Slovenia outdoor – If you're looking for something special this year, we have a really good idea for you. There is a small outdoor treasure located in central Europe – Slovenia. The secrets of Slovenia are unspoiled nature, mountains and small magic towns with endless possibilities for outdoor adventures. We are sure that everybody will enjoy – nevertheless if you are a crazy outdoor adventurist, family with small children or just a nature-loving person.
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Bovec is Slovenian outdoor activity epi-center. You will fall in love in this valley with emerald Soča river, which define special spirit of adventure and outdoor life. Bovec offers perfect relaxation in unspoilt nature and stunning views. The pleasant little town, surrounded by the high peaks of the Julian Alps, is a paradise for all sports enthusiasts.
– The Julian Alps are paradise for hiking, trekking, sport and mountain climbing.
– The Soča valley is well-known for its diverse bike trails and cycling paths. After a nice ride you can take your pick of a great range of outdoor activities.
– You can't miss unforgettable zip-line park with breathtaking panoramic view above the river.
This lovely little alpine town is surrounded by the majestic mountains of the Julian Alps, and has stunning mountain scenery with great access to the Triglav National Park. Kranjska Gora is an excellent destination for outdoor adventures!
Check out the vibe in the capital city! Distances in Slovenia are short, which makes Ljubljana a perfect start for your outdoor holiday. Within a single day you can visit the Slovenian coast, or high mountainous regions, or experience the karst region – all within one hour's drive. Ljubljana is a perfect starting point for discovering slovenia thru short one day trips or weekend experiences.
Bled represents one of the most beautiful alpine resorts, complete with an amazing lake, which you must not miss if you are visiting Slovenia. Bled's lake is characteristic of Slovenia's beauty. In summer it is ideal for swimming and all other water activities. Bled is an ideal starting point for a relaxing break or outdoor holiday.
Encounter the karst area, which is a unique natural, cultural, and historical landscape that lent its name to all the karst phenomena in the world. Water and rock have been particularly creative here, forming more than 11,000 caves teeming with stalactites and stalagmites of incredible shapes.
– Discover the wine region and try Slovenia's autochthonous red wine and enjoy in culinary delights.
If you are seeking time to relax you need to visit Mediterranean Slovenia and enjoy the magic of the sea and the sun. You will fall in love with this small, colorful towns. Slovenian Istria offers an amazing mix of traditions from three counties – Slovenia, Croatia and Italy. You can combine your time for relaxation with plenty of outdoor activities.
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Wanneer is iemand meer of minder vrijwilliger?
The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens.
The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy.
The most important care of a good government should be to get people used little by little to managing without it.
Maar welke politieke macht zou ooit kunnen volstaan in de plaats van die ontelbare massa kleine ondernemingen die de Amerikaanse burgers elke dag met behulp van associaties tot stand brengen?


