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New Palace Theatre / Dance Academy, Plymouth
Opening in the late 1890s the Palace Theatre in Plymouth was lavishly decorated. It was last used as the popular Dance Academy nightclub before being closed in 2006.
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Chatterley Whitfield Underground Mining Experience, Staffordshire
The "Chatterley Whitfield Experience" was a part of the former coal mining museum, set underground in shallow workings and drifts.
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Royal Papworth Hospital, Papworth Everard, Cambridgeshire
Established as a tuberculosis settlement in 1918, the Royal Papworth Hospital grew to be a world-leading heart and lung hospital, and moved to new premises in 2019
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Ritz Cinema, Nuneaton
Opening in 1937, the Ritz cinema in Nuneaton features some excellent Grade II listed plasterwork interiors.
Guildhall, Police Station and Central Fire Station, Nottingham
Former Magistrates' court, police station and fire station, all in one grand 1880s building with a stunning entrance hall and Art Deco features
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Engedi Chapel, Caernarfon, Wales
A chapel in Wales that has been closed for many years. Everything remains intact inside with some decay setting in.
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RAF Bentwaters, Suffolk, UK
Ex-RAF and ex-USAF base which retains most of its buildings, hangars, etc and even has some aeroplanes and helicopters remaining on site.
Opening in 1908 the Cardiff City Asylum had space for 750 psychiatric patients. The hospital closed in 2016 after being deemed unsuitable for modern services.
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HM Prison Holloway, London
HMP Holloway was the largest women's only prison in Europe until its closure in 2016. Rebuilt in the 1970s, the prison's design was recognised as a failure.
Brent Delta Oil Production Platform
Brent Delta was one of four oil production platforms servicing the Brent oilfield off the coast of Scotland from 1977 until 2016.
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Pripyat – Then and Now – The Abandoned City Before and After the Chernobyl Disaster
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine
TV Transmission Centre, Belgium
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The automotive business has gone through several phases of upgradations in power, design, and effectiveness in the last few years. The technology and the automation have brought automobiles to function in several terrains, which were previously meant just for smooth roads. The choice of right steering design provides steadiness and maneuverability to the vehicle in every terrain. The steering method is a mixture of different linkages which are projected to turn the vehicle in bare minimum radius without turning it. Unlike conventional steering, the current automotive electronic power steering includes different electronic mechanisms which help to decrease power and offer perfect turning. The electronic power steering can enhance the driving experience and fuel effectiveness. Earlier, the electronic power steering was utilized only in sports utility vehicles (SUVs) or high-end vehicles. In recent years, the consistency of electronic power steering has developed and improved a lot; as a result, it has boosted its participation in almost each and every category of vehicle. The current electronic power steering is more compact and comprises several other controlling aspects and airbags.
The automotive electronic power steering market is anticipated to hold potential development opportunities in the coming future. The automobile which has power steering system is likely to experience huge demand. The hybrid electric and electric vehicles with current and innovative technologies such as drive-by-wire are projected to raise the demand/popularity of electronic power steering systems in the years to come. The requirement for decreasing fuel usage and logistical advantages drove the automobile producers to shift from the old age hydraulic power steering systems that had turned into outmoded owing to huge fuel usage, to the new/innovative electric power steering systems thus triggering the development of the automotive electronic power steering market.
The global automotive electronic power steering market can be classified into different categories based on its type and application vehicle. Based on the type, it can be divided into rack assisted power steering system (R-EPS), electronic hydraulic power steering (EHPS), column assisted electronic power steering (C-EPS), and pinion assisted electronic power steering (P-EPS). Based on application, the global automotive electronic power steering market can be categorized into passenger cars, light motor vehicles (LMV), agricultural tractors, special utility vehicles (sports cars, cranes, military vehicles, earth moving, etc.) heavy motor vehicles (HMV). The application of electronic power steering in LMV and passenger cars are anticipated to remain dominating owing to ample production in these categories, whereas, application in heavy motor vehicles is projected to develop substantially.
The global automotive electronic power steering market is segmented into North America, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East & Africa. Asia-Pacific is anticipated to increase at a high growth rate due to huge production of automobiles in this region. While North America and Europe are projected to have saturated market expansion rate owing to mature automobile market. The Middle East and Africa are expected to grow at a steady rate in the coming years.
Some of the most important companies in the global automotive electronic power steering market are Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Zhuzhou Elite Electro Mechanical Co. Ltd., Robert Bosch Automotive Steering GmbH, Nexteer Automotive, ZF Friedrichshafen Group, JTEKT Corporation, NSK Global, ThyssenKrupp Presta AG, SHOWA Corporation, Hyundai Mobis, and Mando Corporation, among others.


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Smocked dresses, bows and laced socks under white Mary Jane's—elements of our very first fashion moments put together by none other than… mom. Our mothers were our very own stylists, and no matter how much we hated looking like cupcakes growing up, we can't deny her influence in our personal style.
One way or another, mom had an impact on how we approach fashion. Those closet staples, habits of grabbing your plain white shirt when you're in a rush and always making sure you have sunscreen on. Yes, we can't deny it; we got that from our mama.
Don't you just find it weird when mom knows something isn't right with our outfit? Adjusting straps, pulling down your skirt, you don't seem to be yourself. We can never hide it because it's true and and it shows. We can't be completely confident if we're worried about our jeans being too tight. When we're comfortable with what we're wearing, we can move freely and our best self shines.
Mom would always tell us how foolproof the little black dress is. Or how we should have all types of white shirts, and the penny loafer being a shoe staple. "You can wear that for years"—I can hear her voice right now. Well mom, you're right. On days when trends just don't work, we find ourselves sticking to these classic pieces.
She trained us to always be appropriately dressed for Sunday mass and lunch at lola's place, our first soirée, for some of us even the prom. She's always given us good, unfailing advice. So now, when in doubt we just go for it. Better to be overdressed, she would say.
How often have we heard this phrase? Mom has uttered them at some point. Our first salon buddies, our mothers always made sure we had our regular trim and treatment. Healthy hair is everything, we knew that early on.
No make-up make-up? Mom rocked that everyday. She's always emphasized how it important it is to take care of my skin. Not just the face, but also the whole body as well. Reminding me to always moisturize and protect. Oh, and never to pick scratches, those legs should be pristine, dahling!
To top it all off – don't forget the right bling.
Oh, my mom and her jewelry. An outfit would never be complete without some shine. Diamonds and pearls. Need I say more?
Not only did they give us some TLC, they made sure we looked damn good too. Thanks, mom. To the most important women of our lives, Happy Mother's Day!


