It's been about a week since we returned from Costa Rica and I am still daydreaming of jungle lined canals, monkeys flying through the treetops and constant 360 degree breathtaking views. It's not that we planned this trip "on a whim" (it was actually booked more than a year ago) but the location was one neither of us had really considered going to until we were looking through a travel website. So the destination was kind of random, but it had the promise of nature, lots of hiking and wildlife, which it totally delivered on. I couldn't be more happy that we picked to visit there! We spent nine perfect days in areas all across the country which would likely make for one very long blog, so I thought I would split it up between each of the major destinations we visited!
We arrived in Costa Rica pretty late at night. We booked the trip with a company called Go Ahead Tours. They plan out an amazing itinerary and take care of all of the transportation, lodging and some of your meals at local restaurants through all the destinations. They also give you a professional guide so you can learn all about the places you're visiting. We were part of a group of about 20 people. We were picked up at the airport that night and stayed at a hotel in downtown San Jose. We were pretty pleased when the sun rose and we finally got to see what the city looked like.
We were up bright and early and on our way to our first destination of the trip: Tortuguero. We stopped at a restaurant on the way in the Limón Province called El Ceibo. That's where we had our first Costa Rican breakfast including rice & beans and strong coffee served only with hot milk. Not pictured: the most delicious fresh pineapple I've ever had.
After another hour or so of driving we got to a port where the group piled into a small boat necessary to get to the town that we were heading to. Tortuguero is not technically an "island" but it is completely surrounded by water. You cannot drive there; you have to take boats through canals and rivers to get from home to home or around the area in general.
We had such a warm greeting once we got to The Pachira Lodge. It's nestled quite literally inside the rain forest with monkeys howling and jumping around as you're walking through the grounds. The staff welcomed us with glasses of fresh papaya juice and lunch! Everyone in our group had their own little bungalows surrounded by plants and trees. It was a gorgeous first stop of the trip.
A small group of us went with our guide down and across the canal into town. We spent about an hour walking around the lanes where fresh fruit, coconut water straight from the coconut, local artwork and typical touristy trinkets were being sold.
The area is not even a mile wide from one side to the other, but on the other side of the land is a beach touching the Caribbean Sea. Unfortunately it wasn't sea turtle season or we may have gotten lucky and could have seen some little babies flop out to the water after hatching. Tortuguero translates to "The Region of Turtles" after all.
The small town had such quirky and cute statues and art all around it. Right before the sun started to set, we took a boat back to our lodge.
The next day the weather was perfect! Although we were visiting towards the end of the dry season (on purpose) there's still a chance of rain, and a lot of it, depending on the day and where you are in the country. Our main activity for that day was to go on a canal tour and search for wildlife in all the vegetation lining the water.
This area of Costa Rica is known as the "Wet Forest" which I think is pretty self explanatory. The tour group had to be split in half so we could fit in the small open boats that were taking us around. Luckily the half we were with got a local guide to come with us. He grew up in Tortuguero and swam the canals when he was a kid, yet still, when we saw any animal, he was easily the most excited and passionate person in the boat. He and the boat captain had eagle eyes and spotted so many cool creatures for us.
Later that day we went back to the main town stretch of Tortuguero which is also where the National Sea Turtle Conservatory is. Since it wasn't sea turtle season there wasn't much to do but it was interesting to learn the history of how sea turtle research and conservation really took off there. The beach is actually one of the most important nesting sites for sea turtles on this half of the globe.
The Conservatory had a screening of a video explaining that sea turtles in that area were almost nearly extinct by the 1960's due to over-hunting. Researchers eventually came to the area to study turtles, realized the risk the species was facing and worked with the local people to shift some of the cultural priorities. They were able to teach the importance of saving turtles, created a protected area for them and encouraged an ecotourism industry surrounding the turtles to help regain some of the lost revenue from cutting back on hunting. Fast forward 30 years or so, and it worked. Researchers still travel to Tortuguero to study these important animals! …obviously so do tourists.
Once we got back to the lodge, S and I lounged and caught up on some reading by the turtle shaped pool before wandering around the property again. The lodge has a nature trail set up which was so gorgeous. We didn't see many creatures other than blue crabs scurrying about, but when we got back, the sun was starting to set over the canals and it was so beautiful!
Looking back, the two days spent in Tortuguero flew by! It was such an amazing start to an incredible trip and I'm so glad it was the first place we were able to see. Next stop was the Arenal region where volcanoes and incredible views were on our itinerary. See ya tomorrow!
After looking through all these photos Im so jelaous of you right now haha!
Haha! It's such an amazing place! I'd definitely recommend visiting!
We just got one of those! G7X Mark II, what's yours?
Thank you! There's so much to experience there, it was a lot of fun!
Isn't it?! I wasn't prepared for how pretty everything would be!


Weddings are the culmination of so many fateful choices, stories leading to a new future that—if we believe in romance—is meant to be. For Ashley Wrenn and Matt Aragona, this couldn't possibly be truer!
Ashley is the remarkable lady boss behind Hello, Bird (a design studio that offers Calligraphy, Hand-Lettering, and Style Services!). I've had the pleasure of working with her on numerous weddings over the last few years, and have witnessed her superior eye for style first-hand. When she and Matt approached me about photographing their wedding, I knew it was going to be truly spectacular and I was thrilled to sign on! In fact, it felt a little like destiny, because we share the same last name (though spelled differently).
Mind you, the serendipity doesn't stop there! We all know that finding the right dress, is a crucial step in the wedding planning process. For Ashley, the winning dress was a beautiful Silk Georgette gown with hand-beading, embroidered details, and dramatic key-hole back by Rebecca Schoneveld from Ashe B & Co. It was everything the bride dreamed, and its name, as fate would have it, was the "Wren Gown!" How's that for kismet?
With these nods from the universe, we headed for picturesque Sedona, Arizona. Ashley and Matt took great care to celebrate and embrace the mesmerizing natural landscape. The invite suite that Ashley designed gave a subtle nod to the blues and grays of native agave plants. While Sarah's Garden provided the perfect desert florals with succulents, pale suede-like greenery, and the occasional pink or white bloom. Every detail of the day was a dream, and it was an honor to be there to capture it!


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We were fortunate to meet Sharon Repass, a creative mind looking to realize her dream of owning a retail store. She'd just found the perfect spot for Blackbird General Store in Calabasas, California, when she found us. We created the logo, packaging, gift boxes, and signage for her fall launch. The project caught the eye of Sabine Lenz, Paper Queen and Founder of PaperSpecs.com. We were all aflutter when she chose to feature it in her Inspiration column. View the PaperSpecs video and check out the full project in our Branding portfolio.


