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Mount Jackson is a town in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,994 at the 2010 census.

For highway travelers passing by, Mount Jackson is easily identified from I-81 exit 273 by the water tower painted as a basket of apples, which was recently repainted. For those exploring off the highway, the town has history as a commercial and railroad hub in the region, with rich Civil War heritage and a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

History
in 1739, attracted by rich valley land and abundant water supply, Benjamin Allen purchased a 400-acre tract at the confluence of Mill Creek and the North Fork of the Shenandoah River and established a grist mill by 1746. Soon other settlers and small mills followed. The village was known as Mount Pleasant. On January 28, 1826, an act of the General Assembly of Virginia changed the name of the village in honor of General Andrew Jackson, the hero of the War of 1812.

Mount Jackson became relatively wealthy because of its location, about halfway between Winchester and Staunton along the Valley Turnpike through the Shenandoah Valley, at a place where a tributary, Mill Creek, fed into the North Fork of the Shenandoah River. This provided power for milling enterprises to serve the local farms. Another major road, Howard's Lick Turnpike, was started in 1856, originating in town heading towards mountainous western Virginia. Generating further development, Mt. Jackson was the original terminus of the spur of the Manassas Gap Railroad that extended from Strasburg, Virginia. This railroad was a key conduit for the crops and produce of the region to go to market further east.  The connection to Mt. Jackson was completed in 1859, but the Civil War stopped further construction so the line remained a spur with Mt. Jackson the endpoint. It was not until 1868, after the Baltimore & Ohio bought the line and repaired it from war damage, that the rail line was completed through to Harrisonburg. Mt. Jackson became a small but significant rail entrepot for grain, apples, and livestock, continuing to prosper as a mill and railroad town during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Civil War era
Company G of the 33rd Regiment of Virginia Infantry, part of the famous "Stonewall Brigade" under command of General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, was largely recruited in Mt. Jackson and vicinity.

The town saw conflict during the Civil War, incurred damage and was occupied by soldiers of both armies at various times. During his Valley Campaign of 1862, General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson made one of his headquarters just south of town at a manor on Rude's Hill, about 3 miles south of Mt. Jackson. As a highly defensible high ground position, commanding the Valley Pike, the North Fork of the Shenandoah River and Meem's Bottom and approaches south, Rude's Hill had a particularly active role in the Civil War, occupied, encamped on and contested by both armies from 1862 to 1865.

On November 16–18, 1863 Col. William H. Boyd's Union cavalry reconnoitered from West Virginia to the area of the Valley Pike. The Federal troopers skirmished at Woodstock, Edinburg and Mt. Jackson. North of Mt. Jackson the Federals encountered Confederate cavalry under command of Maj. Robert White. White. The rebel troopers retreated through Mt. Jackson fighting,  crossing the bridges through Meems Bottom and to the defensible position on Rude's Hill. Realizing that White's horse artillery could sweep the bridge from the hill, Boyd withdrew from the skirmish at Rude's Hill and withdrew to Woodstock, pursued by Confederate cavalry. Boyd's reconnaissance-in-force then returned to West Virginia. Losses from the Mount Jackson cavalry engagement were light on both sides.

Troop movements and engagements in and near the town were particularly active in May 1864, around the Battle of New Market, 7 miles from Mt. Jackson. On May 14 a delaying action was fought at Rude's Hill by the Confederate 18th Virginia Cavalry, under the overall command of Col. John Imboden. The Confederate cavalry slowed the Union advance, enabling Gen. John Breckinridge to gather the main body of his Confederate forces at New Market, about 4 miles away. After losing the battle on May 15, Union General Franz Sigel managed to organize a rearguard on Rude's Hill, with infantry east of the turnpike, some cavalry west of the road and the artillery behind the line. Due to the exhaustion of the men and low ammunition, Sigel decided to retreat across the Meems bottomland and the North Fork of the Shenandoah River to Mount Jackson. Breckinridge at the same time, concerned the Federals would make a stand on Rude's Hill, advanced his cavalry and artillery to the crest of Rude's Hill where they shelled and harassed Sigel's retreating Federals in Meems Bottom. The Union army managed to cross Mill Creek at Mt. Jackson and burned the bridge that spanned the creek to Mt. Jackson before the Confederates could catch up.

Rude's Hill was also the site of a Confederate stand following their demoralizing and humiliating defeat on September 22, 1864 at the Battle of Fisher's Hill, about 23 miles north of Mt. Jackson. Gen. Jubal Early rallied and deployed his remaining Confederate infantry in line across the top of the hill on November 22, 1864 to check the advance of two divisions of Union cavalry following them. The Union cavalry charged the Confederate line but were repulsed in a sharp action. Early then retreated from Rude's Hill to Harrisonburg, eventually retreating to the entrance of the Shenandoah Valley at Browns Gap in the Blue Ridge.

In a predawn raid on 3 Oct. 1864, Confederate Captain John McNeill led approximately 50 Confederate rangers against roughly 100 Union troopers of the 8th Ohio Cavalry Regiment guarding a bridge from Meems Bottom, a strategic crossing of the Valley Turnpike over the North Fork of the Shenandoah River to Mt. Jackson. The attack lasted just fifteen minutes with most of the Union cavalry captured but McNeill, one of the best-known and feared Confederate partisan raiders as leader of McNeill's Rangers, was mortally wounded. He was taken to the house on Rude's Hill, where his identity was later discovered by Union General Philip Sheridan's troops. He was later secreted away by a band of Confederates after the Federals had temporarily left, thinking him to sick to move. McNeill was taken by the Confederates to Harrisonburg where he died on November 10.

