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22/07/2005 in Latest News
Seat UK has announced pricing and specifications for the 2006 model year Altea and Toledo, which will be available from August 1.
The Seat Altea, designated an MSV (Multi Sports Vehicle) now starts at £11,695 on-the-road, rising to £17,595.
The entry level petrol-powered Altea 1.6 Essence features a rear seat which slides forward to increase boot space. Other standard equipment includes six airbags (front, side, curtain), front electric windows, AM/FM radio/CD player, ABS and TCS, remote central locking, volumetric alarm, height adjustable driver's seat and tyre pressure monitor. The Altea earned a five star rating for occupant protection in the Euro NCAP crash tests, four stars for child protection and three stars for pedestrian protection.
The new Seat Altea
The Altea Reference has the same features as the Essence model but gains air conditioning as standard and brings a choice of the same 1.6-litre petrol engine or a 103bhp 1.9-litre TDI and is priced at £12,195 and £13,195 respectively.
Recent additions to the Altea range are two Reference Sport models, again powered by the 1.6 petrol or 1.9 TDi engines. Reference Sport keeps all the equipment of Reference, but gets front fog lights, 16-inch alloy wheels, sports suspension, sports seats and leather steering wheel and gear knob. Prices are £12,495 for the petrol and £13,495 for the diesel.
The Altea Stylance model adds an air-conditioning two-zone climate control system, rear electric windows, steering wheel operated radio controls, cruise control, trip computer, height adjustable passenger seat and illuminated driver and passenger mirrors on the sun visors to the Reference trim. Altea Stylance also has the option of an automatic Tiptronic gearbox which is coupled to the 2.0 litre 148bhp petrol engine. Prices are £13,195 (1.6), £14,195 (TDI) and £16,195 for the 2.0 Tiptronic.
#AM_ART_SPLIT# The Altea Sport has the choice of the 2.0 litre 148bhp FSI petrol engine or a 2.0 litre 138bhp TDI engine to go with its sports suspension, standard ESP and sports seats. Both engines are coupled to six-speed manual gearboxes, but the TDI also has the choice of the highly acclaimed DSG automatic gearbox. Prices are £15,995 for the 2.0 FSI, £16,695 for the 2.0 TDI and £17,595 for the 2.0 TDI with DSG.
The Toledo shares engines with the Altea. It comes in three specifications, Reference, Stylance and Sport.
Toledo Reference has a choice of 1.6 petrol or a 1.9 TDI engine and comes with air conditioning, front electric windows, radio/CD player, front, side and curtain airbags, ABS, TCS, ISOFIX child seat mountings, height and reach adjustable steering wheel, height adjustable driver's seat and digital clock. The new on-the-road prices for Toledo Reference are £12,495 and £13,495 for the petrol and diesel respectively.
Toledo Stylance comes with the same choice of engines as Reference, but gains alloy wheels, cruise control, trip computer, front fog lights, electrically adjustable door mirrors with park facility, two-zone climate control, rear electric windows, steering wheel controls for the radio and illuminated mirrors on the driver and passenger sun visors. The passenger seat is also height and lumbar adjustable. Prices are £13,495 for the 1.6 and £14,495 for the 1.9 TDI.
The top of the range Toledo Sport is offered with the two most powerful engines available, the 2.0 litre 148bhp FSI petrol and the 2.0 138bhp TDI both linked to a six-speed manual gearbox or with a choice of automatic gearboxes in the form of Tiptronic for the petrol or DSG for the TDI. Extra equipment over Stylance includes alloy wheels, ESP, EBA, sports suspension and sports seats.
Prices for the Toledo Sport 2.0 FSI are £16,295 with a six-speed manual gearbox, £17,195 with Tiptronic, the 2.0 Tdi is £16,995 manual and £17,895 with the DSG gearbox.
All Altea and Toledo pricing is on-the-road including VAT, first registration fee and plates, one year's road tax, three-year/60,000 miles mechanical warranty, 12-year body protection warranty and two years' Seat Service Mobility roadside assistance valid in over 30 countries.
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What does a welcoming economy look like? Research suggests newcomer-friendly services and slogans aren't enough. Immigrant retention depends on positive labour market experiences and a robust local economy. What can local planning councils do to attract and sustain immigrant investment in the social, economic and cultural growth of their cities and regions?
2018 GDX Lecturer Dr. Naika Foroutan, Humboldt University (Berlin), examines right-wing populism in Europe with a particular focus on Germany, arguing that current trends towards the rejection of already negotiated, fought for norms and values of plural democracies pose a serious challenge to the possibilities of inclusive nationalism in multicultural societies like Germany and Canada. Followed by a moderated discussion with Senator Ratna Omidvar.
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Dr. Zhixi Zhuang, School of Urban and Regional Planning, Ryerson University (Toronto) in conversation with Dr. Stacy Harwood, Department of Urban & Regional Planning, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) to discuss planning for urban resilience in a multicultural context, and how municipal planning policies can create safe, accessible, and inclusive public spaces while promoting intercultural social interactions and understanding.
An interactive workshop that will highlight examples of city-led mythbusting and public engagement campaigns from around the world. It is in the cities and the urban communities where refugees find themselves resettled (or where they are displaced to) that the rubber hits the road. What are some examples of local and institutional strategies to welcome refugees, and to ensure that a culture of welcome is sustained through broad-based public support? What is the DNA of a welcoming city for refugees?
Dr. Snežana Ratkovic, Brock University (Canada) in conversation with Dr Stavroula Kaldi, University of Thessaly (Greece), to discuss the experiences of refugee students in the classroom and beyond, current educational policy gaps when it comes to supporting refugee students, and successful strategies that teachers, resettlement officers, and school administrators can use to ease the transition for refugee students in schools.
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This workshop explores the complex and interconnected factors that contribute to open, inclusive cities in an era of global migration. Participants will learn about the My City of Migration Diagnostic, a new online tool that helps users assess the quality of inclusion in their daily lives: at work, at school, on election day, in health and as a new arrival. International experts will provide insight and analysis on building inclusive cities, what works, what doesn't, and the cost of exclusion. Presentations will include examples of good practice, and policy recommendations.
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Dan Wallace, Welcoming America consultant (Berlin/New York) in a conversation with Dr. Toufic El Masri, Hamburg Chamber of Commerce and 'Migrant Firms' Division (Hamburg) to discuss the internationally replicated Welcoming Cities model and promising approaches in American and German cities that promote a local economic integration framework which welcomes refugees as valued contributors to workplaces, local economies and vibrant communities.
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Every season there's a wave of new anime shows, many of them based on some other form of media such as a manga or light novel series. Most reasonably popular manga titles seem to make it onto the screen in animated form at some point or other, so it can be galling when your favorite series is passed over by the animation studios time and again in favour of yet more giant robots and impossibly large and buoyant chests.
Read on to see which manga series Japanese readers most want to see animated, and let us know what your own picks would be.
Japanese website Anime Anime! conducted a survey to discover the manga series their readers most want to see turned into anime. They first asked for suggestions on Twitter then put together two lists of 20 titles, one of manga series which had come to an end and one which was made up of continuing comics. Each respondent could choose up to three manga series from each list. In total they received 1,800 responses.
Here is the ranking for the as-yet incomplete manga series readers really hope to see on their TV screens soon. Some of these have been licensed and published in English while others have not. The majority of them are seinen titles, but there's also a few shonen and shoujo in there, too, and the themes vary from slice-of-life to superheroes and fantasy battles.
This slice of life seinen manga first made its appearance in 2011 and has been consistently popular. It got over 25% of the votes to secure first place in this survey!
One Punch-Man is a webcomic that has been running since 2009. It follows the story of the super-powerful hero Saitama on his journey to defeat evil monsters and gain recognition.
Yotsuba and has been going since 2003 and it's surprising it hasn't been animated yet after the success of Azuma's previous series, Azumanga Daioh, both in Japan and overseas.
Begun in 2007, this slice-of-life manga from the creator of the award-winning Honey and Clover, follows a lonely 17-year-old professional shogi player.
This fantasy manga from 2009 brings historical figures together to fight to save a mysterious world.
The first shoujo title to make the list is one of the more recent entries, having begun in 2012, and is a lighthearted story that gives us a peek into the lives of four high school boys.
This shoujo romantic comedy began in 2007 and follows a delinquent girl's efforts to clean up her act and her new school.
Yandere characters are always popular so it's surprising that this manga, which came out in 2009, has yet to be animated.
This seinen-oriented slice-of-life manga is a relatively new title, begun in 2013.
A boy with special abilities and a troubled heart joins a high school band – how does this shonen series not have an anime yet?
Some of these series above are sure to make it onto the screen at some point, probably after they're finished, but others will remain static forever. And maybe that's for the best, since unfortunately the animated versions don't always do justice to their source material. What manga series would you like to see animated? Let us know in the comments section below!


