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Q: Where can Ubuntu snaps write data? Applications packaged as snaps in Ubuntu are installed (mounted) under the /snap/$SNAPPNAME location. Everything under /snap is mounted as a read-only file system, thus applications cannot write to that space, neither in other app's directories nor in their own.
While there is a home interface that snaps can specify to read/write the user's home directory, it is reserved for security reasons and needs to be manually connected (enabled) by the user.
So where can an app inside a snap write its config, data and other files? Are there APIs to access special writeable locations?

A: When you declare apps in your snapcraft.yaml, it results in a binary wrapper being generated upon install and placed into /snap/bin/, named after your package and app name (note that if the app is a service, this wrapper is instead a systemd .service file).
That wrapper contains most of the environment under which the application will run. The two environment variables that are most relevant to this question are SNAP_DATA and SNAP_USER_DATA. You can find more information about these in the documentation, but I'll describe them here as well:

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*SNAP_DATA is a system-wide writable area (in /var/snap/). This might be used to host logs for services, for instance.

*SNAP_USER_DATA is a user-specific writable area in the home directory of the user running the application (specifically /home/<user>/snap/). This might be used for user-specific configuration files, etc.
Both of these directories are very important to the upgrade/rollback functionality, since both of them are versioned. That is, each revision of a given snap has its own copy of these directories. Let me explain with an example.
Say you install revision 1 of the "foo" snap. That will create two directories:

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*/var/snap/foo/1 (SNAP_DATA)

*/home/<user>/snap/foo/1 (SNAP_USER_DATA)

Now say "foo" uses both of these. Maybe it has a service that hosts a database in SNAP_DATA, and a binary that uses config files in SNAP_USER_DATA.
Now revision 2 of "foo" is released, and it's automatically updated. The first thing that happens is that /var/snap/foo/1 is copied into /var/snap/foo/2 and /home/<user>/snap/foo/1 is copied into /home/<user>/snap/foo/2. Then the new revision is fired up. It should notice that it's running on old data, and maybe it has some database migrations to run to the database in SNAP_DATA. It does that, and away it goes.
Now say those migrations fail for whatever reason, and this application needs to be rolled back. It begins using the old revision of the /snap/foo application, where SNAP_DATA was pointing to /var/snap/foo/1 and SNAP_USER_DATA was pointing to /home/<user>/snap/foo/1. This picks things up on the old version at the point before the migrations were run, since those operations were run on a copy of the data.
Long story short: don't use the home interface to store data you can be storing in SNAP_DATA or SNAP_USER_DATA, since they're an integral part of the upgrade/rollback strategy. Take advantage of them!
UPDATE for v2.0.10:
Two new data directories were also introduced:

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*SNAP_COMMON sits alongside SNAP_DATA, but is specifically unversioned. Every revision of the specific snap has access to this directory, so it's not copied upon upgrade/rollback etc. This might be used for particularly large, unversioned files (e.g. raw data that isn't really version-specific).

*SNAP_USER_COMMON sits alongside SNAP_USER_DATA, but is again specifically unversioned. It might be used for storing non-version-specific data per user.
UPDATE for v2.15:
The files placed within /snap/bin are no longer wrappers that define the environment, but symlinks to /usr/bin/snap. So the way to determine the environment under which an application runs would be to use snap run --shell <snap>.<app>, for example:
$ sudo snap install hello-world
$ snap run --shell hello-world
To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "sudo <command>".
See "man sudo_root" for details.

$ env | grep SNAP
SNAP_USER_COMMON=/home/kyrofa/snap/hello-world/common
SNAP_REEXEC=
SNAP_LIBRARY_PATH=/var/lib/snapd/lib/gl:
SNAP_COMMON=/var/snap/hello-world/common
SNAP_USER_DATA=/home/kyrofa/snap/hello-world/27
SNAP_DATA=/var/snap/hello-world/27
SNAP_REVISION=27
SNAP_NAME=hello-world
SNAP_ARCH=amd64
SNAP_VERSION=6.3
SNAP=/snap/hello-world/27


A recap of last night's stellar Meet, Plan, Go! event is coming later this week, but in the meantime I thought we'd keep the travel inspiration going with this guest post from Daniel Quilter of Ecoteer.
The Perhentian Islands are renowned for being the most beautiful Islands in Malaysia and this title is warranted. The coral sand beaches are lined by palm trees on one side and fringing coral reefs on the other. If Robinson Crusoe was to be filmed they could easily use the Perhentian Islands as the set.
However below the turquoise blue waters not all is good. The coral reefs are dying fast, mainly due to the hordes of tourists which search out this tropical paradise on a daily basis. Corals grow at fastest just 15cm per year and with hundreds of tourists snorkelling and diving the coral reefs daily the breakage of coral is a big issue.
The same goes for the sea turtles of Perhentian. The beaches of the Perhentians are nesting grounds for two species of turtle, green and hawksbill. The number has been slowly declining since 2000. Tourists often seek out nesting turtles and if they get too close they will scare the shy creatures who will then go back into the sea without laying any eggs. If a mother gets to lay her eggs, they then have to evade being collected by poachers who consume or sell the eggs as a local delicacy.
It's not all bad news though! Reef Check Malaysia and Ecoteer both run projects in the islands and several of the resorts are protecting their own piece of paradise. Ecoteer run the community house which is open to the village children in the afternoon as a youth centre. Ecoteer international volunteers also go into the local primary school twice a week to improve the children's English and to teach them about the environment.
The Ecoteer House is the base for Ecoteer and provides international volunteers with an opportunity to experience the village island life and to give back to the islands' environment. Reef Check runs extensive surveys to establish the health of the coral reefs in Perhentian.
One of the resorts who are doing a lot of good is Bubbles, pictured above. They run a turtle and coral conservation project aimed at protecting the nesting sea turtles and replenishing their fringing coral reef. The seas surrounding Perhentian are very easy for first time scuba divers and during the Bubbles volunteer program you can not only take your first course but the advanced and then become a qualified Reef Check surveyor.
The Perhentian Islands need you, otherwise Paradise will be lost!
You can find out more about these projects at www.ecoteerresponsibletravel.com.
Daniel Quilter has always been inspired by the words and footage of David Attenborough which has created a love and passion for helping this world. After he finished his studies in 2005 in Environmental Science Daniel went on an adventure to Borneo that changed his life. He lived and volunteered in Malaysian Borneo for eight months which culminated in him starting Ecoteer.com. Six years on and Daniel is still helping the nature and people of Malaysia.
Take a break at the virtual Photo Art Café!
Today's guest post is by fellow traveler Petra Schultze, who just started up a new project combining travel and photography: Photo Art Café.
One of my favorite student travel memories was a monthlong train trip through France. I'll never forget the simple youth hostel above the small town of Cassis. From the train station you hiked uphill on a trail in the dry heat. But once you arrived you had a glorious view from the cliff top site over the Mediterranean. The other reward was sitting at long tables with humorous Brits sharing bottles of cheap red wine late into the night. The Brits' humor was guaranteed entertainment that beats any TV comedy channel.
Since I attended university in Freiburg im Breisgau in southern Germany for 5 years, traveling in Europe meant just hoping on a train with a discounted youth ticket. But as a small city next to the Black Forest and sunniest spot in Germany, Freiburg itself was a worthwhile destination. One of the key practical features I remember from student days was the "Dampfross" – a bar less than 100 feet from the main lecture hall – beer aplenty and large plates of garlic "Pommes" or "Fritten" (fries) at a frugal price. Tip: if you're in a generally expensive travel region – go where students go!
Of course a camera is one of the essentials on any packing list. My first camera as a kid was a small Vivitar point-and-shoot camera that used 110 film cartridges. Does anyone even remember those 110 film? I guess that places me in a generation that wasn't exactly born holding an iPhone. For a trip down memory lane, this is what the film looked like.
After college when I had a bit more disposable cash I bought a manual Nikon film camera (the FM model), which I brought along on trips in the US, Canada, Caribbean, and Europe. At some point several years ago I transitioned to taking more pictures with a digital camera – currently the Kodak EasyShare Z740. The biggest decision for anyone who enjoys photography as much as travel seems to be: how much photo gear do I bring? My definite preference is for traveling light, so I am currently exploring some of the Panasonic Lumix models – known for good quality without being too bulky.
In those "too long" breaks between trips I find myself still dreaming about my next adventure. Some of the time I'm planning my next trip. But several years ago I decided to poke my traveling toes into the business side of photography – at least on a small scale. I began to make photo greeting cards and framed some enlargements – and attended a couple of local craft fairs in Virginia. And now I finally have opened my Photo Art Café on etsy!
Having grown up in DC and having lived in this area since after college, I've also traveled around the US quite a bit. For natural scenic beauty, the national and state parks can't be beat: Acadia National Park in Maine, Northern California Parks that boast both redwoods and rocky coastlines, and the fantastically unspoiled Oregon – with 363 miles of public coastline which is sprinkled with numerous parks. I've been to this region twice now in the past few years and for anyone who wants to get active when they are no longer parked in an office chair, I recommend the book "Day Hiking the Oregon Coast" by Bonnie Henderson for lots of fantastic trail tips!
Of course overseas destinations continue to call my name. In the summer of 2009 I went on a 1-week "fair trade" reality tour to Guatemala. The trip was led by California-based Global Exchange together with the organization Rights Action. Our group of seven traveled in a van led by our fearless Canadian guide Karin and our Guatemalan driver Martin. In talks by in-country experts we learned a ton about Guatemalan history, economics and international trade. We visited weaving and sewing craft cooperatives, as well as two coffee cooperatives, and the indigenous Mayan communities near the Marlin Gold Mine.
At Santa Anita de Union fair trade coffee cooperative our visit included spending the night in the colorful community house dorm. We heard a history talk from a Guatemalan ex-guerilla combatant, toured the coffee plantation, and went on a waterfall hike. To read more about this cooperative, check out their website in English.
This is where your morning cup of coffee starts!
So take a break, grab a cup of fair trade coffee, and stop by my virtual Photo Art Café and stroll through the gallery while you brainstorm your next travel plans!