In October 1864, as part of Union General Phil Sheridan's 1864 Valley Campaign aimed at destroying anything of potential military value, Mt. Jackson's mill was obliterated. Towards the end of the war, Rude's Hill was also the scene of a cavalry skirmish when Confederate Brigadier General Thomas Rosser's troopers attacked Union troops guarding Confederate prisoners on March 7, 1865.

Outside of troop movements or significant engagements, Civil War skirmishes were recorded as happening at Mt. Jackson on March 25, 1862; June 3, 6 and 16, 1862; November 18, 1863; September 23–24, 1864; October 3, 1864; and March 7, 1865.

As the southern terminus of a north–south railroad line connecting to Northern Virginia, Mt. Jackson was an ideal location for military hospitals and became a center for military medical treatment, ultimately used by both sides in the conflict. A Confederate hospital was built in Mt. Jackson along the Manassas Gap Railroad in 1861, to which wounded and sick were to be transported by rail from the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. Dr. Andrew Russell Meem, a graduate of Princeton University and a native of Mt. Jackson, ran the hospital and the land was donated by Col. Levi Rinker, a large slaveowner and one of the wealthiest families in the valley. The hospital, intended as a wayside hospital for intermediate care not a permanent treatment facility for badly wounded, consisted of three two story buildings and could accommodate 500 patients, a mixture of wounded soldiers and those sick from disease. The hospital functioned nearly continuously throughout the war, attending to wounded from the battles of Antietam, Gettysburg as well as the Shenandoah Valley campaigns. In addition, with shifting control of the town some Union soldiers were treated at the hospital and at other makeshift hospitals in the town, including Union Church. A Confederate cemetery was established across from the hospital,  directly along the tracks of the railroad. At the end of the war in 1865, Union troops tore down the hospital, using the lumber to build a federal occupation installation on Rude's Hill, 3 miles south of Mt. Jackson. This post was removed in 1875 when the Reconstruction era ended.  The Confederate cemetery is all that visibly remains of the hospital today in the town of Mt. Jackson.

Historic buildings

One of the most notable landmarks in Mt. Jackson, Virginia is the little red brick Union Church in the center of town, built circa 1825, one of the oldest structures in the town. In 1822 an early settler bequeathed to the town a lot to build a nondenominational church for the use of any Christian congregations in the area. A frame church was originally erected on the site, but was replaced by the present brick structure around 1825. The church was used by both sides during the Civil War, including use as a hospital, with etchings on the walls by passing soldiers. Daniel Grey, a Revolutionary War soldier, lays buried here. Many of the most prominent early citizens of the area lay at rest in the church yard. Union Church is on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Mount Jackson Historic District encompasses 125 buildings, and contributing structures in the town.  This includes a variety of commercial, residential, and institutional buildings dating primarily from the late-19th to the early-20th century, the era of the town's greatest prosperity. They are in a variety of popular architectural styles including Gothic Revival, Federal, and Queen Anne.  Other notable buildings include the Stoneburner House, Tisinger House, S. P. Lonas House, Brill Building, Lonas Store, former Peoples Bank (c. 1904), Mt. Jackson Volunteer Fire Department (1936), Mt. Jackson Theatre Building (1938), St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (1876), Mt. Jackson Methodist Episcopal Church (1884), and Triplett Middle School (1925). The historic district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

The Bauserman Farm, Meems Bottom Covered Bridge and J.W.R. Moore House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Geography
Mount Jackson, in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley, is in the southern part of Shenandoah County, Virginia at  (38.749950, -78.637638). The town is located just to the west of Short Mountain, a prominent ridge of the Massanutten Mountain Ridge. Short Mountain is seven miles in length, from Mount Jackson on the south end to Edinburg on the north.

The most prominent feature of Short Mountain is "The Knob", a rocky top barren at the south end of the mountain, an iconic landmark overlooking Mt. Jackson, the image of which is part of the town's official seal. When the Knob was threatened with private development, The Conservation Fund and Town of Mount Jackson worked together to secure $80,000 of funding to preserve it, purchasing it in January 2020 and conveying its 91 acres to the Forest Service to be part of the George Washington National Forest.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.2 km2), all of it land.

Businesses
Mt. Jackson hosts several businesses serving the region, including Holtzman Propane and Valley Fertilizer & Chemical Company (established 1937). Bowman Andros Products has a fruit processing factory in Mt. Jackson.  A recent successful enterprise located in the town is Route 11 Potato Chips, which moved its production facility to Mount Jackson in 2008.

Transportation

The primary highway passing by Mount Jackson is Interstate 81, which continues south to southwestern Virginia and Tennessee, and north to West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and New York. Virginia State Route 292 connects I-81 to U.S. Route 11, the original and historic Valley Turnpike which now serves as the main local road passes through downtown Mount Jackson. Rt. 11, the historic route through the Shenandoah Valley, roughly parallels I-81 and offers access to it. Virginia State Route 263 named Orkney Springs Road extends westward from US 11 in Mount Jackson, connecting to Basye resort area and the historic Orkney Springs in the mountains of westernmost Shenandoah County.

