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Caserta City
Popular Tickets in Caserta City
Pompeii, Herculaneum & Naples: 3-Day City Pass
Caserta: Royal Palace of Caserta Ticket and Guided Tour
From Naples: Royal Palace of Caserta Full-Day Trip
Caserta: Royal Palace of Caserta Guided Tour
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Our most recommended Caserta City Tickets
1. Pompeii, Herculaneum & Naples: 3-Day City Pass
Purchase the Naples & Campania Artecard for access to over 40 monuments, museums, and archaeological sites, including Ruins of Pompei, Herculaneum, the Catacombs of Saint Gennaro and Saint Gaudioso, National Archaeological Museum, MADRE, Museum and Royal Wood of Capodimonte, Royal Palace of Naples, The Bourbon Tunnel, Castel Sant'Elmo, Certosa of San Martino, Royal Palace of Caserta, Paestum, and the Archaeological Museum of Capua. Enjoy free admission to 2 museums or sites and discounted admission to all other museums and archaeological sites visited thereafter. Explore the city as you travel for free on the Naples & Campania regional public transportation network (UnicoCampania public transport system).
2. Caserta: Royal Palace of Caserta Ticket and Guided Tour
Discover the Royal Palace of Caserta and its Park with an expert guide. Visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site properly. Learn about the palace, its artworks, and architecture, as well as life in the royal court from an art historian. Meet your guide at the ticket office. Start with a brief introduction to the history of the building and its architect. Then, climb the grand staircase to start your tour. Visit the Royal Court Theatre and the Palatine Chapel and learn about life in an 18th-century European court. Next, cross the vestibule to see the Royal Apartments, including the Salon of Alexander the Great, the Hall of the Bodyguards, and the Throne Room. Marvel at the painted ceilings and ornate decor. Continue to the Library, which houses a rich collection of books and the Bourbon Nativity. Then, admire the masterpieces in the Picture Gallery and hear all about them from your art historian guide. Finally, explore the Royal Garden. Discover fountains, an English garden, the old woods, and more.
3. From Naples: Royal Palace of Caserta Full-Day Trip
The Royal palace of Caserta is one of the most famous attractions in Campania. It was the ancient mansion of the Bourbon royal family. It was built in the 1774 and became also a famous resort for artists and writers. For example, great characters of the past such as Murat or Goethe visited the Royal Palace and said that it was beautiful and enchanted! With this Day Trip to the Royal Palace you can have an unforgettable day. You will reach the Royal Palace with a comfortable shuttle bus and you can skip the line with your priority ticket. Once you enter the Royal palace you will enjoy a wonderful place. You can explore the royal gardens - the gardens are decorated with gushing fountains and a lot of beautiful flowers. Plus, you will visit the Royal Apartments, so you can explore the life and the habits of the ancient nobles. You will look at the royal bedroom and you will pass through the giant ballroom of the Royal Palace.
4. Caserta: Royal Palace of Caserta Guided Tour
The Royal Palace of Caserta, commissioned by King Charles of Bourbon to emulate Versailles, is the largest royal residence in the world, a huge building with 1200 rooms, 34 flights of stairs and 1742 windows and since 1997 has been declared by the UNESCO heritage of humanity. Inside, admire the halls and private rooms of the kings. The route will include a detailed visit to the representative and private rooms of the Bourbon kings, where you will be able to admire the furniture, ornaments, chandeliers and sculptures of great value. Walk through the 800 rooms with historical paintings, precious gilded stuccos and precious objects that testify the skill of local and foreign artisans. The second part of the route will be dedicated to the Halls of the '700, furnished with precious silks, watches with curious shapes and refined porcelain. In this environment, Ferdinando and Maria Carolina received their friends. Relive the glories of the Bourbon era for a charming experience, visiting not only the rich reception rooms, the throne room and those dedicated to diplomatic meetings, but also the private rooms and corners that will still speak to you about life more intimate than the king and the queen. The complex also includes the scenic royal park, 3 kilometers long, enriched by fountains with sculptural groups inspired by the "Metamorphosis" of Ovid with places of entertainment for the royals such as the great Peschiera and the Castelluccia in addition to places of leisure and tranquility like the English Garden.
Top Attractions in Caserta City
1 Royal Palace of Caserta
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I liked everything very much. An unforgettable experience. An excellent audio guide. Convenient to get there by bus and train. In the beginning, the construction crane, which hangs over Pompeii, interfered with the atmosphere, but at the end of the excursion, it was he who suggested that even after 2000 years , life on the slopes of Vesuvius continues.
Pompeii, Herculaneum & Naples: 3-Day City Pass Reviewed by Nickolay, 11/9/2021
If you intend to use the ticket extensively (for example, I was in Pompeii, Herculaneum, Paestum - including the train - and in the Archaeological Museum of Naples) it is definitely worth it, so I can only recommend it.
Pompeii, Herculaneum & Naples: 3-Day City Pass Reviewed by Hannes, 9/19/2021
It is a very good saving option and it makes it easier for you not to have to buy tickets or tickets, POMPEII and HERCULANO for free and all the transport of metro, bus, discount in museums etc ...
Pompeii, Herculaneum & Naples: 3-Day City Pass Reviewed by PILAR, 10/26/2021
Pompei was very interesting, the catacombs of San Gennaro were also impressive! With the ARTEcard we could use the metro and all trains, that was very practical!
Pompeii, Herculaneum & Naples: 3-Day City Pass Reviewed by Inga, 11/5/2021
Pass very suitable for means of transport (train, bus, metro) plus entry to museums or sites. economical and practical
Pompeii, Herculaneum & Naples: 3-Day City Pass Reviewed by Pierre, 11/1/2021


Heard of the buzz around mindfulness but not quite sure what it is? This one-hour taster session will introduce you to what mindfulness is, what it isn't and some of the benefits of practising it. You will have the opportunity to try out a practice, ask questions, and explore next steps.
Ruth Ormston from Calm City Mind will run this taster session - Ruth runs a number of workplace and public mindfulness courses, and is passionate about introducing people to mindfulness as a resource to help manage well-being.
The session will take place in the meeting room on the first floor of the Hornbeam cafe.


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Open to candidates enrolled in an Arts, Science, Medicine, or Law programme, and whose homes are in the Southland District.
The Scholarships were established by a bequest from the late Rev. James Henry, MA (Aberdeen, 1866), who was born at Foveran, Aberdeenshire, on 26 March 1846. Mr Henry arrived in New Zealand in 1873 and was Presbyterian minister of the Mataura parish from 1874 to 1884, and of the Lauder parish from 1884 to 1891, when he resigned from the ministry. He lived for some time in Waikawa and from 1898 until 1917 in Invercargill, where he tutored pupils in ancient and modern languages and mathematics. He died in Sydney on 14 December 1919.
In his will Mr Henry directed that the income of the residue of his estate should be accumulated by the Public Trustee for 20 years from the date of his death and that thereafter one-third of the income should be applied towards scholarships tenable at the University of Otago.
Applicants must:
Be enrolled in a Arts, Science, Medicine, or Law programme
Have their homes in the Southland District
Awards are made on the basis of the academic results from a student's Year 13 of secondary school.
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How big a power inverter do I need to charge a 7a Vexilar/Aqua View battery in a vehicle?
You don't need an inverter. Just get a charger that hooks up to the cig lighter.
DINGDINGDING We have a winner!
Get ANY cheap 12 v charger and go to it. Splice on whatever ends you need (the center post of the adapter is always positive). Otherwise, you are going 12v --> 110 volt while losing juice to heat, and then 110v --> 12v while again losing juice to heat.
Don't let them scare you I've been charging a Vex battery with an Inverter for 20 years it' not a skill saw your trying to run.
Plus the inverter will come in handy down the road.
Location: Cambridge & Finland, MN .
Most 12 VDC chargers use 120VAC for a power source. The charger straightens out the AC (alternating current) to DC (direct current)by using a rectifier and or diodes . It also transforms the voltage down to 13.5-14vdc. When using an inverter by plugging it into a 12 vdc power supply. The inverter steps up the voltage back to 120 vac . What some guys are doing is plugging in their 120 vac to 12 vdc chargers to the inverter and then the inverter to their cars power source. Basicaly 12vdc power supply to 120vac to 12vdc battery. Definetly not the most efficient way of doing that but it does work .
The center post is not always positive. Most of the time it is . I'm speaking from experience . You have to look at the symbols on the chargers/ converters . Most electronic devices do not like to have their polarities reversed . They let out smoke when you do and then you have to pay to put the smoke back in to make it work again.
I'm not trying to be a smarta$$ or anything, but you don't have to splice anything. Aquaview sells a cig lighter 12v charger that hooks directly to the posts of a vex/aquaview battery. If I recall correctly, it was about $20. That is cheaper than an invertor.
You are correct MNiceman, I should have noted that the cig light adapter center post will always be positive. The other end is quite adifferent matter and you do need to figure out the polarity.
And yes, you can buy an inverter to do the job (I have a little guy, too ), and it will work. Seems to be kind of a waste of time as when I did that it charged much slower, but it does get used for other things, too. But if I had to buy one thing to do what the poster asked for, I'd spend the money to get something to charge as simply and directly as possible, ala a 12 volt battery charger. It sounds like the Aquavu solution would work great instead of cutting and splicing.
Either the 12v cig lighter charger from Aqua-view or the reference to any 12v charger seems the simplest. Where can you pick up the Aqua-view charger? Also, what are some types of 12v chargers that will work?


