewood
Review: Do Not Leave at Intermission of 'Into the Woods'
By Nancy Salz, Guest Column
10:47AM / Friday, June 28, 2019
The story of Stephen Sondheim's "Into The Woods" only appears to be over at end of the first act of this farcical and entertaining mash-up made from four Brothers Grimm fairy tales. While everyone is about to live happily ever after, Act I is really a foreshadowing of the pay-back set forth Act II.
Bring your mind as well as your sense of humor to Barrington Stage's fine production of this musical theater classic.
As the show begins, The Baker (Jonathan Raviv) and his Wife (Mara Davi) are on a quest. They desperately want a child but are unable to conceive. The Witch (Mykal Kilgore) has cursed them, and to undo it, she demands four items: a cow as white as milk from
'The Dead Don't Die': Having Fun With the Oxymoron
By Michael S. Goldberger, iBerkshires Film Critic
05:36PM / Thursday, June 27, 2019
I'd be impressed if I learned that a history prof in some U.S. university was showing his class director Jim Jarmusch's zombie/horror/comedy "The Dead Don't Die" as an instructive metaphor for the zombies down in Foggy Bottom. It might be a stretch, but then again, c'mon.	Possessed of no morality and dedicated only to their perverse survival, the sudden infestation of the undead in previously peaceful, Centerville, Pennsylvania, is fraught with tidbits of parodic wit, the satire there for all who are willing to recognize the real horror that threatens us.	In his latest example of off-the-hook, avant-garde filmmaking, wherein he pays tongue-in-cheek
A Deeper, Darker Exhibit Debuts at Berkshire Art Museum
By Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
02:25AM / Thursday, June 27, 2019
Dan Wolf manipulated negatives to create creepy to horrific artworks.	NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Berkshire Art Museum opens its sixth season by dipping into dark matter — art that's slightly twisted, disturbing, tortured, sorrowful, disastrous and, well, dark. That's the theme running through "Not Just Another Pretty Picture," a group exhibit that opens on Thursday at 6 p.m. during the first DownStreet Art of the season. "I like to do shows that I can relate to and also I feel that maybe are a little bit underrepresented in galleries," said museum founder Eric Rudd. "Gallery dealers will tell you what sells are
DownStreet Art Kicks Off 12th Summer of Art on Thursday
03:55PM / Wednesday, June 26, 2019
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — DownStreet Art kicks off its 12th season of gallery openings, exhibits and performances this Thursday. The annual summer event is a prelude this year to the Solid Sound Festival at Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art that opens on Friday. But while Wilco and the gang have the weekend, DownStreet Art continues with monthly events through the summer. Local and regional artists have decked out Main Street storefronts for the occasion, and three locations will host simultaneous gallery openings downtown from 5 to 8 p.m.	Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts' Berkshire Cultural Resource Center coordinates the summer art
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A screening of Paper Planes will be held on the West Lawn of Government House Victoria, free for members of the public.
The Governor of Victoria, the Honourable Linda Dessau AC, and Mr Anthony Howard AM QC invite members of the public to a screening of Paper Planes in the grounds of Government House Melbourne on Friday 8 November 2019 from 7.00 pm.
Paper Planes is an imaginative film about a young Australian boy's passion for flight and his challenge to compete in the World Paper Plane Championships in Japan.
The Governor and Mr Howard look forward to welcoming you to the very first outdoor cinema at Government House Melbourne, as part of the Governor's Performance Series.
Members of the public are welcome to bring a picnic to enjoy while viewing the film; please note that alcohol is not permitted.
Attendance is free; however, registration is essential. For further information and to register for your free tickets, please visit this link.


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09 Nov 2020 Government heeds advice on Vitamin D and offers 4 months' supply to the most vulnerable
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Following the sustained pressure from the scientific community, including BANT's call for extraordinary supplementation of Vitamins C & D as a preventative measure for COVID-19 (https://bant.org.uk/2020/10/20/bant-recommends-extraordinary-measure-of-vitamin-c-and-vitamin-d-supplementation/) the government has finally acted on Vitamin D. The Health Secretary Matt Hancock has decided to "act fast", albeit well into this second national lockdown, and offer a four-month supply of Vitamin D supplements to millions of vulnerable people shielding at home and in care homes. This will include organ-transplant recipients, chemotherapy patients and those with severe respiratory conditions such as cystic fibrosis, severe asthma, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. British MP and former cabinet minister David Davis called for action back in September stating "A cheap way of tackling COVID-19 is being ignored". The first packages are due to be sent early next month (December), four months later.
Vitamin D is a potent immune modifying micronutrient and there is mounting evidence of its effectiveness in moderating COVID-19 severity. BANT recently highlighted research in which early intervention with Vitamin D supplementation in SARS-CoV-2 infections reduced severity of the infection and lowered ICU admissions (1). Public Health England (PHE) recommend 10 micrograms (mcg) of Vitamin D3 every day from foods such as oily fish and eggs, or supplementation (2). With average costs starting as little as £12 per adult for a four-month supply, it is cost-effective and available to roll out nationally. Why then has it taken so long for the government to act?
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using Azure.Storage.Interfaces;
using Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage;
using Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage.RetryPolicies;
using Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage.Table;

namespace Azure.Storage
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Simple helper class for Windows Azure storage tables
	/// </summary>
    public class TableStorage<T> : ITableStorage<T> where T : TableEntity, new()
	{
	    private readonly CloudTable cloudTable;

	    private readonly string TableName;

