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City of Northville, MI » News » What's New » Design team works to revitalize downtown streets
Collaborative effort to enhance downtown
The downtown street closures on Main and Center are in the spotlight as design firm Grissim, Metz and Andriese (GMA) examines the current assets and conditions and considers 'what could be' in terms of an iconic social district entrance; a rejuvenated public space; and new activities and amenities.
The Downtown Development Authority's goal is to create an environment that is active and interesting with a sense of community, and is beautiful and compatible with Northville's historic downtown. It will become a so-called "third place" where friends, families and guests can gather, in addition to home and work or school. Restaurants and retailers will be able to optimize their business offerings through unique outdoor settings on an expanded footprint. The plan will minimize the impact of weather on the outdoor experience and provide a safe, clean place to gather. The structures and fixtures will be able to be moved or removed if placemaking plans change.
Key to the transition are details such as lighting, activating the pavement to make it more like a promenade, removing traffic signage, and making the area more accessible to people with disabilities. GMA will share information with traffic engineering consultant, Fleis & Vandenbrink, which is addressing the impact of rerouted traffic on residential areas and non-arterial roads (those that provide local access, such as Northville Road and 7 Mile, but aren't neighborhood streets.)
The main entrance to the social district, at Main and Center, will reflect the "timeless with a twist" theme for Downtown Northville by establishing a sense of place that is magical yet authentic. It could also provide branding opportunities for the city and businesses.
GMA is working with the DDA's Economic Development Committee, also known as the advisory committee, to address the design, management and operational issues associated with the creation of the permanent pedestrian area. When the project is complete, GMA will provide a conceptual plan with phasing and cost estimates. This initial project cost was shared by the DDA and city of Northville.
The Historic District Commission (HDC) is involved in the project since the street structures could become semi-permanent fixtures. Those include the DDA-owned booths for visitors and vendors, and restaurant-owned sidewalls and arched plexiglass roofs. Only one merchant, Dancing Eye Gallery, has an outdoor "greenhouse" for displaying merchandise but other retailers may follow suit. The HDC appointed a subcommittee to be involved with the project and attend meetings of the DDA advisory team and GMA.
The Sustainability Committee also has an interest in this project and many members have attended those meetings. The next one is at 8 a.m. on Nov. 29 at City Hall. The design consultant and traffic consultant teams (GMA and Fleis & Vandenbrink) will hold a joint workshop on Dec. 7 to make presentations, gather public comment and take a walking tour of the downtown street closures. (Watch City News and the city and DDA website for details.)
How can the community get involved with the GMA design recommendations? "We're inviting anyone who is interested to attend the meetings and share your thoughts and ideas," said DDA Director Lori Ward.
At the Nov. 2 meeting, GMA spoke about the history of street closures in various cities nationwide. The first downtown street closure, in Kalamazoo, Mi., began in the 1960s but ended in the '80s, when indoor malls became popular and populations moved from cities to suburbs. Outdoor plazas that have succeeded in Boulder, Co.; Burlington, Vt.; and Charlottesville, Va.; are adjacent to destinations such as a university, beach, and public attractions, and have a large population living nearby. View the GMA presentation here.
If things go according to plan, the DDA will use the design solution generated by GMA to solicit bids for the identified projects for a Spring 2023 installation/construction season.
Note: This article first appeared in City News. To sign up for this free, weekly e-newsletter, click here.


Get inspired to make a burlap wreath to celebrate the summer holidays. Burlap wreaths are surprisingly easy to make. You can have a beautiful craft completed in just a few hours! The Red, White and Blue Burlap Wreath idea I'm sharing today weaves two different accent ribbons with rustic burlap for a folksy yet fun appearance. The red with white polka dots and blue denim ribbons make it great for celebrating Memorial Day, 4th of July and other patriotic holidays in your home.
Summer is just around the corner, bringing with it a whole host of wonderful patriotic holidays here in the United States. It can be so festive to decorate your home in red, white and blue to celebrate Memorial Day, Independence Day and Labor Day. The burlap wreath idea I'm sharing today mixes rustic burlap and denim with red and white polka dot ribbon for a beautiful craft piece you can hang in your home all summer long.
Burlap wreaths are surprisingly easy to make. I can whip one together in just a few hours while I'm watching a movie or catching up on my favorite TV shows. I shared a full tutorial for how to make a burlap wreath on Kenarry last summer and encourage you to check out that post if you want the nitty gritty step-by-step details. You may also enjoy the three ideas I shared for fall burlap wreaths last September.
2. Paint the sign. I found this unfinished wood sign at Hobby Lobby, but you could get the same effect from any unfinished square or rectangular wood sign. Paint the inside of the wood sign white. You may need to apply a few coats to get complete coverage.
Next, once the white paint is completely dry, use painter's tape to protect it and create a frame around the edges. Paint the frame red. Again, you will likely need to do a few coats.
Once you've written your message in pencil, trace over it with the blue paint pen. When the sign is dry, tie it to the top of the burlap wreath with denim ribbon.
3. Add the felt flower accents. The red felt flowers I found on clearance at Hobby Lobby are really the highlight of this wreath for me. I just love the way they're layered and have those tiny little beads. Using a hot glue gun, apply a good amount of glue to the back of the felt flowers one at a time. Add the flowers to the burlap wreath pressing a little of the burlap to the back of the flower to hold it securely in place. Just be careful not to burn your fingers!
4. Hang and enjoy your burlap wreath. To hang the burlap wreath on a wall, you can hang the wire wreath frame directly on a long nail. Or you could add a loop of denim ribbon to the back of the burlap wreath and use that to hang the wreath on your wall. Either way, you now have a beautiful piece of patriotic home decor to celebrate all those red, white and blue holidays this summer!
That's definitely what it should have said, Ali! I actually made it for an auction at a charity event, so I thought something a little more generic like "Live, Love, Laugh" would go over better.
What a cute wreath! Love the idea of the wired ribbon mixed in with the burlap. Pinned. Stopping by from Inspiration Monday.
Thanks, Kimberlee! Burlap wreaths are one of my favorite crafts to make these days – especially with all the different wired ribbon options available. Thanks for coming by from Inspiration Monday!
What a cute wreath! Thank you for partying with us at the Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop!
Thanks for coming over from Thursday Favorite Things to check out the wreath, Debi! We appreciate it!
Yay! Yay! Yay! You made our day! Thank you so much for featuring our Red, White and Blue Burlap Wreath this week, Kathryn. We're so excited!
Thanks Lou Lou Girls! We're so glad you loved it enough to share via Pinterest and Twitter. Thank you so much!
You and your daughter should make one, Kristi! I'd love to see a picture if you do. Thanks for stopping by.
Perfect colors for summer holidays, don't you think? Thanks, Cathy for coming by to see the wreath!


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Q: Facing an Error during Building the project? I am building the project in VS2012 and getting the following error , I have searched on Google ,did not found much similar solution,Please provide the solution for the same , Here are the error code snippet  -
        MOCing D:\giit\release_17\RTTBorrow\rttBorrowWindow.h
         'moc.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
         operable program or batch file.
          MOCing D:\giit\release_17\RTTBorrow\rttListView.h
         'moc.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
         operable program or batch file.
         MOCing D:\giit\release_17\RTTBorrow\rttpassworddialog.h
         'moc.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
         operable program or batch file.
          MOCing D:\giit\release_17\RTTBorrow\rttpassworddialogimpl.h
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          operable program or batch file.
          MOCing D:\giit\release_17\RTTBorrow\rttTextEdit.h
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          operable program or batch file.
        C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V110\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(172,5): error MSB6006: "cmd.exe" exited with code 9009.
Thanks !!!

A: As you didn't tell what project you're trying to build and googling "giit" doesn't give meaningful results, I'm giving a general suggestion.
moc.exe is part of Qt build system so you could try installing it. Its website is http://qt.io

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Words and Pictures è un film del 2013 diretto da Fred Schepisi.

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Jack Marcus, alcolista, è docente di letteratura e scrittore dal talento ormai inaridito, combatte da tempo una lotta contro la dipendenza dei giovani dai media e dai voti scolastici, cercando di incoraggiare i suoi studenti a una maggiore valorizzazione della parola scritta. Dina Delsanto, arrivata da poco, sofferente di artrite reumatoide, insegna arte presso la stessa scuola, con il quale gareggia per far apprezzare piuttosto l'uso delle immagini e della raffigurazione pittorica. Tra di loro scatterà una scintilla e finiranno a letto a casa di lei. Di notte lui si sveglia, e dopo aver scolato una bottiglia di vodka, in preda alla sbornia va a sbattere contro l'ultimo quadro che Dina aveva realizzato, rovinandolo. Arrabbiatissima lo caccia e non gli parlerà più. Pentito, si disintossicherà, seguendo un gruppo di sostegno. Rivelerà che la poesia, che aveva fatta sua per un test, in realtà l'aveva scritta il figlio, per questo, consegnerà le dimissioni, confermando che quelle le ha scritte lui. Per non creare troppo disagio agli alluni gli faranno concludere l'anno scolastico. La Delsanto farà un lungo periodo di malattia per un intervento al ginocchio. Al ritorno, entrambi gli insegnanti sottopongono gli alunni a una serie di prove, per capire se siano effettivamente più potenti le parole o le immagini; attraverso queste continue sfide tra i due si instaura un forte legame, che li aiuterà a superare gli ostacoli della vita.

