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Harrogate & District Naturalists' Society
www.hdns.org.uk
The Society was formed in 1947 as the Harrogate & District Naturalist & Scientific Society, the present title being adopted in 1958.
Its aim is to promote the study and enjoyment of wildlife in all its forms and to disseminate the knowledge of natural history.
The Society takes an active and practical interest in the conservation of wildlife resources and supports efforts to safeguard the natural diversity of species.
Bilton Conservation Group
www.biltonconservationgroup.co.uk
Bilton Conservation Group was founded by local people on 19th May 1982 to protect and maintain the rural environment of this , the oldest part of Harrogate.
Have a look at their site for details of the many activities, talks and events that they hold.
Harrogate Pinewoods Conservation Society
www.pinewoodsconservationgroup.org.uk
We aim to promote the maintenance and conservation of the environment within the Pinewoods. These are approximately 96 acres of semi natural woodland, one kilometre south-west of Harrogate town centre.
Click HERE for our 2014 programme
Yorkshire Agricultural Society (YAS)
although best known for running the annual Great Yorkshire Show the YAS work hard throughout the year to help farming and the countryside and do an awful lot of education too!
We own and look after the Great Yorkshire Showground and have conservation ponds and take our roles of custodians of this land very seriously and Fodder is a prime example of us promoting local farmers and producers and making local food more accessible. Click the following links:
www.fodder.co.uk | www.pavilionsofharrogate.co.uk | www.eventcentre.co.uk | www.harrogatecaravanpark.co.uk | www.deliciouslyorkshire.co.uk
Harrogate & Ripon Beekeepers' Association
www.hrbka.org.uk
The Harrogate & Ripon Beekeepers Association is an independent association of beekeepers who mostly live or operate in a large area of North Yorkshire and who meet in Harrogate or Ripon.
It is affiliated to the British Beekeepers Association. The Association has developed over 85 years, continually increasing and improving ways of serving the changing needs of members.
www.opencountry.org.uk
Open Country is a Harrogate-based organisation that seeks to enable anyone with any disability to access the countryside.We achieve this through variety of countryside activities and the provision of information, training and advice.
Horticap
www.horticap.org/home
Horticap is based at Bluecoat Wood Nurseries, Otley Road, where suitably qualified staff and a team of volunteers provide adults with learning disabilities training in horticulture, allied crafts and rural skills.
RHS Garden Harlow Carr
http://www.rhs.org.uk/Gardens/Harlow-Carr/
Our mission is "To be the leading organisation demonstrating excellence in horticulture and promoting gardening".
Harlow Carr is one of the national four gardens that RHS has open to the public. See also "Wild About Gardens!"
Harrogate District Friends of the Earth https://sites.google.com/site/harrogatedistrictfo/home
Friends of the Earth seeks to inspire solutions to environmental problems, which also make life better for people. We are concerned about both the environment and social justice. We work for a future where the needs of everyone can be met in a sustainable way and where there is still space for other species. Part of a national and international network.
The following links about pollinators have been requested by Sarah who, with her friends, is studying bees and other important pollinators.
Why Bees and Pollination Are So Important
www.avasflowers.net/why-bees-and-pollination-are-so-important
Guide to Beekeeping for Adults and Kids
www.fragrancex.com/fragrance-information/beekeeping-adults-kids.html
The North of England Horticultural Society
www.flowershow.org.uk
The North of England Horticultural Society is a leading gardening charity supporting horticulture in the North of England.
Part of the Society's work is to organise the Harrogate Spring and Autumn Flower Shows at the Great Yorkshire Showground.
Other Organisations with similar aims to HDBAG
Buglife
http://www.buglife.org.uk
Buglife is the only organisation in Europe devoted to the conservation of all invertebrates, and we are passionately committed to saving Britain's rarest little animals, everything from bees to beetles, and spiders to snails. Today bugs are under threat as never before, so help us to secure a diverse and wildlife-rich planet for future generations "BEELINES" – go to the Buglife site to find out about this important project.
The Bumblebee Conservation Trust
http://www.bumblebeeconservation.org.uk/
The Bumblebee Conservation Trust was set up because of concerns about the 'plight of the bumblebee'. In the last 70 years two species have become nationally extinct and several others declined dramatically. We aim to prevent further declines, and to raise awareness of the problems bumblebees face
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
http://www.ywt.org.uk/
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is part of the influential UK-wide partnership of 47 Wildlife Trusts.
The Trust has worked for more than 60 years to protect wildlife and wild places, and educate, influence and empower people.
We manage 80 of the best sites and help others to manage theirs. Our work is helping to secure the future of many important habitats and species, which might otherwise be lost.
WWF – UK
http://www.wwf.org.uk
WWF-UK is the UK arm of the WWF Network, the world's leading environmental organisation founded in 1961 and now active in over 100 countries. Using our unique combination of practical experience, knowledge and credibility, our 300-strong staff work with governments, businesses and communities both here in the UK and around the world so that people and nature thrive within their fair share of the planet's natural resources.
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
http://www.rspb.org.uk
Our work is driven by a passionate belief that we all have a responsibility to protect birds and the environment. Bird populations reflect the health of the planet on which our future depends.
Bees and Honey: Creating Pollinator Gardens
https://www.bottlestore.com/beesandhoneycreatingpollinatorgardens
Pollinator gardens are gardens composed mainly of flowers and plants that give shelter, pollen, and nectar to many different pollinating insects. Insects such as butterflies and bees are not just pretty to look at or mere producers of honey. Instead, they are vital to life on earth. More than 80 percent of flowering plants need pollinators in order to reproduce, and flowering plants that cannot reproduce cannot produce food for the world


