IBC 2018: CDNvideo's CEO Yaroslav Gorodetsky talks about the challenges and areas of innovation in delivering video traffic over CDNs, how peer-to-peer compares with CDN video delivery and fighting ad blockers.
What do you see as the key trends and challenges in delivering video traffic over CDNs at the present time?
At the moment we see price scissors between the price in the CDN market which is dropping and the cost of service which is stable and even growing. Traditional CDNs fight this by locking in customers, making them sign yearly or three-yearly contracts. We see that it might work for some periods of time, but in the end it's not good for the customers. What we do? We try to help our CDN customers either earn more or cut their costs for CDN delivery.
What would you identify as the main areas of innovation in delivering video overCDNs, including from CDNvideo?
The first ones are P2P delivery and Multi-CDN approach. With P2P we can dramatically lower the costs for CDN traffic and therefore give much more attractive pricing for CDN. About giving more value to the customers… First, we help them earn more with personalized ads. If the customer is able to insert personalized ads, this customer will certainly get more money from ads, because ad agencies pay more for personalized ads. The second one is analytics. We really did a lot of work for presenting and analyzing CDN usage results to the customers, so they could take the decisions on their content policy based on that information.
How effective is the use of peer-to-peer technology to make the delivery of video more effective and how does P2P technology compare with alternative solutions?
It is very effective on large broadcasts, on large streaming events like, for example, the World Cup or some political events. We did it already this year several times, and it works really well. So P2P works, and, contrary to CDN, the more visitors you have, the better P2P works. With the CDN, it's opposite.
What are the main opportunities and challenges in distributing video in emerging markets including China?
The Internet in China is very much controlled by the government. You need to have an ICP licence in order to go online in China. And also the Internet is very diverse. You can have a very good Internet quality in Beijing or Shanghai, but you will have not so good Internet quality in rural areas. To deliver your traffic to China, you need to know how the Chinese Internet works. You need to know very well the issues that you might face in rural areas and how to address them.
How big a challenge is ad blocking to making money from online video and what solutions exist?
Ad blockers take up to 40% traffic in US. About the same figure in Europe. So ad blockers really make the customer of CDN suffer. Especially those customers who rely on ad-supported business model. So there are two ways to fight this. One way is obfuscation of HTML code of web pages which removes ad blockers completely. But this is a tricky thing because you can just get customers frustrated. You might eventually make ad blockers to have more innovations and start a technological race with them.
We think that the second way to fight them is better. We are very careful in fighting ad blockers. We try to personalize ads and send them together with the content, so that they are indistinguishable from the original content. So it's the way we do that at the moment, and we see that our customers get up to 30% more revenue with personalized ads.
Learn more about CDNvideo products and services.
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In a time wherein online technology improves day to day, search engine optimization progressively gets better as well. But with this much evolution, it is only inevitable to come across several kinks and technical issues. In fact, if not all, most SEO companies who offer link building services may have encountered these technical problems at some point. Staying on top of the search engine optimization game means producing highly competitive and excellent content but this would not be of much use if your site has technical and structural issues and problems. Your site can yield the best content in the word but it would be rendered useless and would not be much help to your search rankings if you continue to have website problems.
The SEO community has collectively weighed in on the most common technical issues that can adversely affect your site's search ranking. A lot of these technical hurdles (duplicate content as an example) have been in existence for years. But it is important to consider, that as the search engine optimization game develops (and should you want a website that stays on top of the competition), cleaning up site messiness should be one of your priorities. After all, an effective SEO's formula seems to be one-third on-page optimization, one-third off-page optimization (backlinks) and a clean website structure free of technical issues and kinks.
Here are the top 10 SEO technical issues in the past year, along with guidelines on how to properly address them.
With smartphones and tablets making a major prominence in digital connectivity, it is extremely unwise to overlook this. With users wanting to stay online and connected for the most part of every waking moment of their lives, staying connected through a smartphone or a tablet is not only handy but rather convenient as well. This is why this aspect should be given just as much importance as the others.
Shall your website offer shoddy user experience on smartphones and tablets and is slow to load on mobile devices, visitors will more likely than not click away (increasing your site's bounce rate). A site that is lean and loads fast is essential as these are key things to consider on a mobile. Responsive design (when a website displays automatically and correctly for both mobile and desktop devices) provides an experience that tailor fits the device but is basically the same content for all users. This, in turn, would improve secondary signals that Google takes into account search rankings (which collectively includes page visits, the duration of a visit and bounce rates).
Another necessary thing to consider is the navigation system of your website. This is because in order for visitors and users to interact with your website, it has to be easy to navigate and get around to. If your website does not offer a sleek and user-friendly navigation system, visitors are not likely to stick around and engage with your site. As a result of your site's clunky navigation system, the site would most likely be considered as irrelevant and not deemed useful to visitors and thus would not be very impressive and perhaps tank in the rankings of search engines. Remember, search engines have a business to run as well and that is showing the most relevant and top-notch resources to their users.
So consider tailoring your navigation system to be user-friendly and it would reward you with higher visitor interactions.
This is relatively obvious however it is still of much relevance as it is still rather prevalent nowadays. As a matter of fact, this was cited as the top technical concern. Succinctly, duplicate is any content that is "appreciably similar" or exactly the same as content that is already residing on your site, according to Google Webmaster Tools. Another source of duplicate content includes the use of both "plain" and secure protocol URLs such as HTTP and HTTPS; no preference for a www.domain.com versus domain.com (without the www.); syndicated RSS feeds and blog tags.
This issue can also result from common content management system (CMS) functionalities, including sorting parameters. One of the remedies is to crawl your site looking for duplications and apply "crawl directives" to give Google information of the relative value of multiple URLs. Using "robots.txt" (file that allows you to control how Google's bots crawl and index your public Web pages) is a useful tip in telling Google the specific folders and directories that are not worth crawling.
It is also a good idea to fix this issue by choosing one URL that you want as your main URL. It is a matter of preference but once you choose one, stick with it. All your other URLs should redirect to the main URL.
To complement entertaining and information-rich content, many websites emphasize on alluring and stunning visuals without taking into account how those images may negatively impact search rankings. A lot of website owners are using images with beautiful fonts, eye-catching colors to make the page visually aesthetic but to Google, this is simply just an image. By using a combination of Web fonts, HTML and CSS it is possible to retain the beauty and achieve quality SEO by creating all of the text elements within a banner's live text. Take note, quality SEO should never be compromised for pretty visuals.
In this way, you are not only providing your visitors a speedy page load but ease with their website experience as well.


