Yumm! Everyone of us love Lychee fruit. It is one of the most exotic and dearly loved fruit. Do you know this fruit also has a lot of benefits hidden in it. Today we will be talking about 5 health benefits of lychee.
Litchi or Lychee is a juicy and red colored fruit that is very fabulous in taste. Litchi is a translucent, glossy, sweet and a delicious mouthwatering fruit. It is also called "Queen of fruits".
Being yummy and gorgeous, this fruit is also rich in medicinal properties. Mostly, litchi is known as the super fruit of summers.
This exotic fruit belongs to the Sapindaceae family and botanically it is known as "Litchi chinensis".
Litchi is full of both nutritional as well as health enhancing elements. Litchi is rich in carbohydrates, Vitamin C, A and B-complex.
This super fruit is also rich in many minerals like potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus and iron. Because of all these properties, litchi becomes a type of health treasure for us.
Now we shall be talking about the health benefits of Lychee.
As we know that litchi is full of medicinal properties; it is best suited to prevent all types of cardiac ailments and most important the blood pressure.
Potassium and copper are abundantly found in litchi. These two minerals are responsible to strengthen the cardiac walls, hence preventing the heart attacks.
The phytochemicals present in litchi rapidly enhances the RBCs (Red Blood Corpuscles) in our body. As the nature of litchi is cooling effect, it stabilizes our blood pressure.
The minerals also aid the fluent passage of blood in the veins and keep us free from ailments.
Litchi contains 83% of water in it. It is a light and watery gel kind of fruit that heals the problem of dehydration in us. It is a very nutritious and watery fluid type of fruit.
Its regular intake finalizes the problem of dehydration and makes our hydrated, plump and youthful.
Litchi fruit is good remedy for stabilizing the pH level in the body. It also aids in gastrointestinal form of ailments and minor disorders like indigestion, constipation, internal swelling, acidity, loss of fluids and so on.
In short, we can that litchi is a very effective medicinal fruit for preventing all kinds of stomach related disorders.
This super fruit is a good appetizer too. Intake of litchi activates our energy providing cells. Litchi contains "Niacin" as the constituent element that revitalizes our steroid hormone and hemoglobin that are responsible for the production of energy.
Those who intake litchi as their daily diet, are relieved from stress, fatigue and are active throughout the day even while working. Litchi is like glucose that is like instant energy booster.
According to the studies and experiments, it has been proved that litchi fruit is capable to hinder the growth of carcinogens (cancer causing pathogens). Litchi is rich in Vitamin C, Flavonoids, Quercitin and antioxidants.
These elements act as the barrier against cancers specially the breast cancer. The Vitamin C present in litchi increases the production of RBCs (Red Blood Corpuscles) and builds up the immunity.
Litchi also contains many other nutrients like riboflavin, beta-carotene, folate and Vitamin B in a huge amount that regulates the digestive system and growth of WBCs (White blood Corpuscles) that are responsible for the production of antibodies in our body.
How it should be taken?
Lychee should not be eaten in excess amount. For healthy person 10-11 litchis is enough in daily basis. Excess intake can lead to disorders like headache, allergies, cold and so on.
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Heretic is een computerspel ontwikkeld door Raven Software en uitgegeven door id Software en GT Interactive voor DOS. Het first-person shooterspel is uitgekomen in de VS op 23 december 1994.

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De Serpent Riders gebruikten hun magie om de zeven koningen van Parthoris te bezitten en zo hun legers aan te sturen. De Sidhe bleken immuun voor de magie, waarop de Serpent Riders hen de oorlog verklaarden. De Sidhe worden gedwongen om een drastische maatregel te nemen om de natuurlijke macht van de koningen te vernietigen.

Ontvangst

Shadow of the Serpent Riders
Shadow of the Serpent Riders is een uitbreidingspakket voor Heretic dat bestaat uit twee nieuwe hoofdstukken waarin het verhaal verder gaat. Het uitbreidingspakket werd als losstaande versie in maart 1996 verkocht, waarbij het originele spel werd stopgezet.

In het eerste hoofdstuk, The Ossuary, reist de speler naar een vervallen wereld die eeuwen geleden is vernietigd door de Serpent Riders. Het tweede hoofdstuk, The Stagnant Demesne, neemt de speler mee naar D'Sparils geboorteplek.

Shadow of the Serpent Riders was de eerste uitgave van Heretic in Europa.

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CHILDREN of the slain All Progressives Congress, APC, chairmanship candidate for Jeremi Ward III, Jeremiah Oghoveta, have all received scholarship awards from the senator representing Delta Central senatorial district, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege.
The lawmaker announced the award at Okwagbe in Ughelli South local government area of Delta State during his ward to ward campaign ahead of the 2019 general elections.
The lawmaker who was accompanied on the trip by the APC candidate for Ughelli South, Koyoyo Urhrorho and House of Representative candidate for Ughelli North, Ughelli South and Udu federal constituency, Francis Waive and a host of other party chieftains, also visited Owhawha, Jeremi, Agbon Olomu, Oviri Olomu and a host of other communities in Udu and Ughelli South council areas.
Leaders in the communities in their respective address to the senator, promised to mobilise their people to vote for him en masse come February 16 during the national assembly elections.
Harping on the importance of peace during elections, Omo-Agege said: "I will like to express my heartfelt condolence to the Oghoveta family over the demise of their son who died during the APC congress leaving behind seven children and his wife.
Addressing scores of party faithful at Okwagbe, Omo-Agege explained the delay trailing the commencement of the proposed Okwagbe Seaport noting that the federal government has approved a River Port in the area based on advice from NIWA and promised that upon his return to the Senate, he would pursue the release of funds for the commencement of the project.
Shedding light on his market women empowerment scheme, the lawmaker said: "I have given a non-refundable cash grant of N20, 000 each to 6,250 market women drawn from markets in all the eight local government areas in Delta Central Senatorial District and 300 Okada Riders in Ughelli, Udu and Sapele in a bid to boost their small businesses.


