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An update on taxi violence and a call for qualifying businesses to apply for UIF TERS
We know that businesses have been heavily impacted by the taxi violence which continues to disrupt public transport in and around Cape Town.
And so, the Western Cape Government is using all resources at its disposal to resolve the ongoing dispute between the taxi associations, CATA and CODETA, and to ensure the safety of commuters in the Western Cape.
Premier Alan Winde's latest media statement (20 July 2021) called for additional SANDF boots on the ground as one of a number of measures being taken to significantly bolster policing to ensure the safety of commuters. He also outlined the steps being taken by our Department of Transport and Public Works to resolve the ongoing dispute between CATA and CODETA.
More details on these measures were shared in a digital press conference held yesterday which you can watch here: https://fb.watch/v/39DMYs42p/
Together with ongoing Alert Level 4 restrictions and the Covid-19 pandemic, we know that these are incredibly challenging times for businesses and employees.
Which is why we have welcomed the announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa of the re-opening of the UIF Covid-19 TERS scheme which we have been calling for and which will be a lifeline to many businesses and employees in South Africa.
Unfortunately, the UIF Covid-19 TERS scheme will not go far enough to support businesses and their employees. And so last week we also wrote to President Cyril Ramaphosa requesting that he consider and announce a number of additional business relief measures and the easing of restrictions to allow businesses to operate safely so we can save jobs in the Western Cape.
And in the meantime, we encourage all businesses who qualify to apply for the UIF Covid-19 TERS funds for their employees.
To assist businesses with their applications our Department of Economic Development and Tourism have put together a helpful online guide.
And, if businesses need further assistance with their UIF Covid-19 TERS application, they can e-mail redtape@westerncape.gov.za
We continue to remain committed to supporting businesses, by listening to businesses and backing businesses so that together we can save jobs and rebuild our economy in the Western Cape.
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The Ryder Cup is one of the world's most prestigious sporting events. Fiercely fought every two years, it uniquely pits teams from two golfing giants - Europe and the USA - against each other in a sport that is more usually associated with individual play. But this is no exhibition match - nothing short of glory and national pride is at stake. The best players from both sides of the Atlantic fight for a place on their respective teams and team captaincy is a major responsibility. The TV coverage and audience expectation that goes with each Ryder Cup propels the event onto the front pages of the world's press, creates unrivalled excitement for spectators and fever-pitch pressure for the world's best players. This beautifully illustrated new book tells the full story of this great tournament, from its beginnings in 1927 when Great Britain played the USA for a trophy provided by seed merchant Samuel Ryder, to the post-war dominance of the US team, to the introduction of European golfers into the GB and Ireland team in the late 1970s, to the titanic, see-saw struggles of the modern day. It looks at each of the Ryder Cups, and features the great players, pairings, captains and courses along the way. A book for sports fans everywhere, The Ryder Cup is the definitive official history chronicling the excitement and prestige of this global sporting event.
Categories BX, Group 1, New Arrivals, Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction: Lifestyle, Sports
Author(s) Nick Callow
Publisher Welbeck Publishing Group

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In October 1973, Dolly Parton released "Jolene" as the first single off of her new album also called Jolene. Due to the song's mesmerizing nature, listeners couldn't get enough of Parton's storytelling and beautifully pleading vocals. The song started off Parton on a series of five No. 1 hits and even crossed over to take top spots on pop charts.
In the '70s, the song was nominated for two Grammys in the Best Female Country Performance category - once for the recorded version, and the second time for a live recording. But it wasn't until 2017 that Parton received the win when her version with acapella group Penatonix picked up the award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance.
The inspiration for the title of the track stemmed from the musicality of a name Dolly Parton discovered from a young fan. "One night, I was on stage, and there was this beautiful little girl -- she was probably 8 years old at the time," Parton told NPR. "And she had this beautiful red hair, this beautiful skin, these beautiful green eyes, and she was looking up at me, holding, you know, for an autograph. I said, 'Well, you're the prettiest little thing I ever saw. So what is your name?' And she said, 'Jolene.' And I said, 'Jolene. Jolene. Jolene. Jolene.' I said, 'That is pretty. That sounds like a song. I'm going to write a song about that.'"
But the origin of the song's story comes from a bank teller who was obviously longing after Parton's significant other. "She got this terrible crush on my husband," Parton explained. "And he just loved going to the bank because she paid him so much attention. It was kinda like a running joke between us -- when I was saying, 'Hell, you're spending a lot of time at the bank. I don't believe we've got that kind of money.' So it's really an innocent song all around, but sounds like a dreadful one."
"Jolene" is a rather simple song. It only has 200 words, many of which are repeated, but the building tension, the driving beat, and the relatable vulnerability displayed in the lyrics inspires many artists to take on the track and make their own version of the song.
Oliva Newton-John recorded the song only two years after Parton's release for her album, Come On Over. She added a sense of urgency to the track, and John's version also became a hit.
In the early 2000s, Mindy Smith landed a record deal due to her version of "Jolene," with Parton singing her praises. Smith stated that she kept the thought in mind that the song's narrator is really the main character with the most depth, and that Jolene is more of an unhumanized force of nature.
In 2012, Miley Cyrus was famously praised for her cover of the song since it showed off her vocals and connected her back to her country music roots. She's performed the song live several times since.
Rock band The White Stripes regularly performed a raw version of the song in the early '00s. Lead singer/guitarist Jack White said that in his mind he changed the context to the red-headed girl being his significant other who's straying.
There's even a goth cover of the song thanks to The Sisters of Mercy who added a dark, dancey feel to the track with their 1983 recording.
The vastly different genres that have taken on "Jolene" shows how beloved and relatable the song's desperate repetition and vulnerability is. Dolly Parton says she still loves to sing the song, and it's clear that many vocalists share her passion for the alluring, heartbreaking "Jolene."


The world is mostly made up of the unsayable. That is why we need poets and artists, the true ones. The dimensions that words can never touch are really what make up our experiences from one moment to the next. The tiniest bit of it is sayable. The rest is not.
I find it painful, somewhat, this isolation of seeing, feeling and experiencing so much that language cannot be a carrier for. As deeply grateful as I am for the tool of language, at this I am moment acutely aware of its limits. Death does trump everything.


Read on for the results of research supported by NZSTX into the effect of lime on soil pH and aluminium, as well the effect of lime on the establishment of legumes.
South Island high country soils have high levels of aluminium. Where high levels of aluminium are present in the soil, soil pH is strongly related to levels of plant-available aluminium. As soil pH decreases, the amount of plant-available aluminium increases to a point where it limits legume root growth (see the graph below). The pH of these soils needs to be managed to minimise any potential toxicity to legumes caused by the aluminium.
In acidic soils with high aluminium content, a toxic level of plant-available aluminium in the soil will limit the establishment and persistence of legumes. Restricted legume growth will limit the production of nitrogen. Reduced nitrogen levels will cause the pasture to become dominated by species that are tolerant of low nitrogen (such as browntop), which reduces overall production and digestibility of the pasture.
Trials undertaken by Lincoln University showed that applying high levels of lime to the soil surface resulted in an increase in soil pH and a reduction in plant-available aluminium. Liming was most effective at the soil surface and less effective below a depth of 15 centimetres.
The results of the investigation indicated that the effect of lime on soil pH and plant-available aluminium varied between sites, highlighting the lack of understanding around the mechanisms driving soil aluminium levels. Therefore any on-farm decisions on liming rates and legume suitability need to be based on individual blocks.
NZ Grassland Association paper about the liming rate trials undertaken by Lincoln University and supported by NZSTX, Medium-term soil pH and exchangeable aluminium response to liming at three high country locations.
Applying lime at a rate of five tonnes per hectare (the highest rate used in this trial) delivered the highest yield from each of the legumes tested (lucerne, Caucasian clover and Russell lupin). This highlights the critical role of pH (and the subsequent aluminium concentration) in the establishment of legumes where aluminium is present in the soil.
Due to its slow establishing nature, Caucasian clover was least competitive at establishment but it had greater root growth into the low pH soil than the other legume species.
Lucerne yield continued to decrease over time due to a deformed root system and lack of nodulation.
The highest yields were produced by perennial lupin, regardless of lime rate. Perennial lupin also had the highest percentage of nodulated plants at low lime rates. While the trial results suggested that perennial lupin may have agronomic potential in low pH, high aluminium soils, particularly where applying lime is not a viable option, the risk of seed spread into environmentally sensitive areas must be adequately addressed.
Successful establishment of all of the legumes relied on removal of existing vegetation, reducing competition from resident species for light, nutrients and water. Each of the legumes (lucerne, Caucasian clover and perennial lupin) had significantly higher establishment and persistence when herbicide was used to kill resident species prior to drilling.
Even after four years, application of up to four tonnes per hectare of surface-applied lime only reduced aluminium to potentially safe levels (<3 mg/kg) in the top 7.5 centimetres. There was no evidence that soil pH or soil aluminium levels had altered below this depth.
Click here for the report from Lincoln University, Soil pH and Aluminium Toxicity, which gives more detail on the challenges of decreased soil pH and aluminium toxicity in high country environments, and provides recommendations for effectively sampling soil for aluminium levels.
This research, including the trials undertaken in collaboration with Lincoln University, is part of the New Zealand Sheep Industry Transformation Project (NZSTX), a Primary Growth Partnership with the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI). Click here for more information about NZSTX.


