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For a man whose entire life is based around sourcing and curating masterfully designed furniture from the U.S., Europe, and South America, the 1932 Art Deco Miami home Stephan Weishaupt purchased in 2013 presented an intriguing creative opportunity. After renovating the interior space, Weishaupt, who is the founder of the Toronto-based contemporary furniture showroom Avenue Road, filled it with an impressive roster of designers like Christophe Delcourt, David Weeks, and Oscar Niemeyer. The result is a smartly eclectic mix of whitewashed walls and Deco lines with shape-shifting modern decor. Though Weishaupt admits that this began as just another project for him (he intended to treat the space as his third showroom outside of New York and Toronto), it ultimately turned into his favorite place to rest and to entertain. "I wanted the home to have personality and the objects in it to have stories behind them, ones that any visitor could connect with," he says. "Aside from the design elements, it's also a space where I can connect with friends and family, and it's important to me that they feel comfortable in my home—that really helps me relax." And how does it compare with his home and work base back in Toronto? "Miami is more expressive, a little riskier, and more fun."
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Remodeling this house was a very personal exploration of my own aesthetic, which made it such a great experience. It really was the perfect canvas.
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Doctors at a hospital in Indore on Tuesday removed a six-inch piece of plastic of a bike handle from a woman's uterus that her husband had allegedly inserted two years ago, police said.
According to the 36-year-old tribal woman's complaint on Sunday, her husband's atrocity had left her in unbearable pain for the past two years. The accused who works with a music band was arrested after the complaint.
"The woman, a resident of Dhar district, who is a mother of six kids, was married to the accused about 15 years ago in Dhar district, 251 km west of Bhopal," said Chandan Nagar police station in-charge Rahul Sharma.
"Two years ago the couple fought over the kids. The man beat her up and inserted the bike handle piece in her private part in a fit of rage. The woman didn't share her ordeal out of shame and worried over the future of the kids."
Sharma said a few months ago the woman felt unbearable pain again. She went to a private hospital where she was asked by the hospital staff to undergo an operation immediately after depositing Rs one lakh.
"On hearing about the huge amount of money the poor woman preferred to run away from the hospital. On Sunday, she reached Chandan Nagar police station in bad shape," he said.
Police registered a case and admitted her to MY government hospital, said the officer.
According to the head of the surgery department of the hospital Dr. RK Mathur, the plastic piece had damaged the uterus, small intestine and urinary tract of the woman.
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Ava (Jessica Chastain) is a deadly mercenary who works for a black ops organization, travelling the globe and specializing in high profile hits. Ava's career takes a bad turn when a high profile job goes wrong due to faulty information provided to her. With a botched hit (as well as a track record for questioning the validity of her targets), Ava is told to take a hiatus until the heat blows over, but secretly the head of the organization, Simon, has ordered a hit on her to ensure nothing traces back to the company.
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In my opinion the most overlooked job out there is that of a pre-school teacher. You will have grade school and high school teachers, college professors and bosses who will teach you a multitude of fascinating things. But really, pre-school teachers give you the basic tools to deal with all of that from day one. Pre-school teachers teach you how to share, keep your hands to yourself, speak kindly to others, not to push and not to stick your fingers in other people's food. All important things to remember in the class room or the boardroom. It takes a special kind of person to teach our children these valuable life lessons while still nurturing their spirit and developing brains. Emma and Sarah, owners of Sunshine Cove Preschool, are two of those special people.
When I first met Emma and Sarah they both struck me as two of the warmest, kindest caregivers I had ever met. The first thing that I noticed about Sarah was her voice. Calm and soothing and kind. My mom would say that it was like butter. A true reflection of her character. Emma's smile could light up even the dreariest of Deep Cove rainy days and even the most standoffish child would melt from one of her hugs. But don't let those characteristics fool you. These ladies are not pushovers. They are both certified Early Childhood Educators from Capilano University and are firm on what is acceptable behavior in pre school (and life) and what is not. Smacking your buddy over the head with a book because you don't like their opinion is not acceptable. In preschool or in life apparently.
Emma and Sarah met a few years ago working for a daycare that my daughter attended. They discovered they had similar teaching styles and quickly became great friends. When the daycare closed they decided to take a huge leap and open their own preschool. Sunshine Cove Preschool was born. The decision to move from employee to business owner has been exciting, stressful and nerve racking all at the same time, they say. It was a tough start with neither of them having much business experience and balancing the work as a child care worker with the administration of the business side has been an eye opener. They both admit to being a bit naive when it came to the business side. They were lucky enough, however, to have a great former employer who has guided them through the rough patches. Each credits the other with getting them through the last couple of years.
The school itself is amazing. It's an older warehouse building that they have renovated. It is everything a preschool should be. Bright, colorful, warm, welcoming, fun. Nature is a huge part of their program and it is everywhere. Kids can create, paint, build and get messy or plop themselves down in a comfortable chair and look at any number of books and puzzles. Their program is a bit different from the other preschools in the area in that they offer a four hour session. This, they feel, gives the kids time to really settle in each day and allows Emma and Sarah time to establish good routines and structures and really teach rather than just watch. It also gives parents a decent stretch of time to work or relax. The toddler program runs Tuesday and Thursday from 8:30-11:00 and the preschool age kids can come Monday through Thursday for two to four days. Friday is a drop in day for registered students.
I feel that I would be remiss if I didn't mention how good Sarah and Emma are with the kids they care for. They are constantly looking for interesting and new education techniques to use when dealing with hyperactivity and aggression – two behavioral traits they run in to quite often. The flip side of that is nurturing the kids who maybe don't need as much direction. Emma told me about one little boy that would happily play at the light table for 45 minutes on his own. The challenge, she said, comes in recognizing him and his fascination and not always focusing our time and energy on kids who need our attention. It's important to connect with him and say "Hey, you seem to really be enjoying that table. Tell me about it?" Don't you wish some of your past employers had done this with your work?
Being new business owners has taken an emotional toll on both Emma and Sarah over the past two years, but they wouldn't have it any other way and wouldn't have done it with anybody else. Their passion for teaching and nurturing kids is so inspiring to me and to be able to take that passion and make it your life's work must be so satisfying. I can think of no better place to send a preschooler than Sunshine Cove Preschool. It would give me comfort knowing that they are in Sarah and Emma's care and that they will learn those valuable life lessons that will carry them in to the big world with confidence. The Best Thing in Life is knowing how to behave. And to not stick your fingers in other peoples food.


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Paul Cherewick, monikered Paul Cherry, came up during Chicago's garage rock golden age of 2014. Despite being in the thick of the DIY scene with up and coming bands such as Twin Peaks and The Lemons, Paul would abandon the all too familiar lofi rock sound of his first EP "on Top" and spend the next 2 years exploring the nuances of jazz and pop, finding his footing with a new sound. Paul Cherry has completely reinvented himself on his upcoming LP, Flavour. The first single, "Like Yesterday" sets the tone for the record as a brilliantly written, mid-tempo pop ballad. It would fit nicely as a modern addition to Paul McCartney's "Ram" or Todd Rundgren's "Something/Anything," or even Player's "Baby Come Back." Paul Cherry crafts melodies on Flavour that sit at the intersection of 1970s yacht rock and Ariel Pink's lo-fi dream pop. Lyrically, Cherry touches upon millennial culture with references to love in the modern age, phone culture, and giving a conceptually new light-hearted twist to age old old themes of love lost, missed connections and polar political climates.


