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WHY (AND HOW) RESTAURANTS SHOULD (AND CAN) UP THEIR TEA SERVICE
The following is an expert from an article, published in the Saveur by Max Falkowitz, highlighting why chefs cannot ignore the demand for specialty teas in their restaurants.
Fine tea culture is blooming across America, and the hospitality industry needs to catch up
BY MAX FALKOWITZ SEPTEMBER 1, 2016.
A few teas especially for coffee lovers.
Matt Taylor-Gross
No restaurant should change its menu based on a trend, but let's consider what better tea can offer.
A FIRMER COMMITMENT TO INGREDIENT INTEGRITY
Restaurants that pride themselves on high quality ingredients but short-change customers on supplementals like coffee and tea send a mixed message. "We care, but only where we think you'll notice." Now, sorting out what quality tea even means is tricky business, let alone tea produced under humane conditions (short story: very little of it is). There are few globally recognizable standards, and the ones we do have in the U.S., such as USDA Organic, have little to no bearing on the actual quality of a tea or the working conditions of laborers. It doesn't help that many dealers in the tea business are, to put it charitably, shifty, or well-meaning but ignorant as to how they've been shifted.
But! That's slowly changing, in part thanks to an American thirst for transparency about ingredient sources. Those new independent, small-scale tea importers? Many of them are going the extra mile to personally seek out quality products through more trustworthy connections and individual farms. A small-scale tea importer is no guarantee of quality, but the boom in new sourcing options opens up opportunities that just a couple decades ago were completely out of reach. If you run a restaurant that's all about the integrity of your food, it's time to put in the work for your tea to catch up.
AN IMPROVED DESSERT COURSE
Dessert is about more than the bottom line; it's about rapport. That's why so many restaurants employ pastry chefs even when their desserts are loss leaders. And it's why so many are investing in better coffee and after-dinner drinks like amari, even if higher ingredient costs mean only moderate margins.
The final sense of polish that a good dessert course brings—one that includes beverages as much as sweets—is the kind of small improvement that turns good tables into repeat visitors, that gets diners engaging with their meal, not just eating it. And it affords an opportunity to turn a $2 cup of throwaway drink into a $5 to $12 sale—one that'll leave diners on a high note in a far more satisfying way.
That sterling cup of tea is a great way to make a small investment that can leave an outsized final impression. Will all diners appreciate it? No. Will most? Not even. But the audience that appreciates it right now is growing. And for those who are less demanding but still tea-curious...
A POINT OF DIFFERENTIATION
Read More: The Best Tea Equipment »
We're eating through an era of shtick. The chicken finger restaurant. The vintage Chartreuse program. High-end tinned fish as a whole section of your menu. At its worst, shtick is...shticky. But done right, it's a means of standing apart from competition while making a clear statement about what you're offering a consumer. You're not just a restaurant or bar; you're a place for obsessives, a place to learn and broaden others' horizons. Tea's an underappreciated subject in this regard, and if a restaurant staffer is dedicated to tea and looking for an outlet to share it with others, an improved menu offers a chance for a unique shtick that sticks.
There's obvious media value in doing so—do a shtick that others aren't and local press is almost bound to cover it. But it also helps share what you're about with diners who are overwhelmed with choices for where to eat and drink. What makes that bar special? "They're all about sherry." This cafe for a meeting? "Their coffee's good, but I'm really into their lower-caffeine roasted oolong." And that restaurant? "At the end of a meal they wheeled over a cart, toasted and ground some spices over a flame, and started boiling tea leaves in milk while whirling streams of liquid through the air."
None of this means selling better tea is a shortcut to higher profits. Good tea is more expensive—sometimes much more expensive—than commodity grades. It requires an investment in training and a commitment to quality control. And it's not for everyone.
What it is about is improving customer experience in small but noticeable ways. A strong ingredient sensibility, little touches that show class, a unique point of view—these are the currencies of modern hospitality. And tea touches them all.
What Restaurants Get Wrong
The other advantage of taking tea seriously for a restaurant or cafe? Learning from where others go wrong. Because there's nothing more frustrating for a tea lover than paying a premium for a pot of supposedly good leaves that are then treated poorly.
POOR TRAINING
Tea is only as good as the person making it, and if servers or bar staff aren't trained with the same rigor as they get for taking orders or making cocktails, even the best tea leaves won't matter. This is the reason most high-end teas fail in restaurants and cafes; the labor to heat water, pre-heat pots and cups, dig out the leaves, measure them, and prepare the tea to a proper time and temperature all fall outside the standard procedures of a busy dining room or coffee bar. So tea gets the back burner.
Instead: "Well-intentioned coffee companies have struggled to balance high quality tea preparation with expediency of service," Powar admits. "For the most part, this undercuts the value of great tea. For tea to succeed in this environment, and not become an afterthought or mere concession to coffee abstainers, the same educational emphasis needs to be placed on tea. This goes beyond serving tea in handmade earthen carafes on tasteful bamboo trays." More important? Knowing exactly what you're serving, how it's made, and how to sell it to a customer who's curious but may not have a clue where to begin.
POOR SERVICE STRATEGY
One common point I hear from restaurant owners about tea: "I don't want to have to spend a ton of money on new cups and pots." And they shouldn't have to. But they should optimize the teas they purchase for the equipment they already have. If you're selling a premium roasted yancha in a 16-ounce pot and not using a ton of leaves, that tea's going to taste weak and almost rubbery. Likewise, if you're brewing a delicate Japanese green tea in a thick pot, where the leaves continue to sit in water after you've poured your first cup, the remaining brew is going to turn bitter and nasty no matter what.
Instead: How do you know what tea works for you? That should be your tea seller's job. Give them specifics about your equipment, what forms of service as feasible for you, and what you're looking for customers to get out of their tea—then let the experts do the consulting. And if they don't, find another expert that does. These days you have a wealth of options to choose from, and good vendors that want their teas to shine are willing to put in the effort.
OFFERING TOO MUCH
More tea options aren't always a good thing. Yes, you likely want something caffeine-free for that crowd, or a dependable normcore black tea, or a few out-there teas to show Just How Seriously You're Taking This, but tea is a fickle beast, with wildly different styles that each command their own expertise to brew. This gets especially tricky if you're juggling teas that require different brewing temperatures. Say a table orders three pots, one green, one white, and one black. Does your server heat three kettles to three optimal temperatures? Start with boiling water and then cool it down with tap? How much attention can one person pay while also making sure each pot brews properly? Generally speaking, the more tea you offer, the harder it is to make your tea program shine.
Instead: Offer, at most, three teas. I'm a big fan of Japanese mugicha, which isn't technically a tea—it's heavily roasted barley—but it's as cheap as teabags, has a hearty, toasted flavor that goes well with food and settles the stomach, and is caffeine-free for those who like such things. Low-caffeine roasted Japanese green teas are another strong option for a similar effect. From there, focus on just one or two unique teas that your staff can prepare easily and well, teas that show off what you're about while also showing your capacity for artful restraint.
Your goal with better tea isn't to flood the zone. It's not to find a new stream of ample revenue. It's not to follow an Instagrammable trend (though…). It's about taking your time to do one thing right and invest in educating your customers. As demand grows—and it's only going to—you'll be there to lead the way.


