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In Latin America, remunerated caregiving work accounts for 16% of jobs, with 47 million people working in the area
Linoca Souza
Christina Queiroz
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Caregiving professionals account for 11.5% of all workers worldwide, 19.3% of female workers, and 6.6% of male workers, according to the International Labor Organization (ILO). In Latin America, remunerated caregiving work accounts for 16% of jobs, with 47 million people working in the area; of these, 36 million are women, accounting for 31% of all female jobs. "In countries such as Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, and Uruguay, these are domestic workers, hired on a monthly or daily basis, who are largely in charge of caring for children and the elderly," says sociologist Nadya Araujo Guimarães, from the University of São Paulo (USP).
In Brazil, there are 4 million domestic workers, most of them domestic migrants—unlike in Europe and the United States, where they are usually foreigners. Although caregiving work is still largely performed by domestic workers, the search for specialized care professionals has grown in Brazil in recent years. "These kinds of jobs increased 275% in the country between 2012 and 2019," shares the researcher, meaning there are 1.5 million home-based caregivers in the country.
Although they are vital to the well-being of society, care workers around the world report precarious working conditions. This market is characterized by low wages and informal conditions, a situation that is even worse in Brazil than in countries such as France and Japan, according to Helena Hirata, from the Center of Sociology and Political Science in Paris, France. Brazil does not yet have a specific law that regulates the activity, meaning workers currently rely on domestic worker laws to protect their rights. "According to 2019 data, 93% of domestic workers in the country are women and 65% are Black. This professional category was excluded from labor rights for decades. Only in 2013, with Constitutional Amendment 72—which became known as "PEC das Domésticas" (Domestic Workers Constitutional Amendment Proposal)—which obtained the same rights as other professions, such as an eight-hour working day, overtime, and vacation," explains Regina Stela Corrêa Vieira, from the University of West Santa Catarina Post-graduate Law Program (UNOESC).
Achieving better working conditions came with academic discussions on the need to establish a monetary dimension to unpaid domestic work—which, according to the ILO, amounts to 16.4 billion daily hours worldwide. In her PhD thesis, defended at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) in 2018, demographer Jordana Cristina de Jesus, from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), applied a methodology to estimate the annual value of this type of work in Brazil: it reached R$580 billion, equivalent to 11% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2013. "To calculate this percentage, we added the annual hours of unpaid housework and assigned them a monetary value, based on the average salary of a housekeeper," explains the demographer, who is currently developing research to calculate the total value of domestic work in the country.
The Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA), in turn, is developing a study on the size of the paid caregiving sector in Brazil. Their definition is comprehensive, including all public and private activities, directly or indirectly related to care (e.g. domestic workers and cleaners, as well as public servants working in health care, early childhood educators, and elementary and secondary school teachers). According to sociologist Luana Pinheiro, a researcher at the institution, preliminary estimates point to about 25% of the country's workforce in caregiving roles. "Care activities not only guarantee the well-being of society, but also provide a foundation for other roles to be performed in the market. No one works in the stock market, for example, if bathrooms are not being cleaned, if their children or other dependents are not being cared for, and if their employees are not being fed," she concludes.
Care as work: A conceptualization of labor law based on gender (no. 16/18865-6); Grant Mechanism Doctoral (PhD) Fellowship; Principal Investigator Homero Batista Mateus da Silva (USP); Grant Beneficiary Regina Stela Corrêa Vieira; Investment R$107,595.42.

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Caregiving professionals account for 11.5% of all workers worldwide, 19.3% of female workers, and 6.6% of male workers, according to the International Labor Organization (ILO). In Latin America, remunerated caregiving work accounts for 16% of jobs, with 47 million people working in the area; of these, 36 million are women, accounting for 31% of all female jobs. "In countries such as Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, and Uruguay, these are domestic workers, hired on a monthly or daily basis, who are largely in charge of caring for children and the elderly," says sociologist Nadya Araujo Guimarães, from the University of São Paulo (USP). In Brazil, there are 4 million domestic workers, most of them domestic migrants—unlike in Europe and the United States, where they are usually foreigners. Although caregiving work is still largely performed by domestic workers, the search for specialized care professionals has grown in Brazil in recent years. "These kinds of jobs increased 275% in the country between 2012 and 2019," shares the researcher, meaning there are 1.5 million home-based caregivers in the country. Although they are vital to the well-being of society, care workers around the world report precarious working conditions. This market is characterized by low wages and informal conditions, a situation that is even worse in Brazil than in countries such as France and Japan, according to Helena Hirata, from the Center of Sociology and Political Science in Paris, France. Brazil does not yet have a specific law that regulates the activity, meaning workers currently rely on domestic worker laws to protect their rights. "According to 2019 data, 93% of domestic workers in the country are women and 65% are Black. This professional category was excluded from labor rights for decades. Only in 2013, with Constitutional Amendment 72—which became known as "PEC das Domésticas" (Domestic Workers Constitutional Amendment Proposal)—which obtained the same rights as other professions, such as an eight-hour working day, overtime, and vacation," explains Regina Stela Corrêa Vieira, from the University of West Santa Catarina Post-graduate Law Program (UNOESC). Achieving better working conditions came with academic discussions on the need to establish a monetary dimension to unpaid domestic work—which, according to the ILO, amounts to 16.4 billion daily hours worldwide. In her PhD thesis, defended at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) in 2018, demographer Jordana Cristina de Jesus, from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), applied a methodology to estimate the annual value of this type of work in Brazil: it reached R$580 billion, equivalent to 11% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2013. "To calculate this percentage, we added the annual hours of unpaid housework and assigned them a monetary value, based on the average salary of a housekeeper," explains the demographer, who is currently developing research to calculate the total value of domestic work in the country. The Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA), in turn, is developing a study on the size of the paid caregiving sector in Brazil. Their definition is comprehensive, including all public and private activities, directly or indirectly related to care (e.g. domestic workers and cleaners, as well as public servants working in health care, early childhood educators, and elementary and secondary school teachers). According to sociologist Luana Pinheiro, a researcher at the institution, preliminary estimates point to about 25% of the country's workforce in caregiving roles. "Care activities not only guarantee the well-being of society, but also provide a foundation for other roles to be performed in the market. No one works in the stock market, for example, if bathrooms are not being cleaned, if their children or other dependents are not being cared for, and if their employees are not being fed," she concludes. Project Care as work: A conceptualization of labor law based on gender (no. 16/18865-6); Grant Mechanism Doctoral (PhD) Fellowship; Principal Investigator Homero Batista Mateus da Silva (USP); Grant Beneficiary Regina Stela Corrêa Vieira; Investment R$107,595.42.


