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Land Rover Classic is continuing the formidable expedition legacy of the original Defender with a limited production of 25 adventure-ready Defender Works V8 Trophy vehicles for an exclusive competition at Eastnor Castle later this year.
Based on the 2012-2016 Defender, the Works V8 has been re-engineered by Land Rover Classic. Its specifications include the 405PS / 515Nm 5.0-litre V8 petrol powertrain, eight-speed ZF automatic transmission, uprated suspension, steering and braking packages, along with a wide range of other upgrades tailored explicitly for off-road use.
The 25 examples of the Defender Works V8 Trophy, comprising a mixture of 90 and 110 Station Wagon body designs, will be exclusively finished in a unique Eastnor Yellow paint colour with matching 16-inch steel wheels. Contrasting Narvik Black paintwork features on the wheel arches, bonnet and rear door. The purpose-built vehicles also receive LED headlamps, a Heritage front grille, unique Land Rover Trophy badging and event participation graphics personalised to each customer.
The Defender Works V8 Trophy is designed to tackle the most demanding endurance challenges. Additional all-terrain kit includes a front winch, multi-point expedition cage, roof rack, underbody protection, A-bar, raised air intake, LED spotlights and mud-terrain tyres.
Inside, it benefits from full black Windsor leather upholstery with Recaro sports seats, contrast yellow stitching and a bespoke Land Rover Trophy clock face by Elliot Brown. Land Rover Classic's own Classic Infotainment System with integrated navigation and mobile device connectivity is also fitted.
Later this year, the V8 Trophy customers will be invited to compete in an exclusive three-day adventure at Eastnor Castle in Herefordshire – the spiritual home of Land Rover all-terrain training, testing and development. This will be the first time customers drive their car.
Dan Pink, Director, Land Rover Classic, said: "The Land Rover Defender has always been more than just a vehicle, its engineering capability and suitability for overland expedition and all-terrain competition means it's renowned with getting away from it all. The new Land Rover Trophy will bring this to life for a new generation of adventurers.
"Experiences are a key part of Land Rover Classic's DNA, and this whole concept comes directly from feedback we've received. Our customers want to create their own stories, battle scars and patina with their Works V8 Trophy vehicles from day one, fuelling campfire chats with like-minded enthusiasts.
"We're looking forward to an exciting and memorable event, full of camaraderie, and continuing the Land Rover Trophy legend for years to come. Seeing the silhouette of these vehicles which you'll instantly know as a Land Rover, traversing the hills at Eastnor, will be a defining moment of the adventure."
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Expert one-to-one tuition will be provided as part of the adventure, giving customers a unique opportunity to develop extreme driving techniques and skills in their own vehicle, before putting their training to the test. Everyone will compete for a range of prizes, including a grand prize for the overall winner – to be announced later this year.
Familiar faces from Land Rover's adventure heritage feature in the Defender Works V8 Trophy launch film, including racing driver, stunt driver and Land Rover ambassador Jessica Hawkins, alongside Camel Trophy participants such as 1989 event winner Bob Ives. A number of these experts will also be on-hand at the Land Rover Trophy to share their knowledge and experiences.
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Theranos trials —
Theranos lab director never entered the lab, resigned over "lack of clarity"
Prosecution dealt setback as judge rules patient can't testify.
Tim De Chant - Nov 5, 2021 5:40 pm UTC
Enlarge / Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos Inc., left, arrives at federal court in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021.
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The prosecution had an up-and-down day in court yesterday during the criminal trial of Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of failed medical diagnostic startup Theranos.
Judge Edward Davila ruled that a witness that the prosecution had flown in from out of state wouldn't be able to take the stand. The onetime Theranos patient identified in court documents as "B.B." was supposed to testify about "suspicious" test results he received in 2015. Holmes' attorneys had filed a motion last week to block his testimony, saying that the test in question, a complete blood count, wasn't included in a list of 25 tests that the government claimed Theranos couldn't consistently or accurately produce results for.
The judge agreed, saying that because the test wasn't included in court documents, Holmes' attorneys wouldn't have time to prepare an adequate defense. Assistant US attorney John Bostic admitted that prosecutors were "confused." They thought that B.B. had taken a test for blood clotting, which was included in court documents. Bostic said the patient was likely to testify about whether he had symptoms related to an elevated platelet count.
"It sounds like the government may have been confused about which tests it was charging," Holmes' attorney Katherine Trefz said. "That is not our fault."
Platelets are important to the clotting process, and while both tests may provide insight into a clotting-related condition, there is a difference between the two. Judge Davila didn't excuse the mistake.
As a result of the error, the prosecution now won't have testimony to support one of the charges of wire fraud, which cited a "telephone call from patient B.B. to Theranos regarding laboratory blood test results." Without that, Holmes still faces nine counts of wire fraud and two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
Lack of transparency
The witnesses who did take the stand yesterday, though, appeared to bolster the government's case. The first was Chris Lucas, whose venture capital firm Black Diamond invested over $2 million in two investments in 2006 and another $5.4 million in December 2013. Lucas' uncle, investor Donald Lucas, was chairman of Theranos' board until 2012.
Lucas was impressed with Holmes. "She was very passionate about the project. Very sincere about what she was trying to do. She worked all the time. It was all Theranos, all the time for Elizabeth." He said he met with her four to five times a year, and in those meetings, he didn't hear any bad news about the company. "There was not a lot of transparency," he said.
$100M Theranos investor did little vetting for fear of upsetting Elizabeth Holmes
Lucas acknowledged during cross-examination by the defense that he hadn't hired a firm to conduct any due diligence, saying that he was following his uncle's philosophy. Investing, he said, wasn't always about the financials, "it's always about the people." He added that his uncle's experience with the company helped shape his decision to invest, as did his own experience with Holmes.
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Q: Spring MVC: Arbitrary indexes have null properties when submitting large lists of objects In my project, I have a form to set permissions to users which has some tables in it. When I submit this form, which has lots of objects inside lists, some properties of some arbitrary indexes of the lists are null when the data reaches the controller.
Every table has a bunch of objects that the admin sets to Visible, Not Visible or Downloadable.
Those tables are filled with lists from backend, and they are stored inside a PermisoList object:
public class PermisoList {

  List<PermisoProductoForm> permisosProducto;
  List<PermisoCarpetaForm> permisosCarpeta;
  List<PermisoTipoDocForm> permisosTipoDoc;
  List<PermisoAgenteClienteForm> permisosAgenteCliente;
  List<PermisoIdiomaForm> permisosIdioma;
  List<PermisoPaisForm> permisosPais;
  List<PermisoEmpresaForm> permisosEmpresa;
  List<PermisoUsuarioProductoForm> permisosUsuarioProducto;
  List<PermisoUsuarioEmpresaForm> permisosUsuarioEmpresa;
  ...
}

Those lists are referenced on frontend inside this form:
<sf:form id="form" action="${action}"   class="form-horizontal" method="post" modelAttribute="permisosList" enctype="multipart/form-data" >

For instance:

        <%=Languages.getString("Idioma")%>
        <%=Languages.getString("Permiso")%>

    <c:forEach items="${permisosList.permisosIdioma}" var="permiso" varStatus="counter">

