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8 Posters All 80s Kids Had On Their Bedroom Wall
Our 80s bedroom walls were plastered with all kinds of images, and whilst there was plenty of room for individuality in our decoration, there were definitely some posters that a number of us will have displayed proudly above our bedroom furniture.
Below are 8 posters that a number of us will remember from our childhood and adolescence – be sure to share this post with your fellow Eighties Kids, so that they too can take a lovely, nostalgic trip down memory lane!
8. Kylie and Jason
Come on, who didn't have a poster of either Kylie, Jason, or both, on their bedroom wall when they were growing up? We didn't know it at the time, but they were actually a couple in real life, and not just on Neighbours and Top of the Pops!
And although the truth didn't come out for many years, their romance ended when Kylie dumped Jason for legendary Australian rocker and INXS front-man Michael Hutchence. When once asked if he was a fan of Michael Hutchence, Jason replied: "a fan of Michael Hutchence? I wanted to be Michael Hutchence!"
7. L'Enfant
Called L'Enfant but more commonly referred to as Man and Baby, this legendary poster was released in 1987, and featured shirtless male model Adam Perry holding a young baby. The photo was taken by Spencer Rowell, and it went on to sell over 5 million copies, making it one of the best selling posters of all time. It was said to represent the 'new man', that being men who are sensitive but still incredibly attractive!
Shockingly though, in a 2004 documentary called 'L'Enfant, The Model, the Poster and 3'000 Women', model Adam Perry claimed that his fame from being in the poster meant that he slept with over 3'000 women!
6. The Lost Boys
There were many amazing 1980s movie posters we could have picked, but we just had to go with the one that accompanied the release of the 1987 classic that is The Lost Boys.
The Lost Boys was credited with bringing a more sexy and youthful appeal to the vampire genre inspiring subsequent films like Buffy the Vampire Slayer (which was a film before being turned into a successful TV series), as well as much later offerings like the Twilight saga.
5. I Want To Believe
Made famous by Fox Mulder in the legendary TV series X-Files, the simple 'I want to believe' poster had us all looking up to the stars in search for extraterrestrial life.
Of course, X-Files creator Chris Carter flipped established gender stereotypes and made Mulder the believer and Scully the sceptic. In reality though, things are different, with David Duchovny being the non-believer and Gillian Anderson the open-minded one!
4. Tennis Girl
The Tennis Girl poster quickly became iconic, showing 18 year old Fiona Butler walking towards a tennis net with a racquet in one hand, and her other hand lifting her tennis dress to reveal that she is not wearing anything underneath!
This classic image was taken by Martin Elliott in 1976, and his subject Fiona Butler was his girlfriend at the time. It was taken at the University of Birmingham's tennis courts, formally known as Edgbaston lawn tennis club.
3. Kurt Cobain
Some may have had Kylie, Jason, New Kids on the Block or Wham! on their bedroom walls, but others were waiting for someone to come along and really take their fancy. And for many of us that was the grunge rock group Nirvana, and especially their late lead singer Kurt Cobain.
Cobain's death only increased his legacy, and we suspect that there are many people across the globe that still have his image on their bedroom wall.
2. Magic Eye
We all remember doing it years ago. Staring at an image of colorful patterns, moving it around, focussing and un-focussing our eyes. Some of us were rewarded with victory in the form of a 3D image, whilst others were left frustrated and jealous, knowing we didn't have what it takes.
Magic Eye images have a horizontally repeating pattern which differs slightly with each repetition, therefore giving the illusion of depth when each eye focuses on a different part of the pattern. The stereograms were created using a patented process that allowed colorful patterns to be used in creating the final images. Did you have one on your bedroom wall?
1. Cartoons
We've struggled to pick one 80s cartoon to represent the decorating of our childhood bedroom, because it totally depended on our preference.
We personally had walls covered with M.A.S.K. characters, but we know that many of you would have had Transformers, Care Bears or My Little Pony posters. Which was your personal favourite?


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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (Dec 1, 2020) – KANSAS CITY, Kan. (Dec. 1, 2020) – For the second year in-a-row in 2021, the ARCA Menards Series will be visiting Kansas Speedway on two occasions. Both races will be a part of the track's two NASCAR weekends, with the latter race once again serving as the championship race for the Series.
The ARCA Menards Series will stage events at Kansas Speedway on Saturday, May 1 and either Saturday, October 23 or Sunday, October 24. The October race will be the championship event, which was claimed by Munford, Alabama native Bret Holmes this year. The two events will be the front end of doubleheaders on their respective days. The May 1 event will be held prior to the running of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, while the championship race will precede either the NASCAR Xfinity Series Kansas Lottery 300 on Saturday, October 23 or the NASCAR Cup Series Hollywood Casino 400 on Sunday, October 24.
Kansas Speedway has hosted an ARCA Menards Series race each year since the track opened in 2001. In 2020, it held a pair of races in the series as part of a revised schedule. Holmes won the Dawn 150 on July 24, 2020, while Corey Heim took the checkered flag in the Speediatrics 150 presented by The NASCAR Foundation on October 16. Holmes finished second in the October race, clinching the 2020 championship.
Start times and television networks for all series will be also announced at a later date.
The full 2021 NASCAR schedules, as well as ticket information for both can be found at nascar.com/tickets.
For the latest news on everything Kansas Speedway please visit www.kansasspeedway.com.
Fans can follow Kansas Speedway on Facebook at www.facebook.com/kansasspeedway, Twitter (@kansasspeedway) and Instagram (kansasspeedway).
Kansas Speedway 2021 NASCAR Season
Saturday, May1: ARCA Menards Series race
Saturday, May 1: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race
Sunday, May 2: NASCAR Cup Series race
Saturday, October 23: NASCAR Xfinity Series Kansas Lottery 300
Sat., Oct. 23/Sun., Oct. 24: ARCA Menards Series race
Sunday, October 24: NASCAR Cup Series Hollywood Casino 400
Networks and start times TBD
About Kansas Speedway
Kansas Speedway is a premier motorsports facility in the Midwest. The track, which opened in 2001, hosts two NASCAR Cup Series weekends each year, along with approximately 200 other event days each year. The Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway, which opened in 2012, overlooks Turn 2 of the track.
About NASCAR
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the sanctioning body for the No. 1 form of motorsports in the United States and owner of 16 of the nation's major motorsports entertainment facilities. NASCAR consists of three national series (NASCAR Cup Series™, NASCAR Xfinity Series™, and NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series™), four regional series (ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East & West and the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour), one local grassroots series and three international series. The International Motor Sports Association™ (IMSA®) governs the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship™, the premier U.S. sports car series. NASCAR also owns Motor Racing Network, Racing Electronics, Americrown Service and ONE DAYTONA. Based in Daytona Beach, Florida, with offices in eight cities across North America, NASCAR sanctions more than 1,200 races in more than 30 U.S. states, Canada, Mexico and Europe. For more information visit www.NASCAR.com and www.IMSA.com, and follow NASCAR on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat ('NASCAR').
Kansas Speedway Media Contact:
Neal Gulkis, Director of Track Communications, Midwest Region, NASCAR
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Home > Publications > Military Thought of Asia: From the Bronze Age to the Information Age
Military Thought of Asia: From the Bronze Age to the Information Age
Roy, Kaushik (2020) Military Thought of Asia: From the Bronze Age to the Information Age. Abingdon: Routledge. Warfare and History.
Military Thought of Asia challenges the assertion that the generation of rational secular ideas about the conduct of warfare is the preserve of the West, by analysing the history of ideas of warfare in Asia from the ancient period to the present.
The volume takes a transcontinental and comparative approach to provide a broad overview of the evolution of military thought in Asia. The military traditions and theories which have emerged in different parts of Eurasia throughout history are products of geopolitics and unique to the different regions. The book considers the systematic and tight representation of ideas by famous figures including Kautlya and Sun Tzu. At the same time, it also highlights publications on military affairs by small men like mid-ranking officers and scattered ideas regarding the origin, nature and societal impact of organised violence present in miscellaneous sources like coins, inscriptions, paintings and fictional literature. In so doing, the book fills a historiographical gap in scholarship on military thought, which marginalises Asia to the part of cameo, and historicises the evolution of theory and the praxis of warfare.
The volume shows that the 'East' has a long unbroken tradition of conceptualising war and its place in society from the Classical Era to the Information Age. It is essential reading for those interested in the evolution of military thought throughout history, particularly in Asia.
Buy the book here
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Two Miller Hill Mall stores to close as a result of bankruptcy – WDIO
Ascena Retail Group submitted a court filing Thursday listing more than 1,100 store closings nationwide, including the two Duluth stores. Besides Justice and Lane Bryant, Ascena is also the parent company of Ann Taylor, Catherines, Loft, and Lou & Grey, owning about 2,800 total locations before the closings.
Ascena said gift cards, merchandise credits and customer rewards programs will remain valid through store closing events.
Duluth-based Maurices was owned by Ascena up until last year, but is no longer owned by the company.
Ascena has been dragged down by debt and weak sales for years. It joins other retailers that have filed for bankruptcy in recent weeks, including Brooks Brothers, Neiman Marcus, J.C. Penney, and J. Crew.
These retailers were already struggling with poor sales, but the forced closure of stores in March to reduce the spread of the coronavirus put them further in peril. Experts believe that there will be another wave of bankruptcies this fall that will include companies that had been healthy before the pandemic struck.
Ascena's closures will include all Catherines stores and all stores owned by Ascena brands in Canada. Ascena plans to sell the intellectual property and e-commerce rights of the Catherines name to City Chic.
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How did the Ancient Greek landscape impact its people?
To begin our study of life in Ancient Greece and its achievements, we began by looking at the geography of Ancient Greece to investigate how its landscape may have impacted its citizens. Through our investigation, we discovered that Ancient Greece did not just cover one country; it included countries such as Macedonia, Ionia (modern-day Turkey) as well as colonies all over the world.
Using a VR simulation, we were transported into Ancient Greek life, with its mountainous regions and small secluded islands. We explored the challenges these features may have had on the day-to-day life of the Ancient Greeks as well as the clues it gave us about how they may have lived including their diet, transport and trade links.
Ruby explains, "Because parts of Ancient Greece was a coastal region, this means that their diet would have been full of fresh fish and there would have been fishermen jobs so that they could feed the citizens. Furthermore, from the map you can see that Crete is a separate island, but close enough to Greece to be reached by a boat. Not only does this explain that Ancient Greeks needed boats to reach the smaller islands (and boat builders), but also why they might have believed that King Minos sent the Minotaur there!"
Next, we looked in closer detail at significant geographical locations for the Ancient Greeks, including: Sparta; Athens; Mount Olympus, Troy and Macedonia and justified the province we would have wanted to live in if we were an Ancient Greek.
Georgie explains, "I think I would have liked to live in Athens because not only is it an important state, but also it was where democracy first started. I think it is important that we get to vote about what happens in our country.


