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Spectacular Summer Country Retreats
There's nothing quite like the countryside in summer. It's the ideal place to unwind, surrounding by breathtaking vistas of rolling fields, vineyards and forests and to the sound of chirping birds, gurgling brooks and a gentle breeze rustling the tree branches. Restored farmhouses in Italy and England, refined historic manors in Provence, vast estates in the lake districts of Canada and Austria, experience the delights of summer in the country at one of these sublime luxury villa rentals.
Ca di Pesa – Tuscany, Italy
This private estate by Homebase Abroad is located in the heart of Chianti and features elegant accommodation for up to 18 guests overlooking the owner's award-winning vineyards and olive groves.
The site has been inhabited for over a thousand years, when a medieval 'borgo,' or small village gradually evolved here, built in the traditional style of stone structures with an interior courtyard. It has been carefully restored and improved over the years and today is an idyllic base for enjoying all the pleasures of Tuscany.
The ground floor has a double living room with three arched double doors opening to the front garden and drive. Guests had relax indoors in one of three refined seating areas, including one before large, working hearth and savor delicious Italian meals, prepared by chef Anna in the adjacent semi-professional kitchen, in the dining room which seats 18 or the outdoor dining pergola draped in wisteria vines. There is also a children's room with a wall-mounted flat-screen plasma TV, with satellite and DVD player and a library with a working fireplace and honor bar.
Of the ten bedrooms four are suites and all are air-conditioned. The master bedroom suite includes a double bedroom with an antique, king-sized Indonesian bed, a sitting room, a dressing room and en-suite bath with a tub and shower stall. Each of the other rooms has its own uniqueness, like the "Mermaid Room" adorned with wall frescoes of fanciful sea creatures or the "Jungle Room" a colorful double bedroom ideal for one or two smaller children and is connected with other double rooms.
Exceptional views of the Pesa Valley can be admired from virtually any vantage point of the villa's inviting outdoor spaces. There is a stone patio with a barbecue and open grill for outdoor cooking, a 'forno a legna' for pizza parties (arranged with the staff) and a large vegetable garden available to guests. All ages enjoy testing out the bocce court or cooling off in the fresh-water pool (15 x 7 meters, stairs, retractable cover) with tented pergola, hammock and additional seating for lounging in the shade or sun. Next to it is a pool house with changing rooms, a full bath and outdoor shower.
A highlight for wine lovers will be testing the estates excellent Chianti Classico wines made from the grapes grown in the surrounding vineyards. Visits and tastings can be arranged and as guests you have priority for purchasing some of this prestigious limited edition wines to sample during your holiday or to have shipped home.
The estate is perfect for day trips to explore the cultural heritage of Tuscany including Florence, Siena, nearby Panzano and other ancient hill-towns of Chianti. At the end of the day, retreat to your private tranquil paradise at the Ca di Pesa.
Contact Homebase Abroad here for more information on renting this sublime villa.
Saint Louis Cruise – Gascony, France
Enjoy the very best of the French countryside through the unique means of a Barge Lady canal cruise. With upscale accommodations and amenities, a dedicated crew to cater to your every need, and under-the-radar cruise routes deep in the rural regions of France, barges are truly the perfect traveling French villa.
"With 2017 availability still on offer in July and August, the six-passenger Saint Louis is the quintessential floating county retreat," describes Stephanie Sack of Barge Lady Cruises. "Cruising in Gascony, the Saint Louis gently plies the canals in an area where time seems to have stood still. Awash in sunflower fields, verdant forests, and placid lakes, Gascony's natural prisms of changing colors reflect the idyllic turnings of the seasons."
Situated in southwest France at the foothills of the Pyrenees Mountains, just east of the French Basque coast and on the Spanish border, Gascony's relaxed and rural lifestyles are aligned with the daily pleasures of food and wine. Here, the rich flavors of the region's signature foie gras is proudly paired with the craft production of small batch brandy known as Armagnac.
As this is the least populated area of France, beautiful towpaths beckon for leisurely walking and exhilarating cycling. The pursuit of everyday pleasures in culture and cuisine are embraced as a key part of the Gascon lifestyle, extending to the freshest of locally-sourced ingredients and a newly enlivened wine production. Charming villages, idyllic scenery, and gorgeous greenery also abound.
Day trips off the boat explore the region's arts and spirits. Admire the collection of Goya masterpieces in the Fine Arts Museum of Agen. Explore the famous Lily Gardens at Temple sur Lot. Spend a day in St. Emilion, France's top wine village. Visit an Armagnac producer situated in a 12th Century Monastery and enjoy a tasting of the region's signature spirit. Sample the sweet wines found from the vineyards of Sauternes. The Saint Louis offers an authentic view and taste of France.
Discover the Saint Louis and other French canal cruises on offer through the Barge Lady here.
Schloss Kogl – Salzkammergut, Austria
Once the playground of Austria's aristocracy, including the Emperor and the country's intellectual and artistic elite, the spectacular Salzkammergut Lake District boasts pristine lakes, pre-alpine mountains, dense forests and quaint villages. Within this stunning setting is Schloss Kogl, an enchanting baroque castle nestled amidst the country's largest private forest.
Built in 1750, the castle has been in the family of the Barons of Mayr-Melnhof since 1872 (discover more in this article). Comprehensive renovations were undertaken in the early 2000s to meticulously restore the castle to its previous glory. It is decorated and furnished in an elegant fin-du-siècle style. Guests will enjoy a summertime exploring its verdant grounds, swimming in summer the pool or playing a few rounds in the historic bowling lane.
It is also the perfect base for discovering the many natural and cultural sites of the area, including nearby Salzburg, hiking in some fabulous national parks and boat trip and other watersports on the lakes.
Experience the pleasures of Austria in summer at the superb Schloss Kogl at this link.
Canada Mansion – Ontario, Canada
There's nothing quite like the summertime on the lake in Canada and our expert Sylvia Delvaille Jones of Villas and Apartments Abroad has the perfect luxury lakefront property. Located close to Niagara Falls, the exquisite eight-bedroom estate sits on a 16-acre peninsula on Bucks Bay with 1590 linear feet of total waterfront.
"There are close to 2000 islands of various sizes that can be found along the Saint Lawrence River, belonging to both the Canadian and the United States," explains Sylvia. "On one single island, one side could be owned by Canada and the other side by the US. This is where the wealthy bankers and other industrialists from around the country owned mansions and where they came to spend summers with their families, entertaining other important bold name families."
One of these is this supremely private family retreat, surrounded by thick forest. Entering the estate you are greeted by the sound of gentle waterfalls and the sight and scents of a wonderful array of fragrant flowers. There is a vast 14,000 sq. ft. main residence and a separate guest/staff house. The interiors are accented with beautiful woods, local stones and marble. Its various gathering areas include the refined living room and formal dining room.
Guests can relax outdoors on the generous deck and patio areas, a two-level covered area with summer kitchen and a fire pit and in the heated swimming pool with natural waterfall and rocky elements. They can also take to the water with the use of various boats for boating, skiing, fishing, exploring various islands as well as other water sports equipment at guests disposal. In the area are several public golf courses for all levels of play. There are biking trails as well as scenic walks, scuba diving as well as swimming.
"In summertime there are many restaurants found on nearby islands," adds Sylvia. "At dusk, it is a tradition that people channel their boats to one place where they listen to music, drink beer and wine and just have a fun evening before going out to dinner."
Make the most of an amazing summer on the lake in Canada with Villas and Apartments Abroad here.
Villa Traguardo – Apulia, Italy
For a truly unique summer escape, consider this beautifully restored group of four traditional "trullo" buildings which can accommodate up to 18 guests and are set around a wonderful pool and encircled by five hectares of olive groves. Located in Apulia, the last great unspoiled summer place in Italy, you can have a private and supremely relaxing holiday while you take in the charms of Puglia in their most concentrated form.
A 'trullo' is a traditional Apulian dry stone house with a conical roof. This particular property, in the repertoire of Excellence.villas by Trust and Travel, was discovered and carefully restored by a Roman architect who has successfully retained its historic character with a clean contemporary look with touches of modern art. The series of rooms includes two kitchens, three living rooms, eight bathrooms and eight bedrooms (one bedroom with two bunk beds for 4 children).
There is easy flow between indoors and outdoors and guests have a number of terraces and covered porches, among which is a lovely shaded area next to the 16 x 5 m pool. Guests can enjoy meals on the two dining terraces with an outdoor fireplace, pizza oven and barbecue.
Off the villa you'll be swept up by the area's endless olive tree fields, rolling vineyards, stunning beaches and amazing restaurants in the charming towns like Ostuni and Ceglie Messapica and Cisternino and Locorotondo.
To further tempt you to this authentic part of Italy, Trust & Travel is offering this unique rental at the special rate of €7,000/week from June 10th-24th, 2017. You can read more information on this offer and contact Trust+Travel at this link.
Chateau Mireille – Provence, France
Provence is one of the most picturesque places to enjoy a summer holiday and this refined seven-bedroom 18th-century manor, or bastide, is the ideal villa for a private and peaceful stay within the vicinity of the lovely village of St-Rémy-de-Provence.
Available through Haven In, the manor exudes quintessential French tradition and style with elegant antiques, original artwork, and historic architectural features like terracotta tiles, wood beams and high ceilings. There are two refined living rooms/seating areas, a fully equipped kitchen with modern appliances, a formal dining room with large fireplace, an office, a master bedroom and three of the other bedrooms have en-suites.
The fabulous grounds are glorious in summer. They feature a formal garden with topiary, a wonderful in-ground pool with a terrace overlooking the gardens, a tennis court, and a variety of outdoor seating and dining areas. All the charms of the region are at the villa's footsteps: from vibrant lavender fields to rolling vineyards and from bustling villages to the gorgeous Parc Naturel Régional des Alpilles.
A housekeeper is included in the rent who will prepare breakfast for your group and tidy up the house, allowing you to sit back and savor the best of this intimate Provencal setting.
Learn more about this exceptional villa by reaching out to Haven In here.
Rocky Creek Ranch – Montana, USA
Set on on conservation easement of 200 acres, this fabulous newly built lodge by Mountain Home has breathtaking views out over the local mountain ranges. Tucked up into the hills, you feel a world away, but are actually just a five minute drive to the main street of the hip Western town of Bozeman. With five bedrooms, including a huge kids' bunk room, it can comfortably accommodate up to 16 guests making it the perfect place for a large family gathering.
Designed in the Arts and Crafts style of the early 1900s and filled with Mission antique and reproduction furniture, wood floors, rugs and original artwork, you will have the feel of being in an authentic log and timber home. It has 5,500 sq ft of indoor living space, plus two large outdoor decks with spectacular views of the surrounding mountains.
The great room has an fabulous wall of windows looking out on the valley,a vaulted ceiling, a massive stone wood burning fireplace, and comfortable seating. There's also a fully equipped kitchen with custom Shaker cabinets and granite countertops, a family room with a 52" flat screen TV, 5.1 Surround Sound, and large Blu-Ray collection, plus a room adjacent to it with a 16 ft. competition shuffleboard table and a loft for taking in a quiet moment reading. Each of the five bedrooms has a different theme from the "Moose" and "Glacier National Park" master bedrooms to the fun "Bunk Room" with three custom-crafted bunk bed sets, each with a double bottom bed and twin top.
The property and the area offer an immense range of outdoor summer activities including hiking, biking, golf, fishing and whitewater rafting. Bozeman's historic downtown is also worth visiting or a trip to the fun western town of Livingston. Yellowstone National Park is an hour away and kids adore the gold mining town Virginia City, only a 90 minute drive away.
Enjoy the best of the great outdoors this summer in Montana with Mountain Home at this link.
Dryhill Farmhouse – Cotswolds, England
The Cotswolds are undoubtedly one of the loveliest places for a summertime country escape in England and this beautiful, five-bedroom luxury estate offers the ideal hideaway to enjoy the best of the season in this gorgeous region. Situated near the charming Regency town of Cheltenham, this exquisite country home by Luxury Cotswold Rentals has stunning views across to the Black Mountains, graceful gardens, bathing lakes and a recently planted vineyard and down to the bathing lakes in the wooded glade.
The four hundred-year-old restored farmhouse was built on the site of an ancient Roman villa and vineyard. The current owners are reviving its original purpose by having just replanted 2000 vines. The interiors have been tastefully decorated with a mix of classy modern furniture and artwork from the owner's travels to India, Africa and beyond. A wonderful gathering place for friends and family, it has six reception rooms and a large kitchen breakfast room.
Long summer days can be enjoyed outdoors exploring its mature terraced gardens, 14 acres of rural property and wooded glade, taking a dip in one of the two small spring-fed lakes or soaking in the hot tub. Evening meals can be prepared in the pizza oven or at the hidden barbecue area with a safari tent and the most spectacular sunsets. Nature lovers will also want to admire the natural beauty of the historic Crickley Hill Country Park and the famous Cotswold Way.
Accommodate for a total of 12 guests can be achieved by also renting its sister one bedroom Dryhill Cottage. Experience the best of the English countryside this summer with Luxury Cotswold Rentals at this link.
The Country Retreat – Tuscany, Italy
Frequented by celebrities and high-end discerning travelers, this elegant five-bedroom country home, available through Papavero Villa Rentals, is located just 10 minutes from enchanting Lucca, 30 minutes for the chic beaches of Forte dei Marmi and only one and a half hours to Florence.
The serene tranquility of the Tuscan countryside envelops you as soon as you enter through the green picket fence of this elegant yet understated house. It sits back at the end of a long driveway bordered by the lush gardens and sprawling lawns of this 40 acre estate. The extremely private backyard has lovely pergolas, flag stone patios, a swimming pool and incredible panoramic views reach over the valleys green hills and olive groves, extended as far as the mountain peaks.
The interiors are adored with historic features like its lovely original floor and wooden beamed ceiling which have been well paired with a neutral color palette of the furniture, fabric and wall paint. There is a comfortable sitting area with flat screen TV and fireplace, spacious dining area, games area and a fully equipped kitchen. Every room opens onto the terrace through French doors. There is also a well stocked library and bright and spacious office. All bedrooms have en-suite bathroom with either or both a tub and shower, while some also have fireplaces and office areas.
The personal service and charm of this luxurious country home makes it a popular villa experience. Contact Papavero Villa Rentals here for more information and to book.
Villa Ventoux – Provence, France
Wine lovers looking for a French country retreat this summer will adore this vast historic estate set on 30 hectares of vineyards within a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, represented by Carpe Diem Luxury Travel.
Situated in northern Provence, the villa offers spectacular views of Mont Ventoux and rolling hills covered in vines, olive groves, apricot orchards and lavender fields. At the heart of the property is a magnificent 9th-century priory and an 18th-century bastide, both of which have been meticulously restored in a rustic luxury style.
The main villa includes four bedrooms suites, a grand vaulted hall and other reception rooms and the bastide building has three other bedrooms. Each room is decorated to a different Provençal theme and with a combination of contemporary furnishings, local antiques and family heirlooms. The house is fully staffed with a fabulous chef, heated pool, tennis-court and petanque pitch and a grand piano.
In addition to visiting the cellars, winemaking facilities and the vines of the villa, guests can partake in wine and cheese tastings directly on the estate, with cheese coming from an award-winning local fromagerie. Further wine tasting can be enjoyed at the vineyards of nearby Vosne La Romaine, Orange and Carpentras.
Design your perfect Provence summer getaway with Carpe Diem Travel at this link.
Duchess County Estate – New York, U.S.A.
This classic New York seven-bedroom country estate, available through Villas and Apartments Abroad, is found only 2.5 hours from Manhattan and a few minutes outside of beautiful Rhinebeck. It offers a fabulous summer getaway where low keyed affluent and sophisticated Americans own estates to escape the summer heat and the crowds.
Built as an inn in the 18th century, it is thought that important Americans, including George Washington, stayed at the estate. It features historic character with a hand-chiseled triple height barn and numerous old fireplaces, however, all it has been brought up to 21st century standards with modern luxury amenities and comforts. The interior includes several dining areas, an antique barroom, a large TV room with 70" flatscreen and a sitting room with floor to ceiling bookshelves. The master bedroom has a king bed, fireplace, sitting area, and a marbled master bath while two of the other bedrooms have king beds, three rooms have queen beds, and the last bedroom has a twin.
Guest can savor the warm summer days strolling the 29 acre estate with both manicured gardens and thick wild woods accessed by a wooden bridge over the stream. There are various outdoor areas for entertaining and relaxing including around a beautiful swimming pool carved out of the natural rocks. For guests who do not want to cook, a wonderful chef can be hired to prepare fabulous summer meals using vegetables, fruits and herbs straight from the garden. The area also has excellent restaurants in the area.
Relax in the countryside within easy reach of Manhattan this summer with the assistance of Villas and Apartments Abroad at this link.
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Magus # 2 – Review
By: | Comic Reviews | February 21, 2011
The book opens with a foreshadowing dream sequence in which Darius dreams about saving Lena from some Institute guards that have tracked her down. After an amazing battle we find him sleeping in the Church. Father Swain and Danae are preparing to head out to find Lena before anyone else can. They take the boys and hit the streets hoping to find her.
Back at the White House the President is sweating over the end of the world as we know it and the thought of everyone having magic again. He explains to the first lady that the world is controlled by the possession of power and that magic would level the playing field. He fears that the world will spread into anarchy. He confides in his wife that he wishes they would round up all magic users and kill them as she uses her magical powers to bring a vase of flowers back to life without him noticing.
The search for Lena continues as Danae explains to Ben and Darius about the events that are happening. She tells them that magic has always existed and that people where able to access different abilities of magic. But like all good things, people became power hungry and began killing each other for their magic. Three men deemed "the Guardians" took it upon themselves to seal the world off from magic. Soon enough people forgot they ever had magic and moved on with their lives. Magic is tricky though and still found its way in to handfuls of people. The Guardians lineage continued as they then became advisors the President and kept them informed about magic. Now the Guardians job is to keep the seal unbroken.
The search for Lena winds down as Darius dream starts to come true. There are institute guards after Lena and Darius gets his chance to jump in and save her. Too bad he falls hurting himself and also putting himself in harm's way. At the White House a sinister plot begins with talks of murder.
The story is very good and covers more and more ground with each issues, yet continues to miss simple things. Like what does a Father of a church have to do with Magic? The character development is still really slow, but the story is really good and interesting. The world that Jon Price is developing is well thought out and very interesting, but I still feel like I don't know the characters as well as I'd like to.
The art continues to look good and actually looks improved upon from the first issue. Rebekah Issacs is still amazing with facial expressions. She manages to convey a lot of emotions that tend to be rare in comic books today. In one scene she captures hatred and disgust and then in the next she shows us suddenness and shame. Issacs feeds off of Price's script very well and together they are strong storytellers.
I think the main thing that hinders me on this book is the characters. With two issues down I think I should be rooting for someone by now, but I'm still trying to figure out their roles within the comic. Otherwise the story is very captivating and interesting to read. Price and Issacs make a good team and will hopefully continue their collaboration until the series end. The book has to great shocking moments that I highly recommend you check out, but again it's a good dose of magic in the world of comics.
Overall Score - 8.4/10

