Often referred to as Middle finger, due to a single, massive rock column rising from the ocean floor. There is a narrow channel between the reef and the column, with a depth of 35 metres.
Descending to 5 m, head cross the channel to Middle Finger. The rock column on the seaward side drops down to 100 m+, depth is chosen depending on qualifications. The rock face offers fissures, cracks and holes, where diverse species of marine life can be spotted. Around the rock barracuda, tuna and jacks can be seen. The reef, back to the exit also offers shelter to nudibranch, octopus and moray eels.


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When you become a internal medicine phyiscian and an officer on the U.S. Army healthcare team, you will have the opportunity to immerse yourself into a special culture and environment in which your diagnoses and treatments will support the readiness of our military's efforts and improve the lives of Soldiers and their families. As part of our collaborative, multi-disciplinary healthcare team, you will enter a comprehensive, international system of care with no concerns about overhead expenses and malpractice insurance. You will have opportunities to work with some of the most innovative technologies and treatments in the industry and practice at world-class medical facilities that train future Army health leaders, all while developing advanced skills. If you choose to serve in the Army Reserve, you can continue to work in your community and serve when needed. Whichever you choose, you will train to become a leader in your specialized field while enjoying the privileges that come with being an officer.
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HEDWIG MARGARETA RYAN Passed away March 30, 2010 at Kahala Nui. Born July 18, 1925 to Margareta and Thomas Wirth in Deutsch Eylau, East Prussia, Germany. Missed by family deeply and her smile, her kiss, and her warmth live on in our hearts. Missed by Tom, Jackie and Ashley and Vernon Ryan in Hawaii, family in Colorado and Germany. We miss you Hedy.


Stunning modern one bedroom, one bath unit on the second level of the Odyssey Luxury Condos. This beautiful unit is upgraded with granite counter tops, nice black appliances, beautiful wood floors, Ceramic floors in kitchen and bathroom. Balcony off living room. Walk in closet in master bedroom. The Odyssey offers true luxury with a 24 hour Concierge. Lobby with Fireplace and lounge area. spectacular rooftop swimming pool, terrace and party rooms, a fitness center, business center, meeting room, landscaped park and lobby terrace.


Learn the complete story about one of the next big breakthroughs in corn production! This 48-page book delivers the complete story on the yield-boosting, pocketbook-building benefits of narrowing your corn planting to 24-, 22-, 20-, 18-, 15- and even 7 1/2-inch drilled corn rows.
Ultra-Narrow-Row Corn: Squeezing The Most Out Of Your Crop features valuable insights and practical ideas from growers already making it happen and from researches taking a close look at its potential. Get precise information on critical planter adjustments, corn head modifications, weed control, plant populations, moisture conservation, fertilization, plant health, yield studies and much more.
Picking up where that book leaves off, Narrower Yet! New Developments in Ultra-Narrow-Row Corn updates you on corn yield research results and features valuable photos of equipment and modifications. The book addresses how yields measure up, the profit potential of narrower corn rows, benefits, concerns, pros and cons of various row widths, twin rows and economics. Full chapters are devoted to narrow tractor tires, weed control, corn head modifications, crucial planter design changes, drilling corn in 7 1/2-inch rows and more.
You'll definitely need both books to get the latest update on this revolutionary new concept!


Servecentric is a managed hosting and IT services company based in Blanchardstown, Dublin. Their client base spans a broad range of public & private sector clients, including some of the world's biggest blue-chip companies. We worked with the Servecentric leadership team to develop a Growth Marketing Programme. Beginning with branding then designing and building a new responsive website, designing and printing offline materials, creating and delivering a tailored digital marketing program and delivering training for their team.
Servecentric required a full Growth Marketing strategy project including strategy with branding and marketing, a new fully responsive website and support for their team.
Planning and research were key parts of this project, not only for us to understand Servecentric's offering and create a platform to represent it, but for the team to understand their corporate identity, how they are positioned against competitors and what opportunities they have to differentiate themselves to attain more high-value customers.
One of the strongest factors of Servecentric's identity were its people. We commissioned a photo-shoot of the people that make the company the success that it is. These people decorate the site which contained a responsive layout and customisable marketing features like landing pages and multimedia. Alongside initial launch campaigns, we created offline materials including exhibition materials and stands, advertising templates, foiled and duplexed flyers, clothing, embossed folders, foiled brochures, powerpoint templates and a full stationery suite.
To showcase the new platform and brand identity we supported the launch with a range of online marketing campaigns. These included social media marketing, email marketing, SEO & PPC/Remarketing campaigns at launch. We worked with the team through strategy & training workshops to enable them to thrive in a competitive market place and gather the best insights.
By working with the team at Dara Creative, we have successfully re-branded our business with a modern design and consistent brand personality which we feel sum us up perfectly. We are now equipped with offline materials and a strong online presence, including our website, where we can connect with our customers and reach new ones. We are working on a longer term with the Dara team on other projects and campaigns to continue growing our business. We'd recommend you give them a call!


One of the things with social media is that you are constantly being reminded of what happened 1,2 3 or X number of year ago and so it was the other day when we were staying at Rays Rest and Facebook reminded us that it was 3 years since we had visited Port Jackson. Since we were heading for the Coromandel with the original plan to spend a few days in the area we decided that we would head instead to the end of the road and go back to Port Jackson.
For those of you who don't know where Port Jackson is. It's really very simple drive north to Colville and then follow the road to the left for 30 kms. The tar seal ends at Colville and then it's a fairly narrow gravel road for the rest of the way following the coast. The road is in good condition and mostly free of ruts and corrugations but it's still a road that requires serious concentration taking much longer to drive than you might expect.
One highlight for us as we drove the road was when I spotted a pod of dolphins frolicking in the water closer to the shore than I have ever seen. Sadly Murphy's law applied here and with absolutely no place to pull over to grab some photos. I guess we could have just parked on the road but rather decided to drive a little further looking for a place to stop and then —- well too late.
The road is lined on both sides in places by huge Pohutakawa trees and although we have never driven the road when they are in flower it's not hard to imagine how spectacular the display would be in early December.
Earlier this year the road suffered badly with the two cyclones that hit New Zealand and whilst the road has been well repaired in most places there is an area just before you reach the DOC Camp at Fantail Bay where the road narrows significantly. Still wide enough for our motorhome but not much room for error.
From Fantail Bay the road, and I cannot believe I am saying this again, narrows! It also becomes much more twisting and turning with a number of blind corners before you start the long climb uphill to get over to the otherside and down to the beach below. I must confess that I was a little worried about how well the Fiat would handle such a long uphill climb on a metal road but we maintained a good momentum and crested the hill without any issues. It might have been a different story if we met someone coming the other way and I had to stop but thankfully this didn't happen.
We arrived at Port Jackson and registered with the camp managers Fred and Dave who told us that although they where expecting a busy weekend there should be plenty of space so park where you like. Taking them at their word we found a magnificent spot overlooking the beach on a nice level spot. Over the next two days as the camp started to fill up we began to feel a little guilty about the way we had parked but figured that if the camp managers had a problem with it they could always come and ask us to move.
Last time we stayed here we walked to Fletcher Bay at the end of the road a walk of around 7 kms each way. This time we decided that we would get the bikes out and ride there. Dave the camp manager reminded us that there's only one hill and he's right it is one hill that covers half the distance uphill and the other half downhill. Not quite true but it is quite a hill. There are some spectacular views along the coast from the road and it's a trip well worth making if you are at Port Jackson.
We reached Fletcher Bay the site of another DOC Camp and sadly one that was also ravaged by a storm earlier this year. With the main access route to the camp washed away only about 25% of the camp was usable. Funny thing is when we visited 3 years ago part of the access had been washed away then as well.
Fletcher Bay looks like a great place to stay with a very attractive beach as well as a spectacular coastal drive to get you there. I was told that it should be all up and running with full capacity available before Christmas.
There are a number of walks in this area with one departing from the camp heading towards Fletcher Bay along the ridgeline of the nearby farm. It's about a 15 minute stroll along the beach to reach the start of the walk proper, it was here that we came across the deceased Gannet. We have come across plenty of dead birds over the years but this was the first time we have come across one of these, we wondered if someone might have dumped it there.
The walk starts off with my favourite thing a set of steps leading to the ridgeline. I know that I shouldn't complain but with bad knees I really feel those steps. From the gate at the top of the stairs the walk follows quite close to the edge of the cliff with a warning sign about strong winds. It's not hard to imagine as you walk along being blown off the cliff. The total walk is about 1 hour to the road including another set of steps up and down another ridge to get you there. From the road you have the choice of returning the way you came or following the road back to the camp. If you do choose to take the road it's downhill and flat for almost the whole way. The only issue this way is you need to cross a ford (stream) so be prepared to take your shoes off or get them wet.
We decided that we would walk back along the track and as we reached the head of the steps back to the beach we spotted a pod of dolphins swimming just off the shore. We stood there for 10 or so minutes watching them and then decided to wander back to the motorhome. For the next 4 or 5 hours that pod of dolphins swum up and down the beach numerous times coming close to people who were swimming in the water. It is by far the longest I have ever seen dolphins stay in an area.
To the left of the campsite is what remains of the old jetty, these days not much more than a rundown concrete structure. I was interested to see the Hydrographic Survey mark never having seen one of these before. Walking back along the rocks towards the camp we noticed lots of fish remains we were however very concerned with the size of some of the skeletons that remained I am sure they wouldn't have measured 30cm. Some appeared very undersized.
It's a long way to come but the beach, swimming, fishing and walking all make it worthwhile making the journey.
It's a long way to get supplies with the nearest dairy almost 1 hours drive away. Make sure you come well prepared.
Flat level and dry and right on the beach a great spot.
Did you hear that pin drop?
Some really nice walking tracks and make your own cycle track on the road.
If you are going to come here plan to stay for a few days as the road in and out is a bit nerve wrecking but fantastic once you are here.
Saturday the camp really filled up, probably getting to half capacity and we found ourselves surrounded by other campers including a large family group with multiple tents from Columbia, a couple from Tauranga and a large family group from Hamilton that have been coming to Port Jackson for 48 years and now have the 4th generation camping in this fantastic place.
One really interesting thing about the DOC Camps in Coromandel is that they are all now "pack in pack out" so you need to take your rubbish away with you. However to make things easier they now collect all your food scraps in little buckets they hand out. They then use these food scraps to feed the compost and worm farms they have on site and are going to use these to propagate Kauri and native plants in the area which now cannot be imported from other areas due to the dieback disease. It was amazing how little rubbish we had after putting all our food scraps in the bucket.
I never remember peoples names but do a good job of remembering peoples motorhomes so on Sunday when Sarah and I where wandering along the beach and I noticed two vans pull in I said to her we saw those vans last year in Whananaki. Sure enough it was two ladies who names I have again forgotten that had stayed at the same place as us almost exactly one year ago. I think one of the great things about coming to a place like this is the family atmosphere with everyone getting on with each other. It makes it an enjoyable place to be.
In all we spent 4 nights at Port Jackson and it must have been the first Labour Weekend in years where the sun actually shone for the whole weekend. Each evening we got treated to fabulous sunsets. It was during these times that I asked Sarah which was her favourite place here or our real favourite place, Puriri Bay in Northland. I think if the road to get here wasn't so bad it might be a close thing. Still absolutely worth a visit to this place.
On my phone most of the pics are upside-down.


