Spotted coralroot is an herbaceous, perennial wildflower with a broad distribution across the United States except for the lower Mississippi River and the state of Florida. Spotted coralroot is the most widely distributed species in the genus Corallorhiza. Spotted coralroot occurs occasionally as a single above ground flowering scape or as numerous scapes from a clone.
Corallorhiza maculata var. flavida. Photo by Charles Peirce.
Corallorhiza maculata range map. USDA PLANTS Database.
Corallorhiza maculata (Corallorhiza – corallion – coral and rhiza – root; coralroot; – refers to the underground stems, rhizomes, appearing like an ocean coral and maculata – spotted; refers to its prominently spotted lip (labellum).
Corallorhiza maculata. Photo by Danny Shimmon.
Corallorhiza maculata attains a height of 10 to 60 centimeters. The yellowish-brown to reddish-brown and reddish-purple scape emerges from a small coral-shaped rhizome. The leaves are reduced to sheaths surrounding a simple scape (stalk of the inflorescence), yellow-green (sometimes green), yellowish-tan to reddish purple and in some plants an extremely dark-purple bordering on "black." The inflorescence is a lax to dense raceme of few to numerous flowers. The three sepals and two lateral petals are generally spreading to slightly recurved. The flowers are variously colored, usually reddish to purplish or pure yellow-green, with the petals commonly spotted with purple, the lip is generally white with reddish-purple spots; occasionally there are plants with flowers where the lips are white without the purple spots. The fruit is a capsule.
Corallorhiza maculata. Photo by Steve Matson.
Corallorhiza maculata. Photo by John W. Wall.
Corallorhiza maculata. Photo by Lorne Heshka.
Corallorhiza maculata. Photo by Barry Breckling.
Corallorhiza maculata flowers from spring to midsummer. The species occurs in a broad array of coniferous to deciduous forest habitats where there is little other herbaceous cover.
Corallorhiza maculata. Photo by Tom Nelson.
Corallorhiza maculata. Photo by Barry Rice.
Special note: Yellow-green to green color variants of Corallorhiza maculata are occasionally mis-identified as Corallorhiza trifida where their ranges overlap.
Corallorhiza maculata. Photo by Hugh Nourse.


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Country Life Magazine gives Karoo Keepsakes II a Thumbs-up!
Our latest Karoo book reviewed by SA's top country lifestyle magazine.
The Great Karoo stars in Khumba, a locally-produced animated movie.
Karoo Keepsakes and Zen Dust – both hits at the Richmond Bookfest.
Prince Albert is one of the most organised, stylish and bountiful 'foodie towns' in the Karoo.
Philipstown in the Northern Cape just had a huge week. In three days it became the quilting capital of South Africa, the 2013 venue of the Karoo Parliament and the wire car championships of the Karoo.
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Patricia's Astrology Horoscope October 17, 2010: Less Is More
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The Moon continues in Altruistic Aquarius, switching to Sympathetic Pisces later in the day (until 10:52 pm EDT). Excellent energies for immersing ourselves in group activities. Our creativity, psychic, and spiritual impulses are also accentuated with the Moon's monthly conjunction to Imaginative Neptune, our symbolic link to the Divine (2:49 pm EDT).
Romance also gets the go ahead with the Moon's harmonious aspects to the Illuminating Sun and Communicator Mercury in Relationship Libra.
What we want to watch out for today, however, is a tendency to "faulty judgment," especially over-promising "more goods than we can deliver." This is because of Mental Mercury's powerful quinqunx aspect to Exaggerating Jupiter. This is also a good time to watch our "word-count," and to remember that "less is more," lest we bore others with our "rambling speech."
Today's Quote For The Day:
"You must learn to be still in the midst of activity, and to be vibrantly alive in repose." Indira Gandhi
On October 17, 1933, scientist, Albert Einstein, arrived in the United States as a refugee from Nazi Germany. The popular Venus and Mars Love Duo were tightly conjunct in Scholarly Sagittarius, the sign that rules long-distance travel. Both Venus and Mars were also harmoniously sextile to Fortuitous, Protective Jupiter (the natural ruler of Sagittarius) in Diplomatic Libra. These energies could be interpreted as "a notable, popular academic" (Venus-Mars) seeking "opportunities abroad" (Jupiter and Sagittarius) in a more "peaceful atmosphere" (Libra).
There was also an exact, very potent Cardinal-T Cross activated in the sky that day involving the Sun in Libra, Uranus in Aries, and Pluto in Cancer. A Cardinal-T Cross usually tends to "force action" and especially with the outer planets involved, there was the opportunity then for action occurring that would be "significant for the collective" (Pluto rules the masses).
Pluto also rules control and tyranny, and Einstein was seeking to flee a dangerous and controlling environment that also put "his personal safety" at risk (Pluto does rule life and death issues).
It is interesting to note here, too, that Uranus, the ruler of scientific Aquarius, signifies "genius," and it was deposited in the "new beginnings" sign of Aries. Uranus additionally represents the quest for "personal freedom."
Transforming Pluto was in domestic-ruling Cancer (the U.S. is also a Cancer country), and the Life-Giving Sun was in peace-loving Libra.
English translation: "A genius embarks on a new personal beginning, makes a transformational residential change, in his bid to live in a more peaceful, safer environment, and enjoy a freer life. A personal move with major life-changing implications (Uranus and Pluto) for the planet."
Notable Deaths: Barbara Billingsley, who portrayed mom, "June Cleaver," on the 1950s hit TV sitcom, "Leave It To Beaver," died on Saturday at the age of 94.
Barbara, a Sagittarian, born December 22, 1915, had her Nurturing Moon in Cancer, the sign that denotes "Mother." The Cancer Moon helped to make her a naturally sympathetic figure.
Her Moon was also conjunct both Pluto and Saturn. Moon-Pluto can give one great "healing ability" (the rejuvenating nature of Pluto) and deep emotional insight. Interestingly, Pluto, ruling "the masses," can also make one famous, and Barbara would forever be remembered for her "Cancerian-Moon role" as "Wally and Beaver's Mom."
The Moon-Saturn aspect also gave her depth and seriousness, and no doubt, she probably took her role as a "Mom," very seriously, in real life and on TV. Barbara was a beautiful lady and will be greatly missed. (Below is a Youtube link to Leave It To Beaver.)
Youtube video Leave It To Beaver Retroteevee
Barbara Billingsley: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Billingsley
emc photo: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/648070
albert einstein: http://www.brainyhistory.com/days/october_17.html
Gandhi quote: http://www.famousquotesandauthors.com/topics/self_control_quotes.html
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namespace IECoreGL
{

IE_CORE_FORWARDDECLARE( Font )
IE_CORE_FORWARDDECLARE( Shader )

} // namespace IECoreGL

namespace GafferUI
{

class StandardStyle : public Style
{

	public :

		StandardStyle();
		virtual ~StandardStyle();

		IE_CORE_DECLARERUNTIMETYPEDEXTENSION( GafferUI::StandardStyle, StandardStyleTypeId, Style );

		virtual void bind( const Style *currentStyle=0 ) const;

		virtual Imath::Box3f characterBound( TextType textType ) const;
		virtual Imath::Box3f textBound( TextType type, const std::string &text ) const;
		virtual void renderText( TextType type, const std::string &text, State state = NormalState ) const;
		virtual void renderWrappedText( TextType textType, const std::string &text, const Imath::Box2f &bound, State state = NormalState ) const;

		virtual void renderFrame( const Imath::Box2f &frame, float borderWidth, State state = NormalState ) const;
		virtual void renderNodule( float radius, State state = NormalState ) const;
		virtual void renderConnection( const Imath::V3f &srcPosition, const Imath::V3f &srcTangent, const Imath::V3f &dstPosition, const Imath::V3f &dstTangent, State state = NormalState ) const;
		virtual void renderBackdrop( const Imath::Box2f &box, State state = NormalState ) const;
		virtual void renderSelectionBox( const Imath::Box2f &box ) const;
		virtual void renderHorizontalRule( const Imath::V2f &center, float length, State state = NormalState ) const;

		virtual void renderImage( const Imath::Box2f &box, const IECoreGL::Texture *texture ) const;
		virtual void renderLine( const IECore::LineSegment3f &line ) const;
		virtual void renderSolidRectangle( const Imath::Box2f &box ) const;
		virtual void renderRectangle( const Imath::Box2f &box ) const;

		enum Color
		{
			BackgroundColor,
			SunkenColor,
			RaisedColor,
			ForegroundColor,
			HighlightColor,
			ConnectionColor,
			LastColor
		};

		void setColor( Color c, Imath::Color3f v );
		const Imath::Color3f &getColor( Color c ) const;

		void setFont( TextType textType, IECoreGL::FontPtr font );
		const IECoreGL::Font *getFont( TextType textType ) const;

