Are you looking for a campsite in Dordogne by the river ? The Douzou is crossed by the river Céou. Its water is clear, transparent and unpolluted. Relax and let yourself be rocked by the sound of its flow.
There is no sea in the Dordogne but at the Douzou there is the river "Céou". This tributary of the Dordogne crosses the campsite and divides it into two parts. You can camp or have fun at the water's edge.
A river in the heart of our campsite.
The Dordogne is a preserved place. Its landscapes, culture and history have been spared by urbanization and overcrowding. This department is renowned for its low pollution and the preservation of its natural spaces.
The same goes for its streams and the river "Céou" which crosses our campsite. This tributary of the Dordogne, has its source in the neighboring department of Lot (46).
The quality and cleanliness of its water are verified by its transparency, helped by the many natural sources that feed it. The Céou is an asset for our campsite, it is the identity of the Douzou.
The river divides our campsite into two parts connected by a bridge.
The Céou is the boundary between the activity and amusement area of the campsite and the accommodation zone. This separation helps to ensure calm for people who do not wish to be disturbed by the noise on their location. Pools, snack bars, playgrounds, sports fields and petanque are located on the other side of the river.
Your holidays by the river.
You can choose to camp at the edge of the water on one of our eleven large pitches with electricity reserved for tents, caravans and motorhomes.
The Céou is also a place of fun, especially for your children. It is a calm and shallow river. Many spaces are available for holidaymakers wishing to swim, relax or picnic by the river.
But the special feature of the Douzou are canoes available for free with all equipment (lifejackets and paddles).


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Guard moves furniture confiscated by Colombian drug agency DNE
Confiscated metalware awaiting auction
DNE investigator views confiscated paintings by well-known Colombian artist Alejandro Obregon ahead of their auction
Mansion seized by the DNE in the rich Ciudad Jardin area of Cali
Castillo Marroquín, seized from drug kingpin Juan Camilo Zapata Vásquez
Confiscated possessions in warehouse
Portraits of 'La Monita Retrechera' and her shoe collection await auction
Snow houses
— Bogotá
Since 2007, the Colombian government has made over €50m from the sale of property confiscated from busted drug barons. And there are currently an estimated 1,200 buildings waiting to be sold. Plus a large collection of shoes.
Government auction, barons, drug
Issue 22, volume 3
p.54-55
Anastasia Moloney
Luca Zanetti
Colombia's government makes a lot of money from cocaine. Indirectly that is. Since 2007, it has pulled in over €50m by auctioning the seized assets of drug barons and their associates. It's using the cash from these "narco" sales to build 11 new prisons.
And the prospects for this revenue stream look good: seizures of these assets are on the rise. This is because the government of Álvaro Uribe – with a little help from the US – has managed to crack down on the trade, catching more drug lords than any previous Colombia administration. Although this has not yet allowed the country to ditch its status as the world's biggest producer of cocaine.
Key among most barons' possessions are their property portfolios (it's one of the easiest ways of laundering piles of cash). And their tastes are varied: garages and warehouses used to store cocaine and the chemicals needed to manufacture it, hotels, whole apartment blocks, offices, one-storey houses in poor neighbourhoods for the use of henchmen, and penthouses for mistresses.
The ill-gotten property and possessions of one of the biggest drug lords to be caught, Juan Carlos Ramírez Abadía – aka Chupeta or "Lollipop" – of the Norte del Valle Cartel are alone estimated to be worth €300m. More than enough to pay for a nice new jail.
This is where veteran estate agent Juan Manuel Rivera comes in. He heads Arlemo y Bienes, one of 12 agencies authorised by the Colombian government to sell the seized properties.
It's auction day at Artemo y Bienes's offices in the north of Bogotá. But there are no expectant crowds flicking through catalogues, just two sealed envelopes lying on a desk.
The envelopes belong to the parties bidding for a large plot of land with a guide price of €140,000 in one of Bogotá's affluent neighbourhoods. The process is an anonymous one to prevent favouritism and the envelopes are opened in front of all bidders to ensure no tampering or bribery takes place. Each person has had to deposit 20 per cent of the guide price in a government bank account to participate.
Already in the estate agents' offices are the owner of a private school and his lawyer. He wants to expand the school, and this nearby plot is just what he's looking for. Then a developer arrives 30 minutes late and the show gets underway.
Rivera reels off a list of legal matters before each envelope is opened and the offer read aloud. The bidders are poker faced. Only they know who has outbid the other. Each party then has another chance to raise their initial offer.
Usually these auctions – which attract two or three would-be buyers at a time – are quick and straightforward affairs. But this plot of land has been on the market for five months and is causing some concern. The developer is worried about some cows and an elderly couple who appear to be living on it. "Who was the drug trafficker who owned the land and do the people living on the lot have any relation to him?" he asks. No one seems to know.
The proceedings adjourn while the bidders mull over their final offers in a nearby café. They soon return holding new bids. Rivera opens the first envelope and like a magician performing in front of an audience, he shakes the envelope to show it's empty. "No bribes in this envelope," he winks, prompting chuckles from the bidders. In the end, the lot goes to the property developer who offers €143,000, exceeding the school's bid by just €500. It's a bargain at less than 20 per cent of the market value.
Rivera, who has presided over 130 closed-envelope auctions since the government introduced this system two years ago, says buyers like auctions because they are transparent. And also because the properties are owned by the state and so have been officially declared free of debt or any legal problems.
"Depending on what's for sale, you get all sorts of buyers at these auctions, from the super rich to the working class," says Rivera. There are over 1,200 ex-narco properties up for sale at present and closed-envelope auctions take place most days across Colombia.
Drug lords' personal belongings also go on sale. Octavio Marquez, who is in charge of the warehouse in Bogotá where they are stored, has seen some unusual objects over the years, from fake Picassos to parts for a submarine drug barons were building to transport cocaine stocks.
The recent arrival of a large collection of shoes is Marquez's favourite. It belonged to the notorious female drug trafficker known as "La Monita Retrechera" (which translates, roughly, as "Aloof Blond Woman"). The collection has yet to receive any offers.
Drug dens
The former residences of Colombia's drug kingpins have been known to fetch up to €3m at auction. One of the most famous was the Bogotá residence of female drug trafficker "La Monita Retrechera", who was killed by hitmen 12 years ago.
A businessman bought the fortress-style house for over €770,000 two years ago. La Mona had a passion for sorcery. Octavio Marquez, who works at the Colombian drug agency, DNE, says, "There's a bad vibe in that house. Its sewers are in the shape of a snake and there were voodoo dolls, altars and priest robes. I burnt the dolls."
Excess delivery
Stepping into narco pads built during the height of the cocaine trade in the 1980s, it's hard not to imagine Tony Montana lounging in a vast Jacuzzi in the scene from Scarface. Gold, Italian marble and ivory fittings were de rigueur then, along with grottos, kitsch bars, and felines roaming around lush country estates. The drug barons of today, however, have toned it down. Ernesto Hidalgo, who works at the Colombian drug agency, DNE, says: "Nowadays, narcos are more discreet and less ostentatious. They now hire interior designers to give them good taste."

