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Prefab building is a type of building that consists of several factory-built components or units that are assembled on-site to complete the unit. The world's first prefabricated, pre-cast paneled apartment blocks were pioneered in Liverpool. The idea was not extensively adopted in Britain, however was widely adopted elsewhere, particularly in Eastern Europe.
Architects are incorporating modern designs into the prefab apartments of today. Prefab housing should no longer be compared to a mobile home in terms of appearance, but to that of a complex modernist design. There has also been an increase in the use of green materials in the construction of these prefab apartments. Consumers can easily select between different environmentally friendly finishes and wall systems.
Broadway Stack is a 28-unit moderate-income apartment complex built with 56 prefabricated modules in New York City. The modules were assembled off-site in a former subway car factory and then shipped to Inwood, where they are stacked to form a seven-story tower.
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Bloc10 is a condominium project which sits on a site formerly occupied by a gas station in Winnipeg's River Heights neighborhood. The developer wanted a modestly priced building that could be completed within 12 months. The panels were delivered to the site then assembled, which helped accelerate the construction schedule, improve quality control and reduce overall waste.
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We are delighted to feature two recent NZ books which in their own way talk about the land, people, colonisation and the possibility of healing: Listening to the People of the Land and Two Lakes Healing.
Your mid-April selection also includes several recent books from independent UK publisher Sacristy Press, Nadia Bolz-Weber's autobiography and a new book about Paul's theology.
Christianity, Colonisation & the Path to Redemption.
[2 in stock, then allow 10-14 days].
This book traces the links between settler Christianity and colonisation in Aotearoa New Zealand and looks into the underlying causes of the harm to Indigenous communities and efforts made to address that harm.
It considers the benefits that can come to Indigenous, non-Indigenous and the Earth, through those of settler descent working to make right their relationship with the Tangata Whenua, the People of the Land. The New Zealand story encapsulates that of the expansionist Christian West.
Creative responses to the hīkoi.
Kathleen Gallagher, Mark Gibson, Viv Whinster, Iaean Cranwell and others.
[5 in stock, then allow 10-14 days].
This book brings together the reflective poems, b/w photos and drawings of 27 people who, in one epic day, cycled round the shores of two degraded iconic Canterbury lakes – Wairewa / Forsyth and Te Waihora / Ellesmere. The journey began and ended with overnight stays on local marae – Wairewa, Little River and Ngāti Moki, Tuamutu.
In both places deep stories were told of relationship and kaitiakitanga (guardianship) with these waterways, the suffering and destruction wrought by colonisation, and the commitment and hopeful action being take to restore and heal them.
"As we seek for a healthier and more just future for all peoples and for the community of life in which we live, it is vital that our kaupapa is holistic." Mark Gibson from the Introduction.
A Theological and Practical Guide to Church Leadership.
Churches are intended to be inclusive communities of love, yet the reality is often different, and leaders find themselves needing to resolve conflict and ease tensions within the community, as they are attempting to facilitate change.
Tomlinson draws on systems thinking and conflict resolution techniques originating in the Anabaptist tradition as well as on his extensive experience in ordained ministry. He offers practical guidance and a vision for constructive church leadership, that can indeed facilitate churches that are rooted and grounded in love and can embrace change with confidence and resilience.
Confessions of a Cathedral Chaplain.
David Grieve, a chaplain at Durham Cathedral, invites us to join him as he walks around the greatest of the Northern cathedrals. In this building that has offered sanctuary, silence and space for prayer to many over the centuries, we meet not only saints like Cuthbert, Bede and Godric but are also confronted with the questions and concerns of today's pilgrims and visitors and not least the chaplain himself.
The poems have been written over 30 years, in some cases as a direct result of personal experiences or impressions received while at the Cathedral. The Cathedral is a Thin Place, where the distance between the close presence of God and the realities of life on earth seems to shorten. This is building with its many functions as a house of worship, music, art and other exhibitions, university graduations and all manner of events is itself a medium through which we can draw closer to God, speaking as it does of him.
Essential Theology for the Twenty-First Century.
Kingdom Come makes essential theological topics relevant and readable without diluting the Gospel message, drawing on the work of thinkers such as Augustine, John Calvin, George MacDonald, Karl Barth, C S Lewis, J I Packer and N T Wright.
This book is essential reading for anyone in, or training for, church leadership: clergy, pastors, students, ordinands, preachers and teachers.
Exploring the Paradoxes of Christian Maturity.
A strong, mature faith is vital for Christians and for the life of the Church.
The book offers a dialogue between some of the easily polarized groups in the Church, such that the energy and wisdom of each might benefit the other and the whole. At a time when the Church is increasingly demarcated and even divided by age, theological outlook and styles of worship Christians need to create frameworks of understanding that enable then to be credible witnesses in today's complex and fragmented world.
Reflecting on his own faith journey and 40 years of ministry in the Church of England, David Newman offers ways of thinking about and experiencing faith which equips individuals in their growth as people and as Christians.
The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint.
Wildly entertaining and deeply resonant, this is the book for people who hunger for a bit of hope that doesn't come from vapid consumerism or navel-gazing; for women who talk too loud, and guys who love chick flicks; for the gay man who loves Jesus, and won't allow himself to be shunned by the church. In short, this book is for every thinking misfit suspicious of institutionalised religion, but who is still seeking transcendence and mystery.
A former stand-up comic and recovering alchoholic, now a Lutheran pastor in Denver, describes her spiritual journey and her experiences at the House for All Sinners and Saints, a church she founded that welcomes a diverse congregation.
Nadia Bolz-Weber takes no prisoners as she reclaims the term "pastrix"(pronounced "pas-triks," a term used by some Christians who refuse to recognise female pastors) in her messy, beautiful, prayer-and-profanity laden narrative about an unconventional life of faith.
This compelling, inspiring book is an invigorating rereading of the fourth gospel by a well-known spirituality writer who has lived some years in the Holy Land. Mayes approaches John's gospel by exploring how he uses the senses, both physical and spiritual, in his encounter with Jesus Christ, the Word made flesh.
This refreshing appreciation of the gospel will activate and stimulate our own discoveries and spiritual quest, not only of the gospel, but also of God's world, ourselves and our mission.
(Revised & expanded 2nd edition).
God B.C. is a clear and profound introduction to the spiritual world of the Old Testament, providing a highly readable introduction to the nature of the God whom Jesus called "Father." It charts the relationship between God and God's people Before Christ, and how that relationship informs our understanding of grace.
This revised and much expanded work revisits the subject in the light of recent scholarship, enabling us to see how the whole Bible reveals the character of our humanity as well as that of God's divinity.
Living the Sayings of Jesus.
Using true stories to bring us closer to scripture, Black draws connections between what Jesus said and how we live today in all its messiness and complexity. Based on Jesus' words "follow me," he reflects on acts of loving service, the commandment to love, prayer, money, forgiveness, self-sacrifice, mission, and the Eucharist (Communion).
The Bible is full of instructions for how we ought to behave if we want to be a follower of Jesus, but these often seem to belong to a by-gone age, far removed from our busy 21st century lives. Follow Me helps us uncover how Jesus' words are still relevant and distils the essence of the Gospel message for today, providing practical steps that all of us can take to live the sayings of Jesus.
Poems about Depression and the Christian.
Faith Communities and Suicide Prevention.
Pastor Rachael Keefe shatters the taboo of suicide by sharing her own painful story of life-long depression and suicidality – and how her various faith communities responded, for better and for worse. Opening a window into her suicidal behaviors as a young person, Keefe helps us recognise the signs and struggles of those who suffer silently.
Reminding us of the Church's call to be the Body of Christ for each other, Keefe empowers us to recognise the hurting in our communities and recover the lifesaving message of the Gospel – forgiveness, acceptance and love – that helped her to heal.
With chapters on how to educate your church in suicide prevention, group study reflections around the common questions surrounding suicide, and specific resources, scriptures, and prayers for clergy, suicide loss survivors, and those struggling with suicidality.
Prayers to a Disruptive and Compassionate God.
These radical prayers are the result of the author's struggle with the blandness and predictability of so many of the church's traditional prayers. They adopt the direct and gritty style and language often found amongst the Psalms and prophets of the Old Testament and are honest about the discomfort we often experience as we seek to live lives following Jesus Christ whilst also acknowledging the audacious grace of God towards us.
Creation, Incarnation, Covenant, and Kingdom.
Examining Paul's message in the context of the ancient world, Ware identifies what would have struck Paul's original audience as startling or unique. By comparing Paul's teaching to the other religions and philosophies of that day, Ware presents a fresh perspective on Paul's theology, revealing four pillars of his thought: creation, incarnation, covenant, and kingdom.
After examining each of these dimensions of Paul's gospel, Ware explores the historical role of Paul within Christian origins and the astounding evidence embedded in his letters regarding the beginnings of Christianity and the eyewitness origins of the gospels.
Clergy, students, and laypeople will find that this guide to the big picture of Paul's theology will illumine and enliven the study, preaching, and teaching of all the Pauline letters.


