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The earliest Irish poets handed down their works in an oral tradition. Often, their inspiration came from trees and forests and many of their public performances might easily have relied upon trees for shade and shelter. This regard for nature and forests manifested itself most strongly in the 17th century by the publication of the first account of Irish trees as a topic for a book.
Don Phillip O'Sullivan Beare's unpublished work about trees, 'Zoilomastix', was written in Spain between 1624 and 1626. In spite of being exiled from Ireland, he was well-informed and knew about some rare and unusual trees recorded in the Irish vernacular, such as the strawberry tree and the sweet chestnuts which grew in Ulster. He also mentioned the pine forests which grew on the north-western shore of Lough Neagh.
Some hundred years later, the first book on the subject to be printed and published in Ireland was by Samuel Waring of Waringstown, Co. Armagh. It was specifically about the propagation of trees and it is believed to be the earliest horticultural work to come from an Irish press.
It was commonplace for authors of the time to publish under initials or anonymously. This was the case with the pamphlet 'A short treatise of firr trees'. It was issued in Dublin in 1705 and was dedicated to His Grace James, Duke of Ormond. The piece trumpeted the cause of afforestation throughout Ireland with fir trees. His argument was that the British had taken Ireland's great forests of oak, and that this now forced the Irish to import timber from Scotland and Norway. Ireland, he argued, should grow her own.
Afforestation grants became available from the Royal Dublin Society from about the mid-18th century. These were awarded to landowners for planting trees. As result of getting involved, they often became interested in the subject of arboriculture and dendrology. In the last half of the century, five books on the subject were published, three from Newry, Co. Down.
'Some hints on planting by a Planter' was published in 1767 and it is believed that James Fortescue (1725-82) of Ravensdale Park, Co. Louth, was the author. The book gives general advice and hints arising from the author's experience and is generally regarded as a very liberal and well thought out pamphlet showing a remarkable enthusiasm for trees. The work was re-published and eventually went to a third edition in 1783.
That same year, a slim work entitled 'An account of the method of raising and planting the Pinus sylvestris, that is, scotch fir or pine, as now practised in Scotland', was published. It was written by the Second Earl of Clanbrassil, James Hamilton, who owned two demesnes and a retreat, each planted with different native and exotic species.
These three works were each pamphlets covering specific topics within the span of dendrology. A major work covering a much more general span of the subject matter was written by Samuel Hayes, although his initials are the only clue within the work itself as to its author's identity. Hayes was a prominent member of the Royal Dublin Society and a promoter of the Society's Botanic Gardens at Glasnevin. The work was entitled 'A practical treatise on planting and the management of woods and copses', and was published in 1794. It is regarded as the pinnacle of its age and was not surpassed for more than a hundred years, by which time, advances in technology changed publishing radically.
The book is historically important as it records valuable information about demesnes and estates throughout Ireland. It is also beautifully engraved by William Esdall, a draughtsman and master engraver.
Dr. Walter Wade, a male midwife and surgeon who was elected Professor of Botany at the Royal Dublin Society in 1796, was a close friend of Hayes and was responsible for producing two books about trees, one specifically about oak and the other, willow. Neither is easy to read.
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'Irish flora' by Katherine Baily was published in 1833 when she was twenty-two years old. This was followed by articles such as 'Planting foreign pines' and 'Observations on some foreign trees suited to Ireland' which were published in The Irish Farmers and Gardeners Magazine.
Henry John Elwes and Augustine Henry's work, 'Trees of Great Britain and Ireland', was neither published nor printed in Ireland. It is generally regarded as the definitive work on trees of the British Isles, including Ireland. It comprises eight volumes including an index volume. Its attention to detail and beautiful photography and line drawings make it stand out. Published privately between November 1906 and October 1913, it was truly an outstanding account of trees growing in these islands at the time. Dr. Henry's own copy of the work is preserved in the National Botanic Gardens, along with Elwes's field notes and clippings, letters and papers.
A more recent book by Charles Nelson and illustrated by Wendy Walsh called "Trees of Ireland – native and naturalized " was published in 1993. This elegant volume celebrates, and documents, over thirty native and naturalized trees. Individual trees are depicted in pencil silhouette, and watercolors detail mature foliage, flowers, and fruit.
The accompanying text includes botanical information, background history, folklore, traditions, uses and propagation, also noting recorded and champion specimens. Introductory chapters recount the history and literature of trees in Ireland, their folklore and conservation.


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The Maine Ship Captain Who Invented the Modern Donut
In 1847, a Maine ship captain invented the donut as we know it today – with a hole.
On the day Lewis Hine took the photo of a waitress next to a plate of donuts (with holes), Capt. Hansen Gregory lived in the next town. He was telling his cronies how he'd gotten the great inspiration to cut a hole in a donut.
14-year-old waitress at the Exchange Luncheon in South Boston. Photo, by Lewis Wickes Hine, courtesy Library of Congress.
Captain Gregory, 85, lived at the Sailor's Snug Harbor in Quincy, Mass. His fame as the inventor of the modern donut had spread, and the Washington Post interviewed him in a story published March 26, 1916.
He told the reporter he discovered the donut hole when he worked as a 16-year-old crewman on a lime-trading schooner.
"Now in them days we used to cut the doughnuts into diamond shapes, and also into long strips, bent in half, and then twisted," he said. "I don't think we called them donuts then–they was just 'fried cakes' and 'twisters.' Well, sir, they used to fry all right around the edges, but when you had the edges done the insides was all raw dough. And the twisters used to sop up all the grease just where they bent, and they were tough on the digestion."
First Donut
He asked himself if a space inside the dough would solve the difficulty – and then came the great inspiration.
"I took the cover off the ship's tin pepper box, and—I cut into the middle of that donut the first hole ever seen by mortal eyes!"
Gregory, born in 1832, would have had his insight around 1858. According to the New York Times, he rose to second mate at 19, mate at 21 and master mariner at 25. He sailed in all kinds of vessels from the lime coaster to a full-rigged ship.
But the donut made him famous. He had asked a tinsmith to fabricate a donut cutter for him, and soon, reported the Times, 'cooks everywhere had adopted it.'
He returned to Camden, Maine, where he taught his mother the trick. She sent several plates to Rockland, Maine, where people gobbled them up. After that, the donut never looked back.
A plaque in the town of Rockport, Maine, marks Captain Gregory's birthplace, now the parsonage of the Nativity Lutheran Church. The National Baking Association nominated him for the Baking Hall of Fame, but it doesn't appear he made the cut.
Sailors Snug Harbor
More Donut History
How reliable is the old sea captain's tale? The Food History Timeline posts donut recipes before 1858, and they all advise cutting the donut into diamonds, squares or twists. Then in 1877 a donut recipe calls for cutting them into rings.
The Food History Timeline also notes that after the Civil War, ' inexpensive tin doughnut cutters with holes were manufactured commercially and sold widely.'
Capt. Hanson Gregory died in 1921. You can visit his grave at the Snug Harbor Cemetery.
Lewis Wickes Hine, by the way, took many photos of very young workers, which then influenced the passage of child labor laws. His caption read, "Exchange Luncheon. Delia Kane, 14 years old. 99 C Street, South Boston. A young waitress."
This story about the donut was updated in 2020.
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There used to be a donut maker that used this little saying…."Wherever you go through life, Brother, whatever be your goal, keep your eye upon the donut and not on the hole."
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Arrrrgh, I stepped on them with my peg leg…
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I am related to Hanson Gregory. My great grandfather, Charles E. Gregory, knew him. It's interesting, because that's not the hole in the doughnut story that's been passed down in my family. According to my great grandfather, in Hanson's later years he liked to joke and embellish the circumstances of inventing doughnut hole. The story I've been told is that Hanson was a teenager in his mother's kitchen, watching her fry doughnuts. He didn't like how soggy they were in the middle, so he cut that part out. She brought them to to the neighbors and the rest is history! When the original Gregory homestead was torn down, my grandfather Charles L. Gregory rescued the plaque from the wreckage and stored it in his barn in Rockport for many years. He and his cousin Fred Crockett had the plaque reinstalled on the grounds of the Lutheran Church.
Leslie Landrigan
How interesting! Thank you for sharing. It does seem Hanson Gregory's mother deserves some credit as well, don't you think?
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Q: What's the best between AlarmManager and Handler+WakeLock? I'm using for my Android Service an Handler that reapeat some operation each 60 minutes (1 hour), with a PartialWakeLock to keep the phone not sleeping. But this cause a lot of battery usage.
So a decided to study about AlarmManager (i'm noob) that someone wrote here to be perfect for this kind of things..
But now reading along the web i find that who uses AlarmManager, still need a WakeLock. Is it true?
What is the best way to run a cycle each 60 minutes (1 hour), without kill the battery?
Thanx
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The Alarm Manager holds a CPU wake lock as long as the alarm
  receiver's onReceive() method is executing. This guarantees that the
  phone will not sleep until you have finished handling the broadcast.
  Once onReceive() returns, the Alarm Manager releases this wake lock.
  This means that the phone will in some cases sleep as soon as your
  onReceive() method completes. If your alarm receiver called
  Context.startService(), it is possible that the phone will sleep
  before the requested service is launched. To prevent this, your
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But so seems that i need 2 wakelock vs just 1 wakelock using handler....is it true?

