Make some sweet paper chicks to decorate for Easter or Spring. This easy paper chick craft is mainly made from newspaper with some coloured paper and a few feathers thrown in there, so it's a great recycling craft too.
Who doesn't melt when they see baby chicks? They are so cute and fluffy. When we come across them at the Easter Show we can literally stand there watching them for ages making their little "cheep cheep cheep" noises.
Now you can make some at home with screwballs of newspaper wrapped in bright tissue wrap, decorated with a few bits and pieces. We've even made a newspaper nest for them to sit in.
Make a nest by laying a piece of newspaper flat and rolling and scrunching it in from the edges so it looks like a small nest. Get a second piece and roll it diagonally and then twist, and glue this around the top of your nest to make it a bit bigger.
Finish the nest off by lining it with a bit of scrunched tissue paper and gluing a few feathers around the edge to decorate.
Now to make the chicks. Lay a square of tissue paper flat and place a screwed up piece of newspaper in the centre. Wrap the scrunched newspaper in the tissue wrap, using glue from your glue stick to hold it in place. Repeat with a second square of tissue wrap.
Make wings by folding small pieces of tissue wrap into long, pointy triangles and glue them in place.
Cut some feet and a beak out from your orange construction paper. Glue them on.
Glue on the googly eyes, and you're done!
Told you they were easy! And so cute too.
You could make this your own by using brown paper instead of newspaper, and you could make them half the size by using smaller screwballs of paper. A small nest with chicks would make a good decoration for an Easter tree.
• These pastel coloured paper roll bunnies are so cute!
There's tons more to be found on our Seasonal Crafts board on Pinterest too, check it out.


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Jedwabne – gmina miejsko-wiejska w województwie podlaskim, w powiecie łomżyńskim. W latach 1975–1998 gmina położona była w województwie łomżyńskim.

Siedziba gminy to Jedwabne.

Według danych z 30 czerwca 2004 gminę zamieszkiwały 5634 osoby.

Struktura powierzchni
Według danych z roku 2002 gmina Jedwabne ma obszar 159,42 km², w tym:
 użytki rolne: 77%
 użytki leśne: 17%

Gmina stanowi 11,77% powierzchni powiatu.

Demografia
Według Powszechnego Spisu Ludności z 1921 roku gminę zamieszkiwało 6.858 osób, 6.037 było wyznania rzymskokatolickiego, 23 ewangelickiego, 1 greckokatolickiego, 797 mojżeszowego. Jednocześnie 6.054 mieszkańców zadeklarowało polską przynależność narodową, 6 niemiecką, 797 żydowską a 1 rusińską. Było tu 1.034 budynków mieszkalnych .

Dane z 30 czerwca 2004:

 Piramida wieku mieszkańców gminy Jedwabne w 2014 roku.

Sołectwa
Bartki, Biczki, Biodry, Biodry-Kolonia, Borawskie, Bronaki-Olki, Bronaki-Pietrasze, Brzostowo, Burzyn, Chrostowo, Chyliny, Grądy Małe, Grądy Wielkie, Janczewko, Janczewo, Jedwabne, Kaimy, Kajetanowo, Kamianki, Karwowo-Wszebory, Kąty, Koniecki, Konopki Chude, Konopki Tłuste, Korytki, Kosaki-Turki, Kotowo-Plac, Kotówek, Kubrzany, Kucze Małe, Kucze Wielkie, Makowskie, Mocarze, Nadbory, Olszewo-Góra, Orlikowo, Pawełki, Pieńki Borowe, Pluty, Przestrzele, Rostki, Siestrzanki, Kotowo Stare, Stryjaki, Szostaki, Witynie.

Pozostałe miejscowości podstawowe: Kąciki, Kuczewskie,  Lipnik, Nowa Wieś, Nowiny.

Sąsiednie gminy
Piątnica, Przytuły, Radziłów, Stawiski, Trzcianne, Wizna

Przypisy

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Starrett & van Vleck (often spelled Starrett & Van Vleck) was an American architectural firm based in New York City which specialized in the design of department stores, primarily in the early 20th century. It was active from 1908 until at least the late 1950s.

History

The senior partner, Goldwin Starrett, was born September 29, 1874 in Lawrence, Kansas to William Aiken Starrett and Helen Martha (Ekin) Starrett, a noted educator and activist. Starrett was educated in his mother's school before enrolling in the University of Michigan, graduating with a degree in mechanical engineering in 1894. For the following four years he worked for D. H. Burnham & Company, architects of Chicago. Two of his elder brothers, Theodore Starrett and Paul Starrett, had also worked for Burnham. In 1898 he left Chicago for New York, where he joined the office of George A. Fuller & Company as a superintendent and assistant manager. In 1900 he joined Thompson–Starrett, the family contracting firm. Due to his architectural experience, during this period he designed several of the buildings built by the firm, including the Algonquin Hotel. In 1904 he was an incorporator of the E. B. Ellis Granite Company of Northfield, Vermont, and served as vice president of the company. Ellis was the granite contractor for the Washington Union Station, designed by D. H. Burnham & Company and built by Thompson–Starrett. In 1908 he withdrew from the company and established himself as an architect in New York. Shortly afterward, he formed a partnership with Ernest A. van Vleck.

Ernest Alan van Vleck was born July 1, 1875 in Bell Creek Township, Burt County, Nebraska, to Cady Lycurgus van Vleck, a farmer, and Mary Ann (Lundy) van Vleck. After an education in the public schools of Fresno, California and Red Creek, New York, he entered the architecture school of Cornell University, graduating in 1897. At his graduation he was awarded an architectural traveling fellowship, and so toured Europe for a year. On his return he joined Thompson–Starrett as an architect. He remained with the company until 1908, when he joined his former associate Goldwin Starrett in partnership. The new firm was named Goldwin Starrett & van Vleck. They were joined in partnership by Oran Winthrop Rice in 1910, followed by Starrett's younger brother William A. Starrett in 1913. At that time, the firm's name was changed simply to Starrett & van Vleck. Starrett died May 9, 1918 at home in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, and van Vleck became the firm's senior partner. In 1919, van Vleck and Rice admitted Ernest Brooks, another Cornell graduate, into the partnership. It was further expanded in 1924 to include Frank Gaertner, Herbert M. Hathaway, Otto A. Johnson and Frank L. Kirby. The firm's name was not changed. In 1946 they were joined by Reginald E. Marsh following the dissolution of his firm, Tooker & Marsh. Van Vleck died August 8, 1956 in St. Petersburg, Florida. After van Vleck died, Marsh left to reestablish his own practice. The firm continued for a few years under Gaertner's leadership, but it is not known when it was finally dissolved. Their last identified completed project is Saint Barnabas High School in The Bronx, completed in 1959.

Notable projects
The firm's major designs include the New York City flagship stores of Lord & Taylor, Bloomingdale's, Saks Fifth Avenue, Abraham & Straus, and Alexander's. The Lord & Taylor Building, located on Fifth Avenue between 38th and 39th Streets, was completed in 1914 as Starrett & van Vleck's first major department store and is a New York City designated landmark.

