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OLYMPIC GOLF COURSE PRESS ROOM
Golf returns as an Olympic sport at the 2016 Rio Games this August after a 112-year absence. The Olympic Golf Course in Brazil was built especially to host the Games. The course is a model of environment
al stewardship. It was grassed using varieties that require less water and less fertilizer. Zeon Zoysia, developed by Bladerunner Farms and grown in Brazil by Green Grass Brasil, creates a highly-playable, lush surface. In the fairway, the ball tends to sit up as if on a tee. All the while, Zeon Zoysia stands up to varying water quality, reduced amounts of fertilizer and water for irrigation, and tends to choke out weeds—a major factor considering herbicides cannot be used on this site. All weeds are pulled by hand. This PRESS ROOM offers you the resources you need to tell the story of the Olympic Golf Course, the significance of the project, how it was designed & built, how sustainability figured into the planning & construction of the course, and information about the people who made it happen.
WHY IT'S A BIG STORY
• Golf as an Olympic Sport, returns after 112 years.
• Olympic Golf Course built to host the 2016 Rio Games.
• Prior to his selection as the sod producer for the Olympic Golf Course, Marcelo Matte of Green Grass Brasil had less than one acre of Zeon Zoysia in country. His farm was 1,000 miles away in southern BraZil. The story of how He expanded the grass material, trucked it 1,000 miles north and created a sod farm closer to Rio is one of overcoming obstacles and demonstrating sheer will to accomplish the job.
• Sustainability Critical to the Success of the golf course: NO herbicides for weed control. Grasses use less water, less fertilizer
• The Olympic Golf Course has been in planning, construction & grow-in for the past 4 years
• Olympic Committee's sustainability goals met at the golf course
• British golf course superintendent locates to Brazil to grow-in the golf course
• Specialty grasses developed in the United States
• Zeon Zoysia, planted on the fairways of the Olympic Golf Course, is the same grasse used for Tiger Woods' first U.S. golf course, Bluejack National near Houston, and Trinity Forest, new home of the AT&T Byron Nelson PGA golf tournament
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FACT SHEET – Dates, stats, facts, major players
BOOKLET: 2016 – The Year of Zoysia
BOOKLET: Zoysia as a Game Changer
March 2016: Test Event Held, Reviews Promising for Rio Golf Course
December 2014: Rio Olympic Golf Course Complete
August 2014: Grassing Underway at Olympic Golf Course
July 2013: Green Grass Brasil Announced as Sod Producer for Olympic Golf Course
February 2013: Grass Selection Announced for Olympic Golf Course
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Photos of construction of course, finished golf course, first golf shots hit on golf course, people who made it happen. CLICK HERE to access photos.
INTERVIEW AVAILABILITY
Prior to the event: David Doguet of Bladerunner Farms, Marcelo Matte of Green Grass Brasil, and superintendent Neil Cleverly are available for phone interviews.
During the Olympics: David Doguet, Marcelo Matte & Neil Cleverly will be in Brazil at the Olympic Golf Course during the two weeks of events and will be available for in-person interviews on-site
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August 10, 2016: Unplayable Lies – Olympic Fever – Catch it or Else
Covering the Olympic Golf Course, Unplayable Lies refers to Zeon Zoysia this way: It's the Frank Sinatra of turf grass…. If you can make it there…. Joking aside, it's an interesting process and the turf's ability to survive such harsh conditions is important in maintaining courses in a wide variety of locales.
August 9, 2016: The San Diego Union – Tribune – How the Rio golf course was built (not easily)
Sitting on the bank of a lake along the fifth fairway of the Olympic Golf Course on Monday afternoon was a capybara, oblivious to the orange lawnmowers rumbling past or golfers from Sweden or Indonesia or Paraguay hitting approach shots during practice rounds. It just sat there, happy as can be, not a concern in the world, like it owned the place.
August 9, 2016: SC Now News – Rickie Fowler seeks to make most of Olympic experience, and to inspire jealousy
RIO DE JANEIRO – Walking from the driving range to the first tee Sunday morning at Olympic Golf Course, Rickie Fowler passed by Gil Hanse, the architect who had designed the course. Hanse greeted Fowler, a friend from previous meetings, and shook his hand.
"Thanks for coming," Hanse said. "It's very cool. How's it going?"
"Can't complain," Fowler said. "It's been great. Just trying to make all the other boys jealous who didn't come."
August 9, 2016: Geoff Shackelford – A few fun final olympic golf course preview stories & visuals
As we have arrived at week one of Olympic golf in Rio, a few final course and Games-related content pieces are worth a look.
August 8, 2016: Golf Business News – Cleverly Meets Challenges to Have Olympic Golf Course Ready for Play
August 8, 2016: Golf Business News
According to those who know what it has taken, golf course superintendent Neil Cleverly deserves his own gold medal for the job he's done preparing a championship golf course at Reserva de Marapendi outside of Rio de Janeiro for the upcoming Olympic Games.
"If there's a gold medal for superintendents, he surely should get it," said David Doguet, president of Bladerunner Farms, whose company supplied the specific zoysia grass for the job.
August 8, 2016: Quartz – Watch the Incredible transformation of the Rio Olympic Golf Course
The work that went into preparing Rio's competition facilities over recent months—and even years before Brazil's Olympic bid—has been breathtaking. Below, take a look back at the dramatic evolution of six key Olympic sites, in stunning satellite view.
August 8, 2016: IGF – The International Golf Federation is a first-class source of information about Olympics Golf
The website of The International Golf Federation is a first-class source of information about Olympics Golf and if you prefer your media 'social' Twitter, Facebook and Instagram are all available.
Also on stream is a Youtube channel which features dozens of short films about the players and the course.
August 8, 2016: Golf.com – Rio Olympics 2016: Inside the course the games built
Hanse points out that August is winter in Rio—the coolest, driest time of year, which should allow for firm and fast conditions, not unlike a British Open. "One of the most striking aspects to the design is the short grass around the greens, with little, if any, rough," Hanse says. "Having the ball move and roll off will be a big part of the experience."
August 8, 2016: Superintendent Magazine – Podcast: If Golfers Only Knew What It Took To Get The Olympic Course Built
I'm sure that Jason Day, Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy — the four top-ranked golfers in the world — have no idea what it took to get the Olympic Golf Course built. If they did, I'd like to think they wouldn't have bailed on competing in the 2016 Summer Olympics this month in Rio de Janeiro.
August 8, 2016: Golf Course Management – Realizing a Turf Grass Dream in Rio
The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio are in full swing. But for the golf industry, the real show begins Thursday with the first round of play in the men's golf competition, the first time since 1904 that the game has been an official Olympic sport.
We are pleased to announce that we've been able to secure the assistance of several individuals who will have a front-row seat to the proceedings as members of the crew tending to the golf course in Rio. They'll be GCM's eyes and ears on the ground in Rio, and one of those individuals who knows the course as well as any is David Doguet, the president of Bladerunner Farms, the world's largest privately-owned zoysiagrass research facility. His company, based in Poteet, Texas, developed Zeon Zoysia, the turf planted on the fairways, tees and rough at the Olympic Golf Course.
August 8, 2016: Golf Digest – Olympic Preview: The Olympic Golf Course
The newly-created Olympic Golf Course, Barra da Tijuca, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil will host golf's return to the Olympic Games, beginning August 11.
August 8, 2016: Newsday – Olympic golf returns
Designing the course for the first Olympic golf competition was supposed to be the most difficult part, yet Long Island native Gil Hanse overcame climate logistics and political roadblocks to pull that off, by all accounts, flawlessly. What happened after that was a course that no one could have or would have charted.
August 8, 2016: Golf Course Management – Cleverly Done
Superintendent Neil Cleverly seems to have been the right person at the right time to oversee the course that will host Olympic golf for the first time more then a century.
August 8, 2016: Cornell Chronicle – Red will be on the greens (and fairways) at the Rio Olympics
When some of the world's best golfers tee off next month in the 72-hole Olympic competition, they will be navigating fairways and greens imagined and designed by a pair of Cornellians. One of them, in fact, was mentored early in his career by yet another Cornellian, who himself was among the finalists for the Olympic contract. Gil Hanse, MLA '89, bested a field of 29 of the world's top golf architects four years ago and won the job of turning an abandoned sand mine in the Barra da Tijuca neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro into a golf course that could challenge the best players in the game, then be used as a municipal course for a city and nation just being introduced to the sport.
July 24, 2016: NEW YORK TIMES – Resilient Golf Turf Faces Test at Olympics – Zeon Zoysia
From just two handfuls of Zeon Zoysiagrass, the Olympic Golf Course in Rio was born! Read the story in the New York Times as the efforts of David Doguet at Bladerunner Farms, Marcelo Matte of Green Grass Brasil, and Olympic Golf Course Superintendent Neil Cleverly are celebrated. Learn how the golf course was grown, the low fertilizer and low input benefits of the grass, and why Zeon Zoysia was the best choice for the Olympics … and for golf courses around the world.
July 2016 – Golf Digest – Zeon Zoysia & Olympic Golf Course Earns Golf Digest's Green Star Award for Environmental Stewardship
When Green is Gold
What convinced us to honor the new Rio Olympic Golf Course with Golf Digest's Green Star Award was a family of burrowing owls. These 10-inch long creatures carved out a home in, of all places, the face of a bunker left of the ninth green. It's the perfect symbol of how golf can work in harmony with nature.
We were also swayed by the February 2016 report from Rio de Janeiro's Department of Justice, which concluded the creation of the golf course has increased biodiversity in the area. Opponents were certain a swamp, known as Marapendi Lagoon, was being despoiled by the course, but the environmental-impact report established the opposite. Native vegetation has increased by 167 percent, and the number of animal species in the locale has more than doubled since June 2013.
Rio's Olympic course is the first international layout to receive our annual award for outstanding environmental practices, and the first Green Star recipient designed and built under rigid sustainability guidelines. Architect Gil Hanse was given an abandoned sand mine turned into an illegal dump. Restrictions were so harsh that he wasn't allowed to spray chemicals to kill unwanted vegetation, so crews hand-pulled 80 acres of weeds. He could neither import nor remove any soil from the property, so workers dug down to find decent sand for tees, greens, fairway contours and framing dunes, expanding natural ponds in the process.
Drought-tolerant Zeon zoysia grass was sprigged everywhere but on the greens, which are Seashore paspalum, a hedge against the possibility that pure groundwater might someday become brackish from the nearby Atlantic. Maintaining the turf is a major task for course superintendent Neil Cleverly, who has no access to slow-release fertilizers used on American courses, so he creates his nutrients and applies them with organic materials like liquid molasses to keep them from leaching through the sand too quickly. He's prohibited from using herbicides and can use only agricultural fungicides and insecticides, which he applies sparingly.
A once-dead parcel of land is now lively with all sorts of fauna. Monkeys live in the cashew trees behind the 12th green. Yacare caimans (cousins of the crocodile) have been seen in the ponds. Sandpipers run the fairways, and egrets soar overhead. The far roughs are home to capybaras, which look like large hedgehogs.
There are also the owls. There are families elsewhere on the course, including a waste area dotted by cactus (yes, tropical cactus) between the 11th and 12th holes, but it's the owls on No. 9 that captured our fancy. How did such tiny creatures tunnel such a big hole? Whether the owls maintain residency once golf activity begins in August is uncertain, but Cleverly and Rio 2016 officials don't intend to involuntarily evict them. After all, the rules of golf have provisions for relief from holes of burrowing animals. —Ron Whitten
June 13, 2016: Golfweek – Go For It: Rio Course will Tempt Olympics
Rave reviews for Olympic Golf Course. Writer Bradely S. Klein says Architect Gil Hanse deserves a Gold Medal for course architecture.
May/June 2016: Turf News – Golf is Back at the Olympics
As golf returns to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games after 112 years, David Doguet of Bladerunner Farms tells the history of how Zeon Zoysia was grown in Brazil and selected for the playing surface of at the Olympic Golf Course.
March 9, 2016: Back9 Network – Olympic Golf Test Event Shows Off Course
The Olympic Golf Course designed by Gil Hanse for the Rio Olympic Games is finally playable, and it looks great! Grassed on tees and fairways with Zeon Zoysia.
March 8, 2016: Golfweek – Olympic Golf Test Event Held on Zeon Zoysia in Rio
At the Olympic Golf Course test event held in March, Brazilian pro golfers rave over the quality and conditions go the course, calling it "incredible." The course is grassed with Zeon Zoysia.
March 8, 2016: BBC – Rio Olympic Course Surprises in Test Event
The Rio 2016 course is in "surprisingly" good condition, says Brazilian golfer Miriam Nagl who took part in the first test event this week.
March 8, 2016: Golf Channel – VIDEO: Rio hosts Olympic test event on Zeon Zoysia
GOLF CHANNEL VIDEO: Rio hosts test event at Olympic golf course grassed with Zeon Zoysia. Players say it's "perfect" and "amazing." Architect Gil Hanse thrilled with the golf course.
October 2015: USA Today – Olympic golf course, grassed with Zeon Zoysia developed by Bladerunner Farms, ready for the sport's return in Rio Games
Ten months from now, Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy, Jason Day and the world's best golfers could be battling on another links-style course. But this time Olympic medals will be up for grabs at a unique setting that is a compelling story in itself.
August 2014: Grassing of the Olympic Golf Course in Rio Underway with Zeon Zoysia
As the world awaits the return of golf as an Olympic sport for the first time in more than a century, the folks behind the scenes work to plant Zeon Zoysia grass on the Olympic Golf Course. They must have the course ready by the time the Games open just two years from now in August 2016.
Marcelo Matte, owner of Green Grass Brazil, grows the grass on his Brazilian sod farms for planting directly onto the Olympic Golf Course. A licensed sod producer of both grass varieties used on the course—Zeon Zoysia on tees, fairways and roughs, and SeaDwarf Seashore Paspalum on the greens—Matte also spearheads the installation of the grass on every playing surface of the course designed by American Golf Course Architect Gil Hanse.
Matte said he began growing the grass in January 2013 in order to have enough grass inventory available to quickly plant the golf course when construction progress allowed. In all, Green Grass Brazil will produce between 35 to 40 hectares (85 to 100 acres) of grass in order to plant it onto the 18-hole golf course. Matte employs 20 staffers to install the grass on the golf course, along with expert help from David Doguet, the American turfgrass breeder from Bladerunner Farms in Poteet, Texas, who developed Zeon Zoysia for use on golf courses.
Planting of the grass from the sod farm onto the actual golf course playing surface began in May 2014. Matte said he is using several different planting methods at the golf course. Most of the Zeon Zoysiagrass surfaces are being planted using Big Roll sod, large spools of sod in one continuous piece that unfurl over a long surface. Some of grass is installed as sod slabs that fit together like puzzle pieces. On the greens, the SeaDwarf Seashore Paspalum is being planted as sprigs, basically broken up pieces of sod that are deposited as live grass material and sliced into the soil of the greens surface. No seeds are being used at the golf course. All of the grass is planted as live material. A litany of heavy equipment is used to plant the golf course such as sprig harvesters, sprig planters, fork lifts, rollers, tractors, and trucks.
Both the Zeon Zoysia and the SeaDwarf Seashore Paspalum are considered drought tolerant grass varieties. Zeon Zoysia, which has low fertilizer requirements, grows a dense, extremely high-quality playing surface that tends to choke out weeds. This feature of Zeon Zoysia is critical, Matte said, because "we do not have permission to use herbicides yet." SeaDwarf Seashore Paspalum stands up to the salty water conditions that will be used to irrigate the greens at the site.
Planting of the grass at the golf course should continue through December, depending on the pace of construction of the facility. Matte said it will take a full growing season, November through May, for the grass to completely grow in.
Though Matte has grassed many golf courses in his career, "this one carries an enormous responsibility. It is a very important project for everyone involved. It is a once in your life opportunity to be a part of the first golf course made for the Olympic Games. When it comes, I hope everyone in Brazil will be proud of the course. Also the world will watch golf on TV for the first time in the Olympics. I think it will be the largest amount of people watching golf ever," Matte said.
February 2013: Zeon ZoysiaChosen for Olympics
After more than a century's absence, when golf returns as an Olympic sport at the 2016 Games in Rio, the grass in the fairways, roughs and tees of the new golf course built especially for the Games will be Zeon Zoysia. The selection of Zeon was confirmed in February at the Golf Industry Show in San Diego by Dr. Frank Rossi, associate professor in the Department of Horticulture at Cornell University who is a consulting agronomist on the project.
"Everything approaching the greens, 88 percent of the grassed area, will be Zeon Zoysia," Rossi says.
The greens grass selection has been delayed, Rossi says, because the salinity and quality of the water to be used for irrigation is still unknown.
"The decision on the greens and green surrounds hinges on the quality of the water," Rossi says. "If the water is good, the greens will be an ultradwarf bermudagrass. The surrounds will be another type of bermudagrass. If the water is not good, the greens and surrounds will be some type of paspalum because the bermudagrass may not hold up to poor quality water."
"As it marks the return of golf to the Olympic Games after over a century of absence, this course represents the beginning of a new chapter in the history of the sport. It will enable Rio to host important events in the international calendar and it will be an example of sustainability and preservation of an environmentally protected area," said the President of Rio 2016, Carlos Arthur Nuzman.
The choice of Zeon Zoysia as the grass for the majority of the acreage on the golf course, approximately 88 acres of fairways and roughs, reinforces the organizing committee's desire to create a sustainable golf course. Zeon Zoysia has very low requirements for maintenance and inputs, according to David Doguet, president of Bladerunner Farms, the company that bred Zeon Zoysia.
"Zeon Zoysia is very environmentally friendly. The grass needs very little water, and very low amounts of nitrogen fertilizer, while still looking and playing great. The grass will create a world-class playing surface for the Olympics, and for many years to come," Doguet said.
Zeon Zoysia was developed in Texas by Bladerunner Farms, the largest privately held zoysiagrass breeding facility in the world. Zeon is licensed by The Turfgrass Group and Doguet Ventures. The grass will be grown in Rio for use on the golf course by Green Grass Brazil, a licensed sod producer of Zeon Zoysia.
Golf has not been a sport at the Olympics since 1904. To accommodate the Olympic-sized galleries and international attention sure to follow the event, a new golf course is being built just five kilometers from the Olympic Athletes Village.
The Rio 2016 Organizing Committee announced last year the selection of Hanse Golf Course Design, based in Malvern, PA, as the golf course architect.
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June 21, 2011 4:52 pm at 4:52 pm #960125
blinky – I said four WORDS not four letters
So nobody knows who the 'upside-down horn' is?
am yisrael chai
????? ?????? ???? ???? (Yeshayahu 8:1-3) was Yeshayahu's son
as was ??? ???? (Yeshayahu 7:3)
??? ???? was Iyov's third daughter (Iyov 42:14)
correct on both AYC.
You still need to crack one more – Take away one letter from my new name and you have my king's name.
not sure but Malachi? Cuz if you take away the alef its Malky (my king)
I was the only subject of the nevuah of two nevi'im.
nice try blinky.
but then the riddle would have read:
Take away one letter from my name and you have my king (not my king's name)
So keep trying…
"I was the only subject of the nevuah"
THE FUTURE 🙂
AYC – the only subject of ONLY two nevi'im.
June 22, 2011 12:12 pm at 12:12 pm #960135
Who is the 'Prince of peace'?
Are you referring to ?????? ??? ???? ???? ???? (Yirmiyahu 33:66)?
ravshalom
OTB – ?? ???? is another son, according to the ??? that ??? ???? ?? ????? ??? ?? refers to Hashem and only the last two words are his name. According to those who consider the entire phrase his name, his name in English would be quite a bit longer.
As an aside, I actually know someone whose name is ??? ???? ?? ????? ??? ?? ?? ????. He is known as ???? but called to the ???? with his full 8 names. His father obviously understood the ???? like the second ??? above.
I was a bit mistaken in my last post: ?? ???? was not another son (of ?????) but a son of Achaz, ??? ??????. The ???? is right after the ??? in which ??? ??? ?? ?? ?? ?????? is mentioned.
I was referring to Chizkiyahu as Rashi explains there.
By the way since nobody seems to know, the answer to the riddle 'Take away a letter from my new name and you have my king's name' is Daniel who was given the name Beltshazar by Nevuchadnezar and then subsequently became the minister for King Belshazar – Daniel's own name minus the Tes.
(Yeshayahu 9:5)
tough to understand
July 4, 2011 7:33 pm at 7:33 pm #960141
So does anyone know what was the subject of only 2 neviim?
sof davar
ninvei
July 4, 2011 10:03 pm at 10:03 pm #960143
WIY
How about Eldad and Meydad giving Nevuah about Misas Moshe Rabbeinu and Yehoshua leading Klal Yisroel into Eretz Yisroel?
????-????? ??????-?????, ???? ??????-?????, ???????? ???????????, ???-????????; ?????????? ?????? ?????? ??????, ??? ????????, ?????-???, ????-???????.
5 For a child is born unto us, a son is given unto us; and the government is upon his shoulder; and his name is called Pele-joez-el-gibbor-Abi-ad-sar-shalom;
From Mechonmamre.org
July 5, 2011 11:47 am at 11:47 am #960145
sof davar – thats what I meant
WIY – I hadnt thought of that!
anon1m0us
Back to the old riddle: When was the first time the jews kept shabbos? I would say NEVER!!! yes, there are Jews that keep Shabbos, but there has never been a case where ALL the Jews kept shabbos based on a medrish (which I do not know where but remember learning) that if all the Jews kept shabbos Moshiach would come. Hence the famous song, just one shabbos and we will all be free! The fact that moshiach did not come yet shows that the Jews did not properly keep shabbos.
Out of curiosity– during the times of Mitzrayim or even in the times of the first Bais Hamikdash (during Shlomo Hamleches reign), did the Jews pray for Moshiach?
WolfishMusings
even in the times of the first Bais Hamikdash (during Shlomo Hamleches reign), did the Jews pray for Moshiach?
I would have thought that being in exile would be a prerequisite for Moshiach (whose prime missions is the ingathering of the exiles). However, there is a Gemara in Sanhedrin which states that HKBH wanted to make Chizkiyahu Moshiach.
Although, I believe that it was during Chizkiyahu's reign that the Ten Tribes were exiled, so perhaps once that happened it was possible for Chizkiyahu to be Moshiach…
August 7, 2011 7:21 pm at 7:21 pm #960148
anyone know one? (anyone /no one)
pasuk with all the letters: Zeh hadavar asher tziva Hashem.. in parshas hamon.
For out of the box thinkers: where in Mikra do we have the same
word 31 times in a row. (two examples)
Esav says to Yaakow "hal'iteni na min haadom haadom hazeh" The verb lamed ayin tes, according to Ibn Ezra, is an ain lo chaver bemikra. (the middle degree of rarity) Where does this verb show up in the Halacha? I have asked this ? to gedolim ve'shalemim, and never got a reply without extensive coaching.
A riddle apparently without an answer: In Shoftim tes, Avimelech ben Yerubeshes is laying siege to the town of Tevetz. The people take refuge in a tower, Avimelech approches the door to burn it, and a woman, nameless except for the term ONE WOMAN ( isha achas) aims a millstone at his head and scores a hit. Many years later ( I did not work out the time line) when Yoav is setting up Uriya Hachiti on the front line, Yoav sends a messenger to David Hamelech, prepared for the expected argument "why did you send them to the wall… Who killed ABY, it was A WOMAN who cast a millstone on him.. This woman entered military history and Strategy 101 for all time. The attachment "achas" or "ehad" is generally indicates a known or unique individual, and the meforshim generally list the identity. Ex. veisha achas mineshe bene haniviim, she is identified as Mrs. Ovadiah. The rock thrower, however famous, remains nameless, at least to my thorough searches.
Related riddle: Lo yachbol rechaim varachev (dvarim 24:6) We learn from here that one may not take k'lei ochel nefesh as collateral on a loan. Where do we see such a life giving utensil used as a lethal weapon? Answer, see above riddle.
Morah Reyna: words with alef: Vayomeru [ish el achiv aval ashemim anachnu] This one has been around a bit.
On the ball: keren hafuch, the youngest daughter of the second batch of kids of Iyov, according to the deos that he actually existed. The bigger question is who she was if he was only a mashal.
August 15, 2011 6:39 pm at 6:39 pm #960151
ursula momish
This should be easy, but I just noticed it today. Where in Tanach does it say, "Check out the valley on eBay"?
(If anyone posted this before, I apologize.)
August 16, 2011 5:43 am at 5:43 am #960152
"Check out the valley on eBay"
????? ??????? ???? (Shir Hashirim 6:11)
Any more Torah riddles, anyone?
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Which contemporary Israeli town is mentioned in Tanach as a town outside of Eretz Yisrael?
October 19, 2011 12:05 pm at 12:05 pm #960156
What 2 word phrase is found in EVERY shimoneh esrei? It's not in the first 3 or last 3 brachos but in every one.
October 19, 2011 3:04 pm at 3:04 pm #960157
BaalHabooze
taking a break: Ki Ata
on the ball: is it Modi'in (the Maccabees came from there), or BeiTar
Good guess but have a different phrase in mind
October 24, 2011 2:33 am at 2:33 am #960159
Which city did Moshe Rabbainu send the spies from and was part of Eretz Yisroel.
On the ball – Eilat, mentioned as a stop in the midbar.
Ravshalom – yes technically correct but I was thinking of another town. I'll rephrase the question. Which contemporary Israeli town within borders of Eretz Yisrael (that excludes Eilat) is mentioned in Tanach as a place outside Eretz Yisroel?
June 17, 2013 5:21 am at 5:21 am #960162
Everyone should really should write a list of all their questions and answers so that we get all of them straight
on the ball- Golias was from the Plishti city of Azah. (I think)


