Spring is upon us and with it comes a moment of renewal, a fresh start for nature and its many inhabitants. The forest fauna and flora has always been a rich source of inspiration for many writers and painters, but rarely for free online slot games.
And yet this is the frame within which Golden Acorn was born, a game rich in natural charms and full of originality.
Let's discover how to play and enjoy a slot game with such an atypical premise.
Golden Acorn is indeed all about nature and the forest world, more specifically. As such, the game takes place deep in the woods, in between luxuriant trees and in a tranquil, peaceful atmosphere.
The reels are integrated within the background and frame with foliage and acorn motives with a golden lining all around. The reel symbols occupy the whole space allocated to them, giving enough elbowroom to the designers to fill them up with many details – more on this later on.
The musical background is, on the contrary, rather artificial and consists of an upbeat tune playing each time the reels are spinning. Joyful and perky, but not exactly reminiscent of the theme of the game. Nevertheless, Golden Acorn strikes with its strong and unusual aesthetics, which will make you want to know more about this uncommon game.
The developers at Casino Technology have conveniently placed all the useful commands at the bottom of the game screen, nearly packed below the five reels. There are a maximum of 40 paylines in Golden Acorn, which is quite a lot, and therefore it is important to keep in mind that if betting on all the paylines at each spin does maximize your chances of scoring a winning combination, it can also noticeably increase the amount of your wager.
Consequently, you will certainly want to keep an eye on the Credit and Bet displays as you pick a coin value and activate the exact number of paylines you wish to bet on. You can do so thanks to the corresponding shortcuts directly under the reels. Once you are all set, hit the blue Start button and hope for a big win! Should you be lucky, you will have the opportunity to either pocket your new coins or to Gamble them using the corresponding button. Guess correctly the colour of a hidden card and your bet will be doubled! More: guess its suit and it will be quadrupled. Repeat as many times as you dare, but as always keep in mind that a wrong answer will take all your coins away at once. This option is not available when the Autoplay mode is on. Activate it with the appropriate button and choose how many spins in a row you want to bet on, with a constant wager.
As a forest-themed game, it seems logical that the reels symbols in Golden Acorn represent iconic forest animals. All eight basic symbols of the game do so with detailed drawing of well-known forest dwellers. As mentioned before, the symbols occupy the whole space on the reels and are stacked, which means that they appear in consecutive series of five on each reel.
We begin at the bottom of the paytable with the Woodpecker, the Owl, the Badger and the Squirrel. The usual rules apply: combinations of three or more identical symbols on an activated payline trigger the corresponding cash prize. The Fox, Lynx and Wolf are worth roughly twice as much as the first symbols, so you might want to keep an eye on these beautiful creatures as well.
The last basic symbol is the mighty Bear, who is definitely the king of the forest. Not only do Bear combos start with only two symbols, but also the five-of-a-kind Bear combo is worth no less than 1,000 times your original bet.
Finally, there are two more special symbols in Golden Acorn. The Scatter of the game is a beautiful golden Flower. As expected for a Scatter, the Flower can trigger winning combinations regardless of alignment anywhere on screen.
The Acorn itself acts as the Wild card. It is able to replace any of the basic symbols mentioned earlier in order to help complete or extend a winning combination. A valuable joker to have! Remember that the Acorn can only appear on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th reels.
Golden Acorn is all about its cute and detailed forest universe full of fluffy animals and deep vegetation. It is original in its theme but when it comes to gameplay it does not bring many surprises for experienced players.
Nevertheless, first-time players will enjoy its straightforward rules and the fact that it doesn't demand much of slot machine strategies.