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Frontier Airlines was the launch customer of the Airbus A318. Between 2003 and 2007, they took delivery of 11 of the type. However, retirement of the type already began in 2010 and was completed by autumn 2013. All of Frontier's A318 were not resold, but parted out for scrap. At the time of scrapping, the five youngest examples had spent less than two and a half years in active service, while the oldest two were just over ten years old.[82]
In 2013, Allegiant acquired nine Airbus A320-200 aircraft from Spanish flag carrier Iberia.[79][80] Seven of the A320s were delivered in 2013 and were used for growth into new markets, including destinations in Mexico and the Rocky Mountains, as well as airfields such as Charlottesville and Shenandoah Valley in Virginia and Trenton, New Jersey.[76] On February 24, 2015, Allegiant announced the purchase of 2 additional A320s from Philippine Airlines which entered into service in 2015.[81] Later in 2015, the airline announced a firm order for an Airbus A320 direct from Airbus, the first time it has purchased new aircraft from the supplier.[82]
Buyer beware! Do not use this service! I booked a trip for my son and then needed to change the reservation the next day. The customer service person said to cancel the first trip and "re book the whole reservation again (my son needed to stay 2 extra days). A partial refund came in 2 days later for the cost of the hotel. The refund was short $500.00 for the airfare. I called after about 6 days and was told it was being processed and would take up to 7 days. I called 5 days later (day 11) and was told it was processed and the hold up was on the part of my bank. I called the bank who had no record of this at all. They are now disputing the charges with Travelocity. It's been a time consuming and aggravating nightmare. Be aware and careful before you use Travelocity. In looking at their reviews this is not an isolated instance. They seem to have very poor business practices throughout!
March 27, 2012: Flight 191 en route from New York City, to Las Vegas performed an emergency landing at Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport after the captain, Clayton Osbon, was locked out of the cockpit and subdued by passengers after he started acting erratically and ranting about terrorist. It is believed that Osbon suffered from an unspecified mental breakdown, and was treated by Northwest Texas Healthcare System. There were no fatalities.[148][149][150]
On November 15, 2017 Frontier Airlines announced a $15 billion order for 134 additional A320neo family aircraft. The order, slightly revised under new owner Indigo, consists of 100 A320neo and 34 A321neo. The order also includes the conversion of the remaining A319neo to A320neo.[80] With this order, Frontier Airlines fleet has industry-leading fuel efficiency. The fleet is also one of the most modern and young, particularly in comparison to other low-cost carriers,[nt 1] at an average age of 5 years as of 2018.[81]
The worst! I'll never book with them again. If you have to make any changes to your itinerary, they connect you to a phone operator who can barely speak English. When i tried to add another room she would read a script before we would proceed, then before she could finish the price would increase and she had to restart, including the damn script she had to read. This happened 4 times before i told them to F-off and just cancelled my room altogether
jetBlue's first major advertising campaign incorporated phrases like "Unbelievable" and "We like you, too". Full-page newspaper advertisements boasted low fares, new aircraft, leather seats, spacious legroom, and a customer-service-oriented staff committed to "bringing humanity back to air travel".[92] With a goal of raising the bar for in-flight experience, jetBlue became the first airline to offer all passengers personalized in-flight entertainment. In April 2000, flat-screen monitors installed in every seatback allow customers live access to over 20 DirecTV channels at no additional cost.[93]
We arrived at the airport at 5:15 for our 7:15 flight. After two delays we received a text message from the company that the flight had been canceled. 35 minutes later an employee finally came out to announce the cancellation. As we started asking questions like "will we get our money back" or "do you have any more flights going out we can get on" each time a piece of paper was picked up and shaken in our faces and were told to read the paper just like everyone else. Worst service ever!!!!!! We were all states away from home with no where to go and no help from frontier. And our refund could be expected within two weeks. All I could think of is how I hoped everyone there could find funds to purchase another ticket to where they were going. Because last minute tickets are crazy expensive. I will never fly frontier again!!!! They gave me a $100 voucher off my next flight with them but I'll never use it!!!
On March 19, 2008, jetBlue added Orlando, Florida as a gateway focus city to international destinations in the Caribbean, Mexico, and South America. New international routes from Orlando International Airport include Cancún, Mexico, Bridgetown, Barbados, Bogotá, Colombia, Nassau, Bahamas, San José, Costa Rica, and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. In conjunction with the addition of new routes the airline will continue significant expansion of operations at Orlando International Airport including a planned 292-room lodge that will house trainees attending the existing "JetBlue University" training facility (opened in 2015).[33]
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In February 2011, Allegiant proposed to sell two types of tickets to passengers: advance tickets at a fixed higher rate and time-of-departure tickets that cost less but may have fees added based on the price of aviation fuel.[37] In 2012, the U.S. Department of Transportation banned the practice as part of wider regulations that also require taxes and fees to be included in airfares. Allegiant, along with Spirit Airlines and Southwest Airlines, sued the DOT to overturn these new rules. The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled in favor of the DOT on 24 July 2012[38] and the US Supreme Court denied certiorari on 1 April 2013.[39]
I was booked for a trip out of Santa Barbara to Denver then to Chicago. I have a brain injury and had wheel chair assistant due to my injury. Our flight was delayed for 6 hours at Santa Barbara which is were my daughter lives. I was going to reschedule my flight but was given a phone number to the hotel. This with the airport assistant made me feel comfortable enough to continue my travel. At the Denver airport was when we were told there was going to be no hotel. Thank God one other person was in the same situation as I was. My assistant took me to McDonald's for food then took me to our gate. So from 11:00 PM till our fight at 6:30Am I was left with a stranger. We slept on the floor for a few hours. I was afraid to leave for food the next morning. Needless to say I was dissatisfied with the lack of communication about no hotel. My safety wasn't a concern of your airline. My back still hurts after two days. I hope after this review your company will take others with disabilities into consideration before making decisions that could put them in a potentially dangerous situation.
Allegiant also earns commissions by offering hotel rooms, car rentals and admission to tourist attractions on its website. It sells package vacations under the brand name Allegiant Vacations. The company has arrangements with 34 hotels in Las Vegas and 21 in the Orlando and Daytona Beach, Florida, areas. In 2008, the airline sold 400,000 hotel room nights.[42] Commissions on hotel and rental car packages are up to one-third of the airline's revenue.[40][42]
As of April 2019, jetBlue Airways flies to 102 destinations in North, Central, and South America; including destinations in Aruba, The Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Maarten, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the United States.[100]
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In 2009, jetBlue announced that it was looking for a new headquarters location, and was considering moving either within the New York City metropolitan area or to the Orlando, Florida area.[83] In April 2009, Helen Marshall, the president of the Borough of Queens, said that the City of New York was trying to keep JetBlue in the city;[84] in January 2010, the CEO of JetBlue, Dave Barger, and Governor of Florida Charlie Crist met in Tallahassee, Florida to discuss a possible move to Orlando.[85] A decision was expected by March 2010,[86] although a move would not happen until 2012, when its lease in the Forest Hills Tower expired.[87]
As Republic Airways Holdings was in the process of bidding to acquire Frontier in 2009, it was also in the process of acquiring Milwaukee-based Midwest Airlines. Through the fall and winter of 2009, Republic operated its two new acquisitions as separate brands. However, to improve efficiency by better matching aircraft capacity to route demand, Republic began to intermix the fleets of the two airlines, swapping a portion of its higher-capacity planes from Frontier with its smaller-capacity planes from Midwest and vice versa. However, the move caused some confusion amongst the public, as the two brands did not offer the same amenities and did not match the amenities mentioned on the airfare. As a result, in the Spring of 2010, Frontier and Midwest Airlines announced that their brands would merge, with Frontier being the surviving brand.[33] This was a merger of brands only—no Midwest Airlines aircraft was ever operated by Frontier, as by this time, all Midwest Airlines flights were operated on its behalf by other Republic Airways Holdings subsidiaries.[citation needed]
What makes them so good is the fact that they genuinely strive to give their guests all kinds of luxuries and an experience of leisure travel at unbelievably affordable prices. It has all the horse power that one can imagine a complete airline to have in the form of low fares, all-jet non-stop service to almost anywhere in America, Mexico and Canada and world-class travel partners. Ever since it was certified by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) as a "Scheduled Air Carrier" it has been operating as scheduled and chartered airlines much to the delight of its guests all over America.
In July 2012, Allegiant announced the future addition of the Airbus A319-100 aircraft to its fleet. The aircraft are used and formerly belonged to easyJet and Cebu Pacific. All of them are high-density A319s, fitted with four overwing exits, allowing 156 seats. Two former easyJet aircraft entered service in 2013, with another in 2014 and an additional six in 2015.[75] In December 2012, Allegiant cancelled the agreement with Cebu Pacific citing an inability to agree on economic provisions.[76] On May 1, 2013, Allegiant purchased another A319 aircraft previously operated by easyJet that would enter service in the third quarter of 2013.[77] On February 23, 2015, Allegiant purchased six more A319s from Cebu Pacific.[78]
Made a reservation for a one night hotel stay at Days Inn & Suites Wyndham Bentonville, Arkansas. Ten minutes later attempted to cancel reservation due to error in date. Travelocity responded with they would need to contact Days Inn to inquire about a refund on my behalf. Subsequently, shortly thereafter, received an email from Travelocity stating they were unable to give me a refund due to Days Inn's inability and refusal to refund. I contacted Days Inn personally and they denied this claim, stating it was Travelocity that I had paid and they are the ones who would need to refund me. You do not get good business by deception. I DO NOT recommend them and WILL NEVER use again. Be cautious.
On January 11, 2007, Frontier Airlines signed an 11-year service agreement with Republic Airlines. Under the agreement, Republic was to operate 17, 76-seat Embraer 170 aircraft for the former Frontier JetExpress operations. At the time the contract was canceled in April 2008, Republic Airlines operated 11 aircraft for Frontier Airlines, with the remaining six aircraft expected to join the fleet by December 2008. With the integration of Republic aircraft, the 'JetExpress' denotation was removed. Subsequent to the cessation of Horizon's services for Frontier in December 2007, all flights operated by Republic were sold and marketed as "Frontier Airlines, operated by Republic Airlines." The first market created specifically for the Embraer 170 was Louisville, Kentucky, which began on April 1, 2007. Service to Louisville was suspended in August 2008 but restarted in April 2010.[citation needed]
jetBlue expanded service to the Caribbean, including to St. Maarten and Puerto Plata commencing January 10, 2008. With these additional destinations, jetBlue serves a total of twelve Caribbean/Atlantic destinations including Aruba; Barbados; Bermuda; Cancún; Nassau; Aguadilla; Ponce; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Santiago; and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.[citation needed]
On October 22, 2008, jetBlue opened its new primary hub at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), Terminal 5, or simply T5. The mostly new terminal, costing approximately $800 million,[41] partially encircles the historic TWA Flight Center, the former Trans World Airlines terminal designed by Eero Saarinen, which remains closed. According to the plan, passengers will eventually be able to check in for flights in the landmark building, then transfer to the new structure via the original passenger departing-arrival tubes from Saarinen's original terminal and its 1969 addition by Roche-Dinkeloo.[42]
^ Jump up to: a b c "JetBlue 2017 Annual Report" (PDF). p. 8. Retrieved 2018-09-19. We are a predominately point-to-point system carrier, with the majority of our routes touching at least one of our six Focus Cities: New York, Boston, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, Orlando, Long Beach and San Juan, Puerto Rico. During 2017, over 92% of our Customers flew on nonstop itineraries.
Frontier offers great services and even better prices! They have a point system when you book with them, meaning eventually you can earn enough points to earn some discounted or free flights. They offer inflight entertainment and usually offer the lowest price. You get great service from the friendly staff and the aircrafts are fairly new and comfortable.
In May 2017, Allegiant Air took delivery of its first brand-new A320. Allegiant took delivery of ten new A320s in 2017 and is scheduled to accept two in 2018. All new aircraft will be painted in Allegiant's new livery at the time it is delivered. Older Airbus aircraft will be repainted during their C-checks.[83] The new Airbus aircraft will have fuel-efficient sharklets. The new A320s seat 186 passengers, an increase of the 177 seats that are found in the rest of the Allegiant A320 fleet. To fit the additional nine seats, Allegiant opted for the Airbus Space-Flex V2 Lavatory. [84]
The TWA Hotel is the TWA Flight Center structure currently being rebuilt as 505-room hotel, preserving the Eero Saarinen headhouse while replacing the structures on either side of the headhouse. Situated in front of JetBlue's JFK terminal, JetBlue has stated that it estimates the ownership of the hotel would be between 5–10% of the final total investment.[138] The hotel will be an effective replacement for the Ramada Plaza JFK Hotel on the north end of the airport grounds in Building 144, which closed in 2009.
I just had horrendous experience and customer service! I booked a round trip flight for my son from Stockholm to Zurich via Amsterdam. It was 185 USD. Travelocity emailed us on the day of the flight that the flight from Amsterdam to Zurich and all return flights were cancelled. My son ended up booking a new flight from Stockholm to Zurich that costed him about 500 USD. I reached out Travelocity customer service via Facebook. The rep admitted that email was an error but ensured me that return flight was still good. However, my son was charged 285 USD penalty on the return flight for missing the first leg. In the end, he ended up paying 800 USD out of his pocket. Short flight cost us a total of 1000 USD! The reps via Facebook said they were sorry but they would not do anything to compensate/reimburse me or be accountable for their mistakes. I will NEVER use Travelocity again for sure!!
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In 2014, Frontier announced it would be transitioning into an ultra-low cost carrier.[47] Frontier will also cut several flights and jobs at their Denver hub and transition them to different markets. On January 16, 2015 Frontier announced that it will close both its Denver and Milwaukee call centers, laying off 1,300 employees and outsourcing the jobs to call center company, Sitel, which operates a large call center for Frontier in Las Cruces, New Mexico.[48] As part of its transition to an ultra-low-cost airline, Frontier Airlines joined Spirit and Allegiant in June 2015 in removing its toll-free telephone number for customer service.[49]