Clem Auyeung – Designer & Writer. I design with words.
While studying for my Master's degree in Human Centered Design & Engineering, one of the first lessons I learned was to understand people's challenges before designing. Instead of leading with a certain technology or solution in mind, it's important to be clear on what problem we are solving for first.
One of the biggest UX trends in the last year has been the conversational UI. Every tech company seems to be embarking on the digital Oregon Trail for the gold rush of chatbots, machine learning, and AI-powered whatevers. I wonder if they have stopped and asked if their audience really need another channel to "engage with the brand" or if the company is just trying to shoehorn this new interaction into their lives.
In her talk at Rhode Island School of Design, Nicole Fenton described the concept of interbeing from Thich Nhat Hanh. It looks at the world as everything taking a part in creating everything else: the sun makes it possible to grow a tree, which takes a person to chop it down, which eventually becomes paper. All these activities feed into making paper and allows it to exist.
Similarly, when we think about something as ambiguous as user experience, it helps to be specific about what we're trying to make, who it is for, how it works, and why it matters. We give words to our intentions before we start a project until we end up with something on the screen.
Editor's Note: You could digest this piece in one sitting, or you might read it in chunks, use it as a reference, or even save it for the weekend. It's long but comprehensive. Whatever you do, remember this: words are also design material. Choose them thoughtfully.
Wilkinson was referring to Slack, the popular chat app his company helped design. Although it's basically the same as other chat apps, Wilkinson shared three key things that make Slack stand out from its competitors: the look, the feel, and the sound of the app. They all work in unison to make users feel like they're "slacking off." "Fun" is not a normal word people use to describe an internal communication tool.
So how do these details impact user experience? According Hiten Shah, in a survey of 731 users, 51% answered that they would be "very disappointed" if Slack no longer existed. Granted, a product must first solve a real need (in this case, reducing email and increasing productivity within teams). As Paul Graham wrote, make something people want.
Your user experience is your product. When marketing people don't talk to product people, what you get is less than ideal user journey. Below, I'll explore how writing your product narrative first can help you design more welcoming experiences for potential customers.
YouTube is a perfect marketing channel for some companies. If you target a niche audience, understand their behavior well, and find the right Youtuber to promote your product, it's a deadly strategy for competitors.
A few days ago, one of the Youtubers whom I subscribed to made an irresistible offer: Hanz de Fuko sampler pack, for free! Hanz de Fuko makes hair products that use organic ingredients, and in this case, the offer was for six different samples of hair styling molding paste.
I wasn't even looking to stray from American Crew Fiber, but I really liked the YouTuber, and he did a fantastic job showing me how he used it to style his own hair. I headed over to the Hanz de Fuko website armed with the discount code he provided.
Side note: I have always been a firm believer in writing about things I care about and that might add a lot of value to whomever reading. But Hunter Walk's post reminded me that I can let go of the pressure to be right, have everything figured out, or write something definitive to "build an audience." (Though that would be nice.) Just share what you know. It might attract someone who you can learn from.
TL;DR: Stand up for what you believe in. Your worldview will attract the right people into your life – and business.
Right out of college, I worked as a sales associate at a large department store for 2 years. I hated it. It was 2009, at the start of the recession, and it was the only job I could find at the time. Not only did I feel massively underemployed, I felt the job was beneath me. Along with accruing 20K in student debt, the job added to the pain of feeling stuck. It was the first in a string of customer service-related jobs I held after college, which included being a server at a Thai restaurant and tech support at a startup.
Looking back 5 years later, I'm grateful for those experiences. I wasn't necessarily good at it, but it taught me how to think on my feet, get better at reading people, and respond in a way that's empathetic to their circumstances. I got a handle of swallowing my pride and defusing tense, tricky situations.
Most importantly, these customer service jobs cemented my beliefs in how successful businesses should be run. They became my lens to see the world and solve problems. Fundamentally, customer service is about this: people matter. You can't run a successful business without simultaneously uplifting and improving your customers – their life, and as a person.


