2016-08-31 Werner Koch blog: Spelling and grammar fixes.
2016-08-30 Werner Koch blog: New article on how to install WKS.
2016-08-30 Werner Koch swdb: add libksba release info.
2016-08-30 Werner Koch blog: Move Python article out of the way for now.
2016-08-30 Werner Koch blog: Fix upload script which broke due to recent changes.
2016-08-18 Werner Koch web: Add a date to yesterdays news.
2016-08-18 Werner Koch swdb: GnuPG 2.1.15 released.
2016-08-17 Werner Koch web: Remove bogus local variables line.
2016-08-17 Werner Koch web: Fix CVE id.
2016-08-17 Werner Koch web: Announcing Libgcrypt and GnUPG security fixes.
2016-08-17 Werner Koch swdb: New releases of gnupg 1.4 and Libgcrypt.
2016-07-19 Werner Koch web: Do not build an index.
2016-07-16 Werner Koch tools: Avoid unneeded web site builds.
2016-07-15 Werner Koch web: Minor changes to the build foo.
2016-06-15 Werner Koch web: Announce Libgcrypt 1.7.1.
2016-06-10 Werner Koch web: Add a separate Security page.
2016-06-09 Werner Koch bugs.gnupg.org: Add a note about security bugs.
2016-06-06 Werner Koch faq: Explain new key listing format since 2.1.13.
2016-06-03 Werner Koch web: Add an ad for OpenPGP.conf.
2016-05-19 Werner Koch web: Added CSS rules for footnotes and fixed two errors.
2016-05-10 Werner Koch drafts: Typo fixes for openpgp-webkey-services.
2016-05-06 Werner Koch drafts: Fixes some nits in openpgp-webkey-service.
2016-05-06 Werner Koch drafts: Released first version of openpgp-webkey-service.
2016-05-04 Werner Koch drafts: Commit collected changes.
2016-05-03 Werner Koch web: Typo fix.
2016-04-28 Werner Koch web: Reorganized library section. Add npth.
2016-04-27 Werner Koch blog: Update an older entry.
2016-04-19 Werner Koch web: Add new Windows GUI WinGPG.
2016-04-15 Werner Koch swdb,web: Libgcrypt 1.7.0 add new Libgcrypt web page.
2016-04-05 Werner Koch web: Change "mail address" to "e-mail address".
2016-04-01 Werner Koch web: Add facebook logo to the kudos page.
2016-03-30 Werner Koch swdb: new releases of gpgol and gpgex.
2016-02-09 Werner Koch web: Release info for libgcrypt 1.6.5.
2016-02-09 Werner Koch faq: Fix syntax error and change donation URL.
2016-02-01 Werner Koch web: Move some news to archive.


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[![N|Solid](http://dev.tomeralmog.com/calculator/assets/images/calc.png)](http://dev.tomeralmog.com/calculator/)

An object oriented implementation of a simple calculator using JavaScript. You can use the calculator via keyboard or clicking the buttons.

## [Click for live example](http://dev.tomeralmog.com/calculator/)

In this project I focused on
* Design - simple UX, all css (no images)
* Object Oriented Architecture - Calculator is an object with private methods
* Easy to maintain - Separation of concerns: object for display, object for capturing the input, object for the calculator itself and a setting object to control the global settings.

### Tech

I used grunt to automate dev process, minify the code and compile scss into css.

### Installation

Download and extract the [repo](https://github.com/tomeralmog/calculator-js).

Install the dependencies and devDependencies.

```sh
$ npm install
$ bower install
```

To Run the Code:

```sh
$ grunt serve
```

To build:

```sh
$ grunt
```
### Created by

[![N|Solid](http://tomeralmog.com/themes/tomer/images/baloon-girl.png)](http://www.tomeralmog.com)

Tomer Almog

[tomeralmog.com](http://www.tomeralmog.com)

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David Gerstein, born 1944, is an Israeli sculptor. He works with different metals and other materials and is also a painter and illustrator with works that are recognised worldwide. A painter, sculptor, excellent draughtsman and craftsman, David Gerstein seeks to expand the limits of two-dimensional paintings into three-dimensional sculptures. In his choice of subject matter, he wishes to break down existing barriers between the work of art and its audience by creating enchanting yet simple straight-forward images. These sometimes render intimate, dream-like scenes while at other times depict cinematic and choreographed reality. His easily recognizable artistic syntax has developed gradually, reflecting a search for a unique voice, which ranges from the local to the universal. His art maintains a conscious interplay between hand-made "original" and "unique" works of art and reproduced works of art; high art versus low art. Gerstein creates colorful and layered images of still-life compositions, urban landscapes and human activity, which always retain local and autobiographical elements. His versatile body of works consist of indoor wall-sculptures formed as multi-layered cutouts, outdoor works, sculptures, paintings, prints, drawings, and designed objects including jewelry, which can be found in museums and galleries, indoor and outdoor public spaces in Israel and around the world.


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Pete Davidson and Miley Cyrus to co-host New Year's Eve special for NBC
By Kayla Simas | KSimas@siadvance.com
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- New Year's Eve is getting a makeover.
Staten Island native and "Saturday Night Live" star Pete Davidson will ring in 2022 by co-hosting "Miley's New Year's Eve Party" alongside Cyrus herself, People reported.
The special, which will be broadcast from Miami from 10:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. on NBC and Peacock, will replace Carson Daly, who had hosted NBC's New Year's Eve special since 2004. Last year, Daly hosted the special from Times Square.
This year, a "star-studded lineup of special guests and musical performances" will be featured throughout the broadcast.
"SNL" creator and executive producer Lorne Michaels will serve as the executive producer of the special, alongside Cyrus and Linsay Shookus.
"In what is sure the be an exciting, fun evening, we are looking forward to partnering with Lorne Michaels and ringing in 2022 with a night of incredible entertainment, led by Miley and Pete," said Jen Neal, executive vice president, Live Events, Specials and E! News, NBCUniversal.

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Can you lose weight by focusing on exercise alone? An exercise physiologist offers tips to help you balance out a well-rounded exercise program.
If you want to lose weight, wouldn't it be great to ditch your calorie-tracking apps and focus solely on your workouts? Unfortunately, it's not that simple.
Exercise while ignoring your diet just isn't a good weight-loss strategy. Here's why. To lose weight, you need to burn more calories than you consume or eat fewer calories than your body uses each day. If you don't have a caloric deficit, you will not lose weight.
It also depends on the type of exercises you do. Cardiovascular exercises, such as running, walking or biking, are important, but you also need some weight-bearing exercises to fuel your weight loss efforts.
Here are some other recommendations to help you stay on track.
OK, so you do need to track calories. Doing so will give you the insights you need to lose weight.
The good news is that it's easier than ever before with apps like MyFitnessPal, Lose It! and FatSecret. These apps do a lot of the heavy lifting when it comes to calculating calories. Some apps also track exercise to help you understand what your caloric deficit is each day.
Once you see the data, you may be amazed at how much you're overeating or how many calories you're consuming.
For example, a 20-ounce bottle of soda contains about 230 calories. An average alcoholic beverage contains between 100 to 200 calories. Those are empty calories that your body doesn't need. And they really start to add up over time.
This may sound counter intuitive, but I advise people not to focus on the scale. Rather, they should pay attention to how they're feeling and what their energy level is. Those are key factors, especially at the beginning.
The pounds will come off. Your scale number may not change when you get on it. You may add muscle mass and muscle weighs more than fat. It's more about how your body feels, how your clothes fit, and how you're perceiving yourself.
The American Heart Association recommends getting 150 minutes per week (30 minutes, five days a week) of moderate-intensity activity.
Whether you walk, bike, jog or run, try to work in that 150 minutes of exercise. And, you should focus on getting at least 10 minutes of consecutive exercise at a time. Don't worry about how fast you're moving. Just move and keep moving.
Strength training will help you the most when it comes to losing weight. That's because you will burn more calories throughout the day by increasing your resting metabolic rate.
If you're a member of a local gym, ask one of the trainers to show you some strength-training exercises or help you create a routine. You could use free weights, machines, or both.
If you're not a gym person, you can also buy some dumbbells and a weight bench to use at home.
A heart-rate monitor will tell you how many calories your body burns while you exercise. Heart rate monitors can be stand-alone devices or you can find them built into some fitness trackers. They are generally more accurate than an exercise machine's built-in monitor.
Are your ready to start? Just be sure you're healthy. Talk to your doctor, and once you have a clean bill of health, go for it.