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Location – The eastern box turtle lives in the eastern United States, from eastern Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas to the Atlantic Ocean.
Why are they under threat – Habitat destruction is a significant threat to box turtles. Other threats include habitat fragmentation and degradation, predation, inadequacy of regulatory mechanisms and incompatible use of herbicides in forest management. Intentional removal of large numbers of animals for the domestic and international pet trade has largely stopped, but incidental collection of animals as personal pets and for and 'turtle racing' continues.
What can you do – You can help box turtles by working with agencies to manage turtle habitats. Work with local, county and state elected officials to set aside habitat for wildlife. Ask for green spaces, corridors and wildlife tunnels in and around developments. Go to Turtle Conservancy to help protect turtles around the world.


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One of the most vital aspects of IT support in Long Island is business continuity planning (BCP). After all, if a critical component of your business goes down, is destroyed, or is otherwise unavailable, your entire operation can grind to a halt. You may think that you have plans in place, but do they constitute real BCP?
The first thing to recognize is that BCP is not just a generalized 'catch-all' attitude. It is good to be mindful of the fact that problems can and do arise, and your business needs to have the capacity to deal with unforeseen circumstances. In fact, ensuring your business is fast and flexible enough to absorb sudden challenges can be the difference between the life and death of your company. But there is more to BCP.
BCP is the generation of a strategy by recognizing and defining the threats and risks to your company such that your staff and corporate assets are protected and can continue to function in the event of any disaster.
There is a tendency to confuse business continuity planning (BCP) and disaster recovery planning (DRP). It is important to bear both concepts in mind at the same time so the differences are clear. They are, of course, connected.
BCP basically involves ensuring your company can continue to deliver key products and services to a predefined standard following a disaster. DRP ensures that the availability of your IT resources is maintained following an incident.
The reason for the differentiation between BCP and DRP is that IT experts have the knowledge and skills needed to ensure IT availability. However, they don't have the remit or resources to take all steps needed to ensure key products and services are delivered after a disaster.
Obviously, delivery of key products and services depends to some extent on your IT support in Long Island. This means management handling BCP and management handling DRP need to communicate. Simple questions, such as, "What IT do you require to ensure delivery of key products and services?", help to highlight how to structure the related planning.
Part of ensuring DRP will involve data recovery solutions in Long Island. Your IT team need to know what data needs to be preserved in case of disaster. Furthermore, they also need to know how quickly that data needs to be restored, and to where.
That's right— the where. Let's say your office upstairs had a small fire, leaving your offices damaged by water. Where do you temporarily send your staff so they can continue to deliver your key products and services? That's where they will need their IT. That's probably where critical data recovery needs to be provided.
Though your IT team is tasked with delivering on DRP, BCP requires a wider overall management view. It also requires IT support experts in Long Island working with the BCP planning process to ensure IT resources are supported in all facets of the BCP strategy. BCP and DRP are big subjects, and they can get complex. Total Technology Solutions can help ease this planning. Contact us now for more information.


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Q: calling a managed bean method in a datatable i got this issue : i have a dataTable containing a list of object of Type Test class , and  i have a column named "Assigned to" in which i wanna display the name of the user that the test shown in the row is assigned to so i wrote a method to do this :
<p:column headerText="Assigned to">
    <h:outputText value="#{projectCampaignManagementMB.initAssignedToData(test)}" />
</p:column>

I'm getting this error:
nov. 04, 2012 4:42:06 PM com.sun.faces.context.PartialViewContextImpl$PhaseAwareVisitCallback visit
Grave: javax.el.ELException: /campaingManagement.xhtml @2388,132 value="#{projectCampaignManagementMB.initAssignedToData(test)}": java.lang.NullPointerException

Here's all the code :
<p:dataTable var="test" value="#{projectCampaignManagementMB.campaignTestList}" >
    <p:column headerText="User">
    </p:column>

    <p:column headerText="Assigned to">
        <h:outputText value="#{projectCampaignManagementMB.initAssignedToData(test)}" />
    </p:column>

</dataTable>

the method :
public String initAssignedToData(Test pTest){

    int assigendID = currentCampaign.getAssignedUserID(pTest);

    User pUser = (User) userByID.get(new Integer(assigendID));

    System.out.println("User assigned is = " + pUser + " , assigendID = " + assigendID);

    return(((User) userByID.get(new Integer(assigendID))).getLoginFromModel()); // TO CHANGE

}

So is there another way to implement this.
Many thanks

A: Check that your projectCampaignManagementMB bean is @ViewScoped at least and all the elements inside the initAssignedToData method aren't null by debugging or using log systems.
It would be better (for performance) to load this String into an attribute of your Test object before calling the datatable (you have the bean constructor and the @PostConstruct public void init()). Otherwise, this initAssignedToData could be called more than once by the JSF framework. More info about this:

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*Why JSF calls getters multiple times.