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California regulators propose shifting peak period for SDG&E TOU rates
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Robert Walton @TeamWetDog
California regulators this week will vote on changes to San Diego Gas & Electric's (SDG&E) rate design, including a shift in peak hours that has solar advocates crying foul.
The California Solar Energy Industries Association and Vote Solar have each criticized the draft decision, which the state's Public Utilities Commission will tackle August 10.
The commission's proposed order alters a draft decision from April, which moved the peak period from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. In the order regulators will consider this week, the peak period would run 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.
The solar industry is on board with shifting SDG&E's peak time, which has run from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on regular weekdays since the 1980s. But a one-hour change from the draft to the potential final order has solar advocates speaking out.
Sean Gallagher, vice president of state affairs for the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), in an opinion column for Utility Dive, said the group understand why time-of-use periods must be changed. The middle of the day, which was once the most expensive time to purchase power, is now frequently seeing low-cost renewables.
But Gallagher warned that shifting them too late in the day "will severely damage solar deployment and discourage conservation, rather than enable solar and [distributed energy resources] to support the grid." And he said the CPUC's decision would appear to run contrary to rate design methodology developed to by stakeholders in a formal proceeding.
According to the CPUC's order, the peak time was altered "in response to comments" and "for policy reasons" but both timeframes were supported by the record. The shorter peak period, "will allow for a five hour on-peak period rather than a six hour on-peak period which will be easier for customers to manage as we transition to default TOU rates."
In general, the new TOU periods time-of-use periods are established "to reflect the changing energy market," according to the order. It also institutes a spring "super-off-peak period," and affirms grandfathering provisions for eligible solar customers previously established.
A decision on this proposal is slated for August 10.
PV Magazine California regulators call for later peak under SDG&E time of use rates
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An Garda Síochána, in association with the Banking & Payments Federation of Ireland and Retail Excellence, have launched the S.O.S. (Safe Online Shopping) campaign ahead of the Christmas shopping rush.
In advance of Black Friday and Cyber Monday on November 27, the public and retailers are reminded to shop and sell online safely, making every effort to protect their financial and personal details.
Sergeant Kelvin Courtney of the Garda Crime Prevention National Centre of Excellence said: "Cyber Monday and the run up to Christmas is a time when increased numbers of consumers go online to get the last minute deal."
Customers are warned to use reputable retailers and to be wary and research brands or websites not known to them or others.
- Always save all documents related to your online purchases.
- If you have a suspicion about an online transaction check your account online to ascertain if the payment was made to the genuine retailer.
- Report suspicious transactions to your local Garda station and to your bank or card processor.


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È stato il creatore del Big Mac.

Biografia

Michael James Delligatti è nato a Uniontown, in Pennsylvania il 2 agosto 1918, figlio di un ciabattino e caramellaio. Ha frequentato la scuola e a Fairmont, West Virginia, prima partire per l'Europa durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale con l'esercito degli Stati Uniti.

Delligatti ha iniziato a lavorare come franchisee di McDonald negli anni Cinquanta. L'attività di Delligatti aveva sede a Uniontown, a circa 40 miglia a sud di Pittsburgh, ed è arrivata a contare 48 negozi.

L'idea del Big Mac risale al 1965. Ma, come riferito dallo stesso Delligatti in un'intervista all'Associate Press, all'inizio l'idea non fu ben accolta nella sede centrale di McDonald's a Oak Brook, un sobborgo di Chicago. Il via libera alla vendita arrivò solo due anni più tardi e Delligatti iniziò a vendere il nuovo panino per 45 centesimi di dollaro.

Nel 2007 Delligatti ha aperto il Big Mac Museum sede del più grande Big Mac del mondo, alto più di 4 metri.

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Story of Mind
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by Michael Alonzo Williams
Dare to take a ride in Marissa DeLongs' mind, where espionage and murder lurks.... A suspense thriller that compels you into a moratorium dimension, leaving you breathless at every bend and turn.
The pain of her husband's infidelity is evenly matched with the disobedience of their offspring, Lily and Jay. The continuous battles that scorn the DeLongs' home are hideous, the disguised cry for harmony deceives them. The vicissitudes of all are unbearable; this weighs heavily on Marissa DeLongs' mind.
Marissa's complex workplace is plagued with unscrupulous idealists who secretly run the company. Ideas strictly for profit, the least with morals, will stop at nothing, no matter who gets in the way, hurt or worse.
Marissa is summoned...
The task is to restore order to the company and aid the innocent by blowing the whistle on the corruption of the Secret Seven. With the help of Marissa's boss and his mutiny to the Secret Seven and his inside testimonial information packet, they can open up the can of worms that will expose the Secret Seven.
This job is given to Marissa, but why? She can't beg for order at home; why was she chosen? Marissa has never been trained as some sort of agent; why was she requested to orchestrate such a crusade? She's just an ordinary working class citizen, content with the simplicity of everyday life, or is she...
Dare to take a ride in Marissa DeLongs' mind.
Michael Alonzo Williams, born in 1959 in San Francisco, California, attended Catholic and public schools. Exposure to the arts at an early age helped inspire the creativity in his work.
Surrounded by a cast of dazzling characters of family members and friends throughout his life enriched his ability to acquire imagination and ideas for his characters.
Michael lives in Northern California with his wife. Immediate family members are also writers and storytellers. His hobbies include playing music, watching sports, and watching classic movies.
(2012, paperback, 42 pages)
Short Stories and Poems from the Attic of My Mind
Stories of Sirruwe (A Collection of Short Stories)
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BayesPSD
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Bayesian power spectral analysis tools

