Melina Duterte, aka Jay Som, seems to be bringing something back to pop songwriting. Something that is sadly lacking in so many "pop" albums as of late. Pure songcraft. Not since St. Vincent's debut have I been taken this aback by a new artist. Duterte isn't satisfied with just a good song. She starts with a good song, then builds on the framework and ornaments it into something quite spectacular. She's as DIY as they come; writing, recording, performing, and producing herself like a pro. But at only 22-years old this Oakland native is just starting. If Everybody Works is just starting, then I can't even begin to imagine what hitting her stride will sound like.
Everybody Works succeeds on so many levels. It's a confessional heartbreak album, it's a catchy-as-hell pop album, and it's an expertly constructed art rock. Duterte spares no bells and whistles, yet the album still feels very intimate. "Lipstick Stains" opens the album on this beautiful dream-like note. An airy, lush piece that sounds like a cross between Rufus Wainwright and Cocteau Twins. It's accusatory and longing all at once. "The Bus Song" has a modern pop feel, with bits of Jon Brion production touches and No Joy in pure sweetness mode. "Remain" is an absolute gem of a song. Early 80s alternative shimmers and shines with with Lush-like melancholy. "1 Billion Dogs" sounds like Veruca Salt on a Blake Babies kick. It's all fuzzed-out punk goodness, but with a syrup-y sweet center.
Elsewhere Jay Som confronts an ex-lover in "One More Time, Please" and on "(Bedhead)" she unravels like a warped cassette tape spewing in a Sebadoh-like confessional track. Duterte's voice always remains sweet and innocent throughout these tracks, which adds to the pain she's attempting to exorcise through song. "I'm a good kid/I swear I don't lie" Melina sings in title track "Everybody Works" like a less jaded Liz Phair. There's just the right amount of fuzzy guitar and sweetly sung vocals that make you want go back for another listen. "For Light" ends the album on a dreamy, shoegaze-y note, stretching over 7-minutes of loping drums, gently strummed guitars, and an almost Prince-like soulful mourn. It's a beautiful ending.
Melina Duterte is one of my new favorite songwriters. She puts songs together like a master builder, laying a solid foundation and then building up from there. Ornamenting and arranging these mini-symphonies to put in my ears. She creates these lush sonic worlds with each track.
Everybody Works is a stunning debut from Jay Som. I can't wait to hear what comes next.
You had me at pure songcraft. I'm-a check this out. Thanks!
You need to! It's a great album!
Think you might have sold this one to me. I do like some well crafted proper pop music and this one sounds pretty great. Aside from the Jon Brion reference, there's something here that got me thinking about Fiona Apple (who I also dig)… I'll need to go check this out.
You won't be disappointed. This one's a keeper.


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Das MMS-Protokoll (Microsoft Media Server Protocol) ist ein von Microsoft entwickeltes Protokoll der Anwendungsschicht, das der Übertragung von Multimedia-Streams dient.

Begriffe
Die Abkürzung MMS steht für Microsoft Media Server. Das Protokoll wurde also nach der zugehörigen Server-Software benannt, deren vollständige Bezeichnung Microsoft Windows Media Server lautet und Teil des Softwarepakets Windows Media Services ist (früher Microsoft NetShow Services). Als Client-Software kommt typischerweise der Windows Media Player zum Einsatz. Zusammenfassend spricht man von den sogenannten Windows Media Technologies. Der Computer, auf dem die Server-Software läuft, heißt Streaming Media Server.

Erzeugung einer MMS-Sitzung
Das MMS-Protokoll wird von einem Client gestartet, der einen URL mit dem Präfix "mms://" verarbeiten will. Er baut zunächst eine TCP-Verbindung zu Port 1755 des Servers auf, um seine IP-Adresse und einen selbst gewählten UDP-Port zu übermitteln. Daraufhin erzeugt der Server einen UDP-Socket und verbindet ihn mit dem gewünschten Port des Clients. Die Übertragung der Multimediadaten erfolgt dann über diese UDP-Verbindung (MMSU), während die TCP-Verbindung für Steuerungsbefehle genutzt wird. Es kann jedoch vorkommen, dass die UDP-Verbindung von einer Firewall verhindert wird. In diesem Fall kann der Client die Übertragung der Multimediadaten ebenfalls über die für diesen Zweck jedoch weniger gut geeignete TCP-Verbindung anfordern (MMST). Wenn auch das fehlschlägt, muss die dritte Möglichkeit genutzt werden, bei der die Kommunikation über HTTP erfolgt. Dieser Vorgang, bei dem die passende Protokollvariante ausgehandelt wird, bezeichnet man auch als "protocol rollover". Aufgrund der besseren Echtzeiteigenschaften wird die MMSU-Variante dabei stets bevorzugt, hier besteht auch die Möglichkeit, verlorene Pakete erneut anzufordern, falls genug Zeit vorhanden ist. Die ersten MMS-Pakete bei Sitzungsaufbau enthalten an Offset=12 die Kennung "MMS".

Windows-Media-Formate
 Das "Advanced Streaming Format" (.asf) ist das für die Multimediadaten erforderliche Dateiformat. Darin kann ein Stream in unterschiedlichen Kompressionsraten bereitgehalten werden, wodurch eine bessere Bandbreitenanpassung ermöglicht wird.
 Die "Advanced Stream Redirector metafiles" (.asx) ermöglichen Hyperlinks auf Streams und die Spezifikation mehrteiligen Inhalts, realisieren also Playlists. Sie enthalten auch Regeln für den "protocol rollover"-Mechanismus.
 Die "Microsoft Windows Media Station metafiles" (.nsc) dienen der Unterstützung von Multicasting und beschreiben eine Art Kanal, auf welchen der Client ähnlich wie auf einen Fernsehkanal zugreifen kann.

Anpassung an die Bandbreite
Der Client einigt sich mit dem Server zunächst auf ein Qualitätsniveau der Übertragung, das zur vorhandenen Bandbreite passt. Voraussetzung dafür ist die Verwendung einer ASF-Datei, die den Stream zu unterschiedlichen Datenraten kodiert bereithält. Falls später die Bandbreite nachlässt, kann der Client zusätzlich den Stream dynamisch ausdünnen, wobei eine kontinuierliche Anpassung von "full frames" bis hinunter zu "key-frame only" möglich ist. Bei solcherart reduzierter Bandbreite hat dann stets der Ton die Priorität vor dem Bild. Verbessern sich die Bandbreitenbedingungen anschließend, so kann die Video-Bitrate wieder bis zum Optimum aufgestockt werden. Diese Möglichkeiten, den Datenstrom an eine veränderliche Bandbreite anzupassen, werden unter dem Begriff "Smart Streaming" zusammengefasst.

Unicast und Multicast
Wird der Server im Unicast-Modus betrieben, so ist für jeden Empfänger eine eigene Verbindung nötig, und die Daten müssen jedes Mal erneut gesendet werden. Der Client kann den Datenstrom dann "on-demand" empfangen, hat also die Kontrolle über den Abspielvorgang (zum Beispiel Start, Stopp, Pause oder Suchlauf), vergleichbar mit einem Videorekorder. Multicasting dagegen bedeutet, dass viele Empfänger gleichzeitig den einmal gesendeten Datenstrom empfangen können. Dazu muss das Netzwerk multicast-fähig sein und der Server im Multicast-Modus betrieben werden. Man spricht in diesem Fall auch von Broadcast-Empfang, vergleichbar mit dem Empfang eines Fernsehprogramms, das heißt, der Empfänger kann den Abspielvorgang nicht kontrollieren. Der Vorteil besteht dann in einer erheblich geringeren Beanspruchung des Netzwerks.

HTTP-Streaming
Beim HTTP-Streaming kann das URL-Präfix zwar ebenfalls "mms://" lauten, es handelt sich aber im Gegensatz zu dem in diesem Artikel beschriebenen MMS-Streaming um eine grundsätzlich andere Technologie, bei der man anstelle der "Windows Media technologies" HTTP bzw. einen HTTP-Server verwendet, der um einige Funktionen erweitert wurde, um bessere Echtzeiteigenschaften zu erhalten. Dies ist aber nicht zu verwechseln mit der oben beschriebenen Methode des MMS-Streamings über HTTP.

Herunterladen
Normalerweise ist das dauerhafte Speichern von den über das MMS-Protokoll empfangenen Multimedia-Dateien nicht möglich und auch nicht erwünscht, daher wurde die genaue Spezifikation des MMS-Protokolls auch lange Zeit von Microsoft geheim gehalten (Veröffentlichung der Protokollspezifikation am 8. Februar 2008, Newseintrag von SDP Multimedia vom 27. März 2008). Dennoch existieren neben dem SDP Downloader und einigen anderen wie beispielsweise Nettransport oder auch dem Player VLC diverse freie Programme, mit denen das Speichern von Streams möglich ist.