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V Transmission Hits World Radio
V-Transmission has hit the world airwaves promoted by Musik Radio Promotions the band is getting airplay in about every country in the world. Musik and Film released their music to the world via Sony. Check them out at http://vtransmission.com/site/ V Transmission is a unsigned mature four piece combo hailing from the dark northern industrial heartland of England, that is Manchester. The band have been around a long time predominantly as the song writing duo of Andy Boucher and John Anson, (Out of The Blue, Cobra Verde). It was only in 2012 with the pairing of Mat Thorpe ( Isolation Division, Distorted Pictures) on bass guitars and Mick Bedford ( The Wedding Present, Chumbawumba ) on drums and percussion was added, that, a new live energy and abstract image brought the band to life with the extra visual and performance dimensions that was missing from the restrictions of V-Transmission as a duo and so the formation was now complete with this inclusion of musicians with similar tastes and influences.
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V-transmission always strive to recapture and deliver the sounds and visual excitement and energy of what seems to be currently missing with some of the more modern established artists. The band like to treat the fans to a full on show with dreamy stage sets, ethereal and soaring anthemic songs, with a musical fusion of synthesised glory, searing guitars and lacerating lyrics. Andy Boucher the bands front man says" We want to give our fans the experience that they belong to an unstoppable' force majeure' and are part of a big family?"
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Three of Fukushima's six reactors suffered meltdowns after the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, and the fuel-cooling containment pool was seriously damaged at a fourth unit.
Japan is currently nuclear-free, as all 50 of its reactors are closed for maintenance, repairs, safety checks or inoperability.
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The Center for World Music would like to recognize Garit Imhoff for his years of dedication as an outstanding teaching artist in residence for the World Music in the Schools program.
Garit Imhoff is a professional mbira player, teacher, and all-around performer, specializing in storytelling and movement. He is a graduate of the California Institute of the Arts and has participated in world music ensembles for over forty-five years. He has studied and performed traditional Zimbabwean music extensively, both in the United States and in Zimbabwe, and has studied the traditional music, puppetry, and cultures of Java and Bali in Indonesia. Mr. Imhoff learned and practiced Zimbabwean music under the tutelage of many great teachers including Ephat Mujuru, Jacob Mafuleni, Stella Chiweshe, Tute Chigamba, Irene Chigamba, and Musekiwa Chingodza. As one of its cofounders, Mr. Imhoff is an active performing member of Zimbeat, a professional San Diego-based music ensemble that specializes in the traditional and popular music of Zimbabwe. He is also a performing member of Kembang Sunda, a San Diego-based traditional west Javanese gamelan orchestra.
In 2013 Mr. Imhoff was awarded a grant through the Artist Outreach Project of the Kenneth A. Picerne Foundation–funding to support teaching children in Encinitas at the Boys & Girls Club of San Dieguito. The Center for World Music partnered with the Picerne Foundation and Ticha Muzavazi, instrument builders and teacher of students with disabilities in Zimbabwe, to develop specially made small-sized Zimbabwean mbiras that could be easily played by young children. The resulting year-long project subsequently developed into Center for World Music classes in public and private primary schools throughout the County of San Diego.
Combining storytelling, dance, and singing to engage his students, Mr. Imhoff has been using the small-sized mbiras to instruct San Diego K-12 children in the compelling traditions of Zimbabwe. His music classes in the schools are supported by grants from the California Arts Council, the National Endowment of the Arts, and the local San Diego community.
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Q: Proving Brownian motion is not monotone I am trying to clarify a certain part of  a proof on non monotonic property of the Brownian motion. Suppose we assume $B_t$ is monotonic in the interval $[a,b]$ and let $\{a=a_1,a_2,...,b=a_n\}$ be a partition. Then on every sub interval for every $i$, $B_{a_i}-B_{a_{i+1}}$ has the same sign. The proof goes on to say that the probability of this is $2/2^{n}.$ I am not quite sure why this is true. By independent increments we do have $$P(B_{a_1}-B_{a_2}>0,...,B_{a_n}-B_{a_{n+1}}>0)=P(B_{a_1}-B_{a_2}>0)P(B_{a_2}-B_{a_3}>0)\cdot \cdot \cdot P(B_{a_n}-B_{a_{n+1}}>0)$$
And I think the idea is $P(B_{a_i}-B_{a_{i+1}}>0)=1/2$ for all $i$ and we get $P(B_{a_1}-B_{a_2}>0,...,B_{a_n}-B_{a_{n+1}}>0)=2^{-n}$. If we do the same for $<0$ and add the two probabilities we end of with $2/2^n$. I am not sure if it is correct to assume $P(B_{a_i}-B_{a_{i+1}}>0)=1/2$. Any clarification is appreciated. Thank you!

A: Your argument is correct. It is true that $P(B_{a_i}-B_{a_{i+1}}>0)=1/2$, because the random variable $B_{a_i}-B_{a_{i+1}}$ is normally distributed with mean zero.
(We typically consider the increments in the form $B_{a_{i+1}}-B_{a_i}$, where we subtract the earlier value of $B$ from the later value of $B$, but the argument you've posed is still correct.)

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How do you label the many dance styles danced and performed by belly dancers?
Defining the styles of belly dance can be a touchy subject, as some dancers mistakenly think that there are standardized terms for all belly dance styles. Yes, there are many universal names that are unchangeable, especially when defining Middle Eastern folkloric styles. However, there are other names and categoraizations that are used regionally or individually, depending on each dancer's preferences, influences and opinion.
The first problem with labeling belly dance is that the term "belly dance" is far too generic. In my opinion, "belly dance" is overused. It's fine to call ourselves belly dancers and say that we "belly dance," but when discussing history or style or when educating others, it's far too broad. Used in this way, it can lead to confusion and can perpetuate the many mistruths that already exist. Many will use the term "belly dance" in historical context, which can misrepresent the many cultures and various people of the Middle East and other regions of the world. You'll find that most, if not all, "true" historians will stay away from the word "belly dance" for this very reason.
I'll assume that most dancers would agree that belly dance (the dances belly dancers do) can be broken into 3 categories. Whether you use my labels or your own, doesn't really matter, as long as we are describing the same thing. I like to use Folkoric, Cabaret, and Contemporary. Below is a web graph that I created, in which I've listed most of the styles that belly dancers tend to learn and perform. I've organized it in this way, to illustrate the connections between the styles. If I've left something important off, or if you'd like to add your two-cents, please leave a comment below.
In the web graph above, "Vintage" refers to the style seen in Cairo in the late 1800's- 1940's. By "Modern," I refer to the late 1940's – 90's, and by "Post Modern," I refer to the 1990's to present times. It should also be noted that Saidi and/or Raqs Assaya is most often performed in a "Cairo-Cabaret" style rather than in its traditional form, which is also true for some other folkloric dances. So, perhaps there should be some overlap between Cabaret & Folkloric to note this. More importantly, I hope it's a good learning tool, if not disected too much and used generally.
Here's a pseudo venn diagram by Nadira Jamal that is very informative as it shows the overlap of styles. Click to enlarge.
Belly Dance Styles – My original article that defines the styles in more detail.


