The Secwepemc Youth Run for Water-Protection of Water Threatened by the Kinder Morgan Pipeline Expansion.
Earlier this year, Secwepemc youth self-organized to run across Secwepemc'ulecw, through the communities where the Kinder Morgan expansion is scheduled to take pace. They began their run yesterday, and are currently by "Blue River BC", unceded Secwepemc territory. In 3 short days, they plan to run to Kamloops BC at Aviation Way.
The youth aren't associated with an organization They self-organized this run, and they, along with their parents have been actively fundraising for this run to protect their sacred water. They're still seeking donations of gear, financial assistance, and billeting.
Starting in Valemount BC in Secwepemc'ulecw, over 320km run or walk during spring break.


Many pet owners have misconceptions about veterinarians and may be reluctant to seek or follow their advice, says Dr. Michael Watts, a veterinarian and owner of Clevengers Corner Veterinary Care, in an online article.
In the article, Dr. Watts shares an email conversation he says that he had with a friend, regarding petfood allergy management for his friend's cat and a veterinarian's advice.
Dr. Watts says his friend wrote: "I think there's a big 'conspiracy' out there among vets or maybe the newbies get brainwashed in vet school with all that corporate money. I think my cat might have food allergies (losing a ton of hair, itchy) but took him to the vet anyway...We ended up with a newer vet and he was saying we might have to put him on a big brand prescription diet — the hypoallergenic one. He was shocked when I told him I'd never feed my cats that junk food. The first ingredients always seem to be 'chicken byproducts' and fillers like corn... It makes me sad to think of all these people out there listening to this vet and using big corporation food when they can just feed their pets a high quality, good protein diet."
Yet, according to Dr. Watts, veterinarians that sell veterinary diet petfoods make very little money doing so, typically US$1 per bag or less.
"Large companies are simply better at being sure veterinarians have the most up to date information on their diets, so that might be your 'conspiracy,'" Watts says. "In addition, many veterinary therapeutic diets are actually superior for treating specific conditions than anything that can be found over the counter. However, the ingredient lists are formulated by board-certified veterinary nutritionists and other scientists – not the marketing department."
Watts also says that studies have shown that beef, chicken, wheat, soy, lamb, milk and egg have been the cause of more allergies in pets than corn has. Watts says that cooked ground corn is actually a highly digestible source of carbohydrates, protein, antioxidants, and essential fatty acids.
"Unfortunately, the niche market petfoods have demonized it to a point that I don't even waste my breath with clients anymore. Either a client will take my educated recommendation or they will ignore me, listening to 'Dr. Google' or propaganda from specialty petfood manufacturers," Watts says.


1. Heat a griddle pan over a medium-high heat. Mix the garlic with 1 tsp olive oil and use to coat the steaks. Season and griddle the steaks for 2 minutes on each side for medium rare. Set aside to rest.
2. Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, boil the orange juice until reduced by half. Remove from the heat and stir in the vinegar, mustard and 1 tsp oil; season and set aside.
3. In a bowl, toss the red onion and white chicory with the remaining olive oil and season. Griddle for 1 - 2 minutes on each side (you may need to do this in 2 batches). Toss with the red chicory, rocket, orange segments and warm dressing.
4. Slice the steaks and serve with the warm salad, scattering the cherries over the top.


End users are able to accept incoming calls now!
End users have no permanent IP address according to system's logic, so they must periodically register on the server to let the VoIP-core know, where the call must be routed. This can be configured on IP phone or dialer.
From the Switchboard side you must add one or few source number(s) to the end user. Routing Module transforms the called number to the "routed destination number" , then it determines the end user to which the call must be routed. You can also specify in Routing Strategies for inbound dial-peer 'did' as the most preferred method of route comparison. In case you don't, the call destinated to the end user, could be routed to provider, which provides matching country code.
Incoming calls can be billed basing on the separate pricelist.
This functionality makes possible to sell DID(Direct Inward Dial) numbers to the end users and billing such calls.
The system now supports SIP end users. This makes possible to use the system in PC2Phone business application.
End users should authenticate themself by password (which is stored as plain-text or MD5-encrypted password in system) before they are able to call. End users are gathered into groups. Each group has its own routing settings and pricelist.
End user's call origination can be prohibited by 2-stage balance checking strategy. First, end user's balance is checked. Second, company's (to which the end user group belongs) balance is checked. End user balances and CDR are maintained for each user individually and can be viewed in real-time mode.
Some minor changes in web-interface to improve usability. Quick links to Statistics and Dialplan from dial-peers have been added.
Some minor changes in web-interface to improve its look.
Streamco team is glad to present new release of Switchboard.
INFO(4) - info messages are logged.
By combining this values (by binary OR) you can achieve mixed functionality. For example, to enable error and query logging, you should set log_level=3.
Do you want to share your experience? Do you need help in installation? Do you need to solve problems with product's wrong behavour? Do you want to discuss something with developer? Maybe you just want to help somebody else? Then you are welcome on our forum!
Streamco team is glad to introduce official web site.


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 Niedertal, Tal in den Ötztaler Alpen, Tirol, siehe Niedertalbach
 Antholz Niedertal, Fraktion der Gemeinde Rasen-Antholz, Südtirol, Italien

Siehe auch:
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As a presidential candidate, I have to be ready to deal with rising domestic and external challenges ranging from the gradual erosion of freedom and democracy to an increasing uncertainty over Taiwan's ability to maintain its economic autonomy.
For most Taiwanese, the state of our economy is a source of great distress as it has stagnated for some time and has lost momentum for growth. Globalization and China's rise as the world's factory have affected Taiwan's efficiency-driven model of economic growth. This has gradually resulted in a widening income gap, outsourcing of job opportunities, and stagnating salaries.
The economic slowdown has hit the young generation in particular, who now face an economic environment much harsher than their parents' days. In addition, our various public pension funds have incurred huge implicit deficits that endanger their sustainability. Furthermore, the family-based traditional social safety network no longer suits the needs of the highly urbanized Taiwan. Under these circumstances, one can only imagine the tremendous burdens that are being placed on our younger generation.
The primary objective of the new model is to reshape Taiwan's economic competitiveness by shifting from an efficiency-driven model to an innovation-driven one. It is also aimed at striking a balance between economic growth and social need. In addition, we hope that the new model can help reduce Taiwan's dependence on a single market and to ensure Taiwan's economic autonomy. We were kindly reminded by former Secretary Clinton in June last year that Taiwan would be vulnerable if it loses economic independence.
I also fully intend to build a strategic partnership with the U.S. on economic cooperation. A DPP administration would like to mount intensive exchanges and cooperation on the next generation infrastructure for Internet of Things (IoT), cloud, big data, and ICT-based new industries, which feature the 4th industrial revolution, or what many call Industry 4.0. I would like to have Taiwan work closely with American firms to renew Taiwan's ICT industries as well.
On international trade, there is an urgent need for Taiwan to participate in the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), at least to be included in the second round of negotiations. For this purpose, I have set up a special task force to discuss the important aspects of trade liberalization and the TPP.
Our discussions include the need for structural adjustments and reform, the extent to which Taiwan should adhere to international standards, streamlining legal infrastructure and bureaucratic practices, and making the necessary investments in specific sectors.
We want to ensure that Taiwan is ready to effectively deal with the challenges of globalization.
I would like to thank the U.S. government for expressing welcome to Taiwan's interest. Here I would also like to reiterate that I am determined for Taiwan to be ready for the TPP.
For Taiwan's economy to be more competitive and our democracy stronger we need to build a military capable of safeguarding the country and maintaining peace. We should also help shape a friendly regional environment by making meaningful contributions to international affairs. Needless to say, a critical component is a need to maintain a peaceful and stable relationship with China.
It is important that mil-to-mil relations with the U.S. continue to intensify in accordance with the Taiwan Relations Act and mutual security interests in the region. Taiwan is and will continue to be a reliable partner of the U.S. in ensuring peace and stability in the region.
We must work closely with our American friends, not only in deterring traditional threats and coercion, but also in jointly dealing with other non-traditional security threats, such as cyber-security.
In addition to foreign acquisition of defense systems and platforms, I am committed to more investments in indigenous defense programs, including research and development, to meet our long-term defense need. These investments will eventually produce multiplied benefits in Taiwan's economy. It is investment in defense and economy at the same time, for the long haul.
Taiwan and its people have a special political, security, economic, and cultural bond with the United States because of our shared values and shared interests. But, Taiwan should not take the relationship for granted. I will ensure that Taiwan works together with the U.S. to advance our common interests. Taiwan's international support can be obtained by making ourselves as a reliable partner and by having a proactive diplomatic agenda for peace.
Under my watch, Taiwan will meaningfully participate and contribute, provided that it is not discriminated against, in international projects such as humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, medical assistance, and joint efforts in economic aide with backup support from our active NGO's. Taiwan has a modern rescue training center in central Taiwan; I would like to expand its operation so that it becomes an international training center. I will also seek to work closely with the U.S. on counter-terrorism, modeling on the Container Security Initiative and Mega Port Initiative and share this experience with any neighboring country.
Cross-strait relations must be considered in a long-term context.
Since Taiwan's democratization, we have had three democratically elected presidents and a strong social will forged by numerous democracy movements.
Freedom and democracy are values deeply ingrained in the hearts of the Taiwanese people.
The president elected by the people of Taiwan represents all the people of Taiwan in conducting external affairs.
Therefore the conduct of cross-strait policy must transcend the position of a political party and incorporate different views.
A leader must take into account public consensus, when making decisions. We do have a broad consensus in Taiwan, that is, the maintenance of the status quo.
The two sides of the Taiwan Strait should treasure and secure the accumulated outcomes of more than twenty years of negotiations and exchanges.
These accumulated outcomes will serve as the firm basis of my efforts to further the peaceful and stable development of cross-strait relations.
I will push for legislation of the Cross-Strait Agreement Oversight Bill to establish a comprehensive set of rules for overseeing the cross-strait exchanges and negotiations.
The cross-strait agreements which are currently under negotiation or legislative review will be re-examined and further negotiated according to the new rules.
Last but most importantly, I will also strengthen our democratic institutions and uphold the right of the people to decide their future free of coercion.
While I advocate for constructive exchanges and dialogues with China, I will ensure the process is democratic and transparent, and that the economic benefits are equitably shared.


