text:
Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections
Filter: Categories of Wisconsin Historical Images
Filter: COLLECTION_NAME of Albertype Company photographs, circa 1880s-circa 1950
Refine by Year
Refine by County
Jefferson (111)
Green Lake (57)
Portage (52)
Dunn (47)
Walworth (44)
Fond du Lac (37)
Refine by Community
Watertown (55)
Stevens Point (52)
Forest Park (47)
Jefferson (47)
Menomonie (47)
Plymouth (45)
persons (4053)
outdoor photography (3024)
transportation (2210)
trees (1985)
dwellings (1920)
Photograph (4987)
Map or Atlas (1)
Refine by Creator Name
Unknown (4556)
Albertype Co. (52)
Harpel, L. G. (12)
Jung, Carl (10)
Fenn, Hiram N. (7)
Bennett, H. H. (Henry Hamilton), 1843-1908 (6)
Burbank, A. S. (6)
Results 1-20 of 5001
Sort by: Relevance Title, A-Z Title, Z-A Type, A-Z Type, Z-A Oldest Date Newest Date Oldest Online Newest Online
Next 10 Pages
Train Crossing a Bridge
A Chicago, Minneapolis, and St. Paul train crosses a bridge over the Wisconsin River.
A Moose and Teepee
Hudson's Bay Company, Canada. There is a moose bridled with a sled and teepee in the background. Caption on photograph reads: "A moose and teepee. The moos...
Lexington Market
People posing at the Lexington Market.
Ox Carts with Furs
A view showing a line of ox carts loaded with furs leaving the Hudson Bay Company's Post to make the 16 mile trip to avoid the rapids on Slave River. Housi...
Rexall Drug Store Interior
Fouriner Brothers drugstore, established 1886.
Hollywood Beach Hotel
Exterior of the Hollywood Beach Hotel in Hollywood, Florida with of six men and a woman on the balcony and on the sidewalk. The hotel exterior features orn...
Three barbers stand in the barber shop at the Princess Martha Hotel.
Bridge over Lower Fox River
Elevated view of a railway bridge over the river, with industrial buildings in the background.
Lawrence College Campus
Lawrence College campus.
50,000 Ford Motor Company Employees
Thousands of employees appear in a composite photograph representing 50,000 employees of the Ford Motor Company. A company building reading "Ford Motor Com...
Sherwood Forest Hotel Dining Room
Interior of the Sherwood Forest Hotel dining room. Men and women are seated at a table for a meal, and the uniformed waitstaff stand to the left.
John Jermain Library
Interior view of the John Jermain Library reading room in Sag Harbor, New York. Text on photograph reads: "Interior Of John Jermain Library, Sag Harbor, N....
Schooner under Sail
Ship in the harbor. Image has seagulls composited into sky. Text on photograph reads: "Schooner Under Sail" and "The Albertype Co. Brooklyn, N.Y."
Salt Ship at Wharf
View of schooner and other boats at the wharf. The town can be seen in the distance. Text on photograph reads: "Salt Ship At Wharf." and "The Albertype Co....
City of Gloucester, Mass.
View of the town and its harbor. Ships can be seen in the water. Text on photograph reads: "City Of Gloucester, Mass." and "The Albertype Co. Brooklyn, N.Y...
New Orleans Street Scene
New Orleans street scene. Pedestrians can be seen on the sidewalks, and a streetcar can be seen in the distance. "Moskau Cabinet Works, door and window scr...
View of the French Quarter
Royal Street view of the French Quarter. Store signs display, "The Model Store"; "Hats"; and "Peretti".
Canal Street scene, New Orleans, Louisiana. Automobiles, streetcars and pedestrians can be seen in the busy street. Store sign reads: "Stein-Block LAZARD'S...
View Down Canal Street
View down Canal Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. View is toward the lake from Camp/Chartres Streets. The first building on the right reads "May's Drug St...
Bales of Cotton on the Wharf
View of the levee with bales of cotton on the wharf. Text on photograph reads: "On The Levee."
If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.
Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at:
feedback@wisconsinhistory.org


Part of Evidera's global marketing access consulting group in London, Tim has experience in global pricing, reimbursement and market access strategy development. He brings over 10 years of global pricing and market access communications expertise and has led more than 400 global research projects. He also brings 12 years' pricing and reimbursement experience gained from global, European and U.K. pricing, reimbursement and health economics positions within the pharmaceutical sector.
Tim formerly was global pricing and market access director with responsibility for CRESTOR, Seroquel and the emerging cardiovascular, inflammation and oncology portfolios at AstraZeneca. Other positions in the industry include head of health economics and outcomes research at Janssen-Cilag U.K. and European pricing and reimbursement for Botox at Allergan.
Tim received a bachelor's in economics, jointly with public administration, and he has a post-graduate degree in health economics.


text:
In addition to children, Boko Haram is turning to animals to carry out its suicide bomb attacks
Mark Yapching 04 February 2015 | 1:56 PM
Nigerian soldiers have a tough job on their hands to rein in Boko Haram seemingly relentless violenceReuters
As it escalates its insurgency within Nigeria and in some parts of neighbouring countries, the Islamist group Boko Haram is reportedly preparing to use children and livestock to carry out attacks targeting civilians.
According to the Daily Mail, the Nigerian government has received intelligence reports that Boko Haram is planning to use bomb-laden livestock to attack busy public places throughout the country. In addition, child fighters carrying tool boxes with improvised explosive devices are also going to be used in terror attacks as well.
"Available intelligence reports indicate a plan by Boko Haram to use young male suicide bombers disguised as cobblers to hide explosives in their tool boxes and detonate them in soft target areas," Mike Omeri, coordinator of Nigeria's National Information Center, revealed.
Omeri listed these "soft target areas" as markets, restaurants, ATM locations, political rallies, and worship centres, among others.
"Also there is indication of a plan by this group to use livestock, such as goats, cows, donkeys and camels, laden with explosives to attack chosen targets," Omeri added.
Omeri then urged the public to exercise caution as well as vigilance. The coordinator asked everyone to be aware of any suspicious activity "within their environment."
The escalation of Boko Haram's activities as Nigerian presidential elections approached has prompted armed intervention from Nigeria's neighbours in order to combat the terrorist group.
On Thursday last week, Chadian warplanes carried out bombings on Malumfatori village in Borno state in support of an incursion by Chadian infantry. The action resulted to the expulsion of the extremists from the northeastern Nigerian village, and marked the first foreign intervention against the Islamist insurgents.
The African Union also pledged its support to combat the insurgency in a recent summit in Ethiopia, calling for 7,500 West African troops to deploy to join Nigeria, Chad, Niger, Cameroon and Benin in the fight against the Boko Haram uprising.
The US will also provide assistance, the Daily Mail reported.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


This article was published in AAO Journal, Volume 20, Issue 4, Pages 7- .
The published version is available at http://digital.turn-page.com/i/20976-december-2010.
Berkowitz, Murray R., "On the role of the glossary" (2010). PCOM Scholarly Papers. 723.


Organic Chicken Bone Broth Oil, Chicken Bone Broth Protein Concentrate, Organic Chicken Protein Concentrate, Organic Egg Yolk, Organic Chia Seed Protein, Medium Chain Triglycerides (coconut), Cocoa, Organic Tiger Nut, Coconut Milk, Natural Flavor Blend: Natural Chocolate Flavor, Natural Maple Flavor, Rosemary Extract, Stevia Extract (leaf), Monk Fruit Extract, Organic Organic KetoFEAST Botanical Blend: Ashwagandha Extract (root), Coffee Cherry Extract, Alfalfa Grass Juice, Oat Grass Juice, Fermented Ginger (rhizome), Fermented Black Pepper (fruit), Fermented Long Pepper (Fruit), Apple Cider Vinegar, Fermented Reishi Mushroom (mycelium), Probiotic and Enzyme Blend: Bacillus coagulans 1 Billion cfu, Cellulase Complex, Beta-glucanase, Amylase, Xylanase, Protease Complex, Glucoamylase, Phytase, Pectinase, Lipase Conplex, Lactase, Alpha-galactosidase, Hemicellulase, Invertase.
I was craving chocolate, but I didn't want to have in and get junk. I tried this in almond milk and was full for several hours afterward.
I love this product! The taste is great, just use a blender for better results. My husband is a huge fan too.
I loved the Keto broth they offer and was disappointed by the taste and texture of this drink- it often left a goupy slime at the bottom of my drink... I wouldn't recommend or order again.