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Ke'Bryan Hayes Tests Positive For COVID-19
By Mark Polishuk | July 19, 2020 at 10:52pm CDT
Star prospect Ke'Bryan Hayes hasn't participated in the Pirates' camp, and manager Derek Shelton revealed today (with Hayes' permission) that the 23-year-old has tested positive for the coronavirus. Shelton told MLB.com's Adam Berry and other reporters that Hayes was still in quarantine, though gave no hint as to when Hayes could be ready to participate. Since Hayes never arrived at camp, it can be assumed that he tested positive during the initial round of intake tests.
Hayes is seen as both Pittsburgh's top position player prospect and one of the more intriguing minor leaguers in the sport, featuring highly on top-100 prospect lists. Prior to the 2020 season, Fangraphs was the most bullish on Hayes with a #30 ranking, while Baseball Prospectus' 63rd-place ranking was the third baseman's lowest showing. Picked 32nd overall in the 2015 draft, Hayes has already drawn raves for his fielding ability at third base, while his bat has shown promise (.279/.354/.399 over 1991 minor league plate appearances) but was still something of a work in progress.
Hayes was seen as a lock to debut sometime in 2020, and presumably could still be in line for some playing time at the MLB level should he recover relatively soon. Depending on how long Hayes is out and how long it would take him to prepare in a training camp scenario, however, the Pirates could decide to hold off on starting his service time clock until the 2021 season. Beyond the contractual control logistics, the Bucs also naturally want to be as safe as possible with their star youngster, and bring him along in a way that doesn't impede his development.
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forwhomjoshbelltolled
In a different world, he'd ideally go back to minors to hit with some more consistency, but…there are no minors.
I know there's not any age limits on prospects, but this dude is already 23. Is he still going to be kicking around in the minors as a prospect at 25 like Christian Arroyo?
The Pirates over bake their prospects so that more of their peak/prime years are in the six year window of control.
3Rivers
Agreed, drafted in 15, how they going to wait? Geez. Freaking 24-25 years old b4 he gets to the bigs? Ridiculous
mlb1225
He'll likely sit out the first week and then be called back up. If this was a normal 2020 and things got off as planned, he likely would have been the Pirates' starting third baseman by now.
Prospectnvstr
Hey Briffle: Did you realize that MOST of the TOP PITCHING prospects taken in 2018 from college are either 23 or will be 23 this year? Casey Mize, for example turned 23 on May 1st.
Hey Prospectnbstr: Did you realize that Hayes was drafted three years before Mize and everyone else in the 2018 draft, which means he has three more years of professional experience then all of them? The guy has been in the minors for five years, it's not the same as other 23 year olds who got drafted two years ago.
Why does that even need to be explained to you?
afsooner02
Pirates aren't going anywhere anyways in 2020. Don't waste service time on this year.
I am definitely missing something on this guy. 23 year-old defense first guys aren't usually this highly touted. He simply hasn't shown the ability to hit that others in the top 100 have. I am sure he's a great athlete and probably has some bat speed, but at some point you have to show flashes of being able to hit. What am i missing?
ars1402
You are spot on. If he was hitting he would have been up last season by the all star break.
PghPinstripes
Pedigree?
Technically correct
I thought everyone knew that Pirates prefer to bury their treasure…
Also, @forwhomjoshbelltolls already pointed out why. Get as many of the prime years before they have to pay/trade away because they won't pay. Not too complicated.
So the guy should sit in the minors the next four years until he's 27 when maybe the Pirates are back to being competitive?
It's just statistics. Players are usually best from mid to late 20's. Pirates are happy to sacrifice some of the early breakout potential, like Juan Soto had for Nats, in order to have the more consistently productive years guaranteed under their control. Over 30 is damaged goods for some organizations too, so partiality increases odds to resign if he's good (or good enough). The COVID diagnosis makes it easier to justify manipulating the service time in order to get the extra year in case they are good, or better quality trade assets in return. I still think he'll Boras his way to the Yankees in 2025 and be fine. Seemed like a hint of cynicism in your comment though, so I'm guessing you already know all of this.
I dont think Bell was throwing his support behind the idea. he was just saying that's what they do. Hayes is clearly almost ready. he should probably be up once he is healthy
Buccrazy
This obviously is not the typical year. One lucky stretch is all it takes. It would be nice to see him in camp and virus free. Every team has at least a punchers chance over 60 games, even this one.
no. no they don't.
oldmansteve
Yea they do. Not every team has a good chance, but bad teams have a much higher chance of sustaining success over 2 months than 6. Any team can go 35-25 and luck into the playoffs.
Hey, the Brewers made it with a .549 winning % last year. In a season like this, that's the equivilant of a 33/27 season. A 5 game winning streak this year is the equivilant of a 13 or 14 game winning streak in a 162 game season. Going 15-5 over a 20 game stretch is like going 40/13 through the regular 162 games.
I'm not predicting that the Pirates are going to make the playoffs, nor am I holding my breath on it. But they were 28-28 at the end of May last season, and that was after an 8 game losing streak. One hot streak by any team, good or bad, could slingshot them into the playoffs.
Cey Hey
A 12-6 start followed by .500 ball the rest of the way is 33-27. Certainly do-able. Getting out of the gate quick is everything in a season such as this one..
We are going to see a lot of complaints about service time considerations, and 2020 is going to be a flashpoint between owners and players for some time. In a short season, a non-contending team will value control over everything else. Even contending teams will have to take a hard look at time pro-rations before bringing up a prospect. Hundreds of millions of dollars are at stake, and the teams have the hammer.
A smart organization values player development over controlling a player's service time. Right, P{irates?
Peart of the game
Well, he would've likely been up by now if he could tap into his power more frequently.
He's got some notable raw power potential. Has a 92 MPH exit velo last year.