What is the Auravana Project?
The Auravana Project exists to co-create the emergence of community through the openly shared design, construction, and operation of a socio-economically unified network of integrated city systems in which purposefully driven individuals are fulfilled in their development toward a higher potential state of human experience for themselves and all others.
We are developing a highly automated, moneyless society oriented toward human fulfillment and ecological sustainability.
Rather than assuming only iterative changes within the context of the social and economic systems that are themselves at the root of so many of our challenges, we have embarked on an analysis and redesign of human civilization, starting with the definition of what constitutes a fulfilled society. Instead of trying to patchwork and reform existing systems, we are resolving our many current and impending, self-induced challenges, through a design that renders those challenges obsolete. Our specified design for holistic community development address all the major areas that influence human behavior and ecological stability, tracing root issues back to driving structures, and from there to the environmental influences and response mechanisms that cause them. These "blueprints" (a metaphor for our design specifications) then propose new structures for those environmental influences that instead condition and predispose fulfillment-oriented values and life-enhancing systems. We envision a society oriented toward ecological sustainability and the fulfillment of all human need -- a society designed and operated through social cooperation. We propose a system that works for all of us and the Earth upon which we depend. The fulfillment of all sentient beings is an eternal way forward. And so, we have come together to share in our discoveries and evolve our understandings so that our creations align more greatly with the well-being and flourishing of all sentient life on this planet and in the universe. Here, our work contributes to our own fulfillment and brings us joy in life. Our sharing opens new possibilities for inspiration and creation. How we think and work together, and what we do, will ultimately make the difference. The optimization of living conditions for everyone on this planet is a direction commensurate to our real potential.
Our About and Overview pages provide a further description of the project.
WHAT DO WE NEED TO CREATE COMMUNITY?
We power our lives knowing that fulfillment is possible.
Start with our aligned interests.
Form and resolve a common information space.
Act upon that resolution to change our environment.
Live a life of ever greater fulfillment.
Socially and ecologically responsible design through a "whole" systems approach.
The socio-economic structuring of modern society generates a large group of people that live over an extensive area, compete against one another for the common resources, experience inequality and wealth disparity between social classes and/or genders, cannot operate through a unified decision process due to dissimilar understandings and goals (instead, decision making is by authority, majority, or minority rule), and actions that are taken often benefit a small segment of the people at the expense of others and the ecology.
Together, we have the opportunity to apply our intelligence, understandings, and abilities to iteratively co-create a community network of socio-economically integrated city systems designed to incorporate elements from (and otherwise reflect) the natural environment of our species, while offering every individual on the planet a set of highly enriched living opportunities based on that which is possible today, and directed toward a new era of flourishing and sustainability for all.
A unified and emergently designed socio-economic specification that structures the formation of community where people with a shared sense of purpose live within the regenerative carrying capacity of their environment, cooperate with one another using common resources, experience an enriched life where there are a multitude of opportunities for self-growth and contribution, operate through a unified decision process due to similar understandings and goals, and actions that are taken often benefit everyone and do not come at the expense of anyone or the ecology.
HOW WOULD NATURE DESIGN SOCIETY?
A reflection of the natural environment of our species.
for evolving the socio-economic living system and the built environments of the now.
Applying new and emerging philosophy, science, and engineering technology to a unified model (a design specification) for human flourishing and fulfillment.
Constructing an experimental community network of integrated city systems at the convergence of ecological stability, human fulfillment, and technical possibility.
READY TO VIEW THE SPECIFICATIONS AND CONTRIBUTE?
Click on a specification below to discover ways you can improve your life and create community.


The S60 from Swedish auto-manufacturer Volvo, carries with it, a simple yet entirely sophisticated design. It is also touted to be one of the world's safest cars on the market. It is also one of the most popular used cars for sale Montreal has within its nearby regions. This is because of its reliability in terms of safety and performance. In terms of visual and aesthetic considerations, it does not disappoint either.


