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import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;

@Controller
public class IndexController {

    private static final String TEMPLATE_INDEX = "index";

    @RequestMapping(value = {"/", "/dashboard", "/index"}, method = RequestMethod.GET)
    public String view() {
        return TEMPLATE_INDEX;
    }
}

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The project aimed to break down barriers and improve confidence in meeting new people by bringing two scholls across the city together to train, play matches and celebrate each other.
The group took part in workshops around communication and confidence, then worked together to run an event for the other football team when they came to visit. The team made a film about their experiences and wrote and delivered speeches at the welcome event.
The group reported improved confidence and friendship between their own group and the young people they met on the exchange. They also all earned a Level 1 in Leadership.
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The National (http://www.thenational.ae/) writes about the "largest annual human migration on earth" that takes place as around 700 million people travel for the Chinese New Year.
"China's ministry of transport says around 700 million people, more than half of China's population, will make 2.85 billion road, rail, air and ferry trips around the spring festival, as the holiday period is called. Even though extra services are laid on, many travellers have to queue overnight to secure a ticket."
"Wong Siuyin, an expert on Chinese family life who teaches in the department of applied social studies at the City University of Hong Kong, says: "It's the most important festival and people use this time to meet relatives that maybe they never meet within the whole year.
"They can return to their home town for a long vacation because all the factories will close down for these weeks. They may take several days to get home."


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Robert Thompson is a historian living in the St. Louis, Missouri area. A former career military officer, he has a bachelor's degree in history from Texas Tech University, and was a Distinguished Graduate of American Military University, from which he holds a graduate degree in Military Studies-Civil War. His first book, A Woman of Courage on the West Virginia Frontier: Phebe Tucker Cunningham, was published in 2013, and his second book, Disaster on the Sandusky: The Life of Colonel William Crawford, was released in 2017. A third book, titled "General Emory Upton in the Civil War: The Formative Experiences of an American Military Visionary," was released by McFarland Publishing in July 2019. Robert's latest work is Suddenly Soldiers: The 166th Infantry Regiment in World War I, was released by Westholme Publishing in December 2020 and is a finalist for the Army Historical Foundation's 2020 Distinguished Writing Award. His other works include "William Averell's Cavalry Raid on the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad," published in the November 2000 issue of America's Civil War and "Battle of Cold Harbor: The Folly and Horror," which appeared in the November 2006 issue of Military History. He has also written seven book reviews for Michigan State University's Civil War H-Net Web site.
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Q: Best DynamoDB Structure for Implementation I am working on a save application, basically the user could go to an article and click save to store it in his profile. Instead of using a relational database the Application currently is using dynamodb. Each article has a specific type of article. The way the structure is currently used for this application is:
user-id [string][DynamoDBHashKey]
type-of-article [string]  [DynamoDBRangeKey]
json [string]

user-id is the unique identifier for the user, type-of-article is well.. the type of the article, and the json is all the articles saved in a json format. the json format being:
[{article-id: timestamp}, {article-id: timestamp}]
  Article #1 ^             Article #2 ^

article-id is (again) the article unique identifier and timestamp is the timestamp for when that article was stored .
Note This was done before dynamodb started supporting for json documents as Map and Lists. And the code is not mine.. It was already done..
So when the application needs to remove an article from saved It calls dynamo to get the json modify the json and then stores it again. When is going to add a new article it does the same thing. Now a problem appeared when I wanted to display all the articles ordered by the timestamps. I had to call to get all the types and merge them in a dictionary to sort them. (In the user profile I need to show all saved articles, no matter what type, sorted) Now the application is taking more than 700 or 900 ms to respond.
Personally I don't think this is the best way to approach this. So i'm thinking on rewriting the previous code to implement the new features from dynamodb (List and Maps). Now my idea for the structure in dynamodb is like this:
user-id [string]  [DynamoDBHashKey]
saved-articles [List]
    article-type_1
        article_1 [Map] {id: article-id, timestamp: date}
        article_2 [Map] {id: article-id, timestamp: date}
    article-type_2
        article_1 [Map] {id: article-id, timestamp: date}

But i'm relatively new to dynamodb, I made some test code to store this in dynamo using list and maps. I did it using the low level api and with the Object Persistence Model.
Now, my question is: is this a better approach or if is not why ? and what would be the better approach.
This way I think I can use the low level Api to only get the saved-articles of article-type #2. Or if I need them all I just call it all.

A: I would stick with a solution that is a bit more NoSQL-like.  For NoSQL databases, if you have nested data models and/or updating existing records, those are often indicators that your data model can be optimized.  I really see 2 objects that your application is using, 'users' and 'articles'.  I would avoid a nested data model and updating existing records by doing the following:
'user' table

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*user id as hash key

'article' table

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*article id as hash key

*timestamp as range key

*user id (used in global secondary index described below)

*article type and any other attributes would be non-key attributes

You'd also have a global secondary index on the article table that would allow you to search for articles by user id, which would look like something (assuming you want a user's articles sorted by date):

*

*user id as hash key

*timestamp as range key

*article id as projected attribute

With this model, you never need to go back and edit existing records, you just add records that are 'edited' as new records, and you take the one with the most recent timestamp as your current version.
One thing to remember with NoSQL is that storage space is cheap, reads are cheap, but editing existing records are usually expensive and undesirable operations.

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Sacramento offers a variety of investment options to a prospective Sacramento investor. Residential real estate housing ranges from low-income properties to multi-million dollar estates and is known to have had some of the best appreciation rates in the state. Sacramento has also seen marked advances in commercial real estate with the construction of new high-rise buildings, expansion of employment centers and increases in industrial activities. Sacramento attracts high tech manufacturers, Information Technology companies, biotech and medical research laboratories, and food processing industries.
The proximity of Sacramento to the San Francisco Bay Area, and the lower housing costs in the region have resulted in many people moving to Sacramento and commuting daily to offices in the Bay Area. The median home price in Sacramento is in stark contrast to the median price for a Bay Area home. While the Sacramento County's median home price was 3,750, the SF Bay Area median price was 8,000 in April 2006.1 This big difference in the housing prices, together with the consistent growth of the Sacramento real estate market has attracted many investors to the County.
Investing in a real estate market like Sacramento becomes more lucrative because of the increasing housing prices. This price rise has two consequences for the investor.
What can be music to the ears of investors is the fact that though the real estate prices are on the increase, the rates of interest on mortgages are still hovering near historic lows, making this your opportune time for investing in Sacramento.
For the real estate investor there are plenty of options for investing in Sacramento. If you are a first time homebuyer, you may consider investing in a duplex rather than a single family home. The advantage would be that the rental income from your tenant can be used to greatly reduce your monthly out-of-pocket mortgage expenses.
If you are a handy person and willing to work on a property, an excellent investment option may be a fixer upper. Fixer properties are usually sold at a discount to the market, and when fixed up, can be sold at full market price. You may also want to consider condos as a long-term, low risk investment option. Residential units like single-family homes, condominiums and residential income properties like Duplexes, Triplexes, and Fourplexes are good investment opportunities in Sacramento.
Whatever your choice of property in the Sacramento real estate market might be, ultimately it's important to consult a reputable Sacramento real estate professional who can guide you through all the details and make your real estate purchase an enjoyable experience.


This event is triggered when an element is clicked on by the client. These events can only trigger when the client has its cursor enabled. It triggers for all three mousebuttons in both their up and down states.
mouseButton: a string representing the mouse button that was clicked. This might be left, middle or right.
buttonState: a string representing what state the button clicked is in. This might be up or down.
playerWhoClicked: the player that clicked on the element.
clickPosX: the X position in the world the player clicked at.
clickPosY: the Y position in the world the player clicked at.
clickPosZ: the Z position in the world the player clicked at.
The source of this event is the element that got clicked by the player.
This example prints type of the element you clicked to chatbox when you click it.
This example check if the clicked element is a vehicle. If is, then repairs it.
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Q: Multiple Relationships From One Node Is it possible to create a node and multiple relationships from it in one cypher statement? So if I have node A the relationship would be something like:
A -> [HAS] -> B & C

A: Yes, you can do something like:
create (a:Node {name:"A"})-[:HAS]->(b:Node {name:"B"}),
(a)-[:HAS]->(c:Node {name:"C"})

The above create statement will generate the following nodes & relationships:


Wayne and Kim Rollysons purchased the rural 8 aces in June to build a home. Wayne discovered the sludge after removing the tall grass on the land.
NEWCOMERSTOWN - Kim Rollyson wipes a white tissue along a television stand in her home on Township Road 253 outside Newcomerstown.
Despite having dusted just the day before, the tissue reveals a long black streak as if someone removing mascara from their eyes. The cause is not so benign. Looking at the yard outside the home shared by Kim, her husband Wayne and Kim's mother one can see a black sludge darker that is thicker than any mud.
Testing by Ream & Haager Environmental Laboratory in Dover has revealed the sludge to the have the chemical components of coal ash or black carbon. Black carbon is the sooty black material emitted from gas and diesel engines, coal-fired power plants and other sources that burn fossil fuel. It is considered a pollutant by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and can harm air and water.
However, the Ohio EPA said samples from the land are well below health-based standards and therefore they do not have the regulatory authority to remove the material or require its removal by the property owner or any other identified responsible party. It also says the material is visually similar to coal residuals from reclaimed strip mine areas, which Mineral Resource Management of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources confirms the property to be.
All of that means little to Wayne, who is concerned about his family's health and finding an entity responsible for cleaning up his property.
Wayne has contacted local elected officials and dealt with the Coshocton County Health Department. The health department performed the soil test and, while the cleanup is not the department's responsibility, employees want to help the Rollysons.
Oxford Township Trustee Michelle Carpenter said the same thing. While it is not their responsibility to cleanup the property, the trustees still want to help the family as township residents. Carpenter said she pointed Wayne to the county health department. She also said the trustees didn't know where the sludge came from.
The Rollysons are originally from Elyria. Wayne and Kim purchased their rural 8 aces in June 2018 to build a home, after retiring from their towing business. Wayne said he discovered the sludge after removing the tall grass on the land.
Wayne said the sludge is also on neighboring properties, and could cover up to 100 acres, he estimated.
Since moving in, Kim has had breathing issues which clear up any time she's away from home for a period.
Wayne has been working the phone almost daily the past several months calling anyone who will hear him out. He started with local township trustees and has gone up the ladder to federal EPA. While his stance is the EPA should be on top of the situation, he feels he's hit one brick wall after another with the state agency. He's been passed to multiple people and departments. A representative did visit the property and an official letter of their findings was issued March 28.
"It's very visible and to me it's an environmental issue, because it's in the environment," Wayne said. "I don't care about the history. Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden could have put this stuff there. I don't care. My main concern is that it's here. Let's get it out, let's get the property back to the way it should be, so it's safe."
Steven Lonsinger, Coshocton County health commissioner, said Wayne being adamant about getting the ash off his property is an understatement. Zach Fanning, director of Environmental Health at the Coshocton County Health Department, has visited the Rollysons a few times. He said the complaint originally went to the EPA and then from there to the local health department.
Fanning took enough of a sample for testing and a report dated Feb. 21 from Ream & Haager Environmental Laboratory in Dover reveals chemical components that would match up with coal ash. The health department paid for the test.
The health department has Ohio EPA reports from 1995 of wood and boiler ash samples taken from the Warsaw area placed there by what was then Stone Container. The chemical composition is similar to what was found on the Rollyson property, but not exact, Fanning said.
The Ohio EPA said it was unable to locate any unapproved wood ash disposal or documentation of a land application approval for wood ash for that area by the now closed paper mill. It believes the sludge is residuals from the coal mining.
Lonsinger said he's also consulted with the Coshocton County Soil and Water Conservation District, which is still communicating with the EPA. While the health department would not be responsible for any cleanup, they do want to help the Rollysons in tracing the substance and finding the right agency for cleanup.
"That's what we want to help Wayne with, getting him with the agency or people who can help him," Lonsinger said.
A letter dated March 28 from Jessica Johnson, Public Involvement Coordinator with the Ohio EPA, said the agency has been working on an evaluation and response to Wayne's concerns since January.
After looking at the sample taken and tested by the Coshocton County Health Department, it says the metals found are naturally occurring and common to be present in soil. The results were compared to U.S. EPA acceptable standards based on potential health effects and were found to be within standards for acceptable direct contact with a residential land use setting. It was also well below maximum concentration levels to be considered hazardous waste.
"In summary, the sample results show that the material is safe for direct contact and is not expected to be harmful or cause negative impacts to human health or the environment," the letter stated. "Because of this, the Ohio EPA does not have the ability to require the removal of the material from your property by you or any other responsible party."
The letter also stated that a cistern on the property has not been issued final approval and Wayne should work with the county health department on obtaining a safe, potable water supply. The EPA has suggested the Rollysons work with the county health department on their water supply and a personal health care provider regarding any personal health concerns.


Alexander Thompson Arnold CPAs has been named Tennessee's sixth (6th) largest accounting firm by American City Business Journals. This ranking is based on the number of full-time certified public accountants with the firm. The firm is ranked eighth (8th) for total staff in Tennessee. With 15 partners and approximately 140 other staff members, Alexander Thompson Arnold PLLC (ATA) is a regional accounting firm with offices throughout West Tennessee and Western Kentucky. ATA offices are located in Dyersburg, Henderson, Jackson, Martin, McKenzie, Milan, Paris, Trenton and Union City, Tennessee; and Murray, Kentucky. Each office reflects the community it serves and gives exceptional personal attention to clients. "People are often surprised by how large our firm is, but ATA is not your typical large accounting firm," said ATA's Chief Manager Al Creswell, CPA. "While we offer the resources and expertise of a large firm, we deliver very personalized service that is customer-focused and excellence-driven. Basically, our team values you and works hard to help you succeed! We believe this unique approach is why we continue to grow." Since its inception in 1946, ATA has provided tax, accounting, auditing, business valuation, employee benefits plan audit and administration, and consulting services to individuals and organizations of various sizes includingfinancial institutions, governmental entities, utility systems, not-for-profits, construction companies, healthcare providers, and a variety of private and public companies. The primary focus in providing these services is to help its clients be successful, achieve their missions and maintain financial accountability. The firm is a member in good standing of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants, the Kentucky Society of Certified Public Accountants, the Private Companies Practice Section of the AICPA, and the BDO Seidman Alliance.