A: I have made many test and this is the result:
-Alarm Manager save more battery than using handler+wakelock for long timing operation.
But you must use an additional wake lock to your activity/service started by the alarm, because the alarm manager wake lock doesn't cover it.
Even of this method uses two WakeLock the battery seems to be more efficient and with more life! During the tests (2days) the AlarmManager use 6 time less battery than other method. In my own case...
Hope this can help some one!

A: I suggest you to use AlarmManager to handle events with 1 hour interval.
Because we don't know exactly what you what to achieve we can't provide a more in deep answer/suggestion sorry.

A: I am not sure if it is still relevant,
but the answer is: using AlarmManager is preferred. You only need a WakeLock to keep phone running after AlarmManager has woken it up to send an Intent to your receiver and until service has finished its work. So phone will be awake only for a couple of milliseconds, compared to "all the time".

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Bonus Cards, Link Mode, and more features coming to Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection
Kellen Haney
When Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection comes to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and Steam on January 21, 2020, it will be bringing a few extra features in tow. Aside from bringing together all four Mega Man Zero games, both Mega Man ZX games, and the brand new Z Chaser mode, a couple of features unique to each game's original hardware will be making a return alongside the debut of ZZ Cards!
Let's start with a feature that serves a dual purpose: ZZ Cards! Tracking your activities throughout the collection, ZZ Cards are perfect for completionists and a great way to check your accomplishments as you play through the Zero and ZX games or Z Chaser. They serve a unique purpose in Mega Man Zero 3, too. A little back story, first: The Game Boy Advance had a unique attachment, the e-Reader, which Mega Man Zero 3 could use to scan in cards and unlock various modifications that changed the game in distinct ways. Some of them were cosmetic, like modifying the game's title screen, changing the weather at the resistance base, or modifying the look of buster shots, while others could add unique NPC dialogues or new rooms to explore. There were even a few that powered up weapons in Zero's arsenal!
These modifications were also included as an unlockable feature in the Western release of Mega Man Zero Collection on the Nintendo DS. With Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection, we're re-introducing them as Bonus Cards, tied to the ZZ Cards that unlock as you play. It would spoil the fun to tell you exactly which ZZ Cards are tied to which Bonus Cards, so we'll leave that for you to discover. No matter the platform you play on, you'll be able to check your ZZ Cards to see what you've accomplished along the way.
There's another feature we're bringing back that used to require original hardware, as well. For old-school players who remember playing Mega Man ZX on the Nintendo DS, you might remember that inserting Mega Man Zero 3 or Mega Man Zero 4 into the Game Boy Advance slot before powering on the console would unlock optional boss battles against Mutos Reploids hailing from each game. I'm happy to confirm that this functionality returns via Link Mode, allowing you to "Link" either Zero 3 or Zero 4 when you start Mega Man ZX to access these throwback throwdowns!
When you set Link Mode to Mega Man Zero 3, you'll be able to take on:
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We hope you're looking forward to these original features making their return! Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection dashes onto digital platforms worldwide and into retail stores in North America beginning January 21, 2020.
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By JOYCE WHITIS Correspondent
Aug 3, 2007 at 12:01 AM
Harve Stewart, SHS graduate, all-district Yellow Jacket football player and member of the TSU men�s rodeo team, is currently ranked 24th in Professional Bull Riding�s Built Ford Tough series. At 19, Harve is riding high and is a bright star in an impressive lineup of the best bull riders in the world. His natural athletic ability combined with intense practice and expert advice from local champions, Ty Murray, Gilbert and Adam Carrillo, is taking him higher and higher in his chosen profession.
Included in his 16 successful rides are two in the 90s. Harve had a 91 point score in Tulsa, July 20, aboard Savage Shaker and earned $5,202 take home money. Local fans will have an opportunity to view that ride Saturday night on Versus. (Check TV schedule for time).
After Tulsa�s successful outing, Stewart scored 90 points to claim $18,950 in Glendale, winning the first round. That performance will be televised on Versus at a later date.
�I�ll be riding in the Ross Coleman Invitational in Oregon August 10-11,� Harve said. �My next scheduled outing in the Built Ford Tough Series will be in Chihuahua, Mexico. This is an exciting season and I feel that I am ready.�
In his short career, Harve Stewart has earned more than $65,000, according to reports from the PBR.