Sr Donatus Lili who is the NGO Regional Representative for Good Shepherd in Africa has been attending the 68th Session of CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women) held in Geneva from October 23, 2017 to November 17, 2017. Among the counties presenting this year where Good Shepherd is present were Burkina Faso, Guatemala, Kenya, Paraguay and Singapore. The various reports and documents are uploaded HERE Donatus has prepared a report on behalf of Good Shepherd in Kenya on Fistula. Read the very interesting and informative REPORT prepared by Donatus.
While in Geneva Donatus had the opportunity to be engaged in the training session sponsored by IWRAW Asia Pacific the only regional/international NGO working with the CEDAW Convention as a main tool for change in the Asia Pacific. We see a critical role for ourselves in filling the gap between the promise of women's rights and their actual realization. This group do incredible work prior to each meeting of the CEDAW Committee.
Madam GBEDEMAH Hillary, the rapporteur for Kenya to CEDAW (standing) during a briefing on Wednesday November 1, 2017 prior to the review.
As a 3 month human rights intern with the Justice and Peace Office in Geneva, from the Province of Sri Lanka/Pakistan, it was a privilege As a 3 month human rights intern with the Justice and Peace Office in Geneva, from the Province of Sri Lanka/Pakistan, it was a priviled for me to attend the 54th CEDAW session at the UN and take part in a mentoring programmes which was conducted by IWRAW (International Women's Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific) an international women's human rights organization.
CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women) mandates substantive equality and gender related laws, policies and programmes that are based on human rights. It requires state parties to condemn discrimination against women and ensure its elimination. The states who have ratified the convention are obliged to submit reports to the UN every five years and have constructive discussions with the CEDAW committee members on the implementation of the convention in their respective states.
At the 54th CEDAW session scheduled from 11th February – 1st March 2013 the CEDAW committee reviewed 8 state parties – Pakistan, Austria, Hungary, Cyprus, Greece, Angola, Macedonia, and the Solomon Islands.
As an intern, for my learning I concentrated on the Alternative report of Hungary which was prepared by our sisters in Hungary. The weekend work shop with IWRAW helped me to understand the CEDAW convention as well as the process of the session, the NGO oral presentation, how to effectively lobby committee members and the follow up work that could be done once NGO representatives return home. We were 10 participants representing 5 NGOs from Hungary and Pakistan.
The first three days were spent in writing the oral statements and learning how to present it at the informal meeting between CEDAW and the NGOs. The three days programme focused on the following: how to effectively lobby the CEDAW committee members, an introduction to each committee member including their areas of interest, country rapporteurs, inviting the CEDAW secretary for meaningful dialogue, and conducting mock sessions etc. It helped all NGO representatives to be at ease in forwarding their concerns to the committee members.
Then from Monday to Friday we were at country sessions, presenting our oral statements for lobbying CEDAW committee members at lunch briefings, meeting them and feeding them information from the grassroots level, attending the sessions of reporting by the country delegation, listening to constructive dialogue between the delegations and the CEDAW committee members and daily debriefing with the resource personnel. It was an enriching experience for me. This training helped me to understand how effectively NGOs can work with the CEDAW convention before, during and after the session. Personally I felt that it would have been much better if I was able to come up with the alternative report of my own country. Whenever GS participates in writing alternative reports on our own country we must not miss this opportunity; because as an NGO working towards the empowerment of women, this will be the best opportunity to raise our voice for the voiceless who are violated and disempowered.
I am grateful to the Congregation for giving me an experiential learning opportunity. I am confident that this will enable me to be more effective in my ministry.


text:
La clase Visby es una serie de corbetas construidas por Kockums para la Marina Real Sueca para reemplazar a las clases  Göteborg y Stockholm. Visby, la ciudad que da nombre a la primera unidad y por extensión a toda la clase, es la mayor de la isla de Gotland.

Características

El diseño, realizado por la Administración de Material de Defensa, tiene características furtivas debido a las líneas del barco y al material utilizado para su realización: PVC y fibra de carbono; siendo una de las primeros buques de guerra de este tipo a nivel mundial.

La clase Visby alcanza velocidades superiores a los 40 nudos gracias a un sistema de propulsión basado en hidrojets y una notable unidad motora del tipo CODOG de 18,6 MW de potencia para las 650 toneladas de desplazamiento, cuyo escape de gases está situado a popa para minimizar la firma infrarroja.

El armamento principal es un cañón Bofors de 57 mm, que cuenta también con un perfil stealth para reducir la firma radar, con alcance superior a los 17 km y alta cadencia de tiro; misiles antibuque RBS-15 que todavía no han sido instalados; y un lanzador de cohetes antisubmarinos de 127 mm situado detrás del cañón. Cuenta con una pequeña plataforma de vuelo para la toma de un helicóptero ligero AW109 pero no de hangar, elemento contemplado por los diseños originales aunque posteriormente descartado por las limitaciones de espacio a bordo.

Para la guerra antiminas, la Visby está equipada con el sistema subaquático ROV de Atlas Electronik una filial de EADS, son vehículos operados remotamente para la desactivación de minas y para su eliminación.

Unidades

Aunque en un principio se contemplaba que la clase contaría con 6 unidades, la última fue cancelada a pesar de que varios de sus elementos ya habían sido adquiridos. Se espera que las dos primeras corbetas entren en activo a lo largo de 2009.

PTK Visby, es la designación sueca para indicar que el buque esta en una serie de pruebas equivalentes a las pruebas de mar, para llevar los buques a su estatus operativo en la Armada de Suecia

Sistemashttp://articles.janes.com/articles/Janes-Navy-International-97/SWEDEN--FMV-SELECTS-CDC-TO-SUPPLY-VISBY-SONAR-SUITE.htmlhttp://articles.janes.com/articles/jdu2003/GREECE--CS-3701-ESM-selected-for-S-class-modernisation.htmlhttp://www.kockums.se/en/products-services/naval-surface-ships/surface-combatants/visby-class-corvette/

Sensores

Armamento

Propulsión

Galería

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Visby
Visby
Barco furtivo

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
Connected Urban Growth: Public-Private Collaborations for Transforming Urban Mobility
Cities are changing and so is the way people are moving within them. City residents seems to be enjoying more convenient, flexible, and budget-friendly transportation options that technology is making possible today.
This paper identifies three promising applications of new mobility services by public transit agencies, and presents economic, social, and environmental modelling that illustrate the value of such partnerships to mass transit systems.
The success met by alternative modes of transportation seems to show that residents need transport options that are more convenient and flexible than those offered by traditional private transport companies and public transit agencies. If public transit is a vital part of efficient and environmentally friendly urban transportation system, it still faces challenges such as rising costs, ageing physical assets, and rapidly increasing ridership.
Perhaps because new mobility services are diverse and novel, there is not yet an obvious formula for how cities can maximize the benefits of these services while mitigating their societal costs, such as worsening traffic congestion or added air pollution. But it is clear that the arrangements that cities establish between their transit agencies and the providers of new mobility services will be critically important.
This working paper presents a working definition of the term new mobility services, which encompasses a broad set of emerging operating models and technologies that are intended to improve the performance of urban transportation systems. It also presents the first global survey of new mobility services, and identifies emerging trends and opportunities for decision-makers in both the public and private sectors. This global survey finds that applying three types of new mobility services – electric, on-demand minibuses, subsidized shared rides, and trip-planning and ticketing apps – can make public transport more affordable, accessible and sustainable, if integrated properly.
Authors: Diego Canales, Larissa Da Silva, Srikanth Shastry et alii
If you would like to arrange for an accessible format, please make a request at info@evergreen.ca
See content file


text:
Q: TCL: Can I extract a procedure from a script file without sourcing it? I was wondering if there is a way to extract a procedure from another script without sourcing all of it.
The goal in this case is to not create a new file with the methods separated from the main script file, but to use the procs that are into that script.
I have use open, read and source and eval.

A: The implementation of source is almost exactly like open+read+eval (except with the C API). It isn't smart.
In general, getting the contents of a procedure can only be done by using info body after it has been created (plus info args and info default). But often people write code such that the word proc is in the first column of a line and the body is all indented, with first following non-indented line being the closing }. That won't work in all cases (the main trickiness is when namespace eval is in use) but will in many. Even then, the word proc is probably the first on its line (with indenting) and the close-brace is aligned with it.
I'm one of the few people that really writes code that doesn't always follow this convention. You don't need to worry about me.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


text:
Para el sistema de ferrovías conocido como SMART véase: Transporte de Ferrovías de la Área Sonoma-Marín

La tecnología SMART (siglas de Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology), consiste en la capacidad de detección de fallos del disco duro.  La detección con anticipación de los fallos en la superficie permite al usuario el poder realizar una copia de su contenido, o reemplazar el disco, antes de que se produzca una pérdida de datos irrecuperable.

Este tipo de tecnología tiene que ser compatible con el BIOS del equipo, estar activada y además que el propio disco duro sea compatible.

Implementación

La tecnología SMART monitoriza los diferentes parámetros del disco como pueden ser: la velocidad de los platos del disco, sectores defectuosos, errores de calibración, comprobación de redundancia cíclica (CRC), distancias medias entre el cabezal y el plato, temperatura del disco, etcétera.

Cuando se produce un error detectable por este tipo de tecnología la BIOS avisa mediante un mensaje que aparece en la pantalla indicando el tipo de error producido. Es en este momento cuando el usuario puede realizar la copia de seguridad del disco o su intento de reparación.

Los umbrales de funcionamiento óptimo y los parámetros del disco duro difieren entre los diferentes fabricantes de discos duros aunque el informe que se realiza a la computadora personal (PC) está estandarizado. Aunque esta tecnología no es capaz de detectar cualquier tipo de fallo sí que es capaz de detectar la mayoría de fallos correspondientes a algún tipo de degradación en el disco.

Principales parámetros a controlar

Los parámetros más característicos a controlar son los siguientes:
 Temperatura del disco: el aumento de la temperatura a menudo es señal de problemas de motor del disco.
 Velocidad de lectura de datos: reducción en la tasa de transferencia de la unidad puede ser señal diversos problemas internos.
 Tiempo de partida (spin-up): cambios en el tiempo de partida pueden reflejar problemas con el motor del disco.
 Contador de sectores reasignados: la unidad reasigna muchos sectores internos debido a los errores detectados, esto puede significar que la unidad va a fallar definitivamente.
 Velocidad de búsqueda (seek time).
 Altura de vuelo del cabezal: la tendencia a la baja en altura de vuelo a menudo presagian un accidente del cabezal.
 Uso de código de corrección de errores (ECC) y conteo de errores: el número de errores detectados por la unidad, aunque se corrijan internamente, a menudo señala problemas con el desarrollo de la unidad. La tendencia es, en algunos casos, más importante que el conteo real.

Los valores de los atributos SMART van del número 1 al 253, siendo 1 el peor valor. Los valores normales son entre 100 y 200. Estos valores son guardados en un espacio reservado del disco duro.

Si el BIOS detecta una anomalía en el funcionamiento, avisará al usuario cuando se inicie el proceso de arranque de la computadora con el disco duro estropeado o con grandes posibilidades de que ocurra algún fallo importante.

La compañía Compaq fue la primera en implementar esta tecnología en sus equipos. Actualmente, la mayoría de los fabricantes de discos duros, SSD y de placas base incorporan esta característica en sus productos.

Referencias

Véase también

 BIOS
 Código de corrección de errores
 Unidad de disco duro

Enlaces externos

 Atributos de SMART Wikipedia (en inglés)
 Monitoring Hard Disks with SMART (en inglés)
 Monitorizando discos duros con SMART Traducción del artículo original en inglés.

