If you are a Phileas Fogg, then you would really need to be savvy about time zones around the world. Going around the world in eighty days surely must have been befuddling for him as it is for me sitting in my armchair. Time is the one thing that controls our life, more than anything else.
As you sit here reading this post, you are a traveler in some sense of the word. The post has been written by someone who has probably seen the sun set, while you might not yet have seen it rise.
If you are a web worker, then time zones take on a different urgency. You really need to be on top of it so that you can meet your deadlines or send out something at the exact time.
Working out the time (and date) difference is quite easy with the number of web tools we have at hand. Time zone converters easily do the clock math for you. There are even handy tools that help you email smarter How to Email Smarter With Buit-In Time Zone Converters How to Email Smarter With Buit-In Time Zone Converters Read More as per the time zone.
Being a visual person, I sometimes like to visualize the time zones across the world on a map. We have covered some before. Here's a list of ten interactive time zone maps.
Time Ticker is an interactive Flash clock which shows the current times around the world. You get accurate atomic times by moving your mouse over the map and highlighting the region. You can be more specific with the list boxes that give the names of the cities and town for that region. The difference with GMT and Daylight Saving Time if active is displayed. If you have a Real Player installed, the time map can even announce the time. An added feature lets you adjust your computer clock (IE and Windows required). You can also get TimeTicker on your iPhone or iPod.
With Time Zone Check, you get three clocks and a world map. Hovering your mouse over any location tells you the standard time and the Daylight Saving Time if any. You can compare these two clocks with the third, which takes your local time from the computer's clock. A search field helps to locate the time for any place on Earth. You can also save your locations. A narrow strip at the bottom of the browser windows indicates the date by using color.
Time.is covers 7 million locations around the world and helps you to compare their time with your own. All that with a large digital clock. The web app takes into account DST and also mentions the sunrise and sunset time. An information list tells you about the time zone details, the latitude and longitude, demographic information, details on holidays and observances for the day, and a Wikipedia link.
Using Time.is and its atomic clock feedback, you can adjust your own PC clock. Other options allow you to alternate between white and black themes for the clock display and a few display format changes.
Every Time Zone describes in a line the reason behind easy interactive time zone maps: Never warp your brain with time zone math again.
Every Time Zone is an online service that automatically converts your local time to 12 time zones so that you don't have to do it yourself. The times displayed for the cities are offset from the UTC. DST is also indicated in brackets. Moving the green slider for the local time adjusts the time accordingly in other zones. The relative time of the day is also indicated by the colored tones of the bars.
The cities covered for each region are Honolulu, San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Rio de Janeiro, London, Vienna, Mumbai, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Sydney, and Auckland.
Read the previous mention Time Zone Check in our Directory.
The Flash application displays world times on an interactive map. You can know the current time with a mouseover on the indicated time zones or locations. The map can be customized to set your own clocks for three time zones around the world. Clicking on any location takes you into a more detailed informational page with information like DST offsets and time for any other cities nearby.
Qlock is the simplest app which is on our list. Mouse the mouse over the screen to note the current times or find a city using the search box. The little time box also shows the difference with the GMT, and DST if any. You can find out the whereabouts of a location from the Google maps that come with the clock. Qlock also comes as a downloadable app for Windows, iPhone, and the iPad.
At first glance, Daylight Map shows the world as night and day. Getting into the Options lets you set clocks (up to 10) for any areas on the map. You can set the clocks by address, by map click, or by latitude and longitude. Clocks can be analog, digital, or color coded. You can also select to set the location of the sun at the present moment.
Entering the site, you have the cool nighttime view (Night mode) which takes in data from Google and shows the lighted up areas around the Earth. If you want to see the time zones in greater detail, the Google Maps API displays it all with color codes.
World Time Zone is like a quick reference chart that displays the time zones in detail. DST is also indicated by yellow markers on the map.
With Daylight Saving Time's chart like display you can easily see how changes in DST can shift time differences. You can select two locations and see the time difference in color during the current and subsequent six month periods. The site also has a meeting scheduler (with a free starter edition) which can integrate with your Google calendar or Gmail.
Time zones can be easily visualized on Google Earth. You just need the right KML file. The Google Earth Library has one which is a bundle of different world time zone data and maps found on the web. From the CIA Factbook to Barnabu's cool visualization tool, you have a few options to play around with.
You can also combine the Firefox add-on Fox Clocks with Google Earth. Though it won't show you a time map on Google Earth, it will take you there when you click on the time information of a location.
If I remember my classic, it was the late realization of the International Date Line that won Phileas Fogg the bet. It may not be so drastic for us, but these time zone visualization tools make it far easier for us to be on the clock and on time. Would you agree?
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Great list, I'm a visual person too. I use http://www.time-zones-map.com/convert/world-clock.html because it color codes the time depending on the time of day - easier to tell if you're about to wake someone up with a call!
Nice collection! Since moving last year from Windows XP to Windows 7 (deliberately skipped Vista), I've taken advantage of the free clock gadget. Now I have one clock showing the local time -- set at 40% opacity so as not to be obtrusive -- and a row of other clocks set at 20% opacity showing times at various cities that I'm interested in. They do take up some screen space, but are hardly visible until you mouse over them. This can be a lot more convenient than having to open a browser to find the time in a particular city. You can easily change the time zone for a clock, and add or remove clocks. Best of all, this is free, whereas previously I was considering purchase of something that would have looked very similar but would have set me back $30 or $40.
Excellent! I usually just type into google 'time is placename' (where 'placename' is obviously the actual place name), but these are neat.
Try the iZones app for the iPad.
hey Nat Jay, just checked time.is and loved it. Thanks for sharing it.
Wow! That's an excellent collection of sites for "time watchers". I've been usinging 'time.is' for its simplicity, but love the extras you've listed here. Having the DST info is specifically useful.


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Die Maischkrücke (auch Bierkrücke, Maischscheit oder Maischegabel) ist ein historisches Werkzeug, mit dem beim Bierbrauen die Maische im Bottich umgerührt wurde.
Beim Maischen wird Braumalz unter ständigem Rühren mit Wasser vermischt und erhitzt. Während seit der Zeit der Industrialisierung in der Regel maschinelle Verfahren eingesetzt werden, musste die dickflüssige Maische früher von Hand gerührt werden.

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Die Maischkrücke erscheint häufig in Zunftzeichen der Brauer und Mälzer.

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Located in the remote, peaceful rice fields of Ubud, Sweet Orange Warung is just a 15 minute walk from Ubud Central where you'll stumble upon a new hidden gem with a heart felt story. The dream is now, and the creation is the arrival of the Sweet Orange Warung! Putu and Nyoman's dream has finally come true, though many years of struggle and hard work, it's all been worth the wait, as their life journey continues into a new chapter.
Immediately surrounded by beautiful rice fields, flowing rivers, panoramic views of evening sunsets & the majestic far off Mt Batur, even the jungle horizons all equal a setting of pure tranquility. Though, the pride and joy naturally is the growth of Putu's garden. A fruit & vegetable garden solely dedicated to the kitchen of Sweet Orange Warung providing Putu the freshest ingredients allowing maximum layers of flavors to all her creations.
Here at Sweet Orange Warung would like to invite you to join the dream with Putu and Nyoman as they embark upon their new life.


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Q: How to update UWP libraries in Visual Studio 2015? I'm trying to implement the code in the question:
Desktop Shortcut in Desktop Bridge App. Where do we get the AppUserModelId
I want to get the Aumid for my app by given code in the IAPWrapper based DLL project in Visual Studio 2015:
string aumid = (await Package.Current.GetAppListEntriesAsync()).First().AppUserModelId;

But I get the build error that "'AppListEntry' does not contain a definition for 'AppUserModelId' and no extension method 'AppUserModelId'". How do I update my UWP libraries for Visual Studio 2015 in order to solve this problem?

A: The AppUserModelId property was added in version 16299 of the SDK.
It requires Windows 10 version 1709 or later and is only officially supported on Visual Studio 2017 and later so you should upgrade.

A: It's not possible according to various articles that I found.
How to install (v142) Build tools in Visual studio
Each visual studio edition has a limit on the last toolset that it can use. I will need to upgrade to a later Visual Studio.

