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3 mins read 13 Dec 2021
To Infinity and Beyond: South Australia to Establish a Space Park
#Australian Space Industry
#Adelaide
Written by Clare Fletcher
South Australia will be home to Australia's first dedicated space manufacturing hub creating current and future space jobs.
Australian Space Park Concept Image. Credit: Fleet Space Technologies.
In an exciting announcement, a Space Park will be established cementing South Australia as the Space State. Four companies are partnering with the South Australian State Government to develop the space sector at this purpose-built facility - Fleet Space Technologies, Q-CTRL, ATSpace and Alauda Aeronautics.
"It is fantastic to have four amazing companies partner with the South Australian Government on this initiative, with Fleet Space Technologies, Q-CTRL who we welcome to our state as they expand their Australian presence beyond New South Wales, ATSpace – a brand new Australian company and Alauda Aeronautics partnering and co-investing in the Australian Space Park to further develop the space value chain to meet the needs of satellite and rocket manufacturers," said South Australia Premier Steven Marshall MP.
With the Australian Space Agency and Mission Control already based in Adelaide, the Space Park will boost manufacturing capability and capacity. The focus of the Space Park will be on collaboration and production of small satellites and their payloads, rockets, electrical vertical take-off and landing vehicles (eVTOL), and supporting componentry and technical systems.
Manufacturing capabilities concept image. Credit: Fleet Space Technologies.
The South Australian government will contribute $20 million to the Australian Space Park, which is anticipated to create approximately 220 highly skilled space industry jobs in the first two years of operation.
"The Hub aligns with Australia's space strategy that aims to triple the space sector's contribution to GDP to over $12 billion per annum and create up to an additional 20,000 jobs by 2030," said Premier Marshall.
"My Government has unashamedly adapted a pro-growth, pro-economy agenda and transforming South Australia into the undisputed Space State is a key part of future-proofing the jobs-economy for our children in the decades to come."
Discussions with Adelaide Airport are ongoing as a potential location for the Space Park. Adelaide airport was identified as an ideal location by an industry consortium due to its proximity to existing traditional aerospace companies and the central business district and innovation precinct, Lot Fourteen, which is home to a growing community of space companies.
"We're excited to be identified as the potential site of the Australian Space Park," said Adelaide Airport Managing Director, Mark Young.
"In addition to our central location, we offer suitable land opportunities both for the hub as well as room for growth and to attract like-minded businesses keen to play a role in the growing space sector."
As the focal point of Australia's space endeavours, South Australia is presently targeting an annual growth rate in the space sector of 5.8% over the next decade.
"We are delighted to be part of a facility that is the first of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere," said Flavia Tata Nardini, Co-Founder and CEO of Fleet Space Technologies.
"Indeed, we are proud to be part of South Australia's growing status as a centre of excellence for space technology on the global stage."
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Welcome to our Daisy Duck coloring pages!
On this page you can find some very nice Daisy Duck coloring pages which you can color as you'd like, but you can also find some very interesting information about Daisy Duck.
The history of Daisy in animation can be traced to the appearance of her precursor Donna Duck in the cartoon short Don Donald (first released on January 9, 1937). The short was directed by Ben Sharpsteen. The plot had Donald courting Donna somewhere in Mexico or Spain. His efforts were frustrated and Donald leaves him alone and rides away in her unicycle by the finale.
The short is important for introducing a romantic interest for Donald. But one should note that Donna had little in common with Daisy other than both being female ducks and sharing a temper. Donna was more or less a female version of Donald both in design and voice. Her voice was provided by Clarence Nash and was a slightly higher pitched version of that of Donald. Donna was not intended as a recurring character and the Donald shorts of the following three years featured no female companion for him.
Daisy Duck in her familiar name and design first appeared in Mr. Duck Steps Out (June 7, 1940). The short was directed by Jack King and scripted by Carl Barks. There Donald visits the house of his new romantic interest for their first known date . At first Daisy acts shy and has her back turned to her visitor. But Donald soon notices her tailfeathers taking the form of a hand and signaling for him to come closer. But their time alone is soon interrupted by Huey, Dewey, and Louie who have followed their uncle and clearly compete with him for the attention of Daisy. Uncle and nephews take turns dancing the jitterbug with her while trying to get rid of each other. In their final effort the three younger Ducks feed their uncle maize (corn) in the process of becoming popcorn. The process is completed within Donald himself who continues to move spastically around the house while maintaining the appearance of dancing. The short ends with an impressed Daisy showering her new boyfriend with kisses. Like her precursor, she was initially voiced by Clarence Nash, but would later have a more lady-like voice.
The short stands out among other Donald shorts of the period for its use of modern music and surreal situations throughout. The idea of a permanent love interest of Donald was well established following it. But Daisy did not appear as regularly as Donald himself. Her next appearance in A Good Time for a Dime (May 9, 1941) features her as one of the temptations threatening to separate Donald from his money.
Now that you're done reading, you'd better move on to our Daisy Duck coloring pages quickly!
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Seattle's win seen by 3.5M on TV, the most-viewed MLS final
Associated PressDec 14, 2016, 1:15 PM EST
NEW YORK (AP) Seattle's penalty-kicks win over Toronto last weekend drew 3.5 million television viewers, the most for a Major League Soccer final.
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Seattle's 5-4 victory following a 0-0 tie Saturday night was seen by 1,411,000 viewers on Fox, the network said Tuesday. That was up 111 percent from the 668,000 that viewed Portland's 2-1 win over Columbus in last year's final, televised by ESPN on a Sunday afternoon, and the most U.S. viewers for the MLS final since 1.5 million tuned in for San Jose's victory over the LA Galaxy in 2001.
MLS said 601,000 viewed Spanish-language U.S. coverage on UniMas, 1.43 million saw TSN's English-language coverage in Canada and 92,000 tuned in for RDS's French-language broadcast.
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The total surpassed the 2.2 million viewers for D.C. United's win over Colorado in 1997, when there was no Canadian broadcast and Spanish-language coverage was via SAP on ABC.
Tags: 2016 MLS Cup Playoffs, Major League Soccer, MLS Cup 2016, Seattle Sounders, Toronto FC
Three things we learned from Seattle Sounders' MLS Cup triumph
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By Andy EdwardsDec 11, 2016, 12:22 AM EST
MLS Cup 2016 was not the most well-played game of soccer all year — far from it, in fact — but the Seattle Sounders are MLS champions for the first time in their eight-year history anyway.
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Three thoughts on a poorly-played, but thoroughly intense 2016 finale…
A cup final, it most certainly was
The numbers of cup finals which feature brilliant, composed attacking play is hugely outweighed by the number of cup finals featuring a total lack thereof. Whether it was down to nerves, the frigid conditions in which the game was played, or a combination of the two, Saturday's final at BMO Field was yet another example of the latter.
The telling stats: 40 fouls between the two sides (just three yellow cards shown); zero first-half shots attempted by the Sounders, and just three shots in total over 120 minutes (zero on target).
xG map for the MLS Cup Final. Seattle won a cup without ever putting together a dangerous attack. It's an achievement! pic.twitter.com/d6F4zBVlMh
— Michael Caley (@MC_of_A) December 11, 2016
The only moment of true quality came in the 108th minute, when Stefan Frei made the best save you've seen all year to deny Jozy Altidore and keep the Sounders on level terms (WATCH HERE).
Michael Bradley, man of the match (until his PK)
As we've come to expect, Bradley was anywhere and everywhere on the field for TFC, at all the right times. With Osvaldo Alonso playing the part of warrior in the Sounders midfield, and Jonathan Osorio's attacking prowess preferred to the defensive chops of Will Johnson alonside Bradley, it was up to the U.S. national team captain to singlehandedly track and mark Nicolas Lodeiro out of the game. He did just that, and so much more.
Michael Bradley had quite the game before his PK…
– 128 touches (27 more than anyone else)
– 81 comp passes (22 more than anyone else)
— Paul Carr (@PCarrESPN) December 11, 2016
Then, came his penalty kick, TFC's second, which was hit with so little pace and no more than three feet to Frei's left for the easiest save he'd make all night.
The greatest comeback in MLS history
You've heard it all by now, but it doesn't make what the Sounders did from August to December any less remarkable — from ninth place on the day Sigi Schmid was fired (two days before Lodeiro arrived), to the MLS summit in four and a half months. Clint Dempsey, the Sounders' highest-paid player, was then lost for the rest of the season a month later (irregular heartbeat). No team in MLS history had ever overcome a points gap that large (10) that late in the season to even qualify for the playoffs, let alone advance in said playoffs, reach MLS Cup, and lift the trophy.
Brian Schmetzer, a Seattle native and member of the Sounders family since his own playing days beginning in 1980, replaced Schmid with (presumably) the idea that he'd see out the lost season as interim head coach before making way for a big-name hire this winter. He won eight of his first 14 games as a head coach instead, led the Sounders to the four-seed in the Western Conference, and delivered to his hometown the ultimate prize on Saturday.
Watching the Portland Timbers lift MLS Cup 2015 was undoubtedly the toughest pill to swallow for anyone in Rave Green, but to end their Cascaida Cup rivals' reign as defending champions by winning that very piece of silverware themselves … that's a one-up that'll last a lifetime.
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Tags: Major League Soccer, MLS Cup 2016, MLS Cup Playoffs 2016, Seattle Sounders, Toronto FC, Clint Dempsey, Jozy Altidore, Nathan
Frei leads Sounders to first MLS Cup title in penalty kicks
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By Nicholas MendolaDec 10, 2016, 11:03 PM EST
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TORONTO — With tackles that matched the bitter temperature, Toronto FC and Seattle Sounders had little trouble providing intensity.
Goals were another story.
[ MORE: Three things we learned ]
In a game only its champion could love, the Sounders defeated TFC in penalty kicks at BMO Field on Saturday after 120 minutes of 0-0 play with precious few threats on goal.
After the teams traded goals to start PKs, Michael Bradley flubbed his shot right to Stefan Frei. But Clint Irwin stopped Alvaro Fernandez's shot, Seattle's third attempt, to keep things 2-2.
It went to bonus kicks, and Justin Morrow hit the bar to set the table for Roman Torres. Yes, the big man, and he nailed it.
And @SoundersFC gets it done. Mouse quiet except for the traveling fans at BMO. More Toronto sports misery pic.twitter.com/vxIlJ0CmeI
— Nicholas Mendola (@NicholasMendola) December 11, 2016
The first chance belonged to Altidore, who took a classy ball from Giovinco and had his far post shot deflected off Roman Torres for a corner.
Giovinco had trouble with his service in the cold, and a fifth minute offering was returned by Joevin Jones on a long counter which finished in the hands of Clint Irwin.
Seattle gained its footing and held the ball deep in Toronto's end, but wasn't able to trouble Irwin. Jonathan Osorio was next to trouble a keeper, though ex-Reds backstop Frei collected his effort.
[ MORE: Frei makes the most amazing, unbelievable save in ET ]
A scary moment arrived in the 27th minute, as Giovinco ripped a left-footed effort into Roman Torres' face just inside the 18. The Sounders defender fell hard (and surely the 25 degree weather didn't help the impact).
Justin Morrow then supplied a lofted cross from the left fringe that Altidore headed down to a sliding Frei. Still 0-0, 30′
Service left a lot to be desired on set pieces, and Giovinco earned a free kick before firing it off the wall in the 39th minute.
After 45 mins, candidates for #MOTM have to be Torres, Alonso for SEA, Morrow, Altidore for #TFC. #MLSCup
Giovinco teed one up right after the break, but hit it off the outside of the net with the outside of his boot and it remained scoreless.
Though the chances remained scarce, the hosts had a few. Bradley picked out Giovinco with a diagonal ball that the Italian slid square for Altidore. The striker was held from getting to the ball, but no call came and Toronto won a corner that came to nothing.
The chippy play continued, and the chances remained few. Seattle called upon Andreas Ivanschitz and Toronto turned to Will Johnson and ECF hero Benoit Cheyrou. Extra time seemed predestined, and so it came to pass.
Cheyrou won a corner with a left-footed shot just after play resumed. Giovinco teed him up for a similar chance three minutes later, but Frei collected the low offering. That was about it for the first 15 of ET.
Toronto's third sub was Tosaint Ricketts, and he took a ball out of the air from 15 yards only to miss wide of the right post. Kicks were looming. Ricketts then picked out Altidore in the center of the box, but Frei flew to palm the headed ball off the line (WATCH HERE).
Seattle nearly went on top via a deep throw-in, as Lodeiro spied Torres at the back post and Beitashour whiffed on his attempted clearance. Irwin grabbed the loose ball first.
Tags: Major League Soccer, MLS Cup 2016, MLS Cup Playoffs 2016, Seattle Sounders, Stefan Frei, Toronto FC, Nathan
WATCH: Stefan Frei made the most amazing, unbelievable save in ET
AP Photo/David Zalubowski
By Andy EdwardsDec 10, 2016, 10:45 PM EST
Words simply fail at at a time like this.
Stefan Frei made the best save you'll see for quite some time, 108 minutes into MLS Cup 2016, to deny Jozy Altidore on the doorstep. The distance covered across the face of goal, the leap, the stretch, the strong hand underneath the ball … it's all straight out of a Hollywood film which you'd question its legitimacy.
MLS Cup 2016 will be decided on penalty kicks.
Stefan Frei. Incredible. #MLSCup https://t.co/g544fbC0qs
— Major League Soccer (@MLS) December 11, 2016
#ThisMoment definitely belongs to @Stefan24Frei! #MLSCup pic.twitter.com/teoo4OpS3j
— Seattle Sounders FC (@SoundersFC) December 11, 2016
Is this real life? #MLSCup pic.twitter.com/JVfmsCvXpz
Tags: Major League Soccer, MLS Cup 2016, MLS Cup Playoffs 2016, Seattle Sounders, Stefan Frei, Toronto FC, Jozy Altidore
FT — MLS Cup 2016: TFC, Sounders headed to extra time
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After 90 minutes of knock-down-drag-out soccer, MLS Cup 2016 is headed to extra time.
[ FOLLOW: Live score and updates from MLS Cup 2016 ]
The score, just as it was when proceedings kicked off at BMO Field nearly two hours ago, is 0-0. Toronto FC have had the majority of the game's chances, but never really threatened Stefan Frei and the Seattle Sounders' superbly organized defense. Seattle, on the other hand, managed all of three shots in the first and second halves combined, the first of which didn't come until the 76th minute.
PST's very own Nicholas Mendola is reporting live from a frigid, frozen BMO Field (gametime temperatures in the low-20s), so make sure you follow him on Twitter, right here, and check back to PST for live updates, full-match recap, and post-game reaction from every angle.
Tags: Major League Soccer, MLS Cup 2016, MLS Cup Playoffs 2016, Seattle Sounders, Toronto FC
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UK-India free trade deal must lower trade barriers and ensure resilient supply chains says CBI and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
New Delhi : The CBI, Britain's biggest business organisation, and its counterpart in India, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), representing over 300,000 businesses, will set up a new joint Commission, UK-India Business Commission, to increase cross industry collaboration and to push the UK-India trade deal over the line.
In a recent visit to India the Prime Minister announced a free trade agreement (FTA) is likely to be completed October this year. With negotiations between India-UK government underway a focus on reducing the barriers to trade, cutting tariffs, and supporting firms to export will help consumers and businesses alike particularly in the face of cost-of-living crisis.
The UK's world-leading renewable sector in particular could play an integral role in India's transition to clean energy. India has committed to get 50% of its energy from renewable sources by 2030. Reducing tariffs on green exports such as solar, onshore, and offshore wind, could open new opportunities for firms in India.
More broadly, securing a free trade agreement with India could almost double UK exports to India.
Boost Britain's total trade by as much as £28 billion a year by 2035 and increase wages across the UK regions by £3 billion
As part of a Memorandum in Understanding (MoU) between the CBI and CII, the Commission will provide a critical forum for discussion to ensure an FTA works to the benefit of businesses in both countries. The group will provide continual oversight and meet ahead of key milestones to take views on trade-offs, breakdown barriers to market access and help feed in on-the-ground business intelligence at a ministerial level in India and UK.
Welcoming the new Commission announcement, CBI President Lord Karan Bilimoria, said:
"A free trade agreement with the world's fastest growing economy is now within touching distance, and to clinch that deal a focus on lowering barriers to trade is now essential.
"For example, on renewables, we have an opportunity to export UK's expertise in cleantech. A deal has the potential to drastically lower tariffs on wind turbines parts that are currently as high as 15 per cent.
"More broadly, a deal anchored in slashing tariffs, improving the ability to move talent across borders as well as data, will unlock plenty of prizes across a host of sectors from services and life sciences to tech and innovation.
"I look forward to working with CII on this new Commission to strengthen our ties across trade, investment, climate and health as our countries recover from the twin shock of Covid and the Ukraine crisis."
Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), said:
"The Memorandum of Understanding we sign today is the continuation of the long-standing relationship between CII and CBI. This partnership is an opportunity to address shared concerns, identify common interests and foster greater understanding and to develop capacity to address the issues of economic and global concerns.
"The collaboration between CII and CBI will cover joint efforts in specific areas such as Advancing Technology and Digitalization, Climate Change & Sustainability, Multilateral collaboration, alignment on FTA and education. As we build upon this renewed partnership today we are eager and excited to be working together with a focused approach".
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We are your favorite b•boy's, dj's, mc's, producer's, artist's, teacher's, student's and average Joe's real hip hop brand. We've done this by creating clean and classic graphics with a mix of golden age flavor. The Manifest brand is the original purveyor of the old school and will continue to preserve the culture ...one design at a time.