The purpose of the KidsAP project is to assess the ability of the artificial pancreas to improve glucose control in the most vulnerable population with type 1 diabetes, children aged 1 to 7 years. In the main KidsAP02 study, half of the participants will be treated by the personalised artificial pancreas and the other half by the state-of-the-art predictive low glucose management pump therapy (control comparator). Each treatment will last 12 months.
Psychosocial: Parents/guardians' perception in terms of lifestyle change, diabetes management and fear of hypoglycaemia will be assessed using validated questionnaires (Diabetes Technology, Hypoglycaemia Fear Survey, Quality of Life, Diabetes Burden) and semi-structured qualitative interviews conducted with parents/guardians to assess the use of and engagement with closed loop systems and changes in these aspects over time; health professionals will also be interviewed.
Cost-effectiveness analysis: We will examine costs & outcomes. Costs will include those relating to diabetes (complications and management). An incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) and cost-effectiveness acceptability curve will be estimated based on total treatment costs and QALYs. Also, the estimation of the time alive and free of complications and the lifetime costs will be possible due to the model. The sensitivity analysis will examine the robustness of the ICER.
WP1 will address project coordination and management. The main objectives are to coordinate, manage and monitor the project, to ensure swift and smooth decision making, communication within the consortium and towards the Commission and to report to the Commission. It will foster collaboration between the Participants and ensure compliance with EC requirements.
WP2 will perform a feasibility trial to pilot the study setup and to address the specific needs of the studied population by comparing closed loop insulin delivery using standard strength insulin and diluted insulin over 3 weeks. The results will feed into the design of the main study.
WP3 covers studying the application of the closed loop system at home, under daily life conditions in very young children with type 1 diabetes over a 12 month period.
To this goal, a randomised, multicentre trial will be designed and executed comparing the use of the closed loop system to state-of-the-art predictive low glucose management insulin pump therapy. As determined by the pilot feasibility study, either full strength or diluted insulin will be used.
The aim is to show effectiveness, safety and usability of the closed loop insulin delivery system, as well as its impact on children/family centred outcomes.
WP4 will integrate project specific data types in cooperation with all participants to ensure highest quality standards for clinical trial data management and subsequent data analysis.
The objective is to ensure compliance with the "ethics requirements" set out within the work package.
The ambitious objectives of KidsAP require a strong and coherent management structure to support the progress of the project. The schematic to the right shows how the organisational bodies interact in the project.


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Jonathan Deutsch, Professor of Culinary Arts and Food Science at Drexel University Center for Hospitality and Sport Management in Philadelphia, shares his career timeline and words of advice for up-and-coming professionals.
"There is no better thrill than being cooked for by a former student who is a chef in her or his own right. What keeps me going is our alumni wanting me to come in to taste what they can do. "
Drexel University Center for Hospitality and Sport Management
Professor of Culinary Arts, Department of Tourism and Hospitality
Cibolo Creek Ranch
Shafter, TX
Greystone Gardens Terrace Garden Café
Clarks Summit, PA
Research & Development Cook
New Milford, CT
Keystone Community Resources
Goldsboro, PA
Ph.D in Food Studies & Food Management
BS in Hospitality Management
AOS in Culinary Arts
Culinary Institute of America
Hyde Park, NY
Five minutes in the kitchen is an hour in the dining room.
Hire right. Better to be understaffed than to fill a position with the wrong person.
Dedicated and hard working people survive.
Always say yes until you have no time for anything else, then mentor your team.


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Q: scikit-learn AdaBoostRegressor IndexError: index 1 is out of bounds for axis 0 with size 1 This is the python code that I'm trying to run.
from numpy import *
import pylab as pl
from sklearn.utils import shuffle
from sklearn.metrics import mean_squared_error
from sklearn import datasets
from sklearn.ensemble import AdaBoostRegressor

boston = datasets.load_boston()
X, y = shuffle(boston.data, boston.target)
offset = int(0.7*len(X))
X_train, y_train = X[:offset], y[:offset]
X_test, y_test = X[offset:], y[offset:]

regressor = AdaBoostRegressor(n_estimators=5)
regressor.fit(X_train, y_train)

x = [11.95, 0.00, 18.100, 0, 0.6590, 5.6090, 90.00, 1.385, 24, 680.0, 20.20, 332.09, 12.13]
y = regressor.predict(x)
print "Prediction for " + str(x) + " = " + str(y)

This is the error I get.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "bug.py", line 18, in <module>
    y = regressor.predict(x)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/sklearn/ensemble/weight_boosting.py", line 1075, in predict
    return self._get_median_predict(X, len(self.estimators_))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/sklearn/ensemble/weight_boosting.py", line 1050, in _get_median_predict
    median_estimators = sorted_idx[np.arange(X.shape[0]), median_idx]
IndexError: index 1 is out of bounds for axis 0 with size 1

I can change the regression function to KNeighborsRegressor or DecisionTreeRegressor and they give me a prediction just fine.
I'm not sure what to do in order to fix this.  Thanks for all the help.

A: The predict method of regressor is expecting an array of feature vectors. Change:
x = [11.95, 0.00, 18.100, 0, 0.6590, 5.6090, 90.00, 1.385, 24, 680.0, 20.20, 332.09, 12.13]

to:
x = [[11.95, 0.00, 18.100, 0, 0.6590, 5.6090, 90.00, 1.385, 24, 680.0, 20.20, 332.09, 12.13]]

then the code will return the prediction for this one feature vector.

A: In my case the classes were not defined and I wanted to plot the roc_curve using metrics.plot_roc_curve(model,X_test,y_test). Thus I ran into the same error. I solved it by defining the classes.
So if model is your classifier e.g.
model = XGBClassifier(...)

you can set
model.classes_ = np.array([0,1])

if you do a binary classifcation.

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The Pimpest Man On The Planet?
I don't like the chain being put on outside of a game...but for him...I can make an exception.
I will be cheering him on during his speech at Canton.
Tough call, especially when you wear orange and green glasses.
Ed Reed looks like he's an extra from Song of the South.
Most superstar and hall of famers make terrible coaches. That's why you seldom see any of them ever coach. Their skill set, talent, and approach to the game is so far elite that it's hard for them to coach. To them certain things are so easy that when they try to teach it, the player is complete lost. Magic Johnson said it. I know it shouldn't be but it is. Banda is a technician and he's doing that. He just can't coach mentality... and no one can. The player has to get that on their own. So stop with the banda bashing.
I agree. However, Ed Reed was not a top recruit out of HS. Nor was Ray Lewis. In fact, Ray Lewis got the last available scholarship when he signed. Ed Reed was by all accounts ranked as a 2-star player though there was no official ranking back then. So, I think they both bring a different perspective than the usual Hall of Famer. These guys ground themselves into diamonds. They weren't born that way.
Disagree. They were in fact born that way, but like some diamonds, they were not recognized or discovered by the masses. The U ended up with these diamonds in the rough.
Love Ed, man. The best of the best. Truest GOAT there is in my book.
Leave coach banda alone, that man is doing his job since he's been here, our safeties have been ballin. People sleeping on redwine, i said that before the beginning of last season, i also said he would be the better nfl player over jaquan, and of course that's no knock on jaquan that's a credit to redwine, and he'll more thaan likely get drafted before jaquan. But coach banda has our guys playing legit, this year will be his first year though with the exception of nobody knowles, that he'll be relying primarily on the guys he was apart of recruiting in that secondary, and coach rumph will only have his guys out their as well, so it should be fun this year seeing the new youngbloods back their and once their confidence and knowledge in the system grows, it's going to be fun cause we'll be alot more athletic back their overall, football I.Q. will be the difference. Not only do we have the scheme on defense back that we needed but more importantly we keep gathering the guys on defense that have the real Miami mindset, wait til guys like frierson and jade start dominating again.
Alot of guys will start to understand that redshirting is not a bad thing, the moves to redshirt gaynor and bj jennings were smart moves, ford should have been redshirted as well, along with pope and harley. Anyway, things are on the come up here, this was at minimum a 5 year rebuilding job when coach richt took over, he held it down for 3 years, pass the baton to diaz and let's see what he does over the next 2 years.


58.98 combined acres of land located in Boron, Kern County. 3 Parcels located along 20 Mule Team Road, Business Route 58. 1 parcel located on Prospect Street. Parcels are located on the border of Kern and San Bernardino Counties along State Route 58, Boron is 65 miles north of Palmdale, 85 miles east of Bakersfield, and 40 miles west of Barstow in the Antelope Valley region of California's Mojave Desert. Located just south of Highway 58, creating easy commute into neighboring cities. Close proximity to Edwards Air Force base. 54 acres are zoned for Industrial use, with a bonus of 5 acres of residential land.
I am interested in 0 20 Mule Team Road, Boron, CA 93516.


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: Les Grands Fusils (titre original : ) est un poliziottesco franco-italien de Duccio Tessari sorti en 1973.

Synopsis
Tony Arzenta, ancien tueur à gages, souhaite se retirer. N'acceptant pas sa démission, l'organisation tente de le liquider et tue, par mégarde, sa femme et son enfant. Fou de douleur, Arzenta décide de se venger...