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The northern polar cap of Mars sprawls across the top of the Red Planet for roughly 1,000 kilometers (620 miles). At thickest, the cap piles up about 2.7 km (9,000 feet) high, but becomes thinner toward its serrated edges, where deep canyons and smaller troughs carve a spiraling pattern into the cap.
Near one edge of the northern polar cap stands a curious feature named Udzha. Named for a town in Siberia, Udzha, which is 45 km (28 mi) across, is classified as a crater. Yet it's almost hidden from view as its sharp-edged, rocky rim peeks from under the polar cap's layers.
This image of Udzha was taken at visible wavelengths during local summer. It comes from THEMIS, the Thermal Emission Imaging System, a multi-wavelength camera on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter. We see Udzha surrounded by dark, stratified layers mostly covered with bright deposits of water ice.
The polar caps of Mars, which are large enough to be glimpsed even in backyard telescopes from Earth, form an archive of the planet's recent climate history. The record is written in layer after layer of dust and ice.
Each polar winter sees an accumulation of carbon-dioxide frost, which falls as light snow, condensing directly from the atmosphere as temperatures plunge to -130° Celsius (-202° Fahrenheit). This produces a thin "polar cap" that reaches down to about latitude 60° north. This layer resembles the layer of snow cover that collects in Earth's northern hemisphere every winter.
On Mars, the frost condenses around dust particles brought by the winds from all over the planet. When the frost disappears the following summer, it leaves the dust behind, along with the residual polar cap, which is made of water ice.
As years pass, the dusty layers slowly accumulate, while major climatic events interrupt the sequence from time to time. These events - still poorly understood by scientists - prevent the layered deposits from displaying a monotonous regularity.
Besides its annual cycle of frost deposition, the Martian polar caps undergo cycles on longer time scales. The planet's spin axis changes its tilt relative its orbit over periods of a few million years. On scales of 100,000 years or so, the axis experiences lesser tilts.
Finally, the planet's orbit itself undergoes changes on similar time scales that alter the severity of the seasons. Each of these longer-than-annual cycles imparts a signature on the polar materials. It's as if a stack of buckwheat pancakes has a few buttermilk ones inserted here and there.
In the dark troughs that flank Udzha lies a complex history of the Martian climate - if only scientists could read it clearly! Recent work has focused on mathematical analysis of the patterns found in the exposed layers.
The goal, only partly accomplished, is to identify the broad patterns of change and match them to the calculated changes in Mars' orbit and spin axis.
If Udzha is a rocky bowl brimful with deposits of ice and dust, its southern flank appears startlingly smooth and featureless. This material reaches from the rim down to a broad trough at the slope's foot, about 600 meters (2,000 feet) below the rim in elevation. What's covering the slope? Where did its layers go?
THEMIS images taken late at night show the slope is warmer than the rest of Udzha and the dark layers, with the rocky rim being warmest of all. This is reasonable, given that the slope faces south and southwest - toward the Sun, in other words. As the scenic vista shows, most of the landscape is extremely flat - and much of it is highly reflecting white ice. So wherever local slopes tip to face the Sun more squarely, they grow warmer.
It's possible the slope lacks the layering seen everywhere because it is made of debris that worked free of the layered sediments and was blown by the wind. The slope might also include rocky material that weathered out of the rim-rock and trickled down.
Reduced to countless individual pieces, the material has slid, mingled, merged, and collapsed into a relatively homogenous mass. It might even be dry and loose. But a more likely bet says it's relatively firm, held fast by water that has worked its way into the material and froze.


Myths become memorable because they tell us fundamental truths about human behaviour, and about the ways in which that behaviour has to negotiate with the forces of nature and fate. Their stories are at least self-sufficiently interesting and often actually amazing, but their special claim on our attention has to do with the ways they allow us to apprehend symbolic values at the same time as we enjoy actual events.
This combination of figurative and factual power is something that all creative artists aspire to - which helps to explain why one of the best-known myths, the story of Orpheus, should have been so often retold through the centuries. It is an exceptionally potent mixture of the familiar and the extraordinary, and centres on a celebration of the power of art. Monteverdi, Telemann, Haydn, Liszt, Glass and Birtwistle have noticed this in their music; Pope, Southey, Rilke, Auden, Heaney and Ashbery in their poems; Pynchon and Rushdie in their novels; and Marc Almond, Nick Cave and Rufus Wainwright in their songs. Orpheus, in fact, could reasonably be called the patron saint of artists.
This means the bare bones of Orpheus's story are pretty familiar. The son of Apollo and the muse Calliope, he is given a lyre by his father in childhood and learns to play on it so beautifully that he not only soothes the savage breasts of beasts, but coaxes trees and rocks to gather round and listen. His music seduces Eurydice, too, but shortly after their marriage she is bitten and killed by a snake while trying to escape the unwanted attentions of her husband's halfbrother, Aristaeus. Orpheus is distraught and enters the underworld to plead for her return, once again using the sweetness of his singing to achieve the impossible. Persephone and Hades grant his wish on one condition: that he doesn't turn round to look at Eurydice until he and his beloved have both reached the sunlit world again. When Orpheus finds that he can't keep his side of the bargain, Eurydice is spirited back to the underworld, and Orpheus is condemned to wander the earth grieving - or, as Thomas Bulfinch put it, "melting the hearts of tigers and moving the oaks from their stations".
Eventually Orpheus is murdered by a gang of drunken women who resent his indifference to them, and buried by the Muses at Libethra, where the nightingales are said to sing more sweetly than anywhere else in Greece. Zeus places his lyre among the stars, and Orpheus returns to the underworld for a second time, where he wanders the happy fields with Eurydice for all eternity, free to gaze on her as often as he likes.
Astonishing creative powers, perfect love, tragic loss, heroic bravery, a recognisable human failure, noble grief, ignominious death, final union: it's easy to see why the Orpheus story has commanded such interest over the centuries. It is a balanced, compelling tale of finding and losing, making and marring. But when we read it in the context of Jason's journey to seize the Golden Fleece, as in this booklet, we realise there are still further ways to explain its power.
To start with, it seems that Orpheus has been invited aboard the Argo as a very superior sort of on-board entertainment: when he sings, he tells his own story "of love and loss, of secrets and treachery, triumph and folly", but so beautifully that "even the waves stopped rolling as if eavesdropping on [his] tale". As soon as the Argonauts reach Colchis, however, it turns out that his words have a more practical purpose. Jason is a figure of courage and selflessness, but also of some naivety - and listening to Orpheus's experiences with Eurydice makes him "a little less unworldly". This helps Jason question what Hera wants from him and why - ostensibly her purpose is to punish Pelias for not paying her sufficient honour - and also prepares him for a later crisis, involving Medea.
Although only 16 years old when she meets and falls in love with Jason, Medea is cunning and unscrupulous enough to help him possess the Fleece and to dispatch her brother Apsyrtus, whom she resents for being the heir to the throne of Colchis. It's the beginning of a long career in murder and trickery for her, and a crucial step on the road to heroic fame for him. It introduces yet more layers of doubt (about motivation) and subtlety (about intention) into the story, which deepen the significances of the Orpheus story it surrounds.
Orpheus, like Jason, is a character whose authority as a mythical figure is bolstered by his demonstration of recognisably human doubt, uncertainty and even (in the case of that fatal backward glance) weakness. One may be a poet and the other a man of action, but because they both embrace this paradox, it is no surprise to find them sailing in the same boat.
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Downtown Holiday Lights Expand to Center St. and Bank St.
Burlington, VT – The Burlington Business Association (BBA) is excited to announce an expansion of the downtown holiday lighting project, which had a successful first year in 2016. In its first year, lights were installed on street lamps that line College Street, from South Winooski to St. Paul Street. 2017 will see the addition of lights on Center Street and the section of Bank Street between South Winooski and Church Street on the South side of the street. The white holiday lights will be installed by the Burlington Electric Department, who helped to facilitate the initiative. Installation is due to begin the week of November 19th.
This project was made possible by generous donations from Northfield Savings Bank, Burton and Burlington Telecom Business Services. Each of these companies came on board with enthusiastic support when the project was proposed in 2016 and again to help grow the scope for 2017.
The idea to add holiday lights to the side streets came from the BBA's Downtown Action Group committee, whose members proposed it as a way to extend the festive feeling of Church Street along Burlington's side streets. A grass roots effort was quickly underway, championed by Kara Alnasrawi, DAG Committee Chair and owner of Liebling women's boutique on College street.
Winter lights create a warm, welcoming environment on the street to coincide with the festive winter season, provide additional safety through well lit streets, and are an effective way to help drive holiday traffic to side street businesses and further extend the holiday vibrancy through the downtown. Since the pilot project was installed in 2016, the holiday lighting project has garnered interest from other side street businesses, and the BBA will aim to work with businesses throughout the downtown to expand the scope of the lighting to include additional street lamps for upcoming holiday seasons.
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Benefits to you: This comprehensive course covers a wide range of first aid, enabling participants to deal with situations in a confident, safe and effective manner. This course will give the participants a qualification to the highest level of First Aid, meeting the requirements of the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981.
you are a practitioner who Leads the Internal Quality Assurance Process, within an Assessment Centre/Organisation; and have a responsibility for managing the quality of the assessment process, practice and the performance of Assessors. They may also develop systems and lead on visits from outside agencies such as Awarding Organisations.
Heart and circulatory disease claims around 200,000 lives each year. This very practical course will enable learners to use the AED competently and with confidence. Not only does this course deal with the use of an AED but it also includes vital training in basic life support including resuscitation.
This qualification is aimed at anyone working in a healthcare or social care environment, particularly those that support or have contact with older people who have an increased propensity to falls. It will also be useful to individuals who support family members who may be at risk of falling.
This qualification is designed to increase learners' awareness and understanding of behaviour that challenges and its impact. Learners will develop in-depth knowledge of behaviour that challenges which could support progression to other appropriate qualifications and into relevant employment in the health and social care sector.
This course will be valuable to learners already working in education or in health and social care settings. By recognising and understanding the causes of challenging behaviour, learners will be able to develop strategies to support positive behaviour.
You are an aspiring health and safety professional with a sound knowledge and understanding of health and safety practices.
This course is for anyone who is responsible for conducting or contributing to risk assessments. It covers accidents and ill health, and the socio-economic costs and benefits of good health and safety management. Flexible dates across Cornwall and Devon. This is a 2 day course.