Distribuzione
La pellicola è stata presentata in anteprima alla 38ª edizione del Toronto International Film Festival il 7 settembre 2013; in Italia è stata distribuita dalla Adler Entertainment nel novembre 2014.

Riconoscimenti
 Candidatura al Palm Springs International Film Festival 2014: premio del pubblico al miglior film (Fred Schepisi)

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Film sentimentali
Film commedia drammatica
Film sull'alcolismo
Film ambientati negli Stati Uniti d'America
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text: Q: Model a process as a poisson process I just answered this question on coloring balls at a fixed rate - Interesting Original Probability Question. This problem seems to have all the ingredients to model as a poisson distribution with rate = 1 ball per minute. But the expected value calculation is off by a large value. Can we model this problem as a poisson distribution? More generally, if a process has a fixed rate of events (1 ball per minute) that happen independently and randomly, then I can apply poisson process. Are there any other conditions?


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Polynomials with general C2-fibers are variables
Shulim Kaliman
Let X′ be a complex affine algebraic threefold with H3(X′) = 0 which is a UFD and whose invertible functions are constants. Let Z be a Zariski open subset of X′ which has a morphism p : Z → U into a curve U such that all fibers of p are isomorphic to C2. We prove that X′ is isomorphic to C3 iff none of irreducible components of X′ \ Z has non-isolated singularities. Furthermore, if X′ is C3 then p extends to a polynomial on C3 which is linear in a suitable coordinate system. This implies the fact formulated in the title of the paper.
Pacific Journal of Mathematics
Isomorphic
Nonsingularity
Irreducible Components
Threefolds
Invertible
Mathematics(all)
Kaliman, S. (2002). Polynomials with general C2-fibers are variables. Pacific Journal of Mathematics, 203(1), 161-190.
Polynomials with general C2-fibers are variables. / Kaliman, Shulim.
In: Pacific Journal of Mathematics, Vol. 203, No. 1, 2002, p. 161-190.
Kaliman, S 2002, 'Polynomials with general C2-fibers are variables', Pacific Journal of Mathematics, vol. 203, no. 1, pp. 161-190.
Kaliman S. Polynomials with general C2-fibers are variables. Pacific Journal of Mathematics. 2002;203(1):161-190.
Kaliman, Shulim. / Polynomials with general C2-fibers are variables. In: Pacific Journal of Mathematics. 2002 ; Vol. 203, No. 1. pp. 161-190.
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Rick Was Here, a short film on the NYU dorm room where Def Jam started
October 20, 2014 2:55 PM Subscribe
30 years ago, Rick Rubin was a college student, living in NYU's Weinstein Residence Hall, room #712. It was there that Def Jam Records was formed, shifting the focus of hip-hop from the MCs to promote the DJs, too. Rubin and his label quickly outgrew the dorm, and he hasn't been back since. Recently he returned, and the adventure was captured and put into context by Rolling Stone Film's mini-documentary, Rick Was Here. New footage rolls alongside old, with some animations to bring a few audio-only stories to life.
On the earliest of early Def Jam Records, you can see the mailing address "5 University Pl. #712," capturing some notion of how small Def Jam really was in the beginning. If you'd like more, Salon points out two much more in-depth books on the history of Def Jam: Def Jam Recordings: The First 25 Years of the Last Great Record Label (Amazon; Google books preview), and Life and Def: Sex, Drugs, Money, + God (Amazon; Google books preview).
posted by filthy light thief (13 comments total) 15 users marked this as a favorite
Rick put out a couple records by his own band, Hose. My copy of the Hose LP, which has a mock-Mondrian cover, has green tape around the edges. It had once been part of the collection of Maximum Rock'n'Roll (image), but at one point Tim Yohannan purged the collection of records deemed not punk rock enough, and some of them, including this one, were sold to Amoeba Records, where I bought it. An earlier Hose 7", Mobo was distributed by 99 Records. The band also had two tracks on a Touch & Go compilation, God's Favorite Dog, which also has rarities by Big Black.
posted by larrybob at 3:29 PM on October 20, 2014 [1 favorite]
(it's "Rubin," innit?)
posted by mwhybark at 3:46 PM on October 20, 2014 [7 favorites]
Double R foots the bill, most definitely?
posted by fluffy battle kitten at 4:11 PM on October 20, 2014 [3 favorites]
I can't think of Rick Rubin without remembering the story of Joe Cole.
posted by dr_dank at 4:27 PM on October 20, 2014
Ugh, Weinstein is the WORST. The footage here only kind of captures what a claustrophobic, prison-like shithole that place is. The only upsides were that it had a better-than-average dining hall on the first floor and it was super close to the handful of buildings that pass for NYU's campus.
Having spent some time attempting to socialize with friends in that dorm, I'm all the more impressed that Rick Ruben was able to find the energy and headspace to do something so ambitious while he was living there.
My cynical-NYU-alumni hat goes off to you, sir.
posted by Narrative Priorities at 4:42 PM on October 20, 2014 [3 favorites]
Weinstein's other claim to fame is that it holds the only Chik-fil-A in NYC.
posted by 2bucksplus at 4:51 PM on October 20, 2014 [1 favorite]
I'm reading Bob Mould's autobiography right now and he tell a story of crashing in that room. Rick plays "I Need a Beat" for him and Bob says "I'm just not hearin' it, Rick."
Golly, he was a pretty man wasn't he.
posted by humboldt32 at 5:08 PM on October 20, 2014 [2 favorites]
Ed Piskor's excellent Hip Hop Family Tree recently addressed LL Cool J's mix tape arriving at Weinstein.
posted by ursus_comiter at 5:13 PM on October 20, 2014 [5 favorites]
(Except on Mondays, when copy editors are ... ah, fook.)
posted by filthy light thief at 5:33 PM on October 20, 2014 [1 favorite]
I was reading the Hip Hop Family Tree strip this weekend, and it made me want to track down Def Jam's orignal 12″ singles. All this is from my browser history:
T La Rock — It's Yours
LL Cool J — I Need a Beat (DJ001)
The Beastie Boys — Rock Hard (DJ002)
Jazzy Jay — (This) Def Jam (DJ003)
MCA And Burzootie — Drum Machine (DJ004)
LL Cool J — I Want You (DJ005)
Jimmy Spicer — This Is It (DJ006)
Hollis Crew — It's the Beat (DJ007)
posted by 1970s Antihero at 5:41 PM on October 20, 2014 [4 favorites]
[Rubinated, carry on.]
posted by cortex (staff) at 7:01 PM on October 20, 2014 [5 favorites]
Confirming Narrative_Priorities' assesment of Weinstein Hall. I went into a Weinstein room once and I swear that the walls were made of actual unadorned cinderblock.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 6:13 AM on October 21, 2014 [1 favorite]
When I lived in Weinstein I loved it. Met a lot of people there and it felt very convivial. Spent a lot of time in the courtyard talking about music and other creative endeavours, so it really does not surprise me what Rubin made there.
I actually walked past Weinstein this morning!
posted by Captaintripps at 8:06 AM on October 21, 2014
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RUN DMC is Tougher Than Leather March 2, 2012
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But before we get to that, I just wanted to say how nice it was to see so many Little Miss Muffet Stamps, Bugaboo and Pollycraft images last time. And, it was really hard to select which projects to spotlight! As always, thank you for taking the time to play with us.
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Next up, check out Coops lovely project, I just love the vintage feel and all the different textures. Beautiful.
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This is how Russell M. Nelson, the president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints greeted Pope Francis.
He and other Mormon leaders met the pope on the occasion of the dedication of their temple in Rome, Italy.
It was a never-before-seen meeting of its kind, that strove to highlight similarities instead of differences.
The leaders didn't come empty-handed. They brought a porcelain model of an original sculpture.
"The gift we have is from Spain. It's done by a Danish sculptor, who came to Italy to learn how to do sculpture."
They also gave the pope their official piece stressing the purpose and importance of family.
The leaders then showed Pope Francis their new temple, the first Mormon temple in the city.
The pope concluded the meeting giving them the 2019 medallions as a token of his appreciation.
There are 16 million Mormons in the world. The Vatican does not exactly consider it a Christian denomination, such as Catholic, Orthodox or Protestant, because they have a different concept of baptism, and have the Book of Mormon, instead of the Bible.