Requires
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- python 2.7 or later
- numpy
- scipy
- matplotlib

Recommended
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- emcee (for efficient MCMC): https://github.com/dfm/emcee
- ipython notebooks (for running the demo): http://ipython.org/notebook.html
- acor: https://github.com/dfm/acor
- statsmodels (for estimating the inverse covariance, unless using BFGS): https://github.com/statsmodels/statsmodels
- seaborn (for pretty plotting)

Installation
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During the ideal Southern California fall weather, Great Performance Tours will return to Los Angeles for an overdue long weekend. Our program is highlighted by a pair of exceptional performances by the Los Angeles Opera and an orchestral concert by the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The operas will be Giuseppe Verdi's earliest major success – Nabucco – starring Placido Domingo and Liudmyla Monastyrska repeating their brilliant portrayals from this season at the MET; and Georges Bizet's exotic romance, The Pearl Fishers, featuring Nino Machaidze and today's consummate 'bel canto' tenor Javier Camarena as the Priestess Leila and her lover Nadir. 'Nabucco' will be conducted by Music Director James Conlon, who has inspired the orchestra on many of our previous visits to the city's downtown Music Center, while Domingo himself (the company's tireless General Director) will be in the pit for Bizet's lyrical score.
Our third performance will be an orchestral concert by the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The electric young Venezuelan Music Director Gustavo Dudamel has achieved cult status with the range of his musical activities in his native country and his guest appearances throughout the world. Los Angeles remains at the top of everyone's wish list following the 2003 opening of Walt Disney Concert Hall. This latest architectural gem designed by Frank Gehry has added immeasurably to the cultural prestige of the city. We have carefully planned our weekend to assure that Dudamel will be on the podium for our concert.
Art aficionados will be inspired by our visit to the city's newest downtown museum, The Broad. Only a couple of blocks from the Music Center, The Broad's contemporary collection is housed in a $140 million building on So. Grand Avenue, where it opened in late 2015 to sold-out crowds and long lines of patient cultural enthusiasts. This will be our first visit to The Broad.
For our four-night holiday, our accommodations are again at the luxurious Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. We have chosen this famous hotel because of its prestigious location adjacent to Rodeo Drive, a unique concentration of stylish designer shops and fine restaurants. There will be ample free time for you to relax at the hotel and to explore the nearby boutiques. The Beverly Wilshire offers a wide range of spa facilities and a selection of dining facilities including Wolfgang Puck's gourmet Cut, with décor by Richard Meier; the Boulevard overlooking the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Rodeo Drive; and the informal Pool Bar & Café and Sidebar Lounge. The rooms are lavishly appointed and feature unusually comprehensive amenities. Despite the premium price for the Beverly Wilshire services, we are confident that you will appreciate the opportunity of staying in this renowned L.A. property.


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Heathrow retail is 23% of total revenue, up 7.7% in 2017 (cf. 2016) – car parking is 18% of retail income
Date added: February 28, 2018
Heathrow has reported a retail revenue increase of 7.7% to £659 million in the year ended 31 November 2017 compared to a year earlier. (Aeronautical revenue rose by just 1%. Total revenue in the period rose 2.7% to £2.9 billion. Retail is almost 23% of that. It was 22% in 2016). Retail revenue per passenger grew 4.5% to £8.45 in 2017 compared to £8.09 in 2016. Heathrow says growth in retail income was due to increased passenger traffic in the period to 78 million (+3.1%) combined with more spending airside (up 2% compared to 2016.) Retail concessions grew 10.5%, with growth in business by duty and tax free and airside speciality shops. This reflects the depreciation of Sterling since June 2016, making products cheaper for foreigners. The redevelopment of Terminal Four's luxury retail offering completed in late 2016, also contributed to this growth. There is also a new Gucci store.Retail concessions made up 46% of retail income, at £304 million in 2017. The amount of income from car parking, which is included in retail, was £120 million in 2017 (up 5.3% and making up 18% of total retail income), £114 million in 2016 and £107 million in 2015. Heathrow says: "Car parking rose 5.3% driven by increased passenger numbers and a more 12 dynamic pricing strategy. Higher car rental revenue from a change in arriving passenger mix and increased volumes in VIP services drove other services income up 9.4%."
The details from Heathrow are at
Heathrow (SP) Limited Results for the year ended 31 December 2017
http://mediacentre.heathrow.com/pressrelease/details/81/Corporate-operational-24/9215#
Below are two of the tables (Page 11)
Heathrow says: "Car parking rose 5.3% driven by increased passenger numbers and a more 12 dynamic pricing strategy. Higher car rental revenue from a change in arriving passenger mix and increased volumes in VIP services drove other services income up 9.4%."
Retail revenue growth boosts Heathrow Airport last year
By ANDREW PENTOL (TR Business)
London Heathrow easily eclipsed predicted year-on-year retail income growth in 2017.
London Heathrow Airport has reported a retail revenue increase of 7.7% to £659m ($915m) in the year ended 31 October 2017. Retail revenue per passenger grew 4.5% to £8.45 in 2017 compared to £8.09 in 2016. Total revenue in the period rose 2.7% to £2.9bn.
Speaking to TRBusiness last October, Heathrow Airport Retail & Service Proposition Director Chris Annetts correctly indicated the airport was on target to "deliver or exceed" predicted year-on-year retail income growth of 6.7% to £652m. The target was based on a revised investor forecast last June.
According to the airport, growth in retail income primarily reflected increased passenger traffic in the period to a record 78 million (+3.1%) combined with greater airside participation (up two percentage points versus 2016) and increased retail spend per participating passenger.
Retail concessions grew 10.5%, with particularly strong performance in duty and tax free and airside speciality shops. This reflects the depreciation of Sterling since June 2016. The redevelopment of Terminal Four's luxury retail offering completed in late 2016, also contributed to this growth. Passengers have benefited from increased space in the immigration hall to ease congestion and the opening of a new Gucci store marking the completion of the luxury retail development.
Heathrow Chief Executive Officer John Holland-Kaye said: "Heathrow had a fantastic 2017–welcoming a record 78 million passengers, giving our best service ever and offering better value for our passengers with lower airport charges.
"But while we are squeezing out small bits of growth, our rivals in France and Germany are overtaking us–for Britain to thrive post-Brexit, the government needs to crack on with Heathrow expansion as quickly as possible with a vote in Parliament before the summer."
https://www.trbusiness.com/regional-news/europe/retail-revenue-growth-boosts-london-heathrow-airport-in-2017/138253
Investigation reveals Heathrow airport staff are set targets to get passengers to spend money in shops
The Sun has used an undercover reporter to work as one of Heathrow's Passenger Ambassadors, whose job is to boost retail sales in the terminals. There is a Channel 4 Dispatches programme on this, also showing how airport passengers are getting a raw deal from changing money. In 2016 the airport made a record £612 million in retail income, which is rent from retailers and from car parking charges. This was up 7.7% compared to 2015, while aeronautical income remained unchanged at £1,699 million. Heathrow's retail division now makes up 22% of its revenues – £612 million out of £2,807 million. The 150 Passenger Ambassadors help travellers once they are through security, and are set strict targets about persuading them to visit shops and spend money. These are between £2,500 to £4,000 per day, and the most successful senior ambassadors claim to hit £10,000 per day. They are told: "The majority of the role will involve interacting with passengers, persuading them to shop if they had not planned to, or encouraging them to spend more by talking to them about offers and promotions across the Terminal….The average spend per passenger must go up as a result of your presence on the terminal floor." The job description says: "A minute should not pass without a conversation with one or more passengers."
https://www.airportwatch.org.uk/2017/02/investigation-reveals-heathrow-airport-staff-are-set-targets-to-get-passengers-to-spend-money-in-shops/
Heathrow retail revenue in 2015 around 20-21% of total, at £568 million (£7.58 per passenger)
Heathrow Airport reported a retail revenue increase for the year ending 31st December 2016 of +8.4% in 2015 to £568 million. The revenue per passenger rose by +6.2% above the level in 2014, to reach £7.58. (The Moodie report said the figure was about £7.14 in 2014, £6.21 in 2012, £5.95 in 2011, and £5.64 in 2010). Over the year, Heathrow had an overall growth in revenue of +2.7% to £2,765 million in 2015. EBITDA was £1,605 million, up +3.0%. Heathrow also announced a +2.2% increase in passenger traffic in 2015 to 75 million. For the figures for the first 6 months of 2016 Heathrow said its retail revenue had risen by 7.7% year-on-year, to £280 million – and retail revenue per passenger rose +7.1% to £7.84. Of this, duty and tax free shops contributed £62 million, a +3.3% increase. Heathrow said that for the first 6 months of 2016, it made £62 million from duty and tax-free; £51 million from airside specialist shops; £24 million from bureaux de change; £22 million from catering; £55 million from car parking – with total retail revenue at £280 million. i.e. of total retail revenue 19 – 20% was car parking. Income from parking was £99 million in 2014 and £107 million in 2015. For the first half of 2016 the retail (including car parking) income was about 21% of total revenue.
https://www.airportwatch.org.uk/2016/08/heathrow-retail-revenue-in-2015-around-about-20-21-of-total-at-568-million-7-58-per-passenger/
From a year ago:
From Heathrow's
http://www.heathrow.com/file_source/Company/Static/PDF/Investorcentre/Heathrow-(SP)-FY2016-results-release-(FINAL).pdf
Some extracts from the results are copied below:
Passengers 75.7 million in 2016 compared to 75.0 million in 2015 (up 1.0%)
Retail revenue per passenger £ 8.09 in 2016 and £7.58 in 2015 (up 6.7%)
3.2.2 Revenue
In the year ended 31 December 2016, revenue increased 1.5% to £2,807 million (2015: £2,765 million).
Aeronautical £1,699 million in 2016 and the same £1,699 in 2015
Retail £612 million in 2016 and £ 568 million in 2015 (up 7.7%)
Other £496 million in 2016 and £ 498 million in 2015 (up 0.4%)
Total revenue £2,807 million in 2016 and £ 2,765 million in 2015 (up 1.5%)
3.2.2.2 Retail
In the year ended 31 December 2016, retail revenue increased 7.7% to £612 million (2015: £568 million).
Retail revenue per passenger rose 6.7% to £8.09 (2015: £7.58).
Duty and tax-free £138 million in 2016, and £128 million in 2015 (up 7.8%)
Airside specialist shops £115 million, and £100 million in 2015 (up 15.0%)
Bureaux de change £50 in 2016, and £53 million in 2015 (up 5.7%)
Catering £49 million in 2016 and £ 45 million (up 8.9%)
Other retail income £86 million in 2016, and £75 million in 2015 (up 14.7%)
Car parking £114 million in 2016 and £107 million in 2015 (up 6.5%)
Other services £60 million in both 2016 and 2015
Total retail revenue £612 million in 2016 and £568 million in 2015 (up 7.7%)
"Retail performed strongly in 2016 following the major redevelopment of luxury stores in Terminal 5 including new brands which have strengthened Heathrow's unrivalled airport shopping experience.
Performance in duty and tax-free stores has continued to improve following extensive store refurbishment in Terminals 4 and 5. Catering has grown in the year as a result of new and refurbished outlets and increases in passenger participation.
Car parking also performed well, with continued take-up of Heathrow's expanded car parking product range and successful yield management. Growth in retail income accelerated in the second half of the year, particularly in areas such as duty and tax-free and airside specialist shops, driven by the depreciation of sterling following the EU referendum in late June
2016. Redevelopment of luxury stores in Terminal 4 was largely completed in late 2016 and started contributing to overall retail performance."
"The benefits of investment in Terminal 5 retail outlets and new car parking capacity continue to flow through strongly with over £200 million secured out of the £300 million incremental commercial revenue target set for the regulatory period."
Posted: Wednesday, February 28th, 2018. Filed in General News, News about Airports, Recent News.


