How innovative should central banks be?
More than six years after the start of the global financial crisis, monetary policy in the euro area still faces major challenges.
Monetary policy, the ECB, faces a challenge – perhaps more than ever before.
It faces a challenge because inflation rates are too low. At 0.4% for the whole euro area, the inflation rate is well below our target of nearly 2%. The prospects for economic growth and further price developments in the medium term are subdued. Monetary growth and lending are weak. Geopolitical risks are adding to the uncertainties which are causing investor appetite to continue to fall.
Expectations of the ECB are high, from markets and from politicians. Every month people give us good advice, often referring to actions taken by other central banks. And they do so despite the fact that our monetary policy decisions from June and September haven't yet been able to fully take effect.
So what else can a central bank do in the current situation? How innovative may central banks be? How innovative is an ECB allowed to be, which as a start-up from the year 1999 is in many ways itself an innovation, and as a custodian of a currency without a state can only partly be compared with other central banks.
I think we can all readily agree that innovation cannot be an end in itself. The ECB must and will act only in accordance with its mandate. Price stability is the guiding principle of our actions. There can be no innovations in the definition of our mandate. Moreover, in uncertain times of crisis a clear focus is not less, but doubly important. Central banks therefore have a particularly strong understanding of tradition, and for a good reason: monetary policy is all about trust, reliability and consistency.
Innovative measures must therefore be judged against our mandate of maintaining and creating price stability. As with any decision, innovation demands a sober analysis of the costs and benefits, the opportunities and risks. Allow me to slip briefly into legalese: innovative monetary policy measures, too, should be appropriate for their objective. Since monetary policy measures also have side effects, a central bank should use the mildest measure that will have the least side effects – that measure must hence be necessary.
So what does this mean for the current situation? Consistent monetary policy can and must maintain price stability. No more and no less. We are judged on whether we achieve an average rate of inflation for the euro area as a whole which is in line with our target of below, but close to 2%. The commitment to price stability is symmetrical. That means that the ECB must act in exactly the same way when the target is undershot for a sustained period as when it is overshot. We take a medium-term view when it comes to achieving our target, because our aim is to ensure price stability over the medium term.
At the moment, with the aforementioned inflation rate of 0.4% for the whole euro area, we are a long way off our target.
And in the coming years, too, we can only expect a moderate rise in the inflation rate. There are a number of reasons why the challenges of monetary policy will probably continue to occupy us for quite some time to come. Some banks will still have to adjust their balance sheets, and this applies to an even greater extent to public finances, private companies and households in some countries. This has a structurally dampening effect on overall economic demand, and particularly on investments. Furthermore, important long-term determinants of the real interest rate are pointing downwards: demographic trends, namely longer life expectancy and weak population growth worldwide – but particularly pronounced in the euro area – are creating an environment which necessitates low real interest rates and thus low balanced nominal interest rates.
The euro area suffers from a lack of competitiveness and productivity, which of course take different forms in individual Member States. Structural problems and current weak demand lead to unsatisfactory economic growth and unacceptably high unemployment in many countries. Tackling these challenges is not the job of monetary policy. Crisis management must tackle the root causes for the long term and we, the ECB, will therefore not tire of reminding governments that we can only provide them time for the urgently needed reforms.
Against this backdrop we could ask whether it was appropriate that the ECB took action. I think it was, precisely because of the path of inflation – even if there is room for discussion about some of the measures and their design. The list of our crisis management measures is long. In June and September this year we lowered key interest rates further. The main refinancing rate is now just 5 basis points. The interest rate channel has thus been exhausted. For the first time in our history we have resorted to a negative deposit rate in an effort to achieve the desired monetary policy accommodation within the tried and tested corridor system. This justified monetary policy step – which not least favours investment – was not an easy decision for us, for one because of its possible side effects for the financial sector and for savers. At the same time, we have the tool of forward guidance, which we have used and later reaffirmed: especially in view of the inflation outlook, we expect, on the basis of current data, that the central bank interest rates in the euro area will remain at the current level for an extended period of time.
In addition we have taken a number of targeted unconventional measures which should improve the monetary policy transmission mechanism. One of these is targeted longer-term refinancing operations (TLTROs), with which banks can obtain liquidity for a fixed interest rate for up to four years. We have drafted two purchase programmes, one for covered bonds and one for asset-backed securities (ABS). The purchase programme for covered bonds started in October. So far purchases of around €16 billion have taken place. We started the ABS programme just last week. I anticipate that together the longer-term refinancing operations and both purchase programmes will have a strong impact on the balance sheet of the Eurosystem.
Every month there are fresh calls for further measures. But is it appropriate to contemplate further measures at this moment in time?
Under normal conditions, central banks are in a position to ensure price stability in an environment of positive nominal interest rates by means of conventional interest rate policy. Once interest rates are at zero, central banks are left with only unconventional measures in order to fulfil their mandate. Central banks all over the world have indeed been anything but inactive. In particular, they have significantly expanded their balance sheets, and by making changes in their balance sheet structure they have taken varied measures to make targeted interventions in submarkets affected by liquidity shortfalls, maintain important credit relationships and ensure a functioning monetary policy transmission.
We, too, have turned to innovative measures, to the targeted longer-term refinancing operations and the purchase of covered bonds and asset-backed securities which I mentioned earlier.
For sure, in times such as these we need to be prepared. That is why the ECB's Governing Council agreed at the beginning of November that, looking ahead, it would closely monitor the appropriateness of its monetary policy stance. In concrete terms, this means that if it should become necessary to further counteract the risks of a prolonged period of low inflation, the Governing Council intends to take additional unconventional measures within its mandate.
Even if it is good to be prepared, one should beware of showing activism.
There is no automatic mechanism to initiate further programmes. The ECB's Governing Council has not decided on a target for the size of the balance sheet; it has rather unanimously expressed an expectation. A kind of mechanical expansion of the ECB's balance sheet cannot be an end in itself. All of our decisions are to be evaluated against the background of current and medium-term inflation expectations.
Consequently, we must continually analyse current price increases to identify the components which comprise the weaknesses in price developments. Short-term developments are not key, especially when they are largely determined by energy and food prices. The underlying trend and the firm anchoring of inflation expectations are decisive, as well as the focus on the euro area as a whole. Low inflation rates in some Member States – even when negative – are not in themselves a breach of the target. They can be necessary to restore lost competitiveness. One could also argue about whether it is really necessary to consider further measures given that the measures already taken have not yet been able to have an effect. Monetary policy does not take effect immediately, but only with a certain time lag. As a rule we should take this time and wait and see.
The large-scale purchase of securities, including government bonds, is often seen as a panacea. As I said, for innovative measures too, the costs and benefits, and the opportunities and risks must be carefully considered.
Some central banks have used quantitative easing to quickly and decisively provide monetary policy impetus, adjusted to the specificities of their environment. We are particularly compared to these central banks and their measures. For me, these are idle comparisons. The following saying applies here: those who constantly compare themselves with others might become more like them, but they won't necessarily become any better.
When making a comparison with the measures of other central banks, people often forget that innovative aspects of monetary policy need to be adapted to the institutional conditions, economic specifics and financing structure which characterise a currency area. Measures which are appropriate in one currency area can be ineffective elsewhere. What seems like the first option in one place may well be the very last resort elsewhere, without there being much difference in the actual aim of the measures.
Instead, we should ask: would such purchases have the desired effect on the rate of inflation? What "quantities" would need to be purchased to have an effect? How long would such effects last?
The euro area is characterised by a bank-based financial system which makes it quite different from more strongly market-based financial systems, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. This explains our focus on refinancing operations, which have enabled the banking system to overcome liquidity bottlenecks, maintain credit relationships and enter new credit arrangements. Our measures from June and September 2014 also serve to support the credit channel. In essence, it is about improving funding conditions for borrowers in the real economy. The selective purchase programmes for covered bonds and asset-backed securities follow the same logic.
For a broad securities purchasing programme, shouldn't we also consider the fact that government securities in the euro area are not without credit risk? In this respect, the interest on national government securities in the euro area doesn't operate as a benchmark for all further interest rates on refinancing operations, as is the case in the United Kingdom or the United States for example. Besides, the effect of intervening in capital markets in a bank-based financial system is weaker than in a market-based system, as illustrated by wealth effects, for example. Another consideration is that other central banks bought government securities in a different economic environment with considerably higher long-term interest rates. In the euro area, the long-term interest rates on Spanish and Italian government bonds, for example, are already lower than those of the United States or the United Kingdom.
The Eurosystem is currently faced with 18, soon to be 19, issuers of government securities. These securities bear different rates of interest. There are very few shared competencies in fiscal policy. As long as this is the case, the ECB's purchase of government securities is inevitably linked to a serious incentive problem. Therefore with regard to the purchase of government securities, measures which are obvious in one place could be the last resort at best for us.
As you see, there are more questions than answers at the moment. In my view, a consideration of the costs and benefits, and the opportunities and risks of a broad purchase programme of government bonds does not give a positive outcome at the current time. Today, less than a week before our ECB Governing Council meeting, I can of course only give you some general reflections from my personal point of view.
Owing to my position, I have limited myself today to talking about innovations in monetary policy. Innovations in other political areas are also necessary, if not even more so. Innovative political approaches are called for when it comes to increasing growth potential in the euro area, strengthening economic adjustment efforts and reconciling fiscal consolidation with growth and employment.
But let me conclude by returning to the original question: how innovative may the ECB's monetary policy be? As innovative as necessary and as effective as possible. This requires careful consideration. The risks and side effects must always be taken into account. As a lawyer I adhere to the principle of proportionality. For me, given the current situation, the hurdles for further measures are very high, especially for broad purchase programmes. The interest rates and spreads on many debt instruments are already very low: the risk of market distortions cannot be dismissed. The deciding factor for all programmes is their effectiveness for the real economy and ultimately for price stability, which is what we – the ECB as the central bank for the whole euro area – must be judged on. Innovation cannot be an end in itself.
At this point I would like to remind you that, since 2012, the financing costs for public borrowers have fallen significantly, as have those for large enterprises with direct access to the capital markets. The reasons for weak growth and funding shortfalls primarily lie elsewhere, not in a lack of central bank liquidity, to say nothing of capital markets. At this point we should first look at the effect of our recent measures and of the asset quality review and the stress test on bank lending. The restoration to health of the banking system and the improvement of all credit and financing channels remains my priority.


