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Q: Haskell performance of memoization implement of dynamic programming is poor Problem starts from a algorithm problem from codeforces, here is the link Writing Code.
The problem is a basic DP problem which solution could be found at Solution Report.
I try to solve it using Haksell, my solution is recurse with memoization, which time complexity is also O(n^3). Here is my code:
{-# OPTIONS_GHC -O2 -funbox-strict-fields #-}
{-# LANGUAGE MultiParamTypeClasses, FlexibleInstances, BangPatterns #-}

import Data.Functor
import Data.List

class Memo m a where
    memo :: m -> a

instance Memo m m where
    memo = id

instance Memo m a => Memo (Int -> m) [a] where
    memo f = map (memo.f) [0..]

solve :: Int -> Int -> Int -> Int -> [Int] -> Int
solve n m b mod arr = modsum.map (go n m) $ [0 .. b]
    where mods = (`rem` mod)
          modsum = foldl1' (\a b -> mods (a + b))
          go :: Int -> Int -> Int -> Int
          go _ 0 0 = 1
          go _ 0 _ = 0
          go 0 _ _ = 0
          go i j k = mods $ a + b
            where !id = i - 1
                  !ai = arr !! id
                  !a = (if k >= ai then memo_go !! i !! (j - 1) !! (k - ai) else 0)
                  !b = memo_go !! id !! j !! k
          memo_go = memo go

main = do [n, m, b, mod] <- map read.words <$> getLine
          arr <- map read.words <$> getLine
          print $ solve n m b mod arr

And the performance report of this program using RTS is:
    Fri May 22 12:25 2015 Time and Allocation Profiling Report  (Final)

       test.exe +RTS -p -RTS

    total time  =        5.75 secs   (5751 ticks @ 1000 us, 1 processor)
    total alloc = 189,957,112 bytes  (excludes profiling overheads)

COST CENTRE MODULE  %time %alloc

solve.go    Main     97.2    8.5
memo        Main      2.3   82.8
solve.mods  Main      0.5    8.5

                                                                  individual     inherited
COST CENTRE          MODULE                     no.     entries  %time %alloc   %time %alloc

MAIN                 MAIN                        52           0    0.0    0.0   100.0  100.0
 main                Main                       105           0    0.0    0.3   100.0  100.0
  solve.modsum       Main                       108           1    0.0    0.0     0.0    0.0
  solve              Main                       106           1    0.0    0.0   100.0   99.7
   solve.memo_go     Main                       114           1    0.0    0.0    99.9   99.7
    memo             Main                       115       10301    2.3   82.8    99.9   99.7
     solve.go        Main                       118     1024999   97.2    8.5    97.6   16.9
      solve.mods     Main                       119           0    0.5    8.5     0.5    8.5
   solve.go          Main                       113         101    0.0    0.0     0.0    0.0
    solve.mods       Main                       120           0    0.0    0.0     0.0    0.0
   solve.mods        Main                       111           1    0.0    0.0     0.0    0.0
   solve.modsum      Main                       109           0    0.0    0.0     0.0    0.0
    solve.modsum.\   Main                       110         100    0.0    0.0     0.0    0.0
     solve.mods      Main                       112           0    0.0    0.0     0.0    0.0
 CAF                 GHC.IO.Encoding.CodePage    91           0    0.0    0.0     0.0    0.0
 CAF                 GHC.IO.Encoding             84           0    0.0    0.0     0.0    0.0
 CAF                 Text.Read.Lex               81           0    0.0    0.0     0.0    0.0
 CAF                 GHC.IO.Handle.FD            72           0    0.0    0.0     0.0    0.0
 CAF:main1           Main                        68           0    0.0    0.0     0.0    0.0
  main               Main                       104           1    0.0    0.0     0.0    0.0
 CAF:lvl2_r3ul       Main                        64           0    0.0    0.0     0.0    0.0
 CAF:$fMemo(->)[]1   Main                        61           0    0.0    0.0     0.0    0.0
  memo               Main                       116           0    0.0    0.0     0.0    0.0
 CAF:$fMemomm_$cmemo Main                        59           0    0.0    0.0     0.0    0.0
  memo               Main                       117           1    0.0    0.0     0.0    0.0

Predictably, the bottleneck is the memo_go. The memo_go is a 3-D array, in which every element is a thunk go i j k, and it would only be evaluated once. However, this code got a TLE from the judge.
I wander how to improve the performance of this code?
Updata
I change the List to Array and got an MLE, so I use rolling-array to reduce the memory, here is my code:
{-# OPTIONS_GHC -O2 -funbox-strict-fields #-}
{-# LANGUAGE MultiParamTypeClasses, FlexibleInstances, BangPatterns #-}

import Data.Functor
import Data.List (foldl', foldl1')
import Data.Array
--import qualified  Data.Vector as V

size = 510

class Memo m a where
    memo :: m -> a

instance Memo m m where
    memo = id

instance Memo m a => Memo (Int -> m) (Array Int a) where
    memo f = fmap (memo.f) $ listArray (0, size) [0..size]

solve :: Int -> Int -> Int -> Int -> [Int] -> Int
solve n m b mod lis = modsum.map (res ! m !) $ [0 .. b]
    where arr = listArray (0, n - 1) lis
          mods = (`rem` mod)
          modsum = foldl1' (\a b -> mods (a + b))
          init :: Int -> Int -> Int
          init 0 0 = 1
          init _ _ = 0
          arr_init = memo init
          dp n = foldl' build arr_init [1..n]
            where build ar idx = memo_go'
                    where !ai = arr ! (idx - 1)
                          memo_go' = memo go'
                          go' i j = mods $ a + b
                            where !a = ar ! i ! j
                                  !b = if i > 0 && j >= ai then memo_go' ! (i - 1) ! (j - ai) else 0
          res = dp n

main = do [n, m, b, mod] <- map read.words <$> getLine
          arr <- map read.words <$> getLine
          print $ solve n m b mod arr

Still MLE, maybe I should use the mutable data structrue :(

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A crisp white blouse is a classic we are all thankful for, so update the plain white by adding pops of colour. Bright zig-zag print adds detailing and gives us more styling opportunities, so we can colour outside the lines and stray away from our black-and-white comfort zone. Sport-up your work shirt by styling with side stripe mom jeans and white trainers! Worn with: Jovonna jeans and Spot On sneakers.


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This film dramatizes the final seven hours of socialist Chilean president Salvador Allende, who died during a military coup on Sept. 11, 1973. His death represented one of the most controversial points in Chilean politics. Some called it the death of Chile.