We discuss three natural, classically equivalent, Hausdorff separation properties for topological spaces in constructive mathematics. Using Brouwerian examples, we show that our results are the best possible in our constructive framework.
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Gabriella Giuntoli, Passionate and Poetic Architect, Savior of Pantelleria
I discovered Pantelleria in the 60's, thanks to Gabriella Giuntoli, extraordinary architect from Milan, university friend, and collaborator on epic projects
by Roberto Brambilla
A house in Pantelleria restructured by Gabriella Giuntoli, that demonstrates its total integration into the island's nature, using stone that speaks through the vernacular of terracing walls. Photo (Courtesy Rebeca San Andres)
Contrary to conventional wisdom, architecture is not just another trade, and the architect's value cannot be measured by his or her economic success. There are still a few lyrical designers who feel they have a mission to accomplish, and work to convey their existential philosophy. Gabriella is one of them, an architectural poet and also the individual who has most contributed to save and enhance the island of Pantelleria.
"Please go away!" barks my wife Rebeca when I become utterly unbearable, not knowing that "going away" has always been one of my passions.
I recall that when I was four and could not stand the never-ending quarrels between my mother and my grandmother, I got into the habit of leaving the house to go to Japan, carrying with me a small backpack. 'Japan' was for me, at that age, the chicken coop of the lakefront villa where we were staying during WW2.
My mother had no problem with that, certain that no poultry would hurt me. Ultimately she knew that my restless behavior was a simple reaction to our stressful wartime situation.
I finally grew up and became creative: meaning a profession that alternates period of intellectual brilliance with pauses of total inspirational absence. And at times of creative paralysis, stress makes me unbearable and I am cordially invited to go away.
Architect Gabriella Giuntoli
People go away to regenerate, take a break or change mood. Escaping from our day-to-day reality can be through a minor task, such as attending a yoga class, playing a tennis game, listening to a concert or watching a film; but it can also be a major endeavor, like traveling to a different reality where time has stopped, and people look unscathed from the wear and tear of modern life.
I prefer radical breaks and seek comfort in traveling to a most beautiful place, an enchanted island where natural beauty goes hand in hand with a way of life that exposes the blending of many different cultures. This island is Pantelleria, a small isolated volcanic atoll in the Mediterranean, halfway between Sicily and Africa.
I discovered this island in the mid 1960s, thanks to Gabriella Giuntoli, an extraordinary Milanese architect, and a partner of many epic projects.
Contrary to conventional wisdom, architecture is not just another trade, and the architect's value cannot be measured by his or her economic success. There are still a few lyrical designers who feel they have a mission to accomplish, and work to convey their existential philosophy.
Gabriella Giuntoli's architect's study at 'Pensatoio' with a view of the sea.
Gabriella is one of them, an architectural poet and also the individual who has most contributed to save and enhance the island of Pantelleria.
Gabriella fell in love with this island during her 1964 Christmas vacation and, from one day to another, she changed her life. She left Milan and set foot on Pantelleria, where she invested all of her savings ($400) to purchase a Dammuso, where she opened her professional studio.
From that moment on, Gabriella has been the island's resident-architect par excellence, restoring and converting hundreds of abandoned agricultural stone shelters into sublime summer residences, including those of fashion designer Giorgio Armani, who is considered the island's "last prince".
What is a 'dammuso', you may ask. Dammuso is a word of Arabic origin that was originally intended to define a domed roof. Today, this term is used to designate the thousands of typical stone buildings that dot the countryside of Pantelleria. These buildings were originally used by local farmers as night shelters, when work in the field extended for more than a day.
Giorgio Armani's villa in Pantelleria
The island features over fifty volcanoes, some of which are still active, but has no fresh water. Its agriculture flourishes because of the intense night dew that feeds the thirst of its soil.
In 1965, Pantelleria was still an agricultural paradise, and its hilly landscape was extensively terraced, to take advantage of even the smallest land parcels for the production of grapes and capers.
In those years Pantelleria had very few trees, because locals believed that ornamental plants were subtracting land from the island's agricultural production; the only exceptions were twisted olive trees, growing low and parallel to the ground to shield their fruits from the winds. Local farmers also used to build amazing stone walls to protect their most precious plants, even a single lemon or orange tree. These circular or oval walls, seven or eight feet high, were called giardini, and thousands of them are still visible throughout the island.
The most astonishing feature of the island's landscape was its cascade of agricultural terraces supported by stone walls.
" God is in the Details!"
Detail of one of Gabriela Giuntoli's projects: a staircase cantilevered from a stone wall with solid wood steps.
It was a landscape with a cultural meaning, and this meaning was how much it reflected the island's integrated social and economic community, centered on working the land. And it was the harmony of this unique environment that attracted Gabriella to Pantelleria.
However, by the time she set foot on the island this equilibrium was beginning to crack. Many young people were leaving rather than continuing the work of their ancestors and a growing number of productive fields were being abandoned; as a result, unattended stone drywalls were slowly deteriorating and the historic landscape of Pantelleria was decaying. Moreover, by the end of the 1960s, over one thousand agricultural stone buildings were up for sale at bargain prices, attracting the interest of continental visitors hunting for low cost vacation residences.
It was the end of the agricultural economy and the beginning of tourism, a kind of tsunami that risked destroying a cultural patrimony assembled over thousands of years. It was a process of economic and cultural changes that was common to many small Mediterranean islands but, in the case of Pantelleria, there was someone determined to 'ride the tiger' with an architectural strategy designed to preserve and rehabilitate the abandoned dammusi. This someone was Gabriella Giuntoli, a determined and enthusiast architect 'pasionaria', gifted with unique sensibility and talent.
In 1970, I joined Gabriella in the launching of a project that aimed at preserving the island's historic landscape while promoting what we called 'qualified tourism'.
The dammusi of the 'Filipanti' are recognized by the common features of their architectural style that combines rustic stone with white, smooth and sensual domes. Dammusi are generally surrounded by patios and gardens where we can see trees that are representative of the island such as cactus, palms and maritime pines.
This project continued over three successive summers, and its first step was a public information campaign to enlighten the locals on the value of their environmental assets and warn them of the pitfalls of chaotic tourism developments.
We organized a think tank of young architects, sociologists, economists and media experts. This team was to set priorities and strategies for 'saving' the island. A few young islanders joined our team, fully aware that their future was at stake.
We began with a religious warfare approach. We pointed out that the islanders included two different groups, "Filipanti' (from the Greek word "filos" = friend), good guys who loved the island and wanted to save it, and "Barbapanti" (from the Greek word "barbaros"), bad guys who were exploiting it. This distinction, common to sport fans, highlighted the differences and ignited a public debate. Soon the "Filipanti" were winning, and the word "barbapante" was becoming a serious insult, like "cuckold" or "fascist".
The houses of the "Filopanti" are perfectly integrated into the island's landscape, clad in stone, and surrounded by splendid gardens.
The most successful instrument of our campaign was the launching of Il Panteco (Echo of Pantelleria), the first newspaper this island had ever had, compiled almost exclusively by locals, and devoured by everyone for the following 20 years, without distinction between locals and tourists.
Another project was a photomural exhibition to illustrate the diagnosis of the process and the possible therapies.
The Bible of the 'Filopanti' was a small essay written by Gabriella by the title of "Abitare un Dammuso" ("Inhabiting a Dammuso"), a detailed architectural handbook on how to restore and convert these prehistoric constructions into residences, without compromising their cultural identity.
Gabriella's pool in Pantelleria (Photo: Marco Ricca)
But actions speak louder than words, and Gabriella's first renovation projects became the reference models to follow. The brilliance of these projects was in her minimal modifications to the existing stone envelope, the framing of the internal alcoves by simply raising their floors, the polished cement finish (a first for the time), the spatial enhancement of the interior domed spaces, the almost invisible window frames, and the graceful openings through the exterior stone walls to maximize sunlight penetration.
The buildings' restoration works were complemented by the creation of external patio gardens screened by stone walls and covered with traditional straw mats. These patios extended the livable space of these buildings and allowed their residents to live outdoor in complete privacy and protected from the sun and the winds.
While reminding me of the works of Frank Lloyd Wright in Arizona, Luis Barragan in Mexico and Roberto Burle Marx in Brazil, Gabriella's projects were authentically local in both form and spirit.
This architectural language caught the island by storm, and while the number of Gabriella's clients kept rising, her functional and aesthetic solutions were freely copied by most of the island's builders.
Photo: Marco Ricca.
But, far from invoking a copyright, Gabriella was blessing her imitators because, by doing so, they were limiting the visual damages.
Thanks to Gabriella some sacrilegious interventions, such as whitewashing the stones, or introducing folkloric moldings or horns to the roofs of the dammusi became blasphemous. And it is thanks to her that many electrical poles in panoramic zones were removed, with the electrical cables placed underground. Moreover, thanks to Gabriella, many abandoned fields surrounding the converted stone shelters were turned into splendid gardens. As a result, today Pantelleria has become a green island.
Roberto Brambilla
Roberto Brambilla, a milanese architect headquartered in New York since the early 1970s, travels often to Italy to regenerate his creativity in the closest island to Africa: Pantelleria.
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Pantelleria, the Island Where You Can Try to Discover the Secret of Immortality
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Q: Continue while from nested for-loop I have the following loop structure:
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Now, is there any way to continue from within the for loop with the next iteration of the outer while loop without any break-variable? So if "something is true" I do not want to go #do more stuff but instead do the next $reader.read(). Continue only goes to the next iteration of the for loop. Break will only break the for loop.

