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Q: NSArray of dictionaries and copy i have a huge huge problem, i feel like i will never get rid of it. i got a xml file coming from my server, parsing it well. but i got duplicates in that xml file. The thing is i need to get rid of the duplicates in my NSMutableArray, in order to know what i have in my NSMutable array and display a little menu with wich section is avaible and wich is not. But i can't manage to copy only the good stuff into another array since the NSMutableArray is as a matter of fact a Array of dictionaries. And i don't know how to manage them, i tried sevral things the past two days with no results, so please if someone can help me it would very appreciated.
here is my entire code (hope it doesn't burn you eyes :3) :
#include <CommonCrypto/CommonDigest.h>
#include <CommonCrypto/CommonHMAC.h>
#import "SizingDataViewController.h"
#import "LCYDataBackedTableView.h"

@implementation SizingDataViewController

- (void)viewDidLoad {
     //Add the following line if you want the list to be editable
    self.title = @"Last choice";
}

-(BOOL)ifStringExists:(NSString *)stringSentToCheck{

    for (int i = 0; i < ([stories count]); i++) {

        NSLog(@"i = %i", i);

        NSMutableString *stringToCheck = (NSMutableString *)[[stories objectAtIndex: i] objectForKey: @"type"];
        if ([stringToCheck isEqualToString:stringSentToCheck] == YES) {
            NSLog(@"%@", @"okay its OKAY ");
                return YES;
            }
}
    return NO;
 }

- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView {
    return 1;
}

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    static NSString *MyIdentifier = @"Cell";

    UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:MyIdentifier];

    cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault  reuseIdentifier:MyIdentifier] autorelease];

    CGRect frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 160, 50);
    UILabel *lbl1 = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:frame];
    lbl1.textAlignment = NSTextAlignmentRight;
    [lbl1 setFont:[UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica" size:12.0]];
    [lbl1 setTextColor:[UIColor grayColor]];
    int storyIndex = [indexPath indexAtPosition: [indexPath length] - 1];
    lbl1.text = [[stories objectAtIndex: storyIndex] objectForKey: @"creation_date"];//Modifier pour changer le texte affiché
    [cell.contentView addSubview:lbl1];
    [lbl1 release];
    return cell;
}

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
}

- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView  numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section {
    return [stories count];
}

- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated {
    [super viewWillAppear:animated];
}

- (void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated {
    [super viewDidAppear:animated];
}

- (void)parseXMLFileAtURL:(NSString *)URL
{
    stories = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
    NSData *xmlData = [URL dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
    rssParser = [[[NSXMLParser alloc] initWithData:xmlData]autorelease];

    [rssParser setDelegate:self];

    [rssParser setShouldProcessNamespaces:NO];
    [rssParser setShouldReportNamespacePrefixes:NO];
    [rssParser setShouldResolveExternalEntities:NO];

    [rssParser parse];

}

- (void)parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser parseErrorOccurred:(NSError *)parseError {
    NSString * errorString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Unable to download story feed from web site (Error code %i )", [parseError code]];
    NSLog(@"error parsing XML: %@", errorString);

    UIAlertView * errorAlert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"Error loading content" message:errorString delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:@"OK" otherButtonTitles:nil];
    [errorAlert show];
}

- (void)parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser didStartElement:(NSString *)elementName namespaceURI:(NSString *)namespaceURI qualifiedName:(NSString *)qName attributes:(NSDictionary *)attributeDict{
    currentElement = [elementName copy];
    if ([elementName isEqualToString:@"data"]) {
        item = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];
        currentData_id = [[NSMutableString alloc] init];
        currentSizing_id = [[NSMutableString alloc] init];
        currentName = [[NSMutableString alloc] init];
        currentSize = [[NSMutableString alloc] init];
        currentType = [[NSMutableString alloc]init];
    }

}

- (void)parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser didEndElement:(NSString *)elementName namespaceURI:(NSString *)namespaceURI qualifiedName:(NSString *)qName{
    if ([elementName isEqualToString:@"data"]) {
        [item setObject:currentData_id forKey:@"data_id"];
        [item setObject:currentSizing_id forKey:@"sizing_id"];
        [item setObject:currentName forKey:@"name"];
        [item setObject:currentSize forKey:@"size"];
            [item setObject:currentType forKey:@"type"]

// here is where the magic happens
         -->   if (([self ifStringExists:currentType] == NO)){
                     [stories addObject:[item copy]];
            }
        }
    }
- (void)parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser foundCharacters:(NSString *)string{
    NSLog(@"found characters in found characters: %@", string);

    if ([currentElement isEqualToString:@"data_id"]) {
        [currentData_id appendString:string];
    } else if ([currentElement isEqualToString:@"sizing_id"]) {
        [currentSizing_id appendString:string];
    } else if ([currentElement isEqualToString:@"name"]) {
        [currentName appendString:string];
    } else if ([currentElement isEqualToString:@"size"]) {
        [currentSize appendString:string];
    }else if ([currentElement isEqualToString:@"type"]) {
        [currentType appendString:string];
    }
}

- (void)parserDidEndDocument:(NSXMLParser *)parser {

    [activityIndicator stopAnimating];
    [activityIndicator removeFromSuperview];

    NSLog(@"all done!");
    NSLog(@"stories array has %d items", [stories count]);
    [newsTable reloadData];
}

- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation {

    return (interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait);
}

- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning {
    [super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
}

- (void)dealloc {

    [currentElement release];
    [rssParser release];
    [stories release];
    [item release];
    [currentData_id release];
    [currentSize release];
    [currentSizing_id release];
    [currentName release];
    [currentType release];

    [super dealloc];
}
@end

my .h
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#import "LCYDataBackedTableView.h"

@interface SizingDataViewController : LCYDataBackedTableView {

    IBOutlet UITableView * newsTable;

    UIActivityIndicatorView * activityIndicator;

    CGSize cellSize;

    NSXMLParser * rssParser;

    NSMutableArray * stories;

    NSMutableArray * newStories;

    NSMutableArray *filteredStories;

    NSString *l_uri;

    NSString *myId;

    NSString *idName;

    BOOL *uploaded;

    BOOL isFiltered;

    NSIndexPath *indexPaath;

    NSMutableDictionary * item;

    NSString * currentElement;
    NSMutableString * currentData_id, * currentSizing_id, * currentType, * currentName, * currentSize;

    NSDictionary *data, *data1, *data2, *data3, *data4;

}

- (void)parseXMLFileAtURL:(NSString *)URL;
-(void)lastChance;
-(BOOL)ifStringExists:(NSString *)stringSentToCheck;
-(void)lastChance;

@end

A: Where you have the code [stories addObject:[item copy]]; in your parser delegate callback, don't just blindly add the new item - check if it exists already:
if (![stories containsObject:item]) {
    [stories addObject:item copy];
}

Then you won't have duplicates at all.
You don't strictly need to copy item because you're creating a new one each time you start a new element. Also, if you don't define 'duplicate' as a full match to the entire dictionary then you will need to write your own contains type method which iterates the array and check the parts of each dictionary that you're interested in.