		/// \todo Perhaps this should be something on the IECore or
		/// IECoreGL Font classes?
		void setFontScale( TextType textType, float scale );
		float getFontScale( TextType textType ) const;

	private :

		static unsigned int connectionDisplayList();

		static IECoreGL::Shader *shader();
		static int g_borderParameter;
		static int g_borderRadiusParameter;
		static int g_edgeAntiAliasingParameter;
		static int g_textureParameter;
		static int g_textureTypeParameter;
		static int g_bezierParameter;
		static int g_v0Parameter;
		static int g_v1Parameter;
		static int g_v2Parameter;
		static int g_v3Parameter;

		Imath::Color3f colorForState( Color c, State s ) const;
		boost::array<Imath::Color3f, LastColor> m_colors;

		boost::array<IECoreGL::FontPtr, LastText> m_fonts;
		boost::array<float, LastText> m_fontScales;

};

IE_CORE_DECLAREPTR( Style );

} // namespace GafferUI

#endif // GAFFERUI_STANDARDSTYLE_H

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Q: Propose java mail api please I'd like to open single-file unix mailbox using some free java library. I want to list messages, get their bodies and adresses plus get their attaches. What library should I use.
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A: I think JavaMail already does this.
If you're looking for additional functionality, the Apache James project has an MBoxMailRepository class that builds in additional stuff.

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Lombardia victory eases Worlds disappointment for Rodriguez
Win puts Purito to top of WorldTour standings
Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) makes up, slightly, for missing out on the Worlds (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) leaves his rivals behind (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) win the 2013 Giro di Lombardia (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) and his Katusha teammates (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The Lombardia podium with Majka, Rodriguez and Valverde (Image credit: Sirotti)
It was a case of deja vu for Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) on Sunday in Lecco, Italy as the 34-year-old Spaniard won his second Il Lombardia in as many years thanks to a solo attack on the Villa Vergano climb. It was a carbon copy of his 2012 win, also in the rain, and brought some solace to Rodriguez for last Sunday's heartbreaking second place result in the elite men's road race world championship.
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Worlds disappointment hard to forget, admits Rodriguez
In addition to adding a second Monument to his palmares, Rodriguez also took over the lead in the WorldTour standings from Chris Froome (Sky) with only one race, the Tour of Beijing, left to contest.
As was the case in the world championships Rodriguez found himself alone in the lead in the closing kilometres with a small chase group hot on his heels, but this time the Spaniard was able to hold off their pursuit to claim a hard-fought victory.
"It was a good win for me, in a beautiful race" said Rodriguez. "I'm just enjoying the moment. I always try to look forward.
"This week hasn't been easy because the world championships are the world championships. But I have family and friends who helped me focus on this race, and I've come out of it the winner. It was important to prove to myself that I could recover well after the world championships and focus on the next race. This win helps me move towards 2014 knowing that this is my level."
Rodriguez's tactics worked to perfection in the 242km Italian Monument, as his team helped neutralise a dangerous attack by Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) and set up their captain for a race-winning move.
"I thought he'd make it, it was a good attack," Rodriguez said of Voeckler. "But my team was exceptional. We set the pace at the front of the bunch and reeled him in.
"I knew that if I wanted to win, I had to attack there," Rodriguez said of his escape on the Villa Vergano ascent. "It's October, the race is 242 km long, it was raining and cold, it was even faster than last year, and you could feel the group was tired. I knew I had to make one decisive attack. I attacked at the right moment although, on the descent, I never trusted the curves in the rain, so the final descent was stressful. It is great to win, and it's never easy."
Having concluded his 2013 season on a particularly high note, Rodriguez spoke of his desire to return to Italy for the 2014 Giro d'Italia. The Spaniard is a perennial Grand Tour podium finisher, and after a close second place finish to Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin) in the 2012 Giro Rodriguez is hoping for another solid result.
"For me, the Giro is the most beautiful of the three Grand Tours" said Rodriguez. "I always have good form after the Classics. Last year I rode well at the Giro, and I think I can do well there again. This week I have felt a great deal of support from Italian cycling fans, and I think they deserve to see me start the Giro in 2014."


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Joel Arthur makes paintings that are perceptually charged 'events', using modes of painting related to Op art, field painting and systematic methods of application. His practice takes influence from the natural world and digital realms through palette and motif, more being an associative response with abstraction rather than descriptive rendering. Building up layers of line and pattern creates a density to Arthur's paintings which deliver an optical vibration while continually requiring a slower and more cognitive unpacking of what is presented to the viewer.
Joel Arthur's first solo exhibition All Lined Up was held at the Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Manuka (2016). He has also exhibited in numerous group shows including; Guiruis New Art Prize, Art Gallery of Ballarat (2017), 10 Years Of Collecting Art For The ANU, Drill Hall Gallery (2017), M8, M16 Art Space (2017), Op Art, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney (2016), You Are Invited, Watters Gallery, Sydney (2016), Blaze 10, Canberra Contemporary Art Space (2016), Hatched, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (2015), CAPO Art Prize, M16, Canberra (2015), Sometimes There Isn't Anything To Get, Nancy Sever Gallery (2015). His paintings are held in KMPG, James and Jacqui Erskine and ANU art collections. Joel Arthur graduated from the Painting Department at the ANU School of Art in 2014.


The pontiff stood somberly as the Vatican and Emirati anthems played ahead of a Papal visit which will see him meet with Islamic and political leaders and celebrate an outdoor mass with around 135,000 Catholic worshippers. "Observing the security and freedom of worship that minority faiths have in the UAE gives me hope for greater expansion of religious freedom in the UAE and for persecuted religious minorities across the Middle East".
Pope Francis wrapped up a historic three-day visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the first-ever papal visit to the Arabian Peninsula.
Tuesday, 5 February 2019, is D-Day for Catholics who live and work in the seven sheikhdoms that make up the United Arab Emirates, and beyond.
"It is most certainly not easy for you to live far from home, missing the affection of your loved ones, and perhaps also feeling uncertainty about the future", Efe news quoted the Pope as saying. "But the Lord is faithful and does not abandon his people".
Today, for the first time in the UAE, and the Arabian Peninsula, the Head of the Catholic Church will deliver a Homily, bringing together the Catholic community in the country for moments of peace and reflection.
Asian nationals makeup about 65 percent of the population and are crucial to all sectors in the Gulf state, from construction to services and hotels. People chanted "Pope Francis" and "Viva El Papa" as he waved at them aboard the popemobile.
The pope was expected to raise the issue of Yemen, devastated by a war in which the UAE is a key player, in talks with Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed. "God is with those who seek peace", he said in the speech at Abu Dhabi's Founder's Memorial.
Sheikh Tayeb, who addressed the pope as "my dear brother", called on Muslims in the Middle East to "embrace" local Christian communities.
"I look forward to societies where people of different beliefs have the same right of citizenship and where only in the case of violence in any of its forms is that right removed", Francis said.


