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ACME, Mich. – At the Center for Automotive Research Management Briefing Seminars today, General Motors Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Dan Ammann provided the first look at the next-generation Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon, designed to be capable, versatile and fuel-efficient alternatives to full-size pickups.
Colorado and Canyon will join the all-new 2014 Silverado and Sierra 1500s, and the upcoming Silverado and Sierra HDs, to give Chevrolet and GMC the industry's most comprehensive lineups of pickups, helping customers choose the right truck for their needs.
Production is scheduled to start in 2014 at GM's Wentzville, Mo., assembly center.
DETROIT – An all-new 2014 Sierra 1500 Denali full-size pickup arrives this fall with an available 6.2L EcoTec3 V-8 that will produce an estimated 420 horsepower and 450 lb-ft of torque, the most power and torque of any light duty truck engine.
Final SAE-rated power and torque numbers will be available later this year. Now entering its third generation, the Sierra Denali is the most luxurious and technologically advanced GMC half-ton pickup.
Sierra's 6.2L V-8 will also be available for Sierra SLT models this fall. With this engine, the Sierra is expected to have a class-leading maximum trailering capacity of 12,000 pounds. Like every 2014 Sierra, it offers more power and higher expected efficiency than its predecessor thanks to a trio of technologies including direct injection, active fuel management and variable valve timing.
Design cues for the 2014 Sierra Denali follow the formula that attracted two-in-10 GMC buyers to Denali vehicles last year. On the exterior, the truck has a signature Denali chrome grille, unique 20-inch chrome wheels, unique interior decorative trim, a polished stainless steel exhaust outlet and body-color front and rear bumpers. Denali-specific interior details include script on the bright door sills and embossed into the front seats and real aluminum trim.
Sierra Denali's high-tech interior also features an exclusive eight-inch Customizable Driver Display that can show relevant settings, audio and navigation information in the instrument panel. Sierra Denali's standard eight-inch Color Touch navigation radio with Intellilink, located above the center console, serves as the main hub for Bluetooth-connected phones and portable devices connected through five standard USB ports.
Other features standard on Sierra Denali include projector-style headlamps with LED signature daytime running lights, a Bose audio system, heated and cooled leather front bucket seats, a heated steering wheel, front and rear park assist and a power sliding rear window with defogger.
A 5.3L EcoTec3 V-8 is standard for the 2014 Sierra Denali. It produces 355 horsepower and offers better EPA-estimated fuel economy (23 mpg highway on 2WD models) than any V-8 or turbocharged V-6 pickup on the market.
Sierra Denali will be available with two option packages, including a Z71 Off-Road Package (4WD only) with monotube Rancho shocks, Hill Descent Control and transfer case shield, and a Driver Alert Package that includes Lane Departure Warning, Forward Collision Alert and patented Safety Alert Seat Technology.
Standalone options include the 6.2L EcoTec3 V-8, a sunroof and Rear Seat Entertainment.
DETROIT – The all-new 2014 Sierra full-size pickup truck spent more development time in a wind tunnel than any GMC pickup before it, resulting in design changes that benefit both fuel efficiency and interior quietness.
To achieve improved airflow, aerodynamic engineers like Diane Bloch examined every millimeter of the truck to find areas of improvement, debunking some popular myths along the way.
To study the way air passes over, under and around the Sierra, engineers used General Motors' state-of-the-art Aerodynamics Lab, a 750-foot-long tunnel through which a 43-foot-diameter fan powered by a DC electric motor with the equivalent of 4,500 horsepower can generate winds of up to 138 mph. Aerodynamic advancement is one reason why the 2014 Sierra will be the most fuel-efficient V-8 pickup on the market.
For example, a new air dam below the 2014 Sierra's front bumper successfully reduces drag because it directs air toward the ground and away from the truck's rough underbody. And Sierra's ducted flow path between the grille and radiator prevents air from swirling inside the truck's front cavities.
Even the top of the Sierra's tailgate and the center high-mounted stop light are optimized to guide air cleanly around the truck. And because Bloch's team detected unwanted airflow between the cab and bed, new sealing has been added.
The pickup market has a great number of available aftermarket accessories, and Bloch says those have varying impact on aerodynamics. Add-ons like bug deflectors on the hood, wider tires or aftermarket bumpers can raise the drag coefficient, which is the measure of how air pushes on a vehicle as it moves down the road. The result: added noise and increased fuel consumption.
A long-disputed topic among truck owners is whether a tailgate raised or lowered is better for aerodynamics, but Bloch says a tailgate in the up position is more aerodynamically efficient. As air flows over the truck, it falls over the cab and pushes forward on the rear of the truck. With the tailgate down, the benefits of that airflow are diminished.
So what accessories can truck owners add to help aerodynamics? Tonneau covers for the bed help smooth airflow over the truck, and Bloch says soft covers are more beneficial than hard covers because they form to how the air wants to flow. Running boards can also help air flow smoothly down the truck's sides.
DETROIT – When the all-new 2014 GMC Sierra full-size pickup arrives this summer, its standard 4.3L EcoTec V-6 it will offer the most torque of any standard V-6 in the segment – 305 lb-ft (413 Nm).
Buyers will choose from three new, advanced EcoTec3 engines – a 5.3L available at launch, followed by the 4.3L and 6.2L versions available later this year. All are designed specifically for the high trailering and hauling demands unique to truck buyers.
Torque is the turning force that generates off-the-line acceleration and confident trailering performance. Sierras equipped with the 4.3L EcoTec3 V-6 will have trailering ratings up to 7,200 pounds (3,266 kg) for a regular cab, short bed, four-wheel-drive model – 500 pounds more than the most capable Ford F-150 3.7L and 700 pounds more than a Ram 1500 3.6L. Sierra's standard V-6 produces an SAE-certified 285 horsepower (212 kW) and is matched with a proven, efficient six-speed automatic transmission. EPA fuel economy estimates will be released later.
Like Sierra's optional 5.3L and 6.2L EcoTec3 V-8 engines, the new V-6 features three state-of-the-art technologies – direct injection, active fuel management (cylinder deactivation) and continuously variable valve timing – that have been proven and perfected through 6 million hours of computational analysis by engineers studying the combustion process. In all, 10 million CPU hours were spent refining and making the most of the Sierra's EcoTec3 engines.
Although they share only a handful of parts with previous Sierra engines, the new EcoTec3 V-6 builds on experience gained from millions of trucks and billions of real-world customer miles resulting from a half-century of leadership in V-6 engine development. In 1960, GMC debuted the first V-6 pickup truck ever and offered it exclusively through most of the '60s.
That engine, offered in various displacements starting at 5.0L, was designed with aluminum pistons, improved cooling and a stout crankshaft and bearings designed for unprecedented durability.
Like the 2014 engine, the 4.3L V-6 introduced as standard equipment for GMC half-ton pickups in 1985 used geometry and engineering from the brand's proven Small Block V-8. As with today's V-6, engineers studied the combustion chamber, developing "Vortec" technology that swirled the air and fuel inside the engine to create a more homogenous mix, improving power and efficiency. That engine was the basis for new generations of engines through the 2013 model year.
2014 Sierra models with the 4.3L EcoTec3 V-6 go on sale later this year with a suggested starting price of $25,085, including a destination charge of $995 but excluding tax, title, license and dealer fees.
DETROIT – The 2013 GMC Sierra 1500 full-size pickup has a hydroformed steel frame designed to withstand years of abuse. But how does it withstand the force of four heavy-duty dock winches – the kind that moor massive cargo ships – tugging the truck in opposite directions?
The answer: Just fine, thank you.
A new TV spot demonstrates the Sierra's ability to handle such abuse. But what it doesn't show is just how much torture the truck's structure was subjected to by the film crew.
With the four winches attached to the two front recovery hooks and to each end of Sierra's available trailer hitch assembly, the black Sierra Denali was lifted off its tires a total of 46 times over the course of two days. Aside from a bit of scuffed metal at the mounting points, the Sierra drove away from the shoot none the worse for wear.
The TV spot was developed to promote Sierra's new Pro Grade Protection plan, which launched on February 1 and has been extended for any 2013 Sierra purchased through April 30.
In addition to a five-year/100,000-mile powertrain warranty and three-year/36,000-mile bumper to bumper warranty, every Sierra 1500 now includes two years or 24,000 miles – whichever comes first – of standard scheduled maintenance. With those three elements, Pro Grade Protection offers the best pickup coverage in the industry.
Coverage is included in the price of the vehicle. Pro Grade Protection includes regularly scheduled oil changes, oil filter replacements, tire rotations and multi-point vehicle inspections. Customers will be eligible whether they lease or purchase and the coverage is completely transferable between owners. See full details of the program here.
View the Sierra "Chains" TV spot on Youtube here, and see what others are saying using the Twitter hashtag #PullTheChains.
To celebrate the rare, original 427 COPO Camaro, "MuscleCar" is teaming up with aftermarket partners Chevy Performance, Classic Industries, Barrett-Jackson Restoration Systems and others to build a correct-appearing tribute car with subtle upgrades.
The COPO Camaro legend started in 1969 when Chevy dealers, desperate to beat GM's ban on selling high-performance small cars, discovered he could order Camaros with 427-inch ZL1 aluminum race engines by using GM's Central Office Production Order form. They were one of the most powerful street-legal cars Detroit ever built, and with only 69 made, extremely rare.
"Forty-four years later, gearheads continue to lust after these cars. This will be MuscleCar's highest profile project ever so we are dedicating multiple episodes to detailing what it takes for a guy to build one from the ground up," said RTM executive producer Joe St. Lawrence.
The tribute car will be built around sponsor products such as a limited edition 430 HP 427 Anniversary Edition crate engine from Chevy Performance and authentic GM Restoration parts from Classic Industries, including everything from brake, suspension, cooling system components and sheet metal. The COPO will be painted with the new Barrett-Jackson Restoration System, which features prep, paint and protection products.
The car will also feature an Auto Gear M22 four-speed transmission, a 12-bolt Moser rear end, Lizard Skin insulation, TMI seats, Wheel Vintiques rally wheels and Firestone Wide Oval tires from Coker Tire.
RTM Productions will air the COPO episode of MuscleCar at 10:30 a.m. EST/PST, Feb. 9-10 on Spike TV. Episodes of the COPO also can be streamed for free at www.powerblocktv.com, and include links to the featured parts.
DETROIT – Chevrolet and GMC today unveiled the all-new Silverado and Sierra 1500 pickups, designed to be the most refined, best engineered full-size pickups in the market. Among the many updates for 2014 are dramatic new designs inside and out for each brand; a trio of powerful, efficient EcoTec3 engines that seamlessly switch to four-cylinder mode to improve efficiency; and quieter, more comfortable, more functional cabs.
So, what's powering the Silverado and GMC Sierra 1500?
The 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and GMC Sierra 1500 will deliver more power, more torque and improved fuel efficiency, thanks in part to a trio of all-new EcoTec3 engines designed specifically for the needs of full-size truck customers.
Although they share only a handful of parts with previous Chevrolet and GMC engines, the new EcoTec3 engines build on experience gained from millions of trucks and billions of real-world customer miles, while incorporating the latest in advanced materials and combustion systems.
The EcoTec3 lineup for the 2014 Silverado and Sierra 1500 includes a 4.3L V-6 and 5.3L and 6.2L V-8s, all matched with proven, efficient six-speed transmissions in the United States and Canada.
The new 4.3L V-6 will offer budget-conscious customers a state-of-the art truck engine, with ample torque to power a crew cab and tow a trailer.
The new 5.3L V-8 is engineered for more horsepower, more torque and better fuel economy than the current 5.3L V-8.
The new 6.2L V-8 is expected to be the most capable engine offered in any light-duty pickup truck.
SAE certified horsepower and torque ratings and EPA fuel economy estimates for the new Silverado and Sierra will be available beginning early next year.
"For the 2014 Silverado and Sierra 1500s, these larger displacement EcoTec3 engines can now instantly switch to four-cylinder mode to improve efficiency when less power is required. It gives customers the best of both worlds – a rugged truck engine when they need it, with improved efficiency in light-load driving," said Lee.
This increased efficiency can now be maintained over a broader range of operating conditions. For example, when towing a trailer on a hot summer day, Silverado and Sierra's advanced combustion system can reduce the need to trim back spark advance to control detonation, helping maintain both performance and real-world fuel efficiency, even when the going gets really tough.
New EcoTec3 engines use direct fuel injection, which precisely meters fuel directly into the cylinders, to optimize combustion over a broad range of conditions.
The engines also feature a new cylinder-head design and a new, sculpted piston to optimize the mixing of air and fuel in the engine and the burning of the mixture to create power.
Cylinder deactivation, also known as Active Fuel Management, is now standard on all three engines for the Silverado and Sierra 1500.
The new trucks make the most out of cylinder deactivation, with improved engine mounts, electronic throttle control, adaptive exhaust systems, improved aerodynamics, low-rolling resistance tires, and other technologies that help the engines operate in four-cylinder mode for longer periods of time, further increasing efficiency.
Proven truck engine designs: Although the EcoTec3 engines for the 2014 Silverado and Sierra are all new – sharing just a handful of small parts with previous engines – they build on a foundation of more than 100 million Small Block engines and billions of real-world customer miles.
Weight-saving aluminum engine blocks: For 2014, all three engines for the Silverado and Sierra use lightweight aluminum blocks with cast-in iron cylinder liners. The blocks were developed with math-based tools and data acquired in GM's racing programs, providing a light, rigid foundation for a smooth and strong engine.
Oil capacity has been increased to six quarts for the 4.3L V-6 and eight quarts for the V-8 engines. All engines use GM's Dexos oil for increased fuel efficiency and longer oil life, and V-8s are engineered to use 0W/20 oil to improve lubrication and reduce friction.
Exhaust manifolds: The exhaust manifolds were developed to improve durability and sealing and reduce operating noise. The cast iron manifolds feature saw cuts along their cylinder head mounting flange, which split the flange into three separate sections on the V-6 and four separate sections on the V-8s, allowing each section to move under extreme hot-cold temperature fluctuations to virtually eliminate movement of the exhaust manifold gaskets. That helps ensure proper sealing for the life of the engine and reduces the chance of gasket failure. The exhaust manifolds also feature triple-layer stainless steel heat shields, which limit heat transfer to the engine bay and help further reduce noise.
General Motors' investment in the new EcoTec3 engine family will create or retain more than 1,600 jobs in five North American plants, including Tonawanda, New York, which recently received upgrades to support its production.