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UCRT in Action
Seed capital provided to our VICOBA groups to support economic empowerment for women
This quarter, two Women's Right and Leadership Forums received seed capital to start their own VICOBA (village community banking) with support of African Initiatives and UKAID. The villages of Oloipiri in Ngorongoro and Terrat in Simanjiro were the recipients this quarter, making a total of 8 forums across the northern Tanzania landscape. Each group of 24 women received a total of 5 million shillings.
Namayan Abraham has lived in Terat most of her life. She is a mother to eleven children and too many grandchildren to count.
When the Women's Rights and Leadership Forum (WRLF) was started in her village 5 years ago, she was one of 24 women elected to represent all the women in the village. Namayan currently serves as the chairperson of the forum. The WRLF meets once a month to discuss issues facing women in the community. The WRLF acts as a safe and secure platform for women to share and problem solve. Their VICOBA program meets every Tuesday. The micro-loans obtained through the VICOBA help women obtain the capital they need to start small businesses and earn a stable income.
Namayan shared "Thanks to the trainings provided by UCRT, all of us understand our rights. Members are encouraged to disseminate the information we receive in trainings to the rest of our community. I am confident know to tell young girls they don't have to get married and that they can go to school."
Educate One, Empower Many
Lekumok Kironyi grew up in the village of Arash, Loliondo, located in the picturesque wooded acacia forest bordering Serengeti National Park. His family belongs to the Maasai tribe and are pastoralists, relying on livestock for their livelihood. Back in 2000, Lekumok had just completed his Standard 7 exam. For most youth in the village of Arash, this is where their education ended but Lekumok had hopes of pursuing a secondary education. Following his academic performance on the national exam, Lekumok earned a scholarship from UCRT and The Dorobo Fund for Tanzania and was able to do just that. Fast forward two decades and Lekumok is months away from obtaining dual PhD's in Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, focusing on rural and urban transformation from the University of Copenhagen and Sokoine University.
While there is no required field of study for scholarship awardees at UCRT, the hope is that these individuals will use their opportunity to help improve the lives of others in their communities. We sat down with Lekumok to find how the educational sponsorship from UCRT changed his life and how he plans to put his education to use to help his community.
Lekumok's educational sponsorship began in Form 1. He goes on to share that support from UCRT went beyond school fees. "The Staff of UCRT have been like guardians to me. Throughout my education they reached into their own pocket to help me with pocket money to help with transport, school supplies and other things I needed for school."
After completing his secondary education and earning an undergraduate degree at Sokoine University with the help of UCRT, Lekumok secured a scholarship to pursue his Masters in Botswana. From there, he earned a spot at University of Copenhagen where he's been studying the last four years. While Lekumok is a full time academic these days, he still maintains close ties to his roots, returning home to Loliondo to herd his livestock when time permits.
"My work and my research is focused on tapping the economic potential of animal husbandry and livestock. I believe there is a bright future in pastoralism if a few key issues are addressed. You must have secure land that is reliable, you must have land use plans in place, and the capacity of communities must be built."
Lekumok serves as a mentor for many young pastoralists pursuing higher education across the world. Obtainning a degree at a large university, sometimes in other parts of the world, can seem quite daunting, especially when you come from a small pastoralist village in Loliondo. Lekumok has helped six individuals obtain degrees, including five Maasai pastoralists – three of which now hold Master's degrees. He shared "Education is about unlocking the potential of individuals, helping them see the world in a new way." For someone like him, it has meant he can pursue something his deeply passionate about and use those tools to make a difference for pastoralists across Tanzania.
After completing his Ph.D., Lekumok plans to join the faculty at Mwalimu Nyerere University where he will teach, research and consult on issues pertaining to agricultural economics here in Tanzania.
Lekumok during his research studies at the University of Copenhagen in 2018.
Lekumok at home in his village of Arash, Loliondo in 2017.
UCRT staff climb Makame Hill to fundraise towards dormitories at Secondary Schools in Kijungu and Ndedo
Our relationships with the communities we work with are at the heart of everything we do. During a recent trip to Makame Wildlife Management Area, several staff members were approached by the District Commissioner about an urgent need for student dormitories at secondary schools in Ndedo and Kijungu villages in Kiteto District. Due to the lack of beds, students are currently sleeping in classrooms or forced to walk up to 10 kilometres from school to home each morning and afternoon in order to attend school, facing the risk of encountering dangerous wildlife.
We were invited by the District Commissioner for Kiteto to contribute towards the construction of these dormitories. This ask presented itself at the perfect time as several of our staff had made the decision to climb Makame Hill at the end of the year to explore future tourism opportunities in the area. We decided to turn this climb into a fundraiser to support the construction of domitories.
Makame Hill, also known by Ndikira locally, is the tallest mountain in Makame area standing at 1,600 meters. It stands within the Makame WMA, the largest WMA in Tanzania at over 4,500 km2. Makame WMA is made up of five villages of Makame, Ndedo, Ngabolo, Irkiushibor and Katikati and home to over 20,000 pastoralists.
On December 23rd, Loure and Lekaita, joined by over a dozen UCRT staff members, set off to climb Makame Hill. They successfully summited and with the support of 27 sponsors, the fundraiser secured enough funds to start building the dormitories at Kijungu and Ndedo Secondary Schools. If you would like to contribute towards this fundraiser, please get in contact with Loure at oleparmelo@gmail.com.
Makame Hill photo credit: Marc Baker/Carbon Tanzania
"We did this together" – Unlocking potential with a Sunflower Farm in Gasaboi
The village of Gasaboi lies about 35km off the main road between Babati and Singita. A few decades ago, the area surrounding the village was a wooded acacia forest where pastoralists and wildlife coexisted in relative harmony. Now, the majority of the land has been converted into large scale agriculture, producing much of the countries barley and wheat.
UCRT recognizes that land rights, sustainable natural resource management and improved livelihoods go hand-in-hand with economic security. In 2017, UCRT, in collaboration with Oxfam, began a new income generating project, aimed at eliminating poverty at the family level for some of Gasaboi's most vulnerable members, women and youth. The majority of participants belong to the Datoga tribe, a traditionally agro-pastoralist tribe recognizable for their beautifully hand-beaded clothing.
Mesuja, UCRT staff member in Hanang District commented "Due to things like lack of capital or work, young people in rural areas can often spend the entire day sitting. This is not only harmful for them but also for the community. Both of these groups (women and youth) have a lot to contribute their community if given the opportunity. "
The group in Gasaboi is comprised of 50 members, including 25 women and 25 youth. Forty-two acres of land were allotted for the group to plant sunflowers. From this year's crop, the group is expecting to sell 28 million Tanzanian shillings worth of seeds that will be pressed into oil and an additional 5 million shillings worth of stems for feeding livestock.
Maria Alphonce acts as the women's group sectary. When asked what this project has meant for women like herself she replied "Most women in this community have a hard time getting even a thousand shillings from their husband to feed their family. This project is changing that. My family is happy, I'm able to buy soap and have taken a small loan to build a house made of makuti leaves. Before that, we didn't have a proper home to live in."
The women were also provided with the resources to begin a small VICOBA (Village Community Banking). Members can take loans to start small businesses, finish repairs on their homes, or pay school fees for children.
At 27 years old, Andrew Jacob, the youth group chairman, is intent on this project being a stepping stone towards building a new life for himself. When asked what his thoughts were on women and youth working together he replied with a smile "It's best to work together. It's about respect. We are a good influence on each other. The mamas teach us patience."
Caption: The women call themselves umoja - meaning unity in Swahili. They range in age between 30-65.
While this project is still in its early stages, it is safe to say that the results of this partnership between the women and youth community has surprised everyone. By working together, two of this communities most vulnerable groups have managed to increase their income.
Martha Paulo, the chairperson for the project said, "We couldn't have done this as individuals, we did this together."
Women's Rights and Leadership Forums: A force to be reckoned with
We are driving down a dusty road lined with acacia trees on the way to Nakwetikia's boma. She's nearing 80 years old but you wouldn't know it. She's sharp and inquisitive, and has a phenomenal sense of humor. Earlier in the day she sent an entire group of reporters into hysterics, as she looked a traditional male leader from a nearby village in the eye and sternly warned him not to lie or he'd have another thing coming. While Nakwetikia says she has always had a quick wit and a sharp tongue, the Women's Rights and Leadership Forum is what helped her find her voice in her community.
Ng'abolo Village is one of five villages that form the Makame Wildlife Management Area, an acacia filled woodland comprised of over 4,500km2. These five villages work together to sustainably manage this WMA for the use of humans, cattle and wildlife alike. UCRT has worked in this area for over 4 years supporting improved natural resource management, good governance training as well as mobilizing women to participate in decision making.
Nakwetikia is a member of the Women's Rights and Leadership Forum of Ng'abolo and has been an outspoken advocate for women's involvement in natural resource management in her village. Today, we are visiting Nkwatikia's boma to gain a greater understanding of how the Women's Right and Leadership Forums have helped women like herself adjust to and challenge the pressures from a rapidly growing community and its pressures of traditional pastoralist livelihoods.
Nakwetikia has seen a great deal in her eight decades in this village. It's grown exponentially, from a few families to hundreds, primarily due to migration into the area. The large influx of people has brought with it many challenges including poaching, land grabbing, and illegal farming. It has also caused pastoralists in the area to become more vulnerable to land loss. But, nothing has surprised Nakwetikia as much as the change brought by the Women's Rights and Leadership Forum.
Modeled after traditional Maasai leadership institutions, the WRLF is comprised of 24 female representatives from a village. These women represent the interests of all women in their village, making decisions, advocating on their behalf, and supporting each other. Before formalising their group with support from UCRT four years ago, women used to meet in secret often while they were out collecting water or firewood. Nakwetikia shared:
"As more people moved to the area, pressures on the land grew. Cattle were taken elsewhere to graze, water become more difficult to find and there was less land available for traditional uses. We women realised these pressures and would discuss them often but we had no way to stop it. With the WRLF, we can now openly discuss issues and help create solutions for the greater community."
When the WRLF was formed, women received training on their rights to own land, property and the rights to their children in addition to trainings around leadership, communication and good governance. Beyond providing a formal space for women to meet and be part of the decision making progress in the village, the WRLF has had another important and somewhat initially unexpected role in the village: protecting the land and natural resources.