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Sami Jasem Al-Dosari (born 11 March 1965) is a Saudi Arabian footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

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Palo Alto, California, March 21, 2019 – Intellectsoft, a boutique digital transformation consultancy that provides cutting-edge engineering solutions for global companies and emerging technology leaders, today announced that its solutions helped Adero earn a place on Fast Company's list of "Most Innovative Companies 2019." Adero has taken the top 10 spot in the Consumer Electronics category alongside Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Dell.
For more than a year now Intellectsoft has been a trusted development partner for Adero's first product, the intelligent organization system. Positioned at the intersection of consumer electronics, hardware, the internet of things (IoT), mobile, software, and wireless, Adero offers customers a simple but smart solution for organizing belongings of different sizes. The system consists of small tracking devices, parent trackers, and a custom mobile app. Users place the parent beacon (called a Smart Tag) on a bag, the smaller trackers (called Taglets) on the belongings they usually put in that bag, and then register the bag and its tags in the mobile app. When a user leaves something from the bag behind, the app sends a notification after communicating with trackers. The bags, trackers, and notifications can be organized by the user in the app.
Adero (formerly known as TrackR) is a Santa Barbara, CA-based technology company that provides an intelligent organization system aiming to end the stress and chaos that comes with managing your things. Powered by Bluetooth technology, and made easy with an intuitive app, Adero's Smart Tagging system enables your life's essentials to manage and keep track of themselves.


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Determine if the printer cartridge is low on ink. An ink icon will flash, if the ink cartridge is low.
Make sure your USB cable is properly connected to your PC. If it is, check to see if the cable is damaged in any way. Replace the USB cable, if necessary.
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One of the most popular musicians of the 20th century, he is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or "the King".
Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, Presley moved to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family at the age of 13. He began his career there in 1954, working with Sun Records owner Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African-American music to a wider audience. Accompanied by guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, Presley was the most important popularizer of rockabilly, an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of country and rhythm and blues. RCA Victor acquired his contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who went on to manage the singer for over two decades. Presley's first RCA single, "Heartbreak Hotel", released in January 1956, was a number-one hit. He became the leading figure of the newly popular sound of rock and roll with a series of network television appearances and chart-topping records. His energized interpretations of songs, many from African-American sources, and his uninhibited performance style made him enormously popular—and controversial. In November 1956, he made his film debut in Love Me Tender.
Drafted into military service in 1958, Presley relaunched his recording career two years later with some of his most commercially successful work. He staged few concerts however, and, guided by Parker, proceeded to devote much of the 1960s to making Hollywood movies and soundtrack albums, most of them critically derided. In 1968, after seven years away from the stage, he returned to live performance in a celebrated comeback television special that led to an extended Las Vegas concert residency and a string of profitable tours. In 1973 Presley staged the first concert broadcast globally via satellite, Aloha from Hawaii. Prescription drug abuse severely deteriorated his health, and he died suddenly in 1977 at the age of 42.
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Villa Charlotte Brontë
The Villa Charlotte Bronte is Riverdale's iconic early co-op. Built in 1926 in the style of an Italian villa with 17 units, this extraordinary apartment house sits on a bluff overlooking the Hudson River.
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Public Art in the Bronx, a project of Lehman College Art Gallery / City University of New York, examines the rich collection of public art found in our borough.
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A number of Bronx residents took to the streets late Tuesday night, frustrated over what has been described as another senseless act of violence in the borough.
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Extended
Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that the U.S. Senate has passed the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009, which provides critical health care and related services to uninsured and underinsured people
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As part of its mission to help disadvantaged communities during these tough economic times, Per Scholas, the organization that provides economic opportunities through education and technology, will officially open its new Institute for Technology in
New Yorkers Share Homes & Lives
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Nursing Careers and Schools in Washington
From Walla Walla to the Puget Sound, Washington state offers many opportunities for visitors and residents to enjoy nature and metropolitan pleasures. Seattle is this state's major urban center, and other large towns and cities surround Seattle such as Olympia, Tacoma and Everett. The eastern portion of the state is filled with smaller towns that surround the larger Spokane. Nurses can find many opportunities for education and jobs in Washington, including the variety that comes with family nursing to emergency care for 'accidental' tourists.
Becoming a Nurse in Washington
Washington provides opportunities to earn every certification and degree imaginable in nursing. The University of Washington in Seattle, for instance, offers certifications, the BSN, MSN and a doctoral degree in nursing, with specialties in adult care, community health, family care, geriatrics, informatics, midwifery and more. On the other side of the state, in Spokane, nurses can earn a BSN or MSN in adult care, anatomy, family care and nutrition from Washington State University, Intercollegiate College of Nursing. For the nurse who prefers a smaller town and a fast track to an associate's degree, try Gray's Harbor College in Aberdeen.
Nursing Jobs in Washington
Nurses won't lack for places to seek work in Washington. One of the larger health care providers includes Virginia Mason Medical Center, a regional referral center for the Pacific Northwest. They combine a 390-physician primary care and multi-specialty group practice with a satellite system of neighborhood clinics throughout the Puget Sound Region. At their Seattle Campus, they operate a 336-bed hospital and the Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason. The Bailey-Boushay House, a skilled nursing facility, provides adult day health and in-patient services to people living with AIDS and other complex nursing needs. Other top-tier employers include Public Health in Seattle and King County, serving 1.7 million residents; Olympic Medical Center, the largest employer in the Olympic Peninsula; and, Grays Harbor Community Hospital in Aberdeen. Nurse salaries in Washington are competitive with the rest of the nation. LPNs in this state can earn between $27,000 and $55,000 per year, and RNs can earn $52,000 and $116,000 per year.


