I'm doing a short survey to garner interest on whether you think the equipment price is reasonable.
Please help me fill out the quick survey which should not take more than 2 mins.
I have removed your survey link.
1. I am conducting the survey as an individual, it is for data collection purposes.
2. The purpose is to gather whether there is a widespread of users, and whether there's room for other business opportunities for me.
3. I will be sharing this set of data with Bill B.
Hope this is fine w/ you.
Can only speak for myself, but certainly don't feel data collection from members is good practice.
And just so people know Tateo is not referring to me.
Hi @niagrealtygroup and @Bill, thank you for your comments, I will like to clarify that this group is the most targeted group that uses/have interest in Matterport and I feel if I want to get a business model around Matterport going, this is the best place to conduct a survey. I certainly wouldn't feel I would get a fair response if I did the survey in a toursler forum. I might be completely wrong either way.
thanks Dan for the suggestion.
For members that took the survey, thank you! It is very kind of you.
I am thinking whether it makes sense to pursue a leasing model for Matterport devices, as I am a photographer that works with many realtors, the additional investment for the device does not make too much sense, as my clients are inclined to pay for still pictures over VR due to cost. However, if someone is able to come up with a leasing model, wouldn't it drive the price down and we can all compete better with still photography? Feel free to PM me if you are interested in pursuing or have other ideas.
I like Dan was happy to see the out come of the survey and was also shocked at the results. Not to bad, Tateo if you don't mind sharing how long are you going to run the survey and I hope you post the final results.
I am going to be closing the survey today and will share results with interested members such as yourself.
I will be sending it via PM.
Hi @Tateo, could you please also share with me your findings?
I don't think Matterport competes with still photography. It enhances it. There is no way captures will replace good, professional stills. And you are likely upsetting realtors if you tell them to stop doing what they think is exactly right.
Instead we tell them that Matterport enhances their beautiful photos by letting potential buyers get a feel for how those photos go together.
Thanks Pheller. The problem I am encountering is that agents don't want to spend more than they absolutely have to... anything more than $150 is like I am stealing from them.
It's funny that some agents have totally embraced drone photography on basic houses. I get it when they are selling a house with a beautiful property. But I don't understand why agents pay to have a simple tract house photographed with a drone. They should spend the money on the INSIDE of the house by getting a Matterport Scan.
Conclusion: don't complain, don't worry, fast forward, and go for the innovative and early adopter agents/owners/brokers/stabilishments.. It makes your selling and customer relationship experience much more pleasant (and profitable). Early majority, Late majority and Laggards soon are coming. They don't have much choice but VTs in a few years. Again, it's all about timing.
@Tateo, thanks a lot for sharing the survey. Very valuable for the community.


Let's talk of Netflix. Of Black Mirror. As one of the most raved about shows on the platform, Black Mirror often paints a grounded picture of the immediate future.
I recall a particular episode, 'Nosedive' where the lead Lacie gives ratings to people as per their behaviour and appearance. She is in turn rated by others as the episode progresses. Negatively, in this instance. I remember feeling the relevance of this concept while watching the episode. I recall thinking aloud – whether being liked is such a big thing? And is it going to become the basis of our social existence in the years to come?
To most people, probably what I am talking about can sound like debating something which is just matter of fact. We all like to be liked. We want to liked. And these days, we need to be liked. Where we constantly check the likes we get on social platforms, the views our stories get, the praises that are showered on us.
Of course it feels good to be recognized and appreciated, but how much does this recognition really matter? Do we think whether this social buzz actually leads us somewhere? Does being liked by a set of handles change our realities?
I have argued in this vein, needlessly, for a very long time. The more I see of the world, the more I feel that the majoritarian view is the way to be. One has to be liked. It is a dire necessity. And yet, there might be some vagabonds like me, who do not care so much. We do what we do, because it feels right to do it. We love whom or what we love, because for us these conventions have never been definitive. You must have read it somewhere (Gone with the Wind), "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn." Period.
I talk for that lost cause. I talk in favor of those who dare to defy. Do I make it sound like rebellion? Of course it isn't so. Maybe, in the near future, our existence won't be so finely interwoven with social media ratings, as shown by 'Nosedive'. Linking the very fabric of the society, the utilities, the administration, the schemes and the subscriptions seem far fetched at this point. But what if? Are we saying that slowly yet gradually the society is rejecting the recluse?
If you ask a recluse, she will say, how much does it matter now?
Do my filtered, scraped pictures prove my beauty?
Does a static picture tell you what I am thinking or feeling?
Does it tell you how desirable I am?
What of those days that I am not desirable, not even to myself?
What does a cohort of bots know about me? I know that my features won't stay the same for long. I will age, I will wrinkle, I will shrivel but my conscious will survive. Unless it gets lost in the endless loop of begging for acceptance.
In a utopian world, my ideas might stick. And so I have been told. Possibly. And yet even the most dedicated recluse has to bow down to the demands of niceties. If she is not, she might offend the sunshine friends, her perfect boyfriend, her holier than thou husband and even her picky children. And so what does the recluse do? She struggles to please. To be liked. Because in the thick of things, his feelings matter. And on and on it goes.
But surely, you must realize that this has to stop? Surely, you and I both, by now recognize the thin line between real and virtual? Surely, we know what propagating hatred over the internet can lead to? In a world where videos of mass slaughter are live streamed, re-tweeted and endlessly liked and shared, we both know the true value of a like. Therefore, what if I am liked or disliked?
So before you paint the canvas red with your high and dry ideals of right and wrong, please ask yourself, does it really matter? Does my judgement really matter? Does my scrutiny add anything to my credit? Why am I being a watchdog to someone else's choices? And most importantly, why does approval from an automated algorithm or a collection of people aggregated by an algorithm, make my sun shine brighter that day?
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Hurrah! Classical concerts are back where they belong at Kenwood House, in the grounds of this beautiful 18th century mansion, tucked away on a corner of Hampstead Heath. The venue's layout has been shaken up a bit and where once orchestras played from across the other side of the House's ornamental lake, the whole event now takes place on the Estate's sprawling lawns that stretch down to the lakeside, with video screens and well balanced amplification ensuring that everyone can see and hear what's going on.
The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra under the baton of Roderick Dunk got the evening's celebration of Choral Greats underway with O Fortuna! from Orff's Carmina Burana. It's one of the most recognisable pieces of classical melody (and if that name, or any others in this review, mean nothing to you, YouTube them and all will come flooding back) and Dunk's wonderful symphonic sound, including Orff's majestic gong to introduce the vocal power of the 100-strong Royal Choral Society, made for a thrilling start to the nights entertainment.
The programme listed an ambitious selection of 25 items and the selection was unashamedly populist. Whilst the bias was clearly towards choral and opera, if the evening had been called Classical Greats, (with the second half treats of Elgar's Nimrod and Strauss' Also Sprach Zarathustra not usually found on Choral programmes) no one would really have cared. The event was not one for cultural snobs, but rather a glorious choice of some of the most famous and beautiful classical music written. And judging by the number of young children present in the audience, (well, who can resist fireworks) the evening may just possibly have been an introduction too, to a time when music was written to be performed by nearly 200 skilled individuals in perfect harmony.
A night of Choral Greats would not be complete without a spot of Carmen and soprano Janet Mooney's Habanera hit the spot as the rain fell on the enchanted throng enjoying her arias. Other beautiful solos included a spine-tingling Nessun Dorma from Alun Rhys-Jenkins and a sparkling O mio babbino caro, sung by sister soprano, Fiona Murphy.
As the second half unfolded, the first Kenwood classical concert of the season, evolved into the Last Night Of The Proms. Mooney returned to the stage, clad Britannia-like in a Union Jack cape seeing the evening off with a flourish of Elgar, Parry and Arne. By this point whilst the downpour might have been torrential, spirits were anything other than dampened and the flag-waving sing-alongs of Jerusalem, Rule Britannia with a firework festooned finale of Land Of Hope And Glory celebrated the patriotic beauty of these works in the grounds of one of England's most beautiful houses.
On Friday August 30th, Live By The Lake will be screening the movie Singin In The Rain, accompanied again by the RPCO. Last night, an audience of several thousand were deliriously singing in the rain, for real. T'was a wonderful occasion, welcome back!
The full programme of Live By The Lake runs until September 1st and can be accessed here.


