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Liam Byrne given new role after Brown's cabinet shuffle
Birmingham MP Liam Byrne has been given the role of cabinet 'fixer' amid the Government reshuffle that saw the surprise return of Peter Mandelson.
Birmingham MP Liam Byrne was given the role of cabinet 'fixer' under the Government reshuffle that saw the surprise return of Labour's "Prince of Darkness" Peter Mandelson to front line politics.
Mr Byrne's appointment is in recognition of his success as West Midlands Minister in "banging heads together" in the region to help get large projects off the ground, such as the rebuilding of New Street Station.
The Hodge Hill MP has given up his brief as Immigration Minister to take on the new role which will require him to use his negotiation skills to get Government departments working effectively together.
The reshuffle, however, was branded as not enough in itself to reverse Labour's waning popularity among the public by Birmingham's Labour MP for Northfield Richard Burden.
Mr Byrne's latest appointment is another step up the political ladder in a meteoric rise for the 38 year-old who only entered Parliament four years ago. He said last night: "It's a huge privilege to serve at the heart of government helping maximise our power and punch, delivering change for Britain.
"This is a time when we need vision, leadership and action from Government, not warm words or sound-bites or cuddly speeches."
Accepting his post as Minister for the Cabinet Office, Mr Byrne paid tribute to his constituents who he claimed had given him "inspiration, passion, ideas and energy".
"If the Prime Minister has liked what I've said and done, it's only because I've spoken with the voice of Hodge Hill. It is West Midlands wisdom at its best," he said.
His appointment was over-shadowed by the unexpected return of Mr Mandelson to Cabinet as Business Secretary.
The recruitment of the man most closely associated with "Labour spin", who was twice forced to resign from Tony Blair's Government, left many stunned both within and outside the Labour Party.
Former Home Secretary David Blunkett described it a "masterstoke" that would unite the party, while Conservatives dubbed it a stunning failure of judgment on the part of Gordon Brown.
The Prime Minister said he wanted "serious people for serious times" and was keen to draw on Mr Mandelson's experience in global trade.
Other moves in Mr Brown's first major reshuffle saw Lord (Digby) Jones of Birmingham step down as Trade Minister to return to the private sector.
John Hutton becomes Defence Secretary, replacing Des Browne, who steps down from Government.
Margaret Beckett rejoins the Government as Housing Minister replacing Caroline Flint. Tony McNulty, Policing Minister, is promoted to Employment Minister.
Ed Miliband, whose job Mr Byrne takes, will head up a new Department of Energy and Climate Change and Lord Drayson returns as a minister at the Department of Skills.
Speaking after the announcement, Mr Burden said: "Will a change of people mean that people will change their vote in the future?
"Of course it won't. The key thing is how far we are able to engage with people and whether what we say we are going to do makes sense to them. That is the challenge for all political parties."
Mr Burden welcomed Mr Byrne's appointment, describing him as a "talented Minister" whose rapid rise was well deserved and added he had been "impressed" in his dealings with Mr Mandelson in his former role as Trade and Industry Minister.
Labour MP for Perry Barr Khalid Mahmood said he was "absolutely flabbergasted" to learn about Mr Mandelson's return to Government.
"Peter has got a history, but the guy has got a huge amount of ability and talent and for him to come back can only add to the Cabinet," he said.
In a statement Lord Jones said: "I want publicly to thank Gordon Brown for giving me this unique opportunity and for having the courage to allow me to retain my political independence.
"I have spent 16 fantastic months showcasing 'Brand Britain' around the world and know that the skills and talents that we so often take for granted here at home are highly prized in every country that I have visited."

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Posted by Aerossurance on May 24, 2017 in Accidents & Incidents, Helicopters, Human Factors / Performance, Offshore, Oil & Gas / IOGP / Energy, Safety Management | 0 comments
Home » Accidents & Incidents » Strictly Scheduled: S-92A Start-Up Incident
Under customer induced time pressures, a pilot under going type conversion missed a unique action that was not explicitly allocated in the operator's procedures. Consequently the main rotor anti-flap stops of Sikorsky S-92A VH-ZUQ, operated by BHA, were damaged during start-up at Broome, WA on 10 November 2016, prior to a flight to an offshore installation. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) explain:
The flight crew consisted of a pilot flying (PF) in the right crew seat, and pilot monitoring (PM) in the left crew seat.
The PM was undergoing conversion training on the S-92A and this was their first flight on the type as a PM having previously flown only as PF.
During the start procedure, the flight crew reported feeling abnormal vibrations in the airframe. A member of the ground crew then showed the pilots an anti-flap stop that had broken off the main rotor head.
S-92A anti-flap stop and securing hardware (Credit: via ATSB)
Further inspection revealed that two anti-flap stops had been sheared off the main rotor head during start-up. The anti-flap stop failure was a result of the collective not being lowered at the appropriate point during the start procedure.
S-92A anti-flap stop secured to the main rotor hub (Credit: via ATSB)
For engine starts with the rotor brake off, as were normally performed by this operator, the collective must be lowered as part of the start sequence. According to the operator's standard operating procedures, the PF starts the number 1 engine first, and brings the throttle to idle. When the rotational speed of the main rotor is over 20%, and the hydraulic pressure reaches an appropriate level, the procedures state that the collective is to be moved to the full down position. The PF then starts the number 2 engine.
The ATSB identified that times pressures from Inpex, unfamiliarity and a lack of specificity in procedures all contributed.
Time Pressures
The ATSB say:
A series of events resulted in the flight crew having more tasks to complete than originally planned, and less time in which to complete them. This resulted in time pressure on the crew.
The crew conscientiously arrived about two hours before the scheduled early afternoon take-off (base instructions required them to report at least 90 minutes in advance).
…the PM was required to make a phone call to the company's flight operations department and the crew were then involved in a discussion regarding the PM's further training requirements.
Additionally as a result of a customer requirement:
The flight crew were also required to 'shadow plan' and perform the pre-flight inspection on a second aircraft, to ensure the flight could proceed in the event that ZUQ was unable to fly. According to the operator's daily flying roster, the base pilot-in-command (PIC) [sic i.e the managing pilot at the base] was originally rostered on to be part of the backup crew. However, client obligations on the base prevented the PIC from being available in the event of the backup crew being required. The PF and PM were not aware of this prior to arriving, so they had not given themselves additional time to prepare a second aircraft before departure. Prior to departure, the PF was tasked with pre-flight inspections of ZUQ as well as the backup aircraft, but they were delayed as maintenance activities were still being conducted on ZUQ. In addition, flight data from ZUQ's previous flight [that morning] had not yet been downloaded and analysed, further delaying the PF. The flight crew perceived a significant amount of pressure from the operator's client for this flight. They believed that this client, more than any other they were aware of, required flights to adhere to strict schedules.
The crew did recognise the time pressures:
As a result of feeling rushed and to ensure that they were fully prepared for the flight, they completed a second threat and error review, rechecked the flight plan together, rechecked the helicopter's technical log and walked to the helicopter together.
Unfamiliarity
The ATSB comment that:
The PM's unfamiliarity with the unique starting procedures in the S-92A compared with other helicopters contributed to the collective not being lowered in time.
The S-92A was the only helicopter in the operator's fleet that required the collective to be lowered as part of the start sequence. It was also the only helicopter where responsibility for controls was split between the two pilots.
ATSB say:
The operator's procedures did not designate the task of lowering the collective to either the PM or PF. However, the operator's parent company uses procedures that specifically assign the role to the PM. Despite not being contained in the operator's procedures, both pilots understood that it was the role of the PM to lower the collective during engine start and this had been briefed prior to the engine start. The operator's standard operating procedures did not require any call outs for the lowering of the collective, which probably contributed to the collective not being lowered in time.
The operator immediately commenced their own investigation which identified 17 recommendations, which the ATSB describe as a "proactive response". These included:
A review of S-92A start procedures, addressing as a minimum:
Flight crew division of duties with specific regard for the collective control lever
Standardised calls relating to the position of the collective control lever
The use of the rotor brake for the start procedure (this makes it easier for a single pilot to operate all controls, as the engines can be started before control input is required)
Changes to the engine start procedures, the section on lowering the collective is currently written in a 'Note', this will be changed to a 'Caution' to highlight its importance to flight crew
A review of the policy and procedures used for shadow planning be undertaken, addressing as a minimum all hazards and risks associated with shadow planning inclusive of whether flight crew undergoing training should be exposed to the requirement.
ATSB Safety Message
This incident is an example of what can occur when pressure associated with on-time departures is compounded with the absence of clear operating procedures. It is important that pilots have detailed and specific instructions on which to fall back when they feel pressure beginning to build.
Our Comments
Multi Crew Operation, involves more having multiple crew members, as it needs clear allocation of duties between PF and PM. In this case the responsibility in relation to a relatively unique feature of this aircraft type were not specified in the operator's procedures. Apart from the extra discussion on the PM's training and waiting for the prime aircraft to be readied, the ATSB report shows main time pressures were due to:
The need to routinely 'shadow plan' i.e. prepare a second aircraft for the unidentified oil and gas customer (presumably to minimise schedule disruption if the prime aircraft became unserviceable)
The unspecified 'customer obligation' that meant that the base managing pilot was unavailable so the prime crew also had to do the shadow planning too at short notice
The perception of "significant" customer pressure for this specific flight
An inherent belief that this customer was particularly focused on "strict schedules"
In this case those time pressures were recognised and only resulted in damage to the aircraft on the ground. All customers contracting air services need to recognise that they can adversely affect flight safety though their procedures and behaviours. In the case of a Wrong Deck Landing (WDL) in the North Sea in 2014, the crew were interrupted both on the previous helideck and while on approach by customer radio calls.
In another case, the CHIRP Charitable Trust, who run the UK's Confidential Human Factors Incident Reporting Programme were: Critical of an Oil Company's Commercial Practices. This followed the early termination of n contract 'for convenience' and the introduction of a new air operator.
UPDATE 31 May 2017: The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) commented on customer scheduling pressures by cruise lines after the loss of de Havilland DHC-3 Otter floatplane, N270PA in a CFIT in Alaska and the loss of 9 lives: All Aboard CFIT: Alaskan Sightseeing Fatal Flight
UPDATE 28 April 2018: An AW109SP, Overweight VIPs and Crew Stress A heavy landing after a crew were put under considerable stress during a poorly planned VIP flight booking and a hurried overweight take off in the UAE.
UPDATE 6 August 2018: In-Flight Flying Control Failure: Indonesian Sikorsky S-76C+ PK-FUP
UPDATE 7 February 2020: S-61N Damaged During Take Off When Swashplate Seized Due to Corrosion
UPDATE 19 April 2020: SAR Helicopter Loss of Control at Night: ATSB Report
UPDATE 8 May 2022: HeliOffshore 2022 Conference Review
UPDATE 14 May 2022: Review of "The impact of human factors on pilots' safety behavior in offshore aviation – Brazil"