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Dragon Con Continues Its Tradition of Giving Back With Fundraisers and Hands-on Service Projects
ATLANTA – February 21, 2020 – Dragon Con, Atlanta's internationally-known pop culture, sci-fi, fantasy, and gaming convention, has selected Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta as its official charity for 2020.
Inspired by the Big Brothers Big Sisters' mission of creating and supporting one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth, Dragon Con challenges its fans to support the charity and get involved.
The convention has raised more than $566,000 over the past five years for its annual official charities through convention-based auctions, special merchandise sales, special events, and Dragon Con's dollar-for-dollar match up to $100,000. Last year's charity, The American Heart Association, received more than $142,000, including funds from the convention match.
Nearly half a million children in Metro Atlanta live in communities with low or very low child well-being. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta matches children facing adversity with adult volunteers – known as "Bigs" – who serve as mentors to help the children – known as "Littles" – achieve their full potential.
"We have already been at work brainstorming ideas on fundraising," said Reeves, "as well as supporting their mission to solicit 'Bigs' into their program so that more 'Littles' can be matched and then mentored."
Dragon Con also announced its plans for "Superheroes" community service project for 2020. Each year, the convention invites its members and fans in the Atlanta area to participate in a series of projects reaching different aspects of the metro area's non-profit community.
"Working in the community is also an important way of giving back," Reeves said. "Through volunteerism, we are able to help some great organizations achieve their mission, and it also helps the great big Dragon Con family give back to a city that means so much to all of us."
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The field of play is divided into two halves by a halfway line. The centre mark is indicated at the mid-point of the halfway line. Maximum pitch size will be 65 x 45 meters
Goal Size
Mini size goals will be used.
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The Heat is a movie to watch out for, writes Paloma Sharma.
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It was refreshing to see a socially inept woman as a successful FBI agent instead of a quiet secretary moping around the office, hoping someone will see her and pull her out of her invisibility.
The most interesting part of it all was the portrayal of Shannon Mullins as a regular heart-breaker and not another big girl who is 'pretty on the inside' and just needs a man (or sometimes, a woman) to see how amazing she really is. Mullins' fearless acknowledgement of and control over her own sexuality almost had me doing a victory dance right there in the theatre.
Another character to look forward to is Captain Woods (Tom Wilson). He's a fresh break from the permanently angry, yelling-their-lungs-out bosses in uniform. Captain Woods is a 40-something, prematurely ageing helpless police chief who treads carefully around Mullins, lest he provoke her infamous ire.
Although the movie contains its fair share of expletives, the background score ensures you listen to more than just profanity-laden, albeit witty, dialogue. It features tracks from Angel Haze, Kreayshawn, Kimbra and Santigold that complement the story instead of telling it.
The Heat is not a shy film by any standards. It is out there and in your face, much like the two protagonists themselves. Full of gags, it is not afraid to address issues such as discrimination on the basis of race and gender -- all perfectly blended with the right kind of humour that pokes fun at the oppression, not the victims.
Despite brilliant writing and direction what really makes this film work is the chemistry that Bullock and McCarthy share. This is one on-screen pair I'd like to see more of. Hopefully, The Heat will spawn a sequel and then some more.
It may be too soon to say, but considering the releases up until now, The Heat could turn out to be the movie of this year. Created by a writer-director duo that has the courage to challenge popular stereotypes and armed with a cast that just won't stop making you laugh, this film is all ready to get down and dirty in the box office arena.
Other releases better watch out because this one's really going to be bringing the heat on!
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Jay Spearing named as Wanderers' September KIA Player of the Month
Midfielder wins award for second month running
Jay Spearing has been chosen as Bolton Wanderers' KIA Player of the Month for September 2016 by the Club's supporters.
Winner of the award in August, the midfielder continued his impressive start to the campaign in the second month of the season as he featured in four of the Whites' matches throughout September.
Supporters voted for the award on Facebook, with the Liverpudlian clinching a narrow victory ahead of goalkeeper Mark Howard, while David Wheater rounded off the top three.
Fan Kelly Jenkinson meanwhile has won hospitality in the Platinum Suite for a game of her choice by voting, where she'll present Spearing with his accolade at an upcoming home game.
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Boko Haram, IPOB, bandits are in same category - El-Rufai
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The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has said that the term "repentant bandits" is a misnomer and does not exist. This is as h...
The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has said that the term "repentant bandits" is a misnomer and does not exist.
This is as he said that the goal of the Kaduna State Government is to kill bandits wherever they are found.
The governor disclosed this to State House Correspondents on Tuesday shortly after meeting with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
El-Rufai, who was in the Villa to brief the President on Sunday's attack on Kauran Fawa, Marke and Ruhiya of Idasu Ward of Giwa Local Government Area, Kaduna State, which left at least 40 people dead, was accompanied by the State's Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan.
He said, "There is nothing like repentant terrorists. The only repentant bandit is the one that is dead. Our intention in the state is to kill them (terrorists), let them go and see God.
"If you want to call them terrorists, you can call them terrorists. But we don't want them to be confused with the terrorists that we know: the Boko Haram and IPOB which have been declared terrorists.
"We don't call them terrorists, we call them IPOB. Okay, so this is it. The nomenclature doesn't matter. What matters is they is now a fair game for the armed forces.
"What I'm saying is, we call them bandits to differentiate them from the rest but they are terrorists. You can choose any name you want to give them but as a government, I have to call them by a name that everyone understands. They have been declared terrorists, but they have to have a name that everyone can understand and not confuse them with Boko Haram."
He added that the locations of the bandits is not a mystery but that the military is only toeing the line of caution because of potential collateral damage an all-out raid could pose to innocent civilians.
According to him, terrorists are of three types; Boko Haram insurgents, bandits, and members of the Indigenous People of Biafra.
He said the recent declaration of bandits as terrorists has given the military more impetus to engage them in real warfare.
While calling on security agencies to be more aggressive towards terrorists, the former FCT minister also sought the intervention of the president for the deployment of more security personnel to the troubled region.
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Kenya regional geochemistry
The Samburu - Marsabit Geological Mapping and Mineral Exploration Project was a joint Kenyan and British technical co-operation project, carried out by staff of the Mines and Geological Department, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Kenya and staff from the British Geological Survey. The first phase of the project commenced in 1980, and covered the area between 36degrees and 38degrees E and from the equator to 2degrees N. The second phase, carried out between 1984 and 1986 covered the area between 36degrees and 38degrees E and from 2degrees N to the Ethiopian border. Sampling was carried out concurrently with geological mapping and was largely constrained by the requirements of that exercise. Little or no sampling was done in areas previously mapped by other bodies. Sampling was mainly confined to areas underlain by basement rocks of the Mozambique Belt and was very sparse over most of the Tertiary and Quaternary volcanic cover. Chemical analyses for the stream sediments were: Ag, Ba, Co, Cu, Fe, Li, Mn, Mo, Ni, Pb, Sr, and Zn. Raw data is available from the Mines and Geological Survey Department, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Nairobi, Kenya. Sampling densities varied considerably across the Phase 1 project area, but generally a stream sediment sample density of one per 4 to 8 km2 and a panned concentrate density of one per 13 to 16 km2 was achieved. In the Phase 2 area, which was mainly very arid, a few samples were collected from dry stream beds, as part of a helicopter survey of the area, to provide some idea of the geochemistry of the major lithological units. Stream sediments were collected by combining grab samples from 5 to 10 points within a 10m radius of the selected site. If necessary the samples were dried before being sieved and the fine (-80 mesh B.S.) fraction retained for analysis. Heavy mineral concentrates were obtained by taking 2 to 5kg of material from the sample site and panning at the base camp, where water was available, or at the Mines and Geological Department headquarters at Nairobi.