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Home Other	Priesthood Sunday
Today being Priesthood Sunday I would like to once again thank the
wonderful and holy priests that I have known. I have written
before about my pastor Antonio Leon and Father Keene. We have
a new assistant pastor that I am also quite impressed with.
Fr. Ed Murphy gives wonderful homilies and is not afraid to
bring up the topics of abortion and contraception. In the
short time he has been at my parish he has started a Courage Chapter
and a Tuesday night class in apologetics. We have been quite
blessed with good and holy priests at my parish including Fr. Powers
who ran the RCIA class I attended before moving to another parish.
In another parish I sometimes attend they now have a new pastor who
took over this month. He is originally from Poland and is an
organist with a degree in music. I heard that he wanted to
have the organ in the parish fixed since it hasn't been used in years.
The previous Pastor, Fr. Sullivan I must admit use to drive me crazy.
This parish use to have a convenient evening daily Mass until they got
rid of it so I heard a lot of Fr. Sullivan. He could
certainly be described as a man of the left, but for the most part he
kept these leanings out of the homilies. What use to so annoy
me is that he would deliver his homilies by leaving the sanctuary and
coming out a good distance into the pews. While giving the homily he
would swing his robe belt constantly in a circle which was quite
distracting. Once on Ash Wednesday he described how he forgot
about the fast and had cooked up a pot of chili with meat for a class
he was giving that night. He then said he cooked some more
chili and would label them liberal chili and conservative chili.
On the Sunday after Josef Ratzinger was elected Pope he gave
a rambling homily that fully showed all of his progressive leanings.
He described his election like being in a car wreck –
something you just had to accept and to get use to. He then
rambled about divorce and remarriage and homosexual marriage.
Now you might be wondering what a rant against a priest in a post about
Priesthood Sunday is doing here. Like I said Fr. Sullivan use
to drive me crazy with his constant irreverence, but he also had quite
some good things to say in his homilies and there are quite a few
things from his homilies I still remember that were quite good.
Some time ago I also started to pray for him as I try to do
for the priests of the parishes I attend. A couple of months
ago I was surprised to find how my attitude had changed towards Fr.
Sullivan. Before seeing him with his idiosyncrasies and casual
treatment of the Mass could cause me to get rather heated inside, but
instead I started to become more aware of the positive things that he
did and the negative ones made less of an impression on me or I could
more easily ignore. He is now retired after 80 years of
service to the Church with several of them as a missionary in Korea.
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You are indeed blessed to have Fr. Ed Murphy at your parish. If you see him, please let him know that he is missed in Gainesville.
Andrew October 29, 2007 - 5:22 am
Wow, 80 years of service! They sure ordained them young in those days =)
Mike Walsh, MM October 29, 2007 - 7:16 am
The habit of wandering out in front or even into the congregation during the homily was something that became popular in the '70's.
Nowadays, when I instruct seminarians about the rudiments of liturgy the first thing I do is make them repeat: "The liturgy is NOT about me!"
PNP, OP October 29, 2007 - 7:38 am
AMEN! It takes me about three seconds into the Mass to determine what generation a priest belongs to…I've noticed, for example, that those trained in the 80's are obsessed with "being friendly" from the get-go. Lots of informal gabber. Those trained in the 70's seem to be embarrassed by the liturgy. They don't trust the words or the gestures and seem obsessed with making everything New Again. I wonder what my generation (2000's) will be known for!
Fr. Philip, OP
P.S. Why do priests trained in the 80's do all of these theatrical gestures at the consecration, e.g., showing the host to the congregation as if the prayers were directed to the people and not God?
darcee October 29, 2007 - 11:25 am
Isn't it wonderful how our Lord blesses us when we pray? To be able to see others in a new light, to see more of there good and less of their failings is an amazing good.
mallys October 29, 2007 - 12:02 pm
One of our "senior" priests used to make me crazy, especially with his questionable exegesis. I was told by my confessor to pray for him. I noticed in one homily, that he expressed a great love and devotion to the Blessed Mother, so I began to pray, "Dear Mother, he loves you so much, help him to say nothing that will endanger anyone's faith today."
Our Lady worked with that little prayer — to change my heart — now, I realize that, not only does he love Our Lady, but he genuinely loves the people he serves, the Holy Father, and Our Eucharistic Lord. I can put up with his historical-critical rewriting of Scripture (though it still makes me wince sometimes) and his "spirit of Vatican II".
Ed Pie October 29, 2007 - 12:23 pm
Isn't it wonderful how our Lord blesses us when we pray? To be able to see others in a new light
I know I need to do more of this kind of thing, but I'm always afraid I'll make myself sound like the Pharisee from yesterday's gospel reading.
Even more like him, I mean.
John B October 29, 2007 - 12:45 pm
Fr. Philip,
I hope your generation will be remembered as unashamed preacheres, great confessors, with faces that are hard to remember because they were always facing ad orientum and obscurred by clouds of incense.
I hope your generation will be remembered as unashamed preachers, great confessors, with faces that are hard to remember because they were always facing ad orientum and obscurred by clouds of incense.
Joe November 5, 2007 - 4:55 pm
God willing if I am to become a priest, ALL my Masses will be done Ad Orientum
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Abbeystead ist ein Dorf im Forest of Bowland in Lancashire, England. Der Ort liegt am Zusammenfluss von Tarnbrook Wyre und Marshaw Wyre, die hier den Wyre bilden.

