What is the Report Builder?
Use the Report Builder to create your own customized reports. Add and arrange the fields any way you would like to include in your report and filter your results any way you would like. In addition to creating new reports, the Report Builder is also used when you choose to edit any of your existing reports.
In vinSuite, go to the 'Reports' section of the left hand navigation then choose 'Report Builder'. The Report builder will open in the workspace.
Start in the first step of the Report Builder, fill in the fields to create your report. Once you have completed this section, click "Next" to move on to step 2.
Report Name: Give your report a name, this can be anything you want.
Visibility: This setting defines whether your report can be seen either only by you (private) or by anyone who has access to your admin panel (shared).
Report Type: Assign your Report Type here. Report types are winery defined you my must have the Report Types table filled out to have anything show in this drop down.
Description: Make any notes you would like about your report here. If the report is shared, these notes may help other users know what this report should be used for.
In the second step of the Report Builder you will define the fields you want to include in your report. This step will display the fields available for your report. Which fields are made available will vary depending on which base report you choose in step 1. For a full description of the fields in each base report please refer to the eWinery Data Dictionary.
Available fields (not yet included in your report) for the report will show in a list on the left. Selected fields will list on the right.
You may organize the fields on your report by dragging and dropping fields from side to side to add or subtract fields or up and down to rearrange the order of selected fields.
When you are done adding and rearranging your selected fields, click 'Next" to go to Step 3.
In Step 3, you will apply any filters you need to your report. Filters can be applied to any field that you have included in your report, the type of filter you can apply will vary depending on the type of data you are trying to filter. Learn more about the different kinds of filters in this article about Filter Operators.
To add your filter in the 'Add New Filter' section, first choose the field that you would like to apply a filter to by selecting it from the drop down list.
Enter the filter criteria in the box on the far right. Click 'Add Filter' when you are done, this will add your new filter to the list of "Current Filters". You may add as many filters as you would like, when you are done click 'Next' to move to Step 4 and see a summary of your report.
Step 4 will allow you to see a preview of your report and will give you some different options for saving and running your report. This screen will also feature a summary of your report that includes the first 5 lines of the report.
Click 'Save' to save a copy of this report to the 'My Reports' section.
Clicking 'Save & Run' will export a current version of this report to Excel for you as well as save a copy of the report to your 'My Reports' section.


Hair Care Shampoo And Treatment Shampoos – What's Available?
Regardless of whether your hair is straight, wavy or curly, if you are on the lookout for a suitable hair care shampoo or a hair treatment shampoo then unless you know exactly what kind of products you should be looking for you are likely to be overwhelmed by the sheer number and variety of products available all claiming to be the best one for you.
In order to choose the right hair care shampoo or a treatment shampoo for you then it helps to narrow down your search if you know what your particular hair type is. Hair type is important as hair care shampoos and treatment shampoos tend to be designed specifically to cater for any problems associated with a particular hair type.
The following information may help you identify your hair type and what you should be looking for in order to care for your hair type.
Normal hair feels neither greasy nor dry, it reflects the light well so is naturally shiny, looks healthy, and is manageable on a day to day basis. This is the ideal hair type. It requires no special treatment to maintain this hair type, just a regular care regime and a healthy diet.
Dry hair lacks lustre and doesn't reflect the light very well so tends not to have a shine. It looks and feels dry to the touch and can be brittle. Split ends are common and you will often find flaky patches on the scalp.
Frizzy hair is often curly or wavy hair that has been broken or damaged possibly by vigorous brushing and tugging, poor treatment and overuse of chemicals and heating appliances.
Hair that is naturally dry can be made much worse by exposure to the sun and harsh chemicals. Colouring can dry the hair too. If possible try to avoid excessive use of heating appliances such as hairdryers, straighteners or curling tongs and if in the sun then it's important to use hair care products that contain sunscreens.
For dry hair look for mild shampoos and conditioners or hair treatment oils specifically designed for dry, brittle and/or damaged hair, preferably an herbal preparation in order to avoid harsh chemicals. You could try serums and gels too. It also helps if you can try to avoid washing the hair too often. You can also find anti-frizz products that are specially prepared to deal with frizzy hair.
Moisture is essential for healthy looking hair so if your hair tends to be dry, brittle colour damaged or frizzy, look for products that contain natural humectants (moisturisers).
Flyaway hair tends to be fine and thin and isn't easily manageable. Products that increase volume can help control fine hair but be careful not to apply too much or too often as this can weigh the hair down making it look lank and lifeless.
This hair type is a result of excessive secretion of oil from the glands on the scalp so the scalp also feels oily. Look for products that cater for greasy hair. With this hair type you can wash your hair as often as you like but if you do then be sure to choose products that are mild. Avoid over use of conditioners as this will only add to the oily look and feel of the hair.
Combination hair type can be greasy at the scalp but dry and brittle at the ends. Sometimes the ends of the hair can appear lighter in colour than hair at the roots. Obviously this type of hair requires you to deal with the different areas accordingly. For example if you are using a conditioner, apply one that has been designed to increase the moisture in the hair and apply it to the ends of the hair only and not to the upper part of the hair which is greasy. Use shampoos that are suitable for both dry and oily hair.
Hair is basically made up of dead protein. Once the hair is damaged there is not much you can do other than to try and limit further damage or cut it. Most people are conscious of treating their hair on the outside but it doesn't matter how many hair care products or hair care treatments you use, if you don't pay attention to your diet so that your hair has a healthy start before it appears through the scalp, you're hair is not going to be as healthy looking as it could be.
Apart from the obvious points of eating a balanced diet with plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables and drinking plenty of water, something that often gets overlooked is the role that Omega 3 fatty acids play in promoting healthy hair. Omega 3 fatty acids can be found in oily fish and in fish oil supplements.
Human hair comes in all sorts of types and textures as well as colours. We have long and straight, short and curly, course hair, fine hair, flyaway and frizzy hair, which can be normal, dry, combination or greasy and of course there is black, brown, blonde, and red hair with all the different shades in between.
There is such diversity in human hair and a lot of money spent on products to promote healthy natural looking hair, there are products for every single hair type you can think of but again and again we come across the same problems. No, not many of us can boast that we have never had a bad hair day.
So how do we promote natural looking hair? Well, what we have to do is look at what natural hair care is and what natural hair care involves.
What is natural hair care?
Natural hair care involves handling your hair gently, and not subjecting it to harsh chemicals, elements or treatments, which in this day and age of mass consumerism, advertising and the media can be harder than it sounds. Too many products contain chemicals that are less than ideal when it comes to natural hair care and just because something is labelled as natural, doesn't necessarily mean that it is.
Also, it has become normal practice to indulge in straightening, curling, perming, and colouring, relaxing and bleaching hair, all of which can play havoc with the condition of your hair. Yes you might have immediate results that you are pleased with as far as appearances go but over time your hair will suffer.
Hair consists primarily of protein, and therefore to have hair that is in tip top condition, you need to be putting natural protein enriched products on your hair and avoiding everything that is going to put extra stress on your hair.
What does natural hair care involve?
•	Try to stay out of the hot sun as much as possible but if this is unavoidable, make sure you wear a hat or a protective scarf when in the sun and to use products that contain a natural sun screen. The sun will dry out your hair.
• Avoid the use of harsh chemicals in any products you buy and stick to products that contain only natural ingredients. Don't be tempted to buy any product containing mineral oils or petroleum based ingredients as this will clog up the pores and prevent your sebaceous glands from secreting natural body oils which will condition your hair. Clogged up pores can also encourage hair loss.
•	If you need to colour or lighten your hair then it is better to use dyes containing natural colourings like henna and not bleach. Chemicals strip your hair of its natural oils and damage the hair making it look and feel more like straw rather than the soft silky tresses you would expect in natural hair.
• Limit the use of heating appliances such as straighteners, hair dryers and curling tongs as the temperatures of some heating appliances can be much higher than what your hair can naturally withstand. The result over time is dull looking hair brittle hair with split ends.
•	If you use a swimming pool or Jacuzzi then you are going to come into contact with chlorine which can damage your hair. Similarly when down at the beach, if you swim in the sea then your hair is going to come into contact with a lot of salt which can sap moisture. Make sure you wear a swimming cap.
•	Never use elastic bands on your hair, these can pull your hair and catch it, go for cloth covered bands or scrunchies, these are ideal and will not put unnecessary stress on your hair.
• Don't be tempted to wash your hair too frequently, particularly if your hair tends to be on the dry side. Use mild shampoos, good quality conditioners and don't rub your hair too hard with a towel afterwards. Gently pat your hair dry and if possible allow it to dry naturally in the air.
•	Following a natural hair care regime for an extended period of time should take care of most of the hair problems you might have such as excessively dry or greasy hair or hair that looks dull and lifeless. However, if your hair is severely damaged with numerous split ends and breakages, then there is not really much you can do other than to cut it and wait for new growth.
Hair grows at an average rate of about half an inch per month so if you're doing all the right things you can expect six inches of brand new healthy natural looking hair after as little as a year.