UCRT learned early on that women in Ng'abolo village possessed a wealth of knowledge when it came to particular grazing areas, migration routes and livestock water points as well as the resources in the area and their uses – more so then the men. UCRT realised the WRLF, in addition to empowering women, could be crucial in protecting and reinforcing Village Land Use Plans, Natural Resource Management Plans, and Wildlife Management Areas.
These days, the women of Ng'abolo are able to meet out in the open and have become a powerful force of positive change in their community. Paine Makko, who helped start UCRT's Gender Programme remarked:
"As the WRLF in Ng'abolo has strengthened, they've started to demand accountable governance, and secure participatory decision making, especially in respect to land management. As the WRLF has gained momentum, we've witnessed a decrease in poaching, land encroachment, and charcoal burning in the area. In another five years, we can't wait to see what the WRLF accomplish."
As Ng'abolo village's population increases and with it the pressures on resources and land grow; adaptive solutions are needed that are both peaceful and sustainable. While these are community-wide issues, their success very much depends on the involvement of pastoralist women. WRLF have been catalysis of change in their communities and are bringing real solutions to the table. Learn more about our gender programming here.
Dismas Goes the Distance
Chances are if you've been involved with UCRT, you know Dismas. His name is synonymous with UCRT and our work in Yaeda Valley. Over the past 19 years with UCRT, Dismas has been a champion for vulnerable communities across northern Tanzania, helping to protect hundreds of thousands of hectares of land, empowering thousands of people to uphold their rights, and advocating for justice on behalf of dozens of communities in Northern Tanzania. Dismas goes the distance, literally and figuratively, to accomplish his work. He is known for walking kilometers and spending weeks to months at a time to ensure his work is completed. To watch him in the field is both inspiring and humbling.
Dismas has developed countless Land Use Plans, resolved many conflicts, and ensured continued sustainability of our programmes in some of the most difficult and politicised areas we work. The past 16 years he has worked with the Hadza and Datoga tribes in Yaeda valley and has celebrated many successes with those communities during that time. We sat down with Dismas to ask him a few questions about his work and achievements over the years.
What brings you happiness in your work?
"When we achieve what we set out to do, when we meet the needs and expectations of the communities we work with, that's when I'm happy. On the flip side, it really disturbs me if we fail, letting down those we work with. It also brings me joy when other people are happy and have what they need to be comfortable- when I see the Hadza are enjoying their livelihoods, I'm happy. When I'm in the field, especially in Yaeda. When I sit in the community and see this community gaining their rights- that brings me a lot of joy."
What achievement are you most proud of?
"Creating the first group CCRO's (Certificates of Customary Rights of Occupancy) in Tanzania. We had been using Land Use Plans in Yaeda for a number of years but certain individuals in the community were not respecting these plans. The area that had been set-aside for the Hadza was changed and we realised that the Land Use Plans on their own were not enough. The Hadza needed some sort of legal protection. We sat with the village land use officer and determined that we needed communal ownership, not individual use and that is how the idea of CCRO's was born. After securing the ownership for the Hadza we moved to secure rights for the nearby pastoralist Datoga. It's amazing to see how much this idea has grown."
How has UCRT grown and changed in the last 20 years?
"I remember a time when UCRT staff had to borrow a friend's car or go to sites by foot. In some ways [traveling by foot] might have helped us in our work. We are most effective when we stay with the communities, learn their challenges and problems and then they begin to trust you."
Dimas facilitating a training with the Hadza in Sungu.
Updates from the field: The largest ceremony in Monduli to date
For pastoralists and hunter-gatherers, communal land is essential to preserving their livelihoods. UCRT has found that Certificates of Customary Rights of Occupancy support collective and responsible land use and are a cost effective way to ensure entire communities to legally obtain land security under the Village Land Act.
We recently celebrated the handing over of CCRO's for five villages in Monduli District – the largest ceremony in Monduli to date. Monduli is home to an estimated 158,9291 people, primarily traditional Maasai pastoralists. A total of 34,701 hectares of land was secured through these CCRO's and an additional 5,850 ha through a Village Land Certificate for Mungere.
The hand over ceremony has been years in the making. For a village to receive their Certificate of Customary Rights of Occupancy they must participate in a series of trainings around natural resource management, good governance, communication, leadership, financial management as well as developing tools like grazing calendars and land use plans to help them sustainably manage their land once it's secured.
This particular handing over ceremony drew quite a crowd, with several hundred community members, partners and government officials in attendance. The villages of Esilalei, Mswakini Chini, Oltukai, Mungere, and Selela all received CCRO's. The village of Mungere also received its Certificate of Village Land after demarcating village boundaries and developing a land use plan.
In addition to village representatives, attendees of the hand over ceremony included representatives from the land commissioner, District Commissioner, MP, District Executive Director, Head of departments of the District, Land and Livestock Community Development officers, members of the media, and implementation partners.
A special thank you to Trias, The Nature Conservancy, and Wildlife Conservation Society for funding this initiative.
A Historic Moment for Pastoralist Women
Dozens of women, wrapped in brightly colored kangas, some with babies strapped to their backs, stood beneath the shade of acacia trees in anticipation. Behind them, several hundred villagers gathered to witness this monumental event. This ceremony was the culmination of years of training, meetings, lobbying, and advocacy – something UCRT had been working towards for decades and something the women of Kiteto fought hard to see through. For the first time in history, the women of Kiteto District were granted Certificates of Customary Rights of Occupancy, giving them formal rights to the land they and their families have lived on for generations
Mr. Tamimu Kambona, the Kiteto District Council Director, handed out certificates to the women, offering them congratulations and encouragement.
With their land legally secured, over 50 Maasai women, mostly widows from Ngabolo and Ndedo villages, have a roof over their heads and can safely invest in economic ventures. After a series of land use planning seminars and good governance training, these women have the knowledge and resources they need to provide for themselves and their families.
Katrina, a member of the Women's Rights and Leadership forum in Ngabolo Village said of "My proudest achievement so far is the unity we women now have. It gives us hope that now we can bind together to elect women to leadership positions. Our unity also supports each other from individual oppression – women are now stronger and safer in their own homes."
UCRT's Program Coordinator Edward Lekaita said the decision was made early on to secure women's rights to own land in Kiteto, under the Land Act Number 5. "Our goal is to extend this project to other groups and villages as well."
These certificates are extremely significant for pastoralist women across Tanzania as they remain highly vulnerable to violations of their land rights and other rights. This success represents the vast potential for social and political change in Tanzania when women are empowered to make decisions within their communities. We can't wait to see what the future holds.
To date, UCRT has empowered over 80 villages to help them successfully secure 787,610 hectares of land.
Thank you to the Foundation for Civil Society for supporting this initiative.
Landmark Land Certificates Awarded to Tanzanian Minority Groups
Local community members and UCRT representatives were presented with CCRO certificates by the Assistant Commissioner for Land and Simanjiro MP
Some of Tanzania's last remaining hunter-gatherers, the Akie, were handed over land certificates at a ceremony in Kitwai village, Simanjiro District earlier this month. Local pastoralists were also granted land certificates, securing the largest track of prime grazing land for pastoralists' livestock issued to date.
Attended by the Assistant Commissioner for Lands, Northern Zone, and other distinguished government representatives, including Simanjiro's Member of Parliament, the regional livestock officer as well as community members, the ceremony formally awarded two Certificates of Communal Right of Occupancy (CCROs) to Kitwai A village and two to Kitwai B village, providing a cumulative 144,501 hectares secured for either livestock grazing or hunter gatherer traditional use.
Approximately 5,000 people living in these villages will benefit from this increased land security, protecting their livelihoods and their rights.
"CCROs reduce conflicts over land use, promote equal access and ownership to land, and secure communal rights to land and natural resources," explains Edward Loure, Simanjiro Programme Coordinator for the Ujamaa Community Resource Team, the organization pioneering this model for securing local land rights. "These latest CCROs will help ensure that the Akie as well as the local pastoralists have official and recognized rights to access, use, and manage their land in the way that they want to – and in most cases, in the way they always have, which is sustainably" Loure says.
As part of the CCRO application process, villages need to establish formal land use plans, which includes agreeing on annual grazing calendars and traditional land uses in accordance with land capacity and conservation needs. Adherence to the land use plans will reduce cattle mortality caused by prolonged drought in the area and protect the natural environment through reduction of soil erosion caused by overgrazing.
"The pastoral community will now enjoy greater connectivity thanks to proper land use planning and facilitation of CCROs, improving livestock health in the case of pasture management and livestock mobility," remarked Nyika Shaushi, Kitwai Ward Councillor, at the handing over ceremony.
At the ceremony, government official Baltazari Sulle recognized the large community effort involved in achieving the CCROs, and applauded the exemplary collaboration of all parties.
"I was part and parcel of the whole process, in collaboration with UCRT field staff, that led to productive results which also enhanced mutual collaboration between UCRT and the district council" he said.
Local Akie community beneficiary present at the ceremony, Laiharwa Lenae, echoed this sentiment in his remarks and noted the significance of the Akie gaining rights to their land, "we Akie have now obtained our first communal land certificate, giving us rights to control and manage our land."
UCRT is a local grassroots civil society organization of pastoralists and hunter-gatherers who over the last two decades have worked across northern Tanzania to help more than 75 communities secure over half a million hectares of land. Over the past five years UCRT has pioneered this unique approach to helping highly marginalized groups secure communal rights to land across northern Tanzania, working closely with both district and national government officials as well as with communities themselves.
Local council and UCRT representatives said the ceremony commemorated their shared goals to support local people to manage and benefit from their land and natural resources in a peaceful and sustainable way.
"This is a great milestone," said Loure. "Now that these communities have legal occupancy and usage plans for the land, the next step is to provide training on monitoring techniques of the land and resources. Through effective monitoring and land use, additional training will help support these communities to benefit from their resources through development of fair contracts between local community and private sector."
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Dataproc Metastore API . projects . locations . services . metadataImports