For months, India remained significantly costlier than its emerging market peers, reflecting the theoretical upside limit to local stocks. With the Federal Reserve turning dovish, money began flowing into emerging market equities that posted their best quarterly gains in the past two years in the March quarter.
Indian equities expanded more slowly. The valuation premium of the Nifty 50, compared with the MSCI EM index, dropped to 47% from the 15-year high of 70% in September 2018. The long-term average valuation premium to the MSCI EM index stood at 33%. The relative valuation of the Nifty 50 eased after it underperformed the MSCI EM index by 5% since the beginning of the year.
However, on an absolute level, the valuation of Indian equities continues to remain elevated. The Nifty, trading at 18.7 times its projected twelve-month earnings, is the most expensive among the top 20 by market capitalisation. The Nifty is trading at a 17.7% premium to its long term average. There are 15 companies in the Nifty 50 trading at premiums to the benchmark. The prominent companies with superior valuation are Titan, Asian Paints, Britannia, HUL, and Bajaj Finance.
On price-to-book value terms, the Nifty is trading at 2.66 times against the ten-year average of 2.40. On EV/EBITDA basis, it is trading at 10.37 times, a 7.3% premium to the long-term average. Market cap to GDP ratio —a measure often used by long-term investors —stood at 83% compared with a 10-year average of 79%. The market cap to GDP ratio peaked at 146% in the previous bull phase of 2007.