Belfast Pride have responded to DUP criticisms of a placard which appeared in this years Pride parade.
A spokesman said Whilst we recognise that the DUP may have legitimately found the Jesus is a fag' placard offensive we are concerned that Cllr Campbell and others have used the incident for their own political gain.
No member of the DUP, or general public, drew parade officials attention to the placard on the day, instead waiting until after the event to complain to the media. This smacks of political grandstanding in order to achieve their ultimate goal of having the pride parade banned.
However, given the provocative comments of Ian Paisley Jr about gay and lesbian people being repulsive and harming society we hardly find it surprising that people within the LGBT community would wish to react in such a way.


dropped out early after a poor performance in polls such as the Iowa Straw Poll.
gas station and country grocery store, and his mother, Julia, was a teacher.
and holds a law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School.
brother Ed has been mayor of Tomah and a candidate for governor.
been elected to an unprecedented four terms.
don't provide health insurance but make too much money to qualify for Medicaid.
several states when he became Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Acela locomotive named for him.
Libertarian Party candidate in the 2002 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.
until January 26, 2005, when the Senate confirmed his successor, Michael O.
would drop out of the race.
withdrawal from the presidential race.


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Martín Zapata Viveros (Santander de Quilichao, 28 de octubre de 1970-Cali, 22 de abril de 2006) fue un futbolista colombiano que se desempeñaba como centrocampista.

Biografía

Carrera
Zapata nació en el municipio de Santander de Quilichao, Cauca. Jugó profesionalmente para el Once Caldas entre 1992 y 1995, para el Deportivo Cali de 1995 a 1999, para el equipo ecuatoriano Club Sport Emelec en el año 2000 y nuevamente para el Deportivo Cali en 2001.

Con el cuadro de la capital del Valle del Cauca disputó la final de la Copa Libertadores de 1999 contra el Palmeiras de Brasil. En la definición desde los doce pasos, Zapata falló su lanzamiento y el equipo colombiano debió conformarse con el subcampeonato. Fue convocado en cinco oportunidades a la selección nacional de su país, con la que participó en la Copa Oro de la CONCACAF y en la Copa América de 1997.

Fallecimiento
Fue asesinado en Cali el 22 de abril de 2006. Según el diario El Tiempo, un problema pasional originó el asesinato del futbolista.

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Nacidos en Santander de Quilichao
Fallecidos en Cali
Futbolistas de Colombia
Futbolistas de Colombia en la Copa América 1997
Futbolistas del Once Caldas
Futbolistas del Deportivo Cali
Futbolistas del Club Sport Emelec
Asesinatos en Colombia

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using System;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Azure;
using Azure.Core;
using Azure.Identity;
using Azure.ResourceManager;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Compute.Models;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Resources;

namespace Azure.ResourceManager.Compute
{
    public partial class Sample_DedicatedHostGroupResource
    {
        // DedicatedHostGroups_Update_MaximumSet_Gen
        [NUnit.Framework.Test]
        [NUnit.Framework.Ignore("Only verifying that the sample builds")]
        public async Task Update_DedicatedHostGroupsUpdateMaximumSetGen()
        {
            // Generated from example definition: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2022-03-01/examples/dedicatedHostExamples/DedicatedHostGroups_Update_MaximumSet_Gen.json
            // this example is just showing the usage of "DedicatedHostGroups_Update" operation, for the dependent resources, they will have to be created separately.

            // authenticate your client
            ArmClient client = new ArmClient(new DefaultAzureCredential());

            // this example assumes you already have this DedicatedHostGroupResource created on azure
            // for more information of creating DedicatedHostGroupResource, please refer to the document of DedicatedHostGroupResource
            string subscriptionId = "{subscription-id}";
            string resourceGroupName = "rgcompute";
            string hostGroupName = "aaaa";
            ResourceIdentifier dedicatedHostGroupResourceId = DedicatedHostGroupResource.CreateResourceIdentifier(subscriptionId, resourceGroupName, hostGroupName);
            DedicatedHostGroupResource dedicatedHostGroup = client.GetDedicatedHostGroupResource(dedicatedHostGroupResourceId);

            // invoke the operation
            DedicatedHostGroupPatch patch = new DedicatedHostGroupPatch()
            {
                Zones =
{
"aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
},
                PlatformFaultDomainCount = 3,
                SupportAutomaticPlacement = true,
                Tags =
{
["key9921"] = "aaaaaaaaaa",
},
            };
            DedicatedHostGroupResource result = await dedicatedHostGroup.UpdateAsync(patch);

            // the variable result is a resource, you could call other operations on this instance as well
            // but just for demo, we get its data from this resource instance
            DedicatedHostGroupData resourceData = result.Data;
            // for demo we just print out the id
            Console.WriteLine($"Succeeded on id: {resourceData.Id}");
        }

        // DedicatedHostGroups_Update_MinimumSet_Gen
        [NUnit.Framework.Test]
        [NUnit.Framework.Ignore("Only verifying that the sample builds")]
        public async Task Update_DedicatedHostGroupsUpdateMinimumSetGen()
        {
            // Generated from example definition: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2022-03-01/examples/dedicatedHostExamples/DedicatedHostGroups_Update_MinimumSet_Gen.json
            // this example is just showing the usage of "DedicatedHostGroups_Update" operation, for the dependent resources, they will have to be created separately.

            // authenticate your client
            ArmClient client = new ArmClient(new DefaultAzureCredential());

            // this example assumes you already have this DedicatedHostGroupResource created on azure
            // for more information of creating DedicatedHostGroupResource, please refer to the document of DedicatedHostGroupResource
            string subscriptionId = "{subscription-id}";
            string resourceGroupName = "rgcompute";
            string hostGroupName = "aaaaaaaaaaa";
            ResourceIdentifier dedicatedHostGroupResourceId = DedicatedHostGroupResource.CreateResourceIdentifier(subscriptionId, resourceGroupName, hostGroupName);
            DedicatedHostGroupResource dedicatedHostGroup = client.GetDedicatedHostGroupResource(dedicatedHostGroupResourceId);

            // invoke the operation
            DedicatedHostGroupPatch patch = new DedicatedHostGroupPatch();
            DedicatedHostGroupResource result = await dedicatedHostGroup.UpdateAsync(patch);

            // the variable result is a resource, you could call other operations on this instance as well
            // but just for demo, we get its data from this resource instance
            DedicatedHostGroupData resourceData = result.Data;
            // for demo we just print out the id
            Console.WriteLine($"Succeeded on id: {resourceData.Id}");
        }

        // DedicatedHostGroups_Delete_MaximumSet_Gen
        [NUnit.Framework.Test]
        [NUnit.Framework.Ignore("Only verifying that the sample builds")]
        public async Task Delete_DedicatedHostGroupsDeleteMaximumSetGen()
        {
            // Generated from example definition: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2022-03-01/examples/dedicatedHostExamples/DedicatedHostGroups_Delete_MaximumSet_Gen.json
            // this example is just showing the usage of "DedicatedHostGroups_Delete" operation, for the dependent resources, they will have to be created separately.

            // authenticate your client
            ArmClient client = new ArmClient(new DefaultAzureCredential());

            // this example assumes you already have this DedicatedHostGroupResource created on azure
            // for more information of creating DedicatedHostGroupResource, please refer to the document of DedicatedHostGroupResource
            string subscriptionId = "{subscription-id}";
            string resourceGroupName = "rgcompute";
            string hostGroupName = "a";
            ResourceIdentifier dedicatedHostGroupResourceId = DedicatedHostGroupResource.CreateResourceIdentifier(subscriptionId, resourceGroupName, hostGroupName);
            DedicatedHostGroupResource dedicatedHostGroup = client.GetDedicatedHostGroupResource(dedicatedHostGroupResourceId);

            // invoke the operation
            await dedicatedHostGroup.DeleteAsync(WaitUntil.Completed);

            Console.WriteLine($"Succeeded");
        }

        // DedicatedHostGroups_Delete_MinimumSet_Gen
        [NUnit.Framework.Test]
        [NUnit.Framework.Ignore("Only verifying that the sample builds")]
        public async Task Delete_DedicatedHostGroupsDeleteMinimumSetGen()
        {
            // Generated from example definition: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2022-03-01/examples/dedicatedHostExamples/DedicatedHostGroups_Delete_MinimumSet_Gen.json
            // this example is just showing the usage of "DedicatedHostGroups_Delete" operation, for the dependent resources, they will have to be created separately.

            // authenticate your client
            ArmClient client = new ArmClient(new DefaultAzureCredential());

            // this example assumes you already have this DedicatedHostGroupResource created on azure
            // for more information of creating DedicatedHostGroupResource, please refer to the document of DedicatedHostGroupResource
            string subscriptionId = "{subscription-id}";
            string resourceGroupName = "rgcompute";
            string hostGroupName = "aaaa";
            ResourceIdentifier dedicatedHostGroupResourceId = DedicatedHostGroupResource.CreateResourceIdentifier(subscriptionId, resourceGroupName, hostGroupName);
            DedicatedHostGroupResource dedicatedHostGroup = client.GetDedicatedHostGroupResource(dedicatedHostGroupResourceId);

            // invoke the operation
            await dedicatedHostGroup.DeleteAsync(WaitUntil.Completed);

            Console.WriteLine($"Succeeded");
        }

        // Create a dedicated host group.
        [NUnit.Framework.Test]
        [NUnit.Framework.Ignore("Only verifying that the sample builds")]
        public async Task Get_CreateADedicatedHostGroup()
        {
            // Generated from example definition: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2022-03-01/examples/dedicatedHostExamples/DedicatedHostGroup_Get.json
            // this example is just showing the usage of "DedicatedHostGroups_Get" operation, for the dependent resources, they will have to be created separately.