Instance Methods

  close()

Close httplib2 connections.

  create(parent, body=None, metadataImportId=None, requestId=None, x__xgafv=None)

Creates a new MetadataImport in a given project and location.

  get(name, x__xgafv=None)

Gets details of a single import.

  list(parent, filter=None, orderBy=None, pageSize=None, pageToken=None, x__xgafv=None)

Lists imports in a service.

  list_next()

Retrieves the next page of results.

  patch(name, body=None, requestId=None, updateMask=None, x__xgafv=None)

Updates a single import. Only the description field of MetadataImport is supported to be updated.

Method Details

    close()

Close httplib2 connections.

    create(parent, body=None, metadataImportId=None, requestId=None, x__xgafv=None)

Creates a new MetadataImport in a given project and location.

Args:
  parent: string, Required. The relative resource name of the service in which to create a metastore import, in the following form:projects/{project_number}/locations/{location_id}/services/{service_id}. (required)
  body: object, The request body.
    The object takes the form of:

{ # A metastore resource that imports metadata.
  "createTime": "A String", # Output only. The time when the metadata import was started.
  "databaseDump": { # A specification of the location of and metadata about a database dump from a relational database management system. # Immutable. A database dump from a pre-existing metastore's database.
    "databaseType": "A String", # The type of the database.
    "gcsUri": "A String", # A Cloud Storage object or folder URI that specifies the source from which to import metadata. It must begin with gs://.
    "sourceDatabase": "A String", # The name of the source database.
    "type": "A String", # Optional. The type of the database dump. If unspecified, defaults to MYSQL.
  },
  "description": "A String", # The description of the metadata import.
  "endTime": "A String", # Output only. The time when the metadata import finished.
  "name": "A String", # Immutable. The relative resource name of the metadata import, of the form:projects/{project_number}/locations/{location_id}/services/{service_id}/metadataImports/{metadata_import_id}.
  "state": "A String", # Output only. The current state of the metadata import.
  "updateTime": "A String", # Output only. The time when the metadata import was last updated.
}

  metadataImportId: string, Required. The ID of the metadata import, which is used as the final component of the metadata import's name.This value must be between 1 and 64 characters long, begin with a letter, end with a letter or number, and consist of alpha-numeric ASCII characters or hyphens.
  requestId: string, Optional. A request ID. Specify a unique request ID to allow the server to ignore the request if it has completed. The server will ignore subsequent requests that provide a duplicate request ID for at least 60 minutes after the first request.For example, if an initial request times out, followed by another request with the same request ID, the server ignores the second request to prevent the creation of duplicate commitments.The request ID must be a valid UUID (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universally_unique_identifier#Format) A zero UUID (00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000) is not supported.
  x__xgafv: string, V1 error format.
    Allowed values
      1 - v1 error format
      2 - v2 error format

Returns:
  An object of the form:

    { # This resource represents a long-running operation that is the result of a network API call.
  "done": True or False, # If the value is false, it means the operation is still in progress. If true, the operation is completed, and either error or response is available.
  "error": { # The Status type defines a logical error model that is suitable for different programming environments, including REST APIs and RPC APIs. It is used by gRPC (https://github.com/grpc). Each Status message contains three pieces of data: error code, error message, and error details.You can find out more about this error model and how to work with it in the API Design Guide (https://cloud.google.com/apis/design/errors). # The error result of the operation in case of failure or cancellation.
    "code": 42, # The status code, which should be an enum value of google.rpc.Code.
    "details": [ # A list of messages that carry the error details. There is a common set of message types for APIs to use.
      {
        "a_key": "", # Properties of the object. Contains field @type with type URL.
      },
    ],
    "message": "A String", # A developer-facing error message, which should be in English. Any user-facing error message should be localized and sent in the google.rpc.Status.details field, or localized by the client.
  },
  "metadata": { # Service-specific metadata associated with the operation. It typically contains progress information and common metadata such as create time. Some services might not provide such metadata. Any method that returns a long-running operation should document the metadata type, if any.
    "a_key": "", # Properties of the object. Contains field @type with type URL.
  },
  "name": "A String", # The server-assigned name, which is only unique within the same service that originally returns it. If you use the default HTTP mapping, the name should be a resource name ending with operations/{unique_id}.
  "response": { # The normal response of the operation in case of success. If the original method returns no data on success, such as Delete, the response is google.protobuf.Empty. If the original method is standard Get/Create/Update, the response should be the resource. For other methods, the response should have the type XxxResponse, where Xxx is the original method name. For example, if the original method name is TakeSnapshot(), the inferred response type is TakeSnapshotResponse.
    "a_key": "", # Properties of the object. Contains field @type with type URL.
  },
}

    get(name, x__xgafv=None)

Gets details of a single import.

Args:
  name: string, Required. The relative resource name of the metadata import to retrieve, in the following form:projects/{project_number}/locations/{location_id}/services/{service_id}/metadataImports/{import_id}. (required)
  x__xgafv: string, V1 error format.
    Allowed values
      1 - v1 error format
      2 - v2 error format

Returns:
  An object of the form:

    { # A metastore resource that imports metadata.
  "createTime": "A String", # Output only. The time when the metadata import was started.
  "databaseDump": { # A specification of the location of and metadata about a database dump from a relational database management system. # Immutable. A database dump from a pre-existing metastore's database.
    "databaseType": "A String", # The type of the database.
    "gcsUri": "A String", # A Cloud Storage object or folder URI that specifies the source from which to import metadata. It must begin with gs://.
    "sourceDatabase": "A String", # The name of the source database.
    "type": "A String", # Optional. The type of the database dump. If unspecified, defaults to MYSQL.
  },
  "description": "A String", # The description of the metadata import.
  "endTime": "A String", # Output only. The time when the metadata import finished.
  "name": "A String", # Immutable. The relative resource name of the metadata import, of the form:projects/{project_number}/locations/{location_id}/services/{service_id}/metadataImports/{metadata_import_id}.
  "state": "A String", # Output only. The current state of the metadata import.
  "updateTime": "A String", # Output only. The time when the metadata import was last updated.
}

    list(parent, filter=None, orderBy=None, pageSize=None, pageToken=None, x__xgafv=None)

Lists imports in a service.