Sergeant Troy is beautifully decked out and sits in its own private woodland clearing, with a direct view of the llama paddocks so you can watch them gambol as you sip your breakfast tea. Be a llama farmer and book a wander in their company, or give them a snack from the jar of goat food in your hut! The eagle-eyed may also be able to spot the three little kune-pigs, who are always very happy to see guests.
Inside, owner Michelle has the decor spot on: weathered furniture, antique cups and saucers and plenty of understated touches make it cosy yet cool. There's a private flushing loo hut and a separate small kitchen hut with oven, grill and hob just a step next door. Bring your own supplies or Michelle can order you a delicious meal in advance to simply re-heat when you're hungry. Outside there's a fire pit for grilling if you want to make the most of the evenings outdoors, or toasting marshmallows. The log burner has a small oven if you want to warm pastries without venturing outside in the morning, and also doubles up as heating, so you can relax in the hut's slipper bath and be perfectly toasty.
If you can bear to leave your little home, explore nearby Hever Castle, plenty of good local pubs, or the original Hundred Acre Wood from Winnie the Pooh in this pretty corner of Kent - just an hour from London.
Though Gatwick airport is 20 miles away, there are daytime planes overhead - virtually the only sign of the 'real world'!
The llamas on your doorstep!
The nearest train stations are Edenbridge Town or Edenbridge and Hever, both approximately 2 - 3 miles away. It is possible to reach Little Brookstreet on foot if you're very determined, but bringing a car is recommended to fully make the most of the surrounding area.
Little Brookstreet is situated on the Hartfield Road (the B2026 from Edenbridge towards Cowden and Colestock Cross). If you are travelling South out of Edenbridge you will pass Harwoods Land Rover garage on your left, and Little Brookstreet is the first drive on the right after Roger Platt's nursery.
If you are heading North towards Edenbridge you will pass the Queen's Arms on the left and then a little further along Last Chance Animal Rescue. Little Brookstreet is the second drive on the left after Last Chance.
The entrance is marked by small white pillars at the entrance to the drive.
Complimentary tea and coffee are provided in the hut.
Michelle can order you a delicious meal in advance (although you'll have to make your mind up and order at least 24 hours in advance). Meals will be left in the fridge and you can then simply re-heat when you're hungry. Please contact Michelle to organise preferences for food.
There is both a Waitrose and a Tesco Express in Edenbridge, open from 6am until 11pm, 7 days a week. This is a 2-3 mile drive away.
Nick the Butcher in Hartfield is a 5-mile drive away and has a fantastic selection of meat, game and award-winning sausages.
There is a wonderful walk to The Fountain in Cowden. The walk takes an hour each way following a circular route. There are photo-instructions in the hut. Advance booking for weekends and Sunday lunch is essential. Quiz night is the first Thursday of every month and booking is essential.
Wednesday is Quiz Night. Be sure to book for a Fri or Sat eve, as it gets busy!
If you don't mind a short drive the Gallipot Inn in Hartfield is very good. Live music every other Sunday evening from 7pm.
The Henry in Hever is very popular and a short drive away. You can also walk there in 45 minutes and there are instructions in the hut on how to get there. Again daylight hours only.
The Dorset Arms in Withyham has just been refurbished and Michelle and Gary highly recommend the food!
You could easily spend a day just relaxing in the company of the llamas, but there's plenty more to do. The woods are full of perfect picnic spots, there are beautiful walks through the neighbouring countryside, and in the evenings have a barbecue in the fire pit. Lllama trekking may be possible - if you are interested, please ask Michelle for more information.
Penshurst Place, Hever Castle and Tonbridge Castle are also within easy reach.
The whole area is jam-packed with history to discover. Hever Castle, the childhood home of Anne Boleyn, regularly has jousting events only a few miles away. Penshurst Place and the pretty villages of Penshurst and Chiddingstone are also no more than a 10 minute drive, as is the village of Hartfield, home to Winnie the Pooh and the Hundred Acre Wood. The historic Pantiles of Royal Tunbridge Wells are a 20 minute drive away and there are usually markets on the first and third Sundays of the month. The nearby Chiddingstone Castle is also worth a visit for both its interesting Egyptian and Japanese collections and its charming tea room serving homemade cakes and cream teas.
The National Trust gardens of Wakehurst, Emmets and Sheffield Park and the award winning Chapel Down Vineyard are all within driving distance.
If you manage to finish exploring Little Brookstreet's very own magical woods, Groombridge Place Enchanted Forest and Gardens offers interesting walks only 15 minutes' drive away, and they even offer cruises on their canal boats.
For the more energetic, go off road at Penshurst Off Road Cycling (PORC), or go for a (mainly flat) cycle down the disused railway track, running from nearby Groombridge through Hartfield and Forest Row and on to East Grinstead. There is also a 13 mile round-the-reservoir cycle track at Bewl Water where a variety of activities on the reservoir itself are also available. Or leave the road and swing through the trees at Go Ape! Black Park Country Park or Go Ape! Swinley Forest, where you'll find Tarzan swings and epic zip wires aplenty!
Michelle and Gary have lived at Little Brookstreet for 14 years, over ten of which have been in the company of llamas! They are lucky to be surrounded by not only their llama fields, but also 55 acres of beautiful private woodland fed by small streams and interspersed with pathways, which make for peaceful and relaxing walks with or without llamas. Always home to pheasants and deer, in late April and May the woods bloom with a carpet of bluebells.
You'll find the llamas are happy to come up to the fence and sample some goat mix - you'll find some in the hut to tempt them up from time to time. Sergeant Troy, has its own woodland clearing with a view towards the llamas.
Michelle and Gary have tried to minimise their impact on the environment and are proud of taking care of their wonderful woodland. The Shepherds Huts are timber constructions with a metal roof and lighting is powered by solar panels. The log burner makes use of wood directly cut from the surrounding woodland, and hot water is provided by way of propane gas.
Had a brilliant stay for my birthday, bit washed out, but not a problem at all. Who needs to go out when staying in is so beautiful.
We stayed for two nights in September 2018 for my girlfriend's birthday and had a wonderful time. Michelle was a lovely host when we needed anything and the array of beautiful pubs, countryside and quirky animals was amazing. Would highly recommend.
Michelle our host was so welcoming and friendly, she couldn't do enough for us including sharing her hens eggs and freshly picked salad leaves and tomatoes. The shepherds hut is beautifully designed and decorated, the bed very comfortable... totally chic and cosy. Gorgeous bath too. The kitchen was perfect for us to make all our meals happily out in the open, which we enjoyed eating at the bench on the lawn over looking the hens, pigs and llamas. Super idyllic. The llamas have great characters and Michelle gave us plenty of food to feed them which was really fun. We visited Hever Castle which was magnificent, lots to see and do including stunning grounds, a fun water maze and interesting look around the castle itself. We had such a relaxing weekend, took things really slow and loved every minute of our stay!
We had a lovely restful 2 night stay in this gorgeous cabin for my partners 30th. It was just what we needed. We loved the llama trekking and the interior of the shepherds hut was super cosy and clean. We were made to feel very welcome and like nothing was too much trouble.
My husband and I had a wonderful weekend break at Little Brook Street Farm. Michelle was a wonderful host and we were so impressed by all the little touches that made it really special. The shepherd huts are clean, cosy and warm, and it's great that there is a fully functioning kitchenette and bathroom. There is plenty to do on site and nearby , lots of places to visit and lovely walks. We had a BBQ every night and cooked fresh eggs for breakfast in the morning. Our highlight had to be trekking through the woods with the llamas, and feeding them in the morning- it was so much fun. We look forward to coming back again soon.
We had a fantastic time! Didn't want to leave, it is a little haven and the perfect escape from it all... Michelle was amazing from prior to arrival to the day we left nothing was too much trouble-even giving us some fresh eggs from the chickens for our breakfast- the perfect host! We were also lucky enough to take the Llamas on a trek which is an experience and added to the originality of the stay. We loved our time our Sergeant Troy and would thoroughly recommend it to anyone!
Lovely! Beautiful, charming, well-appointed huts, lots of privacy, gentle views of llama paddock and woodland, everything we needed to get away from the stress and noise of London. The bed was incredibly comfortable, linen nice, great to have a bath, fun to light the stove to heat the bath. Michelle was very helpful with info and sorting out stuff .. her illustrated notes on the GLORIOUS walk to Cowden and the Fountain pub were great. Loved feeding and talking to the llamas and being entertained by the pigs. We really could have done with four nights instead of two. The Kent countryside was lovely and there were loads of walks either from the hut or within a very short distance.
The whole stay was absolutely magical. Michelle is a fantastic hostess and Sergeant Troy is magnificent! The facilities, including the rolltop bath, is amazing. You're in the centre of nature in a beautifully tranquil location. We saw owls, woodpeckers, deer, jays and other great wildlife! And obviously the llamas are brilliant! There was nothing to fault!!
We had such a lovely stay at Sergeant Troy, Michelle was a wonderful host, welcoming and helpful, while still giving us plenty of privacy. We loved the animals and feeding them each day, and Michelle even gave us fresh eggs from the chickens! The hut itself was gorgeous, we could of stayed much longer! The setting for Sergeant Troy is absolutely beautiful, and in such a wonderful area. We would recommend anyone to stay here and will be booking again later in the year!
We stayed at Sergeant Troy to celebrate my husband's 50th birthday. We had a wonderful time, Michelle was very accommodating and the facilities were great. When she found out it was his birthday she arranged a little treat for him and took us both out walking in the woods with the llamas. It was a very enjoyable experience. The hut was cosy, the bed very comfortable, and the roll top bath was heaven after a day out walking around one of the many National Trust properties nearby. Feeding the llamas was great fun and they were very entertaining to watch. We would both happily stay there again.
Glamping experience , a great place to get back to nature with a shabby chic twisted . Loved the free standing bath and how the wagon inside looks really charming and cosy. Of course the lamlas where Fascinating to watch. Me and my husband had a really enjoyable Stay . Michelle our host made it extra special with treats to celebrate our anniversary and getting to walk the lamlas was a great experience.
Michelle & Gary have just returned from their adventures in the US and are excited to be welcoming guests again at Sergeant Troy!
We had a lovely time... The setting was beautiful; the perfectly-designed hut was warm, cozy and romantic; the llamas (and assorted other animals!) were friendly and fun; and our host was always ready to help but allowed us plenty of privacy. We would recommend it highly to couples looking for an idyllic getaway.
We had a wonderful stay at Sergeant Troy. Michelle was an excellent host, making sure we had everything we needed but also giving us our own space and privacy. The animals on the farm were beautiful and very well looked after.
My partner and I stayed at Little Brookstreet llama farm to enjoy a couple of days away . We stayed in Sergeant Troy, an immaculate Shepherd's hut which I would have happily hitched to the car and towed home with us. Sergeant Troy is nestled under the trees at the edge of the woods overlooking the llamas in their paddocks. The hut is furnished in a comfortable and cosy style with everything you could need from wood burner to elegant Victorian style bath tub - and chocolate brownies and bubbly to welcome us! We slept like logs and were spoilt with Michelle's delicious suppers and fresh farm eggs. An accompanied evening stroll through the forest with two of the sweetest llamas was such a lovely experience and our stay was over only too soon.
We stayed 2 nights in the shepherd hut. The hut was very tastefully decorated with a separate flushing toilet shepherd hut (that, again, looked very good - we had been a little worried as it didn't appear in any photos on the website). The clearing where the huts were set was very private, away from the other hut which was next to the path so not as private. The fire pit was perfect with plenty of firewood. The owner was very friendly but discreet and unobtrusive, leaving us to our own devices. Walked to the Fountain pub through the woods and lanes - a good hour but very pleasant! The other day we went to Hever Castle (by car).
We had a really fantastic stay. Michelle was a brilliant host, and we'd highly recommend sampling her cooking at least once!
"We loved our stay and thought it was super relaxing, beautiful and unique. Michelle was extremely generous and helpful during our stay and there for any queries we had."
"My partner and I loved our stay in Sergeant Troy. The location was wonderful and the shepherd's hut itself was stunning. The interior and exterior design was perfect and we'd have loved to have stayed for longer."
"We loved our stay. The place was beautiful and it felt like a little escape from the real world. The owner was so nice and helpful but also left you alone to do your own thing. We particularly loved the three little piggies and the walk to the near by pub which the owner had left very good instructions of how to get to. I almost forgot dinner we had outside our hut provided by the owner what a wonderful cook she is :)"
"Little Brookstreet is magical. We had the most amazing time. In fact we cant wait to go back!"
"The hut itself was lovely, surprisingly spacious, well furnished and decorated and had everything in it you could need for a short break away. The owners had clearly put a lot of thought into the hut when it was built and little touches such as cakes, prosecco and balloons (for my birthday) really made us feel extremely welcome on arrival. During our stay, we walked to the fountain pub (as suggested by Michelle) which was an hour walk away through woodland. The food was very good and we had no troubles in finding the pub as Michelle had provided detailed instructions including photos the day before. We also visited Hever Castle which was just a 10minute drive from Little Brookstreet and well worth a visit. In the evenings we spent our time barbecuing just outside the hut in the little woodland clearing and feeding and admiring the llamas and other animals at Little Brookstreet including chickens and miniature pigs. The llamas were very friendly and happy to accept any food we had to offer-especially Sam the larger dominant female, who was particularly hungry all the time! Overall we were very happy with our stay at Little Brookstreet and very impressed with the Sergeant Troy hut. We would happily recommend Little Brookstreet to anyone wanting to get away for a bit of quiet time in the countryside with lovely hosts who are very welcoming but happy to take a step back and let you enjoy your stay as you please."
"We had such an amazing time at Little Brook Street. We came from London, and found that it was really easy to get to; its alarming how peaceful and beautiful the area is when it is in relatively close proximity to the city! We came without a car and Michelle arranged transport for us, which was very helpful. On arrival Michelle had given us prosecco, brownies and a balloon for our anniversary which was such a lovely touch. The interior of Sergeant Troy is beautiful - everything is done to such a high standard and it is cosy and charming. The piglets were so cute and the llamas hilarious! The surrounding woods are fun to explore and Michelle gave us great walks to go on. We walked to Hever Castle, and to the pub, 'The Henry', and on our second day we walked to 'The Fountain' - both pubs were excellent and the walks beautiful. I had arranged this as a surprise for my boyfriend and it was such a great experience. We both loved our time here, and Kent is a beautiful part of the world, however the hospitality that Michelle and Gary, and the whole family offered to us is what made the experience! They are there when you need them but you feel completely alone and there is a distance between you as well. We had such a fabulous time that we are returning to stay with them again! I would 100% reccommend this experience over a hotel stay. Thanks Little Brook Street'"
Bookings at Little Brookstreet start on Monday, Wednesday or Friday. 2 night weekend stays are available - please call 0117 204 7830 to book.