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Large numbers of people may travel to other areas if Roe v. Wade is overturned
Published May 18, 2022 at 2:09 AM PDT
Some abortion providers worry that if Roe v. Wade is overturned, they will be overrun with patients coming from states where abortion will become illegal. As many as 26 states are certain or likely to ban abortion if the court strikes Roe down. Here's NPR's Will Stone.
WILL STONE, BYLINE: There's no precedent for millions suddenly being unable to get an abortion in so many parts of the country so quickly. But clinics already have a hint of what's to come ever since Texas put in place its six-week abortion ban last year.
AMY HAGSTROM MILLER: Already, 30% of the patients we're seeing in our clinic in Minnesota are coming from Texas.
STONE: Amy Hagstrom Miller runs Whole Woman's Health, which has clinics in five states that offer abortion.
MILLER: We had a patient last week who drove all the way from McAllen, Texas, which is on the Texas-Mexico border, all the way to our clinic in Alexandria, Va.
STONE: Across the country, other clinics are feeling the ripple effects. Dr. Kristina Tocce is the medical director of a Planned Parenthood affiliate which operates in Nevada, Colorado and New Mexico.
KRISTINA TOCCE: And we have seen our wait times get longer as a result. Sometimes, patients need to wait two to three weeks.
STONE: So what happens when it's not just Texas but 25 more states? In fact, about a third of all abortions in the U.S. in 2017 were done in those states that are expected to ban abortion. That's more than 300,000 abortions.
TOCCE: So we are going to be faced with a tremendous influx of patients.
STONE: She says her Rocky Mountain affiliate is opening new locations, extending their hours, hiring more staff.
TOCCE: This is like a full-court press. Everyone is needed.
STONE: The National Abortion Federation represents clinics across the U.S. Melissa Fowler helps lead that group.
MELISSA FOWLER: We have been preparing for this worst-case scenario for many years.
STONE: Clinics have been training more doctors, identifying those willing to travel or even move. Building a telehealth platform for abortion care.
FOWLER: So while we're doing all of that and that will help, current infrastructure at the clinics don't have the capacity to absorb all of these patients.
STONE: The increased demand will be felt most in the places that end up surrounded by abortion bans. In Illinois, the Hope Clinic for Women is right across the river from St. Louis. The executive director, Dr. Erin King, says the majority of their patients already come from states where existing laws have made it harder to get abortions, that means Missouri because it's so close. But now she sees patients from Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi every day.
ERIN KING: Those are not states that you really think of as very close to Missouri. But, I mean, they're closer than a lot of other options and, really, one of the last options some of these folks have.
STONE: In the past few years, her clinic has doubled the number of doctors to keep up. King says now they're trying to hire even more. But recruitment is tough.
KING: A lot of our expansion plans really didn't factor in the pandemic. And what's actually happening is we are scrambling to try to find qualified people.
STONE: If Roe falls, they expect demand to increase by 40%.
KING: The number of patients that will need abortion care that we could see is going to far outweigh who we can see. We're going to be saying no to a lot of patients.
STONE: As women have to travel farther for abortions, wait times at the remaining U.S. clinics could get longer. That could force more women to delay procedures, sometimes into the second trimester. That worries OB-GYN Charlie Browne in Seattle.
CHARLIE BROWNE: As time is going by, there are going to be less and less places where those patients can be seen.
STONE: Only about 10% of abortions in the U.S. are done in the second trimester. And there aren't as many doctors like Browne who do them. Second-trimester abortions are needed when a pregnancy fails later on or a dangerous health issue comes up. But they can be complicated and expensive.
BROWNE: Those are the cases I see on a weekly basis. It's going to be that much more difficult for those patients to seek out places where they can get those services.
STONE: In blue states, they're shoring up abortion rights and prepping for more patients. Dr. Laura Dalton is medical director of Planned Parenthood Mar Monte. It has more than 30 clinics in California and Nevada. Dalton says they feel ready to step up.
LAURA DALTON: When women come to California for care, we will be able to take care of them. Absolutely. I think we can be confident about that.
STONE: But she's not confident that everyone who needs an abortion will be able to get to California in the first place.
Will Stone, NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.