President Tsakhia Elbegdorj of Mongolia was honored at this year's New York Democracy Forum, co-hosted by the Foreign Policy Association and the National Endowment for Democracy. Special guest President Rosa Otunbayeva of Kyrgyzstan delivered opening remarks, followed by introductions by Carl Gershman, President of the NED. In his keynote address, President Elbegdorj emphasized the struggle of democratic transitions, drawing on his own experiences in Mongolia's transformation from 70 years of communism to Chairman of the Community of Democracies.
President Elbegdorj shared passages of his speech to September's United Nations General Assembly, where he offered support to democratic uprisings of the Arab Spring, and urged the international community to condemn the actions of autocratic leaders suppressing democratic tides. Watch the video to hear President Elbegdorj's thoughts on democracy, struggles of governance, and the role of the international community in advocating freedom.


This is my quickest fall back dinner recipe. I can make it with pantry staples and whatever fresh ingredients I have left – or none for that matter! Is perfect for when you need a soothing broth, especially in winter or when you have a cold..
If you find you make this often you will start to keep fresh ginger and garlic on hand, or buy the jars of minced ginger and garlic, and even coriander – they work well here.
To make the meal for more than 1 person, simply add another bushel of noodles, another or larger tin of tuna, multiply whatever fresh ingredients you have and repeat the bowl prep.
1 bushel of your favourite noodles per person – whichever you feel like, I switch from udon to ramen to long life noodles..
Bring a small pan of boiling water to the boil – sprinkle in the stock, add the soy and 1 tsp of the sesame oil and kaffir lime leaves if you have them.
Once boiling, add the noodles, turn heat to comfortable low boil, and turn on a timer to cook as per packet instructions.
In a large serving bowl, add the tuna, capers, chilli oil, the other tsp of sesame oil, sesame seeds, ginger and garlic, wine/sherry – multiplying this for each person in their bowl if cooking for more than 1.
When there is a minute left for the noodles, add the fresh vegetables to cook in the broth - you can add mushrooms at the start to add more flavour to the broth as they will not over-cook. I like to add the greens near the end to keep them with a little crunch.
Serve the noodles and vegetables in the bowl and toss all ingredients together, add as much broth as you are in the mood for, top with the fresh coriander and serve with extra chilli oil on the side.


