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Tampa Museum of Art to Renovate Exhibition and Education Spaces
The Tampa Museum of Art Foundation announced today that it is embarking on an ambitious renovation of the museum this spring, increasing exhibition space and education facilities to accommodate growing community partnerships and allow more hands-on, up-close experiences for students and adults. The design team is led by the internationally renowned architecture firm WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism, with construction and infrastructure oversight by Skanska USA's Tampa office.
TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Tampa Museum of Art Foundation announced today that it is embarking on an ambitious renovation of the museum this spring, increasing exhibition space and education facilities to accommodate growing community partnerships and allow more hands-on, up-close experiences for students and adults. The design team is led by the internationally renowned architecture firm WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism, with construction and infrastructure oversight by Skanska USA's Tampa office.
The renovations will be 100 percent funded privately by the museum's board members, foundation, and other donors and investors, and the museum is still seeking funds from the public sector. For information about supporting the museum's renovations, please visit centennial.tampamuseum.org.
"It is fitting that we follow the museum's centennial celebrations with efforts to ensure the museum can meet the needs of our community in the next 100 years," said Jerry Divers, Tampa Museum of Art Foundation president, campaign committee chair, and chairman emeritus of the Bank of Tampa.
"With these improvements to our facility, the Tampa Museum of Art is poised to make a stronger impact than ever in the community and among fine arts institutions across the country. We are blessed with tremendous board and community support and we must seize the moment to execute this bold project," said Dianne Jacob, board chair of the Tampa Museum of Art, and Senior Vice President and Director of Client and Community Relations with PNC Bank.
"This right-sizing of our museum is part of a long-term strategic plan to meet the needs of our prolific community partnerships and education programs," said Michael Tomor, Ph.D., the Penny and Jeff Vinik Executive Director of the Tampa Museum of Art. "We are thrilled that our board and community are still investing in the museum and making our continued growth possible."
All renovations will occur within the museum's existing building without growing the museum's overall footprint by reallocating existing space back of the house. Construction will begin in early May and is expected to last until June 2022. During the renovation, the museum will make every effort to remain as accessible as possible. There are no anticipated short- or long-term closures that would affect the museum's operations. Renovations will include the following transformations:
● The small existing education department will be expanded to a 10,000-sq-ft Education Center, with its own entrances and exits so programs can take place even outside regular exhibition gallery hours. The Education Center will also feature new, expanded student exhibition spaces.
● Areas now occupied by administrative and curatorial storage functions will be renovated to include lecture rooms, classrooms, and artist workspaces.
● A new Docent Lounge will allow volunteers and staff to meet in a designated area to plan programs and get instruction from staff about exhibitions and the permanent collection.
● Renovations will also free up space for enhanced exhibition gallery spaces, state-of-the-art storage and maintenance methods, and an expanded gallery for multimedia projections and more kinetic exhibitions.
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About the Tampa Museum of Art
Founded in 1920, the Tampa Museum of Art inspires the residents of the Tampa Bay region and others around the world by providing engaging exhibitions and innovative educational programs that emphasize ancient, modern, and contemporary art. The Museum houses one of the largest Greek and Roman antiquities collections in the southeastern United States. As one of the region's largest museums devoted to the art of our time, the museum's permanent collection also embraces sculpture, photography, painting, new media, and more.
New online programs add to the year-round studio art classes, lectures, and tours that provide children, teens, and adults with opportunities to discover new perspectives and learn different art-making techniques. Likewise, through unique community partnerships, the museum offers outreach programs that provide art therapy interventions and meaningful modes of self-expression to vulnerable segments of the population.
Located in the heart of downtown Tampa, next to the Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park and Tampa's Riverwalk, the Tampa Museum of Art leads as both a cultural institution and a community museum dedicated to celebrating the diversity of its home city.
About WEISS/MANFREDI
WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism is a multidisciplinary design practice based in New York City. Founded by Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi, the firm is known for the dynamic integration of architecture, art, infrastructure, and landscape design. Their work is noted for the strategic engagement of architecture and site and recognizes the critical dialogue between enclosed and open spaces, between new and existing structures, and between building and city. Notable past projects including the Seattle Art Museum: Olympic Sculpture Park, the Women's Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Visitor Center, and Hunter's Point South Waterfront Park. The firm's current and recent work includes the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, India, the Artis—Naples Baker Museum and Cultural Campus, and the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale. Most recently, the firm was selected through an international competition to reimagine the La Brea Tar Pits and Page Museum in Los Angeles.
Nina Contreras Womeldurf, Tampa Museum of Art, (813) 421-6613, Nina.Womeldurf@TampaMuseum.org
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FuelCell Energy's Earnings Outlook
FuelCell Energy (NASDAQ:FCEL) will be releasing its next round of earnings this Thursday, January 21. For all of the relevant information, here is your guide for Thursday's Q4 earnings announcement.What Are Earnings, Net Income, And Earnings Per Share? Earnings and EPS are useful metrics of profitability. Total earnings also known as net income is equal to total revenue minus total expenses. Dividing net income by the total number of shares outstanding yields EPS.Earnings And Revenue Based on FuelCell Energy management projections, analysts predict EPS of $0.04 on revenue of $17.05 million. In the same quarter last year, FuelCell Energy reported a loss per share of $0.12 on revenue of $11.04 million.What Are Analyst Estimates And Earnings Surprises, And Why Do They Matter? Analysts who cover this company will publish forward-looking estimates of its revenue and EPS each quarter. Averaging together every EPS and revenue prediction that each analyst makes about a company in a quarter yields the "consensus estimates." A company posting earnings or revenue above or below the consensus estimate is known as an "earnings surprise" and may move the stock by a considerable margin.View more earnings on FCELThe Wall Street estimate would represent a 66.67% increase in the company's earnings. Revenue would be up 54.42% from the year-ago period. In comparison to analyst estimates in the past, here is how the company's reported EPS stacks up:Quarter Q3 2020 Q2 2020 Q1 2020 Q4 2020 EPS Estimate -0.06 -0.07 -0.08 -0.11 EPS Actual -0.07 -0.07 -0.20 -0.12 Revenue Estimate 16.05 M 15.55 M 14.91 M 11.51 M Revenue Actual 18.73 M 18.88 M 16.26 M 11.04 M Stock Performance Shares of FuelCell Energy were trading at $18.125 as of January 19. Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 884.1%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders are probably satisfied going into this earnings release.Do not be surprised to see the stock move on comments made during its conference call. FuelCell Energy is scheduled to hold the call at 10:00:00 ET and can be accessed here.See more from Benzinga * Click here for options trades from Benzinga * Understanding FuelCell Energy's Unusual Options Activity * 12 Industrials Stocks Moving In Friday's Intraday Session(C) 2021 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.


Let us introduce Quail Cove to you, formerly called Pacific Breeze. Sometimes the best way to describe a home is to ask the people who love it their thoughts so that's what we did. Here's a description of Quail Cove written by one of the owners.
Welcome to Quail Cove! Named after our Nana's love of all things Quail, we can't wait for you to enjoy Cannon Beach and the ocean as much as she did. She built this home to bring together her love of the beach and quality time with friends and family.
There's space for everyone with two master suites and three additional bedrooms, comfortably sleeping ten people. There are four full bathrooms, with a soaking tub in the upstairs master suite. Two gas fireplaces make for a cozy atmosphere on the second floor and in the downstairs master suite.
Come together in the open concept living space, including a fully equipped kitchen, dining area, media room and deck - or find your own comfy corner in the third story reading nook. Day or night you can relax on the back patio, complete with fire pit and picnic style seating for the entire group.
Our home is just off the beach with views of Haystack Rock from the second floor and the third story deck. Beach access is just at the end of the road. After taking in the tide pools, you can rinse sandy toes and paws in the outdoor shower located on the north side of the house.
Within five minutes you can walk to the Sleepy Monk Coffee Roasters, Screw N' Brew - Hardware & Public House, Wayfarer Restaurant, Cannon Beach Hotel or Pelican Brewing Company. In just fifteen minutes you can walk to downtown Cannon Beach where there's shopping and dining for everyone. Cannon Beach Fresh Foods, a full grocery store, is a short five minute drive south into Tolovana.
We hope you enjoy Quail Cove as much as we do. Please enjoy!
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"Location was great! Plenty of parking and easy access to the beach. House was clean, comfortable and well stocked. Great kitchen with everything we needed and more. All the bedrooms and bathrooms were large and nicely appointed. Would definitely rent this property in the future!"
"Wonderful property for multiple couples!"
"Quail Cove is perfect. I had the pleasure of winning the master with the large soaker tub and view of Haystack Rock. The kitchen was well-equipped and the living room/deck made for a great area for the whole group to hang out. Not to mention, the back yard and the lights were too cute not to take advantage of!"


