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Mass. chef kicks off annual Heirloom Tomato Celebration
Nicholas Iovino
Ettore's aversion for out-of-season tomatoes inspired him to create a special five-course menu, using different heirloom tomatoes for each course. This year marks the chef's seventh annual Heirloom Tomato Celebration, which takes place Sept. 5 to Sept. 29.
Nowadays, people can find tomatoes any time of year, but at Bistro 5 in West Medford, Mass., Chef Vittorio Ettore only serves them in September.
"The tomato is a beautiful fruit," says Ettore, "but it's only good when it's in season."
Ettore defines heirloom tomatoes as those that sprout from untouched seeds, the kind passed down through the generations unaltered. He says while many people expect tomatoes to look alike, each heirloom has a distinct shape, color and flavor.
"This is the way tomatoes are supposed to be," says Ettore. "Cut into them and water comes out. They are tasty and juicy."
The vine tomatoes found year round at the grocery store are often genetically altered, he says, which is why they look the same and don't taste as good.
The chef still makes sauce with imported canned tomatoes in the off season, but he only orders his heirlooms from local farms. This year, the tomatoes hail from Kimball Farm in Westford, Mass.; Grateful Farm in Franklin, Mass.; and other nearby, organic growers.
The chef also grows basil, tomatoes and peppers in a long window box stretching along the side of Bistro 5.
Ettore can chart the distinct qualities of each heirloom tomato. For example, he says the speckled Roman is earthier, has more body and is good for sauces. Meanwhile, the pineapple tomato is a little sweeter. Other heirlooms Ettore cooks with include the Cherokee, mortgage lifter, lemon boy and red and green zebras.
On Aug. 22, Ettore hosted a special evening to preview some of his new heirloom tomato dishes. However, he warns changes throughout the course of September.
Guests started the evening by sampling the chef's gazpacho, made with Cherokee tomatoes, peppers, onions, chives and a jalapeno sorbet.
"I put a tomato cloud around it," says Ettore. "It looks like the white, milky foam in cappuccino."
The chef whisks tomato water over ice and drizzles it around the gazpacho to create the cappuccino-like effect.
The second dish, potted tomato panzanella, includes a mozzarella balloon stuffed with pineapple tomato salad, sticking out of some black "soil" made with olives and breadcrumbs.
"Every year, I try to step it up," says Ettore of the inventive tomato dishes.
The third course was heirloom tomato risotto, made with lemon boy tomatoes, goat cheese and crispy prosciutto crumbs.
Wine pairings constitute another important facet of the tomato celebration. Ettore says he tries to pair more rounded wines with dishes that include more acidic tomatoes.
For the chef's fourth course, Rohan duck breast, Ettore recommends a more "jammy" wine, meaning one with a richer taste and sweeter finish.
When preparing the duck, Ettore roasts a speckled Roman tomato, then smokes it. He then mashes the tomato into crème brulee, bakes it in a jar, sprinkles sugar on top, burns the sugar and throws in some smoked salt to add an extra effect before tightening the lid.
"When you open it, the smoke comes out, creating a smoky tomato dish," says Ettore.
Earlier in the day, Ettore spent four hours trying to shape a tomato out of sugar. He was planning to create a new dessert called "tomotina," named after the famous tomato festival in eastern Spain, where thousands of people throw tomatoes at each other.
Ettore said he is still working on that concoction.
The preview dining session ended with different a dessert called "tomato… sweet tomato," made with organic peach tomatoes, basil yogurt gelato, vanilla bean crème anglaise and sweet pistachio pesto.
"Some people are hesitant about a tomato dessert," says Ettore, "but once they try it, they're always happy they did."
For more information log on at www.bistro5.com or call 781-395-7464.


Sri Lanka's Ministry of Higher Education & Highways has engaged SMEC to conduct a Feasibility Study for Phase II of a four-lane elevated highway from Rajagiriya to Athurugiriya. The feasibility study will help to select a socially, environmentally and economically viable alignment for the proposed highway connecting Rajagiriya to Outer Circular Highway.
The expressway project aims to ease congestion in Metropolitan Colombo, provide high speed connectivity between the administration district and CBD, and optimise connectivity to the existing expressway network around Colombo.
Undertaken in a joint venture with Resources Development Consultants, this project cements SMEC as a dominant player in Sri Lanka's roads and highways sector, having provided similar studies for the Colombo-Katunayake Expressway and Central Expressway.


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Scott Pelley buys Texas ranch amid CBS shakeup buzz
By Oli Coleman
December 8, 2016 | 9:28pm
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The plot thickens at CBS.
Amid talk that Scott Pelley is on his way out as anchor of the "CBS Evening News," Page Six has learned that he recently bought a ranch in his native Texas.
Network planning to move Scott Pelley off 'CBS Evening News'
CBS is planning to move Pelley over to "60 Minutes"...
Insiders say that Pelley — who, according to insiders, is poised to move to "60 Minutes" full time — would be able to work from home in his new role.
"When he joins '60 Minutes,' he doesn't want to go into the office," said a source.
Pelley currently has a place in Darien, Conn., where he has a fully functional studio, which he calls the "Darien Bureau," for working on "60 Minutes" pieces.
CBS — which has denied that Pelley is being bumped from "CBS Evening News" — declined to comment.
However, a source close to the veteran newsman confirmed the purchase but insisted the ranch is a "vacation home."
"He owns many properties, including an apartment he just bought in Manhattan that cost considerably more than the ranch."
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Q: Prevent secondary node from pushing changes made to its own copy of the data to the primary node I have created a replica of 3 nodes where 1 node is primary and another 2 are secondary. I have assigned lower priority to the secondary nodes than the primary node.
I want the ability where changes made in the secondary node should not be synchronized with the primary node, but changes made in the primary node should be synchronized with the secondary nodes.
I do not want the connection to be bidirectional. Please find the rs.status() which I did below to implement this case but somehow changes made in the secondary are also getting synchronized with the primary. I do not want these changes to reflect in the Primary node.
"members" : [
            {
                    "_id" : 0,
                    "name" : "localhost:27018",
                    "health" : 1,
                    "state" : 1,
                    "stateStr" : "PRIMARY",
                    ....
                    "syncSourceHost" : "",
                    ....
            },
            {
                    "_id" : 1,
                    "name" : "localhost:27020",
                    "health" : 1,
                    "state" : 2,
                    "stateStr" : "SECONDARY",
                    .....
                    "syncSourceHost" : "localhost:27018",
                    .....
            }
    ]

And it's priority status is configured like below.
 "members" : [
            {
                    "_id" : 0,
                    "host" : "localhost:27018",
                    "arbiterOnly" : false,
                    "buildIndexes" : true,
                    "hidden" : false,
                    "priority" : 2,
                    "tags" : {

                    },
                    "secondaryDelaySecs" : NumberLong(0),
                    "votes" : 1
            },
            {
                    "_id" : 1,
                    "host" : "localhost:27020",
                    "arbiterOnly" : false,
                    "buildIndexes" : true,
                    "hidden" : false,
                    "priority" : 0,
                    "tags" : {

                    },
                    "secondaryDelaySecs" : NumberLong(0),
                    "votes" : 1
            }
    ]

Moreover, I can also create two different standalone databases to implement this case, but I also want to track any updates that happen in both databases(This approach will take a lot of manual coding, which I won't prefer). Like any collection is updated, or deleted in the primary I want to sync this with the Secondary database. But if any changes happen in the secondary database I wanted to compare updated collections with collections present in the primary database. And I do not want to sync in this case, but I just want to show the difference between existing collections in both databases.
In the end, I want to track down the difference between the primary node and secondary nodes. Collections that are new in secondary nodes than primary node should be displayed.