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MISSY AT 50: Songs You Didn't Know Missy Wrote
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COVER STORY | From the moment that Melissa "Misdemeanor" Elliott hit the scene, we knew there was something special about the girl from Virginia. After her origin in the girl group Sista, Elliott's destiny awaited in the spotlight as a solo star who would shake the world. From the swim of her fingerwaves to her sneaker-sliding footwork, the MC hit us with the hee on a tapestry of hits that pushed the envelope and set new benchmarks in the evolution of Women in Hip-Hop.
As gifted a songwriter as she is an MC, it seemed like everyone in the industry had already been in on the magic of Missy. In celebration of her 50th birthday, we reminisce on the songs you may not have known she was involved in crafting.
702 – Where My Girls At
Originally penned for TLC's Fanmail album, the ladies of 702 wrapped their vocals around Missy's rallying anthem in 1999. Songwriter and producer of this track, Elliott told US Today, "Left Eye really wanted this song, but when it's two against one (what can you do)?" T-Boz of TLC later admitted this to be the song that got away but it turned out to be a blessing for the Las Vegas trio who reached No. 4 on the Hot 100 Billboard charts with this signature smash!
Puffy Daddy & The Family – All About The Benjamins (Remix)
The original version of "All About The Benjamins" was performed by The LOX and Puff Daddy, first appearing on a DJ Clue mixtape. An uncredited participant, Elliott was in the studio when the Yonkers MCs came to Daddy's House Studio to lay down their verses. Missy championed for the contributions by Sheek Louch and Styles P while offering her notes on how the group could enhance their bars. Elliott's vocal arrangement is evident on the Billboard chart-topper which added The Notorious B.I.G. and Lil' Kim on is remix to become a classic Hip-Hop collaboration.
Whitney Houston – Say Yes
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No. 4 – Summer 2014
The Silvercrest Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Queens, NY, a NY–RAH participant, has experienced a drop in its rate of avoidable hospitalizations. According to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) data provided to the NY–RAH Project Management Team, Silvercrest Center's 30-day readmission rate during Year 1 Quarter 4 (ending September 2013) was 53.3%, largely due to transfers of its ventilator dependent residents, which make up about 30% of NY–RAH eligible beneficiaries. During Year 2 Quarter 1 (ending December 2013), the readmission rate fell to 31%. Silvercrest Center leadership attributes the reductions to the implementation of the Stop and Watch form and the Know-It-All-Before-You-Call reference cards; expanded use of the SBAR tool for all changes of condition; and an increased focus on early recognition and treatment of symptoms by the clinical team.
Silvercrest Center began implementing elements of the NY–RAH Toolkit, including the INTERACT Stop And Watch form, the SBAR, the American Medical Directors Association (AMDA) Know-It-All-When-You-Call cards, and the AMDA Acute Change of Condition guidelines, in late 2013. In early 2014, Silvercrest Center staff was trained on advance directives and how to have meaningful discussions during care plan meetings. Under the direction of Denise Lawson, Performance Improvement Director, and Loretta McManus, Vice President of Nursing Services, and with the help of RN Care Coordinator Marva Skeete-Philip, Silvercrest Center has made tremendous strides in reducing its avoidable hospitalization rate.
Silvercrest hospitalization rate drops
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NY–RAH facilitates adoption of e-solutions
NY–RAH data and reporting update
Silvercrest Center also established two project workgroups, each with representation from all clinical departments. The Reducing Avoidable Hospitalizations workgroup focuses on conducting modified root cause analyses on all hospital transfers and determining, as a group, whether the transfers were appropriate. Findings from this analysis are shared and made part of the facility's performance improvement process. The other workgroup was created to review, revise, and enhance the current palliative care program. Since the tools were adopted and the workgroups formed, there have been situations in which residents were successfully treated in-house and completed the appropriate advance directives.
In July, Medical Director Daniel Russo, MD, met with Silvercrest Center physicians and nurse practitioners to discuss hospital transfers. At the meeting, Dr. Russo and his colleagues used the NY–RAH Quality Improvement Chart Audit tool on a transfer from the past month to determine the root cause of the transfer, and if anything could have been done to avoid it.
The NY–RAH Project Management Team salutes the Silvercrest Center team for its work and ongoing support of the project goals. For more information about the use of the Stop and Watch and SBAR tools, please contact Ashley Hammarth, NY–RAH Deputy Project Director, at (212) 506-5421 or ahammarth@gnyha.org.
On July 10, a Facility Medical Directors meeting was held in New York City at which each Medical Director received a copy of the aggregate Quarter 1 2014 hospitalization report, a facility specific hospitalization report, and a list of questions about the data in the reports before the meeting.
At the meeting, NY–RAH Project Medical Director Leonard Gelman, MD, asked each Medical Director to comment on his or her initial impressions of the hospitalization reports; if there were measure results that differed from his or her expectations; and how certain measures differed and why did they not expect it to be this way.
It was noted that the most common symptom resulting in a transfer was shortness of breath. Many of the Medical Directors reported that staff were often uncomfortable trying to manage this symptom at the facility. A few Medical Directors cited examples of clinical areas (such as pneumonia) where their facility had made progress in treating residents in the nursing facility. To help facilitate a better understanding of this, the Medical Directors recommended that transfers be disaggregated to look at the causes for certain symptoms, as some could easily be managed in the facility while others require a transfer.
The Medical Directors requested staff education on the most common signs and symptoms that lead to transfers. RN Care Coordinators (RNCCs) will work on developing education for this in Year 3. Many Medical Directors said sharing additional data on hospital transfers will help educate staff at all levels and further catalyze change. Several Medical Directors also expressed the belief that family requests were the most common reason for transfer. The NY–RAH hospitalization data does not fully align with this belief, as much of the data indicates there are often actions that could have been taken prior to family involvement to manage the change of condition.
On July 15 and 24, NY–RAH held Clinical Intervention Advisory Committee (CIAC) meetings to discuss electronic solutions. The meetings were held at Greater New York Hospital Association's (GNYHA) offices in Manhattan, and at Stony Brook University Medical Center. GNYHA Vice President for Regulatory and Professional Affairs Zeynep Sumer-King described the policy under which hospitals in the downstate New York region and around the country are working to meet meaningful use (MU) requirements on transferring electronic information. Under these requirements, CMS expects that by September 30, 2014, hospitals will electronically communicate patient discharge summary information for 10% of all discharges to external partners, including nursing facilities. If hospitals are unable to do this, they will be financially penalized in 2016.
To promote nursing home participation in Direct Messaging, the primary means for meeting MU requirements, NY–RAH has contracted with the MedAllies Mail Health Information Service Provider (HISP). MedAllies is providing Direct Messaging mailboxes to facilities so they can receive a Consolidated Clinical Document Architecture (C-CDA) Summary of Care document. Twenty-one NY–RAH facilities have elected to use the MedAllies mailboxes, while the rest have chosen to work directly with their partner hospital or use the HISP with which their area Regional Health Information Organization has contracted. Several NY–RAH nursing facilities received C-CDA documents from partner hospitals prior to the CIAC meeting, which allowed for a discussion of the experiences and use of that information. The attendees noted that the C-CDA document has the potential to provide more timely and accurate information from the hospital electronic medical record than is currently possible. Guest speakers from nursing facilities and hospitals shared their experiences with the admission, discharge, and transfer process.
Med Allies Mailbox Accounts
Of the 21 NY–RAH facilities that are working through MedAllies, 19 have received Direct Messaging mailboxes user accounts. On average, each facility has received three individual user mailboxes, in addition to the facility's shared mailbox, which each individual user can access. When user accounts are provided by MedAllies, a user packet is sent to individual users to allow them to set up their accounts and navigate the Direct Messaging system.
NY–RAH Project Manager Jeffrey Paul has been working with facilities and users to activate accounts and get started with Direct Messaging. NY–RAH will also schedule group trainings for September where further support for the MedAllies technology will be offered. For technical problems with the MedAllies mailboxes, please contact the MedAllies Support Center directly at supportcenter@medallies.com.
In addition, RNCCs are notifying the NY–RAH Project Management Team when a facility needs assistance and have been following up on technical issues submitted to MedAllies in conjunction with the NY–RAH Project Management Team. As the RNCCs work with their facilities to understand how C-CDA documents can be used effectively, the RNCCs are also recording in the NY–RAH data portal which residents have received a C-CDA document as part of their transfer information from the hospital.
Supporting Facility Relationships
To best support Direct Messaging implementation, the NY–RAH Project Management Team has worked with participating nursing facilities and their major transfer partners to establish regular communication with the 10 hospitals responsible for 90% of transfers from NY–RAH facilities. A directory with each NY–RAH facility's Direct Messaging mailbox address will soon be available to all hospitals and nursing homes. Only the facility-shared mailbox, not the addresses of individual users, will be included.
The directory will help hospitals and nursing facilities communicate more easily with one another. It will also help ensure that Direct Messaging is used for all transfers: long-stay residents, as well as short-stay patients who are beyond the scope of the NY–RAH project. While hospitals have a specific interest in meeting MU requirements and promoting Direct Messaging, many would like to improve transition issues more broadly.
In addition to the larger hospitals that receive the vast majority of NY–RAH transfers, several small community hospitals have developed relationships with the NY–RAH Project Management Team. Their experiences have provided additional perspective on the challenges inherent to implementing a new technology and improving transfers. NY–RAH is also working with MedAllies to develop reports that will be useful to all stakeholders, including CMS, nursing facilities, and hospitals, to understand the level of success being achieved in the transmission of C-CDA documents.