The World's Largest Nano Beer Festival!
Started back in 2008, the Nano Beer Fest began at Max's Fanno Creek where the owners were looking for a way to showcase the local small brewers who were coming on the scene. 9 years later it has grown to a bi-annual event featuring small batch beers, ciders and mead made by some of the most inventive and newest members of the local craft industry! Join us to celebrate (and meet) these rising stars!
Our goal is to help Nano Breweries gain exposure for their brands. Of course we do this by organizing Festivals and events. But, we also act as liaisons between Nano Brewers and restaurants, Bars, tap rooms, bottle shops and just about any other way we can help them get seen...If you have any ideas, be sure to let us know on the contact page.
2018 NBF segment from "Tonight with Cassidy"
Since 2008, there's been a lot of nano action!


The Wendigo Golf and Resort boasts an 18 Hole Championship Golf Course designed by Joel Goldstrand, a longtime, renowned golf course designer. The property is 290.35 acres. The total building size is a 75,000 square foot and the conference center is 42,828 square feet. The resort has 40 hotel rooms.
Flexible 7,000 square feet, and are divisible into 3 rooms. The Conference Center and Banquet Space can accommodates up to six hundred guests. It includes a Full Service Commercial Kitchen, and a Clubhouse which is 12,714 square feet.
Among the different amenities are the Pro Shop, a restaurant and bar called Good Time Charlie's, Golf Offices, Locker Rooms, Storage, a six thousand square foor Maintenance Building, a 1,500 square foot Starter Shack, a twenty thousand square foot Storage Building. The space is ideal for boats and equipment.
Full Offering Memo Available Upon Execution of Confidentiality Agreement.
The Gunflint Lounge is a total of 103 acres, and is classified as resort commercial zoning. The main lodge was built in: 1953 and is four thousand square feet, and new construction was done in 1978-2010. There are 33 rental cabins.
There is staff housing for 55 people including 2 separate homes, 13 apartment, and 10 dorm units, a spa and massage center which is 700 square feet. The Gunflint lounge also feature a boat dock and dock house that is 320 square feet (built in 1920). It accommodates 20 boats.
For more information, please contact Frank Jermusek.


A glitch in my WordPress system: Solved.
I've had an odd problem with WordPress for a few days, although I didn't notice it until yesterday evening, when I left a comment on the entertaining blog of my far-side-of-the-world cyber-friend Jo Eberhardt (The Happy Logophile). When I swooshed the cursor over my name on the comment, up came not my URL but my username, quite worthless as a hyperlink. When I checked back through past comments, I saw that the problem popped up a few days ago. Why? I had no idea.
I was pretty sure this was something I could find and fix, if only I could figure out where. I posted a question to the WordPress forum, and received an answer from a helpful Happiness Engineer about the time I stumbled across the right place myself: the web site line on the Personal Settings page.
But try as I might, I couldn't change that line. Or more precisely, I couldn't make the change stick. I'd type in the correct URL and click on "save changes." The screen would say "user updated." And when I opened the page to check it, the line had reverted to my user name. Every time. Frustrated, I went to bed.
Nothing had changed this morning. But when I got to work and signed on from that computer, everything was fine, web site URL was where it should be. Aha, I thought. Signing out and signing back in an hour later, that's the secret.
That wasn't the secret. When I got back to my home computer this evening, the Personal Settings page once again showed my user name instead of my URL. How could that setting not be the same on both computers? Was there some hidden WordPress cookie on one and not the other? What was different? My work computer runs IE8 on Windows XP, and my home computer runs IE9 on Windows 7, but I really didn't think that should matter.
Hmm. What was the difference? I tried rebooting, and even turning the computer off and on, which I don't do all that often. No change. The web site line and the password box below it still sat there wrong and green and–wait a minute. Green? Why are those boxes green? They weren't green on my work computer, where everything was correct.
And then the penny finally dropped. Green boxes, sitting right there in front of me. And green boxes whenever Norton Identity Safe, my clever password storage and log in program, signed me in to WordPress.
I'm terrible about passwords. Hate to change them, can't remember half of them, use the same one for lots of things (I mean really, who's going to break into my account at the Science Fiction Book Club and order extra books?). So I have Norton log me into almost everything. And when it does, it turns the username and password boxes green. I've been using Norton far longer than I've been using WordPress, but I think once I had the blog set up I had no reason to go back to the Personal Settings page.
Then one day last week I was wandering around my Dashboard, just looking at stuff, and I opened the Personal Settings page. And Norton Identify Safe saw that box marked password, so it filled mine in, along with my user name in the box above it where the web site URL should be, complete with those tell-tale green backgrounds. And every time I opened the page to check for changes, it did the same thing.
As soon as I removed WordPress from the auto-log in list and signed in myself, the Personal Settings page came up with my blog's URL in the right place, and no green boxes.
So I'll keep WordPress off the log in program for a while, or stay off the Personal Settings page, and keep an eye on things, but this time I think I've actually solved the mystery.


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Q: What to use instead of "System.out.println" in java Spring Boot @RequestMapping(method=RequestMethod.POST, value= {"/LMSServer/getNoOfDaysOfApplicationBycellNo"} )
@PreAuthorize("hasAuthority('CUSTOMER_MANAGEMENT_R') OR hasAuthority('CUSTOMER_MANAGEMENT_RW')")
public BasicResponce getNoOfDaysOfApplicationBycellNo(@RequestParam(value = "cellNo") long cellNo)
{
    if(LOG.isInfoEnabled()){
        LOG.info("WebClientRestContoller.getNoOfDaysOfApplicationBycellNo--Start");
        LOG.info("Cell NO: "+cellNo);
    }

    BasicResponce authResp = null;
    try {

        Customer fromDB= (Customer) objLMSDAO.getDetailsByCellno(cellNo);
        DaysOfApplicationResponseDTO toSend= new DaysOfApplicationResponseDTO();

        toSend.setCreatedAt(fromDB.getCreatedAt()+"");
        toSend.setUpdatedAt(fromDB.getUpdatedAt()+"");

        toSend.setRequested_Action(true);

        authResp=toSend;

        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        if(LOG.isInfoEnabled()){
            LOG.info("Returned Response is:");
            LOG.info("Response Requested_Action: {} ",new Object[]{authResp.getRequested_Action()});
            LOG.info("WebClientRestContoller.getNoOfDaysOfApplicationBycellNo--End");
        }

        return authResp;

}

The above is my main code. I want to print the difference of days (no. of days between createdAt and updatedAt). Where do I write this logic? I remember in java we use System.out.println to display output, but here I don't know to display code on Postman.
Below is my DTO:
public class DaysOfApplicationResponseDTO extends BasicResponce{

private String createdAt;
private String updatedAt;
private String days;

public String getDays() {
    return days;
}

public void setDays(String days) {
    this.days = days;
}
private List<CustomerLoanSummaryResponseDTO> LoanApplicationDummyResponseList;

public String getCreatedAt() {
    return createdAt;
}

public void setCreatedAt(String createdAt) {
    this.createdAt = createdAt;
}

public String getUpdatedAt() {
    return updatedAt;
}

public void setUpdatedAt(String updatedAt) {
    this.updatedAt = updatedAt;
}

public List<CustomerLoanSummaryResponseDTO> getLoanApplicationDummyResponseList() {
    return LoanApplicationDummyResponseList;
}

public void setLoanApplicationDummyResponseList(
        List<CustomerLoanSummaryResponseDTO> loanApplicationDummyResponseList) {
    LoanApplicationDummyResponseList = loanApplicationDummyResponseList;
}

public DaysOfApplicationResponseDTO() {
    super();
}
public DaysOfApplicationResponseDTO(String createdAt, String UpdatedAt, String days,
        List<CustomerLoanSummaryResponseDTO> loanApplicationDummyResponseList) {
    super();
    this.createdAt = createdAt;
    this.updatedAt = updatedAt;
    this.days = days;
    this.LoanApplicationDummyResponseList = loanApplicationDummyResponseList;

}
}

A: You can introduce service classes (@service annotation) to your project for domain logic. You have to break down and organize the project into a suitable project structure (so that your controllers, entities, services are in different packages for clarity). Better read on those for more information.
Here is a helpful stack-overflow question,
What is the recommended project structure for spring boot rest projects?