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Q: 64-bit Support in C++ Builder I'm looking at upgrading the Borland/Codegear/Embarcadero C++ builder suite we use for some of our code.  I would like to see 64-bit support but that doesn't seem to be a feature in the 2009 edition.  I swear I saw a roadmap suggesting that there would be a new release in mid-2009 which would include x64, but now that document is lost to me.  Does anybody know of a release schedule or a roadmap for Commodore?

A: Embarcadero has just released a new roadmap for C++Builder for 2012:
Coming soon to a RAD IDE near you, the future of C++ - 64bit, C++11, ARM, iOS and Android

A: I see there is now a new "RAD Studio, Delphi and C++Builder Roadmap", posted here in August 2010, which says "Projected availability 1st half 2011".
UPDATE: in David Intersimone's blog in September 2011, he answered the question "what about c++ builder 64 bit? is it discontinued?" with "We are working on a next generation new C++Builder compiler. This will allow us to get to 64-bit and ARM chips. The compiler is still being built so it could not make XE2. It is on our roadmap and we'll have it for you."
Elsewhere I have seen that this is predicted (by Embarcadero) to appear in XE3.

A: Everyone seems to refer to the same link, http://dn.codegear.com/article/36620. But right now, there's nothing there. Everyone who talks about what was supposedly at that address mentions 64-bit support coming in 2009 Q2. So you're remembering correctly. But the original source is unavailable from Embarcadero.
It's available via Google's cache, though. It places the release of "Commodore" in the "middle of 2009" with features including cross-compilation targeting native 64-bit code from a 32-bit IDE.

A: 64 Bit support for Delphi and C++ (C++ builder) is available in RAD Studio XE2 which is due for release very soon.
Look at the link for the RAD Studio XE2 events

A: XE2 has been released but I don't see anything about 64 bit support for C++ Builder, only Delphi.