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Volunteer, Avery Moses, Shares Why She Loves Supporting The Circle of Sisterhood
The Circle of Sisterhood shines light on the importance of education for girls and women worldwide. Educated women are more prosperous, healthier, and happier. The knowledge that comes with education gives them to power to be whatever they want to be. There is also power in numbers, which is why CofS volunteer, Avery Moses actively supports the organization. She knows that the power of the sorority community coming together can evoke change around the world by educating girls during their formative years. She fell in love with CofS when she was involved as an undergraduate and continued volunteering after graduation.
"The organization ensures that girls have access to education, something I once took for granted," Avery said. "As a fraternity/sorority advisor, I am SO proud of my Panhellenic women for supporting CofS and funding a school build in Malawi this past summer!"
Avery's excitement is contagious as she uses her voice to help other campuses get involved at a level that will make an impact. She's supported 18 campuses and presented at two regional conferences where she shares the tips and tricks she learned that help these communities with engagement, fundraising and overall belief in the mission of CofS. When these women hear directly from volunteers like Avery, they can see how they can help make a difference. They know that their talent and time is needed for continued growth and impact for these girls and women.
Avery also feels empowered when she gets in a room with these amazing women. Even though she's telling them about CofS, having conversations about #GRLPWR like her program earlier this year leaves her feeling even more excited about making change. She can feel the power in the room. She remembers what it was like to be on the other side when she first heard founder, Ginny Carroll, speak about CofS when she was an undergraduate in 2014. After hearing Carroll's story, Avery instantly knew that she wanted to be part of what Ginny was building with CofS.
Now when Avery is speaking with these rooms full of women about getting involved like she did, she said the conversation points are simple:
Do you/did you attend college? (Pause while she waits for them to answer "Yes.")
Was your sorority membership one of the best/most impactful experiences? (Pause while she waits for them to answer "Yes.")
Do you want others to have similar opportunities and access to education? (Pause while she waits for that third "Yes.")
Hearing those answers gets Avery excited to bring them on board to create opportunities for girls and women by removing the barriers to education. She wants these women to know they are fortunate for what they have because of the women who came before them. Avery shares her story so no one takes their education and their power for granted. Instead, she wants them to join in the CofS mission to make an impact that will be seen now and also in the women who come after them.
We hope you will join Avery, the board of trustees, staff, volunteers, and donors in supporting CofS, especially during these difficult times, in donating on CofS' Day of Giving on September 30th. You can donate here. As CofS shares more stories like Avery's leading up to its Day of Giving, be sure to join the conversation by tagging CofS on Facebook, Instagram and/or Twitter, as well as use #BeHerHero to come together as we work to open doors to opportunity through education.
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Beyries
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Origin: Montréal, Québec
Some artists seek out a life in music. For Beyries, the music found her.
Since a young age growing up in the Montreal neighbourhood of Outremont, Amélie Beyries would write songs at her grandmother's 1923 Heintzman & Co. piano, but for the longest time, she kept those songs to herself, not wanting to lose her love for simply writing and playing for personal joy.
In a sense, Beyries lived an entire lifetime before Landing, her debut album. She worked at restaurants and had a variety of office gigs, and even when her manager played her intimate, deeply personal songs for industry friends, she chose to present the music without her name, so people could judge it on its own merits. Even Landing's eventual producer, Alex McMahon, was a longtime friend of Beyries and didn't know it was her when he first listened.
With the 11-track Landing, Beyries became unmasked. From the first concert in her entire life – a trial by fire performance opening for Martha Wainwright in Rouyn-Noranda – audiences were drawn to her openness, inspired by the likes of Cat Stevens, an artist so powerful he could captivate audiences with just his voice and an acoustic guitar. She performed without sequencers or backing tracks, wanting to speed up or slow down and connect with the audience in a natural way. These were songs that she had kept private for so long that when they were finally brought to the light, they inevitably took on a life of their own. Beyries became a sensation in her home province of Quebec simply by being herself.
All along the way, Beyries received countless signs saying that music had bigger plans for her. One day, she turned on her radio on a whim, only to hear famed Montreal broadcaster Rebecca Makonnen playing her song "The Pursuit of Happiness" from Landing. Her first concert in Toronto at the Drake Hotel became an unforgettable night, with her performing seated, the crowd seated around her, and George Stroumboulopoulos listening attentively beside her. A popular music blogger in Turkey picked up on her music, and suddenly she was playing to rapturous audiences in a country she had never been to before.
After every show, whether it was five or 200 people, Beyries would take the time to meet with fans and listen to them share what the music meant to them. Beyries says she doesn't just perform to entertain to deliver the songs exactly as they sound on the album – she performs to build lasting relationships. These connections inspire and inform not only her work, but also her approach to life.
These bonds weren't just developed at her shows. Listeners were drawn to Landing's melodic storytelling with 11.5K in album sales and 15 million streams across all platforms. Beyries went from never having performed live to playing her songs in England, France, Germany and Canada. The perfectly bilingual artist connected with francophone audiences thanks to French-language songs "J'aurai cent ans" with Louis-Jean Cormier, "Je pars à l'autre bout du monde," "Maman" and "Au-delà des mots."
While Landing chronicled her life up until that point, upcoming second album Encounter, coming this August, is about self-discovery through music, touring, and the many people she met on this incredible journey who helped spiritually guide her both directly and indirectly.
From the comedown of performing over 150 shows across the world, Beyries developed a craftswoman approach to songwriting, finding pleasure in working to create a genuine narrative you can hear and feel. The music is more ornate, with more collaborators, orchestral flourishes and expanded arrangements without sacrificing the power of simplicity. If Beyries can't play a song with true conviction on her Heintzman & Co. piano, which she restored, or an acoustic guitar that song won't make the cut. The first single, Out of Touch, reveals how her sound has been building and evolving in the past three years.
It's a refined, earnest sound that has already enraptured audiences at home and is destined to keep growing.
Format: CD, LP