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HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER: What You Need to Know About the New ABC Series
There are a ton, ton, ton of new shows launching this season, and it's going to get difficult to keep track of them all.
To help you out, for every new show, I'm going to basically create a hub of info on the day of the premiere — pilot photos, what's been written about it so far, and when you can watch it.
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HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER - "How to Get Away with Murder" stars Viola Davis as Professor Annalise Keating. (ABC/Craig Sjodin)
ABC's description: "The brilliant, charismatic and seductive Professor Annalise Keating (Viola Davis) gets entangled with four law students from her class "How to Get Away with Murder." Little do they know that they will have to apply what they learned to real life, in this masterful, sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller from Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers, executive producers of "Grey's Anatomy" and "Scandal."
"How to Get Away with Murder" stars Viola Davis as Professor Annalise Keating, Billy Brown as Nate, Alfred Enoch as Wes, Jack Falahee as Conner, Katie Findlay as Rebecca, Aja Naomi King as Michaela, Matt McGorry as Asher, Karla Souza as Laurel, Charlie Weber as Frank and Liza Weil as Bonnie.
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HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER: What You Need to Know About the Season Premiere
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HBO and Fender Custom Shop Announce 'The Game of Thrones Sigil Collection'
Posted on April 17, 2019 by Todd Erwin
FENDER CUSTOM SHOP AND HBO® CELEBRATE THE FINAL SEASON OF THE EPIC SERIES "GAME OF THRONES®" WITH TRIO OF ELABORATE GUITARS
The Game of Thrones Sigil Collection by Fender Embodies Series' Most Iconic Houses with Ornate Features such as Dragon Scale Carvings, Faux Wolf Fur Cases, Custom Inlays and Gold-Plated Pickguards
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (April 16, 2019) – Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC), in partnership with HBO Licensing & Retail today announced the introduction of three masterbuilt handcrafted Game of Thrones guitars – dubbed the Game of ThronesTM Sigil collection – including three models for three fan-favorite houses – Game of ThronesTM House Stark, Telecaster®, Games of ThronesTM House Lannister, Jaguar®, and Game of ThronesTM House Targaryen, Stratocaster®. The trio of deluxe, one-of-a-kind guitars embodies the true essence of Westeros' most iconic, notable families and are built to order via the Fender Custom Shop. Every detail of the guitars was meticulously considered and chosen to ensure that the authenticity of each house was accurately brought to life for fans of the series and guitar players alike.
"This has been a two-year journey – much of it spent in the concept phase, nailing down a cool and authentic way to bring the two properties together," said Justin Norvell, EVP Fender Products. "We worked directly and extensively with Game of Thrones' creator and avid guitar player D.B. Weiss to ensure that our vision, design and materials reflected the identity of each house. And there's no better place than the Fender Custom Shop to tackle this task with experts in not only guitar-building, but specialized skills, such as carving and engraving, that really set these instruments apart. As existing fans of the series, we couldn't be happier with the final results and this partnership overall."
"Ron Thorn at Fender has built three beautiful, GoT-inspired works of art, and you can out-shred your enemies with all of them," said D.B. Weiss, who along with David Benioff, serves as creator and showrunner of Game of Thrones. "The craftsmanship and attention to detail reminds me a lot of what we saw in our costume and armory shops, and on our sets. I hope these make a few other people 1/1000th as happy as they make me."
Handcrafted by Principal Master Builder Ron Thorn, each guitar's design drew inspiration from the house's family sigil, costume designs, armor and weaponry, as well as each of their locations in Westeros, sparing no details. Thorn's decades-long experience in luthiery, engineering, inlay, engraving and CNC machine work made him the perfect craftsman to build this ornate collection of guitars that include the following:
Game of ThronesTM House Stark, Telecaster® – $25,000
The House Stark Telecaster guitar features a lightweight swamp ash body, weathered with inlaid sterling silver purfling that reflects the broodiness of Winterfell's landscape. The guitar features a maple neck with ebony fingerboard, hand-cut and engraved sterling silver Dire Wolf sigil inlay on the first fret in addition to an embossed nickel silver version on the pickguard. The Tele® also features hand-engraved knobs, an etched neck plate and is finished with thin lacquer over custom paints, including "Raven Black" and "Gray Wolf."
Game of ThronesTM House Lannister, Jaguar® – $30,000
The House Lannister Jaguar guitar stuns with a lightweight alder body that features 24k Gold leaf with heraldry design on both the front and back, paying homage to the opulent Red Keep in King's Landing. The guitar has a maple neck with ebony fingerboard, hand-cut and engraved brass Lion sigil inlay on the first fret, a 24k leaf heraldry design carved headstock face, gold hardware and a gold-plated pickguard that is engraved with the Lannister's sigil. The Jaguar also includes an etched neck plate, hand-engraved knobs and is finished with a thin lacquer over custom paints including "Burnt Crimson" and "Lannister Gold."
Game of ThronesTM House Targaryen, Stratocaster® – $35,000
For the House Targaryen Stratocaster guitar, Thorn drew significant inspiration from the family's sigil, a three-headed dragon, as this Strat features carved dragon scales across the front and back of the guitar. The lightweight alder body is adorned with black hardware, a maple neck with ebony fretboard, hand-cut and engraved sterling silver three-headed dragon sigil inlay on the first fret, as well as a hand-tooled and stained leather pickguard that also features the Targaryen sigil. The Strat also boasts an etched neck plate and is finished with thin lacquer over custom "Dragonglass Black" paint.
Keeping in line with its mission, the Fender Custom Shop and its Master Builders remain committed to creating instruments that players never thought were possible, no matter how challenging or dream-like the project may be. The Game of Thrones guitars took an estimated 300+ hours to create, with over 100 hours dedicated to each individual instrument. "We never stop pushing the envelope at the Fender Custom Shop," said Mike Lewis, VP of Product Development at Fender Custom Shop. "HBO's Game of Thrones is an ideal collaboration for us, as the show pushes the limits of creativity and storytelling, and you never know what is going to happen next!"
Each Game of Thrones guitar will be accompanied with a bespoke guitar case that also reflects the ethos of the instrument with ornate attention to detail, as well as an El Dorado strap. Details include:
Game of Thrones House Stark Telecaster: guitar case features a faux wolf fur lining and a black suede exterior as an homage to the direwolf sigil of the Stark House.
Game of Thrones House Lannister Jaguar: guitar case features gold accents including a crushed gold velvet interior and all gold hardware.
Game of Thrones House Targaryen Stratocaster: guitar case boasts an all-black reptile design on its exterior with red stitching accents both inside and out.
Product images of all Game of Thrones Sigil Collection guitars available here. For detailed specs, click here. For additional inspiration, watch a making of the Game of Thrones Sigil Collection with Ron Thorn and D.B. Weiss. For additional information on new Fender products or to find a retail partner near you, visit www.fender.com or fendercustomshop.com. Join the conversation on social media by following @Fender and @FenderCustomShop.
ABOUT FENDER MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION:
Since 1946, Fender has revolutionized music and culture as one of the world's leading musical instrument manufacturers, marketers and distributors. Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC), whose portfolio of brands includes Fender®, Squier®, Gretsch® guitars, Jackson®, EVH® and Charvel®, follows a player-centric approach to crafting the highest quality instruments and musical solutions across genres. FMIC is dedicated to unlocking the power of music through electric and acoustic guitars, amplifiers, pro audio, accessories and digital products that inspire and enable musical expression at every stage, from beginners to history-making legends.
ABOUT HBO LICENSING & RETAIL:
HBO Licensing & Retail, a division of Home Box Office, Inc., partners with best-in-class licensees around the world to give HBO's global audience new and exciting ways to engage with their favorite shows. The division leverages iconic, award-winning HBO programs such as Game of Thrones, VEEP, Sex and the City, Silicon Valley, Insecure, The Sopranos, Big Little Lies, True Blood and more to create officially licensed consumer products, innovative merchandise programs, retail activations and live immersive experiences. HBO Licensing & Retail works across a broad range of product categories, including collectibles, apparel, publishing, live branded experiences, digital gaming, fashion and beauty collaborations, luxury accessories, and beyond. Officially licensed HBO merchandise can be purchased in retail stores around the world, online in the US at http://store.hbo.com, and at the HBO retail hub, the HBO Shop®, located at 42nd and 6th Avenue in New York City.
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Funny, I just bought my American Pro Strat and love it. Was thinking about getting a Telecaster…now I may have an idea which one I want…
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In the late 1600s and early 1700s, there were as many as 3,000 coffee houses spread throughout London. These were popular public social places, where men of all strata of society could go to meet and talk to each other. All were welcome for the price of a penny, covering a cup of coffee and admission. The coffee itself, a new and exotic export from Turkey, was pretty dreadful compared to today's standards – it was even commonly referred to as "mud"! Nevertheless, the caffeine in it was an addictive stimulant, valued for fuelling intellectual debate, gossip, and conversation about the latest news.
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Westminster and the Big Ben clocktower by the Thames river in London, United Kingdom, just after sunset
London's Early Coffee Houses
London's first coffee house opened in 1652, after the merchant Daniel Edwards returned from Smyrna (Izmir) bringing a Greek servant called Pasqua Rosee to prepare the drink for himself and his family. When acquaintances started turning up each day just as it was being brewed, Edwards saw a business opportunity. He accordingly set up a stall in St Michael's Alley off Cornhill, with Pasqua as the manager, known as Pasqua Rosee's Head.