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Gambian children changed by ordinary Vancouver people
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Sulayman "Sol" Bah, a former Muslim, came from Gambia in West Africa 21 years ago as a student. His intent was to live the American dream, make a lot of money and eventually return to Gambia a wealthy man driving a Mercedes and living in a two-story house.
His plans changed after meeting his wife Manuela.
After agreeing to go to church with her, Sol's life changed dramatically. He became a Christian. He no longer wanted to go back to Gambia with a display of his wealth – he wanted to go back to help the impoverished.
The couple founded Shared Blessings, a ministry based in Vancouver that offers support to the people of Gambia.
Manuela is originally from Romania, but came to the U.S. 20 years ago. She and her family came to the states as political and religious refugees while Romania was still a Communist country.
She came here for religious freedom. She says she was "overwhelmed" by the experience of religious freedom, most notably on July 4th, after only a few >months in the States she heard an entire crowd singing "God Bless America."
Her response was, "Out in the open, in the park? People are singing about God?" It took a while for her to get used to the idea, growing up in a country where God couldn't be discussed freely.
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Each year, Sol and Manuela travel back to Gambia to run their primary school, Emmanuel Mission Center. The school now has a staff of 14 and teaches 270 children, many of who would not have an opportunity to go to school otherwise.
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Police say Carlos Castro-Alcaraz, 25, was arrested after a deal was made to sell the young tiger to undercover officers for a reduced price of $20,000.
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PHOENIX (Arizona's Family/Gray News) — A Phoenix man is facing charges after a real tiger cub was listed for sale on social media for $25,000.
Phoenix police say Carlos Castro-Alcaraz, 25, was arrested Monday after a deal was made to sell the young tiger to undercover officers for a reduced price of $20,000.
Police later served a warrant at Castro-Alcaraz's home. In addition to the tiger, an American alligator and a dozen snapping turtles were also seized.
"You could hear the tiger in the background moaning. You can hear that something wasn't normal," said Sgt. Brian Bower. "We don't know if there's a bigger ring for exotic animals. This is definitely just the tip of the iceberg as a potential, but our detectives will look into it and will want to identify if there's a larger scheme behind this."
Castro-Alcaraz was booked into the Maricopa County jail on a number of felony wildlife offenses. According to court paperwork, he told officers he purchased the tiger cub last week for $8,000 from another Arizona man.
The suspect reportedly said the man was not taking care of the animal and that he bought it because he felt bad for the tiger. The animals have since been turned over to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Q&A GECKELER MICHELS, designers of the Panorama chair for Karimoku New Standard
Frank and David, you designed a new chair for Karimoku New Standard which will be presented at Salone del Mobile this April. Can you describe the chair, please. What is so special about it?
When Karimoku New Standard asked us to do a chair that should cover all needs of a classic contract chair family, it was clear that there were many restricting parameters to work with. With these parameters in mind, we unavoidably ended up with a design that naturally refers to archetypes of stacking and task chairs made of wood. Our take on this was to work out something that reflects our vision of proportions, the interplay of soft and hard lines. Most of all, we wanted to highlight the dialogue between the two different surface ratios from seat and back shells, reminiscent of paper sheets with a soft twist. The wide backrest was therefore giving the impulse for the name 'Panorama'. Even though it looks minimalistic, the chair surprises with comfort and practicability in any imaginable situation, and all versions can be stacked with each other across versions – an ideal contract chair. Typically you have a curvature on the top end of the backrest, instead we turned it upside down. Not only we arrived at a backrest which seems to 'fall back' and is reminiscent of a cursive character when looking at the side silhouette, but also a fully straight edge on the top end of the back rest – this results in a slim look when the chair is closely standing at the table which is good for compact dining table set-ups, a rare detail in chair design.
Panorma is thus a chair family, in which also the different versions can be stacked among each other?
Exactly, since the very start of the development process, the Panorama chair was developed as a chair family, integrating extra features such as stacking, an armrest version which also enables the suspension on tables, as well as a version with runners with a forward tilting momentum for active environments. The Panorama chair on runners as a derivative of the basic 4-leg version, is inspired by a typical, vernacular chair design from Japan. These archetypes were then adopted to suit a stackable chair construction, implemented with Karimoku New Standard's latest wood crafting techniques, thus giving it a unique look in detailing.
You worked with the material wood. Is that a new material for you? What are the challenges when designing a wooden chair?
Generally, we have experience with wooden chairs and plywood shells but every project has its own specific challenges. Working with Karimoku New Standard also set a new standard to our understanding of accurate wood processing and how Japanese manufacturing gets accompanied by modern CNC techniques is a pleasure to experience as a designer – and of course as a user.
Would you describe the chair as specifically Japanese? Did you try to meet the design aesthetic of Karimoku New Standard when designing this chair? How does it fit with the brand?
Obviously, PANORAMA has formal references to Japanese aesthetics which celebrates calmness and clean compositions. But the design language is a compromise of meeting halfway, as Karimoku New Standard strives to undertake cooperations with mostly European designers in order to bring the designers own individual identity in the realm of Japanese design. We think that we have achieved that. Additionally, the chair should blend into the existing collection, while being able to stand alone as a single piece.
In what interior do you see this chair?
The PANORAMA collection is based on a very universal and versatile chair design, so we think they can fit in anywhere. But the warmth of the wood speaks for a usage in the hospitality sector such as restaurants, and the preciseness, solidity and high quality craftsmenship will be appealing to design connoisseurs.
If you were to describe yourself as a design studio, what would you say is special about you? What do you think you distinguish yourself from others?
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RET CAPT. John "Mike" Harry Heishman
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April 14, 1925 – November 21, 2021
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RET CAPT John Harry Heishman (Mike), 96 years old, of Madison, Alabama passed away on Sunday, November 21, 2021. Mike was born April 14, 1925 to Jesse and Merle Heishman in Milltown, Indiana.
As a young man of 18 years of age, he made a brave decision to enlist in the United States Navy and subsequently changed services to the United States Army. He traveled extensively throughout Italy, Spain, Africa and the Orient. He was a veteran of World War II and the Korean Conflict. His last duty assignment was at Redstone Arsenal, where he was an instructor for the Nike Hercules Missile Defense System. He always was very proud to serve his country and considered it an honor and his greatest accomplishment. He retired after 22 years of service.
After his military retirement, he embarked by working with various missile defense contractors: Brown Engineering, Sperry Rand, and Planning Research Corporation. He embarked on his own business adventure by starting his own successful microfilm company, M&W on Drake Avenue until his retirement.
He was preceded in death by his loving wife, Frances; parents, Jesse and Merle Heishman; brothers, Jesse Heishman, Claude Heishman, Harvey Heishman, Robert Heishman; sisters, Lois Dubois, Edna Mae Lone and Bertie Gentry.
Survivors include his children, Debra (Tom) Means, Sondra Seery, Cheryl (Bert) Morrow, John L. Heishman; grandchildren, Kimberly Seery, John Means, Robin Means, Jake Morrow, Charles Morrow, Mitchell Morrow, Jennifer Heishman, Christopher Heishman; four great grandchildren, Johnathan Seery, Alena Hawkins, Joanna Means and Shiya Heishman; two great great grandchildren, Landon and Dakota Seery; his only surviving sibling, Eileen Kessler. He is also survived my numerous nieces and nephews.
A Graveside Service, with Military Honors will take place on Tuesday, November 23, 2021 at 12:00pm at Faith Memorial Park, Madison, Alabama. Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.valhallafunerals.com for the Heishman family.
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Ilija Mitrev Penusliski is counsel in the International Arbitration and Public International Law practices.
He has experience in international arbitrations under the ICSID, UNCITRAL, SCC and ICC Rules, with a focus on investment and energy disputes. He has also acted as Assistant to the Tribunal in ICSID proceedings.
The majority shareholders in the former Yukos Oil Company as Claimants in a series of three arbitrations against the Russian Federation in relation to the expropriation of their investment in the company. The claims were brought under the Energy Charter Treaty, a multilateral treaty governing trade and investment in the energy sector. The arbitrations were conducted in accordance with the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules and were administered by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague. In an Interim Award, the Arbitral Tribunal decided that it had jurisdiction over the dispute and that the claims were admissible. In its Final Award, the Arbitral Tribunal ordered the Russian Federation to pay over $50 billion in damages to our clients, which makes this the largest arbitral award ever rendered by an arbitral tribunal. The Tribunal also ordered the Respondent to reimburse to our clients 75% of the legal fees they had incurred in these proceedings, as well as 100% of the arbitration costs. We continue to advise our clients in the post-award phase.
The Republic of Lithuania in arbitration proceedings commenced by Russian State-owned gas company Gazprom in relation to Lithuania's unbundling of gas transmission from gas production and supply in the Lithuanian gas distribution company Lietuvos Dujos, in compliance with the EU Third Energy Package and in particular Directive (EC) 2009/73. The proceedings were brought under the 1999 Lithuania-Russia BIT and were conducted under the 1976 UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules.
Electricité de France (EDF) as Claimant in a UNCITRAL arbitration against the Republic of Hungary. The dispute arose from termination of the Power Purchase Agreements put in place during the privatization of the electricity sector. The claims were brought under the Energy Charter Treaty and the arbitration was conducted in accordance with UNCITRAL Rules.
A European energy company, buyer in a long-term gas supply agreement, in an ICC arbitration in Geneva against another European energy company. The dispute arose out of a long-term gas purchase agreement and the disconnect between the price formula, based on oil products, and the situation in the buyer's market, in which market price plays an important role. English law applied.
A West African energy company as Respondent in a UNCITRAL arbitration in Geneva initiated by a European energy company. The dispute arose from the revision of a price formula in two long term contracts for the sale of liquefied natural gas. English law applied.
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Before joining Shearman & Sterling, Ilija was a Visiting Researcher at Harvard Law School.
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Although "Man On A Ledge" is a movie adults may enjoy, the high language and violence issues might make the film a risky recommendation for teen viewing.
All eyes are on Nick Cassidy (Sam Worthington), an ex-cop and ex-con, who stands on the ledge of a New York City skyscraper proclaiming his innocence in a former diamond robbery. Yet as a police psychologist (Elizabeth Banks) tries to talk him down, she begins to wonder if his suicidal protest isn't just a stunt intended to distract law enforcement officers.
Why is Man On A Ledge rated PG-13? The MPAA rated Man On A Ledge PG-13 for violence and brief strong language.
Nick Cassidy (Sam Worthington) is determined to prove his innocence. Serving the beginning of a 25-year sentence for the theft of a $40 million diamond, the former cop decides to take more drastic action after he is denied the right to a retrial. And he gets that chance when he is granted permission to attend his father's funeral. Bolting from the cemetery, Nick narrowly escapes from the guards that accompany him.
With his newfound freedom he enlists his brother Joey (Jamie Bell) in a plan that will hopefully prove the diamond is still in the hands of its owner David Englander (Ed Harris) and, in turn, accuse the wealthy Manhattan resident of insurance fraud. The elaborate setup requires a major distraction to keep eyes away from the building where Englander's vault is located—a distraction like a man about to jump from a high ledge across the street.
Perilous from start to finish, this is one movie that won't induce snoozing. Good pacing and a reasonably solid plot with few holes make the setup	believable. Added to the mix is young detective Lydia Mercer (Elizabeth Banks) whose initial determination to save the unknown suicidal man helps to generate empathy for the ex-con protagonist.
Profanities, while not extremely frequent, are heard throughout the film and include a single use of a sexual expletive. There are also physical confrontations that escalate into gunfire. As a result, characters are shot and a bloody wound is depicted. Perhaps even more concerning for parents is the initial theme of a man appearing to contemplate suicide, as well as the notions of using crime to fight crime and putting other citizens at risk in order to prove one man's innocence.
Although Man On A Ledge is a movie adults may enjoy, the high language and violence issues might make the film a risky recommendation for teen viewing.
Why is Man On A Ledge rated PG-13? Man On A Ledge is rated PG-13 by the MPAA for violence and brief strong language.
Violence: Moments of peril occur throughout this film. Characters engage in violent confrontations with fists and guns. A convict uses a compassionate leave pass as an opportunity to escape—he wrestles a guard to the ground and drives recklessly through a cemetery to evade police. A car is hit by a train and thrown to the side of the road, the driver is not injured. A man steps on to a high ledge outside his hotel room window and appears to be contemplating suicide. Characters break into a vault. Characters engage in vigilante justice.
Sexual Content: A female character is seen in her underwear and cleavage revealing clothes. Brief sexual innuendo.
Language: Single sexual expletive, some scatological and other moderate and mild profanities are used. Terms of Christian deity are also heard.
Drugs/Alcohol: A character drinks and briefly smokes a cigarette to relieve stress. Another smokes a cigar.
In trying to prove his innocence, the protagonist in this film not only puts himself at risk, but also many other people. Is threatening their safety justified in this case? What other alternatives could Nick have explored? What happens early in the script to make it appear that this is his only choice? How does this add rationale to his actions?
Sam Worthington stars in the movie Avatar and Elizabeth Banks appears in The Next Three Days. A police psychologist is also called in to negotiate with a man holding hostages in a hospital emergency room in the movie John Q. Another man decides he must use crime to fight crime in Tower Heist.