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Sonos Sub - Confirmed by Crutchfield e-Newsletter
rgbyhkr
Got an email this AM from Crutchfield announcing a wireless sub from Sonos:
http://www.crutchfield.com/p_616SUB/Sonos-Sub.html
bkswain
Just saw it on Gizmodo as well, although the link in their article to the official Sonos blog is now broken, maybe Sonos pulled their announcement?
http://gizmodo.com/5912150/sonos-sub-wireless-subwoofer-puts-some-***-in-your-sonos-system
dilbert2k
Its on the SONOS web site! So unlikely any announcement has been pulled.
bltkmt
I just got an email announcement!
kbyrd
http://www.sonos.com/introducing/sub
NoBoB
The blog post is still there (or it's been restored).
I wonder how low it goes. For $699, it had better be fairly deep. I guess we'll find out next month.
jishi
They say 25 Hz in the specs. However, I have a hard time justifying that price. I was actually about to buy a CONNECT:AMP + wall-speakers and a subwoofer to replace my paired S5.
This would have been perfect, but I'm guessing it will land on almost the same price... and then I will have two spare S5 as well.
And no white color? What's up with that?
glum
I'm trying to work out why this only works with Sonos units with amps... If it's wireless it must have an amp in it right?
the_lhc
Err, no! Not an audio amp, the Connect doesn't have one.
I'd imagine it's because a lot of Connects get used with AV receivers and Sonos can't guarantee that the SUB will sync properly with a Connect when there's AV processing adding a delay to the output.
jcp3570
.I'd imagine it's because a lot of Connects get used with AV receivers and Sonos can't guarantee that the SUB will sync properly with a Connect when there's AV processing adding a delay to the output.
So how does a Connect serving an AV unit sync with an S5 (say) in the next room?
Probably very bad if the AV unit does some sort of preprocessing of the sound.
Very often it doesn't. It is one of the problems with using a modern A/V receiver with a CONNECT; the DSP circuitry in the receiver often causes delays which screws up syncing with Sonos. There is a whole thread requesting variable delay for just this problem:
http://forums.sonos.com/showthread.php?t=20699
blueacewe
I am big fan of Sonos but what's the use of a Sonos Sub with the current Sonos products?
A combination of 2xPLAY 3/5 and Sub can make a wireless stereo but too limited for a living room system and an overkill for other rooms.
I hope this comes in parallel with a "super" Bridge with:
- Multiple input sources and formats
- 5.1 surround with no synch issues
- IR control of other devices
You could plug all devices to the super Bridge and use 5 PLAY and the SUB to have a wireless system doing both Stereo and Home Cinema.
To answer all the people who want to use a subwoofer with the Play:5/3 at a guess.
Well that's what people have been asking for, although I don't think it's yet been shown that you can use the SUB with a stereo pair of Play:3/5s has it?
I hope this comes in parallel with
I'd guess if it was coming in parallel with anything they'd have announced it at the same time. Although it will come with a nice firmware update of course.
therockhr
Even the biggest Sonos fans (which I fell like I am one) have to be shaking their head at this product at this price point.
There are people shaking their heads after every Sonos hardware/software release announcement. There are also those who are very happy to be getting just what they want. It's the nature of the CE business.
Do you think there is a big market for this at this price point? It just seems like such a small set of people who either don't want to wire a sub with their connect:amp or need a sub with their play:3,5? Very strange.
I would think from a business standpoint making a play:3,5 that was able to go outside or in a bathroom would get a bigger market. I feel like I am like a lot of people and want to have music on my deck but don't really want to go through the trouble of running wire outside. Would be nice to just mount a water-resistant play:5 or a couple of play:3's under the awning just like you would water-resistant speakers.
I'd heard that something new was coming soon because my dealer rep invited me to a preview event a few weeks ago. I couldn't make it and they couldn't tell me what it was except that it would "enable you to go back to every client you've installed Sonos for with a new add-on". I've now gone through the list of every home we've installed Sonos in and I literally didn't find one where this device would make any sense. It's one thing for me to say, "Well, that's not for me but others might like it" . . . this is that I don't have a single customer for whom this would make sense. I'll keep trying to think of one, but so far I'd say this feels much more niche than one would like.
I have no idea about the market. Obviously, given their track record, Sonos has a pretty good marketing research team. Without access to their data or expertise, I would not begin to speculate if this was a good move or not. I do know that this was requested in Sound Ideas, so it didn't come out of left field. Also, I personally have no use for an outdoor speaker, and my bathroom is served very well by a P:5. This in no way invalidates your wishes, but it does demonstrate the anecdotal nature of our wants and needs, and drives home the old adage of "different strokes for different folks."
you have a CONNECT with bookshelf speakers already and want some extra bass?
you love music and want the subwoofer, but not in the same place as your other speakers / SONOS boxes? ie, behind the sofa?
I personally don't understand why anyone would want to spend £800 for two linked S5's when a CONNECT plugged into some £200 speakers sounds tons better, but hey, they asked for it, they got it.
Sonos do seem to be gearing up for a 5.1 system, but hell, why would I spend the money on all those Play:3's and a subwoofer, when a CONNECT played through ANY £1.5k speakers would sound better.
People are nuts, but I do like me some extra bass.
You mean a Connect:Amp, you can't plug a Connect directly into speakers (unless they're active/powered) and besides, you can't use the SUB with the Connect/ZP90/80 anyway.
I'm not sure where you come down . . . do you like it or not?What if...
If you do mean a connect (i.e. the speakers are powered) then you don't like the SUB since it won't work with a Connect.
Then I'd say the SUB works, though we put (lowercase) subs in remote locations all the time, either wireless or concealing wires
2 S'5s at USD 400/each versus a Connect:Amp @ USD 500 plus USD 300 for nice speakers would have you at the same price point of course, but with the advantage of no wiring between the two. That's where we've used paired players most often is where someone wants the music in a room without a good location for running wires (say, on opposite sides of a brick fireplace and hardwood floors).
So I'm back to thinking you don't like it and I agree
Hmmm...I am as big a Sonos fan as there is, but this price point feels way too high.
You can get very very good subwoofers for that coin.
I fear this is a rare miss by the Sonos team. I guess time will tell. After all, Bose has made a fortune selling people overpriced gear. I am mostly disappointed because I push the Sonos brand at anyone who will listen, telling them that while it is a little pricey, the value is there. Don't expect to be able to say that about this particular product.
It seems pricey to me too... I was thinking of adding a subwoofer to my CONNECT:AMP and the one that goes with my current pair of speakers is 450€ - so 700€ does not sound like a good alternative.
By the way I spotted this sentence on Engadget's review: but we're told a non-gloss version will be offered later for $100 less - 600 is still a lot but maybe the psychological effect will work on some people...
neilball
I'd suggest the new Sub is going to be for the customer who perhaps has in-ceiling speakers or small bookshelf speakers running from a ZP100/ZP120/Connect:AMP or who uses Play:3 or Play:5 and wants a simple way to add some serious bass to their setup without lots of cabling. For example I was at a house the other day with Linn Sweetspots installed throughout and where the Sub would be an easy addition to fill out the low end without any major re-wiring (there was no thought about wiring for a subwoofer by the original installer).
Bear in mind that the Sub runs over the Sonos mesh so only needs power, and it also runs some simple auto-EQ routines to match the output to the speakers (i.e. it knows which Sonos device or devices it is paired to - it does work wit stereo-paired P3/5s). The new software should also allow for some simple EQ adjustments on the basis of A/B selections.
The physical design allows for upright or laid-down positioning and is ported inside the "hole" so can be right against a wall too.
I heard it last week and it did sound good running with both a single P5 and a stereo pair of P3s in quite a large room.
I'm glad to see new products released even if it isn't something I hoped for. Personally not impressed with the price point but will reserve judgement until I get a chance to hear, maybe it will be good value even at that price point.
Do many Sonos owners find the speakers lacking bass? To my ears the s5 could use less bass or maybe more tight bass for music and talk radio.