Coffee was an immediate hit, with Pasqua selling over 600 dishes of coffee a day within just two years of opening up. Others were quick to copy, as more coffee stalls and eventually permanent coffee houses began to open up all over London. By the end of the decade practically every street had a coffee house. A survey by City Magistrates in May 1663 recorded eighty-two in the city alone. By the early 18th century, London had more than any other city in the western world, save Constantinople.
At first the coffee houses were quite similar to each other. However, as stiffer competition grew over time, each came to develop its own character to attract particular clientele. Many became associated with certain businesses, professions, interests, or attitudes and would focus on specific topics of discussion.
Will's in Covent Garden, for example, was favoured by the Wits. Will's, close to the King's Theatre in Drury Lane, was used by actors. Garraway's in Exchange Alley, Cornhill, was linked to banking but also favoured by scholars. The Young Man's coffee house near Charing Cross was the haunt of military types and notorious for gambling. And the Grecian, first set up at Wapping Old Stairs around 1665, moved to Devereux Court, Temple Bar, where it was favoured by lawyers and scholars.
Garraway's Coffee House in Exchange Alley, London (1873) by George Walter Thornbury
Places of Knowledge and Rational Debate
Coffee houses were places debate and decent talk, where people could meet other local residents to discuss intellectual matters, exchange ideas, tell tales, network, and do deals. Previously, men had gathered in ale houses to have discussions and conduct business deals. However, they were often noisy, rowdy and, thanks to the ale, unproductive places. Meanwhile, other public spaces such as theatres were renowned for lecherous conversation. As the advantages of drinking a coffee and keeping a clear head soon became apparent, coffee houses came to offer an alternative – a quieter and calmer space, where people could engage in more serious and sober conversation.
All kinds of intellectual topics were discussed, from politics and political scandals to literature and poetry, commerce, religion, current events, and debates surrounding philosophy and science. Men flocked to the coffee houses in search of knowledge and understanding, so much so that the places came to be known as 'Penny Universities' – a penny being the price one paid to purchase a cup of coffee. After the restoration, certain coffee houses even began to offer their own lessons, in subjects such as French, Italian, Latin, dancing, fencing, poetry, mathematics, and astronomy.
All were welcome to the coffee houses, having paid a penny for a cup of coffee. No matter their position in society, once inside they were freed from the social constraints that normally governed polite conversation. Talking to strangers was actively encouraged and so customers could easily make acquaintances without formal introduction. They sat around large, communal tables, listening to conversations and contributing whenever they wanted. Polite, civil, and rational conversations and debates were considered essential conduct.
Much of the conversation was around the news of the day. Coffee house keepers provided free newspapers – both printed and manuscript – which were passed from hand to hand or read aloud for discussion. By 1700 the metropolis had several newspapers besides the London Gazette, including the Post Boy, Post Man and Flying Post, published three times a week and distributed to coffee houses. Coffee houses also displayed the myriad pamphlets that tumbled off the press and some even kept small libraries. Runners also went round to different coffee houses to report the latest current events. As such, frequent customers felt themselves to be men of standing, the kind of person who was up to date with current affairs.
Coffee House in 17th Century England
Coffee and London's Economic Growth
Before the advent of hot, non-alcoholic drinks, most Londoners were either slightly or very drunk on a daily basis. Untreated water from wells and rivers were judged dangerous to drink, so people of all ages drank beer. A heavy drinking culture permeated all social levels. But with the arrival of coffee, people could finally be sober. This helped to lay the foundations for incredible economic growth as people could think clearly for the first time, unleashing a wave of creativity and innovation.
Indeed, several of Britain's great institutions can trace their roots back to the coffee houses of the 17th and 18th centuries. The London Stock Exchange, for example, evolved from Jonathan's coffee house in Exchange Alley, where from 1698 it was used to post the prices of stocks and commodities. Lloyds Coffee House, opened by Edward Lloyd on tower Street in 1688, meanwhile, became a popular place for merchants, sea captains, and shipowners to discuss insurance deals. This eventually led to the world-famous insurance market, Lloyd's of London. The major auction houses, Sotheby's and Christie's, also originated in coffee houses. Institutions like these helped to spawn the credit, security and markets that facilitated the dramatic the expansion of Britain's network of global trade in Asia, Africa, and America.
City of London Blue Plaque at 1 Change Alley, London / Spudgun67 / CC BY-SA 4.0
Women were not totally excluded from coffee houses. However, historians point to only a handful of instances that they would visit them, such as partaking in business ventures, in gambling coffee houses, and while acting in the service of her household at auctions within coffee houses.
For the most part their participation within coffeehouses was unwelcomed. Conversation centred on what were considered male issues, such as politics, business, and cultural criticism. Men therefore saw coffeehouses as places where they could partake in conversation without associating with women. As such, respectable women avoided most coffeehouses, patronising only the better establishments, and then merely at certain times of day when accompanied by their menfolk.
Unsurprisingly, women often vocalised complaints against the coffee houses. They became especially frustrated at the amount of time their husbands would spend in such establishments. Criticisms of coffee consumption, including the 'Women's Petition Against Coffee' in 1674, claimed that it made men sterile and impotent, leaving them little better than eunuchs.
The Dark Side of Coffee Houses
Coffee houses were not uniformly places of polite conversation, intellectual debate, and sober business. The frenetic and filthy streets of Stuart London often spilled over into the coffee houses, where standards of personal hygiene remained low. The coffee houses could also still be rowdy, as drinkers often went there from taverns and alehouses to sober up, and some establishments even sold alcohol. One in particular was described as selling brandy and cock-ale (beer flavoured with a parboiled, skinned, and gutted cock, spices, and fruit).
Polite and rational discourse, meanwhile, was not always the case. Coffee houses were notoriously liable to spread fake news, while the quality of debate could lapse into windy discourse. At times, the energetic debate would bubble over into argument, which could get violent. Since men wore swords, murders even took place inside and duels were fought outside.
Other coffee houses catered to the less learned men, focusing more on entertainment than knowledge. These would be linked to sedition as well as criminal activity, involved in London's underworld of theft and receivership. Some, mostly in the Covent Garden area, even doubled as brothels.
A Mad Dog in a Coffee House by Thomas Rowlandson. Date: March 20, 1809.
An Attempted Crackdown on Coffee Houses
Because people of all social classes were allowed into the coffee houses, they soon became associated with equality and republicanism. Royalists attacked them, promoting ale-drinking instead as more patriotic than sipping coffee and less likely to lead to sedition. Satirists mocked the health benefits of drinking coffee, claiming that it damaged the trade of brewers and vintners, and encouraged the lower ranks to meddle in topics beyond their intelligence.
In 1675, King Charles II, a long-time critic, attempted to crackdown on the coffee houses. On 29 December he issued a proclamation announcing their closure within twelve days. The proclamation stated that they were 'the great resort of Idle and disaffected persons', that they encouraged tradesmen to waste time better spent at their business and spread sedition. Of course, at the heart of his opposition was the fact that the coffee houses allowed for informed political debate, which had previously been left solely to the political elite.
The royal proclamation triggered an immediate outcry. After all, coffee houses provided a variety of services, offering spaces for business and pleasure under one roof. In essence, they had become necessary to daily life. Many thought the king's proclamation smacked of illegal tyranny and that alcohol, not coffee, was linked with discord and faction. Opponents of closure repeated the view that coffee houses were forums of debate, which moderated extreme opinions and allowed for rational conclusions.
Within only ten days the king was forced to back down. As much as he disliked them, coffee houses were now embedded in city life.
Decline of the Coffee Houses
Towards the end of the 18th century, coffee houses begun to rapidly decline in popularity in London. The rise of the exclusive club was a major reason for this. Some coffee houses began to exclude strangers in order to appease their regular, higher-standing clientele. They began charging membership fees and prices went up to up over a penny a coffee. As such, coffee houses ceased to be accessible places for all in society, giving way to the exclusive gentlemen's club that grew popular in the late 18th century.
Tea's increasing demand at the time also contributed to the decline if the coffee houses. Tea quickly became an accessible drink due to the East India Company's direct trade routes, and the ease to which it could be prepared. It became fashionable at court and tea houses grew in popularity, accessible to clientele from both sexes. Coffee could no longer compete with the nation's changing tastes.
Tour of London
Dramatic sunset over St Paul's Cathedral and London Eye
The majority of Odyssey Traveller's tours of England pass through London and many spend a few days there exploring the treasure trove of sights and attractions. A trip to England is not complete without visiting the country's most important city and it is hard to get a sense of both England's national identity and colourful history without visiting its beating heart.
London in the 17th-18th centuries is explored during Odyssey Traveller's Agrarian and Industrial Britain Tour, as well as the Canals and Railways in the Industrial Revolution Tour. In these tours, you will learn how the Industrial Revolution after the Industrious Revolution brought significant and lasting change to London and across Britain. These tours each spend two days in London, before venturing to other key locations of the time period, such as Manchester, Bristol, Liverpool, and York.
