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America's Most Diverse Neighborhoods And Metros
Trulia Contributor
Jed Kolko, Trulia Chief Economist
Trulia's Chief Economist reveals how many of America's most diverse neighborhoods are in the suburbs. The reason? Diverse neighborhoods have higher population growth and faster-rising prices than other neighborhoods do.
Abraham Lincoln proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday during the Civil War, in an attempt to restore peace and unity to the United States. In today's diverse America, Thanksgiving remains widely celebrated and crosses religious, racial, and ethnic lines (though some Native Americans consider Thanksgiving a Day of Mourning), with Americans from different regions of the US and different countries around the globe bringing their own traditions to the Thanksgiving table.
This Thanksgiving, we wanted to see which neighborhoods best reflect American diversity. To do so, we identified the country's most diverse neighborhoods and metros using Census data on race and ethnicity. We measured diversity as the share of a metro area's or ZIP code's population in its largest racial or ethnic group: the smaller the share of the largest group, the more diverse the neighborhood is. For instance, an area that is 70% White (the largest group), 20% Black, and 10% Asian is less diverse than one that is 60% Hispanic (the largest group), 30% White, and 10% Black. In this example, the second neighborhood is more diverse because the largest group accounts for 60% of the population versus 70% in the first neighborhood (see note about Census racial and ethnic definitions at end of post).
America's Most Diverse Metros
Among the 100 largest metros, San Jose is the most diverse. San Jose is 35% White (the largest group), 31% Asian, 28% Hispanic, 3% two-or-more races, and 2% Black. In no other metro does the largest group have a share smaller than 35%. New York ranks second, with a population that is 39% White, 28% Hispanic, 19% Black, and 12% Asian. Four of the ten most diverse large metros in the U.S. are in California: San Jose, Oakland, Orange County, and San Francisco. Only one – New York – is in the Northeast, and not one is in the Midwest.
U.S. Metro % population in largest group
New York, NY-NJ
A lower percentage of population in the largest group means greater diversity. Among 100 largest metros.
The map below shows the diversity index for counties across America. Diversity is highest in California and Hawaii, as well as much of the South. The least-diverse parts of the country (i.e. those with the highest share in the largest group), in contrast, are in New England and parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia. Among the 100 largest metros, Pittsburgh is the least diverse: it is 87% White, 8% Black, 2% Asian, and 1% Hispanic. El Paso also stands out as America's least-diverse large metro that is not majority-White: El Paso is 82% Hispanic, 13% White, and 3% Black. Hispanics are the majority in Fresno, San Antonio, and Miami as well. In none of the 100 largest metros are Blacks or Asians a majority. The metro with the highest percentage of Blacks is Memphis, at 45%, and the metro with the highest percentage of Asians is Honolulu, at 43%.
America's Most Diverse Neighborhoods
The diversity people experience day-to-day, though, depends on how diverse their neighborhood is. If members of a racial or ethnic group tend to live near each other in specific neighborhoods, even diverse metros could have mostly segregated neighborhoods. So let's turn to diversity within neighborhoods, which we define as ZIP codes.
The most diverse neighborhood in America is the ZIP code 75038. Located just east of the Dallas-Fort Worth airport, this ZIP code includes the neighborhoods of Broadmoor Hills and Song in Irving, TX. That ZIP code is 26% Asian, 25% Black, 23% Hispanic, and 23% White. The next-most diverse neighborhoods are Queens Village (11428) in the borough of Queens, New York, and San Francisco's Treasure Island (94130).
# ZIP code Neighborhood U.S. Metro % population in largest group
75038 Irving
(Broadmoor Hills / Song) Dallas, TX
11428 Queens Village New York, NY-NJ
94130 Treasure Island San Francisco, CA
77407 Lakemont Houston, TX
96786 Wahiawa Honolulu, HI
96731 Kahuku Honolulu, HI
98178 Rainier View Seattle, WA
02125 Dorchester Boston, MA
96707 Kapolei Honolulu, HI
95834 South Natomas Sacramento, CA
What do these neighborhoods have in common? Although many, like Queens Village and Dorchester, are within the city limits, they are not the densest, most central, or best-known neighborhoods. None of the top-10 most diverse neighborhoods in the country is a familiar name to out-of-towners. Also, some of the most diverse neighborhoods in America are located in metro areas that aren't especially diverse overall, like Seattle (67% White) and Boston (69% White).
Expensive neighborhoods aren't very diverse. As Blacks and Hispanics have lower incomes, on average, than Whites, the neighborhoods with the most expensive housing tend to be largely White: New York's West Village (10014) is 83% White, as is Beverly Hills (90210). But so-called "hipster" neighborhoods are somewhat more mixed: Brooklyn's Williamsburg (11211) is 65% White and 26% Hispanic; Chicago's Wicker Park (60622) is 58% White, 29% Hispanic, and 7% Black; San Francisco's Mission District (94110) is 42% White, 38% Hispanic, and 12% Asian; and Los Angeles's Silver Lake (90026) is 57% Hispanic, 21% White, and 17% Asian.
Finally, while many non-diverse neighborhoods are almost exclusively White, non-White doesn't necessary mean diverse. Chicago's Englewood (60621) and two of Washington DC's Anacostia neighborhoods (20019 and 20020) are at least 95% Black; Boyle Heights (90023) in Los Angeles and Miami's Hialeah (33012) are at least 95% Hispanic; and Monterey Park (91755) in Los Angeles and Flushing (11355) in Queens are both at least 70% Asian.
Here are the most diverse neighborhoods in the New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, and Washington metro areas. [See Appendix Below]
Housing Markets in Diverse Neighborhoods
Do Americans want to live in diverse neighborhoods – or are they avoiding them?
We looked at changes in both occupied households (based on U.S. Postal Service data, just as in our recent post showing suburbs growing faster than urban areas) and home prices (based on homes for sale on Trulia) in the past year, comparing diverse neighborhoods, defined as those where no racial or ethnic group accounts for more than 50% of the population, and other neighborhoods. The more diverse neighborhoods have both higher population growth and stronger price growth in the past year – and they're a bit more expensive to begin with:
% change in households,
Oct 2011 –
% change in median price per sqft,
Median price per sqft
Diverse neighborhoods
Other neighborhoods
Among 100 largest metros. Within these metros, 17% of the population lives in diverse neighborhoods, and the rest in other neighborhoods.
Americans, therefore, are moving toward diverse neighborhoods. However, growth in those neighborhoods could affect their diversity: if prices in diverse neighborhoods rise, lower-income residents may get priced out over time. Because the two largest minority racial/ethnic groups – Blacks and Hispanics – have lower incomes, on average, than Whites, rising prices could reduce diversity in those markets. When the next Census rolls around in 2020, the list of most-diverse neighborhoods in the US could look very different.
Technical note: the 2010 Census asked two questions about race and ethnicity: one about Hispanic or Latino origin, and one about race. The official Census race categories are White; Black or African American; American Indian or Alaska Native; Asian; Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; and Some Other Race. People can select more than one race. People of Hispanic or Latino origin can identify as any race.
We follow the convention of many demographic researchers and create racial/ethnic categories that do not overlap. "Hispanic and Latino" and "two or more races" are both considered separate categories. Using this approach, the U.S. population is 63.7% White, 16.3% Hispanic or Latino, 12.2% Black or African American, 4.7% Asian, 0.7% American Indian or Alaska Native, 0.2% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, 0.2% some other race, and 1.9% two or more races, for a total of 100%.
In this post, for simplicity, we refer to each racial or ethnic category by the first name or phrase used by the Census: White, Hispanic, Black, Asian, and so on.
See this report for more on how the Census asks about and reports on race and ethnicity.
Appendix: the most diverse neighborhoods in five major metros
New York metro area
# ZIP code Neighborhood % of population in largest group
Queens Village (Queens)
South Ozone Park (Queens)
Englewood (New Jersey)
Elmsford (Westchester)
Bridgeport's North End (Connecticut)
A lower percentage of population in the largest group means greater diversity.
Los Angeles metro area
Downtown LA, near 7th & Main
Signal Hill, Long Beach
Downtown LA, along 4th & 5th
Fullerton, Orange County
Buena Park, Orange County
Chicago metro area
Berkeley (west suburbs)
Joliet (southwest suburbs)
Hanover Park (west suburbs)
West Rogers Park
Burnham / Hegewisch
Treasure Island (San Francisco)
Antioch (East Bay)
San Leandro (East Bay)
Redwood Heights (Oakland)
Lakeside (Oakland)
Washington DC metro area
Woodbridge (Virginia)
Aspen Hill (Maryland)
Alexandria (Virginia)
Columbia Heights (DC)
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I have always used Google Auth to login to Trello. Today I noticed that the option of logging in with your Google account is not visible anymore on the (new) Trello Log In screen (with the dog on the right). In the form I get now, my only option is to enter a username or email address (using Trello credentials instead of Google Auth).
Once you type the Google email address that is registered in your Trello account in our new form, the option to log in with Google will appear.


