He wanted a proper final test run and Thomas Barr got exactly that, pressed right to the last hurdle before nailing down his seventh straight national title – and with that the perfect send off for the World Athletics Championships in London.
Barr fell just short of his 49.68 championship best performance but as a 400m hurdle race he got everything else out of it. Neck-and-neck with his training partner Paul Byrne from the St Abbans club in Laois as they hit the homestretch, before Barr – as once famously said about Alberto Juantorena – opened his legs and showed his class.
While Barr's 49.79 was perfectly satisfying, Byrne will be disappointed with his 50.24, which was outside the sub-50 seconds he's been chasing all season.
With London – beginning on August 4th – now fresh in Barr's mind, there was some relief too that he's over his recent hamstring tear.
On the day before his 25th birthday too – and of the only four Irish track or field qualifiers for London (along with Ciara Mageean, Mark English and Brian Gregan) Barr represents our chief, if not only, medal hope in London.
After his fourth place heroics at the Rio Olympics last summer (and remember, his 47.97 seconds was just .05 short of bronze) Barr knows the potential is there, but so too some pressure.
Mageean has qualified for the 1,500m in London, the UCD AC runner moving down a distance to win back the women's 800m title, leading all the way but she found herself under unexpected pressure in the closing strides – Claire Mooney finishing like the proverbial freight train, only to run out of track in the end.
Mageean took the win in 2:04.06, just 0.17 ahead of Mooney - the former 400m specialist, who runs with Naas AC.
"Definitely closer that I thought," admitted Mageean. "I would have wanted to finish a bit stronger, but I need to be tough like that, work on that finish.
English has qualified for his third World Championships in the 800m, and bossed his way to a fifth national title, also in the colours of UCD AC with an equally satisfied mind.
Like Barr, his preparations have been disrupted with a quad muscle injury, not that it showed as English wrote some poetry in motion in the homestretch to win in 1:50.89.
His nearest rival in the end was Kieran Kelly from Raheny, who ran 1:15.07, with Karl Griffin's fast finish earning him bronze in 1:52.44, another racing in the colours of UCD AC.
And so to Brian Gregan, in the form of his life this summer, recently lowering his 400m best to 45.26 – and duly producing the most dominating performance of the championships here with his 45.74 seconds, just off the championship record of 45.58.
Which is exactly what Gregan did – definitely heading to London in the right direction. His eighth successive race win, and fourth national title.
There was an upset in every sense on the penultimate lap of the women's 3,000m steeplechase, two-time champion Michelle Finn crashing over the hurdle, and despite bravely continuing, Kerry O'Flaherty from Down took her first title.
Conor and Kevin Dooney made it a proud family distance double – with Kevin winning the 10,000m title for the first time on Saturday (29:30.16), before Conor came out the next day to win the 5,000m, also in the colours of Raheny Shamrock AC.
The American born Jeremy Phillips from Clonliffe Harriers took the fastest man in Ireland crown for this year, winning the 100m in a 10.40.
Meanwhile at the final day of the European Under-20 championships in Grosseto, Italy, Gina Akpe-Moses fell just short of adding to her medal tally as the Irish 4x100m relay women ended up fourth. Akpe-Moses, who won gold in the 100m on Friday, ran the third leg but by then the Irish quartet had left themselves with a little too much to do. Ciara Neville was anchoring them, with Molly Scott and Sharlene Mawdsley completing the team.
However John Fitzsimons ran a brilliant race to win bronze over the 800m, despite being ranked 20th in the event, running 1:49.15.


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Q: How to scale up the good variable for minimization algorithm I am using quasi newton algorithm(Numerical recipes) for minimization in which i have to assign the variables. I selected some variables but i do not know those are good scale up variables. Is anybody knows how to scale up the good variable.
I have a c-code with function(f(x)) and its gradients and also quasi newton algorithm code.
Thank you in advance.

A: I think in most cases you don't need scaling. But if you have the case of parameters differing by orders of magnitude, scaling maybe worthwhile. In that case I would scale the parameters by the first guess. E.g. if you can specify the starting point and it is not terribly far off of the expected true value, it should also provide reasonable scaling.

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Q: jQuery use variable outside function I'm using jquery.feeds.js to aggregate rss feeds and preprocessing the data received with jsonp.js. The problem is I can't use the variable summarize I've set within the preprocess function outside of it. I did set it as a universal variable though so I don't know what I could be doing wrong. Could it be a problem that I'm running multiple JSON requests?
My code:
$('#feed').feeds({
    feeds: {
        reuters: 'http://feeds.reuters.com/reuters/businessNews'
    },
    max: 2,
    preprocess: function ( feed ) {
        var articleLink = (this.link);
        var summarize = '';

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            corsSupport: true,
            jsonpSupport: true,

            success: function(data){
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            }
          });

          alert(summarize);

        this.contentSnippet = summarize

    },
    entryTemplate: '
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});

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A: I think you mean this
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    feeds: {
        reuters: 'http://feeds.reuters.com/reuters/businessNews'
    },
    max: 2,
    preprocess: function ( feed ) {
        var articleLink = (this.link);
        var summarize = '';

        var that = this;

        $.getJSON({
            url: 'https://jsonp.nodejitsu.com/?url=http://clipped.me/algorithm/clippedapi.php?url='+articleLink+'&callback=?',
            corsSupport: true,
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            success: function(data){
                that.contentSnippet = data.summary
            }
        });

    },
    entryTemplate: '
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A: You have a series of errors that are not addressed in the other posts..

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*the preprocess callback allows for changes in the current object (feed) right before it gets displayed.
Since the getJSON is an ajax call it will get the results too late. And changing the contentSnippet even in the success callback will not fix this.

*You use the $.getJSON method as if it was $.ajax. So you pass it wrong arguments. Just use $.ajax for your syntax

*finally to fix the first issue, you need to alter your template a bit so you can find the relevant parts later on (when the ajax requests complete) and use the onComplete callback instead (of the feeds plugin)

All changes together give
$('#feed').feeds({
    feeds: {
        reuters: 'http://feeds.reuters.com/reuters/businessNews'
    },
    max: 2,
    onComplete: function(entries){ // use onComplete which runs after the normal feed is displayed
        var $this = $(this);
        entries.forEach(function(entry){
            var $self = $this.find('.entry[data-link="'+entry.link+'"]');

            $.ajax({
                url:'https://jsonp.nodejitsu.com/?url=http://clipped.me/algorithm/clippedapi.php?url='+entry.link,
                corsSupport: true,
                jsonpSupport: true,
                success: function(data){
                    // add the results to the rendered page
                    $self.find('.snippet').html( data.summary );
                }
              });
        });
    }, // change the template for easier access through jquery
    entryTemplate: '<div class="entry" data-link="<!=link!>">
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});

Demo at http://jsfiddle.net/gaby/pc7s2bmr/1/

A: Mathletics is correct. Do this...

$('#feed').feeds({
    feeds: {
        reuters: 'http://feeds.reuters.com/reuters/businessNews'
    },
    max: 2,
    preprocess: function ( feed ) {
        var articleLink = (this.link);
        var summarize = '';
      var _this = this;

        $.getJSON({
            url: 'https://jsonp.nodejitsu.com/?url=http://clipped.me/algorithm/clippedapi.php?url='+articleLink+'&callback=?',
            corsSupport: true,
            jsonpSupport: true,

            success: function(data){
               _this.contentSnippet = data.summary
            }
          });

          alert(summarize);
    },
    entryTemplate: '
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York City FC Foundation are running a series of holiday courses during the February Half Term & Easter School holidays at various locations across the County.
from 4 -12 years as the next step in their long term player development. Sessions develop the Technical, Physical, Psychological, Social and Tactical aspects of the young player whilst being fun and engaging in a safe, friendly environment. Advanced courses are more challenging, and are aimed at older players (8-12 years) who play for a grassroots club.