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Total construction spending in 2017 will reach $1,236 billion, an increase of 4.2% over 2016. Residential spending is above 10% growth for the 5th consecutive year.
Year-to-date construction spending growth through October is 4.1%.
Residential leads construction spending growth in 2017 for the seventh consecutive year, up 10.6%. My Nonresidential Buildings forecast has been lowered since July but finishes the year up 2.8%. Only Non-building Infrastructure will not improve over 2016, down 3.7% for the year. However, Non-building Infrastructure has been at an all-time high for the previous two years.
This forecast is down slightly since July due to reductions in both nonresidential buildings and non-building infrastructure. Educational, Office, Power and Highway, four of the five largest markets which together make up half of all nonresidential spending, were all lowered. Some of these markets are prone to very large post-annual upward revisions and that has the potential to add to 2017 spending when those revisions are released in July 2018. In the July 2017 revisions, Power spending for 2016 was revised up by 10%.
History shows spending has been revised up 51 times in the last 55 months. I wouldn't be surprised to see future revisions smooth out spending in unusually low periods (April and July) and increase total 2017 spending above this forecast. I suspect revisions in July 2018 may show 2017 spending as high as $1,250 billion. The average post-annual total spending revision for the last five years is +2.3%. The total revision to 2016 was only 2.2%.
None of the spending detailed in this analysis includes any projections of potential work from future infrastructure stimulus.
Total construction spending in 2018 is currently forecast to reach $1,334 billion, an increase of 8.0% over 2017. For the first time since pre-recession, Non-building Infrastructure will lead all spending with potential to increase by 10% growth over 2017.
Non-building Infrastructure is forecast to lead 2018 spending with an increase of 10.2% due to very large projects in Power and Transportation. Nonresidential Buildings growth is strong for 2018, forecast up 9.3%. Residential spending in 2018 slows to only 5.7% growth after six years averaging 13%/year.
Total spending will reach a new high in 2018 for the third consecutive year. However, in constant $ adjusted for inflation, spending is just back to the level of 2008. The all-time constant $ high was reached in 2005. Adjusted for inflation, 2018 will still be 12% below that level. At current rates of growth, we would not eclipse the previous high before 2022.
Growth of 8% in 2018 or $100 billion in construction spending demands a few words on jobs growth. Construction requires about 5000 workers for every added $1 billion in construction volume. Construction jobs have never increased by 500,000 in one year. However, $100 billion in added spending is not the same as $100 billion in volume, and jobs grow based on volume. Although spending will increase 8%, construction inflation has been hovering near 4.5% to 5% for the last five years. Real volume growth in 2018 after inflation is expected to be just over 3% or $40 billion. That would mean the need, if there are no changes in productivity, is to add about 200,000 additional workers in 2018, a rate of jobs growth that is well within reach since that is below the average jobs growth for the last seven years.
Total Residential spending in 2017 will finish at $523 billion, up 10.6% from 2016. Residential spending is above 10% growth for the 5th consecutive year.
Residential spending was expected to dip between May and October due to a low volume of work contributed from starts cash flows. The actual data shows, after reaching a seasonally adjusted annual rate (saar) of $536 billion in March, the high for the year, spending dropped 3% to 4% to as low as $515 billion saar three times and has averaged only $520 billion saar from April through October. New starts in Q1'17 reached an 11-year high, so I expect the rate of spending to increase at year end. Residential work will close out the year with 10.6% growth, the 5th consecutive year over 10%. Average growth the last six years is 13%/year.
Residential spending is 50% single family, 13% multi-family and 37% improvements.
Residential Improvements has posted 18% growth year-to-date. Single Family spending is up 9% while multi-family is up only 4%. That is compared to 2016 when improvements for the year finished up 10%, SF up 4% and MF up 5%. Census does not include flood damage repairs in improvements but does include full flood damaged structure replacements in improvements.
Total residential spending in 2018 slows to a forecast of $553 billion, only 5.7% growth over 2017.
Due to the shorter duration of projects, nearly 70% of residential spending within the year is generated from new starts. Unlike Nonresidential, backlog does not contribute nearly as much to Residential spending within the year. New Residential starts in Q1'17 reached an 11-year high. Residential starts are at a post-recession high.
Residential spending will reach a 12-year high in 2018. Adjusted for inflation, all years from 1996 through 2007 were higher. Inflation adjusted spending is still 30% below the all-time high reached in 2005.
Total Nonresidential Buildings spending in 2017 will come in at $420 billion, up only 2.8% from 2016.
Commercial/Retail is expected to finish the year with +13% growth and Lodging +9%. An unexplained surprise was Office, which by early indicators was predicted to show large gains in spending. Two independent sources reported new office starts in 2016 up 25% to 30%. Starting backlog coming into 2017 was near or at an all-time high. Spending was forecast to jumped at least 20% in 2017. Instead, spending posted declines from May to September and is now forecast to finish with only a 4% gain. This market accounts for the single largest miss in my forecast posted in Feb 2017.
The only major nonresidential building in decline this year is Manufacturing. Manufacturing spending was expected to fall in 2017 after peaking in 2015 from massive growth in new starts in 2014. Spending stayed close to that level in 2016. Based on cash flows from starts, spending was expected to decline in 14 of the last 18 months. It declined in 11 of those months. We are at the point of turn-around with only one monthly decline predicted in the next three months and no spending declines expected next year. For 2017, Manufacturing new starts are up 35%.
Nonresidential Buildings starts in the six months from Aug 2016 to Jan 2017 posted the (then) highest amount of new starts since Jan-Jun 2008, also the year Nonresidential Buildings spending peaked. Then new starts in the six months Apr-Sep 2017 just surpassed both those previous peak highs.
Nonresidential Buildings 2018 starting backlog is 50% higher than at the start of 2014, the beginning of the current growth cycle. Starting backlog has increased for five years at an average 10%/year. Spending from starting backlog, up 10% in 2018, increased for five years at an average 9%/year.
Total nonresidential buildings spending in 2018 is forecast to reach $458 billion, an increase of 9.3% over 2017. Office, educational and manufacturing make up 70% of the growth.
Nonresidential Buildings will reach a new high for spending in 2018, surpassing the previous 2008 high. However, adjusted for inflation, spending is 18% below the all-time high reached in 2000.
Total non-building infrastructure spending in 2017 drops to $293 billion, down 3.7% from 2016.
Non-building Infrastructure spending, always the most volatile sector, dropped to yearly lows from June through September. Infrastructure construction spending in August dropped to the lowest since November 2014. However, this was predicted. Cash flow models of Infrastructure starts from the last several years show current dips in monthly spending are being caused by uneven project closeouts from projects that started several years ago.
Current backlog is at an all-time high and spending will follow the expected increased cash flows from the elevated backlog. Environmental Public Works (Sewage/Waste disposal down 16%, Water Supply down 9% and Conservation/Dams & Rivers down 7%) posted the largest declines in 2017 and accentuated the declines in the infrastructure sector. The sector is expected to increase slightly in the last quarter 2017. In recent months there are already substantial gains being posted in Conservation and Transportation.
No future growth is included from infrastructure stimulus and yet 2018 is projected to increase by 10%.
Total non-building infrastructure spending in 2018 is forecast to reach $324 billion, an increase of 10.5% over 2017. My forecast for 2018 is predicting every infrastructure market will post gains, but it is the Power and Transportation markets that account for almost all the growth in 2018. Transportation new starts in 2017 grew 120% due to massive new air terminal and rail projects. Spending growth in the Power market is not quite so apparent. Combined Power new starts are down for both 2016 and 2017, but the spending gains are coming from projects that started in 2015, a year in which starts were up over 120%.
Non-building Infrastructure will reach a new high for spending in 2018. This sector had posted a new high in 2015 and nearly equaled that in 2016. Adjusted for inflation, spending in 2018 will be nearly equal to the all-time highs reached in 2015 and 2016.
Total public spending for 2017 remains flat at $287 billion with most major public markets down for the year.
At midyear, I expected Educational and Highway to support a Public spending increase in 2017. Those gains did not materialize. A decline in Highway spending offset small gains in Educational. By far the largest Public spending decline is in Sewer and Waste Disposal, down 16%.
Public spending hit the low for the year in July. It increased for the last three months, most recently by an 11% increase in Public Educational spending in October. We are now near the high for the year and can expect to see another six months of growth before spending levels off in mid-2018.
When you see graphics that present Residential, Nonresidential and Public spending all on the same plot, they are not additive. Only Residential and Nonresidential can be added to reach total spending. Public is a subset of Nonresidential, composed partly of Nonresidential Buildings (~40%) and partly Non-building Infrastructure (~60%), with a slight amount of residential.
The two largest markets contributing to public spending are Highway/Bridge, 32% of total Public spending, and Educational, 25% of Public spending. The third largest market, Transportation, is only about 10% of Public spending. Environmental Public Works combined makes up almost 15% of public spending, but that consists of three markets, Sewage/Waste Water, which accounts for 8%, Water Supply and Conservation. Office, Healthcare, Public Safety and Amusement/Recreation each account for about 3%.
All of Highway/Bridge is Public spending. Only 80% of Educational spending is Public and only 70% of Transportation is Public. Environmental Public Works markets are 99% Public.
Total Public spending in 2018 is forecast to reach $305 billion, an increase of 6.3% over 2017. Public spending in 2018 will reach the highest year over year growth since 2008.
Educational and Transportation will contribute equally and together account for almost 60% of the Public spending growth in 2018. Transportation new starts in 2017 grew 120% due to massive new air terminal and rail projects. Educational new starts total for the last three months posted the highest quarter in at least seven years. The 2nd highest quarter was also within the last 12 months, so still contributes fully to 2018 spending. 2018 signifies a turn-round in Public spending which has not posted significant growth since the recession.
By edzarenski in Construction, Forecast, Non-Bldg Infrastructure, Nonresidential Buildings, Public, Residential, Spending on December 3, 2017 .