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History of the Army Air Corps
The Wright Brothers first powered flight in 1903 changed everything.
On August 1, 1907 an Aeronautical Division was established in the Chief Signal Officer section of the US Army to study the flying machine and its military application. Late that year the Army wanted an airplane, and in 1909 the Wright Brothers delivered the first military airplane. Many initial thoughts involved using planes for observation and spotting.
World War I, brought the advent of the "Aero Squadron" and the air divisions were referred to as the Army Air Service and fighter planes were the standard aircraft used.
However, following the war, there were some that had more progressive ideas; planes could be used to bomb the enemy on the ground. In 1921, elements of the 2nd Bombardment Group were detached to Brigadier General Billy Mitchell for testing and participation in the effectiveness of aerial bombardment on warships. They succeeded by sinking a former German warship, creating one of the most memorable pictures of the day. The 2nd Bombardment group was one of the first groups dedicated to aerial bombardment. They were the first group to receive B-17s in 1937, and they set many long distance and speed records including a goodwill tour to Argentina in 1938.
Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941, the US was officially in World War II. Many men would volunteer for service. Many wanted to fly. It would take approximately 9 months of intensive training before heading overseas to combat. The country was divided up into 4 sections for stateside training and command made up of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Army Air Forces.
Things started happening quickly in 1942 as the country mobilized. On 18 April 1942 sixteen B-25's led by Jimmy Doolittle take off from the deck of an aircraft carrier, the Hornet, and fly a mission over 600 miles of water at low altitude to strike the Japanese mainland. Long range B-17 Fortresses fly missions in advance and during of the Battle of Midway the first days of June 1942. And the 11th Airforce bombers make their first attack on Kiska, the main Japanese air base in the Aleutians. Now part of Alaska.
Ground and flight crews of the 97th and 301st Bombardment Groups head to England. These 2 groups will begin what becomes the 8th Air Force. The flight crews take the northern route to via Bangor Maine, Iceland, Scotland and then to Chelveston, England. The ground crews in operation Bolero, take a sea route to England. In the Pacific, Bataan and Corregidor fall and the AF units, undersupplied and undermanned, fight a delaying and fall back action, in what can truly be termed a retreat. Many of these units reorganize in Australia.
To give you some examples of how the Pacific war was so down the priority list.. all you have to do is take a look at the aircraft that they received throughout. P-39, P-40. The B-17's were of the D and E Models. Then they received F model planes. In fact, not a single G model B-17 ever made it to the Pacific Theatre.
As it did evolve, B-24s became preferable because of their longer range. B-25s were utilized for their gun firepower and other smaller sized bombers were also used. However, all materiel took time to get there and groups were made to improvise or do without. Only when the B-29s arrived in the Pacific did air power in the pacific compare with Europe. But the men in the Pacific adapted and in the fall of 1942 aircraft started sowing mines in strategic areas including the inland seas around Japan and other south west pacific areas.
The US also was ready to launch their first All American daylight raid on fortress Europe. The 97th and 301st Bomb groups 28 planes target the Marshalling Yards at Rouen France on September 5th. They fly missions on the 6th and 7th as well with no more than 30 planes per raid. B-24s of the 9th Air Force based in Egypt are flying missions in support of the British Army.
Soon, other bomb groups are flying with the 8th Air Force and in November, the 97th and 301st along with the 14th Fighter Group are tasked to move to North Africa to comprise the core of the new 12th Air Force.
The beginning of 1943 marks a busy year. The nation is recovering from the Attack on Pearl Harbor, factories are being converted to war products, production is increasing and more men are going through training. In fact, between July of 1940 and August 1945 over 253,000 aircraft were produced.
Broken down, production numbers were:
47000 a/c in 1942
85000 in 1943
Of these:
12000 were B-17
18000 B-24
15000 P-47
3760 B-29
Over 55000 aircraft, nearly 25% of the total produced, were for training planes such as the PT-13, AT-6 and many others.
In January the 8th Air Force flys the first daylight raid to Germany. April 18, P-38s shoot down the architect of the Pearl Harbor attack, Japanese Admiral Yamamoto over Bougainville. In May, 5th Air Forces planes sink 12 ships in the Battle of the Bismark Sea and in May the Germans surrender in North Africa.
In July, a record, 322 8th AF Bombers fly to Hanover. The next week, known as Blitz Week, 324 B-17s fly to Norway, and other targets. This week the 8th AF loses about 100 aircraft and 900 men. More than 1/3 of their force.
August 1. The famous raid by 177 B-24s on the oil fields at Ploesti, Rumania. Flying at extremely low altitude, pictures show planes a few hundred feet in the air over 50 planes are lost in this well-known raid. However, this would not be the first or the last time the allies had a mission to Ploesti, They would lose an additional 200 planes and 2000 men on missions to this target over the remainder of the war during missions in the summer of 1944.
17 August. 376 Fortresses bomb the ball bearing plant at Schweinfurt and an aircraft plant at Regensburg. 60 planes were shot down. 14 October, a 2nd Schweinfurt raid with 291 planes. 60 are lost and 138 of returning aircraft have been damaged.
The Heavy Bombardment groups of the 12th AF become the newly formed 15th AF and the US Sets up shop on the Foggia Plain in Italy following the Sicily and Rome campaigns of the spring and summer.
19-26 February 1944. Known as "Big Week" a series of sustained raids on German aircraft industry by both the 8th and 15th AF. The U.S. loses over 225 planes. It must be noted the while the U.S. Flew daylight raids, the British flew night missions giving term to "round the clock" bombing of targets. This policy had been going on for over a year.
The allies are in control of the air and are out producing the Germans; at the same time destroying their factories, raw materiel plants and railroads hampering their ability to make and transport troops and supplies.
In June, B-29 Super Fortress of the 10th Air Force fly their first mission from a base in China. The islands of Guam, Saipan and Tinian are secured and become forward bases for air operations against the Japanese Mainland.
Long range escort fighters make their first appearance, none is more deadly as the modified P-51 Mustang which is able to escort bombers all the way to Berlin and back. Early in the war the range of fighter escort was significantly shorter leaving the bombers vulnerable in the target areas. Many other excellent fighters were produced during WW2 including the P-47, but they did not have the range of later Mustangs.
In 1945 the war in Europe is winding down. The Germans made their last gasp effort with the Battle of the Bulge in December of '44. The German air force is essentially non-existent except for the appearance of the Messerschmeidt (Me-262). The first Jet aircraft. Fortunately and primarily because of industrial shortages the 262 was not able to be produced in any significant number for they would have provided a very formidable force against the allied bombing campaign.
Following the victory in Europe, the Army Air Forces fly the Berlin Airlift bringing supplies and food to the people of Berlin.
In the Pacific, B-29s of the 20th Air Force have been flying their firebombing campaign of the Japanese mainland. For 72 consecutive days, the 7th AF bombs Iwo Jima before the landings there. Iwo will become an emergency landing field for B-29s returning from Japan because it is located midway between the bases and Japan.
Since Mid-1943, Paul Tibbetts has been in the U.S .forming a special bomb group in preparation for his mission August 6th of 1945 with the atomic bomb. 9 August the second atomic bomb is dropped. 14 August, a record 804 B-29s bomb targets in Japan and they finally surrender.
The war was finally over and many of the wartime units are dissolved.
In 1947 the Air Force became its own independent branch of service.
Following WWII, many men made the service a career, others were recalled for Korea. Even though the Air force adopted Blue as their uniform colors, many of the WWII veterans still wore their russet brown boots and shoes, prompting them to be nicknamed "brown shoes".
Lineage and heraldry continue, to wit, the 2nd Bomb Wing which was formed after WWII, and still retains the insignia of the 2nd BG is the B-52 wing based at Barksdale AFB.
While a subordinate section under the Army the Army Air Service and then the Army Air Corps had many distinctive personalities. A daring visionary who viewed the potential of the flying machine and the developing aerial battlefield Billy Mitchell. The first aviation hero of World War I, Eddie Rickenbacher. The father of the Air Forces, General Hap Arnold. World War II would create a number of household names and heroes. Jimmy Doolittle, Ira Eaker, Claire Chennault, Carl Spaatz, Paul Tibbets, Jimmy Stewart, Gabby Gabreski, Richard Bong, Hub Zemke and Don Gentile.
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Posts Tagged 'influences'
Jake Caine – All in a Day's Work
Posted: 14 July 2021 in Singles and EPs
Tags: All in a Day's Work, Bob Dylan, classics, craft, Indie, influences, Jake Caine, Pop, singer-songwriter, Single Review
More than I dislike talking politics or sport with colleagues and strangers, I feel most uncomfortable talking about music, because unless their leanings are, it's almost guaranteed that we won't hare similar tastes or knowledge. Usually, it's a case of my hating everything they love, and their not having heard of anything I listen to. There's no middle ground there: even if I feign an interest, nod and smile, where is there left to go?
And so I do often wonder about press releases, specifically the influences artists cite. In the more fringe fields of obscure metal, ambient, and electronica, esoteric reference points abound, perhaps because to an extent obscurantism carries a certain coolness and cachet. In more commercially-leaning circles, the opposite tends to be true. Artists aiming for a broad acceptance tend to cite artists who are well-known to the point that they're essentially household names.
This isn't to single out Jack Caine by any means, but his listed influences – Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Patti Smith, Arctic Monkeys, Joni Mitchell, The Smiths – feels incredibly 'standard'. Are these really his influences? Maybe – it could really be that most people who make music listen to the same well-known artists. I also have a personal discomfort with citations of The Smiths, a band I loved with a deep passion in my teens, but have since struggled to relate to in my thirties and forties, and with their memory sullied by the colossal twat Morrissey has confirmed himself to be.
Of course, even music that is very much an evidential sum of its parts should be judged on its own merits, and while 'derivative' clearly bears heavily negative connotations, the assimilation of tropes and absorption of influences is, in itself, no bad thing per se. It's all in the delivery, and for all this, 'All in a Day's Work' is an accessible, melodic middling tune with hints of classic vintage indie and pop when pop wasn't slick, manufactured, mechanised, digitised – and it's well-executed. It has spirit, it has soul.
Building from a muted electric guitar played clean, over which Caine paints a kitchen sink scene, the bass begins to get twitchy and the muffled drumming begins to push things along and you just sense it's going to break sooner or later… and then it spills. It's a great single, with dynamics, energy, and emotion, and hooks.
Bethany Ferrie – Bones
Posted: 21 April 2021 in Singles and EPs
Tags: Bethany Ferrie, Bones, commercial, Crossover, Fleetwood Mac, influences, Kings of Leon, Lewis Capaldi, Pop, Retro, Rock, Single Review, Taylor Swift
I had something of what you might call an epiphany of sorts last night. I was cooking dinner, and as is standard, had put the TV on. I usually have it on mute and watch the news with subtitles while listening to a CD, but instead, while chopping veg for a healthy stir-fry, I had a music channel playing 80s hits, and it was good – mostly the early 80s, with some ABC and Aha ('The Sun Always Shines in TV' for change) before plummeting into the shit of Bros and Brother Beyond just before I served, at which point it went off. But it was during this unashamed nostalgiafest that I realised that for my daughter, who's 9, the 80s are further in the past than the 60s were when I was her age. And that at her age, I had no interest in the 60s because it was so far back in history it was tinny, trebly, scratchy, dated, sepiatone or black and white. It was historical relics and I never got why my parents rated anything 60s. I still don't really have much interest in the main.
But chowing my chow mein, I came to realise that things have changed, largely, one assumes, on account of the Internet. Now, we have truly hit peak postmodern in the sense that the historical is now part of the present, and everything and anything goes. The 60s likely feel a lot less distant and alien to a nine-year-old than to someone like me in their mid-40s, because they're simply so much more accommodating.
And so it is that 23-year-old singer/songwriter Bethany Ferrie takes in a wide range of influences, from the likes of Fleetwood Mac to Lewis Capaldi, Kings of Leon to Taylor Swift. And also, I'm reminded that no longer is anyone purist in their allegiance to rock, pop, or folk. For those under thirty who can extricate themselves from the mundane bilge of R1 mediocrity, whereby music is so much wallpaper, music is music, and there are only two kinds – good and bad. There's perhaps a certain naivete in the idea that all of these things sit together, but Bethany demonstrates an admirable songwriting prowess with her new single, 'Bones'. The piano-led song is low-key, but layered, melodic yet heartfelt. It's also one of those songs that has a slow, contemplative start, before bursting into a cinematic chorus, aided by some reverby production that really does the scope of the song justice.
Is it alternative? Is it niche? No. Is it commercial? In terms of R1 circa 2004 when Keane's 'Something Only We Know' and playlists were wall-to-wall Coldplay, yes and no. 'Bones' isn't dreary, drab, or manufactured, but does have clear commercial potential.