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package org.onosproject.net.meter;

import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
import org.onosproject.store.Store;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;

/**
 * Entity that stores and distributed meter objects.
 */
public interface MeterStore extends Store<MeterEvent, MeterStoreDelegate> {

    /**
     * Adds a meter to the store.
     *
     * @param meter a meter
     * @return a future indicating the result of the store operation
     */
    CompletableFuture<MeterStoreResult> storeMeter(Meter meter);

    /**
     * Deletes a meter from the store.
     *
     * @param meter a meter
     * @return a future indicating the result of the store operation
     */
    CompletableFuture<MeterStoreResult> deleteMeter(Meter meter);

    /**
     * Adds the meter features to the store.
     *
     * @param meterfeatures the meter features
     * @return the result of the store operation
     */
    MeterStoreResult storeMeterFeatures(MeterFeatures meterfeatures);

    /**
     * Deletes the meter features from the store.
     *
     * @param deviceId the device id
     * @return a future indicating the result of the store operation
     */
    MeterStoreResult deleteMeterFeatures(DeviceId deviceId);

    /**
     * Updates a meter whose meter id is the same as the passed meter.
     *
     * @param meter a new meter
     * @return a future indicating the result of the store operation
     */
    CompletableFuture<MeterStoreResult> updateMeter(Meter meter);

    /**
     * Updates a given meter's state with the provided state.
     *
     * @param meter a meter
     */
    void updateMeterState(Meter meter);

    /**
     * Obtains a meter matching the given meter key.
     *
     * @param key a meter key
     * @return a meter
     */
    Meter getMeter(MeterKey key);

    /**
     * Returns all meters stored in the store.
     *
     * @return a collection of meters
     */
    Collection<Meter> getAllMeters();

    /**
     * Update the store by deleting the failed meter.
     * Notifies the delegate that the meter failed to allow it
     * to nofity the app.
     *
     * @param op a failed meter operation
     * @param reason a failure reason
     */
    void failedMeter(MeterOperation op, MeterFailReason reason);

    /**
     * Delete this meter immediately.
     * @param m a meter
     */
    void deleteMeterNow(Meter m);

    /**
     * Retrieve maximum meters available for the device.
     *
     * @param key the meter features key
     * @return the maximum number of meters supported by the device
     */
    long getMaxMeters(MeterFeaturesKey key);