Fiche technique
 Titre original :
 Titre français :  : Les Grands Fusils
 Réalisation : Duccio Tessari
 Scénario : Ugo Liberatore, Franco Verucci et Roberto Gandus d'après une histoire de Franco Verucci
 Directeur de la photographie : Silvano Ippoliti
 Montage : Mario Morra
 Musique : Gianni Ferrio
 Costumes : Danda Ortona
 Décors : Lorenzo Baraldi
 Production : Luciano Martino, Alain Delon
 Genre : Poliziottesco
 Pays : ,
 Durée : 90 minutes
 Date de sortie :
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Distribution
 Alain Delon (VF : lui-même) : Tony Arzenta
 Richard Conte  : Nick Gusto
 Carla Gravina  : Sandra
 Marc Porel (VF : lui-même) : Domenico Maggio
 Roger Hanin (VF : lui-même) : Carré
 Nicoletta Machiavelli  : Anna, la femme de Tony
 Guido Alberti  : Don Mariano
 Lino Troisi  : Rocco Cutitta
 Silvano Tranquilli  : Montani, l'officier d'Interpol
   : le père de Tony
 Erika Blanc  : la prostituée
 Rosalba Neri : la femme de Cutitta
 Carla Calò  : la mère de Tony
 Ettore Manni  : Gesmundo, le gérant du sauna
 Francesco Bonetti  : un homme de main
 Loredana Nusciak  : la  de Gesmundo
 Giancarlo Sbragia  : Luca Dennino
 Umberto Orsini  : Isnello, le bras droit de Gusto
 Maria Pia Conte : la secrétaire de Carré (non créditée)
 Anton Diffring  : Hans Grunwald (non crédité)
 Claudio Ruffini  : le garde du corps de Carré (non crédité)

Liens externes

Film italien sorti en 1973
Film français sorti en 1973
Film dramatique italien
Film dramatique français
Thriller (film) italien
Thriller (film) français
Poliziottesco
Film réalisé par Duccio Tessari
Film produit par Alain Delon
Film produit par Luciano Martino
Film se déroulant à Copenhague
Film mettant en scène un tueur à gages

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Home TV Series Greenleaf: Season 2/ Episode 3 "A Mother's Love" – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Greenleaf: Season 2/ Episode 3 "A Mother's Love" – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
by Amari September 2, 2019
written by Amari Published: March 30, 2017 Last Updated on September 2, 2019
Poor Lady Mae. All her children, in some form or another, make it seem that she only thinks of herself. Of her reputation. But really, with one son working for the competition, a daughter who nearly brought the whole family to their knees, and the youngest's marriage seeming suspect, can you blame her for being worried? It isn't like what they do doesn't reflect on her.
Trying to Focus On The Present And Move On From The Past (Grace)
1 Trying to Focus On The Present And Move On From The Past (Grace)
1.1 Commentary
2 Jacob's Family Adjusting To Their New Life (Jacob, Kerissa, and Zora)
3 The Outsider (Kevin, Charity, and Ethlin)
While Grace would love to move on from the past and just focus on her budding relationship with Darius, the girls that uncle Mac messed around with aren't doing well. In fact, one of the girls, Danielle (Carlacia Grant), has gotten bullied to the point of suicide. Luckily, Kerissa is able to get her out of her old school and into one of her fancy ones with a full scholarship. However, Mac is still out and about and it has become so frustrating that Grace takes a bat to his car windows.
After Grace being the star and driving force of all the drama in season 1, it almost feels like she has been put on the back burner. Granted, I fully believe Darius will betray her trust and use all that she vents about against her family, but that's down the line. Right now, between her little romantic subplot and being reminded of what Mac did, it very much seems that either she'll return to focus in the back end of the season or the writers are just keeping it fresh in your mind why Grace matters. Just so that when she becomes prominent once more, due to Darius betraying her or what have you, you won't have to start questioning the who, what, when and why? Which I appreciate since the sole bad thing about these 10-12 episode series is that gap between seasons leads to so much information being forgotten.
Jacob's Family Adjusting To Their New Life (Jacob, Kerissa, and Zora)
Needless to say, as much as Jacob is happy for the opportunities being given to him, as is Kerissa, going from the Greenleaf like to Triumph hasn't been a smooth transition. Basie Skanks, as kind as he is, isn't the best at communicating his thoughts and goals and while he may dog out James Greenleaf, it isn't like money doesn't turn him into a bit of a demon as well. But while Jacob deals with Basie, and his mom revealing her conspiracy about Basie using Jacob to get back at James for what happened to his daddy, it is perhaps Kerissa and Zora who are being punished the most.
For Kerissa, she has to deal with Skanks wife Tasha who seems almost desperate to be close to Kerissa. However, she wants no parts of her. Then with Zora, old habits die hard. While Sophia watches Isiah and Zora becoming close, with puppy dog eyes, Zora may have learned that Isiah isn't as squeaky clean as he looks. Well, he at least has no issue sneaking out of a youth conference, after he performs, and taking Zora with him. Leaving Sophia to cover for them as they are gone for hours.
Though it is perhaps weird to say, I do believe the next episode needs some sort of influx of drama or suspense. This episode just felt so mundane and business as usual in the worse way. For even with Lady Mae and her theatrics about how Bishop Skanks was using Jacob, he didn't care. He basically shut that down with a "Well, it isn't like I'm getting younger and even if he is trying to get at daddy, be happy I got an opportunity to be my own man dammit!" Then with Kerissa, she is just so poised and proper that be it Grace or Tasha, while you can tell she doesn't like either one, she does it in such a way that it makes it seem she is perhaps more a Greenleaf than Jacob at times. For she surely has Lady Mae's ability to throw some church shade.
But, with that said, the next topic is about Kevin's mother and her views on her boy being in the family. A part of me wonders what Kerissa's folks think. Now, maybe this was noted in the first season but, honestly, I can't recall. But I must admit, a part of me would love to see the original Aunt Viv play her mom. For Kerissa, and the actress who plays her, reminds me of her so much.
That idea aside, this episode reminded me that Zora isn't a saint at all and that, at one time, it seemed like she would be a bad influence on Sophia. I wonder if the writers are trying to get that ball rolling again. Much less, will we learn what Isiah and Zora were doing, albeit with a bunch of other people, supposedly at a party, for 2+ hours?
The Outsider (Kevin, Charity, and Ethlin)
With Kevin going through gay conversion therapy, even getting a bottle of Ipecac [note]So when "wayward thoughts" come about they can take a sip and have the mind associate it with something negative[/note], alongside having relationship issues with Charity, he has been avoiding his mother. Someone who feels sort of forgotten about since he lives the good life. He lives in a mansion with servants and her life is perhaps too basic for him.
But he reveals the truth. His mom seems to know he has homosexual thoughts and while Lady Mae is still in the dark about what is going on, Ethlin isn't. And, to some surprise, she seemingly has been supportive of her son.
I don't know why, but something about Kevin's struggle with his sexuality I feel doesn't go far enough. Heck, the whole storyline with him seems like it could and should go further. Yet, at this point, it seems like the show isn't really trying to let anyone be ahead of the pack and get too much attention. Hence why, even the kids, they seem to get equal screentime to everyone else.
Something I do feel can't last for too much longer since it isn't really benefitting the show at all. For while it was nice to see Ethlin show up and let it be known you don't excommunicate your family when you move into the Greenleaf household, you know she likely isn't going to stick around. It would be nice if she did, to further develop Kevin and help us understand his past, but I doubt this will come into play. So now I'm just hoping Charity eventually brings herself to one of those meetings and that Kevin, for a lack of a better term, falls off the wagon. If not the family discovers him with a man since this season needs a jump start pronto!
Carlacia GrantGreenleafGreenleaf: Season 2OWN