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Gov. Rick Snyder announced his 2012-13 budget proposal last Thursday, which includes a 3% increase in funding and state aid for public universities. This could have a dramatic effect on UM-Dearborn and other public institutions.
Part of Snyder's proposal is that the funding increase will relate to four criteria, which include: an increase in the number of completions of undergraduate degrees, the number of students receiving Pell Grants who graduate, schools keeping tuition increases below a set threshold of 7.1%, and the number of completions of degrees for critically needed areas of work (health care, science, technology, engineering, and math).
"It's not about getting them a college degree, but connecting them to the jobs that are available," said Snyder.
According to Press and Guide, a local paper serving Dearborn and Dearborn Heights, "University of Michigan-Dearborn would see a 2.7 percent funding increase to $21.6 million. Another $9 million in funds will be distributed to universities if they set rates for next fall that do not exceed the 4 percent increase."
Snyder held a Facebook town hall meeting on Thursday night with more than 430 participants to discuss his budget proposal. He commented that education was one of his top priorities. Snyder said that schools should be expecting performance-based incentives this year, and he is allotting $70 million in his budget to be used as incentives for schools that increase their enrollment.
Snyder's plan and incentive program comes amidst a trend of cutting public university funding due to tuition increases. Earlier this year, Snyder cut state aid to universities by 22%, but promised to lower that cut to 15% if tuition increases were kept below the 7.1% threshold.
Community college funding would also increase 3%, according to Snyder's budget proposal. The schools receiving the most funding would again be those offering the most degrees and certificate programs in critically needed areas.
Snyder's proposal also comes just two weeks after President Barack Obama spoke at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and warned universities of the repercussions they would face if they did not stop increasing their tuition.
"From now on I'm telling Congress, we should steer federal campus-based aid to those colleges that keep tuition affordable, provide good value [and] serve their students well. We are putting colleges on notice… if you can't stop tuition from going up then the funding you get from taxpayers each year will go down," President Obama said.
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US Repeats Syrian Chemical Weapons "Warnings"
US repeats same tired, desperate accusations that the Syrian army is preparing to use "chemical weapons."
December 4, 2012 (LD) - Once again, the US has issued a warning against Syria deploying "chemical weapons" citing "intelligence reports that the Damascus government is preparing such munitions for possible use." No evidence was provided, nor any reasonable explanation as to why the Syrian government would deploy such weapons when, after over 2 years, the majority of the Syrian people still stand behind the government while terrorist forces flooding over Syria's borders have been faced with constant tactical and strategic defeat.
Image: (via the Guardian) "Chemical containers in the Libyan desert. There are concerns unguarded weapons could fall into the hands of Islamist militants. Photograph: David Sperry/AP" As increasing evidence reveals Libyan fighters and weapons are pouring into Syria, it seems the West is preparing to preempt the inevitability that Libya's chemical arsenal has also found its way into the besieged nation.
Despite attempts to portray Damascus and Aleppo as on the inevitable edge of collapse, now for a full 6 months, both cities are still firmly in the hands of government troops, with only symbolic terror attacks murdering scores of civilians at a time and temporary advances made on isolated bases before promptly being abandoned by NATO-backed terrorists - a pattern not unlike that facing Western forces in NATO-occupied Afghanistan.
The accusations were printed in the Washington Post article, "Obama warns Syria amid rising concern over chemical weapons," but despite the insinuations, includes the disclaimer (emphasis added), "Syria is thought to have several hundred surface-to-surface ballistic missiles capable of carrying chemical warheads."
Other nations "thought to have" weapons of mass destruction included Iraq, which in hindsight, after a 10 year war and occupation, following years of crippling sanctions leaving millions dead, turned out not to in fact have such weapons.
It is unlikely that the Syrian government would use such weapons, thus giving the West the excuse it would need to directly intervene militarily, a scenario the West has been attempting to sell for the last 2 years, and particularly so following NATO's military operations in Libya throughout 2011.
Conversely, NATO's proxy forces operating in Syria possess both the means and motivation to carry out chemical attacks, therefore blaming Syria's government and granting the West the impetus needed to intervene more directly.
NATO-backed Terrorists have the Means.
Libya's arsenal had fallen into the hands of sectarian extremists with NATO assistance last year in the culmination of efforts to overthrow the North African nation . Since then, Libya's militants led by commanders of Al Qaeda's Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) have armed sectarian extremists across the Arab World, from as far West as Mali, to as far East as Syria.
In addition to small arms, heavier weapons are also making their way through this extensive network. The Washington Post in their article, "Libyan missiles on the loose," reported:
"Two former CIA counterterrorism officers told me last week that technicians recently refurbished 800 of these man-portable air-defense systems (known as MANPADS) — some for an African jihadist group called Boko Haram that is often seen as an ally of al-Qaeda — for possible use against commercial jets flying into Niger, Chad and perhaps Nigeria."
While undoubtedly these weapons are also headed to Niger, Chad, and perhaps Nigeria, they are veritably headed to Syria. Libyan LIFG terrorists are confirmed to be flooding into Syria from Libya. In November 2011, the Telegraph in their article, "Leading Libyan Islamist met Free Syrian Army opposition group," would report:
Abdulhakim Belhadj, head of the Tripoli Military Council and the former leader of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, "met with Free Syrian Army leaders in Istanbul and on the border with Turkey," said a military official working with Mr Belhadj. "Mustafa Abdul Jalil (the interim Libyan president) sent him there."
Another Telegraph article, "Libya's new rulers offer weapons to Syrian rebels," would admit
Syrian rebels held secret talks with Libya's new authorities on Friday, aiming to secure weapons and money for their insurgency against President Bashar al-Assad's regime, The Daily Telegraph has learned.
At the meeting, which was held in Istanbul and included Turkish officials, the Syrians requested "assistance" from the Libyan representatives and were offered arms, and potentially volunteers.
"There is something being planned to send weapons and even Libyan fighters to Syria," said a Libyan source, speaking on condition of anonymity. "There is a military intervention on the way. Within a few weeks you will see."
Later that month, some 600 Libyan terrorists would be reported to have entered Syria to begin combat operations and have been flooding into the country ever since.
Image: Libyan Mahdi al-Harati of the US State Department, United Nations, and the UK Home Office (page 5, .pdf)-listed terrorist organization, the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), addressing fellow terrorists in Syria. Harati is now commanding a Libyan brigade operating inside of Syria attempting to destroy the Syrian government and subjugate the Syrian population. Traditionally, this is known as "foreign invasion."
Washington Post's reported "loose missiles" in Libya are now turning up on the battlefield in Syria. While outfits like the Guardian, in their article "Arms and the Manpads: Syrian rebels get anti-aircraft missiles," are reporting the missiles as being deployed across Syria, they have attempted to downplay any connection to Libya's looted arsenal and the Al Qaeda terrorists that have imported them. In contrast, Times has published open admissions from terrorists themselves admitting they are receiving heavy weapons including surface-to-air missiles from Libya.
In Time's article, "Libya's Fighters Export Their Revolution to Syria," it is reported:
Some Syrians are more frank about the assistance the Libyans are providing. "They have heavier weapons than we do," notes Firas Tamim, who has traveled in rebel-controlled areas to keep tabs on foreign fighters. "They brought these weapons to Syria, and they are being used on the front lines." Among the arms Tamim has seen are Russian-made surface-to-air missiles, known as the SAM 7.
Libyan fighters largely brush off questions about weapon transfers, but in December they claimed they were doing just that. "We are in the process of collecting arms in Libya," a Libyan fighter in Syria told the French daily Le Figaro. "Once this is done, we will have to find a way to bring them here."
Clearly NATO intervention in Libya has left a vast, devastating arsenal in the hands of sectarian extremists, led by US State Department, United Nations, and the UK Home Office (page 5, .pdf)-listed terrorist organization LIFG, that is now exporting these weapons and militants to NATO's other front in Syria. It is confirmed that both Libyan terrorists and weapons are crossing the Turkish-Syrian border, with NATO assistance, and it is now clear that heavy weapons, including anti-aircraft weapons have crossed the border too.
The Guardian reported in their November 2011 article, "Libyan chemical weapons stockpiles intact, say inspectors," that:
Libya's stockpiles of mustard gas and chemicals used to make weapons are intact and were not stolen during the uprising that toppled Muammar Gaddafi, weapons inspectors have said.
But also reported that:
The abandonment or disappearance of some Gaddafi-era weapons has prompted concerns that such firepower could erode regional security if it falls into the hands of Islamist militants or rebels active in north Africa. Some fear they could be used by Gaddafi loyalists to spread instability in Libya.
Last month Human Rights Watch urged Libya's ruling national transitional council to take action over large numbers of heavy weapons, including surface-to-air missiles, it said were lying unguarded more than two months after Gaddafi was overthrown.
On Wednesday the UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, said the UN would send experts to Libya to help ensure nuclear material and chemical weapons did not fall into the wrong hands.
And while inspectors claim that Libya's chemical weapons are in the "government's" hands and not "extremists'," it is clear by the Libyan government's own admission, that they themselves are involved in sending fighters and weapons into Syria.
It stands to reason that NATO-backed sectarian-extremists, directly affiliated with Al Qaeda and with the support of Libya's government, will also acquire and bring chemical and biological weapons with them - with their use in Syria almost as inevitable as the West's duplicity and spin that will be used to then blame it on the Syrian government.
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Think Explosions Are the Only Way to Form Calderas? Think Again
Rocky PlanetBy Erik KlemettiJul 22, 2016 7:00 PM
Lava and plumes from the Holuhraun Fissure Eruption by the Bardarbunga Volcano, Iceland. On August 29, 2014.Arctic-Images/Getty Images When a volcano erupts, stuff comes out of the ground. Most of the time, it isn't much stuff (and by "stuff", we're talking lava, ash, volcanic gases in varying proportions). But sometimes it's a lot. If you take that much stuff out of the ground underneath a volcano and spill it out all over the surface of the Earth, you suddenly have a bit of a support problem. All that stuff used to be holding part of the volcano or land surface up. Now, here it is up top, vacating a space deep underground and adding more weight pushing downward. That can sometimes lead to a collapse—and that collapse can be big. Out of those collapses we get calderas, the depressions formed when all the stuff that was underground goes missing and the Earth's crust slumps down to fill some of the space. The 2014-15 eruption at the Holuhraun lava field near Bárðarbunga in Iceland allowed geoscientists to watch a caldera-forming eruption in action. It actually turned out to be one of the largest in the last century—though it wasn't the sort of eruption that many people would expect to form a caldera. Now, calderas can form in many ways. Most volcano enthusiasts will think first of the large, explosive eruptions of sticky, silicic-rich magma. These massive events shoot out so much volcanic ash and debris (tephra) so rapidly that the volcano can't hold itself up anymore and it collapses into the empty space like a piston (see below). The two most recent examples of this type of caldera-forming eruption happened in 1991 at the Philippine's Pinatubo and in 1912 at Katmai during the eruption of Novarupta. These eruptions expelled 4 and 14 cubic kilometers, respectively, leading to collapses of ~2 and 5.5 cubic kilometers each.
The 4.5 by 3 kilometer caldera at Katmai in Alaska, formed during the June 1912 eruption at NovaruptaCyrus Read / USGS - Alaska Volcano Observatory At Pinatubo, the volcano collapsed on itself, creating the massive depression we see today. At Katmai, it was a little more complicated: The eruption came from a vent near Katmai (that we now call Novarupta), but the location of the magma meant that Katmai collapsed rather than the land directly around the place where all the stuff came out. The most recent caldera-forming explosive eruption in the lower 48 states was at what is now Crater Lake in Oregon. Prior to its cataclysmic eruption ~7,700 years ago, a volcano volcanologists have dubbed "Mount Mazama" stood where the lake is today. However, the massive eruption of Mazama released 13-15 cubic kilometers of magma and the volcano that was once over 3,000 meters (10,000 feet tall) collapsed in on itself, forming a lake that is ~590 meters (1,946 feet) deep. That means that the summit of Mazama collapsed over 8,000 feet (2.4 kilometers!) That eruption was so big that you can still easily find meters of pumice and ash over 50 kilometers from the volcano itself.
Schematic cartoon of the collapse of Mt. Mazama to form Crater Lake. The mountain slid down into the evacuated magmatic system like a piston.U.S. Geological Survey Now, I've probably given you the impression that calderas are formed only by these massive explosions. Oddly enough, it has been the more passive, basaltic eruptions with runny lava flows that have formed more calderas than their explosive brethren. One of those eruptions was the 2014-2015 eruption of the Holuhraun lava field near Bárðarbunga in Iceland. It may have been the largest ever observed of this style of more "relaxed" caldera formation. A recent study in Science by Gudmundsson and (many, many) others lays out the argument that the eruption of the ~1.4 cubic kilometers (0.33 cubic miles) near the Bárðarbunga caldera likely caused a collapse of ~1.8 cubic kilometers (0.43 cubic miles) as the magma drained from its reservoir under the caldera (see above). The basaltic magma for the eruption was stored ~12 kilometers (7.5 miles) under the Bárðarbunga caldera, but thanks to regional stresses, lava didn't erupt in the caldera. Instead, magma created an offshoot from the reservoir (called a dike) that headed off 47 kilometers (29 miles) to the northeast before erupting at what is now called the Holuhraun lava field.
Schematic cartoon showing the geometry for the collapse of Bardarbunga in Iceland. As the lava erupted at the Holuhraun lava field, 47 kilometers away, the floor of the caldera slid into the now empty space.Gudmundsson and others (2016), Science. Now, if you were following the eruption closely, you noticed that although the lava was coming out in the distant lava field, there were some big earthquakes going on at the Bárðarbunga caldera itself, some as large as M5.8. These earthquakes were happening on faults at the edge of the caldera called "ring faults" that are the boundary of the caldera (see above). As the magma was emptying to the lava field, the caldera floor was losing its support, so over the course of the next six months, it sunk 65 meters (~213 feet). That might not sound like much, but if you do it to the entire ~110 square kilometer (42 square mile) caldera floor, it adds up quickly. So, the collapse of the Bárðarbunga caldera floor during the eruption ended up being a big, slow-motion caldera-forming event. It was smaller in volume than the explosive Katmai and Pinatubo collapses, along with the collapse of Miyakejima during a basaltic eruption in 2000. It was the second-longest collapse event recorded, only behind the over 515-day collapse of Tolbachik in Russia during 1975-76. It does, however, set the record for furthest vent from the collapsing caldera. The close monitoring of the Bárðarbunga collapse means we have more data about this style of basaltic lava flow-driven caldera formation than ever. Considering that these style of collapses have occurred at Bárðarbunga, Piton de la Fournaise on Reunion Island, Miyakajima in Japan, Tolbachik in Russia, and Fernandina in the Galapagos during the last 100 years, it seems that such collapses are relatively common volcanic vents. They might not have the same explosive birth that forms the more well-known calderas at Crater Lake, Toba or Yellowstone, but they are an important component to consider at basaltic volcanoes when we think about potential volcanic hazards during future eruptions.
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The 12 days of climate change myths: #2, It's all about CO2
The debate about climate change often creates more heat than light and has become centred on the role or non-role of one gas in our changing climate. This is probably a fatal mistake for all of us, asserts Simon Leadbetter.
Growing up we probably all remember the parable of the good carbon dioxide. Trees, plants and algae 'breathe in' (photosynthesise) carbon dioxide and 'breathe out' oxygen as waste that we need to breathe ourselves. They've been doing it for us quite happily millennia.
Simon Leadbetter
Obviously, it is a lot more complicated than that but the basic process is well understood, uncontroversial and widely accepted, based on what the balance of scientific opinion has told us. There are no photosynthesis deniers to our knowledge because scientists who have studied this tell us, that's how it works.
We also use CO2 to chill wine, fizz our drinks and to put out electrical fires. At some point, however, CO2 stopped being our friend and became the enemy that must be vanquished at every turn.
This humble chemically compounded gas (one part carbon, two parts oxygen) represents just 0.035% of the earth's atmosphere. Nitrogen and oxygen represent 99%. But the overwhelming balance of scientific opinion tells us that small increases in this gas affect the earth's climate and temperature and, as a result, human life. Overtime CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere have moved with temperature increases.
At that point a lot of people get very angry for some reason.
Otherwise rational people who accept the scientific proof of photosynthesis but cannot accept CO2 as a key component in climate change do some or one of the following. They either deny global warming is happening; that the climate models are unreliable; that surface temperature records are just wrong; point wildly at the sun as a cause of global warming; or argue that this is a plot by left-wing wind-farm profiteers attempting to drag our economy back into socialist dark ages and literally cover the UK in wind turbines while they're at it.