This is my first post so don't be too harsh. I was just looking to get additional opinions in order to make a more informed decision.
Since I always had the idea of becoming an astrophysicist I enrolled in Bsc in physics engineering (5 years) here, and due to being the top student I was invited to do a Msc in the same field after my 2nd year abroad in Europe (fully funded), so I decided, why not? It could give me some important connections and maybe find some PhD offers abroad.
However, at the end I wasn't able to apply to an abroad PhD due to lack of funds so I decided to start a 2-year Msc in Physics here with the option to directly access a 3-year PhD (5 years in total, like in America), as they didn't accept my abroad Masters (I know, kind of a waste I didn't know early by anyways). While I have received several jobs offer in my country due to my degree, I usually rejected them due to being poorly paid and my dream to continue doing research. However, 9 months into my current Masters I received a pretty good offer to work in America in a more applied field in engineering (due to my background in numerical analysis), with quite a good salary, so I've been considering if I should take it and leave my Master's. However, I'm afraid how could this affect my future job prospects, and if it would better to ask for one year to finish it (note that my current Master's isn't related to the job offer (my program is fully funded so I really don't pay tuition, but I would have to refund my expenses scholarship when possible).
Moreover, recently I've been kind of dissapointed with the opportunities in academia for physicists, as not only the chance of success is extremedly limited (I know a lot of PhD graduates who did their postdocs abroad and now are underemployeed) but outside America there's no really too much support for science, so PhD's are poorly paid here in Brazil. So I'm really considering that, if I don't take this job offer, I'll probably won't stay in academia after my PhD.
So I would like to ask mostly to people in America, would finishing my 2nd Master's help me in climbing positions if I get a job there? Or would it be better if I leave my program now and begin working abroad to acquire experience? I don't want to give the impression that I don't finish things, but also that I can't decide between careers.
A second master's in physics by itself won't help advance your career in the US (academic or non-academic). If you are doing a research thesis, and the knowledge and experience gained during that research happens to map into the needs of a prospective employer, that would be a plus. That's the situation you already have in hand based on your previous work and current job offer. Why jeopardize it for something that might (or might not) happen? If you want to advance your career prospects in the US based on academic credentials, you'll need a PhD in physics or a master's in a different field.
Take the job. You'd be crazy not to.
Actually my first Master's was in engineering with terminal branch in mathematics and non-linear phenomena, hence why I wasn't accepted to a direct PhD in Astrophysics here (it is a recognized grade in the US, though). But indeed, my current research thesis is barely connected to what my current employeer offers (save for some programming aspects), so following it won't definitely help me get more experience and will only be more for pure intellectual satisfaction. But indeed, I think it would be better to go to work there and probably later apply to a PhD with university funding if I want to do more research.
Whether it's fair or not, I actually look on two masters with some degree of suspicion. But like CrysPhys said, that second masters could come with valuable skills or learnings that could quickly outweigh any bias.
Having two masters degrees definitely won't help climbing positions. You've already checked the "have a masters" box. The next question is just whether you have the skills/fit/luck necessary to be promoted.
Good call. I think having multiple bachelors or multiple masters degrees gives people the impression that you're a professional student or maybe that you are kind of lost or not sure what you are doing, which is usually true for people with multiple BS and MS degrees. I met one person who has two bachelor degrees who is an exception to that.
Thanks for your advice. In my case my intention was always to go only for a Master's and PhD in Physics, but since I just happened to receive an scholarship and the opportunity to live abroad, I took it as it only extended my B.S. duration by one year.
In that case, on a more economic note, I would like to know what do you think a good salary is. Let's just say that I'm offered just around 50k a year, which I don't know if it's a good one given my preparation.
It depends on how much you're leveraging what you've learned. For someone with a relevant masters, I don't think 50k - 60k is a bad starting salary though certainly there are people who get more. For someone with a PhD, I would think anything less than 80k would be disappointing.
However, if your education is less relevant (e.g. going into analytics with a physics degree) you might have to start lower. I mean, I know plenty of examples of people who didn't, but you need to be willing to take a hit to get in the door.
It's going to be tough to get a job in the US though. The competition from foreign workers is pretty fierce.
He said the job offer is in the US. Fifty thousand is a good starting salary, especially while being a foreigner with no student debt. I could make it on 20k with no debt and probably have enough to buy a car and a house.
What city and state is the job offer in? The cost of living in the US varies over a large range as a function of location.
Precisely. Since he has an offer in hand from a US company, it would be wise for him to accept it: there appears to be little benefit from the second master's, and it's a gamble whether he'll get another offer upon completion of the second master's.
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Grass-Fed Milk Production: Putting it all together Tafel Farm, Laurens, NY, Adam and Margaret Tafel, owner operators
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
Adam and Margaret Tafel began their own dairy fifteen years ago, with an initial herd of 40 certified organic cows, rented farmland that was ready to certify organic and a market for their milk. Although Margaret was new to dairy farming, Adam had experience on both confinement and grazing dairies, and had been working for David and Sue Evans's organic dairy in Norwich, New York. That dairy - Sunrise Family Farms Creamery - had begun bottling their own milk as well as processing it into yogurt. Not only did the Tafel's purchase the initial herd from his former employers, they also shipped their milk to them until 2014.
The couple has since moved from the rented land, purchasing their own acreage in Laurens, New York in 2009. The land - abandoned for five years and purchased at a foreclosure auction - was also able to be certified organic immediately, without having to undergo a transition period.
In 2014, the couple changed course again, this time to 100 percent grass-fed dairying. They began supplying milk to Maple Hill Creamery. But this transition was a simple one, and didn't involve a major change in mindset or management, either.
The milking herd had never been fed much grain, as the couple constantly questioned the value of grain feeding in their organic dairy herd, trying periods with and without during their early years. By the time they began shipping to Maple Hill Creamery, they had not been feeding grain for a long period of time.
"We never converted conventional to organic. We did convert conventional organic to grass-fed," Adam said. "This was very smooth because we never really fed calves and heifers grain, so these animals developed rumens on just forage."
The family's farm consists of 675 owned acres, of which 425 acres is tillable and able to be grazed. Another 325 acres of tillable and grazing land is rented, with two hundred of these acres dedicated to the milking herd. The pastures used for the milking herd are also mechanically harvested with some fields harvested for a first cutting, and then added to the grazing rotation when needed.
They own their separate heifer farm - which was Adam's childhood home, purchased from his father - 12 miles from the home farm. The heifers have 125 acres of land used only for grazing.
Pasture and grazing land is primarily planted to perennial pasture mixes or Sudangrass. Perennial mixtures utilize either meadow fescue or orchard grass as the base, with a mix of red and white clovers. They also plant trefoil and alfalfa on suitable ground.
"Orchard grass and meadow fescue have different maturity dates which allow us a greater window for mechanical and grazed harvest of high quality forage," Adam said.
The farm has 600 certified organic laying hens which are housed in a 40x70 pole barn. The hens pasture near the barn, given new sections every few weeks. Movable coops didn't work, due to the labor they required. The layers are relative newcomers to the farm, and finding the best solution to pasturing them is ongoing.
"We currently sell 250 dozen eggs per week to a health food store, through another farmer that takes them to New York City, and in our on-farm store," Adam said. "We have an on-farm store that is self-serve and we sell organic beef, pastured pork and eggs."
Tafel's Farm Store
Building the Dairy
The Tafels now have 150 cows in the milking herd, which consists primarily of Jersey and Ayrshire genetics, with Hereford genetics used on cows not used to breed replacements. They raise about 50 percent of the 90 or so heifers which are born each year, selling the remainder. Most of the sold animals are from first calve heifers, which are bred via a Jersey
bull, or are offspring from the cows crossed with Hereford genetics.