The application of organic amendments to agricultural soil provides organic matter and valuable nutrients, improves soil structure, increases its water holding capacity and stimulates soil microbial communities. However, when using organic amendments of animal and/or anthropogenic origin, the risk of contamination with organic and/or inorganic compounds, as well as the risk of dissemination of potential human pathogens and antibiotic resistance genes, must be taken into account. Here, we characterized seven amendments used in organic farming, in order to evaluate the agro-environmental consequences of their utilization. Amendments (vermicompost, bokashi, municipal solid waste, compost in pellet form, composted cow manure from intensive farms, composted cow manure from organic farms, composted sheep manure from organic farms) were sampled for the determination of (i) the presence of chemical (metals, aromatics, halogenated hydrocarbons, pesticides, phthalates, and total petroleum hydrocarbons) and biological (Escherichia coli, Salmonella, relative abundance of the integrase intl1 gene) contaminants; and (ii) their quality, in terms of physicochemical (moisture, organic matter, nutrients, C/N ratio) and microbial (potentially mineralizable nitrogen, microbial biomass carbon, bacterial and fungal abundance by real-time PCR, community-level physiological profiles through Biolog EcoPlates™) properties. Regarding metal concentrations, the only amendments that met the Spanish legal requirements for "Class A" fertilizers were composted intensive and organic cow manure. Zinc was the most limiting metal for the use of these amendments. None of the amendments showed high concentrations of organic contaminants. Bokashi was the only amendment in which Salmonella was detected. Besides, bokashi showed a high abundance of the integrase intl1 gene associated with class 1 integrons. Composted organic sheep manure showed the highest content of organic matter, total nitrogen, and extractable humic acids. Composted intensive cow manure showed highest values of microbial activity (potentially mineralizable N) and biomass (microbial biomass C, total bacteria). Owing to its low content of potentially health-threatening contaminants and its highest quality, as reflected by the Amendment Quality Index, composted intensive cow manure was concluded to be the most suitable amendment for agricultural use.


Emergency medical care is provided free to all foreign nationals in case of life-threatening conditions that require immediate medical treatment. You will be given first aid and emergency surgery when necessary in all public health care facilities. Any further treatment will be free only to people with a Compulsory Medical Insurance, or you will need to pay for medical services.
Public health care is provided in federal and local care facilities. These include 1. Urban polyclinics with specialists in different areas that offer general medical care. 2. Ambulatory and hospitals that provide a full range of services, including emergency care. 3. Emergency stations opened 24 hours a day, can be visited in a case of a non-life-threatening injury.
It is often hard to find English-speaking staff in state facilities, except the largest city hospitals, so you will need a Russian-speaking interpreter to accompany your visit to a free doctor or hospital.
If medical assistance is required, the insurance company should be contacted before visiting a medical facility for treatment, except emergency cases.
Make sure that you have enough money to pay any necessary fees that may be charged.
Travelers need to arrange private travel insurance before the journey. You would need the insurance when applying for the Russian visa.
If you arrange the insurance outside Russia, it is important to make sure the insurer is licensed in Russia. Only licensed companies may be accepted under Russian law.
Holders of a temporary residence permit or permanent residence permit (valid for three and five years respectively) should apply for «Compulsory Medical Policy». It covers state healthcare only. An employer usually deals with this. The issued health card is shown whenever medical attention is required.
Compulsory Medical Policyholders can get basic health care, such as emergencies, consultations with doctors, necessary scans and tests free. For more complex healthcare every person (both Russian and foreign nationals) must pay extra, or take out additional medical insurance. Clearly, you will have to be prepared to wait in a queue to see a specialist in a public health care facility (Compulsory Medical Policyholders can set an appointment using EMIAS site or ATM).
In case you are a UK citizen, free, limited medical treatment in state hospitals will be provided as a part of a reciprocal agreement between Russia and UK.
Ingosstrakh, Allianz, Reso, Sogaz, AlfaStrakhovanie. We recommend to avoid Rosgosstrakh company due to high volume of denials.
Pharmacies can be found in many places around the city, many of them work 24 hours a day. Pharmaceutical kiosks operate in almost every big supermarket. However, only few have English-speaking staff, so it is advised that you know the generic (chemical) name of the medicines you think you are going to need. Many medications can be purchased here over the counter that would only be available by prescription in your home country.
Dental care is usually paid separately by both Russian and expatriate patients, and fees are often quite high. Dentists are well trained and educated. In most places, dental care is available 24 hours a day.
It is standard practice for expats to visit private clinics and hospitals for check-ups, routine health care, and dental care, and only use public services in case of an emergency.
Insurance companies can usually provide details of clinics and hospitals in the area speak English (or the language required) and would be the best to use. Investigate whether there are any emergency services or numbers, or any requirements to register with them. Providing copies of medical records is also advised.
Moscow hosts some Western medical clinics that can look after all of your family's health needs. While most Russian state hospitals are not up to Western standards, Russian doctors are very good.
American Medical Center, European Medical Center, Intermed Center American Clinic, Medsi, Atlas Medical Center, OAO Medicina.
Several Russian hospitals in Moscow have special arrangements with GlavUPDK (foreign diplomatic corps administration in Moscow) and accept foreigners for checkups and treatments at more moderate prices that the Western medical clinics.
In a case of a medical emergency, dial 112 and ask for the ambulance service (skoraya pomoshch). Staff on these lines most certainly will speak English, still it is always better to ask a Russian speaker to explain the problem and the exact location.
Ambulances come with a doctor and, depending on the case, immediate first aid treatment may be provided. If necessary, the patient is taken to the nearest emergency room or hospital, or to a private hospital if the holder's insurance policy requires it.


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The automatic monitoring system VAPORIX provides information on the functional state of the active vapour recovery for serving and protecting people and environment. VAPORIX fulfils the requirements of the European Directives 2009/126/EC and 2014/99/EC; the Harmonized Standards EN 16321-1/-2 and the German 21st BlmSchV regulation.
The vapour control system consists of the flow sensor VAPORIX-Flow and control unit VAPORIX-Control. Optionally, the SECON-Vap can be used to display and save the monitoring data and for worldwide data access via secure VPN internet connection. A useful addition is VAPORIX-PCM: a module that detects and corrects drift effects of the gas vapour recovery rate.


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Die Holloman Air Force Base ist ein Stützpunkt der US-Luftwaffe (USAF) im Süden des US-Bundesstaats New Mexico, rund 13 km südwestlich von Alamogordo. Sie gehört zum Air Combat Command und beherbergte von 1992 bis 2008 als einzige Basis die Stealth-Flugzeuge F-117 Nighthawk. Die Basis verfügt über drei Start- und Landebahnen: 04/22 (3225 m Länge), 07/25 (3900 m) und 16/34 (3700 m). Rund 4600 Soldaten waren hier Ende 2003 stationiert. Zudem war dort bis 2018 das Fliegerische Ausbildungszentrum der Luftwaffe untergebracht und der Flughafen ist die wichtigste Ausbildungsbasis für Drohnenpiloten auf den Mustern MQ-1 Predator und MQ-9 Reaper.

Geschichte
Der Flugplatz wurde 1942 in Verbindung mit dem Bau des Schießplatzes Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range als Alamogordo Field Training Station errichtet, dann als Alamogordo Army Air Base und ab November 1942 als Alamogordo Army Air Field bezeichnet. Den heutigen Namen Holloman Air Force Base erhielt die Basis am 13. Januar 1948 zu Ehren von Colonel George V. Holloman, der an der Entwicklung und Erprobung eines Instrumentenlandesystems beteiligt war sowie frühe Versuche mit gelenkten Raketen durchführte.

Während des Zweiten Weltkrieges trainierten Bombercrews der Air Force hier mit B-17, B-24 und B-29 für ihre Kampfeinsätze in Europa und im pazifischen Raum. 1947 begann das Air Materiel Command, der Vorläufer des heutigen Air Force Materiel Command, auf dem Stützpunkt mit der Entwicklung und Tests von unbemannten Luftfahrzeugen und gelenkten Raketen. Lt Col John P. Stapp erreichte am 10. Dezember 1954 mit einem raketengetriebenen Schlitten die Rekordgeschwindigkeit von 1017 km/h (632 Meilen pro Stunde); das Beobachtungsflugzeug dieses Versuchs steuerte Joseph Kittinger, der 1960 selbst mit einer Ballonfahrt in die Luftfahrtgeschichte einging.

Zwischen 2008 und 2014 beherbergte die Basis die F-22 Raptor.

Die amerikanische Luftwaffe verlegte ihre F-22 zwischen Januar und April 2014 nach Tyndall. In Holloman begann ab Frühjahr 2014 die F-16 Fighting Falcon-Ausbildung, die mittelfristig komplett von der Luke Air Force Base übernommen werden soll; wo wiederum inzwischen die F-35 Lightning II-Ausbildung angelaufen ist.

Raketenstartplatz
Ein Raketenstartplatz befindet sich bei . Hier wurden seit 1948 zahlreiche Höhenforschungsraketen und militärische Raketen gestartet.

Ferner wurden hier die Geschwindigkeitsweltrekorde für Schienenfahrzeuge aufgestellt. Im Oktober 1982 trieb ein unbemannter Raketenschlitten eine Ladung von 25 Pfund auf eine Geschwindigkeit von 6119 mph (9845 km/h). Am 30. April 2003 folgte auf diesem Startplatz der aktuelle Geschwindigkeitsweltrekord. Das Fahrzeug war ebenfalls ein unbemannter (vierteiliger) Raketenschlitten, der eine Geschwindigkeit von 6480 mph (10430 km/h) erreichte.