Blackboard Inc. is an international enterprise technology company founded in 1997 in Washington D.C. The company is primarily known as adeveloper of education software, in particular Blackboard Learn. In 2000 the company developed and implemented a learning management system that impacts every aspect of education. Blackboard continued to prosper until 2004 when Blackboard became a public company.
Saudi Electronic University employed the blackboard system as its E-learning system. This system offers a multiple electronic services and allows managing students' educational process, students follow-up and monitoring the quality of learning process. In addition the system offers virtual communication at any time and at any place.
Blackboard system has a variety of tools that allows students and their instructors to review course content and interact using synchronize and un- synchronize methods. Using this technique student could attend classes, discuss and submit homework online.
The simplicity of the system encouraged global universities to employ blackboard system and in return SEU utilize it in order to connect their blackboard system with Colorado state University system.
Blackboard system was ranked in 2011 by Gartner organization as one of the pioneer systems in electronic learning management.
Saudi Electronic University has adopted the initiative of purchase a permanent license for the Learning management system (Blackboard) for all the Saudi government universities for 2,600,000 users Including development, update and upgrade as agreed between the Ministry of Education and Saudi Electronic University to manage this project.
In addition, granting the license to universities free of charge, train the Saudi employees at these universities on system management, how to deal with the educational content and solving technical issues that may encounter the faculty members and student.
As well as the provision of hosting services using the latest technology (Cloud Computing) in a data center similar to the main Blackboard data center in the Netherlands, under the supervision of the Saudi Electronic University and Blackboard Inc. to verify the suitability of this center for required Standardization and Metrology, follow-up the operation and maintenance procedures without any cost to the university.


NUKU is a unique centre for puppet and visual arts located in the historical Old Town of Tallinn, which comprises a professional theatre, a puppetry museum and an international festival of puppet and visual theatre.
Artistic director Mirko Rajas says: "We are the only theatre in Estonia that, side by side with its daily activities and creative work, is committed to developing and preserving the genre of puppetry. Our theatre has a wide audience: we play for children and families, teens and adults."
Each season at NUKU sees on average eight premieres of new productions, which reflect the theatre's goal to tell captivating stories through exciting forms that speak to viewers of all ages. The repertoire of NUKU Theatre includes numerous productions that use means of puppet and visual theatre to combine various theatrical forms from classic drama to musical and multimedia theatre.
NUKU sees the arts of puppet and visual theatre as a chance to turn the invisible into visible, to animate the inanimate, and through visual images highlight that which is normally hidden behind words. This is why the productions of NUKU Theatre are particularly focused on the visual side, which may comprise elements of various theatrical and art forms (puppet and object theatre, dance, the use of multimedia, music, visual arts, etc.) Through all these means of expression, NUKU Theatre wishes to offer a unique, imagination-fi ring and complete theatrical experience.
NUKU Theatre (formerly known as Estonian State Puppet Theatre and Estonian Puppet and Youth Theatre) was founded in 1952 and is to date the only professional puppet and visual theatre in Estonia. It was founded on the initiative of puppeteer and director Ferdinand Veike, who steered its artistic course for nearly three decades.
Rein Agur, who had a puppetry degree from the Leningrad Institute of Theatre, joined the Puppet Theatre in 1963 and at the end of 1960s proved to be a fundamental reformer of the puppetry genre, bringing actors on stage alongside traditional performances with glove and rod puppets. In 1981, Rein Agur became the artistic director. The theatre was constantly experimenting. Adaptations of Shakespeare and Estonian folklore were added to its repertoire, which consistently offered something for adults as well. Eero Spriit, who took over as the artistic director in 1993, tried to unite the elements of drama and puppetry. This line was continued by Evald Hermaküla in 1999.
In 2000, Meelis Pai became the head of the Puppet Theatre and Andres Dvinjaninov its artistic director. Their goal was a theatre for children and youth that would offer both puppet as well as drama performances. In the autumn of 2002, the fi rst class of master's level puppetry students started their studies at the Drama School of Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. The creative as well as the administrative personnel went through a change, the theatre building was renovated and the Puppet Theatre began once again gaining recognition at international festivals.
In 2006, a new venue was opened – the courtyard was covered with a roof, thus creating a hall that seated more than 600 spectators. In those years, the theatre was renamed Estonian Puppet and Youth Theatre, which reflected its goal to commit more to staging puppet plays for adults and musicals popular among teens. In 2007, the theatre sent seven young men and women to the Turku Arts Academy in Finland to acquire higher education in puppetry. In 2011 when the artistic director was Vahur Keller, they joined the theatre as actors and directors. In 2010, a puppetry museum was opened in the neighbouring building in Nunne 8 and joined with the theatre under the name NUKU.
NUKU Foundation was established at the beginning of 2013 and since May of that year, the head of NUKU Theatre and Museum is Joonas Tartu. Led by the new artistic directors – Taavi Tõnisson from 2013 to 2017 and Mirko Rajas since May 2017 – the theatre is committed to telling moving tales with contemporary means of expression of puppet, object, visual and drama theatre. In November 2016, a new extension was opened between the theatre and museum buildings; at the heart of it is the 400-seat Ferdinand's Hall. The theatre, which had waited for a grand hall for decades, and the museum, which introduces the world behind the curtains and offers numerous educational programmes, were thereby united into a unique and versatile ensemble that offers fi rstrate puppet and visual theatre experiences for audiences of all ages.
Learn more about the history of the theatre's buildings on Lai street 1 & 3.