}

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Science Fiction/Mystery, Popular Science, Fantasy, Paranormal Horror
Title of your novels
Burnout: The Mystery of Space Shuttle STS-281 The Fetish The Y Factor The Cresperian Alliance Dreams of Steam How I Wrote My First Book Extraction Point! The Case of the Displaced Detective: The Arrival The Case of the Displaced Detective: At Speed The Case of the Cosmological Killer: The Rendlesham Incident The Case of the Cosmological Killer: Endings and Beginnings The Case of the Displaced Detective Omnibus A Case of Spontaneous Combustion Sherlock, Sheilas, and the Seven-Percent Solution A New American Space Plan The Weather Out There Is Frightful Stolen Moments The More Things Change The Bunker El Vengador StarSong
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Burnout (my first novel) is a science fiction mystery about a Space Shuttle disaster that turns out to be no accident. As the true scope of the disaster is gradually uncovered by the principal investigators, "Crash" Murphy and Dr. Mike Anders, they find themselves running for their lives, as lovers, friends and coworkers involved in the investigation perish around them. What happened to the Shuttle? Who is responsible and why? Why is the government calling it an accident? Why is someone willing to kill to keep it a secret? And how big is the conspiracy? The Displaced Detective Series is a science fiction mystery in which the brilliant hyperspatial physicist, Dr. Skye Chadwick, discovers that there are alternate realities, and said alternates are often populated by those we consider only literary characters. Her pet research, Project: Tesseract, hidden deep under Schriever AFB, is her means of looking in on these continua. In one particular reality, continuum 114, a certain Victorian detective (who, in fact, exists in several continua) was to have died along with his arch-nemesis at the Reichenbach Falls. Knee-jerking, Skye intervenes, rescuing her hero, who inadvertently flies through the tesseract wormhole connecting his universe with ours, while his enemy plunges to his death. Unable to send Holmes back without causing devastating continuum collapse due to non-uniqueness, he must stay in our world and learn to adapt to the 21st century. It has been described as "Sherlock Holmes meets the X-Files."
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Stephanie Osborn is a former payload flight controller, a veteran ofover twenty years of working in the civilian space program, as well as various military space defense programs. She has worked on numerous Space Shuttle flights and the International Space Station, and counts the training of astronauts on her resumé. Of those astronauts she trained, one was Kalpana Chawla, a member of the crew lost in the Columbia disaster. She holds graduate and undergraduate degrees in four sciences:Astronomy, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics, and she is "fluent" in several more, including Geology and Anatomy. She obtained her various degrees from Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, TN and Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. Stephanie is currently retired from space work. She now happily "passes it forward, " teaching math and science via numerous media including radio, podcasting, and public speaking, as well as working with SIGMA, the science fiction think tank, while writing science fiction mysteries based on her knowledge, experience, and travels.
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Q: Instead of updating global values, set parameters and return in a function UPDATE: I now understand that this was actually just some confusion about scope vs import. I was updating global values and I couldn't find a way of returning more than one value from the other "Sum Function" file. Now, I know that can easily be done using a tuple as pointed out by Alex.
So, this is some code that I wrote. As you can probably see that my math functions don't really take any parameters. And I'm trying to change it as such the Sum, Subtraction and functions like those take two parameters while functions like sin only take one.. Now what i wanted to ask was that how could I achieve giving it parametersn and return the answer instead of updating global values like I've done here. Any and all help will be appreciated
from tkinter import *
import math

root= Tk()
num1=StringVar()

txtDisplay = Entry(root, textvariable = num1, width=17, font='Arial 25',justify="right");
txtDisplay.focus();
txtDisplay.grid(columnspan=5,row=0,ipady=8,padx=18,pady=10)

a=0
common=''
condition=0

oneButton = Button(root, text="1", width='5',command = lambda: clck(1 ))
oneButton.grid(row=6, column=1, ipady=8, ipadx=8)
twoButton = Button(root, text="2", width='5',command = lambda: clck(2))
twoButton.grid(row=6, column=2, ipady=8, ipadx=8)

addButton = Button(root, text="+", width='5',command = lambda: addition() )
addButton.grid(row=7, column=4, ipady=8, ipadx=8, padx=(0, 11))

subButton = Button(root, text="-", width='5',command = lambda: subtraction() )
subButton.grid(row=8, column=4, ipady=8, ipadx=8, padx=(0, 11))

sinButton = Button(root, text="sin", width='5',command = lambda: sin() )
sinButton.grid(row=9, column=4, ipady=8, ipadx=8, padx=(0, 11))

def clck (number):
    global common
    common+= str(number)
    num1.set(common)

def sin():
    global common
    global a
    a = math.sin(int(a))
    num1.set(a)

def addition():
    global a
    global common
    try:
        a=a+ int(common)
    except:
        pass
    #print(a)
    num1.set(a)
    common=''
    global condition
    condition='add'
def subtraction():
    global a
    global common
    a=a- int(common)
    #print(a)
    num1.set(a)
    common=''

root.mainloop()

Also, I know right now that I've only implemented a couple buttons. If there's any way that my code could be improved let me know that as well and if there's anything that you don't get.

A: Look at this sample code:
def add(arg_1, arg_2, arg_3):
    # do some stuff
    return arg_1 + int(arg_2), "new value", "new condition"

a = 1
common = "old value"
condition = "old condition"

a, common, condition = sum(a, common, condition)
addButton = Button(root, text="+", width="5", command=lambda: addition(a, common, condition))

If your function takes N variables as arguments and changes each of them, your function can return a tuple of N items which you will be able to "spread" over your variables, thus changing them all. Using this method, you can change global variables without declaring them global in all of the functions.
Apart from that, what does except: offensive_word = 2 mean? You're creating a variable which does nothing. If you want your except block to be empty, just write except: pass.

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A horse blanket is essential for many reasons. For one, you can put a blanket on your horse if it's cold in the stable during the winter. Also, if your horse gets a chill after a workout in the cool weather, a blanket can help to soothe it. If you show your horse, why not get a blanket with its name embroidered on it? A horse blanket is a practical item, but it can also be a decorative one. A neatly folded horse blanket in your tack box is something you'll use on a regular basis.
Maybe you put extra vitamins in with your horse's food to help its coat and mane look healthier. Or, perhaps you add some supplements to its diet to help with digestion or a skin condition. After you buy horse products online, it's best to keep them in a sealed container so they won't tip over and spill out inside your tack box. Plus, keeping them in a container makes it easy to access supplements any time you need them.
Storing an extra water bucket in your tack box means you have a backup if your current water bucket splits or breaks. In the wintertime, water can freeze inside a water bucket causing it to split open with the pressure. If this happens, you have an extra one to give your horse right away to keep it supplied with water at all times.
Lastly, think about what you use each day to care for your horse. Make your own list of what you need for your horse and you will never be without the supplies you need to have a fun time with your equine.


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Q: Statistics find E(x), the number of distinct elements in uniformly distributed pool of items Question:
Suppose there are Y types of balls in a bucket, which are normally distributed and independent. Hence the probability of picking one type out is $\frac{1}{Y}$. Let $x$ be the number of different balls taken.
What would the $E(x)$ and $Var(x)$ be?
For example, say there are 5 types of balls, $A,B,C,D$ and $E$. We take out $4$ balls = $ACCD$. Then $x = 3$ types of balls.

A: I take the question to mean: We have $Y$ balls in a bucket and we sample $k$ balls with replacement; what is the expected value of the number $x$ of different balls sampled? (I assume that "are normally distributed and independent", which doesn't seem to make any sense here, is meant to express that the samples are independent and each sample has uniform distribution over the balls; this has nothing to do with a normal distribution.)
The probability of a single ball being sampled is $1-\left(1-\frac1Y\right)^k$, so the expected number $E[x]$ of balls sampled is $Y\left(1-\left(1-\frac1Y\right)^k\right)$. Denoting by $x_i$ the indicator variable that takes the value $1$ if the $i$-th ball is sampled and $0$ if it isn't, we have $x=\sum x_i$ and thus
$$
E\left[x^2\right]=E\left[\left(\sum_ix_i\right)^2\right]=E\left[Yx_1^2+Y(Y-1)x_1x_2\right]=E[x]+Y(Y-1)E[x_1x_2]^\;.
$$
We can get $E[x_1x_2]$, the probability that two particular balls were sampled, by inclusion-exclusion: $E[x_1x_2]=1-\left(1-\frac1Y\right)^k-\left(1-\frac1Y\right)^k+\left(1-\frac2Y\right)^k$. So the variance is
\begin{align}
\operatorname{Var}[x]&=E[x^2]-E[x]^2\\
&=Y(Y-1)\left(1-\left(1-\frac1Y\right)^k-\left(1-\frac1Y\right)^k+\left(1-\frac2Y\right)^k\right)+Y\left(1-\left(1-\frac1Y\right)^k\right)\\
&\quad\quad-Y^2\left(1-\left(1-\frac1Y\right)^k\right)^2\;.
\end{align}