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What is Net Neutrality ? a familiar question and this topic is highlighted the last week newspapers
Take a simple example. Do you pay differently for electricity consumed by your TV than the electricity consumed by your refrigerator? No. Right. Its up to you to decide how to use electricity. The electricity providers are neutral.
Shouldn't the same rule apply to Internet usage. You buy data from an Internet service provider. Now it should be up to you to use the data the way you wish.
Some telecom companies want to give priority to some internet applications or websites as compared to others. So, lets say an internet provider gives video data at a lesser cost compared to chats, this is not an example of neutrality. Further, if the videos are from one particular provider, the ISP is trying to control your user behavior to some extent.
Telecom companies may do it for selfish reasons. For example, Skype can be used to make voice calls, whatsapp recently came out with a voice call feature. So, if people start using these apps more and more, the users may pay less to telecom companies for calls. So, telecom companies may make usage of internet for such apps more expensive. Recently, Airtel hinted at increasing the internet cost for voice calls made over such apps. They did not do this but then came out with a plan where some other apps were available at low or no internet usage cost. No neutrality this way either.
The good thing is that there is Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). They are taking all measures to preserve net neutrality.
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Mouw skins the course with a 62
By The Pasadena Star-News | pasadenastarnews@dfmdev.com |
PUBLISHED: September 12, 2012 at 12:00 a.m. | UPDATED: August 29, 2017 at 10:09 a.m.
The faint-hearted stay at home. Complainers and whiners keep out.
Sorry pal. It's the home of the brave, the optimists, for guys who figure they can play with anybody.
It's the Friday afternoon Skins Games at Los Serranos Golf and Country Club in Chino Hills. There, sharpshooters and low indexers and some higher handicappers who think they're good, try to knock down flagsticks on these balmy, sometimes breezy afternoons – life at its best for guys (and ladies) with the right mindset.
The best golf in the valley, period.
Chino Hills' Billy Mouw shows up often. Mouw obviously likes the competition, especially at the vastly improved, bunker-filled, lengthened North Course (par 72, 6,698 yards from the green tees), and he played it to the hilt Friday.
A two-time Inland Valley Amateur champion, Mouw, now 40, chalked up 10 birdies and eight pars on his way to an amazing 62, tying the course record set by Edward McGlassen IV some years back.
"So, the weekly game just got serious," says fellow competitor Dale Bollin of Chino Hills. "Billy's 62 earned him just one skin; three were out in the field of 15."
So you shoot the course record, and you pick up only one skin – I told you it's elite golf.
The game gets under way Friday again at about 12:30 p.m. with a welcome sign out for amateurs and professionals hoping they can drop a bird putt when it counts or knock in a skin-winning eagle chip.
There's just one concession for amateurs: they can use one-half of their handicaps.
Golf and cart run $27, with a $20 buy-in for the skins portion. Jim Gilland manages the game.
But a warning – no alibis, no choking, no crying afterward. As John Daly says, "Just let it rip" and hope that Billy cools off.
Folga visits Yucaipa
The Folga travelers visited Yucaipa Valley Golf Club on Sunday where the rough grows high this time of the year, and the greens are hard to read.
The par 72, 6,066-yarder from the white tees "was playing tougher than usual," Folga director Joe Toledo of Chino reports, "keeping most players from breaking net par."
Matt McLeod of Chino Hills, however, encountered little trouble.
McLeod, with a 12 handicap, fashioned a gross 78 to lead the scoring parade with a nifty 66.
One stroke off the pace was Frank Gaspar of Ontario (74-7-67), and three back was another par-breaker, Jose Infante of La Crescenta (88-19-69).
Lawrence Taylor of Covina (94-21-73) finished fourth, while George Gaspar, Ontario (92-18-74), and Brad Van Hecke, Chino (89-15-74), tied at 2-over-par.
Folga members will hit the road again on Oct. 6 when they stop at The Links at Summerly in Lake Elsinore. Each Folga outing results in a donation to City of Hope cancer research. For information, see www.folga.org.
Tournament time in the fall
The months of September and October are filled with scramble tournaments. Here are several on the calendar.
The Neil Barton Memorial, the 20th annual McKinley Children's Center tournament, is scheduled Sept. 24 at Via Verde Country Club in San Dimas, a short drive from the center.
Proceeds will go toward therapy and special programs at McKinley, which provides services for at-risk, vulnerable children.
The early bird $150 entry before Sept. 14 includes golf, cart, banquet, contests, raffles and awards. For information, call 909-670-1577. A noon shotgun start is planned.
This year's tournament honors Neil F. Barton, former executive officer at McKinley who died in January at age 77.
Barton, an avid golfer, made a memorable hole-in-one in late October 2002. It came at the 134-yard 12th hole at Mesa Verde Country Club in Costa Mesa, and Barton was modest about his difficult, perfect shot.
"I hit a 6-iron," he said. "But the shot was over water, over a bunker, straight into the sun. I didn't see a thing."
Then he laughed and said, "I'd rather be lucky than good."
The 19th Damien High School Invitational tournament also is scheduled for Sept.24 at Red Hill Country Club in Rancho Cucamonga.
All proceeds will go toward Damien athletic teams. Tournament director is Rob Clark.
Sowing Seeds for Life, the organization out of La Verne that helps thousands of needy folks by providing them with food and shelter, will hold its annual fund-raising tournament Oct. 8 at Glendora Country Club.
The best-ball scramble begins shotgun style at noon after putting, chipping, long-drive and trick-shot demonstrations and lunch.
Golf will be followed by an awards dinner and entertainment hosted by Roy Firestone, sports commentator and journalist.
Entry is $200 per player. For information, call 909-392-5777.
The third annual St. Margaret Mary School in Chino tournament is set for Oct. 8 at Vellano Country Club in Chino Hills.
The $135 entry includes golf, cart, raffles, breakfast and lunch. Proceeds will go toward classroom improvements. For information, call 909-591-8419.
St. Lucy's Priory High School in Glendora will hold its 18th annual Regents Classic Oct. 29 at Sierra La Verne Country Club. A shotgun start is planned for 10 a.m.
The $200 entry includes golf, cart, lunch, dinner and gift bag. For information, call Vicki Sinclair at 626-335-1410.
Dragieff hot at Mountain Meadows
Paul Dragieff played his best golf of the year on Sept. 4.
Dragieff topped the field with a one-under-par gross 71 in the first Senior Men's Club tournament of September at Mountain Meadows Golf Course.
Dragieff (71-7-64) won low net by five strokes over Doug Gatlin (86-17-69). Joe Carrasco (90-19-71) finished third in the A flight.
Tom Cambon (88-21-67) won the B flight. Tom Mukai (93-25-68) placed second and Ken Margen (107-37-70) was third.
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Andrew Fuller on Perseverance (Part 1 of 2)
(This is part 1 of a 2 part series on Andrew Fuller's doctrine of perseverance. Go here for part 2.)
The "Confession of Faith" presented by Andrew Fuller at his installation as pastor at Kettering affirmed in article XIV, "I believe all those who are effectually called of God never fall away so as to perish everlastingly; but persevere in holiness till they arrive at endless happiness." The 2012 Statement of the Traditional Southern Baptist Understanding of God's Plan of Salvation has some points of agreement with Fuller on this but posits an entirely distinct doctrinal support. Their affirmation of "The Security of the Believer" states,
"We affirm that when a person responds in faith to the Gospel, God promises to complete the process of salvation in the believer into eternity. This process begins with justification, whereby the sinner is immediately acquitted of all sin and granted peace with God; continues in sanctification, whereby the saved are progressively conformed to the image of Christ by the indwelling Holy Spirit; and concludes in glorification, whereby the saint enjoys life with Christ in heaven forever."
That the completion of salvation inevitably follows justification, involves progressive sanctification of conformity to Christ by the indwelling power of the Holy Spirit, and the final enjoyment of God would resonate perfectly with Fuller's model. Other elements of the Traditional statement, however, would seem inconsistent, both biblically and from the standpoint of doctrinal coherence, with such a confidence. For example, Fuller would question the denial:
"We deny that grace negates the necessity of a free response of faith or that it cannot be resisted."
Fuller's doctrine of "free agency" would allow him to affirm the "free response of faith" but would consider the denial of irresistibility as an unwarranted inference from "free response" and as contradictory to a biblically robust grasp of human depravity. In the same vein, Fuller would read the Traditional rejection of "an effectual call for certain people that is different from a general call to any person who hears and understands the Gospel" as loaded with non-biblical ideas, careless consideration of the various contexts of "call" in Scripture, and as harboring an implicit hostility to a salvation of free and omnipotent mercy. He would see the same difficulty in the denial that "any person is regenerated prior to . . . responding to the Gospel."
Fuller's extended interaction with Sandemanianism produced his clear affirmation of the necessity of a "holy disposition of heart [to] be necessary to believing," such a disposition as is produced in a sinful creature only by regeneration. Fuller carefully delineated two biblically justifiable uses of the idea of regeneration. One concept begins with the new birth but includes conversion of life in the process of a faith response to the word of God. Second, the term regeneration in a more technical and isolated use focuses on impartation of new life that is the cause and root of all spirituality in the elect sinner. So Fuller wrote, "And thus regeneration is sometimes expressive of that operation in which the soul is passive; and in this sense stands distinguished from conversion, or actual turning to God by Jesus Christ." In this sense, the Traditional statement opposes Fuller. "At other times," Fuller continued, "it includes not only the first impartation of spiritual life, but the whole of that change which denominates us Christians, or by which we are brought as into a new moral world." [CW 2:412, 413] The Traditional theologian would agree only partly with Fuller's broader view of regeneration, for Fuller clearly envisions a continuation of spiritual life, that is, a perseverance in it, as dependent on the initial impartation of such by the free operation of the Holy Spirit in which, as to any positive moral action, the human soul is passive. So, Fuller points to a regenerative action of the Holy Spirit that is the "cause of faith, or as that of which believing in Jesus is a proof (as it is in John i.12, 13, and 1 John v. 1,)" as clearly distinct from the action of the human soul in conversion.
Another element of the Traditional statement with which Fuller would find accord would be its denial that regeneration comes "apart from hearing" the word of God. Fuller is certain that only by the preaching of the gospel can the sinner's mind "become acquainted with the character of the Being he has offended, the nature and demerit of sin, and the way in which he must be saved from it." The truths proclaimed through gospel preaching "produce great effects upon the soul even previously to its yielding itself up to Christ." Even so, Fuller continued, "the impartation of spiritual life, or a susceptibility of heart to receive the truth, may generally, if not always, accompany the representation of truth to the mind." [CW 2:413] The Spirit, therefore, imparts new life to intelligent, volitional beings in accord with the character of those beings. Their repentance and faith are fitting in light of the influence that truth has on the mind to provide a necessary framework, a coherent viewpoint, to which it can consent when the moral enmity of the soul is removed. The rebel, congenitally and volitionally fearless in his hatred of holy things and the God of holiness, has his resistance defeated by the emergence of a new spiritual affection and appetite originated and sustained by the Spirit of God on the Soul. The bones, sinews, tissues, and skin are in place by the preaching of the word, but all awaits the breath for the impartation of life.
Fuller expanded the entire morphology of conversion by focusing on the necessity of a holy disposition being given to make effectual the cognitive implications of the gospel. Without an "unction from the Holy One" we can not "perceive the glory of the Divine character, the evil of sin, and the lovely fitness of the Saviour." These things cannot be known in a saving, experimental way "by mere intellect, any more than the sweetness of honey or the bitterness of wormwood can be ascertained by the sight of the eye." These truths must be perceived together and seen as a whole, perfectly fit for the needs of a perishing sinner.
In Fuller's theology, therefore, the kind of faith that perseveres is of a seamless nature with the kind of faith that achieves saving union with Christ. If the indwelling of the Spirit is necessary for our continuance "in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard," (Colossians 1:23), then the beginning of such faith arises from a work of the Spirit. If there is no effectual calling, there is no perseverance. We will expand Fuller's perception of perseverance in the next post on Fuller.
Go here for part 2 of this series.
Tom has most recently served as the Professor of Historical Theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He previously taught at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School where he was Professor of Church History and Chair of the Department of Church History. Prior to that, he taught at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary. Along with numerous journal articles and scholarly papers, Dr. Nettles is the author and editor of fifteen books. Among his books are By His Grace and For His Glory; Baptists and the Bible, James Petigru Boyce: A Southern Baptist Statesman, and Living by Revealed Truth: The Life and Pastoral Theology of Charles H. Spurgeon.
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Malvern Hills Trust marks 20 years of volunteering
By Robert Hale
Volunteers planting trees in Thirds Wood.
This weekend, Malvern Hills Trust will be recognising the hard work and dedication of its volunteers as the charity celebrates 20 years of the conservation volunteer.
An event is being held on Saturday to mark the 20th anniversary of the conservation volunteer work parties which started in 1999 on the Malvern Hills.
Volunteers have been invited to celebrate this special occasion, take a look back at the history of the group and relive some of the memories from the many years out on the hills and commons.
Initially established to help conserve sensitive and special habitats on the hills, the group has grown from strength to strength.
Today, teams of the trust's volunteers head out onto the hills and commons with tools in hand three times a month.
Trust warden Rich Vale said "We're extremely grateful to all the volunteers who have given their time over these 20 years to support our charity and dedicated many hours to caring for this spectacular landscape.
"Over the last 12 months, approximately 2,500 hours have been donated by conservation volunteers, and only with their help have we been able to conserve some of these special places."
Volunteer tasks vary widely from coppicing in woodlands, to bog restoration, to assisting with the conservation of 2,000-year-old ancient monuments.
Mr Vale said: "Volunteering gives people the opportunity to meet new people and forge new friendships. It's also a great way to get fit and spend time in the outdoors which is great for both physical and mental health.
"Although there have been lots of new faces over the years, we are still welcoming back some volunteers who were with us at the very beginning of the conservation volunteer journey.
"We're delighted that so many people have been encouraged to join us and give something back. Here's to another 20 years!"
The trust's volunteer conservation days are held three times a month and those interested in attending are invited to visit malvernhills.org.uk/get-involved/volunteering to find out more and to contact the Trust info@malvernhills.org.uk.
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This Labor Day, Let's Ask Congress to Stop Employers from Discriminating Against Pregnant Workers
Debra L. Ness
This week, as the country prepared to celebrate Labor Day, the National Partnership released the results of an unprecedented analysis of the most recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Our finding: More than three in five pregnant women in the United States (62 percent) are in the labor force. In fact, in every single state in a one-year period, the majority of women who gave birth also held jobs.
Not surprised? That's because we all know a coworker who is or was pregnant, or a family member or friend who worked during her pregnancy. Nearly half of workers in this country are women, and our families depend on us as breadwinners as well as caregivers.
What is sobering is that many of these women are at considerable, and growing, risk of pregnancy discrimination.
The Pregnancy Discrimination Act was enacted in 1978, before many women who are pregnant today were even born. But discrimination in the workplace based on pregnancy is both common and increasing. In fact, in the past 10 years, pregnancy discrimination claims filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission have risen by 35 percent.
It is simply unacceptable that three decades after discrimination based on pregnancy was outlawed in this country, pregnant workers are still suffering from unfair and unequal treatment. It harms women, it harms our families and it harms our economy. And it does a grave disservice to the workers and vision we honor on Labor Day.
Some of this discrimination is the result of employers refusing to make minor accommodations for pregnant workers, even though many of them regularly make accommodations for workers with other temporary health issues or limitations.
That is short-sighted and wrong. When pregnant workers are forced out of their jobs or denied minor accommodations that would allow them to continue working and providing for their families, we all lose.
In May, members of the House of Representatives sought to help solve this problem when they introduced the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act - legislation that would prevent employers from forcing pregnant women out of the workplace, help ensure that employers provide reasonable accommodations to pregnant women who want to continue working and, ultimately, promote the equality that pregnant workers have long needed and deserved.
Since then, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act has been endorsed by a broad coalition of organizations, including the Coalition for Quality Maternity Care, the Women's Chamber of Commerce and many more.
The bill has 106 sponsors in the House, and we expect it to be introduced in the Senate soon. It's a balanced and badly needed bill that would go a long way toward addressing the ongoing discrimination faced by an important segment of the workforce.
So, this Labor Day, all members of Congress should think about what's at stake for women, families and our economy when discrimination against pregnant workers goes unaddressed - and do their part to fix the problem. Congress should move to consider the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act without delay.
Debra L. Ness is the president of the National Partnership for Women & Families. Cross-posted from the Huffington Post.