They were also responsible for the design of the designated New York City landmarks the Everett Building (1908), American Stock Exchange Building (1921), 21 West Street (1929), and Downtown Athletic Club (1930). Between 1937 and 1948, they designed the downtown flagship store of J. N. Adam & Co. in Buffalo, New York, which is located in the J.N. Adam-AM&A Historic District but is currently threatened with demolition. Their credits also include the flagship store of Washington, D.C.'s Garfinckel's, and the Miller & Rhoads department store and the former Mosby Dry Goods Store in Richmond, VA, which is now undergoing restoration and renovation as a hotel. Garfinckel's was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

In Pittsburgh, Starrett & van Vleck was responsible for the design of the downtown flagship of the Gimbels Department Store which was built in 1914 for Kaufmann & Baer. Gimbels closed in Pittsburgh in 1987. The building was renamed the Heinz 57 Center in 2002 after the remodeled building became the North American headquarters for the H.J. Heinz Co. It was added to the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation as a Historic Landmark in 1982. Near Pittsburgh, in 1912, they designed the house that later became the clubhouse of the Foxburg Country Club.

A number of its works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Employees
Starrett & van Vleck employed several architects who would become notable in their own right. These include:
 William Francis Deegan
 William Henry Harrison
 Gerald K. Geerlings
 Ferdinand Gottlieb
 Yasuo Matsui

Works
 Hahne and Company Department Store, Newark, New Jersey (1901, NRHP 1994)
 Algonquin Hotel, New York, New York (1902)
 Everett Building, New York, New York (1908, NYCL 1988)
 300 Park Avenue South, New York, New York (1911)
 Albany High School (former), Albany, New York (1912–13)
 House for Robert W. Grange Jr., Foxburg, Pennsylvania (1912, NRHP 2007)
 Second National Bank Building, New Haven, Connecticut (1912–13)
 Lord & Taylor Building New York, New York (1913–14, NYCL 2007)
 475 Tenth Avenue, New York, New York (1914)
 Kaufmann & Baer Department Store, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1914)
 Montclair High School, Montclair, New Jersey (1915)
 Third National Bank Building, Springfield, Massachusetts (1915)
 820 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York (1916)
 J. B. Mosby & Company Store, Richmond, Virginia (1916)
 Studio for Jules Guérin at 304 Park Avenue South, New York, New York (1916, NRHP 2005)
 32 Court Street, Brooklyn, New York (1917–18)
 Lasalle, Koch and Company Department Store, Toledo, Ohio (1917, NRHP 1995)
 American Stock Exchange Building, New York, New York (1920–21 and 1930–31, NRHP 1978, NYCL 2012)
 Miller & Rhoads Department Store, Richmond, Virginia (1920)
 Lincoln School of Teachers College (former), New York, New York (1921)
 Charles B. Aycock School, Greensboro, North Carolina (1922)
 Pizitz Building, Birmingham, Alabama (1922)
 Richmond Trust Company Building, Richmond, Virginia (1922)
 Saks Fifth Avenue Building, New York, New York (1922–24, NYCL 1984)
 Charles D. McIver School (former), Greensboro, North Carolina (1923, NRHP 1992)
 Columbus High School, Columbus, Georgia (1925–26)
 Davison's Department Store, Atlanta, Georgia (1925–27)
 Garfinckel's Department Store, Washington, D.C. (1925–29, NRHP 1995)
 Kresge-Newark Department Store, Newark, New Jersey (1925–26)
 Strouss-Hirshberg Department Store, Youngstown, Ohio (1926, NRHP 1986)
 150 William Street, New York, New York (1927)
 Leverich Towers Hotel, Brooklyn, New York (1928)
 21 West Street, New York, New York (1929–31, NYCL 1998, NRHP 1999)
 Abraham & Straus Department Store, Brooklyn, New York (1929)
 Downtown Athletic Club, New York, New York (1929–30, NYCL 2000)
 Bloomingdale's Department Store, New York, New York (1930)
 J. N. Adam & Company Department Store, Buffalo, New York (1935 and 1946–48)
 School of St. Aloysius Catholic Church, New York, New York (1940)
 Anabel Taylor Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (1953)
 Von Cramm Cooperative Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (1955–56)
 Robert F. Wagner Houses, New York, New York (1956–58)
 Convent of St. Catherine of Siena Church, New York, New York (1957, demolished)
 Saint Barnabas High School, Bronx, New York (1957–59)

Gallery

See also
Houses at 1026-1028 Fifth Ave., 1026-1028 Fifth Ave., New York, New York (Van Vleck & Goldsmith), NRHP-listed, designed by a Goldwin Goldsmith and a Van Vleck, very similar in name to Goldwin Starrett and Van Vleck
First Methodist Episcopal Church, 24 N. Fullerton Ave., Montclair, New Jersey (Van Vleck & Goldsmith), NRHP-listed, designed by a Goldwin Goldsmith and a Van Vleck, very similar in name to Goldwin Starrett and Van Vleck

Notes

References

External links
 Department Store History website
 Biography of Francis Howse Cruess, architect for Starrett and Van Vleck.

Architecture firms based in New York City
Design companies established in 1908


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Argus Media Germany ist eine Preisberichterstattungsagentur in Deutschland, die seit 1985 Branchen- und Preisinformationen über die internationalen Ölmarkte bereitstellt. Neben den Rohstoffpreisen veröffentlicht das Unternehmen wesentliche Marktinformationen, Nachrichten und Fundamentaldaten.

Vor allem kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen nutzen diesen Informationsdienst. Im Vergleich zu großen, internationalen Anbietern wie Thomson Energy Financial, Platts oder Argus basiert die Preisermittlung bei Argus Media Germany auf telefonischen Umfragen und elektronischen Transaktionsmeldungen auf regionaler Inlandsebene.

Die Kunden von Argus Media Germany sind im Allgemeinen in der Mineralölindustrie zu finden. Dazu gehören Produzenten, Importeure, Mineralöl- und Rohstoffhändler, Marktteilnehmer aus der Tankstellenbranche und die Wirtschaftsforschung.

Die Entwicklung des Unternehmens
Der O.M.R. Oil Market Report wurde 1985 von Geschäftsführer und Chefredakteur Reinhard Kahnau in Wrist gegründet. Im Jahr 2008 wurde der Firmensitz nach Kellinghusen verlegt. Nach der Übernahme des O.M.R. Oil Market Reports durch Argus Media Germany (ein Tochterunternehmen der Argus Media Group) im Jahr 2020 wurde das Büro unter Geschäftsführer Kevin Schaefer nach Hamburg verlegt.

Die inhaltliche Entwicklung des Reports
Der Argus O.M.R. Fuels Report liefert umfassende Daten und Informationen über den deutschen Mineralölmarkt. Seit der Gründung deckt der Dienst auch den Rotterdamer Mineralölmarkt mit entsprechenden Produktnotierungen für Bargen, fob ARA und Cargos sowie cif NWE (Nordwesteuropa) ab (siehe Incoterms).

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Neben der Preisberichterstattung umfasst der Service Grafiken zur Preisentwicklung sowie umfangreiche Chartanalysen und Marktkommentare, die Händlern als Entscheidungshilfe dienen. Darüber hinaus liefert der Early Morning Report des Unternehmens Informationen zum Marktgeschehen der vergangenen 24 Stunden.

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Seit der Übernahme durch Argus Media Germany wurde das Angebot fortlaufend erweitert. Zusätzlich zu den bestehenden Großhandelsnotierungen für Heizöl, Diesel und Benzin enthält der Report nun auch Informationen zu den Gasmärkten, wöchentliche Auswertungen der AdBlue®-Großhandelspreise und tägliche Preisinformationen für die verschiedenen THG-Ticketkategorien.