A miniature variety of bok choi, an Asian leafy green which is great steamed or in stir fries. Maturity: 4-6 weeks.
Miniature variety of mini cos lettuce with soft, crisp leaves, great for salad. Matures 6 to 8 wks.
A miniature variety of pak choi, a green Asian vegetable with succulent leaves perfect for soups or stir fries. Maturity: 4-6 weeks.
Pea Garden produces podded green vegetables. Use shelled peas in cooked dishes and salads. Matures 7 to 10wks. Stake or support required.
Pea Snowpea is a podded green vegetable. Use peas in cooked dishes and salads. Matures 7 to 10wks.
Pea Sugar Snap is a podded green vegetable. Use peas in cooked dishes and salads. Matures 7 to 10wks.
Grow and create your own popcorn at home with yummy popping corn. Water in well and plant in an open space, in blocks to aid pollination. Dry corn before popping.
Kipfler is a long, thin potato with slight cresent shape, clean yellow skin and light yellow flesh . Suited to salads, steaming and roasting but not frying. Havest time approx 13 to 15 wks, when lower leaves yellow. Store potatoes in cool, dry place.
Pontiac is a high yielding with a round shape, red skin and white flesh. Harvest when lower leaves turn yellow. Maturity 13-15 weeks. Boil, bake, microwave or use in salads. not recommended for frying.
Sebago is an oval shaped, white skinned potato with white flesh. Harvest when lower leaves turn yellow. Maturity 13-15 weeks. Sebago are great when boiled, baked, fried or used in salads.
Potato Sweet is a tuber vegetable high in vitamin and fibre. Tubers suited to steaming and roasting, young leaves as a spinach substitute. Harvest time approx 16 to 25 wks, when leaves turn yellow. Frost sensitive.
Butternut is a yellow orange skinned pumpkin with orange flesh. Use roasted, baked or soup dishes. Matures in 16-18 weeks. Store pumpkin in cool, dry place after harvest.
Butternut is a yellow-orange skinned pumpkin with orange flesh. Use roasted, baked or in soup. Matures in 16 to 18 wks. Store pumpkin in cool, dry place after harvest.
Golden Nugget is a small, round, orange skinned variety of pumpkin with yellow flesh. Use roasted, baked or soup dishes. Matures in 14 to 16 wks. Store pumpkin in cool, dry place after harvest.
Golden Nugget is a small, round, orange skinned variety of pumpkin with yellow flesh. Use roasted, baked or in soup. Matures in 14 to 16 wks. Store pumpkin in cool, dry place after harvest.
Jap is a green-grey, mottled-skinned variety of pumpkin with golden orange flesh, als known as a Kent pumpkin. Use roasted, baked or in soup. Matures 10 to 16 wks.
Jap is a green-grey, mottledskinned variety of pumpkin with golden orange flesh. Aka Kent pumpkin. Use roasted, baked or in soup. Matures 10 to 16 wks.
Jarrahdale is a variety of pumpkin with grey semiribbed skin and orange flesh. Harvest when leaves start to wither. Matures 14-16 wks.
Queensland Blue is a blue-grey skinned pumpkin with orange flesh. Use roasted, baked or in soup. Matures 16 to 18 wks.
Sweet Grey is a pumpkin variety with grey skin and orange flesh. Harvest when leaves start to wither. Matures 16-18 wks.
Radish French Breakfast is an easy heirloom to grow. Harvest crisp, rose-scarlet radishes after just 35 days!
Rhubarb with long, full, crimson stems. Do not eat leaves. Use stewed as dessert.
Rocket is a nutritious green with piquant taste. Culinary use : salad or stir fries. Matures 6 to 8 wks.
Rocket salad adds zest to salads, pastas, and sandwiches with the leaves of this mustard-like annual herb. The long, toothed, purplish/green leaves also can be used as a decorative garnish.
Shallots are a small bulb vegetable that grows in clusters. Use leaves and bulbs in salads and Asian dishes. Matures 6 to 8 wks.
Silverbeet is a nutritious leafy vegetable with long white stems. Use leaves and stems in juicing and cooked dishes. Young leaves can be used in salad. Matures 5 to 8 wk.
Silverbeet Rainbow is a leafy vegetable with long coloured stems. Use leaves and stems in cooked dishes, young leaves in salad. Matures 5 to 8 wk.
Silverbeet Rainbow is a leafy vegetable with long coloured stems. Use leaves and stems in cooked dishes, young leaves in salad. Matures 5-8 weeks.
Silverbeet is a leafy vegetable with long white stems. Use leaves and stems in cooked dishes, young leaves in salad. Matures 5 to 8 wk.
Spinach is a leafy, vitamin filled vegetable. Use leaves in cooked dishes or young leaves in salad. Matures 10 to 12 wks. Harvest from outside leaf.
Spinach Baby is a highly nutritious, tender, green vegetable. Use in salads and stir fries. Harvest young leaves from the outside of the plant before full size. Prefers cool climates. Maturity 4 to 6 wks.
Spinach Climbing is an edible climber with succulent red stems and green foliage. High vitamin and iron content. Suited to salads, stew and stir fries. Maturity 10-12 weeks. Pick as needed.
Spinach is a leafy, vitamin packed vegetable. Use leaves in cooked dishes or young leaves in salad. Matures 10 to 12 wks. Harvest from outside leaf.
Green patty pan squash with scalloped edges. Use for cooked dishes. Matures 6 to 8 wks.
Squash Sunburst is a gold patty pan squash with scalloped edges. Use for cooked dishes. Matures 6 to 8 weeks.
Squash Sunburst is a yellow patty pan squash with scalloped edges. Use for cooked dishes. Matures 6 to 8 wks.
Swede is a root vegetable. Use in soup, casserole and stews. Matures 13 to 18 wks.
Corn variety producing sweet, succulent cobs. Plant in open space in blocks to aid pollination. Maturity- 14-16wks.
Sweetcorn Baby is a corn variety suited to harvest when young before pollination, when tips of silks are just visible.
Sweetcorn variety suited to harvest when young before pollination, when tips of silks are just visible.
Sweetcorn Sweetest produces juicy, bicoloured corn. Matures 14 to 16 weeks.
Sweetcorn variety with sweet, succulent corn cobs. Matures 14-16 weeks.
Allans Early red is an early maturing tomato with flavoursome large, red ribbed fruit.
Tomato Allans Early red is an early maturing tomato with flavoursome large, red ribbed fruit.
Tomato Apollo is an early maturing tomato with flavoursome firm, juicy, medium fruit, producing over a long cropping period. Good for cooler climates. Displays disease resistance to bacterial wilt and nematodes.
Tomato Beefsteak is a mid season tomato producing large fruit, weighing over 300 grams. The plants are disease resistant and set an abundance of fruit. Beef Steak is excellent for sandwiches, cooking and preserves.
Tomato Beefsteak is a high yielding, mid season maturing tomato with flavoursome, lobed, large fruit, with good disease resistance.
Tomato Big Mama is a high yielding, large tomato with tasty, pear shaped, meaty, firm flesh fruit.
Tomato Black Russian is an heirloom, mid season tomato with firm, medium fruit, with rich charcoal/red colour.
Tomato Bragger is an early maturing tomato with sweet, large globe-shaped fruit, producing high yields over a long cropping period. Displays good disease resistance to tomato mosaic virus and nematodes.
Tomato Cherry Ripe is a high yielding, mid season cherry tomato with sweet, juicy, tasty, small fruit.
Tomato Cherry Roma produces incredibly versatile sweet and spicy fruit that can be cooked however you like or just eaten raw. Early season. Harvest in 18-20 weeks.
Tomato Cherry Roma produces incredibly versatile sweet and spicy fruit that can be cooked however you like or just eaten raw. Harvest in 18-20 weeks.
Sweet, juicy cherry size tomato fruit grows in trusses. Matures 12 wks.
Tomato Corn Dog is a yellow fruiting tomato with compact mounding habit, excellent for a hanging basket.
Tomato Ebony truss is a vine tomato with sweet tasting, firm, mahogany red, medium sized fruit forming on a truss. Fruit will ripen from the first fruit and then progressively fruit ripens down the branch.
Tomato Fig is a term started in the 1840's when it was popular to preserve this type of tomato as a homemade fig substitute. Tomato Fig Truss is a vine tomato with red, firm fruit formed in truss formation. Fruit ripens from the first fruit and then progressively down the branch.
Tomato First Prize is a flavoursome, round, red tomato.
Tomato Gourmet Truss is a vine tomato with red, firm, medium fruit formed in truss formation. Fruit ripens from the first fruit and then progressively down the branch.
Tomato Grafted Apollo is a tomato which produces extremely high yields of tasty fruit, and are very vigorous and are disease resistant. Early to mid season producing high yields of deep red, oblong fruit. solid flesh.
Tomato Grafted Grosse Lisse is an heirloom tomato which produces extremely high yields of tasty fruit, and are very vigorous and are disease resistant. A popular mid to late season tomato producing abundant, flavoursome, medium to large fruit.
Tomato Grafted Mighty Red is a tomato which produces extremely high yields of tasty fruit, and are very vigorous and are disease resistant. Mighty red is an early to mid season tomato producing large, full flavoured, globe shaped fruit. Due to large size, grow up a trellis for support in full sun.
Grafted Roma tomato produces extremely high yields of tasty fruit, and are very vigorous and are disease resistant. Might red is an early to mid season tomato producing large, full flavoured, globe shaped fruit.
Tomato Grosse Lisse produces sweet, large fruit, with high yields over a long cropping period. Displays good disease resistance to bacterial wilt.
Tomato Health Kick is a high yielding, mid season tomato with firm, medium, cylindrical fruit with flavour. Renowned variety for containing 50% more cancer fighting lycopene, than other tomato varieties . Matures 10-12 wks.
Tomato Honey Grape is a high yielding, oval shaped cherry tomato with sweet, red, small fruit produced in clusters.
Tomato Humpty produces sweet, oval fruit, with high yields over a long cropping period. Displays good disease resistance to nematode and bacterial speck.
Tomato Ky1 Dwarf is a bush variety with medium, round, red fruit.
Tomato Late Season is a disease resistant variety with firm, round, red fruit that ripens mid-season.
Tomato Low Acid is a high yielding, mid-season tomato with low acid, firm, medium, cylindrical fruit with flavour. Benefit of low acid. Displays disease resistance to bacterial wilt.
Tomato Mamma Mia is a high yielding tomato with tasty, pear shaped, meaty, firm flesh fruit.
Tomato Mellow Yellow is an early to mid season, high yielding, acid free tomato with large solid fruit. Suitable for people with sensitive palates. Displays good disease resistance to Yollo spot.
Tomato Mighty Red is a high yielding tomato with large globe-shaped, red fruit. Displays good disease resistance to tobacco mosaic virus, fusarium wilt, grey leaf spot and nematodes.
Mighty Red is a high yielding tomato with large globe-shaped, red fruit. Displays good disease resistance to tobacco mosaic virus, fusarium wilt, grey leaf spot and nematodes.
Tomato Money Maker is a mid season, productive tomato with medium, firm, fleshy, globe shape fruit. Displays good disease resistance to bacterial wilt.
Tomato Mortgage Lifter is an heirloom, high yielding tomato with large, meaty, pink fruit.
Tomato Oxheart produces incredibly versatile, tear drop shaped fruit with a sweet flavour and hearty texture that's perfect for tomato paste! The sweetest and juiciest oxheart tomato. Harvest in 12 weeks.
Oxheart is a early to mid season, heirloom tomato with large size fruit, firm and meaty flesh.
Tomato Patio Prize is a bush type tomato with large, fleshy, juicy globe fruit produces a generous mid season crop. Quick maturing.
Tomato Pot Cherry produces scarlet, cherry sized, tasty fruit, throughout summer, on compact plant.
Tomato Pot Roma is a high yielding, dwarf tomato variety with oval shape fruit. Ideal for confined spaces.
Tomato Principe Borgehese are perfect for sun drying! A mini-roma shaped Italian heirloom that's low in sugar and great for pots or balcony gardens as there's no staking required.
Red Fig produces miniature pear shaped fruits over many months. Ripens quickly and stores well like a fig, earning the name 100 years ago. Harvest in 8 weeks.
Red Fig produces miniture pear shaped fruits over many months. Ripens quickly and stores well like a fig, earning the name 100 years ago. Harvest in 8 weeks.
Tomato Red Profusion is a scarlet fruiting tomato with compact mounding habit, excellent for a hanging basket, with 360°branching.
Roma is a tomato, with medium sized, oval, red fruit producing over a long cropping period.
Tomato Rouge de Marmande is an early cropping, heirloom, bush tomato with irregular ribbed fruit. Disease resistant.
Rouge de Marmande is an early cropping, heirloom, bush tomato with irregular ribbed fruit. Disease resistant.
Tomato Royal Flush produces firm, full flavoured, round, red fruit over a long growing season.
Saucy Tom is a high yielding, improved variety of low acid tomato with oval fruit, over a long cropping period. Excellent cooking tomato.
Tomato Super Roma is a high yielding, improved variety of low acid tomato with oval fruit, over a long cropping period.
Tomato Sweet Cherry Gold is a high yielding, low acid cherry tomato with small, round, sweet, gold fruit over a long growing period.
Tomato Tickled Pink is a high yielding, mid season tomato with thin skinned, sweet, large, rosy fruit. Displays good disease resistance to bacterial wilt, nematodes and bacterial speck.
Tommy Toe is one of the most iconic heirlooms in Australia. Very sweet fruit that grows to 3cm and has won over critics and fans alike. Harvest in 10 weeks from Januray to May.
Tomato Top Dog is FI Hybrid tomato with built in disease resistance to spotted wilt virus. The tomatoes are produced in a continuous crop from early season onwards. The tasty fruit are a generous size and are ideal for salads, sandwiches and cooking.
Tomato Tumbler is an early season, compact bush tomato with small, cherry fruit. Can be grown in a hanging basket.
Tomato Tumbling Tiger is a tomato with striped markings suited to hanging baskets. Good flavour.
Black Jack is a variety of zucchini with dark green skin. Harvest when 15-20cm long. Matures 6-8wks.
Gold Rush is a variety of zucchini with golden skin. Harvest when 15-20cm long. Matures 6-8wks.
Zucchini Lebanese is a light green speckled zucchini with tear shape. Best harvested young.