A large proportion of the hydraulic fractures created during a hydraulic fracturing treatment remain unpropped after hydraulic fracturing despite the significant quantities of proppant injected in the process. These fractures either have a fracture width smaller than the size of the proppants, or are too far away from the wellbore where proppant cannot reach. Their presence has been demonstrated and corroborated by multiple independent sources of evidence such as flowback, production and microseismic data. These unpropped fractures present a huge potential for production enhancement, since they possess a very large contact area with the reservoir. Unfortunately, this potential flow area is closed by the closure stress during production. Without the presence of proppants, unpropped fractures are expected to behave differently from propped fractures. In this study, fracture conductivities of unpropped fractures in shales are measured with preserved Eagle Ford and Utica shale cores to better understand their closure behavior, in particular those after exposure to fracturing fluids. The unpropped fractures exhibit fracture conductivities 2 to 4 orders of magnitude lower than those of propped fractures, and are more sensitive to closure stress. Plastic deformation is found to dominate the closure process, and strong hysteresis occurs in unpropped fracture conductivity with a 70-80% reduction after a loading-unloading cycle of closure stress. Exposure to water-based fracturing fluids reduces unpropped fracture conductivity by shale softening or fines production. Unpropped fracture conductivities also appear to be sensitive to shale mineralogy, which affects the shale mechanical properties and shale-fluid interaction. A numerical model is developed to simulate the closure of unpropped and natural fractures, and to compute their corresponding fracture conductivity. A conjugate gradient algorithm and fast Fourier transform technique are incorporated to dramatically enhance the computation efficiency. Plastic deformation and deformation interaction among asperities, ignored in some previous models, are considered and shown to play an important role in the closure process. The model is validated against analytical solutions and experiments, for both elastic-only and elastoplastic scenarios. The compliance of unpropped fractures is demonstrated to be sensitive to the roughness and hardness of fracture surfaces, while less affected by Young's modulus. The new model is also capable of simulating closure of heterogeneous fracture surfaces. More plastic deformation and lower fracture conductivity is measured when surfaces with high clay content are used. Given the same mineralogy, the mineral distribution pattern shows a smaller impact on the closure behavior. The possibility of employing acid fracturing to stimulate unpropped fractures is also explored. The acid-etched topography of shale fracture surfaces is found to be dependent on both the content and distribution of the carbonate minerals. Shales with a high carbonate content (over 60 wt%) generally tend to develop rougher acid-etched surfaces. However, more carbonate content does not always necessarily lead to increased etched roughness. High etched roughness is more likely developed from a blocky, rather than scattered, distribution of carbonate minerals. A new experimental method, the "half-core approach", is formulated to address the challenge caused by shale heterogeneity in experimentally evaluating and comparing fracture performance. The half-core approach splits one shale core into two half cores, which are then subjected to treatments of interest independently, followed by assemblage into individual full cores with a spacer for fracture conductivity measurement. The half-core approach is effective in creating a baseline with reduced sample variation among shales to improve evaluation of fracturing fluids. Similar mineralogy and mechanical properties are found between half-cores among preserved shale samples spanning a wide range of mineralogy from Barnett, Eagle Ford, Haynesville and Utica shales. By applying the half-core approach, acid fracturing is systematically benchmarked against brine with Eagle Ford shales categorized into low (below 40 wt%), medium (40-70 wt%) and high (over 70 wt%) carbonate content. Compared to brine exposure, non-uniform acid fracturing enhances unpropped fracture conductivities for shales for a wide range of carbonate contents, while uniform acid fracturing generally leads to lower fracture conductivities due to shale softening. The unetched zone in non-uniform etching reduces shale softening and creates a surface topography that enhances fracture flow. Channels are more likely to form in carbonate-rich shale (over 70 wt%). Development of channels substantially increases the unpropped fracture conductivity, and reduces the hysteresis of unpropped fracture conductivities to closure stress. The presence of carbonate veins is found to promote the development of non-uniform etching.


In my last post I helped you understand the importance of giving your direct reports both genuine praise and helpful criticism. Today, I want to elaborate on how to give genuine praise.
I recently attended the 2nd Annual Conference for Companies Running on EOS, held in Minneapolis. It was my privilege to speak on the topic of being a great boss and to listen to a wonderful speaker, Michael Allosso. In his keynote address entitled, "You on Your Best Day", he emphasized the importance of genuine praise being truthful, specific and positive – "tsp" for short. I like the abbreviation "tsp" because it reminds us that a teaspoon of praise can deliver a gallon of positive reinforcement for a job well done.
Positive – the feedback must be 100% positive and never end with qualifying words such as "but" or "however".
Now, here's an action item for you: catch someone doing something well and give feedback that is truthful, specific and positive.


A week late, but that's ok, right? Here are some fine snaps from Day Two of the Camp Mighty festivities last week at the Ace Hotel in Palm Springs.
Bing and Wantist gave us ALL gifts based on items on our life list! They were personal and so well done!! I got the new Smitten Kitchen cookbook along with sweet recipe cards from Yellow Owl Workshop. Thanks, Bing & Wantist! Amber Marlow received the nicest personalized stationery from Hello Lucky. She loved them and you can tell- look how big her smile is below!
The Ace Hotel doesn't mess around for meal times. They fed us well and I appreciated every piece of delicious food that I did not have to prepare, cook, or clean up. (Spending time and money on food & eating is a daily chore for me).
Jihan Zencirli of Geronimo Balloons gave out NED yo-yos (Never give up, Encourage Others, and Do your best) as a supplement to her awesome and inspiring story of how she's become The Balloon Girl.
Maggie, Margaret, and Laura lookin' lovely during lunch.
Dancing makes everyone happy. Thanks to Anna Beth (AB Chao), Susan, and Laura for the great costumes and killer-jam moves.
Poor Pluto is not feeling mighty these days.


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Pour One out for the Rockies' Bridich, and then Throw the (Empty) Can at Him
The Colorado Rockies have been on a tear lately – winning five of their last seven games – and yet they still find themselves with the worst record in the entire National League. That is especially surprising given that the architect of the current Rockies is none other than self-described super genius Jeff Bridich.
Bridich didn't win a lot of friends when he argued that beat reporters and the general public were too stupid to be considered fair criticism. And what little support he had teetered when he signed Daniel Murphy rather than re-signing D.J. LeMehieu (who went to the Yankees and immediately became an All-Star). But it was the Nolan Arenado "trade" that ultimately collapsed Bridich's house of cards – only the Rockies would trade away their best player of all time and pay another team $50 million for the pleasure of doing it.
Rockies owner Tricky Dick Monfort faced the obvious, finally, and Bridich has "mutually agreed" to not be allowed to be the GM any longer. So, if you are a Rockies fan, or even just a fan of Karma, enjoy a beer tonight to celebrate the end of the Bridich era.
Cision Survey Finds Journalists Have Love-Hate Relationship with Press Releases
Natasha Bach at PRWeek: "Journalists are overwhelmed by the number of press releases they receive, but underwhelmed by the content. That's one finding from Cision's annual State of the Media report, released on Thursday morning, which surveyed more than 2,500 journalists. However, journalists do like to receive press releases, according to the report. Seventy-eight percent listed them as the type of content they want to get from PR pros and brands, followed by original research (68%)."
"The report makes the case for more targeted media lists to ensure that reporters and editors are receiving relevant releases, noting that journalists are overstretched and under a lot of pressure, with many covering several beats and under pressure to generate traffic. To help them do their jobs, and get coverage for announcements, PR pros should anticipate, monitor and quickly act on trending stories, according to the report."
Banner Public Affairs Names Cory Capps to Lead New Denver Office
National government relations and communications firm Banner Public Affairs has expanded to Denver and named Vice President of Digital Strategy Cory Capps to lead the new office. Capps formerly was an account director at 90octane. She has supported numerous high-profile clients and brands throughout her career, including the U.S. Army, United Airlines and Kraft.
Proof PR Adds TAG Restaurant Group as Client
Denver's Proof PR has added chef Troy Guard's TAG Restaurant Group as a client. TAG restaurants include Los Chingones, TAG, Guard & Grace, TAG Burger Bar, FNG and Big Wave, among others. Proof PR founder/president Sara Schiffer's experience in restaurant and hospitality includes clients such as Giordano's Pizza, Gibsons Restaurant Group, Table fifty-two, Whole Foods Market and Texas de Brazil.
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Joey Bunch at ColoradoPolitics.com: "Gov. Jared Polis has appointed well-known Denver politico Alvina Maria Vasquez to the Western Colorado University Board of Trustees, the school said Tuesday.
"Vasquez was the political director on the governor's 2018 core campaign team, building his network of key leaders and supporters. Vasquez is the founder and president of strategy and public relations firm Power Map Ltd. She is the former senior vice president in the Colorado office of Strategies 360, where she lengthened her resume on a variety of local and national campaigns. She was listed among the Denver Business Journal's '40 Under 40' in 2016."
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Aleda Stam at PRWeek: "Havas Formula is set to expand its U.S. footprint with a new office in Denver. The Mile High City location will be led by SVP Alexis Anderson, who manages work for some of the firm's high-profile clients such as RE/Max and JPMorgan Chase, and Amy MacFarlane, account director for Havas Street, the firm's activation division. MacFarlane leads its Beam Suntory business."
"Denver is the sixth location for Havas Formula, which is headquartered in New York City and has offices in Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami and San Diego. Havas Formula is working virtually amid the pandemic, but will choose a physical office in Denver once the agency returns to in-person work."
The Hits Keep Coming for DPS Board Member Tay Anderson
It has been a terrible past 30 days for Denver Public Schools board member Tay Anderson, and it keeps getting worse. Following allegations of sexual assault and confirmed retaliatory behavior while an employee of DPS, Anderson has now shared an apology with Westword related to his behavior while leading Never Again Colorado (NAC), a gun reform organization.
The apology follows a new complaint by six female NAC members that Anderson "created a work environment that made them feel unsafe by, among other things, 'talking in code about female board members in front of them (with romantic/sexual subtexts), daring female board members to perform sexualized actions, having conversations comparing the attractiveness of female board members, and making lewd comments in private to female board members,'" according to Michael Roberts at Westword.
Anderson has always been a self-interested narcissist who clung to a veneer of legitimacy obtained by basking in the reflected light of real leaders like state Rep. Leslie Herod and community activists Elisabeth Epps and Brother Jeff Fard. Interestingly and tellingly, none have had a word to say about Anderson since the allegations surfaced.