A: Factoring out the inner loop to a function could improve readability, depending on how tangled up your variables are.
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But if you want to do this directly, you can, because PowerShell has labeled breaks:
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A: EDIT: a revised, recursive (and untested!) solution so your millage may vary:
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Concrete Polishing, Vol. 8 No. 2 - March/April 2008
Prepping For The Future of Polished Concrete
Written by John Abrahamson on March 12, 2008
More in Concrete Polishing:
Concrete Grinding and Polishing Tips: Rotation, Presoaking and Play Sand January 6, 2014
Polished Floor Maintenance Made Easy with a Three-Stage Plan January 12, 2014
Two Money-Making Alternatives for Polishing Contractors May 9, 2011
The best way to predict the future is to learn from history. However, the polished concrete industry is a very young industry. One cannot look to the history of polished concrete to make predictions about its future. One has to look instead at the histories of the established flooring industries and other related industries.
I believe that knowledge from the flooring industry is what is missing in the polished concrete industry. Polished concrete is sold as a flooring choice in so many cases, yet most of those in polished concrete are from a concrete background. The concrete industry is quite different from the flooring industry. While the concrete and flooring industries have joined together in the polished concrete industry, experience and knowledge is only derived from one of the parent industries.
I see companies attempting to differentiate themselves in ways that have already been proven or failed in other flooring industries. I see the polished concrete industry making some of these attempts early in the game, while the industry still remains very small. Carpet, ceramic, wood flooring, and other flooring industries did not take most of these actions until those industries had hundreds of millions of dollars in sales.
The basic question of those in the industry, whether they are contractors or suppliers to contractors, is, "How do I grow?" The answer to that question is in understanding your end user and related industries, and in changing that question to "How do WE grow?"
What do end users want in a floor? First and foremost, they want a good-looking floor. Secondly, they want a floor that functions, is easy to maintain, and lasts. Thirdly, they want a floor that fits into their budget. They want a good value. To determine if they are getting a good value, the end user has to understand the floor he or she is buying.
With so many companies, both contractors and suppliers, rushing to differentiate themselves to control their market share in such a new industry, the end user has become confused, and the future of polished concrete as a long-lasting industry is actually threatened. The rest of the flooring world learned a long time ago that it was to everyone's advantage to work together to create some standardization to help end users understand what they are buying. The real competition, after all, is other kinds of flooring with which the end user is more familiar, as well as the choice of simply leaving concrete in its natural state. A confused customer will simply go with another floor, or choose to do nothing. As human beings, we tend to be most threatened by those most like us. We fear our direct competitors and forget our more indirect competitors, who are as much, if not more, of a threat. That is very much the case with polished concrete, because the rest of the flooring industry has a vast history of knowledge from which to draw, while the history of polished concrete itself is much too shallow. Before the various players rush to differentiate themselves from each other, and build a name for themselves amongst each other, they need to pull together to identify their product and all the different variations of polished concrete, both wet and dry. This will help build a name for polished concrete in general. By rushing to the next step, the players are actually stifling the growth.
In the American marketplace, there is one truth that stands above any other. The end user will always look for faster, cheaper and better. Those that do not follow these rules may succeed in a niche market, but they will never become a real player in their industry. I believe the saying is, "Sell to the classes and you'll dine with the masses, but sell to the masses and you'll dine with the classes." That philosophy has certainly worked for giants such as Ikea, Wal-Mart, Home Depot and Lowe's.
A lot of changes will take place in the industry over the next three years. The landscape will change. Factors that were not factors so early in related industries will become factors in the polished concrete industry. The Chinese and Koreans have already entered the marketplace with much less expensive tooling. While quality is sometimes an issue, drastic improvements have been made. Sometimes the expense of labor in the Western world can work against quality. Consider the auto industry. Sometimes corners are cut on quality in order to offset the expense of labor and remain price-competitive. Three hundred million people in China still only earn about a dollar a day. With such low labor costs, a lot of margin is free for product development, even if they are selling for less.
While an industry is usually larger and more developed before such players enter into the scene, the growth of the industry has been so exaggerated that it has invited such competition early. This is bad for vendors, but actually good for the contractor and the industry as manufacturers compete with unpolished concrete and other forms of flooring. With more and more manufacturers of equipment and tooling, and more and more companies selling direct to the contractor rather than through distribution, the contractor is, more than ever, in the driver's seat. It is a buyer's market, and a perfect market for establishing best practices.
It will be very interesting to see what develops in the polished concrete industry over the next few years. My friends in the older, more established flooring industries do not believe in the long-term potential of polished concrete. They say it is a flash in the pan — a fluke of an industry that arose from a little work done for Home Depot and Lowe's stores. My friends in the decorative concrete and chemical industries and the polished concrete industry itself believe the potential is huge. I believe the truth is in between. Polished concrete, if managed correctly and collectively as an emerging industry, holds a lot of promise and offers a lot of opportunity. But, to get it to the point of being an established, long-term, viable industry will take a lot of work, a lot of cooperation and a lot of open-mindedness.
As someone who became involved in the very early days, first through a distributorship and then with a manufacturer of equipment and tooling, I know that the polished concrete industry grew through a very narrow crack in the concrete, so to speak. Lowe's and Home Depot did create a large temporary demand. Contractors bought a lot of equipment and tooling to do work for these two companies. However, from that narrow crack it is possible for a decent-sized industry to emerge. Because I feel so personally connected to the industry, I am rooting for it, and I am very hopeful that enough of the players will be able to quickly learn and maneuver in an industry that is changing faster than it is growing.
The American marketplace is gruelingly competitive, and only the fittest survive. The contractor that survives, and the supplier that survives, will find ways to get on and off the job faster, provide a floor for less money, and still provide a quality floor. The successful contractor will establish best practices. One doesn't always have to be the least expensive or the fastest, but one had better at least be in the ballpark. Expectation levels of the end product and service are a must, and achieving them requires education and standardized clarifications. If the end user is confused and fickle, the industry is confused and fickle. There is a saying, "It takes a village." It is going to take everyone pulling together for everyone in the industry to do better. The hurdle is human nature. Before we can overcome our competition, we must overcome ourselves.
How to Keep Up in the Ever-Changing Polished Concrete Industry
Your Profit Margin and How to Know if You're Really Making Money
Retroplate: Moving from Experience to Technology in Polished Concrete
Polishing Process
John Abrahamson
John Abrahamson, vice president of operations for Sase Co., has been in the polished concrete industry since 2000 and prior to that was in the flooring industry for 15 years. His former positions include president of HTC Inc. and national sales manager for VIC International.