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L'Occitane en Provence, France, to achieve its goal of using 100 % recycled plastic in its bottles by 2025
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Currently L'Occitane Group has more than 3,000 retail outlets, including 1555 owned stores, globally. Its five brands are L'Occitane en Provence, Melvita, Erborian, L'Occitane au Brésil, and LimeLife by Alcone. The new agreement between L'Occitane Group and Loop Industries represents an important milestone in their shared commitment to reducing global plastic pollution and supporting the transition to a circular plastic economy, the companies said.
According to the brand, by incorporating Loop branded PET into its packaging, L'Occitane en Provence will achieve its goal of using 100% recycled plastic in its bottles by 2025, according to the brand.
L'Occitane Group uses the UN's Sustainable Development Goals as a framework to address environmental challenges and work on reducing plastic pollution. As part of the SDGs, the manufacturer has signed the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's New Plastics Economy Global Commitment.
Loop Industries previously signed agreements with companies that include PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Danone, and Thyssenkrupp. Loop Industries has patented and proprietary technology that decouples plastic from fossil fuels by depolymerizing waste polyester plastic and fibre to its base building blocks — monomers. The company says that these monomers are then filtered, purified, and repolymerized to create virgin-quality polyester plastic for food-grade packaging.
L'Occitane Group signed a multi-year agreement with Loop Industries for Loop branded 100% sustainable PET plastic. The global manufacturer and retailer of natural cosmetics and well-being products plans to start incorporating the plastic into L'Occitane en Provence packaging.
Adrien Geiger, global brand director at L'Occitane en Provence said that, "We have been launching eco-refill products, in-store recycling and bottles made out of 100 % recycled plastic for more than 10 years and are continuing to progress on this," said Adrien Geiger, global brand director at L'Occitane en Provence. "The innovative technology that Loop provides is a game-changer that can help us fundamentally contribute to solving the growing global concern about plastic pollution."
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Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Lord Robert Cecil to British Ambassador to the United States Sir Cecil A. Spring Rice, 6/4/1917
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Lord Robert Cecil to British Ambassador to the United States Sir Cecil A. Spring Rice
Cypher telegram to Sir C.Spring Rice (Washington).
Foreign Office. June 4th.1917. 6.00 p.m.
No. 2055. Secret. (K).1
My personal and secret telegram of May 19th for Mr. Balfour.2
Question of future naval co-operation with the United States has now been carefully considered by War Cabinet who are in general agreement with the views which I expressed in above telegram, but, much as they would like to be in a position to give forthwith a forma[l] guarantee of naval aid to the United States for the future and out of that to develop a definite naval alliance, they are of opinion that its announcement at Tokio, which could not justifiably be withheld, must inevitably raise in a highly dangerous form the whole extent of Anglo-Japanese relations and would certainly be interpreted by Japan as primarily aimed at blocking her ambitions in China, the Pacific and the Far East generally.
The United States Government must, however, be aware that, quite independently of any diplomatic agreements that might be concluded, this country would be unable to refrain from going to America's assistance in case of need, and they can hardly feel that they are incurring any serious risk in shaping their naval policy on that assumption and foregoing the formal guarantee which, as stated, the present international situation makes it difficult for His Majesty's Government to give, short of a general recasting of existing agreements.
His Majesty's Government have indeed been primarily impressed by the prospect of the possible development of Anglo-American naval co-operation in the future, but they have also given their attention to the technical considerations which gave rise to this larger question, namely the reluctance of the United States Government to alter their naval programme in favour of the construction of additional destroyers.
With some important exceptions, the American fleet is much superior to the Japanese numerically and otherwise. Of the larger capital ships, both constructed and under construction, with the exception of battle cruisers, the United States have already a considerable preponderance. On the other hand, their number of fast light cruisers is, in the opinion of our Naval authorities, quite inadequate for the operations of a fleet of the dimensions of that of the United States, while their superiority in destroyers over the Japanese is also insufficient.
The most urgent requirements of the American navy as against Japan are in fact for light cruisers, destroyers and anti-submarine craft, and, with the exception of the battle cruisers, it would be a waste of resources for the United States Government to build more capital ships. The same requirements apply to the present war, and it seems essential that the United States Government should concentrate on building the classes of vessels required even at the cost of postponing the completion of the dreadnought battleships.
Your Excellency should take an early opportunity of resuming the discussion begun by Mr.Balfour with Colonel house,3 or elsewhere, and developing the arguments in favour of the United States modifying their naval programme as desired by us, and, with regard to the ultimate question of a naval guarantee from us or an Alliance you should, while explaining our difficulties, make it clear that we are extremely disappointed at being unable at once to surmount them and that only the sensitiveness of the Far Eastern situation under present circumstances prevents us from tackling the problem immediately.
Source Note: Cy, UK-KeNA, Adm. 137/1436. The author is not given, however, the cable of 19 May 1917 that he refers to here as "My personal and secret telegram" was written by Lord Robert Cecil. There is a notation at the top of the copy: "Circulated to The King and War Cabinet."
Footnote 1: This indicates the code that was used.
Footnote 2: In his cable to British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour, Cecil wrote much of what he repeats here. He argued that an understanding to support the United States might cause the Japanese to view the "whole treaty" with Britain as "valueless," which "might lead to prolonged negotiations" and the need to "recast the [Anglo-Japanese] alliance altogether." Cecil warned "a false step might throw Japan into the arms of our enemies" so any action on Britain's part required "very careful consideration by the War Cabinet." Nonetheless, it was "important" to induce the United States to build destroyers and Cecil asserts that the vast majority of British government officials believed "a defensive alliance with the United States is so attractive to us that any step which would lead in that direction we should desire to take." They are "examining very carefully what is the best way of reconciling Japan to such proposed action" but, in the meantime, Balfour can assure the U. S. government "that with or without a guarantee[,] popular opinion here would undoubtedly force us to go to the assistance of America if she were attacked by Japan" so it would be "perfectly safe" for the U. S. to forego building additional battleships. Wilson Papers, 42: 354.
Footnote 3: President Woodrow Wilson's informal but influential advisor Edward M. House. House was the person that had first broached the idea of a formal Anglo-American alliance and a British guarantee to support the U.S. in case of a conflict with Japan. Burk, Britain, America and the Sinews of War: 126-27.
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Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels to Captain William B. Fletcher, Force Commander, Special Patrol Squadron, 6/1/1917
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Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 6/1/1917
British Admiralty to Commodore Guy R. Gaunt, British Naval Attaché in Washington, 6/1/1917
Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 6/2/1917
Captain John R. Edie to Lieutenant Commander William R. Sayles, United States Naval Attaché in Paris, 6/2/1917
Captain Edwin A. Anderson to Captain Henry B. Wilson, President, Board of Inspection and Survey, 6/2/1917
Foreign Secretary Arthur J. Balfour to Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Lord Robert Cecil, 6/3/1917
Diary of Commander Joseph K. Taussig, Commander, Destroyer Division Eight, 6/4/1917
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Based in European Waters, 6/4/1917
Commander William R. Sayles, United States Naval Attaché at Paris, to Rear Admiral Roger T. Welles, Office of Naval Intelligence, 6/4/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 6/5/1917
Vice Admiral Sir Montague E. Browning, Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies to First Sea Lord Admiral Sir John R. Jellicoe, 6/5/1917
Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves, Commander, Convoy Operations in the Atlantic, to Destroyer Force, Atlantic Fleet, 6/5/1917
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, 6/5/1917
Captain Richard H. Jackson, American Naval Representative to Paris to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 6/5/1917
Captain William B. Fletcher, Force Commander, Special Patrol Squadron to Commanding Officers, 6/6/1917
Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, COmmander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters 6/6/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain William V. Pratt, Chief of Staff to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations 6/6/1917
Commodore Guy R. Gaunt, British Naval Attaché in Washington to British Admiralty, 6/6/1917
Lieutenant Ronan C. Grady, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 6/6/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain William V. Pratt, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations 6/7/1917