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Judy Skatssoon
Report wants 'all options' for water security
Water supply stakeholders want the National Water Initiative updated to take into account climate change and urban growth.
A new report by an association of water stakeholders is calling for all water supply options be put on the table as Australia's regional and urban centres face a worsening drought crisis and increasing population pressure.
The Water Services of Association of Australia's Urban Water Update 2019 says the drought has intensified over the last year, leaving many rural communities facing critical shortages. The impact of the drought is also being felt by major cities.
The WSAA, which includes 20 local councils, says government has responded by establishing the National Water Grid to deliver water infrastructure planning and project management, as well as funding new dams and pipelines and investing in desalination and recycling.
While these measures have been paying off, the WSAA says it is important to look towards future planning and needs, with the population expected to reach 30 million by 2033 as well as decreased rainfall, more extreme heat events and worsening drought resulting from global climate change.
"Collaboration between all levels of government will be important to ensuring all water supply options are on the table," the report says, listing among them desalination, dams, efficiency measures, recycling and storm water integration.
A new National Water Initiative
The WSAA report calls for a new National Water Initiative (NWI) focusing on urban water and recognising the future challenges of climate change and urban growth.
The National Water Commission (NWC) was established in 2004 to implement the NWI, which provided a blueprint for national water reform agreed to by Australian governments in 2004. However the NWC was abolished in 2014 and the Productivity Commission has been responsible to monitoring implementation of the NWI since then.
WSAA says Australia's uptake of recycled water has been too slow and the nation now lags behind 35 nations around the world which have integrated purified wastewater into the drinking water supply.
However, steps are being taken, with the nation's first full-scale groundwater replenishment scheme located in the Perth suburb of Craigie, where treated wastewater has been recharged into deep aquifers since 2017.
The association says the integration of stormwater into the urban water cycle can provide many benefits including "heat island" mitigation, improved aesthetics and social amenity, and healthy waterways for tourism and commercial fishing.
However, innovative stormwater solutions are being blocked by institutional barriers including a complicated and inefficient planning and delivery process.
"The NWI should be updated to reflect the role stormwater management can play in the overall urban water cycle and increating and maintaining liveable cities and communities," the report recommends. "This can be through harvesting, reuse or use in creating green spaces in Australian cities."
The report also says water efficiency is critical for future-proofing against possible climate scenarios, and restrictions can be an effective tool.
"During times of scarcity water restrictions are a fair way of ensuring everyone retains access to the precious resource," it says.
Regional councils can also play an import role by helping get the message across, the report says. One of them, Bourke Shire Council, was able to get reduce water use by 20 per cent with the purchase of water times for the community and an information campaign.
WSSA provides a Smart Water Advice resource for councils and utilities available here.
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Sharyn Cullis says:
Place a priority on water above else and therefore ban all long wall coal mining in Sydney's drinking water catchments. Require that any new housing estate follows WSUD principles, keep water in the landscape and build in recycling and re-use based on wastewater harvesting.
In rural areas move towards the elimination of water hungry cotton and rice. Reward farmers who grow crops with a low water demand. Return much more water to the Murray Darling system. Do not build new dams!
The report must include the benefits of using treated sewerage water for food and value added benefits eg. growing trees etc.
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use std::convert::From;
use std::error::Error;
use std::result;
use std::fmt;
use std::io;