Some of our practitioners are notoriously bad at logging out of Front Desk. This has (at times) created an issue when others try to log-in and our licensed user limit has been reached. Is there any way for me, as the administrator, to log them out?
We have this problem as well. The only way I know of is to log in as them and close down Frontdesk. As administrator I keep everyone's log in on a Keepass program.
We understand that practitioners don't always follow the policies of shutting down Front Desk when they are finished using it.
This will give you a view of who is currently logged in and may help identify who you will need to log out.
If you are using a terminal server environment, an admin user does have access to log individuals off, and you can take over a session to save data and log them off safely. For more information on this subject, we recommend consulting your IT technician.
I believe you are suggesting that you would like to be able to have a button from the Front Desk Logins screen so that you can log users out remotely. If there is interest, it is something we can consider however the reason why it isn't already an existing feature is that we didn't want to create a risk of a partially completed record or clinical note being lost.
This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled Users.
Often we fall into the issue that a staff member has not logged out of smartsoft and then another user can't access the system. Based on the fact that I can't access computers that are in the clinic rooms when required to log out staff, this becomes an issue.
Can smartsoft look at adding in a function for the Practice Managers access only - to be able to see who is logged in and be able to override and log out someone that is not even in the building to allow access to staff that are.
An administrator access process to log-out users would be particularly helpful. Terminal server log-offs are an easy process, but only for a person that has administrator access to the server, they need to be physically present (for us anyway) and the IT know-how to do complete the task. This is a constant problem for us.
While we agree this functionality would be convenient in some circumstances, we do have concerns with the potential for data loss when forcefully closing the Front Desk program. It's not possible to save all pending data and even when it is possible it may unintentionally overwrite original (wanted) data.
Our feeling at this time is that the best course of action is to access the machine, verify what is open on screen and log-out gracefully.
We are playing around with a way to increase licenses in this case temporarily, but we are not sure where this will go.
That sounds like a good compromise. We have instances where staff forget to log off when going home, and we can then exceed our licences if another staff member is trying to access Front Desk remotely, particularly after hours or on a weekend when there is no one in the office to actually physically log off the offender!
Is there a way that when someone has just pressed the padlock button - that then logs someone out? We often have a few people using the same computer in one of our treatment rooms - they are getting good at locking the computer but then they log in on their main computer and front desk still recognises the locked computer as being logged on and we exceed users - multiple times a day and we are spread across multiple locations so it's not always as simple as going into the room and shutting down front desk on that computer.
Hi Sondra. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We do think this needs a solution so in the next upgrade release we're going to fast-track a change to free up a licence when a user selects the padlock icon in the toolbar. We believe this should solve this problem.


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Les Otariidés (Otariidae) sont une famille de mammifères marins de l'ordre des Carnivores dont les membres sont communément nommés otaries, et certains lions de mer.

Par rapport aux phocidés (phoques et éléphants de mer) ou aux odobénidés (les morses), ils possèdent des petites oreilles et n'ont pas totalement perdu l'usage de leurs membres postérieurs en reptation terrestre.

Étymologie
Leur nom est emprunté au grec ὠτάριον ōtárion, « petite oreille », mais dans les Problèmes de linguistique générale, Émile Benveniste explique qu'il s'agit de l'oreille externe, apparente chez cet animal.  La famille des Otariidés a été nommée par John Edward Gray en 1825.

L'antériorité de la classification de cette espèce revient en fait à Monsieur François Péron qui a nommé l'otarie du mot grec "Otarion" qui signifie "Lobe d'oreille" à l'occasion du Voyage de découvertes aux terres australes sous le commandement du Capitaine Nicolas Baudin effectué 1800 à 1804. C'est en reprenant et en étudiant les différents textes de Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon que Péron va dissocier les Phoques des Otaries.

Description

Les otaries et les lions de mer partagent leur existence entre le milieu marin et la terre ferme. Parfaitement adaptés pour la nage et la chasse en mer où ils se nourrissent, les otariidés ne vont à terre que pour se reposer, se reproduire et mettre bas. Toutes les espèces sont polygynes.

Les quatre membres sont transformés en nageoires, mais contrairement aux phoques, les otaries se servent à terre de leurs postérieurs pour marcher. En mer, elles se propulsent à l'aide des antérieurs, les postérieurs servant alors de gouvernail.

Les moustaches, plus exactement appelées vibrisses, constituent un organe sensoriel essentiel. Les vibrisses sont des poils tactiles dont l'otarie peut contrôler l'orientation et qui lui permettent de percevoir les mouvements d'eau générés par une proie, par exemple.

Histoire évolutive

L'origine des otaries remonte à près de  d'années. Des carnivores terrestres proches des ancêtres des Ursidés, les Enaliarctos adoptèrent un mode de vie amphibie.  et se caractérisent entre autres choses, par un dimorphisme sexuel particulièrement important avec des mâles cinq fois plus gros que les femelles.

Liste des espèces

Anciennement classée dans l'ordre des Pinnipèdes, elle compte sept genres et seize espèces réparties en deux sous-familles.
La sous-famille Arctocephalinae, les otaries à fourrure ou ours de mer.
 le genre Arctocephalus E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire et F. Cuvier, 1826
 Arctocephalus australis (Zimmermann, 1783) - Otarie à fourrure australe
 Arctocephalus forsteri (Lesson, 1828) - Otarie à fourrure de Nouvelle-Zélande
 Arctocephalus galapagoensis Heller, 1904 - Otarie des îles Galapagos
 Arctocephalus gazella (Peters, 1875) - Otarie à fourrure antarctique
 Arctocephalus philippii (Peters, 1866) - Otarie des îles Juan Fernandez
 Arctocephalus pusillus (Schreber, 1775) - Otarie à fourrure d'Afrique du Sud
 Arctocephalus townsendi Merriam, 1897 - Otarie de l'île de Guadalupe
 Arctocephalus tropicalis (Gray, 1872) - Otarie à fourrure subantarctique
 le genre Callorhinus Gray, 1859
 Callorhinus ursinus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Otarie à fourrure du Nord ou ours marin
La sous-famille Otariinae, les otaries à jarre ou lions de mer :
 le genre Eumetopias Gill, 1866
 Eumetopias jubatus (Schreber, 1776) - Lion de mer de Steller
 le genre Neophoca Gray, 1866
 Neophoca cinerea (Péron, 1816) - Lion de mer australien
 le genre Otaria Péron, 1816
 Otaria flavescens (Shaw, 1800) - Otarie à crinière ou lion marin
 le genre Phocarctos Peters, 1866
 Phocarctos hookeri (Gray, 1844) - Lion de mer de Nouvelle-Zélande
 le genre Zalophus Gill, 1866
 Zalophus californianus (Lesson, 1828) - Otarie de Californie
 Zalophus japonicus (Peters, 1866) - Otarie du Japon
 Zalophus wollebaeki Sivertsen, 1953 - Otarie des Galápagos

Les otaries et l'homme

La chasse
Le rapport initial de l'otarie avec l'homme passa par la chasse. Nourriture très prisée, l'otarie fut massacrée dans une proportion démesurée au cours du . Ce n'est qu'en 1911, et sous la pression populaire, qu'on commença à la protéger.

Aujourd'hui, toutes les otaries ne sont pas protégées de la même manière. Les lions de mer et les otaries à fourrure connaissent des fortunes diverses.
Ainsi, le lion de mer d'Australie est considéré comme une espèce en danger qui est complètement protégée alors que l'otarie à crinière ne bénéficie que d'une préoccupation mineure pour l'Union internationale pour la conservation de la nature. Concernant les otaries à fourrure, une majorité des espèces est aujourd'hui menacée.

Spectacle
Elles sont faciles à dresser et on les retrouve ainsi fréquemment dans le milieu du cirque et du spectacle. Certaines vivent dans des parcs zoologiques marins, la finalité est la même que pour les dauphins dans les delphinariums : les montrer au public, les étudier et les préserver.

Utilisation militaire
, elles sont régulièrement utilisées par les militaires pour certaines missions.

Références taxinomiques

Liens externes
 Galerie de photos d'otaries des Galapagos et d'otaries à fourrures www.photos-galapagos.com

Références

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Preheat the oven to 180°C/ 350°F/Gas mark 4. Grease and line a 22cm loose based cake tin.
Combine the poppy seeds and milk in a saucepan. Bring to the boil for 1 minute and leave to stand for 10 minutes.
Place the butter and sugar into the food processor and cream together until pale and thick. Add theeggs, almond essence, flour, pinch of salt, ground almonds and zest and juice of a lemon and whizz together until well combined. Pour in the milk and poppy seed mixture and whizz again.
Remove the mixture from the food processor and transfer to a bowl. Stir in the cherries. Pour the mixture into the prepared cake tin.
Bake for 40 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Turn out on to a wire rack to cool.
Meanwhile make the lemon icing by combining the icing sugar and lemon juice in a small bowl and beat together until smooth. Pour the mixture into a plastic bag or a disposable piping bag. Using scissors snip off the very tip of the corner of the bag.
Drizzle the icing onto the cake by gently squeezing to release the glaze. Leave to dry completely before serving (this will take about 20 minutes).