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A McDonald's Big Mac is easy to make at home. And the Secret Sauce? Not so secret anymore. You can make a few tonight for the kids and you know they will love them. It's all here. Our McDonald's Recipe for the Big Mac and their Secret Sauce tastes just like the original you get at McDonald's.
Forget the "Two all beef patties" -- you can get those anywhere. And never mind the "lettuce, cheese, pickles and onions on a sesame seed bun" (as the old 1970's jingle said.) Those, too, are everyday, store-bought ingredients.
With the Big Mac it's all about the special sauce.
It's that special sauce that sets it apart from other burgers. Without the sauce it's just any ol' double-decker burger.
Get the sauce right and pretty much any burger will taste like a Big Mac.
Below is a video recipe from McDonald's Canada that we feel comes very close to the taste of McDonald's Secret Sauce.
As the chef in the video below says, the recipe is all over the web, and there are many, many recipes attempts for the secret sauce. Many people claim it is just Thousand Island. While in the broad sense of the term, this is true (The restaurant industry's definition of 1000 Island is – in a few words – tartar sauce with tomato sauce) there is no store bought 1000 Island that tastes quite right.
There is something else in there.
That "something else" is what has been debated so heatedly on the web. Many recipes on the web add a bit of French Dressing. Others call for Fresh Onions. Still others, a touch of Sugar.
We found one that we like that comes pretty close -- "straight from the horse's mouth" so to speak. McDonald's Special Sauce Recipe.
Here is a list of the ingredients mentioned in the video. You're going to have to play around with the amounts in the secret sauce a little. In our experiments we got different results with different brands of mayo, relish and mustard. If you get a good recipe with SPECIFIC brands please leave a comment and let us all know.
Here are your other ingredients to make a big Mac, straight from the 1970's!
Photo of McDonalds Big Mac is by dzsimbo and is used by permission under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) License.


On 8th April, Crowell Moring published an article saying that OFAC has in the past not provided much guidance for companies on the expected elements of an effective OFAC compliance programme. OFAC regulations do not specifically require a sanctions compliance programme, it says, but OFAC's Enforcement Guidelines provide that OFAC will take into account the "existence, nature, and adequacy" of a company's "risk-based" sanctions compliance programme in deciding whether to impose a penalty and, if so, the amount of such a penalty. The US Treasury has provided limited guidance directed specifically to financial institutions, but industry often found itself reading between the lines of OFAC's enforcement actions for guidance. That has changed in recent months, the article argues, pointing to the essential elements and commenting on practical considerations. It also says that OFAC's recent actions also point to the need for an wide approach to sanctions compliance, one that addresses not only US affiliates but also the activities of non-US affiliates and recently acquired subsidiaries. In particular, it points out, more than half of OFAC's enforcement actions in 2019 have involved activity undertaken by a recently-acquired affiliate.


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There are so many different technology careers available today, and each one brings something different for those who seek it. Regarding professional positions like technology jobs, there is a lot of training that is usually needed for the positions. However, this training can be obtained both on the job and through an education before getting the job. One thing that the technology industry has to offer is the ability to allow people to work from home and to create a world where all industries can do the same.
When you work at home in the Information Technology industry, your job title could be just about anything that you want it to be. It doesn't matter if you're looking for programming jobs, internet customer service positions, or even networking and IT setup positions. The internet has made a wealth of jobs available to a variety of people and there is no end to the options that you have in choosing your professional position. You can work from home as an independent contractor for a variety of companies, a full-time employee with some, or even by starting your own technology-based business that you operate out of your home office.
Careers these days are fleeting at best, and can prove to be difficult to find out in the job world. However, if you take the time to check out all of the options that you have, you'll likely realize that a work at home position might be exactly what you have been looking for. You can generally set your own hours or choose the hours that work best for you, take days off or work only on days when you want, and even choose to work a job out of the home while having a work at home position on the side. The options are nearly endless, and it's up to you to decide what works best for you.
Technology keeps on growing and changing, and is doing everything that it can to change the way that the world works. If you take the time to check out all of the options that you have, you should be more than able to find a position that suits your needs. Sometimes, working at home is not the best solution for everyone, but it can prove to be a fruitful career choice for those who can make the most of it. Remember that you'll need to be driven to succeed and motivated to make yourself work, though, because you don't get paid just for punching the clock when you work at home.