Groundwater gas sampling and analysis method test results
The dataset contains details of field collection of groundwater samples with use of different water intake devices and the measurement results of gaseous compounds (methane) obtained during analytical method validation performed in order to develop a methodology of groundwater sampling for analysis of dissolved gases. The dataset is not intended to be used for any site characterisation. Sampling sites were chosen based on high probability of occurrence of measureable methane content in groundwater. Furthermore, the data will be used for formal procedure to obtain the methodology accreditation from the Polish Centre for Accreditation (PCA). The dataset was created within SECURe project (Subsurface Evaluation of CCS and Unconventional Risks) - https://www.securegeoenergy.eu/. This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 764531
UKGEOS Glasgow - GGC01 Initial Borehole Information Pack
The borehole information pack from borehole GGC01, site 10 of the UK Geoenergy Observatories (UKGEOS) Glasgow facility. This initial data release pack from BGS contains composite and digital wireline logs; drillers summary logs and prognosis; sample recovery information spreadsheets; and daily driller's borehole records. The cored, seismic monitoring borehole was drilled between 19 November and 12 December 2018 to 199m producing a core of 102 mm diameter. The borehole was wireline logged in December 2018 and a string of 5 seismometers were installed in February 2019. A range of fluid, water and core samples were taken during the drilling process.
Project field notebook photos, NERC grant Tellurium and Selenium Cycling and Supply (NE/M010953/1)
Field notebook photos and scans for NERC grant Tellurium and Selenium Cycling and Supply. Various sites in Ireland, Scotland, England, North Wales, Norway, Utah, Colorado and Wyoming.
UKGEOS Glasgow GGC01 Intermediate Borehole Information Pack - Part One
The borehole information pack from borehole GGC01, site 10 of the UK Geoenergy Observatories (UKGEOS) Glasgow facility. This intermediate data release pack from BGS contains sedimentology, discontinuity and engineering logs, as well as the information contained within the initial release: composite and digital wireline logs; drillers summary logs and prognosis; sample recovery information spreadsheets; and daily driller's borehole records. The cored, seismic monitoring borehole was drilled between 19 November and 12 December 2018 to 199m producing a core of 102 mm diameter. The borehole was wireline logged in December 2018 and a string of 5 seismometers were installed in February 2019. A range of fluid, water and core samples were taken during the drilling process. The borehole information pack- intermediate release contains a range of logs on the core as well as images of that core, these data were acquired in the first half of 2019. More information is available in the accompanying metadata report http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/525009.
Results of two sampling campaigns conducted in Kwale County Kenya in March and June 2016 by GHS/UPC as part of the Gro for GooD project (NERC grant NE/M008894/1)
Results of two sampling campaigns conducted in Kwale County Kenya in March and June 2016 by GHS/UPC as part of the Gro for GooD project. Water samples from over 79 groundwater and 6 surface water (SW) locations were analysed for major ions, stable isotopes, selected trace constituents, electrical conductivity, nitrates, ammonia, pH, DO (Dissolved Oxygen), Eh (oxidation / reduction potential), Temperature, TOC (Total Organic Carbon) and field alkalinity. Most locations were sampled in both March (dry season) and June (wet season). Geology at each location recorded as follows: P - Pliocene Sands, Pls - Pleistocene Sands, Plc - Pleistocene corals. Reference: First step to understand the importance of new deep aquifer pumping regime in groundwater system in a developing country, Kwale, Kenya; Ferrer et al, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 18, EGU2016-16969, 2016; http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2016/EGU2016-16969.pdf; https://upgro.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/egu16_groforgood_v1.pdf UPC - The Departement of Civil Enginyering de la Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya GHS - Grupo de Hidrologia Subterranea
Post-exploration monitoring of groundwater results on Polish shale gas sites
The dataset contains results of field measurements (temperature, pH, conductivity, redox potential, oxygen content) of groundwater and samples collection details as well as the results of laboratory analysis of the set of dissolved and gaseous parameters performed within the environmental monitoring campaign on 3 Polish shale gas sites where exploration activities including hydraulic fracturing were conducted in 2010-2016 period.
Geomechanical Properties of the Carboniferous Middle Coal Measures: Influence on fracture fluid flow and frictional stability during geothermal utilisation (UKGEOS Glasgow)
UKGEOS and Core Sample Analysis. Geomechanical testing was performed to determine triaxial compressional strength, tensile strength, frictional strength and permeability of sandstones, siltstones, mudstones and coals from eleven depth intervals within the GGC01 borehole, UK Geoenergy Observatories (UKGEOS), Glasgow, United Kingdom. Frictional strength tests were also performed on cuttings samples of sandstones, siltstones, mudstones and coals from the GGA08 borehole, Glasgow, United Kingdom. In total twenty-three tensile strength tests were performed on ten sampled intervals, and seven porosity measurements pre-and post-failure were taken. Nine triaxial compressive strength tests and twenty-one frictional strength tests were performed, with permeability measured both before and after failure or shear respectively. From compressive strength tests we also determined the Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio. Results of X-Ray Diffraction are also included in the dataset.
Marine Aggregate Sustainability Fund (MALSF) Geology and Geophysics Survey Data (2003 to 2010)
The Marine Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund (MALSF) commissioned a series of Regional Environmental Characterisation (REC) surveys via the Marine Environment Protection Fund (MEPF) to develop understanding of submerged habitats and heritage in Britain. The aim was to acquire high quality data to enable broad scale characterisation of the seabed habitats, their biological communities and potential historic environment assets. The surveys were conducted in the following areas - Outer Bristol Chanel (2003 – 2005), Eastern English Channel (2005 – 2006), South Coast (2007 - 2010), Outer Thames (2007), East Coast (2008 - 2009), Humber (2008 - 2009). The Geology and Geophysics component of the data are archived by British Geological Survey (BGS) in the Marine Environmental data and Information Network (MEDIN) Data Archive Centre (DAC) for Geology and Geophysics. The data includes bathymetry, sidescan sonar, sub-bottom profiler, magnetometer, seabed video and photographs, Particle Size Analysis (PSA) data, vibrocore (logs and images). Data are delivered via the BGS Offshore GeoIndex www.bgs.ac.uk/GeoIndex/offshore.htm. Additional data are available on request enquiries@bgs.ac.uk. Other data types have been archived with the other MEDIN DACs as appropriate (UKHO DAC for bathymetry data and DASSH DAC for biological data). The MALSF ceased operation at the end of March 2011 (http://www.marinealsf.org.uk/).
Marine Survey Data from around the UK (1966 Onwards)
This dataset is the complete collection of the British Geological Survey (BGS) held Marine Survey data. The data held includes digital data and analogue records, plus associated physical sample material. Data are stored within the National Geosciences Data Centre (NGDC) and the Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN) Data Archive Centre (DAC) for Geology and Geophysics. BGS have collected Marine Survey data since 1966 and have also been provided with a range of third-party data. The data includes geophysical data (seismic reflection, side-scan sonar, multibeam echosounder bathymetry and backscatter, gravity and magnetics) and sample data from boreholes, cores and seabed grabs (logs, geological descriptions, geochemical, particle size analysis and geotechnical data). The majority of surveys are within the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS) area. Individual survey data coverage varies, depending on survey type (sampling, geophysics, multibeam or multi-disciplinary) and objectives (regional or local, shallow or deep). These data are applicable to a wide range of uses including environmental, geotechnical, geophysical and geological studies. Data are delivered via the BGS Offshore GeoIndex www.bgs.ac.uk/GeoIndex/offshore.htm. Additional data are available on request enquiries@bgs.ac.uk.