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Eucalyptus camaldulensis, el eucalipto rojo, es un árbol del género Eucalyptus. Es una especie plantada en muchas partes del mundo. Es nativa de Australia donde está ampliamente expandida, en especial cerca de cursos de agua.

Es un árbol familiar e icono de Australia. Produce buena sombra para las extremas temperaturas en Australia central, y estabiliza bancos de río, reteniendo el suelo.

Descripción
Crece hasta 20 m, llega a veces a 60 m de altura; su ritidoma (corteza) gruesa (3 cm) esponjosa, mezclando los  rojizos, grises, verdosos y blancuzcos.

El eucalipto rojo tiene el ominoso nombre de "Hacedor de viudas", por su capacidad de desrame sin previo aviso, desprendiéndose por ej. de inmensas ramas en un instante (frecuentemente de la mitad de diámetro del tronco).  Este desrame ayuda a ahorrar agua y/o es el resultado de su madera quebradiza.

Ecología
Las "jangadas" formadas cuando el eucalipto rojo cae a ríos como el Murray, es una importante parte del ecosistema fluvial, y hábitat vital y sitio de crianza de los peces nativos como Maccullochella peelii peelii. Desafortunadamente muchas jangadas se remueven de los ríos debido al entorpecimiento de la vía fluvial.

Cultivo
E. camaldulensis germina rápidamente tanto de semillas frescas como de almacenadas en condiciones de frío seco.  Y también pronto adquiere resistencia a la sequía.  Es un excelente bonsái, y rebrota bien de la base y del ápice epicórmico.

Eucalipto rojo en España
Eucalyptus camaldulensis es la segunda especie de eucalipto más abundante en España (solo superado por el Eucalipto blanco). Actualmente existen 175.000 hectáreas de plantaciones de esta especie repartidas por el país.

Fueron introducidos en España en el siglo XIX pero no se extendió su cultivo masivo hasta mediados del siglo XX para favorecer la industria de las zonas rurales del interior. A diferencia del eucalipto blanco, que fue plantado en regiones del norte donde predomina el clima oceánico, el eucalipto rojo se distribuyó por regiones más áridas con un clima mediterráneo.

Las provincias por las que se distribuye principalmente esta especie son: Cáceres, Badajoz, Huelva y Sevilla, también existen arboretos importantes en Toledo, Ciudad Real, Córdoba, Cádiz y Málaga.

Controversia
El eucalipto puede ser considerado como la especie de árbol más controvertida de España, cuyos partidarios y detractores no siempre tienen en cuenta los datos científicos. Se ha dicho que los efectos negativos fueron más una consecuencia de las plantaciones masivas que se hicieron desde el último tercio del siglo XX, como con cualquier monocultivo pero agravados en este caso por las características peculiares de esta especie.

Entre los aspectos positivos, cabe destacar la industrialización y la reforestación del medio rural. Propietarios, rematantes, maderistas y fábricas de pasta y papel de Andalucía, Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria y Euskadi, así como en Portugal, son claves en el tejido industrial y también en la dinamización del medio rural y el sector forestal.

Entre los factores negativos están principalmente las consecuencias ecológicas. Las plantaciones siguen siendo un problema para la conservación de la fauna y la flora, para la conservación del recurso suelo, para la gestión de los recursos hídricos, para los espacios protegidos y para la correcta ordenación del territorio.

También se le atribuye la capacidad de reducir la biodiversidad asociada al sotobosque, y facilita la propagación de incendios forestales al ser una especie pirófita, que no solo no muere con el fuego, sino que aprovecha los incendios para la colonización del espacio.

Un bosque de eucaliptos puede crear problemas de incendios incontrolables debido a la gran altura que alcanzan estos árboles en un corto período de tiempo y la fácil combustión de su madera.

Usos
Este eucalipto rojo es renombrado por su brillante madera rojiza, oscilando entre rosa suave a rojo negruzco, dependiendo de la edad. Es muy quebradizo y generalmente de grano cruzado, haciendo el trabajo manual difícil. Tradicionalmente se usó para aplicaciones de resistencia como vigas, postes. Más recientemente para mueblería fina por su espectacular color rojizo profundo y típicas figuras en la albura. Necesita cuidadosa selección para hacerla más fuerte a los cambios de humedad. Es densa (900 kg/m³), muy dura, admite buen brillo. Por supuesto que todo mejora aún con madera estacionada y de edad.

Popular leña. La madera produce excelente carbón y es exitosamente usada en Brasil para la siderurgia de hierro y de acero.

Además, el árbol se usa para polinización con abejas en Brasil y en Argentina.

Es uno de los eucaliptos más plantados mundialmente (ca. 5.000 km² plantados) (NAS, 1980a: Argentina, EE. UU., Brasil, Egipto, Kenia, Marruecos, Nigeria, Pakistán, Senegal, Sierra Leona, España, Paraguay, Perú, Sri Lanka, Sudán, Tanzania, Alto Volta, Uruguay, Zimbabue.

En Serradilla (Cáceres) donde abundan estos ejemplares, (en el Jardín y paseo del Cementerio) desde hace 80 años, se usaban las hojas, para curar catarros.

Tinto (1979), "Utilización de los Recursos Forestales Argentinos" se detallan los usos a que puede destinarse la madera de Eucaliptus camaldulensis. Entre los más destacados se menciona pastas celulósicas, tableros de fibra, paneles aglomerados, postes impregnados, partes de equipos y máquinas, escaleras fijas en interiores, carpintería rural, construcciones rurales, marcos para aberturas, marcos para puertas exteriores y ventanas, parquet, pisos, chapas, esqueletos de techos, pisos a la intemperie, leña y carbón de calidad por su alto calor específico.

Taxonomía
Eucalyptus camaldulensis fue descrita por Frederick Dehnhardt y publicado en Catalogus Plantarum Horti Camalduensis (ed. 2) 20. 1832.
Etimología

Eucalyptus: nombre genérico que proviene del griego antiguo: eû = "bien, justamente" y kalyptós = "cubierto, que recubre". En Eucalyptus L'Hér., los pétalos, soldados entre sí y a veces también con los sépalos, forman parte del opérculo, perfectamente ajustado al hipanto, que se desprende a la hora de la floración.

camaldulensis: epíteto geográfico que fue nombrado así por el monasterio Camaldoli cerca de Nápoles, de donde era el primer espécimen descrito.
Variedades y sinonimia
subsp. camaldulensis.
Eucalyptus rostrata Schltdl., Linnaea 20: 655 (1847), nom. illeg.
Eucalyptus acuminata Hook. in T.L.Mitch., J. Exped. Trop. Australia: 390 (1848)
Eucalyptus longirostris F.Muell. ex Miq., Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 4: 125 (1856)
Eucalyptus longirostris f. brevirostris F.Muell. ex Miq., Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 4: 125 (1856)
Eucalyptus rostrata var. borealis R.T.Baker & H.G.Sm., Res. Eucalypts: 75 (1902)
Eucalyptus rostrata var. brevirostris (F.Muell. ex Miq.) Maiden, Bull. Herb. Boissier, II, 2: 581 (1902)
Eucalyptus rostrata var. acuminata (Hook.) Maiden, Crit. Revis. Eucalyptus 4(33): 67 (1917)
Eucalyptus mcintyrensis Maiden, Crit. Revis. Eucalyptus 6: 166 (1922)
Eucalyptus tereticornis var. rostrata Ewart, Handb. Forest Trees Victorian: 301 (1925)

subsp. simulata Brooker & Kleinig, Field Guide Eucalypts 3: 371 (1994).

Referencias

Bibliografía
 CSIRO, 2004. Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh. Eucalipto rojo.

 Mackay, Norman and David Eastburn (eds)  1990.  The Murray.  Murray-Darling Basin Commission, Canberra. ISBN 1-875209-05-0.