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Arjon Dunnewind
SELECTION PANEL PANORAMA CORE MEMBERS
Christina Dellagiustina
Peter van Dijk
Annemiek Engbers
Angela Serino
Sylvia Szely
Dave Driesmans
From the very beginning, Dave Driesmans has worked for Toothpick, a tape label from Brugge, Belgium, and the predecessor of the label (K-RAA-K)3. He initiated the sub-label Toothache that concentrated mainly on electronic music. In 1997 he was one of the founders of (K-RAA-K)3. Apart from being a concert organiser and label manager, Dave Driesmans is also a graphic designer. Since 2001 IMPAKT and (K-RAA-K)3 have been co-operating for the film programme of the (K-RAA-K)3 festival.
Jessica Manstetten
Jessica Manstetten is Film and Media scientist and she works for the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen in the Music Video Section and for the Duisburger Filmwoche. She is translator, freelance and curator for, among others, Femme Totale, Dortmund; Traumzeit, Duisburg and the International Videofestival Bochum and she writes from time to time.
Wilfried Hou Je Bek
Wilfried Hou Je Bek uses algorithms to design psycho-geographic walks through cities and other areas. The geographic and psychological output is visualized with the help of simple software. Wilfried is a 'culture hacker' who develops generative psychogeography. Inspired by concepts of drift (dérive) from Romanticism and, later, the Situationists around Guy Debord, Wilfried uses algorithmic routes to explore a city in non-intuitive ways. Houkebek organizes dérives, where people walk through a city by taking computer code as a guideline, using the body as a means to perform software.
Florian Wüst
Florian Wüst is an artist, filmmaker and independent curator for experimental film and video art, living in Berlin and Rotterdam. He studied Fine Arts at the Braunschweig School of Art and participated in the Master of Arts programme at the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam. He has curated programs for amongst others the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, the Imperial War Museum, the Lux in London and the Werkleitz Biennale in Halle (Saale).


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Tanzania: Taking the spice out of cloves?
Cloves were once worth more than gold and the native spice has been a mainstay of Zanzibar's economy for the last 150 years. But frustration is growing among farmers in the island and neighbouring Pemba about a battle between the public and private sector which is reducing their incomes and losing Tanzania its dominant position in the world market. Is government intervention a recipe for disaster, asks Aameera Jiwaji.
There's an anecdote about how Zanzibar's clove farmers prefer to hoard their harvest in their homes, hedging their bets for a time when local market prices will be more attractive.
It illustrates the high asset value of cloves in the local Tanzanian farming community – a narrative mirrored in history when cloves were worth more than gold, and European countries would go to war to ensure access to them – but it also speaks to a deep-seated frustration with government controls of the industry and farmers' reluctance to engage with the state apparatus.
Fortunately for them, dry cloves age well. But their dissatisfaction with the government peaked in the early 2000s, when they stopped protesting silently and instead set their clove trees on fire, sending a strong message about their unwillingness to play any longer.
It has been 14 years since then but the embers from the issue are still smouldering, and the high prices that Zanzibar's cloves secured in the international market at the end of 2014 only served to fan the flames.
Many years of discontent with the state apparatus explain why the black market for cloves flourishes on this East African island with the exotic spice being sold informally, and smuggled across the border to neighbouring Kenya. Such avenues earn farmers nearly double the price offered by the government monopoly, Zanzibar State Trading Corporation (ZSTC).
The situation seemed set to improve in the third quarter of 2014 when high international prices for cloves – which rose from $11,292.7 per tonne in August 2013 to $10,104.6 per tonne in August 2014 – propped up Zanzibar's trade balances and saw the country export a record high of 5,600 tonnes of cloves, earning it $63.6m. It was a two-fold increase in revenue from the previous year when it exported 2,100 tonnes and earned just $21.1m, as reported by the Bank of Tanzania's Monthly Economic Review for October 2014.
Tanzania's policy makers and technocrats were jubilant. They looked to the spice island with a renewed gleam in their eyes, reminded of its economic potential and reassured that government regulation of this cash crop sector was the right decision. The improvement in trade terms also vindicated efforts to boost the sector's productivity by the Zanzibar Agricultural Research Institute.
But despite the boost in exports to $201.9m in October 2014 as compared to $190.6m the previous year, Zanzibar's farmers experienced no benefits. The national gains only underlined their crippled status in the national hierarchy.
Government control
Tanzania was once the world's largest producer of cloves but the decline of the spice trade, natural disasters that hit the islands of Unguja and Pemba, and socialist policies negatively impacted the sector. Today it is the third-largest producer, with a dismal 7% of the market compared to global leader Indonesia with 75%, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit.
Cloves have been a major foreign exchange earner in Zanzibar for the last 150 years and they continue to be an agricultural mainstay of the island. In 2013, the clove was still its single major cash crop with 90% produced on the island of Pemba, according to Unesco. However production figures continues to register a steady decline: from an annual average of 16,000 tons in the 1970s to between 1,500 to 3,500 tons in 2013, according to the Zanzibar Clove Growers Association (Zacpo).
Part of the problem is the government's choke hold on the sector, despite the relaxation of protectionist policies. The movement towards trade liberalisation, and export promotion in particular, was designed to mark a shift from an anti-export bias to free trade such that government would not intervene in setting the market price of agricultural products. But 25 years later, the state is reluctant to loosen its hold on a leading foreign-currency earner and symbol for the Isles.
"We cannot let the farming of cloves go into private hands because the commodity is the symbol of Zanzibar," Zanzibar's Minister for Commerce, Industry and Marketing, Nassor Ahmad Mazrui, told Tanzania's Business Week in February. Other government officials have also spoken on how cloves contribute significant amounts of foreign exchange to the national budget, suggesting that the government would be unwilling to surrender these profits.
They add that free market operations will spell the death of the sector by subjecting it to price fluctuations and profit motives. But the uncompetitive farm-gate prices that ZSTC offers – rumoured to be one fifth of the export price, allegations of quality downgrading and criticisms of financial mismanagement have seen farmers refuse to engage with the market. They either hoard their harvest, sell it on the black market, turn their trees into firewood or charcoal, or start farming other products like coconuts, which are freely traded. In response, the Zanzibar House of Representative endorsed a new Cloves Act Bill in January that discourages clove growers from making charcoal or otherwise consuming clove trees.
The clamour for a liberalised market, however, continues to be ignored. It has often topped the list of campaign promises by aspiring politicians and even Zanzibar's retired President Amani Abeid Karume had vowed to liberalise the industry, but the status quo outlasted his political career.
Clove growers, through Zacpo, are also calling for policy reforms such as increased sector research and provision of better support services for farmers. They point the finger of blame at the Clove Market Law of 1985 and insist that the ZSTC needs to be disbanded. "The Clove Market Law of 1985, operational today, leaves farmers little or no role in price setting and limits their position in international market dynamics," reads a 2013 report by Zacpo. Most recent calls have tempered the demand for a fully liberal market with that of a mixed approach, which allows direct export by some farmers and a supervisory role by government.
But their plea continues to fall on deaf ears and in an April 2014 State of the Nation report, Zanzibar's President spoke of how his government would annually distribute 1m clove seedlings for the next three years as part of a plan to enhance production.
Aside from the fate of the farmers, the decline of the sector may adversely affect the island's tourism earnings since visits to clove farms have become a cornerstone of the island's tour packages, therefore threatening both of the island's top foreign-exchange earners.
Possibly more damning than the severe drop in Zanzibar's clove production in recent years is how the island is credited for an even smaller percentage of its output, since most of its cloves are exported to Indonesia, India and Japan for processing and packaging – either as oil, cigarettes or in their pure form. So in its 2011 report, Zacpo called for the privatisation of the oil distillery in Pemba to pave the way for industrial and commercial production of essential oils and increase Zanzibar's share in the global oil markets.
In late 2012, the International Trade Centre and the World Intellectual Property Organisation joined hands with Tanzania to develop an intellectual property and branding strategy for its cloves. The "Zanzibar Exotic Originals" trade mark was created.
It currently targets tourists visiting the island and is yet to be launched internationally. The development of the brand has injected optimism into the local sector by imbuing it with a much needed sense of national pride. For the marketing concept to have any long-term impact, however, it will have to go hand in hand with a relaxation of government controls.
Zanzibar's farmers may continue hiding their cloves under their beds but it isn't a good idea for their government to stash the entire sector under theirs.
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Wow, your card is gorgeous Cindy. Love the softness of your card and how you layered the vellum over the background. I think the layered flowers are perfect and so pretty done in pink.
Beautiful card Cindy, love the softness of it. Thank you so much for joining us at the Card Concept!
This is so soft and pretty! I love the framed background and the sentiment that goes in through it. All those flowers are just gorgeous!
Your card is so soft so beautiful …someone is going to love getting this card.
Great challenge this week Cindy! Your card is so soft and feminine. I had no idea you used vellum over the background, so glad you pointed it out, what a great touch!
Soft, romantic and feminine and a well balanced design. Thanks so much for sharing with us at the Card Concept, Cindy! Beautiful!
Cindy, I think your card is gorgeous. It matches the picture Holly picked so well. You have a great talent for making cards.
This is absolutely gorgeous… so delicate and sweet. LOVE!
I'm finally sitting down to make this card! Can you tell me how you made the frame? X-acto knife?