It's a nice piece and adds a cool touch to an already fine product.
As if the potent elixir in their tequila bottles needed any extra enhancement, 1800 has released a limited edition collection of art bottles featuring an eclectic group of emerging artists from around the globe. The art featured on the bottles has also been showcased as outdoor billboards and is due to appear on limited edition footwear. Each bottle has a run of only 1800 units and is individually numbered, adding a touch of exclusivity to the project.
While the initial collection features art from nine different artists, my specific bottle is designed by Josh Ellingson out of San Francisco . It's kind of hard to tell in the picture, but the artwork appears only on the back side of the clear bottle, leaving the rest of its pristine clear design untouched. It's a nice piece and adds a cool touch to an already fine product.
To clarify, the tequila inside these bottles is their 80-proof Silver only, not their 100-proof Select Silver or any of their other varieties. My only prior experience with the 1800 line was the Select Silver, and I found the difference between that and the regular Silver to be quite noticeable. Paradoxically, the regular Silver seems a bit harsher to drink than the powerful Select. It doesn't burn as much going down due to the lower proof, but it has a much more noticeable and lingering taste. Regardless, after a few shots the taste will magically smooth out, leaving pure tequila pleasure. You may also find the artwork come to life before your eyes depending on how much of the bottle's contents you tackle, and the art makes it very easy to locate the bottle in any condition. Bonus!
The 1800 company has also opened the door to other aspiring artists via a contest on their website to design your own bottle. Top submissions through 12/14/08 have the chance to win a $10,000 grand prize, so if you have any design sense you may want to pay a visit to the website at their website. The company's goal is to share 1800 essential artworks with the world via additional bottles, billboards, and shoes, as well as a nationwide ad campaign, so even if you don't land the top prize you may gain some exposure for your artistic endeavors.
The infusion of cherry makes for excellent mixed drinks.


Organization is a big part of having a productive writing career and one part of my writing life that needs a major overhaul. I think I may need professional help.
I sit going through tons of emails and look up at the clock to see that time has wasted. I sort the organized piles accumulating on my desk and again time slowly eased away. I consciously make a list of the things I need to do today and the phone rings. Delayed again.
Finally, ready to at least get my blogs up to date, I scan the Internet for a quote and find a link to a site that just might offer a program to organize my writing on my PC. Surely this is not a time waster? Or is it?
Does any of this sound familiar or am I the only one trying to organize a writing life along with keeping up with a paying writing gig, a full time job, and family time? So how does a professional freelance writer stay organized while maintaining a full time job and a relationship with the family? Here are some ideas that I am trying for 2012. Maybe there is a tip or two that might help you focus too.
· Limiting my social media time to 30 minutes to 60 minutes a day. Limiting time on social media networks will keep my name out there but in a more focused way. I am going to limit the time to promoting other authors whom I am friends, on promoting my books and theirs, and on making comments on the sites of those writer's groups that I am an active member. If I have time to comment on family and personal friends within that time frame, I can, but the focus is to work towards increasing my presence as an author.
· I have a supportive husband who purchased a leather desk calendar for me. I am going to use it. It has lines for everyday and here I can write the tasks I need to accomplish each day with an estimated time frame. It is handy, very visible, and I can tackle the tasks in an orderly fashion. I'll let you know how this works for me, but feel free to tell me your ideas on what keeps you organized.
· I am going to group like tasks together. I tend to be scattered but if I list like tasks together I am hoping to be more productive with each period of time I have. Blog entries on Monday, articles on Tuesday, E-book manuscript on Wednesday, and so on. Mondays will be blog days and I can preschedule all the posts for the rest of the week. Done. Tuesday is open to do the article. Done.( Wednesday mornings reserved for visiting my mom since she says she doesn't remember what I look like because I am always on my comuter.) I am going to track my productivity this month with my new process and see if this can help me focus. How do you schedule your writing time?
· A writer friend suggested to me once that an egg timer may be helpful. I was using it for a few days and it helped but then life got in the way and the habit wasn't well enough established to stick with me. I am going to try it again. Anyone have luck using this method?
· The piles, oh it always seems that there are piles. Piles of research books, books to review, folders with notes, and a scrap pad with emails, websites I want to explore, and other important tidbits that are scribbled onto the page. I am going to review them at the end of my writing time, no more than 15 minutes, and then file, toss, or record in my contact list. I am hoping that this will reduce the piles... only time will tell with this one.
· Finally, the one thing that I need to do is to learn to say NO or a polite NO Thank you to the things that are not my passion or do not advance my writing focus. There are always going to be some things that cannot be avoided like making dinner, showering, and going to my job. But I have taken on many a volunteer job with the intention of improving my craft and advancing my writing contacts. Many times this has been very beneficial and I am grateful for the opportunity, but I need to look at a few of these tasks and ask myself if they are still working for my list of goals or am I advancing others at the expense of not getting to first base myself? Do any of you relate? While promoting each other is of utmost importance, there is that old saying that comes to mind..."always the bridesmaid, never the bride". If I want to be an expert and a respected published author, don't I need to write and submit?
I think all writers can benefit from evaluating their process at the beginning of a New Year. Ask yourself if after three weeks into January are you doing anything differently than last year or are you falling into the same old routine? It may be time to shake it up a bit and that may actually help your organize and focus your writing.
Look out world; I am ready to shake it up… anyone coming?
I certainly need an overhaul as well, Terri! Good luck with your organization. I'm going to strive to do the same.
Great suggestions Terri. I've been working on saying "no". I've identified the top 5 priorities in my life and if something takes me away from one of them, I say no. It's really helping.
Thanks for the great and timely post, Terri. I can certainly relate but I admit this year I'm much more focused and so far it is going great.
*I am following Suzanne's advice and writing my 3 major goals every single morning on the spiral notebook. Then I write the actions I will be taking that day.
*The rest of the day, I'll take care of other smaller actions for my other goals.
*I meditate twice a day (even if 10 mins at a time). I have been meditating since last October to reduce my "writer's anxiety" and it has been amazingly helpful.
This system is really working for me. I sometimes use the egg timer at http://www.online-stopwatch.com/eggtimer-countdown/full-screen/ and I like it!
Terri, great post. I think most of us writers struggle with time; I sure do.
Mayra, great pointers. I especially like the idea of starting the day with working on my WIP before anything else. Most of us know that once we start with emails, social networking, group, etc our day is gone.
I keep telling myself I have to get better organized so I can write my books faster, while doing my editing work and other life issues. The internet and social media really does take a lot of time, but at least some of it is necessary.
Good tips. Saying no is an ongoing issue with me, and something that makes a huge difference. I also like Mayra's tip on starting the day with the main goals. That not only gets them done before everything else takes over but gives them a kind of priority in your mind which is critical.
I love all of your additional tips. It makes me feel better that others struggle with time issues and saying no. Love this group for the encouragement.
I'm down with shaking it up! Great post and tips...looking forward to more!
And yes---as I read the opening, I swear I thought you were looking over my shoulder, lol!


Brandie Gerrish, PR consultant and branding specialist, returns to #CampusChat to lead our discussion on personal branding for teens.
Whether heading to college or entering the job market, there are things you can do to create a brand for yourself.
Join us tonight at 9PM, Eastern, on Twitter and become part of the conversation. To participate, just add "#campuschat" to your tweets.


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Q: How to apply Principal Component Analysis for parquet file? I have aparquet file which contain id,feature .id is int and feature is double.I want to apply pca algorithm to reduce dimensions.

 val lData =  sqlContext.read.parquet("/usr/local/spark/dataset/model/data/user")
val vecData = lData.rdd.map(s => Vectors.dense(s.getInt(0),s.getDouble(1))).cache()
val mat = new RowMatrix(vecData)
    val pc = mat.computePrincipalComponents(5)
    val projected = mat.multiply(pc)
val projectedRDD=projected.rows
 projectedRDD.saveAsTextFile("file:///usr/local/spark/dataset/PCA")

but this error appear

Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: scala.collection.mutable.WrappedArray$ofRef cannot be cast to java.lang.Double

how to solve it?

A: Salma,
Using you file we can see that features is an Array[Double] :
lData.printSchema

root
 |-- id: integer (nullable = true)
 |-- features: array (nullable = true)
 |    |-- element: double (containsNull = true)

For your code to work you can change your second line to :
val vecData = lData.rdd.map(s => Vectors.dense(s.getInt(0),s.getAs[Seq[Double]](1):_*)).cache()

Note : Usually I only use features in Vectors. Depending on what your id represents, maybe you don't need the s.getInt(0) part.

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Ep. 204: Thomas Lopez was born and raised in Southern California. His roots are Mexican American and German-Polish.
As a multiracial Latino, Thomas is keenly aware of the issues confront multiracial people and multiracial Latinos, in particular. And, Thomas has acted on this awareness. He has been a very active member of Multiracial Americans of Southern California ("MASC") for more than fifteen years and is a past president of the organization. And, as a long-time board member he has also organized conferences, a mini-film festival, and diversity training workshops. In addition, he is the Founder and Director of Latinas and Latinos of Mixed Ancestry (LOMA). And, as a long-time board member he has also organized conferences, a mini-film festival, and diversity training workshops.
Take a listen as Thomas talks about his life, his work, MASC, LOMA and being a Multiracial Latino.