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Dr Nik Winchester
Senior Lecturer in Management
nik.winchester
Organizational collaboration: themes and issues
Nik is Senior Lecturer in Management in the Department for Public Leadership and Social Enterprise. Nik joined the Open University Business School in 2006 as a Research Fellow, progressing to Lecturer in 2008. Prior to joining the Open University, he worked as a researcher (1999-2006) at Cardiff University based in the Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC) – where he retains the honorary position of Associate Researcher. Nik holds degrees from the London School of Economics (B.Sc. (Econ.)) and the University of Bristol (M.Sc. and Ph.D.).
Nik's current research focuses on business ethics with an interest in both theory development and empirical work. Recent research includes: the development of a theoretical account of business ethics in Inter-Organisational Relations (IOR); the business ethical application of Habermas's social theory; the practice and theory of social justice in global labour markets; and, the business ethics of equity and equality in transnational work environments.
Nik has a longstanding research agenda on the governance and regulation of the maritime industry. His research has covered inter alia, the structure and functioning of the global labour market for seafarers; criminal practices within certification systems; transnational trade union practice; and a ground-breaking study of the regulatory impacts of flags of convenience. This research has been disseminated in a variety of books, journal articles, technical reports and conference presentations.
Nik's research also has a focus on Inter-Organisational Relations (IOR). His research has analysed managing cultural diversity in cross-national collaborations and using simulations to teach non-prescriptive theory of collaboration (as part of a multi-partner EU-funded project - 'L2C-Learning to Collaborate'). His current research in this area focuses on the conceptualisation of culture in IOR and the socio-theoretic explanation of collaborative failure.
Nik has a wide-ranging and innovative teaching agenda with a particular focus on business ethics, organisation and management theory, globalisation and Inter-organisational relations – he also has an interest and expertise in online-pedagogy. Nik has written teaching material for all levels of the OUBS curriculum including: B100 - An introduction to business and management; B201 - Business organisations and their environments (extract here); B301 - Making sense of strategy; B325 - Managing across organisational and cultural boundaries; and BB847 - Management beyond the mainstream (extract here). He also made a significant contribution to the NHS Leadership Academy funded Mary Seacole Programme. He is currently writing material on Leadership and ethics for a new undergraduate module on Leadership.
Nik is an authority in the field of Flag State Regulatory practice; as such he has regularly addressed key stakeholders within the maritime sector - at national and international levels. He was appointed as an Observer to the International Labour Organisation and has served on a National Audit Office expert panel in their review of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.
Nik has carried out research for the NHS, including a major project examining the relationship between governance and outcomes. In addition he produces occasional policy related research, including a recent report on Digital Exclusion and Social Housing funded by the National Housing Federation.
Enchantment in Business Ethics Research (2021)
Bell, Emma; Winchester, Nik and Wray-Bliss, Edward
Journal of Business Ethics, 174 (pp. 251-262)
Framing Social Justice: The Ties That Bind a Multinational Occupational Community (2018-08-01)
Bailey, Nicholas and Winchester, Nik
Sociology, 52(4) (pp. 796-812)
Putting the discourse to work: On outlining a praxis of democratic leadership development (2016-09-01)
Smolovic-Jones, Nela; Smolovic Jones, Owain; Winchester, Nik and Grint, Keith
Determinantes industriais da solidariedade transnacional: política intersindical global em três setores (2014-05)
Anner, Mark; Greer, Ian; Hauptmeier, Marco; Lillie, Nathan and Winchester, Nik
Estudos Avançados, 28(81) (pp. 229-250)
Managing cultural diversity in collaborations: a focus on management tensions (2014-01-29)
Vangen, Siv and Winchester, Nik
Public Management Review, 16(5) (pp. 686-707)
Making sense of 'global' social justice: Claims for justice in the global labour market for seafarers (2012-11)
Winchester, Nik and Bailey, Nicholas
Sociological Research Online, 17(4)
Islands in the stream: revisiting methodological nationalism under conditions of globalization (2012-08)
The industrial determinants of transnational solidarity: global interunion politics in three sectors (2006-03)
European Journal of Industrial Relations, 12(1) (pp. 7-27)
Spotting a fake is no simple matter (2005-11)
Winchester, Nik
The Sea, 178
Crew study of seafarers: a methodological approach to the global labour market for seafarers (2005)
Wu, Bin and Winchester, Nik
Marine Policy, 29(4) (pp. 323-330)
Flags must hoist a different standard (2003-09)
The Sea, 165 (pp. 4-4)
Open registers, zelfregulering en criminaliteit (2003)
Winchester, N.
Justitiele Verkenningen (Criminaliteit op zee), 2003/2 (pp. 71-85)
Globalisation and de-regulation in the maritime industry (2002)
Alderton, Tony and Winchester, Nik
Marine Policy, 26(1) (pp. 35-43)
Flag states and safety: 1997-1999 (2002)
Maritime Policy & Management, 29(2) (pp. 151-162)
Regulation, representation and the flag market (2002)
Journal for Maritime Research, 4(1) (pp. 89-105)
How the squeeze on standards enables small flags to flourish (2001-05)
Speed as metaphysics (1999-08)
History of the Human Sciences, 12(3) (pp. 159-166)
Authored books
The Global Seafarer: Living and Working Conditions in Globalized Industry (2004)
Alderton, Tony; Bloor, Michael; Kahveci, Erol; Lane, Tony; Sampson, Helen; Thomas, Michelle; Winchester, Nik; Wu, Bin and Zhao, Minghua
ISBN : 92-2-112713-3 | Publisher : ILO | Published : Geneva
Flag State Audit 2003 (2003)
Winchester, Nik and Alderton, Tony
ISBN : 9781900174190 | Publisher : Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC), Cardiff University | Published : Cardiff
Internationale Regulierung und die Praxis von Flagenstaaten. Eine global vergleichende Analyse. [International regulation and the practice of flag states: A global comparative analysis] (2002)
In: Gerstenberger, Heide and Welke, Ulrich eds. Seefahrt im Zeichen der Globalisierung (pp. 180-196)
ISBN : 978-3-89691-520-7 | Publisher : Westfälisches Dampfboot | Published : Münster
Organizational Collaboration: Themes and Issues (2011-05-10)
Di Domenico, MariaLaura; Vangen, Siv; Winchester, Nik; Boojihawon, Dev Kumar and Mordaunt, Jill eds.
ISBN : 978-0-415-67140-8 | Publisher : Routledge | Published : Abingdon, U.K and New York, NY, U.S.
Toward an ethics of inter-organisational collaboration (2016-09)
In : 30th Annual British Academy of Management Conference 2016 (BAM2016) (06-08 Sep 2016, Newcastle University)
Operationalising ethics in entrepreneurship education: experiential and practice-based approaches (2016-05)
Blundel, Richard and Winchester, Nik
In : ECSB 3e conference (11-13 May 2016, University of Leeds)
Theorising moral-collaborative leadership, or, direction-less-than-domination: Gramsci and beyond (2014)
Smolovic-Jones, S.; Smolovic Jones, O.; Winchester, N. and Grint, K.
In : 13th International Studying Leadership Conference (14-16 Dec 2014, The Copenhagen Business School)
The return of cultural dopes? Cultural explanations and the problem of agency (2012)
Winchester, Nik James and Bailey, Nicholas
In : BAM 2012: Management Research Revisted: Prospects for Theory and Practice (11-13 Sep 2012, Cardiff, UK)
Making sense of global social justice (2010)
In : British Sociological Association Annual Conference (7-9 Apr 2010, Glasgow Caledonian University)
Teaching collaboration: Theory, principles and practices using games and simulations (2009-09-17)
Emberson, Caroline; Gould, Nick; Hearne, Pam; Huxham, Chris; Knight, Louise; Vangen, Siv and Winchester, Nik
In : British Academy of Management Annual Conference (15-17 Sep 2009, Brighton, University of Brighton)
An exploration of culture in cross-national collaborations (2007)
In : British Academy of Management annuan conference (11-13 Sep 2007, Warwick)
Managing culture in cross-national collaborations (2007)
In : EURAM annual conference (16-18 May 2007, Paris)
Transnational worker strategies in the global automobile, textile/garment and seafarer industry (2005)
Anner, M.; Greer, I.; Hauptmeier, M.; Lillie, N. and Winchester, N.
In : 2005 IIRA Annual Conference (6-9 Jan 2005)
Global regulation of seafarer certification (2005)
In : Seafarers International Research Centre's Fourth International Symposium (6-7 Jul 2005, Cardiff, UK) (pp. 7-27)
Industrial determinants of transnational solidarity: global union politics in shipping, autos and apparel (2004)
In : Union Renewal in an International Economy (14-15 May 2004, Brussels)
Seafarers, regulation and the practice of sovereignty (2004)
Winchester, N. and Lillie, N.
In : Work, Employment and Society Conference (1-3 Sep 2004, University of Manchester)
Regulation and sovereign privilege: international regulation in the maritime industry (2003)
In : Review of International Political Economy Conference on Global Regulation (29-31 May 2003, University of Sussex)
Flag state conformance: a comparative global analysis (2001)
In : Globalisierung und Seefahrt Conference (22-23 Jun 2001, University of Bremen)
Dropping out of the network: seafarers, international regulation and the exercise of sovereignty (2001)
In : Networks and Transformations, International Conference organised by The Global Studies Association (2-4 Jul 2001, Manchester, UK)
Globalisation and regulation in the maritime industry: its effects upon the human factor (2001)
Alderton, T. and Winchester, N.
In : 1st International Conference on Maritime Transport, "Maritime Transport 2001" (21-23 Nov 2001, Barcelona, Spain)
The flag state audit (2001)
In : 2nd SIRC Symposium (29 Jun 2001, Cardiff University) (pp. 91-110)
Weber, progress and the fin de siècle (1999)
In : British Sociological Association Max Weber Conference (12-14 Sep 1999, University of Derby)
The intended and unintended outcomes of new governance arrangements within the NHS (2010-03)
Storey, John; Holti, Richard; Winchester, Nik; Green, Rod; Salaman, Graeme and Bate, Paul
Queen's Printer and Controller of HMSO
Social housing and digital exclusion (2009)
National Housing Federation, London.
Devolved governance systems (2008)
Winchester, Nik and Storey, John
An Analysis of Crewing Levels: Findings from the SIRC Global Labour Market Survey (2006)
Winchester, N.; Sampson, H. and Shelly, T.
Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC), Cardiff.


Ironman 70.3 Staffordshire for Bloodwise (formerly Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research) because Every little helps!
On Sunday 12th June 2016 I will be taking on my first half Ironman in Staffordshire. The event consists of a 1.2 mile swim in the Chasewater Reservoir followed by a 56 mile bike ride through the beautiful Staffordshire countryside finishing off with a cheeky half marathon (13.1 miles) around the Shugborough Country Estate.
I will be swimming, cycling and running for the charity Bloodwise and aim to raise as much money as possible to help them continue their great work: "to beat blood cancer, stop people dying from blood cancer, make patients' lives better and stop people getting blood cancer in the first place" in their words.
Your support is greatly appreciated and will help to make a real difference.