Enlaces externos

 Eucalyptus camaldulensis en Árboles Ibéricos
 Center for New Crops & Plant Products, Purdue University

camalduensis
Flora de Australia
Árboles de clima templado marítimo
Árboles de clima mediterráneo
Árboles ornamentales
Flora apícola
Maderas
Plantas invasoras
Plantas descritas en 1832

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As if Kiefer's fishing hook in the eye miracle wasn't enough drama for our family, Selah fell Friday night and cut her head. TONS of blood freaked us all out!
The accident occurred in a matter of a split second. Our entire family was outside sitting under an oak tree visiting after dinner. I was sitting on this little bitty roping dummy (a device our boys use to practice team roping), when Selah decided to join me. She straddled the pretend cow's back, which is only about a foot and half off the ground. Selah thought sitting on this fake cow was great fun, but when she tried to get off, we think her foot got hung up and in a split second, she fell to the ground. Her head hit the ground HARD…it actually sounded like a brick had hit the ground. I swooped her up to comfort her, and I noticed blood dripping off my hand. I held Selah out to look at her, and blood was pouring down the back of her head. Everyone stood there in disbelief, particularly since we were all RIGHT THERE when this happened, right next to Selah, yet in an instant, Selah fell and blood was pouring down her head!
Matt and I ran with Selah into our house to get washrags and ice. The cut stopped bleeding almost instantly once we applied pressure to it. Then we were able to examine Selah's skull to figure out how bad the cut was. We were in disbelief when we saw how teeny tiny the actual cut was. TEENINESY!!!
That's a lot of blood for such a teeny little scrape on Selah's skull!!! Our other kiddos were so concerned about Selah, so Selah marched back outside shortly after the accident to let everyone know that she was just fine.
Praise God for instant healing!
PS Selah had her 18-month-old well check today, and her pediatrician shared with us that Selah is the average height and weight of a 2.5 YEAR old!!! Wow!


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Q: Как вызвать метод одного класса в другом классе (Как вызвать метод класса(1) в классе(2))
Вроде для этого нужно создать объект класса(1) в классе(2), однако уже на этом этапе возникает ошибка
java: constructor Integral in class Integral cannot be applied to given types;
  required: Function,double,double,double
  found:    no arguments
  reason: actual and formal argument lists differ in length

...
Вообще программа должна считать определенный интеграл с заданным числом потоков, так что теперь нужно в классе T вызвать метод calc() с уже известными параметрами
    double a = 0;
    double b = Math.PI;
    double interval = b - a;
    double h = Math.pow(10, -7);

Прошу помощи в том как это сделать
Класс 1
public class Integral {

    private Function function;

    private double a;
    private double b;

    private double h;

    public Integral(Function function, double a, double b, double h) {
        this.function = function;
        this.a = a;
        this.b = b;
        this.h = h;
    }

    public double calc() {
        double sum = 0;
        for(double x = a+h; x <= b-h; x+=h) {
            sum += 2*function.fun(x);
        }
        sum += function.fun(a);
        sum += function.fun(b);
        return sum*h/2;
    }
}

Класс 2
public class T extends Thread {
   // private Integral sum;
    Integral in = new Integral(); //создаю объект класса, на который ругается компилятор

    double a = 0;
    double b = Math.PI;
    double interval = b - a;
    double h = Math.pow(10, -7);
    private double threads;
    double step = interval / threads;
    double x;
    @Override
    public void run() {
        System.out.println("Выполнен поток " + getName()+" "  );

        for ( int i = 0; i < threads; i++) {

        }

}}

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import java.util.Scanner;

public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println("Введите количество потоков(1-10)");
        Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
        int n = scanner.nextInt();

        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
            T thread = new T();
            thread.start();
        }

    }
}

.
public interface Function {

    public double fun(double x);
}

A: Класс Integral содержит конструктор с параметрами. Вы их не передаете, поэтому возникает ошибка при создании объекта. Либо передавайте параметры при создании объекта, либо создайте пустой конструктор и передавайте параметры уже непосредственно в метод, соответственно надо его параметризировать -
    public double calc(Function function, double a, double b, double h){
    .....
}