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Friends …. It's been a while since I posted for you. I wish I could say I was on vacation. As you know, here in my little paradise world, I'm always on vacation.
Instead, I was hosting a family visit from my daughter. I enjoyed my grandson and new step-granddaughter for a week while she and her new husband went on their postponed honeymoon from their April wedding. It was a fun time.
Now that I'm back to my quiet little respite, I thought I would take time to gather energy from the wind and salty air by listening to the music of the waves while enjoying the bright sunny blue sky.
I'll be vigilant to catch up on all of your blogs. In my absence, I'm sure I missed a great many things that you've done. Please feel free to send me a note on those you'd like me to read. It would be disappointing to miss a single one of your stellar writings.
Enjoy a FUN video about Mr. Blue Sky and SMILE …..
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Top 10 Best Movies 2019 – BillboardTop10
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very year some colleague or acquaintance will say to me, "This just wasn't a very good year for movies." To which I respond, invariably, "It was a great year for movies!" There are always terrific movies, because there are still filmmakers who believe in making the most of the medium. The mechanics of how movies get to us is a bigger issue than ever: Specifically, how much effort are most of us willing to expend to see a movie on the big screen, the canvas filmmakers who are serious about their craft continue to believe in—and want to work in? That drama will continue to unfold. But for now, here are 10 films—plus a clutch of very honorable honorable mentions—that remind us what movies, at their best, can mean.
10. Hustlers
9. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
8. Dolemite Is My Name
3. Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
2. The Irishman
1. Pain & Glory
Hustlers | Official Trailer
Two exotic dancers (Constance Wu and Jennifer Lopez), both single mothers needing to provide for their families after the 2008 crash, hatch a highly illegal scheme to charm clueless Wall Streeters out of their money. Director Lorene Scafaria's Hustlers is lively and funny, as well as a reminder that it's often women—and their children—who suffer most when an economic system driven largely by men collapses. When the going gets tough, the tough … hustle.
A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood Official Trailer
Marielle Heller's beautifully made film isn't a biopic of celebrated children's TV host Fred Rogers. Instead, it shows his ideas in practice, telling the story of an unlikely friendship between Mr. Rogers (Tom Hanks) and a sour journalist (Matthew Rhys) riven with anger issues. Rogers was all about kindness, but Heller's movie highlights another of his tenets: we have to give ourselves permission to feel everything in order to make peace with the things that threaten to tear us apart.
Dolemite Is My Name – Official Trailer – Netflix
Eddie Murphy stars as Rudy Ray Moore, the real-life performer who financed and starred in an ultra-low-budget 1975 movie—featuring a flashy hustler named Dolemite—that became both a hit and the stuff of legend. Directed by Craig Brewer, this movie is about ambition taking flight against all odds. It's also pure joy, and as Dolemite himself would tell you, you never kick that out of bed.
Knives Out Official Trailer
Writer-director Rian Johnson's ensemble whodunit—about a family fighting over the will of an eccentric mystery writer—is so beautifully made that it skims by in a flash. Ana de Armas gives a wonderful performance as the young woman, a nurse who also happens to be an immigrant, at the heart of the intrigue. This gorgeously layered film is great fun to watch, but it's also perfectly placed in our era. We're killing one another, but with something that's the opposite of kindness.
Korean director Bong Joon Ho's black comedy–thriller, about an impoverished family who scheme their way into an upper-crust household, artfully explores resentment between the haves and the have-nots. Even more striking is its deep humanity: both the scammers and the scammed earn our sympathy. Parasite is today's answer to filmmaker Jean Renoir's famous line, "The awful thing about life is this: everyone has their reasons."
LITTLE WOMEN – Official Trailer (HD)
Greta Gerwig's verdantly alive adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's evergreen 150-year-old novel—starring Saoirse Ronan as the ambitious and vibrant Jo March—captures the book's spirit and heart. It also cuts to the reason Alcott's ideas still resonate: she knew how it felt to yearn for something more, even when you're not sure what that something more is.
Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson, both astonishing, star as a married couple in the midst of breaking up: To their horror, and ours, their at-first amicable split grows into a monster they had no idea they were capable of creating. This is Noah Baumbach's most emotionally ragged movie, an acknowledgment that compromises aren't nuisances that detract from life; they're the stuff it's built on.
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Official Teaser Trailer (HD)
Quentin Tarantino concocts a fantasy in which Sharon Tate—the actor murdered by Manson family members in 1969—gets the much happier ending she deserves. Margot Robbie plays Tate in a small but potent role; she's the patron spirit of a late-1960s Hollywood in which a has-been actor (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his stunt double and buddy (Brad Pitt) struggle to find their place. This is Tarantino's most affectionately detailed picture, filled with tenderness for a lost Hollywood, and a lost era of filmmaking.
The world doesn't need another gangster movie, not even one from Martin Scorsese—or so you may have thought before The Irishman. Scorsese's 3½-hour saga is based on the story of real-life low-level mobster Frank Sheeran (played, superbly, by Robert De Niro), who claims to have killed Jimmy Hoffa (a marvelous Al Pacino), the onetime Teamsters president who disappeared in 1975. For roughly its first two-thirds, The Irishman is hugely entertaining. Then it shifts into something far more complex. It's a melancholy mob epic.
Pain and Glory official trailer
In any life, there's only so much time to do all we want and need to do. In Pedro Almódovar's Pain & Glory, Antonio Banderas gives the performance of a lifetime as 60-ish filmmaker Salvador Mallo—a stand-in, more or less, for Almódovar himself—who's in so much physical pain that he's uncertain whether he'll ever work again. Worse yet, his suffering is so intense that he may not care; instead of life after death, he's settling for death before death, a premature leave-taking that's a betrayal not just of his gifts, but of the time on earth any of us are given. But an anniversary screening of one of his older films sets off a chain of events that shifts everything: A lost love reappears as if conjured from a dream, and other bits of his past—particularly recollections of his mother, played as a young woman by a radiant Penelope Cruz—reassemble into a joyous, haunting interior monologue that demands to be explored visually, through his art. Pain & Glory may be Almódovar's most resplendent and moving film, a panorama of vibrant paint-box colors and even more intense emotions—and a hymn to the mysterious whatever-it-is that keeps any of us going, in the years, months or days before our bodies betray us.
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Dance has been a passion of mine since my teenage times. Growing up in Portugal I would sneak out of my parents home to go dance the night away in the nightclubs of Lisbon. It was in 1995 when I moved to London to work as a jewellery designer that I discovered Gabrielle Roth's shamanic maps to ecstasy – the 5Rhythms™ Dance. It was in fact having ready access to the dance that kept me in London for 9 years, attending practically every 5Rhythms™ class and workshop I could find.
Having immersed myself into the dance I reached the point where I felt that I wanted to share these maps to ecstasy as a 5Rhythms™ teacher. I completed the intensive teacher training under the guidance of Gabrielle Roth and her group of core teachers in 2004 and started teaching in Portugal. Relocating to Australia in 2006 I brought 5Rhythms™ dance to the Northern Rivers and Brisbane.
Besides being a great form exercise and feeling good the dance is a movement meditation, clearing the mind, waking up the heart and shifting feelings and energies. The healing happens while you are having fun and you don't need to think about it. After 21 years of living and practicing 5Rhythms® dance, I have grown to appreciate the importance of slowing down. I invite you to join me for a private session or a group class where together we submerge into this moving meditation.
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Mr Muir has a strong background in international marketing and competitive business operations, including holding the positions of CEO of The Warehouse and the Executive Chairman of Pumpkin Patch Ltd.
Mr O'Connor is hopeful that Mr Muir will lead Tourism New Zealand into exciting new directions so that the country can maximise from one of its major sources of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and encourage visitors to apply for a New Zealand visa. Currently, tourism is directly contributing around $7.9 billion to the nation's annual GDP, while $6.2 billion is generated in indirect value to side-skirting industries, reports New Zealand Herald.
"Greg comes into the role at a time that is challenging for the tourism industry. As international oil and food prices are on the rise, our ability to compete with other countries will depend on delivering a better product than our competitors and marketing that to the rest of the world. As a country we need to rise to the challenge and I am confident that Greg will be a strong leader who will establish a fresh, clear direction for the Board in doing that," the Minister said.
Article by Jessica Bird, New Zealand Visa Bureau.