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Keeping the Dream Alive During a Pandemic
It's been a while, what have I been up to?
June 19, 2020 Mystique Ro Alternative Sports 0
By: Mystique Ro
We are officially into the second half of 2020.
People have likened the experiences of 2020 thus far to the nightmare game of Jumanji. There may be some truth to that. From the world being shut down due to a pandemic to protesters and riots breaking out in the streets. In the midst of all this, one would wonder, 'how does one keep the dream of becoming an Olympic Hopeful alive'?
Ironically, the initial shutdowns of life as we knew it back in March pushed me gently into my decompress period postseason. This was the time I would've taken off anyway to relax and unwind from the six months on the go. While that relaxing period is nice, it isn't long before I'm itching to move some weights around, but I made sure I took the two weeks off.
This brings us to the middle of April. At this point in time, I would be getting into some light lifts just to get back into a routine, but the "Stay at Home" order was very much in place. So I took this time to face my weaknesses and bring them to light. This meant addressing range of motion in certain areas and trying to get my diet together. (*My diet isn't anything fancy; it's just simply eating cleaner and trying to be more cognizant of the sourcing to ensure I'm consuming quality products.)
May was a tease. I had started venturing outside more not only to get some fresh air but to get in the right mindset. I would go to the empty track to run and do my sprint workouts just to experience a taste of the feeling of training fulltime. As the weeks passed and our initial release date of Phase 2 drew near, the Governor of North Carolina made the call to postpone the entering of Phase 2. While I agree this was the right decision, my creativity seemed to have hit a plateau regarding my workouts. There was still so much I could do, yes, but the cycle that I am currently in (in my timeline) calls for me to move some heavyweights.
Fortunately, or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it, South Carolina has opened back up as close to normal as they could be in this time period. I had reached out to my University, the place I normally workout, but they were still closed. However, the Federation (United States Bobsled and Skeleton Federation) has a partnership with Snap Fitness. I had seen a location just down the road, but they weren't operating. So I broadened my search and noticed there was a location just across the border in Fort Mill. They honored the partnership and were very welcoming.
I say all this, and this is the condensed version because mindset is everything. In the midst of a global pandemic, city restrictions, grocery store panics, public outrages, protests, riots, and hate crimes, I believe in my dream. Yes, the past three months have been hard, there have been many tears and long sleepless nights, but I have a vision.
I'm not just doing this for myself. There are countless little girls who quit sports as they get older because they are told they have to choose between academics and competing or that they can't be great in that sport. There are women who are afraid to start anew because they have lived a life with restrictions and made to feel small. There are People of Color who are being preyed upon because they look different or live a "controversial" lifestyle. There are Black Men being murdered because there are people who deem them a threat. My Greatgrandmother was a sharecropper- a fancy way of saying a person who worked for virtually nothing. My ancestors, along with countless others, built this country with blood, sweat, tears, and their lives…
The dream didn't die when Dr. King passed away. The message wasn't lost when Malcolm X lost his life. The intentions weren't missed when Rosa Parks remained in her seat. So no, my focus hasn't wavered during the first half of 2020, it has only gotten stronger. We owe it to our ancestors, as their legacy, to pursue our dreams and fight for a better future.
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Mystique Ro attended and graduated from Queens University of Charlotte in December of 2016 where she received her bachelors degree in Relational Communications. During her time at Queens, she was a member of the women's track and field team competing as a heptahlete. At the end of her collegiate career she joined the coaching staff for a season assisting with the sprint and jumper team. But not quite ready to retire her spikes and join her peers in the quest for finding a career, she sought opportunity to further her athletic endeavors. She now competes for Team USA as a Skeleton athlete.
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The World's Premier Electronic Music Festival returns with more space, bigger stage and unparalleled production.
Ask any EDM fan in Hong Kong what their highlight of 2016 was and it's almost guaranteed they'll say Road to Ultra. And honestly, who can blame them? Knife Party, Martin Garrix and Nero were the vanguard of a who's who lineup of electronic dance maestros. It felt like a festival that would be hard to top, but that's what Road to Ultra Hong Kong 2017 is set to do when it hits the beautiful, stylish outdoor location Nursery Park in West Kowloon Cultural District on Saturday September 16th.
The 2nd annual Road to Ultra Hong Kong returns with world-class international acts, an unparalleled, mind-melding blend of audio & visual stage production that brings music fans a one-of-a-kind, multi-sensory festival experience. With a $20 million investment in this year's festival, 2017 seeks to double-up on 2016's iteration with a new layout, providing more space and a bigger stage with unparalleled production. The electronic music extravaganza aims to unite fellow electronic music lovers, regionally and internationally as well as to attract tourism from neighboring cities across Asia and Greater China. Hong Kong is set to be a massive milestone in the festival calendar this year in a way never done before and the organizer is calling all dance music fanatics to witness history in the making and support Hong Kong.
Over the past years, Ultra Worldwide, producers of the World's Premier Electronic Music Festival, Ultra Music Festival, has visited many locations across the globe. Having welcomed 350,000 fans to eight events across Asia last year, Ultra Worldwide will produce a total of nine shows on the continent in 2017: Korea, Singapore, India, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Philippines, Bali and Japan. Bringing over 165,000 music enthusiasts to Ultra Miami, a lineup of world-class international acts, boasting the biggest artists, the most cutting-edge stage production and over 18 million live stream views, Ultra Music Festival was dubbed "The World's No. 1 Festival" by DJ MAG for the second consecutive year. Event organisers continue to transport the unrivaled experience from the Miami flagship festival to an ever-growing number of destinations and "Ultranauts" all over the world. In 2017, Ultra will be hitting four new locations in China, India, Australia and Ibiza.
The lineup for this year's festival has just been unveiled and it's a stormer. Topping the bill is Dutch electro-house savant Hardwell - twice crowned the best DJ in the world by DJ Mag, leading the charge with Kygo on his Hong Kong debut. The Norwegian tropical house innovator set the scene alight with his million-view smash hit Firestone as well as collaborating with Selena Gomez on It Ain't Me and Ellie Goulding with First Time. Rounding out the headliners is German house maestro Zedd completing a trimumverate of seminal house talent. They're supported by world-class acts such as US dubstep and bass specialist Getter, Canadian DJ/producer Rezz, who will be sure to hit the stage with her signature LED goggles and Puerto Rican DJ/producer Slushii.
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Astronomy arouses passion in both scientific and religious circles. Few spend their lives studying the Universe, but Brother Guy Consolmagno hopes the International Year of Astronomy will bring out the stargazer in everyone
One of the odd side-effects of being an astronomer at the Vatican Observatory is that we are often elected to various positions in professional astronomical societies. It may be the special respect that our fellow scientists have for the Vatican; or, more likely, it may be the fact that we don't have to spend a large part of our days writing grant proposals (in competition with everyone else) to fund our research. Unlike most astronomers, we have the free time to spend on these important, but time-consuming, offices.
Whatever the reason, it has meant that for the past few years I have been watching the build-up to the International Year of Astronomy (IYA) from the vantage point of a past president of Commission 16 (Moons and Planets) of the International Astronomical Union, and as chair of the division for planetary sciences of the American Astronomical Society. Dedicating a year to promoting astronomy seemed like a sort of motherhood proposition; who could possibly be against it? (Plus it made a nice break from all those arguments about Pluto.) Both those organisations happily endorsed it.
But for that same reason, it also felt like a sort of pointless task. Everyone already likes astronomy; why do we need a special year to promote it? What's more, astronomy is perhaps already too accessible to the general public. While you need a clever lecturer to fool you into thinking that you can understand, say, the theory of evolution, anyone can download all those glorious astronomical images. No need to leave your couch and go to your local science museum.
Some of those concerns are probably well founded. However, this year, we astronomers have been in competition with the Darwin Bicentennial celebrations and, compared with biologists, astronomers in Britain have neither the "hook" of celebrating a local hero nor the cachet of controversy to draw people to our events. As one museum director recently bemoaned to me, Darwin lectures at his institution have drawn loud crowds, whereas astronomy talks are a much harder sell. (Galileo, whose telescope is being celebrated by the IYA, is, of course, a much bigger hero in Italy. Perhaps ironically, it's the Vatican that has most forcefully celebrated him as a local celebrity: a great thinker and good Catholic, who didn't let the opposition of certain of his contemporaries tarnish either his science or his faith. His two daughters, after all, were both nuns; and he wrote and published some of his greatest scientific work after his infamous trial.)
The real impact of the IYA, however, first struck me at the opening ceremonies last January. At the Paris headquarters of Unesco, representatives of astronomy from every nation in the UN - scientists, museum directors and students - gathered to celebrate the IYA with talks and seminars and social events. I was one of the Vatican's official representatives, wandering the hallways for several days in my formal suit and clerical collar.
Now, contrary to the popular cliche, the usual working attire of a Jesuit brother and scientist is neither a clerical shirt nor a white lab coat. As an American of a certain generation, I chose science as a career in no small part because it allowed me to go to work in jeans and a T-shirt. Wearing a suit, never mind a clerical collar, made me feel like a child dressed up for Hallowe'en.
It's not that I am ashamed of my religious life; quite the contrary. And I am just as proud to be a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and just as uncomfortable wearing my "brass rat", the bulky MIT class ring. But, yes, I'll admit I did have a fear that people who didn't know me might have seen simply the uniform and not the person wearing it.
My fellow astronomers are perfectly comfortable with the fact that I have a religious life. It turns out that a lot of them are active churchgoers too - something they told me only when I had come out of the religious closet myself by joining the Jesuits. But I am, frankly, bored by journalists and members of the public who want to know how I can "reconcile" my science and my religion. And, yes, I did get at least one comment from an attendee at the IYA opening ceremonies wondering what "someone like you" was doing there.
But when I looked around, I found I was not alone. Right near me was a man wearing a yarmulke; over there, a young woman in hijab. We were from all nations, all cultures, all religions. We were all children of the same Universe, all made from the same stardust. We all share the same sky. How dare anyone tell us that we can't be astronomers, that we can't all love the stars and study the skies, just because we happen to delight in our different religious beliefs?
But, of course, this was not the first time I had needed to learn this lesson.
Many years ago, long before I joined the Jesuits, I was a postdoctoral fellow at MIT working on computer models to predict the internal evolution of the icy moons of Jupiter and Saturn. But I would go home at night and lie awake in my bed at 3am, wondering if this wasn't just an enormous waste of time. Why should anyone care about the moons of Saturn when there were people starving in the world? How could I find making these computer models, which only a handful of people would ever study, a worthwhile centre of my life?
I had no answer. And so I quit my life as an astronomer, cleaned out my office, and went to join the US Peace Corps. I would go anywhere they sent me, I told them; I'd do whatever they asked me to do. I was there to serve people, not some inhuman computer screen. They happily took me in, taught me some Swahili, and within three months I was in Kenya - at the University of Nairobi, teaching graduate students astronomy.
There was a certain logic to that job. I learned in Kenya that there is a word to describe people who lived "close to nature": starving. People were indeed hungry in Kenya at that time, as the country suffered through one of its periodic droughts. And I realised that, for all the ills of a technological society - pollution, alienation, the greed that comes with affluence - nonetheless in the course of human history it's only the technologically sophisticated societies that have been able to feed their populace consistently.
A technologically sophisticated society needs an educated populace. That means schools. And schools need teachers. The students I was training in physics and astronomy all had jobs waiting for them at the Kenya Science Teachers' College, to teach the teachers who would teach the students who (we hoped) would one day make the power grid in Kenya just a little more reliable. Astronomy was an easy way to teach them physics.
But that wasn't why they wanted me to teach them astronomy.
I spent a good amount of my time in Kenya out of the city, up country, visiting the schools where my fellow Peace Corps volunteers were working ... schools with no glass in the windows, no black on the blackboards. I would show my slides of spacecraft images (did you know there are slide projectors that can run off automobile batteries?) and at night I would set up my little telescope. Everyone in the village would line up to look at the craters on the Moon, the rings of Saturn, the moons of Jupiter.
The enthusiasm, the awe, the sheer joy on their faces was very familiar. It was the same look I would see when I set up the telescope to look at those very same objects back home in the US. Of course, the skies in Kenya were much darker, free of factory and light pollution. The improved conditions left me in awe as well.
Then it finally occurred to me: no well-fed cow bothers to look through a telescope. No cat or dog, no matter how clever, is interested in seeing the images that spacecraft have sent us. People are interested in astronomy precisely because they are people. It is a human response to a human urge. Feeding that urge feeds our humanity. The people in Iten, Kenya, were as hungry for this as the people of Lexington, Michigan. It is a hunger for more than food. It is literally true: a human being does not live by bread alone.
And to deny someone the chance to share in what the human race has found out about this Universe, just because they happen to be born on the "wrong" continent or to the "wrong" socioeconomic group, is a crime against their humanity.
That, ultimately, is what the International Year of Astronomy is all about. That is why we are reaching out around the world, with low-cost telescopes and podcasts and books and lectures.
But that raises a bigger question. What I've said so far about stargazing could equally be said about any peculiarly human activity - music or literature or dance. So why, in particular, astronomy?
The roots of my passion for astronomy draw from many sources. Certainly growing up during the age of Sputnik and Apollo played its role. So did summers spent under dark skies around the Great Lakes, and the love of a father who first taught me the constellations.
But my passion for the study of the stars also draws on my religious tradition, on my belief in a Creator who made this world. He made it deliberately: "God said, let there be ... and there was ... ". He made it rationally: "In the beginning was the Logos." He made it out of love: "God so loved the world that He sent his Only Son." This means that to love the stars is an act of worship of their Maker. To puzzle out how they all work is a way of becoming intimate with the mind of that Maker. I have found no better answer for those 3am ponderings of the meaning of my life.
Other astronomers have different motivations, of course, as different as the religions we follow, and as similar. And sometimes it is hard to remember those motivations when we get tied up in proposal writing and trying to establish priorities for our papers or our discoveries. But it is so hard to make a living from astronomy that anyone who does so must do it out of a deeper passion. Whether it is a curiosity about the truth or a delight in its beauty, our motives for studying the Universe are ultimately rooted in our deepest desires, in pursuing that which we value most highly. And is that not a definition of religion?
Yes, we professionals can forget all that in the day-to-day struggles of grantsmanship and office politics. But when we engage the world of amateur astronomers at IYA events this year, we are reminded by them of why we chose to do this stuff in the first place. And maybe that reminder is why we professionals need the IYA, too.
It's not about prestige. Who can feel important in the face of the Milky Way? It's not about conflict and controversy. Those artificial disputes are boring compared with catching sight of the Ring Nebula in your own little telescope. It's not about the money spent on spacecraft but on the excitement that we feel when we see their images of worlds different from our own ... and about the new way we suddenly look at our own world once we have another place to compare it with. It's not about a national hero but a human hunger.
We all live and play in this same Universe. It's the arena of our lives, common to every one of us; it is our mutual neighbour. And, as E.E. Cummings pointed out many years ago, there's a hell of a good Universe next door; let's go.