"Our calves are sold at about a week old at the auction. The Hereford crosses do well; others do not," Adam said. "Dairy culls are sold through the local auction as organic beef, which does okay."
Most of the breeding is done via artificial insemination, which Adam does himself. The Jersey bull used on the heifers is also used to clean up the milking herd.
They are seeking deep, wide cows, so the animals have increased rumen capacity, a trait which is very important for their grass fed production. It allows the cow to consume a greater amount of forage and obtain the nutrients needed to be productive on an all-grass diet.
They breed with daughter pregnancy rate (DPR), milk production and somatic cell count as other primary selection criteria. Semen from traditional companies such as Select Sires and Genex is used, as well as John O'Brien's Nature's Blueprint bulls, which they've also used for the past several years.
"I do like to use A2 and polled genetics when it works, but other traits come first in selecting bulls," Adam said. "We tried milking Shorthorn and Normandy but I found them to be too beefy and could not maintain milk production throughout their lactation. I also just really like Jersey and Ayrshires."
The herd isn't closed, and they do purchase some cows and heifers - about 30 in the past 15 years - when needed, and only directly from other farms, and not the auction house. In 2010, the purchase of a dozen animals all from one farm was done to accelerate herd growth, with another five head purchased in 2015. In 2019, 10 cows and heifers were added after the bull didn't impregnate everyone it should have, and their winter calving goals were not met.
"We aim to keep about 45 heifer calves each year. That is about 30 percent of the milking herd. I feel like we need to replace about 20 - 25 percent of the herd each year, so this gives us wiggle room to grow slightly or cull heavier," Adam explained.
Most of the dairy's growth has been internal, with purchased head being the exception. The few times they did purchase cattle was because they were offered great cattle at a cost much less than that of raising a replacement, and the cows were ready to milk immediately. There are no further plans to expand the herd, as the barn space is near capacity, and they would need to rent more tillable land, which is not available in their immediate vicinity.
"I am not interested in chasing land further than a few miles just to milk more cows," Adam said.
Although they Tafels began as an organic dairy, and were already experienced with low-grain feeding prior to officially going grass-fed, they had plenty of other adjustments to make. The farmland they purchased had two tie-stall barns, which they renovated into freestall facilities, and they built a parlor.
The milking herd uses the two freestall barns, which were gutted and renovated prior to moving the herd to the farm in 2010. The main barn, which was a 100 cow tie stall barn, now has a swing 10 parallel parlor on the west end, with a holding area and 80 freestalls. The other tie-stall barn was converted in 2012 to a 30 freestall facility, with another 20 freestalls added in 2015. In 2016, calving pens, an office, bathroom, and utility room were added as well.
The freestall barns are tunnel ventilated, designed to reduce heat stress in the summer when the cows are housed during the day and grazed at night. Housing the milking herd indoors in the well-ventilated freestall barns during the heat of summer days also reduces fly concerns. Chopped hay bedding is preferred, although they do use shavings if they can't make enough hay.
The tunnel ventilation system helps keep pneumonia at bay in the winter, although they recently had a few cases. Adam hypothesizes that reducing the fan speed to try to keep the barn more comfortable for people was a contributor to those illnesses. They've had another issue in the past where relocating the system's fans - an attempt to enhance ventilation - instead resulted in pneumonia, and they immediately moved the fans back to their original positions, and added a few more!
An old carriage barn has been converted into a winter calf barn, housing 24 calves in three groups. But from May through October, calves are exclusively housed on pasture. Older heifers are out-wintered, and out-wintered yearlings have access to a run-in shed.
Another new addition to the farm is the 900,000 gallon manure pit, which was installed using an EQUIP grant in 2017. The manure from the freestall barns - which are cleaned with a skid steer twice a day in the winter and once per day during grazing season - gravity flows into the pit.
"The liquid manure is applied to hay field early in the spring, Sudangrass fields just before planting, and emptied in the fall onto hay fields. Heifer pack manure is also spread on Sudangrass field and rotovated in pre-planting," Adam said. "Before the pit we used up to 400 tons of imported chicken litter each year. Now with the ability to store our dairy manure we have reduced chicken litter use to about 70 tons each year."
The Tafel's herd heading to pasture???
Getting Grass to the Herd
Another new addition to the farm was two new silos, one built in 2017 and one moved from another farm in 2019, to join the two which already existed on the premises. One 20 by 70 foot silo is used to store sorghum-Sudangrass and Sudangrass forages, which they have planted extensively for the past ten years. While about a third of the 150- 225 acres planted to these grasses each season is grazed, the rest is used to fill the silo, and for baleage.
The milking herd does not receive any total mix ration, but are fed 10 - 25 percent Sudangrass silage, and 25 - 50 percent early first cut silage, with the remainder of their fed ration coming from later cuttings. About 80 percent of the feed is chopped silage, while the rest is fed in dry rounds or baleage. The mix of different fed forages balances out the diet.
Sorghum and Sudangrass yield as well as other annuals, and make very good forages if harvested at the appropriate time, according to Adam. They use these crops as a feed ingredient in the same manner a conventional dairy utilizes corn. After two years of the annuals, the pastures are reseeded to perennials.
"Early first cutting and Sudangrass tend to be higher energy and third and fourth cutting have a bit more protein," Adam said. "We like to always offer some sort of long forage or dry hay as we feel the cows like this and it helps balance out the rumen. Feeding a mix of each keeps cows from losing weight and keeps them milking well."
The milking herd generally begins grazing in late April, with no-till winter rye in the Sudangrass fields giving a jump to the season. This year, they began to graze on April 25th. At first, the cows get about 50 percent of their diet from grazing the winter rye, with another 40 percent coming from Sudangrass silage and the remainder from last June's first cut hay. The DMI from grazing increases to 90 percent by the time the cows are on pasture 24/7.
Sudangrass is grazed beginning in early to mid-July, to take the pressure off of the perennial pastures. If it is dry, the cows will move indoors during the day to reduce grazing pressure on the pastures. During the mid-summer heat, the milking herd will get between 50 and 90 percent DMI from grazing, depending on how hot and dry it gets. When moisture allows, the herd will begin heavy grazing again in mid-September.
Fields are renovated when the yield drops, or the legume-to-grass ratio needs to be adjusted. They will plant Sudangrass for two years, followed by a spring no-till seeding of perennial pasture mix into the stubble. Tillage is done with a rotovator to a three inch maximum depth. Soil tests will pinpoint issues - pH and phosphorous are common concerns. If issues are found, bone meal is used to increase phosphorous and an application of lime will increase pH.
The milking herd moves to new paddocks or breaks every 12 hours, after each milking. Heifers and dry cows move every one to three days, depending on pasture needs. Calves on milk are rotationally grazed through a two-acre paddock near the barn. Heifers are pastured 100 percent throughout the grazing season, with the exception of a bale being fed occasionally in mid-summer to slow the grazing rotation and allow grasses to recover.
In the non-grazing season, heifers receive the later first cutting, sorghum, or second cutting feedstocks. These are not high enough quality for the milking herd.
Calves are fed good quality dry grass hay or baleage. Calves are fed grass or dry hay from day one. They are weaned either at three months or sometimes up to five months.
"There is no doubt that five-plus month weaning age is better for the calves than three months," Adam said. "When weaned at five months they seem to hit the ground running better when moved to the heifer farm. Our issue is labor and space. When we are weaning at three months we can get calves to the heifer farm sooner and just allows more space in the calf barn and on the calf pasture."
They've found that successful weaning at three months requires good forages to be available at all times, whether grazed or stored feed, to avoid a post-weaning slump.
No matter when they will wean, all calves do better when they are born outside, and move directly to the calf pasture without ever being in the barn, Adam said. Calves are fed with mob feeders, and kept in one multi-age group until weaning.
"I don't believe that cows fed starter or grain as young stock will ever do as well as cattle never fed grain. I also believe this to be critical to the rumen development and success of grass–fed cows," Adam said, explaining why the calves are fed grass from birth.
Production and Health
Per cow production in April 2021 was 9700 pounds of milk per cow. Fat is at 4.2 percent, with protein at 3.4 percent, and other solids at 5.6 percent. The somatic cell count is about 220.000, and averages around 200,000 year round, running between 180,000 and 220,000, with spikes more likely to occur in summer's heat.