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Mallory Davis Foster passed away on December 14, 2018. She was born on April 18, 1923, on the Naval Mine Depot (Naval Weapons Station) in Yorktown, Virginia to John Robert and Virginia Nimmo Davis. She attended Matthew Whaley High School in Williamsburg and Longwood College in Farmville, Virginia. She was married on May 28, 1942, to Capt. Edward L. Foster who predeceased her after 62 years of marriage. Mrs. Foster moved to Indialantic in 1968 and was for years a member of the South Brevard Debutante Committee, serving as its president twice, and a member and President of St. Margaret's Guild at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. She is survived by her 3 children Edward L. Foster, Jr. (Patricia) of Gainesville, the Honorable Robert M. Foster (Sharon) of Jacksonville and Nancy Wythe Foster of Mechanicsville, Va.; 6 grandchildren, Anne Blair Foster of New York City, Melissa Ann Williams (Marvin) of Gainesville, Megan Leigh Arel (Jeremy) of Ft. Mill, S.C., Robert Mallory Foster, Jr. of Jacksonville, Anne Foster LaVasseur (Marc) of Astoria, N.Y., and Edward L. Foster III (Sarah) of Jacksonville; 7 great grandchildren, John Edward Williams, Ashleigh Davis Williams, Kaitlyn Ann Williams, Atlas Alexander Arel, Zoe Anne Arel, Kai Arthur Arel and Catherine Kennedy Foster. She was predeceased by her 3 sisters and 2 brothers.
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New regulations govern use of marijuana for health and industrial reasons
Product Regulation & Liability Mexico
Use of marijuana
Marijuana is one of the most recognisable names when it comes to illegal narcotics and plants with narcotic properties.
During the late 1800s and early 1900s, marijuana was seen as an industrial product and was predominantly used to make hemp fibres and certain kinds of textile. However, during the late 20th century, particularly the late 1960s and early 1970s, marijuana came to be used predominantly as an illicit drug, although it was also used in the production of herbal remedies and medicine.
Since then, the production and marketing of marijuana and its derivatives has been a major problem in Mexico – not only healthwise, but also socially and in terms of national security. Unfortunately, this problem has dramatically increased in recent years.
Under Articles 234 and 235 of the General Health Law, marijuana (or cannabis, including sativa, indica and American cannabis) and its resin, preparations and seeds are considered narcotics. Thus, the production, preparation, packaging, acquisition, possession, marketing, transport and use of marijuana, as well as all other acts involving it, are subject to the General Health Law and various regulations, official standards and international treaties.
Until mid-2017 it was illegal to use marijuana or its derivatives in Mexico. However, on June 19 2017 new legal provisions and amendments to those regarding the use of marijuana for medical and industrial purposes were published in the Federal Official Gazette. Most of these new provisions appear to have derived from two cases:
The first case concerned an individual who had a rare illness and wanted to import pharmaceutical products derived from marijuana. The Mexican courts allowed the individual to import and access the corresponding medicines.
The second case concerned a number of individuals who filed a constitutional remedy, in response to which the Mexican courts agreed that the excessive regulation of marijuana was against individual free will and liberty.
Further to such jurisprudential precedents, Article 235bis was introduced into the General Health Law to require the Mexican health authorities to regulate the use of pharmacologic derivatives of sativa, indica and American cannabis, including tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).
Notably, these amendments made it possible to regulate only pharmacologic derivatives of cannabis. They did not allow cannabis products or derivatives to be used for any purpose other than medical research or pharmacologic use.
Further, THC was included in Article 237 of the General Health Law as a substance that is considered to have a therapeutic use; however, the law also lists THC as a health problem in Mexico.
Articles 237(II) and (III) refer to substances that:
have "some therapeutic value" and represent a "considerable health problem"; or
have a "therapeutic value" and are a "health problem".
Further to the amendment, the law includes products with a THC concentration equal to or less than 1%. Likewise, Article 237(V) includes marijuana derivatives that:
have a THC concentration equal to or less than 1%;
have no therapeutic use; and
are commonly used for industrial purposes.
These products may be marketed, exported or imported if the requirements established in the applicable provisions are met.
The wording of the above provisions appears to allow marijuana products to be imported, marketed, manufactured and exported not only for the pharmaceutical sector, but also for the industrial sector.
A final draft of the Marijuana-Related Activities Regulations will shortly be published in the Federal Official Gazette.
The proposed regulations have sparked great interest in the potential development of such products within the Mexican market. However, the wording of the proposed regulations could contravene other federal laws, regulations and standards, as most industrial products bound for human consumption are regulated by legal provisions other than those of the General Health Law and the Regulations Regarding Health-Related Products. Many of these provisions explicitly state that marijuana and its derivatives cannot be used as ingredients or raw materials for food, beverages, cosmetics and other products bound for human consumption.
Based on the provisions governing these products, parties intending to use such products should analyse the final regulations once they are published in the Federal Official Gazette in order to assess whether their intended use may actually be carried out. Although there appears to be a trend towards decriminalising marijuana, such trend does not – at least for Mexican legal purposes – imply that it may be used as an ingredient or raw material in products bound for human consumption.
Although there appears to be a trend towards decriminalising marijuana, such trend should not – at least for Mexican legal purposes – imply that it may be used as an ingredient or raw material in products bound for human consumption. However, in practice, this appears to be the case for an increasing number of dietary supplements and food products in the market.
For further information on this topic please contact José Alberto Campos Vargas at Sanchez-DeVanny Eseverri SC by telephone (+52 55 5029 8500) or email (jacampos@sanchezdevanny.com). The Sanchez-DeVanny Eseverri SC website can be accessed at www.sanchezdevanny.com.
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ASHEVILLE, NC - Mission Children's Hospital is hosting a Make-A-Wish® Day on Thursday, July 28 from 12:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. at the Reuter Outpatient Center. Representatives from Make-A-Wish® Central and Western North Carolina will be providing a lunch for physicians, nurses and social workers on site, as well as meeting with families at the hospital to discuss the mission and impact of Make-A-Wish.
Recently, Make-A-Wish was informed the organization was missing close to 40% of eligible kids due to misconceptions about eligibility for a wish. In an effort to reach these potential children, Make-A-Wish started outreach efforts to assure that all medical professionals are educated on the correct eligibility requirements: Make-A-Wish grants wishes for children who are 2.5 to 17 years old with life-threatening medical conditions.
This past year, Mission Children's Hospital created a Make-A-Wish Ambassador Team and has seen a 46% increase in qualifying referrals from the hospital. The Ambassador Team was implemented through the efforts of Dr. Scothorn, a Pediatric Oncologist at the hospital and a Make-A-Wish Central and Western North Carolina medical advisor. The team consists of close to 15 medical professionals who are dedicated to introducing Make-A-Wish to different specialty areas in the hospitals.
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Q: AttributeError at /orders/ 'QuerySet' object has no attribute 'orderitem I am working on a django project where I want to display all the orders of a customer.
This is my models.py:
class Order(models.Model):
    customer=models.ForeignKey(Customer,on_delete=models.SET_NULL,null=True,blank=True)
    date_ordered=models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
    complete=models.BooleanField(default=False,null=True,blank=False)
    transaction_id=models.CharField(max_length=100,null=True)

class OrderItem(models.Model):
    product=models.ForeignKey(Product,on_delete=models.SET_NULL,null=True)
    order=models.ForeignKey(Order,on_delete=models.SET_NULL,null=True)
    quantity=models.IntegerField(default=0,null=True,blank=False)
    date_added=models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)

And this is my views.py:
def orders(request):
    customer=request.user.customer
    order=Order.objects.filter(customer=customer, complete=True)
    items=order.orderitem.get(order=order)
    return render(request,"orders.html",{'order':order,})

When I open this template it gives me the error: query set object has no attribute orderitem. I want it to give me the orders for which complete=True and all the orderitems under that particular order so that I can iterate over them and show them in my template but that is not happening for me.
PLease help. Any help would be appreciated .