            // authenticate your client
            ArmClient client = new ArmClient(new DefaultAzureCredential());

            // this example assumes you already have this DedicatedHostGroupResource created on azure
            // for more information of creating DedicatedHostGroupResource, please refer to the document of DedicatedHostGroupResource
            string subscriptionId = "{subscriptionId}";
            string resourceGroupName = "myResourceGroup";
            string hostGroupName = "myDedicatedHostGroup";
            ResourceIdentifier dedicatedHostGroupResourceId = DedicatedHostGroupResource.CreateResourceIdentifier(subscriptionId, resourceGroupName, hostGroupName);
            DedicatedHostGroupResource dedicatedHostGroup = client.GetDedicatedHostGroupResource(dedicatedHostGroupResourceId);

            // invoke the operation
            DedicatedHostGroupResource result = await dedicatedHostGroup.GetAsync();

            // the variable result is a resource, you could call other operations on this instance as well
            // but just for demo, we get its data from this resource instance
            DedicatedHostGroupData resourceData = result.Data;
            // for demo we just print out the id
            Console.WriteLine($"Succeeded on id: {resourceData.Id}");
        }

        // Create an ultraSSDEnabled dedicated host group.
        [NUnit.Framework.Test]
        [NUnit.Framework.Ignore("Only verifying that the sample builds")]
        public async Task Get_CreateAnUltraSSDEnabledDedicatedHostGroup()
        {
            // Generated from example definition: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2022-03-01/examples/dedicatedHostExamples/DedicatedHostGroup_Get_UltraSSDEnabledDedicatedHostGroup.json
            // this example is just showing the usage of "DedicatedHostGroups_Get" operation, for the dependent resources, they will have to be created separately.

            // authenticate your client
            ArmClient client = new ArmClient(new DefaultAzureCredential());

            // this example assumes you already have this DedicatedHostGroupResource created on azure
            // for more information of creating DedicatedHostGroupResource, please refer to the document of DedicatedHostGroupResource
            string subscriptionId = "{subscriptionId}";
            string resourceGroupName = "myResourceGroup";
            string hostGroupName = "myDedicatedHostGroup";
            ResourceIdentifier dedicatedHostGroupResourceId = DedicatedHostGroupResource.CreateResourceIdentifier(subscriptionId, resourceGroupName, hostGroupName);
            DedicatedHostGroupResource dedicatedHostGroup = client.GetDedicatedHostGroupResource(dedicatedHostGroupResourceId);

            // invoke the operation
            DedicatedHostGroupResource result = await dedicatedHostGroup.GetAsync();

            // the variable result is a resource, you could call other operations on this instance as well
            // but just for demo, we get its data from this resource instance
            DedicatedHostGroupData resourceData = result.Data;
            // for demo we just print out the id
            Console.WriteLine($"Succeeded on id: {resourceData.Id}");
        }

        // DedicatedHostGroups_ListBySubscription_MaximumSet_Gen
        [NUnit.Framework.Test]
        [NUnit.Framework.Ignore("Only verifying that the sample builds")]
        public async Task GetDedicatedHostGroups_DedicatedHostGroupsListBySubscriptionMaximumSetGen()
        {
            // Generated from example definition: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2022-03-01/examples/dedicatedHostExamples/DedicatedHostGroups_ListBySubscription_MaximumSet_Gen.json
            // this example is just showing the usage of "DedicatedHostGroups_ListBySubscription" operation, for the dependent resources, they will have to be created separately.

            // authenticate your client
            ArmClient client = new ArmClient(new DefaultAzureCredential());

            // this example assumes you already have this SubscriptionResource created on azure
            // for more information of creating SubscriptionResource, please refer to the document of SubscriptionResource
            string subscriptionId = "{subscription-id}";
            ResourceIdentifier subscriptionResourceId = SubscriptionResource.CreateResourceIdentifier(subscriptionId);
            SubscriptionResource subscriptionResource = client.GetSubscriptionResource(subscriptionResourceId);

            // invoke the operation and iterate over the result
            await foreach (DedicatedHostGroupResource item in subscriptionResource.GetDedicatedHostGroupsAsync())
            {
                // the variable item is a resource, you could call other operations on this instance as well
                // but just for demo, we get its data from this resource instance
                DedicatedHostGroupData resourceData = item.Data;
                // for demo we just print out the id
                Console.WriteLine($"Succeeded on id: {resourceData.Id}");
            }

            Console.WriteLine($"Succeeded");
        }

        // DedicatedHostGroups_ListBySubscription_MinimumSet_Gen
        [NUnit.Framework.Test]
        [NUnit.Framework.Ignore("Only verifying that the sample builds")]
        public async Task GetDedicatedHostGroups_DedicatedHostGroupsListBySubscriptionMinimumSetGen()
        {
            // Generated from example definition: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2022-03-01/examples/dedicatedHostExamples/DedicatedHostGroups_ListBySubscription_MinimumSet_Gen.json
            // this example is just showing the usage of "DedicatedHostGroups_ListBySubscription" operation, for the dependent resources, they will have to be created separately.

            // authenticate your client
            ArmClient client = new ArmClient(new DefaultAzureCredential());

            // this example assumes you already have this SubscriptionResource created on azure
            // for more information of creating SubscriptionResource, please refer to the document of SubscriptionResource
            string subscriptionId = "{subscription-id}";
            ResourceIdentifier subscriptionResourceId = SubscriptionResource.CreateResourceIdentifier(subscriptionId);
            SubscriptionResource subscriptionResource = client.GetSubscriptionResource(subscriptionResourceId);

            // invoke the operation and iterate over the result
            await foreach (DedicatedHostGroupResource item in subscriptionResource.GetDedicatedHostGroupsAsync())
            {
                // the variable item is a resource, you could call other operations on this instance as well
                // but just for demo, we get its data from this resource instance
                DedicatedHostGroupData resourceData = item.Data;
                // for demo we just print out the id
                Console.WriteLine($"Succeeded on id: {resourceData.Id}");
            }