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NAFTA has been replaced, but at what cost to Canada?
October 3, 2018 - By Blayne Haggart
The most remarkable thing in the immediate aftermath of the announcement that Canada and the United States had concluded their North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) renegotiations is the general relief it seems to be eliciting.
Typical of the mood is the contention of the Globe and Mail's Campbell Clark, who opines that the deal limits direct damage to the Canadian economy via "a series of concessions that the Liberal government accepted to buy peace."
Unfortunately, the peace promised by the newly renamed United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is likely to be temporary, its true price still unclear.
The USMCA may stop most U.S. harassment for now. (American steel and aluminium tariffs are still in place, after all).
But two key sections of the USMCA — the six-year mandatory review and a limitation on negotiating free-trade agreements with non-market economies (in other words, China) — suggest that this temporary armistice has been bought at a cost.
That cost is placing the U.S. in a position of unprecedented authority over its neighbours' ability to craft their own domestic and international economic agendas.
Benefits of normal trade deals absent
One of the under-appreciated advantages of trade agreements for smaller countries like Canada is that the pacts actually provide those nations with more room to manoeuvre than they might have had otherwise.
Without trade deals, larger countries like the United States leverage the promise of access to their market, and the threat of restricted access, to convince other countries to adopt U.S.-friendly policies.
Normal trade agreements take that leverage off the table. In my 2014 book Copyfight: The Global Politics of Digital Copyright Reform, for example, I found that despite strong U.S. preferences for more protectionist digital-copyright reforms, Canada's 2012 Copyright Modernization Act was able to implement policies that primarily reflected Canadian interests.
Canada, protected by NAFTA, implemented a much less censorious form of liability limitation for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) whose users upload allegedly copyright-infringing material than what the United States had hoped. Canada also kept its copyright term limit at what's known as "life of the author" plus 50 years.
That autonomy can disappear in trade negotiations: Everything is linked and everything is on the table. In the new USMCA, while Canada was able to keep its ISP liability framework (which Canadian copyright expert Michael Geist calls an "easy giveaway for U.S. negotiators"), Canada must now extend its copyright term to the life of the author plus 70 years. (Mexico also would have to adopt the U.S.-style ISP liability framework.)
And far from reducing American leverage, the USMCA would keep the negotiations going. Article 34.7 requires a "joint review" of the agreement after six years.
Moment of reckoning postponed
The countries must also "review any recommendations for action submitted by a Party (country), and decide on any appropriate actions." If a country "does not confirm its wish to extend the term of the agreement," the countries must hold joint yearly reviews until the end of the (16-year) agreement.
The spectre of this review would likely make Canadian policy-makers hesitant about implementing policies that may upset the United States and thus threaten the entire economic relationship.
This effect would be similar to the "regulatory chill" associated with NAFTA's Chapter 11 investor-state dispute settlement mechanism — it fuelled governments' reluctance to regulate in some areas due to the fear that a foreign company would sue them for doing so.
This dynamic is intentional. According to a senior U.S. official, the review process will "give the U.S. a 'significant new form of leverage' to make sure the arrangement is to its liking." It will also almost inevitably invite abuse from companies seeking to change the rules to their advantage.
The relief that the United States didn't make things even worse for Canada should be tempered by the realization that the moment of reckoning hasn't passed; it's only been postponed.
Locking Canada in the U.S. orbit
Normal trade agreements also usually just cover trade among its members, not their ability to negotiate with other countries. This makes Article 32.10 very odd.
It would make it incredibly difficult for Canada or Mexico to negotiate a free-trade agreement with a "non-market country," which pretty obviously means China. Should one of the USMCA countries do so, the other two could kick it out of the club with six months' notice.
It's hard to read this as anything but a way to further lock Canada and Mexico into the U.S. orbit, restricting their ability to counterbalance against overwhelming American economic influence. Its presence requires explanation.
The bottom line is this — the world has changed. The United States is willing to act coercively against Canada in ways that had been unthinkable since the end of the Second World War.
Canadian economic well-being depends on the United States (although the reverse is also true). Maybe these drastic concessions were necessary to preserve the Canadian economy. Then again, sometimes the solution is worse than the problem.
No matter. In judging the USMCA, we should not shy away from acknowledging that the price Canada and Mexico have paid for temporary economic peace with the United States is steep, transformative and likely to be long-lasting.
Blayne Haggart, Associate Professor of Political Science, Brock University
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AFT affiliates around the country are engaging in a comprehensive campaign of local, state and national actions under the Fund Our Future banner. The campaign is about building a movement focusing on the belief that all students deserve a powerful, purposeful public education that gives them the tools and skills they need to reach their full potential.
State and local events kicked off on March 4. Events will continue in order to create a nationwide cascade of actions that amplify our demands and build the movement around the urgency to invest in students and public education.
Ideas, tips and resources for developing and launching your state and local campaign.
Establish a coalition of parents, civic and religious organizations, business partners and other community members to join the movement.
Hold a news conference. Work with community supporters and allies, to announce the goals and demands of your campaign. See Developing Your State and Local Demands for more.
Write to state legislators. Make sure state legislators know about your campaign and what they can do to support public education funding. Here is a template you, supporters and allies can send to elected officials. Sample letter to state legislator.
Conduct a town hall meeting. Public forums are an effective way to engage people and educate them about the need for public education funding. For information on how to organize a town hall meeting, download How to run a townhall.
Organize a rally. Work with community groups and parents organizations to rally in support of investing in public education.
Lobby your legislature. Have in-person meetings with your state or local representatives about your campaign and your goals. For tips on how to do that, go to Lobbying 101: How to advocate in legislature.
