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The Worth of a Whale and the Price Tag of a Panda
Candice Gaukel Andrews October 6, 2020 0
A recent study found that panda reserves not only guard against the giant panda's decline, but they also have benefits for human societies. ©Brad Josephs
In prepandemic times, those of us who cherish wildlife and wild places tried to quantify them in economic terms, hoping to convince those who didn't care about protecting nature that not doing so would impact their bottom lines. Now, 10 months after the coronavirus outbreak, that strategy seems naive to me. Talking about the "worth" of living beings and precious places in terms of dollars and cents—usually measured in tourism monies generated—feels like we're missing the big picture of what's at stake.
We've reached the point where our actions regarding the other beings with whom we share this planet will determine whether we ourselves live or die.
Although there are a number of examples from the animal kingdom that I could use, let's take a look at just two: how aggressive whale conservation measures could literally save us from extinction and how protections for giant panda habitats could keep half a billion people from starving.
In terms of removing climate-change-inducing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, one whale is worth a thousand trees. ©Court Whelan
Whale worth
During their long lives, large whales—such as blue whales, gray whales, humpback whales and right whales—accumulate carbon in their bodies. When they die and sink to the bottom of the ocean, they each take about 33 tons of carbon out of the atmosphere for centuries, according to analysts at the International Monetary Fund's Institute for Capacity Development.
But that's not the only way that whales make the oceans the greatest carbon sinks on Earth. Scientists say that the living mammals create a "whale pump" that works like this: the nutrient mass of the ocean—all of the things that die and all of the excrement from things that are living—rains down to the bottom. During certain seasons in certain areas of the ocean, there are upwellings that bring these nutrients to the top, or the photic zone.
Once the nutrients are at the top, they need to mix with iron, nitrogen and phosphorous. That's where the whales come in. They are drawn to these upwellings of nutrients, and they deliver these critical minerals by emitting vast fecal plumes. That results in the creation of phytoplankton blooms (plant-algae-like life), which are consumed by the smallest animals in the ocean: copepods and zooplankton.
During a whale's 60-year life span, the cetacean provides minerals to phytoplankton, significantly aiding their growth. ©John T. Andrews
Copepods and zooplankton are eaten by krill. Baleen whales (the biggest whales) consume the krill; release their excrement, supplying iron, nitrogen and phosphorous back into the photic zone of the ocean; which grows more phytoplankton; which feeds more copepods and zooplankton; which feeds krill; which feeds whales; and on and on in an unending circle.
Even that's not all. The ocean is where the greatest photosynthesis mechanism on Earth takes place; it far surpasses all of the photosynthesis that occurs by vegetation on land. The lungs of the planet are actually in the ocean. Phytoplankton alone contribute at least 50 percent of all oxygen to the atmosphere by capturing about 37 billion tons of CO2 per year, or four times the amount held by the trees in the Amazon Rain Forest.
So, whales not only sequester carbon dioxide by sinking to the bottom when they die, they also capture carbon by giving life to phytoplankton. Whales directly allow us to survive. If they live, we live. If not, we die.
If whale populations were returned to prewhaling numbers, they could capture 1.7 billion tons of carbon annually. ©John T. Andrews
A century ago, there were roughly 4.5 million whales. Today, whale populations are at only about a quarter of that: 1.25 million. The number hasn't changed for 20 to 30 years. The rebound is stagnant due to deaths caused mainly by human activities. But if protections were enhanced and whales were allowed to recover, the benefits to the planet would be inestimable.
Panda price tag
Similar to the value to our lives that whales provide, there is a high price tag associated with giant pandas.
Around the world, giant pandas are a symbol for conservation; in fact, the World Wildlife Fund features a panda in its logo. Certainly, in China, the giant panda is a cultural icon. Yet, panda conservation there is often criticized because of its high cost. But a recent analysis reported in the science journal Current Biology showed that panda conservation has a worth that extends far beyond the protection of pandas themselves.
According to the findings from the analysis, the giant panda's protection as an umbrella species yields 10 to 27 times as much value as it costs to maintain the animal's current nature reserves. In fact, it might be beneficial to expand their natural habitats in China.
Land set aside for pandas can also be used by local people for crops, grazing farm animals, and as a way to access firewood and clean water. ©Brad Josephs
Between 1990 and 2010, China's National Conservation Project for the Giant Panda and Its Habitat doubled its panda ranges. Giant pandas live in the mountain catchment areas of the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers, whose basins are the economic heart of China, home to over half a billion people. By 2010, a total of 67 panda reserves with an area of more than 12,741 square miles had been established, covering more than half of suitable panda habitat.
Was it worth it? To find out, researchers used the Common International Classification of Ecosystem Services framework. Ecosystem services include three parts: 1) provisioning services, 2) regulatory services and 3) culture. Panda reserves offer a variety of provisioning services that are valued by local people, such as grazing animals, growing crops, harvesting firewood and plants, and procuring water supplies. Important regulatory services include carbon sequestration, the hydrologic benefits of managing precipitated water runoff, and nutrient and sediment retention.
To explore the value of pandas and their reserves, the researchers reviewed each of the provisioning, regulating and cultural services associated with panda reserves, collating estimates of the value of each from numerous studies. It turns out that the ecosystems pandas enjoy the most—specifically, mountainous forests full of bamboo—are valuable for other reasons.
Conserving the giant panda's natural habitat was worth about $2.6 billion in ecosystem services in 2010—at least 10 times what was paid to preserve the species that year. ©Brad Josephs
This land, the researchers argue, can also be used by local people for crops, grazing farm animals, and as a way to access firewood and natural water sources. Plus, these natural forests sequester carbon dioxide from the air, absorb rainwater in the soil, and facilitate the cycling of nutrients from plants to all the other animals that inhabit the forests and back again.