From 2002 to 2006 Claude Pauquet went on a series of trips along the coasts of the Atlantic and the English Channel, between Hendaye and Bray- dunes, passing through a place known as Au Bout des Certains, located in the commune of Stella- Plage, in the Pas-de-Calais region.
He took his images as he hugged the coastline, sailing along the coast on land, with the idea of exploring an internal borderline between shores and ocean, natural landscapes and indeterminate spaces. He uses unexpected composition and detailed observation to reveal a shoreline made up of a mixture of disconcerting elements: there is a succession of anonymous sea walls, characterless plots of land, ghost harbours in the common order of banality, occasionally interspersed with a wild construction, punctuated by emaciated terraces or marked out paths, where getting lost would appear to be impossible.
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Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. Professional Sound and Visual Division today unveils the DJM-5000, an innovative audio mixer designed specifically for the growing number of mobile DJs, offering them additional capabilities to expand their musical and entertainment abilities. The DJM-5000 is geared for all types of performances, offering new features such as multi-zone entertainment, three microphone inputs, Advanced Talk Over, 96kHz / 24-bit sampling, Sound Maximizer, MIDI mapping capability and a built-in sound card. The mixer is intended for rack mount installation, complementing Pioneer's MEP-7000 and SEP-C1 multi-entertainment systems providing improved mobility for DJs on the go.
The DJM-5000 features two flexible output modes: multi-zone and standard. In multi-zone mode, the mixer's outputs can be dedicated to multiple audio sources and distributed to two different areas or rooms. For example, this groundbreaking feature allows DJs to transmit music from a separate source such as an MP3 player to a lounge or cocktail room while simultaneously outputting high energy music from digital turntables to a main dance floor. Similarly, broadcasts from a microphone also can be selected to transmit separately to two different zones, allowing MC performances or announcements to be tailored to the appropriate areas. In standard mode, all four audio outputs are directed to one area such as a main dance floor.
The DJM-5000 incorporates another industry first, an exclusive feature called Advanced Talk Over*, which attenuates the frequencies in the mid-range / vocal area of music being played while the microphone is in use. The Advanced Talk Over feature is designed to distinguish announcements made by the DJ and/or MC without lowering the entire volume output, which can often affect the energy of the event. The output of the feature can be adjusted accordingly in two levels through a dedicated control knob on the front panel.
The DJM-5000 also includes three microphone inputs, two of which are independent balanced inputs for performances from an MC and/or vocalist. Each microphone channel has a dedicated volume control as well as a 3-band equalizer for increased tonal quality and control. In addition, the microphone section of the mixer is outfitted with four different effects: reverb, echo plus verb, octaver and pitch to further enhance vocal performances.
Much like the DJM-1000 and the industry standard DJM-800, Pioneer also enhanced the output of the DJM-5000 by utilizing a 96kHz/24-bit analog to digital converter as well as a 32-bit digital signal processor (DSP) in the mixing process to ensure the highest audio quality output.
In order to virtually eliminate interference generated by other products or power cords, the DJM-5000 employs a shorter signal path designed to reduce the effects of inherent noise, a high performance power supply to stabilize voltage, and shielded dual RCA inputs.
Furthermore, for entertainers using compressed audio files, the DJM-5000 has been equipped with a built-in audio processor called Sound Maximizer to enhance low and high frequency ranges.
The "Dynamics" function boosts sounds in the lower frequency range up to eight decibels for added bass response, which is particularly helpful when the music source is lacking low-end punch. The "Clarity" function adjusts the gain of the mid-high frequency range by up to an additional four decibels for a brighter and clearer overall sound. The clarity adjustment improves the sense of separation and distinction by emphasizing the mid-high range sounds, even at lower volume levels.
The DJM-5000 is equipped with a six-channel (three stereo pairs) USB Audio Interface. The connection allows direct plug-in from a laptop computer** to the mixer over the USB connection without using an additional external sound card.
The mixer is fully functional as a flexible MIDI controller. Sixty-one of the DJM-5000's seventy-three buttons, knobs and sliders are assignable to transmit control data via MIDI signal to a laptop's USB port while running any MIDI-compatible DJ software.
Digital Input – Two digital inputs allow the user to connect digital sources with digital outputs for the best possible signal quality without deterioration of the content.
The DJM-5000 will be available in October 2009 for a manufacturers' suggested retail price of $1,275.00.
Pioneer offers a complete line of professional DJ Equipment through its Professional Sound & Visual Division. Its DJM series of mixers has become an industry standard at clubs, studios, mobile rigs and homes around the world, known for its high quality sound and reliability. For more information, visit www.pioneerprodj.com.
** Compatible with Windows and Mac. Three stereo outputs can be assigned under Windows only when used with ASIO compliant software.