Der Name des Ortes beruht auf einem nur wenige Jahre in der Zeit von Henry II. von Zisterziensermönchen bewohnten Haus, das am Zusammenfluss der beiden Flüsse lag.

1855 wurde ein Staubecken (engl. Reservoir) gebaut, das sicherstellen sollte, dass der Wyre auch im Sommer genügend Wasser für den Betrieb der im weiteren Verlauf des Flusses gelegenen Spinnereien und Webereien führte. Das Staubecken wird heute nicht mehr betrieben, ist aber noch erkennbar.

Heute endet der Abbeystead Tunnel in Abbeystead. Durch das Lune/Wyre Transfer Scheme wird seit 1980 Wasser über eine Rohrleitung aus dem River Lune bei Caton in den Wyre gepumpt, um die Wasserversorgung des südlichen Lancashire zu sichern.

Um Sorgen über angeblich durch die Verbindung verursachten Überflutungen entlang des Wyre zu zerstreuen, wurde einer Besuchergruppe aus St Michael's on Wyre am 23. Mai 1984 die Funktion der Leitung im unterirdisch angelegten Auslassgebäude demonstriert. Dabei kam es, wie sich später herausstellte, durch in die Leitung eingesickertes Methangas, das sich in der vor der Besichtigung leeren Leitung ansammeln konnte, zu einer Explosion, bei der sechzehn Menschen starben.

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River Lune (Irische See)
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Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Energean Oil & Gas plc on its acquisition of Edison Exploration & Production S.p.A. (Edison E&P) for US$750 million, with additional contingent consideration of US$100 million payable following first gas from the Cassiopea development (expected 2022), offshore Italy.
"We have advised long standing client Energean on an important acquisition that will create one of the largest independent E&P companies on the London and Tel Aviv Stock Exchanges," said White & Case partner Allan Taylor, who co-led the Firm's deal team. "The transaction follows our role advising Energean on its London Stock Exchange IPO listing last year and, prior to that, the project financing of its flagship Karish and Tanin offshore gas fields development."
The funding of the initial consideration came through US$265 million equity placing and US$600 million committed bridge loan facility.
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The White & Case team which advised on the transaction was led by partners Allan Taylor and Tom Bartlett (both London), with support from partner Mukund Dhar (London), local partners Alessandro Seganfreddo (Milan) and Said Hanafi and Ziad Gadalla (both Cairo) and associates Sarah Shennib, Chantelle Forster, Akito Watkin, Claudius Furtwaengler, Kelly Trueman and Radhika Wason (all London), Silvia Totti (Milan), Mahmoud Ezz and Tarek Kfoury (both Cairo) and lawyer Nicole Paccara (Milan).
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Louise Marie Thérèse Charlotte Isabelle (Palermo, 3 april 1812 - Oostende, 11 oktober 1850), kortweg koningin Louise-Marie, was de eerste koningin der Belgen, echtgenote van de Belgische koning Leopold I. Ze was de dochter van koning Lodewijk Filips van Frankrijk en koningin Marie Amélie van Bourbon-Sicilië.

Familie

Door haar kwartierstaat had ze een schitterende kans om te huwen. Ze had banden met verschillende belangrijke staatshoofden. Zo waren keizer Frans II, koning Karel Felix van Sardinië, koning Ferdinand VII van Spanje en Frans I der Beide Siciliën allen ooms van haar. Maria Louise van Savoye was haar groottante.

Louise Marie kreeg van haar vader een privéappartement in het Kasteel van Versailles; daar bracht ze haar jeugd door.

Huwelijk
Op 9 augustus 1832 trouwde zij ronduit tegen haar zin, met Leopold I, de eerste koning der Belgen. Door haar huwelijk werd ze onmiddellijk koningin der Belgen. Het huwelijk werd gezien als een politieke zet. Het verenigde een Duitse dynastie onder het oog van het Verenigd Koninkrijk met Frankrijk.

Het huwelijk zelf werd volgens de oecumenische ritus gesloten, met een katholieke en een protestantse dienst.

Louise Marie schonk het leven aan de eerste prinsen en prinses van de Belgische dynastie:
 Lodewijk Filips (1833-1834)
 Leopold (II) (9 april 1835 - 17 december 1909); hertog van Brabant
 Filips (24 maart 1837 - 17 november 1905) graaf van Vlaanderen, vader van Albert I
 Charlotte (7 juni 1840 - 19 januari 1927), huwde op 27 juli 1857 met aartshertog Maximiliaan en werd keizerin van Mexico.

Dood en begrafenis
In februari 1848 verdreven rellen in Parijs koning Louis-Philippe van zijn troon. De septuagenarische vorst is gedwongen zijn toevlucht te nemen tot de koninklijke familie in Groot-Brittannië. De angsten van deze revolutionaire dagen brachten een vreselijke slag toe aan de gezondheid van de koningin.

Louise Marie van Orléans werd in 1849 ziek. Ze leed hoogstwaarschijnlijk aan tuberculose.

In augustus 1850, tijdens een dienst in de Kathedraal van Sint-Michiel en Sint-Goedele ter nagedachtenis aan koning Louis-Philippe, die net was overleden in ballingschap in Claremont (Groot-Brittannië), wankelde Louise terwijl ze rond de catafalk liep. De koning moest haar ondersteunen. Ten einde raad stuurde Leopold haar op advies van de artsen naar Oostende. Men hoopte dat ze op krachten kon komen in de koninklijke zomerresidentie in de Langestraat, die Leopold I sinds 1835 huurde.

Op 5 oktober 1850 begon haar doodsstrijd. Ze kreeg bezoek van de Franse koninklijke familie. Daarnaast werd ze bijgestaan door haar moeder, de Gravin d'Hulst en haar kinderen. Op 11 oktober 1850,  om 8.10 uur, op 38-jarige leeftijd, overleed Louise Marie in het bijzijn van haar echtgenoot, haar moeder en haar kinderen. Haar dood werd in een proces-verbaal bevestigd door de ministers Charles Rogier en Victor Tesch. Haar lichaam werd drie dagen later per trein overgebracht naar Brussel. De kinderen van Louise Marie werden bijgestaan door de Gravin d'Hulst. Leopold II had, door zijn regelmatig verblijf in Oostende als kind en de dood van zijn moeder aldaar, bijzondere herinneringen aan deze stad. Hij zou later Oostende uitbouwen tot de koningin der badsteden.

Overeenkomstig de wens van de overledene vond de begrafenis plaats in de Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk in Laken en werden haar stoffelijke resten in de crypte van de kerk geplaatst. De crypte wordt dan de begraafplaats van de leden van de Belgische koninklijke familie. "Haar dood is net zo heilig als haar leven," zei de koning, die vijftien jaar na zijn vrouw zou overlijden. Hij werd naast haar begraven in de koninklijke crypte. Haar zoon Leopold II richtte in Oostende een gedenkteken voor haar op in de vorm van een mausoleum aan de nieuwe Sint-Petrus-en-Pauluskerk.

Acht jaar later, toen de hertog en hertogin van Brabant, erfgenamen van de troon, hun eerste dochter kregen, noemde koningin Marie-Amélie het kind Louise naar haar grootmoeder.

Galerij

Eretekens en nagedachtenis

Eretekens
 : Grootlint in de Leopoldsorde
 : Dame in de Maria-Louisa-orde
 : Dame in de Orde van de Heilige Isabella
 : Dame in de Orde van het Sterrenkruis

Nagedachtenis
 Een Ramblerroos, een klimroos met witte bloemen, werd in 1829 aan haar opgedragen door de rozentuinier Jacques onder de naam 'Prinses Louise'.
 In Namen is een park naar haar vernoemd.
 Het in 1850 gestichte dorpje Louise-Marie, in het zuiden van Etikhove op de grens met Ronse, is naar Louise Marie van Orléans vernoemd. Zij overleed op de dag van de eerstesteenlegging van de plaatselijke kerk.