Fine. Let us accept for one moment that CO2 has absolutely nothing at all to do with climate change and we should carry on, business as usual, just as we have done for the past twenty years or so. How is that working out for our planet and us?
Let's carry on as though we are not running out of oil, gas or coal. Well for one thing, we are quite rapidly running out of the oil, gas and coal. The US Government, the Oil & Gas Journal and OPEC (all anti-fossil fuel protesters I think you'll agree) estimate we have between 13-23 years remaining of supplies of oil. Natural gas is in better shape at 37 years (Oil & Gas Journal, BP and the CIA) and Coal at 70 years (World Coal Institute). All this stuff is non-renewable, i.e. you burn it once and it's gone. That means in our lifetimes and those of our children and grandchildren we will run out of the very fuel that literally drives our economy.
Imagine what happens to a country with waning economic influence and few fossil fuel reserves as the stuff starts to run out. No doubt the brilliant minds at BP, Shell, and Cuadrilla etc. will find new and exciting ways to extract harder to find reserves but wouldn't it be better if we found alternatives. There are clean alternatives that are freely available within our own territorial boundaries, which means young British men and women don't have to fight wars overseas to protect our oil supplies. We have no shortage of wind and waves on our windy, wavy island. By harnessing just 29% of the tidal, wave and wind power around our shores, we have the capacity to power our economy and become a net exporter of electricity.
Moreover, it's not just burning imported stuff that's the problem. Burning fossil fuels puts particles into the air we breathe, leading to increased asthma, lung disease and cardio-vascular health problems. Children come off worst as their undeveloped lungs are most susceptible to this kind of pollution potentially meaning years of misery and tragically shortened lives. The European Environment Agency estimates that air pollution costs the UK up to £9.5billion a year, although our own House of Commons puts the cost as much higher. What price would you put on a child's life with or without asthma or emphysema?
Nevertheless, let's keep assuming and lobbying for one moment that CO2 has nothing to do with climate change. It still leaves the question as to what are we going to do when we run out of stuff to burn and none of our kids can breathe. It's not alarmist, China and India and most of the rest of Asia have just started on their journey towards industrial nirvana when households have more than one car each and universal penetration in electricity hungry appliances. When fossil fuels run out, they run out for everyone regardless of which flag you fly, and in the meantime, the richest counties will pay a very hefty premium unless they can find an alternative. Pollution doesn't care about borders so if we dash for gas, find a role for coal or toy with nuclear, when those stations start pumping out particles and the odd nuclear station goes wrong, we're all affected.
The forward thinking Chinese are installing renewable energy like there's no tomorrow because they fear there won't be one if fossil fuel consumption patterns remain the way they are. Why aren't we as worried or getting our own house in order?
Britain could lead the world in renewable energy technology and energy efficiency. Good Energy is one example of a company that provides 100% renewable energy but there are many other examples of clean technology that works. It's a pity so much energy is expended and money is wasted arguing about one gas, when winning the easier to win argument on pollution and waste would solve that problem by default.
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Simon Leadbetter is the founder and publisher of Blue & Green Tomorrow. He has held senior roles at Northcliffe, The Daily Telegraph, Santander, Barclaycard, AXA, Prudential and Fidelity. In 2004, he founded a marketing agency that worked amongst others with The Guardian, Vodafone, E.On and Liverpool Victoria. He sold this agency in 2006 and as Chief Marketing Officer for two VC-backed start-ups launched the online platform Cleantech Intelligence (which underpinned the The Guardian's Cleantech 100) and StrategyEye Cleantech. Most recently, he was Marketing Director of Emap, the UK's largest B2B publisher, and the founder of Blue & Green Communications Limited.
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Eminem Overtakes George Straight As No. 2 Best Selling Male Artist Of All-Time
"Life is true to form; Records are made to be broken – Mark Spitz"
Eminem just passed George Strait as the No. 2 best selling male music artist of all-time. It took Eminem 18 years to achieve that feat. His total sales across all albums now sits at 44.91 million, overtaking country musician George Strait's 44.89 million to become the second-best-selling male artist. However, it is important to note that Strait's career predates the inception of SoundScan data.
Garth Brooks is the top selling male artist having sold 69.52 million to date.
It's fascinating to see a hip hop and rapper artist surpass a country legend. I wonder how long it will take Eminem to pass Garth Brooks and become No. 1.
Eminem is certain to add to the 44.91 million units sold as he is scheduled to appear on a Monster Tour with Rhianna for three stadium dates in Detroit, MI (Comerica Park), Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl) and East Rutherford, NJ (MetLife Stadium) this August.
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Beats Music – Reading The Tea Leaves
I sip my freshly brewed tea anticipating the pattern of the tea leaves I will find in the bottom of my cup. I contemplate what will occur in the next rounds of competition in cloud music.
I am not concerned about Spotify and its ecosystem. Rumors of Spotify's death have been greatly exaggerated. Spotify is very practical as it has a fluid model. It is a well architected cloud music platform with an open set of APIs. It is still very much the darling of the music hackathon global audience. Spotify's effective use of The Echo Nest music back-end is superior to the "pay" model cloud music, look-alike/similar features crowd (amazon cloud player, X-Box music, Rdio, Google Play and Pandora).
The next shoe to drop could be Apple iRadio as early as the World Wide Developer Conference June 10-14. Apple may not announce iRadio the much rumored streaming subscription iCloud music service if they can't secure revised licensing deals with Sony Music, Warner Music Group, and BMG. (See the latest MacRumors Web article "Difficult Negotiations May Prevent 'iRadio' Launch at WWDC")
Taking a fresh sip I focus next on Beats Music, the brainchild of music industry visionaries Jimmy Iovine and Trent Reznor. Beats Music has acquired MOG Music and appears to be architecting it to the vision of Trent, Jimmy and Dr. Dre. I wrote about this project when it was codenamed "Daisy" late last year.
There has been significant traction in the Beats Music company formation since that blog post. I have dug around in Google and LinkedIn to get a sense of what is transpiring.
Beats Music requires a well-articulated, open cloud music architecture to distinguish its offering from the present cloud music vendors, which I call the Round 1 players. I am curious how Beats Music will re-engineer the MOG distributed music service to meet that goal. Based upon the software engineering talent I see Beats Music attempting to hire they have their design and development work cut out for them.
I foresee Beats Music harnessing Beats Audio with renewed purpose on the Android and Windows Phone devices. I can't visualize how the Apple IOS Beats Music dev team can get synchronicity with the lack of a similar Beats Audio chassis in the iPhone. I do recall that Tech Crunch mentioned that a meeting took place in March of this year that strongly hints at Apple and Beats Music partnering later this year (It's a great hedge their bet play with i Radio don't you think?)
The Music of Our Heart will continue to watch the Cloud Music skies for more definitive plans and announcements from Beats Music and Apple.
Oh and don't forget when it comes to 100% high-resolution audio in the clouds we also have Neil Young's PONO solution pending too. Could that be why Warner Music Group is dragging its feet with Apple? One never knows 😉 (Mind you that last comment was purely speculative on my part…)
Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre have warmed the cockles of the music of our heart with their $70 million endowment to the University of Southern California.
The duo's gift will set up the USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy for Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation, an environment for those rare undergraduate students whose interests span fields such as marketing, business entrepreneurship, computer science and engineering, audio and visual design, and the arts. The program will prepare them to become a new generation of inspired innovators.
I Googled this announcement after reading the NY Times article from May 14, "Two Music Minds Seek a Different Kind of Mogul".
The Beats Music ecosystem is establishing very firm academic roots. If you couple that with the investment funding that Beats Music has secured (Forbes: Blavatnik's Investment In Beats' Music Service Signals Major Change) I see this initiative as a very serious cloud music innovation play in the months and years ahead.
Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine Donate $70M For Arts Academy (on.aol.com)
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Intelligent Digital Music Curation + Discovery = Daisy (Trent Reznor and Beats By Dr. Dre)
I've looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down, and still somehow
It's cloud illusions I recall
I really don't know clouds at all
Joni Mitchell, Both Sides, Now © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
The music of our heart steadfastly believes in the next "desired" future state of cloud based digital music. There are some exciting technologies "under construction" above and around us, floating our way.
I reported on Neil Young's PONO solution awhile back on this music blog. I see a similar order of magnitude. if not something larger or uniquely designed emerging from Beats Electronics. Inc.
One such solution receiving a huge degree of "buzz" factor is the intelligent music curation and discovery music cloud service, code-named "Daisy" from the collaborative brain trust of Trent Reznor, Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine and others at Beats Electronics, Inc.
I have sorted through the multitude of music articles about "Daisy" published in the past 48 hours to discern what's this all about?
"Daisy", according to Mr. Reznor, Chief Creative Officer for Beats Electronics Inc. will create a recommendation platform where "the machine and the human would collide more intimately".
The music service "uses mathematics to offer suggestions to the listener… [but also] would present choices based partly on suggestions made by connoisseurs," describing it as "like having your own guy when you go into the record store, who knows what you like but can also point you down some paths you wouldn't necessarily have encountered."
How's this different from everything else out there? "Here's sixteen million licensed pieces of music (Mog states) but you're not stumbling into anything. What's missing is a service that adds a layer of intelligent curation," explained Reznor. "Think of how many emotional ties you have with songs from your past."
I love that phrase "intelligent curation" now I want to know how that technology will be software engineered and implemented. An example of intelligent curation is The Browser, which is creating a 21st century library of Writing Worth Reading.
Trent Reznor posted on Facebook on October 16: Some of you may have read that I have begun working with Beats By Dre. For the past year I have indeed been involved with Dre, Jimmy Iovine, Luke Wood, and the rest of the team on a number of very interesting projects that will start to emerge next year. I have wanted to experiment and focus my energy and creativity in some different directions, and Beats has afforded me that very opportunity. The process has challenged and fascinated and as much as I'd like to tell you about the things we've dreamed up… I just can't.
(I can tell you it's probably not what you're expecting!)
Origin: The company has "very big plans," for Mog, the streaming service it purchased earlier this year, hinting that it relates to how people consume and discover music. Most streaming services need consumers to program their music experience themselves and consumers can't be expected to do that, which would seem to suggest a greater emphasis on music discovery and recommendations, possibly including a radio function.
David Byrne and Trent Reznor
Speaking of intelligent conversations centering upon the state of digital music, David Byrne and Trent Reznor recently got together in Los Angeles as part of David Byrne's book tour for How Music Works.
Both artists shared the stance that the current landscape is not about label deals vs DIY marketing but about choosing the right path and the right deals for the artist in question. Here is a YouTube of that conversation.
Conversely after founding his own record label in 2008 and releasing music independently, Trent Reznor has reverted back to the majors for help in releasing his latest project through Columbia Records, How To Destroy Angels, "Ice Age" pointing out that "complete independent releasing has its great points, but also comes with shortcomings."
Trent Reznor and Dr Dre to launch Spotify rival (guardian.co.uk)
Beats by dr. dre – Daily Post 2011 – Post #7
Monster Cable has introduced a series of phenomenal headphones and earbuds. They offer a serious, direct challenge to Bose and Sennheiser, who have long been considered the "gold standard" for headphone product engineering excellence. It is the type of challenge that benefits music consumers, producers, and artists vastly.
I recently auditioned Beats by dr. dre. One of my students, Jordan Devin brought them into class for me to sample and experience. I have to say that Beats by dr. dre, over-ear model is a superior listening product. I tested the beatspro high performance professional headphones. I was very impressed with the results. I first attached them to my Apple iPhone 3Gs and listened to an ALAC edition of Pat Metheny's Orchestrion recording. I have been listening to this recording since its first day inception and I readily admit I heard nuances of Pat's music I had never heard before. I have witnessed Pat Metheny in concert performing Orchestrion and I still was picking up on subtlety's of the sound that had not yet reached my ears 🙂
I then connected the beatspro headphones to my Dell computer, running Windows 7 and Apple's iTunes. I sampled The Beatles remastered and re-engineered "Come Together" from Abbey Road. Again I heard aspects of that recording that were being newly introduced to my ears. These are some amazing headphones, let me tell you.
Yes the price tag is steep, $449.95 but the value is undeniable. If you think of the design team who architected and engineered these products you understand what you are getting. dr. dre is the pinnacle of hip-hop sound production. I trust dr. dre instinctually and his sense of audio sound is striking. Jimmy Iovine has been a force of change and influence in the music indutry. Jimmy was very disillusioned with what the record companies were dishing out with inferior sound via MP3 (64 kb). He said it was like putting music through a blender and trying to appreciate its results. dr. dre, Jimmy Iovine and Monster Cable have arrived at a fantastic series of sound products.
dr. dre's beatspro headphones are now on my want list. Thanks, Jordan for putting me on to this superior solution. It gives my music listening a whole new level of meaning and interpretation!
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WASHINGTON — Donald Trump's pick to run the CIA on Thursday sided with intelligence officials who have determined the Kremlin was behind election cyberattacks, and he took a tough stand against Russia, distancing himself from the president-elect, who wants to warm relations with Moscow.
Rep. Mike Pompeo, a four-term conservative Kansas Republican, spoke at his confirmation hearing before the Senate intelligence committee amid a testy standoff between Trump and the spy community over Russian activities during the presidential election.
Since winning the election, Trump has repeatedly challenged the intelligence community's assessment that Russia was behind the hacking of the Democratic National Committee and other political sites.
"It's pretty clear about what took place here about Russia involvement in efforts to hack information and to have an impact on American democracy," Pompeo said. "I'm very clear-eyed about what that intelligence report says."
"This was an aggressive action taken by the senior leaders inside Russia," Pompeo said.
On Wednesday, Trump acknowledged Russia was responsible for the hacking but speculated that intelligence agencies might have leaked to news organizations details about a classified briefing with him that included unsubstantiated allegations that Russia had collected compromising sexual and financial information about him.
Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, asked Pompeo to comment on what King said were "very serious allegations" about Trump's ties with Russia.
"I share your view that these are unsubstantiated media reports," Pompeo said, adding that he thought the leaks themselves were "intensely serious."
Pompeo pledged to investigate the allegations and "pursue the facts where ever they take us."
In his opening remarks, Pompeo talked about Russia's activities in other places around the world and suggested that the United States needs to remain wary of Moscow's intentions.
"Russia has reasserted itself aggressively, invading and occupying Ukraine, threatening Europe and doing nothing to aid in the defeat of ISIS," Pompeo said, referring to Islamic State militants.
Adding a little drama to the hearing, the lights went out in a Senate hearing room when the top Democrat on the committee mentioned Russia. The committee went into recess. When the lights didn't go back on, the hearing was moved to a different building.
The remarks by Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., were on the committee's promise to review the intelligence behind an assessment that Russia, and specifically President Vladimir Putin, interfered in the presidential election in an effort to get Trump elected.
On other issues, Pompeo said North Korea has dangerously accelerated its nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities. He called the conflict in Syria a tragic humanitarian catastrophe that has led to the rise of extremism and sectarianism and has destabilized the Middle East and Europe. And he said Iran has become an "even more emboldened and disruptive player in the Middle East."
Pompeo has been critical of the Obama administration's nuclear deal with Iran, which granted Tehran sanctions relief for rolling back its nuclear weapons program.
"While I opposed the Iran deal as a member of Congress, if confirmed, my role will change," Pompeo said. "I will lead the agency to aggressively pursue collection operations and ensure analysts have the time, political space and resources to make objective and sound judgments."
Pompeo graduated first in the Class of 1986 at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He served in the Army at a time when the Soviet Union was America's main adversary. As a member of the House intelligence committee, Pompeo traveled widely and met many intelligence professionals.
"I have spent the majority of my life outside politics — as a U.S. Army cavalry officer, litigator and head of two manufacturing businesses," Pompeo said. "Returning to duty that requires hard work and unerring candor is something that is in my bones."