A:
I have created a replica of 2 nodes

This is the first mistake. Add at least an arbiter. Please read why number of members shouldn't be even https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/replication/

I am updating the existing collection in secondary

No, you are not. Only primary accepts write operations. Please read how replica set works https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/replication/. Nodejs Mongodb driver is aware about database topology. It keeps connections to all members of the replica, checks which one is current primary and send all insert, update, and delete operations to this node exclusively.
By default, it reads from the primary too.
Saying that, mongo can initiate re-election of the primary, and considering you have only 2 members in the replica, it might happen more often than necessary. The process is called failover.
Nodejs driver is smart enough to detect if clientside topology is not up to date, and handle exceptions of accidental write attempts to a secondary node that just stepped down from primary. It actualises inforamtion about new db topology and repeats the write operation to the new primary. These errors are not exposed to the application level unless the cluster fails to elect new primary, e.g. when majority of nodes are down.
UPDATE for 2nd edition of the question:

In the end, I want to track down the difference between the primary node and secondary nodes.

I'm afraid mongo is not designed to have differences between nodes, apart from natural replication latency or intentionally delayed replica members.
Any changes on secondary members which did not come from primary oplog will cause errors in replication.
The failover protocol is designed to make sure a secondary member can automatically step up as a primary at any time and keep the replica set operational with minimal data loss when the primary node become unreachable for any reason.

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Benāvīleh-ye Kohneh (persiska: بِناويلِۀ كُهنِه, بِناوِيلِۀ كُهنِه, بِناوِيلِه كُهنِه, كُهَ, بناویله کهنه) är en ort i Iran.   Den ligger i provinsen Kurdistan, i den nordvästra delen av landet,  km väster om huvudstaden Teheran. Benāvīleh-ye Kohneh ligger  meter över havet och antalet invånare är .

Terrängen runt Benāvīleh-ye Kohneh är huvudsakligen kuperad, men den allra närmaste omgivningen är platt. Den högsta punkten i närheten är Kūh-e Bardjamād,  meter över havet,  km nordost om Benāvīleh-ye Kohneh. Runt Benāvīleh-ye Kohneh är det ganska tätbefolkat, med  invånare per kvadratkilometer. Närmaste större samhälle är Dūl Arzān,  km norr om Benāvīleh-ye Kohneh. Trakten runt Benāvīleh-ye Kohneh består till största delen av jordbruksmark.

Medelhavsklimat råder i trakten. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är  °C. Den varmaste månaden är juli, då medeltemperaturen är  °C, och den kallaste är januari, med  °C. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är  millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är november, med i genomsnitt  mm nederbörd, och den torraste är september, med  mm nederbörd.

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In the lead up to EuroTour, we will be featuring profiles from our 2018 hosts, so you can get to know more about them and what they are planning.
Our first interview is with Nenad, a.k.a Dzeriho hosting our EuroTour Meetup in Belgrade on the 14th of June. Get to know more about their Envato journey and why they wanted to become your Envato Meetup host!
Make sure to register for a EuroTour Meetup at your local city now (if you haven't already) as spaces are limited – We can't wait to see you soon!
How did you get started with Envato?
A friend of mine that was working in design in my hometown – Nis, told me about the company. He already worked on some projects and released some items on CodeCanyon. At that time, I was graduating from my Architecture degree and just couldn't see myself in that world.
From an age, I've always been around computers, design, graphics, 3D, HTML etc.. so I decided, that Envato Market was the place I wanted to succeed in. Now, here I am today – 7 years later and I've only seen good from it.
Which of your items are you most proud of and why?
Well, this has to be the ShopKit theme. The theme combines everything I've done over the past few years, and it really just kick-starts all you need to create a WooCommerce Shop. It has all the tools included, demos and everything is coded to perfection (by my humble opinion of course).
I'm really proud of this theme and I'm working hard to improve it constantly. The other of course is the Product Filter for WooCommerce, my most selling item. I'm really glad, that this much folks find this item useful and have made a lot of success stories with it.
I do a lot of sports, music and travel. Longboard, snowboard, vinyls, deserted beaches, deaf mountains. I enjoy making videos about my adventures too, so this drives my inspiration a lot. Here's one clip that was taken this year at Old Mountain, Serbia.
How active is the author community in your local city?
We've got a few really good authors from Belgrade, and in my local city there's a few more. I've hosted a meetup in my local town past year and we were all excited about it!
Which authors in your local community do you admire and why?
ShindiriStudio – These guys are the lads I started with. A lot of quality individuals over there, and I'd like to mention Peca, best dude ever, Marjan (the one responsible for my involvement) and Neca. These guys are persistent and professional and have been here for quite some time.
In general, there's just a bunch of really nice people in Serbia. So,what I love here the most are, the folks. Beautiful, sincere, eager to love and improve. The sad part is that the economy in our country is really behind. People want to work, want to experience new things, but are limited with what opportunities they have offered.
That being said, being a digital creative here will definitely help to take you out of common life routines and jobs, also our living expenses aren't too pricey.
What motivated you to become a Meetup Host?
This is an opportunity and I don't like to miss one, ever. Always say 'Yes' – this can lead to better things in life!
The plan is to have a conference in the midday, where we'll all meet and have discussions. The afterparty is also planned in the Belgrade summer party district near Danube river. Should be quite fun, I'd say!
Where will your Meetup be hosted and why? What makes this venue unique?
The venue selected for the meetup partly resembles the Envato experience in Belgrade. It's a modern coworking space, with everything that goes with it. The interesting part of the venue will be the float/raft like club on Danube river. Belgrade, summer, the club and shiny lights reflecting on the river surface will be something to remember!
What's your favorite new item that you have uploaded recently?
The Product Loops for WooCommerce (to be released by the end of April) definitely. This item will shake some ground and will prove that literally, anything is possible in web design. I'm looking forward to the release, and I expect some amazed customers!
What trends do you see in the marketplace?
The marketplace is very much alive. It is very fast moving to say the least. Follow the current trends and it makes you want to put out more and more. Items are getting better and better every day, and the Envato staff are making sure of that.
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Would you like to have ongoing Meetups in your local city? If so, why?
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Cotylorhiza ambulacrata är en manetart som beskrevs av Ernst Haeckel 1880. Cotylorhiza ambulacrata ingår i släktet Cotylorhiza och familjen Cepheidae. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Hope A. Ishii is an American scientist and the Director of the Advanced Electron Microscopy Center at the Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology (HIGP) at the University of Hawai'i. Her work focuses on analysis and characterization of small solar system objects such as comet and asteroid dust, primarily by means of electron microscopy and x-ray spectroscopy, sometime from samples collected in space using aerogel.
She is a research faculty member at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, and an affiliate researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

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Ishii received her Ph.D from Stanford University in 2002, working on the characterization of amorphous Molybdenum-Germanium alloy by anomalous x-ray scattering; her MS in Physics and Engineering from  Chalmers University of Technology, 1995 and her BS in Material Science and Engineering from Cornell University in 1994.

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The proverbial "they" say that if you have to explain a joke, that it's not funny. Well I wasn't trying to be funny. It just struck me that so many people were voting for O'bama, based on his race, and implying, or saying, that Martin Luther King's dream was being realized, whereas MLK's famous quote spoke of a day where race did not play a part in judging a person, so this is just another case of people not knowing what the hell they are saying and I wanted to highlight that.
It struck me, however, that the cartoon could be interpreted as me saying that I was questioning the "content of O'Bama's character." This was not the case and I just wanted to make this clear.
The "Chinese" comment, also, was not a joke, and I challenge anyone to disagree with me on that one.