A: I asked David Intersimone about BCC64 in his blog which commented by dear JV. It seems the 64bit bcc is imminent.

A: C++ Builder 64bit support will be released in Q4 2012. However, C++ Builder XE3 has been released and there was a promo to get the 64bit beta support if you bought support service at the same time.
The information I got from the XE3 Road tour was that they still don't know if the 64bit will be considered a "major" upgrade or not. Meaning that if you buy XE3 now you have to buy an upgrade (again) to get the 64bit in Q4. If it isn't a "major" upgrade you will get it for free.
I was going to upgrade my XE2 to an XE3 but I'm waiting for the official 64bit release instead. If I have waited several years for the 64bit support, I can wait a few more month...

A: This article talks about Commodore (Delphi) coming in Winter 2008 with 64-bit support.
  It mentions Delphi Tiburon (due 2009) which has extra features which is followed by C++ with those same features (and hopefully 64-bit support).
However the 'Borland' article that it links to has disappeared so I guess all bets are off.
Seriously, I don't believe there's any room in the IDE space for two costed products. I think Visual Studio will always be the costed product of choice with everyone else choosing a free solution such as Eclipse CDT or bare-bones GCC.
I think the Borland products were wonderful for their time (exceeded only by the TopSpeed/JPI compilers and putting Microsoft's early efforts to shame) but they've done their dash and are now relegated to the museum (my opinion only, I've been wrong before, and other various disclaimers).

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New Delhi: The Union cabinet on Wednesday allowed 100% foreign direct investment (FDI) in single-brand retail without prior government approval and liberalized local sourcing norms— steps that could benefit companies like Swedish furniture retailer IKEA of Sweden AB and fashion house Hennes and Mauritz AB (H&M).
Although 100% FDI is already permitted in single-brand retail, only up to 49% was allowed through the so-called automatic route and investment above that needed government approval. Wednesday's decision smoothens the way for new entrants to start retail operations in the country.
The cabinet eased the local sourcing rule for foreign single-brand retailers; such entities are not required to meet the 30% target for local sourcing by their Indian units for five years if they are already doing so for their global operations, it said. So far they have been required to source locally 30% of the value of goods purchased for their Indian business initially as an average of five years; later they were required to meet the requirement on a yearly basis.
IKEA, which has ambitious business plans for India, and H&M are among the potential beneficiaries of the new sourcing norms.
The government did not define the 'state-of-the-art' and 'cutting-edge technology' it has previously said would be required of high-tech companies to open single-brand stores. The current FDI policy says that local sourcing norms will not apply for up to three years after the opening of the first store for single-brand retailers of products having 'state-of-art' and 'cutting-edge' technologies and where local sourcing is not possible. The government has rejected the application of Apple Inc. to open stores under that provision, holding that its technology is not 'cutting edge'.
In August, the government set up a committee under department of industrial policy and promotion (DIPP) secretary Ramesh Abhishek to clearly define these two terms. The recommendations of the committee have not been made public yet.
Retail experts hold that while the FDI relaxation will remove entry barriers for foreign single brand retail companies altogether, more important concerns regarding local sourcing and FDI in multi-brand retail remain.
"It (the relaxation) is not a very big deal because the problem in single brand retail has not been with the clearance process but with the sourcing norms," said Arvind Singhal, chairman at consulting firm Technopak Advisors Pvt. Ltd. "Even the new decision regarding the sourcing will not make much of a difference and will benefit only a handful of companies. Because of the 30% sourcing norms, a lot of foreign companies face problems and may not look at India as a potential market."
Aashish Kasad, India region tax leader for consumer products and retail at EY India, said there had been an expectation of the government liberalizing FDI norms for multi-brand retail to enable large international retailers to invest and in India bring the latest technologies and retail formats to the country. That remains an unfinished part of the agenda.
Goldie Dhama, partner at PwC India, said the liberalisation of norms was a progressive move in the direction of improving the 'ease of doing business' in India. "Allowing incremental sourcing undertaken by overseas group companies to be counted towards the 30% sourcing commitment for the initial five years will provide single-brand retail trading companies the flexibility and time to align their retail and sourcing business," he said.
Large global retailers would be seriously considering entering India or accelerating their entry plans because of the new sourcing rule.
"We will see more fashion, beauty and personal care, baby product brands coming to India as well as existing brands strengthening their position. This new development would strengthen their business case for India entry," he added.
Soumya Gupta from Mumbai contributed to this story.