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Supermarket not shelving plans for new store yet
By Andrew Merrell | 18th July 2019
Proposals by Lidl to knock down and redevelop part of a business park into a new supermarket have been refused down by planners.
Earlier this week we reported on how work was progressing to bring Gloucester its third Lidl, but its latest bid to spread its empire has fallen foul of a local authority.
The fast-growing retailer wanted to demolish part of the Wolf Business Park off Gloucester Road in Ross-on-Wye.
According to the business its plans would have created 100 jobs and also seen part of the business park refurbished.
However, Herefordshire Council planners rejected the scheme.
"The applicant has failed to provide a robust sequential assessment demonstrating why the proposed use could not utilise land or buildings within the defined Central Shopping and Commercial Area (CSCA) and furthermore on the basis of the detailed assessment of the retail impact of the proposals, the proposal would have a significant adverse impact on the town centre," said the council.
Ross-on-Wye already has an Aldi, a Morrisons and a Sainsbury's.
It is understood Lidl is 'considering its options' with respect to the scheme.
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After the reprise of cold weather we're back to more seasonal fare now and indeed spring is springing all around us. The birds are all marking out their territories with their song and in general the world is a better place. I heard my first singing Chiffchaff of the year down in the Trap Grounds though I've yet to see any Sand Martins or Little Ringed Plovers sadly.
On the floods (which are looking nice and full thanks to the recent rain) duck numbers are diminishing though we're starting to get an increase in wader activity. Recently we've had up to four REDSHANK and four OYSTERCATCHERS, a couple of DUNLIN and double digit counts of Golden Plover gracing us with their presence. On the wildfowl front, whilst general numbers continue to decrease we've had a peak count of seven SHELDUCK, a single female PINTAIL and the first couple of GADWALL of the spring.
The BARN OWL was seen regularly in Burgess Field for a while by Mary MacDougall from about 6:30pm ("old money") in the evening and indeed one evening (though earlier than this) Martin Gebauer and myself saw it fly across the floods from Medley Farm over towards Burgess Field so maybe it roosts there. However, it's not been reported in the last few days so I don't know if it's still around. The Jericho RED KITES have been rather vocal of late: I've seen three together at one time and there seems to be a pair which circle the skies together.
I did the final WeBS count survey of the winter on Monday. For those interested in statistical details these were the counts.
On the botany front in the Trap Grounds, the Green Hellebore is still in full flower though the Winter Heliotrope has now gone over to be replaced by emerging Butterbur flowers.
Looking ahead, we've got Sand Martins and Little Ringed Plover which should arrive any time now. There's always the possibility of a Garganey on the floods as well as more passage waders. As we move into April we should start to get the bulk of the summer visitors passing through. It's an exciting time of the year just ahead!


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Researchers find new bat species in Wisconsin
Published 6:38 am CDT, Wednesday, September 14, 2016
This July 14, 2016, photo provided by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources shows an evening bat, a new bat species state DNR researchers discovered living in the hollow of trees in Avon Bottoms State Natural Area in Rock County, Wis. It is the first new bat species found in Wisconsin in 60 years. (Heather Kaarakka/Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources via AP)
This July 14, 2016, photo provided by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources shows an evening bat, a new bat species state DNR researchers discovered living in the hollow of trees in Avon Bottoms State
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new bat species has been discovered in Wisconsin for the first time in more than 60 years.
Department of Natural Resources officials say researchers discovered the new species, known as an evening bat, living in the hollow of trees in Avon Bottoms State Natural Area in Rock County.
Department researcher Heather Kaarakka and other researchers who discovered the bats were studying summer habitats of other species that are vulnerable to white-nose syndrome, a deadly disease that has killed millions of bats across the country, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (http://bit.ly/2cIQY7r ) reported.
The estimated 160 evening bats were found in two trees about five miles north of the Wisconsin-Illinois border in June and July. They don't appear to be harmed by white-nose syndrome.
Department officials say the discovery is the first new bat species found in the state since 1954 when an Indiana bat was found. It was the only time that species was seen, and attempts to find it in the 1980s and 1990s weren't successful.
"We expected new species of invertebrates and insects, where maybe there isn't a lot of research going on," said Owen Boyle, natural heritage conservation species section chief for the department. "But for mammals and birds, the bar is higher and a new discovery is more significant because they are much more studied."
Evening bats range as far north as Illinois, and the researchers discovered a single juvenile male in the same area last summer.
This year, the researchers found the first evening bat by trapping it in a mist net. They then attached a small radio-tracking device to it and followed the bat to a tree with other evening bats.
The discovery brings the number of bat species known to inhabit Wisconsin to eight.
It's not clear why the new species showed up in the area, but Boyle said that one explanation is the void left by the death of bats susceptible to white-nose syndrome.
The fungus of the disease has killed an estimated 5.7 million to 6.7 million bats since it was first discovered in the eastern U.S. in 2006. The department says the bat population in Wisconsin is stable so far.
Information from: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, http://www.jsonline.com


