There are few things cuter than seeing a big n' fluffy alpaca with your own eyes. There's something truly special about these charming creatures and you can see them for yourself when you pay a visit to this quirky alpaca farm in Grass Valley. Both young and old won't be able to help but to fall in love with these awesome animals, especially once you learn all about them. Afterward, be sure to pick up some alpaca-based products to take home with you! This is a fuzzy adventure that is bound to warm your heart, so check it out.
There's no denying that alpacas are adorable creatures. Thanks to Sierra Rose Alpacas in Grass Valley, you can get up close and personal with these lovely animals. It's an absolute blast!
Sierra Rose Alpacas is a working alpaca ranch that is dedicated to breeding, caring for, and selling alpacas while enriching visitors by educating them all about these charming creatures.
Whether you're on the market to start your own sustainable farm or you're just looking to hang out with some fluffy alpacas for the day, this farm is the place.
Sierra Rose is home to over 40 alpacas and they are absolutely beautiful. The ranch gives private tours (by reservation only) in which visitors can come and hang out with the alpacas, along with learning about how to take care of them and why alpaca fiber has been labelled as "the fiber of the gods".
You can even pick up some alpaca fiber to take home with you and create something amazing. Alternatively, the ranch also sells their own handcrafted goods including knit hats, gloves, socks, rugs, and so much more.
The ranch is owned by an alpaca-loving couple, Cynthia and Howard Kuhlmann. Both of them have an intense passion for raising alpacas and it shows. After a visit to their ranch, you may even consider taking one of these lovely creatures for yourself.
Spend the day making friends with these adorable animals and learning all about them while you do it. Private visits to Sierra Rose Alpacas usually run about an hour and cost $20 for up to four people. Learn more about them by visiting their website here.
What do you think? Will you be planning a visit to this alpaca farm anytime soon? For more family-friendly attractions, check out our list of 15 Unique Day Trips In Northern California That Are An Absolute Must-Do.


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Forty five NZ personnel remain at the Taji base in Iraq. Some international media reported the base had been hit by Iranian missiles, but these reports have since been corrected. Photo: NZDF
Iran fires 'revenge' missiles at US bases in Iraq: What we know so far
Alex Braae | Staff Writer
In a developing situation, Iran has fired ballistic missiles at two US military bases in Iraq. Here's what we know so far about the attacks, the response, and the impact for NZ forces currently in the country.
Last updated 4.14pm.
Iranian state TV has confirmed that missiles have been fired at US military targets in neighbouring Iraq, and the US government has confirmed that two bases have been hit. They are Ain al-Assad in Western Iraq and Irbil to the north. Both have significant numbers of US and Coalition soldiers stationed there, with casualties and damage still being assessed.
I've seen other things being said on Twitter.
At this stage, it is too early to report if other actions or escalations have taken place. Many initial reports will contain falsehoods, misinformation or propaganda, and aren't necessarily credible. For example, some of the pictures circulating on social media purportedly showing these strikes actually show events from years ago, in completely different countries.
The missile attack follows an airstrike ordered by US president Donald Trump, in which senior Iranian military leader Qassem Soleimani was assassinated. The missile attacks, says Tehran, are justified as revenge strikes.
What does Trump say about what has happened?
As yet, he hasn't tweeted about it, nor has there been an official statement in his name. However, a White House spokesperson said: "the President has been briefed and is monitoring the situation closely and consulting with his national security team."
UPDATE – 3.52pm: Donald Trump has now tweeted.
All is well! Missiles launched from Iran at two military bases located in Iraq. Assessment of casualties & damages taking place now. So far, so good! We have the most powerful and well equipped military anywhere in the world, by far! I will be making a statement tomorrow morning.
Will there be further retaliation?
That is unclear, however earlier in the week Trump vowed to destroy 52 Iranian cultural sites if Iran retaliated to the Soleimani assassination.
UPDATE 3.42pm: The following statement has been made by Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif.
Iran took & concluded proportionate measures in self-defense under Article 51 of UN Charter targeting base from which cowardly armed attack against our citizens & senior officials were launched.
We do not seek escalation or war, but will defend ourselves against any aggression.
Does New Zealand have troops currently in Iraq?
Yes. There are currently 50 NZDF personnel stationed in Iraq, with 45 of those at Camp Taji. At this stage, we don't have confirmation about whether the base was targeted, though it was on alert. While there were some initial reports it had been hit, those have since been corrected. The NZ troops are there as part of an anti-ISIS coalition, which arrived on the invitation of the Iraqi government.
Are New Zealand troops leaving?
The deployment is scheduled to end later this year, but at this stage it appears that they will be staying. Radio NZ has reported comments from defence minister Ron Mark, who says there are no plans to withdraw early, and that there had not yet been a formal request from the Iraqi government to do so.
"We will continue to monitor the situation," he said.
"This is a time for cool heads and calm. There are families back here in New Zealand who I guess can be sensitive to reporting – from our position and Defence's position it's about maintaining stringent situational awareness, making calm, cool, collected assessments."
UPDATE – 4.14pm: Acting PM and foreign minister Winston Peters has just released a statement.
"Now is the time for restraint and de-escalation, and for diplomacy to take over," Mr Peters said.
"It is important to note that the missile attacks did not target Camp Taji and the Government has been informed that all New Zealand personnel are as safe as they can be in these developing circumstances.
"The Government is working actively with our partners through military and diplomatic channels, and we continue to keep the security situation under close review, including implications for our personnel," Mr Peters said.
How does Iraq feel about the latest developments?
Not good. After the Soleimani assassination, the Iraqi parliament passed a resolution calling on foreign troops to leave Iraq immediately. It wasn't a binding resolution, and comes with the additional caveat that many MPs abstained from taking part. However, it is clear that there is a significant amount of anger in the country that they were used as a staging ground for the American airstrike. Iraqi PM Adil Abdul al-Mahdi has also attacked the US government over a recent blunder, in which a draft letter announcing US troop withdrawals was released, and then almost immediately had to be walked back.
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Q: Encoding for characters in C# I'm studying alone from a book. In the book it is said that I can use all symbols that are in the Unicode table (although it is not explained very well). But somehow I can't do it. Here is the code that I test:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

namespace HelloWorld
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Console.OutputEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8;
            char a = '\u2605';
            Console.WriteLine(a);
        }
    }
}

The code should print a star, but the output is

"   E"

Can you tell me how I can use any symbol from the table with no problems?

A: It is Unicode encoding you are looking for:
Console.OutputEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.Unicode;

As mentioned, it will only work if the console supports Unicode. Also, the font used also needs to support the Unicode characters in order to display them. For instance, Lucida Console does not support U+2605, but it does support other characters.
Console.OutputEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.Unicode;
char a = '\u2191';
Console.WriteLine(a);

The above code will print an upwards arrow in my console using either Consolas, Lucida Console or Raster Fonts.

A: I'm pretty sure you need to convert your char to string first, try
Console.WriteLine(a.ToString());