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May 1, 2020 – SAN DIEGO. Client Solution Architects (CSA) released its updated logo and is going back to where it all started: with its full name, Client Solution Architects. Additionally, the company shed its Guidance Consulting tagline and went for a simplistic signature approach.
"The name Client Solution Architects has been behind hundreds of millions of dollars of contract wins over its 17-year history," said Emilie Vicchio, CSA's director of marketing and brand management. "Our name helped secure supply chains, acquire multimillion-dollar weapon systems and reinvigorate dated program offices. We wanted to shed all the fluff and get back to our roots, and today's logo aligns perfectly with our mission and with the road ahead."
The updated name isn't the only thing that changed. CSA also changed its signature color, crimson red, to a more vibrant and fast-paced red, which the company calls innovation red. The one unchanged element is the wordmark CSA, which holds most of CSA's brand value.
CSA will roll out additional brand color changes in the coming months to things like CSA's website, brochures and social media accounts.
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Health alert
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Professor Brett Sutton, Chief Health Officer
Health professionals and the Victorian community
A new case of measles has been identified in a returned overseas traveller.
The case was infectious on their return flight from Bangkok, Thailand to Melbourne and at multiple exposure sites in Melbourne between 12 to 19 December 2022.
People who attended the listed exposure sites during the specified dates and times are advised to monitor for symptoms of measles. Symptoms can develop 7 to 18 days after exposure.
Anyone who develops symptoms of measles should seek medical care. Wear a mask and call ahead to make sure you can be isolated from others.
Healthcare professionals should be alert for measles in patients presenting with fever and rash, particularly if they were overseas or attended a listed exposure site during the specified period. People with compatible illness should be tested, advised to isolate, and notified to the Department of Health.
Offer free measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine to all people born during or since 1966 who do not have documentation that they have received two doses of measles containing vaccines. Vaccinate all individuals who are unsure of their vaccination history, regardless of Medicare status.
There is no need to check serology prior to vaccination.
Anyone planning overseas travel should ensure they have received vaccinations appropriate for travel.
Be aware that the initial symptoms of measles are similar to that of COVID-19 and influenza. If a patient has a negative COVID-19 test, but develops a rash, consider measles.
A case of measles has been identified in an overseas traveller. There have now been 6 cases of measles reported in Victoria since 1 January 2022. Following the re-opening of international borders any overseas travel could lead to exposure to measles at the current time. Outbreaks of measles have been recently reported in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the USA.
The table below is a summary of public exposure sites for the current measles case in Victoria.
Monitor for onset of symptoms up to
Departed: Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok, 11 December, 1820hrs
Arrived: Monday, 12 December at 0710hrs
Thai Airways Flight TG 465
Bangkok, Thailand to Melbourne
Melbourne Airport - International Arrivals, Tullamarine, VIC 3045
Monday, 12 December 2022 4:00 pm to 4:30 pm Public train - Craigieburn line
Ascot Vale Station towards Craigieburn Friday, 30 December 2022
Monday, 12 December 2022 4:10 pm to 5.05 pm
Fresh on Young -
34-38 Young St, Moonee Ponds VIC 3039
4:25 pm to 5:15 pm Woolworths Moonee Ponds - 13 Pratt Street, Moonee Ponds VIC 3039 Friday, 30 December 2022
4:50 pm to 5:55 pm Public Bus - line 472
Moonee Ponds towards Williamstown Friday, 30 December 2022
Ascot Vale to Moonee Ponds Saturday, 31 December 2022
5:50 pm to 6:35 pm Umiyaki Moonee Ponds
21 Pratt St, Moonee Ponds VIC 3039 Saturday, 31 December 2022
6:00 pm to 6:45 pm Woolworths Moonee Ponds - 13 Pratt Street, Moonee Ponds VIC 3039 Saturday, 31 December 2022
6:20 pm to 6:55 pm Moonee Ponds Central Shopping Centre -
14-16 Hall St, Moonee Ponds VIC 3039 Saturday, 31 December 2022
6:20 pm to 7:05 pm Aldi Moonee Ponds
Tuesday, 13 December 2022 6:35 pm to 7:25 pm
Public Bus- line 472
Moonee Ponds towards Williamstown
3:15 pm to 4:00 pm Public Bus – line 472
Moonee Ponds towards Williamstown Tuesday, 3 January 2023
Anyone who presents with signs and symptoms compatible with measles should be tested and notified to the Department of Health. There should be an especially high level of suspicion if they have travelled overseas or visited any of the areas listed above and are unvaccinated or partially vaccinated for measles.
Any person born during or since 1966 and who does not have documented evidence of receiving two doses of a measles-containing vaccine or does not have documented evidence of immunity, is at risk.
Unvaccinated infants are at particularly high risk of contracting measles. Infants as young as six months of age can receive MMR vaccine prior to travel overseas to countries where measles is endemic, or where measles outbreaks are occurring. The first dose of MMR vaccine is usually given at 12 months of age as part of the National Immunisation Program Schedule (NIP). If an infant receives an early dose of MMR vaccine (e.g., at 8 months) prior to travelling overseas, they are still required to receive their routine 12 month and 18 months doses in line with the NIP schedule. MMR vaccine is free for infants aged 6 to 12 months travelling to measles affected areas.
Clinical features of measles include prodromal fever, a severe cough, conjunctivitis and coryza, followed by a maculopapular rash usually starting on the face. It is important to be mindful that initial symptoms of measles may be similar to those of COVID-19 and influenza. If a symptomatic patient has a negative COVID-19 and/ or influenza test, they should continue to isolate and be tested for measles if they develop a rash.
People with measles are potentially infectious from around five days before, to four days after, the appearance of the rash.
Measles is highly infectious and can persist in the environment for up to two hours.
These pictures are typical of a measles rash.
People who attended the listed exposure sites during the specified dates and times may have been exposed to measles and should monitor for symptoms.
Anyone who develops symptoms of measles should seek medical care. Ensure to call the health service beforehand and wear a mask.
It is important to stay up to date with your vaccinations. Anyone planning overseas travel should receive vaccination appropriate for travel.
Free measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine is available for people susceptible to measles. People who are not Medicare eligible can also receive the free MMR vaccine. Serology is not required before vaccinating.
A person is potentially susceptible, if they were born after 1966 and do not have documented evidence of receiving two doses of a measles-containing vaccine or do not have documented evidence of immunity. Anyone planning overseas travel should ensure they have received vaccinations appropriate for that travel.
General practices and emergency departments are recommended to:
Be alert for measles infection – ensure all staff, especially triage nurses, have a high index of suspicion for measles in patients presenting with a febrile rash.
Notify suspected cases immediately to the Department of Health via telephone on 1300 651 160 (Discuss the need for nose and throat swabs for PCR diagnosis with the department. PCR testing for measles does not attract a Medicare rebate.
Take blood for measles serology in all suspected cases
Minimise the risk of measles transmission within your department/practice:
avoid keeping patients with a febrile rash illness in shared waiting areas
give the suspected case a single-use face mask and isolate them, until a measles diagnosis can be excluded
leave vacant all consultation rooms used in the assessment of patients with suspected measles for at least 30 minutes after the consultation.
Information for clinicians
The Australian Immunisation Handbook
The Blue Book Guidelines for the control of infectious diseases
Also see three videos on measles at YouTube
Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Department of Health