They then converted all those estimates to U.S. dollars and used the median value for each to generate a combined estimate of the annual per-hectare value of panda reserves. That exercise led them to a median estimate of $632 per hectare per year.
After multiplying that per-hectare-per-year value by estimates of forest area within the 67 panda reserves, they came to a value of $562 million per year in 1980. By 2010, that ecosystem service value had increased to between $2.6 and $6.9 billion per year.
So, not only do reserves and protections for pandas work to reverse the animal's decline, they also have benefits for nature and society at large.
The "worth" of our fellow creatures should not only be measured in economic benefits, but in the critical role they play in our own lives. ©Richard B. Barrett
Vitality value
These two examples of whales and pandas—out of the thousands of other cases involving animals that we could explore—show us that by protecting and conserving them and their habitats, we save ourselves. Worth of animals is not only measured in economic benefits, but in the assured continuance and quality of our own lives.
We could say that global whale-watching brings in an estimated $2 billion a year. We could add that phytoplankton sustain fish, which helps the United States fishing industry, which comes in at $200 billion per year. We could single out the revenue that panda-viewing generates. But I think in these days of the coronavirus pandemic, perhaps we should rethink "value" and go deeper.
Let's remember that protecting pandas and their habitats sustains thousands of Chinese residents. Let's not forget that supporting international efforts to restore whale populations is one of the simplest ways to fight climate change. And let's engrave on our hearts that 50 percent of our oxygen comes from whales.
And that's every other breath we take.
Here's to finding your true places and natural habitats,
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A multiple award-winning author and writer specializing in nature-travel topics and environmental issues, Candice has traveled around the world, from the Arctic Circle to Antarctica, and from New Zealand to Scotland's far northern, remote regions. Her assignments have been equally diverse, from covering Alaska's Yukon Quest dogsled race to writing a history of the Galapagos Islands to describing and photographing the national snow-sculpting competition in her home state of Wisconsin. In addition to being a five-time book author, Candice's work has also appeared in several national and international publications, such as "The Huffington Post" and "Outside Magazine Online." To read her web columns and see samples of her nature photography, visit her website at www.candiceandrews.com and like her Nature Traveler Facebook page at www.facebook.com/naturetraveler.
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Campbell, CA, January 22, 2018 — Dark Horse Consulting, a leading provider of consulting services for the cell and gene therapy industry, today announced the appointment of Katy Spink, Ph.D. as a Managing Partner of the firm. Dr. Spink will join Anthony Davies, Ph.D., CEO and Founder, and Felicity Martin, CPA, Senior Director of Finance and Customer Relations as a member of the newly formed Executive Leadership Team (ELT) of the practice.
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Muneer November 16, 2021, 2:15 am
These celebrities have made enough millions that even if they quit showbiz, they may never have to work another day in their life. However, they're quietly doing regular jobs, aside from their careers as actors or singers. They're definitely more talented than you thought them to be!
Nick Offerman – Woodworker
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The Parks and Recreation fame actor owns a woodshop in L.A. Often when he's not acting, Offerman can be seen crafting home goods for anyone who is interested to purchase them. He also runs a website where he sells anything from tables to custom boats and beds. "I tell people that making things with my hands keeps me out of the pub," he said.
Jeremy Renner – Flips houses
Marvel's very own Hawkeye has been passionate about interior designing from a young age. For the past 15 years, Renner has been buying houses and revamping and remodeling them himself. He has flipped over 20 houses in the past few years.
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The Wolverine megastar Hugh Jackman is a proud coffee shop owner. He launched his own coffee shop outlet in 2011 after a brief visit to Ethiopia, a place famous for coffee. Jackman shared that he was encouraged by a young coffee farmer and launched the company "to provide a marketplace for farmers in developing countries to sell their goods to consumers in the U.S."
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John and Mary Francis are a very sweet couple who met 14 years ago and have been making jewelry together ever since. They're both from the Santo Domingo tribe located in New Mexico. John does most of the silver-smithing and stone cutting, while Mary Francis completes the inlay mosaic work. The first time they met, John saw some of Mary Francis' leftover scrapwork in her house, and knew right then and there that they'd be a great inspiration to each other and would make beautiful pieces of art together!
John first learned jewelry-making when he was about 9 years old from his mother, Terecita. His father passed away at that time, so he began assisting his mother in her artwork. He was also inspired by his Aunt and Uncle, Mary and Albert Coriz, who are well-known Heishi bead makers. He went on to work in plumbing, road construction, and operating heavy machinery while also doing his first love: jewelry-making.
John is a part of the Tribal Counsel and is a leader in his tribe. It's important for him to be available to his people whenever they need him. He embodies respect for all forms of life, no matter how different, and is highly respected in return. He wears his hair long and keeps it tied back as a part of his village's traditions. He has a strong conviction to keep his tribe's traditions alive and to represent his culture to others. Mary Francis describes John as a man who's "always happy and always smiling!".
Mary Francis Coriz comes from a family of well-known artists. She grew up learning the artwork at a young age from both her mother, Mary Lovato, and her famous grandfather, Leo Coriz. She spent a lot of time with her grandfather and took his last name Coriz. Her brothers Anthony Lovato and Issac Coriz are also talented artists. Mary Francis says that her artistic designs are inspired by her sister, Mary Elizabeth, who has since passed away.
Mary Francis went on to college and had a full-time career as a Nurse. But when her two grandchildren came along, she quit her nursing job to help raise her grandkids while their parents work full-time. Both she and John enjoy spending as much time with their grandchildren as possible and encourage them with their schoolwork. Elias, who is 9 years old, and Marianna, who is 7 years old, even get to come with them now and then when they travel to jewelry shows!
Inlay Shell Earrings
Mary Coriz and John Aguilar