            Console.WriteLine($"Succeeded");
        }
    }
}

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In 1977, Vic Godard, leader of the early British punk band Subway Sect, described how his band differed from the Sex Pistols and the other new groups on the scene: "They just want to revitalize rock & roll whereas we just wanna get rid of it."
Subway Sect were one of the more distinctive acts to emerge from the first wave of U.K. punk, possessing a lean, primal sound that owed a strong debt of influence to the Velvet Underground and the Modern Lovers, but while they were playing gigs as early as 1976 and were courted by two of punk's leading impresarios, the original band was just barely documented on vinyl. Godard (lead singer and sometimes guitarist) and Rob Symmons (guitar) were fans of Northern soul, distaff American acts like the Velvet Underground and Television, and classic crooners (particularly Frank Sinatra); they were drawn to the energy and chaos of punk, though they didn't always care for the music. Godard and Symmons had been making noises about forming a band, and teamed up with friends Paul Myers and Paul Packham, calling their group Subway Sect. Packham was initially the lead singer, but when the foursome chipped in to buy a drum kit, it was discovered that Packham had played a bit during his days as a Boy Scout, so he became the drummer and Godard moved to the vocal mike.
When Malcolm McLaren organized a punk rock festival at London's 100 Club in the fall of 1976, he realized he needed additional bands to fill out the schedule and took the budding Subway Sect under his wing; he booked them into a rehearsal space and ordered them to get their material together, and they played the festival alongside the Sex Pistols, the Clash, the Damned, and other punk trailblazers. With their unusual sound and stark look (their clothes were all either black or dyed gray), Subway Sect attracted the attention of Bernard Rhodes, manager of the Clash; he took on the band shortly after its appearance at the 100 Club and the group began writing and recording material.
However, it wasn't until 1978 that Subway Sect's first single was released, the only release ever on Braik Records:-
mp3 : Subway Sect – Nobody's Scared
mp3 : Subway Sect – Don't Split It
The single flopped, but not so its fabulous and timeless follow-up which came out on Rough Trade, becoming the seventh 45 to be issued by what woule become the most important indie-label of the era:-
mp3 : Subway Sect – Ambition
mp3 : Subway Sect – Different Story
Vic Godard, after an incredible rollercoaster of a career in the music industry is still, more than 40 years later, providing huge entertainment to fans of all ages.
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Always been a big fan of Subway Sect. I felt that after The Clash, the seemed to have the most to say. They took a lot of the same musical risks, attempting to expand the boundaries that had been thrust upon Punk. Just listen to the Cowpoke Punk of Birth and Death from their 1980 album What's The Matter Boy. You might think it kitsch, or a novelty, but it is a strong, simple Punk song.
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A grieving father asked Santa Claus at a mall in Georgia to take a picture with a photo of his son who died a year ago — and the Santa agreed, creating a memorable new photo.
The picture was posted on Caleb Ryan Sigmon's Facebook page last Wednesday, part of his series "Stories From The Big Chair." An actor, Sigmon has been posting a series of pictures and stories of his time working as Santa Claus at a mall since mid-November.
He said a father walked up to him at the mall booth and asked him to pose with a photo of his son, Hayden.
"'My son passed away, last year.' He choked up and couldn't finish his sentence," Sigmon wrote in the Facebook post.
It was a Christmas gift for his wife. Sigmon immediately agreed to the task.
"The camera snap was the only sound I could hear through the entire mall. Normally, I hear all kinds of music and sounds, but it was absolutely silent," Sigmon wrote.
The dad pointed to the screen and said, "That's the one."
"We gave him the printed package, telling him that it was a gift and that we would be praying for his family, this Christmas. He grabbed my hand and pulled me in and hugged me, then turned around and left," Sigmon wrote.
The photo was shared over 50,000 times on Facebook. Many people commented on the post thanking Sigmon and sharing their own stories.
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A review of "Mad Scientist Cabaret," a sometimes thoughtful, sometimes funny, always silly journey of seven creatures who learn to embrace what makes them freaky.
Typically, the creation of a mad scientist turns out to be a malevolent, uncontrollable force, wreaking havoc across whatever locale was unfortunate enough to play home to an evil genius. But in "Mad Scientist Cabaret," a late-night variety show conceived by Evelyn DeHais and Zane Exactly, the spooky, twisted creations of a deranged mind seem to be more interested in entertaining than pillaging.
Demonstrating a sometimes impressively misguided sense of showmanship, the seven freakish creatures sing, dance and perform little sketches, each of them clad head-to-toe in black like malformed versions of Death from "The Seventh Seal." One has arms and legs growing out of his head; another possesses long, spindly fingers. Despite the physical limitations imposed on them by a botched reanimation, they're determined to put on a rousing show.
Through Nov. 13, Annex Theatre, 1100 E. Pike St., Seattle; $5-$10 (206-728-0933 or www.annextheatre.org).
"Mad Scientist Cabaret" was created through collaboration and improvisation. Unsurprisingly, individual segments can be uneven, but director DeHais and the cast have created a fully formed piece of theater that's as thoughtful as it is funny. Initially, it seems like aggressive mischief is all these characters have to offer, but some segments smuggle in an unexpected dose of poignancy, like Alyza Delpan-Monley's longing ballet routine, accompanied by transparent heart, lungs and arms puppets — just some of the meticulously designed props from Exactly.
Ontological inquiry isn't a typical component of most variety shows, but here, it's the through-line that informs every one of the creature's routines. In seeking to understand what they are and how they fit into their universe, each one discovers both the beauty and ugliness inside themselves.
If that sounds too heavy for an assemblage of comic sketches that begins at 11 p.m., let it be known that "Mad Scientist Cabaret" is also plenty silly, its routines often devolving into absurd chaos best appreciated by a slightly sleepy — or inebriated — brain.
At its best, the show approaches the anarchic comic genius of Monty Python, exemplified by a hilarious bit that begins with some grotesque shadow play and ends with a proper tea party where one creature's brain matter is on the menu. Fittingly, the sketch leads into intermission, where the jaunty, maddening intermission ditty from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" plays.


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By Michelle Goldberg (A)theologies, Culture, Politics/Law, Sexuality/Gender June 18, 2009
Heterosexual With Issues: Haggard's Self-Hate
In 2006, Ted Haggard was perhaps the most powerful evangelical in America, a Bush confidant and grinning culture warrior. I'm not proud to say it, but when he was disgraced in a scandal involving a gay prostitute and crystal meth, I felt giddy with schadenfreude. Since then, I've laughed when the former evangelical superstar was mocked on the Daily Show or in Roy Zimmerman's biting song "Ted Haggard Is Completely Heterosexual." As with Larry Craig and David Vitter, the revelation of his furtive sex life exposed the broader hypocrisy of the religious right. That was a salutary thing, but it obscured, at least to me, the awful drama of a human being undone by his own internalized homophobia. To watch Alexandra Pelosi's deeply sad new documentary, The Trials of Ted Haggard, is to realize that this story is tragedy, not farce.
Pelosi first met Haggard while filming Friends of God, a documentary tour of the American Christian Right. At the time, he was president of the 30 million-strong National Association of Evangelicals and pastor of the 14,000-person New Life Church. Haggard built the church from scratch in Colorado Springs, helping to turn that town into a kind of evangelical Mecca. Haggard and Pelosi clearly developed a rapport, which allowed her extraordinary access to the man after his downfall.
Now Haggard, scorned by his former friends, humiliated and apparently broke, is using Pelosi's film to reintroduce himself to America, and to seek some measure of understanding. He's been on a publicity junket, appearing on Oprah on Wednesday with his wife, Gayle, and on Larry King Live tonight. Haggard is desperate for redemption, but he can't do the one thing that might make it possible—admit and accept that he's gay, and work to create a more inclusive faith that won't force other gay Christians into shameful, soul-destroying secrecy.
It's still possible to see in Haggard some of the indefatigable energy and will, the voracious hunger for human connection and approval, that made him a star in the first place. The film, premiering tonight on HBO, begins with the preacher during his glory days, speaking to stadiums full of rapturous worshippers, hugging and roughhousing with male congregants, riding a scooter through New Life's sprawling lobby. Then it all implodes, his ruin narrated in news clips. We see a church leader reading a letter from Haggard to his crying congregants: "There is a part of my life that is so repulsive and dark that I've been warring against it all of my adult life." In an archaic-seeming settlement agreement, the church pays Haggard severance, but "banishes" him from the entire state of Colorado. Shots of him driving a U-Haul through a barren western landscape are interspersed with clips of various people condemning him. "He just needs to disappear," says one church leader.
In Pelosi's hands, New Life comes off rather worse than its former leader, exiling one of its own when he most needs support. As his circumstances spiral downward, Haggard displays a surprising and impressive absence of self-pity, except when he talks about being abandoned by his former friends. "The reason I kept my personal struggle a secret is because I feared that my friends would reject me and abandon me and kick me out and that the church would exile me and excommunicate me, and that happened and more," he says. I started watching with the impression that Haggard was a villainous hypocrite, but quickly began hoping someone would extend him a bit of Christian charity.
New Life is clearly worried about Pelosi's portrayal. Earlier this month, Senior Pastor Brady Boyd sent an e-mail to church members alerting them to the documentary and defending the church's behavior. "In the next few weeks, you may hear and read a great deal of media reports concerning an upcoming HBO documentary featuring Ted and Gayle Haggard," he wrote. "The documentary chronicles their life in Arizona and their return to Colorado Springs. In the documentary, Ted and Gayle express their hurt and disappointment in the way they were treated by New Life." He insists that the church acted with honor and generosity, but seems to be on the defensive.
Haggard, of course, is not simply a victim—far from it. By preaching against homosexuality and allying with anti-gay politicians, he helped cause real damage to gay people's rights. He misled confused gay Christians by perpetuating the myth that they can be "cured." Most seriously, this week brought the revelation that Haggard sexually harassed Grant Haas, a 22-year-old New Life church volunteer who was himself struggling with his homosexuality. According to the Associated Press, the young man says that Haggard "performed a sex act in front of him in a hotel room in 2006 and sent him explicit text messages." His pastor's advances left Haas devastated, leading to a period of "isolation, struggles with drinking, drugs and suicide attempts," according to the AP. New Life appears to have bought Haas's silence, paying his tuition and counseling bills on the condition that he not speak out about what happened.
It's possible that Haas isn't the only man Haggard victimized. According to an e-mail that New Life sent to its members to explain the latest revelations, "After Mr. Haggard's fall, we received reports of a number of incidents of inappropriate behavior… We renew our invitation today for anyone who believes he or she has been hurt to please come forward."
Haggard must be condemned for preying on Haas and any other men he might have hurt. Watching Pelosi's documentary, though, it's clear he's been severely punished. A national laughingstock in his fifties with no work experience outside the ministry, Haggard struggles to find a job, eventually becoming a traveling salesman working on commission. His family lives in a series of borrowed homes in Arizona, at one point ending up in a single hotel room. But while he's existing as a sexually tortured, publicly excoriated Willy Loman, he maintains a shockingly good-humored facade, evincing a psychologically volatile combination of denial and steely discipline that's both admirable and unnerving. On the one hand, he looks like he's going to crack, and it isn't surprising when he tells Oprah that he was close to suicide. Still, stripped of fame, respect and a place in the world, his uncanny showman's gift for radiating faith is thrown into high relief. Suddenly, it becomes clear just how much potential he wasted by hewing to a self-hating theology.
At one point, Haggard decides to go back to school to study psychology, saying, "After my crisis, the therapists were the ones who gave me answers." One senses that he's on the verge of an epiphany, that he could be breaking free of the fundamentalist paradigm that deformed his life, and the lives of people like Haas. If he could, he might perhaps make amends with the gays and lesbians that he injured during his years of anti-gay activism, and find a new community to take refuge in. But he can't. He still refuses to identify as gay, insisting to Oprah that he's a "heterosexual with issues." He and his wife both insist that he can make a choice not to act on his sexual impulses or be defined by them, and thus avoid a label that apparently continues to terrify him. That's where his tragedy lies, and the fact that he helped reinforce the closet that's destroying him doesn't make it any less heartbreaking.
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Michelle Goldberg, a contributing editor for Religion Dispatches, is the author of The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power and the Future of the World (Penguin, 2009), and the New York Times bestseller Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism.
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Auto executive-turned-fugitive Carlos Ghosn is under investigation in France for possible tax evasion during his last three years heading Renault SA and Nissan Motor Co., according to a person familiar with the matter.
Ghosn and French tax authorities have been discussing since the middle of last year whether the former chief executive officer should have been considered a French resident during 2016, 2017 and 2018, said the person, who asked not to be named because the information isn't public. Ghosn declared in 2012 that he had moved to the Netherlands and was subsequently treated as a non-resident, the person said.
The newspaper Liberation reported Monday that a French judge allowed authorities to seize almost 13 million euros ($16 million) in assets from Ghosn and his wife, Carole, pending the outcome of the probe. Authorities are preparing a "major" tax adjustment, the paper said.
A spokeswoman for Ghosn declined to comment.
The tax probe adds to Ghosn's legal woes in France, where authorities are already investigating his role in expenses covered by Renault and the Dutch subsidiary that oversaw its alliance with Nissan. Ghosn was arrested in Tokyo two years ago and accused of financial crimes including underreporting his compensation at Nissan. He has denied the charges and escaped last year to Lebanon.
Seized Assets
The assets seized include an apartment in Paris owned by Carole worth 5.9 million euros, half the ownership of a house in the western suburb of L'Etang-la-Ville and shares in Renault, according to the report, which didn't say where the information came from.
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire on Monday declined to confirm a probe into Ghosn's tax affairs. While he has access to information about these kinds of investigations, Le Maire said he wouldn't intervene.
"Whether he is on the run, in the country or not in the country, he is a French citizen and will be treated like a French citizen," the minister said of Ghosn on France Info radio.
'Clear Conscience'
In his book published last month, Ghosn said he used his residence status in the Netherlands as a "signal of neutrality" since he headed the three-company alliance that also includes Mitsubishi Motors Corp. It was also justified by the salary he was paid by the Renault-Nissan BV subsidiary, he wrote.
In separate probes, authorities in France are investigating the former Renault chairman's interactions with a car distributor in Oman and spending on events and trips that may have been personal, as well as payments that Renault-Nissan BV made to consultants. Ghosn said last month that French criminal investigators will travel to Beirut next year to question him.
"Why should I flee the French judiciary?" he said in a broadcast interview. "I will answer the questions that come my way. I have a clear conscience."
Ghosn also said he won't risk traveling to France and Brazil out of fear that any problem along the way could give Japanese authorities an opportunity to obtain his extradition. He said he is forced to remain in Lebanon and retains armed bodyguards.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda flew to Puerto Rico to to announce that he teamed up with the Flamboyan Foundation to create the Flamboyan Arts Fund, a fund meant to boost the arts on the island, since cultural and artistic groups have been hit especially hard. He said all funds from the upcoming "Hamilton" show that will be performed in Puerto Rico in January will be donated to the fund.
Under the cut, there's an extensive report from Broadwayworld.
Today, Lin-Manuel Miranda, his family and Jeffrey Seller, producer of HAMILTON, announced the creation of the Flamboyan Arts Fund in partnership with the Flamboyan Foundation. The creation of the Fund, which coincides with Miranda's return to the title role in HAMILTON January 8-27, 2019 at the University of Puerto Rico (main campus in Río Piedras), will be dedicated to supporting institutions and arts groups as well as independent artists, musicians, galleries, etc., to ensure that the rebuilding of Puerto Rico includes the nurturing of the island's vibrant arts and culture.
One of the Flamboyan Arts Fund's first philanthropic goals is to leave behind a new Actors' Equity-approved theatre at the University of Puerto Rico to entice future professional touring productions to come to the island. The repairs to the theatre, which was badly damaged by Hurricane Maria, are being supported by the Fund with additional support from inaugural grants by Warner Bros., Loretta and Victor Kaufman, and anonymous donors. Airbnb will be donating a portion of fees from trips to Puerto Rico for June – September 2018 to the Fund.
Since Hurricane Maria devastated the island on September 20, 2017, arts and cultural organizations have faced severe reductions to grants, government support and sponsorships, and significantly lower attendance and revenue. Some have reduced staff significantly, such as the Andanza Dance School and Company and the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, and other institutions have closed. As the island continues to rebuild with the help of organizations like Hispanic Federation, it is paramount that the cultural life blood of the Puerto Rican people also has a chance to continue to grow and thrive. Arts and culture are pivotal to the vitality and the economic recovery of the island, as they are critical components of the tourism sector.
All profits from HAMILTON's engagement in Puerto Rico will be donated to the Flamboyan Arts Fund. And, in order to maintain accessibility to the arts for all, 9,600 tickets will be available for the Puerto Rico engagement of HAMILTON via a digital lottery for $10 each.
Local companies Banco Popular and Church's Chicken are providing sponsorships that will support the Flamboyan Arts Fund. Marriott International is pledging a portion of each hotel room at its 11 local properties on the Island booked from December 2018 – February 2019 to the Fund, as well.
As part of the initiative, Lin-Manuel Miranda and his family, in conjunction with Flamboyan Foundation, will also advocate for public and private funding for the arts to ensure that the momentum built over the next three years continues beyond the scope of the Fund.