Aged in a combination of American and French oak barrels, the 14 Hands Cabernet Sauvignon is a rich, juicy red wine that is very fruit-forward on the nose and features aromas of dark cherry, black currant, coffee and subtle hints of spice. These flavors are complemented by a touch of spicy oak and emphasized by soft medium tannins. 14 Hands Cabernet Sauvignon has a nice vanilla and oaky flavor and leaves no bitterness in the mouth.
You can enjoy this wine by itself or have it with red meats, especially Nyama Choma and hearty stews. It goes well too with lamb, pork, poultry and even game meat. It tastes great with appetizers and side dishes like tomato-basil bruschetta and eggplant parmesan.
If you're new to American wine, 14 Hands Cabernet Sauvignon is a very approachable, everyday wine that gives a great and lasting experience of the ripeness of fruit in Washington State wines.
You can buy this deliciously red wine by the case of 12 bottles and get free delivery within Nairobi CBD.
A cross-breed of a red Cabernet Franc grape plant and a white Sauvignon Blanc grape plant produced what is now the most popular grape among American wine drinkers: Cabernet Sauvignon. While it originated from Bordeaux, France, Cabernet Sauvignon has become a quintessential international variety that is planted everywhere where wine is made. Used as a straight varietal and as the major grape in many blends, it's known for its thick, durable skin and has high levels of tannins, which enhances wine age-ability. When oaked, it produces beautiful flavors of vanilla, butter and spices, resulting in wine that is dark in color, dry, full-bodied, with a medium level of acidity and that drinks well with many foods. Cabernet Sauvignon is often used to blend with other grapes, such as Merlot, and created the world's most famous and highly coveted wine blend: the Bordeaux blend.
14 Hands celebrates the spirit of small wild horses that once freely roamed the hills of eastern Washington State. These horses measuring a scant 14 hands high (a "hand" being equivalent to a man's palm width and how horses were measured then), would travel down from the hills every day to drink from the mighty Columbia River and graze upon the luscious waist high grasses along the riverbank, and then retreat back up into the hills to cool off at night. Strong and tenacious, these little horses became known for their endurance and were revered around the world. Washington wines are fruit-forward, easily enjoyable with any meal or on any occasion. Bringing this bottle of wine home or to a party is more than bringing just a wine – it's a delicious wine with a unique story that's sure to spark up a memorable conversation.
Red wines make up the majority of production in the Columbia Valley. Cabernet Sauvignon is the dominant variety here, where it produces wines with a pleasant balance of dark fruit and herbs.
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Welcome to Scott Teague's Academy of Martial Arts.
Scott Teague opened the school in 1994. Since then, he has built a strong reputation in the community for his unique teaching style with both children and adults. Mr. Teague has created an environment where classes are taught with just the right blend of discipline, enthusiasm, and fun. Students of all abilities and ages feel comfortable yet are continuously challenged and encouraged to reach their goals.
Parents looking to enroll your child, we offer classes for children ages 4-15. What makes our school unique is that our classes are age-specific. For our younger students, ages 4-7, this allows us to focus on each group's own particular developmental needs and abilities. Please visit our program page to learn more about the exact program for your child.
Adults seeking to enroll in classes yourself, our classes will provide you with a combination of martial arts training and physical fitness. Maybe you're here because it's something you've always wanted to do or maybe it's something you and your child want to experience together. Whatever your reason is for being here, we want to help you reach your goal and perhaps gain even more in the process.
Academy of Martial Arts is also home to the "Jinenkan Olney Dojo." The Jissen Kobudo Jinenkan was founded by Fumio "Unsui" Manaka in 1996 to provide students access to training in authentic Japanese Kobudo. Mr. Teague is one of the senior students and Dojo Cho (Licensed Instructor) under the direction of Manaka Sensei.
18312 Village Center Drive in Olney, Maryland.