            <sf:input path="permisosIdioma[${counter.index}].idioma.idIdioma" type="hidden"/>
            <c:out value="${permiso.idioma.nombre}"/>

                <sf:select class="form-control" path="permisosIdioma[${counter.index}].permiso" type="number">
                    <sf:option value="0">
                        <c:out value="No visible" />
                    </sf:option>
                    <sf:option value="1">
                        <c:out value="Visible" />
                    </sf:option>
                    <sf:option value="2">
                        <c:out value="Descarga" />
                    </sf:option>
                </sf:select>

    </c:forEach>

This modelAttribute is sent to the frontend this way:
PermisoList permisosList = new PermisoList(permisosProd, permisosCarp, permisosTipoD, permisosAC, permisosIdioma, permisosPais, permisosEmpresa);
model.addAttribute("permisosList", permisosList);

Everything on frontend works well, but when I submit this lists to the backend, some elements of the lists have null properties. So, some information is lost in the process. Why?
For instance, this is my PermisoIdiomaForm object:
public class PermisoIdiomaForm {

  private Idioma idioma;
  private Integer permiso;
  ...
}

Once the data is submitted, for some indexes, maybe idioma, or its idIdioma or permiso are null. And on another submit, another index (or indexes) have the same issue. Why? And this only happens when there are more than about 200 objects.
I've checked out that everything is OK at the frontend. And, in fact, I've seen that in my developer server (Pivotal TC Server, the default one from STS IDE) it works perfectly. No properties are lost, no info is lost. Everything works OK.
With the same environtment, Tomcat 8 has the issue. So it's a Server problem.
And in production, we have a Tomcat 8 and this problem exists. This Tomcat 8 is in an Ubuntu 14 LTS.
Even Pivotal TC Server has the issue installed on Ubuntu 14 LTS.
What is going on here? Why do I lose information when submitting to backend?
I've tried:

*

*Add initBinder method to the controller and binder.setAutoGrowCollectionLimit(2048);

*Add maxPostSize="-1" maxParameterCount="-1" maxHeaderCount="-1" to the Connector at server.xml.

*Try to use Autopopulatinglist instead of Lists or ArrayLists

Does anyone know anything about this issue? Any idea?
Any help or tip would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

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The warg stopped beneath a tree and sniffed, his grey-brown fur dappled by shadow. A sigh of piney wind brought the man-scent to him, over fainter smells that spoke of fox and hare, seal and stag, even wolf. Those were man-smells too, the warg knew; the stink of old skins, dead and sour, near drowned beneath the stronger scents of smoke and blood and rot. Only man stripped the skins from other beasts and wore their hides and hair.
Wargs have no fear of man, as wolves do. Hate and hunger coiled in his belly, and he gave a low growl, calling to his one-eyed brother, to his small sly sister. As he raced through the trees, his packmates followed hard on his heels. They had caught the scent as well. As he ran, he saw through their eyes too and glimpsed himself ahead. The breath of the pack puffed warm and white from long grey jaws. Ice had frozen between their paws, hard as stone, but the hunt was on now, the prey ahead. Flesh, the warg thought, meat.
A man alone was a feeble thing. Big and strong, with good sharp eyes, but dull of ear and deaf to smells. Deer and elk and even hares were faster, bears and boars fiercer in a fight. But men in packs were dangerous. As the wolves closed on the prey, the warg heard the wailing of a pup, the crust of last night's snow breaking under clumsy man-paws, the rattle of hardskins and the long grey claws men carried.
Swords, a voice inside him whispered, spears.
The trees had grown icy teeth, snarling down from the bare brown branches. One Eye ripped through the undergrowth, spraying snow. His packmates followed. Up a hill and down the slope beyond, until the wood opened before them and the men were there. One was female. The fur-wrapped bundle she clutched was her pup. Leave her for last, the voice whispered, the males are the danger. They were roaring at each other as men did, but the warg could smell their terror. One had a wooden tooth as tall as he was. He flung it, but his hand was shaking and the tooth sailed high.
His one-eyed brother knocked the tooth-thrower back into a snowdrift and tore his throat out as he struggled. His sister slipped behind the other male and took him from the rear. That left the female and her pup for him.
She had a tooth too, a little one made of bone, but she dropped it when the warg's jaws closed around her leg. As she fell, she wrapped both arms around her noisy pup. Underneath her furs the female was just skin and bones, but her dugs were full of milk. The sweetest meat was on the pup. The wolf saved the choicest parts for his brother. All around the carcasses, the frozen snow turned pink and red as the pack filled its bellies.
Abomination. That had always been Haggon's favorite word. Abomination, abomination, abomination. To eat of human meat was abomination, to mate as wolf with wolf was abomination, and to seize the body of another man was the worst abomination of all. Haggon was weak, afraid of his own power. He died weeping and alone when I ripped his second life from him. Varamyr had devoured his heart himself. He taught me much and more, and the last thing I learned from him was the taste of human flesh.
That was as a wolf, though. He had never eaten the meat of men with human teeth. He would not grudge his pack their feast, however. The wolves were as famished as he was, gaunt and cold and hungry, and the prey … two men and a woman, a babe in arms, fleeing from defeat to death. They would have perished soon in any case, from exposure or starvation. This way was better, quicker. A mercy.
"A mercy," he said aloud. His throat was raw, but it felt good to hear a human voice, even his own. The air smelled of mold and damp, the ground was cold and hard, and his fire was giving off more smoke than heat. He moved as close to the flames as he dared, coughing and shivering by turns, his side throbbing where his wound had opened. Blood had soaked his breeches to the knee and dried into a hard brown crust.
Thistle had been the last of his companions, a spearwife tough as an old root, warty, windburnt, and wrinkled. The others had deserted them along the way. One by one they fell behind or forged ahead, making for their old villages, or the Milkwater, or Hardhome, or a lonely death in the woods. Varamyr did not know, and could not care. I should have taken one of them when I had the chance. One of the twins, or the big man with the scarred face, or the youth with the red hair. He had been afraid, though. One of the others might have realized what was happening. Then they would have turned on him and killed him. And Haggon's words had haunted him, and so the chance had passed.
After the battle there had been thousands of them struggling through the forest, hungry, frightened, fleeing the carnage that had descended on them at the Wall. Some had talked of returning to the homes that they'd abandoned, others of mounting a second assault upon the gate, but most were lost, with no notion of where to go or what to do. They had escaped the black-cloaked crows and the knights in their grey steel, but more relentless enemies stalked them now. Every day left more corpses by the trails. Some died of hunger, some of cold, some of sickness. Others were slain by those who had been their brothers-in-arms when they marched south with Mance Rayder, the King-Beyond-the-Wall.
She does not know me, Varamyr realized then, and why should she? Without his beasts he did not look like a great man. I was Varamyr Sixskins, who broke bread with Mance Rayder. He had named himself Varamyr when he was ten. A name fit for a lord, a name for songs, a mighty name, and fearsome. Yet he had run from the crows like a frightened rabbit. The terrible Lord Varamyr had gone craven, but he could not bear that she should know that, so he told the spearwife that his name was Haggon. Afterward he wondered why that name had come to his lips, of all those he might have chosen. I ate his heart and drank his blood, and still he haunts me.
One day, as they fled, a rider came galloping through the woods on a gaunt white horse, shouting that they all should make for the Milkwater, that the Weeper was gathering warriors to cross the Bridge of Skulls and take the Shadow Tower. Many followed him; more did not. Later, a dour warrior in fur and amber went from cookfire to cookfire, urging all the survivors to head north and take refuge in the valley of the Thenns. Why he thought they would be safe there when the Thenns themselves had fled the place Varamyr never learned, but hundreds followed him. Hundreds more went off with the woods witch who'd had a vision of a fleet of ships coming to carry the free folk south. "We must seek the sea," cried Mother Mole, and her followers turned east.
Varamyr might have been amongst them if only he'd been stronger. The sea was grey and cold and far away, though, and he knew that he would never live to see it. He was nine times dead and dying, and this would be his true death. A squirrel-skin cloak, he remembered, he knifed me for a squirrel-skin cloak.
Its owner had been dead, the back of her head smashed into red pulp flecked with bits of bone, but her cloak looked warm and thick. It was snowing, and Varamyr had lost his own cloaks at the Wall. His sleeping pelts and woolen smallclothes, his sheepskin boots and fur-lined gloves, his store of mead and hoarded food, the hanks of hair he took from the women he bedded, even the golden arm rings Mance had given him, all lost and left behind. I burned and I died and then I ran, half-mad with pain and terror. The memory still shamed him, but he had not been alone. Others had run as well, hundreds of them, thousands. The battle was lost. The knights had come, invincible in their steel, killing everyone who stayed to fight. It was run or die.