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In Sardinia there isn't a single village, as small as it is, that does not have something beautiful and interesting to show, whether it is a rural church or a manor house, a tomb of the giants or a museum of an artist not widely known.
Greek and Latin books and Egyptian hieroglyphics help chronicle the ancient history of Sardinia, describing an island of skilled warriors and navigators. Ramses II even recruited Sardinians for his war against the Hittites.
While Rome was still in its infancy, Sardinia had already developed the veneration of the dead, a deep reverence for water, and an astronomical and engineering knowledge advanced for its age.
Thousands of nuraghi and megalithic constructions from the Neolithic and Bronze Ages testify to this long and rich history. Monuments surrounded by mystery and legends, and by fascinating natural landscapes that enhance their beauty and value.
Sardinia, a land known for its relationship to the sea, with almost 2000 kilometers of coastline, is the undisputed queen of the Mediterranean.
Sardinia boasts so much more: pink dotted lagoons and rocky monuments and mountains, where little streams originate and flow into waterfalls, a scenery with a rich variety of fauna and flora, often endemic: holm oaks, cork oaks, myrtle, mouflons, birds of prey, and flamingos.
Sheep that unconsciously steal the scene, in the plains or in the mountains, while they graze on uncultivated land or slow traffic on extra-urban roads while returning to the fold.
Karstic phenomena, which took place millions of years ago, have carved gorges, sinkholes, karst springs, and an impressive number of caves into the landscape.
And finally, the creativity of the man, who gave shape and life to fine handmade artifacts designed for everyday use but with aesthetic properties that distinguish them as works of art. In Sardinia, during Cortes Apertas, a rich marathon of town festivals, you can watch the creation of these artifacts and at the same time sample delicious traditional foods prepared by skilled hands.
Like a book or film with a captivating title and cover, Sardinia is always ready to be "read" from the first to the last page and enjoyed until the last minute, creating an addiction for its magical atmosphere, landscapes, millennia of history, and for all these ingredients together.
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Character, chemistry, and competence: of those three, competence is most easily taught. Character is instilled – and we need leaders of strong Christian character more than we need people who know how to do things. That was Paul's advice to Timothy in 1 Timothy 3, and it's God's Word to us as as church today. Listen in below, or (and this is new!) watch it on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fjeff.loach%2Fvideos%2F10210200066095265%2F&show_text=0&width=400" target="_blank">here.


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Jack Wood (1924–2007) was an American television director and writer. Born in Longview, Texas, he died of heart failure in Long Beach, California, on February 18, 2007.

Positions held
Writer on All My Children
Director on One Life to Live and The Best of Everything

Awards and nominations
Wood was nominated for ten Daytime Emmy awards in the categories Outstanding Writing for a Daytime Drama Series, Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series, and Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team, for his work on All My Children. He was nominated from 1977 to 1988, and won twice in 1985 and 1988. His first nomination was shared with Agnes Nixon, Wisner Washam, Kiki McCabe, and Mary K. Wells, while his first win was shared with the previous minus McCabe, and including Lorraine Broderick, Victor Miller, Art Wallace, Clarice Blackburn, Susan Kirshenbaum, Elizabeth Wallace, Elizabeth Page, and Carlina Della Pietra.