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The farmhouse was built in 1640 on the site of a former Iberian settlement. The house is detached and surrounded by fields and forest. The nature begins thus directly outside the front door. It was renovated very loving and with natural materials. Itoffers all the comforts of a modern home and a homely atmosphere. The large garden, the architecture of arches and vaults and the thick stone walls takes you to a haven of peace. However, this is combined with the modern amenities. The thick stone walls ensure a pleasant coolness in the house during the summer and a welcoming warmth in winter, which can be increased by a prasseldes fire in the fireplace.
The house is ideal for larger families and group,s for holidays with friends, as well as seminar stays or parties, because 15 people (max. 20) can find easily space and there are enough beds for everybody.
The house includes 300m ² of living space and two floors, six spacious bedrooms, two very large living room, three bathrooms, a spacious kitchen, a separate dining room and a large hall. Both the entrance and the two living room can be transformed in each case for your seminar. All rooms have natural light and views. House facilities include a central heating, kitchen equipment, a dishwasher, a washing machine, two air conditioners, Internet (Wifi) and an outdoor pool. At approximately 2500m ² of outdoor area there are a total of three terraces, a salt water pool, plenty of sun loungers and garden furniture for 15 people, a stone barbecue, a table tennis table, a bench and level surface for seminar outdoor activities. Huge old oaks, partially covered terraces, but also spacious grassy areas, not only around the pool, offer many sunny and shady outdoor places, that invite you to linger and relax. The outdoor pool is unchlorinated and only slightly offset with salt water, whereby a natural bathing is possible. 1000 flowers and aromatic fragrances will enchant you in the garden and the surrounding forest and meadow paths.
The house is rented entirely. In the off season, on a daily basis, on weekends and on weekly basis. For small groups, a person price can be agreed. In high season, the rent is based exclusively on a weekly basis.
Electricity, central heating, the final cleaning, bed linen, towels and internet are in the final price.
On request we can organize catering for seminar groups. Otherwise, the house is for self-catering and offers ideal ways to cook together as a small group.
Your pet is of course also welcome in La Casa Nova - for free.
The house is a detached stone house near the village Pontós. The farmhouse is situated at 145m altitude and offers a beautiful view out over the valley towards the sea to the east and south. To the north and west, you got the view of the Pyrenees Mountains and its foothills. It is just 20 minutes drive away from the spectacular beaches and coves of the Costa Brava, 15 km from the towns of Figueres where the Dali Museum is situated, from Banyoles with its large lake, and 25 km from Girona with its very attractive old town. Barcelona is situated 130 km south and by car, but also by train, well and quickly accessible.
Activities and attractions
Pontós is situated near the Bay of Roses in the Mediterranean Sea. There are many places nearby to visit. Figueres with the Salvador Dalí Museum, the city of Girona, La Bisbal, famous for its ceramics, the charming medieval village surrounded by water of Peratallada and Barcelona, which is only 130 km away. Near to the village we find Empuries, famous for its Greco-Roman ruins and the village of Sant Marti d'Empuries.
The area offers touristic, cultural, sporting and as well as gastronomic a wealth of activities and attractions. From cycling, hiking, horse riding, motor sport etc directly from the house, over gastronomic routes at sea and to the interior, also the Pyrenees for long walks, trekking and skiing in about 50 km distance, which are visible to the north from the house and at least to numerous water and air activities such as kite surfing, surfing, diving, paragliding, water parks. 15km away is a golf course. Culturally the area offers with ancient Roman and Greek settlements, medieval towns, quaint fishing villages, museums and not at least Barcelona with its modernist buildings all sorts of interesting.
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Features of the villa
Independent swimming pool
Individual garden
20 km to the beach, 3 km to the city center, 35 km to the airport, 3 km to supermarket, 1 km to a river or lake, 15 km to the train station, 2 km to the bus station, 15 km to the hospital, 200 m to a hiking route
80 km from a ski resort, 10 km from a golf resort, 25 km from a sports harbour, 5 km from a horse riding center, 25 km from a diving center
Perfect for a big group getaway
This is beautiful house which is easily accesible by car from Girona and Barcelona. The location is beautiful and really spacious for a big group. The kitchen is really well equiped. The livjng room is very cosy with a real fire. Alexandre was very accommodating and available easily and quickly when we had difficulties with the water. I would definately recommend for a big group holiday.
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Fattest corporate profits since 1950 debunk inflation story spun by CEOs
Katia Dmitrieva
Joe Deaux
Matthew Boesler
In the second year of a pandemic that began by wiping out 20 million jobs, American workers are doing surprisingly well. It's just that American big business is doing even better.
In the past two quarters, U.S. corporations outside of the finance industry posted their fattest margins since 1950 — one reason why stock markets keep hitting all-time highs.
On earnings calls, plenty of executives complained about the squeeze from rising costs of labor as well as materials. But overall, profits were up 37% from a year earlier, according to data out last week from the Commerce Department.
Businesses have been paying out more cash to their employees, too, with total compensation up 12% in the last quarter from a year earlier. That's partly because millions of Americans went back to work — but also because many got a raise when they did so. Hourly earnings broadly kept up with the fast-rising cost of living, and in some low-pay industries like leisure and hospitality they comfortably outpaced it.
Viewed that way, it looks like everyone's coming out ahead, and so much for the great zero-sum struggle between labor and capital. At Deere & Co., for example — the tractor-maker that's seen the highest-profile strike of the pandemic — workers held out to get a 10% raise, yet the company is still expected to earn even more next year than the record profit it posted Wednesday.
But that rosy scenario doesn't apply everywhere, nor is there any guarantee it will last.
Most U.S. workers, unlike the ones at Deere, aren't in unions, which means they probably have less bargaining power. Superstar tech firms may be raking in cash, but many small businesses — restaurants, say — are struggling to stay afloat as their costs rise. Incomes are beating inflation for now, but that race isn't over yet.
In a U.S. economy that's surging toward a post-pandemic era, the share of growth that workers and businesses can eke out for themselves is going to be a key part of the answer to a lot of big questions.
Among them: Can President Joe Biden keep his thin congressional majorities next year, and get his spending plans through? Where is policy headed at the Federal Reserve? And, linked to both, how long will the pandemic price-surge last?
U.S. consumer prices rose 6.2% in the 12 months through October, the most since 1990. The new data on corporate earnings suggest business can comfortably pass on all its higher costs, which means there may be more inflationary pressure to come.
"If profits are strong, there's going to be continued demand for workers, and in a tight labor market there's going to be continued upward pressure on wages and compensation," says Robert C. King, director of research at the Jerome Levy Forecasting Center in Mount Kisco, New York.
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What all of that shows, says King, is a strong economy, not one that's about to be tipped into recession by surging prices. As for how that growth gets shared out, King acknowledges there'll be local fights between labor and capital but reckons that, overall, the idea is "somewhat an illusion" — because when firms dole out cash to workers, they generally hand it right back.
"Individual firms might not see that," he says. "But businesses in the aggregate can safely say that when they spend more money on workers, that's going to be a situation where there is more revenue coming back to them."
The most important reason why both companies and workers are earning more than they did in February 2020, even though the economy's been through a record-busting recession since then, is America's COVID-era fiscal policy. Ample support for households meant their incomes actually rose, an unprecedented outcome in a slump, so they bought more stuff from businesses too.
Unfortunately for Biden, many naysayers — including centrist Democrats in Congress whose votes he needs to pass legislation — point to the pandemic spending as a primary driver of rising inflation. That's one reason why clean energy and child care bills, slated to be the historic achievements of his administration, are getting pared back.
The president has promised higher wages. He's under pressure to rein in high prices. He hasn't said a whole lot about high profits, the third leg of that stool, but Biden did call out companies in one politically sensitive industry: gasoline.
Wholesale prices actually fell in recent weeks but the price at the pump "hasn't budged a penny," the president said Nov. 23. If that margin had held in line with historical norms, "Americans would be paying at least 25 cents less per gallon right now as I speak. Instead, companies are pocketing the difference as profit. That's unacceptable."
Biden ordered a Federal Trade Commission probe. He's been pressed to take action over "price-gouging" in other industries too. Still, a president has limited power over prices, and polls suggest high inflation is among the big threats to Biden's Democrats in midterm elections next November.
The institution that's supposed to have tools to tackle inflation is the Fed, and much of the outlook for labor will hinge on what it decides to do next.
With their benchmark interest rate near zero, U.S. central bankers have been downplaying pandemic price spikes as "transitory." But they're getting less comfortable with that view, and pivoting toward tighter policy — which puts downward pressure on inflation by reining in growth in jobs and wages.
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That could have implications for how the balance of income between labor and capital evolves.
"That's a lens by which I'm going to be listening to so many business reports on wage effects and price increases," Chicago Fed President Charles Evans, one of the central bank's more dovish policy makers, told reporters Nov. 18.
The Fed has been arguing for low rates partly on the grounds that they help create a hot jobs market with better pay. After sinking to the lowest levels in decades following the 2008 crisis, labor's share of national income began to pick up again in recent years amid historically low borrowing costs.
When wages rise faster than productivity, though, Fed officials tend to worry more about inflation. The problem with that view, Evans said, is that it can end up "locking in" a lower share of income for workers than they otherwise might be able to attain, effectively making monetary policy anti-labor.
The fading of COVID-era commitments by the Fed and the politicians in charge of public spending may be a longer-run risk for workers. In the near term, there's likely enough fuel in the economy already to sustain the demand that creates jobs and boosts pay. Households have cash saved up. Companies have earnings they can invest.
Much of that is down to macroeconomic policy, but efforts by workers themselves make a big difference too. At Deere, they did — and the company's high profits likely played a key part.
Employees went on strike in October, the busiest time of year for the company's customer base on America's farms. They turned down one deal that management and union leaders had agreed to. Then they turned down a second, significantly better one. The company was showing signs of panic, asking software engineers to fill in on factory lines.
"Workers may be tired of seeing the fruits of their labor go to corporations making record-breaking earnings," Chris Rhomberg, a professor of sociology at Fordham University, said at that point. "The Deere workers evidently felt that the company could afford more."
Just a few days later, they were proven right.
Bloomberg's Josh Eidelson contributed to this report.


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Review of a determination by IPSA to refuse an expense claim to Sir Hugh Robertson
The Compliance Officer for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority has today published his review of a determination by IPSA to refuse expense claims submitted by Sir Hugh Robertson, former MP for Faversham and Mid Kent.
A full copy of the review can be found on the 'Completed Reviews' page here (within the 2015-16 folder), or via this link.
The Compliance Officer for IPSA is an independent office holder, established as a separate public authority from IPSA under the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009, as amended by the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010.
The Compliance Officers powers to conduct a review of IPSA's determination to refuse an expense claim by an MP in whole or in part derive from Section 6A of the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009 (as amended by the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010). Guidance on the Review procedures are contained within the Procedures for Investigations of the Compliance Officer for IPSA (Third Edition), which can be found on the Compliance Officer's website: http://www.parliamentarycompliance.org.uk.
Details of all claims made by MPs for business costs and expenses can be found on IPSA's website: http://www.parliamentary-standards.org.uk/.