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Side effect of too much TV NEWS
Something out there Is Sending Signals
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A mysterious radio source located in a galaxy 500 million light years from Earth is pulsing on a 16-day cycle, like clockwork, according to a new study. This marks the first time that scientists have ever detected periodicity in these signals, which are known as fast radio bursts (FRBs), and is a major step toward unmasking their sources.
FRBs are one of the most tantalizing puzzles that the universe has thrown at scientists in recent years. First spotted in 2007, these powerful radio bursts are produced by energetic sources, though nobody is sure what those might be. FRBs are also mystifying because they can be either one-offs or "repeaters," meaning some bursts appear only once in a certain part of the sky, while others emit multiple flashes to Earth…
"We conclude that this is the first detected periodicity of any kind in an FRB source," the [Canadian] team said in a paper published on the preprint server arXiv in late January. "The discovery of a 16.35-day periodicity in a repeating FRB source is an important clue to the nature of this object."…
But while we know where it is, we still don't know what it is.
Reflect on how little our species has advanced. If the signal is artificially produced, I don't believe we can reproduce it and return the call. That's OK. The answer to that is "not yet". Bring in a True Believer and they can pray to it. Bring in a traditional American politician and they will begin to plan how to kill it.
Here's what kids think of the Fake President
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Political views begin to form in childhood. Children learn who political leaders are and develop attitudes about both leaders and political institutions.
One consequence of rising levels of negative partisanship (as compared to joining a party because you feel positively toward them, their politics or their leaders) and negative campaigning is that today's children are exposed to more negative messages about politics and political figures than children in the past.
What do kids today think about the presidency and the president? How does this compare to what children thought in the 1950s?…
Children in our study evaluated the president much more negatively than did children in the 1950s.
Nearly three-quarters of the 1950s children viewed the president as more honest than other people. Today, only 18% view the president as more honest than others…
In contrast, 1% of 1950s children considered the president "less honest than other people"; 49% of today's children hold this view.
I wonder how many mommies and daddies of these kids voted for the Fake President. That often comes down to a discussion of "ignorant or gullible"? My cynical tendency would be to say "both".


Kinder Morgan has agreed to take over the existing contracts for the construction of four Jones Act-qualifying product tankers from Philly Tankers as the energy infrastructure company fleet continues to pounce on ripe investment opportunities within its core business.
The four new 50,000 DWT, Tier II tanker will be constructed at the Aker Philadelphia Shipyard in Pennsylvania and are planned to be delivered between November 2016 and November 2017. Each LNG-conversion-ready tanker will have a capacity of 337,000 barrels.
Aker Philadelphia Shipyard says each of the four contracts will be assigned by Philly Tankers LLC to the Kinder Morgan entity immediately prior to delivery of each of the vessels. The transaction is valued at a total of $568 million.
"We are pleased to announce today's transaction with Kinder Morgan as a successful outcome for Philly Tankers' shareholders. Philly Tankers has made noteworthy achievements since its inception, including securing long-term employment for two of its vessels, the opportunistic exercise of its options and now the assignment of all four of its new building contracts to Kinder Morgan, which provides an attractive return to Philly Tankers' shareholders." said Kristian Rokke, Chairman of Aker Philadelphia Shipyard ASA and Board member of Philly Tankers AS.
The four new vessels will increase Kinder Morgan's Jones Act tanker fleet to 16 ships by late 2017, of which 14 are under long-term contracts.
"This is just the latest indication that we continue to have good opportunities to deploy capital in our core businesses at attractive returns," noted Steve Kean, president and chief executive officer of Kinder Morgan, Inc. Prior to this transaction, the company identified a backlog of projects that had grown to $22 billion. "We are seeing numerous opportunities in our core pipelines and terminals businesses as the demand for midstream transportation and storage services continues to grow," Kean said.
Kinder Morgan currently has seven product tankers on the water and five tankers that are in various stages of design and construction at the NASSCO shipyard in San Diego, California, scheduled for delivery between late 2015 and mid-2017.
Kinder Morgan entered the Jones Act product tanker business with an initial purchase of five ships in January of 2014 via the acquisition of American Petroleum Tankers and State Class Tankers for $960 million in cash.
Philly Tankers was established in June 2014 and is majority-owned by Aker Philadelphia Shipyard ASA.


People generally believe that love can be reduced largely to a question of the genuineness of feelings, but love in the full sense of the word is a virtue, not just an emotion, and still less a mere excitement of the senses.
Come hear Father Nielsen talk on Blessed John Paul II's Love and Responsibility! Born principally of the need to put the norms of Catholic sexual morality on a firm basis, a basis as definitive as posssible, relying on the most elementary and incontrovertible moral truths and the most fundamental values or goods, Pope John Paul II eloquently and resourcefully defends Catholic tradition in the sphere of family life and sexual morality.