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Image caption Former Black Rod David Leakey said lots of people were "terrified" of Speaker John Bercow
Commons Speaker John Bercow's behaviour is "unworthy of someone in such public office", an ex-senior Parliament official has said.
David Leakey, who was responsible for keeping order in the House of Lords, told PoliticsHome he had seen "explosive and intemperate behaviour".
The Speaker rejects all the claims levelled by Mr Leakey, a spokesman for Mr Bercow's office said.
It comes as Mr Bercow faces allegations of bullying, which he denies.
Mr Leakey, who served as Black Rod until 2017, told the PoliticsHome website: "His (Mr Bercow's) explosive and intemperate behaviour is legendary, objectionable and unworthy of someone in such public office – conduct which may not stand up to the standards expected in public life.
"There were lots of people who were, frankly, terrified of the Speaker."
He said that there was one occasion when "the red mist suddenly descended" and Mr Bercow erupted into a rage, banging the table and making rude comments.
"It was quite disproportionate and unreasonable by any standards," he said.
A spokesman for Mr Bercow's office said: "John Bercow and David Leakey are two very different people with very different backgrounds, perspectives and ideas.
"They had fundamental disagreements in 2011 and 2012, but interacted adequately after that."
Bercow claims 'concerning', says No 10
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"I know that if he felt that he had done something to someone, that he would be mortified," she said.
"It feels like a frenzy at the moment and that concerns me. Not only in relation to Mr Bercow, but in terms of other MPs, there are times when a frenzy is whipped up around individuals and that is quite concerning in terms of their well-being."
Media captionJohn Bercow is asked in the Commons about bullying allegations against him
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One Direction Harry Styles Is Not Launching A Solo Career
There has been many rumours that One Direction would split up next year with the news that Harry Styles wants to have a solo career, however, In2town can confirm that One Direction are not splitting up as they have just signed a multi million pound record deal with Simon Cowell.
Fans have been worried about the band splitting up next with recent stories that Harry Styles wanted to go solo but thanks to Simon Cowell who wanted to keep the band together, One Direction will not be splitting up until at least the end of 2016.
"Simon Cowell knows when he is onto a winner, there was no chance he was going to risk the band splitting up, so he offered them a new contract", a source close to Syco told In2town Lifestyle News.
The X Factor boss was concerned with the rumours and wanted to make sure the biggest band he has ever had on his books would stick around, so he offered them a multi million pound record deal to stay together way after 2015.
Thanks to Simon Cowell, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne and Niall Horan have become very rich boys and now with the new £10 million record deal, the boys will get even richer.
One Direction will be putting out another three albums under the new record deal which will keep fans very happy, in between the albums there will be more tours that will rake in even more money for the boys.
Lets just hope with the new money in the bank for the boys that Harry Styles does not run off to the casino again to waste his money.
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Trees are important to the environment. They make a place look beautiful and alive, not to mention being a home to most small animals and insects. However, trees sometimes pose a danger if they get damaged or if their roots threaten the foundation of a structure. You may decide to remove the tree yourself, but it is always advisable to hire a tree removal service.
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Removing a tree all by yourself poses lots of dangers. There could be poisonous animals or insects on the tree that could harm you. The tree could also be too heavy and crush you since you may not have the proper equipment for the removal. Hiring the tree removal service ensures you avoid these dangers entirely.
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A Vast Array of Beauty: The Accomplishments of the Father of American Ornamental Breeding, Luther Burbank
Neil O. Anderson and Richard T. Olsen
by Burbank to achieve his world status as the Father of American Ornamental Breeding. Table 1. A vast array of beauty: ornamental flower crops from Abutilon to Zinnia (common, scientific, and cultivar names) bred by Luther Burbank, year introduced
In HortScience Volume 50 (2015): Issue 2 (Feb 2015)
Update on the Ornamental Breeding Program at the University of New Hampshire
Rosanna Freyre
The Ornamental Breeding Program at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) was initiated in 1998, aiming to develop new or improved vegetatively propagated cultivars. Initially, breeding focused on Anagallis monelli (Pimpernel). At the time, only one blue and one orange cultivar (`Skylover Blue' and `Sunrise') were grown commercially. Main breeding goals were to develop plants with more compact habit and earlier flowering in the spring. In 2002, the first two UNH cultivars were released as Proven Selections™: Anagallis`Wildcat Blue' and `Wildcat Orange'. We have also developed breeding lines with new pink, violet, lilac, and white flower colors that are currently in industry trials. Studies on genetics, biochemistry, and anatomy of flower color in A. monelli have been performed and molecular studies are in progress. Breeding of Nolana and Browallia started in 2000 and UNH lines are currently in industry trials. Nolana is comprised of over 80 species native to desert areas of Peru and Chile. Only two cultivars, N. paradoxa`Bluebird' and `Snowbird', and interspecific hybrid `Blue Eyes' are currently commercially available. We now have several Nolana species at UNH representing a wide germplasm base. Based on ornamental potential, some species have been selected for breeding, aiming to develop sterile interspecific hybrids. Studies to break seed dormancy to optimize germination rates are in progress, as well as research on floral development, which is being conducted in collaboration with Peruvian researchers. Interspecific hybridizations have been used in Browallia to develop breeding lines with new or improved traits than those available from seed cultivars.
In HortScience Volume 40 (2005): Issue 4 (Jul 2005)
Cross-compatibility in Intraspecific and Interspecific Hybridization within Lychnis and Intergeneric Hybridization between Lychnis and Silene
Li Jiang, Yun-wen Wang and Bruce L. Dunn
. wilfordii , yet the profuse flowering makes it a potential parent for ornamental breeding through embryo rescue. Breeding potentials. The common name of the family Caryophyllaceae is carnation family or pink family; however, pink color is not a prevailing
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'Miss Frances', 'Miss Gail', and 'Miss Sandra' Crape myrtles
Cecil T. Pounders and Hamidou F. Sakhanokho
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USDA-ARS Multicolored Ornamental Festuca Grass Cultivars "Freedom Fire" 'Francy', 'Vida', 'Heidi', and 'Kim' for Low-input Applications in Semiarid Environments
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'Mimi' Sweet Pea for Forcing Culture
Kaoru Nakamura, Hirotoshi Hino, Sadao Gunji, Norio Hattanda, Toshio Murata, Hiroshi Tominaga, Koichi Fukumoto and Ryo Akashi
'Mimi' sweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus L.) is a new cultivar in Japan, released by the Miyazaki Agricultural Research Institute. Sweet pea is grown by forcing culture in Japan for cut flower production. As a cut flower, sweet pea is very popular and is marketed from November to April. 'Mimi' produces 145% more marketable flowers than the main pink cultivar, Super Rose. 'Mimi' also has several desirable qualities as a cut flower. The flower color is strong pink. It is as brilliant under fluorescent lights indoors as it is in the field.
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OTCBTC is focused on building an efficient cryptocurrency exchange platform, and is currently the largest OTC exchange in Asia.
OTC stands for Over-the-Counter. In simpler terms, OTC offers services similar to eBay for Crypto.
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Game of Thrones is going to continue even after 2019- Find out how
Game of Thrones, the Series which has millions of fans all over the world. It is already known that the series will have its final season by 2019, which is a depressing thing for many GOT fans.
But as a very happy news for all fans, HBO announced that the channel is going to telecast a prequel of Game of thrones in near future.
According to CNN, HBO ordered a pilot for a possible prequel of this world famous TV series. The new project, comes from Game of thrones author George R.R. Martin and British screenwriter and producer Jane Goldman.
The pilot is going to takes place thousands of years before the Game of thrones. The storyline is about how Westeros formed and how whitewalkers came into existence.
HBO has added the log line about the prequel, "from the horrifying secrets of Westeros's history to the true origin of the white walkers, the mysteries of the East to the Starks of legend... it's not the story we think we know."
Several ideas were discussed to keep the series alive and now the prequel seems to be the most favorable one.
Then what! Game of thrones fans, celebrate and wait for the upcoming new series.
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Earlier this summer, America's Career Resource Network Association (ACRNA) commissioned a paper that synthesized the existing research on the effectiveness of career information and comprehensive career counseling. I am pleased to announce that "The Education, Social, and Economic Value of Informed and Considered Career Decisions" has been completed. (Click here for the ACRNA Executive Summary ).
America's Career Resource Network (ACRN ) directly support these efforts. ACRN is the Department of Education's implementation of Section 118 Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 Reauthorization(P.L. 105-332). ACRN provides critical education and career development information and resources to assist youth and adults in making informed career decisions for the purpose of identifying postsecondary education opportunities, securing meaningful employment, and making successful life choices.
The full report can be found on our website. I hope that you find this research useful and informative. If you have questions about the paper, specific ideas about the best ways to use this research, or additional areas that we should consider in our next research effort, please do not hesitate to contact me.