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require 'pathname'
require 'fileutils'
require 'appliance_console/errors'
require 'appliance_console/utilities'
require 'appliance_console/logging'

RAILS_ROOT ||= Pathname.new(__dir__).join("../../..")

module ApplianceConsole
  class ExternalAuthOptions
    # VMDB_YML      = RAILS_ROOT.join("config/vmdb.yml.db")
    # VMDB_YML_TMPL = RAILS_ROOT.join("config/vmdb.tmpl.yml")

    AUTH_PATH = "/authentication".freeze

    EXT_AUTH_OPTIONS = {
      "#{AUTH_PATH}/sso_enabled"          => {:label => "Single Sign-On", :logic => true},
      "#{AUTH_PATH}/saml_enabled"         => {:label => "SAML",           :logic => true},
      "#{AUTH_PATH}/local_login_disabled" => {:label => "Local Login",    :logic => false}
    }.freeze

    include ApplianceConsole::Logging

    def initialize
      @updates = {}
      @current_config = {}
    end

    def ask_questions
      @current_config = load_current
      apply = EXT_AUTH_OPTIONS.keys.count + 1
      skip = apply + 1
      selection = 0
      while selection < apply
        say("\nChoose External Authentication Options to update:")
        cnt = 1
        EXT_AUTH_OPTIONS.keys.each do |key|
          current_state = selected_value(key)
          say("#{cnt}) #{selected_verb(key, !current_state)} #{EXT_AUTH_OPTIONS[key][:label]}")
          cnt += 1
        end
        say("#{apply}) Apply updates")
        say("#{skip}) Skip updates")
        show_updates
        selection = ask_for_integer("Choose option 1-#{skip}", 1..skip)
        if selection < apply
          key = EXT_AUTH_OPTIONS.keys[selection - 1]
          @updates[key] = !selected_value(key)
        end
      end
      @updates = {} if selection == skip
      true
    end

    def show_updates
      updates_todo = ""
      EXT_AUTH_OPTIONS.keys.each do |key|
        next unless @updates.key?(key)
        updates_todo << ", " if updates_todo.present?
        updates_todo << " #{selected_verb(key, @updates[key])} #{EXT_AUTH_OPTIONS[key][:label]}"
      end
      updates_to_apply = updates_todo.present? ? "Updates to apply: #{updates_todo}" : ""
      say("\n#{updates_to_apply}")
    end

    def selected_value(key)
      return @updates[key] if @updates.key?(key)
      return @current_config[key] if @current_config.key?(key)
      false
    end

    def selected_verb(key, flag)
      if EXT_AUTH_OPTIONS[key][:logic]
        flag ? "Enable" : "Disable"
      else
        flag ? "Disable" : "Enable"
      end
    end

    def any_updates?
      @updates.present?
    end

    def update_configuration(update_hash = nil)
      update_hash ||= @updates
      if update_hash.present?
        say("\nUpdating external authentication options on appliance ...")
        params = update_hash.collect { |key, value| "#{key}=#{value}" }
        result = ApplianceConsole::Utilities.rake_run("evm:settings:set", params)
        raise parse_errors(result).join(', ') if result.failure?
      end
    end

    # extauth_opts option parser: syntax is key=value,key=value
    #   key is one of the EXT_AUTH_OPTIONS keys.
    #   value is one of 1, true, 0 or false.
    #
    def parse(options)
      parsed_updates = {}
      options.split(",").each do |keyval|
        key, val = keyval.split('=')
        key, val = normalize_key(key.to_s.strip), val.to_s.strip
        unless EXT_AUTH_OPTIONS.key?(key)
          message = "Unknown external authentication option #{key} specified"
          message << ", supported options are #{EXT_AUTH_OPTIONS.keys.join(', ')}"
          raise message
        end

        value = option_value(val)
        raise("Invalid #{key} option value #{val} specified, must be true or false") if value.nil?
        parsed_updates[key] = value
      end
      parsed_updates
    end

    def self.configured?
      # DB Up and running
      true
    end

    private

    def load_current
      say("\nFetching external authentication options from appliance ...")
      result = ApplianceConsole::Utilities.rake_run("evm:settings:get", EXT_AUTH_OPTIONS.keys)

      if result.success?
        return parse_response(result)
      else
        raise parse_errors(result).join(', ')
      end
    end

    def parse_errors(result)
      result.error.split("\n").collect { |line| line if line =~ /^error: /i }.compact
    end

    def normalize_key(key)
      key.include?('/') ? key : "#{AUTH_PATH}/#{key}"
    end

    def parse_response(result)
      result.output.split("\n").each_with_object({}) do |line, hash|
        key, val = line.split("=")
        hash[key] = parse_value(val)
      end
    end

    def option_value(value)
      return true  if value == '1' || value =~ /true/i
      return false if value == '0' || value =~ /false/i
      nil
    end

    def parse_value(value)
      value.present? ? option_value(value) : false
    end
  end
end

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Home/Technology/Elizabeth Holmes admits she gave journalist incorrect info for Theranos cover story
Elizabeth Holmes admits she gave journalist incorrect info for Theranos cover story
SAN JOSE, CALIF. – Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes admitted on Tuesday that she gave a journalist inaccurate information for a lengthy profile that she used to woo investors.
With cross-examination wrapping up, Holmes took the stand in her own defense for a sixth day and was questioned by federal prosecutor Robert Leach about the 2014 Fortune cover story, "This CEO Is Out For Blood," written by Roger Parloff.
Leach showed jurors part of Parloff's feature story on Holmes in which she appears in her trademark black turtleneck: "It currently offers more than 200 — and is ramping up to offer more than 1,000 — of the most commonly ordered blood diagnostic tests, all without the need for a syringe."
"You agree with me that this was an incorrect statement?" Leach asked.
"I believe that now," Holmes said.
Prosecutors allege Holmes used the Fortune article to entice investors, including it in presentations and binders.
"You don't have a memory of forwarding the Parloff article to investors or potential investors?" Leach asked.
"I don't," Holmes said.
"Let's refresh your memory," Leach said, showing the jury an email Holmes sent to Theranos shareholders on June 12, 2014, which linked to the Fortune story.
"I think I could have handled those communications differently," Holmes told the jury.
Holmes, once a Silicon Valley darling who raised over $945 million from luminaries such as Rupert Murdoch and Don Lucas, is facing 11 fraud charges and up to 20 years in prison if convicted. Prosecutors say Holmes engaged in a decade-long scheme to deceive investors and patients about her company's blood-testing technology. She has pleaded not guilty.
For two days, prosecutors have grilled Holmes in cross examination about discrepancies in her statements to investors, business partners and employees.
Testimony on Tuesday also covered the U.S. military's purported use of the Theranos devices.
Several witnesses, including former Safeway CEO Steve Burd, as well as Lisa Peterson, who represented the DeVos family as Theranos investors, testified that Holmes told them the technology was deployed by the U.S. military in the Middle East.
But on the stand, Holmes acknowledged that the Theranos device was never deployed in the battlefield.
Holmes also acknowledged that her second-in-command and boyfriend at the time, Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, never told her or investors that Theranos devices were used in Medevac helicopters or in the battlefield.
Leach also asked Holmes about a 2015 revenue projection of nearly $1 billion when the internal estimate was much lower. Holmes testified that number came from a financial model, but she didn't think she was the one who presented the estimate to investors.
The document also showed a projected revenue of $40 million from pharmaceutical companies, but Holmes testified that the company had no contracts with pharmaceutical companies at the time.
"You can't identify a single pharmaceutical contract," Leach said. "You had no revenue from pharmaceutical companies in 2014?"
"We did not," Holmes told the jury.
In her testimony, Holmes has said that Balwani was charge of specific parts of the company, including financial projections.
"You knew that ultimately at the end of the day you were responsible for Theranos' financial position?" Leach asked.
"I did," Holmes testified.
Her testimony continues Wednesday. After three months of the blockbuster trial, the defense is expected to rest its case this week.
Twitter has been fined $547,000 by the Irish data regulator for breaching Europe's new privacy law
Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi shares rally over 6% after U.S. agrees to remove it from blacklist
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Here's what the CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter will tell Congress about fighting misinformation
Facebook removes Trump ads containing symbols used by Nazis to identify political prisoners
Netflix plummets over 20%, its worst day since July 2012
Amazon stock just had its worst week since 2018

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Q: Why does phase conjugation not result in superposition? I'm reading about phase conjugations in optics here while this is more extensive but it's in German. Nevertheless, the image might visualize it quite well:

I wonder why such a reflected phase conjugated wave, which travels back to its source (?!) doesn't add to the impinging wave up to a superposition wave?
Another question though it is quite fundamental: In which way does the phase describe the direction, respectively angle of reflection, here?
PS: Top left reads as "Original and result image", top right is a "phase conjugating mirror", bottom right is "regular mirror" and bottom left is "double distorted image".
"Verzerrt" means distorted.

A: The outgoing (phase conjugated) wave will interact with the incoming wave (from the bottle; the interaction isn't visible in the picture though, just for clarity I guess). Just as two opposite traveling pulses on a rope will interact. When the pulses on the rope have traveled "through" one another, they will continue their (undisturbed) motion. The waves in your example are not pulses but long structures. Only the outcoming wave will reach your eye though (undisturbed like each of the two pulses on the rope). After it has interacted with the incoming wave (which goes into the mirror).
In the first image, you see only the on-the-mirror-impinging-bottle-distorted wave. in the second picture, you see only the wave that emerges from the mirror. These two do superimpose. That is, in the classical picture of light. This doesn't mean that there is no energy traveling in between though (even though the two waves might superimpose in such a way that the result is zero).


