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Ysidro Gonzales and his family took shelter at a martial arts studio in Refugio when Hurricane Harvey hit. He says their home seven miles away is "gone."
As the sun sets Tuesday night in Refugio, Texas, Ysidro Gonzales says he knows he's lucky to be standing in a town without electricity or plumbing.
He and his extended family took shelter at a martial arts studio the night Hurricane Harvey slammed into the Texas coast. He based the decision to stay in the town on experience: He has weathered coastal storms for decades. He also counted on distance: Refugio is about 30 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico.
But as Harvey moved over Refugio, doubt swept in and his thoughts went to his family, waiting it out with him at Cordero's Training Academy.
"It went through my mind hundreds of times. We didn't even think this building was gonna hold up," he says.
As for what has happened to his home seven miles south?
Cordero's Training Academy, just off Highway 77, is one of the few buildings in Refugio that's still sturdy enough to serve as a temporary shelter for Gonzales, his wife, two daughters, his 1-year-old granddaughter, his mother and about a dozen other relatives.
After Hurricane Harvey came ashore Friday, it basically parked near Refugio, unleashing hurricane-force winds, rain and tornadoes on the town of 3,000.
Refugio, a town of about 3,000, sits at the very end of Highway 183 between Victoria and Corpus Christi.
On two visits Monday and Tuesday night, I saw extensive damage to almost every structure in town. Gas station canopies crumpled up and thrown aside. Entire sides of hotels sheared off. Anything not tied down was thrown into the streets and highways – including RVs, sheds and mobile homes.
As Harvey slowed Saturday morning, it essentially parked near Refugio, unleashing hurricane-force winds, lightning, rain and tornadoes – all seen through the front doors of the dojo.
If all of this weren't enough of an emotional pressure cooker for the family, Gonzalez had his kidney removed two weeks before the storm. He says he's recovering from cancer. For now, he has what he needs to dress and clean the wound.
His wife, Violet, is glad they left their home and went downtown.
"You really don't get the help you need when you're out in the country like you do if you live in town," she says.
It's help Refugio and surrounding towns will need. Right now, the city has a curfew. Folks who are staying must shelter in their homes or wherever they can overnight. In daylight hours, there are limited services, spread initially by word-of-mouth, eventually by social media once cell service was restored Tuesday.
Here and there, groups from other coastal communities bring water, toiletries and other essentials. The Refugio HEB is damaged and closed, but it has hosted residents and first responders in its parking lot, serving food and providing some relief. Water was turned on temporarily, but then shut off because of storm-related damage. Electricity was off as of early this morning.
The Gonzales family has a generator to run lights and a fan. And they have a propane grill.
Gabriela Gonzales and her mother, Violet Gonzales, stand outside Cordero's Training Academy, where they took shelter with their extended family during Harvey. Violet says she's glad they left their home during the storm because "you really don't get the help you need when you're out in the country."
Violet says it's going to have to do, but she's ready for a change.
This will have to be home for now, but what's next for the Gonzalez family and the rest of Refugio is unclear.
And so are a lot of others. Most service jobs at the local stores, restaurants and hotels were effectively destroyed with their buildings. Rebuilding will take months and months. The owner of the local America's Best Inn franchise didn't want to talk on tape, but did say it's too early to tell if he even can rebuild.
The Gonzales family is staying put as long as they can. Friends and police check in to make sure they have what they need in their unconventional shelter.
For now, the town of Refugio, will be their refuge.
Harvey brought catastrophic flooding and damage to parts of Texas. Houston was especially hard hit, with rain totals estimated in excess of 50 inches. Thousands of homes have been damaged.
The devastation will leave many people in need of help rebuilding their lives, and in the meantime, many people will need help making it day-to-day.
Here are some ideas for how you can help.
Vanessa Dean, 35, sat in a chair by a row of forest-green cots her family had been sleeping on for four nights and recounted how they left their home in Nixon, Texas, on Friday as Hurricane Harvey barreled toward the coast.
Austin Mayor Steve Adler is calling on Austinites to help fellow Texans taking shelter here by making 6,000 "welcome kits" for the Austin Disaster Relief Network.


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McKinley Lenard Price (born March 10, 1949) is an American politician and dentist who served as the mayor of the city of Newport News, Virginia from 2010 until 2022.

Career
Price graduated from Collis P. Huntington High School in 1967 and Hampton Institute in 1971 before serving in the United States Army as a commissioned officer. He was honorably discharged as a first lieutenant in 1972. Price attended Howard University College of Dentistry, after which he performed a general anesthesia residency at Providence Hospital in Baltimore.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Price helped by encouraging people to get vaccinated and administering vaccinations himself.