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Мужун Вей (; 350-385) — останній імператор Ранньої Янь періоду Шістнадцяти держав.

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Був сином Мужун Цзюня. 354 року отримав титул «Чжуншанський князь». 356 року помер офіційний спадкоємець престолу Мужун Є, тому новим спадкоємцем був проголошений Мужун Вей.

На початку 360 року Мужун Цзюнь захворів і, оскільки Мужун Вей був ще малим, імператор запропонував трон своєму брату Мужун Ке. Останній відмовився, й запевнив імператора, що зможе допомогти в управлінні його малолітньому сину. Того ж року Мужун Цзюнь помер, і 10-річний Мужун Вей зійшов на трон, а Мужун Ке став при ньому регентом. У той період країна поступово розширювала свої кордони. 367 року Мужун Ке захворів і порадив Мужун Вею в якості регента іншого його дядька — Мужун Чуя. Однак це не сподобалось вдові-імператриці Кецзухунь, тому новим регентом став Мужун Пін, також дядько Мужун Вея.

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Мужун Вей разом з іншими членами своєї родини оселився в цінській столиці Чанані, де йому було надано титул Сінсінського хоу. Він став генералом та брав участь у кількох цінських походах.

384 року Мужун Чуй підбурив повстання в східній частині країни (на колишніх янських землях) і створив державу Пізня Янь. Довідавшись про таке, брати Мужун Вея Мужун Хун і Мужун Чун також підбурили повстання в районі Чананя й зажадали передати їм Мужун Вея, обіцяючи віддати за це регіон Гуаньчжун. Правитель Фу Цзянь відмовився, й Мужун Чун узяв в облогу Чанань (Мужун Хун був убитий). Мужун Вей спробував організувати повстання всередині Чананя, втім змову було викрито, й Мужун Вей був страчений.

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O Asaas é uma fintech brasileira que oferece uma conta digital focada na automação da gestão financeira e de cobranças para empresas. A startup é a 31ª instituição de pagamentos homologada pelo Banco Central do Brasil.

O software tem como objetivo automatizar fluxos financeiros e de vendas para empresas dos mais diferentes portes e segmentos, por meio da emissão de cobranças pelos principais métodos de pagamento do mercado. Além de oferecer uma régua de comunicação automática para as cobranças.

História
A empresa foi fundada pelos irmãos Piero e Diego Contezini, que começaram a idealizar o projeto do Asaas ainda dentro da Informant, uma fábrica de software em que os dois eram sócios, juntamente com José Carlos Sardagna e Vinícius Roveda, fundadores da ContaAzul.

Na Informant, eles criaram diversos projetos de software para muitas empresas. Mas o sonho dos irmãos sempre foi o de construir uma aplicação focada em resolver um grande problema. Com o tempo e a experiência, eles perceberam que o real problema que gostariam de resolver é, na verdade, um dos desafios mais complexos de qualquer empresa: receber dinheiro. Na época, esse era um mercado pouco explorado e atendido.

E assim surgiu o Asaas, acrônimo para Automated Software A s A Service. Em 2014, o Asaas nasceu enquanto uma sociedade anônima e passou a receber investimentos de grandes parceiros, como Cventures e Parallax Ventures. O aporte mais recente foi de R$37 milhões em 2020, liberado pelo InovaBra Ventures, do Bradesco.

Como estratégia de crescimento, o Asaas fez a aquisição de duas empresas em 2021: o Base ERP, startup de Curitiba e a Code Money, startup de Brusque. As soluções foram incorporadas ao produto primário de conta digital, com foco em automatizar processos manuais de três áreas: serviços financeiros (e bancários), tarefas administrativas (secundárias) e vendas.

Prêmios e reconhecimentos
 2019: Asaas é reconhecida como uma das 100 startups mais inovadoras da América Latina pelo Innovation Awards Latam Ranking.
 2019: Asaas entra na lista de fintechs para ficar de olho, divulgada pela Forbes.
 2019: Conquista do Selo RA1000, que destaca as empresas com melhor índice de atendimento no ReclameAqui.
 2020:Asaas entra na lista Latka das 250 empresas SaaS que mais crescem.
 2020: Asaas é incluída na lista das 100 startups to watch, divulgada pela PEGN e Época Negócios.
 2020: Conquista do Prêmio ReclameAqui, na categoria de empresa que mais evoluiu.

Ligações externas
 Site oficial
 Blog do Asaas
 Blog de Cultura do Asaas

Startups do Brasil


Merry Standish Comedy will be performing with featured guests at Manton Corners Friday, April 5.
Aaron Standish and Liz Merry will perform their new material and a homecoming set by Weston McCoy will be presented. Roland Allen will perform comedy piano and Brock Rickels will perform.
The show is scheduled for 8 p.m. and the venue is at 31280 Manton Road. Tickets will be available at the door for the 21 and older event.
This will be the first Manton Corners show under new owner Jeremy Riney and new bar manager Ivan Spangle.
The Manton Education Council will he hosting a soup bar 5-8 p.m.
More info is available by calling 474-3824.


[ Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal, Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. ] Autograph Letter in the third person to J. L. Adolphus, regarding 'the proof Sheet of the judgment of the Court of Exchequer Chamber in Wilson v. Fuller'.
1p., 12mo. In fair condition, lightly aged. Laid down on a piece of card cut from an album. Reads 'The Lord Chief Justice Tindal returns to Mr J. L. Adolphus, the proof Sheet of the judgment of the Court of Exchequer Chamber in Wilson v. Fuller. He has made no other alteration therein than the addition of a word, thinking the Judgment expresses very clearly and faithfully what was delivered by the Court'. See both men's entries in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Scarce: no other copy traced, either on OCLC WorldCat or on COPAC. 16pp., 12mo. With an additional two central pages of illustrations on shiny art paper. Stapled and unbound. In fair condition, aged and worn, with light pen mark at foot of cover. A final page headed 'A Sunset Abroad. | (From a Tourist's Diary)' is preceded by eight numbered sections: 'List of Members, 1931' (pp.3-5); '1931 Chronicle' (pp.6-9); 'Other News', 'Obituary', 'The Old Albemarlian Association', 'The Year at Albemarle' (pp.11-14), 'Games Notice' and 'Editor's Notes'. On the final page is an appeal for 'St.
Both letter and receipt from Eaton Rise, Ealing. W. [London] 31 March and 12 May 1900.
For more information on Common, see his entry in the Oxford DNB. Both items on aged and worn paper. ONE: Typed Letter Signed. 31 March 1900. 1p., 4to. 'I bought a gross of balls of Hunter and paid for them on the understanding that I should take them as I wanted them'. He has a rough idea how many he has had, and will be 'able to say exactly when I look in my locker'. He ends by asking the firm to refer to Hunter's books regarding the matter. TWO: Typed Receipt, signed by Common over two red Inland Revenue penny stamps. 12 May 1900. 1p., 4to. 'Received of Messrs Emmerson & Co.
[The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.] Sturdy brown suitcase belonging to an anti-nuclear protester, containing numerous pamphlets, stickers, a traffic lamp from Greenham Common Air Force base, and other material.
Twelve pamphlets from 1980 and 1981, one from 1977, and two from 1979. With another item from 1988.
A powerful and evocative artefact, and a decided museum piece, mainly centring on the year 1980 and 1981, significant years in the movement's history, with a quarter of a million people marched through central London in support of CND in 1981. The collection includes a copy of the 1980 government pamphlet 'Protect and Survive', and E. P. Thompson's celebrated riposte of the same year, 'Protest and Survive'. The collection is in fair condition, with signs of age and wear which enhance rather than detract from its impact.
[Printed item.] The Laws relating to Grammar and Common Schools, in Cities, Towns, and Villages In Upper Canada; Together with Decisions of the Courts, and other Information.
Toronto: Printed for the Department of Public Instruction for Upper Canada, by Lovell and Gibson. 1860.
88pp., 12mo. In green printed wraps, with front cover carrying the title, which continues: 'Edited under the authority of the Chief Superintendent of Education, with Notes and References, by J. George Hodgins, LL.B., Deputy Superintendent.' In fair condition, lightly aged and worn. With shelfmark and labels of the Board of Education Reference Library, London. Only four copies on OCLC WorldCat.
Album of poems by Captain William Gamul Edwards of The Cedars, Bromley Common, Kent, both original compositions in his autograph and cuttings of poems published by him, mainly under the pseudonyms 'W. G. E.' and 'Gamul'.
[The Cedars, Bromley Common, Kent.] Dated from between September 1835 and February 1880.
146pp., 12mo, in autograph, almost entirely consisting of poetic compositions, with numerous emendations; with a further 35 cuttings of poems laid down (33 of them by Edwards) and another two cuttings of another two poems loosely inserted. Also loosely inserted are two poems (totalling 7pp., 4to): 'To Ill Health', dated September 1835; and 'The last hope', 28 December 1869. In contemporary dark-green crushed morocco binding, gilt, recently rebacked by Ipsley Bindery with new enpapers. All edges gilt.
[Printed parliamentary paper.] An Act for Inclosing Land in the Parish of South Moreton, in the County of Berks. [Royal Assent, 8 May 1818.] 58 Geo. III. Sess. 1818.
'Ley & Jones, House of Commons.' 1818.
35 +  pp., 8vo. Stitched and unbound. Well printed, on good laid paper, watermarked 'IPING | 1813'. In fair condition, on aged paper and lightly-discoloured paper, and folded into a packet, showing the title on the reverse of the last leaf as quoted above. The drophead title reads: Sess. 1818 - 58 Geo. III. | An Act for Inclosing Lands in the Parish of South Moreton, in the County of Berks.
Manuscript minutes and resolutions, taken by Richard Pryce, of a meeting held in 1833 at the Red Lion public house, Aston, Bampton, Oxfordshire, to oppose the enclosure of common land in the parish; with copies of letters to Charles Leake and others.
Dated from the Red Lion public house, Aston, Bampton, Oxfordshire, 12 and 16 November 1833.
Folio, 7 pp. Stitched into orginal brown wraps. In good condition, lightly dogeared and aged. On Britannia laid paper watermarked 'WE | 1833'. The minutes of the first meeting, and the copies of the two letters, are all signed by Pryce as chairman. The four pages of the minutes of the first meeting are headed 'Red Lion Aston Bampton Oxon. Novr 12th 1833'.
Autograph Letter Signed by George William Coventry, 7th Earl of Coventry, to Thomas Harrison, egarding the enclosure of Tooting Common. Together with franked envelope bearing Coventry's red wax seal.
4to, 1 p. Eleven lines. Text clear and complete. Good, on lightly-aged paper. He thanks him for having 'appriz'd' him 'of the proposed enclosure of Tooting Common, to which I am equally hostile with the Rector, & the other principal Gentlemen who have express'd their determination to oppose the Measure'. Lady Coventry joins him in sending 'kind remembrances' to Mrs Harrison and her family. The franked envelope is a sheet of folded paper, bearing Coventry's red wax armorial seal in good condition, and postmark. It is addressed 'Pershore Octr. Seventeen | 1817 | Thomas Harrison Esqr.
Autograph Letter Signed ('R Waithman') to 'J. <Delan?>'.
4to, 1 p. Text clear and complete. On aged, sunned paper, with some chipping and closed tears to edges. He may not 'be able to get to the Com[mon] Coun[ci]l' as he is 'engaged on the Rota at the Old Baily this week'. He will be at a Court of Aldermen at the Guildhall at one o'clock, and if the recipient and other members of the Council cannot be there a quarter of an hour before, he will 'come out to you'.
Autograph Letter Signed ('R Waithman') to 'Mr Dillon'.
12mo, 1 p. Good, on lightly-aged paper. Gives the date of a dinner with 'Mr. & Mrs. Thompson & family', to which he invites Dillon and his wife.
Five items relating to the appointment of Special Constables, 'in consequence of the unsettled state of the Metropolis', including a signed warrant appointing Cater a Special Constable, as 'a tumult or riot may be reasonably apprehended'.
The five items produced between March and June 1848. One of them printed by T. Brettell, Rupert Street, Haymarket.
A collection of items indicating the panic felt by the bourgeoisie around the time of the Great Chartism Meeting on Kennington Common, 10 April 1848. Items Two to Five are laid down on a piece of grey paper removed from a scrapbook. Item One: Printed warrant signed by two magistrates, appointing Cater a Special Constable, it appearing, 'upon the oath of a credible witness, that a tumult or riot may be reasonably apprehended'. On one side of a piece of laid paper roughly 320 x 210 mm. Watermarked 'W H FELLOWS 1847'.
Autograph Letter Signed ('Katharine S. Macquoid') to Seymour C. J. Freeman-Matthews.
One page, 12mo. Very good. 'I see that to-day is mail day for the Cape, I therefore send you at once the signature for which you ask. I wonder how you discovered my address.' Accompanied by biographical cutting.
A Representation of the Tables in the Body of Guildhall, and the Old Court of King's Bench, with the arrangement for the members of the Court of Common Council and their ladies. Lord Mayor's Day, 1838.


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With Scotland set to embrace a whole new world of healthy living and cruelty-free vegan lifestyles at its first-ever Vegfest in December, interest in stalls, speaking and performing slots is hotting up and more applications are very welcome!
With a 12-year track record built at Bristol followed by Brighton and London, Vegfest events attract at least 10,000 visitors per show right now, and our début show in Scotland will descend upon the prestigious SECC (Hall 3) in Glasgow on December 5th 6th.
and much more! Visit the link here for full list of media stories written about the show.
plus many others. Visit the link here for our full list of exhibitors.
Stall sizes range from 2m frontage by 2m depth to 6m frontage by 2m depth, and there is the option for stalls with shell schemes as well as stalls with tables and space only.
whilst the price for a 3m x 3m catering pitch for 2 days is £395 vat.
NOTE: These prices exclude the use of electricity, lighting and storage which come at extra costs.
Please forward a short biography as well as a 50-word description and a title of your proposed talk/cookery demo/performance to alan.vegfest@gmail.com for consideration.
Email info@vegfest.co.uk or call 0117 3079872.
Visit www.vegfest.co.uk for details on all other vegan events, and stay tuned to the Vegfest Express right here for all latest vegan news worldwide updated 24-7.