Clostridium botulinum, the bacterium from which Botox is derived, is found in many natural settings, including soil, lakes, and forests.
Botulinum toxin is one of the most poisonous substances known to man. Scientists have estimated that a single gram could kill as many as 1 million people and a couple of kilograms could kill every human on earth. In high concentrations, botulinum toxin can result in botulism, a severe, life-threatening illness. Botulism, left untreated, may result in respiratory failure and death. Despite botulinum toxin being so toxic, Botox is in huge demand.
Despite this, botulinum toxin has proven to be a successful and valuable therapeutic protein.
Botulinum toxin can be injected into humans in extremely small concentrations and works by preventing signals from the nerve cells reaching muscles, therefore paralyzing them.
In order for muscles to contract, nerves release a chemical messenger, acetylcholine (a neurotransmitter), at the junction where the nerve endings meet muscle cells. Acetylcholine attaches to receptors on the muscle cells and causes the muscle cells to contract or shorten.
Injected botulinum toxin prevents the release of acetylcholine, preventing contraction of the muscle cells. Botulinum toxin causes a reduction in abnormal muscle contraction, allowing the muscles to become less stiff.
Botulinum toxin is predominantly used as a treatment to reduce the appearance of facial wrinkles and fine lines.
Beyond aesthetic applications, Botox is used to treat a variety of medical conditions, including eye squints, migraines, excess sweating, and leaky bladders.
Botulinum toxin is currently used to treat over 20 different medical conditions, with more applications under investigation.


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Q: ERROR Spring JPA call procedure that only have OUT parameter I face an error while calling procedure that only have OUT parameter from spring JPA. Here is the code
Entity class:
@Entity
@Table(name = "M_PRODUCTS")
@NamedStoredProcedureQueries({ @NamedStoredProcedureQuery(
    name = "getProductNo",
    procedureName = "usp_get_product_no",
    parameters = {
            @StoredProcedureParameter(mode = ParameterMode.OUT, name = "productNo", type = Long.class) }) })
public class ProductEntity implements Serializable {

Repository class:
@Repository
public interface ProductRepository extends JpaRepository<ProductEntity, UUID> {

    @Procedure(name = "getProductNo")
    Long getProductNo();

}

I have tried change the parameter mode to INOUT and still return the same error.
Here it the error message:
org.springframework.dao.InvalidDataAccessApiUsageException: OUT/INOUT parameter not available: 1; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: OUT/INOUT parameter not available: 1

The procedure it self does not have error when I tried execute by pl/sql
CREATE PROCEDURE usp_get_product_no(productNo OUT NUMBER) IS BEGIN .... END;

declare
    v_product_no number;
begin
    usp_get_product_no(v_product_no);
    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('v_product_no ' || v_product_no);
end;

Can anyone help me to find the cause?

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In my daily research (read: getting stuck and Googling desperately for help), I sometimes encounter interesting links that I -obviously- like to share with you. I used to post these on my twitter account, but then there's no way to "keep" these links or to find them again. So from now on you'll be able to find them here!


