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I still remember there is one weekend bringing her to Tampines Giant and my Cutie^Princess[ tried pedalling on a bicycle. She looks so nice and sweet, so lady-like, on the white bicycle with red dots. But so sad that there is only one bicycle left and happens to have another young girl interested to buy when she saw her pedalling around. My Cutie^Princess[ have to give up her seat and feeling so sad….. As a mummy, looking at her, I feel so sad and heart pain too.
So, I decided to look around for a similar bicycle but with basket in front. I have been searching for days and finally, I happened to see a nice cute pinkie bicycle through the glass front of a shop UCIG Bike @ Yishun. But....it happens to be closed that day. Actually from the glass front, I am attracted by all the featherlight road bikes....who knows I am so luckily to spot the kids bike hidden at one small spot.
Few days later, I bring my Cutie^Princess[ to that particular shop UCIG Bike @ Yishun again after her lesson. But the shop is closed again….. Both of us are so excited and anxious to purchase the bicycle while waiting outside the shop and we look so funny out there. We waited for almost one hour plus and finally the shop is opened.
We requested to try out the bicycle and they are very helpful. It is the last piece available and finally we decided to purchase it and bring back home!
YEAH! I am going to test my new bicycle!!
Look at how serious my Cutie^Princess[ is trying hard to master the handling and pedaling of the bicycle.
We love this bicycle so much and it is much more nicer than the one we saw at Giant. Thank you and really appreciate UCIG Bike @ Yishun for your time that day and bringing in this nice bicycle.
So happy with the new bicycle and storing so much of her yummy drinks & snacks in the basket.


The day is upon us – the launch of my Super Summer Reading Program. Today, like a circus barker, I'm inviting one and all to join in as we try to replicate the summer reading programs of our youth.
If I could make you a motivational bulletin board, I would.
If you are like me, summer indicates more time to read – or at least, we believe the myth that it does, one perpetuated by years of summers free from school. On our first day off, Mom often took my brother and I to the library and let us load our tiny arms with books. As we left, we picked up the map or ladder or whimsical chart.
I've even borrowed this great chart from Homeschool Tools for you to track your progress. Or you might keep a list going in Goodreads, as I do. Perhaps, you want to jot down titles in a leather-bound journal that you will keep forever. Any way you'd like is fine with me; you'll just need a list to submit in late August to be eligible to win.
The winner in each category will receive a $25 gift certificate to Powell's Books.
2. Keep track of your reading.
3. Send a list of your books to me – via a link-up here on Andilit – on Friday, August 30th.
Obviously, this category is wide open to all comers. If you'd like to get your children involved, I'd love that. If you'd like to compete with your colleague, by all means. If you're going to use this competition to passive-aggressively prove your value as a former "English Major" and challenge your college classmates to a read-off, by all means. Any book of any length is eligible.
In this category, the prize will be awarded to the person whose reading includes the most categories listed below. (Ties will be broken by how many books a person might have read in multiple categories – i.e. if you read two collections of poetry and someone else only reads one, you win.) My hope is that by encouraging all of us to read more diversely we will become aware of how much great literature there is by people from all demographics, in all genres, and across all time periods.
or any other language on the planet.
Books on Writing – I have set this as its own category since this is, well, a writing blog.
A book might count toward more than one category, and that's fine. Just note it for as many categories as apply.
Obviously, I could write the world's longest blog post if I recommended a title for each category, but here are just a few that are on my summer list with the categories to which they apply.
And my list could go on and on. But I'm eager to hear your reading list for the summer, so please share below and let me know if you're going to be joining us this summer – I'll be sure to give out lots of gold stars to keep you motivated, and each Friday, we'll check in to see how it's going.


BMSF Chairman, Thomas Mace-Archer-Mills, was today quoted in the Daily Mail in regard to the Netflix series "The Crown". Mr. Mace-Archer-Mills made a series of statements regarding Edward VIII and his Nazi affiliations.
BMSF Chairman appears on "Roundtable": Can marriage reform outdated monarchies?
BMSF Chairman Speaks to RTS Switzerland (French) on the Diamond Wedding Anniversary of The Queen.
BMSF Chairman Appears on SRF Swiss Television for the Platinum Wedding Anniversary of The Queen.


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Cameroon have confirmed that Inter goalkeeper Andre Onana has been suspended due to a disciplinary issue.
Onana played the full 90 minutes in the 1-0 defeat to Switzerland and had been expected to feature on Monday against Serbia, only for numerous reports to claim that the Inter stopper had been banished from the squad.
Some reports argued that Onana had been dropped due to a difference of opinion when it comes to tactics, with Cameroon manager Rigobert Song said to prefer a 'more traditional' style of goalkeeping.
Now, the Cameroon FA have confirmed that Onana has been suspended.
"The Cameroon Football Federation hereby informs the public that following Mr. Rigobert Song Bahanag's decision, Head Coach of the Indomitable Lions, the player Andre Onana has been temporarily suspended from the group for disciplinary reasons," a statement read.
"The Cameroon Football Federation reiterates its full support to the Head Coach and his entire staff as they implement the Federation's policy aimed at preserving discipline, solidarity, complementarity and cohesion within the national team.
"FECAFOOT further reaffirms its commitment to create a peaceful atmosphere for the team and to provide them with adequate facilities for an outstanding performance."
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In the year 2009 the earth encountered its first alien race known as the Zentradi. It resulted in the first Galactic Space War between humanity and the aliens. A year later on the month of March the war ended and a new United Government was formed between humanity and the Zentradi. The giant sized Zentradi micronized themselves to human size and lived peacefully with the humans.
In 2011 a colonization program was formulated by the new United Government so that humanity and its culture could be preserved. A year later on September, the first ever colonization ship launched from earth and it was known as the Megaroad 1.
In September of 2030 a newer class of colonization ships launched from earth that was much larger than its predecessor. It could carry a million people. Eight years later the 37th expeditionary fleet launched with the 7th Macross class ship with its mission to go to the center of the galaxy and to look for planets to colonize.
The events of the series occur on the year 2045 when the Macross 7 had already been 7 years into its mission.
Ray Lovelock, Mylene Jenius and Veffidas are the members of the Fire Bomber band. Ray plays keyboards, Mylene the bass and Veffidas plays the drums. Ray decides to start the concert, not waiting anymore for their lead singer and guitarist, Basara Nekki. Mylene wonders where he is.
Basara Nekki can be seen hanging upside down from the roof of the dome of City 7. Fire Bomber starts playing the song "Planet Dance", but without Basara to sing just plays in a loop.
Over looking the concert hall on a hill top is Capt Maximillian Jenius. Former ace pilot, Captain of the Macross 7 fleet and father to Mylene Jenius. He watches the concert via binoculars and wonders out loud why they haven't started singing yet. He says that had he known that his youngest daughter would have ended up playing in a rock and roll band, he wouldn't have allowed her to have taken those piano lessons.
The giant dome of City 7 reflects a moon from a passing planet. Upon seeing it Basara lets go and falls down towards the concert hall. Near the ground he opens his parachute and glides his way on to the stage. Mylene angrily asks him what he's been doing that he became late for the concert. Basara apologizes but Mylene scolds him further for being late. Basara just laughs at her and looks at her that makes her embarrassed then he starts singing the lyrics of the song.
Max has to stop watching the concert as he receives a message from the bridge that the advanced guard of Macross 7 has sent out a distress call because they were under attack. He orders his fighters to go on standby along with the elite squadron of Diamond Force. Max is forced to have to miss watching Mylene's solo performance as he heads for the bridge. On the drive to the bridge, Max orders his crew to make preparations to lower the shell of City 7.
As Max reaches the bridge, Nine enemy fighters have been reported to comprise the enemy squadron. His advisor, a giant sized Zentradi named Exsedol has his giant head poking out beside Max's seat. As the enemy squadron breaks through the advanced guard, he orders the fighters to scramble and intercept.
As Diamond Force prepares to launch in their VF-17, Squadron leader Kinryu gives his two wingmen, rookie pilots Gamlin and Docker a pep talk. He tells them to take extra care in battle because the military has spent so much on them already and that they shouldn't waste their lives recklessly.
The VF-11 fighters are easily defeated by the mysterious attackers. Instead of killing them however they are being hit with a beam that renders them in semi-conscious state. Diamond Force arrives and is surprised to see what the enemy is doing to them.
Gamlin tries to contact one of the semi-conscious pilots by flying beside him. The man does not answer him but is visibly still awake. The bridge tries to contact the pilots of Angel squadron but they do not respond, even though their faces show that their eyes are still open.
Bridge operator Sally asks Max what that weapon is but he just tells her to keep her eyes on her monitor. Exsedol tells Max that this is the first time for him to see this type of weapon.
Gamlin takes on the leader of the enemy squadron, who is piloting a purple Valkyrie, he notices that only the leader has exceptional skill and speed. Gigil, the enemy leader fires his green laser at Gamlin but misses, hitting instead Docker.
Sally reports that the enemy have already broken through the first line of defense and are heading towards the Macross 7 fleet. Max orders City 7 to lower its shell and that he will be the one to explain to his estranged wife and City 7 Mayor, Millia, all about it.
Fire Bomber's concert is momentarily stopped as the city gets dark because the artificial sky had turned off. Mayor Milia calls up Max to ask why the City 7 shell had been turned off. Max tells her that he will explain later. He scolds the bridge crew and asks who made the mistake in turning the shell off instead of the ordered "shell down". Exsedol tries to reason with Max that its because the bridge crew is new and that either way it is already too late.
The concert watchers start screaming as they see the explosions in space. An explosion near the concert hall forces the wind to gust wildly. Basara wraps his body around Mylene to prevent her from being hit by the debris. The strong wind damages some of Veffidas drum kits.
Ray asks Mylene and Basara if they are ok and they answer in the affirmative. Basara asks Ray what's going on and he answers that most likely they are in a battle as the explosions seem to be coming from a Valkyrie and is most likely the reason also why the shell was turned off. Ray mentions that it most likely means also the end of their concert. Basara asks Mylene if she's ok, Mylene answers yes and that he can let go of her already.
Fire Bomber's roadies tell them that they're going to the shelter. Mylene and Ray run after them to the shelter but Basara does not follow. Veffidas starts playing her drums from the stage. Ray mentions that Veffidas seems to be enjoying this so Ray starts playing and Mylene follows. Basara says that he's going and Mylene asks him where? But he says out.
Flower Girl tries to run to Basara and give him the flowers but he just brushes past her. Basara runs back to his apartment and hops on a red painted VF-19.
Lord Gepernich watches the battle silently from his flagship. Gigil continues to go one-on-one with Gamlin and Gamlin narrowly misses the green beam being fired by Gigil. Basara suddenly comes in between them and disrupts their battle.
The bridge informs Max that an unknown fighter has entered the battle without any identification markings. Max orders them to contact it and he is surprised to see Basara on screen.
Ray jacks into the military frequency and the concert screen comes to life with the image of Basara flying through space and dodging the enemy's fire.
Basara says that he's been waiting for this moment for a long time. Gigil goes after him but he is unable to hit Basara. Gigil wonders why the instruments in his fighter are starting to malfunction. Gamlin wonders out loud who that idiot is flying in the middle of battle.
Basara converts to Battloid form and starts shooting at everybody. But instead of bullets he hits both friend and foe alike with speaker pods that attach themselves to their planes and allows the occupants to hear him singing. Basara starts singing "Totsugeki Love Heart" to them.
Gigil orders his squadron to continue with their mission as some of them have become distracted with the singing. Gamlin flies towards Basara and tells him to leave the area because he is interfering in the battle. He tells him further that he will shoot him down if he does not comply.
Exsedol asks Max if the Basara's purpose is to replicate Lynn Minmei. Max answers Maybe. Bridge operator Miho Miho tells Sally that Lynn Minmei was that person in the movie and that she was responsible for ending the war 35 years ago with her singing. Sally tells her that she saw that movie too.
Ray talks to somebody on the phone and asks them if they can broadcast the shot of Basara Nekki to the Galaxy network. Lord Gepernich wonders out loud why the gauges are malfunctioning. Gigil orders his squadron to retreat as they have achieved already their objective.
As the enemy leaves Basara tells them to wait as he hasn't finished his song yet. Max orders the survivors to be picked up. Basara starts to sing acapela in his Battloid.
Gamlin leaves his Valkyrie and floats towards the comatosed Docker who is unresponsive to Gamlin's calling. Mylene starts to play her bass to accompany Basara's singing while Ray smiles at what she's doing.