A small but growing number of people here believe that immersing yourself in nature can boost your mood, reduce anxiety, and make you happier. Now, who wouldn't want that?
Yap You Min first experienced forest therapy during a five-day hiking trip in Kenya. "We were taken through the forest at a really slow pace. I found it difficult to settle into it at first, but by the end of it, I realised I had gained a lot of mental and emotional clarity from taking my time and observing how things in nature unfold," she says. It was the most tranquil she had felt in a long time.
On returning home, You Min found it hard to recapture what she had experienced. That is, until she chanced on a video about forest bathing on Facebook. It's a Japanese practice where people focus on being present in nature, with the belief that it helps them discover new perspectives and insights.
Among other things, she leads fortnightly forest-therapy walks in parks such as the Singapore Botanic Gardens, Fort Canning Park, and the Japanese Garden. Each session - which costs $35 and allows a maximum of 12 participants - is two and a half hours long.
Think of forest bathing as a type of ecotherapy - a term coined by author Howard Clinebell in 1996. Practitioners of ecotherapy believe that spending time in nature has psychological benefits. The research backs it up. A 2013 University of Essex study found that taking a walk in nature reduced depression scores in more than 70 per cent of its participants.
But the question is, does it really work? Or is this New Age mumbo? I put on my activewear, slapped on some mosquito repellent, and joined a forest bathing session at the Japanese Garden led by You Min. We began by holding "worry stones" in our hands. These smooth gemstones are used for relaxation or anxiety relief, and the process helped me let go of negative thoughts and fears. After that, You Min worked on "opening up our senses". She told us to walk slowly, feel the breeze, watch the dragonflies, and listen to what was going on around us. That was hard, because I'm not the sort to meander, and I had to hold back from overtaking people ahead of me.
Throughout the session, You Min prompted us to talk about what we had observed. I told her I'd been watching a monitor lizard and turtle, and how comfortable they seemed roaming at their own pace. Articulating my feelings alongside everyone else made me feel less self-conscious, while paying attention to what was going on around me also helped to quieten the noise in my mind. Later, we spent 10 minutes just sitting in one spot and observing our surroundings.
All in, the guided walk made me feel calm, refreshed, and ready to tackle the rest of the day similar to a good yoga class.
Some businesses here are helping people in Singapore ease into ecotherapy. John Holden, founder of executive coaching and organisational consulting practice Mind Odyssey (from $3,000 for a half-day nature-programme workshop), launched a nature-based corporate coaching programme last year. The aim? To help busy professionals reconnect with nature. Singapore, with its reputation as a "garden city", was a perfect fit.
John, himself a nature lover, structures his programme as a half-day or full-day workshop. Take his Hort Park programme, for instance. The day begins indoors, where participants create art that allows them to reflect on their stressors at work and in other aspects of life. This also gives them a better understanding of their colleagues and their triggers.
After that, the group moves outdoors for a series of activities - for example, looking at objects in nature and sharing memories that are sparked by what they observe. "It's for them to draw connections between nature and their lives, while fostering a bond with the team," says John.
If forests and parks aren't your scene, immesing in nature can also be done at a beach or reservoir. Try Mindful Paddling. It's a programme run by Ding Kian Seng, co-founder of Splashaxis (from $50 a session), which combines his love of paddling and meditation.
Participants are encouraged by Kian Seng to be present and aware of their thoughts, emotions and surroundings as they paddle. The session closes with meditation out on the water. You don't need to be an expert kayaker to take part in this. Kian Seng says participants feel the practice de-stresses them and gives them clarity to relook challenges. He adds: "In some cases, participants get so emotional after the session, they tear up."
This story was originally published in the May 2018 issue of Her World.