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If this interests you then you will need to start training now… it's not an event you enter lightly. Salomon 4 Trails is estimated to be between 150 – 160 kms in distance, approximately 9 – 10,000 metres of difference in elevation, will include three countries, four stages and five towns.
This new Salomon event is for individual starters. It begins in the mountain resort town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany) and the stage cities will be Ehrwald (Austria), Imst (Austria), Landeck (Austria) and Samnaun(Switzerland).
Extreme sports is not a new concept to the town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. It was the site of the Winter Olympic Games in 1936 and was the first to introduce alpine skiing. It has subsequently hosted a variety of world cup ski races and the World Alpine Ski Championships are scheduled to return this year. Hosting a major sporting event is something this town is very good at.
Erhwald, Imst and Landeck are all in the Tyrol, Austria. Erhwald nestles on the southern base of Germany's highest mountain, the Zugspitze (2,950m) – whose glacier is the most northernmost in the Alps. Imst, too, is no stranger to extreme sports. In 1958, the first artificially refrigerated luge track was completed at Imst and it hosted the FIL World Luge Championships in 1963 and 1978.
The final host town is Samnaun in Switzerland. Cradled in a corner, Samnaun used to be a smugglers paradise positioned as it was between two other countries – Austria and Italy. In fact, although this village is in Switzerland, up until the 20th century (1905 to be exact) it could only be reached by road via Austria. Because of this, Samnaun was excluded from the Swiss customs territory, and retains a privileged 'duty-free' status, albeit not without controversy, to this day.
The Salomon 4 Trails event is organised by Plan B, the event specialists for mountain bike and trail running events. Each day approximately 30 – 40 kms and a height differentiation of 2,000 m will be covered. A generous time allowance will be given for each stage, but do not think this is a race you can enter without adequate training, a race you quite fancy doing because of the beautiful trails and spectacular landscapes in the most beautiful Alpine regions of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. It will, from start to finish, be a challenging and exhausting 4-day race.
"We are very happy that, with the SALOMON 4 TRAILS, we can now also offer a crossing of the Alps that is even more geared toward popular sports," says project manager Anika Stephan about the concept of the SALOMON 4 TRAILS.
The race is scheduled for the 6th – 9th July. If you wish further information please go directly to the race website where you can find further details re registration, etc.