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Water chapter in Sustainabi...
Moving and preserving water in an energy-efficient way is our business. This is where we can make a positive difference.
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With Grundfos Safe Water initiatives, we have achieved our goals to provide basic water access for 1 million people in 2020.
Partnership with C40
Our partnership with C40, an organisation created and led by megacities, continues to provide a strong foundation for cities to tackle drought and flooding issues due to climate change.
Treating and reusing water in industry
Our ambition is to enable our end-users to save 50 billion m³ of water by 2030 through water efficiency and water reuse. We do this by building on the foundation we already have: quality pumps that are used in industrial water treatment systems.
Some of our solutions include: Grundfos dosing and disinfecting solutions, Grundfos Smart Filtration Suite and Grundfos Demand Driven Distribution, which supported a water supply plant in Italy to save 58,000 m³ of water with an annual energy saving of around 110,000 kWh.
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Our business unit SafeWater provides and improves access to clean and safe water. This year, we have achieved our goal to improve access to clean and safe water for 1 million people.
This year also marks the last year of a five year program with World Vision, with the goal to reach 2 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa with clean water, and with 2.4 million people reached, we have surpassed this goal.
Video: Water reuse turns wastewater into resource at our plant, Bjerringbro.
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We must keep innovating and continue to make bold choices to bring even more energy-efficient solutions to the market.
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Read SafeWater's story
In 2020 we used the World Resources Institute water risk map to chart all of our sites, using the findings to draw up a five-year plan to address the challenges that were identified. The initiative found that 44 of our sites are located in waterstress areas.
In 2020, we withdrew 318,469 m³ of water, 67,591 m³ less than in 2019, and a 51% reduction compared with 2008. The figures suggest that we have reached our 2025 goal to halve our water withdrawal against the 2008 baseline.
We are currently looking into what we will do next.
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By strengthening our network of global partners, we can achieve our ambition of providing a safe, reliable and sustainable supply of water anywhere to anyone.
We are active members of the City Advisory Group in C40, support the EU Water Framework Directive and the W12 congress.
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For ten years Pier travelled early by public transport.
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A business in financial difficulty had been placed in administration, and the appointed administrator dismissed a very large number of employees. Those employees appealed to the courts for payment of salaries, various other unpaid claims and compensation for dismissal provided for by the company's collective agreement.
The appointed administrator stated his obligation to honour the company's other debts in order to explain non-payment of the amounts mentioned above. In order to justify the primacy of the other debts over those of the employees, the defendant based his defense on the provisions of the law on commercial businesses, limiting the privilege of wage claims to a maximum of 4000 Kenyan shillings or four months of salary, the lower amount of the two to serve as reference.
After recalling that the law on commercial businesses had not been updated for a long time, the Court emphasized that at the time of the trial 4000 Kenyan shillings were the equivalent of less than one month's minimum salary. The Court then pointed out that the labour legislation adopted more recently remained silent concerning several aspects of the protection of wage claims. However, those gaps did not prevent the existence of contradictions between the labour legislation and the law concerning commercial businesses.5 Even though the contradictory provisions identified by the Court were not directly applicable to this case, they expressed, nonetheless, a much more favourable general approach to the protection of wage claims and were clearly incompatible with the Article of commercial law mentioned above.
In order to right those contradictions, to interpret the silence in the labour legislation and finally to be able to determine to what extent the workers' claims should be protected, the Court decided to examine the position of international labour law on this issue. In justification of its approach, the Court referred to various courts decisions from common law countries that referred to international law in the event of gaps in legislation.6 The Court then examined ILO Conventions Nos. 95 (Protection of Wages) and 173 (Protection of Workers' Claims (Employer's Insolvency)) even though they had not been ratified by Kenya. The Court emphasized Article 7 of ILO Convention No. 173. That Article stipulates that if domestic legislation limits the privileged protection applicable to wage claims to a certain amount, that ceiling should be socially acceptable and revised periodically.
From the General Survey of the Committee of Experts, the Court pointed out that the need to provide special protection for workers' claims was a very widely accepted principle at the international level, taking into account the central importance of wages for the maintenance of the workers. The Court also stressed the paragraph of the study linking the protection of wages and the right to decent remuneration, as recognized by Article 23 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Basing its reasoning on ILO Conventions Nos. 95 and 173 and on the Committee of Experts' views regarding these instruments, the Industrial Court of Kenya decided that the salaries and other benefits corresponding to the period immediately prior to the dismissal had to be guaranteed up to a limit of four months. All other claims owed under the law, the business's collective agreement and employment contracts, were to be guaranteed up to a limit not exceeding the equivalent of twelve months of salary.
1 ILO Convention on Protection of Wages, 1949 (No. 95); ILO Convention on the Protection of Workers' Claims (Employer's Insolvency), 1992 (No. 173).
4 India and United Kingdom.
5 The Court pointed out, for example, that in the event of the existence of a court order requiring an employer to pay commercial debts, those debts could not be paid until wage claims had been paid.
6 Specifically, the case Vishaka of the Supreme Court of India.
7 ILO: Minimum Wages, General Survey of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations, Report III(4B), International Labour Conference, 79th session, Geneva, 1992.


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Q: Ограничение на выбор checkbox У меня есть 2 блока с чекбоксами. Нужно, чтобы из блока 'a' можно было отмечать только 5 чекбоксов, а из блока 'b' только 2.
Раньше пользовался таким методом
$(document).ready(function() {
  $(":checkbox").click(function() {
    if($(":checked").length>2) this.checked = false;
  });
});

Он работает, но действует на все чекбоксы. Помогите доработать код.
A: Почему бы не сделать так:
$(':checkbox').on('click', function() {
    var $block = $(this).parents('[data-max]');
    if ($block.find(':checked').size() > $block.data('max')) {
        this.checked = false;
    }
});

В каждом блоке в data-аттрибуте max храним максимальное количество чекбоксов, которое можно отметить в этом блоке, при клике сравниваем текущее и максимальное значение.
http://jsfiddle.net/8v43E/
Другой вариант - вешать обработчик click не на все чекбоксы страницы, а на блоки, в которые они заключены. Тогда максимальное количество выбранных чекбоксов можно будет не хранить в DOM:
function initBlock(selector, max) {
    var $block = $(selector);
    $(selector + ' :checkbox').on('click', function() {
        if ($block.find(':checked').size() > max) {
            this.checked = false;
        }
    });
}

initBlock('#blockA', 5);
initBlock('#blockB', 2);