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Xcel Energy is connected to the communities it serves—not only by its pipes and wires but also through partnerships with organizations like Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado. We are thrilled Xcel Energy continues to be a leader in transitioning to cleaner energy sources, having recently announced it plans to reduce carbon emissions 80 percent by 2030 from 2005 levels. In 2018 alone, the company reduced carbon emissions 38 percent from 2005 levels. Longer term, Xcel Energy's vision is to serve all customers with zero-carbon electricity by 2050. Way to go!
Locally, the company has supported BBBSC with more than $400,000 in shareholder-funded grants from the Xcel Energy Foundation. Its employees give directly, too, in the form of volunteerism, employee contributions, corporate matching gifts, United Way campaigns, and event sponsorships.
Together, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado and Xcel Energy take a collaborative approach to enhance one-to-one mentoring with STEM education and STEM activities.
The company supports the STEM enhancement of our Team Big! Program, providing three to five STEM events throughout the year. We are especially grateful Xcel Energy was the inaugural sponsor of the BBBSC STEM Career Day in 2015 and has remained the event's lead sponsor.
STEM Day is an opportunity for BBBSC matches to become more exposed to career paths through various hands-on activities, demonstrations, and experiments. Thanks to funding from Xcel Energy this year, more than 40 matches were able to understand energy in their city through building solar cars and driving them on the table with the use of a light; exploring circuit kits and the varieties of circuits; building gumdrop bridges and testing their stability; as well as sparking great teamwork and conversation.
Xcel Energy's support played a huge role in making this day happen, and we are lucky to have such an excellent partner supporting our matches in different ways!
Additionally, Xcel Energy leaders serve on the Board of Directors. They provide strategic direction and volunteer their time to ensure BBBSC one-to-one mentoring continues to impact children by improving sense of self and future, enhancing relationships, bettering attitudes toward school and academic performance, and helping kids avoid delinquent behavior. Xcel Energy employees also participate in annual agency events including the Big Shots Gala, Topgolf for Kids' Sake, and the Sanctuary Golf Classic that provide ongoing support of our mentoring programs.
Thank you to Xcel Energy for your continued support of our Community Mentoring and STEM programming. We appreciate all you do for BBBSC and look forward to next year's STEM Day!


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Iggy Azalea Admits Her Infamous Sway Freestyle Was 'Trash'
By Shawn Leigh On 23 September 2022
Iggy Azalea has admitted that her notorious 2015 freestyle on Sway In The Morning was "trash" in hindsight.
The freestyle, which found Azalea spitting memorable bars such as: "Better check my tax bracket/ What you think was gonna happen/ Naggin' now he's leaving and y'all broke up like Mad Men," was met with critical disdain from the jump, with one memorable caller known as "John From Tennessee" allegedly calling in to Sway's radio show to call Azalea out for her tepid bars.
"That shit is fucking trash dog, get the fuck off the airwaves!" John said at the time. Obviously, Azalea's career carried on, and the lyrics even ended up on her song "New Bitch" off her debut The New Classic, but the Twitter account Hip Hop Moments took a minute to remind people of John's disrespect.
"Never forget when John from Tennessee violated Iggy Azalea's freestyle," the account wrote on Twitter. The New Classic rapper responded, and confirmed that her first appearance on Sway wasn't her finest moment.
"Never forget that this is a literal EDIT & whilst this verse is indeed trash, John from Tennessee has never called me," Azalea wrote, adding: "The call was to lil Debbie if anyones curious about who John called or where this originated."
The call was to lil Debbie if anyones curious about who John called or where this originated. 🤷♀
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) September 21, 2022
Lil Debbie confirmed Azalea's account, writing: "Yea he called in for me but you're right he could've called in for that verse you spit." A fan then commented on how the Azalea cut of the video often reappears online.
"Same because it's always to shit on me but it doesn't upset me because it never actually happened so why would I care? Lmaoooooo," Azalea replied.
Yea he called in for me but you're right he could've called in for that verse you spit. 🤷🏼♀
— Lil Debbie (@L1LDebbie) September 21, 2022
Same because it's always to shit on me but it doesn't upset me because it never actually happened so why would I care?
Lmaoooooo 😹🤷♀🥴 https://t.co/wnBsyyZe0P
Iggy Azalea's debut studio album The New Classic dropped on April 21, 2014, and debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, moving 52,000 album-equivalent units. The highest charting album of that year since Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, The New Classic ended up going platinum and was the second most streamed album of 2014.
Rumors had circulated at the time that Azalea and Nicki were on bad terms, and those rumors were rehashed by a New York Post article that aimed to detail all of Nicki Minaj's rap beefs over the years. Both parties came out and criticized the article, saying there was no validity to it.
"Why am I on this?" Azalea asked on Twitter. "We've never said anything bad about one another. Y'all weird."
"You should write about your feuds with the ugly stick," Minaj said in a DM sent to the article's author Chuck Arnold. "Clearly it's been beating the fuck out of your ugly ass."
The Post's article claimed Azalea had insulted Minaj after the latter's 2010 BET Awards performance, and that the Young Money superstar cryptically responded to her while accepting a BET Award four years later. A Nicki fan then reshared a clip of Iggy saying she liked Cardi B's music more than Nicki's.
"I can like whatever music i want lmaoooooooooo. A song is a song," Azalea wrote on Twitter. "I'm not part of y'all weirdo lol wars."
Despite going into retirement in 2021, Iggy Azalea announced in August that she is back and will start making music again. Her last album was her 2021 project The End of An Era, and she said her plethora of haters on Twitter can "cry about" her return.
"A year ago I was willing to walk away from music because I was tired of the negative energy it attracted," she tweeted. "But what I've learned is that even when I'm minding my business, y'all gonna be negative AND nosey."
She added: "So if I can't have peace, neither can you. I'm coming back. Cry about it."
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Higher Ground Entertainment presents a pro sync-up of classic film The Wizard of Oz and Pink Floyd's classic album Dark Side of The Moon. 8 p.m. & 11 p.m. Tickets: $10. Ph: 604-935-8410.
Local pop-rock sensation from February's Tuned Women III show takes the stage for Club Shred.
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Bluegrass/Celtic tunes with members of the Splinters and the Paperboys. Après-ski and evening sets.
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By Jennifer Clair
WHILE THE IDEA OF SMOKING meats usually conjures up images of crispy bacon or a slab of barbecued ribs, the technique originated as a means of preservation before it ever caught on as a flavoring method. Smoking slowly dehydrates meat by removing a good deal of its moisture, dramatically prolonging its shelf life. Since moisture is the breeding ground for bacteria, the less water in a piece of meat, the less chance for spoilage. Traditionally, the bulk of meats were cured and smoked in the late fall, allowing for a stocked winter pantry at a time when most foods were scarce.
Before refrigerated trucks rolled around in the late 1940s, smoking presented an alternative to heavy salting ("dry curing") as a method of preserving meat, allowing it to be stored and shipped over an extended time. Now, with efficient refrigeration options available almost everywhere, smoked meats have maintained their popularity simply because of their unique flavor.
Meat may be hot or cold smoked. Hot smoking (temperatures above 165° F) not only infuses the meat with a characteristic "smoky" flavor, it also raises the meat's internal temperature—meaning the meat is safely "cooked"—and prolonged hot smoking softens tougher cuts by breaking down the connective tissues. (This concept taken to the extreme produces beef jerky, which is meat dehydrated nearly to the point of becoming leather, due to prolonged moisture loss from the smoke.) Barbecue joints hot smoke their briskets, ribs, and pork shoulders, which are ready to eat right after their lengthy smoking.
Cold smoking (up to about 100° F) is also used to impart a smoky flavor to meat, and is most commonly used to season delicate fish like salmon and leaner cuts like pork chops, whose texture would be compromised by the more intense heat of hot smoking. The biggest difference between hot and cold smoking is that cold-smoked foods needs to be either cured before they are smoked to make them edible (think smoked salmon)—since the smoking process alone will not cook them—or they need to be cooked after smoking but before eating (think bacon or smoked pork chops). The pre-smoking curing process usually involves a "dry cure," in which the meat is packed in a thick layer of coarse salt (and sometimes sugar), along with herbs and spices and allowed to sit for a few days.
This type of curing simultaneously draws excess moisture out of the meat and seasons it. The more water extracted from the meat, the richer and more concentrated its flavor will be. Adding a salt rub to pork belly or salmon before it is smoked also creates a tacky pellicle (a thin skin) on the surface of the meat, which helps the flavoring molecules adhere during the smoking process.
A seasoned cure is not the only element that affects the flavor of smoked meats—the smoke itself imparts a particular flavor and aroma. Fruit- and nut-bearing woods are most commonly used to smoke foods. Some woods are preferred for seasoning specific meats—Chef Eric Gabrynowicz of Tavern Restaurant in Garrison prefers apple wood, for example, when smoking lighter flavored meats like pork and chicken. In the Hudson Valley, popular woods for smoking include apple, cherry, hickory, and oak. (Some local apple orchards sell tree prunings for home smokers.) Hickory's strong flavor is preferred for beef. Locality often holds a strong influence over people's flavor preferences; this is no more true than in Texas, where mesquite is the wood of choice. Unfortunately, the USDA dictates that the wood chips used for smoking commercial and retails meats conform to a whole host of regulations, so most smokehouses opt to buy those stamped with their seal of approval (or risk liability), rather than harvesting local woods.
Because there are so many levels of production inherent in processing smoked meats on an industrial level, most smoked products available on a retail level are treated with sodium nitrite to help ward off bacterial contamination, fix the bright pink color of the meat, and to vastly prolong its shelf life. Sodium nitrite occurs naturally in many vegetables (lettuce, celery, tubers) but it poses a problem when it comes in direct contact with extreme heat (as in a frying pan of bacon) or a highly acidic environment (your stomach): It is converted into carcinogenic nitrosamine.
When smaller smokehouses (or home smokers) oversee the smoking process from start to finish, there usually is less risk of contamination. Some smokehouses, like Mountain Products Smokehouse, in LaGrangeville, process meats without nitrites. Tom Gray says he has plenty of customers who, citing health concerns, request nitrite-free products.
Nitrite-free meats generally have more of a brownish color (as opposed to pink), a shorter shelf life, and often a saltier flavor, resulting from additional salt being added to make up for the lack of sodium nitrite, which itself imparts a salty flavor.
When it comes to choosing the right cut of meat for smoking, think cheap and tough—the tougher the connective tissue and the more layers of fat the better. Smoking acts like braising on a rough cut, softening and melting the connective tissues during the prolonged hot smoking process. It should be no surprise that tough Boston butts, shoulders, briskets and ribs are the most commonly smoked cuts.
Top-quality smoked meats are smoked in small batches under the careful eye of a smoke-master. (To smoke meat for retail requires a license, so small farmers send their meat out to be butchered and smoked off-site, even if the finished product is sold directly at the farm.) Good smoked meat will be a burnished mahogany on the outside and deep reddish-pink inside. A dark pink "smoke ring" also occurs in all smoked meats—look for the distinct coloring just under the exterior or skin. It occurs when meat has actually been smoked over a fire. Poorer quality "smoked" supermarket meats may not be smoked at all, and are often cured with smoke flavoring instead of actually coming in contact with smoke and are usually unnaturally bright pink in color.
"Liquid smoke"—literally smoke that has been liquefied through sudden chilling and available bottled—also comes in various qualities; make sure to read the labels so you are buying a "real" product instead of one filled with chemical smoke flavorings. Supermarket / industrial processed ham hocks and most commercial bacon are both good examples of smoke-flavored meats. Search out the real thing whenever possible.
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Camden County är ett administrativt område i delstaten New Jersey, USA. Camden är ett av 21 countyn i delstaten och ligger i den västra delen av New Jersey, intill Philadelphia. År 2010 hade Camden County 513 657 invånare. Den administrativa huvudorten (county seat) är Camden.