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A.F. Blakemore & Son is "energised and ready for the year ahead" after a year of significant investment and reorganisation, said Chairman Peter Blakemore.
His comments come as the company announces its financial results for the year ending 30th April 2019.
Sales from A.F. Blakemore's continuing operations rose by 4.6% to £1.1bn over the year, while pre-tax profit from the same continuing operations rose by 19.5% from £8.5m to £10.2m.
A.F. Blakemore & Son Chairman Peter Blakemore said: "This has been a tremendous performance and I'd like to thank all our staff who have worked so hard to help us achieve these results.
"We have continued to achieve positive growth across all channels and have carried out major reviews into all areas of our business to make sure we have the right strategies in place."
The company has also made major investments through the year, in upgrading and buying new stores, improving logistics and developing its IT systems.
One of these investments was the purchase of 22 Philpotts stores in February, which adds further growth momentum to its existing fresh foods and foodservice business.
A.F. Blakemore has also signed a pre-let agreement on a 20-year lease for a 164,850 sq ft multi-temperature distribution facility on Manton Lane, Bedford, as part of its ambitious growth plans.
The company is due to take occupancy in 2021, subject to receiving planning permission. The new site will complement A.F. Blakemore's existing network of distribution centres and give the business greater supply-chain capacity to support its growth.
Peter said: "This is another exciting development for A.F. Blakemore and reflects the confidence we feel in the company's ability to grow in the markets it operates in.
"As a business, we are feeling energised and ready to take advantage of all the opportunities available in the rapidly changing market."
A.F. Blakemore's commitment to growing a sustainable business for the future means that the majority of profits are re-invested back into the company, and every year 2% is put aside to support the Blakemore Foundation charitable trust.
The Blakemore Foundation was established in 2007 by the Blakemore family to support good causes across the company's trading area. Over the past 12 years it has awarded more than £2.6m via 31,869 charitable donations to good causes championed by staff, customers and the local community.
"The entire business is committed to our Blakemore Way values and we believe that profits should be re-invested within the business to benefit employees, customers and local communities," Peter concluded.
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Go on a at Crestline Park. I highly recommend getting the taco basket and ordering one Mayor taco and one Sizzler Taco. That is what is celebrated at the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame. This date night gem simplifies thing quite a bit by only offering five dinners, five white wines and five red wines. The flea market runs on the first Saturday of every month with vintage clothes, accessories, trinkets and bric-a-brac.
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If you have had a particularly unusual experience, let us know in the comments below. Have you tried any of our suggestions? A great deal of that has been created in my adulthood. Alongside these are artefacts from the ancient world, from the age of Cleopatra to Nero; and the home of the famous medieval Staffordshire Hoard. There are signs and monuments explaining what took place at the different locations. The hilly area has large wooden estates in pristine condition. Think outside the box and dare to try something different for your next date night! With far fewer screens it is usually showing one arty unusual film and one of the latest blockbusters.
Moss Rock Preserve has great waling trails among a unique ecosystem called sandstone glade with rare plants, waterfalls, wildlife and more. If skiing sounds a bit too much like hard work, there is also tobogganing on offer, an ice rink and a pool with a huge slide on site. The museum is also the home of the Alabama Aviation Hall of Fame that displays more than 70 biographical plaques. Nothing is better than the views and scenery available at Oak Mountain. This date is especially perfect for that couple who bonds over a shared love of sports! The farmers get exposure to hungry clients who demand fresh, seasonal produce, and residents are able to find healthy, local produce and high quality food in one place.
You won't find them here. Why not visit the Sealife Centre!. The only drawback to this spot is that you might need to plan dinner a little on the early or late side because it tends to fill up around dinner time. Some of the most popular types of these activities include: Music Venue, History Museums, Specialty Museums and Food Shops. Rachel, this has to be the most awesome write up of our Birmingham, City.
The Center for Cultural Art is on Broad Street in down town Gadsden. Go check out a night game and then go grab a beer at Avondale Brewery after the game. Visits to the museum are self-guided and start at the permanent exhibit, which consists of a journey from the 50s and 60s Civil Rights Movement to contemporary human rights issues. Looking to rediscover your inner teenager? Animal Magnetism There's nothing like cute animals to put a smile on the face and bring people together. From Birmingham Museum of Art to McWane Science Center, Birmingham offers a variety of rainy day activities and other fun things to do indoors — including 27 indoor attractions with ratings over 90%.
Thanks to recent revitalization efforts, it is a great place to visit with the whole family. Rickwood Field is the oldest surviving professional baseball park in the country and is listed on the U. The good news about the Birmingham Botanical Garden is that it is free. There are also rope swings or you can canoe, kayak, and swim! It would be nice to see some of these attractions also included in your list of activities. Also the Vestavia library in the forest. Stir up some romantic vibes by hiring a boat for an hour or two.
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British Campaigns in the South Atlantic 1805-1807 (eBook, PDF)
Between 1805 and 1807 the British mounted several expeditions into the South Atlantic aimed at weakening Napoleon's Spanish and Dutch allies. The targets were the Dutch colony on South Africa's Cape of Good Hope, which potentially threatened British shipping routes to India, and the Spanish colonies in the Rio de la Plata basin (now parts of Argentina and Uruguay). **In 1805 an army of around 6,000 men was dispatched for the Cape under the highly-respected General David Baird. They were escorted and assisted by a naval squadron under Home Riggs Popham. The Cape surrendered in January 1806.…mehr
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British Campaigns in the South Atlantic 1805-1807 (eBook, ePUB)
British Battles of the Napoleonic Wars 1807-1815 (eBook, PDF)
Jens Andermann
New Argentine Cinema (eBook, PDF)
Sarah Lempp
Über den Black Atlantic (eBook, PDF)
Arlene Davila
Culture Works (eBook, PDF)
Alexander Mikaberidze
Russian Eyewitness Accounts of the Campaign of 1807 (eBook, PDF)
Miguel Vale de Almeida
Earth-colored Sea (eBook, PDF)
Between 1805 and 1807 the British mounted several expeditions into the South Atlantic aimed at weakening Napoleon's Spanish and Dutch allies. The targets were the Dutch colony on South Africa's Cape of Good Hope, which potentially threatened British shipping routes to India, and the Spanish colonies in the Rio de la Plata basin (now parts of Argentina and Uruguay). **In 1805 an army of around 6,000 men was dispatched for the Cape under the highly-respected General David Baird. They were escorted and assisted by a naval squadron under Home Riggs Popham. The Cape surrendered in January 1806. *Popham then persuaded Baird to lend him troops for an attack on Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires was taken in July but the paltry British force (around 2,400 men) was then besieged and forced to surrender in August. Popham was later court martialled for exceeding his orders.**In Feb 1807 Montevideo was taken by a new (officially sanctioned) British force of 6,000 men. Whitelocke, the British Commander then attempted to retake Buenos Aires (not least to free British prisoners from the first attempt) but was defeated by unexpectedly fierce resistance stiffened by armed creoles and slaves. After heavy losses he signed an armistice, surrendering Montevideo and withdrawing all his forces. He too was court-martialled. **One of the major themes of this new account is the strong Scottish connection - Baird and Popham were both Scots, and the 71st Highlanders made up the main force in the Cape and Popham's adventure. Another is the unlooked for consequences of these actions. The arrival of Scottish Calvinist ministers in the Cape influenced the eventual development of apartheid, while successful resistance to the British, with little help from Spain, shaped and accelerated the independence movement in South America.
Verlag: Pen and Sword
John D. Grainger is a former teacher turned professional historian. He has over thirty books to his name, divided between classical history and modern British political and military history. His previous books for Pen & Sword are Hellenistic and Roman Naval Wars; Wars of the Maccabees; Traditional Enemies: Britains War with Vichy France 1940-42; Roman Conquests: Egypt and Judaea; Rome, Parthia and India: The Violent Emergence of a New World Order: 150-140 BC; a three-volume history of the Seleukid Empire and British Campaigns in the South Atlantic 1805-1807.