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The intestinal immune system is charged with the difficult task of protecting a large environmentally exposed surface from potential pathogens, while simultaneously preventing inflammatory responses to innocuous foreign antigen from food and commensal microbiota. Failure to appropriately protect the mucosa can result in life-threatening enteric infection, and failure to control intestinal immune responses results in chronic debilitating disorders such as inflammatory bowel disease. Recent studies determined that the lamina propria (LP) DC population is primarily comprised of dichotomous (CD103+ tolerogenic or CX3CR1 + inflammatory) DCs. This discovery suggests that the balance between tolerance and immunity rests upon which LP DC subtype participates in the immune responses. However a key and missing component is in vivo knowledge of which LP DC subtypes acquire antigen, the anatomical and cellular context of the each LP DC subtypes'interactions with T cells and microbiota, and the outcomes of these interactions on the character of the cellular immune response. The studies outlined in this proposal will harness the complementary expertise of two laboratories to examine the pathways guiding the delivery of pathogenic and non-pathogenic antigens to LP DCs and the outcomes associated with antigen acquisition by LP DC subtypes. The proposed studies make extensive use of cutting-edge two-photon imaging technology to analyze the trafficking and function of DCs and T cells in the intestine of living mice. The overarching hypothesis of this proposal is that antigen acquisition pathways guide immune responses by delivering antigen to specific LP DC subtypes. The studies in Aim 1 will use complimentary in vivo and in vitro approaches to examine the pathways delivering antigen to LP DC subtypes in the uninfected and infected state.
Aim 2 will evaluate LP DC subtype specific responses in the presence and absence of infection.
Aim 3 will evaluate the capacity of the LP DC subtypes to shape pre- existing T cell mediated immune responses locally within the intestinal lamina propria. Completion of these studies will put forth a new paradigm demonstrating that antigen acquisition pathways are a controlled proximal mechanism guiding immune response toward tolerance or immunity.
The intestinal immune system must protect us from a wide array of potential pathogens and simultaneously avoid over-exuberant responses resulting in chronic intestinal inflammation. This study will investigate a novel mechanism for maintaining the balance between immunity and tolerance and will offer new avenues to pursue for improved mucosal vaccine therapy and chronic intestinal inflammation.


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Ghana: Closed fishing season to be extended — Fisheries Ministry
The duration for the closed fishing season will be extended from one to two months, the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Mrs Elizabeth Afoley Quaye, has stated.
The closed season, which prohibits fishers from going to sea, was observed between May and September this year, with majority of artisanal fishers observing it between May and June.
It aims to encourage the rejuvenation of marine fish stocks to improve the recent dwindling fish stock.
Mrs Quaye said fishers had so far embraced the closed season concept and called for its extension.
Addressing the 35th National Farmers Day celebration in Ho last Friday, the minister stated that: "It is worth noting that the fishermen have collectively supported this idea of the closed season and believe that next year the closed season should be held for two months".
The recovery of the fish stocks, she noted, was essential to ensuring fishing was sustained and the livelihood of fishers and fishing communities improved.
Mrs Quaye noted that the country needed robust and modernised fisheries to help create a strong and resilient economy and said: "The ministry will continue to count on the co-operation of industry players in the implementation of the subsequent closed season".
Fisher awardees
Mr Joseph Hemans Asmah emerged the National Best Fisher, while Nana Kwamina Bedu was honoured as the National Best Marine Fisher. Both men are from the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem municipality in the Central Region.
The Best National Inland Fisher was Mr Richard D. Fran-ang from Nadowli-Kaleo in the Upper West Region; the National Best Aqua-culturist was Mr John Coffie from Upper Denkyira West in the Central Region; and the National Best Fish Processor, Ms Eva Atitsogbe from South Dayi, Volta Region. Also the 16 regional best fishers were honoured.
As part of the pilot phase of the Aquaculture for Food and Jobs programme, she disclosed that 321 youths under the Youth in Aquaculture module have been trained in modern methods of aquaculture.
She said the three-year programme, estimated to cost GH¢1.9 million, would be fully rolled out next year.
Inmates of the James Camp Prisons, as part of the programme, have been trained and supported with aquaculture inputs such as fish feed and fingerlings to enter into aquaculture.
She mentioned that key policies, programmes and activities of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development had over the years focused on the growth of small-scale fishing and aquaculture.
Source:https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Closed-fishing-season-to-be-extended-Fisheries-Ministry-813283


