It's almost time for the biggest party of the year: Mardi Gras.
So grab some beads and a hurricane cocktail and settle back with these elegant French colonial homes for a sale — a vestige of the French settlers who once populated the Big Easy.
Like many French colonial homes in semi-tropical areas, this mini-estate features an enchanting garden oasis to complement its tall windows and tastefully understated storm shutters.
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This French colonial boasts hinged shutters, a parlor with built-in bookshelves, and balconies adored with ornate ironwork. The master suite is a haven for pampering, with a coffee bar, two walk-in closets and a claw-foot tub alongside an oversized shower.
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French colonial homes built on acreage are often called plantation homes — and they have the luxury of wide porches for sipping lemonade and taking in the breeze. This home along the Tchefuncte River boasts five fireplaces for chilly evenings.
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Located on an island in South Florida, this home was built in 2005 but has the narrow windows and shutters, wide front balcony and French doors of a traditional French colonial home.
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This Creole townhouse, which mixes French and Caribbean architectural elements, brings the elegance of a slate roof and copper gutters to a French Quarter home that dates to 1830.
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Balconies figure prominently in French colonial architecture, although the most ornate railings were added during the subsequent Victorian era by people who found colonial design dull.
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The French colonial style takes on a country manor look with larger houses, like this 8,715-square-foot mansion that's Texas Big.
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Modern homes like this one sometimes mimic the French colonial style, with steep roofs and tall windows. This one is billed as a cottage, but it measures more than 2,000 square feet.
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Word had reached Los Angeles as far back as 1936, when this home was built, that French colonials had it all over elegance. A backyard pool, plus immense closets and a giant wine cooler bring a California sensibility to the mansion.
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Here's a modern home outside Louisiana that makes the New Orleans Garden District look seem easy. Tall windows, a front porch and an ornate balcony: You almost expect to see beads flying through the air.
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Reality check: You might need to do some work on the place first. So just how much should you invest in renovating your vacation home to get it ready for outsiders?
At the outset of a renovation, you always want to consider the cost versus value of various projects. It's all about the return on investment! But what projects should be your focus? To figure that out, think like a guest.
Brian Morris, who owns Logan's Retreat on 4 acres in Hocking Hills, OH, determines which features to add, remove, and adjust by staying at vacation rentals nearby. That way he discovers his own likes—such as large bedrooms, covered hot tubs, and extra propane tanks for the gas grill—and deep-seated dislikes.
For instance, you might gravitate toward replacing the garage door, which recoups 91.5% of its cost if the home is sold within a year, according to a 2016 report by Remodeling magazine. However, if you're also hoping to charge higher nightly rates, consider renovating the family room instead, which will return slightly less when you sell—67.9% of its cost—but will allow you to price your property higher on the rental market.
Aesthetics count, big time. "Curb appeal is still one of the most important factors," says Cedric Viquerat, a Realtor® with Coldwell Banker in Lakewood Ranch, FL. You want your guests to fall in love with your place at first sight—that will color their subsequent impressions.
But you don't need to spend a ton of cash on the exterior: "A fresh coat of paint is always a winner as an economical way of sprucing up the house," Viquerat says. Still, if your siding is looking a little dodgy, consider a replacement—either engineered, vinyl, or fiber-cement, all of which recoup more than 73% of their cost.
If you feel like spending a bit more, consider installing manufactured stone veneer. At an average cost of $7,519, it's pricier than siding—but recoups a staggering 92.9% of its cost ($6,988). And it lasts.
If you're unsure whether you plan to keep your vacation home in the family or rent it out, but you still want to spruce it up, skip the elaborate remodel and focus on simple substitutions. Replacements recoup an average of 61.5% of your investment, whereas remodels return just 57.3%, with the highest returns coming from swapping in new windows and doors.
If hosting guests is the plan, Heather Bayer—the creator of Cottage Blogger, a resource for vacation home owners—recommends prioritizing bathrooms and bedrooms.
Unfortunately, neither kitchens nor bathrooms recoup much of their value—a midrange bathroom remodel costs $17,908 on average, but it returns only $11,769 (65.7%). But these can have a big impact on the bottom line of your vacation rental business, so as long as you don't plan on selling soon, they can be an excellent investment.
Guests cared less about the details 10 years ago. That was before the explosion of rental options from sites such as VRBO, Airbnb, or HomeAway that would-be renters can scrutinize online before committing. So meticulousness is a big selling point.
Owning a vacation home requires an eye for the small things such as baseboard scuffs, small window cracks, and torn carpeting. Get ahead of the game by scoping out these areas beforehand to determine which small changes have the biggest impact—like switching carpeting for easy-to-maintain (not to mention classy and nonallergenic) hardwood flooring, which will increase your resale value and please potential guests.
Juggling two kids, family and career is no easy task. And I totally understand that you don't want to spend your free weekend scrubbing the kitchen floors or putting away laundry. But here are six easy things you can try and do every day to keep your house in order.
Of course, some days may be worse than the others and you may not be able to complete everything on the list. But keep trying, adapt the suggestions to make them work for you, and it won't be much longer before you are the proud owner of a clean and organized home.
Grab a soft sweater and a good book, then take your pick of these snuggly spots for whiling the winter days away.
It's funny how after the holidays, living in a Winter Wonderland becomes a whole lot less wonderful. Whether you're enduring thunderstorms, snow, or gusts of wind, snuggling up at home near a crackling fire or in your personal reading nook is the ideal way to wait out the weather.
No matter your interior style, there's always room to add a few cozy touches. Here are some favorite ways to warm up your home design to face the wintry days ahead.
There might be nothing in the world as comforting as a beautifully decorated fireplace. While it's typical to have these fixtures in the living room or even the dining room, consider the charm of having one in your own bedroom.
The soothing crackling of a fire is the perfect way to wind down at the end of the day, and with so many styles to choose from, you're sure to find one that fits your interior style.
Courtesy of Mitch Wise Design, Inc.
Creating a little getaway within your own four walls is a fantastic way to warm up on a particularly cold day. A reading nook can inspire calm and creativity with a few simple furnishings and accessories.
Pair a fun patterned chair with an ottoman, and a unique side table to set your reading material on. Make sure you have sufficient lighting and a cozy throw blanket nearby for those days when you just want to curl up with a good book.
On your day off, there's nothing quite like sipping a cup of coffee while enjoying a beautiful view. What better way to soak up your surroundings than with comfy window seating?
Traditionally found in older homes with Victorian style, window seating is versatile and complements most styles of design. If your home is modern, consider a bright white seating display with patterned pillows. If your look is more traditional, opt for textured seating in a timeless print.
Whatever your choice, you won't regret spending time in this cozy spot.
Hardwood floors are a luxury, but they can be painfully cold in the winter months. Help insulate your home with plush area rugs throughout the space for visual warmth and added coziness.
Rugs with texture like shag or a high pile offer extra comfort while walking around the house. Put one in each high-traffic area, as well as under your bed to ensure you wake up with warm feet.
What are some of your favorite ways to add warmth to your home?
Looking for a home loan? Make sure you've got the facts, then proceed with confidence.
Many borrowers became conservative in the recessionary years that followed the 2008 financial crisis, and strongly prefer 30-year fixed loans.
Mortgage insurance is a lender risk premium placed on many home loans when you're putting less than 20 percent down. In short, it means your total monthly housing cost is higher. But you can buy a home with less than 20 percent down and avoid mortgage insurance.