Execute OOH like a boss!
The more things change, the more they stay the same—sometimes—but when comes to the effectiveness of Out of Home advertising (OOH), it definitely rings true.
Whether your ads appear on a digital billboard or are printed on vinyl they are still highly effective at reaching new home buyers in 2018—and will be long into the future.
We understand homebuilders rely on local market advertising and much of that local market advertising is a combination of radio, print, digital and OOH. For this article, we're going to focus specifically on how to best utilize OOH to sell homes.
Sure, we have become a digitally connected society. If you want to reach people, you need to advertise where they are. That often means going mobile.
Even so, OOH is still extremely important because active home buyers are mobile themselves. Especially on weekends.
If your community falls within their regular driving patterns, for example, chances are your neighborhood is of interest. If they don't know it's there, however, they won't take the exit, won't make that turn and—worse yet—might see a sign pointing them in the opposite direction to the model homes of a competitor.
So, begin by making sure your message is visible along their path, where it can't be missed. And that means buying space on billboards.
Having your message posted on a giant sign hoisted high in the sky is great. Having the ability to choose the 20 best places for them to appear rather than blanketing an entire region is not only cost-saving, it's strategic.
We understand that selling new homes when you have multiple locations requires spot marketing. Billboards are a great way to pinpoint where your messages should appear. Instead of simply blanketing an entire area with ads in television or daily newspapers, make sure your traditional media campaign will reach people when they are actually out hunting for a house.
Converting local street traffic to foot traffic in your models in real-time means reaching passers-by while they are in one of your target areas. Once again, that should include leveraging the power of billboards.
Simply deploying an OOH campaign using the winning combo of billboards and other traditional media isn't enough. Your efforts will fall flat if your creative fails to tell your story within just a few seconds.
Let people know where your homes are located.
Use words and images appropriate for how much your homes cost.
A specific builder might not be as important as price and location to home buyers until you've built brand awareness.
Create something informational and memorable with a fun double entendre.
Use a heavy font for text in a color which will offer high contrast against the background.
Your ad needs to be seen and understood in 5 to 10 seconds. Keep text to six or seven words—or less.
Pictures are great at telling stories. Choose wisely and let them do the heavy lifting (see our related article on image libraries).
You don't have time for multiple chapters or surprise endings. Get to the point and focus only on price, location or lifestyle.
If people are whizzing by they might not get past whatever you put there. Consider using your logo.
Billboards are a bit like potato chips. It takes more than one to get the job done.
Not sure where to start? You're not alone. LAVIDGE can help. We have long-established relationships with various media who can help get your messages placed exactly where they need to be seen—and heard.
Digital marketing is everywhere. But make no mistake. Out of Home marketing is here to stay.
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Justice Peter Bishop concluded the Crown had not proven the defendant had the mens rea for a conviction, despite blood alcohol readings well over the legal limit.
"This is a case with very special circumstances and facts," the judge stated, in acquitting Jerry Enns, a 61-year-old man from Manitoba.
The court heard that in the fall of 2013, an Ontario Provincial Police officer followed a pickup truck with Manitoba plates that was travelling erratically on the highway, just west of Dryden.
The vehicle ended up in a field. There was a Budweiser in the cup holder and Enns told police he did not stop, because he was looking for a place to go to the bathroom. Two intoxilyzer readings taken by police registered .147 and .133.
Enns testified he remembered getting his tools and planning to go to work in Winnipeg, but had no recollection of driving to Dryden, a distance of about 350 kilometres.
The defendant had similar episodes on three other occasions, including one that also involved drinking and driving. Enns testified his licence was taken away twice for impaired driving offences and it has been suspended since the end of 2013 as a result of his medical condition.
The results of MRI tests and a CAT scan were normal. A psychiatrist who has been treating Enns testified that his actions may be explained by a dissociative fugue (amnesia) that is temporary.
Dr. Mandana Modirrousta, who is also a professor at the University of Manitoba, explained the episodes may have been caused by anxiety disorders. While Enns is older than most people who have had incidents of temporary amnesia, the doctor said the possibility could not be ruled out.
If the defendant was in a dissociative state when he was driving, he would not understand what he was doing, the doctor said.
The defence argued Enns's condition could be compared to automatism and he was not in control of his actions. The Crown suggested it was simply a loss of memory.
While it was impossible to determine whether or not Enns was in a dissociative state at the time he was driving, "that remains a possibility," said Bishop in his ruling issued this week. Based on the testimony of the doctor, the defendant and the police officer, the judge said he had a reasonable doubt as to whether Enns had the intent to commit the offence of impaired driving.
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PLEASE MR POSTMAN
Artist Name: THE CARPENTERS
Song Author: Georgia Dobbins, William Garrett, Freddie Gorman, Brian Holland, Robert Bateman
Record Label: A&M
Label Number: 1646
Please Mr. Postman
Format 7" single by The Carpenters.
"Please Mr. Postman" is the debut single by The Marvelettes for the Tamla (Motown) label, notable as the first Motown song to reach the number-one position on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart.
The single achieved this position in late 1961; it hit number one on the R&B chart as well.
"Please Mr. Postman" became a number-one hit again in early 1975 when The Carpenters' cover of the song reached the top position of the Billboard Hot 100.
Songwriting credits for "Please Mr. Postman" seem to have changed over the years. The original Tamla 45 single for the Marvelettes' version credits "Dobbins/Garett/Brianbert" as the songwriters, and credits "Brianbert" as producer. The original With the Beatles album cover credited it to just Brian Holland.