Any cows with mastitis have their milk segregated and fed to pigs or to calves. Quarters with persistent issues are dried off and cows are culled if the high cell counts continue. They occasionally culture, and for the past ten years have had a Dairy One tester come to the farm monthly. The tester monitors individual milk weights, SCC, fat, protein and other data on each cow. They have found this information to be invaluable.
Other health concerns are fairly rare, but sometimes come in waves, such as milk fever, which will affect a handful of cows in a row, and then not occur again for months. Adam believes that nutritional issues may be the culprit, with an abundance of potassium at some time later causing these milk fever outbreaks. Milk fever is treated with intravenous calcium. Another nutritional issue is low selenium levels, which Adam believes is the cause of the conception issues which occasionally occur in the herd. If blood selenium levels are low, they'll add vitamin E and selenium minerals. If animals have a fever, due to retained placentas or some mild pneumonia - both rare occurrences - aspirin and Banamine are used.
While they do not have a nutritionist, they do test forage nutrition levels routinely and closely monitor MUN levels. The veterinarian visits every few months for pregnancy checks and to monitor selenium levels.
The main health issue seen with calves is E. coli. A First Defense bolus is given within 12 hours of birth during the winter months. The first week is when problems arise with E. coli and it is not always a concern, but ebbs and flows at times, despite not changing any procedures with cow and calf care.
They don't see coccidia in any significant amounts and simply let it run its course in the animal. They do, however, use it as an indicator that there is a stressor - poor feed, cleanliness issues, or housing concerns - that needs to be addressed. Any occasional scours seen is treated with homemade electrolytes. They do not routinely use other vaccinations or supplemental therapies for their calves.
They currently don't vaccinate the herd at all, although they used to do so annually. After falling behind schedule, they've never caught back up, but do believe vaccines to be valuable, and are considering starting with an annual schedule again.
The Tafels have learned and incorporated lessons from both the conventional and organic dairy sectors in their farm management. Adam attends meetings hosted by Cornell Cooperative Extension, which typically address the needs of confinement dairy farmers. Dave Balbian, of the Central New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops Program, has been a tremendous help throughout the years, and Graze magazine has served as an educational resource as well.
"There is a wealth of knowledge there that is sometimes dismissed by organic producers," Adam said. "I have to sift through and adjust what I learn from them to make it fit organic, but I feel as though I always walk away with a lot of useful information."
Adam believes that one threat facing the organic dairy industry is the negative marketing done by milk alternatives, which claim to be environmentally-friendly and to avoid dairy's animal welfare concerns. But those milk alternatives aren't the answer, he advocates, while responsible organic dairy farming is.
"I think the organic dairy industry needs to push the narrative of regenerative agriculture as a way to sequester carbon and combat global warming," to make consumers aware of the facts, Adam said.
The Tafel's organic, grass-fed dairy has grown along with the family, which includes three young sons - Moses, Henry and Riley. The boys, along with Adam's father and several employees, including Rachel Stone, who has been with the farm for seven years - are instrumental in keeping this family dairy productive.
Adam and Margaret Tafel can be reached at 1342 County Highway 10, Laurens, New York 13796, 607-263-5774, tafelam@gmail.com
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Families have long treasured their treehouses, with parents and their children working together to build one in the backyard and building memories as the kids enjoy it as they grow up. From the famous treehouses belonging to �Swiss Family Robinson� and �The Simpsons,� to the ones in the movies �Stand by Me� and �The Sandlot,� treehouses are also part of pop culture.
Today, there are many resources for families to use when learning how to build a child�s treehouse. For less than $1,000 and about a couple weekends of work, moms and dads can team up with their children to build a treehouse.
And for kids who don�t want to grow up, there�s a niche industry that designs and builds adult treehouses to provide a refuge from the day-to-day grind, or in some cases, serve as a luxurious full-time home. Actor Val Kilmer has a treehouse of his own on a New Mexico ranch.
If the answer is �No,� but you still want a treehouse, check the Internet or a local business directory for contractors who build treehouses in your area.
But if �Yes� is the answer, the first step is to identify a sturdy-looking tree in your backyard to build on. Treehouse expert Michael Garnier says large, dominant trees such as Douglas fir, oak or pine work well.
The tree should not be so young that it has significant growth ahead of it, because it may outgrow the design. You also don�t want one that is fully mature and close to dying, says Garnier, who makes a living building treehouses and operates a treehouse resort in Oregon.
�Some trees grow up fast and they die fast. You want to pick a tree that lives a long time and gets large,� Garnier said.
The trees only need to be 8 to 10 inches in diameter, �like a good sized post,� Garnier says. Also, treehouses can be built on more than one tree, and also can have posts buried into the ground for additional support, so don�t fret if you don�t have a single big tree in the yard.
Trees move in the wind, so don�t pick a tree with the idea of putting the house in its extreme upper reaches. Treehouses generally are at least 6 feet off the ground, though more sophisticated ones can rest 35 feet of the ground or more on the largest of trees.
Once the tree is chosen, a good next step is to ask your neighbors out of respect for their privacy if they mind if you build a treehouse. Think Bart Simpson, who could look into his neighbors� house from his treehouse.
After the neighbors sign off on the project, find out if you need a building permit for a treehouse. While it varies by municipality, Jacob says cities and counties generally require a permit for anything 200 square feet or larger. Permits are important because you don�t want someone to complain and have your project delayed over paperwork.
Here comes the hardest part: design and construction. But before starting this stage, remember that putting in bolts and nails is an invasive process and injures the tree, so try not to overdo it when it comes to hammering or screwing things into the tree.
Creative sorts, especially dads whose day jobs are in construction, architecture or engineering, probably can come up with their own designs. However, there are some how-to books available at your larger bookstores and on Internet sites such as Amazon.com. that have handy-dandy design concepts for treehouses.
A few of these how-to books, including such titles as �Treehouses & Playhouses You Can Build,� have been written by David and Jeanie Stiles. The book gives extremely detailed design instructions and illustrations to guide families through the entire construction process � including roles for children.
Make sure you have the right tools to start the job. Some essential tools are simple and obvious: hammer, tape measure, pencil, ladder, saw. You also need a level, some kind of wrench, a block plane for shaving wood, a chisel, and a rope to lift beams into the tree. In the realm of power tools, consider a table or circular saw to cut wood easily, a variable speed reversible drill, or an electric jigsaw. Get a battery powered or cordless drill for easier work in the trees.
Next is deciding what type of lumber to use. Construction-grade cedar or even cypress is best for beams. Save money by using plywood for the windows and enclosures. Make sure wood is pressure-treated if you are going to bury it in the ground as a post.
Lumber can be bought at hardware stores and home improvement stores like Lowe�s and Home Depot. However, for cheaper materials, see if any construction sites or junkyards have good wood they are giving away. Lumber should be straight and knot free. David Stiles recommends buying the lumber piecemeal instead of all at once, because plans and designs may change.
The first part of the treehouse that should be designed and constructed is the platform, from which everything else is built. The platform is extremely important because it should be sturdy enough to hold people and whatever is built on top of it. These foundations are bolted to trees and reinforced with braces, and they can also be supported by posts buried in the ground.
Garnier says building codes typically require a foundation design to hold 50 pounds per square foot. Scaffolding boards, which generally are about 2 inches thick, are a good option for platforms.
Once the platform is erected, a partial or complete enclosure can be built on top, complete with windows and doors. Railings are necessary for safety�s sake � just don�t make them too high, as smaller children can fit under them.
Put a roof on the treehouse to protect from rain, and falling branches and leaves.
For big kids, er adults, who want the upscale version, there are professionally built versions that can cost from $40,000 to $150,000 or more.
Jacob and business partner Pete Nelson build adult treehouses complete with multiple levels, beds, porches or balconies.
Jacob says to look at the cost as if you were adding a new room to the house, buying a boat or RV, or converting that room above the garage into an office.