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25 Famous landmarks in Ireland
There are many things Ireland is famous for, but some of the most notable are the striking natural landmarks and the impressive manmade monuments. Called the Emerald Island due to the green hue that covers it, Ireland is covered with famous castles, beautiful natural settings, bustling cities, ancient and recent monuments. Here we will explore the 25 most famous Landmarks in Ireland!
We love Ireland and explored it thoroughly. However, to have this article as complete as possible we have asked a few fellow bloggers to pitch in with their favorite Irish landmarks!
As in every other article on our site, this post covers the island of Ireland, including both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
Natural Landmarks in Ireland
Ben Bulben, Sligo
Slieve League Cliffs
The Aran Islands and Dun Aengus
Historical Landmarks in Ireland
Newgrange – Brú na Bóine
Skellig Michael Monastery
Trinity College Library, Dublin
Rock of Cashel
Blarney Castle
Kilkenny Castle
Powerscourt House and Gardens
Guinness Storehouse – Dublin, Ireland
Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin
Cahir Castle
Glendalough monastic site
Monasterboice
King John's Castle Limerick
Bunratty Castle
Famous landmarks Ireland – Northern Ireland
Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge
Derry city walls
Titanic Quarter
The cliffs of Moher are one of the most famous postcards of Ireland. Located on the edge of the Burren region in County Clare, these sea cliffs are about 14 km long and rise 120 to 214 meters from the sea. The highest part is just north of O'brien's tower.
From the cliffs, you can see Aran Islands, the Maumturks, and even the Loop Head to the south. With about 1.5M visitours, they are one of the most visited tourist sites in Ireland. In fact, any trip to Ireland isn't complete without going to the cliffs of Moher.
We strongly recommend you stay in the area for a few days, as there are many interesting things to do relatively close. However, it's also possible to visit as a day trip from Dublin, if you are short on time.
Located in Northern Ireland, the Giant's Causeway is another UNESCO Heritage site in the Emerald Ireland and it's very famous for its weird-looking hexagonal rock columns. There are roughly 40 000 of these interlocking basalt columns, resulting from an ancient volcanic fissure eruption. Most of these are hexagonal, but there are 4 to 8-side columns too. The tallest is 12 meters high, and the solidified lava in the cliffs is up to 28 meters thick.
Giant's Causeway is a truly unique place and a very enjoyable one to visit. The walk along the shore to the rocks is stunning, being able to simply hopping from one basalt column to the other, and contemplating this geological wonder is a remarkable experience.
It's easy to understand why it is one of the most popular landmarks in Northern Ireland, receiving about 1 million visitors per year. Access to the landmark is free of charge – there's a visitor center that charges a fee, but it's not necessary to go through it to enter the landmark.
By Tom Bartel from Travel Past 50
Ben Bulben, the mountain immortalized by the Irish poet William Butler Yeats, is perhaps the most famous landmark of Ireland other than the Blarney Stone. Ben Bulben dominates the countryside of County Sligo, as well as Irish literary heritage. In his famous last poem Under Ben Bulben, Yeats decreed he wanted to be buried near the mountain, which he was.
The summit of Ben Bulben is a popular walking destination. From the south side, it is an easy walk up the gentle slope. From the summit, there are stunning views over the coastal plain of north County Sligo and the Atlantic Ocean.
Ben Bulben, one of the Dartry Mountain range, got its distinctive shape from the receding glaciers of the Ice Age. The layers of the mountain formed approximately 320 million years ago under a shallow sea. Uppermost are limestone layers. Further down, the lower slopes consist of shaly mudstone known as the Ben Bulben Shale Formation. Seashell fossils exist throughout the layers of the mountain. The shale layer also holds some corals.
If the mountain piques your curiosity, be sure to check out Yeats' grave in the churchyard of Saint Columba's Church in the village of Drumcliff, about six kilometers away, in the shadow of the famous mountain.
By Nicole Hunter from Go Far Grow Close
Slieve League Cliffs are some of the highest cliffs in Europe. They are three times the height of the Cliffs of Moher, and arguably 10 times more breathtaking. Though, probably not as famous!
Slieve League Cliffs are easy to get to in that there is a lovely two-lane country road that takes you from the highway to the Cliffs. However, they are located in Donegal, a remote part of Ireland, close to Northern Ireland. It is around 2 hours from Londonderry and over 3 ½ hours from Galway. Slieve League Cliffs offer spectacular viewing platforms that give you dramatic views of the North Atlantic Sea. However, it is the hike up to the peak and along the crescents that allow you to fully appreciate the height of the Cliffs and the awe-inspiring beauty of the region. If you prefer to look at the full wonder of the Cliffs from another perspective, boat tours below the Cliffs are offered. Those must be booked and boarded elsewhere. There is no access to the water from the Cliffs themselves.
Slieve League Cliffs are only just being discovered by tourists and for now, it is still relatively untouched and easy to visit and enjoy without jostling for space.
Slieve League Cliffs | Famous landmarks in Ireland
Located on the west coast of Ireland is the hidden gem – The Aran Islands. The three islands are located at the mouth of Galway Bay and are home to breathtaking views and even historic sites. Taking a day trip to the Aran Islands is one of the best things to do in Galway. It's about a forty-minute ferry ride to the islands from Galway.
The three islands, from largest to smallest, are Inishmore, Inishmaan, and Inisheer. Inishmore is the most visited of these three due to its size and the historic ruins that dot the landscape. There are a total of seven prehistoric stone forts still on the island. One of the most well-known and most beautiful of these is Dún Aengus (or Dún Aonghasa in Gaelic).
Dún Aengus was built during the Bronze Age at the edge of a 100-meter (300 feet) high cliff. It's believed that the original shape was an oval or D-shaped, but that some of the fort collapsed into the sea. The outermost wall of the fort encloses 14 acres of land! While the fort was used for defensive means, it is believed that it was primarily used for religious and ceremonial actions.
If you're on the western coast of Ireland, then making the trip to the Aran Islands won't disappoint. Get captivated by the rolling hills, sharp cliffs, and walk your way through history at Dún Aengus.
Dún Aengus in the Aran Islands | Ireland Landmarks
Located only 40 km north of Dublin in County Meath Newgrange is a prehistoric monument part of the UNESCO Heritage site Brú na Bóine – Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne. Newgrange is a huge circular mound with an inner stone passage and rooms. During the archaeological excavations, there were found grave goods, human bones, and offerings.
This site was built around 3200 BC making it older than the pyramids in Egypt and Stonehenge in England. Many of the main rocks in Newgrange are covered with megalithic art making it an even more interesting attraction.
By Carol from Is this even a road
The ancient Skellig Michael Monastery is a must-see for for any Ireland itinerary. The beehive huts sit perched on top of the jagged island cliffs 218 meters above sea level.
This UNESCO heritage site is located 8 miles off the coast of Portmagee in Southwest Kerry county. It can only be accessed by ferrying across the wild Atlantic. Several boat companies take visitors on the one hour journey to the island daily. (May to October – reservations only.)
After docking at Skellig Michael, visitors hike up the 614 harrowing stone steps without handrails to the top. Six original beehive huts can be explored as well as an ancient cemetery, chapel, and Oratory.
The St Fionan monks built the monastery and steps in the 6th century to live and worship. The watertight structures were built without concrete or mortar centuries ago and still stand. The corbelling technique was used; dry stacking the rocks inward to repel water and wind.
In the summer months, Skellig Michael is home to tens of thousands of sea birds including gannets and the adorable puffin.
Skellig Michael was more recently featured in two popular Star Wars movies, making it an even more famous Irish landmark.
Whether arriving via ferry or by using The Force, no trip to Ireland is complete without a Skellig Michael adventure.
Skellig Michael Monastery | Ireland famous landmarks
The Trinity College Library is considered one of the most beautiful in the world and one of the most famous landmarks in Dublin. The long room in the old library of the Trinity College, built between 1712 and 1732, contains over 200 000 books and it's 65 meters long. The whole library contains more than 4.5 million books and it's the legal depository of all books published in Ireland.
Among these books, it's the "Book of Kells", written in the 9th-century and considered the oldest book in the world. The book of Kells is an illuminated gospel manuscript written more than 1200 years ago by Irish monks. Every day two pages of the Book of Kells are available to be seen by visitors, one showing a major illustration and the other showing typical text pages. It's a holy relic of Ireland and the world!
The Trinity College Library
Located in County Tipperary, the Rock of Cashel is a historic landmark set on a limestone hill. It's an imposing iconic monument with historical significance. It has several medieval buildings (or ruins) like a round tower, a high cross, a chapel, a gothic cathedral, an abbey, and a tower house. Together they form one of Ireland's most spectacular human-made monuments!
The oldest and highest building is the round tower dating from about 1100, but Cormac's chapel (it has the only surviving Romanesque frescoes in Ireland) was consecrated in 1134, and the cathedral was built between 1235 and 1270. So we are talking about really ancient and remarkable buildings and ruins.
Cashel is fairly close to Dublin (1h30-2h) and Cork (about 1 hour), making it perfect for both a day trip from either city or a stop between them. Even if you don't want to enter, it's an imposing site, with the prominent landmark built on dramatic limestone dramatic outcrop of limestone.
The Rock of Cashel, Famous landmarks in Ireland
Blarney Castle is a medieval stronghold, built more than 600 years ago by Comarc MacCarthy, one of the most important Irish chieftains. Now in partial ruins, it is still possible to visit some of its rooms and battlements. The castle is impressive, and the surrounding extensive gardens are lovely, but the main reason it's one of Ireland's most popular landmarks is the Stone of Eloquence.