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Business|G.A.O. Says Airline Merger Will Reduce Competition
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G.A.O. Says Airline Merger Will Reduce Competition
By Jad Mouawad
The planned merger between American Airlines and US Airways will reduce competition in a far larger number of airports than earlier airline mergers, including the one that created the nation's current leader, United-Continental, according to a report released Wednesday by the Government Accountability Office.
The report found that 1,665 routes between cities would lose one competitor as a result of the merger, affecting more than 53 million passengers. A new competitor would be created in 210 routes, affecting 17.5 million passengers. The report added, however, that the great majority of those markets still had "effective competitors."
When United and Continental merged, 1,114 routes between cities lost one competitor, the report said.
American and US Air have said that the merger would affect only a limited number of airports, noting that the two carriers overlapped on only 12 nonstop routes. The analysis by the G.A.O., however, also considers connecting routes with at least one stop.
The G.A.O. also noted that on seven of those 12 nonstop routes, generally between an American and US Air hub, there was no other nonstop competitor.
A federal judge approved the American-US Air merger.Credit...Matt York/Associated Press
The combination of American and US Airways, which would create the top passenger airline, is likely to be the last of the major airline combinations. The industry in recent years has undergone substantial consolidation, leading to the mergers of United and Continental in 2010, Delta Air Lines and Northwest in 2008, and Southwest Airlines with AirTran in 2011.
The report came as executives from American and US Air defended the merger's benefits before Congress on Wednesday. The airlines have argued that the combined carrier would lead to an increase in service in a number of destinations not served by either of the carriers. For instance, American serves 48 cities not served by US Air, and US Air flies to 64 cities not served by American.
Doug Parker, the chairman and chief executive of US Air, said passengers from both airlines would benefit from being part of wider network which would give them more choices, more services and more competition on more routes.
"The network is able to provide these choices and services because it aggregates demand that independently cannot support profitable service, but collectively can do so," Mr. Parker said in a statement.
American has been in bankruptcy since November 2011. A federal judge approved the merger with US Air as part of the American's plan to leave bankruptcy. The new airline would keep the American name and remain based in Fort Worth.
The merger is currently being reviewed by the Justice Department.


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First Look of Between Shadows by Chanel Cleeton at Heroes and Heartbreakers
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Review: Coming Back by Lauren Dane
It is of course only fitting that the third book in Lauren Dane's Ink and Chrome series is about a triad. We already met Mick in the previous Ink and Chrome novels, and he was just made an equal partner with Duke and Asa (another triad, except platonic this time!) We know that Mick has dealt with some stuff. We know that Mick is bisexual. What we don't know is the history behind his broken heart, and we find that out in Coming Back.
Adam, Mick, and Jessilyn were hot and heavy once upon a time, but broke it off due to a variety of personal issues between the three lovers. It's like we jumped into their story in the middle, which is a blessing and a curse; on one hand we are playing catch up to their saga, but on the other hand there is a lot of time that has passed between their past relationship and the current reboot of their relationship.
With Mick's big promotion, he decides to reach out to Jessi and Adam, finally ready to accept their relationship and hoping to pick up where they left off. From there, it's a hot and sexy ride with some bumps in the road for sure, but we all get a happy ending.
Review: Accelerate by Tracy Wolff
First of all, Nic Medina sounds the hottest hero I have read about in a long time. Dreadlocks on a tall, broad, green-eyed brown guy that races illegally? Yeah, that works for me.
Nic is a guy who has made some mistakes in his past as a crack car jacker; he is also a guy who got himself in some dangerous circumstances he couldn't avoid. Now a little older and on a straighter path, Nic is a family man devoted to his siblings and best friends. However, the sins of his past and the present that won't let him move beyond it collide right into Jordan Bass. Jordan has a car that she just bought at a police auction that needs repairs done. Too bad the sexy Nic Medina is car jacking it right in front of her eyes.
Despite that rocky start, the sparks fly off the page with these two; Nic is incredibly sexy but also devoted, sensitive, and loyal to a fault. Jordan matches him perfectly in passion, intelligence, and wit. A fun and sexy fast paced read.
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Seduction in Session by Shayla Black
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Connor is a deadly covert operative. Lara is a hipster vegan. She doesn't know that he isn't exactly who he says he is, but he needs information that she has, and he protects her along the way. A hot, fast-paced and fun read.
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I've lived by those words my whole life—assumed I'd die by them, too, and I never had a problem with that. My Reaper brothers took my back and I took theirs and it was enough. Then I met her. Tinker Garrett. She's beautiful, she's loyal, and she works so damned hard it scares me sometimes . . . She deserves a good man—one better than me. I can't take her yet because the club still needs me. There's another woman, another job, another fight just ahead.
Now she'll learn I've been lying to her all along. None of it's real. Not my name, not my job, not even the clothes I wear. She thinks I'm nice. She pretends we're just friends, that I've still got a soul . . . Mine's been dead for years. Now I'm on fire for this woman, and a man can only burn for so long before he destroys everything around him.
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I'm not so much with the memes any more, for the most part, but in this case the result was so funny I went with it. I've been tagged by Matt Staggs to grab any book, go to page 123, find the fifth sentence, and blog it. Then tag five people.
Is that a question an author wants their readers asking themselves?
–I'd say this one's not very synchronistic. I"d advise the 3rd, 7th, or 9th sentence on the 33rd page of every third book on your shelves myself.


The air-flow fields of different spunbonding drawing conduits are modeled and simulated numerically. Simulated results are compared with the measured results and show good agreements with the latter. Results show that a larger narrow length and a larger contracting length can produce a higher air velocity, which is beneficial to the polymer drawing. This research is valuable to the optimal design of the spunbonding drawing conduits.


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'Doctor Who' David Tennant and Billie Piper; MegaCon 2019
Fans are counting down the days for MegaCon Orlando as the largest convention in the southeast opens up to fans everywhere next week. Several celebrity guests have been announced including the 'Doctor Who' Duo, David Tennant and Billie Piper.
The two stared in BBC 'Doctor Who' in from 2005-2010 and have become fan favorites. Tennant was even voted favorite doctor, in "Doctor Who Magazine", surpassing Tom Baker. He was enthusiastic to take on such a role as it was a childhood dream, saying "Who wouldn't want to be a Doctor? I've even got my very own Tardis!" Tennant is also known for his minor role in the film 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire' and recently as the villainous Kilgrave in the Netflix and Marvel Series 'Jessica Jones'.
Billie Piper will also be joining her co-star as a headliner for this years convention. Piper played alongside Tennant in the 'Doctor Who' as his companion Rose Tyler, in the early years of the show. She later on reprised the role in 2008, 2010 and again in 2013. She has stared in several plays since 2007 and is currently working on post production in her newest film 'Eternal Beauty'.
Four-Day weekend passed and individual day tickets are now available at https://www.megaconorlando.com/en/buy-tickets/admission.html , starting at $20. For news, guest announcements and event info, please visit https://www.megaconorlando.com
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For the 40th anniversary of the EUROPARC Federation, we decided to bring the International Junior Ranger Camp back to its origins, to where it all started in the Bavarian Forest National Park.
For a whole week we had the chance to discover the park and learn about protected areas in Europe and how they work. At this biggest camp that EUROPARC ever hosted, with support from the National Park Administration, 50 enthusiastic participants from 11 different countries and 15 protected areas contributed to the fun and success of the camp.
In 2013 we had a closer look at different kinds of protected areas in Europe and what their tasks and responsibilities are. Mr Leibl, Director of the National Park Bavarian Forest asked the Junior Rangers for their help to manage some areas of the park during the week. From rangering to visitor management, from nature conservation to communication; the participants, Junior Rangers and their mentor Rangers could experience in hands-on activities what it takes to manage a park. Bog restoration, path building, learning about the daily tasks of a ranger and looking into different ways of communicating messages of protected areas to "the outside world" were on the agenda.
The Wildnis Camp in the Bavarian Forest, where we stayed for the week, was the perfect location for such an event. We had the camp to ourselves, were located in the middle of nature with plenty of space for games and activities, and the best of all: we got to sleep in different thematic huts, like the light star or the tree house. Very exciting. The evenings where full of games and other fun activities, like stargazing and seeing planet Saturn or a pub-quiz about the topic of nature conservation and the protected areas of the participants.
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Mercy Mercy Me
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Many years before global warming became a hot topic, Marvin Gaye wrote this song about the environment and how we have an obligation to care for the Earth. For his What's Going On album (1971), Gaye got away from love ballads and explored deeper social themes, which at first didn't sit well with Motown boss Berry Gordy, who thought these songs wouldn't be marketable. The success of the title track proved otherwise, and "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" became a #1 R&B hit and soared to #4 on the Hot 100.
Gaye elaborated on this song and his spiritual quest in a 1976 interview with Sounds, where he said: "I am a student of Don Juan and Carlos Castaneda. I've read many books by many authors. My idea of living is, I would love to become an impeccable warrior, one who has no need for earthly things such as the wine, the women, the clothes and the diamonds, and the fine things to wear. I'd love to develop a distaste for those things and become only interested in knowledge and power that this earth will give us, if we're only willing to put in the time and effort.
I would love to quit show-business and go after that knowledge and that power that the truly gifted sorcerer has. The power's here, it's in the rocks, it's in the air, it's in the animals. There are men of knowledge who could take these forces and elements and cause mysterious things to happen to the body, transform themselves and do many, many marvelous things. I would like to become a man of power, and I would like to use it in a good fashion.
The knowledge that we have is enough to catapult ourselves over the hurdle into super-knowledge, where we become super-beings. But at that point we always destroy ourselves. That will always happen because super-knowledge is only for the chosen few. But the few can be of a greater number, that's why I talk about it. If only we would adhere to certain laws that Mother Nature... THAT'S THE KEY!
We appear to have reached the bottom line. And, just like Bunny says (here he's referring to the Jamaican musician Bunny Wailer), it's in obeying the laws of nature that this wisdom and freedom lies. Those songs aren't written for nothing. A lot of the time, they don't even know it as writers, but they're just forced to put Mother Nature into the picture, like in 'You Are The Sunshine Of My Life.'"
According to Earl Van Dyke of Motown's house band the Funk Brothers, Berry Gordy did not know what the word "ecology" meant when he heard this song. It had to be explained to him.
Robert Palmer recorded a version of this song combined with Gaye's "I Want You" in 1991. This medley hit #9 in the UK and #16 in the US.
Palmer originally only planned to cover "I Want You." When interviewed for a promotional video for his 1992 Don't Explain tour he stated it was manager at the time who recommended "Mercy, Mercy Me" as it had a similar melody and vocal pitch. Initially Palmer wasn't interested in the song, which deals with the environment, but he later changed his mind and turned the two songs into a medley, using the opening verses from "Mercy, Mercy Me" as a prelude to the "I Want You" part, keeping the same arrangement.
Palmer admitted to being very nervous when he debuted the song on US Television during an appearance on The Arsenio Hall Show in 1991, stating in an interview on the show after performing that he hadn't done the song in front of a live audience and found it challenging, but he said he thought it well.
"Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology)" won a Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 2002, an honor also given to "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," – one of his several duets with Tammi Terrell – in 1984, and "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" in 1998. The entire What's Going On album was also recognized in 1998 with a Grammy Hall of Fame Award.