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2019 Challenges!
Amazon First Reads Aug 2019
Hello Fellow Readers,
Another month, another book. So excited to see what is available, I hope it is something good because I am ready! So let's see what the choice are.
A beautiful home. A loving wife. And in-laws to die for.
Gemma Robinson comes into Elliot's life like a whirlwind, and they marry and settle into his home. When she asks him if her parents can come to stay for a couple of weeks, he is keen to oblige – he just doesn't quite know what he's signing up for.
The Robinsons arrive with Gemma's sister, Chloe, a mysterious young woman who refuses to speak or leave her room. Elliot starts to suspect that the Robinsons are hiding a dark secret. And then there are the scars on his wife's body that she won't talk about . . .
As Elliot's in-laws become more comfortable in his home, encroaching on all aspects of his life, it becomes clear that they have no intention of moving out. To protect Gemma, and their marriage, Elliot delves into the Robinsons' past. But is he prepared for the truth?
A soul-stirring novel about the bonds between mother and child and the redemption that comes with facing the past and letting it go.
Thirty-two-year-old Jess Abbot has lost everything: her job, her apartment, and—most heart-wrenching—her eight-year-old son, Chance, to a tragic accident. Haunted by memories and grief, Jess packs what's left and heads for the small mountain town of Pine Lake, where she takes a position as caregiver to an eccentric old woman.
A rumored clairvoyant, Lucy is strange but welcoming and immediately intuits Jess as a "loose end" in need of closure. But Jess isn't the only guest in Lucy's large Victorian home. There's also Star, a teenage runaway with a secret too painful to share. And the little boy with heart-shaped stones, who comes with a hope for reconciliation—and a warning.
Soon Jess learns that she's not the only lost soul running from the ghosts of the past. She and Star have been brought together for a reason: to be saved by the very thing that destroyed them
Berlin, 1989. As the wall between East and West falls, Miriam Winter cares for her dying father, Henryk. When he cries out for someone named Frieda – and Miriam discovers an Auschwitz tattoo hidden under his watch strap – Henryk's secret history begins to unravel.
Searching for more clues of her father's past, Miriam finds an inmate uniform from the Ravensbrück women's camp concealed among her mother's things. Within its seams are dozens of letters to Henryk written by Frieda. The letters reveal the disturbing truth about the 'Rabbit Girls', young women experimented on at the camp. And amid their tales of sacrifice and endurance, Miriam pieces together a love story that has been hidden away in Henryk's heart for almost fifty years.
Inspired by these extraordinary women, Miriam strives to break through the walls she has built around herself. Because even in the darkest of times, hope can survive.
Award-winning journalist Vivian Ho exposes a shattering true-crime story, shedding light on America's new lost generation.
In 2015, the senseless Bay Area murders of twenty-three-year-old Audrey Carey and sixty-seven-year-old Steve Carter were personal tragedies for the victims' families. But they also shed light on a more complex issue. The killers were three drifters scrounging for a living among a burgeoning counterculture population. Soon this community of runaways and transients became vulnerable scapegoats of a modern witch hunt. The supposedly progressive residents of San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury, only two generations removed from the Summer of Love, now feared all of society's outcasts as threats.
In Those Who Wander, Vivian Ho delves deep into a rising subculture that's changing the very fabric of her city and all of urban America. Moving beyond the disheartening statistics, she gives voices to these young people—victims of abuse, failed foster care, mental illness, and drug addiction. She also doesn't ignore the threat they pose to themselves and to others as a dangerous dark side emerges. With alarming urgency, she asks what can be done to save the next generation of America's vagabond youth.
From the award-winning author of We, the Drowned comes a brutal, unflinching, and bestselling epic novel of a platoon of soldiers descending into the insanity of the war in Afghanistan.
Dispatched to fight the Taliban as part of the NATO forces, the soldiers of the Third Platoon arrive in a desert hell intent on testing their courage and endurance.
Among them are the charismatic platoon leader Schrøder, a former games designer fascinated by the imaginative potential of war; Colonel Steffensen, whose negotiating tactics will have deadly consequences; Sidekick, the LifeLogger whose online "war memorial" will blur into horror; and the hardened but vulnerable Hannah, who must bury her womanhood—or sacrifice her soul.
Confronted by a betrayal that no military training could prepare them for, the soldiers must embark on a desperate mission to track down an enemy whose methods are as murderous as they are unfathomable.
As the hunters become the hunted, the mission turns into a depraved, hallucinatory voyage into an Afghanistan they never knew existed. With the Third Platoon's most fundamental notions of good and evil called into question, survival becomes their only mission.
A father comes to terms with his mortality and secrets in a heartrending novel of family and forgiveness from the New York Times bestselling author of The Hundred-Foot Journey.
It is a time of reckoning for José María Álvarez, an aristocratic Spanish banker living in a Swiss village with his American wife. Nearing the end of a long and tumultuous life, he's overcome by hallucinatory memories of the past. Among his most cherished memories are those of his boyhood in 1950s Franco-era Spain and the bucolic afternoons he spent salmon fishing on the Sella River with his father, uncle, and much-loved younger brother. But these fond reveries are soon eclipsed by something greater. José's regrets and dark family secrets are flooding back, as is the devastating tragedy that drove José into exile and makes him bear the burden of a soul-deep guilt.
Now, as his three estranged sons return to their father's side, José hopes to outpace death long enough to finally put his house in order and exorcise its demons. Only in his quest for redemption can José begin to understand the meaning of his life—and what his legacy has meant to others.
Life is more fun when you're a tiger like me!
A little boy—um, no, a tiger!—tells us all about what he gets up to on an ordinary day: how he wakes up in his tiger den, what he eats for breakfast at his feeding spot, and how little tigers feel when they are wide awake, hungry, thirsty, or in the mood for adventures. But at night, even the wildest of tigers is happy to curl up in bed with Tiger-Mom and Tiger-Dad and become a cuddly little tiger cub.
Chasing a cybercriminal into the pitch-black heart of the Dark Web.
Special Agent Lisa Tanchik is the best at taking down cybercriminals. So when the FBI discovers a multibillion-dollar black market online, she's tasked with finding the creator and bringing him to justice. Donning one of her many digital disguises, Tanchik goes undercover into the network.
Brilliant college student Nate Fallon started his site as an idealistic experiment. But his platform has made illegal trade not only more efficient—but also more dangerous. Now the FBI aren't the only ones out to get him. As profits soar, a criminal organization casts its monstrous gaze on Fallon, and danger leaps from cyberspace into reality.
Feeling pressure from both sides of the law, Fallon is forced to make a decision with shattering consequences. Can Agent Tanchik find Fallon before his dangerous infrastructure falls into the wrong hands?
This month I have decided to choose Here to Stay by Mark Edwards. All the books sound really good, but ultimately this was the book that caught my attention the most. I did almost go with Black Nowhere but decided against it. What book would you have picked?
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Shovels and Rope is a Charleston, SC band consisting of Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst. Formed in 2010, they sing harmony driven folk, rock and country songs using two old guitars, a kick drum, a snare, a few tambourines, harmonicas, and maybe a little keyboard sometimes. They tour constantly as a two piece, making as much noise as they can.


He appears alive at the start of 4-1, standing on the ground, to the right of the Silver Skeleton and the archway.
He appears as a Black Phantom at the start of 4-1, standing on the ground, to the right of the Silver Skeleton and the archway.
He appears alive at the start of 4-1, standing on top of the wall, above the archway.
During Pure White World Tendency, Satsuki will not attack you if you are not carrying the Magic Sword "Makoto" when you talk to him. It doesn't matter whether you've already obtained the sword during the current game, or whether he's already spoken to you about it. After obtaining the the Magic Sword "Makoto" in 4-2, if you let Stockpile Thomas keep it for you, Satsuki won't realize that the sword has been found.
Immediately after entering 4-1, cast either Cursed Weapon or Light Weapon and Second Chance, if you have enough time. Satsuki's katana strikes are very quick which can make it difficult to mount an offensive, however his katana is not very effective at breaking a shield guard and his attacks will often repel leaving him briefly staggered.
Enter 4-1 with Graverobber's Ring equipped. Edge forward until the Skeleton pops up and snipe him, then retreat and finish him off. Approach/shoot Satsuki until he charges and throw Soul Remains at him, sneak up and back stab if possible. Otherwise just get in a good 2-handed attack. From here you can pound him with more two handed attacks without having to wait till he gets up and these will reset the 'getting back to his feet' animation.
Approach him from 4-1 archstone, with Thief's Ring equipped. As soon as you spawn, cast Second Chance, take a few steps froward, wait till he spots you, and after a little while cast Soulsucker.
Since Satsuki spots you with a certain facility if you face him directly, you will need to return from Adjudicator's Archstone 4-2 to kill him without being noticed. Once you make your way back to Satsuki's spot, equip Thief's Ring and kill the Skeleton with a bow, equip Graverobber's Ring, walk carefully to approach him from behind and cast Poison Cloud. Two poison clouds should be enough to kill him.
A similar approach is to start at the 4-1 archstone with Graverobber's Ring, attract the skeleton and kill it, then engage Satsuki. Get him away from his starting point, then throw Soul Remains and while he is distracted run through the arch and immediately turn right. Satsuki will lose track of you, return to his starting point, and you can then move out slightly and lock on and cast Poison Cloud and/or Death Cloud.
Note: if you want to raise your Character Tendency then you must finish him off with combat (physical or magic); killing him with poison will not affect your character tendency.


