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September 01, 2021 By Jules Cooper
As well as producing environmentally sustainable products, at Paperstarlights we're also committed to sustainability in its broadest sense. For us that means understanding our whole business as a community - from materials supply, through design and making, shipping and sorting, right through to the end user. It's a community that's mutually dependent.
People just love paper stars – not only because of their beauty and the happiness they bring - but also because they're handmade from natural materials, and reflect the sensibility and zeitgeist of our times.
So, what better way to reach out to our wider communities than through Love and Light?
Established in 1996, we specialise in high impact displays which are kind to the environment. With a background in UK Festivals, Events, Community Arts and Christmas Markets, we understand how the shared appreciation of a good visual show can create unforgettable experiences and produce environments where good things happen.
In 2019, as part of our commitment to sustainability and community, we teamed up with Princes Mead shopping centre in Farnborough, Hampshire. The management of the centre wanted to bring our mutually shared commitments to life, and approached us with 2 key objectives: the creation of an environmentally sustainable decorative display for Christmas 2019, alongside parallel activities to enhance the centre's role within its wider community.
The project was a radical experiment in opening up retail spaces for wider community use. And to do so in a way where the brand values of both partners could be reflected in their engagement with the wider community. The initiative explored how a retail location could actively share Love and Light with its local community and was subsequently shortlisted for the 2020 Good Retail Community Award.
The anchor display for the centre used the full breadth of our product range. A multi-dimensional hanging display of stars within the centre's iconic glass tower ensured that the display was visibly effective from 300 yards away and created a shared experience which extended beyond the footprint of the building. A bespoke unit was fabricated in-situ to install the display in this high glass-sided structure with no rigging points. Designed to create a high impact welcome to the centre, the main installation became a local landmark for the duration of the Christmas season.
A social hub was also created within an empty unit in the centre for community groups and charities to use, free of charge – to meet, celebrate, and to pursue their own community objectives. Light, colour and geometry were used to transform the empty unit into an atmospheric space to bring people together.
Local students designed and prototyped their own star lanterns as part of a college initiative to connect with local business.
The stars also created a theme for the centre for the entire season – for use across advertising and social media.
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Liz Marsden, Princes Mead Marketing and Promotions Manager, said:
"Working with Paperstarlights to create our community hub has meant that we have been able to not only develop existing relationships within our local community and community groups, but also to help engage with new organisations. We have been able to work with colleges, charities in particular and open up more personal conversations with our individual customers.
This partnership has allowed us to create a sustainable model which has not only shared the entrepreneurial risks and costs but more importantly the benefits. For us these types of projects are sustainability in its broadest and truest sense."
The project had a demonstrable impact on the centre's footfall, with visitor numbers increasing by 19.8% over the equivalent period in 2018.
As we move ahead, we continue to explore how both our products and projects can be used to increase sustainability – financially of course – and also in the broader ways highlighted by Liz Marsden.
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BE IT RESOLVED that, effective upon adjournment of this meeting, a Public Policy Committee of this Board of Directors hereby is established to consist of at least two directors, one of whom shall be appointed by this Board of Directors as the Committee's chair, and all of whom shall satisfy independence and qualification criteria established by this Board of Directors, as set forth in this corporation's Corporate Governance Guidelines; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the basic responsibility of the Public Policy Committee shall be to advise and assist this Board and the Board of Directors of Pacific Gas and Electric Company with respect to public policy and corporate responsibility issues which could affect significantly the interests of the customers, shareholders, or employees of this corporation or its subsidiary companies (hereinafter referred to as "the corporation"). More specifically, the Public Policy Committee shall:
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Review the corporation's policies and practices with respect to charitable and community service organizations and activities, and recommend to the Boards of Directors annual budgets for contributions by the corporation to non-profit organizations.
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BEWARE OF A SCAMMER CLAIMING TO INVITE PLAYERS TO PLAY FOR A TEAM CALLED 'VIPERS FOOTBALL CLUB'.
You may have received a message by email from someone called David Richelle or through an email from a scam artist making a "hard to believe" offer to play in Australia, Poland and Nigeria. THIS IS A TOTAL SCAM! This man has claimed that he is the David Richelle, president of the Belgian Football League. We have spoken directly with David Richelle to verify this as a scam.
Please warn your friends about him by putting this article on Facebook.
Ask yourself why would someone ask you to pay a processing fee of $350 if they're planning to pay you $5,500/month?
This person is using every possible means to steal your money and your identity!!! He is targeting athletes by making an unbelievable deal such as $5,500 a month. He asks for a few hundred dollars up front (supposedly to do all the necessary paperwork) and a copy of your visa or passport. He has even designed a contract that looks legitimate.
Hello, how are you doing? If you are interested in joining our team then send your football bio including your experience, previous club, achievements and reference if any to my email which is davidrichbafa@gmail.com and if it is accepted and approved then i will send you more details about the club including the salary package,so send your football bio immediately because we need players urgently. Hope to read from you soon.
1)scan and send the information page of your passport via email(it will be needed during the processing of your visas and work permit,and other local paper works).
2)pay a processing fee of US$350 to do all the necessary paperwork.The fee will also be use to get your international player license from the Australian Authorities.
Have a nice day and hope to read from you soon.
It is good to know that you are interested and ready to join the team. First and foremost i have attached the contract copy to this email for your perusal. So if you are interested and ready to join the team then you will have to sign the contract and send it back to me via email along side your passport as well,and as soon as you send the signed contract and passport then i will give you the details to transfer the processing fee of US$350 so that we can start the processing of your visa and work permit immediately with the embassy. And for the processing fee,as you already know i am presently in Nigeria with my Personal Assistant(PA) to put things in place,so as soon as you send the signed contract and passport i will give you my PA details for you to transfer the processing fee via Western Union Money Transfer to my PA details here in Nigeria, as soon as we get the fee we will start the processing of your visa and work permit immediately with the embassy.So if you are still interested and ready to book your spot then send the signed contract copy to me immediately and your passport too and when you send that i will give you my PA details for you to transfer the processing fee but if you are no longer interested then inform me immediately so i can sign another player.
He has scammed coaches and players alike. He does not own teams anywhere. He is a total fraud and all he wants is your money and your visa. Despite our efforts - we have blocked him and removed all email addresses from your profiles, he keeps finding ways to contact you. Please notify us when he does.
Coaches please also beware. He is using several different identities to have you contact the players. Please do your homework. He might contact you under a different name. Get in touch with Europlayers to verify the existence of teams and leagues before you do anything. He cannot reach the players himself to commit the fraud so he uses coaches to find players and send them to him.
Remember, you do not need a visa to travel to Europe. And you NEVER have to send money in advance. He is lying to you. He is stealing your money and stealing your identity.
Remember, there is absolutely no truth to anything he says. We have sent out warnings to our members before, but he is relentless and has actually threatened us for blocking him.
Be vigilant!! If an offer seems way too good to be true, trust your instincts. It is not legitimate.
Please warn your friends about him by putting this article on your Facebook wall!
Looks like this person is at it again, please re-advise Europlayers users to be aware.
I just received this email this morning but he announced himself as Alfredo Gavazzi and everything after that was the same as this email he kept talking about a new team in Australia called the Lernters Tiger Club and I will be playing for them next season.
I actually received a tevt from him this morning stating the same thing,i asked him why i would have to send him the money and he hasnt responded yet...but he is going by the name alfredo gavazzi, an Austrailian Rugby President and he's asking me for 500 a month not 350. Really bad news to hear this. He had me thinking someone was ready to give me a shot. He said I would be playing for lerntern tigers club in Australia. I looked it up and i couldnt find it anywhere.