Geografi
Enligt United States Census Bureau har countyt en total area på 589 km². 576 km² av den arean är land och 14 km² är vatten.

Angränsande countyn
 Burlington County - nordöst
 Atlantic County - sydöst
 Gloucester County - sydväst
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By default, WordPress searches only in post title and post content, and it's not enough when you have many additional data in custom fields (post meta) and you want that data is searchable as well. This post will show you how to search in all custom fields to get more results.
If you want to search only for ONE or TWO custom fields, you should use built in WordPress meta_query variable.
But that method is not suitable if you want to search ALL custom fields. Because if you have many custom fields, the query will be huge, and thus WordPress takes a very very long time to execute the query. In my test with about 10 custom fields, it takes more than 1 minutes without any results!
$post_ids_meta = $wpdb->get_col( $wpdb->prepare( "
$post_ids_post = $wpdb->get_col( $wpdb->prepare( "
In the code above, I show the code to get search query for custom search form or default WordPress search form, just comment/uncomment them to fit your requirements.
The code above search for the presence of the keyword in ALL custom fields and in the post title, post content. The results are arrays of post IDs. Then we built the custom query, using the built-in WP_Query class, this way we can use template tags for easy display post information.
You can paste this code into the search.php of your theme to replace the built-in search functionality. Or you can paste into the custom search page.
The code runs quite quickly. The extra 2 simple query doesn't hurt your website performance much. And we don't need to worry about it. But if you find any optimization for this method or a better solution, please let me know in the comments!
Update 1: Add like_escape for $keyword. Thanks Manny.
Update 3 (July 24th, 2015): like_escape is deprecated. Use $wpdb->esc_like instead.
You should escape your query with $wpdb->prepare.
Great tip. Searching "all" is often usefull.
Thanks for pointing that out! Actually, I wanted to use prepare method, too. But it was confused when putting %d in the LIKE statement.
prepare() add " so your % must be inserted before.
Great! Why I didn't think about this??? Post updated. Thanks!
I copied and pasted your 2nd code into deafault template twentyeleven search.php file but it wont work. Can you explain please?
I've just rechecked again, and see it's working well. What's your bug?
Nice point! Post updated. Thanks!
That solution is what I was looking for since 2 weeks.
I need to create a custom fields hand made query to check in 28 fields.
Is not for a real state site but something with a similar custom search in fields form.
I understand that this way is best than wp meta_query because it can't solve my problem due mysql dead each time i launch the multiple custom fields query using meta_query.
I'm not using WordPress search form. I'm using a custom form and the search page recibe values to ask for.
Work's fine if I only ask for one meta, no matter what meta but if I ask for more than one meta it isn't works.
Looks like your SQL statement is not correct. You should use LIKE '%something%' instead of LIKE 'something'.
Or you better remove 1=1 to make the conditions clearer and you'll see how it works.
This is really helpful, thank you. I've got this working perfectly except that I can't get pagination to work with this. No matter do, anything beyond page 1 give pulls up no posts even though there are some. I am using kriesi_pagination but even if I swap that out with the default WP pagination, it doesn't pull up anything. Any thoughts on how I might get this to work? Thanks again for a great post.
I'm having exactly the same problem. I can't get pagination to work. Even if the number of pages are displayed correctly, posts_nav_link are not showing.
Did anyone manage to get the pagination to work? If yes, please share how.
The reason I was having a problem is because I was using this in the WordPress search page and the search parameter was causing the issue. I created a new custom search page and used this query as my custom search and the pagination issue was resolved. It's been a while, so I don't remember all the details, but that was the basic issue.
How would you search all the post meta but not search one specific meta_key value?
For example, you have 20 custom fields – you only want to search 19 of the values of those custom fields.
Hey, this is really brilliant but it only works while searching for 1 word. If i search for 2 or more words no results are found.
Hi, I've been looking for ages for a good way to do this but I'm a bit of a beginner when it comes to wordpress and php in general so I was wondering if you could tell me where this needs to go in search.php? Probably a really stupid question but I just can't work it out!
This has been a great help allowing me to extend the functionality of something I've been working on.
With that said, I've hit a snag that I can't seem to resolved.
The results return my home page.
This wouldn't be a problem if I could tell it to return something different but for the life of me I can't figure it out.
I believe this is because of the way the query is being determined, straying from the core WordPress functionality (which is understandable given the functionality this code is providing).
At the very basic I just need a way to determine if the user search something that was a) blank, or b) no matches were returned. From here I can do what I need to do. I'm OK with it showing my home page, I just need to be able to return a message letting the user know that the search was blank or unmatched.
What I'm working on can be found here: http://ml.utility.bz (although it is slow at the moment as it isn't optimized yet).
Not sure if anyone has run into any similar issues.
Hi! Thank you for share it, is a very usefull script. Works fine.
How I can do for to use the select filter properly?
Thank you – great code!
the code outputs all posts as found (I still do not know why!?).
I wanted to check if results are found or not.
If results are found: Output the results.
-) What do you think?
-) Why outputs the original code all posts as found if there are no posts found?
-) How to implement a "exact phrase search" – like "sentence=1" in WP search?
Nice tip, Tan! Thanks for stepping by.