use snap;
use lz4_compress as lz4;

type Result<T> = result::Result<T, CompressionError>;

pub const LZ4: &'static str = "lz4";
pub const SNAPPY: &'static str = "snappy";

/// It's an error which may occure during encoding or deconding
/// frame body. As there are only two types of compressors it
/// contains two related enum options.
#[derive(Debug)]
pub enum CompressionError {
    /// Snappy error.
    Snappy(snap::Error),
    /// Lz4 error.
    Lz4(io::Error),
}

impl fmt::Display for CompressionError {
    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
        match *self {
            CompressionError::Snappy(ref err) => write!(f, "Snappy Error: {:?}", err),
            CompressionError::Lz4(ref err) => write!(f, "Lz4 Error: {:?}", err),
        }
    }
}

impl Error for CompressionError {
    fn description(&self) -> &str {
        match *self {
            CompressionError::Snappy(ref err) => err.description(),
            CompressionError::Lz4(ref err) => err.description(),
        }
    }
}

/// Compressor trait that defines functionality
/// which should be provided by typical compressor.
pub trait Compressor {
    /// Encodes given bytes and returns `Result` that contains either
    /// encoded data or an error which occures during the transformation.
    fn encode(&self, bytes: Vec<u8>) -> Result<Vec<u8>>;
    /// Encodes given encoded data and returns `Result` that contains either
    /// encoded bytes or an error which occures during the transformation.
    fn decode(&self, bytes: Vec<u8>) -> Result<Vec<u8>>;
    /// Returns a string which is a name of a compressor. This name should be
    /// exactly the same as one which returns a server in a response to
    /// `Options` request.
    fn into_string(&self) -> Option<String>;
}

/// Enum which represents a type of compression. Only non-startup frame's body can be compressen.
#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Clone, Copy, Eq, Ord, PartialOrd)]
pub enum Compression {
    /// [lz4](https://code.google.com/p/lz4/) compression
    Lz4,
    /// [snappy](https://code.google.com/p/snappy/) compression
    Snappy,
    /// Non compression
    None,
}

impl Compression {
    /// It encodes `bytes` basing on type of `Compression`..
    ///
    /// # Examples
    ///
    /// ```
    ///    use cdrs::compression::Compression;
    ///
    ///   let snappy_compression = Compression::Snappy;
    ///   let bytes = String::from("Hello World").into_bytes().to_vec();
    ///   let encoded = snappy_compression.encode(bytes.clone()).unwrap();
    ///   assert_eq!(snappy_compression.decode(encoded).unwrap(), bytes);
    ///
    /// ```
    pub fn encode(&self, bytes: Vec<u8>) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
        match *self {
            Compression::Lz4 => Compression::encode_lz4(bytes),
            Compression::Snappy => Compression::encode_snappy(bytes),
            Compression::None => Ok(bytes),
        }
    }

    /// It decodes `bytes` basing on type of compression.
    ///
    /// # Examples
    ///
    /// ```
    ///    use cdrs::compression::Compression;
    ///     let lz4_compression = Compression::Lz4;
    ///     let bytes = String::from("Hello World").into_bytes().to_vec();
    ///     let encoded = lz4_compression.encode(bytes.clone()).unwrap();
    ///     let len = encoded.len() as u8;
    ///     let mut input = vec![0, 0, 0, len];
    ///     input.extend_from_slice(encoded.as_slice());
    ///     assert_eq!(lz4_compression.decode(input).unwrap(), bytes);
    /// ```
    pub fn decode(&self, bytes: Vec<u8>) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
        match *self {
            Compression::Lz4 => Compression::decode_lz4(bytes),
            Compression::Snappy => Compression::decode_snappy(bytes),
            Compression::None => Ok(bytes),
        }
    }

    /// It transforms compression method into a `&str`.
    pub fn as_str(&self) -> Option<&'static str> {
        match *self {
            Compression::Lz4 => Some(LZ4),
            Compression::Snappy => Some(SNAPPY),
            Compression::None => None,
        }
    }

    fn encode_snappy(bytes: Vec<u8>) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
        let mut encoder = snap::Encoder::new();
        encoder
            .compress_vec(bytes.as_slice())
            .map_err(CompressionError::Snappy)
    }

    fn decode_snappy(bytes: Vec<u8>) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
        let mut decoder = snap::Decoder::new();
        decoder
            .decompress_vec(bytes.as_slice())
            .map_err(CompressionError::Snappy)
    }

    fn encode_lz4(bytes: Vec<u8>) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
        Ok(lz4::compress(bytes.as_slice()))
    }

    fn decode_lz4(bytes: Vec<u8>) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
        // skip first 4 bytes in accordance to
        // https://github.com/apache/cassandra/blob/trunk/doc/native_protocol_v4.spec#L805
        lz4::decompress(&bytes[4..]).map_err(CompressionError::Lz4)
    }
}

impl From<String> for Compression {
    /// It converts `String` into `Compression`. If string is neither `lz4` nor `snappy` then
    /// `Compression::None` will be returned
    fn from(compression_string: String) -> Compression {
        Compression::from(compression_string.as_str())
    }
}