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		/// Creates a new TableStorage object
		/// </summary>
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		public TableStorage(string tableName, string storageConnectionString)
		{
			Validate.TableName(tableName, "tableName");
			Validate.String(storageConnectionString, "storageConnectionString");

			var cloudStorageAccount = CloudStorageAccount.Parse(storageConnectionString);

		    var requestOptions = new TableRequestOptions
		    {
		        RetryPolicy = new ExponentialRetry(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1), 3)
		    };

            var cloudTableClient = cloudStorageAccount.CreateCloudTableClient();
		    cloudTableClient.DefaultRequestOptions = requestOptions;

            TableName = tableName;
		    cloudTable = cloudTableClient.GetTableReference(TableName);
		    cloudTable.CreateIfNotExists();
		}

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		/// Creates a new entity in the table
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="entity">The entity to store in the table</param>
		public void CreateEntity(T entity)
		{
			Validate.Null(entity, "entity");
		    var insertOperation = TableOperation.Insert(entity);
		    cloudTable.Execute(insertOperation);
		}

        /// <summary>
        /// Creates new entities in the table using batching
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="entities">The entities to store in the table</param>
	    public void CreateEntities(IEnumerable<T> entities)
        {
            Validate.Null(entities, "entities");
            var batchOperation = new TableBatchOperation();

            foreach (var entity in entities)
            {
               batchOperation.Insert(entity);
            }

            cloudTable.ExecuteBatch(batchOperation);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Create an entity if it doesn't exist or merges the new values
        /// to the existing one
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="entity"></param>
	    public void InsertOrUpdate(T entity)
	    {
            Validate.Null(entity, "entity");
	        var insertOrUpdateOperation = TableOperation.InsertOrMerge(entity);
	        cloudTable.Execute(insertOrUpdateOperation);
	    }

		/// <summary>
		/// Deletes an entities from the table with the specified partitionKey
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="partitionKey">
		/// The partition key of the entity to be deleted.
		/// Note that a partition key can return more than one entity.
		/// If more than one are returned, the first one is deleted.
		/// </param>
		public void DeleteEntitiesByPartitionKey(string partitionKey)
		{
			Validate.TablePropertyValue(partitionKey, "partitionKey");

		    var query =
		        new TableQuery<T>()
                    .Where(TableQuery.GenerateFilterCondition(
                        "PartitionKey",
                        QueryComparisons.Equal,
		                partitionKey));

		    var results = cloudTable.ExecuteQuery(query);
		    var batchOperation = new TableBatchOperation();
		    var counter = 0;
		    foreach (var entity in results)
		    {
		        batchOperation.Delete(entity);
		        counter++;

                //Batch operations are limited to 100 items
                //when we reach 100, we commit and clear the operation
                if (counter == 100)
                {
                    cloudTable.ExecuteBatch(batchOperation);
                    batchOperation = new TableBatchOperation();
                    counter = 0;
                }
		    }
		}

        /// <summary>
        /// Deletes an entities from the table with the specified partitionKey
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="rowKey">
        /// The row key of the entities to be deleted.
        /// Note that a row key can return more than one entity.
        /// If more than one are returned, the first one is deleted.
        /// </param>
        public void DeleteEntitiesByRowKey(string rowKey)
        {
            Validate.TablePropertyValue(rowKey, "rowKey");

            var query =
                new TableQuery<T>()
                    .Where(TableQuery.GenerateFilterCondition(
                        "RowKey",
                        QueryComparisons.Equal,
                        rowKey));

            var results = cloudTable.ExecuteQuery(query);
            var batchOperation = new TableBatchOperation();
            var counter = 0;
            foreach (var entity in results)
            {
                batchOperation.Delete(entity);
                counter++;

                //Batch operations are limited to 100 items
                //when we reach 100, we commit and clear the operation
                if (counter == 100)
                {
                    cloudTable.ExecuteBatch(batchOperation);
                    batchOperation = new TableBatchOperation();
                    counter = 0;
                }
            }
        }