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namespace Microsoft.OneDrive.Sdk
{
    using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;

    /// <summary>
    /// The type DrivesCollectionRequestBuilder.
    /// </summary>
    public partial class DrivesCollectionRequestBuilder : BaseRequestBuilder, IDrivesCollectionRequestBuilder
    {

        /// <summary>
        /// Constructs a new DrivesCollectionRequestBuilder.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="requestUrl">The URL for the built request.</param>
        /// <param name="client">The <see cref="IBaseClient"/> for handling requests.</param>
        public DrivesCollectionRequestBuilder(
            string requestUrl,
            IBaseClient client)
            : base(requestUrl, client)
        {
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Builds the request.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>The built request.</returns>
        public IDrivesCollectionRequest Request()
        {
            return this.Request(null);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Builds the request.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="options">The query and header options for the request.</param>
        /// <returns>The built request.</returns>
        public IDrivesCollectionRequest Request(IList<Option> options)
        {
            return new DrivesCollectionRequest(this.RequestUrl, this.Client, options);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets an <see cref="IDriveRequestBuilder"/> for the specified Drives.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="id">The ID for the Drives.</param>
        /// <returns>The <see cref="IDriveRequestBuilder"/>.</returns>
        public IDriveRequestBuilder this[string id]
        {
            get
            {
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Rural decline not driven by water recovery
5-Dec-2019 2:55 AM EST
Credit: Kym Parry
Rural decline is being driven by climate and economic factors
Credit: University of Adelaide
Net farmer number change in the Murray-Darling Basin over five-year periods, 1991-2011
Climatic Change
Agriculture, All Journal News, Climate Science, Environmental Science, Drought
rural decline, Farming, Agriculture, Irrigation, Water, water economics, Drought, Climate Change
Newswise — New research from the University of Adelaide has shown that climate and economic factors are the main drivers of farmers leaving their properties in the Murray-Darling Basin, not reduced water for irrigation as commonly claimed.
Led by Professor Sarah Wheeler, Professor of Water Economics of the University's Centre for Global Food and Resources and the Environment Institute, and published in the international journal Climatic Change, the researchers have conducted one of the most comprehensive analyses of farm exit across the world to date. The research was funded by the Australian Research Council.
"Farm numbers all over the world have been decreasing over time and in many countries, including Australia, this is a serious concern for rural communities, exacerbated by the current drought crisis," says Professor Wheeler.
"In particular the Murray-Darling Basin has faced considerable change in the form of increased temperatures and drought severity, reduced irrigation water diversions, declining real agricultural commodity prices and declining rural community services.
"But, in contrast to the current popular view that decreased access to water is the main reason for the decline of farms in the Basin, our study showed that for the period of 1991-2011, the more important drivers of farmer exit were climate – increased drought risk and higher temperatures – and economic factors – commodity prices, unemployment and urbanisation."
The study predicts that another half a degree increase in temperature by 2041 would contribute to a further more than 50% decline in farmers in the Murray-Darling Basin.
Professor Wheeler and research fellows Dr Ying Xu and Associate Professor Alec Zuo sourced data from Australian Bureau of Statistics population and agricultural censuses from 1991 to 2011 and matched it with datasets including a variety of climate risk measures, rainfall, temperature, water diversions, location, commodity prices, unemployment and urbanisation factors to model the changes in farmer numbers in local areas over time.
"Over the past 10 years, the Murray-Darling Basin Plan and reduced water extraction for irrigation because of the water buy-back scheme have been blamed as the main reason for rural community decline," says Professor Wheeler. "But we found no significant association between decreasing farmer numbers and measured water extraction in the Basin.
"One potential reason for this is that irrigation farmers make up only about 25% of all the farmers in the Basin, and it has been shown that when many farmers sell their water entitlements, they either change to dryland farming or maintain the same level of production because they had surplus water or adapt in numerous other ways.
"What we must do to help our rural communities is take note of the proper evidence and develop policy around drought, climate change, rural economic development and water use that leads to comprehensive strategies for real solutions.
"The belief that we can solve the Basin's problems by simply building dams, taking water back from the environment for irrigators, and stop it being 'wasted' by flowing out to sea is a fallacy.
"New policy must consider the real long-term drivers of farm exit and take a multi-faceted, investment approach. We need to recognise our farmers are facing a drier, hotter future, and plan accordingly."
Professor Sarah Wheeler, Professor in Water Economics, Centre for Global Food and Resources and the Environment Institute. Phone: +61 (0)8 8313 9130, Mobile: +61 (0)417 528 920, sarah.wheeler@adelaide.edu.au
Robyn Mills, Media Officer. University of Adelaide. Phone: +61 (0)8 8313 6341, Mobile: +61 (0)410 689 084, robyn.mills@adelaide.edu.au


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Q: Can't run sudo after deleting libpcre2 I manually compiled libpcre2 with debug symbols into /usr/local/lib and then deleted the version installed in /lib64. While I can still run commands as my user by first running export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib, running sudo still fails with the message

sudo: error while loading shared libraries: libpcre2-8.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

This happens even when I run it with the -E or -H option. sudo - root gives me "su: Authentication failure". Any ideas?

A: Why the library is not getting used
The dynamic linker will ignore LD_LIBRARY_PATH if the program to be loaded has setuid or setgid bit set, for security. Otherwise, there would be the old trick of using LD_LIBRARY_PATH or LD_PRELOAD to override an innocuous system/library call to do something else instead or in addition to what it's supposed to do.
If done to a setuid root program that's not protected against this trick, you would be able to control what the program does while having root privileges... and at that point, there would be no limits at all to what you could do.
You'll find a description of this security mechanism in the ld.so(8) man page:

Secure-execution mode
For security reasons, the  effects of some environment variables are voided or modified if the dynamic linker determines that the binary should  be run in secure-execution mode.  (For details, see the discussion of individual environment variables below.)  A binary is executed in secure-execution mode if the AT_SECURE entry in the auxiliary vector (see getauxval(3)) has a nonzero value.  This entry may have a  nonzero value for various reasons, including:

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*The  process's real  and effective user IDs differ, or the real and effective group IDs differ. This typically occurs as a result of executing a set-user-ID or set-group-ID program.

*A process with a non-root user ID executed a binary that conferred capabilities to the process.

*A nonzero value may have been set by a Linux Security Module.

... followed by long-form descriptions of the LD_* environment variables and how each of them are affected by the secure-execution mode.
How to fix your problem
You could add /usr/local/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf or make your own /etc/ld.so.conf.d/*.conf file for it, then run ldconfig as root to make sure the new library path gets picked up... if you still have a working way to become root that's independent from sudo, that is!
Otherwise, you might need to boot into single-user/recovery mode, and gain access to the system just like if you had lost the root password. But instead of resetting the root password, you'd make the /etc/ld.so.conf[.d] modification as above.
Why the -E option of sudo won't help here
The sudoers(5) man page says:

Note that the dynamic linker on most operating systems will remove variables that can control dynamic linking from the environment of setuid executables, including sudo.  Depending on the operating system this may include _RLD*, DYLD_*, LD_*, LDR_*, LIBPATH, SHLIB_PATH, and others. These type of variables are removed from the environment before sudo even begins execution and, as such, it is not possible for sudo to preserve them.

You said sudo - root gives you su: Authentication failure. The command and the error message don't quite match up. Did you actually run su - root instead? Then you might be running Ubuntu or some other Linux distribution that comes with the root account's password locked by default; those distributions typically rely heavily on sudo for admin access. If that is the case with your distribution, you are now discovering why deleting a standard system library located in /lib64 was not a great idea.