Quellen
 Protokollspezifikation
 Funktion des Streaming Media-Servers: Konfigurieren eines Streaming Media-Servers
 Windows Media Technologies Application Development
 Firewall and NAT Support for Streaming over MMS

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks
 The SDP Multimedia website (SDP Downloader)

Internet-Anwendungsprotokoll
Microsoft
Microsoft Windows

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Wrongly imprisoned Republican demands probe of Dem prosecutor
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The Obama administration targeted sole proprietors and small businesses in the real estate industry after the crash of 2008, while letting the big banks off the hook with bailouts. One of most horrific cases involved Republican real estate broker Tony Viola, who served nine and a half years in prison as a juicy target of Ohio Democratic prosecutor Dan Kasaris. Viola was convicted of supposedly tricking banks into offering mortgages with no money down. But in reality, the banks were knowingly offering those loans – evidence the prosecution withheld from him.
Viola only got out of prison due to an employee of the prosecution, Dawn Pasela, becoming so disgusted with the suppression of evidence showing the banks weren't tricked and other corruption such as missing computers full of evidence that she changed sides, helping Viola conduct a successful appeal pro se from prison.
But nothing happened to Kasaris or the federal prosecutor involved, Mark Bennett. Pasela's parents, Edward and Karen Pasela, who have remained fairly quiet until now, are so outraged that they participated in a press conference with investigative journalist Brian Douglas last month exposing what happened in Viola's case and how bad corruption is in the Ohio criminal justice system.
Douglas put together Viola's story in a two-part series, which included former colleagues of Viola's testifying to his impeccable character. For his efforts, Douglas was threatened with a lawsuit by Kasaris' attorney, which Douglas included in his investigation so people are aware of the intimidation. Douglas has been forced to hire his own attorney.
Pasela was threatened by several FBI agents with prosecution if she did not leave the state and avoid testifying. They said they would bring charges against her for violating an NDA — but she never signed an NDA.
Pasela was found dead the day she was supposed to testify in court in Viola's defense for the first time, and it was blown off as alcohol poisoning with no real investigation. The parents of Pasela want a full investigation into their daughter's death.
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Why does NDC matter to my travel business?
Tim Rogers · August 2020
Nearly all travel businesses - from small local travel agents to global business travel management companies (TMCs) - use a global distribution system (GDS) to search, book and manage flights for their customers.
Since the 1970s, most airlines have worked with these GDSs like Amadeus, Sabre and Travelport to sell their flights through third-party travel sellers.
Behind the scenes, the GDSs connects to each airline's reservation system (known as a passenger service system, or PSS) using an ancient data standard invented in the 1980s called EDIFACT.
Viewing flight availability from Athens to London using Amadeus
Since the early 2010s, airlines have started moving towards a new data format called New Distribution Capability (NDC), spearheaded by the airlines' trade body, IATA.
This move to NDC means big changes for travel sellers along with great opportunities for them to improve their customer experience - for example with rich content and a wider range of ancillaries.
But it's not just about fancy new features for today. NDC fundamentally democratises the travel industry. It wrestles away control from the GDSs and allows new players to enter the market, enabling a faster pace of innovation for the future.
In this article, the first post in our new series "The A to Z of NDC", we won't try to answer the complicated, controversial question of why airlines invented NDC.
Instead, we'll focus on what matters for you as a travel business: the benefits of NDC, and how you can take your first steps into this new world.
The benefits of NDC
1. You can provide a richer customer experience
Through NDC, airlines are able to expose higher quality data about their products services than through the GDS, often known as "rich media".
Instead of travellers just seeing a brand, a time and a price when they book, NDC enables you as a travel seller to surface information about in-flight amenities and even pictures and videos of the travel experience, bringing a richer customer experience.
In the future, airlines plan to go further with this richer customer experience. One key area to watch is personalisation - soon, we can expect to see special prices targeted at customers based on their loyalty to an airline and "bundles" tailored to a particular corporate's needs.
2. You can sell a wider range of paid extras
Just a decade ago, your plane ticket always included a checked bag, a meal and your choice of seat. Over the last few years, airlines have "unbundled" their fares, cutting their headline prices and turning what were included features into paid extras, often known in the industry as "ancillaries".
These paid extras are easy to buy on the airline's website, but are rarely sold by third-party travel sellers. This is because GDSs have found it hard to evolve their legacy technology to support these new products.
Using NDC, airlines can offer extra baggage and seat reservations, plus a range of new paid extras that they haven't been able to provide in the past. For example, Lufthansa Group sells lounge access vouchers and British Airways allows passengers to pre-purchase paid meals.
These new products don't just allow travel sellers to offer more choice to their customers - they're also a new source of revenue. Singapore Airlines, for example, promises "incentives for every ancillary sold through the NDC channel".
3. You can get access to lower fares
Airlines offer many fares for the same flight to give travellers flexibility - depending on your needs, you can pick a cheap fare with no flexibility or an expensive fare which is changeable and refundable.
Fares are grouped into different "families" or "brands" with common characteristics - for example a Light fare which doesn't include checked baggage and offers no flexibility to change or cancel.
Some airlines have begun to withdraw their cheapest fare families from the GDSs to encourage travel sellers to make the switch to NDC. Airlines aren't forced to make these changes by the technology stack - it's a commercial decision.
Lufthansa Group no longer offers its lowest-cost "Light" fares, restricting them to the NDC channel and the airlines' websites.
British Airways and Iberia are rolling out the same change, and plan to remove these fares from all routes by the end of 2020.
If you want to offer the lowest prices - especially for leisure travellers - you'll need to make the jump to NDC.
4. You can avoid airlines' new GDS surcharges
When a travel seller books through a GDS, the airline pays a fee to the GDS for handling the booking.
These fees have a big impact on carriers' margins. According to data from 2015, Lufthansa Group pays around €18 per passenger per booking to the GDSs, totalling €350m per year. This compares to a cost of just €2 per booking when passengers book through the Group's websites.
Since 2015, as airlines' margins have tightened, they have started to pass these extra costs on to travel sellers through the use of "GDS surcharges":
Lufthansa Group (including Austrian, Brussels Airlines, Lufthansa and Swiss): €16 per ticket, introduced in 2015
British Airways and Iberia: £11 per fare component (translating roughly to £11 each way), introduced in 2017
Air France and KLM: €11 each way, introduced in 2018
Singapore Airlines: $12 USD per ticket, launching in 2021
Airlines are using both carrots and sticks to switch travel sellers to NDC. This is the big stick.
If you're a travel business, unless you make the switch to NDC, these surcharges will hit you somewhere.
Either you'll have to pass the higher costs onto customers, making your prices uncompetitive, or you'll have to swallow the costs and see your margins hit.
Getting started with NDC
There are two ways to get access to NDC content:
Build direct integrations with airlines' systems, one airline at a time
Work with a technology provider who handles the individual airline connections for you
For most travel businesses, building direct integrations will not be a great option. Each integration takes three to six months to build, and over time, you will need to maintain these integrations and keep them up to date.
Tech providers can do much of the heavy lifting for you and make it easier to adopt NDC. So what are your options when it comes to tech providers?
The traditional GDSs - including Amadeus, Sabre and Travelport - plan to eventually support the new standard, but NDC content isn't yet widely available through any of these providers.
NDC is an open standard, which has opened up the world of distribution to new players like Travelfusion, AirGateway and Duffel.
Why Duffel?
With Duffel, you can build one integration and get access to NDC content from more than 20 airlines, including British Airways, Lufthansa, Iberia and Singapore Airlines.
Once you're connected, you can turn on new airlines (complete with ancillaries!) in one click.
Our developer-first approach means that you can make your first booking with our API within minutes and finish your integration in days, instead of spending months per airline.
If you aren't an IATA/ARC accredited travel agent, you can still work with us.
Want to give Duffel a try? Check out our API documentation, then create your account and get access to our sandbox in less than 60 seconds.
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Time to start some Holiday Crafting? I will be offering this workshop to a few enthusiastic crafters on November 25th. Join me to create this Festive Reverse Burlap Panel. Working with Sizzix die cuts, we will layer and create a Woodland Winter scene. Distress this rugged panel so that you can display during the holidays or gift away. Learn some techniques to create on future projects.
If you would like to join me click the Calendar for class details and to reserve your spot. Click on the class description and scroll through the details. Sign up is at the bottom.
There are a limited number of spaces available. I am considering a day and night workshop if I have enough interest. There will also be an Emerald Creek Craft mini Pop Up Store providing a limited amount of supplies we will use in the class for your shopping convenience.
Thank you Anne.. I would love to create with you! You should make a trip to Canada!
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WORCA getting vocal After a concerted membership drive over the course of the summer, the Whistler Off Road cycling Association has become a political force to be reckoned with. Membership numbers swelled from just over 20 last spring to 245 at the end of the summer. At the WORCA annual general meeting last week, about 30 members voted to support the executive — returning the board of directors for a second term and an expanded mandate to go forth and be vocal. While other service clubs in the valley may have dozens of members, WORCA is well on track to 300 members. Two of the biggest issues facing the group are development, which threatens some of Whistler's oldest trails, and a lack of commitment to trail maintenance by the thousands of riders using the local trail network. WORCA communications director Grant Lamont says the group is going to get talking — to politicians and to riders. "WORCA is a large and vocal group and people are going to start to hear us regarding our rights as recreational users," says Lamont. He will be joined on the executive by president Al Grey, social director John Bland, secretary Bob Lorriman membership director John Barber and competition and social director Stacie White. For the first time ever, WORCA held its AGM in the fall, giving the board of directors a mandate to get to work on political matters, such as trail advocacy and access, and to pursue ways to raise funds for trail maintenance. The smooth selling voice of Barber has been the main reason for the increase in membership, as he has co-ordinated information and membership booths at numerous mountain bike events this summer. WORCA got involved in the local Loonie Race scene, putting together a race calendar and providing race organizers with insurance. "The Loonie Races pretty well take care of themselves," says Lamont. "We have to get some of the people that show up to the races to get responsible and start showing up for some trail maintenance nights." The state of local trails is not that great as legions of riders ride them every day, yet only a dedicated fraction of those riders show up for trail maintenance workshops. "The meat and potatoes of what we are gong to be doing is trail access and trail maintenance," Lamont says. "With the amount of growth we have experienced it is time to get that membership organized and mobilized to protect and enhance the trails that we already have, because building new ones is a lot harder than protecting the ones we have." WORCA is also going to be looking for more youth involvement and may find enough sponsors to potentially hire students to maintain trails next summer.