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Lub O' Mine
1 2017-06-19T12:31:54-04:00 Amardeep Singh c185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1 69 2 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-07-05T16:43:25-04:00 Amardeep Singh c185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
DARLIN', though you lub me still,
I feel it so,
To t'ink dat we neber will
Meet soon, you know;
Eben when you tell me say
Dat your dear heart
Did grow 'tronger ebery day
An' hate fe part.
Feelin' all you' lub for me,
I t'ink you press
Your heart, as it use' to be,
Upon me breas'.
Lubin' you wid all me soul,
De lub is such
Dat it beat out blood, -- de whole,
An' dat is much.
Lubin' you as you go 'long
In a you walk;
Also when you chune a song,
An' as you talk.
An' a so I hate fe see
You go astray
In those t'ings dat you and me
Can cast away.
Lub, I dyin' fe you' smile,
An' some sweet news
Dat can cheer me heart awhile
Fe wha' it lose.
Lub me, darlin' -- lub, aldough
You are now gone:
You can never leave me so --
Friendless-alone.
1 2017-06-19T12:28:05-04:00 Amardeep Singh c185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1 Songs of Jamaica (1912): Digital Edition Amardeep Singh 27 Book of poetry by Claude McKay. Preface by Walter Jekyll. plain 2017-07-18T15:33:23-04:00 Amardeep Singh c185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
1 2017-06-14T08:21:40-04:00 Preface to "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) 6 Walter Jekyll's Preface to Songs of Jamaica (1912) plain 2017-07-06T17:34:05-04:00
1 2017-06-19T11:59:30-04:00 Quashie to Buccra 4 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-07-06T12:35:42-04:00
1 2017-06-19T12:26:58-04:00 Me Bannabees 3 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-07-05T16:28:37-04:00
1 2017-06-19T12:31:54-04:00 Lub O' Mine 2 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-07-05T16:43:25-04:00
1 2017-06-19T12:35:06-04:00 Taken Aback 2 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-07-05T17:08:45-04:00
1 2017-06-19T12:38:51-04:00 Little Jim 2 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-07-05T17:26:38-04:00
1 2017-06-19T15:17:26-04:00 Jim at Sixteen 2 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-07-05T17:46:51-04:00
1 2017-06-19T15:31:01-04:00 Whe' Fe Do? 3 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-07-06T13:27:21-04:00
1 2017-06-19T16:51:41-04:00 King Banana 3 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-07-06T12:25:04-04:00
1 2017-06-19T15:45:00-04:00 Pleading 2 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-07-06T13:40:09-04:00
1 2017-06-19T16:03:00-04:00 The Biter Bit 2 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-07-06T13:54:40-04:00
1 2017-06-19T16:13:38-04:00 Out of Debt 2 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-07-06T14:17:21-04:00
1 2017-06-20T12:56:22-04:00 The Hermit 2 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-07-06T14:22:33-04:00
1 2017-06-19T16:55:56-04:00 Fetchin' Water 3 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-07-06T14:37:04-04:00
1 2017-06-20T13:10:55-04:00 School-Teacher Nell's Lub-Letter 1 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-06-20T13:10:55-04:00
1 2017-06-20T13:15:11-04:00 Nellie White 1 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-06-20T13:15:11-04:00
1 2017-06-20T13:45:21-04:00 Retribution 1 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-06-20T13:45:21-04:00
1 2017-06-20T13:57:55-04:00 To E.M.E. 1 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-06-20T13:57:55-04:00
1 2017-06-24T09:35:52-04:00 Hard Times 2 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-06-24T09:39:27-04:00
1 2017-06-24T09:45:10-04:00 Cudjoe Fresh From De Lecture 3 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-07-06T17:38:26-04:00
1 2017-06-25T08:15:36-04:00 De Days Dat Are Gone 1 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-06-25T08:15:36-04:00
1 2017-06-26T16:30:06-04:00 Reveille Soun'in' 2 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-06-26T18:28:39-04:00
1 2017-06-26T18:34:47-04:00 Old England 1 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-06-26T18:34:47-04:00
1 2017-06-26T18:47:38-04:00 Dat Dirty Rum 1 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-06-26T18:47:38-04:00
1 2017-06-26T22:28:47-04:00 Heart-Stirrings 4 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-06-26T22:48:38-04:00
1 2017-06-26T23:06:19-04:00 De Dog-Rose 2 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-06-26T23:08:28-04:00
1 2017-06-26T23:20:40-04:00 A Midnight Woman to the Bobby 2 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-06-27T07:43:55-04:00
1 2017-06-28T22:45:37-04:00 Mother Dear 2 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-06-29T10:53:48-04:00
1 2017-06-29T11:00:40-04:00 Kite-Flying 1 McKay's footnote plain 2017-06-29T11:00:40-04:00
1 2017-06-29T11:08:24-04:00 Ione 1 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-06-29T11:08:24-04:00
1 2017-06-29T11:23:19-04:00 Killin' Nanny 1 McKay's footnote plain 2017-06-29T11:23:19-04:00
1 2017-06-29T11:51:57-04:00 My Native Land, My Home 2 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-06-29T11:53:02-04:00
1 2017-06-29T12:26:06-04:00 Two-An'-Six 3 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-06-29T14:43:05-04:00
1 2017-06-29T15:22:10-04:00 Compensation 1 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-06-29T15:22:10-04:00
1 2017-06-29T15:25:50-04:00 Heartless Rhoda 3 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-06-29T22:24:04-04:00
1 2017-06-29T22:38:21-04:00 A Dream 3 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-07-18T10:56:40-04:00
1 2017-06-30T07:10:19-04:00 Rise and Fall 1 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-06-30T07:10:19-04:00
1 2017-06-30T07:31:53-04:00 Beneath the Yampy Shade 1 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-06-30T07:31:53-04:00
1 2017-06-30T09:31:33-04:00 To Inspector W.E. Clark (On the Eve of His Departure for England) 1 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-06-30T09:31:33-04:00
1 2017-06-30T09:37:45-04:00 To Clarendon Hills and H.A.H. 1 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-06-30T09:37:45-04:00
1 2017-06-30T15:32:36-04:00 When You Want a Bellyful 1 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-06-30T15:32:36-04:00
1 2017-06-30T15:43:15-04:00 Strokes of the Tamarind Switch 2 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-07-18T13:34:01-04:00
1 2017-07-01T08:21:13-04:00 My Pretty Dan 1 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-07-01T08:21:13-04:00
1 2017-07-18T14:01:19-04:00 Ribber Come-Do'n 1 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-07-18T14:01:19-04:00
1 2017-07-18T15:03:13-04:00 A Country Girl 1 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-07-18T15:03:13-04:00
1 2017-07-18T15:07:32-04:00 My Soldier-Lad 1 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-07-18T15:07:32-04:00
1 2017-07-18T15:14:40-04:00 My Mountain Home 1 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-07-18T15:14:40-04:00
1 2017-07-18T15:16:22-04:00 To Bennie (In Answer to a Letter) 1 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-07-18T15:16:22-04:00
1 2017-07-18T15:17:55-04:00 Hopping off the Tram 1 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-07-18T15:17:55-04:00
1 2017-07-18T15:22:08-04:00 To a Comrade 1 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-07-18T15:22:08-04:00
1 2017-07-18T15:29:16-04:00 Jubba 1 Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912) plain 2017-07-18T15:29:16-04:00


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Q: Mongo DB Collection - Count values of an attribute I have a mongo db with companies with the following data structure:
{'Beschreibung': [],
 'Branche': ['Doctor'],
 'Homepage': 'http://www.doctorsdomain.de',
 'Mail': None,
 'Name': ['Companyname'],
 'Ort': 'Doctors City',
 'PLZ': '12345 ',
 'StrHausnummer': 'Doctors Street',
 'Telefonnummer': '1235345646',
 '_id': ObjectId('sadfsdfawdfawedfbad5f'),
 'domain': 'doctorsdomain',
 'doctors': [{'Salutation': 'Dear Madame', 'Name': 'Maximiliane Mustermann'},
                    {'Salutation': 'Dear Mister', 'Name': 'Bernd Beispiel'}],
'other information'

I don't find the query to count how many names (doctors) I have in my database.
I tried something like
collection.find({"doctors":{"$exists":1}}).count()

but than I only get the number of the companies where doctors exists.
Need help please!
Thanks a lot!