Blackella is a little mix of Barbarella, Vampira, Lion-Lady, and Donyale Luna, the first model of color to grace the cover of Vogue.
She is the poster child for my collection of clothing waiting to be born. Maybe that's why she is is either wearing a cool scarf top or maternity wear. Maybe that's why she is mysterious and moving boldly forward.
I have her hanging in my house, a reminder to take an expansive form, and never stop going forward with grace.
Decor Tips: She would look fab really large and also small in multiples like wallpaper would be fairly inspiring.


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The History – and Haunting – of the Howard-Dickinson House
Written by Kay Boothe
Travel | Uncategorized
Story and Photography by Sarah Naron
For the past several years, I've harbored a pretty strong interest in ghosts and locations in which paranormal activity is alleged to take place – which is shocking, considering that as a kid and even a teenager, I was a little wimp who couldn't even make it through a fake haunted house without hyperventilating and making a mad dash for the emergency exit. In my early 20s, though, it was like someone flipped a switch, and I began to embrace all things creepy. My ghost hunting adventures have taken me to various locations in Jacksonville, Jefferson, Galveston, Mineola, Shreveport, and Yorktown.
While the places I visited in the aforementioned cities definitely had their fair share of creepiness, the Howard-Dickinson House in Henderson – one of my most recent stops – takes the cake. At every other supposedly haunted location I've visited, being there just felt normal. I did feel a sense of appreciation for the history that each of the landmarks held, but didn't really experience any type of sensation that made me really believe the place was haunted.
The Howard-Dickinson House was a completely different story.
Walking through much of the house produced no unusual feelings. It simply felt like a lovely, old home with high ceilings, charming fireplaces, and elegant furnishings reflective of the period of time in which the house was in its heyday.
Stepping into one of the basement rooms, however…I immediately felt a change. The air felt heavier. My own body felt heavier. There was no sadness or anger or anything of that sort, I just felt…eerie. And as soon as I left the room and began the trek upstairs to the main floor of the house, that strange feeling faded just as quickly as it had come on.
According to Rusk County Historical Commission Chairwoman Joan Smith – who served as my tour guide during my visit to the Howard-Dickinson House – that very basement harbors a tragic history.
"The story goes that the brothers, Pat and George Howard, were cleaning their guns in the basement, and one of the boys shot the other," Smith explained. "The one that was shot managed to get up the stairs to his mother's bedroom, where he collapsed and died."
On the floor between the bed and the fireplace in the room – which the boys' mother, Martha, shared with their father, Dave – a dark stain alleged to be the blood of the slain George remains to this day.
Late last year, the house was featured on the Travel channel show 'The Holzer Files,' and it was revealed that the younger Howard son, Joseph, committed suicide in the home in September of 1883. His body was interred in the New City Cemetery, which is now known as the Graham Hall Cemetery.
Many strange occurrences have been reported in the house, suggesting that its former inhabitants may still be hanging around in some form. Some of the alleged paranormal activity is attributed to Martha Howard and is said to have taken place in the dining room.
"When the ladies that restored the house were serving dinners in the '70s and '80s – when it was really popular for people to come here to do weddings and showers and teas and things like that – they would set the table with the whole course of silver," Smith explained. "Then, they would serve the dessert with the fork on the plate – which is not how Emily Post said to do it. You're supposed to have the fork already in the service."
As those serving the food passed through the doorway leading into the dining room, Smith said, the forks would inexplicably tumble from the plates and onto the floor.
"It happened numerous times," she said. "So, they decided that that was Martha Howard's ghost telling them that they weren't doing it correctly."
In addition to its purportedly haunted status, the house holds a great deal of historic significance. It was the first brick house to be built in Henderson and was also frequently visited by the Republic of Texas's first president, Sam Houston, who was a cousin of Martha Howard.
According to Smith, the home was built in 1958 by brothers Logan and Dave Howard.
"The Howards were a family of brick masons and carpenters from Richmond VA," Smith said. "They came into Texas through the Port of Galveston and came up here; there were two brothers and a sister. The brothers had this brick making business, so they built the house out of sun-dried bricks that they fired on the place."
In addition to being the first brick house in town, the home was also among the first to be constructed with plaster walls.
"It was built in the Italianite style," Smith said. "All the wood was brought in or milled around here. The beams that crossed through the roof are still there. The supporters for the balcony are cypress, and the original gutters in the house are still there and still working."
At the time in which the house was built, Smith said, the yard would have consisted of no grass, and there were four large cedar trees which are no longer present. The remainder of the vegetation surrounding the home, however, would have been very similar to what it is in the present day.
"Crepe myrtle bushes were popular, and hydrangeas were popular," Smith said. "We don't have very many hydrangeas left, but some of the old flowers are still coming back, like those crepe myrtles."
In 1905, the home was purchased by Katie Dickinson.
"It was a little bit of a scandal, because none of the Howard kids wanted it sold," Smith said. "Ms. Dickinson made the deal kind of under the radar and bought it from the mother, who was older and by herself at that time."
Following the Dickinson family's acquisition of the house, Catherine Dickinson had the home expanded to be used as a boarding house during the Texas Oil Boom.
The house boasts original flooring and a few pieces of original furniture, including an organ which once belonged to Julia Howard.
"When she started taking music lessons, they acquired this organ," Smith said. "It was one that the First United Methodist Church of Henderson had been using."
Many of the furnishings in the dining room, Smith said, were donated to the house by Irene Blank, Julia's daughter.
"She would try to find pieces that she remembered that were like her grandmother's," Smith said.
The Howard-Dickinson House is open to the public for tours and also hosts special events such as wedding and baby showers. Monetary donations are welcome, and all proceeds benefit the preservation of the house.
For more information or to schedule a tour, please call Judy Sewell at 903-657-4985 or 903-235-2781. Sewell may also be reached via email at jaycee4491@gmail.com.
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Q: Cassandra CQL: Filter the rows between a range of values The structure of my column family is something like
CREATE TABLE product (
    id UUID PRIMARY KEY,
    product_name text,
    product_code text,
    status text,//in stock, out of stock
    mfg_date timestamp,
    exp_date timestamp

);

Secondary Index is created on status, mfg_date, product_code and exp_date fields.
I want to select the list of products whose status is IS (In Stock) and the manufactured date is between timestamp xxxx to xxxx.
So I tried the following query.
SELECT * FROM product where status='IS' and mfg_date>= xxxxxxxxx and mfg_date<= xxxxxxxxxx LIMIT 50 ALLOW FILTERING;

It throws error like  No indexed columns present in by-columns clause with "equals" operator.
Is there anything I need to change in the structure? Please help me out. Thanks in Advance.

A: cassandra is not supporting >= so you have to change the value and have to use only >(greater then) and <(lessthen) for executing query.

A: You should have at least one "equals" operator on one of the indexed or primary key column fields in your where clause, i.e. "mfg_date = xxxxx"

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#include "net/third_party/mozilla_security_manager/nsNSSCertificateDB.h"

#include <cert.h>
#include <certdb.h>
#include <pk11pub.h>
#include <secerr.h>

#include "base/logging.h"
#include "crypto/nss_util_internal.h"
#include "crypto/scoped_nss_types.h"
#include "net/base/net_errors.h"
#include "net/base/x509_certificate.h"

#if !defined(CERTDB_TERMINAL_RECORD)
/* NSS 3.13 renames CERTDB_VALID_PEER to CERTDB_TERMINAL_RECORD
 * and marks CERTDB_VALID_PEER as deprecated.
 * If we're using an older version, rename it ourselves.
 */
#define CERTDB_TERMINAL_RECORD CERTDB_VALID_PEER
#endif

namespace mozilla_security_manager {

// Based on nsNSSCertificateDB::handleCACertDownload, minus the UI bits.
bool ImportCACerts(const net::CertificateList& certificates,
                   net::X509Certificate* root,
                   net::CertDatabase::TrustBits trustBits,
                   net::CertDatabase::ImportCertFailureList* not_imported) {
  if (certificates.empty() || !root)
    return false;

  crypto::ScopedPK11Slot slot(crypto::GetPublicNSSKeySlot());
  if (!slot.get()) {
    LOG(ERROR) << "Couldn't get internal key slot!";
    return false;
  }

  // Mozilla had some code here to check if a perm version of the cert exists
  // already and use that, but CERT_NewTempCertificate actually does that
  // itself, so we skip it here.

  if (!CERT_IsCACert(root->os_cert_handle(), NULL)) {
    not_imported->push_back(net::CertDatabase::ImportCertFailure(
        root, net::ERR_IMPORT_CA_CERT_NOT_CA));
  } else if (root->os_cert_handle()->isperm) {
    // Mozilla just returns here, but we continue in case there are other certs
    // in the list which aren't already imported.
    // TODO(mattm): should we set/add trust if it differs from the present
    // settings?
    not_imported->push_back(net::CertDatabase::ImportCertFailure(
        root, net::ERR_IMPORT_CERT_ALREADY_EXISTS));
  } else {
    // Mozilla uses CERT_AddTempCertToPerm, however it is privately exported,
    // and it doesn't take the slot as an argument either.  Instead, we use
    // PK11_ImportCert and CERT_ChangeCertTrust.
    SECStatus srv = PK11_ImportCert(
        slot.get(),
        root->os_cert_handle(),
        CK_INVALID_HANDLE,
        root->GetDefaultNickname(net::CA_CERT).c_str(),
        PR_FALSE /* includeTrust (unused) */);
    if (srv != SECSuccess) {
      LOG(ERROR) << "PK11_ImportCert failed with error " << PORT_GetError();
      return false;
    }
    if (!SetCertTrust(root, net::CA_CERT, trustBits))
      return false;
  }

  PRTime now = PR_Now();
  // Import additional delivered certificates that can be verified.
  // This is sort of merged in from Mozilla's ImportValidCACertsInList.  Mozilla
  // uses CERT_FilterCertListByUsage to filter out non-ca certs, but we want to
  // keep using X509Certificates, so that we can use them to build the
  // |not_imported| result.  So, we keep using our net::CertificateList and
  // filter it ourself.
  for (size_t i = 0; i < certificates.size(); i++) {
    const scoped_refptr<net::X509Certificate>& cert = certificates[i];
    if (cert == root) {
      // we already processed that one
      continue;
    }