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Structural and kinetic characterization of Escherichia coli TadA, the wobble-specific tRNA deaminase.
Kim, J., Malashkevich, V., Roday, S., Lisbin, M., Schramm, V.L., Almo, S.C.
The essential tRNA-specific adenosine deaminase catalyzes the deamination of adenosine to inosine at the wobble position of tRNAs. This modification allows for a single tRNA species to recognize multiple synonymous codons containing A, C, or U in the last (3'-most) position and ensures that all sense codons are appropriately decoded. We report the first combined structural and kinetic characterization of a wobble-specific deaminase. The structure of the Escherichia coli enzyme clearly defines the dimer interface and the coordination of the catalytically essential zinc ion. The structure also identifies the nucleophilic water and highlights residues near the catalytic zinc likely to be involved in recognition and catalysis of polymeric RNA substrates. A minimal 19 nucleotide RNA stem substrate has permitted the first steady-state kinetic characterization of this enzyme (k(cat) = 13 +/- 1 min(-)(1) and K(M) = 0.83 +/- 0.22 microM). A continuous coupled assay was developed to follow the reaction at high concentrations of polynucleotide substrates (>10 microM). This work begins to define the chemical and structural determinants responsible for catalysis and substrate recognition and lays the foundation for detailed mechanistic analysis of this essential enzyme.
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National Seminar on the CTBT in Cameroon
In cooperation with the Provisional Technical Secretariat (PTS) of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Government of Cameroon organized a national seminar on the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) in the capital of Yaoundé from 31 March to 1 April 2005. Around 50 participants representing the Office of the President of the Republic, National Assembly, Ministries of External Relations, Justice, Water Resources and Energy, Defense, Environment and Natural Protection, Scientific Research and Innovation, National Centre for Technological Development, as well as scientific experts from the Institutes for Geological and Mining Research, National Cartographies, Medical Research, Agricultural Research and Development, and Universities and National Centre for Education attended the seminar. The objective of the seminar was to enhance the understanding of the CTBT which would assist the national process for Treaty ratification and facilitate the early establishment of the National Data Centre and a Radionuclide Station in Douala, Cameroon, RN13. The Secretary-General of the Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation, Mr. Maurice Doube, opened the seminar and expressed his hope that the seminar would promote the cooperation between Cameroon and the CTBTO Preparatory Commission, leading to a more active Cameroonian role in support of the CTBT and allowing Cameroon to enjoy membership benefits of the CTBT regime. The Director of the International Data Centre, Mr. Lassina Zerbo, also addressed the national seminar on behalf of the Executive Secretary of the CTBTO Preparatory Commission, Mr. Wolfgang Hoffmann. In the course of the seminar, representatives of the PTS discussed with seminar participants a number of key issues including the political significance of the CTBT; potential benefits for Signatories States arising from the CTBT regime; the verification system of the CTBT and potential civil and scientific application of the CTBT verification technologies, and legal information available from the Commission to States pertaining to the Treaty's national implementation. The Cameroonian representatives shared their experiences and spoke about the Cameroonian perspectives of the CTBT, necessary steps to be taken in Cameroon, including the earliest deposit of the instrument of ratification with the Secretary-General of the United Nations in New York. Discussions also focused on the need for the establishment of a National Data Centre and the building of national capacities dealing with CTBT-related issues.
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Campbell Soup Company reported first quarter results in February, turning in a net sales decrease of 1% to $2.2 billion with reported earnings per share up 20% to $0.85.This dynamic of falling sales and rising earnings resulted from gross margin expansion on the back of productivity gains, price realization, supply chain improvements, and cost cutting measures.
This brings up a key question for long-term investors keen on the predictability of Campbell's business model: Given that the company is a slow growing cash cow with 147 years of operating history, a market cap of $19.4 billion, a 60% share of the global soup market,and a 10-year average annual revenue growth of 1.3%,what tools can the soup and snack behemoth use to grow revenues and earnings?
Here are three such levers.
Share buybacksAs shares outstanding decrease, the remaining investors stand to benefit if earnings hold steady or grow. Since 2006, Campbell has repurchased approximately 100 million shares, reducing its total share count from 414 million to 313 million. Given 2015 net income of $691 million, if shares outstanding had been at their 2006 levels, shareholders would have realized just $1.67 in earnings per share as opposed to the $2.21 actually reported, a 32% difference.
In 2011, the Board of Directors authorized a $1 billion share repurchase program with no expiration date. Of this authorization, approximately $525 million remains unused as of Nov. 1, 2015.Although the company repurchased $32 million of shares in the fiscal 2016 first quarter, management made no mention of the amount of planned total share repurchases for 2016 during the earnings call.
In theory, share buybacks cannot go on forever -- at the previous decade's repurchase rate, Campbell would have zero shares outstanding by 2046 -- so where else will growth come from?
Collective growth through acquisitionIn June of 2015, Campbell announced the acquisition of Garden Fresh Gourmet, the maker of tortilla chips, hummus, dips and the "No. 1 branded refrigerated salsa in the U.S." In 2014, before the acquisition, Garden Fresh delivered $100 million in net sales, which should represent approximately 10% of Campbell's $1 billion Campbell Fresh division.Overall, Campbell realized total net sales of just over $8 billion in 2015, so Garden Fresh Gourmet's 2014 sales represent just over 1% of the top line. This is not enough to make a sizable contribution to growth, but it does underline management's push into a higher growth category: packaged fresh foods, a $19 billion segment that grew 4.9% in 2014.
It also represents a cumulative growth strategy that adds to the company's previous acquisitions: Bolthouse Farms in 2012, organic baby food company Plum in 2013, and biscuit company Kelsen in 2013. These companies generated sales of $689 million, $93 million, and $180 million, respectively, prior to their acquisition. While none of the buyouts individually generate double-digit earnings growth, they are much more powerful as a collective portfolio.
Cost controlAs indicated in the earnings call, the 20% increase in first quarter earnings was due in part to Campbell's cost cutting program that is expected to reach $300 million by 2018.From 2014 to 2015, the company reduced research and development costs from $121 million to $113 million, a 6.6% decrease. Ironically though, the implementation of the plan itself carried with it a $22 million cost.
This cost savings also helped to facilitate a 7% decrease in 2015 marketing and selling expenses, as indicated by management in the company's 2015 annual report. The actions taken under the plan resulted in restructuring charges of severance pay and benefits in the amount of $115 million.Specifically, this includedthe commencement of a voluntary separation program in 2015 that led to the resignation of 471 employees along with the elimination of an additional 230 positions.
Management furthermore reorganized its businesses under the categories of Americas Simple Meals and Beverages, Global Biscuits and Snacks, and Campbell Fresh. The company also implemented Integrated Global Services (IGS). These measures were designed to facilitate shared services across the company, which should ultimately lead to reduced costs and efficiency gains.
Campbell previously indicated that cost savings going forward would be a continuation of these measures: restructuring, alignment and shared services, and overall increased efficiencies.With the recent success, management increased its 2018 target savings from $200 million to $300 million.
Ultimately, one can argue that if a conservative $200 million of this cost reduction actually reaches the bottom line, then using net earnings of $691 million last year, shareholders could realize the net benefit of a 29% increase to the bottom line.
Bringing growth to a simmerFor buy and hold investors, Campbell Soup Company has a sturdy economic moat built on its iconic brands and products. The company has delivered years of solid performance paired with sturdy fundamentals, resulting in high degrees of predictability for the long-term investor. It is safe to say that consumers will still be slurping up chicken noodle soup 10 years from now, even if the bowl was made with a 3D printer.
Given Campbell's size and market share, the question then becomes, where will growth come from?The maker of Spaghetti O's has at its disposal three key levers to drive growth: share buybacks, cumulative acquisitions, and effective cost control. Not mentioned here are also the benefits of price inflation and global population growth that will aide the soup and snack maker going forward ... mmm mmm good!
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Phuket Tours
Phuket, Thailand's largest island and premier resort area has been built up in recent years with with a large amount of haphazard development. However, the picturesque white sand beaches, and lush islands remain, and renowned resorts provide an escape and tranquility. To the east, stunning Phang Nga Bay offers newer, exceptional properties such as the Six Senses Yao Nai. A multitude of world-class diving is just off shore and other activities, including golfing, wind surfing, kayaking, and mountain biking can be arrnged. If you're on a honeymoon, anniversary trip, or looking to play golf during your vacation, Phuket should be at or near the top of your list in the region.
Thailand's southern island of Phuket (pronounced as poo-kett, with the stress on the first syllable, not the last) is without doubt the jewel in the crown among the country's multitude of vacation spots and tourist destinations. Fringed with long sandy beaches licked by the turquoise and emerald-green waters of the surrounding Andaman Sea and covered in rubber tree plantations, fruit orchards and patches of untamed rain forest, the island also boasts an exciting nightlife and restaurant scene, as well as terrific shopping, whether that may be in traditional markets or hyper-modern malls. Sports enthusiasts can engage in a wide variety of activities from scuba diving and snorkeling to yachting/sailing, deep sea fishing, cycling, jet skiing, hiking, rock climbing, paragliding or kayaking – and anything in-between. World-class health and wellness resorts provide an extensive range of services from spa treatments to yoga and meditation classes to those visitors who prefer pampering their body and soul.
Due to its modern infrastructure and convenient location, Phuket also makes for an ideal base from which to explore the surrounding areas. Easy day-trips (or even over-nighters, if you have more time) allow visitors to discover the magnificent, almost other-worldly limestone formations dotting nearby Phang Nga Bay (including the world-famous 'James Bond Island'), as well as other tropical islands in the Andaman Sea, such as Koh Phi-Phi, the Similan and Andaman archipelagos (both designated as marine nature reserves) or the tranquil islands of Koh Yao Noi and Koh Yao Yai with their quaint traditional fishing villages. On the mainland (to which Phuket is connected by a long causeway), the much less-developed beach resort town of Khao Lak beckons just as much as sprawling Khao Sok National Park with its excellent wildlife spotting.
Phuket Luxury Hotels
A Phuket holiday is popular not only for the bucolic secenery, but the world-class luxury resorts. It is particularly properties of this latter type that generally provide such a comprehensive range of services and facilities (they more often than not even have their own private beach) in a secure and safe environment that it's basically unnecessary to leave their premises at all. Yet if you are keen on exploring the rest of the island, appropriate transportation can be easily arranged. View all Phuket Luxury hotels.
Reviving Body and Soul
Phuket seems to host the highest concentration of spa resorts and day spas in the whole of Southeast Asia. This doesn't surprise so much when one is aware that Thailand is well-known for its centuries-old tradition of pampering body and soul. Thai massage (and we mean the purely therapeutic kind here, mind you) relaxes, soothes, rejuvenates and allows you to emerge as a "new person". It is perhaps not overstated to claim that Thai spas are among the best in the world. Here's a random selection of the crème-de-la-crème of Phuket's spas:
After having passed through an opulent reception hall, visitors to Cheraim Spa Village encounter a charming village of yesteryear made up of single-storey Thai-style teakwood pavilions complete connected by cobbled pathways and interspersed with gurgling fountains and plenty of shady trees. Besides communal treatment rooms, private and luxuriously appointed suites are also available, and guests are offered different massage styles and can use the on-site sauna, steam bath and Jacuzzi facilities. Meanwhile, the cluster of pavilions that makes up Tarntara Spa lies on the shore of a serene lake, the result of an abandoned open-pit tin mine that eventually filled up with rain water and is now inhabited by various fish and different species of water fowl. Among the day spa's signature therapies are herbal body scrubs and hot stone, pebble or even sand treatments applied to relieve muscle tensions and stimulate the body's energy flows.
But as far as spas go, nothing can challenge the position of palatial and unbelievably delightful Sukko Cultural Spa & Wellness Resort, whose stunningly beautiful buildings emulating the architecture of the ancient Siamese kingdom of Sukhothai are nestled between two densely wooded hills. Besides serving as a day spa, Sukko also provides a couple of dozen of opulently furnished teak bungalows for guests who wish to spend a few days at this little paradise, each of them equipped with its own private steam sauna, Jacuzzi and treatment room. Apart from a wide range of massage styles designed to achieve a specific effect (e.g. detoxification, re-energizing, relaxation, etc.), Sukko also offers a variety of classes like yoga, aqua yoga, meditation and even an age-old technique of self-acupressure and –stretching known as Rue Sri Dat Ton that is almost impossible to find anywhere else.
Thanyapura, Sports and Spiritual Wellness
Type A traveler? If your not just interested on Phuket for lazing in alounge chair or spending nights in the crowded dance clubs, then Phuket's highly acclaimed Thanyapura may be to your liking. It's claimed to be Asia's very first and only integrated sports and leisure facility catering to both professional athletes as well as amateur sports enthusiasts. Situated on a huge 57-acre plot just about 15 minutes drive from the international airport, the super modern facility comprises the dedicated Thanyapura Sports and Leisure Club (TSLC) with an award-winning organic food restaurant and a 77-room sports hotel, the Thanyapura Mind Centre (TMC) encompassing a secluded and very quiet 38-room retreat hotel, the Thanyapura Integrative Health Centre (TIHC), and Phuket International Academy Day School (PIADS) attended by the offspring of Phuket's wealthy expatriate community.