Args:
  parent: string, Required. The relative resource name of the service whose metadata imports to list, in the following form:projects/{project_number}/locations/{location_id}/services/{service_id}/metadataImports. (required)
  filter: string, Optional. The filter to apply to list results.
  orderBy: string, Optional. Specify the ordering of results as described in Sorting Order (https://cloud.google.com/apis/design/design_patterns#sorting_order). If not specified, the results will be sorted in the default order.
  pageSize: integer, Optional. The maximum number of imports to return. The response may contain less than the maximum number. If unspecified, no more than 500 imports are returned. The maximum value is 1000; values above 1000 are changed to 1000.
  pageToken: string, Optional. A page token, received from a previous DataprocMetastore.ListServices call. Provide this token to retrieve the subsequent page.To retrieve the first page, supply an empty page token.When paginating, other parameters provided to DataprocMetastore.ListServices must match the call that provided the page token.
  x__xgafv: string, V1 error format.
    Allowed values
      1 - v1 error format
      2 - v2 error format

Returns:
  An object of the form:

    { # Response message for DataprocMetastore.ListMetadataImports.
  "metadataImports": [ # The imports in the specified service.
    { # A metastore resource that imports metadata.
      "createTime": "A String", # Output only. The time when the metadata import was started.
      "databaseDump": { # A specification of the location of and metadata about a database dump from a relational database management system. # Immutable. A database dump from a pre-existing metastore's database.
        "databaseType": "A String", # The type of the database.
        "gcsUri": "A String", # A Cloud Storage object or folder URI that specifies the source from which to import metadata. It must begin with gs://.
        "sourceDatabase": "A String", # The name of the source database.
        "type": "A String", # Optional. The type of the database dump. If unspecified, defaults to MYSQL.
      },
      "description": "A String", # The description of the metadata import.
      "endTime": "A String", # Output only. The time when the metadata import finished.
      "name": "A String", # Immutable. The relative resource name of the metadata import, of the form:projects/{project_number}/locations/{location_id}/services/{service_id}/metadataImports/{metadata_import_id}.
      "state": "A String", # Output only. The current state of the metadata import.
      "updateTime": "A String", # Output only. The time when the metadata import was last updated.
    },
  ],
  "nextPageToken": "A String", # A token that can be sent as page_token to retrieve the next page. If this field is omitted, there are no subsequent pages.
  "unreachable": [ # Locations that could not be reached.
    "A String",
  ],
}

    list_next()

Retrieves the next page of results.

        Args:
          previous_request: The request for the previous page. (required)
          previous_response: The response from the request for the previous page. (required)

        Returns:
          A request object that you can call 'execute()' on to request the next
          page. Returns None if there are no more items in the collection.

    patch(name, body=None, requestId=None, updateMask=None, x__xgafv=None)

Updates a single import. Only the description field of MetadataImport is supported to be updated.

Args:
  name: string, Immutable. The relative resource name of the metadata import, of the form:projects/{project_number}/locations/{location_id}/services/{service_id}/metadataImports/{metadata_import_id}. (required)
  body: object, The request body.
    The object takes the form of:

{ # A metastore resource that imports metadata.
  "createTime": "A String", # Output only. The time when the metadata import was started.
  "databaseDump": { # A specification of the location of and metadata about a database dump from a relational database management system. # Immutable. A database dump from a pre-existing metastore's database.
    "databaseType": "A String", # The type of the database.
    "gcsUri": "A String", # A Cloud Storage object or folder URI that specifies the source from which to import metadata. It must begin with gs://.
    "sourceDatabase": "A String", # The name of the source database.
    "type": "A String", # Optional. The type of the database dump. If unspecified, defaults to MYSQL.
  },
  "description": "A String", # The description of the metadata import.
  "endTime": "A String", # Output only. The time when the metadata import finished.
  "name": "A String", # Immutable. The relative resource name of the metadata import, of the form:projects/{project_number}/locations/{location_id}/services/{service_id}/metadataImports/{metadata_import_id}.
  "state": "A String", # Output only. The current state of the metadata import.
  "updateTime": "A String", # Output only. The time when the metadata import was last updated.
}

  requestId: string, Optional. A request ID. Specify a unique request ID to allow the server to ignore the request if it has completed. The server will ignore subsequent requests that provide a duplicate request ID for at least 60 minutes after the first request.For example, if an initial request times out, followed by another request with the same request ID, the server ignores the second request to prevent the creation of duplicate commitments.The request ID must be a valid UUID (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universally_unique_identifier#Format) A zero UUID (00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000) is not supported.
  updateMask: string, Required. A field mask used to specify the fields to be overwritten in the metadata import resource by the update. Fields specified in the update_mask are relative to the resource (not to the full request). A field is overwritten if it is in the mask.
  x__xgafv: string, V1 error format.
    Allowed values
      1 - v1 error format
      2 - v2 error format

Returns:
  An object of the form:

    { # This resource represents a long-running operation that is the result of a network API call.
  "done": True or False, # If the value is false, it means the operation is still in progress. If true, the operation is completed, and either error or response is available.
  "error": { # The Status type defines a logical error model that is suitable for different programming environments, including REST APIs and RPC APIs. It is used by gRPC (https://github.com/grpc). Each Status message contains three pieces of data: error code, error message, and error details.You can find out more about this error model and how to work with it in the API Design Guide (https://cloud.google.com/apis/design/errors). # The error result of the operation in case of failure or cancellation.
    "code": 42, # The status code, which should be an enum value of google.rpc.Code.
    "details": [ # A list of messages that carry the error details. There is a common set of message types for APIs to use.
      {
        "a_key": "", # Properties of the object. Contains field @type with type URL.
      },
    ],
    "message": "A String", # A developer-facing error message, which should be in English. Any user-facing error message should be localized and sent in the google.rpc.Status.details field, or localized by the client.
  },
  "metadata": { # Service-specific metadata associated with the operation. It typically contains progress information and common metadata such as create time. Some services might not provide such metadata. Any method that returns a long-running operation should document the metadata type, if any.
    "a_key": "", # Properties of the object. Contains field @type with type URL.
  },
  "name": "A String", # The server-assigned name, which is only unique within the same service that originally returns it. If you use the default HTTP mapping, the name should be a resource name ending with operations/{unique_id}.
  "response": { # The normal response of the operation in case of success. If the original method returns no data on success, such as Delete, the response is google.protobuf.Empty. If the original method is standard Get/Create/Update, the response should be the resource. For other methods, the response should have the type XxxResponse, where Xxx is the original method name. For example, if the original method name is TakeSnapshot(), the inferred response type is TakeSnapshotResponse.
    "a_key": "", # Properties of the object. Contains field @type with type URL.
  },
}

