An unusually destructive method of ocean fishing now jeopardizes the Alaska salmon catch. Even more is at stake, however, and the United States has only begun to do anything about it.
The technique employs huge drift nets that can be stretched across 30 miles of sea. Hung from buoys equipped with radio beacons, they trap anything that swims into them. Japan, South Korea and Taiwan cover thousands of miles of the Pacific each summer to catch salmon, squid and tuna. Some American fishermen also use the nets, but on a more tolerable scale and closer to land.
The big drift nets kill more than marketable fish. A million sea birds, like tufted puffins and short-tailed shearwaters, become entangled as they dive for the trapped fish. The bird slaughter is particularly great in the Japanese drift nets set near the Aleutian Island nesting areas.
Other victims include small whales and fur seals. The nylon nets are invisible to the sonar of dolphins, which swim into them and suffocate. At least 5,000 Dall's porpoises are thus killed by the Japanese alone each year. The combined fleets also lose or abandon miles of the netting, which kills indiscriminately and to no one's gain until it finally sinks, laden with sea creatures, to the ocean floor.
The alarming loss of immature salmon spawned in American streams has finally goaded the State Department into negotiations with Japan. Alaska's fishermen want to harvest those same fish after they've grown and, following their mysterious life cycle, returned to our shores. Japan is being told to stop intercepting these salmon or risk a loss of its allotted total catch in American waters. Environmentalists support the effort and also favor using the same leverage to limit drift-net fishing farther out at sea.
Danes used drift nets in the Atlantic until they were alarmed by a rapid drop in the salmon population. The Japanese prohibit drift nets in their own waters; indeed, purse nets, long lines and other more discriminating techniques are viable alternatives.
The first goal of an enlightened fishing diplomacy might be to seek a ban on drift nets within a hundred miles of bird nesting areas and to require fleets fishing with drift nets to accept observers. Conservation at sea should be the first interest of all fishermen.


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Q: Create Maptser Map config depending on the conditions Is it possible using Maptser to configure the Map configuration by condition?
puplic static GetCustomConfig(condition)
{
    var config = new TypeAdapterConfig();

    config.NewConfig<BookEntity, BookModel>()
        .Map(dest => dest.Name, src => src.Title)
        .Map(dest => dest.Address, src => $"{src.Street} {src.House}")
        // other Map

    if (condition)
    {
        // add several Map to the config
    }

    return config;
}

It is planned that these named configurations will be contained in some static class, from where they will be returned differently depending on the conditions.
For some types, I have a Mapster configured via DI, but I needed custom configurations for some cases.
public static class MapsterConfig
{
    public static void MapsterSetup()
    {
        TypeAdapterConfig<Type1, Type2>
            .NewConfig()
            .Map(dest => dest.Name, src => src.Title);
    }
}

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St. Lucie West Centennial's Lindsey O'Sullivan honored for her efforts
Aimee Ford Foster
Special to Treasure Coast Newspapers
Lindsey O'Sullivan was an important player this season for the St. Lucie West Centennial girls basketball team, which won its first district title since 2012 and its first regional tournament game since 2004.
O'Sullivan, a junior guard, led the team with 12.2 points per game. She has been named to the MaxPreps February honor roll for her efforts.
"I learned about (the honor) around Valentine's Day," she said. "It's very rewarding and it was a surprise. I never thought I'd get anything like that."
O'Sullivan, who aspires to play college basketball, is Centennial's shooting guard and, on defense, usually guards the opponents top scorer.
"Going into the season, Lindsey knew she had to fill a role that we lost last season due to seniors graduating," coach Jamarra Robinson wrote in an email. "She stepped up for us this season, her hard work has led her to be one of the top guards in the area."
To find the story, go to Maxpreps.com, click on the girls basketball tab, scroll down to Athlete of the Month. Once that page loads, click on honor roll.
Souza Memorial
The 34th annual Rob Souza Memorial Classic baseball game is set for 7 p.m. Friday at Martin County High School. Bob Souza, Rob's father, will throw out the first pitch.
South Fork won last year's game 5-3, and has won the past three games, but Martin County leads the series that began in 1985, 18-15.
Souza was a star pitcher at Martin County High School and the University of Miami, before he was killed in a January 1985 car crash at the age of 21. He graduated from Martin county in 1981, went on to start 57 games in three seasons at Miami posting a 14-4 record with 139 strikeouts in 1983 and then was chosen as the 52nd pick in the 1984 amateur baseball draft by the Detroit Tigers. He pitched at Lakeland and Birmingham that summer.