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The process initiated Friday in Mumbai, once admitted by the court, would leave Ambani's Reliance Communications Ltd., or RCom, 270 days to repay debt or liquidate. The company voluntarily took the step after a planned sale of tower, spectrum and fiber assets to older sibling Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. stalled. The 173 billion rupee ($2.4 billion) deal had prompted objections and lawsuits from creditors seeking payment ahead of the sale.
Now, the elder Ambani could have even more leverage in bidding for the assets of a company whose demise he helped hasten by storming into the mobile phone market in 2016 with free services. Mukesh Ambani can only vie for RCom's wireless carrier assets because a top court in January relaxed rules that had prevented family members of controlling shareholders from bidding for companies going through insolvency.
RCom's equity holders are already shorn. The company's shares plunged by a record Monday, losing more than a third of their value, before closing at 7.6 rupees, their lowest since listing in 2006. The stock had plummeted 60 percent in 2018 as India's former No. 2 wireless carrier battled creditors in court and proposed one asset sale after another that fell through.
Other listed parts of Anil Ambani's empire took a pounding as well Monday. Reliance Capital Ltd. plunged 20 percent to the lowest price since June 2005. Reliance Power Ltd. plummeted 35 percent to a record low and Reliance Naval and Engineering Ltd. dropped 15 percent to its lowest ever.
The downfall signals another inflection point in the dueling fortunes of two brothers in India's richest family. It's also convenient for the elder brother, who is now Asia's richest person thanks in part to gains in the value of his flagship's shares, buoyed by the success of the wireless carrier he founded only two years ago.
Reliance Jio didn't respond to email seeking comment.
While several lenders such as China Development Bank, Ericsson's local unit and even the telecom firm's PR agency had at some point sought to invoke insolvency proceedings against RCom, its local lenders didn't agree.
Lenders chose not to take RCom to the nation's bankruptcy court because that would have eroded the value of the company, IDBI Bank's Deputy Managing Director K.P.Nair told reporters in Mumbai on Monday.
After inheriting a business empire from their father, the rival siblings in 2005 divided the group in a peace pact brokered by their mother Kokilaben Ambani. Mukesh got control of the flagship oil refining and petrochemicals, while Anil got the newer businesses such as power generation, financial services and the crown jewel, a telecom business which his elder brother had expanded aggressively.
Lenders had been expecting a 60 percent write-off on loans to RCom, according to one of the bankers familiar with the negotiations who asked not to be named revealing private information. A voluntary filing by RCom with only one likely buyer in the race could widen that to as much as 80 percent, one of the bankers said.


The lower margin reads: "Jos. Highmore pinxit./ A. Benoist sculpsit./ Pamela swooning, after having discovered M.r B. in the/ closet. He (frighted) endeavoring to recover her. M.rs Jervis/ wringing her hands, and screaming./ Pamela evanouie, apres avoir decouvert M.r B. dans le/ cabinet/ Lui, effraye, tache de la faire revenir; tandis que/ Mad.me Jervis, joignant les mains, jette des cris./ Published, according to Act of Parliament, July 1.st 1745."


Cozy 1-bedroom unit in Ptarmigan Ridge, a complex at the top of Henry Road that is a short walk to the Village Ski Trail for ski in/ski out. Looking out the big windows offers plenty of views of the ski hill and late day sun. The unit has not been rented by the current owners & has been neatly maintained. The kitchen has a propane gas stove and a good-sized pantry. The unit is set up to sleep four people by way of one bedroom plus a pull-out bed. All furnishings are included and there is no GST on the purchase price. Being on the 1st floor allows for easy access and not many stairs to go up and down. The unit can be used personally or rent it out. Each floor has its own laundry room. High speed internet and cable is available. The building is pet friendly and there is a common locker/storage area with a ski tuning table. The drive-to access makes this a high demand rental. It is also a short distance to the cross-country skiing and summer hiking trails. New ownership of the resort seems ready to put an infusion of money and development to make the resort even better. Real estate pricing is on its way up – don't miss out!!!


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The Department of Mines, Industry Regulation & Safety issued a safety alert on employees standing near traffic along roadways, roundabouts and in parking areas while holding or flapping advertising billboards as they can be exposed to hazards from moving vehicles.
These workers often do not wear high-visibility clothing and are not aware of traffic management plans that should be in place and their job usually takes place at periods of high road usage in mornings or afternoons.
Preferably the hazards should be eliminated by using a system of advertising that does not require employees to work near moving vehicles.
The provision of high-visibility apparel by an employer is strongly recommended for employees working in street-side advertising as an element of a safe work system. Other PPE may also be required based on the employer's risk assessment, eg hat and long-sleeved clothing.
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Alloy major Tata Steel is looking at divesting its Southeast Asia business as part of a strategy to exit non-scalable businesses and to focus on domestic growth strategy, a top company official said.
The steel major has been scouting for buyers for NatSteel Holdings Singapore and Tata Steel Thailand for some time now but without any success.
"We are looking at all the assets, which are either sub-scale, non-core or whatever, or which can be simplified. We are looking at divesting them," Tata Steel chairman N Chandrasekaran told the shareholders at the annual general meeting here.
But he added that the company will continue to deploy capital in any assets that have the potential to create long- term value for its stakeholders.
As part of expanding caconomic pacity in the domestic market through acquisitions (it has snapped up Bhushan Steel through an NCLT process for over Rs 35,000 crore and is has become the successful bidder for Bhushan Power and Steel for Rs 23,000 crore), it has also approved expansion at the Kalinganagar plant in Odisha to a up capacity to 8 million tonne with an investment of around Rs 24,000 crore.
The expansion will be completed in 48 months, he said, adding the project will also include capability to produce value-added products including cold rolled galvanised and annealed products to serve differentiated customers.
"Bhushan Steel acquisition is a strategic investment which has the potential to enhance our product portfolio and market competitiveness in the near future," he said.
On bidding for Bhushan Power & Steel, he said, "we have bid for a price that makes sense for us. It is good if we get it. We will wait for the court process."
The company will also continue to evaluate and pursue more growth opportunities in the country through organic and inorganic options, he added.
Commenting on European operations, Chandrasekaran said, "we are waiting for anti-trust approval and hope to close the deal. We have successfully restructured the British Steel pension scheme including closing the scheme for future accruals under the regulated apportionment arrangements, with the approval of the British Pension Regulator."
On the joint venture deal signed with Thyssenkrupp of Germany last month, he said this will create a leading pan- European steel enterprise. "The joint venture will focus on driving cost synergies, technology and will have a differentiated product portfolio that will drive future value creation."
Source: July 20, 2018, Economic Times
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package com.facebook.buck.rules.macros;

import com.facebook.buck.model.BuildTarget;
import com.facebook.buck.model.macros.MacroException;
import com.facebook.buck.model.macros.MacroMatchResult;
import com.facebook.buck.rules.BuildRule;
import com.facebook.buck.rules.BuildRuleResolver;
import com.facebook.buck.rules.CellPathResolver;
import com.facebook.buck.rules.DefaultSourcePathResolver;
import com.facebook.buck.rules.SourcePathResolver;
import com.facebook.buck.rules.SourcePathRuleFinder;
import com.facebook.buck.rules.Tool;
import com.facebook.buck.rules.args.Arg;
import com.facebook.buck.rules.args.ProxyArg;
import com.facebook.buck.shell.WorkerTool;
import com.facebook.buck.util.HumanReadableException;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
import com.google.common.hash.HashCode;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.util.Optional;

/**
 * Worker macro wrapper which extracts/verifies details from the an underlying {@link WorkerTool}.
 */
public class WorkerMacroArg extends ProxyArg {

  private final BuildTarget workerTarget;
  private final WorkerTool workerTool;
  private final ImmutableList<String> startupCommand;
  private final ImmutableMap<String, String> startupEnvironment;

  private WorkerMacroArg(
      Arg arg,
      BuildTarget workerTarget,
      WorkerTool workerTool,
      ImmutableList<String> startupCommand,
      ImmutableMap<String, String> startupEnvironment) {
    super(arg);
    this.workerTarget = workerTarget;
    this.workerTool = workerTool;
    this.startupCommand = startupCommand;
    this.startupEnvironment = startupEnvironment;
  }

  /** @return a {@link WorkerMacroArg} which wraps the given {@link MacroArg}. */
  public static WorkerMacroArg fromMacroArg(
      MacroArg arg,
      MacroHandler macroHandler,
      BuildTarget target,
      CellPathResolver cellNames,
      BuildRuleResolver resolver,
      String unexpanded)
      throws MacroException {

    for (MacroMatchResult matchResult : macroHandler.getMacroMatchResults(unexpanded)) {
      if (macroHandler.getExpander(matchResult.getMacroType()) instanceof WorkerMacroExpander
          && matchResult.getStartIndex() != 0) {
        throw new MacroException(
            String.format("the worker macro in \"%s\" must be at the beginning", unexpanded));
      }
    }