	    /// <summary>
	    /// Deletes an entity from the table
	    /// </summary>
	    /// <param name="partitionKey">The partitionKey of the entity</param>
	    /// <param name="rowKey">The row key of the entity to be deleted</param>
	    public void DeleteEntity(string partitionKey, string rowKey)
		{
            Validate.TablePropertyValue(rowKey, "rowKey");
            Validate.TablePropertyValue(partitionKey, "partitionKey");

            var retrieveOperation = TableOperation.Retrieve<T>(partitionKey, rowKey);
            var retrievedResult = cloudTable.Execute(retrieveOperation);

            var entityToDelete = retrievedResult.Result as T;
	        if (entityToDelete != null)
	        {
                var deleteOperation = TableOperation.Delete(entityToDelete);
                cloudTable.Execute(deleteOperation);
	        }
		}

        /// <summary>
        /// Delete the table for this particular TableStorage
        /// </summary>
	    public void DeleteTable()
	    {
            cloudTable.DeleteIfExists();
        }

	    /// <summary>
		/// Gets an entity from the table
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="partitionKey">
		/// The partition key of the entity to be returned.
		/// </param>
		public IEnumerable<T> GetEntitiesByPartitionKey(string partitionKey)
		{
            Validate.TablePropertyValue(partitionKey, "partitionKey");

            var query =
               new TableQuery<T>()
                   .Where(TableQuery.GenerateFilterCondition(
                       "PartitionKey",
                       QueryComparisons.Equal,
                       partitionKey));

            return cloudTable.ExecuteQuery(query).AsEnumerable();
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Gets all entities from the table with the specified rowKey
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="rowKey">
		/// The row key of the entities to be returned.
		/// </param>
        public IEnumerable<T> GetEntitiesByRowKey(string rowKey)
		{
			Validate.TablePropertyValue(rowKey, "rowKey");

            var query =
               new TableQuery<T>()
                   .Where(TableQuery.GenerateFilterCondition(
                       "RowKey",
                       QueryComparisons.Equal,
                       rowKey));

            return cloudTable.ExecuteQuery(query).AsEnumerable();
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Gets an entity from the table
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="partitionKey">
		/// The partition key of the entity to be returned.
		/// The partition key and row key will always return a single entity.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="rowKey">
		/// The row key of the entity to be returned.
		/// The partition key and row key will always return a single entity.
		/// </param>
		public T GetEntityByPartitionKeyAndRowKey(string partitionKey, string rowKey)
		{
            var retrieveOperation = TableOperation.Retrieve<T>(partitionKey, rowKey);

            var retrievedResult = cloudTable.Execute(retrieveOperation);