A: Add related_name="order_items" to the order field in OrderItem as follow.
order=models.ForeignKey(Order,on_delete=models.SET_NULL,null=True, related_name="order_items")

Now you can access the order_items of an order like this
order=Order.objects.filter(customer=customer, complete=True).first()
items = order.order_items

A: You can use this:
items=OrderItem.objects.all()

and in your template you can use a loop and give a if condition seeing your models like:
{% for ord in orders %}
{% for item in items %}
{% if item.order.id == ord.id %}

This is not the most efficient way as it will iterate over all items in your database but it may work for you

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Britain's Got Talent 2017: Watch 'The Queen' audition for the judges
Posted April 28, 2017 10:48 by Staff Reporter
'The Queen' auditions for Britain's Got Talent 2017 on this weekend's show.
It's the latest round of auditions on Saturday and there's a very special VIP guest.
The judges get on their feet as 'The Queen' steps out on stage, dressed in a classic red ensemble.
After a rather silent introduction from 'The Queen', Amanda Holden encourages her: "Good luck your majesty."
The actual act is called Rare Species they burst into an upbeat dance to Body Rockers' I Like The Way You Move.
It seems as though the judges really aren't quite sure what to make of it all.
But surely they wouldn't say no to The Queen?
Can Rare Species get enough yeses to make the next round?
Britain's Got Talent 2017 continues this Saturday night at 8PM on ITV.
Also on this weekend's show are the pitch perfect St. Patrick's Junior Choir and budding balloon breaking record holder Ryan Tracey.
Plus, other acts you can expect to see over the rest of this year's new series include; a love guru, a ten-foot robot and a pair of Simon Cowells - as if one wasn't bad enough.
There are also three record-breaking acts, BGT's youngest ever magician and a dance crew like you've never seen before...
With thousands of people applying, viewers can expect to be amazed by the remarkable line-up of acts competing to be crowned this year's winner and in doing so, secure an incredible £250,000 and the opportunity to perform at the Royal Variety Performance 2017.
Britain's Got Talent 2017 is back Saturday night at 8PM on ITV with More Talent straight after on ITV2 from 9:20PM.
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1922 Duesenberg Model A Doctor's Coupe by Fleetwood | St. John's 2013 | RM Auctions
1922 Duesenberg Model A Doctor's Coupe by Fleetwood
Darin Schnabel ©2013 Courtesy of RM Auctions
St. John's | Lot 128
From the Richard and Linda Kughn Collection
$250,000 - $325,000 USD | Not Sold
| Plymouth, Michigan
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From the collection of Richard and Linda Kughn
Known history since new; the only survivor with this coachwork
ACD Club Certified Category One
Fresh concours-quality restoration
88 bhp, 260 cu. in. SOHC inline eight-cylinder engine, three-speed manual transmission, solid front and live rear axles with semi-elliptic leaf springs, and four-wheel hydraulic drum brakes. Wheelbase: 134 in.
The Duesenberg brothers had been involved in other road cars before 1920: most famously, the Mason and Maytag automobiles, where their career had begun, and the Rochester "walking beam" engine, employed in such Jazz Age obscurities as the RoameR and ReVere. It was in November 1920, specifically at the New York salon at the Hotel Commodore, when the men who had birthed numerous successful racing cars finally put their own name on a passenger car of their own design.
The Model A was powered by a straight-eight engine of 260 cubic inches that was developed with a single overhead camshaft actuating two valves per cylinder, which was a result of the Duesenberg's experience winning at Indianapolis. Producing 88 horsepower, it was mounted on a ladder-style chassis frame of rather conventional design and had a three-speed sliding gear transmission and four-wheel hydraulic brakes. It was the latter that was the Model A's real innovation: it shared honors with the Rickenbacker and the one-off Colonial as one of the first American automobiles to be so-equipped. The Model A was swift and roadable—as close as any 1920s automobile ever came to being a "driver's car."
Between 1921 and 1926, when it was purchased by E.L. Cord, the Duesenberg factory in Indianapolis produced some 500 Model As. The majority were delivered in factory-catalogued body styles by such well-known coachbuilders as the Fleetwood Metal Body Company, located in the Pennsylvania town of the same name. Fleetwood's name is today synonymous with Cadillac, on which the coachbuilder worked nearly exclusively after 1930. In earlier years, however, the company was noted for exquisitely tasteful, understated designs on a wide variety of luxury chassis, and they built some of the most elegant creations seen on Model A Duesenbergs.
The Doctor's Coupe offered here is one of about 60 extant Model A Duesenbergs, one of only a handful with Fleetwood coachwork, and the only known survivor in this well-proportioned and sporty yet functional body style. Befitting its name, it was, originally, a literal doctor's coupe, as it was owned by a Pennsylvania physician, Dr. C.E. Beals.
The car passed from Dr. Beals to a relative, Fred McGarvey, in 1931. McGarvey was one of the longest-term owners of any Duesenberg, possessing the treasured Model A until his passing in 1975. During 44 years of loving conservatorship, he maintained the car in essentially original and perfect mechanical condition, and in these days before "trailer queens," he regularly drove it to East Coast meets of the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Club and to other events.
Harrah's Automobile Collection acquired the car from the McGarvey Estate in 1975 and subsequently performed a minor cosmetic restoration. The Duesenberg was displayed at Harrah's for 11 years, during which time it received its ACD Club Category One Certification and appeared in Fred Roe's Duesenberg: The Pursuit of Perfection. Following time as part of collections in Pennsylvania and Germany, it was acquired by Jim Kaufmann, of Georgia. Kaufmann passed the car to a friend and active Indiana Region CCCA member, who freshened the Duesenberg slightly and continued to regularly display and enjoy it in its excellent original condition. It was pictured while in his care in Jim Schild's Fleetwood: The Company & The Coachcraft.
When Mr. and Mrs. Kughn acquired the Duesenberg, they found it to be an excellent basis for a quality restoration. The Kughns's private shop, Classic Auto Restoration, stripped the body to bare metal and performed a beautiful, accurate refinish in the original colors of dark green with black fenders. Much of the nickel trim was replated, and the interior, which had previously been restored in correct green leather, was freshened as necessary, including a beautiful restored dashboard. The car was mechanically returned to fit operating condition.
Thoroughly detailed throughout, the car has been seldom shown since completion of the restoration, and it continues to present today as the well-finished show car that it is, with all finishes correct, fresh, and beautiful; excellent panel fit throughout; and doors that close like proverbial bank vaults. Yet, it is also still satisfyingly original, with the body having never been removed from the chassis. Quite simply, there was never any need to do so on an automobile that has been loved and cared for, every moment of its 91 years, by men and women who appreciated it.
The only Model A known with this superbly attractive body, and surely one of but a handful with all their original components and known history since new, this ranks among the finest survivors of the car on which the Duesenberg road car legend was born.
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Russell & Co.'s hong, The Bund, Shanghai
Bi01-072
© 2012 Historical Photographs of China
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Bi01-072. The old Russell & Co. hong on the corner of the Bund and Foochow Road (Fuzhou Lu). The building was completed in 1856 and was bought by the China Merchants Steam Navigation Co. in c.1881. The structure later underwent extensive modifications, including a new façade. Part of the original building with its distinctive pointed arches can still be seen in Fuzhou Lu. It is probably the oldest surviving Western building in Shanghai. See DH-s117.
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Hollister Ranch's unique location along the sprawling, scenic Gaviota Coast makes it one of the world's most beautiful spots to drive cattle.
Throughout the 19th century, Spanish-speaking Californios transformed vast tracts of western land into thriving cattle ranches. Legendary horsemen, they hosted elaborate fiestas, helped fellow vaqueros with branding and round-ups, and stoked California's nascent economy with a steady supply of beef, tallow and hides.
Although the Golden State's storied vaqueros have faded into history, a vibrant reminder of their cowboy culture lives on in Santa Barbara County. At Hollister Ranch, a spread of 14,500 pristine acres stretching north from Gaviota, a group of dedicated residents is growing grass-fed beef the old-fashioned way.
Cattle roam the coastal flats and canyons of the ranch just as they did 200 years ago, browsing native bunch grasses and napping under gnarled oak trees. Cowboys and herding dogs nudge them from pasture to pasture, and when it's time to brand or round up the stock, volunteers help with the work, prepare a feast and then celebrate together when the chores are done.
"The brandings are fun!" declares Kathi Carlson, a Hollister Ranch resident and genuine cowgirl. "It's a whole community thing, where other ranches come and a lot of cooking goes on. It's a lifestyle, really, the riding and roping, and I love all of it.
Hollister Ranch co-op uses traditional methods with a modern twist.
Within the borders of Hollister Ranch lie 136 100-acre parcels, many with multiple owners. Such a plurality poses challenges for reaching consensus on just about any issue, but in 1977, the residents agreed to preserve their rangeland by pooling their grass. Hollister Ranch Owners Association (HROA) formed Hollister Ranch Cooperative, and since then, the co-op has leased pastureland to area cattlemen who prefer natural forage for grazing their stock.
"We lost more pasture to private development the first two years than we have the last 38," reveals ranch manager John McCarty, who has lived and been employed at Hollister Ranch for four decades.
Advantages of the operation include consistent control of opportunistic weeds and reduction of the fuel that feeds wildfires. It also encourages smart water management, for instance, by locating troughs on ridgetops and away from creeks to protect riparian habitats.
Kathi Carlson volunteers for the co-op four days a week.
In 2012, HROA's cooperative boldly expanded from merely selling forage to growing prime grass-fed beef for market. The innovative program was spearheaded by McCarty, who views it as a way to diversify ranch operations.
Despite some initial balking over potential inconveniences ranging from loose cattle to cow pies on the road, the majority of residents approved implementation of the grass-fed beef program. McCarty credits his people skills, above his ranching know-how, for bringing such a diverse populace to the table.
The success of the program not only enhances the ranch's status as an agricultural preserve, but it might even put a little extra money in residents' pockets. To McCarty and his band of mostly volunteer wranglers, however, raising grass-fed beef means they can work as cowboys, plying the dusty rough-and-tumble trade they treasure.
The path to growing a palatable product proved a bit steep, for McCarty was determined that the meat be lean and healthful, yet tasty and tender. To help flatten the learning curve, he hired a cattleman from Argentina, which is famous for its succulent grass-fed beef.
"I've raised my own beef to eat for the past 40 years, but very little of it was grass fed," McCarty admits, "and I wanted to develop a product that we would all enjoy.
When choosing cattle for the Hollister Ranch brand, McCarty selects body types that indicate a predisposition to fattening up on grass alone. He also looks at disposition, which he believes directly affects the quality of the meat.
Last year, the co-op harvested close to 35,000 pounds of grass-fed beef, all raised in open pastures and strictly hormone- and antibiotic-free. The meat is sold under two labels: Single Source Beef, which is ground from a single animal for higher quality, and the superlative Cowboy's Pick.
"I'm the cowboy, and I hand-pick it," McCarty chuckles. "Cowboy's Pick is typically a younger animal than what most people are harvesting and prepared in a way that allows it not to have to work very hard to get full on grass. Couch potatoes are what we really are trying to raise out here.
Hollister Ranch's grass-fed beef is available at independent markets throughout Santa Barbara County. For members of Hollister Ranch Beef Club, monthly shipments of select cuts—including prime rib, rib eyes and New York steaks—arrive right on the doorstep.
Carlson manages the beef club shipments and usually includes recipes and tips for preparing the extra-lean meat. A graphic designer by trade, she also creates the look of the packaging.
Graced with grass-rich coastal terraces and steep, oak-studded canyons, cattle have been raised on Hollister Ranch since Jose Ortega's time in 1794.
Cattle have browsed Hollister Ranch since 1794, when Spanish vaqueros arrived equipped with the spurs, saddles and looping reatas of their trade. Thanks to a passionate group of workers, volunteers and forward-thinking ranch owners, the glorious spread of coastal flats and wooded canyons remains a thriving cattle ranch, where latter-day wranglers still savor the pleasures of cowboy life.
For more information about Hollister Ranch Cooperative Grass Fed Beef, call 805/567-5099 or visit www.hrcooperativebeef.com.