Big meets on track
The 23nd annual Cobra Relays are scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at Lawnwood Stadium. The Fort Pierce boys and girls are the defending champs …. Thirty teams are registered to compete in the 22nd annual Bill Wilson Invitational, scheduled for Saturday at Sebastian River High School. Gates open at 8:30 a.m. and competition begins at 9:15 a.m. The event was first run in 1996 and was originally known as the Bill Wilson Relays, in honor of Willson who is a Florida Track and Field Hall of Fame member. Blanche Ely won the boys meet last year and is registered this year. Defending girls champ Florida High is not registered.
Junior Tyrec Thompson finished the year averaging 16.6 points to lead the Treasure Coast boys basketball team (26-2), which advanced to the Region 2-9A semifinals before being eliminated from postseason play. Senior Donnavan Bonilla averaged 11.5 points and a team-high 7.0 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game. Senior Calvin King averaged 10.3 points per game … Denvia Morgan and Maryanne Logsdon finished at the top scorers for the Fort Pierce Central girls, who advanced to the Region 2-9A championship game before their season ended. Morgan averaged 14 points per game, Logsdon 13 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists per game for the Cobras (16-11). Thamara Belizaire averaged 10 points per game, Jania Thompson averaged 8 points and 7 rebounds per game.

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Survey123 newbie here. What I'm looking do is add data from a source (table in this case) that's regularly updated into my Survey123 form questions however, I'm not sure what the syntax would be to enable this (or if it is possible). I know pulldata() can do something similar with a static table however, I'm looking to pre-populate questions with dynamic data which is updated semi-regularly.


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The girl behind the social media
Facebook and Twitter have millions of registered users around the globe. However, Chinese netizens don't have access to them and the social media sector in China is still under the government's control. Yang Liu, a RUG alumna, has taken on the task of recruiting prospective students through Chinese social media while toeing the party line.
By Valia Papadopoulou / Illustration by René Lapoutre
Yang Liu started working as the RUG's representative in China in 2009. She set up a Chinese version of the RUG's website, which provides basic information about the university and the city to Chinese prospective students
She is also behind the RUG's social media in China. But since Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are banned there, she is using Chinese social media platforms instead.
The university has asked Liu not to publish any content related to politics, military and religion, due to the major cultural differences between the two countries.
Posts about the RUG's new branch in Yantai always attract a lot of attention – Liu has noticed prospective students use the social media to find out more about it.
Liu's job can be quite challenging, since all her posts need to be in line with the Chinese government's values in order to avoid censorship.
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Yang Liu, who graduated with a master's degree in science from the University of Groningen in 2005, also goes by Tulip, a cute and symbolic nickname that she adopted when she returned to China to convey her connection to the Netherlands.
In 2009, Tulip suggested to the RUG's president Sibrand Poppema that she could become the university's representative in China at an event held in Beijing. The university saw it as a solid idea with good prospects, and Tulip became a representative for the RUG. 'China is an important market for the RUG. However, due to its complexity, we need someone who understands it and who can react quickly', says RUG spokesperson Gernant Deekens. 'That is close to impossible if you would have to do that from Groningen. Tulip is an alumna of the RUG, hence she knows the university, the city and the degrees and this is a big plus.'
Communication with Tulip is a bit problematic: our conversation took place via Skype, but there were connection problems, as even Skype is slow in China. Contacting her via email was also tricky, since her Gmail account is blocked and she only has access to it when she is in her office.
Government's approval
Her online presence is a part time job that she does in addition to her job in the finance industry, but restrictions on foreign websites in China make her job difficult. For one thing, China-based webpages can't link to non-Chinese websites that are running promotional campaigns unless they have the government's approval. 'The Internet connection becomes very slow when people from China are trying to access foreign websites', she explains.
In 2009, Tulip was given a budget of around 700 euros by the university in order to set up a Chinese version of the RUG's official website provides basic information for Chinese netizens and prospective students about the university and its programmes, as well as photos of the city in a scrolling feed at the bottom of the homepage.
Tulip's role as the university's representative in China has been expanded over the years and she is now focused on helping the university amp up its social media presence in China. 'Social media tools such as Facebook, Twitter or YouTube are forbidden in China, and therefore parents and prospective students are not able to stay updated about campaigns that the RUG promotes via its social media platforms. I am using Chinese social media like Weibo, Baidu and Tencent QQ to promote them.' Links to accounts on Chinese social media sites can also be found in the website.