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Karibik je region v nejjižnější části Severní Ameriky. Zahrnuje ostrovy v Karibském moři (Antily), Bahamy a pobřeží Střední a Jižní Ameriky omývané právě Karibským mořem. Panamským průplavem je Karibské moře spojeno s Tichým oceánem. Region leží jihovýchodně od Mexického zálivu a pevniny Severní Ameriky, východně od Střední Ameriky a severně od Jižní Ameriky.

Region, většinově situovaný na Karibské desce, má více než 700 ostrovů, ostrůvků a útesů (viz seznam ostrovů Karibského moře). Tři ostrovní oblouky vymezují východní a severní okraje Karibského moře: Velké Antily na severu a Malé Antily a Závěrné Antily na jihu a východě. Společně s blízkým Lucayským souostrovím tyto ostrovní oblouky tvoří Západní Indii. Bahamy a Turks a Caicos jsou také někdy označovány jako součást Karibiku, přestože nejsou ani v Karibském moři ani na jeho hranicích, nicméně Bahamy jsou stálým členem Karibského společenství a Turks a Caicos jsou přidruženými členy. Belize, Guyana a Surinam jsou také označovány jako část Karibiku, i když jsou to pevninské země, jsou plnými členy Karibského společenství a Sdružení karibských států. Několik regionů pevninské Jižní a Střední Ameriky jsou také často viděny jako část Karibiku, kvůli jejich politickým a kulturním vztahům s regionem. To zahrnuje Belizi, karibskou oblast Kolumbie, venezuelský Karibik, Quintana Roo v Mexiku (skládající se z Cozumelu a karibského pobřeží poloostrova Yucatán) a Guian (Guyana, Surinam, Francouzská Guyana, region Guayana ve Venezuele a Amapá v Brazílii).

Většinou tropické zeměpisné podnebí je velmi formováno teplotami moře a srážkami, přičemž období hurikánů pravidelně vede k přírodním katastrofám. Kvůli tropickému klimatu a nízko položeným ostrovům je Karibik zranitelný vůči efektům klimatické změny, včetně zvýšené intenzity bouře, pronikání slané vody, vzestupu hladiny moře a eroze pobřeží a variability srážek. Tyto změny počasí značně změní hospodářství ostrovů, zejména hlavní průmyslová odvětví zemědělství a cestovního ruchu.

Karibik byl obydlen domorodci už minimálně 6 000 let před Kristem. Když po příjezdu Kolumba následovala evropská kolonizace, byla populace rychle zdecimovaná brutálními pracovními praktikami, zotročením a nemocemi. Na spoustě ostrovech nahradili Evropané původní populaci zotročenými Afričany. Po Haitské revoluci, která osvobodila zemi od Francie na začátku 19. století a poklesu otroctví v 19. století, ostrovní země v Karibiku postupně získaly samostatnost s vlnou nových států během 50. a 60. let 20. století. Vzhledem k blízkosti Spojených států existuje také dlouhá historie intervencí Spojených států v tomto regionu.

Karibské ostrovy (Západní Indie) jsou často považovány za subregion Severní Ameriky, ačkoli někdy jsou zahrnuty ve Střední Americe nebo jsou ponechány jako vlastní subregion a jsou rozděleny do 30 území včetně suverénních států, zámořských departementů a závislých území. Od 15. prosince 1954 do 10. října 2010 zde existovala země, složená z pěti států, které všechny byly závislé na Nizozemsku, známá jako Nizozemské Antily. Od 3. ledna 1958 do 31. května 1962 existovala také krátkodobá politická unie zvaná Západoindická federace složená z deseti anglicky mluvících karibských území, z nichž všechna byla tehdy závislá na Británii.

Etymologie
Region je pojmenován podle Karibů, etnické skupiny v Malých Antilách a v časech španělského dobývání Ameriky také části přilehlé Jižní Ameriky. Termín byl popularizován britským kartografem Thomasem Jefferysem, který ho použil v Atlasu Západní Indie (1773).

Definice
Slovo "Karibik" má několik použití. Jeho hlavní použití je geografické a politické. Karibik může být rozšířen také na území se silným kulturním a historickým spojením k Africe, otroctví, evropské kolonizaci a plantážnímu systému.

 Geoschéma OSN pro Severní a Jižní Ameriku představuje Karibik jako samostatnou oblast v Severní a Jižní Americe.
 Fyziograficky je karibská oblast převážně řetězcem ostrovů obklopujících Karibské moře. Na severu je region ohraničen Mexickým zálivem, Floridským průlivem a severním Atlantským oceánem, který leží na východě a severovýchodě. Na jihu leží pobřeží kontinentu Jižní Amerika.
 Z politického hlediska může být "Karibik" zaměřen na užší a širší sociálně-ekonomická seskupení:
 Jeho jádrem je Karibské společenství (CARICOM), jehož řádnými členy jsou Bahamské společenství v Atlantiku, Guyanská kooperativní republika a Surinamská republika v Jižní Americe a Belize ve Střední Americe; přidruženými členy jsou Bermudy a ostrovy Turks a Caicos v Atlantském oceánu.
 Nejrozsáhlejší je Sdružení karibských států (ACS), které zahrnuje téměř každý národ v oblasti Karibiku a také Salvador v Tichém oceánu. Podle ACS je celková populace jejích členských států 227 milionů lidí.

Historie

Nejstarší důkazy o lidech v Karibiku jsou na jihu Trinidadu v Banwari Trace, kde byly nalezeny pozůstatky z doby před sedmi tisíci lety. Tato starověká místa, která patří do archaického (starověkého) věku, byla pojmenována jako Ortoiroid. Nejstarší archeologické důkazy o lidském osídlení v Hispaniole se datují kolem roku 3 600 př. n. l., spolehlivost těchto nálezů je však zpochybňována. Na Kubě se objevují materiály shodného data, tedy z doby 3100 př. n. l. Nejstarší nalezené důkazy v Malých Antilách jsou z roku 2000 před naším letopočtem v Antiguě. Nedostatek pravěkých lokalit na Návětrných ostrovech a rozdíly v technologii naznačují, že tito starověcí osadníci mohou mít středoamerický původ. Zda došlo k ortoroidní kolonizaci ostrovů, není jisté, ale neexistuje mnoho důkazů ani o jednom tvrzení.

Mezi lety 400 a 200 před naším letopočtem vstoupili na Trinidad z Jižní Ameriky první zemědělci používající keramiku, pocházeli ze saladoidské kultury. Rozšířili osídlení až k řece Orinoco do Trinidadu a poté se rychle rozmístili po ostrovech v Karibiku. Nějaký čas po roce 250 našeho letopočtu vstoupila do Trinidadu další skupina, Barancoidi. Barancoidní společnost se roztrousila podél řeky Orinoco kolem roku 650 našeho letopočtu a další skupina, Arauquinoidi, dále expandovala do těchto oblastí a také do karibského řetězce ostrovů. Kolem roku 1300 našeho letopočtu vstoupila na Trinidad nová skupina, Mayoidi, která zůstala dominantní kulturou až do španělského osídlení.

V čase evropského objevení většiny ostrovů Karibiku žily na ostrovech tři hlavní skupiny domorodců: Taínové ve Velkých Antilách, na Bahamách a Závětrných ostrovech, Karibové na Návětrných ostrovech a Sibonejové na západě Kuby. Taínové se dělí na Původní Taíny, kteří obsadili Hispaniolu a Portoriko, Západní Taíny, kteří obsadili Kubu, Jamajku a Bahamské souostroví, a Východní Taíny, kteří obsadili Závětrné ostrovy. Trinidad byl obýván jak karibsky mluvícími, tak arawažsky mluvícími skupinami.