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Singh, V and Gupta, GS (2008) Behavior of Granular Material in Packed Bed Under Influence of Gas Injected Through a Nozzle. In: Particulate Science & Technology, 26 (3). pp. 214-221.
Cavity size hysteresis is an important phenomenon that affects the aerodynamics of any packed bed reactor significantly. Using the discrete element method approach, the mechanism of cavity size hysteresis in the presence of gas flow has been studied. The modeling results on cavity size have been compared with experiments and show a reasonable agreement. It is found that bed history, interparticle interaction forces, and gas drag all play an important role in the formation of cavities. The bed porosity in the decreasing gas velocity case was always found higher than the increasing gas velocity. The net gas drag at any location above the gas injection point in the bed decreases as the gas velocity is increased. It is also found that the change in interparticle interaction forces with gas flow rate is a major cause of the hysteresis phenomenon.
Copyright of this article belongs to Taylor and Francis.
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The chief executive of the government's new Small Business Service has called on purchasers in large firms to think local as they search for supply chain efficiencies in a global economy.
David Irwin, who begins his two-year stint at the executive agency on 6 March, also called on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to improve their marketing to larger firms. He told SM: "Where purchasers in big firms can help is to be clear and public about what is expected from their suppliers. Small firms must understand exactly who the end users of their products are."
Irwin stressed that small firms didn't need preferential treatment, but must be given the chance to enter a potential supply chain on their own merits.
SMEs should make the most of networking with their current customers, said Alan Duffield, managing director of WB Machining Services in Warwickshire. Since last year the firm, which employs 54 people, has supplied turbine-blade liners for power plants to GE, the US electrics giant. Orders in 1999 came to £400,000 and should be worth more than £2 million this year.
The American parent company of one of WB's UK customers was a GE supplier, said Duffield. "We sent information to the US firm, who passed it on to GE."
He explained that quality assurance measures had played a big part in maintaining the GE relationship. "They have been hard to implement," he added, "but it will improve us in the long run. We have also had to invest in IT to support GE's world-class systems."
SMEs were often hindered by a lack of financial support, such as help in attending overseas exhibitions, he said.
They should be able to talk the same valued-added language as a potential client, according to Russell Chesterman, manager of the Supply Chain Relationships in Aerospace (Scria) scheme. "Be clear about your proposals and how they add value to the larger company's product," he advised.
SME directors should be able to listen well enough to challenge "in the nicest possible way" the larger partner's argument against a contract.
Scria, supported by the Society of British Aerospace Companies, was launched in 1995. It followed an approach to the Department of Trade and Industry by SMEs that needed help to improve their trade in the industry. Nearly a third of the 3,500 people who have taken part in Scria programmes have been from SMEs. "A prime contractor will often pay for its SME supplier to attend," said Chesterman.
David Irwin, who will have direct access to prime minister Tony Blair and trade secretary Stephen Byers when the agency starts work in April, has pledged to improve government support for small businesses.


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The Biden administration this week filed a lawsuit against transportation giant Uber, alleging the company discriminates against passengers with disabilities by charging a "wait fee" that ends up costing more for people who need longer time to enter a vehicle.
"People with disabilities deserve equal access to all areas of community life, including the private transportation services provided by companies like Uber," said Kristen Clarke, the assistant attorney general for the DOJ's Civil Rights Division, in a statement announcing the suit. "This lawsuit seeks to bring Uber into compliance with the mandate of the Americans with Disabilities Act while sending a powerful message that Uber cannot penalize passengers with disabilities simply because they need more time to get into a car. Uber and other companies that provide transportation services must ensure equal access for all people, including those with disabilities."
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"Uber's wait time fees take a significant toll on people with disabilities," said Acting U.S. Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds, who represents the Northern District of California, where the suit was filed. "Passengers with disabilities who need additional boarding time are entitled to access ridesharing services without discrimination. This lawsuit seeks to assist people with disabilities to live their lives with independence and dignity, as the ADA guarantees."
Last summer, Uber competitor Lyft settled with the Justice Department over allegations it too discriminated against passengers with disabilities by refusing to serve clients who use walkers and wheelchairs.


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The Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership is looking to connect with university graduates to gauge interest in developing alumni networks in the Sarnia-Lambton area.
Aimed at connecting university graduates in the area, the Partnership's Alumni Network Project was developed to determine the interests of the area's alumni, which may include career development, community growth, or social activities.
"We want to foster an opportunity for people who are looking to connect with others in the hopes of growing the alumni community in the Sarnia-Lambton area. The potential networks could prove to be a very valuable asset in strengthening the community," said Stephen Thompson, CEO of the Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership.
To provide the initial steps in making those connections, the Alumni Network Project team constructed a short survey that will be available for completion throughout the month of September.
The survey, which is available at www.sarnialambton.on.ca, will help in the identification of various alumni activities that could take place in the Sarnia-Lambton area, as well as the identification of individuals who would like to serve as mentors in the community and those interested in receiving mentorship from experienced professionals in their alumni network.
"We hope to connect with as many university alumni as possible and provide a valuable outlet for the fostering of innovation, jobs, professional growth, and ultimately elevate experiences in Sarnia-Lambton," Thompson said.
Anyone interested in more information on the Alumni Network Project can contact the Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership at 519-332-1820 or email reception@sarnialambton.on.ca.