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In cooking terms,what is a cartouche?
Best Answer: Cartouche is a French term which basically means "scroll" or "packet." It's a paper lid that is used to slow down the reduction of moisture in cooking. A lid only lets a little moisture escape, whereas using no lid lets lots of moisture escape. Using a cartouche is a halfway house between the two and also stops things from coloring too much. Take a square piece of parchment or wax paper slightly larger than your pan. Fold the square in half, and in half again. Keep folding the same way so that the tip becomes the center. When it's pretty pointy you're ready to measure up. Hold the tip of the cartouche to the center of the pan, tear or cut off any paper that extends beyond the edge of the pan. Open out to a circle — the cartouche is ready. You can get away with the cartouche being a bit larger than the pan so don't worry if you make it too big.
Greased paper used to cover meats during cooking.
CARTOUCHE A greased round of paper for covering meat dishes cooked in casseroles.
It is a piece of baking paper put on top of the dish while the bread or pie is in the oven, to help retain moisture.
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NASCAR driver accused of intentionally causing wreck that knocked Dale Earnhardt Jr out of championship chase
Cork Gaines
Oct. 26, 2015, 9:29 AM
Dale Earnhardt Jr. will not win his elusive first NASCAR championship this season.
Sarah Crabill/Getty Images
With two laps to go at Talladega, Dale Earnhardt Jr. was in second place and needing a win to avoid elimination from the NASCAR championship chase. However, Junior would never get a shot at the win thanks to a wreck that some think was intentional.
The incident came after a caution flag caused a Green-White-Checkered situation, meaning once the race restarted, the drivers would have two laps to race for the checkered flag.
However, a new rule meant that if there was another caution before the two laps were completed, there would not be another Green-White-Checkered and the race would end under caution.
Enter Kevin Harvick in his No. 2 car.
Harvick, who is in the championship chase, but was out of contention at Talladega, just needed to avoid falling to the back of the field to stay in the chase. However, Harvick radioed his crew during the caution saying he was having engine trouble that threatened to do just that. His car was unable to accelerate.
At this point, Harvick seemingly has three choices:
He can move aside and let cars pass him when the race goes green. The downside to this is that he almost certainly will fall to the back of the field and be eliminated.
He can stay in his lane and hope he can enough speed from his car and enough cars get stuck behind him for two laps. The chances of this working seem low.
He can cause a wreck. The upside to this is that the race goes under caution and he can keep his space in line and his spot in the chase.
In fact, according to Bob Pockrass of ESPN, crew chief Rodney Childers told Harvick their best scenario would be for a wreck to occur, drawing a yellow caution flag.
As the race went green, Harvick appeared to go for option No. 2. However, it was clear that he was going to lose a lot space quickly as the cars in front of him accelerated away.
Trevor Bayne tried to pass Harvick on the outside. Harvick then drifted out of his lane and clipped the back end of Bayne causing a wreck ( GIF via Yahoo Sports).
The wreck caused a yellow flag and effectively ended the race.
Joey Logano was the winner. Earnhardt Jr. finished second and was eliminated from the chase.
Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images
After the race, Harvick explained that when his car did not accelerate on the restart, he decided to pull to the outside, presumably to get out of the way of other drivers, and that he did not see Bayne.
Other drivers were not convinced, including Bayne.
"That's a crappy way for Harvick to have to get in the Chase; to wreck somebody — what I believe to be on purpose [but] maybe it wasn't," Bayne told the media. "The restart before that, he had engine problems and got out of the way ... Harvick is a really good driver. I think he knows the limits of his car and where it's at, so that's why I think it was intentional."
Denny Hamlin was also eliminated from the Cup chase on Sunday and expressed his thoughts on Twitter.
In NASCAR's initial review of the incident, they say they have found nothing suspect, "so far" ( via Yahoo Sports).
"Obviously some of the teams have questioned what the 4 car did on the restarts and we went back and walked through with them but procedurally, from NASCAR, we don't see anything there that is suspect, so far," NASCAR vice chairman Mike Helton said.
As for Earnhardt Jr., he took the high road.
"When the race is over, I can live with the result as long as everyone else is going by the same rules," Earnhardt told the media. "I felt like per the rule book, it sorted out and I finished second. I'm OK with that."
We have reached out to Harvick for comment.
Here is the full video of the wreck via Yahoo Sports.
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The intrepid team of researchers who brought you Custard, Culverts and Cake: Academics on Life in The Archers return with a hard-hitting exposé on the lives of the women of Ambridge. The Archers Academics are joined by former Archers editor Alison Hindell and actor and academic Charlotte Martin (a.k.a. Susan Carter) to examine the power of gossip in Ambridge, portrayals of love, marriage, and motherhood, female education and career expectations, women's mental health and the hard-won right of women to play cricket.


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Paul McCartney's Son, James, Releases First Album
by Roger Friedman, Showbiz411.com
He's always been a bit of a mystery while his sister Stella has been in the headlines a lot. (She's a famous designer, you know.)
Photos: Hollywood Fathers and Sons
But today James McCartney, Paul and Linda's son, releases his first album.
It's actually an EP of five tracks that you can buy on amazon.com for $4.99. It's called Available Light.
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The tracks include a cover of Neil Young's "Old Man," plus original songs "Angel," "Denial," "Glisten," and "My Friend." They were produced by Paul and the great David Kahne at Abbey Road Studios. But the sound is not so Paul-like. James's voice is a little higher, and his multi-layered guitars have a feel of Matthew Sweet.
James has inherited his father's musical gifts and more: he plays several instruments including bass guitar, mandolin, and piano.
Roger Friedman writes for Showbiz411.com
It's not easy doing this sort of thing; in fact, it's down right brave. Children of rock stars, no matter how talented, are always compared to the parents. James is 33, and has obviously waited until he was comfortable with his identity. Other late blooming rock kids include Harper Simon, Paul's son, who's released a couple of very good albums; and Sting's son, Joe Sumner, who fronts the popular group Fiction Plane. Both Julian Lennon and Sean Lennon have made attempts at careers. Julian, of course, had a couple of solid hits in the 80s.
So bully for James McCartney. The tracks are good. Let's hear more, I say!
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Aliens Live Among Us
Society » Anomalous phenomena
Outstanding abilities of some people always attracted researchers' attention. Nostradamus, Leonardo da Vinci and Lomonosov left a mark on the history and memory of many generations.
British ufologist John Pope declares that all human geniuses are descendants of aliens. Approximately 30 to 40 thousand years ago our planet was visited by representatives of extraterrestrial intelligence. It was them who created ancient civilizations that reached the highest level of development. Aliens married humans and had children. Now about 50 percent of Earth population are people whose descendants were aliens.
Pope believes that all famous scientists, artists and psychics belong to this category. But only one percent of mankind has the brightest talents. They may come from later alien marriages and have more extraterrestrial genes than others.
A 13-year old teenager Boris, or Boriska, from Russia's Volgograd region has unique abilities. For example, he assures that at some point he lived on Mars and tells amazing things about it.
Nadezhda, Boriska's mother, says that her son developed early. When he was two weeks old he could hold his head, and started speaking when he was only six months old. He learned to read at the age of 18 months and paint at 24 months. In preschool he revealed wonderful memory and ability to learn languages.
At the same time the boy's parents noticed that he knew about things nobody told him about. For example, he would sit in the Lotus position and tell people unbelievable details about space, planets and other intelligent civilizations.
After some time adults started paying attention to the boy's words. Boriska told them that he used to live on Mars that is still habitable. The planet lost its atmosphere as a result of a nuclear war and its habitants had to live underground. Those who survived adjusted to breathing carbon dioxide.
Also read: Boriska, indigo boy from Mars, predicts mammoth catastrophes
Boriska says that Mars habitants are immortal and their bodies "freeze" at the human age of 30-35 years old. During the Lemur Civilization Boris came to Earth a few times in a spaceship, he traded and conducted scientific research. He watched Lemuria disappear when a huge continent went under the water after an explosion.
Once the boy's mother brought home Ernst Muldashev's book "Where We Came From." The boy took the book and started looking at the pictures and photographs. For the next two hours he was telling the adults unbelievable details about Lemurs.
Also read: Boriska, boy from Mars
When he saw the illustrations in Muldashev's other book, "In Search of City Gods," he declared that there is nothing under Cheops pyramid scientists are so interested in. Ancient knowledge will be found under another pyramid, currently unknown. He also said that "life will change when the sphinx is open." And that the hiding place opens somewhere behind the sphinx's ear.
Sometimes Boris talks about Maya civilizations. He assures that modern people know very little about Maya.
Boriska predicts that more unusual children like him will be born on Earth because big changes are coming. Our planet will experience two more catastrophic events, and only gifted kids will be able to save the world.
These kids will come from Mars, and will arrive to Earth as a result of souls' incarnation. Kids form Proserpina can be also born on Earth. This planet died millions of years ago, "it was cut by a ray and fell into pieces." Proserpina habitants had a chance to teleport into the fifth dimension. These events could be observed from Mars.
Many researchers talked to Boris. They were impresses by the boy's vocabulary abundant in terms and details known only to scientists. Even the scientists themselves have no idea about some of the details and events Boris talks about. Where would a schoolboy know it from?
Margarita Troitsina