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels to Secretary of War Newton D. Baker, 6/7/1917
Rear Admiral Sir Dudley R.S. de Chair to Vice Admiral Henry F. Oliver, Secretary of the Admiralty, 6/7/1917
Captain William V. Pratt, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 6/7/1917
Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves, Commander, United States Convoy Operations in the Atlantic, Operations Order Number One, 6/7/1917
Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves, Commander, Convoy Operations in the Atlantic, to Destroyer Force, 6/9/1917
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 6/9/1917
Diary of Commander Joseph K. Taussig, Commander, Destroyer Division Eight, 6/10/1917
Diary of Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 6/10/1917
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 6/10/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 6/11/1917
Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters,, 6/11/1917
Captain William V. Pratt, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 6/11/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Leigh C. Palmer, Chief, Bureau of Navigation, 6/11/1917
Rear Admiral Ralph Earle, Chief of Bureau of Ordnance to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 6/12/1917
Executive Order of President Woodrow Wilson, 6/12/1917
Rear Admiral William F. Fullam, Commander, Patrol Force, Pacific Fleet, to Captain Robert E. Coontz, Commandant, Navy Yard, Puget Sound, 6/13/1917
United States Ambassador to Great Britain Walter Hines Page to Secretary of State Robert M. Lansing, 6/13/1917
Captain William D. MacDougall, United States Naval Attaché at London, to Vice Admiral Henry F. Oliver, Secretary of the Admiralty, 6/13/1917
Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 6/13/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Anne Hitchcock Sims, 6/13/1917
Admiral Ferdinand Jean Jacques de Bon, Chief of the French Naval Staff, to Commander Bernard A. de Blanpré, French Naval Attaché in Washington, D.C., 6/13/1917
Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves Commander, Destroyer Force, Atlantic Fleet, 6/13/1917
Vice Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, Commander, Southern Ireland, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 6/13/1917
Vice Admiral Henry F. Oliver, Secretary of the Admiralty, to Vice Admiral Sir Montague E. Browning, Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station, 6/16/1917
Commodore Guy R. Gaunt, British Naval Attaché at Washington, to First Sea Lord Admiral Sir John R. Jellicoe, 6/16/1917
Admiral Henry T. Mayo, Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet, to Atlantic Fleet, 6/16/1917
Captain Arthur de K. L. May, Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff, to Commodore Lionel de Vere Wells, 6/16/1917
Diary of Commander Joseph K. Taussig, Commander, Destroyer Division Eight 6/17/1917
Chief Gunner Bernard P. Donnelly to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 6/17/1917
Captain Arthur de K. L. May, Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff, to Commodore Lionel de Vere Wells, Director, Routing and Convoying Operations from the United States, 6/17/1917
Secretary of State Robert Lansing to Robert E. Jeffery, United States Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Uruguay, 6/18/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters to Queenstown Destroyer Force, 6/18/1917
Admiral Ferdinand Jean Jacques de Bon, Chief of the French Naval Staff to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 6/19/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 6/19/1917
Commander Joseph K. Taussig, Commander, Destroyer Division Eight, to Commanding Officers, Queenstown Destroyer Force, 6/20/1917
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 6/20/1917
Commander Joseph K. Taussig, Commander, Destroyer Division Eight, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 6/20/1917
Commander John V. Babcock to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 6/21/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters to British Admiralty, 6/22/1917
Lieutenant Robert R. M. Emmet, United States Navy, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 6/22/1917
Harrington Emerson, President, Emerson Institute, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 6/23/1917
Captain William B. Fletcher, Force Commander, Special Patrol Squadron, to Commanding Officers, 6/23/1917
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels to Secretary of State Robert Lansing, 6/23/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 6/23/1917
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces in European Waters, 6/23/1917
Lieutenant Commander R. Drace White, Commander, Seattle, to Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves, Commander, Convoy Operations in the Atlantic, 6/24/1917
Captain Richard H. Jackson, American Naval Representative to the Ministry of Marine, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 6/25/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters to United States Ambassador to Great Britain Walter Hines Page, 6/25/1917
United States Ambassador to Great Britain Walter Hines Page to Secretary of State Robert Lansing, 6/26/1917
Lieutenant Commander Marcel Bertaux, Commisariat de la Marine-Lorient, to Commander Bernard A. de Blanpré, French Naval Attaché at Washington, 6/26/1917
Lieutenant Commander George F. Neal to Vice Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, R.N., Commander, Southern Ireland., 6/26/1917
Commodore Guy R. Gaunt, British Naval Attaché in Washington, D.C., to British Admiralty, 6/26/1917
United States Ambassador to Great Britain Walter Hines Page to First Secretary of the American Embassy in London Franklin M. Gunther, 6/27/1917
Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves, Commander, Convoy Operations in the Atlantic, Notes on Conversations with Officers, 6/27/1917
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 6/26/1917
Report of Commander Richard T. Down, 6/27/1917
War Diary, U.S.S. HANCOCK, 6/28/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, U.S. Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 6/28/1917
Commodore Guy R. Gaunt, British Naval Attaché in Washington, D.C., to First Sea Lord Admiral Sir John R. Jellicoe, 6/28/1917
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In June, the CAA football conference decided to back a plan to provide a 5th year of eligibility for football players in the Championship Subdivision (formerly I-AA). Unlike other NCAA sports, where athletes may only play four full seasons of eligibility, if the CAA's measure passes, players in the Championship Subdivision would be able to play in games across five different seasons without receiving any waiver from the NCAA.
The measure would effectively replace the redshirt year for FCS athletes. In many cases freshmen sit on the bench for a season when they might otherwise be able to play sparingly in order to save their eligibility for later dates and games when they are expected to be bigger, stronger, faster and more "ready" to play. Sometimes a sophomore or junior who misses a few games due to injury is redshirted and held out of the last few games of the year in order to give them a chance to play four full seasons instead of three and a half.
The use of the NCAA "redshirt" is commonplace throughout NCAA sports. A player is on a team, but does not play. He can practice, but will have no impact on games.
If the CAA has it's way, however, the redshirt in FCS football would cease to exist.
The NCAA allows players a 5-year window of eligibility for college athletics, of which a player may use any four years to play a given sport. A famous example of how that window operates was the case of Gregg Paulus, the four-year basketball guard at Duke, who enrolled at Syracuse University after graduation and spent a year playing Quarterback for the Orange football team -- it didn't matter that Paulus had exhausted four years of eligibility in basketball, since the NCAA offers five years to be a student-athlete.
Under the CAA's plan, players transferring down from FBS programs wouldn't necessarily gain an extra year of eligibility. The new rule is more so designed to benefit and reward those players who choose to start their college careers at FCS schools and then stay in the subdivision. A redshirt year at an FBS school would be a year of used eligibility in the sport upon a transfer, for example, and a player will be required to spend two years at the "certifying institution."
A four-year FBS player would not be able to transfer to an FCS school t play an additional year, but a player who spent one year at a Bowl Subdivision school could ultimately play four more years in the Championship Subdivision. Furthermore, players who complete a degree over four years at an FCS school would not be able to play a fifth year at another FCS school while pursuing a graduate degree.
It might be possible for some FCS players to obtain a medical redshirt through an application for a "hardship waiver" from the NCAA. That process would not change and the NCAA would apply the same criteria to determine whether a players' case warranted an additional year of eligibility to extend the 5-year clock that the NCAA operates under. Any extension of those five years would not be within a school's discretion, however.
For Villanova, the school has run into issues with the current redshirt system a few times, recently. Depth issues during the 2009 National Championship run almost lead the Wildcats to pull a redshirt off of a player during the NCAA championship game -- a move that would have cost the player an entire season of eligibility for the chance to play in a single game. Last season, Andy Talley had initially hoped to use a redshirt on senior running back Lawrence Doss to allow him to play the next two seasons, but they were on a run and trying to win games, so he used Doss.
With a standard 5th year of eligibility, Doss wouldn't be forced out of the program after this fall, and a player wouldn't have to worry about trading an entire season for one game anymore.
In order for the measure to become an NCAA rule, it must pass a vote of the NCAA Division 1 membership. That would include schools in the Bowl Subdivision that would not benefit from the new rule. Similar rule changes have been proposed in the past, by the ACC and OVC, but have never been brought to a vote.