Almacenamiento informático
Detección y corrección de errores
Estándares de hardware


text:
Home > The Squad > Batsmen > Aaron Finch
One of the most destructive batsmen in world cricket; the powerful Australian opener has lit up the Kia Oval in the last three Vitality Blast seasons with some huge hitting.
He has again signed for Surrey for the 2019 season where he will play T20 cricket for the Club, having been the side's top run scorer in both the 2018 and 2017 competitions.
Making his debut at Guildford Cricket Club in 2016, Finch started his Surrey career by hitting a huge six off the first ball he faced. He went on to make a century off just 90 balls. A seemingly unbeatable innings for Surrey came in front of a capacity Kia Oval crowd for a Friday evening T20 where he shared an opening stand of 180 with Jason Roy (120*) as he made 79 and Surrey won by 37 runs.
He did surpass that in 2018 with 131 on the road at Sussex before 117 not out from 52 balls in front of the Sky cameras to win the London Derby against Middlesex.
Role in Team
Slow Left Arm
Squad No.
Right Hand Bat
County Debut
Warks, 2016
BATTING AVERAGE (CC1)
RUNS SCORED (CC1)
HIGHEST SCORE (CC1)
BATTING AVERAGE (T20 Blast)
RUNS SCORED (T20 Blast)
HIGHEST SCORE (T20 Blast)
"We are very pleased to welcome Finchy back to the Kia Oval after his positive impact on and off the field last season. He remains one of the most destructive batsmen in world cricket and I'm sure our members and supporters will enjoy watching him again."
− Alec Stewart - Director of Cricket


WhiskyIntelligence.com » Blog Archive » Maltstock Newsletter 4 – Free Tastings Online Now – Scotch Whisky News - whisky industry press releases, newsletters, events, tasting notes, bottlings and comments.
At Maltstock we will be offering several free tastings again. Due to the limited availability of each tasting (max. 30 persons) is it advised to book in advance. The tastings are bookable online now at www.maltstockcom.
A chance to compare about 15 different new makes. Ap Dijksterhuis wrote an article for a Dutch whisky magazine (Whisky Passion) about a new make tasting in which we compared 40 different new makes. Very interesting to do.
This will be a very unique tasting. At Four Roses they produce ten different white dog (new make). No other distillery in the world does this. We have all ten available. And something extra (which we will announce as soon as it is confirmed). Believe me, it will be something special. Never done before in the world.
Hans Offringa is a very active whisky writer. Internationally known for (amongst others) "the Legend of Laphroaig" and "Whisky and Jazz". His new book "Bourbon and Blues" will be coming out later this year. Hans spends a lot of time in the US and knows a lot about Bourbon.
The operational manager, Stewart Buchannan, will be at Maltstock to tell you all about BenRiach. He will bring some interesting samples for you to taste. BenRiach distillery is well known for its great many and many great bottlings.
Amrut distillery from India has been a very pleasant surprise to many whisky enthusiasts over the last few years. They do know how to make quality whisky in India, which can compete with the great Scottish whiskies. Ashok Chokalingam, the European sales and marketing manager will prove it to you.
We are honored that Douglas Campbell, the managing director of Tomatin distillery is coming over himself. He has been with Tomatin for 49 years. So no one can tell you more about Tomatin than Douglas.
Brand ambassador Tony van Rooijen will take you through the excellent range of Balvenie distillery.
During the day Saturday everybody will have an opportunity to create their own blend. Whisky Passion will have a competition to see which whisky club is best at blending whisky. Come and try yourself, and find out how difficult it is. An independent jury will judge the blends. There will be a nice price for the best blend.
The full Maltstock program is also online. We have some great independent bottlers present, like Adelphi, Berry Brothers, Dewar Rattray, Daily Dram, David Stirk's excellent exclusive Malts, Douglas Laing, Single Malts of Scotland and more. Almost all the whisky will be available without extra charge. Except for the collection of old and rare whisky from the Dutch Whisky collectors "Full Proof". Another highlight is the big campfire, as well as the BBQ, the whisky quiz and much more. There's the bottle share table where all the guests can put the bottle they brought to share with the other guests. We also will be having a raffle this year. Your chance to win some great prizes.
Maltstock starts Friday afternoon and ends Sunday afternoon. We eat, drink, sleep (small dorms with bunk beds) and have a great time on the same location. So unlike the many whisky fairs, at Maltstock there is plenty of time to enjoy a great whisky in a very relaxed setting with great company.
Maltstock costs just 150,- euro's for a whole weekend. A lot of money, but not expensive, because almost everything is included. Two nights accommodation, BBQ, whisky quiz, free tastings, plenty of whisky, campfire en a real Scottish breakfast. We are very proud the people from the Highlander Inn in Craigellachie will travel from Scotland to Maltstock to prepare a real Scottish breakfast for us. What better way to start the day.
Maltstock is 3 to 5 September just south of Nijmegen in Overasselt, the Netherlands. There's a bus stop right in front of Maltstock. For directions, please check our website.
We can tell you so much more about Maltstock. But who better to hear from than the people who were there last year? On our website you can read their comments and reviews. We also have a lot of pictures online.
Hope to see you at Maltstock!


text:
Egypt Oases
Tunis Village in El Fayoum Oasis
The village of Tunis is a little lovely place within the Fayum Oasis and is considered one of the most lovely and naturally occurring places of Egypt. Learn more about the Oasis of Egypt with Cairo Top Tours!
Tunis village is a small beautiful place inside the oasis of Fayoum, on the way to Wadi Al Rayan, it is located on a hill overlooking a wonderful view of the edge of the desert on the other side of a large saltwater lake. It's considered one of the most beautiful and natural places in Egypt.
Not long ago, it was a small fishing village on the southern shore of ''Lake Qaroun''. Although it may resemble thousands of other Egyptian villages, Tunis village has its very different charm and unique vibes. It a so small, extraordinary, and one of the most peaceful places in the country.
The village was founded in 1980 by a Swiss female potter named Evelyn Porret who visited Egypt and specially Fayoum with some Egyptian friends of hers. A short while after, she decided to come to Tunis village and then made the decision of building her dream country house on this land. The house was designed with a primitive ceiling shape, using eco-friendly building materials. It obviously was an inspiration by the designs of Hassan Fathi who was the dean of contemporary architects.
The potter's country house has encouraged other people to visit the place and to build their own houses in the small old fishing village following the steps of the Swiss woman.
Then she founded a pottery studio in the new country house. In the beginning, the children of the village would visit discovering, out of curiosity, to see and know what is going on in the place they hear about. Some of the kids and their families looked quite interested in the new foreign woman's work, which made her more encouraged to help them dig inside for the talents they had. Little by little she also built her pottery school on the land of the same charming village.
As the years went on, the poor fishing village became a reputable center of modern pottery and an open-air museum established with eco-friendly and traditional rural materials, the thing that was attractive for investors and entrepreneurs to start to provide the village with various facilities in order to cover the unstoppable demand on the village activities.


text:
Controversial Thorntons plan moves forward in Mundelein
A developer wants to build a gas station and convenience store on the northeast corner of routes 45 and 176 in Mundelein. A former restaurant building and a vacant industrial building are there now. Paul Valade | Staff Photographer
A developer wants to build a gas station and convenience store on the northeast corner of routes 45 and 176 in Mundelein. Courtesy of Mundelein
Russell Lissau
Follow @rlissau
A controversial plan to build a gas station and convenience store on Mundelein's north side cleared some important bureaucratic hurdles this week.
After hours of discussion that included many comments from people opposed to the proposal, Mundelein's planning and zoning commission voted just after midnight Wednesday to recommend the village board allow a trio of building-code variances for the Thorntons station proposed for the northeast corner of routes 45 and 176.
The commission advises the board on building and zoning matters. It doesn't have final say on the issues.
The board is set to consider the plan when it meets at 7 p.m. Monday at village hall, 300 Plaza Circle.
The planning commission voted 4-3 to recommend the board let the developer, Northbrook-based GMX Real Estate Group, build the proposed convenience store closer to the property line than usually is allowed. However, Community Development Director Amanda Orenchuk said the panel created three conditions:
• Fueling for large, diesel-powered trucks is forbidden.
• Video gambling is forbidden.
• Village staff and GMX will determine if residents in the neighboring Holcomb subdivision want a fence on that side of the property. If most people don't want a fence, the developer will have to put a plant-covered wall there.
The commission also voted 5-2 to recommend allowing the gas station canopy to have brighter lighting than usually is permitted.
Finally, the commission voted 6-0 to recommend approval of a proposed 8-foot-high fence along the eastern property line.
The roughly 2.8-acre site is at one of the village's busier entry points. The former Original Omega Restaurant and a vacant industrial building stand on the land now, and both would be razed.
GMX initially floated a gas station plan last year but withdrew it from consideration earlier this year after nearby residents and the planning commission voiced concerns about traffic, light and other issues.
Rejection by the village board would have forced the developers to wait at least one year before resubmitting the proposal, so voluntarily pulling it avoided that potential penalty.
A revised proposal was submitted to village hall last month.
Changes included a reduction in the size of the planned convenience store, a reduction in the proposed amount of light to be generated at the site and the elimination of truck fueling stations.
Thorntons documents
Despite community opposition, Mundelein trustees all approve Thorntons gas station plan
Controversial gas station plan again progresses in Mundelein
It's back: Thorntons station plan resurfaces in Mundelein
Fight over proposed gas station in Mundelein isn't over
Controversial Thorntons gas station plan withdrawn in Mundelein; fate of site unknown
Public hearing set for controversial Thorntons plan in Mundelein


text:
Stjepan Tomaš Ostojić, född 1412, död 10 juli 1461, var kung av Bosnien från år 1443 fram till sin död.

Stjepan Tomaš dog år 1461. Han efterträddes av sin son från sitt första äktenskap, Stjepan Tomašević. Tomašević erkände Katarina av Bosnien som drottningmodern, och hon fortsatte att leva på de kungliga högsätena i Bobovac och Kraljeva Sutjeska.