TSLC has an Olympic-size swimming pool, a training pool, several tennis, basketball and volleyball courts, a stadium for field games like soccer, rugby or football complete with a surrounding soft-surface running track, and of course a fully equipped fitness room with all the latest training machines. Thanyapura currently also is the only facility in Southeast Asia offering a hypoxia chamber for altitude training sessions. A team of professional coaches are at hand providing cutting edge programs in their respective fields: triathlon, Thai boxing, suspension training, competitive swimming and any other sports discipline you can imagine. The lush and peaceful countryside surrounding the complex invites to bicycle tours, whether those might be for the purpose of pure leisure or competition training. It is not without reason that Thanyapura regularly hosts national sports teams and individual athletes from around the world, and chances are that you'll be running into a famous face or two when spending your own vacation here. Meanwhile, the Mind Centre offers a slew of mind training and health programs designed to detoxify your body and restore its natural balance. All in all, Thanyapura is a heaven for anyone seeking a more active and healthy lifestyle while on holiday.
Phuket Yacht Charter
Sail the crystal clear blue waters off Phuket through Phang Nga Bay Marine Park with the famous "James Bond Island," any other strikinging karst formations and islands on day charter trips to multi-day liveaboards. World-class diving, snorkeling and kayaking.
Phang Nga Bay is a marine paradise ofs over 40 islands covering more than 240 square miles in the Strait of Malacca just off of Phuket. Originally a limestone range of hills that was in pre-historical times flooded by rising sea levels. The results are vaulting cliff spires called karsts, caves, and rock pillars in abundance. A sailing and kayaking are the ideal ways to experience it's quiet waters and stunning views. Both forests and waters support an almost uncountable variety of wild life and many ocean species visit the plankton rich waters to spawn.
Phuket Helicopter Tour
One of the most amazing helicopter tours in the world, viewing the striking karst scenery off shore from Phuket from the dramatic vantage point of a helicopter. Phuket helicopter flights from a half-hour or longer can be arranged, swooping over the massive mangrove forests along the coast, shrimp farms – flying over, through, and around the toweringrock formations – deserted beaches and famous sights, such as James Bond Island.
Phuket Attractions
Yet Phuket is of course not exclusively a sports and meditation retreat, but thanks to an incredibly broad array of interesting tourist attractions does cater to any type of vacationer for spending those few precious weeks in a meaningful manner. We've already mentioned the beach and water-based activities, but as a fully fledged international travel destination, the island of course has a lot more to see and do.
For a good 20 years now, the dazzling Las Vegas-style show of Phuket Fantasea has been an absolute tourist magnet. Yes, it's wacky and not very accurate in presenting an authentic picture of traditional Thai culture, but it never has claimed to do so. Its sole purpose is to entertain through a mind-boggling procession of garishly costumed acrobats and plenty of native wildlife performing awe-inspiring acts (ever witnessed a conga line of elephants?) on the backdrop of fantastic stage decorations and supported by generously applied pyrotechnics effects. Phuket Fantasea's extravaganza certainly is one of the top-10 things you should do while visiting. But if you dislike the idea of having to mingle with hordes of package tourists arriving by the busload, you might instead opt for one of the many smaller and more private cabaret venues around the island, often featuring transvestite performers. The most famous of those is Simon Cabaret Show in Patong Beach.
If that still isn't your thing, you can just as well check out Phuket's exciting restaurant scene. The island is an international holiday destination, and it clearly shows in the sheer spread of cuisines available. Whether you fancy Italian, Indian, Tex-Mex, German, Spanish, Greek, Turkish, West-African, Ethiopian, Korean, Japanese, British, Chinese, French, Russian or any other type of cooking, you can be sure that you'll find it in the vicinity. But since you are in Thailand, why not try out the extraordinarily delightful local cuisine? There is a saying that claims that Thai cooking is so varied that it is possible to enjoy a bombastic meal every single day of the year – and still never be served the same dish twice. Phuket naturally features an enormous array of Thai restaurants, and since this is an island, the focus often is on fresh seafood. Nothing brings out the tropical atmosphere better than indulging in a mouth-watering seafood dinner in a cozy restaurant right on the beach, listening to the surf and gazing at an impossibly large and bright moon. After dinner you may want to hit the nightlife, with the raunchy bars and discos of Bangla Road being the nocturnal destination of – so it sometimes seems – half of the island's tourist population. But then again, if you yearn for a quieter evening, there still are plenty of alternatives. Many hotels have sophisticated bars that more often than not feature soothing live jazz and lounge music over expertly mixed cocktails or excellent international wines by the bottle or glass.
During the day, you'll be hard pressed to choose from an enormously large range of sightseeing options and activities. The streets of the old part of Phuket Town, the island's capital, are lined by wonderful examples of Sino-Portuguese architecture, with the majority of the buildings being well over 100 years old. Many of them nowadays accommodate art galleries, souvenir shops, cafés and restaurants, so that wandering the warren of tiny alleys and small lanes makes for a very worthwhile excursion. Also popular is Phuket's most prominent landmark, the so-called Big Buddha, a gigantic, white-washed statue almost 150 feet high and perched on top of Nakkerd Hill, from where you'll have a stunning 360-degree view across the island. And if its breathtaking views you're after, also visit the viewpoints of Kata, Nai Harn or Cape Panwa. Phuket also has no shortage of museums and other exhibition venues in case you need to spend an occasional rainy day indoors.
Some suggestions warranting a visit would be: Thalang National Museum (for history, archeology and anthropology buffs), Kathu Mining Museum (Phuket used to be a major global tin supplier), the Phuket Aquarium displaying countless native marine species including manta rays, sharks, colorful coral reef fish and even bioluminescent jellyfish, or Phuket Butterfly Garden & Insect World, where you cannot only literally walk among swarms of brightly colored tropical butterflies, but also observe close-up yuckier creatures like tarantulas, scorpions and giant centipedes. Once the rains have subsided, it's of course time to hit the outdoors again, and if you're adventurous and intrepid enough, check out places like Xtrem Adventures Phuket, a vast rope and tree climbing park where you also can zip through the tree canopy hanging from a flying fox. Another ziplining park would be Flying Hanuman in Kathu district.
There is so much to do and see in Phuket that this article could continue indefinitely. While we have tried to introduce some of the highlights this amazing tropical island destination has to offer, it's simply impossible to achieve more than just scratch the surface. However, if you're intrigued by the myriad of possibilities that await you in Phuket, please feel free to talk to one of our consultants, who will be delighted to assemble a program that suits your needs and requirements.
Phuket Family Holiday
Snorkeling and Diving
The Thai islands are a world-class diving destination, with over 2,170 kilometers of tropical coastline on the Gulf of Thailand (Samui side) and Andaman Sea (Phuket and Krabi), featuring one of the richest marine faunas in the world. A tropical climate ensures year-round diving conditions in pristine waters with varied terrain and wide abundance of marine life.
For children, there are always snorkeling options right from the resort, or by short boat hops. There is also "snuba diving," a hybrid between snorkeling and scuba that does not require thorough dive training.
For diving, PADI certified dive centers are numerous and most offer children's specific training and certifications, including Seal Team. Ask for dive operators in Samui, Koh Tao, and Phuket.
More on PADI Children's Programs
Primary Dive Sites in the Gulf of Thailand
Jungle Mountain Bike, Horse and Elephant Treks
Travelers often think of Phuket as white sandy beaches and not lush jungle, but the island features broad swaths and mountains of thick jungle canopy.
Our favorite family elephant encounters are in Luang Prabang and Chiang Rai, but thrilling elephant treks as well as horseback riding or cycling through the jungle can be organized with others or privately in nearby Khao Sok National Park.
There are also wide variety of wildlife and the island is a nesting ground for several rare species of birds. The Phuket Butterfly Garden and Silk Museum is located on the east side of the island. There is a huge collection of different butterflies, some nearly a foot wide. Visitors can also enter the insect museum nearby to see a variety of rare bugs and a bee house.
Kid's Clubs and Parks
Splash Jungle Water Park Mai Khao Beach (From 4 years old). Splash Jungle Waterpark covers 6,400 square meters of land. Located inside West Sands Resort on Mai Khao Beach, this attraction was designed by the Canadian company Whitewater Industries – one of the world's leading water equipment makers - with parks at Disneyland and SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida and thousands more. Splash Jungle Waterpark features numerous waterslides of varying heights and speeds as well as a 335-metre 'Lazy River', 'Boomerango' rides and a spectacular wave pool.
Most larger resorts, including Le Meridien and Marriott, and offer children's clubs with broad activities far beyond day care. Programs typically run from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM and children two to twelve are supervised and instructed in arts and crafts, Thai cooking lessons, sand castle building, as well as cartoon and movie time.
Samui also offers bowling, miniature golf, volleyball and other children's sport and arcade activities.
Kayaking, Sailing and Boating
Phang Nga Bay, northeast of Phuket Phang Nga Bay is an unforgettable ocean paradise. A distinctive feature of the bay is the sheer limestone cliffs that jut vertically out of the emerald-green waters. These islands are home to sheltered fauna that are possible to observe on certain tours. James Bond Island and Koh Panyee are just two of the more famous spots in this bays.
Catamaran charters can also be organized, gliding through the small island peaks of the park. Sunset cruises, half day charters, day charters and overnight trips to the neighboring islands of Koh Phangan, Koh Tao are also offered. Full-day deep sea fishing featuring coral fishing, trawling, and sea bed fishing is also available. Catch includes snapper, squid, mackerel, shark and barracuda.
Shows and Entertainment
Phuket Aquarium and Butterfly Farm Cape Panwa & Phuket Town (From 4 years old). Over 30 tanks bursting with freshwater and saltwater creatures give smaller visitors lots to reasons to point and say, "Mom, look!" The fascinating weirdness of the undersea world cannot be overstated: cuttlefish hover like spaceships, razorfish look like sinking sticks, and the so-ugly-you-can't-help-staring stonefish could go by no other name. The diverse selection includes eel, crab, shrimp, sharks, and fish that range from brilliantly coloured to the cleverly disguised.
Phuket FantaSea is the island's biggest show. With trapeze artists, a cast of hundreds, performing elephants and other animals and an exotic storyline that blends tradition with fantasy you'll have a wonderful evening out here. But the extravaganza doesn't stop there as FantaSea is set in a theme park that offers carnival-like games, lots of shopping opportunities, a Palace of the Elephants, a Similan Adventure Centre several other food oulets. It's spectacular and extravagent.
Thai Boxing, or Muay Thai, is one of the most popular spectator sports in Thailand, and now gaining world renown. Exciting enough on TV with the boxers dressed in colorful gear sparring and circling with punches, strikes, sweeping kicks and artful feints are even more riveting when seen live.
Elephant Rides Chalong Area - From 4 years old Go trekking on an elephant in the hills above Chalong with panoramic views over the east side of Phuket Island. Meet young elephants and see how they are trained. The experience of riding on an elephant through the jungle is unforgettable as these giant creatures are unbelievably gentle and graceful as they make their way across difficult terrain. The elephant camp and trek are on top of a mountain in a superb natural setting.
Diving on day trips, charter, and liveaboard boats can be arranged in advance through Indochina Travel. If you prefer to keep your plans more open, arrangements can be made easily through your resort's dive center, activity desk, or nearby dive centers such as Dive Asia.
We recommend a speedboat trip out to explore the picturesque Phi Phi Islands. Day trips can be arranged through us.
Sirinath National Marine Park
A marine protected park has scenic beach and mangrove forests and some of the most pristine coral reefs found in the area.
Liveaboards
Liveaboard cruises are active on the west coast of Thailand around Phuket, offering multi-day trips diving at beautiful dive places including the Similan Islands, Richelieu Rocks, and many other spots such as Koh Bon and Koh Tachai.
Amanpuri
Amanpuri, an Aman resort, the Trisara, and Six Senses are top choices in Phuket. Anantara has a newer resort here (2008) and the Banyan Tree is also noteworthly. For family-friendly accommodation, we recommend the JW Marriott, located on the desolate Mai Khao Beach. View all Phuket Luxury hotels.
Miss the world famous "lady-boys" in Bangkok? You're in luck, Phuket is home to the famous Simon Caberet just off Patong Beach. "You will arrive relaxed but will leave confuses as our performers is more of a man than you will ever be and even more of a woman too."
Gay Phuket
Thailand is by far the most gay-welcoming country in Asia, and Phuket is a gay travel oasis. The beach at Patong Bay is a popular meeting point for gay locals and tourists. A handful of gay clubs and bars are located in the area, while Phuket Pride is held here as well. Click here for an extensive Gay Guide to Thailand & Phuket.
The Bangkok Phuket Hospital at 2/1 Hongyok-Uthit Rd. (off Yaowarat Rd. in Phuket Town) (tel. 07625-4421) has English-speaking staff and high quality facilities, plus they claim to accept some international medical insurance. Also with clinics at Patong (Soi Patong Beach Hotel, tel. 07634-4699; and Laguna Canal Village, Laguna Phuket, tel. 07632-5442)
Phuket or Koh Samui When to go?
Although Phuket has a tropical monsoon climate and is warm all year long, ideal weather falls from February through March. The rainy, or monsoon season is from September until October. During this time it is wet and very hot. April, May, and June are off-peak season months, best for avoiding the crowds. During January to April, there's not a big difference between the weather in Koh Samui and Phulet, but from May to September, Koh Samui is a drier alternative to Phuket which sees heavier rain (about double than Samui on the Gulf of Thailand in some months). In November and December, Phuket is the drier alternative to Samui (see annual rainfall chart below).
Remote escape? Consider Koh Yao and hour off the coast of Phuket by speedboat, but world's away in terms of development and crowds. If you're traveling during the summer, also consider Bali, which is enjoying its rain free dry season.
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According to this possibly accurate website, Jews compose 0.1 percent of Oklahoma's population. The Tulsa World informs us that "neither the Oklahoma House nor the Senate has a Jewish member." Let these two figures serve as the backdrop for the following video, in which Oklahoma lawmaker Dennis Johnson — the co-majority leader of the state house of representatives — casually drops the phrase "try to Jew me down" into a legislative debate.
Informed about twenty seconds later that he just used the the term "Jew me down" — in public, in front of cameras, as opposed to in private, where he presumably uses it all the time ("For God's sake, Martha, don't Jew me on the mashed potatoes!") — Johnson apologized in pretty much the most unapologetic way possible.