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John Freeman (born 1974) is an American writer and a literary critic. He was the editor of the literary magazine Granta until 2013, the former president of the National Book Critics Circle, and his writing has appeared in almost 200 English-language publications around the world, including The New York Times Book Review, the Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, and The Wall Street Journal. He is currently an executive editor at the publishing house Knopf.

Early life
John Freeman was born in Cleveland, Ohio, grew up in New York, Pennsylvania and California, and graduated from Swarthmore College in 1996.

Career
Freeman's first book, The Tyranny of E-mail: The Four-Thousand Year Journey to Your Inbox, was published in 2009. (It was published in Australia under the title Shrinking the World: The 4,000-year story of how email came to rule our lives.) Freeman's second book, a collection of his interviews with major contemporary writers titled How to Read a Novelist, was published in the US in 2013 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. (It was originally published in Australia in 2012.) The book features profiles of Margaret Atwood, John Updike, Geoff Dyer, Toni Morrison, Haruki Murakami, and others.

During his six years on the board of the National Book Critics Circle, Freeman launched a campaign to raise awareness of the cutbacks in book coverage in national print media and to save book review sections.

Freeman joined the UK-based Granta magazine in December 2008, became acting editor in May 2009, and he was named its editor in October 2009. While at the magazine, he edited Mary Gaitskill, Kenzaburō Ōe, Rana Dasgupta, Dinaw Mengestu, Peter Carey, Jeanette Winterson, Natsuo Kirino, Victor LaValle, Herta Müller, Daniel Alarcón, Wole Soyinka, Aleksandar Hemon, Salman Rushdie, Yiyun Li, Tony D'Souza, Colum McCann, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, George Saunders, Marie Darrieussecq, Joshua Ferris, Aminatta Forna, Jim Crace, Richard Russo, Kamila Shamsie, Mo Yan, A. L. Kennedy, Mohsin Hamid, and Chimamanda Adichie. Writers who debuted in Granta during Freeman's tenure include Chinelo Okparanta, Phil Klay, Claire Vaye Watkins, and Maria Venegas. Freeman left Granta in 2013.

Freeman edits a series of anthologies of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry entitled Freeman's, published by Grove/Atlantic. The first anthology appeared in October 2015, with new anthologies published once a year. Explaining his vision for Freeman's, he says: "I want it to be a home for the long form... I hope it introduces new writers, and coaxes great ones to do something other than book-length writing." His anthologies are now published yearly and are currently translated into Italian, Chinese, Romanian and other languages.

His book of poetry, Maps, was published in 2017. The Park, his second book of poems, was published in 2020.

Freeman was on the juries for the 2018 National Book Award for nonfiction and the Scotiabank Giller Prize.

Between 2014 and 2020, he edited a trilogy of anthologies about inequality, including Tales of Two Cities, Tales of Two Americas, and Tales of Two Planets.  During this time, he also he served as executive director of Literary Hub.

Freeman edits a yearly poetry anthology for the Italian press Edizioni Black Coffee, along with the Italian translator Damiano Abeni. The series is called Nuova poesia americana and includes poems by six different poets (in the first volume of the series, Freeman and Abeni chose Tracy K. Smith, Terrance Hayes, Layli Long Soldier, Robin Coste Lewis, Natalie Diaz and Robert L. Hass). A new volume will be published yearly in December.

He is an artist-in-residence at New York University and a contributing editor of ZYZZYVA Astra Magazine and Orion Magazine.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, he started a California Book Club with Alta magazine, which reads and discusses a work of significant literature from or about California on a monthly zoom call. Guests have included Walter Mosley, Maxine Hong Kingston, Natalie Diaz, and Héctor Tobar, among others.

Freeman joined the publishing company Knopf as an executive editor in 2021.

Personal life
Freeman lives in New York City.

Bibliography

Nonfiction

Poetry

As editor

Books Only in Italian

 Nuova poesia americana, volume II. Florence: Edizioni Black Coffee. 2020. .

Selected poems available online

References

Further reading
Jane Ciabattari, "3 Questions for Granta Editor John Freeman", Critical Mass (National Book Critics Circle), October 12, 2009.
Radhika Jones, "Uncommon Readers – John Freeman and Nicole Aragi's combined library is the happy merging of bookishness as vocation and avocation", Book Forum, December/January 2008.
Roy Robins, "An interview with John Freeman", Granta, June 8, 2009.
Rosemary Sorensen, "An American in London", The Australian, May 1, 2010.
Clare Swanson, "Four Questions for John Freeman", Publishers Weekly, August 6, 2014.
Conrad Walters, "Late mail on writing", The Age, November 21, 2009.
John Freeman page at Simon & Schuster.
Ron Charles, "From Granta to 'Freeman's'", The Washington Post, July 1, 2014.

External links

 Granta
 National Book Critics Circle
 John Freeman Maps on Youtube.com

1974 births
21st-century American non-fiction writers
Granta people
Living people
Presidents of the National Book Critics Circle
Swarthmore College alumni


Pasto, July 27 – GGGI with the support of the Norwegian Embassy and the Governor's Office of the Department of Nariño, carried out the second workshop out of the four series workshops planned on capacity building for the mainstreaming of green growth objectives at the local level. The workshop gathered public and private stakeholders that gained knowledge on the recently approved Green Growth Policy, acquired skills on bieoconomy and circular economy, and participated in the identification of projects for Nariño on these green growth opportunities. With this workshop, Nariño advances in strengthening local capacities and the promotion of green growth potential to develop initiatives and investments that will enhance productivity and competitiveness, primarily in areas with increased environmental degradation and forest cover loss.
More than 100 participants attended the workshop from the academic community, business associations, entrepreneurs, civil society, journalists and public officials and international cooperation institutions. Round tables were facilitated among these stakeholders to identify potential projects in Nariño on bioeconomy and circular economy previously prioritized as strategic opportunities for the region. Additionally, the round tables aim to promote an interactive dialogue and find synergies among stakeholders.