Seatbelt usage across the U.S. averages 66% in the front seat, but rear seat passengers use safety belts only one-third of the time according to the Air Bag Safety Campaign.
Ironically, the rear seat offers the highest level of safety in a crash and the most protection, but only if passengers are wearing a lap and shoulder belt. In front end collisions, abdominal, spine and head injuries are severe for the rear seat passenger who is wearing only a lap belt. Forces impelling the passenger forward result in extreme flexion at the waist, compression of abdominal organs and the whipping action results in major head and neck injuries.
Unsecured rear seat passengers, in frontal crashes, move directly toward the impacting force in approximately one-tenth of a second following initial impact with a force on the order of 20 times gravity.
Princess Diana was in the traditionally "safer" back seat, behind a body guard who was wearing a seatbelt and protected by an airbag. The front seat and belted body guard suffered massive facial injuries, but survived the crash. With a seatbelt, Diana's chances of surviving would have been much greater.
Proof of the safety of the rear seat can be found in NHTSA statistics for injuries to children in the rear seat who are properly belted. They have the lowest death rate in crashes.


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Q: C++ template member object I'm facing a problem, a design problem. There is this template class which represent File handling/driver interface. Here is the barebone of that class.
---------------------------- FileDriver.h---------------------------
namespace DatabaseManager {

template<class T>
class FileDriver {

FileDriver(const char *file_name) : file_name(file_name) {}
public :

T* fetch(size_t rec_size, long rec_num, long offset , bool write_enabled) {

// fetch data from file
}

int insert(T *rec, size_t rec_size, long rec_num, long offset) {

// insert data into file

}

inline int release(T *rec, size_t rec_size, int rec_num) {
 // close the file

}

};

}

Now this class is used by any class in the system which needs I/O operation. But as its a template class so i have to create objects of this class everytime i need to access a file. For example here is how a function uses this class.
 ---------------------- ParseSparseParticles.cpp ------------------

     #include "FileDriver.h"

     bool ParseSparseParticles::openFile() throw(ParseSparseParticlesException)
    {

       // DatabaseManager::FileMetaInfo is a struct containing meta information about a file
      DatabaseManager::FileMetaInfo *meta_info = nullptr;
      DatabaseManager::SparseParticles *particle_data = nullptr;

      DatabaseManager::FileDriver<DatabaseManager::FileMetaInfo> meta_hndlr(meta_file_name.str().c_str());
      meta_info = meta_hndlr.fetch(sizeof(DatabaseManager::FileMetaInfo), 1, static_cast<int>(DatabaseManager::file_map_pos::START), false);

      if (meta_info) {

        DatabaseManager::FileDriver<DatabaseManager::SparseParticles> data_hndlr(file_name.str().c_str());

        particle_data = data_hndlr.fetch(sizeof(DatabaseManager::SparseParticles),
                                   meta_info->num_rec, static_cast<int>(DatabaseManager::file_map_pos::START), false);

        if (particle_data) {
          data_hndlr.release(particle_data, sizeof(DatabaseManager::SparseParticles), meta_info->num_rec);
          meta_hndlr.release(meta_info, sizeof(DatabaseManager::FileMetaInfo), 1);
          return true;
        } else {
          throw ParseSparseParticlesException("Cannot open Sparse Particles File");
        }

      } else {
        throw ParseSparseParticlesException("Cannot open Meta Info File");
      }

    }

So i have to like follow this exact same steps everytime i need to access any file.
1. Open the meta info file
2. Open the actual data file
3. Close the data file
4. Close the meta file
And this gets tiresome after sometime, worse it leads to duplicate code, unstructured code, as file operation is done all over the system. So i was thinking about making an interface that will abstract the operation of I/O. And in the process of doing so i stumbled when i wanted to create FileDriver member object of the interface class, like so
    --------------------------- IOInterface.h ---------------------------

    #include "FileDriver.h"

    template<typename MetaFileType, typename FileType>
    class IOInterface {

    DatabaseManager::FileDriver<MetaFileType> meta_orb; // won't compile

    DatabaseManager::FileDriver<FileType> data_orb; // won't compile

    };

But this won't compile as i'm including a template header into another template header. So can please anyone tell me how to solve this problem. How can i make an class that will act like an interface to FileDriver that will store the FileDriver object as long as that class object is alive.
Thanks
UPDATE
The error i'm getting while compiling is with the IOInterface constructor.
IOInterface::IOInterface(std::string data_dir, std::string file_prefix, int id) :
  data_dir(data_dir),
  file_prefix(file_prefix),
  file_id(id)
{}

/var/local/PolymerizationSimulation/include/IOInterface.h:7: error: no matching function for call to 'DatabaseManager::FileDriver<DatabaseManager::MetaFileType>::FileDriver()'

/var/local/PolymerizationSimulation/include/IOInterface.h:7: error: no matching function for call to 'DatabaseManager::FileDriver<DatabaseManager::FileType>::FileDriver()'

A: Some hints from looking at your code:
You miss semicolons after class definition:
};
 ^

also from your example, FileDriver is not inside DatabaseManager
In this class:
template<class T>
    class FileDriver {

all members are private, even constructor, so you cannot access it. Finally this class does not provide default constructor needed by:
DatabaseManager::FileDriver<MetaFileType> meta_orb; // won't compile
DatabaseManager::FileDriver<FileType> data_orb; // won't compile

so compiler have no idea how to create those instances, add it for FileDriver:
FileDriver(){}


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[HanCinema's Film Review] "I'll Just Live in Bando"
By William Schwartz on 2018/04/07 at 19:51 PST
2018/04/07 | 314 views | Permalink
Joon-goo (voiced by Lee Seung-haeng) is an acting professor. Well no, actually, he's an adjunct acting professor. Which means he's basically a normal professor except that he's paid less and doesn't have job security. Though popular with his students, their sincere praise of Joon-goo's acting abilities tends to stoke Joon-goo's dreams. Sure, the guy's in his forties and supporting a family. But don't television dramas need short, homely, middle-aged balding characters too?
"I'll Just Live in Bando" details the curious sequence of events that leads Joon-goo to agonize about whether he should take the security of a full-time professor job or dive into the romanticism of finally starting a serious acting career. Notably this ends up turning into a false choice. The very weird circumstances under which Joon-goo catches a break st school prove more significant than he suspects. Additionally, we eventually find out that the acting job Joon-goo was offered was actually just an open audition.
Ah, but see, there I go interpreting Joon-goo's situation logically. To Joon-goo, a man who has long been desperate for his luck to turn around, who unknowingly suffers a massive hardship as a result of his idiot son, unbridled optimism is the only way forward. The final extended chase sequence of "I'll Just Live in Bando" is a marvel of frantic animation. Joon-goo has made his choice, and no matter how destructive that decision ends up being, Joon-goo refuses to just let go.
The supporting cast is also quite good. Gi-bbeum (voiced by Oh Ga-bin) is a surprisingly manipulative young woman whose role in Joon-goo's promotion takes on such a negative dimension that she somehow manages to become the villain of the second half. Then there's Joon-goo's shrewish wife who provokes much of Joon-goo's agony by being so aggressively mean. In between these two it's easy to lose sight of how Gi-ho (voiced by Lee Yong-woo-I) is the actual bad guy here. He just gets away with it by being a charming eccentric with a deliberately ambiguous speaking style.
"I'll Just Live in Bando" is fundamentally a dark comedy juxtaposing the nobility of Joon-goo with the chaotic destructive world in which he is trying to survive. In between that and the acting pretensions, Joon-goo is an extremely relatable protagonist, who through sheer force of will refuses to believe that the universe is out to get him. I rather liked the ending, which depicts Joon-goo in less-than-ideal circumstances and yet he seems much happier than during his false optimism phase.
The implication is obvious. You can get what you want and still not be happy. So naturally the opposite is also true. As for me? What I wanted was vibrant animation in the service of an offbeat plot with exaggerated overemphasized drama- something we can really only ever see in the animated format. My expectations were more than met and exceeded. "I'll Just Live in Bando" is a legitimately great movie, and a welcome addition to the ever small club of serious feature lengths South Korean animated films.
Review by William Schwartz
"I'll Just Live in Bando" is directed by Lee Yong-sun and voiced by Lee Seung-haeng, Oh Ga-bin, Lee Yong-woo-I and Park Jin-young-I.
William Schwartz
Staff writer. Has been writing articles for HanCinema since 2012, having lived in South Korea since 2011. Started out in Gyeongju, then to Daegu, then to Ansan, then to Yeongju, then to Seoul, lived on the road for HanCinema's travel diaries series in the summer of 2016, and is currently settled in Anyang. Has good tips for utilizing South Korea's public bus system. William Schwartz can be contacted via william@hancinema.net.
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Make some flash cards

0 First head over to codecademy.com and start on the JavaScript/jQuery track. Once you have the basic idea move on to the next step.

1 On JSFiddle change the drop down menu to the to be the latest version of jQuery (2.1 +). This allows to use the jQuery function ($) and its minions to effect the DOM.

2 On JSFiddle you can hit fork on this page: http://jsfiddle.net/rrbm823/3trf0ru5/

3 Recall from card 8 that we identify HTML elements from the CSS by their class attribute. You'll notice in flash-cards.html file there are many class attributes.

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They are there because we've put in the CSS template Bootstrap.

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We can spare the details of Bootstrap for another card.

4 Using JavaScript and jQuery, we want to get each flashcard question and answer from the array of objects called "allQuestions". This should be done by completing the callback function with the comment that says "finish me".

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It is the nameless function inside the .click() method.

 5  The back and next button has been created already. Can you make a "show me" button to display the flash card answer? How about a card counter / shuffle option.