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When Should You Replace the PCV Valve?
/Images/Upload/frmCMSContent/GXtz4YccFqXQGWHkghQk.jpg The positive crankcase ventilation system was one of the earliest emission-control devices. It draws leftover combustion gases from the crankcase (the oil pan and bottom of the engine) and routes them back into the engine, where they're burned in the combustion chambers instead of escaping into the atmosphere. The PCV system is seldom listed as a maintenance item, but it can cause performance and emissions problems.
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The positive crankcase ventilation system was one of the earliest emission-control devices. It draws leftover combustion gases from the crankcase (the oil pan and bottom of the engine) and routes them back into the engine, where they're burned in the combustion chambers instead of escaping into the atmosphere.
The PCV system is seldom listed as a maintenance item, but it can cause performance and emissions problems. A valve that's supposed to regulate the flow of these gases is the heart of most PCV systems (some newer vehicles don't have a valve). If the valve doesn't open and close on schedule, or if any part of the system clogs, the result can be a rough idle, sluggish acceleration or increased oil consumption.
The PCV valve is usually mounted in a grommet on a valve cover, at the end of a hose or tube. One way to check whether a PCV valve is functioning is to remove it and shake it. If you can hear a metallic rattling noise, it's likely in good working order.
Whether an engine has a PCV valve or not, a hose or tube in the PCV system may become clogged from built-up sludge, or a vacuum hose may leak, so it pays to inspect the entire system, clean it if needed and test the valve for air flow.
A clogged PCV system or inoperative valve can increase oil consumption because pressure builds when the vapors in the crankcase aren't allowed to flow into the combustion chambers. That additional pressure can force oil past seals and gaskets. If the valve is stuck in the open position, or there's a leak in the system, that will allow too much air into the engine and throw off the air-fuel mixture, likely triggering the check engine light.
Though it's not listed in the maintenance schedule in most vehicles, the PCV system should be inspected periodically to make sure it's still in good condition, especially if engine performance has deteriorated.
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Oil has been center stage since late 2014.
Most recently, after two years of depressed prices, OPEC agreed to curtail output by 1.2 million barrels per day at its meeting in Vienna in late November in an attempt to end the global supply glut. Several non-OPEC producers including Russia tagged along in December, agreeing to reduce output by about 560,000 bpd (slightly below the original proposition of 600,000).
Oil prices jumped on the news and are now about 18% higher than they were before the November announcement. WTI crude is trading around $53.62 per barrel, while Brent crude is around $55.78 per barrel as of 9:28 a.m ET.
Looking forward, a Goldman Sachs macro research team wrote in a note to clients that they see Brent crude oil prices peaking at $59 per barrel in the first half of next year as cuts are implemented. That should push the market into deficit in the first quart of next year, "which should shift the market into backwardation by the summer." They added that the "key" thing to watch will be OPEC's compliance and whether non-OPEC members deliver on their promised contribution.
Notably, the oil-price volatility of the last two years is not without precedent.
The Goldman team also included a chart showing the 150-plus year timeline of oil prices (in 2014 US dollars) and related historical events.
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It seems like every cost involved with your car keeps increasing. Gas prices keep climbing, maintenance seems to cost more and more, and every time you have to replace something, it eats a hole in your pocketbook. There are some things you can do to help keep your car in good shape. Most of these things don't cost much in time or money, but you do have to remember to do them when they're needed. One very important thing to do is actually read the owner's manual that comes with your car. Some people assume that since they've been driving for years, the owner's manual has nothing new to tell them. However, this booklet outlines everything you need to know about proper maintenance for you vehicle. It tells you when to schedule your oil changes (it's NOT every 3,000 miles), how long your warranty covers different parts of your car, and more. Not only do you need to read this information, you also need to make sure you keep your owner's manual in the car so you can reference it when needed. Once you've read the owner's manual and know when these maintenance visits need to happen, make sure they actually DO happen. Make notes on your calendar, put them in your Reminders program on your phone or tablet, or do whatever it takes to make sure they actually get done. Don't forget your tires, either. Rotating your tires may not be listed in your owner's manual since different tires require different rotations. In general, tires should be rotated about every six months, but that's not always the case. This will help reduce uneven wear on the tire treads, which helps prevent flats and makes the tires last longer. You might not think washing your car is that important, but it's actually another way of keeping your car in good shape. Driving, especially if you drive on gravel or dirt, will cover your car in dust, mud, and other gunk. This can eventually lead to rust and other corrosion, especially on the underside of your car that won't get cleaned off by the rain.Be sure to get under there and give your car a good washing on a regular basis. Being knowledgeable about your car is also very important. You should know how to check all of the fluids in your car, including oil, transmission, power steering, brake fluid, and antifreeze. You should know the standard colors for these fluids and have an idea of where they should be. For example, if you ever see brown antifreeze, you should know that's a bad color and needs to be flushed out. Finally, one good maintenance tip is to remember that antifreeze, brake fluid, and power steering fluid do need to be changed. While it doesn't need changing as often as oil, it's good to do it at least every two years unless your owner's manual says differently. Always follow what the manual says, even if it goes against common sense or what everyone "knows" is the correct method. Doing so will keep your car in the best shape possible.


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Berkheim ist eine Wüstung auf der Gemarkung von Geislingen im Zollernalbkreis in Baden-Württemberg.

Geographie
Der abgegangene Teilort lag in der Nähe von Hofstetten.

Geschichte
Berkheim ist um 1340 als Berkha erwähnt worden. Aber man vermutet, dass der Ort da schon nicht mehr vorhanden war. Berkheim ist als Flurname seit 1513 belegt.