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Quercus marilandica var. ashei
....3 Leaves usually large, thick, leathery, usually rusty-tomentose on the under surface, less conspicuously tufted with tomentum in the axils of the three primary veins beneath; buds large, 6-8 mm long, ovoid, or oval, prominently angled, covered with rusty-brown hairs; cups 10-20 mm wide, mostly turbinate or hemispheric, decidedly tapering at the base, the scales at the thick edge squarrose or loosely imbricate, cinnamon-red; acorns oblong, usually broader below than above, about 18 mm long, light yellow-brown, often striate, the shell usually lined with dense fulvous tomentum, enclosed for one-third to nearly two-thirds their length in the cups
Quercus marilandica var. marilandica
..2 Leaves 2-10 (-15) cm long, mostly with cuneate or rounded bases (in some species sometimes subcordate, truncate, or oblique); lower leaf surfaces glabrous, glabrescent, or pubescent, but the pubescence not orange and glandlike.
......4 Leaves shallowly and regularly serrate; leaves densely white pubescent beneath; [alien species, rarely planted and persistent; [section Cerris; "West Asia group"]
Quercus suber
......4 Leaves entire or with few and irregular teeth; leaves variously glabrous to pubescent beneath; [native species].
........5 Twigs of the current year densely and finely hairy, obscuring the surface; [scrubby trees of sandhills from se. SC southward to FL, west to s. AL]; [section Quercus; subsection Stellatae]
Quercus chapmanii
........5 Twigs of the year glabrous or sparsely pubescent; [shrubs, scrubby small trees, or large trees of various habitats, and collectively widespread in our area].
..........6 Leaves grayish beneath; [section Quercus; subsection Stellatae]
............ 7 Shrubs or small trees to 3(–5) m tall, often forming thickets, trunks multiple from near ground; acorn 7-12 (-15) mm long, 7-10 mm in diameter; [of dry limestone hills of OK and TX]
Quercus durandii var. breviloba
............ 7 Trees to 20 m tall, trunk usually solitary; acorn 12-15 (-18) mm long, 8-12 (-17) mm in diameter; [of moist bottomlands, riparian habitats and calcareous bluffs of SC west to TX]
Quercus durandii var. durandii
..........6 Leaves bright green or orange-scurfy beneath; [section Lobatae; subsection Phellos].
............ ..8 Leaf blade strongly convex; lower leaf surface orange-scurfy; [of sandhills and scrub from n. FL southward]
Quercus inopina
............ ..8 Leaf blade planar (the margins sometimes revolute); lower leaf surface glabrous or pubescent and also with tufts of hairs in the vein axils; [collectively more widespread in habitat and distribution].
............ ....9 Leaves evergreen, (including the petiole) usually < 4 cm long (sometimes to 9 cm long) and < 2 cm wide (to 6 cm wide); lower leaf surface usually entirely glabrous at maturity (rarely with pubescence in the vein axils); leaf blades rarely lobed; [shrub to scrubby tree of sandhills in se. SC and southward]
Quercus myrtifolia
............ ....9 Leaves deciduous, (including the petiole) usually > 5.5 cm long (rarely smaller) and usually 3-5 cm wide; lower leaf surface usually with tufts of hairs in the main vein axils beneath; leaf blades often lobed.
............ ......10 Leaves with broadly cuneate to rounded leaf bases, the blades 5-15 cm long; lower leaf surfaces generally pubescent across the surface, and also with tufts in the axils; [of sw. GA westward]
Quercus arkansana
............ ......10 Leaves with cuneate bases, the blades 5-10 (-15) cm long; lower leaf surfaces glabrous, except for tufts of hairs in the vein axils; [widespread in our area]
Quercus nigra
1 Leaves linear, elliptic, or narrowly obovate, 2-10× as long as wide.
............ ........11 Leaves (at maturity) glabrous or at most sparsely pubescent on the surface below, though often with tufts of hairs in the main vein axils.
............ ..........12 Twigs of the year densely and finely hairy, obscuring the surface; leaves (at maturity) sparsely pubescent beneath; [scrubby trees of sandhills from se. SC south to FL, west to s. AL]; [section Quercus; subsection Stellatae]
............ ..........12 Twigs of the year glabrous or sparsely pubescent; leaves (at maturity) bright green and glabrous beneath, though often with tufts of hairs in the main vein axils; [medium to large trees, more widespread, mostly of moist habitats, except Q. hemisphaerica]; [section Lobatae; section Phellos].
............ ............ 13 Leaves predominantly lanceolate, mostly 6-12 cm long and 0.7-2 cm wide, most of them 5-8× as long as wide, the apex acute; mature leaves with tufts of hairs in the vein axils below, and sometimes also some pubescence on the blade surface near the midrib; blades never with lobes or teeth; leaves deciduous in autumn; young leaves bronze red, emerging tightly rolled lengthwise and appearing linear; [trees of bottomlands and upland depression swamps, mesic uplands, and also weedy and frequent in disturbed successional habitats]
Quercus phellos
............ ............ 13 Leaves predominantly oblanceolate, obovate, or rhombic, mostly 2.5-10 cm long and 1.5-4 cm wide, most of them 2-5× as long as wide, the apex acute, obtuse, or rounded; mature leaves with or without tufts of hairs in the vein axils below, lacking pubescence on the blade surface; blades sometimes with 1-5 lateral lobes or teeth; leaves persisting until spring, or tardily and irregularly deciduous in winter; young leaves red, yellow, or green, not emerging tightly rolled lengthwise; [trees primarily either of swamp forests, maritime forests, or sandhills, not typically weedy].
............ ............ ..14 Mature leaves entirely glabrous below; leaves mostly with acute apices and bristle tips (rarely a few rounded), mostly 2.5-8 cm long and 1-2 (-3) cm wide, the upper surface shiny, the vein network not readily visible when backlit; leaves evergreen (persisting until spring); petiole 0.5-2 mm long; leaves of vigorous growth often with dentate lobes; [trees of dry sandy habitats, such as sandhills, maritime forests, and dry hammocks]
Quercus hemisphaerica
............ ............ ..14 Mature leaves with tufts of stellate trichomes in the vein axils; leaves mostly with rounded apices (rarely a few acute and then bristle-tipped), mostly 5-10 cm long and (1.8-) 2-4 cm wide, the upper surface dull, the vein network readily visible when backlit; leaves tardily deciduous (at least northwards in the Southeast); petiole 2-6 mm long; leaves of vigorous growth rarely lobed, and then not dentate; [trees of moist habitats, such as floodplain forests, mesic slopes, and moist hammocks]
Quercus laurifolia
............ ........11 Leaves (at maturity) persistently and densely pubescent on the surface below, the pubescence in some species so dense and tight as to be difficult to perceive without at least 10× magnification.
............ ............ ....15 Leaves bristle-tipped (sometimes the bristle fallen or broken off, but leaving a truncate scar), deciduous in autumn; multi-armed trichomes of the rosulate or multiradiate types, many of the arms ascending or erect (never with the stellate or fused-stellate trichomes characteristic of the live oaks); acorns maturing in 2 years (immature acorns present through the winter on fruiting trees); [section Lobatae; subsection Phellos].
............ ............ ......16 Leaves (including petiole) mostly 10-17 cm long, 3.5-7 cm wide; lower leaf surface (at maturity) sparsely to moderately densely pubescent with soft hairs; leaves lustrous dark-green above; [trees of the Mountains, Piedmont, and rarely Coastal Plain]