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Justin Timberlake on Tiger Woods Friendship: We Bonded Over 'Being Fathers'
By Jessica Vacco-Bolanos
Justin Timberlake and Tiger Woods Karwai Tang/WireImage; Karwai Tang/WireImage
A man of the Woods? Justin Timberlake penned a heartfelt essay about Tiger Woods for Time's 100 Most Influential People in 2019, and revealed the pals initially bonded over parenthood.
Hot Celebrity Dads on the Red Carpet
"Last year, Tiger Woods and I spent time together, just the two of us, talking about being fathers," the "Cry Me a River" crooner, 38, began his message about the athlete, 43, in the piece published on Wednesday, April 17. "We discussed how we want our children to see us and how you balance your dedication to them with competitive drive."
Timberlake continued: "I told him about how my son, who just turned 4, has started to realize what I do. We bonded over the fact that we wanted our children to watch us at our best. Tiger told me that he hoped his children, who are 11 and 10, would one day see him win a major."
Tiger Woods of the USA talks with Justin Timberlake during the 39th Ryder Cup gala at Akoo Theatre at Rosemont on September 26, 2012 in Rosemont, Illinois. Andrew Redington/Getty Images
Tiger Woods Hugs Girlfriend Erica Herman, Family After Winning 2019 Masters Tournament
With a nod to Woods' first Masters Tournament win in more than a decade on Sunday, April 15, Timberlake called it "arguably the greatest comeback in sports history."
The Friends With Benefits actor concluded the post with a tribute to Woods' hard work, dedication and behind-the-scenes work.
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"Over the past few years, Tiger rehabbed rigorously from all the surgeries, and returned to the top of the game. While pundits doubted he'd ever win again, Tiger's commitment never wavered," he wrote. "The thing we don't always appreciate is the patience. Tiger spent countless hours in the gym, and on the golf course, with a singular goal in mind. All the work he did when people weren't watching allowed him to hug his children on the same hallowed ground he hugged his father 22 years ago, amid all the adulation, a Masters champion once again."
Woods celebrated his momentous win on Sunday surrounded by his 10-year-old son, Charlie, and 11-year-old daughter, Sam, whom he shares with his ex-wife Erin Nordegren. His mother, Kultida, and girlfriend Erica Herman were also on hand to celebrate.
Timberlake, for his part, recently wrapped up his Man of the Woods tour alongside his wife, Jessica Biel, and their 4-year-old son, Silas. The Sinner actress, 37, gushed over her husband in an emotional video ahead of his last show.
"I would say that I'm so proud of you but I feel like that's the understatement of the century and that somehow that I take ownership to what you've done this past year and a half," she said in the clip posted to her Instagram page. "I just am in absolute awe of you every night to see you up there in your glory, doing what you've been put on this Earth to do."
The 7th Heaven alum added: "You inspire me, you inspire Silas. You inspire everyone around you — all of your fans, all of your friends and family — to work as hard and as with so much passion as you do. You are truly a sight to behold. I'm so happy that you're going to get some time off. I'm so happy for you and for us."