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As you may or may not know, VintageGardenGal announced its premier "Chicken Coop Photo Contest" last month. I had some wonderful photos submitted, and thank those who participated. The number of photos submitted, however, were not enough for a true contest. Stay tuned for next year's spring chicken coop photo contest with prizes.
I do have a treat for you. I want to share with you a "chicken coop to love" that I saw in Napa Valley. In a previous post, I wrote about The Farmstead Restaurant and the Hall's Long Meadow Ranch. LMR Rutherford Gardens is another historic property owned by the Hall family and an integral part of their sustainable organic vertically integrated family farm. At LMR Rutherford Gardens they grow their own organic produce, flowers, and fruit for many of the top Napa Valley restaurants, including their Farmstead Restaurant, and the Friday Farmer's Market in St. Helena. Please note, LMR Rutherford Gardens is private, and available for tours by appointment.
LMR Rutherford Gardens is 5.8 acres of rich farm land on the Napa Valley floor, and just south of The Farmstead Restaurant. This property has been growing produce since the 1930's, and has never been planted in grapes. Besides the land there is a small house, vintage water tower, and wonderful mature trees. Thriving 100 year-old fig trees further add to the property's charm.
At LMR Rutherford Gardens there is a large chicken coop and beautiful flock of chickens producing lovely organic eggs. In the above photo, you can see the wood door and entrance to their chicken coop. The plank wood door is beautiful, detailed with a chicken motif, and flanked by the romantic floribunda white iceberg roses. Isn't that enough to welcome you to the chicken coop.
Their chicken coop is made of corrugated metal, which is a reasonable building material, creates a wonderful rustic look, and ages gracefully. Framed windows on the side allow air circulation and the important ventilation needed in a chicken coop. Further more, the chicken coop is strategically situated under mature trees to provide shade and dappled light. I can only imagine inside, it is quiet, and filled with nesting boxes for the hens to lay their eggs.
A gigantic outside pen is attached to the chicken coop for their hens to enjoy fresh air, exercise, and produce treats. Landscaping along the chicken coop and outside pen adds color and appeal.
LMR Rutherford Gardens has a large flock of hens consisting of Ameracanas, Black Australorps, and Cuckoo Marans chicken breeds. Three of my favorite breeds.
I was smitten by LMR Rutherford Gardens chicken coop and chickens. Their chicken coop is safe, protecting, nurturing, beautifully adorned, and well-landscaped. Clearly, some thought and creativity went into creating their chicken coop, and caring for their chickens for the best organic eggs.
Please share creative ideas you use for your chicken coop. Please comment on your favorite chicken breeds.
On a recent insider's trip to Napa with my garden gal's, The Farmstead Restaurant was a fabulous stop and restaurant on our itinerary. It is located at 738 Main Street in St. Helena, California 94574, (tel) 877-NAPA-OIL, or just south of St. Helena on the famous Highway 29 in Napa Valley.
The restaurant is in a former nursery barn, transformed into a 110-seat restaurant featuring a farm-to-table menu, comprised of seasonal local, sustainable, and organic ingredients. It is a lively and social atmosphere. It was packed with diners the night we were there. Entering the restaurant, an outside light fixture created with vintage chicken feeders luminously greets you. I often use chicken feeders in vintage container design, but I have never thought about turning them into hanging lights. More unusual chandelier lighting hangs in the center of the restaurant made from re-purposed vintage-salvaged hay hooks from the owner's family historic ranch.
If you come for lunch at the Farmstead Restaurant, you might enjoy intimate outdoor dining lined with living espaliered fruit trees, and an inviting nursery and demonstrating gardens, literally steps from your dining table. There is also on the grounds a wine and olive oil tasting room, too.
The Farmstead Restaurant is one part of a shining example of a vertical integration of a modern, organic, sustainable family farm which comprises Long Meadow Ranch. Long Meadow Ranch is owned by the dedicated Hall family. Their motto is "Excellence Through Responsible Farming." Long Meadow is a 650 acre historic ranch nestled high above Napa Valley in the Mayacamas Mountains. This property has old olive groves and vineyards originally planted in the 1870's. Thorough their sustainable philosophy and organic practices, Long Meadow Ranch make their own extra-virgin oil oil, world-class wines, raise their own grass-fed beef, grow their own heirloom vegetables, produce organic eggs, and more.
Long Meadow Ranch also includes LMR Rutherford Gardens, another historic property on the Napa Valley floor, and not far from The Farmstead Restaurant. Organic seasonal produce is grown for the the restaurant and the Friday St. Helen Farmer's Market. Soon, a farm stand featuring LMR's own produce, flowers, and eggs will be available each morning at The Farmstead Restaurant.
If you are visiting Napa Valley, I highly recommend stopping in for lunch or dinner at The Farmstead Restaurant. The food is delicious, the wines are lovely, and the atmosphere is inviting. Please comment if you are familiar with The Farmstead Restaurant and Long Meadow Ranch.


Hey Jude is a musical romance film directed by Shyamaprasad starring Nivin Pauly and Trisha Krishnan. This is Trisha Krishnan's first Malayalam film and her first film with Nivin Pauly. Here are few unseen photos of Trisha and Nivin.


The Appellant, Craig Boyd, was charged with possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking after a search of his vehicle resulting from a police road block. The officer who stopped his vehicle apparently smelled an odour of burnt marijuana, then placed Mr. Boyd under arrest. The search of the vehicle upon arrest yielded a plastic bag, containing four smaller plastic bags of cocaine.
At trial, the judge found that the mere odour of burnt marijuana is not sufficient to support the inference that an individual is in possession of drugs. The trial judge therefore found that Mr. Boyd's Charter rights had been infringed and excluded the evidence, resulting in an acquittal.
In considering the Crown's appeal, the BC Court of Appeal considered a broad range of apparently contradictory case law on the issue of whether the smell of burnt marijuana constitutes reasonable grounds for arrest. Rather than making a decisive statement on this issue, the court provided for judicial discretion, finding that trial judges must engage in a fact-driven analysis when this question comes up.
Mr. Justice Hall, writing for a unanimous court, agreed with the trial judge that the smell of burnt marijuana is not necessarily grounds to perform an arrest, but found that it is one of several circumstances that can be taken into account in determining whether a reasonable person would conclude that the accused is "committing an offence" and can therefore be arrested.
Decided by the BC Court of Appeal on January 17, 2013.


The filmmaker and video artist Charles Atlas has been working at the intersections of art, music, performance, and contemporary dance for over thirty years. Recently celebrated for his biographical documentaries on past collaborators such as Merce Cunningham and Leigh Bowery, he has also created several films and videos featuring Michael Clark, including Hail the New Puritan (1985–86) and Because We Must (1989). He continues to act as lighting director for Clark's dance productions. Here he discusses his work with dance, and with Clark in particular.
Charles Atlas, Hail the New Puritan, 1985–86, still from a color film in 16 mm transferred to video, 84 minutes 47 seconds. Still courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York.
I worked with Merce Cunningham from 1974 to 1983. I had done films before working with Merce—some great films. But my first actual video was with Merce. I was hired as an assistant stage manager and I was thrilled at the opportunity because I just loved him; all I really liked in dance at that time was Merce. I was just a kid and terrified of him at the beginning, and I was in awe of all these people—John Cage and Bob Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns. But he was great to work with—the best collaborator. There was total freedom and at the same time respect for each other's work. I realized that I'd started at the top.


The first pieces of Space Shuttle Columbia debris, loaned to a non-governmental agency for testing and research, are on their way from NASA's Kennedy Space Center to The Aerospace Corporation in El Segundo, California.
The Aerospace Corporation requested and will receive graphite/epoxy honeycomb skins from an Orbital Maneuvering System pod, Main Propulsion System Helium tanks, a Reaction Control System Helium tank and a Power Reactant Storage Distribution system tank. The company will use the parts to study re-entry effects on composite materials. NASA notified the Columbia crew's families about the loan before releasing the items for study.
Earlier this year, Dr. Gary Steckel, senior scientist in the Materials Science Department in the Space Materials Laboratory at The Aerospace Corporation, viewed the items. "We believe these items are representative of the structural composite materials flown on Columbia. They will enable us to successfully meet our objective of calibrating analytical models for predicting reentry behavior of composite structures," Steckel said.
Researchers believe the testing will show how materials are expected to respond to various heating and loads' environments. The findings will help calibrate tools and models used to predict hazards to people and property from reentering hardware. The Aerospace Corporation will have the debris for one year to perform analyses to estimate maximum temperatures during reentry based upon the geometry and mass of the recovered composite.
"NASA's mission includes the development of technologies that improve the safety and reliability of access to space," said NASA's Deputy Administrator Fred Gregory. "By allowing the scientific community to study Columbia debris, researchers will have the opportunity to gain unprecedented knowledge about the effects of reentry."
The request from The Aerospace Corporation was one of several "Request for Information" applications NASA received to study Columbia debris. The eight pieces of hardware were inventoried inside the KSC Vehicle Assembly Building, where Columbia's debris is stored and prepared for shipment.
"The idea of studying pieces of Columbia came to me in the debris hangar soon after the accident," said Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach. "It was clear to me we could learn a lot from it, and that we shouldn't bury the debris as we did with Challenger's."
"To see the plan come together is personally rewarding," Leinbach said. "I hope the technical community will learn as much as possible and put that knowledge to use to improve spacecraft and flight crew system designs in the future," he said.