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Commentary: Trump and the GOP firing squad
John Krull
TheStatehouseFile.com
INDIANAPOLIS – It's a shame the early 20th-century humorist Will Rogers isn't alive to edit one of his most famous remarks.
"I don't belong to any organized political party," Rogers once quipped. "I'm a Democrat."
If Rogers were with us today, he'd likely be aiming that jab at Republicans, who are dealing with the possibility that Donald Trump might be their presidential candidate this fall with the sort of discipline and organization one normally sees from hyperactive toddlers who have been denied sleep and fed massive amounts of caffeine and sugar. They'd have to calm down quite a bit just to return to panic status.
It's always interesting to see how people react to stressful situations.
Denial is one common response.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, is an example of that approach. McConnell has been attempting to reassure his fellow Republican senators who are up for re-election this fall and worry that Trump's presence at the top of the ticket will cost them votes – and perhaps their seats.
McConnell tells his colleagues not to fret, because they can distance themselves from Trump. They can drop Trump "like a hot rock," McConnell says.
And how does McConnell think the message that Republicans can't govern their own party but they are ready to govern the country is going to play with voters? Doesn't that approach also run the risk of telling the people who might vote for Trump that the Republican Senate candidates don't care about them and don't want their votes?
Then there's U.S. Sen. and GOP presidential candidate Marco Rubio, R-Florida, who in recent days has decided the best way to deal with Trump is to sink to the billionaire's level.
Starting with last Thursday's debate, Rubio has attacked The Donald by delivering insults that range from sophomoric to snarling. Rubio has pounded Trump for hiring undocumented workers, for defrauding the public with Trump University and other ventures and, in a move that's sure to soothe the tender sensibilities of old-money Republicans, for being a trust-fund baby.
Rubio's most telling shot – the refrain to which he keeps returning – is Trump is "a con man" who is out to take over the conservative movement by deluding and betraying working people.
That may be true, but Rubio's line of attack also illustrates the problem Republicans have in dealing with Trump.
If The Donald is nothing but a huckster, doesn't that mean the people who vote for him are rubes too stupid to see through his con?
How do Rubio and other Republicans plan to bring those Trump voters back into the fold after telling them, over and over again, that they are simple-minded morons for falling for the bombastic billionaire's shtick?
Or has insulting people now become a new way to persuade them?
But that's the thing about panic.
When people are this scared, they can't think about anything but the danger that's right in front of them. If they're terrified of the oncoming semi-truck barreling straight at them, they'll steer themselves right over the cliff with the 2,000-foot drop to their right.
That's where the GOP is right now.
The truth is that Republicans can't wound Trump without wounding themselves. And, if they try to destroy him, they risk destroying themselves.
The even greater truth is that he's a monster they made themselves.
A large part of Trump's appeal is that he says full-throated and in plain speech – immigrants are evil, anyone who disagrees with you is either weak, dumb or a traitor, etc. – that many rightwing Republicans have said in whispers and in code for decades.
That's why the McConnells, the Rubios and even the Karl Roves (who apparently is trying to shop various "stop Trump" strategies to conservative funders) have been so flummoxed. They can't attack Trump without attacking themselves.
Once again, Will Rogers could offer appropriate commentary.
Long ago, he made a quip about the way Democrats form a firing squad.
He said they arrange themselves in a circle and then shoot back toward the center.
It appears Republicans have taken that not as a joke, but as a campaign strategy.
John Krull is director of Franklin College's Pulliam School of Journalism, host of "No Limits" WFYI 90.1 Indianapolis and publisher of TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students.


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Obviously lo tsā ba, not lo tsa bā in my first line.
Oh my! Dunhuang manuscripts got shipped to Lhasa WHEN? Is anything published about this yet?
Very many thanks for the explanation of lo tsā ba (etc.). I can't really venture an opinion, as I haven't looked into the question at all. Your explanation certainly makes sense from the point of view of the Sanskrit language and the Tibetan etymological tradition, but that tradition is not very reliable when we are looking for real etymologies. On the other hand, your explanation perfectly matches the orthography of the Dunhuang form lo tsa pa. I'd be interested in hearing anybody else's thoughts on the matter.
Ma De. "Habangjing, Mahaprajna-paramita-sutra, found in Tibet is a copy of Dunhuang manuscript." Dunhuang Yanjiu, 2009/6: 79-83.
Xiong Wenbin and Zhang Jianlin. "Some Tibetan books collected at Northern Sakya Monastery [and] Phurba Lhakang, Southern Sakya Monastery, Tibet. Zhongguo Zangxue 2007/1: 92-105.
Zhang Yanqing. "Analysis of the relationship between the sutras in Sgrol dkar temple and the Mahaprajna-paramita-sutra from Dunhuang," Xizang Yanjiu 2010/2: 36-43.
The lokacakṣuḥ solution sounds very ingenious, but I'm left wondering why Sanskrit mss. mentioning Tibetans do not contain this re-translation. The forms we have (if the transliterations can be trusted) are loccava-vajradhvaja (probably Shong ston Rdo rje rgyal mtshan) and cchyaka-lvaccāva (probably Chag lo Chos rje dpal) on a Catuḥstotravivaraṇa and Munimatālaṃkāra ms. respectively. Surely, if the names can be Sanskritized, what's holding back the scribe from writing lokacakṣuḥ for locava (or whatever it is)?
It's a good point, though given that a few centuries have elapsed between the arrival of the Tibetan term lo tsa pa and the transliterations in the texts you mention, the "original" Sanskrit could have been forgotten. I don't suppose you see any clue to the origin of the term in these Sanskrit transliterations?
None whatsoever, unfortunately. Has anyone ever explored the `Inner Asian' trail for this word? Could it come from Khotanese or something like that?
Not as far as I know, but that (I think) is the direction to look in.
I think "real etymologies" is a very optimistic expression, or, I would say on a bad day, an expression of optimism without much conviction to back it up, regardless of which nationality is producing them.
Not that I don't find it amusing. The usual explanation of Lo-tsâ-ba is that it's a Tibetan-style abbreviation of a Tibskrit spelling of Sanskrit Lokacākṣu, that means Eye of the World (or Eye of the People). I find that explanation quite interesting and plausible, even if it's hard to explain how that all works out to any old man-in-the-street who hasn't gone much into Indo-Tibetology. I do wonder why the expression wasn't Mouth of the World, or Ear of the World, but anyway… There are more complicated spellings of the word, like Lotstshâ-ba for instance, that might demand some other Sanskritic term to account for it… I remember how in Naritasan Jamspal of New York went into this in some detail.
Sorry, I hadn't noticed Sz's comment before I sent in my own. The form he gives, loccava, looks more like the lotstshâ-ba form you do often encounter in Tibetan. What isn't clear to me yet is whether these (loccava and lvaccāva) are re-Sanskritizations of the Tibetan form, in which case it would be foolhardy to use them to document the 'original' Indic form, wouldn't it? Any comment to that? Does loccava have a meaning in Sanskrit or some other Indic language (looks sort of like a Prakritic form, doesn't it?).
sorry for the radio silence. yes, that's what I meant to say, except that these are not re-Sanskritizations. the Indic scribe simply wrote down what he heard. what is strange is that if the Tibetan sponsor Vajradhvaja was bothered to Sanskritize his own name, why couldn't he do the same for his title, if lokacakṣu is indeed the solution. also note the usage lotstsha byed (although I cannot state now with absolute certainty whether this is good and old usage).
We all need a bit of radio silence now and then! I haven't seen the form lotstsha byed but it seems to support the reading of the Dunhuang orthography lo tsa pa as the transliteration lo tsa followed by the Tibetan nominalizer pa (which is also what Balasubramanian was saying in the first comment). This still doesn't get us any further on the question of whether lo tsa derives from lokacakṣu. It does seem — as you say — worth considering this an open question, and looking further afield for those two syllables, in Central Asian languages or even medieval Chinese.