    // extract the BuildTargets referenced in any macros
    ImmutableList.Builder<BuildTarget> targetsBuilder = new ImmutableList.Builder<>();
    macroHandler.extractParseTimeDeps(
        target, cellNames, unexpanded, targetsBuilder, new ImmutableSet.Builder<>());
    ImmutableList<BuildTarget> targets = targetsBuilder.build();

    if (targets.isEmpty()) {
      throw new MacroException(
          String.format(
              "Unable to extract any build targets for the macros " + "used in \"%s\" of target %s",
              unexpanded, target));
    }
    BuildTarget workerTarget = targets.get(0);
    BuildRule workerRule = resolver.getRule(workerTarget);
    if (!(workerRule instanceof WorkerTool)) {
      throw new MacroException(
          String.format(
              "%s used in worker macro, \"%s\", of target %s does "
                  + "not correspond to a worker_tool",
              workerTarget, unexpanded, target));
    }
    WorkerTool workerTool = (WorkerTool) workerRule;
    SourcePathResolver pathResolver =
        DefaultSourcePathResolver.from(new SourcePathRuleFinder(resolver));
    Tool exe = workerTool.getTool();
    ImmutableList<String> startupCommand = exe.getCommandPrefix(pathResolver);
    ImmutableMap<String, String> startupEnvironment = exe.getEnvironment(pathResolver);
    return new WorkerMacroArg(arg, workerTarget, workerTool, startupCommand, startupEnvironment);
  }

  /** @return a {@link WorkerMacroArg} which wraps the given {@link StringWithMacros}. */
  public static WorkerMacroArg fromStringWithMacros(
      Arg arg, BuildTarget target, BuildRuleResolver resolver, StringWithMacros unexpanded) {
    if (unexpanded.getMacros().isEmpty()) {
      throw new HumanReadableException(
          String.format("%s: no macros in \"%s\"", target, unexpanded));
    }
    Macro firstMacro = unexpanded.getMacros().get(0).getMacro();
    if (!(firstMacro instanceof WorkerMacro)) {
      throw new HumanReadableException(
          String.format(
              "%s: the worker macro in \"%s\" must be at the beginning", target, unexpanded));
    }
    WorkerMacro workerMacro = (WorkerMacro) firstMacro;

    BuildTarget workerTarget = workerMacro.getTarget();
    BuildRule workerRule = resolver.getRule(workerTarget);
    if (!(workerRule instanceof WorkerTool)) {
      throw new HumanReadableException(
          String.format(
              "%s used in worker macro, \"%s\", of target %s does "
                  + "not correspond to a worker_tool",
              workerTarget, unexpanded, target));
    }
    WorkerTool workerTool = (WorkerTool) workerRule;
    SourcePathResolver pathResolver =
        DefaultSourcePathResolver.from(new SourcePathRuleFinder(resolver));
    Tool exe = workerTool.getTool();
    ImmutableList<String> startupCommand = exe.getCommandPrefix(pathResolver);
    ImmutableMap<String, String> startupEnvironment = exe.getEnvironment(pathResolver);
    return new WorkerMacroArg(arg, workerTarget, workerTool, startupCommand, startupEnvironment);
  }

  public ImmutableList<String> getStartupCommand() {
    return startupCommand;
  }

  public ImmutableMap<String, String> getEnvironment() {
    return startupEnvironment;
  }

  public Path getTempDir() {
    return workerTool.getTempDir();
  }

  public Optional<String> getPersistentWorkerKey() {
    if (workerTool.isPersistent()) {
      return Optional.of(workerTarget.getCellPath().toString() + workerTarget.toString());
    } else {
      return Optional.empty();
    }
  }

  public HashCode getWorkerHash() {
    return workerTool.getInstanceKey();
  }

  public int getMaxWorkers() {
    return workerTool.getMaxWorkers();
  }

  public String getJobArgs(SourcePathResolver pathResolver) {
    return Arg.stringify(arg, pathResolver).trim();
  }
}

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Glimpses of Fifty Years: The Autobiography of an American Woman
By Frances Elizabeth Willard
I have been asked by the publishers of this Autobiography to write the Introduction. I am very glad to be asked. There is no woman in the world whose book I would rather introduce than that of my friend and co-worker, Frances E. Willard. From the first hour of my acquaintance with her, now more than sixteen years ago, she has been to me the embodiment of all that is lovely, and good, and womanly, and strong, and noble and tender, in human nature. She has been my queen among women, and I have felt it to be one of the greatest privileges of my life to call her my friend. I have been inspired by her genius, I have been cheered by her sympathy, I have been taught by her wisdom, I have been led onward and upward by her enthusiastic faith. We have met on almost every point of human interest, and have been together in joy and in sorrow, in success and in apparent failure ; she has been a member of my household for weeks together, and I have seen her tried by prosperity and flattery, by misunderstanding and evil report ; and always and everywhere she has been the same simple-hearted, fair-minded Christian woman, whose one sole aim has been to do the will of God as far as she knew it, and to bear whatever of apparent ill He may have permitted to come upon her, with cheerful submission, as being His loving discipline for the purpose of making her what, above all, she longs to be, a partaker of His holiness.
In regard to her public work she has seemed to me one of God's best gifts to the American women of the nineteenth century, for she has done more to enlarge our sympathies, widen our outlook, and develop our gifts, than any man, or any other woman of her time. Every movement for the uplifting of humanity has found in her a cordial friend and active helper. Every field of inquiry or investigation has shared in her quick, intelligent sympathy, and she has been essentially American in this, that she is always receptive of new ideas, without being frightened at
their newness. One saying of hers is eminently characteristic that we have no more need to be afraid of the step just ahead of us than we have to be afraid of the one just behind us; and, acting on this, she has always given all new suggestions a candid and fair-minded consideration, and has kept in the forefront of every right movement, whether in the world of ideas or the world of things. I have called her to myself, many times, our "see-er," because, like all seers, she seems to have an insight into things not visible to the eyes of most. We who know her best have so much confidence, born of experience, in these insights of hers, that I am not sure but that something once said about us laughingly is, after all, pretty nearly the truth : that "if Frances Willard should push a plank out into the ocean, and should beckon the white ribbon women to follow her out to the end of it, they would all go without a question." The reason is that we have discovered that her planks always turn out to be bridges across to delectable islands which she has discerned while yet they were invisible to us.
How such a woman came to be, is told us in this book, and it is a story that will, I believe, be an example and an inspiration to thousands of her fellow-women, who will learn here the vast possibilities of a pure and holy womanhood, consecrated to God and to the service of humanity.
How this story came to be told is as follows: As president for nearly ten years of the great organization called the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union, numbering more than two hundred thousand women, scattered all over the United States, from Maine to Texas, and from Florida to Alaska, Frances E. Willard has won a love and loyalty that no other woman, I think, has ever before possessed. It was natural that the many members of this widespread organization, who could not see their leader, should desire to read the story of her life, and for some time she has been besieged with requests to write her own biography. At the annual W. C. T. U. Convention held in Nashville, Tenn., in 1887, these desires voiced themselves in the following resolution, unanimously adopted by the whole convention :
Resolved, That in view of the fact that the year 1889 will be the fifteenth of the organization of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and also that in the same year our beloved president, Miss Frances
E. Willard, enters upon the fiftieth year of her strong and beautiful life, we, the Woman's Christian Temperance Union delegates, in National Convention assembled, do request Miss Willard to prepare for publication an autobiography, together with the history of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union from its birth to 1889, with a collection of her addresses on various themes.
Miss Willard was at first averse to the plan, and put off yielding to it as long as possible. But the white ribbon women do not generally give up an idea when once originated, and since they had so often walked in unknown paths at her bidding, she felt herself, at last, bound to walk in this path at their bidding. Hence this book.
Furthermore, the women wanted a true story, not a story that, out of a conventional modesty, would tell only half the truth, in the fear of being thought egotistic and full of self. Their idea is admirably expressed in these words of Emerson, "Say honestly and simply that which your own experience has given you and you will give to the world something new, valuable and lasting." Having taken, for a rarity, the authority into their own hands, they have insisted upon having the work done in their own way, and have required their leader to tell them all about herself, her work, her life, the very inmost of her being, without fear or favor, because only thus could she give them what they desired.
Whoever reads this book, therefore, must remember that it has been written by request of and for the omen of whom Miss Willard is the well beloved leader, the white ribbon women of America ; if others see it, that is their own good fortune. is a home book, written for her great family circle, and to be read around the evening lamp by critics who love the writer, and who want to learn from her experience how to live better and stronger lives. It is a woman's book, warm, sympathetic, offhand; it is an object-lesson in American living and American development, and as such can not fail to interest all those who think American women worthy of a little study. It begins in the West of forty years ago, picturing a pioneer farm and the unique, out-of-door life of adventurous young Western boys and girls. It tells of a free-spirited mother, who sympathized with her children rather than governed them, and who, although she would have liked her daughter to learn house work, yet did not
force her into it, because she had the rare good sense to know that it was far better to help her child to do the best in her own line than to force her to do a half-best in any other line, and also because she believed every natural gift to be God-given and meant for divine uses in serving the world, and therefore worthy of respect and of development. We have in the story of this mother and daughter a glimpse into the relation between parents and children such as it ought always to be, not one of arbitrary control on the one hand and slavish submission on the other, but one of coöperation, or partnership, in which each should try to help the other to do and be their best, and should each realize the sacred duty of leaving one another free to follow, without hindrance, the path which they should feel called upon to pursue. It is no small thing to have laid open before us the methods of a grand and truly typical mother, one who had not the help of the usual environment, one who made herself her children's world. Were there more such mothers as Mrs. Willard, there would be more such daughters as hers.
The father in this story, while more reserved, and consequently less manifestly sympathetic than the mother, was a noble and gifted man, of sterling goodness, and great power in the lives of his children, to whom he was most devotedly attached. There is also a sweet young sister who brightened the family life for "nineteen beautiful years," and then left them for the home above, leaving with her latest breath a legacy of infinite value to her sister Frances in the simple words, "Tell everybody to be good."
There is a brother, too; a young man of great promise, endowed with rare genius, and of a most lovable nature, who left the world before he had had time to do more than make a passing mark on the annals of his own day, leaving behind him, however, a gentle widow, whose life and work have been and still are of great value to her family and the work of the Lord.
The book contains a history of the Woman's Crusade against the liquor traffic in 1874, and of what we are accustomed to call "its sober second thought"-the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, that great organization which Mary A. Livermore says is "so grand in its aims, so superb in its equipment, so phenomenal in its growth, and has done so much for woman as well
as for temperance, that it challenges the attention of Christendom, and excites the hope of all who are interested in the welfare of humanity."
Those who read between the lines of this book can not fail to see how largely the evolution of this mighty organization has been the work of its gentle, yet magnetic leader, whose wonderful administrative talent and superb tact, have given her an almost unparalleled success in controlling and guiding one of the greatest movements of modern times. Yet with all this success, Miss Willard is, I believe, truly humble minded. When calls come from every direction, and some seem to feel indignant, and others accuse her of one thing, and still others of another, and they fit her out with motives, knowing nothing whatever about the facts in the case, she writes after this fashion: "Am badgered to death and am not worried a hair-what do you make o' that? I fancy the explanation is that, unless I am an awfully deceived woman, I am desirous of doing God's will, and so the clamor on this footstool is like the humming of ''skeeters' outside the curtain. It rather lulls me into quiet." No one could realize more deeply than she does the truth that, "Except the Lord build the city, they labor in vain that build it," and she has always sought to commit her work and her ways to the keeping of the Divine Master, in a simple, child-like faith that He would lead her in the way she should go, and would make all her paths straight before her. That this faith has been answered to a remarkable degree the book before us will clearly show.
The beautiful illustrations of the book are entirely the work of the Woman's Temperance Publication Association, which is bringing it out. Miss Willard would not have felt willing in her own name to send forth such personal pictures for the public gaze, but she was obliged to yield in this, as in all else concerning the book, to the wishes and judgment of the white ribbon women, who, for once, have got the upper-hand of their leader, and greatly enjoy making her do their bidding. The W. T. P. A. took the whole responsibility of the illustrations, and has prepared this part of the volume in an unusually original and artistic manner.
Altogether, we of the W. C. T. U. of the United States look upon this book as a most creditable witness to the value of our organization and to the successful working of the Woman's