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The episode titles for Marvel's next Netflix series Jessica Jones. have found their way online. For those of you who like to scan the chapter titles before diving into a novel, you can hit the jump now. I would warn of possible spoilers but these episode titles are pretty harmless.
Jessica Jones will follow Jessica Jones after "the tragic end of her short-lived stint as a superhero." Jones rebuilds herself as a New York City private detective who specializes in cases involving people with extraordinary abilities. The series is set in Hell's Kitchen, which yes, is the same New York city neighborhood where Daredevil fights crime. She has also said that the show, while set inside the same universe and neighborhood as Daredevil, will have a different look and tone.
Luke Cage will make his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut with a recurring role on Jessica Jones before headlining his own series in 2016. Cage will be followed by Iron Fist, and of course Netflix and Marvel are also planning to eventually team Jones, Matt Murdock, Luke Cage and Iron Fist together for a Defenders series.


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6,000 Cruise Passengers Visit St. Kitts – Nevis In One Day
February 26,2008 (CUOPM)
The parade of cruise ships into the Basseterre Roadstead continued on Saturday with the visit of nearly 6,000 passengers and 3,000 crew members.
The Queen Mary 2 arrived from Tortola, British Virgin Islands with 2,256 passengers and 1279 crew before sailing for The Bahamas; the Empress of the Seas arrived from Puerto Rico with 1699 passengers and a crew of 672, before sailing for St. Maarten and the Oceana docked with 1996 passengers and a crew of 887 from the Dominican Republic. It later sailed for Antigua. In all 5,851 cruise passengers visited Saturday along with 2,838 crew members.
Most of the passengers on the three ships disembarked and went on sight-seeing tours via taxis, tour buses and the St. Kitts Scenic Railway; shopping, sun and sea-bathing, hiking, horse-back riding, snorkeling, golfing, kayaking and sailing.
The visit of the three ships on Saturday brought the number of cruise ships for last week to seven, and 22 cruise ships for the month of February with an estimated 49,000 passengers.
Legend of the Seas and Astor visited Monday, while Empress of the Seas and Carnival Destiny are scheduled to berth on Wednesday and Thursday respectively.
Some 81,000 cruise ship passengers from 42 ships are scheduled to visit St. Kitts in March.
The 2007/2008 Cruise Ship Season is set to be the best ever in the history of the industry with the expected visit of over 400,000 cruise passengers. Over 60,000 passengers visited in December and January saw some 68,038. 33,357 passengers are expected from 19 ship calls in April.
Although the 2007/2008 Cruise Ship Season officially ends in April, the Carnival Destiny which is calling all-year-round will make six calls with 13,394 passengers in May; 10,568 passengers in June; 13,210 passengers from five calls in July, and 10,568 passengers in August and a similar number from four calls in September.
Categories Nevis News Tags Cruise Ships, Nevis, St. Kitts, Tourism
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When Hispanics vote, most choose Democrats: In 2008, two out of three Latinos voted for Barack Obama over John McCain for president. And a Pew Hispanic Center survey released today finds that 65% plan to vote Democratic this November.
But the rapid growth of Latinos in Southern states will likely have the paradoxical effect of strengthening the political clout of Republicans over the next decade, as GOP-controlled state legislatures redraw state and Congressional political lines after the 2010 Census.
A quick recap: About every 10 years, states redo their political lines based on new Census data. When new boundaries are redrawn for the state legislature, it's called redistricting. At the national level, it's called reapportionment: Out of the 435 U.S. House seats, every state gets one, and the remaining 385 are divvied based on population.
As Facing South recently reported, new projections show the South will likely gain big from reapportionment: Four Southern states are expected to gain eight Congressional seats (and also Electoral College votes) after the 2010 Census data is released this December.
Each of the Southern states — Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Texas — can at least partially thank their burgeoning and Democratic-leaning Latino communities for their growing political clout. But in each of the states, decisions about redrawing Congressional lines are made in the state legislature — which are currently controlled by Republicans, a situation unlikely to change in this GOP-trending year.
That means the lines for all four fast-growing states will be shaped for at least a decade according to the partisan interests of Republicans, despite the source of rising clout. Here's a chart showing how this will likely break down in 2011 and beyond.
In the long run, the growth of Latino communities in the South is part of a long-term demographic shift that will likely benefit Democrats. But when it comes to drawing the political lines after the 2010 Census, Republicans are likely to stay in control.


This was a story that took on a life of its own — thinking up ways that we can consume less while giving more. When I was assigned this story from the Catholic Free Press, I had no idea how much my own thinking would be changed. Each of us can do our small part and together, make this a very special Christmas while at the same time, honoring what the season of Advent is all about.
This is my latest Catholicmom.com / Catholic Free Press column.
As the Solemnity of Mary approaches, I recall a homily by our pastor about the true meaning of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception: we celebrate Mary's conception, not our Lord's. While preaching about Mary being born without Original Sin, he made an important point: Mary was the first creature to be born since the creation of man without the veil that separates us from God. Our true selves are meant to be in total union with God and the veil of Original Sin acts as a wall, impeding that relationship. Jesus came to lift that veil so that we could be one with God again even though sin was still a reality. He opened the door to heaven for us so that one day, the veil could be completely lifted and sin could be wiped out of our lives.
Mary was one with our Lord, right from the first moments of her creation; no veil separated her from her Creator. She was born to be her true self; singled out to be completely pure. How ironic then that Mary, who was chosen to bear the unknowable, unfathomable God incarnate in her womb, had to bear the 'sin' of being pregnant before being married.


It's not the prettiest, busiest, or most famous path, but these nearly 3.5 miles near Florida's east coast have to be among the most interesting on Earth.
NASAA Saturn V departs for the launch pad.
This road led to the moon, and the way was paved with Alabama river rock.
It is the 18,159-foot "crawlerway" at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, connecting the gargantuan Vehicle Assembly Building with Launch Complex 39A - Apollo's gateway - and others.
It's still used to move the space shuttles into position for launch, and efforts are under way to get the two, 40-foot-wide lanes ready for the even heavier Ares rockets, which are being developed for a return to the lunar surface.
On May 20, 1969, the "stacked" stages of the Saturn V rocket for Apollo 11 and the mobile launcher left the VAB atop the eight tracks of a custom crawler or transporter built by the Marion Power Shovel Co. and moved along this track at just under 1 mph to the launch pad.
Why was this short road topped with river rock from Alabama? Because it could take the pressure as the more than 17 million pounds of crawler, moon rocket and launcher rolled over.
"We have very rigorous specifications the rock has to pass," said Leslie Cothran, a University of Florida senior majoring in Mechanical Engineering and a co-op worker for United Space Alliance - NASA's prime shuttle contractor - at Kennedy Space Center.
So it won't crumble and is able to help cushion the transporter and its cargo, rock used for the road must earn an 8 on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness, she said. "Diamond is a hardness of 10."
University of South Alabama engineer Dan Drake said part of the reason river rock was originally used is that it is rounder and smooth, "more like ball bearings than cubes." The stones would move around rather than compact and build crushing pressure.
The crawlerway has four layers, including a 3 1/2-foot sub-base, a 3-foot crushed aggregate base, a blacktop sealer and then a top layer of the rocks, about 8 inches thick on curves and 4 inches thick on the straightway, according to KSC sources.
Rock used today still comes from Alabama and Tennessee, but from quarries, not a river, said USA engineer Bob Rokobauer.
"The reason that area was chosen was because of its proximity to Kennedy Space Center," he said. That made it cheaper to get than from another prime location for such rock, such as Wisconsin.
The crawlerway was designed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and building began in November 1963 by what was then Blount Brothers Construction Co. of Montgomery and M.M. Sundt Construction Co. of Tucson, Ariz.
According to a history by KSC's Kay Grinter, the road was ready for its unique traffic in August 1965 and came in at a cost of about $7.5 million.


The Plight of the Vietnam Veteran | How Goes the Battle?
This letter to the editor, written in 1986 by my dad's friend and fellow Bravo Company "Sky Trooper," sadly still resonates today. Below are excerpts of that letter.
"I have been following [this] column on the situation of the Vietnam veteran. It is encouraging to know that there are a few who still consider his plight.
"The Vietnam vets I'm in contact with are in one stage or another of turning their lives around. They're trying to get on with it. These stages have been fairly common to us all. We were confused, as we tried to fit ourselves back into a world that had drastically changed for us. We denied any war-related problems as the first inklings of unusual behavior or attitudes appeared in us.
"Ultimately we were forced to recognize the problem – and this was rough – when our images of ourselves and others could not for an instant longer be supported by our inner feelings. Then came delayed grief, depression and anxiety, intermixed with bitterness, rage and fear as each of us tried to place blame on whomever we considered the cause of our problem.
"And then the final stage – and this one the toughest of all: forgiving those who ravaged our young lives, for they knew not what they did. And perhaps still don't know.
"I, myself, I think, am edging toward this last stage. I am beginning to view the Vietnam war as something other than the preconceived atrocity that I was assuming it to be. I am starting to see it as, perhaps, the social equivalent to a 'Black Hole' in outer space – an all-encompassing negative energy, anti-everything that sustains life, and not understandable in and of itself. Who do you blame for a "Black Hole' in space? Nobody. Period. You accept it.
"And, yet, something is still awry.
"The veteran was the most obviously damaged by this 'Black Hole' event in American history. But the Vietnam war hurt us all.
"The veteran feels all to acutely the emptiness of spirit this has left in him. He wonders why this burden continues to remain his alone. But it may not.
This letter, published Wednesday, November 12, 1986, was written by Bill Hardin to The Daily News columnist Phyllis Miletich.
Posted by howgoesthebattle in Veteran-related Issues, Vietnam War and the G.I.