    // Mozilla uses CERT_FilterCertListByUsage(certList, certUsageAnyCA,
    // PR_TRUE).  Afaict, checking !CERT_IsCACert on each cert is equivalent.
    if (!CERT_IsCACert(cert->os_cert_handle(), NULL)) {
      not_imported->push_back(net::CertDatabase::ImportCertFailure(
          cert, net::ERR_IMPORT_CA_CERT_NOT_CA));
      VLOG(1) << "skipping cert (non-ca)";
      continue;
    }

    if (cert->os_cert_handle()->isperm) {
      not_imported->push_back(net::CertDatabase::ImportCertFailure(
          cert, net::ERR_IMPORT_CERT_ALREADY_EXISTS));
      VLOG(1) << "skipping cert (perm)";
      continue;
    }

    if (CERT_VerifyCert(CERT_GetDefaultCertDB(), cert->os_cert_handle(),
        PR_TRUE, certUsageVerifyCA, now, NULL, NULL) != SECSuccess) {
      // TODO(mattm): use better error code (map PORT_GetError to an appropriate
      // error value).  (maybe make MapSecurityError or MapCertErrorToCertStatus
      // public.)
      not_imported->push_back(net::CertDatabase::ImportCertFailure(
          cert, net::ERR_FAILED));
      VLOG(1) << "skipping cert (verify) " << PORT_GetError();
      continue;
    }

    // Mozilla uses CERT_ImportCerts, which doesn't take a slot arg.  We use
    // PK11_ImportCert instead.
    SECStatus srv = PK11_ImportCert(
        slot.get(),
        cert->os_cert_handle(),
        CK_INVALID_HANDLE,
        cert->GetDefaultNickname(net::CA_CERT).c_str(),
        PR_FALSE /* includeTrust (unused) */);
    if (srv != SECSuccess) {
      LOG(ERROR) << "PK11_ImportCert failed with error " << PORT_GetError();
      // TODO(mattm): Should we bail or continue on error here?  Mozilla doesn't
      // check error code at all.
      not_imported->push_back(net::CertDatabase::ImportCertFailure(
          cert, net::ERR_IMPORT_CA_CERT_FAILED));
    }
  }

  // Any errors importing individual certs will be in listed in |not_imported|.
  return true;
}

// Based on nsNSSCertificateDB::ImportServerCertificate.
bool ImportServerCert(const net::CertificateList& certificates,
                      net::CertDatabase::TrustBits trustBits,
                      net::CertDatabase::ImportCertFailureList* not_imported) {
  if (certificates.empty())
    return false;

  crypto::ScopedPK11Slot slot(crypto::GetPublicNSSKeySlot());
  if (!slot.get()) {
    LOG(ERROR) << "Couldn't get internal key slot!";
    return false;
  }

  for (size_t i = 0; i < certificates.size(); ++i) {
    const scoped_refptr<net::X509Certificate>& cert = certificates[i];

    // Mozilla uses CERT_ImportCerts, which doesn't take a slot arg.  We use
    // PK11_ImportCert instead.
    SECStatus srv = PK11_ImportCert(
        slot.get(),
        cert->os_cert_handle(),
        CK_INVALID_HANDLE,
        cert->GetDefaultNickname(net::SERVER_CERT).c_str(),
        PR_FALSE /* includeTrust (unused) */);
    if (srv != SECSuccess) {
      LOG(ERROR) << "PK11_ImportCert failed with error " << PORT_GetError();
      not_imported->push_back(net::CertDatabase::ImportCertFailure(
          cert, net::ERR_IMPORT_SERVER_CERT_FAILED));
      continue;
    }
  }

  SetCertTrust(certificates[0].get(), net::SERVER_CERT, trustBits);
  // TODO(mattm): Report SetCertTrust result?  Putting in not_imported
  // wouldn't quite match up since it was imported...

  // Any errors importing individual certs will be in listed in |not_imported|.
  return true;
}

// Based on nsNSSCertificateDB::SetCertTrust.
bool
SetCertTrust(const net::X509Certificate* cert,
             net::CertType type,
             net::CertDatabase::TrustBits trustBits)
{
  const unsigned kSSLTrustBits = net::CertDatabase::TRUSTED_SSL |
      net::CertDatabase::DISTRUSTED_SSL;
  const unsigned kEmailTrustBits = net::CertDatabase::TRUSTED_EMAIL |
      net::CertDatabase::DISTRUSTED_EMAIL;
  const unsigned kObjSignTrustBits = net::CertDatabase::TRUSTED_OBJ_SIGN |
      net::CertDatabase::DISTRUSTED_OBJ_SIGN;
  if ((trustBits & kSSLTrustBits) == kSSLTrustBits ||
      (trustBits & kEmailTrustBits) == kEmailTrustBits ||
      (trustBits & kObjSignTrustBits) == kObjSignTrustBits) {
    LOG(ERROR) << "SetCertTrust called with conflicting trust bits "
               << trustBits;
    NOTREACHED();
    return false;
  }

  SECStatus srv;
  CERTCertificate *nsscert = cert->os_cert_handle();
  if (type == net::CA_CERT) {
    // Note that we start with CERTDB_VALID_CA for default trust and explicit
    // trust, but explicitly distrusted usages will be set to
    // CERTDB_TERMINAL_RECORD only.
    CERTCertTrust trust = {CERTDB_VALID_CA, CERTDB_VALID_CA, CERTDB_VALID_CA};

    if (trustBits & net::CertDatabase::DISTRUSTED_SSL)
      trust.sslFlags = CERTDB_TERMINAL_RECORD;
    else if (trustBits & net::CertDatabase::TRUSTED_SSL)
      trust.sslFlags |= CERTDB_TRUSTED_CA | CERTDB_TRUSTED_CLIENT_CA;

    if (trustBits & net::CertDatabase::DISTRUSTED_EMAIL)
      trust.emailFlags = CERTDB_TERMINAL_RECORD;
    else if (trustBits & net::CertDatabase::TRUSTED_EMAIL)
      trust.emailFlags |= CERTDB_TRUSTED_CA | CERTDB_TRUSTED_CLIENT_CA;

    if (trustBits & net::CertDatabase::DISTRUSTED_OBJ_SIGN)
      trust.objectSigningFlags = CERTDB_TERMINAL_RECORD;
    else if (trustBits & net::CertDatabase::TRUSTED_OBJ_SIGN)
      trust.objectSigningFlags |= CERTDB_TRUSTED_CA | CERTDB_TRUSTED_CLIENT_CA;

    srv = CERT_ChangeCertTrust(CERT_GetDefaultCertDB(), nsscert, &trust);
  } else if (type == net::SERVER_CERT) {
    CERTCertTrust trust = {0};
    // We only modify the sslFlags, so copy the other flags.
    CERT_GetCertTrust(nsscert, &trust);
    trust.sslFlags = 0;

    if (trustBits & net::CertDatabase::DISTRUSTED_SSL)
      trust.sslFlags |= CERTDB_TERMINAL_RECORD;
    else if (trustBits & net::CertDatabase::TRUSTED_SSL)
      trust.sslFlags |= CERTDB_TRUSTED | CERTDB_TERMINAL_RECORD;

    srv = CERT_ChangeCertTrust(CERT_GetDefaultCertDB(), nsscert, &trust);
  } else {
    // ignore user and email/unknown certs
    return true;
  }
  if (srv != SECSuccess)
    LOG(ERROR) << "SetCertTrust failed with error " << PORT_GetError();
  return srv == SECSuccess;
}

}  // namespace mozilla_security_manager

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Montbrió del Camp è un comune spagnolo situato nella comunità autonoma della Catalogna, è situato in una zona piana tra i comuni di Cambrils, Vinyols i els Arcs, Botarell e Mont-roig del Camp.

