Wild for California Native Wildflowers!
As some parts of the California desert are enjoying once-in-a-decade "super blooms", it reminds me of the joys of our own native wildflowers here in the Bay Area. From "Baby Blue Eyes", Clarkias and Gilias to "Tidy Tips" and Lupines, our local hillsides and meadows are a veritable carpet of colorful wildflowers starting in early Spring.
A sweet Spring scene with Nemophila menziesii "Baby Blue Eyes" and 'Snow White', Platystemon californica and Limnanthes douglasii.
Native wildflowers play a valuable role in the life of pollinators, too – especially native bees and butterflies attuned to the timing of their nectar-rich flowers. This is also true when we add native annuals to our gardens. These sun-loving plants not only beautify our urban and suburban landscapes, but collectively provide a widespread source of nectar and larval foods for a bounty of native fauna.
Bumblebees love Lupinus succulentus "Arroyo Lupine"!
It's easy to fold native wildflowers into your garden. Here in the Bay Area, gardeners who got a jump on the Spring season by planting in Fall may already be enjoying the earliest blooms, but there is still plenty of time to plant and fill in bare spots with colorful, spontaneous additions. I always leave some space open as Spring approaches, knowing I'll be adding my favorite wildflowers. Most of these plants have a 3-5 month season, so you can use that space later for another colorful annual or perhaps an exciting new perennial. Many of our native wildflowers self-sow, too, so you'll enjoy them year after year.
One of the sweetest Spring combos is Gilia tricolor "Bird's Eyes" and Eschscholzia californica 'Alba' "California Poppy".
I also decide ahead of time that some of my annuals will reside in pots. I put nearly all of my perennials (native and otherwise) in beds, so they can get established and spread out. Planting annuals in containers not only saves valuable ground space, but it also gives you the flexibility to move your containers around for the greatest visual appeal.
Layia glandulosa and Nemophila menziesii "Baby Blue Eyes" grow beautifully in containers and can be moved around to best effect.
To maximize space you can plant early blooming Spring natives in front of deciduous shrubs like Philadelphus, Hibiscus, Oakleaf Hydrangea or Sambucus. One other space-saving tip is to plant annuals over bulbs, especially Summer bloomers like Dahlias, Lilies and Gladiolas. You'll enjoy a burst of color in Spring, then as the flowers fade, the Summer bulbs will push through and offer their own delights.
Fast-growing natives like Lupinus succulentus 'Rodeo Rose' and Eschscholzia caespitosa "Tufted California Poppy" are great planted in front of larger perennials or as a Summer bulb cover.
With their wealth of yellow and blue flowers, Spring wildflowers offer two contrasting colors that look fantastic together. "Tidy Tips" (Layia platyglossa) boasts fragrant, lemon-yellow flowers tipped in white that are the epitome of cheerfulness.
If there were garden awards for "Most Cheerful CA Native" surely Layia platyglossa "Tidy Tips" would win.
Keep an eye out for the Checkerspot butterfly, which loves this flower's nectar. There's also "Woodland Tidy Tips" (Layia gaillardioides), valued for its solid mass of #2 pencil yellow flowers that spill over a favorite container or a low rock wall.
Layia gaillardiodes "Woodland Tidy Tips" smothered in blooms mingles with Lupinus succulentus "Arroyo Lupine".
I like to think of Limnanthes douglasii as a kissing cousin to "Tidy Tips". Featuring a never-ending fountain of open-faced, yellow flowers generously rimmed with white atop a dense, shiny, groundcovery mound, this aptly named "Meadow Foam" blends beautifully with all manner of blue flowers.
Lemon yellow Limnanthes douglasii is sweetly scented.
"Cream Cups" (Platystemon californicus) produce smaller, butter-yellow flowers with a central boss of flattened stamen filaments that make them look like water lilies that washed ashore. Charming and fragrant!
Fragrant Platystemon californicus sports zillions of 1″ flowers atop silver, grey-green leaves. Self-sows when happy! Looks great here with red perennial pincushion Knautia macedonica and annual Papaver rhoeas 'Falling in Love'.
Cheerful "Cream Cups" make the cutest cut flowers ever.
Speaking of fragrant, check out Madia elegans. This hardy, drought tolerant and long-blooming sun lover is fashionably late, blooming mid-Summer to Fall. The large, daisy-like yellow flowers and the foliage have a delicious pineapple fragrance, all the more noticeable when the weather is warm.
Pineapple scented Madia elegans blooms later than most native wildflowers, bringing sunshine to the Summer garden. Shown here brightening up native perennial Eriogonums and Ribes.
Do the blues make you happy?
They will if you're adding any of the exciting true blue wildflowers available this time of year. Start with Phacelias, a group that should be every bit as well-known as Nemophilas "Baby Blue Eyes". Their blue tones are darker and richer, especially stately P. viscida. Showcasing 2", electric-blue flowers with patterned centers, this 2' tall, multi-branching native puts on quite a show.
Electric blue Phacelia viscida will have all the bumblebees going wild!
Primary pleasures! Phacelia campanularia "Desert Bluebells" and Limnanthes douglasii "Meadowfoam" pair fantastically with bright red Papaver sp. "Greek Poppy".
"Blue Thimble Flower" may seem like an odd common name but one look at the wealth of inch-wide round flowers of Gilia capitata and you'll say "Oh, yes." This annual forms a dense, small bush comprised of lacy, ferny foliage topped by a sea of purple-blue heads. Irresistible.
Gilia capitata "Blue Thimble Flower" boasts an extra long bloom season – and couldn't be easier to grow.
And lastly there is the justly famous "Baby Blue Eyes" (Nemophila menziesii). No need to go looking for this Nemo, the masses of robin's egg blue blooms will be one of the first things you and passersby spot in your garden. Another terrific spiller, it combines well with just about any Spring flower (especially any of the colorful selections of Eschscholzia californica), bringing a bit of sky into the earthly delights of your garden.
Nemophila menziesii "Baby Blue Eyes" and Eschscholzia californica 'Red Chief' appeal to bumblebees AND gardeners!
Exquisite photos. Thanks for sharing.
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Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal yesterday compared opponents of the Common Core State Standards to "barbarians at the gate." He then vowed to fight them to preserve the Gate-funded, top-down, data-less, subpar standards.
Huppenthal said Arizona cannot allow a repeat in Arizona of what happened in Indiana, which pulled out of the association of 45 states that adopted the standards. The U.S. Department of Education has warned the state it is at risk of losing waivers from No Child Left Behind, which effectively means fewer federal dollars.
Huppenthal spoke on a panel at the Arizona Capitol Times' Morning Scoop. His chances of losing the election do not appear high: He said he conducted his own poll from his home of 417 highly likely voters and is up 72 percent to 28 percent on his primary election opponent.
The news article went south from there describing the fight between moderate Republicans/Democrats against conservatives. When will these journalists learn this is a non-partisan battle? They also rehash the tired talking points that Arizona and local school districts will retain control of their own curriculum…. Sure, curriculum that is aligned to the Common Core. I digress.
Huppenthal is running against Diane Douglas in the Republican primary. She is a former member of the governing board of the Peoria Unified School District. She is running to abolish Common Core in Arizona.
The choice is pretty clear. "Barbarians at the gate" in Arizona (ie. Arizona Moms & Dads) time to bash it down and select a new Superintendent because the one you have would rather insult you than listen to your concerns.
Read the original, this guys owned, err make that financed,by the Chamber of Commerce.. they're worried.. That's why the "Barbarians" comment..