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Bantu Food and Drink Festival (BFDF) is a 8 day world-class event that aims to celebrate the Bantu heritage in different corners of the globe. United through the authentic gastronomy, the festival will be an innovating business and cultural space to showcase Angola, Barbados, Brazil and Colombia and identify practices that connects them as Bantus.
Terra Madre is an international network of food communities – groups of small-scale producers and others united by the production of a particular food and closely linked to a geographic area.
United Nations World Tourism Organization has an annual gastronomy conference that tracks and reports food trends in the tourism industry.
The two week long ELARW event was developed to promote the island's diverse epicurean scene while highlighting Aruba's varied flavours by incorporating locally inspired dishes into the menus of participating restaurants.
The annual Crab Fest held in June at Fresh Creek, Andros has boosted the local economy, according to a reliable source in Central Andros. The event attracts thousands of people for the weekend festivities, majority of coming from the capital of New Providence. Travelling to the island is by ferryboat trips and charter. Androsians have developed crab industries. When the crabs are in great numbers or are "walking," they are caught and kept in pens and are fed coconuts, vegetables and berries. Some astute Androsians keep their crabs for up to a year. Out of season a white crab can fetch as much as $5 each and the smaller black crab, $4. The three-day Craft Fest has pledged to promote heritage tourism to a much greater extent.
For all the rum lovers out there Rum Bahamas offers its Third Annual Rum Festival.
In the first week of June, Gregory Town on the island of Eleuthra comes to life with this festival. The festivities last are held over four days. The local Tourist Office introduced the event in 1988 in Gregory Town. The pineapple is the symbol of hospitality to the Bahamians. The pineapple's symbolism has its roots in a tradition of Northern seafaring captains of old. When the captains arrived home they would place a pineapple on their gatepost to let everyone know that they were home. At that time, the pineapple industry had a very high rate with exports of over 50,000 pineapples per year. The pineapples from Eleuthera started the pineapple industry in Jensen beach, Florida. The pineapple festival attracts over 5000 people every year. For many it is chance to return home for a weekend and have a family reunion.
This exciting Homecoming Festival for the community of Pelican Point is held annually on Easter Monday. Each year the festival attracts hundreds of visitors to the eastern end of the island to enjoy unlimited combinations of coconut creations. The art of the coconut will be displayed in items including but not be limited to, coconut jimmy, coconut tart, jams and preserves and the Bahamian specialty, Gully Wash! Bahamian arts and crafts and coconut jewelry will also be available.
This annual festival showcases the history and culture of "conching" in South Andros and features a number of indigenous cultural activities that emphasize the conch. There will also be lots of other local food and drinks, plus children's games and activities and a Junkanoo Rush-out.
Crop Over is Barbados' premiere summer festival and attracts visitors from across the globe!
Barbados is often referred to as the Culinary Capital of the Caribbean. The Festival has given birth to a series of events, or better yet – culinary and beverage experiences – designed to tantalize the taste buds.
Taste is a series of five or more events from May to September that give a sampling of Bonaire's culture from music, dance, and arts and crafts to food.
The month-long BVI Food Fete is culinary celebration that fills guests with the flavourful traditions of the islands, expect exciting events and deliciously prepared Caribbean-infused cuisine.
The 5th annual Anegada Lobster Festival is for everyone who loves food, loves lobster, loves the Caribbean and dreams of the British Virgin Islands! Anegada Lobster Festival 2017 is a two-day culinary event held on the shores of Anegada on November 25th and 26th. The event was created to entice our community, visitors, new travellers and the niche market of food connoisseurs to the shores of the British Virgin Islands to experience our versatile tourism product. The British Virgin Islands Tourist Board, together with the population of Anegada, will feature talented local chefs who will be on hand to prepare, cook, and serve plated sample lobster dishes at participating Anegada restaurants.
One of the world's most treasured celebrations of food and wine, Cayman Cookout welcomes an elite roster of talented chefs, wine and spirit experts and culinary influencers each year. The exclusive, interactive weekend features cooking demonstrations, tastings, tours, dinners, pairings and unique epicurean experiences - all presented in a relaxed Caribbean setting of fun, friendship and barefoot elegance. The annual gathering is set amidst the Cayman Islands' magnificent Seven Mile Beach and is hosted by world-renowned Chef Eric Ripert and his friends, including Anthony Bourdain and José Andrés.
Find the very best of Cayman's diverse cuisines, local produce and drinks to match at the Taste of Cayman Food & Drink Festival. To sweeten the deal, 2018 marks 30 years of Taste of Cayman - something we are immensely proud of. Held on 27 January 2018 at the Festival Green, Camana Bay, and bringing together all the flavours of Cayman, our foodie festival is heaven on a plate. With 30 years of Taste to celebrate, it'll be bigger and tastier than ever before! Taste of Cayman offers something for everyone. From delicious ice-creams to grown-up cocktails, street food to gourmet masterpieces, there'll sure to be something to tickle everyone's tastebuds. Come join us and indulge all your senses at this year's Taste of Cayman Food & Drink Festival.
Pedro Castle will be going Coco Nuts t with local vendors showcasing all products made with the Cayman Coconut – food, drinks, snacks, beauty products, crafts and games!
exquisite cuisine that Dominican Republic offers.
The 5th Punta Cana Gastronomic Festival will take place this weekend, from Friday to Sunday, 4-6 August 2017 in Punta Cana. The Punta Cana Food and Wine Festival (PCFW2017) events will be held at the Lorenzillo's Punta Cana Restaurant in Downtown Punta Cana entertainment center off the Punta Cana Boulevard and at the Little John Restaurant at Playa Juanillo, Cap Cana, Punta Cana. Tastings, cocktails and special events are part of the program.
The Grenada Chocolate Fest celebrates the island's delicious organic and ethically produced cocoa and chocolate.
Women rule at this near century-old food festival.
Gout et Saveurs Lakay, Haiti Food and Spirits Festival, is a ten day celebration of Haiti's gastronomy and culinary talents.
Celebrate Jamaica's food and culture at The NyamJam Festival in November.
As the largest food festival on the island, Portland Jerk Festival has been a foodie mainstay for the past 14 years.
The Little Ochie Seafood Festival where you'll find chefs grilling, sauteing, frying and steaming all that is fresh from the sea.
More than 100,000 patrons are expected to attend the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show to be held from July 30 to August 1 in May Pen, Clarendon.
As a brand, Jamaica resonates with international audiences well beyond its actual square footage – our music, our speak, our creativity, our food, all continue to grab global attention.
A Caribbean food festival which is 100% unique. It happens on the island of Nevis and combines two of Nevis' key selling points; its exceptional culinary scene and its over 40 varieties of mangos growing on the island. The essence of the festival is a creative challenge presented to all participating chefs. Their brief is that every course of every meal must have Nevis mangos incorporated into them. This presents a unique experience for the diners as everything they eat at the festival will be a new and delicious experience not before experienced and unlikely to be replicated.
Learn about the world of spices in a hands-on way via cooking and other culinary events led by celebrity and staff chefs at the Jade Mountain Resort.
This is a two-day festival where communities come together to prepare arrowroot, while also having food together and hanging out.
The annual Breadfruit Festival is held every weekend during August, each week taking place in a different communities throughout St. Vincent.
The curious-looking root vegetable called dasheen is the star attraction at the Blue Food Festival at Bloody Bay.
Early November is when Turks and Caicos hosts its annual Caribbean Food & Wine Festival in Providenciales.
A combo platter of culture and cuisine, save the date for the Conch Festival in Blue Hills on the un-touristy north shore of Providenciales.
Vegetable displays: a display of vegetables, root crops, and other Agriculture produce, by the farmer Groups, Individuals, and the Ministry of Agriculture.
This event is designed to showcase Niue's extraordinary local foods to the world and to learn from culinary experts' new ways to prepare, cook and present its food.
Samoa, proudly known as the Treasured Islands is home to many ethnic groups drawn to Samoa's unique beauty and easy laid back island lifestyle steeped in the Fa'a Samoa culture, known throughout the world for their friendly hospitality.
The annual Oka Festival is on again this year. The competition requires participating teams of 3, to complete against each other for the title of Best Oka. Each team will compete against each other to be the best in coconut husking and milking, tuna filleting and Oka making. Only local ingredients to be used to make the perfectly balananced Oka. Various restaurants will have a food stall selling Samoan inspired food. Raffles go off through out the day. Keep checking on our Facebook Page to see updates as to what is happening on the day.
The Tupunis Slow Food Festival concluded on Tanna island, Vanuatu a few days ago.