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Home » Programmes and Fellowships » Postdoctoral Max Weber Programme » Activities » Master Classes Abstracts 2015-2016
Master Classes Abstracts 2016-2017
The Max Weber Master Classes are held by the Max Weber lecturers usually the day after the lecture itself.
They are related to the Thematic Research Group sponsoring each lecturer and are mostly open to MW Fellows and members of the group.
Kalypso Nicolaidis (University of Oxford)
"Demoi-cracy and its applications"
Thematic Group: Diversity and Unity
27 October 2016, 11:15-13:15
Seminar Room, Villa Paola
MW Fellows members of the Thematic Group can download the readings from Moodle
Other members of the EUI wishing to partecipate may contact Professor Richard Bellamy
Philippe van Parijs (Université Catholique de Louvain)
"Gender justice, basic income and European democracy"
Thematic Group: Legal, Political and Social Theory
17 November 2016, 10:00-12:00
Professor Van Parijis will discuss themes from his Max Weber Lecture on "Just Europe" as developed in the following short pieces dealing with demos-cracy and a European basic income. He has also offered for discussion a piece on gender equality that raises the more general issue of which inequalities matter.
Ngaire Woods (University of Oxford)
(University of Oxford)
'Is Better Global Governance Possible?'
Thematic Group: Europe in the World
15 December 2016, 11:00-13:00
Badia, Seminar Room 2
The International Monetary Fund is a controversial institution whose interventions regularly provoke passionate reactions. Ngaire Woods argues that there is an important role for the IMF in helping to solve information, commitment, and coordination problems with significant implications for the stability of national economies and the international monetary and financial system.
In executing these functions, the effectiveness of the IMF, like that of a football referee, depends on whether the players see it as competent and impartial. Woods argues that the Fund's perceived competence and impartiality, and hence its effectiveness, are limited by its failure to meet four challenges—concerning the quality of its surveillance (of individual countries, groups of countries, and the global system); the relevance of conditionality in loan contracts; the utility of the Fund's approach to debt problems; and the Fund's failure to adopt a system of governance that gives appropriate voice to different stakeholders.
These problems of legitimacy will have to be addressed in order for the IMF to play a more effective role in the 21st century.
The IMF's unmet challenges (on line)
Barbara Petrongolo (Queen Mary University London)
Gender Norms
Thematic Group: Inequalty and Efficiency in Education and Labour Markets
19 January 2017, 10:00-12:00
Villa La Fonte, 3rd floor Seminar Room
Fortin, N. (2005) " Gender Role Attitudes and the Labour Market Outcomes of Women Across OECD Countries", Oxford Review of Economic Policy 21 : 416-438 (*.pdf)
Bertrand, M. (2011) "New Perspectives on Gender", in Orley Ashenfelter and David Card eds, H andbook of Labor Ecomics volume 4B, pp. 1545-1592
Bertrand, M., E, Kamenica and J. Pan (2015) "Gender Identity and Relative Income within Households" , Quarterly Journal of Economics 130: 571-614 .
Goux , D., E. Maurin and B. Petrongolo (2014) "Worktime regulations and spousal labor supply " . American Economic Review 104: 252-276, 2014.
Olivetti, C. and B. Petrongolo (2017) The economic consequences of family policies. Drawing lessons from a century of legislation across OECD countries . Forthcoming, Journal of Economic Perspectives .
Olivetti, C. and B. Petrongolo (2016) The evolution of the gender gap in industrialized countries. Annual Review of Economics 8: 405-434, 2016.
Barry Heichengreen (University of California, Berkeley)
'Cables, Sharks and Servers: Technology and the Geography of the Foreign Exchange Market'
Thematic Group: Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa
15 February 2017, 14:00-16:00
Badia, Emeroteca
The talk is based on an article co-authored with Romain Lafarguette and Arnaud Mehl. We analyze the impact of technology on production and trade in services, focusing on the foreign exchange market.
We identify exogenous technological changes by the connection of countries to submarine fiber-optic cables used for electronic trading, but which were not laid for purposes related to the foreign exchange market.
We estimate the impact of cable connections on the share of offshore foreign exchange transactions. Cable connections between local markets and matching servers in the major financial centers lower the fixed costs of trading currencies and increase the share of currency trades occurring onshore. At the same time, however, they attenuate the effect of standard spatial frictions such as distance, local market liquidity, and restrictive regulations that otherwise prevent transactions from moving to the major financial centers.
Our estimates suggest that the second effect dominates. Technology dampens the impact of spatial frictions by up to 80 percent and increases, in net terms, the share of offshore trading by 21 percentage points. Technology also has economically important implications for the distribution of foreign exchange transactions across financial centers, boosting the share in global turnover of London, the world's largest trading venue, by as much as one-third.
Rhacel Salazar Parrenas, (University of Southern California)
"Mobilising morality: Migrant domestic workers in Dubai"
21 March 2017, 15:00-17:00
Villa Schifanoia, Sala Triaria
This Master Class with Professor Rhacel Salazar Parrenas (University of Southern California) describes labour conditions in Dubai using 85 in-depth interviews with Filipino domestic workers.
While the talk calls attention to the indenture and absence of labour protection for domestic workers, it establishes and describes their labour conditions as falling under three prevailing cultural patterns: a) dehumanisation; b) infantilisation; c) recognition.
The analysis of Professor Parrenas invites for caution in labellinig all domestic workers in Dubai as nothing-but-abuse-victims, consider the kafala (sponsorship) system as a form of "structural violence".
Rhacel Parrenas suggests a more critical understanding of how market activities can be intertwined with moral justifications challenging and shaping the structures of domination even if they do not subvert them.
Download the following readings in PDF in preparations for the master class:
1. What Is Human Trafficking? A Review Essay
2. The indentured mobility of migrant hostesses
3. Domestic workers refusing neo-slavery in the UAE
4. Servants if globalization. Preface
Sally Engle Merry (New York University)
"Cultural Dimensions of Power/Knowledge:
The Challenges of Measuring Violence against Women."
27 Aprile, 10:00-12:00
Villa Paola, Seminar Room
International governance, like all contemporary modes of governance, increasingly operates by means of quantitative measurements.
Issues such as corruption, the rule of law, academic achievement, compli-ance with human rights norms, and accountability are generally translated into numbers and indicators.
As quantification becomes ever more central to governance, it is critical to examine the cultural and socialtheoretical frameworks within which measurement systems are developed.
A comparison of four cultural approaches to measuring violence against women globally shows that there are significant differences in what is made visible and what is disappeared in each one.
Moreover, the organizations that promote these different approaches vary significantly in power and resources. Those generated by better resourced orga-nizations come to dominate the definition of a phenomenon, such as violence against women, and the wayit is understood.
Ultimately, this shapes the way it is governed. Since regulation and governance depend onwhat quantitative data makes visible, these slippages have important implications for the practice of global governance.
Download the readings:
1. 'Quantification and the Paradox of Measurement: Translating Children's Rights in Tanzania' (pdf)
2. 'Cultural Dimensions of Power/Knowledge:The Challenges of Measuring Violence against Women' (pdf)
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MWP Occasional Lectures
Thematic Groups 2018-2019
Page last updated on 17 August 2017


When you are in love, you cannot resist the idea of making him happy. You are walking on the lanes, eyeing things to shop for yourself and you end up looking in the men's section, imagining him wearing or having something you just saw, don't you? That's why here are some of the best gifts for your guy, browse through!
BUY HIM LAND ON THE MOON: Yes, as crazy as that sounds it is claimed to be true. A website named lunarland.com, which has been featured on channels like BBC, sells you land on the moon. They claim to have legal rights for the same and also that they are the only company on Earth to do so. The chances of your guy landing up on the moon are very scarce we know, but the idea of owning land on the moon with sufficient evidence to support that, is beautiful and unique. Buy him an acre, make him believe.
A CUSTOMIZED GIFT ARTICLE: Any gift article, like a pen, a compass, a diary a key chain works wonders. When he would see his name etched on the gift, it would give him a sense of ownership, which every guy completely loves.
TECH, TECH AND TECH: Whether it is as small as Bluetooth speakers or something as big as a Macintosh pc, he will totally love it. Something as cool as a telephoto lens for his phone to enhance the picture quality would be amazing! Just make sure, you have got the configurations right. All guys, love technology as much as they love you!
THE HOODIES AND JERSEYS: Buying a soft, solid coloured hoodie or a jersey of his favourite sports team, is very much appreciated. They would cherish those jerseys for life, certainly. Cool tees with prints are always in demand, just like sporty sweaters are!
SPORTS ALL AROUND: Table top foosball, pool or air hockey tables would give him a high, he would love to show it off to his friends when they come over, giving a boost to your relationship! If he plays a particular sport, buy him accessories for it.
LITERALLY, THE ALCOHOL RUNS DOWN THEIR BLOOD: Buy them crazy printed glasses, brilliant openers etc., all of which are available online. They are offbeat and classy. With quotes and witty cartoons printed on them, it would increase his cool quotient.
Last but not the least you always have the option of buying the mainstream gifts like watches, wallets, Rings and boots. But when you give them the unexpected, they go bonkers with happiness! Don't forget to add a personal note along with every gift, it is the perfect add-on.


The Greater Scaup is a medium-sized diving duck that breeds in northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere, including much of Alaska and northern Canada, and far northern parts of Russia and Europe.
Greater Scaups are closely related to Lesser Scaups. Breeding males of both species have dark bodies and heads with light backs. Lesser Scaups are smaller and have a different head shape.
The Greater Scaup has a large natural range and the conservation status is considered to be Least Concern as of September 2013.