Oficiálně objevil jako první Evropan Ameriku Kryštof Kolumbus. Od královského páru Isabely a jejího manžela Ferdinanda získal Kolumbus dvě malé karavely (Pinta a Niña) a jednu větší loď (karaka Santa María), která mu sloužila jako zásobovací loď. S těmito třemi loděmi a s posádkou asi 90 mužů se dne 3. srpna 1492 vydal na cestu. Prvním místem, které Kryštof Kolumbus v Americe objevil, byl právě jeden z ostrovů Bahamského souostroví. V roce 1492 přistál na ostrovu San Salvador a prohlásil ho za španělskou državu. Ačkoliv šlo o Bahamy, Kolumbus se domníval, že přistál v Indii. Proto zdejší obyvatele nazval Indios – Indové, odtud Indiáni. Téhož roku objevil pobřeží Kuby, Hispanioly a další ostrovy. Když se vrátil do Španělska, dostalo se mu bouřlivého uvítání.
Při druhé výpravě (1493–1496) doplul k Portoriku, Malým Antilám a Jamajce. Při dalších výpravách konečně dospěl ke břehům Jižní Ameriky.

Z poslední cesty se Kolumbus vrátil 17. listopadu 1504. Zanedlouho na to, 20. května 1506 zemřel v Valladolidu obklopen svými syny. Dodnes historici vedou spory o to, zda umíral v přesvědčení, že plavbou na západ dosáhl břehů jihovýchodní Asie, či zda si ke konci života uvědomil, že objevil nový kontinent. Kolumbus byl pohřben ve Valladolidu, ale později byly jeho ostatky přeneseny do kláštera La Cartuja v Seville a nakonec na žádost jeho syna Diega roku 1542 do Santo Dominga na Hispaniole (v dnešní Dominikánské republice). Po okupaci ostrova Francouzi roku 1795 byly ostatky přeneseny do Havany na Kubě, po válce o nezávislost na Španělsku roku 1898 byly opět uloženy v Seville, v katedrále.Důležitým konfliktem konce 19. století byla pro Karibik Španělsko-americká válka. Válku vyprovokovaly Spojené státy podporující nezávislost Kuby a očekávající rozsáhlé územní zisky na úkor španělských zámořských držav. Jako casus belli posloužilo podezření, že španělští agenti potopili americkou válečnou loď USS Maine (příčina jejího potopení je záhadou dodnes). USA poslaly Španělsku ultimátum, které na ně reagovalo vyhlášením války. Střetnutí probíhalo naprosto jednostranně a skončilo zničující porážkou Španělska, které muselo po ztrátě většiny svých velkých válečných lodí přistoupit na pařížskou mírovou smlouvu, v jejímž rámci předalo Spojeným státům Kubu, Portoriko a část Španělské Východní Indie, zbytek Španělské Východní Indie byl prodán Německu. Mezi roky 1898 a 1934 zasahovaly USA do politického vývoje regionu svými intervencemi známými jako tzv. banánové války.Jižní a Střední Amerika prodělaly několik pohraničních konfliktů a staly se bojištěm studené války (viz Karibská krize a americká invaze na Grenadu). Dále se zvyšuje propast mezi chudými a bohatými. Některé státy konkrétně v oblasti Návětrných ostrovů (Grenada, Svatá Lucie a Svatý Vincenc a Grenadiny) projevily v minulosti záměr o integraci do většího celku.

Geografie a geologie
Geografie a klima se v Karibiku liší: Některé ostrovy v regionu mají relativně rovný terén nesopečného původu. To jsou například Aruba (má pouze drobné vulkanické rysy), Curaçao, Barbados, Bonaire, Kajmanské ostrovy, Saint Croix, Bahamy a Antigua. Jiné mají vysoce tyčící se pohoří, například ostrovy Svatý Martin, Kuba, Hispaniola, Portoriko, Jamajka, Dominika, Montserrat, Saba, Svatý Eustach, Svatý Kryštof, Svatá Lucie, Svatý Tomáš a Svatý Jan (Panenské ostrovy), Tortola, Grenada, Svatý Vincenc, Guadeloupe, Martinik a Trinidad a Tobago.

Definice pojmů Velké Antily a Malé Antily se často liší. Panenské ostrovy jako součást portorické banky jsou někdy součástí Velkých Antil. Pojem Malé Antily se někdy používá k definici ostrovního oblouku, zahrnujícího Grenadu, ale vylučující Trinidad a Tobago a Závětrné Antily.

Vody Karibského moře hostí velká, stěhovavá hejna ryb, želv a korálových útesů. Portorický příkop, který se nachází na okraji Atlantského oceánu a Karibského moře těsně na sever od ostrova Portoriko, je nejhlubším bodem v celém Atlantském oceánu.

Tento region leží v řadě několika hlavních přepravních tras s Panamským průplavem spojujícím západní Karibské moře s Tichým oceánem.

Skupiny ostrovů
Lucayské souostroví

 Bahamy
 Turks a Caicos (Spojené království)

Velké Antily

 Kajmanské ostrovy
 Kuba
 Hispaniola, politicky rozdělená mezi:
 Haiti
 Dominikánská republika
 Jamajka
 Portoriko (Spojené státy)
 Španělské Panenské ostrovy

Malé Antily

 Závětrné ostrovy
 Americké Panenské ostrovy (Spojené státy)
 Saint Croix
 Svatý Tomáš
 Svatý Jan
 Vodní ostrov
 Britské Panenské ostrovy (Spojené království)
 Tortola
 Virgin Gorda
 Anegada
 Jost Van Dyke
 Anguilla (Spojené království)
 Antigua a Barbuda
 Antigua
 Barbuda
 Redonda
 Svatý Martin, politicky rozdělený na:
 Svatý Martin (Francie)
 Svatý Martin (Nizozemské království)
 Saba (Karibské Nizozemsko, Nizozemsko)
 Svatý Eustach (Karibské Nizozemsko, Nizozemsko)
 Svatý Bartoloměj (Francouzské Antily, Francie)
 Svatý Kryštof a Nevis
 Svatý Kryštof
 Nevis
 Montserrat (Spojené království)
 Guadeloupe (Francouzské Antily, Francie) zahrnujíc
 Ostrovy svatých
 Marie-Galante
 La Désirade
 Návětrné ostrovy
 Dominika
 Martinik (Francouzské Antily, Francie)
 Svatá Lucie
 Svatý Vincenc a Grenadiny
 Svatý Vincenc
 Grenadiny
 Grenada
 Grenada
 Carriacou a Petite Martinique
 Barbados
 Trinidad a Tobago
 Tobago
 Trinidad
 Závětrné Antily
 Aruba (Nizozemské království)
 Curaçao (Nizozemské království)
 Bonaire (Karibské Nizozemsko, Nizozemsko)

Historická seskupení
Všechny ostrovy někdy byly, a několik jich ještě stále je, koloniemi evropských národů, některá jsou zámořská nebo závislá území:

 Britská Západní Indie/Anglofonní Karibik - Anguilla, Antigua a Barbuda, Bahamy, Barbados, Islas de la Bahía, Guyana, Belize, Britské Panenské ostrovy, Kajmanské ostrovy, Dominika, Grenada, Jamajka, Montserrat, Saint Croix (krátce), Svatý Kryštof a Nevis, Svatá Lucie, Svatý Vincenc a Grenadiny, Trinidad a Tobago (od roku 1797) a Turks a Caicos
 Dánská Západní Indie - državy Dánska-Norska před rokem 1814, poté Dánska, dnešní Americké Panenské ostrovy
 Holandský Karibik - Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Svatý Eustach, Svatý Martin, Islas de la Bahía (krátce), Saint Croix (krátce), Tobago, Surinam a Panenské ostrovy
 Francouzské Antily - Anguilla (krátce), Antigua a Barbuda (krátce), Dominika, Dominikánská republika (krátce), Grenada, Haiti (bývalý Saint-Domingue), Montserrat (krátce), Svatá Lucie, Svatý Vincenc a Grenadiny, Svatý Eustach (krátce), Svatý Martin, Svatý Kryštof (krátce), Tobago (krátce), Saint Croix, současné francouzské zámořské departementy Francouzská Guyana, Martinik a Guadeloupe (včetně Marie-Galante, La Désirade a Les Saintes), současné francouzské zámořské společenství Svatý Bartoloměj a Svatý Martin
 Portugalská koloniální říše - dnešní Barbados, známý jako Os Barbados v 16. století, kdy si Portugalci nárokovali ostrov na cestě do Brazílie. Portugalci nechali Barbados opuštěný roky před příchodem Britů.
 Španělská Západní Indie - Kuba, Hispaniola (dnešní Dominikánská republika, Haiti (do roku 1659, prohrálo s Francií)), Portoriko, Jamajka (do roku 1655, prohrálo s Velkou Británií), Kajmanské ostrovy (od roku 1670 pod Velkou Británií) Trinidad (od roku 1797 pod Velkou Británií) a Islas de la Bahía (do roku 1643, prohrálo s Velkou Británií), pobřežní ostrovy Střední Ameriky (kromě Belize) a některé karibské pobřežní ostrovy Panamy, Kolumbie, Mexika a Venezuely.
 Švédská Západní Indie - dnešní francouzský Svatý Bartoloměj, Guadeloupe (krátce) a Tobago (krátce).
 Kuronská Západní Indie - Tobago (do roku 1691)

Britská Západní Indie byla Spojeným královstvím sjednocena do Západoindické federace v letech 1958–1962. Nezávislé země, dříve součást Britského impéria stále mají společný kriketový tým, který soutěží v Test matches, One Day International a Twenty20 Internationals. Západoindický kriketový tým zahrnuje jihoamerický národ Guyanu, jedinou bývalou britskou kolonii na pevnině tohoto kontinentu.