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1924 births
2007 deaths
American male television writers
American television directors
Emmy Award winners
20th-century American screenwriters
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One man arrested on abuse charges at Indiana farm
Posted: Jun 12, 2019 / 08:06 PM CDT / Updated: Jun 13, 2019 / 11:46 AM CDT
This undated photo provided by the Newton County Sheriff's Office in Kentland, Ind., shows Edgar Gardozo-Vasquez. An animal rights group that infiltrated a popular Indiana dairy farm and captured disturbing undercover video that has led to animal cruelty charges against three former farm workers including Gardozo-Vasquez released new footage Wednesday, June 12, 2019, showing workers […]
FAIR OAKS, Ind. (AP) — The Latest on alleged animal abuse at an Indiana dairy farm that's a popular agritourism destination:
Authorities have arrested one of three people charged with animal cruelty following the release of video showing workers kicking and throwing young calves at a northwestern Indiana dairy farm that is an agritourism destination.
The Newton County Sheriff's Department said Wednesday 36-year-old Edgar Gardozo-Vasquez of Brook was taken into custody and is being held at the Newton County Jail on a felony charge of torturing or mutilating a vertebrate animal and misdemeanor animal cruelty at Fair Oaks Farms.
The department says U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement has placed a hold on Gardozo-Vasquez. It says there's outstanding warrants for two other former Fair Oaks workers
It's not clear whether Gardozo-Vasquez has an attorney who might comment on his behalf.
The animal rights group Animal Recovery Mission released video last week showing calves being thrown and kicked in the head by farm employees and the carcasses of dead calves piled together.
The same animal rights group that infiltrated a popular Indiana dairy farm and captured disturbing undercover video released new footage Wednesday showing workers punching and striking adult cows with poles while loading them into a farm milking carousel.
Animal Recovery Mission said its new video shows workers abusing adult cows behind the scenes at Fair Oaks Farms at a milking carousel at the popular agritourism destination about 70 miles (113 kilometers) south of Chicago.
The Miami-based group's release of the new footage comes a week after it released video showing workers kicking and throwing calves at Fair Oaks Farms' dairies. That and other video the group later released led to animal cruelty charges against three former employees. One was taken into custody Wednesday.
The new video shows employees punching adult cows, striking them with metal poles and apparently breaking the tails of some uncooperative cows the workers are trying to load into the carousel. Farm tour footage that is part of the video captures a guide telling visitors that cows like the carousel, saying it's "a joy ride for them."
The animal rights group said the video also shows cows being milked just hours after giving birth, with the placenta sacks still visible and blood coating their legs.
Fair Oaks didn't immediately respond to a request for comment about the latest video. Farm officials have said the farm draws about 500,000 tourists per year.
Animal Recovery Mission spokeswoman Rachel Taylor told The Indianapolis Star that the new video exposes mistreatment of cows at Indiana's largest dairy farm.
"They are not showing the public everything that happens," she said.
The group's director of investigations, AJ Garcia, said the new video shows abuse being carried out by different farm employees during a different time period than when the alleged abuse of calves occurred. He said two videos released last week were filmed in the second half of 2018, while the newly released video was shot this spring.
Garcia said police have been provided all of the information about the group's undercover investigation this spring, and more videos will be released in the future.
He said an undercover investigator with the group who shot the new video received no training after being hired by Fair Oaks Farms, and he witnessed abuse on his first day on the job but did not take part in it.
After observing the abuse, that investigator reported it to his supervisors, but the employees who carried out the abuse were never reprimanded, Garcia said.
After the first videos were made public, Fair Oaks Farms' founder Mike McCloskey said in a Facebook post that he took responsibility for the abuse and that the company fired four employees and banned a third-party truck driver who were shown in calf abuse video.
"I am disgusted by and take full responsibility for the actions seen in the footage, as it goes against everything that we stand for in regards to responsible cow care and comfort," McCloskey wrote.
Fair Oaks Farms is the flagship farm for Fairlife, a national brand of higher protein, higher calcium and lower fat milk. Some retailers have pulled Fairlife products from their shelves, including Chicago-area grocery chain Jewel-Osco.
The Newton County Sheriff's Department said Wednesday that one of the three fired workers, Edgar Gardozo-Vasquez, 36, of Brook, was taken into custody and is being held at the Newton County Jail on a felony charge of torturing or mutilating a vertebrate animal and misdemeanor animal cruelty. The department says U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement has placed a hold on Gardozo-Vasquez. It says there are outstanding warrants for two other former Fair Oaks workers
Meanwhile, a California man filed a lawsuit Tuesday accusing Chicago-based Fairlife of fraud following the release of the videos.
Alain Michael, of Thousand Oaks, California, says in his lawsuit that he bought Fairlife milk solely because of its guarantee that it provided "extraordinary animal care," but the videos showed that its "'promise' is a sham," The (Northwest Indiana) Times reported.
Fairlife says it's reviewing the lawsuit, which was filed in federal court and seeks class-action status and unspecified damages.
Fair Oaks Farms' owners, Mike and Sue McCloskey, are also named as defendants. A message seeking comment was left for the couple.
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El espinillo, cina-cina, palo verde, retama, —entre otros nombres vernaculares— (Parkinsonia aculeata) es un árbol de la subfamilia Caesalpinioideae, dentro de la familia de las leguminosas. Es nativo del sudoeste de Estados Unidos (oeste de Tejas y sur de Arizona), México y Sudamérica (Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Ecuador (tanto en la parte continental como en el archipiélago de Galápagos), Perú. Es una especie también ampliamente cultivada como ornamental en zonas templadas y subtropicales a pesar de tener un elevado potencial invasor.

Descripción
Es un pequeño árbol espinoso que alcanza hasta los 10 m de altura con tronco en principio verde y luego agrietado y con las ramas nuevas y ramillas -zigzagueantes con el ángulo al nivel de las inserciones foliares- que se quedan verdes hasta volverse adultas. Las hojas son brutalmente bipinnadas con raquis muy corto -tan corto que los raquis secundarios parezcan sentados en las ramillas y la hoja sea más bien palmaticompuesta- y 1-3 pares de pinnas de raquis secundario muy largo -hasta 40cm- y algo comprimido, con numerosas pinnulas inconspicuas opuestas o alternas, mucronadas y con cortos pecíolos insertados lateral/superiormente en el raquis; el ápice del raquis primario y las estípulas foliares se transforman en 3 finas, pero robustas, espinas -una central más grande y patente-erecta, y las 2 otras laterales algo arqueadas y dirigidas hacía abajo- de 7 a 12 mm de largo. El conjunto de las ramillas, los raquis y las pinnulas son iregularmente cubiertos de pelos sencillos, cada vez más disperso con la edad. Los foliolos de las pinnas son caedizas y, entonces, el raquis secundario, más tiempo persistente, asume un papel fotosintético; después de la caída de este último solo quedan en las ramas/ramillas adultas las 3 espinas de la áxila foliar, luego únicamente la central (la correspondiente al ápice del raquis secundario), y al final ninguna de las 3; la rama conserva entonces solo la cicatriz foliar hasta que empiece a agrietarse como el tronco. Las flores son amarillas, con cáliz pentafido algo zigomorfo y con los sépalos reflejos cuando madura la flor, y con 5 pétalos libres arrugados, de uña peluda, algo desiguales, el superior más ancho y punteado de manchas de color teja y que se torna luego totalmente a este color -al igual que la faz interna de los 5 sépalos -, fragantes, de unos 20mm de diámetro, con un largo pedúnculo en grupos de 8 a 10. Hay 10 estambres libres, no exertos, peludos en sus bases, al igual que el pistilo. El fruto, indehiscente o tardía, parcial y unilateralmente dehiscente, bastante persistente en el árbol, es una legumbre coriácea/subleñosa de 4-10 cm de largo por 0,5 cm de anchura máxima, algo arqueada, largamente estrechada/apiculada en ambos extrémos, fina, irregular y longitudinalmente surcada, con claras constricciones inter-semillas, de color pardo al madurar. Sus semillas, que son poco numerosas (1-3) -aunque en la legumbre incipiente se llega a más de 10 que luego abortan-, lisas, son de forma oblonga-cuadrangular, más o menos comprimidas y de color castaño o verduzcas irregular y longitudinalmente manchadas de pardo.

Problemas de invasión
P. aculeata es una especie invasora en Australia, África tropical, Hawái, y otras islas del océano Pacífico.

Fue introducida en Australia como especie ornamental y para dar sombra en el año 1900. Con el tiempo se convirtió en una maleza importante, distribuida especialmente en la parte occidental, el norte y Queensland, en un área de aproximadamente 8000 km². Tiene el potencial de expandirse aún más en áreas tropicales semiáridas a subhúmedas de Australia. Forma densísimos matorrales, inaccesibles para el ganado y para la fauna salvaje. Los frutos flotan, y llegan a grandes distancias cuando se producen inundaciones.

Se están usando distintos métodos de control para reducir el tamaño de las poblaciones de esta especie en Australia. Entre ellos, el control biológico a través de insectos (tres especies de insectos se introdujeron a Australia con ese fin: los "escarabajos de la parkinsonia", Penthobruchus germaini y Mimosetes ulkei, cuyas larvas se alimentan de las semillas de parkinsonia, y el "gusano de la hoja de parkinsonia", Rhinacloa callicrates, que destruye tejidos fotosintéticos de la maleza). El fuego es otro método de control y es efectivo para plantas jóvenes; la remoción mecánica y los herbicidas también se están utilizando.

Ecología
Parkinsonia aculeata ha sido reportada como planta hospedera de las mariposas Cyanophrys miserabilis, Eurema albula.

Taxonomía
Parkinsonia aculeata fue descrita por Carlos Linneo y publicado en Species Plantarum 1: 375. 1753.
Sinonimia
 Parkinsonia thornberi M.E.Jones
Etimología
Parkinsonia: nombre genérico otorgado en honor del botánico inglés John Parkinson (1567–1650).

aculeata: epíteto latíno que significa "con espinas o aguijones".

Nombre común
Castellano: palo verde mexicano, cina, cina-cina, palo de rayo, espinillo, espina de Jerusalén, bacaporo, huacaporo, parkinsonia, retama, retaima, azote de Cristo, lluvia de oro.
 cascol, virundera (en Perú).
 junco marino (en Cuba).