Literatur
Das Land Baden-Württemberg. Amtliche Beschreibung nach Kreisen und Gemeinden. Band VII: Regierungsbezirk Tübingen. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-17-004807-4. S. 187–253

Weblinks
 Berkheim auf der Website leo-bw.de

Einzelnachweise

Wüstung in Geislingen (Zollernalbkreis)

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Greece In The Grips of Economic Depression
By: Ryan Matthew Dernick
The suicide rate in Greece jumped 40% year-on-year in first five months of 2011. Dually the number of young people without a job outnumbered those with one.
This past Wednesday a 77-year-old man took his own life in the busy Syntagma Square in central Athens, the scene of several violent clashes between anti-austerity protesters and the police in recent months. Nearly one thousand people gathered for another rally Thursday in Syntagma Square, which was largely peaceful apart from a few scuffles between small groups of protesters, Athens police said.
Retired pharmacist Dimitris Christoulas shot himself with a handgun amid the morning rush hour, in what was apparently a protest over the financial crisis gripping the nation.
Apostolos Polyzonis 55 businessman set himself on fire outside his bank last year after falling into financial woes.
This is not just regional to Greece but Geo-economically systemic as many other European Countries own Greek Debt like Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom. Elsewhere in the world Australia, Canada, Chile, India, Japan, United States, Chinese Taipei, Singapore also own Greeks toxic debts sold through derivatives or credit default swaps by the IMF World Bank along with JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs.
With ever-growing unemployment, scarcer and fewer jobs available an Economic Depression has now thoroughly entrenched the Grecian people.
Economist Max Keiser of the "Keiser Report" met with Steve Forbes of Forbes Magazine last June 2011 in an International Chamber of Commerce meeting while in Greece. Steve Forbes reportedly said to Keiser, "this is an amazing opportunity we are going to buy the airport and other properties for pennies on dollar."
Greece's economy is estimated to have shrunk by a about a fifth since 2008, when it plunged into its deepest and longest post-war recession. About 600,000 jobs, more than one in ten, have been destroyed in the process. A record 1,033,507 people were without work in December, 41 percent more than in the same month last year. The number in work dropped to a record low of 3,899,319, down 7.9 percent year-on-year.
"Despite some emergency government measures to boost employment in early 2012, it is hard to see how the upward unemployment trend can be stabilized in the first half of the year," said Nikos Magginas, an economist at National Bank of Greece.
Pressured by its international backers under the terms of a planned European Union/International Monetary Fund bailout, the country's second since 2010, Greece last month slashed its minimum monthly wage by about a fifth to about 580 euros ($760), gross, to encourage job growth.
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Knowing God's heart, verses following teachings of men,is the difference between victory and defeat.


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U.S. Diplomats Suffer Hearing Loss After Serving In Cuba
Published August 25, 2017 at 2:33 PM MDT
We have an update on what the State Department has described as a health attack on U.S. government officials in Cuba. The U.S. now says at least 16 Americans became ill with symptoms including hearing loss. But the cause still hasn't been confirmed. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports.
MICHELE KELEMEN, BYLINE: The problems began late last year when some Americans living in diplomatic housing in Havana suffered headaches and hearing loss. CBS News is reporting that some even had minor traumatic brain injuries. While State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert wouldn't confirm that, she did say at least 16 Americans were affected.
HEATHER NAUERT: They have been provided medical treatment in the United States as well as in Cuba. We take the situation extremely seriously. We are trying to provide them the help, the medical care, the treatment and the support that they need and the support that they deserve.
KELEMEN: The U.S. expelled two Cuban diplomats in May in protest. A former Bush administration official, Jose Cardenas, says the U.S. should do more.
JOSE CARDENAS: We are talking about really an egregious violation of international treaties and norms on the treatment of diplomats in foreign countries. And this is unprecedented.
KELEMEN: Cuba has a long history of harassing U.S. diplomats, he says. But this appears to be something new and came at a time when the Obama administration had eased up on travel and trade restrictions.
CARDENAS: It certainly is more sinister in that U.S. diplomats were apparently unaware that it was happening to them.
KELEMEN: Diplomats who ran the U.S. mission in the past certainly knew they were being watched. Vicki Huddleston served in Havana from 1999 to 2002.
VICKI HUDDLESTON: From my fifth-floor office which was all glass on three sides, I could look right across the street and see cameras and listening devices pointed at me. In fact in the residences, there were so many listening and video devices that our security people didn't even bother to look for them because they would just be replaced.
KELEMEN: Huddleston, who's writing a memoir about her time in Cuba, says one of her colleagues came home to find his cat dead and suspected the Cuban authorities were responsible. She says the Cubans have easy access to diplomatic housing.
HUDDLESTON: All the missions rent their houses from the Cuban government. And all the staff in the houses - say you have a maid or you have a gardener that you employ - all of them through the Cuban government. The government provides all our staff. And many are very, very loyal. But everybody has to report.
KELEMEN: When John Caulfield took over the U.S. diplomatic mission in Havana in 2011, harassment was on the rise.
JOHN CAULFIELD: There were more in-your-face kind of activities by the intelligence services, things like going into your homes and emptying your water tanks, turning off your electricity, rearranging things inside your house, your clothing - these reminders that we are here; we are looking at you - and a way to - you know, would get at your morale.
KELEMEN: That sort of tapered off by the end of his tour in 2014, he says, but the surveillance continued. And he suspects that Cuba may have been using faulty equipment, which caused hearing loss and headaches among Americans stationed there last year.
CAULFIELD: There's no way the Cubans, if they did this, would ever admit it. I mean just forget that. The most we can hope for is they stop doing it and don't do it again.
KELEMEN: The State Department says the incidents have stopped. Cuba's foreign ministry says it took the issue with, quote, "the utmost seriousness." Michele Kelemen, NPR News, Washington. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


Governments have won the cyberwar. Their grasp chokes the citizens of every country as oppression rules the world.
Then a group of hackers carved out an untraceable piece of the cyberspace and created the underground network called Neon Valley. Since then, it has become a place where both the good and the bad coexist as the last of the free. And such places always attract a need for entertainment. Thus the Neon Valley colosseum was born.
Welcome to The Mainframe. The cyberspace city of Neon Valley.
The idea for this city, and in extention my game, is based on everything neo 80s. From Tron, neo tokyo, retrowave and the amazing genre that is cyberpunk. A bright visual design with magenta and cyan neon lights. I thought this challenge would be a good opportunity to make the Mainframe city I've been postponing.
Neon Valley / The Mainframe from models to lighting was made by me, Jonathan Doorenbosch.
Wouter De Vries worked on the cinemachine track, setting up the sequence and editing the video.
The city layout is based off the motherboard of a computer. The cyberspace representation of a computer network hub.
People use neural links to connect to the Mainframe. Here they can experience the full range of human stimuli digitally. So the Mainframe is a place where they fully express their skewed sense of freedom with synthesized cyber drugs. Betting or battling in the Arena. All while rocking out to the music of a bygone era.
The city is a reflection of humanities folly. That even within the last place of freedom, from oppression of governments and corporations, we erect a city of corruption. The Workshop exists at its foundations, building the weapons and profiting from contracts with underground corporations. Fueling the illegal battles of the Arena.
Started off with basic skyscraper shapes to block out skyline.
Modeled more assets for all the key areas.
Added everything to Unity and created appropriate materials, giving them colors and subtle normal maps.
Designed a terrain, added monuments outside of the city area.
It begins with the Workshop, architects of the Arena and its weapons. Their products are central to the economy of the Mainframe. This scene symbolizes the origin of the Mainframe, it began with the Workshop. The following shots show the fallen monuments of a previous cyber age. That once before humanity has fallen to its own devices.
Now exists the Mainframe, shining in the center of this cyberspace, a new technological frontier also known as Neon Valley. Its radiant lights, flaring colors represent our final rebellion against the oppression of the governments and megacorps in the real world.
However, as we enter to its center we see a city not so different to the ones outside. That here in a city representing freedom we fill it with ads, casinos and cheap thrills.