Not connected by direct flight in spite of high demand of German tourists for Dubrovnik and Adriatic coast.
In 2007 there were five frequencies weekly on the Budapest route. During 2008 all of these were cancelled in spite of a higher demand on this route.
No direct flights in summer season, but there are permanent requests by potential travellers.
Northern Germany is not covered by an air services in spite high tourist demand for Dubrovnik and Adriatic region.
Only ad hoc charters available. Visitors from Istanbul arrive in Dubrovnik using transfer flights via several destinations - both expensive and time consuming.
Figures show that there are a large number of Portuguese visitors. Since there is no direct connection, they use indirect flights to reach the region.
Slovenians are ranked very high on the list of visitors of Dubrovnik according to figures submitted by Dubrovnik Tourist Board, but with no air service, the only option is to arrive by road.
More than 3,000 passengers travelled to Dubrovnik from New York in 2008. In the 1980s there was daily direct service and this has not resumed despite demand evidence.
No direct air connection available in spite of increased number of tourists from these regions. Use of cars in spite of long distance.
Many charter flights operate in summer season. According to passenger figures, there is high demand for morning direct flights. These passengers use time-consuming intermediate airports to reach Paris.
No connection between these two historical cities. Visitors arrive by road instead.
No connection between the two historical cities, in spite of tourist demand.
No direct air connection available in spite of great number of visitors from Poland. Use of cars in spite of long distances.
Dubrovnik - a UNESCO World Heritage site, a resort of stunning beauty and value - soon to be served by superb new airport infrastructure.
Dubrovnik city is a true pearl and is recognised on the UNESCO World Heritage List. To its visitors Dubrovnik offers breathtaking beauty intermingled with stunning cultural, sports and entertainment facilities. The superb Mediterranean climate, excellent cuisine, warm hospitality, and a crystal sea sprinkled with 1,100 islands, guarantees many return visits from the travellers who love this region.
A 3,300m runway - the longest in Croatia - makes it possible for handling large jets. In the 1980s there was daily direct New York service which has not been resumed despite demand evidence.
Dubrovnik Airport enables easy access to the region providing a 3,300m runway – the longest in Croatia – making it suitable for handling even the largest aircraft.
Dubrovnik Airport offers an airport charges incentive programme for airlines interested in taking up new routes, additional frequencies, or year-round traffic. Besides financial support, the airport offers assisted advertising as well.
The direct catchment area of the Dubrovnik Airport (within a range of 100 km) includes the southern territory of Croatia, southern parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and eastern parts of the Montenegro.
Contact route development specialist for further information.
The new terminal in 2011 will allow for a doubling of the current 1m throughput.
Dubrovnik Airport is located only 20 km from the centre of Dubrovnik.
Dubrovnik Airport is served by the local bus services, taxis as well as car rental companies.
In 2005, the airport started its most ambitious-ever reconstruction project: 'Dubrovnik Airport for +2 million passengers'.