For more information on electronic solutions, please contact NY–RAH Project Manager Jeffrey Paul at (212) 258-5308 or jpaul@gnyha.org.
In early September, each NY–RAH participating facility will receive an updated report (including data from the second quarter of 2014) on their transfers from the nursing facility to the hospital. Each facility will also receive an updated Palliative Care report in October. The reports, which will be sent approximately two to three months after the end of each quarter, will help each facility better understand the root causes of its hospital transfers and the progress of its palliative care programs, and in turn develop actionable solutions.
The NY–RAH Project Management Team will provide additional reports over the next few months. Facilities can expect to receive a facility scorecard, which trends performance on a small number of metrics across all areas of the intervention, including hospital transfers, INTERACT tool implementation, and advance directive implementation. Additionally, the Project Management Team is working on grouping the participating nursing facilities based on certain characteristics, such as size, special populations, or geography. These groupings will be used in future reports to help each facility compare itself to the subset of NY–RAH facilities that it most resembles. The NY–RAH team is also working to reduce the lag time between the end of a quarter and the distribution of a report.
Facilities are encouraged to submit feedback on current reports, or suggestions for future reports. To submit feedback or ask questions about the reports, please contact Jared Bosk, NY–RAH Project Data Manager, (212) 554-7247 or jbosk@gnyha.org, or Scott Gaffney, NY–RAH Senior Research Analyst, (212) 258-5369 or sgaffney@gnyha.org.
CMS Outstanding Nursing Facility Recognition
Summer 2014: Mary Fran Thaler, Vice President of Administration, The Hebrew Home for the Aged at Riverdale and Palisade Nursing Home
CMS Outstanding ECCP Staff Recognition
Summer 2014: Ediri Okiti, RN Care Coordinator, Workmen's Circle Multicare Center
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Library science, librarianship, scientific information, ... There are only very few areas of human endeavor that have passed through transformation as rapid as the area of information processing. It took us millenia to shift from papyrus to printed books but it took us only two or three decades to move from kilobytes to terabytes. And our progress toward yottabytes will be even faster. It is exciting to be a part of all of this.
Our department is preparing the future generations of information specialists for managing communication flows, support of knowledge economy and handling the information explosion. We are educating experts on the protection of cultural heritage stored in the historical library collections, manuscripts and old prints. We are growing qualified mediators for processes in literary communication as well as in the electronic networks. From manuscripts to the information architecture trends, from information ecology to research of reader interests. We analyze the past and anticipate the future.
We are the oldest and most prestigious university workplace in its field in Slovakia and the only one to offer education starting with the bachelor level all the way to the master's and doctoral degrees.
The department offers, in line with the requirements of the Bologna process and the new university law (131/2002) bachelor's, master's and doctoral studies in the area 3.2.4 library and information studies.
We currently offer 3 accredited bachelor's programs:
Information studies,
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Library and information science.
The Department of Library and Information Science at the Faculty of Arts at Comenius University was, until the 2002/2003 academic year, the only department in Slovakia to provide university training for librarians and information workers.
The faculty first introduced Librarianship in 1923 as a lectorate. The first teacher to hold it was Dr. Jan Emler, who worked at the faculty until 1928. During the 1937/1938 academic year, this post was held by Marie Ludmila Černá. In October 1951 the Department of Slovak Language and Literature opened a two-year study programme of librarianship. In 1952-1957 courses in the field were taught at the Department of Librarianship and Journalism and in 1957-1961 at the renamed Department of Journalism and Librarianship. Courses in librarianship were, at the beginning, provided only by part-time teachers working under the supervision of Marie Ludmila Černá and from 1952/1953 Dr. Jindra Hušková. The first regular head of the Section of Librarianship was M. Štefanovičová, appointed in 1954. Other full-time teachers included D. Kukučová, K. Záthurecká-Ruttkayová, one of the first graduates from the librarianship programme, J. Misál, E. Mešša and in 1959 Š. Pasiar.
An independent Department of Librarianship at the faculty came into being in 1960. In the same year it opened its Part-time Learning Centre in Prešov. The department offered full-time and part-time programmes and from 1962 a two-year postgraduate study programme of librarianship and public education. In 1966 it changed its name to the Department of Librarianship and Academic Information. In 1969-1999 librarianship and academic information was studied within double major programmes in combination with foreign languages (English, German, French, Latin, Hungarian, Russian, Polish, Serbo-Croatian, etc.), but also with other non-language disciplines (pedagogy, philosophy, sociology, etc.). The department changed its name again in 1999 when it was renamed as the Department of Library and Information Science. The programme that had been called Librarianship and Academic Information before began to be referred to as Library and Information Science and since 2009 the programme has been known as Library and Information Studies.
In 1952-1960 the Section of Librarianship was run by Marie Ludmila Černá (1952-1953), Jindra Hušková (1953-1954) and Mária Štefanovičová (1954-1960) and the independent department was managed by Štefan Pasiar (1960-1981), Eugen Mešša (1981-1990), Marta Nováková (1990), Štefan Kimlička (1990-1997), Dušan Katuščák (1997-2000), Štefan Kimlička (2000-2003), Jozef Lipták (2003-2008) and Soňa Makulová (since 2008).
Since its foundation the department has focused on training librarians and information specialists for libraries and later for systems of academic and technical information. Until the mid-1990s students applied for four-year or five-year double major study programmes combining librarianship with foreign languages or other disciplines. Until the late 1980s the department played a significant role in further education and training of library and information workers.
Already in the 1970s and 1980s, the department participated in several important research and development projects related to libraries and systems of academic, technical and economic information. It was, for example, involved in designing an integrated electronic library and information system. After 1989 the department was engaged in several research projects that were funded by domestic grant agencies and the faculty itself. Since the early 1990s, in response to the rapid evolution of public communication networks, research and teaching at the department have focused on institutionally independent, social and technological-organizational aspects of information activity while applying the know-how of social, literary and mass communication. Library science has been dominated by issues like organization and searching for information, the information behaviour of information users and producers, traditional and external web-based information sources, information architecture, and the ethical and legal aspects of using information.
General Characteristics of the Department
As far as research is concerned, the Department of Library and Information Science is recognized as one of the most prominent departments in the country providing for theoretical and methodological reflection of library and information practice. It traditionally concerns itself with such themes as the processing and protection of historical book collections, public librarianship and bibliography, work with children and youth and automated library information systems. Over the past ten years the department has collaborated on projects titled Systems of Knowledge Organization, Its Structure and Impact on the Effectivity of Information Availability in Individual Disciplines, New Paradigm of Library and Information Science and the Role of Libraries in Information Society in Multicultural Central Europe, Management of Terminology Data and Possibilities of Its Application in Individual Areas of Knowledge and Practice, Interaction of Human and Information Environment, Use of Information in Information Behaviour in Education and Science, Interactive Learning Texts for Integrated Subject Information Systems in Science, Research and Education.
The department also develops international relations. It became a member of and participates in the activities of several global organizations and conferences and is involved in notable research projects. Its faculty are on the editorial boards of major international journals and picked as jurors in international competitions. The department has also organized several international conferences (in 1999, 2003 and 2006).
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Innovative dual-language schools are taking root in the South, but big challenges still loom to meet the needs of English learners.
First-grade teacher Vivianne Delgado and her students are learning about butterflies, but they're also learning to describe and associate in Spanish.
In this comprehensive four-part radio series listeners are taken to the American South where many states are ill equipped to serve the needs of the growing number of Latino students who don't speak English as their first language.
Combining in-depth reporting with analysis and narrative storytelling, Carsen examines the challenges and rewards of providing a good education to the region's English learners. He visits a dual-language school in Georgia where Latino kids benefit from learning in Spanish and English, and African American kids are starting to speak Spanish. Listeners also learn about a well-funded public school—with a predominantly Latino student body—that teaches kids in three languages: Spanish, Mandarin and English. Throughout the series, Carsen explores why dual-language education isn't more common in the South—and what must be done to address this growing need.
This radio series aired on NPR member station WBHM in Birmingham, Alabama on May 4-8, 2015.
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States, such as Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee—with little experience in bilingual education—are grappling with how best to provide a quality education to their growing Spanish-speaking student population.
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Dan Carsen is a public radio education reporter. Since 2011, he has filed radio and Web stories for The Southern Education Desk; WBHM, a public radio station in Birmingham, Alabama; and National Public Radio. His previous work experience includes being a newspaper reporter, a Teach For America teacher, a freelance writer, and an editor for an educational publishing house. His writing and reporting have won numerous state, regional and national awards.