Deutsche Luftwaffe in Holloman

Nach Schließung der George AFB in Südkalifornien findet seit 1992 hier auch das Flugtraining für Piloten der deutschen Luftwaffe statt, bis Dezember 2004 auf F-4 Phantom-II-Maschinen, seit 1996 auch mit Panavia Tornados.

Am 1. März 1995 gab der damalige "Kommandeur des Deutschen Luftwaffenausbildungskommandos Amerika/Kanada", Brigadegeneral Adam bekannt, dass ab 1996 die Luftwaffe ihren eigenen Stützpunkt in Holloman einrichtet und die dort stationierten Kampfflugzeuge auch die deutschen Hoheitszeichen tragen werden. Zudem könne die Luftwaffe mit eigener Luftkontrolle und eigenen Einsatzregeln fliegen. Die dort stationierten Tornados tragen deutsche Markierungen, die Phantom hingegen flogen mit US-Kennzeichen.

Im September 2017 wurde die fliegerische Ausbildung in Holloman für den Tornado eingestellt und zum Taktischen Luftwaffengeschwader 51 in Jagel verlegt. Die Instandhaltung für die Tornados wurde noch bis Mitte 2018 genutzt. Danach wurde das Zentrum aufgelöst.

Heutige Nutzung
Die wichtigsten Nutzer der Basis sind zurzeit (2016) im Einzelnen:
 49th Wing, offizieller Hauptnutzer Hollomans seit 1968, das mit vier Staffeln Drohnen der Typen MQ-1 und MQ-9 ausgerüstet ist
 96th Test Group mit der 586th Flight Test Squadron als einziger fliegenden Staffel
 54th Fighter Group, seit 2014 ist Holloman zweite F-16 Ausbildungsbasis mit zwei fliegenden Staffeln, der 311th (seit 2014) und 314 Fighter Squadron (seit 2015), es wird erwogen zwei weitere Staffeln in Holloman aufzustellen
 Fliegerisches Ausbildungszentrum der Deutschen Luftwaffe, 1996–2018 (seitdem verlegt zum Taktischen Luftwaffengeschwader 51 nach Jagel, Schleswig-Holstein)
Neben den fliegenden Einheiten sind hier sowohl innerhalb der oben aufgeführten USAF-Verbände als auch darüber hinaus eine Reihe nichtfliegender Verbände in Holloman stationiert.

Persönlichkeiten
 Ruth Montgomery-Andersen (* 1957), US-amerikanisch-grönländische Tänzerin, Hebamme und Gesundheitswissenschaftlerin, hier geboren

Trivia
Der Stützpunkt wurde für einige Filmszenen der Kinofilme Transformers und Transformers – Die Rache genutzt.

Weblinks
 Seite der Luftwaffe über Holloman
 Homepage der Holloman AFB

Einzelnachweise

Luftwaffenbasis der United States Air Force
Ausbildungseinrichtung in der Luftwaffe (Bundeswehr)
Militärflugplatz in den Vereinigten Staaten
Raketenstartplatz
Militärische Einrichtung in New Mexico
Bauwerk im Otero County (New Mexico)
Flugplatz in New Mexico
Erbaut in den 1940er Jahren

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We have a situation where one or more blank rows have somehow snuck into our Identification Tab (Catalogue Module). Sometimes there is data in one row in the History of Determination section but the other row(s) is blank Does anyone know how to find these? (+ and !+ doesn't isolate them).
Using Replace in either Taxon or Taxon (Details), with remove blank rows ticked doesn't seem to work to get rid of them. Does anyone know how to remove them en masse?


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Ancient "lava pie" found on Mars
by Dragos Mitrica
in Geology, News, Remote sensing
A NASA probe has taken a picture of a surprising pie-like geological feature on Mars. Scientists are not yet sure what caused the feature, but the likely culprit is lava.
NASA's MRO probe captured an image of a strange formation that resembles a pie. Photo by NASA/JPL.
The 1.2 mile (1.9 km) wide feature was imaged by the HiRISE camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) appears like an island of iron in a very smooth field. Judging by this, its appearance and the geological characteristics of Mars, scientists believe it was created by lava flows.
"Perhaps lava has intruded underneath this mound and pushed it up from beneath. It looks as if material is missing from the mound, so it is also possible that there was a significant amount of ice in the mound that was driven out by the heat of the lava," NASA officials wrote in a description of the image, which was released on Wednesday (Dec. 3).
It's been known since the 70s that volcanic features cover a large portion of the Martian surface. These features include extensive lava flows, vast lava plains, and the largest known volcanoes in the Solar System. There is evidence of volcanic activity from about 3.7 billion years ago to 500 million years ago, though some suspect the planet is also active today. There are many things we still don't understand about the Martian geology.
"There are an array of features like this in the region that continue to puzzle scientists," they added. "We hope that close inspection of this HiRISE image, and others around it, will provide some clues regarding its formation."
The Martian Reconnaissance Orbiter is one of five active probes circling Mars at the moment. The other three are NASA's Mars Odyssey and MAVEN spacecraft, India's Mangalyaan probe and Europe's Mars Express.
Tags: GeologyhiriseMarsMartian Reconnaissance Orbiter
Dragos Mitrica
Dragos has been working in geology for six years, and loving every minute of it. Now, his more recent focus is on paleoclimate and climatic evolution, though in his spare time, he also dedicates a lot of time to chaos theory and complex systems.

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Wine industry can help halt mass species extinction, says scientist
Speaking in Chile on Monday this week, a climate change scientist told a group of MWs that the wine industry could play a pivotal role in preventing a mass species extinction.
Addressing as many as 30 Masters of Wine at a seminar in Chile yesterday, Dr Olga Barbosa, from Chile's Austral University, said that viticulture "can be a partner to solve the problem of mass extension".
Barbosa, who works at the Chilean university's Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, said that it was vital that agricultural landscapes were used to enhance species' richness, with wine estates proving especially powerful potential drivers of biodiversity.
She also explained that the environmentally-sensitive management of wine estates could help mitigate the causes of climate change, while enhancing wine quality at the same time.
"Conserving and sustainably managing biodiversity not only within protected areas, but also in human dominated landscapes, is critical to address climate change," she said, pointing out that there is "huge evidence" to show that "we are facing climate change produced by our society", and that we are facing the "sixth mass extinction because of our actions".
Notably, she pointed out that as much as 40% of the world's NPP (net primary productivity) was "controlled by us, based on agriculture", and, as a result, she said that "we have to put in our mind that agriculture can be a partner to solve the problem of mass extinction."
Noting that our "wellbeing" depends on the functioning of our ecosystems, be it pollination or pure water, she explained how it was in the agriculture sector's interests to make changes to enhance biodiversity and protect natural ecosystems.
"Three quarters of everything we eat needs to be pollinated by something," she said, outlining the need to conserve species such as pollinating insects.
For the wine industry specifically, she identified the need for biodiverse ecosystems to provide natural pest control, and complete nutrient cycles to the benefit of vine growth.
She referred to such advantages to viticulture as "ecosystem services", and stressed the need to protect a range of habitats and wildlife corridors to aid "terroir".
"Natural ecosystems in between vineyards provide important ecosystem services," she said.
By way of example, she recorded studies in Chilean wine estates which show that the proximity of vines to other habitat types benefitted the richness of soil life.
"We have been working with nine wineries to see what happens to microbial terroir in a vineyard in relation to their distance from forests, and we've found that 80% of fungi and bacteria is common between the vineyard and the forest," she began.
Continuing she said, "But as we move further from the forest then the community of fungi differs, which shows that microbiological terroir exists."
But she said that it was important we considered "the mechanisms" that favoured diverse micro-ecosystems, commenting that "the biogeographical pattern" of these communities was "highly relevant for wineries".
Providing a stark contrast she said, "If you were in a city, then you would be talking about a pigeon, a rat, and us; it is biological homogenisation, but if a winery loses their diversity, then they lose their terroir."
Having helped to found the Wine, Biodiversity and Climate Change (WBCC) scientific initiative in Chile, she said that promoting biodiversity in viticulture "should be a goal for the wine industry".
Now incorporating nine wineries in Chile, the organisation considers how properties can enhance biodiversity by planting native vegetation, maintaining wildlife corridors, using cover crops and compost, and was a winner in last year's Drinks Business Green Awards for its pioneering practical, science-based approach to this issue.
She also pointed out that enhancing plant species richness could help to mitigate the causes of climate change by sequestering carbon dioxide, particularly when it comes to the establishment of native woodland.
"A vineyard has 5.15 tons carbon per hectare, but a forest has 24 tons," she said, adding that it was important not to lose wooded areas, which are at risk because "vineyards are inside priority conservation places".
Mentioning the wider influence of the approaches adopted by the WBCC, she said, "Our conservation practices are now part of the national sustainability code [laid out by Wines of Chile]."
Bearing in mind that 77% of the Chilean wine industry is now signed up to this code, this is of great significance.
And vineyards themselves can be part of the solution, she said.
"The wine industry contributes to climate change mitigation because the vines are there all the time," she said.
Finally, she warned against a widespread belief among vignerons that the wine industry can escape the effects of climate change by moving to cooler sites.
"You can change viticultural distribution but it won't prevent a change in ecosystem services," she said.
In other words, the greatest threat to the wine industry may not be rising temperatures, but declining biodiversity above and below ground due to natural habitat destruction and conventional agricultural practices.
CHILE 'HONOURED' BY VISITING MWS DURING 'DIFFICULT DAYS'
By Patrick Schmitt