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Victoria County History - Lancaster
A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 7
Townships: Hardhorn-with-Newton
A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 7. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1912.
HARDHORN-WITH-NEWTON
Hordorn, 1332. Nuton, 1332.
Staininghe, Dom. Bk.; Steyininges, 1292; Staynyng, 1297; Steyninge, 1302.
This township is bounded on the south and east by the brook running from Marton Mere to join the Wyre. The surface is in general low and level, but there are elevated portions rising to 50 ft. above sea level in the centre, south and east. On the central one stands the hamlet of Hardhorn; to the south-west is Newton and to the south Staining; while near the south-eastern boundary is Todderstaffe Hall. The area is 2,651 (fn. 1) acres and the population in 1901 numbered 597.
A road leads north-west through Staining and Newton and then north to Poulton, with branches west to Blackpool and north and east to Hardhorn and Singleton. The Preston and Wyre railway runs near the eastern boundary, with a station at Todderstaffe called Singleton.
Agriculture is the only industry, chiefly as dairy farms. The soil is variable, with subsoil clay.
The township is governed by a parish council.
Richard Davie or Davies of Newton raised a company for the Parliament's service in the Civil War, but was killed with most of his men at the capture of Bolton in 1644. (fn. 2)
In 1066 STAINING, assessed as six plough-lands, was part of Earl Tostig's lordship of Preston. (fn. 3) Afterwards it was held by the Constable of Chester, for about 1134 William Fitz Nigel, lord of Halton, granted three plough-lands in Staining to his newly-founded priory of Runcorn, while his son William recovered them when he transferred the house to Norton, but granted two-thirds of the demesne tithes to the canons. (fn. 4) His successor, John de Lacy, 1211–40 gave the whole in free alms to Stanlaw Abbey. (fn. 5) Later the monks were said to hold it by the service of half a knight's fee and a castle-ward rent of 5s. (fn. 6) The grange of Staining seems to have been the abbey's manor-house for all their estates in the Fylde.
In 1348 the monks obtained a charter for a market on Thursdays at their vill of Hardhorn and a fair on the eve, day and morrow of St. Denis (8–10 October); in the following year by another charter the weekly market was assigned to Monday. (fn. 7)
The manor remained in possession of the monks till the confiscation of the Whalley estates after the rebellion of the north in 1537, and was sold by the Crown to Thomas Holt, (fn. 8) who sold to George Singleton. (fn. 9) The family had probably been tenants under the abbey for some time, (fn. 10) and they continued in possession until the beginning of the 18th century. George Singleton, the purchaser of Staining, died in 1551 holding the manor with messuages, lands, &c., of the king by the third part of a knight's fee. (fn. 11) His successor was his son William, of full age, who died in or about 1556 holding the 'manor or grange' of Staining as before and leaving a numerous family, the heir being a son Thomas, seven years old. (fn. 12) Thomas died in 1563, still a minor, and a younger brother, John, succeeded. (fn. 13) He died in 1589 holding the manors of Staining and Carleton. He left two daughters (fn. 14); but the manors went to a brother George, who died in 1598, and was followed by his son Thomas, aged six. (fn. 15) The religious history of the family is not known. Thomas was no doubt a Protestant, for he was a justice of the peace, (fn. 16) but his son Thomas was a Roman Catholic (fn. 17); he raised a troop for Charles I at the outbreak of the Civil War (fn. 18) and was killed at the battle of Newbury in 1643. (fn. 19) His children were very young, as appears by the pedigree recorded in 1664. (fn. 20); four of them succeeded—John, Thomas, George and Anne. (fn. 21) The last-named died in 1719, and Staining went to John Mayfield, son of her sister Mary. The history then becomes obscure. (fn. 22) The manor in 1810 was purchased by Edward Birley, by whose daughter it passed to her husband, William Henry Hornby of Blackburn. (fn. 23) He was succeeded by his son Sir William Henry Hornby, bart.
Singleton of Staining. Argent three cheveronels gules between as many martlets sable.
Thornber states that the hall had its 'boggart,' the wandering ghost of a Scotchman murdered near a tree which has since recorded the deed by perfuming the ground near it with the odour of thyme. (fn. 24)
TODDERSTAFFE (fn. 25) was another estate of importance in former times, (fn. 26) but of Hardhorn and Newton, which give a name to the township, (fn. 27) practically nothing can be stated, though from the former was derived a surname varying between Hardern and Hordern.
The Abbot of Stanlaw obtained leave to have an oratory at the manor of Staining, (fn. 28) but this does not seem to have led to a permanent chapel.
A barn in Hardhorn was in 1689 licensed as a meeting-place for Presbyterians. (fn. 29)
1. The Census Rep. 1901 gives 2,653 acres, including 13 of inland water.
2. War in Lancs. (Chet. Soc), 42, 50.
3. V.C.H. Lancs. i, 288a.
4. Ormerod, Ches. (ed. Helsby), i, 691; Dugdale, Mon. Angl. vi, 314.
5. Whalley Couch. (Chet. Soc), ii, 419. The benefactor also released the whole farm of Staining. William the Monk and Thomas de Beaumont his heir had given to John Constable of Chester, probably the grandfather of John de Lacy, the whole vill of Staining for 15 marks paid and 30s. rent; ibid. 420. This grant was attested by Henry the prior (of Norton), and throws some light on the intermediate history of the place. In 1208 Philip brother of Geoffrey de Valoines of Farleton had some estate in it; Rot. de Oblatis et Fin. (Rec. Com.), 425. Cecily de Layton allowed the monks a moiety of the marsh between Marton Mere and Little Carleton, and William and Richard le Boteler also made concessions as to the marsh, which divided Staining from Layton. Theobald Walter, butler of Ireland, allowed them to draw water from Marton Mere for their mill, but they were not to take any fish; ibid. 421–4; Cal. Pat. 1225–32, p. 71. The other charters in the Coucher refer to agreements as to tithes made with the monks of Sées and Lancaster as rectors of Poulton; see also Lanc. Ch. (Chet. Soc), i, 70; ii, 527. The Abbot of Whalley in 1469 claimed common of pasture in Staining and Weeton against John Skillicorne; Pal of Lanc. Plea R. 36, m. 14. There were later disputes; Ducatus Lanc. (Rec. Com.), i, 10; ii, 19, 31.
6. a The Abbot of Whalley paid 4s. a year to the Earl of Lancaster in 1297, and in 1302 held by half a knight's fee; Lancs. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc. Lancs. and Ches.), i, 289, 316. The service for Staining with Hardhorn and Newton was that of half a knight's fee and 5s. for castle ward in 1324; Dods. MSS. cxxxi, fol. 40. Similarly in 1346 the abbot held five plough-lands in Hardhorn or Newton or Staining for half a knight's fee, and paid 5s. for castle ward; Survey of 1346 (Chet. Soc), 54. The five (not six) plough-lands appear again in 1445–6; Duchy of Lanc. Knights' Fees, bdle. 2, no. 20. The tenant about 1540 is not named, but 6s. was paid for Staining Grange itself. The principal tenants at that time were Lawrence Rigson, house and windmill, paying £2; Constance Singleton, widow, house and 30 acres arable, 33s.; Lawrence Archer, similar tenement, 30s. 4d.; and Thomas Wilkinson, a messuage and 20 acres, £1; Whalley Couch. iv, 1242–3.
7. Chart. R. 143 (22 Edw. III), m. 9, no. 9; 144 (23 Edw. III), m. 8, no. 7. Nothing further seems to be known of them, but the Monday market of Poulton may have been derived from the second charter.
8. Pat. 35 Hen. VIII, pt. iv.
9. This is stated in the pedigree of 1664.
10. Cf. Constance Singleton above. In a writ of 1474 there are named John Singleton of Woodplumpton and Margaret his wife, George Singleton of Staining and Richard his son; Pal of Lanc Writs Proton. 13 Edw. IV.
11. Duchy of Lanc. Inq. p.m. br, no. 17. He had granted certain messuages, &c., to George Browne and his heirs and others to trustees for the use of Alice wife of his ton William Singleton. He had also land in Woodplumpton. A few deeds of the family are preserved in Dods. MSS. cliii, fol. 73.
12. Duchy of Lanc. Inq. p.m. x, no. 30: the estate included two windmills. The inquisition names his mother Margaret, his grandmother Eleanor, late wife of George Westby, his sons Richard, John and George. His great - grandfather. Award Singleton in 1501 had settled a burgage in Preston and a close in Woodplumpton called 'Mykelleghe' on Eleanor wife of Lawrence Singleton son of Award. The descent thus appears: Award -s. Lawrence -s. George -s. William. Daughters Helen and Margaret are named in the next inquisition. It appears that Lawrence Singleton diedin or about 1518; Fishwick, Poulton (Chet. Soc.), 69. An annuity was granted by the Crown (as guardian) to Alice widow of William Singleton, together with the custody and marriage of Thomas the heir, in 1557; Duchy of Lanc. Misc. Bk. xxiii, 146 d.
13. Duchy of Lanc. Inq. p.m. xi, no. 43. Margaret widow of George Singleton had married William Ambrose and was still living; Eleanor Westby had died. John, the brother and heir, was aged thirteen. Alice the widow of William Singleton is named as if living at Staining, but her will, dated 1558, is aaid to have been proved at Richmond in this year; Fishwick, op. cit. 183. A grant by the father to James Massey of Layton and Richard Houghton of Kirkham, comprising a windmill at Hardhorn and lands at Staining, was the subject of dispute soon after Thomas Singleton's death; Ducatus Lanc. ii, 296.
14. Duchy of Lanc. Inq. p.m.xv, no. 47. In addition to the manors the estate comprised sixty messuages, three windmills, &c., in Staining, Hardhorn, Newton, Plumpton, Great and Little Carleton and Poulton; also a free fishery in Marton Mere. In 1583 he had settled the manors, &c., on his wife Thomasine for life, with remainder to his brother George, making provision also for his daughters Alice and Elizabeth, who at their father's death were aged ten and five years respectively. The tenure of Staining was recorded as before, by the third part of a knight's fee. John Singleton's will (1589) is printed in Wills (Chet. Soc. new ser.), i, 106. In 1592 Thomasine was wife of Thomas Dutton, and in possession of part of the estate; Pal. of Lanc. Feet of F. bdle. 54., m. 142.
15. Duchy of Lanc. Inq. p.m. xvii, no. 26. George Singleton had married Margaret Houghton, who survived him. A family dispute led to the death of Thomas Hoghton of Lea in 1590; see the account of Lea in Preston. The estates were in 1604 in the hands of Henry Birkheved the younger and Alice his wife; Pal. of Lanc. Feet of F. bdle. 65, no. 41. Alice was one of the daughters of John Singleton; Ormerod, Ches. ii, 368.
16. Fishwick, op. cit. 188 (pedigree). He had a dispute about tithes in 1616; Exch. Dep. (Rec. Soc. Lancs. and Ches.), 18.
17. Thomas Singleton in 1632 compounded with the Crown for the twothirds of his estates liable to be sequestered for his recusancy by an annual fine of £20; Trans. Hist. Soc. (new sen), xxiv, 176.
18. Lancs. War (Chet. Soc.), 19,25.
19. Pedigree of 1664. The estate does not appear to have been sequestered by the Parliament.
20. Dugdale, Visit. (Chet. Soc), 274; John the eldest son of Captain Thomas was twenty-nine years old in 1664. He married Jane Fleetwood and died in 1668, after which his widow married Thomas Cole (Fishwick), from whom Thomas Singleton, brother and heir of John, recovered the manors of Staining and Singleton in 1681; Pal. of Lanc. Feet of F. bdle. 187, m. 29. A settlement of the manors was made by George Singleton, Christopher Anderton, Alexander Butler, Dorothy (Singleton) his wife and Anne Singleton in 1686 (ibid. bdle. 216, m. 18); yet Thomas Cole and Jane his wife were deforciants in a fine of 1689; ibid. bdle. 224, m. 150.
21. As a 'Papist' she registered her estate in Little Carleton and Newton in 1717; the value was £75 5s. 10d. a year; Estcourt and Payne, Engl. Cath. Nonjurors, 133. She also had a house at Crank in Rainford. In 1722 Christopher Gradwell, trustee, conveyed to new trustees the capital messuage of Staining, late the inheritance of George Singleton; Piccope MSS. (Chet. Lib.), iii, 212, from R. 5 (2) of Geo. I at Preston.
22. The story is given in Fishwick, op. cit. 187–8: Mary Singleton, widow of John Mayfield, was buried at Poulton, 1694; her son John died without issue, the estate going to a nephew, William Blackburn of Great Eccleston, whose son James, dead in 1784, left as heir a sister Anne wife of John Fielding. Their son Gabriel, who married an actress, left the neighbourhood. John Mayfield, 'Papist,' was heir in 1722; Gastrell, Notitia Cestr. ii, 458. A deed of 1734 recites that Anne Singleton, late of Singleton, spinster, had by her will of 1719 directed lands in Carleton, Staining and elsewhere to be sold. John Mayfield and Mary his wife had Staining Hall, with remainder to Mary, and then to John eldest son of William Blackburn of Singleton, &c.; Piccope MSS. iii, 248, from R. 5 (1) of Geo. II. See ibid. 336, from R. 9 of Geo. II. By fine in 1781 John Hankinson obtained from John Fielding, Anne his wife, James Law and Mary his wife various messuages, lands, &c., in Staining, Hardhorn with Newton, Poulton and Carleton; Pal. of Lanc. Feet of F. bdle. 405, m. 167.
23. Fishwick, loc. cit. William Henry Hornby, 1805–84, married Margaret Susannah daughter and heir of Edward Birley of Kirkham, and had issue; Burke, Landed Gentry.
24. Hist, of Blackpool (written 1837), 38. He also mentions a tradition that John, when Count of Mortain, sometimes visited the place.
25. Taldrestath, 1332.
26. Fishwick, op. cit. 168. It became part of the Singleton estate of Mr. T. H. Miller. Todderstaffe was at one time tenanted by the Allens of Rossall, for in 1543 it was given by George Singleton of Mithop to Elizabeth widow of George Allen; Worthington of Blainscough abstract. Afterwards it reverted to the Singletons and was part of the Staining estate given to Dorothy wife of Alexander Butler; she had a daughter and heir Elizabeth, who married Robert Worswick; Gillow in Misc. (Cath. Rec. Soc.), iv, 173. See also N. and Q. (Ser. 10), v, 468, 517. In Urswick Church there is a monument to Dorothy daughter of Alexander and Dorothy Butler of Todderstaffe, dated 1687; North Lorn. Mag. ii, 160. By the will of Richard Worswick of Preston in 1746 land in Great Singleton and the capital messuage of Todderstaffe were ordered for sale; Piccope MSS. iii, 350, from R. 20 of Geo. II at Preston.
27. So called in 1332; Exch. Lay Subs. (Rec. Soc. Lancs. and Ches.), 59.
28. Whalley Couch. ii, 428–9.
29. Hist. MSS. Cam. Rep. xiv, App. iv, 232.