There are many different kinds of dating sites out there, well, some of them you cannot actually call dating site, perhaps marriage agency best described introduction sites that deals elusively with singles looking for wives or husbands.
Staying with the dating niche, some dating site go all out to try to match singles while others encourage them to dip their toes in the dating scene first, this kind of dating sties tends to be called Flirting of Flirt sites, a good example of such site is Flirt Online.
Flirt Online is just like any typical dating site, it has profiles of women and men looking to date, the only noticeable difference between Flirt Online and a traditional dating site is the fact that all its marketing seem to be aimed at attracting men to the site. For example on the homepage, you will not see a single picture of a man, all the profiles are profile and pictures of women. This probably suggest the site has loads of female members and its out to find men to flirt and date the women.
Flirt Online is not quite new on the dating scene, it has been online for about 4-5 years but the site recently changed hands, the previous owners run their own database which is relatively small. The new owner has moved to white label platform which includes a much larger database, giving member much larger members to flirt with.
Like a typical dating site, it is free to join Flirt Online , you can search profile and even contact members but you will not be able to read response to your messages unless you are a full member.
Full membership of Flirt Online provide a whole lot more benefits than the free basic membership as one would expect. Facilities full members enjoy includes full access to all the site facilities such as secure private messaging, private chat rooms, journals and blogs facility. If you are single in UK and looking for a flirting site, you may want to try Flirt Online.


Stationery tape. Ever considered how DIY nail artists create super neat and straight lines and stripes? Using tape you can build many different geometric and candy striped designs. Stationery tape is one of the best tools EVER designed for nail art. Any sort of natural scotch tape is fine, however you can experiment and see which give you the best results. They're perfect for creating neat lines and geometric shapes. Just trim the tape into the desired strip/shape, paste it on your nail and paint above. Easy as that!
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Who doesn't like a Big Apple bargain? Especially when The Donald himself is kicking in the discount. Every guest checking into the 391-room Trump SoHo receives a shopping card featuring exclusive offers at neighborhood stores, including Diane von Furstenberg, Bloomingdale's SoHo, and Ivanka Trump's jewelry shop—all just steps away.
Out of the closet: Hunt for vintage Chanel at überchic thrift shop What Goes Around Comes Around. 351 W. Broadway; 212/343-1225.
Be seen scene: Andreas Oberoi, Trump SoHo's general manager, recommends the terrace atCipriani Downtown for great people-watching during lunch. 376 W. Broadway; 212/343-0999.
Its history, reputation, and location make for a lot to live up to, but still The Plaza continues to dazzle. The 282-room hotel's Plaza Food Hall, run by Todd English of the Figs and Olives empire, recently unveiled a $3 million expansion, and 17 new food-themed shops opened in April, including La Maison du Chocolat, Sant Ambroeus desserts, Luke's Lobster, and Sushi of Gari. Poor Eloise will need to hit the treadmill.
Where to sit: In the revamped food hall, find a spot at the 21-seat Carrara-marble pasta bar, presided over by executive chef Michael Suppa.
Black-and-white case: Few confections are more New York than the black-and-white cookie, and nobody does them better than William Greenberg, whose shop just opened in the hall.
The shortest distance between two points is definitely the happiest one for families visiting Manhattan. The 259-room Ritz-Carlton New York, Central Park South is so close to so many iconic attractions, there's really no need for the in-room telescopes provided for kids to peer at the birds and horses in the park across the street. FAO Schwarz is four minutes away on foot, not counting time dancing across the "walking piano" Tom Hanks played there in Big.
Call of the wild: A newer add-on to the legendary Central Park Zoo, Tisch Children's Zoo is particularly suitable for younger kids.
Sweet tooth: The Ritz-Carlton is within stroller distance of Dylan's Candy Bar, home to more than 5,000 sugary treats, sundaes and milkshakes, and candy-inspired spa products and adult drinks (such as the Strawberry Nerds Mojito). 1011 Third Avenue; 646/735-0078.
Many are the ways to sigh away the hours together at the Mandarin Oriental, New York: jasmine tea in the 35th-floor lobby lounge, laps in the 75-foot pool overlooking the Hudson, Thomas Keller's Per Se restaurant a mere elevator ride away. The hotel also offers the city's first-of-its-kind VIP Spa Suite (with fireplace) in the 14,500-square-foot spa, and its 248 guest rooms, particularly the roomier 00- and 16-series suites, float cloudlike over Central Park.
Date tip: Skip the overpriced, cliché carriage rides and hop on the Central Park Carousel instead.
Concierge's pick: A cozy dinner for two at La Boîte en Bois ("The Wooden Box"), discreetly tucked away on a tree-lined street. 75 W. 68th Street; 212/874-2705.
Situated in a famous old Stanford White-designed building formerly known as the Lambs Club to Great White Way types like Fred Astaire, the 76-room Chatwal is the only true luxury hotel in the Theater District. With a kitchen run by chef Geoffrey Zakarian (Le Cirque, '21' Club) and more charming turns than a Cole Porter tune—behold the Kashwére robes and rain-shower baths—it's a Broadway memory in the making.
Added perk: Hotel guests score preferred access with ticket brokers through the Chatwal's concierge desk.


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Flat Tax Vs Progressive Tax In The USA
A flat tax refers to a concept that, under normal circumstances, would be criticized as it increases the inequality in society resulting in various socio-economic problems. In case of flat tax, citizens are expected to pay the same rate of tax; in present monetary value, it takes out more money from the poor to give to the economy. A progressive tax system is the opposite which claims to raise the rate of your tax as your income speeds up, taking away a larger proportion of higher income for equality in the society.
United States of America is known to be the world's largest national economy. With that, the first delusion comes about by thinking about prosperity in the region; that would be true if the United States were to adopt a fair progressive tax system. The prevailing number of Billionaires is 2089 worldwide with USA peaking the hit list; 537 of them are from United States of America. The unemployment rate has witnessed decrease however the decline has not been substantial provoking the fact that the equation of tax needs to be balanced.
Despite the obvious statistics proving a biased equation in terms of taxation, people like Tim Worstall are eager to prove the contrary. The purpose of a progressive tax system is to increase the taxes of the high income earners to a level where you may sustain the economy by eradicating the gap between the rich and the poor. In monetary terms, if we take a look at the effective income tax rate of 22.8%, it may be wise to conclude that USA is a progressive tax economy. Explaining the tax statistics, Dylan Mathews was able to explain that although on paper the United States is into a progressive tax system, but this system works in a much milder fashion than what is expected out of it. Being unable to account for payroll, state and local taxes, the regressive tax codes are actually responsible to bring down the effectiveness of the progressive tax system.
Which tax system does USA follow? Without a doubt USA lies under the progressive tax bracket however in order to achieve the positives of this system, the government needs to take vigorous steps and gear up to amend the rates further, only then will USA be in a position to say that it has derived true value out of its taxation system.


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Równe (niem. Roben, cz. Rovné) – wieś w Polsce położona w województwie opolskim, w powiecie głubczyckim, w gminie Głubczyce.

W latach 1975–1998 miejscowość położona była w województwie opolskim.

Leży na terenie Nadleśnictwa Prudnik (obręb Prudnik).

W latach 1945–1989 stacjonowała tu strażnica Wojsk Ochrony Pogranicza.

Nazwa
Miejscowość została zanotowana w roku 1377 jako Rofne oraz Rosne. W 1434 Rowny, a w roku 1461 Rowen. Nazwa pochodzi od starosłowiańskiego ravn oznaczającego w języku polskim równy. Jej nazwa odnosi się do fizjograficznych właściwości terenu, na którym powstało - równego płaskiego terenu - "równiny".

Zabytki
Do wojewódzkiego rejestru zabytków wpisane są:
 kościół par. pw. śś. Piotra i Pawła, z 1550 r., l. 1827-1832
 kaplica, z XVIII w.
 plebania, z XVIII/XIX w.

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Q: Deprecated functions not spotted if using "System::Threading::ThreadState" (and others!) C++ VS2005/2008 I'm facing an issue with c++ on vs2005 and also vs2008...
here's how you can reproduce the issue....
create a new (c++) project called 'test'  (file|new|project)
select "Windows Forms Application"
and add the 'stdio.h' include and the code fragment below into the test.cpp source file.....
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#include <stdio.h>

 ...

int main(array<System::String ^> ^args)
{
    int i;
    System::Threading::ThreadState state;

    char str[20];
    sprintf (str, "%s", "test string");

...

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If you compile the code as above (you'll have to 'buildall' first), you'll get two warnings about 'i' and 'state' being unreferenced (nothing about sprintf being deprecated).
If you comment out "System::Threading :Thread state;", you'll get one warning about 'i' being unreferenced and another warning (C4996) for the 'deprecated' sprintf statement....
This issue also occurs for "System::Windows::Forms::MessageBoxIcon", "System::Base64FormattingOptions" (and perhap all 'enum class' types!)
Anyone know of the cause and workaround to the issue demonstrated here ( i have other files that demonstate this issue..).  (I had started a thread on msdn, but then found this site! see link below)
Visual Studio 2005 has stopped warning about deprecated functions

A: This sounds like an issue you should take to Microsoft support.


Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. today announced it recently made the first international deliveries of the clean-sheet, record-breaking Gulfstream G500. Qatar Airways received two G500 aircraft at Gulfstream's Savannah headquarters. The aircraft will join the five Gulfstream G650ER aircraft already in service with Qatar Executive, the airline's executive charter business.
En route to FAA certification, the G500 toured the world to give customers firsthand access to the aircraft, its Symmetry Flight DeckTM and class-leading interior. During the tour, the G500 flew nearly 130,000 nautical miles/240,760 kilometers and set 22 city-pair speed records, all in addition to the flying required for certification. In total, the G500 has already achieved nearly 30 city-pair speed records.