This stone, better known as the Blarney stone, is located on top of the castle's main tower in one of the machicolations. People who want to receive the gift of eloquence have to hand upside-down over the drop and kiss the Blarney stone. It's really an experience!
The surrounding gardens are also pretty interesting, and one can lose a few hours roaming through them. There are several paths taking to some interesting rock formations. It includes a poison garden with several poisonous plants that you can't find in other places like mandrake, opium, cannabis, ricin, etc.
Initially built in 1195, soon after the Norman invasion, Kilkenny Castle is an impressive sight. Over the next 800 years, the castle has been rebuilt, extended, refurnished, abandoned, and adapted several times. The castle was the main residence of the once-powerful Butler family for 600 years, but after decades of abandonment in the 20th century, the property was transferred to the people.
It is possible to visit the interior of the castle with a self or guided tour. During this tour, you'll get to see many of its now restored rooms and enjoy the long history of the building. Most of the interior reflects the Victorian age's exuberant spirit, capturing the splendor of the 1830s. The three reception rooms, the Ante Room, the library, and the drawing-room are particularly remarkable.
Kilkenny is more a less halfway between Cork and Dublin, relatively close to the Rock of Cashel and Cahir Castle. It's a great place to have a day trip from Dublin or Cork or an even better place to stop and rest for a bit.
By Faith Coates from XYUandBEYOND
Powerscourt House and Gardens are located in Wicklow a short journey from Dublin. Originally a 13th-century medieval castle it was transformed into a Palladian mansion by the 1600s.
Powerscourt was voted One of the Top Ten Houses and Mansions Worldwide by the Lonely Planet Guide and the Gardens are third in the World's Top Ten Gardens by National Geographic.
By the 1970s the house was rundown and was handed over to the State to be transformed into a tourist attraction but in 1974 a fire broke out. The house was finally restored and opened by 1996.
There isn't much to see within the house but you can take a break in the Avoca café with some stunning views over the gardens. Or pick up some authentic Irish gifts to take home from the shops.
The great attraction at Powerscourt are the gardens that provide stunning views of Sugarloaf Mountain and stretch over 47 acres. There is a range of formal gardens, lakes, fountains, a Japanese garden, Pepperpot Tower, a walled garden, the Italian Garden, and a Pet Cemetery. You could spend hours just wandering the paths around the estate taking photos and enjoying the sublime views.
You can also visit the Powerscourt Waterfall which at 121 meters is Ireland's highest. The waterfall is a 6km walk or drive from the main house and they were used as a scenic backdrop in HBO's epic drama The Vikings.
By Claire Bee from ClairPins
As one of the most popular attractions in Ireland, the Guinness Storehouse offers 7 floors of immersive and interactive experiences covering the beer-making process and the history and production of Guinness beers. You can even try pouring your own pint of the famous Guinness Draught and experience 360-degree views of Dublin in the rooftop Gravity Bar.
The Guinness Storehouse is located in St. James's Gate, slightly west of the center of Dublin. If you stay in the city center, you can reach the Guinness Storehouse by walking, taking a taxi, a bus, or the Luas tram to St James's Hospital stop. While this is not a UNESCO site, it is an important historic building that dates to 1904 and incorporates design elements from the Chicago School of Architecture. The Guinness Storehouse is a great destination for those interested in history, beer, or both!
Guinness Storehouse, Ireland
By Kevin Mercier from Kevmrc
Dunluce Castle is an unmissable landmark of Northern Ireland. It's located on the north coast of Northern Ireland, in County Antrim. It's just minutes away from 2 other great landmarks of Ireland, the Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge and the Giant's Causeway.
The castle is built on the edge of the cliffs, overlooking the sea. It was built in 1500 by the MacQuillan family and later became the Earl of Antrim's seat until 1690. Since then, the medieval castle has been abandoned and slowly turned to ruins; but even in ruins, it remains an absolutely wonderful sight to behold!
Dunluce Castle is still open to the public but is now protected as a Scheduled Historic Monument. You can see the castle from the outside for free, or you can actually go inside for a small fee (£5.50 for adults), which helps maintain the site over the years. Below the castle is a massive cave, the Mermaid's Cave; you can go inside the cave once you get in the castle enclosure.
The easiest way to reach the castle is by car; it's a 10mn drive from the Giant's Causeway, 18mn from the Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge, and 1h from Derry/Londonderry or Belfast. If you don't have a car, don't worry: you can get to the castle from Belfast or Derry/Londonderry in around 2h.
Bonus: if you're a fan of Game of Thrones, you'll enjoy seeing the castle as it was used as Pyke Castle, House of Greyjoy in the series, just like many other Game of Thrones filming locations in Northern Ireland.
By Bridget from The Flashpacker
Visit Dublin's Kilmainham Gaol – Europe's largest unoccupied prison – for a generous helping of Irish Republican history, and to better understand Ireland's past and present. This historic Ireland landmark started life as the county jail for Dublin in 1796. It finally closed its door to prisoners in 1924.
However, Kilmainham Gaol is closely related to the fight for Irish independence and is considered the birthplace of modern Ireland. From Henry Joy McCracken to Éamon de Valera, the key figures in every rebellion against British rule since 1798 were incarcerated here, most famously those involved in the 1916 Easter Rising.
Journey through Ireland's social and political history, from the bleak cells housing those early criminals to its striking East Wing. This landmark has been used extensively as a filming location, with The Italian Job and Paddington 2 among the many films that have been shot there.
When the Kilmainham Gaol tour is over, visit the excellent museum which is adjacent to the gaol.
Kilmainham Gaol is located on Inchicore Rd, Kilmainham, Dublin 8. From Dublin Heuston Station, this is a 15 – 20 minute walk. Alternatively, hop on buses 13, 40, 69, or 79.
Kilmainham Gaol stonebreakers yard, Famous Irish landmarks in Dublin
By Cath from Passports and Adventures
Sitting on the banks of the River Suir in County Tipperary is one of the best-preserved castles in Ireland. Located in the town with the same name, Cahir Castle is a 2-hour drive from Dublin and is just 20-minutes from another Irish landmark, the Rock of Cashel, making these two historical sites ideal for visiting together in one day.
Cahir Castle dates from the 12th century, having been built by the O'Brien family, and is a notable landmark of Ireland. In the 14th century, it was given to the powerful Butler family and it remained in use until it began to fall into ruin in the 19th century. It was partly restored and was eventually handed to the Irish state after the last Lord Cahir died in 1961.
Cahir Castle is a great historical site to visit and is also a family-friendly castle in Ireland. There are many nooks and crannies to explore including several Towers, Keeps, Wards, and gardens. The castle has an interactive model of the castle which will go down a treat if you are visiting with kids. And if it is a nice day there are lovely views from the castle across the River Suir. If you are looking for a great Irish castle to visit, put Cahir on your list.
Cahir Castle, Tipperary
By Michelle from That Texas Couple
St. Patrick's Cathedral is definitely one of the most famous landmarks in Ireland and one of the free things to do in Dublin. Located in the heart of Dublin, this cathedral has been an iconic landmark of Ireland for over 800 years. While the cathedral itself originated between 1220 and 1260, the site itself has been significant in Christianity for over 1500 years when St. Patrick baptized people here.
Today, St. Patrick's Cathedral is the National Cathedral of the Church of Ireland and welcomes visitors to enjoy the house of worship. Once inside the Gothic cathedral, visitors are treated to beautiful stained glass and historic architecture.
There are several reasons to visit St. Patrick's Cathedral. The best-known of which is the tomb of Johnathan Swift, author of Gulliver's Travels. The St. Patrick's Cathedral choir, which was established in 1432, still performs daily and is a huge draw for visitors to the cathedral also. Be sure to check the schedule if you want to listen to a performance. There are also other points of interest within the cathedral, including a door with a hole. This door is the door where Lord Kildare risked his arm to shake hands with his enemy Lord Ormonde. This is where the saying "to chance your arm" comes from.
Inside St. Patrick's Cathedral
By Andy from Avrex Travel
Glendalough is well known for its monastic ruins set between the valley's two lakes.
St. Kevin came to this peaceful valley in the late 6th century AD. He established a monastery soon after arriving. It flourished becoming a large city. Glendalough Monastery survived several attacks over the centuries until the English destroyed much of it in the late 14th century. It continued as a site of pilgrimage into the 19th century.
Today visitors explore the ruins of 7 churches and St. Kevin's original settlement on the cliff of Upper Lake. The signature structure is the Glendalough Round Tower. Built between the 10th and 12th century, the Tower is fully intact and stands out on the horizon. Other structures such as the Priests' House and Reefert Church have been extensively rebuilt over the centuries.
The monastery's historical significance and the number of ruins led to it being included on Ireland's list of National Monuments in State Care.
Like St. Kevin, visitors still come here to picnic and enjoy the lakes. Glendalough is the start of many walks in the surrounding mountains of Wicklow Mountains National Park.
The valley and monastery ruins are an easy 1 hour (50 km) drive south of Dublin, making Glendalough a perfect day trip.
Glendalough Round Tower
Bret Love & Mary Gabbett of Blue Ridge Mountains Travel Guide
Though it may not be as well-known as the Cliffs of Moher or the Blarney Stone, the historic ruins of Monasterboice are a must-visit for anyone with an interest in Irish history, art, or religion.
Known as Mainistir Bhuithe in the Gaelic tongue, the ruins are part of an early Christian settlement in County Louth. The monastery was founded by Saint Buithe in the late 5th century and remained an important place for education and religion until the Mellifont Abbey was founded in 1142.