Personal life
Price is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. Price is married to Valerie Scott Price, a retired teacher of thirty years who worked with the Newport News Public School System. Together, they have two children.

See also

Newport News, Virginia

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Home » 10 Good Reasons to go cycling in north Mallorca – Duva Aparthotel
10 Good Reasons to go cycling in north Mallorca – Duva Aparthotel
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You must Agree with our booking conditions and our privacy policy to continue I have read and accepted the booking conditions and the privacy policy The friendliness of Its people and the great little coffee and cake stops in the middle of the mountains are tempting in Themselves, and a chilled beer on the seafront at the end of a long ride adds panache to any cyle trip.
But it's the ease and hassle-free nature of This Island, Already fully set-up for tourism and the emptiness of the out of season That really Begins to draw the crowds.
No matter your level, age, expertise, type of holiday, nationality .
Mallorca is pretty near perfect for a cycling holiday at anytime of year Between January and November.
The 312 Mallorca Challenge, as it's name suggests, is a huge loop around the circumference of the island Entire, all 312km of it.
A massive achievement in itself, the race draws pros and amateurs Thousands of, some serving as training for the season's big sportives.
There are 225 km and 167 Also km options under the same event, Which Takes place every year in April.
Other big cycling challenges to look out for are the half Alcudia IRONMAN 70.
3 in May, the triathlon Mallorca in Colonia Sant Jordi Also in April / May and the Challenge Paguera Triathlon in October.
Mallorca has over 1200 km of well-maintained roads.
You can not cycle on the motorways but there are tracks and country lanes, secondary roads Between the villages and coastal routes That combines spectacular Mediterranean sea views With technical rides, around the whole island.
You can climb up onto the steepest peaks of the Tramuntana mountain range, along the sheer drops of craggy coastal routes and over the flat plain Which Makes up the center of the island.
Out of season the temperatures drop, the holiday tourists return home and best of all, the roads clear of rental cars and exhaust fumes, leaving them clean and clear to cycle on.
Locals are careful drivers and tend to go slow a combination of little inner city motorway and driving experience, livestock on the country lanes, chatting and tractors blocking roads and neighbors Often general slow living and relaxed attitude to life.
The upsurge of cyclists visiting Mallorca has meant the island has started to invest in ITS road network, and as a consequence now have not only good roads, but well routes signposted, so your cycling holidays in Mallorca can be easy to organize and fully independent.
Self-guided cycling holidays in Mallorca are made possible thanks to comprehensive and accessible and fully marked cycle routes all over the island.
Having Said That, you can join a training camp Simple past or an Organized cycle tour, joining other like minded individuals, pooling knowledge and expertise and sharing in the fun.
Speak to the folks at our pro-cycle-hire shop on the hotel premises for more info on how to join a group ride.
Possibly the single MOST attractive About cycling in Mallorca thing is it's balmy Mediterranean climate.
While the UK and the rest of Europe are still covered in ice, sleet and rain, making cycling not only a drag but dangerous too, Mallorca Awakens to the New Year with bright blue skies and dry empty roads and the season's first cyclists begin to arrive around then.
With an average 300 days of sunshine a year, cycling holidays in Mallorca are best out of season are sure to When You enjoy warm sunny days in the middle of winter.
The weather is milder, still warm, sometimes hot positively, but bearable and far better for long days outdoors on your bike.
Have Cycling hotels started to pop up all over Mallorca, especially in the north of the island, around Puerto Pollensa, catering to the specific needs of cycling groups and training camps visiting the island to Prepare for the cycling season.
Hotels, villa rentals and self-catering apartments, as well country as hostels and luxury sport hotels offer Specialized cycle training holidays, with added services Aimed at the holiday cyclist airport and bike transfers, bike hire, safe lock ups and mechanical assistance, training camps , spas and gym facilities, nutritionally balanced meals, all added benefits of opting for a more pro cycling approach to your accommodation.
Choosing a good hotel in Mallorca sport is the key to Ensuring You have a safe and functional base for your cycling holidays in Mallorca.
Declared World Heritage Site by Unesco in 2011, the Serra de Tramuntana mountain range runs parallel to the western coast of Mallorca, forming the backbone of the island.
Its highest peak, the Puig Major stands at 1445 m, followed closely by Puig Massanella at 1364 m.
ITS cycling or small sections length is no mean feat cycling.
The route, Which extends from Andratx in the south west to the Cape of Formentor in the north east, is 150 km long and About Allows the more extreme ample room to test cyclist Themselves and Their bikes against the mighty Tramuntana.
Leisure cycling holidays in Mallorca are a great way to explore the island and enjoy an altogether new experience in holidays in the Mediterranean.
Whether you are new to cycling, joining a group of cycling buddies, biking with family and kids or a pro cyclist looking for training ground, central the plain have thousands upon thousands of flat, well sign posted roads, hilly in the foothills, rugged along Stunningly beautiful the coast and in the interior.
As a top holiday destination with a an international airport and Hundreds if not Thousands of reasonably priced, regular, short haul, daily Vuelos Europe Throughout the year, Mallorca cycling holidays Makes organizing to the island easy and hassle free.
The growing demand for cycling holidays in Mallorca has inspired a wealth of new cycling shops to open all over the island, with highly professional bike repair and rentals in the north of the island, specializing in quality bikes for hire.
Our bike hire of choice however, you've got to be Bruce and Lisda's Pro Cycle Hire Mallorca shop in Puerto Pollensa.