Kromě toho tyto země sdílejí University of the West Indies jako regionální entitu. Univerzita se skládá ze tří hlavních kampusů na Jamajce, Barbadosu a Trinidadu a Tobagu, menšího kampusu na Bahamách a Resident Tutors v dalších přispívajících teritoriích, jako je Trinidad.

Klima
Podnebí této oblasti je tropické, od tropického deštného pralesa v některých oblastech až po tropický monzun a tropickou savanu v jiných oblastech. Jsou zde oblasti, které mají suché podnebí a v některých letech se potýkají se značným suchem a naopak vrcholky hor mívají chladnější mírné podnebí.

Dešťové srážky se liší v závislosti na nadmořské výšce, velikosti a vodních proudech, jako je chladné vzestupné proudění vody, které udržuje ostrovy Aruba, Bonarie a Curacao vyprahlé. Z východu důsledně vanou teplé a vlhké pasáty, které v celém regionu vytvářejí jak deštný prales, tak polosuché podnebí. Podnebí tropického deštného pralesa zahrnuje nížinné oblasti poblíž Karibského moře od Kostariky na sever do Belize, stejně jako Dominikánskou republiku a Portoriko, zatímco sezónnější suché podnebí tropických savan se vyskytuje na Kubě, v severní Kolumbii a ve Venezuele a na jihu Yucatánského poloostrova v Mexiku. Suché podnebí se nachází podél severního pobřeží Venezuely a rozkládá se až k ostrovům včetně Aruby a Curaçaa, stejně jako severozápadního cípu Yucatánského poloostrova.

I když je region po většinu roku slunečný, období dešťů od května do listopadu zaznamenává častější oblačnost (přerušovanou i zataženou), zatímco v období sucha od prosince do dubna je častěji jasno, většinou slunečno. Sezónní srážky se dělí na období "sucha" a období "dešťů", přičemž posledních šest měsíců roku je vlhčí než první polovina. Teplota vzduchu je po celý rok teplá, pohybuje se kolem 20 a 30 °C a teploty v zimě a v létě se liší jenom o asi 2 - 5 stupňů na jižních ostrovech a o asi 10 - 20 stupňů na severních ostrovech v Karibiku.

Sezóna hurikánů je od června do listopadu, ale vyskytují se častěji v srpnu a září a častěji na severních ostrovech v Karibiku. Tropické cyklóny, které region někdy obtěžují, obvykle udeří na sever od Grenady a na západ od Barbadosu. Hlavní oblouk hurikánového pásu se nachází na severozápadě ostrova Barbados ve východním Karibiku. Skvělým příkladem jsou události související s hurikánem Irma devastující ostrov Svatý Martin během hurikánové sezóny roku 2017.

Teplota moře se každoročně trochu mění, normálně začíná na 30 °C v nejteplejších měsících a končí na 26 °C v nejchladnějších měsících. Severní ostrovy jako Bahamy, Kuba, Portoriko a Dominikánská republika můžou být ovlivněny kontinentální pevninou během zimních měsíců, konkrétně například studenými frontami.

Klimatická změna
Současná změna klimatu v Karibiku představuje velká rizika pro tamní ostrovy. Hlavní změny životního prostředí, u kterých se očekává, že postihnou Karibik jsou vzestup hladiny oceánů, silnější hurikány, delší období sucha a kratší období dešťů. Jako výsledek se očekává, že klimatická změna povede ke změnám v ekonomice, životním prostředí a populaci Karibiku. Zvýšení teploty o 2 °C nad předindustriální úroveň může zvýšit pravděpodobnost extrémních srážek s hurikány čtyřikrát až pětkrát na Bahamách a třikrát na Kubě a v Dominikánské republice. Vzestup hladiny oceánů může mít dopad na pobřežní komunity Karibiku když jsou položené méně než 3 metry nad mořem. V Latinské Americe a v Karibiku se očekává, že by 29 - 32 milionů lidí mohlo být postihnuto vzestupem hladiny moře, protože žijí pod touto hranicí. Očekává se, že nejvíce zasaženy budou Bahamy a Trinidad a Tobago, protože nejméně 80% celkového území je pod hladinou moře.

Biodiverzita
Karibské ostrovy mají jedny z nejrozmanitějších ekosystémů na světě. Zvířata, houby a rostliny byly klasifikovány jako jeden z ohnisek biodiverzity Conservation International kvůli jejich výjimečně různorodým suchozemským a mořským ekosystémům, od horských mlžných lesů, přes tropické deštné pralesy až po kaktusové křoviny. Tento region také obsahuje přibližně 8% (podle rozlohy) světových korálových útesů spolu s rozsáhlými loukami z mořských řas, které se často vyskytují v mělkých mořských vodách hraničících s ostrovem a kontinentálním pobřežím regionu.

Pro houby existuje moderní kontrolní seznam založený na téměř 90 000 záznamech odvozených od vzorků v referenčních sbírkách, publikovaných zprávách a terénních pozorováních. Tento kontrolní seznam zahrnuje více než 11 250 druhů hub zaznamenaných v regionu. Jak poznamenávají jeho autoři, práce zdaleka není vyčerpávající a je pravděpodobné, že skutečný celkový počet druhů hub známých z Karibiku je vyšší. Skutečný celkový počet druhů hub vyskytujících se v Karibiku, včetně druhů dosud nezaznamenaných, je pravděpodobně mnohem vyšší vzhledem k obecně přijímanému odhadu, že bylo objeveno pouze asi 7% všech hub na celém světě. Ačkoli množství dostupných informací je stále malé, bylo vynaloženo první úsilí k odhadu počtu endemických druhů hub na některých karibských ostrovech. Na Kubě bylo předběžně identifikováno 2200 druhů hub jako možné endemity ostrova; u Portorika je to 789 druhů; u Dominikánské republiky je to 699 druhů; u Trinidadu a Tobago je to 407 druhů.

Mnoho ekosystémů karibských ostrovů bylo zničeno odlesňováním, znečištěním a lidskými zásahy. Příchod prvních lidí souvisí s vyhynutím obřích sov a trpasličích pozemních lenochodů. Ohnisko obsahuje desítky vysoce ohrožených zvířat (od ptáků, savců a plazů), hub a rostlin. Mezi ohrožená zvířata patří například amazoňan portorický, dva druhy štětinatců (obrovských rejsků) na Kubě a Hispaniole a krokodýl kubánský.

Korálové útesy v regionu, které obsahují přibližně 70 druhů tvrdých korálů a 500 až 700 druhů ryb souvisejících s útesy, prošly v posledních letech rychlým poklesem integrity ekosystému a jsou považovány za obzvláště citlivé vůči globálnímu oteplování a okyselování oceánů. Podle zprávy UNEP by karibské korálové útesy mohly v příštích 20 letech vyhynout kvůli populační explozi podél pobřeží, nadměrnému rybolovu, znečištění pobřežních oblastí a globálnímu oteplování.

Demografie

Původní obyvatelé

 Aravakové
 Igneriové
 Taínové
 Sibonejové
 Lukajanové
 Cigujaové
 Macorixové
 Gvanahatabejové
 Kaquejítové
 Kalinové
 Garifunové
 Karibové
 Raizalové

V době kontaktu s Evropany dominantní etnické skupiny v Karibiku zahrnovaly Taíny ve Velkých Antilách a severních Malých Antilách, Kariby na jihu Malých Antil a menší vzdálené skupiny jako například Gvanahatabeje na západní Kubě a Ciguaje a Macorixy na východě Hispanioly. Karibská populace se těsně před kontaktem s Evropany odhadovala na 750 000 osob, i když jsou uváděny nižší i vyšší čísla. Po kontaktu vedly narušení komunity a epidemie nemocí, jako jsou pravé neštovice a spalničky (na které neměli přirozenou imunitu), k poklesu indiánské populace.

Od roku 1500 do roku 1800 rostla populace kvůli přílivu otroků ze západní Afriky, například Kongů, Igbů, Akanů, Fonů a Jorubů, stejně tak jako válečných zajatců z Irska, kteří byli deportováni během kromwellovské vlády v Anglii. Přistěhovali se také přistěhovalci z Velké Británie, Itálie, Francie, Španělska, Nizozemska, Portugalska a Dánska, i když úmrtnost byla u obou skupin vysoká.

Odhaduje se, že do roku 1800 dosáhla populace čísla 2,2 milionu osob. Přistěhovalci z Indie, Číny, Indonésie a dalších zemí přijeli v polovině 19. století jako smluvní zaměstnanci. Po ukončení obchodu s otroky v Atlantiku se počet obyvatel přirozeně zvýšil. Celkový regionální počet obyvatel se do roku 2000 odhadoval na 37,5 milionu.