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Seventy years on, Berlin recalls Airlift 'Candy Bombers'
Visitors look at an original Douglas C-54, so called "Rosinenbomber" (German for "Raisin bomber"), used at the Berlin Airlift, during a celebration to mark the 70th anniversary of the airlift at former Tempelhof Airport in Berlin, Germany, May 12, 2019. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
Frank Zeller| Agence France Presse
A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Daily Star on May 13, 2019, on page 9.
Candy Bombers
Ernst Reuter
President John F. Kennedy
Berlin Airlift
Germany marked 70 years Sunday since the end of the Soviet blockade that sparked the Berlin Airlift, the spectacular humanitarian rescue mission in the early years of the Cold War. For almost a year, mainly American and British pilots created a lifeline to support war-ravaged West Berlin, which was then encircled and blockaded by Soviet forces, with food and fuel.
In response, Soviet troops on June 24 launched a full blockade of West Berlin.
To break the 322-day blockade, some 277,000 flights brought in more than 2 million tons of food packages and other relief goods.
The Soviets finally lifted the blockade on May 12, 1949, though the flights continued for several more months. The daring airlift claimed at least 78 lives, mostly of U.S. and British pilots.
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Research suggests that not only did wings evolve in dinosaurs earlier than previously thought, they may have evolved merely for courtship displays. A study in Science describes three Ornithomimosaur specimens – distantly related to birds – from Canada. Both juvenile and adult specimens had evidence of downy feathers, but only an adult had wing-like structures. That suggests that wings may have evolved not for flight, but rather to aid in the quest to reproduce.
The Ornithomimids – from the Latin for "bird mimics" – superficially resembled modern-day ostriches, with a toothless beak, large eyes and long legs, but they also had a long, thick tail. The new specimens were found in ancient river deposits in Alberta, Canada.