This historic site is home to an old graveyard, two churches built sometime around the 14th century, a sundial, and a fairly well-preserved stone round tower that measures some 30+ meters tall. But the most spectacular attractions at Monasterboice are the high crosses, each of which features ornate Biblical carvings drawn from both the Old and New Testaments.
The North and West crosses (which is the tallest in Ireland) have suffered a bit of deterioration from time and weather. But the 5.5-meter Muiredach's High Cross (named after abbot Muiredach mac Domhnaill, who died in 923) is widely considered the most impressive high cross in the country.
To get to this part of "Ireland's ancient east" from Dublin, head north on the M1 highway approximately 49 kilometers, then take the N51 exit to Drogheda/North. At the third roundabout, take the 1st exit left onto R132, and follow it for 5.5 kilometers. Then take a left and follow the signs to Monasterboice.
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King John's Castle Limerick is located at Nicholas Street in Limerick, near Thomond Bridge Kings Island on the River Shannon.
The Castle is a popular tourist destination when staying in Limerick being just a short walk from the city centre.
King John's Castle construction started in 1200 and finished 12 years later in 1212. King John was the brother of Richard the Lionheart who was known for the legends of the Knights of the Round Table and the famous Robin Hood.
The construction of the Castle in its location on Kings Island was strategic to protect Limerick from attacking forces from the east, south and west. King John minted his own coins from the Castle Mint. The Castle's construction was unique for its time with its corner towers, battlements and gatehouse. Over the centuries it has been extended and repaired various times.
Visiting King John's Castle in Limerick is a fun activity for all ages. Visitors can enjoy:
Courtyard displays of traditional trades
Costumed guides regale stories of the secrets of the castle
Interactive displays of siege and warfare
Allow at least a couple of hours to enjoy Limerick's popular tourist attraction.
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Bunratty Castle and Folk Park is located in County Clare in the west of Ireland just a 20-minutes drive from Limerick City and is one of the best places to visit in Ireland.
Bunratty Castle dates from the 15th century and is a tower house. The castle is said to stand on the site of a Viking settlement from the 10th century although there is no evidence to support this claim. The castle that remains today is the fourth known structure for Bunratty Castle after previous castles were destroyed. The current castle was built by the MacNamara family before being taken over by the O'Brien's, a powerful clan in Munster.
Within the castle, visitors can see furniture and tapestries from the 17th century and each evening a Medieval Banquet is held in the Great Hall. This is a must-do if you are staying close to Bunratty.
Beside the castle is the Folk Park in which visitors can get a taste of life in a 19th-century Irish village with various buildings and actors dressed in costume going about daily village life. There is also a small farm and a fairy trail for those visiting with kids. Bunratty Castle and Folk Park are a landmark in Ireland worth visiting.
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Many tourists visiting Ireland are already familiar with the deeply romantic image of Kylemore Abbey, set on the shoreline of Pollacapull Lough, located deep in the heart of Connemara. In possession of somewhat of a confusing name, Kylemore Abbey began its life as a castle, built by British politician Mitchell Henry in 1868 as a gift for his wife Margaret after they had traveled to the area in the 1840s on their honeymoon.
Sadly, Margaret did not get much time to enjoy the splendid property, dying in 1875 from a fever that she contracted in Egypt. In her memory, Henry constructed a beautiful memorial church a little further along the shoreline. The church is a gothic cathedral in miniature and inside, houses colored marbles from each of the four provinces in Ireland.
The castle became an abbey in 1920 when it was purchased by Irish Benedictine nuns, who were forced to flee Ypres in World War 1. They operated a boarding school at Kylemore Abbey until 2010 when they were forced to close.
Kylemore Abbey is open today to visitors and is one of Ireland's most popular tourist attractions. Allow several hours to visit, as parts of the house have been opened up to visitors, offering a visitor experience that walks you through the stories of some of the people who have lived, worked, and studied at the abbey. Kylemore Abbey is also home to a superbly maintained walled Victorian garden, that offers 6 acres of beautiful gardens in which to lose yourself. When you are finished, too, there is also a cafe on-site should you be feeling peckish.
Located close to the town of Letterfrack in County Galway, Kylemore Abbey is also easily reached from Galway city within an hour and 30 minutes drive, through the stunning landscape of the Connemara region.
Kylemore Abbey | Famous landmarks Ireland
Located in Northern Ireland, relatively close to Giant's Causeway, there's a quite different landmark, a rope bridge that links Ireland with a small islet. It's visited by almost half a million tourists every year, probably because it's a popular stop on one of the best road trips in the UK. It's not the most impressive landmark in Ireland, but it's trendy and loved due to its astonishing setting.
The rope bridge links the mainland with the Carrickarede island, spanning about 20 meters long and 30 meters above the rocks/sea below. There have been numerous versions of this bridge since at least the 17th century, but the current one is very recent – it was built in 2008. Crossing the rope bridge is extremely fun, as one would expect, but there's nothing to do on the other side of the bridge, so that it may feel a bit pointless for some people. Nevertheless, it's a worthy destination as the Causeway Coastal Route is a beauty, and Carrickarede is one of the highlights.
The Derry/Londonderry city walls are a unique landmark in Ireland. They are the last walled city to be built in Europe and the only remaining completely walled city in Ireland. Considered one of the finest examples in Europe, they were built between 1613 – 1618 by The Honourable Irish Society to protect the 17th-century Protestant settlers that arrived from England and Scotland.
With roughly 1.5km in diameter, the Derry/Londonderry city walls work as a walkway around the city center. It has 4 main/original gates: Butcher Gate, Ferryquay Gate, Bishop's Gate, and Shipquay Gate. A short hike here reveals a wonderful city with a long history and heritage, including other Derry's monuments like the Apprentice Boy's Hall and St. Columb's Cathedral (the first-ever purpose build Protestant Cathedral).
Derry City Center
On the banks of the River Lagan and a short walk from the main tourist attractions in Belfast City centre, Titanic Quarter is a bit like an open-air museum commemorating the shipbuilding culture of Belfast and the origins of the world-famous Titanic cruise liner.
There is also a lot to explore along 'The Maritime Mile' but the main focus for most is around the newly developed Titanic Belfast (aka the Titanic Museum) building which shares the history of the shipyards through "sights, sounds, smells and stories". Just next to this now-iconic building is the original drawing rooms where the Titanic, along with its sister ships the Olympic and Britannic, were first imagined. These buildings have now been restored and renovated into a cafe as well as a hotel (Titanic Hotel) but are still free to roam for the general public and to explore the original rooms along with historical tidbits.
There is a lot to explore in the area, but some of the more important attractions include the Olympic Slipway where these cruise liners had originally been built then launched, and a tour of the SS Nomadic aka "Mini Titanic" which was used to shuttle passengers to board the Titanic before setting sail.
Titanic Quarter, Famous landmarks in Northern Ireland
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Orchids are further classified as to type of growth. The familiar cattleya grows from a horizontal rhizome that sends out roots from below and a "lead" each year from above. The lead curves gradually upward to an erect leathery growth from which a flower bud emerges. The lower part of the lead enlarges to form a pseudobulb and a leaf emerges at this point. Such orchids are known as sympodial or "feet together" and this is the more common type.
The monopodial or one-footed orchids include the vandas and angraecums. With these, a stem extends upward and leaves develop alternately along it. The flower spikes emerge from the leaf axils. Then there are orchids, such as the dendrobiums, that are further classified as evergreen or deciduous. For example, Dendrobium nobile drops leaves from its reedy pseudobulbs about the middle of the second year and flowers then appear along the almost leafless stems. The evergreen cane-type Dendrobium thyrsiflorum retains its broad fleshy leaves and produces handsome white clusters of orange-tipped flowers from the tops of the canes.
For greenhouse growing, orchids should be selected and grouped according to their more-or-less definite requirements of heat and light. As I have said, most of the more demanding high-temperature, high-humidity species can be accommodated somewhere in the cool or moderate greenhouse. Few require full sun; most do well in filtered sunshine or bright light. In winter, I place my orchids in the lightest possible locations in the greenhouse; in summer, light is filtered through slats or vinyl shading. (If you have an outdoor garden, you can suspend the plants from tree branches during summer.) During summer in the greenhouse, high humidity is essential and this is provided by frequent wetting down of walks and under-bench areas; of course, a mist system is ideal in hot weather, and also in winter for the high-humidity group. A good circulation of air is essential in every season.
The orchid fancier will find that benches, built in stepped-up tiers with an area of coke or gravel below, are ideal for growing and display. From the frequently water-sprinkled coke or gravel, moisture evaporates to surround the plants with welcome humidity, and the open placement in tiers assures a fine circulation of air.
In the small greenhouse, orchids are usually set on benches filled with sand or gravel but raised a little on a wire-mesh covering or on slatted sections made of half-inch redwood strips. Humidity and air circulation around roots are thus provided. If you are growing just a few orchid plants, I can also recommend the simple arrangement of placing the plants on inverted flower pots.
Culture for the various types of orchids differs somewhat but it is surprising how accommodating most of them can be. In fact, once they are established, it is not at all difficult to bring plants to maturity with minimum effort. Most specialists include directions with their plants, and new potting materials have further simplified culture.