When senior Cissy Shi signed up for teacher Patricia Kelly's studio art class her sophomore year, she was concerned she wouldn't be able to keep up.
"I thought I needed extra help," she said.
So she started studying with Richard Yang, her cousin's private art tutor.
Yang is an independent artist who graduated from the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art in China with a degree in oil painting.
He worked as a graphic designer, became art director of the company, and then taught art part time in middle school and college. For the past 20 years, he has been working in photography.
Shi is among a group of Chinese students at SCDS who take weekly art lessons outside of school with Yang.
Juniors Rio Liu and Layla Sun also work with him—Liu on scratchboard and oil painting and Sun on oil painting.
It turned out that Shi didn't need Yang's help for the studio art class. So in her lessons, she focused on painting, something she was interested in. As she further developed her painting skills, she decided to work on drawing as well.
But when Shi transitioned into AP Studio Art, she did need help.
In the AP class, the students were using art media, such as watercolor, that she had never used before. So Yang adjusted the schedule to help her on school projects.
Shi, who came to the United States her freshman year, said that in China, art is less important than all other subjects.
"The art classes in China are jokes," she said.
Art was a class that students had less often, maybe once a week. The teacher wasn't really inspiring either, she said.
Liu, who also came her freshman year, agrees. She said that students in China don't focus on art and would sometimes do other homework in the art class. In China, Liu said, students drew only with pencils, worked on scratchboards and painted.
Often she had an art book with homework assignments.
"We just followed what they wanted us to do in the book," she said.
Kelly said the Chinese approach to teaching art is formulaic. Students there build art skills by doing the same thing over and over and over again—like drawing eggs and apples, or copying the masters—until they have perfected their technique.
While Kelly agrees that copying does teach something, she said there's also a limit to that benefit.
Art teacher Andy Cunningham and Kelly said that spontaneity is hard to develop in the students who come from China.
He said it's important for the Chinese students to accept their freedom to draw whatever they want to since they come to the school with such a high skill set.
Yang said he needs to explain to his students the important parts and outline of the process.
He said students experience struggles but enjoy the end result. Often he sees that they show what they've learned from copying masters in their later works.
Shi said that Yang gave her a lot of choices on what she wanted to do.
"It is important for the students to have a diverse perspective on art," he said.
Liu said that when she does art, she feels nothing but the art itself.
"When I do some artwork, I can calm down," she said.
She said she is sure that her future in college will involve art.
Shi said she does not plan to pursue art as a major but rather as a hobby or a club activity.
"I am sure I am better at math, to be honest," she said.
"My ultimate goal is to create satisfaction for students and their parents from learning art," he said.
Shi said that Yang's class filled in the blanks she had from learning art in China.
And the combination of instruction from Kelly and Yang helped her to improve a lot, she said.
Interesting article. I'm looking forward to seeing more work from these talented artists.