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Ahold-Delhaize Deal Would Create One of Largest Grocery Chains in U.S.
richie2015-06-26T16:06:20+00:00June 26th, 2015|Tags: Ahold, Delhaize Group, supermarket merger|
The merger agreement between the Dutch supermarket operator Ahold and the Delhaize Group of Belgium on Wednesday reflected yet another sign of the malaise hanging over the grocery business in the United States.
While the deal would, if approved, create one of the largest supermarket operators in the United States, marrying Delhaize's Food Lion and Hannaford chains to Stop & Shop and Giant stores owned by Ahold, the move followed a string of grocery store mergers and a burst of new competitors across the United States.
With the companies generating roughly two-thirds of their sales in the United States, their merger is expected to help them compete better with Safeway and Albertson's, which recently merged, and with Walmart Stores, which has the largest grocery business in the country.
The grocery business historically is one of razor-thin profit margins, and in the last decade, mainstream grocers have faced greater competition from warehouse stores that sell in bulk like Costco and retailers like Walmart and Target that have melded grocery operations with a broader product mix. Then, too, dollar stores, convenience stores, private label-based discounters like Aldi and Trader Joe's, and even higher-priced "natural" foods stores like Whole Foods and Sprouts, have cut into traditional grocery sales.
Thus, over the last three years, Spartan Stores has merged with Nash Finch and Safeway with Albertson's, while Kroger has bought Harris Teeter.
"All this activity is a product of what is just a very flat business in terms of sales growth," said Kurt Jetta, chief executive of the consumer analytics firm TABS. "If you can't grow the top line, you need to find synergies and efficiencies that will help the bottom line."
Some privately held regional chains, like Wegmans and H-E-B, however, are holding their own.
Under the deal, the combined company would be called Ahold Delhaize and would be worth about 26.2 billion euros, or about $29.5 billion, based on market capitalization. It would have more than 6,500 stores and 375,000 employees in the United States and Europe, and sales of €54.1 billion.
Ahold and Delhaize said they expected €500 million in annual cost savings by the third year after the transaction, after taking one-time charges of about €350 million. The two companies' stores have little overlap, but they will be able to save money through shared advertising and promotions and consolidating distribution and warehousing.
Such cost savings, rather than consolidation, are driving mergers in the industry, said Meredith Adler, an investment analyst at Barclays, noting that, at the same time, new grocery chains are appearing. Walmart has been introducing smaller, grocery-only stores called Neighborhood Market, and Whole Foods recently announced plans to open a chain of stores to appeal to more budget-conscious consumers.
"There have been some transactions, yes, but they seem to be really logical for the most part," Ms. Adler said. "These companies seems to have thought hard about how the companies fit strategically and what they can achieve in terms of efficiencies and synergies."
Such synergies will not extend to putting a single name, or banner, on all of the stores, an Ahold spokesman said.
And Ms Adler said, "There is lots of evidence that to really do it right, you want to keep the individual identities conveyed by the different banners since there's often great loyalty to the banners among customers." She added, "The challenge is then to get the benefits of scale and efficiency that come with being one company without harming those individual identities."
In the first quarter, pricing pressure cut into Ahold's margins in the United States, with net sales dropping about 2 percent, to €7 billion, and Food Lion, which once sprawled to Texas and Florida, has really struggled. "If you look at their market share, it's still very low, other than in North Carolina, where its heritage is," Mr. Jetta said.
He said Food Lion's attempt to institute an "everyday low pricing" strategy to compete with Walmart also had fallen flat, as it deprived the chain of the ability to use promotions to attract customers.
A bright spot among the two companies' businesses is Ahold's grocery delivery service, Peapod, which is one of the largest. But those types of businesses, which include FreshDirect and Amazon Fresh, account for just a tiny sliver of the overall grocery market.
Delhaize shareholders would receive 4.75 shares of Ahold for each share of Delhaize they own. Ahold shareholders would own 61 percent of the combined company, while Delhaize shareholders would own the remaining 39 percent.
Ahold said it would terminate its continuing share buyback program, return about €1 billion to shareholders and conduct a reverse stock split before the deal closes.
Shares of Ahold fell about 1.3 percent to €18.70 in trading in Amsterdam on Wednesday, while shares of Delhaize declined about 5 percent to €83.42 in trading in Brussels.
The merger is subject to shareholder and regulatory approval and is expected to close in mid-2016. The boards of each company have unanimously recommended that shareholders support the deal.
The companies announced they were in preliminary talks to merge in May.
"This is a true merger of equals, combining two highly complementary businesses to create a world-leading food retailer," Jan Hommen, the Ahold chairman, and Mats Jansson, the Delhaize chairman, said in a news release on Wednesday.
If the merger is completed, Mr. Jansson, the Delhaize chairman, would be chairman of Ahold Delhaize, and Dick Boer, the Ahold chief executive, would continue in that role at the combined company.
Mr. Hommen, the Ahold chairman, and Jacques de Vaucleroy, a Delhaize director, would serve as vice chairmen.
Frans Muller, the Delhaize chief executive, would serve as deputy chief executive and chief integration officer.
The merged company would be based in the Netherlands, with its European head office in Brussels.
In a research note on Wednesday, Bruno Monteyne, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein, said the potential cost savings were "sensible" but expressed concerns about the potential execution risk because similar large-scale mergers in the food sector have not succeeded. The Albertson's-Safeway merger, in particular, has been difficult, according to analysts.
"On initial inspection the deal looks good for Ahold shareholders, they are getting €1 billion in cash and paying only a 27 percent premium for Delhaize, well below some of the initial estimates," Mr. Monteyne wrote.
Ahold, which is based in Zaandam, the Netherlands, operates about 3,200 stores in Europe and the United States and employs 227,000 people. It posted sales of €32.8 billion in 2014. The company's brands include Albert Heijn in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands; Etos in the Netherlands; and Albert in the Czech Republic.
Delhaize, which is based in Brussels, operates about 3,400 stores in the United States, Europe and Asia and employs 150,000 people. The company posted sales of €21.4 billion in 2014. Its brands include Tempo in southeastern Europe and Super Indo in Indonesia.
Ahold was advised by Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase and by the law firms Allen & Overy and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. Delhaize was advised by Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank and Lazard, and by the law firms Cravath, Swaine & Moore and Linklaters.
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Filter/pump to run my chiller?
How many sponge filters will a 'Hiblow HP80' run?
Need to supply air via sponge filters to 35 tanks. Would a Hiblow HP80 be sufficient?
Best way to run air in fish room?
Just about to setup an LP40 to run sponges in my tanks. What the best way to distribute the air around? I have heard of using a 13mm or similar black irigation pipe in a loop then just tap into it using the 4mm barbed fittings for each sponge. These are used for hydroponic drip systems and aparently you just punch a small hole in the pipe and push the fitting in. So you can add to the loop wherever you like. Sounds too easy. Is there a better way? Also, whats the best way to control the airflow on each inividual sponge? In line tap? or I have also heard just clamping the line somehow is the most effective way. ATM on my smaller air pumps I just have gang taps controlling air flow. Any help/advice appreciated.
Has anyone used these instead of the standard pumps? This morning I found 2 of my fry caught inside the standard pump luckily they were still alive so I took the filter apart and freed them. Does anyone have any comments, either way?
Fbook fish groups! run by gutless greenhorn fairies. Know of a worthy one?
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I'm building a big planted cube, and need to run an inline heater and a co2 reactor inline with an FX5. Would you run the heater and the reactor after the filter, or run the heater before the filter and the reactor after? I know the reactor should be after the filter, but thought that all the equipment after the filter might effect the flow output? Interested to hear other peoples thoughts.
Hey anyone know if it is logistically possible to run two 2ft tanks on the one cannister, ie two intakes two outlets ?
Air pump to run 1.5m stone air curtain?


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Q: How to generate multiple html tables dynamically over jsp using servlets? hey guys i have a situation in which i am getting a array string of selected building names and another array string of selected building subsystems. So based on the user selection i have to generate a report in which for each building a different table has to be created over jsp page.
So the table should be like one building name in first column and the chosen subsystem in second column rows. Other columns have heading 2011, 2012 upto 2016.Hence there can be multiple table but with same set of subsystems at a time. The values in other blocks comes in based on some calculation. Its kind of forecast report in which if for eg. roofing for some building has renewal cost in 2011 then its value should come at right place.
And finally i have to get the total at the bottom of each table and further a table in which must be having grand total for each column.
here is the sample table for better understanding:-

So can anyone suggest me what approach i should take. I can generate the table by using two for loops one for buildings and other for subsystem inside buildings
like
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and get their respective values for calculations over jsp directly. In that case i'm not able to total all the columns.
    And in all its a bad practice to access database like that from jsp and doing java over jsp.
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So the question is how should i handle this situation. What data structures can help me achieve this goal. Thanks in advance. :)

A: There are existing JSP taglibs to create tables on the fly based on your data.  A good example is DisplayTag.  You will probably find an example on the DisplayTag site of what you want to do, and will end up having more concise JSP code.