about 5 months ago my xp home edition disc got messed up in my cd rom drive and they said it would be about $40.00 to replace it.
Today i called and they said $23.00 plus $5.00 shipping and I called another number for microsoft and answered all the guys ?'s then he said i will get the disc in about 10 days so i asked him if i had to pay for it and he said the disc is free.
I talked to about 5 different people on the phone and they all said $23.00 and $5.00 shipping.
I wonder what is going on there. I hope I get the disc for free.
Re: microsoft ripping people off?
People are still getting their disc off microsoft? theres the internet for a reason..
I couldn't figure out where to go to get a retail microsoft xp disc.
Just to the local computer store, staples etc., and buy a disc. Bring it home and image the disc. Return the disc to the store within hours and BS that its the wrong version.
don't get what your saying. I guess i could've went to staples bought the disc again and put the scratched one in but thats ok I am still getting the disc for free.
wow... such low levels of ethics... not that microsoft doesn't have enough money, but the retail chains should be supported for being there. It costs the stores money when you do illegal things like that.
-- watch it, its good stuff.
yeah which is why i don't do things like that but you know some people do.
I was just saying that is something to do but i wouldn't.
Just go to thepiratebay or demonoid or torrentspy or torrent box or any other torrent site. Get a copy of XP. Easy peasy. As long as you have your serial it dont matter where you get it from.
^True..I would just download a copy and use the legal CD key you have. The important thing is the serial key is legal. Next time learn to backup your copy.
i agree dude, u told me this same thing when my dog ate my copy of XP Professional.... but watch out on the sizes, if ur not careful ur system is screwed!!!


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"""
Utility methods to set testcases up for Swift and/or S3 tests.
"""

import BaseHTTPServer
import ConfigParser
import httplib
import os
import random
import thread

from glance.store.s3 import get_s3_location, get_calling_format

FIVE_KB = 5 * 1024

class RemoteImageHandler(BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
    def do_HEAD(self):
        """
        Respond to an image HEAD request fake metadata
        """
        if 'images' in self.path:
            self.send_response(200)
            self.send_header('Content-Type', 'application/octet-stream')
            self.send_header('Content-Length', FIVE_KB)
            self.end_headers()
            return
        else:
            self.send_error(404, 'File Not Found: %s' % self.path)
            return

    def do_GET(self):
        """
        Respond to an image GET request with fake image content.
        """
        if 'images' in self.path:
            self.send_response(200)
            self.send_header('Content-Type', 'application/octet-stream')
            self.send_header('Content-Length', FIVE_KB)
            self.end_headers()
            image_data = '*' * FIVE_KB
            self.wfile.write(image_data)
            self.wfile.close()
            return
        else:
            self.send_error(404, 'File Not Found: %s' % self.path)
            return

    def log_message(self, format, *args):
        """
        Simple override to prevent writing crap to stderr...
        """
        pass

def setup_http(test):
    server_class = BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer
    remote_server = server_class(('127.0.0.1', 0), RemoteImageHandler)
    remote_ip, remote_port = remote_server.server_address

    def serve_requests(httpd):
        httpd.serve_forever()

    thread.start_new_thread(serve_requests, (remote_server,))
    test.http_server = remote_server
    test.http_ip = remote_ip
    test.http_port = remote_port

def teardown_http(test):
    if test.http_server:
        test.http_server.shutdown()

def get_http_uri(test, image_id):
    uri = 'http://%(http_ip)s:%(http_port)d/images/' % test.__dict__
    uri += image_id
    return uri

def _uniq(value):
    return '%s.%d' % (value, random.randint(0, 99999))

def setup_swift(test):
    # Test machines can set the GLANCE_TEST_SWIFT_CONF variable
    # to override the location of the config file for migration testing
    CONFIG_FILE_PATH = os.environ.get('GLANCE_TEST_SWIFT_CONF')

    if not CONFIG_FILE_PATH:
        test.disabled_message = "GLANCE_TEST_SWIFT_CONF environ not set."
        print "GLANCE_TEST_SWIFT_CONF environ not set."
        test.disabled = True
        return

    if os.path.exists(CONFIG_FILE_PATH):
        cp = ConfigParser.RawConfigParser()
        try:
            cp.read(CONFIG_FILE_PATH)
            defaults = cp.defaults()
            for key, value in defaults.items():
                if key == 'swift_store_container':
                    test.__dict__[key] = (_uniq(value))
                else:
                    test.__dict__[key] = value

        except ConfigParser.ParsingError, e:
            test.disabled_message = ("Failed to read test_swift.conf "
                                     "file. Got error: %s" % e)
            test.disabled = True
            return

    import swiftclient

    try:
        swift_host = test.swift_store_auth_address
        if not swift_host.startswith('http'):
            swift_host = 'https://' + swift_host
        user = test.swift_store_user
        key = test.swift_store_key
        container_name = test.swift_store_container
    except AttributeError, e:
        test.disabled_message = ("Failed to find required configuration "
                                 "options for Swift store. "
                                 "Got error: %s" % e)
        test.disabled = True
        return

    swift_conn = swiftclient.Connection(
        authurl=swift_host, user=user, key=key, snet=False, retries=1)

    try:
        _resp_headers, containers = swift_conn.get_account()
    except Exception, e:
        test.disabled_message = ("Failed to get_account from Swift "
                                 "Got error: %s" % e)
        test.disabled = True
        return

    try:
        for container in containers:
            if container == container_name:
                swift_conn.delete_container(container)
    except swiftclient.ClientException, e:
        test.disabled_message = ("Failed to delete container from Swift "
                                 "Got error: %s" % e)
        test.disabled = True
        return