Argus O.M.R. – Inlandsnotierungen
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Die Art der Veröffentlichung/Versendung der Daten spiegelt die Mediennutzung und die Entwicklung der Informationstechnologie wider.

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Argus Media Germany verfügt über eine lange Zeitreihe historischer Daten, die für abschließende Bewertungen und Analysen nützlich sein können. Gleichzeitig können die Nutzer auf diese Daten zugreifen und Trendentwicklungen aus der Vergangenheit in die Zukunft extrapolieren.

Preisformeln für Lieferverträge
In den letzten Jahren haben sich im Energiesektor erhebliche Preisschwankungen entwickelt, die langfristige Kalkulationen in diesen Bereichen äußerst schwierig machen. Um die Risiken so gering wie möglich zu halten, wurden Preisformelverträge entwickelt.

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What happens to Movie streaming services in India – Box.TV, Spuul, BIGFlix, YouTube, Eros Now, MyPlex, Mavshack since Netflix arrived?
What is that which has motivated Netflix to come? They do not have a big database of Indian films. They will take time add Regional films to their database and since I signed up during the first few days, I also know they do not have all their TV Shows available for India.
The tablet/broadband penetration in India is also not quite encouraging at the moment. According to DazeInfo, India will have 18 Million tablets int he next 3 years. We can count on the smartphone users (which is currently at around 500 Million), but how many are going to stream movies while on the move?
What is the Market Differentiation? – The differentiation between others to make your offering valuable.
For products like Starbucks, Netflix and a host of others who will be coming to India, two things will be the key – Technology and Price. Definitely Customer service and the Experience will also play a role.
In emerging markets, market maturity will play a role, but not to that extent. At times, big players come to expand their operations and have a pie in the market share. This will be good to the end user. When the choice increases, competitors provide more options. When the consumer has more options, Quality of offerings go up. It will be a continuous Innovation cycle to be on the top.
Having a large number of consumers is also a Market Differentiator.
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Antarctica marks 90 years of icy flying achievements
ABC Radio Hobart
By Georgie Burgess
Posted November 30, 2018 07:00:43
Photo: An Airbus A319 regularly lands at the runway, which is carved into glacial ice. (Supplied: Stuart Shaw)
Related Story: Antarctica ice runway Wilkins set for upgrade, as crews ready to 'reposition the strip'
Related Story: Year-round Antarctic airstrip site chosen for Australian research station
Map: Hobart 7000
Antarctic aviation has come a long way in 90 years, from hot air balloons and single-engine aircraft to air force giants landing on the icy continent.
Early attempts at flying to the southernmost continent encountered considerable difficulty, starting with Robert Falcon Scott's ascent in a tethered hydrogen balloon in 1902.
Sir Douglas Mawson planned to fly over Commonwealth Bay in 1911 in a Vickers REP Monoplane but it crashed in Adelaide during a demonstration flight.
The plane never took to the skies in Antarctica but ended up being used as a tractor to move supplies.
The first powered flight in Antarctica was in November 1928 when Australian adventurer George Wilkins and US Army pilot Carl Eielson made the journey in a Lockheed Vega.
Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) records show they took off from a rough airstrip at Deception Island and made a 20-minute flight.
A month later they flew more than 2,000 kilometres across the Antarctic peninsula.
The journey took 11 hours and the men were able to survey areas that would have taken months to cover by dog sled.
External Link: Video: 90 years of Antarctic aviation
A 'surreal experience'
Ninety years after the first flight, RAAF pilot Lucas Webb landed a C-17 Globemaster on ice at the Wilkins Aerodrome.
It's the third year the mammoth aircraft has been used to carry personnel and supplies to Antarctica.
The significance of the early aviation achievements on the continent are not lost on Flight Lieutenant Webb.
"It's impressive to see how far aviation has come; you're looking at a plane 90 years ago that looked like a coat hanger, and now we're flying a four-engine heavy jet onto an ice runway down there."
Photo: Douglas Mawson's Vickers monoplane never flew in Antarctica and was used as a tractor. (John Hunter, 1911)
This month was the first time he had flown to Antarctica and it became an instant career highlight.
"It was a surreal experience," FLTLT Webb said.
"It's something very unique and a very privileged thing to do because it's obviously so remote.
"It's a unique experience to go down there and see the ice; it's not the normal terrain we're used to flying over."
Photo: The RAAF aircraft makes it possible to move high-priority oversized cargo to Antarctica. (Justin Hallock/Australian Antarctic Division)
Landing in Antarctica is not without its challenges.
"From an operational perspective, there's a lot more to think about in terms of fuel, weather and the surface of the runway," he said.
"We have to have a lot of contingency fuel in the event of adverse weather at the ice runway and back in Hobart where we operate the flight from."
The Air Force works closely with the AAD and the Bureau of Meteorology.
"We're constantly getting weather updates by satellite phone and onboard wi-fi to get information about the weather and the surface of the runway when we're on our way down," FLTLT Webb said.
Photo: The C-17 can deliver supplies without landing. (Supplied: Australian Antarctic Division/Barry Becker)
A slippery strip
The Wilkins Aerodrome is a 4.5-hour flight from Hobart and only operational during summer.
The closest base is Casey Station, about 70 kilometres away or a 3.5-hour trip over the ice.
A day's preparation goes into getting the airstrip ready.
The AAD has a regular intercontinental air service from Hobart to the aerodrome using an Airbus A319, which can move 400 passengers each summer season as well as lightweight cargo.
The C-17 crew are trained to land in Antarctica in emergencies, including when expeditioners need medical evacuation.
They are also capable of dropping off cargo without landing.
Photo: Wilkins Aerodrome is about 70 kilometres from the nearest station. (Australian Antarctic Division: Chris Crerar)
FLTLT Webb said the airstrip was very weather-dependent and the C-17 landed there only six times a year.
"When you're down there on the ice, we have to be ready to pack up and go if there's approaching weather."
He said the crew could be stranded there for several days in the event of a blizzard.
The ice on the runway is about 500 metres thick and 700 metres above sea level.
"It's quite a long runway, but being ice it can be quite slippery," FLTLT Webb said.
"Very few operators fly down there, so to actually land on the continent in a C-17 is definitely a career highlight I'll lock away in the memory bank for a long time.
"It's a good bucket list item to tick for sure."
At the weekend, a Qantas 747 flew over Antarctica and made a rare landing in Hobart, adding another chapter to aviation history.
Topics: history, human-interest, hobart-7000, antarctica, australia
Contact Georgie Burgess
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Q: Regex does not find phone number inside text I want to find phone number inside text using regex. My forula for phone number is:
(?:(?:\+?\d*\s*(?:[.-]\s*)?)?(?:\(\s*([2-9]1[02-9]|[2-9][02-8]1|[2-9][02-8][02-9])\s*\)|([2-9]1[02-9]|[2-9][02-8]1|[2-9][02-8][02-9]))\s*(?:[.-]\s*)?)?([2-9]1[02-9]|[2-9][02-9]1|[2-9][02-9]{2})\s*(?:[.-]\s*)?([0-9]{3})(?:\s*(?:#|x\.?|ext\.?|extension)\s*(\d+))?$

The numer is being found when it is in one line without any other text. But when it is in the middle of some text it is not being found. How can I fix that?
Here is the link with the example:
regexr.com/3rf0l

A: That's because your regex ends by $, which is an anchor for the end of the line/document (depending on your multiline settings).
For example, in the string 1a2b, the regex [a-z]$ will match b but not a, because it's not at the end of the string, while [a-z] will match both.
Remove it and it will work:
(?:(?:\+?\d*\s*(?:[.-]\s*)?)?(?:\(\s*([2-9]1[02-9]|[2-9][02-8]1|[2-9][02-8][02-9])\s*\)|([2-9]1[02-9]|[2-9][02-8]1|[2-9][02-8][02-9]))\s*(?:[.-]\s*)?)?([2-9]1[02-9]|[2-9][02-9]1|[2-9][02-9]{2})\s*(?:[.-]\s*)?([0-9]{3})(?:\s*(?:#|x\.?|ext\.?|extension)\s*(\d+))?