impl<'a> From<&'a str> for Compression {
    /// It converts `str` into `Compression`. If string is neither `lz4` nor `snappy` then
    /// `Compression::None` will be returned
    fn from(compression_str: &'a str) -> Compression {
        match compression_str {
            LZ4 => Compression::Lz4,
            SNAPPY => Compression::Snappy,
            _ => Compression::None,
        }
    }
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
    use super::*;
    #[test]
    fn test_compression_from_str() {
        let lz4 = "lz4";
        assert_eq!(Compression::from(lz4), Compression::Lz4);
        let snappy = "snappy";
        assert_eq!(Compression::from(snappy), Compression::Snappy);
        let none = "x";
        assert_eq!(Compression::from(none), Compression::None);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_compression_from_string() {
        let lz4 = "lz4".to_string();
        assert_eq!(Compression::from(lz4), Compression::Lz4);
        let snappy = "snappy".to_string();
        assert_eq!(Compression::from(snappy), Compression::Snappy);
        let none = "x".to_string();
        assert_eq!(Compression::from(none), Compression::None);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_compression_encode_snappy() {
        let snappy_compression = Compression::Snappy;
        let bytes = String::from("Hello World").into_bytes().to_vec();
        snappy_compression
            .encode(bytes.clone())
            .expect("Should work without exceptions");
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_compression_decode_snappy() {
        let snappy_compression = Compression::Snappy;
        let bytes = String::from("Hello World").into_bytes().to_vec();
        let encoded = snappy_compression.encode(bytes.clone()).unwrap();
        assert_eq!(snappy_compression.decode(encoded).unwrap(), bytes);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_compression_encode_lz4() {
        let snappy_compression = Compression::Lz4;
        let bytes = String::from("Hello World").into_bytes().to_vec();
        snappy_compression
            .encode(bytes.clone())
            .expect("Should work without exceptions");
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_compression_decode_lz4() {
        let lz4_compression = Compression::Lz4;
        let bytes = String::from("Hello World").into_bytes().to_vec();
        let encoded = lz4_compression.encode(bytes.clone()).unwrap();
        let len = encoded.len() as u8;
        let mut input = vec![0, 0, 0, len];
        input.extend_from_slice(encoded.as_slice());
        assert_eq!(lz4_compression.decode(input).unwrap(), bytes);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_compression_encode_none() {
        let none_compression = Compression::None;
        let bytes = String::from("Hello World").into_bytes().to_vec();
        none_compression
            .encode(bytes.clone())
            .expect("Should work without exceptions");
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_compression_decode_none() {
        let none_compression = Compression::None;
        let bytes = String::from("Hello World").into_bytes().to_vec();
        let encoded = none_compression.encode(bytes.clone()).unwrap();
        assert_eq!(none_compression.decode(encoded).unwrap(), bytes);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_compression_encode_lz4_with_invalid_input() {
        let lz4_compression = Compression::Lz4;
        let bytes: Vec<u8> = vec![0x7f, 0x7f, 0x7f, 0x7f, 0x7f];
        let encoded = lz4_compression.encode(bytes.clone()).unwrap();
        let decode = lz4_compression.decode(encoded);
        assert_eq!(decode.is_err(), true);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_compression_encode_snappy_with_non_utf8() {
        let snappy_compression = Compression::Snappy;
        let v = vec![0xff, 0xff];
        let encoded = snappy_compression
            .encode(v.clone())
            .expect("Should work without exceptions");
        assert_eq!(snappy_compression.decode(encoded).unwrap(), v);
    }

}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


HoboTrashcan – Page 291 – One man's trash is another man's pop culture.
This week, HoboTrashcan's food blogger Fontina Turner joins Joel Murphy and Lars in studio (a.k.a. an undisclosed basement). They discuss Channing Tatum being cast as Gambit, Fontina's creative process and Adam Scott's adorableness.


Joe Wesnitzer hasn't been this happy in a long time. Puffing on a cigarette at his 50-plus acre ranch nestled in the base of the Big Horns, he watches a newborn Scottish Highland calf sidle up to its mother. Her long hair rustles in the breeze as she licks the baby's hindquarters. Puffy clouds slide across the light blue sky as the sun burns off the chill of early morning.
Originally from Sheridan, Joe has been waiting to come home for decades after spending the bulk of his career in Colorado, working for a telephone company and helping to raise his grandchildren. Not a fan of Colorado, he was more or less counting days and biding his time. In his ball cap with a short gray pony tail sprouting out back, Joe doesn't look much like the typical rancher.
Ranching was his older brother's idea – as were the Scottish Highland cattle – which aren't commonly seen around here though their long hair and bulky frames do well in the mountains, according to Joe. His first Highland cow Emgie came from Miles City, and supposedly there's a children's book written about her, but Joe's never seen it. In the past couple years, they've grown their herd up to 18 cattle, a bull and several newborn calves.
A couple days ago, one of their cows prolapsed during birth and Joe and his girlfriend Carol Sims, neither of whom come from a ranching background, have been learning things the hard way. Despite the long hours and the sometimes-laborious learning curve, Joe is out here having fun.
The beef gets sold at Landon's weekly Saturday Market, along with his vegetables, courtesy of his current experimentation with hydroponics, which make up the other arm of his operation. Right now, he has a greenhouse full of leafy vegetables and the bones of another greenhouse lay in wait beside it.
Inside the greenhouse, the temperature averages a balmy 86 degrees, prompting Carol and her daughter Kelly to throw on their bikinis and do a little sunbathing mid-winter. In the muggy air, recycled water trickles overhead down through a series of white, plastic PVC pipe cylinders, which sprout the plants. More than 200 towers produce over 1,000 plants.
The sun is his only source of heat, and other than a pump, a couple fans for circulation and a swamp cooler to moderate heat in the summer, it's pretty much a confined system. He built and designed it all on his own, costing him about a quarter of a pre-built.
This is his fourth design as he continues to tweak his system. In the next greenhouse, he'll double up production with two rows of plants per tower.
He initially got interested in hydroponics after being introduced to it through his grandniece and her boyfriend. From there, Joe took some classes online and attended a few workshops at Bright Agrotech in Laramie, which has since been bought out by Plenty, and like everything else, he simply learned through trial and error. He was drawn to the ingenuity of the system and the ability to have leafy, green vegetables year-round.
He started building it two years ago in August, and by spring, had his first crop of lettuce, which he sold at the farmer's market.
"People were pretty surprised when I walked in with a cooler full of lettuce in March," he said.
To his knowledge, there are no other commercial hydroponic growers in town. Although he wished there were, so they could bounce ideas off of one another and save themselves some of the headaches – like his current outbreak of algae in a few of the towers.
Right now, he restricts his crops to seven varieties of lettuce, and Swiss chard, kale and basil. Eventually, he'll move on to root vegetables like tomatoes and onions. For the most part, his system is organic, though he does use a man-made product to help mitigate the algae.
The process starts with a seed pod that is inserted into a green, growth medium that looks and feels like the turf on a football field. The medium cushions the seedling on both sides and acts like a soil. It needs to be cleaned about once a week after harvesting, so Joe unscrews the cylinder and takes it outside for a power wash to prevent algae from growing.
It's a laborious job and thus far not terribly lucrative. He laughs when asked about his profit margin. Money-wise, he's definitely still in the red. To build the greenhouse system cost him just under $25,000. Every seed pod is about 60 cents to plant while his lettuce sells for only $10 a pound, which includes anywhere from two to four plants.
"I don't even want to add up the hours of labor," he said with a laugh.
Technically, he's retired and is more or less just having fun, though he'd like to make a little money. This will entail building a second greenhouse and hiring on some laborers. For now, his granddaughter is going to join him at his farmer's market booth this summer and plans to grow and sell strawberries.
"She'll make more money than me because she's a lot cuter," he said, grinning.
And though he still runs into the occasional elderly shopper who refuses to buy any vegetable not grown directly in the ground, Joe says people are open to hydroponics, and the local gardening community has never been exclusive. He'd like to see hydroponics catch on, and right now, he and his friend Donald Legerski are building miniature systems to be used in local schools and with Sheridan 4-H kids.
Who would have thought that a retired telephone guy would ever become a hydroponic rancher, Joe wonders daily, but for now he's going to make a big salad and watch the sun go down.