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1 Education and Knowledge Transfer (EKT) Working Group
1.1 Chair
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CSDMS plans on strong and fully integrated Education and Knowledge Transfer components. CSDMS EKT (currently 382 members) will focus its knowledge transfer efforts on three CSDMS end-user groups: researchers, planners, and educators. CSDMS will target:
Researchers with model and visualization tools for the testing of hypotheses in support of data interpretation, and development of field programs. The archiving of benchmark data sets, documented source code, and the ability to download models with user-friendly graphical interfaces are key components of the Center's knowledge transfer objective.
Planners with decision-making tools to run scenarios, and relate GIS output to environmental factors and land use while quantifying uncertainties.
Educators with pre-packaged models to help illustrate surface processes, tools to build intuition with "what-if"-type model runs, case studies that integrate field data and model simulations, and prepare exploratory exercises for students. The Web-Data Specialist and EKT Specialist will be expected to work closely together and will be carefully selected to have good popular-science writing skills.
Our principal Education audiences are university students, professionals, teachers at the secondary school and college levels, and the general public. Resources to support this effort will not become available until the third year of the CSDMS effort, due to NSF budget reductions. CSDMS will jump-start our Education and KT activities by coordinating them closely with the EKT programs at the National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics (NCED), a funded NSF Science and Technology Center devoted to developing a predictive, quantitative understanding of the processes that shape the Earth's Surface.
EKT WG quick links:
September 2010: CSDMS is conducting a survey of modeling courses; please help us by filling out the questionnaire today!
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The ThumbnailCNC setup dialog lets you customize the service according to your preferences.
You can easily choose which file types ThumbnailCNC will create thumbnails for. Type the file type name in the box labeled File Type, and then click the Add File Type button.
Show coordinate axis: Shows the coordinate axes in the bottom left corner.
Show the first three NC comments: If there are comments in the G code, the first three appear in the thumbnail image.
Show NC program type: The service determines whether the G codes are of the type ISO or TNC (Heidenhain). Shows a TNC / ISO indicator.
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Centaurea cyanus 'Classic Magic'
Classic Series, Cornflower
Packet Size: 2 grams
Average Seed Count: 500 seeds
The Cornflower is a slender plant of great charm, indigenous to Europe, today they are rare in the wild, they flourish instead in gardens.
They are the most splendid of annuals. Breathtaking when they're grown in dense drifts, they are easy to grow, they flower all summer, make great cut flowers and butterflies and bees adore them.
The other advantage is that they're a hardy annual, which means they can be sown late in autumn or very early in the spring. The seedlings have time to establish before frost sets in. They will develop strong roots during the cool months, allowing them to form bigger plants and to flower six weeks earlier.
When we think of cornflowers, we imagine running through vast fields of them, but you don't need a huge area to grow them, in fact they can be easily grown in containers.
The 'Classic' series is a winner of the Fleuroselect Award. It offers flower lovers three fabulous shade-mixtures.
A harmonious mixture of exceptional shades, 'Classic Magic' produces blooms from light mauve with a dark centre to flowers that are close to black with white tip on each petal. For magical borders and bouquets.
Sowing: Sow in August to September for early summer flowering the next year or sow directly where they are to flower in March to April.
Sow thinly, 3mm (1/8in) deep in drills 30cm (12in) apart in well-cultivated soil which has been raked to a fine tilth. Water ground regularly, especially in dry periods.
When large enough to handle, thin out seedlings to 15cm (6in) apart
Sow in pots or trays of moist seed compost and cover with a very fine sprinkling of compost or vermiculite. After sowing, do not exclude light as this helps germination. Keep at 15 to 20*C (59 to 68*F). Keep the surface of the compost moist but not waterlogged. Germination will usually take 14 to 21 days.
When they are large enough to handle, transplant the seedlings into 7cm (3in) pots or trays. Overwinter plants in cool, light, frost-free conditions before planting out the following spring, or grow on as greenhouse pot plants.
This fully hardy plant requires a sunny site, growing in most well-drained soil types, even poor soil.
Do not over fertilise because this will lead to excessive leaf growth at the expense of blossoms. Cornflowers bloom more when crowded.
The wiry plants may need some discreet support, and deadheading helps to prolong the flowering season.
Plant Uses:
Flowers Borders and Beds, Patio/Container Plants, Wildflower Gardens or Wildlife Gardens, Naturalising, Cut Flower, Attracts Butterflies, Drought Tolerant
Everlasting (use for drying and pressing, Cornflowers retain their colours when dried)
Culinary Uses:
The use of cornflower petals in cooking is an ancient practice.
The flowers can be used to add colour to salads.
Cornflowers are often used as an ingredient in some tea blends and is famous for its use in the Lady Grey blend of Twinings.
Monks in twelfth century England and Ireland, and later Wales and France made cornflower wine, which was used to treat a wide variety of ailments.
Wild cornflower floral water is still produced in Provence, France.
Other Uses:
Cornflowers are prized historically for their blue pigment.
Centaurea cyanus is indigenous to Europe and now grows wild in all temperate regions.
The genus name Centaurea comes to us from the Centaur Chiron, who cured a festering wound that was made with an arrow dipped in the Hydra's blood. The wound was cured by covering it with the flowers of this plant, which now bears his name.
The species name cyanus was given because of the flowers vivid blue colour.
The common name 'Cornflower' comes from the fact that the plant grows wild in the grain fields of southern Europe. Other plants named for their association with grain fields are corn-cockle, corn poppy and corn marigold
Common names include - Ragged sailor, Witches' bells, Happy skies, Haw dods, Cornbottle, Corn centaury, French pink, Brushes, Bunk, Corn binks, Blue tops, Bluets, Blue bow, Blue poppy, Blue sailors, Blue blaw, Blue bonnets, Bluebottle, Barbeau, Blaver and Blawort. It was also called Break-your-spectacles and also Hurtsickle because its tough stems blunted the edges of the farmer's sickle as he reaped the corn.
In folklore, cornflowers were worn by young men in love; if the flower faded too quickly, it was taken as a sign that the man's love was unrequited.
The common name of Cornflower is also used for chicory, and a few other Centaurea species, to distinguish Centaurea cyanus from these it is sometimes called the common cornflower.
When Napoleon forced Queen Louise of Prussia from Berlin, she hid her children in a cornfield and kept them entertained and quiet by weaving wreaths of cornflowers. One of her children, Wilheim, later became the emperor of Germany. Remembering his mother's bravery, he made the cornflower a national emblem of unity.
In France the 'Bleuet de France' is the symbol of the 11th November 1918 armistice and, as such, a common symbol for veterans, similar to the Remembrance poppies worn in the United Kingdom and in Canada.
cyanus
Classic Magic
Other Common Names
Bachelor's Button, Kornblume, Centaurée barbeau.
Centaurée kornblomst fiordaliso Korenbloem Kornblume chaber
Spring to Summer
80cm (32in)
20cm (8in)
Well-drained (Acid, Alkaline or Neutral)
Time to Sow
Sow in August to September for early summer flowering the next year
or sow directly where they are to flower in March to April
14 to 21 days.