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First email from space
Space Shuttle Atlantis astronauts sent an email to Johnson Space Center, using an Apple Portable computer, on 09 August 1991.
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STS-43 Mission Specialist Shannon Lucid is using the thumbball/handgrip control device with a Macintosh portable laptop computer.
August 1991 was a good month for the Internet.
On the 9th, astronauts on the Space Shuttle Atlantis, mission STS-43, sent the first email from space. Three days earlier, Tim Berners-Lee had published the first website. Both feats were accomplished with computers made by companies Steve Jobs brought to life.
NASA Astronauts Shannon W. Lucid (Ph.D.) and James C. Adamson used a Macintosh Portable computer to send an email to Marsha S. Ivins at Johnson Space Center on 09 August 1981:
Hello Earth ! Greetings from the STS-43 Crew. This is the first AppleLink from space. Having a __GREAT__ time, wish you were here,[…] Have a nice day…… Haste la vista, baby,… we'll be back!
Testing the AppleLink online service by sending email and disk files was only one of the reasons the Macintosh Portable was onboard. Astronauts also tested shuttle flight path tracking software that "present[]ed a real-time display of the shuttle's orbital position against a world map along with day and night cycles, tracking stations, and emergency reentry information."
Astronauts used the Macintosh Portable to record lower body negative pressure medical results. It was also a tool for other mission notes. And they tested four cursor control devices.
Finally, the "Macintosh acted as an alarm clock (in tandem with the WristMac)." Seiko had released the WristMac, which could be connected to a Macintosh, in 1988.
When it is time to snap photographs of a particular feature on Earth or in the cosmos, a Wristmac will sound an alarm and display a two-line individual chore reminder.
If schedules must be changed, National Aeronautics and Space Administration officials at the Johnson Space Center in Houston can transfer updated files to the orbiting Mac Portable from Earth-based Macintoshes via fax modem
Items being tested overhead range from file compression, the sound cues issued by a computer, the optimum size of a trackball, electronic mapping and transferring paper documentation to computer storage for hypertext retrieval.
The primary mission of the STS-43 mission was to deploy a fourth Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS), enabling "almost uninterrupted communications with Earth-orbiting shuttles and satellites." It was the ninth Atlantis mission (02 August – 11 August 1991).
The Internet was still young, the Web an infant
The Internet had moved from imagination to possibility when the U.S. Department of Defense funded the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET). The technology allowed allow computers to communicate on a single network.
The next step was Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) which allowed computers from different networks to communicate.
ARPANET adopted TCP/IP on January 1, 1983, and from there researchers began to assemble the "network of networks" that became the modern Internet.
Berners-Lee envisioned a World Wide Web in 1989 and then crafted the software to make it happen (emphasis added):
Already, millions of computers were being connected together through the fast-developing internet and Berners-Lee realised they could share information by exploiting an emerging technology called hypertext.
In March 1989, Tim laid out his vision for what would become the web in a document called "Information Management: A Proposal". .. his boss at the time, Mike Sendall, noted the words "Vague but exciting" on the cover. The web was never an official CERN project, but Mike managed to give Tim time to work on it in September 1990. He began work using a NeXT computer, one of Steve Jobs' early products.
In May 1985, Apple's board had "strip[ped] Steve of all executive duties." He resigned in September and launched NeXT. In 1988, NeXT and IBM became partners.
In 1996, Apple would buy NeXT for $400 million. Its operating system would provide the foundation for Mac OS X.
Under the leadership of Jobs, Apple went from near bankruptcy to becoming the world's most valuable company, introducing iconic products like the iPod, iPhone, and iPad along the way.
In addition to creating "the computer for the rest of us," Jobs also contributed to making the Internet a space for all of us.
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A self-identified "caricature," with his dark glasses, powdered ponytail, black jeans, fingerless gloves and obsessive Diet Coke consumption, Lagerfeld was still a prolific designer and also a photographer, author and early adopter of new technology.
Karl Lagerfeld, the most prolific designer of the 20th and 21st centuries and a man whose career formed the prototype of the modern luxury fashion industry, died Tuesday in Paris. He was 85.
His death was announced Tuesday by Chanel.
"More than anyone I know, he represents the soul of fashion: restless, forward-looking and voraciously attentive to our changing culture," Anna Wintour, editor of American Vogue, said of Lagerfeld when presenting him with the Outstanding Achievement Award at the British Fashion Awards in 2015.
Creative director of Chanel since 1983 and Fendi since 1965, and founder of his own line, Lagerfeld was the definition of a fashion polyglot, able to speak the language of many different brands at the same time (not to mention many languages themselves: He read in English, French, German and Italian).
In his 80s, when most of his peers were retiring to their yachts or country estates, he was designing an average of 14 new collections a year ranging from couture to the high street, and not counting collaborations and special projects. His signature combinations of "high fashion and high camp" attracted Rihanna; Princess Caroline of Monaco; Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund; and Julianne Moore.
"Ideas come to you when you work," he said backstage before a Fendi show at age 83. As a result, Lagerfeld never stopped creating. He was also a photographer, whose work was exhibited at the Pinacothèque de Paris; a publisher, having founded his own imprint for Steidl, Edition 7L; and the author of a popular 2002 diet book, "The Karl Lagerfeld Diet," about how he had lost 92 pounds.
His greatest calling, however, was as the orchestrator of his own myth.
A self-identified "caricature," with his dark glasses, powdered ponytail, black jeans, fingerless gloves, starched collars, Chrome Hearts jewelry and obsessive Diet Coke consumption, he achieved such a level of global fame — and controversy — that a $200 Karl Barbie doll, created in collaboration with the toymaker Mattel, sold out in less than an hour in 2014.
He was variously referred to as a "genius," the "kaiser" and "overrated." His contribution to fashion was not in creating a new silhouette, as designers like Cristobal Balenciaga, Christian Dior and Coco Chanel herself did.
Rather, he created a new kind of designer: the shape-shifter.
That is to say, the creative force who lands at the top of a heritage brand and reinvents it by identifying its sartorial semiology and then wresting it into the present with a healthy dose of disrespect and a dollop of pop culture.