Referenser

Externa länkar

Män
Födda 1412
Avlidna 1461
Bosniens regenter


Hearty Welcome to St. Xavier's College, Jaipur!
College life offers one innumerable chances to encounter new experiences, explore new insights, and to take on new challenges. Hence make use of new opportunities and re-discover yourself anew. This can become true for us only if we are open to life and are willing to do something to make things happen. Ample opportunities are thrown open to our students to excel not only in academics but also in co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. These are intended to make our students develop in all possible ways. Their hidden talents must come to the fore-front.
At St. Xavier's, Jaipur, we focus on the overall and holistic development of our students. It is our humble endeavor to mould our students into men and women who are leaders with a strong mind and a compassionate heart.
As Steve Jobs says "Your time is limited, don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma, which is living the result of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinion drown your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition, they somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."
I invite all the students to make the most of your college days and become what you truly want to become.


feel free to say "hay!"
Whether you have ideas for our taproom, a beer style you want us to produce, feedback on the website...or you just want to say hello, we'd love to hear from you. Take a minute and drop us a line. We promise that a real-life human being will get back to you with a personalized response in short order. Thanks for taking the time to reach out!
You can also reach us via telephone at 484-997-8278.


You're invited to stay at the Holiday Inn Express® Hotel & Suites Henderson - Traffic Star. Centrally located in East Texas & within a short drive of Carthage, Jacksonville & Kilgore.
If you're looking for hotels in Henderson, TX convenient to local businesses, look no further. We're just minutes from companies like Blankenship Marine, Capco Fabricators, International Paper, Mansfield Plumbing Products, Panel Truss Texas, Rusk County Youth Expo Center and Wilkerson Trailer Sales. We encourage guests take advantage of our 24-hour Business Center and our spacious meeting room for any of their business needs.
There's plenty to do if you're taking a leisurely vacation in Henderson, Texas. Our hotel is surrounded by great attractions, including The Depot Museum, Howard Dickinson House, Jordan's Plant Farm, Lake Forest Park, Oak Hill Raceway, and PRCA Dodge Series Rodeo. Our hotel's location in Henderson, TX allows you to enjoy the eclectic shopping options of the nearby historic downtown area.
Whether business or leisure brings you to Henderson, our hotel's quality amenities are sure to satisfy your needs. You can enjoy a variety of features, including free high-speed Internet access, free local phone calls, an outdoor pool and whirlpool and our Express Start Breakfast Bar. We look forward to your visit to our Henderson,Texas hotel, where guests come first.
If you're looking for hotels in Henderson, Texas with great guest rooms, look no further. Our accommodations boast comfortable perks, including free high-speed Internet access, a 32-inch flat screen LCD HDTV with HBO and ESPN, a microwave, refrigerator and Simply Smart triple-sheeted bedding.
Features 2 treadmills,1 bicycle, 1 bosu pro, 1 stablity ball, 1 power air pump, 2 tri-fold exercise mats, medical grade scale and a 42 inch LCD TV.
Horario: 12:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.


For the first time, SingaporeKarts is working together with Alfa Romeo Owner Club of Singapore to present the SingaporeKarts X AROCSG car track day at MIMC. Register Now with us. Please contact us via FB Messenger or email to admin@singaporekarts.com or info@aroc.sg.
*Price is per car. 1 free AROC SG membership entitled per car.


text:
by Michael IdeAugust 06, 2014, 1:49 pm
The Global Payments deal and First Data's acquisition of Gyft show the growing acceptance of digital currencies
Global Payments Inc (NYSE:GPN) announced a deal with Bitcoin service provider BitPay today that will allow it to offer Bitcoin payments in its suite of products. As one of the world's largest payment processors and a Fortune 1000 company, Global Payments decision to embrace Bitcoin has the potential to enormously expand the cryptocurrency's global reach. The fact that Bitcoin's price hasn't spiked is also good news, implying that the currency's infamous volatility is starting to settle down (chart from CoinDesk).
BitPay brings a strong track record to the deal
"This partnership with Global Payments allows ecommerce and retail merchants to easily accept bitcoin payments," said BitPay co-founder and executive chairman Tony Gallippi. "The cross-border demands of global merchants present a great opportunity for bitcoin acceptance and will allow us to reach more customers in emerging markets."
As a leading Bitcoin service provider, Global Payments Inc (NYSE:GPN) decision to work with BitPay makes sense. It's widely reported to have handled $100 million worth of transaction involving more than 15,000 merchants in 200 countries in 2013, but considering there are only 195 countries on the planet (not counting Taiwan), we can take those numbers as estimates. Still, it has had a lot of success by letting merchants set prices in one of eight hard currencies and get paid in that currency, taking the exchange rate risk on themselves.
BitPay also brought former Visa exec Tim Byun, who also has experience at the FDIC and the San Francisco Fed, onboard as its Chief Compliance Officer, an important hire that signaled BitPay's intention to become a serious part of the larger payment processing industry. After the Mt. Gox debacle earlier this year, an established track record and the presence of industry experts like Byun must have played a large role in convincing Global Payments Inc (NYSE:GPN) to make the deal.
BMO sees upside for Bitcoin, not so much for GPN
"While we believe this agreement likely has low economic significance to GPN in the near- to mid-term, we believe the broader significance of continued acceptance of digital currencies among traditional payment service providers is the real story here," writes BMO Capital Markets analyst Paul Condra, who rates Global Payments Inc (NYSE:GPN) Market Perform with a $78 price target (currently $68.5).
Condra argues that this deal along with First Data's acquisition of Gyft, which also uses BitPay to process Bitcoin payments, shows that established payment processing companies are busy positioning preparing themselves for the growth of digital currency transactions.
via Bitcoin Gains Legitimacy With BitPay-Global Deal: BMO.
Posted in digital, Free Bitcoins, News, Reviews, trading	Tagged bitcoins, bitpay, bmo, deal, earn, free, global	Leave a comment
Bitcoin A Major Target In Financial Malware Attacks | Tech News


NEW YORK — C.J. Watson has found his NBA niche after going undrafted out of Tennessee in the 2006 NBA Draft. Watson is a combo guard with the ability to facilitate an offense or play off the ball as a running mate in an up-tempo attack.
Watson has backed up and played alongside players such as Baron Davis and Stephen Curry in Golden State, Derrick Rose in Chicago, and now Deron Williams in Brooklyn.
Watson spoke with SNY.tv about his decision to sign with Brooklyn at a reduced price, playing with Williams, and finding a rhythm with his new team.
After playing behind Rose, the youngest MVP in NBA history, some speculated that Watson would want to sign with a team where he could earn more playing time. However, Watson chose Brooklyn and backing up Williams for the veteran minimum.
As Brooklyn prepared to begin a new chapter in franchise history, Watson wanted to be a part of the historical event.
Like the Nets, Watson got off to a hot start before cooling off due to injury, but has since found his rhythm.
After sitting out two games for Brooklyn at the start of 2013, Watson has provided a spark off the bench for the Nets. In six games since returning to the lineup, Brooklyn has gone 5-1.
During that span, Watson has shot the ball efficiently from the field (13-for-26). According to Watson, playing with Williams in the backcourt has enabled him to expand his offensive game.
When Williams goes to the bench, Watson is the primary ball handler and floor general setting up the offense.
Watson has also picked up his defensive intensity during the six-game stretch, averaging 1.3 steals per game. Over his career, Watson has been a ball hawk averaging 1.8 steals per game.
Looking ahead for the rest of the season, Watson hopes to continue his efficient play and contribute to more Brooklyn victories.
"I'm just trying to go out there and play hard when I get on the court, try to change the tempo, win as many games as possible, and just get us to the playoffs and see where we go from there," said Watson.


This month's yoga posture is Eagle Pose (Garudasana), which I practiced with Alison Burmeister, a yoga teacher in Pacific Palisades. She teaches a mat yoga class as well as a chair yoga class at the Pacific Palisades Woman's Club, and all are welcome to attend. We twisted, stretched and wrapped our limbs around each other in this fun and challenging yoga posture.
Strengthens arms, legs, knees and ankles.
Opens the shoulder joints and creates space between the shoulder blades.
Increases circulation to all joints.
Bend your knees deeply to create more space to wrap your toes around the back of your calf.
If your foot doesn't wrap around your calf, simply keep your legs crossed or keep your big toe on the floor if balance feels difficult.
If you cannot bring your palms together to touch, either take hold of opposite shoulders or keep the backs of your hands together.
If you have medical conditions, talk to your doctor before practicing this or other yoga poses.
Begin in a standing position as you extend your arms out in front of you and cross your left arm on top of your right arm, bending your elbows as you try to bring your palms together to touch.
Next bend both knees and inhale as you pick up your right foot and cross your right thigh over your left one.
Point your right toes down as you try to hook your right foot around the back of the left calf while balancing on your left standing leg.
Begin to square off your hips and shoulders, keeping your eyes focused on one fixed point to maintain steady and balanced.
Try to remain in the pose for five full breaths, then gently unwind and repeat on the opposite side.
A yoga practitioner for over 35 years, Teresa Power helps children and adults unleash their imaginations through yoga. Since 2000, she has been teaching yoga in schools, yoga studios and local organizations, and has helped thousands of people develop a healthy attitude toward their bodies. Power is an internationally recognized yoga expert, keynote speaker and the bestselling, award-winning author of "The ABCs of Yoga for Kids" product line, which has been translated into many languages and sold one-quarter million copies worldwide. She is also the founder of International Kids' Yoga Day, an annual event that celebrates the health and wellness of our youth worldwide through the practice of yoga. For more information, visit abcyogaforkids.com.