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ALLIPHA 'Freak Inside' Single Launch with FLOSS, Kye
With powerhouse vocals, captivating lyrics, and a killer band at her back, ALLIPHA is an emerging singer-songwriter making waves in the Melbourne music scene. Expect to be drawn in by her original blend of rock and soul, and with a splash of 60s and 70s ballad-y goodness thrown in for good measure - don't be surprised if you can't resist the urge to boogie! Following the success of her first single, "Minds On Fire", fans are eagerly awaiting the follow up release in March, with a fresh debut EP not far away either. As well as supporting artists such as Samsaruh, Brayden Sibbald and Rya Park, ALLIPHA has also been working with Callum Howell - renowned producer, engineer and mixer of Ocean Alley. "Breathy and sweet, it feels like (she's) stepped onto the internet from another era" – Tommy Faith (Triple J Unearthed) Straight from the heart and packing a punch, ALLIPHA has carved out a sound that is all her own, one that is sure to leave a lasting impression on audiences for years to come.
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Been a minute or two since we last heard from HidNTrackz – it's about time! We last checked his music back in the first-half of 2016…and now he's here with the Industry Standard for ya. After all this time? JUST the standard, for real? He's being humble homies, I assure you – he brings much more to the mic than most emcees out there and proves that correct with a solid line-up of thirteen cuts on his brand-new Hip Hop record. Good to have the man back in action, he's a born entertainer.
Plus he's got a genuine love & respect for REAL Hip-Hop…the kind that allows an artist like HidNTrackz to roam through a versatile palette of sounds that display an authentic love of the game. "WORKFLOW (Intro)" pumps out a massive vibe…metaphorically representing that break-out sound of an emcee shedding the 9-5 and coming into his own as an artist. Puttin' the passion forth immediately, you can hear the determination in HidNTrackz from moment one and he continues to turn up the heat from there, bar after bar. It's the impact you wanna make in that comeback…I mean, I've been givin' him a hard time about the length of time it's been, but for real, it's only been three years and you can hear the evolution in him as he confidently strolls through "WORKFLOW (Intro)" and starts his new record right.
Bringing in the posse to collaborate on "Hip Hop," vocalist Dee Payne and guitarist Ben Trexel show up for the first time of two appearances for both of these featured guests on Industry Standard. HidNTrackz puts major personality & character into the mic on his bars throughout this cut – moments like these that show up throughout the record reveal the star quality the man truly has. With precision movements, style, and swagger you can hear from the lefts to the rights, background to lead, "Hip Hop" celebrates what Hip Hop is about with no limitations or pressure to conform to whatever else is out there. Face facts – it's not often you find Hip Hop with a soulful guitar-solo in the mix right? It's one of several ways that HidNTrackz pushes the boundaries to a wider accessibility & potential in his material. "Hip Hop" celebrates the art of the wordsmith on a couple levels…lyrically for sure, HidNTrackz always has something interesting to say to us, but also in how much of a role the words play in the melody & movement. Have a real close listen to the music – it's minimalist as it gets pretty much, leaving it up to the main man on the mic to make the magic happens, and I think he does an exceptional job of using a maximum amount of space to his advantage in this collabo with Dee Payne & Ben Trexel in the mix.
Just looking for the "Money & Power" you know? Aren't we all? The main star of the show switches up the expectations and goes in the opposite direction, creating a really grounded & realistic cut that speaks truth instead of just another flashy cut about making paper-stacks like so many emcees tend to do. Instead, HidNTrackz embraces that real Hip Hop spirit once again by choosing to use the mic in an effort to inform, educate, and create awareness, personal enlightenment, and ultimately, change. Gripping in its subtle intensity, you dig right into the narrative he's spittin' on this cut and take the story right in…I think it'll give a lot of people some added insight into what HidNTrackz is all about fundamentally. I'm also assuming he'll get this trimmed up for the official release of the record, he's got about a minute of silence at the end of "Money & Power." Just giving the man a hard time for no reason, I know there's still a few more changes to come before the record comes out and besides, it gives me a few seconds of clarity to type, so I'm cool with the extra space to think…for now. Without a doubt some of my favorite lyrics on the new record, "Money & Power" also has a killer mix with BIG sound comin' at ya and hooks in the chorus that deliver. You'll hear in the innovative flow of HidNTrackz that he's got that modern-day poet approach – he'll get across what he wants to say plenty clear, believe that, but he'll also do it all with tangible style.
"Let's Go" flashes an instantly appealing sound. HidNTrackz really digs on those bright & colorful hooks for the chorus, and I'd argue he's found a perfect atmosphere to bring that sweetness in their harmony to the surface on this cut. The contrast in energy between the laid-back approach to the chorus and the wildness he brings to the m-i-c in the verse works brilliantly…as HidNTrackz transitions between each of the song's main parts, each of those moments makes a noticeable impact. And just like you're listening to your favorite part of the song continually one-up itself from beginning to end, "Let's Go" gives your ears that pure entertainment & uplifting sound that completely connects. Loved the vibe & sound of the music he's working with on this cut and it felt like there couldn't have been a thing more you could have asked of the song's main star in terms of performance. He's got the spirit, energy, and enthusiasm on "Let's Go" that naturally draws us in to listen; initially it was the impressive bars of the verses that pulled me in personally, but the more I turned this track up, the more I really started to dig on the colorful harmonies and chill approach to the chorus hooks as well. Bottom line is, HidNTrackz has created a single-worthy cut with this one for sure, just as appealing for its attitude, mood, and overall vibe as it is for his performance on the m-i-c and excellent sound of the music along with it.
A track like "Do What You Do" featuring Michael Young is a perfect example of just how much a record like this might be called the Industry Standard, it's evolved far beyond what that title might imply. This is a pure example of HidNTrackz opening up the doors for his music even further, adding savage amounts of crossover potential to the sound and challenging himself as an artist – respect! He comes out with a massive win on "Do What You Do," no doubt about it…and once again, I bet it comes within a style & sound of music you might not expect. A massively successful hybrid experience, the first kick-in to the rock-inspired sound of the chorus is enormously powerful; switching between the playful approach & sound of the Hip Hop verses into the bold guitars and singing…seriously, it's extremely badass & gripping to listen to. I'm not entirely sure that Michael Young is the infamous Michael Young aka 'The Subway Singer' discovered on America's Got Talent…but I'm thinking it's definitely possible it is. In either event, the soulful sound of the chorus really does hit home spot-on, and overall, it allows a track like "Do What You Do" to do something decidedly different with the music of Industry Standard. There's an uplifting & inviting sound to the bars & vibe in the sweet guitar hooks playing along with HidNTrackz, and Young completely hits a home-run in amongst massive drums and giant guitars playing.
Taking you into the back-alley to verbally beat on ya, "Bisssh Be Gone" comes out sounding large & in-charge…HidNTrackz is solo on the mic here on this cut but it sounds like he's got an entire army of lyrical thugs alongside him, ready to drop bars on fools in a full-on confrontation that might just get LOUD yo. And that's if you're LUCKY anyhow…HidNTrackz clearly don't have time for fools, you'll be fortunate to escape a "Bisssh Be Gone" in you try to enter his spot at the club if he spends any time on you at all, you dig? Point is, he's bringing extra attitude into the mix on "Bisssh Be Gone," stylistic & slick through his delivery but ultra-sharp when it comes to the direction of his lyrics. In a way, there's a more lighthearted feel through this savage set of lyrics even though their more pointed towards the intended victims, but I think you can hear HidNTrackz having a bit more fun in the thick of this vibe as well. Ultimately, this cut's about fake ladies and hangers-on, those people that think they know something about someone from social media without having a clue as to what makes someone really tick. HidNTrackz has really used background vocals to his advantage to supply punch, personality, and emphasis in all the right spots – "Bisssh Be Gone" is another solid example of what happens when this emcee turns up the mischief & mayhem just a lil' bit more.
"The real McCoy" breaks out bars and makes an impact with his precision & movements on "BENT" – HidNTrackz creates a massive club cut that hits the mark spot-on here. The ice-like sound hanging suspended in the atmosphere is extremely relevant for the right here & now – he represents where he's from on "BENT" while he turns the party-mode up to the extreme in the intensity of the chorus hooks. The gigantic synth-sounds that turn up for the biggest moments of "BENT" also deserve a massive shout-out – that's a moment to remember and one you can truly feel, right from the moment you hear them show up immediately in the intro, to the next time they come in to dominate the vibe on the way into the second minute with the chorus hooks. Strong enough to make "BENT" the buzzword of the year, HidNTrackz flexes verbal finesse and crafts his words perfectly on this cut – representing his hometown of Birmingham, Alabama front & center. Not much else can be said other than to point out the obvious, HidNTrackz completely dominates this cut and lights up "BENT" with flash, flair, and innovative flow, working with a highly enticing beat and atmosphere designed perfectly to make a huge impact. No doubt about the single-worthy potential of this song and the fact that DJs in clubs worldwide will want to start adding this to their set & remixing it up…definitely a chance for this song to lead many lives – I'd be shopping this one around out there in the scene for sure homie.
Things get dark for a minute here on "Last Breath" – damn homie! But man, this works BIG TIME. The smart mix on the vocals makes HidNTrackz sound like he's six feet under or like it's the sound of the voice that he hears in his own mind…it's an extremely smart move that is highly effective in pulling us in to listen here. The shouts of "I can't breathe" break through with more clarity, stressing that urgency in that feeling…I mean, this is a next-level track when it comes down to the focus HidNTrackz is putting into this cut from the theme & concept to the execution. Continually a highlight on this record no matter how many times I spun it, "Last Breath" shows a mastery of atmosphere, mood, and understand the vibe of the music – he's let the sound of this song dictate where it brought him to on a lyrical level, and that's always the smartest of moves. The atmosphere on this track damn near suffocates you…on those first couple listens, you pretty much hold your own breath while you're listening to all the Halloween stuffed into this tune…but it's feelings like this that are so real that reveal the magic of HidNTrackz at his maximum creativity. Not only do you get consistently killer bars on the m-i-c, he's created an entire atmosphere that'll cling to your bones long after you've moved on to the next song.
"Eyez On The Hustle" brings the sound of Industry Standard closer towards that free-spirited & gritty-but-inspiring style that Common does so well. "You gotta live your life like you already did" is a freakin' brilliant line and lyric in this song…wise words from a respectable mind that knows the next-level he's seeking out is always one he can achieve. There's a bit of looseness you can hear in the vocal hooks of this cut that work for the style, but does somewhat contrast the tightness of the album in contrast to what we've heard so far. Idea-wise, "Eyez On The Hustle" is still a quality tune – the biggest asset to the song is the expression in HidNTrackz's voice – he's right up in your grill here and shouting out to the world with everything he's got here & ya gotta respect the passion he's spittin' with. There's no doubt it's a solid cut…I think placement on the record gives this tune a potential disadvantage with "Last Breath" and "Gotta Get It Raw" being noticeable highlights on Industry Standard surrounding it.
When he gets real serious, I tell ya, HidNTrackz reveals what a powerful force he can be on the mic. LISTEN to "Gotta Get It Raw" – he's spittin' as direct and confident as a true star can, this is where you hear that X-factor you're looking for in his personality. The intensity in each word is off the charts in the scale of its impact…this is a stunning example of the main man at his wildest extreme & still being able to maintain that professional control. You can hear it's right at the threshold, but you can also hear it's designed to be over-the-top in that sense…HidNTrackz is comin' straight AT YOU with his words on "Gotta Get It Raw" and it's supposed to sound as in-your-face as can be done. Mission accomplished. The hooks he's created for the chorus are beyond next-level – that's as powerful & unique as it gets – and the verses? C'mon now – HidNTrackz hasn't let a single second of this track go to waste, "Gotta Get It Raw" is one of my favorite performances on this record, full-stop. In terms of its own vibe, mood, and sound, the differences in direction on this track have led HidNTrackz down all the right paths – not only is it remarkably balanced in between strengths and parts of the song as it flows, but it's memorably unique from the rest of the sounds you'll hear in the lineup of solid cuts throughout Industry Standard. Something about this track…right from the moment with the vocal samples and first bars from HidNTrackz on the way in…you can just tell this track is going to come out as killer as it truly does.
I don't think there's a set of ears out there that could deny how much of a bright highlight "Goooad Dayum Oh Yeah" is on this album. HidNTrackz has created an incredibly well-balanced record as he shifts through darker & lighter gears without having that effect becoming jarring – it's the complete opposite, he's got this laid out extremely well in a way that flows impressively naturally, no matter how different the track before the next might be. You were wondering if the man had bars though? Listen to this cut – he'll go on a run of wordplay that has him sounding in shape enough to be in the verbal Olympics. And notice he's still got more than enough time to add in his genuine personality – that's what's making the difference here for HidNTrackz; it's one thing to spit bars quickly, but it's truly another to be able to give them the spark they need to reach the potential in the writing – once again, this highly-capable emcee delivers and makes these lyrics spring to life with personality through the speakers. Real Hip Hop lovers need apply here, "Goooad Dayum" is brilliant start to finish and a whole lot of fun to listen to in the process as HidNTracks unleashes some of his quickest & slickest flow that you'll find on Industry Standard – combined with the melodic atmosphere, low-end bounce, and bright horn sounds, there's personality dripping from the mic to the music on this track that ya gotta love.
"HIP Rock Hop" brings Ben Trexel back into the mix towards the end of the album, amping-up the juice in this crossover sound that HidNTrackz has got goin' on here. As far as I know, Ben's a producer based out of their shared hometown of Birmingham, Alabama, and from what I can hear & see online, the dude can certainly play a guitar, no doubt. Ben gets more of an opportunity to play a starring role on "HIP Rock Hop," which overall, is much more of an attempt at a Hip Hop-Rock combo than you've probably heard. Let me clarify here…we're not talking about Rap-Rock, you feel me? Confusing I know. Let me put it this way, Rap-Rock is a dime a dozen – "HIP Rock Hop" is a whole separate thing and HidNTrackz displays that difference audibly in this hybrid blend of two music styles in one. The main aspect in the difference in the positive vibe and more freedom in the flow…kind of like what you'd imagine a friendly version of BodyCount might sound like. HidNTrackz has "got the juice" on this cut without question – he sounds intense and inspired, hittin' his bars like a pure pro on "HIP Rock Hop." Ben Trexel gives you a solid taste of what it sounds like when a featured guest really takes hold of their moment in his solos towards the end of the tune, owning the spotlight with confident, cool, and extremely capable musicianship.
Delicately reflecting on life & love on the final track "Blessing" featuring Dee Payne for his second appearance on this record, HidNTrackz exits Industry Standard on sweetened, dreamy tones. Major shout-out & credit to Dee Payne for laying down incredible smoothness in the chorus hooks and the atmospheric backing vocals in behind the verses to keep that melodic vibe on-high – definitely another real strong collaboration between these two artists & I love the gentleness in the music supporting them at every twist & turn. Moments like the free-style feeling you get in the final minute came out really strong, even if they're ultimately rehearsed, it all feels incredibly in the moment on "Blessing" and present, like they're right there with ya in the same room as you listen. If you listen real close, you'll hear HidNTrackz dive deep into the personal throughout the lyrics & words of "Blessing" – and you'll find it becomes a really clever tune that captures heartbreak & joy as one. Smart use of the piano, beat, and really light instrumentation like sweetened guitar notes, these choices lead the vocals to stellar results with the choice of sound in the mix from the lead to the background. Once again revisiting the theme that started the record, that blossoming of an artist's evolution and jailbreak from the corporate 9-5, HidNTrackz ends his new album on pillowy sweet sounds and real talk on "Blessing." Overall, he's created a really strong album on Industry Standard that shows his time away has been time well spent in crafting a series of tunes that reveal a whole lot of spirit, heart, respect for Hip Hop, and undeniable passion for creating it.