Demo

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Can CBD Give Your Meditation a Boost?
Many people depend on meditation to relieve stress. Meditation enables a person to control thoughts and the mind. It's a practice that people use to quieten their minds.
Most people meditate to feel well and lead happy lives. That's because meditation can be used to eliminate worries, negative thoughts, anxiety, and stress. These are some of the things that prevent people from feeling happy. They can even cause other health problems.
Increasingly, people are using CBD to enhance meditationand yoga. CBD is a naturally occurring compound in cannabis. It's one of the many cannabinoids that are found in the hemp plant.
Research has shown that CBD has many therapeutic effects on the body. [1]
Many people are purchasing the best cbd (vapingdaily recommends reviewing the most popular of it) to give their meditation a boost. Once consumed, this cannabinoid interacts with the body's endocannabinoid system. The responsibility of this molecular system is to balance and regulate processes like immune response, appetite, metabolism, cell communication, memory, mood, and pain sensation.
Taking CBD as a Supplement
A significant reason why people are taking CBD as a supplement is that it doesn't have psychoactive effects, yet it has many therapeutic benefits. That means taking CBD can't get a person high. What's more, clinical studies are showing that CBD has many health benefits without psychoactive or adverse effects.
Currently, people are purchasing CBD as a supplement with minimal traces of THC, which is psychoactive. In most cases, only 0.3% of THC and other ca nnabinoids are found in the supplement.
In addition to boosting their meditation, people are taking CBD as a supplement when dealing with conditions like seizures, anxiety, multiple sclerosis, PTSD, and insomnia. Some meditation experts and studios are also recommending CBD because of its far-reaching benefits.
How CBD Works
Once a person takes the best cbd oil, it works by interacting with the endocannabinoid system. Naturally, the body produces cannabinoids. Thus, the body is usually programmed to use CBD. As such, the body is activated by the cannabinoid that is derived from the hemp plant.
The endocannabinoid system comprises receptors that are stimulated by cannabinoids like the hemp CBD. When taken, CBD interacts with this system to enhance balance in the body. When a person has a poorly functioning or unbalanced system, the receptors of this system identify the reason and then release the enzymes that are responsible for restoring the balance.
Mainly, the endocannabinoid system is activated to bring about balance and proper functioning once a person ingests CBD in a moderate amount. And, this happens without side effects. It explains why CBD works for different health conditions.
CBD and Meditation
Most people meditate to enhance self-awareness. Some individuals practice regular meditation to improve focus, reduce stress, enhance emotional positivity, and lengthen their attention span. Meditation can also help in reducing the memory decline that comes with age, generate kindness, and control anxiety. What's more, meditation can help in lowering blood pressure, managing pain, fighting addictions, and improving sleep.
Necessarily, meditation can be beneficial for everyone. But, some people have difficulties meditating. That's because their minds wander while they try to meditate. Nevertheless, such people can also meditate successfully if they acknowledge their wandering thoughts and focus on breathing.
Practicing meditation regularly will eventually improve their concentration, awareness, and other emotional responses to their stress. Since CBD plays a role in relieving stress, using it for meditation creates a perfect combo.
Combining CBD and meditation can have considerable effects on the mental, emotional, and physical wellbeing of a person. Primarily, incorporating CBD and meditation in a routine can provide ultimate protection from stress.
How CBD Works for Meditation
As hinted, the body has an endocannabinoid system that is activated by CBD. Interaction between CBD and the endocannabinoid system helps in enhancing and regulating mood. Some people have reported that they feel relaxed and calm from the scattered or chaotic mood after taking CBD. As such, CBD is a valuable tool when it comes to meditation.
When starting to meditate, some people give up because they have difficulties trying to concentrate on breathing. Others have problems trying to stay in a specific position for an extended period. The anti-inflammatory and mind-centering properties of CBD enhance joint mobility, thereby increasing meditation.
CBD's anti-inflammatory property is a common feature that is shared with most mindfulness practices, including meditation. Research has shown that the best full spectrum cbd oil lessens the inflammation genes' activity.
What's more, research has shown that CBD has potential neurogenesis-stimulating abilities. That means it promotes the growth of new brain cells. Researchers believe that the neurogenesis-stimulating property of CBD is the reason for its anti-anxiety ability.
Scientists also believe that CBD can impact the cannabis-like mood-enhancing chemical of the body. This chemical is called anandamide. Mostly, CBD works by triggering the 5-HT1a serotonin receptor. It, in turn, brings about the anti-anxiety and relaxing effects of CBD. And, these effects are essential when it comes to deep meditation.
When CBD is incorporated in meditation sessions, it enables a person to overcome stress. The compound is particularly beneficial for people that find meditating deeply difficult. Deep meditation can bring clarity and inner peace when practiced regularly. These two are important when a person wants to focus on crucial things in life.
Therefore, anybody that is unable to concentrate and focus during meditation or even struggling with stress might benefit from CBD. It's a highly versatile compound that can lead to a stress-free and anxiety-free life when used correctly.
People are taking the best cbd oil for pain, anxiety, stress, inflammation, and other health conditions. However, increasing numbers of people are taking this cannabinoid to boost their meditation. CBD works by interacting with the endocannabinoid system to bring about balance in the body and enhance functioning.
Several studies have shown that this versatile compound has numerous therapeutic effects when taken properly. And, it doesn't have adverse or psychoactive effects that are associated with some orthodox methods that people use to boost meditation. As such, anybody that is struggling to meditate deeply might benefit from incorporating CBD into their practice.
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The ability to e-mail custom letters to borrowers, lenders, vendors, co-borrowers and funding lenders has been implemented. Fully integrated with Microsoft Word, the easy-to-use Letter Writing Assistant will walk you through the process to print, preview or e-mail custom letters. The e-mail templates are fully user customizable.
This update enables you to e-mail system notices such as late notices, insurance expiration notices balloon payment notices, etc. to borrowers and selected co-borrowers. The e-mail templates are fully user customizable.
This new option allows you to send a copy of a borrower notice to selected co-borrowers. Depending on the co-borrower's Delivery option the notice may be printed, e-mailed or both.
The Adjustable Rate Mortgage (ARM) module has been updated to support the attaching and e-maling of the Rate and Payment Change notice. The e-mail templates are fully user customizable.
The Graduated Terms Mortgage (GTM) module has been updated to support the attaching and e-maling of the Notice of Loan Terms Modifications. The e-mail templates are fully user customizable.
A new read-only calculated field has been added to the Construction module to display any unfunded loan amounts.
The Trust Account module has been updated to allow the user to quickly view all clients within a trust account. Click on a client to display the client trust ledger with full functionality. Click the "+" or "-" to expand or collapse the client list.
A new late charges methodology option has been added to the Loan Servicing module to address California's definition of late charges pyramiding. This new methodology follows the guidelines as set forth in California Civil Code 2954.4 for determining if a payment should be assessed a late fee. This methodology will not assess a late fee on an otherwise delinquent payment if a previous payment was received within the grace period.
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My kiddo was super excited when a package arrived in her name from the North Pole that offered a beautiful winter scene. Everything was neatly packages inside. The envelope contained a letter from Santa, a nice list certificate, an autographed Rudolph photo, and an autographed Santa photo. She was beyond excited as she viewed the contents and read the letter from Santa. The letter was personalized and contained information that only Santa would know. She was especially excited to see that Santa included details about her elf, Eli.
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Respect the Rape Kit
By Shannon Sims
12 Mar 2009, Los Angeles, California, USA --- Thousands of envelopes of containing DNA, blood, and other evidence collected from Los Angeles rape victims, sit in LAPD deep freeze lockers untested. The envelopes, often referred to as "rape kits" by law enforcement, continue to pile up at the LAPD Piper Tech facility in downtown Los Angeles. Staff and budget cutbacks have left thousands of the kits untested for years. Some critics say the backlog will never get caught up. --- Image by © Ted Soqui/Ted Soqui Photography USA/Corbis
SourceTed Soqui/Corbis
Because if the system is broken, we should probably fix it.
Among Hurricane Katrina's lesser-known tragedies was the ruination of an untold number of rape kits. Rape kits are the small bags or boxes that contain swabs, clothing and other evidence that often hold the DNA profile of the perpetrator (i.e., the key to closing the case). But the evidence had sat neglected, gathering dust in the bowels of the New Orleans Police Department, until finally a flood washed it away.
Rape survivors contend with trauma, awful memories, shame and much more — only 9 percent ever complete a rape kit. And then local police departments squander the evidence, in staggering numbers: more than 1,300 untested kits discovered in Kansas City, Mo.; 11,000 in Detroit, etc., etc. By and large, local law enforcement has proved itself unworthy of managing this evidence, and it's well past time to think of alternatives: Privatize rape kit testing. Federalize it. Build public-private partnerships. Let TV shows pay for it. Just don't let them languish like this.
Peg Tallet didn't. When she heard about Detroit's backlog, her group, the Michigan Women's Foundation, went out and raised $10 million for testing. (Testing can cost as much as $1,500.) Since January, the group has tested 9,000 kits, generating database hits in 30 states, and creating what's being praised as a national model for public-private partnership. Last summer, Michigan passed a new law designed to fast-track testing: Investigators must now hand over kits to a crime lab within 14 days.
Going around the state seems to have worked. The Detroit Police Department told OZY it no longer has a backlog. However, the Kansas City PD confirmed it still has 1,354 kits backlogged. And while the New Orleans PD said its backlog is down to 154, a spokesman told us it has "no way of knowing how many rape kits were lost" during Katrina. "We know there was a lot of damage and evidence destroyed," he said, "but we do not have a report that says how many sexual assault kits were lost."
One reason for this neglect is that overworked investigators often consider rape prosecutions "difficult," devolving into he-said-she-saids, says Noël Busch-Armendariz, director of the University of Texas' Institute on Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault. The reputation is unwarranted, she says, and based on poor training and victim blaming. Funding issues compound the problem. Legal resources committed to rape cases are still very localized, and when city coffers run low, as in the case of bankrupt Detroit, behemoth and utterly unacceptable backlogs result.
Of course, shifting the responsibility for rape kit testing away from local government could have negative consequences. Do we really want to leave rape prosecutions to the whims of charities? Aren't we paying city taxes for this kind of service? Tallet said that's exactly the "pushback" she heard when thumping for donations.
But Michigan's is not the only potential solution. Because rapists have a tendency to skip town, there's a good argument for federal intervention — and funding — for rape kit testing. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. recently nodded in that direction by offering $35 million to clear the district's backlog; the remainder would be offered to other jurisdictions. Meanwhile, in a pathetic signal of city priorities and dire financial straits, the Kansas City PD just announced it is seeking grants to clear its backlog. There are, yes, more creative solutions out there, like that of Flint, Michigan — another broke city. It just signed an agreement to get its backlog of 250 rape kits tested … funded by a cable TV show called Cold Justice: Sex Crimes.
It's not an ideal solution, but Busch-Armendariz doesn't have a problem with it. "At this point, all of our procedures should be thrown up in the air," she says.
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Q: Center Widget in flutter not showing in center of the device Widget build(BuildContext context) {
CollectionReference quizes =
    FirebaseFirestore.instance.collection('LiveQuizes');
SizeConfig().init(context);
return Scaffold(
  body: SingleChildScrollView(
    physics: BouncingScrollPhysics(parent: AlwaysScrollableScrollPhysics()),
    child: StreamBuilder<QuerySnapshot>(
      stream: quizes.snapshots(),
      builder:
          (BuildContext context, AsyncSnapshot<QuerySnapshot> snapshot) {
        if (snapshot.hasError) {
          Fluttertoast.showToast(
              msg: "Something went wrong", toastLength: Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
        }