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Benjamin Banneker – A Hero Forgotten in Time
Written by Aaron Woods. February 02 2022. Published in Wilsonville Spokesman
Courtesy of Bannekerstore.com
Bannecker is an example of the African American contribution to the founding of this country.
It is unfortunate that Benjamin Banneker, an African American who contributed so much to the early history of this country, is not known by many people. As an African American, I am proud to present this information during Black History Month on his contribution to American clockmaking.
Banneker was born a free man in Maryland on November 9, 1731. He attended a few years of school as a very young child but was entirely self-educated after the second grade. He lived most of the first 60 years of his life within a few miles of his property, where he spent his time farming, studying, reading, and exchanging correspondence with other scholars. He enjoyed math, science, and music, among other things. He played the violin and flute and became accomplished at both. He was known to keep a large table in the middle of his home that was usually full of various papers and instruments he used for his many hobbies.
A land-owning farmer of modest means, Banneker nevertheless lived a life of unusual achievement. In 1751, Banneker borrowed a pocket watch from a well-to-do neighbor. He took it apart and studied its workings. He made a drawing of each component and then reassembled the watch and returned it, fully functioning, to its owner. From his drawings, Banneker then proceeded to carve, out of wood, enlarged replicas of each part. Calculating the proper number of teeth for each gear and the necessary relationships between the gears, he completed the construction of a working wooden clock in 1753 that kept accurate time and struck the hours for over 50 years until it was destroyed along with most of Banneker's other belongings in a mysterious house fire that took place on the day of his funeral. Banneker has been credited for making the first clock to be built completely in America.
Banneker had many other historical accomplishments as an astronomer, almanac author and one of the original surveyors of Washington, D.C. Bannecker is an example of the African American contribution to the founding of this country.
Aaron Woods is the co-founder and co-chair of the Wilsonville Alliance for Inclusive Community.
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First Drive: 2021 Mercedes-Benz GLA 250 4MATIC and GLA 35
By Michael BettencourtWheels.ca
Tue., Nov. 24, 2020timer7 min. read
GLA 250 specs
BODY STYLE: Compact 5-seat crossover
DRIVE METHOD: Front-engine, all-wheel-drive, eight-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission
ENGINE: 2.0-litre in-line turbocharged four-cylinder (221 hp, 258 lb.-ft.)
FUEL ECONOMY: (Premium) 9.8/7.2/8.7 L/100 km city/highway/combined
CARGO VOLUME: 435 litres (1,430 seats folded)
TOW RATING: Not recommended
PRICE: Base: $42,400; $53,065 as tested
WEBSITE: www.mercedes-benz.ca
The refreshed 2021 Mercedes-Benz GLA 250 is what the German company lauds as its entry to its range of "GL" SUVs. But in reality, it slots right in between the taller and more traditionally boxy GLB crossover and the highly hyped A-Class five-door hatchback.
So yes, the GLA is the first step on the brand's SUV ladder. Yet thanks to its taller size, upgraded A-Class-like interior tech and sport-tinged styling, it's likely just as tempting for those who would like a taller and more SUV-ish A-Class with all-wheel drive as it is for those looking for a more svelte version of the taller yet still compact GLB — with the GLB's boxier design and available seven seats likely appealing more to SUV traditionalists.
No matter the exact segment, it's still a Mercedes-Benz, meaning it lands priced at the high end of each class, especially once options are added that are included in other vehicles at a much lower price point. Some may appreciate that they are not paying for features they don't want. But it also means that unless you tick most or all option boxes, sometimes the GLA surprises with missing features, as we discovered with our $53,065 tester on a drive up to Muskoka cottage country, starting from Mercedes-Benz Canada's downtown Toronto HQ at the GLA's socially distanced Canadian launch.
The new GLA is a healthy 10 centimetres taller than before, making it less of a visual "is it a hatch or a crossover?" conundrum. Black protective body cladding all around reinforces the SUV vibe, plus helps reduce paint chips from road debris. The GLA now becomes 5.4 cm taller than the A-Class hatchback.
Surprisingly, the revised GLA is actually shorter than before, by 1.5 cm, although its width and wheelbase have been stretched by 30 mm each, allowing for more rear legroom, and some adjustability allowed between rear seat room and cargo room by the sliding and folding rear seats.
The big news for the GLA is the addition of the high-tech MBUX system from the A-Class, along with its available augmented reality-enhanced navigation directions that provides arrows and addresses super imposed on map directions for easier following. There's also an AI function that allows you to say "Hey Mercedes," and then tell the car what you'd like, which is very useful for folks who don't want to search around the dash, onscreen menus or spend time digging in the manual to find various functions.
Stepping inside feels like a step into the future, with connected screen panels, one directly in front of the driver to replace the usual gauges, the other a similar seven or 10.25-inch (as pictured) infotainment screen for all your navi, radio and phone displays. A row of traditional climate displays lie underneath three jet turbine-style air vents, near an available wireless charging pad and a USB-C charge port.
One of my fave features was the large two-piece panoramic sunroof, which comes standard on all GLA models, with a powered cover that can retract when you want less sun, or while parked on a hot day in summer.
The $3,600 Premium package on my tester features those larger screens, that "Hey Mercedes" virtual assistant functionality, an off-road-oriented mode for "light off terrain" that shows you on the screen your incline angles and adjusts your crawl speed, CarPlay or Android Auto (but wired still, sadly), and truly impressive LED interior ambient lighting, with 64 colour options that can change randomly, or with temperature change adjustments.
The best example of talking to the car was when I hunted around for the heated steering wheel button, couldn't find it, and just said "Hey Mercedes, turn on my heated steering wheel." And it did. Like an angel from heaven.
Unfortunately, it's not all heavenly when it comes to the advanced tech in the GLA. Since basically everything is customizable on the screens, it may take you a while to set everything how you'd prefer, using touch sensitive squares on the steering wheel that don't always swipe to the area or function you're hoping for. Even after lots of radio customization, screen selecting and station setting, there's still no way to go from one station preset to another with one simple button push on the steering wheel, without taking your eyes off the screen, or hands off the wheel.
As a constant station-flipper, this would be a deal-breaker for me.
Now using Mercedes-Benz's more efficient M260 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder, the GLA 250 now makes 221 hp, with its all-wheel drive system and eight-speed dual-clutch automatic helping it to a 6.9 second 0-100 km/h time.
Overall, this is an impressively smooth and powerful mill. But there is an occasional lag still off the line, especially when you want to go now, which feels like either turbo lag, or the transmission shifting itself from a comfort-oriented second-gear launch to first gear.
Shift paddles are standard, which reinforces that driver involvement is still encouraged from the driver's seat. There's a dynamic dial on the centre console that lets you quickly choose from Eco, Comfort, Sport or Individual modes. In sport mode there's a noticeable willingness to downshift to a lower gear while stiffening up suspension settings, but not to punishing levels.
Hardcore enthusiasts may wish for a little more indication that you are in Sport mode besides the small S up on the dash. But if you're this performance-oriented, the GLA's quicker 302 hp Mercedes-AMG GLA 35, which also arrived at Benz dealers this summer, may be more your speed.
From a fuel efficiency perspective, the GLA 250 is now slightly better than last year, achieving an overall combined average of 8.7 L/100 of premium fuel. That's fairly good fuel economy for luxury SUVs of its size, but not so great when compared to other regular-sipping luxury SUVs in the segment like the Lexus UX, hybrid or regular, at 6.0 and 7.2 L/100 km, respectively.
Like most Mercedes-Benz models, there are plenty of standard safety features on the GLA, the most advanced of which is likely Active Brake Assist, which uses radar and a windshield-mounted camera to at first warn (signal, then sound) of an impending collision, then brake autonomously, or add to your braking if needed, up to roughly 60 km/h.
But perhaps disappointing to some, from a safety and value perspective, is that many of these safety systems on the GLA are optional.
This particular tester cost $53,065 before taxes and fees, more than $10,000 above the GLA 250's base price of $42,400, and there was no active cruise control, lane-keep assist function, or even a visor that extended past the top of the windshield. All but the latter is available on an Intelligent Drive package for another $1,900, which admittedly adds quite a bit more tech, including a Stop-and-Go system that can restart automatically when coming to a stop in traffic jams, an Evasive Steering Assist that can help steer around pedestrians in emergency moves, a cross-traffic intersection braking function that brakes for pedestrians and crossing vehicles, and a host of other active safety functions.
The new blind-spot assist with exit warning system is included in the Premium package, a system that watches for cyclists coming up from behind and warns the driver once parked for up to three minutes after the car is turned off.
But add up all these options, including Active Parking, head-up display and a $650 360-degree camera, and you're running close to the $60K mark before taxes, which seems pricey for a vehicle this size.
Mercedes-AMG GLA 35
Once you're over $50K, it may be worth looking at the GLA 250's quicker AMG sibling, the GLA 35. It starts at $52,900 and comes with a 302 hp, AMG-tuned version of the 2.0-litre four, with 295 lb.-ft. of torque that puts it well into super hot hatch power levels.
A brief sampling of the GLA 35 on snowy cottage country roads proved entertaining, even on winter tires and without testing its 5.1 second 0-100 km/h time or getting anywhere near its electronically limited 210 km/h top speed.
The acceleration difference is massive at first squirt, although it wasn't quite blow-you-away power, in part thanks to the slippery conditions and falling snow. The flat-bottom steering wheel looked great but unfortunately wasn't heated, and the seats didn't squeeze the driver with a death grip in the name of cornering stability.
With the GLA 35 and 250 parked nearby, it was interesting to note how much lower the GLA 35 rides, at a full nine centimetres less than the standard 250, once again putting it closer to hot hatch territory than more typical hot SUV heights. At 1,404 mm, it rides lower than an A-Class hatchback, somewhat negating the advantage of easier ingress and egress of taller crossovers, in exchange for less body roll in curves.
If you can live with that and no heated steering wheel (sniff), a lightly optioned GLA 35 is an intriguing value equation in the GLA lineup. But for many Canadian buyers the heated steering wheel is a must, and so the revised GLA 250 will be plenty sporty and practical, with a mix of sleek interior tech and urban passenger-friendly crossover dimensions worthy of a test drive in this class, as well as a careful approach to that extensive options list.
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Ста́рое христиа́нское кла́дбище в Оде́ссе (другие названия — Первое христианское кладбище, Преображенское кладбище) — комплекс кладбищ в городе Одесса, существовавший с момента основания города по начала 1930-х годов, когда он был уничтожен вместе со всеми памятниками и могилами. На территории кладбища был разбит парк культуры и отдыха — «Парк Ильича» (впоследствии «Парк Преображенский») и зоопарк. Захоронения на кладбище проводились до второй половины 1880-х годов, затем были запрещены из-за отсутствия места; выдающиеся личности, по специальному разрешению, и ближайшие родственники уже захороненных хоронились вплоть до уничтожения кладбища в 1930-х годах. На кладбище было захоронено около 200 тысяч человек, включая первостроителей и первых жителей Одессы.