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SILA – SKILLFUL-MEANINGFUL BEHAVIOUR/ETHICS
Our natural state is empty, open, aware, vast, cognizant luminosity, spontaneous freedom, stable calm, active compassion and contended joy.
As we unfold this natural state in our lives we need to guard ourselves from our unskillful habits, patterns and tendencies. The most fundamentally basic way to do that is to be aware of and keep a watchful eye on our thoughts, words and deeds knowing well how we are still bound by karma.
The great Tibetan Guru Padmasambhava said,
"Though the view should be as vast as the sky, keep your conduct as fine as barley flour."
And Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche commenting on the above saying,
"When training in the view you can be as unbiased, as impartial, as vast, immense and unlimited as the sky. Your behaviour on the other hand, should be as careful as possible in discriminating what is beneficial or harmful. One can combine the view and conduct, but don't mix them or lose one in the other."
And Zen Master Thich Thien-An said,
"Even Enlightened Ones do not act contrary to the laws which they have transcended; how much more do these laws apply to the unenlightened."
How can we expect to achieve awakening if we are living unethical and unskillful lives? If the great masters of the past kept a watchful eye on their own behaviour and they were enlightened what makes us think that we shouldn't do the same?
Sila (ethics) can be seen as paying attention to our life in such a way that we are living it wisely so that we may be free from remorse and blame. And how we do that is by being mindful of our behaviour. We let go of unwholesome behaviour and cultivate wholesome behaviour.
The Essence of the Buddha's Teaching
"Commit not a single unwholesome act.
Develop a wealth of virtue.
Tame, transform, and conquer this mind of ours.
This is the essence of the teachings of the Buddhas.
Peace. Compassion. Wisdom."
Our Inherent Power – We Are What We Think
The Buddha reminded us that there is an inherent power within us. A power to help or to harm. He said,
"We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world. Speak or act with an impure mind and trouble will follow you as the wheel follows the ox that draws the cart.
We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world. Speak or act with a pure mind and happiness will follow you as your shadow, unshakable." (
From the Dhammapada translated by Thomas Byrom)
We all can see that when our thoughts, words and deeds are loving and kind our lives take on a special kind of glow. We can also see when our thoughts, words and deeds are harsh and unkind our lives become dark and grey.
Hellish Habit Energy
Our daily habits build deep grooves for our energy to flow through. Most of us have dug deep grooves of unskillful and selfish habit energy. This habit energy is inherited from our families, our countries, our societies, our communities, our culture, from the media, from our friends and from our tendencies to believe that we're separated from all of life so we need to fight for and cling to what we believe to ours.
These energies push us to perpetuate a pattern of pain. A pattern that most of us never really see but which rules our thoughts, words, and actions.
Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh shared a story about habit energy involving one of the Buddha's previous lives,
The Buddha, in one of his former lives, was in Hell. Before he became a Buddha he had suffered a lot in many lives. He made a lot of mistakes, like all of us. He made himself suffer, and he made people around him suffer. Sometimes he made very big mistakes, and that is why in one of his previous lives he was in Hell.
The Buddha was in Hell because he had done something wrong, extremely wrong, that caused a lot of suffering to himself and to others. That is why he found himself in Hell. In that life of his, he hit the bottom of suffering, because that Hell was the worst of all Hells. It was dark, it was cold, and at the same time it was very hot.
With him there was another man, and together they had to work very hard, under the direction of a soldier who was in charge of Hell.
The guard did not seem to have a heart. It did not seem that he knew anything about suffering. He did not know anything about the feelings of other people, so he just beat up the two men in Hell. He was in charge of the two men, and his task was to make them suffer as much as possible.
I think that guard also suffered a lot. It looked like he didn't have any compassion within him. It looked like he didn't have any love in his heart. It looked like he did not have a heart. When looking at him, when listening to him, it did not seem that one could contact a human being, because he was so brutal. He was not sensitive to people's suffering and pain. That is why he was beating the two men in Hell, and making them suffer a lot. And the Buddha was one of these two men in one of his previous lives.
The guard had an instrument with three iron points, and every time he wanted the two men to go ahead, he used this to push them on the back, and of course blood came out of their backs.
He did not allow them to relax; he was always pushing and pushing and pushing. He himself also looked like he was being pushed by something behind him.
Have you ever felt that kind of pushing behind your back?
Even if there was no one behind you, you have felt that you were being pushed and pushed to do things you don't like to do, and to say the things you don't like to say, and in doing that you created a lot of suffering for yourself and the people around you.
Maybe there is something behind us that is pushing and pushing.
Sometimes we say horrible things, and do horrible things, that we did not want to say or do, yet we were pushed by something from behind. So we said it, and we did it, even if we didn't want to do it.
That was what happened to the guard in Hell: he tried to push, because he was being pushed. He caused a lot of damage to the two men. The two men were very cold, very hungry, and he was always pushing and beating them and causing them a lot of problems.
To help us along the path we need some guiding principles to help us break free of the mental, emotional and physical patterns that lead to us thinking, speaking and acting in unskillful ways. We need help navigating the troublesome spots of life so that we can live it nobly – like an awakened daughter or son of the Buddha. We need help to break free of the hellish habit energies that push us to cause suffering to others and ourselves.
The Five Precepts or Mindfulness Trainings help us to do that.
The Theravadin teacher Ajahn Amaro said that,
"What you find in the Buddha's approach towards sila, or virtue, is that it is not an imposition upon life – as if he were thinking, "All religions are about telling people that they can't have fun, so I suppose mine will have to be that way too." His approach was neither an effort to put the dampers on everything people find enjoyable, nor was it a gratuitous imposition of rules upon people.
But my experience of it (and what initially attracted me to the Teaching) was that it was a simple effort to pinpoint the areas of life where we get ourselves into trouble most easily, where life is most karmically loaded; so it's more like pointing out the danger spots and encouraging us to be careful.
The Buddha wasn't saying that something is inherently bad or wrong, but that if we don't develop some kind of sensitivity to these difficult areas of our lives, if we don't look out for trouble spots and problems, it's like driving with your eyes closed, or like driving without brakes."
Many people who are committed to the way of awakening take on the precepts as a way to help guide them as they set out on their journey to having a more wholesome and beneficial life.
The precepts are simple. If you want to live an awakened life:
Please, please don't kill
Please, please don't steal
Please, please don't abuse sex
Please, please don't lie
Please, please don't take anything that will dull or fog up your mind
The precepts are not rules or commandments but can be seen as principles of training.
The Thai Monk Thanissaro Bhikkhu had this to say about Sila (ethical training),
"When our actions don't measure up to certain standards of behaviour, we either
(1) regret the actions or (2) engage in one of two kinds of denial, either (a) denying that our actions did in fact happen or (b) denying that the standards of measurement are really valid.
These reactions are like wounds in the mind. Regret is an open wound, tender to the touch, while denial is like hardened, twisted scar tissue around a tender spot.
When the mind is wounded in these ways, it can't settle down comfortably in the present, for it finds itself resting on raw, exposed flesh or calcified knots. Even when it's forced to stay in the present, it's there only in a tensed, contorted and partial way, and so the insights it gains tend to be contorted and partial as well.
Only if the mind is free of wounds and scars can it be expected to settle down comfortably and freely in the present, and to give rise to undistorted discernment.
This is where the five precepts come in: They are designed to heal these wounds and scars.
Healthy self-esteem comes from living up to a set of standards that are practical, clear-cut, humane, and worthy of respect; the five precepts are formulated in such a way that they provide just such a set of standards."
Ananda the Buddha's cousin and attendant for his whole life once asked him, "What, O Venerable One, is the reward and blessing of wholesome morality (sila)?"
The Buddha replied, "Freedom from remorse, Ananda."
But that wasn't all, having a solid foundation of Sila in your life would not only make you free from remorse, it would lead to joy, rapture, contentment, true authentic happiness, and then finally Samadhi and Wisdom. We started with Sila and ended up with Samadhi and Wisdom.
Ethics is an Inner Practice
Nick Seaver Co-Founder and Board Member of the Community Mindfulness Project, went through a profound transformation as he and his wife embarked on a journey of awakening that had them both do extended retreats separately for long periods of time.
"Ethics is inner practice, and, magically, this practice acts like a balm. It soothes the mind. You're still more or less crazy, but it's a few degrees easier to practice now. In fact, the first of the three steps towards a successful practice – before you even hit the meditation cushion – is sila, ethics. Not ethics because someone said you should. Ethics because living by ethical intention sets the condition that allows the cultivation of an exceptionally stable mind which can then be turned, like an electron microsope, inward."
The Five Blessings of Those Who Live a Virtuous and Awakened Life
The Buddha said that there are five blessings that build up for lay practitioners who live virtuous and awakened lives,
"Five blessings, householders, accrue to the righteous person through their practice of virtue:
1) great increase of wealth through their diligence
2) a favorable reputation
3) a confident demeanor, without timidity, in every society, be it that of nobles, brahmans, householders, or ascetics
4) a serene death
5) and, at the breaking up of the body after death, rebirth in a happy state, in a heavenly world."
— DN 16 Maha-parinibbana Sutta: Last Days of the Buddha
We need Sila. We need to come back to living noble, upright, virtuous and awakened lives. The precepts help us along the way toward our goal of full complete awakening for the benefit of all beings. They help us to stop creating suffering in our lives and generating Karma that will hinder us in our progress. They free us from remorse and help us sleep easy at night which then helps our turbulent minds begin to stop raging because we know that we are doing our best to live an awakened life.
Tradition Version of the Precepts
I vow to abstain from taking life.
I vow to abstain from taking things not given.
I vow to abstain from misconduct done in lust.
I vow to abstain from lying.
I vow to abstain from intoxicants taken to induce heedlessness.
MODERN PRECEPTS
(To be said and practiced daily)
I undertake the training to abstain from taking life and I am committed to cultivating the insight of interbeing and compassion.
Just for today I will have reverence for life. I will do my best to be mindful of those moments where my mind may be swayed toward violence, dualistic thinking and seeing the world and other people as separate from me. I will cultivate openness, non-attachment and see my interconnectedness to all that is. I will be a healing balm to others, a helpful friend and do my best to abstain from harmful activities especially those that take life.
I undertake the training to abstain from taking things not given and I am committed to practicing generosity in my thoughts, words, and deeds.
Just for today I will be generous, giving and open in all that I do. I will trust that all I need will be given to me. I will remember that true authentic happiness cannot be found external to me. I will be vigilant in my efforts to not be wasteful, to not use resources beyond my needs and to see and know that consumption must be joined with compassionate wisdom. I will be mindful of those moments when I'm overcome with craving and selfishness and do my best to refrain from taking what is not given.
I undertake the training to abstain from unskillful behaviour done in lust and I am committed to cultivating responsibility and learning ways to protect the safety and integrity of individuals, couples, families, and society and to do what I can to foster togetherness and meaningful connections.
Just for today I will be still, live simply and find contentment in every moment. I will cherish and build meaningful connections with everyone I meet. I will strive to protect all people and use my energy wisely to help people heal, grow and awaken. I will be mindful of those times when I may be overcome by the energy of lustful desire and neurotic craving which may lead me to harm others and myself and I will avoid following through with any thoughts, words and deeds that may be fueled with that energy. Instead I will use my energy to be a benefit to all beings.
I undertake the training to abstain from lying and I am committed to cultivating loving speech and compassionate listening toward others and myself.
Just for today I will use words that are truthful, kind, beneficial, endearing and agreeable to others. I will speak words worth treasuring, seasonable, reasonable, and connected with the goal of Dharma and awakening. I will speak words that are soothing to the ear, that are affectionate, that go to the heart, that are polite, appealing and pleasing to people at large, reconciling those who have broken apart or cementing those who are united. I will be silent when I need to be. I will be aware of and avoid idle chatter, abusive speech and saying things that are untruthful or that make me appear greater than I am.
I undertake the training to abstain from intoxicants taken to induce heedlessness and I am committed to cultivating good health, both physically, emotionally and mentally, for myself, my family, and my society.
Just for today I will rest in the radiance of my calm and clear mind. I will awaken from moment to moment. I will be mindful of those things that I read, watch and consume so as to not be swayed into heedless behaviour that may cause harm to myself and others due to being lost in a clouded mind.
Tags Awakening to your life's purpose, Buddha, suffering
By Ian Marshall
Ian Paul Marshall has been initiated by the Dalai Lama, is trained in Zen as transmitted through the teachings of the Venerable Dr. Thich Thien-An and Seung Sahn Dae Jong Sa and is the founder of Awakened.ca based out of Toronto, Canada.
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A county judge in Texas threatened to cut the budget for law enforcement if the sheriff didn't stop tweeting.
Williamson County, TX – A judge had been charged with a misdemeanor after he threatened the county's law enforcement budget if the sheriff didn't stop tweeting.
As county judge, 76-year-old Dan Gattis has been the chief executive officer of Williamson County since 2007, KXAN reported.
Williamson County Sheriff Robert Chody was voted into office 18 months ago and has since built a Twitter following of more than 10,000 people by tweeting about road closures and high-profile arrests.
Sheriff Chody has also shared pictures of deputies and police K9s, at work and at play, the Austin American-Statesman reported.
But officials said some of the sheriff's more recent tweets about the management of county government offended Gattis, and as a result, he threatened to strip funding from the sheriff's office.
Sheriff Chody recently tweeted about a raw sewage leak that had gone unrepaired between the jail and the court building.
The sheriff has butted heads with the Commissioners Court over the sheriff's department's budget in the past.
Deputy Ryle told the commissioners that the department was understaffed and asked for $140,000 in overtime pay for deputies in July of 2017, but the commissioners only granted the department $60,000, the Austin American-Statesman reported.
Sheriff Chody told KXAN the comments were an infringement of his right to free speech but "more importantly, he's talking about the Williamson County Sheriff's Office."
"We're at a dire need to properly fund and properly staff [our department]," the sheriff said.
He said the judge's threat on threw the entire game plan for the sheriff's department's budget into chaos.
"It concerns me because now I wonder, 'Is this something he's going to try to sabotage behind the scenes?" Sheriff Chody asked KXAN.
"For the past year and a half, I've been more transparent than Williamson County has ever been as far as the sheriff's office," the sheriff said. "They know about my family life, they know about our K9s, they know about the lives that officers are saving inside the jail when inmates are trying to harm themselves... We're humanizing the badge."
"For the CEO of this county to tell me to stop tweeting because he doesn't like a negative comment — or what he perceives as a negative comment — is out of line, and against the law, as he said it," Sheriff Chody told KXAX, saying he was shocked by the threat.
On Wednesday, law enforcement officials issued a summons for Gattis to appear in state District Court, in lieu of being arrested, to face a misdemeanor official oppression charge, the Austin American-Statesman reported.
The charge could potentially carry a $4,000 fine and up to a year in jail if the judge is found guilty.
Gattis, who has been county judge for 11 years, will be retiring at the end of his term, the Austin American-Statesman reported.
It's funny how old time judges think they can do and say what they want and thinks people should kiss their a@& if they bark! I just hope they make and example out of this Judge. Great job Sheriff! Keep up the great job you are doing.
Now that's a sheriff I could work for.