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Technology support specialist Kero Gerawy hired for Carmel High site
BY DILAN PATEL
To help maintain school networks and systems, Kero Gergawy, a recent immigrant from Egypt, has been hired as the new site tech to replace Erik Halbrend after he left in January.
"I enjoy walking around, seeing new stuff, going to the beach and reading," says Gergawy. "I am so excited to be in America."
Two years ago, Gergawy moved to America from Cairo, Egypt, where he had lived for all of his life. In Cairo, he went to a university for five years, and got a Bachelor's degree in communication engineering and majored in computer science and communication. He also spent seven years trying to get his green card to achieve his dream of starting a life in America. Finally, Gergawy was able to move to Gilroy and later worked for Morgan Hill Unified School District for a few months, until he accepted a job here.
At Carmel High, his job title is technology support specialist, and Kero will be maintaining the school site's network and computer systems. While Julia Fausti helps students with Chromebook issues, Gergawy would focus more on staff and systems such as the bells and phones.
In Morgan Hill, he managed three different schools: two high schools and an elementary school. Here at Carmel Unified, his role is smaller, but he is grateful for the opportunity to live near his family. His cousin and her family live in Marina, and his uncle lives in Monterey.
"At the beginning, it was a little bit hard for me to adjust to the differences between Cairo and America," says Gergawy. "There is a totally different culture."
His first language being Arabic, Gergawy is still learning English, and despite the level of mastery he has gained in the past two years he is the first to admit he has room to grow.
"Here there is more freedom," Gergawy explains. "You can do whatever you want, no one can judge you, and no one can force you to do anything."
Kero Gergawy is excited to be able to work and live in Carmel and help solve CUSD tech issues.


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The Hunsbury Hill Farm is the name that our site was first known by when it was built in 1776 by Edward Bouverie shortly after he 'enclosed' the fields of Hardingstone parish. Sitting in 13 acres of land, including 8.5 acres of dense woodland and well tendered English styled gardens, the site is part of a 'Hanoverian' tradition and a rare and unique example of a model farm. A model farm is an experimental farm, which researched and demonstrated improvements in agricultural techniques, efficiency, and building layout. It was designed to serve as a pattern. Education and commitment to improving welfare standards of workers were also aspects of the ideal farm movement. Farm buildings were designed to be beautiful as well as utilitarian – inspired by the ideals of the Enlightenment.. The map on the left is from approximately 1776 and shows the original layout with the Farmhouse at the top. An octagonal grassed courtyard takes centre stage with the Farmhouse, two barns, the larger High Barn and the smaller, more intimate Low Barn, animal sheds and 'hovels' wrapping themselves around this focal point.
The farm complex was built by Edward Bouverie, along with two smaller farms in the area, to provide food to nearby Delapre Abbey. but the Hunsbury Hill Farm was the biggest and Bouverie's showpiece. There is a drawing of a farmstead in the Bouverie Collection at Northamptonshire Record Office (NRO) by the notable English architect Sir Robert Taylor. It is endorsed externally 'Plan for a New Farm from Mr Robert Taylor 1769', (Ref. 2), and is accompanied by an estimate of the same date from builder/architect John Wagstaff of Daventry for a farm described as '… for the Honle Mr Bowverie in Hardingstone'. The estimated cost was about £1,200 for the build and it is believed that Mr Bouverie decided this was too much. So he enlisted the services of another architect who was able to come up with a far more satisfactory cost and a layout that just happened to be heavily influenced by the one Sir Robert had designed!
This map shows the layout of the farm as it was in 1976 just before Northamptonshire ACRE bought the site and took over its running. It was a working farm.
The table below identifies the various buildings in this 1976 map, what they were originally built for and what they are used for today:
2017 description 1976 description 1776 description
Northamptonshire ACRE office & trading arm HO for The Barns at Hunsbury Hill
Farmhouse - now including a number of extensions and renovations added in the 19th and 20th centuries. Farmhouse - the original farmhouse was of three bays, two storeys high plus attics, and with identical single-bay, two-storey wings at either end, aligned at about 30 degrees to the main house.
1 Mrs Burman's cottage and High Barn lobby Cottage & stables Cow house & pig sty
2 The High Barn - used for weddings and other large events Hay Barn Hay Barn
3 Enclosed bar area Hovel Foddering hovel
4 Keg Store Animal pens & manager Cart shed
5 Bar B Que area used for events Animal pens - used as hay store Foddering hovel
6 & 15 Sheep pen no longer exists - disabled parking. Corn barn is now the bin store Sheep pen Corn barn
7 Various sheds and 'hovels' Cattle shed with extension arm to East Built later
8 Various sheds and 'hovels' around a quad Open sided storage range Built later
9 to 11 Tin barns used for parking Open sided and enclosed storage range Built later
14 The Low Barn - used for small meetings Range of barns Wood hovel and stable
16 & 17 Owned by Dick Rose, last tennant farmer of Hunsbury Hill Farm Labourers cottages Built later
The Hunsbury HIll site has had many owners and tenant farmers over the years, including at one point Phipps Brewery. They purchased the site in 1883 and cut all the oaks down in the woods to make the barrels fortheir beer. They had a number of different occupiers during their ownership, including Harry Griffin, who in 1901 aged 28, a sheep and cattle dealer and farmer took on the tenancy. Harry later married a barmaid, Agnes, thereby causing a bit of a scandal for marrying 'outside of his social circle'! Agnes loved to socialise and would often host parties at the farm. Despite her background, it seems the elite of Northamptonshire found it very desirable to attend these parties, especially as Ivor Novello was often a visitor.
Northamptonshire ACRE's offices are based in the Farmhouse and we also run our trading arm, The Barns at Hunsbury Hill, from the Farmhouse.


Landscaping is an important component in the beauty of your property. Plantings are key to your landscape. Whether you are starting from scratch and planting shrubs, ornamental trees and flowers for the first time or just adding some fresh annual flowers and mulch to your existing landscape, they all add to the value of your property.
Proper planting and mulching is a key to successful long term plant health. Often times a plant can start having poor health just a few years after planting due to incorrect planting depth. This can suffocate the root system over time. In addition, plant stock coming out of a nursery can have root ball issues that, if not addressed at planting, can cause long term plant health problems.
Being able to recognize these potential problems and correcting them at planting, can ensure your shrubs and trees stay healthy for many years to come. We follow the planting guidelines established from the International Society of Arboriculture to give your shrubs and trees a strong start to their new home on your property.