Quercus imbricaria
............ ............ ......16 Leaves (including petiole) mostly 4-11 cm long, 0.5-3.0 cm wide; lower leaf surface densely covered with soft hairs; leaves lustrous dark-green or bluish-green above; [stoloniferous shrubs and small to medium trees of the Coastal Plain].
............ ............ ........17 Leaves 0.5-1.5 cm wide, mostly 4-8× as long as wide, lustrous dark-green above; acorns 8-12 mm long; petioles 1-3 mm long; [plant a stoloniferous shrub, to 1 m tall (or to 2 m in fire-suppressed pinelands)]
Quercus elliottii
............ ............ ........17 Leaves 1.5-3.0 cm wide, mostly 2-4× as long as wide, dull bluish-green above; acorns 10-15 mm long; petioles 4-15 mm long; [plant a small to medium tree]
Quercus incana
............ ............ ....15 Leaves not bristle-tipped, evergreen (overwintering, falling with the expansion of new leaves in the spring) or deciduous (in Q. oglethorpensis and Q. mohriana); multi-armed trichomes of the fused-stellate and stellate types, the arms parallel to the leaf surface, radiating from a well developed disc that appears as a white eye or dot at 20-40× magnification (or rosulate or multiradiate in Q. oglethorpensis and Q. mohriana); acorns maturing in 1 year (immature acorns not present through the winter, unless aborted).
............ ............ ..........18 Stellate hairs of the leaf undersurfaces at least in part erect or semi-erect, sometimes also with appressed stellae; leaves either deciduous in autumn or evergreen to tardily deciduous; bark gray.
............ ............ ............ 19 Stellate hairs of the leaf undersurfaces with (4-) 6+ rays; bark dark gray, deeply furrowed; [trees of the rocky limestone hills, c. OK and c. TX]; [section Quercus; subsection Polymorphae]
Quercus mohriana
............ ............ ............ 19 Stellate hairs of the leaf undersurfaces with 1-4 rays; bark light gray, resembling that of Quercus alba; [bottomlands and upland clay flats, GA and SC]; [section Quercus; subsection Stellatae]
Quercus oglethorpensis
............ ............ ..........18 Stellate hairs of the leaf undersurfaces appressed to the surface; leaves evergreen (overwintering, falling with the expansion of new leaves in the spring); bark (on the tree species) brownish, deeply furrowed; [trees and stoloniferous shrubs either of sandy habitats of the Coastal Plain of GA, NC, SC, and VA or of rocky limestone areas of c. OK and c. TX]; [section Virentes].
............ ............ ............ ..20 Plant a stoloniferous shrub, to 1 m tall (or to 2 m in fire-suppressed pinelands) and producing acorns at that size
Quercus minima
............ ............ ............ ..20 Plant a small to large tree, not producing acorns until >2m tall.
............ ............ ............ ....21 Leaf blades with the margins strongly revolute, and also the sides of the blades generally rolled downward and obscuring part of the lower surface, the leaf appearing boatlike (the depth of the "boat" often approaching the width of the leaf); midvein and major lateral veins impressed on the upper surface and raised on the lower surface (the lower surface therefore appearing rugose); buds dark brown; cup scales gray-tipped; pubescence of the lower surface stellate, both appressed and erect, the individual stellae readily visible at 20× magnification (sometimes at 10× magnification); acorns (1-) 2 (-6) per stalk; [typically a small tree of dry sands]
Quercus geminata
............ ............ ............ ....21 Leaf blades flat, or the margins slightly to strongly revolute, the sides of the blade sometimes rolled downward, usually not obscuring part of the lower surface, the leaf not boatlike (the leaf much wider than deep); midvein and major lateral veins not impressed (or very slightly so) on the upper surface and only very slightly, if at all, raised on the lower surface (the lower surface therefore not appearing notably rugose); buds red-brown; cup scales red-tipped; pubescence of the lower surface stellate, all of it tightly appressed, the individual stellae readily visible only at 30× magnification (sometimes barely distinguishable at 20× magnification); acorns 1-2 per stalk.
............ ............ ............ ......22 Nut (17-) 20-30 (-33) mm, apex acute; [of OK and c. and s. TX, mainly dry habitats of limestone, gravels, and sands]
Quercus fusiformis
............ ............ ............ ......22 Nut 15-20 (-25) mm, apex rounded or blunt; [of e. TX eastwards, typically a large upland or bottomland tree, or northwards a salt-pruned shrub to large tree of dunes and estuarine shorelines]]
Quercus virginiana
Key to Quercus, Key D: Leaves with lobes or teeth bristle-tipped (Red Oaks)
1 Leaves shallowly 3-lobed near the broad apex (some leaves of sprout or juvenile shoots may be more lobed); [section Lobatae; subsection Phellos].
..2 Leaf blades 5-15 cm long; lower leaf surfaces glabrous, except for tufts of hairs in the vein axils (or pubescent across the surface in Q. arkansana].
....3 Leaves with broadly cuneate to rounded leaf bases, the blades 5-15 cm long; lower leaf surfaces generally pubescent across the surface, and also with tufts in the axils; [of sw. GA westward]
....3 Leaves with cuneate bases, the blades 5-10 (-15) cm long; lower leaf surfaces glabrous, except for tufts of hairs in the vein axils; [widespread in our area]
..2 Leaf blades 10-30 cm long; lower leaf surfaces pubescent across the surface (and often also with denser tufts of hairs in the vein axils).
......4 Petioles short and stout, 5-15 mm long; lower leaf surfaces thinly to densely pubescent with a mixture of tawny or orange glandlike hairs and stellate hairs whose structure is easily visible at 10× magnification
........5 Leaves small, thinner, glabrate or grayish-pubescent beneath, with conspicuous tufts of yellowish tomentum in the axils of the principal veins beneath; buds small, 3-5 mm long, ovate-lanceolate, grayish-pubescent; cups 10-15 mm wide, rounded or flattened at the base, with small grayish brown or red-brown scales closely appressed in a thin edge, covering less than one-third of the acorns; acorns 15-18 mm long, glabrous, or nearly so, sometimes faintly striated
........5 Leaves usually large, thick, leathery, usually rusty-tomentose on the under surface, less conspicuously tufted with tomentum in the axils of the three primary veins beneath; buds large, 6-8 mm long, ovoid, or oval, prominently angled, covered with rusty-brown hairs; cups 10-20 mm wide, mostly turbinate or hemispheric, decidedly tapering at the base, the scales at the thick edge squarrose or loosely imbricate, cinnamon-red; acorns oblong, usually broader below than above, about 18 mm long, light yellow-brown, often striate, the shell usually lined with dense fulvous tomentum, enclosed for one-third to nearly two-thirds their length in the cups
......4 Petioles long and slender, (14-) 20-50 mm long; lower leaf surfaces densely puberulent with tawny stellate hairs whose structure is barely visible at 10× magnification
Quercus falcata
1 Leaves shallowly to deeply 5-12-lobed (some of the leaves of Q. georgiana only 3-lobed), the lobes primarily lateral.
..........6 Mature leaves pubescent beneath on the surface with stellate hairs.
............ 7 Leaves 5-10 (-12) cm long, 5-lobed; shrub or small tree; [w. NC northward]; [section Lobatae; subsection Phellos]