With full-size pickups like the Ford F-150 selling in such massive volumes, it's easy to forget the brisk business midsize models do as well. Take the Toyota Tacoma, which trailed only the three big Detroit pickups in truck sales through September.
Overall, Tacoma sat at No. 15 among all vehicles on the U.S. market and was Toyota's fourth-biggest seller of the year. It was on pace to lead the midsize segment again after 12 years at the top, and it's established a reputation as a model that retains its value with the best of them.
In brief, this truck is an essential part of the automaker's U.S. business, and Toyota made some updates for 2019. Here's everything you'll find in the Tacoma ($25,550) for the new model year.
Between cab types, drivetrain options, and model trims, you can configure the 2019 Tacoma in 32 different ways. A new option this year is the SX package that represents an upgrade over the base (SR) trim and is available in two- or four-wheel drive.
SX is a blackout package, with the over-fenders, door handles, headlights, and mirror caps with black-key accents. A black grille and 16-inch matte-black wheels finish off the package, which is available in six colors.
Tacoma's TRD line comes with a standard V6 in every model from the Sport ($32,245) through the TRD Pro ($42,660). In the top (Pro) trim, buyers get the option of a Desert Air Intake package ($725) that cleans the dust and debris from air when taking the truck through inhospitable terrain.
Inside, the TRD Pro features a standard moonroof and Entune JBL Premium Audio system with automatic transmission. Drivers control that system with a 7-inch touchscreen that features HD radio, a CD player (in case you have any left), six speakers, and a subwoofer amp.
While there are many configuration options, Tacoma buyers only have two engines to choose from. The base models deploy a 2.7-liter four-cylinder engine capable of 159 horsepower and 180 pound-feet of torque. It mates to a six-speed automatic transmission.
Tacoma's V6 is a 3.5-liter powerplant capable of 278 horsepower and 265 pound-feet of torque. Buyers can choose between an automatic transmission (a $2,000 option) and the standard six-speed manual for the more powerful engine.
If you add on the V6 Tow Package, this truck can handle up to 6,800 lbs.
In every Tacoma, you'll find the Toyota Safety Sense suite coming standard. The package includes pre-collision warning with pedestrian alert, lane-departure alert, auto high beams, and dynamic radar cruise control. This advanced safety tech got a superior rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
Meanwhile, every Tacoma has adjustable lumbar support for the driver's seat. For leather, you have to go with either the Limited ($40,565) or TRD Pro trims. Wireless charging, push-button start, blind-spot alert, and other features are available as options. For 2019, two USB ports got added to the center console in every trim.
Though the Tacoma crash-tested well in every area and offers standard high-tech safety equipment, a "marginal" headlight rating kept it from any IIHS safety awards in 2018. Nonetheless, this truck ranks well in the safety department.
In terms of fuel economy, both four- and six-cylinder models with two-wheel drive and automatic transmission get a combined 21 mpg. All-wheel-drive models rate at 20 mpg, while the manual models have the worst economy of the 2019 lineup at 18 mpg combined.


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Few structures can truly attest to their place in history than Manila Hotel. With its green and white facade, this historic five-star hotel hosted some of the most important people in history including Nobel Prize winner Ernest Hemingway, The Beatles, and then Vice-President Richard Nixon.
There's no doubt that the Manila Hotel earned its mark in history, not just with its unparalleled views of Manila's sunset and historical landmarks, but also bearing witness to the country's struggles and success.
1. The Manila Hotel was part of the master plan envisioned by renowned American architect and city planner, Daniel Hudson Burnham. Burnham's vision was a long wide and tree-lined boulevard along the bay dominated on one end by a magnificent hotel.
Born in Henderson, New York, Burnham is credited with creating the master plans for the development of the cities of Chicago and Washington, D.C. He is also behind the design of some of the most iconic buildings including the Flatiron Building in New York, the Washington Union Station, the Ford Building in Detroit, and the Fisher Building in Chicago.
In the Philippines, Burnham worked on the design of the Provincial Capitol of Pangasinan, and the Provincial Capitol Building in Bacolod in Negros Occidental. He is also credited with creating not only the master plan for Manila but also for the City of Baguio in Benguet.
2. Recommended by Burnham, W.H. Taft hired William Parsons to execute his plans for Manila. Parson's original design was California Missionary-styled H-shaped edifice that focused on good ventilation, providing the vistas a great view of the Manila's harbor and fabled sunset, Luneta, and the walled city of Intramuros.
Some of Parson's work during the American occupation of the Philippines include the Paco Railway Station, Philippine General Hospital, Manila Army and Navy Club, The Mansion House in Baguio, and the Customs Office in Cebu.
3. Four years after construction started, Manila Hotel was inaugurated on the commemoration date of the American Independence on July 4, 1912. Over 400 guests attended the inauguration and were served American roast, Philippine lobster, and French champagne.
4. The hotel underwent its first renovation in 1935 when President Manuel L. Quezon commissioned renowned Filipino architect Andrés Luna de San Pedro, son of Juan Luna, to lead the renovation.
Born in Paris, France on September 9, 1887, Andrés Luna de San Pedro is best known for building the first air-conditioned building in the Philippines, the Crystal Arcade.
Although most of the buildings that he built were lost after World War II, some still survive to this day. This includes the Regina Building and the First United Building, both located in Escolta, the Lizares Mansion in Iloilo, and the Legarda Elementary School in Manila.
5. When the hotel underwent its first renovation in 1935, the top floor of the hotel was converted into an elegant penthouse built especially for General Douglas McArthur and his family. For a time, he also served as the chairman of the hotel's board of directors.
McArthur's favorite food served at the hotel was lapu-lapu, a grouper fish native to the Philippines, wrapped in banana leaves.
6. Aside from McArthur, some of the most notable people that it hosted include Ernest Hemingway, John Wayne, Michael Jackson, The Beatles, US Senator Robert Kennedy, British Prime Minister Anthony Haden, James A. Michener, the Rockefeller brothers, and King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain.
7. During World War II, The Manila Hotel was occupied by the Japanese High Command with its flag flown on the walls throughout the war. It was later set on fire by the Japanese during the Battle of Manila in 1945.
8. The Fiesta Pavilion of Manila Hotel hosted the Philippine Constitutional Convention on November 10, 1970. A total of 320 delegates from all over the Philippines attended the convention to rewrite the Philippine Constitution which has been in existence since the start of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1935.
9. Under the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos, the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) was tasked to restore, renovate, and expand the hotel.
10. Imelda Marcos frequently visited the hotel, and during her visits, the red carpet was laid out and the air was sprayed with deodorant.
11. In 1986, the hotel hosted both Corazon Aquino and Ferdinand Marcos before the February 1986 Snap Elections. The political party of Marcos held its convention at the Manila Hotel, and later, Corazon Aquino delivered a speech which was considered as a turning point in her presidential campaign.
12. National Artists for Architecture Leandro Locsin and Ildefonso Santos in collaboration with Patricia Keller from interior design firm Dale Keller & Associates were behind the hotel's third renovation. The renovation expanded the hotel's capacity to 570 rooms in total with the addition of the hotel tower behind the original five-story structure.
13. The hotel is currently owned by the late Emilio Yap's Manila Prince Hotel Corporation (51%) and Renong Berhad of Malaysia — together with ITT Sheraton (49%).
Renong Berhad originally won the bidding to purchase the Manila Hotel but the Supreme Court later nullified the sale. This, after Yap, cited the national patrimony under "Filipino-first" policy of the 1987 Constitution. Yap signed a check for Php 673.2 million and the MPHC took over the property on May 7, 1997.
14. All rooms and suites underwent renovations starting in 2008 in time for its centennial celebration in 2012. President Benigno Aquino III later attended the hotel's Centennial Ball on July 4, 2012, as the guest-of-honor.
15. In 1999, the hotel once again gained international attention after Imelda Marcos celebrated her 70th birthday with more than 1,000 guests.