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Gårdby kyrka är en kyrkobyggnad i Växjö stift. Den är församlingskyrka i Norra Möckleby, Sandby och Gårdby församling på Öland.

Kyrkobyggnaden
På kyrkogården finns en kristen runsten, Gårdbystenen. Det finns inga andra indikationer på en äldre kyrka utan en romansk stenbyggnad från 1120-talet eller något år in på 1130-talet är sannolikt den första kyrkan på platsen. Den bestod av kor och absid i öster, långhus med ingång på sydsidan. I ett senare skede, sannolikt i början av 1200-talet uppfördes ett västtorn. Dessförinnan hade man påbörjat ett tornbygge där tornet skulle resas över långhusets östra eller västra del. Uppförandet kom att avbrytas i ett tidigt skede efter att en nord-sydlig grundmur i långhuset hade uppförts. Enligt en teckning av Johannes Haquini Rhezelius 1634 påminner tornet om den nuvarande medeltida tornbyggnaden för Persnäs kyrka. När frågan om ny kyrkobyggnad väcktes menade Kalmar stifts biskop, att man kunde bygga gemensam kyrka med närbelägna Sandby församling. Kunglig Majestät var av annan uppfattning och gav Gårdby rätten att bygga en egen kyrka. Den medeltida kyrkan revs och den nya kyrkobyggnaden uppfördes på samma plats.
Kyrkan byggdes 1841 i tidens rådande nyklassicistiska stil efter ritningar av Theodor Edberg, som utförts vid Överintendentsämbetet. Byggmästare var Peter Isberg. Den består av ett långhus med en rak avslutande korvägg i öster samt en sakristia vid norrväggen nära koret. Tornet i väster försågs med en lanternin för kyrkklockorna krönt med ett kors. Kyrkorummet erhöll ett tak av trätunnvalv. Den 3 oktober 1841 kunde kyrkan invigas av prosten Pehr Dahlström.

År 2010 stängdes kyrkan för en omfattande renovering och restaurering som pågick i sju år och leddes av arkitekten Johan Lundé. Söndagen den 21 maj 2017 återöppnades kyrkan av biskop Fredrik Modéus. Den traditionella kyrkan är bevarad samtidigt som den har anpassats för framtidens behov. Ett nytt värmesystem, ljud- och ljussystem och en fristående teknikbyggnad har byggts i anslutning till kyrkan. Kyrkorummet täcks av ett vaxat furugolv och i bakre delen av kyrkorummet delas salen av med en glasvägg. Mönstret på väggen är hämtat från kyrkans takkronor och designat av konstnären Linda Wallin.