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using DoStuff.Models;
using DoStuff.Repository;

namespace DoStuff.Controllers
{
    public class ServiceRequestsController : BaseStuffController<ServiceRequest>
    {
        public ServiceRequestsController(IRepository<ServiceRequest> repository) : base(repository) { }
    }
}

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Speaker: Laos and Belarus enjoy long-standing friendship, good cooperation
MINSK, 19 August (BelTA) - Laos and Belarus enjoy long-standing friendship and good cooperation, President of the National Assembly of the Lao People's Democratic Republic Saysomphone Phomvihane said during a web-based conference with Chairman of the House of Representatives Vladimir Andreichenko on 19 August, BelTA has learned.
"This is a good opportunity for us to discuss and exchange comments in order to strengthen friendship and cooperation between the two countries, between our legislative bodies. I would like to sincerely thank you for yours greetings on the successful conduct of the first meeting of the 9th Lao National Assembly and my election to the presidency. In this regard, I would like to convey warm greetings from Laos President Thongloun Sisoulith through you to Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko," Saysomphone Phomvihane said.
The speaker noted that Laos highly appreciates Belarus' commitment to developing fruitful cooperation between the two countries and between the legislative bodies. "I would like to congratulate the Republic of Belarus and the House of Representatives on their achievements and to express hope that you will continue to achieve great success in socio-economic development for the benefit of the Belarusian people and for peace, friendship and cooperation in the region and the world," he said. "The regional and international situation continues to change rapidly due to the COVID-19 epidemic, the situation in Ukraine, the high cost of oil and goods, climate change and other problems that directly and indirectly affect Laos. But under the leadership of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, we now have political stability, peace and order in society. Lao people and all ethnic groups are united; the economy is expected to grow at 4.3% in 2022."
"We are very proud that Laos and Belarus have long-standing bonds of friendship and good cooperation. Laos and Belarus established diplomatic relations on 7 February 1994 and have been continuously working to strengthen and expand relations and cooperation. The two sides exchanged high-level delegations. The then Laos President Choummaly Sayasone visited Belarus in July 2013 and called the visit historic," Saysomphone Phomvihane added. The parties have also exchanged visits at the level of ministers of foreign affairs and some other ministries as well. The two countries cooperate within the United Nations at the regional and international levels. The two parties have set up a commission on cooperation, which is a mechanism to jointly support trade and economic interaction. Belarus has supported the development of a research laboratory of minerals, intends to establish a plant of potash fertilizers, baby food factory, pharmaceutical products, a center for the treatment of heart and bone diseases, and to discuss cooperation in education, culture, banking, finance and credit and other matters. Due to the recent situation with the spread of COVID-19 virus, despite the efforts of the two parties, Lao-Belarusian cooperation has not made much progress," he said.
He expressed his deep appreciation to the government and the people of Belarus for their support and assistance to the Lao people in the past, as well as during the development and construction of the country at the present time. "I appreciate that the Lao National Assembly and the House of Representatives of Belarus have consistently good relations with each other. The president of the 8th National Assembly visited Belarus in April 2014 and signed a memorandum of cooperation between the Lao National Assembly and the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus. The two parties have cooperated and supported each other in inter-parliamentary regional arenas, exchanging congratulations on important national dates, elections, and others. The Lao National Assembly of the 9th convocation set up the Lao-Belarusian Parliamentary Friendship Committee, which includes ten members from the constituencies," the speaker said.
Saysomphone Phomvihane suggested specific areas of cooperation between the two legislative bodies. "I suggest that both parties review the Memorandum of Cooperation signed in 2013 between the National Assembly of Laos and the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus, taking into account the current situation. I also see it as possible to continue to exchange information on the implementation of the role of the legislature in various ways. Encourage governments to implement contracts, conventions and agreements signed by the two governments so that they are highly effective and truly benefit the people of the two countries. I also suggest that we continue to cooperate and support each other in regional and international parliaments to contribute to the mission of maintaining peace, stability and cooperation for sustainable development. I would like to invite Speaker of the House of Representatives Vladimir Andreichenko to pay an official visit to the Lao People's Democratic Republic any time convenient for you," he said.
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Giveaway Spotlight: Zac Edwards
Earlier this month, we teamed up with Danny Worsnop on Instagram for a giveaway. You may know Danny as the lead vocals and keys for the band, Asking Alexandria. Danny reached out to us to let us know that he had ordered some of our products and absolutely loved them. All of the little punk rockers in our hearts lost their minds. It was an honor to be complimented by someone we've all listened to and loved at some point in our lives. One of our staff, who has been to multiple Asking Alexandria concerts was quoted saying "F***kin sick," and sick it was, indeed.
Pictured: Danny Worsnop cruising in the Eastin Trucker jacket
Danny offered a 20% off promo code to his fans in addition to announcing he would be giving away one of our Easton Trucker Jackets to one lucky fan. Danny posted a photo on Instagram wearing the jacket with the caption:
"We're giving away a killer new jacket to one of you this week, courtesy of @leatherandcotton, and all you have to do to win is feed my curiosity! As you know, I am all about improvement, growth and investing in yourself. So, all I want to know is what YOU have done to set yourself up for success this year. What moves have you made to facilitate growth and improvement!"
Well, a few days went by, pages of inspiring comments appeared, and a winner was chosen! The winner is Zac Edwards from Athens, Georgia. Zac's winning comment reads:
After reading this, I thought Zac seemed like a pretty interesting guy, so I decided to sit down with him to learn more. I went into the interview thinking I'd be talking to your typical business man with a little bit of philanthropy on the side. What I ended up getting was a guy that has fought his way to the top, knows what he's passionate about, and is willing to do whatever it takes to improve the lives of others. As I learned more about his story, I felt inspired to serve my community the same way Zac aims to serve his.
A few pictures of Zac enjoying his new Easton Trucker Jacket
About Zac
We began with the basics. Zac told me he was 26, living in Georgia, and of course a huge fan of Danny, Asking Alexandria, and our Easton Trucker jacket (I couldn't help myself from inserting a shameless plug here). Zac said he never thought he would win because there were so many other inspiring comments being shared, but he was elated that Danny saw the potential in what he has done and his goals for the future. Danny definitely made the right call, because Zac is definitely going big places in life.
Zac owns and operates his own vape shop called Voodoo Vapes. He told me he's been in "the vape industry [sic]" for 7 years. Before owning his own shop, he worked in various vape shops for about five and a half years until he began getting burnout. He was hoping to get a job where he could utilize his degree in counseling. When I asked Zac what kept him from working in counseling, he told me, "I quit my job at the vape shop, and I was going to use my counseling degree to work with teens and troubled kids, but no one would hire me due to tattoos." Zac began to get discouraged and considered going back to his old job, when an investor came to him with the proposal of opening, running, and operating a vape store of his own.
Pictured: Zac and a few of his awesome tats
Zac considers the opening of his shop as an important turning point. This opportunity was both the biggest hurdle and biggest motivator for reaching success and working toward the thing he is actually passionate about: combating bullying among children and teens. The first few months of business were really stressful for Zac. He told me that it was his first leap into adulthood. It wasn't until operations were up and running smoothly, with a profit coming in, that Zac felt like he could relax again.