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Iranian press review: If the deal's bad, why follow it, asks Rouhani
Iran's president questions US demands to stick to nuclear pact limits, while the EU's Instex gets a mixed reception in the media
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani attends a meeting with Russia's President Vladimir Putin (Reuters)
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Rouhani: If nuclear deal so bad why does the US expect Iran to keep it?
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday doubled down on Iran's decision to reduce its commitment to the 2015 nuclear deal, asking why it should abide when others don't.
"If the nuclear agreement is a bad deal [as Donald Trump says], then what is this fuss about when Iran wants to reduce its commitment," ISNA news agency reported Rouhani as saying.
"If the agreement is a good deal, then why can the US and European countries abandon their commitments and only Iran should meet its commitments."
On Monday, for the first time since a nuclear agreement was inked between Iran and six world powers, Tehran exceeded the limit on the amount of enriched uranium it can possess according to the 2015 international accord.
"It is surprising that the European countries have stayed silent for the past year [since the US imposed new sanctions on Iran] while they see 82 million people of Iran facing many challenges to meet their basic needs," Rouhani added.
According to the 2015 nuclear deal, Iran agreed to reduce its uranium stockpile by 98 percent to 300kg for 15 years in return for the lifting of international sanctions on its banking system and oil exports.
In 2018, Trump left the agreement saying "it was not a good deal" and re-imposed new sanctions on Iran.
EU's trade mechanism gets mixed reception
On 30 June, Iranian dailies from across the political spectrum reacted to the launching of a European Union mechanism designed to bypass the US new sanctions that violate the 2015 nuclear deal.
While the reformists and moderates in Iran praised the EU's new device becoming operational, the conservatives denounced the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (INSTEX) as a late and insufficient move by the European signatories of the nuclear deal.
The pro-reformist Jahane Sanat daily hailed the move by the EU as a "guarantee to keep the nuclear deal" and a sign of European countries' seriousness in reducing US pressures on Iran.
"However, there is still a large gap between what Iran expects and what the EU has done, with INSTEX a trust has been shaped which will facilitate the next moves. This shows that despite US pressures there will be more interactions between Iran and the EU in future," the daily predicted.
On the same day, the Kayhan daily, which has close ties with Iran's supreme leader and the camp of conservatives, on its front page warned President Hassan Rouhani: "Learn your lesson from nuclear deal, don't be deceived by INSTEX".
The paper urged the high-ranking politicians in the government and the president to "stay alarmed and not to be tricked by the INSTEX hollow package."
Kayhan also found the new EU measure "insulting" because it does not provide a mechanism to buy oil from Iran and assist bank transfers between Tehran and European countries, as was outlined in the nuclear deal.
Bitcoin mining sites spread in Iran
The number of Bitcoin mining sites is on the rise in Iran due to government-subsidised electricity tariffs and vague regulations on the cryptocurrency, the Iran daily reported.
Bitcoin mining is a process in which individuals can support the cryptocurrency's global network with their own devices in return for financial reward. However, the process is expensive as it uses a significant amount of power.
Iran has not banned Bitcoin trading and the authorities consider cryptocurrencies as a means to circumvent US sanctions on its banking system. Despite that, a sharp spike in electricity consumption in late June forced the police to shut down unauthorised mining sites.
Iran daily reported that over 100 cases of unauthorised mining sites were found in different provinces by the end of June.
To find a solution to the issue and control the mining sites out of the government's supervision, Iran's Power Generation and Transmission Company called the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology to help them find the mining sites in the country.
On 28 June, over 1,000 mining machines were seized in the central province of Yazd, according to the Tabnak website. The machines were found in two mining sites established in abandoned factories.
Mine explosion victims wait for justice
Two years after an accident that left 43 miners dead in Zemestanyourt coal mine in northern Iran, the Aftab daily published an investigative piece about the fate of the dead's relatives and the legal case against the officials who were responsible for the poor safety management.
The paper reported that despite President Rouhani's promises to hold the officials accountable for the accident, no legal action has been taken against the eight mine managers who were found responsible by a report.
"Since last year, very suspiciously no news about the explosion in that mine has been released," Aftab noted.
On 3 May 2017, a large explosion struck the coal mine and attracted enormous media attention in Iran. Though it was not the first mine accident in Iran, the large number of casualties prompted Rouhani to travel to the region and talk to the dead miners' families.
Investigations into the accident revealed that basic safety regulations were not applied in Zemestanyourt mine in an effort to reduce expenses.
The disaster gave miners and the families of the victims a chance to discuss their unpaid healthcare and pension benefits and overdue wages. However, Aftab reported that none of these problems have been solved following the 2017 explosion.
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29�17'57"N 95�16'39"W (29.299272, -95.277470)
FM 171 at FM 192 Just off State Highway 35
12 Miles NE of Angleton the county seat
About 36 Miles W of Galveston
About 10 Miles S of Alvin
Population: 527 Est. (2018)
482 (2010) 404 (2000) 396 (1990)
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Liverpool dates from 1827 when a trading post was in operation. The community started to settled in 1834. There were enough children in 1836 to warrant a teacher.
An �official� founding occurred in 1837 when the fledgling town served as an outlet for products shipped out from Stephen F. Austin�s colonists.
The borrowing of the name of the English port was suggested by a local man named �Commodore� Nelson who may or may not have once been a bone-fide naval officer. The community submitted the name on the application for a post office which opened in 1846 and lasted only three short years. It reopened in 1879.
The tiny community is to have peaked shortly after the Civil War, but in the mid 1880s, it had a meager population of just 20 residents. The 1890 census counted 136 Liverpudlians.
In 1906 Liverpool had forty-eight pupils taught by three teachers. In 1914 the population had grown to 400 and besides two stores, the town had the luxury of a hotel.
After a decline from the 1920s and through the Great Depression and WWII, Liverpool reached 150 people in the mid 1960s and by the late 1980s, it had swelled to 627.
The 1990 census counted just 396 people and the 2000 census counted eight more people, bring it to 404.
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In community founded in 1837 as Chocolate Bayou shipping point, and named for famous English port.
Burials began here 1875. 3-acre cemetery site was gift of Thomas C. Nelson.
In early years, part of the tract was occupied by a building used as a school and church.
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Subject: Liverpool, Texas Post Office
I married my husband in 2013 and moved to Liverpool. I love it here.
The Liverpool Post Office and as of 2020 is still open and providing a much needed service to our small community. I'm very grateful it's still operating.
Just wanted to let y'all know since your entry on our town sounded like you weren't sure if it was still there. - Sincerely, Tambra Nicole Sas, May 9, 2020
1920s Brazoria County map showing Liverpool
S of Alvin, NE of Angleton
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Sticky: My first leathers - do I need to go crazy?
GIMOTO Leathers anyone got them ?
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Mauritius and its regions
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The first recorded discovery of Mauritius was made by Arab seamen in AD975 who named it Dinarobin (Silver Island). In 1507, the Portuguese sailor Domingo Fernandez came across and renamed it Ilha do Cerne ('island of the swan'). The Dutch, led by Admiral van Warwyck, landed in 1598 and the island was named Mauritius after the Dutch Prince Maurice of Nassau, which they left in 1710. The French arrived in 1715 and in 1735, Mahé de Labourdonnais was made Governor. The French ruled over Isle de France (the new name they gave to the island) till 1810, date at which the British took possession of the island offering generously the French inhabitants capitulation terms that allowed them to preserve their French laws, customs, language, religion and property. Mauritius remained a British colony till 1968 where the island won independence. In 1992, Mauritius proclaimed itself a republic and the first Mauritian president was Sir Veerasamy Ringadoo.