    test.swift_conn = swift_conn

    try:
        swift_conn.put_container(container_name)
    except swiftclient.ClientException, e:
        test.disabled_message = ("Failed to create container. "
                                 "Got error: %s" % e)
        test.disabled = True
        return

def teardown_swift(test):
    if not test.disabled:
        import swiftclient
        try:
            _resp_headers, containers = swift_conn.get_account()
            # Delete all containers matching the container name prefix
            for container in containers:
                if container.find(container_name) == 0:
                    swift_conn.delete_container(container)
        except swiftclient.ClientException, e:
            if e.http_status == httplib.CONFLICT:
                pass
            else:
                raise
        test.swift_conn.put_container(test.swift_store_container)

def get_swift_uri(test, image_id):
    # Apparently we must use HTTPS with Cloud Files now, otherwise
    # we will get a 301 Moved.... :(
    uri = ('swift+https://%(swift_store_user)s:%(swift_store_key)s' %
           test.__dict__)
    uri += ('@%(swift_store_auth_address)s/%(swift_store_container)s/' %
           test.__dict__)
    uri += image_id
    return uri.replace('@http://', '@')

def setup_s3(test):
    # Test machines can set the GLANCE_TEST_S3_CONF variable
    # to override the location of the config file for S3 testing
    CONFIG_FILE_PATH = os.environ.get('GLANCE_TEST_S3_CONF')

    if not CONFIG_FILE_PATH:
        test.disabled_message = "GLANCE_TEST_S3_CONF environ not set."
        test.disabled = True
        return

    if os.path.exists(CONFIG_FILE_PATH):
        cp = ConfigParser.RawConfigParser()
        try:
            cp.read(CONFIG_FILE_PATH)
            defaults = cp.defaults()
            for key, value in defaults.items():
                test.__dict__[key] = (_uniq(value)
                                      if key == 's3_store_bucket' else value)
        except ConfigParser.ParsingError, e:
            test.disabled_message = ("Failed to read test_s3.conf config "
                                     "file. Got error: %s" % e)
            test.disabled = True
            return

    from boto.s3.connection import S3Connection
    from boto.exception import S3ResponseError

    try:
        s3_host = test.s3_store_host
        access_key = test.s3_store_access_key
        secret_key = test.s3_store_secret_key
        bucket_name = test.s3_store_bucket
    except AttributeError, e:
        test.disabled_message = ("Failed to find required configuration "
                                 "options for S3 store. Got error: %s" % e)
        test.disabled = True
        return

    calling_format = get_calling_format(test.s3_store_bucket_url_format)
    s3_conn = S3Connection(access_key, secret_key,
                           host=s3_host,
                           is_secure=False,
                           calling_format=calling_format)

    test.bucket = None
    try:
        buckets = s3_conn.get_all_buckets()
        for bucket in buckets:
            if bucket.name == bucket_name:
                test.bucket = bucket
    except S3ResponseError, e:
        test.disabled_message = ("Failed to connect to S3 with "
                                 "credentials, to find bucket. "
                                 "Got error: %s" % e)
        test.disabled = True
        return
    except TypeError, e:
        # This hack is necessary because of a bug in boto 1.9b:
        # http://code.google.com/p/boto/issues/detail?id=540
        test.disabled_message = ("Failed to connect to S3 with "
                                 "credentials. Got error: %s" % e)
        test.disabled = True
        return

    test.s3_conn = s3_conn

    if not test.bucket:
        location = get_s3_location(test.s3_store_host)
        try:
            test.bucket = s3_conn.create_bucket(bucket_name,
                                                location=location)
        except S3ResponseError, e:
            test.disabled_message = ("Failed to create bucket. "
                                     "Got error: %s" % e)
            test.disabled = True
            return
    else:
        for key in test.bucket.list():
            key.delete()

def teardown_s3(test):
    if not test.disabled:
        # It's not possible to simply clear a bucket. You
        # need to loop over all the keys and delete them
        # all first...
        for key in test.bucket.list():
            key.delete()
        test.s3_conn.delete_bucket(test.s3_store_bucket)

def get_s3_uri(test, image_id):
    uri = ('s3://%(s3_store_access_key)s:%(s3_store_secret_key)s' %
           test.__dict__)
    uri += '@%(s3_conn)s/' % test.__dict__
    uri += '%(s3_store_bucket)s/' % test.__dict__
    uri += image_id
    return uri.replace('S3Connection:', '')

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We are familiar with the constellations that we see regularly in the night sky - a distinctive pattern of stars. However, although these stars may form shapes that are recognisable to us here on Earth, they do not usually have any real link to each other, as they are often at different distances from the Earth, and are in fact very far away from each other.
Stellar clusters, on the other hand, are systems of stars that are held together by the gravity of their members. Eventually these clusters slowly evaporate. After a few billion years, the relatively loose collections of stars known as open clusters will no longer be held together by gravity and the cluster will stop existing. More highly compacted stellar clusters, known as globular clusters, which are typically about 15 billion years old, have not yet evaporated. Due to their relatively well-known distances, and the similarities that tend to exist among their stars, stellar clusters play an important role in astrophysics. Some of the nearest stellar clusters are visible with the naked eye. The most visible open clusters are the Pleiades and Hyades, both to be found in the constellation of Taurus.