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With LTE infrastructure upgrades in full swing, mobile network operators around the globe are getting ready to migrate their voice infrastructures away from circuit-switched networks to all-packet VoLTE GSMA standards with rich communications services such as presence and IM.
Two-thirds of the service providers intend to use WiMAX for mobility-based services by 2012 according to a Infonetics Research survey.
Revenue from mobile broadband cards (standard PC cards and embedded cards) grew 6% in 1Q10 over 4Q09 to $1.55 billion worldwide, according to Infonetics Research Report.
WiMAX equipment and device revenue saw a moderate decline worldwide in the first quarter of 2010, down 2% to $303 million, according to Infonetics Research report.
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The group manages pre-existing port facilities aimed at nautical tourism, either directly or in partnership with local government bodies or private companies. It aims to increase the range of services on offer as well as the capacity of each port and is also engaged in a number of projects to promote Iocal nautical tourism through the launch and development of new facilities.
Starting with several major pre-existing Italian marinas, Marinedi Group promotes the creation, management and strengthening of a network of marinas across the Mediterranean, namely a marina system capable of providing high quality services around the Mediterranean coast to meet local demand.
The criteria used when creating the infrastructure and developing customer services are aimed at the maxi yacht sector (= 24m LOA). All network marinas offer dedicated high added value services and have facilities that meet the needs of this segment.
The group aims to satisfy the needs of different types of user, by providing a recognisable range of high quality services to both Italian and foreign boaters. The company aims to foster the integration of marina facilities, the local area and the wider world of pleasure boating, looking closely at the differences between the locations and their varying demands.
The development of the network and its associated services also promotes each local area and provides a stimulus for their economy. Local traditions are respected and tourist facilities on the hinterland receive a boost, increasing their reputation amongst Italian and foreign clients alike. Last, but not least, this development has the potential to create a series of employment opportunities, with new demand for highly qualified staff in the sector.
The development of nautical tourism can be given a strong boost by allowing boaters to use permanent and/or seasonal and/or transit moorings, to plan and manage their cruise by booking berths in advance (giving the date and time of arrival, dimensions and characteristics of the craft, as well as requesting any services of interest from those offered by marina facilities, such as car rental, restaurants, boat maintenance, etc.), and to book transfers from one port to another port in the network.
This unique and well-coordinated service allows boaters to check the availability of berths at nearby ports, report any damage to the vessel or other requirements, request emergency healthcare or mechanical assistance, and obtain useful information.
The marinas in the Marinedi Network aim to satisfy boaters' every need by integrating the management structure and offering this wide range of value-added services, from taking care of the boat to organising the trip, guaranteeing a pleasant stay and a safe voyage.
The company is structured as a holding company, in which ideas and suggestions for the development of the network take into consideration and address the various life stages of the marinas: from optimising the structure of promotional and marketing activities through to its administrative, legal and financial management, and the provision of design and technical support, for its ongoing optimisation. The main headquarters in Rome is responsible for promoting, planning and developing ideas that are then implemented and managed at a regional level, in partnership with and/or involving local government bodies.
Over the next five years, the Marinedi Group aims to develop a network of approximately 20 marinas with a total of over 12,000 berths, all targeting the maxi yacht sector, without neglecting local and seasonal yachting.
Currently the network has seven operational marinas comprising approximately 3,300 berths, three marinas under development, which will add approximately another 3,100 berths, and finally nine marinas in the pipeline, for which the authorisation process is already underway, with more than 5,500 berths.
high quality planning and management standards.
Being part of the network allows individual facilities to benefit from the advantages of economies of scale, enabling them to enter into contracts with large service providers (air, rail, maritime, insurance, financial,, clothing, etc.) to the benefit of their customers. It also provides the opportunity to share experiences and make use of shared resources, take advantage of a simpler booking process and the opportunity to exchange berths, the opportunity to take part in trade events (boat shows) in a coordinated manner, and to be part of large-scale newspaper, television and online marketing campaign with limited outlay. The development backdrop and the resources employed will lead to the growth and expansion of an international network of marinas which are functionally interconnected, technologically advanced and managed as a unit, which can make a difference both in Italy and abroad.