If, like me you have been following the fortunes of many guitar players on YouTube over the last few years you can't fail to have come across the rather wonderful talent that is British guitar virtuoso Jacqueline Mannering. With one of her videos reaching almost 12 million views and most of the others easily topping the million mark I thought it was about time we caught up with her and found out a little about her guitar, gear and what she is up to now.
YF – Can you tell us a little about your background, where you grew up, were there any other musicians in your family and what inspired you to take up the guitar?
JM – I grew up in London. My dad is a bass player, so as a child, I would always see him rehearsing and jamming along to prog rock, funk and soul. So, I suppose he's responsible for my love of music!
YF – I believe you attended the Guitar Institute in London, can you tell us a little about your time there?
JM – I had such a great time at the Guitar Institute. I was taught so much about the different aspects of becoming a professional musician. The place has a vibrant atmosphere, I would highly recommend it to any contemporary musician who is serious about their craft.
Following my studies at the Guitar Institute, I'm now doing a degree in Music Production for Media at Ravensbourne in Greenwich.
YF – You're known for your work on electric guitar but do you also play acoustic? Would you say, from your own experience, it's better to start out on one or the other?
JM – I love taking my acoustic out to the park or the forest, I find it really inspiring. I actually prefer to write songs on acoustic, because otherwise I get too distracted by effects and tone. Also, I believe that the foundation of a good song (basic chords and melody) should be equally as strong when played acoustically, as the fully produced studio version.
Personally, I did start learning on an acoustic, and I think that it helped me to strengthen my fingers in the early stages, but it's hard to say as everyone's different.
YF – Can you tell us about your equipment, preferred amps, effects etc and do you ever use software such as Amplitube or Guitar Rig?
JM – I'm sponsored by Carparelli Guitars, they made my signature guitar (the JM Arco F1). I've also been given a handmade custom guitar by Storey Guitars, it's made from an exotic timber called Purple Heart, with an ebony fretboard, Gotoh floyd rose and Armstrong hand-wound pick ups.
I'm currently using a Mesa Boogie Mark Five 25 and I love it, especially the colour (I got it in baby blue). As for effects, I recently had a pedalboard made, and I'm so happy with it. The pedals are: Boss TU-3 Tuner, TC Sentry Noise Gate, Ibanez Airplane Flanger, Suhr Riot Distortion, TC Mimiq Doubler, Digitech Polara Reverb, TC Electronic Flashback x4 and TC Ditto Looper.
Amplitube plugins were used on my single "Raining".
YF – You have an association with Caparelli Guitars and they made a signature Arco F1 for you? How did that come about and what are your thoughts about the Arco F1?
JM – I was modelling a Carparelli Guitar for a website called "Passionate about Guitars", the boss, Mike Carparelli, loved the photographs and checked out my YouTube videos, he then offered me an endorsement. It means so much because they've given me tools to create music and it shows they believe in me. The same goes for my other sponsors and all the people who've supported me, I appreciate it massively.
Carparelli then offered to make me a signature guitar to any spec, and as you can imagine, I was stoked. The Arco F1 is cream with gold hardware, including a unique bridge. It's really lightweight and the neck is slim which I like. It sounds really sparkly and clear, which is down to the P-90 pickups.
YF – Who are your main influences at the moment? Is there anyone who particularly inspires you?
JM – Right now, the bands that I listen to the most are Tesseract and Electric Wizard. There's something about hearing Paul Gilbert play that always really inspires me too.
YF – You made a video single "Raining" in which you sing as well as play the guitar. You got rather wet during that shoot? Can you tell us a little about the song and your experiences making that video? Hopefully there are more to come?
My main focus is my studies at the moment, although I am gradually working on a new single in my precious spare moments of time.
YF – Do you play any other instruments or would you like to?
JM – I can play bass, but I would love to learn to play the keyboard, because it's so useful in music production.
YF – If there is one piece of advice you could give to someone just starting out on the guitar, what would that be?
JM – Be true to yourself, don't be afraid to be different or think outside the box. Then, with practice and over time, you could develop a really unique new style.


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Costantino Ruggieri (né le  à Santarcangelo, Émilie-Romagne, Italie - mort le  à Rome) est un philologue italien.

Biographie
Costantino Ruggieri nait en 1714, à Santarcangelo di Romagna, près de Ravenne. Après avoir étudié le droit à Pérouse, il se rend auprès de son oncle, à Rome, pour y exercer la profession d'avocat, de laquelle il est bientôt dégoûté. Il lui préfère l'étude des antiquités et s'occupe surtout de celles du Moyen Âge qui ont un rapport à l'histoire ecclésiastique. L'amitié de Fontanini, les bibliothèques Ottoboni et Imperiali, dont il est successivement le conservateur, et ses innombrables recherches dans les archives de Rome, lui fournissent une collection importante de documents et d'anecdotes pour ses ouvrages. Un des plus importants est l'Histoire sacrée et profane de Bologne, écrite sur ordre de Benoît XIV et dont l'institut de cette ville achète le manuscrit après la mort de l'auteur. Appelé à diriger l'imprimerie de la Propagande, Ruggieri s'attache par reconnaissance à la personne du cardinal Spinelli, qui est à la tête de cette congrégation. À la mort de son protecteur, il se croit sans appui, en butte à ses ennemis et victime de leurs persécutions : son esprit en est dérangé à tel point qu'un jour, s'étant saisi d'un pistolet, il met fin à son existence. Il meurt à Rome, le 11 novembre 1766.

Œuvres

 De Portuensi sancti Hippolyti episcopi et martyris sede, Rome. L'auteur composa cette dissertation pour témoigner sa reconnaissance au cardinal Ottoboni, évêque de Porto, qui venait de lui confier la direction de sa bibliothèque. L'édition fut interrompue, faute de moyens pécuniaires, à la page 80, et les cinq feuilles imprimées furent détruites presque en totalité : on n'en connaît que cinq exemplaires.
 Disquisitio de Albanensi sancti Innocentii I patria, ibid. ;
 De rebus gestis B. Gregorii X, pontificis ;
 Disquisitio de Arnaldo de Fangeriis, Petro Gomesii, Bertrando de Deucio, episcopis Sabin., dans le tome 20 de la Raccolta Calogeriana ;
 Testimonia de B. Nicolao Albergato, episcopo Bononiensi, Rome, 1744 ; réimprimé parmi les œuvres de Benoît XIV, par ordre duquel l'auteur l'avait écrit ;
 Dissertationes III de ecclesiastica hierarchia, et I de arcani disciplina. Ces discours furent composés pour l'académie ecclésiastique, qui se rassemblait chaque semaine dans le palais du Quirinal, en présence du même pontife.
 Osservazioni critiche sopra il monistero di santa Maria VALLIS JOSAPHAT, nella diocesi di Cosenza, écrites par ordre du cardinal Spinelli, ancien archevêque de Naples ;
 Dissertazione intorno al monistero di Brusfeld, nello stato di Brunswick, à la demande du même cardinal ;
Relazione dell'origine, regolamento e stato presente della stamperia di Propaganda. L'auteur composa cet ouvrage d'après les décrets de la congrégation, les mémoires de Mgr Ingoli, qui en fut le fondateur, et d'autres monuments authentiques.
 De peculiari quodam Isidis sistro, deque Anubis sphæra, ibid. ;
 Memoria di fatto circa il corso de' Maltesi contro gl'infedeli, ibid. Le but de cet ouvrage est de prouver qu'en aucun temps il n'a été permis aux Maltais d'attaquer les bâtiments chrétiens d'Orient, quoique appartenant aux Églises schismatiques, ni d'arborer le drapeau de leur grand maître ou d'autres princes étrangers.
 Osservazioni sopra l'uso e la forma degli ombrelli, appresso gli antichi, tanto gentili che christiani, ibid. On y répond à un autre ouvrage sur le même sujet (De umbellæ gestatione) du P. Paciaudi, auquel ces remarques sont adressées.
 Dissertazione critica circa il numero e l'autenticità degli atti di santa Barbara, etc. On y recherche la patrie de cette sainte, ainsi que le lieu et le temps de son martyre, d'après deux manuscrits des bibliothèques Vallicelliane et Casanatense.
 Regesti instrumentorum monasterii SS. Andreæ et Gregori in Clivo Scauri, Rome, 1753. Mittarelli et Costadoni rapportent une partie de ces chartes dans leur grand ouvrage (Camaldulensium Annalium, t. 1er, liv. 2).
 Notizie antiche della cita d'Ancona. L'auteur y donne l'explication de plusieurs anciens monuments.
 Dell'autorità e valore de' dialoghi di S. Gregorio magno ;
 Metodo facile per fare utilmente le occorrenti ricerche negli archivj di Roma.

On trouvera le titre de quelques autres ouvrages du même auteur moins importants, et dont plusieurs ont été imprimés sous le faux nom de Niceta Alethofilo, dans Amaduzzi, Commentarius in vitam Constantini Ruggerii, au tome 20 de la Nuova Raccolta Calogeriana.