The Mauritian parliamentary system is based on the British Westminster system where the President is the ceremonial head of state while executive power is held by the Cabinet, headed by the Prime Minister who is the leader of the majority group in parliament. The Constitution of the island provides that general elections must be held every five years.
The Mauritian legal system is based on both French and English law. The Constitution guarantees the independence of the judiciary. The island is divided into nine administrative districts and Rodrigues Island forms the tenth.
Introduced by the Dutch in 1639, sugarcane has been the pillar of the Mauritian economy for years. Originally grown to provide alcohol for the making of 'arrack', a crude popular drink for sailors, sugar cane was later widely propagated as a crop able to withstand the ravages of the occasional cyclones. At one point in time, almost 80% of the island's arable land was planted with sugar. Sugar being a fragile commodity, economic growth fell due to unfavorable climatic conditions and drop in world sugar prices.
As a result, the diversification of the economy became a must and in the early 1970's, instead of relying at 100% on the export of sugar, the Export Processing Zone (EPZ) was created to encourage the production of goods for export to other islands in the region. The EPZ provided thousands of jobs and investment opportunities.
The Mauritius Stock Exchange was established in 1989 and as from 2004, Mauritius continued to promote itself as an offshore banking center. Port Louis has been transformed into a free port and plans to transform Mauritius into a 'cyber island' are almost complete with the construction of the Cyber City in Ebène together with the creation of thousands of jobs within the Information and Communication and Technology sectors (ICT).
Tourism, another pillar of the economy after the E.P.Z. manufacturing sector and Agriculture, contributes significantly to economic growth and has been a key factor in the overall development of Mauritius. In the past two decades tourist arrivals increased at an average annual rate of 9 % with a corresponding increase of about 21% in tourism receipts. In 2000, gross tourism receipts were 14.2 billion rupees (508.3 million US $) and contributed to about 11 % of our GDP.
The real estate and construction sector, an essential component of the investment strategy of Mauritius, has accounted for more than 40% of the total influx of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) for the past 5 years. For 2012, the sector is expected to attract investment amounting to Rs. 27.4 billion out of which FDI representing Rs. 5.5 billion. Moreover, the sector accounts for 19% of the country's GDP
Tourist arrivals have been expanding consequently, thus rising from 103,000 in 1977 to 656,450 in 2000, a more than six-fold increase. Mauritius is predominantly a holiday destination for beach-resort tourists. It possesses a wide range of natural and man-made attractions, enjoys a sub-tropical climate with clear warm sea waters, attractive beaches, tropical fauna and flora complemented by a multi-ethnic and cultural population that is friendly and welcoming. The largest number of tourists each year comes from Réunion Island followed by France, South Africa, Germany, Australia and U.K.
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Off-target binding in the choroid plexus (CP) may cause spill-in of the tau PET tracer [18F] flortaucipir into the adjacent hippocampus region. The impact of this spill-in on hippocampal uptake was assessed using a novel partial volume correction method (PVC).
PVC was performed on 20 [18F] flortaucipir dynamic PET scans (10 probable AD and 10 controls). Volumes of interest (VOIs) were defined for both hippocampus and CP. The correlation between hippocampal and CP distribution volume (VT), with and without PVC, was determined. Both anatomically defined and eroded VOIs were used.
For controls, the correlation between hippocampal and CP VT was significantly reduced after using PVC along with an eroded VOI (r2 = 0.59, slope = 0.80 versus r2 = 0.15, slope = 0.15; difference: p < 0.05). The same was true for AD patients (p < 0.05).
PVC together with an optimized hippocampal VOI resulted in effective reduction of CP spill-in and improved accuracy of hippocampal VT.
The PET tracer [18F]flortaucipir([18F]AV-1451) is a promising biomarker for in vivo assessment of tau pathology in AD . However, cautious interpretation of [18F] flortaucipir data is warranted, especially in the hippocampus. Indeed, although tau pathology affects the hippocampus relatively early in the course of the disease , [18F] flortaucipir uptake in the hippocampus does not distinguish AD patients from controls [3, 4]. A possible explanation may be that the relatively low spatial resolution of PET leads to an underestimation of the signal in a small volume of interest (VOI) such as that of the hippocampus , especially in case of atrophy . Resulting partial volume effects (PVE) may cause spill-in or spill-out to adjacent regions with higher or lower activity, respectively . In the hippocampal region, this could also be the case as high off-target binding in the adjacent choroid plexus (CP)  may cause spill-in of [18F] flortaucipir [3, 7].
Partial volume correction (PVC) methods are used to correct for PVE. Previous studies used several different MR-based PVC methods [8–11] to process [18F] flortaucipir scans [7, 11–17]. Although some studies reported no significant effects of PVC on the correlation between tau uptake and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) measures, cognition, and diagnostic accuracy [13, 15, 17], the specific impact of the CP signal on hippocampal [18F] flortaucipir uptake has yet to be evaluated.
In this study, PVC was performed using a method that combines Van Cittert (VC) iterative deconvolution (IDM) with highly constrained back-projection (HYPR) denoising. The combination of HYPR and VC IDM (Hypr-IDM-Hypr, HDH) was recently developed and validated  and allows for more accurate quantification of PET images. The purpose of the present study was to assess the impact of CP activity on quantification of hippocampal [18F] flortaucipir binding and to correct for spill-in using HDH PVC.
Ten patients with probable AD  and 10 cognitively healthy controls from the Amsterdam Dementia Cohort of the VU University Medical Center were included. Probable AD patients were only included if they had a positive [18F] florbetaben (amyloid-β) PET scan (visually read) and/or an AD-like CSF profile [19–21]. All subjects underwent the same study protocol as described before . The study protocol was approved by the Medical Ethics Review Committee of the VU University Medical Center. The data were acquired for a prospective study that was focused on model evaluation.
All subjects underwent 3D-T1 weighted and FLAIR scans on a 3.0 Tesla MR scanner (Ingenuity TF PET/MR, Philips Medical Systems, Best, The Netherlands).
Dynamic PET emission scans were acquired using a Philips Gemini TF-64 PET/CT scanner. The protocol consisted of a dynamic scan of 130 min, after injection of 224 ± 18 MBq [18F] flortaucipir, with a 20-min break after the first 60 min. Each part of the scanning period started with a low-dose CT scan for attenuation correction .
Both continuous and manual arterial blood sampling were performed , to obtain a metabolite corrected plasma input function.
A recently described combination of HYPR denoising and VC IDM was used to generate HDH PVC PET images (18). The VC IDM was used for enhancing the spatial resolution of the PET images. As the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) also reduces with each iteration, HYPR was used to limit the decrease in SNR, thereby preserving image quality.
The second session PET scan was co-registered to the first session PET scan using VINCI (developed by S Vollmar)  for motion correction between the two sessions. Both T1-weighted and FLAIR MR images were co-registered to the summed PET images (5 to 29 frames were used) using VINCI software. Hippocampal VOI was defined in two different ways. First, the complete hippocampal VOI was extracted from the Hammers template  using PVElab  and the T1-weighted MR images. The automatic delineation is not perfect, and so even after PVC, it is possible that a relationship between choroid plexus and hippocampus might still persist because of the presence of the choroid plexus region voxels in the hippocampal VOI definition. Henceforth, for the second method, CP was defined manually on HDH  PVC PET images and the MR FLAIR image was used to crosscheck the VOI definition. Next, the complete hippocampus VOI was superimposed on the FLAIR image, and voxels from this VOI that were in close vicinity of CP were removed from the VOI definition, resulting in an "eroded" hippocampus VOI (Additional file 1: Figure S1). Only voxels where CP overlapped with the hippocampus were removed (~ 40% ± 10% of the total hippocampal voxels were removed). For both methods, regional time activity curves (TACs) were extracted by superimposing the VOIs onto all frames of the PET scans.