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A rundown of Wisconsin high school players taken in the NBA draft over the past 40 years
JR Radcliffe
UPDATE Aug. 12, 2021 This list now includes Jalen Johnson (2021)
Former Nicolet High School standout Jalen Johnson was selected in the first round of the NBA Draft on July 29, taken by the Atlanta Hawks with the 20th overall pick. It's the third straight year a Wisconsinite was taken in the first round.
Take a look back over the past 40-plus years at all the Wisconsin products selected.
20. Jalen Johnson (Nicolet), Atlanta Hawks. One of the country's top prospects, Johnson briefly played at Duke before sustaining an injury and then leaving the team. His next stop will be the team his hometown Milwaukee Bucks just eliminated in the Eastern Conference finals.
12. Tyrese Haliburton (Oshkosh North), Sacramento Kings. The Iowa State sophomore was projected by most mock drafts to land in the top 10, meaning the Kings got a steal when the former Wisconsin Gatorade Player of the Year tumbled as far as he did. Haliburton had a great rookie year, averaging 13.0 points and 5.3 assits per game and landing on the NBA's All-Rookie first team.
RELATED:Oshkosh's Tyrese Haliburton has always kept getting better. He could be the highest Wisconsin native picked in the NBA draft.
13. Tyler Herro (Whitnall), Miami Heat. The University of Kentucky product had a huge freshman season for the Wildcats and wound up in the lottery, then followed that up with an eye-catching rookie season (second team all-rookie) and trip to the NBA Finals. He averaged 15.1 points per game in 2021.
RELATED:Nickel: Tyler Herro's parents have always had the faith
RELATED:From Whitnall, to Kentucky to Miami Heat playoff star, Tyler Herro through the years
29. Jordan Poole (Milwaukee King), Golden State Warriors. After a season at La Lumiere Prep School in Indiana and two seasons at Michigan, Poole was selected by the powerhouse Warriors to join another former member of the City Conference, Kevon Looney. Poole averaged 8.8 points per game in his first season and 12.0 last season.
60. Kostas Antetokounmpo (Dominican), Philadelphia 76ers. Antetokounmpo, the younger brother of Giannis who spent a couple seasons playing for the basketball power in Whitefish Bay, ultimately wound up with the Mavericks and saw action in two games after going with the final pick of the 2018 draft. In 2019 as a two-way player with the Lakers, he became the first member of his family to win an NBA championship ring. But not the last.
18. Henry Ellenson (Rice Lake), Detroit Pistons. The Marquette University freshman was selected by the Detroit Pistons. He played two games this past season with the Raptors.
40. Diamond Stone (Dominican), New Orleans Pelicans. The four-time state champion big man spent one year at Maryland before bouncing to the NBA. He saw action in seven games in 2016-17.
18. Sam Dekker (Sheboygan Lutheran), Houston Rockets. The former University of Wisconsin standout helped the Badgers reach two Final Fours. He's bounced around a little and briefly appeared to be headed to the Bucks in 2018 during a three-team trade. After playing overseas, he's giving the NBA another shot after signing with the Raptors for 2021.
30. Kevon Looney (Milwaukee Hamilton), Golden State Warriors. After one year at UCLA, Looney has become a key rotation member for a squad that has won two NBA championships since he arrived. He averaged 4 points and 5 rebounds in 2020-21.
58. JP Tokoto (Menomonee Falls), Philadelphia 76ers. Tokoto, a former prep sensation who played at North Carolina, didn't ultimately get into an NBA game. He has played overseas in the years since.
38. Kyle Weaver (Beloit Memorial), Charlotte Bobcats. After a productive career at Washington State, Weaver wound up playing three seasons in the NBA, including 56 games with the Oklahoma City Thunder as a rookie.
55. Mike Taylor (Milwaukee Marshall), Portland Trail Blazers. He played 51 games in his lone NBA season.
31. Carl Landry (Milwaukee Vincent), Seattle Supersonics. The Purdue product started his career in Houston and actually wound up playing nine seasons in the league, averaging 10.8 points per game.
32. Steve Novak (Brown Deer), Houston Rockets. After a memorable career at Marquette, Novak spent 11 seasons in the NBA, including a couple years with the Bucks at the end of his career. He is a career 43 percent shooter from 3-point range.
38. Travis Diener (Fond du Lac), Orlando Magic. One of the heroes of Marquette's run to the 2003 Final Four spent five seasons in the NBA, including a year in Indiana where he averaged more than 20 minutes per game.
RELATED:Nickel: Travis Diener did the unthinkable, coming back after three years of retirement
RELATED:Marquette alumni team wins $1 million-plus for taking The Basketball Tournament title
5. Devin Harris (Wauwatosa East), Washington Wizards. Harris, a standout for the University of Wisconsin, played in the NBA through the 2018-19 season, most recently with the Dallas Mavericks, with whom he spent 10 of his 15 NBA seasons.
15. Reece Gaines (Madison West), Orlando Magic. The Louisville product played three seasons in the NBA, including two with the Milwaukee Bucks from 2004-2006.
10. Caron Butler (Racine Park), Miami Heat. Butler was last in the league in 2015-16, and his 14-season career included a stop in Milwaukee in 2013-14. He's a two-time all star with the Wizards in 2007 and 2008.
RELATED:Miami Heat assistant coach, and Racine native, Caron Butler opens new O&H Bakery and Starbucks in Caledonia
53. Rodney Buford (Milwaukee Vincent), Miami Heat. Buford went to Creighton University and wound up spending five NBA seasons with five different teams, plus a year in between playing in Greece. He averaged close to 10 points per game for Memphis in 2001-02.
32. Jim McIlvaine (Racine St. Catherine), Washington Bullets. The Marquette University big man spent seven seasons in the NBA, then returned to Milwaukee to become the color commentator for the Marquette men's basketball team radio broadcasts.
37. Nick Van Exel (Kenosha St. Joseph), Los Angeles Lakers. Van Exel, a star at Cincinnati, finished with 13 seasons in the NBA, including an all-star campaign with the Lakers in 1998. He averaged 14.4 points in his career and 6.6 assists.
24. Latrell Sprewell (Milwaukee Washington), Golden State Warriors. Sprewell is known for his colorful personality but also an excellent NBA career, with four all-star appearances in 13 seasons with the Warriors, Knicks and Timberwolves.
35. Tony Bennett (Green Bay Preble), Charlotte Hornets. The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay standout and son of Dick Bennett played three years in the NBA, but he's fashioned a huge second phase to his career as a college head coach. Of course, he was at the helm when the Virginia Cavaliers won the 2019 NCAA championship.
53. Von McDade (Milwaukee Madison), New Jersey Nets. McDade also played at Milwaukee Vincent and spent time at Oklahoma State and UW-Milwaukee, where he was third in the nation in scoring at 29.6 points per game. He did not play in the NBA.
51. Tony Smith (Wauwatosa East), Los Angeles Lakers. Smith, a Marquette University standout who is a local talk radio and TV personality today, ultimately spent nine seasons in the league, including a brief stint with the Bucks.
13. Joe Wolf (Kohler), Los Angeles Clippers. One of the most recruited players in state history wound up at North Carolina, and he eventually spent 11 seasons in the NBA. In 1996-97, he played 56 games with the Bucks.
64. JJ Weber (Kettle Moraine), Milwaukee Bucks. He's still one of the top-three scoreers in Kettle Moraine history and was a force during his days at Wisconsin, where he averaged 15 points and eight rebounds as a senior.
137. Tim Naegeli (Racine Lutheran), Boston Celtics. He became an NAIA All-American under Dick Bennett at UW-Stevens Point, but he never suited up in the league.
24. Terry Porter (Milwaukee South), Portland Trail Blazers. A star at the Unviersity of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Porter went on to a memorable career with the Blazers, twice earning all-star status in his 17 seasons with one of the league's best franchises at the time. He became head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks from 2003-05.
148. Terrell Schlundt (Antigo), Dallas Mavericks. He never played in the NBA but was a consistent contributor to Marquette University in the early 1980s.
135. Tony Carr (Beloit Memorial), Milwaukee Bucks. The NAIA All-American at UW-Eau Claire still holds the single season and career scoring mark at the school. He was taken in the sixth round by the Bucks but never played in the NBA.
147. Dean Marquardt (Milwaukee Washington), Detroit Pistons. The center played four years with Marquette but never got into an NBA game.
170. Brian Nyenhuis (Oostburg), Detroit Pistons. He played two years for UW-Milwaukee and Marquette before getting drafted, though he didn't play in the NBA.
39. Harvey Knuckles (Racine St. Catherine's), Los Angeles Lakers. After his career at Toledo, Knuckles didn't make the Lakers but did play in the Continental Basketball Association.
155. Terry Cramer (Homestead), New York Knicks. Cramer remains the lone Ripon College player drafted in the NBA.
207. Joe Merten (Kenosha Tremper), Utah Jazz. He made two NAIA Final Fours with the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and played in the summer league for the Jazz but did not make the regular-season roster, though he did go on to make an all-star game in the Continental Basketball Association.
20. Bill Hanzlik (Beloit Memorial), Seattle Supersonics. He averaged 7.2 points per game over 10 seasons, mostly playing for Denver. He averaged double figures in back-to-back seasons from 1985-87.
40. Dick Miller (St. Thomas More), Indiana Pacers. The Toledo product played with two teams (eight games) in his lone NBA season.
47. Kurt Nimphius (South Milwaukee), Denver Nuggets. He spent eighth seasons in the NBA after playing for Wisconsin native Ned Wulk at Arizona State
82. Joe Chrnelich (Milwaukee Pius), New York Knicks. Chrnelich was the first University of Wisconsin player to average double figures all four seasons, though he didn't rack up any NBA stats.
86. Jeff Wolf (Kohler), Milwaukee Bucks. The older brother of legendary st Joe Wolf also attended North Carolina and played five years in Europe and Japan.
53. Wayne Kreklow (Neenah), Boston Celtics. Kreklow played 25 games for the Celtics in his one season.
75. Ron Ripley (Pulaski), Golden State Warriors. Ripley was drafted out of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay but did not suit up in an NBA game. He's in the UWGB Hall of Fame.
122. Odell Ball (Milwaukee King), Denver Nuggets. The Marquette University player didn't get into an NBA game.
193. Chris Fahrbach (Menasha St. Mary), Milwaukee Bucks. The North Dakota product was a 10th round pick by the Bucks, but he never saw the NBA.
Pre-1979 notables
1973, No. 31 — Jim Chones (Racine St. Catherine), Los Angeles Lakers. The Marquette University legend won an NBA title with the Lakers in 1979-80 and played a decade in the ABA and NBA.
1972, No. 28 — Mike Ratliff (Racine Horlick), Kansas City/Omaha Kings. He starred at UW-Eau Claire and then briefly in the NBA (60 games) after getting taken in the second round.
1971, No. 6 — Fred Brown (Milwaukee Lincoln), Seattle SuperSonics. Attended college in Iowa after a storied high school career, where he teamed with players like Clarence Sherrod and John Rusing to formulate perhaps the best team in state history. He made one NBA all-star team during his 13-year NBA career, all in Seattle, and was part of the 1978-80 NBA champion team (along with John Johnson and Jack Sikma).
1970, No. 7 — John Johnson (Messmer), Cleveland Cavaliers. The two-time All-Star won an NBA championship with Seattle and played 12 years in the league.
1965, No. 21 — Don Kojis (Notre Dame in Milwaukee), Cleveland Cavaliers. After a huge career at Marquette, Kojis played 12 years in the NBA and made two all-star teams.
1959, No. 20 — Bob Anderegg (Monroe), New York Knicks. Anderegg played 33 games in his lone NBA season.
1956, No. 6 — Ron Sobie (St. Bonaventure in Sturtevant), Fort Wayne Pistons. Sobie attended DePaul had played three-plus seasons with the Knicks.
1955, No. 12 — Chuck Mencel (Eau Claire High School), Minneapolis Lakers. The University of Minnesota product played for two seasons with the Lakers.
1947, No. 2 — Glen Selbo (La Crosse Logan), Toronto Huskies. Selbo went No. 2, though this was the Basketball Association of America, which merged after three years with the NBL to become the NBA. Selbo is credited with one year in the NBA, and 13 games overall.
Miss anybody? JR Radcliffe can be reached at (262) 361-9141 or jradcliffe@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @JRRadcliffe.