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An engineer from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) has developed a technique that makes use of a specially adapted 3D printer to build complex biological materials such as complex tissues from different materials.
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The process is the first to make use of multiple materials for automated stereolithographic bioprinting. This is advancement over the conventional stereolithographic bioprinting, which uses only one type of materials. Although the researchers used only four types of bio-inks, they indicate that the process can be used to accommodate as many inks or materials as required.
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"Our new approach offers a way to build complex biocompatible structures made from different materials," concluded UCLA's Levi James Knight Jr., Professor of Engineering at the UCLA Samuell School of Engineering.
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Ractopamine causes pigs to gain more muscle and put on weight rapidly, but it's linked to health concerns in humans and farm animals
North Carolina environmental groups filed a complaint with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) alleging that pig farms are polluting the environment and putting the health of nearby minorities at risk
A newly proposed pig farm in Bayfield, Wisconsin has been met with fierce backlash from residents, who fear the CAFO will ruin the environment and pose a threat to the Lake Superior watershed
In the US, federal regulations prohibit the use of hormones in raising pigs for pork.1 In fact, if a hog farmer wants to claim "no hormones added" on its pork labels, it must be followed by the statement that the use of hormones is prohibited by federal regulations.
The drug ractopamine, a beta-agonist growth promotant, is allowed, however, and that's essentially the same thing. Ractopamine is similar to adrenaline in that it causes pigs to gain more muscle (and less fat) and put on weight rapidly.
The drug, which was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in pigs in 1999, may add $2 to $3 in extra income per pig due to its ability to make pigs heavier, faster.2
As such, it's widely used by conventional (concentrated animal feeding operation, or CAFO) pig farmers. By some estimates, this controversial drug is used in as many as 80 percent of all US pig operations.3 It's also used in cattle and turkey farming.
But don't let the pervasiveness of its use give you a false sense of safety. While many Americans are unaware that the drug is even used (it doesn't have to be labeled, so how would they?).
Ractopamine is banned from food production in at least 160 other countries, including countries across Europe, Russia, mainland China, and Republic of China (Taiwan), due to its suspected health effects.
Ractopamine Linked to Birth Defects, Reproductive Problems, and Cardiovascular Effects
There's good reason to be wary about eating meat that contains ractopamine. The UN food standards body, Codex, reportedly based their assessment of ractopamine "safety" on one human study that included six people – one of whom dropped out due to adverse effects.4
In humans, beta-agonist drugs are used to treat asthma and heart failure. They work by mimicking stress hormones in your body, causing your heart rate to increase and your blood vessels to relax.
The drugs clenbuterol and zilpaterol, which are similar in action to ractopamine, are banned for use by Olympic athletes, while a study on monkeys showed those given ractopamine daily developed rapid heart beat and birth defects, including short limbs, missing digits, open eyelids, and enlarged heart.5
And according to the Center for Food Safety (CFS):6
"Data from the European Food Safety Authority indicates that ractopamine causes elevated heart rates and heart-pounding sensations in humans."
There is even a warning on the drug's label that people with heart disease should take extra precautions to avoid exposure, and anyone using it must use protective clothing and eye gear:7
"WARNING: The active ingredient in Topmax, ractopamine hydrochloride, is a beta-adrenergic agonist. Individuals with cardiovascular disease should exercise special caution to avoid exposure… Not for use in humans. Keep out of the reach of children.
The Topmax 9 formulation (Type A Medicated Article) poses a low dust potential under usual conditions of handling and mixing. When mixing and handling Topmax, use protective clothing, impervious gloves, protective eye wear, and a NIOSH-approved dust mask."
Ractopamine is also known to affect the human cardiovascular system and is thought to be responsible for hyperactivity. It may also cause chromosomal abnormalities and behavioral changes. And as written in the journal Talanta:8
"The use of highly active beta-agonists as growth promoters is not appropriate because of the potential hazard for human and animal health."
Ractopamine May Lead to More Animal Suffering
An FDA investigation found ractopamine resulted in more reports of sickened or dead pigs than any other livestock drug on the market.9 From 1999 to 2011, the FDA found more than 160,000 pigs taking the drug suffered from adverse effects, including hyperactivity, trembling, broken limbs, inability to walk, and death.
Temple Grandin, a professor at Colorado State University and animal welfare expert, told The Fern:10
"I've personally seen people overuse the drug in hogs and cattle… I was in a plant once where they used too much ractopamine and the pigs were so weak they couldn't walk. They had five or six people just dedicated to handling the lame pigs."
Worse still, ractopamine is administered in the days leading up to slaughter, and as much as 20 percent of it can remain in the meat you buy.
While other drugs require a clearance period of around two weeks to help ensure the compounds are flushed from the meat prior to slaughter (and therefore reduce residues leftover for human consumption), there is no clearance period for ractopamine. Testing for residues is also limited. In 2010, for instance, no federal testing was done to detect ractopamine residues in 22 billion pounds of pork.
USDA Grants 'No Ractopamine' Label to Pasture-Raised Pork Farmer
David Maren, founder of Tendergrass Farms, raises pigs all naturally, on pasture, without ractopamine. In 2014, he drafted a label to let consumers known that his pigs are not fed ractopamine, but the USDA originally refused to approve it. As noted by NPR:11
"[Maren] drew up a new label containing these words: 'Our pigs are never fed beta-agonists (like Ractopamine) — drugs widely used as artificial growth promotants in the pork industry today.' Meat labels have to get approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, though, which is supposed to make sure that labels are not false or misleading.
The USDA refused to approve Maren's proposed label. Officials at the USDA advised Maren to modify the label to say instead that 'our animals are never fed growth promotants,' and to include an additional statement that 'federal regulations prohibit the use of hormones in pork.'"
This, however, is misleading, since it sounds as though Maren's pork is the same as all the rest, when it actually carries a definite distinction in being ractopamine-free. He persisted and submitted a new proposal that reads the pork is made with "no ractopamine – a beta-agonist growth promotant," and this time the USDA approved it.
This label, thought to be the first of its kind in the US, may start putting pressure on conventional pig farmers to abandon the drug. Already, countries such as China and Russia are demanding that any US meat imports be ractopamine-free. Chipotle restaurants, meat producer Niman Ranch, and Whole Foods Markets also avoid pork products that have been fed ractopamine.12
North Carolina Environmental Groups Issue Legal Complaint to EPA Over Pig Pollution
In September 2014, the North Carolina Environmental Justice Network, the Waterkeeper Alliance, and other groups filed a complaint with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). They alleged that hog farms are polluting the air and water, and putting the health of nearby minorities at risk.
The EPA was supposed to respond to the complaint by mid-August, but it appears the deadline has been missed. At issue are some of the state's hog farms, which treat animal feces in open-air lagoons and dispose of the waste by spraying it onto nearby fields. The creation of new lagoons and the spray systems, were banned in 2007, but older farms were allowed to continue their use.
Further, the complaint alleges that the CAFOs disproportionately affect racial minorities, many of whom live in the eastern part of the state where the pig farms are concentrated. North Carolina Health News reported:13
"In their complaint to the EPA, the groups say that DENR [North Carolina Department of Natural Resources] has effectively ignored residents' complaints for years by continuing to permit farms that use lagoon and spray systems. That's why the environmentalists turned to the EPA. Under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, state agencies that receive federal funds, such as DENR, cannot act in a racially discriminatory way.