For a longer stay in London, Odyssey Traveller's Queen Victoria's Great Britain tour spends four nights in the city and visits some incredible attractions including the Victoria & Albert Museum, Charles Darwin's house and Sir John Soane's Museum. Similarly, the Gardens of Britain tour spends four nights in London where travellers will get to visit some of the most beautiful locations including Hever Castle and Sissinghurst Castle.
Or, If you take part in one of our other tours of England and wish to spend more time in London, you may be interested in our London Short Tour, which can be added at the beginning or end of another tour and offers four full days exploring London with an experienced and knowledgeable guide.
Articles about London and the United Kingdom published by Odyssey Traveller.
The London Underground
Victorian Women's Fashion
Queen Victoria's Britain, Part 1 and Part 2
Studying Gargoyles and grotesques
Georgian Architecture
London's Victorian Architecture
For all the articles Odyssey Traveller has published for mature aged and senior travellers, click through on this link.
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Christmas is the best time of the year, and it's never too early to prepare. So we're starting a series of articles to inspire your Christmas decor! Today's Christmas décor ideas are all centered around a North Pole theme. If you've got kids or grandkids around, this is sure to be a favorite with them!
A quiet corner or mantel is the perfect spot for a small tree, an old book, and a festive red lantern. Santa's mug makes it look as though Santa will return any minute for a relaxing afternoon!
Santa hats are the perfect way to dress up your North Pole-themed dinner table. If you focus on a red-and-green color scheme, you can't go wrong. Add things to your tablescape that make you think of Santa Claus. Any Christmas décor ideas for a North Pole Christmas needs a special box for those letters to Santa! Pair it up with festive nutcrackers. Don't forget to collect the letters and answer them!
I love the idea to spell out "North Pole" with vintage wood blocks! Amazon has a selection of wood alphabet blocks in fun designs. Wood blocks could even be used as tree ornaments.
Here's an example of the Christmas décor in a North Pole-themed room. Don't you just love the bright colors? Peppermints, elves and trains are fun inclusions! I love the giant candy canes and peppermints sticking out from the tree.
When you choose wrapping paper for your Christmas gifts, look for something that screams "North Pole" to you. Focus on two or three coordinating designs of wrapping paper, or use one giant roll of reversible paper. Tie gifts with red & white twine, and another coordinating ribbon you like. Underneath the tree will look just as amazing as the tree itself!
An especially fun option for your North Pole-themed Christmas décor is to use a flocked tree. Add chunky ornaments in red and white, pine cones, and red balls. Instead of tinsel, place large bows in two or three different fabrics all around the tree. Either white or colored lights would look so festive!
Have fun with your North Pole-themed Christmas décor ideas! Don't forget to check back for the next theme.
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Susanna Moodie
Reydon Hall
A rambling country manor house built during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, Reydon Hall was once used as a smuggler hideout and, according to local legend, the attic was haunted by a ghost named Martin. It was a fantastic setting to inspire young imaginations but the Strickland children (six of whom later became published writers) left their own enduring mark on their childhood home. Today, over two centuries later, one of the attic windows still holds an original pane of glass on which the children etched their names.
The Strickland sisters received a broad education from their devoted parents. While Elizabeth instructed her daughters in traditionally female activities such as embroidery and music, Thomas oversaw a broad course of academic studies including subjects not usually taught to girls such as geography, history and mathematics. Thomas taught his girls the value of self reliance requiring them to first make their own toys and later their own opinions in debate. Deeply respected and loved by his family, Thomas's sudden death in 1818 changed their lives forever. Recent reversals had wiped out Thomas's fortune, leaving his bereaved family with Reydon Hall but without the money to maintain it, let alone themselves. If they managed to live on in genteel poverty, there was a more significant concern. WIthout money for dowries, the girls' chances of marriage were now quite slim. So how were they supposed to support themselves when women of their class did not work for a living? It was Catherine who first demonstrated the real meaning of self reliance using her skills at what was formerly a pastime and writing a story for publication and selling it that same year. This offered real hope and marked the beginning of a deluge of literary material from the scribbling Strickland sisters all but one of the whom went on to become published writers.
A rural, writing family, the Stricklands were not unlike the better known Bronte clan. Eliza, the eldest was Editor of the Lady's Magazine. Agnes became the most famous as co-author (with silent partner Eliza) of the histories, The Lives of the Queens of England. Jane Margaret in turn was Agnes's biographer. Noteworthy among the biographies, novels, poems, and numerous contributions for annuals and magazines written by the sisters was a children's novel about emigration by Catherine published in 1826 . In The Young Emigrants or Pictures of Life in Canada, Catherine imagined an idyllic life in the New World that would later prove to be highly imaginative and delusionally optimistic when contrasted by the real life struggles that she and Susanna would encounter as settlers in the backwoods. Three of the youngest four Stricklands – Catherine, Susanna and brother Sam would all go on to write important works about pioneer life in Canada, becoming in the process, pioneers of the pen as well as key figures in the literature of Canada.
An ambitious and outgoing person, Susanna was always eager to mix in literary circles. She even had the confidence to establish an ongoing correspondence with the famous author Mary Russell Mitford (1787 – 1855) celebrated for "Our Village", a series of sketches of rural people and village life. Susanna's most famous book reflects the influence of Miss Mitford's writing Susanna wrote the following letter to her literary idol around 1829 in which she describes her deep attachment to Catherine and speculates on emigration to Canada, making clear such plans were in her mind quite likely before ever meeting John Moodie.
To Mary Russell Mitford
In your delightful sketch of Grace Nugent, [sic. Grace Neville, Forget-Me-Not (1827)], I was much amused by the donkey messengers. Such mercuries are common in Suffolk and I greeted your boys as old acquaintances. My eldest brother who is settled in Upper Canada, was a famous cricket-player, and I used often by his earnest solicitations to walk across Southwold Common, to witness his dexterity, and I felt no small degree of interest in his eclat. He was a fine handsome fellow, and promises to do something for himself in the country to which he has emigrated, and to which I often feel strongly induced to follow him, having many dear friends in that land 'of the mountain and the flood.' He gives me such superb descriptions of Canadian scenery that I often long to accept his invitation to join him and to traverse the country with him in his journeys for the Government [Sam Strickland worked for the Canada Company from 1828 to 1831 in Guelph and Goderich]. But I fear my heart would fail me when the moment of separation came and my native land would appear more beautiful than any other spot in the world, when I was called upon to leave it. Yes, I do agree with you that a woman would miss the smile of affection more than all the applause of the world. I know I would rather give up the pen than lose the affection of my beloved sister Catherine, who is dearer to me than all the world – my monitress, my dear and faithful friend. She is the author of of several popular works for children: The Step-brothers, Young Emigrants, Juvenile Forget-me-not (the first series) and many other works of the same nature. But it is not for her talents that I love my Kate; it is for herself. She is absent now for a few days, and I feel lost and lonely without her; she is the youngest of the six girls, next to me. We are all authoresses but Sara, the third, but she is a beauty and such a sweet girl withal that everybody loves her, and I often think she is the best off, for she has elegant tastes and pursuits, and no clashing interests to interfere with the love her sisters bear to her. I am writing a sad, egotistical letter; my tongue and my pen never know when to lie still and I quite forget your dignity as a celebrated writer when I am scribbling to you as a friend. Mr. Pringle will, I know, kindly enclose this in the next packet he transmits to you. In the meantime, believe me, dear Miss Mitford, to remain,
Your grateful sincere friend,
Susanna Moodie:
#susannamoodie
Xenophile Media
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At the elite level, Advanced Basketball Coaching is about the pursuit of excellence and innovation. In this section of Functional Basketball Coaching's website, a collection of various articles which focus on these advanced skills have been compiled together so coaches can look for new ways to explore the sport of basketball.
The tactics listed as this part of this section of the Functional Basketball Coaching website however are not for every team. The context in which teams find themselves needs to be considered before implementing these types of technical or tactical skills. This is because they can often take a longer time to implement and therefore not be an effective use of a team's time in preparing for the season ahead. This is especially true at younger levels of development when there is already so much that needs to be focused upon for the individual development of players and the implementation of general team concepts.
Innovation plays a major role in an Advanced basketball coach's ability to stay competitive at the highest levels. With the amount of resources which are available to teams and their opposition the practices such as scouting and analysis produce a very high level of specific and detail information. With the advancement in this information comes the need for teams to be more flexible and dynamic so they can deal with a number of changes and scenarios that arise in games with the specific purpose of disrupting a team's offense or defence. The advanced principles of basketball coaching help provide one avenue of answer these challenges presented by a team's opposition.