http://jsfiddle.net/49PTs/

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More Money Savvy with Babson Financial Literacy Project
By Jeannine Stein
Rolando Rojas Bonilla is no stranger to the subject of finance; he just completed the finance track at the nonprofit job training organization Year Up. But personal finance? That's another story.
The 24-year-old from Cambridge wanted to save and build his credit, but didn't know the best way to reach those goals. Bonilla found answers in a Babson financial literacy workshop where he learned about loans and credit cards and how to create a savings plan, things he didn't find out at home or in a classroom.
"My favorite part was about setting financial goals," he says, adding that in the workshop, objectives were broken down into time periods—how many years it would take to save for a house, for example. "Before this, I had been thinking of personal goals, but didn't know when I was going to achieve them. Now, I know how much I need to save in five years."
Helping Young People Thrive
Three years in the making and formally launched last November, the Babson Financial Literacy Project (BFLP) teaches young adults solid financial information in areas such as budgeting, borrowing, credit scores, saving, insurance, investing, and more.
Started by Babson faculty Jennifer Bethel and Kathleen Hevert, and alumnus and entrepreneur-in-residence Stephen Martiros '83, MBA'85, P'21 '21, the project was piloted with Babson undergraduates, and has offered workshops to the broader community at Babson Boston and the Boston Public Library.
"If you can change the direction of someone's life a little bit, they have a tremendous lift," says Martiros, founder of Financial Building Blocks, an unbiased online educational platform to help people learn basic personal finance. "They go from just bumping along to getting focused on their habits, choices, and goals."
Part of the program's uniqueness is found in the delivery method. Instead of dry classroom sessions and PowerPoint presentations, the information is presented in an informal style, and includes short case studies and workshops that are interactive. A goal of BFLP is for meetings to be led by trusted people from within a community or organization, instead of complete strangers.
"Our vision was we wanted to reach out to young adults who didn't have access to resources to learn about financial literacy," Bethel says. "A lot of families do not talk about money. Maybe they don't understand it, and maybe they do—but it's just not in the conversation."
Not all high schools and colleges include financial literacy in their curricula, leaving many students stumped about how to open bank accounts, handle credit cards, pay off student loans, and save for retirement.
Financial Literacy: A Global Concern
This is "a global problem," says Robin Kahn, an executive in residence who is helping build the BFLP. "Almost half the people in this country can't cover a $400 emergency expenditure without having to borrow money. It's hard to imagine living your life that way—the amount of stress, and the terrible outcomes that come from that."
No special financial skills are needed to become a workshop leader, since teaching materials are made available. Hevert says that the project's train-the-trainer model relies on "bringing respected members of partner organizations into our system, giving them access to all our materials, and teaching them to facilitate case discussions."
Having complete strangers ask participants to do challenging things like give up immediate gratification (an impulse buy) for delayed gratification (establishing retirement savings) may not go over well. "But, if someone who really knows them and is inspirational and can motivate them to want to give up time to learn this material, that could be a game changer."
"We feel this is consistent with Babson's mission to create economic and social value everywhere," adds Hevert. "What could be better than teaching people outside of Babson how to manage their finances?"
Expanding the Audience
Besides the Boston Public Library, the BFLP has brought workshops to the education support group City Year. The project also has developed a workshop for the local philanthropic group Foundation for MetroWest, and is beginning to work with Wellesley College, families of students in the Boston Public Schools, and an employee resource group at Iron Mountain.
Bethel says this year the BFLP hopes to solidify those relationships and develop more partnerships with social service organizations, colleges, and companies. The plan also includes developing a sustainable financial model via fundraising and partnering with companies that want to support their endeavors.
As much as the team is eager to boost individuals, the positive ripple effects of the BFLP are not lost on them.
"If people are distracted by their finances, then they're not very productive employees," Hevert says. "But, also, the more financial stability you can create in individual households, the more they're able to hire that cleaning person or get their cars repaired. All that spending and the wise decisions people make create a prosperous and stable society."
Bonilla continues to learn more about personal finances on his own; one resource he's tapping into is the BFLP's Knowledge Center, with links to recent related news stories, government and industry reports, and academic research. "My goals have changed a little since the workshop," he says, "but in financial terms, I feel more educated."
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Macmillan. Books Without Pronoun
Did you hear? Just a little over 1 year after acquiring Pronoun.com, Macmillan pulls the plug.
(tombstone graphic from Pixabay.com)
Pronoun may not have been a household name, but they were a clever new entry into the multiple ebook retailer distributor ring with Smashwords and Draft2Digital. One thing they somehow managed that no one else could was to publish to Google Play for those of us not already an Approved Partner. Their site was slick and easy to use and I was looking forward to putting the rest of my library onto Google Play.
I guess I waited too long.
While there is certainly a story here about the publishing industry making odd decisions as a whole (refusing to admit that ebooks are the wave of the future, for one), I'm left stymied as to how Pronoun managed to get new work into Google Play, and why D2D or Smashwords can't do the same?
Google Play is on every Android phone out there. All billion+? That seems like a pretty big market.
This is what I got by e-mail from Pronoun:
Two years ago Pronoun set out to create a one-of-a-kind publishing tool that truly put authors first. We believed that the power of data could be harnessed for smarter book publishing, leveling the playing field for indie authors.
We are proud of the product we built, but even more so, we're grateful for the community of authors that made it grow. Your feedback shaped Pronoun's development, and together we changed the way authors connect with readers.
Unfortunately, Pronoun's story ends here.
While many challenges in indie publishing remain unsolved, Macmillan is unable to continue Pronoun's operation in its current form. Every option was considered before making the very difficult decision to end the business.
As of today, it is no longer possible to create a new account or publish a new book. Pronoun will be winding down its distribution, with an anticipated end date of January 15, 2018. Authors will still be able to log into their accounts and manage distributed books until that time.
For the next two months, our goal is to support your publishing needs through the holiday season and enable you to transition your books to other services. For more detail on how this will affect your books and payments, please refer to our FAQ.
Thank you for the time and attention you've contributed to this experience. It has been a privilege to publish together, and we look forward to meeting again. #keepwriting
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scuba diving: coron shipwrecks | loveliness.
This post is part love affair, part horror story, but that's ok because it has a happy ending. While we were in the Philippines we decided to make the trip to Coron because we'd heard over and over again how amazing the diving is there, because there are several sunken ships to dive, a remnant of the Japanese fleet from WWII. We'd done one shipwreck dive in Bali, and loved it so much, that we were completely stoked to do it again.
If you've been to the Philippines, you probably know already that things tend to work a little differently here than in other places. I've been diving quite a bit, in many different countries, and the safety standards are usually pretty much the same but after arriving in Coron, we realized that most of the shipwreck dives are supposed to be for advanced divers only.
We thought we wouldn't be able to dive them, but after visiting 4 different dive shops, all of them told us basically the same thing, that even though most of the wrecks were over 30M deep, and we're technically only certified to dive to 18M, and we aren't certified for wreck diving, that it wasn't a problem, and that in the Philippines "we don't have to follow the rules".
Now, let me stop and say that obviously, in the end it was my choice to go. Nobody forced me, and even thought I felt kind of uncomfortable, I wanted to try it so I went anyway.
We were supposed to dive 3 wrecks, the Tangat, the Olympia, and the East Tangat. The Tangat was the first wreck, and it was also the deepest. Everything went smoothly for the first half of the dive, the wreck was amazing, and there was so much to see.
I have to admit at this point that I am a bit claustrophobic, but it's never been a problem for me before when I was diving. As long as I can keep moving in any direction at a constant pace, I never feel too boxed in (for me, as true as in life as it is in diving).
This dive was different than any I'd done before because the water was very murky, and because we were down so far, and also so deep inside the ship, it was pretty dark, and we need to bring a flashlight with us to see anything.
We were inside the ship, and our guide was moving very slowly, basically stopped, to play with some clams and other little fishes on the bottom of the deck we were swimming on. I started looking around, and saw our bubbles coming out of our mouths, up to the opening of the deck above, and when it hit the opening, there was an effect like a shimmering mirror, and it looked really neat.
But as soon as I saw it, my stomach flipped, and I started feeling like a heavy weight was on my chest. I could feel myself starting to panic, but I tried to keep calm and kept breathing as normally as I could. Right then, our guide indicated to us that we were going to be going down another opening into the deck below, and I knew I shouldn't do it, and indicated that I needed to surface.
We were down at least 35M, and at that depth you have to take your time to go up, and take decompression stops so your body can get rid of the excess nitrogen from breathing compressed air under the pressure of that much water. Our guide was totally great about it, and started getting us out of the ship and back up slowly to the surface. I felt better as soon as we were out of the wreck, even though we were still down pretty deep, but thought I better go up anyway.
I went up and hung out on the boat for a bit, while the rest of the group (there were only 3 of us) went back down and finished the dive. After lunch and a surface interval, it was time to do the second dive. I wasn't sure if I should do it, but I talked to the guide, and we made an alternate plan for if I was feeling uncomfortable going into the wreck.
We started descending to the Olympia, and I was feeling good about it, but the visibility was really bad, and as soon as we got to the entrance to the first deck of the ship, I started feeling claustrophobic again, and had to come up almost immediately. The second time was actually worse than the first time, we were down about 30M, and I really started to panic.
I couldn't breathe, I was hyperventilating and crying into my mask. I had to force myself to stay where I was and keep breathing normally, even though a big part of me just wanted to go up as fast as possible. The 3 minute safety stop was probably the longest 3 minutes of my life. Needless to say, I skipped the third dive.
In a way I'm kind of glad it happened, just because I always wondered how I would react in an emergency situation as a diver, and I think I handled it pretty well. If I hadn't been able to keep calm and force myself to follow the procedure, it could have been really bad. It also gave me a brand new respect for people who suffer from anxiety and panic attacks, because that was definitely not fun.
So the moral of that story is, I'm probably never going to be a wreck diver, and enclosed spaces and I will never be friends. But if you are in Coron, and you are certified, definitely make it a point to dive some of the wrecks, because I was down there long enough to see how amazing they were.
Felt the same way when diving in Coron. I've always loved the water and diving was all kinds of happy when I get to see all those fishes and reefs, but I don't know. I felt so constrained when we went to see the shipwrecks, and I couldn't even go deep. Still admire you though, for trying again with the Olympia.
That's exactly how I felt Louise, I was worried I wouldn't be able to dive again after that, because I'd never experienced anything like that, but I just went wreck diving in Hawaii a few days ago, and it was scary but I did it!
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DoT customer charter
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Contacts & Services - all contact details in one location
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Find out about the role and structure of the Department of Transport and partnerships with other agencies and the community.
DoT has been operating in its current form since 1 July 2009, after the former Department for Planning and Infrastructure was split into three new agencies.
Now working alongside Main Roads Western Australia and the Public Transport Authority (PTA), DoT recognises that transport is about people - connecting the community and ensuring everyone is able to get to where they need to be.
DoT's key focus is on operational transport functions and strategic transport planning and policy, across the range of public and commercial transport systems that service Western Australia.
We connect people with goods and services through an intricate system of roads, railways, airports, ports and waterways and educate and regulate to keep them safe within those networks. We coordinate and prioritise the transport related infrastructure that allows our economy to grow.
With more than 1000 employees, we have the expertise to deliver and connect Western Australia, acting with integrity and the public's best interests at heart.
Public Sector Commission (PSC): Code of ethics
Our strategic direction
Transport is about more than roads, boats, planes and trains - it's about people. People getting to work, home and anywhere they need to be, safely and efficiently.
The Transport Portfolio's three agencies - DoT, Main Roads WA and the PTA - work collaboratively to ensure WA is a great place to live and visit.
DoT's Strategic Direction guides our priorities and the way we do business now and in the future.
We plan and deliver transport solutions for the prosperity of Western Australians.
Structure of the Department
DG Richard Sellers
In order to integrate and enhance the coordination of the State's transport operations, regulatory functions and policy development processes, the Government appointed one person to head DoT, Main Roads WA and the PTA.
Richard Sellers
As head of the Transport portfolio, Mr Richard Sellers is responsible for setting the strategic direction of transport for the State, shaping the development of all major integrated transport plans and leading the implementation of some of WA's most transformational capital projects.
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Minister for Transport
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Minister for Regional Development; Agriculture and Food; Ports;
Minister Assisting the Minister for State Development, Jobs and Trade
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Noble Offshore has over 10 years of maritime experience, many of them dedicated to ensuring the huge variety of vessels used to ship crude oil and refined products on rivers, lakes and most importantly the world's oceans are designed built and operated safely and effectively.
In addition there are chemical tankers, gas tankers (LPG and LNG) along with numerous other lesser-known tanker types carrying liquids including wine and water.
From the initial concept to finished design, Noble Offshore is at the forefront of vessel design, upgrade and conversion. With extensive in-house engineering and design experience, Noble Offshore provides a comprehensive range of engineering services from concept and basic design through to detailed engineering.
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During a vessel's construction or upgrade of any vessel, Noble Offshore provides specialist site personnel to represent the owner or shipyard throughout the work from keel laying to delivery.
These specialists ensure that the delivered unit meets the design specifications and terms of the contract and delivered to the owner's satisfaction. They certify that the class Rules have been followed and for example, the main mechanical and electrical systems have been installed correctly.
The team is often supplemented during the critical commissioning, tests, and trials phase of the project. We can also manage the construction of the mooring system and installation onboard prior to installation on site.
The global tanker fleet is a diverse collection ranging from small coastal vessels to huge ultra large crude carriers (ULCC) capable of carrying 500,000 bbls of crude oil. The age profile is also wide with some tankers built in the 1960s, still operating, while newbuilidngs continue to be developed. Noble Offshore is well place to service this diversity with over 100 years of experience.
Noble Offshore provides tailored single-point moorings and terminal moorings for a variety of clients. This work may include the co-ordination and supervision of system installations, provision of superintendents and mooring masters and equipment or support craft. All activities are carried out in accordance with national, international, and industry guidelines.
Safety, environmental protection and incident-free operations are the highest priorities for owners and contractors operating an offshore platform or vessel. Many of the incidents, spills and accidents that impact on tankers can be traced the 'human factor'. Noble Offshore is working hard to minimise these problems and has set targets of zero personnel injuries, zero spills, and zero equipment damage combined with minimum risk to profitability. Because of the high risks associated with tanker operations, eg. oil spills and environmental damage, Noble Offshore ensures its surveyors and engineers are kept fully aware of relevant class Rule changes, technology and legislation.