Na Haiti a ve většině francouzského, anglofonního a nizozemského Karibiku je populace převážně afrického původu; na mnoha ostrovech je také významné procento populace smíšeného rasového původu (včetně mulatů-kreolců, mesticů, zambů, asijských latinskoameričanů a euroasijců), stejně jako populace evropských předků: Nizozemci, Angličané, Francouzi, Italové, Portugalci a Španělé. Asiaté, zejména ti čínského, indického původu a jávští Indonésané, tvoří v některých částech regionu významnou menšinu. Indové tvoří pluralitu obyvatel v Trinidadu a Tobagu, Guyaně a Surinamu. Většina jejich předků přišla v 19. století jako nasmlouvaní dělníci.

Španělsky mluvící karibská populace je primárně evropského, afrického nebo rasově smíšeného původu. Na Portoriku má většina lidí evropský původ, který je smíšen s dalšími dvěma rasami (směsice Evropana-Afričana-domorodého Američana), stejně tak má velkou menšinu mulatů (Evropan-Západoafričan) a západoafrickou menšinu. Na Kubě je většina lidí smíšené rasy, spolu s velkou evropskou menšinou a významnou populací s africkými předky. Dominikánská republika má největší populaci smíšené rasy, pocházející především z Evropanů a Západoafričanů.

Jamajka má velkou většinu Afričanů, kromě značně velké populace smíšeného rasového původu, a menšiny Číňanů, Evropanů, Indů, Latinskoameričanů, Židů a Arabů. To je výsledek let importu otroků a nasmlouvaných dělníků a migrace. Většina mnohonárodnostních Jamajčanů o sobě hovoří jako o smíšené rase nebo hnědé rase. Podobné populace lze nalézt ve státech Caricomu v Belizi, Guyaně a Trinidadu a Tobagu. Trinidad a Tobago má mnohonárodnostní kosmopolitní společnost kvůli příjezdům Afričanů, Indů, Číňanů, Arabů, Židů, Latinskoameričanů a Evropanů spolu s původním obyvateli - Indiány.

Přehled států
Hlavní článek: Seznam ostrovů Karibského moře

Viz také: Západní Indie

Odkazy

Poznámky

Reference

Související články
 Sdružení karibských států
 Karibské společenství
 Organizace východokaribských států
 Regionální bezpečnostní systém