The posts
Besides informing prospective students about the university's campaigns and degree programmes, Tulip also posts content about alumni. 'Alumni are the university's best ambassadors. The RUG has an organized network for them, so I am trying to keep them informed about activities that are meant for them', she says.
'My priority is to make the city and the university known in China. Groningen is a nice and peaceful city, but many students can't visit it and see for themselves whether they would like to study there or not.'
Jessica Winters, head of the RUG's marketing department, believes that Tulip is very successful in what she is doing. Tulip has the freedom to decide for herself about the content she is publishing, but there are some restrictions set by the university. 'We asked her to avoid anything that is related to politics, military and religion', Winters explains. 'The reason is that the Dutch and the Chinese culture are so far apart, and therefore posting topics like these could spark problems.'
While Winters heaps praise on Tulip for her work to increase the RUG's social media presence in China, in recent years, the number of Chinese students coming to study in Groningen has actually declined somewhat: according to Eric Tinga at the RUG's Center for Information Technology (CIT), there were 291 Chinese students enrolled in 2013, but that had gone down to 261 students in 2015.
Since Google and other non-Chinese social media tools are forbidden in China, Winters believes that it is vital for the university to have someone on the ground in the country in order to make the RUG's recruitment more effective, be it attracting Chinese students to Groningen or drawing international students to the RUG's planned branch campus in Yantai.
When Tulip informed Chinese netizens about the RUG's collaboration with China Agricultural University in the northeastern Chinese city of Yantai, her post received a lot of attention. 'I was surprised to see that even the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs shared my post on social media. I was bombarded with questions, like when it will start, how much the tuition fees will be, what kind of majors it will have and so on. Even now, one year after the initial announcement, prospective students keep asking me a lot of questions.'
Winters is hoping that she will play a bigger role in the future in connection with the fledgling campus. 'Once the RUG's branch in Yantai comes into view, I expect that Tulip will start recruiting students for it, too. However, nothing is definitive yet', Winters adds.
The Chinese government has long held a firm grip on online content. Anything that goes online is censored, which is something Tulip always takes into consideration before posting. Being from China helps her recognize content that the government would consider as inappropriate and, subsequently, avoid it. 'If the government doesn't like a post, it will either delete it or close your account. I have been very careful with that since the very beginning, so fortunately I never faced any problems.'
Nevertheless, Tulip feels a great sense of responsibility as the person behind the RUG's social media in China. 'I think social media tools are very powerful when it comes to brand name promotion, even in China. It is an interesting job and I feel very happy about it.'
The RUG was the first Dutch university to start employing social media as a recruitment tool in 2008, says Winters. The university uses six official Facebook pages at the moment and there are around 50 other Facebook pages managed by the various faculties and degree programmes of the university. Its main aim is to reach as many students as possible.
At the moment, the RUG has official Facebook pages in four countries: the Netherlands, China, Germany and India. A page aimed at a Latin American audience is still in the works. Winters' international team of six staffers handles the university's social media sites. Since Facebook is personal and informal, the university's Facebook pages are promotional tools, but corporate news is kept to a minimum. 'We have our website for that', Winters says.
She seeks to use social media in the way that they expect students will use them. That means that many of the RUG's Facebook pages are not in English, but some of them are in German, Dutch or Chinese. 'This is because prospective students in Germany prefer a German-speaking Facebook page for example, but in India, they prefer an English one. You name it, we got it.'
Privacy sensitive
Just as language differs from one country to the next, so too does the effectiveness of social media. Germans are very privacy sensitive, which Winters ventures could be due to their nation's history, and they are not as willing to have their contact details open in the public. Since many Germans do not use their real name on Facebook, it makes it nearly impossible for Winters to check whether German students on Facebook are also enrolled at the RUG or not.
Their concern about their privacy also means that promotional campaigns in Germany are not as successful as they are in other countries. 'When I run an ad for a whole week in both Germany and India, in Germany, I will receive around 50 clicks, and in India, I will receive around 50,000 clicks. The majority of Germans doesn't like, comment or share on Facebook. But in India, Indonesia or Latin America, they don't care about their privacy. They will just comment and share everything, so those are the best countries in terms of promotion.'