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Area management plan to control weeds of national significance in Western Queensland, 27 Nov. 2013
Ecosistemas de las Islas del Pacífico en Riesgo: Parkinsonia aculeata

aculeata
Flora apícola
Plantas invasoras
Flora de América
Plantas descritas en 1753
Plantas descritas por Linnaeus
Flora de Uruguay


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Q: Convert list to a two column data frame in R I have a list looks like this:
$ key_1
[1] "value_1" "value_2" "value_3"

$ key_2
[1] "value_1" "value_4" "value_5"

$ key_3
[1] "value_2" "value_5" "value_6"

...
...
lots of data

How to convert it to a two column data frame looks like this:
head(df)

    Key     Value
1   key_1   value_1, value_2, value_3
2   key_2   value_1, value_4, value_5
3   key_3   value_2, value_5, value_6
....
....

Thanks in advance

A: You can use stack to get a named list to dataframe and then use aggregate :
aggregate(values~ind, stack(lst), toString)

Using tidyverse functions.
tibble::enframe(lst) %>%
  dplyr::mutate(value = purrr::map_chr(value, toString))

#  name  value
#  <chr> <chr>
#1 key1  value_1, value_2, value_3
#2 key2  value_1, value_4, value_5
#3 key3  value_2, value_5, value_6

data
lst <- list(key1 = c("value_1", "value_2" ,"value_3"),
            key2 = c("value_1", "value_4", "value_5"),
            key3 = c("value_2", "value_5", "value_6"))

A: temp_list <- list(key_1 = c('value_1', 'value_2', 'value_3'),
              key_2 = c('value_1', 'value_4', 'value_5'),
              key_3 = c('value_2', 'value_5', 'value_6'))
data.frame(Key = names(temp_list), Value = do.call(paste, c(temp_list, list(sep = ', '))))

You can do it this way with base R

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This is my third (of three) Johansson novels - Insomnia and Paranoia are the first two books of her debut series. Personally, Insomnia is my favorite book of the three, but this one would be my second favorite. While the Night Walkers series is paranormal, this book is strictly contemporary - realistic fiction, with a heavy dose of tough issues and an interesting mystery to it. Johansson definitely knows her way around scary thrillers! This novel definitely had a scare/creep factor to it, which freaked me out but had me hooked.
In this novel, Piper is desperate to escape her old life. She becomes Charlotte with the help of a boy about her age, who draws up a fake ID and documentation for her (for a hefty price, of course). She rescues a girl just like her, one that was abused by her parents, and decides to help the girl (Sanda). But Piper/Charlotte cannot run from her past. Messages begin to appear, and there is no one to protect Piper and Sanda.
This book is relatively short - very easy to read. There is an extremely heartbreaking tone to this book. Piper was locked in an attic by her parents, given the name "Girl", and her younger brother as well - "Boy". Piper names herself Piper, and her brother, Sam. I've seen these stories of children locked in rooms, starving, abused, scared, helpless, cut off from the world, illiterate... but reading the story of Piper (and Sanda as well) is heartbreaking.
That being said, this isn't your typical tough-issue contemporary novel. This book isn't solely about Piper running from her past and healing from her wounds (physical, emotional, or otherwise). Piper is literally running, but she is also taking care of a nine-year-old girl. Piper is always on edge and panics a lot. She's always on the defensive, and doesn't like people touching her. I think Johansson brought out the authenticity of the situation in Piper, in her character. You can very easily tell that she had a traumatic childhood - which she did. And her inner demons are actually pretty scary, and serious.
I was okay with Piper. I couldn't necessarily relate but I could empathize. What she did for Sanda was extremely brave. Piper pushed away people just by her attitude, but she let Sanda in, a girl just like her.
The romance is probably one of my favorite aspects of the book. It's kind of obvious, because Cam is introduced within pages of the book beginning, but I liked Cam a lot, and I had a feeling that I would like Piper, so I thought they were good together - and they were. Cam is super sweet and attentive and protective and stubborn. Piper is also very stubborn and likes to push Cam away (she doesn't want to take anyone's help more than she has to), but that's one of the reasons why they work so well together.
The romance is structured in an interesting way. It seems like insta-love at first, because you can just TELL, but nothing happens in terms of feelings, until later in the book. And in terms of the physical sense, nothing happens until the end. I think this romance really worked in this book - the protagonist needed time to warm up to Cam, and the idea of someone caring about her.
The plot is pretty fast and definitely interesting. The mystery takes up most of the story - who is sending the messages to Piper? I definitely couldn't not finish this book, for fear of not knowing.
Overall, I liked this book. Johansson is very skilled at writing these creepy thriller stories. I'm not sure if they're for me, but I like her storytelling!
I already touched on my small issue with the romance - the thing is, I liked the romance, but I could see why someone might cry "insta-love". It seemed like Cam fell for Piper from the start, which is okay, but that seemed like insta-love. He falls in love with her pretty quickly. Piper, on the other hand, doesn't fall for him that quickly, which makes sense, given her past and her distrust of people.
I'm kind of meh about scary stories, honestly. I don't know if one would classify this one as "scary", but either way, they aren't really my thing. This one was interesting, but I guess I just didn't LOVE it. The mystery was interesting, but it was kind of cliche that the person was sending messages to Piper - it just seems like that's a "bad guy"'s preferred method of intimidation in fiction, kind of cliche. But what do I know.
I'm still a bit confused as to how the "villain" got into Piper's apartment.
Also, I thought the ending was a little too happy. I thought that at least one person on the "good side" should have died - one person in particular, for sure. You'll have to read the book to know what I mean. But the ending was too peachy.
If you already have a copy of this book, or you pre-ordered it or bought it or whatever, then I say give it a shot! I liked it when I was reading it, but I probably won't re-read it. If it were part of a series, I probably wouldn't continue the series, either. There would have to be a really awesome hook for me to want to read the remaining books. BUT, this book is a standalone.
3 stars. Maybe 3.5 stars. But not 4 stars. I liked the book, but not that much. If horror/thriller/contemporary is your thing, then go for it! I'll continue to keep an eye out for this author's works.
It was kind of meh! If I hadn't read other books by the author, I wouldn't have picked up this one. Thank you!


John McCormick has successfully constructed an inflatable 3.5-metre dome from lightweight PVC, and has used Paul Bourke's dome projection techniques to project some full-dome images using a standard data projector and acrylic hemishperical mirror. This is a major step forward for the project, and a great achievement for John. We will release the plans for this dome Open Source. Watch this blog for the announcement.
John's hand-made inflatable dome, inflated with a domestic electric fan.
Full-dome internal projection of the calibration grid, using an off-the-shelf data projector. A pole is in front of the dome.
The artists standing outside the dome, with full-dome projection of image courtesy of Paul Bourke.
Artist and producer standing outside the dome, with full-dome projection of image courtesy of Paul Bourke.
Announcing the SquareTangle Connections Residency!
We are very pleased to announce the start of the Australia Council Inter-Arts funded Connections Residency of John McCormick and Adam Nash as Artists in Residence at Hidden Cove Solutions in Melbourne, Australia. For full details of the project, please see the Connections page. Briefly, John (an artist who specialises in motion capture integration into realtime 3D environments for contemporary dance) and Adam (an artist who specialises in realtime 3D envrionments as audiovisual performance platforms) are working with Nicole Lawther (producer at SquareTangle), Charles Kong (programmer at Hidden Cove) and Vivek Aiyer (Director at Hidden Cove) to develop a software system to seamlessly integrate data capture into virtual environments.
In practice, we are devising an immersive audiovisual show to stage in our portable dome. Part of the process is devising a system that allows us to do "full-dome" projections of realtime 3D environments i real time, to allow us to improvise live with artificial entities in persistent emergently evolving virtual environments. The medium term aim is to take a full immersive dome show on a tour of regional Australian centres in 2010.
We have settled on the name SquareTangle (suggested by Adam's very talented son Yue Yamanaka-Nash), which we feel represents the spirit of the project, which is a synthesis of the precise world of digital media with the messy world of art.
We will use this blog to document the process in as much detail as possible. It is our hope that our research and experimentation will benefit the wider artistic and digital media community, and to that aim we will be releasing Open Sournce as much of our output as possible. Feel free to contact us anytime on <info at squaretangle dot com>.


In addition to The Empathetic Libertarian, I write about education (higher ed, and K-12) for sites like National Review, Townhall, FEE, and The Daily Caller. Here's a list of all of the articles I've published on other sites about education.
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53rd Annual Grammy Awards: Backstage
Lady Gaga met one of her littlest monsters, Willow Smith, at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday (Feb. 13). Willow snapped pics sitting in Mother Monster's lap as her real mother Jada Pinkett smiled on. "She is amazing! She's just so amazing, she's a free person. She's a free girl, baby," said the 10-year-old of the pop superstar.
Gaga picked up the awards for Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Short Form Music Video, and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
Catch more moments they didn't show on TV including Dr. Dre posing with Eminem and Gaga, Cee Lo Green meeting Justin Bieber, Diddy keeping up with Kim Kardashian, and Jennifer Lopez introducing herself to Gaga.
Willow Smith and Lady Gaga
Watch the Trailer for Xscape and SWV's 'Queens of R&B' Docuseries
Drake Praises Lil Yachty's 'Masterpiece' Album


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Filippo Grandi (Milán, 1957), es un filósofo, político, escritor y historiador italiano.

Biografía
Estudió una licenciatura de Filosofía en la Universidad Gregoriana de Roma, un grado en historia moderna por la Universidad de Milán y un doctorado honoris causa por la Universidad de Coventry en Reino Unido.
El 1º de enero de 2016 Filippo Grandi es el 11º Alto Comisionado para los Refugiados, Oficina del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados (ACNUR).