            return retrievedResult.Result as T;
		}
	}
}


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Alpine Mist Wines
Alpine Mist Wines' story begins with the knowledge gained over five generations of a family that has made its living from the land. The current generation has evolved from cropping and horticulture, to nurturing vines that thrive in the fertile hillside soils of Marlborough's Southern Valleys. From this uniquely positioned vineyard come the grapes that produce Alpine Mist's range of stunning wines.
Bouldevines
Bouldevines mission is to produce distinctively fine wines for the enjoyment of the discerning wine enthusiast.
Claylaur Family Estate Wines
Since 1984 the Smith Family has been growing quality grapes on their Claylaur Family Estate vineyards. The fruit for this wine is from two diverse quality sites, the glacial out wash gravels of the southern Omaka Valley and the stony silt soil of the central Wairau Valley.
Clos Henri Vineyard
The Clos Henri site has a unique soil structure, offering three specific soil "zones", which naturally divide the property of hill and gently sloping flat lands. These three soil types offer diversity in flavour for each variety grown, and give the Clos Henri wines character defined in the terroir.
Churton Wines
Our winemaking is focused on producing premium quality Sauvignon Blanc, Viognier, Pinot Noir and very small quantities of Petit Manseng that combine the renowned flavour and aromatic intensity of Marlborough fruit with the finesse and complexity characteristic of fine European wines.
Lawson's Dry Hills
Almost every vineyard in the world will tell you that their wine is special because it embodies the nobleness of the land from which it came. But great wine is made by people. People who use their skill, experience and passion to create something amazing from the raw materials of nature.
Foxes Island Wines
Small quality producer of the premium classic wine varieties, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Mail order and secure web-based sales available.
Clark Estate
Clark Estate is a boutique family vineyard situated high in the Awatere Valley, Marlborough – a beautiful, picturesque spot at the top of New Zealand's South Island.
Awatere River Wine Company
Our wines capture the essence of the Marlborough lifestyle. For me that's about fun days kicking back at the bach with friends and family - fishing, diving for scallops, or sailing the tranquil Sounds. Frequently enjoying quality wines created virtually in our own backyard.
Drylands Wines
Drylands is one of New Zealand's first wineries to produce vibrant and zesty Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand's famous Marlborough region on the South Island.
Lake Chalice Wines
Lake Chalice Wines is a privately and locally owned wine company producing quality, artisan wines in the heart of Marlborough, New Zealand's wine country.
Wyebrook Estate
Wyebrook Estate is a small vineyard on the edge of town in Blenheim, in the renowned wine region of Marlborough, New Zealand. We grow the world-famous Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc. The wine is classic Marlborough Sauvignon with outstanding intensity and a rich fruit-driven mid palate.
Huia Vineyards
At Huia, the creation of good wine and a commitment to the environment go hand in hand. The result is elegant, hand crafted wines that go to help define the potential of Marlborough. With a focus on organics and biodynamics, Huia makes beautiful wines for today, while protecting the vitality of the soils for future generations.
Kimura Cellars
Kimura Cellars was established by Japanese winemaker Shigehisa Kimura (nicknamed Shige), in Marlborough in 2009. He has been driven by pure passioon and desire to produce premium wine since then.
Vavasour Wines
The Vavasours arrived in New Zealand and established themselves in the Awatere Valley in 1890. Nearly a century later in 1985, Peter Vavasour identified the Awatere Valley as the new frontier for New Zealand wine growing and planted the first grapes there. Vavasour's first vintage was 1989; within three years they were garnering high accolades and had officially put Awatere Valley on the map of great wine making regions.
Four Hawk Day Wines
Four Hawk Day wines are produced on our vineyard situated on the banks of the Omaka River, in the charming Cowslip Valley. This distinctive little valley creates a unique micro-climate within the Waihopai Valley grape-growing area. We have recorded temperatures ranging from minus 14 to plus 42 degrees here, we took both days off!
Johanneshof Cellars
Johanneshof Cellars has gained a huge respect for its wines over the last 21 vintages with a strong reputation for its sparkling wines and the aromatic varieties. This was underlined by consistent 5 star ratings in New Zealand and Australian Wine Magazines for Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling, Pinot Gris and Gewurztraminer and numerous Medals and Trophies scoring "Champion" wine in their category year after year.
Soderberg Wines
Soderberg Wines is a small boutique wine making family enterprise. Our philosophy is to make the best Marlborough Pinot Noir that our vineyard and we can produce.
Sunshine Bay Wine
Sunshine Bay Wines are produced from selected premium vineyard sites in Marlborough. Sunshine Bay is situated in the Marlborough Sounds at the top of the South Island, New Zealand.
Widely regarded as the quintessential expression of the acclaimed Marlborough wine region, Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc is an international benchmark wine noted for its vibrant aromatics, layers of pure fruit flavours and fine structure.
Cairnbrae Wines
Cairnbrae winemakers choose the finest parcels from select vineyards in Marlborough's oldest wine sub-regions. The older vines and unique terroirs combine to create distinctly layered and complex wines with the famous Marlborough fruit intensity, but with an additional overlay of luscious, elegant character - enticing, premium wines with a distinct Cairnbrae style.
No1 Family Estate
No.1 Family Estate's specialist Champagne-maker, Daniel Le Brun produces New Zealand's finest methode traditionelle - bubbles at their best!.
Maven Wines
Our Cravens Road vineyard occupies a picturesque site backed by the Richmond Range, with the Wairau River just 200m from the vines. Cravens Creek winds through the vineyard. A characteristic is its relative uniformity: its deep silt loam soils, with moderate to high fertility and good water-holding capacity, promote greater consistency in fruit development and maturation.
Torea Wines
If you're after fantastic quality wines with a snappy look, you've come to the right place! Our mission is to make great wines that look as good as they taste. We like the simple things in life and wine can get pretty complicated – ours isn't.
Terrace Heights Estate
The Terrace Heights Estate vineyard is situated on the lower terrace of the Wairau plains just west of Renwick in Marlborough, New Zealand. The vineyard was first planted in 1993/94. Along the way it has been expanded and, where once cherry and apple trees stood in the nineties, we now have around 32ha of vines to make THE wine.
Zephyr Wine