Today, from scratch, I prepared a spinach salad, complete with spinach, eggs, shredded marble cheese, peanuts, sunflower seeds, and oil and vinegar dressing. It was very tasty.
I didn't know that Diana (Wonder Woman) Prince owned a "mod boutique" until reading this 1969 issue of Lois Lane. Groovy.
Superman claims that the wig isn't his bag because it'll increase his wind resistance when he flies. Uh...you're Superman. You can fly through the sun, and you're worried about the drag from a wig? I guess he was desperate for any excuse to get out of Diana's little game of dress-up.
Needless to say, this issue's plot revolves around Lois' perennial jealousy over Wonder Woman. At this stage in comic book history, Wonder Woman was operating sans super-powers, using martial arts mojo and feminist determination to demolish her foes, so for once Lois thought she wasn't a threat...until this little scene. Why Lois keeps on pining after Superman I'll never know.
Especially when Lana Lang is single. You're young, Lois - experiment a little.
"It's a miracle you got out of that missle range with your 36-24-36 still intact!"
Gee, Superman - it's a good thing that Lois, as the hip 60s broad she is, doesn't mind being completely objectified. I've been as guilty of objectifying women as the next guy, but come on - you're Superman. You should hold yourself to a higher standard.
And in the very next instant, after delivering a line like that, you propose? In the most offensive manner possible? Lois doesn't seem fazed, though.
"He's proposing, just as the time-scope said he would!" Apparently, the time-scope said Superman would propose as a thuggish lout.
Those of you familiar with the comics may wonder if this was one of the infamous "imaginary stories," or if Superman is under the influence of a magic spell, alien mind ray, or the like. Nope. This story happened in the prime continuity of the Earth-1 years, and Superman was in his right mind. In other words, there's no excuse for his behaviour.
Well, except maybe one. Stories in Lois Lane, as one might expect, bore a lot more resemblance to the romance comics of the day than other superhero books, and extremes of male and female behaviour were often portrayed in all their histrionic glory. Lois and her female supporting characters were obsessed with marriage and romance; male characters were just as stereotyped. Plus, as the viewpoint character, one might wonder if Lois is a reliable narrator or not.
Ah, I'm just making excuses.
No Job Too Small...for Superman!
Superman is known for saving the world against impossible odds, but one of the reasons I love the character so much is his simple humanity, and his willingness to help out wherever he's needed. There's no problem so inconsequential that Superman isn't willing to take a moment out of his busy day to address it.
Here, Superman extinguishes a moderately dangerous stovetop fire with one puff of his super-breath. Were you or I in this situation, we would have had to put a lid on the pot to stop the blaze. Not the people of Metropolis!
GREAT KRYPTON! Melting ice cream! Thank goodness for Superman!
Flying the truck up into space seems like an awful lot of trouble for such a trifling problem, but Superman isn't aggravated at all - he's happy to lend a hand. I do wonder why he didn't simply use his super-cold-breath power to chill the ice cream, though.
I hope there's not a volcano erupting or train derailing somewhere. "Superman, six thousand villagers died with your name on their lips! 'Superman, save us!' they cried! But WHERE WERE YOU?"
"Er, I was playing hula hoops with some of the neighbourhood kids..."
Of course, when a runaway truckful of dynamite is careening towards a helpless toddler, there's only one man to call.
...Superman, help! I can't open this jar of pickles!
Superman! My little girl let go of her balloon!
Superman! Help! I'M POOPING MY PANTS!
As we see in this panel, comic book villains, too, have the ability to scream expository dialogue at a rapid pace. If I were about to fall from the top of a train, I'm sure all I've have time to yell would be "AAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEE" or some such.
In this panel from the same story, Batman is incapacitated because he (snicker) steps on a pebble. Ooooooo, look out! It's Batman! Dread terror of the night! He's laid out for the rest of the story, leaving the task of capturing the bad guys up to Robin and Batwoman (a part-time superheroine/circus performer). Poor Batman.
One of the things that has always amazed me about superheroes is their ability to yell lengthy expository dialogue in record time. Batman, seen here, can think quickly enough to recognize his predicament and finish talking about it before his head hits the murky brine - and he's not even supposed to have any super-powers. Pretty astounding, when you think of it.
"Doctor Doom's energy suit - BOOBY TRAPPED! It's radiating a concentrated burst of gamma rays, rendering me unconscious! I'm - I'm passing out! Unnnnhhh!"
How I love comic books.
I'm still sick, and sicker thanks to health "reforms" the Alberta government is currently shilling. It's snake oil for the 21st century - reassuring words and a bottle of bitter water.
If anyone wants to accompany me, let me know. March 24th, U of A.
During the course of his storied career, Superman has fought all manner of dangerous foes - from the insidious evil of Lex Luthor to the brutal buffoonery of Bizarro.
That makes everything so much clearer.
I love the "Your President Loves to Point" poster at lower left.
This is a job for...uh, what the hell?
Needless to say, the duplicate duplicator, when switched on, sets matters to right, pulling the real Earth out of limbo and sending the bogus Earth into another dimension, where its inhabitants presumably enjoy their wacky alternate lives to this day.
Superman had a tough job. Imagine living on a world in which random good-natured geniuses ("Professer Nurd?" I mean, really) can cause globe-spanning catastrophes without intending any harm. And on top of that, you have people like the Toyman creating deadly hula hoops, giant gorillas with a wide range of super-powers and sociopathic tendencies, as well as the hassle of maintaining a secret identity. It's a wonder Superman isn't in the loony bin.
I haven't been sick in a while, so I guess I should have suspected that when illness came it would be a doozy. Well, for a head cold; I'm certainly not complaining, given all those who are suffering from far worse maladies.
"S! It's my favourite letter."
The short actually scared me a little as a kid, partly because of Superman's deep voice, the sound effects of the spaceship and storm, and the music, which I recall as vaguely threatening.
Anyone else remember the short? And did Batman ever appear on Sesame Street?
I'm home sick today, and Sylvia suggested I pop a couple of Advil Cold & Flu. When I opened the bottle, I noticed one of those preservative gel-packs, packaged in the form of a little barrel. "DO NOT EAT" was stamped on the side of the little barrel, and it made me laugh. "What's this?" I said, "DO NOT EAT, hee hee hee," I giggled.
"If it didn't say that, you would SO eat it," Sylvia said.


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Tk15,000cr projects to boost connectivity
Kayes Sohel
Published at 07:45 pm March 4th, 2016
The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has proposed massive projects to upgrade Bangladesh's infrastructure to boost regional connectivity and unlock the country's trade and investment potentials.
Under the projects, the 190km road from Tangail's Elenga to Sirajganj's Hatikumrul of the Dhaka-Rangpur Highway will be upgraded to four-lane. Roads will be broadened and 17 medium-sized bridges, flyovers and culverts will be constructed to connect with it.
The Tangail-Rangpur road will be part of a 1,741km highway to link Bangladesh with the Asian Highway – a network of 141,000km cross-continental roads. Bangladesh joined the network in 2009.
The RHD's proposed projects will cost Tk15,255 crore – Tk12,000 crore will come from foreign funding and the government will provide the rest. They are expected to be completed by 2020.
The RHD wrote to the Planning Ministry for including the projects in the revised ADP, ministry sources said. They are being scrutinised.
"As part of our economic growth goals, the upcoming projects aim to achieve development by setting up regional and sub-regional trade links," Road Transport and Highways Division Secretary MAN Siddique told the Dhaka Tribune yesterday.
He said the Tangail-Rangpur Highway was the second phase of the Asian Highway and it would also be part of Sasec (South Asia Sub-Regional Economic Cooperation) and the BBIN (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal).
The first phase, involving construction of 70km Joydebpur-Elenga road, is expected to end by 2018. Feasibility study for the third phase – the Rangpur-Burimari road – is under process.
"It will boost regional connectivity and help industrialisation in the north," Siddique added.
According to the projects proposal, nearly 70% of domestic roads will be part of the Asian Highway but the infrastructure is unsuitable for heavy vehicles while fund crunch dogged upgrade works.
It claims 43,000 vehicles will use the Dhaka-North Bengal route daily by 2020. Currently, 12,000 to 29,000 vehicles use it.
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka set up Sasec in 2001 to promote regional prosperity through improved connectivity, boosting trade and strengthening economic cooperation.
In 2013, the BCIM (Bangladesh, China, India and Myanmar) initiative added momentum to connect Kolkata and Kunming via road, through Myanmar and Bangladesh.
According to the World Bank, South Asia's intra-regional trade accounts for 5% of the total trade, compared to 25% in ASEAN. Greater regional connectivity will boost growth and shared prosperity prospects of South Asia, home to 44% of the world's poor.


Slips, trips and falls are by far the most common health and safety incidents that occur in UK workplaces. They can happen in any environment and to any person, and can cause serious injury and distress to the person affected. If the right measures aren't taken to prevent trips and falls, such incidents may even result in a company having to pay injured employees compensation.
However, employees also have a role to play in preventing slips, trips and falls. See part 2 of this guide for the steps workers can take to make themselves and their workplaces safer.


Check out this amazing recipe from Carmel!
Check out Lisa's 3 Tips to Relieve Holiday Stress featured in Grokker.
A pumpkin spice smoothie that is actually good for you! Lets face it, most pumpkin flavored smoothies are really just glorified milk shakes, jam packed with sugar and artificial flavors….


text:
from django.shortcuts import render, redirect
from django.http import (
    HttpResponseForbidden,
    Http404,
    HttpResponse
)
from django.core.mail import send_mail
from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
from django.db import transaction
from django.core.paginator import Paginator, EmptyPage, PageNotAnInteger

from matcher.services import (
    create_user,
    create_posts,
    create_potential,
    update_jobpost,
    delete,
    get_jobs_per_category, get_matches, verify_job,
)
from matcher.forms import (RegistrationForm, JobPostForm,
                           UpdateForm, PotentialForm, SearchForm, MatchedForm)
from matcher.models import (JobPost, DEGREE, MASTERS, PHD,
                            TERTIARY_COLLEGE, SINGLE, MARRIED)

SUBJECT = 'YOUR JOB APPLICATION'
MESSAGE = 'Greetings applicant, we are happy to inform you that you have been ' \
          'shortlisted for this position. ' \
          'We hereby invite for an interview tomorrow at 1000hrs.'

def index(request):
    """
    Home page view
    :param request:
    """
    jobs = JobPost.objects.all().order_by('-created')
    paginator = Paginator(jobs, 12)
    page = request.GET.get('page')
    try:
        jobs = paginator.page(page)
    except PageNotAnInteger:
        jobs = paginator.page(1)
    except EmptyPage:
        jobs = paginator.page(paginator.num_pages)

    context = {
        'all_jobs': jobs,
    }
    return render(request, 'matcher/home.html', context)

def register(request):
    if request.method == 'POST':
        user_form = RegistrationForm(request.POST)
        if user_form.is_valid():
            username = user_form.cleaned_data.get('username')
            email = user_form.cleaned_data.get('email')
            password = user_form.cleaned_data.get('password')
            reg_type = user_form.cleaned_data.get('reg_type')

            permissions = ['Can view potential employees applications',
                           'Can change job post', 'Can delete job post',
                           'Can add job post']

            with transaction.atomic():
                create_user(request, username, email, password,
                            reg_type, permissions)

            return redirect('home')
        else:
            return render(request, 'matcher/register.html', {'form': user_form})
    else:
        user_form = RegistrationForm()

    return render(request, 'matcher/register.html', {'form': user_form})