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PE34182LF is a SMA male to SMA male cable using PE-SR405AL coax. This Pasternack SMA male to SMA male cable assembly uses a 50 Ohm SMA for connector 1 and a 50 Ohm SMA for connector 2.
Our male SMA to male SMA cable assembly uses a semi-rigid cable type that is 50 Ohm. Pasternack PE34182LF SMA male to SMA male cable assembly is constructed with PE-SR405AL coax.


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Charles Poletti (2 de julho de 1903 - 8 de agosto de 2002) era um advogado e político americano. Ele se tornou o 46º governador de Nova York em dezembro de 1942 e foi o primeiro governador ítalo-americano nos Estados Unidos.

Nascido em Barre, Vermont, filho de imigrantes italianos, Poletti se formou na Barul's Spaulding High School, na Universidade de Harvard e na Harvard Law School, e se tornou advogado na cidade de Nova York. Tornou-se ativo no Partido Democrata e serviu como consultor do Comitê Nacional Democrata, consultor do governador Herbert H. Lehman e juiz do Supremo Tribunal do Estado de Nova York.

Poletti serviu como vice-governador de Nova York de 1939 a 1942. Ele perdeu sua tentativa de reeleição em 1942, assim como o candidato ao governo John J. Bennett. Em dezembro, o Lehman renunciou ao cargo de governador para aceitar um compromisso com o Departamento de Estado dos Estados Unidos; Poletti sucedeu ao governo e serviu o último mês do mandato do Lehman. Depois de deixar o cargo, Poletti serviu na Segunda Guerra Mundial, inicialmente como assistente especial do Secretário de Guerra e, depois, no Exército dos Estados Unidos como oficial de Assuntos Civis responsável por reconstruir e restaurar a democracia na Itália após sua libertação pelos Aliados.

Após a guerra, Poletti exerceu advocacia, serviu como membro da Autoridade de Energia do Estado de Nova York e foi um executivo responsável pelo planejamento e supervisão da execução de exposições estrangeiras na Feira Mundial de Nova York de 1964 . Depois de se aposentar, ele residiu na Flórida e Elizabethtown, Nova York. Ele morreu na Flórida aos 99 anos e foi enterrado em Elizabethtown. Na época de sua morte, ele foi o ex-governador mais antigo do estado dos EUA.

Início da vida e da educação
Aldo Charles Poletti nasceu em Barre, Vermont, filho de Dino Poletti (28 de abril de 1865, Pogno, Itália - 12 de fevereiro de 1922, Barre, Vermont) e Carolina (Gervasini) Poletti. Dino Poletti trabalhou como pedreiro em uma pedreira de granito de Barre.

Poletti pretendia administrar uma padaria depois de se formar na Spaulding High School em 1920,  mas foi incentivado por seu diretor a frequentar a faculdade.  Ele estudou na Universidade de Harvard com uma bolsa de estudos e trabalhou em vários empregos de meio período para financiar seus estudos, incluindo mesas de espera, lavar louça e aulas particulares.  Ele recebeu seu diploma de bacharel em 1924, foi admitido em Phi Beta Kappa e depois estudou na Universidade de Roma , na Universidade de Bolonha e na Universidade de Madri .  Poletti serviu posteriormente no Conselho de Supervisores de Harvard.

Início de carreira
Poletti se formou na Harvard Law School em 1928. Depois de passar no exame, ele se juntou à firma de Nova York de 1924, nomeada pelo Democrata para o presidente John W. Davis .

Em 1928, Poletti participou ativamente da campanha presidencial do governador Alfred E. Smith e, em 1932, tornou-se advogado do Comitê Nacional Democrata .  Além disso, ele foi nomeado para um assento no Conselho Estadual de Bem-Estar Social.

Em 1933, Poletti foi nomeado por recomendação de Felix Frankfurter para aconselhar o governador Herbert H. Lehman .  Lehman confiou fortemente em Poletti, pediu que ele se mudasse para a mansão executiva e atribuiu-lhe tarefas, desde a elaboração de legislação e discursos até lobby pela aprovação das medidas do New Deal preconizadas pelo governo do presidente Franklin Roosevelt .

Em 1937, Lehman nomeou Poletti para uma vaga como juiz da Suprema Corte do Estado de Nova York e, mais tarde naquele ano, foi eleito para um mandato completo de 14 anos.

Eleição como vice-governador e sucessão ao governo
Jean Knox Ellis Poletti, Presidente, Liga das Mulheres Eleitoras do Estado de Nova York, maio de 1938. Renunciou quando seu marido se tornou candidato a vice-governador. Em 1938, Poletti foi eleito vice-governador de Nova York com o Lehman.

Em 1939, Poletti foi eleito para o conselho de administração da Associação Nacional para o Avanço das Pessoas de Cor.  Em 1940, ele jogou fora o primeiro arremesso em um jogo entre os cubanos de Nova York e o New York Black Yankees, abrindo a temporada da Liga Nacional do Negro com um discurso defendendo a integração da Major League Baseball.

Poletti foi candidato à nomeação democrata para governador em novembro de 1942. Quando o procurador-geral do estado John J. Bennett foi selecionado, Poletti aceitou a indicação para a reeleição como vice-governador. Bennett e Poletti foram derrotados por Thomas E. Dewey e Thomas W. Wallace.

Quando o Lehman renunciou ao cargo de governador em 3 de dezembro de 1942, para aceitar a nomeação como Diretor de Operações de Ajuda e Reabilitação Estrangeira do Departamento de Estado dos Estados Unidos, Poletti sucedeu ao governo.  Ele cumpriu 29 dias, o período mais curto de qualquer governador de Nova York.

Depois de deixar o cargo, Poletti foi nomeado assistente especial do Secretário de Guerra Henry L. Stimson. Nesta posição, ele trabalhou para integrar racialmente os militares.

II Guerra Mundial
Em 27 de dezembro de 1942, Poletti transmitiu para o Office of War Information um endereço de rádio no idioma italiano para o povo italiano, exortando-o a "expulsar Hitler e Mussolini".

Em julho de 1943, Poletti foi designado para servir como oficial de assuntos civis do Exército dos EUA na Itália, principalmente porque, como ítalo-americano de primeira geração que estudara na Itália, era fluente em italiano e serviu como governador, ele tinha um entendimento de a cultura local e estatura suficiente para conquistar o respeito do povo siciliano. Inicialmente designado para ajudar na restauração do governo civil em Palermo , ele se tornou responsável pelos esforços de reconstrução em toda a Sicília.

Enquanto os Aliados continuavam a libertar a Itália continental, o comando de Poletti seguiu para restaurar a água e a eletricidade, distribuir comida e água e começar a devolver o país anteriormente fascista à democracia.

Algumas fontes dizem que, enquanto Poletti servia na Sicília, seu motorista e intérprete era o chefe da máfia Vito Genovese , que havia fugido de Nova York na década de 1930 para escapar da acusação por assassinato.  Genovese estava supostamente envolvido em atividades do mercado negro com outros mafiosos da Sicília, incluindo Calogero Vizzini .  Outro chefe da máfia, Lucky Luciano , também é acusado de ter descrito Poletti como "um dos nossos bons amigos".  Poletti sempre disse que não tinha conexão com Genovese, Luciano, a Máfia ou atividades do mercado negro. Em uma entrevista para a BBC TV em 1993, Poletti disse: "Não tivemos nenhum problema com a máfia. Ninguém nunca ouviu falar. Enquanto estávamos lá, ninguém ouviu falar. Ninguém nunca falou sobre isso".  Além disso, as histórias que alegam uma conexão Genovese-Poletti falham em explicar por que Poletti precisaria de um intérprete de língua italiana, dada sua fluência em italiano (incluindo os dialetos siciliano e napolitano), espanhol e alemão como resultado de sua herança, seus estudos universitários, um trabalho em seus vinte anos trabalhando como guia turístico para estudantes universitários que visitam a Europa e suas visitas regulares a sua mãe depois que ela começou a residir na Itália após a morte de seu pai.

Após a Segunda Guerra Mundial
Depois de deixar o Exército como um coronel Poletti se tornou o sócio sênior em uma Manhattan escritório de advocacia, que foi reorganizada como Poletti, Diamante, Rabin, Freidin & MacKay, e mais tarde se tornou conhecido como Poletti, Freidin, Prashker, Feldman e Gartner  De De maio de 1946 a junho de 1947, ele realizou uma nomeação como árbitro designado para resolver disputas trabalhistas na indústria de roupas da cidade de Nova York.

Em 1955, Poletti foi nomeado para a Autoridade de Energia do Estado de Nova York , servindo até 1960, período em que o St. Lawrence Project e o Niagara Project foram construídos.

De 1960 a 1965, ele foi o executivo responsável por exposições estrangeiras na Feira Mundial de Nova York de 1964.

Reforma e morte
Poletti morreu aos 99 anos. Ele deixou sua segunda esposa, Elizabeth, e seus filhos, Charles Poletti, Carla Tidmarsh e Joanna Todisco. Na época de sua morte, ele foi o ex-governador dos Estados Unidos que mais serviu. Ele foi enterrado no cemitério Calkins em Elizabethtown, Nova York.