Quercus ilicifolia
............ 7 Leaves (8-) 10-20 cm long, 5-12-lobed; small to large trees[collectively widespread in our area].
............ ..8 Petioles 0.5-1.0 (-1.8) cm long, generally twisted such that the blade is oriented in a vertical plane; leaves all deeply lobed, some of the sinuses extending > 4/5 of the way to the midrib; pubescence of the lower leaf surface greenish yellow, matted, and glandlike, usually sloughing off by late in the year; [section Lobatae; subsection Phellos]
Quercus laevis
............ ..8 Petioles 2-5 cm long, not twisted so that the blade is oriented in a vertical plane; leaves shallowly to deeply lobed, some of the leaves on a tree generally shallowly lobed, none of the sinuses extending > 2/3 of the way to the midrib; pubescence of the lower leaf surface tawny or gray, stellate, not glandlike, persistent or sloughing off by late in the year.
............ ....9 Acorns 12-20 mm long, in a cup 15-25 mm across and 10-12 mm deep; mature leaves loosely and rather coarsely pubescent (the stellate hairs conspicuous and readily distinguishable at 10× magnification), often becoming nearly or entirely glabrous by late in the year (except for tufts of hairs in the vein axils); terminal bud 4-angled, 7-10 mm long, densely gray-tomentose; [section Lobatae; subsection Coccineae]
Quercus velutina
............ ....9 Acorns 10-15 mm long, in a cup 12-14 mm across and 4-5 mm deep; mature leaves densely and finely pubescent (the stellate hairs minute and scarcely distinguishable at 10× magnification), the pubescence permanent; terminal bud only obscurely angled (if at all), 5-8 mm long, brown-puberulent; [section Lobatae; subsection Phellos].
............ ......10 Base of blades of sun-leaves typically rounded, thus forming a U-shape (some leaves cuneate, angled, or oblique); terminal lobe of leaves generally long-attenuated, narrow (its sides nearly parallel for much of its length), and curved to one side (falcate) (note that trees with the trilobed leaf form will key out above); leaves with 3-7 well-developed lobes, these often very irregular in size, shape, spacing, and orientation; pubescence of lower leaf surface normally tawny (when fresh)
............ ......10 Base of blades of sun-leaves typically cuneate or angled, thus forming a V-shape (some leaves somewhat U-shaped or oblique); terminal lobe of leaves generally short, broadly triangular (its sides normally tapering toward the tip for most of their length), not strongly curved to one side; leaves with 5-9 well-developed lobes, these generally rather uniform in size, shape, spacing, and orientation; pubescence of leaf surface gray
Quercus pagoda
..........6 Mature leaves glabrous beneath on the surface, with tufts of hairs in the main vein axils beneath.
............ ........11 Petioles 0.5-1.0 (-1.8) cm long, generally twisted such that the blade is oriented in a vertical plane; inner cup-scales of the acorn cup inflexed, thus the cup appearing to have a broadly rounded rim; [section Lobatae; subsection Phellos]
............ ........11 Petioles 2.0-7 cm long, not twisted so that the blade is oriented in a vertical plane; inner cup-scales of the acorn cup not inflexed, thus the cup appearing to have a sharp rim appressed against the acorn.
............ ..........12 Terminal buds 4-angled, 7-10 mm long, the bud scales densely gray-tomentose; [section Lobatae; subsection Coccineae]
............ ..........12 Terminal buds not 4-angled, 3-5 (-7) mm long, the bud scales glabrous or with ciliate margins.
............ ............ 13 Leaves relatively shallowly lobed, the sinuses extending up to 2/3 of the way to the midrib; upper leaf surface dull, not lustrous; [section Lobatae; subsection Coccineae].
............ ............ ..14 Acorn cup covering about 1/4 of acorn; leaf sinuses extending about ¼ of the way to the midrib; bark of mature trees dark gray to black; [widespread in our area, at low to medium elevations]
Quercus rubra var. rubra
............ ............ ..14 Acorn cup covering about 1/3 of acorn; leaf sinuses extending about 1/3 of the way to the midrib; bark of mature trees medium gray; [of the Mountains, mostly at 1000 m and above]
Quercus rubra var. ambigua
............ ............ 13 Leaves relatively deeply lobed, the sinuses extending 2/3 to 9/10 of the way to the midrib; upper leaf surface lustrous.
............ ............ ....15 Larger lateral lobes of most leaves with 1 bristle per lobe (-2 on some lobes); total bristle tips < 10/leaf; [section Lobatae; subsection Phellos]
Quercus georgiana
............ ............ ....15 Larger lateral lobes of most leaves with 2 or more bristles; total bristle tips 9-50/leaf.
............ ............ ......16 Terminal bud moderately to strongly silver or reddish pubescent in its upper half; [section Lobatae; subsection Coccineae].
............ ............ ........17 Cup turbinate to hemispheric, scales with broad glossy base, scale margins often strongly concave; nut ovoid to subglobose, with 1 or more concentric rings of pits at apex; [of ME and WI south to s. GA, s. AL, e. LA, AR and MO]
Quercus coccinea
............ ............ ........17 Cup deeply cup-shaped to turbinate, scales pubescent with straight or slightly concave margins; nut ellipsoid to ovoid, without rings of pits at apex; [of n. OH west to e. ND, south to c. IL and MO]
Quercus ellipsoidalis
............ ............ ......16 Terminal bud glabrous or with a few scattered hairs.
............ ............ ..........18 Lower surface of mature leaf blade glabrous or with minute tufts of hairs in the vein axils; acorn scar 3.5-8 mm in diameter; [of e. and c. OK south to sc. TX]; [section Lobatae; subsection Coccineae].
Quercus buckleyi
............ ............ ..........18 Lower surface of mature leaf blade with conspicuous tufts of hairs in the vein axils; acorn scar 5-13 mm in diameter; [collectively widespread].
............ ............ ............ 19 Primary leaf lobes (and the secondary veins leading to them) largely alternate; acorn cup with thin (< 1.5 mm in cross section) walls, deeply goblet-shaped, covering 1/3-1/2 of the nut, the inner surface pubescent; [section Lobatae; subsection Palustres]
Quercus texana
............ ............ ............ 19 Primary leaf lobes (and the secondary veins leading to them) opposite or sub-opposite; acorn cup with thick (> 1.5 mm in cross section) walls, saucer- or cup-shaped, covering 1/4-1/3 of the nut, inner surface glabrous or with ring of hairs around scar.
............ ............ ............ ..20 Leaf blades mostly as wide or wider than long, 5 (-7)-lobed; [of dry glades and ridgetops]; [section Lobatae; subsection Coccineae]
............ ............ ............ ....21 [AR only]
Quercus acerifolia
............ ............ ............ ....21 [fairly widespread in the inland provinces]
Quercus species 1
............ ............ ............ ..20 Leaf blades mostly longer than wide, 5-7 (-11)-lobed; [of submesic or moist slopes and bottomlands].
............ ............ ............ ......22 Nuts (8-) 10-14 (-16) mm long; mature leaf blades mostly 7-12 cm long, 5-11 cm wide (averaging about 9 cm long and 8 cm wide), with 5-7 lobes; [section Lobatae; subsection Palustres]
Quercus palustris
............ ............ ............ ......22 Nuts 14-30 mm long; mature leaf blades mostly (7.5-) 10-20 cm long, 6-15 cm wide (averaging about 13 cm long and 11 cm wide), with (5-) 7-9 (-11) lobes; [section Lobatae; subsection Coccineae]
Quercus shumardii