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We are getting closer to the launch of Upstream, a MERJ Exchange Market, and revolutionary digital stock exchange and trading app for digital securities powered by Horizon's blockchain technology.
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Typically in an IPO, the general public has to wait for the stock to begin trading on a national exchange in order to purchase shares. With trading apps like Robinhood, you're able to place a "Pre-IPO" order but you're not participating in the IPO, you're just entering your orders for when trading begins.
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Sumich, a dual premiership player with West Coast, had a close look at English's on-field capability, coaching him as part of the WA under-18 team at the 2018 national championships.
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Certaldo is one of the castles of the Valdelsa that preserves the aspect that it had taken on by the end of the Late Middle Ages. It was in this form that Leonardo depicted it in one of his most famous maps, the great bird's-eye view of the Windsor Castle Collection RL 12278. In this large map Leonardo represented the entire system of left tributaries of the middle Valdarno, with the mapping of castles having superior strategic value during that time frame. Among these is the towered profile of the castle of Certaldo. Its origins date back at least to the second half of the 12th century, when the network of roads of the Via Francigena had moved to the right side of the Elsa, by contrast with the older route that, as is known, passed by San Gimignano and the parish church of Chianni, on the hills to the left of the Elsa.
The Certaldo castle of the Counts Alberti and the Semifonte War
The oldest attestation of the castle dates back to 1164: the imperial privilege with which Frederick Barbarossa confirmed all his rights and possessions to Count Alberto di Prato. Among these, the Valdelsan castles of Pogni, Salivolpe, and Certaldo. The noble family had begun to expand in the Valdelsa at least from the first decades of the century, in clear conflict with the city of Florence, which was aiming to widen the borders of its comitatus also in this area. The first conflicts between the Alberti and Florence materialized already during the last quarter of the 12th century, when the city forced the counts to destroy the castle of Pogni and all the towers of Certaldo, with absolute prohibition of rebuilding. The conflict culminated, as is known, in 1202 with the destruction of the new walled village of the Alberti, the mythical Semifonte. It is possible that in the aftermath of the annihilation of the new village, a part of the population merged into the nearby castle of Certaldo, still formally in the hands of the count. In the rectory of San Iacopo a Certaldo, there is a memorial plaque commemorating a high-level personage of Semifonte, who probably came to live in Certaldo after the destruction of the newly founded Alberti settlement.
Certaldo between the 13th and 14th centuries
After the war of Semifonte, Certaldo entered progressively deeper into Florentine orbit, until final submission took place at the end of the 13th century. In the first half of the century there was a phase of demographic growth due in part, perhaps, to the arrival of family units from the Alberti village that had been obliterated by Florence. It is also in this phase that the town development must be situated, with the growth of the village outside the oldest nucleus, which would be surrounded by walls during the 14th century. However, despite the population development of the 13th and 14th centuries, which would reach, on the eve of the plague, a population of about 1200 inhabitants, Certaldo never did take off from the economic point of view, as happened instead for other villages of the Valdelsa. Probably Certaldo, although grafted onto the important route of Via Francigena, was not at the crossroads with interregional roads, as was the case for Castelfiorentino and Poggibonsi, which succeeded in developing important markets. Certaldo stopped at an agricultural economy and craftsman's activities limited to local consumption.
The topography of Certaldo at the time of Leonardo
The historic center of Certaldo was recovered after the destruction during the Second World War, which caused serious damage to several historic buildings, including the Casa del Boccaccio. However, the layout of the castrum from the Alberti phase is preserved, as is that of the subsequent fortification of the village that took place during the 13th-14th century. The oldest part of the castle can be recognized at in the highest part of the elevation, dominated by the imposing mass of the Palazzo Pretorio, which is believed to have developed on the site of the noble fortification. A certain element of the oldest topography of the Alberti castle is the church of Saints Tommaso and Prospero, made entirely of bricks, which can be dated, precisely, to a narrow period of time between the late 12th and early 13th centuries thanks to the insertion in the facade of imported ceramic basins. Outside, along the street starting off from the Palazzo Pretorio, now bearing the name Via Boccaccio, stands the church of Saints Jacopo and Filippo, already erected during the second half of the 12th century, made entirely of bricks. The south side opened onto the road with two access portals. On the perfectly preserved apse, a cruciform single-lancet window opens, flanked by rhomboid openings with recessed frames obtained from the simple arrangement of the bricks with which the facing is made. The road would take the name of Via de Burgo, and would constitute the axis of urban growth during the 13th-14th centuries. Along the village street there are some residential buildings with a strong vertical character, such as the tower of the Palazzo Machiavelli complex. The same housing types can also be found in the oldest part of the castle, along the present Via del Rivellino, like the Lucardesi tower. In addition to the southern access gate to the older castle (later called Porta del Rivellino), two gates opened on the new walls that were built during the 14th century to surround the outer village, the Porta del Sole and the Porta degli Alberti, through which the village street issued. The latter still preserves the archivolt with the original form of an ogival arch. The walls near the Porta degli Alberti partly preserve the 14th-century bretèches, the projecting wooden elements at the summit. Leonardo depicted Certaldo in the forms reached by the castle during the 14th century, at the time of the greatest population expansion. In the famous map outlining the Valdelsa castle system, the profile of Certaldo can be recognized, represented as a castle surrounded by walls and defended by towers. Among these, the Medici semicircular bastion was certainly not included, built posterior to the Leonardo map (RL 12278), which is dated, as is known, to 1503.
The vicar Lattanzio Tedaldi, the cenotaph of Boccaccio, and Leonardo
In the church of Saints Jacopo and Filippo, on the left wall, the funeral monument is located that was created to honor Giovanni Boccaccio, who is buried in the cemetery of that church. The elements that make up the cenotaph, a marble portrait of the poet, a commemorative epigraph with an epitaph, and the family coat of arms, are all the work of the same hand, commissioned of Florentine sculptor Giovanfrancesco Rustici in 1503. Indeed, we even know that it was executed during the second half of the year, since it is certain that the work was ordered by the vicar of Certaldo, the Florentine Lattanzio Tedaldi, who took office in the second half of 1503. The circumstances that saw the creation of Boccaccio's cenotaph link not only artist and client—the Rustici and the vicar Tedaldi— but also the figure of Leonardo. Two years earlier, at the beginning of the 1500s, Leonardo was in Florence after a very long absence, a period of time spent above all at the court of the Duke of Milan. Back again in the city of Florence, Leonardo arranged his studio at the monastery of the Serviti della Santissima Annunziata. At that time, Giovanfrancesco Rustici was also renting a shop in that area, on Via dei Servi. And the same Lattanzio Tedaldi, who at the beginning of the 1500s was still in Florence, lived in the same area. Lattanzio Tedaldi belonged to one of the families of the city's highest class. A character who was certainly up-to-date, and present within the philosophical and literary debate of the time, he is often remembered among intellectuals close to Ficino and the poet Filippo Buonaccorsi. Leonardo must have known Lattanzio Tedaldi if he wrote his name three times in three different memo lists, penned while he was still at the Santissima Annunziata: Codex Atlanticus, f. 331r; Codex Arundel, f. 191r; and RL 12675v. The last folio bearing the name of Lattanzio Tedaldi is the verso of one of the drawings of the hydrographic system of the river Streda, near Vinci, where Leonardo had planned to create an artificial reservoir in the place today called Serravalle. Also in one of the memo lists, that of the Codex Arundel, there is another reference to the territory of Vinci: when Leonardo pens the note la valuta del Botro "the currency of the Botro", probably making reference to the estate owned by his father ser Piero, which was in the community of Santa Croce, again, in the same area of the project by Leonardo depicted on the recto of folio RL 12675, where the name Lattanzi is found. Thus at the turn of the year 1501, the three, the future vicar of Cerreto, Lattanzio Tedaldi, the young sculptor, Rustici, and Leonardo frequented the same streets of the neighborhood surrounding the Santissima Annunziata, an area that would soon become central to the cultural elite of the city. The da Vinci and Rustici families had known each other for some time, and had the hopes that the two artist sons would spend time together. The youngest, Giovanfrancesco, trained in Verrocchio's workshops, and Benedetto da Maiano, could thus have availed themselves of Leonardo's school and experience, already renowned for the unfortunate but impressive equestrian statue projected for the Sforza monument that was never completed. From the new shop in Via dei Servi the young sculptor had begun to weave a dense network of relationships that went beyond the environment of art, expanding to notable personages, writers, and humanists.
It is in this context that his first important public commission is inserted, the one offered him by the new vicar of Certaldo, Lattanzio Tedaldi, in the second half of 1503. This commission was decisive for the career of Gianfrancesco Rustici, which would reach its climax just a few years after the work of Certaldo, with its masterpiece, The Preaching of the Baptist. The sculptural group was commissioned in 1506 and cast at the end of 1509, to finally be raised to above the north door of the Baptistery in 1511. As Vasari recounts, the young sculptor did not want "others around except for Leonardo da Vinci" for the precious help the master could give him, especially at the time of the casting, which was carried out in December 1509. The two actually were very close during the previous year, in 1508, when Leonardo was back in Florence and lived where Giovanfrancesco Rustici's studio was. The two were already very close, but the solid friendship that united them blossomed just at the time of the commission of the Certaldo funeral monument in honor of Giovanni Boccaccio.
Texts by
Silvia Leporatti / English translation by John Venerella
Leonardo's artificial lake at Serravalle
Vineyards of Certaldo Alto