Norfolk Southern has a rail line extending through Mt. Jackson, originally part of the historic Manassas Gap Railroad, that it has put out of service, lacking industrial demand. The last train traveled south from Mt. Jackson in 2014. In 2016 Norfolk Southern announced that it would no longer be maintaining the railbed, and the rail line has become overgrown with weeds and brush. Pending formal abandonment by the Norfolk Southern, a consortium of public, private and non-profit organizations based in the counties of Shenandoah and Rockingham, Virginia have come together in an exploratory group called the Shenandoah Rail Trail Partnership to seek transformation of the  from Strasburg to Broadway (including Mt. Jackson as a historic hub) into a multi-use trail.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,664 people, 667 households, and 440 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,353.7 people per square mile (522.3/km2). There were 718 housing units at an average density of 584.1 per square mile (225.4/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 87.74% White, 0.66% African American, 0.12% Native American, 0.30% Asian, 0.12% Pacific Islander, 9.68% from other races, and 1.38% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 14.12% of the population.

There were 667 households, out of which 29.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.2% were married couples living together, 12.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.0% were non-families. 29.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 24.5% under the age of 18, 9.4% from 18 to 24, 29.5% from 25 to 44, 20.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.7 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $32,471, and the median income for a family was $39,423. Males had a median income of $29,464 versus $20,417 for females. The per capita income for the town was $15,004. About 7.1% of families and 10.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.5% of those under age 18 and 16.3% of those age 65 or over.

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Towns in Shenandoah County, Virginia
Towns in Virginia

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There are 2,208 billionaires in the world today.
As there are more than seven and a half billion people, that number is relatively small. Billionaire status puts you in an exclusive group.
Let's whittle that number down even more. In the United States, the latest count reflected 540 people who are worth at least ten figures.
One of those wealthy individuals resides in South Carolina. And the billionaire count in the state has just come real close to jumping from one to two.
To be more accurate, though, the winner will never have a billion dollars to play with all at once. There is a 24% tax rate and the payout options to consider. But we're still talking BIG money here.
The cash payout option that seals the deal and awards everything all at once reduces the $1.537 billion to $877.8 million. But for the most bang for their buck, the currently unnamed lucky winner could instead take 29 annual payments and get the full amount over time.
For those of you sitting here wondering why you didn't choose 5, 28, 62, 65, 70, and 5, close your eyes and imagine what you would do with that $877 million.
Unless you're already sitting on a vast fortune, this sum of money is life-changing. In fact, that description doesn't even begin to do it justice. It's a truly mind-boggling amount of money for someone to win.
Can you imagine pulling two dollars out of your wallet, exchanging it for a piece of paper, and then turning it back in to collect nearly a billion dollars?!
Over the past 25 years, Mega Millions and the second US pooled lottery game, Powerball, combined have converted nearly 600 people into millionaires.
The winner of this particular jackpot has won so much money that they could single-handedly create another 600 millionaires and still have more than enough to live in luxury for the rest of their life.
Why Was the Drawing Record-Breaking?
You may recall that in 2016, Powerball awarded a jackpot worth $1.586 billion. So, you may be thinking that someone is not doing the math here.
But that Powerball award was divided into three and not given to a single winner. Matching tickets were sold in California, Florida, and Tennessee.
There was only one winning ticket sold for this October 2018 Mega Millions jackpot, making him or her (as it's still undisclosed) the sole recipient of the $1.537 billion.
The last few years have been newsworthy for both Powerball and Mega Millions, with records broken time and time again.
It was August of 2017 when the previous record for a single-winner amount was set. A Powerball winner in Massachusetts redeemed a $758.7 million winning ticket.
The single-winner prize difference between that impressive win and the new Mega Millions record-setting payout? $779,000,000!
The Mega Millions concept launched in 1996 as a game called the "Big Game" in six states (Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Virginia).
In 2002, the number was up to ten state participants, and the name was changed to Mega Millions. The new game upped the ante by offering even bigger prizes.
By 2010, twenty-three states had joined forces to sell Mega Millions tickets for more massive pooled jackpots.
Now, that number has more than doubled to 47 locations, including the US Virgin Islands and District of Columbia.
There are still a few Mega Millions' state holdouts in the US, though.
Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah, and Alabama are five such states. Mississippi was a holdout for many years, but it's recently launched its own state lottery which will mean residents can also play Mega Millions.
The first Mega Millions drawing, held on May 17, 2002, resulted in a jackpot winner. An Illinois player was awarded a $28 million prize.
How's that for getting people inspired to play?
The jackpot prize is based on the number of tickets sold.
To win it, you need to match the first five numbers in any order as well as a sixth number that needs to match precisely.
That's what the winner from South Carolina did to successfully earn nearly $1.6 billion. It doesn't sound too hard, right?
Maybe not, but the odds of winning that top prize are 1 in 302.5 million.
The second prize is nothing to balk at, though. To match the first five numbers without the sixth as your "kicker," your odds drop to 1 in 12.6 million. And you still get to claim a cool million.
When it comes to the biggest lottery payouts, it's a battle between Powerball and Mega Millions.
Powerball actually came first. It launched in 1992, while the Big Game didn't arrive until 1996, and then it was renamed Mega Millions was a full decade later.
As far as the drawing itself goes, both games have the same concept. You need to pick five numbers that can come out in any order and then match up the sixth number exactly.
Mega Millions drawings are on Tuesday and Friday. Powerball's are scheduled for Wednesday and Saturday.
Powerball does have the advantage of longevity over Mega Millions, so a side-by-side comparison isn't really fair.
But since 1992, Powerball has awarded more than 360 top jackpots. Mega Millions sits at just over 200 since 2002.
While most people believed Mega Millions would shatter Powerball's overall prize record with its latest drawing, the $1.6 billion wasn't quite reached. Mega Millions is awarding $1.537 billion, still $50 million short of Powerball's record.
Powerball can't even come close to touching this new single-winner record, though. It's $1.537 billion compared to $758.7 million.
Whenever a lottery reaches a significant prize level, you can feel it in the air. People are scrambling to get tickets. In states like Nevada where the lottery isn't legalized, residents are crossing the border into California or Arizona to make sure they're not left out in the cold.
It is quite funny that Nevadans are loyal to the lottery considering all of the other gambling options that are easily accessible.
But you're not going to find slot machines that will pay you over a billion dollars. So, Las Vegans make a beeline down to Primm, 45 minutes down the I-15.
While some people are happy wagering $2 and then winning it back instead of losing, Mega Millions has recognized that a good number of players have their eyes on the big prize. So, there's a brand-new ticket that you can buy if you're one of those people who's all or nothing.
"Just the Jackpot" is relatively new, so it may just be rolling out in your area.
You pay $3, and you get two chances (two different series of six numbers) at the jackpot draw only. That means that if you match three numbers, you don't collect $10. You're either a big winner or a loser straight across the board.
Did the nearly $1.6 billion prize inspire you to be the next big winner? Well, I can't look into a crystal ball and give you the winning numbers, or I'd be doing that for myself. Sorry!
I can, however, share a few little fun tips about Mega Millions.
What do you do if you have a winning ticket but can't find it?
Yikes. That would be awful, wouldn't it?
If you have a winner, you need a ticket in hand. The lottery has no way of reprinting tickets or tracking down the numbers you played.
When you have a winner in hand, how long do you have to redeem it?
Each state has its own parameters.
While some give you up to 180 days, others will allow you to hang onto that ticket and stare at it for a year. But really, why would you want to?
Why do some people pay $1 more for their ticket?
Mega Millions (and Powerball) has a Megaplier option. You pay $1 more. But then your chances of winning, as well as winning more, increase.
For example, in Mega Millions, if you didn't match any of the first five numbers, but you hit the sixth right on the head, you get your $2 back. But if you paid the extra buck to activate the Megaplier, you get $6.
Reversing the scenario, if you matched the first five but not the last one, that's worth $1 million. With a Megaplier in place, triple that. You're claiming a $3 million payout.
If you win, can you stay anonymous, or will the lottery reveal your identity?
It depends on the state where you live and are claiming your prize. Each has different rules regarding this subject.
In South Carolina, where the latest winning ticket was sold, the new near-billionaire has the right to remain silent. South Carolina maintains anonymity if the player requests it. So, we may never know who beat the odds.
Maybe, just maybe, the winner of the latest record-breaking Mega Millions jackpot is reading this post. In that case, congratulations to you!
To the rest of you, don't feel too disheartened. It just wasn't your time. There's every chance the next Mega Millions jackpot winner will land an even bigger prize, and maybe that WILL be you.
There's no harm in hoping, anyway.
And let's not forget that there's currently a big Powerball jackpot up for grabs. Okay, so at around $620 million, you'll be a relative pauper compared to South Carolina's lucky winner.
The huge Mega Millions jackpot has been won. One winning ticket matched the correct numbers on Tuesday to scoop an incredible $1.6 billion.