Apart from letting bikes and kit They Also Organize group rides, and are probably the oldest and MOST rentals company experienced cycling in the area.
Lucky for us, we have a small outlet of theirs in our hotel! Renting a bike on the island is a great way of Avoiding the stress and expense of Transporting your bike on cycling holidays in Mallorca.
Mallorca is not only sunny for MOST of the year and wonderful to visit out of season, but it offers far cheaper rates in the spring and winter months too! Accommodation Lower costs, better deals on flights, bike hire and restaurants.
The roads are empty, the weather is mild and the locals are more relaxed, so if you are thinking of planning your cycling holidays in Mallorca Mallorca keep in mind That out of season is at its best.
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Park Rapids Area Community Fund awards $12,000 in grants
By Kevin Cederstrom on Dec 13, 2016 at 10:31 a.m.
The Park Rapids Area Community Fund announced the recipients of this year's grant award round. From left, Nicole Lalum of the Park Rapids Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce; Jennifer Therkilsen, Kinship of Park Rapids; Barb Thomason, Liz Smith amd Ruth Ann Campton, Parks Board; Dawn Penning and Sara Kovach, Century Elementary PEACE Project; Paul Dove, Arts and Cultural Advisory Commission; Ryan Mathisrud, City of Park Rapids. (Kevin Cederstrom/Enterprise)
Six local community initiatives will receive grants to help fund programs.
Nicole Lalum of the Park Rapids Area Community Fund (PRACF), along with Lisa Peterson of the Northwest Minnesota Foundation, announced this week the recipients of the 2016 grant award round totaling $12,000. This is the second award cycle from the fund as a revitalization and utilization of the endowment have been made a priority within the community.
According to information released by Lalum, the Park Rapids Area Community Fund is open to a broad variety of programs, initiatives and areas of action. It has identified five priority areas: education and youth, community character, recreation and cultural opportunities and health care.
Recipients of this year's grant award include the following:
Community Careers Coordinator - A project through the Park Rapids School District and a collaborative effort with businesses to help facilitate further interaction between students and the business community. This position at the school helps get local businesses from the community into the schools, as well as teachers and students out into the community businesses.
Downtown restrooms - A project of the city's Parks Board to provide public restrooms in Pioneer Park on Main Avenue in downtown Park Rapids. Ruth Ann Campton, Liz Smith and Barb Thomason of the Park Rapids Parks Board said through grants and the "Dump Your Change" collection program fundraising for the project is on its way. The Parks Board is selling personalized bricks for a pathway in the park as a way to raise additional funds. The bricks are being sold for $100 and Smith suggests this is a good Christmas gift opportunity. Those interested in purchasing a brick to help support the downtown bathroom project may contact City Hall.
The PEACE Project - Parents Encouraging Each Other at Century Elementary addresses education and skill-building in the realm of parenting for families and youth. Dawn Penning and Sara Kovach represent the PEACE Project at the school and said the grant funds will go to help support this growing program. PEACE reaches out to needy families in the area to provide education and bridge the gap for families to be successful in the community and their homes.
PEACE meets monthly during the school year and regularly brings in educational speakers for presentations. The project provides day care and meals for families during these programs.
PEACE started four years ago and has expanded to 30 adults and 50-60 children involved this year. Penning said this program is a good opportunity for these parents and families involved to connect with other people.
Armory Square Startup - Funding to secure an administrative consultant to assist with operations until an executive director can be procured. This consultant will help establish policies and form partnerships on behalf of Armory Square.
Kinship Reading Buddies - To engage first grade students in learning the critical life skill of reading. Kinship Executive Director Jennifer Therkilsen described the Reading Buddies program for Park Rapids and Nevis students as a way for first graders to receive a little extra encouragement and attention. Community members are recruited to become Reading Buddies. Therkilsen said the students get a new friend who comes to see them at the school. The ultimate goal of the program is to encourage the love of reading with the young students.
Arts and Culture Roadmap - Establishing a comprehensive plan for the Arts & Culture commission of the city to advance the part that these amenities and programming can play in enhancing the quality of place for residents and the greater community. Paul Dove described this commission as looking to identify an arts and culture road map for Park Rapids. The grant will help fund the road map to identify projects the city can put in its Capital Improvement Plan.
The Park Rapids Area Community Fund is a component of the Northwest Minnesota Foundation and was established to stimulate projects that improve the quality of life in the community and help to achieve Park Rapids' vision for its future. These projects all described partnerships and collaboration within the Park Rapids area. The advisory council also considers sustainability, feasibility and community impact when making award selections. Matching funds, both in-kind and cash, were also identified on these projects.
Organizations with projects that align with the priorities of the Community Fund are encouraged to make contact regarding the next grant cycle. More information is available through the Northwest Minnesota Foundation and the Park Rapids Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce.
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Q: Add variables conditionally I am using dplyr package and want to create variable only if condition exists. The function below performs recoding and works fine. I want this line of code !!var := ifelse(is.na(as.numeric(!!var)), 0, !!var) run only if the variable has missing values. I also need to check whether the variable name is valid or not.
recoding <- function(df, var, interval) {
  var  <- enquo(var)
  var2 <- paste0(as_label(var), '_group')