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In the first Dropdown you have to select the language. In the second you select a continent and in the third you select a country which belongs to the select continent from dropdown 2.
The continents in dropdown 2 are shown in the language you selected in dropdown 1.
My problem is, that it shows the countries in dropdown3 in all available languages, but I also want it to be filtered by selected language in dropdown 1.
I don't have an idea how to fix this problem.
I'm using asp.net, vb and ajax.
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Meat companies are the worst at managing water risk — and it's costing them, study finds
The growing popularity of plant-based meat and other substitutes has spurred a rapid response from big meat companies, keen to capture a share of a market estimated to be worth $140 billion in 10 years time.
Could the evolution also act as a catalyst for a water-gulping industry to take the management of this resource more seriously?
Meat companies are among the most vulnerable to water risks, from flooding to drought to contamination, and yet they got the lowest scores in a new report from sustainability organization Ceres on water management.
The report, called Feeding Ourselves Thirsty, studied 40 food companies, most of them publicly traded with shareholders to answer to, and found meat companies are not just the worst at addressing water risk, they are one of the biggest users of water and one of the biggest polluters of watersheds globally.
Read also: Vegetarian diets can't save Earth, but eating less meat might
The meat and dairy industry consumes about 40% of the grain grown as animal feed and accounts for 45% of irrigation demand for crops, Ceres data shows. That's had the effect of draining aquifers in the Midwest and the West, the group told MarketWatch.
"Meat is the biggest laggard in managing water risk and it's having a real financial impact on their businesses," Brooke Barton, vice president of innovation and evaluation at Boston-based Ceres, and a co-author of the report, told MarketWatch in an interview. "The impact of meat production on water quality will be exacerbated as flooding becomes more frequent and severe due to climate change."
A low water-management score
The report grouped the 40 companies into agricultural products, beverages, meat and packaged foods sectors and ranked them from zero to 100 based on their water management approach. The highest score — 87 — went to Anglo-Dutch giant Unilever UL, +1.15%, which it ranked as a packaged food maker. The lowest went to poultry producer Sanderson Farms Inc. SAFM, -0.92%, which scored zero.
That means the company has no board oversight for water risk management; it does not tie the compensation of senior management to water targets or strategy; it does not assess water risks in direct operations; it does not assess it in its supply chain; it has no targets for sustainable sourcing goals for key commodities; and it does not offer farmers financial help to adopt practices that would reduce their water impacts.
A Sanderson Farms spokesperson was not immediately available for comment.
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Meat companies overall scored just 18, which was up from 11 in 2015, when Ceres conducted its first water study. (Packaged foods took the highest score and showed the most improvement with a score of 47, compared with 31 in 2015. Beverage companies took second place with a score of 44, up from 23, while ag products scored 30, up from 13 in 2015.)
For consumers keen to do their bit to address climate change and the warming planet, "replacing meat in your diet is a good move," said Barton.
Meat companies are also major polluters, as evident in the aquatic dead zone that forms every year in the Gulf of Mexico, due to the runoff of nitrogen and phosphorous-rich fertilizer and manure from meat companies and feed suppliers, the report found.
Then there's the damage caused by Smithfield Foods when its North Carolina operations suffered overflows caused by flooding that tipped hog waste from lagoons into surrounding areas in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence in 2018.
See: Farmers are stockpiling corn in response to tough growing conditions, waiting for higher prices
That disaster happened as the company was already dealing with lawsuits brought by local residents over bad smells and potential diseases that were being caused by hog waste. Four federal juries have ordered Smithfield to pay almost $100 million in compensatory and punitive damages to date, said the report.
Other meat companies have already suffered losses and higher costs as a direct result of water-related risks, the report found. Tyson Food Inc. TSN, -0.67%, for example, saw its feed costs climb by $89 million in fiscal 2018 due to drought and global trade tensions, pressuring operating profit. Sanderson Farms third-quarter feed costs climbed by 5.8% a pound in the third quarter of 2018 from the year-earlier period, for the same reasons.
The floods that deluged the Midwest in the spring of 2019 and severe flooding in the Mississippi River basin caused billions of dollars of damages for farmers, agribusinesses and meat companies that rely on the American Farm Belt for the production and transportation of commodities.
"The floods caused millions of acres of corn and soybeans to go unplanted, driving up futures prices for the primary ingredients for livestock feed," said the report. "This price shock affected the same poultry producers hit by the drought in Argentina the prior year."
More disclosure
One bit of good news in the report: companies are waking up to the reality of water risk, and it's showing up in financial reports with greater frequency. The bad news? Companies need to do a lot more to waterproof their businesses as the planet continues to warm.
See also: Forget the wall: Water is the U.S.'s pressing infrastructure issue
Ceres is calling on companies to adopt practices to better assess, manage and measure water risk, including by supporting sustainable farming and helping bolster their supply chains against the extreme weather that is being caused by climate change.
It is also calling on investors to act by supporting shareholder resolutions on water risk and engaging fund managers and asset managers to make sure guidelines are in place and are followed.
"Meat companies can enhance the resilience of their supply chains while catalyzing improved environmental performance by making sustainable-feed sourcing commitments with an explicit focus on water quality," said the report. "Yet, only two out of the seven meat companies benchmarked have done so to date."
Ceres has developed an investor water tool kit as a resource to help assess and act on water risk in investment portfolios. The guide, which can be found here, includes links to relevant databases and case studies to allow investors from pension funds to endowments and asset managers understand and respond to water risk.
The stakes are high. The UN has said it expects global water demand to rise by 20% to 30% by 2050 to meet the needs of a population that's expected to balloon to 9.8 billion. An MSCI analysis estimated that as much as $415 billion in revenue is at risk from water shortages, while another $248 billion is at risk from changing weather patterns hurting crop production areas, said Ceres.
Sanderson Farms stock was down 1.4% Wednesday, but has gained 51% in 2019. Tyson was down 0.4% and is up 54% in 2019. The S&P 500 SPX, -0.05% has gained 21% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.10% has gained 16% so far this year.
The Invesco Water Resources ETF PHO, -0.30% has a year-to-date return topping 31%, with a five-year average return of 8.3%.
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Anna Thomas
Anna Thomas comes to Voices for Utah Children after spending nearly a decade with the ACLU of Utah, where she served in a variety of roles, from development and media relations to criminal justice reform advocacy and community outreach. Before joining the ACLU of Utah, Anna handled development and communications for Front Range Earth Force, a service-learning non-profit partnered with public school teachers in Denver, Colo. She also worked as community organizer for a grassroots environmental justice non-profit in Northeast Denver and served as an aide to U.S. Representative Diana DeGette of Colorado's First Congressional District. Anna is a Salt Lake City native, proud to claim West High School as her alma mater. She earned a BA in Journalism from the University of Denver, and an MPA from the University of Utah.