En 2017 Grandi aparece en el documental Marea Humana dirigido por Ai Weiwei.

En febrero de 2021 el alto Comisionado de la Acnur, Grandi junto al  presidente Iván Duque anunció un Estatuto de protección temporal para favorecer a 1.73 millones de venezolanos desplazados en Colombia.

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Filósofos de Italia del siglo XXI
Historiadores de Italia del siglo XXI
Diplomáticos de Italia
Políticos de Italia del siglo XXI
Directivos de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas
Alumnado de la Universidad de Milán
Alumnado de la Pontificia Universidad Gregoriana
Nacidos en Milán


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Q: add object into GSON array android studio hey guys im using android's gson library to parse my JSON. everything is working fine in that I have that selected goal array sometimes it is full of values and sometimes it is an empty array. when array is empty I want to push an object init when I try to add its index
selected_goal.add(INDEX,VALUE)

I want to push an object at the place of value please help me how can I do it…
this is my pojo:
 public class SelectedGoal {

        @SerializedName("id")
        @Expose
        private String id;
        @SerializedName("goal_name")
        @Expose
        private String goalName;
        @SerializedName("image")
        @Expose
        private String image;
        @SerializedName("position")
        @Expose
        private String position;
        @SerializedName("athlete_id")
        @Expose
        private String athleteId;
        @SerializedName("coach_id")
        @Expose
        private String coachId;
        @SerializedName("current_goal_id")
        @Expose
        private String currentGoalId;

        public String getId() {
            return id;
        }

        public void setId(String id) {
            this.id = id;
        }

        public String getGoalName() {
            return goalName;
        }

        public void setGoalName(String goalName) {
            this.goalName = goalName;
        }

        public String getImage() {
            return image;
        }

        public void setImage(String image) {
            this.image = image;
        }

        public String getPosition() {
            return position;
        }

        public void setPosition(String position) {
            this.position = position;
        }

        public String getAthleteId() {
            return athleteId;
        }

        public void setAthleteId(String athleteId) {
            this.athleteId = athleteId;
        }

        public String getCoachId() {
            return coachId;
        }

        public void setCoachId(String coachId) {
            this.coachId = coachId;
        }

        public String getCurrentGoalId() {
            return currentGoalId;
        }

        public void setCurrentGoalId(String currentGoalId) {
            this.currentGoalId = currentGoalId;
        }

    }

A: selected_goal.add(INDEX,new SelectedGoal());

EDIT- To set values, make constuctor in your SelectedGoal class like.
public SelectedGoal(String id, String goalName, String image, String
position, String athleteId, String coachId, String currentGoalId) {
    this.id = id;
    this.goalName = goalName;
    this.image = image;
    this.position = position;
    this.athleteId = athleteId;
    this.coachId = coachId;
    this.currentGoalId = currentGoalId;
}

finally add your object into list like..
 selected_goal.add(INDEX,new SelectedGoal(id,goalName,image,position,athleteId,coachId,currentGoalId));


Another apocalypse Monday has reared its head... and we should be fortunate that we're spending it reading blogs and working and not running for our lives amidst zombie goo.
Today's must-have apocalypse item? Thumbtacks.
Whilst (don't you love that word? 'Whilst'. Use it at least four times today and people will think you're super-smart) preparing for the zombie invasion, I even made these pretty and blogged about it here. Mod-podging thumbtacks. Who knew? Anyhoo, here's how to use them to your benefit when the world smells like the undead and an old trunk.
1. When I was in college, I attended a few parties. I was mostly the designated driver because I was terrified of throwing up and/or doing something I'd regret while drunk. But my sobriety allowed me to live through horror stories that other people were living through... like when my friend Michelle woke up the morning after a party with several thumbtacks stuck in her feet. Insert your cringe here. But I learned that thumbtacks in the feet are unpleasant... plant them on your front porch to deter the zombies.
2. There will be occasions when you need to call the survivors together. I plan on having several 'we're still alive' barbecues myself. Print up your fliers (or draw them with crayon) and tack them up on the utility poles that are still standing. You'll have more guests than you'll know what to do with.
3. The men will want to feel useful during these crazy times. And we all know that men can buckle under pressure. So, while you're defending the family from blood-thirsty killers, your husband can make a battle plan using an old map and the thumbtacks as points of reference. Let's remember to praise the men when they manage to survive another day.
4. I'm envisioning some sort of weapon with thumbtacks glued to the outside, pointy-side out. Making something like that will speak to our craftiness and our survival mode. Win-win.
5. Birthdays will become really important during the apocalypse, mostly because we've survived another year infection-free. So when you have the party, really go all out: streamers, banners, balloons... and you can't hang streamers and banners without thumbtacks. Please console little Johnny when his party is crashed by zombies who could smell the cake. Zombies love cake.
6. Do you remember shooting spitwads in school? You do? SHAME ON YOU. SOMEONE HAD TO CLEAN THAT UP, YOU KNOW. Anyhoo, use a straw to shoot thumbtacks at the zombies from a distance. It won't really hurt them but they'll get really irritated. Make sure you don't inhale though... yowch.
7. You should assign chores during the apocalypse. Teaching the kids responsibility is muy importante. (I'm so worldy, with my possibly-misused Spanish words.) Tack up the chore charts and watch the efficiency fly. Save the 'hose off the zombie goo from the front porch' chore for the older kids. Gracias.
8. During Christmas, when ornaments are scarce, tie some shiny thumbtacks on the tree and enjoy the shimmery show.
9. Kids will still be making art for their parents, even after the world ends. Little Timmy's hand-drawn picture of you using a flame-thrower on that pack of zombies needs to be displayed on your bulletin board, with your ever-so-handy thumbtacks. Be sure to note his attention to detail, like the look of horror on the zombie's faces.
10. During the apocalypse, thumbtacks will be really useful in home and auto repair. They're going to be the new duct tape, so keep them on hand. You heard it here first.
I love these! Your post is the highlight of my Monday - well, until I meet friends for lunch. (sorry) Do your kids help you think of these tips? Or are you shielding them from the impending zombie arrival?
"Let's remember to praise the men when they manage to survive another day."
I SO want to be your neighbor when the apocalypse happens.
Thanks for using 'whilst' again. I tried to incorporate it into conversation with my husband and he looked at me like I was crazy. So, I put some thumb tacks in his shoes :). And, I had no idea Zombies love cake.
It is unfortunate that everyone, including zombies, love cake. #3 is awesome!!!


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Q: Angular checkbox filter using pipe Hello I am trying to create a checkbox angular pipe which can filter my products when checked. The checklist comes dynamically and so is the list from the same JSON file -
Checkbox - The following code creates checkboxes in the component

  <input type="checkbox" value="{{b.BrandName}}" id="{{b.id}}" name="brandArray" [(ngModel)]="b[BrandSelected]">
  {{b.BrandName}}

List of Products - The following code is used to get the product list

{{product.productName}}

Checkbox Pipe - The following code is I am facing problem with to filter the products when a particular checkbox is selected
import { Pipe, PipeTransform } from '@angular/core';

@Pipe({
  name: 'selectBrand'
})
export class SelectBrandPipe implements PipeTransform {

  transform(brand: any, brandType?: any): any {
    console.log('brand', brandType);
    if (!brandType || brandType.length === 0) return brand;
    return brand.filter(brandName =>
    brandType.includes(brandName.companyName));
  }

}

I am using this list which is called by a service. In that service I have used productList: Products[]; for the following list -
export const PRODUCTS: Products[] = [
{
    id: 1,
    productCat:'Jeans',
    brand: [
        {
            brandId: 'B1',
            BrandName: 'Brand-1',
            BrandSelected: true
        },
        {
            brandId: 'B2',
            BrandName: 'Brand-2',
            BrandSelected: true
        },
    ],
    product: [
        {
            productId: 2,
            productName: 'Brand 2 prod',
            companyName: 'Brand-1',
        },
        {
            productId: 3,
            productName: 'Brand 2 prod',
            companyName: 'Brand-2',
        },
    ],
},
]

Please advice how can I correct this. If there is also other method than pipe, please do share

A: brandType is undefined in the component. Check your component file (ending in .ts) and see if brandType is defined (it shouldn't be).
Testing this hypothesis would be easiest, by just passing in some string to the pipe and seeing, if it would then say something other than undefined.
aka.