  df <-  df %>% mutate(
    !!var := ifelse(is.na(as.numeric(!!var)), 0, !!var),
    !!var2 := Hmisc::cut2(!!var, cuts = interval)
  )

  message(var2, " variable has been created")
  return(df)
}

mtcars %>% recoding(mpg, c(0,20,50,Inf))

A: Answering here, as this will be too long for a comment.
I think I understand why you want to run the ifelse line only when there is NAs in the variable, to save time/resources. But it will be an overhead. You will be testing for NAs in the variable twice, first to check if there are any NAs, and after that to check which are NA to change them.
# lets check if the var has NAs (as per @akrun and @Gregor comments)
if (sum(is.na(!!var)) > 0) { # just now you just check all the var values to see if there is NAs
  df <-  df %>% mutate(
    !!var := ifelse(is.na(as.numeric(!!var)), 0, !!var), # And here you are checking again
    !!var2 := Hmisc::cut2(!!var, cuts = interval)
  )
}

The code as it is is perfect. You only check it once and if there are any NA the change will be done. If not, the variable will be the same. I know it's counterintuitive, but trying to perform the operation only in NAs-containing variables will not save you time or resources, in fact it will "double" them.
About the var name checking, try
  # checking if var is valid
  if (!as_label(var) %in% names(df)) {
    stop(as_label(var), ' is not present in df')
  }

just before the the data frame modification step. That way the function will throw and error if the variable var is nor in the data frame.

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Teaching obedience appears to be a more doable task than teaching the love of God. After all, reaching the heart of your child appears to be way beyond our capacity. Of course, it is beyond your capacity, but not beyond God's!
The children of Israel were a hard-hearted, complaining bunch. But Moses tells them that their first responsibility is to love God with all their hearts (Deuteronomy 10:12-13; 6:4-7). In Isaiah 29:13 teaches that rote obedience is turning from God.
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Emma has only had eyes for Isaac ever since she can remember. Hoping to get married in the fall, Emma is excited to finally be with the only one for her. However, Isaac asks her one question that leaves Emma heartbroken and wondering if Isaac really is the one for her.
I really enjoyed the overall story and the question of what would you compromise for the one you love. So many young girls face this question, and many don't respond the way Emma did. I was quite impressed with her stance and her commitment to God and her community.
I was left wondering many times how did they work through that?
On the other hand, this story had a lot of hiccups. I typically love all of Barbara's writing, but this one just didn't seem up to par with her other stories. I didn't feel the deep connection with any of the characters. Many times, the parts that should have been given more time and attention, they were just glossed over. For example, when Emma finds out about Isaac going to AA meetings. Everything was glossed over and before I knew it, I had flipped to the last page and everything was happy go lucky and everything was forgiven.
I was left wondering many times how did they work through that? Especially with Isaac and his hesitancy to join the Amish church. What was going on in his mind? What made him make the final decision? How is he going to cope with the overbearing bishop? Another oversight was the overbearing bishop. He was supposedly so overbearing, but yet most of the Amish in the story had cell phones. Sadly, the story just had many little holes that really took away from the overall feel, for me.
Once again, Barbara does a great job of allowing you to "catch up" with characters from her other stories.
Once again, Barbara does a great job of allowing you to "catch up" with characters from her other stories. I find that most interesting! I love catching up with the other characters and catching a glimpse of their lives now. I also loved the interactions between Lizzie and Emma. Not too many Amish stories show the sibling interactions, or they only show the serious side. I enjoyed reading the playfulness between these siblings and the mom.