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The Good Earth was written by American author Pearl S. Buck and was published in 1931. Buck was the wife of a Christian missionary and, by the time of the book's publication, had been living in China for around forty years.
The first half of the novel is set on Wang Lung's family farm. Although the exact setting is not named, it is believed that the farm is located in Anhwei, rural China. The area is a poor one.
The setting for the second half of the novel is also not named, but it is believed that the large city in southern China is Nanking. The family move there when a drought drives them into debt. The city is located on the opposite side of the Yangtze River from Anhwei. The family stays in Nanking until the revolution—it is then that they return to Anhwei.
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The first part of the novel is set in Anhwei, a little farming village in east central China divided by the Yangtze River. Most of the people who live there are peasants. The second half of the novel is set in Kiangsu, a city in the south of China. Wang Lung takes his family here after they experience a famine in Anhwei. Kiangsu is a big city that's overcrowded. It has many places of entertainment and offers a whole different world to Wang Lung. Wang Lung stays here until revolution breaks out, and then he goes back to his village.
Is there figurative language in Chapters 28 and 29 of The Good Earth?
What are the best quotes from O-lan showing how she is a good person, or quotes that show her character.
What is the main setting of The Good Earth, and why is it significant?
In The Good Earth, how is Wang Lung characterized?
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Dave (James Franco) and Aaron (Seth Rogen) in Columbia Pictures' THE INTERVIEW. ©CTMG. CR: Ed Araquel.
VANCOUVER, BC—A year before their controversial comedy "The Interview" caught unprecedented heat, actors James Franco and Seth Rogen sat down on location to talk about their collaboration while filming here. (Rogen also serves as co-director, co-writer and is a producer on the film.)
On Wednesday, Sony Pictures Entertainment pulled the film from its scheduled December 25 theatrical release, after several large theater chains decided not to show the film out of concern for moviegoers' safety following a threat of a Sept. 11, 2001-style attack on theaters by a group calling itself Guardians of Peace.
Unaware of the eventual firestorm their film would ignite, including a devastating hack of Sony Pictures' computer network by an unknown attacker, the old friends spoke about making of the film.[private]
Franco ("127 Hours," "Spider-Man") plays fictional second-rate talk-show host Dave Skylark and Rogen ("Superbad," "Knocked Up") is his underachieving producer, Aaron Rapaport, who score an exclusive interview with North Korea leader Kim Jong-Un. When the CIA asks them to assassinate Kim on their interview trip abroad, they become the least qualified men to ever carry out the deed.
Q: When and how did this movie come together?
Rogen: We had the idea for the movie a few years ago and we honestly didn't know who would be Dave Skylark.
Franco: (to Rogen) You guys were talking about it on (the set of) "This is the End," right? I wasn't cast, but you guys were talking about it.
Rogen: Yeah, we had this kind of idea but we didn't know, honestly. Until the studio saw "This is the End," we didn't know for sure if they would let us two direct another movie. So once they saw it, they decided they would let us direct another movie. I think it was around then when we had just made "This is the End," and we had so much fun with James, it seemed like we were going to direct another movie. We wanted to do with it people we were close with and worked well with, and I think it all came around together then.
Franco: I sort of feel, the way my character was originally written in "This is the End." He's a suit-wearing dude, who cares very much about his appearance. I guess that's how they saw me. I also think they probably felt guilty killing me in "This is the End."
Rogen: He's never gotten over that. He literally brought it up five minutes ago.
Q: Were you influenced by the headlines about Dennis Rodman being buddies with Kim Jong-Un?
Rogen: It was actually written before that happened. This was actually written when King Jong-il was still alive, initially. The idea came from reading articles about like Mike Wallace interviewing Osama Bin Laden. Journalists are in a weird position to get closer to these evil dictators than anyone else is, and it was also inspired by the idea that you hear that Saddam Hussein was a fan of Western movies.
You hear that these guys are fans of western culture and pop culture specifically and so we thought an entertainment journalist might be a funny way into that. Then the Dennis Rodman thing happened and it made it much less far-fetched, which was great, honestly. The first part of what we were worried about was that we wanted the movie to somehow exist in the real world. Our fear was like, "Would anyone buy that this would actually happen?" And then when that happened, we were like, that's way dumber than what we came up with.
Q: Did you base Dave Skylark after anyone in particular?
Rogen: We can of say it's like Oprah meets Ryan Seacrest a little bit, but amped up crazy. The way Franco ultimately acts in the movie is not based on anyone. It's psychotic almost, in a wonderful way. But it's far more heightened than I've ever encountered. (To Franco) Actually no, I'm sure you meet people and you think are ridiculous.
Franco: I don't know anyone like him, but I imagine, like the way this guy is so obsessed with any celebrity gossip. I imagine the offices at TMZ, like we just got the panty-less shot of so and so. You can imagine them celebrating that.
Q: Is there a comedy barometer? Do you know when you've gone too far?
Rogen: (laughing) Sometimes.
Q: What do you about Asian or Korean stereotypes?
Rogen: Everything about North Korea in the movie is real. We made up zero facts about North Korean culture, behavior or the belief system. It's all 100 percent real. As far as the specific jokes, some of the characters in the movie are more racially sensitive than others I guess you would say, like in real life. But overall, we don't stereotype the Asian characters at all.
Franco: (to Rogen) It's based on research or things that you found?
Rogen: We just Googled it. Wikipedia mostly.
Franco: The Americans coming in are like "Dumb and Dumber."
Rogen: Yes, we're not the smartest guys.
Franco: A lot of the jokes come from that: our ignorance.
Q: Have you ever said anything that is completely beyond NC-17 where you're like, "This is too far?"
Franco: Uh, no.
Rogen: Well, there have been some crazy jokes.
Franco: You've got to try it.
Rogen: He knows we wouldn't use it if it didn't work.
Q: How does it feel to shoot back in your hometown here in Vancouver?
Rogen: It's been nice. It's cold though. It's literally snowing right now. It actually works really well for our purposes. The movie is set in New York, China and North Korea. It really just worked geographically for that, because we (producer and co-writer Evan Goldberg) grew up here and we knew there is like a Chinese night market in Richmond where there are thousands of these little Chinese food stands that we filmed for Beijing. We kind of wrote it for things that we knew that existed here. The whole thing takes place in this mountain complex, where Kim Jong-Un's fortress is, and the mountains and the area we were able to film the finale. It has this scope and it just looks gigantic, which was very nice. So it wasn't just so we could hang out with our friends and eat good sushi.
Franco: I kept complaining that we weren't in New Orleans. For a lot of the exterior stuff it wouldn't have worked, though.
Rogen: (laughing) We are in the bayous of North Korea!
Q: How would you describe this film?
Rogen: We based it more on political thriller, like Ridley Scott or Michael Mann movies. We tried to use a lot of long lenses and we probably play some of the scenes tighter than you generally would in these types of comedies. The fact that it looks serious and has this weight to it makes it funnier, because it really looks like we're stuck in this serious, political thriller, which is funny to us.
Q: With the success of "This is the End," do you have more confidence and more freedom from the studio?
Rogen: We always had freedom. We have more confidence in some ways. But at the same time, I really feel like we're doing something so different with this movie that not a lot carries over, and it really feels like we're doing something for the first time in a lot of ways.
The fact that we're almost in a different location every day is a different experience. The plot is a lot more complicated. There are lot more elements. There are scenes, which are cut between five locations instead of us screaming in a house for six weeks straight. So it's a lot more complicated on our end. Even though we have more confidence it kind of feels new at the same time.[/private]
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New Zealand holds first funerals for victims of Christchurch massacre
A father and son who fled the civil war in Syria for "the safest country in the world" were buried before hundreds of mourners on Wednesday. The funerals of Khalid Mustafa, 44, and Hamza Mustafa, 15, came five days after a white supremacist methodically gunned down 50 worshippers at two mosques in Christchurch - a massacre that he broadcast live on Facebook. Hamza's high school principal described the student as compassionate and hardworking, and said he was an excellent horse rider who aspired to be a veterinarian. Those present included Hamza's younger brother, 13-year-old Zaed, who was wounded in an arm and a leg during the attack. The boy tried to stand during the ceremony but had to sit back in his wheelchair, one mourner said. "We tried to not shake his hand, and not touch his hand or his foot, but he refused, he wanted to shake everybody's hand, he wanted to show everyone that he appreciated them. And that's amazing," said Jamil El-Biza, who travelled from Australia to attend the funeral. Female mourners attend the funeral of two victims of the Christchurch terrorist attack at Memorial Park Cemetery Credit: Getty The Mustafas had moved to New Zealand last year, after spending six years as refugees in Jordan. Mustafa's wife, Salwa, told Radio New Zealand that when the family asked about New Zealand they were told "it's the safest country in the world, the most wonderful country you can go ... you will start a very wonderful life there." She added, "But it wasn't." Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the family should have been safe. "I cannot tell you how gutting it is to know that a family came here for safety and for refuge," she said. Families of those killed had been anxiously awaiting word on when they could bury their loved ones. Police Commissioner Mike Bush said police have now formally identified and released the remains of 21 of those killed. Islamic tradition calls for bodies to be cleansed and buried as soon as possible. The burials began soon after Ms Ardern renewed her call for people to speak of the victims rather than the man who killed them. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern receives a hug from a student during her visit to Cashmere High School which lost two students during a mass shooting Also on Wednesday, a man accused of sharing video footage of Friday's massacre was jailed by a judge until his next court appearance in mid-April. And Mr Bush said he believes police officers stopped the gunman on his way to a third attack. Ms Ardern's plea against giving the accused gunman notoriety followed his move to represent himself in court, raising concerns he would attempt to use the trial as a platform for airing his racist views. During a visit on Wednesday to the high school Hamza and another victim attended, Ms Ardern revisited that thought and asked students not to say the attacker's name or dwell on him. "Look after one another, but also let New Zealand be a place where there is no tolerance for racism," she told students at Cashmere High School. "That's something we can all do." Another Cashmere student, 14-year-old Sayyad Milne, also died in the attack. About 30 people wounded in the attacks remained in hospital as of Tuesday evening. About 10 of them were in critical condition, including a four-year-old girl. Brenton Tarrant, a 28-year-old Australian man, has been charged with murder and is next scheduled to appear in court on April 5. Police have said they are certain Tarrant was the only gunman but are still investigating whether he had support from others. Ardern previously has said reforms of New Zealand's gun laws would be announced next week and she said an inquiry would be convened to look into the intelligence and security services' failures to detect the risk from the attacker or his plans. New Zealand's international spy agency, the Government Communications Security Bureau, confirmed it had not received any relevant information or intelligence before the shootings. Sheik Taj El-Din Hilaly, of Sydney, travelled to Christchurch to attend or lead some of the funerals. Through a translator, he said he felt compelled to support the grieving. A nationwide lockdown on mosques was imposed until Monday, which Hilaly said had upset Muslims whom he had visited in Auckland. Police continue to guard mosques across the country. Philip Arps, 44, appeared in a Christchurch court on Wednesday on two charges of distributing the killer's livestream video of the attack on the Al Noor mosque, the first mosque that was attacked, a violation of the country's objectionable publications law. Each charge carries a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison. Arps, heavily tattooed and dressed in a T-shirt and sweatpants, hasn't entered a plea. He remained expressionless during the hearing, his hands clasped behind his back. Judge Stephen O'Driscoll denied him bail. Charging documents accuse Arps of distributing the video on Saturday, one day after the massacre. Bush said they believe they know where the gunman was going for a third attack when officers rammed his car off the road but won't say more because it's an active investigation. In a 74-page manifesto he released before the attack, Tarrant said he was going to attack two mosques in Christchurch and then one in the town of Ashburton if he made it that far.
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Trump: Military action against Iran still 'on the table'
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday he's still considering military action against Iran after it downed an unmanned U.S. military aircraft, saying the use of force is "always on the table until we get this solved."
The president said he aborted a military strike set for Thursday after learning 150 people would be killed.
"I don't want to kill 150 Iranians. I don't want to kill 150 of anything or anybody unless it's absolutely necessary," he told reporters as he left the White House for a weekend at the Camp David presidential retreat.
Trump said "we very much appreciate" a decision by Iran's Revolutionary Guard not to shoot down a U.S. spy plane carrying more than 30 people. He said the downing of the U.S. drone was "probably intentional" — contradicting what he said Thursday.
The president's comments came as Iran summoned the United Arab Emirates' top envoy to Tehran to protest the neighboring Arab nation's decision to allow the U.S. to use a base there to launch the drone that Iran says entered its airspace, state media reported Saturday.
Iran issued a "strong protest" to the UAE diplomat, saying Iran does not tolerate the facilitation of foreign forces that violate its territory, the report by the official IRNA news agency said.
The U.S. said its RQ-4A Global Hawk was shot down Thursday over international waters in the Strait of Hormuz, not inside Iranian airspace.
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Hidden in the hills of western India lies an ancient temple, carved into the rock face more than a thousand years ago. Towering at more than 65 feet tall, it's a feat of engineering that remains remarkable to this day. But how did the builders create such a staggering work of art? The answer will blow you away.
Few places on Earth have a history as rich or as diverse as India. Over the centuries, many different cultures and dynasties have left their mark on the country, resulting in a landscape littered with architectural gems. And from the famous domes of the Taj Mahal to the pink-tinted city of Jaipur, many of those still draw millions of tourists to this day.
But it is over in the western state of Maharashtra that one of India's most incredible treasures lies. Set in the Charanandri Hills some 18 miles outside the city of Aurangabad, Ellora is home to a sprawling network of cave temples – one of the most extensive of its kind in the whole world.