It's the final day of Digit-al Dozen Bling Week. I'll get to the "bling" at the end of the post. First, I have a new Pure Ice shade to show you…which is a little bit of a mystery. Maybe my sleuthing readers can solve it. (Or maybe by the time I post this, it will be old news!) So anyway, Pure Ice sent me a few polishes to review and in the package was this pretty periwinkle crème called Castle of Dreams. A note in the package said it was part of a new Limited Edition Collection called Belle of the Ball.
I've always been a fan of Pure Ice. For a polish that retails for only $1.99 at Walmart, the formulas are nice, the color range is huge, the glitters are complex and the fancy finishes (suede, matte, etc.) seem high end. Castle of Dreams was like the rest. It was smooth and opaque in two coats. So what's the mystery? Below is the only thing I know about this collection. There isn't any info on the Pure Ice website or Facebook. It's appears to be targeted at Prom season…which I believe is NOW, right?
I did find a blurb about the collection on the Beauty Blitz website. [Beauty Blitz was given an exclusive about this collection before Pure Ice could do any blogger outreach.] There's a giveaway scheduled for today! (Go enter!) But even in the giveaway announcement, there's no mention of what colors or how many colors are included in the collection. In fact, I don't even think the polishes in the picture are from the Belle of the Ball Collection. Castle of Dreams is #1046. Currently the Pure Ice site and the Bari Cosmetics site only go up to #1029.
Playful Princess (#1041) – A teal crème.
Riding in Style (#1042) – A blue-red or fuchsia crème? Shimmer.
Belle of the Ball (#1043) – Looks very similar to Riding in Style in the pics.
Touch of Glamour (#1044) – Maybe a coral-leaning pink crème?
Fairy Godmother (#1045) – Lavender Crème. Looks a little dusty.
And after all this googling…I find a facebook profile that has swatches of three of these shades! Are they in stores already and just haven't been publicized yet? Am I the last person on the planet to know? LOL. It wouldn't be the first time that's happened! I haven't checked my local Walmart. Maybe they were silently stocked and no one knows the difference? Well, hopefully they'll be more info soon and we can all race out to grab them before they're gone! I'll be sure to update this post as soon as I learn more.
Alright...so let's get to the bling. I realize this is a stretch, but I'm calling this "blingy" because the colors are so flashy. I actually did add some glitter to it - and it ruined it. :( In addition to Castle of Dreams I used two summery shades from the Pure Ice 2013 line-up. Wild Thing (#616CP) is a chartreuse creme and Flirt Alert (#617CP) is a bright pink. I used a few combos of colors. I love this!
So that concludes Digit-al Dozen week. June's theme is BOOKS. What? How? Help? Click the link below to see the other final manis from the rest of the Digit-al Dozen.


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Nils Gunnar Olof Almstedt, född 23 september 1926 i Söderhamn, död 5 november 2002 i Mariefred, var en svensk musiker (kontrabas). Hans smeknam som musiker var Gunnar "Ankan" Almstedt.

Han var gift med Sif Rigmor Almstedt (född den 27 juli 1931 i Fässberg) från den 24 oktober 1950 fram till hennes död den 3 augusti 2000.

1954 bildadade han tillsammans med bland andra Ove Lind och Bengt Hallberg Almstedt-Lindkvartetten, som spelade smågruppsswing i Benny Goodmans anda.

Ankan hade även i många år en Zoologisk affär i Södertälje men behöll musikintresset och musicerandet livet ut.

Filmografi roller
 - kontrabasist

Diskografi
1957 – Almstedt-Lindkvartetten med Bengt Hallberg. LP. Philips 63708507 - Utg. 1973.
1957 – Swingin' The Blues 1957/58. Gunnar Almstedt & Ove Lind. CD. Dragon DRCD 251 - Utg. 1993.
1997 – We'll Meet Again. LP. The Erstrand-Lind Quartet. CD. Phontastic NCD 8854

Referenser

Fotnoter

Män
Svenska jazzbasister
Svenska kontrabasister
Födda 1926
Avlidna 2002
Personer från Söderhamn


Ideally located on the sandy unspoilt shores of Cala Nova in Ibiza's bohemian north, laid-back and luxe beach restaurant Aiyanna pops open its iconic vibrant parasols for the first time this year on Tuesday April 16, 2019 from 1pm.
Serving fresh and organic produce, often picked just that morning from its neighbouring vegetable garden, the unassuming and totally charming restaurant is a delicious spot to while away a sunny al fresco afternoon, between dipping in and out of the still bracing Mediterranean. Pick up the kids from school and head straight to the beach; there's still a few weeks to savour before the tourist hordes arrive.