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Metaverse to Transform Banking Sector, Emirates NBD Launches Programme with DIFC and Microsoft
Emirates NBD has launched a global accelerator programme for metaverse start-ups to enhance customer experience for the new virtual economy, in partnership with the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Fintech Hive, the largest financial technology hub in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region, and powered by technology provider Microsoft.
Marking Emirates NBD's first play in the metaverse, the accelerator programme positions the bank as a leader in the next phase of banking innovation in alignment with the Dubai Metaverse Strategy aimed at placing Dubai in the top ten metaverse economies of the world, supporting more than 40,000 virtual jobs by 2030, and adding USD4 billion to Dubai's economy in five years.
With 94% of all financial transactions and requests conducted outside the branches, the bank is exploring new technologies in the web 3.0 world to expand its digital footprint and create immersive experiences for our customers.
Emirates NBD is scouting for leading FinTech's, digital experience start-ups and emerging technology players operating across the metaverse landscape to enhance its immersion in the virtual world across three key areas: building the technology stack to facilitate the shift to 3D, creating virtual worlds to augment the customer experience in the metaverse and enabling a decentralised payment infrastructure for customers to create, monetise, buy and sell digital assets and services.
Over a ten-week acceleration programme, the DIFC Fintech Hive will evaluate and match Emirates NBD with leading start-ups offering unique propositions on the value creation, experience and technology stack required for the metaverse. This will culminate in a demo day at GITEX where the shortlisted participants will pitch their solutions for an opportunity to co-create engaging experiences for our customers in the new reality.
Commenting on the launch, Marwan Hadi, Executive Vice President and Head of Retail Banking at Emirates NBD, said: "Attracting innovative start-ups is crucial to Dubai's ambition to be an international leader in the metaverse. As a leader in the region's banking sector, Emirates NBD has always been a front-runner of digital innovation, looking to experiment and partner with tech start-ups who can help us accelerate our transformation journey and develop solutions that optimize customer experience. With our entry into the metaverse, we seek to reimagine financial services using extended reality and create compelling new propositions for our customers in the new metaverse economy."
Miguel Rio Tinto, Group Chief Information Officer at Emirates NBD, said, "As a Bank that has always been at the forefront of adopting emerging technologies, see unique opportunity areas to reimagine financial services including virtualizing interactions with customers and providing financial services to the creator economy by enabling new products and marketplaces. With the support of the DIFC FinTech Hive and Microsoft, Emirates NBD is looking forward to becoming a launchpad of innovative financial services in the metaverse, playing an active role in co-creating new experiences for our customers with innovative start-ups from around the world."
Raja Al Mazrouei, Executive Vice President of DIFC FinTech Hive, said: "We are pleased to collaborate with Emirates NBD to launch the global accelerator programme for metaverse start-ups, which are growing rapidly and witnessing increasing interest from around the world. This step reaffirms our commitment to support Dubai's ambition to be among the top ten metaverse economies in the world. At DIFC FinTech Hive, we continue to adopt latest technologies to keep pace with the rising momentum in the global digital space."
"In the metaverse, where physical and digital worlds come together to create an entirely new platform layer, we have an exciting opportunity to create transformative solutions that completely revolutionize the journeys and experiences of consumers", said Naim Yazbeck, General Manager at Microsoft UAE.
"Innovative tech start-ups play a crucial role in this reimagining, bringing creative, unique viewpoints to the design of an entirely new world. We recognize the impact that startups can deliver when they are armed with next-generation technologies that bring their ideas to life, and we look forward to working with these innovators and helping them to realize this potential over the course of the programme", he added.
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Q: How to calculate center point in geographic coordinates? How can I calculate center point of $N$ latitude/longitude pairs, if the distance is at the most $30m$? Assuming altitude is same for all points.

A: For completeness (I know this is pretty late; no need to change your accepted answer):
You have $n$ points on the globe, given as latitude $\phi_i$ and longitude $\lambda_i$ for $i=1,\ldots,n$ (adopting Wikipedia's notation). Consider a Cartesian coordinate system in which the Earth is a sphere centered at the origin, with $z$ pointing to the North pole and $x$ crossing the Equator at the $\lambda=0$ meridian. The 3D coordinates of the given points are
$$\begin{align}
x_i &= r\cos\phi_i\cos\lambda_i,\\
y_i &= r\cos\phi_i\sin\lambda_i,\\
z_i &= r\sin\phi_i,
\end{align}$$
(compare spherical coordinates, which uses $\theta=90^\circ-\phi$ and $\varphi=\lambda$).
The centroid of these points is of course
$$(\bar x,\bar y,\bar z) = \frac1n \sum (x_i, y_i, z_i).$$
This will not in general lie on the unit sphere, but we don't need to actually project it to the unit sphere to determine the geographic coordinates its projection would have. We can simply observe that
$$\begin{align}
\sin\phi &= z/r, \\
\cos\phi &= \sqrt{x^2+y^2}/r, \\
\sin\lambda &= y/(r\cos\phi), \\
\cos\lambda &= x/(r\cos\phi),
\end{align}$$
which implies, since $r$ and $r\cos\phi$ are nonnegative, that
$$\begin{align}
\bar\phi &= \operatorname{atan2}\left(\bar z, \sqrt{\bar x^2+\bar y^2}\right), \\
\bar\lambda &= \operatorname{atan2}(\bar y, \bar x).
\end{align}$$
So yes, the code you linked to does appear to switch the latitude and longitude in the output. You should submit a patch to the author.

A: If your points are no more than 30m apart, then doing any trigonometric computations will likely introduce more errors than it avoids. So I'd say simply treat the coordinates as coordinates on a plane, and average them to get the centroid.
In order to avoid issues with the 180° meridian, you might want to pick one point as reference and ensure that all the others don't differ in longitude by more than 180°. If they do, then add or subtract 360° to remedy that. The end result might be outside the [-180°, 180°] range but can be adjusted by another 360° if desired.
Near the poles, the compted longitude will likely have a great deal of uncertainty due to input distributed over a wide range of values. But this only corresponds to the fact that at the poles, large differences in longiude correspond to small differences in distance, so nothing wrong there. If you are even closer to the pole, there might be situations where the geodesics between your data points would be badly approximated by the planar interpretation. Roughly speaking, the computation would connect them along a parallel while the most direct connection might be a lot closer to the pole. But I'd expect such effects to only matter once you are within 100m or so of the pole, so probably they are not worth the effort, as even the badly computed result isn't completely off, like it would be for the 180° meridian case.