Garden City park is small but with a few lakes and lots of little gardens to navigate around. Expect some detailed control-picking and route-choice as you criss-cross the park a few times.
8:00pm Course Closure, participants must report to the Finish before leaving.
There are two courses. The longer one is pretty much the same as the shorter one, with the addition of a leg out to another nearby park for a few more controls.
Unfortunately, this second park has some new paths and areas that aren't on the map, so just head for the control and don't try to navigate too exactly!
Always use good judgment and common sense. Carry a whistle at all times. Headlamps are essential to see and be seen. Take care when crossing roads and parking lots. Watch out for other runners, cyclists, and trail/sidewalk users.
Watch out for icy patches.
Parking is at Henry Anderson Elementary School off Alberta St. There is cover if raining/snowing.


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Q: Infinite tamely ramified $p$-extensions of $\mathbb{Q}$ contain infinite unramified subextensions? Let $p$ be a prime. By a $ p $-extension we mean a Galois extension whose Galois group is a $ p $-group. Let $L$ be an infinite tamely ramified $p$-extension of $\mathbb{Q}$, i.e. all primes ramified in $ L/\mathbb{Q} $ are tamely ramified.
Question: Are there intermediate fields $L\supset K\supset F\supset \mathbb{Q} $ such that $F/\mathbb{Q}$ is finite and $K/F$ is an infinite everywhere unramified $ p $-extension?

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The Great French Ride
Susan Low February 1, 2003
Vicky Bishop spent two months riding her horse around France's wine regions. SUSAN LOW joined her in Alsace, and learned more than she expected about the region
Vicky Bishop spent two months riding her horse around France's wine regions. SUSAN LOW joined her in Alsace, and learned more than she expected about the region
Life looks very different from atop a large, long-necked, four-legged beast – in this case a beautiful chestnut mare called Dromara. People look at you differently too. Those who would ordinarily pass you in the street without a second glance look at you with wide-eyed wonder. Children point and stare and follow you as if you're the Pied Piper. It's like being a celebrity for a day, although I imagine few celebs suffer from saddle-soreness by the end of their day.
This wasn't just any old hack through the countryside, though. I was in Alsace, participating in The Great French Ride (see box, next page). With Lily and Dromara, our trusted steeds, Vicky Bishop and I would spend the next five days travelling over hill and dale. In Alsace, getting back to the land is a fruitful thing to do; the word 'terroir' really means something here.
Geologically, Alsace is incredibly complex, the product of two parallel faults, their movements resulting in a patchwork of soil types and sun-catching slopes. Each accommodates particular vines and gives certain flavours and textures to the finished wine. Reading about the intricacies of soil types may not top the list of the world's most fascinating pastimes, but climb on a horse, head for the hills and the meaning of such terms as calcareous clay, tertiary conglomerate, even, my favourite, ferruginous matrix (apparently found in the Wiebelsberg grand cru) fall magically into place.
One sun-drenched afternoon, our host, Jean Meyer of the Josmeyer winery, arranged a guide, Remy Bucciali and his champion endurance horse, Mr Choccy, to accompany us up into the Vosges for a picnic lunch. Leaving the winery behind, we set off through the picturesque village of Wintzenheim. Off we headed, into the neat rows of vineyards and, eventually, into Vosges. As we climbed the air became cooler and the scent of pine drifted up. A backward glance over Dromara's rump revealed the steeply pitched roofs of the village growing smaller in the distance.
We came to a clearing, a sun-dappled patch of earth dominated by a huge cross commemorating the Alsatian troops who died fighting the Germans during World War II. Although much of Alsace may appear Germanic to a visitor, the Alsatians are proudly, fiercely Alsacien, even before they are French. This spot seemed to sum up the soul of Alsace: a diligent, proud place where history is part of the present as well as the past.
There is an even more ancient history in the names of the grands crus. From our hilltop viewpoint, we could look across the river Fecht to the slope behind Turckheim, the grand cru Brand ('land of fire'). It's so called because, as a medieval legend has it, Brand was the home of an evil dragon. The sun and the dragon did battle, and the sun emerged victorious. If you look hard enough, you can see a small hollow in the slope, a very warm spot, still called the 'dragon's hole'.
Legends aside, Brand, with its south-east exposure, is a sun trap, the wines long-lived and flavourful. On the slopes south of Wintzenheim lies grand cru Hengst (stallion), a name that conjures up medieval jousts. Wines from Hengst are noted for their longevity, and are said to be wild and untamed in their youth.
Of course, there's more to Alsace's winemaking story than legends and vineyards. Back at the winery Jean Meyer takes us on a cellar tour. A silver-haired, quick-witted and deeply thoughtful man, Meyer points out 'the most important piece of equipment in the winery' – a large wooden cask that holds 3,200 litres of wine and is no less than a century old. His philosophy of winemaking is to 'respect the wine as if it were a human – it's life', he says. Josmeyer has worked biodynamically since 1999.
Another biodynamic producer is Marc Kreydenweiss, further north in the town of Andlau. The river Andlau runs behind the winery, and beyond it the Kastelberg mountain, a grand cru site, rises. It's a beautiful spot. Kreydenweiss, a tall, broad, serious man, has been producing wines biodynamically since 1989. 'We have a rich geology here; if you want to get the particularities of the region, you need to respect the soil,' he explains.
Both Josmeyer and Kreydenweiss produce tiny amounts of high-quality wine, but they represent only one aspect of Alsace's wine story. Back in the
comfort of our saddles, we made for the Turckheim cooperative. In contrast to Josmeyer and Kreydenweiss, Turckheim is a huge place, stuffed full with the latest technology. They turn out about 70 million bottles a year, almost a third of all the Alsace wine drunk in the UK each year. Yet, despite the large-scale production, the quality of the wine is high, from fruity Muscat to unctuously rich Tokay Pinot Gris Séléction Grains Nobles from the grand cru Brand site, a stone's throw from the cellar door.
After a long but satisfying tasting, Vicky and I took Lily and Dromara into the vineyards for some exercise. We noted that 'the girls' seemed to have acquired a taste for Alsace wines – at least the grapes. There were fewer of them on the vines by the time we got those two back in the camion, as they'd taken it upon themselves to do a small 'green harvest' as a pre-lunch appetiser. I can understand their enthusiasm, but Vicky and I will stick with the wine.
Susan Low is a wine and food writer.
Written by SUSAN LOW


Part of the 100 Dresses series this mixed media artwork has lots of texture and depth. Featurung silver leaf teeth it has some bite! Beach themed colors it also has seashells and starfish along with artist gels and pastes. Measuring 500mm x 900mm, strecthed canvas that is ready to hang.


June 9, 2018 — With the start of tourist season, parking availability in Florence's Historic Old Town area becomes a challenge for residents as well as visitors, who often find themselves vying for the same spots to leave their vehicle while working, playing or simply residing there. To address some of the issues resulting from car owners leaving their vehicles parked in Old Town for extended periods, the city updated its parking restrictions in 2011 to include more stringent enforcement in an effort to rotate parking spaces on a regular basis throughout the day.
Though these rules have been in effect for seven years, some recent activity on local social media this week made it clear that not everyone was aware of the restrictions, where those restrictions are enforced or what other parking options are available, particularly for those who live or work in the Old Town District.
In truth, the only area in Old Town with posted parking restrictions are on Bay Street, from Nopal to the area just west of the bridge; on Laurel Street, rom First to Bay Street; Maple Street, from First to Bay Street; and on Nopal Street, from First to Bay Street. Signs are posted in those areas, with time limits of no more than three hours.
And that's all year long, not just in the summers.
Citation amounts begin with $15 for the first offense, followed by a $25 citation for the second offense, $35 for the third offense and $50 should the owner be cited a fourth time all in the same year.
In addition, any recreational vehicles, trailers or vehicles more than seven feet tall are not allowed to park anywhere in those restricted areas.
Frazier said it's not his intention to "catch" people, nor does he approach his parking enforcement responsibility as a game.
None of this is to say there isn't parking in Old Town for employees or residents if they know where to find it. For example, the city leases the parking area at the old Lotus Restaurant at the far west end of Bay Street, where as many as 60 spaces are available for parking at no cost and without a time limit. Parking is also available all day for free at the Port of Siuslaw parking lot. However, there is no overnight parking in either location.
"We realize it means employees or residents without their own parking may need to walk a block or two, but they can park there all day," said Frazier.
For those with a handicapped parking placard, the law not only allows owners of those vehicles to park anywhere marked for the handicapped, but they are also not subject to time restrictions.
There are also some restrictions beyond the Old Town area that some drivers may not be aware of, such as not parking, stopping or leaving a vehicle running in a bicycle lane, which are defined as part of the highway, adjacent to the roadway, designated by official signs or markings for use by persons riding a bicycle.
Parking in violation of a bicycle lane is a Class D offense with a fine of $142. In addition, parking in the wrong direction on the street is also prohibited anywhere, with a fine of $110.
In the end, Frazier sees his parking restriction enforcement duties as something not everyone likes or appreciates, but that are necessary to keep the Old Town District and its businesses accessible to visitors and residents alike.
For more information on parking restrictions or city codes, contact Frazier at 541-997-3515 or visit ci.florence.or.us.