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Culture Shock in Hungary
With its mix of Hungarian and European cultures, as well as a cosmopolitan feel in the big cities, expats will most likely experience little culture shock in Hungary. The key cultural differences that expats come across tend to be the cuisine and language.
Hungary has a unique culture and history. The population is largely homogenous and mostly made up of native Hungarians. Of the minority groups, Roma and Germans are the largest. Christianity is the predominant religion, but Hungary also has a significant Jewish population – Budapest is home to Europe's largest synagogue. Hungarians are generally friendly people who enjoy socialising and sharing their country and culture with visitors.
Meeting and greeting in Hungary
Handshakes are a common way of greeting in Hungary. Eye contact is important and should be maintained during handshakes; avoiding eye contact may be interpreted as being evasive or having something to hide. When greeting a woman, male expats should wait for her to initiate the handshake. Meanwhile, close friends may greet one another with a kiss on each cheek.
Language barrier in Hungary
Hungarian, or Magyar, is the official language in Hungary. It is spoken throughout the country and is the language used on signs and notices. Although it may help to memorise a few key phrases, Hungarian is a notoriously difficult language to learn and expats will largely be forgiven for not being able to speak it.
English is also spoken in parts of Hungary, especially in large cities such as Budapest, as well as popular tourist regions such as the Danube Bend and Lake Balaton. English is an essential language for doing business in Hungary and, as such, expats working in Hungary should have no trouble communicating in a business setting.
Relationships and communication in Hungary
The Hungarian communication style is direct, and it's not unusual for Hungarians to ask very personal questions and share intimate details about themselves. This may be something expats aren't used to, but it is in no way meant to offend, and is rather considered a part of getting to know one another.
Family is the centre of social structures in Hungary. Family members look after one another, and it's not uncommon for extended families to all stay together. Women and elders are highly respected in Hungary.
Food in Hungary
Hungarian food is quite distinct and has particular tastes. Hungarians are well-known for their hearty meals, the most popular of which is goulash, a thick soup made with meat, vegetables and paprika. Some expats may find the use of paprika (not hot, just spicy) difficult to stomach. Western foods are available in supermarkets and restaurants, especially in Budapest. Nonetheless, most expats will find they take to Hungarian cuisine pretty quickly.
Coffee culture is incredibly popular in Budapest. Hungarians also enjoy drinking alcohol, with beer-drinking being a favourite pastime. Hungarian wines have also gained prominence recently, something that locals are quite proud of.
Folk culture and the arts in Hungary
From Roman ruins to Turkish baths and Gothic churches, Hungary's architecture is a unique blend of the different nations that have occupied the country over the centuries. Budapest, sitting on either side of the Danube River, is often cited as the most beautiful city in Europe, and there is plenty in terms of arts and cultural activities to keep expats occupied.
Hungarians are immensely proud of their culture, and the country has a rich folk tradition, with dancing, music and decorative arts, such as colourful embroidery and pottery.
►For a breakdown of what to expect to pay for basic goods and services in Hungary, see Cost of Living in Hungary
►For more on social and business etiquette in Hungary, see Doing Business in Hungary
"The language is a big adjustment. My Hungarian is decent but some situations go over my head. Years ago, when I first visited Hungary, a lot of things came as a surprise: how much people smoke, the low salaries and food like kocsonya (aspic), which is a meat-stock jelly. I was 21 the first time I visited and, coming from California, Hungary felt like a different planet. Now I'm 33, I've travelled much more and have spent a lot of time in Hungary. Most things that initially shocked me seem pretty normal now." Read more about Irish-American expat Colm Fitzgerald's experiences in Hungary.
Are you an expat living in Hungary?
Expat Arrivals is looking for locals to contribute to this guide, and answer forum questions from others planning their move to Hungary. Please contact us if you'd like to contribute.