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Army Cuts Off Over 60K Guard And Reserve Soldiers From Pay And Benefits For Refusing Vax
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is purging the military and National Guard of purebloods.
From Military.com, "Army Cuts Off More Than 60K Unvaccinated Guard and Reserve Soldiers from Pay and Benefits":
Some 40,000 National Guard and 22,000 Reserve soldiers who refused to be vaccinated against COVID-19 are no longer allowed to participate in their military duties, also effectively cutting them off from some of their military benefits, Army officials announced Friday.
"Soldiers who refuse the vaccination order without an approved or pending exemption request are subject to adverse administrative actions, including flags, bars to service, and official reprimands," an Army spokesperson said in a statement.
The move comes in the midst of the annual training season, during which part-time soldiers are often ordered to serve from two weeks to a month with their units for summer training exercises. Those training events are usually critical for soldiers to sharpen their military skills and for unit commanders to ensure their formations are ready to deploy if needed.
If the soldiers continue to refuse the vaccine, the consequences could be even more dire. "In the future, Soldiers who continue to refuse the vaccination order without an exemption may be subject to additional adverse administrative action, including separation," the Army spokesperson said.
[...] Reserve soldiers fall exclusively under the federal government, possibly making it easier to separate them from service.
As of Friday, 1,148 active-duty soldiers have been removed from the Army for failing to comply with the vaccine mandate.
This purge is being conducted in the midst of an unprecedented recruitment crisis.
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It would be hard NOT to be in a festive mood this time of year, and we're adding to the spirit by sharing our November party finalists! The gallery was full of amazing celebrations this month, and after poring over the uploads, we narrowed it down to our six favorites. Check them out, and don't forget to vote for the one you love the most. We'll send the winner a $50 gift card to The Project Nursery Shop!
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Tag: what we're reading
Your scented summer reading list
If you can't get away this year, at least we can enjoy planning a scented summer reading list. Have a look at what's on ours… Now the weather's playing nicely we can finally plan some outdoor activities, chief among which, for us, includes sitting in the sun (slathered in SPF, obvs) with a good book.
We've whole shelves full of Fragrant Reads and perfume-themed books for you to peruse, but here we've selected some favourites to entice your senses while (hopefully) finding time to relax in the sunshine this summer….
The Perfume Collector by Kathleen Tessaro [Harpercollins] waterstones.com
A novel after our own hearts (and noses) this 'richly evocative tale is a 'secret history of scent, memory and desire' and begins in the 1950s with newly-married socialite Grace Munroe's life being turned upside down by the arrival of a mysterious letter, naming her as the beneficiary of a woman called Eva D'Orsay, who, it turns out, was the darling of high society and a fragrant muse for perfumers in the 1920s. The journey of discovery leads Grace to the heart of the perfume world, travelling to Paris and exploring the life and death of this shadowy benefactor. Traversing decadently through the decades in New York, Monte Carlo, Paris, and London, as Grace finds out more, and indulges her own senses, she will be changed forever when forced to choose between the image of what society experts of her, and who she really is…
The Secret Ways of Perfume by Cristina Caboni [Black Swan imprint] foyles.co.uk
Granted a rare gift of a superior sense of smell, Elena's passion for perfume has been passed down through generations of her family; but it's a power that can all too often overwhelm her, as this ability means painful memories about her mother are carried on the breeze, and so she can never truly escape her past. When a betrayal destroys her dreams, fragrant events are set in motion when Elena's best friend invites her to Paris, and she grabs at the chance to start afresh. Lured by the landscape, immersing herself in the world of scent once again, the ancient art of composing perfume beckons our protagonist. Searching for a secret recipe within her family's historic archives, Elena's new goal becomes the replication of a composition noone in her family managed to master. Having met a man who's harbouring his own clandestine past; before long, she's following the scent trail to discover all manner of mysterious. Because, 'Remember Elena, perfume is the truth. The only thing that really counts. Perfume never lies, perfume is what we are, it's our true essence…'
A Natural History of the Senses by Diane Ackerman [Vintage Books] amazon.co.uk
The title doesn't do this justice: Ackerman's writing is poetically exquisite and immediately evocative – exploring and explaining not just the sense of smell, but all the senses. In the first chapter – Smell – she looks at scent and memory, at roses, at sneezing, at the way our health (and what we eat) impacts on our body odour. Something to read that shakes the very foundations of how you'll look at smell and fragrance. Although this book is over 20 years old, it's timeless and deserves to be read by anyone with even a passing interest in smell and how it relates to our everyday lives. Thumbing through this (which we have a hunch you will do, many, many times over the years), you'll learn answers to questions you never knew you had, and though of course we wish it was ALL about smell, with 'dissertations on kisses and tattoos, sadistic cuisine and the music played by the planet Earth…' think of the other four chapters as simply a gift with purchase that will similarly engage all your senses.
The Scent of You by Maggie Alderson [Harper Collins] waterstones.co.uk
'I experience the world through smell – I always have' it begins, and we couldn't agree more. Maggie was inspired to write this novel by spending time in our own Perfume Society office, attending launches and meeting perfumers, learning the history of perfume and developing a burning passion for it along the way. Central character, Polly, is a perfume blogger who loses herself in the world of fragrance while her own world falls to pieces around her – something many of us can empathise with. We love the fact Maggie was inspired to name her after falling madly for Vilhelm's perfume, Dear Polly, and that she even created a blog and Instagram account for Polly to share her perfume reviews. Polly, having grown up surrounded by the beautiful perfume bottles of her ultra glam (ex-model) mother, and learning to explore the world by sniffing '…everything!' she is now distracting herself with, among other things, 'Guy, the mysterious, infuriating and hugely talented perfumer.' We're rather wondering who this may have been based on, as that description doesn't sufficiently narrow it down…
Scents & Sensibility: Perfume in Victorian Literary Culture by Catherine Maxwell (OUP) blackwells.co.uk
Gathering the fragrant thoughts of luminaries from Oscar Wilde to H.G. Wells, don't be put off by the scholarly look – it's a sumptuous plunge that presents perfume as a character in its own right. And it will spark a whole new 'must read' list! Did you know that Victorian ladies were warned off wearing tuberose in case it caused involuntary orgasms, so headily narcotic was the aroma? Read about this and more in Perfume Society VIP subscriber Catherine Maxwell's fascinating book, which also features the astonishingly scathing observations of Virginia Woolf, quoted from her diaries, on women who wore too much perfume. What she has to say about fellow author Katherine Mansfield's chosen fragrance is one of the shadiest things we've ever read!
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Fragrant books to snuggle up & fall in love with
There's all manner of fragrantly themed books on our shelf of scented reading, but did you know that among the many stunning coffee-table books and more scientific, technical tomes; there are a number of romance novels and floral volumes we think you'll fall in love with?
Spring is just around the corner, we know, but until it fully blooms we're still somewhat in hibernation mode. So why not grab a cup of coffee or indulge yourself with hot chocolate, wrap yourself in a cosy blanket and take some time to snuggle up with one of these brilliant perfume-related books…?
The Perfume Collector by Kathleen Tessaro
This 'richly evocative novel is a 'secret history of scent, memory and desire' and begins in the 1950s with newly-married socialite Grace Munroe's life being turned upside down by the arrival of a mysterious letter, naming her as the beneficiary in the will of a woman called Eva D'Orsay. Requested to attend the offices of the lawyers handling her inheritence, the main problem is that Grace has never even heard of this woman. But her journey of discovery will lead to the heart of the perfume world, travelling to Paris and exploring the life and death of this shadowy benefactor who, it turns out, was the darling of high society in the 1920s. Traversing decadently through the decades in New York, Monte Carlo, Paris, and London, Grace discovers Eva was a famed fragrant muse, and someone who inspired one of Paris's greatest perfumers to immortalise her in three groundbreaking fragrances. As Grace finds out more, and indulges her own senses, she will be changed forever when forced to choose between the image of what society experts of her, and who she really is…
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The Scent of You by Maggie Alderson
'I experience the world through smell – I always have.' So begins this novel by Maggie Alderson, and we couldn't agree more. Maggie was inspired to write this novel by spending time in our own Perfume Society office, attending launches and meeting perfumers, learning the history of perfume and developing a burning passion for it along the way. Central character, Polly, is a perfume blogger who loses herself in the world of fragrance while her own world falls to pieces around her – something many of us can empathise with. Polly, having grown up surrounded by the beautiful perfume bottles of her ultra glam (ex-model) mother, and learning to explore the world by sniffing '…everything!' she is now distracting herself with, among other things, 'Guy, the mysterious, infuriating and hugely talented perfumer.' Completely gripping, the story of a life in crisis and wonderfully observed, it's a perfect cosy read for anyone who also experiences the world through smell (that'll be most of you, then!)
The Secret Ways of Perfume by Cristina Caboni
Any novel that contains the phrase 'perfume is the truth' has us whooping for joy, and in her beautiful novel, Caboni reminds us that scent has the greatest power to ignite our memories – something the main character, Elena Rossini, knows only too well. Granted a rare gift of a superior sense of smell, Elena's passion for perfume has been passed down through generations of her family; but as this ability means painful memories about her mother are carried on the breeze, she can never truly escape her past. When a betrayal destroys her dreams, fragrant events are set in motion when Elena's best friend invites her to Paris, and she grabs at the chance to start afresh. Searching for a composition within her family's historic archives, Elena's new goal becomes the replication of a secret scented recipe that nobody in her family managed to master…
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Zajki – wieś w Polsce położona w województwie podlaskim, w powiecie monieckim, w gminie Trzcianne.

W latach 1975–1998 miejscowość administracyjnie należała do województwa białostockiego.

Wierni kościoła rzymskokatolickiego należą do parafii Najświętszego Serca Pana Jezusa w Laskowcu.

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne

Trzcianne (gmina)

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The 24-hour Rainfall Accumulation map displays accumulated rainfall observed at each Mesonet site in the last 24 hours. This map also displays the NWS Arkansas-Red Basin River Forecast Center's rainfall estimates (in color) across Oklahoma based on radar.
During precipitation events involving ice, hail, or snow, the rain gauges used by the Oklahoma Mesonet may freeze over and record no rainfall. Once air temperatures raise enough to allow thawing, accumulated frozen precipitation in the gauge will melt and be recorded.
This map is updated every 5 minutes.