Zephyr wines embrace the dynamic spirit of the Glover family and the lively aromatics of the estate vineyards. The Glover family vineyards, planted in 1985 alongside the meandering Opawa River, have inspired the family's passion for wine.
Eradus Wines
All grapes that make Eradus Wines are grown in the Awatere Valley, a sub region of Marlborough with its own unique microclimate. The Awatere Valley is windier, dryer, stonier, cooler and on the whole more extreme than Marlborough's other regions. These conditions create wines with a distinct mineral backbone and crisp, clean acidity.
Tupari Wines
Tupari Wines is an artisan producer of fine wine from the Awatere Valley, Marlborough in the South Island of New Zealand. We combine family passion and winemaking expertise to craft a handful of exquisite wines.
Hunter's is the only Marlborough vineyard established in the 1970s to still be owned by its original family - more than 30 years after being founded.
Nautilus Estate
Nautilus Estate wines are carefully crafted; we produce wines that are synonymous with the best in New Zealand. Modern technology and traditional techniques have been deftly combined in our state-of-the-art winemaking facilities by our talented winemaking
Boundary Rider Wines
Boundary Rider Wines is a creation of the Taylor family who have farmed in Marlborough since 1919. Ours is wine that invites its drinkers to connect with the special place that our family have nurtured for decades. Boundary Rider Wines are the only wines available from our area, Ward, direct from the grower to you.
Isabel Vineyard
Premium quality grapes are derived from a unique soil profile from some of the oldest vines in Marlborough. This complexity and minerality from the soil is reflected in the distinct characteristics of all Isabel wines.
Mahi Wines
For all of the Mahi single-vineyard wines the fruit is hand-picked and sorted prior to being 'whole-cluster' pressed at the winery. Fermentation is done with the indigenous yeasts that arrive on the grapes, and if barrels are used these will be French, as they give a more savoury character to the wines.
Ballochdale Estate
The Ballochdale Estate is a beautiful vineyard set high in the hills of the Awatere Valley in Marlborough. The soils are superbly suited for the growing of Pinot Noir and Sauvignon. It lies about 25 kilometres inland from the sea and 300 meters above sea level making it one of the highest vineyards in the Province.
Auntsfied Estate
Auntsfied Estate is run under the watchful eye of the Cowley family and is the home of Marlborough's first colonial vineyard and winery. The dramatic hillside vineyard with its unique variety of soils is the inspiration to produce exciting hand crafted wines of balance and individuality that display the special terroir of this historic Marlborough vineyard.
Waterfalls Road Wine
Our mission is to deliver the best expressions of Sauvignon Blanc possible from our vineyard set amid this 100 hectare farmland. With our individual blocks and differing ages of the vines, we have the ability to translate this enigmatic grape into a number of different styles, demonstrating that Sauvignon Blanc is not only capable of delivering excitement, but also wonder and surprise.
Dog Point Vineyard
Located in Marlborough, New Zealand's premium wine growing region, Dog Point Vineyards produce wines that respect the natural integrity of the land from which they are made and, reflect the experience and passion of the people that make them.
Clos Marguerite Vineyard
Clos Marguerite is a small family-owned vineyard which is the fulfillment of a dream and the result of a long journey. Clos Marguerite offers you single-vineyard wines that are a harmonious blend of old-world experience and knowledge combined with new-world innovation and vision.
Wild South Wines
Wild South is an adventure, and it's this spirit that led us to the Waihopai Valley, beside the Omaka River, to a wild piece of land strewn with rocks from end to end: Hell's Gate. But hidden under that prickly name and all those rocks was the perfect wine-growing land. Rock by rock, we hand-cleared it and set about establishing Wild South wines, and this Marlborough vineyard was to be at the heart of it all.
Tinpot Hut Wine
While the Tinpot Hut Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc is the flagship wine of our portfolio, the range has grown over the years to include Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Riesling, Gruner Veltliner, Syrah and Late Harvest Riesling.
Blind River Estate
Our vineyard is the single most important element of Blind River. The unique combination of soil and micro climate - terroir- cannot be replicated elsewhere. It defines our flavour profile and is what helps our wines to stand out from others.
Ribbonwood Wine
Located just north of the Renwick township on Conders Bend Road, Ribbonwood's 15 year old vines are planted on an unusual east-west direction, the resulting shade on the south side of each row produces more herbaceous fruit than other sites in Marlborough.
Clifford Bay Estate
Our home is the famed Marlborough winegrowing region on New Zealand's South Island. Our name comes from nearby Clifford Bay, located at the eastern entrance of the Cook Strait and the Tasman Sea. To the north are the stunning White Cliffs and beyond that is Cloudy Bay. Since our first vintage in 1997 we have worked diligently to produce fruit-driven wines that are finely balanced, refreshing and pure.
Totara Wines
The Totara tree is native to New Zealand, and has long been revered by Maori, as well as early European settlers for its diverse qualities and uses. The Totara possesses strength and durability, properties we strive to emulate with the Totara wines brand.
Grove Mill Waihopai Valley Winery
Fine Wines from Marlborough New Zealand.
Mount Fishtail Wines
Mount Fishtail Wines produces Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir wines from the sunny province of Marlborough, New Zealand. Marlborough is New Zealand's premium wine growing region for Sauvignon Blanc.
Framingham Wines Marlborough
Our Framingham range has grown with a strong tradition of winemaking for balance, texture and complexity. The key to our individuality is small batch winemaking. Combining small batches of wine from different parts of the vineyard, we build depth of flavour and texture. We only source fruit from the Wairau Valley, from both our own vineyard and carefully selected grower sites nearby.
McNaught and Walker
The McNaught and Walker Sauvignon Blanc is produced entirely from grapes grown in the Awatere Valley, Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand.
Haha is a Maori word which means savoury and luscious. A toast to the full-flavoured goodness of Aotearoa, New Zealand: grown with love, created with confidence and selected with passion.
The Delta Wine Company
The Delta Farm, on the south side of Marlborough's Wairau Valley, was first established in 1848. In 2000 a triangular piece was purchased by four partners including winemaker Matt Thomson and London-based MW David Gleave.
Highfield is a stunning boutique Marlborough winery producing ultra premium, food friendly wines and owned by Shin Yokoi and Tom Tenuwera. Famed for its flagship wine, Elstree Cuvee Brut, its iconic Tuscan style tower overlooking the Wairau Valley, outstanding summer dining restaurant and beautiful cellar door, it's not hard to see why Highfield is one of the most visited wineries in Marlborough.