It's possible the EPA may not find that DENR intentionally discriminated against minorities. But it may not matter, because if the EPA finds that DENR's actions had the effect of discrimination, the EPA could rule that DENR is in violation of federal law, according to a guide from the Department of Justice.
… For DENR, a loss of funding could be significant. In its 2013-14 budget, DENR received $111.2 million from the EPA, roughly 16 percent of its full $701.2 million budget. Of course, such an action will require that the EPA finish its investigation."
Wisconsin Residents Fight Back Against Newly Proposed Pig Farm
Iowa-based Reicks View Farms has submitted a proposal to build a pig CAFO in Bayfield, Wisconsin, in the Lake Superior watershed region. The large-scale facility would hold 26,000 pigs and produce up to 10 million gallons of pig manure a year, which is to be spread on nearby agricultural land.
Although Wisconsin is already home to 272 CAFOs, the newly proposed pig farm has been met with fierce backlash from residents, who fear the CAFO will ruin the environment and pose a threat to the Lake Superior watershed. According to the Star Tribune:14
"… [T]he number of big feedlots in Wisconsin has been growing steadily since 2000, and they are increasingly controversial — especially near Green Bay. There, runoff from manure and other fertilizers has contributed to a major dead zone in the bay and contaminated some local wells.
An administrative law judge said last year that a 'massive regulatory failure' had led to groundwater contamination in the area and ordered the Wisconsin DNR to act, a case that has convinced many communities around Lake Superior that the state is not going to protect their bay…
Local residents also fear their countryside is not suitable for intensive farming. 'I can't imagine a more inappropriate place' for a large livestock operation, said Gordon Stevenson, who ran the Wisconsin DNR's agricultural runoff program before his retirement. He is now an outspoken critic of his former employer and the state's environmental policies."
Why Most People Don't Want to Live Anywhere Near a Pig CAFO…
Living in the nearby vicinity to one is akin to living next to a landfill or a chemical factory, maybe even worse. It's not unusual for people to report the fumes coming from the CAFOs are so bad they can't make it from their house to their car without stopping to retch. This isn't only a matter of bad odor, though; it's a serious health threat. As reported in a literature review from the National Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production:15
"Ammonia emissions from hog farms react with other gases in the air to form fine particle pollution, a public health threat linked to decreased lung function, cardiovascular ailments, and most seriously, premature death… Air emissions from lagoons, sprayfields, and hog houses have been linked to neurological and respiratory problems…Subjects in a controlled exposure chamber who were exposed to air from hog operations for one hour reported headaches, eye irritation, and nausea…
Unpleasant odors have been found to be a nuisance and emotional stressor on neighbors and are known to contain irritants that can cause damage to mucosal linings in the nose, throat and respiratory tract… Researchers from the UNC School of Public Health and Duke University found that neighbors exposed to odors from hog operations showed evidence of reduced immune system function… Evidence is also emerging that indicates that the health of citizens living near hog operations is negatively affected.
Research in Iowa and North Carolina showed that neighbors living within three miles of hog operations experience elevated levels of respiratory complaints relative to those living near other animal production operations or crop production… Abhorrent odors can be exacerbated by the smell and sight of rotting flesh from hog carcasses that are often stored in 'dead boxes' close to neighbors' property lines. 'Dead trucks' that transport hog carcasses to rendering facilities also emit odor.
… There are also concerns about the exposure of workers or neighbors to antibiotics in the dust generated in the hog confinement facilities, which are vented to the outdoors. … A North Carolina study of 58,169 children found a 23 percent higher prevalence of asthma symptoms among students attending schools where staff noticed livestock odors indoors twice a month or more."
CAFO Pork May Be a Source of Drug-Resistant Bacteria
According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 22 percent of antibiotic-resistant illness in humans is in fact linked to food,16 but a more accurate statement might be linked to food from CAFOs. Take Klebsiella pneumonia, a bacteria that can lead to pneumonia, bloodstream infections, wound and surgical site infections, and meningitis.
Klebsiella are often found in the human intestinal tract, where they are normally harmless. But if your immune system is compromised and you get exposed to an especially virulent drug-resistant form of Klebsiella, the consequences to you can be deadly.
It wasn't thought to be transmitted via food… until now. New research published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases showed that turkey, chicken, and pork sold in US grocery stores may contain Klebsiella pneumonia.17 In fact, 47 percent of samples tested contained the bacteria, which was, in some cases, nearly identical to strains found in people with Klebsiella pneumonia infections during the same time period.
Victory: Judge Rules Idaho 'Ag-Gag' Law Unconstitutional
One of the reasons so few Americans are aware of these issues is because of "ag-gag" laws, which legally prevents people from filming or photographing conditions on factory farms. Ag-gag laws are being heavily promoted by lobbyists for the meat, egg, and dairy industries to essentially prevent anyone from exposing animal cruelty and food-safety issues at CAFOs. Montano, Utah, North Dakota, Missouri, Kansas, and Iowa already have such laws in place preventing people from taking photos or videos of CAFOs.
Fortunately, in Idaho a judge recently struck down the state's ag-gag law, declaring it unconstitutional and citing First Amendment protections for free speech. The decision could change the fate of existing laws, whose days may now be numbered. NPR reported:18
"'This is a total victory on our two central constitutional claims,' says University of Denver law professor Justin Marceau, who represented the plaintiff, the Animal Legal Defense Fund, in the case. 'Ag-gag laws violate the First Amendment and Equal Protection Clause. This means that these laws all over the country are in real danger.'"
And, as Jill Richardson, a member of the Organic Consumers Association policy advisory board, told Truthout:19
"While most mature US cattle may lack the liberty they once had to graze on grass, the freedom of speech is still guaranteed for human beings, at least in Idaho… If Big Ag wants activists to stop documenting animal cruelty, then factory farm owners should stop practicing it."
How to Find Drug-Free, Humanely Raised Meat…
Naturally raised, pastured meat, and preferably organic, is virtually the only type of meat that is healthy to eat, in my view. Fortunately, many grocery chains are now responding to customer demand, and will provide at least a small assortment of grass-fed meats. The least expensive way to obtain grass-fed beef and other locally produced organic foods, however, is from your local farmer. The following organizations can help you locate farm-fresh foods in your local area that has been raised in a humane, sustainable manner:
Local Harvest – This Web site will help you find farmers' markets, family farms, and other sources of sustainably grown food in your area where you can buy produce, grass-fed meats, and many other goodies.
Eat Wild– With more than 1,400 pasture-based farms, Eat Wild's Directory of Farms is one of the most comprehensive sources for grass-fed meat and dairy products in the United States and Canada.
Farmers' Markets – A national listing of farmers' markets.
Eat Well Guide: Wholesome Food from Healthy Animals – The Eat Well Guide is a free online directory of sustainably raised meat, poultry, dairy, and eggs from farms, stores, restaurants, inns, and hotels, and online outlets in the United States and Canada.
FoodRoutes – The FoodRoutes "Find Good Food" map can help you connect with local farmers to find the freshest, tastiest food possible. On their interactive map, you can find a listing for local farmers, CSAs, and markets near you.
NPR August 14, 2015
North Carolina Health News August 18, 2015
Star Tribune August 13, 2015
Truthout August 17, 2015
TIME July 23, 2015
1 USDA, Meat and Poultry Labeling
2, 11 NPR August 14, 2015
3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Cornucopia Institute October 31, 2013
8 Talanta 2010 Jun 30;82(1):61-6
9, 10, 12 The Fern January 2012
13 North Carolina Health News August 18, 2015
14 Star Tribune August 13, 2015
15 National Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production, Literature Review
16 CDC.gov, Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States, 2013
17 Clinical Infectious Diseases July 22, 2015
18 NPR August 4, 2015
19 Truthout August 17, 2015
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