Welcome to a new Monday feature: an angel profile. Today I'll be talking about Sariel, one of my favorite archangels and the hero (as Xariel) of my up-coming short novel, Death Sword.
Depending on the source, Sariel can be either a holy angel or a fallen one. According to the Book of Enoch, he is one of the Grigori (Watcher Angels) who came to earth and taught men the lunar cycle. Enoch also names him as one of the seven archangels. Sariel's name means "God's command" and he is "responsible for the lot of angels that violate God's sacred ordinances" (Angels A to Z). He rules Aries and is "considered a prince of the presence, like Metatron, as well as an angel of healing, like Raphael" (Angels A to Z).
Sariel's role as an angel of death is noted in Malcolm Godwin's Angels: An Endangered Species, and he is said to have retrieved Moses's soul on Mount Sinai. According to Gustav Davidson's A Dictionary of Angels, Including the Fallen Angels, Suriel is the name used when referring to his role as an angel of death. Other names associated with Sariel include Sarakiel, Saraqael, Saraqel, Suruquel, and Zerachiel.
Although thousands of years old, Xariel appears 24. He has blue-violet eyes and long black hair. His wings are also black and span 13 feet. He stands 6'8" but is actually the shortest angel, not counting the half-human Karla. His weapon of choice is a schiavona, a sword with a pommel in the shape of a cat head.


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Q: puppet inheritance VS puppet composition I just came cross puppet inheritance lately. A few questions around it:

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*is it a good practice to use puppet inheritance? I've been told by some of the experienced puppet colleagues Inheritance in puppet is not very good, I was not quite convinced.

*Coming from OO world, I really want to understand under the cover, how puppet inheritance works, how overriding works as well.

A: *

*That depends, as there are two types of inheritance and you don't mention which you mean.

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*Node inheritance: inheriting from one node fqdn { } definition to another.  This in particular is strongly recommended against, because it tends to fail the principle of least surprise.  The classic example that catches people out is this:
node base {
  $mta_config = "main.cf.normal"
  include mta::postfix  # uses $mta_config internally
}
node mailserver inherits base {
  $mta_config = "main.cf.mailserver"
}

The $mta_config variable is evaluated in the base scope, so the "override" that is being attempted in the mailserver doesn't work.
There's no way to directly influence what's in the parent node, so there's little benefit over composition.  This example would be fixed by removing the inheritance and including mta::postfix (or another "common"/"base" class) from both.  You could then use parameterised classes too.

*Class inheritance: the use for class inheritance is that you can override parameters on resources defined in a parent class.  Reimplementing the above example this way, we get:
class mta::postfix {
  file { "/etc/postfix/main.cf":
    source => "puppet:///modules/mta/main.cf.normal",
  }
  service { ... }
}

class mta::postfix::server inherits mta::postfix {
  File["/etc/postfix/main.cf"]:
    source => "puppet:///modules/mta/main.cf.server",
  }
  # other config...
}

This does work, but I'd avoid going more than one level of inheritance deep as it becomes a headache to maintain.

*In both of these examples though, they're easily improved by specifying the data ahead of time (via an ENC) or querying data inline via extlookup or hiera.

*Hopefully the above examples help.  Class inheritance allows for overriding of parameters only - you can't remove previously defined resources (a common question).  Always refer to the resource with a capitalised type name (file { ..: } would become File[..]).
Also useful is that you can also define parameters to be undef, effectively unsetting them.

A: At first, I am just specifying differences between the two, Inheritance is an "is-a" relationship and Composition is a "has-a" relationship.
1) In puppet inheritance is single inheritance that means, we cannot derive from more than one class. Inheritance is good in the puppet, but we should aware of where it applies. For example, Puppet docs section ["Aside: When to Inherit" at this link https://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppet/latest/reference/lang_classes.html#aside-when-to-inherit], They actually name exactly two situations where inheritance should happen:

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*when you want to overwrite a parameter of a resource defined in the
parent class

*when you want to inherit from a parameters class for standard parameter values

But please note some important things here:

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*In puppet their is a difference between the Node and class inheritance.

*Recent new version from puppet doesn't allow for the Node inheritance please check this https://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppet/latest/reference/lang_node_definitions.html#inheritance-is-not-allowed.
2) Composition on the other hand, is the design technique to implement has-a relationship. which we can do using the include puppet keyword and also, with class { 'baseclass': }, the later one is, if you want to use parameters.
(Please note: In puppet, we can use "include" multiple times but not the "class" syntax, as puppet will complain with duplicate class definitions)
So which is (either inheritance or composition) is better to use in Puppet: It depends on the context i mean, what puppet code you are writing  at the moment and understanding the limitations of the puppet inheritance and when to use composition.
So, i will try to keep all this in few points:
1) At first, puppet uses single inheritance model.
2) In puppet,  the general consensus around inheritance is to only use it when you need to inherit defaults from Base/Parent
3) But look at this problem where you want to inherit defaults from parent:
class apache {
}

class tomcat inherits apache {
}

class mysql inherits tomcat {
}

class commerceServer inherits mysql {
}

At first glance this looks logical but note that the MySQL module is now inheriting defaults and resources from the tomcat class. Not only does this make NO sense as these services are unrelated, it also offers an opportunity for mistakes to end up in your puppet manifests.
4) So the better approach is to simply perform an include on each class (I mean composition) you wish to use, as this eliminates all scope problems of this nature.
Conclusion: We can try  and simplify our puppet manifests by using inheritance, this might be sufficient, but it's only workable up to a point.If you're environment grows to hundreds or even thousands of servers, made up over 20 or 30 different types of server, some with shared attributes and subtle differences, spread out over multiple environments, you will likely end up with an unmanageable tangled web of inherited modules. At this point, the obvious choice is composition.
Go thru these links, it helps to understand puppet composition and inheritance in a good manner (personally they helped me):

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*Designing Puppet - It is really good,http://www.craigdunn.org/2012/05/239/

*Wiki link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composition_over_inheritance

*Modeling Class Composition with Parametrized Classes :    https://puppetlabs.com/blog/modeling-class-composition-with-parameterized-classes
I am basically a programmer, personally a strong supporter of Inversion of Control/Dependency Injection, which is the concept/pattern which can be possible thru the composition.


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Q: SSAS Semi-Additive Measures on some dates So I'm having trouble trying to configure a new cube that takes a snapshot of my company's open orders each day. Every night, a snapshot is taken and stored in the data warehouse with a date key for the date the snapshot was taken. This date would be the one that we want to be non-additive. However, we also have other dates in this data set, such as scheduled ship-date, order date, etc. that are fully-additive, just like the other non-date dimensions.
Does anyone have any advice on how I can create a cube for this data so that the order totals can be summed across the other dates, but the capture date is LastNonEmpty?

A: The first connected Date dimension in the Dimension Usage tab is the semi-additive Date dimension. The rest are additive. I describe the exact behavior here.
This answer applies to Multidimensional cubes (not Tabular) which is what I assume you have since you mentioned LastNonEmpty.


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The report marks the first major report on water resources throughout England, and also claims that leakage causes the country to lose enough water to supply 20 million people every day. It is suggested that citizens formulate personal water targets in order to help ease the stress on the nation's water supply.
Approximately 9,500 billion litres of freshwater were taken from the country's various water bodies in the year 2016 alone, of which 55% was allocated to public water companies, while 27% went to the electricity supply industry.
Another major issue outlined by the agency involves the sustainability of groundwater bodies as viable sources for the water supply, claiming only 28% are currently at a sustainable level, while only 18% of surface waters are at a sustainable level.
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Descrip on, current state, preserva on and protec on of sources in both languages (archival documents, press, memorial books, ethnographic sources, oral history etc.).
History and signi cance of Yiddish and Judeo-Spanish writng and literature, their autonomy or links with Hebrew literature and with heritage of the outer cultures (e.g. German, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Greek, South-Slavic etc.). Writers, readers, editors in a social and gender perspective. Religious and secular literature.
Yiddish and Judeo-Spanish musical heritage in a historic and contemporary perspec ve. Its impor- tance for the populariza on of Diaspora legacy. Judeo-Spanish and Yiddish folk songs as research material for Jewish folk studies. Jewish cogni ve ethnomusicology.
Contemporary Yiddish and Judeo-Spanish and their current users. Prospects of maintenance, preserva on and promo on of Yiddish and Ladino as endangered languages.
Notification of abstract acceptance: February 5th, 2016.
Conference partcipants are welcome to join in events at the Center for Jewish Culture and Educa on in the White Stork Synagogue, Włodkowica St. 5a.
Celebra ng Yiddish and Ladino - a concert created in Wroclaw by the Bente Kahan Founda on especially for Wroclaw European Capital of Culture 2016 to present Yiddish and Ladino, two European minority cultures and languages spoken by more than 15 million Jews before World War II. Bente Kahan (Wroclaw, Poland), Rosa Zaragoza and Ruso Sala (Girona, Spain) will be joined by Yiddish and Ladino musicians and ar sts for an evening at the White Stork Synagogue that will bring alive the journey of Yiddish and Ladino across Europe through song, music and dance.