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Q: How to control display in UIPickerView using selected state of button hi i have used UIButton and also UIpickerview,when i select value(select team) ,the value is changed(india).but
when i hold the button(india) ,the value is changed to initial value(select team).if i release the button from pressing ,the value is changed(india).but i want to do when i hold , the button must show (india) ...i want to use selected state configuration...anyhelp?

A: What is value here? UIPicker's value? or it's some other control in your view?
Check out Highlighted state for UIButton in Interface Builder... hope this helps!


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The effects of a service learning program on student academic performance and attendance
Jane McGee Allison, Tennessee State University
This study examined the historical perspective, components, and current research regarding the benefits of service-learning to students, the school, and the community. Specifically, the effects of one service-learning program on student grade point average and attendance were examined. This study utilized eight years of archival data from an experimental group and a control group. The experimental group was comprised of high school students who completed both years of a two-year course. The second year of this course was a service-learning class. A randomly selected equivalent control group was comprised of students who completed both years of a two-year course which had no service-learning class. An unpaired t-test and a Mann-Whitney U test were used. Because of the large number of subjects (698), a .01 level of significance was used. The data analysis showed that both the experimental group and the control group experienced increases in grade point average from one year to the next. However, the service-learning group had significantly greater increases in grade point average than the control group. Data analysis also revealed that both the experimental group and the control group had increases in absences from one year to the next. The experimental (service-learning) group had a significantly greater number of absences than the control group.
Secondary education|Curricula|Teaching
Jane McGee Allison, "The effects of a service learning program on student academic performance and attendance" (2003). ETD Collection for Tennessee State University. Paper AAI3107454.


Chest CT scan with contrast of a living patient suffering from an airway stenosis. The patient cannot breathe normally because of a reduction of the section of the airway. Treatment consists in implanting an airway stent to get a normal airway section.


The event, held between 6 and 8 of November, began on Monday afternoon with greetings by E. Sylvester Vizi, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Friends of Hungary Foundation and former President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Speaking to journalists who had arrived from around the world, President Vizi argued that this conference presented an opportunity to meet "face-to-face with Hungary", as opposed to what he described as the often unreliable sources that can be found abroad. The participants of the conference, who were also welcomed with a lengthy opening speech by John O'Sullivan, President of the Budapest-based conservative think tank Danube Institute, work for various well-known media outlets around the world, including The Daily Telegraph, Le Figaro, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and the National Review.
The first speaker of the conference was Gábor Orbán, Chief Executive Officer of Hungarian pharmaceutical company Gedeon Richter Plc., who spoke about Richter's activities and massive contributions to the Hungarian economy. The second presentation was delivered by Dániel Palotai, chief economist at the National Bank of Hungary (MNB). He spoke about the central bank's role in Hungary's economic policy turnaround from 2010 onward. Monday's third and last speaker, László Balogh, Deputy State Secretary for Financial Policy Affairs at the Ministry for National Economy, explained what is behind the figures of Hungary's rapid economic recovery in recent years.
The morning programme on Tuesday was opened by Balázs Fürjes, Government Commissioner for Major Budapest Developments. In his presentation entitled "Budapest, A Global Sport Capital", he touched upon Hungarian sport projects, including the success of the FINA Budapest 2017 Aquatics World Championships, and the failure of the Budapest 2024 Olympic bid. Mr. Fürjes was followed by László Baán, Director General of the Museum of Fine Arts, who spoke about the so-called "Liget-project", the large-scale renovation of the Budapest City Park that includes the establishment of a new Hungarian Museum Quarter.
Following this, two presentations were held on Jewish cultural and religious life in the Hungarian capital. The first was held by Gábor Deák, Founder of the Hungarian Jewish Cultural Association and curator of the Lauder Javne Jewish Community School, while the second was delivered by Chief Rabbi István Darvas, who offered an insight into the past and present of the neolog Judaism in Hungary. The Jewish panel of the conference was closed by Ádám Jusztin, head of Maccabian VAC Hungary, who spoke not only about the history of the Hungary's Jewish Fencing and Athletics Club (VAC) but also about the upcoming European Maccabi Games, which will be held in Budapest in the summer of 2019.
Tuesday's afternoon was dominated by discussions about the most urgent political issues, including the migration crisis and the debates over the future of the European Union. The first such lecture was held by Justice Minister László Trócsányi, who spoke about the new Hungarian Fundamental Law as well as Hungary's 10-year experience with the EU, which in his view suffers both from "legitimacy deficit" and "overbureaucratic" administration. Trócsányi's presentation was followed by Zsolt Németh's speech. The Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Hungarian National Assembly analyzed Hungarian foreign policy, and harshly criticized the idea of creating a "United States of Europe." A highly controversial issue, namely Hungary's strict immigration policies, were in the focus of the next presentation delivered by György Bakondi. According to Bakondi, the Chief Security Adviser to the Prime Minister, uncontrolled mass immigration is a seedbed of terrorism and poses a constant security threat to Europe. For this reason, Bakondi claimed, Hungary had no choice but to construct its southern border fence in 2015.
The next speaker, István Mikola, State Secretary for Security Policy and International Cooperation, fully agreed with Trócsányi's and Bakondi's assessments and shared his personal experiences about the civilizational challenges Europe faces today from the direction of the Middle East and Africa. This was followed by a talk by Péter Heltai, Ambassador-at-Large of the Hungary Helps Initiative, who claimed that despite difficulties, Hungary does its best to supports and help these crisis regions, and persecuted Christians in particular. Following this, József Czukor, Overall Foreign Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister, spoke, arguing that the journalists should gain a deeper understanding of Hungarian and Central European culture and history before judging the Visegrad countries' political moves. Last, but not least, Lajos Kathy Horváth spoke to the audience. The renowned Roma violinist, composer and Director of the Roma Education and Cultural Centre in Budapest, highlighted the Roma community's valuable contribution to Hungary and Europe, while also calling for more attention to Roma people in need.
During the downtime of the conference, participants had the opportunity to visit the main touristic and architectural attractions of Budapest, taste some excellent Hungarian dishes and wines, and enjoy the spectacular city panorama from the Buda castle. On Wednesday morning, they also paid a visit to the House of Terror Museum to learn more about the 20th-century Hungarian history.


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The guerrilla action launched in Berlin a week before the walk-in assessments were taking place. The film would take of the rest with regards to mass awareness in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Each sign was printed large format on a outdoor paper stock, each was then attached to long wooden pole, some as large as 6m! A group of promoters created a choreographed display with the signs as they past various office buildings, targeting employees working on the the first or second floor. The result was presenting the viewers, inside the office, with a new and unique interpretation of what its like to literally work above the clouds. For that moment, as they stared out their windows, over the plane wing, they got to feel as if they were working in an aeroplane. With a view like no other.