I am in the need for a new ski. I ski mostly park and occasionally shred some fresh pow/all mountain. I am looking for a more park oriented ski, which led me to the tom wallisch skis, but then again, i love skiing some pow. With the new changes to the Line Chronics, like making it more an all mountain ski, it makes me want to buy the earlier versions of the chronic. All in all, do the new changes to the 2019 chronic, making it a more "all mountain" ski, make it worse than the 2016 chronic park ski?
Only reason I put 2016 chronic, is for its sick graphic.


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Gillespie excited to help push The W forward
Ashley Gillespie's transition to the Mississippi University for Women lasted a day and a half.
That's when the ping of emails into Gillespie's mailbox started to sound and signaled the start of her new job as director of the Office of Sponsored Projects and Grant Writing at The W.
Don't worry, though, because the thought of having a little more than eight hours to settle into the position didn't faze Gillespie. Instead, she welcomed the opportunity to talk with professors about their proposals and to tell them she shares their enthusiasm for getting things done and helping The W move forward.
"In two or three weeks, I was having two meetings a day with faculty with all of these really innovative and creative and truly unique things they wanted to do," Gillespie said.
"It is really exciting to know I don't have to come here and rejuvenate them. I just need to give them the tools and the support to try to get funding for all of these ideas."
Gillespie, who is from Starkville and graduated from Starkville High School, earned a bachelor of arts degree in communication from Mississippi State in 2007. She also took her first job in research administration in the sponsored programs office at MSU. Gillespie remained at MSU until January 2010, when she accepted a job as grants and contracts specialist at Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches, Texas.
The move allowed Gillespie to broaden her horizons from a Research 1 (R1) institution like MSU to a PUI, or Primarily Undergraduate Institution, like SFA. She returned to work at MSU as a grants and contracts specialist for the MSU
Forest and Wildlife Research Center/Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station from September 2012 to July 2017. Gillespie then went to an even bigger R1 school when she took a job as a senior grants and contracts specialist/senior administrative program coordinator at the University of Texas at Austin. In her time at Texas, Gillespie helped launch the concierge program in which she provided specialized assistance and training to faculty and staff on the OSP proposal process.
Gillespie said the opportunity to return to the Golden Triangle and to be more in touch with faculty members motivated her to take the job at The W.
"The opportunity to be a director is a no-brainer," Gillespie said. "To be able to do that at home, in my own community, at a university that has all of these ideas and just needs the resources and support to bring them to fruition was just amazing to me. I felt everything I had done to this point had prepared me for this."
Gillespie plans to adapt the typical standards of an office of sponsored projects and grant writing to the needs at The W. To do that, she intends to put plenty of resources on a page for OSP on The W's web site. She hopes the templates and the forms she will put on the site will help create a structure that saves time for everyone. Gillespie said her time at SFA, whose status as a PUI is similar to The W, gives her confidence she can create "the bones" to lay the foundation. She said she has plans to digitize records and to create a shared database for faculty and staff. Gillespie believes both of those things and the new web page will help make the process easier for everyone.
"I am going to do a lot more for folks now than hopefully I will need to do later because I think no matter what the needs are and no matter how much you give and do the extra here, the goal is to get us officially moving like all of our sister and brother institutions," Gillespie said. "There is a standard, and I want to have that while giving the extra but leading them to that standard."
Gillespie, who is a certified research administrator, doesn't think she could have written a better job description for herself at The W. She feels the experience she gained at three universities of different sizes has prepared her for the challenge of helping The W move forward. To that end, Gillespie said she is excited to work with professors on their ideas to help everyone take the next step.
"It is just great for me to be able to do this job and make this kind of impact," Gillespie said. "It kind of feels full circle. Even though I am still really young in my career, I just feel like I have done a whole lot, and I really proud of what I have done. I am really excited about being here and they have entrusted with me this mission to move us forward."
Fall Recital Tue. 15 Oct, 2019 (7:30 pm - 9:00 pm)
Founders' Day Tue. 22 Oct, 2019 (All day)
Music Therapy Clinical Forum Tue. 22 Oct, 2019 (7:00 pm - 8:00 pm)
New Music at the W Fri. 25 Oct, 2019 (7:30 pm - 8:30 pm)