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Старые городские кладбища, разделённые по вероисповеданию покойного — христианское, еврейское (первые захоронения на еврейском комплексе кладбища датировались 1792 годом), караимское, мусульманское и отдельные участки захоронения самоубийц, погибших от чумы и воинские — появились в Одессе в период её зарождения в самом конце Преображенской улицы. Со временем территория этих кладбищ слилась воедино и это кладбище стали называть Старым, Первым или Преображенским кладбищем Одессы.

За годы существования кладбище постоянно расширялось, достигнув к началу XX века площади в 34 гектара, стало занимать территорию между улицами Мечникова и Новощепном рядом, переулками Высоким и Трамвайным, а также образовавшуюся вдоль улицы Водопроводной «Чумную гору». Вначале кладбище было окопано рвом, а впоследствии обнесено каменной стеной. 25 августа 1820 года состоялось освящение кладбищенского православного храма во имя Всех Святых, строительство которого было начато в 1816 году. В 1829 году была сооружена богадельня, основание которой было положено взносом вдовы одного из первых городских голов и богатого купца Елены Кленовой, в 6 тысяч рублей. В её честь одно из отделений именовалось Еленинским. Богадельня была построена недалеко от храма. Позднее, уже на средства Г. Г. Маразли и по проекту архитектора А. Бернардацци, было сооружено новое здание богадельни (по адресу улица Мечникова, дом 53), а в 1888 году по проекту архитектора Ю. М. Дмитренко по адресу улица Новощепной ряд дом 23 было построено здание детского приюта.

В марте 1840 года состоялись торги на отдачу в подряд копания могил на кладбище. С 5 июня 1840 года была установлена следующая плата: для дворян, чиновников, купцов и иностранцев — летом 1 рубль 20 копеек серебром; зимой — 1 рубль 70 копеек; для детей указанных сословий — 60 и 80 копеек соответственно; мещане и прочие звания — 50 и 75 копеек, а их дети — 40 и 50 копеек соответственно. С бедных плата не взималась. В последующий период существования кладбища эта плата несколько раз повышалась.

До 1841 года за порядком на кладбище следило несколько организаций — городской приказ общественного призрения, духовный приют православной церкви Во имя Всех Святых и совет Евангелической церкви. С 1841 года всё кладбище (за исключением участка Евангелической церкви) было отдано в распоряжение городского приказа общественного призрения. Городская дума несколько раз выносила на свои заседания вопросы, связанные с наведением порядка на кладбище — в 1840 году рассматривался вопрос «О замеченных беспорядках на Одесском городском кладбище», в 1862 году — «О воровстве и повреждениях на одесских городских кладбищах», случаи крупного воровства разбирались в 1862, 1866, 1868, 1869 годах — Одесский градоначальник принял меры «по устранению бесчинств, производимых на городских кладбищах».

В 1845 году по приказу одесского Градоначальника Д. Д. Ахлестышева кладбище разбито на правильные квадраты и был составлен план кладбища. Аллеи кладбища были вымощены щебнем и крупным песком, обсажены деревьями, 500 саженцев поступили безвозмездно из питомника Ж. Десмета, который возглавлял Одесский ботанический сад и выращивал на своём хуторе растительность для озеленения города. Могилы стали рыть поквартально по заранее составленному плану. В 1857 году городом был утверждён штат на управление городским кладбищем, а в 1865 году — утверждены правила посещения кладбища частными лицами.

В 1865 году произошли изменения в городском управлении. Приказ общественного призрения был упразднён и заменён Городским общественным управлением. Кладбище перешло в его ведение. В 1873 году городские кладбища перешли в ведение Хозяйственно-строительного ведомства городской управы.

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О первых нескольких десятках лет существования кладбища известно очень мало. Близость Греции и Италии и преобладание в первые годы существования Одессы в населении города представителей этих народов, послужили к тому, что одесские кладбища стали украшаться мраморными памятниками. Кладбище представляло собой лес самых разнообразных памятников из белого, серого и чёрного мрамора, в числе которых было очень много дорогих и оригинальной работы. Можно было встретить даже целые часовни белого мрамора. Кроме мрамора широко использовался гранит.

Одним из выдающихся по красоте и богатству являлся фамильный склеп Анатра. Он располагался на главной аллее справа от входа и представлял собой большую часовню розового и чёрного шлифованного гранита, очень изящно отделанную. Рядом с ней находились часовни-склепы графини Потоцкой, Кешко (отца сербской королевы Натальи), Маврокордато, Драгутина, Завадского и других. С левой стороны за церковью располагалось могила Фонвизина, надгробие которой было выполнено в виде гигантского размера чугунного креста с бронзовым распятием. В XII квартале располагался большой каменный памятник, носящий название «София». Принадлежность памятника к концу XIX уже была позабыта, но памятник приобрёл зловещую известность — по его углам были расставлены пустые бутылки, которые в ветреную погоду издавали «целый оркестр» пугающих посетителей звуков.

На кладбище было похоронено много исторических личностей, среди них: генерал Фёдор Радецкий (могила с примечательным надмогильный монументом); сподвижник Суворова бригадир Рибопьер; капитан английского парохода «Тигр».