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Crazy Eighty Eight Are The Post-Hardcore Supergroup You Should Be Frothing Over Right Now
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Q: refactoring code that contains "button addTarget" I have a lot of places of a code that changes a view in UINavigationBar.
So the code is something like this:
UIButton *butt2=[UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom ];

[butt2 setFrame:CGRectMake(285, 7, 30, 25)];
[butt2 setTag:2];
[butt2 setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"tag_icon.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[butt2 addTarget:self action:@selector(revealMenu:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchDown];
[self.navigationController.navigationBar addSubview:butt2] ;

I want to create a method that gets argument of the different things in the code which is:
1. the image (easy)
2. The action of the button - AHA! This one I couldn't figure out how to do

A: Add target prototype is:
- (void)addTarget:(id)target action:(SEL)action forControlEvents:(UIControlEvents)controlEvents;

If you use the same type "SEL" you should pass @selector(yourMethod) to your method.

A: If you will decide to implement it as function it could be something like
void addNavigationButton(UIViewController *vc, UIImage *image, SEL action)
{
    UIButton *butt2=[UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom ];

    [butt2 setFrame:CGRectMake(285, 7, 30, 25)];
    [butt2 setTag:2];
    [butt2 setImage:image forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    [butt2 addTarget:vc action:action forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchDown];
    [vc.navigationController.navigationBar addSubview:butt2] ;
}

It should be called in your view controller
addNavigationButton(self, [UIImage imageNamed:@"tag_icon.png"], @selector(revealMenu:));

Another good idea - implement this function as a UIViewController's category method.


The field teemed with purple, filled with shivering, happy fans eager to celebrate the Horned Frogs' avenging the 61-58 loss from a year ago that caused them such heartache.
"It was more than an average game. I'm pretty sure about that," TCU quarterback Trevone Boykin said.
Maybe that's why fans waited four hours in near-freezing rain. The start of the game was delayed 45 minutes by a lightning strike moments before the national anthem.
Boykin scored a touchdown in the first overtime and threw a touchdown pass in the second overtime for the Horned Frogs, who had only 15 first downs and 302 yards from 79 plays, fighting both the stout Baylor defense and the bitter conditions.
Boykin was just 15-for-30 in regulation but 3-for-3 in the overtimes. He finished 18-for-33 for 148 yards, two touchdowns, two interceptions and was sacked twice.
Really proud of Trevone. Probably played at about 75 percent. He'll be a lot better by bowl time.
It gave TCU (10-2, 7-2) a sixth 10-win season in eight years.
Boykin's 8-yard pass to KaVontae Turpin gave the Horned Frogs a 28-21 lead to open the second overtime possession.
Baylor got the ball for its part of the overtime and faced fourth-and-1 at the 26. One attempt appeared to be stopped short, but Baylor coach Art Briles called timeout just before the snap.
TCU stopped the next try, too. Lewis and Summers, unblocked, crashed in and hit Chafin in the backfield, dumping him short of the line of scrimmage.
Chafin had caught a 4-yard touchdown pass to complete the first Baylor overtime. That made it 21-14.
Boykin's 1-yard run, after Turpin's jet-sweep to the pylon, and the extra point tied it 21-21. It was Boykin's first touchdown since the Oklahoma State game and his ninth of the season.
Derrick Kindred's fumble recovery gave TCU the ball at its 45 with 4:57 left, its best opportunity of the second half. It was Baylor's fourth fumble lost, but the Bears survived it by forcing TCU's 13th punt.
The punt, however, left the ball at the 1-yard line with 2:10 to go. After one first down, Baylor elected to let the game go to overtime. Each team finished regulation with 16 consecutive scoreless possessions, not counting a muffed punt by Baylor.
[Baylor] put up a great fight. It was an all-day battle. Games like this are what TCU is built for.
Baylor had a 335-302 edge in total yards, including the overtimes.
In the rain, trying to play two weeks after an ankle injury, Boykin proved far less effective than normal.
He completed only 15 of 30 passes for 128 yards in regulation, was sacked twice and he had 18 yards on 12 carries.
It was TCU's 13th consecutive win at home.
Each team closed the first half with seven scoreless possessions, and Baylor gave up a chance another by muffing a punt.
Boykin was intercepted and fumbled. Baylor's Chris Johnson was also intercepted.
But neither team could turn the takeaways into points.
The rain had a clear effect in the first half. Both quarterbacks lost footing, and receivers on both sides had trouble catching the ball.
Baylor scored on its opening possession, taking advantage of a pass-interference penalty and converting twice on fourth-and-short. Chafin's run from 1 yard out on fourth down provided the touchdown.
TCU matched it with its own first-possession touchdown, also taking advantage of a pass-interference penalty. Jarrison Stewart, a true freshman from Mesquite Horn, caught a 25-yard touchdown pass, his first of the season, for the 7-7 tie.
Chafin's 5-yard score gave Baylor a 14-7 lead on its next possession, but the Bears did not score the rest of the half.
Neither did the TCU offense. It took defensive end Josh Carraway's 56-yard fumble return for a touchdown for the Horned Frogs to tie the game 14-14.
Carraway was part of another turnover later. He stripped the ball from Johnson with Baylor in the red zone in the fourth quarter. That helped him make up for a roughing-the-passer penalty that kept Baylor's game-opening touchdown drive going.