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Your business can now reach thousands of discerning wine-loving travelers to this site as they plan their visit to the growing number of Yadkin Valley wineries and vineyards. Visitors to the wineries on the Yadkin Valley Wine Trail ® are seeking dining, lodging, shopping, cultural and recreation venues to enhance their visit to "The Heart of North Carolina Wine Country." Let them know you are here and want their business. Winery tourism is one of the few areas that continues to expand - now you be a part of it!
If you are a business located in or immediately adjacent to the Yadkin Valley, you have a unique opportunity to reach out to visitors coming to the area for winery visits. Our Yadkin Valley Wine Trail ® site caters specifically to the winery visitor. North Carolina is a state with a higher percentage of visitors arriving by auto than many other states along the east coast of the USA. There are over 10 million potential visitors within an eight hour drive.. Winery visitors have a higher average income than many other tourists. They are looking for a total experience when they visit Yadkin Valley wineries and vineyards. They are more likely to stay in bed and breakfasts and more likely to dine at upscale establishments. They have the disposable income for purchases such as antiques, art, and jewelry, and many are looking for recreational activities to supplement an extended stay. They tend to "tread lightly" on the local infrastructure. Your business can now capitalize on the opportunity to have them as *your* customers! With well over two dozen operating wineries and vineyards along the Yadkin Valley Wine Trail ® open to the public for winery or vineyard tours, tasting and sales, you can join the growing number of astute business owners who want to connect with these visitors. See below for additional information and advertising opportunities!
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6) In 2012, we hope to release our brand new Yadkin Valley Wine Trail ® Official Passport, with discounts in excess of $300 for visitors who purchase them at wineries and other select locations. This includes reduced tasting fees, discounts on post-tasting purchases, discounts on multiple nights lodging, discounts on beverages or desserts when entrees are purchased, and other savings to encourage winery tourists to visit *your* business.
Try it yourself - Imagine you are a winery tourist seeking information for a visit to the Yadkin Valley wineries. Search Google for the term 'wineries in the yadkin valley' or the term 'yadkin valley wineries.' Yadkin Valley Wine Trail ® has continually been listed at or very near the top of the first results page. Once visitors land on our Yadkin Valley Wine Trail ® site, they are easily able to locate your business and visit your home page.
Visitors to our Yadkin Valley Wine Trail ® website have clicked through to our Subscribed businesses over 66,000 times (on an annualized) basis through May 2012!
A click-through is a conscious and positive action taken by a visitor to visit a local business website which has a Subscribed Enhanced Listing with us. While a visitor who clicks on a Subscribed client's website does not guarantee a sale, it *does* indicate they had an express interest in finding out more about the business. With your Subscribed Enhanced Listing, we redirect them to *your* website where *you* can sell them on *your* particular service. Your presence on our Yadkin Valley Wine Trail ® maps and brochures makes you stand out from the crowd of non-Subscribing businesses. See below for comments from current advertisers on out site. We challenge you to find a more effective bang for your advertising buck anywhere!
3) Eighty percent of responding visitors surveyed had annual household incomes of at least $50,000; fifty-eight percent had household incomes in excess of $75,000; thirty-seven percent in excess of $100,000; fifteen percent in excess of $125,000; thirteen percent in excess of $150,000; and nine percent had household incomes in excess of $175,000 per year.
5) Fifty-five percent were North Carolina residents, followed by 7.5% from South Carolina, 6.2% from Florida, 3% from Virginia, 2% each from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio and Tennessee, and one percent each from Georgia, Washington and Michigan. Six respondents from outside the USA (Canada, the United Kingdom, India and Italy). Of the North Carolina residents, 52 percent were new visitors and 48 percent were repeat to the winery where the survey was distributed.
8) Activities linked with the respondents winery visits included sightseeing, fine dining, shopping, outdoor recreation, historical sites, entertainment, parks, museums and sporting events;.
NOTE: To see the full study published by ASU, click here. The study will be displayed in a new browser window. When finished, close that browser window to be returned to this page. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the ASU publication, which is maintained on the NC Department of Commerce web-site.
Yadkin Valley Businesses - Here Is Your Opportunity To Reach These Winery Visitors!
1) Add your business listing to the Yadkin Valley Wine Trail ® site now. With a Subscribed Enhanced Listing, your business name, address and phone number, along with a hyperlink to your home page listed on this site. That same information, plus geo-coordinates, will also be placed on our Google map to assist visitors in finding your business.
2) Your Subscribed Listing entitles you to be included in our Yadkin Valley Wine Trail ® printed map/brochure. You will receive a supply of Yadkin Valley Wine Trail ® printed maps/brochures to pass out to visitors to your business. Other participating businesses will also receive a supply of map/brochures, so you will receive the benefits of pooled advertising to reach the maximum number of wine-loving visitors at a minimal cost. Brochures will also be placed at area Visitor Centers, Chambers of Commerce, and Convention Centers. The initial run was 10,00 maps and brochures. They will be updated on a regular basis as new participating businesses join the Yadkin Valley Wine Trail ® . Each business will be provided with a Yadkin Valley Wine Trail ® window decal (see below) which you may display in your business. You will also be licensed for the annual period to use the trademarked term "Yadkin Valley Wine Trail ®" for advertising your business as you deem appropriate. The brochure will ultimately be available online to site visitors so they may print a copy in advance of their trip to the Yadkin Valley Wine Trail ®.
If you would like more information about promoting your business along the Yadkin Valley Wine Trail ®, click here and a pre-addressed e-mail message will appear. Your privacy will be respected, and your e-mail address will not be sold, bartered, or traded. Thank you for your interest!