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Inspired by travel #18: Boticca.com
How a chance encounter with a jewellery designer in a Marrakech Medina in 2008 led to the creation of this global marketplace for independent designers
by Ian Wallis
Updated: Apr 29, 2019 Published: Nov 17, 2014
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Company: Boticca.com
Founder: Kiyan Foroughi and Avid Larizadeh
A picture can paint a thousand words, but first-hand stories can take you deeper still. So it was with the creation of Boticca.com, which Kiyan Foroughi started following a chance meeting on his travels.
Such is the power of words that the stories behind independent designers' accessories lie at the heart of the global curated marketplace's e-commerce platform.
Foroughi set out to enable design lovers to "connect with talented, up-and-coming independent designers of fashion accessories around the world, discover their stories and shop directly from their studios".
Foroughi and his co-founder Avid Larizadeh successfully grew the business to work with hundreds of designers in 40 countries across the globe, with thousands of pieces available to purchase to a global member base of hundreds of thousands of customers across 60 countries.
In 2015, Boticca.com was acquired by Young Gun-founded Wolf and Badger, an online marketplace for independent brands.
In 2014, we caught up with Foroughi to hear the story behind Boticca.com:
Where were you when you got the idea?
I was travelling in Marrakech in December 2008, rummaging through the market stalls of the Medina, when I happened on the stall of a very talented jewellery designer called Myriam. She started telling me about her story of how she grew up in the Atlas mountains, started making jewellery for herself before her mother noticed and started wearing her pieces.
After that, other women in the village noticed and started buying her creations with her business spreading to the neighbouring villages. She now treks two hours each way, four days a week between the Medina and her village in the Atlas mountains to sell her pieces to a bigger market for her – the tourists in Marrakech.
That's when I realised how impervious the industry was for up-and-coming fashion accessories designers.
Kiyan Foroughi
Why were you so inspired?
I learnt two things right then and there when I met Myriam. The first, I already mentioned, which was the inefficient distribution channels. The other, was the power of a beautiful story and how that could stimulate desire in a product and lead to a purchase – which is what happened with Myriam as I bought a bunch of pieces right then and there.
With the advent of the internet, I thought there had to be a better way to get designers like Myriam access to customers all over the world instead of having to trek four hours a day for it.
I did some research and there wasn't anyone doing that. Sure, there were marketplaces like eBay and Etsy (both companies of which I am a big fan of), but there is no curation and product selection on those platforms. And you certainly don't get to discover the stories and connect with the designers at a human level in the way I wanted you to.
Were you actively looking for a start-up idea or did it just seem too good to pass up?
I wasn't actively looking for an idea. I knew I'd go for an entrepreneurial venture some day but I didn't think I'd do it so young (I was 25 when I decided to take the plunge with Boticca).
The idea was too good to pass up as it was a perfect blend between my background in business and tech (I was in private equity and investment banking, always focusing on technology), and my personal family heritage (I am part of the fourth generation in the luxury industry and the third in jewellery specifically).
Design by Caia
How easy was it to start the business on your return?
It was fairly easy to get the business up-and-running as it was a pure internet business. The fact that it was a marketplace with no inventory issues or warehousing/logistics also made it easier to get off the ground. But that was the only easy part. Figuring out our "formula" once launched proved to be the real hard part.
What research did you have to carry out to learn more about the sector and the market opportunity?
Upon my return from Marrakech, I spent six months doing research on the idea and the opportunity. I did reference calls with tons of contacts in the industry and went to various tradeshows to meet with designers to talk to them about the opportunity, get some feedback in order to fine-tune the MVP (minimum viable product) and gauge their interest in the product.
After these six months of research (done in the evenings and weekends whilst I was still working in private equity), I decided to quit my job and launch Boticca.
How did you replicate what you'd seen overseas or use your experience there? Did you modify the idea for the UK market?
The thing I tried to replicate most about my experience meeting Myriam in the Medina was the story-telling that is now so prominent on the site and our trademark: real, authentic, human-interest stories that go to the heart of who our designers are and why they do what they do.
How much did you invest in getting started?
My co-founder at the time and myself invested about £50,000 each to get the business off the ground, hire a few staff and start searching for our first round of investment – which was a £240,000 round with business mentors and angel investors.
How quickly after starting did you experience what you'd describe as 'success'?
Four months after launch, we got a piece of press in the FT's How to Spend It with Lucia Van Der Post writing about our website and how much she loved it. The site had a surge of traffic and sales (about 200+ sales from that article alone) like we hadn't experienced before. That is the first time we really tasted success.
Where did you go for advice?
Our investors who were angel investors, business mentors and operators who had been there, done that before. Five to 10 mins of chatting with the right people like that can bring you so much more than hours spent in a conference.
What advice would you give to others who travel looking for start-up ideas?
Don't travel to look for ideas. Travel to keep your mind open and flexible. Try to appreciate and understand what you see around you, and how it is a reflection of the sum of all parts from that location's culture, people and history. If you travel to flex your mind, your mind will be open to the idea when it does eventually pop into your head.
What are your future plans?
We've recently beefed up our senior management team with the additions of Dave Killeen (product director – ex-Product Lead at Badoo and Executive product manager on the BBC iPlayer) and Luisa De Paula (former fashion director at Liberty's, buying & merchandising director at MyWardrobe.com, and buying manager at Selfridges) in order to have the foundations internally to scale the business.
In the immediate future, we want to focus on polishing our site, our UX and product offering whilst continuing to scale the business in the UK. Once that is achieved, further international expansion is the next big thing.
Kiyan Foroughi was one of three great businesses who joined Startups.co.uk's Ian Wallis for a Google Hangout discussion on the impact of technology when starting a business.


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MLB Insider Suggests Yankees Could Trade For Former MVP After Aaron Judge Injury
NEW YORK, NY - JULY 26: Aaron Judge #99 of the New York Yankees heads to the dugout after he scored in the first inning against the Kansas City Royals at Yankee Stadium on July 26, 2018 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
The New York Yankees received some bad injury news on Thursday night after Aaron Judge left the game against the Kansas City Royals after getting hit by a pitch. Judge initially stayed in the game, but had to be taken to the hospital for further testing on his right wrist.
An MRI revealed Judge sustained a chip fracture of the right wrist. Although he won't need surgery, the two-time All-Star will be out for three weeks.
The Yankees sit 4.5 games back of the Boston Red Sox, and will need an impressive push to catch the best team in baseball before the end of the regular season. Without Judge, that task becomes increasingly more difficult.
ESPN insider Buster Olney suggested a few trade options the Yankees should explore in order to stay competitive with the Red Sox. A former National League MVP is among them.
Andrew McCutchen is a former NL MVP who was traded from the Pittsburgh Pirates before the season. Although he's no longer a Gold Glover, McCutchen can still play center and right field if necessary.
The Yankees' options within their own clubhouse are dwindling after a rash of injuries. Young outfielder Clint Frazier is still recovering from concussion symptoms, which could for the team into a trade before the July 31 deadline.