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Iranian Minister Cancels Austrian Visit Over Israeli Flag
FILE PHOTO: A man holds a picture of Ali Khamenei while walking on representations of the U.S. and Israeli flags during a regime sponsored demonstration. REUTERS
ZURICH, May 15 (Reuters) – Iran's foreign minister cancelled a visit with his Austrian counterpart to show displeasure that Chancellor Sebastian Kurz's government had flown the Israeli flag in Vienna in a show of solidarity, the Austrian foreign ministry said on Saturday.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was supposed to meet Alexander Schallenberg but had called off the trip, a spokeswoman for Schallenberg said, confirming a report in newspaper Die Presse.
"We regret this and take note of it, but for us it is as clear as day that when Hamas fires more than 2,000 rockets at civilian targets in Israel then we will not remain silent," the spokeswoman said.
Hamas is the Islamist group that runs Gaza. Israel has pummelled Gaza with air strikes and Palestinian militants have launched rocket barrages at Israel in the worst escalation of violence in years.
The dispute comes during talks in Vienna to try to revive a 2015 accord with western powers in which Iran agreed to curb its nuclear programme in exchange for relief from sanctions. Former U.S. President Donald Trump abandoned the deal in 2018, prompting Iran to begin violating its terms.
Kurz, who is firmly pro-Israel, had called flying the Israeli flag over the federal chancellery on Friday a mark of solidarity amid the violent clashes. But Abbas Araqchi, who heads the Iranian delegation at the Vienna talks, criticised the move.
"Vienna is the seat of (nuclear watchdog) IAEA & UN, and (Austria) so far been a great host for negotiations," Araqchi wrote on Twitter. "Shocking & painful to see flag of the occupying regime, that brutally killed tens of innocent civilians, inc many children in just few days, over govt offices in Vienna. We stand with Palestine."
Hamas Missile Operations Against Israel
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"The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" is a German tale (Nussknacker und Mausekönig) a story written in 1816 by Prussian author E. T. A. Hoffmann, in which young Marie Stahlbaum's favorite Christmas toy, a Nutcracker, comes alive and after defeating the evil Mouse King in battle, carries her away to a magical kingdom inhabited by dolls. In 1892, the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and choreographers Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov turned Alexandre Dumas's adaptation into the ballet Nutcracker.
The Nutcracker ballet is, for many, an annual tradition.
The story begins on Christmas Eve at the Stahlbaum house. Marie, seven, and her brother, Fritz, sit outside the parlor speculating about what kind of present their godfather, Drosselmeyer, who is a clockmaker and inventor, has made for them. They are at last allowed in, where they receive many splendid gifts, including Drosselmeyer's, which turns out to be a clockwork castle with mechanical people moving about inside it. However, as they can only do the same thing repeatedly without variation, the children quickly tire of it. At this point, Marie notices a nutcracker and asks to whom he belongs. Her father tells her that he belongs to all of them but that she will be his special caretaker since she is so fond of him. So she, Fritz, and their sister, Louise, pass him amongst themselves, cracking nuts until Fritz tries to crack one that is too big and hard and his jaw breaks. Marie, upset, takes him away and bandages him with a ribbon from her dress.
When it is time for bed, the children put their Christmas gifts away in the special cabinet to keep their toys. Fritz and Louise go up to bed, but Marie begs to stay with the nutcracker a while longer, and she is allowed to do so. She puts him to bed and tells him that Drosselmeyer will fix his jaw as good as new. At this, his face seems momentarily to come alive, and Marie is frightened, but she then decides it was only her imagination.
The grandfather clock begins to chime, and Marie believes she sees Drosselmeyer sitting on it, preventing it from striking. Mice begin to come out from beneath the floorboards, including the seven-headed Mouse King. The dolls in the toy cabinet come alive and begin to move, the nutcracker taking command and leading them into battle after putting Marie's ribbon on as a token. The battle goes to the dolls at first, but they are eventually overwhelmed by the mice. Seeing the nutcracker about to be taken prisoner, Marie takes off her slipper and throws it at the Mouse King. She then faints into the toy cabinet's glass door, cutting her arm badly.
Marie wakes up in her bed the following day with her arm bandaged and tries to tell her parents about the battle between the mice and the dolls, but they do not believe her, thinking that she has had a fever dream caused by the wound she sustained from the broken glass. Several days later, Drosselmeyer arrives with the nutcracker, whose jaw has been fixed, and tells Marie the story of Princess Pirlipat and Madam Mouserinks, also known as the Queen of the Mice, which explains how nutcrackers came to be and why they look the way they do.
The Mouse Queen tricked Pirlipat's mother into allowing her and her children to gobble up the lard that was supposed to go into the sausage the King was to eat at dinner that evening. The King, enraged at the Mouse Queen for spoiling his supper and upsetting his wife, had his court inventor, whose name happens to be Drosselmeyer, create traps for the Mouse Queen and her children.
The Mouse Queen angered at the death of her children, swore that she would take revenge on Pirlipat. Pirlipat's mother surrounded her with cats that were supposed to be kept awake by being constantly stroked; however, the nurses who did so fell asleep. The Mouse Queen magically turned Pirlipat ugly, giving her a vast head, a wide grinning mouth, and a cottony beard like a nutcracker. The King blamed Drosselmeyer and gave him four weeks to find a cure. In the end, he had no remedy but went to his friend, the court astrologer.
They read Pirlipat's horoscope and told the King that the only way to cure her was to have her eat the nut Crackatook (Krakatuk), which must be cracked and handed to her by a man who had never been shaved nor worn boots since birth, and who must, without opening his eyes give her the kernel and take seven steps backward without stumbling. So the King sent Drosselmeyer and the astrologer out to look for both, charging them on pain of death not to return until they had found them.
The two men journeyed for many years without finding either the nut or the man, until finally they returned home to Nuremberg and found the nut in possession of Drosselmeyer's cousin, a puppet-maker. His son turned out to be the young man who needed to crack the nut Crackatook. Once the nut had been found, the King promised Pirlipat's hand to whoever could crack it. Unfortunately, many men broke their teeth on it before Drosselmeyer's nephew finally appeared. Nevertheless, he cracked it easily and handed it to Pirlipat, who swallowed it and immediately became beautiful again. Still, Drosselmeyer's nephew, on his seventh backward step, stepped on the Mouse Queen and stumbled, and the curse fell on him, giving him a large head, wide grinning mouth, and cottony beard; in short, making him a nutcracker. The ungrateful and unsympathetic Pirlipat, seeing how ugly he had become, refused to marry him and banished him from the castle.
While she recuperates from her wound, Marie hears the Mouse King, son of the deceased Madam Mouserinks, whispering to her in the middle of the night, threatening to bite the nutcracker to pieces unless she gives him her sweets and dolls. She sacrifices them for the nutcracker's sake, but then he wants more and more. Finally, the nutcracker tells her that he will finish off the Mouse King if she gets him a sword. She asks Fritz for one, and he gives her the one from one of his toy hussars. The next night, the nutcracker comes into Marie's room bearing the Mouse King's seven crowns and takes her away with him to the doll kingdom, where she sees many wonderful things. She eventually falls asleep in the nutcracker's palace and is brought back home. She tries to tell her mother what happened, but again she is not believed, even when she shows her parents the seven crowns, and she is forbidden to speak of her "dreams" anymore.
Marie sits in front of the toy cabinet one day while Drosselmeyer repairs one of her father's clocks. While looking at the nutcracker and thinking about all the wondrous things that happened, she can't keep silent anymore and swears to him that if he were ever really real, she would never behave as Pirlipat did and would love him whatever he looked like. At this, there is a bang, and she faints and falls off the chair. Her mother comes in to tell her that Drosselmeyer's nephew has arrived from Nuremberg. He takes her aside and tells her that by swearing that she would love him despite his looks, she broke the curse on him and made him human again. Then, he asks her to marry him. She accepts, and in a year and a day, he comes for her and takes her away to the doll kingdom, where she marries him and is crowned Queen.
Nutcracker Ballet -Full Performance - Russian State Ballet & Opera House
Russian State Ballet and Opera House on YouTube
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"The Christmas Carol Soldier"
In March 1863 a seventeen year old native of Cambridge, Massachusetts, slipped away from his home on Brattle Street, hopped aboard a train and headed for Washington D.C. to join Mr. Lincoln's Army. He was by no means the first or the last youth that simply couldn't stay home while so many of his peers were off participating in the great adventure of the Civil War, but he may have been the most prominent runaway from Boston and possibly New England that year. His name was Charles Appleton Longfellow, and his father was the great poet and literary scholar, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
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How to get more from your finance team?
Finance needs to play a big role in any business enterprise as a strong finance team will help to build a strong, healthy business. Here are some key tips that will help management get the most from their finance team.
Training and development – The role of the finance team have moved from traditional governance like accounting, auditing, and budgeting to include areas like advanced analytics, demand planning, pricing, etc. Therefore, finance teams will need the right training and development with the right software and hardware to provide the information that is needed to make key decisions. Start by analyzing the knowledge gap that exists within your department and then look at suitable training plans to bridge this gap.
Finance transformation – Finance transformation are strategic initiatives that improve the service provided by the finance department. Tasks can include shortening a budget cycle, reducing overheads to implementing new accounting software. The general goal is to align finance to the overall strategy of the company. Start with the core responsibilities of finance like governance, scale, and services before looking into other areas.
Avoid broad goals – It is best to avoid broad goals like being a world-class finance team and instead look at reducing costs and increasing services offered. However, make sure that the cost reductions are realistic and that the company follows standard industry benchmarks. Allow sufficient time for a finance team to add new services and to get accustomed to the process. Sufficient time will help to smoothen out any issues and help to build a standard process that can be followed by everyone.