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Q: How to extract first 10pages from each pdf files of a folder I have 90 sub-folders in a folder. Each sub-folder contains pdf files. Total pdf files are nearly 2200. How can I extract page number 3 to 10 from all pdfs?
To extract the pages from one pdf, I am using the following command.
pdftk *.pdf cat 3-10 output 3-10.pdf

A: This one liner (split into 2 lines for ease of reading) was tested and works well on my system:
find . -name '*.pdf' -type f -exec bash -c \
'pdftk "$0" cat 3-10 output "${0%.pdf}_3-10.pdf"' {} \;

Simply open a Terminal window in the base folder (the one that contains all of the sub-folders) and copy and paste the entire one line command given above. It will:

*

*Traverse all of the sub-folders and identify all the pdfs

*Extract pages 3-10 from each (using your example command)

*Give a sensible output filename: the original name with _3-10 added

And this should neatly and economically accomplish your purpose...
Variation:
Optionally you could give a different output location to collect all of the altered pdf documents. For example you could create a folder called ~/extracted and alter the commandline above to the following:
find . -name '*.pdf' -type f -exec bash -c \
'pdftk "$0" cat 3-10 output "~/extracted/${0%.pdf}_3-10.pdf"' {} \;

And thus all of the altered pdf files would appear in ~/extracted.
Endless possibilities :).