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THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY OF THE REPUBLIC OF ABKHAZIA
Абхазский язык
Founder, I President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry
The Law about the Chamber of Commerce and Industry
CCI structure
Representative offices of the CCI of RA
CCI membership
Brochures and magazines
Charity Ball "White Lily" in the Hermitage Hotel
(Monaco)
While Moscow prepares for a new season, eyes of secular columnists are caught by the French Riviera, which truly could be called the summer residence of the elite. The loud range of events held in Monaco was magnified by the White Lily Fund Charity Ball. The closed gala-dinner for 150 people took place in one of Monaco's most luxurious hotels, the legendary Hermitage which is famous for magnificent service, luxurious interior and star guests. The partners of the Ball were old friends of the Fund: Jewellery House de Grisogono, automobile brand Rolls-Royce, champagne magnates Moet & Chandon House, high-end relator Knight Frank, and the leader in exclusive yacht sales Moran Yacht & Ship Company.
The hostess of the event was Emilia Kazandzhyan – the President of the Fund "White Lily"(the Fund is named in honor of her mother – Lily Neizvidskaya). Emilia has supported many big and needy families in Abkhazia who have lost their homes after many years of hostilities. Another Herculean task and the Fund's primary focus is to financially assist seriously ill children whose parents have no means to cover the expenses of their children's operations.
Indeed, the original purpose of the event was to help 12 children in desperate need of expensive and necessary medical intervention. Emilia Kazandzhyan also specified that part of donations would allow to carry out the construction of children's playground in the Republic of Abkhazia. It is a joint project of two charity foundations: White Lily, and Naked Hearts the president of which is Natalia Vodianova. Speaking about the project, Ms. Kazandzhyan noted Natalia's wonderful generosity and kind-heartedness, as well as her readiness to help children around the whole world.
Organizers and guests of the event agreed that it was a successful and posh evening. The fantastic and beautiful interior of the hall, a cozy summer terrace and warm sunny weather seemed to be made for an amazing evening. A positive, cheerful and very friendly atmosphere reigned. The refined interiors of Hermitage hotel were full with flowers, Moet &Chandon ice sculptures, and sparkling show-windows of Jewellery House de Grisogono, they all reflected the unique and elegant atmosphere of luxury created under the sensitive diligence of the White Lily president, Emilia Kazandzhyan.
The charity dinner was opened by the stars of the world ballet Ilza and AndrisLiepa, who prepared a special program with participation of the leading actors of the Maryinsky Theater. Futuristic variations of classical ballet sketches were followed by performance of the well-known show Marcello. Meanwhile the guests prepared for the forthcoming auction. After a welcome speech by the evening hostess Ms. Kazandzhyan, the event anchormen Igor Vernik and Victoria Lopyreva opened the auction. Notables from the world gathered to bid for the unique prizes: Flavio Briatore, Favaz Gruosi, Pi Diddy, Jacob Arabo, the Kazandzhyans, François Graff, David Rapp, Bekhan Agayev, prince of Liberia, princess of Italy, brother of the king of Spain, Ruben Tatulyan, the Stepanyans, Gaddo Cardini, Sara Karter, countess Alexandra Tolstaya, count Anri de Monspey, Emin Iskenderov, Irina Khakamada, Yury Kononchuk, the mayor of Gagra city Grigory Enik, David Yakobashvili, Irakly Arshba, Tatyana Shirkina, Tatyana Fouks, Arsen Edoyan, Andrey Flekey, Alexey Kiselev, Leonid Chernugov, Dmitry Bobanov, Andrey Shirman, Elena Kovalchuk, Marina Surkis, Alexey Garber, Emma Salimova, Roman Babayan, Vladimir Sirotinsky, Tatyana Ershova,PavelVolya, AndreySharov, Julia Pugacheva, Darya Lisichenko, Eduard Taran, Marina Goldberg, Anna Ivchenko, Marta Georgieva and many others.
There were many exciting and unique auction prizes that created quite a stir among the guests including jewelry and watches from Jewellry House de Grisogono, a special prize from Flavio Briatore - VIP-box tickets to the Formula-1 to be held in Monaco, test drives of exclusive models of Bugatti, Lamborghini and Ferrari Mansory from the Luxury & Sport Car Rental AAA company, a trip to the Bugatti factory from the chief of the brand Bugatti, and also an unforgettable weekend in the most magnificent villa of Cote d'Azur.
Tatyana Ershova obtained a two-week's holiday in a magnificent villa, Emilia Kazandzhyan's father - Grigory obtained an ancient icon made of silver for 50 000 euros. Bekhan Agayev, Arsen Edoyan, Irakli Arshba, Stas Abramov, David and Samvel Stepanyans, Ruben Tatulyan and Emin Iskanderov also obtained different expensive and prestigious prizes.
The active participation in this special auction raised a great deal of money for the White Lily Fund. Moreover, some invited guests who could not attend the event for some reasons also supported Emilia's wonderful cause, having sent kind wishes and significant contributions.
World stars K-Maro and Craig David arranged musical accompaniment with an incendiary performance creating the festive mood of the evening in the circle of generous friends. Truly, the event was a tremendous success!
At the end of the evening the president of the Fund "White Lily", addressed all of the guests with sincere words of gracious gratitude while also sharing plans for the future. Once, charming Grace Kelly led into fashion a tradition to hold Charity Balls in Monaco.
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Ever since I took off my wedding dress, me and the diet have been going through a rough patch. If I'm totally honest, for the last week, I'd go as far as to say we're on 'a break'.
My friend Ali says it's to be expected. For a whole year, the diet and I had a scary-intense relationship. I thought about it all the time. I consulted it before I agreed to any nights out or posh meals. It came on every holiday I took. To quote Princess Di, it was the third person in my relationship – an all-consuming force.
Don't get me wrong, it was in no way a bad one – look at all the good things the diet did for me – but after my wedding day, it felt right for us to give each other some space. To stop being quite so full on.
The problem is, having relaxed things a bit, I'm finding it really, really, really hard to make things with the diet work again. It's like we just don't seem to click any more. I go through a fortnight of being well into it, then suddenly – pow! – I just don't find it attractive and I'm cheating on it with pints of cider and macaroons.
The thing is, I have to make this work. This morning I realised I'd reached critical mass – quite literally. My size 12 jeans haven't done up for almost three months (the shame) and the size 14 ones I've been living in could no longer be described as baggy. All Summer – monsoon conditions or not – I've been living in the same six stretchy maxidresses (disgustingly I am wearing one as I type) because I can't bear to admit defeat and buy fat clothes. It's September. The (teeny bit of) sun has gone. I can no longer wear clothes based on their elasticity. I need to sort this out.
"I'm not trying to psychoanalyse you, but we need to figure it out so we can get you motivated again," said Linda, one of the trainers at my gym, Twenty Two, last night. "It's all about finding a way for you to live your life and be happy with yourself, instead of beating yourself up about a number on the scales all the time."
So we've agreed that I'm going to go back to sending her weekly food diaries, making my own healthy breakfasts and lunches, and set me some new goals. We've scheduled in another month of sessions in the hope that'll get me going. If not, I may have to see if I can take the diet to Relate.
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Sridhar Vembu
1968 (age 53–54)
Tanjore, Tamil Nadu, India
Princeton University (PhD)
CEO of Zoho Corporation[1]
Pramila Srinivasan
Radha Vembu (sister)
Padma Shri (2021)
Sridhar Vembu (born 1968) is an Indian billionaire business magnate and the founder and CEO of Zoho Corporation.[2] According to Forbes, he is the 59th richest Indian in the world with a net worth of US$2.5 billion, as of 2020.[3] He was awarded India's fourth highest civilian award, the Padma Shri, in 2021.[4][5]
2.1 Social entrepreneurship
3 2020 controversy
Early life[edit]
Vembu was born in 1968 in a Tamil family of land owners from a village in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu.[6][7] He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras in 1989, and earned his MS and PhD degrees from Princeton University in New Jersey.[6]
Career[edit]
Vembu launched his professional career working for Qualcomm as a wireless engineer in San Diego, California, before moving to the San Francisco Bay Area. He has lived in San Jose and Pleasanton.[6]
In 1996, Vembu, along with two of his brothers, founded a software development house for network equipment providers called AdventNet.[6][8] The company was renamed Zoho Corporation in 2009, focusing on providing SaaS support to Customer relationship management services.[6][2] As of 2020, he held an 88 percent stake in the company. Forbes estimated his net worth at USD $2.44 billion.[2][9] In 2021, Sridhar Vembu appointed to National Security Advisory Board.[10]
Social entrepreneurship[edit]
Sridhar Vembu is noted[further explanation needed] for taking software and product development functions from urban centers into rural villages in India. Specifically, his company, Zoho, established its offices in rural Mathalamparai, Tenkasi district, Tamil Nadu and in suburban Renigunta, Andhra Pradesh.[6][11] He moved from the Bay Area to Mathalamparai at this time.[12]
In 2004, he set up Zoho Schools[clarification needed] to provide vocational software development education to rural students as an alternative to formal university education.[13] A statement from the company states that 15 to 20 percent of its engineers have no college degree, but have received vocational education from Zoho Schools.[6] In 2020, he announced a "rural school startup" focused on free primary education.[12][8]
2020 controversy[edit]
In January 2020, Vembu was subject to criticism for attending and endorsing a high-profile event organised by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a Hindu nationalist paramilitary organisation.[14][15][16] Vembu defended his participation as a matter of his personal choice.[17][18][19]
Vembu was awarded the 2019 Ernst & Young "Entrepreneur of the Year Award" in India.[20] He was also the recipient of the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honor, in 2021.[21] He was also appointed to the National Security Advisory Board (NSAB) of India in 2021.[22][23]
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^ a b c Waters, Cara (19 April 2019). "Barefoot Billionaire: Sridhar Vembu Built a Tech Giant You've Never Heard Of". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
^ "Forbes India Rich List 2020 - Forbes India Magazine". Forbes India. Retrieved 28 December 2020. >
^ "PIB Press Release: This Year's Padma Awards announced". Pib.nic.in. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
^ "Shinzo Abe, Tarun Gogoi, Ram Vilas Paswan among Padma Award winners: Complete list". The Times of India. 25 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
^ a b c d e f g "Cover Story: Sridhar Vembu's Vision From The Village". Forbes India. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
^ Rajasimhan, T. E. "Made in India, Taking on the World". @businessline. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
^ a b "This Silicon Valley Star Worth $2.5 Bn Is Moving Back To His TN Village To Teach Kids For Free". IndiaTimes. 10 October 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
^ "Sridhar Vembu & Siblings". Forbes. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
^ "Zoho's Sridhar Vembu appointed to Doval-led National Security Advisory Board". The Economic Times. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
^ Anand, N. (15 August 2020). "Staff Preference is for Small, Rural Offices: Sridhar Vembu". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
^ a b "Silicon Valley Star is Now Teacher in Tamil Nadu". The Indian Express. 10 October 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
^ "For Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu, community and company go hand-in-hand". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
^ Lormen, Abigale (9 January 2020). "Accenture India MD backs out of attending RSS event in Chennai". Times of India. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
^ Quint, The (7 January 2020). "#BoycottZoho Trends After CEO Accepts Invite to RSS Event". The Quint. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
^ Chennai, PTI (8 January 2020). "Accenture boss clears RSS air". The Telegraph. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
^ Bhalla, Kritti (7 January 2020). "Zoho CEO Defends Attending RSS Event Amid Twitter Outrage". Inc42. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
^ Singh, Upneet (7 January 2020). "Zoho CEO defends proposed attendance at Indian right wing organisation event amid severe backlash". The Tech Portal. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
^ Koshi, Luke (6 January 2020). "Zoho CEO slammed for being guest at RSS event, he retorts that he works as per conscience". The News Minute. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
^ "Sridhar Vembu". www.ey.com. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
^ "Zoho founder among Padma awardees". @businessline. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
^ "Zoho's Sridhar Vembu Appointed To National Security Advisory Board". 3 February 2021.
^ "Zoho's Sridhar Vembu appointed to Doval-led National Security Advisory Board" – via The Economic Times.
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Adinath Lahiri (1960)
Vithalrao Vikhe Patil (1961)
Verghese Kurien (1965)
Ebrahim Alkazi (1966)
A. Nagappa Chettiar (1967)
Ved Rattan Mohan (1967)
Khailshanker Durlabhji (1971)
Udaybhansinhji Natwarsinhji Jethwa (1971)
Devi Sahai Jindal (1971)
Yelavarthy Nayudamma (1971)
Prem Nath Sahni (1971)
H. D. Shourie (1971)
Mohanmullji Chordia (1972)
Waman Dattatreya Patwardhan (1974)
Jadunath Supakar (1985)
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (1989)
Lila Poonawalla (1989)
B. V. Rao (1990)
Vasantrao S. Dempo (1991)
Ramesh Gelli (1991)
Lalchand Hirachand (1992)
K. M. Mammen Mappillai (1992)
Meenakshi Sargogi (1992)
Harshavardhan Neotia (1999)
N. R. Narayana Murthy (2000)
Kandathil Mammen Philip (2001)
Kallam Anji Reddy (2001)
Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti (2003)
Sharayu Daftary (2004)
Shahnaz Husain (2006)
Suresh Krishna (2006)
Rajinder Gupta (2007)
Naina Lal Kidwai (2007)
A. Sivasailam (2007)
Amit Mitra (2008)
R. K. Krishna Kumar (2009)
B. R. Shetty (2009)
T. N. Manoharan (2010)
Kapil Mohan (2010)
Karsanbhai Patel (2010)
B. Ravi Pillai (2010)
Deepak Puri (2010)
AVS Raju (2010)
Venu Srinivasan (2010)
Mecca Rafeeque Ahmed (2011)
Sat Pal Khattar (2011)
Kailasam Raghavendra Rao (2011)
Arun Firodia (2012)
Priya Paul (2012)
Gopinath Pillai (2012)
Swati Piramal (2012)
Shoji Shiba (2012)
Hemendra Prasad Barooah (2013)
Milind Kamble (2013)
Vandana Luthra (2013)
Rajshree Pathy (2013)
Kalpana Saroj (2013)
Ravi Kumar Narra (2014)
Pratap Govindrao Pawar (2014)
Rajesh Saraiya (2014)
Mallika Srinivasan (2014)
T. V. Mohandas Pai (2015)
Ajaypal Singh Banga (2016)
Keki Hormusji Gharda (2016)
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Mahesh Sharma (2016)
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Rameshwarlal Kabra (2018)
Shantanu Narayen (2019)
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Sanjeev Bikhchandani (2020)
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Romesh Wadhwani (2020)
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Die P2 Die Zweite Post GmbH & Co. KG, auch kurz P2 genannt, ist ein Zusammenschluss von privaten Postdienstleistern mit Sitz in Mörfelden-Walldorf. Komplementär ist die P2 Brief+Paket Beteiligungs GmbH. P2 wurde im 2007 von neun südwestdeutschen Verlagen als Kooperation ihrer Zustellunternehmen gegründet. Mehrheitlich gehören diese Gesellschafter zur Südwestdeutsche Medien Holding oder der mit dieser verflochtenen Medien Union. Der Geschäftsbetrieb wurde Anfang 2008 aufgenommen.