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My Insanity - "Solar Child" [2001]
Artist: My Insanity
Title: Solar Child
Genre: (Cyber-?) Gothic Metal
Cosmic Orgasm
Bound & Lost
Failed Experiment I
Failed Experiment II
Solar Child
Dead Season
Kings of Plush
This undeservedly forgotten band is mostly known due to their ties to Samael, whose member Xytras produced their debut album "Still Dreams In Violent Areas". During the 2000s, both "Still D.I.V.A" and "Solar Child" were distributed here along with the Samael albums, so My Insanity were well known to almost every Samael fan. "Solar Child" still remains one of my favourite gothic metal albums of all times, and certainly deserves a place on my blog.
While the influence of late 90's Samael is definitely audible on "Solar Child", for the most part it's still melancholic gothic metal in the vein of Crematory, with a "futuristic" tinge (the usage of electronics is extensive but not over the top, though). The guitar riffs are fairly interesting and innovative for gothic metal of its time (sometimes even bordering the progressive metal territory). Somehow it also reminds me of "Revolution DNA" by Septic Flesh - maybe because it has a similar futuristic concept and lyrics that are interesting albeit written in rather "naive" English. While the lyrics can be outright corny at times ("Dead Season", or, for even better example, "The Girl In A White Dress" - the best track on their debut album "Still D.I.V.A"), My Insanity certainly don't belong to the so-called "love metal" scene. Overall, "Solar Child" is a quite original album (which, however, still has all the hallmarks of a good "conventional" gothic metal release), with good vocals and a lot of very catchy songs. And, well... did I mention that there's an accordion part in the title track?
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Автор: Alexander на 1:11 AM
Ярлыки: Germany, gothic metal
I created this blog mostly because I wanted to practise my English skills, and to showcase the industrial, gothic, punk, metal, neofolk and progressive rock scene of Russia/ex-USSR and Eastern Europe (especially Hungary) in the meanwhile.
As you can see, this blog doesn't take itself seriously enough, but I hope I'm doing good enough with my reviews even if my proficiency in English is limited. Along with the aforementioned stuff from Eastern Europe, I occasionally post some classic and rare albums that aren't to be missed, and generally whatever I want. Other categories of note:
* finno-ugric rarities - various music (including pop) in minor Finno-Ugric languages which I'm interested in because of my heritage. The music from Hungary, Finland and Estonia can be found under the respective categories;
* lo-fi - various poorly recorded demos from before 2000 that are of historical importance. Most of these demos come from the USSR era, so you might want to check out the USSR category as well.
As of now, I try to post only music that has already been made free by the artists themselves, or the rare old releases that are out of print. But if you're an artist and would like me to remove the download links of your work, just contact me using the form below.
Sorry, I don't do reviews by request, I don't have the time. Moreover, I think the bands that feel the need to advertise themselves by sending their demos to as many blogs as possible are usually just plain boring. If you want to contact me for any other reason, use the contact form below.
It should be obvious enough that reviewing anything on here doesn't equals endorsement of artists' personal views. This especially concerns neofolk and martial industrial. It'd be fair enough to say that I have the same approach to the political and religious topics in these genres as Laibach do.
Many of the female musicians featured on my blog are amateur models, and in many cases their modelling work is no less interesting than their music. Right now I'm working on giving it a separate section of the blog (just in case if anyone wants my review to be only about their music and not their looks). The work is in progress, check back later if you're interested.
The title of my blog comes from a song by The Kovenant (album "SETI", 2003).
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I am thinking of paying a visit to view the park and the caravans that you have for sale, should I just call in?
Although the reception is open for a lot of the time it is well worth phoning before hand to make sure that someone will be available to help you.
No, you will be shown our caravans by the Park Manager or one of the Park Wardens. We are only there to advise you on the Parks facilities and the various models of caravan available. We strongly believe that the final decision should be yours to make without any pressure and in your own time. Some of our customers make several visits to the park before deciding on the right pitch and the right caravan, this is absolutely fine with us.
Are you a camping or caravan park?
We do accommodate campers and tourers but the holiday home part of the park is completely separate in a very peaceful area with lovely Lakeland views. In addition to the 46 holiday caravans we have on the park there are 9 holiday lodges, 5 of which are in another separate area "Ghyll Brow", with the remaining 4 spaciously situated around the perimeter of the park.
How much money would I get for my caravan or lodge if I decided to sell after a year?
If you were seriously thinking of owning a caravan or lodge for just one year, we would advise you not to go ahead as caravans & lodges are just like cars – they do depreciate and the first year is the worst. After that, it really depends on how well you look after it and the state of the economy.
Can finance be arranged for the purchase of the caravan/lodge through you?
Unfortunately we are currently unable to offer finance.
Can I rent my caravan/lodge out?
Immediate family and close, personal friends are all welcome to use your holiday home, but we do not allow the commercial letting out of caravans/lodges on the park.
How long can I keep my caravan on the park?
You can keep your caravan at Park Cliffe until it is 10 years old (25-30yrs old for a lodge) subject to the licence agreement and park rules. From 2012 the licence agreement for new holiday caravans was increased to 12 years.
Do we get any kind of agreement or contract for the pitch/caravan?
Yes, we use the standard contract produced by our trade association, the BH & HPA, and the NCC (National Caravan Council). This agreement is the contract that will be made between you and the park and it includes your right to keep the holiday home on the park for a given period of years and the times during which you can use your unit. Copies are available on request.
Is the park a member of a professional trade association?
The annual pitch fee is due 1st December each year and is £3635 inc vat for the 2018/19 season for caravans and £4160 inc vat for lodges. This covers security on the Park, park maintenance, refuse collection, water, sewerage, use of the Park's great facilities.
Rates are invoiced in July each year and were £466 inc vat @ 20% for the 2018 season.
Electricity is metered and customers pay for only the amount that they use.
Gas is also metered annually on some lodges where there is a bulk gas supply.
Holiday caravans (and some lodges) are provided with 2 x 47kg gas cylinders. They are fitted with an automatic change-over valve, so when one runs out, it changes to the second cylinder, and an indicator shows that you need to order another cylinder. The gas cylinders are ordered from the park office and are paid for at the point of ordering. One of our team will deliver and fit the gas cylinder for you.
The park is an Appointed Representative of Compass Insurance which offers comprehensive and competitive cover.
Do you only sell new caravan holiday homes?
No, we occasionally have good second hand caravans in a range of prices. Sadly we can't predict what second hand caravans we will have at any time, but if you are looking for a caravan with specific features or within a particular price range we will happily take your details and call you when a suitable caravan becomes available.
Can I move permanently into my caravan holiday home?
No. You are restricted to using it for holiday or recreational purposes. If you were to live permanently in your holiday home, this would be in breach of the site licence and pitch licence agreement with serious legal consequence.
Park Cliffe allows its owners to use their caravan and lodges during the period 1st March to 19th December.


