Shelbourne's LAMMA 2019 launches cater for larger herds and bigger hedges!
Two new machines will be making their debuts on the Shelbourne Reynolds stand at LAMMA 2019, each with higher capacities designed to tackle larger-scale tasks.
Shelbourne Reynolds is adding to its vegetation management machinery range by launching its own flail mower line.
New remote controller and specification upgrades for Powermix Plus diet feeders unveiled at Grassland & Muck 2017 Shelbourne Reynolds is using Grassland and Muck 2017 to reveal a number of upgrades to its Powermix Pro range of vertical auger diet feeders, designed to improve ease of operation, data transfer and machine handling.
Get Your Stripper Ready For Harvest.
2017 USA Wheat harvest is drawing closer, so now is the time to be checking your stripper header over and performing maintenance tasks. A few maintenance tasks are listed below, check your operator�s manual for other routine maintenance tasks.
Preparing for the Hedge Trimming season?
Now that we have lost a month's trimming it is more important than ever to make sure your trimmer is in top condition for a hassle free season. Shelbourne Reynolds service team have compiled a short checklist that will help you with essential servicing.
Developed originally for use on combines to speed grain harvesting by taking in only the ears, contractors in Denmark are fitting stripper headers on forage harvesters to allow production of crimped grain in a single process. Martin Rickatson learnt more.
Shelbourne Reynolds has revised its short-wheelbase Powerspread Pro side-discharge tank spreader range for next season, to improve ride and handling, ease of loading, longevity of moving parts and visibility to road traffic. The new models make their national show debut at the Livestock Event at the NEC, Birmingham, on July 6-7.
We will be holding a number of Trimmer Roadshows in conjunction with some dealerships over the next couple of months.
Variable-rate seeding and fertilizer application, and keeping fields covered, is enhancing South Dakota grower Todd Yackley's successes with no-tilling. Without the use of precision ag tools, Todd Yackley believes he�d be far less successful no-tilling 40,000 acres near Gettysburg in central South Dakota.
A new line of heavy-duty, contractor-targeted Shelbourne hedge trimmers is being launched at LAMMA 2016.
USING a Shelbourne Reynolds combine harvester stripper front in grain is getting some interest among no-till farmers in light northern Victoria crops, but the jury's out in wetter country.
They're cheaper on fuel, easier on harvesters and process more grain than straw, and may fit the bill in no-till, but they're not for everyone. That's the feedback from a series of demonstrations of a Shelbourne Reynolds stripper front run by the east coast distributor, NSW Deere dealer Hutcheon and Pearce that took in southern NSW and Victoria.
Faster bale processing, improved manoeuvrability and a lower power requirement when mixing are among the key features of a new range of Powermix vertical auger diet feeders from manufacturer Shelbourne Reynolds.
Since its launch in 1993 everything about the Shelbourne Powermix has been designed around customer requests and requirements. The latest Powermix Plus is no exception, after 3 years of design work and customer consultation the first production machines are now on farm.
With a wet harvest putting extra pressure on farmers who will already be a month behind their usual pre-cultivation hedge trimming routine thanks to new rules on the practice, Suffolk-based hedgecutter manufacturer Shelbourne Reynolds is urging operators to ensure machines are fully fit and ready for a months' extra growth and the increased output required by a reduced trimming window.
We are pleased to announce the launch of a new finance program at the Livestock Event on July 8th and 9th at the NEC, Birmingham. The scheme is available on a limited number of single auger Powermix Pro machines between 9 and 15 cubic metres in size. These machines feature Shelbourne's industry leading Express webbing conveyor system.
This month I caught up with the team at Toplink Machinery in Te Awamutu, who had a Shelbourne Reynolds Powerspread Pro 2400 muck spreader out on demonstration at Kevin and Simon Clark's 360 hectare dairy and drystock property on the bank of the Waikato River, near Maungatautari.
With the national average dairy and beef herd sizes continuing to increase, many twin-auger diet feeders are now mixing in excess of 100 tonnes of feed daily. In response to the greater demands this is placing on machines, manufacturer Shelbourne Reynolds is upgrading its twin auger Powermix Pro Twin Express feeders for 2015.
There are two Shelbourne Reynolds Powermix machines on JF Temple and Son's north Norfolk dairy unit, but only one is used for feeding the farm's 98-head dairy herd and its followers.
With grass growth slowing and cattle likely to soon be brought in for winter, diet feeder maker Shelbourne Reynolds is reminding dairy and beef farmers to check over their machines before putting them into action.
With manoeuvrability and safety issues associated with transporting combine cutterbars coming under scrutiny as they get ever wider, header trailer manufacturer Shelbourne Reynolds has introduced three new all-wheel steer variants at the top end of its range designed to address both concerns.
Shelbourne Reynolds is broadening its range of Variable Forward Reach Telescopic (VFRT) hedgetrimmers, launched at January's LAMMA.
Shelbourne Reynolds is using Grassland and Muck 2014 to unveil a new range of hedge/verge cutters which are specifically aimed at farmers seeking a mid-range machine.
Come and visit us at the Grasslands & Muck Event 21st and 22nd May 2014.
As part of Shelbourne Reynolds continued investment programme we have just installed a state of the art 'Evolutionary' piece of technology in the form of a Bystronic BySprint 3kW Fiber laser cutting system.
An innovative new hedgecutter forms the centrepiece of the Shelbourne Reynolds stand at LAMMA 2014.
Shelbourne Reynolds is looking forward to exhibiting at this year's Lamma Show.
Shelbourne Reynolds will be returning to Agritechnica, the worlds largest farm machinery show after a four year absence.
After working in a Field support role based out of the Colby office for 10 years Adam Whitaker has returned to the UK.
It�s that time again in the year to present the long service awards. No matter how long your length of service, all of our staff are essensial to us, however it�s still important to take a moment to recognise those employees that have been with us for many years and in some cases very many years and to take the opportunity to publicly thank them for all of their hard work, loyalty, dedication and contribution to the success of Shelbourne Reynolds over their years with us.
Shelbourne Reynolds is now working closely with our new south African distributor D.A Tractors of Bergville, promoting our stripper head has brought the harvesting of a crop that dates back to 4000bc into the 21st century.
As with all machines the preferred size of stripper header for rice is getting larger. With more and more hybrid rice being grown yields have also been steadily increasing in recent years.
Latest development from Shelbourne Reynolds is the addition of a new 8m reach machine to the 700 Series Heavy Duty range. The new model is called the HD780T.
Come and see us at the Royal Cornwall Show this week 6th, 7th and 8th June!
Come and see us next week at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich.
We will be exhibiting on Thursday 23rd May at the Beef Expo in Malvern.
One of the coldest Monday�s of the year so far saw the arrival of 6 USA stripper header dealers at Heathrow airport.
Kevin Bridges, our Sheetmetal supervisor who has worked at Shelbourne Reynolds for 28 years decided just before Christmas and after lots of peer pressure and banter from colleagues, to cut off his pony tail which he has been growing for as long as he has worked for the company.
Come and visit Shelbourne Reynolds at the 2013 Doe Show.
Come and visit Shelbourne Reynolds at our LAMMA show stand B91.
BROADVIEW � On an afternoon when the air presses against his face like a hot iron, Mitch Auer grabs a shovel from his pickup and lumbers into an old wheat stand that hasn�t seen 3 inches of moisture this year.
Machines from the new 2012 Powerspread Dairy range are now starting to take to the fields in the UK. The Dairy has been the stalwart of the Powerspread (formerly Econ) range for 15 years and sales have continued to grow, however as always customer feedback has been encouraged and a number of updates installed.
Shelbourne Reynolds is again taking part in the Cancer Research Relay for Life. Once again it will be held in the beautiful parkland of the National Trust�s Ickworth Estate, on the 23rd June.
The Ireland Brothers, of Martin, S.D., get more out of no-till by using stripper headers on their combines. With the Shelbourne Reynolds headers that strip wheat kernels out heads and leave the straw standing upright, they can operate combines at higher speeds and in tougher conditions than when using straight cut headers that put all the straw through the combine. That increases their combining capacity.
We look forward to see you at the Doe show.
Shelbourne Reynolds is bringing its latest range of hedge and verge trimmers to LAMMA 2012, with the new 300 and 400 series models aimed at those users who want high level features for a lower investment. Buyers can opt for the fixed frame 300 series, which at present consists of the 5m reach 350 model, or the 450 model, a 5m model in the 400 power slew series.
Shelbourne Stripper headers like most other pieces of farm machinery have been getting steadily larger since their introduction in the early 1990's.
•	High capacity and output •	Simple reliable drive system •	Even spread up to 20m •	Unique rotor control After the successful launch of the new Long Wheelbase Powerspread Pro 2400 and 3200 models, the same design criteria has been transferred to create the Short Wheelbase Pro range which replaces the long running 1600, 1800 and 2000 gallon Contractor range.
Princess Royal officially opened the 2010 Dairy event at this years new venue of the NEC, Birmingham.
Harvest is now 75% finished in Kansas and Colorado and moving steadily Northwards. Generally speaking yields have been very good this year with many dryland reports of 75 bu/acre.
Shelbourne Reynolds will this year be exhibiting at the Royal Norfolk Show on 29th & 30th June 2011.
Team Shelbourne took part in a 21 hour relay for life in aid of Cancer Research at the weekend. The team was made up of colleagues and their families, this all went towards making a great atmosphere and having lots of fun and laughter.
Come and join us at the Royal Cornwall Show on 9th, 10th and 11th June 2011.
Come and visit Shelbourne Reynolds 24th - 27th June 2010 at the Royal Highland Show!
Shelbourne Reynolds is pleased to announce the appointment of Matthew Tomkinson in the role of Product Support Representative.
Shelbourne Reynolds has updated its range of side-delivery manure spreaders with the introduction of two new models to the Powerspread range.
The 2009 rice harvest is finally coming to a close, most years harvest starts in August and has tailed off by mid October, this year there will still be rice being cut at Thanksgiving.
The latest addition to the Shelbourne Powermix Mixer Wagon range is the two rear door single auger Powermix Popular.
The 2008 rice harvest is coming to an end in both the Mississippi River Delta and California with only a few producers still harvesting.
Based upon the experiences learnt over the past 4 years of cubicle bedder production Shelbourne Reynolds is pleased to announce the latest models due for release in October 2008.
One of the issues facing most Dairy Managers in the UK today is trying to quickly and efficiently feed large numbers of cattle spread located in numerous older buildings often on split sites.
Shelbourne Reynolds will be exhibiting at this years Royal Highland Show which will be held on 23rd - 26th June 2011 in Edinburgh.
Shelbourne Reynolds are pleased to announce that we will be exhibiting at this years Suffolk Show at Trinity Park, Ipswich.
Shelbourne Reynolds will be exhibiting at this years Grassland and Muck show on 18th and 19th May 2011.
Shelbourne Reynolds will this year be exhibiting at the Agri Expo at Kent County Showground in Maidston on Tuesday 1st March 2011.
We will be exhibiting at LAMMA 2011 on 19th and 20th January 2011.
We will be exhibiting a Powermix Express and Cubicle Bedder 300 at this years South West Beef show.
Come and visit us at the Dairy Show on Wednesday 6th October 2010.
Come and visit us at the Dairy Event and Livestock show at the NEC, Birmingham on 7th and 8th September.
Come and visit Shelbourne Reynolds at the Royal Welsh Show 19th-22nd July 2010 in Powys.
Come and visit Shelbourne Reynolds at the 2010 Cereals Event on 9th and 10th June, Stand Number 279.
Come and visit Shelbourne Reynolds at this years Royal Cornwall Show on 10th, 11th and 12th June 2010.
Visit Shelbourne Reynolds at the 2010 Scotgrass show on 11th May 2010.
Shelbourne Reynolds will be exhibiting at the Dairy Technology Event on Wednesday 5th May 2010at the Harper Adams University College in Shropshire.
Visit Shelbourne Reynolds at the Doe Show on the 2nd, 3rd & 4th February.
Visit us at the Lamma show, stand number B88 Avenue V. Newark Showground 20th & 21st January 2010.
The bi-annual NAAC Sussex group Hedge Cutting competition saw Shelbourne Powerblade machines take 3 out of the 4 top places. A total of 10 competitors running a combination of Bomford, McConnel, Spearhead, Orsi and Shelbourne machines entered this year.
The all new Medium Duty (MD) range of Powerblade hedge and verge trimmers has been designed by dealer and customer demand.
The new 6m powerblade VFR is the only Trimmer currently available with a variable forward reach and digital proportional electronic control.
The new Powermix Pro series is the result of 12 years' intensive testing throughout the UK and is, as such, the only diet feeder to be developed specifically for operation in UK conditions.
Powerblade updates for the 2006 season include new boom geometry and a new digital proportional control system.
Innovation has always been the keyword with Shelbourne Reynolds since the introduction of the Powerblade range of hedge and verge trimmers.
Shelbourne Reynolds is adding to its vegetation management machinery range by launching its own flail mower line at LAMMA 2018 (Peterborough, Jan 17-18, stand R56). The firm will also be unveiling a new header trailer design.