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Defense Secretary James Mattis Retiring in February
by Team BonginoPosted: December 20, 2018
President Trump announced this evening that Defense Secretary James Mattis will retire at the end of February.
In a series of Tweets, Trump wrote, "General Jim Mattis will be retiring, with distinction, at the end of February, after having served my Administration as Secretary of Defense for the past two years. During Jim's tenure, tremendous progress has been made, especially with respect to the purchase of new fighting equipment. General Mattis was a great help to me in getting allies and other countries to pay their share of military obligations. A new Secretary of Defense will be named shortly. I greatly thank Jim for his service!"
….equipment. General Mattis was a great help to me in getting allies and other countries to pay their share of military obligations. A new Secretary of Defense will be named shortly. I greatly thank Jim for his service!
The Pentagon released Mattis' letter which reads, in part:
Because you have the right to have a Secretary of Defense whose views are better aligned with yours on these and other subjects, I believe it is right for me to step down from my position. The end date for my tenure is February 28, 2019, a date that should allow sufficient time for a successor to be nominated and confirmed as well as to make sure the Department's interests are properly articulated and protected at upcoming events to include Congressional posture hearings and the NATO Defense Ministerial meeting in February. Further, that a full transition to a new Secretary of Defense occurs well in advance of the transition of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in September in order to ensure stability within the Department.
I pledge my full effort to a smooth transition that ensures the needs and interests of the 2.15 million Service Members and 732,079 DoD civilians receive undistracted attention of the Department at all times so that they can fulfill their critical, round-the-clock mission to protect the American people.
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Let's have a look at how Apache Cassandra reads data; this unit is about the Apache Cassandra read path.
Understand the Apache Cassandra™ write path.
Apache Cassandra™ has an optimized write path. To understand how to use Apache Cassandra™, it can be very helpful to understand the Apache Cassandra™ write path. In this exercise we will see Apache Cassandra™ writing data to the file system.
1) Let's simplify our cluster a bit. Shut down all three nodes and delete the folders node1, node2 and node3.
3) Now start this node.
4) Check the status of the running node /home/ubuntu/node/bin/nodetool status.
5) Investigate the commit-log directory.
6) Let's put a watch on this directory to see how it changes as we write data to Apache Cassandra™. Open a second terminal and ssh to the remote machine.
watch -n 1 -d "ls -lh /home/ubuntu/node/data/commit-log"
Be sure your second terminal is also visible as cassandra-stress executes. cassandra-stress will write 250,000 rows to your node.
The total size will continue to increase.
The timestamp will change for the current segment being written.
You may get additional commit log files as well.
9) When cassandra-stress completes, terminate the watch by pressing CTRL-C.
cassandra-stress created the keyspace1.standard1 table and populated its data. `cfstats` gives you column family stats. Column family is a deprecated term for a table.
Notice the "Write Count" matches the number of rows we told cassandra-stress to insert. cfstats also reports the number of SSTables, space used, and bloom filter statistics.
11) Note the Memtable statistics.
12) Execute the following nodetool command which will flush the memtable contents to disk.
Note the memtable statistics zeroed out because we flushed the previous memtable to disk.
14) Another simple exercise you can do is shut down your node, delete the logs/system.log file, restart your node, then search for CommitLog.java in the new logs/system.log file. You may see lines reporting replays.
If there were no commit log segments found during startup, no replay needs to be done. If Apache Cassandra™ finds commit log files, it will replay the mutations in those files into memtables and then flush the memtables to disk.


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Can We Stop Treating the NAEP as a Rorschach Test?
NAEP results are Rorschach Tests for policy wonks—a golden chance for free-association policy speculation. Small fluctuations in average scores on NAEP give rise to big explanations. Forget the quibbling over tiny differences in test scores; it's time to rebuild schools on evidence-based, comprehensive policies that have been shown to work in the real world for all students. In this blog post, Peter Cookson says to fix inequities we need to get over our policy taste for quick fixes and silver bullets.
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) puts each state in the driver's seat for making its own K-12 policy. In this blog post, Peter Cookson discusses what this means for educational equity.
In his final State of the Union address, President Obama said, "We live in a time of extraordinary change… and whether we like it or not, the pace of this change will only accelerate." In this blog post, AIR's Peter Cookson says the key to dealing with this change is education and offers six policy recommendations to improve education in the face of these dramatic changes.
Zero tolerance policies were born out of fear and even desperation. After the 1999 school shootings in Colorado, some educators and public figures adopted a tough law-and-order stance; but, instead of deterrence, we got a discipline regime of mass suspensions. In this blog post, AIR's Peter Cookson argues that zero tolerance discipline and other failed, counter-productive policies should disappear into the void.
An Education Bill of Rights: Is Arne Duncan Onto Something?
In this blog post, Peter Cookson says it's time to address the idea of educational rights, asserting that the arc of justice needs to bend in the direction of a universal, free public school system where excellence is distributed not by zip code, skin color, or socio-economic status but as a right for all children.
If place heavily impacts social mobility, could strengthening schools be the key to overcoming the effects of growing up in a poor neighborhood? Peter Cookson, AIR principal researcher, explores this question in a blog post for the Education Policy Center.