John Belsham works closely with a select group of vineyard owners who grow grapes specifically for Foxes Island and under the guidance of viticulturalist Mark Allen; ensuring the best quality grapes possible.
Allan Scott Wines & Estates Ltd
Allan Scott Wines is a family owned and operated company established in 1990. Since the first harvesting of Allan Scott Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc, Allan Scott Wines has developed a solid reputation as one of the region's top wine producers.
Gibson Bridge Vineyard
Gibson Bridge is a boutique family owned vineyard located in Renwick, the heart of New Zealand's premium white grape growing region - Marlborough. Howard and Julie Simmonds have established, and tend their vineyard on the bank of the fast flowing alpine fed Gibson Creek.
Mount Riley Wines
Mount Riley Wines is a family owned and run Marlborough winery. We craft wines that are approachable and down to earth - much like us.
Staete Landt Vineyards
At Staete Landt we produce wine for the top end of the market, which is the segment of exclusive and (super) premium wines. With our team of passionate wine people we are highly committed to our land, our soils, our vines and our wines. We look after our vines and resources with great dedication in order to make wines that truly represent our unique terroir on the 'Golden Mile'.
Opawa Wine
Meaning "smoky river" in Maori, Opawa is the name of our home vineyard, which is located on the old river bed of the historic Opawa River. This river helped shape the gravel soils that make up the Marlborough winegrowing heartland. Opawa wines offer, fragrant aromas, ripe flavours and soft, juicy texture.
Fairhall Downs Estate Wines
Fairhall Downs Family Estate is a family owned and operated Marlborough wine company, proudly specialising in premium, single vineyard wines. A market leader epitomising the "small is beautiful" philosophy, Fairhall Downs Family Estate warmly invites visitors to its Cellar Door.
Vicarage Lane Wines
Our Marlborough vineyard is set amongst New Zealand's stunning scenery, which provides not only a natural beauty for the eye to behold, but a land that unfolds the succulent fruit used to hand craft the fine wines that are Vicarage Lane Wines.
Jackson Estate embodies the very best of Marlborough, New Zealand, the essence of fine wine. Jackson Estate is a special place, a testament to the vision and determination of the Stichbury and Jackson families who have farmed the land on the Wairau River plains at Jacksons Road for more than 160 years.
Starborough Wines
Starborough is a family owned and operated boutique Marlborough wine producer, with vineyards in the Wairau and Awatere valleys. Our Marlborough farming history and experience dates back to 1865.
Hunky Dory Wine Company
Whether you're out on the deck, or around the dining table, Hunky Dory is the perfect accompaniment to relaxed living. Like fresh oysters or steamed mussels, Hunky Dory Sauvignon Blanc, The Tangle and Chardonnay are made for enjoying in the sun.
Domaine Georges Michel
Domaine Georges Michel winery, restaurant and wine, gift and gourmet shop features fine wines of Marlborough, New Zealand. Set on the Golden Mile with spectacular views of the Richmond Ranges.
Wither Hills
The Wither Hills Tasting Room & Cellar Door allows you to engage your senses sampling wines from our full range of wines in an elegant, friendly and relaxed environment. For those wanting to learn a bit more or experience something out of the ordinary, try one of our wine experience options and learn more about the winemaking process first hand in either our Vine to Wine or Gourmet Blending tours.
Whitehaven Wine Company
Established in 1994 in the heart of the internationally renowned Marlborough region, Whitehaven is the realisation of the White family's vision to create a respected and critically acclaimed winery. Sailing the Pacific, they set a new course for the Marlborough Sounds, dropped anchor and launched a wine label, Whitehaven.
O'Dwyers Creek Vineyard
O'Dwyers Creek Vineyard is situated in the wine growing region of Rapaura, Marlborough. This area is recognised as one of the premium wine regions of the world and is New Zealand's leading wine region.
Forrest Estate Winery
Forrest Estate Winery is owned and operated by Dr's John and Brigid Forrest. The winery is located in Renwick, at the heart of Marlborough, New Zealand's largest and most famous wine region.
Astrolabe Wines
Astrolabe has evolved from winemaker Simon Waghorn's vision. His extraordinary skill as winemaker, together with a clear focus on quality wines and relationships, has formed the foundation of Astrolabe. Simon is a hands-on winemaker, relishing his role and nurturing Astrolabe as his own brand and baby.
Jules Taylor Wines
Jules Taylor Wines source their grapes from vineyards in the Wairau and Awatere Valleys, Marlborough. Well, not so much from vineyards as back corners of vineyards, rises and hollows and dry-as bits of vineyards.
Turning Heads Wine
We have a simple philosophy – accentuate all that is great about the Marlborough region by utilising ripe fruit to craft premium wines. These wines do not disappoint and will certainly turn some heads.
Two Rivers of Marlborough
Two Rivers of Marlborough has a single-minded focus on crafting exceptional Marlborough New Zealand wines.
Bladen Wines
In 1989, Christine and Dave Macdonald left their city lives behind to realise their dream of establishing a vineyard and winery. With caravan in tow the family embarked on a national tour to find the ideal winegrowing region and vineyard location. Settling in Marlborough, they planted their vineyard by hand, initially growing grapes for local wineries before creating their own wines under the Bladen name.
Black Cottage Wines
At the Black Cottage we are dedicated to producing a range of wines full of 'gusto'. Combining select parcels of fruit with modern and alternative winemaking techniques, we strive to create very special wines which are approachable and delicious.
Herzog Winery & Restaurant
The Burgundian style Pinot Noir, the Bordeaux style Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon "Spirit of Marlborough" and Montepulciano, all 5 star rated, belong to some of New Zealand's most age worthy, finely balanced wines of great complexity. The highly sought after Pinot Gris, Viognier and Chardonnay and the new Sauvignon Blanc "Sur Lie" are also available - plus limited releases which are only sold via our cellar door.
The Darling Wines
Conceived by Chris Darling and teaming up with Bart Arnst, The Darling Wines came to fruition. By selecting and managing vineyards of high quality we aim to produce a number of different and interesting wines. Our wines show vineyard expression and regionality. Ultimately sourced from organic grapes. The wines are crafted by Chris and Bart who together have over 30 years wine industry experience.
Yealands Estate Wines
New Zealand is a land like no other and our wine is a reflection of our unique climate and commitment to sustainable wine production. Our unique combination of soil, climate and water, our innovative pioneering spirit and our commitment to quality, all come together to deliver pure, intense and diverse wines brimming with flavour.