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7-07-21 Obits
Tuesday, July 6, 2021 - 2:41:01 PM
Gregory Keith Bryant, better known as Keith, 52, Winfield, passed away at his residence. He was a 1987 graduate of Winfield City High School and was employed with Ox Bodies, Inc. in Fayette. He was an avid Alabama football fan and enjoyed racing, deer hunting, riding
Gregory Bryant
motorcycles and horses. He is survived by his parents - Thomas and Barby Bryant; brothers - Randall (Michelle) Bryant and Timothy (Dana) Bryant; a sister - Laura (Bryan) Emerline; his nieces and nephews - Rebecca Emerline, Scott Emerline, Zoie Bryant, Hayden Bryant and Kade Bryant; a great-niece - Emerlynn Hollis; his best friend - Jared Wates; and a host of aunts, uncles and other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his grandparents - Fred and Linnie Stricklin and Buren and Rachel Bryant. A memorial service for Mr. Bryant was held on Thursday, July 1, 2021, from the Bowen Funeral Home Chapel. Dr. Larry Wates and Bro. Gary Hurts were the officiating ministers. Bowen Funeral Home of Winfield directed the services. Bowen Funeral Home 981 State Highway 253 • Winfield, Ala. 35594 (205) 487-4327
Rodney Carter, 51, Hodges, passed away on Tuesday, June 29, 2021, at his residence. A graveside service was held on Wednesday, June 30, 2021, at New Hope Cemetery. Marion County Funeral Home • Hamilton, Ala.
Martha Jean Cason, 77, Hamilton, passed away on Monday, June 28, 2021, at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, Miss. The funeral service was held on Friday, July 2, 2021, at Marion County Funeral Home with burial following at Shottville Cemetery. Marion county Funeral Home • Hamilton, Ala.
Mr. James "Bob" Dodd, 76, Winfield, passed away on Friday, June 18, 2021, in the Northwest Medical Center in Winfield.
James Dodd
He was a member of the Winfield First Baptist Church and a 1964 graduate of Winfield City High School. Mr. Dodd retired with Continental Conveyor and Equipment Co. after 40 years of service. He is survived by his daughters - Jan Dodd and Maggie (Cody) Doles; grandchildren - Shawn (Jenna) Gilbert, Allan (Dannah) Gilbert, Sara Gilbert and Valarie (Hayes) Shirley; great-grandchildren - Bailee and Cohen Gilbert, Leyah Key, Kingston and Zandria McCollum, Jack and Olivia Shirley and baby Riggs Gilbert on the way; brothers - David (Sarah) Dodd and Roger (Debbie) Dodd; sisters-in-law - Dorothy Reese and Karen (Kent) Matthews; brother-in-law - Eddie (Julie) Tucker; and a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends. Mr. Dodd was preceded in death by his wife - Edna Dodd; parents - Dilton and Ethel McDonald Dodd; and brothers-in-law - Doug Reese, Macky Tucker and Joe Dale Tucker. The funeral service for Mr. Dodd was held on Wednesday, June 23, 2021, from the Bowen Funeral Home Chapel with burial following in the Old Union Cemetery. Bowen Funeral Home of Winfield directed the services. Bowen Funeral Home 981 State Highway 253 • Winfield, Ala. 35594 (205) 487-4327
Allan Gann, 63, Hamilton, passed away on June 28, 2021. The funeral service was held on Friday, July 2, 2021, at the Hamilton First Baptist Church with burial following at Gann Cemetery. Hamilton Funeral Home • Hamilton, Ala.
Sharon Beth (Thomlinson) Green, born on Dec. 18, 1945, passed away on Tuesday, June 22, 2021, at her residence after a courageous battle with cancer. She graduated from Coffee High School in Florence in 1964. She also graduated from the University of North Alabama in 1967 and was presented the Keller Key, an award given to the student with the highest academic average. She obtained a graduate degree from UNA and did post-graduate work at the University of Alabama. She met her spouse, Gordon Green, at UNA and they were later married at Fort Sill, Okla., on May 25, 1968. She taught school at Butler High, Huntsville, Hamilton Elementary and Hamilton Middle School. She also was a life guard at the Hamilton Rec and she taught many children in Hamilton how to swim during the summer months. She worked part-time at Walmart for a period of years. She loved her God, her family and her church. She enjoyed reading, TV game shows and traveling with her friends and family. She is survived by her husband - Gordon Green; sons - Clint and Nathan (Traci); grandsons - Parker, Jack, Nick and Drew; and two sisters - Linda Potts and Diane Tomlinson. She was preceded in death by her parents - B.N. and Pauline Tomlinson. The funeral service was held on Friday, June 25, 2021, at the Hamilton First Baptist Church. Hamilton Funeral Home 161 Falcon Cir. • Hamilton, Ala. 35570 (205) 921-3197
Steve Logan, 78, Hamilton, passed away on Tuesday, June 29, 2021, at The Meadows in Fulton, Miss. The funeral service was held on Wednesday, June 30, 2021, at the Hamilton First Baptist Church with burial following at Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Hamilton Funeral Home • Hamilton, Ala.
Mrs. Virginia Duke McCaleb, 89, Winfield, passed away on Wednesday, June 23, 2021. Mrs. McCaleb was born on Dec. 21, 1931, in Cullman to Floyd and Roxie Duke.
Virginia McCaleb
Mrs. McCaleb was a member of the Berea Church of Christ, she was a 1949 graduate of Cullman High School and an active member of the Modern Literary Club for many decades. Mrs. McCaleb loved to travel the world with her husband, Clarence, spending time with her children and family, and in earlier years she loved to sew clothes for herself and her girls. Mrs. McCaleb is survived by three daughters - Beth M. (James) Jordan, Killen, Kim M. (Greg) Rowell, Jasper, Ga., and Lisa M. (Wade) Weeks, Arley; one son - Scott (Kim) McCaleb, Winfield; grandchildren - Kevin (Tiffany) Rowell, Katie (Roger) Wells, Chris Rowell, Justin (Amelia) Jordan, Lindsay Jordan, Aaron McCaleb, Seth (Natasha) McCaleb, Paislee' McCaleb, Caleb and Elliot Weeks, Bethany (Derrick) Blackburn, Brianna (Gunner) Ford and Alaina (Trey) Copeland; great-grandchildren - Rowan Smiley, Anelise, Emersyn, Preston and Olivia Jordan, Nolan, Anslee, Beckham and Bradley Rowell, Emma McCaleb, Noah and Olivia Copeland, Declan Blackburn and Freya Ford. Mrs. McCaleb was preceded in death by her husband - Clarence A. McCaleb; her parents - Floyd Duke and Roxie Thrasher Duke; two sisters - Earline Duke Toczko and Catherine Duke; and three brothers - Floyd Jr, Hanley and Wallace Duke. The funeral service for Mrs. McCaleb was held on Saturday, June 26, 2021, from the Berea Church of Christ near Hubbertville with the burial following in the adjoining cemetery. Bowen Funeral Home of Winfield directed the services. Bowen Funeral Home 981 State Highway 253 • Winfield, Ala. 35594 (205) 487-4327
Walter McKay, 80, Hamilton, passed away on June 23, 2021, at his residence. The funeral service was held on Tuesday, June 30, 2021, at Burleson Church of Christ with burial following at Burleson Cemetery. Hamilton Funeral Home • Hamilton, Ala.
Mrs. Emma Jean Price, better known as Jean, 71, Winfield, passed away on Saturday, June 26, 2021. at her residence.
Emma Price
She was born on Nov. 6, 1949, in Fayette County to Bernard and Edith Swindle. Mrs. Price was a 1968 graduate of Berry High School and was employed with Reltoc Manufacturing for 25 years until its closure in 1993. She later retired from Shelby Die Casting in Fayette. She was a talented seamstress who could make anything from clothing to costumes. She loved her family and enjoyed watching her children and grandchildren in all their sporting events. She was a "picker," always looking for great deals at yard sales and Dirt Cheap. She is survived by her husband of 51 years - Scotty Price; daughter - Andrea (Shane) Harbin; sons - David Price and Stoney Price; grandchildren - Kyle (Hannah) Price, Brook McCaleb and Kylee Harbin; great-grandchildren - Copelyn Price and Kannan James Price; and a host of other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents - Benard and Edith Smith Swindle; sister - Diane Corkren; and a brother - Doc Swindle. The funeral service for Mrs. Price was held on Tuesday, June 29, 2021, from the Bowen Funeral Home Chapel with burial following in the Shady Grove Cemetery near Fayette. Bowen Funeral Home of Winfield directed the service. Bowen Funeral Home 981 State Highway 253 • Winfield, Ala. 35594 (205) 487-4327
Mrs. Lisa Renee Tucker, 56, Winfield, passed away on Wednesday, June 23, 2021. Mrs. Tucker was born on Oct. 27, 1964, to Terry and Sue Cavender. She was a 1983 graduate of Haleyville High School and a long-time employee of Max Homes.
Lisa Tucker
Mrs. Tucker is survived by her husband - Brian Tucker; parents - Terry Cavender and Sue Cagle Cavender, Haleyville; three sons - Kevin (Joann) Comeens, Double Springs, Bradly (Amber) Comeens, Double Springs, and Keifer Slade Tucker, Winfield; one daughter - Adrienne Tucker, Brandon, Miss.; a brother - Greg (Becky) Cavender, Paintsville, Ky.; nine grandchildren - Adalie, Khloie, Madison, Reid, Gunnar, Judah, Maddox, Austyn and Marlee; and a host of nieces, nephews and other family and friends. Mrs. Tucker was preceded in death by her brother-in-law - William Arnold. The funeral service for Mrs. Tucker was held on Sunday, June 27, 2021, at the Bowen Funeral Home Chapel. The burial was held on Monday, June 28, 2021, at the Winston Memorial Gardens in Haleyville. Bowen Funeral Home of Winfield directed the services. Bowen Funeral Home 981 State Highway 253 • Winfield, Ala. 35594 (205) 487-4327
Barbara Wilson, 78, Hamilton, passed away on Saturday, June 26, 2021, at Compassus Hospice Inpatient. The funeral service was held on Tuesday, June 29, 2021, at Marion County Funeral Home with burial following at Hamilton City Cemetery. Marion County Funeral Home • Hamilton, Ala.
Phillip Wayne Wright, 54, Muscle Shoals, passed away on Sunday, June 27, 2021. He was employed by the City of Muscle Shoals. He was a part-time pastor for Spring Valley Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife - Monica Wright, Muscle Shoals; sons - Garrett Wright and Collin Wright, both of Muscle Shoals; mother -Jackie Wright, Winfield; brothers - David Peoples and Danny Peoples, Winfield; sister - Mary Ann (Chris) Bell, Guin; sisters-in-law - Amy (Randy) Riddell and Keri (Robbie) Jackson; In-laws - Paul and JoAnn McDougle; and numerous family, friends, nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father - Robert Wright; and nephew - Jeremy Peoples. The funeral service was held on Thursday, July 1, 2021, at Colbert Memorial Chapel with burial following at Colbert Memorial Gardens. Bro. Wayne Overton and Casey Hagle were the officiating ministers. Pallbearers were Robbie Jackson, Randy Riddell, Lee Osborn, Kenny Soeder, Myron Lackey and Larry Pounders. Colbert Memorial Chapel directed the services. Colbert Memorial Chapel Tuscumbia, Ala. 35674
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Q: Return value of function in IF statement shows strange behaviour Can anyone explain what is going on here?
Why does an "IF" statement think the return is '1' (not Null) when i say 'Return 0' and the other way round.
I found that out while coding another script, so i developed this small script to test it:
#!/bin/bash