The RUG is planning to expand its social media strategy even more in the coming weeks by implementing an Instagram feed in the university's website, which will display all pictures uploaded on Instagram with hashtags from the cities where the RUG has facilities – Groningen or Leeuwarden at the moment – or #NothingTopsGroningen and #thecityisourcampus. 'The purpose of this is to show to both Dutch and international students what life in Groningen and the University of Groningen looks like. I think the best way to do that is with content made by students, as their voices are more powerful than ours.'


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Evolution, not revolution: fixing retail might not be as complex as it seems.
Gabrielle Reason 03/03/2020·15 min read
The turn into a new decade triggered a flurry of trend reports and thought pieces on what the next 10 years might hold in store for retailers. Following a peak season which continued to show a strained and challenged industry after a decade of transformation, everyone seemed to be asking: has online finally killed bricks and mortar? And if so, where do we go next?
Many of the retailers that we talk to are finding their focus consumed by their existing struggles. Although they're well aware that innovation and transformation are required to survive in the future, it can sometimes seem out of reach when they're already firefighting a multitude of issues.
But does it necessarily have to be this way? Do retailers have to embark on large-scale projects that require organizational upheaval and an appetite for risk, creating plans that start now so they can deliver in the next five to ten years? Or is there a third option they haven't yet considered, one that stays agile in the face of fluctuating risk whilst evolving the business more gently? Such a solution would need to adapt existing processes, whilst meeting all these trends head-on, to deliver a category-leading and profitable retail outlet.
In this blog, I'll cover the grand headlines that have emerged this year and look to how retailers can translate them into their strategic planning, plus what small steps can be taken now to have a powerful and protective impact later down the line.
Article in brief
The 2020s will continue bringing challenges to Retail: acting at the right time will decide whether they become threats or opportunities.
The right technology should free your staff up to focus on delivering exceptional customer experiences.
Retail can transition to be more sustainable whilst still ensuring profitability and growth.
Don't pit your physical stores against your online: make them work together.
Reconnect your central management with your employees and your customers to provide new depths of insight and innovation.
Focus technology development in systemic, not topical, solutions.
Beyond the attention-grabbing futuristic gadgetry promising to monitor every inch of your store, and follow your customer online to offline and back again, several consistent messages came through:
Customer experience, customer experience, customer experience. Physical stores should monopolize on the human interaction and sensory excitement that online can't deliver
Data's great, but it's all in the execution. There are countless options for gathering more customer data and spatial computing will be important, but few are offering ways to make it genuinely practical, useful and valuable.
The climate crisis will transform consumer demands as strongly as the digital age did. Successful retailers in the twenties will be those delivering strongly on People, Planet and Profit – in that order.
A physical presence gives your brand roots and avoids ephemerality. Online retailing has been great for quick-fire selling, but doesn't stand up for long-term brand building. Retailers like Casper that used the channel to launch and scale are now struggling and turning to bricks and mortar to build brand longevity.
Evaluate your physical presence as though it were a media channel. In this way, brands have been short-sighted in measuring just the P&L of stores. The brand experience that customers are exposed to is probably the equivalent of thousands of online impressions, but no one is currently factoring this in when considering the ROI of stores versus online.
Customers will expect online features in-store. They'll want someone to remember their browsing history, expect their online basket to travel with them to in-store, and want automated yet real-world recommendations based on previous purchases.
AI will be key in driving retail transformation over the next decade. Nobody knows exactly how yet, but it will.
The right technology should free your staff up to deliver exceptional customer experiences.
The retail world seems to be in unanimous agreement that the offline retail experience needs to deliver an exceptional customer experience. What this means in practice, however, is a little more varied. Depending on what you're selling, you might choose to focus on the in-store experience by creating entrancing stores that tick every sensory box. Or you might choose to interpret it as a personalized omnichannel approach, with customers looking at products online one day, only to find that their browsing history is waiting for them when they arrive in-store along with a store clerk who already knows their name.
Skeptics and traditionalists will probably tell you that too much technology is actually the problem, and it's all about getting back to the basics: the customer having genuine interactions with kind and considerate store staff, and being able to find products that delight them in a pleasant environment.
As with most things, it's about getting the balance right: finding the right technology that enables stores and staff to deliver fantastic shopping experiences for customers. And that's not going to be through giving them yet another platform for them to manage, and yet more data to make decisions on, but through one which mops up all of the back-office management that normally keeps them tied up and off store floors.