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Water Cooler 4/8/16 Trump's Fake Twitter Accounts; Trump's Social Media Ties to Racists; Dog-Whistle Dictionary
By apkyletexas | Apr 08, 2016 4:00 PM ET
If you ever wondered where all those Trump trolls on Twitter, Facebook and in comment sections come from, wonder no more
Patrick Ruffini, Co-Founder/Partner of EchelonInsights polling and data outfit in Washington DC (and #NeverTrump), is leading a Twitter army of investigators who are snooping out thousands of fake Trump supporter accounts.
Here he found many fake Trump followers filing Federal Communication Commission complaints against the Cruz campaign for making Robocalls:
People with 0 Twitter followers seem very interested in filing complaints against Ted Cruz. pic.twitter.com/FZBVVWC36V
— Patrick Ruffini (@PatrickRuffini) April 8, 2016
He traced the activity to 465 Twitter accounts:
465 Twitter users collectively urged people to complain to the FCC about Cruz robocalls. — Patrick Ruffini (@PatrickRuffini) April 8, 2016
Those 465 Twitter accounts were fake robo accounts that had generated massive amounts of Twitter activity:
These 465 accounts generated 411K tweets about Trump over the last 30 days.
Trump is not just buying up fake accounts – he's got entire vast networks of fake accounts that are constantly re-tweeting and mentioning each other:
.@WDFx2EU, a Trump account that has 89.6k followers, has generated 626k mentions & didn't exist on 3/1. pic.twitter.com/flfN9DMs9C
Follow Patrick and crew's excellent investigation on his Twitter page
Fortune Magazine Explores – "Donald Trump's Social Media Ties to White Supremacists"
Fortune recently ran an amazing investigative journalism piece on Trump's Twitter ties to the top 2000 white supremacist "influencers" online. What they found was that Trump re-tweets them at an alarming rate:
"Since the start of his campaign, Donald Trump has retweeted at least 75 users who follow at least three of the top 50 #WhiteGenocide influencers. Moreover, a majority of these retweeted accounts are themselves followed by more than 100 #WhiteGenocide influencers."
Fortune found that Trump was not the only one in the campaign deeply involved with the top white supremacist trash. Trump spox Katrina Pierson (who, in an odd twist, is black herself) and others in the campaign follow some of the top white supremacy leaders on social media:
Trump national campaign spokesperson Katrina Pierson (who is black), follows the most influential #WhiteGenocide account, @Genophilia, which is best known for helping to launch a Star Wars boycott after it became known that the new film's lead character was black.
Pierson also follows #WhiteGenocide influencer @Trumphat, who has tweeted that he looks forward to seeing people "swing from lampposts" on the #DOTR, which stands for Day of the Rope ― a seminal event in the racist Turner Diaries novels that inspired Timothy McVeigh.
The official Twitter account for Trump's campaign in Nevada follows #WhiteGenocide influencers #3 and #40.
The official Twitter account for Trump's campaign in North Carolina previously followed #20, #74 and #77.
Even the Twitter account for @USAFreedomKids, the young girls whose performance for Trump in Florida became a viral sensation, follows 13 of the top 100 #WhiteGenocide influencers, plus another account that promotes a pro-Hitler documentary called The Greatest Story Never Told.
and it goes on and on…
And it's not just Trump and his people following the white supremacists online – Trump himself is by FAR the most popular politician for these same white supremacy "influencers" to follow:
a whopping 67.5% of the #WhiteGenocide influencers do follow @realDonaldTrump (as of March 15), while another 24.1% follow Trump campaign social media director @DanScavino
Another analyst looked at the frequency with which Trump re-tweets accounts with strong white supremacist ties
In just one week in late January, Marshall Kirkpatrick found that the majority of Donald's re-tweets that week were from people who follow multiple white supremacists:
It turns out that Donald Trump mostly retweets white supremacists saying nice things about him. At least so far this week's that's how it's gone. This isn't one person, of the last 21 accounts retweeted by @RealDonaldTrump so far this week, our automated analysis of their accounts finds that:
28% of them follow at least one of the top 50 White Nationalist accounts on Twitter (6 of 21)
62% of them follow at least 3 people who've used hashtag #WhiteGenocide lately (13 of 21)
Kirkpatrick found that white supremacists online are a very tight-knit group, who throw a large amount of support at Trump:
1,055 people have used the hashtag #WhiteGenocide and Trump's name in the same Tweet in recent weeks. And they're not using it to be critical, they're a tightly knit community of people, led by self-avowed "European rights activists" and "Nativists." Who apparently are concerned that the direction the world is going in threatens the existence of the dominant race.
114 of the last ~2,000 people to use the word #WhiteGenocide have the word "Trump" in their Twitter bios.
"Dog-whistle Dictionary" – terms used in the Trump campaign that have specific meaning within the White Supremecist culture
The Trump Presidential campaign is strongly supported by David Duke and Don Black, the widely acknowledged leaders of the American white supremacy movement. This movement is a large tent that encompasses all the local KKK chapters around the country, white nationalists, white supremacy gang members (of which the Aryan Brotherhood is the most famous), and various Nazi groups. Their beliefs are the same as those held by Adolph Hitler and his henchmen over 85 years ago: that there is an Aryan blood race that is superior in intellect and attributes to all other races, and that the Aryan race needs a pure bloodline, a separate homeland, and that the Jewish people are their primary enemies.
Duke is a former grand wizard of the KKK, and hosts a daily radio show in which he urges white supremacists nationwide to support Donald Trump for President, going so far as to call them "traitors" if they don't vote for him. Black is the head of the storm front website where the white supremacists congregate and discuss their efforts to support Trump and to oppose Jewish and minority people.
I spent some time recently researching Duke's written radio archives and Black's website in order to guage the extent of the support of Trump among white supremacists, which appears to be roughly 95% support. I will not link to those websites in this post, as I do not trust them not to try to inject phishing or other malware into your system. But if you feel it is worth the risk, they are easily found with a google search.
One thing I found in my research is that certain terms that Mr. Trump used in the debates were code-words for the various Jewish and minority conspiracies that white supremacists feel they are subjected to.
For example, pointing at Ted Cruz and shouting "Goldman Sachs! Goldman Sachs!" at a debate over Cruz's small, personally backed campaign loan during his Senate race in Texas. For example:
"Goldman Sachs" – To a white supremacist, this appears to be dog-whistle language for "Jewish Zionist global domination conspiracy". Pointing at Cruz and yelling "Goldman Sachs" is akin to pointing at him and yelling "puppet of Israel! Puppet of Zion!"
Other interesting terms that Trump focuses on, that have special meaning within the white supremacist culture:
"Media" – Trump is constantly complaining about the "nasty" media, trying to derail his campaign, despite the fact that he's received over $2 billion in favorable free press which has actually driven his popularity. "Media" to a white supremacist refers to the "Zionist Media conspiracy" – again, part of the global Jewish operation to destroy the Aryan bloodline and dominate the world.
"Neocons" – defined as Jewish supremacists who are trying to take over the Republican Party as they saw Zionist America as having become the stronger vehicle for advancing their interests
"Immigrant", "Immigration" – replacement of the pure Aryan white blood in America by third-world people
"Establishment" – Jewish-led media and Republican forces which require all candidates to pay obeisance to Israel
"Nationalism" – the establishment of a "white homeland" for pure Aryan bloods in Eastern Europe, the American Northwest, or midwestern areas like Iowa. A long-held dream of white supremacists all the way back to Hitler's time
Putin and Russia – ever wonder why Trump keeps throwing praise at them? White supremacists view Putin and Russsia as the thorn in the side of the international Jewish conspiracy, befriending enemies of Israel such as Assad in Syria and Iran. Worth remembering – Putin is the current favorite world leader of the white supremacist movement. The white supremacists HOPE that President Trump will be every bit the anti-Israel warrior that Putin has been.
Amazing Shaolin Photo Slideshow
For anyone like me who appreciates martial arts, you won't want to miss this slideshow from Reuters.
Well That's it for the water cooler today. It's an open thread so have at it.
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This was taken on a trip to LeConte Oct. 18-19, 1924, when these hikers agreed to establish the SMHC. Click for zoom.
Those wonderful hats! What a difference from today! The Smoky Mountains Hiking Club has changed so much over the 91 years since it was organized. And those changes reflect deeper developments in society. But are those changes in the club good ones? And can we do anything about it, if society at large is moving in a certain direction?
I first joined the club in 1983. I'd recently moved to Knoxville with my former husband, Chris Hebb, who was entering the graduate program at U.T. in clinical psychology. Browsing in a bookstore, I found Harvey Broome's classic, Out Under the Skies of the Great Smokies. All of a sudden, through Broome's words, I plunged into a world of rockhopping up remote streams, scrambling up rocky slopes, and exploring deep into the wild inner recesses of the Smokies. Broome often mentioned the SMHC, and I decided I had to join this adventurous group. Soon thereafter, Chris and I had completed the three hikes then required for membership, and we were in.
Family time became more strictly programmed, as the two-income family had to plan its leisure-time activities. These activities were no longer spontaneous, and free time became more limited. Result for SMHC: less time for people to lead hikes; more trouble in recruiting hike leaders.
People felt less able to commit themselves for an event a year away, as is needed for the annual printing of the SMHC handbook. The idea of saying, "Yes, I'll lead a hike next September," seemed unfamiliar and difficult. Result: more problems in recruiting hike leaders.
Our society became more conscious of liability. Result: people were less willing to lead risky hikes. The number of challenging hikes on the program steadily declined.
Our society evolved toward the concept of ease and convenience for everybody, never a moment of discomfort or difficulty. Result: more easy hikes, fewer of the old experiences of people cheerfully backpacking in the rain. In fact, we never do off-trail backpacks any more.
Carpooling times. If we say "meet at 8:00," does that mean we actually leave at 8:00? In my opinion, yes, it does. People should show up on time. If they arrive late, too bad! It used to be that people automatically noted the times of appointments and figured out how to get there on time. But nowadays, people don't impose that kind of discipline on themselves. Doctors' offices have to call to remind people of their appointments. That was not necessary in the past.
Newsletter presentation. Should our "Short, Easy" hikes be put in chronological order in the newsletter so that no one could possibly miss them? Or should they be listed as a separate item, together with the Wednesday hikes, as they are not part of the regular program? I feel that the regular program hikes go first. If people can't trouble to turn the page and see these short-notice hikes, too bad.
Carpool meeting place addresses. It was requested that the street address be listed so that people could plug it into their car GPS units. I reluctantly agreed to this, thinking, "They can't follow the directions? Or maybe even look at a map?" But maps are becoming a thing of the past. I am one of those oddballs who enjoys maps.
I want to say that the current members of the SMHC board are hard-working folks who generously donate their time and efforts for the good of the club. But I feel that we are gradually being beaten down by something pernicious in our culture, a demand for life to be convenient at all moments.
I know that I must be coming across as pretty harsh. But I would like to invite any readers of this blog, especially SMHC directors, to imagine the more positive side of what I am talking about. Imagine that a club exists that has its own traditions and its own history full of interesting incidents. This club is open to new members, but it does not feel the need to make everything easy for them. You hear about the club's past, and you think,"I want to be part of this. I will do whatever it takes to go on these adventures." In short, the idea of the club inspires you.