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See just how unequal we are
I had asked for help capturing the inequality caused by the winner-take-all system states have adopted for allocating their Electoral College votes.
I've seen a bunch of fantastic responses, which I'll try to catalog here as I come across them.
Heinrich Hartmann has a great interactive map — select a base state, and then hover over other states to see their relative weight. He's made the code available on GitHub.
My friend Joseph Mornin built a two column demonstration—select two states shows the unequal voting weight between them, with maps and date produced below. He too has made the code available on GitHub.
EqualCitizens.US
Really eager to see how Brian Chirls' WebVR example develops:
And my friend Bruce Skarin has a version that lets you compare more than two states at a time:
Bruce Skarin
All of these make perfectly clear just how unequal the voting power of American's is — despite "the greatest democracy in the world" insisting, in almost every other context, on the principle of "one person, one vote." That principle is violated by the way we elect the President—and not because of anything the Constitution requires. The cause of the distortion is the decision by the states to allocate their Electoral College votes on a "winner-take-all" basis. That mistake defeats representative democracy.
Let me know if you see more, and I'll include them—just in case the point needs to be made more clearly.
Book Review: "The Destruction of Hillary Clinton" (by Susan Bordo)
Dr. Thomas J. West III in Reluctant Moderation


We started out in divided Cyprus. I'll come back to these, for now I just want to give you an overview. We worked there for some eight years. We worked in Israel/Palestine for years, and we started work in Bosnia in 1996, and we're still working there. We worked in seven or eight countries in Africa: Liberia, Sierra Leone, we worked in Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Congo, Rwanda, and now Uganda. We worked in India/Pakistan with a focus on Kashmir. We're still working there. I made three trips to Nepal in the last year and a half. We're working with the Dali Lama and the government of Tibet who has been in exile since 1990, helping them to develop a diplomatic corps to negotiate with the Chinese. We work in Sri Lanka and we're working in the Caucuses, in Georgia and Azerbaijan, and Turkey. That's sort of where we have been in our work. We have some basic principles that we follow that I think would be interesting to your audience.
What we try to do is to interact with civilian leaders across the spectrum, at all levels of society, provide them through training with conflict resolution skills, life and leadership skills, and then allow them to impact on their conflict and their policy makers in their own time frame and their own language and their own culture, and bring about change in that way. Now, this takes time. There are no quick fixes, and of course most governments don't have the patience to wait for that to happen. That's one of the problems you have in Track I diplomacy, you're always impatient. We insist upon building a trust relationship. We believe that you cannot bring change, you cannot get someone to see differently about the enemy, until you develop a trust relationship with each side separately, first, and then together. And that also takes time. We never advertise what we do, or where we go, or what we're doing, and we only operate overseas outside the United States.


There have been so many awesome 4th of July projects linked up to That DIY Party lately! So I gathered up a collection of 16 red, white and blue, creative patriotic ideas to "show off" for inspiration just in time for celebrating Independence Day!
Do you have a creative patriotic DIY to share? Pop over to the weekly That DIY Party to link up and show off.


Produced from recycled exhibition leaflets, this decorative bowl combines hundreds of pages, layered and compressed. Lathe turned using traditional wood working techniques, this bowl has a beautiful wood grain produced from the text and images originally seen on the leaflets pages.
Each bowl has a protective varnish coating and can be wiped with a damp cloth to clean.


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Q: Android activity lifecycle when clicking on the HOME button I have an application with only one activity running in the Android emulator:

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*When this activity has the focus and when I click on the HOME button, the onPause() and onStop() callbacks are invoked.

*From there, if I run the "ps" command from an ADB shell, I can see one process corresponding to my application.

*Now, if I start the application again, the onCreate(), onStart() and onResume() callbacks are invoked.

Since onCreate() is invoked, this seems to imply that the activity was either killed or shutdown. But in that case... why can I see it by running the "ps" command ?

A: There can be several activities of the same kind running.
Take a look at that:
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element.html#lmode

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Great post, laughed at camera obscura in opening photo. Very informative regarding books and diet. Loved the finals in reference to working with family and getting into prep for meals. Thanks for sharing about group weight loss, good on you for sweating it.
Thanks for sharing, truly inspirational. I guess this will be helpful for a lot of people it was certainly for me. Since I have been struggling with my bodyweight all my life especially after my first pregnancy I gained a lot of weight.