function testreturnzero()
{
        echo $1
        return 0
}

function testreturnone()
{
        echo $1
        return 1
}

if (testreturnzero 1) || (testreturnzero 2)
then
        echo "zero returned '1'"
fi

if (testreturnone 1) || (testreturnone 2)
then
        echo "one returned '1'"
fi

The IF which refers to the 'return 0' thinks its true (and doesn't process the second function), the IF which refers to 'return 1' thinks its false. Shouldn't it be the exact opposite?
1
zero returned '1'
1
2

I cant put the return value in a variable as I will have several of those checks.

A: In bash, the return code of a function is the same as a external program when you test the result.
So for test, a valid return code is 0 and an invalid is any other number
so, by doing
if ( testreturnone 1 ); then #it is ok
   echo "error"; #it's supposed to happen, not an error
fi

You can explicitly test the value to the one you want to clear it up:
if [[ "$(testreturnzero 1)" = "1"); then #it is ok if you decide that 1 is the good value
   echo "ok";                            #But absolutly not the bash philosophy
fi

A: In bash, a function returning 0 means success and returning a non-zero value means failure. Hence your testreturnzero succeeds and your testreturnone fails.
Does that help understanding why your ifs behave that way? (it should!).
The return code of the last executed command/function is stored in the special variable $?.
So:
testreturnzero 0
ret_testreturnzero=$?
testreturnone 1
ret_testreturnone=$?
echo "$ret_testreturnzero"
echo "$ret_testreturnone"

will output (the two last lines):
0
1

Now you may think of storing them in a variable (as here) and do your logic processing later. But there's a catch :). Because you didn't store true and false in variables, you stored 0 and 1 (bash can't store booleans in a variable). So to check success or failure later:
if ((ret_testreturnzero==0)); then
    echo "testreturnzero succeeded"
fi

or
if ((ret_testreturnzero!=0)); then
    echo "testreturnzero failed"
fi


Lakshmi Shankh the Spiritual Sudarshan Chakra Shaligram comes in Black Natural Holy Stone which helps the worshipper to turn around from his sick bussiness and to make it into profitable.
This Shila is very rare, exotic, powerful, extremely attractive, brilliant, auspicious and emits very high radiance and has extra ordinarily high energy levels. This Shila has extremely clear and well formed Sudarshan Chakra outside the Shila symbolising the Sudershan Chakra. There are marking of Shankha, maze and Vishnu on the reverse side of the Shila. This Mudra is that of a Chaturbhuj. The body has beautiful impressions of Chakras.
The calls man to the righteous path that directly leads to Peace and Perfection, the Divine Vishnupada. Very many of us in the enchantment of the immediate sense-joys refuse to listen to the small inner voice of conscience, the sound of the Paanchajanya-conch, and so He wields the 'Mace' and we come to suffer small calamities and tragic jerks in our smooth existence -communal, social or national. If still the individual is not listening to the call of the, the wheel-of-time, Chakra annihilates the entire.
The Shaligram is the most sacred stone worshipped by the Vaishnavas and is used to worship Vishnu in an abstract form i.e., God without form as a 'Saligrama'. The use of the Shaligram is similar to the use of 'Lingam' as abstract symbol of Lord Shiva. The Shaligram is found in river Gandaki near Muktinath in Nepal.
The person who offers a daily service for the shaligram stone will be freed from the fear of death, and he will cross over the stream of births and deaths.