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CLINICAL-BIOCHEMICAL RATIONALE OF USE OF MANNITOL AND SORBILACT IN SEVERE CRANIOCEREBRAL INJURY
Author: Chepkyi L.P., Ivaniushko O.V., Павленко І.А.
Published: Art of treatment No.1 (36), 2000, p. 38-39
Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University
Severe craniocerebral injury is accompanied by focal and cerebral symptoms associated with the damage to certain sections of the brain, its perifocal edema, endoge-nous intoxication (1,8).
In the initial stages, edema and swelling of the brain are a protective reaction in response to the damage as hy-perhydration reduces the concentration of toxins in cells of the brain. However, the progression of the process leads to a dramatic increase in the intracranial pressure and de-velopment of dislocation phenomena that affect the stem sections of the brain that may cause disruption of the vital functions and be responsible for the death of a patient (10).
It is clinically represented with impairment of con-sciousness, as evidenced by decreasing Glasgow coma scale (< 9 points) and symptoms of brain structure dislo-cation. In these cases, osmotic diuretics are widely used: mannitol, sorbitol, glycerol and saluretic furosemide and, recently, domestic osmotic diuretics of polyfunctional ac-tion Sorbilact and Rheosorbilact (4,7).
The first phase of action of diuretics is characterized by a rapid (within 15–30 min) decrease in the intracranial pressure. In this period, the intratissue pressure is reduced in those parts of the brain where the vascular regulation and blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability are not af-fected, whereas the intratissue pressure in the parts of the brain with affected BBB may increase by 10–25%. The second phase (30–90 min after osmotic diuretics admin-istration) is characterized by the maximum drop of the cer-ebrospinal fluid pressure (up to 50%) and intratissue pres-sure (88%), accompanied by an increase in cerebral blood flow by 20–40%. In the third phase (2.5 – 3.5 hours after the drug administration), with occurrence of "rebound syn-drome" in 65% of cases, the CSF pressure and intratissue pressure exceed the initial values. Diuretics are also pre-scribed as a therapeutic measure aimed at treating endo-toxicosis (8).
In craniocerebral injury (CCI), it is associated with de-struction of the brain tissue, blood vessel ruptures, en-trance of macro- and micro-parts of cerebral detritus into the blood flow, direct contact of poured out blood with the brain tissue, formation of intracranial hematoma, blood in-filtration in the cerebrospinal fluid.
Since in CCI the function of the blood-brain barrier is disturbed and the permeability of capillaries increases, their epithelium is damaged, a significant mass of frag-ments of the damaged tissue moves from the brain to the general circulation, which causes endogenous intoxication (EI) (8). In this regard, the detoxification therapy is one of the components of the treatment of severe CCI. It involves elimination of toxins from various fluid media of the body (blood, plasma, lymph, cerebrospinal fluid) (9).
Detoxification therapy is conducted for activation and optimization of the physiological systems of the body re-sponsible for elimination of toxins. The main principles of detoxification are:
⋅ enhancing perfusion in order to create conditions for the diffusion of toxic factors from affected cells, tis-sues into the general circulation;
⋅ haemodilution that results in decreased plasma con-centration of toxins;
⋅ forced diuresis resulting in faster excretion of toxins and metabolites from the body. With this purpose, di-uretics are most often used.
Priority is given to osmotic diuretics since their action starts faster and is more physiological than that of saluret-ics. Effect of osmotic diuretics is manifested not only in the reduction of brain edema and intracranial pressure, but also in improvement of the rheological properties of blood, cerebral blood flow and, unlike saluretics, when osmotic diuretics are used, hypovolaemia and hyponatraemia are more rarely observed.
Mannitol reduces intracranial pressure by 15–20%, im-proves the cerebral perfusion pressure by 10%, increases cerebral blood flow by 10–15% and stimulates increase in its flow rate by 13%. Unlike furosemide, mannitol improves the rheological properties of blood: reduces its viscosity by 16% (furosemide increases by 25%), reduces the haema-tocrit by 37% (furosemide – increases by 2%), does not affect the aggregation of platelets (furosemide increases by 20%). (2,3). The disadvantages of mannitol, especially furosemide, include the ability to cause a "rebound syn-drome", blood electrolyte disturbance. These disad-vantages can be reduced by administration of Sorbilact and Rheosorbilact that have the necessary electrolytes (potassium, sodium, magnesium, chlorine) in their compo-sition in balanced proportions (4.6.7).
According to M.E. Polishchuk (2002), these drug prod-ucts have a diuretic effect, significantly improve the func-tion of the kidneys and liver, stimulate intestinal peristalsis, optimize hemodynamics in traumatic and hemorrhagic shock, which makes their widespread use in severe brain injuries justified.
A statement made by a competitive company about the possibility of complications when using large doses of sor-bitol, as well as the work by E.I. Bulss, H.I. Van Zuylen (1997) about the risk of hyperglycemia, hypophosphatae-mia and lactatemia in these cases has caused the need to study the impact of the recommended by the releaser doses of Sorbilact and Rheosorbilact on the frequency of complications and on the level of glycemia, lactatemia, in-organic phosphate blood levels in patients with severe craniocerebral injury. For this purpose, data on the use of more than 1 million bottles of Sorbilact and Rheosorbilact in Ukraine were analyzed. It was found that there were no claims to the company in connection with the complica-tions. The task of the work was to study the impact of these drug products on the level of glucose, inorganic phosphate, lactate and endotoxicosis values.
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The iPhone 6 is still one of the most common phones that we get in our repair centre, even if it's over 2 years since its original release.
When it was first released by Apple, it became the first iPhone to have a larger, 5 inch display, meaning the phone itself was much larger than the previous iPhones. In addition to this, the iPhone 6 has a curved and smooth aluminium housing, which to be fair, is not the most easy surface to grip. Long story short, a lot of them were dropped when customers finally got them into hand, and due to the larger screen and thinner frame, most of them ended up with cracked screens.
Thankfully, our technicians can replace the screen on the iPhone 6 in just one hour, getting you back up and running in no time, with a full 12 month warranty on the repair.
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Thanks to technology, sellers and buyers are turning to the Internet to list and search for their next property. Millions of people begin their searches online before syncing up with a real estate agent, but that doesn't mean the demise of the Realtor will be happening any time soon. Mobile applications and technology like Trulia, Realtor.com, and Zillow are great news for buyers, sellers and agents.
Why are mobile apps good news for real estate agents?
Most home buyers are searching for their next place online – there's no way to change that. Trulia had an average of 35 million monthly visitors in 2013, and its Pro service is designed to help agents capitalize on that. Trulia states that 3 out of 5 searchers on the site need an agent, for example. They even have a free app for agents to capture and respond to leads.
Zillow offers similar features, including a low-cost option for creating a custom agent website that's SEO optimized and includes searchable listings. Websites are vital in today's business world, and real estate is no exception.
Of course, not everyone agrees that these websites are good news for agents, but the majority of agents seem to have accepted and embraced them. And these sites don't mean that traditional ways of conducting business, like open houses, are obsolete. Agents can and should use every tool available to them to successfully conduct business in this changing marketplace.
But, should agents be worried about the rise of mobile apps in the home buying process? A recent article from MSN sums things up quite succinctly: "Agents don't seem worried." Clients will always need help with the negotiation process, and real estate agents are also there to act as a source of support throughout the buying and selling process. There's simply no way the human element can be outsourced to technology.
Want some more hard data? A study from Bloomberg Businessweek found that even though 42% of buyers found their home online, 89% still used a real estate agent or broker to make the purchase. That's pretty good peace of mind.
Mobile apps have made business easier for realtors, too.
Smartphone applications are great for aggregating listings, but there are plenty of other apps that help the real estate business run more smoothly.
AgentFolio helps agents and buyers stay on top of all of the information floating around during the home buying process. It's especially useful for managing multiple clients. OpenHouseManager helps capture information from potential buyers at an open house, and then it shares that information with your Apple devices and the Cloud.
But, being a successful Realtor isn't just about the business side of things. Websites are extremely important, and email newsletters are another popular medium for staying in touch. Basically, agents these days must be increasingly tech savvy. Luckily, there are apps for that, too.
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Microsoft has changed its culture and set the table for success, but it's time to move forward and execute the plan. Can it get there?
Over the past few years, I have argued that Microsoft, under the leadership of CEO Satya Nadella, has made significant changes to its business culture. These changes are leading the company down a different and potentially more lucrative path that focuses on productivity, emphasizes cloud computing, and embraces an agnostic attitude toward operating systems.
While that change of culture is all well and good, Microsoft has reached a turning point in its evolution as a mobile-first, cloud-first software development company. From this point forward, Microsoft's new culture must execute the strategy it has adopted—or suffer the consequences that come from failing to do so.
In a February 2017 article in USA Today, Satya Nadella discussed how he has changed the culture at Microsoft and how the new culture is markedly different from the era of Steve Ballmer and even Bill Gates.
The article points out that in 1992, Microsoft's stated mission was to put a PC in every household. If you consider smartphones and tablets as well as PCs, you could argue that, for the developed world at least, that mission has been all but completely accomplished. But so what. What comes next?
"At Microsoft, our mission is to enable people and businesses throughout the world to realize their full potential. We consider our mission statement a commitment to our customers."
Operating under a "customer first" philosophy frees Microsoft from the self-imposed and unnecessary burden of always trying to be better than a particular competitor. Making decisions solely on the basis of beating a competitor like Apple or Oracle, instead of making decisions based on what is best for your customers, stifles innovation and often leads companies down the slow spiral of decay and eventually death.
The "beat the competition at all costs" business strategy is not a good business strategy and never has been. Unfortunately, it is employed by too many companies—far too many slowly fading companies. The fact that Microsoft has rejected it bodes well for its future.
What Satya Nadella and his executive team at Microsoft have done to change the culture at the company has been remarkable. In just about every regard, the way Microsoft has approached the changing landscape of information technology has set the table for its future success.
However, now that the table is set, it is time for results. Microsoft must show that it can execute its business strategy, grow its business, and increase its market share. Customers, investors, employees, and other stakeholders are not going to be satisfied with anything less. The honeymoon period where changing the culture was enough is over. The time to make something happen is upon us.
Updated features in Windows 10, Azure, and Office 365 are a good start, and innovative products like the Surface Pro, Surface Studio, and Surface Dial show that Microsoft still has some creativity up its collective sleeves. But the company must keep moving forward. That's the challenge of adopting an open-ended mission statement—it can never be completely fulfilled. The question as always, is what's next?
Do you have a strategy or a product you would like Microsoft to pursue? Share your thoughts and opinions with your peers at TechRepublic in the discussion thread below.