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Q: Generate Class.vb File Programmatically I want to create a class builder which will get the tables from the specified database and build my [className].vb file - at the push of a button!
For example:
Dim strBuilder As New StringBuilder

strBuilder.Append("Public class clsExample" & vbCrLf)

'Create variables
strBuilder.Append("Private _ID As String")
strBuilder.Append(vbCrLf)

'Create properties
strBuilder.Append("Public Property _ID() As Integer" & vbCrLf)
strBuilder.Append("Get" & vbCrLf)
strBuilder.Append("return _ID" & vbCrLf)
strBuilder.Append("end Get" & vbCrLf)
strBuilder.Append("Set(ByVal Value As Integer)" & vbCrLf)
strBuilder.Append("_ID = Value" & vbCrLf)
strBuilder.Append("End Set" & vbCrLf)
strBuilder.Append("End Property " & vbCrLf)
strBuilder.Append(vbCrLf)
strBuilder.Append(vbCrLf & "End Class")

Console.Write(strBuilder.ToString())

To get this result in the clsExample.vb file that was created using the previous code
Public Class clsExample
        Private _ID As String
        Public Property _ID() As Integer
            Get
                Return _ID
            End Get
            Set(ByVal Value As Integer)
                _ID = Value
            End Set
        End Property

    End Class

I'm not sure how to go about telling the program to create the [className].vb file and include my strBuilder as code in the file. Hope this makes sense...

A: I don't really understand your approach :) But if you want any dynamic creation you need to connect the database and read all necessary shema informations.
I used this project http://sqldoc.codeplex.com/ once to read all data from a table to create some code out of it.
This maybe a good start for you.
This project creates a documentation, but you can even read all the data information and do something else with it (e.g. create a class that write source code in a text file => your class.vb).