Prêmios e honrarias
Poletti recebeu a Legião do Mérito por seu serviço na Itália. Em 1945, Poletti recebeu a Ordem de São Gregório Magno do Papa Pio XII.  Além disso, o governo da Itália o nomeou Cavaleiro da Grã-Cruz da Coroa da Itália.  Poletti foi nomeado oficial da Ordem do Império Britânico em 1948. Por seu trabalho na Feira Mundial, Poletti recebeu a Ordem da Estrela da Jordânia .  Ele também recebeu o Grande Oficial da Ordem de Santa Agata de São Marinho. O Charles Poletti Power Project (renomeado em 1982 para homenageá-lo) foi localizado em Astoria, Queens, do outro lado do rio East, em Manhattan, na cidade de Nova York. Em 2002, estava programado para ser fechado e encerrado em fevereiro de 2010.

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Q: Convert a string with function calls to an array I need to convert this function call to a simple array[] but it's not working for some reason.
Here's the fiddle
     var LongCombinedReady = $('#GeoImageLat').val(exifObject.GPSLatitude + "," + "'" + exifObject.GPSLatitudeRef + "'")

 var LatCombinedReady = exifObject.GPSLongitude + "," + "'" + exifObject.GPSLongitudeRef + "'"

     //an attemp to take the values and convert them to an array but it doesn't work.
     var LongCombined = [LongCombinedReady];

     var LatCombined = [LatCombinedReady];

I've commented it all out in the fiddle also here's an image with GeoCoords if you don't have one for testing.
Test Geotag image
Basically I read the images Geotag and then convert the tag from DMS to DD so it can be used for something like Google maps.

A: There are three problems:

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*you are missing an apply in line 49

*you are applying array with one item being a string while function you are applying to expects four parameters

*at line 43 LongCombinedReady is an jQuery object

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Sustainable Restaurant Group
Restaurant and Hospitality
Bamboo Sushi is the first in a series of restaurants from Sustainable Restaurant Group, whose mission as a company is to provide high quality, ethically sourced seafood while also minimizing their carbon footprint and impact upon the environment.
As a restaurant that is dedicated not only to serving delicious sushi but also seeks to set a new standard for sustainability, we strove to create an interactive platform that showcases both their food and the story of their ingredients as they move from ocean to table.
Our goal with this project was to create a design that felt polished, elegant, and high-end with a focus on a non-traditional navigation and rich user experience.
When the homepage first loads, users are greeted by a beautiful, continuously looped animation of waves rippling across the ocean with quick, easy navigation to important information on either side of the page—that information being Bamboo Sushi's menus and where exactly you can get your hands on their food!
Moving downward through the content, we provided for ample space to explore the story of Bamboo Sushi, including their mission, accolades, and partnerships with such esteemed organizations as the Marine Stewardship Council, Green Restaurant Association, and James Beard Foundation.
For this project, we also took a mobile first design approach, given that the majority of users browse the site on mobile devices. This allowed us the opportunity to re-imagine what the mobile experience was going to be like and afford it priority consideration versus traditional methods of digital design, which looks foremost toward desktop usage. The outcome of this approach was that users are able to interact with the site through intuitive swipe gestures while navigating through content on their mobile devices, in addition to using the traditional navigation.
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The new RightSizing feature for our Cloud Management Portal (CMP) provides an analysis of your Azure VMs and determines if the VMs are sized appropriately based on the historical performance metrics that are collected for the VMs.
We support both v1 "classic" Azure Service Manager VMs and newer Azure Resource Manager VMs.
Everything that you do in Microsoft Azure is already in, or will be moving at some point, to the new resource management model called Azure Resource Manager (ARM). ARM exposes a landscape of various APIs that can be used to obtain performance metrics, rate card data, usage data, subscription information, etc. CMP relies on this information to evaluate current VM usage and potential savings that may be realized in the event of a resizing operation. For CMP to be able to obtain this data, its access needs to be properly configured.
CMP portal uses OAuth2 to obtain the required authentication tokens from Microsoft. CMP is known to Microsoft since it has been registered as an Application with Microsoft's Azure Active Directory (AAD).
The Default Azure Directory (also called the Azure Tenant ID), the Azure Offer ID, and the Azure Region are required for the RightSizing configuration and authorization. The onboarding document provides specific details on how to obtain these values.
Once this consent is granted, our CMP Application will be added to your Azure AD tenant, which still does not grant us the required access to your subscriptions. Next we perform a series of OAuth2 requests and obtain a token that allows us to access the same subscriptions that you have access to, on your behalf, and add the CMP App from your Azure AD tenant as a member of the Reader RBAC role on those subscriptions. At that point, we present a confirmation screen and dispose of all tokens. The CMP Application can now authenticate to Azure ARM directly and without any interaction from the user.


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Manuel Eduardo Jorge Piqueras Luna (20 de octubre de 1946) es un doctor en sociología y político peruano.

Biografía
Nació en Lima el 20 de octubre de 1946. Es nieto del arquitecto español Manuel Piqueras Cotolí.

Cursó sus estudios primarios y parte de los secundarios en el Colegio de la Inmaculada de Lima y culminó sus estudios secundarios en el Colegio La Salle en 1963. En 1975 obtuvo el bachillerato en sociología por la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, licenciándose finalmente en 1989. En 1998 obtiene el grado de magíster en sociología por la misma universidad y entre el 2004 y el 2006 el doctorado en sociología por la Universidad Johann Wolfgang Goethe de Fráncfort del Meno.

En 1983 fundó, junto con Francisco Soberón Garrido la Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos - APRODEH.

Fue catedrático de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú entre 1990 y 1991 y también en el Instituto Nacional de Altos Estudios Policiales (1998), la Escuela de Posgrado de la Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal (2002, la Escuela de Posgrado de la Universidad Nacional San Cristóbal de Huamanga (2002 a 2012) y la Escuela de Posgrado de la Universidad César Vallejo (2015). Asimismo, realizó varias pulicaciones en medios nacionales e internacionales y trabajó como asesor de varias entidades públicas a nivel nacional

Labor parlamentaria
En las elecciones generales de 1985 fue elegido diputado por Lima Metropolitana por la Izquierda Unida.

Referencias

Nacidos en Lima
Sociólogos de Perú
Diputados de Perú 1985-1990
Diputados por Lima Metropolitana
Socialistas de Perú
Alumnado de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
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Q: why my iOS app is getting crashed on launching i have built and run an iOS app and it crashed as soon as it got launched with this error in AppDelegate.swift:

Thread 1: Exception: "*** -[__NSArrayM insertObject:atIndex:]: object cannot be nil

Following is the screenshot of code  for reference.

i am not able to identify that error is present  in which part of code so that i can debug it further by applying breakpoint.
Need help in fixing this.
adding segment of code where objects are inserted into the array for reference.
+ (NSArray *)relevantURLSchemes {
  NSMutableArray *result = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
  for (NSBundle *bundle in [[self class] relevantBundles]) {
    NSArray *urlTypes = [bundle objectForInfoDictionaryKey:@"CFBundleURLTypes"];
    for (NSDictionary *urlType in urlTypes) {
      [result addObjectsFromArray:urlType[@"CFBundleURLSchemes"]];
    }
  }
  return result;
}

A: This is because you are trying to insert an null object in array.
You need to check the value before to insert it into an array.
@property (strong, nonatomic) NSMutableArray *arr;

Make sure you have initialze it before use.
_arr = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];

When you are adding an object/value in it you can check that like this.
NSString *strValue = nil;
if (strValue != nil) {
    [self.arr addObject:strValue];
}

When you are inserting in an array be sure about inserting index otherwise you will get array index out of bound error at run time.
EDIT
Before adding data into array you should check for the null.
id schemes = urlType[@"CFBundleURLSchemes"];
if (![schemes isEqual:[NSNull null]] && schemes != nil) {
   [result addObjectsFromArray: schemes];
 }