        if (snapshot.connectionState == ConnectionState.waiting) {
          return Center(
            child: SpinKitRing(
              color: Colors.blue,
              lineWidth: 4,
              size: 40,
            ),
          );
        }

        return Column(
          crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
          children: [
            Padding(
              padding: const EdgeInsets.only(
                top: 10,
                left: 15,
              ),
              child: Text("Live Quizes", style: drawerStyle),
            ),
            ListView.builder(
              physics: BouncingScrollPhysics(),
              shrinkWrap: true,
              scrollDirection: Axis.vertical,
              itemCount: snapshot.data.docs.length,
              itemBuilder: (BuildContext context, int index) =>
                  quizDetailswidget(context, snapshot.data.docs[index]),
            ),
          ],
        );
      },
    ),
  ),
 );
 }

Here i have used StreamBuilder to get he details dynamically but when this condition is matched snapshot.connectionState == ConnectionState.waiting i want to show the circular loader i have used the package Spinket but the problem is that the loader is not showing in the center. The loader is centered horizontally but not vertically

A: Do not wrap the Center widget inside a SingleChildScrollView. Looking at your code, you only need the scrollview when Column is rendered. Just reorganize your code similar to this.
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

void main() {
  runApp(MyApp());
}

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      theme: ThemeData(
        primarySwatch: Colors.blue,
      ),
      home: Scaffold(
        body: SafeArea(
          child: FutureBuilder<void>(
            future: Future<void>.delayed(const Duration(seconds: 3)),
            builder: (_, AsyncSnapshot<void> snapshot) {
              if (snapshot.connectionState == ConnectionState.waiting) {
                return const Center(child: CircularProgressIndicator());
              }

              return SingleChildScrollView(
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Q: Georeferencing bands at first then calculating NDWI, or, calculating NDWI at first and then georeferencing it I want to get NDWI from MODIS mod021km as GeoTIFF files. As far as you know, MODIS images are not georeferenced and the point is georeferencing these imagages is a little bit inaccurate (because of resampling ...). So I don't know that I should georeference bands at first and then calculate the NDWI, or I should calculate ndwi at first and then georeference it and save it as a GeoTIFF file?
Which one is better and more accurate?