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reducing services, staff and possibly beds because there are not enough funds to keep them going.
The state funds have been reduced, Federal Stimulus finding is going away, but the need for the services remain the same or greater. So where can the money come from.
Ultimately the funding comes from you – sometimes in tax dollars that turn into State and Federal Funds, and sometimes in corporate gifts from your workplace or personal donations direct from your pocket.
I agree – it would be best if we didn't need these services at all. If adults would stop beating on, screaming at, trying to control or hurt each other. i am all for peace – but also for reality.
Today I had a little kid whose mother is a DV victim in my office. She was so closed down, expressionless and had absolutely no plans or goals for her life. She could not see a way out of her situation and basically plans to live from couch to couch until her son turns 18 and paying her way with cash aid.
Her three-year old child ran rampant – destroying items on co-workers desks, writing on walls and floors and disrupting the entire office with his attempt to get his mother's attention. Her reaction was to tune him out and say "I just want out. I can't take the stress of all this and of him" Domestic Violence has effected this boy. He has learned that to get attention he must be disrespectful and disruptive – but still – Domestic Violence has robbed him of his mother who is incapable of addressing her needs – much less those of her son.
The YWCA Wings program, and other women's DV services that offer more than beds, the ones that offer case management, life skills, group therapy, individual therapy, and play therapy for the kids – THIS is where your time and money could be spent to really make a change.
If all the government funds run out – all is not lost if the rest of the community steps in.


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CHELSEA PIED A TERRE
This stunning bijoux apartment is located on the third floor of a beautiful mansion house in the heart of Chelsea, one of London's most desirable postal codes. Apportioned mainly over one floor but including a small second floor 'turret', the luxury apartment required a full refurbishment to upgrade the services as well as updating its tired interior.
When the owners bought this apartment they fell in love with the bright open spaces and the views across London all the way to the Millennium Eye but it did have a short lease and was in desperate need of upgrading. The entrance hall was small and dark, the layout needed rationalisation as there was quite a lot of wasted space, the floors all sloped in different directions, doors didn't close and the windows were not fit got purpose. On top of this, some very poor upgrades carried out by previous owners meant that the electrics and plumbing had to be completely renewed and the landlord also required them to install a new rising water and gas supply. Factor in a complicated lease and landlord together with the apartment being on the third floor meant that the project was going to be quite a complicated affair.
Not initially daunted by these obstacles, interior designer René Dekker dove straight in to tackle the task at hand. The first order of the day was to come up with some alternative layouts to make better use of the wasted passage ways; with the luxury apartment being as small as it was, the owners were keen to get the most out of every square foot. The original location of the kitchen placed it in a part of the flat where two walls formed part of the mansard roof making it impossible to utilise the space to its full advantage. The kitchen and the master bedroom were literally swapped around so that the bedroom included the mansard roof and the kitchen had more wall space for cabinets and appliances. The passage that ran next to the kitchen which accessed the master bedroom was incorporated into the new master bedroom as a small en suite shower room which added convenience as well as value to the flat. Storage was maximised by adding full height full width wardrobes to the new master bedroom, a laundry cupboard with washing machine and tumble drier was created in the hall and storage was added under the small staircase. Finally, access to the new kitchen was made through the end wall in the living room and the entrance to the living room was moved directly in front of the front door, meaning a lot more light in the entrance hall.
One of the overriding factors that made this home so appealing to its new owners was the large double volume living room where the ceiling had been removed and the height in the middle of the room was as high as the roof apex, approximately 3.2m. The down side was the large, distressed timber beam that had been installed to keep the roof up, which ran the length of the room and had a 'barn' type look about it. Engineer's drawings were commissioned to replace this with steel beams that could be hidden between the original roof and the new ceiling, giving the room a much more contemporary interior and feel. Lighting also played a major role in this interior design and can be seen in every detail from the feature wall unit in the living room to the plinth lighting in the master bedroom. Finally a sophisticated AV system was installed throughout which allows music to be played in all the rooms. The system, which was installed by the team at Tillman Domotics, is controlled by the simple use of an app which has been downloaded onto the client's smartphones!
Once the plans and specifications had been approved by the freeholder, the strip-out works began. Initially a survey showed that most of the walls were in good enough condition to retain but it became quite clear early on that this was not the case at all. When the builders started removing the skirting, the plaster board showed signs of warping. In many areas, water damage to the timber studwork, from years of neglect to the roof meant dry rot had set in requiring replacement studs. Once the defective plasterboard had been removed, many of the ceilings revealed defective installation so these too were also removed. All in all a lot more work was carried out on this refurbishment than originally expected, which meant an increased budget, but the upside was that the apartment walls were able to be fully insulated.
The finished product is quite simply stunning! You enter via the hall which is hung in a moody dark teal striped wall covering and which has Grigio Carnico floor tiles. It feels sumptuous and rich and makes a great backdrop for the client's art collection which is well highlighted with strategically placed spot lights and which includes a gold skull on the plinth! Off this space one gets a glimpse of the master bedroom to the right and the den to the left but the main focus is definitely the fabulous living room.
The room's footprint stayed pretty much the way it had in the original luxury apartment design but here Dekker added full height full width joinery, part storage and part decorative. At low level the units include drawers for crockery and cutlery, a champagne fridge as well as general storage. At high level the unit is made up of a series of different sized display niches which are cleverly set away from the back wall giving the feeling that the unit is free floating. The whole unit is finished in a dark grey glossy paint which is a stark contrast to the gold leafed wall covering on the wall behind it. Centred on the living space is a full height sliding door finished in black pearlised lacquer, which slides away to reveal the TV and wine storage. The scene is completed by way of integrated lighting which lends a sophisticated touch to this already exciting feature. There is a new lowered perimeter ceiling which encompasses the gold vaulted upper ceiling, inspired by the mosaic plafón at the Criterion Restaurant in Piccadilly, a favourite haunt of René Dekker. The floor is a symphony of gun metal and light grey with gold parquet in the herringbone format and this wonderful installation was created by Artwood Floors on the Kings Road (this also won them an international award for best new product). The walls have been plastered in a pitted Venetian stucco to match the light grey timber in the parquet and the piece de resistance, which was designed by Dekker in conjunction with the client, is the bas relief in silver and gold of the bonsai Japanese Maple all created by the very talented London team at DKT Artworks. "I wanted this to really stand out" says Dekker "so we added floor uplighters to cast a shadow across the leaves in the evening". When it came to the furniture, the clients already had quite a few pieces that they wanted to incorporate in the new scheme so these were revitalised using luxurious new fabrics and specialist finishes.
The kitchen is a complete contrast with its light coloured marble tiles, white cabinets and light grey walls and ceiling. The gold theme was also carried through into this room by installing some very elegant gold tiles which act as the splashback. On the opposite side the wall has been hung with an unusual wall covering made of gilded cork which adds softness to the hard finishes. Dekker also used the same oriental style handles in the kitchen as have been used in the living room allowing the two spaces to be linked in a less obvious manner.
The apartment feels like a luxury interior penthouse suite at a 6 star hotel as the designer continued the gold and grey theme throughout. In the master bedroom the walls are hung in a gold silk wall covering which is offset by the grey joinery. The wardrobe doors have been machined with a herringbone pattern which a subtle nod to the living room floor and even more subtle are the handles that are wrapped in a gold leather with herringbone pattern. It is a cosy yet luxe room with its grey silk carpet and luxurious scatter cushions and the restrained introduction of ice blue just adds another dimension to the palette. Just beyond the wardrobe is the small but perfectly formed en suite shower room. Decked entirely in opalescent grey mosaic there is room for a large shower, small washbasin and heated towel rail. At the other end of the hall is the den where the clients spend the better part of their time when they are at home. Again, this is a very comfortable room with silk carpet, black and gold wall covering and a large comfortable sofa which turns into a bed for guests. This room is accessorised with many of the clients more personal items including some very special artwork.
The bathroom, just off the hall, was also entirely gutted and then re-instated using the same marble as the hall floor. It is simple yet elegant with a bespoke vanity unit and marble basin and large walk in shower. To the right of the vanity is a full height display unit which houses the client's collection of perfumes and Venetian glassware and craftily hidden behind a small secret door in the wall the designer created a large under stair storage area for luggage. "Space is always a premium in central London and where to put the suitcases" Dekker laughs! Here again we see the clever use of lighting both in the joinery plinth as well as the overhead medicine cabinet. A little 'bon bouche' is the PIR which turns on the lights and the extract when you enter the room ("this is great when you have guests as there are no buttons to press") and of course no bathroom would be complete without the heated shaving mirror. Finally there is a study in the turret, basically the fourth floor of this Grande dame. It is accessed by a narrow stair case which leads to a bright and cosy room with windows on two walls. This space is quite different to the rest of the luxury apartment and has much more of a Indiana Jones feel to it with its dark beaten metal style wall covering and African masks. There are lots of books and personal photos mixed in with a rich collection of collectables from all corners of the globe. "This was a very special project" says Dekker "as we needed to create a home that would wow yet still reflect the taste of the owners. I think we managed to do this with great aplomb! This is without doubt the ultimate glam pad for an aspiring couple and a sophisticated luxury apartment design scheme."