Vintage 1980's Blue Art Glass Cabochon Chain Belt: Fabulous double chain belt featuring 1" long cabochons of speckled sky blue art glass. The belt has large oval gold tone links with a pebbled texture. The belt has a hook closure and is 35" long. The belt is in excellent condition. There is no signature that I can find. A really fun to wear piece!
Vintage Black Mesh Snake Belt with Rhinestones Signed: Adorable vintage black mesh snake belt measuring a total of 41" in length but adjustable to 40". The feminine serpent has a cute bow around her neck with a heart hang tag that says BG with an unreadable signature on the other side. Her head and eyes are sparkling black rhinestones. She is in wonderful condition, with slight wear to the bow and a few slightly flattened spots to the mesh where the belt was previously clipped.
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Wiesner Trickettes Blue and Clear Rhinestone Folding Photo Album: This jeweled folding photo album from Wiesner Trickettes features a glittering lid set with a border large baby blue baguette rhinestones and the center totally stoned with clear rhinestones, each prong set and brilliant. The brass case unfolds into four sections, two of which retain the original photo ring and plastic insert. There is light normal age wear to the brass which I have not polished. The original sticker with Trickettes by Wiesner is still on the back. Each section measures 2 3/4 by 2 3/8".
Vintage Shooting Star Rhinestone Hair Barrette: This glorious vintage hair barrette features a shooting star design crafted in clear rhinestones in silver tone metal. The star has teardrop shaped clear rhinestones with a chaton center. Three star trails shoot out from the star and end in a large teardrop. All of the rhinestones are individually prong set with tons of sparkle. The barrette is large, measuring 4 by 1" and is unsigned. Perfect fot the vintage bride, a holiday party or any occasion where you need some serious bling!


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With advances in club technology, most golfers could easily hit the ball further and more accurately. Yet, a Golf Magazine study found that 90% of U.S. golfers may be playing with improperly fit clubs. A Golf Digest study found that 8 out of 9 Club Champion custom fit golfers lowered their score by as much as 6 strokes per round and added an average of 21 yards off the tee.
Club Champion is the country's premier club fitter, builder, and retailer of the best brands in golf. The company delivers a Tour-quality fitting that produces longer, more accurate shots, with a nearly 100% satisfaction rate. Their approach is unbiased; no specific vendor is promoted. The only goal, for any skill level player, is to find the best combination of head, shaft and grip components to lower a golfer's scores.
Ranked by Golf Digest among the 100 best club fitters nine years in a row, Club Champion's unique coupling system allows them to combine any head and shaft together, so golfers can hit the precise combination to be custom built for them. Most golf stores use fitting carts provided by club manufacturers and while these carts offer options, golfers are unable to mix and match from different carts to determine ideal combinations. Club Champion offers hundreds of shafts, many not available through most other fitters and retailers.
Former PGA Tour player Jay Williamson says, "I had access to every brand of shaft and head, but I never understood what they did for me. I didn't have the opportunity to experiment like I do at Club Champion. They provide the same level of service players receive on Tour, including the newest heads and shafts and most advanced fitting technology. If you are a committed golfer at any level, I highly recommend it." Incidentally, Club Champion was able to add an average of 15 yards to Jay's drives.
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Definition - What does Proprietor mean?
Generally speaking, a proprietor refers to a person that owns something. In order for a person to be a proprietor, what they own is not as important as the fact that they own it. However, the term proprietor is generally used in more of a business sense rather than a personal sense.
Because the term proprietor is used in more of a business sense, it generally means that a person owns something of business value—a company, a trademark, licensing, a formula, etc. However, a proprietor is someone who is the sole owner of their own company. A sole proprietorship is the standard name for a company that is owned by a single individual.