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Q: how to stop animation when mouseover I am using this script for an automatic scrolling sidebar when scrolling on the page. This works fine, but I also want to achieve 2 things more:

*

*when mouseover over the sidebar, the animation must stop (moving up or down). How can I make this possible?

*the sidebar should start moving after 2 seconds when scrolling ( so a delay of 2 seconds  before moving up or down)
$(function() {
var offset = $("aside.page-sidebar").offset();
var topPadding = 15;

$(window).scroll(function() {

if ($(window).scrollTop() > offset.top) {

    $("aside.page-sidebar").stop().animate({
        marginTop: $(window).scrollTop() - offset.top +  topPadding
    },{
        duration: 5000
    });
} else {
    $("aside.page-sidebar").stop().animate({
        marginTop: 0
    },{
        duration: 5000
    });
  };
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});

A: try:
$('#element').hover(function(e){
e.preventDefault();
$("aside.page-sidebar").stop(true,true);
});

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Before October 2018, Greg Lindberg was not a name you knew unless you occupied seedy insurance boardrooms or the upper echelons of North Carolina politics. Now, he's bringing down the top of the state's Republican Party.
On Tuesday, the FBI arrested Lindberg, two business associates, and state GOP chairman and former congressman Robin Hayes on bribery charges, with the entire group appearing before a Charlotte judge this morning. Hayes—who conveniently announced on Monday that he won't seek a fifth term as chairman—is also being charged with three counts of lying to the FBI.
Unfortunately for the would-be corporate hustlers, Causey rang up the FBI at least as early as August 2018 and recorded their future conversations. This is where things went from bad to worse for North Carolina Republicans.
As pointed out by Politico, three-term U.S. Rep. Mark Walker was quickly identified from the unsealed indictments as "Public Official A." According to texts and emails released by the Justice Department, Walker was the recipient of $150,000 in political donations from Lindberg around the same time that one of Lindberg's consultants asked him in a February 2018 email to lean on Causey to replace his deputy.
In the past two years, Lindberg has quietly made a name for himself as one of the largest political campaign donors in the Tar Heel State, earning write-ups about his political activities but always opting to remain silent. Then, in October 2018, subpoenas issued to the state Department of Insurance revealed that he was under investigation by the FBI for unspecified white collar crimes.
In late February 2019, the Wall Street Journal published a thorough breakdown of Lindberg's business and political affairs. It's well worth a read, but the short of it is that Lindberg amassed a fortune by setting up shell companies and investing the premiums from those companies into companies he owned, doing so at rates much higher than the industry norm and in states with low-to-no regulatory standards—such as North Carolina.
While the scandal has hit the North Carolina GOP particularly hard, the Democrats might not escape unscathed, either. Wayne Goodwin, the current chairman of the North Carolina Democratic Party, was the state's insurance commissioner at the time of one of the shell moves detailed by the Journal. Goodwin lost his bid for a third term to Causey in 2016.
Per the records pulled by the newspaper, Lindberg also created a PAC that bought ads supporting Goodwin and poured $425,000 into the account. And after he concluded his run as insurance commissioner, Goodwin went and got himself a job working for one of Lindberg's companies along with two other DOI employees, per WBTV.
Goodwin also denied any wrongdoing in a statement to the Journal and, like Walker, is definitely not sweating at all right now.
Update, 6:14 p.m. EST: Lindberg's lawyers sent Splinter a statement Tuesday evening regarding the charges.
"Greg Lindberg is innocent of the charges in the indictment and we look forward to demonstrating this when we get our day in court," said Anne Tompkins, Mr. Lindberg's attorney.