38 % of Retail and Wholesalers think improving their use of data insights will be 'very' or 'extremely' challenging.
"We need to be thinking about the art of it far more than the science of it."
Matt Alexander, Co-founder and CEO Neighbourhood Goods, an experimental US department store
Retailers seem to assume that using data efficiently is a difficult goal to achieve. In Forrester's recent report Predictions 2020: Retail, 38% of Retail and Wholesale respondents predicted that improving their use of data insights in business decision making was going to be 'very' or 'extremely' challenging. This says a lot about their current experiences with data platforms. Additional research, this time from NewVantage Partners, finds that 93% of businesses experience people and processes as obstacles to getting the most out of their data investment. If retailers continue with technology platforms that aren't embedded easily and naturally into the daily life of staff, a customer-wowing experience is going to languish at the bottom of priority lists.
That's where we see a tool like Quorso making the crucial difference. Designed to fit into the pre-existing weekly performance process, it removes the need for operational upheaval by simply digitalizing and streamlining what Store and Regional Managers are already doing. Its intelligent analytics layer identifies store-level improvement opportunities and coaches colleagues to take action, using tailored root-cause suggestions and a simple SMART plan workflow. Acting on data doesn't need to be cumbersome, complex and time-consuming – it should liberate staff to focus on the basics of delivering a great in-store experience for customers, whilst being intelligent enough to help them prioritize and optimize.
93 % of businesses experience people and processes as obstacles to getting the most out of their data investment.
Being able to coordinate activities across a vast organization to cumulatively work towards business goals will also be vital to staying resilient, as sustainability becomes an increasing pressure on retail businesses from consumers, governments, and investors.
In the 2000s, customers wanted products that displayed their wealth. In the 2010s, they transitioned to those that flaunted their health and cultural influence. Looking ahead to the future, commentators from Forrester through to Mary Portas are calling on the 2020s as the decade where customers buy into brands that align with their values, showing off their worldly conscientiousness through virtue signaling.
If retailers didn't have enough problems in trying to keep up financially, they're now going to face pressure to cut waste, demands for transparent supply chains and legal requirements to publish their carbon emissions. And if they fail to do so, their bottom line may take a hit as consumers take their business elsewhere. Thankfully, all businesses will be in exactly the same boat and will all face the same uphill struggle to digitalize and measure their sustainability metrics. In a recent report by Accenture for the UN that interviewed CEOs globally, 55% reported that they had to operate under a tough trade-off between extreme cost consciousness versus investing in the long-term strategies that are at the heart of delivering a sustainable business. Despite that, they also found that 40% of businesses were realizing revenue growth from their sustainable initiatives, and 35% found value in the cost-reduction it drove.
Those who will be at a clear advantage are those that can identify and prioritize the greatest improvement opportunities, have mass coordination across their organizations to drive toward common goals, and have the ability to accurately report back on their improvements.
At Quorso we're exploring how we can build out our tool to drive improvement outside of pure financials, and are currently working with select partners to optimize both their service and sustainability performance, at the same time as growing a more profitable business. To learn more, sign up for updates from our newsletter, or read our case study of how we used Quorso to investigate global carbon emissions.
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Everyone is well aware that online has transformed customer expectations in Retail. Online shoppers, wherever they are, at whatever time, get to browse a product offering tailored to their desires through search and social media. Thanks to lower operating costs for online pure-players, everything is seductively cheap and forces omnichannel retailers to drive down their own prices. Digital banking and payments mean they can buy with a click, and it'll turn up on their doorstep in a few hours if they're willing to pay for it. Everyone has a stylist thanks to influencers, reviews tell you more than any store clerk could, and next-day delivery feels like you have a personal assistant. Why would consumers settle for anything less?
Because as with any technological revolution, the blind optimism of its early stages has begun to discover its own limitations. The aggressive and easy consumerism now has to answer to environmental and societal concerns and as the zeitgeist moves, the possibility that online is viewed as irresponsible. Across the board, 'on demand' culture is damaging both planet and people. Whilst sustainability might present a number of challenges for physical stores, it also represents an opportunity to appeal to consumers who are looking for a return to authenticity and quality.
"Even by 2023, e-commerce is forecast to account for only 21% of total retail sales and just 5% of grocery sales. And with Amazon and other major internet players developing their own brick-and-mortar networks, it is becoming increasingly clear that the future of Retail belongs to companies that can offer a true omnichannel experience."