Yesterday I wrote about rising concerns that Japan will be criticized regarding the cheap yen at the G7 meeting this weekend in Germany; Japan, however, may also be running into trouble at the six-party talks due to restart this week in Beijing.
This article in the FT hints at growing signs that Washington is increasingly open to an agreement with the DPRK, including normalization, this following reports of positive exchanges between US and North Korean envoys in preparatory meetings in Berlin.
I remain incredulous that the talks will result in a denuclearized North Korea -- and this article confirms my incredulity, as it only touches on the nuclear issue.
If I was sitting in the Kantei now, I would be worried. You have a Bush administration desperate for a victory, on any front, that can help cement the president's legacy. You have signs of irritation on Washington's part with critical comments from Japan's foreign and defense ministers, and the festering sore in bilateral relations that is the Okinawa bases issue. Ultimately, you have an administration that's thinking about bigger things than Japan's comfort.
Yes, if I was Prime Minister Abe, my concerns would be shifting to the "abandonment" side of Glenn Snyder's abandonment - entrapment axis, because any agreement that fails to guarantee a denuclearized Korean peninsula -- or secure greater conclusiveness on the abductee issue -- is a defeat for Japan. I expect that a Bush administration that seems desperate for an agreement is not going to let a handful of abductees from the 70s and 80s stand in the way.
So for all Abe's groundwork in Asia, his fate may be sealed by his cabinet's snubs on the US. I doubt, after all, that Seoul and Beijing are going to push to toughen any agreement from the six-party talks to satisfy Japan. As such, the distinct chill that has settled in between Tokyo and Washington could have significant consequences in the resolution of the North Korean crisis, to Japan's detriment.


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Ebola, HEALTH, Pandemic, WORLD NEWS
New Ebola cases show rise for second week in row
Date: February 12, 2015Author: Nwo Report 0 Comments
Unsafe burial practices are one of the challenges that still need to be overcome
The number of new cases of Ebola has risen in all of West Africa's worst-hit countries for the second week in a row, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.
This is the second weekly increase in confirmed cases in 2015, ending a series of encouraging declines.
The WHO said on Wednesday that Sierra Leone had registered 76 of the 144 new cases, Guinea 65 and Liberia three.
More than 9,000 people have died from Ebola since December 2013.
The WHO said that the increase highlights the "considerable challenges" that must still be overcome to end the outbreak.
"Despite improvements in case finding and management, burial practices, and community engagement, the decline in case incidence has stalled," the UN health agency said in a statement.
In another development, US President Barack Obama has said he will withdraw nearly all US troops helping to combat the disease in Liberia.
Only 100 of the 2,800 troops would remain in West Africa at the end of April, according to the Associated Press news agency,
Mr Obama said on Wednesday that the withdrawal marked a transition in the fight against the disease in Liberia but did not mean that the mission was over.
"Our focus now is getting to zero," he said.
Unsafe burials
At least 22,800 cases of Ebola have been recorded since the outbreak began, mainly in three countries in West Africa.
In Guinea, efforts to end the outbreak are being hampered by a mistrust of aid workers, particularly in the capital city.
"The main threat to achieving our goal of zero cases in 60 days is this resistance in Conakry," said Dr Sakoba Keita, Guinea's national Ebola response co-ordinator.
Unsafe burial practices continue to be a problem in Sierra Leone. More than 40 unsafe burials were recorded in one week, according to the WHO.
Mourners can catch the disease by touching the highly-contagious bodies of the dead.
Ebola deaths
Figures up to 9 February 2015
Deaths – probable, confirmed and suspected
(Includes one in the US and six in Mali)
3,826 Liberia
3,350 Sierra Leone
2,018 Guinea
8 Nigeria
Source: WHO
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Overbury's BBC Wales fit out wins at BCO Awards
Overbury is very proud to be recognised as the national winner of the 'Fit Out of Workplace' award at the BCO Awards 2020, for our work on the BBC Cymru, Cardiff project.
This was a landmark project for BBC Cymru, providing a new 150,000 sq ft home for their 1,200 staff, spread across six floors. We delivered a full campus-style fit out with dedicated spaces for staff to work, edit, broadcast and collaborate.
We delivered high spec 'traditional' office spaces where BBC staff could work together and collaborate, or undertake everyday tasks that don't require specialist broadcast or editing facilities. Open plan workstations suitable for hot-desking and casual meeting booths are situated around the building's open atrium. This allows staff to truly embrace activity-based working, never being far from 'traditional' workspaces, collaborative breakout spaces and areas to concentrate or work quietly.
Congratulations to all the team BBC Wales at Central Square in Cardiff. Well-deserved applause for: ID:SR Sheppard Robson, AECOM, J4 Projects and Currie & Brown. A special nod to Gennaro Sarno & John Wood who attended the virtual event.
"This truly inclusive, neurodiverse space signifies a new age for broadcasting."
BCO Awards judging panel


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Duigo de Arruda, né vers 1470, mort en 1531, est un architecte et sculpteur portugais.