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High-standard facades to the core
Aluminium composite panels (ACPs) give designers and architects a versatile and resilient facade solution, but care must be taken to ensure that high standards are applied. Angelos Zografos, technical sales engineer at Elval Colour, explains the quality considerations that go into the production of ACPs and why manufacturers should make the welfare of employees and the environment a priority.
Aluminium composite panels (ACPs) offer architects a supreme and versatile material for building facades. The panels demonstrate a rigidity that is often not available in solid metal surfaces, and this prevents the material from deforming due to local buckling, a result known as oil canning. This provides an extremely flat surface onto which high-specification liquid coil coatings can be applied, allowing the panels to resist oxidisation and degradation even in extreme environments. At the same time, a limitless variety of colour coatings enables greater flexibility and freedom in aesthetic design, an important parameter for materials used in the hospitality sector. In addition, ACPs are lighter than alternative materials, such as solid aluminium; this makes them ideal for renovating existing facilities as it allows a visual and functional upgrade of the facade without requiring major modifications of the existing structure.
Furthermore, when produced with a core of special composition, it can also be fire-retardant or even incombustible. This attribute is of paramount importance in today's world, where fire safety becomes more important every day – particularly for facilities of high occupancy or visitation, such as hotels, schools or hospitals. However, the complex process for the production of ACPs means that strict attention must be paid to ensure quality is maintained.
This is a key priority for the aluminium coil coater and ACP producer Elval Colour, which offers three varieties of ACPs: etalbond, etalbond FR (fire-retardant) and etalbond A2 (incombustible). Elval Colour opts for manufacturing at the highest possible level. "The most important factor is to be consistent through the whole year, with no deviations regarding our production quality," emphasises Angelos Zografos. He adds that the company's practice in coil coating and producing ACPs is certified and rigorously audited by independent certification bodies and demonstrates a long record of reliability.
Quality production
ACPs are comprised of a lightweight organic core with mineral fillers and two coil-coated aluminium sheets, between which the core is sandwiched and bonded with adhesive. Aluminium oxidises, therefore it needs to be treated accordingly; the process of rolling, which is the transformation of an aluminium slab into a coil, results in oxidisation as well as contamination of the aluminium surface from the lubricants and other agents that are used to facilitate the procedure. Thus, it is a key step to clean the aluminium surface by chemically treating it with a combination of alkaline and acidic washing to remove the smut and any oxides from it. After that, a passivation layer is applied, which restricts future oxidisation of the surface and is polarised enough to bond with the coating that is added next. This pretreatment is vital: if omitted or done incorrectly, it will allow reactivity of the surface, which leads to corrosion. "This kind of pretreatment is not done in some cases," says Zografos. "This creates the basis for the future oxidisation of the aluminium substrate."
Finally, the coating is applied; it is typically a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) coating that provides protection against the elements and gives the aesthetic qualities of ACPs. However, the quality of this coating can vary. The normal composition is 70% PVDF and 30% acrylic, but as Zografos adds, "If the PVDF content goes lower, the quality and the cost drop dramatically." The coatings used by Elval Colour have an 80% PVDF content and contain no hazardous substances, such as lead, chrome or isophorone.
Additionally, as hospitality establishments can often be located in areas with conditions that are aggressive for coatings – such as next to the sea or in an area with increased UV radiation – a more advanced coating solution might have to be applied to the ACPs, which could mean more layers or even different technology. The details of that coating solution have to be agreed along with the client as they will support the warranty that will accompany the material, and it will protect the image and the value of the facility in the long run. Badly defined warranties and unsuitable coating solutions can undermine the quality and value of the project.
This commitment to quality extends to the behaviour of ACPs against fire. Elval Colour's etalbond A2 is classified as A2-s1,d0 according to the European standard EN 13501-1 and will not contribute to a fire, making it an ideal facade solution for tall buildings and high-occupancy facilities, such as hotels or convention centres. In addition, the panels will not emit toxic chemicals when exposed to the fire, which could harm occupants.
Furthermore, hydroxides found in the core give it fire-retardant properties by evaporating when heated, causing an endothermic reaction and a reduction in temperature. "You have a similar performance as the solid material, which cannot catch fire," Zografos states. "The industry saw that there was a need for improvement, to move forward and advance from the standard that was available several years ago with the plastic core."
Sustainable and safe
Elval Colour is strongly committed to sustainability. "You might have really beautiful and useful products, but, as an architect, you should not only see what lies in front of you, but you should also care about what is happening backstage," Zografos explains. "The production of building materials is strongly connected to the environment, so we have to be careful what we release and how." Elval Colour uses an afterburner and thermal oxidisers in its coating process, which burn all the solvents that evaporate from the coating. This process not only prevents harmful volatile organic compounds from being released into the atmosphere but also redirects the generated heat back in the furnace, which cures the coatings, therefore saving energy and making the liquid coating process even more environmentally friendly. Water used in the process is entirely reused, and the product – etalbond ACP – is fully recyclable.
Zografos also stresses that a good working environment plays a key role in ensuring a high-quality product. "A safe working environment will add to the quality of the product because people are a crucial factor in the whole production chain," he says. The focus on this principle is evident from Elval Colour's OHSAS 18001 certification for occupational health and safety.
All these factors lead to the creation of a product that fulfils the highest specifications and is also suitable for a wide range of environments and architectural needs. Continuous and close collaboration with architects and designers throughout the years allows Elval Colour to maintain a profound understanding of market needs and thus, if the need arises, be able to produce tailor-made solutions with a high level of customisation.
In Tenerife, Spain, the facade of the Hard Rock Cafe Hotel consists of 16,000m² of etalbond acp in 16 different colours, specially customised to withstand the harsh environmental effects, such as salt water and rain, resulting from the buildings proximity to the sea. Zografos concludes that, "The hospitality sector can benefit from the versatility of the personalised solutions that we offer and the value we add to their services through products of quality, like etalbond."
ACPs are comprised of a lightweight organic core with mineral fillers and two coil-coated aluminium sheets, between which the core is sandwiched and bonded with adhesive. Aluminium oxidises, therefore it needs to be treated accordingly; the process of rolling, which is the transformation of an aluminium slab into a coil, results in oxidisation as well as contamination of the aluminium surface from the lubricants and other agents that are used to facilitate the procedure. Thus, it is a key step to clean the aluminium surface by chemically treating it with a combination of alkaline and acidic washing to remove the smut and any oxides from it. After that, a passivation layer is applied, which restricts future oxidisation of the surface and is polarised enough to bond with the coating that is added next. This pretreatment is vital: if
omitted or done incorrectly, it will allow reactivity of the surface, which leads to corrosion. "This kind of pretreatment is not done in some cases," says Zografos. "This creates the basis for the future oxidisation of the aluminium substrate."
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