text:
BlueKeep: Cutting through the hype to prepare your organization
Over the last week we have all been tuning into our news feeds and listening to the security folks chatting about the next super vulnerability, CVE-2019-0708. There's no shortage of coverage over the issue and the potential impact once a working proof of concept or full-blown exploit hits the shelves in a repository near you.
Amid all of this, I want to outline what it actually means for your organization, and what can you do to reduce the risk.
Let's get to grips with the basics.
What is RDP?
RDP, or Remote Desktop Protocol, is a service which commonly runs on TCP port 3389 on Windows workstations and servers, and is used to administer them remotely. The service is prevalent within mid-sized and large networks, where an administrator (or user) needs to access multiple computers without having to keep jumping between desks and server rooms.
What is BlueKeep?
BlueKeep is the name given to the vulnerability, which was reported to Microsoft by the UK's National Cyber Security Centre. Microsoft's May cumulative update contains many security updates, including a critical update for a vulnerability in the RDP service, where a crafted series of requests to the service could be used to perform remote code execution or crash the service causing a denial of service.
The name BlueKeep was later given to the vulnerability which is technically referenced by the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures ID (CVE-2019-0708).
The following is a list of the reportedly affected Microsoft Windows releases:
Keep in mind that both Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP are both legacy and out of support, meaning that, in theory, they should never receive updates. However, like with the vulnerability exploited by ETERNALBLUE (CVE-2017-0144) back in 2017, they have both received updates addressing BlueKeep – indicating how seriously Microsoft is taking this issue.
As of yet, there are no publicly available working proof of concepts or full exploits for BlueKeep, however it will most certainly arrive soon. Just today, MalwareTech released a video claiming to have developed a working POC, although he has stated he will not release the code. Furthermore, there are multiple cybersecurity research outfits that claim to have reversed the Microsoft patch and developed working exploits, such as Zerodium, McAfee, and Qihoo360.
Why the WannaCry Comparison?
Almost 2 years ago, the WannaCry outbreak caused significant damage to organizations around the world, causing losses of up to £100,000,000 for the UK NHS alone.
Well, why the WannaCry comparison? The WannaCry malware was built around an exploit known commonly as ETERNALBLUE, an exploit that targeted several vulnerabilities in SMB servers, most notably CVE-2017-0143. Once a vulnerable service was identified, the malware would exploit the weakness to establish a foothold and then use that to relaunch itself to another target, moving through the network like a worm.
While EternalBlue exploited SMB services, BlueKeep is a vulnerability in RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol). The information disclosed so far indicates that once BlueKeep is exploited successfully it may either be used to:
Cause a Denial of Service against the target, causing a Blue Screen of Death (BSoD)
Allow remote code execution with system level privileges on the host.
Remote code execution would provide an attacker with full unrestricted access to the target. With full access to the system, it's anyone's guess what an attacker might use it for. Ransomware and/or data collection are two possible options, and a large scale campaign ransomware could be an effective money-maker.
WannaCry's worm-like lateral movement meant that it would gain a foothold on one system and then look for other vulnerable targets on the network, and so on. A piece of malware able to exploit BlueKeep would easily be able to achieve similar results.
Publicly Exposed Services
WannaCry initially identified hosts running SMB services on the internet and then used this to burrow into the internal network where it continued to spread and scan for other targets internally and externally. If there weren't so many publicly-exposed SMB services without any form of access controls in place, we may not have seen such a wide spread of the issue. The level of exposure for RDP is also unnervingly high, with an excess of 2.3million RDP services being identified on Shodan (see below). This is, of course, just an approximate figure and does not indicate how many may be vulnerable.
Figure 1 – Shodan – port:3389 "Remote Desktop Protocol"
7 Questions to Cut Through the Hype
There is always a lot of hype about certain vulnerabilities – especially the branded ones. Of course, fancy websites and logos do not always mean that the research behind them is not fascinating, there certainly have been a few branded vulnerabilities that have deserved the hype. The issue comes when people start to become numb to the announcements and, as a result, become less reactive.
I fully agree we should be cautious before getting our system and infrastructure administrators in from their holidays or out of their beds at 2am. We must be careful and make sure we look at all the elements and how it may affect your organization, before blowing the horn three times.
When assessing the risk of any vulnerabilities, you need to think about:
How could it impact your organization?
Are there exploits available?
Are there likely exploits in development or being sold?
If an exploit appears on GitHub tomorrow, how could it be used to target you?
Do you have services exposed to the internet that the vulnerability affects?
Do you have access controls internally and even externally that may mitigate the risk?
Do you have automatic updates in place, and confirmed to be deploying correctly recently?
Reduce Risks and Increase Attacker Costs
In these situations, asset inventories become your best friend, knowing what servers you have, where, what they are running, who manages them, when were they last updated, and a strong process to be able to track assets by services and software versions. The easier said than done solution of patching is recommended, as is network-based access controls, ensuring only the specific source addresses have access, and that the systems that do have access are fully patched and have access controls themselves, to avoid any lateral movement attempts from WannaCry-like malware.
Network Level Authentication
Enabling Network Level Authentication on all of your RDP services will add an additional layer to reduce the risk of attackers exploiting this vulnerability without any credentials. This is made possible by requiring authentication before the session is fully established and at a point where the service is exploitable.
Figure 2 – Windows 7 RDP NLA
Let's not forget the most effective barriers you can put in place for most services. Access controls such source IP address filtering can often be easily deployed through most firewall and network solutions, allowing an individual or organization to be able to explicitly define the IP address of any connecting clients. This will mean that an unauthorized connection attempt will be blocked due to being from an unexpected source address.
Scanning for Vulnerable Systems
While you may not have the luxury of an internal red team, you should consider performing sweeps of your environments looking for potentially vulnerable systems. A simple Nmap scan for TCP port 3389 would give you a good view of a potential attack surface for this issue. You can then assess if those systems are running a Windows version reported to be vulnerable, and when was the last patch on those systems.
Using Scripts to Identify Vulnerable Machines
There have been a lot of fake exploits and proof of concepts out there for BlueKeep, all of which, have either just been trolling people, or trying to crash the target. However, there have been a few legitimate attempts to help, including a Ruby script designed to identify vulnerable unpatched machines. We decided to take a look at one of these scripts in a controlled environment, due to the possible adverse effects of malicious scripts. The testing started against an unpatched Windows 7 X64 virtual machine, and then once again with the latest patch distributed by Microsoft.
The script was then executed in an isolated environment, against the Virtual Machine, which identified it as being vulnerable.
Figure 3 – Kali VM running the Ruby script
Figure 4 – May patch applied
The Virtual Machine was then patched with all the latest updates, and the script run once again.
Figure 5 – Windows 7 x64 successfully patched against BlueKeep
The script used for the testing above is available on GitHub, we would highly recommend that your own controlled testing is performed before using any scripts or tools from unknown or untrusted sources against a production network. While there were no suspicious activities from the script at the time of our testing, the code can be changed, and additions made.
Tracking vulnerabilities and understanding how the hype maps to your organization can be tricky. Hopefully, some of the tips in this blog help to this end. I'll finish by outlining two critical considerations for mitigating the impact.
Always ensure that you deploy additional controls around system access, remove services where there is no business requirement.
Access to potentially sensitive services should not be reliant on a single layer of authentication as your main security barrier. VPNs and access controls, such as source IP address whitelisting, can also be relatively painless and inexpensive to deploy. This will significantly help reduce your risks and increase attackers costs.
bluekeep WannaCry