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Philologue italien
Naissance en juin 1714
Décès en novembre 1763
Décès à 49 ans

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What's at Stake with ACA Repeal?
A repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is now in motion in Congress and has the potential to impact every state's Medicaid program and individual health insurance market. The ACA increased health insurance coverage by expanding Medicaid, offering tax credits to low- and middle-income Marketplace enrollees, and reforming insurance market rules around coverage for people with pre-existing conditions. The Republican replacement plan passed by the House of Representatives, the American Health Care Act, would maintain many of these market rules but give states the option to waive certain rules, including the requirement that insurers not charge people with pre-existing conditions higher premiums. It also would restructure the premium tax credits to be mostly flat (based on age), meaning that low-income individual market enrollees would receive a smaller tax credit and higher-income enrollees would receive a larger tax credit. In addition, the AHCA would roll back the ACA's Medicaid expansion by phasing out enhanced federal funding for this coverage and would significantly reduce other federal Medicaid funding over time by limiting federal Medicaid financing under a per capita cap or, at state option, a block grant for some enrollees.
The map and tables below highlight the increases in health insurance coverage through Medicaid and the Marketplaces as well as the increased federal funding that resulted from the implementation of the ACA. Table 1 provides data on the number of people whose coverage could be affected by the AHCA as well as the gains in coverage in each state under the ACA.
NOTES: Total Medicaid and Medicaid Expansion Enrollees are reported for the quarter January-March 2016. Total Marketplace Enrollees and Enrollees Receiving Advanced Premium Tax Credits represent effectuated enrollment as of February 2017. Estimates of People with a Declinable Pre-existing Condition are based on data from 2015. Reduction in the Number of Uninsured, 2013-2015 may not match other national estimates due to differences between data sources. * Montana implemented the Medicaid expansion on January 1, 2016 and Louisiana implemented the Medicaid expansion on July 1, 2016.
Table 2 provides data on federal Medicaid spending in states from January to March 2016 (the most recent data available) as well as the value of tax credits received by Marketplace enrollees. Under current Medicaid rules, states also pay a share of Medicaid costs, with the federal government matching states' spending on an open-ended basis. The federal share of Medicaid is based on a formula that accounts for state income and is designed so that the federal government pays a larger share of program costs in poorer states. In 2017, the federal share (FMAP) ranged from 50% to 74%. States receive a higher FMAP of 95% in 2017 for the Medicaid expansion population, which phases down to 90% in 2020.
NOTES: Total Federal Medicaid Spending and Total Federal Medicaid Expansion Spending data are reported for Federal Fiscal Year 2015. Estimated Total Annual Premium Tax Credits Received by Marketplace Enrollees are calculated based on data from February 2017.
* Montana implemented the Medicaid expansion on January 1, 2016 and Louisiana implemented the Medicaid expansion on July 1, 2016.
State Data: What Has Happened to Health Coverage and Financing Under the Affordable Care Act?


Red Bull releases the full version of Frozen Mind. In this movie you'll see breathtaking cinematography combined with amazing free riding. Follow Victor de Le Rue on the mountains Chamonix, France as he asks himself "What the hell am I doing here?".
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John le Carré Goes Back Into the Cold
In the author's latest, spies gain nobility.
by David Ignatius Aug 8, 2017 6 minutes
Source: Owen Freeman
John le Carré's triumph (and consequent burden) is that he created characters and language so evocative of the spy world that they became more real in readers' minds than real people or events. This happens occasionally with books or movies: Our images of the old South are inseparable from the way it was portrayed in Gone With the Wind. It's said that even real-life members of the Mafia learn how mobsters are supposed to talk by watching The Godfather.
So, too, with le Carré's books. Intelligence officers nowadays speak of "moles," the word le Carré popularized for what used to be known as "penetration agents" or "sleepers." Every reader knows the basics of surveillance tradecraft, thanks to le Carré's evocation of the "pavement artists" who work for the "Lamplighters" division of the "Circus." And George Smiley is surely more vivid than any actual senior officer of MI6 ever was. Pity the real-life "C," who had to compete
George Smiley
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Margaret got married Thomas on a beautiful Saturday in August at Przegorzały Castle. The wedding took place in the open air, with the enchanting panorama of Krakow. Wedding reception dinner was served in the cloister of the Castle, despite the slight coolness in air, it witheld its romantic meaning.
When I met Margaret and Thomas, they had already selected and choosen Venue, which, however, need to be adequately decorated: I proposed flowers and light. The same climate of decorative fixtures has been retained outside as well as inside-where later in the night guests moved to continue celebrating and dancing.
For a wedding theme I have proposed to use the colour of 2015 – marsala and theme of wine and grapes in the background. In the Venue the wine cellar is a natural decorative element which inspired us to make just such a choice.
My help at the wedding was to organize wedding reception entertainment. I proposed also a Guest Book big-size poster -where Guests have written wishes-the idea has proven to be fantastic-there were not only wishes for Bride and Groom, but painting and artistic add-ins. Other modern element was the cake- in a form of piramid made from cupcakes. The rest of the organizational ideas remain secret. I'll just add, that little lanterns, lit up after dark, rose petals scattered during the ceremony gave the entire celebration a romantic and unforgettable atmosphere.
Best wishes for the couple! Have an ideal life together!


It has been an exciting start to the autumn for Cultured Llama. In September, we were at the Free Verse Poetry Book Fair in London, and five of our authors gave a reading. Our stall was busy all day, so that we barely had a chance to look around, but it was great to meet 'virtual' friends in the flesh, and to talk to poets, poetry lovers and other publishers.
We were delighted to see Cultured Llama named in Poetry News, in Charles Boyle's article about the fair, where we were mentioned in the same sentence as Faber! Fame at last.
Gordon Meade will be launching his new poetry collection Sounds of the Real World at The Chapel, Broadstairs on Saturday 9 November. An afternoon of poetry and live music is promised with several Cultured Llama poets reading, music from Bob Carling, Sienna-Janae Holihan and Rachel Morris. Poets confirmed to read with Gordon Meade are Michael Curtis, Bethany W Pope, Maria C McCarthy, Mark Holihan and Philip Kane. There will also be an open mic for poets. The Chapel proved a very popular venue for a Cultured Llama event earlier this year. It's a pub and a bookshop – what's not to like?
The event is free, but please do support Cultured Llama and our authors by buying a book or two. If you are unable to come, you can buy Sounds of the Real World online from Cultured Llama here.
The review is reproduced on the Cultured Llama website with kind permission of Acumen. You can read the review here.
The Good Book, a film by Anton French and Rosie Escott, was premiered on a pedal-powered cinema at the Wise Words Festival in Canterbury in September. The film is about the opening of the Beaney House of Art and Knowledge, Canterbury and the theme is the physical book. Six poems are read throughout the film, including one by Cultured Llama author and editor Maria C McCarthy. Her poem is read by an actor and is the second poem in the film. You can see the film and link to the text of the poems here.
Cultured Llama is delighted to have Peter Cook to help us with our development as an independent press. Peter usually works with bigger businesses than ours – he mentions the United Nations and Pfizer on his website! Find out more about Peter at Academy of Rock, where you can navigate the website using an amp volume knob that goes up to 11.
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The 79th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army recently launched a "Bayanihan Para sa Kabataan" project that provided two educational tours for grade school children from hinterland barangays in Negros Oriental.
The project called "Bayanihan Para sa Kabataan, Lakbay Aral Para sa Karunungan" aims to promote education as the key to a brighter future for both in-school and out-of-school youths in the hinterlands, said Battalion Commander Col. Pio Dinoso III, a press release from Philippine Information Agency said.
The next educational tour for the grade fifth and sixth pupils of the remote Banaue Elementary School in Pamplona town will be on August 25.
Another exposure trip in September will be for school children from hinterland barangays of Guihulngan City.
"They are the ones who need attention the most," Dinoso said. These education activities can prevent them from succumbing to the ideologies of other forces, he added.
Col. Francisco Patrimonio, 302nd Commander, said it is important to take care of these children especially those in conflict areas so that they will be insulated from deception and not fall prey to insurgency.
The children will be accompanied in the tour by their school teachers, principals and barangay captains.
The Rotary Mother Club and Visayan Forum pledged to donate P5,000 to purchase slippers and school supplies, respectively, while the ONCAN ways and means committee will take care of food and other requirements, the press release said.