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Another team of scientists: "Pluto is a planet, like Jupiter's moon Europa"
Kirby Runyon Scientist from Johns Hopkins has something to prove: regardless of what there claims Pluto is a planet. And Europe, he says, the famous moon of Jupiter, like the Earth satellite the Moon, as more than 100 other celestial bodies in our Solar system, deprived of this status in connection with the notorious definition of "planet".
Definition approved by the International astronomical Union in 2006, downgraded the status of Pluto to a "non-planet", thereby reducing the number consensused planets in our Solar system from nine to eight. This change is the subject of many scientific discussions and then after — did not make sense, says Runyon, senior author of the short article, who plays for Pluto. His article will be presented next week at a scientific conference.
Ice, hard Pluto was the smallest of the nine planets. Its diameter is less than three-fourth lunar and almost the fifth part of the earth. However, Runyon says, "on Pluto there is all that you need to associate it with the planet. It did nothing from the planet."
Runyon, doctoral thesis which focuses on the changing landscapes of the moon and Mars, has led a group of six authors from five institutions to draft a new definition of "planet" and the justification of this definition. Both will be presented at the poster session of the Lunar and planetary science conference. Runyon will be at least three hours to answer all the questions.
All authors who gathered Runyon, included in the scientific team of the mission "New horizons" to Pluto, which was carried out under the strict control of NASA. In the summer of 2015, the spacecraft New horizon first ever orbited Pluto almost ten billion kilometers from Earth, has come to the planet very close and sent to Earth the first pictures at close range.
Runyon and his co-authors advocate for the definition of "planet" that focuses on the inner qualities of the body itself and not on external factors, such as its orbit, or other objects nearby. They define a planet as "subsistence massive body, which has never undergone nuclear fusion" and has enough gravitational weight to maintain a roughly circular shape. (Even if bulges at the equator due to the triangular grip forces produced by its own gravity).
This definition differs from the definition of WT in that it has no links to the surrounding area of a celestial body. This part of the statement of MAS from 2006 — which requires that the planet and its satellites moved in its orbit — excluded Pluto. The rest of the Pluton corresponds to the definition of MAS: it rotates around the Sun, it is massive enough that gravity has made it round.
Alan stern, principal investigator of the mission "New horizons", that the definition of MAS also excludes Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Neptune, which share their orbits with asteroids. The proposed new geophysical definition excludes stars, black holes, asteroids and meteorites, but includes many other things in our Solar system. It could expand our list of planets from eight to one hundred and ten.
This extension makes a new definition of attractive, according to Runyon. He says he would like to make the public more engaged in the study of the Solar system. Because the word "planet" carries "psychological weight", it is believed that more planets could contribute to the public interest.
A New definition that does not require approval of the Central governing body is also more useful to planetary scientists. Most of them are closely connected with Geology and other Earth Sciences, so they will like more the new geophysical definition of the astronomical WT.
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With profound sadness, we mourn the passing of Robert A. Comeau, Jr., (Bob). He died of complications of pneumonia on March 6, 2019.
He was born on June 19, 1933 to Dr. and Mrs. Robert Comeau in Greenwich, CT. Bob was a graduate of Greenwich Country Day School, The Taft University, and received his MBA from New York University.
Robert worked many years on Wall Street before starting his own business. He lived a full life and was a resident of Greenwich, CT, Bermuda, and Lenox, Mass.
Bob is survived by his wife of 61 years Joan, his sister, Jane Coony, his three children; Jeanne, Robert, and Linda, six grandchildren; Alexis, Charlie, Claire, Michael, Bobby, and Eddie.
At Bob's request, there will be no memorial service. If you wish to honor his memory, please consider a gift to Croquet Foundation of America, 700 Florida Mango Road, West Palm Beach, FL 33406.
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Access, Visas and Permits - Mountaineering, trekking and ski-touring in the Mount Elbrus area. Caucasus Mountains, Russia. Mt Elbrus climb.
A visa is required. Full details of the procedures involved will be included in pre-departure booklet.
There are frequent international flights to Dushanbe. It is very difficult to obtain public transport from Penjikent or Dushanbe to either Iskanderkul, Artuch or Shing. In Tajikistan taxis are expensive and fuel is scarce. It is probably best to hire your own vehicle and ideally you should make arrangements in advance with the help of a local agent or operator.
The Fann Mountains are gradually becoming a more controlled and protected area. The government is in the process of setting up a system of entry permits which are presently reasonably priced. Details of permits required and entry procedures are best obtained via an agent or from the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs.


A leading operator in Mexico provides enterprise and public sector voice and data connectivity throughout the country. The service provider owns 75,000 kilometers of fiber, over which it runs an IP/MPLS core network.
The carrier's enterprise & public sector customers were demanding more bandwidth, and they needed to upgrade their access network to provide the additional capacity. Planning to deliver high throughputs starting at 1Gbps and scaling to 10Gbps, the new access network also had to support service differentiation, prioritization and assignment of unique bandwidth profiles for robust application delivery.
The new access network had to integrate seamlessly with the existing Cisco IP/MPLS core and service models. The goal was to create an end-to-end metro access solution starting at the access all the way up to the IP/MPLS pre-aggregation.
Raisecom equipment was selected because it could provide a complete access solution from the CPEs all the way to pre-aggregation. Raisecom could easily provide the capacity the carrier required and also service differentiation and prioritization in order to provide more robust business services. Another advantage of the Raisecom solution was the ability to run either IP or MPLS out of a single box. Finally, the full-featured platform was very cost effective.
The final step before selection of Raisecom's equipment was an interoperability test with the existing IP/MPLS core, which Raisecom passed successfully.
Service differentiation, prioritization and assignment of unique bandwidth profiles for application delivery in wholesale and for enterprises.
Uwe Valiente, Director of Sales in LATAM of Raisecom said "We're happy to work on increasing the capacity of the business services network. Our IP/MPLS access and pre-aggregation solutions have been deployed successfully around the globe, and are both extremely cost-effective and have proven performance and interoperability with any IP/MPSL core ".
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VIA trustee plans congressional run
News // Politics
Lawyer would face Ciro Rodriguez in primary.
By Brian Chasnoffbchasnoff@express-news.net
Aug. 9, 2011 Updated: Aug. 9, 2011 8:28 a.m.
A local employment law attorney with little experience in electoral politics has declared his candidacy for a vast congressional district that stretches from San Antonio to El Paso.
Manny Pelaez, a trustee of VIA Metropolitan Transit, has filed a statement of candidacy for Congressional District 23, a seat held by U.S. Rep. Francisco "Quico" Canseco, R-San Antonio.
Pelaez, 37, is running as a Democrat.
That pits him in the March primary against declared candidate Ciro Rodriguez, a veteran Southside politico whom Canseco defeated last year.
Pelaez was out of the country and not available for comment Monday.
"This filing is the first step in the process of determining whether or not my candidacy for congress (sic) is the right thing for this district, my family, and for me," he wrote in a prepared statement. "Over the next several weeks, I'll be having some serious talks with leaders from all corners of the district to better understand their priorities and needs. In the meantime, however, I'm just exploring and carefully considering all options."
State Rep. Pete Gallego, D-Alpine, said Monday that he's considering a challenge in District 23 but had not decided to run.
"I certainly think that if I join in the fray, I'd do fairly well," he said.
Gallego said a real opportunity exists for a Democrat to defeat Rodriguez in the primary.
"Even in the San Antonio portion, I think he's going to have a harder time this year than he has before," Gallego said. "There's some readiness for someone new."
Of Pelaez, he said: "I've heard good things about him. The more, the merrier."
Colin Strother, a Democratic consultant, said Rodriguez remains a formidable primary opponent with years of experience and a strong base of support on the South Side.
"He would be tough to beat in the primary," Strother said. "If someone's going to go heads-up with him in the primary, they would have to come in with some name ID or they would have to come in with a substantial amount of money."
He added, "What we need is somebody who's going to get up there and hustle and invest some time on the road."
Make that a lot of time on the road: At nearly 600 miles across, the 23rd District is one of the largest in the country. Even if Pelaez is willing to invest the time, insiders say he could struggle to raise money with a name that's relatively unknown among voters.
Beyond his work at VIA, Pelaez serves as a board member of the San Antonio-Bexar County Metropolitan Planning Organization and a trustee of the Brooks Development Authority. He received a degree in communications from Trinity University and a law degree from St. Mary's University School of Law.


Home News Is East Walnut Hills the next big thing in Cincinnati neighborhoods?
Is East Walnut Hills the next big thing in Cincinnati neighborhoods?
Over the past several decades Cincinnati has seen its core neighborhoods change. Some of these changes have been negative while others have been very positive. The positives started with neighborhoods like Clifton and Mt. Adams, continued on to Northside and Oakley, and then onto Downtown and Over-the-Rhine (twice).
While progress continues to be made in Over-the-Rhine and Downtown, the question remains: Which inner-city neighborhood might be next on the revival block? Some business and property owners in East Walnut Hills believe their beloved neighborhood is indeed the next one in line. This could be true for several reasons. The first being, location, location, location.
East Walnut Hill's DeSales Corner was historically Cincinnati's second most prominent business district outside of the Central Business District downtown. The neighborhood's central and nearby location to downtown made that true historically. In addition to these still relevant truths, the addition of I-71, one of the city's most prominent east/west bike routes, and the prospect of a modern streetcar line running through its heart make the neighborhood's location even better today as people and business return to cities.
One such business owner is Chef Josh Campbell who knows World Food Bar in Over-the-Rhine, Mayberry and Mayberry Foodstuffs in Downtown, and the recently opened Skinny Pig restaurant in East Walnut Hills.
"In this area you have Blue Cross Blue Shield, St. Ursula Academy with students who can go off campus for lunch, and several doctor's offices filled with people looking for healthy, flavorful food options," Campbell explained to UrbanCincy in April 2011.
In addition to businesses and students, East Walnut Hills also is situated between investment expanding east from Uptown and west from Hyde Park and Oakley.
Campbell's not the only one thinking East Walnut Hills is the next big thing when it comes to Cincinnati neighborhoods though. In April 2011 Cincy Coworks tripled its size and relocated to 2400 Gilbert Avenue nearby in Walnut Hills based on its location and affordability.
There are also hundreds of new residents living at The Residences at DeSales Plaza and the recently completed DeSales Flats development. Within the past year the City of Cincinnati has also invested in new streetscaping to clean up the business district and hopefully spur additional investment in the area.
While East Walnut Hills appears to be sitting pretty, it certainly is not the only neighborhood poised and ready for a renaissance. Other contenders include Mt. Auburn, Clifton Heights, North Avondale, East End, Pendleton, Corryville and West Price Hill. Which of Cincinnati's 52 neighborhoods do you think will become the next big thing?