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We enjoyed this trail too!! We parked in the parking garage at my husband's work (URS) and biked from there all the way to the end. And then the dreaded oyster incident happened! Ugh. But it's a beautiful trail and we'll be back!
This is so beautiful! Another reason for me to want to be there:) I have had computer problems, but I'm catching up on your blogs – I love it!
It looks beautiful. I'll have to check it out with my family sometime. Thanks for sharing.


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Lord Elcho's smooth palate is immediately luscious, sweet and spicy, with cloves and spiced fruits following at a respectful distance to provide a long and luxurious finish.
This blend is a mixture of malt and grain whiskies, all at least 15 years old with an emphasis on sherry casks. On the nose we were intially hit with chocolate fudge and raisins. This dissipated leaving a subtle trace of liquorice with a little vanilla before we found more fruity and toffee flavours. We were treated to maple syrup and sandalwood before detecting freshly cut grass on a damp day. The sherry influence is apparent in the richness of the nose and really adds to the complexity of the dram. Chocolate and fudge were immediately obvious on the palate. We found it to be incredibly smooth and rich; much like a New York cheesecake before discovering a little salt and maybe even some pepper heat as the whisky fades? The finish was long and smooth with some chilli heat present right at the death.
Wemyss have done really well here with a first foray into the blended market. It is a whisky that will appeal to all and it really does show how good blends can be. It's rich, full of chocolate and toffee and is perfect as we move towards autumn and the colder and darker nights.
Nose: Very nice nose. Distinct sherry with sugars caramel and dried fruit in honey liquor. A bit of wood and vanilla on top of that sweetness. Stewed apples, wood.
Palate: Creamy and mouth coating, starts spicy, with pepper, and ginger powder, then goes on with wood spice, dark chocolate, and cocoa, hint of cloves and very nice chocolate-y notes.
Finish: Cocoa powder with dark chocolate, spice, wood and sherry.
It is Very nice stuff, sweet, caramel-y and chocolaty. Nice winter dram for me (Israeli winters, that is), and very more-ish. I found myself sipping on it, and not realizing I've finished my sample bottles so quickly. Always a good sign, eh?