Marek's disease (MD) is a worldwide problem in broiler production, and it's of increasing concern in poultry-dense areas where the disease challenge is high. This is especially true for operations growing large broilers.
Here on the Delmarva Peninsula, MD has been a persistent challenge since 1923, when the commercial broiler industry was founded. MD viruses isolated from broilers in our region are consistently classified as VV++ — the most virulent classification and the type that leads to immunosuppression.
We've learned that successful MD control requires vigilance and a carefully planned and administered MD vaccination program. Otherwise, losses can add up quickly.
Before we discuss vaccination programs, however, let's briefly review the disease's etiology and its effect on poultry operations.
MD, caused by an oncogenic alphaherpesvirus, results in neuropathy and lymphomatous tumors of the skin and internal organs in older broilers. Under the category of "leukosis," USDA inspectors condemn whole birds with visible MD tumors at processing. Leukosis condemnations are usually very low but can soar if the MD vaccination program is ineffective.
In the Delmarva region, leukosis condemnations peak in May, when the last winter-started flock is processed. Environmental loads of MD virus decline during summer months, when ventilation rates are highest, then build up again in winter in a seasonal cycle.
Chickens, however, don't have to show tumors to be infected with the virus. In fact, they often become persistently infected without developing clinical disease or tumors. Despite the absence of clinical signs, the virus can replicate in feather follicles and is shed in dander.
Vaccination greatly reduces clinical MD, including tumor formation, but it doesn't prevent persistent infection and virus shed. Vaccination helps prevent clinical MD when administered in ovo at 18 or 19 embryonic days or by using live-MD vaccines on the day of hatch.
A non-oncogenic herpesvirus of turkey (HVT, Serotype 3).
Vector vaccines using HVT as a carrier virus for Newcastle disease virus, infectious laryngotracheitis virus or infectious bursal disease virus antigens.
Serotype 2 and 3 vaccines are considered synergistic when administered together, while Serotype 1 vaccines are stand-alone additions to a combination program. For heavy broilers in high-challenge areas, producers often use a multivalent vaccination strategy consisting of one vaccine from each of the three serotypes. Such a trivalent vaccine program — most commonly HVT + SB1 + Rispen — is costly but essential to prevent losses due to MD.
Vector HVT vaccines are becoming more popular in U.S. vaccination programs for Marek's Disease. It's important to note that due to viral interference, a vector HVT cannot be mixed with regular HVT vaccines. In addition, vector vaccines usually don't reach titers that are equal to the parent HVT virus and may not be as protective for MD in some situations where the challenge from MD is high. Thus, dilution of vector HVT viruses is generally not recommended.
Cell-associated live viral MD vaccines are frozen in liquid nitrogen. Proper vaccine handling and administration are vital to preserve their viability. After carefully thawing and mixing the vaccine into buffered diluent, a small volume (0.05 ml) is injected in ovo using automated equipment. Proper vaccination is also of paramount importance because these vaccines do not spread from bird to bird — a missed vaccination is a miss.
The addition of an antibiotic to the vaccine diluent for administration to the embryo together with the vaccine is detrimental and has been shown to decrease the viable vaccine titer by 20% to 40%, depending on the strain.
Because a natural challenge to the MD virus begins immediately after placement of chicks into a highly contaminated chicken house, the success of the vaccination program is dependent on rapid onset of immunity. The vaccines are basically in a foot race with virulent field strains of the MD virus to replicate and immunize the chicken to prevent tumor formation and immunosuppression. Thus, the most effective vaccines must produce rapid onset of viremia and subsequent onset of immunity.
Vaccines are titrated as plaque-forming units (PFUs) using cell-culture techniques. Vaccines with higher PFU levels enhance the rapid onset of viremia. In addition, vaccines manufactured from master seeds that have been passed less times in cell culture — vaccine viruses that are "closer to the bird" — are generally considered more protective than vaccines produced from highly passed viruses.
An optimal MD vaccination program for a poultry-dense region, therefore, would include trivalent HVT (or vector HVT) + SB1 + Rispen with the highest PFUs available of low-passed viruses. Such a combination is especially critical during the high environmental challenge conditions of winter months.
A fact about MD is that once effective control gets away from you, it doesn't end with one flock. When control is lost, the environmental load becomes so high that it takes several subsequent flocks of highly vaccinated chicks to bring that load back down to a reasonable level where normal control can be maintained again.
In my experience, major economic losses due to MD in the Delmarva region have occurred due to vaccination mistakes. Examples include use of a vaccine that was dead due to mishandling (thawing), debris in the vaccine manifolds of the in ovo injection machine due to needle damage to plastic diluent bag ports, or using a vaccine with a titer and a dose dilution that together were too low. Careful attention to detail is critical to successful vaccine application, and frequent auditing by managers or others adds another level of security to this important process.
Although MD presents a never-ending challenge that requires constant vigilance, successful control is possible with carefully planned and administered MD vaccination programs.
 Ritter DG. Hatchery vaccination and vaccine preparation: key factor of success and failures.


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Q: Are there any common uses of C# do-while loop in web development? I've been coding for a long, long time, self-taught. Now that I'm working toward my computer science degree, my programming class is talking about post-test loops, the do-while loop.
Now I understand that it runs once, then checks the condition...  since I'm a web programmer, I was wondering: what are some common web development (ASP.NET MVC/Razor preferably) scenarios where a do-while loop fits perfectly?
I'm not quite getting the concept straight in my mind...

A: I have been involved in many web projects and I can't remember for any specific use for this type of a loop. On web, you usually work just with collection of items and do some logic with each one of them. So I would say that most web developers just use foreach and for.
Do - While fits more into algorithms and calculations, and you don't do many of these in classic web development imo.

A: I don't know about MVC specifically, but a couple of years ago I had to create a administration page to enter data, on the client side you could add new fields to add staff member profiles. (name, title, education)
The controls were created client-side with JavaScript and numbered in sequence like:
txtStaffName0
txtStaffName1
txtStaffName2
Then used a do/while with the condition checking for the next incremented number for a control. Something along the lines of:
int count = 0;
do
{
   //find control with count and do stuff...
   count++;
} while (DoesControlExist(count));

Apart from that I don't think I've ever seen do/while used in web related stuff...

A: As most of the interface logic has been implemented at client side (to save bandwidth and for performance reasons), so this loop has almost no need . Also the difference between program flow in a web and console (or windows application) is that web page run in a context for many users while windows application is used mostly by a single user where user can have option to manage control flow like continue or exit.

A: I bet the syntax reveal it all, if having a situation the you need to perform first before checking.
        do {
            // Do your algo first.
        } while (true); // Check later.

Now in real code, I can assume:
        int x = 100;
        do {
            x = y - 10;
        } while (x >= 0);

Its like to concept of x++ and ++x inside the for loop of C, it makes you decide to increment now or later.

A: Based on my experience usage of loops varies as per requirment.
If you iterate through a collection and do some action for each object in a collection, for each would be safe from run-time exception.
But for each doesn't work if you want to remove an item from collection based on a condition, there for loop is the best one. do from collection.count() - 1 to 0.
Usual for loop is used to execute some action or calculation.
Personally i rarely use do while.

A: I very nearly asked this exact question yesterday. In all my years of web development, I can't think of a single time I've used a do/while in production code. On the other hand, I hardly ever use recursion either, but on those few occasions when I want it, it's good to have.
Anyway, this article suggests using it in a console app to show a menu and redraw it after every input. Here's an edited snippet of the article's code:
   string myChoice;

   do
   {
        // Print A Menu
        Console.WriteLine("My Address Book\n");
        Console.WriteLine("A - Add New Address");
        Console.WriteLine("D - Delete Address");
        Console.WriteLine("Q - Quit\n");
        Console.WriteLine("Choice (A,D,M,V,or Q): ");

        // Retrieve the user's choice
        myChoice = Console.ReadLine();

        // Make a decision based on the user's choice
        switch(myChoice)
        {
            case "A":
                Console.WriteLine("You wish to add an address.");
                break;
            case "D":
                Console.WriteLine("You wish to delete an address.");
                break;
            case "Q":
                Console.WriteLine("Bye.");
                break;
        }

        Console.WriteLine();
    } while (myChoice != "Q"); // Keep going until the user wants to quit

This seems reasonably useful. You could, of course, get around it by setting the initial value of myChoice to something other than "Q", or by adding a bool to the while condition, or something like that, but do/while gets the job done marginally easier. It's not essential like recursion is; I don't think there's much (if anything) that do/while does significantly better than while. But it's a holdover from C and it's occasionally useful, so there's no reason to get rid of it.


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articles | 26 November 2021
Cyprus bans travellers from eight African countries
Entry from eight African countries has been banned as of Friday after a new coronavirus variant was detected.
The latest decree by the health minister bans the arrival and entry into the Republic of any person who during the last 14 days before their arrival has either resided or passed through the territory of South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi and Botswana.
It said this was due to the epidemiological situation in these countries regarding the new variant B.1.1.529 of Covid-19 and for the protection of public health. This decision was based on recommendations of the European Commission, it said.
This excludes Cypriot citizens and their families, citizens of EU member states, of the European Economic Area (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway) and Switzerland, and third country nationals residing permanently in the Republic.
These passengers will have to quarantine in a hotel for 10 days at their own expense.
They must also present a negative PCR test not older than 72 hours prior to their departure to Cyprus, even if they are vaccinated. They must also take a PCR test upon arrival with the costs borne by them. Children under 12 do not need to take a PCR test.
On the 10th day they will be given a PCR test, the cost of which will be paid by the Republic, and if it is negative, they will be discharged. If they are found positive, they will remain in quarantine and the health ministry's relevant protocol will be followed.
Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas said earlier in the day there will be stricter checks at the airports on arrivals from countries such as Israel and others where cases of the new variant were detected. Passengers from such countries will be given PCR tests upon arrival, he said.
The health ministry said this variant has not been detected in Cyprus so far.
Based on a thorough genetic analysis of the sequences for October and up to November 11, in Cyprus, only evolutionary subtypes of the Delta variant have been identified, with the AY.43 being the most common (approximately 50 per cent), it added. "None of these variants appear to show increased transmissibility compared to the classic Delta variant (B.1.617.2)," it said.
The ministry said it was constantly monitoring the developments and data regarding the new variants and if deemed necessary, it will take the appropriate actions.
Source: Cyprus-Mail