Albion manager Chris Hughton hailed a big win after his side fought back from a goal down to beat Fulham 2-1 this afternoon.
Goals from Sam Baldock and Glenn Murray took the Seagulls to an 11th win of the season as they closed the gap on Championship leaders Newcastle, who lost 1-0 at home to Blackburn, to two points.
Hughton said: "It's a big win, more so because it wasn't one of our better performances. They were better than us in the first half, we afforded them too much room and we didn't keep the ball well enough.
"We were probably grateful for half-time coming but I always felt the second half would be different - whether we could get the goals, you never know."
Albion closed the gap on leaders Newcastle to two points and remain four points ahead of third-placed Reading. Hughton said: "It's unexpected for Newcastle to lose but this is the Championship. Any of us on good runs can lose a game and this is a game we could have lost but the team that's closest to Newcastle at the end of the season will have a great chance of getting promotion."
Fulham head coach Slavisa Jokanovic said: "We played very well in the first half and created lots of chances but they punished us very hard in the second half.
"We didn't find the end product, didn't put the ball in the net and gave away two very cheap goals and paid a hard price."


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Ephraim Nehemiah is a published writer, educator and nationally touring poet who uses call and response, compelling narratives and cultural expression rooted in Black performance art to create a transformative experience. The work explores adds to dialogue around navigating trauma, social injustice, and finding joy within the struggle. Ephraim is currently a teaching artist at Dewmore Baltimore in Maryland as well as the former coach of nationally ranked teams at Brave New Voices and the College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational respectively. Ephraim has also performed in collaboration with the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, The Cleveland Foundation, TEDx Talks, Button Poetry, The Saul William's World tour and many others. Ephraim is the recent recipient of the Karamu In the House Residency as well as the Cleveland Arts Prize On the Verge Fellowship and will be completing their first full length poetry collection and one-person show which will debut in 2021.
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The Best Rose Gold Unisex Watches for Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day is just around the corner and what better way to share the love than with a beautiful timepiece in rose gold? On trend for the past couple of years, everyone from Michelle Obama to Minnie Mouse is falling for this delicate take on gold. One to Watch takes a look at this popular metal and shares some of David's favourite rose gold timepieces.
Pink is synonymous with romance and over the past couple of years, rose gold has swept through the jewellery market – in 2016 it beat 18-carat white gold as the top choice for engagement rings. In the same year Pantone named Rose Quartz one of its two 'colours of the year' alongside a blue hue it called Serenity.
Rose gold – also known as pink gold – is made from a combination of gold and copper, hence the hue. How much pink is determined by the ratio of the two metals – higher carats have a higher gold to copper ration which produce a softer, purer rosiness. As the copper content rises, the gold deepens to a red.
But this isn't the first time we've fallen in love with rose gold. The hue first gained popularity in the 1800s in Imperial Russia, thanks Carl Fabergé – best known for his remarkable Easter eggs created for Alexander III and his son Nicholas II. Consequently it was known as Russian Gold. Cartier helped it gain wider popularity in the 1920s – a decade known for its excess but also its femininity, thanks to the celebrity status of flapper girls, such as Zelda Fitzgerald, Barbara Stanwyck and Clara Bow. And Tiffany & Co. has used rose gold in its jewellery since the 1970s.
Rose gold has also long been a favourite in the watchmaking world – 24 carat gold tends to be too soft for watch cases so it gets mixed with an alloy, like copper, to toughen it up. The typical copper content in an 18ct rose gold case will be about 20% and sometimes silver is mixed in as well to soften the tone further.
Rose gold's softer tone suits men and women and has a versatility that makes it very wearable as either a day watch or for a special event. It also adds a touch of warmth to the wrist. Here, David shares his five favourite male and female rose gold watches.
First launched in 1945 to celebrate Rolex's 40th anniversary, the Datejust was the first self-winding wristwatch that incorporated the date into the dial. More than 60 years later, it is still considered one of Rolex's most iconic timepieces. Initially only available in gold, the 18 carat rose gold case soon followed, as did feminine options like this one.
Another timeless classic, Patek's Calatrava was first introduced in 1932 and its elegant style continues to inspire watch collectors today. Like the Datejust, the Calatrava comes in male and female styles, like this manually wound reference 4905 with 18 carat rose gold casing.
At Baselworld 2017, Patek Philippe pulled out the rose gold stops when it unveiled its Calatrava "Squelette" reference 5180/1R in 18K rose gold. This skeletonised version was launched to mark the 40th anniversary of the manufacture's calibre 240 and placed the movement front and centre in a design so intricate that it can take an engraver a minimum of 130 hours to complete.
Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Sun Moon
Considered the first sports watch, Jaeger LeCoultre's Reverso was created in 1931 for polo-playing British officers in India who kept smashing their watches. Eighty six years later, its unique slide and flip mechanism is a firm favourite with collectors and celebrities – Jon Hamm, Leonardo DiCaprio and Eva Mendes have all been seen sporting one. Rose gold has long been a popular metal for this watch and back in 1991, Jaeger-LeCoultre marked the timepiece's 60th anniversary with an ornate 14 carat rose gold movement.
Jaeger-LeCoultre Vintage Master Control
A relative youngster in the watch collecting world, the Master Control was introduced in 1992 and revolutionised the way in which automatic wristwatches were tested. The watch itself was designed with a simple aesthetic – a perfectly balanced dial that allows for easy reading. The attention was unabashedly on functionality and long-term performance. This one is housed in an 18 karat solid rose gold case and features a triple date calendar – the inspiration for the brand's modern day Master Calendar.
Introduced in 2007, Cartier's distinctive watch is a firm favourite with men and women alike. Since then, Cartier has unleashed a host of different styles, all featuring its distinctive blue sapphire cabochon crown – the 'blue balloon'. At least 20 versions incorporate rose gold into the design – either as a detail, as found in 36 mm, 18K pink gold, leather, sapphire, all the way to a full-on pink bonzana in the 36 mm, 18 karat pink gold with diamonds and sapphire.
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The big shift: half of the 1,000 new startups in India this year are B2B. Here's why.
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An upsurge in business-to-business (B2B) startups and the emergence of deep tech were among the highlights from Indian software industry body Nasscom's annual report on the startup scene, released today.
Over 1,000 new startups cropped up in India this year, and almost half of them were in the B2B segment, says the report. Taking into account only tech companies incorporated from 2012 to 2017, India now has over 5,000 startups, making it the world's third-largest startup ecosystem.
Source: Nasscom.
B2B's share of overall tech startup funding has risen to almost one-third, with increased corporate involvement with startups, especially in fintech, partly fueling this growth. This involvement takes different forms, ranging from collaboration programs to accelerators and investments. Over 50 M&A deals in the first half of the year also show an uptick in global corporate interest in Indian startups.
The rise of B2B is significant because it leverages India's tech talent base, built up over decades of providing software development and services to the world. The SaaS (software-as-a-service) model of startups targeting large enterprises as well as small businesses has attracted most of the B2B funding.
The rise of B2B is significant because it leverages India's tech talent base, built up over decades of providing software development and services to the world.
"The rise of B2B startups augers well for a balanced growth of India's startup ecosystem, where adequate premium is being paid to all steps of the value chain, rather than to consumer services alone," says Alok Mittal, founding member of the Indian Angel Network. "This is likely to create more global product companies out of India."
See: 45 hot product startups from India and their cool ideas
A big driver for the rise of B2B startups and corporate involvement is fintech. India's demonetization gave it a push towards the end of last year. The government has also pushed the adoption of biometric digital ID Aadhaar and a unified payments interface (UPI) with a lightweight Bhim app.
The bigger companies like Alibaba-backed Paytm were the first to see their traction take off after demonetization. But now we're seeing new innovators riding the fintech wave. Digital payments and lending have matured as well, and there are emerging opportunities in wealth management and insurancetech.
State governments are also getting into the act, such as Andhra Pradesh, which started building Vizag on the east coast into a fintech hub last year. The Monetary Authority of Singapore is collaborating with the AP government, while fintech hub from Singapore Lattice80 announced that its first center abroad would be in Vizag.
The multiplier effect of fintech on economic growth and jobs is evident from developments in China, and India wants a piece of the action. Both the startup base and funding in fintech have grown significantly this year.
One-third of the fintech funding has gone into startups using advanced tech for analytics, including artificial intelligence, especially for use cases like credit risk assessment.
Deep tech as a whole has been figuring more prominently among new startups, with advanced analytics and AI being the most recurrent themes in multiple verticals. AI, however, takes many forms among these startups, from deep learning to various hybrids of big data analytics with machine learning and human-assisted AI.
IoT (internet of things) startups have reached a significant number, while blockchain technology is beginning to emerge.
See: What's hot, what's not, and why: VC funding in India this year
Bangalore, Delhi, and Mumbai continue to be the main startup hubs. But the report points out that one-fifth of the new startups this year are from second-tier towns, suggesting a broadening of the ecosystem. The median age of founders has risen to 32, with nearly half of them being in their 30s or early 40s. The report also noted that only about one out of 10 founders is female.
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Q: Google app engine localhost server error python I was just trying to run the hello world program in google app engine. But when I try to run the application on my browser I get a 500 server error. I tried re-installing both GAE app engine launcher and python 2.7.5. But no luck!
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class MainPage(webapp2.RequestHandler):
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version: 1
runtime: python27
api_version: 1
threadsafe: true