WOBURN, MA–Seaver Construction announced the start of construction at the Shannon Farm Luxury Farmhouse Townhomes at 299 Lexington Street in Woburn, MA.
Near the Lexington town line, Shannon Farm will offer luxury townhomes with a modern, farmhouse-style feel. The 24-acre development will offer 112 townhome units within the rolling hills of the former Shannon Farm. 23 acres of land was donated back to the city in order to create over 40 acres of conservation land with walking trails. The project is scheduled to be completed in 2020.
"These exceptional townhomes will include an open concept design that works well with today's lifestyle," said Seaver Construction Project Manager Sy Wrenn.
Subsequent to securing the necessary permits for the project, Seaver Construction teamed up with the Maggiore Companies to jointly construct the project and make this vision a reality. The architectural design was performed by BSB Design.


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Thu 28th Sep 2017 - Robinsons reports turnover and profit boost
Robinsons reports turnover and profit boost: North west brewer and retailer Robinsons has reported turnover increased 7.9% to £68.3m for the year ending 31 December 2016. The company, which owns more than 280 pubs, saw pre-tax profit rise 13.3% to £4.1m. Robinsons said results were boosted by a strong trading performance in all areas of the business and effective management of costs. There was an increase in external sales where total revenue grew 9.9%. This was driven by 13% growth in sales in the off-trade and growth in direct free trade. The managed estate grew sales by 52% to £7.0m – due to the addition of The Mulberry in Conwy, Red Lion in Stockport, and The Oakwood in Glossop as well as an increased focus on food, premium drinks, and accommodation. Meanwhile, the contribution from Robinsons' tenanted estate continued to "grow and improve". In line with its strategy, Robinsons invested heavily in the refurbishment of both its managed and tenanted estates, outlaying about £8.6m on maintenance and investments in 2016. Robinsons' managed estate now stands at ten sites with several major investments completed in 2016 including The Mulberry in Conwy, Royal Ship in Dolgellau, and a new "runway bar" in the beer garden at The Airport near Manchester Airport. Furthermore, investment at the Queen's Head in Troutbeck, which was devastated by fire in June 2014, straddled the year. These investments have created 123 jobs. Within the tenanted estate, which comprises 270 pubs, Robinsons invested in 17 major development schemes in 2016 including the George & Dragon in Beaumaris, Alvanley Arms in Cotebrook, Waggon & Horses in Matley, Ribchester Arms in Ribchester, and White Swan in Great Sutton. Robinsons has invested more than £12m and completed 73 refurbishments over the past three years. Robinsons said it would continue to look to acquire the "right" pubs to further strengthen its portfolio and to focus on making the "right" investment decisions for the long-term organic evolution of the business. Managing director (pub division) William Robinson said: "2016 was a good year but it was also a year of learnings and refinement. Our core tenanted business continues to trade well, benefiting from several years of investment in design, marketing, training, and tenant recruitment. We have some of the best pubs in the north west, run by some very talented and passionate people to whom we strive to provide the very best licensee support and training. The growth and revenue from our managed estate is in line with expectations. Major investment in people and infrastructure is facilitating growth and further development in this area, and puts us in a strong position to take advantage of its future potential. Although there is still a lot of work, and a long way to go, we have a clear vision and a solid strategy for both our tenanted and managed pubs. Investments has been a key driver over the past five years and we will continue to invest in our pubs, our people, and our beers, to ensure we maintain this success. We live in uncertain political and economic times. One of the biggest challenges we and our licensees face is increasing costs. These are predominantly being driven by external factors, rates revaluation, National Living Wage, food inflation, auto enrolment, and the inflation in Beer Duty. Beyond these issues there is the potential challenges and opportunities that Brexit may bring. Thus, we remain vigilant." In early 2016, Robinsons launched a Greener Retailing project in collaboration with Manchester Metropolitan University, designed to measure portion sizes and presentation styles and ultimately help licensees reduce food waste and costs. More than 30 Robinsons pubs are now taking part benefiting from annual average savings of 1,758kg (nearly two tonnes) of food waste, equating to a saving of £3,000 per pub. Robinsons said following the launch of its new-style tenancy agreement in late 2014, 52% of its pubs are now let under this arrangement. Furthermore, 96.5% of its tenanted pubs are now let on a substantive tenancy agreement. Managing director (beer division) Oliver Robinson said: "2016 was a very active year with a strong set of results. Despite being in a challenging market, our brewhouse continues to perform well, driven by 13% growth in off-trade sales, as our beers become more widely available. We are now dealing with all the major off-trade grocers. We're seeing double-digit sales growth in national sales and continued growth in free trade. These areas of the business, together with export, are becoming increasingly important in our sales mix and we expect this growth to continue in the coming years. We have adapted well to changes in brewing demand and styles as we reinvigorate our beer strategy and offer greater variety and choice for our customers. We converted two fermenting vessels to take smaller brew batches and this helped to increase capacity by circa 4,000 barrels per annum. In addition to our core range, we also launched 14 new bespoke beers during 2016 – five of which were created in collaboration with our licensees and two new craft beers, Beardo and Mojo, brewed for the off-trade. Our seasonal beers were up 6% versus 2015 demonstrating the increasing need for innovation to move forward in a crowded market. Once again, Trooper continues to perform extremely well in the export market and we have even bigger plans for 2018 as the beer approaches its fifth anniversary."