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Home » Australia » Comments » Countries » Featured Articles » History » tours » Travel » Shelly Beach Snippets No. 107 23rd February, 2019.
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Greetings from down under where at last the heat wave has finally abated and there is a smattering of rain around the country. It has been a long hot summer and taken its toll with many bush fires and continued drought, with huge cattle loss. Hopefully we will have a brighter season ahead.
Tasmania has one of the world's largest privately owned lavender farms; Bridestowe Lavender Estate has 260 acres and an estimated 650,000 plants growing French Lavender, Lavandula Angustifolia, which is the only lavender variety suitable for use in perfume and cooking.
London perfumer CK Denny migrated to Tasmania in 1921, with a packet of lavender seeds sourced from the Southern French Alps, and the rest is history as they say.
The iconic curved rows of lavender at Bridestowe are designed to better snare and manage rainfall, and now it is a favourite tourist attraction with more than 50,000 visitors from around the world. As they wander in awe through the multiple purple fields taking in the unique atmosphere and wafting perfume in this peaceful setting, with the backdrop of Mount Arthur.
The flowers usually peak in mid-December to mid-January, however the estate is open all year round and has ornamental gardens and native bushland to explore, also an on site cafe and a shop where you will find all lavender based products and Bobbie the Bear.
It is a photographers dream with breathtaking colours set in a perfect landscape, and a must for all those visiting beautiful Tasmania.
Wineglass Bay, in Freycinet National Park, has one of the world's finest white sand beaches. It has a picture-postcard perfect view which gains momentum if you climb to the top of Mt. Amos. There are tours from Hobart and scenic flights available. Wineglass Bay is one of the top places to visit in Tassie.
Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary is the ideal place to discover all the animals native to Australia. The Tasmanian Devil, the wombats, emus, kangaroos, koalas, Eastern Quoll, Tasmanian Bettong and more. Half day tours are available from Hobart.
For those into white-water rafting you must head to Franklin River for sizzling adventures, surrounded by thick Huon Pine Forests.
The Tamar Valley Wine Region offers an incredible number of award winning wineries, where you can admire the view while sipping on a glass of Sauvignon Blank. Enjoy!
If you are into hiking Lake Oberon is the place to go, located in the Western Arthur Range and packed with incredible hiking trails and less visited by tourists.
Other hiking spots are Cradle Mountain and Three Capes Track.
For all you Space Tourists if you want to see the Northern Lights, Tasmania is the place to go all year round. Southern Aurora Australis is an amazing show and one not to be missed. From Hobart Mount Nelson, Mount Wellington, Howden, Tinder Box, Cockle Creek, or book a tour to see this amazing colourful phenomenon.
Tasmania has much to offer and once you get there you will not want to leave, so give yourself a good long holiday in this stunning location.
Here at Shelly Beach the garden is packed with all varieties of birds flying in for breakfast. Pink and grey galahs, white cockatoos, multi coloured lorikeets, yellow wattle bird, black and white magpies, butcher bird, large tailed nightjar, and a black brush turkey. I have never had so many birds at the same time, and think it is due to the extreme heat.
The surfers are enjoying spectacular king size waves all due to the tropical weather in Queensland and the beach has been well and truly packed with tourists. I am busy painting for an exhibition being held for The International Year of Women – Women In Art on the 2nd March.
My books "Letters of a Travelling Lady, Wallis the Woman I Love, and The Complete Guide to Painting and Decorating Porcelain," are available on Amazon, Xlibris and Crowood Publishers.
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Q: Unable to copy blobs from one container to another I am creating a console app that copies all blobs in all containers from an account we use for production to another we use for development. I have the following method to do this. The 'productionStorage' and 'developmentStorage' objects are in another assembly where Azure storage client methods are housed.
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I'm getting an error (404) on the targetBlob.StartCopyFromBlob() line. But I don't understand why I'm getting a 404 error. The blob does exist in the source (production) and I want to copy it to the destination (development). Not sure what I'm doing wrong.

A: Because the source blob container ACL is Private, what you would need to do is create a SAS Token (either on the blob container or on individual blobs in that container) with Read permission and append this SAS token to your blob's URL. Please see modified code below:
    static void CopyBlobsToDevelopment()
    {
        // Get a list of containers in production
        List<CloudBlobContainer> productionBlobContainers = productionStorage.GetContainerList();

        // For each container in production...
        foreach (var productionContainer in productionBlobContainers)
        {
            //Gaurav --> create a SAS on source blob container with "read" permission. We will just append this SAS
            var sasToken = productionContainer.GetSharedAccessSignature(new SharedAccessBlobPolicy()
            {
                Permissions = SharedAccessBlobPermissions.Read,
                SharedAccessExpiryTime = DateTime.UtcNow.AddDays(1),
            });
            // Get a list of blobs in the production container
            var blobList = productionStorage.GetBlobList(productionContainer.Name);

            // Need a referencee to the development container
            var developmentContainer = developmentStorage.GetContainer(productionContainer.Name);

            // For each blob in the production container...
            foreach (var blob in blobList)
            {
                CloudBlockBlob targetBlob = developmentContainer.GetBlockBlobReference(blob.Name);
                targetBlob.StartCopyFromBlob(new Uri(blob.Uri.AbsoluteUri + sasToken));
            }
        }
    }

I haven't tried running this code so please excuse me if you run into any errors with this code. But hopefully you get the idea.


In town to play the Camosun Chargers, the College of the Rockies coach knew Beckett as one of the top players in the PacWest, but hadn't realized she had quit college volleyball.
"You should come and play for us," he suggested.
Now, just a year later, she's joined the Avalanche and rediscovered her love for both volleyball and education.
When she tried to sign her up for a camp, Beckett refused.
After that first hesitation, the next near-decade was all love for the sport. She played throughout middle school and high school, even though there wasn't much of a program where she lived.
At Reynolds Secondary in Saanich, Beckett was team captain and MVP two years in a row. With her club team, Beckett helped lead them to a bronze medal at the 2012 National Championships in Toronto.
"I had a teammate who had a recruiter … and he gave me some tips on what to do, like video and how to write a bio to send to coaches," she says. "So, I sent them to a few coaches the end of my Grade 11 year and into my Grade 12 year.
With the Chargers, Beckett was impressive in her first year and took centre stage after replacing an injured player.
After taking, but not enjoying, Criminal Justice during her sophomore year, she decided to study Education at the University of Victoria in the fall of 2017. She had an even better proposition though.
Meeting John Swanson again at the PacWest provincials, she decided that she missed college-level volleyball, and then he made a serious offer for her to come to COTR.
After spending 21 years in the same house, Beckett is now living outside of Victoria for the first time and on Friday she will play her first game with the Avalanche against a familiar opponent.
There will be some familiar people, however, in the crowd. Beckett's brother is flying in from Victoria, and one of her best friends and former teammates is driving down from Calgary.