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The Luck of Ginger Coffey: Brian Moore
"Fifteen dollars and three cents. He counted it and put it in his trouser-pocket. Then picked up his Tyrolean hat off the dresser, wondering if the two Alpine buttons and the little brush dingus in the hatband weren't a shade jaunty for the place he was going. Still, they might be lucky to him. And it was a lovely morning, clear and crisp and clean. Maybe that was a good augury. Maybe today his ship would come in."
Brian Moore's The Doctor's Wife and The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne concern female protagonists. The former novel is the story of a married woman who falls into an affair when her husband decides to not join her on holiday. The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne is the story of a spinster in her 40s, a piano teacher, who moves into a shabby boarding house where she meets the landlady's shifty brother. Both novels are 5 star reads.
The Luck of Ginger Coffey centres on an Irishman who's moved to Canada. When the novel opens, it's 1956 and 39-year-old Ginger Coffey has run out of luck… Ginger, his long-suffering wife, Veronica and daughter live in a third-rate boarding house. So far, Ginger has had a number of lucky breaks. When he left the army, his wife's family pulled strings to get him a job at a distillery. In a huff, Ginger resigned and so began an odyssey of different jobs in different towns.
Another lucky break: Ginger's father, a solicitor, died and left his son 2,000 pounds and so Ginger used that money to move to Canada ostensibly as a representative for a distillery. Ginger runs through his inheritance, and now there's a pittance left. Sensing disaster, Veronica wants him to use the money they have left to return to Ireland where at least relatives "would not let you starve so long as you were one of them." Trouble is there's not enough money for the tickets, and Veronica is unaware of this.
The novel follows Ginger's humiliating attempts to find employment. Since he's not really trained for anything, he has to start at the bottom and most employers consider him too old for jobs they hire kids for. At first Ginger takes a grandiose stance but soon he's ready to take whatever comes his way.
He went into the living room with the Montreal Star but he was too upset to read it. He went back into the kitchen and brought out two quarts of beer. Last of the last. He poured himself a glass, lay down on the sofa and switched the radio on, trying to salvage something out of this miserable bloody evening. He searched for music, for music hath charms and had better have, because, looking back on the day, he had a savage bloody breast on him, all right. Hat in hand to younger men, wife sniveling to strangers, asked to lie his way into some job he'd be caught out in, and what else? Oh, a savage bloody breast.
Ginger's charm worked in his youth, but now he comes across as sad and pathetic. He dresses somewhat inappropriately and the charm that got him places for all those years now seems tired, stale, and inappropriate.
"Hello there," Coffey said, jovially advancing with his large hand outstretched, the ends of his mustache lifting into a smile. And Beauchemin took the proffered hand, his mind running back, trying to place this guy. He could not recall him at all. A limey type and, like most limey types, sort of queer. Look at this one with his tiny green hat, short bulky car coat and suede boots. A man that age should know better than to dress like a college boy, Beauchemin thought.
Ginger isn't a bad man; he's feckless, happy-go-lucky and convinced that he's upper-management material. Basically Ginger has to suffer humiliations and grow up; his charm has worn thin, and since the day of reckoning has been delayed for over 2 decades, there are a lot of mortifying experiences along the way to his enlightenment. The underlying argument, of course, is that painful life lessons must be learned and the sooner the better. This is a much slighter novel than the other two I read from this author. I liked it but it wasn't as powerful. The best parts of the plot concern Ginger's working life at the newspaper and his camaraderie with fellow employees who all refer to their "Scottish Beelzebub" eagle-eyed boss as 'Hitler.'
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Interesting to see where this sits in the pecking order relative to the other two Moores you've read to date. I loved Judith Hearne, such a brilliant realised character given all her flaws and complexities…
Yes that is a marvellous book, and many scenes came back to me as I wrote this review.


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Yes, I think I bake them too long. But crispy is good. Thanks!
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VAT or Value Added Tax was first introduced in France somewhere in 1954. The concept of VAT is applying a tax only on the value added by each person at each stage; by allowing the person input credit of taxes paid up to his stage of procurement. Thus the tax is expected to reduce the concept of 'tax on tax', increase the gross domestic product of the economy and reduce prices. Overall it is known to be beneficial to both the consumer, business and the Government.