A: Maybe I'm missing what you're asking here, but are you looking for something like this:
IO.File.WriteAllText("className.vb",  strBuilder.ToString())
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143375.aspx

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I am not the craftiest person, but I love to try out new arts and crafts. I watch tutorials all the time and I am building up my nerve to try a few new things, one of which is nail art. I have seen some of the most beautiful but simple nails done and wondered where I could find some of the beads and sequins and such that they use in the videos. Look no further, Happlee 48Cols Nail Art Set has everything I was looking for, the vibrant colors and a wide array of beads, sequins and glitter.
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One of the features that I like most about this set is that it has passed the safety certification. It is 100% non-toxic, so it's safe for adults and children.
You don't have to stop at using this for only nail art, it can be used for a variety of other DIY projects such as scrapbooking, Christmas decorations, greeting cards, face and body art.etc.


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Thanks to the Grammys airing on CBS this pas weekend, our workweek went into over drive a day early, and in a sense didn't really stop from the week before. It gave us a ton to review, evaluate, and explain. We aren't based in LA, so covering the Grammys has always been a bit challenging when trying to find a groove that works for us. This year, we gave our first try to live tweeting, and coverage of the event as it happened. That coverage included general show commentary, and links to informative articles about the night's participants. It was a lot of fun for everyone at Clizbeats that night. Click here and take a look. If you dig what we were doing, we'd love suggestions for either next year, or another big music even you want us to cover. Cheers!
Happy Belated Birthday To Our Friend Nick Carter!


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Q: Fetch facebook page likes using JavaScript To fetch facebook page's likes, I tried the following code

And also referred How can i get the Facebook page like count without login?
Which returns following error
{
   "error": {
      "message": "(#200) Access to this data is temporarily disabled for non-active apps or apps that have not recently accessed this data due to changes we are making to the Facebook Platform. https://developers.facebook.com/status/issues/205942813488872/",
      "type": "OAuthException",
      "code": 200,
      "fbtrace_id": "EzzXKz0aYcY"
   }
}

A: Facebook API is currently degraded and there's probably no way to get this to work right now.

We are pausing all new messaging experiences (including new authentications on approved apps) on the platform while we review our policies and make necessary adjustments.

Source: https://developers.facebook.com/status/issues/104197713763517/


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While onboard most mornings I'll wake and head up to a top deck where you can walk the entire perimeter of the ship. I love it. Outside, the sun shining, the salty air coating my lips. I'll put on my worship music and walk, sometimes for more than an hour. There's something about being in the middle of the ocean, nothing around, that starts to give you a unique view of God's creation. That's a lot of water he put down here!
I can remember one morning that was a bit windy. Ok. A lot windy. As I came to the front of the ship, the wind increased so much that I could literally lean into it and be supported. Honestly, it was difficult to even take a step forward. Powerful. The waves crashed beside the boat and the sunshine beat down. I stood there and suddenly the story of Jesus calming the storm ran through my mind. He stood on the front of a boat and told the waves and wind "Quiet. Be still!" and they listened!
I could stand in that wind all day, the force of it nearly stopping me from taking a step, and tell it to be still all I wanted. That wouldn't stop it from blowing though. And as it threatened to topple me, I was amazed again at the power of God. One word. Just one word and all of nature obeys him!
The force of that wind was unlike anything I've ever encountered...except God. And that thought settled into my core, nearly bursting my soul. An awesome, physical reminder that we serve a God who commands not only nature with one word, but any force that may come against us. Things may threaten to topple us, but God has control. He'll either walk us through it, or he'll speak into it.
Because no matter how strong that wind feels, God's stronger. He's bigger. And he's in control.
What a beautiful post, Susan.


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I almost didn't do a Daily Fashion Post today. But, my hubby and kids left me alone for a little bit and I did end up doing one. I wanted to start with a pair of shorts. These were not the original shorts because I ended up liking this top and changed the shorts. I really like the red nail polish with this outfit, but I've found some really cool silver nails on Pinterest.