I principali monumenti sono la chiesa parrocchiale, con un organo barocco, la casa del paese porticata e l'ermita di San Antoni de Pàdua.

Negli anni ottanta dei secolo XX sono stati scoperti pozzi di acqua termale, questo ha permesso negli anni novanta la costruzione della stazione termale Hotel Termes Montbrió.

Sport
A Montbrió del Camp hanno la sede legale i Barcelona Dragons della European League of Football.

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Montbrio del Camp

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Niagara Tulips Ltd. specializes in greenhouse produced hydroponically grown, soil free cut Tulips. We use no pesticides and the plants are clean for shipping.
Established in 2005 it is an international venture combining the knowledge and experience of tulip forcing from the Netherlands in a North American production facility. The Van Hell's bring their experience and skills operating and managing a greenhouse in Canada and the Van Meer's from Holland have many years' knowledge and expertise of field bulb production as well as forcing hydroponic cut tulips in a greenhouse. Bulbs used for production are grown and prepared by Jan Van Meer so there is a continuity of handling from beginning to the end product, for better quality flowers. This brings Dutch quality tulips closer to the North American market reducing product travel time and increasing flower freshness and shelf life for the consumer.
Niagara Tulips started their first season producing 6 million flowers. In the past 5 years there have been continual innovations and improvements in growing and processing systems as well as tripling the growing area, production capability is now 20 million tulips per season.
The growing season begins in the fall and extends to the end of May, ending shortly after Mother's Day.
Tulips are available in a rainbow of colors and Niagara Tulips produces numerous varieties of each color including red, white, purple, yellow, orange and pink as well as several bi-colors.
Orders can be processed as the consumer requests with both wet pack and dry boxes available. Custom bunch sizes and pack sizes are also available. The production facility is located approximately 25 miles from the US border and shipments are transported on climate controlled trucks.


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Emil Fjellström, né le  à Östersund et mort le  à Stockholm, est un acteur suédois.

Filmographie partielle
 1917 : Terje Vigen de Victor Sjöström
 1917 : Le Meilleur film de Thomas Graal (Thomas Graals bästa film) de Mauritz Stiller
 1919 : La Petite Fée de Solbakken (Synnöve Solbakken) de John W. Brunius
 1920 : Le Monastère de Sendomir (Klostret i Sendomir)  de Victor Sjöström
 1924 : La Légende de Gösta Berling (Gösta Berlings saga) de Mauritz Stiller
 1935 : Le Comte de Munkbro (Munkbrogreven) d'Edvin Adolphson et Sigurd Wallén
 1936 : Intermezzo de Gustaf Molander
 1941 : La Première Division (Första divisionen) de Hasse Ekman
 1941 : Lasse-Maja de Gunnar Olsson

Liens externes

Acteur suédois
Naissance en octobre 1884
Naissance à Östersund
Décès en juillet 1944
Décès à Stockholm
Décès à 59 ans


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Joe Montalbano
Joe Montalbano, 64, of Hendersonville, passed away Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014. Funeral Mass will be held at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church at 2 p.m., Friday, Jan. 17. Interment will follow at Hendersonville Memory Gardens. Visitation was Thursday, Jan. 16. Mr. Montalbano was born June 1, 1949, in Bronx, N.Y. He is preceded in death by his wife, Nannette "Nan" Cooke Montalbano; mother, Frances Wagner Montalbano; and brother, David Montalbano. He is survived by his father, Francis Montalbano, of Los Angeles, Calif.; son, Joey Montalbano (Kristy), of Hendersonville; daughter, Laura Resha (Doug), of Hendersonville; brothers, Foster Montalbano (Michelle), of Virginia, Mark Montalbano, Earl Montalbano, and Robert Montalbano; sisters, Joan Nelson (Keith) and Ann Pendleton (Joaquin), all of California; and grandchildren, Jackson Resha, Noah Resha, Corbin Montalbano, Joseph Montalbano, and Mitchell Montalbano. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Edward's Catholic Church, 188 Thompson Lane, Nashville 37211. Online condolences may be submitted at Alexanderfh.info. Alexander Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.


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What's the weather for Mars and Venus? The Hubble telescope has given astronomers a peak. The telescope is serving as an interplanetary weather satellite for studying the climate on Earth's neighboring worlds, Mars and Venus.


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Tennis club has plenty going on
Donabate Portrane Tennis Club is delighted to have its member Jonathan Garcia working with its coach Stephen Murtagh at ou its Junior Summer Social events, this year.
https://www.independent.ie/regionals/fingalindependent/localnotes/tennis-club-has-plenty-going-on-38199507.html
Jonathan has just completed
his first year of studying Athletic Therapy and Training at Merrimack College just outside Boston in the US and currently plays at number two in the team there for singles and doubles.
Junior Summer Socials are a great opportunity for juniors to pick up some valuable tennis tips from Jonathan, and play tennis with their peers.
The Junior Summer Socials will accommodate ages five to eight, nine to 12 and 12 to 18 years in three separate sessions.
As well as the Junior Summer Socials, there will be three weeks of Tennis camps from the middle of July for all ages from five to 18 years.
Junior Socials and Camps are open to members and non-members alike. Visit our www.donabatetennis.com for further information and to book your place.
Meanwhile, the club is expanding.
Construction of its two new courts, and toilet facilities is underway and it hopes they will all be up and running before the end of this summer.
The club is open to new members and has six all-weather courts to play on from before the end of this summer.
There is plenty of organised social play for Adult members, of all levels, and nearly every month there is a social tournament with burgers and drinks in the clubhouse and bar afterwards.
These events are extremely popular and are always great fun! Tennis is a fantastic game for all ages and fitness levels and a great way to meet people.
Teeing off to help the Barrett Boys and raise awareness for EDS
It was a great day on the fairways of Hollywood Lakes Golf Club recently when golfers lined up to tee off in support of the BarrettBoys EDS charity.
The community of Flemington celebrates its 'Pride of Place'
The community in Flemington, Balbriggan is celebrating being chosen to represent Fingal in the Annual IPB Pride of Place competition.
Angela's won a new house!
Balscadden FC held their fantastic 'Win A Dublin Home' raffle recently, which saw the lucky prize winner take home top prize of a brand new €250,000 townhouse in Balrothery.


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Q: Is perfect thermal insulation possible? Supposing someone says they have a sample of insulanium with the following properties:

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*If you make a thermos out of insulanium, it will keep a drink hot or cold forever.

*If you put your hand on a sheet of insulanium, it won't feel hot or cold, because no heat is exchanged with your hand.

*A sheet of insulanium looks like a mirror at all frequencies, because it neither absorbs nor emits radiation.
Is such a material possible? Could you use the above properties of insulanium to design an experiment that would break the laws of physics?