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South Korean opposition resists US trade pact
Democratic Party seeks to block ratification of the accord on the grounds that it is a "one-sided" deal.
Al Jazeera's Andy Gallacher looks at the pros and cons of pursuing free-trade agreements
South Korea's opposition party has said it will resist any bid to force a sweeping free-trade agreement with the US through parliament, following ratification of the deal by US congress.
The ruling Grand National Party (GNP) urged opposition legislators on Thursday to swiftly approve the long-delayed agreement but the Democratic Party (DP) says the pact is one-sided.
The GNP was negotiating with the opposition to try to pass the deal along with 14 related bills this month.
The GNP has an overwhelming majority in the legislature. But with a general election next April, it has been reluctant to pass the legislation through the house and ignite a televised repetition of past scuffles.
"This is a historic moment that will strengthen the US-Korea alliance by adding a third economic pillar to the already strong relationship"
– Pat Gaines, ACCK chairman
"We should open a new chapter in the Korea-US alliance through the FTA, which will add an economic alliance to the existing military alliance," Hong Joon-Pyo, the GNP chairman, said on Wednesday.
But the DP and five other splinter groups held a joint rally on Wednesday with activists at parliament and pledged to stop the ruling party forcing the bills through.
"The FTA, which the ruling party and the government are seeking to push through, is feared to deepen the rifts within our society and worsen polarisation," Sohn Hak-Kyu, the DP leader, said, calling for greater protection for farmers.
Kim Jin-Pyo, the DP floor leader, said the party would use tough tactics – filibustering and occupation of parliament – if there is an attempt to railroad the bills.
US ratification of the long-delayed pact came as South Korea's President Lee Myung-Bak paid a state visit to the country's oldest political and military ally.
Seoul's foreign ministry said the agreement, especially welcomed at a time of global economic uncertainty, would bolster that alliance.
In a statement it called for swift approval of the deal so it could go into force next year on January 1.
'Watershed deal'
In Washington on Wednesday, Lee said the trade deal would be a watershed since the two countries signed a military alliance in the wake of the 1950-53 Korean War, in which US forces fought for the South.
He said it would create jobs in both countries and was expected to increase two-way trade by more than 50 per cent by 2015.
The US is South Korea's third biggest trade partner after China and the European Union, with trade worth $88bn last year. Seoul enjoyed a $10bn advantage.
Resource-poor South Korea, whose economy is powered by exports ranging from ships to semiconductors, has aggressively pursued free trade accords. Seven are in effect, including deals with the European Union, India and Southeast Asia.
An opposition politician says the FTA could 'deepen rifts' within South Korea and 'worsen polarisation' [AFP]
The US-South Korea deal was signed in June 2007, but was partially renegotiated last year to give US car manufacturers greater access.
The DP, which was in office in 2007, says the revision tilted the agreement in favour of Washington and wants renegotiation.
Analysts said that among South Korean companies, the agreement would most benefit auto, technology and textile companies.
"The biggest beneficiaries will be the auto makers and auto parts vendors. Imposed tariffs on auto parts will be immediately removed," WS Lee, an analyst at Taurus Investment & Securities, told Dow Jones Newswires.
On the US side, the US International Trade Commission estimated in 2007 that a deal would increase exports to Korea by $10-11bn annually.
The American Chamber of Commerce in Korea (ACCK) urged Korean legislators swiftly to ratify the pact.
"This is an historic moment that will strengthen the US-Korea alliance by adding a third economic pillar to the already strong relationship," Pat Gaines, ACCK's chairman, in a statement.
Source : Al Jazeera, News Agencies
America's free-trade abdication
To the detriment of the US, Obama is no longer pushing for multilateral free trade agreements.
Jagdish Bhagwati
Life without Doha: No more negotiations
The World Trade Organisation needs to move towards a conclusive deal in order to improve global commerce.
S Korea breaks trade deal deadlock
Seoul reaches agreement with US negotiators after three-year delay over tariffs on import of US vehicles.
S Korea signs trade deal with EU
Move could double trade between them and trigger more calls among Asian states for such pacts with the 27-nation bloc.


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Meat Industry Ireland (MII) the body representing the meat processing sector in Ireland warned of a significant new push at Brussels level for a trade deal with Mercosur countries.
It says the deal could be very 'damaging' to the Irish meat sector, beef in particular but also for pigmeat and poultry meat.
Cormac Healy, Director of Meat Industry Ireland says there is no benefit to the Irish agri-food sector from a trade deal between the EU and Mercosur countries (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay) and any benefits to the wider economy are questionable.
However, he said increased access to the European market for lower priced South American beef, pigmeat and poultry meat will undermine the Irish livestock and meat sector.
"MII questions why the European Commission is so eager to progress a trade deal with Mercosur, a region which has clearly shown, over the years, its inability to operate as a functioning trading bloc or customs union.
"The EU should instead concentrate its efforts on concluding a free trade agreement with Japan, which could deliver some benefit to EU agri-food exports," said Healy.
He said the Irish Government must ensure that the agriculture sector is not used as a bargaining chip in any new Mercosur negotiations.
MII welcomes Minister Coveney's comments at the recent Agriculture Council meeting on the dangers posed by a Mercosur trade deal.
It says it will also be seeking an urgent meeting with Minister Bruton to outline its concerns on the potential of an EU giveaway in renewed negotiations with the Mercosur bloc.


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Do more to help flood-devastated Pakistan: Angelina Jolie
DADU: Famous Hollywood actress and human rights activist Angelina Jolie asked the world community to "do more" to help the flood-devastated Pakistan. She said her heart is with Pakistan and she will continue raising her voice to attract the world's attention to Pakistan for flood relief efforts.
"I've never seen anything like this before," the UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador said as she visited the National Flood Response Coordination Centre (NFRCC) on Wednesday.
Deputy Chairman NFRCC Ahsan Iqbal welcomed the visitor and thanked her for visiting the country. The human rights activist was briefed about the flood response and measures taken thus far.
Witnessing people's suffering during her visit to Dadu in Sindh moved the Hollywood actress. She said she had met flood victims.
She also said that she is with the flood-affected people and will make all-out efforts to let the world know the scale of devastation climate change has caused and the lifesaving support the flood victims desperately need.
Earlier in the day, Angelina Jolie arrived in Dadu where she met with flood victims, especially women, according to a press release issued by the International Rescue Committee. She visited the flood-ravaged areas to gain an understanding of the situation.
During her talk at the NFRCC, the actress praised Pakistan for "the generosity that the Pakistani people have shown to the people of Afghanistan over the years" as a host country.
She said she is with Pakistan in "pushing the international community to do more" for the flood relief. She said the level of flood devastation is very different, which she termed a "wake up call" to the world.
The actress said more needs to be done for the flood-affected people as winter is just around the corner.
"I am here as a friend to Pakistan. I really can't imagine what it feels like to be there. My heart is very much with people at this time," she said.
Angelina Jolie also drew the world's attention to climate change, saying the threat is "not only real, it's not only coming, it's very much here."
The actress said that as a humanitarian aid worker, she believes that Pakistan is in a critical situation where "needs are so overwhelming and truly every effort is either life or death for so many people."
She also lavished praise on the Pakistan Army for its disaster relief efforts. She underscored the need for more aid for the flood victims as there are so many people to be rescued and many malnourished children to cater to.


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Il mio primo disco da venduto è il secondo album in studio del rapper italiano Fedez, pubblicato il 30 novembre 2011 dalla Tanta Roba.

Pubblicazione
Il disco è stato reso disponibile per il download gratuito attraverso il sito ufficiale del rapper, mentre il 18 giugno 2013 è stato ripubblicato nel formato CD, presente nell'edizione speciale del terzo album Sig. Brainwash - L'arte di accontentare, e anche in formato digitale sull'iTunes Store. Grazie alla ripubblicazione, Il mio primo disco da venduto è entrato nella classifica italiana degli album alla posizione 57.