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A Mini-Reunion of 'The Office' Is Some Good News
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There was a reunion of sorts of The Office the other day when Jim Halpert and Michael Scott had a Zoom video conference call to catch up with each other.
John Krasinksi has a news show called SGN (Some Good News) on YouTube and it's a show based on only good news around the country and the world. It sounds like a pretty great concept considering what the universe is going through right now.
Here's how celebrity dads who are in home quarantine and practicing social distancing spend quality time with their daughters. Instead of complaining that they are bored out of their minds, Mark Wahlberg and his adorable daughter are having a spa day and he's the customer.
Corona quarantined CRAZIES 💅🏻 @markwahlberg
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And as hospitals struggle to effectively treat the rising number of COVID-19 patients, Lizzo showed her appreciation to the tireless hospital workers and wanted to make sure they would take a break and have something to eat on Monday. Lizzo bought and then brought lunches to several hospitals across the country earlier this week, including the University of Washington School of Medicine.
S/O to our heroes ❤ https://covid19responsefund.org/ 👈🏾to donate, if you can ❤ A post shared by Lizzo (@lizzobeeating) on Mar 30, 2020 at 8:21pm PDT
The workers tweeted, "Thank you @Lizzo for sending lunches to the UW Medical Center - Montlake Emergency Department today, your support of our frontline healthcare workers means a lot."
Other hospital workers like the ER staff at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit also enjoyed free lunch and she also sent lunch over to the staff at M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center. This is just one of the many reasons why we love Lizzo, she's got so much love and such a big heart.❤
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Данкерк () — місто () в США, в окрузі Чотоква штату Нью-Йорк. Населення —  особи (2010).

Географія
Данкерк розташований за координатами  (42.480551, -79.332898).  За даними Бюро перепису населення США в 2010 році місто мало площу 11,79 км², з яких 11,66 км² — суходіл та 0,13 км² — водойми.

Клімат

Демографія

Згідно з переписом 2010 року, у місті мешкали  особи в  домогосподарствах у складі  родини. Густота населення становила 1066 осіб/км².  Було 5993 помешкання (508/км²).

Расовий склад населення:

До двох чи більше рас належало 3,7 %. Частка іспаномовних становила 26,4 % від усіх жителів.

За віковим діапазоном населення розподілялося таким чином: 23,3 % — особи молодші 18 років, 61,3 % — особи у віці 18—64 років, 15,4 % — особи у віці 65 років та старші. Медіана віку мешканця становила 38,7 року. На 100 осіб жіночої статі у місті припадало 96,2 чоловіків;  на 100 жінок у віці від 18 років та старших — 92,2 чоловіків також старших 18 років.

Середній дохід на одне домашнє господарство  становив  долар США (медіана — ), а середній дохід на одну сім'ю —  доларів (медіана — ). Медіана доходів становила  доларів для чоловіків та  доларів для жінок. За межею бідності перебувало 22,7 % осіб, у тому числі 33,7 % дітей у віці до 18 років та 7,6 % осіб у віці 65 років та старших.

Цивільне працевлаштоване населення становило  осіб. Основні галузі зайнятості: освіта, охорона здоров'я та соціальна допомога — 29,3 %, виробництво — 19,9 %, роздрібна торгівля — 11,9 %, мистецтво, розваги та відпочинок — 11,2 %.

Персоналії
 Самюель Гопкінс Адамс (1871- 1958) — американський письменник, журналіст-розслідувач і макрейкер.

Примітки

Джерела

Міста Нью-Йорку
Населені пункти округу Чотоква (Нью-Йорк)

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When Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. checked in recently with Diffuser.fm, they were on their way to Toronto, touring in support the new album 'The Speed of Things,' which dropped Oct. 8 on Warner Bros. Daniel Zott, one-half of the electro-pop duo, was at home in Detroit for the day, hanging out with friends and family before returning to a packed schedule of gigs, DJ sets, press calls and more.
In 2011, Zott and bandmate Joshua Epstein released the widely touted 'It's a Corporate World,' an impressive debut full of hook-filled synthy goodness. Zott maintains that Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. didn't feel the stereotypical pressure that is often associated with sophomore efforts. As he revealed in our chat, he drew on the spirit of his hometown and the hectic pace of modern life -- as well as some helpful advice from Paul Simon -- to co-create the group's deeper yet still danceable second effort.
Let's talk Detroit. I went there for the first time a few months ago, and I'm down with the Motor City. How much has the city influenced your music?
There's multiple ways. I think one is just the rich history of that music that has come from here with Motown and the hip-hop scene and electronic music scene and the punk scene. There are so many great starts and origins of music that come from Detroit that gives you a pride when you're a musician here and a sense of respect for your craft to take it seriously as a job and as something that you're part of its history. So I think in that way it's influenced us. But also, I think Detroit is very cheap to live, and so you're able to do a lot of things and take a lot of creative risks because you're not worrying about keeping up your apartment or a high rent. You can work like half the amount of time you'd have to in New York or L.A. or Seattle or Chicago, really any other city that has a good music scene. So that's really helpful. We record all of our own music in my basement, and we have a lot of freedom with it because Detroit is just incredibly easy to live in.
In your amazing Buzzfeed video, you take pride in the fact that Motown and techno -- two extremely diffrent sounds -- both originated in your city. Listening to 'The Speed of Things,' you can hear those influences -- sometimes in the same song! What influencd this record?
I don't know if there were specific artists that influenced us the most on this record, but I think it's impossible for us to escape the Motown greats that we grew up listening to, like Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5 and Marvin Gaye and the Marvelettes and the Vandellas. All those bands had incredible melodies. Their songs seem to be eternal. They're just songs that have always existed. They always will. They're just magical, and I just think that spirit is something we want to have in our music. Their songs are really fun. You always get in a really good mood when you hear Motown music, but they're also very technical and very musical, and they have depth to them. I think that's something that we really aspire to make -- music that not only is catchy and poppy and can be on the radio and be listened to by people who consider themselves music snobs, but just like good music. So we want them to like it, but also people who maybe want to dig a little bit deeper and hear more technicalities in it and really good sonic features. I think that's because that's what we like. We like music that has both of those things going on. So that's more of the influence. I don't know if it's more of an album or anything like that. When you have something like Motown or the Beatles, the music we grew up listening to the most, it's such a high bar that I don't know if there's much more than that.
What about the concept behind the record? 'The Speed of Things' is about, well, the speed of the world today, right? Does this have #millennial all over it?
Yeah, I think that's a lot of it. I think that's a major influence on making this record, not only because we were flying around -- well not in the sense of actually flying. Well sort of, actually. We always feel like we're doing a million things at once. As soon as you start something, you want to move on to the next thing. People are hanging out at one place, and they're checking their Twitter to find out what's going on somewhere else. It's just kind of how we live now. I think there's a lot of that going on on the record. One of the songs has the line, "the speed of things" in it, the song's called 'The Haunting.' The end of the line is, "I'm so inundated by the speed of things." I just remember being on a flight and listening to the record after we had it mastered and just listen through and see what I thought, and I just remember crying on the plane because I was moving around the country, and I was missing my family and thinking about how I can be in Detroit and in the same day I can be in California and then I can do this and that. The speed at which we live life now is so fast that you don't take anything really slowly, and you don't enjoy anything really at a pace that is normal. Everything is so sped up. I think that's what the record is about. I was just overwhelmed with [the feeling] that this song is my life right now. I feel like I just need to slow down and maybe that speaks to a lot of people. I think it will.
At the same time, I do enjoy a lot of the newer things that come, so I think there's a little bit of that. There's a lot of fun. But there's a lot of stuff that will make you want to just listen with your headphones in the dark and have a different experience. Some stuff is communal and some is on your own.
What do you do to slow down in the midst of all of this?
I think that's part of touring with people and being in a band with people that you really love. You get a lot of joy from other things than just playing music with them. They can make you laugh and you can do crazy stuff together that helps you escape and just enjoy the time with each other instead of feeling like you're working all the time.
I also try to plan times to hang out with family. You have to plan for that stuff, otherwise you look back and realize, "I've been gone for two years and we haven't even had a week together." That can happen to people, you know? I try to keep a good balance. But being crazy sometimes can help you write a really good song. It's part of embracing it. It's just how it is being an artist. In a lot of ways, it's hard to escape that.
You guys are on tour now, and you've been throwing in some DJ sets among your normal gigs. What are some of the challenges or benefits in playing these different types of shows?
The big difference is the gear and preparation. When I DJ, I just have a backpack with all my stuff in it, and that's all we need, so it's sort of nice to just have everything in a backpack and not have a full trailer of gear that takes an hour to load in. We bring seven keyboards -- it gets out of control! So that's a nice feature of DJing. But they're different vibes. DJ sets a usually a lot later, and you job is strictly to keep everyone dancing. With our shows, we kind of have that mentality that we want to keep everyone dancing, but there's also a lot of breaks where people just want to hear a song that's slower or quieter. I like them both for what they offer.
Well I think an interesting little story I could share about 'The Speed of Things' is that we actually got some mix notes from Paul Simon, and it kind of blew our minds. One of my favorite records is 'Graceland.' Actually, we have the same A&R guy as Paul Simon did for 'Graceland,' and a lot of his records and Randy Newman records, so we really trusted him. But he actually got a chance to share this album with Paul Simon, and Paul Simon had some ideas for a song and was really into it. It's the song 'War Zone,' which is the last song on the record. That, to me, was just a great moment, because I grew up listening to him, and I love pretty much everything that he makes. If he tells you to do something, it's probably a good idea.
Yeah! It was a lot of fun. And he was right, too, you know? We tried some things out and we were like, "Wow. He knows what he's doing." It was really cool.