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Saddlery to Stardom
The small Colorado saddle shop that John Wayne brought to Hollywood and beyond.
Written by JocLene Davey
Decades after his death, and still a prominent presence, iconic Western hero John Wayne continues to accrue new fans and followers. Given that the onset of his career traces to the 1920s, Wayne is likely the longest-standing influencer of Western and cowboy culture in history. Take his long association with the company he selected to design and develop his famous saddles beginning with Duke's classic film "True Grit"—Colorado Saddlery, which was established in 1945 by then owner Pershing Van Scoyk and began making handmade saddles in the historic downtown district of Denver, Colorado.
Colorado Saddlery co-owners Kim and Laurie Haarberg, and Lesley and Matt Wassam.
The company's current co-owners—Matt and Lesley Wassam, and Laurie and Kim Haarberg—continue to nurture and grow the enterprise, which naturally still produce replicas of Duke's original saddle styles. During the making of the film "True Grit," Wayne had the opportunity to ride his stuntman's horse and saddle. He loved the look and ride of the saddle so much, Duke halted production of the film until he could visit Colorado Saddlery for himself. "Wayne came to us seeking a saddle to be made for his movie, where he met with Pershing Van Scoyk," explains Matt Wassam. "He wanted an authentic cowboy saddle, which is what our brand is known for; high quality, authentic cowboy aesthetics, and functionality." Wayne was a big man and "required a larger than average 18-inch seat, 2 inches bigger than the norm," Wassam continues. "Wayne also liked the floral tooling crafted onto the model he chose, but most of all, he wanted his saddle to have the look and ride of a real cowboy." Duke's famous "True Grit" saddle continues to inspire fans' purchases to this day.
"Wayne also liked the floral tooling crafted onto the model he chose, but most of all, he wanted his saddle to have the look and ride of a real cowboy."
— Matt Wassam, Colorado Saddlery
John Wayne in Colorado during the filming of True Grit. Photo JWE
John Wayne as Marshal Rooster in 1969's American western film True Grit. Photo JWE
Throughout its history, Colorado Saddlery has remained true to the company's vision: "cowboys making saddles for cowboys." Its owners live this way too—personally, in business, and in the rodeo arena. "Today, we are modernizing our brand with lighter-weight materials, and through the use of state-of-the-art technology for craftsmanship," shares Wassam. Steadfast in creating comfort for both horse and rider inspired the company's decision to create the first-ever saddles specifically for females, making them super-lightweight and tailored to fit.
That its product is made in America, in a 45,000-square-foot facility in Denver is "one of the things we are most proud of," says Wassam. He also notes that Wayne is not only an inspiration, but an integral influence on the expansion of the brand too. During his day, Wayne's larger-than-life persona spring-boarded Colorado Saddlery from a small cowboy saddle shop to one of the most well-known Western brands in Hollywood and beyond. His spirit, it seems, is forever in the saddle.
Photographs courtesy of Colorado Saddlery (except where noted)
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<?php

namespace Backend\Modules\Catalog\Actions;

use Backend\Core\Engine\Base\ActionIndex as BackendBaseActionIndex;
use Backend\Core\Engine\Language as BL;
use Backend\Core\Engine\Authentication as BackendAuthentication;
use Backend\Core\Engine\Model as BackendModel;
use Backend\Core\Engine\DataGridDB as BackendDataGridDB;
use Backend\Core\Engine\DataGridFunctions as BackendDataGridFunctions;
use Backend\Modules\Catalog\Engine\Model as BackendCatalogModel;

/**
 * This is the media action, it will display the overview of media for a specific product.
 *
 * @author Bart De Clercq <info@lexxweb.be>
 * @author Tim van Wolfswinkel <tim@webleads.nl>
 */
class Media extends BackendBaseActionIndex
{
	/**
	 * The product id
	 *
	 * @var	int
	 */
	private $id;

	/**
	* The project record
	*
	* @var	array
	*/
	private $product;

	/**
	 * Datagrid with published items
	 *
	 * @var	DataGrid
	 */
	protected $dgImages, $dgFiles, $dgVideos;

	/**
	 * Execute the action
	 */
	public function execute()
	{
		$this->id = $this->getParameter('product_id', 'int');

		if($this->id !== null && BackendCatalogModel::exists($this->id)) {
			parent::execute();

			$this->getData();
			$this->loadDataGridImages();
			$this->loadDataGridFiles();
			$this->loadDataGridVideos();
			$this->parse();
			$this->display();
		}

		// the project does not exist
		else $this->redirect(BackendModel::createURLForAction('index') . '&error=non-existing');
	}

	/**
	 * Gets all necessary data
	 */
	protected function getData()
	{
		$this->product = BackendCatalogModel::get($this->id);
	}

	/**
	 * Loads the datagrid of the images
	 */
	protected function loadDataGridImages()
	{
		// set image link
		$imageLink = FRONTEND_FILES_URL . '/' . $this->module . '/[product_id]/64x64';

		// create images datagrid
		$this->dgImages = new BackendDataGridDB(BackendCatalogModel::QRY_DATAGRID_BROWSE_IMAGES, $this->id);
		$this->dgImages->setAttributes(array('class' => 'dataGrid sequenceByDragAndDrop'));
		$this->dgImages->setAttributes(array('id' => 'products_images_dg'));

		$this->dgImages->setColumnHidden('sequence');
		$this->dgImages->setColumnHidden('product_id');

		$this->dgImages->addColumn('dragAndDropHandle', null, '' . BL::lbl('Move') . '');
		$this->dgImages->setColumnsSequence('dragAndDropHandle');
		$this->dgImages->setColumnAttributes('dragAndDropHandle', array('class' => 'dragAndDropHandle'));

		$this->dgImages->setRowAttributes(array('data-id' => '[id]'));
		$this->dgImages->setSortParameter('asc');
		$this->dgImages->addColumn('edit', null, BL::lbl('Edit'), BackendModel::createURLForAction('edit_image') . '&id=[id]&product_id=[product_id]', BL::lbl('Edit'));

		$this->dgImages->setColumnFunction(array(new BackendDataGridFunctions(), 'showImage'), array($imageLink, '[filename]'), 'filename');
		$this->dgImages->setColumnAttributes('filename', array('class' => 'thumbnail'));
		$this->dgImages->addColumn('checkbox', '<input type="checkbox" name="toggleChecks" value="toggleChecks" />', '<input type="checkbox" name="id[]" value="[id]" class="inputCheckbox" />');
		$this->dgImages->setColumnsSequence('checkbox');

		$ddmMassAction = new \SpoonFormDropdown('action', array('deleteImages' => BL::lbl('Delete')), 'deleteImages');
		$this->dgImages->setMassAction($ddmMassAction);
		$this->dgImages->setColumnAttributes('title', array('data-id' => '{id:[id]}'));

		$this->dgImages->setAttributes(array('data-action' => "sequence_media_images"));
    }

	/**
	 * Loads the datagrid of the files
	 */
	protected function loadDataGridFiles()
	{
		// create files datagrid
		$this->dgFiles = new BackendDataGridDB(BackendCatalogModel::QRY_DATAGRID_BROWSE_FILES, $this->id);

		$this->dgFiles->setAttributes(array('class' => 'dataGrid sequenceByDragAndDrop'));
		$this->dgFiles->setAttributes(array('id' => 'products_files_dg'));

		$this->dgFiles->setColumnHidden('sequence');
		$this->dgFiles->setColumnHidden('product_id');

		$this->dgFiles->addColumn('dragAndDropHandle', null, '' . BL::lbl('Move') . '');
		$this->dgFiles->setColumnsSequence('dragAndDropHandle');
		$this->dgFiles->setColumnAttributes('dragAndDropHandle', array('class' => 'dragAndDropHandle'));

		$this->dgFiles->setRowAttributes(array('data-id' => '[id]'));

		$this->dgFiles->setSortingColumns(array('title', 'sequence'), 'sequence');
		$this->dgFiles->setSortParameter('asc');

		$this->dgFiles->addColumn('edit', null, BL::lbl('Edit'), BackendModel::createURLForAction('edit_file') . '&id=[id]&product_id=[product_id]', BL::lbl('Edit'));
		$this->dgFiles->addColumn('checkbox', '<input type="checkbox" name="toggleChecks" value="toggleChecks" />', '<input type="checkbox" name="id[]" value="[id]" class="inputCheckbox" />');
		$this->dgFiles->setColumnsSequence('checkbox');

		$ddmMassAction = new \SpoonFormDropdown('action', array('deleteFiles' => BL::lbl('Delete')), 'deleteFiles');
		$this->dgFiles->setMassAction($ddmMassAction);
		$this->dgFiles->setColumnAttributes('title', array('data-id' => '{id:[id]}'));
	}

	/**
	 * Loads the datagrid of the videos
	 */
	protected function loadDataGridVideos()
	{
		// create videos datagrid
		$this->dgVideos = new BackendDataGridDB(BackendCatalogModel::QRY_DATAGRID_BROWSE_VIDEOS, $this->id);

		$this->dgVideos->setAttributes(array('class' => 'dataGrid sequenceByDragAndDrop'));
		$this->dgVideos->setAttributes(array('id' => 'products_videos_dg'));

		$this->dgVideos->setColumnHidden('sequence');
		$this->dgVideos->setColumnHidden('product_id');

		$this->dgVideos->addColumn('dragAndDropHandle', null, '' . BL::lbl('Move') . '');
		$this->dgVideos->setColumnsSequence('dragAndDropHandle');
		$this->dgVideos->setColumnAttributes('dragAndDropHandle', array('class' => 'dragAndDropHandle'));

		$this->dgVideos->setRowAttributes(array('data-id' => '[id]'));