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GARY HELDT, JR., OWNER OF THE MARYLAND BASED ACCOUNTING FIRM SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORS, BREAKS THE MOLD OF TYPICAL CPA'S WITH HANDS ON, YEAR ROUND DEDICATION TO CUSTOMER SERVICE
By Jonathan Widran
Breaking every possible stereotype any of us have ever harbored about what an accountant or CPA is supposed to look and act like, Gary Heldt Jr., owner of Gambrills, Maryland based Small Business Advisors, transcends even the catch-phrase at the top of his website that reads "More Than Just an Accountant."
Small and bookish? The charismatic 6'3", 275 lb former college football player matches his "gentle giant"persona with a commitment to not simply recording history, but helping his clients write it. Emotionally detached, barely accessible by phone and only available during tax season? SBA's proactive attitude, complete menu of tax help and accounting services and the personal year round relationship with his individual and corporate clients sets a unique industry standard for customer service. Combined with the firm's high standards and specialized staff, these dynamic qualities have driven Small Business Advisors' growth over the past 11 years to five times the clientele and revenue that the company was generating when Heldt acquired it in 1999.
Considering that Heldt's goal when he bought the original practice was to double the size of its business, SBA is on a pretty powerful trajectory. Though he started advertising in the past year, the company built most of its current clientele of 750 personal tax clients and 250-300 small businesses by word of mouth and bringing that personal touch to their mastery of payroll, taxes, consulting and bookkeeping. Currently in an expansion mode, Heldt recently hired an additional, year round CPA and is bringing in additional staff members—with an eye towards doubling business over the next two years. He is a contributing writer to the Best Selling Book called "Breaking The Tax Codes," which features chapters by eight other high profile CPAs and accountants. Heldt's chapter focusing on writing off meals and entertainment expenses is called "Eat, Drink, Be Merry and Document, Document, Document."
The basic principles of how SBA serves its clients can be found on the home page of its website, where the key line is "It doesn't matter how good your tax accountant is with a stack of receipts on April 15." Heldt's belief is that for clients to come out with more on their bottom line, they need an overall plan that involves long term strategies and preparation. SBA specializes in such tax planning and preparation.
The response to a few simple questions can mean additional thousands of dollars saved every year: 1) Have you organized your business right? 2) Do you have the right benefit plan for yourself and your employees? 3) Do you have the right retirement plan to prepare for your future? 4) Are you taking advantage of all the legitimate deductions, credits, loopholes and strategies the Tax Code offers?
One of SBA's unique innovations is "cloud computing," in which a web portal is created with a copy of the client's tax return and supporting documentation. Clients can do all their work online beforehand, including answering 20 key questions about their finances and business that will help Heldt and his staff better serve them. SBA mails hard copy tax organizers to elderly clients who may not be as internet savvy. Everything is geared around convenience and proper preparation.
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Observing the trouble and expense his mom went through one year doing her taxes inspired Heldt's early interest in accounting when he was growing up in Riverdale and Landover, Maryland. It was the early 1980s, and he felt that she was getting ripped off having to pay $350 to do her taxes. His ambition kindled, her signed up for a basic high school bookkeeping class and found he had a knack for numbers—which he attributed to common sense. He was an accounting major at Shepherd College in Shepherdstown, West Virginia and knew that eventually he wanted to own his own business. He laid the groundwork for that working as an accountant for a series of for-profit and non-profit organizations for a number of years, including a medical management practice (starting with hospital inventories and later, hospital layouts), a small accounting and tax practice and the YWCA of Washington, DC.
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Spiritual Import of Religious Festivals
Links for this Book
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Publishers' Note to the Third Edition
About Swami Krishnananda
What is Religion?
Sun – The Eye of the World
Siva – The Mystic Night
Rama – The Apotheosis of Human Perfection
Sankara – The Genius
Sivananda – The Fire of Sannyasa
Knowledge As a Means to Freedom
Veda Vyasa – The Paragon of Power and Wisdom
Saint – A Blend of Righteousness and Godliness
Sri Krishna – The Purna-Avatara
Lord Ganesa – The Remover of Obstacles
Sri Radha – The Divine Mystery
Gurudev Sivananda – Physician of the Soul
The Esoteric Significance of the Devi Mahatmya
The Sport of the Infinite
Yajna – Quintessence of the Culture of India
Lord Skanda – The Concentrated Divine Energy
The Gospel of the Bhagavadgita
Lord Dattatreya – Master Par Excellence
Christ-Consciousness
The Significance of Ekadasi
The Awakening Message
The Purpose of Philosophy
To Thine Own Self Be True
Philosopher and Administrator
Chapter 18: The Gospel of the Bhagavadgita
(Gita Jayanti message given in the year 1976. Gita Jayanti falls on Ekadasi, or the eleventh day of the bright half of the month of Margasirsha – November-December.)
Resolution of the Fourfold Conflict
I shall endeavour to touch upon a few salient points in the gospel of the Bhagavadgita, which will be of some meaning and utility in our day-to-day life. To apply a knowledge to life is the most difficult aspect of knowledge. We have always been accustomed to bifurcate life from knowledge, and vice versa, so that a learned man is not necessarily a happy man, nor even a rich man. The reason is that learning or knowledge has been isolated from the facts of life. This is one of the conflicts that we observe in life. As they say humorously, Sarasvati and Lakshmi never live in the same house, meaning thereby that learning and wealth do not go together. There are many such conflicts, all which are supposed to be resolved, in one way or the other, by means of the great teachings known as the Bhagavadgita.
Bhagavan Sri Krishna, when He spoke the Bhagavadgita, intended to resolve a conflict. What is a conflict, may be a question that raises itself in our minds. There are, actually, four types of conflict, within which every other type, kind, or variation of disharmony can be subsumed. The occasion for the delivery of this Gospel was the battle of Mahabharata, which represents a field of conflict with other people. This is what is known as a battle. The first problem one encounters in life is conflict with other people. "You do not like me" and "I do not like you". When we wake up in the morning and look at the world, we are faced with a conflict with other people. This is a difficulty which saps the vitality of many in the world. We have to see faces with whom we cannot reconcile ourselves. It may be a boss, a subordinate or an equal—it makes no difference. When we cannot reconcile ourselves with another face, there is a conflict; and we see nothing but faces when we get up in the morning and look at the world outside. The battle of Mahabharata is a large epic, describing this primary conflict of human nature—conflict of one person with another person, in which can be included conflicts of groups, communities and nations, because all these are nothing but personalities and individualities associating and clashing in certain manners and patterns. What you call a society, or a family, or a nation, or a community is nothing but human beings grouping themselves into patterns. So, conflict with other people includes every kind of conflict in the world. Thus, we have the Mahabharata epic, in the middle of which the Bhagavadgita occurs.
Where is the Bhagavadgita located? In the middle of the battle of the Mahabharata. What is this epic battle? A conflict between the Pandavas and the Kauravas, brothers in a unitary family. It was a family feud. We may say it was a conflict between Yudhishthira and Duryodhana, which amounts to the same essential situation. So, again, to reiterate, the conflict which Bhagavan Sri Krishna tries to resolve has as its background the conflict enumerated in the long epic poem of the Mahabharata. What is this background? The conflict of personalities! That was the occasion for the war. Huge armies were arrayed on both sides. Thousands were about to fly at the throats of each other. That was the occasion for the giving of this Gospel. The Gospel was not given in a school, a college or a university, a temple, a church or an auditorium—nothing of the kind. This most interesting and indispensable Gospel which we try to enshrine in our hearts, in our memories, was given on that momentous occasion of a war that was about to break between large contending armies. Nobody would like to seek wisdom on that tense occasion. That is not the time to speak at all; it is the time to act and do something immediately. Who would speak philosophy when there are large numbers of men emotionally worked up into such a heightened pitch of anxiety and wrath that they will hear no words spoken by anyone, and are bent upon a severe type of action! On that occasion, who would speak a sublime gospel or a scripture! But that was the occasion, and there could not be a better occasion.
Now, the very purpose of this war was primarily to resolve a social conflict. Well, it was agreed that the war was indispensable. The purpose behind the war was not to destroy people but to resolve a social conflict or a political tension. It was impossible to mend people, and so they thought it was necessary to end people. And they concluded that by the ending of the people the conflict would automatically vanish. If you cannot untie a knot, you cut the knot.
For memory's sake I may mention a few names who were involved in this conflict—the leaders, the generalissimos of the war. There were powerful veterans on the side of the Kauravas, almost invincible in battle, three of whom, the most prominent ones, were Bhishma, Drona and Karna. Nobody could face them with immunity to their lives. On the other side, that of the Pandavas, we have leaders like Bhima and Arjuna, the brothers of king Yudhishthira, the eldest of the Pandavas. While the most powerful from the Kauravas side was Bhishma, the most invincible on the side of the Pandavas was Arjuna. They knew every tactic of war, and people would shudder in their hearts by merely hearing their names.
On mutual acceptance, it was agreed that the war had to be waged to end a social conflict. But, when the hour of crisis came, when the iron was hot and it had to be hit, when that moment came, what happened? A most unexpected conflict arose within the mind of Arjuna. It was not a conflict with other people, but a conflict within his own self. I told you that there are four types of conflict. The first one is conflict with other people, and to end it they embarked upon this perilous adventure of war. But before it broke out or started, the most important of the leaders, the hero of one party, the most renowned warrior, had to pass through a muddle of conflict within himself—his own thoughts, feelings, emotions, and the various tantrums of his psychological organ. We know the situation. All action emanates from the individual, and to do or not to do is to be decided by the individual himself. A decision can be taken only when there is no conflict in one's mind. Either we do a thing or we do not do the thing. We want a thing or we do not want the thing. These are decisions that the mind takes. But if one begins to waver between the two horns of the dilemma, and one does not know which side to take and what steps to put forward due to a conflict within one's own mind, there would be no solution at all. A most surprising attitude did Arjuna take, to the wonder and marvel of everyone there. The most heroic of persons began to speak words of pusillanimity, feelings of pity which would be completely unexpected from a warrior girt up on the brink of a war. Instead of attempting to solve the social conflict for the sake of which the war was to be engaged in, another conflict was added on to it. So instead of one conflict, we have two conflicts here. Arjuna, the leader, the great warrior, advanced specious arguments before Krishna, his colleague, his friend and guide, who was seated on the very same chariot, and clinched the whole matter by saying, "I am not for this." It was a very difficult thing to swallow, and only a personality like Krishna could take it in the true spirit in which it arose.
When a person is truly friendly with us, he knows how to take our moods. That is wisdom of life. Krishna was not pleased; nor was he displeased. A doctor is neither pleased nor displeased with a patient. An emotion will not rise in the mind of a physician. Krishna was not distressed at the agonising condition of the mind of Arjuna. He did not weep, cry or beat his breast. He spoke words of wisdom laden with the profundity of the experience of life which, incidentally, opened up the gates for a solution to all conflicts in life. Not merely Arjuna's conflict but your conflict, my conflict and anyone's conflict at any time found a solution therein. All problems, all conflicts, all disharmonies, in everyone's mind, in every pattern of society, and for all times, were dealt with effectively. Thus it is that the Bhagavadgita became a scripture of universal significance. Though it arose on account of a historical context, it gradually bordered upon timeless questions and the eternal problems of mankind, of humanity as a whole.