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Q: How to group data of LIstview in WPF? How to group data of Listview when data are bind from SQL Database
I used Collection View Source for that but it
is not working
My Code lines are mentioned below :
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but it not working properly , even data are not show in listview when Listview  Item Source is bind with  Collection View Source
Please help me out.
Thanks a lot.

A: you can try the following
ICollectionView view = CollectionViewSource.GetDefaultView(ds);
view.GroupDescriptions.Add(new PropertyGroupDescription("RequestID"));
listview1.ItemsSource = view;

dont forget to set a grouping template. btw here is a related question with an complete anwser.


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Advent Devotional – December 22 – I Commend Joy!
Consider: What is the most valuable or beautiful item that you own, or that you have ever seen?
What is glory? Twice in this passage we see this word used, once when referring to the glory of the Lord that shone around the angels, and once when the angels say "glory to God." But we don't use that word much, do we, expect possibly when we say something is glorious.
Glory also has to do with God's worth and giving honor to his worth. A great painting, a valuable amount of gold, a beautiful castle all have great worth, and their maker or owner deserves credit or honor for obtaining or making these things. When we give God glory, we are giving God the credit and the honor for the amazing acts that he has done. His actions display how incredible he is as a person, so giving God glory not only refers to his actions but also to his very nature. It was fitting for the multitude of angels to gather together to proclaim praise to God because God is so very great!
Apply: This week, think about how you can verbally give credit to God for who he is or something that he has done in your life.
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There are two things I'd like to share today.
First, a sneak peek at an opening chapter from the premier long novel in The Night Walk Men series which will be titled The Devil's Right Hand. As some of you may know, it's slated for release this year and is in the editing stage.
You've already met Donnie Lo, holed up in a basement apartment in Vancouver's notorious downtown east side. Now behold another main player in Devil: Benton Garamond. He's looking to get into a tight space where he has no business being. And what's this? He's out trolling the bars one wet evening to see if he can score access to one of those tight spaces.
Thanks to everyone for sharing news of the excerpt. It's been removed now but garnered close to 1800 visits since it was shared on Saturday. Come and visit again. I hope to post more excerpts and fun freebies regarding the new novel.
The above excerpt will disappear this week so enjoy it while it lasts.
The second thing I want to share is news of a completely new short story set in The Night Walk universe. This one's called Kro. Yes, that's the name of it. I cannot lie to you. It's a short based on an intriguing companion character who, like the others, "walks at night and when the rains come." Sperro, our undying narrator, counts on Kro for some of the dirtiest work that a Night Walker can handle. And trust me when I tell you she is an expert at handling it.
The story is set inside the novel and, for all intents, could have remained there. It exists in the same narrative world and timeline and involves Kro and another character who is pivotal in The Devil's Right Hand. Look for the story, Kro, coming to ebook stores soon!
Hope you enjoy the lil distractions and would love to hear your thoughts on the upcoming expansion to The Night Walk world.
Cheers, Jennifer! Thanks for checking it out.
you are a tease, my friend! How much longer must we wait for the entire novel? As usual, love the style, and it leaves me wanting more. Thanks so much, you have brightened my sunday considerably.
Kimba, you know I live to tease! The full novel will descend before you know it!
Intriguing indeed! Kro looks promising, too. Looking forward to reading that story.
I get a noir-ish vibe from this excerpt. Nicely done! I'm looking forward to the rest.
Thanks for reading and sharing, Ryan!


Wells Carnival is a traditional summer carnival held at the seaside for residents and visitors.
There is lots of fun for all the family with a week of live music, food and crafts, competitions and picnics. Why not take part in the carnivals events and compete in the Sandcastle and Sand Sculpture Competition? or see how many crabs you can catch in your bucket at the Gillying Competition!
Carnival Day takes place on Saturday 4th where you can see many floats, fancy-dress and the crowning of the Carnival Royals!
See Wells Carnival website for full information and daily events.


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Thorndale is an 'L' station on the CTA's Red Line. It is located at 1118 West Thorndale Avenue in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The adjacent stations are Granville, located about one quarter mile to the north, and Bryn Mawr, about one half mile to the south. Four tracks pass through the station, but there is only a single island platform in the center of the tracks; Purple Line weekday rush hour express service use the outside tracks but do not stop at this station.

History
A temporary station opened at Thorndale in 1915. This was replaced with a permanent station built to a design by architect Charles P. Rawson in 1921 as part of a project by the Northwestern Elevated Railroad to raise the tracks between Wilson and Howard onto an embankment.

Modernization
Closure of the Thorndale station (along with Lawrence, and Jarvis on the Red Line and South Boulevard and Foster on the Purple Line) was proposed in of three of the CTA's six potential options for the renovation of the Purple Line and northern section of the Red Line. In two plans, the station would be replaced by new auxiliary entrances at Glenlake from Granville and Hollywood from Bryn Mawr. In the third, replacement would be by auxiliary entrances at Elmdale from a new subterranean station at Glenlake and at Hollywood from a new station at Bryn Mawr.