Inventarier
Dopfunten härstammar från 1200-talet och är tillverkad av gotländsk kalksten.
Altartavlan med motiv:"Nattvardens instiftelse", är utförd 1859 av Sven Gustaf Lindblom. Den är en kopia av en äldre altartavla i Växjö domkyrka målad av Georg Engelhard Schröder 1733.
Lindbloms altartavla omges av en altaruppställning ritad av Per Ulrik Stenhammar efter J. F. Åboms ritning till en altaruppställning för Köpings kyrka och utförd 1859-60 av Olof Jacobsson, Mortorp. Den består av två korintiska kolonner som bär upp en bruten trekantsgavel med en strålsol i mitten och ett kors högst upp.
En äldre altaruppsats utförd av Anders Georg Wadsten 1777 är uppsatt på korets södra vägg. Den i ramverket infattade målningen föreställer Kristus på korset. Nedanför en kvinnogestalt, eventuellt Maria Magdalena som samlar upp blodet i en duk. På vardera sidan står skulpturer av Moses med lagens tavlor respektive Johannes döparen med en korsstav. Överstycket till uppsatsen: "Lammet med de sju inseglen" har sin plats över sakristians dörr.
Predikstolen med uppgång från sakristian är byggd 1859 av O. Jacobsson, efter ritningar av Ludwig Hawerman. Korgens speglar är prydda med symboler.
Den gamla kyrkans predikstol som 1702, utförd av Anders Colleur och dekorerad av Anders Georg Wadsten 1777, är placerad i koret i anslutning till den äldre altaruppsatsen.
I korbänkarnas skärmar ingår delar av den äldre kyrkans läktarbarriär med målade apostlabilder av Wadsten från 1777.
Sluten bänkinredning.
Orgelläktare med spegeldekor och stjärnsymbol i mitten.

Bildgalleri

Orgel

Kyrkans första orgel byggdes av Sven Petter Pettersson 1843 eller 1842. Orgelfasaden ritades av Theodor Edberg. Orgeln är mekanisk.
År 1888 omdisponerades orgeln av Carl Johannes Carlsson, Virestad och 1949 omdisponerades den av Frederiksborg Orgelbyggeri. Den renoverades 1981 av J. Künkels Orgelverkstad.

Referenser

Noter

Tryckta källor och litteratur

Caroline Ahlström Arcini & Rikard Hedvall, Gåtfulla Gårdby : kyrkor, skelett och dna berättar om en öländsk socken 2022.

Gårdby kyrka : En kortfattad beskrivning utarb. av Bernt Fransson

Kyrkobyggnader 1760-1860. Del 2 Småland och Öland. Utgiven av Riksantikvarieämbetet och Kungl vitterhets historie- och antikvitets akademin. Förlag: Almqvist & Wiksell International, Stockholm 1993,

Öland. Fornborgar, väderkvarnar, kyrkor och slott. Aron Borelius.Håkan Ohlssons förlag. Ö 6986/110

Webbkällor

Ölands kulturarv
15/5 2017

Kyrkobyggnader i Växjö stift
Kyrkobyggnader i Mörbylånga kommun
Kyrkobyggnader invigda 1841
Orgeldispositioner
1841 i Sverige

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Q: How to timeout within a bash script?
Possible Duplicate:
Timeout a command in bash without unnecessary delay

So this is what I am trying to do -
for test in `ls Tests`; do

for file in `ls FileFolder`; do

output=`python devcap $test $file`

echo $test $file $output >>result.txt

done

done

How do I timeout the $output if it takes longer than say 5 seconds and move to the next $file?
Can I redirect the stderr to result.txt as well?

A: try this:
for test in `ls Tests`; do

for file in `ls FileFolder`; do

output=`python devcap $test $file`

sleep 5

echo $test $file $output >>result.txt

done

done


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After looking at one too many rugby shirts one day while folding laundry, I decided to beat the system. Armed with my charge card, I strode into the local department store and headed for the pink sign that said Girls. After flipping through a few racks of shirts that were too flowery, too frilly, or too pink, I found what I was looking for: a striped blue and white sweater, size four. There were no flowers, no bows, no ruffles. On the front though, was sewn an adorable fuzzy brown bear. The ears stuck out, and the bear smiled at me shyly as I looked at it. It was the perfect sweater for a three-year-old boy.
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	namespace djs
	{
		namespace analysis
		{
			namespace automata
			{
				class State
				{
					public:
						State();
						virtual ~State();
						void addTransition(char letters[], State nextState);
						void addTransition(State nextState);
						State* getTransition(char letter) const;
						bool isFinal() const;
						bool isBack() const;
						bool getCapture() const;
						void setBack(bool b = true);
						void setTokenType(library::djs::analysis::tokens::tokenType tt);
						void setFinal(bool f = true);
						void setCapture(bool c = true);
						library::djs::analysis::tokens::tokenType getTokenType() const;

					protected:
						std::map<char, State> transitions;
						library::djs::analysis::tokens::tokenType tokenType;
						bool stateBack;
						bool capture;
						bool finalState;
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				};
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Q: Create multiple new dataframe columns from substring/regex matches in single column I have a pandas dataframe with a catch-all column called "Misc", which contains optional sequences of characters. For example:
    Misc
    1. xxx=something;yyyblah=somethingelse;xyx=blah
    2. xyz=meh;yzxx=random;xyx=meh