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Ed Ruscha: OKLA
at Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center
Iconic American artist Ed Ruscha has, over the past 60 years, produced a diverse and highly influential body of work encompassing paintings, drawings, prints, books, photographs and films. The western United States is a primary subject for his work, from his frequent evocations of the Los Angeles urban landscape to his meditations on the open road.
Ed Ruscha: OKLA is the first exhibition to focus on the artist's Oklahoma roots – his family, his upbringing and his discovery of his calling as an artist. It is also, remarkably, his first solo museum exhibition in his home state. Ruscha lived in Oklahoma City from the ages of 5 to 18: the formative years of both his life and his artistic sensibility. His Midwestern childhood had a profound impact on his art, which the exhibition explores through 74 works from all phases of his career, organized into five interrelated thematic sections.
You can see it all at the brand-new Oklahoma Contemporary museum through July 5, 2021. Admission is free and reservations are available up to two weeks in advance. Book your Guided Tour here.
Image provided by Oklahoma Contemporary. Mocha Standard (1969). Screenprint, 24 7/8 x 40 in. Ed. 64/100. Collection of Jordan D. Schnitzer. © Ed Ruscha. Photo: Trayson Conner.
11 Northwest 11th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73103


mfk. One of the most stunning new restaurants in the city, mfk is doing Easter with seafood-focused specials. On the menu are smoked trout Benedict with green beans and toasted almonds, as well as shrimp and grits. The restaurant is opening early on Easter: 11am. There's lamb, too, but you can have that any Easter.
Radisson Blue Aqua. In the Atlantic Ballroom of the Radisson Blue Agua, there will be a family-friendly Easter brunch including an omelet station, snow crab legs, French toast and an Easter dessert display. Complimentary Champagne pours and complimentary self-parking make this an especially attractive way to celebrate the day. Also, the Easter Bunny will make an appearance. Woohoo.
BLVD. In one of the city's sleekest dining rooms, the good folks at BLVD will be welcoming guests to a spectacular Easter brunch. Also, given the day of the week, there will be the traditional Crab Feet Sunday celebration of the crustacean. BLVD is the place to feast on the Easter holiday in style.
GT Fish & Oyster. Giuseppe Tentori (GT), one of Chicago's most highly regarded chefs, will be offering a family style brunch at GT Fish & Oyster on Easter Sunday. Of course, there's a magnificent menu, with some of the best fish and seafood in the city, suitable also for those dining solo.
Margeaux Brasserie. Chef Greg Biggers is now the man at Margeaux Brasserie, the less formal dining room of the Waldorf Astoria. This posh, elegant and very comfortable French-inflected dining space is offering a three-course menu and an Easter brunch.
Sepia. Andrew Zimmerman's justly celebrated Sepia is preparing a special-family style four-course Easter Brunch in a lovely South Loop location. There will be sweets and savories, and a choice of some of the best entrées you'll find anywhere in the city on this day.
Homestead on the Roof. Hip and happening Homestead on the Roof is serving an Easter brunch buffet featuring a carving station, omelet station, and sweets table, as well as traditional breakfast offerings. Though it might be a little early in the year for their usual "backyard harvested" menu items, you can count on many delicious seasonal selections.
Acadia. Two-star Michelin restaurant Acadia, headed up by Ryan McCaskey, is serving up an open house buffet with multiple serving stations. If you have not yet been to this outstanding South Loop restaurant, Easter would be an excellent time to give it a try.


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This blend of rooibos is flavoured with the naturally taste of honey. Great composition of Rooibos natural sweet flavour with delicate honey notes. A revitalizing and energising tea all year round.
This South African Herbal tea is full of many vital natural elements and is the healthiest drink for you.


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The Cabin at the End of the World NPR coverage of The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay. News, author interviews, critics' picks and more.
The Cabin at the End of the World
by Paul Tremblay
Hardcover, 272 pages, William Morrow, List Price: $26.99 |
Paul Tremblay
NPR Summary
A family vacationing at a remote cabin on a quiet New Hampshire lake faces a home invasion by four strangers carrying menacing but unidentifiable objects who claim to be acting to save the world.
Mysteries, Thrillers & Crime
Also by Paul Tremblay
Growing Things and Other Stories
Disappearance at Devil's Rock
A Head Full of Ghosts
NPR stories about The Cabin at the End of the World
NPR's Book Concierge: Our Guide To 2018's Great Reads
November 27, 2018 • The Book Concierge is back! Explore more than 300 standout titles picked by NPR staff and critics.
Read 'The Cabin At The End Of The World' And You Won't Sleep For A Week
July 4, 2018 • Paul Tremblay's new novel is the best (and scariest) kind of horror — the quiet, believable kind of story that doesn't involve possessed dolls or body doubles, and could absolutely happen to you.


I fell in love with this crocheted ditty bag pattern when I first saw it. It's so cute and has a handy strap that threads through the front of the bag. You may recognize this pattern by Dot Matthews that she created and used regular worst yarn to crochet her bag. I wanted to try crocheting the pattern using recycled plastic bags or plarn. Here is my finished plastic ditty bag.
Because plastic bag yarn is thicker, my ditty bag came out a bit larger than Dot's bag. I followed Dot's pattern except that I had to crochet 27 rounds before doing the handle rather than her pattern that calls for 22 rounds. Other than that, I crocheted the bag according to the free pattern available here.


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Het WTA-tennistoernooi van Los Angeles (officieel JPMorgan Chase Open) van 2005 vond plaats van 8 tot en met 14 augustus 2005 in Carson nabij de Amerikaanse stad Los Angeles. Het was de 35e editie van het toernooi. Er werd gespeeld op hardcourtbanen.

Enkelspel
Titelhoudster Lindsay Davenport was haar titel niet komen verdedigen.

Niet minder dan drie geplaatste speelsters meldden zich voor aanvang van het toernooi af: Mary Pierce (dijbeenblessure), Vera Zvonarjova (enkelblessure) en Jelena Lichovtseva (buikklachten). Hun bevoorrechte plaatsen in het speelschema (met een bye voor de eerste ronde) werden ingevuld door het negende reekshoofd en twee lucky losers.

Maria Sjarapova was als eerste geplaatst. Zij bereikte de kwartfinale, waarin zij zou moeten spelen tegen Daniela Hantuchová. Wegens een in de derde ronde opgelopen blessure liet Sjarapova evenwel verstek gaan, waardoor de Slowaakse een walk-over naar de halve finale kreeg.

Het vijfde reekshoofd Kim Clijsters uit België won het toernooi. Zij versloeg in de finale de als negende geplaatste Slowaakse Daniela Hantuchová in twee sets. Clijsters stelde het toernooi van Los Angeles voor de tweede maal op haar naam, na haar eerdere zege in 2003. Het was haar 26e WTA-titel.

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Van de titelhoudsters Nadja Petrova en Meghann Shaughnessy had de laatste zich niet voor deze editie van het toernooi ingeschreven. Petrova speelde samen met haar landgenote Alina Zjidkova. Dit Russische team werd reeds in de eerste ronde uitgeschakeld door de latere winnaressen.

Lisa Raymond en Samantha Stosur waren het eerste reekshoofd – zij zagen in de tweede ronde hun weg geblokkeerd door het Chinese duo Li Ting en Sun Tiantian. Het als tweede geplaatste Spaanse team, Conchita Martínez en Virginia Ruano Pascual, was het enige reekshoofd dat de halve finale bereikte – daarin werden zij verslagen door de latere winnaressen.

Het ongeplaatste koppel Jelena Dementjeva en Flavia Pennetta won het toernooi. Zij versloegen in de finale het, via een wildcard toegelaten, Amerikaanse duo Angela Haynes en Bethanie Mattek in twee sets. Het was hun eerste gezamenlijke titel. De Russin Dementjeva had daarnaast vijf eerdere dubbelspeltitels met andere partners; de Italiaanse Pennetta geen.

De Belgische Els Callens had zich, samen met de Italiaanse Antonella Serra Zanetti, via de kwalificatiewedstrijden een plaats in het hoofdtoernooi weten te verschaffen. Zij kwamen evenwel niet verder dan de eerste ronde.

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Q: Webpack failure: "ENOTDIR: not a directory, stat 'node_modules/.cache/hard-source/.DS_Store/stamp'" I have created a new project with react-slingshot starter and after running the webpack the second time I faced the following problem (persists):

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*The app cannot load in the browser, it keeps waiting for the response from the webpack dev server.