John Haig is a leading member of our GST Advisory specialist team. He is a highly experienced advisor and tax agent specialising in the more complex issues in GST, wine tax and luxury car tax as well as supporting clients whilst they are undergoing ATO audit.
He has advised many clients and their advisors, delivered numerous presentations and authored various papers on the major issues in GST, which inevitably involves a strong focus on real property transactions.
John is a former Director of Price Waterhouse and SLA Partners (antecedent of Hall Chadwick Melbourne). He was with the Australian Taxation Office for 17 years in sales tax.
He is a longstanding Fellow of the Tax Institute, a long-serving member of the indirect taxes sub-committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand and a CPA.
To speak with John and the GST Advisory specialist team, please contact Hall Chadwick Melbourne.


I want to gamify...but where do I begin?
When I began gamifying my classes almost 2 years ago, I had no idea of the amazing adventure it would take me on. The immersive learning environment that has been created by this new way of teaching and learning has transformed my classroom into one that is bursting with creativity, collaboration, problem solving and critical thinking. I truly can't imagine going back to the way I taught class before. However, I remember how I felt before I began this transformation....I was overwhelmed. For those who are feeling that way too, let me give you some advice that helped me get started on this extraordinary journey.
First of all, gamification doesn't mean you start from scratch redesigning your curriculum. When you gamify, you are layering the motivational elements of games over your curriculum to create a more immersive learning environment. However, that doesn't mean you are just tacking on XP points or badges. Gamification is creating a rich experience where learning truly comes alive for your students. It's rigorous and challenging, and yet so fun that your students will run into class with anticipation of what the day will bring.
The book Explore Like a Pirate, by Michael Matera is a MUST read! He has written a book that will walk you through each step of gamification in detail with the what, why, and hows. You will find that his philosophy of gamification is far beyond points and badges, but a transformational way to look at learning that will change your teaching forever. This brand of gamification shifts the conversation off grades and instead empowers students to take hold of their learning and leave a legacy. You will read through the book once and then refer to it time and time again for additional ideas as you expand your game. I also recommend his website Explorelikeapirate.com offering numerous blogs, vlogs, and other resources to help you every step of the way on your journey. In addition, the Explore Like a Pirate Twitter chat on #XPLAP Wed 8EST is an awesome opportunity to connect with a community of educators that never cease to amaze me with their ideas and inspiration.
You don't have to completely gamify your entire class from the get-go. Start with a unit that you would like to revamp. Maybe it's one that you really don't enjoy teaching or has lost it's excitement. What could you do to breathe life into it for you and your students? When I first began, I decided to just gamify a singleton class for one quarter. I felt like this was a manageable place to start. Maybe this is still too overwhelming...is there a lesson that you could gamify instead?
I still remember the advice author of Explore Like a Pirate, Michael Matera, gave me before I dove into this adventure. He said, "start with a theme and then everything will start falling into place". This advice has rung true in every unit and class I have gamified. Think of an overarching theme that you could layer over your existing curriculum. The very first time I gamified, it just so happened that I was going to be gone for a 3 day conference and was planning to show the movie "The 100 Foot Journey" that connected to standards we were going to be learning in class. When thinking about the storyline, I realized it could be a great theme for my culinary arts class. In the movie, the main character is chasing after his passion for cooking and is on a mission to earn 3 Michelin stars in the process. I had found my starting point! Students would be on a quest for 3 Michelin stars!
Just as Michael had suggested, once I chose my theme everything truly did begin falling into place. I now could start developing my story by creating characters, a setting, and action. Students formed into teams and chose restaurant names. I added in action by creating challenges that allowed students to engage in the content in innovative and collaborative ways. I added in game mechanics by developing badges such as, "Restaurant Inspector" and "Restaurant Critic". I planned impromptu inspections and restaurant critics would visit and award students badges for the kitchens that were the cleanest or finished recipes that were the best quality. Badges were given different point values and students had to reach a certain amount before they earned each Michelin star. Badges and points were tracked on a huge piece of butcher paper I had up on my bulletin board. Students loved to come into class each day and see where they were in the game and how close they were to the next star. The element of intrigue and surprise as I developed individual and group challenges created a very fun, engaging, yet rigorous learning atmosphere. The best part was I was having fun too! I had a blast coming up with twists in the game and ideas to keep students excited. I created many opportunities for students to earn badges that appealed to different personality types and motivations. This encouraged all students and motivated even the least engaged.
It's important to understand that I didn't have this all figured out from the beginning. It was a work in progress and I developed as I went. If I would have waited till it was all planned and perfect, it would have never happened. Honestly, even if it was planned out most likely I would have made changes. Your students will guide you as they respond to the game. You will find that seeing your student's enthusiasm is addicting and that you will continually be looking for ways to add in game mechanics.
After just one quarter of gamifying my classroom, I was hooked. I knew that this was something that I needed to develop further. The degree of collaboration, problem solving, critical thinking and creativity that was happening was exciting. Students were more motivated to learn than I'd ever witnessed before and were doing more than was even required to earn their Michelin Stars. I loved that they were learning and having fun in the process! When that quarter ended, I knew that this was just the beginning. The following year, I expanded my gamification to Culinary Arts 3 first semester and by 2nd semester I had gamified all of my Culinary 2 classes as well. I am now well into my second year of gamifying my classes and let me tell you, I have so many adventures to share. Stay tuned as my adventures unfold in the days ahead.
I love this post! I really want to try implementing this into one of my classes. Thanks for sharing!
This is so exciting to me! I'll be a first year Culinary teacher in the fall, and I've been looking for ideas. Can't wait to hear more about this, and thanks for the book recommendation, too!
When we travel culinary and want to determine where to eat, of course we are faced with several options. In order not to disappoint in choosing, we must have a trick in determining it. For example, when we are in a new place and still strange. The stomach is already hungry because of the activities of the roads that drain energy. We can see a good place to eat from the atmosphere. If the place to eat is a lot of visitors, it can be ascertained this place has the advantage that many people in demand. We need to try if it is time for hunger.


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29 Organizations Ask for Hate Crime Charges and #JusticeForLakhwant
June 30, 2020 (Lakewood, CO) -- The campaign to ensure hate crime charges in the assault of Mr. Lakhwant Singh continues. Today, 29 civil rights organizations, interfaith groups, gurdwaras, and other institutions signed on to a letter demanding that Jefferson County District Attorney Peter Weir fully investigate this case as a hate crime and, with evidence demonstrating the requisite bias, bring felony hate crime charges against Mr. Singh's attacker in accordance with Colorado's bias-motivated crime statute.
As a reminder, Mr. Singh was intentionally struck with a vehicle by a man who barged into his store and repeatedly told him and his wife to "go back to your country." The attacker, who was in violation of his parole at the time, was apprehended the next day after committing more crimes; when speaking to the officers who eventually arrested him, he described Mr. Singh as an "older Arab."
"We are deeply honored to have so many different people across Colorado standing with the Sikh community in our hour of need," said Kanwarbir Singh Sandhu, gurdwara president at Colorado Singh Sabha. "It is extremely important to all of us that the biases that drove Mr. Singh's attacker to this hateful act are formally acknowledged by law enforcement. And all of these allies--regardless of their race, religion, or profession--are standing with us because they too believe Colorado must reject hate."
This letter underscores the groundswell of support for hate crime charges in this heinous attack. A week after launching our campaign, more than 2,300 people across the nation have called for #JusticeForLakhwant by using a simple online tool to send a message to District Attorney Weir and Lakewood Mayor Adam Paul about this case.
"Hate crime charges in this case aren't only about justice for Mr. Singh," said Nikki Singh, Sikh Coalition Policy and Advocacy Manager. "They are about the message that DA Weir and the rest of Lakewood's law enforcement want to send to everyone regarding racism, xenophobia, and bigotry. For that reason, we are grateful to all of the groups that have chosen to raise their voices and stand in solidarity with us at this critical moment."
In addition to leading this advocacy campaign and continuing to provide free legal consultation to Mr. Singh and his family, the Sikh Coalition has worked to secure media coverage to further pressure the Jefferson County DA's Office. To date, Denver 7 ABC and FOX 31 have both done on-air features about the case, and the Lakewood Sentinel--which broke the story of this hate crime two months ago--has published updates. In addition, the case has also received coverage in Indian and Punjabi press: Sikh Coalition staff discussed the need for hate crime charges on Chardikla Time TV, PTC Punjabi, and JUS Punjabi; Indica News and the Press Trust of India have provided additional reporting.
The Sikh Coalition will continue to provide updates in this case. In the meantime, if you or someone you know has been subjected to bias, bigotry, or backlash, we urge you to contact our legal team for free legal aid.
As always, the Sikh Coalition urges you to practice your faith fearlessly.
T 212.655.3095 www.sikhcoalition.org
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Critics Choice Awards Postponed Amid COVID Concerns
The awards show was set to return in person on Jan. 9.
By Kirsten Chuba, Ryan Gajewski
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As the omicron variant of COVID-19 continues to spread, the Critics Choice Awards will no longer take place as planned, following numerous other January events that have recently been scuttled.
The Critics Choice Association announced Wednesday that the in-person ceremony, initially planned for Jan. 9, had been postponed, with a new date yet to be chosen. Although the group stated Monday that the event would still happen as scheduled, the updated decision follows news of record-breaking cases in New York and rising concerns of yet another wave of the pandemic.
According to a statement, the group decided that postponing the ceremony was "the prudent and responsible decision at this point." The message also cited "thoughtful consideration and candid conversations" with The CW and TBS, the networks set to broadcast the 27th annual event.
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"We are in constant communication with L.A. County Health Officials, and we are currently working diligently to find a new date during the upcoming awards season in which to host our annual gala in-person with everyone's safety and health remaining our top priority," the statement continued. "We will be sharing additional details with our friends and colleagues throughout the entertainment industry as soon as we can."
A new date has not yet been set.
The Critics Choice Awards, which went virtual in 2021 after a pre-pandemic in-person event in January 2020, were set to be held at Century City's Fairmont Century Plaza, with a ceremony hosted by Taye Diggs and Nicole Byer. Belfast and West Side Story lead this year's film nominations, with Succession leading the TV categories. And in taking over the first weekend of January spot traditionally held by the Golden Globes, the show was set to serve as a major start of awards season.
The news comes after the Palm Springs International Film Society announced Monday that its starry Film Awards on Jan. 6 would be scrapped, with a night set to honor Kristen Stewart, Penelope Cruz, Jane Campion, Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Hudson, the Belfast team, Andrew Garfield, the ensemble from King Richard, Lady Gaga and Nicole Kidman. BAFTA's annual Tea Party, set for Jan. 8, was also nixed on Monday.
Also on Wednesday, the Governor Awards ceremony, scheduled for Jan. 15, was postponed. Additionally, the AFI Awards, planned for Jan. 7, have similarly been delayed until a yet-to-be-determined date.
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104-Year-Old, World's Oldest Street Artist, Knits "Graffiti"
Sometimes, graffiti has a bad name. It can thought to destroy public property. But one very sweet grandmother is changing that. She uses her knitting and crocheting talents to brighten her community! But this 104-year-old great-grandma is part of a group using their knitting and crocheting talents to brighten up an entire community.
Grace Brett, a 104-year-old grandmother, is part of a group of "yarn stormers" who are taking to the streets of Scotland to add some art to the community. Along with her other "Souter Stormers," Brett displays her knit creations in various parts of her town. Among the pieces were a bench covering, a cover for a classic British red phone booth and various other hanging ornaments -- all of which spruced up the city with colorful yarn.
"I liked seeing my work showing with everyone else's and thought the town looked lovely," Brett told SWNS. "I thought it was a really good idea to decorate the town and enjoyed having my crochet included."
H/T HuffPost GoodNews