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M/S Linnea Bladner, tidigare HMS Minören (A237), var ett mintransportfartyg. Fartyget byggdes av Kalmar varv och levererad 1940. Hon byggdes om 1957. 1993 såldes hos och byggdes i etapper om till en bostad och bytte namn till M/S Linnea Bladner.

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Former Texas baseball coach Augie Garrido, the winningest college baseball coach of all time with 1,975 victories and five national championships, passed away Friday at the age of 79 in California. A native Vallejo, California, he suffered a stroke on Sunday and was hospitalized.
Just last month, Garrido was in Baton Rouge for the "Legends of the Diamond" banquet with former LSU baseball coach Skip Bertman, who also won five national championships, at he L'Auberge Casino on Thursday, Feb. 22. Then he and Bertman threw out first pitches at the LSU-Texas baseball game the next night in Alex Box Stadium.
BATON ROUGE - Between them, there are 10 college baseball national championships and 2,845 victories over four decades.
And about as many stories.
Former LSU coach Skip Bertman, 79, and former Texas and Cal State Fullerton coach Augie Garrido, 79, were honored at the "Legends of the Diamond" banquet last Thursday night at the L'Auberge Casino here before their two former schools squared off in a three-game series at Alex Box Stadium.
LSU beat Texas in that series two games to one. But one might say Bertman and Garrido came to another draw Thursday after tying in national championships, 5-5, in their spectacular careers, thanks to current LSU coach Paul Mainieri beating Garrido and his Longhorns, two games to one, in the 2009 national championship series.
"Skip is the father of LSU baseball," Mainieri said at the event. "He brought LSU to the pinnacle position in college baseball. And Augie over a longer period of time was just absolutely amazing. They're two of the greatest college baseball coaches of all time."
Bertman was 870-330-3 at LSU from 1984 through 2001 before becoming the school's athletic director from 2001 through 2007. He won national championships in 1991, '93, '96, '97 and 2000.
Garrido was 1,975-951-9 from 1969 through 2016 with stops at San Francisco State (1969), Cal Poly (1970-72), Cal State Fullerton (1973-87), Illinois (1988-90), Cal State Fullerton (1991-96) and Texas (1997-2016). He won national championships in 1979, '84 and '95 at Cal State Fullerton and in 2002 and 2005 at Texas with runner-up finishes in 1992, 2004 and 2009.
Only the late Ron Dedeaux of USC won more national championships with 11 from 1948 through 1978. No other coach has won more games than Garrido.
But Garrido might have only 1,974 wins and Bertman would have 871 had Garrido not pushed the envelope and the clock a bit for a 7-5 win over the Tigers on the afternoon of Feb. 22, 1998, at Disch-Falk Field in Austin, Texas.
Despite all the wins and all the titles, including a 13-5 victory over Garrido's Longhorns in a 2000 World Series opener in their last head-to-head, Bertman chose to discuss that 7-5 loss in eight innings while at the podium Thursday as the banquet morphed into a bit of a roast.
Key fact, eight innings is listed next to the score of that game in the LSU media guide in this way - (8). That digit says a lot.
"He stalled," Bertman said. "And he was obvious as hell about it."
As is frequently the case still today, the Sunday game was on a strict time limit with no new inning allowed to start after a certain time that afternoon as LSU had to catch a plane home. Well, Garrido had the 7-5 lead in the top of the eighth and knew the end time was drawing very close.
"He kept visiting the mound," Bertman said.
Sure enough, the clock struck airport time before the ninth, and the game ended.
"It helps if you don't have any pride," Garrido said, fully admitting his tactic. "You don't win 1,975 games if you have pride."
Garrido is not the only who could boast at the roast, though. A story surfaced that Bertman once - or twice - sent his entire team and assistant coaches on a long bus ride home to Baton Rouge after a Sunday road game while he flew first class with some friends of the program.
"You don't win five national championships by taking the bus," Bertman said.
Bertman and Garrido were always competitive. Garrido smiled broadly when his 11-0 win over Skip and the Tigers at Alex Box Stadium in the NCAA South I Regional in 1992 was brought up.
"That place got quiet," he said.
Yes, and it was even quieter with plenty of seats available the next day when Augie's Cal State Fullerton team met Ohio State in the regional title game and won, 13-1. That LSU loss marked the Tigers' first elimination ever from a regional in the Box under Bertman. There was just one more through 13 of them in the Box under Bertman (Rice in 1995) through 2001.
Garrido and Cal State Fullerton also eliminated Bertman and LSU from Omaha in 1994 with a 20-6 win - the Tigers' worst loss in their glittering CWS history and first 0-2 barbecue.
Bertman gained his revenge in 2000, though, with that 13-5 win in the CBS Saturday CWS opener. Just about all anyone could talk or write about before the game was how well Garrido's team bunted and played the short game. Bertman, who loved the long ball in the late 1990s, even had a special practice for the bunt, but soon he grew tired of questions about Garrido's expertise.
"A bunting team can't beat us," he said, and as usual, he was right.
The two always had mutual respect and were always friendly. When former LSU center fielder Michael Papajohn (1986-88) became an actor and needed help securing a role in the 1999 movie "For Love of the Game," he asked Bertman to pitch. Garrido was a technical adviser on the film that starred Kevin Costner as an aging Detroit Tigers pitcher, and Costner, who graduated from Cal State Fullerton in 1978, and Garrido were friends.
Bertman called Garrido, and Papajohn got the job, playing a New York Yankees player.
"I know they've changed so many young people's lives," said Papajohn, who played on Bertman's first College World Series team in 1986. "It was a special night for me because Skip gave me a huge break in the movie business, which is so competitive. I got to really thank Augie and Skip in person, which meant a lot. It was a great night."