Pictured: Zac relaxing with one of his puppy pals after a long day at work.
After 16 months of operation, Zac was able to pay his investor back in full. With the stress of getting off the ground behind him, Zac has shifted his focus to founding the anti-bullying non-profit.
Zac's Upcoming Non-Profit
Zac's non-profit will be called Exact Life. He plans to not only work with victims of bullying, but also the instigators to target the root cause of why a child may be bullying someone in their life. He also intends to include the parents of his clients to help them understand the emotions of their children and toxic microaggressions that may be present at home such as, "Be a man. Just ignore them. Grow up and move on."
Zac would like to begin by partnering with local schools to help students understand the consequences of bullying and the effect it can have on the physical and mental well being of others.
"A lot of people have asked me if I'm doing it to work with kids who are alternative or emo or what have you, and the answer is simply no. I want to work with everyone. Everyone in a clique can be a victim...There are so many kids who get bullied and are afraid to speak to friends and family [about it]."
One of Zac's main goals is to let people know that it's okay to talk about bullying and how important it is to build communities that will listen, help, and prevent bullying and harassment.
In addition to partnering with the school system, Zac intends to set up parent groups designed to educate and discuss how to best support their children in the midst of bullying, and accept that they may unintentionally contribute to the problem. If the community can truly listen to children, more children will be empowered to convey their feelings in a healthy manner and feel more confident in themselves, ultimately decreasing the presence of bullying.
The Exact Life Center
Zac's ultimate goal is to have his own center for kids, teens, and families complete with a cafe for students to come and work, hangout with friends, or just relax safely without fear of being mocked, harassed, or abused by others. He'd like to have live music as often as possible because he believes music can be a calming and unifying source for many. Zac would also like to offer music lessons and tools for creating various types of art, so kids can find positive, creative outlets.
Zac says his passion for combating bullying stems from his personal experiences with being bullied in high school.
"(I) Wore skinny jeans and listened to punk rock and metal...I talked to my parents and they totally understood, but I didn't tell them everything until much later on in life because I was embarrassed for so many years."
Zack wants to provide the support and understanding his parents showed him for other kids. "It's Ironic...," he says, while thinking back on his days of being picked on in high school, "...because it went from such a difficult point in life thinking that nothing would get better, to finally realizing that the kids saying the crap to me were probably getting some form of abuse from their friends or family."
Pictured: Zac's high school days circa 2009 (Thanks for digging this up for me Zac!)
By his senior year, he realized he did not deserve the harassment, judgement, and shame that he had spent three years receiving from other students and even some teachers. Once he began standing up for himself, he gained more confidence and the bullying started to decline. At times, he would get a little over zealous in defending himself that he ended up being asked to step out of class and even received an in-school suspension. While he doesn't condone this behavior, he said that this was the turning point for him.
Zac's parents played a huge part in his success and ability to bounce back from the harassment he faced in high school. Much like Zac, his parents both have a heart for helping the community. His father served with the Atlanta Fire Department for 42 years, just recently retiring and taking on the role of a fire and rescue trainer. Zac's mother works in finance for the Atlanta Down Syndrome Association and holds a seat on the board.
As Zac reminisces about his childhood, he recalls how much respect and admiration he had for his father. Zac considered his dad as a real life Super Man. Zac's dad would run into burning buildings, risk his life, and go the extra mile to make sure the members of his community were safe. As a kid, Zac wanted to do the same. Zac tried going down the Fire and Rescue route, but his skill for helping lies more in his ability to sympathize with the feelings of others. Where his father's service was through saving people physically, Zac has made it his goal to save people mentally.
Zac hopes to have Exact Life running in just over a year, and he can't wait to make headway in fighting bullying. In the meantime, he continues to hustle at his shop, while enjoying the occasional drink and hour playing video games such as Red Dead Redemption 2. Zac wants to thank his beautiful girlfriend and two loyal and hardworking employees for the support and motivation they've given him through this entire journey.
(Probably my two favorite pictures of Zac in his natural habitat
I'd like to send a big thank you to Zac for sharing his time and story with me. As for the rest of you, I'll see you in the concrete jungle.
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E-Scooter Food Delivery Man Arrested After Knocking Elderly Woman Down
Submitted by farhan on Mon, 15/04/2019 - 3:23pm
A 33 year old man, believed to be a food delivery man, has been arrested by the police after knocking down an elderly woman at a Bukit Batok HDB void deck. The woman, a 65 year old who was not named, was checking her letterbox when the man knocked her down with his e-scooter on Friday night.
ELDERLY WOMAN IN ICU AFTER TAKING TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE
The HSA has warned the public not to buy or consume two products promoted in Malaysia as traditional Chinese medicine. This comes after two elderly women fell ill after taking them. One of the woman, who is in her 70s, was even warded in the ICU after experiencing severe breathing difficulty.
67 YEAR OLD WOMAN DIED AFTER TAXI KNOCKED HER DOWN
A 67 year old woman was killed on Wednesday morning after being knocked down by a taxi near the Ayer Rajah Food Centre. The accident happened around 6:26 am along West Coast Drive towards West Coast Road.
ELDERLY WHEELCHAIR BOUND WOMAN FOUND LYING AT BOTTOM OF RAMP IN CHURCH
A wheelchair bound elderly woman, who has been going to a Bedok church for the past two years, was found at the bottom of a ramp at the Bedok Lutheran Church, lying face down in a heap. 83 year old Madam Neo Ng Tee was found with her face covered in blood, two of her front teeth broken and the wheelchair on top of her.
She suffered injuries to the left side of her face and can hardly open her eyes. She also has abrasions all over her body. Madam Neo is now in the high dependency ward at Changi General Hospital (CGH). It was unclear how she had fallen off her wheelchair at the foot of the ramp.
OLD WOMAN MORE CONCERNED ABOUT PAYING CAB FARE EVEN AS SHE HAD STROKE
As I drove off she said she couldn't lift her arms when she woke up in the morning. I saw from the rear mirror she had tears in her eyes. I suspected she had a mild stroke. She instructed me to visit the ATM for her to draw money to pay for the taxi fare.
I asked her if she had any children, she said she had one son who went to work. I got angry and started to lecture her. I said "your son should take you to the hospital in an ambulance. What happens if you fell sick in my taxi? I cannot save you". I drove as fast as i could to reach TTSH but she was rather concerned about paying for the taxi fare, instead of her own well-being.
92 YEAR OLD WOMAN DIES AFTER EXPLOSION AT CIRCUIT RD FLAT
A 92 year old woman who has been living alone for years was found dead in her flat at Circuit Road last night.
There was no fire but burn marks could be seen in the kitchen. People also heard an explosion that might have been due to a gas stove. The police are still investigating.
She was said to be healthy and spotted just that morning when she was on the way to buy some groceries.
#RIP
ELDERLY TRAFFIC ACCIDENT VICTIM LOST JOB, WALKS 1KM TO SAVE ON TRANSPORT TO BUY CAT FOOD
She looked like any other cardboard collector on the street, malnourished, hunched and scrawny. She too was pushing a cargo trolley along the outer corridors of the Bugis Junction with a pink paper basket with lots of her barang barang. Just as like every other elderly scavenging for paper boxes, they all had a story to tell.
WOMAN LOSES LIFE SAVINGS TO JOHOR HOME SCAM
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An elderly woman had her life savings wiped out by a home scam in Johor, all because she was approached by a "property agent" in Malaysia and believed that investing in a property there would bring her additional wealth.
MAID GAG, STRANGLE & THREATEN ELDERLY WOMAN WITH KNIFE
32-year-old Jaimah Hapit Said was sentenced to 40 months jail for gagging, strangling and threatening her employer's elderly mother and robbing her of cash and jewellery worth $9,400 on 26 September this year.