Spring comes early where I live in Southern California, but anytime can be a good time to give yourself the refreshing feeling of starting anew.
In that spirit, I offer six suggestions, some based on the latest findings of positive psychology. Try one for your own personal jump start.
1. Focus on the Positive: Give yourself credit by listing resolutions you made in the past and reflecting on those you actually kept. This can help you see the long slow pattern of change, and remind you that change is indeed possible. We tend to remember our failures, but we can learn to build up resiliency and upbeatness by seeking out the successes.
2. Simplify: Even cleaning out one junk drawer feels good. Or make a list (mine is called "The Big Declutter List"), going room to room in your imagination. Just putting on paper all the things you intend to do to simplify your environment feels refreshing, even if you only accomplish a tiny bit at a time. Taking the idea a giant step further, write down where your time goes. That's the first step to cutting down on inessentials so you can focus better on what's truly meaningful to you.
3. Get physical. Try out a new form of physical exercise, or do the same thing differently. There are so many ways to making walking around your neighborhood more fun, for example, whether you're walking with a kid or a mate or a pal or by yourself. One I like is what I call a "What's new" walk. Pay attention to details and notice every single thing that's new or different to you, such as a new car in front of your neighbor's house, or a cat on a roof, or a box in the trash that shows someone bought a new coffeemaker.
4. Change the music. Ask a friend to lend you a CD (or however you obtain your music) in some musical form you're never listened to before: blues, jazz, opera, Renaissance music, rap. Give it a chance and try to grasp why some people are aficionados of that form. You can do the same with films or books. Some of my most fun reading experiences have been when I agree to read, for my blogs, a genre I hardly ever read.
5. Revamp your workspace. Does your workspace, at home or at work, reflect your current goals? Subtract something old, add something new.
6. Pick one small habit to change: Whether it's checking your email constantly or leaving your pleasure reading until you're too sleepy to enjoy it, or something related to your eating habits or some relationship issue, even working on changing one small habit is bound to shake up your awareness.
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Great list! I especially enjoyed the get physical part. The exercise may help my ridiculously bad memory.
I made a resolution. The typical fitness resolution that so many people (including myself) usually fail at by this time. But this year is different. Instead of setting a goal I might not reach (such as "I'm going to lose X pounds in Y weeks) I set a goal I knew I could achieve: work out at least 4 days a week for 30 minutes. Since December (OK I got an early start) I've been going, on average, 5 days a week. Once 4 became a habit, that one extra day to finish out the week was no big deal. And with the weather warming up, my wife and I are spending more weekend time outside, geocaching.


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Q: How do I combine multiple sys_class_name while query? In the path below where I am doing filter on sys_class_name = Generic Application
/api/now/table/cmdb_ci?&sysparm_display_value=true&sysparm_exclude_reference_link=true&sys_class_name=Generic Application

I have multiple sys_class_name like Application, Generic Application, ServiceNow Application, Share point, IBM Websphere, Business application, business service, discovered service, web application, web service, web site.
My question is how do I combine all these Sys_Class_Names?

A: When you filter on a table you can right click on the filter text and select "copy URL".
https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/london-platform-administration/page/administer/exporting-data/task/t_UseAURLQueryToFilterAListResult.html
Your URL will look something like this:
/api/now/table/cmdb_ci?&sysparm_display_value=true&sysparm_exclude_reference_link=true&sys_class_name=Generic Application&sys_class_name=ServiceNow Application

A: You actually want to use the sysparm_query URL parameter with an IN condition:
sysparm_query=sys_class_nameINcmdb_ci_appl,cmdb_ci_appl_generic,...
The whole URL looks something like this:
/api/now/table/cmdb_ci?sysparm_query=sys_class_nameINcmdb_ci_appl%2Ccmdb_ci_appl_generic
Note: this is using the actual class name (e.g. cmdb_ci_appl_generic) in place of the class _label_. If you need to look up the name based on the label, go to /sys_db_object_list.do.
One easy way to use sysparm_query is to just build the list you want in the UI using the normal filter, and then just right-click the breadcrumbs (the blue text above the filter after Running) for the filter, and click Copy Query. That can just be pasted in as the sysparm_query in the table API.


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Q: Python not able to see environment variable in RHEL The following line of code is throwing an environment variable was not found error in a RHEL8 virtual machine running in Azure:
sourceKeys = os.environ.get("MY_ENV_VAR")

However, when we putty into the VM, we are able to access the variable as follows:
$ echo $MY_ENV_VAR
/path/to/some.yaml

The variable is set by packer in a startup script that has the following code:
export MY_ENV_VAR='/path/to/some.yaml'
echo "export MY_ENV_VAR='/path/to/some.yaml'" >> /etc/environment
echo "export MY_ENV_VAR='/path/to/some.yaml'" >> /etc/bashrc
echo "export MY_ENV_VAR='/path/to/some.yaml'" >> /etc/profile

Why is the linux terminal able to read the environment variable while python is not?

What needs to change in order for the python program to be able to read the environment variable's value?

A: os.environ.get()will only retrieve the value of environment variables (env-var), accessible to the process where retrieval is taking place. If your process is a daemon (as in a process launched by systemd) or otherwise NOT related to the runtime space in which you issue $ echo $MY_ENV_VAR then the result may differ from what you expect.
So in a nutshell, if you are going to export a variable to make it globally available, you need to export it from the shell that also spawns the process that is used to query/retrieve the value of said env-var.
A few answers are available on stackoverflow.com and elsewhere, e.g. here.