Steve Small is the first recipient of an award given to an "extraordinary" Vermont artist.
Steve Small, director of the Addison Repertory Theater, is the first recipient of the Herb Lockwood Prize, a $10,000 award given to an "extraordinary" Vermont artist whose work impacts and inspires the community.
The prize, which was presented to Small Tuesday at Burlington City Arts, will be awarded annually. "The collective we, the unnamed we, thought this was an important choice because it's the first one," said Todd Lockwood, who conceived the award to honor his late brother. "Steve Small absolutely matches the criteria that we put out to the T. And then some."
The Herb Lockwood Prize is intended to highlight the achievements of extraordinary artists in Vermont, and to honor their "inspiration to the community," Todd Lockwood said Tuesday.
"The Prize aims to reward the pinnacle of arts leadership in a state blessed with creative energy disproportionate to its population," according to Todd Lockwood's website.
Small, 57, lives in Shoreham with his wife and two children. He grew up on his family's Shoreham apple orchard, Indian Trail Farm.
"I was four when I forced my parents to move here from New Jersey," Small said after the ceremony.
He is an actor, director and teacher who for 20 years has worked with young people at the Addison Repertory Theater, a theater program for high school students.
When Small got the phone call from Todd Lockwood two weeks ago about receiving the award, his "heart just skipped — and it hasn't stopped," Small said. " It's going crazier and crazier and crazier."
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The prize is to honor his brother, Herb Lockwood, a musician and artist who died 27 years ago in an accident in Burlington. Herb Lockwood was 27.
Stephen Kiernan, an author and former Burlington Free Press journalist, was a lifelong friend of Herb Lockwood. He spoke at Tuesday's ceremony about his friend: From Herb Lockwood's guitar playing and poetry editing, to the impact of his death on Kiernan and his life as a writer.
"Get going, his dying told me," Kiernan said. "You do not have forever."
Small has been performing since he was kid, his sister, Sue Small, recalled Tuesday at BCA after the formal presentation.
"I'd go out partying and come home late at night," Sue Small said. "He was 13, 14, and he would just ad-lib left and right, because he knew I was in the right frame of mind to laugh."
Steve Small, a graduate of Middlebury Union High School, studied theater at North Carolina School of the Arts. He recalled his father saying to him that although he hoped one kid would take over the orchard, "I'm just really happy you're doing what you want to do."
Steve Small is an actor and director who has directed young people in more than 75 shows at Addison Repertory Theater. The theater company, founded 20 years ago, is for high school students in Addison County. Part of the Hannaford Career Center, the student company teaches kids a range of theater arts, including performance, writing, set design and construction.
"We have kids all over the world doing things," Steve Small said. As a "collective art form," theater demands "everyone bring their A-game" at the same time.
Steve Small said he was honored, humbled by and grateful for Tuesday's prize.
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Le château de Beaulon est un château français de Style Louis XII et Renaissance, situé dans l'ancienne province de Saintonge, sur la commune de Saint-Dizant-du-Gua, dans le département de la Charente-Maritime.