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Minutes of meeting held on Wednesday 18th July 2018 2pm Gnosall Health Centre Present Nicola Greaves (Practice Manager) – Sharon Evans (Head of Support Services) – Alex Bradshaw (Chairman) – Sue Bradshaw (Secretary) – Victor Scofield (Vice Chairman) – Peter Dawson (Minutes Secretary) – Steven Lister – Ian Macmichael – Joy Macmichael – Geoff Brown – Lorna Wheeler – Geoffrey Woodhead – Dorothy Woodhead.– Trevor Ashton – Richard Brandram Jones – Mary Bredenkamp (visiting from South Africa)
1. Apologies Thereza Forrester (Head of Patients Services) – Jim Twiss – Simon Wheeler – Alan Wheeler – Maggie Loveless – David Lang – Peter Gillard – Sue Barton – Peter Ash – Pat Alker – Joy Tuft – Dee Broadhead – Anne Castledine – Yvonne Brown – Derek Butlin
2. Minutes of meeting held 16th May were agreed. The Chairman would sign as a true record.
3. Matters Arising
Nicola Greaves said the EMIS Summary Care record will not necessarily contain all information as not all the systems are joined up. An enriched record can be made available. Forms available at reception. There is quite a good take up for access with most finding it useful for ordering repeat prescriptions.Problems relating to repeat items being dispensed seem to have improved with a full time pharmacist now appointed.
4. News from the surgery
There won't be a new female doctor appointed in the near future. Dr Macoll is still acting as a locum and we have the services of experienced locum Dr Raza.A female Clinical Pharmacist will start in the autumn. She will be able to carry out medication reviews and treat minor ailments.There are Urgent Care Practitioners available Monday to Friday who are under GP supervision. They have paramedic training and experience.
The documents relating to the NHS constitution and Statement of Purpose are legal documents and as such do no have to mention the forum.The podiatry clinic was not run by the Surgery who only provided the room.New patients are given an information pack but the leaflets provided by the forum could be added to the pack.Consideration will be given to the suggestion that sessions could be held by clinicians about subjects of interest.There is a requirement by NHS England to provide extended access to services from October 1st 2018. The plan is for this to be provided from 1st September together with practices in Stafford Cannock and Rugeley so that appointments will be available between 6:30 and 8:00 PM Monday to Friday. Details are still be confirmed as to which practice will open on which days, but these appointments will be for routine not emergency access. 2 sites will be open on each evening. Saturday access is provided in Stafford and may be extended to Sundays and Bank Holidays.Discussions are taking place with Katherine House so that a member of their team would be available to help with palliative care.Jessica Ward is available to help with low level mental health issues and appointments with her can be booked at reception.This year's flu vaccination programme will offer three different vaccines according to age and any co-morbitites. Logistics still to be worked out.
5. Patients Participating Group and other external reports (PPG)
See attached statement about sharps.Maternity services will be changed so that women can have a single point of reference during pregnancy.Doctors are subject to a 5 year appraisal cycle.
6. Parish council matters
7. Treasurer's Report
The chairman showed an application form for a lay chair for the Performers List Decision Panel. The role paid role requires considerable knowledge and travel within England. More information on line.Day Lewis have not yet made any progress on the request for Saturday opening for the pharmacy. A suggestion was made for there to be a box in the pharmacy for prescription forms.
9. Patients recruitment to the forum and use of social and other media.
After a discussion, Trevor Ashton was asked to design a website not directly connected to the Health Centre website. Trevor made an appeal for suitable content for the site to be sent to him by email urgently.The Friends of Gnosall Surgery have been invited to come to forum meetings but have been reluctant to participate.
Nothing to report.
11. Date of next meeting.
Wednesday 19th September at the surgery at 2PM.
Meeting closed at 3.58PM.


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Oftentimes you might be interested in the status of your server without having to actually sit there staring at a terminal window. Wouldn't it be nice if you could run a script to email you information about the state of your server? Well, that's exactly what this script does. It outputs HTML 4.01 Strict compliant content containing information on your server including:

* load average
* memory usage
* open network connections
* top 10 memory processes
* top 10 CPU processes
* netstat output
* top snapshot of all running processes

This script was primarily written for and tested on DreamHost Private Servers.

# Installation

To install this script, the first thing you want to do is download a copy of the script to use. To do that, SSH to your server under the user you want to run the script as and run this command:

    git clone git://github.com/watsonian/server-status-report.git

The script itself is written in Ruby to take advantage of the {ERB templating system}[http://ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/erb/rdoc/classes/ERB.html] to produce the HTML content.

Once you've downloaded the script successfully, you need to make sure that the *mailx* package is installed on your server. To find out, run this command:

    dpkg -l | grep mailx

If you see output like this:

    ii  mailx                     8.1.2-0.20050715cvs-1        A simple mail user agent

then that means it's installed. If instead you see output like this:

    rc  mailx                     8.1.2-0.20050715cvs-1        A simple mail user agent

then that means you need to install it. To do so, login with an admin with sudo privileges and run the following command:

    sudo apt-get install mailx

Now you're ready to create a cron job to send yourself your status report. The command you want to run is as follows:

    /usr/bin/ruby /path/to/script/status.rb | /usr/bin/mail -a "Content-type: text/html;" -s "Status Report: $HOSTNAME" "some@address.com"

You can change the subject to whatever you want and just replace some@address.com with the address you want the email sent to. If you want to CC the email to more email addresses you can use the -c flag and pass it a comma separated list of email addresses. Running it once per hour is probably not a bad idea, but you can run it as frequently or infrequently as you like!

# Conclusion

If you set everything up properly, then you should start getting emails that look roughly like this:

![](http://img.skitch.com/20100214-kcdm52ti59m117hewre9pue72x.jpg)

Keep in mind that this script will likely be updated as time progresses. So, if this stops working for you, be sure to check back to see if the script has been updated.

# Copyright

Copyright (c) 2012 Joel Watson. See LICENSE for details.