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The first wireless charging case for the Galaxy S4 is up for pre-order -- it'll let you just plop it onto a Qi pad to recharge.
Delighted by your glorious new Galaxy S4, but disgusted by having to plug it into the mains to charge it? Plugophobes rejoice! There's a new back cover for your Samsung smart phone that lets you plop it onto a pad and -- bing bong -- it's slurping juice like a 4-year-old in a soft-play centre.
Phone flogger MobileFun is offering the wireless charging case for £25, with it going on sale in the next four to six weeks, the retailer tells me. It comes in black or white and you can register your interest here.
You'll also need a charging pad, which MobileFun will sell you for £35, but it'll work with any charger compatible with the Qi wireless standard. You can find them online elsewhere for around £25, although MobileFun's version does have a little stand so you can see easily notifications as your phone charges.
Here's a quick video from MobileFun's well-spoken rep Alex demonstrating how it works. You can see the case looks very similar to the S4's standard case, albeit with a tiny 'm-cloud' logo, and is hardly any thicker than the one the phone comes with.
Qi is built into phones such as the Nokia Lumia 920 and Nexus 4, but the standard is being challenged by the grandly titled Power Matters Alliance, or PMA, which includes Samsung, HTC and LG. Samsung is sitting on the fence, allowing the S4 to be charged by covers of either standard instead of choosing one and building it into the phone.
Hopefully a winner will quickly emerge and we can all stop worrying about which wireless charging standard to choose. I tell you, it keeps me up at night.
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Hanley-Wood has been a go-to stop for china and fine gifts for five decades
By Kayla De La Peña
Photo By Jomando Cruz
Annabell Ames' connection with the gift and home boutiques store Hanley-Wood goes back long before she had a financial stake in it.
"My mother always shopped at the store and bought me lots of stuff over the years," she recalls of the shop that's been around since the mid-1960s. "I always loved the store and got a really good deal."
In 1985, Ames and her husband, George, purchased Hanley- Wood, and in the three decades since they have continued the shop's tradition in serving as a go-to stop among china collectors, newly engaged couples looking to register and, generally, anyone looking for a gift.
The goal of Hanley-Wood, which also has a location in Corpus Christi, is to help customers create dining rooms and other spaces that not only look beautiful, but can also be enjoyed with family and friends, Ames says. A family-run operation, the shop on Broadway in Alamo Heights has shelves that stretch from floor to ceiling, containing French, German, Italian, Irish, English and American china and porcelain, including brands such as Hermes, Royal Doulton and Pickard. In addition to china, Hanley-Wood carries silver, copper, stoneware, frames, leather goods and bar accessories—anything a homeowner would need to entertain. While some items on display, such as an antler bottle opener, can seem as if they've been picked randomly, everything has been selected with a purpose.
Brides-to-be looking to start a wedding registry can expect to be greeted by experts in the industry, including some employees who've worked at the store for more than 20 years. Ames is among them, sharing insights into china patterns and colors.
"I would never have anything in the store that I wouldn't have at my own home," she says. hanleywoodtx.com
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all right well welcome back everyone to another tech zone video I'm going to be talking about ReadyBoost for Windows Vista and Windows 7 and what this process basically does it basically speeds up your PC laptop or netbook which is what I'm using right now using a USB flash or a memory stick okay and what it does it creates memory cache it cached whatever for the computer and when you are in lack of RAM.
It will use that memory to create some additional RAM to handle those tough processes and all that okay so let's let's see how we enable ReadyBoost ok so, first of all, you will need to have USB flash or memory stick now what I have is an 8 gig USB flash which I will be using now here's the thing you cannot use a 1 gig flash drive ok in it ok you cannot use a one gig flash drive well you can but not all of them work so as sometimes really the two big ones so it's best.
So it's best that you get a 4 gig USB flash for best performance now I have a naked one you can even use SD cards or whatever there is any storable media ok so this is how your enabled it to go to my computer okay and now my flash is connected so now as 7.39 gigs free actually I think I have a couple of files in there think yeah I have some just one project okay anyways forget that.
So this is what you're going to do right click on it and you're going to click on properties okay once you get the properties you're going to go to ReadyBoost and there are two options you can select you can either dedicate the device which means it will use up all your memory on the USB flash which is what I did and it was worth it or you can select use this device and select a certain amount of memory to use just in case if you want to leave some space to put other files in there as well okay.
But I'm going to select dedicate this device because I don't really use this USB stick much only in certain cases and it will tell you how much it will be reserved it'll it will reserve about 7.5 gigs or something ok so let's click OK now your USB flash is all used up and if you go inside where there should be a file the ReadyBoost configuration file which you should not mess with and if you want to disable ReadyBoost all you need to do is just go back to the ReadyBoost properties and just click and select do not use this device it's better to do that option instead of deleting this ReadyBoost file okay alright.
Now here's how I noticed it now I'm on my netbook I have windows 7 ultimate in here and it was pretty slow so when I did this process it became a little fast and when I'm trying to preview my videos and Sony Vegas it started to play a little bit better without much of lags and all that but there are the lags but it's far more less than previously and also if you didn't know it will also extend your battery life if you didn't know now when I'm 100 when I have a hundred percent battery ok without ReadyBoost and the passing game is set to high-performance I had like 5 hours and 45 minutes battery life.