1) 7:00 am – Marie Kerr Park workout with the Hillview kids. We did 1.5 warm up and then did some partner tortures! The first was a longer one, all the way around the tennis courts. The next 3 were shorter. 2/3 mile cool down for only 3 miles.
2) 6:00 pm – Joe Walker Track. Only a few HDR runners met me tonight for our weekly track workout. There was some confusion about where we would meet. Clay has put a sign up last week telling people to go to Quartz Hill High. The sign was still there and I was about 1 minute late, so some had already headed over to Quart Hill. We all got back to Joe Walker eventually. The workout was 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. My knee felt good, but all the work, or maybe the heat, or the wind, or controlling my calories had me feeling somewhat lethargic. My splits for 2 laps were all around 3:23 though, so, not too bad.
3) 7:00 pm – The Cave Workout. Tonight it was a series of 1 minute contests with Clay. I should have quit after the first one. It was the ONLY one of the evening that I won. The first was jump rope. I did 155 in a minute, Clay got an even 100. Next we threw a 6 pound ball over a rope – 22 to 29(?) We did Ball Slams, Throws of a heavier ball, pull ups, bench presses with 95 pounds (I only managed 3), box jumps, running down the driveway and back carrying a 70 pound block, and a shuttle relay. Clay won them all, only the shuttle relay was close…. Still it was a fun, good workout.


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Fresh Talent: Gino October
Born in Cape Town, Gino October was 12 when he emigrated with his family to Auckland. He talks about the influence this has had on him and what's in store next.
"When we came to New Zealand I was so culture shocked. That whole experience of going on a plane to this clean safe place, so different to Cape Town – it made me fall straight into hip hop."
And while coming from the different cultural background of South Africa has unsurprisingly had some musical effect on Gino, it rather less obviously also explains why he raps with American inflections.
"When I arrived here it was like, 'I don't talk the same, I don't look the same, I don't have much family here.' So I guess that really I didn't know who I was. When I rap and I have an American accent its because that's who I was listening to when I got here – and that's the closest thing to home because I listened to it in Cape Town."
His musical beginnings come from a cousin who he asked to show him how to make beats, using FruityLoops. His older brother who was rapping also sparked something for him, buying his first computer for him at age 17. Starting out by taking music from YouTube he realised he needed to make his own beats instead. He also credits his music teacher at Rutherford College in Te Atatu for giving him support to make music.
"Music teachers need to get more shine. My music teacher gave me the confidence to actually do music. They need to be paid more if it wasn't for that music teacher I wouldn't be here."
With respect to his obvious rap influence, he says he doesn't want to be defined by one genre. Nina Simone and American three-piece psychedelia, classical soul, RnB group Khruangbin are some of the eclectic artists he is listening to at the moment. Film scores also feature on his playlist as a source of samples from, as witnessed in his song Memories.
"I listen to everything, and hip hop, but also everything that hip hop samples. It's not some of the stuff that I would listen to on a daily basis, but it's become so part of my life now that I just do.
"I don't think I sound like a lot of artists out there and I don't want to be put in a box but I listen to a lot of Jay Z, Nas, Q Tip, J Cole. I love NZ music, Che Fu is dope. I've been listening to some weird shit though, so in future, you might hear some of it!"
He put out his first EP, entitled 'The Conflict', in 2016.
"It was my first go at making a project and putting something out there. I was so psyched that I did that and it was so cool to be like, I'm on Spotify! Then I listened to it over and over again and realised I could do so much better."
Released in July 2018, his latest 6-track EP 'Expansion' shows real musical growth, and has found its way onto the popular Spotify playlist A1 Hip Hop – twice. The first single, Smoke, has a powerful message about success and actually making it, despite the haters, or as he puts it, "…smoking the competition." But it's in a realistic way that resonates with you as a listener. It's also produced in a way that is equal parts poppy, RnB and rap.
"I had been storing all this music on my Mac and I felt like I got better and better but didn't release anything. Then one day I started listening to everything I had done and it became like a realisation I had grown so much, that's where the name 'Expansion' came from."
As part of his expansion and growth, Gino began collaborating with other producers, namely Dozey Doe who produced the tracks Energy and Confidence. Probably the purest rap track on the EP, Energy is a highlight. He also performs live with a collective called Little Village, which includes rappers Beau Jefferies and Kloos.
"It's the start of new things and good things. I've got management now because of it. They reached out to me and someone believed in me enough to support my music and I can focus on just music now. I don't know everything else, I know music."
He nominates Gunshots as a standout track on the new EP. With a South African house influence, the song is about his cousin who was shot there, after Gino and his family had left. It coincided with the period that America's Black Lives Matter movement was swinging into action.
"He was shot and killed by the police in South Africa when I was 20. We got this call about it and we went over for the funeral. It was one of those things where I live all the way over in NZ, and my family is all over in South Africa, and you don't see them for a long period of time. It was really traumatic. When I got back I had this energy and I needed to get into the studio. It was the same time as Black Lives Matter and it was like, 'Woah, they really are trying to kill us.'"
While unnecessary deaths of that sort are fortunately not part of his new home, they clearly are part of Gino October's life experience and part of what will drive him towards success.
"I need to keep working, carve my own way. I don't know what it is yet but I'm going to call it a project for now but it's only the start. I just learnt how to walk so there's a lot more that's going to take place."
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Q: Import data to Google Sheets from JavaScript with automatic column widths (v3 API) I'm writing JavaScript browser/client-side code that needs to upload table/grid based data to Google Sheets and I'm having trouble setting column widths sensibly. The data is stored in JavaScript as arrays of arrays.
So far I've tried uploading the data formatted as a CSV file to "/upload/drive/v3/files" with a "application/vnd.google-apps.spreadsheet" MIME type set as part of the metadata. This works as in I can open the file in Drive as a Google Sheet. However, all the columns are the same size and tiny. Many of my cells contain around 300 characters of text so all the text is truncated and looks bad.
Ideally the columns would resize to fit the longest entry. If I could set the width by value that would work as well.
I need to upload around 100 tables so they need to be either separate files or separate sheets on a single spreadsheet. I want to reduce the number of API calls I need to make as I have many users.
Ideas I've thought of:

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*Upload as above then use up extra API calls to change the dimensions of the columns. Not what I want to do given there's about 100 tables.

*Is there a way to use the Drive API to create the file then the Sheets API to add the data with column widths specified? I'd rather do everything with one request per table if possible though.

*Convert the data in JS to Excel or OpenOfffice format data with the column width encoded and upload that. Would this work? This feels complex though if there's alternatives.
I'm surprised if there's not a way to make Google Sheets resize the columns automatically on upload as it seems a common expectation when importing CSV data.

A: For formatting the cells, check the Basic Formatting guide. It includes instructions on how to specify the size of the width. Other supported methods are found in the Sheets API reference which includes creating spreadsheets.