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USMCA: USA, Canada, and Mexico sign new trade agreement
The United States, Mexico and Canada have signed their new trade agreement USMCA. Prior to the start of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, the contractors put their signatures on the new edition of the North American free trade agreement (Nafta). US President, Donald Trump had announced that since the 1994 Nafta agreement, and that the two neighbouring countries forced to renegotiate. The abbreviation USMCA stands for United States Mexico Canada Agreement.
In Buenos Aires, said Trump, the new agreement will help ensure that no auto jobs migrated abroad and, instead, have already migrated back would be brought in. He spoke of a "model agreement, the trading landscape changed forever".
The new Convention is not yet ratified final: It must be from the US Congress decided. Trump said, "a lot of hooks and a little bit of abuse" had been removed from the rulebook. To Trudeau turned, he added: "It was a battle." But sometimes you'll have a hard fight to be "good friends".
at the beginning of October had been agreed by the three countries on the USMCA. According to the agreement of 2.6 million cars from customs duties should be exempted. The US collected duties on steel and aluminum, however, remain initially in force. In the case of milk and dairy products Canada, came to the United States and provided a much better access to the canadian dairy market.
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A unique, up-close and personal look at Jesus during His last year on earth by an actor who has portrayed Him over 300 times in his play. This momentous year begins with the feeding of the "5000" and concludes with His Resurrection.
Gain insight into His mind-set and discover, for the_first time, the reasons for Jesus' actions during those turbulent years... a "whydunit".
Involve yourself dramatically in this historical journey.
Enjoy the woodcuts of Albrecht Durer.
"..a book to keep on one's bedside to read and reread.." Marie Foss "avid book reader"
ARRIVAL IN JERUSALEM..He is coming, leaving a trail of miracles in His wake.. You (Jewish law keepers) have to prevent his coming and stirring up the people that are assembling for Passover..There was the blind man receiving sight in nearby Jericho. He is coming. And now he he's raised a man, named Lazarus, from the dead! And this happened in Bethany, right next door. He's here!
LAZARUS.. "Picture this, Lazarus with cloth wrappings at his side, dragging the dirt, emerges from the hole in the side of the hill, arms outstretched, shaking his head, trying to make sense of what is happening, even who he is. Imagine the effect on the onlookers..He was dead and now he lives! And the orchestrater of this scene stands aside, observing, content that his friend is alive"
CRUCIFIXION.."Since no details are provided of the actual crucifixion..let us ascend the cross with Jesus of Nazareth.. First, the physical. The shoulders start to cramp, from trying to hold himself up on the bar. The nerve damage to the wrists causes shooting pains..In severe distress his breath comes in gasps..Next the emotional suffering.. All the wicked acts of which he is innocent, through the grace of God and His Spirit, Jesus is made to experience in his mind. He sees himself in his mind's eye, doing these despicable acts. He is ashamed of His nakedness."
INCREDIBLE JOURNEY OF JESUS CHRIST.."Again Jesus reveals His humorous nature when He asks if there is anything to eat. It's as though an old friend..drops in unexpectedly, and asks, "what's for dinner?..They would be unaware of His presence, and suddenly there He was, in their midst..(Note: The key to understanding the so-callled "code" of Da Vinci..can be found in the bible itself and in the man who painted it.."
I am not a Theologian nor am I especially learned in the ways of religion and scripture.
Because I am an actor and a writer who has been greatly blessed to portray the most beloved man of all time,.Jesus...Jesus of Nazareth for over twenty years. I have lived the role of Jesus more than three hundred times, while appearing in my one-man play, ROAD TO BETHANY..The Passion Play.
During these portrayals I have rubbed elbows with Jesus, worn his clothing and walked in his sandals. At all times before the presentations and during I call upon the Spirit of Jesus Christ.
I wrote this play to bring to the people of today a small idea, dramatically, of what Jesus experienced at his crucifixion. I believe the live presentation is more intense and personal than one performed on the screen.
It is taking a lot upon myself to say I wrote the play. Let us say, rather, that I was the playwright that compiled the words from scripture. The idea of how to portray the crucifixion was revealed to me.
What has all this to do with this book?
While researching, writing and performing I have become immersed in the life of Jesus, especially the latter part of his life. So much so that I started wondering why he did certain things and why he went certain places. I wondered what he was feeling at that time. What his relationship was like with those around him and with the Father, during those intense and horrific times.
In concentrating on that single year...His last, I was able to focus more attentively on the bible verses involved, and in so doing, discovered answers to questions that have plagued me for years. Sometimes it required using other meanings of words, to bring answers to light. At times the answers were always there, I just had to dig harder, and in so doing, I discovered the key to understanding the so-called code of Da Vinci . You won't find it in the chapter on the Passover Feast (The Last Supper)...read on.
Aside from the many books I read, my research took me to Israel in the summer of 1991, following the first war with Iraq and the United States-led Allied Forces. I went there to experience being on the ground so to speak, to aid me in sense-memory. So that when I refer to certain places in my play, pictures come to mind.
During my stay I spent nine days behind the walled city of old Jerusalem, residing in the Ecce Homo Convent...a hospice for pilgrims. You will read of the Ecce Homo in my story, and find out how it ties in with Jesus' last days.
A kindly priest took me on a walk of the Stations of the Cross ( a walk in old Jerusalem following the route Jesus is presumed to have taken, with stations marked indicating what occurred at each one, from his trial to his crucifixion, death, and burial). Currently there are fourteen stations , but the numbers and locations have varied throughout the centuries...I wore the sandals that I use in my play, starting on the Via Dolorosa...the Way of Tears. I could say that I walked in his footsteps on that fateful day...Of course the actual physical characteristics have changed, but the topography of the route remains essentially the same.
I climbed the Mount of Olives...It's not very high, but it's almost straight up. I climbed it twice; and twice I had to sit down and rest half-way up. Jesus must have had the legs of a mountain goat to climb that hill so many times during his last days. I visited many places purported to be the sites of great significance in his final days...Bethany, the Garden of Gethsemane, the Upper Room, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Garden Tomb, the hill of Golgotha, the Kidron Valley, Galilee, Nazareth.
By the Sea of Galilee I ate what is called Saint Peter's fish...delicious. In Tiberias I resided by the Sea. At dawn I watched the sun rise and took a picture of the lake/sea and a lone fishing boat crossing the still waters. Dawn is the best time to see the lake, before the power boats and water skiers pollute the waters.
I put my feet in the waters of Galilee one night, sitting on a rock watching the waves lap upon the shore, while watching a crowd of noisy teenagers board a cruise ship for their sea- going adventure; and I'll always remember that lone boat sailing in from a night of fishing.
I visited near the springs of Mt. Hermon, which have special significance in my story. I drank from the stream that comes from one of the springs. Should I have my final wish fulfilled, I will spend some months in the area just being there near the fount of life, at the Mt. Hermon Springs, communing with nature and the Father.
At this writing I still experience great joy in portraying Jesus in my play, just as I derive great satisfaction in writing this book, my personal reflection on His last days on earth, with the hope that it will make Him as real to you as He is to me.
The last days of Jesus hold a fascination, because they include adventures in life, unlike those experienced by any living human being. And, because there are some aspects of his last days that all of us will experience, notably death and resurrection . For all of us must die, and the Apostle Paul said that all of us will be raised (1 Corinthians15: 13, 14).
...1CORINTHIANS 15:13,14...But if there is no resurrection from the dead, not even Christ has been raised; and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, your faith also is vain.
So, this is the story of the last days on earth of the only human who was without sin and who has experienced the resurrection.
He was able to go through life, without commiting a sin, because he was filled with the spirit of God. This same fullness of the Spirit of God enabled him to undergo tribulations and experiences that ordinary human beings could not withstand...temptations, expectations and realizations. He was flesh and blood, composed of the same substance as you and I. He felt pain, required sleep, and sustenance. He knew love, fear, sorrow and joy. Now, some will say that he was not human, but the son of God, and I do not deny his origin. As the son of God, he emptied himself, became human. He experienced the life of a human being, until his thirties. Then he was crucified, died and rose from the dead. He was born of woman, and he experienced the growth pangs that all mankind experiences in varying degrees, advancing from birth, through childhood, puberty and adulthood. But, like many of God's creatures, his life was cut short, soon after reaching a mature age.
This is the story of the last days of his life, not just the days of trial, crucifixion, death and resurrection, but of the days leading up to those momentous times, beginning with his final days in Galilee. So my story will begin in Galilee and trace his remaining days from there to Jerusalem, and his death on the Hill of Golgotha, and his resurrection. It is part adventure story and part mystery...call it a whydunit .
The gospels are replete with what he said and often why, but there is little or no explanation as to why he did what he did or why he went where he did. There is little that tells us the reason for the actions he undertook in the last year of his life. By explaining the events that occurred during this period, it is my hope that this will serve to provide answers to these questions; and will help us in our understanding of the life and death of the greatest man that ever lived.
Each event on his final journey will be summarized, followed by a listing of the gospel chapters and verses related to that event. You may wish to read all the related chapters, but only those chapters and verses necessary to explain it will be quoted (New American Standard Bible)...where verses are omitted, the symbol ... will be used. At times, more than one gospel will be included in order to show contrasts or to make a particular point. Lastly, I will expand on it, when necessary, to provide a better understanding of what occurred.
Other biblical verses that have relevance, notably those of Paul but others as well, including verses from the Old Testament, will be added where appropriate.
The English definition of persons and places involved are included, when known, to provide a clearer picture of the event.
Reference to the Bibliography will appear in parenthesis as B , followed by the number of the reference work, followed by the page number(s), i.e., (B-9-169).
Jesus (Latin for Greek Iesous, from Hebrew Joshua...Yaweh is salvation) was a human being, that is why the diminutive h is used when referring to him in my narrative. He was not called the Christ (the Anointed One/ Messiah) until after the resurrection. Following the resurrection, the narrative uses the capital H , when referring to Him.
It was Paul (small) the Apostle who said that Jesus was born of the flesh and by the power of the resurrection became Jesus Christ (Romans 1:1-4).
...ROMANS 1:1-4...Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus called as an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which He promised beforehand through His prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning His Son,who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh. who was declared with power to be the Son of God by the resurrection from the dead, according to the Spirit of holies, Jesus Christ our Lord.
While he walked this earth as a man, he was called Jesus, by friend and foe alike. He was known as Jesus the Nazarene, to set him apart from all other Jews who were called Jesus. He was a man alike all other Jews of the period, except filled with the spirit of the Father (the Great Comforter), he was able to perform miracles, and incapable of committing sin (John 3:34).
...JOHN 3:34...For He whom God has chosen speaks the words of God; for He gives the Spirit without measure.
The purpose of this book is for you to accompany Jesus on this his final journey; and to reveal the dynamism of the man, and what I believe to be his state of mind during his last year on earth.
It is my earnest hope that you will enjoy taking this journey with him.
After the death of John the Baptist all four of the gospels bring out the story of the gathering and feeding of the 5000 in the wilderness , near the Sea of Galilee Jesus is with his disciples (the original twelve). This miraculous event occurs near the Feast of the Passover. This is the Passover of the year before the fateful one and the crucifixion of Jesus (Matthew 14:13-21; Mark 6:34-44; Luke 9:10-17; John 6:1-13).
Kerioth, in southern Judea) is another zealot. Just common folks, many of whom probably can't read or write, with Matthew the Publican, a notable exception...most make their living on the sea. But God chooses them, not for their intellect, but for their faithfulness.
...JOHN 6:1-13...After these things Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (or Tiberias). And a great multitude was following Him, because they were seeing the signs which He was performing on those who were sick. And Jesus went up on the mountain, and there He sat with His disciples. Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews was at hand. Jesus therefore lifting up His eyes, and seeing that a great multitude was coming to Him, said to Philip, Where are we to buy bread, that these may eat? And this He was saying to test him; for He Himself knew what He was intending to do. Philip answered Him, Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, for everyone to receive a little. One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon's brother, said to Him, There is a lad here, who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what are these for so many people? Jesus said, Have the people sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. Jesus therefore took the loaves; and having given thanks, He distributed to those who were seated; likewise also of the fish as much as they wanted. And when they were filled, He said to His disciples, Gather up the leftover fragments that nothing may be lost . And so they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves, which were left over by those who had eaten.
...LUKE 9:17...And they all ate and were satisfied; and that which was left over to them of the broken pieces was picked up, twelve baskets full.
The fact that so many are fed with so little is miracle enough, but suppose we consider how he is able to bring his message to so many without amplification...another miracle? True, he is gifted with an ability to project his voice, I have no doubt, but how can he be heard by so many? Naturally there would be a cluster of people close to him, but shear numbers would take most of the thousands some distance away.
It's Spring (remember it's April...Passover time) and I visualize that Jesus stands near the shore, and the hill forms a natural amphitheatre; the multitude surround him and hug the hill above. So his voice carries.
He has been preaching for many hours and now its dusk; and Jesus flashes his sense of humor when he turns to his disciples and asks how they're going to feed these folks, knowing full well the answer and that the Lord will provide.
This miraculous event may have occurred near Bethsaida (place of fishing) in the wilderness, on the eastern shore of the Sea of Galile (circle)...there is no wilderness or mountain on the western shore. Although there is some degree of confusion about this and the Church of Tabgha (seven springs), commemorating this event, is on a hill on the western side of the sea. Under the altar there is a mound- like rock, with signs of gouging by Christian souvenier collectors, said to be the rock on which the fish and loaves were apportioned. In front on the floor is a mosaic of two fish, and a basket for the bread.
Mark tells of the disciples getting in the boat and going to Bethsaida, to the east, but ending up in Gennesaret (garden of riches) and that's on the west bank (Mark 6:45, 53).