Located at 1091 Upper Sefton Road, Balcairn, the Kowai Archive was established in 1990 by members of the Sefton - Kowai Country Women's Institute, who decided to "collect, preserve, research and exhibit records to illustrate and record (the) cultural history of the area " The Amberley Historical Society established in the 1970's amalgamated with the Archives in the early 1990's.
The Archive is located in the former Kowai County Council building in Balcairn which was renovated by Archive members and supporters Built in 1922, the building has an Historic Places classification and its formal facade symbolizes the importance of local government in the community Inside are two marble war memorial plaques, reminders of the sacrifices made for freedom and peace by Kowai residents in the 20th century's two world wars.
The building was unfortunately badly damaged in the Canterbury earthquakes. Because of the extent of the damage the building is no longer able to be used by the Kowai Archives group and is not open to the public. The building is fenced off. The Council is currently waiting to receive a report from a structural engineering consultant on the options it has for strengthening and repairing the building, and the cost of this work.
The Archive also has responsibility for the Cob Cottage in Chamberlain Park, Amberley that was rebuilt by the Amberley Historical Society It houses a collection of furnishings and clothing used by the Kowai's early residents.
Our collection area is defined by the boundaries of the former Kowai County Council, running between the Ashley and Waipara Rivers, and the sea and Mt Grey.
Photographs of people, places and events.
Clubs, associations and business minute and record books.
Newspaper clippings from the 1870's to the present day.
An ongoing indexing programme allows easy access to this material. We are all volunteers with many years of local knowledge and are able to help with local and family history research.


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A reader writes:
Haven't you ever seen the Dukes of Hazzard? The reason the General Lee stock car - which they also used to race - was so ginned up and boss hog was always after them was because they were bootleggers!
Another writes:
The NASCAR-prohibition link is pretty widely known, and is a bit of a point of pride among NASCAR fans. (I am not a big fan, but living in North Carolina, am surrounded by them.) This is well known enough that it gets mentioned in the Will Ferrell movie, Talladega Nights.
In the context of Prohibition, it's worth mentioning that while the period between the 18th and 21st Amendments was certainly a high point for the whiskey runners, the phenomenon both started before it and continued afterwards.
The high tax on whiskey made (and continues to make) the production of untaxed liquor a profitable venture. It's still very possible to get a quart of lightning in a Mason jar (and in order to avoid self-incrimination, I'll neither confirm nor deny having sampled some fine homemade peach brandy from Surry County), and the NC Alcohol Law Enforcement division still has agents dedicated to hunting down the odd unlicensed still. In fact, it should say something about how much influence Prohibition had on this that these agents have been called "revenuers" for over a century.
Still, despite the ongoing presence of unregistered whiskey production, the stills are run largely by individuals, and the revenue is not sufficient to support organized crime around it. Take home message for pot: the underground market will persist after legalization, but probably without supporting gang activity.
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"[David Okert] says it emerged in the South after Prohibition ended, when all the former runners of liquor needed new uses for their driving skills and fast cars now that they could no longer make a profit smuggling booze."
First, it's Daniel Okrent - the same Danny Okrent who was public editor of the NYT. Second, this southern historian finds the dating all wrong. There's a long-standing legend (popularized by Tom Wolfe in "The Last American Hero") that NASCAR racers were ex-moonshiners - and indeed some of them (not all) were. But the end of Prohibition didn't mean the end of moonshining by a long shot; indeed, Junior Johnson, the subject of Wolfe's story, was a legendary moonshine runner in the 1940s and 1950s before turning his attention to NASCAR.
I thought you might be interested in Esquire's Tom Wolfe feature on Junior Johnson. I'm not a NASCAR fan, and this isn't about Prohibition as it was under the Eighteenth Amendment, but any article about a guy who ran moonshine, invented the so-called "bootleg turn", used fake police sirens to blow through roadblocks, was never caught during a chase, won 50 races in the days when auto racing was appallingly dangerous, ended up being pardoned by Reagan, and voted for Obama after being disgusted with John McCain's campaign tactics is worth a read, yes?
Related to your post on NASCAR, you and your readers might be interested in a review by Clay Risen, published earlier this year in Bookforum, of Real NASCAR by Daniel Pierce and He Crashed Me so I Crashed Him Back by Mark Bechtel. Risen refers to the connection between Prohibition and the rise of NASCAR at the very beginning:
Pioneered by bootleggers and shade-tree mechanics, stock-car racing was long a sport exclusive to the rural, southern working class. Races took place on red-clay tracks, and the cars were often the same ones drivers had used to haul moonshine the night before, with few modifications save for wider intake valves. Early drivers were famous womanizers and drinkers; one, Buddy Shuman, told a reporter, "Ma'am, I just take 'er down the straightaway. 'Lord Calvert' takes her through the turns."
I think your readers might be interested in the review since Risen makes clear the connections between NASCAR and both the culture and politics of contemporary US.
VBS.TV has a great little documentary on moonshining in South Carolina.
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La maison de Nappari () est un bâtiment du quartier de Kyttälä à Tampere en Finlande.