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'Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree': Brenda Lee's Timeless Christmas Hit
Recorded while Brenda Lee was still a teenager, 'Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree' remains one of the greatest holiday songs of all time.
Martin Chilton
It must be pretty rare to find anyone who hasn't had an uninhibited living-room dance to Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree." Lee's memorably catchy song has sold more than 25 million copies since it was issued in 1958.
A phenomenal song
Her rollicking Christmas hit has also been interpreted by artists as diverse as Miley Cyrus, Bill Haley, and Kim Wilde, but Lee's remains the ultimate version. While Bob Moore's bassline makes "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" irresistible from a dancing point of view, the song also features the marvelous saxophone playing of Boots Randolph and some scintillating drumming from veteran session man Buddy Harman, who played with everyone from Elvis Presley to Willie Nelson.
However, Lee's voice is the making of this record. Phenomenally, her gravelly vocals were recorded when she was just 13, when the Decca single was cut in 1958.
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The song was written by the late Johnny Marks, one of the most successful songwriters of festive hits in the history of music. As well as "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree," the New Yorker – who studied music in Paris – wrote "Run, Rudolph, Run" (Chuck Berry). "A Holly Jolly Christmas" (Burl Ives), "I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day" (Bing Crosby), and "Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer," which was a massive hit for Gene Autry, despite Marks dismissing the song as "one of the worst ever written." Marks, who won a Bronze Star for his courage as a captain in the 26th Special Service Company in the Second World War, was truly a special songwriter.
A blessing
Atlanta-born Lee recalled the background to her involvement in 2019. "Johnny was lying on a beach, where there were lots of pine trees, when he started writing the song," said Lee in a television interview. "He finished it back at a motel and rang his music publisher and said, 'I want Brenda Lee to sing this song.' I don't know how that happened. It must have been a God-given thing, because I was only 12 at the time and had not had a lot of success. For some reason, he had heard me and wanted me to do it. It has been a blessing because it is a phenomenal song."
By the time the record was cut, in the summer of 1958, Lee had become a teenager. She enjoyed working with Nashville producer Owen Bradley. "Owen had the studio all freezing cold with the air conditioning, and he had a Christmas tree all set up to kind of get in the mood just a little bit. We had a lot of fun," Lee told the Chicago Tribune in 2006.
"Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" remains perennially popular. In 2017, a reissue reached No. 9 on the UK Singles Chart, its highest chart position in nearly 50 years.
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'Walking Dead' Boss Won't Tell AMC If He Plans to 'Torpedo the Story'
AMC isn't one to look a rotting gift horse like The Walking Dead in the mouth, extending its highest-rated series so long as creator Robert Kirkman provides comic source material. That relationship doesn't necessarily extend both ways, however, as Kirkman acknowledges AMC has zero input or foreknowledge of any potential story shakeups.
Kirkman explained to Entertainment Weekly the relationship between AMC's Walking Dead and his own books, specifically that he has no obligation to inform AMC of plot ahead of time (including any plan to "completely torpedo the story"). That said, showrunner Scott Gimple prefers to be kept in the dark, as a reader himself:
There's no communication whatsoever. They have no approval over what happens in the comic. Scott Gimple is an avid reader of the comic, and prefers to experience the comic book as a reader, so he gets the advance issues as they're published, but he doesn't read scripts. He gets mad at me if I give him any kind of indication as to what's coming, because he doesn't like spoilers.
So, they're kind of a hundred percent in the dark, which I guess is pretty remarkable, and I would probably say it's a testament to the trust that AMC has in me. I mean, I guess to a certain extent, at this point, the comic book is kind of a workshop of future seasons of the show, and it's fun to think that I can just completely torpedo the story if I wanted to.
Granted, it'd be awhile yet before AMC had to deal with any "torpedo," as Kirkman recently published the books' 160th issue, whereas the Season 7 premiere roughly covered the events of Issue #100. Even then, Kirkman has also noted that the two mediums may use separate endings, especially if the TV series comes to a close first, so as to avoid spoiling his own vision.
In the meantime, The Walking Dead Season 7 continues on Sunday, torpedoes and all.
Source: 'Walking Dead' Boss Won't Tell AMC If He Plans to 'Torpedo the Story'
Filed Under: AMC, Robert Kirkman, the walking dead


Though the Vervet monkey varies in color, the body of a Vervet monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops) is, in general, greenish olive or silver gray. It is a black-faced small monkey commonly seen in East Africa. It has to capability to adjust to any environment; therefore, it is very widespread.
The face, ears, hands, feet and the tip of the tail are black but a white band on the forehead blends in well with short whiskers. A male is recognized by its turquoise blue scrota. Its tail is usually held up, with the tip curving downwards. Its arms and legs are more or less of the same length.
It is about 18 inches to 26 inches tall.
It weighs between 7 lb and 17 lb.
Its lifespan is about 24 years in captivity.
Its preferred habitat is woodlands, high bushes and savanna.
Its gestation period is about 5½ months.
It is an easy target to the leopards, eagles, caracals, baboons, crocodiles and pythons.
A Vervet monkey's preferred habitat is the woodlands, savanna and the high bushes. It can even live in mountain areas at 13,000 ft. It does not inhabit rain forests or deserts. It is diurnal – sleeping and eating in trees from which it hardly comes out.
It makes complex but stable social groups of 10 to 50 adult females and their offspring. A male Vervet monkey moves freely in these groups. Each adult female in a group is the center of a small family network. Females who have reached puberty generally stay in the group.
In a Vervet monkey's life, grooming is very important. It spends many hours removing parasites, dirt or other material from one another's fur. The dominant individuals get the most grooming. Feeding, mating, fighting, friendships and survival are controlled by the hierarchical system.
Though a Vervet monkey chirps and chatters to call one another, it normally screams and squeals when in danger.
A Vervet monkey eats leaves, young shoots, barks, flowers, fruit, bulbs, roots and grass seeds. As a non-vegetarian, it eats insects, grubs, eggs, baby birds, rodents and hares. It rarely drinks water.
Vervet monkeys are about 18 to 26 inches tall and weighs between 7 lb and 17 lb. Its lifespan is about 24 years in captivity and about 20 in the open.
This monkey's gestation period is about 5½ months. A young one is suckled for about 4 months. As it grows up, it is taught to eat solid food but the weaning process completes when it is about a year old.
During the infant stage, a close relationship and social bond begin to develop with the female relatives. An infant holds a special attraction to sub-adult females – they want to groom the infant and hold it in their arms.
A newborn has black hair and a pink face; after about 3 or 4 months, it acquires adult coloration.
During the first week, an infant clings to its mother's stomach. During the 3rd week, it starts moving around on its own and plays with other young monkeys. Sometimes the mother does not allow the infant to play or does not allow the other adult females to hold the infant or carry it. Its play consists of chasing one another, wrestling, tumbling and playing 'king-of-the-castle'– taking turns to push each other off a high perch.
Vervet monkeys are an easy target to the leopards, eagles, caracals, baboons, crocodiles and pythons.
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TRAILER: LBJ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyFI6OpDEG4
In theaters November 3 USA
Jennifer Jason Leigh Lady Bird Johnson
Woody Harrelson Lyndon B. Johnson
Bill Pullman Ralph Yarborough
C. Thomas Howell Walter Jenkins
Jeffrey Donovan John F. Kennedy
Bill Pullman plays Senator Ralph Yarborough, a staunch supporter of Civil Rights legislation, who encouraged Johnson in his support of the legislation.
After powerful Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson (Woody Harrelson)
loses the 1960 Democratic presidential nomination to Senator John F.
Kennedy (Jeffrey Donovan), he agrees to be his young rival's running
mate. But once they win the election, despite his extensive legislative
experience and shrewd political instincts, Johnson finds himself
sidelined in the role of vice president. That all changes on Nov. 22,
1963, when Kennedy is assassinated and Johnson, with his devoted wife
Lady Bird (Jennifer Jason Leigh) by his side, is suddenly thrust into
the presidency. As the nation mourns, Johnson must contend with longtime
adversary Attorney General Bobby Kennedy (Michael Stahl-David) and
one-time mentor Georgia Senator Richard Russell (Richard Jenkins) as he
seeks to honor JFK's legacy by championing the historic Civil Rights Act
of 1964. ---Electric Entertainment
Director Rob Reiner
Matthew George, Liz Glotzer, Rob Reiner, Tim White, Trevor White, Michael R. Williams
'LBJ' Los angeles Premiere
Bill Pullman. On set.


This is easily the best scifi show currently on television, right?
The Walking Dead is the only thing I could think of which could possibly be in contention but it is not as good as this program by a significant degree. Is there anything else I could be missing?