This approach has become almost quotidian in the industry, but before Lagerfeld was hired at Chanel, when the brand was fading into staid irrelevance kept aloft on a raft of perfume and cosmetics, it was a new and startling idea.
That he dared act on it, and then kept doing so with varying degrees of success for decades, transformed not only the fortunes of Chanel (now said to have revenues of over $4 billion a year) but also his own profile.
And it cleared a new path for designers who came after, from Tom Ford (who likewise transformed Gucci) to John Galliano (Dior), Riccardo Tisci (Givenchy, Burberry) and Tomas Maier (Bottega Veneta).
Those who wanted to dismiss Lagerfeld referred to him as a "styliste": a designer who creates his looks by repurposing what already exists, as opposed to inventing anything new. But he rejected the idea of fashion-as-art, and the designer-as-tortured genius. His goal was more opportunistic.
"I would like to be a one-man multinational fashion phenomenon," he once said.
Indeed, his output as a designer was rivaled only by his outpourings as a master of the telling aphorism — so much so that his quotations were collected in a book, "The World According to Karl," in 2013.
His personal proclivities were a constantly mutating collection of decades, people and disciplines. His one great fear was of being bored. His conversations (or monologues) could, in almost one breath, bounce from Anita Ekberg romping in the Trevi fountain, to how rich women in the 1920s slept under ermine sheets, and then to the Danish fairy tale illustrator Kay Nielsen. His one blind spot was his own mortality, which he refused to acknowledge.
Karl-Otto Lagerfeld was born in Hamburg to Otto Lagerfeld, a well-off managing director of the German branch of the American Milk Products Co., and the former Elisabeth Bahlmann. His mother was Otto's second wife, and Karl had both an older half sister, Thea, and an older sister, Martha Christiane.
His mother was, by all accounts, the single most formative influence on her precocious son, who often reported that he had disliked his childhood. His father moved his family to a small town in the north of Germany during World War II, and Karl, who was given to wearing a formal suit and tie to school, did not exactly fit in.
Karl escaped to Paris as a teenager, and though he did not go to art school or receive a classic fashion education, in 1954 at age 18 he entered a fashion competition called the International Wool Secretariat (now reborn as the International Woolmark Prize) and won the coat category; Yves Saint Laurent, also a young designer, won in the dress category that year.
Lagerfeld was hired at the couture house of Pierre Balmain and remained for three years until he left for Jean Patou. He stayed at that house for five years, until deciding to trade the more rarefied environs of the couture for a freelance career in the emerging world of 1960s ready-to-wear.
He went on to do freelance design work for Krizia, Ballantyne, Charles Jourdan and Chloé, where he stayed for over 10 years and became close to the founder, Gaby Aghion, developing his trademark irreverence for style's sacred cows.
The approach could also been seen at Fendi, starting in the mid-1960s when Lagerfeld was brought in by the family to transform the brand from boring bourgeois furrier into hip fashion name.
He refused to treat luxury pelts such as mink and sable too preciously. Instead, he shaved them, dyed them, tufted them and otherwise created the concept of "Fun Fur," which gave the brand its enduring double F logo.
He also started collecting: furniture, books, magazines — even apartments. He would delve deep into decades and their aesthetic movements, from Art Deco to Memphis, the Bauhaus to the Space Age, and then discard them, auctioning off his carefully curated acquisitions without nostalgia or emotion (a characteristic of his personal relationships, too, according to those who knew him).
Lagerfeld left Chloé in 1982 and took on Chanel — returning first to the haute couture, and the next year to ready-to-wear. It proved an alchemic combination of designer and brand, given the house's rich iconography (ropes of pearls, camellias, bouclé, Cs), which Lagerfeld treated like toys that were his for the twisting.
A photograph of the original supermodels — Linda Evangelista, Claudia Schiffer, Christy Turlington — as a motorcycle gang in pastel colored Chanel bouclé minisuits and biker caps captured his iconoclasm. Women were breaking glass ceilings and refusing to play by the old rules, and Lagerfeld transformed Chanel into the armor they could wear to do it.
His work so clearly expressed the ethos of the moment that Lagerfeld's early "muse," model Ines de la Fressange, was later chosen as the model for a new bust of Marianne, the symbol of the French Republic — at which point Lagerfeld, incensed at the idea of having to share her, ended their professional relationship (though years later they made up).
Celebrities flocked to Chanel and Lagerfeld, who seized on the marketing possibilities. He teamed up with director Baz Luhrmann and actress Nicole Kidman to make short promotional films, later directing Kristen Stewart and the singer Pharrell Williams in his own minifeatures about Chanel.
As social media exploded, Lagerfeld understood early on how widely disseminated images had the power to transform a show for the trade into a show that would resonate in the digital wilderness. He trucked in a 265-ton iceberg from Sweden for one collection, and built an airplane hangar, a brasserie and a supermarket (stocked with Chanel dishwasher powder and Chanel pasta) for others, all in the confines of the Grand Palais, his Parisian presentation venue of choice.
While his professional life became ever grander, however, his personal life remained a mystery. Lagerfeld lived alone — with a Birman cat called Choupette, who became as famous as her master, with her own maids, pillow, diamond necklaces and Instagram account — in a Left Bank apartment crowded with books and clothes. At Lincoln Center, he estimated his library at 300,000 volumes. He told Susannah Frankel of the British newspaper The Independent that he had more than a thousand of his signature white Hilditch & Key shirts.
He traveled with an ever-shifting entourage, though his godson, Hudson Kroenig, was something of a constant in recent years. Son of one of Lagerfeld's favorite male models, Brad Kroenig ( Lagerfeld used to accessorize his Chanel shows with the occasional man), Hudson would often appear on the runway with Lagerfeld to take a bow.
Though rumors often circulated that Lagerfeld was sick and about to retire, he never did. He had a lifetime contract with both Chanel and Fendi, and he exercised it. If he stopped, he would say when asked, he might as well stop breathing.
Lagerfeld was responsible for so many shows, stores and events that in 2017, Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of Paris, awarded him the city's highest honor, the Medal of the City of Paris, for services to the metropolis.
Toward the end of his career, fashion was troubled by questions over whether it was demanding too much of its designers, but Lagerfeld had no truck with any complaints.
His pretensions were not to the eternal, but to the ephemeral. In the end, however, with the personal brand that was Karl Lagerfeld, he may have achieved both.