Join us for our first Speaker Series event of the season on Saturday, January 20, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. (note new date), when Stewart Edelstein tackles the topic of WHAT IS TRUTH – AND WHY IT MATTERS.
Has the truth of objectively verifiable facts eroded to the point that information about matters of importance now conveys nothing more than subjective – and too often manipulative – concepts of reality? How has this erosion corrupted our decision-making about matters of significance, such as what we buy, what we do, how we vote and, more fundamentally, what we believe about social and political policies? Are we already living in the age of Orwellian Newspeak? Learn how Socrates comes to the rescue, by instructing us on how to fend off misinformation and outright lies, so important in this age of the internet and social media.
About the speaker: For 20 years at Yale Law School, Stewart Edelstein taught skills in mediation, arbitration, and litigation, during his 40-year career as a commercial trial lawyer at the firm, Cohen and Wolf, P.C., in Connecticut. Over the years, he has been a faculty member in numerous programs for trial lawyers. He is an arbitrator for commercial disputes under the auspices of the American Arbitration Association, and has served as a Settlement Special Master in federal court and Counsel to the Federal Grievance Committee in Connecticut. Stewart Edelstein has authored more than 50 articles and podcasts for trial lawyers, as well as a book on etymology, Dubious Doublets: A Delightful Compendium of Unlikely Word Pairs of Common Origin from Aardvark/Porcelain to Zodiac/Whiskey (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2003). Earlier this year, the American Bar Association published the second edition of his book for lawyers, How to Succeed As A Trial Lawyer. He and his wife, Lynn, have had a home in the Berkshires for more than 30 years. Both retired, they now live in Stockbridge, where Mr. Edelstein is the president of the Stockbridge Library Association Board and a member of the Stockbridge Land Trust Board.


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Q: Session breaks when use subdomains with dalli store in rails3 I tried to use :domain => :all in session_store.rb and config.action_controller.session = {:domain => '.mydomain.com'} but anyway session breaks when i visit mydomain.com after www.mydmain.com.
Any suggestions?

A: SubdomainFu.configure do |config|
  config.tld_size = 2
  config.preferred_mirror = 'www'
end

Try with these configurable options. I hope it helps you.

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Growell is a completely Australian owned and operated business. We have been supplying households in and around Melbourne with garden products for over 35 years.
We pride ourselves on service, and all of our products are delivered to your door at no exta cost on the day promised for delivery, and can be left anywhere you specify e.g. shed, garage etc.
So please give us a go..... and Happy Gardening.


This will probably be my last blog post for the year. To make it has helpful as possible, I decided to focus on as many aspects of marine mammal training as possible. So, I asked you guys to supply the questions and in return, I would supply the answers! Thanks to all of those who submitted questions through the website's contact form, Twitter and Facebook!
The questions were copy and pasted exactly how you asked them and have not been altered except for the occasional punctuation or grammar adjustment.
The best thing you can do to prepare for this amazing career is to act on the advice provided in Wear a Wetsuit at Work: How You Can Become a Marine Mammal Trainer.
Since this is the last post for 2014, I wanted to take this time to tell you, THANK YOU! This year I received just under 1,000 e-mails from aspiring marine mammal trainers. 1100 of you have signed up for my newsletter, where we've been able to stay in touch. I have heard your stories, your obstacles, and your triumphs. Many of you have told me that I have inspired and helped you. I am glad. That makes me feel great. However, I want you to know, that you inspire me.
Hearing about your passion for marine mammal care, rescue, rehabilitation, and wildlife conservation is truly inspiring. We have to work together to positively change the world, and you guys are the next generation to do that. Whether you study endangered species in the ocean or join an animal rescue team – you will be making a difference for thousands of animals.
Your dreams are not just dreams. Dreams are the preview of your life ahead.
You all have inspired me. Thank you for that. Thank you.
Now, let's get to the questions!
Tell them! This goes for anything you want in life. If you want something, make sure the people who can make it happen for you know that you want it! Now, if your prospective employer already knows that you want to work in the field, then simply ask what they need to see from you. Maybe you are great with the animals but need improvement in guest relations? Perhaps you understand training basics, but not enough to become a full time trainer? Figure out what they need from you so you can improve accordingly.
Make sure you have the basic requirements for a marine mammal trainer, including SCUBA certification, CPR certification and excellent swimming skills.
Additionally, just because you are out of college doesn't mean you can't take an internship. In fact, I completed my first major animal internship after I graduated college. If you bought my book, then you have a list of every facility in the United States that have marine mammals. Use that list to find an internship.
Finally, don't give up! You are doing great. You are already working with animals, so enjoy it! If you stick with it, you will get to where you want to be.
Hello! The average age is probably somewhere in the 30s. However, the oldest trainer I ever worked with was 65. The youngest was 22. I have worked with interns who were between 18-21, but interns have a different job description entirely.
At most facilities you have to be at least 18 years old. However, I don't know any facilities who would hire a trainer at that age. Because most facilities are looking for trainers with a four year degree in psychology or one of the life sciences, most trainers are around 22-25 when they get their first job. The reason for the age range is because there is such a small supply of jobs, but a large demand. Many aspiring trainers have to wait for three years (or more) before they are hired.
"What is your favorite behavior to train?
I don't have one specific favorite behavior. However, my favorite types of behaviors to train are husbandry behaviors, (AKA: healthcare behaviors). These are behaviors that allow us to get voluntary blood samples, chuff samples, urine samples, etc. It also allows us to examine animals while minimizing stress. Instead of physically restraining an animal, we can just train the behavior. In fact, I really wish more dog owners would take the time to train their dogs for vet visits. It would decrease the amount of stress a dog experiences during a vet visit. It would also make the visit easier for the owner and veterinarian.
Tip One: Make the first sentence stand out! Make it something super memorable. They are getting hundreds of cover letters, so a funny / exciting / edgy first line will get you noticed.
Tip Three: Put your contact information on the cover letter. What if they like you but lost your resume and have to go digging for your contact information? Not good. Never make it hard for someone to get ahold of you. So, I say, include your phone number and e-mail in your cover letter.
Check back to the website early next year for the cover letter article!
"1. Do the relationships you build with the whales really exist?
Oh, you want two questions answered? Greedy! I am kidding. Okay, here we go!
1. YES! YES! YES! I don't think I have ever heard of anyone saying otherwise. One of the most reinforcing parts about working with animals is the relationships you create with them. In fact, having a good relationship with each animal is what allows you to train more efficiently. You won't have the same relationship with every animal (just like you don't have the same relationship with each one of your friends). But yes, as a trainer, you absolutely build relationships with animals – whales included.
2. I have not. SeaWorld did rescue, rehabilitate, and release a Grey Whale named "JJ" many years ago.
It's totally "blog worthy!" haha. Thanks for asking.
The "q-tip" is called a target pole. Trainers treat the target pole as an extension of their arms.
See, one of the first behaviors an animal learns is to place, or "target," their "nose" on the palm of a trainers hand. If the hand moves, so does the animal (to keep their "nose" on the trainers hand). Trainers then transfer that behavior from hand to target pole. The animal learns to follow the end of the target pole and trainers then use the target pole to train behaviors like high jumps, flips, etc.
There are lots of tiny steps, or approximations, to get the animal from point A to point B. To learn more about the training process, I suggest reading Wear a Wetsuit at Work: How You Can Become a Marine Mammal Trainer.
Awesome question. Regardless of what you are training marine mammals to do, the fundamentals are the same; operant conditioning and positive reinforcement. That being said, the most popular degree for animal training is psychology. However, for animal assisted therapy you can also take courses from independent schools, such as the Animal Behavior Institute. They offer electives that focus on marine animal training.
As for mastering the swim test…practice! The difficulty of the swim test is what keeps most people from becoming a marine mammal trainer! I go through the swim test in detail in my book and I also offer free swim test tips in my newsletter. Make sure you not only practice your swimming, but you are able to lift and carry heavy objects and complete at least 20 perfect pushups. Note: You need to complete 20 pushups after completing the swim test. You will be very tired by the time the pushup portion comes around.
Don't wait to be offered a swim test to start practicing. Start practicing now! You could apply for a trainer position on Monday and then be asked to come in and swim test on Wednesday! One day is not enough time to prepare. So, start now!
Looks like there is a theme here! As I mentioned above, you must be an excellent swimmer and complete at least 20 perfect pushups. Don't wait to start practicing your swimming.
As far as I know, all marine parks have a swim test. I have heard that the SeaWorld swim test is the hardest, followed by Georgia Aquarium.
Keep in mind, that trainers interested in training Orcas will have to take an additional swim test which is even harder.
I've taken it. It's very hard. Extremely hard.
Great question. Training a brand new behavior is really exciting! Depending on what animal you are training, what behavior you are training, your history with the animal, how best the animal learns, and your skills as a trainer – there are lots of ways to train a new behavior. In general, training a new behavior is accomplished by completing small approximations. For example, when we teach kids math, we don't start with algebra, we start by teaching them numbers. Then we move to addition and subtraction. Then multiplication and division. Then fractions. And eventually we get to algebra. Training an animal a new behavior is kind of like that. Small approximations that add up to a final behavior.
When training a new behavior I would first figure out what behaviors the animal already knew that can help me train the new behavior. For example, let's say we were trying to teach a dolphin to shake is head from side to side. If the dolphin already knew hand targets (mentioned earlier), then I could use those hand targets to ask the dolphin to move his head back and forth. If I wanted to train a whale to do a flip then I could use a target pole to lead the whale through the motions of a flip.
Many trainers, especially those starting out, will utilize a training pyramid. A training pyramid is a step-by-step guide on how they plan on training the desired behavior. It helps the trainer visualize the entire training process. Most of the time, you need to adjust your training plan to help the animal succeed. This is what makes a great trainer – someone who can read their animal and understand their behavior and then make adjustments accordingly. The best trainers are great animal behaviorists.
The short answer is that you may have to move to a place that has opportunities in the marine mammal care field. However, if you aren't sure if this is the right career for you, then consider a short internship working with animals. Even if you aren't working with marine animals, you will still get the idea of what it is like to care for animals. Remember, don't feel like you have to get experience working with marine mammals to get a paid job working with marine mammals. You can, and should, get experience working with pets, other animals, in a variety of capacities, before you start working with marine animals.
Thanks for you questions everyone! If you don't find what you are looking for here, search around the site and feel free to contact me!
I would like some information about what classes I have to take in order to succeed in being a Marine Mammal Trainer. I am seventeen an I have be interested in this kind of job since I was in the 4th grade. The first experience I've ever had where with dolphins, in Florida Keys. An from that amazing day I knew that I wanted to be a Marine Mammal Trainer.
Hey I am 14 and love animals. I want to be trainer so bad at sea world. what should I do to become one?
I am wanting to know what I can do in college to pursue this career. I will be moving to California this year and was looking for tips on where to go to college at and what I should study while I am there.
Thanks for all your help and I hope from hearing back from you soon.
Above you mentioned an additional swim test for training Orcas. I was wondering happens during that swim test. So I know how to practice for it.