Tracce

Formazione

Musicisti
 Fedez – rapping, voce
 Marracash, Gué Pequeno – rapping (traccia 5)
 J-Ax – rapping (traccia 6)
 Jake La Furia – rapping (traccia 8)
 Entics – rapping (traccia 10)
 Two Fingerz
 Danti – rapping (traccia 11)
 Roofio – produzione (tracce 4, 11 e 17)
 Ted Bee – rapping (traccia 12)
 Killacat – rapping (traccia 14)
 Gemitaiz – rapping (traccia 15)
 Denny La Home – rapping (traccia 16)
 Ghali Foh, Vincenzo da Via Anfossi – rapping (traccia 18)
 Maite – voce (traccia 20)

Produzione
 DJ 2P – produzione (traccia 1)
 JT – produzione (tracce 2, 10 e 14)
 Don Joe – produzione (tracce 3, 4 e 15)
 Deleterio – produzione (traccia 5)
 Guido Styles – produzione (traccia 6)
 Mastermaind – produzione (traccia 7)
 BZilla – produzione (tracce 8 e 12)
 Shablo – produzione (traccia 9)
 Exo – produzione (traccia 13)
 2nd Roof – produzione (traccia 16)
 DannyStyle – produzione (traccia 18)
 Fonzie Beat – produzione (traccia 20)
 Fritz da Cat – produzione (traccia 21)

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Chiefs should wake up and smell the coffee or else…
April 13, 2018 by Sello NCHWE	No Comments
Wake up and smell the coffee Glamour Boys, as pressure mounts for headcoach Steve Komphela and troops.
Kaizer Chiefs were on fire against Free State Stars a week ago as they rallied to bag a 1-0 win away to raise their title ambitions.
However, heading to their home clash to Chippa United, they failed to show up as they displayed a different performance from the one against Ea Lla Koto.
As a result, Steve Komphela's men succumbed to a 3-0 loss at the Calabash and their title hopes were left in tatters.
The loss left scars on the club's supporters who reacted to the loss with objects pelted at the players and the coach.
As they sit at the fourth spot with 39 points and left with four matches to wrap up their campaign, the Soweto giants will want to finish on a high.
In the reverse fixture in Phokeng, Chiefs claimed a win and will hope to do so at home, but the coach will have to work on his players' mentality after a rough afternoon at home.
Looking at Dikwena, they are motivated after a gutsy display at home to Polokwane City last Saturday.
A 2-0 win over Rise and Shine in Rustenburg has definitely boosted Stars as they want to evade the relegation axe.
However, one may argue that the win came too late as their games are getting fewer, but they will aim for a spot in the play-offs.
On the log table, Roger De Sa's troops sit 16th with 21 points from 26 league matches.
Other fixtures: Sat 14
FS vs Celtics: Goble Park- 18:00
Downs vs Wits: Loftus – 18:00
Cape Town City vs SuperSport: CT Stadium – 20:30
AmaZulu FC v Orlando Pirates King Zwelithini Stadium 15:00
Baroka FC v Maritzburg United Peter Mokaba Stadium 15:00
Chippa United v Ajax Cape Town Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium 15:00
Kaizer Chiefs v Platinum Stars FNB Stadium 15:00
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Money 'Mysterious Package' campaign rakes in the cash on Kickstarter
'Mysterious Package' campaign rakes in the cash on Kickstarter
Sarah Efron Small business, entrepreneurship
Published August 6, 2015 Updated May 15, 2018
The top Canadian Kickstarter campaign for July is a strange one. The Mysterious Package Company has taken in an eyebrow-raising $422,390 for its mission of sending intriguing packages through the mail. The boxes are filled with old newspaper clippings, artifacts and hand-written notes that reveal a mysterious story involving the recipient.
The Globe and Mail contacted Jason Kapalka, a Vancouver-based entrepreneur and director of The Mysterious Package Company, who had the company's "curator" respond to questions (via e-mail, not by mysterious package unfortunately) about the successful campaign.
What on earth is The Mysterious Package Company?
We are an organization that tells stories using the postal service as our medium. Once our services are engaged, we send letters, postcards, fake news clippings and assorted strange artifacts via the mail. When the recipient pieces them all together, it creates a weird and fascinating narrative that they are at the centre of.
We offer both one-off "experiences," consisting of two to four mailings over the course of about six to eight weeks, and a subscription service that provides an eight-page broadsheet newspaper filled with stories and puzzles, every quarter.
Where did you get the idea?
We had a vision for making the mail exciting again, for bringing mystery and intrigue into people's lives through this most prosaic of modern institutions. We recruited a circle of unusual collaborators: artists, forgers, writers, hackers, prop-makers.
Where are you based?
Our studio is based in a secret industrial location in Toronto, but we cannot disclose the exact address, for reasons of discretion and security.
Were you surprised you raised so much money?
To be frank: yes. We knew there was a certain subculture that found our work intriguing, but had no idea the appeal would be as broad as it turned out.
Why has the campaign been so successful?
I believe there are two key reasons new Kickstarter backers were compelled: True mystery in this day and age is highly unusual, and, in this digital world, tactile, physical objects carry a powerful appeal. The idea of a mystery you can hold in your hand, with physical evidence of the adventure, is one that seems to strike a chord with people.
How did you publicize your campaign?
We did some publicity via Facebook, Twitter, and our own e-mail list, and had some coverage of the project on news sites. But word of mouth from our previous customers, especially some high-profile "nerd celebrity" types, was invaluable in spreading the campaign and assuring people we were legitimate and not some kind of strange scam … which was critical since, in effect, we were asking for money for something we literally could not describe!
What will you do with the money?
It is primarily being used to craft our most elaborate and high-quality experience to date. We are also upgrading our staff and facilities to deal with the increased requirements of the project's success.
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How we used Kickstarter to build a sustainable company
These 'dressy' sweatpants are killing it on Kickstarter
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I simply tried casting the value to a Dictionary<string, string> but an error is thrown saying the object cannot be casted to that.
I know for a fact that the underlying structure is a Dictionary<string, string>. How can I gather the information form the object.

A: You have to create an entirely new dictionary of the type that you want, and cast the values of the old dictionary to their actual type before adding them to the new dictionary.  Of course, this doesn't actually take all that much code, because there are tools to obscure all of the work being done, but that work still needs to be done.
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The human brain is surprisingly heavy. That's all I have to say about that.
I think it worked. That face plant was quite a performance.
Love the Forrest Gump reference.
"That's all I have to say about that" is what I was referring to, the text below the comic.
lol. motor oil, rope, bombs; you want it?