Future of retail operations: Winning in a digital era McKinsey Read more
Other commentators have called for a re-evaluation of how the ROI of physical stores is calculated, claiming that they've been unfairly underappreciated for the crucial brand impact they deliver. Brand awareness is hard to measure online, and is usually inferred from the number of impressions an ad has delivered to target audiences. But measured it is, and is usually factored into the cost-effectiveness of the channel.
"We're not accounting for the value of stores. Buying advertising doesn't work anymore. Stores are not about the distribution of products anymore, they're about the acquisition of customers."
Doug Stephens, The Retail Prophet, talking at NRF
Even online pure players are looking to transition into the physical realm. Casper Sleep, a direct-to-consumer mattress retailer that has consistently been praised as an industry disruptor, is still making losses ($92 million in 2018) and expects profitability to be some way off. Its quest to seek an IPO this year is causing some commentators to hail it as the next WeWork of over-inflated valuations, and its announcement that it plans to continue expanding its physical stores suggests that bricks and mortar plays a vital role in creating valuable companies.
The key is instead to start seeing online and offline as different points in a singular customer funnel:
"It has to be acknowledged that many customers are going into stores but end up purchasing online. There's nothing wrong with that, and the burden falls on retailers to build a store that exists for more than just the transactional piece of the relationship. It's almost like an insightful billboard."
Matt Scanlan, CEO & Founder Nadaam, a sustainable knitwear startup
By creating a workforce which is spending more time with customers, and embedding the right technology which allows knowledge to move bi-directionally through an organization, staff can deliver rich customer learnings back into the business whilst carrying out their day-to-day jobs.
Doug Stephens, retail futurist at The Retail Prophet, highlighted the immense value of this to retail strategy by remediating the disconnect between customers, frontline employees and central management. Speaking in a piece for Retail Dive, he frames how growth of a business introduces poor customer experiences through a loss of immediacy and intimacy:
"When most retail businesses are founded, the owner usually has an intimate knowledge of their customers because they spend much of their time interacting with them. In some cases, the owner themselves is a consumer of the product and so innately understands the needs and preferences of their customers from personal experience. As organizations scale, this intuitive understanding dissipates, and leadership loses touch with the needs of the customer.
That's when power and decision-making move away from the front lines of the business toward the middle of the organization. And instead of speaking to customers directly, companies hire research firms and conduct studies and focus groups — none of which can replace the intimacy and immediacy that the company has lost with its customer base. Instead of emanating from the front-line, strategy begins to roll downhill, often disconnected from the customer reality. And eventually the dissonance between the company, its employees and its customers becomes fatal."
His solution for retailers is to build operational processes that decentralize management decisions, allowing central management to become controllers rather than bottlenecks:
"The challenge for organizations is to push power, autonomy and decision-making back to the front lines and to let information from the front lines inform the broader strategy. In order to accomplish this, the structure of the company and its compensation programs have to promote such a dynamic."
This is where the strengths of an operational management platform like Quorso play perfectly: front line managers are enabled to make day-to-day decisions bespoke to their locations and customers, guided by crowd-sourced learnings from across the business. Their successful actions are then automatically added to a central playbook and shared across the chain, while simultaneously being scaled up to central management to help inform broader strategic decision making.
The biggest priority for retailers was made very clear at NRF2020's opening keynote at from Microsoft's CEO, Satya Nadella. Detailing his four key criteria for intelligent retail – a sector that accounts for 31% of the world's GDP – he concluded that empowering employees was the single biggest thing retailers could do to drive ROI:
"Ultimately the art of retail still comes down to how the people who work for you in your stores, even in your online operations, are able to drive decisions. So putting insights and data in their hands and empowering them is going to make a difference. It's perhaps the highest ROI thing you could do. You increase the conversion rate by 15% and you improve the [customer] satisfaction by 10%."
Satya Nadella CEO, Microsoft
The statement was a clear call to arms to the retail sector to create a data-enabled workforce, but their solution felt a little off. Welcoming IKEA on stage, they used Teams, Microsoft's proprietary chat tool, to promote collaboration around established business intelligence platforms.