After President Bush's State of the Union Address speech, the shares of ethanol related stocks are moving higher. Bush is expected to promote fuel efficient vehicles, ethanol and new technologies for alternative energy to reduce the dependence on foreign oil.
The news caused stocks of Ethanol companies to go up. Xethanol Corp. XNL went up 28% in last 3 days where as Pacific Ethanol Inc. PEIX grew by 6.58%. Archer Daniels Midland Co. ADM went up by 2.86%. Also Andersons ANDE and Green Plain Revewable Energy GPRE made modest gains of 1.64% and 1.02% respectively.
Solar companies are Sunpower Corp. SPWR, Energy Conversion Devices ENER, Evergreen Solar ESLR, First Solar FSLR and MEMC Electronics WFR.
Before i dig deep into the details of Ethanol, let us find out what exactly is Ethanol and why is everyone talking about it.
Accordingly to Wikipedia, Ethanol, also known as ethyl alcohol and grain alcohol, is a flammable, colorless, mildly toxic chemical compound with a distinctive perfum-like odor. Ethanol can be found in alcoholic beverages. Ethanol can also be used as a motor fuel and fuel addictives. Additionally Ethanol creates very little pollution when burned. To keep it short, Ethanol can be used as an alternate source of energy/fuel, hmmm…interesting. Does that mean Ethanol companies are good buys ?? Is this a good time to invest in Ethanol companies ??
US farmers would face a real bad time without massive subsidies and trade protection from the government due to global competition. In a free global market, nobody would want US crops because they're plain too expensive. Luckily, with the help of you and me (tax-payers), the US farm industry has been able to survive. But in the past few years, US farm industry has come under intense pressure from their trading partners and their ability to compete is diminishing.
Ethanol is also the political favorite among alternative energy sources. There are signs that the new Democratic Congress wants to move ahead with the ethanol economy. However experts raised concerns that politicians should not close the door to air pollution, climate changes, foreign oil dependence and a dying farming industry by blindly believing in Ethanol.
Conclusion: Whether one likes ethanol or not, it was without a doubt one of the top alternative energy stories, and will remain a biggie in the coming years. While some people are hailing the growth in the ethanol industry, there are some very significant and immediate concerns with corn-based ethanol that will have to be addressed. These concerns could, under a bearish scenario, diminish growth in the sector.
Recommendation: I believe that Ethanol will do good over the coming years and will be a good buy. However the significance of ethanol will phase out with the advent of better solutions for alternative fuel. Therefore the investors should be extremely cautious when dealing with ethanol stocks. Few of the good ethanol related stocks i follow are MON, SYT and my personal favorite VSE.


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Q: Any Dictionary Definition API for Java? Im trying to find a Dictionary Definition API for java, but can't seem to find any that works without any internet connection. Does someone know any API that might be useful? Thanks

A: You can use ukp_jwktl

Wiktionary is a multilingual, web-based, freely available dictionary,
  thesaurus and phrase book, designed as the lexical companion to
  Wikipedia. Lately, it has been recognized as a promising lexical
  semantic resource for natural language processing applications.

Example Usage:
public static void main(String[] args)
{
        DBConfig db = new   DBConfig("localhost/uby_database","com.mysql.jdbc.Driver","mysql","user", "password", true, false);
        Uby uby = new Uby(db);
        Lexicon lex = uby.getLexiconByName("WiktionaryEN");
        List<LexicalEntry> entries = uby.getLexicalEntries("align", EPartOfSpeech.verb, lex);
        for (LexicalEntry le : entries)
        {
                for (Sense s: le.getSenses())
                {
                        System.out.println("Wiktionary Sense:"+s.getDefinitionText());
                        List<SenseAxis> alignedSenses = uby.getSenseAxisBySense(s);
                        if(alignedSenses.size()>0)
                        {
                                for(SenseAxis axis : alignedSenses)
                                {
                                     String definition =  axis.getSenseOne().getDefinitionText();
                                     if(definition.length()==0)
                                     {
                                        definition = axis.getSenseOne().getSynset().getDefinitionText();
                                     }
                                     System.out.println("Aligned Sense:" +definition);
                                }
                        }
                }
        }
}

google_code_ApiTutorial
Hope, it'll help you.

A: What sort of capabilities are you looking for from the API?  For spell checking, consider Jazzy.


The eligibility criteria for one of the short-term U.S. work visas available to people with job offers to do outstanding work in the sciences, arts, athletics, education, or business.
A job offer from a U.S. employer is a basic requirement for the O visa. There is no annual limit on the number of people who can receive O visas.
O-1 visas can be given only on the basis of a person's individual qualifications. Being a members of a group or team will not, by itself, qualify someone for an O-1 visa.
If the above criteria do not readily apply to the applicant's occupation, the company filing the immigration petition may submit comparable evidence to show how "extraordinary" the person really is. The company should take care to explain exactly why the above criteria do not apply to the applicant.
. . . any field of creative activity or endeavor such as, but not limited to, fine arts, visual arts, culinary arts, and performing arts. Aliens engaged in the field of arts include not only the principal creators and performers but other essential persons such as, but not limited to, directors, set designers, lighting designers, sound designers, choreographers, choreologists, conductors, orchestrators, coaches, arrangers, musical supervisors, costume designers, makeup artists, flight masters, stage technicians, and animal trainers.
evidence that the applicant has either commanded a high salary or will command a high salary or other substantial remuneration for services, as compared to others in the field, as shown by contracts or other reliable evidence.
If the above criteria do not lend themselves to the person's occupation and situation, the petitioning employer may submit alternative but comparable evidence in order to establish eligibility.
You're Interested in an O-1 Visa: What's Next?
For details about what to expect and do during the O visa application process, see U.S. Immigration Made Easy, by Ilona Bray (Nolo).


I am a total beginner with the ILA core.
I am trying to debug a simple design with the ILA core, and I thought it would be a good idea to debug the clock running my hardware as well. Timing failed and I could never fix it until I took out the clock probe.
The ila clock is the same as the clock I was trying to debug (100 MHz), and I tried setting the debug hub clock to both 300MHz and 100 MHz with no success.
What is a good way to debug the clock with the ILA core? I do not need to debug it now, but maybe in a future design I would like to see whether or not the clock is running.
The ILA is a "Logic Analyzer" - the whole idea is to capture samples of synchronous signals using the same clock as the synchronous system. This way you get one sample per "state" of your synchronous system. For example, if you have a state machine, the ILA will show you the state of the state machine on each subsequent clock.
Sampling a clock with a logic analyzer has several problems.
First, if you sample the clock with an ILA running on that clock, you will always get a constant - the ILA will sample the clock once per clock period - but the clock makes two transitions per clock period (so you miss one, resulting in a constant).
The second is more of an FPGA issue. In an FPGA, the clock signals are always kept separate from the data signals. Within the FPGA there are dedicated clock distribution networks that are designed to bring a clock to the clock pin of all clocked elements (like flip-flops and RAMs and DSP cells...). The signals being sampled by the ILA are data signals - they go to LUTs and ultimately end up on the D inputs of flip-flops (not the clock pins of flip-flops). Any time you move a signal from the clock network to the data path you get strange routing results.
Furthermore, doing this messes up static timing. Static timing assumes a synchronous design; a path from the CLK input of a flip-flop to the data inputs of another flip-flop is a static timing path. The input of the flip-flop in the ILA that is sampling the clock is not a normal path (since it doesn't start at the CLK input of a clocked cell like a flip-flop/RAM/DSP...). Almost by definition, this "path" is going to fail timing.
So, in general, we don't sample clocks with ILAs. If you try and clock an ILA with a clock that isn't running, then the ILA will not run - the interface in Vivado will recognize that the ILA is not responding (and give you a message like "Slow or missing clock"). Assuming this doesn't happen, then you can assume your clock is running and you are getting one sample of your other signals per clock period.
@jcadena as always @avrumw has good advice. One thing I can suggest for sampling a clock properly without upsetting the timing analyzer is to use an output of a clock divider and detect transitions on the other side ie just implement a toggle flop which changes state at every clock edge and observe the output of this flop with your ILA. This will allow the STA to time the path properly. Of course this won't let you see the negedge of the source clock but I am not sure if that's your goal. It seems you only want to see if your clock is toggling at some rate.
Of course the sampling clock running at > 2x the source clock applies to make sense of the frequency you're observing.