A: You can use qpdf as pdftk is not available on ubuntu bionic by default any more:

find . -name '*.pdf' -type f -exec bash -c 'qpdf --empty --pages "$0" 3-10 -- "temp/${0%.pdf}_1.pdf"' {} \;
This will put the new pdf's into temp folder.

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University of Minnesota business Prof. Kingshuk K. Sinha was prompted by an off-base comment of mine to see if U.S. and European retailers really care what happens at the far end of their apparel supply chains in Bangladesh.
It took years to find out, but he later was encouraged to discover that the answer is yes, they care enough to have made worker conditions at least a little better. What's interesting is how much Sinha cared that the American retailers would at least try.
Decisions about supply chains have "serious consequences, very serious consequences," said Sinha, who is on the faculty of the U's Carlson School of Management. While stories of worker exploitation have regularly cropped up as businesses increasingly globalized, what was happening in Bangladeshi apparel shops several years ago made for a horrifying story of repeated fatal incidents.
While it was only one factor behind the decision for a research project, Sinha clearly remembered a call with me after the most appalling incident of them all — a factory building collapse in 2013 near the capital city of Dhaka that killed more than 1,100 people.
At the time, Sinha knew little of what Target, Walmart Stores and other U.S. retailers were thinking. He just knew that any suggestion that American retailers would soon be taking their business elsewhere seemed wrong.
He agreed big retailers couldn't stand more blows to their reputations, but moving to new suppliers elsewhere wasn't easy and would have caused other problems, including terrible ones for the Bangladeshi workers who would lose their livelihoods. What the U.S. retailers really needed to do was use their commercial clout to force Bangladeshi suppliers to provide safer places to work.
Sinha's expertise is in the management of supply chains, a business term that largely means the flow of products and services through all the links of production and transportation. There's far more to effective management than seeking efficiency and reliability.
It's simply foolish for a U.S. company to take delivery of products at a West Coast container port and not really think about what happened to produce those goods and get them there. The U.S. company may own just a small piece of a long, complex chain, but there are risks along the whole thing.
When workers in Asia and elsewhere have been injured or systematically exploited making products for American companies, an attitude of not my factories, not my fault has tarnished the companies' brands.
This is one way a company can do everything by the book and yet still lose its "social license to operate," an idea Sinha shared in an article written with former Mosaic Co. CEO Jim Prokopanko.
Shortsighted thinking about the supply chain also leads to lost opportunities, he said. One example he discussed comes from the medical device business, where new lifesaving products are celebrated without those involved really thinking through how broadly they could be used.
Is the product cheap enough so patients outside a wealthy nation's health care system can pay for it? If not, that sounds like a supply-chain challenge of finding a low-cost and high-quality way to build the device on one end of the supply chain and the most efficient way to distribute it at the other end.
Sinha was drawn to the Bangladeshi ready-made garment business as a research topic by its worker safety scandals and the news coverage that followed. He noted that in some ways the industry there is a dramatic success story. In just a couple of decades it grew to export more than $22 billion worth of apparel a year and employ about 4 million people, mostly women.
When the news out of Bangladesh was the worst and writers like me were calling him, Sinha noted that he had never read about poor product quality. That intrigued him because low cost often leads to low quality. In fact, Bangladesh has a long tradition of apparel and textile making, and to make his point Sinha reached into a bag for an imported sari, a beautiful and richly textured garment of red, cream and fuchsia.
U.S. retailers were not likely to find comparable suppliers at the prices available in Bangladesh. As a response to the crisis continued to unfold, Sinha learned of retailers in the U.S. and Europe banding together to ensure that suppliers meet a standard for worker safety.
Working together was a promising approach, he said, because it reduced the opportunity for one or two retailers to get a cost advantage over the rest by buying from the cheapest, and likely the most reckless, factory owner.
The question Sinha had for a research project was whether the approach of these two groups, one European and one American, really worked. He wanted to know if the suppliers found to be at a low risk for fire and other safety issues attracted more customers.
Sinha and his co-authors focused on what the retailers found while inspecting more than 1,600 Bangladeshi factories, looking at the risks from fire, structural damage and electrical system failure.
They found the confirmation they were looking for, too. U.S. and European retailers did steer business to suppliers with lower risks of fire and electrical failures.
As a recent conversation on his Bangladesh research wound down, Sinha noted that gains in worker safety could be fragile. Among other things, the pressure to cut costs, for retailers here and suppliers in Asia, has certainly not decreased.


Let's look at a few things the Bible says about physical appearance and then see what we can take away.
Do you have friends that aren't attractive by human standards?
Do you only gravitate towards people who dress or live like you?
Take Away: For a letter written to Christians 2,000 years ago, this advice hits squarely home today. The temptation to get attention or self-worth through outward appearance was present even back in first century Asia Minor. Peter tells the early Christians to give more attention to their spirit/conduct than to their physical appearance.
She answers with the simple phrase, "My heart." Sometimes it just feels like we are going through some emotionless responsive reading, but I pray that isn't true. Instead I want to remind her that true beauty comes from the inside. I want her to braid her hair well, and put together good matching outfits, but when her braid falls out and her leggings get a hole, I want her to know that none of that has done anything to mar her beauty.
Take Away: Jesus spoke these words after a woman poured perfume over him. Some questioned her "wasting" this perfume. Jesus rebukes them, teaching them that she rightfully had identified him, as the savior, as worthy of this perfume. He calls her actions beautiful.
Again, this simple statement by Jesus points to the fact that our true beauty comes from the way we act, the way we treat people, which flows from the condition of our heart. I have tried to be intentional with how I use not just the word pretty, but also the word "ugly." Ugly is not a word for physical appearance. Instead it's for describing selfish, mean-spirited behavior. I am comfortable saying, "Not sharing and only looking out for yourself is ugly behavior." Trying to use the words pretty and ugly in contexts where we are discussing the condition of the heart is a small way to teach our children, and remind ourselves, that the inside is where true beauty is found.
These first three principles help us see that God treasures beauty, the beauty of a heart that is for him, expressed in how we honor him and others. Next time we'll look at what priority to put on physical beauty and how Jesus models for us an approach.


Bribery in business just doesn't happen. We all know that don't we.
Anyway, humour aside, good ol' Goldman is still greasing the wheels, it seems?
Chinese authorities have arrested and charged the chairman of the world's largest producer of refined tin, Yunnan Tin Co, for accepting bribes, a provincial government said, in the latest example of the country's crackdown on graft.
President Xi Jinping (http://www.theguardian.com/world/xi-jinping) has made fighting corruption (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/09/china-corruption-charges-ding-shumiao-liu-zhijun) a key plank of his new administration, saying the problem is so severe it could affect the ruling Communist party's survival.
Lei Yi, Yunnan Tin (http://en.ytc.cn/)'s chairman, had been charged with taking 20m yuan (£2.04m) in bribes from four people, the Yunnan government said on one of its official websites, including from the chairman of a company called Leed International Education Group, in which Goldman Sachs (http://www.theguardian.com/business/goldmansachs) has a stake. Goldman Sachs declined to comment.
The Yunnan government website said Lei had taken money from Leed's chairman, Li Hongtao, to help smooth the way for Leed to buy Yunnan Tin's 45% stake in a private college both companies had set up in 2009. The tin company is based in the south-west province of Yunnan.
The website report made no mention of Goldman Sachs, saying simply that Leed was co-founded by a "foreign investment group".
A source familiar with the matter said Goldman Sachs' sprivate equity arm signed an agreement with Li in 2008, in a deal worth under $70m (£43.6m) that ultimately formed Leed.
An official at Yunnan Tin said the company had not received any legal documents about Lei's case and the company was still trying to confirm the details.
For now, Lei was still chairman and the legal representative for the company, the official said, adding that production and sales had not been affected.
Yunnan Tin said on 6 July that Lei's corporate duties had been assumed by a deputy as Lei was under investigation for "serious discipline violations", a phrase normally used to describe corruption.
An executive at Leed's public relations department in Beijing, who gave her family name as Wang, said the education company would not comment on the matter and was unable to provide contact details for Li.
Yunnan Tin produced about 70,000 tonnes of refined tin last year, nearly double that of the next largest producer, Malaysia Smelting Corp Bhd.
Chinese authorities have announced the investigation or arrest of a handful of senior officials this year, and their inquiries have begun to reach into powerful state-owned industries.
Among them, former executives from oil giant PetroChina are being investigated in what appears to be the biggest graft investigation into a state-run firm in years.