@login_required(login_url='login')
def create_jobs(request):
    """
    Permissions: only users with add_jobpost permission can create new job posts
    :param request:
    """
    if not request.user.has_perm('matcher.add_jobpost'):
        return HttpResponseForbidden('User not authorised to create job post')
    if request.method == 'POST':
        jobs_form = JobPostForm(request.POST)
        user = request.user
        data = request.POST
        with transaction.atomic():
            create_posts(user, data)
        return redirect('home')
    else:
        jobs_form = JobPostForm()
    return render(request, 'matcher/post.html', {'form': jobs_form})

@login_required(login_url='login')
def update_post(request, post_id):
    """
    Permissions: only users with change_jobpost permission can update new job posts
    :param request:
    :param post_id: id for post to update
    :return:
    """
    user = request.user
    if not user.has_perm('matcher.change_jobpost'):
        return HttpResponseForbidden('User not authorised to edit post')

    if request.method == 'POST':
        form = UpdateForm(request.POST)
        data = request.POST
        with transaction.atomic():
            update_jobpost(post_id, data)
        return redirect('home')
    else:
        form = UpdateForm()
        job_data = JobPost.objects.get(id=post_id)
    return render(request, 'matcher/update.html', {'form': form, 'job_data': job_data})

@login_required(login_url='login')
def delete_post(request, post_id):
    """
    Permissions: only users with delete_jobpost permission can delete job posts
    :param request:
    :param post_id: job post to delete
    """
    user = request.user
    if not user.has_perm('matcher.delete_jobpost'):
        return HttpResponseForbidden('User not authorised to delete post')
    # post = delete(post_id)
    # if not post:
    #     return Http404()
    # return HttpResponse()

    try:
        delete(post_id)
    except JobPost.DoesNotExist:
        raise Http404()
    return HttpResponse()

def view_job(request):
    job_id = request.POST.get('job_id')
    job = JobPost.objects.get(id=job_id)
    return render(request, 'matcher/display.html', {'details': job})

def get_jobs(request):
    """

    :param request:
    Description: retrieves posts based on given categories
    """

    category = request.POST.get('category')
    jobs = get_jobs_per_category(category)

    if jobs is None:
        raise Http404()

    return render(request, 'matcher/categories.html', {'jobs': jobs})

def save_potential(request, job_id):
    """

    :param request:
    :param job_id: the id of the job being applied for
    Description: Method creates details for all applicants
    """
    if request.method == 'POST':
        pot_form = PotentialForm(request.POST)
        if pot_form.is_valid():
            data = pot_form.cleaned_data
            with transaction.atomic():
                create_potential(job_id, data)
            return redirect('home')
        else:
            render(request, 'matcher/potential.html', {'form': pot_form})
    else:
        pot_form = PotentialForm()
    return render(request, 'matcher/potential.html', {'form': pot_form})

@login_required(login_url='login')
def get_matched_applicants(request, job_id):
    """

    :param request:
    :param job_id: id for the specified job post
    :return: list of matched job posts
    """
    user = request.user
    if not user.has_perm('matcher.can_view_potential'):
        return HttpResponseForbidden('User not authorised to view applications')

    """
    User should choose at least 3 parameters to filter applicants
    """
    verify = verify_job(user, job_id)

    if verify == False:
        raise Http404()

    if verify is None:
        return HttpResponseForbidden('This is not your job post. Please look '
                                     'for post that you have created')
    if request.method == 'POST':
        app_form = MatchedForm(request.POST)
        if app_form.is_valid():
            age = app_form.cleaned_data.get('age')
            marital_status = app_form.cleaned_data.get('marital_status')
            experience = app_form.cleaned_data.get('experience')
            salary = app_form.cleaned_data.get('salary')
            edu_level = app_form.cleaned_data.get('edu_level')

            applicants = get_matches(job_id, age, marital_status,
                                     experience, salary, edu_level)

            return render(request, 'matcher/matched.html', {'applicants': applicants})
        else:
            return render(request, 'matcher/applications.html', {'form': app_form})
    else:
        app_form = MatchedForm()

    return render(request, 'matcher/applications.html', {'form': app_form})

@login_required(login_url='login')
def send_invitation_email(request):
    """

    :param request:
    :return: empty HttpResponse object
    """
    from matcher.models import Potential
    app_id = request.POST['mail']

    applicant = Potential.objects.get(id=app_id)

    sender = request.user.email
    send_mail(SUBJECT, MESSAGE, sender, [applicant.email])
    return HttpResponse()


You need to spend time doing administrative tasks (filing, record-keeping, paper-work – call it what you will).
It's a nuisance, but it has to happen. Keep everything tidy, and file things systematically on your computer.
Book-keeping is boring but necessary.


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Editor Interview: Juniper: A Poetry Journal
A: Poetry in all its forms.
Lisa Young, Founding Editor on 28 November 2018 Read other editors' answers to this question
A: Petal Journal is an inspiration - a gorgeous online archive of work by female poets. The Poetry Foundation is another favourite, for all their archives of poems - an inexhaustible supply! Thrush Poetry Journal houses some incredible works. The list goes on and on. I must mention a few more though: Minola Review and The Puritan Magazine.
A: When it comes to poetry, I don't necessarily think in terms of favourite poets - so much as favourite poems.
When I first started the magazine and had not yet published our first issue, I listed three favourite poems which are still on our submissions page. But new favourites are emerging constantly. Today it was Li-Young Lee's "Little Ache", Robyn Sarah's "Riveted" and Julie Cameron Gray's "Performance Art".
On Juniper's twitter page, we sometimes tweet poems we love that we've come across. For example, "Elsewhere" by Alycia Pirmohamed in The /temz/ Review and "Introduction to Quantum Theory" by Franny Choi in The Adroit Journal.
All the poems published in Juniper are favourites!
A: We tend to publish, on average, about 17 poets' work per issue - which is a hefty amount for an online magazine. But other than that, I'm not sure that we're doing anything different per se than any other online poetry magazine. What is clear is that there are many poems searching for a home - and we open our doors every January, May and September. We do our best to promote our contributors and we're always looking for new ways to grow our readership.
A: 1) Send your very best work!
2) While it's nice to receive poems that "speak" to each other, we also like variety. So for example, sending poems on the same subject matter/topic may not provide enough of a variety of poems to choose from.
3) We definitely appreciate when submitters have read at least one issue and have a sense of the aesthetic of the magazine, before submitting.
4) And if you receive a rejection asking you to submit again during our next reading period, we really mean it. Don't give up on us too quickly.
5) Follow the guidelines.
6) Surprise us - take some chances in your poetry.
A: An ideal submission might start with a warm greeting, or at least "Dear Editors." The submitter would perhaps mention a poem or two that they enjoyed in one of our issues and they might tell us a bit about themselves. Most importantly, the poems would be well-crafted, surprising, delightful, moving - even awe-inspiring. There would be no typos. They would have followed the guidelines perfectly and included a third person bio.
A: The three most common mistakes are:
1) Sending attachments (as we ask the submission to be pasted into the body of the email).
2) Sending submissions outside our reading period.
3) Not including a third person bio.
A: We do like to get to know our submitters and bios are a practical and fast way to get a glimpse of the poet at work behind the scenes and/or out in the poetry community. Since we publish both emerging and established poets, we are just as proud to feature a poem in Juniper by a poet who's never been published before as we are to feature an established poet's work.
A: Since we ask for only three previously unpublished poems - we read every submission from beginning to end.
A: At the end of the submission period, our poetry readers compile their shortlist of poems from the unsolicited submissions. I re-read all the shortlisted poems and make a final decision as to which poems will be accepted.
A: When we're open for submissions, I read submissions almost every single day. I read most submissions online, but if I see a poem that I'm particularly interested in, I will print it up and consider it on paper. I might spend several days considering one poem. It's important for me to spend time with a poem to fully appreciate it. I also compile a shortlist as I read. I have a yes, no and maybe pile - which will be in flux throughout the month. Once submissions are closed, and all our readers have handed in their shortlists, final decisions are made.
A: Whatever works for a particular publication, because if it doesn't suit the publishers, how long will the publication last? Juniper was founded in May 2017 and we hope to be around for a long time to come. We're ever vigilant to expand and develop our journal (which includes keeping up with modern technologies) but doing so in a way that we don't overreach and over-commit ourselves to more than we can handle. We like to keep it simple. Keep it current. At Juniper, we've embraced social media as it's a wonderful way to reach our readers and frankly we could hardly thrive without it!
A: The whole issue is proofread. If there are any errors, such as typos or any questions about the text, I always query the poet first to confirm/clarify if anything needs to be corrected/changed.
Q: Do you nominate work you've published for any national or international awards?
A: Yes. This year we sent off our nominations for the Pushcart Prize. And we are on the list of magazines consulted for the Best Canadian Poetry Series.


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 David Ferguson is a writer, painter, and producer of dance and film. As a Founding Artistic co-Director of Suddenly Dance Theatre (1992-present) in Victoria, B.C. he has been a producer/curator of numerous collaborative, multi-media projects and dance productions, including the annual Romp! Festival (20x). He works in a variety of media with longtime collaborator Miles Lowry. In 2005, they co-founded Suddenly Media Productions to develop, create, produce, and distribute new media works made for public art gallery, stage, print, broadcast television and feature film.
Early on as a visual artist, David Ferguson's artwork was selected for the Royal Canadian Academy's Arts2000 exhibit in Stratford, Ontario. His one-man show of paintings Courtyard for a Bird was presented at the Nanaimo Art Gallery, in Nanaimo, B.C. in 2002 and his exhibition of multi-media works with Miles Lowry NATURE ECSTASY was presented at Open Space in January 2005.