Librarians can work in a variety of places, including schools, universities, museums, public libraries and more. (explain which makes more). To become a librarian, one must obtain a master's degree in Library Science. In the United States, a librarian's median annual salary is approximately $57,680, or about $27.73 per hour. In Canada, the average annual librarian salary is $62,337. Australian librarians can expect to make $63,830 AUD annually. In Northern European countries, such as Norway, librarians can earn up to NOK$343,098.
The main influencers on librarian salary are location, experience, and field of study. A librarian working in a government agency, for example, will most likely earn more than one working in an elementary school.
Arguably the largest factor in a librarian's salary is dependent on industry. For public librarianship, the highest earning sectors will be colleges, universities, and government. The lower-paying jobs will be in lower education sectors, and certain public government sectors.
The average annual salary for a librarian in the United States is $57,680 per year, or $27.73 per hour. The lowest tier or librarians, such as entry-level workers, or those in lower-paying states can expect to make around $34,100, while some of the highest-paying Librarian jobs can earn up to $90,140 or up. States, such as Mississippi or Alabama, tend to pay librarians less than more expensive states, such as New York or California.
In the United States, librarians at colleges, universities and other professional schools make an average of $61,540 annually, while those as elementary and secondary schools make $59,510 on average. Those working local government jobs, or other information fields will usually make between $52,000 and $54,000 annually.
The average librarian in Canada earns about C$52,213 per year, but typically receives higher pay based on experience. A librarian with an entry-level job should expect something in the range of C$48,000 annually, while Canadians with over 10 years of experience can expect closer to C$65,000 per year. These jobs are largely dependent on location (favoring large metropolitan areas).
In the general United Kingdom area, a librarian can expect to earn an average salary of £23,266 per year.
The average Australian librarian makes AU$80401 per year or AU$41 per hour, which is somewhat high compared to North American wages.
In metropolitan areas, a reference librarian will typically earn between AU$55,000 and AU$70,000, while a librarian specializing in Local Studies and Family History is likely to earn closer to AU$65,000 or AU$80,000.
In Switzerland, librarian salaries vary greatly dependent upon experience, field of expertise and location, but tend to be a bit higher than the wages seen in North America.
Switzerland and the United States participate in a library exchange program, in which librarians can spend time in a foreign country in order to experience the differences and similarities in the practice of library science.
Norwegian librarians typically make between NOK$280,000 and NOK$310,000– this sounds like a lot, but is actually equivalent to around $37,046 per year, dependent upon location and specialization. With the high cost of living in the country, the librarian salary in Norway is not as high as it initially sounds.
To become a librarian, one must obtain a master's degree in Library Science. During the course of their studies, graduate students will typically gain experience through internships at schools, museums or elsewhere, which will prepare them for librarian jobs upon graduation. This is why there is technically no on-the-job training required to become a librarian, and entry-level jobs are easily attainable.
Experience is generally a factor in the salary a librarian will make. Some will begin as library assistants and earn a significantly smaller salary in order to gain experience. After working as a librarian for several years, many will advance to higher paying management positions, such as library directors. Gaining experience in certain fields of librarianship, such as federal or corporate branches, typically provide higher salaries and more opportunity for growth and advancement than other fields.
The working hours of a librarian very greatly depending upon location, field, and experience. A librarian in a public school, for example, can expect to have several holiday breaks and typically only work during school hours, while one in a government or special collections branch my work odd hours.
Most librarians work full-time work schedules, although approximately one in five works part-time jobs.
Types of library work are very diverse; more and more opportunities are even moving partially or fully to remote librarian positions.
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As my mother and her siblings reached 40, they were fond of repeating the phrase "Life begins at 40". It was from the title of a self-help book their parents (my grandparents) kept in the house while they were growing up.
My Uncle Charlie, one of the youngest of the seven siblings, was a great joker. Every time one of his brothers or sisters would say, "Life begins at 40", he would laugh and say, "Yeah, and ends at 41". The year Uncle Charlie turned forty-one he died of a heart attack.
As a child, I remember being struck by the fact that it was almost as if he'd incited his own death by repeating that phrase so often, even though it was just in jest. Perhaps for that reason, I've always paid attention to what I tell myself about myself and my life. I try to be careful not to put my attention on negatives, but to keep it focused to the best of my ability on positives.
And yet despite practicing this positive self talk since I was about ten years old, there are still times when I catch myself saying all the wrong things about myself to myself and I must correct course.
What about you? Is there self talk you do that could use a little editing?
Life is a group effort since we impact each other in such a big way, a kind of amorphous cluster, which is why it is not only our job to be positive, but our friends' job to spout reminders of love as well. PS. Regina is awesome.
There are plenty of things I need to reword when I talk to myself. Thanks for the reminder to talk talk positively oneself.
I can't thank you enough for commenting on this blog today! I got up at 4:30 a.m. as usual and got dressed for exercise class and packed my laptop (immediately after exercise I stop at a tea shop and write for a while to get my day started). But despite being dressed and ready to go I was so tempted to not get into a cold car and start my day, but instead to climb back into my warm bed. Then I saw your message and it was just the push I needed. So off I went to the gym and then to my favorite tea shop. Thanks you! You made a real difference for me today!


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RIM may now be worth less than Apple's App Store alone
by Matt Brian — in Apple
Research in Motion's (RIM) recent poor smartphone performance and outages have driven its share price so low that it may now be worth less than the estimated value of Apple's App Store, Brian Hall reveals.
Given RIM's share price at the time of Hall's post ($13.44), its total worth amounted to around $7.04 billion. Unfortunately for the Canadian smartphone vendor, Hall also revealed Apple's worth tops $354 billion — effectively meaning the Cupertino-based technology giant is worth 50 times more than the BlackBerry maker.
Taking into account analytics from Trefis, which puts iTunes and App Store revenues at roughly 2% of Apple's market cap, the App Store contributes $7.08 billion to Apple's market cap — slightly more than RIM's.
Hall lays it out simply:
Harder to believe is that the App Store is probably worth more than Blackberry. All of Blackberry. Just the App Store. Nothing else. Not the iPhone or iPod. Not Mac. Just the App Store.
RIM has seen its stock plummet after it revealed during its quarterly earnings call that it had only managed to sell 150,000 BlackBerry Playbooks during its last quarter, also announcing that BlackBerry 10-powered smartphones would not debut until late 2012 — a release schedule that has led many to believe that the new smartphones and associated platform will be dead on arrival.
Considering Apple sold more than 11 million iPads in its last quarter, it's easy to see why RIM investors are beginning to panic with their investments.
Whilst Apple enjoys billions of app downloads via its App Store, the service itself is seen as a platform to help tempt users to iOS devices, not as a major revenue stream for the company. Given the fact that the App Store and iTunes combined contribute just 2% towards the company's market cap, this remains true.
As for RIM, it's no longer a case of improving things over the next year, it needs to turn around its performance every quarter. With sales declining and promises of new BlackBerry 10 smartphones nearly 9 months away, the company may soon be forced to take alternative approaches to ensure its survival.
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Award winning author Kevin Klehr talks guardian angels and messy relationships
Today on the blog, I'm joined by award-winning author Kevin Klehr!
Kevin's most recent book in the Actors and Angels series, Drama Queens and Devilish Schemes, recently received the 2017 Rainbow Award for Best Gay Alternative Universe/Reality.
Congratulations on your book's success at the Rainbow Awards! Tell us a bit about Guy, your guardian angel from the Actors and Angels series.
Thanks for the congrats, Lisa. Guy became the star once the first in the Actors and Angels series, Drama Queens with Love Scenes, came out. Every reviewer fell in love with him and I was caught by surprise. I didn't realize he'd be so popular.
Readers see him as the insecure best friend that not only gives good advice, but is also that gay friend that others want to help build. As bloggers had their own take on how his story should progress, I was caught out by having already written the first draft of the second book, putting the main focus on the lovers.
I quickly built up Guy's role for Drama Queens and Adult Themes, making him break the major angel rule of visiting the main character, Adam, through his childhood, thus making himself known to a mortal.
Now and again, Guy also finds himself referenced to in some of my other books and shorts stories, and is always there to guide someone down the right path.
I would consider Actors and Angels contemporary fantasy, but you also write the Nate and Cameron books. These are more traditionally romantic fiction but carry a hint of magical realism. Will you tell us about these stories?
I haven't read many traditional Romance books but I wanted to try writing one so I used Sex and the City as my guide. I'd been revisiting the TV series over the previous year when I began writing the first book, Nate and the New Yorker.
Even though I used the well-known trope of making one of the characters a millionaire, I still wanted to explore imperfect relationships. We'd seen Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda get their hearts broken, and break hearts as well, so I wanted Nate and Cameron's romance to also be messy.
Some of the romance books I've read have been charming but seem to play on an ethical dilemma that's keeping the lovers apart, rather than the fears and doubts that come up in new relationships. How much of myself do I give? Will I lose myself in the process? Is this really the right guy to spend my life with? You know, issues that were explored in Sex and the City.
Both books in the Nate and Cameron series deal with the apprehensions the lovers face. For Nate it's about learning to love second best because the love of his life is gone. And although it's too soon for him to love again, he knows he has landed in a relationship that could work so he battles with his feelings to make it work.
Cameron's issue is that he knows he's in love with Nate, but he's also spoilt and is coming to terms with factoring in someone else's feelings. In short, to not make it all about himself.
I'm glad both ebooks are now out as one paperback, The Nate and Cameron Collection, and to answer your question about magic realism, yes there is a touch in these stories. I think I'm fascinated with the subconscious, and you can explore the root of someone's fear when you add a magical element into a story. It's a way for your characters to literally come face to face with their demons.
What part of your creative process causes you the most hair-pulling and gnashing of teeth?
Every three months I revisit the most recent draft of a novel I've been working on, carefully reading through it with a red pen in hand. And although I add notes like 'develop this scene' or 'include some backstory' or 'show don't tell', I also put a red line through any word or sentence, or sometimes paragraph, which is not needed.
When I begin on the next draft, it's the deletion of those words or sentences that irk me the most. It's important for flow, but it takes so much time and is as captivating as data entry.
Do you consider yourself a writer of a particular genre? What do you prefer when you're reading?
Every novel I read is different from the last. I think that's important for a writer. You learn a lot from the style of other writers and somehow, whatever book you are currently reading helps you write your work in progress.
In the past year I've read dystopian, GLBTQI contemporary, YA, Stephen King's book on writing, general fiction and so on. I'm reading a period detective novel at the moment.
But I guess my fascination is with human relationships in anything I write. I have a dystopian novel coming out in March called Social Media Central, but still it focusses on a lonely guy whose life changes when he meets famous fashion blogger, Madeline Q. He makes new friends and deals with his own rising stardom before things turn sour.
And ironically, one of my two current projects returns to Magical Realism and looks at an unhappy relationship where one of the lovers finds the perfect man. The problem is, this perfect man only appears in his dreams. Again, it's not a romance, it's about someone finding themselves while they sleep.
So I guess this long winded answer is saying I still love magic in my realism, but am branching out a bit. Hey, I even have an erotic short out about tops learning to bottom, which three friends dared me to write. I doubt I'll write another erotic tale but at least I can say I've tried that genre.
You are a world traveler, and you've had some exciting adventures this past year. Do your travels inspire you? Do things you experience while traveling show up in your writing?
Yes, but many everyday experiences and lines of actual dialogue also show up in my books. In the Nate and Cameron Collection, the lovers travel to cities my partner, Warren, and I have been to, but I try to give a flavor of that city rather than give details. Sometimes the descriptions are surreal as I hope it inspires readers to see those places and understand what I've felt when I've been there.
Whenever someone says something clever or something happens that would make a good scene in a book, I voice record it into my phone. My novels are full of actual circumstances heavily disguised in fiction. In fact, friends read them just to recognize a real life moment.
Finally—what creature, mythical or otherwise, do you think best represents you as a writer?
Wow. That's a hard one. I'm trying to think of a creature that is part of life yet at the same time, an observer of it. I think a lot of writing is done by just living. Being part of the flow yet watching how the jigsaw pieces (i.e. the individuals) fit together. And learning which actions change that flow.
As for a creature, err, um, let me work on that one. ;~j
Thank you so much for joining me on the blog today. Where can readers interact with you on the web?
Thanks Lisa for having me. As for where I exist on the inter-web, check out-
My website – www.kevinklehr.com
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/DramaQueensWithLoveScenes/
Twitter – https://twitter.com/@kevinklehr/
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/klehrkevin/
YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcJrnpZjgSjbpCiBp-pA3Jw/
Vimeo – https://vimeo.com/companionmedia/