-- This is not about the rate CUA charges to treat the wastewater for our cities. If you speak to anyone from the JCUA, they will argue their rate is in line with other authorities. I am not disagreeing with this fact. What is not being told is that there are two parts to the equation in determining what a city must pay to the CUA.
First, it is the millions of gallons of wastewater per day multiplied by the rate JCUA charges for treatment. In Moss Point (including the Escatawpa area), the millions of gallons of treated wastewater per day has had very little change since 2005. If anything, the number has decreased.
It is the second part of the equation that leaves us scratching our heads. The second part is the operating expenses that are passed on to the cities of Moss Point, Pascagoula, Gautier and Ocean Springs. Despite our steady, if not declining, amount of wastewater treated, JCUA has continued to increase the operating expenses that are passed on to our cities. So, while our wastewater is staying the same, our cost to the JCUA is rapidly increasing. As it is our duty to make sure the bills are paid, we want to know the reasons why.
-- I want to be clear. We understand the need for infrastructure improvements and the need to increase staff and to give raises. Unfortunately, Moss Point has not had the option to do this for several years because we had to make choices with what is the best use of our taxpayer dollars.
I would like to give you one example. Moss Point had a high percentage of gas loss a few years back that was highly publicized and resulted in the PSC setting a hearing in Jackson County on the issue. The gas loss required us to put all extra funds toward improvements to the gas system. In doing this, we had to sacrifice raises for our hard working employees and new cars for our police force, and we had to refrain from hiring additional employees in public works, which has been grossly understaffed. We also had to delay infrastructure improvements on water and sewer while we worked through the gas projects. If money were not an issue, Moss Point would have liked to have included, raises, jobs and additional infrastructure in its budget, but we had to make sacrifices. These sacrifices have paid off as we are now down to a 1 percent gas loss. I want to know if JCUA is making these same sacrifices.
Since the JCUA operating expenses are passed through to the cities, we have to pass the cost on to our residents. There are too many unknowns right now for us to be able to forecast what's coming around the bend with the JCUA. In today's economic times, we believe there are indeed strong incentives to be frugal.
Again, our request to our legislators is simple: Give local governments in Jackson County the same transparency and accountability with our utility authority that you gave to all other utility authorities. Give local governments in Jackson County the discretion to appoint an elected official if they so choose, and allow local governments to remove an appointee, and make terms four years instead of six.


Police use Twitter, Facebook in hunt for kidnapping suspect.
When a desperate woman ran into a store in Aloha, Ore., saying she'd just escaped a man who kidnapped her, cops had a hundred people on the case in an instant.
A tweet on the Washington County Sheriff's Office's Twitter page Saturday alerted the department's more than 100 followers: "We are lookiong [sic] for this man in Aloha. His girlfriend just escaped from him and said he had kidnapped her. He is..."
The Twitter update included a link that led to the Washington County Sheriff's Office's Facebook page, where they posted a mug shot of the suspect, 27-year-old Raymond Hetman from Eugene, Ore.
The woman, Hetman's girlfriend, said he kidnapped and assaulted her, and forced her to drive from Eugene to Aloha, police said.
Hetman, a convicted felon who was recently released from prison, is also wanted on an unrelated felony warrant from the State Parole Board, according to the release posted on their Facebook page.
"The female victim told deputies that Mr. Hetman physically assaulted her several times yesterday and last night," the release said.
"When they got to Aloha they slept in the car overnight and this morning the victim escaped," the police statement said. "She ran to the Postal Annex and called 911."
Police said they thought Hetman was likely still in the area and probably on foot or riding public transportation, since they had recovered the woman's car.
In addition to the photo, the sheriff's department provided a description of the suspect, and also the warning to anyone who might see Hetman not to "attempt to contact him," but instead to call 911.
Like many police departments around the country, the Washington County Sheriff's office has been using social media as a police blotter since they launched their Facebook page in the summer of 2009, and has occasionally used it in manhunts and to inform their more than 2,000 Facebook fans and more than 100 Twitter followers of arrests made in the area.
While frequently posting mug shots of the recently arrested and sharing press releases, the office also posted still photos from a security camera of a robbery attempt at a local bank, and news coverage of local court trials.
The office's Facbook wall has also become a sounding board for the community to voice complaints and concerns with the police department, or to ask questions of the department or other members of the community.
Speaking with ABCNews.com, Washington County Sergeant Dave Thompson said that the department regularly checks in on the page to see if any tips have been left by members of the community. He also said that the office has been posting pictures of at-large suspects since they page was launched last year.
In June 2008 the web was successfully used in a similar fashion as a tool to capture a group of masked bank robbers in North Texas.
BanditTracker.com, a website that displays images of armed robbers pulled from security cameras, shared images of the seven-man crew, known as the "Scarecrow Bandits," with the public. A public tip eventually led to their arrest.
Since then, similar sites have spread to cities across the country, from Arkansas to the northeast with BanditTracker Northeast, which launched for the New York and New Jersey area in March.