if it would then log "brand car-brand" from the console.log in the pipe, then you would definately know that there is a problem with initializing your brandType variable.
EDIT 1:
Most commonly you initialize and modify your variables in the component. Aka.
@Component..
export class ComponentA implements OnInit {
    public brandType: string = 'car';

    ngOnInit() { }
}


Flip A House; Can You Make Money Doing It?
Want to learn how to Flip A House and Make Money?
It can be done, but you better make sure you know what you're doing, or you can lose a lot of money.
The late night Info commercials make quick flip real estate deals seem common and easy, which isn't necessarily true.
But that's what commercials do - they sell you on whatever product is being marketed.
It's possible, because I've done it many times and was in fact a full time real estate investor at one time that did nothing but what I wanted to do! I learned how to find houses, where to find loans to buy and flip them and where to find buyers for them.
I learned a lot about how to flip real estate by watching a flip this house television show, no specific one...but any fix and flip house show that happened to be on at the time. The name of the show was unimportant to me. I was single minded about the tips, techniques and strategies being taught. Those house flip tips fueled my excitement and started me to thinking that I could flip houses, too.
However, I didn't learn all that I know from just tv shows- far from it. I also took a self study flipping real estate course...several to be specific. Since I knew absolutely nothing about flipping real estate I wanted to learn as much as I could to help insure my success. Plus, I was pretty poor and didn't have money to invest in real estate, or to lose if I borrowed it.
I also checked out books from the library, talked to friends and co-workers who were buying and selling real estate and took note of what the real estate investors in my community were doing. Still, that first flipping property course was a critical first step when it came to learning about real estate, flipping homes, etc.
And there were even more learning resources. For example, I got some of my best house flipping tips from real estate investment seminars where I learned concepts like "buyer brokering", "sandwich leases", "no money down" purchases, "100% financing", "simultaneous closings", how to buy a property and "walk away from the closing with cash", etc.
As you might imagine I didn't learn all of these things at once and certainly didn't use them at the same time, but each one created a different way of funneling homes, houses, land, buyers, sellers, investors and seller real estate agents into my lead funnel that churned one deal after another.
If you haven't flipped a house yet you're in for a real treat. There are few things as intoxicating as: buying a house and getting paid at the closing, a fast flip real estate deal where you close fast and have little money and time in the project, having a real estate agent give you free unsolicited leads wher you make $15,000 - $20,000 on - each, or when you can flip a house and take a month off and not have to worry about it.
It's really not complicated when you know how to do it, especially in today's market where foreclosures and bank owned properties are at historical highs; short sales are common; and you can find deals by accident. However, that doesn't mean that flipping propety is like a casual stroll in the park.
You better know what you're doing and that includes surrounding yourself with a team of professionals who can contribute to your success by giving good, sound, ethical and legal advice. At a minimum your team should consist of an attorney, a title company, a real estate agent, several different contractors, an appraiser, a surveyor, a home owner insurance agent, and a pest control company for termite inspections. You also want to have a list of subcontractors that include an electrician, a plumber, carpenter, a roofer, a heating and air contractor.
Hopefully you can see that a decision to fix and flip houses is a process that takes a lot of studying and preparation. And although you may hear less about flipping real estate in today's economy than in years past there are still opportunities to make money flipping houses; especially for first time homeowners who are willing to buy, move in, fix and flip when the housing market turns around. You have to live somewhere, right? So, why not flip a house after living in it for awhile?
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The bottles are lined up behind your freshly waxed bar, and the bar stools you had imported from Mexico are ready and eager to be used. So how exactly do you go about becoming the place where everybody knows your name? Marketing for bars is the key to your success, and a well-written marketing plan will make the execution of your strategy super easy.
So here it is: everything you need to know to write the perfect marketing plan for your bar. In this article, we'll walk you through all the components of a complete marketing for bars strategy – which you can of course tailor to the needs of your business.
To set you up for success, we've also put together a template you can download, customize, and fill in with your own marketing strategy. Take everything you learn here and follow along with your template – at the end of this process, you'll be well on your way to creating an expert-level promotion strategy specifically tailored to your bar.
While a business plan establishes how you will conduct your business in the future, a marketing plan is a blueprint of the ways you will make your business known within the market.
Keep your business plan handy as you build your marketing plan. The two documents – while distinctly different – should rely on each other like a codependent power couple.
There are a few things you should check off your to do list before you actually start writing your marketing plan. Here we'll take you through all the elements you'll need to prepare before you start writing your plan.
Whether you beat 'em or decide to join 'em, you need to know what "'em" are up to. Here's what you need to do to conduct an effective competitor analysis.
Compare your SWOT analysis to the ones you did for your competitors. Note any interesting overlap, and keep this information close at hand when you're writing your marketing plan.
Mission statement: Your mission statement is the reason your business exists. Mission statements are usually one to three sentences and approximately 50 words. They describe your bar's value, inspire your customers, staff, and stakeholders, are plausible and realistic, and they are specific and to the point.
Elevator pitch: Your elevator pitch is how you would describe your bar to a stranger if you only had 60 seconds. Make sure you include your business' name, specialty, and what makes you unique.
Target audience: Describing your target audience can be fun. Some people like to create personas, which are characters who represent your target demographic and psychographics. Imagine your ideal customer walks in and sits down at the bar. Who are they? What are they looking for?
Voice and tone: Now that you've created your persona, how do you want to talk to them? Will your tone be more casual or formal? How would the bartender greet them? This is your chance to define a personality for your business.
Goals: Not to get too existential, but what's the point of all the work you're doing here? You'll want to list some tangible goals you can use to measure your overall success in your marketing efforts.
You may have others, and that's great! Just remember that as you go through the components of your marketing plan, you'll want to return to these goals to make sure each element of your strategy rolls up to one of these goals.
Goal: Refer to your primary goals. Which goal will each particular tactic or strategy support?
Audience: If you have a segmented audience, identify which segment you're targeting with each marketing effort.
Channels: Based on who you're targeting and which goal you're aiming to meet, determine which channels you will have the most success reaching your audience with.
Timeline: Key events and milestones you hope to hit throughout the year ahead.
Measuring success: We're talking tangible ways of measuring whether a marketing strategy is working or not. Key performance indicators.
Roles and responsibilities: Who will execute on the elements of your strategy and what will they do?
Budget: Fairly self explanatory. List your budget line items for each tactic. Include a note about return on investment if you've done the research.
Note: Don't feel pressured to execute on all the components of this plan! You know your capacity best, from budget to human resources. We're giving you the full menu of marketing ideas for bars, but we also want to stress that you should prioritize what's best for your business.
Media exposure for your bar is marketing gold, Jerry, gold! Especially if you can secure some cool local media when you're first starting out. But the thing is, you need to give journalists something to write about.
Story mining: Journalists usually do this – but they'll love you if you can do it for them. Special events, celebrity guest bartenders, or efforts to make your bar more socially conscious – these are the kinds of stories local media outlets drink up (pun intended).
Tap into trends: What's trending? If you can draw a link between your business and what's hot in the news – a hot new design trend, a community event, or a social justice issue – you'll be seen as newsworthy.
Pull on heartstrings: Make people feel something about you and the media will follow. One of the easiest ways to do that is through human interest storytelling. Pay attention to your staff and customers. Everyone has a story.
This may sound odd, but you'll want to go back to your list of competitors for this one. Get to know your fellow business owners, and maybe even consider collaborating with them on specific initiatives where you may both benefit. The advantage is that this can cost you next to nothing, and you can benefit from tapping into another bar's customer base.
Whether you're participating in a block party, hosting a singles night, or running a private events program, events are a great way to get people into your bar and aware of your brand.
Events calendar: Keep an up-to-date events listing on your website. Make sure it's easy to navigate and that each event listing is search engine optimized using keywords related to the event.
Engagement: Events are a great opportunity to encourage people to share their photos of your bar on their social media channels. Create a unique hashtag, encourage people to use it, and tag your business in photos. If you really want to take it to the next level, create an incentive for people to share, like discounts on drinks or VIP access to the next event.
Track your success: Obviously you'll be measuring your success against your revenue targets for the day, but tracking mentions of your hashtags and traffic to unique URLs will help you determine how successful an event was in the online world.
Talk to your neighbors: Make friends with the florist next door or the food truck owner down the street. You may be able to come up with events or partnerships that are mutually beneficial.
When designing your website, you should also be thinking about search engine optimization (SEO). SEO helps your bar rank as high as possible when people are searching for places to have a drink with friends.
Social media marketing for bars is a must.
It wasn't so long ago that social media marketing was viewed as cutting-edge. Today social media is a standard component of any marketing plan – which means your competitors are also vying for attention across channels.
A bar is an inherently social place, so it goes without saying (but we'll say it anyway) that social media is an excellent tool for marketing your bar.
Get to know the various social media channels before you develop your bar's social media strategy. Every channel comes with its own features, characteristics, and potential problems you'll need to be aware of.
Instagram, for example, is a no brainer for you, given that people love to post pictures of themselves out on the town with their friends. Creating a geotag and engaging with users who have posted photos at your bar is a great way to drive traffic to your account and interest in your bar.
Twitter requires constant monitoring and maintenance, but is a great platform for updating users in real time about promotions and events.
And while Google+ may seem like a backwater social media channel that basically no one uses, just having a presence on the channel has been said to boost search rankings.
Paid promotion strategy: Which posts will you pay to promote and what is your budget?
Driving engagement: What kinds of incentives will you offer your customers to encourage them to engage with your social media channels? Is there a selfie booth in your bar? Do you offer a free shot to people who share a photo of a specialty menu item and tag your bar?
Engagement strategy: The above item determines how you will drive engagement from others, but your engagement strategy outlines how you will manage your own level of online interactions. Responding to comments, liking photos posted under your geotag, and reposting photos your customers posted using your unique hashtags are all great examples.
Consider your goals and the conversations you want to be a part of on social media. This will help you focus your efforts when you're mapping out what should be a significant portion of your overall marketing strategy.
Making your bar everybody's favorite watering hole is no easy task, but a list of some original and enticing happy hour promotions is a great place to start!
Does your bar have a theme? If so, play on that. If your bar has a total Mad Men vibe, then offer up discounted Old Fashioneds on weeknights.
Are you located in the heart of the fashion district? Look into what time most people finish work and schedule a discounted cocktail hour.
Are you smack dab in the middle of the action? If you're surrounded by other bars, stay open on the night they all close and host an industry night with discounted drinks for local bartenders and servers.
Play into your strengths, and strengthen your weaknesses by offering promotions on nights that tend to be slower or discounts on menu items you're having a hard time selling.
Content marketing for bars is where you really get to have some fun. It's all about brainstorming and pushing out creative content that will get people's attention and keep them coming to you for information, entertainment, or all of the above.
Think of content marketing as the more creative element to your marketing plan. It goes above and beyond just having a website and doing standard email and social media marketing, although it's important to note there will likely be overlap. Content marketing's main focus is on the relevance and quality of the content itself.
So whether you're publishing a how-to guide for making the perfect Old Fashioned on your blog, or creating a short video about the science behind mixology, content marketing is all about creating relevant and highly engaging content to drive traffic to your website, blog, social media channels, and eventually to your bar.
It's no marketing secret, people love free stuff. Tap into that by hosting contests and giveaways to drive traffic to your website and increase engagement across your social media channels.
Incentive: In the words of Bonnie Raitt, Let's give 'em something to talk about! You don't have to play Oprah and give away a car to get people talking, but make sure the prize is exciting enough to incentivize your audience into sharing with their networks.
Set expectations: Make sure contest rules and instructions are clearly indicated. Be specific about when you will announce a winner and stick to it.
Keep it simple: The more hoops people have to jump through for the prize, the less likely they are to engage with your giveaway. Keep your calls to action simple but make sure they will directly benefit you. Consider things like: follow our account, tag a friend, and share an image of your food using our hashtag.
Measure your success: What is your end goal? Do you want more followers? Or are you trying to drive people to purchase a specific item? Contests are a fun way to incentivize people to engage with your business in a new way. Determine your goals and establish key performance indicators to track your success.
If a customer has gone so far as to provide you with their email address, it means they care enough about your restaurant to want info about its success, promos, and events, so don't leave 'em hanging!
The power of mobile marketing for bars is often overlooked and underestimated. With 81% of people turning to their mobile devices when choosing a place to meet up with friends, mobile marketing means they'll be eating out of the palm of your hand … or wait, you're in the palm of their hand – either way, it's effective.
Opt-in strategy: This differs slightly from email marketing opt-ins which typically require you to subscribe by clicking a button. With SMS text messaging, recipients are asked to respond a specific keyword to a 6-digit short code number. Familiarize yourself with SMS text message opt-in regulations to avoid hefty fines or penalties.
Calls to action: Make sure you have a clear, succinct, and easy to follow call to action in your text message. It could be directing people to your website, asking them to use a specific coupon code, or replying to the text message.
Trigger an emotional response: Choose powerful keywords that are relevant to your brand and trigger an emotional reaction in your recipients.
Word of mouth is nothing new, and it's tried and true.
You provide customers with an experience, they talk to their friends about that experience, then those people either choose to hang out at your bar or stay away.
Online review sites are just word of mouth through the world's biggest megaphone.
Be found: Ensure your business information (website, contact info, location schedule, menu) is up to date so people searching by location or category can find you.
Boost search rankings: The more reviews your business has, the higher your bar will rank on Google. When searching, users usually only look at the first few search results, so it's important you rank as high as possible.
Build relationships with customers: Thanking positive reviewers is a great way to solidify their positive experience with you. And when you address issues raised in a negative review, you'll be more likely to turn a displeased customer's opinion around.
Improve your business: When you're paying attention to online reviews, you're getting insight into what's working and what's not, so you know which menu items to promote and how to improve customer experience.
Remember that no two plans are the same – the most successful marketing ideas for restaurants and bars prioritize what's most important to the business based on budget, time, and resources. But also don't be afraid to take some risks, as you'll need to test certain initiatives before you can know whether or not they worked. Make sure to fail fast, learn, and optimize your efforts for the next round.