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Carpathian Shepherd Dog
Weight: 60-100 lb
Group: UKC Herding Dog
Best Suited For: active families, active singles, house with a yard, experienced dog owners
Temperament: loyal, protective, intelligent, affectionate
Comparable Breeds: Molossus, Sarplaninac
Carpathian Shepherd Dog Basics
Though he may not look like other livestock guarding breeds that hail from the Carpathian Mountains, the Carpathian Shepherd Dog does have a distinct appearance. His coat is long and thick, his body lithe and muscular, and his head and face wolf-like in appearance. Though he was developed as a livestock guardian, this breed also does very well as a family companion. He even gets along well with children.
Though he was developed as a livestock guardian, the Carpathian Shepherd Dog also does well as a family companion.
Very little is known about the Carpathian Shepherd Dog's origins except that it was developed hundreds of years before written records of dog breeding were ever kept. It is known, however, that the breed was primarily kept by poor farmers in the remote regions of Europe and that its original purpose was always to herd and protect livestock. There are several theories about the origins of the breed but the most commonly accepted is that he descended from some of the first livestock guarding breeds as much as 14,000 years ago.
Again, the exact origins of the Carpathian Shepherd Dog are unknown, but he may be related to other livestock guarding breeds such as the Molossus or the Sarplaninac.
As a large-breed dog, the Carpathian Shepherd Dog should be fed a high-quality dry food formulated for larger breeds. This dog is also a working breed, so he may do well on an active or working breed formula as long as you are careful about overfeeding to prevent obesity. Follow the feeding recommendations on the dog food package according to your dog's weight to determine how much to feed him each day.
Because the Carpathian Shepherd Dog is a livestock guarding breed, he is meant to be a little independent by nature.
Because the Carpathian Shepherd Dog is a livestock guarding breed, he is meant to be a little independent by nature. His intelligence and his capacity to bond closely with family, however, makes him very trainable. These dogs do require a firm hand in leadership as well as plenty of socialization from a young age, especially if he is to be kept as a family pet. They are best for experienced dog owners who already understand the basics of dog training.
The Carpathian Shepherd Dog is a large-breed dog, standing between 23 and 29 inches tall and weighing up to 100 pounds at maturity. Males of the breed are a little larger than females, standing 25.5 to 29 inches tall versus 23 to 26.5 inches. Males grow 70 to 100 pounds while females usually top out around 85 pounds.
As a livestock guarding breed, the Carpathian Shepherd Dog must have a certain degree of independence in his nature. These dogs were bred to work and they certainly can, but they also enjoy spending as much time with family as they can. This breed develops strong bonds with family and some of them can be very affectionate – this is not the kind of dog you can leave at home alone all day. Carpathian Shepherd Dogs don't have the same dominant tendencies as many livestock guarding breeds, but he still requires a firm hand in training and an authoritative figure in the family. These dogs require a great deal of socialization from a young age and they will always have protective instincts. Surprisingly, however, they tend to get along better with other dogs than many Carpathian breeds.
The Carpathian Shepherd Dog is a very healthy breed by nature with an average lifespan up to 15 years. Even so, all dogs are prone to certain health problems. The health problems most commonly seen in this breed include hip dysplasia, elbow dysplasia, bloat, eye problems, and arthritis.
The average lifespan for the Carpathian Shepherd Dog is thought to be about 12 to 15 years which is fairly long for a breed of its size.
As a livestock guarding breed, the Carpathian Shepherd Dog is used to spending most of the day on his feet. This breed is by no means hyperactive, but he does have a fair bit of energy and significant requirements for daily exercise. The Carpathian Shepherd Dog needs a long daily walk and will also appreciate having outdoor space in which to run and play.
This breed develops strong bonds with family and some of them can be very affectionate.
The Carpathian Shepherd Dog is not currently recognized by the AKC but he is recognized by the Kennel Club, the FCI and the UKC. The FCI classifies him in Group 1 as a Sheepdog and the UKC as a Herding Dog. The Kennel Club places him in the Pastoral group.
The Carpathian Shepherd Dog's coat is one of his most defining features. As a Carpathian Mountain breed, these dogs require thick, double coats for protection against harsh weather. The Carpathian Shepherd Dog has a soft, dense undercoat and a longer, harsher outer coat. The hair on the dog's head and the front of the legs is short and smooth while it is longer and more abundant on the rest of the body. The most common coloration for this breed is variations of gray or pale fawn with a sort of grey overlay. White markings are acceptable, and it is possible for a dog of this breed to be born solid white or black, though these dogs are not eligible for show.
The average litter size for the Carpathian Shepherd Dog is 4 to 10 puppies. Because these dogs can grow up to 100 pounds at maturity, it is important to keep them from growing too quickly as puppies – overgrowth may increase the dog's risk for musculoskeletal issues in adulthood. Feed your puppy a large-breed puppy formula until he reaches 80% of his expected adult size and then switch to a large-breed adult formula. This breed also requires plenty of socialization and training as a puppy.
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Tagged as: Carpathian Shepherd Dogs, herding dog, Livestock guarding breed
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Best Suited For: Families with children, active singles, house with a large yard, farms/rural areas, guard duty
Temperament: Independent, protective, calm, loyal
Comparable Breeds: Tornjak, Caucasian Shepherd Dog
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Ofgem fines E.ON £7 million for failing to meet smart meter provision deadline
UK independent energy regulator Ofgem revealed on Monday that energy supplier E.ON is to pay a GBP7m penalty for failing to supply advanced meters by the April 2014 deadline, following an investigation into E.ON's compliance with its obligations under the electricity supply licence (Standard Licence Condition 12).
An advanced meter roll-out scheme for businesses was started by the UK government in 2009, but Ofgem said E.ON delivered advanced meters to fewer than 65% of its relevant electricity business customers by the deadline, despite being given five years to fit advanced electricity supply meters to around 20,000 customers. The scheme is part of a national project to modernise the energy sector and provide better service by introducing next-generation, smarter meters to help customers control their usage and bills.
E.ON only completed 64.4% of its roll-out by April 2014, which meant that more than 7,000 customers were not provided with a new advanced meter on time. The company was unable to prove that it took all reasonable steps to fulfil its required meter rollout. It did not plan and monitor its roll-out and its senior management failed to do enough to ensure the company was in compliance.
Ofgem also found that E.ON gained financially by avoiding the costs of installing and operating the new meters. The company will pay GBP7m to the Carbon Trust and has also agreed to pay a further GBP7m in redress if it fails to meet a new interim target within the next year. Further progress is said to have been made by E.ON since April 2014, however, the supplier has accepted it needs to do more. If E.ON is still not compliant with its obligations after a further six months, Ofgem stated that it is prepared to consider imposing a sales ban preventing E.ON from taking on new business customers until it is able to supply them through an advanced meter.
Anthony Pygram, Ofgem senior partner with responsibility for enforcement commented: "It's unacceptable that E.ON failed to roll out advanced meters to these business customers on time. Customers have lost out on receiving better information about their energy consumption and the opportunity to control costs. Unless E.ON improves their poor record, they will have to pay out even more and may face a sales ban.
"The roll-out of advanced meters has the potential to transform the energy market. We expect all suppliers to learn the lessons from this ahead of the domestic smart-meter roll-out, in particular the need to start the process in good time and ensure senior managers are committed to delivering on time."
E.ON issued an apology for missing business electricity meter change deadline on Monday
A spokesman for E.ON stated: "Installing advanced meters to tens of thousands of business customers across the country was always going to be a significant challenge and one that threw up a variety of hurdles for suppliers to overcome. That said, we cannot, and will not, overlook the fact that we did not do enough in time to meet the deadline and in that regard failed to provide the efficient service our business customers demand and deserve.
"In the last 18 months we have made some further progress and we have invested heavily in increasing our capability and we are taking all reasonable steps to get these meters installed."
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Johnsen, A., Ortiz-Barreda, G., Rekkedal, G., & Iversen, A. C. (2017). Minority children and academic resilience in the Nordic welfare states. International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care. doi:https://doi.org/10.1108/IJMHSC-11-2015-0050
Tonheim, M. (2017). Repair, stigmatisation or tolerance? Former girl soldiers' experience of their 'homecoming'. Conflict, Security & Development, 17(5), 429-449. doi:10.1080/14678802.2017.1371984
Fylkesnes MK, Iversen AC, Nygren L. (2017): Negotiating deficiency: Exploring ethnic minority parents' narratives about encountering child welfare services in Norway. Child & Family Social Work. 2017;1-8. https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12400
Skilbred, D. T., Iversen, A. C., & Moldestad, B. (2017). Successful Academic Achievement Among Foster Children: What Did the Foster Parents Do? Child Care in Practice, 23(4), 356-371. doi:10.1080/13575279.2016.1188764
Ynnesdal Haugen, L. S., Envy, A., Borg, M., Ekeland, T. J., & Anderssen, N. (2016). Discourses of service user involvement in meeting places in Norwegian community mental health care: a discourse analysis of staff accounts. Disability & Society, 31(2), 192-209. Retrieved from doi:10.1080/09687599.2016.1139489
Brattabø, I. V., Iversen, A. C., Åstrøm, A. N., & Bjørknes, R. (2016). Experience with suspecting child maltreatment in the Norwegian public dental health services, a national survey. Acta Odontologica Scandinavia, 1-7.
Hollekim, R., Anderssen, N., & Daniel, M. (2016). Contemporary discourses on children and parenting in Norway: Norwegian Child Welfare Services meets immigrant families. Children and Youth Services Review, 60, 52-60.
Bjørknes, R., Larsen, M., Gwanzura-Ottemoller, F., & Kjobli, J. (2015). Exploring mental distress among immigrant mothers participating in parent training. Children and Youth Services Review, 51, 10-17.
Hesjedal, E., Iversen, A. C., Bye, H. H., & Hetland, H. (2015). The use of multidisciplinary teams to support child welfare clients. European Journal of Social Work, 1-15.
Elisabeth Hesjedal, Hilde Hetland, Anette Christine Iversen & Terje Manger(2015): Interprofessional collaboration as a means of including children at risk: an analysis of Norwegian educational policy documents, International Journal of Inclusive Education, DOI:10.1080/13603116.2015.1057241 http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/CQmka9bGB5mKaQx35ZDj/full
Iversen, AC & Heggen, K. (2015) Child welfare workers use of knowledge in their daily work. European Journal of Social work p 1-17. http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/gcdw5fQPMEjYf6vyxUrc/full
Fylkesnes, M. K., Iversen, A. C., Bjørknes, R., & Nygren, L. (2015). Frykten for barnevernet. En undersøkelse av etniske minoritetsforeldres oppfatninger. Norges barnevern, 92(2), 80-96.
Johnsen, A., Iversen, A. C., Lie, S. A., & Sandbæk, M. (2015). Does Poverty in a Scandinavian Welfare State Influence School Competence in Adolescents? Poverty & Public Policy, 7(3), 277-297.
Staer, T., & Bjørknes, R. (2015). Ethnic disproportionality in the child welfare system: A Norwegian national cohort study. Children and Youth Services Review, 56, 26-32.
Hetland, H., Iversen, A. C., Eikeland, O. J., & Manger, T. (2014). Former welfare clients in prison: education and self-reported learning problems. European Journal of Social Work, 1-13. doi: 10.1080/13691457.2014.897219 http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/NuH8n7TaHiVE3UdMNMcU/full
Hollekim, R., Anderssen, N. & Andenæs, A. (2014). Images of Children in Views on Same-sex Adoption Rights. Journal of GLBT Family Studies, 00: 1-19.
Hesjedal, E., Hetland, H., & Iversen, A. C. (2013). Interprofessional collaboration: self-reported successful collaboration by teachers and social workers in multidisciplinary teams. Child & Family Social Work, n/a-n/a. doi: 10.1111/cfs.12093
Bjørknes, R., & Manger, T. (2013). Can parent training alter parent practice and reduce conduct problems in ethnic minority children? A randomized controlled trial. Prevention Science. doi: 10.1007/s11121-012-0299-9
Hollekim, R., Slaatten, H., & Anderssen, N. (2012). A Nationwide Study of Norwegian Beliefs About Same-sex Marriage and Lesbian and Gay Parenthood. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 9(1), 15-30.
Bjørknes, R., Kjøbli, J., Manger, T., & Jakobsen, R. (2012). Parent Training among ethnic minorities: Parenting practices as mediators of change in child conduct problems. Family Relations, 61(1), 101-114.
Fylkesnes, M.K. & Netland, M. (2012): God praksis i møte med etniske minoritetsfamilier i barnevernet: Saksbehandleres og foreldres erfaringer. Norges Barnevern, 4, 220-235.
Rød, P. A., Iversen, A. C., & Underlid, K. (2012). The child welfare service's assessments in custody cases that involve minors. European Journal of Social Work, 1-19. doi: 10.1080/13691457.2012.709484
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Although RIM has been engaged in a long running patent battle in the US, it seems they have won a couple of battles in Europe. The maker of the BlackBerry has won two patent-related lawsuits against InPro Licensing SARL, a Luxembourg patent holding company. RIM recently won a case against InPro in Germany, and they also won when the English High Courk in the U.K. ruled that inPro's U.K. patent is invalid.
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Tale of hope: Congolese-born refugee Cleophas Biringanine and Hope Mugalihya have made a life together after coming to Australia as refugees, and below, Cleophas and Hope on their wedding day at St Brigid's Church, Red Hill.
BRISBANE Knights of the Southern Cross member Stuart Beavis believes Australia's debate on refugees is on the wrong track with deliberate political misinformation largely to blame.
As chairman of KSC Branch No, 1 covering the inner western suburbs, he's decided to do something about it.
He's organised Congolese-born refugee Cleophas Biringanine to tell his story at the KSC's annual public meeting at St Michael's Church Hall, Dorrington on Thursday, September 5.
"I really want to get people out of their homes, away from the politicians' biased opinions," Mr Beavis said.
Those turning up to Cleophas' talk can expect an illuminating and challenging experience.
They will be inspired by a story of great Christian kindness exhibited by Brisbane Catholics, both individually and as the entire Jubilee parish.
They will hear of a love story which began in a Malawi refugee camp and finished with a marriage in inner city Brisbane.
They will also hear of Cleophas' determination to make a new life in Australia – of him travelling five days a week to Caboolture by train then cycling to work at a factory as well as working as a cleaner three nights a week.
Unimaginable horrors threw Cleophas Biringanine and Hope Mugalihya together in a Malawi refugee camp in 2007.
Both had seen family members slaughtered during a civil war in their home country in the 1990s.
In the refugee camp, the Congolese couple were betrothed only to be separated when Hope was allowed to settle in Australia under Department of Immigration humanitarian protection visa.
In a story in The Catholic Leader in March 2012, Hope said on reaching Australia she followed the advice given by refugee advocate Jesuit Father David Holdcroft.
"Father said to go to my local Catholic church when I got to Australia and I would be taken care of," she said.
The church was St Brigid's, Red Hill, part of Jubilee parish.
With the support of a Brisbane couple from the parish, Hope applied under the Government's reunification program for Cleophas to be issued with a visa and allowed to join her in Australia.
The couple's remarkable journey came full circle on September 3, 2011, when, surrounded by parishioners and friends who had helped them on their way, Cleophas and Hope were married at St Brigid's Church.
Since then the couple have started a family and Hope has completed a certificate course in childcare.
Mr Beavis said Cleophas' talk was the latest in a series of annual events run every September by KSC Branch No 1.
"For at least the last 12 years we've had the September meeting as an open one," he said.
"We've had members of the public speak on issues of interest to the Church and the KSC.
"That's been everything from financial matters to stem cell research and the situation in East Timor.
"Last year we had Pregnancy Crisis Incorporated speak on support offered by that organisation for mothers-to-be under pressure to abort their babies.
"Regarding the issue of refugees, I believe there's a lot of ignorance in the community.
"Politicians are firing the issue up for their own advantage, talking about stopping the boat people and so on.
"Refugees such as Hope and Cleophas have come in through legitimate channels but they're often lumped in with others.
"And anyway those people coming in by boat are often doing so because Government processing of refugees is not effective.
"With things this way there's not much hope from either side of Government…so we've got to get an awareness of the full story on refugees to ordinary people somehow.
The talk will be held at St Michael's Church Hall, 250 Banks Street Dorrington at 7.30pm on September 5.
To attend contact Stuart Beavis on 0411 147 076 or email bsb_himself@optusnet.com.au.