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National Sea Grant College Program Act Amendments of 2002
(Redirected from US Public Law 107-229)
Public Law 107-299
by the 107th Congress of the United States
◄ Public Law 107-298 Pub.L. 107−299, 116 Stat. 2345, enacted November 26, 2002. Public Law 107-300 ►
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Note: This is the original legislation as it was initially enacted. Any subsequent amendments hosted on WS may be listed using What Links Here.
107TH UNITED STATES CONGRESS
To reauthorize the National Sea Grant College Program Act, and for other purposes.
1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
2 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO FINDINGS.
3 SEC. 3. REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO NATIONAL SEA GRANT COLLEGE PROGRAM.
4 SEC. 4. COST SHARE.
5 SEC. 5. FELLOWSHIPS.
6 SEC. 6. TERMS OF MEMBERSHIP FOR SEA GRANT REVIEW PANEL.
7 SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
8 SEC. 8. ANNUAL REPORT ON PROGRESS IN BECOMING DESIGNATED AS SEA GRANT COLLEGES AND SEA GRANT INSTITUTES.
9 SEC. 9. COORDINATION.
10 Legislative History
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.[edit]
This Act may be cited as the ``National Sea Grant College Program Act Amendments of 2002''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO FINDINGS.[edit]
Section 202(a)(6) of the National Sea Grant College Program Act (33 U.S.C. 1121(a)(6)) is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting ``, including strong collaborations between Administration scientists and scientists at academic institutions.''.
SEC. 3. REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO NATIONAL SEA GRANT COLLEGE PROGRAM.[edit]
(a) Quadrennial Strategic Plan.—
Section 204(c)(1) of the National Sea Grant College Program Act (33 U.S.C. 1123(c)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
``(1) The Secretary, in consultation with the panel, sea grant colleges, and sea grant institutes, shall develop at least every 4 years a strategic plan that establishes priorities for the national sea grant college program, provides an appropriately balanced response to local, regional, and national needs, and is reflective of integration with the relevant portions of the strategic plans of the Department of Commerce and of the Administration.''.
(b) Program Evaluation and Rating.—
(1) Evaluation and rating requirement.—
Section 204(d)(3)(A) of the National Sea Grant College Program Act (33 U.S.C. 1123(d)(3)(A)) is amended to read as follows:
``(A)(i) evaluate the performance of the programs of sea grant colleges and sea grant institutes, using the priorities, guidelines, and qualifications established by the Secretary under subsection (c), and determine which of the programs are the best managed and carry out the highest quality research, education, extension, and training activities; and
``(ii) rate the programs according to their relative performance (as determined under clause (i)) into no less than 5 categories, with each of the 2 best-performing categories containing no more than 25 percent of the programs;''.
(2) Review of evaluation and rating process.—
(A) After 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, shall contract with the National Academy of Sciences—
(i) to review the effectiveness of the evaluation and rating system under the amendment made by paragraph (1) in determining the relative performance of programs of sea grant colleges and sea grant institutes;
(ii) to evaluate whether the sea grant programs have improved as a result of the evaluation process; and
(iii) to make appropriate recommendations to improve the overall effectiveness of the evaluation process.
(B) The National Academy of Sciences shall submit a report to the Congress on the findings and recommendations of the panel under subparagraph (A) by not later than 4 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(c) Allocation of Funding.—
Section 204(d)(3)(B) of the National Sea Grant College Program Act (33 U.S.C. 1123(d)(3)(B)) is amended by striking ``and'' after the semicolon at the end of clause (ii) and by adding at the end the following:
``(iv) encourage and promote coordination and cooperation between the research, education, and outreach programs of the Administration and those of academic institutions; and''.
SEC. 4. COST SHARE.[edit]
Section 205(a) of the National Sea Grant College Program Act (33 U.S.C. 1124(a)) is amended by striking ``section 204(d)(6)'' and inserting ``section 204(c)(4)(F)''.
SEC. 5. FELLOWSHIPS.[edit]
(a) Ensuring Equal Access.—
Section 208(a) of the National Sea Grant College Program Act (33 U.S.C. 1127(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``The Secretary shall strive to ensure equal access for minority and economically disadvantaged students to the program carried out under this subsection. Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of the National Sea Grant College Program Act Amendments of 2002, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress describing the efforts by the Secretary to ensure equal access for minority and economically disadvantaged students to the program carried out under this subsection, and the results of such efforts.''.
(b) Postdoctoral Fellows.—
Section 208(c) of the National Sea Grant College Program Act (33 U.S.C. 1127(c)) is repealed.
SEC. 6. TERMS OF MEMBERSHIP FOR SEA GRANT REVIEW PANEL.[edit]
Section 209(c)(2) of the National Sea Grant College Program Act (33 U.S.C. 1128(c)(2)) is amended by striking the first sentence and inserting the following: ``The term of office of a voting member of the panel shall be 3 years for a member appointed before the date of enactment of the National Sea Grant College Program Act Amendments of 2002, and 4 years for a member appointed or reappointed after the date of enactment of the National Sea Grant College Program Act Amendments of 2002. The Director may extend the term of office of a voting member of the panel appointed before the date of enactment of the National Sea Grant College Program Act Amendments of 2002 by up to 1 year.''.
SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.[edit]
Subsections (a), (b), and (c) of section 212 of the National Sea Grant College Program Act (33 U.S.C. 1131) are amended to read as follows:
``(a) Authorization.—
``(1) In general.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this title—
``(A) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;
``(B) $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
``(C) $77,500,000 for fiscal year 2005;
``(D) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;
``(E) $82,500,000 for fiscal year 2007; and
``(F) $85,000,000 for fiscal year 2008.
``(2) Priority activities.—In addition to the amounts authorized under paragraph (1), there are authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2008—
``(A) $5,000,000 for competitive grants for university research on the biology and control of zebra mussels and other important aquatic nonnative species;
``(B) $5,000,000 for competitive grants for university research on oyster diseases, oyster restoration, and oyster-related human health risks;
``(C) $5,000,000 for competitive grants for university research on the biology, prevention, and forecasting of harmful algal blooms, including Pfiesteria piscicida; and
``(D) $3,000,000 for competitive grants for fishery extension activities conducted by sea grant colleges or sea grant institutes to enhance, and not supplant, existing core program funding.
``(b) Limitations.—
``(1) Administration.—There may not be used for administration of programs under this title in a fiscal year more than 5 percent of the lesser of—
``(A) the amount authorized to be appropriated under this title for the fiscal year; or
``(B) the amount appropriated under this title for the fiscal year.
``(2) Use for other offices or programs.—Sums appropriated under the authority of subsection (a)(2) shall not be available for administration of this title by the National Sea Grant Office, for any other Administration or department program, or for any other administrative expenses.
``(c) Distribution of Funds.—In any fiscal year in which the appropriations made under subsection (a)(1) exceed the amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2003 for the purposes described in such subsection, the Secretary shall distribute any excess amounts (except amounts used for the administration of the sea grant program) to any combination of the following:
``(1) sea grant programs, according to their rating under section 204(d)(3)(A);
``(2) national strategic investments authorized under section 204(b)(4);
``(3) a college, university, institution, association, or alliance for activities that are necessary for it to be designated as a sea grant college or sea grant institute; and
``(4) a sea grant college or sea grant institute designated after the date of enactment of the National Sea Grant College Program Act Amendments of 2002 but not yet evaluated under section 204(d)(3)(A).''.
SEC. 8. ANNUAL REPORT ON PROGRESS IN BECOMING DESIGNATED AS SEA GRANT COLLEGES AND SEA GRANT INSTITUTES.[edit]
Section 207 of the National Sea Grant College Program Act (16 U.S.C. 1126) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(e) Annual Report on Progress.—
``(1) Report requirement.—The Secretary shall report annually to the Committee on Resources and the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives, and to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, on efforts and progress made by colleges, universities, institutions, associations, and alliances to become designated under this section as sea grant colleges or sea grant institutes, including efforts and progress made by sea grant institutes in being designated as sea grant colleges.
``(2) Territories and freely associated states.—The report shall include description of—
``(A) efforts made by colleges, universities, associations, institutions, and alliances in United States territories and freely associated States to develop the expertise necessary to be designated as a sea grant institute or sea grant college;
``(B) the administrative, technical, and financial assistance provided by the Secretary to those entities seeking to be designated; and
``(C) the additional actions or activities necessary for those entities to meet the qualifications for such designation under subsection (a)(1).''.
SEC. 9. COORDINATION.[edit]
Not later than February 15 of each year, the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and the Director of the National Science Foundation shall jointly submit to the Committees on Resources and Science of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on how the oceans and coastal research activities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including the Coastal Ocean Program and the National Sea Grant College Program, and of the National Science Foundation will be coordinated during the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the report is submitted. The report shall describe in detail any overlapping ocean and coastal research interests between the agencies and specify how such research interests will be pursued by the programs in a complementary manner.
Approved November 26, 2002.
Legislative History[edit]
H.R. 3389 (S. 2428):
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 107-369, Pt. 1 (Comm. on Resources) and Pt. 2 (Comm. on Science).
SENATE REPORTS: No. 107-187 accompanying S. 2428 (Comm. on Commerce, Science, and Transportation).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 148 (2002):
June 19, considered and passed House.
Oct. 10, considered and passed Senate, amended.
Nov. 12, House concurred in Senate amendment.
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Hester Reeve, Reader in Fine Art, will be giving a performance entitled Of Sound in the Landing Page on Saturday 28 November at Philosophy on Stage #4 in Vienna.
Philosophy on Stage #4 runs from 26 to 29 November in Halle G and the Studios of Tanzquartier Wien and is organised jointly by the PEEK-Project Artist Philosophers. Philosophy AS Arts-Based-Research and Tanzquartier Wien. The event aims to investigate emerging interdisciplinary connections between philosophy and the arts. Over the course of four days, more than 60 philosophers and artists will come together to explore whether the arts in connection with philosophy can constitute a laboratory for the future.
The full programme and ticket information is available here.
Hester Reeve is a Reader in Fine Art. Learn more about Hester's work here.


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Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Sonoma, and the City of Berkeley Recommend Masking Indoors for Everyone as a Precaution Against Increased Circulation of COVID-19
Sonoma County's reported new cases show an increase of 71 positive cases in the past 24 hours and the daily case rate is now 6.4 per 100,000 and rising.
Santa Rosa, CA – July 16, 2021 – With cases of COVID-19 rising locally and increased circulation of the highly transmissible Delta variant, the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Sonoma, and the City of Berkeley recommend that everyone, regardless of vaccination status, wear masks indoors in public places to ensure easy verification that all unvaccinated people are masked in those settings and as an extra precautionary measure for all.
In June, the Delta variants comprised 43 percent of all specimens sequenced in California. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) noted that Delta variants are now responsible for 58 percent of new infections across the country.
Fully vaccinated people are well-protected from infections and serious illness due to known COVID-19 variants including Delta variants, and vaccinating as many people as possible, as soon as possible, continues to be our best defense against severe COVID-19 infection, and the harm it can do to our region. Vaccines are safe, effective, free, and widely available to everyone 12 and older.
Out of an abundance of caution, people are recommended to wear masks indoors in settings like grocery or retail stores, theaters, and family entertainment centers, even if they are fully vaccinated as an added layer of protection for unvaccinated residents. Businesses are urged to adopt universal masking requirements for customers entering indoor areas of their businesses to provide better protection to their employees and customers. Workplaces must comply with Cal/OSHA requirements and fully vaccinated employees are encouraged to wear masks indoors if their employer has not confirmed the vaccination status of those around them.
"The Delta variant is spreading quickly, and everyone should take action to protect themselves and others against this potentially deadly virus," said Sonoma County Health Officer Dr. Sundari Mase. For masks to work properly, they need to completely cover your nose and mouth and fit snugly against the sides of your face and around your nose.
Bay Area Health Officers will revisit this recommendation in the coming weeks as they continue to monitor transmission rates, hospitalizations, deaths, and increasing vaccination rates throughout the region. Data can be monitored here: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#county-view
"After vaccination, masking is the next most powerful tool we have to protect ourselves and each other during this latest wave of infections," said Dr. Mase. "Wearing masks, especially indoors and in crowded outdoor settings, will help us contain this more transmissible variant."
People are considered fully vaccinated 2 weeks after their second dose in a 2-dose series, such as the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, or 2 weeks after a single-dose vaccine, such as the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. People with only one vaccine dose of Pfizer or Moderna not fully protected. Completion of the vaccine series is necessary to provide full protection.
Visit www.socoemergency.org/vaccine to learn where you can find a vaccination site near you or call 211. If you missed your second dose, please find a vaccination clinic near you.