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"Majestic... Atkinson's achievement is to marry prodigious research with a superbly organized narrative and then to overlay the whole with writing as powerful and elegant as any great narrative of war." —The Wall Street Journal
In An Army at Dawn—winner of the Pulitzer Prize—Rick Atkinson provided an authoritative history of the Allied triumph in North Africa during World War II. Now, in The Day of Battle, he follows the strengthening American and British armies as they invade Sicily in July 1943 and then, mile by bloody mile, fight their way north toward Rome.
The decision to invade the so-called soft underbelly of Europe was controversial, but once under way, the commitment to liberate Italy from the Nazis never wavered. The battles at Salerno, Anzio, the Rapido River, and Monte Cassino were particularly lethal, yet as the months passed, the Allied forces continued to drive the Germans up the Italian peninsula. And with the liberation of Rome in June 1944, ultimate victory at last began to seem inevitable.
Drawing on a wide array of primary source material, written with great drama and flair, The Day of Battle is a masterly account of one of history's most compelling military campaigns.
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The sun beat down on the stained white city, the July sun that hurt the eyes and turned the sea from wine-dark to silver. Soldiers crowded the shade beneath the vendors' awnings and hugged the lee of the alabaster buildings spilling...
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In the second volume of his epic trilogy about the liberation of Europe in World War II, Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson tells the harrowing story of the campaigns in Sicily and Italy.
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Praise for The Day of Battle
"Majestic... Atkinson's achievement is to marry prodigious research with a superbly organized narrative and then to overlay the whole with writing as powerful and elegant as any great narrative of war." —The Wall Street Journal
"A triumph of narrative history, elegantly written, thick with unforgettable description and rooted in the sights and sounds of battle." —The New York Times
"In The Day of Battle, Rick Atkinson picks up where he left off in An Army at Dawn, his history of the North African campaign, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2003. A planned third volume, on the Normandy invasion and the war in Europe, will complete The Liberation Trilogy, which is shaping up as a triumph of narrative history, elegantly written, thick with unforgettable description and rooted in the sights and sounds of battle . . . He excels at describing the furor of battle, and the Italian campaign provides him with abundant raw material. . . Mr. Atkinson, a longtime correspondent and editor for The Washington Post, conveys all of this with sharp-edged immediacy and a keen eye for the monstrous and the absurd." —William Grimes, The New York Times
"Monumental … With this book, Rick Atkinson cements his place among America's great popular historians, in the tradition of Bruce Catton and Stephen Ambrose." —The Washington Post
"A very fine book …. Anyone who devoured An Army at Dawn with relish will be delighted with Atkinson's account of the Sicilian and Italian campaig… More…
"A very fine book …. Anyone who devoured An Army at Dawn with relish will be delighted with Atkinson's account of the Sicilian and Italian campaign." —The New York Times Book Review
"[A] fascinating account of the war in Sicily and Italy." —USA Today
"Gripping …. [Atkinson] combines an impressive depth of research with a knack for taut, compelling narrative." —Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul)
"Splendid … the infantrymen who did the fighting will grab at readers' hearts." —St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"With The Day of Battle, Atkinson again proves himself to stand among the ranks of our most talented popular historians … Required reading for anyone with an interest in the battles of World War II." —Austin American-Statesman
"A seamless, stunning narrative that is the equal of An Army at Dawn …. Atkinson's success lies in his ability to render bare war's wretched realities in astounding prose." —Contra Costa Times
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Rick Atkinson, recipient of the 2010 Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing, is the bestselling author of An Army at Dawn, The Long Gray Line, and In the Company of Soldiers. He was a staff writer and senior editor at The Washington Post for twenty years, and his many awards include Pulitzer Prizes for journalism and history. He lives in Washington, D.C.
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A look inside the Wanda Metropolitano: Atletico Madrid's new 68,000-seater stadium
Diego Simeone will be hoping to guide his side to La Liga success from the club's new home next season
Thomas BristowOnline sports writer
Atletico Madrid have granted their fans a sneak peek of what they can expect from their new stadium next season.
La Liga outfit will leave 55,000-seater Vicente Calderon at the end of this term and move into 68,000-seater Wanda Metropolitano.
The stadium was originally built and opened to host the 1997 World Athletics Championships, with a max capacity of 20,000 seats.
But when Spain's bid failed, the stadium was only used for minor sporting events before becoming closed in 2004.
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The players' tunnel view of the Wanda Metropolitano (Image: ASTV)
The Metropolitano has drawn comparisons with the Emirates (Image: ASTV)
Madrid then bid for the Olympics in 2009, hoping to use the stadium as a unique selling point. However, Spain failed again.
In 2013, the stadium finally fulfilled its destiny when Atletico Madrid confirmed they would be using its location for their new stadium
In construction: How the stadium currently looks (Image: atleticodemadrid.com)
The Metropolitano will reportedly cost €240m and could be a decisive factor in Diego Simeone staying with Atletico for another season.
According to the Spanish club, they have "decided to prioritise the spaciousness, the comfort and the safety of the supporters before the option of a having a larger capacity".
Will the Wanda Metropolitano be better than the Santiago Bernabeu?