In a shocking crime, a six-year-old girl was sexually assaulted and killed in Wanarpathy district in Telangana.
Residents of the village allege that a godman called Buraan was involved in the crime, and say that he may have assaulted her as part of a witchcraft ritual.
However, officials have denied these allegations and claimed that a man called Ramakrishna, who works with the godman, is the actual suspect.
The crime took place on Sunday but came to light only on Wednesday. The girl's parents reported to the police that she was missing on Sunday. On Wednesday, the police found her body in a gunny sack on a bathroom slab at the godman's house, which is under construction.
However, the police claim that the godman is not a suspect in the case, rubbishing claims of witchcraft.
The accused, Ramakrishna, is a native of Chintala in Nagerkunool district, and has now been arrested. According to police, the accused was working as a mason in the godman's house, which was under construction.
However, the villagers aren't convinced with the police's version and are blaming the godman, Buraan, for the crime.


Funded by the Lasser family.
A writ for 50 Spanish milled dollars, drawn on an unknown Williamsburg institution, "The Colony Bank of Discount & Specie."
Authorized and signed by Richard Henry Lee, 30 June 1772. As this writ is numbered "20" it is certain that others existed, but have not yet been identified.


The great Indian poet Acharya Dandi had said that if the light of language does not exist, we will be groping in a dark world. Language is a tool for intellectual and emotional expression. Language is a vehicle for the transmission of culture, scientific knowledge and a worldview across generations. It is the vital, unseen thread that links the past with the present. I have always emphasised the importance of protecting and conserving our linguistic heritage. Our languages are a crucial part of our history, our culture and our evolution as a society.
Some languages have been given classical language status because of their ancient literary heritage. For instance, Tamil literature dates back to 500 BC, Telugu to 400 BC, Kannada to 450 BC, Malayalam to 1198 AD and Odia to 800 AD. Each of these languages has a rich treasure house of literature, starting from Sangam literature and Tholkappiyum in Tamil, Kavitrayam's Andhra Mahabharatam in Telugu, Ramacharitham of Cheeraman in Malayalam, Kavirajamarga of Amoghavarsha in Kannada and Kharavela's inscriptions in Odia. For each of the populations speaking these languages, their literature is a matter of pride and distinct identity and the language is a goddess to be revered. There are songs in praise of these languages like "Maa Telugu talliki Mallepoo danda" in Telugu. "Jai Bharatha Jananiya Tanujate" in Kannada and "Thamil Thai Valthu" in Tamil. These songs send listeners into raptures.
Studies by experts estimate that almost 600 languages are on the verge of extinction and that more than 250 languages have disappeared in the past 60 years. When a language dies, an entire culture dies. We simply cannot let that happen. Protecting our cultural heritage, including languages, is our constitutionally-mandated duty. Studying ancient texts and propagating them among modern audiences is the need of the hour. Since studying the classical languages and literature would provide access to authentic sources of history, the National Mission for Manuscripts was set up when Atal Bihari Vajpayee was prime minister.
In their foreword to Sanskrit Computational Linguistics (2009), Gerard Huet, Amba Kulkarni and Peter Scharf have said, "Extant manuscripts in Sanskrit number over 30 million, one hundred times those in Greek and Latin combined, constituting the largest cultural heritage that any civilisation has produced prior to the invention of the printing press." Preservation of ancient texts is only the first step. What we need to do is to encourage scholars to do research using these primary sources and unearth new nuggets of knowledge.
Today, technology is transforming the way we live and work. We must harness the power of technology to preserve and promote our languages and culture. The resources required to develop language technology and artificial intelligence-based tools are inadequate or unavailable for many Indian languages. To fill this gap, the Government of India launched the Linguistic Data Consortium for Indian Languages (LDC-IL) in 2008 and has been preparing high-quality linguistic resources over the last 11 years in all the scheduled languages of India. The Data Distribution Portal is also being launched, where more and varied datasets will be added in the coming days using several types of AI-based technologies such as automatic dictation, speech recognition, language understanding, machine translation, grammar and spell check.
The mission of "digital India" can be a mission for a literate India and a mission for an inclusive knowledge society. The Central Institute of Indian Languages has been doing commendable work to provide linguistic resources in Indian languages. I hope they will continue these efforts with renewed enthusiasm.
Language preservation and development needs a multi-pronged approach. It should begin at the primary school level and be continued to higher levels of education. Functional literacy in at least one language should be ensured.
Language should become a catalyst for inclusive development. Language promotion should be an integral part of good governance.


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The National Bank of Georgia serves as the Central Bank of the country. This bank is responsible for setting up the monetary policies within Georgia. This bank also issues license to the banking institutions and supervises all its activities. The National Bank of Georgia also supervises the functions of currency exchange offices.
The National Bank of Georgia needs to ensure that all the commercial banks in Georgia keep a certain percentage of their foreign currency deposit liabilities in reserve, to be able to regulate the circulating money and encourage deposits in Georgian Lari or GEL, the national legal tender.
The National Bank of Georgia is assisted by the government of United states of America, for accelerating developments in the country's financial sector. The National Bank of Georgia with other banks in Georgia use SWIFT to process international payment transactions and the related messages.
There are no restrictions on any individuals as to how many bank accounts that individual can open and have in Georgia, in the Georgian banks. Same holds true for the business enterprises and companies, in Georgia.
The current cost of lending money is high in Georgia. But it is expected to come down with the development of banking and financial sector in Georgia.
The banking system in Georgia currently consists of small and medium sized banks, which are all based domestically in Georgia. There is a few handful large banking institutions in Georgia, which are based on Tbilisi with other subsidiaries, such as private banks and Vneshtorgbank, and with two foreign banks with their branches, such as Turkish Bank, Ziraat and the International bank of Azerbaijan.
The total assets of the country's 19 commercial banks, out of which 18 banks have foreign capital, were US $ 12.4 billion, on January 2017. This statement was issued by the National Bank of Georgia.
Georgia is one of the fastest growing economies in Eastern Europe. The banks providing offshore services are - TBC and Republic Bank. It takes around one week to open an account after all the necessary paperwork has been submitted.
It is the largest commercial bank in Georgia. It does not require any minimum opening balance to open an account. However, physical presence is required to open an account in this bank. They provide excellent services in internet banking. The only language they provide service other than their own national language is English. Other services for account holders include – loans, account management, treasury products, micro business financing and agribusiness financing.