Vanuatu hosted its first ever Agritourism Festival from 9-11th November at the Agriculture Complex- Tagabe, in the capital city of Port Vila. Activities at the three day festival included: cooking demonstrations by local chefs, displays of local agricultural produce (such as a crowd favourite: Tanna Coffee), food-tasting sessions, livestock shows, competitions and musical acts.
For the first time in Seychelles, the kernel of the coco de mer, the largest nut in the world was the one of the main highlight of a 'culinary and arts fiesta' on the archipelago's second most populated island of Praslin.
Festival Kreol is the biggest and most important event of the Seychelles cultural calendar.
This is the annual Food and Cultural Festival organised in Mauritius. It promotes the chinese culture and foods. It is a major tourist attraction.
Bantu Food and Drink Festival (BFDF) is a 8 day world-class event that aims to celebrate the Bantu heritage in different corners of the globe. United through the authentic gastronomy, the festival will be an innovating business and cultural space to showcase Angola, Barbados, Brazil and Colombia and identify practices that connects them as Bantus. The program will include exceptional food and drink tasting, show cooking, workshops, anthropological seminars, an agro-products fair, art and crafts exhibition and concerts, introducing both local talent and international acclaimed chefs, anthropologists, artists and brands to a wider audience. Designed and produced by Bantu Foundation, the BFDF is supported by the public and private sector, and presents a great opportunity to establish new partnerships in the academic, artistic and business levels.
Chef Anthony is an award winning Michelin trained head chef based in London specializing in an "outside-of-the- box" culinary experience. Delivering beautiful & innovative cuisine has long been a personal passion. Born in Dulwich, London and he grew up in Barbados, where early he found his love of cooking in his Grandmother's kitchen. Brought up on fresh food from the farm and Grandma's soul food, he developed a flair for flavour fusion and creating new dishes from more traditional cuisine. While Cumberbatch is particularly well known for his unique Caribbean dishes, winning "Best Caribbean Chef in the UK," and "Best Caribbean Restaurant," by the Caribbean Food Emporium for two consecutive years, his flavour-fusion style also draws from French, Vietnamese and European cuisine. His work has been featured in Marie Claire, the Voice, and BBC 2. With more than 23 years experience working in a cross-section of high profile and award winning restaurants, hotels, and clubs, Cumberbatch has put Nouvelle French Caribbean Cuisine on the map, reinventing the way Carribean food is seen, tasted and served. As a Bantu Ambassador, Chef Anthony hopes to strenghtenn the culinary connections between UK, Caribbean and Africa and develop products that are innovative, accessible and funky.
Slow Food works around the world to protect food biodiversity, build links between producers and consumers, and raise awareness of some of the most pressing topics affecting our food system. These initiatives range from community activities organized by local convivia, to larger projects, campaigns and events coordinated by Slow Food's national offices and international headquarters. They have regular events all over the world.
Terra Madre is an international network of food communities – groups of small-scale producers and others united by the production of a particular food and closely linked to a geographic area. The network unites food producers, fishers, breeders, chefs, academics, young people, NGOs and representatives of local communities who are working to establish a system of good, clean and fair food from the grassroots level. The Terra Madre network was launched by Slow Food in 2004 to give a voice and visibility to those around the world whose approach to food production protects the environment and communities. Regular events worldwide.
Festival Del Mar commemorates Anguilla's seafaring heritage and celebrates all things of the sea in the beautiful fishing village of Island Harbour, which is located on the eastern tip of the island. This little fishing village has remained largely untouched by tourism and still maintains its local vibe, with colourful boats bobbing in the blue harbour and a fishing pier jutting out to catch schooners and fishing boats, much as it was in the early 1900s.
The two week long ELARW event was developed to promote the island's diverse epicurean scene while highlighting Aruba's varied flavours by incorporating locally inspired dishes into the menus of participating restaurants. During the event, participating restaurants present their top Aruban recipes to attendees in a prix fixe lunch menu. We chose this one because we think this is a great opportunity for food critics, wine connoisseurs, foodies and anyone looking to explore Aruba's culinary heritage.
For all the rum lovers out there Rum Bahamas offers its Third Annual Rum Festival. This three-day event which takes place on Fort Charlotte in Nassau gives you a chance to sample over 30 rums, great food and enjoy musical entertainment from throughout the Caribbean. Festival "Rum Bahamas" invites you to quench your thirst for distinctive and exotic Rums, satiate your hunger for creative comfort foods and enjoy the rhythms of the new Caribbean. Satisfy your appetite for adventure and your adventurous appetite!
Crop Over is Barbados' premiere summer festival and attracts visitors from across the globe! Many Bajans that now live off the island also return home to join in the festivities with family and friends. In addition to the official events of the National Cultural Foundation there are many other 'Crop Over' activities for you to enjoy! The Crop Over summer festival is Barbados' most popular and colourful festival. Its origins can be traced back to the 1780's, a time when Barbados was the world's largest producer of sugar. At the end of the sugar season, there was always a huge celebration to mark the culmination of another successful sugar cane harvest – the Crop Over celebration. As the sugar industry in Barbados declined, so too did the Crop Over festival and in the 1940's the festival was terminated completely. However, the festival was revived in 1974 and other elements of Barbadian culture were infused to create the extravaganza that exists today, an event that attracts thousands of people from across the globe.
The annual Crop Over Festival celebrates a 200-year-old tradition that honors the end of the sugar cane season. The six-week festival celebrates all that is Bajan with dusk till dawn parties, arts and crafts markets and a culinary-driven street fare.
Barbados is often referred to as the Culinary Capital of the Caribbean. The Festival has given birth to a series of events, or better yet – culinary and beverage experiences – designed to tantalize the taste buds. This festival showcases the best culinary and epicurean delights the gorgeous island nation has to offer. Experience a sophisticated, high-quality and upscale celebration of gastronomic art, featuring acclaimed international & local chefs, wine experts and mixologists.
Taste is a series of five or more events from May to September that give a sampling of Bonaire's culture from music, dance, and arts and crafts to food. Sample local favorites such as sorghum pancakes, goat stew and spiced rice and beans from specially set up food stalls. Bonaire's award-winning Culinary Team is on hand whipping up more upscale dishes made with locally-sourced ingredients.
The month-long BVI Food Fete is culinary celebration that fills guests with the flavourful traditions of the islands, expect exciting events and deliciously prepared Caribbean-infused cuisine. The island's finest chefs along with visiting international chefs show how to make our favourite dishes, mixologists present their best cocktails. A multi-destination experience within one extraordinary place, island-hopping from one sandy coastline to the next is a must to experience the best of the BVI during the Food Fete celebrations.
Over thirty restaurants host booths at Camana Bay, near Seven Mile Beach. Taste-tempting selections include a variety of food and beverages. Patrons vote for their favorites with wood tokens. Last year's winners included slow roasted goat with local calabaza and long bean salad and warm doughnuts with local passion fruit curd by restaurant, Michael's Genuine Food & Drink. Chef demonstrations, live music and cultural entertainment rounds out the delicious fun.
Pedro Castle will be going Coco Nuts this February 20 with local vendors showcasing all products made with the Cayman Coconut – food, drinks, snacks, beauty products, crafts and games! The documentary Bright Spot will also be showing from 2PM – 3PM in the Theatre. Coco Fest celebrates the Cayman Coconut – a bountiful food source with legendary properties, and a traditional staple in the Caymanian diet. It remembers a time when the coconut industry was very important in Cayman and encourages the growth of this industry again. There will be bouncing castles and activities for the kids as well as some of the best coconut products on the island!
Two decades since the beginning of Cayfest, the National Festival of the Arts promises to highlight everything the public loves about the local arts scene. Evolved from a lineup of past events like Chalk Fest, Music Unplugged, Dance Vibes and Café Cayman, an integrative festival over the course of three days has emerged, and for the first time features local and international Grammy award-winning talent. The National Arts & Culture Awards Show kicks off the celebrations on Feb. 25. Each of the awardees has made significant contributions to either the development of local arts and culture or to the preservation of Caymanian cultural heritage. This year's ceremony is a glitzy black tie affair at the Harquail Theatre, attended by the 20 awardees and special invited guests. While this event is not open to the general public, it will be filmed and aired on local channel CIGTV.
Flavors of Curaçao, a new annual gastronomy event, is coming to the island this September. The event will be held at Kleine Werf and hosted by Curaçao's hospitality association, CHATA. Attendees will have the opportunity to sample various dishes provided by 19 participating restaurants, including Bistro Le Clochard, Omundo, and Hófi Cas Cora – The Eatery. The plates will be served tapas-style to ensure that guests get the chance to fully experience the tastes of Curaçao's diverse cuisine. The event will also include champagne, a cocktail bar, live music, and raffle prizes.