Entouré du vignoble producteur de pineau et de cognac, il est connu pour ses exsurgences artésiennes appelées Fontaines bleues que l'on rencontre au détour de son parc labellisé « Jardin remarquable ».

Si le château de Beaulon a été inscrit à l'ISMH (Inventaire supplémentaire des monuments historiques) le 16 décembre 1987, son parc figure également depuis 1990 au pré-inventaire des monuments historiques.

Historique
Publiée sans références et répétée sans discernement par les uns et les autres, l'histoire selon laquelle ce serait vers 1480 (fin du règne de Louis XI) que la famille de Vinsons aurait fait construire le château qui prendra le nom de Beaulon en 1510, lorsque la seigneurie de Saint-Dizant aura été acquise par la famille de Beaulon, en 1502, ou un peu avant, relève de la légende. Il en est de même pour l'assertion selon laquelle le château aurait été reconstruit par Jacques de Beaulon dans sa partie ouest dans le style Renaissance, après un incendie en 1510.

De manière indiscutable, c'est à la suite d'une transaction conclue en 1503, entre Jean de Belleville, seigneur de Conac, d'une part, Hugues Tartarin, viguier de Conac, et Françoise Tartarin, sa sœur, épouse de Pierre de Beaulon, procureur au parlement de Bordeaux, d'autre part, que naît la seigneurie de Beaulon, au bourg de Saint-Dizant-du-Gua. Par cet acte, il est concédé à Hugues et à Françoise Tartarin, représentée par son mari, les droits de moyenne et de basse justice sur une partie de la paroisse de Saint-Dizant-du-Gua. De ce fait, ils deviennent alors vassaux des seigneurs de Conac, et ils se voient autorisés à faire élever dans la foulée, où bon leur semblera sur leur nouvelle terre, une maison noble, forte et défendable, où ils pourront faire construire une barbacane, des créneaux, archères, fossés et mâchicoulis, mais sans pont-levis. Ils leur est également concédé par cet acte les droits de garenne, de fuie (pigeonnier seigneurial) et d'étang .

Après le décès de François de Beaulon, conseiller au parlement de Bordeaux, mort sans enfant de Françoise de Talleyrand, la terre est saisie en 1591 à la requête des jésuites de Bordeaux pour non-paiement de rente et ce malgré l'intervention d'Henri IV.

Au début du  Beaulon devient la propriété de la famille de Nesmond, représentée sous les règnes de Louis XIII et de Louis XIV par François-Théodore de Nesmond (1598-1664), d'abord conseiller au parlement de Bordeaux, puis devenu surintendant du prince de Condé, conseiller du roi en ses conseils privés et président à mortier du parlement de Paris, marié en 1624 avec Anne de Lamoignon. Il demeure à Paris, en son hôtel situé 55-57 quai de la Tournelle (actuel siège de l'association La Demeure historique). Par la suite, la terre de Beaulon échoit par héritage à son fils, Monseigneur François de Nesmond, évêque de Bayeux et conseiller de Louis XIV. C'est lui qui vend en 1712 la seigneurie de Beaulon, pourvue du droit de haute justice depuis 1635, à Louis-Amable de Bigot, conseiller en la grand chambre du parlement de Bordeaux.

Il est généralement admis que c'est au temps des Nesmond, au , que le château de Beaulon aurait fait office de résidence d'été des évêques de Bordeaux.

Devenu par la suite la propriété de Charlotte-Adélaïde de Bigot, mariée en 1807 avec Josias de Brémond d'Ars, le domaine de Beaulon est acquis en 1833 par Charles-Henri Manès, l'année où sa fille, qui héritera par la suite du château, épouse Pharamond-Amédée de la Porte.

En 1965, le château de Beaulon devient la propriété de Christian Thomas. Depuis cette année où il acquit le domaine, des travaux de rénovation importants ont été effectués tant au niveau des bâtiments que de l'aménagement et l'embellissement des vignobles. Inscrit monument historique en 1987 grâce à la pugnacité de son propriétaire, après cinq siècles d'existence, le domaine familial, depuis une quarantaine d'années, accueille les visiteurs.

Architecture

Fatalement construit peu après 1503 et non à partir de 1480, comme il l'est encore trop souvent rappelé, le corps de logis est surmonté d'une haute toiture couverte d'ardoises et à deux versants prenant appui sur deux pignons munis de rampants à crochets. C'est la façade nord qui révèle le style initial de la construction, à l'exception de la lucarne ouest et des bâtiments plus tardifs flanqués de part et d'autre.

À l'époque, en architecture, on préfère juxtaposer plutôt que de synthétiser ; c'est ainsi que l'édifice présente deux lucarnes de style très différent. Cette tendance encore toute médiévale de s'adapter à la configuration du terrain, à la desserte intérieure des pièces ou encore, de compléter parcimonieusement les édifices dans le style du moment, sans pour autant chercher la symétrie, ne s'éteindra définitivement qu'avec l'arrivée du Classicisme en France au cours du règne de Louis XIV. On retrouvera toutefois un regain d'intérêt pour ce type de "collage" architectural,avec Guimard et Majorelle lors du mouvement Art nouveau, si friand de décrochements, de mélanges de matériaux et de pittoresque.

La lucarne de gauche, élément majeur de la composition, est un somptueux témoignage du style Louis XII, formant la transition entre l'art gothique finissant et la Première Renaissance. Tout en respectant le schémas gothique traditionnel, une nouvelle étape ornementale classicisante est franchie, avec un décor qui devient italianisant. Placée dans l'aplomb d'une travée de fenêtres, l'ogive du gable est devenu ici un arc en plein cintre qui se découpe sur le fond sombre des ardoises du toit. Si les festons et les motifs de choux frisés à crochets surmontant la lucarne restent dans l'esprit du gothique flamboyant, les ornementations stylisées d'inspiration florale, sculptées en damier, ainsi que la corniche à rais-de-cœur, annoncent déjà la Première Renaissance. Les petits pinacles à colonnes torses, représentent quant à eux l'un des ornements communs au répertoire français et espagnol, depuis son apparition dans la région de Valence au .