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1632verse TV series possible, so Casting suggestions?
Alternate history buff? Wander on over for a discussion about Eric Flint's 1632 series!
Re: 1632verse TV series possible, so Casting suggestions?
by Greentea » Wed Jun 25, 2014 9:40 am
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Puidwen wrote: I'm thinking Gary Sinise for Mike Stearns.
Too old. Mike is in his early to mid 30s at the start of the series. He has a sister in college after all and a gap that big would not be believable. Sinise might make a good Frank Jackson or Dan Frost.
Cup of tea? Yes, please.
by Puidwen » Wed Jun 25, 2014 6:08 pm
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I'll admit gary sinise doesn't look anything like i think Mike Stearns would look like. The reason i suggested him is base on CSI: New York i thought he could get's mike personality right.
by Greentea » Wed Jun 25, 2014 11:12 pm
Puidwen wrote:
I could also see him getting the personality of Frank Jackson or Dan Frost really well.
Pictures Please With Your Suggestions!
by HB of CJ » Thu Jun 26, 2014 7:38 pm
Pictures please so we can all understand who might play what. Some of us do not watch TV or get out often and we have no idea whom you are talking about.
How about using hungry talented unknowns who will do it for a dime on the dollar. You know...break in roles. Then have the authors only decide on who.
Works for me. I for one would go with the less beautiful but not too ugly types of actors. You know...kinda ordinary. Let them ACT the character.
HB of CJ (old coot) Lt.Cm. I love this forum. When do I get promoted?
by dvdscar » Tue Jul 29, 2014 10:02 pm
dvdscar
Lieutenant (Senior Grade)
pokermind wrote: Hi all,
Eric Flint is in negociations to turn the 1632verse into TV series he posted on Baen's Bar in the 1632Tech forum some threads on this.
Update from Eric posted in Mutter of Demons on Baen's Bar yesterday.
Mammoth Screen is renewing their option on the 1632 series for another year. They've hired a well-known screenwriter and have the script for the first episode. They've also made a deal with ITV Studios for worldwide distribution. This is important because ITV is a big deal in the UK. We're still a long ways from an up-and-running TV series, but things are looking good.
So things are inching closer to happening, and Eric gets another option payment. More money for Eric is a good thing.
by pokermind » Sat Nov 01, 2014 10:27 am
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Location: Jerome, Idaho, USA
On Baen's Bar Eric Flint wrote the following on the TV Series:
dvdscar,"Knowing Eric, the rule will be "No, the TV series will not establish canon....except for when it does."
He reads minds...
Print and visual story-telling are two very different undertakings. What typically happens when a book is turned into a movie or (especially) a TV series is that the visual version of the story becomes essentially -- I can't resist -- an alternate history of the original story. Much will be in common but some things will change. In and of itself, that's fine. If I were writing the script for 1632 _I_ would change some aspects of the story. Things that work well in a printed medium won't always work well in a visual medium, and vice versa. What you hope is simply that the visual version of the story is done well on its own terms.
As far as the issue of "canon" is concerned, I think it's a moot point. Let's assume for the moment that:
a) A TV series is produced.
b) It is successful enough to turn into a multi-season project.
c) Each season is based on one of the so-called "mainstream" novels -- which, for the record, are 1632, 1633, 1634: THE BALTIC WAR, 1635: THE EASTERN FRONT, 1636: THE SAXON UPRISING and my next solo novel scheduled for publication in January 2016 whose current working title is 1636: A WORLD OF HURT.
d) That will require six -- count 'em -- six years, beginning no sooner than two or three years from now.
Okay. By that point -- let's call it the year 2022 -- the number of novels published in the series, assuming we maintain our current pace, will have increased by at least a dozen. Of those, at least three will be mainstream novels.
My point is that there's simply no way a TV series could catch up with the print series unless the TV series lasts as long as Gunsmoke or the Simpsons, which is highly unlikely. That means it will always be the print series that's establishing canon.
Eric Flint
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by roseandheather » Mon Mar 21, 2016 2:25 am
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Another casting suggestion for Melissa Mailey: the ridiculously talented Marcia Gay Harden. She's all wrong physically (long dark hair, much too gorgeous) but she could play Melissa's personality like nobody's business and her smile is phenomenal.
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by dvdscar » Thu Aug 11, 2016 9:11 pm
Eric Flint posted this on Facebook and Baen's Bar today.
Mammoth Screen just renewed the option to turn the Ring of Fire series into a TV series for another two years. Beyond that, I can't say very much because there are some complex and multi-sided negotiations taking place that I need to keep confidential for the moment. As soon as I can say anything more specific, I will do so.
I can say that the situation continues to look quite promising. But nothing definite has happened yet.
by dscott8 » Thu Aug 11, 2016 10:18 pm
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Here's The West Wing's Allison Janney for the Melissa Mailey part:
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Here are the industry's Martech Heroes
Promoted from Stein IAS
By The Drum-14 November 2018 17:50pm
The Top Ten Martech Heroes Revealed
The Drum has joined forces with Stein IAS to recognise the very best people in martech; the Top 10 Martech Heroes who are blazing a trail in helping their companies get real ROI from their tech stacks.
The individuals were judged by our martech experts: Andy Nester, global head of marketing, Nuix; James Abbate, director of interactions at Stein IAS and Rebecca Allen, global head of branded content for The Drum. Out of the Top Ten, the ultimate Martech Hero were announced at The Drum's B2B Awards in New York, with the help of Chief of Martech himself, Scott Brinker.
Here are the Top Ten Martech Heroes below:
Ric Elert, president, Conversant
Ric Elert
In 2017, Elert's role was expanded to include leading the engineering team at Epsilon (Epsilon and Conversant are both Alliance Data companies). The goal in assuming these dual roles was to complete the interoperability and interaction of all Epsilon and Conversant technologies within the companies' martech stacks.
Ric has spent the last two years focused on innovating and optimizing Conversant's products and capabilities, such as Core (Customer One-to-One Relationship Engine).
Virginie Goupilleau, head of marketing technology, Hearts & Science
Virginie Goupilleau
2016 marked the birth of Hearts & Science in the UK. Within the last 15 months Virginie Goupilleau and her team extended their offering from 10 auditing products to 38 products across tech strategy, data planning, training, auditing, consultancy and deployment across web analytics, DMP, tag management, CRO and reporting solutions . She tripled their revenue year on year generating a viable additional revenue stream to the business. Her approach is now fully integrated to the agency offering and therefore included in all RFPs. She also extended digital team conversation, elevated and drove innovation in tehir activation approach and ways of working. She became a trusted contributor at group level influencing and advancing Martech with their innovative ways of working.
Derek Kovach, marketing manager, HSBC Commercial Banking
Derek Kovach
Kovach worked with Eloqua since its initial adoption by HSBC. He led the HSBC Commercial Bank from the very start of its marketing automation journey.