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the log is to big so i  pasted it here http://paste.ubuntu.com/6195427/
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I was using a proxy to connect to the internet. Just disabled the proxy and voila! Problem solved!

A: Indendation is part of Python syntax. Indent correctly:
class MainPage(webapp2.RequestHandler):
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And, replace following line in app.yaml (There's no application in hello.py, but app):
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Home » Charlotte » Event » Music » TYE TRIBBETT – ALL THINGS NEW TOUR
TYE TRIBBETT – ALL THINGS NEW TOUR
End Date: March 31, 2023
Location: Knight Theater 430 S Tryon St, Charlotte, NC 28202
Multiple GRAMMY® Award winner, 11-time Billboard chart-topper, and Soul Train Music Award-winning icon Tye Tribbett continues to send positive vibes with new song "Anyhow" amid virus. Released November 6, 2020, the song is a raw proclamation that encourages people to persevere, no matter how challenging the circumstance. Marked by gritty determination, "Anyhow" is a necessary addition to the soundtrack of this year. The song follows Tribbett's hit single, "We Gon' Be Alright." With over 8.4 million global streams since its release in April 2020, the song debuted at #1 on Billboard's Digital Song Sales chart (May 2020) and earned a #1 spot on Billboard's Gospel Airplay chart in October 2020.
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Dworczyk: We vaccinate less than is indicated by the operational capacity
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Although we have the operational capacity to vaccinate over 3.5 million people a month, for the next coming months we will be able to vaccinate only 1 million citizens per month. "It is conditioned by the EU agreement," explains the head of the Office of the Prime Minister, Michał Dworczyk.
Dworczyk explained what vaccination model was adopted by Poland. "Just like a large part of the European Union countries," he noted.
"We divide each delivery of vaccines into two parts: half stays in the Material Reserve Agency warehouse in the cold stores and waits for the time being to be used for a second vaccine. The first part goes to vaccination centers," he said.
"We have adopted this solution because we want to have a guarantee of the vaccination for the already first-time vaccinated patient who has not yet acquired immunity, because the manufacturer himself states that this immunity after the first dose is about 52 percent, and only the second dose guarantees 95 percent of immunity," said the head of the Office of the Prime Minister.
Michał Dworczyk noted that currently the monthly number of vaccinations in Poland is about 1 million.


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