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Dalida María Benfield
Dalida María Benfield is a media artist and researcher who produces video, installations, archives, artists' books, workshops, and other pedagogical and communicative actions, across online and offline platforms and often, collectively.
Her current work, "los archivos del cuerpo (body files)" explores a decolonial feminist aesthetics and the poetics of knowledge sharing, taking the form of an online platform, an open access archive of art and writing, an installation, a video screening series, workshops, and print publications. Alongside her teaching in the VCFA Visual Art program, she is a Faculty Associate at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, where her research is on the politics and poetics of online video. Previously, she taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and from 1994 – 2007, she was a member of the artists' collective, Video Machete, which created open access media centers and free workshops as a practice of liberatory pedagogy. She collaborates extensively with transnational feminist research and activist media networks. Her work has exhibited internationally at the Espacio Parqueadero, Museo del Banco de La Republica, Bogotá, Colombia; Arte Nuevo Interactiva, Merida, Mexico; Galeria Arsenal, Bialystok, Poland; and in the U.S., the Fredric Jameson Gallery, Duke University; Playspace Gallery, California College of Art, San Francisco; and the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York. She writes and lectures extensively on decolonial and feminist media, and recent publications include "Flow" in Social Text/Periscope (July 2013), as well as chapters in Estéticas Descoloniales (Bogotá, Colombia: Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, 2012), Mapping Latina/o Studies: An Interdisciplinary Reader (New York: Peter Lang, 2012); Art and Social Justice Education: Culture as Commons (Routledge, 2012); and Making Our Media: Global Initiatives Toward a Democratic Public Sphere (Hampton Press, 2009). She has a Ph.D. (2011) from the University of California-Berkeley in Ethnic Studies with Designated Emphasis in Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies, and an MFA (1989) from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.


For most, magic is a punchline. Arrested Development painted the Bluth family's resident magician, Gob, as an incompetent and selfish buffoon. Furthermore, the society of magicians he belonged to boasted the tagline "We demand to be taken seriously." In reality, magic is an underrated art form. Performed correctly, magic combines dexterity and deception to make people believe anything is possible. Every so often, a magician steps into the mainstream. Houdini, James Randi, David Copperfield, David Blaine, and Criss Angel are household names. But Ricky Jay, the master of card manipulation, stands as one of magic's overlooked titans.
In his early life, Richard Jay Potash developed a love of magic. He performed in public for the first time at the age of seven. From then on, he became the youngest magician to perform a full magic act on television, the first magician to open for a rock band, and the first magician to perform in comedy clubs. Instead of big stage illusions, Jay opted for sleight-of-hand magic. He quickly developed a reputation as one of the fastest and most baffling sleight-of-hand magicians in history.
Jay took magic seriously and denounced any public knowledge of magic's secrets. However, he boasted a large collection of items important to the history of magic, including books and manuscripts. In addition to his incredible sleight of hand, the magician held the world record for playing-card throwing. He threw a single card 190 feet at a speed of 90 miles per hour. In his act, he used his card-throwing abilities to puncture the skin of a watermelon. Watch this amazing act below!
Of course, someone as prolific as Ricky Jay didn't stop at magic. Early in his career, he formed a close friendship with playwright David Mamet. Mamet directed three of his specials and cast him in several films. This began a decades-long acting career for the master of deception and he appeared in films such as The Prestige and Magnolia. But wait, there's more!
Jay authored eleven books and was praised as "the last of the great 19th century authors" by Charles McGrath. His writing work extended into screenwriting. Following his death, Christopher McQuarrie revealed the performer helped him write a pivotal action sequence in Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation.
Lastly, he contributed to the world of music. He collaborated with Bob Dylan on his music video Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum and released a box set of poker-related songs. All in all, Ricky Jay loved art and contributed to as much of the art world as possible.
On November 24th, 2018, Ricky Jay passed away. Further details about his death have not been released. He was 70 years old. However, some outlets reported he was 72 years old. He did not talk much about his early life or childhood, so his exact age is not known. And that is befitting for a man who made it his mission to leave people questioning facts and fiction.
So, while Ricky Jay wasn't a household name, he contributed more than a lot of folks can say to the world of magic, movies, theater, literature, and music. Above all, he was a sleight-of-hand artist, so I'll leave you with the opening card trick from his outstanding special Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants.


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De Banu Sulaym waren een Arabische stam afkomstig uit de Hidjaz en Nadjd regio's (het huidige Saoedi-Arabië). In navolging van de Banu Hilal, migreerden zij vanaf de 11e eeuw naar Noord-Afrika. Zij waren verantwoordelijk voor de introductie van nomadisme in Libië en de ingangzetting van het arabiseringsproces daar. Sneller dan andere regio's in noordelijk Afrika, zou Libië haar eeuwenoude Berberse identiteit kwijtraken.

De stam was onderverdeeld in vier sub-groepen: de Banu Hebib, de 'Awf, de Debbab en de Zegb. De Hebib vestigde zich in Cyrenaica, terwijl de overige groepen verder trokken naar Tripolitanië. Met hun komst onderging Libië een periode van chaos en stammenconflicten. Uiteindelijk greep de Debbab de macht in Tripolitanië.

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Passengers in Guadalajara complain of high prices, poor service and unsafe conditions.
With almost half the population living in poverty, public buses are the only viable means of transport for many Mexicans. But serious concerns have arisen over the safety, quality and cost of public transport in Guadalajara, Mexico's second biggest city, where bus drivers complain of exploitation and the number of bus-related deaths is alarmingly high.
There are no national records, but the Jalisco Attorney General's Office says that from 2007 to 2013 there were 317 fatalities involving public transport in Guadalajara alone. Of the 224 bus drivers charged with causing these deaths, 82 were convicted.
"It's a very grave problem," Oscar Mora Esquivias, legal director of public transport in Jalisco, told Al Jazeera. "Public transport was not necessarily responsible" for every fatality, Mora stressed, but he admitted that most of Guadalajara's 5,300 buses are dated and do not meet international standards… Click here to read this feature in full over at Al Jazeera.


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Major League Baseball Players Association Joins AFL-CIO
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Jeff BassanESPN
ESPN MLB Inside
Author of "The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of Sports' Most Important Commodity"
Major League Baseball Players' Association joined the AFL-CIO on Wednesday, cementing its ties to the larger labor movement as it seeks to significantly expand its membership through the Minor League Players Association.
MLBPA CEO Tony Clark announced the affiliation at the Q&A National Press Club in Washington Wednesday morning with AFL-CIO President Liz Schuller. The MLBPA will join unions representing men's and women's soccer players in the AFL-CIO Sports Council, which has 58 federations among its federations.
Fast-moving efforts to unite unions continued Tuesday when the union sought the MLB to voluntarily recognize the MLBPA as a bargaining agent for minor league players after more than half of the union's authorization cards were returned. If the MLB does not voluntarily recognize, players can petition the National Labor Relations Board for recognition if more than 50% of players who vote in the election choose to join a union.
"Strengthening the brotherhood of our players by bringing the minor leagues under our umbrella as well as joining the AFL-CIO – together, we'll get through that mess," Clark said. "Together we will work it out in a way that will serve as an additional reminder of the strength, unity, and value associated with focus and purpose – something that the labor movement has always been committed to."
Clark said the MLBPA was "encouraged, at least initially, with some of the dialogue we had" with the MLB. The official unions' efforts began 11 days ago with the distribution of union authorization cards, but "the engagement [with players] It's been done over several years," Clark said.
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"The junior league players are the backbone of our industry," Clark said. "It is important that they have a voice at the table. It is important that they have the opportunity to voice their concerns about fair wages and working conditions."
The focus on the treatment of minor league players has grown in recent years, with players becoming more vocal about annual salary below the poverty line among other issues.
When asked how the players — who get paid just about all seasonally between $400 and $700 a week before taxes — will pay union dues, Clarke said: "As minimal as it would be, if at all, it would go to reflect the interests of the players.
Currently, the MLBPA has 1,200 players on its 40-player major league team rosters. By expanding its rank and profile to include all members of organizations that play locally, the group can add more than 5,000 players.
"It wasn't about selling it to them," Clark said. "There was simply recognition of the challenges they faced. The cure is organization."
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New PS5 update rolls out with 1440p support, game menus and UX improvements
NASA chooses to fix the SLS Megarocket hydrogen leak on the launch pad


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import java.io.Serializable;

/**
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public abstract class DomainEvent implements Serializable {