TACs were analyzed by non-linear regression (NLR) using the two tissue compartment model with reversible kinetics and blood volume fraction parameter (2T4k_VB). It has previously been shown that this is the preferred model to describe in vivo kinetics of [18F] flortaucipir [22, 26, 27]. Regional volume of distribution (VT) was used as outcome measure.
Coefficients of determination (r2) and the slope of both complete and eroded hippocampal VT with CP VT were calculated. This analysis was performed with and without PVC. In addition, interaction effects between hippocampal and CP VT were evaluated. The non-parametric Wilcoxon signed rank test was used to calculate the differences between methods. p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Statistical analysis was performed in the GraphPad Prism 7.
Ten controls (average age 67.7 ± 6.8 years, MMSE score 29.2 ± 0.6) and 10 probable AD patients (average age 63.9 ± 7.8 years, MMSE score 23.9 ± 3.1) were included. There was no significant difference in age between AD patients and controls (p < 0.05). Additional file 2: Figure S2 illustrates the time activity curves for choroid plexus and hippocampus VOIs (with and without PVC).
Before PVC, the relationship between the hippocampus and CP in controls decreased for an eroded VOI (r2 = 0.45, slope = 0.53) compared with the complete VOI (r2 = 0.59, slope = 0.80). After PVC, a further decrease was observed for both complete VOI (r2 = 0.29, slope = 0.27) and eroded VOI (r2 = 0.15, slope = 0.15). The relationship between hippocampus and CP uptake was significantly reduced when using an optimized VOI in combination with PVC (p for interaction < 0.05) (Fig. 2 and Additional file 3: Figure S3). An even stronger effect was observed in case of AD patients when using PVC in combination with the optimized hippocampal VOI (r2 = 0.54, slope = 0.98 without PVC versus r2 = 0.01, slope = − 0.05 with PVC; p for interaction < 0.05) (Figs. 1 and 2).
In addition, there was a significant decrease in hippocampal VT after using both PVC and eroded VOI compared with the uncorrected data (Fig. 3 and Additional file 4: Figure S4, p < 0.05). VTs obtained for the choroid plexus and hippocampus (complete and eroded) both before and after PVC for all the subjects included in the study (mean ± SD) are presented in the Additional file 5: Figure S5.
In order to improve the quantification of [18F] flortaucipir uptake in the hippocampus, a novel HDH PVC method was used together with an eroded hippocampal VOI to correct for possible spill-in effects from the CP. After PVC and optimizing hippocampal VOI, only a weak correlation remained between hippocampal VT and CP VT, suggesting that spill-in from the CP was successfully reduced thus allowing for more accurate quantification of hippocampal [18F] flortaucipir uptake.
Wang et al.  showed that PVC  reduced the correlation between [18F] flortaucipir hippocampal and CP uptake (r = 0.39, p = 0.003 before PVC vs r = 0.14, p = 0.31 after PVC). Wang et al. seem to have mitigated the CP's spill over without the use of hippocampal VOI erosion. Although the PVC implementation used by Wang et al. is not similar to the method used in this study, it can be argued that the relationship between choroid plexus and hippocampus is mitigated when applying PVC. With regard to the use of eroded hippocampal VOI, the possible reason for Wang et al. to not require erosion of hippocampal VOI could be that relationship present in their data between choroid plexus and hippocampus was not as strong (r = 0.39) as in our data (r = 0.76, combining both AD and controls). In case of a weak relation, possibly just PVC is sufficient; however, in case of a stronger relation, erosion might be necessary. Another point to note is that before PVC, no significant difference in the VTs was observed between the complete hippocampal VOI and eroded hippocampal VOI (Additional file 5: Figure S5). This suggests that the benefit of erosion was only observed along with the PVC. In addition, Schöll et al.  showed that PVC  caused a large increase in CP signal, indicating that spill-out from the CP could be reduced, potentially leading to a more accurate estimation of tau uptake in the adjacent hippocampus. Both studies suggest that PVC can be used to reduce spill-over effects from the CP. Nevertheless, both studies used MR-based PVC methods, and segmentation problems could result in a potential bias .
One of the strengths of the present study is that the VC IDM method leads to more accurate quantification of PET images and does not use MR scans for PVC, thereby avoiding potential segmentation and co-registration error. The addition of HYPR reduces the poor SNR of VC IDM, thus preserving image quality .
A potential weakness of this study is the fact that CP VOI was defined on PVC PET images rather than on MR images. However, CP activity could clearly be distinguished from that of surrounding tissue, as it was both visually and quantitatively much higher. Even then, a manual VOI definition is prone to error and inter-subject variability. In this study, the same researcher worked on the VOI definition to avoid inter-subject variability and to mitigate the error in VOI definition, and the manual VOIs of CP on PET PVC images were validated using MR FLAIR images. PET PVC-based VOI definitions showed good correspondence to the MR FLAIR images, suggesting that PVC PET images can be used for reliable definition of the CP VOI; however, an automatic or a semiautomatic VOI erosion method is warranted. Another limitation would be that there is no ground truth (no autopsy data available) to check the accuracy of the implementation. However, based on the presented analysis, it can be stated that the proposed methodology mitigates the spill-over effects of choroid plexus on hippocampus uptake.
The use of our new PVC method in combination with an optimized hippocampus VOI significantly reduces spill-in of CP activity into the hippocampus and improves accuracy of hippocampal VT.
Emma E. Wolters and Sandeep S. V. Golla contributed equally to this work.
We would like to thank Dr. Michael Devous and Dr. Mark A. Mintin for their valuable suggestions.
This study was funded by AVID pharmaceuticals, ZonMw.
EEW and SSVG acquired the data, analyzed and interpreted the data, drafted the manuscript, and approved the final content of the manuscript. TT and LS acquired the data, critically revised the manuscript, and approved the final content of the manuscript. RO, PS, and ADW contributed to the conception and design, enhanced its intellectual content, and approved the final content of the manuscript. CWJvdW analyzed and interpreted the data, critically revised the manuscript, and approved the final content of the manuscript. RCS acquired the data, analyzed and interpreted the data, critically contributed to the manuscript, and approved the final content of the manuscript. FB, MY, AAL, RB, and BNMvB contributed to the conception and design, analyzed and interpreted the data, drafted the manuscript and enhanced its intellectual content, and approved the final content of the manuscript.
All subjects underwent the same study protocol as described before . Informed consent was obtained from all subjects. The study protocol was approved by the Medical Ethics Review Committee of the VU University Medical Center.
This study was carried out with financial support from AVID to the VU University Medical Center. AVID contributed to the implementation and writing of the study protocol, but were not involved in the design of and analysis for this report.
Golla, Wolters, Timmers, Ossenkoppele, van der Weijden, Schwarte, Schuit, Barkhof, Windhorst, Lammertsma, Yaqub, and Boellaard report no conflict of interest.
Van Berckel receives research support from ZON-MW, AVID radiopharmaceuticals, CTMM and Janssen Pharmaceuticals. He is a trainer for Piramal and GE. He receives no personal honoraria.
F. Barkhof is editorial board member of Brain, European Radiology, Neurology®, Multiple Sclerosis Journal, and Radiology; performed consultancy and received personal compensation and honoraria from Bayer-Schering Pharma and Genzyme; received compensation (personal and to institution) and honoraria from Biogen-IDEC, TEVA, Merck-Serono, Novartis, Roche, Synthon BV, and Jansen Research; received payment for development of educational presentations from IXICO and Biogen-IDEC (to institution); is funded by a Dutch MS Society grant, EU-FP7/H2020; and is supported by the NIH Research Biomedical Research Center at University College London Hospital.
Scheltens received grant support (to the institution) from GE Healthcare, Danone Research, Piramal and MERCK. In the past 2 years, he has received consultancy/speaker fees from Lilly, GE Healthcare, Novartis, Forum, Sanofi, Nutricia, Probiodrug and EIP Pharma. All funding is paid to the institution.
No other potential conflicts of interest relevant to this article exist.