Il est le frère aîné de Francisco de Arruda et oncle de Miguel de Arruda. Diogo et Francisco de Arruda ont assimilé le style gothique flamboyant et ont développé le style manuélin dans leurs édifices.

Biographie
Entre 1508 et 1510, il a été l'architecte du bastion du palais de Ribeira construit sur ordre du roi Dom Manuel I à Lisbonne, sur la rive droite de la rivière du Tage. Sur ce bastion, à l'extrémité du palais royal, se trouvait une tour fortifiée de style manuélin, décorée des armes du souverain, dont le plan sera repris avec la tour de Belém, construite entre 1514 et 1520 suivant les plans de Francisco de Arruda.

Diogo de Arruda a été le maître d'œuvre de la construction de la nef de l'église du Couvent de l'ordre du Christ à Tomar dans le style manuélin, entre 1510 à 1513. Cet édifice a été élevé à l'ouest de l'ancienne rotonde des Templiers sur deux niveaux : la partie supérieure sert de nef pour les moines et la partie inférieure de sacristie, aussi appelée « la salle capitulaire ». La fenêtre de la sacristie est une des œuvres les plus célèbres du style manuélin. La décoration de cette fenêtre exalte la puissance et les entreprises maritimes du Portugal. L'architecte João de Castilho a poursuivi les travaux à partir de 1515.

Entre 1514 et 1520, Diogo voyage en Afrique du Nord avec son frère Francisco de Arruda, à Safi, à Mazagão.

À Mazagão (Mazagan), le roi Manuel I avait donné une lettre-patente le  à Jorge de Mello pour y construire une forteresse. Le duc de Bragnace signala au roi, en 1513, que rien n'avait été construit. Dans une lettre de Diogo et Francisco de Arruda datée de 1514 ils demandaient des matériaux pour construire les murs de la ville.

Ils ont  travaillé à la forteresse de Azamor qui avait été conquise à la bataille d'Azamor, en 1513, par le duc de Bragance. Ils ont alors été influencé par l'art islamique.

De retour au Portugal, en 1521, il a été nommé par le roi comme « maître des œuvres du district du comarque de Entre Tejo et Odiana. Cette nomination est due par la relative faiblesse des défenses dans l'Alentejo, en comparaison avec d'autres régions du pays à l'époque.

Entre 1518 et 1524 il dirigeait la construction du nouveau château d'Évora. Dans ce château, il a choisi de construire des tours d'angle carrées en reprenant des modèles de l'architecture militaire de la Renaissance, première application dans le pays. Le château est décoré par des cordons caractéristiques du style manuélin. À la même date, il a commencé la réalisation de l'église de Viana do Alentejo de style manuelin, un des plus beaux exemples du style manuélin dans l'Alentejo.

Entre 1522 et 1531, il a suivi la construction de l'église Notre-Dame (Nossa Senhora) de Espinheiro, de la freguesia de Canaviais (Évora).

En 1525, sous le règne de Jean III de Portugal, il a été nommé architecte des palais royaux. Il a peut-être participé à la construction du palais royal d'Évora.

Notes et références

Sources

Voir aussi

Bibliographie
 Bernard Oudin, Dictionnaire des architectes, 33, Seghers, Paris, 1994  ; 664