A: You should compute the NDWI first then georeference it. This is because NDWI is a ratio, and the linear combination of ratio is not the same as the ratio of the linear combination. You therefore reduce the risk of having artefacts by resampling after computing the NDWI (the resampling will smooth the NDWI a little bit, except if you use a nearest neighbour resampling).


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In New Zealand, as public funding for the environment falls, the government's Department of Conservation is seeking partnerships with business. But what happens when conservationists get into bed with corporations?
It's difficult to catch a photograph of Fern, one of Brancott Estate's spitfire karearea; after all, she and her kind have a top speed of 200 kmh. Recently, on one of her public outings in Brancott's vineyard, the compact, sleek New Zealand falcon swooped above the craned heads of onlookers, drawing gasps of admiration as she chased a pukeko wing lure. When she landed on her trainer's outstretched arm and tucked into a duck neck, her head still bobbed constantly, her keen yellow eyes catching every movement, even as she tore the flesh from her snack.
Brancott Estate Heritage Centre, a winery in New Zealand's premier grape region of Marlborough, opened its purpose-built Falcon Valley aviary and viewing area in 2014, and it provides a chance for the public to see this endangered bird in action. Most people won't get many chances; there are only an estimated 6,000 karearea left in the wild.
Endemic to New Zealand, and the last bird of prey left in the country, its numbers have dropped due to loss of habitat and introduced pests such as rats, stoats, and possums. But don't mistake Fern and her kind as the shy and retiring type: they have been known to attack dogs, and people, and even fly up to light aircraft invading their territory.
Fern is the public face of the winery's partnership with the Marlborough Falcon Trust. With the help of the New Zealand Department of Conservation (DOC), the winery is having success breeding the birds. It released six in 2014, and has so far invested NZ $500,000 into the program ($328,000).
It's a win for the birds, but also a win for the brand, trust chair and Brancott winemaker Andy Frost says. It has become a unique tourist attraction for Brancott; a point of difference in a region soaked with wineries.
Regardless of how much public money is poured into the environment, having well-managed and honest partnerships with conservation organizations can end up a win-win.
Conservation is important to New Zealanders; a recent study showed it is at the heart of Kiwi identity. But so is dairy, meat, fruit, and wool production. Four and a half million people are spread down a narrow landmass the area of Colorado, and New Zealand has long based its reputation for quality primary produce — as well as its NZ $24 billion ($15.7 billion) tourism and recreation industry — on being a healthy green oasis. One of our greatest scientists, the late Sir Paul Callaghan, described our natural wilderness and endemic creatures as our answer to the ancient cathedrals of Europe.
But the reality is very different. Ninety percent of monitored lowland pastoral and urban rivers, and 62 percent of all rivers, are unsafe to swim in — something that was once considered a Kiwi birthright. New Zealand's rivers are also central to Maori identity, best encapsulated by a proverb from the Whanganui River: Ko au te awa, ko te awa ko au (I am the river and the river is me).
The latest national environment report showed river and soil quality has worsened as farming has intensified, and nitrogen in land and water has increased, mainly due to increases in dairy cattle numbers and nitrogen fertilizer.
New Zealand has one of the highest rates of threatened species, due largely to predation from introduced mammals and loss of habitat. And in a strange twist of legislation, many threatened native fish can be commercially harvested and sold, akin to finding a falcon on your plate.
And yet, in the last few years, the DOC began to look like a threatened species itself, a high-profile victim of budget cuts, staff restructures, and the announcement that the DOC would begin to focus on seeking corporate partnerships to fund conservation.
Today, with 1,800 staff and an annual budget of just $452 million ($262 million) — but charged with looking after a full one-third of the landmass — it can only manage about 300 of 2,000 threatened species in New Zealand.
In the background of this conversation, climate change looms large. New Zealand's economic backbone is traditionally built on producing food, but nowhere in the skinny country is more than 130 km (80 miles) from the coast; in fact, 75 percent of the population lives within 10 km (six miles) of the sea. Climate change is tipped to bring more pests and disease, floods, droughts, and freshwater problems, with saltwater intruding into groundwater and less water available for farming. To critics, the DOC seems to be slowly becoming a commercial operation right when it's needed the most.
Geoff Ensor, the DOC's commercial partnerships director, says that the perception has always been that the department needed money — but it's a bigger issue than that. The message: We are not winning the conservation battle, and the DOC can't do it alone.
Commercial partnerships, Ensor says, mean that conservation becomes everyone's concern, and he says that, once businesses get involved in a successful partnership, it sparks new energy and ideas. "The multiplier effect becomes powerful and it's not the first thing to be dropped when business gets hard," he says.
Last year, Fulbright scholar and environmental scientist Jill Ozarski visited the DOC and explored public-private partnerships in New Zealand.
Ozarski picked New Zealand as a potential model for the world in how to create a sustainable natural environment and economy at the same time. She concluded that there was "tremendous opportunity" for the DOC to continue to expand partnerships with primary industry, that industry was interested in doing so, and that there were important conservation gains to be made.
Critics would say companies are only getting involved because their products and processes are so destructive they've been embarrassed into behaving better, or to get a good public relations bump — greenwashing, in other words. In 2014, for example, the banking giant Westpac started lending capital to clean technology firms — but has also come under fire for financing the coal mining giant Bathurst Resources, which has permission to mine rare habitat on New Zealand's Denniston Plateau (the mining operations have been suspended since Bathurst's main coal purchaser folded).
Incidents like these have led environmentalists to regard these partnerships with suspicion, but Ozarski points to honesty and transparency as ways to combat the problem. "Actually talking about what you're achieving and where you're struggling is critical," she says.
Making a real difference is the way to break the "cycle of mistrust," Ozarski says. Culture clash is inescapable, but both parties have a responsibility to compromise, and to put firewalls in place.
In her study, Ozarski found that, perhaps contrary to the gut feelings of the general public, economic calculations and "bottom-line" numbers were not an important factor for anyone she interviewed.
He does worry that some corporates want more marketing and profile out of projects before they're quite ready, which has caused tension. Another issue is that businesses tend to ignore the "big-picture hard stuff" like climate change in favor of smaller, definable projects, perhaps with a cuteness factor.
One of the most successful DOC partnerships so far is with Air New Zealand. Conscious that its future depends on eager tourists flocking to this green island paradise, the airline supports a marine reserve monitoring program and heavily promotes the DOC's nine Great Walks, funding invasive pest trapping along the networks. Since the partnership began three years ago, the DOC has seen a 31 percent increase in the number of people staying overnight in huts and campsites on the Great Walks and an extra 24,736 people on the tracks. The carrier has also been providing free and safe air travel for threatened species for relocation and conservation programs around the country for years.
Ninety percent of monitored lowland pastoral and urban rivers, and 62 percent of all rivers, are unsafe to swim in — something that was once considered a Kiwi birthright.
But no other project more embodies the promise and the pitfalls of conservation partnerships than the 10-year, $20 million Living Water partnership between the DOC and Fonterra.
Fonterra is a dairy co-operative responsible for 30 percent of the entire world's dairy exports. Dairying makes up a quarter of New Zealand's export revenue but, as Ozarski points out, intensification of dairying is responsible for many of New Zealand's environmental problems. New Zealand's dairy cattle live outside on grass, and, as such, the nutrients in their waste can pollute surface and groundwater. Wetland and lowland native forests have been destroyed for farm development, and there are negative effects on soil too.
Living Water is the biggest corporate contribution to conservation work New Zealand has ever seen. It aims to work with indigenous and community groups to restore wetland habitats, control nutrients, reduce pests and weeds, and enhance native wildlife.
At its launch, conservation minister Nick Smith said the relationship between conservationists and farmers had historically been one of protest and confrontation, rather than co-operation and collaboration.
The Living Water program is groundbreaking, says Emma Parsons, Fonterra's general manager for responsible dairying. Nothing else involves so many people or is so fundamental to long-term prosperity — both economic, social, and environmental, she says.
"Historically, businesses have been aware of their impacts on natural resources but not as aware of their dependence on those resources," Parsons says. "That's certainly been a really key theme in our thinking.
The project so far has seen 24,000 km of streams fenced to keep cattle from fouling them, plus an additional 9,000 km of ephemeral streams and wetlands, and "tremendous investments" into effluent and nitrogen management on dairy farms.
"It is to make business face up to the reality that, for generations, it has ignored its impacts on the environment — and the public has had to pick up the cost," Morrison wrote.