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The Daily Photography
Saul Leiter, quiet radical
A new exhibition of his photographs shows how his reticence fed his originality
Simon Willis | January 25th 2016
Among the photographs on show in "Saul Leiter", a new exhibition at the Photographers' Gallery in London, are three featuring red umbrellas. In one, from 1955, the umbrella is seen through a snow-dusted car window. In another, from 1951, the umbrella takes up the whole bottom half of the image, a vibrant panel of colour. In the third, from 1958, a woman in a grey dress and dark coat walks down the street, the ground covered with slushy snow, the whitewashed window behind her scrawled with graffiti. At the top is the bright circle of her umbrella obscuring her face and shoulders, angled against the weather.
"Red umbrella", 1958
These pictures encapsulate Leiter's photographic style. New York, the city where he lived and worked until his death in 2013 at the age of 89, is glimpsed through windows, reflected in mirrors or metal surfaces ("Taxi, New York", 1957, top), or partly concealed by shop awnings or iron railings. He composed with colour, often in large, abstract fields like in a painting by Rothko. And the figures in his pictures are often seen only in part: a foot on a seat on the El train, a hazy passerby captured through a doorway blurred by condensation. "Photographs are often treated as important moments," he says in a quotation shown on the wall of the gallery, "but really they are little fragments or souvenirs of an unfinished world."
Leiter was born in Pittsburgh in 1923, and moved to New York to be a painter in the 1940s. There he met the photographer Edward Steichen, and soon he was making his living with his camera. Steichen chose some of Leiter's black-and-white pictures for "The Family of Man", a photo exhibition he curated at MoMA in 1953. But it was as a fashion photographer, working for magazines like Harper's Bazaar and Vogue, that Leiter became best known. His street photography, taken for himself and shot mainly in the neighbourhood where he lived, the East Village, was hardly seen until 2006, when a book of his pictures, "Early Colour", was published by Steidl. It was followed in 2014 by "Early Black and White". These photographs, taken from the 1940s to the 1960s – the same period covered by the show at the Photographers' Gallery – have established him, belatedly, as a pioneer of colour street photography.
"Canopy", 1957
Not that he thought of himself that way. In a documentary about Leiter, "In No Great Hurry" (2013), he is described as a man with "a disdain for self-promotion". The film opens with Leiter reading a newspaper, wearing a rumpled plaid shirt. "I just take pictures…that's not such a great achievement," he says. "What makes anyone think I'm any good? I actually am sometimes very good, but I shouldn't brag about it."
In the new exhibition you can see how his reticence fed his originality. In many of his pictures there's a feeling of hiddenness – of the photographer working in the shadows and peeping out at the world. But it's that viewpoint that gives his work its compositional drama. In "Canopy" (1957), most of the frame is taken up by the dark canvas above a shop window. Only at the bottom, below the canopy's ragged edge, do we see a thin strip of street, a white snow scene with hunched, walking figures. In a set of untitled pictures from the 1970s, there's one of a group of people perched on the back of a tram, as seen through the windscreen from inside a car, letterboxed between the black of the dashboard and the roof.
He brought this distinctive way of looking to his fashion work as well. In pictures taken for Harper's Bazaar in 1958, his model, Carol Brown, is photographed in a purple hat behind what appears to be a window or a pane of glass, blurring her head and overlaying it with gauzy, pale patches reflected in the surface. In another shot, she's wearing a pea-green coat, leaning against a car painted in a shade of teal. Taking up the right half of the picture is some kind of board or panel, also teal, being moved by a workman, whose sleeve, in a blue overall, you can see gripping it. Sure, it's a picture about the coat. But, as in all Leiter's photographs, it's mainly about the colour.
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Javascript concurrency and order-preserving channels. You can consider this a streaming `async.parallel` with concurrency control that returns results __in the correct order__. Or a transform stream that executes multiple "transforms" at once.

This is very similar to other libraries like [batch](https://github.com/visionmedia/batch) and [co-queue](https://github.com/segmentio/co-queue) except:

- You can push jobs and pull data while tasks are in progress
- You don't have to wait until all the callbacks are finished to start reading data
- You don't have to wait until you define all or even any callbacks to begin reading
- Concurrency control (`Infinity` by default)
- Data will always be returned in the correct order
- You can discard data

The general use-case is concatenating files (as the example above).

```js
var chanel = require('chanel')

co(function* () {
  var ch = chanel()
  // only two file descriptors open at a time
  ch.concurrency = 2

  var files = [
    '1.txt',
    '2.txt',
    '3.txt',
    '4.txt',
    '5.txt',
    '6.txt',
  ]

  // create and push the functions or "tasks"
  files.forEach(function (filename) {
    ch.push(function (done) {
      fs.readFile(filename, 'utf8', done)
    })
  })

  while (ch.readable) {
    // write each file to stdout in order
    process.stdout.write(yield ch)
  }

  // exit the process (unnecessary)
  process.exit()
})()
```

or concatenate them all with:

```js
var results = yield ch(true)
var string = results.join('')
```

For this specific example, you're better off using [combine-streams](https://github.com/stream-utils/combine-streams), but there are use-cases where you need to buffer the entire file such as build systems with compilation steps.

## API

### var ch = chanel([options])

- `concurrency` <Infinity> - maximum number of concurrent callbacks
- `discard` <false> - discard the results of the callbacks. Will only throw errors, if any, if `true`.
- `closed` or `open` - by default, the channel is closed, meaning `yield ch(true)` will flush only the remaining callbacks. If opened, `yield ch(true)` will not yield until the channel is closed.

### ch.push(fn)

Push a thunk to the channel. If the thunk returns multiple arguments, it will be sliced into an array (just like co).

### var result = yield ch

Pull the next value in the channel. This waits for the next result in the channel indefinitely whether or not the channel is closed.

If an error was thrown, this function will return that error, and no more additional callbacks will be executed. To continue executing callbacks, just `yield ch` again.

If `ch.discard === false`, errors will be returned in the correct order. Otherwise, errors will be returned ASAP.

Note that this is a function. If you are not using generators, you can do something recursive like:

```js
ch(function next(err, res) {
  if (err) throw err;
  if (res) console.log(res);
  if (ch.readable) ch(next);
  process.exit();
});
```

When using `co` generators, you can just `yield` it.

```js
co(function* () {
  while (ch.readable) console.log(yield ch);
})
```

### var results = yield ch(true)

Waits until all the pending callbacks are completed. I personally call this "flushing the channel". Unless you are discarding data, all the results of the callbacks will be returned as the array `results`.

This is essentially the "give me everything method". Without generators, you can do:

```js
ch(true, function (err, results) {

})
```

### ch.queue

Number of results waiting to be read.

### ch.readable

A boolean to check whether you can `yield* ch.read()`. Otherwise, a `yield* ch.read()` call may never be yielded.

### ch.closed

Whether the channel is closed. `true` by default.

### ch.open()

Opens the channel. When the channel is opened, `yield ch(true)` will not `yield` until the channel is closed.

### ch.close()

Closes the channel.

### yield ch.pushed

If the channel is closed, `yield`s immediately.
If the channel is opened, returns `true` if data has been pushed and returns `false` if the channel has been closed, which means there is no data to read.

If you're using an open channel, you want to wait until `yield ch.pushed` before you start reading the data.