From bank apps to money transfers to online shopping apps, digital products have to work with multiple currencies like never before. Now the game has changed again, with cryptocurrencies as part of the landscape. If you're building an app that involves money, Adobe XD is an all-in-one design and prototyping tool that can help you create your vision, especially with UI elements from our latest free kit.
UX designer and developer Oykun Yilmaz has created the Cooin UI Kit for Adobe XD to arm you with everything you need to quickly and effectively create a personal financial services app. Download Cooin for free here, and give it a try this weekend with some helpful tips from the designer below.
Step 1: Download the latest version of XD and the UI kit. Download the latest version of Adobe XD.
Step 2: Download the Cooin UI Kit. Click here to download Cooin. It includes everything you need to design an app that works with digital currencies, enables money transfers, uses an e-wallet, and more.
Step 3: Explore the UI kit and everything it offers. Cooin includes flows for buying and selling digital currency, viewing currency values in line charts, creating personal wallets, and sending and requesting digital currencies. It contains common form elements, graphs, charts, light and dark themes, and more.
Step 4: Start designing. Use the UI kit as a starting point to create your own iOS or web app. All elements are put together using Adobe XD's handy shared colors, character styles, and symbols to allow you to quickly update the whole project from a single point of reference.
Step 5: Simply wire screens together to create an interactive prototype you can share.
Step 6: Share on Twitter and Behance with the hashtag #MadeWithAdobeXD.
The word cryptocurrency may be heard by many people, but not everyone understands it. Because of this, people are inevitably confused and cautious.
We, as designers, should keep this in mind when designing applications that connect average users to this complicated world. We should design simple and familiar user experiences with clean and friendly user interfaces that make people feel comfortable and secure while using the product.
It is important to simplify the experience and interface as much as possible, and help people easily engage with this new digital currency concept.
It may sound cliche, but keep it simple. It is okay to go experimental with unusual animations for an entertainment app that is targeted primarily for young ages, but when it comes to dealing with money, it should be easy to understand and quick to use. Users should feel in complete control with the app.
Apps that deal with money are used by everybody from every age, background, location, etc. Accessibility and simplicity play important roles. We can achieve that by following some simple rules such as: using familiar/easy-to-read font families, keeping things high contrast for good readability in any light conditions, and keeping UX simple with as few clicks required as possible.
Keep it simple by choosing the simplest way to show the data. Don't use over-complicated and unnecessary charts.
Strive to be human and relatable. Instead of just delivering a number like 87, support it with a friendly message such as "87. That's 9 percent better than last week." Give your users some context using regular language.
Make sure to use the right chart for the data.
Be careful with the colors you use; for example, don't use green for negative values. Follow common understandings of colors.
Add hierarchy to the data with font size, font weight, color, etc. Show as little as possible for the top level, and give more data as you work your way down layers.
As a common rule, it's important to make your users feel secure and 100 percent in control while using your application. Primary actions should be clear, and it is important to use the right spacing and font size for your currency section since some currencies typically use more digits than others (for example, $100 vs. ¥10,000).
Create as few steps as possible to complete a transfer. It's good to keep up with the latest technologies to make this happen. In today's fast-moving world, people are impatient, and completing a money transfer should not take 10 steps, especially with technologies such as fingerprint scan and face scan on smartphones. Make use of single digital currency codes and make sure they only need their email address to make a transfer.
Oykun Yilmaz is a London-based multidisciplinary designer with more than 15 years of experience. He works on digital products from idea to prototype, design, and release phases. He started his career as a full-stack developer, but a passion for digital and print media drew him to product design for clients from start-ups to very established brands. He's also the curator of design inspiration sites UIJar.com and MinimalStuff.com.
Oykun is still a hobbyist developer and a serial maker of side projects as well. At the heart of all his creations is a commitment to building digital products that prioritize simplicity and beauty.
If you're building a full e-commerce product with Oykun's currency UI kit, check out Meagan Fisher's Pawtastic UI Kit for marketing one-pagers, screens for multi-step booking and onboarding experiences, and elements to complete purchases. Then, download these additional free UI kits to build travel, gaming, smartwatch, and dashboard experiences for apps and websites, or check out our favorite, free XD UI Kits for 2019.
If you're new to the tool, read our guide for everything you need to get started in Adobe XD. You'll learn how to design and prototype in the app and how to fully utilize the UI kit resources available. Finally, for UX insights sent straight to your inbox, sign up for Adobe's experience design newsletter.