A: You want to create a spreadsheet with 100 sheets from CSV files. When a table from CSV data is imported to a sheet, you want to create new sheet and import the table. And then, you want to automatically modify the length of columns. If my understanding is correct, how about this method?
I thought that sheets.spreadsheets.batchUpdate can achieve your situation. sheets.spreadsheets.batchUpdate can sequentially run the batch process by adding methods to the request array.  A simple sample for your situation is as follows.
Flow :

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*Create a new sheet in Spreadsheet of ### fileId ###.

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*You can give freely sheetId as Int32. This sample uses 1000000001.

*Import data to the created sheet.

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*Please import each row of the CSV data to pasteData. This sample gives 2 rows.

*delimiter is ,.

*Resize the column width using autoResizeDimensions.

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*By this, the column width is resized automatically by the length of imported values.

In this sample, these flow can be run by one API call.
Endpoint
POST https://sheets.googleapis.com/v4/spreadsheets/### fileId ###:batchUpdate

Request body :
{
  "requests":[
    {"addSheet":{"properties":{"title":"sssample","sheetId":1000000001}}},
    {"pasteData":{"data":"##########sampletext1##########,##########sampletext2##########,##########sampletext3##########","delimiter":",","coordinate":{"rowIndex":0,"columnIndex":0,"sheetId":1000000001}}},
    {"pasteData":{"data":"##########sampletext4##########,##########sampletext5##########,##########sampletext6##########","delimiter":",","coordinate":{"rowIndex":0,"columnIndex":0,"sheetId":1000000001}}},
    {"autoResizeDimensions":{"dimensions":{"dimension":"COLUMNS","sheetId":1000000001,"startIndex":0,"endIndex":3}}}
  ]
}

Note :

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*Please modify above sample request body for your situation.

*If you have already created the sheets, please remove addSheet from the request body.

*I couldn't know the limitation for the number of methods in the request body, so if you have the limitation in your situation, please separate it.

References :

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*sheets.spreadsheets.batchUpdate

*addSheet

*pasteData

*autoResizeDimensions
If I misunderstand your question, I'm sorry.

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Krang! This is another piece done for Nickelodeon on their popular 2012-2017 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon series. They asked me to come up with a series of hypothetical skate decks featuring some cool turtle art. I then photoshopped it onto the board for some promo material.


This hour looked at the various configuration settings available within SharePoint 2010 Central Administration. Although understanding SharePoint administration in detail is a huge topic and could span an entire book, the content covered in this hour gives you a good knowledge of administering SharePoint 2010 and which settings are available where. In addition you also looked briefly at PowerShell, which again is a big topic. It is recommended that you go through MSDN resources for a more detailed understanding of individual topics, but this hour should have provided you a good understanding and ability to administer your SharePoint 2010 farm effectively.