A: I don't see how the existence of insulanium violates any of the laws of thermodynamics :
The 1st Law is a statement that energy is conserved.  But there is no suggestion that energy is being created or destroyed here.
The 2nd Law states that the entropy of an isolated system only increases, never decreases. This is not saying that the entropy cannot stay the same for a very long time. When "forever" is reached, the insulanium will be at the same temperature as the contents of the flask - and/or its surroundings.  The entropy will then have increased.  The fact that it takes "forever" to reach thermal equilibrium is not a violation.  Neither is it being claimed that the insulanium will get colder while the contents get hotter. That would violate the 2nd Law.
The 3rd Law states that any isothermal reversible process always increases entropy, except at absolute zero when $\Delta S=0$. No reversible process is being performed here. So I don't see how this Law applies.
The only thing I can find "wrong" with the description of insulanium is that its properties are not well defined. How long is "forever"? In physics - well, in engineering and technology! - unlike maths, we do not deal with infinities, and we have to be careful about zeros also. "Forever" could mean 10 years, which is far longer than any domestic thermos flask could keep something warm. It could mean 1000 years. That would be incredible, but it is not physically impossible.
Likewise, the tolerance for 100% reflectivity is undefined.  Is this >95% or >99.5% or >99.995% or what?  Even within a stated tolerance, "perfect" reflectivity at all wavelengths might be unrealistic but it is not physically impossible. We define a blackbody as an ideal absorber/emitter at all wavelengths.  Although no real material with this property exists, it would not violate the laws of physics if it did.
Insulanium might have unrealistic properties. It might be highly unlikely that it could ever exist. But as far as I can see it does not violate any laws of physics.

A: I dont think it is possible to make anything 100% reflective although we can get arbitrarily close. The reason may be explained by tunneling by photons. Also,the entropy of an isolated piece of insulanium must increase with time. I think you can see now why such a thing is very very unlikely.

A: No, any material with a finite temperature will release thermal radiation, including mirrors, and it's not possible to make a mirror that's perfectly reflective.
Generally speaking, the best you can do is limit an object to only radiative heat exchange (i.e. no conductive or convective heating) which is why nice thermoses are vacuum-insulated.

A: No, it is not possible. Any material has black body emission which is a distribution of wavelengths across the electromagnetic spectrum. All materials have specific absorption frequencies at which they will absorb a photon. This will result in a transfer of energy from the hotter material to the colder one.

A: According to the three laws of thermodynamics, insulanium cannot make a drink hot or cold forever.
I guarantee you will feel the heat and that it will look almost like a mirror at almost all frequencies.
James Clerk Maxwell, the eminent Scottish physicist, came up with something called Maxwell's Demon (still being studied) that may debunk the second law of thermodynamics and make your proposition come true.
Some scientists have tried bombarding the electrons in matter with lasers to reduce their energy to very close to zero and create absolute zero (0 Kelvin) temperature but they have only been able to get very close to 0 K.


There is general agreement that Ideas about Science are important. But there is much less certainty about how students' understanding might be assessed, and much less experience of doing so.
As in all aspects of science learning, assessment is crucially important because it makes teaching and learning objectives clearer than anything else does. This is not simply the observation that 'teachers teach to the test'. It is the deeper point that any statement about learning objectives has to be operationalised in order to pin it down. We have to say what observable action by the student, perhaps in response to a task we set them, will count as evidence that they have achieved the learning we want them to achieve.
So developing ways of assessing students' learning is not something that can simply be done after the learning objectives have been settled; it is an essential part of the process of clarifying (both for ourselves and others) what our real learning objectives are. In GCSE Science, the Twenty First Century Science project team began this step of operationalising the learning outcomes for 'Ideas about Science'. These learning outcomes are shown in Appendix F of the specification – see the right-hand column of the tables. They say what a student might do to provide evidence of understanding the idea in question.
through coursework (the Case Study and Data Analysis tasks).
Examination questions may ask students to recall or apply specific Ideas about Science, such as "to describe in broad outline the 'peer review' process, in which new scientific claims are evaluated by other scientists" (IaS4.1 in the OCR specification).
Coursework asks students to demonstrate 'skills' that require an underlying knowledge and understanding of Ideas about Science, such as evaluating the quality of scientific evidence in supporting claims made. (Strand B, 8b in the OCR specification).
In order to evaluate sources of evidence critically, students need to draw on their knowledge and understanding of Ideas about Science. For instance, students may identify sources of evidence which have been peer-reviewed as more reliable than those which have not.
Distinguishing between Ideas about Science and the 'skills' that draw on this body of knowledge should encourage the explicit teaching of Ideas about Science. Students can then be helped to identify the Ideas about Science that they should draw on to complete their coursework assessments.


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Fiona Ford is a former ghost writer with a thirst for books and history. As a child she adored listening to her grandfather talk about his time in the navy during World War Two. Although Fiona went on to develop a successful career as a national journalist, she never forgot her passion for the past. Now, Fiona has combined her love of writing with her love of days gone by in The Spark Girl, the first in a series of wartime sagas published by Orion. Find out more at Fiona's website: www.Fionaford.co.uk or follow her on Twitter @Fionajourno.
I've got a confession to make. I probably owe my writing career to the Queen. Yes, her majesty herself inspired my debut novel, because it's this photo of her leaning against an Army vehicle that propelled me to write the historical saga, The Spark Girl.
It tells the story of Kitty who loses the love of her life at the start of World War Two and joins the Auxiliary Territorial Services (ATS), the women's branch of the British Army. However, her new life is far from easy, and when bombs fall on her home town and supposed allies turn against her, Kitty must find the strength to save her family, fix her broken heart and help her country to victory.
Although I've always been a bit of a history nerd, I'll admit I never expected to write a novel set in World War Two. But in 2014, whilst researching an article I was writing for a newspaper, I stumbled across this photo of the queen and discovered she had been a driver for the ATS. Peering at the picture, I found myself wondering about all the other recruits she worked with and what their lives were like. Was the job of driver a bit soft, meaning were the girls allowed to go home at six o'clock for their dinner like our Queen?
In fact I discovered the opposite was true. Most recruits slept twenty to a dorm and worked all hours in all conditions. They drove anything from three-ton trucks to Humber staff cars and dispatch bikes. As for their dinner of toast or Potato Jane if they were lucky, it was a world away from a royal banquet. They could be driving in convoy one minute, or delivering German secrets to Bletchley the next. But as well as driving, something that was frowned upon as it was seen as a man's domain, they had to know how to look after their vehicles, earning themselves the nickname of spark girls! I became intrigued about the kind of work they did and the situations they found themselves in and before I knew it the kernel of The Spark Girl was born.
Of course it was all very well having an idea but what about plot? Characters? This had to be a page turner, something my mum wouldn't dismiss as dull and put it down with a huff of, boring! In short, this was a tall order. So I did what most writers do, I wrote about what I knew. Although none of my family served as drivers in the ATS I had plenty of relatives in World War 2 and had always been particularly struck by this photo of my Great Uncle Arthur ( second row from the bottom, second from the left) who was just nineteen when he joined the Army and served in Iraq. Sadly Arthur died before I was born, but because I had heard so many stories about him, I felt in a funny way that I knew him and making him the romantic hero in my first novel was the perfect way to honour him.
But of course what is love without a backdrop? Again I turned to what I knew and with my family all hailing from the Midlands, I remember one photo that was always pointed out to me - that of Winston Churchill standing in the ruins of Coventry cathedral. If I was going to write about anywhere it had to be Coventry. It suffered more than any other city during the blitz. In fact the damage was so bad the Germans created a new word following the attack; coventrate meaning to destroy.
Now I'm putting the finishing touches to book two, Promises of a Spark Girl and hope that my love of history and passion for those that gave their lives in the war shines through. It really is such a fascinating subject area with stories of hope, intrigue, danger and anguish in the most unexpected of places. Like these photos, I very much hope The Spark Girl gives just a tiny insight into the amazing courage of those that lived during that time.
Thank you, Fiona Ford, for the insight into your writing world!