The Probus Club of Mentone, is a member of the Probus Association of Victoria and Probus South Pacific. The aim of the club is to provide companionship and varied activities, for the retired and semi retired.
Visitors are welcome to come on any Tuesday, between 10 am and 3 pm, to our social group, see the address given below.
Join in our activities, which include board games, cards, book club, films and money matter discussions. We also have a 3/4 length table to play billiards or snooker.
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Since its launch in 2000, the Tvan Camper Trailer quickly became well known for its distinct design and industry leading off-road capabilities. Throughout the years the Tvan has been widely acclaimed by journalists, owners and explorers.
The Tvan® has earned these accolades through continual design improvements and option development; evolving to meet customer expectations.
These achievements include, Camper Trailer of Millennium and Off-Road Camper of the Year in its category 2009, 2011 and 2015.
The MK5 is the latest incarnation of the Tvan.
Like all Track Trailer® products the MK5 Tvan Camper Trailer has been subjected to rigorous prototyping, which has tested new body panels, electrics and kitchen variants.
Thousands of kilometers were travelled to ensure that the MK5 was worthy of the Tvan name.
But the improvements don't stop there! While maintaining the famous Tvan look, the MK5 has a raft of new features, making this Tvan the best one yet!
Continue reading below to see why Nothing Compares.
"For the buyer who simply wants the best on the market, grant yourself a few hours to take a tour through the new Track Tvan.
"It's one of Australia's best known offroad rigs. A legend on wheels, some would say. That's high praise, indeed. But whatever your background, it's simply not possible to credibly claim that the Tvan hasn't had a major impact on Australian offroad touring.
Camper Trailer of Millennium and Off-Road Camper of the Year in its category 2009, 2011 and 2015.
The Tvan camper trailer advantage!
Sleep under a hard roof with no flapping canvas.
Protected from insects and the elements by strong walls that provide great insulation from noise, hot sun, cold nights and wind.
When the tent is deployed (doubling your living space) it's attached to a fold out hard floor, so you'll be up off the ground, dry and secure.
Most importantly, when it's time to move on, your bed will remain made up and dry, even after a wet pack-up.
* Content refers to both features and options available on Tvan. Please refer to specification and options list for accurate inclusions.
The MK5 Tvan features a new roof which is approximately 100mm taller inside and is significantly higher throughout the bed / living space.
The new roof gives more head room over the bed and throughout the cabin creating a light and airy ambience while maintain Tvan's unique unitary construction, "a strong box" without resorting to a "pop top" which could compromise structural integrity, add extra weight and cause dust issues.
The new roof also accommodates a 120w solar upgrade, doubling the previous solar input and making it easier to stay off the beaten track for longer.
Speed is the new benchmark!
One major advantage of the Tvan has always been its superior access to your equipment and living space by opening the rear of the van. Building on this, perhaps the most innovative part of the MK5 Tvan will revolutionise the way you access the rear of the Tvan.
This is the Skyward™ Lift-Up Deck. As its name implies, this is the ability to lift up the deck of the Tvan with the hatch to provide unparalleled access to the rear of the Tvan.
Simply press the button to release the electric locks and lift the hatch and deck to provide full access to the rear of the van, without having to lower the deck to the ground or stand on it while loading.
To close simply shut like your car boot, with a satisfying thud.
The MK5 Tvan now features the Quick Cover™ awning. This awning can be deployed in 2 minutes, packed up in the same time and provides substantial coverage over the kitchen, front box and side of the Tvan.
With arms which pivot both to the front and rear of the van, the Quick Cover™ awning can be used with any level of van setup, including deck closed or tent deployed. When the tent is deployed, there is an additional awning piece which can be used to provide complete coverage over the entry door of the tent.
This awning does not require the use of upright poles in calm weather meaning that a Quick Cover™ for a roadside stop is a synch. Hooks built into each end of the awning attach on the drawbar and rear of the van.
One of the best features of the Tvan Camper Trailer is its 30 second setup. Because the tent is stowed away in the rear hatch of the van and not on the bed, the you can choose whether or not to setup the full tent.
Accessing the bed is as simple as unlocking four over centre catches, folding down the deck and releasing the gas strut assisted hatch. You might then choose to shut the hatch after yourself and go straight to bed (pad locks can be fitted to prevent the catches from locking) or to install one of the two optional rear door covers.
The Tvan tent sets up in less than 5 minutes!
The Tvan Camper Trailer is amongst the quickest of the all camper trailers in the market to setup and pack up. We don't make this claim lightly, but when the correct procedures are followed, our owners can and will be able to easily level the van, lower the tent, attach the floor and mouth to the body of the van and install the internal upright poles.
Just reverse the procedure to store the tent and pack up.
No canvas ever packs on to the bed – meaning no dirt or water or dust on the mattress and the bed can always remain made.
You can choose if you want to set up the full tent or just do the 30 second setup with the rear canvas screen.
Packing the van is a breeze because you don't have to partially or fully setup the camper trailer to access gear in or around the cabin area.
This annex takes approximately 15 minutes to set up and covers the full length of the Tvan.
The Yulara and Tanami come standard with the quick erect and highly versatile sail awning.
The sail awning attaches to side of the van and can be set up to protect against the elements or provide shade for quick stops.
These days all camper trailers feature a slide out kitchen, however, nobody does it quite like Track Trailer. The Mk5 Tvan Camper Trailer features 2 completely new kitchen designs based off 15 years of customer feedback and continual improvement.
Standard on the Tvan Yulara and Tanami.
Standard on the Tvan Canning and Murranji.
Occupying a 30% larger locker than the Classic Kitchen, the Premium Kitchen for the Tvan MK5 features twice the bench space of its smaller counterpart.
The stainless steel benchtop utilises advanced sheetmetal techniques for a premium feel, including rounded edge. The powder coated, predominantly aluminium body makes access to storage a breeze, incorporating many drawers for the storage of all your kitchen needs.
The Premium Kitchen boasts a Thetford 3 burner (2×1.5KW, 1×2.5KW) glass topped stainless steel cooktop with piezo ignition and matching stainless steel sink with flick style tap, draining board and cutlery drawer located below.
The kitchen utilises a lock in / lock out handle which accommodates single handed operation and slides on Track Trailer's own design of ball bearing runners. The integrated windshields are deployed by simply raising them into position. We've even fitted a bottle opener so you won't have to go searching for your keys!
The MK5 design provided an opportunity to fully integrate all the electrical options into one neat package. Specifications vary depending on model and selected options.
Master switch for electrical isolation.
6 switch panel with integrated fusing for lights, stereo water pump and fans. All circuits are protected using built in circuit breakers.
240V outlets with safety switching, a dedicated front 240V plug for customer use and up to 3 internal 240V plugs for built in appliances.
2x USB chargers, 1x12V Merit plug and 1x 12v cigarette style socket.
Water tank gauge for 1 or 2 tanks.
Stereo options including docking station for your MP3 players.
Projecta 300W or 150W inverter.
60 and 120W roof mounted solar options.
The Tvan MK5's all new stereo solution is so simple you'll wonder why we didn't do it sooner!
Powerful power. Everyone agrees, if you want to stay off-road you have to get good at staying off grid.
The all new Tvan Mk5 Camper Trailer has a shocking new take on power!
Track Trailer has decided to set the bar high with the Tanami, Canning and Murranji models by including some serious power upgrades as standard.
Lithium Batteries are now available and don't require any special modifications to work with the Tvan's electrical system. The new Lithium options feature a 90Ah upgrade from the AGM battery and a second 90Ah.
Lithium technology maintains a higher voltage for longer offering almost 1/4 more battery capacity over an equivalent AGM at approximately half the weight (15kg per battery). 90 Amp Hours is actually equivalent to 126Ah in an AGM.
Track Trailer has used the proven a OEM system to provide reliable and efficient heating for the Tvan and hot water for the kitchen and shower.
This popular system is comprised of a glycol heat pump, heat ex-changer (for heating), diesel tank and glycol storage unit.
As you can appreciate, a system with all of these components takes up a fair bit of room and often the size of these components encroaches on useful storage space and takes up significantly more space than required. Not with the Tvan!
Unwilling to compromise on valuable space, the Track Trailer team set about redesigning the plumbing, wiring and tanks (glycol and fuel) to repackage the entire combustion elements into 1 jerry can sized unit.
This design eliminates messy wiring or plumbing running the length of the van.
Most competitor products fit the fuel tank behind the front stone guard and the other components wherever they can, leaving long runs of wiring, plumbing etc, meaning more holes and more potential for dust ingress. This is another example why the Tvan is a far superior product.
It occupies a jerry can carrying position on the Tvan rear of the axle, aiding in better weight management system.
The tank can be filled at a bowser and easily on the LHS (away from the road).
The Murranji comes standard with the Front Boot featuring two separately sealed compartments, one for generic storage and the other with a dedicated fridge slide and constant 12V power.
The fridge compartment also features filtered air vents This boot accommodates a spare wheel and 2x gas bottles.
There are many additional options available including, a RHS slide out tray, dual venting and power for up to 2 fridges, a fridge slide swap (RHS to LHS) for longer fridges and a optional height LHS shelf.
Total box length is measured from the center divider to the door mounted filter.
Tray dimensions are measured to the inside of the tray, note that tie downs protrude in each corner so a fridge which is tight in both length and width may need these removed.
Height is measured from the tray to the low side of the seal.
All information was correct at the time this was posted – It's advisable to measure your fridge to be sure.
The Yulara, Tanami and Canning are delivered standard with a drawbar frame that has provision for up to 4x jerry cans, 2x gas bottles & 1x spare wheel. It's also fitted with large metal stone guards to protect the body and a dust cover for the spare and gas bottles.
Options also include a wood carrier and bike racks.