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The Three Worst People You Encounter During the NFL Playoffs
If you know one, you may be entitled to compensation — We made it to the final four of the football season. This weekend, The Eagles, 49ers, Bengals and Chiefs will fight for the opportunity to go to the Super Bowl. The playoffs bring football fans of all backgrounds together, and remind us of why it is America's most popular sport…
The Orange Gildersleeve
Rui Hachimura Doesn't Dazzle In Debut For Lakers, But They Don't Need Him To
Rui Hachimura displayed his unique skill set in his debut for the Lakers, doing a little bit of everything in a Los Angeles win — RUI HACHIMURA'S DEBUT as a Los Angeles Laker could not have gone better. On Monday, the former lottery pick was traded from the Washington Wizards to the Lakers in exchange for point guard Kendrick Nunn and three-second round picks. …
There are no Cinderellas in the NFL's Final Four
Regardless of who wins this weekend, it won't be shocking. — Of the four starting QBs in this weekend's playoff games, Jalen Hurts would probably be ranked number three. And he will quite likely be the NFL's MVP. That highlights the value of having an elite QB in the NFL. Of course, the counterpoint to that is the 49ers QB is…
The AFC and NFC Championship Tale of the Tape: Meet the Quarterbacks
All four teams remaining in the NFL playoffs have solidified their status as a contender, but some teams took different paths to get there —
Is it Possible for the White Sox to Take a Step without Landing in Manure?
With Mike Clevinger their losing streak continues. — I wouldn't say the White Sox are haunted by the ghost of Jerry Reinsdorf. I would say they are haunted by the zombie of Jerry Reinsdorf. A couple of years ago Jerry took a dip in the Hot Tub Time Machine and hired Tony LaRussa to manage the White Sox…
Steve Center
The NFL Has a Violence Problem. Can it Survive the Coming Changes?
What is the fate of the most popular American sport? — I quit watching football about five years ago. I just couldn't watch seeing these men destroy themselves and act like I was somehow detached from that reality. The NFL is today where boxing was in the 1980s. Super popular, the sport with the most money, and the biggest gambling sport…
Is the Baseball Hall of Fame Making Itself Irrelevant?
I love the baseball hall of fame. I grew up in the midwest but my grandmother lived about an hour from Cooperstown, NY. That meant that I got to go to the famed museum more than any other kid I knew growing up. There are pictures of me in very…
Tottenham Gain 3 Points, But Fail To Quiet the Doubters
A win over Fulham netted Tottenham a crucial 3 points but did little to silence critics who have attacked the recent struggles of Spurs — A WIN IS A WIN. However, it seems like the only wins that Tottenham Hotspur can gain recently are ugly ones. Spurs edged out Fulham Football Club 1–0 in a nail-biter that never should have been one in the first place. Tottenham looked sloppy and lethargic out of the gates…
NFL's Playoff Losers Facing Some Questions
Meanwhile the Chiefs are going with a hampered Mahomes. — Whenever NFL team gets bounced out of the playoffs, questions are raised as to why. For example, it seems the Cowboys have decided to put the blame squarely on Dak Prescott. And Prescott as accepted it. However, there is a more basic reason the Cowboys lost. The 49ers are a…
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News · 14 December 2020
We are partnering with Hallmark Care Homes Foundation and The Open University to launch a life-changing scholarships programme for young carers
Together with the Hallmark Care Homes Foundation, we have joined forces with The Open University (OU) to help fund the Carers Scholarships Fund – a unique initiative which supports unpaid carers gain access to free OU education and wraparound careers support. As the first of its kind in the UK, the OU Fund will provide the equivalent of 50 undergraduate and postgraduate full fee-waiver scholarships a year to unpaid carers who so often miss out on higher education.
We have signed on as the first corporate partner with the OU, committing £39,996 to the scholarships fund over the course of two years alongside Hallmark Care Homes Foundation who have donated £20,000. This grant will fund the bursaries of 18 young carer students in the programme (9 each year) for the value of £3,333, which will support 60 credits of undergraduate study and help with other expenses, such as laptops, wi-fi, travel and study support.
The first group of 50 scholarship recipients began studying with the OU in October 2020, with at least 15 of these places 'ring-fenced' for young carers aged 18-25.
Being an unpaid carer for a friend or family member can place huge demands on the lives of young carers. Whilst it can be rewarding, caring can equally be incredibly difficult with long hours, which can take a toll on the lives of carers, affecting their education, careers, finances, health and relationships. The OU's unique model of blended online learning ensures that students can study flexibly in their own time and at their own pace so they can continue their caring commitments. Not only will this empower students to retrain and pursue career opportunities, they will have the chance to develop their sense of identity outside of their caring responsibilities.
Currently there are 8.8 million carers in the UK. 375,000 of those are young adult carers, 600,000 are from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, 58% are women and over 20% live in poverty. Young adult carers (aged 18-25) have lower GCSE attainment and are twice as likely as their peers to be NEET (not in employment, education or training) for six months or more. By supporting the OU's Carers Scholarships Fund, we and Hallmark Care Homes Foundation hope that this scholarship will demonstrate that the provision of flexible, multifaceted support learning is a key driver in helping unpaid young adult carers begin and continue their studies and improve their prospects for paid employment in the future.
Foundation CEO, Jonathan Freeman, said of the importance of supporting unpaid young carers:
"The long-term educational and employment opportunities of young carers are scandalous. This is especially heart-breaking when these individuals have put aside their own interests in order to care for their loved ones. The Open University's ground-breaking scheme to support young carers into higher education is fantastic and we are thrilled to be supporting them through this new partnership."
Avnish Goyal, Chair of Hallmark Care Homes Foundation, Hallmark Care Homes and Care England said:
"We are absolutely delighted to be involved in this initiative, which we are confident will positively impact the lives of many young carers who are looking to learn more and broaden their horizons. We cannot wait to see what impact this scholarship fund will have in the coming years."
Jhumar Johnson, Director of the Vice-Chancellor's Office at The Open University said:
"It is an honour that two of the top corporates in the care sector are supporting the OU's Carers Scholarships Fund. Having CareTech and Hallmark Care Homes Foundation join this community of supporters, brings not just vital funding but also invaluable expertise into the mix and we look forward to building on this relationship in the coming years. This donation is truly wonderful and shows their commitment to the caring sector."
Those interested in the Carers Scholarships Fund and its work in empowering carers to transform their lives through learning can visit: https://alumni.open.ac.uk/campaigns/the-carers-scholarships-fund


Making the world a burger place.
Back in 1980, a simple Texan began a singular quest. He searched high and low seeking the best that a hamburger could be. He hungered for perfection in an imperfect world. All he found were warmed-over compromises between bland slices of bread. The burger culture had sullied an American institution.
Then in the still of a sultry summer night, a voice spoke to him, "Let them build it and they will come." While he wasn't exactly sure what the message meant—and there were no follow-up communications—the Texan did the only thing he knew to do.
Finding mediocrity unacceptable, he took a wrong and made it right. He took the frozen and made it fresh. He built his own burger and his own burger place right in the heart of San Antonio, Texas. And then because the man had a sense of humor, he named this place Fuddruckers.


Now! it's time for blogging ideas for our FamousBloggers ComLuv Contest, this post is going to be full of ideas to help you write your article, as your might know from the official contest post and Andy's video about the contest, we are focuses on a main topic that could lead to a lot of other sub subject, let's say that during this contest we will create a huge perfect folder about blog comments and commenting, as all bloggers knows that comments is a very important way of generating contest and traffic on their blogs.
So, be sure to stick to the main topic, take it from your own experience, own story and give your personal touch and I am sure you will create an awesome article that you really can compete with!
What makes you comment on blogs?
Write a list post that has the best "comments" you have received by your blog visitors and promote them.
Your article should not be less than 300 characters and can be up to 1000+ if needed. Articles will be judged on the uniqueness and creativity of your article. It is a good idea to share your personal experiences and voice.
Visit the Official contest post at ComLuv, and also here at FamousBloggers Cash contest.
As you can see from the ideas, it's all about creativity, If you came across this post and you have something to add, a rocking idea for an article?! we will add it to the list, plz add a comment and inspire us!
Hey Bryan, it's cool to have you on board, get in!
Just entered my little post about the use of a plugin and functions for keeping visitors around and commenting. My keyboard's "U" s hitting the skids, so keep an eye out.
Thank you for participating, I got your entry... good luck! plz read my latest post here on FB, it has an update about the contest!
lol that's would be awesome if we can get millions to read your post :) Anyways buddy, you got my support! and good luck!
Thank you Jo, I will contact you soon to check some stuff with you!
It wasn't really a contest entry Hesham, but I will elaborate on it somewhat.... You did make me smile a bit though...just thought I would let you know you've got my support for it.
Well.. no problem :) and thanks!
I've joined everything, installed the plugin, wrote my post, and submitted an article at Comluv three days ago. I have yet to receive any sort of confirmation that my article was recieved or see it posted, or even see any new submission from other entrants as well. Is something up? Any ideas on how long it takes your article to appear?
I got your article Paul, it should be published today but I am kind of struggling to avoid the weekend, but maybe I will change my mind and I will publish it tomorrow so you will have a chance to get some nice comment! stay tuned.. and Thanks a lot for participating! I wish you good luck!
This contest is sure to "Rock The Web"! Thanks for the great ideas. There's going to be a lot of articles to read!
Participating is also a good idea James, looking forward to your super article!
actually i am confused what i need to do..... 1. I have to post about this contest in most creative way???? No blogging tips and money making news discussion. Only this huge cash giving contest............ 2. I can post at most one post????
OK! let me explain to you, here is what you have to do: - Post on your blog about the contest and include sponsors links! - write a guest post for us about one of the topics above! - after your post is published promote it and get your friends to add valuable and useful comments on it! Then wait for the winners announcement! Contact me if you need any help!
Sounds like great contest tips i read every points very carefully thanks for sharing sponsor contest tips..
no my name is Govind Singh but first time i use SEO Company so it's show here if i change my user-name then my last post not count if this is possible please suggest me..
This is indeed taking blogging contest to another level! Well, I may just have to sit down and think up a suitable article for this one. From all angles I'm already qualified for the contest. So like you said, we gotta rock the internet for whole month!
Let's do it Chadrack , it's going to be so HOT contest!
As this contest about comment, I think you already the winner Hesham, lol! I win the contest with an article about comment remember???? Hope this contest have lots participant. Need more promotion?
Waiting for your post Latief, I am sure you will win again this time because we will have good number of winners Oh.. Yeah.. promotion.. of course, it's a nice idea to write about the contest!
Thank you so much for sponsoring the contest! Oh! yeah.. mmmm.. probably another blog of your! do you have any?!
Sounds like fun, I have a few ideas already to start working on!