La seconde lucarne de style Renaissance, contraste par sa rigueur. Elle manifeste par son fronton triangulaire épuré, du passage de la Première Renaissance vers le classicisme, avec dès les années 1526, une application plus savante des ordres antiques en architecture. Malgré cette rupture de style, la juxtaposition de ces deux lucarnes de style très différent, ne porte pas atteinte à l'harmonie de l'édifice, dont la dissymétrie architecturale témoigne d'une construction qui a traversé cinq siècles d'histoire.

Typique de l'époque, l'escalier, obsession généralement étrangère à la Renaissance italienne, est considéré ici encore, comme l'élément français autour duquel gravitera le château tout entier : C'est ainsi que la tour d'escalier polygonale prévue au château de Beaulon fut remplacée au cours du  par un escalier rampe sur rampe, qui bien plus qu'une importation italienne, semble bien appartenir au répertoire de l'Ouest de la France depuis le  siècle. C'est pourquoi, l'escalier monumental qu'on appelle « à l'italienne », s'il a été rénové, a toujours fait partie de la tour originale qui nous est parvenue aujourd'hui.

Le pigeonnier, une tour cylindrique datée de 1740, présente un toit conique recouvert de tuiles plates de terre cuite et percé de lucarnes à frontons de pierre. À l'intérieur se trouvent 1500 boulins (nids) en pierre et en poterie (de la Chapelle-des-Pots - ). Pour accéder aux nids, une échelle tournante est également une curiosité à ne pas manquer.

Le château de Beaulon a été inscrit à l'ISMH (Inventaire supplémentaire des monuments historiques) le 16 décembre 1987.

Jardins

Le parc
Le château est agrémenté d'un jardin à la française et d'un parc anglais qui s'étend sur 13 hectares. L'ensemble est labellisé « Jardin remarquable ».

Lors du passage de la grille du parc, le visiteur est accueilli par des conifères taillés puis par des plantations exotiques (bananiers) qui profitent de la douceur du climat de la région.

Le parc figure depuis 1990 au pré-inventaire des monuments historiques.

Les Fontaines bleues
Les Fontaines bleues intriguent par leur couleur : ce sont des exsurgences artésiennes dont la couleur bleu turquoise est due à la présence d'algues microscopiques. Au milieu de la clairière, les bassins des fontaines forment des entonnoirs de 10 à  de profondeur, et l'eau, d'une température constante de , s'écoule avec un fort débit et forme l'Étier de Beaulon. Chaque fontaine porte un nom : la Grande Fontaine, le Miroir des fées, la Fontaine aux fées, les Fontaines sereines, les Sources vives, et la Fontaine de la Main rouge avec sa légende. Autour, l'aménagement a été étudié en jardin sauvage avec sous-bois d'aulnes, de frênes, d'érables et des vivaces autochtones.

Les libellules sont très présentes.

L'accès aux Fontaines bleues par le chemin de gauche, puis le retour par celui de droite, permettent d'accéder au chai du château.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Bibliographie
 Guide des parcs et jardins de Charente-Maritime, Philippe Prévôt, éditions Sud-Ouest 2003,

 Yannis Suire, « La légende du vin. Beaulon. De seigneurs en vignerons », dans Le Festin, printemps 2017, , , ,

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Picture both you and your dog one sunny morning, patiently waiting at the stop light. You hear loud music from afar and look up to see an SUV racing towards your vehicle. As it gets closer your heart starts to race, you attempt to maneuver out of the way, but are too late. The next few moments are a blur, but what you do remember is seeing the car that hit you drive off without a care in the world.
Dazed and confused you look to the back seat where your fur baby is and thankfully they are okay. They are a bit shaken up, but still intact and no major injuries.
Yes, we were victims of a hit and run situation a few months ago. The experience was very terrifying, but it made our family so appreciative of our choice pertaining to pet car safety.
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Nearly 40-50 million U.S. households have pets, and roughly 84% of people DO NOT properly restrain them while traveling in a vehicle. A frightening statistic says that nearly 37,000 people die each year in the U.S. from car accidents, and an additional 2.5 million are either severely injured or paralyzed each year. You can only surmise that there is a large percentage of pets whom are also injured, or even worse, killed. Furthermore, The American Humane Association estimates that nearly 100,000 dogs die each year from riding in truck beds. These statistics alone should give any pet owner a moment of pause.
Before you run down to your local pet store for a crate, carrier or harness there is something you should know. Majority of the products being sold in stores are not only inferior (I was going to say crappy), but there exists only a small handful that keep your pet safe in the event of a real life collision.
Another chilling fact is that U.S. Manufacturers are NOT required to perform crash testing on pet travel products. Essentially, a company can launch a canine car restraint product to the masses, market the heck out of it and be oblivious to its effectiveness. Scary isn't it?
The Center For Pet Safety, founded in 2011, is a non-profit, pet safety advocacy group, conducts regular studies and crash testing on pet carriers, harnesses and crates. It was uncovered that majority of the manufacturers who stated that they had conducted their own crash tests, were referencing something called FMVSS 213, or the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard-Child Restraint Systems. This sort of testing is the gold standard, but what CPS discovered is that the manufacturers were only testing the medium size of their product, as opposed to the entire size range. In addition, a manufacturers definition of "passing" a crash test was largely subjective. A major red flag.
During The Center For Pet Safety's first year of operation, a pilot study was conducted on some of the highest quality seat belts for pets. Care to guess how many passed the basic safety criteria? ZERO. They had a 100% failure rate.
Luckily, with rise of the "humanization of pets" companies are taking notice and beginning to put the consumer before profits. A pet safety harness crash test was done in 2013, and in 2015 a crate and carrier crash test was done by CPS. Wait, what about those pet booster seats that we see many people use? According to CPS, booster seats places your pet in danger zones, such close proximity to glass, airbags and in line with the heads of adult passengers. In a nut shell, you might want to think twice before using one of those booster seats for your fur baby, no matter how comfortable it may look for them. Also, let's be honest, since when were seat belts meant to be comfy?
Test Results: "Manufacturer arrived at MGA Research to witness a tandem test of two new Sleepypod Mobile Pet Beds, one with the PPRS Handilock and one without. Center for Pet Safety's team conducted the test using two CPS 15 lb. simulants. Both Sleepypod Mobile Pet Beds successfully met Center for Pet Safety's criteria for a successful product performance. The simulants were fully contained and the carriers remained wholly connected to the test bench for the duration of the test." (NOTE: While the manufacturer believes that "tufting" the Velcro (opening and closing the connection several times) will fully resolve the adhesion issues of the Velcro and successfully secure the carrier, Center for Pet Safety feels it is in the consumer interest to recommend the use of the PPRS Handilock with the Sleepypod Mobile Pet Bed).
With summertime here, it's imperative that we all become more cognizant in the area of pet safety. Many of us are traveling with our families, college kids coming home to visit and not to mention the countless parties involving alcohol. During the summer months traffic accidents tend to increase exponentially, so much that the period between Memorial day and Labor Day are known as The 100 Deadliest Days of Summer.
This study alone was enough to open up our eyes (and hopefully yours). We are ever so grateful that we stumbled upon it (months ago) and went out and purchased the clickit sport harness (which he is pictured using). Sure it took some getting used to, but it's effectiveness and ability to keep Angelo safe was proven.
Do you use properly restrain your fur babies when taking them for a car ride? If so, what do you use? Comment below and don't forget to share!