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Le château de l'Empéri est un château fort construit au  sur le rocher du Puech qui domine l'immense plaine de la Crau, à Salon-de-Provence. Il fut la résidence des archevêques d'Arles ainsi que des empereurs germaniques. C'est d'ailleurs de là qu'il tire son nom (Empèri signifiant empire en provençal). Devenu, avec Nostradamus et le centre historique un symbole de la ville, il attire chaque année des centaines de milliers de visiteurs.

Ce château fait l'objet d'un classement au titre des monuments historiques depuis le , il héberge le musée des Armées, le musée de Salon et de la Crau, le Jardin des Simples de Nostradamus.

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Les musées

Musée des Armées
Il est aujourd'hui le musée de l'Armée en région (annexe de celui des Invalides à Paris) présentant notamment des représentations très fidèles des différents corps d'armée depuis l'Ancien Régime, les guerres napoléoniennes jusqu'à la Grande Guerre. Il présente également dans le musée un exemplaire du lit de Napoléon à Sainte-Hélène. Toutes ces pièces sont issues de la collection Raoul & Jean Brunon, vendue à l'état en 1967. C'est un musée d'histoire et d'art militaire, à travers l'évolution de l'uniforme français, faisant une grande part à l'homme sous l'uniforme.

À travers les allées d'armes, de combinaisons, de mannequins de soldats, les médailles, le visiteur termine sa visite par la guerre de 14-18.
Parmi les pièces les plus mythiques, on peut citer :
 une paire de gant de Napoléon , portée pendant la Campagne d'Égypte,
 habit de grand uniforme de Maréchal de France, ayant appartenu à Louis Nicolas Davout, duc d'Auerstaedt et prince d'Eckmühl,
 Bâton de Maréchal et porte-feuilles de Jean-Baptiste Bessières, duc d'Istrie,
 Bicorne d'officier général au règlement de l'an XII ayant appartenu au général baron Jean-Marie Ritay :
 Shako, épaulettes, bicorne et sabre du baron Rouillard de Beauval, officier aux flanqueurs-chasseurs,
 Habit du général comte Philippe Antoine d'Ornano, colonel major des Dragons de l'Impératrice,
 Dolman du général baron Claude Testot-Ferry, colonel major du  des éclaireurs de la Garde impériale, mais aussi
 La giberne de Louis XV
 Un uniforme de caporal des grenadiers du Prince Impérial
 Le sabre d'Abdel Kader

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Musée de Salon et de la Crau
Ce musée de société et histoire locale retrace la vie à Salon de l'Antiquité au  en archéologie, savonnerie, agriculture et art religieux.