Shares of Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd (BHEL) dipped over 12.8% on the BSE to Rs 133.65, their lowest since 25 January 2017, after the company's standalone net profit declined by 57% to Rs 215.55crore in the fourth quarter ending March 31, 2017, due to lower income and provisions for higher wages. The company had reported a standalone net profit of Rs 505.71 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous financial year.
According to the company's statement in a BSE filing, the total standalone income decreased to Rs 10,302.79 crore in the quarter under review from Rs 10,870.49 crore year ago. The standalone net profit of the company was Rs 495.86 crore in 2016-17 versus the reported loss of Rs 709.60 crore in 2015-16.
The standalone total income of the company rose to Rs 30,201.39 crore in 2016-17 from Rs 28,136.09 crore in 2015-16.
"During the year, BHEL recorded a turnover of Rs 28,840 crore, up 11 per cent over the previous year, after reversing the trend of negative topline growth prevailing for the last three years," BHEL Chairman and Managing Director Atul Sobti told PTI.
At its meeting held on Monday, 29th May 2017, the board recommended a final dividend Rs 0.78 per share of face value of Rs 2 each for 2016-17, in addition to the interim dividend of Rs 0.80 already paid. The company said that the final dividend, if approved in the Annual General Meeting shall be paid October 10, 2017.


VMware vCenter Server pools ESXi host resources to provide a rich feature set delivering high availability and fault tolerance to virtual machines. The vCenter Server is a centralised management application and can be deployed as a virtual appliance or Windows machine. It should be noted that vCenter 6.7 is the final release where Windows modules will be available, see here for more information. All future releases will only be available in VCSA form, if you have not already started planning migration to VCSA see vCenter Server Appliance 6.7 Install Guide and Migrating Windows vCenter Server to VCSA 6.7. This post gives a walk through on a clean installation of vCenter Server 6.7 on Windows Server 2016.
If an external database is used it should be Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 or above, or Oracle 11g or 12c. You can review a full list of compatible versions at the Database Interoperability Matrix.
The account used for external database authentication requires Oracle DBA role, or SQL sysadmin server role, or db_owner fixed database role. For a full list of explicit permissions review the Database Permission Requirements.
Any hosts you want to add to vCenter 6.7 should be running version 6.0 or above, 5.5 and earlier will not work and do not have a direct upgrade path to 6.7.
As noted above the Windows modules will not be included for future versions, therefore the recommended installation method for vCenter 6.7 is the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA).
When implementing a new vSphere 6.7 environment you should plan your topology in accordance with the VMware vCenter Server and Platform Services Controller Deployment Types.
Most deployments will include the vCenter Server and PSC on one server, following the embedded deployment model, which I will use in this guide.
Greenfield deployments of vSphere 6.7 can take advantage of Embedded PSC with Enhanced Linked Mode, providing native vCenter Server HA support, and removal of SSO site boundaries.
Where the PSC is deployed on a separate machine this requires 2 CPUs, 4 GB RAM.
It may be necessary to temporarily stop any third party software which could interfere with the installer, such as anti-virus scanner.
If the vCenter Server services are running as a user other than the Local System account then the user must be a member of the administrators group and have the following permissions; log on as a service, act as part of the operating system.
Verify that the local machine policy allows assigning Log on as a batch job rights to new local users.
All vSphere components should be configured to use the same NTP server.
Before beginning if you intend to use vCenter Server with an external SQL database you must configure a 64-bit ODBC data source for external databases. You may also need to install the Microsoft ODBC Driver for SQL Server. ODBC Data Source Administrator can be accessed via Control Panel > Administrative Tools. Click System DNS, Add and input the details for the external database, test the data source before continuing. If you are using the internal Postgres database then the System DSN is added automatically during installation.
Download the VMware vCenter Server and Modules for Windows ISO from VMware downloads: v6.7.0.
The vCenter Server 6.7 Installer will open in a separate window, click Next.
In this guide we will be using an embedded deployment model. If you are using an external deployment model the PSC component must be installed first before the vCenter. Select the deployment type and click Next. If the Windows server does not have sufficient resources allocated the installer will error at this stage.
Enter the FQDN in the System Name field and click Next.
Create a new Single Sign-On domain, or join the vCenter to an existing SSO domain. If you are creating a new SSO domain either leaves as the default vsphere.local or create a new SSO domain name, (not the same as your Active Directory name). Configure a password for the SSO administrator account and a vCenter specific site name, click Next. Note: vCenter 6.7 is the last release where a SSO site name will need to be provided.
Select an embedded Postgre database or point the installer to the DSN for an external database, click Next.
Under Licensing select Licenses. First we need to add a new license key, click Add New Licenses. Enter the new license key for vCenter Server, click Next. If applicable assign a name to the licence, click Next. Click Finish to add the license key.
Switch to Assets, the vCenter Server is listed in evaluation mode. Highlight the vCenter and click Assign License. Select the license key and click Ok.
If you have an Active Directory domain then vCenter can use this as an identity source. First ensure the vCenter is joined to the domain; from the Menu drop-down click Administration. Under Single Sign On click Configuration. Select the Active Directory Domain tab and verify the vCenter is domain joined. Change to the Identity Sources tab and click Add Identity Source. Fill in the Active Directory details for your domain and click Ok.
You can now add permissions to vCenter objects such as datacenters, clusters, folders, individual virtual machines, etc. for Active Directory users and groups. To learn more about vSphere permissions click here.
To start adding ESXi hosts to vCenter click the Menu drop-down and select Hosts and Clusters. Right click the vCenter and select New Datacenter, give the datacenter a name and click Ok. Right click the datacenter and select Add Host. Follow the onscreen wizard to add a host. Creating clusters and configuring vCenter is beyond the scope of this post, for assistance follow the documentation links at the top of the page.
This entry was posted in vCenter, Windows and tagged vCenter, VMware, vSphere 6.7, Windows on April 25, 2018 by ESXsi.
VMware vCenter Server pools ESXi host resources to provide a rich feature set delivering high availability and fault tolerance to virtual machines. The vCenter Server is a centralised management application and can be deployed as a virtual appliance or Windows machine. This post gives a walk through of upgrading a Windows based vCenter Server from v6.0 to v6.5, you may also want to consider Migrating Windows vCenter Server to VCSA 6.5.
The vCenter must be running v5.5 or v6.0 to upgrade to v6.5.
All ESXi hosts connected must also be running version v5.5 or v6.0, vCenter 6.5 cannot mange ESXi v5.1 hosts or earlier. For other VMware products see the Update Sequence Table.
An external database should be Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 or above, or Oracle 11g or 12c. You can review a full list of compatible versions at the Database Interoperability Matrix.
You must check compatibility of any third party products and plugins that might be used for backups, anti-virus, monitoring, etc. as these may need upgrading for vSphere 6.5 compatibility.
The upgrade supports different deployment topologies but does not, and can not, make changes to the topology and SSO domain configuration.
If SSO was installed on a different machine from vCenter Server then the machines running SSO will become external Platform Services Controllers.
If SSO was installed on the same machine as vCenter Server then this becomes vCenter Server with embedded Platform Services Controller.
In this post we will be upgrading a Windows vCenter 6.0 using the embedded deployment model. If you are using an external deployment model the PSC must be upgraded before the vCenter.
You will need the password for the SSO administrator.
If the vCenter Server services are running as a user other than the Local System account then log in to the server with this account to run the upgrade.
The user must also be a member of the administrators group and have the following permissions; log on as a service, act as part of the operating system (if a domain user).
The account used for external database authentication requires Oracle DBA role, or SQL sysadmin server role, or db_owner fixed database role. For a full list of explicit DB permissions see the Database Permission Requirements document.
Review the vSphere 6.5 Upgrade Documentation, in particular vSphere 6.5 Component Behaviour Changes.
Download the VMware vCenter Server and Modules for Windows ISO from VMware downloads: v6.5.0 | v6.5.0 U1.
The vCenter Server 6.5 Installer will open in a separate window, the existing installation is auto-detected, click Next.
Enter the SSO administrator password, if you removed this account from the vCenter administrators enter the credentials of a vCenter administrator. Click Next.
The installer will now run pre-upgrade checks.
Select the type of data to migrate during the upgrade, click Next.
Select the installation directories. Note the data export location, you will need to remove this folder after verifying the upgrade is successful. Click Next.
Check the configuration on the review page, check the box to confirm you have backed up the vCenter Server, click Upgrade to begin the installation process.
A progress bar will be displayed.
When you are satisfied the vCenter is working as it should be and backups have completed; remove the temporary data – the default location was C:\ProgramData\VMware\vCenterServer\export.
Consider upgrading any other products you may use, such as Update Manager.
This entry was posted in vCenter and tagged Upgrade, vCenter, VMware, vSphere, vSphere 6.5, Windows on November 19, 2016 by ESXsi.
VMware vCenter Server pools ESXi host resources to provide a rich feature set delivering high availability and fault tolerance to virtual machines. The vCenter Server is a centralised management application and can be deployed as a virtual appliance or Windows machine. This post gives a walk through on a clean installation of vCenter Server 6.5 on Windows Server 2016. vCenter 6.5: Download | Release Notes | What's New | Upgrading to vCenter Server 6.5 Update 1.
For environments with up to 20 hosts and 200 VMs the bundled internal Postgres database can be used.
Any hosts you plan on connecting to vCenter 6.5 should be running version 5.5 or above.
Before beginning if you intend to use vCenter Server with an external SQL database be sure to install the SQL Server Native Client v10 or v11.
You must also configure a 64-bit ODBC data source for external databases. ODBC Data Source Administrator can be accessed via Control Panel > Administrative Tools. Click System DNS, Add and input the details for the external database, test the data source before continuing. If you are using the internal Postgres database then the System DSN is added automatically during installation.
The vCenter Server 6.5 Installer will open in a separate window, click Next.
If you have an Active Directory domain then vCenter can use this as a source for permissions and sign on credentials. First join the vCenter to the domain; from the home page click System Configuration, Nodes, and select the vCenter server. In the Active Directory section of the Manage tab click Join, input your AD details and click Ok. Reboot the appliance either right clicking the vCenter server under Nodes and selecting Reboot.
This entry was posted in vCenter and tagged vCenter, VMware, vSphere, vSphere 6.5, Windows on November 16, 2016 by ESXsi.
It may be necessary to delay the loading of a specific service until another service has started and is available for use, such as in an application stack, or for troubleshooting purposes. This quick post will walk-through creating a dependency, or sequence of dependencies, for services on a Windows machine.
Many built in Windows components, and third party applications, include dependencies configured during installation, these are visible from the Services GUI. In order to add dependencies after installation we can use the Windows Service Control (SC) command or add the entries manually in the registry.
Open an elevated command prompt, be aware that when we set dependencies any existing dependencies are overwritten. So first let's list the current dependencies using sc qc, the example below will list the properties, including dependencies, of Service1.
Use sc config to add a dependency. In the example below Service1 depends on Service2, this means that Service1 will not start until Service2 has successfully started.
sc config "Service 1" depend= "Service 2"
For multiple services use a forward slash.
sc config "Service 1" depend= "Service 2"/"Service 3"
To remove all dependencies use the following command.
Open regedit and locate the following key.
There will be a subkey listed for each installed service, click the subkey for the service you wish to configure.
Click Edit, and New Multi-String Value. Right click and Rename the value DependOnService. Right click and select Modify, enter the names of the services you want this service to depend on (one per line) and click Ok.
This entry was posted in Windows and tagged Windows, Windows Server on November 1, 2016 by ESXsi.