This seared ramps recipe is simplicity itself. Nothing more than fresh ramps (of course), olive oil or–better yet–bacon drippings, and sea salt.
I've never quite gotten ramps.
Thing is, for years I had to will myself to appreciate the lure. We're talking stinky, slender, scallion-y leeks with floppy rabbit-ear leaves. That fervor for the flavor of ramps elicited in others? I'd never felt it. I certainly tried. I longed for it in the same way that I longed to be able to whistle as a child, the same way that others longed to catch a glimpse of Elvis on the sidewalk. Which is to say, futilely.
The first spring the ramps' pungent aroma permeated my fridge, it effectively quelched my enthusiasm before I'd even taken a taste. Each spring I was sure that this would be the year the clouds parted and the choirs of angels sang and I, at last, succumbed to the ramp's rapturous charms. Yet it was the same year after year. And as year passed, I felt more of a fake, a poser, an imposter, a loser.
Whereas I'd originally attributed my failings to an innate inability to appreciate its curious flavor, in retrospect, though, it seems I'd let others' good intentions interfere. Here's why. Ever notice how ramps elicit strange zealot-like behavior in otherwise sane adults? Quick to talk, slow to listen, these ramp proselytizers tend to offer an unbidden stream-of-consciousness of crazy ramp recipes. My mistake? Listening to their well-meaning, but confounding, sermons for fussy techniques and tactics and tricks, which never failed to leave me intimidated and doubtful.
And then last April, ramp season found me at the crowded stand of Rick Bishop's Mountain Sweet Berry Farm at Union Square Greenmarket in New York City. It's the stand with the red pickup truck fronted by two tables of tubers and, when in season, a crate of ramps. Behind the ramps stood a whitewashed board scrawled with descriptions of ramp preparations in the handwriting of many of the most season-conscious chefs in town. Bishop and I, it seems, are kindred souls. When he started selling ramps 15 years ago, he didn't know what to do with them, either. Not because he doesn't like them, though. "Because I can't cook," he explains. "But I wanted to be able to tell my customers who asked what to do with them." So he propped a white board against his truck, scribbled "Ramps" at the top in black magic marker, and asked the chefs who crowd his stand every Wednesday and Saturday to share their thoughts.
They obliged, scrawling everything from relatively elaborate approaches to simple seven-word recipes ("Chop whole plant. Sauté. Toss over pasta.") So plentiful were the inspired ideas, Bishop recently had to retire the original board and begin a second.
And there I found my muse. Not on the board, exactly, but alongside it, in the form of Alexandra Guarnaschelli, chef of Butter Restaurant and star of two Food Network shows. She'd been chatting with Bishop behind his stand, just after the last bunch of ramps had been sold. Not recognizing her, I actually mistook her for Bishop's help. When I asked how she prefers her ramps, she generously shared an impromptu and simple lesson, explaining how she cooks them whole, starting the sturdy bulbs in the skillet while draping the delicate greens along the top edge of the skillet. When the bulbs are lightly charred, she tucks the greens into the pan until barely wilted, motioning with her hands. That is to say, she prepares them simply.
It wasn't until this past weekend, after scoring my first bunch of young, slender ramps from yet another budding season, that I tried Guarnaschelli's approach. A year's worth of anticipating, wondering, musing came down to three minutes in a skillet, in which the dainty bulb was sweetly caramelized, the greens barely wilted, the pungency tamed so that it was only ever so slightly pronounced. Finally, I understood. The season may be ephemeral. The love is not.
Available during late April and early May, ramps appear to be scallions in miniature, save for a swath of lavender around their midriff. Their bewildering taste is an uncanny combination of garlic and leek with a hint of chive, and is a much anticipated—and perhaps acquired—taste.
While there's no way to actually extend ramp season, turns out there's a simple way to minimize the bellyaching and bemoaning that goes along with their disappointing disappearance. Simply freeze them. That's what LC Recipe Tester and Community Moderator Dan Kraan does. He saves a batch of fresh ramps every year, trimming the roots off the cleaned ramps and freezing them in a single layer on a baking sheet before transferring to a resealable plastic bag. If you freeze the whole plant, cautions Kraan, be sure to chop the leaves soon after removal from the freezer, as the leaves wilt like spinach when they thaw. The greens won't exactly be like their fresh selves, so consider lopping them off and salvaging only the bulbs if you're not keen on disappointment. And, on a practical note, stashing only the bulbs takes up far less space in your freezer.
1. Heat a large, preferably cast-iron, skillet over medium-high heat until hot but not smoking. Add a tablespoon or so of the oil or bacon drippings, tilt to coat the skillet, and wait about 30 seconds.
2. If using slender, pencil-thin, first-of-season ramps, place several ramp bulbs in the pan, carefully draping the greens along the edges of the skillet (without letting them catch fire from a gas flame), and cook, turning once, until lightly charred and almost tender throughout, 1 to 3 minutes, depending on the size. Gently nudge the ramp greens into the skillet, fanning them out as much as possible. Cook the leaves just until softened but not completely wilted, 30 to 60 seconds.
If using ramps that are from mid- to late-ramp season and have a pronounced bulb at the bottom, trim the leaves from the bulbs around the neck, where the white fades to purple. Toss the bulbs into the skillet and cook, turning as needed, until lightly charred and almost tender throughout, 3 to 5 minutes, depending on the size. Toss the ramp greens into the skillet. Cook, tossing occasionally, just until softened but not completely wilted, about 60 seconds.
3. Transfer the ramps to a platter and sprinkle them with coarse sea salt. Repeat with the remaining ramps, wiping the skillet out and adding oil or drippings as necessary.
Seared Ramps Recipe © Renee Schettler Rossi. Photo © h-bomb. All rights reserved. All recipes and photos used with permission of the publisher.


Bayern Munich boss Jupp Heynckes has poured cold water on the rumours linking Poland forward Robert Lewandowski to Real Madrid, claiming the Spanish side have "no chance" of signing the star striker this summer.
Lewandowski's changing of agents this season sparked talk of a move to the Bernabeu, with Madrid reportedly desperate to sign a world-class centre-forward at the end of the season.
The Champions League holders are said to have identified Lewandowski and Tottenham's Harry Kane as chief targets, later settling on the Poland international as he would cost way less than Kane's £174m valuation.
Bayern, though, are adamant the striker will remain at the Allianz Arena past the end of the current season.
?"Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has already said it: with Robert, Real Madrid have no chance at all," Heynckes told reporters during a press conference on Monday (H/T Goal).
Real and Colombia attacker James Rodriguez is now on loan at Bayern, having agreed a two-year loan deal with the German side last summer. It is believed that Los Blancos are considering using the player as a makeweight in a bid to land Lewandowski, but Heynckes has suggested that no decision has been made on the player's future on Bayern's end.
"Of course, I knew him before he came to Bayern," he said. "When I took over the team in the autumn, he wasn't physically fit. He is stronger physically now, he's a completely different player.
Heynckes, though, refused to get drawn in on the futures of Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery, with both players' contracts expiring at the end of the season, adding: "I have my opinion on Ribery and Robben. But I will hold back here with my recommendations," he said after being questioned.