		$this->dgVideos->setSortingColumns(array('title', 'sequence'), 'sequence');
		$this->dgVideos->setSortParameter('asc');

		$this->dgVideos->addColumn('edit', null, BL::lbl('Edit'), BackendModel::createURLForAction('edit_video') . '&id=[id]&product_id=[product_id]', BL::lbl('Edit'));
		$this->dgVideos->addColumn('checkbox', '<input type="checkbox" name="toggleChecks" value="toggleChecks" />', '<input type="checkbox" name="id[]" value="[id]" class="inputCheckbox" />');
		$this->dgVideos->setColumnsSequence('checkbox');

		$ddmMassAction = new \SpoonFormDropdown('action', array('deleteVideos' => BL::lbl('Delete')), 'deleteVideos');
		$this->dgVideos->setMassAction($ddmMassAction);
		$this->dgVideos->setColumnAttributes('title', array('data-id' => '{id:[id]}'));
	}

	/**
	 * Parse & display the page
	 */
	protected function parse()
	{
		$this->tpl->assign('dataGridImages', ($this->dgImages->getNumResults() != 0) ? $this->dgImages->getContent() : false);
		$this->tpl->assign('dataGridFiles', ($this->dgFiles->getNumResults() != 0) ? $this->dgFiles->getContent() : false);
		$this->tpl->assign('dataGridVideos', ($this->dgVideos->getNumResults() != 0) ? $this->dgVideos->getContent() : false);

		$this->tpl->assign('product', $this->product);
	}
}

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Team Lakay's Stephen Loman is still Brave CF Bantamweight Champion
By Conan Altatis on March 15, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )
Elias Boudegzdame, Tomasz Bronder, Stephen Loman, Mohammed Shahid (© Brave Combat Federation)
Training out of Team Lakay in Baguio City, Philippines, Stephen "The Sniper" Loman, 23, of the Philippines is still the reigning Brave Combat Federation Bantamweight Champion. He successfully defended his belt from Elias "Smile" Boudegzdame, 25, of France in the main event of "Brave 22: Storm of Warriors."
Featuring nine MMA bouts, "Brave 22: Storm of Warriors" took place at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines on March 15, 2019. The main event ended in the fourth round when Loman knocked out Boudegzdame via strikes, marking the Filipino defending champion's third successful title defense.
"I would like to dedicate this fight to my family and teammates also to my uncle, who passed away this month," Loman told the crowd in his post-fight interview inside the cage. "This was for him definitely."
Winning at "Brave 22: Storm of Warriors" improved Loman's professional MMA record to 13 wins and 2 losses. On the other hand, Boudegzdame now has 15 wins and 6 losses.
Loman has been competing professionally since 2012. He was one of the fighters who competing during Brave CF's inaugural event on September 23, 2016 at the Khalifa Sports City Arena.
In Brave CF's first ever event, Loman defeated Frans "The Black Mamba" Mlambo, 27, of Dublin, Ireland via unanimous decision. On November 17, 2017, the Team Lakay fighter returned to at the same venue and became the inaugural Brave CF Bantamweight Champion by knocking out Gary "Saint Lion" Mangat, 32, of Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada at "Brave 9: The Kingdom of Champions."
On June 9, 2018, Loman successfully defended his belt by defeating Mlambo via unanimous decision in their rematch at "Brave 13: Europe Evolution" at the SSE Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland. On November 16, 2018, the Team Lakay fighter returned to the Khalifa Sports City Arena where he successfully defended his title again through a unanimous decision win against Felipe Efrain, 24, of Sao Paolo, Brazil at "Brave 18: Bahrain."
Check the complete "Brave 22: Storm of Warriors" results here. Meanwhile, here is an interview with Loman prior to the fight night:
Categories: MMA, SPORTS
Tagged as: Brave Combat Federation, Brave 22: Storm of Warriors, Brave CF, Elias Boudegzdame, Stephen Loman, Team Lakay
Bali MMA's John Brewin earns 3rd Brave CF win in the Philippines
New Zealand's John Brewin dedicates 'Brave 22: Storm of Warriors' win to home country plagued by terror attacks


Twenty-eight years ago today I had a blind date. I wasn't quite sure what time the meeting would occur but I knew it would be after that day's labor.
Without even seeing what I was in for, I was told by others that I would love the person I had a date with immediately no matter what. I had no doubt because I held onto lots of blind faith that God would deliver.
On February 25, 1988 , I became a mother. Today, I'd like to say Happy Birthday to our Son, Marc.
Everything I went through to risk bringing him into this world is explained in my award-winning book Gift of a Lifetime: Finding Fulfilling Things in the Unexpected in chapter 35 called Turning it Over. It was some special year, my 35th year of celebrating my life.


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The ALF Versilia Bed set in real Koto grey stained wood veneer, with a high gloss UV finish. One of Italy's newest designs to come from ALF Italia, This bed comes available in all sizes, and has the additional option of lit headboard. Complete the look with full sizes dresser 5 drawer chest and nightstands.


Delta and the Bannermen originally aired in 1987.
Hey, this doesn't look like Disneyland.
No, well, according to my reckoning, it seems to be somewhere in, er, Wales.
Delta and the Bannermen is quite terrible. That said, it's not terrible in the same way that, say, Timelash or Attack of the Cybermen or The Twin Dilemma is terrible. It doesn't offer a demonstration of everything intrinsically wrong with this era of the show, and the frustration isn't compounded by the sense that nobody producing the show seems interested in watching it and maybe learning from their mistakes.
While that is certainly a promising thing from the perspective of the show, it doesn't really do the viewer that much good when they are watching it.
The God Complex originally aired in 2011.
It's time we saw each other as we really are.
It really is like the McCoy era all over again, isn't it? The Impossible Astronaut gave us a scheming and manipulative Doctor. Night Terrors felt like it was drawn from the same cloth as Survival, with the faintest trace of Paradise Towers. Here, we get to revisit the ideas at the heart of The Curse of Fenric. Moffat's second season has really been about the writer defining his own way of making Doctor Who, following a debut season that followed the same structure as the four years overseen by Russell T. Davies.
More than ever, it seems there's a bit of truth in the Doctor's admission that, "I'm not a hero." Russell T. Davies has the Doctor follow a similar trajectory, albeit on a larger scale – episodes like Midnight and The Waters of Mars represented massive failings on the part of the Doctor. Moffat draws on the same sort of idea, but renders the Doctor's failures much more intimate. It isn't so much that the Eleventh Doctor fails to save the world or defeat the monster, it's that he fails the people close to him so frequently and thoroughly.


Following on from another successful Clacks Connect in 2018, CTSI are pleased to announce that we are hosting another FREE Funding Fayre on Wednesday 18th September 2019, from 10-2pm.
The event is designed to give third sector, charity and voluntary organisations the opportunity to meet with a range of diverse funders and to learn about the various grant funding schemes that are available.
The event will take place at Hawkhill Community Centre, 132 Hillcrest Drive, Alloa FK10 1SB.
We are delighted to have Climate Challenge Fund exhibition stand at the event. Please do come and speak to us.
at Hawkhill Community Centre, 132 Hillcrest Drive, Alloa, FK10 1SB.


Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS) Workshop on Big Learning, 2010.
Note: A longer version is now also available.
Machine learning and statistics with very large datasets is now a topic of widespread interest, both in academia and industry. Many such tasks can be posed as convex optimization problems, so algorithms for distributed convex optimization serve as a powerful, general-purpose mechanism for training a wide class of models on datasets too large to process on a single machine. In previous work, it has been shown how to solve such problems in such a way that each machine only looks at either a subset of training examples or a subset of features. In this paper, we extend these algorithms by showing how to split problems by both examples and features simultaneously, which is necessary to deal with datasets that are very large in both dimensions. We present some experiments with these algorithms run on Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud.


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CRIME DOWN BUT THERE IS MORE TO DO
May 30, 2018 Media Releaseschad_admin
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has welcomed the news that crime has dropped in the Wallsend area, but has called on the community to continue to work with Police to ensure the rates continue to fall. Ms Hornery met with Superintendent Brett Greentree on Monday to discuss the work that has been…
MEETING WITH POLICE TO DISCUSS RESOURCES AND CRIME NUMBERS
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, will today meet with the Newcastle City District Commander, Superintendent Brett Greentree, to discuss policing in the Wallsend electorate. Following a crime spree over Christmas and ongoing issues in the CBD, Ms Hornery and Superintendent Greentree met with the Wallsend Town Business Association and its members in…
MORE SUPPORT SERVICES NEEDED FOR EMERGENCY WORKERS
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has used Parliament this week to call for more effective workplace mental health support services for emergency services workers, including those impacted by workplace trauma. Ms Hornery moved a Notice of Motion, following the recent suicide of yet another Paramedic in the Hunter. A number of serious…
CONCERNS ABOUT CUTS TO BUSES TO BE DEBATED
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, will today debate a Notice of Motion urging the Minister for Transport and Keolis Downer to listen and look at the impact that some of the network changes have made and make some changes to improve the lives of people in the Wallsend electorate. In previous weeks,…
WEAR ORANGE WEDNESDAY TO SUPPORT THE SES
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, is today calling on everyone to wear orange to work or to school to show our support and appreciation for SES volunteers. Local schools, community groups, and workplaces are encouraged to get involved and to participate in the community and workplace events taking place today. Wear Orange…
QUESTIONS RAISED ABOUT UNDERSTAFFING AT JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has this week lodged Questions on Notice asking the Minister for Health about the staffing levels at the John Hunter Hospital. The Questions on Notice follow reports by the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association (NSWNMA) that patients have missed out on thousands of hours of nursing care…
CASUALISATION OF WORFORCE MUST STOP
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has used Questions on Notice and a debate on the school cleaning contract to call on the Government to prevent the casualisation of the state's workforce and the erosion of pay and conditions. Last year, thousands of cleaners were left wondering if they would be thrown out…
SOLUTION NEEDED TO EASE CONGESTION
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, will today move a Notice of Motion in the NSW Parliament calling on the Minister for Roads to work to ease congestion in the Wallsend area. With population growth in the Hunter Valley and the western suburbs of Newcastle, more and more traffic is being forced onto…
MINISTER REFUSES TO PROVIDE DATA ON SPEED LIMIT REDUCTION
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has criticised the Roads Minister for failing to appropriately respond to questions about the speed limit reduction on a major arterial road. Ms Hornery has moved a Notice of Motion and placed Questions on the Notice Paper calling for the Minister to provide the report and information…
Coffee With A Cop Comes To Jesmond
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State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, will join local Police and the community for a Coffee With A Cop in Jesmond this morning. Coffee With A Cop brings Police Officers and the community members they serve together, over a coffee, to discuss issues and learn more about each other. Local residents will have…