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Why Does Everyone Love The Mona Lisa?
Why is the Mona Lisa a more famous painting than other pieces of the time?
Why is the Mona Lisa so special?
Why Did Leonardo paint Mona Lisa?
What is the most expensive painting in the world?
How was Mona Lisa stolen?
Is Mona Lisa pregnant?
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Can you touch the Mona Lisa?
Is Mona Lisa beautiful?
What's the big deal with the Mona Lisa?
Why is the Mona Lisa a masterpiece?
Why is the Mona Lisa so overrated?
Why is the Mona Lisa so protected?
What is Mona Lisa thinking?
Why Mona Lisa has no eyebrows?
Where is Mona Lisa kept?
How Mona Lisa got her smile?
What was the Mona Lisa famous for?
Is Mona Lisa happy?
How did Mona Lisa became famous?
One of the most popular reasons for the Mona Lisa's global appeal is her smile.
Da Vinci exploited an optical illusion to create a unique smile through perspective and his use of shadow work..
The Mona Lisa's fame is the result of many chance circumstances combined with the painting's inherent appeal. There is no doubt that the Mona Lisa is a very good painting. It was highly regarded even as Leonardo worked on it, and his contemporaries copied the then novel three-quarter pose.
The model, Lisa del Giocondo, was a member of the Gherardini family of Florence and Tuscany, and the wife of wealthy Florentine silk merchant Francesco del Giocondo. The painting is thought to have been commissioned for their new home, and to celebrate the birth of their second son, Andrea.
Salvator Mundi by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci ( c. 1500) is the most expensive painting ever sold as of 2019.Among the listed top 89, only 3 are paintings by non-Western artists. … This list is ordered by consumer price index inflation-adjusted value (in bold) in millions of United States dollars in 2019.More items…
The right eye of Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa." On Aug. 21, 1911, the then-little-known painting was stolen from the wall of the Louvre in Paris. … And on that morning, with the Louvre still closed, they slipped out of the closet and lifted 200 pounds of painting, frame and protective glass case off the wall.
Researchers studying 3-D images of the "Mona Lisa" say she was probably either pregnant or had just given birth when she sat for Leonardo da Vinci's 16th-century masterpiece. The clue was something she wore.
It is a visual representation of the idea of happiness suggested by the word "gioconda" in Italian. Leonardo made this notion of happiness the central motif of the portrait: it is this notion which makes the work such an ideal. The nature of the landscape also plays a role.
THE Louvre is silent. Lights are dimmed and security cameras activated. In the adjacent Salle des États, Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" smiles to herself. …
Mona Lisa may not be as pretty as many art lovers like to think, according to research pioneered by the ancient Greeks. Her enigmatic smile may have bewitched critics and fans alike since 1517 but she is only third on the list of the most beautiful women in art.
One of the commonly cited reasons for her fame is the 'Mona Lisa's Smile'. Da Vinci exploited human optimcal illusion to create a unique smile through perspective and by using shadow work. Da Vinci painted Mona Lisa in such a way that the eyes are the center of the viewer's attention and the mouth is the periphery.
This painting is a masterpiece because it is a superb piece of a design due to being realistic, it maintains communication with immediate past because it was created during the Renaissance, and it is a profound assertion of human value because it is about a virtuous woman sitting on a balcony.
This painting became so overrated in the 1900's when one of the Louvre worker stole the painting. This became a mass culture icon as people came to the museum to just see the empty hook that hung in the place where the Mona Lisa was, before it was stolen.
The Mona Lisa has been behind safety glass since the early 1950s, when it was damaged by a visitor who poured acid on it. … "Today, the Mona Lisa is behind extremely transparent glass, which really gives the impression of being very close to the painting," Delieuvin said.
Leonardo da Vinci's painting, Mona Lisa, has intrigued and befuddled scholars for centuries. Traditionally, it's been thought that the subject, Mona Lisa, was gleefully hiding a secret from those around her, a small smile on her lips.
Using the 240-megapixel scans, Mr Cotte, 49, says he can see traces of a left eyebrow long obscured from the naked eye by the efforts of the restorers. His conclusion is that Mona Lisa once had both eyebrows and eyelashes, but that these have been gradually eroded to the point that they are no longer visible.
Louvre Museum (since 1797)Mona Lisa/Locations"I am sure you know of the Mona Lisa, known as La Joconde in French, one of the most popular works of art in the world. You also know that it can be found in the world-renowned Louvre Museum in Paris.
The secret behind the Mona Lisa is that the "happy" part of her smile is actually buried in a low spatial frequency pattern. So if you're not looking directly at her mouth, her smile looks cheerful. But when you look directly at her smile, parts of it disappear into the background.
What is the Mona Lisa? The Mona Lisa is an oil painting by Italian artist, inventor, and writer Leonardo da Vinci. Likely completed in 1506, the piece features a portrait of a seated woman set against an imaginary landscape. In addition to being one of the most famous works of art, it is also the most valuable.
The original, unaltered image was described in 97% of cases as being happy. The results of the study were revealed in "Mona Lisa is always happy — and only sometimes sad," an article published Friday in Scientific Reports. … portrait — but "not ambiguity in the sense of happy versus sad."
In 1911, a former Louvre employee perpetrated one of the greatest art heists in history: the theft of Leonardo da Vinci's immortal painting "Mona Lisa." He remained hidden there until the following morning, when the Louvre was closed and foot traffic was light. …
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Is there an undercount of white hate-crime victims? It is easy to be skeptical about the charge. After all, it tends to be voiced most often and loudly by those who never wanted hate-crime laws to be passed in the first place.
Nevertheless, I, for one, take the charge seriously. As a member of one of the groups hate-crime laws were written to protect, I have a vested interest in making sure everyone, including white people, is equally protected by the laws.
No group has a monopoly on hate and no one is immune to it. If everyone doesn't feel they are getting a fair shake from laws designed to enhance penalties for hate-motivated crimes, such laws lose their moral authority and only the haters win.
Unfortunately, a cursory look at recent high-profile hate-crime cases fuels the fears and suspicions of skeptics like Louis Calabro, a retired San Francisco police lieutenant who now lives in San Bruno, Calif. He was so concerned about bias against his fellow whites, who he prefers to call "European-Americans," that he founded the European/American Issues Forum.
As humor columnist Dave Barry likes to say, I am not making this up.
During a telephone interview with me, Calabro did not want to discuss how many people are members of his group, which was born on the heels of the battle over California's anti-affirmative action Proposition 209. Nevertheless, Calabro has raised some thought-provoking points in his recent letter-writing campaign to the White House and Congress, including whether there may be an undercount of white victims and an overcount of white hate-crime perpetrators.
For example, the FBI's annual hate-crime reports list Hispanics among the victim categories but not among the perpetrator categories. As a result, Calabro pointed out, "A Hispanic victim is counted as Hispanic but a Hispanic perpetrator is counted as white."
Maybe. Or, as I pointed out, a Hispanic perpetrator might wind up being counted as black, if the label fits. Hispanics come in all colors. It is hard to be precise about something so imprecise as race and ethnicity in a mulligan-stew nation like this one.
Nevertheless, Calabro's complaint led me to think about some of the larger biases the police, press and politicians may have about who commits hate crime.
For example, a white immigration lawyer went berserk and killed five people--a Jewish woman, an Indian man, two Asian men and a black man--on a shooting spree in Pittsburgh in April. The media labeled the killings a possible hate crime within 24 hours.
But the media and police seemed much less eager to attach the hate-crime label to a very similar killing spree two months earlier by a black man, Ronald Taylor, who shot five white people, killing three, in a Pittsburgh suburb. In Taylor's apartment, police found "hate writings" aimed at Jews, Asians, Italians and the media, news reports said. The term hate crime was omitted from most reports. I had to call the county prosecutor's office to confirm that Taylor had indeed been charged under Pennsylvania's version of laws that enhance penalties for hate-motivated crimes.
Talk shows and Web sites have been buzzing more recently regarding the fatal stabbing of a white 8-year-old boy by a black man while the child was playing in front of his great-grandparents' home in Alexandria, Va., in April.
Witnesses said the man made comments about killing white people during the attack. A note was later found with the phrase "Kill them racist white kids" in broken and misspelled English in a hotel room where the prime suspect had stayed.
Yet more than a week after the note was found authorities were reluctant to call the crime a hate crime. Given how hypersensitive issues of race and ethnicity can be, I am not quick to fault officials who want to downplay the issue when it is not germane. But in cases of hate crimes it is the whole point of the law. Suppressing the race angle may cool tensions for a while but ultimately it can heighten stereotypes that hate crimes are for whites to commit and other crimes (unhateful crimes?) are for everyone else.
Opponents of hate crimes may not have found their smoking gun. But they have found enough smoke to make a reasonable observer wonder whether there might be a fire somewhere.
Significantly, the 1993 case under which the U.S. Supreme Court first upheld hate crime laws was a Milwaukee case involving black defendants who had attacked a 14-year-old white boy. Nevertheless, the myth persists that the laws were directed against whites to protect minorities. The sooner we eradicate that myth the less reasons anyone but the haters will have for hating hate-crime laws.


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Q: Cakephp inside a folder not working as expected I have XAMPP installed om my local machine. I have put cake in htdocs in a folder cake.
when i hit url localhost/cake/
it seeks cake controller missing.
for this i have tried to change .htaccess file in the folder as suggested by many as
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
   RewriteEngine on
   RewriteBase /cake
   RewriteRule    ^$ app/webroot/    [L]
   RewriteRule    (.*) app/webroot/$1 [L]
</IfModule>

But this is not helping. Please guide me how to solve this i have to maintain more folder for other works i can't put cake in root. Thanks

A: No need to change or update any .htaccess file in the folder just have to comment this line in core.php
//Configure::write('App.baseUrl', env('SCRIPT_NAME'));

and this solves the problem. Leave all the .htaccess files as it as. Hope this will help others too.

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Here is block #2 for Mommy's Ties. I know that in my last post I said I was going to do 2 of these and make a needlecase/book, but I am having so much fun doing these! I am considering doing 6 of them and making a small quilt instead. I don't know what do you think? Only a couple of weeks until I go to Maine! I think I have this class down....Now on to study up for Crazy Quilt 101 and Crazy Quilt 201.
Very pretty Val! Love the pastel colors. Are these all ties?
The block is gorgeous. Did you use neckties or fabric?
Very beautiful stitching. I think you should keep going also and not stop at just two.


For boys and girls in grades K – 5. Boys and girls play in separate leagues. Practices and games are held on weekdays after school at Memorial Hall. There are two seasons of indoor soccer. The Spring season starts in mid February and runs through the first part of April. The fall season begins in mid September and finalizes approximately the first part of November. Individual sign ups for the spring season are held starting in mid January. Sign ups for the Fall season are held during the latter part of August.
For boys and girls in Pre-School (4 years) through 8th Grade. Boys and girls play in separate leagues. Practices are held on weekday evenings and games are played on Saturdays at the Atchison Sports Complex. Outdoor Soccer is played in the Spring and in the Fall. Signups for the Spring season are in February and for the Fall season in August.