Well, it's been a long time my friends, I don't really know what happened, I think I just lost my mojo and got bored, and stopped blogging, making jewelry, all the things I love to do. But it's all slowly coming back to me, so I'm going to dip my toe into the water and see how it feels.
I haven't been making a lot of jewelry lately, I'm really just not sure where I want to go with my business. I still love making jewelry, but the selling part is harder for me -- I'm not great at keeping my etsy shop up to date, advertising, getting into shows, and generally just getting my name out there. But I'm also not really to fold up shop, so I'm going to take it slowly, I've enrolled in a couple of upcoming shows this fall in my area, and we will see where things go from there.
One thing that I HAVE been quite passionate about lately, is organizing. I've always been into organizing (not necessarily cleaning, but ORGANIZING). When I worked in an office, I was very good at filing....something most people don't like to do. Give me a label maker and a stack of file folders, and I'm off! When I'm making jewelry, one of the things I love to do most it to label and organize all my beads --- could this be an OCD tendency? I don't know, but it's something that has always sparked passion in my life.
So, recently I read a book that has sort of taken things to a whole new level for me. It's called THE LIFE-CHANGING MAGIC OF TIDYING UP by Marie Kondo.
I think this book is going to change my life. I've been so inspired to do so much around here, and also inspired to start blogging again, to document my journey in this new chapter. So, keep checking back, I promise to keep things a LOT more current around here and I will keep you posted with what I've been up to!
There is something about the New Year that always compels me to organize. Perhaps it's the act of packing up and putting away all of the Christmas decor (which I haven't even done yet, we still have ONE more Christmas celebration with Mr. Limefreckle's family tomorrow). This year, even before the decorations went up, I shifted into purge mode, and started editing my huge Christmas collection. One full car load of decorations that are just taking up space in our garage, and don't seem to get used anymore, made their way to Value Village. When we moved into his house 4 years ago, where to store all the Christmas decor was a BIG problem. We had a huge, unfinished basement in our old house, with unlimited space. Here, not so much. I found that even though I like to change up my decor most years, there were a lot of items that just didn't really "fit" here. So I packed it all up and sent it out for someone else to enjoy. Next I tackled my office/jewelry creating room. Way too many craft supplies that I just don't need. 2015 is going to be the year of simplifying for me. I've pretty much tackled each room in the house, I have a couple of big areas to do this winter, and then we will take on the garage in the spring. Just thinking about having some room out there, and possibly even parking my car in the garage makes me giddy!
In celebration of my less is more attitude, I'm also working at clearing out a lot of my stock in my Easy shop. I'm having a 50% off sale everything in the store, if you purchase $50 or more. This sale is lasting till the end of the month, so if you have your eye on something, now's the time!
Can you become an Extreme Couponer in Canada?
Well here we are, a new year rapidly approaching, time to make some new resolutions. Of course, the same old resolution I make every year will be to lose some weight....nothing changes there! But this year, something new I've decided to focus on, is couponing. I've never been one to pay attention to coupons, flyers, etc. Often I'll stand in line at the checkout and watch people price matching and think to myself "why am I not doing that?" just lazy I guess. I've also often thought that couponing really wasn't worth the time here in Canada, because of the different coupon policies between stores here and stores in the US. A while back I watched an episode on The Marilyn Denis show with 2 Canadian women that showed how to prepare a meal on a budget, using coupons and other various store specials. The episode sparked an interest in couponing, so I visited Extreme Couponing Mom, one of the competitors in this competition. Lots of interesting information on her website, and an affordable ebook ($10) to teach you how to learn to coupon. I ordered the ebook a week ago, thinking I would receive it right away, but so far haven't. Have tried to contact the website owner, and am hoping that eventually I will get the ebook, I'm sure part of the reason this is taking so long is that we had Christmas and Boxing day between today and my order date (December 18th) but if you are thinking of ordering from her in the future, I wouldn't recommend it. There is no reason an electronic transfer should take 10 days from the date you paid for it, holidays between or not! If I ever get the ebook, I'll let you know my opinion of it, but based on my poor experience and lack of customer service (all emails I have personally sent to her so far have gone unanswered) I don't think I could recommend this vendor to anyone. EDITED -- I did finally receive the ebook, after several emails. Her email to me was not very professional and again, would not recommend buying from her.
After that disappointment, I kept googling, and found Mrs. January. I can't get enough of her website! She too has an ebook, $17, more expensive than the one from Extreme Couponing Mom, but I decided to go ahead and order it, because I don't think that first ebook I ordered is ever going to show up. Received the link to that ebook seconds after my paypal order was complete. Very impressive, the book is over 100 pages of very useful information, I TOTALLY RECOMMEND THIS EBOOK! I've gotten tons of ideas of how to get going with couponing and she also has a very interesting outline of The Shoppers Drug Mart Optimum plan, which up until now, I have used but not to it's full advantage. It's really made me rethink my shopping habits and patterns. With just a little bit of planning I think I can cut my shopping expenses by a lot.
Over the Christmas shopping season, I also discovered that EBATES has arrived in Canada. I've heard about this site before, and if you are the type to online shop, which I am, it's an easy way to make free money. Next time I want to purchase something, I'll be going there first to see if I can order it online.
Swagbucks is another site that I always thought you could only use in the US, but it's available to us Canadians now too. Lately I do all my internet searching through swaybacks to earn points. Hard to tell how quickly I will be able to earn, but worth a try.
And Lastly, a site that I haven't taken advantage of yet but plan to is Checkout51. Each Thursday the site lists items, if you purchase them you take a photo of your receipt with their smart phone app, and earn points that can be redeemed for cash. Not yet sure if this will be worthwhile, but again, it's worth a try.
So that's what I plan to focus on for the New Year. What resolutions have you made?
Let's stroll down memory lane, shall we?
Happy New Year....and Happy Birthday to me!


I think as an exercise, keeping finger down helps improving hand positioning. Otherwise I would keep it down only if note should ring or it would play right after in a really speedy passage.
"never lift [finger] until necessary"
Here's an addendum to my post above, which actually applies to reading any guitar method.
TLDR: Any time you come across a phrase that makes you wonder or does not seem to describe what you see from fluent guitarists in practice, examine what that phrase sounds like if read not as a description of what to do, but as a correction of bad technique.
Shearer, as well as many other published guitar method authors, likely came up with their methods in the course of years of experience as a guitar teacher with many many students. This is important if you want to understand how to read a guitar method.
Imagine that, out of 100 beginner students, 100 made the same mistakes of lifting left-hand fingers too early, of hitting the wrong strings, of struggling with simple chord changes because they lift all fingers even when the shapes are different by only one finger.
What do you say to every one when you see this? You would use something simple, forceful, distilled - because that works - like "never lift a finger until necessary!" to CORRECT bad technique. What 'bad technique" is being corrected is either described around that phrase in the textbook or can be inferred from the context of the section or the examples given.
Why do I bring this up? Because it is perhaps the most important context in which you should be reading any guitar method - that what you see written comes from years of actual experience with beginners, and the language used may reflect directly those countless live sessions where crucial feedback is given as corrections to the student doing the wrong thing.
To read instructions like that as if they were complete mechanical descriptions of motion or position would frequently lead to frustration and years down the wrong path. However, read it as if they were corrections of bad technique, and they suddenly become very clear.
Imagine seeing all these beginner students trying to keep the knuckle (MCP) joint "immobile" - i.e. to keep the top finger segment from moving, frozen in a position - the student trying to move only from the middle joint down i.e. moving only the finger's middle and tip segments, in an awkward way, hardly pushing the string down because of the trajectory when restricting movement like that; getting a weak tone as a result.
Knowing some hand/finger anatomy as a teacher, you know that there are no muscles in the finger joints or the fingers and the basic finger flexing movement is accomplished by forearm flexor muscles utilizing tendons as if a rope and pulley system, where the pulleys are in the joints, with all finger segments moving to some extent or another. Also, the basic finger-extending movement is done in a similar way with "ropes" running on "pulleys", but pulling in the opposite direction.
So, what happens when a student keeps the top finger segment next to the knuckle joint immobile while flexing a finger to strike a string?
So the teacher CORRECTS by instructing: "Play from the knuckle joint!" - i.e. stop pitting extensor and flexor against each other and just use the flexor muscles to perform the natural finger flexing movement moving in all finger segments. Doing so would feel more natural and would feel less tense - you are literally using less non-productive force and firing just the muscles you need; it would probably result in a better tone because that movement results in a less shallow trajectory and the string gets pushed into the guitar a bit more than before.
So, in summary: Any time you come across a phrase that makes you wonder or does not seem to describe what you see from fluent guitarists in practice, examine what that phrase sounds like if read not as a description of what to do, but as a correction of bad technique.
Last edited by guitarrista on Fri Apr 12, 2019 3:26 pm, edited 3 times in total.
The general rule is that you hold fingers down until you need to lift them is a good rule for beginners because it stops them from tossing their fingers around. With scales, I always tell students to hold fingers down as you go the neck, and do not pre-place fingers as you descend. of course there are many exceptions to this rule and you will need a good teacher to help you develop the left hand.