Geschichte
Ende 2008 gehörten dem aus Gesellschaftern und weiteren Vertragspartnern bestehenden P2-Netzwerk bereits über 20 regionale Postdienstleister an. Über dieses Netzwerk stellt P2 Briefsendungen auch bundesweit und weltweit zu. Nach eigenen Angaben deckt P2 mit seinen Partnern inzwischen rund 50 Prozent der deutschen Haushalte ab.

Im September 2009 wurde bekannt, dass die niederländische TNT Post mit P2 und ebenso mit der zur Verlagsgesellschaft Madsack gehörenden Citipost unter der Bezeichnung Mail Alliance über eine Kooperation gegen den Hauptkonkurrent Deutsche Post AG verhandelt. Zu einem Beitritt von P2 kam es jedoch bisher nicht.

Die Verlagsgruppe Madsack hat im Juni 2010 sechs City-Post-Gesellschaften aufgekauft. Fünf Gesellschaften werden in die LVZ Postlogistik Leipzig eingegliedert (Leipzig, Delitzsch und Eilenburg, Grimma und Wurzen, Döbeln und Oschatz sowie Borna und Geithain). Die City-Post Torgau wird in die Postlogistik Torgau eingegliedert. Die sechs Gesellschaften sind im P2 Brief + Paket Verbund. Daran soll sich auch nichts ändern. Die LVZ Postlogistik hat eine Mitgliedschaft im P2-Netz bereits beantragt. Somit hätte der Citipost-Verbund und die Mail Alliance direkten Zugang zum P2-Netz.

2012 beschäftigt der Verbund mit seinen Partnern 45.000 Mitarbeiter und betreut ca. 50.000 Kunden nach eigener Pressemitteilung zum fünfjährigen Bestehen. Auf den mailingtagen in Nürnberg wurden von P2 erstmals nach der Insolvenz der PIN Group von einem Privatpostunternehmen wieder bundesweite Briefmarken herausgegeben.