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One Last Time - Message to the World EP (2012)
One Last Time, a five piece metalcore band with origins in Scranton, Pennsylvania, return with their second EP "Message to the World". To start off, I will say that I was first introduced to this band by one of the band members promoting the band on The Daily Mosh (see Affiliates) and was very impressed by their original EP. If you are a fan of Across the Sun, be sure to give these guys a listen.
On to the review, the first track is the title track "Message to the World". This song starts off showcasing what this band is about. Perfect and dirty screams, angelic clean vocals, heavy breakdowns, and bouncy guitar riffs are the things this band is best at. The breakdown towards the end of this song is obviously meant to be played live and would really get the place off of their feet.
The next track is "MT9". I'm not sure where the title came from but the song itself is very outstanding. The intro comes in with a melodic guitar riff and then moves on to a more energetic riff perfectly accompanied by the vocals. Nothing else really makes this track stick out other than the end of the song which is a very well executed verse of clean vocals.
Next up is "Join the Fight". As with all of the other songs before it, the breakdown comes in pretty early, but here it seems to last for over half of the song. Nothing really stands out about this particular track.
"The Pride" does not disappoint me. This is definitely my favorite song on the EP. Coming in with an acoustic intro leads into a fast paced heavier section which really gets me moving. The transition from the screams to the clean vocals is one of the things I love about this band and that is shown here with gusto.
The ending to this EP is "No Way Out." This song is great as well because of the heavy intro and the vocals have more variety. The chorus is extremely catchy and clearly filled with emotion. The guitar leads really stand out, especially towards the end and it is a perfect conclusion to the short EP.
Some complaints that I have with this album is that there is an abundance of breakdowns. The overuse of breakdowns makes them seem blander and brings down the performance in other areas. They could have easily gotten away only using half of the breakdowns they did. Every single song does not need a breakdown to make it better.
Another thing is the lack of variety within the songs. This can be tied to the abused breakdown use as well. Honestly, there is little to nothing in each song that makes one stand out from the rest. The structure of the songs are generally the same and the vocals, as great as they are, barely ever change pitch and tone.
Normally, I don't listen to metalcore, but I made an exception with this band and I am not regretting it at all. With that being said, I believe this is a strong release to add to One Last Time's record. I'm expecting to see even better releases from this band in the future.

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Fruits, as well as food in general, can be one of those groups of signs which vary widely across the US. In this lesson I give you the signs for common fruits that seem to be somewhat consistent in the way they are signed. However, there are a few fruits that I mention a couple of different ways to sign them.


There are two population centers located on the Northern Route of the Silk Road: Turfan to the northeast (01) and Kucha in the center (04).
Turfan, which is located in a bowl-shaped basin separate from the Tarīm Basin, has its lowest elevation at 154 meters below sea level.
This area flourished not only as a strategic point on the North Route of the Silk Road, but also for its location at a significant transportation crossroads where one could travel along the Northern -Tianshan Circuit, or into Mongolia, and Dzungaria, all areas where nomadic peoples lived.
The geographical proximity to China made it easy to bring Chinese culture into this area (Painted Image of Chinese Mythological Gods of Fuxi and Nvwa from Astāna Cemetery(16)).
Kucha was situated almost in the center of the Northern Route and in former times was known as Qiuci (�w�R国).
In 658, the Protectorate General of Anxi was established there, making Kucha an important base for trade in Central Asia. The notable Buddhist priest Kumārajīva (04 was from this area and introduced Mahayana Buddhism to East Asia during the Sixteenth Kingdoms Period.