Tony Finau was questionable to compete in the Masters after injuring his ankle celebrating a hole-in-one on Wednesday, but he tore up Augusta National.
Tony Finau dislocated his ankle on Wednesday while celebrating his hole-in-one during the Masters Par 3 contest.
The injury put his status for the Masters in jeopardy, but after he was cleared to play, Finau went out and shot one of the lowest rounds in the whole field.
Finau's turnaround flips the script on a long-known superstition about the Par 3 contest.
Tony Finau has had a whirlwind past two days at Augusta National.
Ranked as the 34th best golfer in the world, Finau was set to participate in the Masters and was enjoying the pre-Masters festivities of the Par 3 contest on Wednesday. Things were going smoothly, and when he hit a hole-in-one, he ran down to the green to retrieve his ball in excitement.
But as Finau ran, he tripped, visibly dislocating his ankle. Unfazed, Finau popped his ankle back into place and continued his day at the golf course.
Still, it was questionable whether or not Finau would be able to compete in his Thursday tee time. But after a night of rest and receiving medical clearance that he was good to go, Finau went out and had the round of his life at Augusta National.
Finau shot a four-under, 68, on Thursday that included six birdies, and took a share of the lead to the clubhouse when he sunk a big putt to save par on the 18th green.
Improbably, the man who was questionable to compete after a mishap in the Par 3 contest shot one of the lowest rounds of the day.
Legend notes that the winner of the Par 3 contest has never gone on to win the Masters. If that's the case, it's possible that Finau has discovered some bizarre inverse of this curse - injure yourself at the Par 3 contest, and you'll shoot lights out when the time comes to hit for real.
Finau will have to keep his play up for three more days if he wants to stay atop the leaderboard, but there's no doubt that his first round at Augusta National went about as well as he could've imagined.


WATCH: The Greater Victoria real estate market appears to be showing signs of levelling out after several years of double-digit increases. The era of multiple offers may be coming to an end. And as Mary Griffin explains, some in the industry welcome the change.
Realtor Mike Boorman walked through the two-bedroom Oak Bay townhouse, describing the property, on Tuesday.
"As you can see, the property in the unit has been nicely updated throughout," Boorman said.
It just came on the market Monday.
"They've spared no expense on kitchen upgrades, bathrooms, new countertops, cabinets, and new lighting throughout," Boorman said.
And the open house drew a steady line of potential buyers and realtors. The Goss' are looking to downsize and recognize the market is different.
"They've come down, they're listings are taking longer to sell. So yeah, it's just not as robust as it was," Goss said.
Boorman expects this unit to sell easily.
"A good response so far. We are hopeful that we'll receive an offer before Christmas time. And my clients make some decisions and plans into the new year," Boorman said.
Across Greater Victoria prices are softening.
According to the Victoria Real Estate Board, in 2017, a single family home sold for an average of $902,985.
Last month, that average price dipped to $851,481, that's a drop of more than $51,000.
President Kyle Kerr said mortgage changes introduced by the federal government on Jan. 1 are having an impact.
"Demand has slowed down, and after two years of really strong growth, up over 40 per cent in the last two or three years, a little bit of a retraction is not necessarily a bad thing. Because it's showing that the market is balanced, and there is some checks in there as well," Kerr said.
What is not slowing down is the condo market. Realtor Tony Zarsadias said the condo market is going strong. The average price of a unit increased $100,000 from November 2017 to November 2018.
"Despite the fact that we're seeing more cranes than we've ever seen in Victoria. And most of those buildings that are going up are 80 to 95 per cent sold. So, there is not a lot of supply in the market," Zarsadias said.
Back at the open house, there is more time in the market now, for everyone.
"I prefer a balanced market. You have more time to make the appropriate decision. And you are not rushing into the process," Boorman said.


The stunning scene of Charles Bridge set against a backdrop of Prague city and a beautiful blue sky is captured perfectly in this cross-stitch kit. A challenging project indeed, but one that is so worth the effort.
Kit contains: Fabric, Anchor stranded cotton and woollen/acrylic thread, needle, chart and instructions.


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XRP May Become the Official Currency of the 2020 Olympic Games
In less than two years, Tokyo will host the XXXII Olympic Summer Games. Taking into account the cryptocurrency frenzy, it is no wonder that there are some initiatives for including cryptocurrencies as an official payment method.
The petition
Currently, there is an ongoing petition on Change.org, made by a former Japanese baseball player Ken Takahashi, which has a goal to make XRP the official cryptocurrency of the 2020 Olympic Games.
At the time of writing, it has already collected more that 8,000 signatures.
"As tourists stream into the country, demand for the local currency skyrockets, causing long lines at currency exchanges, as seen at past events like Beijing 2008 and Rio de Janeiro 2016. Confusing exchange rates and language barriers further complicate the problem. We believe that the fast transaction times and security of Ripple Lab's XRP cryptocurrency would be a great contribution towards solving this problem," states the petition.
The petition started ten months ago, but it really started to draw attention last month. The recent announcements from Ripple, such as new products and fresh launch of the blockchain remittance app MoneyTap, have probably helped to raise awareness of the Japanese people about cryptocurrencies and their capabilities and benefits.
About Ripple and XRP
The first thing we need to clarify is that Ripple and XRP are not the same thing. Ripple is a payment platform designed to allow seamless transfers of money in any form, be it Yen, Litecoin, USD or others. The idea behind this platform was to enable almost instant global transactions at low cost.
The platform has its own currency called XRP, but also allows everybody to use the platform to create their own via RippleNet. Ripple released 100 billion XRP tokens, and this amount will never be augmented. Ripple owns 61 billion, and the rest is traded freely on the open market.
by Robert Harrison October 7, 2018 Latest News


Paul Smith 1885–1915 Help please.
Please can anyone have a look for his army records. I've looked on Ancestry and can't seem to find him. His wife was Florence Elizabeth and son George. Parents Samuel and Mary Ann Smith. 1911 census living in Aston with family and mother in law Emma ingram.
Re: Paul Smith 1885–1915 Help please.
Do be aware that some 60% or so of Great War records were destroyed by bombing in WW2 so odds are already against and Paul Smith and variants produce an awful lot of hits in the medal records.
Did he die in 1915, was he invalided out in 1915? Any army numbers anywhere?
No he died in France and Flanders in 1915. I was hoping to find his army record, but I don't know which regiment..
That Paul Smith had a mother in law called Mrs Emma Ingram - does that add up? For him there is no service record although his medal card is extant and the info about mother in law is in the Effects register.
Paul Smith=Florence Elizabeth Ingram 1908 Aston.
He had the unenviable distinction of witnessing one of the first gas attacks.
Yes, that's him.That sounds awful, so did he die in the gas attack? Where do I access the medal and effects register.
The effects register is on Ancestry.
He didn't die in the gas attack.
I'm pretty sure he died on the 25th. not 26th. This was the 2nd. Battle of Ypres.
1/RWR were part of a large offensive force attempting to re-take St. Julien after the Germans used gas against the Canadians a few days earlier.
Their part was to take the wood held by the Germans.
Unfortunately they suffered 500 casualties by m/g fire & shelling.