And we did it again! Working with Agenda is always a pleasure. This was my leaving present after 9 years in London. My journey began with Agenda taking my first professional photograph ( see our journey in pictures HERE! ) and he also ended an era in my life by creating the most beautiful photographs, catching my soul in four amazing pictures.


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Anja Prislan (born 11 December 1985 in Ljubljana) is a Slovenian former tennis player.

In her career, Prislan won seven doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 17 October 2011, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 460. On 7 October 2013, she peaked at No. 289 in the doubles rankings.

On the WTA Tour, Prislan twice played in the doubles main draw of the Slovenia Open.

ITF finals

Singles (0–1)

Doubles (7–16)

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1985 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Ljubljana
Slovenian female tennis players


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The GLIR provides a Guaranteed Withdrawal Payment without requiring you to annuitize your annuity, providing income for life while still allowing the annuitant to maintain complete control of their account value! By adding an annuity that will provide you with a guaranteed stream of income for life, you are building a strong foundation for your retirement portfolio–a foundation that lasts.
Why you may consider "Annuity"
There's no reason to pay taxes on money that you don't plan on spending. A majority of mutual funds turnover is 80%+ of the portfolio annually, therefore crating a lot of taxable short-term capital gains. Annuity tax-deferred growth may boost your overall performance.
For example, one large insurance company offers a 10% rollup for a limited 7 yrs while another provides 6% for 10-20 years. You may pick a joint spousal income or single for a higher percentage. This income rider expense is near one percent per year.
Numerous carriers create an incentive for the initial investment with the agreement to stay with the annuity for the staed duration.
This annuity guaranteed future income that offers an opportunity to create your own pension-like retirement. The owner makes an initial premium payment and sets an income start date in the future, and then receives guaranteed income payment for life.
If you are a saver and have fulfilled the max 401k, then the annuity is the most tax-efficient vehicle for additional deposits. Complement your qualified asset allocation model and a nonqualified fixed annuity interest rate for the downside protection.
Are you afraid of renewing a CD and locking in a new long-term duration to achieve a reasonable rate? Consider the annuity that provides choices such as 10% liquidity without penalty after year one. You can have access to your funds and withdraw on a predictable, gradual basis to spread out the taxable gains.
Bank savings accounts, money markets and credit unions all represent critical parking places for emergency funds and cash. The annuity will provide numerous ideas for better rates, such as the multiyear guarantee, fixed index with potential to achieve higher performance, or a variety of traditional fixed accounts to keep pace with inflation.
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Our software is already a big hit with UK and European brands, and we're excited to be launching Taggstar to US, Canadian and LatAm retailers at NRF 2019!
Following the success of our software with UK and European retail, travel and fast fashion brands, we're launching Taggstar to US, Canadian and LatAm retail brands at NRF.
With some retailers seeing impressive results of up to 12% conversion rate uplift, our social proof software is already a tech favourite with large UK retailers and pure-play eCommerce brands, for its proven power to increase conversions, boost sales and reduce basket abandonment on their online stores.
Today's launch is not the first time Taggstar has been used in The Americas. Our technology, which captures and displays real-time shopping trends, stock data and reviews, is already used on the USA eCommerce site of Taggstar's long-time customers, footwear brand, Hotter Shoes, and on the USA and Canada site for fast fashion retailer, Missguided.
In a world where social influencers, peers and other shoppers have a massive impact on the way that we shop how we buy, we're known to add excitement to the shopping experience. Our messages collect and display real-time trends about what others are buying, what's trending and selling fast. They also show how many of a product are left in stock, fit details, and online reviews to excite and engage customers, and encourage them to buy.
Our NRF launch comes after six successful years, during which we've has become a valued online marketing software for some of the largest UK and European eCommerce websites. Early this year, we also announced new innovation, in partnership with Posterscope. Our messages were used in an impressive Black Friday campaign for Shop Direct's brand Very.co.uk. The brand's digital out of home campaign used Taggstar to display product sales volumes, giving the pure play brand an offline presence on one of the busiest shopping days of the year, and encouraging consumers to buy.
We deliver real-time, social proof product messages for eCommerce. Our messages are statistically-proven to increase conversions by up to 12% for customers including Shop Direct, N Brown, Missguided, TUI Uk & Ireland, In The Style, Hotter and Victorian Plumbing. Taggstar shows the behavior of other shoppers including product popularity, trends, scarcity and reviews, encouraging others to buy. We've received eCommerce award shortlistings for our work with Shop Direct; 2017 nominations by Drapers, Tech.Awards by Retail Week and Retail Systems for our work with N Brown; and 2018 nominations by Tech.Awards by Retail Week and Retail Systems for our work with Missguided.
Download Taggstar's US retail whitepaper 'Boosting eCommerce Conversions in 2019' to use social proof during this year's retail peaks.
James Surowiecki explores the accumulation of information within groups. The results, he argues, are that better decisions are made by groups than could have been made by any single person.
Science tells us why we can't make up our minds. For e-commerce retailers looking to sell to thousands of online customers, faced with hundreds of product choices, this is a problem. How can social proof help them to choose?


One of the main attractions for tourists in Costa Rica is without a doubt its National Parks, in general, 20% of the Costa Rican territory are National Parks and Wildlife Reserves, this means that visitors have easy access to these protected areas, however, the most visited Parks are usually those close to the main tourist sites as is the case of the Central Pacific area where Los Sueños Resort and Marina is located.
In addition to offering a number of luxury amenities, Los Sueños has a privileged location in Costa Rica. The Resort is close to some of the most beautiful beaches and National Parks to discover a great diversity of flora and fauna, ideal for birdwatching, Eco-tourism and everyone that is willing to take an adventure and be immersed in nature.
1) Carara National Park: Located a short drive from Los Sueños, just 2 kilometers from the Tarcoles Bridge (Crocodile Bridge) its name is in the indigenous Huetar language and means ¨River of Crocodiles¨, it has the only transition forest in the Central Pacific and therefore offers flora and fauna from both the dry forest and rainforest . It´s perfect for birdwatching. It is open every day from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the months from May to November and from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the months of December through April. Foreigners pay $10.00 per adult and children $5.00. It also offers Universal Trail for the population with disabilities.
2) Playa Hermosa -Punta Mala National Wildlife Refuge: Located just 5km from Jaco beach town it was created with the objective of protecting the site as a nesting place of the Kemp´s ridley sea turtle. The refuge offers beach, estuaries, flooded forests, lakes and lagoons. Turtles visit this site every year in July and August. Fishing and camping are forbidden in the area.
3) Manuel Antonio National Park: From Los Sueños driving to Manuel Antonio takes a little over one hour. As the most visited national park in Costa Rica, it offers a perfect combination of beautiful beaches and incredible awe-inspiring nature that comes to life as you walk down its different trails. Here you can find endangered species, mangrove, marine habitats and even a lake. It opens from Tuesday through Sunday and has a restriction on the total number of daily visitors. Close to a year ago the Park inaugurated its elevated universal trail ¨El Manglar¨, with a length of 784 meters (2,572 feet) and is 2.4 meters wide (7.87 feet); it was built over a mangrove, hence the name, in an area of the park that wasn't accessible to the tourists in the past and which leads to Espadilla Sur Beach and connects with other existing trails.
4) Marino Ballena National Park: A perfect site for dolphin and whale watching, it is also known for its rock and sand formation in the shape of a whale's tail. The ocean is perfect to swim and visitors that choose to take a whale watching tour also have the opportunity to snorkel.
Make the most out of your stay at Los Sueños Resort and Marina in Los Sueños, schedule your activities and find the ideal tour for you by consulting the experts at HRG Vacations.