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New pictures released from the St James Development in Dover show progress storming ahead at the site.
The images, taken by Alec Esposito of Apex Drone Photography , show the substantial amount of work done at the site since the first steel structure was put in place back in January.
It's probably the good news all Dovorians were waiting for, after the shock announcement that McDonald's is to close in the town yesterday.
It is also welcome news given the development is just months away from its planned completion date, early next year.
Mr Esposito has also taken some stunning drone footage of the site, as well as time lapse videos which show the site making months worth of progress in just five minutes.
The £53million development has been years in the making after the area was first identified as the best place to have a major retail development back in 1997.
Since then Dovorians have waited patiently as they watched the drama of St James unfold.
It has experienced many set-backs along the way and probably the biggest blow was when Asda pulled out in 2009.
Perhaps the most significant moment in the site's timeline, alongside the eventual erection of the site's steel structures, was when Burlington House was finally pulled down in 2016.
But Legal & General announced in April that Kent-based construction specialist, RG Group will be the main build partner for the leisure regeneration development in the town.
And work on the 157,000 sq ft scheme is already well underway with construction works progressing well for the Cineworld, the restaurant block, and the main retail block on Townwall Street. Construction of the 108-bed Travelodge hotel is also making good progress.
The development is currently 80 per cent pre-let and recent lettings at the scheme include Superdrug, Anytime Fitness, Shoe Zone, Card Factory, Carphone Warehouse and Greggs.
Legal & General say substantial progress has been made on site and practical completion of the development is scheduled for the first quarter of 2018.


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Former Spartans boss Wade named as Ashington joint-manager
May 15, 2017 | Headlines
Former Blyth Spartans manager Tom Wade will work alongside Steve Harmison after being named as joint-manager of EBAC Northern League club Ashington.
Wade led Spartans to the FA Cup Third Round in the 2014/15 season but left Croft Park in September last year after nearly five years with the Northumberland outfit.
He is now back in work after extensive talks with the Colliers and will work with Harmison as the club's management team.
Speaking to the club's official website Wade admitted that they had a great challenge ahead of them.
He said ""It's a great challenge. Ever since I was a young kid and as a Blyth lad, I always looked forward to the derby games against Ashington. They are a big club just as I would say the same about North Shields and we need to get Ashington to that level.
There is a strong football base in Northumberland with the likes of Morpeth Town, Blyth Spartans, Blyth Town, Bedlington Terriers and Seaton Delaval – and Ashington needs to be a major part of being under that umbrella as well. They need to push on and be a successful side so as to make their supporters proud of the team.
The club have a fantastic set up and a new stand and I'm hoping the future is going to be rosy as we look to get things right on the pitch."
Harmison was appointed as manager of his hometown club in February 2015 and helped them move away from the relegation zone, finishing in thirteenth place.
His first full season in charge saw the club finish a place higher in twelfth.
Last season they finished in sixteenth position, thirteen points clear of the relegation zone and following an end-of-season evaluation of the club's performance chairman Ian Lavery MP has brought in Wade to help the former England cricketer.
Harmison described himself as "really pleased" that Wade would be joining him in the dugout and hailed it as a "massive coup" for the club.
He said "I just see it being very good and positive and for the club to get Tom on board is a massive coup and I'm really pleased.
"We need to grow the club – because we have got people running the club who have got bigger things on their plate at the moment including myself. The chairman [Ian Lavery] is running a campaign for the Labour party for the forthcoming election but if it wasn't for him, Ashington would struggle to run a football club so we have to realise and understand where we are.
I missed five to six games last year and people don't get the true perception of where Ashington FC is. They just think because they have a high profile chairman as well as myself that everything is rosy. Next season with a few additions to make us a better side, we'll go in the right direction.
Tom will bring his experience and knowledge and I am going to stand side by side with a guy who I respect because he has given me so much advice and help over the years. He has managed in the Northern League and enjoyed success with Blyth Spartans. I think it's a great step for Ashington FC but we have got to be patient – it's as simple as that."
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#define JEBBASE_CONTAINERS_ARRAY2D_HPP

#include <ostream>
#include <vector>
#include "JEBBase/JEBBaseDefinitions.hpp"

namespace JEBBase { namespace Containers {

template <typename T>
class Array2D
{
public:
    typedef typename std::vector<T>::iterator iterator;
    typedef typename std::vector<T>::const_iterator const_iterator;
    Array2D();
    Array2D(size_t dim0, size_t dim1);
    Array2D(std::pair<size_t, size_t> size);
    Array2D(const Array2D<T>& other);
    Array2D(Array2D<T>&& rhs);

    Array2D& operator=(const Array2D& rhs);
    Array2D<T>& operator=(Array2D<T>&& rhs);

    T* operator[](size_t dim0);
    const T* operator[](size_t dim0) const;

    size_t rows() const;
    size_t columns() const;

    size_t count() const;
    std::pair<size_t, size_t> size() const;
    void setSize(size_t dim0, size_t dim1);
    void setSize(std::pair<size_t, size_t> size);

    iterator begin();
    const_iterator begin() const;
    const_iterator cbegin() const;

    iterator end();
    const_iterator end() const;
    const_iterator cend() const;

    void swap(Array2D& other);
private:
    void init(std::pair<size_t, size_t> size);
    void initColumn();

    std::vector<T> m_Buffer;
    std::vector<T*> m_Column;
    std::pair<size_t, size_t> m_Size;
};

template <typename T>
bool operator==(const Array2D<T>& a, const Array2D<T>& b);
template <typename T>
bool operator!=(const Array2D<T>& a, const Array2D<T>& b);

template <typename T>
void print(std::ostream& os, const Array2D<T>& a);

template <typename T>
typename Array2D<T>::iterator begin(Array2D<T>& a)
{
    return a.begin();
}

template <typename T>
typename Array2D<T>::iterator end(Array2D<T>& a)
{
    return a.end();
}

template <typename T>
typename Array2D<T>::const_iterator begin(const Array2D<T>& a)
{
    return a.begin();
}

template <typename T>
typename Array2D<T>::const_iterator end(const Array2D<T>& a)
{
    return a.end();
}

}}

#include "Array2D-Impl.hpp"

#endif

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The adoring fan commandeered Newgarden's champagne bottle and attempted to spray him with it.
Unlike most big-name racing series out there, IndyCar does a heck of a job at allowing the adoring fans to get close to the cars, and of course, the drivers. This is, by all means, a great way to increase brand loyalty and offer excellent value to those willing to spend their hard-earned cash on an admission ticket. However, this great front-row access to the action can sometimes cause awkward moments.
Team Penske's Josef Newgarden may have tamed his Chevrolet-powered racing machine for the 55 laps the IndyCar Kohler Grand Prix at Road America lasted, but he couldn't quite gain control of a funky situation that developed during the podium celebration. After successfully claiming his trophy and his celebratory bottle of champagne, Newgarden was approached by a female fan who quickly made it clear she craved some attention from the Tennessee native.
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The high-speed corners of the picturesque road racing circuit played into Newgarden's strengths.
The all-Canadian driver lineup prepares to tackle the iconic 4.048-mile racing circuit.
The championship is tight and outliers look to make up ground at Elkhart Lake.