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NETconsent Introduces New Technology Partner
30 Jan 2018 - NETconsent partners with Yellow Room Learning, a company with a proven track record of delivering high end Cyber Security Awareness Training.
NETconsent is a British software company with offices in the UK, Middle East and soon to be far east, has been delivering its compliance automation platform to customers since early 2005. NETconsent is widely recognised as the market leader in compliance automation from large to small enterprises in private and public sectors across the world.
Yellow Room learning is a UK based E-learning content provider that services public and private sector customers across Europe since 2014. With standard and tailor-made content from GDPR packages all the way through to security awareness training, Yellow Room Learning has been recognised by the GDS Cybersecurity Awards 2017 for the quality of the E-learning content they produce.
Lee Reynolds CEO of NETconsent commented "I'm very excited about introducing Yellow Room Learning as one of our new technology partnerships to existing and new customers, they specialise in Cyber Security Awareness Training, they have a proven track record of delivering security awareness campaigns and training programmes to high profile customers across Europe.
The integration into our platform will allow customers to have a full comprehensive content library as well as the best of breed E-learning content to help test and train user's understanding and awareness. This content runs seamlessly on our compliance automation engine and allows customers to quickly and easily report on progress in real time and deliver management reports to auditors."
Ben Hancock, Managing Director of Yellow Room Learning said:
"Deciding to be a technology partner with NETconsent was a very easy and quick decision to take for us. Their cutting-edge technology, and their position as the leading compliance automation platform, means that together we can reach a lot of people with quality, effective learning materials, and help businesses to become more resilient to cybercrime."
As we move into 2018 and beyond, we look forward to working together, delivering to our customers the best of breed combined integrated solutions available in the market today.
NETconsent Ltd is a leading vendor of compliance and communications software that automates the policy management life-cycle, delivers e-learning content and promotes user awareness. By making content more visible and enforceable we help public and private sector clients to raise standards of individual accountability and conduct among their employees, contract suppliers and partners. NETconsent Ltd is a UK company based in Fleet. www.NETconsent.com


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Q: How can I search for malicious cron jobs? I have an account at WebFaction, and multiple sites that have been hacked, now multiple times, over the past month. Most of these are WordPress installs.
Every time this happens I change all passwords -- user, site access, databases, etc. -- update WordPress, and look for cron jobs in the WordPress installs.
I'm pretty confident that I know how to change a password (and generate secure passwords). If there's a gap in my (low level of) knowledge, it's cron jobs and whether or not I might be missing something in working through all of this in terms of a "back door" being left open.
Is there an automated way I can search for these? If I have to manually open every single one of these hundreds and hundreds of compromised PHP files, is there a certain text string or something I can search for that will help me find (and understand) what these are?

A: If you've been hacked there's only two secure ways: Reinstall completely from known good installation sources or restore a backup that you know for sure was taken before the intrusion.
Once an attacker has gained access to a system, there are so many ways to hide malicious code that it is impossible to go through it all and be sure nothing is left.

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Q: WPF Dynamic resource example Is there any example which can clearly state the difference between Static and dynamic resource. I know the basic difference that Static is loaded once and gets binded at start while dynamic is loaded at run time and rebinded every time the control reloads.
Thanks in advance

A: A comprehensive resource is available in So itself.Check
What's the difference between StaticResource and DynamicResource in WPF?
Also go through
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms750613.aspx
http://dedjo.blogspot.com/2007/05/staticresource-dynamicresource-xstatic.html

A: If the Desktop Color is changed while the element's application is running, the element keeps its original color:
<Button>
  <Button.Background>
    <SolidColorBrush Color="{StaticResource {x:Static SystemColors.DesktopColorKey}}" />
  </Button.Background>
  Hello
</Button>

On the other hand, if the element's color is set using a DynamicResource, it changes when the Desktop Color changes:
 <Button>
      <Button.Background>
        <SolidColorBrush Color="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.DesktopColorKey}}" />
      </Button.Background>
      Hello
    </Button>


MacGillivray Freeman's National Parks Adventure takes you on the ultimate off-trail adventure into the nation's awe-inspiring great outdoors and untamed wilderness. Spectacularly wild and beautiful places like Yosemite, Yellowstone, the Everglades, the Redwoods, Arches, and Canyonlands are illuminated as never before with immersive cinematography, revealing a tapestry of natural wonders that will inspire the adventurer in us all. National Parks Adventure follows in the tradition of MacGillivray Freeman's award-winning Great Adventure Films — including Everest, Dolphins, Journey Into Amazing Caves, and Grand Canyon Adventure — that are set in some of the most extraordinary locations on the planet.


A new, thoroughly updated edition of a comprehensive overview of knowledge management (KM), covering theoretical foundations, the KM process, tools, and professions.
The ability to manage knowledge has become increasingly important in today's knowledge economy. Knowledge is considered a valuable commodity, embedded in products and in the tacit knowledge of highly mobile individual employees. Knowledge management (KM) represents a deliberate and systematic approach to cultivating and sharing an organization's knowledge base. This textbook and professional reference offers a comprehensive overview of the field. Drawing on ideas, tools, and techniques from such disciplines as sociology, cognitive science, organizational behavior, and information science, it describes KM theory and practice at the individual, community, and organizational levels. Chapters cover such topics as tacit and explicit knowledge, theoretical modeling of KM, the KM cycle from knowledge capture to knowledge use, KM tools, KM assessment, and KM professionals.
This third edition has been completely revised and updated to reflect advances in the dynamic and emerging field of KM. The specific changes include extended treatment of tacit knowledge; integration of such newer technologies as social media, visualization, mobile technologies, and crowdsourcing; a new chapter on knowledge continuity, with key criteria for identifying knowledge at risk; material on how to identify, document, validate, share, and implement lessons learned and best practices; the addition of new categories of KM jobs; and a new emphasis on the role of KM in innovation. Supplementary materials for instructors are available online.


Last night the Steele Knights played an incredible game against the East Central Hornets, defeating them 62-3. All of our games are fun to watch, but yesterday seemed even more incredibly so with a bunch of awesome plays. It was homecoming too, so it's always fun to see the giant mums that are Texas tradition. The kids had fun too and we tested out our new cowbells (see clip of the kids practicing their bell ringing skills in the weekly game video here)! Sadly, though, one of them went flying never to be seen again. So…if anyone finds it…let me know! Thanks! I can't believe there are only 2 more regular season games left in the season!!! Go Knights!!!


Photo by Bill Petzold • The Caro Area District Library has plenty of information available for local gardeners — even first-timers — who want to take part in the library's new Seed Lending Library.
CARO — The Caro Area District Library is hoping to help protect the heirlooms of the garden world by starting a Seed Lending Library, and the community is invited to pitch in.
When you think of the word heirloom, you probably think of a watch or a ring or a piece of furniture passed down to you from your grandparents. An heirloom plant is the same thing: A variety of plant that has been planted each year from seeds that are saved and passed down within a family or community.
Librarian Melissa Armstrong hopes that the Caro Library's new Seed Lending Library will give the Caro community a chance to help preserve its horticultural heritage.
The library will host a workshop at 6:30 p.m. Monday with Master Gardener Tom Blasius of Caro to show people how its new Seed Lending Library works.
"People like our parents, grandparents and great-grandparents always saved seeds," Armstrong said. "It's something that fell by the wayside. I believe saving seeds is a vital life skill that guarantees good food for generations to come, and we might save seeds that may become extinct.
The Seed Lending Library allows people to grow their own food for free by borrowing a packet or two of seeds depending on turnout and availability, planting the seeds in their own gardens and then harvesting the vegetables, saving the seeds and returning them to the Caro Library to be loaned out next season.
Armstrong said that for those who would like to participate but don't have a garden of their own, a representative from Caro's community gardens also will speak at Monday's workshop.
For those new to gardening, Armstrong said this is a great opportunity to start out small and simple.
"We are going to start our program with simple seed-saving," Armstrong said. "We'll save seeds from plants like tomatoes, beans, peas and lettuce – unless someone has experience with seed saving.