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Threats to police
Justin FentonThe Baltimore Sun
When Baltimore Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III was summoned to City Hall to explain his policy to withhold the identities of officers who shoot or kill citizens, he noted 23 threats against officers last year as evidence that releasing the names represented a possible safety risk.
But none of the threats deemed "significant" by police in the past two years was related to an officer-involved shooting, according to documentation the department produced yesterday after a request by The Baltimore Sun. One threat was made by a city officer and directed at a colleague.
The disclosure about the nature of the threats comes one day after a man shot by police Friday died of his injuries. He was the seventh person shot by Baltimore police this year and fourth who died. Police have not disclosed the name of the officer who shot him, but The Sun has identified him as Jemell Rayam. He has been involved in two other shootings in the past three years that were each ruled justified.
Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said yesterday that police never meant to imply that the 23 threats were related to police shootings. He said they were noted as part of an argument that the increasing availability of private information on the Internet puts officers at risk and that the department wants to be proactive.
Ryan O'Doherty, a spokesman for City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, said the statistic "should have been characterized more appropriately" and that Rawlings-Blake remains "concerned about perceptions of a lack of transparency with the Police Department."
Councilman Bernard C. "Jack" Young, chairman of the council's public safety committee, said he, too, thought the statistic meant that 23 officers had been targeted after being involved in shootings.
"I'm concerned about the safety of the officers, but if this policy was put in place because [of the threats] and now they're saying that's not what they meant, I question why it was adopted in the first place," Young said.
According to Guglielmi, police investigated 23 threats last year that were considered "credible," with nine of those classified as "significant." Of those nine, six came as police officers made arrests. The others included a destruction-of-property incident involving an officer's private vehicle, a threat made to an officer in court and another in which a city officer made a threat against another officer.
In 2007, police received 11 "significant" threats, six of which came during arrests. Three were anonymous but gave specific times and locations at which officers would be harmed. Two came from gang members.
The policy change, formally adopted by police in January but informally in use for months before that, has brought criticism from some elected leaders, the American Civil Liberties Union and others, though it has the backing of the city police union. Police have noted that the policy is similar to those used by the FBI and police departments in New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Atlanta. Guglielmi said yesterday that the officers' names are "inconsequential" given the other information police have pledged to provide.
Police said yesterday that the man killed in Friday's police-involved shooting was 30-year-old Shawn Cannady of the 2800 block of W. Garrison Ave. Police said he was the driver of a car that sped at officers and struck one during a drug investigation in Northwest Baltimore. Cannady, who had a record of drug convictions, was pronounced dead at 9:30 p.m. Sunday.
A passenger in the car was arrested, questioned and released without charges being filed, police said.
Police said the officer who shot Cannady has been involved in two previous shootings since joining the agency in 2005, including a similar incident in October 2007 when he flagged down a vehicle for a traffic stop and was dragged when the man pulled away. The man was hospitalized with injuries that were not life-threatening and was later convicted of assault.
In a June 2007 incident, Rayam was among three officers shot at as they investigated suspected drug activity in the Barclay neighborhood. He returned fire, striking the man in the thigh and ankle. Rayam suffered a graze wound to his toe. Police ruled both previous shootings to have been justified.
He is on routine administrative duties pending an investigation into the Friday shooting.
Baltimore Sun reporter Melissa Harris contributed to this article.
Bernard C. Young
Baltimore City Hall


A simple cotton saree from our Diwali Collections 2018. The body is in pista green, while the pallu and borders are in purple, embellished with zari weaving. The borders have paisley and peacock motifs, while the pallu is kept simple with zari lines.


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package data;

import android.content.Context;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.os.HandlerThread;
import android.os.Looper;
import android.os.Message;

import java.util.Map;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;

import static data.Pay.*;

/**
 * Created by ouyangzx on 17/3/3.
 */

public class Dispatcher {

    private static final String DISPATCHER_THREAD_NAME = "Dispatcher";

    static final int REQUEST_SUBMIT = 1;

    static final int SUCCESS = 10;
    static final int FAILED = 11;

    static final int REQUEST_FAILED_ALIPAY = 2;
    static final int REQUEST_FAILED_WXPAY = 3;
    static final int REQUEST_PAY = 4;
    final DispatcherThread dispatcherThread;
    final Handler mHandler;
    final Handler mMainThreadHandler;
    final Context mContext;
    final ExecutorService mExecutorService;
    final Repository mRepository;
    final PayType mPayType;

    Dispatcher(Context context, PayType payType, ExecutorService service, Handler mainThreadHandler, Repository repository) {
        dispatcherThread = new DispatcherThread();
        dispatcherThread.start();

        Utils.flushStackLocalLeaks(dispatcherThread.getLooper());
        mContext = context;
        mExecutorService = service;
        mPayType = payType;
        mHandler = new DispatcherHandler(dispatcherThread.getLooper(), this);
        mRepository = repository;
        mMainThreadHandler = mainThreadHandler;

    }

    void submit(Action action) {
        mHandler.sendMessage(mHandler.obtainMessage(REQUEST_SUBMIT, action));

    }

    void dispatchComplete(OrderInfoHunter hunter) {
        dispatchPerformPay(hunter);
    }

    void dispatchPerformPay(OrderInfoHunter hunter) {
        mHandler.sendMessage(mHandler.obtainMessage(REQUEST_PAY, hunter));
    }

    void dispatchFailed(OrderInfoHunter hunter) {

    }

    void performSubmit(Action action) {
        OrderInfoHunter hunter = new OrderInfoHunter(this, action, action.getPay());
        hunter.future = mExecutorService.submit(hunter);
    }

    public void dispatchResult(int code, PayHunter hunter) {
        Message m = new Message();
        m.what = code;
        m.obj = hunter;
        mMainThreadHandler.sendMessage(m);
    }

    void performPay(OrderInfoHunter hunter) {
        PayInfo payInfo = hunter.getResult();
        PayHunter payHunter = new PayHunter(this, hunter.getAction(), hunter.getAction().getPay(), payInfo);
        payHunter.future = mExecutorService.submit(payHunter);
    }

    private static class DispatcherHandler extends Handler {
        private final Dispatcher mDispatcher;

        public DispatcherHandler(Looper looper, Dispatcher dispatcher) {
            super(looper);
            mDispatcher = dispatcher;
        }

        @Override
        public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
            switch (msg.what) {
                case REQUEST_SUBMIT:
                    Action action = (Action) msg.obj;
                    mDispatcher.performSubmit(action);
                    break;
                case REQUEST_PAY:
                    OrderInfoHunter hunter = (OrderInfoHunter) msg.obj;
                    mDispatcher.performPay(hunter);
                    break;

            }
        }
    }

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Digital signage (термін не має однозначного перекладу) — це форма зовнішньої реклами, в якій контент та повідомлення відображаються на електронних екранах з метою донесення цільового повідомлення у певне місце та певний час. Digital signage пропонує краще повернення інвестицій в порівнянні з традиційними засобами реклами. Елементами digital signage можуть бути рідкокристалічні чи плазмові панелі, електронні білборди, проєкційні чи інші типи екранів, що можуть контролюватись комп'ютером чи іншим приладом, дозволяючи користувачу чи групам користувачів віддалено змінювати та контролювати контент (зазвичай через Інтернет).

Контент в digital signage

Контент, що відображається на екранах, може варіюватись від простого тексту та статичних зображень до відео, зі звуком або без. Деякі оператори digital signage мереж, особливо в роздрібній торгівлі, розглядають свої мережі як порівняні до телевізійних каналів, показуючи рекламу в перервах між розважальним та інформаційним контентом.

Цілі використання digital signage:

 Інформація — розклад руху потягів чи інформація про польоти тощо
 Реклама в точці продажу — промо-акції в магазинах тощо
 Стороння реклама — продаж digital signage мережами ресторанів рекламного часу місцевим або національним рекламодавцям тощо
 Комфорт клієнтів — екрани в зонах очікування ресторанів для зменшення сприйнятого часу очікування, або показ рецептів у продуктових магазинах тощо
 Вплив на поведінку клієнтів — digital signage система, що направляє клієнтів в різні частини супермаркету тощо

Розклад та відображення контенту може контролюватись у декілька способів, починаючи від простих локальних медіа плеєрів, що можуть відображати просту послідовність відеофайлів, до складних мереж, що контролюють багато територіально розділених дисплеїв з одного місця.