In some parts of the country, that cost has already become too much for the land to bear. But regardless of how much public money is poured into the environment, having well-managed and honest partnerships with conservation organizations can end up a win-win. If other companies want a share of consumers' growing green dollar, they will have to get on board. And, sadly, with climate change biting harder, there'll be no shortage of opportunities.
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Henry Hudson & The Founding of Albany
November 22, 2021 by Peter Hess 6 Comments
In 1565, the Spanish settled 600 soldiers and civilians at St. Augustine, Florida. In 1607, the English established their first settlement in North America at Jamestown, Virginia, but after a series of floods, Jamestown was abandoned in 1699. Today Jamestown is a national park and archaeological site.
In 1602, the States General of The Netherlands granted a charter to a powerful group of Dutch merchants creating the Dutch East India Company and giving them the exclusive right to develop and conduct trade with the markets in the Far East which included the Spice Islands and China. Soon, these merchants began bringing exotic silk, clothing, ceramics, teas and spices back to the Netherlands. In their travels, the Dutch ship captains discovered the continent of Australia and named it "New Holland."
Travel to the Far East from The Netherlands was a long arduous trip around Africa, filled with danger. In 1609, the merchants of the Dutch East India Company hired experienced navigator and ship captain Henry Hudson to find settlements where he could conduct trade and explore the Bearing Sea, north of the Netherlands, and try to find a northern route around Russia that would take them to the Far East, a shorter and safer journey. Hudson had experience sailing in this area as he had previously sailed the Bering Sea for the English Muscovy Company.
Henry Hudson, in the Halve Maen (Half Moon), loaded with trade goods, left The Netherlands on March 25, 1609 headed northeast. For over a month he continued north and east until ice packs in the Arctic Ocean blocked his path.
Hudson turned and headed back toward Amsterdam, but by the end of May, the Half Moon passed Amsterdam and continued west toward Newfoundland and the coast of North America to see if they could find a route to the Far East by sailing west or locate other settlements where they could successfully trade their goods.
By mid-July Hudson reached the coast of Maine and continued south along the North American coast all the way to Virginia, passing by the English settlement at Jamestown. Hudson then turned around and headed back north searching the coast for the possible passage. The Half Moon explored the Delaware Bay which Hudson named the "South River" and continued north.
On September 2, 1609, the Half Moon dropped anchor off Sandy Hook at the mouth of what Hudson named the Grande Noordt River (Grand North River, later Hudson River). Robert Juet, a sailor on Hudson's boat, recorded that "the people of the country come aboard of us, seeming very glad of our coming, and brought greene tobacco, and gave us of it for knives and beads." Hudson had located people willing to trade.
On September 19th, Hudson reached the most northerly navigable portion of the river. He had reached the location of what would later become the city of Albany.
Hudson's trip up the Grande Noordt River did not produce a route to the Far East but near the northern end of the navigable portion of the river, he noticed many streams feeding into the river and thousands of beaver and other wildlife, including deer and mink. The beaver were of particular importance because beaver fur created the highest quality felt for hats which were very much in style in Holland. He also saw an almost endless supply of lumber.
Many local native people, anxious to obtain knives and axes, cloth, pants, shirts, and hats, enthusiastically traded with Hudson and his crew. They offered furs of beaver, mink, fox and other animals which ran freely in the forest. Beads were also popular which they strung with string and used as money (sewant). Hudson returned to Holland having conducted a financially successful trade voyage.
Between 1610 and 1614, several Dutch ships followed Hudson's trade voyage. The Little Fox and Little Crane touched the American coast in 1611-1612. In 1613-1614, The Fortune commanded by Hendrick Christiaensen, together with the Tiger captained by Adriaen Block, and also Fortune under Cornelis Jacobsz May, accompanied by Thys Molkertsen Mossel in the Nightingale, explored North America.
Christiaensen and Block reached the current site of Albany and, over the winter of 1613-1614, constructed a company fort, about 58 feet by 58 feet, on Castle Island (later called Westerlo Island) beginning the first permanent settlement of Albany.
They called it "Fort Nassau" in honor of Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Oranje. Inside the fort, Christiaensen and Block built a trading house 38 feet long by 28 feet wide. The fort was garrisoned with about 12 men destined for year-round stay and Jacob Elkins was placed in charge. Since the only earlier English settlement at Jamestown, Virginia, was abandoned in 1699, this settlement at Albany is the earliest permanent European settlement in the original thirteen colonies.
That winter, Block's ship, Tiger, caught fire at the south shore of today's Manhattan Island (or possibly Governors' Island) and was destroyed. Over the winter, Block reconstructed a new boat from the salvaged hull, native timbers and salvaged hardware, which he christened the Onrust or Restless. Block and his crew sailed the Onrust back to Holland.
Upon their return to the Netherlands a figurative map and report were prepared for the States General presenting the results of the exploration and requesting a charter for the merchants that had financed the voyages. On the map, the name "New Netherland" was used for the first time. On October 11th, 1614, the States General of the Netherlands granted a charter to Amsterdam merchants, called the New Netherland Company, giving them the exclusive privilege of conducting trade with New Netherland for a three-year period.
Christiaensen returned to Fort Nassau the next spring (1615) where he was killed by an Indigenous person who had been part of Block's crew. The fort and trading house were destroyed that spring by a flood (freshnet) but were rebuilt on the mainland at the foot of the Norman's Kill.
Illustrations: Map of New Netherland and New England (north is to the right) courtesy Biblioteca Nacional de España; a sketch of the Half Moon; and the approximate location of Fort Nassau in what is now downtown Albany, NY.
Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Albany, Albany County, beavers, Colonialism, Delaware River, Dutch History, Fort Nassau, fur trade, Henry Hudson, Hudson River, Imperialism, Indigenous History, Maritime History, Mohawk, Mohican, New Netherland, small mammals
Ken Sacharin says
Fantastic summary of the early Dutch exploration and settlement in North America. Thank you!
Harald Johnson says
Good summary by Mr. Hess. My 2018 novel ("New York 1609") dramatizes the years 1609–1645 with an emphasis on Hudson's voyage and the ensuing events that ultimately led to the creation of NYC (with a focus on Manhattan). There's a short blurb about the book on this site posted by Mr. Warren ("New Historical Fiction: New York 1609").
James S. Kaplan, Past President, Lower Manhattan Historical AssociationManhattan Historical Association says
Good article, but in many ways it fails to indicate what a fascinating guy Henry Hudson was. He began as a saiior for the Muscovy Company, one of the largest English trading company's at the time. The Muscovy Company was a private company with the support of the English government (which unlike Spain) was too weak to fund its own voyages of exploration) hudson was one of their best young captains and he like the English government was obsessed with finding a short route to the far east that could avoid going to South America that was tied up by the Spanish and Portuguese. His first attempt in the ship Hopewell attempted unsuccessfully to go a cross the North Pole ( four centuries later the USSNautilus submarine would make that trip). His second attempted to go through Novo Sobirsk near in Siberia but that route also failed.(As Mr. Hess's article points out the Dutch originally suggested that he try that route on the third voyage but it was blocked by ice. again) In any event. after two failed expensive voyages,, the Muscovy Company Company refused to finance a third, but the Dutch who were watching his activities with great interest hired him to try a third on behalf of the Dutch East India
Company. This was the one on which after having failed in Siberia, he decided (some say without authority from his employers) to sail 4000 miles to America, where his firienn Captain John Smith told him the Indians thought there was a major river between Maine and virgininia which might lead him to the far East. It was on this thrid voyaage that hat found the Hudson River and Albany but unfortunately failed to find a route to the Far East. When he returned the English had him arrested at the Port of Dartmouth and King James was so angry that he was sailing for the Dutch that he reportedly considered having him executed.
His maps were smuggled back to Holland, to which he was forbdidden to return, (However, this permitted the Dutch to claim ownership of the area that. is now New York City). The next year the English financed a major fourth voyage,on which he said could get to the Orient through Cananda. On that voyage he went 300 miles further West than any European, but his crew diidn't believe his insistence that he would make it to the Far East and rather than freeze to death in the Canadian winter. Near what is today Hudson's Bay they mutinied and put him and his young soon into a small boat without adequate provisions and he was never heard from again. Thus the founder of New York who was one of our greatest and most agesssive entrepreneurs met an ignominious end in his mid forties.
In 2009 I wrote an article for Financial History magazined (of theMuseum of American Finance) entitled
"Henry Hudson, the Failed Entrepreneur who Founded New York". His story really should be better known than it is today.
John H. Tedder says
Interesting article. It is the Bering Sea, not the Bearing Sea. Thank you.
John Warren says
Thanks for that correction!
Edward Elkins says
Researching my family history There were documents which had information regarding Henry Elkins as captain of a ship who was hired to explore the New Netherlands or New York for passages and trading routes shortly after Hudson was hired by the same company. Jacob Jacobsen Elkins knew the Indian languages was hired to do negotiations for the Trading company.