The Bhagavadgita teaches not the Hindu religion, but religion as such. It is not my religion, or your religion, but the religion of the human soul that is spoken in the words of the Bhagavadgita. It is an answer to the questions of mankind, not merely the themes of some religion, cult or creed. It is 'man' putting a question to God. It is not any particular person or a particular faith or association or affiliation raising a problem, but 'man' signifying humanity, raising a problem before the Maker of all things. And to it, the answer came from all sides. The answer came from all the mouths of the Cosmic Person, not merely from one individual called Krishna. There was no Krishna then, when this answer came. The query was not raised by Arjuna as a historical person. It was not Arjuna that kicked up the problem; it was the humanity present in Arjuna that raised the question. There is a character of humanity in every one of us, which is neither male nor female, neither eastern nor western. That human element puts the eternal question. Hence, the answer has to be all-comprehensive. The human complexity raised the question; and who will answer the question? Not another man. One man's problem cannot be solved by another person, because another person is also a human being like this person. You cannot solve my problem, nor can I solve your problem, because both of us stand on the same pedestal of humanity. And here was the problem of humanity as a whole, not of one individual; and who will answer this question? Not Krishna, because to utter the name Krishna in this context would be to raise the question of an individual. It was not the historical Krishna that spoke to Arjuna, but it was Narayana who spoke to Nara. This is also known as Nara-Narayana-Samvada, not merely Krishna-Arjuna-Samvada. God spoke to man, not Krishna to Arjuna. The Universal spoke to the particular. The All-comprehensive began to speak words of wisdom to that which is localised in space and time. Humanity was face to face with the Absolute. With this background of understanding, we shall be able to realise the importance of this scripture.
Thus, on the background of the necessity to solve a social conflict, an individual conflict arose in the mind of a symbol of humanity, known as Arjuna. As already pointed out, I cannot answer this question, and you cannot answer this question either, because we are all persons, human beings, individuals, and it is the individual that raises the question. Then, who is to give the answer? Not anyone in the world. The answer has to come from That which is beyond the world. And hence the personality of Krishna began to expand gradually into the All-inclusive Consciousness, which covers the entire gamut of the evolution of mankind and the world as a whole. This apocalypse of consciousness is what is known as Virat, or the Visvarupa. It expanded not merely quantitatively in space and time; it is not the swelling of a body that is called Virat or Visvarupa, but a humanly unimaginable expansion of Consciousness, which alone can solve the questions of mankind's conflict.
And what is mankind's conflict? One person set against another person. This is the first phase of the problem. Then, each one is at loggerheads with one's own self. This is another phase of the conflict. You do not know what you will think tomorrow. You do not agree today with what you thought yesterday. Your understanding cannot go hand in hand with your feeling. Your feelings cannot go hand in hand with your will. Your emotions will not agree with your logical argument. Your logic goes against the facts of human society outside. All this is a description of internal conflict. "I can neither fully agree with you nor fully reject you." This is also a personal conflict. If I can fully agree with you, there can be no conflict. If I can fully reject you, then also there is no conflict. But, unfortunately, I cannot fully reject you for certain reasons, and cannot also wholly accept you for certain other reasons. This is individual conflict. And there are also non-alignment of the layers of the personality itself. I am proceeding from the posterior to the prior, from the gross to the subtle, from the visible to the invisible, from the outer to the inner, for the purpose of explanation. The outer conflict of society is an outcome of the internal conflict of human nature. Why has this conflict come? Is there any solution for this? Arjuna fell at the feet of Krishna, saying, "I am confused, and I do not know what I am supposed to do. Bewildered is the condition of my mind. It is true that I have come here for battle, as a general of the army, but now something is happening within my own mind. I do not know, Krishna, what is happening! I am sunk in grief. I am swallowed by sorrow. I cannot lift my finger. I cannot raise my hand. My nerves are getting paralysed. I cannot even stand up. I am falling down." This is what happens when internal conflict reaches its climax. And here the real Bhagavadgita starts, which is God speaking. Up to this time man was speaking. "I shall wage a war. I shall end these people, crush them and pound them to powder." That was the boast of man before the war was entered upon. Then comes the sinking down of the personality: "This is impossible. I shall withdraw because I do not think that I am fit to adjust myself to this complex that has arisen now in the form of a social conflict which I hold, which is raised by us due to ignorance, greed and callousness towards the consequences of war."
The answer of Bhagavan Sri Krishna, representing the Unity of the cosmos, is simple and precise, though it is apparently a long gospel of many chapters. Arjuna was thoroughly mistaken in assessing the values of life. Lord Krishna tells: "Your understanding is turbid; it is not clear enough to grasp the vitality of life. Nobody asked you to start the war. It is you who started this, and I merely said nothing against it. If you want it, have it and be done with it. After having started it of your own accord, relying on the strength of your own army, listening to nobody else's advice, what makes you now sing a different tune altogether, as if you are another person having nothing to do with the previous person that you were, who decided to wage the war?" The answer of Arjuna was: "I do not know what to do. Tell me what is my duty." The answer is the Bhagavadgita, which is supposed to be a gospel on duty.
What is the duty of man? I began by speaking of the four conflicts, which the Bhagavadgita endeavours to resolve. To solve the first conflict Arjuna thought that battle is the only way. But before the war took place outside, a war broke out inside him. There was a psychological war which fumed up like wildfire within the mind of the hero, even before the outer social war took place. Lord Krishna asks: "Do you know why this happens? Do you know why any war takes place at all? Why conflicts should arise at all? The ultimate cause of all conflicts—do you know what this is, Arjuna?" Sri Krishna himself replies: "You do not know anything. You do not know that you have a higher conflict pushing you forward into a further external conflict. Behind the social conflict is the individual conflict. Behind the individual conflict, there is another conflict which is not apparent to the mind of any person!" But Krishna knew what it was.
It is the conflict between the individual and the world as a whole in the form of this vast creation. Man has estranged himself from Nature. This is the third conflict—the conflict between man and Nature. The world seems to be outside us, and we seem to be strangers in this world. We are not sure whether we are really wanted in this world. Sometimes it looks that we are not wanted at all, and yet we, somehow, reconcile ourselves with the hardships of this mysterious creation and pull on in life, "get on", as we say. The world is not going to be reconciled if we are not going to obey its laws. Because of a conflict of our individuality with the universal Nature, we suffer various pains—hunger and thirst, heat and cold, and, finally, death. All these catastrophes of human life, and life in general, are the outcome of an isolation of the individual from the cosmic Nature. Nature does not die; it is the individual that dies. Nature has no hunger and thirst; it is the individual that has hunger and thirst. Nature does not feel cold, Nature does not want a blanket or a sweater; it is the individual that feels heat and cold. The bodily limitations, the vital limitations, the mental limitations and the intellectual limitations are the outcome of this bifurcation of personality or individuality from cosmic Nature. If we are to be tuned to Nature, then we are to become an integral, vital, universal part of Nature. Then we will have no hunger and thirst, no heat and cold, no death. But why should this difficulty arise? No one wanted to isolate oneself from Nature. Nobody would purchase trouble deliberately. Then why has this happened? Who is responsible for this banishment of the individual from Universal Nature?
This third conflict is due to another conflict altogether, viz., the fourth conflict—the conflict between the Universe and the Absolute, between man and God. We are estranged from God Himself. That is why every other conflict has cropped up. Social conflict or political conflict is due to individual conflict. The individual conflict is due to the conflict of natural forces in respect of the individual. This, again, is due to a higher conflict between the Universal Soul and the individual soul, man and God waging a war with each other. Then it is that God has released this huge army called Nature, with all its terrific armament.
The war seen before you is nothing but the array of forces which God has unleashed to teach you a lesson. The whole world is up in arms against you, because you have set yourself against God. Can you expect to have peace and happiness here when you wage a battle with God Himself? But this is the secret that man does not know because of an original sin of man, the fall of man, the fall of the soul from its Divine Status of Universality. Unless you reconcile yourself with God, you are not going to reconcile yourself with Nature. Nature is nothing but the army of forces let loose by God against you, as a reaction to your rebellion against Him.
When there is a war between two countries, you cannot speak to the soldiers, "My dear friends, please do not fight," for they are not responsible for the battle. They are released by some other force behind them. You must tackle that force which is the cause of the release of these forces. Why do you talk to the soldiers, poor fellows? They know nothing except that they have been ordered, and they act. Thus, there is no use of speaking to the world: "My dear friend, wind, do not bite me; O water, do not drown me; O fire, do not burn me." They will say: "We do not know; we are only ordered to act and we shall do according to the order. You speak to the Person, the Force who has ordered thus. Otherwise, we shall burn you down, cut you, blow you up, drown you and kill you." So, there is no use trying to get rid of the troubles of life, because these are forces released by a higher Nature. Unless you reconcile yourself with God, you are not going to be friendly with Nature. And unless you reconcile yourself with the Nature, the cosmos as a whole, your internal conflicts are not going to cease. And until the internal conflicts are solved, the external wars are not going to end. The social peace which you are clamouring for, the national peace, the world peace, the Ramarajya as you call it—all these wonderful things that you are aspiring for in life—cannot be had on earth until you solve the causative conflict that is between you, Nature and God.
This is the essence of the themes described in the chapters of the Bhagavadgita. You are face to face with the Supreme Being in the eleventh chapter; and whatever I have told you so far is the inner significance of the contents of the first eleven chapters. The chapters that follow from the eleventh onwards describe methods of practically applying this knowledge in specific contexts of life. Before doing anything, understand well. Think well logically, dispassionately, taking into consideration all aspects of the question that arises in your mind. Cast your glance around you, and recognise where you really stand in this world, what your difficulties are, and tap the difficulties in their roots. Then it is that you will be blessed, and mankind at large will reach supreme beatitude.
Social collaboration, individual self-control, universal interrelatedness, and Absolute Oneness—these are the standpoints from which the Bhagavadgita exhorts us at different levels of its teaching. The highest Reality is Aksharam Brahma (The Imperishable Absolute). It is the Supreme Person, or adhiyajna, from the standpoint of creation. It is manifest as adhibhuta (the external universe as the object) on the one side, and as adhyatma (the individual experiencer as the subject) on the other side. The Divine Principle organising the relations between subjects and objects is adhidaiva (superintending deity). The movement of the cosmic cycle, the inexorable impulse to action, the universal urge of creativity, is karma-visarga (the complex of activity determined by interconnected universal factors). No one can escape this duty of 'All-Life', and none can afford to be ignorant of this secret of existence. Here is the Bhagavadgita in a nutshell.


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A: Dim button As LinkButton = TryCast(item("FileName").Controls(0), LinkButton)

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The first line of code might be Telerik's preference so I put that line first. Notice that the AttachmentColumn in read mode is basically just a linkbutton.
Notice in the 2nd example that "gac_" in item.FindControl("gac_FileName") is added to the front of the UniqueName of the column. I noticed it in Chrome DevTools when I inspected the element from the browser. I should note that "FileName" is the UniqueName of the column in case you didn't want to read through the code above.

A: Safer method, and Telrik's preferred method is to call the control by name rather than index...
Dim button As LinkButton = TryCast(item("FileName").Controls("gac_FileName"), LinkButton)


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