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Arbor Coconut Grove
A short Story about Arbor Coconut Grove
Coconut Grove's welcoming and artistic atmosphere has attracted artists, musicians, and other creative types for decades. Writers such as Marjory Stoneman Douglas and Tennessee Williams once called Coconut Grove home. Today, that artistic vibe remains; residents and visitors alike can feel the relaxed atmosphere as they explore the area. Arbor Coconut Grove pays homage to the subtropical landscape and contemporary characteristics of Coconut Grove while serving as the perfect home for young families and empty-nesters who want to lead an active lifestyle.
The project is a joint development project between Urban Atlantic Group and Oak Ventures. With the desire to create eco-friendly spaces in Miami's trendiest neighborhoods that offer residents convenience and sustainability while respecting the community's history, the developers commissioned local architects and designers from Behar Font to execute their vision. The contemporary design of the residences blends with the natural landscape, creating five stories of boutique luxury condos in Miami which make a spectacular place to call home.
Arbor Coconut Grove's five levels are home to 52 private two to three-bedroom residences, which include 10-foot ceilings, penthouse apartments with private terraces, two-story lofts, and townhomes with private gardens and 20-foot ceilings. The size of each unit varies between 1,474 and 2,150 square feet. The floor-to-ceiling windows in each of the residences offer picturesque views of the city, the bay, and nearby landscapes.
The Finishes
Designed by New York-based Samuel Amoia, the interiors of the Arbor Coconut Grove condos showcase the area's natural environment with upscale materials. Amoia, named by Vogue as "one of the Young Interior Designers to watch," has worked under big names such as Andre Balazs, Ian Schrager, and Stephen Sills. His work has been featured in multiple outlets such as The New York Times, Vogue, Architectural Digest, and the Wall Street Journal.
The Amenities
Those who live at Arbor have access to a variety of convenient amenities in their building. The building has a 24-hour concierge and valet with plenty of space for parking and storage. The pet-friendly building also has a beautifully landscaped rooftop terrace and courtyard pool. Active residents will enjoy the use of the fitness center, the bicycle concierge, and shared bicycles for getting around town. Arbor Coconut Grove also has a social lounge for residents to attend events, mingle, and get to know their neighbors.
The History of Coconut Grove
Coconut Grove is the oldest permanent settlement in Miami-Dade County and has long been the laid-back Bohemian center of South Florida. The small community, annexed by the City of Miami in 1925, lies amidst subtropical flora and fauna along the shores of Biscayne Bay. Coconut Grove's rich and vibrant history is rooted in its connection to the sea. By the 1900s, the seaside community was a favorite stop for sailors because of its freshwater springs. Many of the first settlers came from the Bahamas via Key West bringing their lively Caribbean culture to the mainland.
Coconut Grove remains one of Miami's most diverse neighborhoods. Known for embracing art, culture, and individualism, this eclectic neighborhood is convenient to everything Miami has to offer. The neighborhood is close to the University of Miami, giving it a bit of a college feel with its varied coffee shops, outdoor cafes, and shopping at places like CocoWalk. Coconut Grove celebrates art and its history; each February artists from around the world sell their items at the Coconut Grove Arts Festival and the final Sunday of each year locals participate in wacky King Mango Strut Parade. Coconut Grove is also home to the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, former home of businessman James Deering, where visitors can attend a lantern float parade, yoga classes, or just stroll around the manicured gardens.
Coconut Grove Condos
Although this is new construction, it blends into the neighboring luxury condominium developments that dot the Biscayne Bay waterfront. Nearby luxury condos that enhance Miami's skyline include Park Grove, Ritz-Carlton, Grosvenor House, and Grove at Grand Bay. Arbor Coconut Grove holds a special place because of its seamless integration with its natural surroundings and promotion of an active lifestyle for its residents.
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Why We Recommend Arbor Coconut Grove
Arbor Coconut Grove provides residents the opportunity to feel a sense of community that isn't always present in more densely populated areas of Miami. With ample green spaces in a highly walkable area, residents of Arbor Coconut Grove can enjoy an active and relaxed lifestyle while being in close proximity to world-class dining, entertainment, and upscale shopping. Additionally, Arbor Coconut Grove gives potential buyers the opportunity to own a luxury apartment in Miami at a lower price point than many of the nearby ultra-luxury properties.
Comparing Properties
Located on Bayshore Drive in Coconut Grove on the former site of the Grand Bay Hotel, Grove at Grand Bay is a twin tower luxury condominium development. The 20-story towers are home to 98 residences with sweeping views of the bay from 12-foot floor-to-ceiling windows. The towers with their twisting facades designed by Bjark Ingles are some of the most distinctive buildings in Miami. Grove at Grand Bay boasts a wide variety of luxurious amenities such as five pools, including two rooftop pools, private elevators, a fitness center, spa, children's playground, pet spa, art gallery, and more.
Park Grove is a complex of three towers on the waterfront in Coconut Grove. The large-scale project is designed by OMA's New York office with firm partner Shohei Shigematsu taking the lead and New York studio Meyer Davis is responsible for interior design. After the complex is completed, it will offer one million square feet of ultra-luxurious living residences across the five-acre development.
Those who want ultra-luxury in Coconut Grove buy at Grosvenor House. Located across the street from the marina, Grosvenor House has 33 floors that include two-story penthouses with private plunge pools. Residents will also enjoy private elevators, ornate lobbies, wine cellars, stunning views of Biscayne Bay and much more.
Located on the waterfront in Coconut Grove, the luxury condos at Residences at Vizcaya were completed in 2010. This boutique building has six stories with 18 two to six-bedroom units that range in size from about 2,600 square feet to about 6,000 square feet. Residents will enjoy a fitness center, lap pool with private cabanas, and boat docks.
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Arbor Coconut Grove Amenities
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Farinelli 1937
The Shops at Merrick Park
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User Properties
Michael Bratley / November 18, 2011 / Capabilities, Development, Features, Office 365
Whilst investigating another problem we were experiencing on the SharePoint site, we stumbled upon some User Profile and Properties options. We had previous been looking at storing additional fields against a user to hold information such as leave entitlement and leave remaining. The properties of the user can be edited and custom fields can be created. The image below shows the administration centre where these additions can be made.
We were able to add the two additional fields that we require at this stage in testing and development. We were also able to read the values of the two fields and have them returned to the user in an email using a workflow. However we quickly discovered that it appears to not be possible to write data back to the fields. In this instance this would allow us to keep track of the number of days leave a user has remaining.
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Workflows [Updated]
Michael Bratley / October 12, 2011 October 25, 2011 / Capabilities, Features, Office 365
Over the last few days I have been looking at Workflows in the Enterprise Edition environment, after they were very limited in the Small Business Edition. I started by creating a reusable workflow, that can be applied to almost any list or document library. This workflow would allow users to request annual leave, the workflow would then get their line manager to approve or deny the request. This worked very well, and did what I expected it to. After accomplishing this Rob and I decided to add more functionality, which would add the leave (if approved) to the corporate calendar. At this point I discovered that the workflow would need to be associated with a specific list to enable it to obtain all the fields within the Annual Leave list. This time I recreated the workflow as a list workflow and selected the list to associate it with. I could now access the required fields to add the approved request to the corporate calendar. However upon testing the workflow, it stopped at a certain point and returned an error. Below is the workflow that has been created, and the sections in red appear to be causing the problem, this process does start though as an email is sent to the initiator to say this.
I have been trying to find a solution to the problem, but so far have been unsuccessful. I have discovered though, that the workflow may need to be split in to two. When the workflow is initiated, it runs under the permissions of that user, which will not likely have permission to approve items. I will be looking at this soon too.
After submitting a service request to Microsoft, I have this morning (17/10/2011) been contacted by a representative, who has taken me through some troubleshooting. Throughout this he took screenshots to enable the process to be recreated, to try and identify the problem. A solution is expected on Wednesday.
The representative from Microsoft has since been in touch to inform us that he is still working on the problem. A solution is expected any day now.
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Robert Everatt / September 26, 2011 November 28, 2011 / Capabilities, Features, Lync
Let me start by just saying that Michael and I have been working together for about 4 months now, however our desks are half a room apart and yet we have still managed to work well together, I believe that this is because of Lync. Microsoft Lync is included in all Microsoft Office 365 packages and allows users to IM each other, however, it is so much more than that. Michael and I use it to work together all day every day, constantly discussing our findings, sharing program control, sending monitor views and links to each other, we don't need to get up and go to each others computer each and every time we find something new, Lync saves us a lot of time and effort.
I believe that Microsoft Lync will be an extremely useful too for the university in the future allowing staff and students to communicate with one another making communication within the University much more fluid.
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SharePoint 2010 Features
Robert Everatt / September 22, 2011 September 23, 2011 / Capabilities, Features, Research, SharePoint 2010
Here you will find descriptions of the majority of features mentioned in the previous post, some appeared to be rather useful and beneficial for the University, others probably wouldn't be used in this environment.