The Kia Sorento started life as a body-on-frame SUV for the 2002 model year and was redesigned in 2010 and 2014. Come 2017 and Kia gave the third-generation SUV its mid-cycle facelift by adding new design features on the outside and updating the tech package inside the cabin.
The refresh also saw one of the two four-cylinder engines discontinued, leaving the Sorento with a choice of two drivetrains. However, Kia did announce that the hauler will get a diesel soon. Info about the oil burner is not yet available, but we know everything else about this SUV, so let's have a closer look at the data in the review below.
Design changes are far from massive, but this is not surprising for a facelift. Up front, the grille retains the shape and size of the outgoing model, but the chrome inserts are bigger, which gives the SUV a more premium look. The headlamps also carry over as far as shape goes, but they've been redesigned under the lens and feature a thin DRL strip at the bottom. New LED lights are also available, but they're standard only on the SX and SXL trims.
Down below, the bumper remains similar, but the center vent was reshaped, likely for improved cooling and aerodynamics. Kia also redesigned the "ice cube" foglamps onto the sides, now with LEd technology on the SXL trim.
There aren't any notable changes on the sides save for the three new wheels designs that range from 17 to 19 inches in diameter. However, the rear section boasts slightly revised taillights with new light clusters and LED tech on trim EX and higher. The rear bumper gained new chrome trim around the brake lights, as well as a fake vent just above the apron.
Needless to say, the update isn't very comprehensive, but it will keep the Sorento fresh for a few more years.
Design updates are mild inside the cabin too, but the SUV did get a brand-new steering wheel. The unit has four spokes instead of three, revised controls, and a more rectangular center section. The shifter knob is also new, while the revised instrument cluster has improved graphics. Kia also claims that it revised the A/C vents, but they look about the same to me.
Design-aside, the Korean carmaker made some changes to the equipment lines and added new standard and available features. Options include heated and ventilated front seats, heated rear seats, 14-way power driver and 8-way power passenger seats, driver's seat thigh extension, and a 4-way headrest with one-button adjustment. For 2019, the Sorento comes with two-way powered lumbar support for the front passenger on SX and SXL trims.
There's also available dual-zone HVAC and panoramic sunroof, as well as premium Nappa leather trim seating surfaces similar to those found in the Kia Stinger. Newly available interior/seat colors include Mahogany and Terracotta for the SX and SXL trims. An upgraded navigation system with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay is offered on higher trim levels, alongside an available 10-speaker Harman Kardon audio system.
The second-row seat has a 40/20/40 folding layout, while the third-row seats fold 50/50. The configuration is now standard on all trim levels. As far as third-row space goes, the Sorento offers 31.7 inches of legroom and 36.3 inches of headroom. That's less than what you get in the Honda Pilot, but more than the Toyota Highlander. Cargo room is rated at 74 cubic feet with the seat folded flat. That's inferior to both the Honda Pilot and Toyota Highlander, which offer up to 83.9 and 83.7 cubic feet of luggage room, respectively.
Under the hood, the Sorento lost one of its three engines. Kia decided to discontinue the turbocharged, 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine, mostly due to poor fuel economy figures compared to the V-6. The engine wasn't powerful enough for the seven-seat configuration anyway.
The remaining 2.4-liter four-cylinder and the 3.3-liter V-6 carry over unchanged. The former delivers the same 185 horsepower and mates to a six-speed automatic transmission with Sportmatic shifting. The V-6 continues to generate 290 horsepower, but now mates to a new eight-speed gearbox. The automatic transmission, borrowed from the Cadenza sedan, provides smoother and more seamless shifting. Kia said that the Sorento will eventually get a diesel in the United States, but didn't provide additional information.
The SUV rides on the H-shaped subframe, four-point bushing mountings, and Hydraulic Rebound Stopper-type shock absorbers. Kia offers a rack-mounted Motor Driven Power Steering (R-MDPS) with direct mounting of the electric motor on the steering rack, enhancing steering response and improving handling.
Sorento continues to use the company's advanced AWD system designed to automatically route power to the wheel with the most traction. The system also provides drivers the added stability of Torque Vector Cornering Control (TVCC), which is activated when yaw and steering sensors detect unwanted understeer.
This is where Kia a big update, as the Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) suite of safety features is now standard on Sorento EX trims and higher. In addition to Forward Collision Warning System, Smart Cruise Control, Blind Spot Detection, Rear Cross Traffic Alert and Surround View Monitor, the SUV also comes with Driver Attention Warning and Lane Keeping Assist.
The former detects driver fatigue by monitoring vehicle and driving behavior and issues visual and audible warnings to encourage the driver to take a break. The latter helps alerts the driver and can even steer the vehicle back to its original position should the system detect the vehicle moving out of its lane.
All Sorento trims continue to boast standard active safety features such as Electronic Stability Control, Traction Control System, Brake Assist System, Hill-start Assist Control, Electronic Brake Force Distribution, and Antilock Braking System. Features like Roll Over Mitigation and Cornering Brake Control are also standard on all-wheel drive models.
Pricing for the Kia Sorento starts from $25,990 in L trim. Upgrade to the LX model and the sticker jumps to $27,490. Next up is the LX V6, which retails from $31,290, while EX V6 fetches $35,590 before options. Finally, the SX costs $39,990, while the range-topping SX Limited comes in at $44,690.
Having been launched in 2016 and updated for the 2019 model year, the current Pilot is fairly new. The Japanese SUV is now more appealing than ever design-wise and boasts an impressive tech package. The base trim is fitted with a rearview camera, a seven-speaker sound system and, as of 2018, the Honda Sensing driver assists package. The only engine is a 3.5-liter V-6 rated at 280 horsepower and 262 pound-feet. As far as third-row roominess goes, the Honda Pilot provides 38.9 inches of headroom and 31.9 inches of legroom. While second-row legroom is above average at 38.4 inches, third-row legroom is mostly on par with the competition. The Pilot retails from $31,450 in base trim, but Honda also offers a premium-oriented version. It's called the Elite, it costs $48,020, and adds features like AWD, panoramic roof, wireless charging, heated second-row captain's chairs, perforated leather, and multi-zone audio, among others.
Read our full review of the 2019 Honda Pilot.
Launched in 2013, the latest Highlander looks decidedly more modern than before thanks to its more polished front fascia and updated interior. Six models are available, ranging from a base, no-frills SUV that gets the job done to the LE Plus, which add a more powerful V-6 engine, a power liftgate, smartphone integration, and a large eight-inch touchscreen display. Premium features like a panoramic moonroof, leather seats, Bird's Eye camera, and heated second-row captain's chairs are also available with the range topping Limited Platinum model. The Highlander can seat up to eight people and provides 35.9 inches of headroom and 27.7 inches of legroom for third-row passengers. Pricing for the Highlander starts from $31,230, while the range-topping Limited Platinum version fetches $45,400 before options. Unlike most of the competition, the Highlander can also be had with a hybrid drivetrain.
Read our full story on the 2018 Toyota Highlander.
Although it was far from dated, it's cool to see the Sorento get an upgrade so soon. The exterior updates will definitely keep things fresh for few more years, but it's the cabin enhancements that make it much better than before. With new features and more standard equipment, the Sorento is finally on part with most of its competitors and even wins the battle against some of them. While the 2.0-liter engine was discontinued, the Sorento still has a couple of drivetrains to choose from, which can't be said about other SUVs in this niche. With a diesel underway, Kia might gain an advantage here. On the flipside, the Sorento has a somewhat small trunk compared to other three-row vehicles.
Kia Motors America (KMA) today unveiled the refreshed 2019 Sorento SUV at the Los Angeles International Auto Show. Refined, rugged and roomy, the Sorento remains as capable as ever, but touts a number of visual and feature enhancements, inside and out. Aside from new front and rear fascias, which help achieve a more sophisticated appearance, the cabin is now decidedly more upscale and integrates newly-added technology, including Driver Attention Warning,4 Lane Keep Assist1 and QuantumLogic™ Surround Sound. In addition, the Sorento now pairs its available 3.3-liter V6 with a new 8-speed automatic transmission for an even smoother and more seamless driving experience.
Standard luxury features and amenities continue to be available across five trim levels – L, LX, EX, SX and SXL.
Beautifully proportioned, the Sorento retains its refined and rugged exterior look, which was established when the vehicle underwent a complete redesign for the 2016 model year, and was in many ways inspired by the highly regarded Cross GT concept unveiled in 2013. But a subtle facelift now gives Kia's popular crossover a tighter, sharper appearance. The revised front-end is headlined by a more artfully detailed radiator grille flanked by a new headlamp configuration, which offers full-LED lighting on upper trims – SX and SXL. The crossover's familiar ice cube-style foglamps have also been redesigned featuring projection bulbs for EX and SX trims while SXL enjoys the more distinctive LEDs. The Sorento's front fascia wears a newly sculpted bumper design to achieve a more aggressive overall expression.
The rear fascia of the crossover has also been enhanced with a new bumper design, sleeker taillamps (LED bulbs for EX trim and higher), revised liftgate and a sportier muffler tip. And the Sorento's muscular body rides atop three newly designed wheels, ranging from 17 to 19 inches, depending on trim level.
Spacious and sophisticated, the Sorento's cabin maintains a premium look and feel thanks to an array of upgrades and enhancements, including a new, more tactile steering wheel, new shifter knob and a revised instrument cluster with improved graphics. The makeover also includes alterations to the air vents and the center console design. Although these are minor changes individually, the cumulative effect is a more attractive interior space to be seen, felt and experienced.
In terms of versatility, Sorento offers standard 40/20/40 second-row folding seats and 50/50 third-row folding seats now comes standard on all trims, providing space for up to seven passengers. The seating system is designed to offer optimum comfort and ideal seating positions to fulfill the needs of every occupant. For added luxury, also available are heated and ventilated front seats, heated rear seats, 14-way power driver and 8-way power passenger seats, driver's seat thigh extension and a 4-way headrest with one-button adjustment. And for 2019, Sorento now offers 2-way powered lumbar support for the front passenger on SX and SXL trims.
The Sorento interior also offers available dual-zone HVAC and panoramic sunroof, as well as available premium Nappa leather trim seating surfaces, similar to those found in Kia's exciting new sports sedan, the Stinger. Newly available interior/seat colors are Mahogany and Terracotta for the SX and SXL trims, respectively. And updated interior accent trims are standard visual enhancements across all trim levels.
Overall cargo volume accessed through the new rear liftgate is voluminous at 74 cu.-ft., providing an abundance of space for essentials and active-lifestyle equipment without sacrificing rear-passenger room. In addition, an easy-folding lever allows various seating arrangements, flexible luggage space and greater overall versatility.
When it comes to audio technology, the available premium sound system is well suited to Sorento's upscale atmosphere. The 630-watt, 10-speaker new Harman Kardon® branded stereo system with an 11-channel amplifier features Clari-Fi technology2 and newly integrated QuantumLogic™ Surround Sound technology.2 Clari–Fi works in real-time to rebuild audio details lost in digitally compressed music, while QuantumLogic™ extracts signals from the original recording and redistributes them into an authentic, multidimensional soundstage for playback that is clear, refined and full of detail. Ultimately, the result is a more robust and enjoyable on-road listening experience.
With the Kia App store, select apps9 can be downloaded from iTunes®10 or Google PlaySM11. The Kia App connector is available for partnership with the content community for downloading apps such as Yelp®12, while Soundhound, Pandora®13 and iHeart® Radio14 come preloaded.
The spirited front- or all-wheel drive experience is brought to life with a choice of two proven engines, including a 2.4-liter inline-4 GDI or a 3.3-liter V6 GDI. For MY19, the 2.0-liter turbo I-4 will no longer be offered as part of Sorento's powertrain strategy. However, a new diesel engine with the latest emission controls is currently under development and more information is forthcoming.
The carryover 2.4-liter engine is mated to a revised and more efficient electronically controlled six-speed automatic gearbox featuring Sportmatic® shifting and delivers a capable 185 horsepower. The Sorento's familiar V6 brings with it a stampede of 290 horses while connecting to a new 8-speed automatic transmission shared with the brand's Cadenza premium sedan. The result is a noticeably smoother and more seamless interaction between engine and transmission. This pairing also maintains Sorento's towing capacity at 5,000 lbs when equipped with AWD.
To achieve a more intuitive driving experience, Sorento replaces the former Drive Mode Select setup with the new Smart Shift & Drive feature across all trim levels. This enhancement automatically activates the optimum drive mode – Eco, Sport or Smart – based on driving style or may be set by driver preference.
Kia's suite of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) is now standard on Sorento EX trims and higher. In addition to Forward Collision Warning System (FCWS)1, Smart Cruise Control (SCC)1, Blind Spot Detection (BSD)1, Rear Cross Traffic Alert1 and Surround View Monitor (SVM)1, Sorento now offers Driver Attention Warning (DAW)4 and Lane Keeping Assist (LKA).1 DAW is designed to detect when driver concentration has waned by monitoring vehicle and driving behavior and, then, if it detects driver fatigue or inattentive driving practices, issues visual and audible warnings, including a coffee cup icon in the instrument cluster, to encourage the driver to take a break." LKA helps alerts the driver and can even steer the vehicle back to its original position should the system detect the vehicle drifting out of its lane.
In addition, all Sorento models continue to offer standard active safety features such as Electronic Stability Control (ESC)15, Traction Control System (TCS)15, Brake Assist System (BAS)15, Hill-start Assist Control (HAC)15, Electronic Brake Force Distribution (EBD)15 and Antilock Braking System (ABS)15. Additional technologies such as Roll Over Mitigation (ROM)15 and Cornering Brake Control (CBC)15 on AWD models are standard equipment for improved dynamic control.
The core of the 2019 Sorento remains its rigid structure, with 53 percent of the unit-body consisting of advanced high-strength steel. Liberal application of industrial strength adhesives, the use of dual-seal lip joints as well as laser and large diameter welding techniques combine to make the Sorento solid and strong.
The Sorento's well-proven suspension geometry and responsive steering system provide a quick and nimble behind-the-wheel feel. Ride and handling are optimized with the application of an "H" shaped subframe, four-point bushing mountings, and Hydraulic Rebound Stopper-type shock absorbers. And vertically mounted rear shocks contribute to a comfortable ride no matter what the driving conditions. The available Rack-mounted Motor Driven Power Steering (R-MDPS) features direct mounting of the electric motor on the steering rack, enhancing steering response and improving handling.
Sorento continues to offer an advanced AWD system designed to automatically route power to the wheel with the most traction. When conditions call for more sure-footed capability, the 4WD Lock Mode splits engine power evenly between the front and rear drive shafts. The system also provides drivers the added stability of Torque Vector Cornering Control (TVCC).15 The TVCC system is activated when yaw and steering sensors detect unwanted understeer.