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Is Google Going to Favor Secure Sites in Search Results?
Google, Marketing, News, Security, SEO
Source: The Search Guru
Matt Cutts has been urging webmasters to use strong encryption measures on their sites for quite a while, and he has hinted that one day Google may start rewarding those sites in their search results. Google has remained mum on the issue entirely, but there are rumors swirling that Cutts is doubling down and pushing for an algorithm update that would favor secure sites within the company.
At the SMX West conference, Cutts explained why the search engine would benefit from favoring encrypted sites by saying that it would save Google a large amount of time when new security panics occur. According to Time magazine, Cutts is quoted saying, "We don't have the time to maybe hold your hand and walk you through and show you exactly where it happened."
It is unclear if these types of changes are likely to be made any time soon, as most sources seem very skeptical. But, in the wake of Heartbleed, one of the most widespread security exploits in history, now would be a reasonable time to increase security guidelines and protocols.
April 16, 2014 /0 Comments/by Taylor Ball
Taylor Ball https://www.tulsamarketingonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/TMO-Logo.png Taylor Ball2014-04-16 13:37:472014-04-16 13:37:47Is Google Going to Favor Secure Sites in Search Results?
Will 2014 Be The Year Mobile Overtakes Desktop Search?
General, Google, Marketing, Mobile, News, SEO
It is no secret that our use of the internet is becoming more and more mobile, but the day when we actually favor mobile search over desktop connections may be sooner than previously thought.
While speaking at SMX West last week, Google's Matt Cutts told the crowd he "wouldn't be surprised" if mobile search exceeded desktop queries by the end of this year. Another Google speaker during an informal round-table gave a similar comment at the International Franchising Association conference in New Orleans earlier this year.
Google refused to give an official statement, but it makes sense. Google doesn't want anyone to be picking sides. Instead, they want to focus on cross-platform experience and marketing so that we can make the internet equally efficient and useful on every platform.
The comments are assumed to be referring to the global query volumes rather than the US or North America. Globally mobile traffic lies around 30 percent of all internet traffic, and North America has relatively similar ratios. However, many developing countries, such as India, already use mobile search far more often than desktop.
It is inevitable that one day mobile and desktop traffic will either reach a stalemate, or mobile traffic will begin to eclipse home desktop use. But, whether it will be this year is anyone's guess. Personally, I'd be wagering on sooner rather than later.
Taylor Ball https://www.tulsamarketingonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/TMO-Logo.png Taylor Ball2014-03-17 13:40:012014-03-17 13:40:01Will 2014 Be The Year Mobile Overtakes Desktop Search?
Panda Update May Have Happened, But Don't Expect Google To Say So
Google, News, SEO
Last week the internet felt tremors that were very similar to the shock waves unleashed by Google's Panda Updates, but something was different this time. Google didn't announce or confirm the update, and they say they won't confirm any updates in the future.
At this point, it is widely assumed the small shakeup last week was the Panda Update that Google's Web Spam guru Matt Cutts said would be coming sometime soon at SMX West early on last week. But, as Search Engine Land reports, while he was talking, Cutts also said that Google's Panda Updates would no longer be unveiled in big monthly changes. From now on, Panda's changes will occur gradually.
The shift from big abrupt changes to a more fluid update system means that sites hit for low-quality content may not be able to diagnose their issue as easily. Site owners can't look at their Analytics and see a big drop correlated with a confirmed update around that time period. However, Danny Goodwin says it may mean a faster recovery.
Site owners who have done their proper due diligence will no longer have to wait for the next update to roll around to see if Google has viewed their work favorably.
Google confirmed 24 of the Panda Updates, and the 25th is believed to have occurred late last week, but from now on, there won't be any big announcements or confirmations. Just like everything else at Google, their web spam algorithms will be constantly changing over time rather than abruptly transforming.
March 18, 2013 /0 Comments/by TMO
TMO https://www.tulsamarketingonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/TMO-Logo.png TMO2013-03-18 12:54:252013-03-18 12:54:25Panda Update May Have Happened, But Don't Expect Google To Say So