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5 ridiculously expensive things Amitabh Bachchan owns
Shuvrajit Das Biswas
Amitabh Bachchan is a veteran actor and one of the most recognizable faces in Bollywood.
The superstar, at one point, lost almost everything and was on the verge of bankruptcy.
However, he turned things around and has a net worth of Rs. 700 crore, and now lives life Shahenshah style.
On his birthday, let's have a look at some ridiculously expensive things he owns.
A Montblanc pen
The pen is mightier than the sword, and more expensive
Being a literature enthusiast, Amitabh has an expensive collection of pens.
However, the crown of this collection is the Montblanc Honore de Balzac. The limited-edition pen pays homage to the famous French writer of the same name.
It cost him a tidy sum of Rs. 67,790.
His collection has several other pens which are almost as expensive.
Hot wheels and big stars are almost a cliche
Stars have one weak spot, fast and luxurious cars. Big B is no exception and owns an impressive set of wheels.
He owns a Porsche Cayman S, a Mercedes 350, not to mention a Range Rover, Bentley Continental GT. He is also one of the few Bollywood stars to own a Rolls Royce Phantom.
Conservatively speaking, his cars are valued at Rs. 13.16 crore.
Longines Master
What do these watches do, control time?
For the man who has everything, watches are just another thing to collect.
His series is as impressive as his pen-collection. In fact, the big-hearted man gifted Ranbir Kapoor a watch from this collection which cost him a whopping Rs. 50 lakh.
The Longines Master Collection is one of his many exquisite watches and has a tidy price tag of Rs. 1.53 lakh.
Where Big B lays his head is home
Big B has a lot of real estate to his name and some in exotic places.
He has a house in France, a floor in the Janak Commercial Building, Mumbai. The latter is his office-space.
The superstar also owns three bungalows in Juhu, the legendary Janaki Kutir, Jalsa and Pratiksha. He currently stays in Pratiksha.
The sanest purchase of them all
Everyone learns from mistakes and Big B is no exception. After his near-bankruptcy, the star decided to invest wisely.
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The Dietary Guidelines Alliance (DGA) recently released a campaign with a mission of taking charge of diet and overall health, rightfully titled, "It's All About You." The campaign emphasizes the key to maintaining a healthy lifestyle is to be realistic, active, balanced, adventurous, and sensible. Under each of these components, the DGA offers helpful tidbits designed to assist with goal setting. So, let's have some fun and relate this resource to the typical graduate student lifestyle. [Keeping in mind, this tool is equally helpful for parents, caregivers, and others seeking to make healthy living easy].
Be realistic: Just like how you're probably not going to be able to write your dissertation in a week, you can make small changes over time. Set small goals for yourself, such as walking or biking to campus, packing fruit and vegetables to snack on, or choosing whole grain foods.
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To quit smoking is probably one of the hardest things for most people to do, because smoking is an addiction and the nicotine has you hooked. I once read something interesting, if you can survive 10 minutes without reaching for the pack of cigarettes when the urge hits you, you will be over it. As smoking laws make it more and more difficult for people to smoke outside their homes, it could be a good incentive to give it up.
Smoking has been banned in most public places including your favorite pub, so what are you going to do, stare into your beer and brood on the unfairness of it all – try to quit smoking, its definitely a better alternative. People are often discriminated against in offices and other places because of smoking and to many people the smell of tobacco is offensive. Another very good reason to consider giving up this bad habit is your health; 'smoking kills' is being printed in bigger and bolder letters on every pack sold. Tobacco companies have had to pay out huge sums when they were sued by cancer patients and the courts ruled in the patient's favor. Yet another reason to quit would be, second hand smoke is killing your loved ones. Puffing up a storm at home is endangering the lives of your family because second hand smoke is deadly.
You will find plenty of advice on the internet about tips to quit smoking, ten best ways to stop smoking and so on. Reading all the books in creation, using patches, chewing gum, none of it works if the will to stop smoking does not come from deep inside you. Anyone who advises you to cut down slowly till you stop is living a fool's dream! As long as your body gets the daily dose of nicotine you are never going to stop. The only way is to make a firm decision, throw away every single pack of cigarettes and all your lighters and STOP!
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Q: How to transform columns of data with a specific transformation with mean and std I have a dataframe and want to transform each column with a transformation:
def transformtanh(mean,odchyl):
    return 1/2*(tanh(0.01((x-mean)/odchyl))+1)