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Christianity and shamanism
tags: Alaska, Christianity, Christianity and culture, missiology, missionaries, missionary saints, Orthodox mission, Orthodox saints, Orthodoxy, shamanism, shamans
Nic Paton has written a very interesting series of posts on Christianity and shamanism, which I am only beginning to catch up with now, since we were offline while most of it was being posted.
I'm not responding to it directly here, but I'm tossing together a few reflections on the topic, and some quotes. There are interesting connections between shamanism and Orthodox mission in Alaska.
On 12 April 1828 Fr John Veniaminov visited Akun Island near Unalaska, and found people waiting for him, and they told him that their shaman, John Smirennikov, had told them to expect him. Smirennikov did not like to be referred to as a shaman, but that was how the people saw him. John Pankov, the translator, did not like Smirennikov, so he had been cut off from catechetical instruction, but when Fr John questioned him, Smirennikov told him that his two companions taught him. They were white men who lived in the mountains.
Fr John Veniaminov was a Russian missionary in Alaska, and is now better known as St Innocent of Alaska, or St Innocent of Moscow, one of the great missionary saints of the Orthodox Church. After his wife died he became a monk, and returned to Alaska and Eastern Siberia as a bishop, and later became Metropolitan of Moscow, where he founded the Orthodox Missionary Society.
Fr John Veniaminov was born and grew up near Lake Baikal, among the Evenk people, who gave the word "shaman" to the English language. "Shaman" was the word used by the Tungus-speaking Evenk people for their equivalent of a sangoma, and the word was borrowed by anthropologists to refer to a part-time magico-religious specialist adept at trance, divination and curing, who derives magical power directly from a supernatural source.
Shaman, religious specialist, originally found in hunter-gatherer cultures, which are loosely structured, technologically simple, and homogeneous. The word shaman is derived from a word in the Tungus language of Siberia, one of the areas in which the classical form of shamanism is found. Several forms of shamanism have been observed in widely distributed non-literate societies located in Central Asia, North America, and Oceania. Shamanistic phenomena are also sometimes observed in the religions of more highly organized cultures, such as Chinese religion or Japanese Shintoism, though it is uncertain whether these can be properly classed as shamanistic
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Father John Veniaminov would have understood shamans more in the original Tungus sense than in the later generalised anthropological one. The culture in Alaska was very similar to that of eastern Siberia, and so views on shamans would have been similar too.
In reporting to his bishop about his meeting with John Smirennikov, Fr John Veniaminov wrote:
Therefore, in order that his faith and hope in the one Almighty and Omniscient God might not in some manner grow weak, I ventured, even before receiving permission from Your Grace, to give him the following exhortation: "I see that the spirits which appear to you are not devils; therefore heed their doctrine and exhortatons whenever these contradict nothing I have taught you in the general assembly. To those who question you concerning the future or who seek your help, say that they should ask God, the Father of all. I do not forbid you to heal people: just be sure to tell anyone whom you decide to heal that it is the power of God that performs it and not your own. Recommend that they pray diligently to the one God and thank him. Neither do I forbid you to teach others, but do no more than exhort those of tender age. Tell no one — not even me — about the future." Then I told and commanded the other Aleuts who were there that none of them was to call him a shaman, or to ask about or for anything from him, but from God alone. [1]
When the first Orthodox missionaries arrived in Alaska in 1794, they had, within a few months of their arrival, baptised more than 6000 of the Alutiiq people. The acceptance of the Christian faith was so rapid that it must have related to events that took place before the missionaries' arrival, and that proved to be the case. The people were acting on the advice of their shamans, who had prepared them for this beforehand. [2]
[1] Garrett, Paul. St Innocent, Apostle to America . (Crestwood, St Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1979).
[2] Mousalimas, S.A. The account from Old Harbour: regarding the baptism of the Kodiak Alutiiq (1794-1795). Greek Orthodox Theological Review . Vol. 36 No 2. 1991. Pages 155-168.
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Nic Paton permalink
Steve, that is a fascinating story.
I'd like to re-quote Walter Brueggemann here:
"The new future in which no one believed was born in staggering amazement, for it was correctly perceived as underived and unextrapolated and therefore beyond human understanding (Phil 4:7) and human control. It is the task of every would-be prophet to present such underived and unextrapolated newness". (The Prophetic Imagination)
I yearn for this "underived and unextrapolated newness", and I believe that is evident in the transformation of the Alutiiq in 1794.
It sounds like Veniaminov was a generous spirit, unthreatened by the primal (unlike most missionaries of recent times).
It is fascinating that while he allowed "spirits" to teach his people, he was wary of any divination of the future. Quite a contrast to our culture where we are highly suspicious of spirits but quite prepared to hear about the future.
Your narrative is an encouraging alternative to regular missionary tales, and a confirmation of how G-d transcends culture, and works within all traditions.
Nic,
It was St Maximus the Confessor's opposition to the monothelitism of his times, and to the Platonic theology of Origen, that laid the foundations for the positive view which Orthodox missions have generally had of traditional societies in central and eastern Europe in the 9th & 10th centuries, and across central Asia and into eastern Siberia and Alaska over the next 800 years.
As Fr Michael Oleksa says, "Orthodox evangelists felt no obligation to attack all the pre-contact religious beliefs of shamanistic tribes, for they could perceive in them some of the positive appreciation of the cosmos that is central to St Maximus' theology. They could affirm that the spiritual realities these societies worshipped were indeed 'logoi' related to the Divine Logos, whose personal existence these societies had simply never imagined"
timvictor permalink
2 February 2008 11:03 pm
That's a fascinating story. It's interesting that the shaman's pointed toward the missionary, which led to his acceptance. Often Christianity is at odds with the spiritual leaders of other people's and this recount puts them at peace with one another. Do you know of other similar stories?
What would be a good Maximus starting point?
Thanks for the John V Taylor referral (The Primal Vision) – I have started reading it, and there are some stunning observations right from the outset.
ricky permalink
so what one culture would call a shaman, maybe we christians would call a prophet in some sense?
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A new masterpiece of jewelry – a Copy of the Crown of the Russian Empire is travelling around the Far East of Russia.
For the first time he copy was presented at the end of last year on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the creation of the original Crown of the Russian Empire. It has already travelled to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and is expected to be brought to Khabarovsk soon.
The original crown, created in 1762, was thoroughly studied by 60 jewelers and nearly one thousand cutters, who were working on the creation of the copy.
The Crown was one of the most precious things that used to belong to the Imperial Court.
Due to the fact that silver gets darker with time, jewelers decided to use white gold 585 in their work.
The base of the crown is made of five thousand gold pieces soldered with laser.
The crown is decorated with rubellite (348.71 carats), 50 * 2.5 mm in size , 11,352 natural diamonds, imported from Yakutia, as well as 74 sea pearls.