Kovach's big challenge to operationalize martech required to develop a fully functioning demand generation engine for HSBC's U.S. commercial banking. Derek has elevated marketing to the position of generating new-to-bank leads and connecting brand to demand. HSBC Commercial Banking Marketing is no longer focused on "above the line" or "below the line', but rather "through the line".
Derek has also been a key player in bringing on board HSBC's first through-the-line demand generation agency partner, Stein IAS, to develop more comprehensive, integrated demand gen programs involving digital and video content. Stein IAS and Derek are also driving impact by orchestrating a more structured and collaborative partnership among all HSBC agencies.
Greg Sobiech, founder and managing director, Delve
Greg Sobiech
Over the past two years, Sobiech has made a very conscious effort towards three strategic initiatives, based on his strategic vision for Delve. Delve are evolving their capabilities in step with how Google is evolving their ad tech stack. Sobiech has launched a Data Science and Cloud Infrastructure department to include and store CRM and 3rd party data in an effort to uncover "higher level" insights. He has also evolved engagement models to be consultative and educational, while shedding any resemblance to an 'agency'. This helps Delve provide partners with truly agnostic, objective, and strategic POV and advice on how to grow their sales.
Marc Keating, chief innovation officer, Stein IAS
Marc Keating
Several years ago, Stein IAS recognized Marc Keating, to mastermind their future direction of travel. Following multiple years of record revenues and profitability, he has made a pretty good fist of it. Serial innovator and member of the Oracle Marketing Cloud Global Partner Advisory Council, Marc Keating is the man with marketing in his name. He is blessed with an innate understanding of how and why people buy 'stuff', and has consistently redefined the template for B2B marketing, finding and implementing new technology to realize his ever-evolving vision for more effective and efficient practice. Key to this has been the long-standing partnership he has formed with Oracle, which started when he identified Eloqua as a way of driving better targeted, more efficient campaigns. And he's already onto the next big thing. He's building a Cognitive Marketing Machine. We don't know exactly what it is. Only he does. But give him another year or two and we'll be reading (and learning) all about it.
Andy Nester, founder, Nuix
Andy Nester
Andy Nester oversees an integrated marketing team focused on demand generation, content creation, sales and channel partner enablement, event coordination and public relations.
Over the past two years, Nester has completely evolved Nuix's marketing approach, team and technology, transforming from a predominantly tactical and physical event driven approach to a sophisticated, segmented, digitally-led comprehensive demand generation strategy that is proven, predictable and scalable. Under Nester's leadership, Nuix developed and deployed this marketing strategy to enable pipeline growth in each of its three selling regions (North America, EMEA and APAC).
Scott Davies, chief executive officer, never.no
Scott Davies
At never.no, Davies bridges the gap between brands TV and digital marketing consumer conversations. Pioneering marketing communication tools for this dominant ad space by providing unique and innovative solutions for broadcasters, marketeers, agencies and brands to engage with audiences in real-time. Davies' integration with ad delivery company Group IMD enables us to deliver multiple ad variations to broadcast stations within minutes. In today's connected world he has a strong belief that it's important to blend creative and technology and integrate platforms with a shared vision for strategy.
Christine Aletras, associate marketing manager, Weight Watchers Health Solutions
Christine Aletras
Christine Aletras' passion is to dramatically improve the health of WWHS' demand generation efforts by leveraging marketing technology as a powerful enabler. And, in just two years, Aletras has led the digital transformation of WWHS' marketing practice. Over such a short period of time, Christine has done no less than help marketing become a revenue generating function of the business by building a bonafide martech stack and delivering funnel visibility, sales alignment, enhanced customer experience and performance attribution that was never before possible.
Aletras made this break-through by partnering with the consumer business to use the ActionIQ (segmentation software) to identify individual WW Health Solutions members at client enterprises, and to launch a continually optimized communications stream to drive them to sign up for the program; drive usage of the WW app; reward success to support program continuation; and to intervene to prevent drop-out.
Umberto Torrielli, co-founder and managing director, SBDS
Umberto Torrielli
Since July 2016, Umberto Torrielli has launched a new consultancy and implementation business called SBDS, built to empower marketers martech ecosystems, and realise the full potential of their customer data assets. After being a vital part of the data management platform evolution during his time at BlueKai/Oracle, Umberto saw first-hand just how important marketing data was becoming for marketers, yet how complex the technology systems were to implement and drive. He realised the need for skilled expertise, both vertically (industry sector) and horizontally (platform and software solutions). Together with his co-founder, Simon Theakston, Torielli has built a team of industry veterans from the major marketing clouds, such as Adobe, Deloitte, Oracle and Freewheel.
Since launch, the company has an impressive client portfolio including the likes of Maserati, Ladbrokes Coral Group, D&G, FCA, and The Economist. In addition, the company has a network of trusted partners throughout the marketing cloud and DMP marketing mix, including the likes of Salesforce, Adobe, Oracle, Deloitte, Relay42, Lotame and mPartical
Marco Maccio, head of digital marketing, Marshalls plc
Marco Maccio
Marco Maccio has taken a traditional supplier of hard-landscaping products with a standard offline GTM approach, and in just two years, created a seamless integrated digital marketing and sales experience, miles ahead of anything else in the sector.
Two years ago, Marco took on the brief of turning the business into the Amazon of hard landscaping products. In an arena where concrete and rock are the base materials, product lines change surprisingly fast. And Marshalls' customer base is now reflective of the world at large as everyone from builder merchants to driveway installers and local authority procurement officials are suddenly millennials and smartphone addicts who expect to complete their whole buyer journey without lifting their eyes from the screen. Marshalls now has a website and a suite of auxiliary applications that give users everything they need, when they need it, easily, to simply make the company much easier to buy from. This has doubled traffic to the Marshalls website, generated 6m video views, won awards, and helped the business grow revenue, margins and profits. Having the right people, using the right Martech, in the right way has been the key and Marco managed to make this happen with extraordinary speed and efficiency.
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Q: mySQL regex_replace remove all beginning numbers from mixed input I need a regex pattern to remove all numeric input from the beginning of a field that stops at the first alphabetic character and leaves any remaining numbers that follow alphabetic characters.
Here is the simplest test case.
CREATE TABLE tempdemo (tdfields varchar(10));
INSERT INTO tempdemo (tdfields) VALUES ('1'), ('11'), ('111'), ('a'), ('ab'), ('abc'), ('1a'), ('a1');