*And in the terminal I see the error: ENOTDIR: not a directory, stat 'node_modules/.cache/hard-source/.DS_Store/stamp'.
I can fix it by deleting the .DS_Store file, but that helps only until the next code change. Basically, I have to restart the webpack (and delete the file) for every source code change, which is very slow and painful feedback.
I have tried to search for this problem and stumbled on this issue. I have applied the suggestion to exclude the .DS_Store using HardSourceWebpackPlugin.ExcludeModulePlugin:
plugins: [
    new HardSourceWebpackPlugin(),
    new HardSourceWebpackPlugin.ExcludeModulePlugin([
      {
        test: /.*\.DS_Store/
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    ]),
    new webpack.HotModuleReplacementPlugin(),
    ...
],

But that didn't help—the problem persists.
Can you help me to somehow resolve this?

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See Homes for Sale
Safest Prairie Village neighborhoods
W 83rd St / Somerset Dr
W 75th St / State Line Rd
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W 75th St / Lamar Ave
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Prairie Village, KS crime analytics
Source & Methodology
Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
Raw data sources: 18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.
Date(s) & Update Frequency: Reflects 2018 calendar year; released from FBI in Sept. 2019 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2019 data?
Methodology: Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more
The crime rate in Prairie Village is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 19 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Prairie Village is 1 in 51. Based on FBI crime data, Prairie Village is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to Kansas, Prairie Village has a crime rate that is higher than 75% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.
How does the crime rate in Prairie Village compare to similar sized communities across America? When NeighborhoodScout compared Prairie Village with other communities its size, we found that the crime rate was near the average for all other communities of similar size. So, whether Prairie Village's crime rate is high or low compared to all places in the US, when we control for population size and compare it to places that are similar in size, it is near the middle of the pack in crime rate; not much more or less dangerous, and about what we would expect from the statistics.
Now let us turn to take a look at how Prairie Village does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Prairie Village.
From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in Prairie Village occurs at a rate higher than in most communities of all population sizes in America. The chance that a person will become a victim of a violent crime in Prairie Village; such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder; is 1 in 431. This equates to a rate of 2 per one thousand inhabitants.
NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Prairie Village's rate for property crime is 17 per one thousand population. This makes Prairie Village a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Prairie Village is one in 58.
Prairie Village Crime Data
FAQ on NeighborhoodScout's Crime Data
NeighborhoodScout® provides exclusive crime risk analytics for every neighborhood in America with up to 98% predictive accuracy. Crime risk indices are nationally comparable on a 1 – 100 scale, where 100 means safer than 100% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Crime risk data are updated annually. Raw crime incidents are sourced from all 18,000+ local law enforcement agencies – municipal, county, transit, park, port, university, tribal and more, assigned to localities, then built into NeighborhoodScout's proprietary predictive models to provide a comprehensive crime risk profile for every neighborhood and address-vicinity in the U.S.
Crime Data FAQs
More about NeighborhoodScout's crime data methodology
(100 is safest)
Safer than 30% of U.S. Cities
Prairie Village Annual Crimes
Number of Crimes
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violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)
My Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime
1 in 431
in Prairie Village
Prairie Village VIOLENT CRIMES
Report Total UNREPORTED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED
Rate per 1,000 UNREPORTED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED
United States VIOLENT CRIMES
Report Total 16,214 139,380 282,061 807,410
Rate per 1,000 0.05 0.43 0.86 2.47
property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)
My Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime
Prairie Village Property CRIMES
Report Total UNREPORTED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED
Rate per 1,000 UNREPORTED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED
United States Property CRIMES
Report Total 1,230,149 5,217,055 748,841
Rate per 1,000 3.76 15.95 2.29
Prairie Village Crimes Per Square Mile
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Q: Redirect stdout and stderr to file in Django with wsgi I'm trying to make django work with wsgi in a shared hosting, so I cannot access server logs,
I'm trying to redirect the output to a file in my django.wsgi script, like this:
saveout = sys.stdout
log_out = open('out.log', 'w')
sys.stdout = log_out

but this is the error that I have (in the only error log that I can access)
[Thu Oct 07 19:18:08 2010] [error] [client <ip>]   File "/home/myuser/public_html/django.wsgi", line 9, in <module>
[Thu Oct 07 19:18:08 2010] [error] [client <ip>] mod_wsgi (pid=30677): Exception occurred processing WSGI script '/home/myuser/public_html/django.wsgi'.

and that is all the error I can get
Line 9 is the one that tries to open file. I've tried creating previously the file, giving writing access to everyone, without the file previously created.. and nothing.
In the app, I only get a 500 server error.
Is there a proper way to get this output without access to apache logs?
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Using absolute paths, I can open files and write to them, but I get empty files unless I close the files in the end, is it necessary? Could I leave the files open?..
Regarding to the initial problem, even though I used exception handling, write a "finish ok" to file in the end of my script, then close the file, but still get the error:
[Thu Oct 07 13:33:07 2010] [error] [client <ip>] mod_wsgi (pid=32541): Exception occurred processing WSGI script '/home/myuser/public_html/django.wsgi'.

If I intentionally raise an error, it is logged in the file, so as i get "ok" I think the script worked fine but the result is still that message error... no clues

A: You can't use relative pathnames like out.log in a WSGI application. WSGI doesn't specify where the working directory will be pointing and mod_wsgi doesn't set it unless specifically asked to in daemon mode.
Use an absolute pathname based on your application's root. You can use os.path.dirname(__file__) to get the directory containing the current script/module if needed.


Room 1078's mission is to continually support the 21st-century evolution of classical music, using new repertoire to break barriers between musicians and audience members, and all the while inspiring future generations to engage with our art form through the passion, energy, and dedication we bring to performance. Our ensemble seeks to draw listeners in to every piece we share, leaving audiences with a personal connection to the music and a desire to reconnect with the new-music experience again and again.
Founded in 2015 at the University of Michigan as part of Converge, a student-run new-music collective, Room 1078 has worked tirelessly to promote the music of emerging student composers. We are currently in the post-production stages of our first album collaboration—By the Skin of Our Teeth, with music by Nathan Thatcher—and are planning summer performances throughout the Midwest and the South.


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Gold price increased ..Know the details
By Around Odisha Bureau On Jul 1, 2021
Mumbai, 1/7 (AO Bureau): Due to the return of the international market and the weakness in the rupee, there was a great increase in the price of gold in the Indian bullion market today i.e. on July 1, 2021. At the same time, there was a sharp rise in the price of silver today. During the last trading session, gold had closed at Rs 45,784 per 10 grams in the Delhi bullion market. At the same time, silver closed at Rs 67,423 per kg. In the international market, there was a decent rise in the price of gold today, while there was no significant change in the prices of silver.
New Price of Gold (Gold Price, 1 July 2021) – In the bullion market in Delhi on Thursday, the price of gold registered a great increase of Rs 526 per 10 grams. In the capital Delhi, the new price of 99.9 grams of purity gold has now gone up to Rs 46,310 per 10 grams. At the same time, the price of gold in the international market rose to $ 1,778 an ounce today. Rupee today weakened by 5 paise to 74.37 against the dollar.
Easy availability of drones increased challenges for security forces: Gen Naravane
Community Involvement in Development Planning Leads to Balanced Regional Growth:CM Naveen


I have graduated from Stanford University with my Ph.D in Electrical Engineering. I am now an Assistant Professor at the University of New Mexico in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. My new webpage can be found here, but it is not yet complete.
I have accepted a position as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of New Mexico.
Our work in dual photography has been accepted at SIGGRAPH '05! Check out the paper's webpage here. The work was also featured in Slashdot, Technology Research News, New Scientist, CPU, Computerworld, and CGWorld. Much to my surprise, the technique was also mentioned in a recent episode of the CBS show Numb3rs. You can download a clip from the show here (save the file, then play it with Windows Media Player using the DivX codec. Don't forget to turn on the sound!).
I just got back from the Graphics Hardware conference in Grenoble, France, where I presented my work on silhouette map textures. It was named the best paper of the conference!


We write to reaffirm Baldwin Wallace University's historic and unwavering commitment to our founding principles of diversity and inclusion. We believe it is vitally important to protect individual rights and opportunities even as our country strives for greater security.
BW will continue to recruit and welcome students, faculty, alumni and visitors from across the globe as a key pillar of our mission and vision. BW values and supports each and every member of our academic community.
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