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Q: Ribbon with Spring Cloud and Eureka: java.lang.IllegalStateException: No instances available for Samarths-MacBook-Pro.local I am working on Spring Boot Eureka Client Application with Ribbon Load Balancer.
I have two instances of the server registered with Eureka with the name "TEST". On the client side, I have the following code to fetch the server from Eureka.
@Configuration
@ComponentScan
@EnableAutoConfiguration
@EnableEurekaClient
@RestController
public class EurekaConsumerApplication {

    @Autowired
    DiscoveryClient discoveryClient;

    @Autowired
    RestTemplate restTemplate;

    @RequestMapping(value = "/",method = RequestMethod.GET)
    String consumer(){
        InstanceInfo instance = discoveryClient.getNextServerFromEureka("TEST",        false);

        URI uri = UriComponentsBuilder.fromUriString(instance.getHomePageUrl() + "baseDir")
            .build()
            .toUri();
        String baseDir = restTemplate.getForObject(uri, String.class);

        return baseDir;

    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SpringApplication.run(EurekaConsumerApplication.class, args);
    }
}

application.yml
spring:
  application:
    name: consumer
info:
  component: Consumer to fetch configuration
server:
  port: 8090
eureka:
  instance:
   leaseRenewalIntervalInSeconds: 3
  metadataMap:
    instanceId:   ${vcap.application.instance_id:${spring.application.name}:${spring.application.instance_id:${random.value}}}
client:
# Default values comes from   org.springframework.cloud.netflix.eurek.EurekaClientConfigBean
  region: default
  registryFetchIntervalSeconds: 5
  instanceInfoReplicationIntervalSeconds: 5
  initialInstanceInfoReplicationIntervalSeconds: 5
  serviceUrl:
    defaultZone: http://localhost:8761/eureka/
    availabilityZones:
    default: ${APPLICATION_DOMAIN:${DOMAIN:defaultZone}}

However, when I hit the restful endpoint by using the following command, it gives an error:
curl http://localhost:8090/

This is the error:
{"exception":"java.lang.IllegalStateException","message":"org.springframework.web.util.NestedServletException: Request processing failed; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalStateException: No instances available for Samarths-MacBook-Pro.local","path":"/"}