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Justin Schultz headlines list of RFAs not extended qualifying offers
By Cam TuckerJun 27, 2016, 11:00 PM EDT
After hoisting the Stanley Cup with the Pittsburgh Penguins earlier this month, Justin Schultz could soon be joining another NHL team.
The Penguins didn't extend Schultz a qualifying offer Monday, which means he becomes an unrestricted free agent.
Already facing a cap crunch, Pittsburgh, had it opted to give Schultz a qualifying offer, would have to match his entire $3.9 million salary from his one-year contract in 2015-16.
#Pens did not issue Justin Schultz a qualifying offer, but he could still opt to re-sign in PIT for less than the $3.9M he earned last yr.
— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) June 27, 2016
The Penguins acquired Schultz from Edmonton just prior to the trade deadline, with GM Jim Rutherford praising his offensive upside, while admitting Schultz needed work in the defensive end.
Schultz played in 15 playoff games for Pittsburgh, adding an assist in the Cup-clinching win. However, it was shortly after winning the championship that it appeared his price tag would be too much for the Penguins.
Related: The Penguins are playing Schultz to his strengths
More notables:
— Joe Colborne
The Calgary Flames did not offer the 26-year-old Joe Colborne a qualifying offer, making him an unrestricted free agent. He hit career highs in goals (19) and points (44) — also with a career-high shooting percentage of 19 per cent.
He wrapped up a two-year deal, worth $1.275 million.
The Flames also didn't qualify center Josh Jooris and goalie Joni Ortio.
Ortio split the 2015-16 season between the Flames and their AHL affiliate, the Stockton Heat. With Calgary, he had a 7-9-5 record with a .902 save percentage, and was waived to go down to the minors, where he also struggled.
In a bid to bolster their goaltending situation, the Flames acquired Brian Elliott from the St. Louis Blues at the draft.
— Brett Connolly
Once the sixth overall pick in the 2010 NHL Draft, Brett Connolly didn't receive a qualifying offer from the Boston Bruins, after scoring nine goals and a single-season career high 25 points in 71 games with this season.
He was playing on a one-year, $1.025 million contract.
From CSNNE.com:
He struggled to produce offense even though he spent long stretches playing with Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand last season. Still, he was the sixth overall pick in the 2010 draft and the Bruins gave up two second-round picks to Tampa Bay for him less than two years ago, so the move is somewhat unexpected.
— Landon Ferraro
Another interesting decision from the Bruins, who claimed Landon Ferraro off waivers from the Detroit Red Wings in November. The 24-year-old forward, on a one-year deal worth $600,000 for 2015-16, had five goals and 10 points — all with the Bruins as a member of their bottom-six group of forwards — this past season.
After getting claimed by Boston but before he played a game for that franchise, Bruins coach Claude Julien described Ferraro as a "reliable" player.
— Linden Vey
Jim Benning, at his first draft as the Canucks general manager, used a second-round pick to acquire Linden Vey from the L.A. Kings, but the Canucks did not qualify him Monday.
That doesn't come as much of a surprise, with Vey reportedly expecting the Canucks not to make him a qualifying offer.
The 24-year-old Vey scored four goals and 15 points in 41 games this past season, after he was recalled from AHL Utica.
Prior to the beginning of this past season, Vey was put on waivers and eventually sent down to the minors, before getting recalled. In his first season with the Canucks, he entered training camp and was immediately given first-unit power play duties. He ended up scoring 10 goals and 24 points that season.
Off the ice, however, Vey has been troubled by family turmoil. Last month, it was reported in The Province newspaper that Vey's father, Curtis, was set to go to trail on charges of conspiracy to murder his wife.
— Brandon Pirri
The Ducks acquired Brandon Pirri from the Florida Panthers at the trade deadline. A year removed from a 22-goal season in Florida, Pirri then had three goals and five points in nine games with the Ducks.
From the Orange County Register:
Pirri is arbitration eligible and with 14 combined goals with the Ducks and Panthers last season, he could get a bump up from his $975,000 salary and the Ducks appear to want that slot open for a cheaper, more multi-dimensional forward.
— Brandon Gormley
According to the Denver Post, the Colorado Avalanche didn't tender a qualifying offer to 24-year-old defenseman Brandon Gormley, once a 13th overall pick of the Phoenix Coyotes in 2010.
He has been unable to turn that into an established position at the NHL level.
He struggled in Colorado, eventually getting put on waivers. He split time between the Avalanche and San Antonio Rampage in the minors.
According to the aforementioned report, the Avalanche also plan to buy out the contract of 36-year-old defenseman Brad Stuart.
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