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Gabon gets off to flying start wtih group win over Burkina Faso
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Gabon's Malick Evouna (R) celebrates after scoring his side's second goal vs. Burkina Faso.
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang helped Gabon to a flying start at the African Cup of Nations as they beat Burkina Fason 2-0 on Saturday.
Borussia Dortmund striker Aubameyang scored against the run of play to give Gabon a first-half lead before Malick Evouna added a second with 18 minutes left. Paul Put's Burkinese – who finished as runners-up to Nigeria in the 2013 edition of Africa's continental championship – had appeared to be in complete control early on.
However, they were once again undone by Jorge Costa's men, having finished behind them in their qualifying group following a defeat and a draw in their two meetings. Didier Ovono was superb in the Gabon goal, keeping Burkina Faso at bay almost single-handedly at times, while Aubameyang and Evouna's composure at the other end represented the difference between the sides.
Victory saw Gabon take early control of Group A after Equatorial Guinea and Congo's 1-1 draw earlier in the day. Burkina Faso started the match in positive fashion, bursting forward at pace and putting Gabon under pressure high up the pitch, and only a fine 12th-minute save from Ovono prevented Bertrand Traore from opening the scoring.
Ovono was caught out in the 19th minute as he raced out of goal, but his defenders dealt with the danger, and Gabon soon snatched an unlikely lead. Aubameyang was sent through one-on-one by a clever pass from Andre Biyogo Poko, and although he was initially denied by Germain Sanou, the Dortmund striker kept his cool to convert the rebound between players covering on the line.
Costa's side grew in confidence following that breakthrough, although they remained prone to lapses in defence. In the 30th minute, two simple, quick passes almost resulted in the leveller, but Jonathan Pitroipa – the top scorer in qualifying – scuffed a tame effort into the arms of the goalkeeper.
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A personal duel was developing between Pitroipa and Ovono, and the shot-stopper prevailed once more in the 37th minute – Pitroipa firing straight at him from five yards after a cross-cum-shot fell into his path. With the first half played at such a frenetic pace, it was little surprise that the tempo dropped after the break.
The game became more stretched and in the 65th minute, both keepers were required to make reaction saves as play switched rapidly from end to end. But there was nothing Sanou could do when Gabon doubled their lead in the 72nd minute.
Frederic Bulot showed great feet to beat his defender on the right before digging out a wonderful cross from the byline, which was emphatically met by the head of Evouna. Pitroipa almost provided a moment of inspiration in stoppage time but, after an incisive run, his shot was blocked.
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BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. – Authorities say a U.S. Navy sailor has been charged in the armed robbery of a CVS store near the upstate New York training facility where he's stationed.
Police in the Saratoga County village of Ballston Spa tell local media outlets that 20-year-old Richard Sliski was arrested Monday and charged with robbery and forcible theft with a deadly weapon.
Officials say Sliski was armed with a handgun last Friday night when he stole cash and a large amount of the drug Ritalin from the CVS store in the village. Police say Sliski is on active duty with the Navy and is assigned to the nuclear training site in the neighboring town of Milton.
He's being held in the county jail on $50,000 cash. It couldn't be determined if he had a lawyer.