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Accepted name: Dendrochilum johannis-winkleri J.J.Sm., Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 7: 36 (1927)
Brunei and Kalimantan
800-1500 metres
Jeffrey Wood wrote that this plant is found in lower montane forest. Nothing else is recorded on its habitat. Collections have been made on Mount Retak and Tudal Hill in Brunei's Temburong District. In Kalimantan this plant has been collected in Kalimantan Barat on Tilung Hill.
This species is an epiphyte. The rhizome branches and can measure up to 3cm long. The pseudobulbs grow along the rhizome and are shaped oblong-ovoid. The pseudobulbs measure 0.8-1cm long and 0.4-0.5cm in diameter. The pseudobulbs are covered by 3 cataphylls while they are growing. The cataphylls disintegrate into persistent fibres as the pseudobulbs mature. The leaves are petiolate; the petiole measures 0.6-1.4cm long. The leaf blades are shaped linear-subspathulate, sometimes broadest toward their apex. The leaf blades have rounded apices; the apices are equally and shallowly retuse. The leaf blades measure 4.75-11cm long and 0.55-0.8cm wide. The leaves have 3 distinct nerves.
The inflorescence is synanthous. The peduncle is erect and measures 8.5-10cm long. The rachis is erect to curving and measures 6cm long. The rachis is quadrangular in cross-section. The flowers alternate distichously and are spaced 2mm apart. There are 1 or no non-floriferous bracts at the base of the rachis.
The flowers are greenish-white. The sepals are concave and the petals slightly concave. The dorsal sepal is shaped oblong and has a subacute or acute apex. The dorsal sepal measures 4mm long and 1.5mm wide. The dorsal sepal has an entire margin and is three veined; the margin is sometimes suberose at its apex. The lateral sepals are shaped obliquely subovate-oblong and have acute, sometimes somewhat falcate apices. The lateral sepals measure 3.7-3.8mm long and 1.5mm wide. The laterals have entire margins and are three veined. The petals are shaped obliquely oblong and have acute, sometimes somewhat falcate apices. The petals measure 3.2-3.3mm long and 1.2-1.3mm wide. The petals have minutely erose margins and are three veined. The labellum is obscurely 3-lobed and clawed at its base. The labellum measures 2.2mm long and 1mm wide across the side lobes. The side lobes are obscure and have rounded apices. The margins on the side lobes have erose margins. The mid-lobe is shaped oblong-trullate and has a subacute to acute apex. There are 3 papillose ridges that run most of the labellum's length; the ridges join at the base of the labellum. The column is gently curved and measures 1.7-1.8mm long. The column foot is incurved. The apical hood is rounded or retuse and minutely papillose. The stelidia grow upwards from the middle of the column and exceed the column apex. The stelidia are shaped obliquely linear-oblong and have obtuse apices. The stelidia measure 2mm long and are minutely papillose at their apices.
HBG
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew (K)
I could not locate the specimen
Flowering plants have been collected in the wild during February and October.
I do not think this species is in general cultivation. The National Herbarium in the Netherlands has a specimen in their Hortus Botanicus.
Dendrochilum simile
J.J. Smith wrote that this species has an affinity to Dendrochilum simile. Jeffrey Wood wrote that this species is distinctive amongst Bornean plants because it has leaves widest at their apex and subspathulate.
This species is only known from the type collection and another collection from Brunei.
The epithet honours the collector of the type, Professor Hans Winkler.
WOOD, Jeffrey. 1997, Orchids of Borneo volume 3. The Sabah Society, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 26 April 2009. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.kew.org/wcsp/ accessed 26 April 2009.