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Ktunaxa Nation and Teck Sign Joint Management Agreement for Conservation Lands
The Ktunaxa Nation and Teck Resources Limited today announced the signing of a Joint Management Agreement for more than 7,000 hectares of land purchased by Teck in 2013 for conservation. The lands are located in ʔamakʔis Ktunaxa and in the region of Teck's steelmaking coal operations in southeast British Columbia. Under the Agreement, the Ktunaxa Nation and Teck agree to jointly manage the land for conservation …
The Ktunaxa Nation and Teck Resources Limited (TSX: TECK.A and TECK.B, NYSE: TECK) ("Teck") today announced the signing of a Joint Management Agreement for more than 7,000 hectares of land purchased by Teck in 2013 for conservation. The lands are located in ʔamakʔis Ktunaxa and in the region of Teck's steelmaking coal operations in southeast British Columbia.
Under the Agreement, the Ktunaxa Nation and Teck agree to jointly manage the land for conservation purposes protecting significant fish and wildlife habitat. The Agreement will also support the Ktunaxa Nation Stewardship Principles, and Teck's goal to achieve a net positive impact on biodiversity in the areas where it operates.
"This agreement between the Ktunaxa Nation and Teck solidifies our commitment to protect ʔa·kxam̓is q̓api qapsin (All Living Things) in our territory of ʔamakʔis Ktunaxa. We look forward to working with stakeholders in the region to ensure this unique area will be managed according to principals of respect for the land and all those who live within it," said Kathryn Teneese, Ktunaxa Nation Chair.
Teck and the Ktunaxa Nation worked closely with stakeholders to purchase the land in 2013 in the Elk Valley and Flathead River Valley because of its exceptional social, cultural and ecological value.
"This agreement will support responsible joint management and protection of these important conservation lands," said Don Lindsay, President and CEO, Teck. "Together, we can advance our mutual objective of conserving these culturally and ecologically significant lands for years to come, while also making progress towards Teck's vision of a net positive impact on biodiversity."
Teck's purchase of these lands was one of the single biggest private sector investments in land conservation in B.C. history. There are approximately 7,150 hectares in total of private lands consisting of three parcels: Flathead Townsite (992 hectares), Alexander Creek (3,098 hectares) and Grave Prairie (3,059 hectares). The lands provide important habitat for numerous species, such as grizzly bear, wolverine, badger, elk, lynx, mountain goat, bighorn sheep, westslope cutthroat trout and bull trout, and hold significant value for local communities. A map of the area can be found here .
Teck and the Ktunaxa will begin implementation of the Joint Management Agreement in January 2021. This will include developing conservation management plans with input from communities and other stakeholders.
About the Ktunaxa Nation
The Ktunaxa Nation Council (KNC) is the Ktunaxa Nation government in Canada, and is comprised of elected officials from ʔakisq̓nuk First Nation, Yaqan Nuʔkiy (Lower Kootenay Band), ʔaqam (St. Mary's Band) and Yaq̓it ʔa·knuqⱡiʾit (Tobacco Plains Band) First Nation Communities. www.ktunaxa.org
About Teck
Teck is a diversified resource company committed to responsible mining and mineral development with major business units focused on copper, zinc and steelmaking coal, as well as investments in energy assets. Headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, its shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbols TECK.A and TECK.B and the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TECK. Learn more about Teck at www.teck.com or follow @TeckResources .
Teck Investor Contact:
Fraser Phillips
Investor Relations & Strategic Analysis
fraser.phillips@teck.com
Ktunaxa Nation Contact:
Jesse Nicholas
Jesse.nicholas@ktunaxa.org
Teck Media Contact:
Chris Stannell
chris.stannell@teck.com Ktunaxa Nation Media Contact:
Trish Barnes
tbarnes@ktunaxa.org
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Understanding Monetary Policy with John B. Taylor
Central banks are independent organizations that determine how much money circulates in the economy. It is essential to understand how and why they work.
Chapter One: What Is Money?
Chapter Two: How Is The Money Supply Controlled?
Chapter Three: How Do Interest Rates Affect Money Supply
Chapter Four: Further Explanations
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Monetary policy plays a critical role in the economy. Central banks use monetary policy to promote robust economic growth and to stabilize the economy when growth is uneven. The independence of central banks allows them to make difficult decisions in the face of political pressure. Understanding monetary policy can help us avoid future recessions or financial crises.
What makes monetary policy important?
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Sparton Rugged Electronics > FAQs > LCD Monitors > What is considered a true sunlight readable or outdoor readable LCD?
What is considered a true sunlight readable or outdoor readable LCD?
First, the display screen on a sunlight readable/outdoor readable LCD should be bright enough so that the display is visible in direct or strong sunlight. Second, the display contrast ratio must be maintained at 5 to 1 or higher.
Although a display with less than 500 nits screen brightness and a mere 2 to 1 contrast ratio can be read in outdoor environments, the quality of the display will be dreadfully poor and not get the desired information across effectively. A true sunlight readable display is normally considered to be an LCD with at least 1000 nits of screen brightness and a contrast ratio greater than 5 to 1. In outdoor environments under the shade, such a display can provide an excellent image quality.
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Chinese space probe up next to enter Mars orbit after UAE [dpa, Berlin]
Feb. 10—BEIJING — More than half a year after its launch, the Chinese probe Tianwen-1 is set to enter orbit around Mars on Wednesday with a braking manoeuvre intended to ensure that the uncrewed spacecraft is caught by the Red Planet's gravity.
The five-ton spacecraft, the name of which translates as "Heavenly Questions," consists of an orbiter, a lander and a vehicle the size of a golf cart that aims to explore the Martian environment and search for hints of life on Earth's neighbour.
Several countries have their sights set on Mars.
On Tuesday, the United Arab Emirates' Hope space probe entered Mars' orbit on Tuesday, making the UAE the first in the Arab world to launch a successful interplanetary mission and only the fifth nation to achieve the feat. It will study the planet's atmosphere.
On February 18, NASA's latest Mars rover Perseverance is to descend through the Martian atmosphere to study the planet's surface. The rover is also carrying a helicopter drone named Ingenuity, which could become the first craft to fly on another planet.
China's Tianwen-1 is expected to orbit Mars for another two or three months before it attempts its risky landing.
While the orbiter will remain "parked" in Mars' orbit, relaying information to Earth, the lander will plunge into the atmosphere at 48,000 kilometers per second amid temperatures of thousands of degrees Celsius.
If successful, China could become the second country to land and operate a rover on Mars after the United States.
With its first Mars landing, the new space power wants to catch up with the US, which has already sent several research devices to roam the planet.
Beijing has steadily expanded its space programme over the past few years and has missions planned for decades into the future.
In 2019, China became the first country to land an object on the far side of the moon.
The country's space exploration plans include building a space station and sending a mission to Jupiter by 2029.
China, the UAE and the US all launched their Mars mission around the same time last July. The reason was that Earth and Mars align more closely every 26 months, providing a window of opportunity for more fuel-efficient journeys — and, inadvertently, for an international showdown in space.
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Oconee County on Tuesday night turned the page on its 12-year experiment with the use of membrane filtration at its Calls Creek Water Reclamation Facility.
The Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to award a $440,000 design-to-build contract with Crowder Construction Inc. of Conyers for a new, replacement plant at Calls Creek estimated to cost between $6.7 and $7 million.
Oconee County Utility Department Director Wayne Haynie said the new plant, which will use traditional biological processes, will produce water of the "same or better effluent quality" as the existing membrane plant, which relies on a technology borrowed from water treatment plants.
Haynie told the commissioners that the membrane technology is both difficult and expensive to operate. Haynie said the membranes require rehabilitation every nine years at a cost of $1 million.
Haynie told me in an email message this morning that the first permit the county received for use of membranes at the Calls Creek plant was in 2004. He believes the plant started operating the membranes a year later.
Gary Dodd was Utility Department director at that time, and the county's commitment to membranes, considered an innovative approach to wastewater treatment, continued through the end of 2014.
Chris Thomas, a protégé of Dodd and Utility Department director until June of last year, had recommended to the commissioners early last year that the county revert to a traditional biological treatment approach at the Calls Creek plant.
Thomas resigned in June after a series of problems at the Calls Creek plant.
A consultant hired by the county said that the plant was not being maintained and that the membranes were not working correctly.
At a tour of the Calls Creek plant Haynie organized for citizens on Dec. 12 of last year, Paul Ludwig, wastewater operator, told the visitors to think of a membrane as a straw.
The membranes are bundled together into modules, which are submersed in sewage water.
The water is then sucked into the individuals straws, leaving everything but purified water behind. The purified water coming out of the straws or module is the effluent from the plant.
Ludwig said that while others also have experimented with the use of membranes in sewage treatment, most have turned back to the more traditional biological treatment because of the expense of maintenance.
The Calls Creek plant was designed to combine biological treatment with membrane filtration, and Erin Carlton, hired by the county as wastewater utility supervisor following the problems of last year, said during the Dec. 12 tour that he was "having difficulty understanding" how the two pieces fit together.
Haynie on Tuesday night listed three sources of funding for the new plant, which is to be built over the next 12 to 18 months.
The first source is $2.3 million in fees in hand that developers paid over the years when they purchased sewage treatment capacity from the county.
The second source Haynie identified is $1.2 million in 2009 SPLOST funds available.
The third source is the projected $10.2 million in 2015 SPLOST. The county only started collecting these revenues in October of last year, so these monies are not yet available.
He also said he heard from the Finance Department that the 2009 SPLOST balance is "higher" than the $1.2 million he had earlier been told was available.
The Board of Commissioners originally had set aside just less than $6.9 million in 2009 SPLOST for water and sewer projects, but it then diverted $2.1 million of that amount to pay off the debt from the county jail.
The most recent report on 2009 SPLOST spending said about $1 million had been spent of that $6.9 million by June 30 of last year.
"That money will be well needed and well spent," he said.
On Tuesday night Haynie also presented the Board a series of policy changes that he is proposing, including the allocation of 40 percent of "available capacity" to residential, 40 percent to commercial, and 20 percent to industrial and manufacturing use.
He also proposed that the county hold back 10 percent of the "plant treatment capacity" for reserve, and Commissioner Luke encouraged him to make that figure 20 percent.
In addition, Hayne put forward a policy for deciding how the county would deal with what are called "dormant" construction or development projects. He proposed creating a waiting list based on a number of criteria, including whether construction had begun based on plans approved by the county.
County Attorney Daniel Haygood advised the Board not to take any action on the policy recommendations pending further review. He said they would require an actual change of the county's ordinance rather than a simple vote of the Board on the recommendations.
Haynie's comments on the quality of the effluent from the new plant came in response to a question from Tony Greco, 1071 Winthrop Place, on Calls Creek in the Hickory Hill subdivision east of Watkinsville.
The full video of Haynie's presentation to the Board as well as of his response to questions posed to him by the public and by Board members is below.