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The only incorporated town in Wise County to have its own school district is Slidell. Located about a mile south of Farm Road 51 on Farm Road 455 just before you enter Denton County, Slidell is home to the Class 1A Slidell Independent School District.
Superintendent: Greg Enis
School Board Members: Tim Fletcher, Sam Dunlap, Kasie Maynard, Johnny Zuniga, Trumanell Maples, Steve Pruett and Camille Franklin.
In addition to having one of the top boys and girls basketball programs in the area, Slidell ISD also claimed the 2015 UIL academic state title and finished third in 2016.
Administration Office, No. 1, Greyhound Lane
Slidell High School/Junior High
Slidell Elementary School
Slidell is just a few miles from a couple of popular Wise County attractions.
Eagle Canyon Raceway, 7629 N. Farm Road 51 (between Decatur and Slidell)
Home to the area's premiere road racing club. Its track is a 2.5 mile road course that features 11 turns, six straights and an elevation change of 70 feet. The track is designed for both fast cars and motorcycles.
Website: eaglescanyon.com
Fossil Pointe Sporting Grounds (across the road from Eagle Canyon Raceway)
Thousands of sportsmen a year sight in riffles, hone pistol skills and blow away clays. The course is spread over expansive acreage that includes rolling hills, plenty of trees and wildflowers. Fossil Pointe also hosts a variety of events and allows several organizations like the Boy Scouts, 4-H, law enforcement and others to use the facility.
Email: maryam@fossilpointe.net
Website: fossilpointe.net
One of Wise County's hidden jewels is Greenwood. You might feel like you've stepped back in time as you pull off Farm Road 1204 onto a tree-lined county road that leads into "Downtown Greenwood."
At the heart of the community is the Greenwood Store, a popular lunch-time stop know for some of the best hamburgers and homemade pie in the county. The place is usually packed on Saturday nights when catfish and live music are on the menu. During the week, it's not uncommon to see people sitting on the front porch playing dominoes or whittling.
The community hosts a couple of festivals each year.
The Greenwood Fall Festival held each October usually includes a parade, vendors and beans and cornbread. The festival is put on by the Greenwood Extension Education Club.
Greenwood-Slidell Volunteer Fire Department usually holds a fish fry fundraiser in conjunction with the event.
The Greenwood Homecoming takes place in June with a potluck dinner and visiting at the downtown pavilion.
The fire department includes fire stations in both Greenwood and Slidell.
Greenwood-Slidell Volunteer Fire Department
Fire Chief: Adam North
Website: gsvfd.us
The students in the Greenwood area attend Slidell schools.
Park Springs
Park Springs is located in northwest Wise County. In the early 1900s, the town included three grocery stores, a bank, a feed store, an icehouse,a blacksmith shop and a school.
While all of it is gone now, current and former residents of Park Springs meet in the tiny community each year on the Sunday before Labor Day for the Park Springs Homecoming.
Nearest towns are Sunset in Montague County, Chico and Alvord.
Students in the Park Springs area attend Alvord or Chico schools.
Crafton
In the northwest corner of Wise County is Crafton. The community once boasted six churches, a school complete with a library and auditorium, various drug and dry goods stores, cornmeal and flour mills, a cotton gin and a gas station.
Crafton Volunteer Fire Deparment
Fire Chief: Craig Cowley
Another nearby fire department also provides mutual aid to the area. Andy Sabo serves as fire chief of the Sand Flat Volunteer Fire Department.
The nearest town is Chico and students in the area attend Chico schools.
Cottondale
Cottondale is located a few miles south of Paradise on Farm Road 2123, about three miles west of Farm Road 51.
Cottondale's history dates back to before the Civil War, when pioneers began settling in the southern part of what would become Wise County. The community prospered with the help of railroads and the Bridgeport coal miners. However, rail service was eventually lost in Cottondale when the Rock Island track was laid from Fort Worth to Boyd, before turning to Bridgeport.
Cottondale Volunteer Fire Department
Fire Chief: Jason Walker
The nearby Salt Creek Volunteer Fire Department often provides mutual aid. Ken Vise serves as Fire Chief.
Boonsville/Balsora
Located on Farm Road 920 southwest of Bridgeport, Boonsville was first located along the bank of Boon's Creek, named after Stephen Boon, a pioneer settler of Wise County. It was moved to its present site in 1882. It continued to grow, and by 1914, it had a population of 200, along with two general stores, a school, bank and steam gristmill.
Also located nearby on FM 920 southwest of Bridgeport, Balsora was originally called Wild Horse Prairie because of the herds of horses once found there. The U.S. government named the community when a post office was built April 14, 1894.
After closing on two occasions, it has remained closed since 1924.
Boonsville/Balsora Volunteer Fire Department
Fire Chief: Andy Wood
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Adelanto en sencillo del álbum de Los Planetas Encuentros con entidades.

Publicado en formato digipack, incluyendo un DVD con los videoclips de los temas Un buen día y Santos que yo te pinte, producido, dirigido y editado por Les Nouveaux Auteurs.

Lista de canciones

 Corrientes circulares en el tiempo 4:38
 Nosotros somos los terroristas 6:01

El sencillo en CD promocional sólo incluye la primera canción.

Reediciones

En 2005 se incluyó, en formato CD, en la caja Singles 1993-2004. Todas sus caras A / Todas sus caras B (RCA - BMG). El cofre se reeditó, tanto en CD como en vinilo de 10 pulgadas, por Octubre / Sony en 2015.

En 2015 Octubre publica el sencillo en vinilo de siete pulgadas en una edición de 500 copias.

Videoclip
El vídeo promocional fue dirigido por Marc Lozano para Les Nouveaux Auteurs y Common Films.

Está disponible en Encuentro con entidades DVD (RCA - BMG 2002), en el DVD que acompañaba al sencillo Pesadilla en el parque de atracciones (RCA - BMG 2002) y en el DVD Principios básicos de Astronomía (Octubre - Sony Music Entertainment 2009).

Sobre el vídeo Marc Lozano (responsable del colectivo Les Nouveaux Auteurs y codirector del clip) comenta "La idea de este vídeo fue mía. Escuché la música, me encantó la canción y pensé que la mejor manera de representarla era de una manera muy fría y con extraterrestres como protagonistas. La estética del vídeo es una mezcla entre El pueblo de los malditos y la típica película de marcianos de los años 50. El vídeo lo grabamos en una discoteca construida a principios de los 80 en un pueblo perdido en las montañas de Cataluña. La nave espacial que aparece en el clip en realidad es un móvil con millones de cristales brillantes que sale del techo de la discoteca. Me encanta ese lugar, tengo todavía una espinita clavada y quiero volver a grabar allí, algo muy ochentoide".

Referencias

Sencillos de Los Planetas
Sencillos de 2002
Videoálbumes de Los Planetas


Breaking once more from presidential custom, Donald Trump is turning to a military man to steer the U.S. military, choosing retired Gen. James Mattis, who will be the first career officer to lead the Pentagon since just after World War II.
Mattis, 66, is a Marine Corps general who retired in 2013 after serving as commander of the U.S. Central Command, responsible for directing America's wars in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
Trump, who has referred to Mattis by his nickname "Mad Dog," made the announcement of his choice for defense secretary at a post-election victory rally Thursday night in Cincinnati.
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Richard Fontaine, president of the Center for a New American Security, described him as a defense intellectual and as a military leader who distinguished himself in combat.
But Mattis hasn't been free of controversy. He was criticized for remarking in 2005 that he enjoyed shooting people. He also drew more recent scrutiny for his involvement with the embattled biotech company Theranos, where he serves on the board.
As head of Central Command from 2010 until his retirement in 2013, he was in charge of both the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Iraqis, who included unarmed women and children, were killed by Marines in the town of Haditha after one of their comrades was killed by a roadside bomb. Eight Marines were charged in connection with the killings — four enlisted men were charged with unpremeditated murder, and four officers who weren't there at the time were accused of failures in investigating and reporting the deaths.
Separately, as a top Marine general, Mattis pushed for the military to adopt blood-testing technology developed by Theranos.