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North Korea Hasn't Reported Any Cases Of The Coronavirus. The Truth Could Be Very Different.
Last week, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a note of sympathy to the South Korean president over the spread of the novel coronavirus there.
Kim's letter carried more than a tinge of irony. North Korea, which is technically at war with the South, has reported no cases at all. By contrast, South Korea's high numbers of cases are likely the result of its aggressive testing for the virus in order to get the outbreak under control. But North Korea lacks the health care infrastructure and capacity to do the same with its own people, and is notoriously secretive about events inside the country, so it's hard to know what it is really going on.
This has raised fears that its population of some 25 million is at risk, especially those in remote areas or suffering from preexisting health conditions.


I had to run to the store Sunday afternoon and, while there, picked up something for dinner. I couldn't make up my mind about what I wanted, however, so I wound up buying a couple different options, including the Gourmet Dining Chicken Alfredo frozen skillet dinner.
I ultimately ended up making this product, which I purchased for $5.35, yesterday evening. We had had a barbecue earlier in the day and my wife and I were starting to get a bit hungry so I figured it would be an easy light dinner. After having it, my opinion of it was a bit mixed.
As far as taste goes, I didn't have any real complaints. It was a decent-enough dinner given the price. And, it proved to be more filling than I was expecting it to be, though we didn't have any leftovers and I doubt it would have been enough if the kids had eaten it with us.
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I also was very disappointed by the small quantity of chicken in this product (something, ironically, I probably wouldn't have noticed if it weren't for the extra steps). I don't think there was even enough meat in the package to make the equivalent of one chicken breast. And, considering the chicken is the best part of chicken Alfredo, I did feel a bit jipped as a result.
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With WWDC 2013 on the way, many tech enthusiasts want to see the announcement of not only iOS7, but also the iPhone 5S or iPhone 6. CNET's Josh Lowensohn, however, believes that there will be no hardware announcements at WWDC this coming Monday, on both the iPhone and iPad fronts. Rather, Apple's new Macs and the "Ive-ian" iOS7 are the best of the show.
While I have said in a prior article that the iPhone 5S may be nothing more than an iPhone 5-like device with 128GB of increased memory storage, new predictions from analyst company Citi Research confirm Lowensohn's statement — not to mention the fact that the iPhone 5S may be more of a transformation than previously believed. According to Citi Research, the iPhone 6 is likely to emerge in Q1 2014 with a larger display. It seems likely that this date for the arrival of the iPhone 6 conflicts with earlier reports about the iPhone 6 release date.
Why the iPhone 6 Release Date Change?
The production of the upcoming iPhone 5S has been delayed by two to four weeks. And while this does not preclude a September iPhone 5S launch date, we suspect volumes in September may consequently be challenged…We expect a 4.8 [inch] screen iPhone 6 to be launched in 1Q14.
Citi Research believes that the iPhone 5S may be postponed until September, indicating that there will be no such hardware announcement at WWDC 2013. In addition, the iPhone 6 will have a 4.8-inch screen when it is released in late winter 2013/early Spring 2014.
We do not know why the iPhone 5S has been delayed, but iOS7 may be the reason. After all, Mac OS engineers were pulled from Mac OS work to help with the iOS7 redesign. iOS7 is certain to emerge at WWDC, according to the new banner with the number "7" that has been placed at the Moscone Center (the setting of Monday's WWDC 2013 announcement).
If Apple is redesigning the iPhone in the iPhone 5S, and not producing a 128GB version of the iPhone 5, then we presume that time will be needed to finish the iPhone 5S transformations. Additionally, Apple just secured a deal with Sony to inaugurate its iRadio service — a feature that is certain to be announced at WWDC. With Apple's rush to get iOS7 ready, along with its "Friday rush" to secure all partners in its iRadio service, it seems as though Apple has rushed to do too many things all at once. The iPhone 5S may wait until September.
While Citi Research may have good reason to write its investors and relay the above news, it may or may not be true. While Apple has rushed some things to prepare for WWDC 2013, we've not heard anything official from Apple, unless you count Tim Cook's words that "nothing new will arrive until Fall." This may mean that the iPhone 5S will have a September date.
At the same time, the iPhone 5S may still be nothing more than a memory storage increase version of the iPhone 5. The new SIM card tray colors, as well as photos showingchanges with the iPhone home button, may indicate that the iPhone 6 is the most prioritized project of Apple right now. Considering that it will be September before iPhone users receive the iOS7 upgrade, it may be safe to say that the iPhone 5S will sell a larger storage amount until the iPhone 6 release this Fall.
What are your thoughts on Citi's predictions? Do you think that the iPhone 6 could be delayed until 2014, or do you think that Citi's got it wrong and the iPhone 6 will be announced this Fall? Let us know what you think in the comments below.