Jardin des Simples

Ce jardin est cultivé avec des plantes médicinales communes dans les collines provençales, utilisées par Nostradamus pour ses recettes de fardements, teinturiers, confitures, etc. Le musée Nostradamus est hors les murs au pied du château.

Un lieu de vie artistique, culturel et associatif
Le Château de l'Empéri accueille chaque été de nombreux festivals et animations parmi lesquels :  L'été au château proposant des concerts de variété, Théâtre Côté Cour, Salon Festival international de musique de chambre de Provence ainsi que les Fêtes Renaissance, (anciennement Les Nostradamiques puis La Reconstit'''), reconstitution historique du temps de Nostradamus avec défilés et transformation du centre ancien en une ville médiévale. Reconstitution a vu la présence du célèbre animateur de télévision Jean-Pierre Foucault. En 2006 la ville de Salon-de-Provence a eu l'honneur d'accueillir Robert Hossein, ce dernier ayant prêté sa voix au spectacle clôturant les festivités de la Reconstitution.

Au pied du château se situe la place des Centuries débouchant sur l'Église Saint-Michel. Une esplanade offre une belle vue sur la vieille ville d'où les touristes aiment se prendre en photo.

La cour Brunon abrite de nombreuses associations artistiques et culturelles dont le conservatoire municipal, Salon Culture (porteuse du festival Les Z'EXpressives), les Amis du musée de Salon et de la Crau.

L'Empéri est aussi le nom qui a été donné au lycée jouxtant le château.
Cet établissement présentait la particularité de proposer à ses élèves une préparation destinée à intégrer l'École de l'air de Salon-de-Provence, pour des études au terme desquelles ils pouvaient rejoindre l'armée de l'air et espérer faire partie de la prestigieuse Patrouille de France, basée à Salon. Grâce à son chef cuisinier, le lycée de l'Empéri était aussi connu pour la qualité de son service de restauration. À plusieurs reprises des journaux télévisés ont couvert le repas de Noël réputé succulent. La cantine du lycée et son chef ont d'ailleurs fait l'objet d'une émission diffusée sur M6 en octobre 2006.

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 Articles connexes

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 Liens externes
 Château de l'Empéri sur le site de la ville de Salon
Le Château de Salon, étude de Jules Formigé 1911)

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As we all know, Black and White photography truly represents the origin point of the art of photography. No doubt, everyone loves colors and colored pictures but black and white pictures have their own feel and significance.
After the invention of camera, black and white pictures started their journey. But with the introduction of color film, Black and white pictures started loosing their popularity because those films were not as profitable as color films. But when clicking picture started to become an art, photographers began to try various kinds of photography. And during that time, black and white photography again became very popular among creative photographers.
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Ford is bringing something to its upcoming European vehicles by entering into a partnership with Vodafone to install 4G modems into the cars. The modem will have the ability to provide 4G LTE connectivity and will allow ten devices to easily connect simultaneously. This announcement was made by the firm at the Mobile World Congress 2017 in Barcelona. However, only selective 2018 vehicles will come with this service and an additional wireless service plan will also be required.
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The announcement is definitely exciting but Ford didn't provide a lot of details about the costs of these new vehicles? Will an extra service cost will be charged or will it be a one-time fee or monthly subscription. Very smart move, if you ask me. The service will be first made available in France, Germany Italy, Spain and the UK. Afterwards it will be slowly rolled out in other European countries. Vodafone's global SIM will be used by the modem and European Union regulations will be followed in regards to mobile roaming.
Related 5G Smartphone Modems Cost Nearly 2x as Much as 4G Ones, Claims Latest Figures – Will Be Costlier to Purchase Future Devices Hereon
In-car Wi-Fi is not a new concept but Ford hopes to provide differentiation in the form of improved connection and speed. According to what was announced the connection will be strong enough to support games and media streaming, however, connection speeds can vary depending on your location. If a car is providing you with fast internet for gaming and streaming; drivers please do not try using it while driving. Leave the perks to the passengers.
Drivers don't worry; there are some benefits for you too. The modem will allow to you to connect to Ford's Connect and FordPass services so you can lock and unlock doors from anywhere and check fuel and oil levels. Real-time traffic updates can help in choosing your best routes. The company is also connecting the modem to an eCall service that can dial emergency services automatically and share the vehicle location in case of an accident.
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Ford Notes A Significant Increase In Plug-In-Hybrid Sales And Market Share In The Year 2016
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Vodafone Wallet App Updated With PayPal Support To Offer Contactless Payments
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Ford Launches its First Smartwatch App For Plug-in Hybrid And Electric Cars
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At the beginning of this week when doing an introduction to the New Media Technologies Unit for OCR I asked a class of about 24 AS media students how many of them used social networking sites, almost all used one. It seems clear that this is very much a generational phenomena and one can expect these current users to be users in 10 or 15 years time. For them it is a normal means of communication whilst for older people including many parents, teachers and lecturers it isn't a normal means of communication.
That social networking isn't seen as a normal means of communication and one that is growing in importance is problematic for many educational institutions. Many of their networks have a total block on the system. It is even difficult for students to research specific sites because as soon as they put a search term such as Facebook into the search engine then there is an automatic block set up. Lecturers must now create resources to be viewed remotely from the institution. For those of us working in the media and communications arenas this is making things particularly awkward and this is a case of a combination of technologies combined with cultural desires which are outstripping the abilities of older institutions to adapt quickly enough. Those teaching on A level media courses will have by now have noticed that the new specifications on several of the exam boards are increasingly geared towards the world of 'New' Media - although nowadays it isn't so new. This is shown by the fact that large and even giant media institutions are taking stakes in these emergent areas. Below I start to look at some of the issues which are arising as these "new" areas of media are becoming subsumed into conventional media channels albeit creating new and emerging models of audience and profit creating from those of 'old media'. Rest assured the main issue of profitability is not under any threat!
From an educational perspective it is now extremely important that colleges and schools work towards opening up their networks to social networking sites. With parents often being entirely ignorant of the dangers as well as the enormous potential of these sites lecturers and teachers need to start coming to terms with the implications of them. It is far better to learn about these things in a moderated and supported environment than to allow students to participate in ignorance. That is a recipe for danger and disaster for the more naive. This issue is covered briefly below.
Media Institutions: Who owns it & what do they get out of it?
When dealing with media institutions whether in the world of 'old' or 'new' media one of the first things to get students to ask is "Who owns it?", "What do they get out of it".
Rupert Murdoch was as usual ahead of the game and incidently must be considered as a media entrepreneur still at the top of his game as he invested heavily - to much derision from competitors and media critics - in the social networking site MySpace. I don't think many will be laughing now, being a bright shade of green instead!
Google followed this lead about a year later with the acquisition of YouTube. This acquisition although worth $1.65 Billion was mainly done through a stock deal and not by cash! The owners of YouTube being rewarded with Google shares which have seen a steady increment in value. google are still working on a way to 'monetise' of create YouTube as a profitable enterprise, however I'm sure they will crack it in time and in the meantime they have brought into a huge and growing audience.
Microsoft has paid $240m (£117m) for a 1.6% stake in Facebook that values the hugely popular social networking site at $15bn (£7.3bn).
BBC Video of Facebook founder.
Facebook allows you to create a profile of "Friends". As the number of friends is available is virtually infinite this might mean that more precise definitions of 'Friends' is required. Friends and acquaintances network anybody?
Some key facts about Facebook from 2006 below. Writing now at the end of 2007 rest assured it has a considerably larger membership as well as having Microsoft as an important investor.
The website works around individual institutions. So if you don't have an e-mail account from the University of Oxford, you don't get into the Facebook for students at Oxford.(This BBC story posted in June 2006 gives us a sense of the recent history of the social networking site).
As the Times article points out the audiences for Facebook have in the past been primarily amongst students however as the stories below (Aug & Sept 2007) indicate, Facebook appears to be moving into a new phase of expansion.
Workers at Kent County Council (KCC) have been banned from using the social networking website Facebook.
Certainly social networking sites have become popular at work. Use of the internet for non-working activities is on the increase. As a result institutional networks are become more controlling in terms of who is allowed access. Whilst we can criticise the NHS workers for wasting taxpayer money and not doing thier best for patients this story from the BBC on Kent NHS highlights the popularity of these sites amongst adults as well as students and provides a clue about how the phenomenon of social networking is spreading. It isn't clear how far this is intergenerational from this story.
Instead of using leaflets and loud-hailers, this student protest is gathering support through Facebook, with the Stop The Great HSBC Graduate Rip-Off group so far acquiring almost 3,500 members - an increase of about 1,000 since the weekend. (Taken from story linked above August 2007).
Social networking and the ability to mobilise sentiment possibly at a global level in a viral form leaves the possibility of new highly fluid political movements which are extraordinarily dynamic. With climate change increasingly dominating the global political agenda it will be intersting to see whether and how social networking sites are able to mobilise and utilise people's sentiments in entirely new ways with limited objectives being applied at any given moment. This means that new chapters will need to be written in the social theory of New Social Movement theory and Resource Mobilisation theory.
The IDRC (International Development Research Centre) has a useful but heavyweight summation of these theories here. The Wikipedia explanation is briefer but still helpful.
This Guardian Blog suggests that there is a dark side to the political activity on Facebook with the British National Party becoming involved in a big way. It certainly attracted some BNP supporters in the comments box too!
So, a sensible strategy would start on this principle. But the people it should be connecting are not citizens and parliamentarians, or voters and civil servants. It should be connecting ordinary people with other ordinary people. And there should be applications that help these people to help each other. A programme supporting civic hacking can do this.
This should become the ethic of e-democracy: mutual-aid and self-help among citizens, helping to overcome civic problems. It would encourage a market in application development. It would encourage self-reliance, or community-reliance, rather than reliance on the state.
Facebook has become a phenomenon at Nottingham University, so much so that I've decided to do my geography dissertation on it. Am in the process of just starting, and was worried that Facebook would just be a fad and my dissertation would be left high and dry, but it looks set to stay. Let's just hope I get to talk to the right people concerning it.
How Dangerous are Social Networking Sites?
Here is a link to the Information Comissioner's Office (ICO) dealing with protection for young people. The ICO is an important regulatory institution which has recently developed to deal with data protection and the rapidly increasing social and cultural moves into Networked Society. In the Webliography there is also a link to the ICO's data safety 'toolkit' which is a PDF that social networkers should consult carefully.
This BBC story below about Oxford University using Facebook as a surveillance tool to identify unruly behaviour amongst its students also shows that these new media tools are 'double-edged'. If you are being posted up or doing it yourself beware!!!
Above the dangers of silly or even criminal behaviour being recorded and becoming used as evidence against you are highlighted. There are of course other dangers within the social networking environment. Moral panics aside the possibility of these sites being used to organise bullying / harrassment are possible and have been used to these ends as the screen below displays.
Facebook DID NOT close the group. They told the University of Kent that they did not accept complaints from institutions, only from individual members.
Of great concern as well is the continuation of the report which cites University of Warwick Students doing the same sort of thing. something that all civically conscious users of any social networking site should be doing is haranguing the site to ban those who act irresponsibly. Facebook has other criticisms to face which will be dealt with in a later posting. But it is very difficult to unsubsribe from and potential users of the site should be aware of this.
So as we can see real society is of course represented with its good and bad faces. It is up to users to self police where possible but this should be backed up by repsonsible policies from the site owners and ultimately there should be a good independent regulatory body.
As with any other form of social networking individuals of all ages are exposed to a variety of social risks which need to be managed. Just as people need to learn to get 'streetwise' so they need to learn to get 'cyberwise'. There are always opportunities for the opportunistic and unscrupulous within any social and cultural environment. Taking sensible precautions should obviate these.
This posting has begun to cover some of the issues associated with social networking sites with a particular focus upon Facebook. Topics have coverd social cultural and political research and usage of these sites, the 'dark side' of the sites and some initial comments on the audiences for these sites and the links to larger media instituions which are developing as the importance of these sites increases at an almost exponential rate. Some introducroy comments are also included about the need for educational institutions below university level to take a more proactive stance towards this new forms for to block them arguably leaves students at greater risk than by teaching about these environments. Furthermore responsible institutional useage in monitoring student activity on them can reduce the potential for the dark side to emerge.
See Can We Escape from Facebook on this blog for analysis and links to the people behind Facebook.