Stacktrace:
2015-07-22 14:37:35.005 INFO 13841 --- [tp1334391583-19] c.netflix.loadbalancer.BaseLoadBalancer : Client:Samarths-MacBook-Pro.local instantiated a LoadBalancer:DynamicServerListLoadBalancer:{NFLoadBalancer:name=Samarths-MacBook-Pro.local,current list of Servers=[],Load balancer stats=Zone stats: {},Server stats: []}ServerList:null
2015-07-22 14:37:35.009 INFO 13841 --- [tp1334391583-19] c.n.l.DynamicServerListLoadBalancer : DynamicServerListLoadBalancer for client Samarths-MacBook-Pro.local initialized: DynamicServerListLoadBalancer:{NFLoadBalancer:name=Samarths-MacBook-Pro.local,current list of Servers=[],Load balancer stats=Zone stats: {},Server stats: []}ServerList:org.springframework.cloud.netflix.ribbon.eureka.DomainExtractingServerList@681eda37
2015-07-22 14:37:35.029 WARN 13841 --- [tp1334391583-19] o.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler :

org.springframework.web.util.NestedServletException: Request processing failed; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalStateException: No instances available for Samarths-MacBook-Pro.local
at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:978)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:857)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:687)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:842)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:790)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:808)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1669)
at org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.EndpointWebMvcAutoConfiguration$ApplicationContextHeaderFilter.doFilterInternal(EndpointWebMvcAutoConfiguration.java:295)
at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1652)
at org.springframework.boot.actuate.trace.WebRequestTraceFilter.doFilterInternal(WebRequestTraceFilter.java:102)
at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1652)
at org.springframework.web.filter.HiddenHttpMethodFilter.doFilterInternal(HiddenHttpMethodFilter.java:77)
at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1652)
at org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilterInternal(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:85)
at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107)
at org.eclipse.jetty..ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1652)
at org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.MetricsFilter.doFilterInternal(MetricsFilter.java:68)
at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1652)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doHandle(ServletHandler.java:585)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:143)
at org.eclipse.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:548)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doHandle(SessionHandler.java:223)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doHandle(ContextHandler.java:1127)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doScope(ServletHandler.java:515)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doScope(SessionHandler.java:185)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doScope(ContextHandler.java:1061)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:141)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:97)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.handle(Server.java:499)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpChannel.handle(HttpChannel.java:310)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpConnection.onFillable(HttpConnection.java:257)
at org.eclipse.jetty.io.AbstractConnection$2.run(AbstractConnection.java:540)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool.runJob(QueuedThreadPool.java:635)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool$3.run(QueuedThreadPool.java:555)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: No instances available for Samarths-MacBook-Pro.local
at org.springframework.cloud.netflix.ribbon.RibbonClientHttpRequestFactory.createRequest(RibbonClientHttpRequestFactory.java:64)
at org.springframework.http.client.support.HttpAccessor.createRequest(HttpAccessor.java:76)
at org.springframework.web.client.Rlate.doExecute(RestTemplate.java:565)
at org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate.execute(RestTemplate.java:545)
at org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate.getForObject(RestTemplate.java:253)
at com.securityscorecard.eureka.consumer.EurekaConsumerApplication.consumer(EurekaConsumerApplication.java:53)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497)
at org.springframework.web.method.support.InvocableHandlerMethod.doInvoke(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:221)
at org.springframework.web.method.support.InvocableHandlerMethod.invokeForRequest(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:137)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.ServletInvocableHandlerMethod.invokeAndHandle(ServletInvocableHandlerMethod.java:110)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.invokeHandleMethod(RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.java:776)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.handleInternal(RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.java:705)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.AbstractHandlerMethodAdapter.handle(AbstractHandlerMethodAdapter.java:85)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:959)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:893)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:966)
... 38 common frames omitted

Looks like my server list is empty.

A: I got this working. The only change I had to make was in the way I was using RestTemplate api.
Error Code:
@Autowired
RestTemplate restTemplate;

@RequestMapping(value = "/",method = RequestMethod.GET)
String consumer(){
    String baseDir = restTemplate.getForObject("TEST", String.class);

    return baseDir;
}

Working Code:
@Autowired
RestTemplate restTemplate;

@RequestMapping(value = "/",method = RequestMethod.GET)
String consumer(){
    String baseDir = restTemplate.getForObject("http://TEST", String.class);

    return baseDir;
}

Solution:
The first parameter to restTemplate.getForObject should have the format of a URL. And the domain name should be the name of the service you want to discover.
Ex: http://TEST. Here, TEST is the name of my server registered to eureka registry

A: The question is already answered, but I found a workaround that seems neat and fixed our problem.
First declare a new @Component class and in it create a method that returns RestTemplate:
@Component
public class RestTemplateComponentFix{

 @Autowired
 SomeConfigurationYouNeed someConfiguration;

 @LoadBalanced
 public RestTemplate getRestTemplate() {
       // TODO set up your restTemplate
        rt.setRequestFactory( new HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory() );
        return rt;
    }

}

After that just Autowire the restTemplateComponentFix in your class and when when you need the rest template call the restTemplate() method. Something like this:
@Service
public class someClass{

    @Autowired
    RestTemplateComponentFix restTemplateComponentFix;

    public void methodUsingRestTemplate(){
        // Some code...
        RestTemplate rt = restTemplateComponentFix.getRestTemplate();
        // Some code...
    }
}

After that you can unit test with something like:
RestTemplate rt = Mockito.mock(RestTemplate.class)
when(restTemplateComponentFix.getRestTemplate()).thenReturn(rt);
when(rt.someMethod()).thenReturn(something);

A: The RestTemplate you autowired is already connected to Ribbon.  So you do a lookup by hand and then RestTemplate is trying to lookup the hostname passed in to ribbon.  You have two options: 1) Don't use the netflix DiscoveryClient and pass the serviceId as a logical hostname to ribbon (http://TEST/myservice), 2) Don't use the autowired RestTemplate, create a new one for your class.  My choice would be #1.

A: Removing @LoadBalanced Annotation from RestTemplate works for me.
P.S: @LoadAnnotation is supposed to be applied only to Eureka Server which is your discovery server.

A: The question is already answered by @spencergibb, after trying @spencergibb way if you are still struggling with no instance avialable for ..MS... make sure that in pom.xml if you are using Netflix Eureka then avoid adding dependency for Netflix ribbon as Eureka itself internally uses ribbon.
This was causing problems for me.

A: RestTemplateBuilder works for me. As below-
@Service
public class someClass{

    @Autowired
    RestTemplateBuilder restTemplateBuilder;

    public void methodUsingRestTemplate(){
        restTemplateBuilder.build().getForObject("http://TEST", String.class);
    }
}

A: Can be due to outdated release used in dependencies.
I was using a project from GitHub blog to understand the working of Microservices registry and discovery.
The dependency of netflix in that project was outdated,
spring-cloud-starter-netflix-eureka-server', version: '2.0.1.RELEASE'
After removing version, issue was solved as latest version would be used.

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