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package com.cloud.network.dao;

import java.util.List;

import com.cloud.network.dao.ExternalLoadBalancerDeviceVO.LBDeviceAllocationState;
import com.cloud.network.dao.ExternalLoadBalancerDeviceVO.LBDeviceState;
import com.cloud.utils.db.GenericDao;

public interface ExternalLoadBalancerDeviceDao extends GenericDao<ExternalLoadBalancerDeviceVO, Long> {

    /**
     * list all the load balancer devices added in to this physical network?
     * @param physicalNetworkId physical Network Id
     * @return list of ExternalLoadBalancerDeviceVO for the devices in the physical network.
     */
    List<ExternalLoadBalancerDeviceVO> listByPhysicalNetwork(long physicalNetworkId);

    /**
     * list the load balancer devices added in to this physical network of certain provider type?
     * @param physicalNetworkId physical Network Id
     * @param providerName netwrok service provider name
     */
    List<ExternalLoadBalancerDeviceVO> listByPhysicalNetworkAndProvider(long physicalNetworkId, String providerName);

    /**
     * list the load balancer devices added in to this physical network by their allocation state
     * @param physicalNetworkId physical Network Id
     * @param providerName netwrok service provider name
     * @param allocationState load balancer device allocation state
     * @return list of ExternalLoadBalancerDeviceVO for the devices in the physical network with a device allocation state
     */
    List<ExternalLoadBalancerDeviceVO> listByProviderAndDeviceAllocationState(long physicalNetworkId, String providerName, LBDeviceAllocationState allocationState);

    /**
     * list the load balancer devices added in to this physical network by the device status (enabled/disabled)
     * @param physicalNetworkId physical Network Id
     * @param providerName netwrok service provider name
     * @param state load balancer device status
     * @return list of ExternalLoadBalancerDeviceVO for the devices in the physical network with a device state
     */
    List<ExternalLoadBalancerDeviceVO> listByProviderAndDeviceStaus(long physicalNetworkId, String providerName, LBDeviceState state);

    /**
     * list the load balancer devices added in to this physical network by the managed type (external/cloudstack managed)
     * @param physicalNetworkId physical Network Id
     * @param providerName netwrok service provider name
     * @param managed managed type
     * @return list of ExternalLoadBalancerDeviceVO for the devices in to this physical network of a managed type
     */
    List<ExternalLoadBalancerDeviceVO> listByProviderAndManagedType(long physicalNetworkId, String providerName, boolean managed);

    /**
     * Find the external load balancer device that is provisioned as GSLB service provider in the pyshical network
     * @param physicalNetworkId physical Network Id
     * @return ExternalLoadBalancerDeviceVO for the device acting as GSLB provider in the physical network
     */
    ExternalLoadBalancerDeviceVO findGslbServiceProvider(long physicalNetworkId, String providerName);
}

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This is awesome! Thank you for sharing your adventure also I liked reading the thinges you gus learned from the trip too!
Thanks for your visit! Have a wonderful week! 🙂 See you around!
That sounds like a life changing experience. I hope to someday get to take this kind of trip myself. Wow. Today, our homeschool Bible lesson was about humility and the Last Supper. My daughter washed my feet like Jesus did the disciples and then I washed hers. It was a very moving experience for me. I think she just thought it tickled, but she said she learned to love others the way Jesus loved us. Nice to know she understood the message. I can only imagine how powerful it would be to walk where He walked and see where He died and rose again. Thank you for all the wonderful tips.
This is so awesome! What an incredible opportunity. Amazing!
WOW! what an amazing experience. I aspire to one day visit these places. I've heard so many miraculous stories and yours is now apart of that group. Thank you for sharing your journey and experience.
What an amazing experience! Thank you so much for sharing it with us all. God does bless us so greatly – He rains down His Grace and Blessings more than we could ever imagine. So glad to see you knowing that and appreciating it.
I am traveling to Israel next March. This was enlightening to read – what blessings Jesus gave you!
Amen! How was your trip Sis Carrie?
Wow! Amazing. I love your pictures.
What a fabulous trip–and great lessons learned on the way. I'd love to go myself someday.
What a fun post! I've always wanted to visit Israel and all of the Holy Land. It looks like so much fun. Thanks so much for sharing your experiences!
Thank you for sharing your pictures of the Holy Land and your lessons. I had the blessing of traveling to South America and Europe, and I saw that people everywhere have the same need for God and the same desire to be loved. Traveling taught me so much, and seeing some of the world helped to make it "smaller" in my mind. I hope to hear more about the sites you saw!


It isn't an inability to understand nutrition.
When presented with hypothetical food choices, overweight and lean people made similar choices. When presented with those same foods in real life, overweight people were more likely to consume unhealthy options.
Educating people about healthy eating is a nice idea, but does it result in healthier habits? Not necessarily, according to researchers at the University of Cambridge who published a study on the subject in this month's issue of eNeuro.
Their study of lean and overweight people concluded that education wasn't the problem when it comes to poor dietary choices. When presented with hypothetical food choices, both groups made similar choices about which foods they preferred -- indicating a common understanding about what constituted a healthful food. But when the study's participants were presented with those same foods at a real-life buffet, the overweight group was more likely to consume the unhealthy options.
stimulus effects of the real foods," study author Nenad Medic, a researcher in the psychiatry department at Cambridge, told The Huffington Post via email.
In other words, the way overweight people experience available food may override their ability to stick to the healthy choices they'd planned before being presented with food, Medic explained. "Among the overweight people, those who were more impulsive were vulnerable to the attractive effects of the unhealthy foods."
The difference between overweight and lean people might not be limited to conscious decision-making: A companion study, published in the International Journal of Obesity in March, used fMRI technology to find that the brain area responsible for processing value judgements was thinner in overweight and obese people than it was in lean people.
The underlying message is that environmental factors might play a bigger role in obesity than researchers previously realized. Without overhauling the environmental triggers that lead to unhealthy eating, health education probably isn't enough to change people's behavior.
While the eNeuro study was relatively small -- just 23 lean and 40 overweight study participants -- the researchers adjusted for age, gender, income, education and IQ. But although they noticed demographic differences between study participants with high and low educational attainment and between high and low earners, the study wasn't sufficiently powered to examine those differences in a meaningful way.
"We have not directly examined the contribution of inequality or poverty on value judgements or eating behavior," Medic said. "Our findings do, however, suggest that the food environments, or the availability of foods, may promote unhealthy food consumption, despite people's intentions to eat healthily."
To be clear, the study didn't find a connection between eating unhealthy foods and inequality. But previous research suggests that food availability affects eating patterns. According to a study published in the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association in September, food insecure children have the greatest risk for developing obesity. Among adolescents, those with "marginally low," "low," and "very low" food security were 33 to 44 percent more likely to be overweight and 1.5 times more likely to be obese than those who had sufficient access to enough food. And according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, obese children are more likely to become obese adults.
The new study should serve as a warning about the efficacy of information-only public health campaigns -- such as calorie counts on menus -- that focus solely on educating people about the healthiness of food.
"It seems that this is not enough, given that the food environment -- the presence of unhealthy foods -- is likely to override people's judgements," Medic said.
On the other hand, the new study could serve as fodder for pro-taxation advocates, who argue that taxing unhealthy foods, such as soda, could encourage consumers to eat or drink less of it.
According to a study published in the British Medical Journal in January, soda sales in Mexico fell across all socioeconomic groups after the country enacted a beverage tax in 2012. That drop-off was highest among low-income households, who averaged a 9 percent decline in soda purchases during 2014, and a 17 percent decline in soda purchases by the end of 2014, compared to their pretax purchasing habits.