I am really only interested in 4-5 values/cases of something=something; and I would like to create new columns and add them to my dataframe for those instances, and "." or NaN if they do not exist.
So if I was interested in xxx= ... ; and xyx=...; my code would do the following:
    Misc                                                xxx          xyx
    1. xxx=something;yyyblah=somethingelse;xyx=blah |  something  |  blah
    2. xyz=meh;yzxx=random;xyx=meh                  |  .          |  meh

All of the information in Misc will begin with a set of 20-30 strings, and end with ";". I have tried using regexes ...
    df['xxx'] = df.Misc.str.extract(r'*(xxx=)*;)$', expand=True)

but that does not seem to be working. I also thought about simply removing all instances I do not care about, and then splitting so I get consistency. Any ideas?

A: To expand all parameters, you can use .str.extractall():
x = (
    df.Misc.str.extractall(r"([^=\s]+)=([^;]+);?")
    .groupby(level=0)[[0, 1]]
    .apply(lambda x: dict(zip(x[0], x[1])))
    .apply(pd.Series)
    .fillna("N/A")
)

df_out = pd.concat([df, x], axis=1)
print(df_out)

Prints:
                                              Misc        xxx        yyyblah   xyx  xyz    yzxx
0  1. xxx=something;yyyblah=somethingelse;xyx=blah  something  somethingelse  blah  N/A     N/A
1                   2. xyz=meh;yzxx=random;xyx=meh        N/A            N/A   meh  meh  random

A: Please try Named groups.
df.Misc.str.extract('(?P<xxx>(?<=^xxx\=)\w+)|(?P<xyx>(?<=xyx\=)\w+$)')

Or
Use (?<=X)Y also known as Positive lookbehind assertion. Where Y is matched only if X is on its left. Chain this with str.extract.
df[['xxx','xyx']]=df.Misc.str.extract('((?<=^xxx\=)\w+)'),df.Misc.str.extract('((?<=xyx\=)\w+$)')

Either solution should result into
      Misc                                            xxx   xyx
0  xxx=something;yyyblah=somethingelse;xyx=blah  something  blah
1                   xyz=meh;yzxx=random;xyx=meh        NaN   meh

A: Change the capture group to match after xxx= instead of xxx= itself. The (?:;|$) checks for either ; or end-of-line as terminators.
df['xxx'] = df.Misc.str.extract(r'xxx=(.*?)(?:;|$)', expand=True)
df['xyx'] = df.Misc.str.extract(r'xyx=(.*?)(?:;|$)', expand=True)

Or you can assign() these columns automatically in a comprehension:
keys = ['xxx', 'xyx']
df = df.assign(**{key: df.Misc.str.extract(rf'{key}=(.*?)(?:;|$)', expand=True) for key in keys})

Output:
#                                               Misc                     xxx   xyx
# 0  1. xxx=something;yyyblah=somethingelse;xyx=blah               something  blah
# 1                   2. xyz=meh;yzxx=random;xyx=meh                     NaN   meh
# 2                             3. xxx=foo;xxxxy=bar                     foo   NaN
# 3              4. xxx=meh,blah/other=super 3;zzz=1  meh,blah/other=super 3   NaN

Timings
I couldn't get Andrej's answer to work on my end (reindexing error), but these are the other timings with 40K rows:
>>> df = pd.DataFrame({'Misc':['1. xxx=something;yyyblah=somethingelse;xyx=blah','2. xyz=meh;yzxx=random;xyx=meh','3. xxx=foo;xxxxy=bar','4. xxx=meh,blah/other=super 3;zzz=1']})
>>> df = pd.concat([df]*10000)

>>> %timeit tdy(df)
75.5 ms ± 5.12 ms per loop (mean ± std. dev. of 7 runs, 10 loops each)

>>> %timeit wwnde(df)
83.6 ms ± 1.63 ms per loop (mean ± std. dev. of 7 runs, 10 loops each)


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