A research group projects Arizona will have the largest increase among western states in the number of days per year with a high wildfire risk. The finding is part of a report that says climate change will lead to bigger and more frequent wildfires across the region. Arizona Public Radio's Justin Regan reports.
The Wallow Fire in 2011 burned more than 500,000 acres and destroyed 72 structures in eastern Arizona.
The report by Climate Central predicts by 2050 Arizona will have an average of 115 days a year with a high wildfire risk. The current average is about 80. The study used 45 years of wildfire data from the U.S. Forest Service and various atmospheric models. It found climate change is causing less snow pack, drier forest fuels and hotter days in the west.
In addition, the data showed since the 1970's, Arizona had one of the biggest increases in average spring and summer temperatures.
A separate report by Climate Central gave Arizona a "D-" for preparedness in facing the increasing wildfire threat.
A group of firefighters who had to deploy their fire shelters this week while battling an Arizona blaze were part of the Navajo Interagency Hotshot Crew.
Six firefighters in the 20-member crew deployed their shelters Tuesday, a few days before the three-year anniversary of a fire that claimed the lives of 19 Yarnell Hotshot crewmembers.
The Yarnell Hotshots deployed their fire shelters in a last-ditch effort to save themselves. The lightweight cocoons are made of reflective material and are intended as a firefighter's last resort.
Officials say illegal drones are hampering efforts to contain a wildfire threatening communities in eastern Arizona.
Navajo County spokesman Adam Wolfe said Thursday that drone operators have been flying near the roughly 70-square-mile blaze. Airspace over the fire, which is 2 ½ miles north of the Cedar Creek community, is under a temporary flight restriction.
A wildfire in east-central Arizona that has doubled in size to nearly 42 square miles is burning in an area with more sparse vegetation.
Navajo County spokesman Adam Wolfe said Monday afternoon that the community of Cedar Creek remains under pre-evacuation notice only.
He says the eastern edge of the fire has crossed over the Cedar Creek drainage, but the southern perimeter is still about 2 ½ miles north of the Cedar Creek community of about 300 residents.


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Wrong on Ched Evans – it was ten fined. BTW his case highlights the fact that UK law only applies in Britain – his victim was named abroad.
Thanks, there was a subsequent case separate to the one I linked, which I missed, will amend.


Foothills or piedmont are geographically defined as gradual increases in elevation at the base of a mountain range, higher hill range or an upland area. They are a transition zone between plains and low relief hills and the adjacent topographically higher mountains, hills, and uplands. Frequently foothills consist of alluvial fans, coalesced alluvial fans and dissected plateaus.
Foothills are primarily border mountains, especially those which are reached through low ridges that increase in size closer and closer to the mountain, but can also border uplands and higher hills.
'The foothills' of the Dandenong Ranges in Melbourne, Australia. Generally the area from Ferntree Gully/Boronia/The Basin through to Belgrave.
'The foothills' of the Blue Mountains in Sydney, Australia.
The foothills between Aeolis Palus and Aeolis Mons, Mars.
The piedmont of the United States which consists of the eastern foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.
Ecosystems of piedmonts (foothills) are often known as submontane zones, relating to the higher montane ecosystems.
^ Easterbrook, Don J. (1999). Surface Processes and Landforms (second ed.). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall. p. 530. ISBN 978-0-13-860958-0.
^ Juanico, Meliton B.; Agno, Lydia N. Physical Geography. Goodwill Trading Co., Inc. p. 113. ISBN 978-971-12-0113-5.
^ "foothill". Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
Look up foothill in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.


Son of John & Sarah Josephine (nee STENT) McGREGOR. Brother Philip Donald McGREGOR died of wounds in 1915. Brothers Alexander Joseph McGREGOR & Andrew Ewan McGREGOR also served in WWI. He left for camp on 25 June 1917. Returned to Lyttelton, New Zealand by 'Corinthic' in April 1919. Attended Burkes Pass School.
Cenotaph Database [22 November 2013]; TDC headsrone image, Temuka Cemetery [26 November 2013]; Timaru Herald, 17 March 1917, 25 June 1917, 12 April 1919 (Papers Past) [26 November 2013; 01 September 2014].


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Home » Culture » Ethics » Farmer Outcry Leads To Last-Minute Edits To Law Giving Hens, Calves, And Pigs More Space
Farmer Outcry Leads To Last-Minute Edits To Law Giving Hens, Calves, And Pigs More Space
Concerns about egg and meat shortages were behind the legislative changes
by Jemima Webber 24th December 2021 24th December 2021
Reading Time: 4 minutes Many egg and pork products would not have been sellable come January, if the law had not been changed. Credit: Adobe Stock
An animal welfare measure first slated to come into effect on January 1, 2022, has been altered to the detriment of hens, pigs, and calves in Massachusetts.
The original legislation, developed from a 2016 ballot referendum, would have prohibited the sale of eggs in Massachusetts from hens given less than 1.5 square meters of floor space each.
The current policy allows hens just 1 square foot of space.
Similarly, pork and veal producers would have had to ensure their animals were not living in enclosures in which they cannot lie down, stand up, turn around, or fully extend their limbs.
Farmers who didn't adhere to the sizing rules would have been left with a $1,000 fine per violation. Products that already contained eggs, such as baked goods, were exempt from the ruling; those sales could go ahead as normal.
However, concerns about egg, pork, and veal supplies spurred on backlash from those in the industry.
According to the New England Brown Egg Council, more than 90 percent of eggs currently sold in Massachusetts would not meet the proposed standards, and would therefore be unsellable.
"It will create a huge shortage," the general manager of the Country Hen, Robert Beauregard, told Spectrum News earlier this month. "I'll probably be able to sell every egg that I have, because I am in compliance with the law. But it's not all about the Country Hen. It's about the consumers in Massachusetts and their need for this product."
The news outlet noted that there would "not enough" eggs in Massachusetts for the state's roughly seven million people. As such, some shoppers had begun "stockpiling" eggs and bacon, Mass Live reports.
Steve Vendemia, president of Hillendale Farms Connecticut, said back in June that the legislation would result in an "egg Armageddon."
Egg, pork, and veal producers had argued that resdesigning their current systems would be too costly and take too much time. However, advocates of the legislation say the industry has had ample time to make the changes, since the referendum launched five years ago.
Gov. Charlie Baker cracks
Campaigners have been pushing for larger spacing requirements for years. Credit: Adobe Stock
Yet, following widespread disapproval from the state's animal-based food sector, Gov. Charlie Baker signed in changes that would ease the restrictions.
Now, egg manufacturers will be allowed to give chickens 1 square foot of floor space as long as they use vertical aviary systems. Further, pork and veal producers will have until August 15, 2022 to meet the new space standards.
"I signed the egg bill. I got cracking. We unscrambled all of the information in it, and it's egg-cellent that it's signed," Baker said after an event at the State House earlier this week.
Democratic Senate President Karen Spilka maintains that the updated legislation still protects animals.
"Massachusetts is taking action to prevent cruelty to farm animals and ensure that our state has continued access to eggs that meet the expectations of the Commonwealth's residents," she said.
Complications for restaurants
Before making the edits, Baker had spoken about the effect of the proposed legislation on the food industry. He commented: "The estimates that are out there is that first of all, for most people, you just won't be able to access eggs at all and if you can, it's anticipated the price point on those will be up 40 percent or more.
"That just won't be an issue for people in the stores, that'll be an issue for restaurants and for other food establishments. If you think about how hard life has been for everybody who pays their bills based on their work in restaurants, I think the last thing we should do is make it even more complicated for them."
The legislation was developed based on a 2016 referendum. Credit: Adobe Stock
'The voters of Massachusetts spoke'
But some figures in the field had supported the original legislation.
Mark Amato is president of the Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation. He said despite the fact that the federation was against the 2016 referendum, the public's voices should be heard. Notably, more than 77 percent of voters supported the concept.
"I know that the egg producers from out of state are quite anxious about this, unhappy about it," he had commented. "The fact is the voters of Massachusetts spoke, and we don't think it's appropriate for the legislature to be making changes like this."
PETA, thought to be the world's largest animal rights organization, criticized the last-minute changes.
"Under the bill, hens were to receive the smallest amount of relief from abject cruelty, but now even that pittance is to be snatched away by this deeply cruel industry," PETA executive vice president Tracy Reiman said.
Because of such concerns, PETA encourages shoppers to not purchase eggs at all. "We urge consumers to refuse to buy eggs, for which chickens suffer mightily," Reiman said.
Ethical concerns
Animal rights groups have been championing for better caging and spacing laws for some time – and not just in Massachusetts. However, many maintain that there is no humane way to keep birds and other animals confined for food purposes.
Consequently, PETA pushes for the public to boycott animal products altogether. The group has previously made its stance on the matter clear:
"There is no humane or ethical way to eat animals—so if people are serious about protecting animals, the environment, and fellow humans, the most important thing that they can do is to stop eating meat, eggs, and dairy 'products.'"
This article was originally published on December 17, 2021. It was updated on December 24, 2021, to include new information about the legislative changes.
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