Netzwerk
Dem Netzwerk gehören unter anderem an:
 BWPOST, Stuttgart (2009 fusioniert aus dem in Villingen-Schwenningen ansässigen Briefbote Südwest des Schwarzwälder Boten/Schwarzwälder Bote Mediengesellschaft mbH, Oberndorf und der SchwabenPost der Zeitungsgruppe Stuttgart/Stuttgarter Zeitung Werbevermarktung GmbH & Co. KG; beide Zeitungsgruppen gehören zur Südwestdeutsche Medien Holding, deren Hauptgesellschafter wiederum die Medien Union und die Gruppe Württembergischer Verleger sind)
 MZZ Briefdienst, Halle (Saale) (Tochter der zur Verlagsgruppe M. DuMont Schauberg gehörenden Mitteldeutsches Druck- und Verlagshaus GmbH & Co. KG/Mitteldeutsche Zeitung)
 VDL Sachsen Holding  Chemnitz (Tochter der zur Medien Union gehörenden Chemnitzer Verlag und Druck GmbH & Co. KG/Freie Presse); Partner der VDL Sachsen Holding sind über 34 weitere Unternehmen: bspw. City-Post und PostModern – MEDIA Logistik GmbH, Dresden (Tochter der Dresdner Druck- & Verlagshaus GmbH & Co. KG/Sächsische Zeitung)
 PZO Pressezustellservice Oderland GmbH, Frankfurt/Oder (Tochter der Märkische Verlags- und Druckhaus GmbH & Co. KG/Märkische Oderzeitung, bei der die Neue Pressegesellschaft/Südwest Presse und die Stuttgarter Verlagsgesellschaft Eberle GmbH & Co. Hauptgesellschafter sind.)
 Nordkurier, Neubrandenburg (Tochter der Kurierverlags GmbH & Co. KG, deren Gesellschafter zu je einem Drittel die Verlage der Kieler Nachrichten/Verlagsgesellschaft Madsack, Schwäbischen Zeitung/Schwäbischer Verlag und der Augsburger Allgemeinen/Mediengruppe Pressedruck sind.)
 Zustellgesellschaft Schleswig-Holstein mbH, Flensburg (Tochter des Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag GmbH & Co. KG)
 Biber Post, Magdeburg (Tochter der zur Bauer Media Group gehörenden Magdeburger Verlags- und Druckhaus GmbH/Volksstimme Magdeburg)
 Maxi Mail, Griesheim (Tochter des Medienhauses Südhessen/Darmstädter Echo)
 Ostalb Mail, Aalen (Tochter der SDZ Druck und Medien GmbH & Co. KG, die zur Gruppe Württembergischer Verleger gehört und bei der die Schwäbische Post und Gmünder Tagespost erscheinen)
 Regio Mail, Heilbronn (Tochter der Heilbronner Stimme GmbH & Co. KG.)
 Südwest Mail Hohenlohe, Crailsheim (Tochter der Neue Pressegesellschaft/Südwest Presse)
 LMF Logistic Mail Factory (Schwaben Mail), Augsburg (Tochter der Presse-, Druck- und Verlags GmbH/Mediengruppe Pressedruck/Augsburger Allgemeine)
 südmail, Weingarten (Tochter des Medienhauses Schwäbischer Verlag/Schwäbische Zeitung)
 Südwest Mail, Ulm (Tochter der Neue Pressegesellschaft/Südwest Presse)
 NordBrief (VGU-Vertriebs-Gesellschaft-Universal mbH), Kiel (Verlagsgesellschaft Madsack)
 LVZ Postlogistik GmbH & Co. KG, Leipzig (Leipziger Volkszeitung/Verlagsgesellschaft Madsack)
 Mittelhessen Mail, Gießen (Kooperation der führenden mittelhessischen Verlage)
 S..mail | GEA Post-Service GmbH, Reutlingen
 Citipost GmbH, Hannover (Verlagsgesellschaft Madsack)
 MAZ MAIL, Potsdam (Märkische Allgemeine)
 Morgenpost Briefservice GmbH, Tochter des Medienhauses HAAS Media in Mannheim

Aus dem Verbund sind folgende Unternehmen ausgeschieden:
 Annen Post ehemals BSB Brief Service Brakel GmbH & Co. KG, Brakel
 Der Lünebote Kurierdienst GmbH, Lüneburg
 WAZ Post Service GmbH, Essen
 Elbkurier, Hamburg
 Rheinkurier, Köln
 Regio Post Pfalz, Ludwigshafen am Rhein (Tochter der Rheinpfalz Verlag und Druckerei GmbH & Co. KG/Die Rheinpfalz, die zur Medien Union gehört)

Wesentliche Mitbewerber sind neben der Deutsche Post AG unter anderem die ehemaligen Gesellschafter der beiden insolventen Postdienstleister PIN Group und Xanto.