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This old house is een lied Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young dat werd geschreven door Neil Young. Het verscheen in 1988 op een single met Got it made op de B-kant. Het verscheen hetzelfde jaar ook op hun reüniealbum American dream. De single bereikte nummer 92 in de Hot Country Songs van Billboard.

Het is een rustig nummer dat onder begeleiding van een akoestische gitaar wordt gezongen door Neil Young met achtergrondzang van de andere leden van de band.

Het gaat over een echtpaar dat al jaren in een huis woont dat ze als het ware op dromen hebben gebouwd. Ze hebben financiële problemen en moeten er afstand van doen: Tomorrow morning a man from the bank's gonna come and take it all away.

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 Lijst van nummers van Crosby, Stills & Nash (& Young)

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BTS to world premiere new album on SNL next month
By Yonhap
Published : Mar 14, 2019 - 10:25 Updated : Mar 14, 2019 - 10:25
K-pop sensation BTS will premiere its upcoming album "Map of the Soul: Persona" on the famous American live television variety show "Saturday Night Live" next month, its management agency said Thursday.
BTS will appear on the NBC comedy show on April 13 to present live the music and performances off the new album to the international audience, Big Hit Entertainment said.
SNL earlier announced the lineup on its SNS accounts, listing BTS and Emma Stone for the April 13 episode. The K-pop septet will be the musical guest, while Stone will host the show.
The appearance on the globally watched TV show comes a day after the new BTS album hits the shelves on April 12.
BTS previously picked the stage of the 2018 Billboard Music Awards as the venue to world premiere "Fake Love," the lead track of "Love Yourself: Tear," released in May last year. (Yonhap)


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Directed Vapor Technologies International, Inc. Offers Environmentally Friendly Alternative to Cadmium and Hard Chrome Coatings
Charlottesville, VA – February 25, 2015 – Directed Vapor Technologies, Inc., (Directed Vapor) specializing in coating of complex aerospace components, www.directedvapor.com, will be exhibiting environmentally friendly alternatives to hazardous heavy metal coatings for environmental and wear protection of high strength steel components to the aviation community at the 20th annual MRO Americas Conference & Exhibition, presented by Penton's Aviation Week (http://www.aviationweek.com), on April 14-16, 2015 at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami, FL. The company will appear at Booth Number 400.
Replacing environmentally hazardous inorganic materials, in particular cadmium and hard chrome, currently used in the maintenance and/or sustainment is a high priority for the aviation industry. Directed Vapor's non-toxic replacement coatings do not contain any materials currently identified on the Office of the Secretary of Defense's Emerging Contaminants WATCH List and/or ACTION List. Current replacement technologies utilized by the aviation industry are limited to coating application onto line-of-sight regions. Thus, many components that require coatings onto non-line-of-sight (NLOS) regions still require a suitable processing approach which will enable use of heavy metal replacement coatings. Directed Vapor Deposition (DVD) is an environmentally friendly, vapor deposition technique that facilitates NLOS deposition onto the internal regions of components, allows flexible control of the coating composition and microstructure, and enables high rate, highly economical deposition. To achieve this Directed Vapor uses the Directed Vapor Deposition (DVD) process, which is an advanced version of electron beam physical vapor deposition (EB-PVD).
The DVD process has the capability to deposit corrosion (aluminum and aluminum alloy) and wear coatings (nano-composites) coatings that have suitable qualification capabilities for chromium and cadmium replacement, as well as, can be effectively applied onto internal regions such as complex geometries, hard to reach cavities and cylindrical areas. The impact of reducing the use of cadmium and chromium coatings without decreasing performance is that significant reductions in hazardous waste generation will be achieved. This reduction will limit the exposure of personnel to toxic materials and greatly reduce the costs associated with material disposal. These coatings can be used to protect critical components (including aircraft landing gear, tailhooks, material fasteners and electrical connectors) from the effects of corrosion and wear without the hazardous effects of currently used materials.
DVTI has full-scale production capabilities at its facility in Charlottesville, VA for contract coating services as well as a full staff of engineers and scientists that can develop specialized coatings for specialized requirements.
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Children's music - Wikipedia
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Jan 10, 2021 · From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia See also: Children's songs and Nursery rhyme Children's music or kids' music is music composed and performed for children. In European-influenced contexts this means music, usually songs, written specifically for a juvenile audience.
Stylistic origins: Nursery rhymes, educational music, easy listening
What is children's music?
Children's music has historically held both entertainment and educational functions. Children's music is often designed to provide an entertaining means of teaching children about their culture, other cultures, good behavior, facts and skills. Many are folk songs, but there is a whole genre of educational music that has become increasingly popular.
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Are children's songs Universal?
Although children's songs have been recorded and studied in some cultures more than others, they appear to be universal in human society.
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What is music for kids?
The music is innovative, intelligent, and irresistibly appealing to both kids and their parents. Original song collections, with influences of rock, the blues, ballads, folk, and pop, uniquely reflect and celebrate the lives of children today.
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What genre of music did Raffi sing?
In the late 1970s, Canadian artist Raffi, coincided with the rise of children's music as a distinct music industry genre. Musical duo Greg & Steve have focused on the positive reaction children have to music. And former Limeliter Red Grammer has performed his children's music in every state as well as 22 other countries.
Children's song - Wikipedia
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Jan 10, 2021 · A children's song may be a nursery rhyme set to music, a song that children invent and share among themselves or a modern creation intended for entertainment, use in the home or education. Although children's songs have been recorded and studied in some cultures more than others, they appear to be universal in human society.
Grammy Award for Best Musical Album for Children - Wikipedia
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Jan 03, 2021 · From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For other Grammy Award categories, see List of Grammy Award categories. The Grammy Award for Best Musical Album for Children was an honor presented to recording artists for quality children's music albums at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards.
First awarded: 1994
Awarded for: quality children's music albums
Last awarded: 2011
Presented by: National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Grammy Award for Best Children's Album - Wikipedia
Jan 03, 2021 · The Grammy Award for Best Children's Album (from 2020: Grammy Award for Best Children's Music Album) is an honor presented since 2012 at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards.
Awarded for: Quality performances aimed at children
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20 hours ago · Kidz Bop (stylized in all caps) is the No. 1 music brand for kids, featuring today's biggest hits "sung by kids for kids." KIDZ BOP has sold over 21 million albums and generated over 4.5 billion streams since the family-friendly music brand debuted in 2001.
Introduced: October 9, 2001
Owner: Razor & Tie (Concord Music)
Children (composition) - Wikipedia
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Jan 08, 2021 · From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia " Children " is an instrumental composition by Italian composer Robert Miles. It was first released in Italy in January 1995 as part of the EP Soundtracks on Joe Vannelli 's DBX label, but it did not chart. Vanelli brought the track to a nightclub in Miami where it was heard by Simon Berry of Platipus Records.
B-side: "Children" remixes
Genre: Dream trance, techno
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5 days ago · Young children's choirs may be unison choirs (all singing the same line), but older children will sing in two (SS) or three (SSA) parts or more. Types of Choirs. Choirs usually organize and limit themselves according to voicing and/or age of the singers as well as by the size of group or the type of music they sing.
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4 days ago · The Sound of Music is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse.It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers.
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5 days ago · Bethel Music is an American music label and worship movement from Redding, California, originating out of Bethel Church where they started making music in 2001. Bethel Music has grown from being a local church music ministry to a global outreach made up of a collective of songwriters, artists and musicians.
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Global populations of fish, birds, mammals, amphibians and reptiles declined on average by 60% between 1970 and 2014, with freshwater species hit hardest, according to the WWF's Living Planet Index, published today.
"We cannot build a prosperous future for Europe and its citizens on a depleted planet, so economic and environmental agendas must converge if we are to build a sustainable Europe for all," said Ester Asin, Director of WWF's European Policy Office.
The Living Planet Report has been tracking 16,704 populations of 4,005 vertebrate species since 1970. Lakes, rivers and wetlands are suffering the most from overexploitation and continue to deteriorate at breakneck speed, with species declining by 83% since 1970, the report warned.
Although they are critical for people, nature and economies, these ecosystems are under growing pressure from pollution, dam development, and soaring demand for water to irrigate farms and fuel hydropower plants, the WWF said.
At European level, the report draws particular attention to the EU Water Framework Directive, which is currently undergoing a 'fitness check'. WWF is concerned that the directive might end up being weakened as part of this process and launched the #ProtectWater campaign to keep the directive strong and save it from a potential revision.
WWF regards the directive as "one of the EU's most progressive pieces of environmental legislation to date," saying it plays a vital role in protecting Europe's rivers, lakes, groundwater and wetlands from overexploitation.
More broadly, WWF is asking for the EU to mainstream climate and biodiversity protection into key economic sectors, including policies related to agriculture, infrastructure development, and climate and energy.
"With the upcoming EU elections and the resulting renewal of key decision-making bodies, Europe has the opportunity to revive its global leadership on climate change and nature conservation," Asin said.
"Europe must lead by example by adopting an ambitious post-2020 EU biodiversity strategy, and integrating biodiversity and climate protection into all relevant sectoral policies," she said.