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The FY2019 Version of the Too Beautiful Diamond Route PR Video Is Complete!
FUKUSHIMA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The 2019 version of the public relations video for Diamond Route, the expansive sightseeing route shared among Fukushima, Tochigi, and Ibaraki Prefectures, has been completed.
The stunning sightseeing content from the three prefectures of Fukushima, Tochigi, and Ibaraki have been produced in video form and is now available online on a video platform to share with the whole world under the name: Diamond Route.
The version for FY2018 exceeded a total of 22 million plays and was highly acclaimed both within Japan and overseas. The version for FY2019, however, includes drone video footage and was shot in 4K video for images that are even more immersive and engaging. In addition to the Digest video, there are three additional themes: SAMURAI Spirits, Outdoors & Sports, and Nature & Gastronomy. All four videos were released on February 1st and already, after three weeks online, have been played more than 23 million times.
From a base in Tokyo, this year's video takes us to places across all three prefectures, including Tsurugajo Castle, Abukumado Caves, J Village, and Yunokami Onsen Station, all of which are in Fukushima Prefecture.
With the multiple plays these videos are seeing, we are getting feedback on social media both from people within Japan and from people the world over.
In particular, feedback on social media from the United States and France have included comments like, "Too beautiful!", "I can't tell you how much I love this video! I watch it over and over!", "This is the best video I've ever seen!", and "Thank you for making this video!" Everyone working for prefectural government is thrilled to be seeing this feedback.
We would love for you to watch the video and, if there are locations that captured your attention and moved you, then please come and actually see those sightseeing spots in person.
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GUY J. DIFILIPPO & another, [Note 1] executors, [Note 2] vs. CARL F. DIFILIPPO.
37 Mass. App. Ct. 533
Present: DREBEN, JACOBS, & PORADA, JJ.
Where executors failed in their duty to offer the right to purchase certain real estate to a son of the testatrix in accordance with the terms of the will, the remedy was to require the executors to offer the son the interest of the testatrix at its fair market value at the date of her death some thirteen years earlier, plus interest at the rate of six percent from the time the offer should have been made, i.e., three months after the executors were appointed. [534-537]
CIVIL ACTION commenced in the Middlesex Division of the Probate and Family Court Department on September 25, 1986.
The case was heard by John S. Macdougall, Jr., J., and a motion to amend findings and judgment, or in the alternative, for a new trial was heard by him.
Margaret C. Mahoney for the defendant.
Geoffrey A. Curtis for the plaintiffs.
DREBEN, J. On the date of her death, September 24, 1981, Maria Carmela DiFilippo owned an interest in a two-family house located at 905 Main Street, Winchester (the property). Two of her nine children were appointed executors of her estate. After a dispute arose between the executors and their brother Carl F. DiFilippo (Carl) as to whether they could sell the property to a person other than Carl, they filed a
complaint for instructions in the Probate Court. A judge of that court made findings of fact, and a judgment entered authorizing the executors to evict Carl if he did not voluntarily vacate the property within sixty days and to enter into a purchase and sale agreement at current fair market value with a prospective purchaser, subject to obtaining a license from the Probate Court. Other parts of the judgment will be set forth in the course of this opinion. Carl is appealing from the judgment claiming, among other things, that he is entitled to purchase the property at its fair market value on the date of Maria's death and, because he is a tenant in common of the property, the executors have no right to evict him.
The record contains a statement of the evidence approved in accordance with Mass.R.A.P. 8(c), 378 Mass. 933 (1979). In their briefs, relying on the portions of the statement that suited their respective positions, the parties have stated the facts as each would have them. Our discussion will adhere to the judge's findings except as to one for which there is no record support. See note 5, infra, and accompanying text.
1. Carl's rights under Maria's will. Originally, the property was purchased by Maria's husband, Alfonso DiFilippo, and his brother, Pasquale, as tenants in common. Pasquale died in 1961, leaving a life estate to his widow Annie, and as we determine in part 2 of this opinion, the remainder to Alfonso. Alfonso died in 1969, leaving the residue of his estate to Maria. Annie, Pasquale's widow, lived until November, 1985. Thus, at her death in 1981, Maria owned the property subject to Annie's life estate in one half of the property.
Article Fourth of Maria's will provided: "I direct my executors to offer to my son, Carl F. DiFilippo, the right to purchase the property which I own at 905 Main Street, Winchester, Massachusetts, at its fair market value at the time of my death, which right of purchase must be exercised by him within six months of my death. If my said son shall not have survived me or shall not so accept said offer and purchase said property, then I direct my executors to sell the
same and the proceeds therefrom shall become a part of the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate."
The residue of Maria's estate was left in equal shares to her nine children.
Maria's will was filed in court on March 9, 1982, and her executors were appointed on October 22, 1982. [Note 3] They filed their inventory on March 26, 1984, listing the value of Maria's interest in the property at the time of her death at $62,378. Since the property was appraised in January, 1983, at $68,000, the inventory value appears to reflect a deduction for Annie's life estate in one half of the property.
Carl has lived in one half of the house since 1956, has made repairs to the property, and has a tool collection in the cellar. He has paid the executors $150 per month in rent for the first-floor apartment, an amount below the market rent.
The executors have not offered Carl the right to purchase the property, and "Carl has never made a formal offer to purchase the real estate." [Note 4]
In May, 1986, when he returned from work, Carl found a "for sale" sign on the property. Only then did the executors send Carl a copy of the 1983 appraisal. They received an offer on May 9, 1986, to purchase the property for $260,000.
The judge also found that Carl "has never demonstrated a capacity to purchase the real estate." This finding has no support in the record. [Note 5]
Although the judge did not make separate conclusions of law, the judgment, which entered the same day as his findings, contains the judge's reasoning. After reiterating the
finding that the executors "never offered Carl DiFilippo the right to purchase the [property] at the fair market value at the time of the death of Maria," and after stating that Maria did not own a fee simple, and that her interest was subject to Annie's life estate in an undivided half of the property, the judgment contained the following two paragraphs:
"C. The Executors of the will of Maria C. DiFilippo did not have the capacity, under the terms of her will, to offer Carl DiFilippo an effective or viable right to purchase the [property] with a marketable title of record, because said decedent did not own the fee simple title to said real estate at the time of her death.
"D. Carl F. DiFilippo has failed to exercise any right he had to purchase [the property] at the fair market value at the time of the death of Maria DiFilippo on September 24, 1981, under the specific terms of the will of Maria DiFilippo."
Paragraph C of the judgment is an incorrect statement of law. The executors had the "capacity" to offer the real estate to Carl subject to Annie's life estate, and, indeed, under the terms of Article Fourth of Maria's will were directed to do so. [Note 6]
To the extent that paragraph D of the judgment states a conclusion of law, it is also incorrect. If the judge meant that the burden was on Carl to initiate the exercise of his right, rather than on the executors, that interpretation does not comport with Maria's will. She explicitly required her "executors to offer" to Carl the right to purchase the property, and only if Carl "shall not so accept said offer and purchase said property," were the executors directed to sell. While the executors were unable to offer the property until their appointment, if they had any question as to their inability to comply with the time requirements of the will they could
have sought instructions. The executors make no claim of laches and, as their actions have shown, they were in no hurry to sell. We reject the argument made by the executors that the will provision was an option which required Carl to take the initiative. They had a duty to offer the property to Carl within a reasonable time of their appointment. [Note 7] We consider that any time within three months after their appointment (that is, any time before January 22, 1983) would have been a reasonable time for such offer.
Having determined that the executors failed in their duty to offer the property to Carl, the question arises as to the remedy. Because of the long delay (and perhaps because the executors shared the judge's incorrect view that they could not sell the property prior to Annie's death), Carl has not had to come up with the purchase price and the beneficiaries have not had the use of the funds. It appears equitable to require the executors to offer Carl the interest of Maria in the property at its fair market value at the date of Maria's death, plus interest at the rate of six percent from the time the offer to him should have been made.
2. Extent of Maria's interest. While under the view we take of the duties of the executors, it is unnecessary to determine whether Carl has an interest in the real estate as a tenant in common which prevents him from being evicted, in order to determine the price Carl has to pay and the extent of his ownership, Maria's interest must be determined.
Carl's claim as a tenant in common with his siblings in an undivided half interest in the property rests on his interpretation of the will of Pasquale DiFilippo. The judgment made no determination as to the ownership of the property. [Note 8]
We turn to Pasquale's will. The relevant portions are set forth in the margin. [Note 9] Article Fourth applies only if Alfonso predeceased Pasquale. Despite Carl's contentions to the contrary, if Alfonso survived Pasquale, he was given a remainder in the half interest of the property owned by Pasquale which vested in Alfonso at the time of Pasquale's death. "Remainder gifts, in the absence of very clear, affirmative, contrary indication, [and there is none here] are treated as vesting at the death of the testator." Old Colony Trust Co. v. Tufts, 341 Mass. 280, 282-285 (1960). See Kendall v. Clapp, 163 Mass. 69, 69 (1895) ("words `heirs and assigns' are the usual technical words . . . to signify a fee"). In addition to inheriting Alfonso's original interest, Maria inherited Alfonso's remainder subject to Annie's life estate.
The judgment is vacated and the matter is remanded to the Probate Court to fashion a judgment giving Carl the right to purchase, within a reasonable time, [Note 10] the property for $62,378, plus interest at the rate of six percent, see G. L. c. 107, Section 3, from January 22, 1983. The judgment is to provide that if Carl does not elect to purchase the property within the time set forth therein, or as extended by agreement,
the property is to be sold in accordance with Article Fourth. [Note 11]
[Note 1] Mary S. Watkins.
[Note 2] Of the estate of Maria Carmela DiFilippo.
[Note 3] Carl had filed an objection to the will but did not appeal from the judgment admitting the will to probate and the appointment of executors.
[Note 4] The only other "finding" made by the judge relating to any offer was as follows: "One of the executors testified she offered the real estate to Carl DiFilippo, in 1982 prior to [the] appointment [of executors] for $68,000. He replied that he could purchase a home in Worcester for $35,000."
[Note 5] Guy DiFilippo, one of the executors, testified that Carl was an engineer and made at least $30,000 a year. Guy and Mary (the other executor) testified that Carl intended to build a house on a lot that he owned in Winchester. The executors' own testimony thus indicates that Carl has both income and a parcel of land.
[Note 6] Whether the property was readily marketable to third persons because of Annie's life estate is irrelevant. Moreover, as the inventory indicates, her life estate had an ascertainable value.
[Note 7] There is no suggestion in the record that there were debts or claims which precluded such an offer. In any event the offer could have been conditional on there being no claims that would impair the executors' ability to convey the property.
[Note 8] Contrary to the executors' contentions, it is difficult to read the ruling authorizing eviction of Carl as an implicit determination of the ownership of the property. The judgment specifically reserved the right to file conclusions of law and referred to paragraph E of the judgment. That paragraph required each party to "file an affidavit in the style or form of a certification of title to an institutional lending institution setting forth the ownership of [the property]" at the time of Maria's death and at the subsequent death of Maria's sister-in-law. It does not appear that the judge, at a later time, filed any conclusions or determined the ownership of the property. Although the judge should, of course, as required by Mass.R.Civ.P. 52(a), 365 Mass. 816 (1974), have stated separately his conclusions of law and should have supplemented the judgment, since the relevant instruments are before us we need not remand for that purpose, and we proceed to determine Maria's interest.
[Note 9] "THIRD: I hereby give and devise my one-half interest in the real estate located at #905 Main Street, Winchester, Massachusetts, and the income therefrom, to my wife, Annie DiFilippo for the rest of her natural life, and, from and after her decease to my brother, Alfonso DiFilippo, of #905 Main Street, Winchester, Massachusetts, and his heirs and assigns.
"FOURTH: Should my said brother pre-decease me, then, in that event, after the life-estate to my wife, as described in Paragraph "Third" has expired due to her decease, I then give devise and bequeath all my property to Maria Carmela DiFilippo of said Winchester, and her children, in equal shares." Article Fifth was, in effect, a repetition of Article Fourth.
[Note 10] For example, six months or such other time as the parties agree upon would be a reasonable time.
[Note 11] The executors now have a fee simple interest in the property and, under the will, see Lievi v. Sheridan, 361 Mass. 621, 624-625 (1972), are authorized to convert the real estate into personal property for distribution to Maria's children.
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When Frank Lloyd Wright Designed a Doghouse, His Smallest Architectural Creation (1956)
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On your first day in architecture school, you have to design a doghouse. Having never set foot inside an architecture school, I concede that the previous sentence may well be false, but you have to admit that it sounds plausible. As the simplest form of shelter in common use across the world, the humble doghouse presents to an aspiring architect the most basic possible test. If you can't build one, what business do you have building anything else? Yet it was with characteristic idiosyncrasy that Frank Lloyd Wright, that most famous of all American architects, took on the project of a doghouse only toward the end of his long life and career.
Images courtesy of the Marin County Civic Center
"'Eddie's House' is a doghouse designed gratis by Wright in 1956 to complement a Usonian-style house he built on commission for Robert and Gloria Berger between 1950 and 1951, in the Marin County town of San Anselmo, California," writes Hyperallergic's Sarah Rose Sharp. The commission, such as it was, came from the Bergers' twelve-year-old son Jim. "I would appreciate it if you would design me a doghouse, which would be easy to build, but would go with our house," he wrote to Wright, specifying Eddie's dimensions and offering compensation in the form of his paper-route money.
"A house for Eddie is an opportunity," replied the architect, and the following year — after finishing up the previous project that had delayed him, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum — he sent Jim a literal back-of-the-envelope diagram. As explained in the brief video from Marin County's Youtube channel above, that was standard Wright practice: the architect's rough drawings were then converted into proper plans by his staff at Taliesin. "I wanted it to be easy," says the grown-up Berger. "It wasn't. It was a nightmare, so my dad built it." And as for Eddie, he never actually slept in it.
The Bergers' golden retriever "certainly wouldn't be the first of Wright's clients to be disappointed by some of the architect's shortcomings," writes Sharp. "Apparently, as with many of Wright's designs, the roof to Eddie's House leaked." Nevertheless, it's become a beloved addition to the Wright canon since Berger rebuilt it for Michael Miner's Romanza: A Frank Lloyd Wright Documentary and subsequently donated it to the county. To this day, the replica of Wright's smallest work remains on display inside his largest one: the Marin Civic Center, a slightly later and much more ambitious building, but one not entirely lacking in family resemblance to Eddie's House.
via Hyperallergic
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Based in Seoul, Colin Marshall writes and broadcasts on cities, language, and culture. His projects include the Substack newsletter Books on Cities, the book The Stateless City: a Walk through 21st-Century Los Angeles and the video series The City in Cinema. Follow him on Twitter at @colinmarshall, on Facebook, or on Instagram.
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