Перспективи digital signage

Швидке зниження цін на плазмові та рідкокристалічні панелі та доступність широких Інтернет-каналів призвело до популярності digital signage, і екрани тепер можна побачити в таких різноманітних місцях, як магазини, вокзали, лікарні та навіть заправні станції.

Digital signage в широкому розумінні використовувалось десятки років тому у вигляді LED стікерів та LED відео стін. Хоча тільки нещодавно це стало одним з основних рекламних засобів.

Головними факторами, що стримували розвиток, були:

 Невизначене повернення інвестицій — ціна розгортання digital signage може бути дуже високою. Наприклад, ціна встановлення одного екрану у кожному закладі великої мережі швидкого харчування може сягати мільйонів доларів. Будь-яка інвестиція такого масштабу перед затвердженням повинна бути підкріплена чітким планом повернення інвестицій.
 Непідтверджена рекламна ефективність — як Інтернет на початку 90-x digital signage ще широко не сприймається як ефективний рекламний простір в порівнянні з традиційними засобами (ТБ, радіо тощо).
 Нестача надійних технологій — більшість технологій, що використовуються досі, призначені для персонального використання, і не в змозі працювати в режимі 24×7×365, що необхідно для професійних digital signage систем. Часто при навантаженні дані системи виходять з ладу, викликаючи суперечки між рекламодавцем та оператором digital signage мереж.

На сьогоднішні день подолано більшість цих проблем:

 Вивчення повернення інвестицій показало, що digital signage ефективно впливає на відгук та збереження показаної клієнту інформації, особливо враховуючи тенденцію до зниження ціни на рідкокристалічні, плазмові панелі та пристрої відтворення.
 Зовнішня реклама набирає обертів — рекламні кошти поступово переміщуються із традиційних медіа (ТБ і радіо) в зовнішню рекламу, що сприяє росту цього сегменту, що включає в себе digital signage. Хоча, рекламні агенції все ще досить мляво досліджують потенціал ТБ поза домівкою.
 Розробка відповідних платформ — розроблені нові технології, з підвищеною надійністю у порівнянні з технологіями для персонального використання. Як професійні системи для телевізійної трансляції, нові технології дозволяють розповсюджувати контент по всьому світу і стабільного його відтворювати протягом тривалого часу.

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 Digital Signage Today

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Counter Terrorism or Limits on Religious Freedom?
Terrorism and religious extremism have found a home in Central Asia long ago. Ties between Central Asian terrorist cells and this in Afghanistan and Pakistan are deep. As fear of increasing terrorism and insurgency rises, Central Asia is increasing efforts to curb extremist tendencies in society. Either through counter terrorism operations, education of its citizens, or simply increased security, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan are working to both prevent and address matters of Islamism in society.
Kazakhstan's efforts to shut down religious organizations not properly registered with the state have been effective, albeit brassy criticism of religious intolerance by state government. This past month, the list of permitted religious groups was shortened from 46 to 17. This comes after a year long effort to follow the controversial religion law set in place after the first ever terrorist attack in the country. All religious organizations were given a year to reregister under new stringent laws.
Critics refer to these efforts as limiting religious freedom and lobby the state to change the controversial law. Opponents cite Kazakhstan's hypocrisy as the country prides itself on its open society, where many different religious and ethnic groups harmoniously live while implementing such repressive measures.
Uzbekistan is engaged in preventative measures to counter extremism. Moderate spiritual leaders and local law enforcement units are uniting to educate students from every Oblast about the threats of extremism in Uzbekistan.
Law enforcement units are also conducting raids on cell phone companies to prevent extremists from getting hold of cell phone data and transmitting religious material.
Additionally, the metro system is receiving an upgrade this month. Closed-circuit TVs (CCTV) and random searches are among precautions being taken. The CCTV system allows designated personnel to monitor station tunnels. Toxic and flammable material is no longer permitted on the metro. Neither are firearms.
Critics cite these measures as intrusive of personal freedoms and try to persuade the state to cease its invasive agenda. They believe that these measures are a ploy against personal freedom and religious liberty of its citizens.
Kyrgyzstan seeks to prevent recruitment of youth into extremist organization. Recruiting the youth into extremist organizations such as Hizb ut-Tahrir, associated with the Taliban, is just one tactic that extremists are using to seek volunteers. According to the Interior Ministry, "In the first 10 months of this year, 176 members of extremist religious organizations were arrested in Kyrgyzstan and 204 cases of crimes involving extremism were registered – 132 in which criminal charges were brought." In light of this trend, Kyrgyz authorities are considering increasing their religious education so that minors would grow up knowing the differences between extremism and moderate sects of Islam.
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Kyrgyzstan (DUMK), the largest association in the country to monitor all activities of religious organizations in the country, is reforming its strategies, too. The entire institution is reorganizing in order to be able to able to fight extremism in the country.
Opponents view the situation is just one more instance of state control where the government is monitoring the activities of its citizens and dictating what they can and cannot do.
Neither the critics nor the government officials are right in their approach. Central Asia needs to learn from its neighbors and supporters on how to deal with extremist threats if they want to succeed in curbing extremism. Because extremism in Central Asia is on the rise, both local and federal governments are increasing their efforts to counter these threats. Those engaged in these efforts are working on both preventative and responsive ways to deal with evolving and innovative threats of terrorism and religious extremism. Although there is criticism that these efforts limit religious freedom, there is simultaneous pressure to increase counter terrorism training and preparation. We must learn to work together, creating a comprehensive reform strategy if we want to create a safe and welcoming society for moderately religious citizens.
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Q: metapost annotation Metapost is a powerful tool for drawing, but not sure if it's more easier than tikz for annotation. Is it possible to draw this annotation graph with metapost?
tikz code:
\documentclass[tikz]{standalone}

\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{decorations.pathreplacing}

\tikzstyle{boxa} = [top color=white,bottom color=blue!20!]
\tikzstyle{boxb} = [top color=white,bottom color=red!20!]
\tikzstyle{curly} = [decorate,decoration={brace,amplitude=10pt},xshift=0pt,yshift=2pt]
% Input:
%   #1 Line offset (optional)
%   #2 Line angle
%   #3 line start offset
%   #4 Line end offset
%   #5 Line label
% Example:
%   \lineann[1]{30}{1}{4}{$L_1$}
\newcommand{\lineann}[5][0.5]{%
    \begin{scope}[rotate=#2,blue,inner sep=2pt]
        \draw[dashed, blue!40] (#3,0) -- +(0,#1)
            node [coordinate, near end] (a) {};
        \draw[dashed, blue!40] (#4,0) -- +(0,#1)
            node [coordinate, near end] (b) {};
        \draw[|<->|] (a) -- node[fill=white] {#5} (b);
    \end{scope}
}
\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=1]
\def\dx{2.0}
\def\dy{.5}
\filldraw[thick,boxa] (0,0) rectangle node{$P_1$} +(\dx,\dy);
\filldraw[thick,boxa] (\dx,0) rectangle node{$P_2$} +(\dx,\dy);
\filldraw[thick,boxa] (2*\dx,0) rectangle node{$P_3$} +(\dx,\dy);
\filldraw[thick,boxb] (3*\dx,0) rectangle node{$P_4$} +(\dx,\dy);

\draw [curly] (0,\dy)--(4*\dx,\dy) node [black,midway,yshift=14pt] {\footnotesize $T_0$};
\lineann[-10pt]{0}{3*\dx}{4*\dx}{\footnotesize $T_1$}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

Output:

A: "Easier" depends on your point of view and your experience of course, but there's no fundamental limitation in MP to prevent it drawing this type of diagram.