The Developer Dashboard – This is a new feature for SharePoint 2010 but is not included in Microsoft SharePoint Online, the developer dashboard provides the user with additional performance and tracing information, that can be used to debug and troubleshoot issues with page rendering time. This isn't available on SharePoint Online as the user does not manage SharePoint, the SharePoint servers are managed by Microsoft, removing the need for Developer Dashboard.
Records Centre – The Records Centre is intended to serve as a central repository in which an organization can store and manage all of its records. SharePoint 2010 also has an extremely useful feature called In-place records management; this allows the user to declare a document as a record without moving it to a Records Centre, records and documents live alongside each other in the site that they were originally created in.
Business Intelligence Centre – The Business Intelligence Centre is a site template, that is optimized to help manage the working elements of business intelligence reporting: scorecards, dashboards, data connections, status lists, status indicators, and so on.
Business Data Web Parts – Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 includes five default Business Data Web Parts: Business Data List, Business Data Item, Business Data Item Builder, Business Data Related List, and Business Data Actions. These Web Parts rely on the Business Data Catalogue, and offer three main benefits:
No required coding and reusability These Web Parts enable you to display business data on your portal site without writing any code. Also, these Web Parts are generic and reusable and can show any type of data (entity) registered in the Business Data catalogue.
Connectability These Web Parts support Web Part connections and make it easier to create Master-Detail applications without writing any code. For example, you can display customers and their details using the Business Data List and Business Data Item Web Parts by simply connecting them. These Web Parts can also be integrated in dashboards.
Customization These Web Parts support WYSIWYG editing in Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 and can be customized using XSLT transformations.
Web Analytics – This feature helps the user to collect, report, and analyse the usage and effectiveness of your SharePoint 2010 deployment – whether it's used as an internal or external web portal, a collaboration tool or a document and records management repository.
Word Automation Services – There are some tasks that are difficult when using the Welcome to the Open XML SDK 2.0 for Microsoft Office, such as repagination, conversion to other document formats such as PDF, or updating of the table of contents, fields, and other dynamic content in documents. Word Automation Services is a new feature of SharePoint 2010 that can help in these scenarios. It is a shared service that provides unattended, server-side conversion of documents into other formats, and some other important pieces of functionality. It was designed from the outset to work on servers and can process many documents in a reliable and predictable manner.
Chart Web Parts – One of the new additions to Microsoft's SharePoint Server 2010 platform is the Chart Web Part (CWP), which allows you to create static and dynamic charts for your site without a line a code. One of the complaints from MOSS 2007 was that users wanted to be able to drop a chart onto their site to create dashboard or display information from Excel documents, or provide metrics to other users in a graphical way.
Timer Jobs – This article describes the default timer jobs for SharePoint Server 2010. A timer job runs in a specific Windows service for SharePoint Server. Timer jobs also perform infrastructure tasks for the Timer service, such as clearing the timer job history and recycling the Timer service; and tasks for Web applications, such as sending e-mail alerts. A timer job contains a definition of the service to run and specifies how frequently the service is started. The SharePoint 2010 Timer service (SPTimerv4) runs timer jobs. Many features in SharePoint Server rely on timer jobs to run services according to a schedule.
External Data Column – Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 provides a field type called External Data that is available to all regular SharePoint lists (except External lists). The External Data field type enables users to add data from external content types registered in the Business Data Connectivity (BDC) service metadata store to SharePoint lists.
Secure Store Service – In Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, the Secure Store Service replaces the single sign-on (SSO) feature of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. The Secure Store Service is a claims-aware authorization service that includes a secure database for storing credentials.
Decomposition tree – This is a new feature for SharePoint 2010 and again is not included in SharePoint Online, for reasons unknown. The decomposition tree is a performance analytics tool; this displays how individual members in a group contribute. This appears to be a feature mainly for retailers, analysing the user's sales abilities.
Data Connection Library – A Data Connection Library in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 is a library that can contain two kinds of data connections: an Office Data Connection (ODC) file or a Universal Data Connection (UDC) file. Microsoft InfoPath 2010 uses data connections that comply with the Universal Data Connection (UDC) file schema and typically have either a *.udcx or *.xml file name extension. Data sources described by these data connections are stored on the server and can be used in standard form templates and browser-enabled form templates.
PerformancePoint Services – PerformancePoint Services in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 is a performance management service that you can use to monitor and analyze your business. By providing flexible, easy-to-use tools for building dashboards, scorecards, reports, and key performance indicators (KPIs), PerformancePoint Services can help everyone across an organization make informed business decisions that align with companywide objectives and strategy. Scorecards, dashboards, and KPIs help drive accountability. Integrated analytics help employees move quickly from monitoring information to analyzing it and, when appropriate, sharing it throughout the organization.
Search Functions – There are many search function features that SharePoint 2010 has that SharePoint online does not, some of these features greatly improve the search functionality and even enable the search function to be tailored for certain sites. An Office 365 representative had this to say about it: "Due to the limitations of a multi-tenant hosted environment, FAST is currently not planned to be available in SharePoint Online. (Enterprise search is really only feasible for dedicated or on-prem SharePoint environments)." So it looks like ShaerPoint Online will not be recieveing this features any time soon.
Chart Web Parts – Chart Web Parts enable you to display some data on your SharePoint page in a graphical form. It can also be integrated with Excel Services.
Business Data Connectivity Services – Business Data Connectivity (BDC) service is the new version of the Business Data Catalogue that was provided in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. It is now provided in Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010. BDC is implemented as a shared service in Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 and it still relies on the Metadata Store. The BDC Service enables you to declaratively model external systems so that you can expose external data in SharePoint Server 2010 (and, with Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 with Enterprise Client Access License, in Microsoft Office 2010 applications also). BDC bridges the gap between SharePoint sites and your business applications, and enables you to bring in key data from various external systems to SharePoint lists (via the new external lists feature and external data columns), Web Parts, search, user profiles, and custom applications.
Excel Services and PowerPivot – Excel Services and PowerPivot for SharePoint – Excel Services in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 is a Microsoft SharePoint Server shared service that you can use to publish Microsoft Excel 2010 workbooks on SharePoint Server. The published workbooks are available throughout your organization for knowledge workers to use. Any published workbook can be managed and secured according to your organizational needs and then shared throughout. PowerPivot for SharePoint supports Excel 2010 workbooks that contain PowerPivot data and that are published to a SharePoint site. As a result, other users who do not have the PowerPivot add-in installed can view and interact with the workbook. In addition, PowerPivot for SharePoint has unique features to extend the capabilities of Excel workbooks that contain PowerPivot data.
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Michael Bratley / August 24, 2011 September 5, 2011 / Features, Office 365
RSS Feeds is a feature within SharePoint that we have not been able to quite understand how it works. RSS Feeds can be enabled on lists for example and then can be used in RSS Readers such as Microsoft Outlook. We have tried adding the RSS Feed created to Outlook with some success. However it did raise questions about whether you would continue to receive updates should you not be logged in to the Office 365 website. In theory we knew that you shouldn't as the data is not public. We did test this by logging out and entering a new post using a different user account on another PC, this seemed to work and I did not receive the update in the RSS Feed. I expected at this point, when I logged back in to the Office 365 website that the RSS Feed would begin updating again with any new posts, but this did not seem to be the case. After waiting a while the new post did not appear in the RSS Feed and didn't understand why. Later (probably half an hour to an hour) the new post then appeared in the RSS Feed. It's behaviour was therefore difficult to understand. It light of this we decided to post a question to the Office 365 Community and await a response. We had previously read that RSS Feeds were not supported in the Small Business edition, however after looking more in to the feature directly on the website, managed to set up what appears to be a working Feed. At this stage we are however still a little unsure as to how they work.
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So its been a while since my last post, I have been in a Christmas knitting frenzy, I am developing large knitting machine muscles on my right arm!
I just bought this vintage handmade ornament on Etsy from becaruns vintage shop, to get in the mood for Christmas!
.....after that is The Crafty Fox Market at The Dogstar, Brixton.
It takes a crafty fox to sniff out the fun ways to do your Christmas shopping this festive season. With 50+ handpicked stalls over two days, plenty of hands-on workshops, a bar, DJ's and a pop up tea room, the Crafty Fox Christmas Market at the Dogstar in Brixton, will not disappoint.
Have a look at their Blog here !
I hope today goes well, Sally!
I'm one of Peter's students. [: I was hoping to pop by today, but yesterday's Oxford trip has totally exhausted me.
p.s. I'm Art Equals Happy on etsy.