Cloud storage and collaboration technology developer Dropbox has finalized pricing for its expected IPO, but knowing the price is only one part of the picture.
The expected per-share price range of Dropbox's long-awaited IPO was finally announced, but the timing has yet to be unveiled.
Despite the excitement building around what could be one of this year's biggest IPOs, it is important to remember that Dropbox, despite fast-growing sales, has yet to turn a profit, and exists in a cloud storage environment dominated at the high end by some of the biggest names in tech -- think Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Apple -- and by a host of channel-focused rivals in the SMB market.
Much information about the financial strength of Dropbox and the competitive environment in which it exists can be found in the company's S-1 filing, which was recenlty updated. CRN delved into the S-1 in relation to what is happening elsewhere in the industry for a look at key facts about Dropbox.


Fully equip bathroom with a toilet, sink, bath and separate shower.
Laminate wooden flooring, range of high and low level units, stainless steel sink, oven and hob and space for a washing machine and fridge freezer. Dining area and doors to the rear patio.
Properties located on the highly sought after Brownstown Road do not come up often! The area surrounding the property boasts surplus shops, local amenities and Portadown Town Centre, all within walking distance as well as having good public transport. Schools such as Clounagh JHS & Hart Memorial PS are also a short walk away.
Internally the property avails of a front lounge/4th bedroom a second reception room and a kitchen diner. Upstairs leads to the family bathroom and 3 bedrooms, 2 doubles and 1 single.
Externally the property boasts gardens to the front and the rear, with mature trees and hedges making the site very private. The rear garden also benefits from a raised patio area perfect for BBQ's!
This property is in need of some modernisation but could be an excellent project. To arrange a viewing or for more information please do not hesitate to contact Move Made Estate Agents on 028 38 812555.
I am interested in arranging a viewing of 99 Brownstown Road after seeing it on Propertynews.com. Please contact me about this property.


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Spose's beyond "Awesome" take on the music biz – Live! Starring ... You!
Spose's Peter Sparker Mixtape is available for free download.
But what came next wasn't so awesome. The song landed Spose (real name: Ryan Peters) a deal with Universal Republic, but his album with the big label never actually came out. So he was left with an identity crisis: searching for his next professional step, wondering if he'd have enough money to support his daughter and keep his house.
Spose isn't the first musician to do this. Eminem, for example, has produced his own yin-and-yang albums, balancing deeply dark and personal work with his signature aggressive, thought-provoking and humorous music.
It's worked for others, and it worked for Spose who, in his next album, became determined to portray his true personality and have people finally "get him" as an artist and a person.
After the release of his hit "I'm Awesome", Spose learned about the harsh realities of the music business and public perception.
Spose funded the mixtape, which is available for free download, and his next project, Dankonia, through a Kickstarter campaign. Surviving as an independent artist is an intense amount of work, something Spose needs to remind himself every time he chooses to kick back and chill instead of doing something to further his music career.
"Even to this day I'm fighting the natural urges of the human condition," he says.
Spose is a hard-working, smart guy. Honestly, before we first got on the phone with him, we weren't sure what to expect. There's a ghetto-to-riches hip hop stereotype that's been thrown in our faces repeatedly online, on MTV, and awards shows for years. You know the stereotypical (and often close-minded and unfair) reactions: They probably do drugs … Oh, they must not be intelligent … They don't teach good lessons … They don't take their career seriously.
Not that every hip hop artist come across that way – there are many, many who don't – but Spose's hit "I'm Awesome" seemed to celebrate it.
Turns out, though, "I'm Awesome" is misunderstood – and so is its creator. The song was meant to be a satire about other artists letting fame go to their heads. Instead, many people took it literally.
What is Spose for real? A college English major who took two things that had admits sound socially "incompatible" and combined them.
That's no joke. But it is an "Awesome" idea!


Traveler alert: a portion of the Historic Columbia River Highway remains closed due to the Eagle Creek Fire of 2017. For up-to-date information, visit TripCheck.com for road conditions and the USFS for trail closure information. You'll also find additional resources on our Travel Alerts page.
The Mt Hood/Columbia Gorge region is a cyclist's dream come true. Nature handcrafted some stunning riding corridors, and with a little help from an enthusiastic local cycling culture, the area boasts an impressive network of paved, gravel, and dirt trails. If you also dream of smooth paved car-free road snaking beneath a canopy of fall colors, or buttery swooping single track, you have found your destination. As with most activities in the area, the biggest challenge will be making a decision about which world-class ride you would like to do.
We needed a little assistance with both our trip planning and outfitting ourselves with bikes for the day, so we stopped into Discover Bicycles in downtown Hood River. Well appointed with bikes for sale, rent, and a staff who speaks the language, we got the inside local scoop on some of the best rides around, and a trusty fleet of finely tuned bikes, each perfectly equipped for the terrain of the day.
Sightseeing tourists have long been acquainted with the Columbia River Scenic Highway, intricately carved into the landscape of the Gorge from Troutdale to past The Dalles. But large sections of this old historic highway are now reclaimed for foot traffic and bicycle enthusiasts only. There may be no more exhilarating way to spend a morning than lightly pedaling a paved road once constructed for the Model T Sunday drive. Our morning ride takes us from The Mark O. Hatfield Trailhead just east of Hood River through the Mosier Twin Tunnels and back for an easy 10 mile round trip. Along the way it is impossible to ignore the postcard dramatic views of the Columbia River Gorge. The inner child is sure to emerge when swooping through the two tunnels along the trail and it would be completely appropriate to let out the same whoop as the first day you learned to ride.
With the legs all warmed up, it was time to advance into a bit more technical riding, so we headed to Skibowl on Mt Hood for some lift assist downhill mountain biking. Skibowl operates as one of five ski areas on Mt Hood in the winter, but in the summer and fall months, they convert the bare ski slopes into adrenalin pumping downhill mountain bike single track. Ride laps all day accessing the ski lifts, modified to accommodate your trusty two wheeled stallion, or the one you rent from the bike shop at the base village. We were up for something on the intermediate side of exciting, and the forty miles of dirt trails in the Mountain Biking Park provided plenty of options. Its tough to keep your eyes on the trail when such impressive views of Mt Hood are looming merely a glance away. Save the mountain view selfies for the ski lift up, and the focused attention on the thrilling ride down.
Satisfied with our adrenalin rush on the mountain, we look to connect with local mountain biking professional and Discovery Bicycles ambassador, Heather Herbeck, for some guided trails. Paved roads end quickly out of The Dalles, and this provides the perfect setting for gravel grinding. Dirt and gravel roads contour into the rural foothills of the eastern Cascades with wide expansive views and endless loop opportunities. Heather senses we are well adjusted to some adventurous riding, so she ties together some gravel touring with single track mud bogging. High fives always feel better when you have to wipe mud off your face.
That kind of exercise is deserving of some luxury, and fortunately, The Dalles Ranch is only a few gravel road turns away. A sprawling forest retreat, the Dalles Ranch artfully combines a rustic feel with eyebrow raising modern amenities. The leather recliners in the award winning home theater will feel awfully nice after that extensive cycling tour.