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Were fighting for the crown
The lion beat the unicorn
All around the town.
Some gave them white bread,
And some gave them brown;
Some gave them plum cake
and drummed them out of town"
The Old English nursery rhyme described the enmity between these two great heraldic animals. They are symbols of the United Kingdom and appear in the full Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom. The lion stands for England and the unicorn for Scotland. The combination therefore dates back to the 1603 accession of James I of England who was already James VI of Scotland. By extension, they have also been used in the Coat of Arms of Canada since 1921.
The unicorn was chosen as Scotland's symbol because it was seen as a proud and noble creature which would rather die than be captured, just as Scots would rather fight to remain sovereign and unconquered. The lion was chosen as England's symbol because it symbolises bravery, valour, strength, and royalty, and is regarded as the king of beasts. Since the union of Scotland and England, two versions of the royal arms now exist, the one used in Scotland gives more emphasis to the Scottish elements, placing the unicorn on the right and giving it a crown, whereas the version used in England and elsewhere gives the English elements more prominence.
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Premier League Top Four Odds: Who Will Grab The Coveted Spots?
Martin Green
January 10th, 2023 , 16:55
The battle to secure a top-four finish is delicately poised as we approach the halfway mark in a gripping Premier League season.
The best betting sites make league leaders Arsenal and reigning champions Man City the heavy favourites after they pulled away from the chasing pack.
Some bookmakers are offering just 1.0 on Pep Guardiola's men and 1.02 on the Gunners, who are five points clear at the top of the table.
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That would leave just two places up for grabs in next season's Champions League, with several elite teams scrapping it out.
Newcastle and Man Utd currently hold the coveted places, but the likes of Spurs and Liverpool are hot on their heels, so this battle could go down to the wire.
You can find the updated odds below, followed by our analysis of each team's chances of securing a coveted top four finish.
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Manchester City 99.01%
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Manchester United 80.00%
Newcastle United 57.90%
Liverpool FC 33.33%
Tottenham Hotspur 22.22%
Chelsea FC 12.50%
Brighton & Hove Albion 12.50%
Brentford FC 1.23%
Aston Villa 1.23%
Fulham FC 0.99%
Crystal Palace 0.50%
Leeds United 0.20%
Leicester City 0.20%
Southampton FC 0.20%
West Ham United 0.20%
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0.20%
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Nottingham Forest 0.13%
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Erik ten Hag's men are surging with confidence after rattling off five consecutive wins since the club season resumed in December.
They beat Nottingham Forest 3-0, Wolves 1-0 and Bournemouth 3-0 in the league, while they also swept aside Burnley in the EFL Cup and Everton in the FA Cup.
Their winning streak has lifted them up to fourth place in the Premier League table. The Red Devils are clear of Spurs, and they also have a healthy cushion over Liverpool.
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The club allowed Cristiano Ronaldo to leave by mutual consent, which has seemingly lifted the mood, and the players are firing on all cylinders at present.
Marcus Rashford has led the charge, scoring for fun since the restart, while Casemiro continues to excel in midfield.
Things are looking up for United, and Ladbrokes are now offering just 1.57 on them securing a top-four finish.
The Reds were priced at just 1.1 with most of the best football betting sites to secure a top four finish at the start of the season.
After all, they have not finished outside the top four since 2016, and they racked up an impressive haul of 92 points last term.
However, Liverpool have made a slow start to the current campaign: they currently sit sixth in the standings, with just eight wins from 17 games thus far.
They were enjoying a mini-revival, having rattled off four consecutive victories, but a 3-1 defeat to Brentford put an end to that.
It left Jurgen Klopp's men sixth in the standings, behind Newcastle, Man Utd and Spurs.
However, the recent arrival of Cody Gakpo should boost their attacking options, and more reinforcements could arrive before the January transfer window slams shut.
As such, most bookmakers still make Liverpool the favourites to grab a top-four spot, although they are out at 2.0 as it stands.
The Magpies are level with Liverpool in this market after extending their unbeaten run to 15 games with a 0-0 draw at the Emirates.
They have only lost once all season, and that was courtesy of a controversial 99th-minute goal from Fabio Carvalho when they faced Klopp's men in September.
Newcastle are currently third in the standings, and they have the best defensive record in the Premier League this season.
They have conceded just 11 goals in 18 games, as the new Saudi owners have made some very astute signings since purchasing the club.
Newcastle are remarkably solid at the back, and if they can improve their creativity in the second half of the season, a top-four finish will be a distinct possibility.
Bet365 are offering 2.0 on the Magpies ending the season in the Champions League places.
Spurs returned to winning ways when they thumped Crystal Palace 4-0 at Stamford Bridge last week, thanks largely to the individual brilliance of Harry Kane.
The England captain has fired in 15 goals in 18 games this season, leaving him second only to Erling Haaland in the Golden Boot race.
However, a leaky defence has been the Achilles' heel, as Spurs have only manged to keep five clean sheets this season.
They currently trail Newcastle and Man Utd by two points, so they remain in the hunt, but the teams around them are in better form.
For that reason, they have drifted out to 3.2 with Betfair and various others to finish in the top four this season.
Chelsea are currently marooned in mid-table after enduring a dismal run of results under embattled manager Graham Potter.
They are 19 points behind Arsenal and 10 points below the top four, while they also trail Fulham, Brighton and Brentford in the standings.
They have spent a fortune on new players this season, with the recent deal to sign Benoit Badiashile taking their spending to around £300m.
However, it has largely been in vain, as the new arrivals have struggled for form, and the results have been poor.
Chelsea have a lot of catching up to do in the second half of the season, so they are now 8.0 underdogs with Australian betting sites to gate-crash the top four.
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Q: how to use stringWithFormat to dynamically add hyphens into my string Hi just wondering if it is possible, as the user is entering a string of numbers to dynamically add a hyphen every 5th character of the string...
any help would be greatly appreciated.