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Trial and Temptation by Ruby Lionsdrake
This book was filed under: Action / Adventure, M/F, Military, Spies, Soldiers, Second Chances
Series: Mandrake Company Series (Book #2)
Author: Ruby Lionsdrake
After ten years of flying freighter ships from planet to planet, Val Calendula never thought she would apply for a job as a combat pilot in a mercenary outfit. But her brother has gotten himself into financial trouble, and he's heading to a mining prison if Val can't pay off his debts. Mercenaries don't always live long… but they make good money while they're alive. A few combat bonuses, and Val could earn what she needs. The problem? She might have graduated from the military flight academy, but she hasn't fought anything more dangerous than dust bunnies on the bridge lately. To make matters worse, the man in charge of hiring pilots was her instructor back at the academy. Commander Thatcher was almost as brilliant as he was arrogant and condescending, and he never seemed to think Val was smart enough to be there. She has no idea if she'll be able to convince him otherwise now… or if she'll be able to stand working with him.
When Gregor Thatcher left the military, he never expected to run into any of his former acquaintances, much less the one he admired and mooned over during his two years teaching at the academy. Back then, he never told Val Calendula he cared for her, partially because officers weren't supposed to have relations with cadets, but mostly because he didn't know how to speak of his feelings. He might not have any trouble grasping navigational mathematics and astrodynamics, but people are more problematic. Gregor is elated that Val has entered his life again, but he's fairly certain she hates him. Worse, he's responsible for deciding whether she's qualified to be a combat pilot. How can he judge fairly when his tongue tangles and idiotic words come out of his mouth whenever she's around?
When the captain sends Val and Gregor on a mission to pick up a military advisor and deliver him to a planet at war, Val hopes she'll have an opportunity to prove herself capable of the piloting position. Gregor hopes he'll have the opportunity to improve Val's opinion of him. But when the military advisor goes missing, and they're forced to divert to a dangerous moon base, the mission turns into a fight for survival. Val may learn too late that there's more to Gregor than that aloof exterior… and that inside is a man she could love.
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Barcelona is the one for beach parties, from the afternoon and throughout the night, Barcelona boasts some of the most epic beach parties around. And we love it some much because not only can you enjoy beach parties, but there is a huge city thriving with nightlife to explore. Barcelona is the third most visited city in Europe, and we can agree with its popularity. Barcelona hen or stag weekends can be enjoyed at a fast pace or slow pace here, it is really up to you. It's very similar to the UK, just with much more sun! The activities you can do here are endless, catch the sun on the beach all day, go sightseeing, enjoy some paintballing or do some water sports like Jet Ski in or power boating to cool off. For a hen weekend in Barcelona or a stag weekend here contact us.
Valencia is a beautiful city to spend your hen or stag weekend. It is once again perfect for enjoying the sun, with an average of 20 degrees in May, it won't be sweltering hot, but it will be pleasant enough to enjoy some time on the beach or doing outdoor activities like a tour of the city on bikes or Segways, or water sports like jet skis. This Spanish city is gorgeous surroundings, so I would personal recommend a tour on your first visit here. Valencia is great for partying too, pool parties a so popular in the day, you can find many infinity pools and hotels hosting parties in the area, for VIP access, we have you covered. Same goes for night clubs, there are many parties being hosting in the city, for top notch VIP nightlife or a guided tour, we can help, whether it is a stag weekend or hen do.
Marbella /Puerto Banus is lavish and perfect for those looking for an extravagant hen or stag weekend. Drink it up in the sun here and feel like a certified VIP. Marbella is known as the "playground" of the rich and famous and it really knows how to pamper and make you feel like a legend. The beautiful beaches, the jaw dropping super cars and the thriving nightlife is jusr right for an epic hen or stag weekend.
Marbella and Puerto Banus are especially beautiful in the summer months, this is when all of the beautiful people are out and the luxurious parties begin! The parties here a pumping throughout the night and well in to the dawn of the next day, so you can truly have a nonstop party weekend here.
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Bristol Harbourside
Bristol Harbourside was a Millennium landmark project. Balston & Company was the landscape consultant to the Concept Planning Group, a consortium of three local architects, Ferguson Mann, The Alec French Partnership and Bruges Tozer. They located all the new buildings and designed the urban spatial context.
The scheme was designed to accommodate a number of urban activities, and to form a focal area in a very rundown part of central Bristol embraced by the Floating Harbour.
A public art works programme formed a major part of the commission. Eight major works within the squares and spaces included 'Zenith', a light sculpture by David Ward, and 'Aquarina', a water terrace sculpture by William Pye.
It is considered to be a considerable success in terms of urban regeneration and landscape planning, and was winner of the Civic Trust National Award for Urban Design and the RTPI Award for Planning in the Public Realm.
Centenary Garden, Exbury
Contemporary in style, the Centenary Garden contains subtle nods to the Rothschild family history and has been planted with a particular focus on mid to late summer. It was planted two years ago in an old tennis court, almost at the centre of Exbury Gardens, and was carefully hidden from public view whilst it grew and matured. Now open to visitors, its scores of beautiful shrubs, climbers and perennials are in full bloom, providing a peaceful and fragrant spot for the public to explore.
The garden is a contemporary, intimate space, focusing on late flowering summer perennials, interwoven between a strong vertical planted structure, with the existing yew hedging proving an evergreen backdrop. The central area is sunken, enhancing the three dimensional space, with the Rothschild 5 Arrows coat of arms in black Caledonian slate set into York stone paving. At the far end of the garden is a curved timber bench surrounded by cloud-pruned evergreen azaleas, a modern salute to the core history of the Gardens. Just over 2,000 plants have been used. Key structural plants include Gingko – running through the main planting beds; Heptacodium micanoides – the pair of multi-stemmed trees in the far end bed; Hydrangea paniculata 'Limelight' – en masse at the far end around the Heptacodium; Rhus typhina 'Tiger eyes' – contrasting with the existing Yew in the north-west corner, and Miscanthus 'Graziella' – running in swathes between the Gingkos.
Chelsea Flower Show (2013)
The East Village show garden, designed by Michael Balston and Marie-Louise Agius, and sponsored by Delancey, won a Gold Medal at the 2013 RHS Centenary Chelsea Flower Show.
Named after the first residential legacy to result from the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the East Village Garden brought the East to the West with a magnificent garden to celebrate the birth of London's newest neighbourhood.
Taking inspiration directly from the history, form and ethos of East Village, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and the surrounding Lea Valley area, it celebrated the creation and delivery of London's 'Legacy Promise'– a neighbourhood which offers the best of city living but with the luxury of vast amounts of open space and spacious private balconies for all its residents.
The garden had an urban feel, characterised by materials including timber, glass and steel which resonated with the contemporary design and construction of the East Village neighbourhood. It was surrounded by an abstract 'urban wall' to create the sense of a city. However, the garden was also heavily plant orientated, filled with drifts of herbaceous plants, shrub borders and mature trees. This created the juxtaposition of 'urban' and 'green', which reflected the ethos of London's newest neighbourhood.
It was based around a series of leaf shaped areas including lawns, a body of water and planting beds through which ran a long, sinuous path. The form not only reflected the curvaceous private and public gardens in East Village but on a wider scale, referenced the new landscape of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park with its long winding river, meandering banks, wetlands, paths and the curving architecture of the Stadium, Velodrome and Aquatics Centre.
At the rear of the garden was a curved seat within a rising glass back. Contemporary in material and form, it echoed the enclosed vertical glass balconies that are attached to many of the apartments in East Village.
Along the long side was located a chevron shaped deck that extended into the garden giving visitors the impression of being in the garden. Using a glass balustrade, steel uprights and a curved timber roof, the balconies were reminiscent of those at East Village.
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show is the pinnacle of horticultural excellence that each year sets the agenda for horticulturists and gardeners across the globe. The 2013 show was even more special as it marked the centenary of the Flower Show on the Chelsea site, first held in 1913.
This site is focused around the development of agricultural barns. There was very little mature planting in the vicinity and so a programme of woodland planting was a priority in order to provide screening and shelter.
An existing attenuation pond was transformed through significant drainage works, re-shaping, and contouring to create a stunning fixed level pond with a jetty and small island. Shrub & tree planting was kept to a minimum, so that the large wildflower meadows with mown paths take the eye toward the wider 'borrowed' landscape of the surrounding woodland and fields.
A major country house fallen into disrepair. The Grove has been re-invented as a first class country house hotel with conference facilities, leisure club and a major golf course.
The Practice was invited to restore and redesign the large dilapidated gardens. Picking up on the original 18th and 19th Century layouts, we have incorporated new axial paths across the re-created formal gardens. This has been overlaid with a network of sinuous paths, a stepped canal, a massive herbaceous border and a wide variety of smaller gardens.
A four acre walled garden has been redesigned to include a restored greenhouse, a swimming pool, tennis courts, croquet lawn and potager.
This site for this project was originally a farm that had been very poorly maintained. There were considerable planning hoops to jump through which resulted in the house being set at a much lower level than the original property. As such, the challenge was set as to how to site it within the landscape whilst adhering to very tight controls on its location. The site has extraordinary views across the Test Valley and as such, the setting borrows much of the landscape beyond.
This is one of the most exciting sites ever tackled by Balston Agius.
High on rocky cliffs on the coast north of Dublin, it has breathtaking views over Dublin Bay and on to the Wicklow mountains.
A new house subject to stringent planning constraints was designed for the site by Barratt Lloyd Davis and Associates.
Working in close collaboration with the client and architects, a new garden was designed to complement the house and cope with the difficulties of a steep slope subject to frequent gales.
We were glad to be able to take advantage of this unusually warm location to grow plants which elsewhere in Britain and Ireland are of marginal hardiness.
A small, split level London Garden, with a brief to create an intimate space that you could enjoy without the feeling of being overlooked. With the garden so small, and with a strong contemporary glass window seat in the kitchen, we needed to design something which created an illusion that the external space is an extension of the internal space. A tall, honed, black basalt water wall, centred on the kitchen and lit from below, will form the centre piece of the garden on the main axis through the kitchen. The planting focuses on textures, foliage and year round interest.
This small London garden was dominated by a large pair of Dawn Redwoods whose root systems engulfed the garden; there was an imposing high retaining wall at the bottom level and a struggling lawn.
The clients were building a contemporary glass and steel annexe to their basement kitchen, as well as a ground floor office that would lead directly out into the garden. We created a dining terrace at an intermediate level which helped overcome the awkward level change and which became an extension of the living space inside.
A dramatic gnarled, ancient Olive tree was planted as a focal point in the centre of the garden, flanked in the background by a pair of Himalayan Birches, replacing the Dawn Redwoods. Their ghostly white bark contrasts with the deep green colour of the rear wall. A green and white planting scheme with blue accents was designed. Climbing white roses and blue passion flowers were planted to cover a new bespoke boundary wall trellis.
Maggie's Centre, Leeds
Balston Agius were delighted to be asked to collaborate with Thomas Heatherwick in the production of a design for the new Maggie's Centre in Leeds.
The external design is generated from the topography, building form, access and views as well as roof usage. The external environment sets out to be in sympathy with the organic form of buildings. It seeks to provide both physical and psychological shelter. A development of low-key woodland will be welcoming, grounding and will celebrate the cycle of the seasons. It creates a familiar natural ambience with no intellectual challenge. Furthermore, it helps re-establish a lost landscape even though at a miniature scale.
At present the site is a tiny island of green, sterilised by mowing and located within a comprehensive blanket of building. But with the enriching ecology of woodland as a prime generator of the overall design, and with new planting at both ground level and roof, the site becomes an oasis in the concrete desert.