Bus connections
CTA
  36 Broadway

Notes and references

Notes

References

External links

 Train schedule (PDF) at CTA official site
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A comparison of political, cultural, and economic indicators of access to information in Arab and non-Arab states
Jeannine E. Relly, David Cuillier
As more and more countries adopt access-to-information (ATI) laws to advance economic development and democratic self-governance, efforts are under way to foster ATI movements in the Arab world. While one nation in that region already has adopted the legislation, the likelihood of adoption in other Arab states is unknown. This comparative study analyzed 12 quantitative indicators measuring political, cultural, and economic factors associated with access to information. Results indicate that Arab countries, as a whole, contrast sharply in nearly all areas with non-Arab countries that have ATI laws and are consistent with non-Arab countries that do not have ATI laws. However, the study also found that the most recent ATI law adopters had weaker political, cultural, and economic enabling environments for government information access, which may portend a global phenomenon that will continue and could explain the interest in adopting the legislation in the Arab world. Findings also suggest that while a handful of Arab countries might have the wealth to effectively implement ATI laws, political and cultural conditions may be substantial obstacles for greater government transparency. Other results regarding the use of quantitative indicators of ATI adoption, particularly structural pluralism, are discussed.
Government Information Quarterly
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.giq.2010.04.004
Governmental openness
10.1016/j.giq.2010.04.004
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Relly, J. E., & Cuillier, D. (2010). A comparison of political, cultural, and economic indicators of access to information in Arab and non-Arab states. Government Information Quarterly, 27(4), 360-370. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.giq.2010.04.004
A comparison of political, cultural, and economic indicators of access to information in Arab and non-Arab states. / Relly, Jeannine E.; Cuillier, David.
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Relly, JE & Cuillier, D 2010, 'A comparison of political, cultural, and economic indicators of access to information in Arab and non-Arab states', Government Information Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 360-370. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.giq.2010.04.004
Relly JE, Cuillier D. A comparison of political, cultural, and economic indicators of access to information in Arab and non-Arab states. Government Information Quarterly. 2010 Oct 1;27(4):360-370. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.giq.2010.04.004
Relly, Jeannine E. ; Cuillier, David. / A comparison of political, cultural, and economic indicators of access to information in Arab and non-Arab states. In: Government Information Quarterly. 2010 ; Vol. 27, No. 4. pp. 360-370.
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Top Websites News Website in Pakistan
August 31, 2022 by 8reaq
News & Media Publishers in Pakistan are facing a lot of challenges. The environment is not friendly for this sector. There are many problems that they have to face every day, but at the same time, people still want to read news and learn about their lives. This list will help you find some websites that can give you all these things: Top Websites News Website in Pakistan
Pakistan News International
Pakistan News International (PNI) is a reputable international news organization which was established on March 23, 2018. In a short span of time, PNI has made its place among Urdu reading, writing and speaking readers all over the world. The management of PNI is in the hands of senior journalists of Urdu journalism. They have a professional and hardworking team that is active to keep you informed 24 hours a day. PNI's motto is accurate, timely and comprehensive news. PNI News, photos and videos for PNI readers are carefully selected and suitable words are used in the news text.
https://pni.net.pk/
Dawn is the most popular news website in Pakistan. It was founded by M. J. Akbar in Karachi on 4 November 1941 and has grown to become one of the largest newspapers in South Asia, publishing daily except Sundays. Its headquarters are at Block E/1A-2C Shara Nazir Road in Karachi, Sindh Province (formerly British India). The newspaper's online edition was launched on 19 July 2008, making it Pakistan's first multilingual publication with its own website available for free access from all countries where Internet connectivity exists.
The paper also publishes a weekly supplement called 'Dawn Weekly' which is published every Wednesday.[5] In addition to its print products, Dawn also features an extensive digital presence via its mobile apps or their websites such as
Geo.tv
Geo.tv is a Pakistani media company based in Karachi, Pakistan. Geo TV was established on 15 November 2005 by Muzzamil Hussain, Javed Tsengar and Asim Siddiqui. The channel is currently one of the most popular news channels in Pakistan and has been awarded five times by Pakistan's Cable TV Operators Association for its quality programming and service to viewers.
The main focus of Geo News is on international news but it also covers local events, including elections and political developments within Pakistan as well as those taking place around the world such as disasters or conflicts which affect us all directly or indirectly through our economy or our security concerns over terrorism attacks against civilians living nearby us (for example when terrorists attacked Mumbai during 2008).
Express.pk
Express.pk is a Pakistani news and entertainment website that was established in 2012 by a group of Pakistani journalists, who were disappointed with the state of media in their country. The site offers content about politics, entertainment and lifestyle as well as original reporting from around Pakistan.
Express has over 20 million visitors per month and is one of the most visited websites in Pakistan with an Alexa rank of 3rd position (global). It's also considered one of the most trusted sources for local news from across Pakistan thanks to its wide coverage area which includes all major cities such as Lahore or Karachi etc., making Express an ideal choice if you're looking for reliable information on anything ranging from local politics to national affairs!
News.Pk
News.Pk is a Pakistani news and entertainment website. It was launched in April 2008 by the Jang Group, which also owns other notable media outlets such as The News International ( LIA), The Nation (ANI) and Jang TV.
It is one of the most popular news websites in Pakistan and is available in Urdu and English languages. The website has been ranked as a high traffic website with over 100 million page views per month according to Alexa Internet rankings from November 2017 to October 2018.
UrduPoint.com is a leading Urdu news portal in Pakistan. It was launched in 2010 by the Express Media Group and is based in Lahore, Pakistan. The website publishes content related to politics, entertainment and sports in Urdu language as well as English language.
The website has been ranked as one of the top websites for News & Media Publishers on Alexa Internet Ranking List of Pakistan from 2012 to 2017 with an average position of #517 (the highest being #1
Samachar.pk
Samachar.pk is a news website based in Pakistan. It was launched as an online version of Samachar, a newspaper published since 1884. The website has more than 5 million monthly visitors and 1 million daily users across all platforms (desktop and mobile).
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One of the most remarkable properties ever to become available, Great Island is a private 60-acre island accessible via causeway with over a mile of pristine shoreline on the Long Island Sound. The beloved home to the same family for generations, this is the largest private island ever to be offered for sale on the East Coast and represents a once in a lifetime opportunity to enjoy your own private paradise in one of the regions most exclusive locales. Surrounded by sparkling blue waters, the centerpiece of the property set high on rocky bluff with breathtaking views of the Long Island Sound is a circa 1905 13,000 Sq Ft manor, reminiscent of a romantic Italian villa and beautifully detailed with the fine craftsmanship for which the era is known. A 3-bedroom stone house, 19th century Farmhouse, Seaside Bungalow and a charming Beach Cottage share the setting with a white sandy beach and rare deep-water dock that can accommodate a 100-foot yacht. Equally memorable is the compounds world-class equestrian facility designed by renowned architect Rafael Guastavino and was home base to five-time Olympic show jumper and gold medalist William Steinkraus. Equestrians will appreciate the beautiful 18-stall granite stable and indoor heated riding arena. Just outside and overlooking the harbor, there is an outdoor sand dressage ring and a large, half-size polo field which is suitable for setting hunter/jumper courses and the numerous paddocks and riding trails that comprise the facility.
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