Externí odkazy

Severní Amerika
Latinská Amerika

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Women make up more than half of the U.S. population, but by various measures, they still don't have their fair share. More than 1 in 7 women (nearly 25.2 million) lived in poverty in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The median weekly wage for women nationally is $770, 81.8% of what men make.
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Mauritian history as I saw it in 2003
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Origins – a unique paradise
The island of Mauritius was formed some 12 million years ago due
to volcanic activity on the submerged Mascarenes plateau. Isolated
from mainland Africa, the flora and fauna that found its way to
the island evolved into numerous unique species. With lush vegetation,
dense ebony forests and no mammals except bats, it was paradise
for the giant tortoises, dodos and other birds that were its primary
inhabitants.
First discoverers (before 1500)
The island was known to Arabian sailors a thousand years ago and
may even have been discovered by ancient Phoenician seafarers as
early as the 5th century BC. The first Europeans to discover the
island were the Portugese in 1500 who laid claim to the island.
It later passed into Spanish possession, but it wasn't until
the Dutch landed in 1598 that Mauritius' treasures were exploited.
Rape by the Dutch (1598-1710)
It was in honour of Prince Maurice of Nassau, the President of
the Dutch Republic, that Mauritius gained its current name. The
Dutch East India Company initially used the island as a stopover
to and from India via the southern tip of Africa. In 1638 the first
colonists arrived and introduced the first slaves in 1645 from Madagascar.
The island was briefly abandoned in 1658 after the Dutch had depleted
the island of its valuable ebony forests.
The Dutch returned in 1664 and by 1670 the dodo was on the verge
of extinction. They also massacred tortoises, turtles and sea-cows
in huge numbers. In 1710 the Dutch finally abandoned the island,
but already the original virgin paradise was lost forever.
A Strategic Base for the French (1715-1810)
The French took possession of Mauritius in 1715, named it Isle
de France and began to settle here in 1721. Before that time,
Mauritius continued to be a stopover for pirates preying on the
trade between Europe and the orient. Many treasure hunters have
since scoured the island for the fortunes supposedly buried here.
Under the administration of the French East India Company, the
foundation of the current multi-ethnic population was laid with the
introduction of European colonists and slaves from Madagascar, Africa
and India. Unlike the Dutch, the French colonisation was successful,
if difficult, but marred by the brutal treatment of the slaves who
frequently escaped, formed groups and attacked the colonists.
The French aim was to use Isle de France as a military and supply
base to challenge British supremacy in the Indian Ocean. However,
it wasn't until the arrival of the Mahé de la Bourdonnais
in 1735 that this goal was to be realised. The most successful Governor
the island has ever known, he also encouraged entrepreneurship,
finally brought prosperity to the beleaguered colony with the importation
of thousands of slaves and transformed Port Louis from a small camp
into a thriving capital. He had greater visions for the island,
but the company was not prepared to make the necessary investments.
Soon afterwards Creole, the lingua franca of the slave trade, proliferated
and the Creole population, those slaves born on the island often
of mixed ancestory, emerged.
In 1767 the company went bankrupt and the royal government took
control of Isle de France with Pierre Poivre heading the administration.
He conscientiously tried to protect natural resources by limiting
hunting, fishing and deforestation, and created the famous Jardin
des Pamplemousses to preserve endangered species and propagate commercial
ones. Unhappy with the practice of slavery, he was powerless to
stop it and instead sought to end the ill-treatment of slaves.
From 1767 to 1807, the white population of the island doubled whereas
the number of slaves more than quadrupled to 65,000 such that they
outnumbered their masters 10 to 1. This was despite frequent wars
between Britain and France that limited the slave trade. The free-coloured
population also out-grew the whites and finally outnumbered them
in 1808. Isle de France became a significant military staging post
and supplied troops for the war in India. However, the French were
unable to secure a decisive victory over the British in contrast
to achievements while assisting the Americans in their War of Independence
from 1778 to 1783. Greater success and profit were gained by attacking
British merchant ships in the Indian Ocean.
Free trade and its strategic position made Isle de France prosperous
and one of France's most treasured colonies. However, the
re-creation of a French East India Company with a foreign trade
monopoly in 1785 greatly antagonised the rich white islanders. They
took the start of the French Revolution in 1789 as an opportunity
for self-rule and instituted an elected Colonial Assembly. Only
white males were allowed to vote.
Unfortunately, the French Revolution, which produced the famous
Declaration of Human Rights in 1789, was out of control by 1793
and its original leaders, along with thousands of aristocrats and
intellectuals, were put to death at the hands of the extreme left.
However, in 1794, France did live up to its motto of "Liberté,
Egalité, Fraternité" and finally abolished slavery.
Concurrently, there was a split between the ruling whites in Isle
de France: those whites in favour of radical change towards egalitarianism
and those seeking to preserve the status quo. The latter gained
the upper hand; the former were deported. Isle de France became
effectively autonomous as it attempted to preserve slavery.
In 1802, under the rule of Napoléon Bonaparte, France once
more legalised slavery and the slave trade and institutionalised
racism. This was welcomed by the ruling whites of Isle de France
to the detriment of the free-coloureds who lost few rights they
had gained during the Revolution and suffered greater discrimination
as did, to a lesser extent, the class of under-privileged whites.
However, repression by the ruling whites had always prevented these
under-privileged classes from joining the slaves in the mass rebellions
that resulted in blood baths in other colonies.
In 1803, the Colonial Assembly was disbanded and replaced by direct
French rule. The coloureds suffered greater discrimination, even
their richer members, who, as slave-owners themselves, had supported
the ruling whites. Soon the rich whites began to loathe the new
regime as it imposed heavy taxes and extracted loans from them to
build defences against British invasion. Whereas it had been hoped
that Isle de France would be a staging post for the conquest of
India, the Napoleonic wars in Europe diverted France's attention
and military resources.
The Start of British Rule and the End of Slavery? (1810)
The British frequently raided the island and in 1810 finally engaged
the French navy in a significant sea battle in Vieux Grand Port
in the south. The five French ships, with support from shore, defeated
the four British ones after a day of intense fighting. This rare
naval victory is immortalised on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
Six months later, the British returned with a significant land
and sea force and successfully took Isle de France, restoring its
Dutch name, Mauritius. Many of the rich whites refrained from defending
their country. Their reward was an agreement that the British would
permit them to maintain economic control of the country as well
as their laws and customs. Unfortunately this included slavery even
though it was banned under British law. The slave-owners used economic
blackmail and bribery to maintain the status quo.
In 1814, Governor Farquhar proclaimed the abolition of the slave
trade in Mauritius. However, slavery remained and new slaves were
still smuggled into the country to try to maintain their declining
numbers, despite efforts to replace them with the introduction of
machinery. He also defied the British government by allowing the
island to trade freely instead of exclusively with Britain and so
the economy continued to flourish.
From Slavery to Slavery – Indentured Labour
By 1825, the shrinking and aging slave population was being supplemented
by indentured workers from India and China. However, the first group,
believing that they had been recruited under false pretences, rebelled
against their cruel conditions and poor pay and were sent home.
In 1826, a British inquiry into the slavery and racism by the dominant
Franco-Mauritians against free-coloureds began. They in turn set
up a parallel government and even managed to woo the coloured bourgeoisie,
often slave-owners themselves, against the abolition of slavery.
In 1829, the post of Protector of Slaves was established to enforce
their better treatment and Mauritius' system of apartheid
was officially abolished, though its practice continued for several
years. Although the Franco-Mauritians fought it to the very end,
slavery was finally abolished in 1835 but it wasn't until
1839 that the emancipated slaves were free to leave the plantations.
This they did in huge numbers, some to form villages and farm their
own plots of land or fish, others to sink into dire poverty. No
such fate awaited the slave-owners who were generously compensated
for their loss by the British government.
The flight of the ex-slaves and the opportunity to expand the sugar
plantations created an extreme shortage of labour that set costs
soaring. To reduce wages to an absolute minimum and hence maximise
profits, the plantation owners sought to flood the market with cheap
labour from India. At the time many Indian's suffered poverty
under British administration and were happy to seek their fortune
elsewhere. However, the immigration of coolies to Mauritius had
many of the characteristics of the slave trade it replaced and was
actually cheaper, indenture being a sort of voluntary slavery for
a fixed period of time.
A momentous transformation in the population resulted. By 1861,
the number of Indian immigrants outnumbered the white and coloured
Mauritians by 192,634 to 117,416. However, as contracted labour,
the coolies did not enjoy the same rights as the original population.
Ironically, some even became servants of emancipated negro slaves.
At the end of their contracts, many sought to and were encouraged
to stay, started their own businesses and tried to climb the social
strata.
In 1867, under the influence of the plantation owners, laws were
passed which deteriorated the already inferior rights of the immigrants.
For example, their travel within the island was restricted and they
were required to carry passports with immediate detention if they
were lost or left at home. To its shame, Mauritius became an authoritarian
police state with prison sentences for immigrants convicted of the
most innocuous of crimes. It wasn't until 1911 that indentured
labour was effectively stopped by India, although a sugar boom in
1923 brought 1500 workers, but most went home within 3 years.
The First Steps to Democracy
The 1800s also saw many developments in Mauritius, supported by
the wealth generated by the sugar industry. The Royal College, a
world class educational establishment, produced many excellent scholars.
Augmented by brilliant minds from Europe, Mauritius implemented
all of the latest innovations of the day including the stamp-based
postage system, telegraphy, cinemas, steam-power, railways and electricity
generation.
In parallel, Mauritians, in particular the wealthy class, were
demanding a greater say in the rule of their country. Ironically,
the poor too were mobilised when the government attempted to acquire
lands to preserve the vanishing forests, protect species on the
verge of extinction and safeguard water resources that were becoming
contaminated and contributed to several significant epidemics.
Finally, in 1886, multi-party democracy began with the institution
of parliamentary elections for 10 of the 27 members of the Council
of Government. Only a few per cent of the population had the right
to vote; immigrants, the poor and agricultural workers were excluded,
even though in Britain the latter group had gained the right to
vote in 1884. However, it would only be a matter of time before
the numerically superior Indian population would wrest political
power from the wealthy minority as exhorted by Ghandi when he visited
Mauritius on route from South Africa to India in 1901.
Then as now, Mauritius was stratified by ethnicity and class. The
allegiance that dominated depended on the social, political or economic
imperative of the day. Racism and apartheid, however, continued
unabated as unwritten laws until the world-wide social revolutions
of the 1960s and the radical reform of the Catholic Church which
finally ended segregation in the pews.
Politically, the first two decades of the 1900s saw great men champion
the cause of the unrepresented majority of the Mauritian population.
Most were defeated and disillusioned in elections dominated by the
Franco-Mauritians. During this time, the number of Indo-Mauritians
eligible to vote actually decreased, probably due to corrupt practices
of the predominantly white magistrates.
The End of Franco-Mauritian Political Domination (1948)
The Great Depression of the 1930s led to severe deprivation among
the working classes who were mobilised by the newly formed Labour
party and the religious Bissoondoyal brothers. Strikes were organised
on the sugar estates and the docks, paralysing the economy but were
violently suppressed, causing outrage in Mauritius and Britain. Subsequent
reforms, including a minimum wage for workers, were largely disregarded
by the sugar barons and strikes continued into the following decade.
During the 1940s the trend for colonies to demand self-rule was
gaining momentum, with India gaining independence in 1947. In Mauritius,
constitutional reform was debated from 1945-47 and finally in the
1948 elections any Mauritian resident over 21 who could read and
write became eligible to vote. Thanks in large part to the mass
education of Indo-Mauritians by the Bissoondoyal brothers, the total
number of electors jumped from 12,000 to over 70,000. As a result,
17 of the 19 elected members of the Legislative Council were aligned
to the Labour party. Together with the liberals, they enjoyed a
majority despite the large number of the previous administration
appointed as nominated members to make up the total of 34. This
spelt the end of the political domination of the Franco-Mauritians
who had to content themselves with control of the sugar industry.
The Road to Independence (1948-1968)
The next major step was independence. However, politics shifted
from a class struggle to an ethnic one, fuelled in part by the fanatical
racism of the editor in chief of a Franco-Mauritian newspaper. Independence,
favoured by the British and the Labour party under the leadership
of Dr Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, was greatly delayed by a united front
of the ethnic minorities headed by Gaetan Duval, concerned by the
possibility of future domination by the majority Hindus. After 20
years, compromise was finally reached whereby a new legislative
assembly comprising of 62 elected members and 8 "best losers"
was adopted; the latter being drawn from under-represented ethnic
minorities.
Following the 1967 elections, Dr S Ramgoolam led the country on
12th March 1968 into nationhood. Gaetan Duval aligned his party
with Labour and nation building became the order of the day. Masterful
negotiations obtained fixed quotas at preferential prices for sugar
from the European Union and a similar deal for textiles with the
United States as Mauritius strove to diversify its economy with
the assistance and example of the East Asian Tigers like Taiwan.
At the same time the tourist industry started its major expansion,
accelerated by the establishment of Air Mauritius.
The Economic Rollercoaster (1968 onwards)
The political vacuum and the escalation of the Cold War led to the
emergence of a movement of Marxists led by Paul Bérenger.
Mauritius may well have followed the example of the Seychelles and
Madagascar to become a Marxist state but for the economic boom of
the early 70s. However, it turned to near economic disaster by 1979
due to wage rises, strikes and cyclones. Bérenger's
MMM party obtained a landslide victory in the 1982 elections with
Anerood Jugnauth becoming Prime Minister. He had joined the MMM
while Bérenger was briefly imprisoned and subsequently moderated
the party's policies.
Within a few months, Bérenger and Jugnauth fell out. The
former resigned from government and called new elections. The latter
formed a new party, the MSM, formed a coalition with Ramgoolam and
Duval and won. By vigorously attracting new investment from overseas,
the "Mauritian economic miracle" of the early 1980's
was born and unemployment remarkably eliminated, if only for a short
Mauritius Today
The last two decades have been marked by economic prosperity and
shifting political allegiances as different coalitions have been
voted to power and ethnic considerations are returning to the foreground.
However, the emergence of global free-market economics, leading
to the end of sugar and textile quotas, leaves Mauritius struggling
to be competitive. The current coalition, which reunited Jugnauth
and Bérenger, is seeking to establish ICT, with significant
help from India, as a new pillar of the economy.
The tourist sector now attracts over 700,000 visitors a year, mostly
from France, Britain and South Africa. However, continued expansion
threatens the environment and the livelihoods and leisure of the
local population as they compete for the use of the lagoon, the
tranquil waters within the coral reef. Hopefully the government,
pressured by the global advent of eco-tourism, will preserve this
beautiful island's natural environment to ensure that Mauritius
remains a favoured tourist destination forever.


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"The Scarecrow" game was launched by Chipotle Mexican Grill for iPhone, iPad and Ipod Touch. The film was created by Academy Award®–winning Moonbot Studios and is set to a remake of the song "Pure Imagination" from the 1971 film classic "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory." Beautifully performed by Grammy Award®–winning artist Fiona Apple, the song is available for download on iTunes.
Video: The Scarecrow
Video: The Scarecrow - Behind the Scenes
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vcloud-ruby
===========

DESCRIPTION
-----------

Ruby bindings to the VMware vCloud Director REST API

This is a work in progress, but it currently supports enough functionality to perform the entire Hello vCloud example in the [vCloud API Guide](http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vcd_15_api_guide.pdf).

INSTALL
-------

gem install vcloud

USAGE
-----

The examples/hello_vcloud.rb file demonstrates basic usage of the gem, for example...

```
require 'vcloud'
@session = VCloud::Client.new("https://my.vcloud.local/api/"), '1.5')
@session.login('someuser@someorg', 'secretp@ssw0rd)
@org = @session.get_org_from_name('myorg')
@catalog = @org.get_catalog_from_name('TestCatalog')
@vdc     = @org.get_vdc_from_name('TestVDC')
@catalog_item = @catalog.get_catalog_item_from_name('TestLinuxTemplate')
```

...and so on

CONTRIBUTE
----------
* Fork the project
* Make your feature addition or bug fix.
* Add tests
* Commit, do not modify with rakefile or version, we'll handle this
* Send a pull request

LICENSE
-------
(The MIT License)

Copyright © 2012 Diebold, Inc. [http://www.diebold.com](http://www.diebold.com)

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.