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Pinterest Adds More Ways for Businesses to Share and Promote their Products
Ahead of a potential IPO later in the year, Pinterest is ramping up its eCommerce tools, this time through the addition of new product catalogs and personalized shopping recommendations, in order to maximize business potential.
First, in addition to the 'More like this' option beneath each Pin, which uncovers visually similar items, Pinterest is also adding a 'More from [brand]' option, which will showcase a broader range of product Pins from the same business.
As you can see in the above example, when you scroll down from a Pin, there'll be a new option, where available, to also tap on the 'More from [brand]' list, which will showcase similar items, but confined to that provider. That'll definitely prove popular with brands - at present, the 'More like this...' option can take users away from their offerings, even if they might have similar product in their catalog that would fit the bill. This option will enable businesses to keep users around for longer, and help facilitate brand loyalty on the platform.
Next up, Pinterest is also adding in new personalized shopping recommendations:
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The addition will provide more ways for Pinners to find available products similar to what they're interested in, with direct buying options, making it easier to get more shopping ideas.
Pinterest will also now enable brands to upload their full catalog to the platform, and turn their products into dynamic Product Pins. This compliments the platform's recent announcement of automated 'Shop the Look' Pins, which are able to identify products within Pins and connect them to buying options. Uploading your product catalog will ensure your products show up for more of these automated recommendations, boosting your business potential on the platform.
In addition to this, Pinterest is also making its Shopping Ads available to all businesses through its self-serve ad tool, and it's expanding its 'Shopping search', in order to showcase more products to buy for related on-platform queries.
As noted, the updates expand Pinterest's eCommerce potential, adding in more ways for users to find, and buy, relevant items, related to their search history, their interests and specific brands. That will make the platform more inviting for businesses - already, research has shown that Pinterest drives far higher purchase intent than other platforms, with some 90% of Pinners using the platform to plan for or make purchases.
Pinterest may have relatively fewer users (250 million) than other social platforms - but Pinterest has repeatedly stated that its, in fact, not a social network. It's become a 'discovery engine', 'a catalog of ideas', and in that sense, Pinterest, in many ways, is in a league of its own - a sort of middle ground between Google search and Amazon product listings, but more driven by your personal preferences and interests.
That'll be the point of differentiation Pinterest will look to underline ahead of its coming IPO, and a such, you can expect more additions like this in the coming months, boosting the platform's appeal to businesses and making it easier for users to find things they might want to own.
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Incredible Waterfalls of the United States
Everyone has their own opinion about which waterfalls are the "greatest," and we agree with them all. There is something extraordinary and moving about waterfalls, from the great Niagara to the smallest set of tiers on a stream. So, we are not calling these the "Greatest Waterfalls of the United States" but honoring our respect for their fantastic majesty and beauty, their ability to absorb our attention completely.
Cumberland Falls - Cumberland Falls State Resort Park Corbin, KY, US
Cumberland Falls, on the Cumberland River in southeastern Kentucky, is in Cumberland Falls State Resort Park and is part of the Kentucky Nature Preserves and a designated Wild River System. During a full moon, it is possible to see a lunar rainbow created by the falling water and mist. The falls are 68 feet (21 m) high and 125 feet (38 m) wide, making it the second largest waterfall east of the Mississippi River, second only to Niagara.
Tahquamenon Falls - Tahquamenon Falls State Park, MI, US
Just before the Tahquamenon River empties into Lake Superior in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan are the Tahquamenon Falls. They are one of the largest waterfalls in the eastern half of the United States and the largest in Michigan. Tannins in the water from the cedar swamps upriver give a dark brown color to the water and the nickname "Root Beer Falls." Tahquamenon Falls are a part of Michigan's Tahquamenon Falls State Park. The falls are 48 feet (15 m) high and more than 200 feet (60 m) wide.
Havasu Falls - Grand Canyon, Arizona, US, within Havasupai tribal lands
Calcium carbonate in the water of Havasu Creek creates a vivid blue-green color in the water and the pool beneath the falls. Although the water now falls down the cliff's 90-foot (27 m) drop, in the past, the changing configuration of the ledge has changed the pattern of the water flow, and the falls were once known as Bridal Veil Falls.
Burney Falls - McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park, Shasta County, California, US
Burney Falls is a waterfall on Burney Creek, within McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park, in Shasta County, California. The source is underground springs above the falls. The water falls from a height of 129 feet (39.3 m.) A National Natural Landmark, President Theodore Roosevelt called Burney Falls the "Eighth Wonder of the World."
Multnomah Falls - Columbia River Gorge. OR, US
Spanning two tiers on basalt cliffs, Multnomah Falls is the tallest waterfall in Oregon, measuring 620 ft (189 m) in height. The water falls through two tiers, and The Multnomah Creek Bridge crosses over the lower tier. A trail maintained by the Oregon State Park Service ascends to an observation deck above the falls. It is the most-visited nature site in the US Pacific Northwest. The upper falls are 542 feet (165 m), and the lower falls are 69 feet (21 m).
Bridalveil Falls - Yosemite Valley. CA, US
There are other waterfalls called "Bridal Veil", but Yosemite's Bridalveil is 617 feet (188 m) tall, and when the waters are less than full force, winds often blow the water sideways. For that reason, Native Americans in the area called the falls "Pohono", translated as "Spirit of the Puffing Wind."
Union Falls - Yellowstone National Park - WY, US
A hike of 15 miles roundtrip will get you to Union Falls and back. Union Falls derives its name from the fact that two rivers join just at the edge of the 250-foot drop (76.2 m). To get there, you ford a stream and traverse through bear country. Once you reach the falls, there is an overlook where the entire falls are visible.
Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River - Yellowstone National Park - WY, US
The Yellowstone River is the longest undammed river in the lower 48 states, and the Lower Falls is its highest fall at 308 feet (93.88 m). The Lower Falls are the second most photographed non-animal attraction in Yellowstone, just behind Old Faithful Geyser.
Niagara Falls near Buffalo, NY, US
Shared with Southeastern Ontario in Canada, Niagara Falls is probably the most widely known waterfall in the United States. A popular tourist attraction since 1883 when Grover Cleveland became governor of New York and signed in the state park to spare and preserve the falls from industrial development Niagara is actually a group of three waterfalls at the southern end of Niagara Gorge, and more than 5.9 million cubic feet of water goes over the falls every minute. The largest of the three falls, Horseshoe Falls straddles the border of the US and Canada and is the most powerful waterfall in North America.
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HONDA ENGINE 16 V LUXLINE 150 D 16 H22.  The Honda H engine was Honda's Larger high-performance engine family from the 1990s and early 2000s. It is largely derived from the Honda F engine with which it shares many design features. Like Honda's other 4-cylinder families of the 80s and 90s, It has also enjoyed some success as a racing engine, forming the basis of Honda's Touring car racing engines for many years, and being installed in lightweight chassis (such as the Honda CR-X) for use in drag racing. The F20B is a part of the F-series family of engines; it is basically a cast iron sleeved down destroked version of the H22A. It was developed by Honda to be able to enter into the 2-liter class of international racing.
H-Series consisted of two different displacements; H22 2.2 L (2,157 cc) and H23 2.3 L (2,259 cc). Both versions were using the same block; different crankshafts and connecting rods were utilized to achieve displacement variation.[1]
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HONDA ENGINE 16 V LUXLINE 150 D 16 H22.
HONDA ENGINE 16 V LUXLINE 150 D 16 H22. The H22 debuted in the U.S. in 1993 as the H22A1 for use in the Honda Prelude VTEC. Since then, versions of the H22 would become the Prelude's signature high-performance engine worldwide until the end of Prelude production in 2001. In 1994, Honda of Europe used the H22A cylinder head and the H22A engine block as the Formula 3 engine which was an H22A engine destroked from 2.2 liters to 2.0 liters (F3-2000cc) to compete in the European F3 series. It was then used by Mugen Motorsports as the F20B(MF204B) from 1997-2001. In 1995-1997, Honda of Europe used the same H22A-based F3 engine in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) Honda Accord. Also, in 1996-1997 Honda of Japan used the same H22A-based F3 engine in the Japan Touring Car Championship (JTCC) Honda Accord and won the JTCC for both years. Honda of Europe hired Neil Brown Engineering of England to convert the H22A engine into an F3 engine which would be later used in BTCC and JTC


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New paper finds hay, oats, canola crops are net sources of CO2 to the atmosphere
A new paper published in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology finds annual crops of hay and oats-canola-oats in Canada act as net sources of CO2 to the atmosphere. The paper adds to several other peer-reviewed papers finding various agricultural and ocean sites act as net sources of CO2 rather than sinks.
Fig. 1. Cumulative net ecosystem production (NEP) from June 3, 2009 to November 25, 2011: Hay (solid line), HayOatFal (dash) [a pasture- not farmed], OatCanOat (dots) fields. Biomass removals and additions are not included. [positive values indicate a net source of CO2 to the atmosphere]
Fig. 4. Cumulative carbon budget including NEP, manure additions and harvest removals from June 3, 2009 to November 25, 2011: Hay (solid line), HayOatFal (dash), and OatCanOat (dots) fields. Harvest removals are marked with arrows, manure applications with triangles.
Net CO2 exchange and carbon budgets of a three-year crop rotation following conversion of perennial lands to annual cropping in Manitoba, Canada
Amanda M. Taylor,
Brian D. Amiro , ,
Trevor J. Fraser
Department of Soil Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2
NEP, harvest removals, and manure additions of carbon were measured.
Conversion of perennial grasslands to annual crops loses soil carbon.
Carbon was lost from fields with annual cropping systems.
Net ecosystem production was highly variable among years for a hay field.
Eddy covariance flux towers were used to measure net ecosystem production over three adjacent agricultural fields in Manitoba, Canada, from 2009 to 2011. Two fields were converted from long-term perennial hay/pasture to annual cropping, while the third field served as a control field that was maintained as hay/pasture. One converted field had a rotation of oat–canola–oat crops, while the second was hay–oat–fallow. Weather was an important driver of inter-annual variability, with poor yields on all fields in 2011 because of dry conditions in summer, with the summer-fallow condition on one field caused by excess spring moisture not allowing planting. The cumulative net ecosystem production of the oat–canola–oat field showed a net CO2 emission of 100 g C m−2, the hay–oat–fallow field emitted 500 g C m−2, and the hay field gained 550 g C m−2 by the end of the 30-month study period. The hay field had the highest cumulative gross primary production of 2500 g C m−2, whereas the oat–canola–oat and hay–oat–fallow fields had only about 1400 g C m−2. The perennial field had the advantage of both early- and late-season growth when crops were absent on the other fields. The hay and hay–oat–fallow fields had comparable cumulative ecosystem respiration (1400 g C m−2). Manure additions contributed 300 g C m−2 on the two converted fields. With harvest exports and manure additions included, the oat–canola–oat field was a carbon source of 240 g C m−2, the hay–oat–fallow field was a source of 415 g C m−2, and the hay/pasture field was a sink of 120 g C m−2over the 30-month period.
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