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That Friday was my birthday, and Jose and Jen had another yage session planned with the taita. As far as I was concerned, I'd had enough and thought I probably understood the gist of the experience. At the same time, there wasn't much going on in Mocoa, so I considered returning, just because I'd enjoyed the ambience and the music. Angelica told me she'd been to hell, but even she was thinking about going back. Her son urged her not to, telling her she'd had a bad trip. Rolf had remained in his hammock the whole night. I'd almost forgotten he was there. As far as the Spaniard was concerned, he was through with yage, but felt like he'd gotten something out of the experience.
There was an Irishman named John who was in the bed next to me. He'd been there when I arrived, and was in the middle of a cleanse, so hadn't joined us, but planned on going out on Friday. He'd done it before, and for those of us who'd been through it, it was all we wanted to talk about.
You might've heard about the Japanese soldier who'd refused to surrender at the end of World War 2, and had spent the next 29 years hiding on an island in the Philippines. It had been like that for me. I'd been out there fighting in the jungle of my mind for years, refusing to admit that the war was over. I would never surrender either, but instead dreamed of one day breaking through a clearing and finding a whole platoon of soldiers, fighting the same fight as me. That's how it felt with the group of travelers I met in Mococa. We grew instantly close, not just because of the ayahuasca, but also because we'd been out defying the odds in our own way most of our lives.
The day of the second ceremony, my plan had been to hike to a waterfall called End of the World, but when I woke up it was pouring rain and the attendant at the front gate told me the river was too high to cross. I gave it a few for more hours, until after the rain had tapered off a little, but he said there was still a group that had been waiting two hours for the river to go down. He suggested I visit a nearby animal park instead.
On paper it sounded like a good idea, since it featured animals native to the Amazon; tapirs, capybaras, monkeys, crocodiles, parrots, and even a black jaguar. It ended up being the last week of school, however, so the park was packed with kids and their teachers. The only way to get in was to take a tour with a guide. By late afternoon we were only half-way through the tour and I was practically convulsing with impatience. That state of mind was not going to be conducive to a good ayahuasca experience, and I knew it, yet I'd determined to take the medicine once more.
When I got back, after walking briskly two miles, mostly uphill, afraid that I was going to miss my ride to the ceremony, I found the others still in bed, resting up. Only John and Angelica were going, as well as a young guy, Miguel who'd just shown up from Cali. Jose and Jen were picking up people again, so Angelica went with them, and John, Miguel, and I took the taxi.
The energy was totally different from the first night. It was darker. The clouds were smothering the sky. The energy felt tense and somber. I saw that Don Diego was back, laying out his magic kit and drum, making strange sounds, smelling like a putrid sea. We sat around the fire, but no one talked. Angelica looked worried.
It was well after nine when the taita finally got around to his chanting. There were many assistants there that night, apprentices of the well-respected shaman. It seemed they made up a majority of the people in line for the medicine, yet it was so dark it was hard to tell who was there or what was going on. I drank my shot and went and sat beside the fire. It was so quiet. A long time passed and I only heard one person get up to vomit. I wondered if they were serving a less potent brew. Jose and Jen had conceded that the last batch had been very strong. Almost everyone had had an extreme reaction.
I was just starting to think the medicine wasn't working, when my stomach suddenly turned, not wildly, but enough to make me get up and walk over to a tree. I puked a few times, then took hold of the tree, and puked a little more. I started rocking back and forth and realized I was about to get really sick. My goal was to make it to the bathroom, which by now looked miles away, lit only by a small, dim candle. I wouldn't make it that far. All of a sudden, I was tripping harder than I'd ever tripped before. I was back in the pixelated world of beckoning women and didn't want to be there. The buzzing of all the insects in the jungle took on a frightening intensity.
I staggered from tree to tree, falling to my knees, savagely retching. At the base of each tree, demonic green women were motioning to me, needing to feed on my vomit, wanting me to come and stay with them forever. I didn't want to go with them. They were from a world I didn't belong to. If I went with them, I could never return. I knew that I was on the brink of losing my mind.
When I got up, the green women stood between the trees, blocking the way to the bathroom. I tried to start back to the camp, but fell on all fours, puking so hard, it was like I was being turned inside out. A woman with a long green tongue lapped up every drop of it. I flipped over, and started crab-walking in the direction of the camp, only reaching the perimeter of it, before I had to sit up and puke between my knees. What a memorable birthday. I was sure that I would never recover. One of the assistants came over, looking like a black angel, asking if I was OK. I wanted to cry out, but found I couldn't speak.
After he left, I began to pray. I prayed to Jesus Christ, the son of God, with all my heart and soul and might. I'd been raised to worship Jesus, been baptized twice, and given my heart to him at least half a dozen times, always taking it back eventually. Usually when I uttered his name, I was taking it in vain. Now I cried out loud and prayed that he would save me, forgive me, and deliver me from the hell I was in.
I also prayed to my father, the preacher, who'd passed away seven years earlier in a sudden and unexpected way. I prayed to him to intercede for me, to speak up on my behalf. Why did I think he might have any sway? Because my father loved Jesus and had followed him through thick and thin. For much my life I'd considered him the biggest wet blanket in the world, but in this fateful hour, saw clearly that he'd been doing the most important job there is, standing at the crossroads between life and death, helping those about to cross over prepare for the transition.
Three weeks earlier, on All Saint's Day, in Santa Marta, I'd had a strange experience, where I'd momentarily felt possessed by my father. He'd had a difficult, often disappointing ministry, but had stayed the course. I now saw that he'd been a saint in his own way, caring about others, particularly the homeless, until his dying day. If he'd been trying to get my attention, now he had it in full. I sat with my head between my legs, unable to stop puking, knowing that I'd lost my mind, begging him to save me.