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Rescue animals dress up as aliens — and it's clearing these shelters
Two animal shelters capitalized on a popular Area 51 meme in an effort to increase their adoption rates during the busy summer months.
The viral posts have helped the two shelters boost their adoption rates during a busy time.
July 24, 2019, 6:19 PM UTC
By Kerry Breen
More than 3 million Facebook users have expressed an interest in "storming" Area 51 to find aliens — but a couple of enterprising animal shelters are hoping they'll end up adopting pets dressed as aliens instead.
To take advantage of the online buzz surrounding the classified facility located on a Nevada military base, Oklahoma City Animal Welfare, a municipal shelter, shared a post that featured some of their dogs dressed in tinfoil hats on July 19.
"Come storm our shelter... We have great animals ready to protect you from the Area 51 aliens," it said. "Adoption isn't that far out of this world!"
In another post from July 20, the Longview Animal Care and Adoption Shelter in Longview, Texas, showed staff and animals dressed up in funny, bright-colored costumes.
"Do you want to storm Area 51 and find aliens?" asked the tongue-in-cheek post. "You can do that right here... We won't resist, you can take them all!"
Both posts went viral, amassing thousands of shares, comments and likes. And the timing couldn't have been better.
John Gary, the superintendent for Oklahoma City Animal Welfare, said the shelter takes in almost 22,000 animals during the course of the year — and most of that intake happens in the summer.
To cope with an influx of animals, the Oklahoma City Animal Welfare added fun costumes and photo effects. Oklahoma City Animal Welfare
"Cats have a breeding season, so we start seeing a lot of kittens in shelters," he said, noting that there is also a slight increase in puppies. "We see an increase in intake due to the amount of strays being noticed and brought in by the public. And unfortunately, people tend to surrender their pets more during the summer. A lot of people move during the summer months, go on vacation, things like that."
Chris Kemper, the animal services manager for the Longview Care and Adoption Center, said the Texas-based center had a similar problem. When they shared their post, the shelter was at almost 100% capacity, and it was paired with a special deal on low adoption fees to increase adoption rates. He said it wasn't unusual for the shelter to do a themed post, but this one was by far the most popular.
"Right now, of course, the hot thing on social media is to storm Area 51," Kemper said. "I have several staff members who follow the memes, the funny things on Facebook, and one of them came up with the idea of, 'Wouldn't it be fun if we made the animals look like aliens?'"
MoneyShelter pets find work (and homes) as hotel 'lobby dogs'
An employee volunteered to make costumes for the animals, and a week later, the post was ready to go.
"We're always looking for unique ideas that help us get animals adopted, and anything we can do to get animals adopted works," Kemper said. "So we dressed the animals up like aliens. We thought we'd get people into the facility to adopt animals — but we never, in our wildest dreams, thought that we'd end up with 30,000 shares and a million people reached."
Both employees and pets dressed up in an effort to increase adoption rates. Longview Care and Adoption Center
Both shelters said the posts have helped clear their shelters during a busy time. Almost every animal from the Oklahoma City Animal Welfare's post has been adopted. And Longview Care and Adoption Center's viral post, paired with its low adoption fee over the weekend, meant that many people adopted pets from the shelter, which was nearly "at capacity" before, according to Kemper.
What is Area 51? Military warns against rushing secret base
July 16, 201902:24
The "plan" to storm Area 51 first emerged on the internet in mid-July. Since then, more than 1.9 million Facebook users have marked themselves as "going," with another 1.4 million "interested." The Sept. 20 event seems to be a joke, but officials from the U.S. Air Force have taken the step of warning away any interested parties, telling NBC News that "any attempt to illegally access the area is highly discouraged."
Even reptiles got in on the dress-up game! Longview Care and Adoption Center
Both shelter officials laughed at the idea of the event but said they were glad it has brought so much attention to the animals looking for homes.
"Something like this — you never know if it's gonna work," said Kemper. "You have ideas that you put together, and you think, 'Well, that didn't work.' But this worked out far better than what we thought. It killed with the cuteness."
"We've reached over 1 million people on Facebook," said Gary. "It's by far and away the largest post we've ever had with any of our social media. The public support has just been incredible."
Kerry Breen
Kerry Breen is a reporter and associate editor for TODAY.com, where she reports on health news, pop culture and more. She holds a master's degree in journalism from New York University.


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Q: The number of elements of order 2 in $U(\mathbb{Z}_{p^2q})$ where $p,q$ are distinct primes Let $p,q$ be distinct primes. Let's consider the multiplicative group of the units of $\mathbb{Z}_{p^2q}$, namely $U(\mathbb{Z}_{p^2q})$.

How many elements of order $2$ does $U(\mathbb{Z}_{p^2q})$ have?

My attempt:
$p^{2}q|(a-1)(a+1)$.
Now the possibley combinations are
i) $p^{2}|(a-1)$ and $q|(a+1)$ so $a=p^2+1 $ and $a=(q-1)$.
ii) $p^{2}|(a+1)$ and $q|(a-1)$. So $a = p^2-1 $ and $a=(q+1)$.
iii)$ p|(a-1)$ and $pq|(a+1)$ so $a= (p+1)$ and $a=pq-1$
iv) $p|(a+1)$ and $pq|(a-1)$ so $a =p-1$ and $a =pq+1$
v)  $p^2q|(a+1)$ so $a =p^2q-1$
This has been my attempt.

A: There is one element of order $2$ which you missed:
$p^2q|(a-1)$ and so $a=1$.
Otherwise your attempt is OK.

A: If $p$ and $q$ are distinct primes, then:
$$U(\mathbb{Z}_{p^2q})\cong U(\mathbb{Z}_{p^2})\times U(\mathbb{Z}_{q}) \tag 1$$
So, your problem boils down to finding the elements of order $2$ of $U(\mathbb{Z}_{p^2})$ and $U(\mathbb{Z}_{q})$.

*

*Let's first assume $p,q$ odd primes. Then, both $U(\mathbb{Z}_{p^2})$ and $U(\mathbb{Z}_{q})$ are cyclic of even order; it follows that they both have $\varphi(2)=1$ element of order $2$ ($\varphi$ is Euler's function), say $a$ and $b$ respectively:

therefore, if $p,q$ are distinct odd primes, then $U(\mathbb{Z}_{p^2})\times U(\mathbb{Z}_{q})$ has three elements of order $2$, namely $(a,1)$, $(1,b)$ and $(a,b)$; by $(1)$, so has $U(\mathbb{Z}_{p^2q})$.

We are left with the two cases $(p,q)=(2,odd\space prime)$ and $(p,q)=(odd\space prime,2)$:

*If $(p,q)=(2,odd\space prime)$, then $U(\mathbb{Z}_{p^2})\times U(\mathbb{Z}_{q})=U(\mathbb{Z}_{4})\times U(\mathbb{Z}_{q})=\{1,3\}\times U(\mathbb{Z}_{q})$; let $b$ the only element of order $2$ of $U(\mathbb{Z}_{q})$; we have that:

the elements of order $2$ of $U(\mathbb{Z}_{4})\times U(\mathbb{Z}_{q})$ are: $(1,b)$, $(3,1)$ and $(3,b)$. So, $U(\mathbb{Z}_{4q})$ has three elements of order $2$.

*If $(p,q)=(odd\space prime,2)$, then $U(\mathbb{Z}_{p^2})\times U(\mathbb{Z}_{q})=U(\mathbb{Z}_{p^2})\times U(\mathbb{Z}_{2})=U(\mathbb{Z}_{p^2})\times \{1\}$; let $a$ the only element of order $2$ of $U(\mathbb{Z}_{p^2})$; we have that:

the only element of order $2$ of $U(\mathbb{Z}_{p^2})\times U(\mathbb{Z}_{2})$ is $(a,1)$. So, $U(\mathbb{Z}_{2p^2})$ has just one element of order $2$.

This completes the survey for $U(\mathbb{Z}_n)$ in the case $n=p^2q, p\ne q$.

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Posted on April 11, 2018	by is there any more pie?
MQX is a national quilt show, the Machine Quilters Expo. I haven't been in years, so this is very exciting. Many years ago I drove up to Nashua, NH and spent a wonderful day up there gawking at internationally prize-winning quilts and shopping at the vendor mall. I stayed with my friend Sharon, who lives up north, and convinced her to go with me.
The Year of the Endless Finger Surgeries left me bandaged and grumpy pretty much all the time, so it was a surprise when Banjo Man offered to drive me up to New Hampshire for a day of quilts and fabric shopping.
Another year MQX moved the show to Providence, which meant I could take classes. I drove up there three days in a row and had the thrill of taking a four hour machine quilting class with one of the masters, Sharon McTavish. I was one of a handful of students who kept stitching until the end of the class. I just couldn't resist making more feathers and swirls and loops–all very, very tiny. My eyes were so shot I had trouble driving out of the parking garage.
Not only was she a great and inspiring teacher, but she has tattoos of her quilted feathers on her arms.
So this morning, my friend Ruth and I are heading to New Hampshire. I'm taking a four hour hands-on machine class using rulers with my "domestic sit down sewing machine" (vs. longarm machine) this afternoon from 1-5.
We're spending the night, so we get to shop and stroll this evening.
Tomorrow we'll take more classes (Ruth is taking one of those four hour, hands-on classes herself), then we'll drive home tomorrow night.
Here's another photo of one of my very first machine-quilted projects, a "Chinese Boxes" lap quilt. I finished it up and gave it to Nancy for her birthday last week. She loves purple.
Here's the back. The tops of the boxes were made from one piece of fabric, cut in four identical layers and pieced together in a kaleidoscope way.
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Sounds like a wonderful time to me! Have fun!
Impressive quilt! I love the kaleidoscope boxes. Sew on, my friend!