1 Handmade Porcelain Beads Purple Flower Buds Ceramic Beads 17mm x 20mm. These are hand shaped and hand painted beads made from white porcelain with a heady purple glaze. These ceramic beads resemble the cupped shape of a flower bud unfolding. They are made from self-glazing bisque or biscuit porcelain, which is also known commercially as parian.


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Destination: Halifax
June 16, 2015 · 18 min. readThis article may contain affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
With graduation around the corner and vacation only a few short weeks away, many people are looking for some place to kick back, relax and enjoy the summer heat. Some might head down to the lake, some might go up to the mountains, and others might just hang out in their backyard. It was of one of these summers that my mom and I decided instead of going camping, we would go someplace we have never been: the Canadian Maritimes.
Our first destination was Halifax, a city I have only read about in history class. My knowledge of the city, its beauty and its incredible legacy was unknown to me. It was only years later, while looking through old pictures and reliving past memories, that I realized just how incredible that trip was.
In honor of the anniversary of my trip to the Maritimes, I bring you: Destination: Halifax, and a short list of things to do in this incredible city.
1. Peggy's Cove
Located thirty minutes from Downtown Halifax is the picturesque Peggy's Cove. While the origin of the cove's name is unknown, it is believed to be based on a story about a young girl who was the lone survivor of a horrible shipwreck. The family that inevitably adopted the orphaned girl named her Peggy. Thus the name Peggy's Cove.
At almost 250 years old, Peggy's Cove has become one of Canada's favorite tourist destinations. Its landscape has become iconic due to its jagged white cliffs and boulders, massive fissures and pristine lighthouse. With the endless blue ocean to one side and the rolling green hills of Nova Scotia to the other, the white stone is a stark, violent contrast between land and sea.
The town surrounding the cove hasn't grown much in its lifetime, and is still very dependent on fishing and farming. Having a population of less than 700 people, the town is still very underdeveloped and retains its original rustic appearance, giving any visitor the feeling that they have stepped back in time.
On September 2nd, 1998, the skies about Peggy's Cove witnessed tragedy as Swissair Flight 111 caught on fire and plummeted into the ocean below, killing all 229 people on board. It is believed electrical failure in the airplane's attic was responsible, but in 2011, CBC's The Fifth Estate reported claims by a former RCMP officer that there were high levels of magnesium on the wires that caught fire, leading to a belief the plane was taken down by an incendiary device. Many of the passengers on the plane were atomic and ionic scientists. One passenger was a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Director of Operations, and another was the head of the World Health Organization's AIDS program.
A memorial to the crash is set up a kilometer away from Peggy's Cove, while a second one is set up across the bay in Bayswater, on the Aspotogan Peninsula. These two monuments and the actual crash site are at the vertices of a roughly equilateral triangle across the bay.
2. Citadel Hill
While Citadel Hill is one of Halifax's most iconic buildings, it's built so that nobody can see it.
The current citadel is the fourth of its kind, and is officially titled Fort George. While the previous citadels were created to protect the city from invading Acadians, Aboriginals or French, this one was built to protect Halifax from the United States. It was built in the center of several ditches that create a Star of David like pattern, with several branches not connecting to the main section of the fort. This design was made to confuse and disorientate invading forces.
While the three previous citadels saw raids and battles, this one never did. That isn't to say it never saw action, however, as it did take part of the Chesapeake Affair and the escape of Confederate John Taylor Wood. With the invention of the airplane and wartime air flight, the fort's usefulness declined, and became more of a barrack than a military fort.
During World War I, the Canadian government was concerned about the flux of European immigrants arriving from overseas and detained these "enemy aliens" in 24 camps across the country. In total, there were 8,579 people imprisoned in Canada, with this fort being one of those locations.
With the economic strain of the Great Depression and the wartime efforts of World War II, the fort began to decay. In the late 1940s the city of Halifax were beginning plans to level the citadel, but recognition of the fort's historical significance and tourism potential instead led to its restoration.
Today the fort is open to the public and is an interactive museum, complete with actors dressed in period clothing.
Built in 1928, Pier 21 was Canada's primary immigration and ocean liner terminal. Over the course of its 50 year lifespan, it saw over one million immigrants come through its port.
Informally known as "The Gateway to Canada", Pier 21 originally saw waves of Dutch and English immigrants arriving during the 1930s. Once the Great Depression began, immigration slowed. During the 1940s, the role of the pier reversed and instead of bringing Europeans to Canada, it was used to send Canadians to Europe. Almost a half million soldiers went through this pier on their way to Europe, including my grandfather.
As World War II progressed, many children were sent from Britain to Canada for safety and came through Pier 21. Gold bullion from Europe was also sent through the pier for safe keeping, and the Royal Dutch family arrived seeking refuge through the same pier. Winston Churchill also used the pier on his many trips to Canada during the war.
After the war, the pier was full again, this time with soldiers, war brides and their babies. Many of these brides and babies would go from the pier to the train station and take the train across North America. The pier also saw thousands of Holocaust survivors from Britain, Italy, Netherlands and Germany, looking to start a new life.
A decade later, the pier was full of Hungarian refugees, fleeing the Hungarian Uprising of 1956. At this time, however, air travel had become more popular so many refugees arrived in the airports instead. The 1970s saw the last big wave of immigrants, this time from Cuba.
Pier 21 ceased immigration operations in 1971. Frequently it is visited by cruise liners, but only for recreational purposes. In 1999 it became an interpretive center that showcases Canada's long and colorful immigration history, and in 2010 was renamed the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.
4. Fairview Cemetery
Cemeteries aren't often included on my lists as locations of interest, as I plan to avoid the as much as I can, but Fairview Cemetery is worth visiting as it has the unique distinction as being the final resting place of over 120 victims of the RMS Titanic.
Although the massive passenger liner sank over a century ago, nearly 80 bodies in the cemetery remain unknown, with their identities lost to history. One of these belongs to The Unknown Child, a grave dedicated to a boy that died in the shipwreck. With no one claiming the body, a monument was erected funded from one of the ships who discovered his corpse in the icy waters of the Northern Atlantic. In 2002, the boy was identified as Eino Viljami Panula of Finland, whose mother and all four brothers died on the ship. However, in 2007 the body was re-identified as that of a British boy, Sidney Leslie Goodwin. A century later, his true identity is unknown.
Another noteworthy grave in the Fairview Cemetery has somewhat of a tie to Hollywood thanks to the 1997 film, Titanic. The name of the grave reads "J. Dawson", and for all who have seen the movie, they know this is the name of the heroic character played by Leonardo DiCaprio. Director of the film James Cameron has said the character's name was not inspired by the grave, and a later investigation revealed that "J. Dawson" was actually a "Joseph Dawson", a coal trimmer, not the handsome artist depicted in the film.
Fairview Cemetery also holds the bodies of the devastating Halifax Explosion.
5. Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
Museums are my favorite places to visit in any city, and the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax is by far one of the greatest museums I have ever visited.
While the museum focuses on events like Canada's history with piracy, the famed Sable Island, and the sinking of the Titanic, its primary exhibit (or at least the one I spent the most time in) was the one regarding the Halifax Explosion of 1917, which was the largest man-made explosion prior to the development of nuclear weapons.
In 1917, the world was engaged in World War I, and Halifax was no exception. With an influx of immigrants fleeing the war and weapons and fuel being desperately needed in Europe, the ports of Halifax were incredibly busy. While safety was always a concern, there had been no collisions in the port. This changed on December 6th, 1917 when the SS Mont-Blanc, carrying explosives, collided with the SS Imo, carrying fuel. While the ships were traveling slow, the collision started an uncontrollable fire aboard the Mont-Blanc, and within 20 minutes, it exploded.
A pressure wave was released from the explosion, moving at almost 1,000 meters per second, carrying white hot iron. Blasting in every direction, it snapped trees, bent iron rails, and demolished buildings. With the shrapnel came weapons and anchors, with Mont-Blanc's forward 90 mm gun landing 5 kilometers away, the its anchor landing 3 kilometers away. The sound of the blast could be heard as far away as Prince Edward Island and Cape Briton.
The fireball was so extreme that it vaporized the water in the harbor, leaving the harbor exposed. Immediately afterwards, water rushed in and formed a tsunami that rose over 60 feet above Halifax's high-water mark. The water collected the Imo and threw it into the city of Dartmouth across the bay from Halifax, crashing into the city.
The fireball also ignited fires throughout the city as well, setting complete blocks of houses ablaze. Firefighter Billy Wells described the devastation survivors faced: "The sight was awful, with people hanging out of windows dead. Some with their heads missing, and some thrown onto the overhead telegraph wires."
2,000 people died in the explosion, and an additional 9,000 were injured. The number would have been much higher had it not been for the actions of Patrick Vincent Coleman, an Intercolonial Railway dispatcher for the rail yard. Once he saw the fire aboard the Mont-Blanc he sent out the following radio message to all incoming trains: "Hold up the train. Ammunition ship afire in harbor making for Pier 6 and will explode. Guess this will be my last message. Good-bye boys." Although Coleman died, he has been credited for saving the lives of thousands of individuals. He was inducted into the Canadian Railway Hall of Fame in 2004.
After the blast, confusion erupted throughout the city, with people believing they had been bombed by a German aircraft. The military, including those at Citadel Hill, believed this as well and readied their weapons. It didn't take long to realize what had happened, and a rescue operation was put into place. Ships outside the bay that felt the wave of the blast or saw the large cloud of black smoke emitting from the harbor sent doctors and orderlies into the city. The railway also sent in volunteers, as Coleman's message reached them and stopped the trains in time. Passengers were let off in adjacent towns and the trains were brought into Halifax and Dartmouth to transport bodies. By nightfall almost a dozen trains from across Canada and the United States arrived in Halifax, full of volunteers.
The next day Halifax was hit by a blizzard, dumping 16 inches of heavy, wet snow onto the city. Trains that had not left were stranded, and telephone cables were snapped. Nobody could leave or enter the city. Halifax was, for the moment, isolated from the world.
The museum had many more incredible exhibits as well, such as the "Travelling Exhibit MS St. Louis: Ship of Fate", a ship carrying 1,000 Jews that fled Europe with the dream of immigrating to Cuba. I had no idea when I was at this exhibit that within a few years I would visit the Florida Holocaust Museum in St. Petersburg and see a similar exhibit, one about Florida's involvement and ultimate refusal to help these Jewish refugees.
With a whole exhibit on the Titanic and another about piracy, the Kraken, and the dangers navigating the ocean, the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is one of the greatest museums I have even been to, and I recommend it to anybody visiting the city.
Halifax has much more than just these wonderful locations to visit, such as Halifax Public Gardens, Point Pleasant Park, Neptune Theatre and Theodore Too (built after the fictional television tugboat, Theodore Tugboat). Along with an incredible artistic scene, an electric nightlife, a great shopping center and a welcoming, small-town vibe, you might just want to add Halifax to your next summer destination.
If you're looking to visit the notorious Kay's Cross in Kaysville, Utah, you might be tempted to just wander down into the hollow and see it for yourself. However, the cross is on private property and the owners aren't a fan of trespassers. Legend says that the owners will shoot you if they catch you, but they told me they would just call the police instead.
Either way, access to the cross is $20 USD, or $28 CAD, and they only take cash. It's a much cheaper option than a trespassing fine or a trip to the hospital so I recommend this approach.
However, a lot of people still take the risk and visit the cross without permission. Kay's Cross – or the remains of Kay's Cross after it was mysteriously destroyed in 1992 – has become a beacon for the paranormal, both for investigators and for practicers alike. My guide told me that Satanists often visit the cross and perform rituals. Once, he even said he encountered a dark entity while down there.
Seventy-two hours is a lot of time in a town of about 1,500 people, so why did I pick that number? Well, when I arrived in Dawson City, I arrived on Labour Day Monday, and many of the local amenities were closed. Because Dawson City is so small, there is no taxi service from the airport. Had I gone there another day, I would have been able to call Klondike Car Rental for a lift, but they were closed that day. Out of all the hotels in Dawson City, I believe the only one that offers an airport shuttle is The Downtown Hotel – and I didn't stay there because the rooms at The Bunkhouse were about $10 cheaper.
So, with no taxi, no shuttle, and no car rental, I decided to try my luck hitchhiking my way into Dawson City. Honestly, I'm surprised how quickly I got a ride. I think only three or four vehicles passed me until I was able to hop aboard a truck and get a ride into town.
It was on this drive into town that I was told two things: one, that going to the Yukon by myself without knowing a soul was a very brave thing to do, and two: that if I don't drink, I'll get tired of Dawson City after three days.