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MCHF & WHC HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE:
Johnny Morris (1938 – 1998)
Johnny Ward Morris was born on August 23, 1938, in Gillette, Wyoming to Vern W. and Marie Russeff Morris. Johnny grew up on the family ranch at the head of Ranch Creek, East of Biddle, in Southeastern Montana. He attended the Walloth and Ranch Creek schools through the 8th grade, and at an early age, broke colts, and ran cows and sheep. He had his own checking account by the time he was 12. After 8th grade, he quit school to help on the ranch, where they used horse-drawn machinery. Johnny was very capable, and believed he could accomplish anything he set his mind to.
At 15, Johnny started a rodeo career that spanned 36 years. He rode his first bareback horse at the old Parks Arena on Trail Creek in Campbell County, Wyoming, in 1953. A year later, he lost an eye in a ranch accident, but it never slowed him down. In the summer of 1955, Francis Hayes, of Ridge, Montana, taught him how to fly. Francis said Johnny was a natural, and that he only had to show him how to do things once. Despite having only one eye, his depth perception as a pilot was as good as if he had two eyes. But, if you threw a ball at him, it might hit him square in the nose!
As a young man, Johnny split his time between ranch work, leather work, and flying to rodeos, where he rode bareback horses, bulls, and occasionally saddle broncs. He rode bulls for about five years, during which time he suffered a badly broken jaw at a rodeo in Custer, South Dakota. He didn't ride many bulls after that, but had a natural ability to ride bareback horses. This talent took him to a record six bareback championships in the NRCA (Northwest Ranch Cowboys Association). He won those year-end titles in 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1970, and 1972, and was runner-up to the championship in 1971 and 1974, as well as the average winner at the year-end finals at least once. Many people said Johnny could have been a world champion had he traveled in the PRCA (Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association). In his prime, Johnny felt there wasn't a horse that could throw him off. He once made the whistle on 120 consecutive horses. According to Johnny, the highlight of his rodeo career was in 1983 when he won the World Championship, at age 45, in bareback riding in the NOTRA (National Old Timers Rodeo Association). As a Senior Professional, he flew himself to more rodeos and rode more bucking stock that year than any of his years in the NRCA.
Johnny married Ella Mae Richards in 1958. They had three children; Twila in 1960, Laurie in 1962, and Cody in 1968. Ella Mae flew to rodeos with Johnny in the early years. One memorable trip in 1959, shortly after she was pregnant with their first child, there was a landing mishap at a rodeo in Eagle Butte, South Dakota. When the dust settled, she wound up upside down, safely strapped into the seat beside him. Stock contractor Lyle Nelson roped the tail, pulled the plane back onto its wheels, and they flew home after the rodeo. As time went on, Johnny traded Ella Mae for other rough stock riders, sharing an airplane seat with many cowboys during his career.
Also as a young man, Johnny became very accomplished at building saddles and doing other leather and upholstery work. In his spare time, Johnny built and operated a sawmill, with which he sawed the lumber to build his house. It took five years, but Johnny built the house from below ground level on up by himself, finishing in 1967. He dug the full basement with a horse-drawn fresno, did all the masonry work, built two fireplaces, and did all the inside and outside finish work. In 1973, Johnny and Dick Craft started hunting coyotes from the air using an 85 horsepower Taylorcraft. In 1975, he completed work on an experimental coyote hunting plane based on the Taylorcraft design, but with some of his own modifications. Johnny, along with several different gunners over the years, killed many coyotes and fox using this home-built. Improving on this design, he built another short-field aircraft with more modifications, completing it in 1986. Johnny and son, Cody, used it mainly for hunting coyotes up until Johnny's death. Johnny and various gunners killed over 7,000 coyotes in those two planes over a period of about 24 years.
In 1979, Johnny bought a Cessna 210 and fitted it with a Robertson STOL kit, doing the work himself, to have the ability to fly long distances but retain optimal short-field take-off and landing capabilities. He did this specifically for flying in and out of his ranch airstrip and anywhere else he wanted to land. He started flying PRCA cowboy friends to rodeos all over the U. S. and Canada. They trusted his ability as a pilot because he could get them to rodeos on time, no matter what. Many rough stock and timed event cowboys, including several World Champions, rode with "Air Morris" over a 20-year period. In later years, his traveling companions almost exclusively were Marvin and Mark Garrett, Ken Lensegrav, and Larry Sandvick. The five cowboys formed a very special friendship.
Johnny enjoyed big game hunting, traveling to Alaska, the Arctic Circle, and even Newfoundland in his 210, to hunt Dall sheep, grizzlies, and caribou. Johnny killed three of the four species of sheep needed to fill the North American Grand Slam. In 1988, he accomplished another goal. He and son Cody flew his single engine, non-turbo Cessna 210 over the top of 20,320 ft. Mount McKinley, highest point in North America, and flew to Point Barrow, Alaska, the farthest North point of land in North America. At the time of his death, Johnny had accumulated over 19,000 hours of private pilot flight time.
In 1998, enroute to San Francisco's Cow Palace, Johnny and four passengers, the Garrett's, Scott Johnston, and Thad Bothwell, were injured when the rented Cessna 210 went down near Lodi, California. Marvin, Thad, and Scott all suffered broken backs. Mark, with only cuts to his head, helped the others out of the wreckage. Johnny suffered a broken pelvis and burns over at least 40 percent of his body, and died two weeks later as a result of infection from the burns. Despite their injuries, all cowboys recovered and eventually returned to the arena.
Johnny died on November 18, 1998, at U.C. Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, California. He is buried in the family plot beside his father, mother, grandfather and grandmother at the Ranch Creek Cemetery, Powder River County, Montana, just a few miles from where he lived all his life.
Personal memories of Cody Morris.


Celebrate St. Patrick's Day near our Broadbeach family accommodation with Broadbeach Family St. Patrick's Day, a family-friendly community celebration that will be free for all to attend.
Taking place on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, this afternoon of entertainment is a fantastic opportunity for families with kids to join in the excitement of St. Patrick's Day - an annual cultural and religious festival that celebrates all things Irish. St. Patrick's Day is enjoyed all over the world, and is a great opportunity to round up friends and family, dress up in all-green, and have a pint of Guinness!
Broadbeach Family St. Patrick's Day will bring Ireland's most famous festival to the Gold Coast, and will offer lots to see and enjoy for all. Just some of the afternoon's entertainment will include live music and Irish dancing, food trucks, and plenty of fun for the kids such as bouncy castles, face painting, a one-hour magic show, and cricket games for both boys and girls.
The event will happen in Broadbeach's Kombumerri Park - just a short walk from the Pacific Fair Shopping Centre - providing the ideal backdrop for Irish festivity under the sun! If you're looking for a St. Patrick's Day celebration to enjoy with the kids, the Broadbeach Family St. Patrick's Day is a must-attend this March 17.
With our accommodation near Pacific Fair Shopping Centre, you can join in all of the festivity at Broadbeach Family St. Patrick's Day within short walking distance. We offer comfortable two and three bedroom holiday apartments at the heart of Broadbeach - one of the Gold Coast's most sought-after destinations - with plenty to see and enjoy during your stay, such as Kurrawa Beach, The Star Gold Coast and Surfers Paradise.
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No one in town has ever seen anything like it: a slimy, mobile tube of glistening yellow flesh with dull, staring eyes and an obscene, probing mouth. But the real horror is not what it looks like, or what it does when it invades your fleshbut what it makes you do to others.FLESH introduces a whole crowd of characters beginning with Eddie who is cruising back roads in his van for his next victim. Eddie ends up a bit crispy, but what happens after that is absolutely fascinating. Seems that dear Eddie was not acting alone; he was the host for something that compels humans to turn cannibal. The whole novel follows the leap of this "something" from person to person, hideous murders, creepy abandoned buildings with danger at every corner and one cop's relentless pursuit of the weird killer.
A holiday idyll that turns into a nightmare. Eight people take a yachting cruise in the Bahamas and find that they are not alone.
A horror writer, Larry Dunbar uncovers the body of a high school girl, who had been sacrificed on the altar of a madman's obsession to rid the Earth of a vampire's curse. A world of horrors was born the day the stake was driven into the girl's heart, and Dunbar wants to pull it out.


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Rhianna Harby and her family are bracing for hip-pocket pain.
The 33-year-old expects young families like hers will bear the brunt of the backlash against banks because of the financial services royal commission and says discretionary spending on items such as Foxtel would be the first things to go if her mortgage costs rise.
With a two-year-old son and another baby on the way, Mrs Harby, who owns her own business and is married to police officer Joel, says her family are doing pretty well compared with other people.
The couple own their Kingsley home and have an investment property, however they say an increase in costs would hit their budget.
"We'd look at how much we're spending on bigger luxury items like holidays, upgrading furniture and free spending — reducing or cutting them out," she said.
The prospect of banks passing on costs because of commission recommendations has Mrs and Mr Harby reconsidering their options, which were stacked towards investment in property, with the expectation that interest rates and repayments will increase.
"If interest rates and repayments do continue to get higher, then we will have to look into selling those investment properties and have just the one house," Mrs Harby said.
She said she felt the banks should not be allowed to pass the burden of their wrongdoings on to the average, hardworking families.
"But when the banks are fined as well, that is going to change the way they look at their profits and financial strategy, which is going to affect homeowners," Mrs Harby said.


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French artillery, 1640s
Artillery installed in the early forts defending the towns of New France was usually mounted on this type of carriage. A gunner is shown clearing the vent with a thin spike. The forked pike carried by one of the gunners was used to hold a slow match to ignite the powder in the gun's vent. This caused the ignition of the powder charge in the barrel and the firing of the cannonball.
Cross of Malta carved in a stone bearing the date 1647
When the Château Saint-Louis in Quebec was built, this Cross of Malta was carved in a stone bearing the date 1647. Charles Huault de Montmagny was governor at that time. He was knight of the Order of Malta as was at least one other of his officers in Canada. The stone was found in 1784 during renovations to the governor's residence and eventually incorporated into a courtyard entrance of the Château Frontenac Hotel.
Soldiers playing cards, 1630s
Wherever they were from, soldiers would often be found playing cards, whether in an inn as shown, or in the field using a drum as a card table. Gambling was often part of the game. Soldiers in Canada were no different than anywhere else although they would not have worn the boots with spurs seen in this illustration of soldiers in France.
Mme Françoise-Marie Jacquelin de La Tour (1602-1645)
In the 1640s, the French settlements in Acadia were subject to a bitter feudal conflict between Charles Menou d'Aulnay and Charles de Saint-Etienne de La Tour, the two noblemen who claimed sole authority over the colony. While de La Tour was absent in April 1645, Menou d'Aulnay attacked his fort on the St. John River (now at St. John, NB) with 200 men and artillery. Mme. Françoise-Marie Jacquelin de La Tour (1602-1645) rose to the occasion and led the fort's small garrison of about 45 men for three days. The fourth day, the fort finally fell by treason. Mme de La Tour was spared the massacre that followed, but died three weeks later of unknown but probably natural causes. This brave and determined woman was one of Canada's first heroines as well as the first European woman to raise a family in present-day New Brunswick. There is no known portrait of her. This idealised illustration is from a Second World War recruiting poster by Adam Sherriff-Scott. (Library of the Canadian Department of National Defence)
Mohawk warriors attack the party of Father Jogues, 1646
Father Isaac Jogues, Friar Jean de Lanlande and a number of Huron converts were attacked by Mohawk warriors on the Richelieu River in October 1646. Captured and taken to an Iroquois town, they were killed on October 18. The Iroquois made travel on most waterways a very dangerous endeavour at this time; the small French garrison had no effective way to counter this.
The fort of Ville-Marie in 1645
Work on the fort started in 1642, and it stood until demolished in 1672. While details are lacking, the fort is known to have been built on a square plan with bastions at each corner. This 19th century drawing shows its possible appearance.
French soldiers with matchlock muskets, 1640s
In the 17th century, an increasing majority of soldiers were armed with firearms. These French troops of the 1640s have matchlock muskets.