From private helicopter rides over the city to romantic cruises down the river, fine dining feasts to indulgent buffets, here are the best places to wow your date this Valentine's.
Head to this boutique hotel's chic fourth-floor rooftop and you're greeted by a generous alfresco terrace where practically every table gets a stunning view of the river and Wat Arun. This year, Above Riva's Valentine's Day special (B2,345/couple) includes welcome cocktails, one rose, and a box of chocolates to enjoy while listening to a live violin performance. The a la carte menu is still available as usual, as well as various boozy selections from whiskey (B200-260) and beers (B180-320) to signature cocktails like the One More Please (vodka, fresh lime, strawberries, B275).
ABar, up on the 37th floor of Bangkok Marriott Marquis Queen's Park is well known for drinks menu that's above and beyond what you'll get at a lot of other venues in town. It specializes in dark spirits, including whiskies from around the globe, dark rum and cognac. With classical dark wooden decor, wingback chairs and leather-bound books, this cool sophisticated cocktail bar blends the mystery and magic of Victorian London with the gritty edge of 1930s America. The venue's Valentine's Day promotions isn't just for couples, either. Singles can join their V-Day party with a free-flow cocktail package (B1,400/person) from 6pm-10pm—only available on Valentine's Day.
Located above Centara Grand at CentralWorld's long-established Red Sky rooftop venue, you access Cru from a little elevator that drops you right on top of the hotel, where you get full 360-degree views over Bangkok. The Valentine's Day package will set you back at B9,999 for two people and a bottle of coveted G.H. Mumm Champagne Blanc de Blancs or Blanc de Noirs, and assorted snacks. If you need something a little more substantial, the Oysters on the Half Shell (B799) or Wagyu Short Rib "Rossini" Sliders (B675).
This scrumptious four-course Provencal French dinner ticks all the boxes: romantic garden setting, jazz and a complimentary glass of bubbly. Dishes include pan-seared fois gras, Fine de Claire oysters and strawberry cheesecake.
O.P. Garden, Charoenkrung Soi 36, 02-238-6400.
Celebrate your Valentine's day Portuguese-style with a four-course tasting menu created by chef-partner Amorim Nelson featuring Australian wagyu, foie gras, scallops and uni.
Tucked away in its own garden between Benjasiri Park and Emporium mall, this stylish restaurant will be laying on an exclusive five-course set dinner featuring oyster, quail, lobster and wagyu beef.
30/1 Sukhumvit Soi 24, 02-262-0700-1.
A four-course Valentine's set menu featuring Australian wagyu tenderloin steak, foie gras, baked Canadian lobster, and an omakase sushi plate. The price also includes two welcome drinks and two glasses of sparkling wine, plus you'll be leaving home with a complimentary set of skincare products for him and her—gift sorted!
39/F, Sathorn Square, Narathiwas Rd., 02-036-8899.
Italian fine dining—now, that's amore. So head to La Bottega to wow your date with a special a la carte Valentine's menu that sees refined yet authentic plates like decadent homemade foie gras terrine, pasta with Brittany blue lobster, snow fish with smoked gnocchi, Australian wagyu beef tenderloin with seared foie gras, fresh Italian black truffle, topped off their lusciously sweet chocolate "lava" cake.
2/F, Terrace 49, Sukhumvit Soi 49, 02-204-1731.
Riverside Terrace's seafood buffet will be accompanied by traditional Thai performances, free-flow beer and soft drinks.
Price: B4,999 per couple, or B5,999 with an additional bottle of sparkling wine.
Trader Vic's, meanwhile, will be hosting a Hawaiian-style feast with all-you-can-eat seafood and free-flow sparkling wine and cocktails.
Manohra Cruise will take you on a romantic boat trip down the Chao Phraya with a romantic five-course menu and a bottle of sparkling wine included in the price.
This three-course set menu comes with a seafood platter, scallops and foie gras, plus there's a bottle of Moet rose Champagne included in the price, not to mention the prime riverside rooftop views.
Avani Riverside, 257 Charoen Nakorn Rd., 02-431-9120.
Price: B3,500 per person, plus B5,000 for wine pairing.
Oasis Pool Bar on the hotel's 37th-floor rooftop will host a very exclusive six-course set dinner for five couples only, including a bottle of rose Champagne.
Espresso will keep it more casual with a dinner buffet featuring Canadian lobster, a carvery with roast wagyu prime rib, roast leg of lamb, and baked whole salmon with rock salt.
Price: B2,519 per person, plus B699 for free-flow beer, cocktails and soft drinks/ plus B999 for free-flow sparkling wine/ plus B1,999 for free-flow Champagne.
973 Phloen Chit Rd., 02-656-0444.
Head here for one-Michelin-starred French fine-dining led by chef Amerigo Sest, featuring dishes like truffled ostrich and white carrot parmentier.
Price: B9,999 per couple with two glasses of Champagne.
U Sathorn Bangkok, Sathorn Soi 1, 02-119-4899.
Get 15% discount on food only (except lunch and special menu by Chef Jean-Michel Lorrain).
No one does romance quite like the French, so impress your date with this five-course set dinner highlighting French foie gras mousse, Norwegian salmon, roasted duck breast and pain d'epices toast, accompanied by live vocalists and pianists.
Price: B3,850 per couple, plus B999 for wine-pairing.
Jesters will host an exclusive nine-course dinner by Austrian executive chef Stefan Leitner, who will be cooking exquisite dishes like, foie gras praline with chocolate, Oscietra caviar and sea urchin bisque with king crab, accompanied by a bottle of Champagne. If you really want to impress, then book the pre-dinner private helicopter tour as part of Peninsula's Valentine's extravaganza.
Price: B39,999 per couple, or B112,999 including a 15-minute private helicopter tour (limited to five couples only).
333 Charoen Nakorn Rd., 02-020-2888.
At this stunning riverside boutique hotel, enjoy a five-course "Romantic Dining by the River" menu at Praya Dining restaurant featuring rare, traditional Thai dishes, including some from the Ayutthaya era.
Price: B1,800 per person or B2,119 per couple, including soft drinks.
757/1 Somdej Prakinklao Soi 2, 02-883-2998.
Spice things up with Punjab Grill's "Love at first bite" six-course Valentine's menu that includes unlimited sparkling wine. Expect flavorful plates like chargrilled lobster on lemon rice with coconut sauce, and smoked salmon topped with caviar. With a discounted meat-free menu option, this is a winning choice for veggie dates.
Price: B1,999 per person including free-flow sparkling wine, or B1,499 for vegetarian menu.
Radisson Suites, 23/2-3 Sukhumvit Soi 13, 02-645-4952.
Elements will serve a six-course dinner with sky-high views, featuring their signature Japanese-inflected French cuisine, including a glass of Champagne.
Price: B4,900 per person with a included.
Up & Above Restaurant will lay on a buffet line of roast racks of lamb, sushi and sashimi, grilled seafood and pan-fried foie gras, accompanied by live music.
Horizon Cruise offers an international buffet dinner accompanied by a live acoustic band, all while cruising along the Chao Phraya River.
Price: B3,200 per person, including a glass of sparkling wine.
Salathip offers an authentic Thai set menu as well as a la carte choices from its riverside pavilion restaurant.
Volti specializes in a la carte Italian classics on the riverside, with live jazz performances and a great wine selection.
89 Soi Wat Suan Plu, 02-236-7777.
Hi-So is the go-to for seafood lovers, where you can enjoy platters of oysters, lobster, scallops and more with views over Lumphini Park from your private cabana.
Price: B3,950 per couple including a bottle of Moët & Chandon.
Park Society will bust out a six-course menu in its trendy setting, with optional wine pairing.
Price: B3,600 per person, plus B2,300 for wine pairing.
Red Oven will offer a high-end buffet featuring foie gras, caviar, lobster and steak.
Price: B1,800 per person, or B2,500 including free-flow beverages.
29/F, Sofitel So Bangkok, 2 Sathorn Rd., 02-624-0000.
Front Room will delight daters with a special nine-course, fine dining menu of Nordic-inspired Thai plates, with a glass of Champagne included in the price.
Price: B5,500 per person, plus an additional B2,500 for wine-pairing.
Bull & Bear steakhouse will host a five-course set feast with assorted grilled meats and seafood.
The Loft and The Champagne Bar are where it's at for panoramic 56th- and 57th-floor views accompanied by a bottle of Billecart-Salmon Champagne and half-dozen of oysters.


We didn't spend Shrove Tuesday eating pancakes or Nutella crepes (well not exclusively!). Yesterday, we were working on a new release, with delicious new features and enhancements to make your day just a little bit sweeter.
You can now bulk print or email posted documents.
The additional selections available in the Enquiry view provide better options to refine the selection of documents to print.
A new option has been added to the Report Profile Edit found in Configuration – Financial Reports to make a copy of an existing profile to help configure similar profiles. Note that this is addition to the existing option to copy complete report definitions. The advantage of this is that it is now easier to configure a singular report with many profiles, making the menu appear less cluttered and provide greater flexibility to general users.
Standard - the cost is held against the item record.
Average - the cost is calculated as the average of the items in stock.
Latest - the cost is calculated as the most recent cost, by transaction date, of the item.
Actual - the cost of the receipt transactions is applied to the issue transactions. Depending on the item's Matching Method this may be using FIFO, LIFO, or manually selected.
A Payment Date has been added to the creditor and debtor ledger transactions of an invoice journal. This date is automatically set by the Payments, Debits, and Transaction Matching functions by setting the Transaction Date of the payment during the matching process. The Payment Date may be viewed or used as a selection in Account and Ledger enquiries. To make it work the invoice journal that posts the payment must set the Payment Date against the invoice creditor/debtor line (not the payment line).
This significantly enhances the Cash-based VAT100 reporting and was done for two reasons. Somewhat counter-intuitively (we all do that sometimes don't we?!) Cash Based VAT Reporting could prove quite complex in situations where either an invoice had been split or the payment split across multiple invoices. This latest update addresses such matters, and furthermore, if an invoice document is configured to record the payment in the same journal as the invoice for example with respect to VAT reporting, the new enhancement provides a method of identifying which part of the journal was the invoice and which part was the payment.
The new Payment Date field can now also be used to select which invoices are to be included in the VAT 100 and other associated local tax reports (depending upon country of operation) and in general makes other cash-flow based reporting simpler.