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La banconota da 200 euro (200 €) è una dei sette tagli di banconota in euro e la seconda in ordine di valore (la prima in ordine di valore è la banconota da 500€). È utilizzata a partire dall'introduzione dell'euro nel 2002 e ad oggi è in circolazione in 25 Paesi: 23 appartenenti all'eurozona (19 membri e 4 microstati convenzionati all'uso dell'euro) che utilizzano l'euro come moneta unica e 2 che utilizzano l'euro in maniera unilaterale (Montenegro e Kosovo). Questa banconota è utilizzata dunque da 337 milioni di cittadini.

Anche in termini dimensionali la banconota da 200 euro è la seconda più grande tra le banconote in euro. Sul dritto è rappresentato un portale mentre sul verso un ponte, entrambi relativi allo stile Liberty o floreale.

La banconota possiede molte caratteristiche di sicurezza (come, ad esempio,  l'uso della filigrana, degli elementi stampati in rilievo, degli ologrammi e delle micro-stampe) che permettono di riconoscere con facilità l'autenticità della banconota.

Storia

L'euro è stato introdotto il 1º gennaio 1999 ed è divenuto la valuta di oltre 300 milioni di persone in Europa. Durante i suoi primi tre anni di esistenza l'euro è stata una moneta virtuale, cioè utilizzata solo ai fini contabili. Le banconote, così come le monete in euro, sono entrate in circolazione soltanto il 1º gennaio 2002, sostituendo così le banconote e le monete denominate nelle valute nazionali con tassi di cambio fisso.

Periodo di transizione
Il periodo di transizione durante il quale le banconote e le monete delle valute nazionali potevano essere scambiate con l'euro è durato due mesi, dal 1º gennaio al 28 febbraio 2002. La decisione sulla data ufficiale di cessazione della valuta nazionale è stata comunque lasciata ad ogni stato membro. Il primo paese membro che ha abbandonato la moneta nazionale è stato la Germania che ha deciso di lasciare il marco tedesco il 31 dicembre 2001, anche se il periodo di cambio valuta è durato per due mesi come previsto in tutta l'eurozona. Anche quando le monete nazionali cessarono di avere corso legale, è stato possibile il cambio con l'euro nelle banche centrali di ogni paese membro per un periodo minimo di 10 anni, anche se in alcuni paesi membri non sono stati posti limiti temporali, come in Austria, Estonia, Germania, Irlanda e Spagna.

Le serie di banconote da 200 euro

Prima serie (dal 2002)

Dal 1º gennaio 2002, data della sua introduzione, la banconota da 200 euro ha mantenuto sempre lo stesso design e le stesse misure di sicurezza. Il progetto è stato sviluppato dal designer austriaco Robert Kalina nel 1996. Negli anni sulla banconota è variata solamente la firma del Presidente della BCE in base alla persona che ha ricoperto la carica al momento della stampa. Le prime banconote emesse portano la firma del primo presidente della Banca centrale europea, Wim Duisenberg, sostituito il 1º novembre 2003 da Jean-Claude Trichet e, a sua volta sostituito da Mario Draghi, il 1º novembre 2011. Ci sono quindi tre differenti tipi di banconote da 200 euro con tre firme differenti. Tuttavia, tutte le banconote riportano come data il 2002, anno in cui la prima serie è stata introdotta.

Firma dei presidenti della BCE sulle banconote della prima serie

Seconda serie (serie Europa)

La seconda serie della banconota da 200 euro venne presentata a Francoforte il 17 settembre 2018 e fu introdotta a partire dal 28 maggio 2019. La nuova serie mostra gli stessi disegni della prima serie (ispirati al tema "Epoche e stili") e lo stesso colore dominante (giallo), ma caratteristiche di sicurezza avanzate e più complesse che rendono così più difficile la contraffazione. Da quel momento le banconote della prima serie circolano insieme a quelle nuove, ma saranno progressivamente ritirate dalla circolazione e infine dichiarate fuori corso.

Firma dei presidenti della BCE sulle banconote della serie Europa

Design
La banconota da 200 euro è la banconota in euro con il secondo più alto valore nominale, ha dimensioni di 153 × 82 millimetri (ridotte a 153 x 77 millimetri nella serie Europa) ed è di colore giallo. Tutte le banconote in euro raffigurano ponti e archi in diversi stili storici europei: quelli raffigurati su questa banconota rappresentano strutture dell'Art Nouveau (XIX secolo). I disegni iniziali di Robert Kalina rappresentavano veri e propri monumenti esistenti, ma per ragioni politiche il ponte e l'arco rappresentati sono solo esempi ipotetici, in questo caso dell'architettura del XIX secolo.

Sulla banconota da 200 euro è possibile riconoscere il valore con la scritta della moneta in caratteri latini (EURO) e greci (EYPΩ), la bandiera dell'Unione europea, la firma del Presidente della BCE, l'acronimo della Banca centrale europea in cinque varianti linguistiche (BCE, ECB, EZB, EKT, EKP), la mappa dell'Europa con una rappresentazione di territori d'oltremare dell'Unione europea e le 12 stelle della bandiera europea oltre a varie caratteristiche di sicurezza.

Caratteristiche di sicurezza

Le caratteristiche di sicurezza sulla banconota della prima serie da 200 euro sono:
Carta: le banconote sono fabbricate con fibre di puro cotone, che donano alla carta una particolare sonorità e consistenza.
Elementi stampati in rilievo: ottenuti con una particolare tecnica di stampa, conferisce ad alcune parti un effetto di rilievo o di maggiore spessore.
Filigrana: ponendo la banconota in controluce appare la porta del disegno principale e il valore della banconota.
Filo di sicurezza: è incorporato nella carta delle banconote ed è possibile vederlo ponendo la banconota in controluce apparendo come una linea scura. Sul filo è possibile leggere la parola "EURO" e la cifra del valore in caratteri di piccole dimensioni.
Numero in trasparenza: alcuni segni stampati su entrambi i lati delle banconote si combinano perfettamente, formando la cifra del valore nominale. Tenendo un biglietto in controluce è possibile vedere la cifra completa.
Ologramma: muovendo la banconota l'ologramma mostra il valore della banconota e il portale del disegno principale.
Valore di colore cangiante: muovendo la banconota il colore del valore sul retro della banconota varia dal viola al verde o al marrone.
Costellazione di EURione: viene impiegato per il riconoscimento delle banconote autentiche e per prevenirne la contraffazione.
Microscrittura: in alcune aree della banconota si può vedere questa caratteristica, ad esempio all'interno del "EYPΩ" (EURO in caratteri greci) sul fronte.
Inchiostro ultravioletto: esponendo la banconota a luce ultravioletta si nota che la carta risulta opaca, le fibrille fluorescenti incorporate nella carta diventano visibili in rosso, blu e verde, lo sfondo della bandiera dell'Unione europea diventa verde e le stelle invece di colore arancione, la firma del presidente della Bce diventa verde, le grandi stelle e piccoli cerchi sul fronte diventano fluorescenti e la mappa europea, il ponte e la cifra del valore nominale sul retro appaiono in giallo.
luce infrarossa: esponendo la banconota a una sorgente infrarossa sono visibili solo il lato destro dell'immagine principale e l'ologramma.
Numero di serie

Identificazione delle banconota

Prima serie (2002 - 2019)
Ogni banconota da 200 euro possiede un numero di serie visibile sul rovescio della banconota che inizia con una lettera corrispondente a quella assegnata alla banca centrale del paese a cui la banconota è destinata, seguita da 11 cifre.