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Q: Child theme loses wp-admin styling I am new to Wordpress so I apologize if I use incorrect words while referring to things.
We are using the theme smart-mag. I created a child theme smart-mag-child which contains a style.css and function.php file.
The child theme's styles are working properly and importing the parent styles but I am losing the styling while in the editor.
The example below shows that I lost the font-family but it applies to more styling.
The post editor for smart-mag theme

The post editor for smart-mag-child theme

I know this isn't a huge deal but the styles matching will help our marketing team who actually edit the content overall.
How do I import the parent theme's styling for the editor/admin area?

A: I found that adding this to my 'smart-mag-child' functions.php file worked.
add_editor_style( get_template_directory_uri() . '/style.css' );
If someone can show me documentation to how to properly do this that would be appreciated.
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Dokumentation about this to understanding why it works.

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*add_editor_style() - Add callback for custom TinyMCE editor stylesheets.

*get_template_directory_uri() - Retrieve theme directory URI. In the case a child theme is being used, the absolute path to the parent theme directory will be returned. Use get_stylesheet_directory_uri() to get the absolute path to the child theme directory.


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Reginald Baliol Brett, 2. Viscount Esher, GCVO, KCB, PC, DL (* 30. Juni 1852; † 22. Januar 1930) war ein Historiker und liberaler Politiker im Vereinigten Königreich.

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Brett war der Sohn von William Brett, 1. Viscount Esher und Eugénie Mayer (1814–1904). Eugénie war möglicherweise eine uneheliche Tochter von Napoleon Bonaparte und Fanny Meyer, obwohl andere Quellen darauf hindeuten, dass ihr Vater Louis Mayer hieß. In London geboren, besuchte er das Eton College und studierte anschließend am Trinity College in Cambridge. In Eton wurde er ein Schüler von William Johnson Cory, mit dem er ab seinem sechzehnten Lebensjahr bis zu dessen Tod korrespondierte.

Seine politische Karriere begann Brett im Jahr 1880 als Abgeordneter für Penryn und Falmouth, wurde aber bereits fünf Jahre später wieder abgewählt. Nach seiner Niederlage in der Wahl zum Abgeordneten für Plymouth entschied sich Brett, in den Staatsdienst überzuwechseln. 1895 wurde er als beamteter Staatssekretär in die staatliche Bauverwaltung ("Office of Works") berufen, wo er bis 1902 blieb.

Sein Hauptaugenmerk galt der Organisation der großen Staatsakte, welche er seit dem diamantenen Thronjubiläum Königin Victorias 1897 federführend gestaltete. Er prägte somit den Ablauf der uns bis heute als traditionell bekannten öffentlichen Staatsfeierlichkeiten im Vereinigten Königreich entscheidend.

Besonders die Krönungsfeierlichkeiten Edwards VII. und Georgs V. wusste er, zu inszenieren und sie zu einem großartigen staatstragenden Zeremoniell zu entwickeln und zu etablieren. Seine Anweisungen – im Auftrag und Verbindung mit dem eigentlich zuständigen Duke of Norfolk in seiner Eigenschaft als Earl Marshal und den weiteren Great Officers of State – werden seit dieser Zeit als Vorlage aller Staatsakte genutzt, zuletzt bei der Aufbahrung und Beerdigung von Königin Elisabeth, der Königinmutter, im Jahre 2002.

Nach dem Tod seines Vaters am 24. Mai 1899 erbte er den Titel des Viscount Esher. 1901 wurde Brett stellvertretender Gouverneur (später Gouverneur) von Windsor Castle und kam somit bis zu seinem Tod in persönlichen Kontakt zur königlichen Familie. Während dieser Zeit unterstützte er die Edition der persönlichen Papiere und Hinterlassenschaften von Königin Victoria. 1907 veröffentlichte er dazu "Die Korrespondenz der Königin Victoria".

Vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg beeinflusst er hinter den Kulissen viele Reformen, die von den liberalen Regierungen unter Henry Campbell-Bannerman und Herbert Henry Asquith umgesetzt wurden. Brett war ein Befürworter der britisch-französischen Aussöhnung und damit der Entente cordiale.

Ihm wurden viele öffentliche Ämter angeboten, darunter das eines Vizekönig von Indien und als Kriegsminister, welche Brett aber ablehnte. Einzig seine Berufung in den Privy Council nahm er 1922 an.

Wie schon oben erwähnt, war er von 1901 bis 1928 stellvertretender Constable und Lieutenant-Governor von Windsor Castle und von 1928 bis zu seinem Tode 1930 Constable und Gouverneur.

Lord Esher war auch als Historiker sehr bekannt, neben den oben genannten Arbeiten veröffentlichte er Werke über König Edward VII. und Herbert Kitchener. Zusammen mit dem liberalen Parlamentsabgeordneten Lewis (Loulou) Harcourt gründete er das London Museum, das seine Pforten am 5. März 1912 öffnete.

Der älteste Sohn Bretts, Oliver Sylvain Balliol Brett, wurde Architekt und heiratete Antoinette Heckscher, die Tochter des US-amerikanischen Multimillionärs August Heckscher (Industrieller). Bretts jüngere Tochter, Sylvia, wurde nach der Proklamation ihres Ehemanns Charles Vyner Brooke als Rahja am 24. Mai 1917 die letzte Ranee von Sarawak. Sein zweiter Sohn, Maurice Vyner Baliol Brett, heiratete die berühmte Musicaldarstellerin Zena Dare. Sein drittes Kind war die Malerin Dorothy Brett.

Veröffentlichungen
 After the War. J. Murray, London 1918, .

Weblinks
 Die Schriften von Viscount Esher (Reginald Brett) im Churchill College (engl.)

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Viscount Esher
Abgeordneter des House of Commons (Vereinigtes Königreich)
Mitglied des House of Lords
Mitglied des Privy Council (Vereinigtes Königreich)
Knight Grand Cross des Royal Victorian Order
Knight Commander des Order of the Bath
Politiker (19. Jahrhundert)
Politiker (20. Jahrhundert)
Brite
Geboren 1852
Gestorben 1930
Mann