Our association with the owners of this garden has been a long and happy one. It has spanned two private gardens and two hotel gardens with works continuing down the years; creating this garden has truly been a joint effort.
The clients work hard in the garden themselves, and their contribution in terms of ideas has complemented and reinforced our own. It is a model relationship that we believe has produced the best possible result which is reflected in the overall harmony and beauty of the place.
With an emphasis on late summer display, it is one of the last gardens of the season in Oxfordshire to feature in the National Gardens Scheme.
This garden overlooking the Blackmoor Vale in Somerset, is perched on the side of a steep escarpment with sumptuous views.
As well as a new veranda and extensive terraces below, the brief required a large octagonal conservatory attached to the house, and an indoor swimming pool half buried into the hillside below. These were all designed and detailed by Michael Balston.
A tennis court was installed near the swimming pool and a ha-ha constructed that separated the garden from the fields below.
The old kitchen garden was redesigned and replanted. A new state-of-the-art lean-to greenhouse was designed and built on the back of the garages.
At the bottom of the hill there was an opportunity to create an extensive lake with an island, a classical pavilion, and extensive tree planting – all in all a demanding and an exciting scheme.
The gardens at Manor Farmhouse, Patney, were both a working laboratory and a showcase for Michael Balston's work, and have been widely featured in the gardening press. They were developed over the 28 years for which it was his family home, and have been an essential aid in learning the practicalities of garden design, planting and management.
Soil, aspect, view and micro-climates have been exploited to the full. A vast range of plants is grown in a coherent layout that delights throughout the year. Both traditional and modern materials have been used, imparting a distinct character to each area.
Designed to a firm rationale that is sympathetic to the genius of the place, the garden is an inspiration to clients, visitors and staff alike and continues to evolve.
Here we have the garden of a previous employee, valued for her skill in planting design which is evident in these photographs.
An informal network of paths in brick and local stone meanders through the garden. A rotating summerhouse provides a sheltered place to sit and watch the fish in the pool below. The star attraction in the garden remains the planting.
After the extensive and varied garden at Manor Farmhouse, Patney, Michael's new garden at Alton Barnes brings the challenge of the small space (less than half an acre) and the desire to include a wide range of interesting plants.
It has also had to go through an unexpected evolution of fitting in a wedding with consequent moving of mature pleached limes and much brick-laying. The development of the garden continues in 2014 – although the flood waters of January and February have caused inevitable delays.
This project was an exciting garden scheme for a new house near Box that replaces a group of redundant farm buildings. Lying on the side of a steep hill, there are magnificent views to the south which inform the design.
The three dimensional geometry is highly complex, requiring considerable terracing. However, this has been achieved with minimal disruption to the beautiful existing landscape. A dramatic watercourse has been created, consisting of a series of pools and a canal which passes the house before discharging into a large circular mirror pool.
The project comprises the building of a large new country house to replace an existing farm complex. It is situated on the south-westerly facing slopes of the Yorkshire Wolds with magnificent views over the River Humber.
The house has a classic plan but within a modern form and the garden responds to suit. With complicated level changes to resolve, it makes use of water extensively in pools and cascades. It includes a series of gardens at different levels with a varied range of horticulture. There is an extensive kitchen garden.
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BEIS perm sec Alex Chisholm reflects on a year implementing the industrial strategy and honouring the memory of Jeremy Heywood
Written by Alex Chisholm on 20 December 2018 in Feature
With the end of 2018 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2019 – and tell us who would turn on their town's Christmas lights.
What was your highlight of 2018?
There are so many to choose from. I'm incredibly proud of BEIS as a department and the development journey we've been on over the last two years. This year alone we've launched the Shared Parental Leave campaign, the consumer green paper, a new internal performance management approach, overhauled the department's technology, seen the Nuclear Safeguards Bill and Energy Price Cap Bill pass through parliament, contributed heavily to EU exit white papers and technical notices, and published a white paper on national security and investment. Just a few weeks ago we celebrated the first ever Green Great Britain Week. But probably above all, it's the launch and momentum gained on the industrial strategy that's my highlight. From publishing the industrial strategy white paper in November 2017, to the prime minister unveiling the four industrial strategy Grand Challenge missions, and the launching of six sector deals, the whole department has gone above and beyond todeliver, working with brilliant colleagues right across Whitehall. And it will only get bigger and better – in early December we celebrated "one year on" and our ambition and resolve increases going into 2019.
What was the hardest part of being a leader in 2018?
The hardest moment for me was the news that Jeremy Heywood had died. His untimely death is a huge loss for us all. I hope we can take on his mission of reforming public services and championing excellence throughout the civil service. More generally, I feel the complexity and uncertainty of the political, social and economic environment has never been more acute. We are fortunate to have the resilience, professionalism and adaptability of officials in my department and the wider civil service – I've never been prouder to be a civil servant.
"We are fortunate to have the resilience, professionalism and adaptability of officials in my department and the wider civil service – I've never been prouder to be a civil servant"
What are the main challenges facing your department in the coming year?
Delivering a Brexit result that works for business. Whatever the developments in the coming weeks, BEIS has an immense responsibility to provide assurance and clear direction, so that businesses across the UK continue to operate with confidence. We will have a big role in helping them to plan for and implement whatever deal we secure.
Which celebrity or historical figure would you choose to turn on the Christmas lights in your town, and why?
I would choose to have Emmeline Pankhurst turn on the Christmas lights. This only seems fitting, given the centenary of some women first gaining the vote this year. I also have a personal connection – my wife's family for years was in possession of Emmeline's suffragette dress. It's a long story… Happily, I was able to reunite the dress with her great-granddaughter, Helen, at the cross-government International Women's Day in March, which BEIS co-hosted. The dress has been on tour through the UK and now has a longer-term home at the Pankhurst Centre in Manchester.
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Country-rock pioneer Dave Alvin talks life off the road and his first solo album in 11 years
By Dan Nailen
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Dave Alvin last visited Spokane in the summer of 2016 on one of his Roots on the Rails tours. The roots-rock legend would gather a bunch of ace musicians, hop on a set of vintage train cars and barrel around the country performing shows both on the tracks and in cities along the way.
At the Spokane show, Alvin and friends memorably had to hotfoot it from the Flour Mill basement to the train station, risking missing their "all aboard!" call for the sake of one more tune for a room full of folks who love Alvin's blend of rock, folk, country and blues. Sadly, the economics of Amtrak later made Roots on the Rails a cherished memory rather than an ongoing affair.
"It's strange in this year of COVID-19, of no gigs for musicians," Alvin tells the Inlander from his Southern California home. "I miss playing live. I miss touring. I miss being in the band. But I really miss the trains."
"I'm going to sound a little railroad-cosmic here," he continues with a laugh. "On the long runs, you would get into a transcendental state because you're seeing all these places that you've been to before, St. Louis or Chicago or Oakland, but you're seeing them differently. You're seeing them from a different point of view. And there was a cocoon element. It was just so relaxing. Then you go play music all night."
While those train tours were typically just a few weeks long, Alvin is one of the true road dogs in American music. He tours constantly, as a solo artist and on projects with other musicians. The COVID-forced closure of the music industry marks a serious lifestyle change for the guy who formed his band the Blasters with his brother Phil nearly a half-century ago.
"I remember the night in 1980, the Blasters, we borrowed a van, and we lined up gigs in Texas, Louisiana and Georgia, and we went on our first road trip," Alvin says. "It was so exciting. And this is the longest I've been off the road since 1980."
In 2019, the 65-year-old Alvin was on tour for 10 months, and this year started with big plans for the Third Mind, a new jammy collective he formed with singer/songwriter Jesse Sykes and members of Camper Van Beethoven and Counting Crows. That tour was canceled, of course, and now the next thing on his calendar is an outdoor show in Northern California with his friend Jimmie Dale Gilmore next June. Even planning on that seems a little optimistic, Alvin says, but he's hopeful about the vaccine news of recent days.
The forced pause felt welcome in the early days of the pandemic after a hard year on the road, Alvin says, but months later, "if there was a gig tonight, anywhere, I'd go and play it." The pandemic's sprawl has him worried for the future, for venues where artists like him can play, and specifically in smaller cities.
"The Rolling Stones and U2 and Beyonce and Bruce Springsteen, they'll have gigs," Alvin says. "For artists like me, my guess is there will always be a venue in places like Chicago and New York City. But I don't know about everywhere else. And it's those 'everywhere else' shows that make it financially feasible to do New York ... That's kind of my main concern: Can the actual clubs and promoters make it through this period?"
Some have suggested doing streaming shows, and Alvin says, "I'm not resistant, but I'm hesitant," both because of the cost involved in putting on a good show, and because an online show can't deliver the connection between audience and performer that he craves, a connection he believes is more important for roots musicians than those working in the mainstream.
"Roots music shouldn't be oddball music, but it kind of is," Alvin says. "Any traditional American music was outsider music to begin with, whether it was blues, or bluegrass, or the regional music that existed for communities outside the mainstream." There are occasional bursts in popularity for an O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack or a blues artist, he adds, but "in general, this is music for a wide variety of people, but it's limited in scope just because you don't hear it on the radio. And this community of fans, you feed off them [with the live shows], and they feed off you, and then you all get enough to get up the next day. You get a reason to get out of bed the next morning."
For fans, Alvin's new album From an Old Guitar: Rare and Unreleased Recordings offers a pretty good reason to wake up and turn up the stereo. The 16-song collection is a vibrant, blues-leaning mix of covers and originals that Alvin recorded during one-off sessions between tours over the past couple decades. He recorded Mickey Newbury's "Mobile Blue" back in 2000, and the newest recording is Bill Morrissey's stirring "Inside" from 2016. "Peace" is a Willie Dixon blues tune Alvin first performed in the Blasters days, and Bob Dylan's "Highway 61 Revisited" gives Alvin a chance to scorch some of his trademark guitar sounds on a tune by one of his favorite songwriters and occasional on-stage collaborator.
In whole, the collection of old tunes, covers of his contemporaries like Peter Case ("On the Way Downtown") and Chris Smither ("Link of Chain") and his own songs hangs together remarkably well.
"Sequencing it was a bit of a challenge," Alvin says. "Transitioning from a thing like the Willie Dixon song 'Peace,' a slightly abstract Chicago blues, then going into a Mojave Desert song by Marty Robbins ... sometimes those eclectic juxtapositions can be jarring, and yet pleasant."
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Alvin's guitar and his deep rumble of a voice make everything on From an Old Guitar feel distinctly his, and Alvin considers some of it among the best work he's ever done. It's easy for an artist to say that about an album of new material, but gathering shards of magic recorded in fits and starts with a rotating cast of other musicians gives Alvin a unique perspective on the 16 songs that made the cut. He's particularly fond of the instrumental "Variations on Earl Hooker's Guitar Rhumba," because it captured his band at a particularly strong moment in time.
Alvin attributes the success of the recordings to the fact they were done "with no pressure. They were just done for fun."
"I try to keep pressure out of situations when I'm trying to be creative," Alvin says. "Back in the day when I was in the Blasters and we were signed to Warner Brothers, that was a lot of pressure. And when I was in a band called X, and they were signed to Elektra, there was a lot of pressure on them. And my first solo album was on Epic Records, and there was a ton of pressure on me. And so after all that, my goal as a creative artist, if I am that, is to have the least amount of pressure possible. Because I don't work really well under pressure.
"I felt relaxed, and when I feel relaxed, I do my best work." ♦
From an Old Guitar: Rare and Unreleased Recordings is available now.
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