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A gift within a gift
Last week I visited a friend's home in the rolling Pennsylvania hills for a trunk show. Having been told that the clothes were from artisans in Afghanistan and other countries, I expected a homemade look to the clothes. But when I walked into a room full of glorious colors and luxurious fabrics, I realized that these were some of the most beautiful handwork pieces in the world, all brought to us in the comfort of our American homes by Zaanha.
Hand embroidered pillows
Wendy Summer, the founder of Zaanha (www.zaanha.com), established the non-profit after she closed her marketing company and traveled to Asia to volunteer. Since 2006 she has made multiple visits to Afghanistan, meeting many of the families of the artisans and learning how much they want for their children to be educated. Wendy directs the proceeds of her sales to fund a school in Afghanistan that needs strong support to stay open.
Silk and Cashmere scarves
Along with gorgeous embroidered pillows, silk and cashmere scarves, throws, embroidered notebooks and coasters were a number of beautiful sweaters and jackets. My generous friend, who had brought me to the sale, said that I had to try on one of the sweaters for a Christmas present. After some (but not much) arm twisting, Wendy and all the ladies at the show helped me pick out a purple sweater that we loved.
Wendy Summer helps me try on a cashmere sweater and matching silk scarf.
Wendy's got style and grace
While Zaahna, who's motto is "glamour. for good," is often sold at home shows and benefit parties, you can shop for Zaanha online and read more about its mission. By giving a Zaahna gift this holiday season you'll create happiness for your friends at home and your new friends in Afghanistan who, thanks to you, can devote themselves to school and a better life.
Cashmere and silk throws
Zaanha allows you to experience true beauty by opening a window to a better world for children who might otherwise live in the dark.
For more information about Zaanha and to visit their online store, visit www.zaanha.com, and be sure to visit them on Facebook www.facebook.com/zaanha and Twitter www.twitter.com/zaanha_tweets
Zaanha ships all over the world, so for those of you in Sweden and France, or wherever you may be, you can also make Zaanha a present this holiday.
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The impotence of international institutions is once again highlighted in Syria. The use of chemical weapons in flagrant violation of international law again poses the perennial problem of enforcement. How can an independent sovereign state be made to comply with its international obligations? In the last resort is force the only means? And when the United Nations fails to deliver, must we only wring our hands in despair?
The UN Charter requires member states to refrain from the threat or use of force. The only exceptions exist in Chapter VII, which excludes the use of force except in self-defence, or where authorised as a last resort by the Security Council. Before that critical stage is reached all possible peaceful steps must be taken, including the interruption or severance of commercial and diplomatic relations.
The major obstacle to this methodical process is disagreement among the members of the Security Council, especially when one of the permanent members – UK, USA, France, China and Russia – uses its veto to block a decision favoured by the others. Such a stalemate produces, as in the Syrian case, intense frustration and a strong impetus to by-pass the rules. It has led to the development of the doctrine of "Responsibility to Protect" (humanitarian intervention). States can use force without Security Council authority when faced with the urgent need to save lives in imminent danger. But not every state accepts this.
The motive for side-stepping the UN Charter may be entirely laudable, but doing so inevitably weakens the authority of the international community over individual states. Contempt for international law is encouraged when powerful governments ignore it. Yet international law retains moral authority and has practical effectiveness in many situations. Nor should we underestimate the vigorous efforts the most powerful make to claim legitimacy for their actions. The most blatantly brutal regimes will deny their crimes even when they know that there is little or no risk of any sanction. The violators and those who defend them will dispute the facts or the sufficiency of the evidence – or, as in the Iraq debacle, will present evidence that turns out to be false. And in some cases, such as the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, the state will claim a legal justification, which is hotly challenged by other legal experts.
That is why the most important role of the United Nations in international conflict is authoritative fact-finding. Authoritative legal rulings are also important whether by the International Court of Justice or other lawyers of appropriate standing. Article 2 of Chapter I of the UN Charter obliges all member states to assist the UN in maintaining international peace and security. Clearly that includes allowing independent and unobstructed investigation of all relevant facts and evidence.
In pursuing this aspect of its role, the UN (usually through its Human Rights Council) has mandated independent experts, special rapporteurs and representatives to examine questions such as the presence of weapons of mass destruction and chemical weapons. There are said to be 37 of them in office, but this seems a puny number and the effectiveness of their investigations has been restricted by lack of resources and by attempts to challenge their independence and reliability.
A striking illustration is the case of the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in the Palestinian Occupied Territories:
Richard Falk has been professor of international law at Princeton for many years. He has a worldwide reputation as an outstanding expert in his field. He was appointed as Special Rapporteur in 2007 in succession to the equally distinguished Professor John Dugard, former Dean at the University of Witwatersrand Law School in South Africa.
Like his predecessor, Professor Falk has presented a number of reports to the UN on his findings. All of these have recorded serious violations of the Fourth Geneva Convention and other human rights norms by the Israeli authorities.
His conclusions have not been acceptable to those authorities and their supporters, some of whom have publicly attacked Professor Falk in vituperative terms. He has been accused of bias against Israel. Understandably, he has replied vigorously and the ensuing dispute has led to calls for his resignation (which he has rejected).
The saddest aspect of all this, as of other situations in which political differences obstruct law enforcement, is the diversion of attention from the main issue. The victims of illegality are denied redress and their dire circumstances remain unchanged.
The intrusion of political differences and the eagerness of politicians to subordinate law to expediency are of course precisely what make enforcement of international law so difficult. It is naïve to suppose that politics can ever be wholly excluded from the process. Nevertheless, if there is to be progress the way forward is surely to strengthen the capacity for independent investigation and fact-finding. We cannot stop politicians from denying the obvious, but we can make it harder.
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Yes there's going to be an audience for the showing of the pre-taping so they can record the laughter. I hope there is laughter and not crying.
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You both have the definition right. Hero (or heroine ) is a homonym. It can mean either someone who does something outstandingly courageous for the greater good, or a leading fictional character. Dickens' David Copperfield begins ' Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life .....' and then goes on to write about his birth, childhood, marriage and work. He does a few nice things, the greatest of which is to produce a daughter to make his great aunt happy. I suppose anyone who can control Sheldon is heroic up to a point. In another meaning, there's such a thing as heroic surgery.
I don't get it either. Dads and uncles like to bath babies because they can play submarines and battleships and pretend they're Superman or Supergirl when they wrap them in the towel.