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Read On, Young Padawan: Superb Star Wars Books for Kids of All Ages
by Tom Burns
A while back, I spent a few brief days being known to the world as the "Princess Leia Dad." My 7-year-old daughter and I dressed up as Han Solo and Princess Leia for Halloween — at her request, she was Han and I was Leia — and little did I know that the pictures of our costumes would go minor-league viral, placing me on national TV squeezed into a makeshift Carrie Fisher dress.
What did I learn from that experience? 1). People love seeing pudgy dads in dresses, and 2). People LOVE "Star Wars." Which you already know. With the release of "The Force Awakens" and the prospect of multiple new "Star Wars" movies on the horizon, it's impossible to deny how excited fans are about returning to the world of George Lucas's most famous creation.
And, even if you're not a SW fan, it's hard to argue with the impact "Star Wars" has had on our cultural mythology. For better or worse, "Star Wars" has become one of those foundational stories, the kind that gets passed down from generation to generation. (It even has its own holiday — May 4th has become the official "Star Wars Day," thanks to the better-than-average pun "May the 4th Be With You.")
If you want to help your kids awaken the Force, or just introduce them to the literary side of "Star Wars," here are some fantastic books that should delight padawans of all ages.
Pre-K (Ages 3 – 5):
"Star Wars" has become so ubiquitous that it often gets on a kid's radar LONG before they're ready to actually see the movies. So, what's a parent to do when their 3-year-old wants to know everything there is to know about Lando Calrissian? Turn to DK's long-line of age-appropriate "Star Wars" early readers. Or try the Star Wars Little Golden Book Library, a fantastic six-book retelling of the entire movie series — told in the classic Little Golden Book format — that acts as an ideal introduction to the SW universe for even the littlest Jedis.
If you're looking for something more suited for bedtime reading, it's hard not to love cartoonist Jeffrey Brown's sublime picture books like Darth Vader and Son, Vader's Little Princess, and Goodnight Darth Vader, in which Brown brings a surprising amount of depth and laugh-out-loud humor to his portrayal of Lord Vader as an exasperated parental figure.
DK Readers L0: Star Wars: Blast Off!
DK Readers L1: Star Wars : What is a Droid?
by Lisa Stock
The Phantom Menace (Star Wars)
by Courtney Carbone, illustrated by Heather Martinez
Attack of the Clones (Star Wars)
by Golden Books, illustrated by Ethen Beavers
Revenge of the Sith (Star Wars)
by Geof Smith, illustrated by Patrick Spaziante
A New Hope (Star Wars)
by Geof Smith, illustrated by Caleb Meurer and Micky Rose
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (Star Wars)
by Geof Smith, illustrated by Chris Kennett
Return of the Jedi (Star Wars)
by Geof Smith, illustrated by Ron Cohee
The Star Wars Little Golden Book Library (Star Wars)
by various authors and illustrators
by Jeffrey Brown
Vader's Little Princess
Goodnight Darth Vader
Growing Reader (Ages 6 – 8):
For grade school kids, there are several great "Star Wars" options. DK publishes a huge catalog of "nonfiction" titles in their "Star Wars" series — books that catalog the minutiae of George Lucas's universe, like Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary and the Ultimate Factivity Collection: Star Wars — for young readers to flip through.
In terms of sheer visual scope, it's hard to do better than The Adventures of Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight, a beautiful picture book, authored by Spiderwick Chronicles co-creator Tony DiTerlizzi, which retells Luke's heroic journey using paintings created by the original "Star Wars" conceptual designer, Ralph McQuarrie.
If your kid loves graphic novels (and awesome action sequences), there's the Clone Wars Adventures anthology series, which collects short comic book stories about the Jedis at war, or, if they enjoy Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid books, they should definitely dig Jeffrey Brown's Jedi Academy, all about young Roan Novachez who keeps a journal about his anxious and exhilarating first years at Jedi training school. (Taking classes from Yoda can make a kid nervous.)
Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary
by Ryder Windham
Ultimate Factivity Collection: Star Wars
Star Wars: The Adventures of Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight
by Tony DiTerlizzi
Star Wars: Jedi Academy
Tween/Teen (Ages 9+):
Middle grade readers should find a lot to enjoy about the "Journey to The Force Awakens" illustrated novels, a series that collects "untold" stories of Luke, Han, and Leia from the original trilogy. Smuggler's Run: A Han Solo Adventure, authored by comic book icon Greg Rucka, is particularly fun.
Another awesome way to prepare your eager tween reader for the new "Star Wars" trilogy is by reintroducing them to the original trilogy via some great authors and stories. Disney Lucasfilm Press commissioned three new novels, authored by some of the biggest names in young adult lit, which retell the core stories of the first "Star Wars" movies in exciting new ways. The inaugural volume, Star Wars: A New Hope — The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy by New York Times bestselling author Alexandra Bracken, focuses on the backstories and inner drama surrounding the trio of core characters from the original film – Luke, Leia, and Han. It was followed by new books that expand on the plots from "Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi" as well, written by fan-favorite authors Adam Gidwitz and Tom Angleberger, respectively.
There are hundreds of novels in the "Star Wars" "Expanded Universe," but, for older kids, few are as beloved as A.C. Crispin's Han Solo Trilogy — starting with The Paradise Snare — which follows the young scoundrel from his days as a 19-year-old pirate's apprentice to his first meeting with Obi-Wan Kenobi at the Mos Eisley cantina. And, if your teen can't wait for Episode VII later this year, they might enjoy Timothy Zahn's Thrawn Trilogy — beginning with Heir to the Empire — which, until the announcement of the new "Star Wars" movies, was long regarded as the definitive "What happened after 'Return of the Jedi'" story.
Smuggler's Run: A Han Solo Adventure
by Greg Rucka, illustrated by Phil Noto
Star Wars: A New Hope — The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy
by Alexandra Bracken
Star Wars: The Han Solo Trilogy: The Paradise Snare
by A.C. Crispin
Heir to the Empire: Star Wars Legends
by Timothy Zahn
What other great "Star Wars" reads would you add to this list?
Tom Burns
Tom Burns is a husband, a dad, and a veteran of the educational publishing industry, living just outside of Detroit Rock City. He's the founder of BuildingaLibrary.com, a website ...