text:
How to Win with WordPress 5.0 Gutenberg Compatibility with your WordPress Learning Management System LifterLMS
November 18, 2018 November 18, 2018 / Episodes / By Chris Badgett
How to win with WordPress 5.0 Gutenberg compatibility with your WordPress learning management system LifterLMS in this episode of the LMScast podcast with LifterLMS founders Chris Badgett and Thomas Levy. Chris and Thomas dive into what you need to know as a course creator about the new page builder for WordPress.
Gutenberg has been out for a while as a feature plugin, so you may have seen it pop up on your site. If you are interested in trying out the plugin, you can head over to WordPress.org/Gutenberg and download it for free.
For those unfamiliar with it, Gutenberg is a page building plugin that allows you to switch between the classic WordPress editor and the Gutenberg editor. What we currently have in WordPress as the default editor is a W-Y-S-I-W-Y-G editor meaning 'what you see is what you get'. It is very similar to the editors you find in Microsoft Word and Google Docs.
If you have ever used a page builder like Elementor, Beaver Builder, or the Divi builder, then the Gutenberg update should not be too much of an issue for you. You can still use the page builder you currently use instead of the Gutenberg one.
Gutenberg uses what are called 'blocks' to build pages. If you are familiar with other page building plugins, they are the equivalent of 'modules.' For many people, the page building setup is easier to use as it tends to be more intuitive. You can drag and drop in elements such as images, videos, quotes, lists, text boxes, headings, and many more.
At LifterLMS we are very excited for the release of the Gutenberg builder and how that will make building visually complex sites more accessible for more people. Be sure to head over to WordPress.org/Gutenberg and check out the live demo they have where you can play around with some of the settings on the front end.
You can also try out Gutenberg with LifterLMS if you head to poopy.life where you can create a free WordPress installation in 30 seconds and install Gutenberg and LifterLMS. From there you can test it out. After you're done testing out the new page builder for WordPress, head over to LifterLMS.com to find out more about how you can use LifterLMS to build your own online courses and membership sites. If you like this episode of LMScast, you can browse more episodes here. Subscribe to our newsletter for updates, developments, and future episodes of LMScast. Thank you for joining us!
Chris Badgett: You've come to the right place if you're a course creator looking to build more impact, income and freedom. LMScast is the number one podcast for course creators just like you. I'm your guide. Chris Badgett. I'm the co-founder of the most powerful tool for building, selling, and protecting engaging online course called LifterLMS. Enjoy the show.
Hello, and welcome back to another episode of LMScast. I'm joined today with a special guest, LifterLMS co-founder Thomas Levy. Thomas, welcome back on the show.
Thomas Levy: Thank you, Chris.
Chris Badgett: Today we're going to be talking about Gutenberg and your WordPress LMS. Here at LifterLMS we're leading the charge with Gutenberg and helping in the transition. And part of that is just educating what Gutenberg means, which is WordPress 5.0.
Thomas Levy: Yeah, I mean, it will be in 5.0, but that's I guess the main feature. There's some other stuff going on in there, but yeah, that'll be public.
Chris Badgett: Yeah, that's rolling out soon. It's estimated to roll out on, I believe, November 19.
Thomas Levy: 19.
Chris Badgett: But they may delay it, we don't know, but we've been getting ready for it, but first we wanna do some education around what it is and what it means for Lifter and Thomas has had Gutenberg up for a while. He's been working with it to develop blocks with Lifter. Let's just start by explaining the terminology of what are the pieces that make it. What is Gutenberg, and what are the components that it creates?
Thomas Levy: Sure. So Gutenberg has been out for a while now as a feature plugin. So, anybody who wants right now today, you go to WordPress.org, grab the Gutenberg plugin, install it on your site. You have the option to, when you're creating new posts and pages to flip between the classic editor, which is what you see now and Gutenberg, the Gutenberg editor. So, essentially it's just a re-envisioning of the post page content creation tools inside WordPress. What we have today is just something very similar to what you might find in Microsoft Word. It's a Wysiwig editor. It's what yo see is what you get. W-Y-S-I-W-Y-G.
Chris Badgett: It's been the same for 10 years, right? More or less.
Thomas Levy: Yeah, I mean I don't know if it's 10 years, yeah I mean I guess probably 10 years, 10-ish years. I started using WordPress in 2007, 2008 and yeah, there's a Wysiwig editor in there. So, I mean I think there's been modifications. We've seen some changes to the overall interface, but yeah, I think the feature set has been the basic thing since I guess probably about 10 years, maybe I guess more than that probably. At the time I mean it was a huge innovation over writing HTML essentially. But I think what we've learned, what we've seen page builders innovate on is that the Wysiwig editor is a giant abstraction from your website. And by that I mean you can see the text is bold, underlined, italics, larger with headlines, smaller with body content.
Chris Badgett: But what you see is not exactly what you get.
Thomas Levy: Exactly, yeah. So, yeah, exactly. So, I mean if you look it like say the 2010 theme and you use the Wysiwig editor, what you see is pretty much what you get. But then theme development has come a long way in the past 10 years and what you see is not exactly what you get, because you need to do this mental translation of what you see on the editor versus how styles of your theme are going to be applied to it, layout and things like side bars. If you're using short codes, you're staring at this little tiny block of weird HTML like stuff, but then that actually generates something completely different on the front end. So, what you see is not what you get exactly. And I think Gutenberg is a step towards throwing away the idea of what you see is what you get. There's a huge push towards structured data.
Chris Badgett: What does that mean?
Thomas Levy: Yeah, it's complicated. A really easy example of structured data is, like one of the early Gutenberg examples was a recipe card. So, imagine you have like a cooking blog. And again, this is a simple site example, but imagine you have a cooking blog, you can have every one of your blog posts is probably gonna be a recipe. Maybe not everyone, but you're gonna have recipe blog posts obviously. So, a recipe card might look like, the data in that recipe card is like a title and then a couple sections. So, you'll have like an ingredients list, a set of preparation steps and then a set of cooking steps. So, you've got like three headlines there. And then below each of those headlines you'll have your actual list of ingredients which will be like a bulleted list probably. And then your preparation steps will be like a one, two, three, four, five. Like a numbered list of the different steps you need to take. And then your cooking instructions are gonna be another numbered list.
Thomas Levy: And then maybe you'll have some pictures or something. Like the picture of the finished recipe. So, if you go to, I think it's called Gutenberg examples. It's a plugin, like the WordPress Automatic created to help show examples of what you can do with Gutenberg. There's a recipe card block. So, you drag that over into your editor and it pre-fills those headlines for you and your structured data is ready. So, that's the format of your data. And you get to enter whatever you want. But it helps you organize your data in a structured manner, which is the way we think as developers. We're always thinking in structured data like that. But helps make it really simple for the end user who's not worried about that data architecture or mapping or anything like that, can just kinda that really quick, clearly and intuitively without having to work through and build their own concept of what their things are. Does that make sense?
Thomas Levy: Yeah. So, anyways. You asked me to explain the terminology and I just talked for like 10 minutes about nothing.
Chris Badgett: Structured data is terminology. But what about blocks and templates and all that?
Thomas Levy: Right, right, so, Gutenberg's core is made up of this system of blocks. And it's a new word, but anybody who's been using WordPress for a long time will see blocks as a more visual version of say a short code or a widget. If you've been using page builders for example Beaver Builder and Elementor, they call them modules. But they're essentially widgets. They're just this little blocks of content. And like I said, so, this recipe card that I just talked about is an example of a block, but you also have blocks, which is a paragraph. Just paragraph text when you're just writing content. Headlines would be a block, which are like H1 through H6. Various sizes of larger text for your headlines. I'm trying to think of some … oh, so, they also have like imbed blocks. So, if you wanna-
Chris Badgett: [inaudible 00:07:13].
Thomas Levy: Exactly, like a YouTube video, a Vimeo video, a video that you've just uploaded to your website natively. It's like an MP4 or .mov or something like that. So, there's all kinds of different blocks built into the core and those blocks can be used in various combinations to build out your website. So, again if anybody has been using a page builder, you're familiar with this concept already, it's just a different word for it. And then each block will also have settings. The paragraph block has settings for setting a background color on it so you can make like an info call out block or something like that, excuse me, with the regular paragraph. And I think the core paragraph block also has like the … like in newspapers you see that big, I think they call it drop caps where it's like the first letter of the paragraph is like three lines tall or something like that. So, they got an option for that.
Thomas Levy: So, every block can also have its own set of option depending on what it's trying to accomplish. So, again, it's pretty familiar. It should be easy to use or rather it is really easy to use. And think the average who is used to using the Wysiwig editor will see pretty much no difference. It's a different interface and it looks different, but really what you get is just more power. So, it unlocks some new possibilities.
Chris Badgett: So, what does it mean for LifterLMS?
Thomas Levy: Yeah, so, I'm really excited about this in LifterLMS. I'm really excited, one, maybe to a certain extent, because it will reduce some complexity and support responses, but … this is possibly a long answer, so, you're ready for it, 'cause I mean there's a lot of background to understand why this is so powerful. So, with these blocks we also now as developers have the ability to specify templates for various post types. So, a pretty simple example of a template would be in a block post. So, you go to WordPress post, add new. More than likely all you need is a title and a paragraph. So, that's your template, it's really simple. It's just necessary paragraph block that's like, write your blog post here. So, that template is really simple.
Thomas Levy: But if you think to other, and again, this kinda gets into data modeling and structured data. WordPress has become much more than a blogging platform. So, we've got posts and pages in the core, but if you're listening to this you're creating courses or thinking about creating courses. And courses have a much larger set of parameters, concerns, pieces of data that you're thinking about when you're creating your course. And if we just look at the course page as an object on the website, there's all sorts of data there. All the metadata that we have in LifterLMS. Like course difficulty, tracks, tags, categories, expected length, instructor name and roll or position.
Chris Badgett: Syllabus.
Thomas Levy: Yeah, the syllabus, which is like the whole outline of the course, which that gets into a very complicated data structure, 'cause then all those things within the syllabus, the sections, the lessons, the quizzes, each one of those have their own titles and sets of metadata and things like that. But if we're just literally looking at the course, yeah, we have that outline on there, the course syllabus on there. So, there's all these pieces of data that have their place within the course. And we've found is with the tools available to us today, pre Gutenberg and let's just say up until where we are today. These are really the only tools we still have available until Gutenberg is officially publicly released and stable.
Thomas Levy: We don't have the ability to make it really, really simple for users to customize the way that, that structured data is output on the front end of their website. So, it's the easiest thing to do as developers. So, if you think of each one of those pieces as a short code. We do have a short code for each one of those things.
Chris Badgett: Which is like how people with Elementor build a custom template.
Thomas Levy: Right, right, right, yes. So, if you're using Elementor, Beaver Builder, Offsprout, Divi, whatever, you've probably installed LifterLMS together. Like any one of those page builders plus LifterLMS. You've probably found out that you wanna use LifterLMS labs action manager to remove all that default content that we have on there. So, if you think of each one of those things as a short code. They're not exactly short codes, but if you just think of them as a short code. The nest experience for us as developers or as product creators really, it's not even so much developers, which is just people creating a product that thousands of people use and everybody has a different need, but we're just trying to figure out what is the generally accepted course layout on the front end.
Thomas Levy: So, we've laid all those things out. And we do that with code. So, we've creates this template with code, but there's all different layers of customization. If you're a developer and you're familiar with actions and filters, you know that you can just go in there and with align a code you can easily rearrange that template. Just a few lines of code. The action manager lets you remove all that content with check boxes instead of having to write code to do so. And there's nothing wrong with not being a developer, the average user is not a developer and doesn't know what an action is and it doesn't matter. But that's the tools that we as developers have available to us today to output all that custom content that we've added to WordPress. 'Cause that doesn't come in WordPress, it comes in LifterLMS.
Thomas Levy: And we want you to be able to see your course outline, but if we build options for all of that stuff, then we need to make more database calls and we'll slow down your website to allow you to customize the layout of your course. So, we deal with the hooks, because it's more performant. And it is easy to customize, but again, you need to be a developer to do so.
Chris Badgett: We built a plug in for non developers to … the action manager if you're trying to do it on your own.
Thomas Levy: Right, right, exactly. Exactly, yeah. And I mean I'll be real with you. If you're using LifterLMS labs action matter, it adds 20 to 25 additional database calls to each one of your course page loads.
Chris Badgett: Which is why we out it in a separate plugin.
Thomas Levy: Yeah, yeah, it's not ideal. It's not ideal, but it does get the job done. So, okay, so, what happens with Gutenberg now. Oh and then the reason you'd wanna remove those things, because if you're using a page builder, you wanna control the layout of your course and you're gonna do that with the modules that we built for Beaver Builder, widgets in Elementor, short codes if you're using Divi, so on and so forth. And then you can build your custom layout. You can save it as a saved template in Divi or Beaver Builder, whatever. In the page builder of your choice and then you can load that up on each one of your courses, you're good to go. You've decided how your structured data is presented and you're happy. There's a couple of extra steps, but you do that at the front end and then you're good to go in the future.
Thomas Levy: But what if you're not using a page builder. So, that's my frustration as a developer is that I don't wanna have to tell everybody in the world, "Oh, if you wanna customize your layout you've gotta go and install these two other plugins to do so." But at the same time to build it to be 100% customizable means a lot of other settings. It would mean that we'd have to build a page builder into LifterLMS to allow you to do that. And it's just we do a lot of things, but we can't do everything. We're not gonna build a page builders into LifterLMS. They already exist, they do a great job. There's a half dozen of them that are great. So, there's no reason for us to build that into our plugin.
Thomas Levy: But at the end of the day I hate when somebody emails me and say, "Hey, I wanna customize this." And I have to say, "Well, you could be a developer and do it this way or you can install this other plugin and do it this way, but then if you do that you're also gonna have to install this other plugin on top of it." It's just complicated, it's not great. So, why am I stoked about Gutenberg. I'm stoked about Gutenberg because Gutenberg now provides us with a way to customize the template of every custom post type of course as a custom post type. So, that if we roll back all the way back to 15 minutes ago when I talked about blog posts and just having that paragraph as their template. With a course we now have all these different blocks which make up each on of those things.
Thomas Levy: So, again, each one of those short codes as an example like the course progress bar or course metadata which is like tags and categories and things like that. Each one of those becomes a block, which you can now drag over. But if we build a predefined template. If you don't want the instructors thing and we get that request all the time. Some people really want their instructor information displayed and some people don't. It's like a polarizing thing. You either love it or you hate it. And maybe that's an argument for us just building a setting. But we haven't. So, anyway. You just hit the little trash icon on the block and it's gone. And then you can save that as a prebuilt layout in Gutenberg and then later when you create another course you just load your prebuilt layout and you're good to go.
Thomas Levy: So, all of the stuff that right now we need to do with essentially two different plugins or some code will be natively possible in WordPress. And now, if you're a page builder guy or girl and you're used to the page builders. You're probably just gonna keep doing it exactly as is.
Chris Badgett: And that's fine.
Thomas Levy: Yeah, there's nothing wrong with it. And I mean I think Gutenberg is great, but I don't think it solves all the problems. And this is phase one of Gutenberg. I think we're going to see Gutenberg evolve and-
Chris Badgett: We haven't even hit 1.0 yet.
Thomas Levy: Yeah, yeah, exactly, so, there's still like, if I roll all the way back and maybe this is just semantic and doesn't really matter to the sake of this discussion, but we're still abstracting the data. So, you still need to do a mental translation from what you see on the back end with Gutenberg to what happens with your theme on the front end. It's a step in the right direction. We're not all the way there. But if anybody's listened to [Matt 00:16:31] talk about the future of Gutenberg. Like this is not its final form and we have a lot more work to do and we're gonna see Gutenberg evolve and be drastically different in a year than it is today. And then it's gonna be out on the 19th. So, this is phase one. So, we're not 100% there. So, I think for the time being, people that are really, really happy with page builders, they're gonna continue with page builders. And Gutenberg isn't really gonna change their life much at all.
Thomas Levy: But for our brand new user who's maybe not really great at WordPress or doesn't know WordPress that well, all these tools that you can get with two other plugins, you're gonna get out of the box with Gutenberg. And I'm personally really exited about it, because it's going to … my struggle is always, if you've ever talked to me, you've probably requested a feature and I've probably talked through it with you and ultimately told you, no, sorry. And it's nothing personal, it's just that we get hundreds and thousands of feature request and there's only so many things that we can build. And every course is gonna be unique based on the needs of the course creator.
Thomas Levy: And there's not necessarily a right or wrong way to do it, but we need to just kinda determine what is the most general approach that is going to keep the most amount of people happy out of the box with little configuration, while also considering that we don't wanna build a plugin that has so many options that one, it overwhelms and two, it overwhelms your server with too many database calls and being unperformant, yeah, unperformant is a word. So, I don't know, I'm really excited, I think it's gonna change a lot of things and I know some people are nervous about Gutenberg, but realistically if you're nervous about it, go to Poopy.life, install the Gutenberg plugin and just check out what happens. Poopy.life is a free service for schooling up temporary WordPress installations. It takes 30 seconds. You install Gutenberg, you install LifterLMS and you can play around with it and then once you see how it works, you could disappear and leave that site alone and it'll disappear.
Thomas Levy: So, I think there's a lot of … you just gotta div in and get your feet wet. But I'm excited. I'm excited for all of us. I'm excited for the course creators. I'm excited for WordPress, 'cause I wouldn't dive in too much into what they're already talking about for the future, but I'm really excited to see what happens in phase two, phase three of Gutenberg. So, for us initially what you'll see is some templates. We're going to modify the way LifterLMS works right now, but again, you're not really going to have to do anything on your end. If you're using the action manager you're gonna be able to stop using the action manager. And rely just on Gutenberg templates.
Thomas Levy: And there's also some performance increases that are gonna happen as a result of this too, because of the way that Gutenberg loads and saves data there's a smaller … this gets maybe, I don't know, whatever. There's less of a reliance on the post meta table, which ends up in WordPress kinda becoming a massive table. And the bigger table it is, the slower it is to read from. So, because of the way Gutenberg is saving data now it's a little bit more performant. I guess you could actually argue a lot more performant depending on the scale of the site. So, that's really cool. And some of the stuff that happens in Gutenberg too, the HTML that's actually seen or rendered is generated during the saves on the admin panel as apposed to on the front end when your end user loads.
Thomas Levy: So, it's kinda got like a small bit of built in caching already or page caching. So, that's pretty cool. And not every block works that way, but some do, a lot do. But I don't know, it's really exciting and the other cool thing that we're looking at, that we do with page builders right now is conditionally displaying page builder modules based on enrollment.
Chris Badgett: That's very cool.
Thomas Levy: Yeah, it's really, really cool. So, I think it might actually be somewhat of an underused feature, 'cause it's like … so, that's something that we really advertise that well. Or I don't know, maybe we do, you do the advertising. I sometimes don't know what we're telling you, you can and can't do. I found a feature the other day that I don't remember building and I told Chris about it and he's like, "Oh, cool. You could do that?" And I was like, "Yeah, I don't remember building it though." So, that kind of stuff happens sometimes, but ping us if you wanna know about that secret feature that neither of us knew about. And if you do know about it, I don't know, I'll send you a sticker or something. But anyway, what was I saying?
Chris Badgett: Just displaying blocks conditionally.
Thomas Levy: Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. One of the things, I haven't 100% figured it out yet. I've got two weeks, we're on the clock here, but what I would like to do and we might not do day one, but we will do at some point is extend all blocks, not only our blocks, but just blocks in general. So, the paragraph block from core or if you've got another plugin like WooCommerce that has like a product block or something like that. Extending all of those blocks so that you can show any block conditionally based on enrollment so you could show this paragraph if they're enrolled. Show this paragraph if they're not enrolled or something like that. Based on courses or memberships and things like that.
Thomas Levy: So, I think that's gonna be really exciting that's gonna be within LifterLMS content, but also outside in the greater site where you can have content upgrades for not enrolled users to try to get them into your course on a blog post or something like that. Or if they are a member of this, maybe there's some bonus content in the blog post. So, there's a lot of possibilities that we're gonna be able to open up outside of LifterLMS just based on data available to us within LifterLMS.
Chris Badgett: That's fantastic. Thank you Thomas. So, hopefully if you're confused or just don't quite understand what Gutenberg is and why it's coming, hopefully this helps and if you're scared of it, please don't be. And just know that if you're looking for a WordPress LMS. A learning management system, an online course platform for your WordPress website or you're doing some kind of training based membership site. LifterLMS and Gutenberg are gonna work great together. We're gonna innovate together and ultimately just help provide you with great tools to build your course or your online school or your training based membership site or coaching program. So, thanks for coming on the show Thomas.
Thomas Levy: I've got one more thing. Thank you. The other thing I wanna say too is that we're developing all this very publicly. I mean, we're an open source product or plugin. So, if you are using Gutenberg and you're interested in what we're doing, we've got a functioning version of some of these Gutenberg features. It's called LifterLMS Blocks. I haven't put it up for public consumption, 'cause Gutenberg isn't really public yet, so, neither is this product or plugin. It's free and it will be free. Like this is gonna get rolled into the LifterLMS core upon the release of 5.0 or earlier possibly. But if you're already using Gutenberg, Gutenberg is so new. I mean we've been hearing about it for two years or I don't know, maybe a year and a half, whatever the timeline's been, I don't know, but a lot of us aren't using it yet.
Thomas Levy: I mean I've been running the plugin for six or eight months, but just kina been passively observing what's going on. I'm not using it in production, but if you're doing the same thing as I am. Like, we just don't know how this is really gonna be used yet. What the reaction is gonna be. I've had a lot of developers and a lot of advocates of various things working on this and it's a big project that has not been developed alone. It's been Gutenberg itself has been developed publicly. But there's so many possibilities here.
Thomas Levy: And I guess all I'm trying to say is if you're already involved in this in some capacity, reach out to us and let us know what you're using. If you wanna check out the Blocks plugin. Maybe this is your introduction to Gutenberg and you're like, oh, I haven't heard anything about this, which is totally fine, because I think there's a lot of drama that nobody really cares about and at the end of the day isn't gonna affect many people's lives. And maybe this is the first you're hearing of it. Go check it out. Check out our blocks plugin and if you have any feedback, hit us up and let us know. You can find me on Slack. It's [inaudible 00:24:28] if you're a customer. You post in the forums if you're just using LifterLMS for free.
Thomas Levy: We just wanna hear from you, we wanna hear what you're excited about with Gutenberg, what you're planning on doing to Gutenberg. If you have any questions, we're here to help. So, I don't know, we've been trying to do more and more things with the community as far as how we're developing and co-creating things. And this is a great opportunity. We're on a tight timeline here, so, just because you have some feedback, doesn't mean we're gonna implement it, but we wanna hear it and we wanna know what you're thinking. Yeah, let us know.
Chris Badgett: Awesome, well, thank you Thomas and yeah, if you're looking for a WordPress LMS that's Gutenberg compatible and you haven't heard of Lifter yet, check out LifterLMS and our community is what we hear people, one of the things they really love about the LifterLMS product and brand. We've got a Facebook group, Slack community. Even an Office Hours Mastermind for our Infinity bundle customers. We're all about community and we're all about focusing on the needs of our community and our customers. So, any feedback is always welcome. Have a great day.
Thomas Levy: Thank you.
Chris Badgett: And that's a wrap for this episode of LMSCast. I'm your guide Chris Badgett. I hope you enjoyed the show. This show was brought to you by LifterLMS, the number one tool for creating, selling and protecting engaging online courses. To help you get more revenue, freedom, and impact in your life, head on over to LifterLMS.com and get the best gear for your course creator journey. Let's build the most engaging results getting courses on the internet.