Исследователь одесской истории А. В. Дорошенко так описывал круг лиц, захороненных на кладбище: Здесь похоронена вся одесская знать, первостроители Города и Порта. Здесь…никому неведомо где, лежит брат Пушкина Лев Сергеевич. Лежат, лишённые надгробий и эпитафий, суворовские генералы и герои двенадцатого года, герои Шипки и Первой мировой войны…всех российских орденов кавалер от Св. Анны 4 ст. до Св. Андрея Первозванного (с бантами, бриллиантами, короной и без); рядовые, корнеты (фендрики) и штык-юнкера, унтер-лейтенанты, прапорщики и поручики, есаулы и сотники, ротмистры и капитаны, полковники и генерал-майоры, погибшие в бою, а также умершие в госпиталях от ран воины всех этих бесчисленных сражений России. И цивильные горожане… видные учёные России — профессора и академики, доктора богословия и физики, математики и психологии, права и зоологии, медицины и механики, филологии искусств, а также чистой математики; ректоры Новороссийского университета (семь) и директоры Ришельевского лицея; друзья и враги А. С. Пушкина…; негоцианты и купцы; бароны, графы и князья; тайные советники и патологоанатомы; археологи и нумизматы; консулы и владельцы корабельных контор; градоначальники (четверо) и городские головы; российские дипломаты; архитекторы, строившие Город; артисты и директора театров; литературы и художники; и композиторы… и многие среди них … потомственные и почётные граждане Города…

Уничтожение
В 1920-х годах в связи с приходом советской власти кладбище стало приходить в запустение из-за отсутствия ухода, грабежей и целенаправленного разрушения. В соответствии с общей советской политикой ликвидации кладбищ некрополь уничтожался с 1929 по 1934 годы. По решению большевистских властей надгробья кладбища стали разбирать с целью утилизации и освобождения территории для иных нужд, доступные захоронения подверглись организованному ограблению. Кладбищенский храм Всех Святых был закрыт в 1934 году, а в 1935 году разобран. В 1937 году на части территории кладбища был открыт «Парк культуры и отдыха им. Ильича», с танцплощадкой, тиром, комнатой смеха и прочими полагавшимися аттракционами, а затем оставшуюся его территорию занял зоопарк — парк «культуры» создавался и существовал просто на могилах, на которых были устроены аллеи, площади, аттракционы. В условиях жизни советского общества 1930-х годов одесситы не могли заниматься перенесением останков своих родственников на другие кладбища; достоверно известно лишь перенесение останков двух художников. Необходимо отметить, что параллельно с разрушением кладбища на нём производились новые захоронения.

По воспоминаниям свидетеля, в один из дней в начале 1930-х годов, все входы на кладбище были перекрыли сотрудниками НКВД. На самом кладбище специальные работники извлекали гробы из фамильных склепов, вскрывали их (многие из них были частично застеклёнными), извлекали оружие, награды, драгоценности. Все изъятые ценности регистрировали и укладывали в мешки. Если гроб был металлическим, то он тоже вывозился, как металлолом, а останки из него высыпали на землю. Таким образом прах многих погребённых был просто рассыпан на поверхности земли.

Планы дальнейшего использования территории бывшего кладбища
На территории бывшего Старого кладбища в начале XXI века располагались Одесский зоопарк, хоздвор Одесского трамвайного депо и «историко-мемориальный парк "Преображенский"» — бывший «парк культуры и отдыха имени Ильича» — переименованный так решением Одесского горисполкома в 1995 году, но оставшийся со всеми атрибутами «парка культуры и отдыха» — аттракционами, «детскими площадками», предприятиями общественного питания, комнатой смеха и прочими подобными заведениями. Общественность Одессы называла подобное использование территории бывшего кладбища «…актом вандализма, поругания памяти о предках». Отмечалось, что это противоречит уважению «…к истории вообще, к родному городу, к своему государству…» и противоречит законодательству Украины, прямо запрещающему какое-либо строительство на территории кладбищ, пусть и бывших, и приватизацию их территорий, а территория бывшего Старого кладбища ещё в 1998 году была включена в список исторических памятников Одессы, на этой территории нельзя ничего размещать, кроме мемориалов и парков.

Целями создания «историко-мемориального парка» были названы организация религиозной, культурно-просветительской и музейной деятельности «для недопущения в дальнейшем актов вандализма, почитания памяти похороненных на Старом кладбище основателей и первых жителей Одессы, героев Отечества и исторических событий, связанных с ними, популяризации знаний о выдающихся жителях нашего города и государства, истории Одессы». Предлагалось оформить территорию парка (планировка, благоустройство, озеленение), воссоздать некоторые разрушенные сооружения (ворота, аллеи, храм Всех Святых), создать мемориальные сооружения, проводить на территории парка краеведческие исследования и историко-мемориальные мероприятия, создать музей «Старая Одесса», в экспозицию которого бы вошли экспонаты, рассказывающие об истории города и о судьбах его жителей, захороненных на кладбище.

См. также
 Похороненные на 1-м Христианском кладбище Одессы
 Иоанно-Усекновенское кладбище (Харьков)