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Munasterio 'e Santa Chiara/'O destino è un 45 giri della cantante italiana Iva Zanicchi, pubblicato nel 1977.

Munasterio 'e Santa Chiara è una canzone presentata alla Piedigrotta La Canzonetta 1945 e che ebbe come primo interprete Vittorio De Sica. In Piedigrotta fu cantata da Ettore Fiorgenti.

Entrambi i brani sono inseriti all'interno dell'album Cara Napoli, pubblicato nel dicembre 1976.

Tracce
Lato A
 Munasterio 'e Santa Chiara - 4:35 - (Alberto Barberis - Michele Galdieri)
Lato B
 'O destino - 4:57 - (Tullio De Piscopo - S. Palumbo)

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Netflix shows have a tendency to—how can I put this charitably?—drag their feet for episodes at a time until their viewers inevitably get fed up and just start rewatching season 3 of The Office, but Russian Doll has no such pacing problem, thoughtfully keeping its episodes in and around the 30-minute timeframe. It also helps that this is a fast and whip-smart story, written in its entirety by Lyonne and Headland, who build a world, then find new, funny, and wickedly morbid ways to bring it crashing down on Nadia and Alan over and over again. New problems and new mysteries present themselves well into the show's final moments, until Russian Doll not only represents Netflix's most compelling comedy in quite some time, but also a great sci-fi and maybe even horror show. As it winds down, clearly setting things up for a second (and, reportedly, third) season, we get plenty more questions to busy ourselves with while we wait for an inevitable new installment. By the time there's no more Russian Doll season 1 left to devour, there are still all kinds of wild directions a further story in this world could go. Moreover, Lyonne and Headland have populated it with people I'd like to spend much more time with, thanks.


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Home > Letters | Racism, anti-Semitism
I am trying to discern what Margaret O'Brien Steinfels's column was trying to accomplish ("Racism in America," [1] March 22). Of course stories about conflict deserve fact-checking, and I agree that social media are inflammatory and not the place for deciding who is contrite enough or who can still function in office. But the column's choices of language (such as "evidence of how Black History Month has succeeded in its purpose" and "don't forget or underestimate what has worked") make me wonder if Steinfels ran the column by anyone with significant African or African-American ancestry to check for European-American self-congratulation.
Meanwhile, the city council of my community of Tulsa meets tonight to decide whether to have public hearings about policing reform—a measure resisted by some in city government and law enforcement although, as the Black Wall Street Times points out, "five unarmed black men have been killed as a result of excessive use of force by law enforcement officials in five high-profile cases in Tulsa in the last five years." I suggest that Commonweal columnists study the work of Showing Up for Racial Justice to learn ways of undermining white supremacy that involve a bigger commitment than excerpts from Treemonisha.
Ruth Piatak
Tulsa, Okla.
NOT LOCKED OUT
Brad East ("The Specter of Marcion," [2] February 22) slanders John Locke in asserting that "both Jews and Catholics" were "considered intolerable" in his Letter Concerning Toleration. Neither here nor elsewhere does Locke even hint that Jews should be expelled or oppressed. The Letter's conclusion, furthermore, insists that "neither pagan nor Mahometan nor Jew ought to be excluded from the commonwealth because of his religion," and it earlier affirmed that Jews should not be punished for denying that the New Testament is "the word of God." Although the Letter conveys an array of harshly anti-Catholic statements, finally, it does not explicitly exclude Catholics from toleration.
Peter Minowitz
Professor of Political Science
Santa Clara, Calif.
BRAD EAST REPLIES:
Prof. Minowitz is right. I got it wrong when I wrote, loosely and without qualification, of Locke's intolerance of Jews. In his Letter Concerning Toleration he admirably and justly calls for civil rights to be extended to Jews, including free gathering in synagogues. It seems to me, however, that Locke's treatment in the Letter of atheists and Roman Catholics has logical implications for Jews (as well as Muslims and Anabaptists, though in different ways and for different reasons) that Locke fails, to his credit, to follow through to the end. Those whose commitments sunder society's bonds—whether through lack of faith altogether, allegiance to a foreign head of state, or sabotage of basic goods in common on which the polity depends for its life—are not to be tolerated. On the one hand, laws against such groups have often included the Jews among them. On the other hand, any such laws, particularly when formulated on Christian grounds, will inevitably stumble across the perennial Judenfrage. Locke's answer is on the side of the angels. But does he, or the liberal tradition of which he is a part, have resources sufficient to fund that answer? So that Jews are not a "problem" for the state, a perpetual exception to the rule? Here I demur. But in any case, Prof. Minowitz is correct to call for greater clarity and charity, and I thank him for that.
May 3, 2019 [3]
Source URL: https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/letters-racism-anti-semitism
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from setuptools import setup, find_packages

setup(
    name='thinrest',
    version='2.0.0',
    description='Rest implementation using Tastypie.',
    long_description=open('README.md').read(),
    author='Anurag Agarwal',
    author_email='anurag26@gmail.com',
    url='https://github.com/anuragal/thinrest',
    packages=find_packages(),
    keywords='rest implementation tastypie',
    license=open('LICENSE').read(),
    zip_safe=False,
    install_requires = (
            'Django==1.5.12',
            'django-tastypie>=0.12.2',
            'South>=0.7.6'
        ),
    package_data={b'thinrest.fixtures': ['sample.json']},
    include_package_data=True,
    classifiers=[
        'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha',
        'Environment :: Web Environment',
        'Framework :: Django',
        'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
        'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules'
    ]
)


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Jumaane D. Williams
The Week That Was in New York Politics, August 10-14
photo: Stanley Kubrick via Museum of the City of New York
Gotham Gazette's Week in Review, Friday August 14
PHOTO OF THE WEEK:a Brooklyn street was officially renamed "Do The Right Thing Way," after the iconic Spike Lee movie, via Council Member Jumaane
In Changing District, Cumbo Continues Culture Crusade
Council Member Laurie Cumbo (photo: William Alatriste)
In one of Brooklyn's most rapidly changing districts, where brownstones sell for millions of dollars around the corner from deteriorating public housing complexes, Council Member Laurie Cumbo believes that arts and culture can be a unifying factor.
"The whole purpose of humanity is to create culture and to advance culture. So it can't be separated from all of the other priorities," Cumbo said during an interview in her legislative office. "If you're not