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<?php

if (!defined('BASEPATH'))
    exit('No direct script access allowed');

class Principal extends CI_Controller {

    public function __construct() {
        parent::__construct();
        $this->load->helper('miscellaneous');
        $this->load->model('principal_model');
    }

    public function index() {
        echo "el viejo sergio";
    }

    public function asignacion() {
        $SQL= 'INSERT INTO umbpruebas_inscritos_asignados values ';

        //1 paso: consultamos las ciudades
        $ciudades = $this->principal_model->traer_ciudades();
        //2 paso: creamos ciclo con las ciudades:
        foreach ($ciudades as $ciudad){
            //3 paso: traemos los inscritos por la ciudad
            $inscritos_ciudad = $this->principal_model->traer_inscritos_ciudad($ciudad->ciudad_id);

            //4 paso: traemos los espacios por la ciudad
            $espacio_ciudad = $this->principal_model->traer_espacios_ciudad($ciudad->ciudad_id);
            //5 paso: generamos el array con los espacios
            $espacios = crear_array_esp($espacio_ciudad);
            //6 paso: generamos el SQL para asignar los inscritos

            $contador = 0;
            foreach ($inscritos_ciudad as $inscrito){
                $SQL.='(';
                $SQL.=$inscrito->inscrito_id;
                $SQL.=",'";
                $SQL.=$inscrito->inscrito_pin;
                $SQL.="','";
                $SQL.=$inscrito->inscrito_cedula;
                $SQL.="','";
                $SQL.=$inscrito->inscrito_nombre;
                $SQL.="','";
                $SQL.=$espacios[$contador]['institucion_nombre'];
                $SQL.="','";
                $SQL.=$espacios[$contador]['puesto'];
                $SQL.="','";
                $SQL.=$espacios[$contador]['ciudad'];
                $SQL.="','";
                $SQL.=$espacios[$contador]['espacio_bloque'];
                $SQL.="','";
                $SQL.=$espacios[$contador]['espacio_piso'];
                $SQL.="','";
                $SQL.=$espacios[$contador]['espacio_aula'];
                $SQL.="'),";
                $contador++;
            }
        }
        echo $SQL;
        $this->principal_model->insertar(trim($SQL,',').';');
    }
}

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Aside from modern anti aging technologies, I personally love all the old wives tales about how to keep your skin looking young. How about smearing honey all over your face, washing your hair in raw eggs or abolishing spots with toothpaste? Amusing, but if they actually worked I think I'd prefer these tactics to plastic surgery. I will probably think very differently when I'm older, but I think that wrinkles are quite nice. They give a person wisdom, character and charm. However, we find it very easy to tell when someone is wrinkled from smiling their whole life, or from whinging. The latter produces a slightly downturned mouth and droopy cheeks… so smile! It's common knowledge that with a good dose of regular exercise, eating well, laughter and love comes good ageing.
I very much intend to put pleasure first because, let's face it, you probably only live once. It's worth enjoying! But that doesn't always mean fast food and lots of alcohol. Healthy food is inevitably going to boost your immune system over junk food and will therefore make your body a lot happier. Same goes for exercise vs sitting in front of the telly all day. So my young and perhaps naïve advice is this; enjoy, have fun, and make looking after yourself a part of that.
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Het tennistoernooi van Wimbledon in 1976 bij de mannen werd voor de 90e keer gehouden van maandag 21 juni tot en met zaterdag 3 juli in de Londense wijk Wimbledon. De Zweed Björn Borg won het toernooi voor de eerste keer door in de finale de Roemeen Ilie Năstase met 6-4, 6-2 en 9-7 te verslaan.

Algemeen

Opzet
 Het toernooi werd afgewerkt volgens het knock-outsysteem.
 De wedstrijden werden gespeeld om drie gewonnen sets (best of five) met een tiebreaksysteem bij een stand van 8-8 in de set. In de beslissende vijfde set moest met twee games verschil gewonnen worden.

Geplaatste spelers
Bij de loting kregen de beste 16 spelers van de ATP-ranglijst een geplaatste status. Geplaatste spelers ontliepen elkaar in de eerste drie rondes. De geplaatste spelers zijn hieronder opgesomd. Tussen haakjes staat welke ronde de speler haalde.

  Arthur Ashe (vierde ronde)
  Jimmy Connors (kwartfinale)
  Ilie Năstase (finale)
  Björn Borg (winnaar)
  Adriano Panatta (derde ronde)
  Guillermo Vilas (kwartfinale)
  Roscoe Tanner (halve finale)
  Raul Ramirez (halve finale)

  Tom Okker (derde ronde)
  John Newcombe (derde ronde)
 n/a
  Tony Roche (vierde ronde)
  Jaime Fillol Sr. (derde ronde)
  Brian Gottfried (vierde ronde)
 n/a
  Stan Smith (vierde ronde)

Toernooischema

Eindfase

Deel 1

Deel 2

Deel 3

Deel 4

Deel 5

Deel 6

Deel 7

Deel 8

Externe links

 Toernooischema ATP
 Toernooischema ITF

Wimbledon
ITF-toernooi in 1976

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Cristina Gutiérrez Herrero (* 24. Juli 1991 in Burgos) ist eine spanische Zahnärztin und Rallye-Fahrerin, die 2017 als erste Spanierin die Rallye Dakar als Teilnehmerin in der Autowertung beenden konnte. Im Jahr 2021 war sie die zweite Frau, die eine Etappe in der Geschichte der Rallye Dakar gewann. Seit 2021 nimmt sie an der Extreme-E-Serie teil und fährt dort für X44, das Team von Lewis Hamilton.

Rennsport-Karriere
Cristina Gutiérrez nahm von 2017 bis 2023 an sieben Dakar-Rallyes teil und kam jedes Mal ins Ziel. Ihr bestes Ergebnis erzielte sie 2019, als sie auf einem Mitsubishi mit Pablo Moreno Huete den 26. Gesamtrang von 56 Teilnehmern in der Autoklasse belegte. Sie war 2017 die erste Frau aus Spanien, die den Offroad-Klassiker in einem Auto beendete. 2021 trat sie in der Kategorie der leichten Fahrzeuge an und wurde erst die zweite Frau überhaupt (nach Jutta Kleinschmidt 2005), die eine Dakar-Etappe gewann.

Gutiérrez ist außerdem seit 2012 Offroad-Meisterin der Frauen ihres Landes und wurde 2015 nach einer Reihe von zweiten Plätzen in spanischen Bajas Vizemeisterin in der gleichen Disziplin.

Im Dezember 2020 wurde sie als weibliche Fahrerin für Lewis Hamiltons Team X44 in der Extreme E angekündigt. Sie startet in der elektrischen Offroad-Rennserie an der Seite von Sébastien Loeb. Nach dem Vizemeistertitel 2021 wird sie zur kommenden Saison wieder mit Loeb das Cockpit teilen.

Einzelnachweise

Rallyefahrer (Spanien)
Spanier
Geboren 1991
Frau


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