The Punta Cana Food and Wine Festival returns this year to the Dominican Republic's tourism capital, The gastronomic event will take place this year on July 1 and 2, featuring tastings, cocktails, lunches and dinners celebrating the art of food. This is the fourth edition of the festival, which will be hosted at the Barcelo Bavaro Resort and Convention Center. July 2 will see a special event focused on grilling led by noted Argentine Chef Juan Barcos, with the Grand Tasting on the evening of July 2 at the Convention Center.
Women rule at this near century-old food festival. The cooks, dressed in traditional Creole costumes with distinctive headdresses, sing and dance down the streets of Pointe-a-Pitre with baskets of homemade foods in hand that are ultimately blessed in the local cathedral. Afterwards, the public can buy tickets and sample the buffet of traditional French and Creole-style dishes. The final presentation is the pièce de résistance, Pain Doux, an 85th anniversary dome shaped cake.
Challenged, it seems, by a local, regional and international increase in demand for coconut and coconut products, the Ministry of Tourism has announced that it will hold the country's inaugural Coconut Festival from October 16 to 23, 2016.
Gout et Saveurs Lakay, Haiti Food and Spirits Festival, is a ten day celebration of Haiti's gastronomy and culinary talents. Every year, the host Chef Stephan Durand invites Haitian and International Chefs and professionals of the food and beverage industry to take part in this unique event to help enrich and share their knowledge with other professionals in Haiti. Utilizing locally grown ingredients, the event helps to renew Haiti's gastronomy and to promote it on the international level.
Celebrate Jamaica's food and culture at The NyamJam Festival in November. Set in the beautiful luxury resort, Goldeneye, NyamJam features famous International, Caribbean and local chefs. The weekend offers live chef demonstrations, local street food and ends with a Celebrity Chef Dinner. NyamJam is aimed at intertwining locals and travellers with a shared appreciation for Jamaica's distinctive cuisine and hypnotic music.
As the largest food festival on the island, Portland Jerk Festival has been a foodie mainstay for the past 14 years. If it can be 'jerked' it is at this one-day festival that celebrates the island's most famous cooking method. Jerk chicken, pork and lobster as well as vegetables like breadfruit and crusty breads are displayed by chefs on tent covered tables. Food is served as samples or sold as a meal.
As a brand, Jamaica resonates with international audiences well beyond its actual square footage – our music, our speak, our creativity, our food, all continue to grab global attention. The Jamaica Food & Drink Festival was inspired by this audacious, pervasive cultural energy that has translated into the bold flavours of our cuisine and the pungent, heady sensibilities of our spirits. We already have events with global reach that celebrate our music, films and fashion, even our herbs, so we thought, why not showcase our gastronomic ingenuity and boost our tourism product while we're at it by adding to our ever growing list of Jamaican festivals. And voila! The Jamaica Food & Drink Festival was born.
The Nevis Mango and Food Festival kicks off Friday July 8, marking the start of a month of special events that will take guests around the island and feature dinners and cooking demonstrations by two special guest European chefs. On July 8, Charlestown 's Main Street will host the Mango Madness Street Fair, at which guests will enjoy displays and sales of mango varieties and food products, cooking demonstrations and tastings, a presentation on how to graft mango trees and lots of music and entertainment. That evening also begins a three-day dining event with a gourmet mango-themed dinner at Montpelier Plantation & Beach with U.K. Iron Chef Judy Joo.
Learn about the world of spices in a hands-on way via cooking and other culinary events led by celebrity and staff chefs at the Jade Mountain Resort. Chef Allen Susser, a James Beard award-winning chef, leads a spice blending class and more. There's also a jerk-making class, five-course spice dinner, spicy beach burger competition and tour of the property's spice garden. This event is exclusively for the guests of Jade Mountain Resorts.
This is a two-day festival where communities come together to prepare arrowroot, while also having food together and hanging out. The main steps of the arrowroot process include harvesting the roots, cleaning them and removing the skin, pounding them in large mortars and then straining the pounded root with water to separate the starch from the fiber. The starch ends up in the water, and once it has settled, the water is carefully removed and the remaining starch water is dried in the sun. Taste finished products like arrowroot porridge and arrowroot cookies as well as juices and soups.
The annual Breadfruit Festival is held every weekend during August, each week taking place in a different communities throughout St. Vincent. A variety of dishes made from breadfruit are exhibited, and Vincentians and visitors are encouraged to support the farmers and to eat local. The dishes include but are not limited to breadfruit cheese pie, breadfruit puff, pizza, lasagna, breadsticks, quiche, sweet and sour candy (blossom). There are also breadfruit drinks available.
The curious-looking root vegetable called dasheen is the star attraction at the Blue Food Festival at Bloody Bay. The dasheen has the distinction of turning blue when peeled, sliced and boiled. For one flavour-filled day, chefs vie for top honours with their creative recipes that use the versatile veggie in everything from pizza and ice cream to blue Bavarian layer cake and champagne made fizzier with the tuber root.
Early November is when Turks and Caicos hosts its annual Caribbean Food & Wine Festival in Providenciales. The festival, which draws chefs from around the world also has street cred for its combination of international flair and local Caribbean flavours and cooking techniques.
A combo platter of culture and cuisine, save the date for the Conch Festival in Blue Hills on the un-touristy north shore of Providenciales. Started in 2004 as a way to entice visitors to the small fishing village, Conch Festival has morphed into one of the most popular day-long events honouring the marine snail that makes a tasty appearance in fritters, chowders and salads. Chefs compete for best in a show called the 'Conch-etition'.
Vegetable displays: a display of vegetables, root crops, and other Agriculture produce, by the farmer Groups, Individuals, and the Ministry of Agriculture. All brought under one roof. These are all sold after the display. Display and Selling of Marine products: a display of fish and fish products like; sead weeds, tuna, craps and other marine products. These are also sold to the public. Money given to the fishermen. Cooking Demonstration: a cooking demonstration by the students from the Hospitality Training using locally grown products.
This event is designed to showcase Niue's extraordinary local foods to the world and to learn from culinary experts' new ways to prepare, cook and present its food. The event is also designed to support the country's growing tourism market by raising the standard of food preparation and presentation and contemporising its offering. It also makes a practical contribution in terms of sustainability, providing employment, encouraging learning and inspiring people to adopt creative new ways of doing things.
Samoa, proudly known as the Treasured Islands is home to many ethnic groups drawn to Samoa's unique beauty and easy laid back island lifestyle steeped in the Fa'a Samoa culture, known throughout the world for their friendly hospitality. For one day only food and wine enthusiasts and connoisseurs will have the opportunity to sample delicious sumptuous cuisine from local restaurants and caterers, world-class wine and enjoy great superb live entertainment from local musician and artists.
Tonga's Royal Agricultural, Fisheries and Tonga Made Show 2016 will be held on July 27 to August 13 in six islands under a theme, 'Food Security for happy and healthy Tongans.'.
Vanuatu hosted its first ever Agritourism Festival from 9-11th November at the Agriculture Complex- Tagabe, in the capital city of Port Vila. Agriculture and food production are critical to Vanuatu's prosperity and welfare: for food security and job creation. Given that animal, vegetable and other food products equate to over 82% of the island's economy, Vanuatu boasts rich agricultural resources. Yet, the country is still heavily reliant on imports, which in 2011 amounted to over 280 million USD (more than four times the amount of exports). Vanuatu, like many other Pacific Island nations, relies on cheap, calorific and low nutritional food imports from the USA and Australasia. This has created a food crisis in the Pacific region which has seen an increase in the rate of diet-related diseases. Obesity rates in the Pacific are among the highest in the world: a staggering 68% of Vanuatu's population is considered overweight and nearly 20% of adults in the country suffer from diabetes (only surpassed by Nauru with 24.5%).
For the first time in Seychelles, the kernel of the coco de mer, the largest nut in the world was the one of the main highlight of a 'culinary and arts fiesta' on the archipelago's second most populated island of Praslin. The event which took place during the weekend from September 5 to 7, is an initiative of the archipelago's Ministry of Tourism and Culture in collaboration with other partners including the island's district authorities.
Festival Kreol is the biggest and most important event of the Seychelles cultural calendar. It offers the visitor a fascinating week full of the colours, sounds, flavours and fragrances of one corner of the Creole world that treasures its traditions while embracing the opportunities of the present.