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Back, after a 13 year hiatus, SUPERHEIST return with an all new line up and an album brimming with big bouncing riffs and epic choruses.
"Ghosts Of The Social Dead" is the 2016 long play VINYL release from SUPERHEIST, Australia's Nu-Metal pioneers.
– The 4TH long play studio album from Australia's Superheist.
– Recorded and mixed at NRG studios North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.
– Engineered by Kyle Hoffmann with Daniel Pampuri.
– Mastered by John Ruberto at Mastersound Melbourne.


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By Douglas A. Blackmon Another long hot summer has ended in the Mississippi Delta, and the students in my hometown are coming back to Leland High School. Seventy-five seniors are expected to graduate this year, sixty-one of them black and fourteen white. I entered the first grade in the Leland school system in 1970--Leland's first year of fully integrated classes. That spring, sixty white faces peered out from the Leland senior-class portrait. In 1982, when my class was the first to graduate after twelve full years of black and white children studying together, only two dozen whites remained in a class of just under ninety. Despite the fact that the number of white graduates diminished slowly during the time I was there, the class of 1982's graduation symbolized the culmination of the struggle to integrate public education in a state long defined by racial hatred. Our rite of passage was Mississippi's rite of passage, and when my classmates ventured into the world, Mississippians who believed in the ideal of integration hoped they had sown the seeds of a more equal and tolerant society. But now, ten years later, hardly anyone, black or white, even remembers that dream. Integration here in Leland and across much of Mississippi has largely failed. The Delta school system is almost as segregated today as it was in 1968, although now it is characterized by mostly black public systems and all- white private institutions. In many towns, there are virtually no whites left in the public system. At Leland High, extracurricular activities are fading as community support diminishes among whites. The school newspaper, started in the 1970s by my oldest brother, vanished several years ago. Academic clubs are struggling. When a newspaper story recently reported that Leland High might no longer be able to afford a yearbook, most townsfolk just rolled their eyes. What is most noticeably absent in Leland's schools is the biracial community spirit that initially made them some of the most integrated in the Delta--an achievement that was supposed to be a dramatic step toward integrating all of society. While desegregation succeeded in easing overt racial hostility and opening up Leland's restaurants, motels and libraries, black and white children today face one another across the same awkward racial divide that we did twenty years ago. And they leave high school on opposite sides of an economic gulf almost as wide as before. Yet Leland has become a place where few blacks or whites find it objectionable--or even odd--that there are racially divided schools. And almost no one believes it will ever change. Integration, born amid outcries of both hope and excoriation, has withered in virtual silence. Leland is a rather typical Mississippi Delta town of 6,000 residents, mostly merchants, planters, and laborers. The population is--and has been for as long as anyone recalls--about 60 percent black. My family moved there in 1967, into an old, rambling yellow house in a white middle-class neighborhood. Like the rest of Mississippi, Leland inched its way toward integration only at the steady prod of the federal government. The tide turned on October 29, 1969, when the Supreme Court issued a sweeping ruling that required almost immediate integration in Leland and twenty-nine other Mississippi school districts. I began the first grade the following fall. After the Court's ruling, a flood of hysterical white Mississippi families fled to newly crated private segregationist academies--schools with Confederate colonel mascots and rebel flag logos. But in Leland, a biracial coalition of school leaders and parents, my own included, began a campaign to encourage whites to keep their children in public school. They handed out stickers at school-board meetings that read, "Think Positive," and published a full-page ad in the local paper with the names of more than 200 white parents who promised that their children would remain in the public-school system. In that first year, Leland retained about half its white students--a remarkable achievement for a Delta town. Those were curious times of racial exploration for me. I was completely unaware of the turmoil that had preceded my first day of school, and as best as I can recall, it was a topic that our teachers never encouraged us to discuss. My parents didn't talk about it either, but they somehow drilled into me the notion that there was one evil perhaps greater than any other, this thing called "prejudice." I wasn't sure exactly what it meant. I just knew I was supposed to avoid it, and that my friends from church who went to "the academy" were somehow tainted by it. The word was so ominous and omnipresent that it terrified me. Occasionally, a black classmate would suddenly ask me: "Are you prejudiced?" "Of course not," I would quickly respond, while thinking, "It's the private-school people who are prejudiced." But I was receiving other signals that were confusing. I became fast friends with a black classmate, Donald Richardson, and at some point in the fourth grade we began talking about visiting each other's homes to combine our GI Joe collections. His parents were schoolteachers, just like my mother, and his grandfather was a retired school principal. Donald and I never did visit each other, though. He's a band director at Leland High now, and recently I asked him why he though we never spent time at each other's homes--or, for that matter, why black and white classmates almost never visited each other's homes. He remembers that time the same way I do--no specific recollection of which teacher or parent or classmate had said it, but the sense of getting a clear message: visiting each other was "not a good idea." By the time I was in junior high school, segregation was evident in almost every facet of my life except the classroom. I earned merit badges in an all-white Boy Scout troop and played Little League baseball on an all-white team, the Planters. My friends and I spent our summers at segregated swimming pools, and our families had picnics in segregated parks. Blacks and whites even played on opposite sides of Lake Monocnoc, on the edge of town. At school, racial tensioned characterized the daily dynamic. Fistfights on the playground between whites and blacks were routine, and being harassed by blacks as I walked home through their neighborhood after school was so common that I was amazed later to learn that anyone else had grown up differently. The school stopped sponsoring senior proms, student banquets, senior trips, and other social gatherings long before I was old enough to know what they were. Some of the reluctance to integrate children outside of the classroom came, ironically, from desegregation supporters. Many of these parents believed that the immediate goal was simply to integrate the schools. The feared that sanctioning socializing between black and white students might cause anxious white parents to pull their children out of the schools altogether. But much of the hesitation about social integration was triggered by far more extreme sentiments. Blacks were seething with the anger of decades of humiliation and years of white obstructionism, even after segregation was illegal. Whites were gripped by misgivings about integration: everything from the innocuous "decline in quality education" to more bizarre concerns that whites would no longer be able to compete athletically, or that lecherous black boys would attack innocent white girls. The anger and fear I witnessed daily, I now realize, reflected a complex set of emotions being vented at dinner tables in every part of town. During the first years of integration, dedicated black and white adults worked within the institutions of church, jobs and city hall to resolve the fear and anger. But over the long haul, they left it to their children, for the most part, to fight it out around the swing sets. Despite the racial tensions, we whites were well served by the integrated public schools. We gained from the rough-and-tumble mix of cultures and, I think, were strengthened by the confrontations it sparked. Most of the whites in the class of 1982--generally from wealthier, more educated families than the blacks--finished college and never returned to Leland. My black classmates did not fare as well. A few went to college and then to cities in the North or West; several others went into the military. But the basic threshold of "success" for blacks in the Delta is leaving it, and most of my classmates never did. Recently, I went back to Leland to see what had become of my classmates who stayed behind during the decade wince we graduated. I found that being black in the Delta typically still means a lifetime of barely scraping by in a place where factory jobs are few and the only big industry, farming, is controlled by an old fashioned white elite. Brandon Taylor, who broke my undefeated spelling bee record when he entered our class in the sixth grade, briefly played professional basketball in Europe. Now he's back in the Delta struggling to make a living. Elaine and Eloise Chillis, one of two sets of fraternal twins in my class, have worked since graduation for Delta Pride, a catfish company in Indianola notorious for its oppressive working conditions. With experience and good performance, they told me they can look forward to eventually making top pay at the plant: $5.30 an hour. By Delta standards, they are fairly successful, each with steady work and one beautiful boy. They don't particularly want to leave. Elaine and Eloise were precisely the kind of children--smart but deprived of opportunity--whom integration was supposed to help. No one spelled out exactly what integration was supposed to accomplish at the time it was ordered, but there was overwhelming sense that it was going to bring genuine change for the Elaine's an Eloise's of this country. Instead, integration became a game of numbers that fell far short of any real effort to secure civil--and human--rights. In the tremendous and exhausting struggle to prove on paper that public schools no longer discriminated, the larger question of how truly to unite a divided society was forgotten. "We didn't have a really specific vision," my father told me recently. "We thought we were in the midst of some very profound changes. In retrospect, it may have been an over expectation." Naive or not, the goals of school integration were doomed when the community leadership that had worked so hard to sustain the public schools slowly melted away: the newspaper editor who had weathered scorn for his pro-integration positions moved to another town; the white school superintendent and the top black school administrator who had worked tirelessly behind the scenes to promote understanding retired; the white school-board members, who despite their political conservatism believed that good public schools were essential to a small town, resigned after years of frustration. By why didn't others come forward to replace them? Why are there no present-day counterparts to the white leaders who supported school integration twenty years ago? Part of the reason, perhaps, is that the moral urgency of the late 1960s--the sense of rapid social change that compelled people to take strong stands--is gone. For white Mississippians who considered themselves enlightened, the idea of sending their children to all-white private schools twenty-five years ago was taboo. The academies held the torch in those days for all of the old Southern evils against which America was railing. But today, those crude segregationist trappings have largely fallen away. Most of the smallest academies have closed, and their students have been consolidated into larger, better schools. Supporters of these schools extol their "quality" educational environment in nonracial terms, and the student body may well include the children of one or two black professionals. Personal convenience has prevailed over community good. The moral conviction that integrated my school has given way to an indifference and numbness--the same numbness that allowed me (and most white Deltans) to accept abject black poverty just a stone's throw away from our own homes. Today, many of the children of the early white graduates of Leland's integrated public schools are attending private academies. In the black community, too, almost no one is complaining about the resegregation of Leland's schools. In recent months, black activists have been more focused on keeping alive the traditions of the old all-black high school, which now houses grades four, five and six. Last fall, the building's white principal wanted to replace some athletic trophies from the days before integration in a display case with the work of current students. The black community was outraged. This acute nostalgia reflects a growing sense among some blacks that the cost of giving up schools that they controlled may have been greater than the gains of integration. Before desegregation, black children learned in institutions that, despite all the adversity these schools faced, succeeded entirely because of the efforts and talents of black adults. The schools were woven into the fabric of the community and were a sanctuary from the racial denigration that marked life outside. Integration changed all that, removing blacks from top policy-making positions in the schools and raising racial questions about every faculty promotion and every student disciplinary action. Perhaps the lesson to be drawn from a place like Leland is that destroying the formal institutions of racism has little effect on integrating people's day-to-day personal lives--or on advancing economic equality. The economic situation for blacks in the Delta today has changed little despite the good intentions of the people who pushed for diverse schools in Leland. Maybe that was inevitable. Maybe it's impossible to cause dramatic change in only a quarter of a century. Maybe desegregation was doomed from its first day. But I can't help thinking that those are little more than excuses. The preachers and teachers and aldermen and grocers and research scientists and high-minded farmers of today's Leland could re-create the coalition that first integrated my school. They could talk boldly not just about schools, but about the broader issues of race and poverty and opportunity. I don't know whether such an effort would assure Elaine's and Eloise's baby boys something more than the catfish plant, but it's the only thing that might.