Présentation
La maison de Nappari  est un immeuble de trois étages construit par la compagnie de chapeaux et de fourrures Naparstok Oy en 1919–1920.
Le bâtiment est conçu par l'architecte Bertel Strömmer.

Jusqu'en 1960, la maison de Nappari abritait l'hôtel-restaurant Seurahuone .

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Bâtiment à Tampere
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This is an example of how to integrate RSpec tests with Sensu.

It uses a slight modification of the `check-rspec` Sensu check that I contributed to [Sensu Community Plugins](https://github.com/sensu/sensu-community-plugins/blob/master/plugins/rspec/check-rspec.rb).

The Sensu version is `0.19.2-1` and dashboard (Uchiwa) is version `0.9.0-1`. You can change either of these in `hieradata/common.yaml`.

If you require a Sensu sandbox VM, check out my [vagrant-sensu](https://github.com/bsnape/vagrant-sensu) repository.

## Installation

Install Ruby, Vagrant and VirtualBox.

Then install the gem dependencies:

```bash
$ bundle install
```

Install the Puppet modules:

```
$ bundle exec librarian-puppet install
```

Bring up the VMs (this will take a while):

```bash
$ vagrant up
```

## Usage

Once the 2 VMs (server and client) are up and running, navigate to the [Sensu dashboard](http://33.33.33.90:3000/).

Here you can see the two separate warning alerts for failed tests and an overall critical alert
displaying the summary of how many tests have failed.

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HKUST-Sino One Million Dollar Entrepreneurship Competition 2018
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) expanded its eighth annual One Million Dollar Entrepreneurship Competition to two more cities in China, making the total number of cities holding this competition to seven. Meanwhile, HKUST will introduce new initiatives for its one million dollar entrepreneurship competition in Hong Kong this year, in a bid to enhance diversity and experience of the participants, as well as facilitating public engagement in this contest.
Thanks to the generous support of Sino Group, the annual signature contest of HKUST is renamed HKUST-Sino One Million Dollar Entrepreneurship Competition 2018 this year for the Hong Kong station. Over the past few years, the competition has eventually grown from a platform to nurture promising entrepreneurs at HKUST, into a regional contest after launching in Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Macau in 2016. This year, HKUST takes the competition to the next level by introducing it in Foshan and Zhongshan – covering a total of 6 other cities in the Greater Bay Area. Increasing the scale of the competition does not only reinforce the collaboration between UST and other cities in the Greater Bay Area, but also foster interaction, promote creativity and advancement among entrepreneurs in China.
In Hong Kong's competition, 24 contestants – double that of last year, will be allowed to join a round called the Elevator Pitch where each team gets to pitch their business proposals in 90 seconds, similar to the duration of a lift ride, which is a real life mimic met by many startups.
To facilitate public's participation in entrepreneurial events, HKUST will introduce for the first time an online public voting session, where the public gets to select the better performers out of the 24 Elevator Pitch contestants, whose performance will be posted online. The public voting results will contribute 10% of the scores for the Elevator Pitch Award.
HKUST will also set up an Online Matching Platform to help match participants with interested parties from across and outside of Hong Kong. Prof Gary Chan, Director of the University's Entrepreneurship Center, said the move was to foster diversity, "We see the importance of bringing young entrepreneurs with different backgrounds together to exchange ideas. Students, alumni, researchers, faculty and staff can form teams with people from other universities and organizations across the city and around the world."
Sino Group has entered into a 5-year partnership of title sponsorship with The HKUST in this project. Mr Daryl Ng, Deputy Chairman of Sino Group, is delighted that the Group's support will bring hope for the young people to pursue their aspiration in entrepreneurship, "We always believe that cultivation of entrepreneurial spirit at a young age is important for their upward mobility and Hong Kong's continued prosperity. This competition provides a platform in an interesting and innovative way for the youngsters to share minds and exchange business ideas. It also serves as a testing ground for the contestants to put their learning into practice and encourages the winning teams with financial awards to realize their dreams."
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