A: Try this code.
- (BOOL)textField:(UITextField *)textField shouldChangeCharactersInRange:(NSRange)range replacementString:(NSString *)string {

    NSString *separator = @"-";
    int seperatorInterval = 5;
    NSString *originalString = [textField.text stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:separator withString:@""];

    if (![originalString isEqualToString:@""] && ![string isEqualToString:@""]) {

        NSString *lastChar = [textField.text substringFromIndex:[textField.text length] - 1];
        int modulus = [originalString length] % seperatorInterval;

        if (![lastChar isEqualToString:separator] && modulus == 0) {

            textField.text = [textField.text stringByAppendingString:separator];
        }
    }

    return YES;
}

A: Assuming you are using a UITextField for input, you can use the UITextFieldTextDidChangeNotification action to respond each time the text is modified. A quick and rough example:
- (IBAction)textChanged:(UITextField*)sender
{
    NSString* curText = sender.text;

    //when checking the length, you need to exclude hyphens from the count
    //which is currently not being done (thanks @titaniumdecoy)
    if([curText length] % 5 == 0)
    {
        sender.text = [curText stringByAppendingString:@"-"];
    }
}

A: Just declare and alloc a 2 strings. Store the numbers in one string(str 1) and count the string length every entry. Check when the string lenght will four digit, perform
str2 = [str1 appendByString:@"`"];

now str1 = str2;
again repeat this process in loop with increment of 4 digit.
Hopes it will help.

A: Just a concept try to make substrings of each 5 characters then append a hyphen to these then concatenate each one. for this you need to make an array of substrings.use this logical function
-(NSString *)makeMyString:(NSString *)stringA
{
NSMutableArray *tempArray1=[NSMutableArray array];
    //NSString *s=@"12345123451234512";
       NSString *s=stringA;
    BOOL flag=YES;
    while(flag)
    {
        NSString *str;
        if([s length]>=5)
          str=[s substringWithRange:NSMakeRange(0,5)];
        else
            str=s;
        [tempArray1 addObject:str];
        str=nil;
        if([s length]>=5)
          s=[s substringWithRange:NSMakeRange(5,([s length]-5))];
        else
            s=@"";
        if([s isEqualToString:@""])
            flag=NO;
    }

    NSString *makeString=@"";
    for(int i=0;i<[tempArray1 count];i++)
    {
        if([[tempArray1 objectAtIndex:i] length]==5)
          makeString =[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@%@`",makeString,[tempArray1 objectAtIndex:i]];
        else {
             makeString =[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@%@",makeString,[tempArray1 objectAtIndex:i]];
        }

    }
    NSLog(@"%@",makeString);
return makeString;
}

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The first two things that must strike all visitors to the Hotel Palacio del Marques de San Felipe are its stunning would be appearance & perfect location, right in the centre of Old Havana.
Dating back to the 18th Century, guests can easily be forgiven for feeling they have gone back in time when they arrive at this palacial, baroque hotel which overlooks the timeless San Francisco de Asis square.
With period fittings complemented by contemporary artwork & a range of modern facilities, the Hotel San Felipe is the perfect place to start sampling traditional Cuba.
The San Felipe hotel has a picturesque bar, while guests can enjoy a perfect start to each day & eat in style from the fabulous breakfast menu. If you want to go beyond the bars, restaurants & entertainment of San Francisco de Asis square, you are just a few minutes' walk from the other four main squares of Old Havana & the city's Central Park.


The Paradiski ski area (Les Arcs, La Plagne, Peisey-Vallandry) offer exceptional possibilities for off-piste skiing, with easily accessible routes for skiers of all levels.
I would like to help you explore a different facet of the mountain, wonderful spots where you can catch a glimpse of the local Alpine fauna (deer, ibex, marmottes, various hares, snow partridges, bearded vultures and capercaillie etc.).
An unforgettable experience and ideal way to appreciate the silent charm of the mountains. Here a professional off-piste instructor will teach you the techniques and conduct needed for the mountain environment as well as how to recognise the dangers that are inherent in mountain sports.
The latter has to be an absolute priority when we have the chance to ski away from patrolled areas because as beautiful and generous as it may be, the mountain remains a natural environment that we are unable to control. Our knowledge, experience and prudence will protect us from dangers we may encounter.
There is a huge variety of opportunities in the Paradiski, Peisey-Vallandry ski area and on the "versant du soleil" (Beaufortin, Granier and Rosset) for exploring the forest sector or enjoying the pleasures of the climb and of ski or snow-shoe trekking.
Each client is equipped with an ARVA (a personal avalanche beacon), and three backpacks with shovels and probes will be handed out to the group. You may also hire backpacks with airbags in the Peisey-Vallandry resort.
La Plagne: the Bellecôte Glacier (3,417m) offers numerous itineraries: the North Face of Bellecôte, the Canadiens, the Cairn, the Vallançant couloir, close to 2,000 vertical metres, easily accessible, the Vellière valley a superb descent to Champagny-le-Haut, the south face of the Jovet, the Mont de la Guerre, and the descent to Notre Dame du Pré.
Les Arcs: Les Arcs has a multitude of off-piste itineraries for all levels: the Malgovert forest and the Comborcière sector, the east slope of the Aiguille Rouge (3226m), the Grand Col and descent to Villaroger, the Carro Blanc valley and the Aiguille Grive also offer wonderful off-piste itineraries on the Peisey Vallandry side.
St Foy Tarentaise: a small ski resort with endless possibilities, including the north face of the Fogliettaz (2,930 m) and the various itineraries down to the village of Monal.
To find out more about Manon Barudio, ski instructor in Paradiski visit the home page!
A fun course for teens of level 3 who want to explore off-piste on skis and/or on a snowboard. Raising awareness of and teaching about responsible conduct, training in ARVA searching, teaching expert and steep slope techniques, freeride technique, on skis and snowboards.
Possibility of grouping young pupils from different areas (maximum 5).
An unbeatable adventure and the best way to explore the best off-piste in the Upper Tarentaise.
Set off from Peisey-Vallandry towards the Aiguille Rouge in Les Arcs, then ski down to Villaroger via the east slope of the Aiguille. On arrival at the village, a taxi will be waiting to take us to Tignes Val-Claret ski resort and the Col du Palais, from where we follow the Grande Casse until we reach the traditional village of Champagny-le-Haut and the ski resort of Champagny-en-Vanoise, part of the La Plagne ski area. We then head towards the Glacier de Bellecôte and its superb North Face from where we finish the day in style with a magnificent 1,500 vertical metres descent as we ski down to the village of Les Lanches at the bottom of the Peisey Nancroix valley.
A day's heli-skiing with a drop-off on the Italian side of the Col du Petit St Bernard at La Rosiere, a chance to see the mountain in a different light and access superb spots with breath-taking views of the Mont Blanc. Maximum four people + one professional per helicopter.
Possibility of several drops during the day.
And you can relive the day's adventure over a meal in an Italian Alpine chalet.
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