One of the best space memorabilia museums in the Bay Area will have its annual Space Festival on Saturday August 6th, from 10 AM to 4 PM. Come see both US and Russian memorabilia, from tools used in space, to garments worn by astronauts. There is also a Lunar Module and Lunar Rover on display.


When you choose to maintain a business with the expectation of making a benefit, you are viewed as a business person. You should note that not everyone that starts a business will be able to be successful. It needs some consideration before one finds the business successful.But, this should not mean that you cannot acquire what you expect. You will find many great entrepreneurs and have done everything to be successful. It is at this time that you should be ready to be passionate, dedicated and also patient to enjoy your profits. One of the eminent business visionaries is Ajari Beri who is known to run many metro eateries for a long time. The following are some good points to have for you to be a successful entrepreneur.
In order to be successful in the business, you need to love what you are doing. It is here that you need to evaluate your love for the business. Passion ensures you have time and effort to run the business. Regardless of whether you will be taking a little or a major organization, simply guarantee you will work with steadiness consistently.It may take a while before you see positive results but the wait will be worthwhile.
The next thing is to take small steps. Having seen greatest entrepreneur should not imply they got there in one day.Here, it is wise to go slow in some things and learn the risk and how to manage your business accordingly.Do not overdo because you might end up making the wrong decision with your resources and time. This is important for it will give you sense of direction and the best approach you can take. You should take some time note what other entrepreneurs have done to be successful.
It is also essential that you consider having a reasonable plan. Take some time and decide on small and big matters.The plan you have for your business will tell so much on where you are going.It is essential to make small and big term plans before you begin with the business. Something else you ought not to overlook is to guarantee all will be carried out right. This is the right place you should be ready to have all legitimate documents which are valid. It is your job to ask around the right documents to have before anything else. It is at this point that you ought to see more about taxes and costs to pay ahead of time.
It regards marketing and manufacturing a decent notoriety behind your administrations and items. This makes it easy for you to make it with your business.


I started the Twin Cities E-Learning Developer's Group in January 2019 because I was looking for a space to meet other e-learning developers for hacking, experimenting, exchanging ideas and improving my skills through helping others solve problems. I wasn't able to find a local group that provided these kinds of hands-on interactions, so, inspired by similar groups in other cities, I decided to create one.
If you're in or around the Twin Cities in Minnesota, I'd like to invite you to join us in the new Twin Cities E-Learning Developer's Group.
It's free to join and open to instructional designers and e-learning developers who would like to meet others to network, exchange ideas and knowledge, get help with ongoing projects and learn new tools and techniques in a welcoming and supportive environment.
You can join by visiting our Meetup page at: meetup.com/tcelearning.
Membership is growing slowly, but steadily, and I have scheduled our first free Adobe Captivate hands-on workshop for next month (March 2019).
Every 1st Saturday, we will host a "Hack and Help" session. These will have no formal agenda. Instead, they will provide a safe and welcoming space to come meet up with others and work on your e-learning projects. Bring a laptop/tablet and get help and or give help or just hang out and work alongside others in the same boat.
Beginning in March, every 3rd Saturday, we'll host hands-on workshops. These will be an opportunity to learn new skills or share what you know with others. Group members are encouraged to lead sessions in their area of expertise. Just let me know and I will schedule you on the calendar.
I'd be happy to answer any questions or hear suggestions from others with similar groups. Please either post your comments below or Message me on meetup from the group's page.


Plastic Faceted Beads. These reflective beads are pretty on their own, but also make perfect spacers when used with other faceted beads.
These reflective beads are pretty on their own, but also make perfect spacers when used with other faceted beads.


A colourful redesign for kitchen and dining spaces.
Some of my work for FORMstudio featured in a new book from Thames and Hudson.
"The relationship between work and home life has rapidly changed with an increasing number of people requiring the flexibility to work not just from home but anyway. The demand has resulted in new challenges for architects and designers to provide innovative solutions to create multifunctional spaces to suit a variety of needs. The new book by Anna Yudina gives an insight into the number of different solutions by designers to integrate the workspace into the domestic home."
FORMstudio's Artillery Mansions project features within the 'Integrated/Detached' section. The open plan arrangement contains a central 'floating' block that houses a home office. Flexibility is provided by concealed doors on electromagnetic holds that can be used to separate the work and living areas when required.
Originally a monasteries apothecary, this country home had not been touched for over forty years when Alexandra Jackson fell in love with it and took on a major renovation project.
Fabulous fun shoot with artist Becky Blair at her home in Brighton!
Vicky Wetherill and Jason Skrinar, owners of Sideshow Interiors, home in an impressive apartment that was originally the piano nobile of the summer home of the Italian ambassador to the court of Queen Victoria. In the shop - http://www.sideshowinteriors.co.uk- they sell original Mid Century design furniture and art and many of the finer pieces that they have collected have found a permanent home in the apartment.
I must go down to the sea again… Always love a coastal shoot, Period or Contemporary!
Oh I do like to be beside the seaside, St Leonards on Sea that is.
As published in The Telegraph Travel section 11/1/2014 The image was supplied by one of my syndication agents and unfortunately it hasn't been reproduced particularly well - I do hate it when they 'edit' your work!
Shooting with Caroline Reeves of Country Living at Liza Barnes lovely home on Ashdown Forest.


" Elevated coastal living "
The greens of the golf course, the blues of the Indian Ocean; the vibrancy of southern Bali, the serenity of an Aman – Amanusa, true to its name, is the peaceful isle that others are compared to. Room service? More like resort service; the entire hotel is your bespoke oyster. Shaded beach huts provide a white sandy perch for ocean admirers, while a gorgeous pool tempts guests to stay closer to this architectural treasure of a home. With a private garden courtyard in all suites and private pools in some, the allure of staying in has never been so tempting.


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