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James Watson Gerard III (August 25, 1867 – September 6, 1951) was a United States lawyer, diplomat, and justice of the New York Supreme Court.

Early life
Gerard was born in Geneseo, New York.  His father, James Watson Gerard Jr., was a lawyer and Democratic Party politician in New York. and his grandfather, also James Watson Gerard, was a noted trial lawyer and civic reformer in New York.

He graduated from Columbia University (A.B. 1890; A.M. 1891) and from New York Law School (LL.B. 1892).

Career
Gerard was chairman of the Democratic campaign committee of New York County for four years. He served on the National Guard of the State of New York for four years. He served through the Spanish–American War (1898) on the staff of General McCoskry Butt. From 1900 to 1904, he was quartermaster, with the rank of major, of the 1st Brigade of the Guard. He was elected to the New York Supreme Court in 1907, where he served as a judge until 1911.

U.S. Ambassador to Germany
Under President Woodrow Wilson, Gerard served as the American Ambassador to Germany from 1913 to 1917.

In 1914, Gerard was the Democratic (Tammany Hall) candidate for U.S. Senator from New York. He defeated the Anti-Tammany candidate, Franklin D. Roosevelt, in the Democratic primary, but lost the election to James W. Wadsworth, Jr.

At the outbreak of World War I, in 1914, Gerard assumed the care of British interests in Germany, later visited the camps in which British prisoners were confined, and did much to alleviate their condition. His responsibilities were further increased by the fact that German interests in France, Britain, and Russia were placed in the care of the American embassies in those countries, which made the American embassy in Berlin become a sort of clearing house. From first-hand knowledge, he settled the question, much disputed among the Germans themselves, as to the official attitude of the German government toward the violation of Belgian neutrality.

At the request of Gottlieb von Jagow, after the fall of Liège, Gerard served as intermediary for offering the Belgians peace and indemnity if they would grant passage of German troops through their country. On August 10, 1914, the Kaiser placed in Gerard's hands a telegram addressed personally to Wilson that declared that Belgian neutrality "had to be violated by Germany on strategical grounds." At the request of a high German official, the telegram was not made public as the Kaiser had wished but was sent privately to the President. After the sinking of the RMS Lusitania with many U.S. residents on board, on May 7, 1915, Gerard's position became more difficult.

The German government asked him to leave the country in January 1917. Diplomatic relations were broken off on February 3, and he left Germany. He was detained for a time because of rumors that the German ambassador in America was being mistreated and that German ships had been confiscated. When the rumors were disproved, he was allowed to depart. He retired from diplomatic service in July 1917.

Later career
He took up the practice of law in New York City.  The George H. Doran Company of New York City published two books Gerard wrote on his experiences, My Four Years in Germany, released in 1917, and the following year, Face to Face with Kaiserism. My Four Years in Germany was filmed in 1918.
Gerard was of major incidental importance in the rise of Warner Brothers movie producers as his book My Four Years in Germany was the source of the Warner's first nationally-syndicated film of the same name.

Gerard once said in a speech, "The Foreign Minister of Germany once said to me 'your country does not dare do anything against Germany, because we have in your country five hundred thousand Germans reservists [emigrants] who will rise in arms against your government if you dare to make a move against Germany.' Well, I told him that that might be so, but that we had five hundred thousandand onelamp posts in this country, and that that was where the reservists would be hanging the day after they tried to rise."

Upon returning to the U.S., Gerard went back to practicing law. He remained heavily involved in Democratic politics. He was the treasurer for the Democratic National Committee (1924–1932) and played a leading role in the nomination of Roosevelt for president in 1932. After an unsuccessful campaign for U.S. President in 1920, Gerard ceased active pursuit of elected office but accepted a central role in U.S. Democratic Party politics as a public speaker, fundraiser, consultant, and mass media contributor.

In 1933, Gerard reviewed Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf for The New York Times Book Review. His critique occupied the entire front page of the section and continued inside. "Hitler is doing much for Germany," Gerard began, citing "his unification of the Germans, his destruction of communism, his training of the young, his creation of a Spartan State animated by patriotism, his curbing of parliamentary government, so unsuited to the German character; his protection of the right of private property," which he said "are all good". But he went on to condemn Hitler's anti-Semitism. "We have all of us a right to criticize, to boycott a nation which reverts to the horrible persecutions of the Dark Ages, we have a right to form a blockade of public opinion about this misguided country," he wrote. Gerard concluded, "It is with sadness, tinged with fear for the world's future, that we read Hitler's hymn of hate against that race which has added so many names to the roll of the great in science, in medicine, in surgery, in music and the arts, in literature and all uplifting human endeavor."

Gerard's final book was an autobiography, My First Eighty-Three Years in America (1951).

Personal life
Gerard's wife, the former Mary Augusta Daly (called "Molly"), was the daughter of copper magnate Marcus Daly, head of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company that developed the mines of Butte, Montana, and built the town of Anaconda, Montana.  They had no children. After both of Mary's parents died, she was one of the heirs to the Daly ranch, the Bitter Root Stock Farm, north of Hamilton, Montana, where the couple had frequently visited. Gerard oversaw a number of the legal interests of the Daly family, and he purchased a cattle ranch of his own in the area. Today the University of Montana holds his collected papers.

He died September 6, 1951, in Southampton, New York. He was interred at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York City.

Notes

References

Further reading
 Barthold, Theodore Richard. "Assignment to Berlin: the embassy of James W. Gerard, 1913-1917" (PhD Temple University, 1981). online
 Flanagan, Jason C. "Woodrow Wilson's" Rhetorical Restructuring": The Transformation of the American Self and the Construction of the German Enemy." Rhetoric & Public Affairs 7.2 (2004): 115-148. online
 Mitchell, Charles Reed. "New Message To America: James W. Gerard's 'Beware' and World War I Propaganda" Journal of Popular Film (1975) 4#5 pp 275–295.

Primary sources
 Gerard, James W. My four years in Germany (1917) online
 Gerard, James W. Face to Face with Kaiserism (1918) online
 Gerard, James Watson. My first eighty-three years in America: the memoirs of James W. Gerard (Doubleday, 1951).