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Stranger Things: Max's 7 Best Traits (& 7 Worst)
Max Mayfield made her debut in Season 2 of Stranger Things. At first, she seems rude, standoffish, and completely uninhibited. Nevertheless, Lucas and Dustin take a liking to her and explain to her the secrets of the Upside Down. Mike isn't too happy with the way everyone thinks she's taking Eleven's place, but he eventually befriends her, too. Thanks to her interesting relationships with the Party members, Max became a quick fan favorite.
As the audience gets to know Max, and more about her is revealed, most of it is completely unexpected. Max proves to be useful in the adventures, and also becomes a valued friend to the boys and Eleven. Max has a very different relationship with each member of the Party, highlighting her different personality traits with each of her different friends.
Updated on August 1st, 2022 by Amanda Bruce: Because Max Mayfield became such a fan favorite in Season 2 and Season 3 of Stranger Things, watching her relive all of her trauma in Season 4 was hard for a lot of the audience. Sadie Sink turned out a masterful performance, praised by fans and critics alike. Placing Max at the center of the big Hawkins story in the fourth season allowed for the fans to see just how Max's different personality traits informed her decisions on the show, and which ones worked in her favor within the narrative.
Max Mayfield's Best Traits
Max Is Observant
It's possible that Max being more observant than most of her friends is a result of her frequently being the new kid in school, or of living in an abusive household where she frequently had to pay attention to behavioral cues. Either way, Max notices things that others don't.
RELATED: Mike's 5 Best Traits In Stranger Things (& 5 Worst)
It's Max who notices that something is going on with Chrissy when Season 4 begins, though she doesn't really get the chance to help her, or even have more than a day to sit with her observations. Max is the only person that notices something is wrong with Chrissy before Chrissy reaches out to Eddie for help finding a substance to help get rid of what she thinks are hallucinations.
Max Holds A Lot Of Empathy
Fans might not have thought that Max would be a particularly empathetic character when first introduced, but she proves that wrong in Season 3. Despite how much Billy hurts her, repeatedly, Max has a lot of empathy for him.
She understands that he was a victim himself, that he experienced losses just like she did, and that he was lashing out in pain. Even though she admits to wishing him gone in Season 4, Max also feels for him and everything he went through. She understands his pain and his guilt, and that helps the audience to understand him more as well.
Max Is Assertive
One of the first things anyone notices about Max is how assertive she is. She doesn't need anybody to take care of her, though it certainly couldn't help, given her family situation. In any case, Max stands up for herself and her friends without fear.
Still, one of Max's most impressive moments is when she threatens Billy and scares him away from the Byers' household at the end of Season 2. Typically, Max uses her sarcasm and sharp wit to frighten others, but with Billy, she overcomes her fear of him to protect her friends.
Max Has A Lot Of Courage
If Max is anything, she's courageous. She's never one to back down from a fight – in fact, she's often the one to initiate it. She's also never shy to bring up awkward topics, like who Eleven is or why Mike should stop controlling Eleven.
Max is also very courageous to try to befriend four rather odd boys who seem to either fear her or want nothing to do with her. There's also the instance of her driving a car for the first time in the hope that they'll be able to help their friends in the Upside Down.
Max Is Compassionate
Even though Max is a little rash sometimes, she can be very compassionate once people get to know her. She takes Eleven under her wing and shows her the ropes of being a girl in middle school, especially one who only hangs out with boys.
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At first, Max and Eleven don't get along, but Max is quick to put aside her past misgivings. She understands that Eleven has suffered trauma and forgives her for their rocky first impression.
Max Holds Genuine Curiosity
The reason Max gets into the group at all is that she's so curious about what it is they're hiding from her. She pesters the boys incessantly until Lucas finally gives in and reveals everything he knows about Eleven and the Upside Down.
Max doesn't believe him at first, but when she joins them on a few quests, she's immediately invested. She tries to help them on the science side of things and is always wanting to learn more about this alternate world.
Max Is Daring
One of Max's most admirable traits is how daring she is. Unlike many of the other characters, Max doesn't need to think every detail through before deciding to go through with something, even something dangerous.
She knows that she wants to fight for something, like protecting her friends, and she does it. When she threatens Billy, she only uses her innate natural reserves of courage and tenacity to make herself heard.
Max Mayfield's Worst Traits
Max Is Argumentative
While Max asserting her independence and standing up for herself is admirable, there are times it seems she argues just for the sake of creating an argument. She picks fights with Lucas often in the relationship based on what the fans see in Season 3.
That argumentative nature of hers is part of the reason she and Lucas bitt heads so frequently; it's also why they break up repeatedly.
Max Is Selfish
While Max is incredibly selfless with her time and her emotional investment in the members of the Party, she does prove herself capable of some selfish behaviors when it comes to her relationship with Lucas.
She essentially admits to Eleven that sometimes, she breaks up with him to prove a point, and so that he'll bring her a gift to win her back. Lucas sees the gifts as a way to win Max back over and over again. Neither of them realize how immature they're being, and their behavior rubs off on Mike and Eleven.
Max Can Be Standoffish
At first, Max finds it hard to make friends in Hawkins. She comes across as cold, rude, and disinterested. But when she learns that the boys are involved in things more exciting than the arcade, Max decides she has to find out what they know.
Before she tries to befriend the boys, they try to get her attention, but to no avail. In fact, she even scares Dustin a little bit. People might not realize how kind and caring Max really is based on their first impression of her.
Max Is Judgmental
Max may be courageous, but sometimes she is a little too forward. She is quick to form opinions on other people, especially the four boys that make up the Party.
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She's so headstrong and passionate about voicing her own thoughts, and making her own voice heard, that she doesn't take the time to read a situation and understand other people.
Max Can Be Prejudice
Not only is Max quick to form opinions, but she's often hard to sway from them. For instance, she harbors a lot of hatred for Billy, which may well be warranted, but also dismisses the Party on principle. She thinks they're nerds, and so automatically doesn't believe a word they tell her about the Upside Down.
Max's fiery temper is known to get the better of her, as she's one of the only characters in the show to ever raise her voice. She's a great addition to Stranger Things, which consists of so many quiet, more introverted characters.
Max Can Be Inconsiderate
Max's character can be empowering at times, as is her friendship with Eleven. However, her independence and free-spiritedness don't always come across as quite right.
Max often acts and speaks out of turn, not caring how her words affect others. For example, she shows little sympathy for Dustin and Lucas when she insults them, doesn't seem to notice how Mike is hurting in Season 2, and enjoys watching him suffer when Eleven breaks up with him.
Max Is Brash
Max isn't exactly the kind of person others would expect to have a reasonable conversation with. Instead of hearing others out, she rushes to be heard and wants her voice to matter more than anyone else's.
She's assertive, which is great, but she can often come across as rude. For example, when she lets the boys know she wants to hang out with them, she bursts in on their fun, interrupting their evening, and continues talking noisily all night. She can go so far as to seem overbearing at times.
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Dug asks a good question there at the end. I couldn't help thinking that the action implied by that phrase can change the world. If we all just made room for each other, our differing beliefs, ideas, and thoughts… If we all just scrunched over a bit to accomodate the next person… simply because. How can it not be the right thing to do, to give a little of whatever you have? Even if it might hurt. The world can be a far better place. Susan gave us a glimpse.
Strength is forever. Fight Like Susan.
I never saw that post, but again, now I'm trying not to cry. Wow, that's an amazing story.


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Q: How to limit the use of a validation constraint (Captcha Assert) only for a specific action/context (registration and not update) My app uses Symfony 2.8 with symfony-captcha-bundle. My user entity has captcha validation during the registration process and it works as expected.
If after I make an update of the user object, app returns the error:
request.CRITICAL: Uncaught PHP Exception
Symfony\Component\Debug\Exception\ContextErrorException: "Catchable Fatal Error:
Argument 1 passed to Captcha\Bundle\CaptchaBundle\Helpers\BotDetectCaptchaHelper::__construct() must implement interface
Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\SessionInterface, null given, called in C:\apps\Apache24\htdocs\WodProject\vendor\captcha-com\symfony-captcha-bundle\Integration\BotDetectCaptcha.php
on line 68 and defined" at C:\apps\Apache24\htdocs\WodProject\vendor\captcha-com\symfony-captcha-bundle\Helpers\BotDetectCaptchaHelper.php
line 26 {"exception":"[object] (Symfony\\Component\\Debug\\Exception\\ContextErrorException(code: 0):
Catchable Fatal Error: Argument 1 passed to Captcha\\Bundle\\CaptchaBundle\\Helpers\\BotDetectCaptchaHelper::__construct()
must implement interface Symfony\\Component\\HttpFoundation\\Session\\SessionInterface, null given, called in C:\\apps\\Apache24\\htdocs\\WodProject\\vendor\\captcha-com\\symfony-captcha-bundle\\Integration\\BotDetectCaptcha.php
on line 68 and defined at C:\\apps\\Apache24\\htdocs\\WodProject\\vendor\\captcha-com\\symfony-captcha-bundle\\Helpers\\BotDetectCaptchaHelper.php:26)"} []

The Captcha validation into user entity:
/**
* @CaptchaAssert\ValidCaptcha(
* message = "registration.errorCatpcha"
* )
*/
protected $captchaCode;

I think that the problem is that the constraint is always triggered. I need to know how to activate the constraint only during the user registration and disable it on other actions (update, etc...).

A: Just assign a Validation Group to the constraint like the example below (using annotations):
/**
* @CaptchaAssert\ValidCaptcha(
*     message = "registration.errorCatpcha",
*     groups={"registration"} <--- VALIDATION GROUP
* )
*/
protected $captchaCode;

Depending by your needs you can add one or more validation groups to use a specific assert in different forms/contexts groups={"registration", "edit", "other"}
Then you can read the docs to see:

*

*How to define the validation group in your forms

*How to define the validation group to validate an object directly (without using the form component)


March 17th at 1:00 p.m. is the long awaited St. Patrick's Day Parade! Grab your chairs and come down to the Bagnell Dam Strip to enjoy the parade of boats, cars, school floats and boats. Several restaurants and bars along the strip will be celebrating with corn beef and cabbage and drink specials. Be sure to arrive early, strip will shut down for thru traffic at 12:45 p.m. and reopen at 3:00 p.m.