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Specific information about your state and the long period of neglect in public education funding: State-by-state fact sheets
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Planning Application Lodged For 270 Bed Student Accommodation Scheme At Baker's Corner
Posted by Cabinteely Life on Sep 22, 2021 Sep 23, 2021
Property firm has lodged application for 270 bed student accommodation scheme on site of Baker's Corner pub
A well-known Dublin suburban pub is facing demolition as part of plans for a large new student accommodation development on the city's southside.
Property company, Baker Forge Properties, has submitted an application to develop a large student accommodation scheme with 276 bed spaces on the site of the Baker's Corner pub in Deansgrange under the fast track planning process for strategic housing developments.
However, the plans also provide for the construction of a replacement public house, although it will be less than a quarter of the size of the existing pub and off-licence.
The student accommodation facility is just a short distance from the Institute of Art, Design and Technology on Kill Avenue in Dún Laoghaire.
Proposed Student Accommodation At Bakers Corner
The development consisting of two blocks up to six storeys in height, will also provide a canteen, cinema room, gym and communal areas as well as two shops and a new public square.
Baker Forge Properties said the proposed development was designed to create a new landmark building at the Baker's Corner junction.
One of the company's directors is Stephen Cooney whose Loyola group own a number of pubs in Dublin including the Lep Inn (formerly the Leopardstown Inn), the Landmark on Wexford Street as well as The Bath Pub and The Old Spot in Sandymount.
The Baker's Corner pub together with an adjoining building comprising a number of retail and office units was acquired by the group for over €5m in 2018.
The company acknowledged that its plans for the Baker's Corner site represent a material contravention of the existing county development plan on grounds of building height and in relation to Part V provisions for social and affordable housing.
However, it said such a contravention could be justified on the basis of the development being of strategic importance in the provision of student accommodation given its proximity and accessibility to existing third level institutions and public transport connections.
A ruling on the case is due by mid-January 2022.
Source Irish Independent
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Ottawa, Canada, July 3, 2019 – Gusto Worldwide Media announced today that Ovation has inked a content deal for its hit food program DNA Dinners (16×30). The series that explores diverse cultures and cuisines will air on Ovation's travel-entertainment app Journy in the US. Available on Fire TV, Apple TV, Roku, XUMO, Vewd, Plex, Android and iOS devices, Journy showcases television series and shorts that focus on world travel, cultural tourism, and global citizenry. Shot in 2018, DNA Dinners is a new Gusto production, which was most recently acquired by MENA based entertainment network OSN.
DNA Dinners is a powerful series that takes viewers on an emotional roller coaster ride, with delicious dishes along the way. Each episode explores diverse cultures while telling the unique stories of people who are unsure of their ancestry. Host Tyrone Edwards begins their journey of self-discovery by revealing the surprising results of their DNA test. Working alongside an expert chef, each person then cooks a meal for their family that combines the iconic flavours and ingredients of their two cultures. DNA Dinners features fascinating combinations of cuisines such as Hungarian with Spanish or South African with Filipino.
"We've created a truly global experience for viewers. DNA Dinners was a deeply personal project for all of us at Gusto. We're all about diversity and how food connects us." said Chris Knight, President and CEO of Gusto Worldwide Media. "We're looking forward to bringing the format and series to new territories."
"At Journy, we strive to shine a light on programs that explore the ties that bind us and the cultures that define us," said Jeffrey McCrann, Manager, Acquisitions & Development, Ovation. "DNA Dinners is unlike any other food show, digging into the recipes behind cultural identity and highlighting the exciting world that awaits when we venture beyond our own backyard."
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Wyden, Merkley Join Effort to Preserve Sea Grant Program Funding After Trump Administration Proposed Cuts
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley joined 25 of their Senate colleagues in an effort to preserve funding for the National Sea Grant College Program (Sea Grant) following the Trump administration's proposal to eliminate its funding in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 budget.
In a bipartisan letter to U.S. Senators Jerry Moran, R-Kan., and Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., Chairman and Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies, the senators requested the program be funded at least at current levels next year and recognize stakeholder requests for increased funding.
"We urge you to reject the administration's proposed elimination of the National Sea Grant College program. We are grateful that the committee included an increase for this program in FY 2019, particularly as the increase was given in a challenging budget environment," wrote the senators. "As senators from some of the states with Sea Grant programs, we see firsthand how this federal investment is leveraged locally to bring immense returns to coastal communities, fishermen, universities, and students. Any cuts to this funding would have a devastating impact and we strongly urge you to reject any proposals to reduce this program."
The Sea Grant program has become a critical tool to help increase education and conservation of marine resources in Oregon. The state's Sea Grant program, housed at Oregon State University, receives over half of its annual funding from the federal budget. In addition to enhancing education and conservation efforts statewide, the Sea Grant program has also become an integral part of Oregon's coastal economy, generating millions in economic benefits every year.
In addition to Wyden and Merkley, the letter was signed by U.S. Sens. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., Susan Collins, R-Maine, Bill Cassidy, M.D., R-La., Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, Angus King, I-Maine, Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Tom Carper, D-Del., Ed Markey, D-Mass., Tammy Baldwin D-Wis., Dianne Feinstein, D-Calf., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., Tim Kaine, D-Va., Gary Peters, D-Mich., Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Cory Booker, D-N.J., Tina Smith, D-Minn., Chris Coons, D-Del., Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Kamala Harris, D-Calif.
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Nostalghia (UK: Nostalgia) is a 1983 Soviet-Italian drama film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky and starring Oleg Yankovsky, Domiziana Giordano, and Erland Josephson. Tarkovsky co-wrote the screenplay with Tonino Guerra.