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Accra, June 14, GNA - Dr Samuel Nii Noi Ashong, Minister of State In-Charge of Economic Planning, on Monday called on Statisticians to come out with strategies of improving upon existing data on fertility, mortality and disabilities to ensure proper planning, monitoring and effective implementation of programmes.
He said lack of data updates had been a major set back for proper implementation of programmes such as employment opportunities, inadequate education and educational facilities, restrictive employment as well as inadequate Medicare Systems for persons with disability. Dr Ashong made the call at a five-day workshop on improving statistics on fertility, mortality and disability in Africa for 14 African countries including Ghana, Namibia, Mauritius and South Africa organised by the United Nations with support from the Ghana Statistical Service.
Participants are expected to address issues relating to the development of statistics on fertility, mortality and disability that enables Statisticians and demographers to assess available data, identify gaps and see how best to make quality data available to users.
Dr Ashong said most African countries relied on the western countries when it got to conducting surveys and the collection of other demographic data.
"We as Africans, need to learn to conduct our own surveys and gather data so that we would be abreast with the real issues on the ground and know how best to deal with them," he said.
He said the Government appreciated the involvement of the donor community in their assistance to generate data and towards the attainment of the whole socio-economic goals of the country.
Dr Ashong noted that persons with disability in many African countries, of which Ghana was one, were yet to be fully absorbed into the mainstream of socio-economic development.
"The year 2000 census in Ghana recorded more than 123,000 economically inactive persons living with disability," he said. He said the Government in the year 2000 developed a National Policy Document, which aimed at enhancing the dignity of all citizens to contribute to the nation's wealth, which all would enjoy in the prosperity.
He said the policy document recognised the need for integrating persons with disabilities in the mainstream of socio-economic life of their communities that would significantly contribute to achieve the vision of poverty reduction, employment creation and improvement in their incomes.
"A reliable and accurate data is, therefore, paramount to achieving the goals of the poverty reduction strategy in Ghana." Dr Ashong further said a regular source of data on mortality and fertility was through a civic registration system, which in Africa was faced with a lot of challenges.
He thus urged the participants to assess the state of civil registration and make recommendations to their governments. He said for most countries in Africa, the system did not exist and even where it did, the coverage was low and limited to mainly the urban areas.
"In Ghana the Births and Deaths Registry as in all African countries covered 31 per cent of expected total births in the year 2000, 27 per cent in 2001, 17 per cent in 2002 and 28 per cent in 2003. There are no reliable data for the registration of completeness of deaths," he said.
Professor Kwadwo Asenso-Okyere, Vice Chancellor, University of Ghana, Legon, said some good policies and programmes had failed because of inadequate monitoring and evaluation.
He called on African governments to pay attention to the level of disability in their population, so that they were not left out in decision-making.
He said high fertility of African women had contributed to a high population growth rate, which had negatively affected Africa's development.
Mr Srdjan Mrkic of UN Statistics Division said it was the ultimate goal of the UN to help produce a reliable population statistics all over the two hundred national statistical systems worldwide. He thanked the Ghana Statistical Service for their support for the programme.


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CAMS has made some valuable updates to their interface and system that really allow higher education professionals to maximize their impact on potential students. The functions allow admissions counselors to manage their interactions with applicants and prospects consistently while keeping tabs on their progress. I've been very impressed by their ability to listen to customers and implement updated design and functionality to better serve schools.
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