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Bill Nye is one of America's leading popularizers of the scientific outlook. As a scientist, engineer, comedian, author, and inventor, he hosted Bill Nye The Science Guy, which earned 28 Emmys during its six year run. He is the author of a number of children's books about science and regularly lectures at Cornell University as part of the Frank H.T. Rhodes Visiting Professorship. He is also a Fellow of CSICOP, the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal. His acclaimed new show The Eyes of Nye currently airs on PBS stations across the United States.
In this discussion with DJ Grothe, Bill Nye talks about the importance of science literacy, and how science best equips us to face the pressing challenges that threaten our future.
Also in this episode, Point of Inquiry contributer Lauren Becker asks Have You Been Saved? (this Earth Day).


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2017 Best 40 Under 40 Professors: Miguel Antón, IESE Business School | Poets&Quants
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2017 Best 40 Under 40 Professors: Miguel Antón, IESE Business School
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Miguel Antón
Miguel Anton at IESE graces this year's list for top professors under 40 because of his ability to command a classroom. According to students, his entertaining and humorous teaching style, mixed with interactive teaching methods, are enough to keep 70 MBAs interested in capital markets week after week. Professor Anton's research areas cover empirical asset pricing, behavioral finance, mutual funds, and credit markets. He has also given seminars at more than a dozen institutions, including the Harvard Business School, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the Rotman School of Management in Toronto, HEC in Paris, the Instituto de Empresa in Madrid, and the Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
At current institution since: 2011
Education: PhD in Finance, London School of Economics 2011; MA at CEMFI; BA Universidad de Navarra
List of courses you currently teach: Operational Finance, Capital Markets, Capital Budgeting, Wall Street, Fintech
What are you currently researching and what is the most significant discovery you've made from it? Large passive funds, such as BlackRock, Vanguard, and Fidelity, are now the biggest shareholders of hundreds of public companies worldwide, many of which belong to the same industries. Together with my coauthors Florian Ederer from Yale, Mireia Giné from IESE, and Martin Schmalz from Michigan, we show that this overlap in ownership could lead to lower competition, through the way executives are compensated. We are also studying the effect this common ownership has on how firms innovate.
Professor you most admire: There are many professors I really admire! Christopher Polk at the LSE was my advisor, and pivotal in my career. I was also blown away by José Antonio Segarra here at IESE, he is a prodigy of what it means to be a great professor in a business school: how he conducts the class, how much he cares about the students, and his deep knowledge about the "real" world.
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Favorite television show: I really liked Breaking Bad, 24, and Prison Break, but I'm not hooked on Netflix (I don't have time yet).
Favorite vacation spot: Jaca, a small town in Aragon, Spain. It's just a small and beautiful town in the Pyrenees where I spent many summers and winters as a kid.
What are your hobbies? I do a lot of sports (tennis, skiing, and road bike), I love cooking, and when I have time to disconnect, I try to change gears and do volunteering in Africa or Burma.
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The Cades Cove Experience in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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The 6,800-acre valley comprising Cades Cove, one of the most visited areas of the park, provides a glimpse of a bygone mountain lifestyle. Travel in your car or truck (no RVs or commercial vehicles) on a one-way, 11-mile paved loop road. Sightings of deer, turkeys, black bears, coyotes, ground hogs, raccoons, butterflies, and other animals are exciting and common.
A Great Smoky Mountains Sunrise in Cades Cove.
Those seeking an out-of-the-vehicle experience may enjoy cycling the loop or hiking the many trails found in Cades Cove. One of the most popular hikes is to the picturesque Abrams Falls. Midway of the loop, the Cades Cove Visitor Center, home to the John Cable Grist Mill, the Gregg-Cable House, a Cantilever Barn and other farm buildings, is the perfect place to pause. Grassy meadows and banks of the babbling stream provide great picnic venues. Graveyards, located beside several historic churches in the cove, bear mute testament to early residents.
Cades Cove Need to Know
The path into the cove is open from sunrise to sunset year-round.
It can sometimes take more than four hours to complete the 11 mile one-way loop during the busy summer and fall seasons, and on most weekends. Sparks Lane and Hyatt Lane offer shortcuts out of the cove.
The road is closed to motor vehicles each Wednesday each May to late September.
The loop is closed to cars until noon each Saturday in December to allow bicyclists and hikers a quiet journey. Bike rentals available at the Campground Store. Enjoy an ice cream cone from the Campground Store too!
Cades Cove Riding Stable offers guided trail rides on horseback, hayrides, and carriage rides from early March through late November. For more information and prices, visit CadesCoveStables.com or call 865-448-9009.
A self-guiding booklet is available for a small fee at the Orientation Shelter at the beginning of the loop.
Cades Cove Picnic Area has charcoal grills for cooking or consider packing a basket for a picnic in the cove. Don't forget a blanket and chairs.
Please pack out all your trash!
Bring binoculars for optimal wildlife viewing.
Camping in Cades Cove Year-Round
Cades Cove Campground features 159 sites and accommodates tents and RVs up to 35-feet. It is open year-round and offers a Camp Store. For reservations, call 877-446-6777 or visit www.recreation.gov.
The Anthony Creek Horse Camp is located nearby and offers access to the back country. To reserve a site, call 877-446-6777 or visit www. recreation.gov.
Hiking in Cades Cove
There are many miles of trails for day hikers, backpackers, and horses that can be accessed in Cades Cove. Here are a few of our favorites.
Abrams Falls Trail – 5 miles roundtrip to waterfall
The Abrams Falls trailhead is located between signposts #10 and #11 about five miles into the one-way Cades Cove Loop Road. This popular trail to the picturesque falls, which drop 20-feet into a deep pool, is a great hike in any season. Please don't climb on the slippery rocks around the falls or swim in the pool (the undertow has caused drownings!) Beautiful evergreen rhododendron line the trail before it passes over a low pine ridge which offer a wonderful display of spring wildflowers. Beyond the falls, the trail continues another 1.7 miles to intersect with Hannah Mountain and Hatcher Mountain Trails which lead to an area of the gorge where an EF4 tornado hit in April 2011. In some places every single tree was knocked down.
Cades Cove Nature Trail – Half-mile roundtrip
The Cades Cove Nature Trail is found at signpost #13 on the Loop Road. This short walk in the woods is a nice spot to stretch your legs any time of the year.
Gregory Bald Trail – 9 miles roundtrip to Gregory Bald
Gregory Bald is a 10-acre grassy meadow where in June you'll discover a display of native flame azaleas that you won't find anyplace else in the world. For years the azaleas have hybridized to form an array of colors in shades of red, orange, yellow, pink, and white. In August, Gregory Bald is full of ripe blueberries. However, any time of the year, the views from Gregory Bald are remarkable. On the way to the top, you'll hike through an old-growth forest that contains some large hemlock trees. To access the Gregory Bald Trail, take the Cades Cove Loop to the Visitor Center at Cable Mill area. Just past the main parking lot, follow the signs to Forge Creek Road (will be on your right) that will take you to Parsons Branch Road. Once on Parsons Branch Road, drive 3.3 miles to Sam's Gap where the Gregory Bald Hiking Trail begins. Please note that Parsons Branch Road is one-way and closed in winter. This trail is used by both horses and hikers.
Gregory Ridge Trail – 11.4 miles roundtrip to Gregory Bald
To access the Gregory Ridge Trail, take the Cades Cove Loop to the Visitor Center at Cable Mill area. Just past the main parking lot, follow the signs to Forge Creek Road/Parsons Branch Road (will be on your right). Drive 2.2 miles to reach the Gregory Ridge Trailhead. Just before you reach the parking area, Parson Branch Road forks off to the right. You should continue on the two-way Forge Creek Road for just a short distance to reach the Gregory Ridge Trail parking area. This trail is used by hikers only. It's worth noting here that even though the Gregory Bald Trail is a shorter hike to Gregory Bald, your committed to driving the one-way Parsons Branch Road that exits the southwest corner of the park on Highway 129.
Rich Mountain Loop Trail – 8.5 miles roundtrip
To access this trailhead, park at the Information Shelter at the beginning of Cades Cove Loop Road. Cross the road and walk just into the cove and you'll see the trail sign. This trail accommodates both hikers and horses, and crosses three different creeks a total of six times. After the first half mile veer left at the junction with Crooked Arm Trail to stay on Rich Mountain Loop Trail. At mile 1.4 you'll come upon the John Oliver Cabin. Then you climb Cave Ridge; although steep you'll enjoy wildflowers in spring and summer. And at mile 3.0, you'll find an amazing view of Cades Cove in any season. You intersect Indian Grave Gap Trail .3 mile further. Continue to the right on Indian Grave Gap Trail for approximately 2.6 miles to intersect with Crooked Arm Ridge Trail. Take a right on it and go 2.2 miles down the mountain to intersect with Rich Mountain to complete your loop. From here, it's about a half-mile back to the parking log.
Mileage to Cades Cove
From Cherokee – 57
From Gatlinburg – 27
From Townsend – 9
John Oliver Cabin in Cades Cove
Cades Cove History
History lingers in Cades Cove. Listen carefully and you can almost hear faint voices call across a sun-dappled meadow. Look closely and you might see a shadowy shape holding the reins and plowing a misty field, while just along the forest's edge a small band of Cherokee drift across a path once trod by hundreds of their tribesmen.
As early as 1797 this isolated valley, located in the Tennessee section of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park provided good hunting and fishing for the Cherokee who called it "Tsiya'hi," or "Otter Place" (due perhaps to the otter that lived in the stream that bisects the cove.) The 1819 Treaty of Calhoun ended all the Cherokee claims in the Smokies, but some tribesmen remained, and raids on European settlers were problematic. The raids ended when the Indians were relocated to Oklahoma via the infamous "Trail of Tears."
John Oliver , a veteran of the War of 1912, and his wife Lucretia were the first permanent European settlers in the Cove. In 1821, William Tipton, a veteran of the American Revolution, bought large tracts of the cove and sold them to friends and relatives. Peter Cable, a Pennsylvania Dutch farmer who was familiar with dykes, designed a system that drained swampy lands in the Western part of the cove, opening up even more fertile areas to farming. By 1827, the cove boasted a forge for building metal tools, a tub mill, and a grist mill. In 1850, the cove was home to more than 650 residents who lived on farms averaging between 150 and 300 acres. With few exceptions, residents of the cove were staunchly pro-union during the Civil War. Rebel forays into the cove killed any Union sympathizer crossing their path and wreaked havoc with livestock. According to Wikipedia , the cove suffered the economic effects of the Civil War well into the 19th century. Farming was less productive and the population did not return to pre-war levels until about 1900.
Perhaps because of its long history, its isolation, and close knit community, cove residents resisted more vehemently than any other area when the idea of a National Park was proposed, and were initially assured that their land would not be incorporated. However in 1927, the Tennessee General Assembly approved money to buy land for the national park, and gave the Park Commission the power of eminent domain which allowed them to seize properties within the proposed park boundaries. The original plan called for allowing the cove to return to a natural forested state, but was later revised to include demolishing more modern structures and leaving only the primitive cabins and barns that most represented a pioneer lifestyle.
Historic Structures in Cades Cove
John Oliver Cabin, c. 1822-1823
The Primitive Baptist Church, c. 1887
The Cades Cove Methodist Church, c. 1902
The Cades Cove Missionary Baptist Church, c. 1915
The Myers Barn, c.1920
The Elijah Oliver Place, c. 1866
The John Cable Grist Mill, c. 1868
The Henry Whitehead Cabin, c. 1895
The Dan Lawson Place, c. 1840
The Tipton Place, c. 1880's
The Carter Shields Cabin, c. 1880's
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Preheat oven to 250°F. Blend pretzels, cereal, nuts and dried fruit in large bowl. Set aside. Spray a large shallow roasting pan with cooking spray. Mix brown sugar, corn syrup, butter and salt in a heavy 2-quart saucepan. Stirring constantly, bring to a boil over medium heat. Boil 5 minutes WITHOUT STIRRING. Remove from heat. Stir in baking soda and vanilla. Pour syrup mixture over pretzel mix, stirring to coat evenly. Pour into baking pan. Bake for 45 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from oven and thinly spread on foil that has been sprayed with cooking spray. Cool; break apart. Store in tightly covered container.