The film depicts a Russian writer (Oleg Yankovsky) who visits Italy to carry out research about an 18th-century Russian composer, but is stricken by homesickness. The film utilizes autobiographical elements drawn from Tarkovsky's own experiences visiting Italy, and explores themes surrounding the untranslatability of art and culture.

The film won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, the prize for Best Director and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival. It received generally positive reviews from critics. The film received nine total votes in the 2012 Sight & Sound polls of the greatest films ever made.

Plot
The Russian writer Andrei Gorchakov travels to Italy to research the life of 18th-century Russian composer Pavel Sosnovsky, who lived there and committed suicide after his return to Russia. He and his comely interpreter Eugenia travel to a convent in the Tuscan countryside, to look at frescoes by Piero della Francesca. Andrei decides at the last minute that he does not want to enter.

Back at their hotel Andrei feels displaced and longs to go back to Russia, but unnamed circumstances seem to get in the way. Eugenia is smitten with Andrei and is offended that he will not sleep with her, claiming that she has a better boyfriend waiting for her.

Andrei meets and befriends a strange man named Domenico, who is famous in the village for trying to cross through the waters of a mineral pool with a lit candle. He claims that when finally achieving it, he will save the world. They both share a feeling of alienation from their surroundings. Andrei later learns that Domenico used to live in a lunatic asylum until the post-fascistic state closed them and now lives in the street. He also learns that Domenico had a family and was obsessed in keeping them inside his house in order to save them from the end of the world, until they were freed by the local police after seven years. Before leaving, Domenico gives Andrei his candle and asks him if he will cross the waters with the candle for him.

During a dream-like sequence, Andrei sees himself as Domenico and has visions of his wife, Eugenia and Mary, mother of Jesus as being all one and the same. Andrei seems to cut his research short and plans to leave for Russia, until he gets a call from Eugenia, who wishes to say goodbye and tell him that she met Domenico in Rome by chance and that he asked if Andrei has walked across the pool himself as he promised. Andrei says he has, although that is not true. Eugenia is with her boyfriend, but he seems uninterested in her and appears to be involved in dubious business affairs. Later, Domenico delivers a speech in the city about the need of mankind of being true brothers and sisters and to return to a simpler way of life. Finally, he plays the fourth movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and immolates himself while an onlooker imitates the action of him writhing on the ground in agony.

Meanwhile, Andrei returns to the mineral pool in Bagno Vignoni (Val d'Orcia) to fulfill his promise, only to find that the pool has been drained. He enters the empty pool and repeatedly attempts to walk from one end to the other without letting the candle extinguish, as he experiences signs of his illness. When he finally achieves his goal, he collapses and dies. The final shot shows Andrei and a dog resting on the ground of Abbey of San Galgano, with a countryside with a wooden house in the background.

Cast
Oleg Yankovsky as Andrei Gorchakov (credited as Oleg Jankovsky)
Erland Josephson as Domenico
Domiziana Giordano as Eugenia
Delia Boccardo as Domenico's Wife
Patrizia Terreno as Andrei's Wife
Laura De Marchi as Chambermaid

Production
This was Andrei Tarkovsky's first film directed outside of the Soviet Union. It was to be filmed in Italy with the support of Mosfilm, with most of the dialogue in Italian. The film was in pre-production as far back as 1980. Initially the film was titled Viaggio in Italia (Voyage to Italy), but since there was already a film Journey to Italy (1954) by Roberto Rossellini, starring Ingrid Bergman, that bore that name, they searched for something else, eventually deciding upon Nostalghia. When Mosfilm support was withdrawn, Tarkovsky used part of the budget provided by Italian State Television and French film company Gaumont to complete the film in Italy and cut some Russian scenes from the script, while recreating Russian locations for other scenes in Italy. Luciano Tovoli was considered for director of photography, although ultimately Giuseppe Lanci shot the film, though Tovoli would take that role in Tarkovsky's 1982 documentary Tempo di Viaggio, or Voyage in Time.

Donatella Baglivo filmed a ninety-minute documentary on the making of the film titled Andrei Tarkovsky in Nostalghia (1984), which includes interviews with cast and crew.

Casting
Anatoly Solonitsyn was initially cast as Andrei Gorchakov, but died from cancer in 1982, forcing Tarkovsky to seek a new protagonist. Tarkovsky eventually decided upon Oleg Yankovsky, who had appeared in his previous film Mirror.