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1.15pm, Sunday October 20th
1hr 15min tour led by Architect Séamus Bairéad of A2 Architects
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Architect: Grafton Architects, 2013
Global Visionaries: Showcasing Limerick as a global crossroads where visionary people and places resonate.
Tour includes the Medical Building (Finalist RIBA Stirling Prize 2013) & Residences which combine to form a public space.
The University of Limerick, occupies a large territory, formerly a Demesne, and is situated on both sides of the lower reaches of the river Shannon, the longest and largest river in Ireland. Part of its most recent expansion to the north of this great river, accessible by pedestrian bridge from the existing campus, provides for the construction of a new medical school building and accommodation buildings for students attending the facility.
These new buildings are also intended to address a large public open space which will ultimately become the focal point for this expansion of the campus to the North. This new suite of buildings combines with three existing, neighbouring institutions, the Sports Pavillion, the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance and the Health Sciences Building, in order to make a new public space.
In response to the deep plan, the roof-form is modulated to light multiple spaces, including the central circulation space, the clinical skills labs, the corridors, and a small roof terrace.
An open central stair connecting all of the primary spaces, threads through all levels of the interior, designed as a social space with enough room to stop and chat or lean on a balustrade / shelf and view the activity of the entrance and other spaces above and below.
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Batman Meets 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.' Is The Superhero Movie That Needs to Happen
Batman and 'Man From U.N.C.L.E.' are going to be a mash-up in comics. Dear Hollywood, please make this happen onscreen.
By Lauren Sarner
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In case you missed it — and judging by its box office performance, you probably did — The Man From U.N.C.L.E. was secretly summer's best movie. Although the door was left open for a sequel, that question is still up in the air, due to its low revenue and its stars and director's busy schedules. But comics are now offering a possibility that would make a potential sequel that much better: The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and Batman are about to have a mash-up on the page. A meet and greet. A joining of forces. Called Batman '66 Meets The Man From U.N.C.L.E. No.1, it will be released in December. The next logical step is to put it onscreen. It will probably never happen, but it needs to. Here are three reasons why:
1. The star is convenient, and playing three characters would make it both epic and silly in the best way.
That cleft chin looks suspiciously familiar…
The most obvious parallel between the two franchises is that the Man From U.N.C.L.E, Napolean Solo, and the Superman part of the Batman v Superman equation are played by the same guy with the same chin. The tragically misunderstood Henry Cavill. Forget double-duty between Superman and Clark Kent, what if he were playing triple duty between Superman, Clark Kent, and Napolean Solo? Sure, it would be ridiculous, but sometimes ridiculousness is called for, as The Man From U.N.C.L.E. knows because it gives its characters names like Napolean Solo and has them stop for picnics in the middle of boat chases. Superheroes are supposed to have fun. They can still be dark and gritty, look to Watchmen or even Kick-Ass for examples that nail the balance of pathos and levity. The only negative would be, with Ben Affleck added to the Henry Cavill and Armie Hammer equation, there might be too many cleft chins. Would the world be ready?
2. The Man From U.N.C.L.E. was secretly subversive, which the superhero genre could really use.
One of the complaints about the latest incarnation of Superman, aside from its joylessness, was that Lois Lane was incredibly boring and her chemistry with Superman was about as sizzling as mud. You want to see some personality from your female leads? Some chemistry? Look to the other two agents from U.N.C.L.E. They didn't even kiss once the entire movie — enabling it to pass the Mako Mori test — and they still have more chemistry than Lois and Clark. The feisty Gaby puts all superhero movie women to shame.
Superhero movies are notoriously terrible at handling women: look at Thor's portrayal of Jane, the rocket scientist who turns into a stammering fangirl whenever Thor is around, or The Avengers' Black Widow with her leather catsuits and monstrous inability to have babies, or The Dark Knight and The Amazing Spider Man's practice of killing the girl. You know what's even edgier than killing the girl? Giving her a personality and an arc. The Man From U.N.C.L.E. did it quietly, when nobody was looking. If it's combined onscreen with Batman, you can bet your ass people will be looking.
3. The villains of Gotham will jet off to Europe.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the plot of the comics will be as follows: "T.H.R.U.S.H., the underworld organization from U.N.C.L.E., decides to get into the supervillain business and hires some of Batman's most famous foes… the series sees the heroes jetting off to Europe to take care of business."
Batman's villains running around Europe. These guys running around Europe!
Picture them being chased around Europe by Henry Cavill playing three different characters and Armie Hammer in his glorious Russian accent and his inexplicable Hulk rage and Alicia Vikander and her bitch-please face and Ben Affleck and his artfully silvered temples. Presumably all to an excellent soundtrack and snazzy cinematography.
If that doesn't convince you that this should happen, you have the same sense of joy as sad Bat Affleck.
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"I'd like to get more direct bookings"
Is it worth using social media in tourism marketing?
"Susan, why do you keep going on about social media? I just want to get more direct bookings from my website." I've heard that more than once.
Er... OK. Let's step back from social media for a moment and focus on the idea of direct bookings and websites.
c) plenty of visitors to your website - only a percentage will actually book so you need to target them carefully and build traffic.
Your website is one of millions. It's only of use if people go to it. They might go to it and think it's marvellous. But then they'll forget. You have to keep reminding potential visitors.
So how can you get those visitors to your website?
One way is to have an incredible direct mailing list. You don't have one of those? Oh.
Or you could spend a fortune advertising to get people to your website? But you don't want to spend much money? Oh.
I know - you could encourage journalists to write about you and generate free publicity for your site. To do that though you'll need to raise your profile and help journalists see your stories. A lot of them use social media to find stories. But you don't want to spend any time on social media? Oh.
Another way is to be brilliant at search engine optimisation and make sure your website is prominent in the search engine rankings, which of course can be tricky if you're in a competitive market.
On many of the sites I'm involved in, either directly or through clients, social media accounts for at least 30% of new visitors to websites.
That's why I keep going on about social media.
It can help you raise your profile.
It can help journalists find out about you.
It can help drive new visitors to your website.
It can help remind people to go back to your website.
It can help encourage others to link to your website.
It can help build trust in your business.
It can help you develop your mailing list.
It can help build collaborations with other local businesses.
It can help save you money - other marketing methods may cost much more.
It can help you increase direct bookings from your website.
That's quite a list of benefits. So what's the catch? You have to actually use social media.
I don't mean, go online, read a few posts, tinker about a bit, write the odd post, put on a picture of your cute dog. Take a picture of the snow and add #beautiful. That won't work so well.
I mean properly USE social media. Use it to say what you need it to say. Use it with intent and purpose. Use it for your own benefit. Use it as an important promotional tool. Control it, instead of letting it control you.
I sigh when I hear about another social media channel. I groan when there's yet more updates, technology issues, new things to grapple with. But I don't say I can't cope with the technology. Not because I'm a whizz kid but because it's made for anyone to simply pick up and use. If my 78 year old mother can use facebook, whats app, twitter and instagram to stalk her grand daughters, you can definitely use social media to build your business. Let's get rid of the "I'm rubbish with technology excuse". When people say that, and I question them, it almost always means they just haven't tried to use it yet, or don't want to.
So we know social media can be useful. We know it's easier to use than many think. But how do you control it, how do you use it for your own ends?
Does that sound too easy? You'll probably agree that having a plan would be a good idea. Knowing exactly what to say would help. You know you need to "sort out social media".
It sounds onerous to have to sit down and write out a plan and come up with ideas for posts, but if you spend a few hours doing that, it massively saves time in the future. If I'm working on social media for a client without a plan, it's easy to go online and blithely look around for ideas and things to share, and end up wasting hours. If you post ad hoc or just when you see something of interest, the effect is very limited.
Most people don't have two or three clear messages that they're trying to convey - in different ways so people don't get bored. They post but don't drive traffic to their website, or over link so they fail to build social media presence.
Consistency is a key issue - but easier to get right if you've pre-planned. It's interesting how when you sit down to brainstorm ideas and angles, once you've got a few they start to flow. Then you have a stack of ideas to use, and to write in such a way that they fulfil your main purpose and contribute to getting more traffic to your website and direct bookings.
Social media costs so very little (even if you pay to boost posts) and can be incredibly effective. So it's odd that so few people spare a few hours to plan it and make it count. There's never a good time, is there?
There are masses of courses both in person and online about how to use social media. I think in a way they're counter-productive. The best way to learn how to use social media is to use it. It's designed to be a teach-yourself-tool. Going on too many courses can be great procrastination but doesn't get you far unless you implement the knowledge.
Which brings me to the real problem - I find that the tricky bit for most people is knowing what to say to get results, knowing when to say it, knowing how to say it. Few courses will teach that because the messages need to be targeted to your individual business. Most people need a bit of guidance along the way too.
That's why I keep going on about social media for tourism marketing!