SELECT REGEXP_REPLACE(tdfields, '^[0-9]*$', '') FROM tempdemo;

From the code, I would like the following output: :blank:, :blank:, :blank:, a, ab, abc, a, a1
Right now, the regex pattern leaves '1a' instead of 'a' which is undesireable.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

A: You can use
CREATE TABLE tempdemo (tdfields varchar(10));
INSERT INTO tempdemo (tdfields) VALUES ('1'), ('11'), ('111'), ('a'), ('ab'), ('abc'), ('1a'), ('a1');

SELECT REGEXP_REPLACE(tdfields, '^[0-9]+', '') FROM tempdemo;

It will remove one or more digits from the start of the string.
More details:

*

*^ - start of string

*[0-9]+ - one or more digits.

$ matches the start of string position.
Note that ^[0-9]* is not a good pattern here since it matches any string, and + variation will only match when necessary, when there are digits at the start of the string.


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Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris ravaged by fire
Home » Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris ravaged by fire
A massive fire engulfed the 850-year-old Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris Monday evening (April 15), destroying the entire wooden frame of one of Christianity's most beloved monuments.
Parisians stood in the street and watched as smoke and flames billowed from the top of the cathedral, behind its iconic towers and famous rose window. After sunset, they gathered outside to sing the Ave Maria in French.
The cause was not known, but it was thought to be linked to a $6.8 million renovation project.
Notre Dame spokesman Andre Finot told French media the entire wooden interior of the 12th-century landmark was likely destroyed: "Nothing will remain from the frame."
Earlier, the spire had also collapsed. Its landmark rectangular towers appeared to have withstood the flames, as has its priceless stained glass windows.
Firefighters, left, tackle the blaze as flames and smoke rise from Notre Dame Cathedral as it burns in Paris on April 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
The medieval cathedral on the Île de la Cité in the middle of the Seine River may be one of the most famous churches in the world and one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture. It attracts more than 12 million visitors a year.
But Notre Dame was also beginning to crumble. Last year leaders issued an urgent call for funding to restore it. The statues of the 12 Apostles and four Evangelists that stood around a steeple erected in the 1840s were lifted away by cranes last week.
The cathedral was begun in 1163 and completed by 1260. It still serves as a Catholic church and is the seat of the Archbishop of Paris, Michel Christian Alain Aupetit.
"Noble in architecture and art, it has long been a symbol of the transcendent human spirit as well as our longing for God," the president of U.S. Bishops' Conference, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, said in a statement. "Our hearts go out to the Archbishop and the people of Paris, and we pray for all the people of France, entrusting all to the prayers and intercession of the Mother of God, especially the firefighters battling the fire."
The fire alarm went off around 6:30 p.m., local time. Firefighters rushed to the scene.
The blaze came a day after Palm Sunday celebrations and less than a week before Easter. It triggered waves of emotion on social media, with people lamenting the loss of a cultural and religious jewel.
"Tonight's burning of the Cathedral of Notre Dame is not only the destruction of a national treasure, but reflects a devastating loss of permanence and sacred spirituality not only for Catholics, Christians of various ecumenical traditions but for people of all religions that value the relationship between God and humankind," said Mae Elise Cannon, executive director of Churches for Middle East Peace, who was in Paris on Monday and heard the bells of the Cathedral an hour before the blaze struck.
There have been a series of attacks on churches around France in recent weeks, including a fire at another Paris church, Saint Sulpice. But the blaze there was at an entrance on ground level, not on a high cathedral roof that would be difficult to reach.
Archbishop Éric de Moulins-Beaufort, who was just elected head of the French bishops conference on April 3, lamented the destruction caused by the fire.
"It's a part of our own flesh that has been damaged," said Moulins-Beaufort. "There is something terrible about seeing the work of the centuries destroyed."
Vatican officials reacted with dismay and also asked for prayer.
"The Holy See has learned with disbelief and sadness the news of the terrible fire that ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral, a symbol of Christianity, in France and in the world," said the Vatican in a statement. "We express our closeness to French Catholics and to the Parisian population. We pray for the firefighters and for all who do their best to face this dramatic situation."
French television confirmed that the Crown of Thorns and the tunic of Saint Louis, the 13th-century French king and saint who purchased the relics of the Passion of Christ, had been saved.
French President Emmanuel Macron canceled a scheduled televised speech to the nation about much-discussed reform plans and rushed to the scene.
"We will rebuild this cathedral together," he said. "We will appeal to the greatest talents … and we will rebuild. Because that's what the French expect, because that's what our history deserves, because it's our profound destiny."
This is not the first time the church has suffered damage. Its religious imagery was damaged during the French Revolution, and Notre Dame has undergone numerous renovations.
But Monday's blaze may be its most catastrophic.
"I don't have strong enough words to express the pain I feel seeing Notre Dame ravaged by the flames," said Paris Mayor Hidalgo in a tweet. "Tonight, all Parisians and French mourn this emblem of our common history."
— by Yonat Shimron and Tom Heneghan | RNS
(Tom Heneghan reported from Paris. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
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Exhibition in stables gallery launches artist in residence at Ragley Hall
Dawn Harris (left) and Kitty Kovacevic arts tour guide at Ragley in the gallery
It has to be the most impressive Private View I've ever sipped a glass of wine at. But then I've never been to an art exhibition opening at a stately home before.
I drove through the large Capability Brown-designed parklands to park right in front of the very impressive portico of Ragley Hall. Inside, along with the other guests I enjoyed lovely nibbles, a glass of wine and a wander around some of the rooms of the Hall, which dates from 1680. The massive Great Hall, with baroque plasterwork by James Gibbs dating from 1750, has several other State Rooms leading off it, including one set for dinner for 24, a bedroom used by visiting royalty in the past and sitting rooms with old masters on the walls. From some of the windows the vistas stretch for miles across parkland, woods and a lake.
The Hall is owned and lived in by the ninth Marquess and Marchioness of Hertford and their family, who were there for the opening of a new on-site attraction.
For the summer, Dawn Harris is the artist in residence at Ragley, On select days between now and October she will be based in the Ragley Gallery & Studio within the Grade 1 listed stables and will use it for reflection and research to produce work that responds to the Ragley environment. The residency is entitled Negotiating Heritage, and Dawn will be considering why heritage is important to the community.
To celebrate the opening of the new gallery and studios, there's an exhibition on until May 19 entitled Curating Curiosity, featuring work by Dawn and 12 other artists who she selected to be in the exhibition. The impressively-large stable block – complete with atmospheric horse braying in the background – has been partly converted into the studios, but the brick floor and all fittings including metal feeders remain. In the different bays instead of horses there's work by different artists on the walls.
The artists range from the newly-graduated to the very established, with Coventry's George Wagstaffe the best known. Dawn's rationale for who she picked was simple: "I recently graduated from Worcester University and some of the artists were people who I knew from university and I know what their struggle is about and I knew them personally and their work, and what it's like being an artist moving from education into the big wide world.
Perspective by Dawn Harris
"The other artists, I had become aware of their art more recently. It's essentially about how different artists approach the same subjects in different ways."
Two of the artists and Dawn will be taking up residence in the studio area after the exhibition. Dawn added: "It's about Negotiating Heritage and they will be looking at their practice in that way. The real hope is to build a really nice community of artists."
The Curating Curiosity exhibition has a small number of works from all 12 artists. Upstairs there are two video pieces, one intriguing one of the Baghdad ballet by Stuart Layton, whose accompanying information is the most interesting of them all, and Karen Gazey's work including a carpet projected onto the floor. Both are in competition with the amazing wooden framed building and exposed roof which are equally eye catching.
Downstairs the works include Carolyn Morris's abstract paintings inspired by the Worcestershire countryside. Anne Bate-Williams is showing collages made up of architectural photographs which seem fitting in such an architecturally-impressive setting. Former writer Deborah Catesby is showing large, colourful oil paintings, and Brian Cook's sculptures, inspired by classical architecture, stand in the middle of a stable block.
Tor Hildyard's collagraph prints of heads and bodies show her interest in capturing the range of human and animal forms, and Zarina Keyani uses bright colours to capture stories about mythical beings.
Coventry-based George Wagstaffe's sculptures dominate the largest room. Phoenix II is a large piece symbolising rebirth, tall and white but not perfectly preserved, with what appears to be an egg inside, bursting open and spilling its contents down the rest of the work.
The Gift is a colourful, dreamy painting of a girl and horse, in one of George's favourite themes, and Crow is a sculpture influenced by the poetry of Ted Hughes, a beaky head twisted on top of a larger piece.
The exhibition is only on until May 19, so it's a great opportunity for a day out to see an interesting collection of works in a lovely setting, or to find out when Dawn and her fellow artists are going to be in residence after that see the website at http://www.ragley.co.uk/days-out-in-warwickshire/heritage-culture-seekers then either art-exhibition or artist-in-residence.
The impressive stable block housing the gallery and studios
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