Locations
Several scenes of the film were set in the countryside of Tuscany and northern Lazio; as the Abbey of San Galgano, the spas of Bagno Vignoni, the Orcia Valley, in the Province of Siena, the mysterious crypt of the Chiesa di San Pietro (Tuscania) and the flooded Church of Santa Maria in San Vittorino of Cittaducale, in the Province of Rieti.

Style
Similarly to Tarkovsky's previous films, Nostalghia utilizes long takes, dream sequences, and minimal story. Of his use of dream sequences, to the question asked by Gian Luigi Rondi: "A realism of dream, like that of Mirror?" Tarkovsky answered: "There isn't 'realism' on the one hand, and on the other hand (in contrast, in contradiction) 'dreams.' We spend a third of our life asleep (and thus dreaming): what is there that is more real than dreams?"

Tarkovsky spoke of the profound form of nostalgia which he believes is unique to Russians when traveling abroad, comparing it to a disease, "an illness that drains away the strength of the soul, the capacity to work, the pleasure of living", but also, "a profound compassion that binds us not so much with our own privation, our longing, our separation, but rather with the suffering of others, a passionate empathy."

Tarkovsky's goal in Nostalghia, in terms of style, was to portray the soul, the memory, of Italy, of which it felt to him being there. When he visited Italy to begin studying the project of Nostalghia with Tonino Guerra, as they visited cities, Tonino would show him Renaissance architecture, art, monuments, and he admired them, and would take notes, but what struck him the most was the sky, the blue sky, black sky, with clouds, with the sun, at dawn, at noon, in the evening. A sky, he said, is always simply just that, but a change in the hour of the day, the wind, climate, can have it speak to you in a different way, with love, violence, longing, fear, etc. Cinema, he said, can give these "ways" back to you and that it must, with courage, and honest, always starting from the real.

According to Tarkovsky, while shooting the film he realized that he would be able to express "something distinctive", which he believed he couldn't in his previous films – for only then he had become aware that "a film can make the inner life of its author visible", and, thereby, he "expanded into [himself]."

Music
The film features music by Ludwig van Beethoven, and Giuseppe Verdi (Requiem), as well as Russian folk songs. Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is featured both during Andrei's visit at Domenico's home and during his demonstration in Rome.

Reception
Vincent Canby of The New York Times said that Tarkovsky "may well be a film poet but he's a film poet with a tiny vocabulary. [...] Nothing happens." Dave Kehr was mildly positive, considering it to be "packed with imagery that seems at once hopelessly obscure and crushingly obvious" while also arguing that the work "does succeed in inducing some kind of trance." The film won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, the prize for Best Director (Grand Prix du cinéma de creation, shared with Robert Bresson) and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival. Soviet authorities prevented the film from winning the Palme d'Or, a fact that hardened Tarkovsky's resolve to never work in the Soviet Union again.

It is today one of Tarkovsky's lesser-known works. In 2010, scholar Thomas Redwood wrote that "critics on the whole have tended to ignore the film. Relatively little has been written about Nostalghia and even less has been understood of it." Nostalghia has an approval rating of 86% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 22 reviews, and an average rating of 8.22/10. The website's critical consensus states, "Nostalgia demands patience—and rewards the investment with a hypnotic viewing experience that finds Tarkovsky in gratifyingly uncompromising form. The film received nine total votes in the 2012 Sight & Sound polls of the greatest films ever made.

See also
 The Witness - A clip from Nostalghia can be viewed in the 2016 video game

References

External links

Nostalghia.com – An Andrei Tarkovsky Information Site, at Film Studies Program in the Department of Communication and Culture, University of Calgary

1983 films
1983 drama films
1983 multilingual films
Soviet drama films
Soviet multilingual films
1980s Russian-language films
Italian drama films
1980s Italian-language films
Italian multilingual films
Films about poets
Films about suicide
Films about writers
Films directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
Films with screenplays by Tonino Guerra
Films partially in color
Films set in Tuscany
Mosfilm films
1980s Italian films