Dr Damian Madigan and Max Pritchard are guests of City of Holdfast Bay and the RAIA's Architecture on Show speaker series whose work focuses on these questions while achieving good design outcomes.
This panel discussion will challenge whether society can spark innovation and influence through the arrangement of landscape, open space and off-street parking to create better neighborhoods. It will also call into question whether communities can be strengthened by fostering social interaction through designs that embrace shared facilities as well as providing quality private space.
Dr Damian Madigan is an architect and UniSA academic working across alternative models of infill housing development. Through this work, Damian demonstrates that even suburbs with heritage and character overlays – traditionally thought of as inflexible and incapable of strategic change – can provide greater housing choice and numbers as our cities design strategies that respond to our pressing demographic shifts.
The competition, announced in 2017, was part of the NSW government's push to have certain medium density housing typologies as complying development in low density residential zones. Competition entrants were asked to design high quality housing that would meet the requirements of the draft Medium Density Housing Code and draft Medium Density Design Guide.
Max received the coveted RAIA's Enduring Architecture Award this year for his Pritchard House built in 1990. The project, pictured received an Australian Institute of Architects (Residential) Commendation in 1992 and is now recognised as a Local Heritage Place within the City of Holdfast Bay. The Pritchard House retains its clarity of form and sense of modernity, which is a testament to the enduring quality of the original architecture.
Caroline is a strategic planner for the CIty of Holdfast Bay and will introduce the topic on housing diversity and the challenges planners contemplate to provide adequate housing.
AOS is an initiative of the Australian Institute of Architects. The architect speaker series aims to promote opportunity for better spaces and places through greater community connection and clearer understanding of the design profession.


Last week Google announced that on July 1 will close Google reader. Google reader was a pratical way to keep up with new content that was published on the blogs and websites that had this ability. I would be really sad if because of this I will loose my lovely readers, or miss reading some new posts published by all the bloggers I follow.
I've already started following all the blogs I used to follow with Google reader via bloglovin, I hope you will follow me there too... click the link on top of this post, or on the right hand corner of my blog.
Ho controllato e ci sono già! Ti va di ricambiare? Ciao.


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How Reading research helped the BBC uncover 'The Secrets of Your Food'
9 March 2017 3 November 2021
By Stephanie Bull, food scientist, Chemistry Food & Pharmacy
Reading is known as one of the world's leading centres for the study of food and health. We have outstanding facilities and expertise to study the whole food chain – from climate, weather, soil, farming, food processing, nutrition, to human health and cognition.
Michael Mosley at the University of Reading
So it's no surprise that TV producers beat a regular path to our door when they want to see the latest scientific research. And none does so quite as innovatively and beautifully demonstrated as BBC Two's latest science documentary, The Secrets of Your Food
The programme, which has its final episode this week (Friday 10 March) at 9pm on BBC Two, shows the effects food has on our taste buds, brains, and bodies. Alongside the widespread locations and elegant CGI are, of course, frequent shots of scientific demonstrations carried out at the University of Reading in the Department of Food and Nutritional Science, and in the Department of Chemistry.
In the first episode, We Are What We Eat, I helped presenter Michael Mosley to separate the various components of breast milk in our Food Pilot Plant; investigate how the proteins in egg unfold and denature at different temperatures to create the perfectly cooked egg; demonstrate the production of gas by yeast; and compare fats from different food.
James Wong discovered the explosive power of rice in Reading's Chemistry department
I also worked alongside James Wong to look at the explosive energy in rice, and how to extract calcium phosphate from milk to show you what your bones are made of.
Last Friday's episode, A Matter of Taste, focused on the five basic tastes: salty, sweet, bitter, sour and umami. I helped Michael look at these basic tastes as pure compounds in comparison with a Thai stir-fry, and as an extract of concentrated amino acids high in glutamate from tomatoes. Glutamate tastes of umami – the so-called 'fifth taste'. Umami is described as meaty, brothy, savoury, and translates from its original Japanese as 'pleasant savoury taste'.
When looking at the acidity of fruit, James discovered that strawberries are as acidic as grapefruit and oranges, despite tasting much sweeter. This is also true of blueberries with a pH of around 3.4 compared to that of 3.5 for strawberries. A surprising finding in comparing strawberries and blueberries was then revealed – blueberries actually contain more sugar, despite tasting less sweet.
We used a refractometer to measure sugar in juice squeezed directly from the berries (watch clip here). The refractometer measured how much the light bent as it passed through the sugary liquid. The more sugar present, the more the light bent. The refracted light then gave a reading of 13 for blueberries, and 8 for strawberries. These value are actually known as Brix values, corresponding to 13 g of sucrose per 100 ml of blueberry juice and 8 g of sucrose per 100 ml of strawberry juice. As the fruit juices aren't purely sugar, these values are only a rough guideline, but accurate enough to compare the two berries.
The reason strawberries seem to taste so much sweeter is nothing to do with taste, but actually because of smell. A synergistic relationship exists between sweetness and certain aroma compounds. Just like the smell of vanilla can make you think of the sweetness of cakes and desserts, certain compounds in strawberry, like furaneol, can travel to your smell receptors retronasally (to your nose via the back of your throat) and trick you into thinking you can taste more sweetness. The 'taste' of strawberry is not as simple as it seems.
Curry favour
We also helped Michael to smell a curry (watch clip here) – not in the usual way, but using a technique called gas-chromatography olfactometry. In this technique, solvent is used to extract the aroma compounds from the curry, which are then inserted into a long tube called a column. The compounds start out as a mixture, but as they pass through the column, some move faster than others, depending how easily they stick to the coating on the inside of the column. By the end of the column, the compounds are split up, so they are no longer all mixed together.
Stephanie Bull in the lab
The aroma compounds then go through a tube which has a nose (in this case belonging to Michael) at the end of it. He can then sniff and describe each compound as it comes through to him.
A meal could have hundreds, if not thousands of different aroma compounds, so when Michael smells them all together, he instantly recognises a chicken korma. However, when the compounds are smelled separately, they smell of lots of different things, such as: meaty, onion, garlic, spicy, potato and milky, as you might expect for a curry.
Some smells are more unexpected, which Michael described as "wet mackintosh" and "damp basement", other smells identified from the curry were: rubbery, pigsty, sweaty, plastic, hot metal, and rose. Although they may seem strange, without these aromas, the curry smell would seem incomplete, or even unrecognisable.
This week's episode, Food on the Brain, will look at how food affects the brain, and will be the third and final episode in the series.
Make sure you catch it – and some more examples of food science techniques at the University of Reading – on Friday 10 March on BBC2 at 9pm.
WATCH: The Secrets of Your Food trailer
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Should Unlicensed Airbnbs On Maui Face A $20,000 Fine?
Nonprofit News Powered By Dave Conway Gloria Hillard Hokuala Johnson Theresa Paulette Gavin Thornton Readers Like You
Voters will decide whether to amend the county charter to crack down on the proliferation of vacation rentals.
By Stewart Yerton / October 24, 2018
Maui voters fed up with people skirting county laws on short-term vacation rentals soon can vote to give government officials a hefty weapon: a 20-fold increase in the amount the county can fine violators.
A measure on Maui ballots in November would increase from the current $1,000 to up to $20,000 the amount a person could be fined for operating a short-term rental without a permit.
And that's just for starters. The measure would also impose a $10,000 fine for each day the illegal rental persists. The measure also would apply to Lanai and Molokai.
Mike White, the chair of the Maui County Council, introduced the measure to deal with what he said was a proliferation of unlicensed short-term rentals on the Valley Isle.
"The process to get a license is all defined," said White. "It should be used by anyone wanting to get into this business."
The growing popularity of short-term vacation rentals on Maui has county officials concerned about unlicensed properties.
Voters will get a direct say in the matter because the Maui County Charter now generally limits fines to $1,000, and amending the charter requires approval of the voters.
Specifically, the ballot asks voters, "Shall the Charter be amended, effective January 2, 2019, to increase the penalty for the operation of a transient accommodation without a necessary permit from the current $1,000 amount to a civil fine of up to $20,000 plus $10,000 per day for each day the unlawful operation persists?"
Unlike other policy proposals, Airbnb has stayed out of the fray on the proposed charter amendment.
Will Enforcement Be Effective?
Tom Croly, a board member of the Maui Vacation Rental Association, said the organization doesn't oppose the measure, but he questions whether it will do much to prevent vacation rentals without permits.
"This is a measure that it destined to be ineffective," he said. The issue is that Maui can already fine people $1,000 a day, Croly said, but doesn't enforce the ordinance.
"They can make the fine a million dollars, and it won't matter," he said.
The proposal comes as Hawaii counties are struggling to deal with an explosion of unlicensed short-term vacation rentals.
On Oahu, for instance, there were approximately 8,500 short-term rentals being advertised online in August, according to Airdna, a site that provides market data for landlords wanting to rent out their properties. The vast majority were outside of the resort zones where the short-term rentals are allowed.
Public officials face a difficult task of balancing the need to enforce zoning laws with the growing popularity of online services like Airbnb and VRBO. Despite the obvious demand for such alternative accommodations, housing advocates say the rentals are taking away housing for residents and exacerbating already high rents.
Maui generally allows far more short-term rentals than Oahu, said White, who is also general manager of the Kaanapali Beach Hotel. The vacation rentals are generally OK in the resort areas of Kapalua, Kaanapali, Wailea and Makena, White said. That results in some 10,000 permitted short-term rentals, he said.
Maui County voters will decide whether to dramatically increase the fine for operating an unlicensed vacation rental to $20,000.
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Outside of those areas, the county grants conditional use permits for both owner-occupied bed and breakfasts and vacation units rented out by absentee landlords. The problem, White said, is that many owners simply shrug off the permit requirements.
"This is a significant disadvantage to those who are licensed and pay all of their taxes," he said.
"It's not just a problem in Maui County. It's a statewide problem; it's a problem around the world." — Michele McLean, planning director.
Maui has taken steps to crack down. Unlike Honolulu's land-use ordinance, the law for Maui presumes a property advertised for rent is being rented, McLean said.
Although the online sites like Airbnb don't list property addresses, McLean said that planning department staff often can find properties using photos from the online advertisements and the Google Earth mapping program.
In addition, she said Maui has also contracted with a firm that can use metadata from posted photos to sleuth out the location where the picture was taken.
But White said, even when the counties catch scofflaws, the $1,000 fine is often viewed merely as a cost of doing business and thus does little to discourage un-permitted rentals.
Croly, whose organization represents owners of vacation rentals, said it's a myth that people make so much money renting properties that they can afford a $1,000 per day fine.
"There's no one doing that," he said.
Whether voters are displeased enough to support the big fine increase is far from clear. There haven't been any polls to test the public's sentiment, he said.
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We arrived at the preserve around noon on Sunday April 16, 2017.
Nonetheless it was a glorious display of bluebells and Susquehanna Trillium. The blue Phlox was also putting on quite a show in the middle of the trail. We ate our lunch of Wawa sandwiches at the bench near what we call the Trout Lily trail. There were lots of people out which was adding to the social aspect of our experience.
We climbed a new trail we had never been on before, One that carried us all the way up to the top of the hill near the front of the main trail. We were afforded a fantastic view of the Susquehanna River and we also got to see lots of beautiful blooming bluebells up there. We also found some white Trout Lily.
We were very careful the whole day to not step on any wildflowers.
Most of these pictures were taken with a Lumix LX7 except the selfie which was taken with an iPhone 6 Plus.