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Here's a round-up of the best PC Gamer forum threads from this week
This week on the PC Gamer forums, we chatted about our favourite intergalactic adventures, rounded up the best uses of spells and magic in games, and asked the community to share their experiences making games and mods.
It's been a bit of a quiet week on the forums, but there are plenty of trending threads, competitions, and giveaways that are always ticking along nicely. Although they started last year(!) our threads about the troubles of finishing RPGs, the first video games we remember playing, and if real-time strategy can come back from the brink of death are still getting replies as recently as this week.
Our year-long giveaway campaign for the charity SpecialEffect has now rolled into a new month, meaning that another EPOS | SENNHEISER GSP 370 headset will be given away at the end of the month so make sure to swing on by the thread and enter.
Here's what's been happening on the forum this week:
PC Gaming Show
This year's PC Gaming Show is happening this weekend and will feature never-before-seen gameplay footage, announcements from some of gaming's biggest developers, and a showcase of fresh-faced games. The show will run this Saturday, June 13 at 11 AM Pacific with the biggest line up in its six-year history. For a list of all the developers showing games, check out the forum thread and leave a comment saying which one you're most excited for.
While past PC Gaming Shows have been broadcast live, this year's event will be pre-recorded, with hosts Sean "Day9" Plott and Frankie Ward taking to the air from a custom studio we built in LA. But they won't be broadcasting alone: The show will also feature gaming celebrity cameos and a mystery co-host.—SHaines, Community Manager
Here's the thread with the full list.
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What are you favourite space games?
Space games are a pillar of PC gaming and with so many to delve into IndecentLouie has asked the forums which ones are the community's favourites. Whether it's exploring the wider reaches of space, managing a giant ship, or meeting weird aliens, there's a space game for everyone. Check out the thread for some great recommendations and then have a look at our own list of the best space games on PC.
In regard to the specifics you're looking for, I think Duskers is the best fit. Have you tried it? No Man's Sky is also really good now after all of the updates, and BattleTech has plenty of ship / squad building elements if you like turn-based tactics.—McStabStab
If you can get the people together, Artemis Spaceship Bridge Simulator might be interesting. I've been wanting to try it forever, but it's not easy to get enough people together. X4: Foundations might be interesting to look at too. Also a game I've never found the opportunity to play. Googling some other space games brought me to EVERSPACE, which looks very interesting as well.—Pifanjr
Here's the thread.
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What game has the best magic?
For this week's question, Chris asks the community what games have the best use of magic. No one can turn invisible, levitate objects, or zap people with electrifying lighting bolts in real life, so it's down to videogames to make all those happen. Have there been any magic systems that have left you spellbound? Make sure you jump into the thread and leave a comment.
The Witch Doctor of Diablo 3 has my vote for the best magic of any game. Hex the hordes, harvest their souls, and throw a jar of spiders at them. Is a jar of spiders magic? It is if you have an infinite amount of them. Diablo 3 throws lords of hell at you and Witch Doctor says, "I'm going to kill you with these frogs." Now THATS magic.—XoRn
Ultima Series! I ended up in a Software etc. store in the 80's on accident and being an Atari and CollecoVision kid, I never saw what a game with magic was until I saw a demo of Ultima III running. Was the first time I saw a game with real magic with so many options. I was hooked on how you had to make your spells from ingredients and they were finite! You needed more magic missiles, then go find some SA(sulfurous Ash) and BP(Black Pearls).—Hellcinder
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Have you ever tried to make a game or not?
Jody's weekend question asks if anyone on the forums has tried making games or mods. A great thing about PC gaming is the number of communities based around game development and this thread is a great opportunity to celebrate that. Unfinished RPG Maker experiments, TF2 cosmetics, and janky game mods, anything and everything counts so make sure you leave a comment in the thread.
I used to be big into making levels for Descent and Descent 2 when I was a kid. You could string them together too, so me and my brother ended up creating an entire campaign out of them. I think we have them stored on floppy disks somewhere and I should still have those, but I don't have any means to use them anymore!—Rensje
Yes!!! I'm part of a networking group for women in games development "Women Making Games" and we started working out how to mod our t-shirts into different games, like Minecraft and Animal Crossing so I learned how to do it in the Sims 4 🙂 —SWard
Here's a link to the thread.
Top threads this week
What was the first video game you remember playing?
Can real-time strategy come back from the brink of death?
Your favourite building/management games
What RPG did you FINALLY find time to play?
Best Warzone gun: These are the best CoD: Warzone guns
Star Wars: Squadrons -- EA confirms the next game in the Star Wars family


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Also finds consumers have relaxed following the crisis and are spending more.


See some creative ways that you can use barn and factory pulleys in your home with these industrial decorating ideas.
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Q: Pandas groupby and create max or sum based on critera of another column I'm having trouble reconciling a few different posts for my own use case, but believe I'm close.
I have a data frame with 3 columns; user, flag, hours.
I want to group the data frame by user and create a new column that, based on the flag value, either sum or take the max value of hours rows. Each user has two rows.
So it looks like this:
User: 1 Flag: 0 Hours: 2
User: 1 Flag: 0 Hours: 3

User: 2 Flag: 1 Hours: 1
User: 2 Flag: 1 Hours: 3

User: 3 Flag: 2 Hours: 1
User: 3 Flag: 2 Hours: 2

I'd like to create a new column called 'Agg' that either sums the two rows or takes the max value of the rows depending on the flag. If the flag is 0 the sum, if the flag is 1 then max, if the flag is 2 then max. I'm calling out flag 1 and flag 2 separately even though the outcome is the same because I may change the logic later.
So the outcome would be so:
User: 1 Flag: 0 Hours: 2 Agg: 5
User: 1 Flag: 0 Hours: 3 Agg: 5

User: 2 Flag: 1 Hours: 1 Agg: 3
User: 2 Flag: 1 Hours: 3 Agg: 3

User: 3 Flag: 2 Hours: 1 Agg: 2
User: 3 Flag: 2 Hours: 2 Agg: 2

This is what I have so far, but I can't get it to work properly. Forgive my newbie coding.
group = sample.groupby('User')
sample[:,'Agg'] =group.apply(lambda grp: grp['Hours'].max() if grp['Flag'] == 1 elif grp['Flag']==2 else grp['Hours'].sum())

A: Use numpy.where and groupby.transform:
groups = df.groupby('User')['Hours']
df['Agg'] = np.where(df['Flag'].astype(bool),
                     groups.transform('max'),
                     groups.transform('sum'))

if there are more case you could use np.select
np.select([df['Flag'].eq(0), df['Flag'].isin([1,2])],
          [groups.transform('sum'), groups.transform('max')])


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Q: Goaccess show error data on real-time HTML report due to loading wrong data from multiple websocket service I need to run multiple goaccess processs with --real-time-html option to analyze multiple logs.
my commands are:
/usr/bin/goaccess --real-time-html -o /data/html/log1/index.html -f log/log1.log --port=7890
/usr/bin/goaccess --real-time-html -o /data/html/log2/index.html -f log/log2.log --port=7891
...

when only 1 process is running, everything is ok, and I can see the data frames of websocket on Chrome, every data frame is generally the same length;
But when 2 or more processes are running, 2 things happened:

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*On the terminal which goaccess processes are running, "SIGPIPE caught!" came out continuously;

*On the web page, the dashboard are showing wrong data discontinuously, and I notice that the websocket data frames received by the browser are quite different in length(which means the web page are receiving different websocket data frames from other goaccess processes), when the data frame length are similiar to the data length when only 1 goaccess process is running, the data shown on the web page are right, when the data frame length ars different, the data ares wrong.

It seems like that even I run the goaccess process with "--port" option to specify different port for every WebSocket process, multiple websocket services ares still mixed up.

A: To run multiple instances, you need to ensure the following:

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*Run each instance on a different port --port.

*Different pipes (FIFOs) --fifo-in=/path/in.1 --fifo-out=/path/out.1.

*(Optionally) IFF you are using the on-disk storage, then you will need different path where the DB files are stored --db-path=/path/instance1/.

Examples:
goaccess -f /prod/access.log -o /var/www/html/prod.html --real-time-html --ws-url=192.168.1.2 --port=7890 --fifo-in=/tmp/prod.in --fifo-out=/tmp/prod.out

AND
goaccess -f /dev/access.log -o /var/www/html/dev.html --real-time-html --ws-url=192.168.1.2 --port=7891 --fifo-in=/tmp/dev.in --fifo-out=/tmp/dev.out

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