Does light-stick content pose any threat to marine organisms?
Congresso Brasileiro de Ecotoxicologia (Ecotox), realizado em São Pedro, São Paulo, Brasil, del 03 a 06 de Julho de 2006.
AVALIAÇÃO DA TOXICIDADE DO CONTEÚDO DE ATRATORES LUMINOSOS (LIGHTSTICKS) AO MICROCRUSTÁCEO PLANCTÔNICO ARTEMIA SP.
VII Congresso SETAC-LA, realizado em Santiago, Chile, de 16 a 19 de Outubro de 2005.
This here I find on the beach, take it home, then I get here and if there is no gas I cut it open, pour it on the fire and light a match. That is a strange big fire. If there is no gas for the gas lamp, I go back to the beach, get a good amount of these, because you need more than 500 to fill up the gas lamp, so I cut them with the knife, fill up the gas lamp, and with this trunk here, I light up my place until the next morning.
Isto aqui eu acho na praia, trago pra casa, chego aqui, quando eu não tenho gás, aí eu corto ele de facão, meto no fogo e risco o fósforo, é um fogão esquisito. Quando não tem gás pro candeeiro, eu vou na praia outra vez, arranjo um bocado, que é mais de 500 pra dá um candeeiro de gás, e aí sento o facão, encho o candeeiro, e me alumio até de manhã, com este troço aqui.
Das hier finde ich am Strand, bringe es nach Hause, komme hier an, und wenn kein Gas da ist, dann schneide ich das mit dem Messer auf, schütte es auf die Feuerstelle und zünde ein Streichholz an. Das gibt ein merkwürdiges, großes Feuer. Wenn kein Gas für die Gaslampe da ist, gehe ich nochmal an den Strand, treibe eine schöne Menge auf, denn man braucht mehr als 500 für eine Gaslampe, und dann gehe ich mit dem Messer ran, fülle die Gaslampe und beleuchte mich bis zum Morgen mit diesem Stab hier.
Read some of the statements that we have received as emails sent by people from different states in Brazil (including one from Uruguay) regarding lightsticks on beaches.
Have you found any lightsticks on the beach already?
Leia alguns depoimentos que nós recebemos pelo e-mail, de pessoas de diferentes estados do Brasil (inlcusive um do Uruguai), citando a ocorrência dos lightsticks na praia.
Você já encontrou lightstick na praia?
Hello, once I had seen a poster about the lightsticks in Baixios, I started to pay more attention to the beaches, the litter on the beaches along the North Coast of Bahia. And then I found some lightsticks at Praia do Forte. I would like to inform you that I always find them on the same beach. I have kept the lightsticks her with me and I would like to hand them over to you, how can I do this?
Olá, Encontrando um cartaz de divulgação sobre os sinalizadores em Baixios, comecei a prestar mais atenção às praias, ao lixo nas praias do litoral norte da bahia. Foi ai que encontrei alguns sinalizadores na Praia do Forte. Gostaria de frizar que sempre venho encontrando na mesma praia. Os sinalizadores estão guardados aqui comigo, e eu gostari de estar entregando a vocês, como posso estar fazendo isso?
First of all, congratulations on your work. The initiative should be multiplied. Since 1991, I hike trails on the coast of Maranhão and I have been pointing out to the pollution of these trails by marine litter, in particular the litter that is dumped by ships mooring in the port of São Luís. My biggest concern, however, are the lightsticks, which are found on big scale on the coast. The problem is that our fishermen think that the liquid inside these objects is a remedy and use it indiscriminately. We know that this is toxic garbage, and we would like you to send us some specific informative material on these objects.
We found here, in Morro de São Paulo, a lightstick and we would like to know what we should do in order to return it as soon as possible.
Maranhão where I know that they occur frequently and to start informing the public about the problem in the region.
público sobre o problema, na região.
Fabiano, I know a person who lives in São Luis do Maranhão, to whom I sent the posters of global garbage about the lightsticks, and he told me that he found many of the sticks on the beaches there, close to Lençois.
muitos bastões nas praias de lá, isso pros lados dos Lençois.
We were impressed by the statement of a native person from an island who said that she travels to Salvador to massage an acquaintance using the lightsticks and that he, the "patient" said that his state has improved with this product, asking her to bring him more!!! Can you image that ???
Ficamos impressionados com o depoimento de uma nativa da Ilha que disse que viaja para Salvador para fazer massagem em um conhecido, utilizando os sinalizadores e que ele, o "paciente", disse ter melhorado com o uso desse produto, inclusive pedindo que ele levasse mais !!! Imagine você ???
Yes, I have already found lightsticks on the beach (1 year ago ). They used to be more frequent. What worries me is that people without any information use the sticks and also the colorful liquid inside. One fisherman, a friend of my husband, put the oily liquid into the motor of his boat to "lubricate" it. I would like to get some posters in order to disseminate them locally and also to collect everything that is found. Besides this type of garbage, a lot of other garbage is found, but most is left on the beaches by tourists that come on weekends.
Já encontrei lightstik na praia sim antes (1ano atras ) eram mais frequentes, o que me preocupa eh que pessoas sem nenhuma informaçao usavam os vasilhames e tb o liquido colorido, um pescador amigo de meu marido quando viu a textura oleosa chegou a por no motor da lancha para "lubrificar". gostaria de ter alguns cartazes para fazer a divulgaçao local e tb para recolher o que fosse encontrado, alem deste tipo de embalçagem muitas outras sao encontradas mas o maior numero ainda eh de lixo deixado pelos visitantes de fim de semana.
Are Lightsticks the luminescent sticks, approximately 20 cm long and with a diameter of 5 cm?? Yes, we do find them sometimes … And the children play with them!! I read the article about the danger of cancer, terrible… If you have a picture, please send it to me.
Lightsticks son unas barritas fluorescentes de unos 20 cm y 5 cm de diámetro?? a veces encontramos sí… y los niños juegan con ellas!! leí el artículo sobre el poder cancerígeno, un horror… si tenés alguna foto (liviana) x favor.
We found some garbage this winter, however in small scale. We observed that, of our garbage here in the North Coast of Santa Catarina, most is left by beach-goes, tourists.
Last week, we found some water bottles for shipwrecked on Praia do Balneário Barra do Sul. The name of the company was Viva Embalagens Ltda.
Regarding the Lightsticks, we found a few, but we do find them once in a while.
Encontramos alguns lixos nesse inverno, porém em pequena escala, como observamos o nosso lixo aqui no Litoral Norte de Santa Catarina fica na maior parte por conta dos banhistas, turistas.
Na semana passada encontramos algumas embalagens de água para náufragos na Praia do Balneário Barra do Sul. Com o nome da empresa Viva Embalagens Ltda.
Quanto aos Lightsticks encontramos poucos, mas sempre um ou outro é encontrado.
(type sardine) coming from Germany.
there are a lot of lightsticks and there you find the biggest quantity of garbage on the whole coast of Tibau do Sul.
(tipo sardinha) vindos da alemanha.
de todo litoral de Tibau do Sul.
on the beach of Tamandaré, they have started to appear frequently, and also in Alagoas. We also discovered that people have used the content of lightsticks inappropriately. We also made a flyer with warning information to be distributed but, like you, we do not know anything about the toxicity of the content of these sticks.
Just to add…Yes, lightsticks, and many ! We will make a "collection" of them…Few "gringo" garbage on the island…But on the other side, at Ponta do Garcês…. the stretch that goes until Valença…a lot.
acrescentando…sim, lighsticks, muitos ! vamos fazer 'coleção' deles…embalagens 'gringas' poucas na ilha…mas do outro lado, na <Ponta do Garcês….aquele pedaço que vai até Valença…muito.
I have been a marine biologist since 2001 and have been carrying out some environmental projects on the South Coast of Salvador, more specifically between the island of Tinharé and the peninsula of Maraú (Costa do Dendê). Although the projects that I coordinate are not linked to the question of litter, it is impressing to see the similarities of the comments that are made on the North Coast. Several types of plastic (including many lightsticks) are observed along all beaches of Costa do Dendê, most of which are not yet urbanized and have still rudimentary tourism (Boipeba Island, for example).
Sou biólogo marinho e, desde 2001, venho realizando alguns projetos ambientais no litoral ao sul de Salvador, mais especificamente entre a ilha de Tinharé e Península de Maraú (Costa do Dendê). Apesar de os projetos que coordeno não estarem vinculados à questão do lixo, é impressionante a semelhança que percebo com os comentários feitos pelos autores sobre a costa norte. Plásticos diversos (inclusive muitos sinalizadores) são observados ao longo de todas as praias da Costa do Dendê, sendo a maioria delas não urbanizadas e com o turismo ainda em crescimento (ilha de Boipeba, por exemplo).
Fabiano, I have been talking to a friend of mine, Leonardo Daher, he is a professional diver and diving teacher, about the famous lightsticks. He told me that divers have not been using this type of equipment for almost 2 years. I asked him also who was still using it and he told me that many fishermen still use it, and even their own children open up the sticks because if you rub the content on your skin it becomes "shiny".
Fabiano, estive conversando com um amigo meu, Leonardo Daher, ele é mergulhador profissional e professor de mergulho, sobre os famosos lightsticks. Ele me disse que por parte dos mergulhadores esse equipamento não tem sido mais usado há quase 2 anos. Perguntei tbm quem mais usava isso, ele disse que muitos pescadores ainda o utilizam, e que até seus próprios filhos abrem as embalagem pois qdo vc passa o conteúdo na pele vc fica "brilhando".
Ilhéus, mostly on those at the north and in Serra Grande. I have not yet seen it around here, but I have seen a lot in Barra Grande and in Canavieiras.
já vi muito em Barra Grande e em Canavieiras.


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República de Panamá (Spanish)
Motto: "Pro Mundi Beneficio" (Latin)
"For the Benefit of the World"
Anthem: Himno Nacional de Panamá (Spanish)
National anthem of Panama
and largest city
68% Amerindian–Mestizo
15% Black
10% White
6% Amerindian
1% other
Panamanian
Unitary presidential constitutional republic
Laurentino Cortizo
Jose Gabriel Carrizo
• from Spain
• from Colombia
75,517 km2 (29,157 sq mi) (118th)
• January 2013 census
542/km2 (1,403.8/sq mi) (156th)
$55.797 billion[1]
$15,265[1]
(PAB, USD)
UTC−5 (EST)
Panama is a country in Central America. Its official name is the Republic of Panama, and it is most famous for the Panama Canal. Countries bordering Panama are Costa Rica in the Northwest and Colombia in the Southeast. Panama is between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. Most of the people in Panama are Roman Catholic (about 80%).
1 Harbors
4 Provinces
6 Other websites
Harbors[change | change source]
The Caribbean coastline has many good natural harbors. However, Cristóbal, at the Caribbean terminus of the canal, had the only important port facilities in the late 1980s. The many islands of the Archipiélago de Bocas del Toro, near the beaches of Costa Rica, made an extensive natural roadstead and shield for the port of Almirante. The over 350 San Blas Islands, near Colombia, are spread out for more than 160 km along the sheltered Caribbean coastline.
Demographics[change | change source]
The population of Panama is about 3,405,813 in May 2010. The ethnic makeup of Panama is:
50.1%: Multiracial (European, African, Native American, Others).
22.0%: Black African (Bantu-Congo 42%, Akan-Igbo 20%, Mandinga-Wolof 20%, Yoruba 10%, Others 8%).
6.7%: Native American (Embera, Wounaan, Ngobe bugle, Kuna, Naso, Bribri).
8.6%: White European (Spanish-Canarian 74%, German 13%, Italian and Others 13%).
5.5%: Asian (Chinese 93%, Korean and Japanese 7%).
7.1%: Other.
The information there **Other** is likely including Arabs, East Indians, and some Russian.
For ships, Panama is a flag of convenience.
Economy[change | change source]
In 2011 Panama had an unemployment rate of 2.7%.[4] Panama also had a food surplus in August 2008. Panama was ranked at number 60 on the Human Development Index in 2008.
Panama's economy has experienced an economic boom in recent years. Real gross domestic product (GDP) growth was over 10.4% from 2006–2008. The Panamanian economy has been one of the fastest growing and best managed in Latin America. Latin Business Chronicle has predicted that Panama will be the fastest growing economy in Latin America in the five-year period of 2010–14.[5]
Panama is impacted by the global financial crisis. It threatens to damage the social gains made in the past few years.
The expansion project of the Panama Canal and the free trade agreement with the United States is expected to boost and extend the economy.
Provinces[change | change source]
The nine provinces and three provincial-level comarcas of Panama.
Main article: Provinces of Panama
Panama is divided into nine provinces. Also, there are five Comarcas (literally: "Shires") populated by a variety of indigenous groups.
Emberá
Kuna Yala
Ngöbe-Buglé Comarca
Kuna de Madugandí
Kuna de Wargandí
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Panama". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved April 19, 2012.
↑ "Gini Index". World Bank. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
↑ "Human Development Report 2011" (PDF). United Nations. 2011. Retrieved November 5, 2011.
↑ "Panama". CIA – The World Factbook. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
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