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Vancouver Whitecaps look to bend not break against Atlanta United
Manuel Veth, Pro Soccer USA
Vancouver Whitecaps defender Kendall Watson (4) reacts to a call against Atlanta United midfielder Miguel Almiron (10) during the second half at BC Place. Mandatory Credit: Anne-Marie Sorvin-USA TODAY Sports
After taking all three points on the road against the Houston Dynamo last week, the Vancouver Whitecaps look to build on their road record, currently the best in Major League Soccer.
They will travel to Georgia for a 7:30 p.m. match Saturday against Atlanta United, one of the most exciting teams in the league as an expansion franchise last year.
The Whitecaps lead the league with 18 road wins in the last three seasons. How do they do it?
The answer is simple and was on display for everyone to see last Saturday in Houston. Vancouver is built to go on the counter. While that can lead to absurd amounts of possession by the home team — Houston had 67 percent ball possession at times last weekend — the Whitecaps have players that can quickly break forward and capitalize.
Counter-football is not just the tactical foundation for the Whitecaps on the road, but also home at BC Place. It's also the reason the club was not too unhappy about the departure of superstar Fredy Montero last summer. While a prolific goalscorer, the Colombian often held play up instead of quickly playing the ball forward.
In Venezuelan forward Anthony Blondell and experienced striker Kei Kamara, the Caps have brought in two dynamic and fast forwards that complement the already existing attacking lineup that includes players such as Cristian Techera, Alphonso Davies, Brek Shea, Bernie Ibini and Erik Hurtado.
The tactic could be described as flexible concrete — able to absorb pressure, handle a beating, bend when needed but remain in tact — and the Whitecaps hope it will be successful at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, where Atlanta coach Tata Martino has his side playing cultured football. The Five Stripes like to hold the majority of possession, with Julian Gressel a pivotal player in midfield.
Atlanta lost its season opener 4-0 to Houston, then won its home opener 3-1 against DC United after switching to a 3-5-2 formation.
"It's going to be a very difficult game," Vancouver coach Carl Robinson said. "Obviously, the slight formation tweak worked for them on Saturday. Will they do the same again? I don't know. Their front four players are very high-end caliber players. We need to make sure we switch on with them and eliminate their chances and strengths."
Atlanta already sold 45,000 tickets for the game Saturday. The Whitecaps are used to playing in front of large crowds, though, due to their rivalry with the Seattle Sounders. Regardless, this will be the most significant task the Whitecaps face early in the season.
The strategy once again will be to sit deep, absorb pressure and quickly hit Atlanta on the counterattack.
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History of Indian Education System. Challenges and Opportunities to Improve.
Indian education system is founded on a rich cultural heritage that laid emphasis on the inculcation of moral and ethical values in the mind and heart of students. 'Gurus' of the ancient times reinforced an interactive learning environment which is so highly valued even now.
The interaction between the students and the teachers provided a firm base to the value-based education system. Students had to go to 'Gurukuls' for getting education and there they spent the most of their childhood and adolescence to learn the values of life apart from reading and writing. Homes of the Gurus used to be the 'Gurukuls' where students were taught about different subjects, languages, values of life, etc.
The 'Gurukuls' were considered imperative to attain knowledge and learning. Knowledge was rendered through the three-way process of 'Shravana', 'Manana' and 'Nididhyasana'. 'Sharavana' stands for listening to what the teacher teaches. 'Manana' signifies the process of pondering over the teachings or lessons. 'Nididhyasana' means comprehension and complete understanding of the lessons.
Students did not have to pay fees though they had to pay 'Gurudakshina' in return for the contribution of the Guru in imparting knowledge. 'Gurudakshina' was a token of respect from a student to his Guru in the form of acknowledgement for the knowledge he had received.
The Nalanda University of Takshila is known for being the first university of the world. The biggest center of learning at that time, Nalanda was established in 700 B.C. Students from different countries used to come here for learning such subjects as medical science, law, astronomy, philosophy, theology, arithmetic and metaphysics. There was a time when about 10,000 students studied in this residential varsity. This university is a perfect example of the quality education given to the students at such a time when other countries were far behind in the field of education.
The 'Gurukul' system of education laid down the foundation of Indian education system but with the arrival of the British, this old system of imparting knowledge received a major jolt. The recommendations of Macaulay struck at the very roots of the value based 'Gurukul' system of education. Modern education system in India had lots of challenges which needed to be addressed at the earliest for making rapid strides towards development.
With the advent of the British, education system in India came under the influence of the British system of imparting knowledge. People started sending their children to schools for classroom teaching. Gurukul system of education gradually got side-lined and classrooms became places of gaining knowledge.
Modern education system has come long way since its introduction during British rule. It has gone through several transformations and challenges. The situation in the majority of private schools now is far from ideal. Slowly the modern education turned into a money generating business than providing quality education and values to the students.
Modern education system no doubt provides exposure to the students but the matter of concern is that value-based education has been relegated to the background. The main objective of the schools has become to impart information rather than true knowledge. Moral values are given little importance. One of the reasons why moral values have started disappearing from the society is that schools do not attach any importance to the inculcation of morality among students.
It is not that everything is bad about the modern education system. Children belonging to far and wide study in the same classroom and share bonding with one another. It is their interaction with one another that enhances their personality. But it is also important to mention that a sense of brotherhood and bonding was also one of the major characteristics of the old education system of India.
The relationship between a student and a teacher has undergone a radical change. Earlier students stood in awe of their teachers but now students have learnt to speak their mind. Students have now become bold enough to say that they are not in a mood to study or they could not understand a topic as the teacher did not teach it well. Teachers are asked to teach the same topic twice or thrice so that the students understand it fully.
Internet has revolutionised the entire education system. A student can understand a topic using various source on internet like Youtube, websites, forums etc. Internet has opened another door to acquire knowledge for the students who are not been able to grasp it thoroughly in the class. This is a major advantage for the students now.
In addition to the classrooms, laptops, computers and smartphones are being increasingly used for the purpose of teaching though it is also to be accepted that these electronic gadgets have done more harm than good to the students. The majority of the students misuse the internet and electronic gadgets rather than using these devices for their benefit.
There has been a big change in the education system over time. There was a time when students studied in 'Gurukuls' and sat under a tree while the teacher taught. This changed into classrooms with black boards. Projectors and computers came in use for teaching in the smart classrooms.
The system of education has changed considerably with teachers, students and even classrooms going through a mammoth change. But there is one thing that has remained unchanged. It is the purpose of teaching which has always been imparting knowledge to the student by the teacher.
With the passage of time, innumerable problems have crept into Indian education system. People may claim to be more civilized but they in reality have lost touch with morality. This gets reflected in schools and colleges too. Morality has no or little place in the curricula now in days. Focus has been on learning new subjects but morality has disappeared from the educational institutions.
Indian education system has undergone a great deal of change from the ancient times to the modern period. When the ancient system of education is compared with the modern system inspired from the British ways, we see countless challenges that needed to be addressed at the earliest because the future of our country depends upon the kind of education we give to our children in schools, colleges and other centres of learning.
The education system has evolved into mere schooling now. Teaching is nothing more than a process of spoon feeding. Students are not given a chance to think. They are told to learn and write what is taught to them. The thrust has been on cramming facts, formulas, dates, doctrines and theories. Creativity and different thinking is not promoted at all.
The curse of tuition classes has worsened the already pathetic situation. It is now considered compulsory to send a child for tuition after the classes. It has raised a question mark on the potential and worth of the teachers. Tuition classes have become so integral a part of the life of a student that if someone is not taking tuition or coaching classes, it is believed that he cannot score good marks in the exams. Even highly qualified students go for coaching classes to crack competitive examinations.
Education has thus become money making business. Some of the teachers do not prefer to teach well in the school and charge a huge amount of money for tuition after the classes.
Another major problem is that education has come to be equated with employment. People want their children to be educated so that the kids get white colour jobs after completing their education. Here it is to be understood that education changes the behaviour of a person and it makes one a good human being, It should never have employment as its goal otherwise education will lose its real meaning.
Unemployment has emerged as one of the biggest challenges in present times. Though literacy rate has gone up considerably during the past few decades, unemployment too has emerged as a major challenge. Many a time it is seen that a person is not able to get a suitable job despite being highly qualified. There must be something seriously wrong with the present system of education because schools and colleges seem to have become factories churning out unemployed youth. The percentage of employed youth is too low to be proud of.
Despite all our claims of having made a lot of progress, it is to be accepted that the standard of education has gone down. The focus of the government has been on sending every single child to the school. This move is appreciable, but it has done more harm than good. Pass percentage has increased considerably or rather no child fails now and is allowed to sit in the next class even if he has fared badly in the exams. Grading system is the brain child of countries like America, England and France. It might have been successful there but in India it has failed miserably. This system too needs to be overhauled as per the requirement of our country.
Due to high fee structure and donation system, the affordability of quality education has become a challenge for financially weak people. Though some of the governments have few financial assistance programs, getting admission in some of institutions has become only a dream for poor people due to their financial unaffordability.
It is a harsh reality that even 70 years after attaining independence, education system in India seems to have favoured a section or class of people. The government may have framed innumerable policies and plans but their effective implementation has been far from satisfactory.
It shocking to see so many educational institutes operating out of small buildings without any play ground and lab set up. Students hardly gets opportunity to participate in sports and physical activities due to lack of ground. Also, there is no scope for experiential learning, performing practicals because most of the institutes are not equipped with necessary labs.
Children living in remote or backward areas are still not sent to school by their parents either because there are no schools nearby or because parents being themselves illiterate do not deem it fit to educate their kids.
It is also seen that a person having the means and resources can give a good education to his children whereas a person who finds it difficult to make both ends meet cannot educate his child properly. Education has to be accessible to all irrespective of their class, caste and religion.
Computer education is the need of the hour given the advancement in the field of Information Technology and Science. Knowledge of computers is a must for any job and if free computer education is not provided to students belonging to both urban and rural areas, they will lag behind in their respective fields.
There is also a discrimination against a girl child who is considered inferior to her male counterpart. This tendency is more marked in remote areas as the parents themselves are not educated. They think that a girl is to be married and there is no need for her to study. This misconception needs to be changed by educating the people of the rural areas.
Any system will have areas to improve however good or bad it is. Let us see some of the opportunities to improve the education system in India for the benefit of students.