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I mean, that's just kind of that's your comfort zone, he said. That's where you tend to go, probably drive the position coaches a little bit crazy more than not.
That's not to say the Lions should avoid either position, even after adding three new linebackers in free agency. And the need at guard is even more obvious, and is a spot the team could address as early as the first round.
The Alliance has a television deal with CBS and plans to open its first season the week after the Super Bowl. Vick, 37, was the top overall pick in the 2001 NFL draft by Atlanta and was a three-time Pro Bowl selection during his time with the Falcons (2001-06). His stay ended in disgrace. Vick served 18 months in prison following his guilty plea for a dogfighting operation in his native Virginia. He returned to play five seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles, followed by short stints with the New York Jets and Pittsburgh Steelers. In 2017, he was welcomed back to the Falcons family by owner Arthur Blank in a retirement ceremony for Vick and receiver Roddy White. Vick took the Falcons to the NFC championship game in 2004 but never reached the Super Bowl.
When I accepted the job and thought about what it would take to bring this city a championship, I knew that I needed to bring Michael Vick back to Atlanta, Childress said. His connection with the city is undeniable, and his 13 years of NFL experience will make him a tremendous asset to our team. I saw firsthand his innate ability to bring out the best in those around him and I'm confident that together, we're going to build something special for the city of Atlanta. Vick Cheap Baseball Jerseys Kids said he has a love and passion for teaching the game of football. I've learned so much over the course of my career, playing for and being mentored by some of the best coaches in all of football, he said. I'm committed to paying it forward, helping players grow and putting some of my ideas into action on the football field.
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