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Célia, 25 years old, is one of my best friends and accepted to be the first one to be interviewed for this new category on my blog, the travelers interview. She's from Belgium. She lives and works there as a secretary.
This passion for traveling, how did it start?
I love traveling for many years! When I was younger, I wanted to help people. I wanted to go to Africa for this and combine 2 passions: helping people and traveling.
During my childhood, I was going every year to Italy. I was spending time with my family, but we were not visiting a lot. When I was 17, first during a school trip, and after during a volunteer trip, I started to have a real passion for traveling. I enjoyed organizing trips and I really loved discovering new places.
Later, I went to Peru with a friend and I really discovered myself there. I started to think about solo projects, and I wanted to realize a world tour in solo.
What was your best travel?
Lots of people asked me the question, and it's not easy to answer. It's difficult to compare different countries. They all have something special. It also depends on how you live the moment, with who you are and what you are doing, for example.
I intensely lived my solo traveling, listening only to myself. Thus, I would say that my best travel is my solo travel in Asia, especially in Cambodia. Cambodia is not very polluted by tourism as Thailand. It's still possible to stay on a beach with barely no one! The food is not super diversified but is delicious. Cambodia is mainly known for the Angkor Temple, but there are so many more places to see in this country. It's there that I drove a scooter for the first time in my life and I lived like Robinson Crusoé. This country has an important history, and when you learn it, you understand better the people who live there.
What is your best souvenir in Asia? And your worst?
My worst souvenir? It was during a trek, in Cambodia. I had 2 backpacks, +- 13 kg. The sun was going down, I had to go through the jungle to go back to my accommodation. The guide said that we could see snakes on the way… I was scared! It was the rainy season and the ground was wet. I slipped, almost broke my ankle… after 1h30, I arrived at my accommodation. In the end, it was not that bad!
You have done 2 volunteer trips. Did you have time to visit the country during these stays?
I've been in Tchad with the SEL project and in Burkina Faso with the organization BKC. During these trips, I mainly stayed in one city. I learned about the culture of people living there, I met amazing people and I learned how to live like Africans for a few weeks. But obviously, I didn't have time to travel like a tourist.
What are your tips for solo travelers?
If you are traveling alone, the first thing I advice is to sleep in hostels. It's like this that I met lots of people coming from all over the world. I used HostelWorld and Booking to book my accommodations.
The more flexible you are, the more you will have time for surprises and last minute plans!
To travel alone is awesome, but it can be quite difficult as well. You are all by yourself and some days will be hard. Plan ahead some backup plans! Contact your best friends via social media, write in a notebook, take part in an organized activity so you can meet new people… Don't forget to relax and enjoy every moment!
Solo traveling will allow you to learn more about yourself, to listen only to yourself and to trust you. You will depend on nobody, and you can live your moment to the fullest because when you are alone, you just do what you want.
My last advice: don't think too much about it! Just go! Solo traveling is an amazing adventure!
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We are committed to reducing our environmental impact and improve sustainability across our campus
Ethical investment
Staff and student engagement
Go Green Week
As a University, we hold people, the planet and all living things in the highest regard. Our strategy commits us to reducing our environmental impact and improving sustainability across the institution. Our third strategic priority for 2015 to 2020 is sustain - we are committed to making a positive environmental impact and contributing to a sustainable future. This is reflected across the institution – from the curriculum to our estate to the food we serve on campus. Read our Sustainability Statement.
The university has an Environmental Strategy which was signed off in 2018 and this is reported against annually detailing progress against targets set.
The university has committed to being carbon neutral by 2030, although we aspire to get there by 2025.
The University's Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) sets out the University's plans to create and enhance habitats and support wildlife across our campuses. We implemented our first BAP in 2012 in partnership with Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust. Projects completed included the creation of a wildlife pond, a butterfly garden, the allotments, wildflower planting and native hedgerow planting. The BAP was updated in 2016, after which followed a suite of surveys of King Alfred and West Downs quarters, and then again in 2021. This revision reflects the increasing hedgehog population on campus, following dedicated efforts by our students reflected in our Hedgehog Friendly Gold status.
BAP projects completed
In conjunction with the Wildlife Trust and the Students' Union, students and staff volunteers have taken part in small mammal monitoring, sycamore clearance in our wooded copse and pond clearance during 2017/18. We built three new hedgehog nest boxes for the campus, installed a camera in a great tit nest box and created new long grass habitats by reducing mowing regimes.
In the summer of 2018, volunteers from Hampshire Swifts surveyed the University campus and all University Managed Houses in the Winchester to establish Swift nesting locations. In Spring 2019, student volunteers worked with Hampshire Swifts to build new Swift nest boxes. Installation on University buildings and student properties across Winchester was interrupted by the Pandemic, but hope to be in place by Spring 2023 providing new nest sites for these magical birds.
Our wildflower banks continue to thrive and many areas of campus have been left unmowed the last couple of years to encourage and provide food for invertebrates.
We are also delighted to have joined the Hedgehog Friendly Campus (HFC) scheme in October 2019, and were awarded a prestigious Gold award after three years of hard work. This work has seen students and staff create hedgehog friendly habitats, set up feeding stations and help to survey hedgehog activity on campus.
The University of Winchester is currently working towards implementing the ISO 14001 Environmental Management System (EMS). We are doing so using the EcoCampus framework and this will cover the whole university estate. Reporting to senior management, an EMS Oversight Committee is in the process of being established and in 2021, we identified our Environmental Aspects Register and produced a Legal Register. A PESTLE analysis of the Political, Economic, Sociological, Technological, Legal and Environmental factors influencing the University will follow this Autumn, incorporating views from senior management and our students.
The university will be seeking formal accreditation for Bronze & Silver Eco Campus standard in the 2021/22 academic year.
Reuse, Recycling & Waste
The University is committed to reducing the total amount of waste produced through the running of campus services. We work with our staff, students, visitors and Procurement Team to achieve these reductions. Alongside waste reduction, we have set ourselves the ambitious recycling target of 80%.
The University is in an innovative waste and recycling contract with the Universities of Southampton, Solent, Portsmouth, Bournemouth, Bournemouth Arts and Southampton City College. Together, we form the South Coast Affinity Group (SCAG) and share our services, expertise, and vision of waste management, focusing on reuse and recycling.
The current academic year of 2021/22 has seen the recovery of recycling rates to pre Covid-19 levels which the University views as a great success considering the radical behavioural changes due to the pandemic. The University's current recycling rate in 2021/22 is 64%. This is up from 14% in January 2009, and matches the recycling rates achieved in 2018/19.
Since 2013 the University has not sent any waste to landfill instead waste which cannot be recycled is sent for energy recovery.
We operate a three-bin system across campus and in halls of residence for dry mixed recycling, general waste, and food waste. Food waste from halls, residences, catering outlets and office kitchens is sent for anaerobic digestion and our waste cooking oil is converted into biodiesel. We also collect other forms of materials that cannot go into conventional recycling streams through Terracycle and Reworked recycling schemes, this includes items such as stationery, PPE (face masks), corks and crisp packets. Gumdrop bins for recycling chewing gum are located across the campuses which aim to reduce the littering of chewing gum. The gum collected is recycled and used to form our Gumtec coffee cups which students and staff are provided with and encouraged to use in place of disposable coffee cups.
The University is auditing single-use plastic usage across the organisation, after the publication of its Single Use Plastic Strategy in 2021 which outlined aims to reduce single-use plastic items at the University.
Reducing Waste – Coffee Cup Case Study
Since November 2016, the University has been working to reduce its disposable coffee cup use by implementing various schemes that help staff and students ditch disposables and make behavioural changes. A 25p surcharge, know as the latte levy was introduced on all hot and cold drinks sold in disposable cups in our café outlets. The environment team then began giving reusable cups to all staff and students so they could refill and reuse at outlets across campus. Our reusable cups are Gum-tec Americano mugs - made of 20% chewing gum (around 42 pieces per cup). The chewing gum we collect on campus is sent to Gumdrop to then be recycled into the Gum-tec mugs. A great example of closed-loop recycling in action! We also offer deposit cups for those who do not want a disposable and may have forgotten their own reusable cup. Since starting these initiatives we have saved over 161,600 disposable cups from being used on campus! An average of 33 drinks in 100 are now served in a reusable cup, up from just 3 in 100 in 2015/16.
Our coffee cup initiative has won three national awards, featured on the BBC and been selected as one of the UK's 100 best breakthroughs in the MadeAtUni campaign.
Reuse at the University
Between April and June the University runs an end-of-year move-out project which supports students to donate unwanted items to a good cause when they move out of halls of residence. Students are provided with bags and stickers for clothing, bedding, homeware, kitchenware, books, and other items such a non-perishable food. Bags are collected weekly from halls, sorted, and donated to local charities around Winchester. Since starting Bag It Up in 2017 we have collected more than 6000kg worth of donations from students! You can read more about our Bag It Up scheme here.
The University also has an internal furniture reuse system whereby campus management can allocate used furniture to other areas of the University to make sure it does not go to waste. This sees the transfers of items across the University to make sure it is repurposed following the waste hierarchy.
We also encourage students and staff to refill and reuse on campus as much as possible, we currently have over 20 refill points on campus to top up water bottles. Points at have counters have recorded over 52,000 refills as of January 2022.
Along with many Higher Education Institutions the University of Winchester is working to remove all unnecessary single-use plastics from catering, labs and office spaces. We have developed a Banishing Single Use Plastics Strategy which was approved by the Board of Governors in July 2021.
We are also signed up to Surfers Against Sewage Plastic Free Communities award as part of this commitment.
The single-use plastics and indeed plastics issue in general is complicated, it is not as simple to label plastic as 'bad'. Rather it is our over consumption, throwaway culture, lack of sustainable disposal routes amongst other things that have led to a major plastic pollution problem. Many single-use items are used on average for a few minutes however their decomposition will take hundreds of years.
Our Single Use Plastic Plan
Identify- auditing our campus to identify where and how single use plastics are used.
Avoid- our first choice is removing the single-use plastic all together if it is unnecessary.
Substitution- looking at more sustainable alternatives to single-use plastics with a focus on reusable and recyclable alternatives.
Recycling- ensuring we have a sustainable and most appropriate waste management system in place for the single-use plastics we cannot eliminate.
To help develop our commitment to removing as much unnecessary plastic from our campus, in November 2021 we began our journey to becoming a Plastic Free University. So far we have held two litter picking events and signed up a number of ally's across the University. As well as identifying plastics that have been removed or can be removed from our operations. If you would like to help us with this opportunity or keep up to date with its progress then follow us on our Twitter and Instagram.
Our green awards...
Green Impact Gold Award – Winchester City Council scheme 2018
National Recycling Awards 2018. Winner of Campaign of the Year – Public/Third Sector. The University of Winchester - 'Chew fancy a brew?' - A coffee cup campaign
Awards for Excellent in Waste Management 2018. Winner of Waste Management Initiative In The Retail, Commercial And Public Sector. 'Chew Fancy a Brew?' The University of Winchester's Coffee Cup Initiative
Shortlisted for the Reduce, Reuse Recycle award at the Sustainable Restaurant Association's 'Food Made Good' Awards 2018
Green Gown Awards 2017 – Winner of the Food & Drink category for our reusable coffee cup initiative.
Social Enterprise Gold Mark 2017
British Quality Foundation Sustainable Future Award 2016
Green Impact National Award for Innovation and Engagement (Marshall Rose Library) 2016
Winchester Carbon Smart Gold 2015
Environment Strategy
Carbon Reduction Strategy 2015-30
Carbon Management Implementation Plan 2015-30
Ethical Catering Policy
Climate Change Education Strategy
Ethical Investment Policy
Carbon Management Plan Annual Monitoring Report 2020-21
Environment Strategy Annual Report 2020-21
Scope 3 Gap Analysis Report
Environmental Aspects Register
Banishing Single Use Plastics Strategy
Carbon Management and Reduction, Energy and Water
Principles for Responsible Management Education


Finnkino Sello is a 813 seat Cinema located in the Sello shopping center in Leppävaara.
Finnkino Sello is a 813 seat Cinema located in the Sello shopping center in Leppävaara. Free Parking at Sello's garage (directly below the theater).
Finnkino Sello Cinema serves also as a place for film festivals, events and seminars. Finnkino Sello has a total of 6 halls, the smallest with 32 seats and largest with 276 seats.