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Above and below: A Pearl Kite near Chepo, Panama (7/10/2010).
Below: A Green Parrot Snake (Leptophis ahaetulla) near El Valle, Panama (7/10/2010).
Below: A Bat Falcon with avian prey (near Rio Mamoni, Panama, 7/10/2010).
Below: A Striped Cuckoo singing from an exposed perch near Canita, Panama (7/10/2010).
Below: A Red-breasted Blackbird near Canita, Panama (7/10/2010).
Below: Zebra Longwings gathering to roost near El Valle, Panama (7/10/2010).
Below: A Yellow-backed Oriole near Nusagandi, Panama (7/10/2010).
Below: A Yellow-faced Grassquit ruffling his feathers at Las Mozas, Panama (7/11/2010).
Below: A Fer-de-Lance found dead on the road near Canita, Panama (7/10/2010).
Below: A Silver-throated Tanager at Las Mozas, Panama (7/11/2010).
Below: Breeding White Ibis amidst a large rookery near Chepo, Panama (7/10/2010).
Sixty or so White Ibis were drawn in among the 600+ (probably many more) Cattle Egrets nesting here.
Below: A Crowned Woodnymph near El Valle, Panama (7/11/2010).
Below: Thick-billed Euphonias are abundant residents near the Canopy Lodge in El Valle, Panama (7/11/2010).
Below: A Zebra Beauty (Tigridia acesta) near El Valle, Panama (7/11/2010).
Below: A flashy insect, presumably a member of the Pleasing Fungus Beetles family (Erotylidae) near El Valle, Panama (7/11/2010).
Below: An Eastern Meadowlark in the mountains at Las Mozas, Panama (7/11/2010).
Below: A Common Basilisk near Ballano Lake, Panama (7/10/2010).
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Below: A Common Tufted Flycatcher at Las Mozas, Panama (7/11/2010).
Below: A tiger beetle species at Las Mozas, Panama (7/11/2010).
Below: A singing Black-striped Sparrow in the hills at Las Mozas, Panama (7/11/2010).
Below: A pair of White-lined Tanagers along the road near Las Mozas, Panama (7/11/2010). Male above, female below.
Below: A Wedge-tailed Grass-finch singing from its hilltop territory (Las Mozas, Panama, 7/11/2010).
Below: A tiny orchid blooming in a tree at Las Mozas, Panama (7/11/2010).
Below: A Lesser Elaenia spotted in the rain near El Valle Panama (7/11/2010).
Below: A White-tipped Sicklebill settling down to roost near El Valle, Panama. This photo was taken near dusk without flash to avoid disturbing the bird.
Below: A presumed Carolina Satyr near El Valle, Panama (7/11/2010). I wasn't aware that this species occurred so far south, but apparently that's how they're being ID'd in the field down there.
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Below: Looking for Pied Water-Tyrant at Ballano Lake, Panama (7/10/2010).
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Below: An Orange Nectar Bat ensures that all hummingbird feeders are empty at dawn - near El Valle, Panama (7/11/2010).
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Software evolution often requires the untangling of code. Particularly challenging and error-prone is the task of separating computations that are intertwined in a loop. The lack of automatic tools for such transformations complicates maintenance and hinders reuse. We present a theory and implementation of fine slicing, a method for computing executable program slices that can be finely tuned, and can be used to extract non-contiguous pieces of code and untangle loops. Unlike previous solutions, it supports temporal abstraction of series of values computed in a loop in the form of newly-created sequences. Fine slicing has proved useful in capturing meaningful subprograms and has enabled the creation of an advanced computation-extraction algorithm and its implementation in a prototype refactoring tool for Cobol and Java.


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Harbour Porpoises on Horns Reef Effects of the Horns Reef Wind Farm
Title: Harbour Porpoises on Horns Reef Effects of the Horns Reef Wind Farm
Jakob, T.; Carstensen, J.; Wisz, M.; Jespersen, M.; Teilmann, J.; Bech, N.; Skov, H.
Danish Hydraulic Institute (DHI), National Environmental Research Institute (NERI), Vattenfall
Wind Energy, Offshore Wind
Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
Jakob, T.; Carstensen, J.; Wisz, M.; Jespersen, M.; Teilmann, J.; Bech, N.; Skov, H. ( 2006 ). Harbour Porpoises on Horns Reef Effects of the Horns Reef Wind Farm. Report by Danish Hydraulic Institute (DHI).
The monitoring program on harbour porpoises at Horns Rev Offshore Wind Farm in the Danish North Sea, initiated in 1999, has now come to an end with collection of final data in 2005 and spring 2006. Seven years of surveys and five years of acoustic recordings of harbour porpoises on Horns Reef have resulted in a unique set of data documenting effects of the construction and operation of one of the world's two largest offshore wind farms.
Horns Reef is a shallow reef consisting entirely of sand and with a complex hydrography. The reef and adjacent areas are important habitats for harbour porpoises. The occurrence of porpoises, as documented by visual surveys from ship and airplane as well as with acoustic dataloggers mounted on the seabed, is patchy in both space and time. There is thus a large variation between visual surveys in the number of animals observed and where they are observed. In general the wind farm area seems to be as important to the porpoises as the rest of the reef.
Effects of wind farm
The current dataset, which covers time before, during and after construction of Horns Rev Offshore Wind Farm, indicates a weak negative general effect from the construction and semi- operation on porpoises, with more specific effects linked to pile driving activities. No effects were observed from the operating wind farm. Acoustic recordings (with T-PODs) did not show any significant change in abundance in the wind farm area as a whole during construction (see figure below). However, there was a significant difference between semi-operation (when intensive maintenance work too place) and operation, measured on the indicator porpoise-positive-minutes (PPM). PPM reached the lowest mean value in the entire monitoring period during semi-operation. Porpoise acoustic activity was higher in the operation phase than during baseline, but this was the case both in the wind farm and in the surrounding reference areas.
Conclusions from the ship surveys point in the same direction as the acoustic data, i.e. a weak negative and local effect of the wind farm during construction but otherwise no significant Reference area Wind Farm 5 changes (see figure below). Also ship survey data indicate more porpoises in the area as a whole during the operational period than for any other of the periods, baseline included.
Specific effects of construction
Although the design of the monitoring program was only aimed at detecting general effects of the construction and operation of the wind farm on porpoise abundance, it was nevertheless possible to document specific effects of a single activity: pile drivings. The T-POD data indicate that porpoises left the entire Horns Reef area in response to the loud impulse sound generated by the pile driving operation. After a period of 6-8 hours, activity returned to levels normal for the construction period as a whole.
Responses of porpoises to the construction and operation of Horns Rev Offshore Wind Farm thus lies within what was anticipated in the Environmental Impact Assessment: a partial displacement during construction and return to base line activity during normal operation.