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UN Targets Looting as Islamic State Smashes and Sells Antiquities
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Bas-relief inscriptions at the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad, Sept. 15, 2014 (AP photo by Hadi Mizban).
Last weekend, the Iraqi government reopened the country's national museum in Baghdad 12 years after it was looted during the U.S.-led invasion. The unexpectedly early reopening was a small act of defiance after militants of the self-declared Islamic State (IS), also known as ISIS, released a propaganda video showing a rampage through the Mosul Museum. Some of the objects destroyed by the extremists in Mosul were plaster reproductions, and when toppled over smashed quickly in a cloud of dust. But others were ancient limestone originals, millennia-old, struck with sledgehammers and jackhammers. The museum houses a vast collection of antiquities from […]
By: Frederick Deknatel


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Bernie Sanders is a senator from Vermont. Sanders was first elected to the Senate in 2007 and was re-elected in 2012 and 2018. The senator also ran an unsuccessful presidential campaign in 2016, losing the Democratic primary to Hillary Clinton. From 1991 until 2007, he was the representative of Vermont's At-Large District of the House of Representatives. Sanders was the mayor of Burlington from 1981 to 1989. He received a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Chicago. In 2019, he announced he was running for the Democratic nomination for president and dropped out in April 2020.
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Q: Replace specific words in NSString what is the best way to get and replace specific words in string  ?
for example I have
NSString * currentString = @"one {two}, thing {thing} good";

now I need find each {currentWord}
and apply function for it
 [self replaceWord:currentWord]

then replace currentWord with result from function
-(NSString*)replaceWord:(NSString*)currentWord;

A: The following example shows how you can use NSRegularExpression and enumerateMatchesInString to accomplish the task. I have just used uppercaseString as function that replaces a word, but you can use your replaceWord method as well:
EDIT: The first version of my answer did not work correctly if the replaced words are
shorter or longer as the original words (thanks to Fabian Kreiser for noting that!) .
Now it should work correctly in all cases.
NSString *currentString = @"one {two}, thing {thing} good";

// Regular expression to find "word characters" enclosed by {...}:
NSRegularExpression *regex;
regex = [NSRegularExpression regularExpressionWithPattern:@"\\{(\\w+)\\}"
                                                  options:0
                                                    error:NULL];

NSMutableString *modifiedString = [currentString mutableCopy];
__block int offset = 0;
[regex enumerateMatchesInString:currentString
                        options:0
                          range:NSMakeRange(0, [currentString length])
                     usingBlock:^(NSTextCheckingResult *result, NSMatchingFlags flags, BOOL *stop) {
                         // range = location of the regex capture group "(\\w+)" in currentString:
                         NSRange range = [result rangeAtIndex:1];
                         // Adjust location for modifiedString:
                         range.location += offset;

                         // Get old word:
                         NSString *oldWord = [modifiedString substringWithRange:range];

                         // Compute new word:
                         // In your case, that would be
                         // NSString *newWord = [self replaceWord:oldWord];
                         NSString *newWord = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"--- %@ ---", [oldWord uppercaseString] ];

                         // Replace new word in modifiedString:
                         [modifiedString replaceCharactersInRange:range withString:newWord];
                         // Update offset:
                         offset += [newWord length] - [oldWord length];
                     }
 ];

NSLog(@"%@", modifiedString);

Output:

one {--- TWO ---}, thing {--- THING ---} good

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In CSS, there are five different ways to specify a color.
The first two are the same as in HTML: named and hexadecimal colors.
There is also a short hexadecimal notation. This notation can be converted to hexadecimal by duplicating each digit.
Then there is a functional notation where each red-green-blue intensity value can be specified as either a value between 0 and 255 or as a percentage.


This element is used to visualize the locus of a given dependent point.
The locus element is used to visualize the curve a given point describes.
The implicit definition of the locus.
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The constructed curve is the geometric locus of the given point.
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It's always been my dream to see the English countryside. I've seen the rolling hills, pristine lakes and green fields in so many movies and television shows. I've read about it in my favorite books, but what I've always imagined and pictured in my mind was nothing like actually seeing it. It was like stepping into a painting.
Our friends suggested that we go to The Lakes because it is known for its natural beauty and being one of the most picturesque places in England. The mountains of The Lakes were unlike any mountains I'd seen before. From afar they marbled the horizon with greens, purples, browns and blues. The weather couldn't have been better. The sun shone brightly and big white fluffy clouds filled the blue sky. It was cool and breezy, an absolutely idyllic day.
After spending time at The Lakes, I understand why it inspired many writers and poets, such as William Wordsworth and Beatrix Potter. I'll leave you with Wordsworth description of the mountains. He describes the mountains of The Lakes much better than I ever could.


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Wagner's Furno 300 is a basic heat tool designed to apply focused heat for custom projects, speeding drying times or heat-setting GAC-900 or Angelus 2-Soft. It produces 1200-Watt/4100 BTU's of heating power. The Furno 300 has 2 temperatures and fan speeds settings to adjust to specific heating needs.