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Sales of newly built, single-family homes fell 7.6 percent in August from an upwardly revised July reading to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 609,000 units, according to newly released data by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau. This marks the second consecutive month that sales have topped a 600,000 annual pace since the Great Recession.
"A low supply of homes, a broadening of the market with additional sales growth in lower price points and rising household formation all point to a growing demand for housing as we move into 2017," said NAHB Chief Economist Robert Dietz.
The inventory of new homes for sale was 235,000 in August, which is a 4.6-month supply at the current sales pace. The median sales price of new houses sold was $284,000.
Regionally, new home sales fell by 34.3 percent in the Northeast, 12.3 percent in the South and 2.4 percent in the Midwest. Sales rose 8 percent in the West.
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North Korea Using Photos of South Korean President for Target Practice
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United Press International (UPI) reports that North Korean soldiers are using pictures of South Korean President Park Geun-hye for target practice. They are putting pictures of her on targets and blasting away, with the "training session" broadcast by the dictatorship's TV station as propaganda. A few other prominent South Korean politicians were also given the target practice treatment.
The North Koreans, never the most friendly or cheerful of neighbors, have invested a great deal of effort in insulting South Korean President Park Geun-hye. Considering what else North Korea is guilty of, criticizing them for rank misogyny seems almost like nitpicking, but they've called her a "bitch," described her as an "animal," insulted her age and appearance, treated her like a peasant girl with no place in government, and said she was mentally defective.
Furthermore, this little display accompanied a military tour of the "Sinchon Museum of American War Atrocities," which is exactly what one would expect, given the name. UPI reports that North Korean troops "held a meeting where they vowed retaliation" after touring the facility.
The backdrop for the target practice footage included a banner reading "Death to U.S. Imperialists," which is presumably supposed to make the point that South Korea's elected leaders are mere puppets of the American empire. The North Koreans apparently believe that empire is in much better shape than, say, Iran does.
Let it not be said that political target practice is a purely one-sided insult on the Korean peninsula. UPI recalls North Korean displeasure over South Korean troops using photos of dictator Kim Jong-un and his father, Kim Jong-il, for target practice in 2011.
In other Korean War memorial festivities, Pyongyang created its own time zone, half an hour behind the one it formerly shared with Japan. The New York Post reports this came as an annoying surprise to South Korea, which was probably one of the reasons North Korea did it.
It is not the first time either Korea has sought to break away from the Japanese time zone, which was extended to cover the Korean peninsula during a historical period the residents do not recall fondly. On the other hand, the NYP wryly notes that North Korea is already isolated enough without taking steps that make it even more difficult for other nations to interact with. Also, they have already made themselves pests by rewriting the calendar to begin again with the birth of North Korea's founder, Kim Il-Sung, making this the year Juche 104 by North Korean count.
Since it would not be a North Korean celebration without a body count, this week, the dictatorship also chose to confirm that the reason Vice-Premier Choe Yong Gon has not been seen around Pyongyang since December is that Kim Jong-un had him executed in May. The late Mr. Choe was a prominent advocate of economic reforms and trade with South Korea. The reforms were seen as a failure, and Kim certainly was not going to take the blame. The method of his execution was not disclosed in the Reuters story about his demise, but not long ago, Kim punished a military officer for falling asleep during meetings by having him blown to pieces with an anti-aircraft gun.
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The latest Paranoid Android 7.3.1 is based on AOSP. It is taking over its previous version 7.3.0. It brings a very important KRACK WPA 2 patch. We have already seen the Blueborne and the latest October 2017 security patch updtes coming towards Paranoid Android. You will notice some launcher improvements, battery optimizations, and much more. New features includes Anti-Shake mode feature on Paranoid Camera, more compatibility with third-party camera apps, and much more. As usual, you will notice some device specific updates which are listed below.
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Home Woman-led Give yourself permission to pause the hustle; injury prompts serial entrepreneur to get grounded
Give yourself permission to pause the hustle; injury prompts serial entrepreneur to get grounded
By: Pete Dulin- July 09, 2022
Photo illustration by Joy Broils
Trauma from a brain injury after an auto accident last fall left Joy Broils downshifting her Type A personality and ambitious drive to a few hours of work each day, the entrepreneur said.
The incident, however, prompted her to slow down and focus on a new startup idea: Hustle & Ground, a monthly subscription box service.
On the go, time to slow
Broils initially found it difficult to switch to a slower-paced lifestyle. She wondered what to do with the other working hours of her day.
"I tried different things to ground, rest, and unwind. It occurred to me how many people that I meet on a daily basis who have a similar approach to life," Broils said.
She's long been devoted to a hustle lifestyle.
Earlier in life, Broils ceased practicing law as a corporate attorney in Atlanta after deciding to stay home with her first child. She launched an online retail business and led a busy life as a mother and entrepreneur. Broils operated that business until her children were school age. Her work life involved leaving one meeting early to attend another meeting, scheduling multiple events with conflicting schedules, and allowing no time to pause.
The recent auto accident created an opportunity to reevaluate and reset her life.
"As I was recovering and going through concussion treatment, I had a clear vision and purpose of what I needed to do," said Broils. "Conversations with close friends and new acquaintances resulted in recurring themes."
She discovered other people like her who needed to slow down, based on feedback from friends, significant others, or doctors, she said. Many people turned to medicine to cope with increased anxiety, stress, feelings of being overwhelmed, burnout from constant activity, hopelessness, and not knowing what to do next.
Be grounded
In response, Broils developed Hustle & Ground as a subscription box and gift boxes containing local products intended to induce balance.
"Each of the products in the Hustle & Ground line either focuses on the hustle side or the ground side of life," she said. "I respect the hustle, the on-the-go approach to life, and I still like to be busy."
Nudging people to adjust their behavior is another intention.
"One of the purposes of Hustle & Ground is to encourage people, who are seeking harmony and ways to unwind, to explore different activities," she said. "By making a few small tweaks, say turning off notifications for a day, a person can see if that tweak makes a difference."
Broils tweaked her personal and professional habits to not resume a full-time hustle lifestyle. She revised her meeting schedule, set her phone to vibrate, and turned off most notifications. Broils checks her email several times a day rather than immediately respond to a notification. She also consciously sets time aside to pause and unwind.
"My health and self-care are always on the top of my mind," Broils said.
Miles Brown of Microline Design helped Broils develop the business name and branding after weeks of brainstorming sessions. She sought to have the business honor both the urge to hustle and the need to be grounded.
"I want people to embrace the on-the-go part of life," Broils said. "The 'Ground' part of the name has multiple meanings – the activities a person does to unwind, rejuvenate, and be present. It also means to get in touch with nature, actually grounding yourself by being in touch with nature."
She advises others to "give yourself permission to step away from technology for a weekend, turn your notifications off on your phone, and don't check your email for the weekend."
"When we were grounded as kids, or when we ground our kids now, it is always seen as a punishment," Broils added. "The result of being grounded is a person who is more present in the moment and someone who finds a new activity to do."
Time to unwind
The Pause subscription box is mailed to subscribers during the second week of the month. Products in the box change monthly and "are carefully curated to help you explore different ways to pause and unwind." Subscribers who sign up before the 25th of the month will receive their first box during the second week of the following month. Every item in the Pause Box is a product from a local Kansas City area small business.
To offset the increasing cost of shipping, Broils is building relationships with local shops, such as new Westport boutique Becoming, to be a pick-up location for the Pause Box. Subscribers may opt to ship the Pause Box to their doorstep or visit a partner boutique to pick up their Box.
Themed gift boxes in development include an employee (or client) appreciation box, a self-care box, and a "Dude" Box. The boxes are available for single orders outside of the subscription model. Broils is also able to curate boxes for special orders.
Hustle & Ground partnered with Maps Coffee and Chocolate to develop a branded line of coffees available through the website. Visitors may also purchase a citrus lavender candle online. Broils plans on launching a tea line this summer.
As an entrepreneur, Broils is committed to working with her community. Earlier this year, Hustle & Ground donated 15 Pause Boxes to teachers in the Kansas City Public School District.
"You need to be active in the community rather than just being in the community," Broils said. "We are just getting started. I look forward to what we can accomplish to give back to our community."
This story is possible thanks to support from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, a private, nonpartisan foundation that works together with communities in education and entrepreneurship to create uncommon solutions and empower people to shape their futures and be successful.
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July 12, 2018 Letters + Opinion » The Week in Weed
Dab Day and the Sacrament
By Thadeus Greenson thad@northcoastjournal.com @ThadeusGreenson
Remember two years ago when, in these very pages, we quoted Emerald Cup founder Tim Blake dismissively noting in a Bloomberg interview that, "Nobody smokes flowers anymore," and that good, old-fashioned joints taste "dirty" in comparison to all the concentrates and extracts flooding the market?
Well, the sentiment is now part of a concentrate movement that is taking over the industry to the point that some feel it requires its own holiday as an alternative to April 20, which has long been celebrated by tokers across the nation. Apparently, the dabbers among us no longer want to be lumped in with their knuckle-dragging, flower-smoking counterparts and have spurred an effort to make July 10 national Dab Day.
If you're scratching your head wondering why July 10, it's because 710 is "OIL" spelled upside down. Seriously.
And the industry is taking note. According to a story on www.greenmarketreport.com, concentrate sales spiked 15 percent on July 10, 2017, versus comparable days and were predicted to spike 25 percent this year with California's newly opened recreational market. Dispensaries have taken note and many offered 710 promotions this year.
Meanwhile, concentrates generally continue to take over a larger share of industry sales, having grown 412 percent over the last four years, according to the report.
Unfortunately, in the Golden State, the holiday hit as many dispensaries are struggling to keep shelves stocked in the wake of the state's July 1 rollout of new laboratory testing requirements.
Eureka may soon have two new pot shops.
The Eureka Planning Commission approved conditional use permits July 9 for a pair of dispensaries proposed for the city's main drag on Fourth Street. Humboldt Patient Resource Center, which has long operated a dispensary in Arcata, is looking to open up in the long-vacant building at the corner of Fourth and F streets that used to house Bank of America. MOCA Humboldt, meanwhile, is looking to open a few blocks away, at the corner of Fourth and C streets.
While the commission's approval is a big step forward for the two projects, both still need to secure cannabis licenses from the city and state before opening their doors, meaning it will likely be a while still before Eureka triples the number of options for folks looking to recreate with the area's largest agricultural export. (Ecocann, located on F Street between Third and Fourth, is currently the only operating dispensary within city limits.)
A couple of years ago, we reported on the formation of the First Church of Cannabis in Indiana, which launched as an unintended consequence and, some would argue, a delicious middle finger toward now Vice President Mike Pence's Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The act was billed as a protection for religious liberties but was widely considered a way to legalize discrimination against members of the LGBTQ community.
But cannabis activists in the cannaphobic state — possession of a joint could get someone a year in the pokey — seized the opportunity to become a protected group under the law and formed the nation's first cannabis church, which boasts tenets like, "Help others when you can," "Do not be a 'troll' on the internet," and "Don't be an asshole."
The church had been puffing along happily for years, using marijuana "as a religious sacrament," but then Marion County Superior Court Judge Sheryl Lynch came along and harshed its mellow with a July 6 ruling that found the church could become "a tempting target for non-believers looking to turn marijuana intended for sacrament into a source for recreational use or illicit trade."
By that logic, communion wine may be next on the chopping block, posing a temptation for altar boys looking to lift the stuff for "recreational use."
The church has promised to appeal Lynch's ruling, according to a report in the Kansas City Star.
Thadeus Greenson is the Journal's news editor. Reach him at 442-1400, extension 321, or thad@northcoastjournal.com. Follow him on Twitter @thadeusgreenson.
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