text:
Futurecasting
Shira Golub
Shira serves as a campaign coordinator at Purple, providing support on brand and reputation campaigns for a number of the firm's clients. Doing so requires her to wear many hats to keep the trains running on time with a variety of multi-faceted campaigns, many that include robust paid media components. She joined Purple after working as Deputy Events Director for the Republican National Committee where she planned and executed scores of political events and fund-raising efforts for the Party. Prior to this role, Shira interned within the finance division of the Republican National Committee, as well as at the Massachusetts Republican Party. She graduated magna cum laude in 2018 from The George Washington University, where she earned a B.A. in Political Science, in addition to being an Academic All-American intercollegiate sailor. In her free time, she still loves sailing.
"At Purple, I always find myself working with people with strengths, views and perspectives that run the gamut. Being part of this melting pot of curious, brilliant people makes me sharper and smarter every day."
"Coming from a background in politics, I constantly found that the fast-paced environment demanded excellence. The same can be said at Purple. I'm constantly challenged to provide clients with my best work, delivered efficiently."
"My job demands thinking on your toes to problem solve and working effectively on a team… all while taking the work seriously, not yourself."
"I try to live by the motto, 'No excuses, always play like a champion."'
MEET Shane Back to team MEET Stephanie
815 Slaters Lane
954 W. Washington Blvd.
© 2022 Purple Strategies. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy.