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Partnership yields college scholarships for Aurora students, alumni, and staff
By Monte Whaley | Photography by Mary Neiberg
Last spring, Cory Henry joined other seniors for graduation from Hinkley High School in Aurora, on the eastern edge of Denver. About 350 students gathered in the auxiliary gym at an events center, waiting for the ceremony to begin. They rustled in bright blue caps and gowns, anticipating their rite of passage and paths beyond high school.
Henry hoped to study business and construction management in college, but those hopes were covered with question marks. He had applied for a few scholarships and thought his good grades and participation in sports and leadership programs would help him land financial support. Yet he still wasn't sure where he would enroll or exactly how he'd pay for college.
Then, a school counselor took the gym microphone. Henry's future came to him in a surprise announcement moments before graduation: He was named a Golden Eagle Scholar – one of the first seven students to graduate from Aurora Public Schools with a four-year, full-ride scholarship to Colorado State University Global. The scholarships provide a leg up for motivated Aurora high school graduates who want the flexibility of online coursework and who couldn't afford college without financial aid.
Cory Henry, a graduate of Hinkley High School in Aurora, is among the first Golden Eagle Scholars to attend CSU Global with a full-ride scholarship made possible by the new partnership between Aurora Public Schools and the university.
"Whoa! Are you serious?" Henry exclaimed as he heard the news. "That's crazy – thank you so much!"
Henry recalled the excitement as he finished his first three-credit college course, Introduction to Business, with an A in the grade log. Just as he had hoped, he is majoring in business and construction management through the nation's first fully online public university with accredited degree programs.
The CSU Global freshman aims to own and run a construction company, maybe branching into home sales. In addition to his studies, Henry is gaining on-the-job training, having worked for a Denver builder for three years and counting. His summertime construction work recently became a full-time job, so he's earning a solid income while completing online college coursework at night and on the weekends.
"I'm super thankful I got the scholarship because, when I'm finished with college, I can focus on my career without worrying about paying off debt," he said.
The Golden Eagle Scholarship program is part of a new partnership between Aurora Public Schools and CSU Global. The affiliation boosts access to high-quality, career-focused college education and workforce development in Colorado. It revolves around a real-estate deal: an innovative space-for-scholarships swap that officials have called the first of its kind in the nation between a school district and a public university. The deal was authorized with legislation signed into law in Spring 2016; it was set in motion that fall, when Aurora voters approved a $300 million bond issue to fulfill building and technology needs across the school district.
The district used $8 million of the bond revenue to construct a building for CSU Global administrative offices. The online university recently signed a 10-year lease and moved its headquarters from the Denver Tech Center to the Aurora Public Schools Community Campus near Buckley Air Force Base. But instead of paying rent in cash, CSU Global is providing in-kind payments in the form of scholarships and substantially discounted university courses for the school district's recent graduates, older alumni, and employees. Even current Aurora high school students are eligible for tuition discounts if they are dually enrolled in CSU Global courses.
The district envisions the total value of these discounts – in tuition savings, expanded career opportunities, and increased long-term earnings – will exceed the $6.3 million that CSU Global would pay in rent over the next 10 years, according to the terms of its lease. (The lease agreement also provides the options of cash payments or a combination of cash and in-kind payments, based on the school district's preference.)
For the Golden Eagle Scholars, the deal equates to at least $7,500 per year for four years, amounting to free tuition for an online bachelor's degree. Other graduates from Aurora Public Schools, as well as district employees pursuing bachelor's degrees, are eligible for a 24 percent discount on CSU Global tuition. School employees who have bachelor's degrees and want to enroll in graduate courses get a bigger break: 33 percent off the standard tuition rate.
The district expects the space-for-scholarships swap to help fulfill its mission. "Our partnership with CSU Global expands our offerings, reduces barriers to higher education, and provides professional development opportunities to our staff and students," said Rico Munn, superintendent of Aurora Public Schools, who recently served on and chaired the Board of Governors of the Colorado State University System. To put those benefits into perspective, nearly 2,000 students graduated from Aurora high schools last spring, and some 5,700 employees work for the district.
Reducing barriers is especially important for students who need financial aid and must navigate work, family, and other responsibilities to pursue college degrees, Munn noted. This describes many graduates. Aurora Public Schools is the fifth-largest district in Colorado, serving about 40,000 students in more than 60 schools. The district has a notably diverse population, with students from more than 130 countries who speak more than 160 languages; many are among the first in their families to pursue college.
Providing students with educational options and support is central to the district's ability to realize its strategic goals: that each student will have a plan for the future; that each will have skills to implement the plan; and that each student will have credentials needed to open doors. "It's the district's vision that every student shape a successful future," Munn said.
That vision resonates with Becky Takeda-Tinker, president and chief executive officer of CSU Global. The online university launched in 2007 to provide flexible, affordable, high-caliber degree programs, tailored for working students who want to enter – or advance in – promising career fields. Takeda-Tinker often notes that the fully online model does not meet the needs of all college learners. Yet for an increasing number of modern learners, online education is a critical path to degrees that unlock career opportunities, simultaneously promoting workforce development and the economy.
Since CSU Global began, more than 18,000 students have completed certificates, bachelor's degrees, and master's degrees through the online university. Nearly 20,000 students are now enrolled in its 45 degree and certificate programs. About 40 percent of those students are in Colorado; others live across the nation and around the world. With its mission of providing career-relevant degree programs for nontraditional learners, CSU Global seeks innovations in the delivery of its courses and in the partnerships it forms to help fulfill student and workforce needs. The approach has resulted in its No. 8 national ranking among "Best Online Bachelor's Programs," according to U.S. News & World Report.
An interest in innovation led to the new partnership with Aurora Public Schools. "This really continues our mission of providing access to higher education for students who choose not to pursue a traditional college education because of financial limitations, work demands, and personal responsibilities," Takeda-Tinker said. "We believe our partnership will make it easier for students to pursue their goals and will help provide positive change for students and families in the community of Aurora."
That big idea took on personal meaning when Takeda-Tinker met the first Golden Eagle Scholars and their parents and guardians at an orientation session last summer. "It was wonderful," she said. "The parents and guardians were especially excited because they understand the enormity of having college in reach for their kids. It is an awesome feeling to help move those students forward and to help make college education a reality for them."
Aliya Hayes, in the first cohort of Golden Eagle Scholars, is using her full-ride scholarship to prepare for a career in the medical field of optometry.
Aliya Hayes, a graduate of Vista PEAK Preparatory, is another student in the first cohort of Golden Eagle Scholars. She hopes to provide vision care in the field of optometry, an interest inspired in part by her mom, who works as a medical imaging technician. "She always talks about all the interesting things she does and how she is really helping people," Hayes said. "I want to do that – help people."
Hayes has already taken sociology and literature classes through CSU Global and has managed her course work while increasing her hours at the sandwich shop where she works. With a full scholarship and her first college courses successfully completed, Hayes is feeling optimistic about her future. "I looked at the tuition at a lot of schools, and I thought, 'Gosh, I'll never be able to afford that,'" she said. "All of a sudden, I'm thinking, 'I know what I am doing for the next four years.' So far, it's been great."
For Ryan Baranovics, college seemed impossible before he graduated from Aurora Central High School last spring. Then, he learned he had been awarded a Golden Eagle Scholarship. "Going to college fulfills a dream I have always had," Baranovics said. "I am excited and scared, but most of all I am grateful."


Ticket orders now are being accepted by mail for Staples High School's Candlelight Concerts, an annual musical highlight of the holiday season in Westport.
Friday, Dec. 12, at 8 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 13, at 2 p.m.
The snow date for all performances is Sunday, Dec. 14, at 7 p.m., school officials said in a news release.
Slated to perform holiday music in Staples 74th annual Candlelight production are its chorus and chorale, a capella choir, symphonic orchestra and symphonic band, according to the release.
The choruses also will combine with the orchestra for the show's traditional processional, "Sing We Noel," as well as the "Hallelujah" chorus. Also to be performed are a newly commissioned theatrical production number by composer Don Rickenback, plus "Gatatumba" and "Sleigh Ride," Staples officials said.
The Saturday night performance will include an audience sing-along.
In conjunction with the concerts, the Staples chapter of the National Honor Society will be collecting canned foods for donation to the Gillespie Center, the town's homeless shelter. The chapter urged attendees to donate nonperishable foods.
General-admission tickets are available by mail, and orders must be postmarked no later than Wednesday, Dec. 3, school officials said.
Candlelight Tickets, Staples High School, 70 North Ave., Westport, CT 06880.
After Dec 3, remaining tickets will be available at the security desk in Staples front lobby on school days until 3 p.m., according to the release.
Although tickets are free, the school said tax-deductible contributions to the Staples music program would be accepted. Checks should be made out to: "Staples HS Music" and may be included with ticket orders.
Advertisements may be purchased in the Candlelight program booklet. More information is available at the concerts website listed above.


In exploring Vancouver Island, some of our adventures have taken us to the island's far corners while others have been closer to home. While we love the grand adventures that take us out of town, the reality of life is that we find ourselves staying in Victoria many weekends. But that doesn't mean that we're idle. We're very committed to getting moving outside in nature as a family as often as we can so it just means that we're closer to home. As we're still relatively new to the city, finding the hidden gems is one of our favourite ways of spending a day in town.
The weather this past weekend was spectacular, atypical for November on Vancouver Island in our experience. We took advantage of the beautiful weather and visited Devonian Regional Park in Metchosin and were delighted by the peace and beauty of this park. Described as an short easy hiking trails that access the beach, it was a great way of getting out into nature after running errands in the morning.
With a long lengths of beach, creeks, Sherwood Pond, Douglas-fir forests, and Garry-oak meadows there is a lot to see and explore. The views of Victoria with Mount Baker in the background and the Olympic peninsula, with seals playing in the waves and bald eagles flying overhead, were a great backdrop in which to recharge after a busy week. We're looking forward to returning and exploring the park as it cycles through the seasons.
For more information about the Devonian Regional Park, please visit the CRD website.


Declining standards of achievement in schools against international measures set to become an issue in the education debate leading up to the 20 September election.
It seems schools, rather than early childhood and tertiary education, will be the centre of attention in the education debate.
National started the discussion in January by announcing its big-ticket plan to pay good teachers and principals to mentor others, prompting Labour and the Green Party to announce their education policies.
This left voters with three choices in the first half of the year - National's teachers improving teachers, the Green's health and welfare hubs for schools in poor communities, and Labour's focus on the early years.
More recently, Labour has revealed its policy on school education promising to abolish school donations and axe National's teacher plan to cover the cost of reducing class sizes.
Schools are not exactly in crisis, but there are plenty of pressure points. There is always a hunger for more funding, gaps between the achievement of rich students and poor students remain, and New Zealand children's performance has declined alongside standard international tests.
New Zealand's scores in reading, maths and science examined by the latest Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) test in 2012 have fallen since the previous test in 2009.
In addition, school issues have consistently been in the news in recent years. Debate continues on national standards in reading, writing and maths, the introduction of charter/partnership schools, the reorganisation of Christchurch schools, and the Novopay payroll debacle.
If these are not enough to grab voters' attention, a Council for Educational Research survey of primary school staff and parents provides a further snapshot of key issues to consider when looking at political parties' education manifestos.
Conducted last year and published earlier this year, the survey shows funding is far and away the biggest worry for principals, teachers, school trustees and parents. Teachers' and principals' next most common concerns related to e-learning, followed by a general feeling that too much is being asked of schools. Parents were more likely to be worried about keeping good teachers and about large class sizes.
More recently on teachers' radars is the Education Amendment Bill number two, which will change the Teachers' Council into the Education Council, and remove teachers' right to elect members of the organisation that registers and disciplines them. Many are angry about this and critics of the move say it will be an election issue.
The Teachers' Council also covers teachers in the early childhood sector where there are further issues that could become election talking points.
Perhaps the biggest concern for early childhood centre owners and managers is the abolition in February 2011 of higher subsidy rates for those centres where more than 80 percent of teachers are registered. They want these rates restored because, they say, without them it is difficult to maintain staffing that consists mostly, or entirely, of qualified, registered teachers.
Also significant here are the roughly 3000 children a year who start school without any early childhood education, and the others who enter classrooms with negligible or low-quality experience.
Meanwhile, in tertiary education, institutions' performance has improved in terms of the number of students completing their courses and qualifications. But staff are complaining about increasingly difficult working conditions, and students say relentless tightening of student loan and allowance criteria are shutting more and more people out of tertiary study.
The tertiary sector is also concerned about the education bill which aims to cut the size of university and wananga councils to a maximum of 12 members and to do away with statutory guarantees of representation by staff, students and alumni. Again, critics of those changes say these matters could, and should, be election issues.
Exactly which issues will surface in the election debate remains to be seen. But with public attention already sensitised to education concerns, this sector certainly promises some heated debate.