There are fewer complications built into plain MP than other tools, but that makes life simpler in some ways as there is less to learn.
I've shown two different approaches below.
For the brace label I've created a brace_label function, and for the arrow label I've just drawn it.  Creating a function requires a bit more work, but makes the main diagram source a bit easier to understand.
I've also used flat colours.  But there's nothing to stop you putting in gradients if you really want them - you just have to draw enough stripes gradually changing from one colour to another - not hard, just a bit tedious in plain MP - but again you could define (or find) a routine to do that for you if you wanted it often enough.
prologues := 3;
outputtemplate := "%j%c.eps";

vardef brace_label(expr s,a,b) text t_ =
   save m,theta; pair m;
   theta := angle (b-a); m := .5[a,b]+(10 up rotated theta);
   label.top(s,m) rotatedabout(m, theta) t_;
   draw a+(2 up rotated theta) { dir (60+theta) }
       .. a+((6,6) rotated theta)
       -- m+((-6,-4) rotated theta)
       .. { dir (60+theta) } m { dir (theta-60) }
       .. m+((+6,-4) rotated theta)
       -- b+((-6,6) rotated theta)
       .. { dir (theta-60) } b+(2 up rotated theta)
       withpen pencircle scaled .4 t_;
enddef;

beginfig(1);

dx = 2cm; dy = dx/4;
path b[];
for i=1 upto 4:
  b[i] = unitsquare xscaled dx yscaled dy shifted ((i-1)*dx,0);
  fill b[i] withcolor .2[white, if i=4: red else: blue fi];
  draw b[i];
endfor

label(btex $P_1$ etex, center b1);
label(btex $P_2$ etex, center b2);
label(btex $P_3$ etex, center b3);
label(btex $P_4$ etex, center b4);

brace_label(btex $\scriptstyle T_0$ etex, ulcorner b1, urcorner b4);

drawoptions(withcolor .67 blue);
ahlength := 3;
path a; a = (llcorner b4 -- lrcorner b4) shifted 6 down;
drawdblarrow a;
draw llcorner b4 -- point 0 of a dashed withdots scaled .3;
draw lrcorner b4 -- point 1 of a dashed withdots scaled .3;
picture t; t = thelabel(btex $\scriptstyle T_1$ etex, point 1/2 of a);
unfill bbox t; draw t;
drawoptions();

endfig;
end.


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Q: Keep ticks but change interval for labels I have a basic 2D plot
Plot[x^2, {x, -20, 20}, PlotRange -> {0, 30},
 Ticks -> {Range[-20, 20, 1], Range[0, 30, 1]}, ImageSize -> 1000]

I have added the tick ranges so that there will be ticks at every integer. But this makes each tick get its own label, which is too many labels. How can I keep the ticks, but change the label spacing to be, say, every five ticks?
I've searched for a simple explanation for how to do this, but have not been successful.

A: f1 = If[Mod[#, 5] == 0, #, {#, ""}] &;
Plot[x^2, {x, -20, 20}, PlotRange -> {0, 30},
  Ticks -> {f1 /@ Range[-20, 20, 1], f1 /@ Range[0, 30, 1]},
  ImageSize -> 500]


For Q1 of 2018, Vietnam's revenue from the export of textile and garment products increased 13.35 per cent over the same period last year. Export of garment products alone was up 12.49 per cent compared to the first quarter of 2017. Besides traditional garment and textile products, goods with a high value-addition such as fabrics, fiber, geo textiles, and textile and garment accessories have also grown well.
T-shirts, jackets, and shirts were among the top export products in the first two months of this year. Many companies have received orders until the end of the third quarter of 2018. Vietnam's key export markets are: the US, member countries of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the EU, the Republic of Korea, China, and Asean.
In the first quarter of this year Vietnam's textile and garment exports to the US were up 13.2 per cent over the corresponding period in 2017, the highest pace of growth in the last three years. Textile and garment exports to CPTPP member countries grew at an average rate of eight per cent a year in the 2013-2017 period, accounting for about 15 per cent of Vietnam's total textile and garment export revenue.


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Nation's Two Leading Proxy Advisory Firms--ISS and Glass Lewis--Recommend TCP Shareholders vote "FOR" Proposed Merger | TCP International Holdings Ltd.
AURORA, Ohio, Feb. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- TCP International Holdings, Ltd. (TCP) today announced that both of the nation's leading independent proxy advisory firms, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass, Lewis & Co. (Glass Lewis), recommend that TCP shareholders vote "FOR" approval of the merger agreement with Quality Light Source GmbH, an entity affiliated with Ellis Yan and Solomon Yan. Under the terms of the merger agreement, TCP shareholders will receive $1.00 in cash per share.
ISS and Glass Lewis provide independent proxy voting advice to thousands of institutional investors, including mutual funds, pension funds and other fiduciaries.
Take private transactions that include members of a company's founding management team may draw additional scrutiny from investors than arm's-length transactions due to the heightened risks of conflicts of interest.
In this case, the company recently received a default notice, the company's business condition was deteriorating at an increasing rate, and the controlling shareholders opposed a third-party takeover. For these reasons, in addition to the premium being offered in cash consideration, a vote FOR the merger is warranted.
"We are appreciative of the proxy advisory firms' votes of confidence in the proposed merger," said Brian Catlett, CEO of TCP. "We urge all of TCP's shareholders to follow the recommendations of these independent authorities and the independent TCP board by voting "FOR" the approval of the merger agreement, as a failure to vote is the equivalent of a vote against the merger."
An extraordinary general meeting of TCP shareholders to consider and vote upon the merger agreement will be held on February 13, 2018, at 5:00 p.m. Central European Time, at the offices of Lenz & Staehelin at Brandschenkestrasse 24, CH-8027 Zürich, Switzerland. All TCP shareholders of record at the close of business on February 1, 2018 are entitled to vote.
Voting is currently open and TCP shareholders who have questions about the merger or who need assistance in submitting their proxy or voting their shares should contact the company's proxy solicitor, Innisfree M&A Incorporated, at 1 (888) 750-5834 (toll-free from the U.S. and Canada) or 1 (412) 232-3651 (from other locations).
TCP International Holdings, Ltd (OTC: TCPIF), is a leading global manufacturer and distributor of energy efficient lighting technologies. TCP's extensive product offerings include LED and CFL lamps and fixtures and other energy efficient lighting products. TCP is a proud ENERGY STAR® partner of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. TCP's products are currently offered through thousands of retail and C&I distributors. Since TCP's inception, it has sold more than one billion energy efficient lighting products. For more information, visit www.tcpi.com.
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11th April 2009- Championship, Watford 1 Barnsley 1
http://watford.fcdb.info?id=4863
Watford striker Tommy Smith denied Championship relegation battlers Barnsley a priceless win with a late equaliser at Vicarage Road.
A telling memory of How Things Used To Be from the recent Clough documentary: Forest players in the centre circle, turning to greet and be greeted by each of the stands before kickoff. We used to do that too, a line of players in the middle of the pitch. It meant something. Now, it's not until we've had a pedestrian parade of players and officials across the full width of the pitch, followed by an extended mingle with nibbles and a free bar, that we get to applaud and be applauded by our team. Or the first two or three of our team, to be precise: by the time you get halfway down the line-up, everyone's got bored and the remaining players just wander into position rather than bother to sprint purposefully towards the Rookery. Something essential has been lost here…and for what, exactly?
https://www.soccerbase.com/matches/results.sd?date=2009-04-11
https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-championship/11-april-2009/
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7th April 2009- Championship, Watford 2 Southampton 2
Southampton centre-back Jan-Paul Saeijs hit a stunning last-minute equaliser to earn them a point away at Watford.
Having rightly come under considerable fire in his early days, the manager has done a remarkable job of steering the ship away from the rocks since dropping his hardline allegiance to possession football. Bolstered by some extremely timely signings – Mike Williamson and Jack Cork particularly, but Don Cowie too – and aided by a transformation in the likes of Jobi McAnuff and Tamas Priskin, he's managed to create a perfectly functional, thoroughly mid-table Second Division outfit. And a team that's suddenly quite easy to like again, that seems comfortable with itself again. As ambition goes, that ain't Aidy Boothroyd. But it'll do just fine for now.
26th December 2008- Championship, Watford 2 Bristol City 4
Maynard struck from the corner of the six-yard box after 23 seconds and doubled his tally after Scott Loach parried a shot from Ivan Sproule.
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I'm almost glad they scored their fourth. Almost. Would have been too cruel to see City protect a one goal lead by jockying around in the corner to the cheers of their fans for five minutes. After all, it was ten years to the day since Gifton was doing precisely that to them, in the same corner of the pitch…
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