Chi stampa effettivamente la banconota invece è indicato dalla prima lettera di un codice che si trova in un rettangolo posto poco sopra la "R" di EURO sul dritto della banconota. Questa lettera è poi seguita da tre numeri indicanti la matrice utilizzata e da un codice composto da una lettera e un numero corrispondenti alla posizione della banconota sul foglio di stampa.

Seconda serie (Serie Europa - dal 2019)
Ogni banconota da 200 euro della seconda serie possiede un numero di serie visibile sul rovescio della banconota che inizia con due lettere seguite da 10 cifre. La prima lettera corrisponde all'istituto carta valori incaricata della stampa, con codici differenti dalla precedente serie e in parte ispirati ai codici assegnati alla banca centrale del paese a cui la banconota veniva destinata. La seconda lettera invece non ha nessun significato specifico e varia sequenzialmente come la serie numerica al fine di generare più numeri di serie. Sparisce l'identificazione della banca centrale del paese a cui la banconota è destinata. Nel dritto della banconota è presente il codice alfanumerico di stampa posto in un riquadro in alto a destra, vicino alla striscia olografica.

Circolazione
Alla data del dicembre 2020, ci sono in circolazione circa 653 milioni di banconote da 200 euro in tutta l'Eurozona, per un valore pari a circa 136 miliardi di euro; alla stessa data, le banconote della serie Europa sono circa 396 milioni, mentre rimangono in circolazione circa 257 milioni di banconote della prima serie.

Statistiche annuali
Sin dall'introduzione dell'euro come moneta fisica nel 2002 (con la sola eccezione del primo trimestre dell'anno) la banconota da 200 euro è stata quella meno diffusa fra tutti i tagli, venendo rapidamente superata come quantità circolante dalla banconota da 500 euro. Nel corso del 2019, in seguito al ritiro progressivo dalla circolazione di quest'ultimo taglio, la banconota da 200 euro ha "sostituito" il biglietto da 500 come grosso taglio e ha cominciato a venire stampata in quantità maggiori.

L'andamento storico relativo alla circolazione di banconote da 200 euro fornite dalla BCE è illustrato nella seguente tabella.

Contraffazione
Secondo i dati della BCE relativi al secondo semestre del 2015, la banconota da 200 euro è una delle meno contraffatte tra tutti i tagli. La percentuale in base al taglio sul totale delle contraffazioni ritirate dalla circolazione è pari allo 1,2% equivalente a  banconote. Anche nella rilevazione delle banconote contraffatte relativa al secondo semestre 2019 risulta tra i tagli meno falsificati. La percentuale in base al taglio sul totale delle contraffazioni ritirate dalla circolazione è pari al 1,4%, equivalente a  banconote.

Note

Voci correlate
Banconote in euro
Storia dell'introduzione dell'euro
Valute dell'Unione europea

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

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Between performances of the play, Caplan has been hitting the road to play concerts and festivals across Europe, Australia, and North America with a new lineup of musicians. The music from his theatre production has been turned into Caplan's third studio album, titled Old Stock. The sound is rooted in Caplan's resonant baritone voice, supported with the sounds of piano, accordion, organ, clarinet, saxophone, violin, drums, and the occasional banjo and acoustic guitar.


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7th Circuit rules on FMLA case
Michael W. Hoskins
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7th Circuit affirms summary judgment for employer in FMLA suit
7th Circuit rejects claim that FMLA should be extended to non-eligible employees
7th Circuit affirms firing for non-compliance with FMLA leave policy
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a medical-leave decision from an Indianapolis judge who's since joined that appellate bench.
In Steven Peters v. Gilead Sciences, Inc., No. 06-4290, the three-judge panel reversed and remanded the case involving a Family and Medical Leave Act claim. Steven Peters had worked for the pharmaceutical company since 2001 and worked from his home in Indianapolis, marketing products to doctors and healthcare professionals. He injured his neck and shoulder and eventually filed an injury claim in 2002, and then had surgery and took time off from work starting in December 2002.
Eventually, the company decided to replace Peters in April 2003 and Peters sued in federal court on FMLA claims and state claims. The company argued that Peters wasn't eligible for FMLA based on a provision that excluded workers at worksites with less than 50 employees, but Peters argued that he didn't receive the 12 weeks he was required and Gilead was estopped because of employee handbook guidelines detailing the time off.
Judge John D. Tinder, who has since joined the 7th Circuit, concluded that Peters had not established the elements of equitable estoppel and granted summary judgment for Gilead.
The 7th Circuit wrote that Judge Tinder didn't address whether Gilead's promises are actionable as a contract or under promissory estoppel, though it pointed out that it was understandable because the parties focused arguments on a different aspect of the law and the equitable estoppel theory as a means of establishing eligibility under FMLA.
"As we have explained, however, using equitable estoppel to block an employer from asserting a statutory defense to the FMLA liability is not the same as using promissory estoppel to enforce a promise by an employer to allow 12 weeks of medical leave," Judge Diane Sykes wrote. "Promissory estoppel is a well-established state-law remedy; on the other hand, the availability of equitable estoppel to block a statutory defense to FMLA eligibility has been assumed but not decided in this circuit. We think the prudent course is to remand this case for consideration of Gilead's liability under state law."
She added that the leave provisions in Gilead's employee handbook may be enforceable as a contract under Indiana law, and at the least, are promises giving rise to recovery under promissory estoppel.
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Michael Hoskins joined Indiana Lawyer in May 2006 and mostly covers the state and federal court systems. He's received awards from the Indiana Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists for his work covering the state's juvenile justice system, the federal immigration court system, wrongful conviction issues, and long-running lawsuits regarding prison conditions.
He came from the Daily Journal in Johnson County, where he was a general assignment reporter covering courts and legal issues. Before moving to Indiana in 2004 from southeast Michigan, Hoskins freelanced for the Detroit Free Press and worked for the Spinal Column Newsweekly after graduating with a bachelor's degree in journalism from Oakland University in 2001. He currently lives in Greenwood with his wife, Susanne, and volunteers with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
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As our end users are not very sophisticated,  I would like to create a new scenario in which, when a new page is created via the admin console on the basis of my masterpage, different controls are programmatically inserted into the various placeholders, and values for control properties are set. All the end user then has to do is to tweak the property values on one or two controls, and he's done.
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I wore this outfit Thursday for Arthur's Day! I usually never wear a skirt but I made an exception this time.
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