Article connexe
 Architecture du Portugal

Lien externe

Architecte portugais du XVIe siècle
Architecte manuélin
Décès en 1531

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London-based Eliza Shaddad—the daughter of a Sudanese astrophysicist father and a Scottish mother—has announced her highly anticipated debut album Future. Described as ... More
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With their second album, I Wasn't Only Thinking About You…, Australia's Oh Pep! makes good on the promises of their critically acclaimed ... More
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With their second album, I Wasn't Only Thinking About You…, Australia's Oh Pep! makes good on the promises of their critically acclaimed debut Stadium Cake. The return at once captures the duo's spirit, curiosity and imminent likability, thoughtfully exploring the melody-rich expanse between indie pop and alt-folk while coming of age and seeing the world. The band has garnered praise from The New York Times and NPR, the latter calling them "thoughtful, deep, funny, and poetic." ATO Records)
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Based on director Yen Tan's award-winning short of the same name, 1985 stars Cory Michael Smith as a closeted young man returning to his Texas ... More
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Based on director Yen Tan's award-winning short of the same name, 1985 stars Cory Michael Smith as a closeted young man returning to his Texas hometown for Christmas during the first wave of the AIDS crisis. It follows him as he reconnects with his brother (Aidan Langford) and estranged childhood friend (Jamie Chung), while struggling to divulge his dire circumstances to his religious parents, played by Academy Award nominee Virginia Madsen and Golden Globe winner Michael Chiklis. (Wolfe)
Written and directed by Jonah Hill (Superbad, Knocked Up, The Wolf of Wall Street), Mid90s follows Stevie, a thirteen-year-old boy in '90s-era ... More
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In his new book, Mirror Mirror, Ryan McGinley—one of the most important photographers of his generation—asks his friends and colleagues to take the ... More
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In his new book, Mirror Mirror, Ryan McGinley—one of the most important photographers of his generation—asks his friends and colleagues to take the camera into their own hands. Following instructions given to them by the artist, a group of individuals explore their own image. Though related to the ubiquitous selfie, the participants didn't have the benefit of seeing the image before they clicked the shutter, and McGinley selected the final image to represent the photo session. The experiment yielded scores of intimate and psychologically revealing photos that—even though not done by his own hand—bear some signature McGinley flourishes in their emotional depth and resonance. (Rizzoli)
Starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Carey Mulligan, and directed by Paul Dano in his directorial debut, Wildlife is based on the novel of ... More
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Starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Carey Mulligan, and directed by Paul Dano in his directorial debut, Wildlife is based on the novel of the same name by Richard Ford. It tells of 14-year-old Joe, the only child of Jeanette, a housewife, and Jerry, a golf pro, in a small town in 1960s Montana. When Jerry loses his job and his sense of purpose, he decides to join the cause of fighting an uncontrolled forest fire raging close to the Canadian border, leaving his wife and son to fend for themselves.
Winner of the World Cinema Audience Award at Sundance Film Festival, The Guilty is an innovative and unrelenting Danish thriller that uses ... More
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Algae can grow out of control, depleting oxygen, clogging filters and diminishing the beauty of your pond.
Prevention is key: Your best shot at keeping algae under control is to starve it. By following this integrated, three-step program, you should be able to keep algae growth at a level that won't cause too many problems.
Reduce the amount of exposure to sunlight; placing the pond in an area that offers partial shade or only filtered sunlight is the first and best step.
Fill the pond with lilies and other water plants that fight algae by competing with it for nitrogenous waste products (nitrates) that they both consume.
Keep pond water clean and free of decaying organic matter that creates excess nitrogenous waste.
Algae bloom: Under the right circumstances, algae can grow very rapidly, resulting in what is called an algae bloom. An algae bloom can lead to a dangerous and rapid lowering of oxygen levels in the pond water. What should you do if you're struck with a sudden algae bloom?
Physically remove as much of the algae as possible from the water surface with a net or rake.
Algaecides actually kill the algae, but take care that these chemicals do not harm the fish. Dead algae must also be promptly removed from the pond before it decomposes and pollutes the water.
After treating the pond water as directed above, follow up with a water change to remove the residue of these chemical substances from the pond.
As a side effect, some of these products reduce oxygen content, so it is a good idea to increase surface agitation after you use these chemicals to restore dissolved oxygen levels so your fish can breathe easier.
With the proper steps your pond will be algae-free in no time. And, with a smart pond-management plan, it will stay that way.


The House Subcommittee on Telecommunication, Trade and Consumer Protection heard testimony on "anti-drug propaganda" in network television shows.
William Tauzin (R-La.), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunication, Trade and Consumer Protection, called a hearing Feb. 9 on the relationship between the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and network television.
"As a nation dedicated to freedom of expression the United States should resist embracing the use of propaganda as an acceptable policy, regardless of the merits of any particular message," Corn-Revere said.
The office, created in 1998 and headed by White House Drug Czar Gen. Barry McCaffrey targets youths, aged 9-18, with anti-drug messages via popular culture, including television programming, commercials and websites. An agreement with the networks requires them to provide air time equal to what the campaign purchases. After the agreement was in effect, the office offered monetary credits not only for anti-drug public service announcements, but for anti-drug content on television programs as well.
ONDCP's deputy director Donald Vereen Jr. defended the practice by saying popular media is the only method of interacting with the targeted age group. "What we see and hear in the entertainment media influences our beliefs about the world around us. Today's adolescents are deeply immersed in popular culture" as conveyed through those media, he said.
Tauzin called the hearing to determine if government involvement bordered on television propaganda. Other panel members included Alex Wallau, President of ABC Network Administration and Operations; Jeff Loeb, Creative Director of Katsin/Loeb Advertising; and Martin D. Franks, Senior Vice President of CBS.


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Q: Apple Push Notification didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken: not called? Now i am developing an application , in that application i want to enable Apple Push Notification service.I followed step by step these two tutorials "http://www.raywenderlich.com/32960/apple-push-notification-services-in-ios-6-tutorial-part-1" ,"http://mobiforge.com/developing/story/programming-apple-push-notification-services" but still now i didn't get device token.I created developer mode SSL Certificate and .p12 file and provisioning profile.
I run into my device it shows the applications in Setting Notifications List.But Callback methods not call.
 Please any one guide me

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