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Weird museums take you off the beaten path
Attractions from a funeral museum to an attraction devoted to wet wipes are worth a trip
Weird museums take you off the beaten path Attractions from a funeral museum to an attraction devoted to wet wipes are worth a trip Check out this story on jacksonsun.com: http://www.jacksonsun.com/story/life/2015/01/03/weird-museums-take-beaten-path/21221505/
Associated Press Published 12:00 p.m. CT Jan. 3, 2015
John French is the founder of the Moist Towelette Museum, poses in East Lansing, Mich.(Photo: AP)
Travelers looking for something beyond top attractions such as the Space Needle in Seattle might consider adding a weird museum or two to their itineraries.
Here are some suggestions from among dozens of unusual museums across the nation, from a funeral museum to an attraction devoted to wet wipes, of all things. They're all worth a stop, but probably shouldn't be your only reason for buying a plane ticket.
Moist Towelette Museum, East Lansing, Michigan
This free attraction next to the Abrams Planetarium at Michigan State University contains one of the odder collections open to the public. On two big bookcases in John French's office are more than a thousand, mostly unused, wet wipes from around the world.
The "celebrity wing" of the collection includes a used wipe donated by "Car Talk" hosts Ray and the late Tom Magliozzi. French, who is also the planetarium's production coordinator, says the collection includes wipes from a sumo wrestling event in Japan and from the former Trump's Castle in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Why moist towelettes? "I think everybody just has an urge to collect something," French said. The collection's oldest item is a box of "Wash Up!" towelettes from 1963. Details:
moisttowelette
museum.com.
Dialysis Museum at Northwest Kidney Centers, Seattle
Seattle has many unusual if obscure attractions — such as the gum wall at the Pike Place Market. Here's another one that's a bit more educational: a dialysis museum.
The Northwest Kidney Centers opened the free museum two years ago to celebrate its 50th anniversary as a pioneering medical treatment center. People who find old medical devices intriguing and those whose lives have been touched by kidney disease are most likely to seek out this display.
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National Cryptologic Museum, Nsa Headquarters, Annapolis Junction, Maryland
The National Cryptologic Museum, about 25 miles north of Washington D.C., offers a glimpse into the history of American spying, from code books used during the Revolutionary War to signal flags from the Civil War and decoding machines from World War II.
An 18th century cipher device, acquired from a West Virginia antique dealer who found it near Monticello, is a highlight. The curators believe it is the oldest true cipher device in the world. A display on biometrics gives a window into modern surveillance — more focused on computers than spies. Two aircraft used for secret missions are parked next door.
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National Museum of Funeral History, Houston
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Exhibits include artifacts from presidential and celebrity funerals, historical hearses and a full-scale replica of an embalming station from a Civil War battlefield. Other replicas in the 20,000-square-foot exhibit space include a typical Victorian living room to illustrate at-home funeral practices and a recreation of a casket factory from the 1900s.
Admission is between $7 and $10 and the museum is open daily except for some holidays. Details: www.nmfh.org.
Vent Haven Ventriloquist Museum, Fort Mitchell, Kentucky
The Vent Haven Museum houses more than 800 ventriloquist dummies, thousands of photographs of famous performers and a library full of ventriloquism books. It also hosts an annual convention of practitioners. Figures on display include a replica of the Charlie McCarthy, who was Edgar Bergen's sidekick. The museum has one puppet on which visitors can try out their ventriloquism skills.
The museum is open May through September. Suggested donations are $10 for adults, $5 for under 12 and seniors. Details: venthavenmuseum.com.
This is just a sample of the unusual museums out there. Dewey Blanton at the American Alliance of Museums offers this list of others you may find interesting:
•The Toilet Seat Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas.
•The Titan Missile Museum, Green Valley, Arizona.
•The Wrench Museum (farm implements), Marsing, Idaho.
•The Mutter Museum (medical oddities), Philadelphia.
•The Glore Psychiatric Museum in Saint Joseph, Missouri.
•The Museum of Sex, New York City.
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Home Cricket Ball Tampering ban: Keith Miller, Arthur Mailey and a lot of unflattering...
Ball Tampering ban: Keith Miller, Arthur Mailey and a lot of unflattering history
Arunabha Sengupta
This is not another article highlighting why the continuing ban of the three cricketers by CA is close to ridiculous. It is just to point out that knee-jerk reactions hinting at self-righteousness with an absolute conviction that ball tampering 'brings disrepute to a gentleman's game' is just about as superficial an evaluation of cricket as possible…..
The India-Australia showdowns in the past two decades have been mouthwatering extravaganzas, perhaps the one cricketing rivalry that can justly claim to rival The Ashes in every parameter other than history.
And now, because of Cricket Australia's stubborn refusal to lift the bans on Steve Smith and David Warner, along with Cameron Bancroft, the thousands of cricket fans waiting with bated breath for the next edition of this contest will be served an ersatz, watered down version.
The pigheaded punitive measure is supposedly for the benefit of cricket. Laughable really.
This is not another article highlighting why the stance of CA is close to ridiculous. Abhishek Mukherjee has already dealt with that in detail.
It is just to point out that knee-jerk reactions hinting at self-righteousness with an absolute conviction that ball tampering 'brings disrepute to a gentleman's game' is about as superficial an evaluation of cricket as possible.
There have been many who have tried to argue that ball tampering is evil. I am not here to judge whether it is so or not. I will stop at the fact that it is not allowed by the laws of the game. And yes, people indulging in such acts should be punished by ICC according to a pre-defined code of conduct.
The penalising, on the other hand, should not be carried out by a 'holier-than-thou' cricket board, who, it can be argued, is at the root of most of the nonsense carried out by the Australian team in recent times.
But such incidents, as I stated above, spring forth innumerable unresearched laments about the pristine past of the gentleman's game which the uncouth modern generation of cricketers is destroying in their soulless zeal to win at all costs.
Not only facebook fans with their protracted social-media powered worldview, or desktop journalists with a strong disinclination to put in more than two minutes of thought into each article. Even reputed publications have fallen prey to this trend.
In fact, in Sydney Morning Herald, one supposed prize-winning writer lamented about such behaviour of Australian cricketers. The writer specifically attacked Warner, citing that the then Australian vice-captain had said that Ashes was like War. According to the writer, and, as we will see, ironically so, Warner was a poor student of history. He summarised that Warner was wrong because: "The brilliant all-rounder Keith ''Nugget'' Miller, a pilot and World War II hero, once refused to bowl flat-out on a dangerous pitch at an English opponent (a former airman)." The author was obviously of the view that Miller would never have stooped to such ungentlemanly acts such as ball tampering.
It is this rosy retrospection around the mythical reputation of certain characters that becomes annoying to the actual students of history.
First of all, Miller was not as great a War Hero as is made out to be. In his detailed research on the Victory Tests, Mark Rowe has discussed how Miller's War experience was very limited. For all the hype around his words "Pressure is a Messerschmitt up your arse, playing cricket is not" and his image as a dashing hero, an airman who played cricket for fun; most of his War was spent training for action.
He went on just two missions, one of them a 'spoof patrol' organised for a beginner, more of a decoy for the enemy. The flight was logged as 'uneventful'. The second and last mission was shorter but slightly more eventful, and Miller had to bring his aircraft back to the base with the tanks liable to drop at any time.
Two missions, that too when the German air-force were on its last legs. That as all the war Miller saw. He never had a Messerschmitt up his arse. Someone like Ross Stanford, another cricketer for the Australian Imperial Services, saw 20 times as much action. Unlike Miller, he was not a self-mythologist and did not brag about it.
And for all his words about Messerschmitt and War, Miller never shied away from bowling bumpers at the bodies of batsmen. Even at Len Hutton, knowing fully well that Hutton had a shortened left-arm because of a war-time training injury.
The reason was simple. He wanted to win at all costs. Just like the modern cricketers.
So much for his refusal to bowl flat out. Wisden once also listed the casualties incurred due to Miller's relentless short-pitched bowling alongside his comrade-in-arms Ray Lindwall.
The incident cited by our 'prize winning' author is purely anecdotal, rather than a rigorous example. Miller had his bone to pick with Bradman, and often refused to do what his captain said just because of the personality clash.
But the Miller image for cricketing spirit is mythologised so much that it is almost taken as gospel nowadays.
Now, let us turn to ball tampering.
Already in these pages, we have shown how old a concept it is. We have shown how Arthur Mailey and Johnny Douglas indulged in this act in 1920-21. Mailey later wrote: "Although it was against the law, I must break down and confess that I always carried powdered resin in my pocket, and when the umpire wasn't looking lifted the seam for Jack Gregory and Ted McDonald … Anyhow, I was in a pretty good company. One day in Sydney, Johnny Douglas, the England captain, asked me to show him my hand. He held it for a while and then said, 'Arthur, you've been using resin. I'll report you to the umpire.' I asked him to show me his right hand, and looking at the thumbnail I noticed it was worn to the flesh on the outside. 'You've been lifting the seam, Johnny,' I said. My co-rebel grinned and the matter was dropped."
Mailey and Douglas shook hands and resumed the game. Both had cheated and the other party knew it. When the resin ran out, Mailey used bird-lime off Bert Oldfield's wicketkeeping gloves.
Ball tampering is that old.
As we will see, it is even older!
Significantly!
When in 1932-33, during the Adelaide Test of the Bodyline series, Maurice Leyland accused Bert Ironmonger of using resin, the latter produced an injured look and said, "As if I would do such a thing." Having said that he put his hand in his pocket, pulled out a handkerchief, waving it furiously. Clouds of resin floated out in the atmosphere.
These were the glorified saints of the glorious past of cricket. Mind you, in the timescape, I am still far away from the revolution in cricketing aerodynamics brought about in the 1980s by Pakistan.
And if people argue that the charge is against brainwashing young Bancroft into indulging in a dishonest act, and Smith and Warner being the perpetrators, let me point out that the legendary Warwick Armstrong was the captain of Australia in 1920-21, and Mailey was playing his very first series.
Now that I have recounted for the umpteenth time that ball tampering is an old practice (not that it will help, people will keep believing about the pristine past anyway) let me turn to Miller.
In 1953, Miller was spotted lifting the seam during the Headingley Test by umpire Frank Lee and sheepishly blamed it on the 'cheap balls we are getting nowadays'. According to Miller, "Frank gave me what is known as an 'old-fashioned look'. He didn't believe my explanation."
That was not Miller's first foray into ball tampering. He had been doing it all the time.
In the Victory Tests of 1945, much touted for the sporting spirit shown by the two sides in the wake of the Second World War, Miller had learned the craft of ball tampering from the Derbyshire seamer George Pope. Thoroughly bald, Pope never went into the field bareheaded. And the reason was not vanity. The inside of Pope's cap would be heavily greased with hair oil which he would proceed to rub on the ball before every over.
Miller, more abundantly blessed in the sartorial department, turned to Brylcreem. There was more than just dash and grooming in the tousle-haired look. It helped him swing the ball.
So much for the glorified War hero playing cricket for fun.
That is not all. In 1948-49, a poem appeared in The Times, with leg-spinner Doug Wright being the protagonist. This was after the bowler had been reprimanded by an umpire on the tour to South Africa.
As finger-bowls would be denied
To cricket's fastidious soul,
So Wright claims right upon his side
And having licked his finger, bowls.
So, when was the first time the condition of the ball was changed?
One can never be sure, but I can point out the first recorded instance. It was in 1806. Yes, no misprint or typo there.
Billy Beldham, Robinson and William Lambert played Bennett, Fennex and Lord Frederick Beauclerk in a single-wicket match at Lord's. (Incidentally, these matches were played for huge stakes, and a lot of betting and fixing took place in those 'pristine days'). Beauclerk looked like winning the match, when, according to Reverend James Pycroft in The Cricket Field:
"His lordship had then lately introduced sawdust when the ground was wet Beldham, unseen, took up a lump of wet dirt and sawdust, and stuck it on the ball, which, pitching favourably, made an extraordinary twist, and took the wicket."
Yes, once again, this happened in 1806.
Ball tampering is old. Very old. And near mythological superheroes like Keith Miller indulged in the act shamelessly.
It would be a good idea, for the scribes, literate or otherwise, as well as the administrators, to be aware of these historical facts before jumping to snap-judgements in the bustle of the day.
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Software Aging and Rejuvenation (SAR) research is about investigating defects in long-running software that cause the
gradual performance degradation and an increase of the failure rate with execution time.
Memory leaks are very simple example of software aging issue, but more types of software
aging exist. SAR research also looks for "rejuvenation" approaches to mitigate aging.
The nightly reboot of a system (when the load is very low, and thus the reboot is noticed by few users)
is an example of simple approach to prevent more severe software aging failures at unexpected times
(for example, users would like to avoid a sudden crash during load peaks, which would incur in high money losses).