Vaughan Rowsell is the founder and CEO of Vend, a retail and point-of-sale software provider used in over 8000 stores across one hundred countries.
Here are the five things he says no retailer can afford to ignore in the 21st century if they are to survive and succeed in an increasingly global and competitive retail environment.
As a retailer you will know well that one size does not fit all. You can't engage all your customers with a single message or campaign. So do away once and for all with all those impersonal mass email blasts or general coupons that you send to everyone, and try to make it personal instead.
Geography – Determine where your customers are and send them messages accordingly. Wish your customers a happy morning in Melbourne, and another set a happy morning in Sydney.
Referral sites – If you're doing online advertising and marketing, look into where your customers are coming from. How did they find your website (i.e. web search or ad clicks)? The insights that you get from referral information can help you tailor your landing pages and offers.
E-commerce vs bricks-and-mortar – Send them offers relevant to where they like to shop.
Customer activity – Look at how your customers interact with your brand. Who are your active patrons? Who are the ones who haven't dropped by in while? Connect with your customers based on how engaged they are. For example, if you want to reconnect with your inactive subscribers, why not send them a "We miss you" message with the offer of a free flower in-store?
Interests – You can determine your customers' interests by looking at their past purchases. A bookstore, for instance, can tailor their marketing messages based on the books that its customers bought in the past. Those who purchased sci-fi novels would receive a different message from those who bought young adult or mystery novels.
Get to know your customers. Don't bother with focus groups or surveys. Just talk to them. Ask them what led them to your store. Ask them questions, respond to their tweets, and get your decision-makers to take their calls and answer their emails.
Establishing real relationships with your patrons gives you deeper insights on what they're like, so you can serve them better. And it builds loyalty, which in turn encourages repeat purchases and word-of-mouth referrals.
If you have a "bricks and clicks" business – that is, if you have a bricks and mortar location as well as an ecommerce store – you're in the position to offer a best of shopping experience regardless of what an individual customer prefers.
Strive to create a seamless shopping experience for both stores. Be consistent with your branding messages and more importantly, make it as convenient as possible for your customers to shop online and in person. Your customers do not think of these as different stores – so you shouldn't either.
Consumers value convenience. They value it so much that it is often a deciding factor when it comes to choosing where to shop. Enable in-store pick-up or returns for online purchases, or allow them to use online coupon codes when they're shopping at your physical location.
The key to effective marketing—especially in a sea of similar products and "me too" companies – is determining your company's own unique flavour. Find out what makes your company unique by recognising its quirks and by going back to your core values. Make a list of your competitors and go through each one to identify the things that only YOU can offer, as well as the feelings or emotions that only your brand can evoke.
Once you've identified the key factors that make your business unique, use them to position yourself in the market. Own that position. When doing anything, always go back to your differentiating factors and ensure that your business decisions are in line with them.
Instil your values and brand ethos in your employees. Don't look at them as salespeople. Let them be 'likeable experts' instead. As likeable experts, your employees should be trained not to sell, but to guide customers, solve their problems, and help them make the right decision. By doing so, your customers will learn to trust your employees (and in turn your brand) and see your company as more than just a commodity source.
Consumers prefer to buy from companies that they perceive as trustworthy and credible. These days though, conveying authority and credibility isn't as simple as displaying a bunch of certification logos or awards in your store (though they do help). In this day and age, you need to go beyond that, and establish yourself as a thought leader in your field.
Demonstrate how knowledgeable you are by engaging with your target market. Publish reports, write blogs, be generous with your time and expertise.
If there aren't networking opportunities where you are, start some.


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Health officials disclose E. coli linked to romaine lettuce after outbreak apparently ended
Updated: 10:38 AM CDT Nov 2, 2019
that undercooked burger will definitely make you sick. But there's something else on your plate that'll make you feel unwell. That salad, the Centers for Disease Control, is currently investigating a giant E. Coli outbreak tied to romaine lettuce, according to Business Insider. Wth e agency watches the foods that make us sick most often and fresh veggies air some of the worst offenders. Nearly half of all food borne illnesses were linked to produce, according to the CDC is report. But undercooked chicken and turkey can mean your goose is cooked. The CDC says more deaths were linked to chicken and turkey than any other food. It's because the poultry can be contaminated with listeriosis. Also on the list. Spinach Sorry, Popeye Theo on washed or raw spinach can contain E. Coli or norovirus, a stomach bug that can lead to many bathroom breaks. Be careful with sprouts. The agency says they can be tainted with salmonella because of their moist, growing conditions. You may think your juice cleanses healthy, but unpasteurized juice makes the list of foods that'll make you sick because any bacteria or parasites on raw fruit can end up in the final product, the CDC also lists oysters and other bottom feeding shellfish because they can contain harmful bacteria or Noro virus if harvested from nasty water. Raw eggs make the list because they can house salmonella. So to make sure your morning is sunny side up, cook your eggs thoroughly.
U.S. health officials disclosed another food poisoning outbreak linked to romaine lettuce, but they said it appears to be over.The disclosure late Thursday comes after the produce industry said it was stepping up safety measures following a series of outbreaks, including one last year that sickened more than 200 people and killed five.It's not clear why romaine keeps sickening people, but experts note the difficulty of eliminating risk posed by raw vegetables grown in open fields.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said 23 people were sickened between July 12 and Sept. 8. No deaths were reported. As with previous outbreaks, the agency said it was unable to determine how the romaine became contaminated.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said by Sept. 19, leafy greens were suspected for the cluster of E. coli illnesses, and that romaine was determined as the likely source Oct. 2.The FDA, which overseas produce safety, said its data indicated the tainted produce was no longer on shelves by the time romaine was identified as the likely culprit. It said the situation didn't warrant immediate public communication.The spring 2018 outbreak that sickened more than 200 people was traced to Yuma, Arizona, one of two regions that grow most of the country's romaine. A massive cattle feedlot in the area was identified as a potential contamination source.Months later, just before Thanksgiving, the FDA warned people to avoid romaine because of another E. coli outbreak. That was traced to central California, the other key region where romaine is grown.Produce groups in the two states have said growers tightened safety measures. The FDA is partnering with scientists to study how romaine may have become tainted.Separately, the CDC said Friday that it's investigating a multistate outbreak of salmonella infections linked to ground beef that are more severe than expected. Eight of 10 infected people were hospitalized, including one death. It said it has not identified a single, common supplier, and it reminded people to cook ground beef thoroughly. The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Department of Science Education. The AP is solely responsible for all content.
NEW YORK (AP) —
U.S. health officials disclosed another food poisoning outbreak linked to romaine lettuce, but they said it appears to be over.
The disclosure late Thursday comes after the produce industry said it was stepping up safety measures following a series of outbreaks, including one last year that sickened more than 200 people and killed five.
It's not clear why romaine keeps sickening people, but experts note the difficulty of eliminating risk posed by raw vegetables grown in open fields.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said 23 people were sickened between July 12 and Sept. 8. No deaths were reported. As with previous outbreaks, the agency said it was unable to determine how the romaine became contaminated.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said by Sept. 19, leafy greens were suspected for the cluster of E. coli illnesses, and that romaine was determined as the likely source Oct. 2.
The FDA, which overseas produce safety, said its data indicated the tainted produce was no longer on shelves by the time romaine was identified as the likely culprit. It said the situation didn't warrant immediate public communication.
The spring 2018 outbreak that sickened more than 200 people was traced to Yuma, Arizona, one of two regions that grow most of the country's romaine. A massive cattle feedlot in the area was identified as a potential contamination source.
Months later, just before Thanksgiving, the FDA warned people to avoid romaine because of another E. coli outbreak. That was traced to central California, the other key region where romaine is grown.
Produce groups in the two states have said growers tightened safety measures. The FDA is partnering with scientists to study how romaine may have become tainted.
Separately, the CDC said Friday that it's investigating a multistate outbreak of salmonella infections linked to ground beef that are more severe than expected. Eight of 10 infected people were hospitalized, including one death. It said it has not identified a single, common supplier, and it reminded people to cook ground beef thoroughly.
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