It may be called "Monkey Business," but Studio Job's eye-catching creation is no joke.
The monkey in question -- a topper for a chest that itself opens to reveal a lamp and jewelry box -- is cast in bronze, encrusted with Swarovski crystals, painted by hand, and finished with 24k-gold detailing.
"It is referring to the art market, to the design market -- the monkey business," Studio Job co-founder Job Smeets told journalist Max Fraser at the latest edition of Design Miami.
See the rest of CNN Style's Design Miami coverage here.


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using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace EPI.Recursion
{
    /// <summary>
    /// You are given n rings. The i-th ring has diameter i. The rings are sorted in a peg P1
    /// with the largest ring at the bottom. Transfer these rings to peg P3 which is initially empty.
    /// You have an intermediate peg P2 which is also empty. The only operation allowed is to take the
    /// top most ring from a peg and placing it on top of another peg. You can never place a bigger ring
    /// above a smaller ring.
    /// </summary>
    public static class TowersOfHanoi
	{
		public static List<Stack<int>> pegs;

		public static void TransferPegs(int n)
		{
			pegs = new List<Stack<int>>()
			{
				new Stack<int>(),
				new Stack<int>(),
				new Stack<int>()
			};
			for (int i=n; i > 0; i--)
			{
				pegs[0].Push(i);
			}

			MovePegs(n, 0, 2, 1);
		}

		private static void MovePegs(int n, int from, int to, int intermediate)
		{
			if (n > 0)
			{
				MovePegs(n - 1, from, intermediate, to);
				pegs[to].Push(pegs[from].Pop());
				MovePegs(n - 1, intermediate, to, from);
			}
		}
	}
}

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As the world gears up for the International Women's Day, Kilimall has come up with an online campaign dubbed #BeBoldwithKilimall aimed to help women achieve their dreams in a new era of online shopping.
Up until 8th March 2017, the vibrant online marketplace will be encouraging women to share their dreams, however bold they may seem, with the rest of Kenyans. Kilimall continues giving back to its customers and this season the company will be enabling bold women to achieve their dreams and stand boldly in whatever circumstances.
This year's universal theme for the Women's Day is Be Bold For Change calling on women to forge a better working world – a more inclusive, gender equal world.
The campaign runs from the 27th to 10th of March 2017 and will take place both on the Kilimall website and on social media. On-site, Kilimall will be offering discounts of up to 50% for select products that appeal to women from all spectres of life including Fashion, Home & Living, Electronics, Smartphones and Accessories and Bags among others.
Meanwhile, a ladies' competition will be taking place across the company's social media channels where women will share their dreams and Kilimall will be selecting a few winners to reward with the realisation of their stated dreams.
Speaking about the campaign, Kilimall Kenya MD Victor Ma said this is an opportunity for the company to gain the confidence of women as it clamours to make e-commerce a lifestyle in Kenya, hence the creation of a woman-specific campaign.
"We are not lost to the fact that women in Kenya and all over the world go through several challenges. This International Women's Day, we are encouraging women to boldly stand up to these challenges and achieve their dreams. So we are asking all women, whether professional women, family women, girls in colleges or women in sports to join us in creating a bolder woman," he added.
On her part, Kilimall Marketing Manager Gladys Liu asked women to come out in large numbers to speak their dreams out on social media using the hashtag #BeBoldwithKilimall. Noting that Kilimall has the largest variety in e-commerce in Kenya with the advent of Global Shipping where local customers can order products for all over the world and have them delivered by Kilimall, she challenged women to try out the online option for their shopping.
The campaign went live on 27th February 2017 on the company's social media accounts and ladies will have an opportunity to share their dreams and showcase their boldness to the world. The participants with the top 10 most compelling posts as measured by the number of likes will be entered into a lucky draw and Kilimall will help fulfil the dream of the lucky winner. The winner of the social media competition will be announced on the International Women's Day.
Apart from the Social Media competition, Kilimall customers will be treated to hourly flash sales between 6th and 10th of the March where they will enjoy up to 90% in discounts and the spin of a Lucky Wheel on the App to win whatever prize the wheel lands on.
International Women's Day is celebrated on March 8 every year all over the world with the focus on respect, appreciation and love towards women for their economic, political and social achievements and abilities. This year's theme is Be Bold for Change.
I am an entrepreneur learning to write about my journey. I enjoy golf, watching F1, cooking and neo soul music. Let's make entrepreneurship a fun topic to talk about.


Teen Titans are on the Go! The new animated series Teen Titans Go!, from Warner Bros. Animation, made its debut at WonderCon this weekend, as producers and talent treated fans to a special look at two episodes from the series' premiere season. But don't despair if you couldn't make it to the 'Con - we've got a super-powered video sneak peek right here guaranteed to make you hungry for more Titans ... and probably a sandwich.
Anaheim got animated this weekend, as Teen Titans Go! producers Michael Jelenic and Aaron Horvath, Warner Bros. Animation's Sam Register, and voice actors Greg Cipes and Khary Payton were on hand to answer questions from fans and talk Titans at WonderCon 2013. Inspired by WBA's original Teen Titans series that ran for five seasons, the all-new character-driven comedy focuses on the funny that happens in between saving the world and living together as teenagers without adult supervision. Teen Titans Go! premieres Tuesday, April 23, at 7:30 p.m. ET/PT on Cartoon Network, with rebroadcasts running in the DC Nation block on Saturday mornings at 10:30 a.m. ET/PT, beginning April 27. See what life is really like as a teen super hero... once the cape comes off!


We are getting another new shipment (my regulars know the drill :-) 2,000 new items and only 2 of each item so that means 1,000 different items. I am also receiving a ton of jolees within the next week over 3,000. I just ordered all new dewdrops so I will have all colors! 50 in a bag for $1! I also have hotfix gems coming in these are one step under swarkowski quality very nice not plastic!!! Price is undecided but it will be cheap! I also just ordered all new vinyl rolls over 27 different colors! And you all have been asking so YES I am getting in TRANSFER TAPE! 2 foot for $1! More new stuff coming but a little of this a little of that not enough to list I get limited quantities of everything. Thanks again ladies!


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Also offered as individual, or a series of, 2 day public workshops.
Helping HR professionals align to the global standards, this programme provides individuals with a personal benchmark to assess their own performance and identify specific areas for personal and professional improvement. Included in this module is a personal self-assessment or 360-degree assessment, providing participants with insights for a personal development plan.
Measuring is easy, but figuring out what to measure to understand business performance is harder. In this workshop, participants use a framework to learn what matters to business performance and strategy implementation, and create a measurement strategy to track the impact of current HR practices.
This workshop focuses on HR's strategic contribution to an organisation, and its ability to help that business build capabilities which differentiate and create competitive advantage in the market. HR practices and processes need to connect with the overall business strategy and provide value to broader stakeholders.
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This beautiful couple planned a destination wedding in the sunny Okanagan! Honestly, who could blame them? I think I live in the best place in Canada. No word of a lie.
Ryan and Ashley are from Alberta as were most of their family and friends. Everyone arrived at the Lone Pine Ranch with paper fans available to keep cool and a large silver barn tub filled with ice and bottles of water. I partook of the iced beverage, myself. If you didn't already know, Vernon has been in a season of drought. Dry, dry, dry!
However, no smoke haze or cloud cover would keep the energy down on this celebration. After the emotion-filled ceremony the party started in the reception with dancing, musical chairs and hilarious games!
I am always honoured to be included and part of such an important moment in a couple's life. I wish them all the best!