Now, I can evaluate mean and std of each column with:
mean=df.mean(axis=0)
odchyl=df.std(axis=0)

But how can I now use the transformtanh on each column with the corresponding mean and std?

A: Use transform with parameters,
import numpy as np

def custom_tanh(val, mean, std):
    return 1/2*(np.tanh(0.01*((val-mean)/std))+1)

df.transform(lambda x : custom_tanh(x, x.mean(), x.std()))

A: You can use the apply() function if you want to implement something in every column.
Try
new_df = df.apply(lambda x: 1/2*(tanh(0.01((x-mean)/odchyl))+1))

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Brews, tunes and food news in Vancouver
InBritish Columbia, Food & Drink Reviews, Vancouver
April 30, 2016ByAdrian Brijbassi
The Red Truck Brewing concert series features full-day summer rock music performances in the company's parking lot. (Photo courtesy of Red Truck Brewing)
Story by Adrian Brijbassi
Vacay.ca Managing Editor
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — Beer companies and music festivals have been synonymous for a long time. Rarely, however, do you find the brewery playing both sponsor and host. Red Truck Beer Co. in Vancouver has been hosting a summer music series on their gravel parking lot for three years and the 2016 edition reaches new heights thanks to its most outstanding lineup yet.
The three-show lineup features groovy blues and soul masters Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears (June 11), a band influenced by James Brown and which has won wide acclaim for both their music and live performances. Other headliners include Ottawa-based indie rockers Hollerado (July 9) and country artist Jon Pardi (August 6).
Each show in the Truck Stop Concert Series will feature a number of opening acts and run from 4-10 pm at the Red Truck Brewery site (295 East 1st Avenue) in East Vancouver.
"People don't get it until they turn the corner and see what a scene it is with the stages all set up," Red Truck Brewery general manager Jim Dodds says. "We have a capacity of 1,200 people and it's a real party, right here in the parking lot."
Dodds says hosting the concert series has created a spin-off effect as other music festivals have contacted Red Truck to come on as sponsors or organizers of similar events.
If you're visiting Vancouver and looking for a unique and fun music experience, this "concert in the city" offers a lot to like, partly because you can easily walk or take public transit to the venue and dine at a number of great establishments in the east-side neighbourhood that's close to Gastown and Main Street. Tickets to each of the three shows costs $35 each, with a Tailgate Pass available that offers entry to all the shows for $85. Tickets can be purchased through Ticketzone and more information can be found on Red Truck's website.
Bauhaus Marks One Year in the City
Last May, Michelin-starred chef Stefan Hartmann arrived and immediately elevated the dining scene in Vancouver with culinary talent and pedigree that stands above the rest of the city. Yet, Bauhaus has struggled to fill its seats, proving that great food isn't enough to make a successful restaurant. Quality of service means as much, if not more, to many diners than the quality of food.
Bauhaus chef Stefan Hartmann continues to perfect his fine-dining restaurant, which features an inventive take on German cuisine. (Adrian Brijbassi/Vacay.ca)
Problems in the front of the house at Bauhaus had played a role in keeping it from meeting the level of acclaim that Hartmann's resume promises. That seems to be changing, though. When I spoke to owner Uwe Boll earlier this month, he said he is addressing the issues of service and lack of publicity.
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My expectation is it won't take much longer for people to realize the dining experience Bauhaus presents is sensational. During my most recent meal, Hartmann served a dish that was meant to be a deconstruction of a German breakfast with warm mackerel served below pumpernickel spice and sea foam. It was among a range of other creative and exceptional menu items. The word in the food community is also extremely positive as more and more media members I speak to are praising the Bauhaus menu. If you try it, let me know what you think.
Reflections Refreshed at Hotel Georgia
Hawksworth isn't the only notable establishment inside the Rosewood Hotel Georgia in downtown Vancouver. For many years, Reflections has been a go-to spot for the city's business and glamour crowd. The space on the fourth-floor terrace has received a beautiful renovation, featuring updated furniture, warm decor, and revamped drinks and food menus.
Vancouver is lacking in elevated patios and having a sophisticated, secluded one in what is arguably the city's best hotel is certainly a terrific amenity for both travellers and residents.
Tacofino Expands to Yaletown
Everyone's favourite taco joint is broadening once again. After successfully launching its Taco Bar and Burrito Bar establishments in Gastown in 2014, the team at Tacofino is bringing its crowd-pleasing fare to trendy Yaletown in June. The new restaurant at 1025 Mainland Street will have 56 seats, including 16 on a patio, and offer take-out service.
Taco Bar, designed by Shiloh Sukkau, has been a huge success for Tacofino and the brand is expanding to Yaletownin Gastown was designed by Shiloh Sukkau of Vancouver. (Julia Pelish/Vacay.ca)
If you can't make it to one of the Tacofino restaurants in Vancouver, you can always look out for one of the company's food trucks, which roam around downtown daily, serving fish tacos, burritos and plenty more.
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Gotham Launches Outdoor Dining
The best steakhouse in Vancouver? Gotham would get my vote and many others as well. Most diners don't realize the restaurant has a garden patio nestled within its heritage building. With the very early arrival of summer weather to the city, the steakhouse has opened up its al fresco dining option sooner than expected. It serves lunch and dinner daily.
Divine Salads at Field and Social
Owner Stephen Collins brings his experience from running one of Copenhagen's most popular cafes back to his hometown as he launched Field and Social (415 Dunsmuir Street) earlier this spring. The restaurant focuses on providing high-quality salads with locally sourced ingredients for lunch diners. All salads cost less than $15 and include interesting selections such as a Black Kale Caesar ($13) that features applewood-smoked chicken thigh and smoked paprika croutons, and Sen Lek Smoked Tofu ($12.50), with a ramen egg, shiitake mushrooms and rice noodles. You're not going to find a better choice of salads in the city — which is ideal if you're looking for a midday bite between visits to the downtown area's attractions.
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Adrian is the editor of Vacay.ca and VacayNetwork.com. He also edited "Inspired Cooking", a nutrition-focused cookbook featuring 20 of Canada's leading chefs and in support of the cancer-fighting charity, InspireHealth. "Inspired Cooking" was created in honour of Adrian's late wife and Vacay.ca co-founder, Julia Pelish, who passed away of brain cancer in 2016. Adrian has won numerous awards for his travel writing, travel photography, and fiction, and has visited more than 55 countries. He is a former editor at the Toronto Star and New York Newsday, and was the social media and advocacy manager for Destination Canada. His articles have frequently appeared in the Huffington Post, Globe & Mail, and other major publications. He has appeared on national and local broadcasts, talking about travel, sports, creative writing and journalism. In 2019, he launched Trippzy, a travel-trivia app developed to educate consumers about destinations around the world.
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Q: Reference request - Theory of rational multivariate generating functions (extracting coefficients of their taylor expansion) I'm looking for a book/text/paper/etc. that develops the theory of multivariate (/bivariate) generating functions with special focus on how to extract coefficients.
If possible, I'd like the source to develop a theorem that allows one to directly transform the rational generating function into the underlying coefficient-sequence.
In the case of univariate generating functions this theory looks roughly like this:
Given a rational generating function $F(x)= \frac{P(x)}{Q(x)}$  of $ \sum_{n\ge 0}a_n x^n$ determine the reciprocals of the zeroes of $Q(x)$ with their multiplicity.
This then gives us the function class of $a_n$. We substitute in the first few values and solve the equation system for the unknowns, and arrive at a formula for $a_n$.
Can anybody hint me to good references for this theory?

A: It sounds like you'd be interested in the text Asymptotic Combinatorics in Several Variables  by Robin Pemantle and Mark Wilson, as well as their article Twenty Combinatorial Examples of Asymptotics Derived from Multivariable Generating Functions.

A: After some more researching, it turns out that it's doubtful that such a theory exists, at least not in a calculus using only elementary functions:
Even rather simple bivariate generating functions like
$$F(x,y) = \frac{x·(x - 2)}{(x - 1)^2·(x + y - 2)}$$
seem to develop into taylor-series with coefficients that have no closed formula.
(The upper generating function develops into the taylor-series:
$$
\sum_{n,k\ge 0} \frac{\displaystyle\sum_{i=0}^n(i + 2)·\binom{n - i + k}{ n - i}\cdot \frac 1{2^{n - i + k - 3}}}{16} x ^{n+1} y^k
$$
The coefficients have a known closed form involving the hypergeometric sum, but none only using elementary functions (at least as far as I could deduce)
There are however instances that admit closed formulas for the coefficients of the taylor-series, with many special cases coming from lattice-theory.
While not necessarily achieving a closed formula, a method that at least always allows one to develop a rational generating function into a taylor-series is the following:
Let $ F(x_1,..,x_n) = P(x_1,..,x_n)/Q(x_1,..,x_n) := P/Q$.

*

*Factorize Q into factors $Q_1\dots Q_k$ so that for each factor $Q_i$ you can develop the taylor-series of $1/Q_i$ (at worst you'll have to split $Q$ into is linear factors, which all admit a simple taylor-series)..

*We now have $F = 1/Q_1 \cdots 1/Q_k$. We then develop each factor into its taylor-series.

*Finally, we convolute the taylor-series and try to simplify the resulting expression.
Even for multivariate generating functions however there are special classes that always admit a closed formula.
One for example is when a rational generating function $F(x_1,..,x_n)$ is seperable into $F(x_1,..,x_n) = F_1(x_1) \cdots F_n(x_n)$.
In this case the denominator of $F(x_1,..,x_n)$ admits a factorization of linear factors which each have only a single variable. We can then group all linear factors which the same variable together, and apply the method from above, which in this case always gives a closed formula.

A: There's some relevant material in Chapter 6 of Stanley's Enumerative Combinatorics, Volume 2 (particularly, extracting the diagonal $\sum f(n, n) x^n$ of a bivariate rational generating function $\sum f(n, m) x^n y^m$), and some more in Chapter IX of Flajolet and Sedgewick's Analytic Combinatorics (which is mostly about getting asymptotics).