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Country's largest climbing gym coming to former Sports Authority headquarters in Englewood
By Jason Blevins May 1, 2017, 7:09 am
Karissa Gross boulders at Earth Treks Climbing gym on March 27, 2017 in Golden, Colorado. Earth Treks CEO and founder Chris Warner currently owns 5 Earth Treks and is planning another large scale climbing gym in Denver soon. (Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post)
Chris Warner, one of the world's most accomplished alpinists, has a plan for the country's growing number of abandoned big box stores: climbing gyms. And he's starting with the headquarters of what was once the nation's largest sporting goods retailer.
"We have been seeking out those kinds of spaces forever, and almost always landlords wouldn't even want to hear our pitch.They were intrigued by our use, but they couldn't get past the fact that we weren't as a good of a credit tenant as, say, a Best Buy or something," Warner said. "Now they look at those kinds of places thinking they don't want to sign a lease because they are probably going to be bankrupt in two years. Now they are saying, 'Well, let me get this knucklehead climbing gym guy instead.' "
Warner's Earth Treks, with climbing centers in Virginia, Maryland and Golden, is beginning construction of a climbing gym in the sprawling former Sports Authority headquarters in Englewood, at the corner of Hampden Avenue and South Santa Fe Drive. When it opens this year, the 52,000-square-foot climbing and fitness facility will be the country's largest indoor rock gym.
Denver's Etkin Johnson Real Estate Partners announced this month it had sold the two-building former corporate headquarters to Ogilvie Properties' West Hampden Investors for $15.8 million. The commercial real estate firm purchased the property in 1998 and leased both buildings to Sports Authority from 2001 to 2016. Earth Treks is taking over the building at 1050 W. Hampden Ave. CBRE Group Inc. represented Earth Treks in the lease negotiation.
Chris Warner, CEO and founder of Earth Treks Climbing gym, does a morning climbing session at his gym on March 27, 2017 in Golden, Colorado. Warner is one of only 12 Americans who have climbed Everest and K2. He is a longtime guide and is heading back to Nepal in a couple of weeks to attempt Kanchenjunga. He currently owns 5 Earth Treks and is planning another large scale climbing gym in Denver soon. (Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post)
With a recent infusion from New York private equity firm Tengram Capital, Earth Treks is pursuing aggressive expansion plans. Warner wants to increase the number of Earth Treks gyms in the Washington-Baltimore region to 10 from four, and he imagines "five or six" of gyms along the Front Range.
"From there we want to go into new markets," he said.
Repurposing big box stores, which are fading at a breakneck pace, is a mounting challenge for the retail industry, where hundreds of the suddenly empty stores anchored thousands of peripheral businesses.
CBRE, the world's largest commercial real estate investment firm, noted in its 2017 market report that 70 big box spaces are available for rent in metro Denver.
"Looking ahead, developers and landlords are expected to create new developments and reinvest into upgrading spaces in an effort to make them more attractive to retailers and the consumers seeking innovative experiences," reads the CBRE 2017 Market Outlook report for Denver.
Englewood last year fretted the impact from the demise of its second-largest employer. Sports Authority had been in the location since 2003, when it merged with Gart Sports, which had occupied the space since 2001. The campus was home to 772 employees when Sports Authority filed for bankruptcy protection a year ago.
The ideal solution for Englewood would be "to replace those jobs with an equal number of jobs," said Brad Power, the city's director of community development. But luring a major employer is not an easy task. A climbing gym might be unexpected, but if the new Englewood facility draws visitors like the Golden gym — which regularly hosts 1,000 visitors a day — the businesses around the bustling corner could benefit.
"Anything that draws from a regional perspective is a good deal. Hopefully this will put that site on the map," Power said. "If it's not a job center moving forward, if there's something that can engender more people coming to the site and more people gathering around the site, we will be happy. It makes sense this could be positioned as a big draw for folks."
Warner left in late March on an expedition to scale the world's third-tallest mountain, the 28,169-foot Mount Kangchenjunga on the border between Nepal and India, where he could become the second American to summit the four tallest peaks in the world after Ed Viesturs.
A decade ago, Warner had a thriving guide business, leading expeditions and hosting leadership seminars based on his history as one of America's most accomplished mountaineers. He has led more than 200 expeditions, and is one of only 11 Americans to summit both Mount Everest and K2.
In 1997, he was pinned at 14,000 feet in a blizzard on Alaska's Denali with a client, a real estate tycoon from New York. They spent a week in the tent. After running out of things to talk about, Warner mentioned his dream of opening a climbing gym on the East Coast. The two sketched a business plan on toilet paper.
"I shoved it all in a Ziploc and the guy said if you can get me out of here alive, and you can pay me back in five years, we will make this work," he said.
Two years ago Warner shut down the guiding business and started focusing exclusively on his climbing centers, which were rapidly evolving beyond gyms catering solely to climbers.
Back in the day, rock gyms were typically founded by climbing bums who wanted a place to train. They were filled with athletes aspiring for big projects, and the vertical walls of man-made holds were testing grounds. Now those gyms have grown into gathering places, with workout equipment, yoga rooms, training areas, meeting rooms, coffee bars and bustling retail counters.
"It's not just about climbers anymore," Warner said. "Some of these people might never go climbing outdoors at all. We used to build the outdoors indoors and now we think about what would be super cool to climb. With some of these kinds of designs, we are really creating a giant piece of art and you want to climb the art."
Warner points to a gaggle of 20-somethings crowded around a route, one of 400 in his 29,000- square-foot, $6 million gym in Golden, built on property he bought in 2012 from a developer who had planned to build a hotel on the spot across from Jefferson County's Taj Mahal government center. The group is cheering a man dangling above. He is clinging by his fingertips and preparing a dynamic leap to an overhanging hold a few feet above him.
"Not one of them has a cellphone," Warner said, noting that the gym in January hosted more than 20 days with more than 1,000 customer check-ins. "That is our demographic right there."
Earth Treks ranks as the country's top climbing gym retailer, said Warner, who expects to sell close to $2 million in climbing gear at his five gyms this year. Those sales have grown more than 20 percent a year since 2010, he said.
The retail growth mirrors a national trend that has climbing sales — gear, shoes, cams, ropes and helmets — as one of the strongest areas in sports retail. The NPD Group, which measures retail trends across the world, released a report last month showing climbing sales reaching a four-year high of $175.5 million in 2016, up $52.9 million since 2014. That ranks as one of the fastest- growing retail segments for any outdoor sport, said Matt Powell, sports industry analyst for the NPD Group.
With climbing debuting in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Powell expects the retail and participation growth should continue.
"In my opinion, this is an outgrowth of millennials wanting to stay fit and having fun doing it and wanting to share that experience with their friends and indoor climbing gyms allow them to do all that stuff and have beer as well," Powell said. "The question is how long will it last? Is Top Golf or some activity the next hot thing? I don't know, but right now, there's no question there is a lot of heat around climbing. But I think developers with those large properties want to be very careful here to make sure this isn't a flash in the pan."
This story was first published on DenverPost.com
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Community rallying around Poway Restaurants
By Emily Sorensen - Poway News Chieftain, San Diego Union Tribune
Two local Chambers of Commerce are coming together to help Poway businesses affected by the recent water issues by encouraging the public to eat out often and tip well at Poway restaurants.....
Debra Rosen, president and CEO of the North San Diego Business Chamber, is calling for members of the chamber, as well as family, friends and community members, to dine in Poway through Sunday to help businesses affected by last week's water crisis.
"The City of Poway water crisis has hit businesses and their employees hard this past week and it is time to unify and support them. Businesses have lost significant revenues and employees have suffered from lost wages. With the holidays upon us, now more than ever, we need to stand up and make sure their holidays are not ruined and we can all make a difference," Rosen said.
Rosen, who was joined by three North San Diego Business Chamber members at lunch Monday at Kaminski's Sports Lounge and Barbecue in Poway, said the chamber and its members are "putting their money where their mouths are" and many have signed up to eat at Poway restaurants this week. Rosen said there were about 10 members who ate with her at Hamburger Factory Monday morning.
"Poway is a very strong community," said Rosen, a former Poway resident. "This is something where everyone can come together."
Rosen called the call to eat at Poway restaurants a "region-wide effort" and said the region must come together to support Poway businesses, because something like the water crisis could happen anywhere.
"The water system is so vulnerable, most people don't realize it," Rosen said.
Areian Kouros, one of the chamber members dining with Rosen, said he came out to have lunch at Kaminski's, his first time eating at the restaurant, because he believes it is important to be a good neighbor and provide support.
"It also allows me to see different businesses in Poway I didn't know about," said Kouros. "I think (the Chamber's plan) is a great idea. I signed up for five (restaurants)."
Debra Rosen, President & CEO
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