External links

 International Radio Journalism: History, Theory and Practice (1998)
 James Watson Gerard Papers (University of Montana Archives)

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Q: Connecting External Hard Drive to Bluray Player Just a follow up, is there any way that I can connect 1TB external hard drive formatted in ntfs to samsung bluray bdp1600?

A: No. According to the Samsung BD-P1600's product specifications, it does not have any USB 2.0 ports, so you cannot connect an external HDD. Even it had a USB port, you would have to format the HDD in FAT32 format.


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Intellian has relocated to a larger facility in Southampton, UK, to cater for its growing European customer base. The move to a significantly larger office in Ocean Village is set to complement Intellian's regional presence in Rotterdam and Wales, as well as reinforce Intellian's global footprint, with existing offices in South Korea, USA, Brazil, and Singapore.
Cyber security is a fluid concept in rapid motion. As new technologies continually change the way we engage with the digital world, there is a growing consensus that shipping needs to broaden its understanding of cyber security. It's important to think in the long-term about what a safe digital future will look like, and to future proof systems and processes to prevent them from being vulnerable to an attack tomorrow that may not even seem feasible today.
Intellian's Matt Galston comments on the value of satcomms for #DayoftheSeafarer in The Maritime Executive. Read the entire article available at www.themartimeexecutive.com.
Inmarsat Maritime president Ronald Spithout told Lloyd's List during Nor-Shipping that the providers of services on board vessels, such as electronic chart display and information systems, engines and propulsion systems, should essentially operate under a uniform compatible standard to optimise efficiency as well as safety.
Intellian Technologies vice president of global marketing Paul Comyns thinks ships will be sending over much more data as they become part of smart supply chains. Ships will need to be fully connected, with tailored solutions, for smart data management.
Congratulations to Inmarsat on the successful launch of I-5 F4, the fourth Global Xpress satellite. With the added network capacity and orbital redundancy, Global Xpress is now stronger than ever. Here's to continued partnership between Intellian and Inmarsat, and continued success in raising the bar for mobility communications.
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Q: What do the various dpkg flags like 'ii' 'rc' mean? I frequently need to check which packages are installed, and I use the following command:
dpkg -l | grep foo
which gives the following output
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                       Version         Description
ii   foo                       <version>         <description>

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*What does the ii mean?

*What other flags are there?

*How to read the flags? (because the explanation is quite complicated, IMO)

Thanks.

A: The first letter displays what is the expected status of the package.
The second letter displays what is the current status of the package.
So for example:
ii means 'It should be installed and it is installed' whereas
rc means 'It's removed/uninstalled but it's configuration files are still there'

A: Where to find this information in the system
You can find this information out in the head of dpkg -l output, as it's just a formatting convention:
dpkg -l | head -3

Copied here for reference:
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)

Description of each field
As you can see from the first three lines:
First letter -> desired package state ("selection state"):

*

*u ... unknown

*i ... install

*r ... remove/deinstall

*p ... purge (remove including config files)

*h ... hold

Second letter ->  current package state:

*

*n ... not-installed

*i ... installed

*c ... config-files (only the config files are installed)

*U ... unpacked

*F ... half-configured (configuration failed for some reason)

*h ... half-installed (installation failed for some reason)

*W ... triggers-awaited (package is waiting for a trigger from another package)

*t ... triggers-pending (package has been triggered)

Third letter -> error state (you normally shouldn't see a third letter, but a space, instead):

*

*R ...  reinst-required (package broken, reinstallation required)

A: Because my rep is low, I cannot comment to answer the questions people have about where to get this info.  After reviewing source code for dpkg and related programs' main.c code, I found what I was looking for.
The info for reading the -l | --list output is in
man dpkg-query

and not in
man dpkg

dpkg is merely acting as the front-end in these instances

A: *

*It means that the package is desired to be installed and that the package is installed.

*See man dpkg-query

*Upper case letters shown in the alternatives after equals sign in the three first lines in the legend are the letters possibly shown shown as the first three characters in the first field, respectively, but not all of them in the same case i.e some of the letters are shown in lower case. The third character is space normally.


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HRI Board Closes The 2020 National Hunt Season
The HRI Board announces close of the 2019/20 National Hunt season and cancellation of Fairyhouse and Punchestown Festivals.
Plans agreed to keep Ireland on a 'racing ready' footing.
National Hunt season 2019/2020 to end.
The 2020 Fairyhouse Easter and Punchestown National Hunt Festivals will not be re-scheduled.
When racing resumes, it will do so with a month of Flat-only fixtures.
There will be a significantly enhanced National Hunt programme in the October to December period.
Horse racing at Downpatrick racecourse and Down Royal has therefore been cancelled.
The 2020 BoyleSports Irish Grand National is to be rearranged in this winter period. The Board of Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) met today and in response to the need to provide as much clarity as possible to the racing industry, in very uncertain times, and the Board agreed it was prudent to bring the 2019/2020 National Hunt season to a close at this point.
The scene at the March meeting at Downpatrick racecourse – no bookmakers, no crowd, and an empty stand.
The Board also discussed a strategy that would allow Irish racing to return as quickly as possible once it is appropriate to do so and within Government guidelines. The Board recognised that, at least initially, racing would restart on the Flat and most likely behind closed doors, with adherence to strict social distancing protocols as were successfully operated at ten race fixtures in March.
Nicky Hartery, Chairman of Horse Racing Ireland, said: "We have stressed throughout that Government and HSE guidelines around fighting Covid-19 must come first and racing will only be able to resume when the Government guidelines permit and when there is adequate medical cover in place to ensure that race meetings can be staged safely.
"No-one can predict when this point will be reached."
What the Board agreed today was a plan to get back racing once those guidelines allow.
Nicky Hartery added: "A number of fixture and race programme scenarios have been developed by the executive which will ensure a timely and agile response when a potential restart date becomes clearer. The plan for a staggered resumption strategy would initially see a programme of solely Flat racing fixtures for one month so as to prioritise the portion of the horse population which most require the resumption of racecourse action, whilst also minimising potential requirement for medical support."
No crowds, no bookmakers. The effects of coronavirus on horse racing.
The decision was also taken by the Board to end the 2019/2020 National Hunt season immediately, with the spring festivals at Fairyhouse and Punchestown not to be rescheduled. Instead an enhanced National Hunt programme from October to December 2020 will be revealed later this year, and it is intended to include in that programme the 2020 BoyleSports Irish Grand National.
Brian Kavanagh, Chief Executive of Horse Racing Ireland said: "Like many other sectors, the racing and breeding industry in Ireland will take a seismic economic blow from the fall-out of Covid-19. We will be working closely with Government to limit the long-term impact of this pandemic.
"We know that jobs will be lost in a key rural industry and that the viability of some industry institutions will come under serious threat. "We are working on a range of industry supports which we hope to announce in the coming weeks. Once an achievable target resumption date can be identified, a new fixture list covering the rest of the year will be quickly published based on our on-going work, along with revised race programmes which will cater for the entire horse population.
"While the conclusion of the National Hunt season is a major blow for that sector and jump racing enthusiasts, in making an early decision we want to give as much certainty as possible to owners and trainers and this plan will allow winter National Hunt horses to take advantage of summer grass, reducing the costs for National Hunt owners, with the knowledge of an enhanced programme to come for them from the Autumn onwards, circumstances permitting."
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Today's technology-driven society needs competent and capable citizens. Occupations in STEM-related areas are therefore continuously on the rise and amongst the most well-paid and secure jobs. Also, the gender pay gap is reduced for employees in a STEM field. Furthermore, successful STEM education has been shown to improve effective learning in other areas and to encourage creativity, critical thinking, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration.
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