The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality estimates that the additional, non-reimbursable cost of hospital-acquired conditions can range from $1,000 for a urinary tract infection to $17,000 for treating pressure ulcers. By improving ambulation, which can improve patient strength and resilience and shorten the recovery process, the IVEA can help limit these dangerous and costly complications.
Getting Worse or Getting Better?
Hospital-acquired conditions (HACs) can lead to poor outcomes, heighten stress on over-taxed staff, and decrease patient satisfaction. And with CMS limits on reimbursement of HAC-associated costs, hospitals have even greater incentive to curb these costly complications.
Studies have shown that increased ambulation can reduce incidence of clotting events such as deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, pressure ulcers, hospital-acquired pneumonia, urinary tract infections and paralytic ileus.
Ambulation has been shown to speed recovery of patients who've experienced a clotting event. One study showed that patients with acute proximal DVT encouraged to walk with compression bandages or stockings saw a significant reduction in pain and swelling after the second day, while the control groups saw no improvement until the ninth day.
Given that the average cost per clotting event is $10,789, with proper implementation of the IVEA, an average 250-bed hospital could save $355,000 annually on reduced clotting events.
Prolonged bedrest can cause a host of problems, and pressure ulcers are among the most painful and preventable. The Healthcare Management Council lists them as the most prevalent hospital-acquired condition with an average yearly cost to hospitals of nearly $537,000.
Yet, with early and frequent ambulation, patients might never have to experience the pain and discomfort of a pressure ulcer.
With proper implementation of the IVEA, an average 250-bed hospital could see costs associated with pressure ulcers reduced by $265,300 annually.
Hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia are both associated with an average increase in hospital stay of 7 to 9 days. Early mobility, including ambulation, can reduce the occurrence of these dangerous complications.
One study showed that patients who did not participate in early mobility had a HAP occurrence rate of 10 percent. While patients who increased mobility in both duration and distance had an occurrence rate of 3.6 percent.
With proper implementation of the IVEA, an average 250-bed hospital could save $164,800 annually in costs related to HAP.
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections are among the most common nosocomial infections. With the number of infections in the U.S. surpassing 500,000 per year, the cost to hospitals is between $350 million and $450 million in non-reimbursable costs annually.
One of the best ways to reduce incidence of UTIs is to have the catheter in place for as short a time as possible. Ambulation promotes healing, and the IVEA makes it easier for caregivers to ambulate more patients more often.
With proper implementation of the IVEA, an average 250-bed hospital could see costs associated with UTIs reduced by $11,000 annually.
In a 2012 study that looked at the effects of ambulation on postoperative ileus, researchers saw a decrease in the rate of PI among patients on intervention units from 7.3 percent to 4.6 percent – a 37 percent decrease.
Estimating the cost to treat one case of PI at $5,800, the researchers cited a potential annual cost savings of $830,000.
We estimate that with proper implementation of the IVEA, an average 250-bed hospital could save $242,500 annually on casts associated with paralytic ileus.
This was wonderful. The patient with two chest tubes and IV pumps was walking the halls with ease.