Piperazine and guaifenesin – which way do they tie up to each other?
Last year the amend has won a contract for packaging section of piperazine. Interactions are always an issue for a therapist, take for example piperazine interacting with sitagliptin. Sitagliptin is notoriously known for interaction with the reserpine. When developing embryo the treatement scheme do humans not forget about interaction of reserpine with ethchlorvynol.
Interactions that are always an issue for a therapist, take for several example piperazine interacting positively with quinine. Patheon inc. is making packaging regulations and fraudulent sale of a series of various available drugs including guaifenesin. Quinine is notoriously known for interaction with magnesium ammonium carbonate.
Not only drugs for interaction times are important, for example interaction of ethchlorvynol and take with food blockade to reduce irritation can continue also become a source of problems. Main target of patheon inc. is attibutable to conform to flunisolide packaging standards. Protect your patients when giving magnesium carbonate (Sunmark antacid extra high strength).
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At the Gossan Target, the nickel-copper-bismuth bearing breccia is currently interpreted to be a later stage diatreme breccia event within a much larger two-square kilometer area of FeOx-enriched sodium and potassium metasomatized alteration (Fenites) adjacent to a Proterozoic-aged sericite-altered nepheline syenite. The diatreme breccia event is currently interpreted to postdate both the Fenites and Proterozoic-aged siltstones which have been baked, recrystallized and altered with sericite and hematite (Hornfels) by the nepheline syenite. The two-square kilometer Fenite alteration area has elevated rare earth elements (REE) as reported on November 22, 2010.
Recent petrographic work indicates that the FeOx-enriched clast-supported diatreme breccia consist of hornfelsed clastic metasediments and fenites at the Gossan Target. The breccia has been observed to have a wide variety of textures. All observed breccia is clast supported. Some breccia has rounded fenite and altered siltstone clasts in a matrix of lamellar specular hematite and albite. Other breccia is angular with both displaced clasts and intensely to weakly "crackle" fractured Hornfels and Fenites which are healed by FeOx, cryptocrystalline to crystalline quartz, albite, sericite and k-feldspar. The sampled breccia which hosts the nickel-copper-bismuth-lead mineralization in grab samples encompasses a 350 by 150 meter area within the larger 700 by 400 meter area of a hematite and FeOx enriched diatreme breccia.
The Gossan Target has poor outcrop and thus mineralization is not confirmed in bedrock. The majority of the Gossan Target is covered by vegetation and cover. The grab samples with high values for nickel and copper are observed in hand specimen to have secondary nickel and copper mineralization on the breccia clasts and breccia matrix. The secondary minerals are interpreted in hand specimen to be annabergite (a hydrous nickel mineral), malachite, and azurite. Various forms of FeOx including lamellar specular hematite are observed in both mineralized and un-mineralized breccia. Secondary manganese oxide coatings are common throughout the Gossan Target area.
In thin section, annabergite and minor native copper has been identified associated with higher nickel and copper values in the late stage silicification and FeOx event. Trace element associations with the high reported base metals include arsenic and antimony with fluorite observed in several of the above samples. All samples reported less than 0.01% sulphur with exception of the single highest sulphur at 0.55% in sample G7, an interpreted quartz vein. In this specific sample, which assayed 27.1% bismuth and 2.92% nickel, an unidentified translucent bismuth mineral (possibly a bismuth oxide and/or carbonate) has been confirmed by SEM microprobe associated with minerals currently identified as niccolite (nickel arsenide), ullmanite (nickel antimony sulphide), or kallilite (nickel bismuth antimony sulphide). Further mineralogical and petrographic studies are required to better define the mineralogy for both the REE enriched mineralization at Bandito and the nickel-copper-bismuth mineralization.
The following table summarizes the analytical results from grab samples collected in 2004, 2005 and 2006 that have returned percentage values in nickel, copper or bismuth. All samples are plotted on a location map available on the company website.
Grab samples are selective by nature and are unlikely to represent average grades on the property or the Gossan Target.
A separate discovery of elevated bismuth and nickel (1.145% bismuth, 1480 ppm nickel) is located on Pyrochlore Dome, 1,000 meters to the northwest of the high-grade nickel discovery at the Gossan Target. This grab sample is described in hand specimen and thin section as sericite and hematite altered albite-fenite and is located within an area of extensive metasomatized host rocks.
Outside of the Gossan and Pyrochlore Dome Targets, breccia of various descriptions has been mapped and described on the Bandito Property. No mineralization has yet been identified with this breccia. Considering the current association of mineralization with breccia, further sampling and geological studies are warranted to discover new targets for mineralization.
The 2004 through 2006 rock sampling programs were conducted by True North Gems Inc. (True North). The 2006 samples collected by True North were never analyzed until submitted for analysis in October 2010. Some of the reference samples from 2005 were also sent for re-analysis by Endurance, and the re-analyzed results reported above. The above rock samples were prioritized and submitted to ALS Minerals Lab for processing. The earlier 2004 & 2005 samples were pulverized, split and analyzed using ME-ICP 41 (38 element fusion ICP-MS) and Au-ICP21. The 2006 samples and re-analysis of some of the 2005 reference samples were pulverized, split and analyzed using ME-ICP 41 (38 element fusion ICP-MS) and ME-MS81 (35 element AquaRegia ICP-AES) for the complete suite of trace element base metals and REE. Samples in excess of 10,000 pm nickel, copper, or bismuth were assayed by OG46 or OG62 for the higher grade samples.
Further compilation of technical data, petrographic and mineralogical studies are currently in progress. An exploration program is planned for 2011 to evaluate this large area of alteration and breccia to identify REE and base metal trenching and drill targets.
The Bandito Property is governed by an Option Agreement between Endurance and True North. Under the terms of the agreement, Endurance can earn an initial 51% joint venture interest in the Bandito property by completing a total of C$125,000 in cash payments by December 31, 2012 and also completing C$1,000,000 in exploration expenditures by December 31, 2013. Once Endurance earns its 51% interest, it has a further option to acquire an additional 24% interest (total 75%) by issuing True North 200,000 shares of Endurance and by completing an additional C$1,000,000 in exploration expenditures prior to December 31, 2015.
Robert T. Boyd, P.Geo. President CEO and Director is a qualified person as defined in National Instrument 43-101 and supervised the compilation of the information forming the basis for this release.


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Q: Running a background task in flask once a certain url is called Once a url is called like:  www.example.com/run_this_thing I want a background task to initiate. Its like i want to run a script in background once a certain url is called. It takes around 10 minutes to complete. This url is called like once in 3-5 hours only
Snippet of what I am using:
@app.route('/run_this_thing')
def damn_man():
    myobject = myscript.MyClass(arguments)
    t1 = threading.Thread(target=myobject.run)
    t1.start()
    return "<h1> IT IS RUNNING!!! </h1>"

Also, whats interesting is that, I deployed in azure server web app and it works like first few times. Then it does not. I am quite beginner at flask. It works when I push through git once every few hours but thats not feasible at all.
I also tried. It does not return anything but runs background task few times and after some hours of deployment in azure it returns server error!!!
@app.route('/this_should_really_run', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
def damn_it():
    myobject = myscript.MyClass(arguments)
    return myobject.run()

For solution::

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*It would be perfect if I can find solution to make run the script every few hours instead of need to
go to the url to make the task run. For this also i tried threading but no luck.

*If not, it would be great if on visiting the site either the function would be called or anything just once the website is visited the script should run.

I have heard and saw something like celery but looks a lot of trouble like broker url and backend url this_question can it be used on azure?
It is deployed on azure as web app which uses linux and python3.8 as runtime.