SAR research investigates approaches to anticipate aging failures, for instance by using
time series analysis, and by using formal models (such as Petri nets and Markov chains) to schedule
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but should be low enough to anticipate aging failures). A comprehensive survey of this research
can be found in the following paper:

[Domenico Cotroneo, Roberto Natella, Roberto Pietrantuono, and Stefano Russo. 2014. A survey of software aging and rejuvenation studies. J. Emerg. Technol. Comput. Syst. 10, 1, Article 8 (January 2014), 34 pages.](http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2539117)

In the last decade, a community of active researchers has formed around these topics.
Several publications on SAR have been presented at the ISSRE and at the DSN conferences;
moreover, there is a workshop series, WoSAR, that periodically takes place as satellite event
of the ISSRE conference. Some journal special issues on Elsevier and ACM journals have also
been published.

More information can be found on the website of the WoSAR workshops:

* [WoSAR 2015](https://sites.google.com/site/wosar2015/)
* [WoSAR 2014](https://sites.google.com/site/wosar2014/)
* [WoSAR 2013](https://sites.google.com/site/wosar2013/)
* [WoSAR 2012](https://sites.google.com/site/wosar2012/)

## Overview of Data

The data sets in this category are a collection of research artifacts in "Software Aging and Rejuvenation" (SAR). This is a growing repository with data being collected from SAR researchers and some of their well known studies. The artifacts that would be included in the repository are:

- Metrics on performance, resource consumption and failures collected at run-time from deployed software systems
- Metrics on performance, resource consumption and failures collected during stress tests of software systems
- Datasets on software aging bugs (similarly to datasets for defect prediction studies), by including software complexity metrics
- Models for rejuvenation scheduling (i.e., textual files for software reliability modeling tools, such as [SHARPE](http://sharpe.pratt.duke.edu/))

## Reference
Studies who have been using the data (in any form) are required to include the following reference:
```
@inproceedings{sarry,
  title={The Software Aging and Rejuvenation Repository},
  author={Cotroneo, Domenico and Iannillo, Antonio Ken and Natella, Roberto and Pietrantuono, Roberto and Russo, Stefano},
  booktitle={Software Aging and Rejuvenation (WoSAR), 2015 IEEE 7th Intl. Workshop on},
  year={2015},
  organization={IEEE}
}
```
## Data

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