— March 2, 2004 — Around half of UK businesses suffered from virus infection or denial of services attacks during the last year, a new survey shows. This has risen from 41% in 2002 and just 16% in 2000. These are among the initial findings from the 2004 Department of Trade and Industry's biennial Information Security Breaches Survey, conducted by a consortium led by PricewaterhouseCoopers. The full results of the Survey will be launched at InfoSecurity Europe in London, April 27-29.
Damage from virus incidents varied from less than a day's disruption and no cost to major disruption to services for a month or more.
These findings are published in a fact sheet - 'Viruses and malicious code' - sponsored by security specialist Qualys.
The 2004 DTI Information Security Breaches Survey is the most authoritative survey about this issue in the UK. It is part of the Department of Trade and Industry's work with British industry to understand the impact of information security breaches. It aims to raise awareness among UK companies and public sector organisations of the value of effective information security management.
The survey was be conducted between October 2003 and January 2004 and is based on 1,000 telephone interviews with organisations of all sizes across all areas of the UK, plus a series of face to face interviews. A consortium led by PricewaterhouseCoopers is managing the 2004 survey. Other lead sponsors are Microsoft, Computer Associates and Entrust. Input has also come from the National Hi-tech Crime Unit, Royal Holloway, University of London, and the Information Assurance Advisory Council.
The full results of the seventh, biennial survey will be published at the InfoSecurity Europe exhibition and conference in London April 27-29.
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On 11 April 2008, the Minister for Finance and Deregulation, the Hon. Lindsay Tanner MP, announced my appointment to lead a review of the Australian Government use of ICT (information and communication technology). In response to the Terms of Reference, I employed an evidence-based approach to the review. There was a need to gain a comprehensive understanding of the status quoin order to determine the scope for, and identify areas of, improvement of efficiency and effectiveness.
At the heart of these findings is a conclusion that the current model of very high levels of agency autonomy, including the ability to self-approve opt-ins to whole-of-government approaches in the ICT domain, leads to sub-optimal outcomes in the context of prevailing external trends, financial returns, and the aims and objectives of the current Government. The impact of this autonomy has been heightened by a previous lack of strong focus on whole-of-government ICT issues at both Ministerial and top official levels. This conclusion applies no matter how well-intentioned individual agencies are in their pursuit of whole-of-government outcomes.
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Q: cx_Oracle - DLL load failed: %1 is not a valid Win32 application I have windows 7 64 bit OS with python 2.7.10 64 bit running and installed the Oracle Instant Client for 64 bit OS and as well as the cx_Oracle package for the 64 bit. I am getting the error like below
import cx_Oracle

ImportError: DLL load failed: %1 is not a valid Win32 application.

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