Recent data on divorce in Spain have surprised us by its downward trend for the first time in the last seventeen years. The 21,000 divorces registered in 2018 represent a record at the minimum since 2001, but we should not rush to celebrate love. The data would correspond, according to the General Council of the Judiciary, with the parallel decrease in the number of marriages.
one. Not paying alimony, an issue that is mandatory, regardless of the circumstances that seek to justify it: neither the lack of economic resources, nor that the non-payment is raised as compensation for debts between both parents. Much less, that occurs in retaliation for preventing visits to children. You should never stop paying the pension, since, in the best of cases, this breach will result in a judgment execution, increasing the debt with the interest and costs that are generated. In the worst case scenario, warns the lawyer, may lead to criminal proceedings for non-payment of pensions, with the resulting conviction and criminal record.
2. Also in economic key, a source of legal problems is the failure to update the pension with the IPC or with the updating system included in the judgment. The IPC is a public index, which can be known by anyone. Therefore, the update is mandatory due to the fact that the necessary data are available to the party. What happens if it is not carried out? The same as in the previous section, from the increase in debt and interest to criminal conviction.
3. Stop paying the mortgage, a bad decision that affects both parties, as the non-payment of this charge can result in the bank executing the mortgage and start a process in which it will not claim unpaid installments, but the entire mortgage, plus interest and costs. So, it is preferable to try to reach agreements between the parties and even with the bank in order to avoid greater damages.
4. Also in relation to housing, and after the Supreme Court ruling on the use of the family home for the divorced with children, from Garea Abogados remember that who lives in the conjugal home with the children can not put in it his new sentimental partner. If you do, you can stay on the street, in case the assets of the couple are in the regime of acquisitions.
5. Another important error: make decisions that affect parental authority unilaterally. It is very common for the custodian parent, taking refuge in that custody, to make decisions about the minors without counting the other, for example, choosing the daycare center or the school, moving the minor residence, enrolling him in catechesis ... These are relevant issues to treat in the bosom of the couple. In case of disagreement, the Judge will determine who grants the power to decide.
6 Prevent visiting regime: The fundamental thing in the processes that regulate the rupture is the protection of the minors and the parents should not ignore that the right of visits is of the children, not of the parents. Therefore, a repeated breach of the visitation regime caused by the custodial parent can even lead to a change of custody.
7 Not to inform the obliged parent to pay the pension that the children of legal age are working. This circumstance implies that they no longer have to contribute financially, so, according to recent judgments can be understood as an unjust enrichment and even as an abuse of law, and result in the refund of the amount unduly received, plus interest and costs corresponding.
They are not the only reasons for conflict, but they are the most common and those that end up affecting the children and the coexistence they have with their parents, whether or not they have custody. To avoid irreversible situations, it is best to go to the experts in family law and also to a new figure, that of the mediator. It is an impartial and neutral professional to which the parties can go to improve communication between them and reach consensual agreements. There are numerous organizations and associations throughout Spain that have this service, according to Garea Abogados.


text:
Share this Story: Visits to seniors homes to resume next week
Visits to seniors homes to resume next week
Peter Hendra
Residents of city-run Rideaucrest Home, like many seniors residences in Kingston, will be allowed to welcome visits from family members as of Thursday, June 18, the Ontario government announced. (Elliot Ferguson/The Whig-Standard) Photo by Elliot Ferguson /Elliot Ferguson/Whig-Standard
The Ontario government announced Thursday that seniors residences will be allowed to welcome visits from family members next week, and residences in Kingston are following suit.
The type of facility — long-term care, retirement homes or another residential setting — will determine the type of visit allowed.
Visits to seniors homes to resume next week Back to video
In long-term care homes, such as Arbour Heights in the city's west end, a family member is allowed one 15-minute visit per week, and it must take place outdoors.
An email outlining the restrictions was sent out Tuesday by owner and operator Revera Living. "Essential" visitors will be asked a series of questions and have her or his temperature taken before the visit takes place, and they must wear a mask during it. Visits must be made by appointment in advance, and the resident and visitor must maintain a two-metre distance from each other during its duration. If not, the resident will be isolated for 14 days. Food and beverages are not permitted.
Revera Inc. also owns and operates St. Lawrence Place Retirement Residence downtown (which doesn't fall under the long-term care designation).
"Our chief medical officer, Dr. Rhonda Collins, has directed us that the first phase of our essential visitors guideline does involve these outdoor visits," Helen Lyons, Revera's director of operations for eastern Ontario, explained over the phone on Wednesday.
"It's been a while for our residents, and supportive family is so important for their mental health and well-being."
At city-owned Rideaucrest, two family members are allowed to visit for 30 minutes at a time starting June 18. Those visits, too, will also take place outdoors, in the building's back garden, at a table separated by plexiglass. Four visits are allowed per day. Again, visitors will be screened beforehand and required to wear a mask.
Retirement homes, meanwhile, "will resume indoor and outdoor visits in designated areas or resident suites when physical distancing can be maintained," a government-issued news release stated.
Details regarding visits to other seniors facilities in Kingston weren't available at press time Thursday. We will try and update this story online if and when those details become available.
"We know the visitor restrictions have been tough on residents, as families and loved ones play an important role in providing care and emotional support to residents. We are confident these visits can occur safely," Dr. Merilee Fullerton, Ontario's minister of long-term care, stated in a release issued Thursday after the government's announcement.
"With the possible spread of COVID-19 in our long-term care homes still being a real threat, people will need to follow strict health and safety protocols in order to protect our most vulnerable."
phendra@postmedia.com
twitter.com/petehendra


text:
Argentine glacier sheds ice in rare winter breakup
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Part of Argentina's Perito Moreno glacier collapsed on Wednesday, the first time large chunks of ice have broken off during the southern hemisphere winter.
Park wardens said global warming might be responsible.
The Patagonian glacier known as the "White Giant" is one of Argentina's biggest attractions. The river of ice 18 miles (30 km) long ends in a sheer wall blocking Lago Argentino where large pieces tumble into the water from time to time.
Tourists and locals visited the site in recent days, hoping to catch a glimpse of the rare spectacle, but only a few were on the observation deck when the roof of an ice tunnel caved in early on Wednesday, a National Glaciers Park official said.
"It's the first time the glacier's broken in winter (since records began)," park warden Carlos Corvalan said earlier this week, when the glacier started to crack.
Wednesday's rupture occurred after several days of partial break-ups, according to the provincial government's Perito Moreno Web site, www.lupacorp.com/glaciar/us/.
The glacier sheds ice roughly every four years, and the last time big ice chunks fell off was March 2006.
Argentina's Glaciers Park is home to more than 200 glaciers and is the biggest continental ice extension in the world after Antarctica, according to the park's Web site.
Reporting by Helen Popper and Walter Bianchi, Editing by Anthony Boadle


Provides for the upkeep of church building, equipment and property.
Welcomes participation of members with the following skills: mechanical, plumbing, carpentry, painting, electrical or engineering design experience.
For more information contact Gus Pappas at bcpappas68@aol.com, Tom Lentscher at tlentscher@verizon.net, or Craig Moyer at cmoyer00@gmail.com.


It is amazing how one dollar can do so many things for you. There are chances of many people not agreeing with what we assume to believe for the spoilers who are fully ready to spoil Game of Thrones for their friends, a dollar can definitely help you out.
Yes, we are talking about Spoiled.io here. It is a custom made website built to automatically and anonymously share Game of Thrones spoilers. All you need to do is register on the website, enter your friend's details and guess what? This website will send out texts to any phone number, a working phone number if I'm precisely speaking, and ruin new episodes of Game of Thrones. That's one way to annoy your friends.
To all those who are seeking vengeance from your mates, this is your chance to get it. No matter what your friend has done to you, all you have to do is register on this website and get ready to get your revenge, at last. We are not sure how big your revenge vendetta goes but spoiling one of the best TV series of all time? I think that counts as big bucks.
For the others who care, Game of Thrones is a hit HBO fantasy TV series that has attained high acclaim for its amazing ability to get people hooked to watching it. The eighth and finale season of the show premieres next week on 14 April 2019. I hope you are ready for the fun ride because we can just not contain our excitement here.