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Krocínovský dům, známý jako Hotel Fialka, je měšťanský dům na sušickém náměstí Svobody, má číslo popisné 49. Dům, ve kterém fungoval hotel, restaurace i cukrárna, je jednou z dominant náměstí a nachází se vedle Rozacínovského domu (čp. 48). Dům je pozdně gotický, ale na rozdíl od dvou sousedních domů – Rozacínovského a Voprchovského – prošel později přestavbou. Je charakteristický klasicistní balustrádovou atikou.

Historie
Krocínovský dům má středověké gotické jádro, nicméně v 18. století prošel barokně-klasicistní přestavbou. V 19. století nesl dům název U bílé růže a patřil rodině Maštovských, později byl přejmenován podle majitele na hotel Fialka. Hotel s restaurací byl vyhlášený v širokém okolí a patřil k oblíbeným zastávkám šumavských turistů.

V roce 2005, kdy proběhla rekonstrukce budovy, na ni město Sušice přispělo 150 000 Kč, patro však ani poté kvůli nedokončené rekonstrukci nebylo využíváno pro ubytování hostů. Hotel pak střídal majitele, v objektu však vyhlášená restaurace fungovala až do roku 2017. V roce 2018 byl opět prodán.

Popis

Jedná se nárožní měšťanský patrový dům s gotickým jádrem s českými klenbami a klasicistní fasádou. Nachází se ve střední části jižní fronty náměstí Svobody a tvoří tak protějšek ke Rozacínovskému domu, který stojí na protější (východní) straně Kostelní ulice, do které se otevírá i východní průčelí Krocínovského domu. Dům stojí na obdélníkovém půdoryse, který je protažený ve směru sever-jih, a má dvě nadzemní podlaží. Dům je částečně podsklepen, sklepy jsou klenuté, přízemí je zařízeno jako restaurace s jídelnou o kapacitě 70 míst, výčepem, salónkem o kapacitě 24 míst a kuchyní. V patře se nacházejí nedokončené ubytovací prostory – 11 pokojů a apartmá, dále i byt pro správce a ubytovna pro zaměstnance. Budova je kryta nízkou sedlovou střechou s hřebenem kolmým k uliční čáře, rovnoběžně se severní fasádou tvoří část střechy ještě kolmé sedlo; celá střecha je pokryta pásy z pozinkovaného plechu. Jižní štít, který přiléhá k další budově, je zděný a mírně přesahuje krytinu, jeho horní líc je oplechovaný.

Nejvýraznější část celého domu, jeho severní fasáda, je završena atikou ve formě balustrády. Do přízemí se vstupovalo dvěma vchody se segmentovým záklenkem, vrcholovým štukovým klenákem a rytou lištovou paspartou (východní vchod byl druhotně předělán na okno). Mezi nimi se nacházejí tři okna opět se segmentovým záklenkem, lištovou paspartou kolem ostění a volutovým klenátem. Sokl fasády je patrný díky pásu hrubší omítky, zbytek fasády je omítnut žlutou štukovou omítkou, v přízemí kvádrovanou. V patře se nachází sedm obdélných oken, která mají zděné ostění s profilovanou šambránou a jsou ozdobena reliéfy v klenácích. Pod parapetními římsami oken se nalézají plastická pole s vykrajovaným spodním okrajem. Plocha mezi oknami je členěna pilastry s hlavicemi a soklíky, nároží budovy zdobí kvádrované lizény. Na hlavice pilastrů nasedá spojitá římska, nad ní po obou stranách fasády pokračuje vždy trojice pilastrů, v mezipolích mezi těmito pilastry jsou umístěny rozetky. Korunní římsa je zděná a je ozdobena maltovým profilem, nad korunní římsou se nalézá zmíněná balustráda, na níž jsou v místech pilastrů osazeny vázové ozdoby.

Východní fasáda je prostá, nemá sokl, jen zděnou korunní římsu, která je ve štuku profilovaná; líc je v severní části mírně šikmý. V obou podlažích se nacházejí čtyři obdélná okna – v přízemí mají ostění omítnuté, v patře zděné.

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