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Q: What is wrong with sqlite3_step()? I have a C++ program which has this function that at some point calls sqlite3_step(). It turn out that when sqlite3_step() function is reached the program clashes with a message "The program has unexpectedly finished." What exactly Am I doing wrong here?
bool Database::removeRepository(string repoName)
{
    string sql = "DELETE FROM ";
    sql += tableName + " WHERE NAME='" + repoName + "'";

    sqlite3_stmt* deleteStmt = nullptr;

    int prep_results = sqlite3_prepare_v2(connection, sql.c_str(), sql.size(), &deleteStmt, NULL);

    int results = sqlite3_step(deleteStmt);

    sqlite3_finalize(deleteStmt);

    if(results == SQLITE_DONE)
        return true;
    else
        return false;
}

A: Almost certainly your sqlite3_prepare_v2 call is failing. You should check the value of prep_results and see what the value is (there is a list here)


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import scala.language.implicitConversions

object ESClientURI {

  private val PREFIX = "elasticsearch://"

  implicit def stringtoUri(str: String): ESClientURI = ESClientURI(str)

  def apply(host: String, port: Int): ESClientURI = apply(s"$PREFIX$host:$port")

  def apply(str: String): ESClientURI = {
    require(str != null && str.trim.nonEmpty, s"Invalid uri, must be in format ${PREFIX}host:port,host:port,...")
    val withoutPrefix = str.replace(PREFIX, "")
    val hosts = withoutPrefix.split(',').map { host ⇒
      val parts = host.split(':')
      if (parts.length == 2) {
        parts(0) -> parts(1).toInt
      } else {
        throw new IllegalArgumentException(s"Invalid uri, must be in format ${PREFIX}host:port,host:port,...")
      }
    }
    ESClientURI(str, hosts.toList)
  }
}

case class ESClientURI(uri: String, hosts: List[(String, Int)])

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package pub.pjoc.pay.threadpool;

/**
 * Handle thread callbacks.
 *
 * @author blademainer
 * @version 2016-08-31 23:16
 */
public interface ThreadCallbackHandler {
  void done(CallableThread callableThread);

  void setThreadPoolScheduler(ThreadPoolScheduler blockingThreadSheduler);
}


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Cook over medium heat for 5 min.
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Top with poached eggs and Queso Cotija cheese.
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This is fantastic – I love chicken and duck eggs but get bored with the "usual" ways we cook them so I'll definitely try these recipes. I love your "Perfectly Poached" micro story – very creative and delightful. Have you thought about making an e-book with the recipes you've shared so far?
Duck eggs. A new bucket list addition. An e-recipe book from ST… hmmm??? In the back of my mind, I have been thinking about creating a Chinese Railroad Camp recipe collection, to go along with the current writing project. I haven't (yet) come across a source for historic recipes.


Lance's practice of law focuses on corporate matters, taxation, mergers and acquisitions, healthcare, and business and tax planning. Lance's experience as in-house counsel for a Fortune 500 Company has helped prepare him to work in these areas. Lance received his law degree from the University of Alabama School of Law, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and Associate Editor of the Law Review. Lance Received his LL.M. in Taxation from the University of Florida.
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Polymer supported chemistry has been used widely in industrial applications for over fifty years. Biotage supported reagents and scavengers are based on functionalized polystyrene or silica polymers. They are inert, specifically-reactive and clean additives deployed to achieve a specific purpose.
... or pack them into columns and flow through for fixed-bed applications. There are numerous applications – from reaction catalysis to stoichiometric reagent delivery.
Biotage® uses two different resin types for its reagents, 1% crosslinked poly(styrene-co-divinylbenzene) and highly crosslinked, macroporous polystyrene. The 1% crosslinked polystyrene is designated by PS-. MP- designates highly crosslinked, macroporous resin. Highly crosslinked macroporous resins swell significantly less in solvent so they are not dependent on swelling to be effective. Instead, reagents diffuse through the pore structure to reach reactive sites. For this reason, MP- resins can be used in confined volumes where swelling would be a problem. They can also be used with a much wider variety of solvents. Alternatively, the use of silica based scavengers has increased significantly in recent years. Also heterogeneous, silica confers the advantage of being amenable to flow / fixed bed applications.
Polymer supported reagents are functionalized polymers that perform synthetic transformations in a similar manner to their small molecule, non-bound counterparts, however, they provide the added advantage of heterogeneity, meaning that they are very easy to remove from reactions afterwards for example by simple filtration techniques.
Once bound to the resin (or silica) there vapor pressure of volatile or toxic reaction components is virtually eliminated and many chemical moieties become more stable, as in the case of MP-Triacetoxyborohydride or the supported tetrakis palladium triphenylphosphine catalyst PS-PPh3-Pd, for example.
Even if by-products are not toxic or do not have a stench, they may still be difficult to separate, co-elute, or mask other target products in a mixture. PS-Triphenylphosphine resin for example performs the chemistry you would expect, but the PS-Triphenylphosphine oxide by-product is 100% resin bound, and is thus easily removed by filtration afterwards. No more issues with large UV signals masking the intended product, giving false reaction performance indicators. Similarly the dicyclohexylurea urea by-product from PS-Carbodiimide resin coupling reactions is also 100% resin bound and can never interfere with products in solution and further downstream reactions.
Adding more reagents will drive a reaction to completion, but the excess reagents will need to be separated afterwards, involving additional purification steps. With a resin bound strategy, the resin (or silica) supported reagent is heterogeneous, it does 'see' the solution, but it is completely insoluble, so removing excess after the reaction is just a case of filtering using simple and inexpensive laboratory items.
Easy to recover after a reaction, many resins and supported products are also additionally compliant with the principles of green chemistry, being recyclable or operating in a catalytic mode. While many resins are used once, for reasons of industry preference or regulation, Biotage can support clients who need guidance on how to re-use, by providing technical guidance.
Resin reagents work well with overhead stirring or mechanical shaking. They withstand temperatures up to approx. 150 °C (i.e. microwave chemistry heating conditions). Silica supported reagents are mechanically stable, and may also be stirred but are more often packed into fixed bed formats for flow through applications. Silicas can withstand 150–200 °C temperatures, so as long as the intended chemistry is compatible, the resin or silica option is an efficient delivery vehicle for the chemistry of the project.
Polymer supported reagents are stable. By definition they only take part in the reactions they were designed for, so side reactions and degradation is much less of an issue compared to small molecule chemistry. In real terms the shelf-life of a functionalized polymer may be indefinite, so we recommend a nominal 1 year expiry when the product is stored in cool dry conditions.
Biotage® MP-Cyanoborohydride is a macroporous polymer supported cyanoborohydride. It is a versatile reducing agent for the reductive amination of carbonyl compounds and reduction of imines. The reaction work-up protocol is greatly simplified by using the solid supported reagent. Specifically, compared with the small molecule sodium cyanoborohydride, it is reported that toxic cyanide is not released on reaction workup and therefore does not contaminate the product or pose a danger towards the user.


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Bangkok, Thailand and Waldwick, NJ/November 15, 2019 — If Defense & Security 2019 reflects the leading edge of southeast Asia's border and domestic security marketplace, U.S. exhibitors at this year's show exemplify the diverse scope and scale of America's growing role as a primary supplier to the region's military and police forces.
Defense & Security is one of Asia's largest and most influential homeland and domestic security business gatherings. It is expected to draw more than 20,000 trade visitors and 500 exhibitors from 40-plus countries November 18-21 at the IMPACT Exhibition Center in Bangkok.
The United States will present nearly 25 exhibitors, a majority in the USA Partnership Pavilion, organized for the fourth consecutive edition by Kallman Worldwide in coordination with government agencies, including the departments of Commerce, Defense and State.
The Pavilion is America's headquarters on-site: an efficient location for buyers to meet more U.S. suppliers, a professional business center for U.S. exhibitors to maximize their exposure and impact on-site and a forum for all to share ideas and insights.
Kallman Worldwide President and CEO Tom Kallman said American participation in the USA Partnership Pavilion — 14 states represented by 17 exhibitors, eight for the first time — reflects a global trend.
"Now more than ever, success in international trade comes from partnership and teamwork. The USA Partnership Pavilion sharpens our focus on helping advance America's national interests and security by building stronger relationships with our international customers," said Kallman.
"Many of our exhibitors — from publicly traded stalwarts such as FLIR Systems [NASDAQ: FLIR] and Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LM] to small- and medium-sized enterprises [SMEs] with fewer than 500 employees — already have significant partnerships and operations in Thailand and throughout southeast Asia. In the years to come, many more will," he said.
First-time Defense & Security exhibitor AeroVironment [NASDAQ: AVAV] exemplifies the trend. The Monrovia, CA-based unmanned aircraft systems manufacturer has a new business development lead in the region, and is announcing its new Vapor Helicopter, an all-electric UAS and Quantix VTOL UAS, a rapid automated mapping solution at this week's show.
"The addition of VAPOR to our family of small unmanned aircraft systems demonstrates our commitment to providing customers with the most comprehensive capabilities to help them proceed with certainty in an ever changing operating environment," said Rick Pedigo, vice president, sales and business development for AeroVironment. "VAPOR fully complements AeroVironment's family of fixed-wing UAS with VTOL and flexible payload capabilities that can satisfy new customer missions across multiple domains."
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