A: The problem: "given a rational function $f \in Q(x_1,\ldots,x_n)$ and a monomial $M$, find the coefficient of $M$ in $f$" is NP-hard.  That implies that probably you can't go further than some occasionally successful heuristics.


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Q: Message Oriented Middleware (MoM) Vs. Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) I come from a background of MoM. I think I understand ESB conceptually. However, I'm not too sure about the practical differences between the two when it comes to making a choice architecturally.
Here is what I want to know
1) Any good links online which can help me in this regard.
2) Can someone tell me where it makes sense to use one over the other.
Any help would be useful.

A: I put MOM solutions and ESB solutions on two distinct planes.
I consider MOM a building block for ESB solutions. In fact, ESB solutions reach their own loose coupling and asynchronous communication capabilities, just using the paradigm offered by the specific MOM implementation.
Therefore, MOMs represent solutions for data/events distribution at customized level of QoSs (according to the specific vendor implementation), instead ESBs represent solutions providing capabilities to realize complex orchestrations in a SOA scenario (where we have multiple providers offering their services, and multiple consumers interested in consuming the services offered by the first ones).
Complex orchestrations imply communication between legacy systems, everyone of these with its own data domain representation (rules and services on specific data) and its own communication paradigm (one consumer interact with the ESB using CORBA, another one using WS, and so on).
It is clear that ESB represents a more complex architectural solution aimed to provide the abstraction of data-bus (such as the electronic buses that everyone have in his own pc), able to connect a plethora of service providers to a not well specified plethora of service consumers, hiding heterogeneity in (i) data representation and (ii) communication.
Sorry for the long post, but the concepts are complex and it is very difficult to be effective and efficient in a short statement.

A: Messaging tends to concentrate on the reliable exchange of messages around a network; using queues as a reliable load balancer and topics to implement publish and subscribe.
An ESB typically tends to add different features above and beyond messaging such as orchestration, routing, transformation and mediation.
I'd recommend reading about the Enterprise Integration Patterns which gives an overview of common patterns you'll tend to use in integration problems which are all based above a message bus (though can be used with other networking technologies too).
For example using open source; Apache ActiveMQ provides a loosely coupled reliable exchange of messages. Then you can use Apache Camel to implement the Enterprise Integration Patterns for smart routing, transformation, orchestration, working with other technologies and so forth.

A: An ESB is typically a layer that routes, logs, transforms, and performs other 'technical' (i.e. non-business) functions on messages. It could process messages from a messaging system (such as something JMS-based), or it could work with other types of message (such as SOAP-based web services). In that respect, it's more general than MoM.
Disclaimer: I am an IBM WebSphere consultant - although I am not contributing here in an official capacity.

A: ESB with web services in its true form provides Application loose coupling by sending the data through one the elements of the message.
MOM provides not only Application Loose coupling but process loose coupling along.
ESB comes with additional features supporting Governance centric approach.
Both can be used independently or together depending upon the scenario.

A: IBM and Oracle have SOA certifications.  Since they're the leaders in the marketplace (Gartner Magic Quadrant), I would read about how they define SOA and ESBs (along with methodology and the components needed to support SOA like Governance, Registry, etc etc)

A: EBS is just yet another buzzword, as is SOA 2.0.
You can have a ESB system easily implemented with normal Web Services with a queue behind them.
You can have message routing and or orchestration with SOA 1.0 (Tibco, BizzTalk), one things does not stop the other really. More importantly, it is the semantics given to the messages exchanged in the system that play an important role, in this case events. Messages as events, are triggers about something that happened in your system, so the context is different.


Project 48: 3 of 48 | Sparky's Mummy Made. . .
Still on this month's 9-patch theme, this week's Project 48 block is a wonky design. Oh dear. The phrase 'No measuring allowed you guys!' set me into a panic! That's not me. Not me at all.
The previous 2 blocks I had finished by 10 or 10:30 am the morning they were published. With this one, I kept finding other things to do. I started knitting some owl mittens. I read to my son. I even cleaned the kitchen and put away the clean laundry! I even contemplated trying to organise my stash by colour, however my son wanted to help. Nooooo.
While I was going through fabrics, I saw I had 2 x 4.5 inch orange blocks. Hmm. Several people who had already done their wonky block found they had to re-do it as they'd cut it too wonky and couldn't get a 9.5 inch block out of it. Then I found 5 inch charm squares, and there were several orange squares. Fine – I'd just choose a random 9 squares. They were all 'too big', so my planning brain didn't have to worry about cutting it and not being able to make a large enough block.
I tried to be quite free when slicing them up. After putting the first 2 sets of 'quarters' together, I trimmed a bit.
Once I had the block ready to be trimmed down to 9.5 inches, I almost measured 4.75 inches from the middle seam – but then that just seemed wrong. I checked, and my block was certainly large enough that I could trim it wonky.
My block was certainly large enough! Maybe too large. In trimming it down I trimmed whole patches of fabric off, but I have a 9.5 square.
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Explore Ecuador!
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The Galapagos Islands are a must-see for wildlife enthusiasts with the chance to spot turtles, iguana, many types of birds, giant tortoises and more. Ecuador also has over one hundred different varieties of hummingbirds, and for flower lovers, thousands of different orchids to enjoy.
Quilotoa lagoon circle trek, near Latacunga town in Ecuador
Explore the Amazon rainforest in the Cuyabeno Wild Life Reserve, or explore Yasuni National Park to surround yourself with all that nature has to offer, and meet the indigenous people.
If you're a beach bunny, you will love the amazing beaches, with their friendly locals, tasty food and good hotels. Explore Crucita, San Jacinto, Salinas, San Clemente and more.
The capital city of Ecuador is Quito, and the historic centre of the city is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Cuenca is known for its Spanish-style colonial city, which is also a World Heritage Site.
Try the local dishes, with Ceviche, a seafood cocktail; Encebollado, a tasty fish soup, or Locro de papa, a soup with potatoes, avocado and cheese. In the Highlands, you might also find yourself feasting on guinea pig.
Note: Zika virus is present in Ecuador so the advice is that pregnant women should not visit. Every traveller must protect themselves from mosquito bites. Travel is not advised within the 20km exclusion zone along Columbia's border, apart from at Tulcan, the border crossing town. There are also several active volcanoes in Ecuador and care must be taken near these areas.
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It would be cute baby shower ideas if you use polka dot themed for the baby shower party. Polka dot is considered a good theme because you will get a lot of dots decorations to your meeting room. Everything would look so cute even though you just put the decorations that have the same theme just the way it is. It is different with the other themes where you need to shape the decorations or the centerpieces to match the main theme, you can put all-polka-dot ornaments in the room. It is easier to get the polka dot baby shower decorations as well.
The polka dot baby shower can be your appropriate theme if you find obstacle to determine the right theme for the meeting. It is easier than you think because you just need to find the supplies and ornaments that have polka dot pattern. On the other hand, there are a lot of options for the supplies for this cute baby shower ideas. Moreover, you can find it online so there is no another wasted time. So, what kind of supplies that you need for the polka dot baby shower? Go get your pen and write this list.
You can start from the small supplies that you need for the baby shower. The plates should be matched the grand theme of this party. You can buy in bulk to get discount polka dot baby shower decorations. I know that it is a small thing, but it will make everything perfect.
The invitation is important because it will bring the message of the details for the baby shower. It is not only to inform the date, but also can give a little hint about the baby shower theme.
You can decorate the gate of your house with these polka dot balloons so it will make it more festive. The ambience of the excitement baby shower party will be felt since the guests enter the gate of your house.
You do not need more centerpieces if you use the polka do table cover. It looks perfect just the way it is as you expected for the cute baby shower ideas.
Make sure that every guest will get a single treat box with polka dot pattern. It will make every little decoration on your meeting has matched the polka dot baby shower decorations theme.
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