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Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets has issued a new report titled, "Building Attached Photovoltaics Markets" that sees solid near term opportunities for the BAPV market.
It predicts the market will grow from $1.9bn this year to a peak of $5.9bn in 2017 before being surpassed by building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV).
The report analyses and pinpoints the opportunities that are likely to emerge in the BAPV market in the next few years. Within the report we quantify those opportunities in a series of forecast charts and tables that are provided in both value and volume terms. Volume shipments are forecasted in terms of area covered and MW shipped. Breakouts in the forecasts are provided by type of building, type of BAPV products roofing and key absorber materials used. In addition, we project the nations and regions that will generate the most revenues for BAPV.
According to NanoMarkets's new report, BAPV represents an immediate revenue opportunity for PV firms; $1.9bn in revenues this year growing to $4.6bn by 2015 and peaking at $5.9bn in 2017. While BAPV cannot match BIPV with respect to cost improvements on regular solar panels, BAPV does comes close to BIPV in terms of its ability to provide new/improved aesthetics and so can capitalise on potential customers who are put off by the conventional PV panel on a rack look.
Most BAPV today is implemented by simply disguising solar panels with architectural features or glazing them into windows or curtain wall. However, specialised BAPV products are beginning to appear on the market. The most common example of such a product is a roofing overlay product equipped with special clips and fasteners that make overlays easier to install. In addition, these special roofing overlay products often use lightweight thin-film PV materials that reduce the need for additional roofing support. The entire BAPV roofing overlay market is expected to reach $910m by 2015.
BAPV is already found in curtain walls, but NanoMarkets expects to find more BAPV in walls in the future. The drivers for this growth are that in many instances the roofs of commercial buildings are too cluttered to install sufficient PV, making the walls a good second choice. Even if the roof is not too cluttered, the roof may still not offer enough space for PV. In multistory buildings, the roof area is low compared with the amount of space in the building that must be powered. Also for zero-energy buildings, PV power demands can be quite considerable and both roofs and walls may have to be used for PV. Although negligible now, NanoMarkets expects total BAPV wall revenues to reach $480m by 2015.
Gases play a key role in the construction and installation of the technology used in solar panels. The boost in revenues in the US market will also, in turn, boost profits made by industrial gas companies.
Royal Dutch Shell has said that major construction had begun on the world's first floating vessel that will use new technology to produce liquefied natural gas aboard.
Air Products' goal is to share best practice solutions and commercialise new technologies for the foundry industry, across all the regions in which we operate," says Dave Saha, Air Products Director of International Application Technology, during a recent visit to South Africa.
Website and initiative focused on America's newfound opportunity to sell liquefied natural gas (LNG) to grow economy, create jobs and improve environment.


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Q: Capturing Image in Iphone I have a blank screen on which i click camera button and take photo and than that photo appears on my blank screen as a UIVIew and i'm adding multiple images from Camera to blank screen. The problem is sometimes i can add multiple images on blank screen but sometimes when i capture image and than all images on blank screen disappear and just shows the current image.

- (IBAction)openCameraOnAddButton:(id)sender {
//NSLog(@"openCameraOnAddButton");
[AddImagesToCanvasView setHidden:YES];
UIImagePickerController *picker = [[UIImagePickerController alloc] init];
picker.delegate = self;
picker.sourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeCamera;
[self presentModalViewController:picker animated:YES];

}
- (void)imagePickerController:(UIImagePickerController *)picker didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo:(NSDictionary *)info {
[picker dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
UIImage *image = [[info objectForKey:@"UIImagePickerControllerOriginalImage"] retain];

UIView *holderView;
if(image.size.width > image.size.height || image.size.width == image.size.height)
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    holderView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 180, 160)];
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A: Not sure but as you are doing all the operation UIImagePickerCotroller's delegate methods sometimes it may not work.
I faced same problem while storing the image in document directory & to resolve this i had created new Thread in didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo method & moved entire code in that method. Then after it works fine for me. Try to do that.


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Signing Ceremony confirms Australian Graduate School of Management and School of Management, Fudan University joint MBA Program
Friday, 14 November 2014 Media Alerts
A signing ceremony to seal the strategic partnership between the Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) at UNSW Australia Business School and the Fudan University School of Management was held in Shanghai on 14 November.
Professor Chris Styles (Dean of UNSW Business School), Professor Lu Xiongwen (Dean of Fudan University School of Management) and Professor Yin Zhiwen (Associate Dean of Fudan University School of Management) will attend the ceremony to mark the joining of two of the world's most highly regarded MBA programs.
Professor Chris Styles said: "On behalf of UNSW Australia I am honoured to be signing this Letter of Intent with Fudan University. Together over the past 12 months our two business schools have spent a lot of time designing an MBA program that addresses the needs of business leaders of the future in Australia, China and the region in an ever increasing global marketplace. An important part of this program is allowing students to focus on eBusiness and how innovative business models are shaping the future of business.
"This is an enormous development for UNSW Business School to be forging a strong alliance with such a highly ranked Chinese university. Fudan is at the very pinnacle of tertiary education and our students, staff and industry partners will benefit exponentially from this strategic partnership."
Professor Lu said: "We are looking forward to building upon our already strong relationship. Both our Business Schools are leaders in world class postgraduate management education and we envisage many opportunities for us to work together. It is important to our students that they receive high quality education that reflects the use of emerging technology and its applications within a global perspective."
At the signing ceremony the two Deans exchanged gifts to symbolise the historic moment.
The proposed program will be named MBA (eBusiness) to emphasise its special focus. The program will comprise studies in standard MBA foundation courses (such as Finance, Marketing and Strategy) along with specialist studies, eBusiness, and the way technology can transform business models. Nearly all of the courses will be taught at Fudan in Shanghai. The program also includes a course Doing Business in Australia that will be taught at AGSM in Sydney and will include a series of visits to global companies headquartered in Sydney and meetings with local business executives.
Course materials and most of the teaching will be in English. The courses will be delivered in an intensive mode.
The first intake of MBA students is expected to come from China; however, it is envisaged that the course will appeal to students from many other countries seeking business experience in China. The program will be compatible with other AGSM and Fudan MBA programs so that students in Sydney or Shanghai can join classes for individual courses of interest to them.
Graduates will receive an MBA (eBusiness) degree from AGSM (UNSW Australia) and a certificate of learning from Fudan University.
Subject to necessary government and other approvals, the MBA (eBusiness) program is expected to be launched in 2015.
About AGSM @ UNSW Business School, Australia
The Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) is the part of the UNSW Business School, based in Sydney, which focuses on Management Education and Leadership Development for those with professional work experience.
Through engagement, research and programs in the Asia Pacific, the Business School provides opportunities across the world's fastest growing economic market. Inspired by what they learn, graduates of the Business School become Australia's most successful leaders and entrepreneurs.
The AGSM MBA Program was recently ranked as the leading full-time MBA program in Australia and 62nd in the world in the Financial Times (UK) 2014 ranking of the top 100 MBA programs globally.
About Fudan School of Management
Long history of business education
As China's first higher education institution to establish the educational system of Business Administration, the century-old Fudan University launched its business discipline as early as in 1917, and later set up the School of Business in 1929. But management education was suspended in 1952, when the waves of restructuring hit all the universities and colleges nationwide. After China started to implement the reform and opening-up policy, Fudan University took the lead to resume management education, and started to enrol undergraduates for Management discipline in 1977. The University later set up the Department of Management Science in 1979 and finally re-established the School of Management in 1985.
Integrated disciplinary system
After the rapid development during the past two decades, the School now consists of 8 departments and 18 cross-disciplinary research centres/institutes. It offers 2 disciplinary doctoral degree programs, 10 PhD degree programs of specialist subjects, 15 master's degree programs of specialist subjects and 7 undergraduate programs. It also runs 4 mobile stations for post-doctoral research (including 1 established in cooperation with the School of Economics). The School also provides professional master's degree programs including MBA/EMBA, Master of Professional Accountants (MPAcc) program and doctor's degree program DBA.
Strong faculty team
As of the end of Oct. 2014, the school boasts a total of 151 faculty members, including 46 full professors and 64 associate professors. 94% of the faculty holds a PhD degree, among whom 57 faculty members obtained their degrees from overseas, accounting for 37.75% of the total faculty members.
Outstanding research strength
Several decades of hard work has led to great achievements in various disciplines and research areas, with some being highly influential both home and abroad, as well as a long list of top-level academic papers, theses and patents, an array of outstanding leaders in all kinds of academic research, and around one dozen high-quality research teams.
Every year, many students are attracted to FDSM for further studies due to its rigorous scholarship and favourable learning environment. The School has developed batches of management elites since its re-establishment. As of the end of Oct. 2014, the number of FDSM alumni has reached more than 34000.
Leading international accreditations
In order to promote exchanges and cooperative research with the world's top business schools and develop more diversified global resources, the School also joined many prestigious international organisations for business education. In 2007, FDSM was admitted as a formal member of the Partnership in International Management (PIM) and later became the 173rd full member of Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) in 2009. Meanwhile, the School was awarded the EQUIS Accreditation by EFMD in 2009 and then achieved the AACSB Accreditation in 2010 within the shortest period of time in the world. In the 2012 EQUIS re-accreditation, the School obtained the accreditation with a period of 5 years, which is the very first business school in Mainland China with such recognition of the School's overall quality by EFMD.
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Грилья́ж ( — жарение) — восточная сладость из застывшего сахаро-паточного сиропа с измельчёнными орехами. Различают грильяж как самостоятельное изделие в виде плоских прямоугольников, так и грильяжные конфеты.

Грильяж выпускается в России промышленным способом со времён СССР.

Виды
 твёрдый (например, конфеты «Грильяж в шоколаде») — классический сорт. Влажность 0,7—2,3 %.
 мягкий (конфеты «Грильяж Киевский») — с добавлением сливочного масла. Влажность 5—5,5 %.
 фруктовый (конфеты «Серенада») — с фруктово-ягодными добавками.

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Сахаристые восточные сладости
Советские конфеты


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