Spring is a time for new beginnings, and this year for Signet Healthcare Inc. it means a new location. Signet moved to a new building in Whiteville, where we can better serve our patients. Over the past 17 years we have made it our goal to treat all of our patients like family, and at our new location our patients can expect the same care and treatment from the same staff and providers that have cared for them.
2018 is coming to a close and sweater weather is descending upon us. During this time of year, it's easy to fall into the routine of staying indoors, lounging on the couch, and eating holiday cookies.
But Signet Healthcare has something better in mind!
Come enjoy FREE: exercise classes, workouts for all activity levels, health screenings, blood pressure checks, physician evaluations, body mass index calculations, and much more.
TO MAKE THE HEALTHY CHOICE!
We are now in the midst of hurricane season, and knowing what to expect when one hits is one of the smartest things you can do, whether you need to remain in your home or follow a hurricane evacuation plan.
Yale University has compiled a list of steps you can take to prepare, remain safe during the storm, and how to deal with the aftermath of a hurricane.
Make plans to secure your property. Permanent storm shutters offer the best protection for windows. A second option is to board up windows with 5/8" marine plywood, cut to fit and ready to install. Tape does not prevent windows from breaking.
Be sure trees and shrubs around your home are well trimmed.
If you live in a mobile home or temporary structure—such shelters are particularly hazardous during hurricanes no matter how well fastened to the ground.
Turn off propane tanks.· Avoid using the phone, except for serious emergencies.
If you are evacuated, return home when local officials tell you it is safe to do so.
Inspect your home for damage.
Use flashlights at all times; avoid using candles.
Signet Healthcare will be offering flu shots beginning September 2018.
Influenza is a serious disease that can lead to hospitalization and sometimes even death. Every flu season is different, and influenza infection can affect people differently, but millions of people get the flu every year, hundreds of thousands of people are hospitalized and thousands or tens of thousands of people die from flu-related causes every year. Even healthy people can get very sick from the flu and spread it to others. CDC estimates that flu-related hospitalizations since 2010 ranged from 140,000 to 710,000, while flu-related deaths are estimated to have ranged from 12,000 to 56,000. During flu season, flu viruses circulate at higher levels in the U.S. population.
 ("Flu season" in the United States can begin as early as October and last as late as May.) An annual seasonal flu vaccine is the best way to reduce your risk of getting sick with seasonal flu and spreading it to others. When more people get vaccinated against the flu, less flu can spread through that community.


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In der Landtechnik ist ein Fanghaken ein Stahlbauteil der Dreipunkthydraulik ("Heckhubwerk" oder "Fronthubwerk") vieler Traktoren und einiger anderer Nutzfahrzeuge. Die auch Schnellkuppler genannten bogenförmigen Haken besitzen eine U-förmige Öffnung mit üblicherweise selbstsichernder federbelasteter Verriegelung. Sie dienen dem Ankuppeln von Anbaugeräten und sind dazu ausgelegt, einige hundert Kilogramm bis mehrere Tonnen Lastdruck zu halten. Ihre Maße sind seit Ende der 1970er Jahre durch die ISO-Norm 730 standardisiert.

Beschreibung
Hersteller- und bedarfsabhängig können an den Hebelenden von Dreipunkten verschiedene Kupplungsformen angebracht sein. Neben Fanghaken sind noch Kugelaugen-Kupplungen verbreitet. Bei modernen Traktoren befinden sich Fanghaken meistens an den beiden Unterlenkern, während der mittige Oberlenker häufig mit Kugelgelenk ausgerüstet ist. Im Vergleich zu Kugelaugen-Kupplungen ermöglichen Fanghaken an den Unterlenkern das schnelle und auch von einer Person einfach durchführbare Ankuppeln. Nachteilig ist der etwas höhere Verschleiß, der auf das formbedingt größere Spiel zurückzuführen ist.

Kuppelvorgang
Beim Kuppelvorgang wird das stehende Anbaugerät durch den Traktor mit den Unterlenkern unterfahren. Die Fanghaken werden so in Position direkt unter die Kupplungsgegenstücke des einzukuppelnden Geräts gebracht. Anschließend werden die Unterlenker angehoben, wobei das dann auflastende Gerätegewicht die Fanghaken-Verriegelung öffnet ("aufdrückt"). Am Gerät müssen dazu passende Fangkugeln oder Fangprofile (Kugeln mit Fangschalen) montiert sein. Sobald die richtige Lage in den Fanghaken erreicht ist, rastet die Verriegelung automatisch ein und die Verbindung ist geschlossen.

Sicherheit
Bei Extrembelastungen können federgestützte Verriegelungsmechanismen von Fanghaken versagen, wodurch sich das Anbaugerät ganz oder teilweise vom Traktor löst, was zu erheblichen Materialschäden und Unfällen führen kann. Die Verriegelungen können daher zusätzlich, zum Beispiel mit Federsteckern, gesichert werden. Auch Schweißarbeiten bei der Korrektur oder beim Austausch abgenutzter Fanghaken können die Stabilität gefährden.

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The act of craven cowardice and evil inflicted on the Sutherland Springs community on November 5, 2017, has deeply touched the core of who we are as faithful people.
First Lady Cecilia Abbott and I are deeply saddened by this tragedy, and we express our sincerest condolences to all affected by this evil act and offer our thoughts and prayers to the families of the victims. Our hearts are heavy at the anguish in this small town, but in times of tragedy, we see the very best of Texas. May God comfort those who have lost a loved one, may God grant strength to the injured, and may He heal the hurt in our communities. I also wish to thank and commend our law enforcement and our brave first responders who answered the call of duty at the first Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs.
Texans remain strong and resilient, with the support and care of our helping communities. Throughout our history, we have been strengthened, assured and lifted up through prayer. It is right that the people of Texas should join with their fellow citizens and with others from across the country and around the world to seek God's comfort, grace and healing in this time of crisis.
At this time, I encourage all Texans to join me in a moment of silence at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, November 12, to honor and remember the lives of those who have been lost. On that day, I also call upon Texans of all faiths and religious traditions and backgrounds to come together in prayer, acknowledging God's glory and seeking the peace which surpasses all understanding during this time ofmouming and loss.
Therefore, I, Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, do hereby proclaim November 1 2, 2017, A Day of Prayer.


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Q: MultipleActiveResultSets enabled but not working I enabled MARS and still cant execute two SqlDataReaders in one connection,i searched for a solution to enable MARS by default using RegEdit by couldnt find any solution and still getting that error : There is already an open DataReader associated with this Command which must be closed first.
Here is the code :
public partial class student_Courses : System.Web.UI.Page
{
    string connectionString = "";
    string query1 = "";
    string query2 = "";
    string courseName = "";
    string chapterName = "";
    string chapterVideoName = "";
    string courseValue = "";
    SqlDataReader sr2 = null;

    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        query1 = "SELECT * FROM Courses";
        query2 = "SELECT * FROM Chapters WHERE value='" + courseValue + "'";
        connectionString = "Data Source=Prince-PC;" +
                            "Initial Catalog=Elearning;" +
                            "Integrated Security=True;"+
                            "MultipleActiveResultSets=True";
        SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(connectionString);
        SqlCommand command1 = new SqlCommand(query1, con);
        SqlCommand command2 = new SqlCommand(query2, con);
        if (con.State == ConnectionState.Closed)
            con.Open();

        using (SqlDataReader sr1 = command1.ExecuteReader())
        {
            while (sr1.Read())
            {
                courseName = sr1["name"].ToString();
                courseValue = sr1["value"].ToString();
                sr2 = command2.ExecuteReader();
                while (sr2.Read())
                {
                    chapterName = TextBox3.Text =  sr2["name"].ToString();
                    chapterVideoName = Label2.Text =  sr2["video_name"].ToString();
                }
            }
        }
        con.Close();
    }
}

A: You need to dispose of sr2 via a using statement as done in this MSDN MARS example
// The following line of code requires
// a MARS-enabled connection.
productReader = productCmd.ExecuteReader();
using (productReader)
{
  while (productReader.Read())
  {
    Console.WriteLine("  " +
      productReader["Name"].ToString());
  }
}