This approach, however, is nothing new. Whilst the introduction of platforms like Teams and Slack into businesses has indeed facilitated communication, it still only remains a tool available to workers if they wish to use it as an alternative to email. The biggest technology winners of the twenties will be those that have grander aspirations and look to ease the systemic issues within increasingly complex organizations, making technology that works for humans rather than the other way around. In a world increasingly aware of the interconnectedness of everything, and our understanding that change and remediation can only come from a systems approach to problem solving, new technology cannot simply be layered on top of existing technology. It must encompass entire circular processes, reducing the number of tools required, in order to maximize utility and efficacy.
Quorso is one example of such an approach. Therefore it doesn't focus on an isolated pain point to provide some relief through a digital alternative; a 'point solution technology'. Instead our systemic platform tackles an entire end-to-end process – from data insight, to targeted execution, to measurable and scalable results – meaning that the technology falls naturally into line with human habits and existing behaviors. Most BI and Prescriptive Analytics platforms stop at opportunity identification and leave the rest up to unguided human activation, whilst most communication platforms, such as Teams and Slack, only enable communication of the end result. Quorso, however, drives the process right the way through, to ensure insight-driven actions are carefully tracked and measured, and only the effective ones are then communicated and shared.
In conclusion, retailers have minimal room to make sweeping changes to their businesses, but there are going to be ever more pressures on them in the next few years that they can't ignore if they intend to survive.
Thankfully technology too is developing apace. Most emerging solutions are still only acting as topical ointments that soothe specific pains of archaic systems, while sitting awkwardly on top of human processes and requiring user upskilling. Some technology is taking a more holistic view of organizational problems, to provide sophisticated systemic solutions that intelligently process the huge complexity of large organizations. These solutions intuitively complement human processes with great user-centric design, and thus require little training or large-scale change management projects. McKinsey visualise perfectly what this could look like in their report on the Future of Retail Operations:
"Rebecca, the store manager, is thinking about plans for a big new promotion that starts next week...But that's nothing new: the store is always adapting its stock and presentation, and Rebecca spends most of her time working with colleagues to improve and fine-tune its offerings. It helps that many previously time-consuming tasks, like associate scheduling and reporting, are now handled automatically by artificial intelligence tools. Her phone alerts her when a situation needs real attention in real time, such as a promotion that's not selling as well as in other stores. That means she can focus her efforts on performance and service improvements, aided by the store's sophisticated performance-analysis systems."
Gabrielle Reason
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Zeolite powder is a 100% natural mineral powder with a wide range of industrial, agricultural, household, cosmetic, and medical uses.
With its abilities to absorb moisture and attract a variety of substances (including toxins and heavy metals) and trap them in its micro-porous structure, powdered zeolite can be used for: washing fruits or vegetables (just dissolve about 1g in a bowl of water and place them in); deodorizing fridges or freezers (which can also delay frost build-up); detoxifying facial masks or mud wraps, or to integrate with other personal care products such as cleansers, exfoliators, or skin lighteners (or even as a dental powder to remove plaque and tartar).
It is produced from volcanic rocks which were created when volcanic ash layers reacted with the surrounding alkaline ground or seawater to create an extremely porous material with a negative charge, which enables it to attract, neutralize, and trap positively charged anions, organics, and heavy metal ions in its vicinity (sometimes by exchanging the harmless or even beneficial lighter cations contained within its own microscopic honeycomb structures such as potassium, calcium, and sodium in order to make room for heavier ones).
Looking for zeolite in Winnipeg? Availability and pricing may vary in store; please contact us for details. In addition to the powder, zeolite rocks are available as well.
Composition and Characteristics:
Mineral component: 89% Clinoptilolite; Opaline Silica balance.
This is a fine powder: 100% through 60 mesh (meaning it was run through a sieve with openings of 0.250 mm [0.0098 inches] across).
This animated video explains the concept of the Cation Exchange which Zeolite Clinoptilolite Mineral Powder is capable of, although in the context of plants and soils, rather than clays being used in other contexts and applications.
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In this interview, Dennis Crowley explains Foursquare's new SDK, Pilgrim, and why location intelligence is part of the internet's infrastructure. We also talk about persistence and the importance of having a strong vision. How to Create The Future 00:35:48
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In this week's segment of GRTV's NPO Showcase, Wendy Borden from the Revive & Thrive Project shares how the organization is helping to improve the diets of West Michigan citizens. Revive & Thrive accomplishes this both through education, and access to high quality foods.
Revive & Thrive provides education and hands on experience to teens through healthy meal preparation. By connecting with local youth, Revive & Thrive spreads the message of how important nutrition is and the skills to make a variety of meals using locally grown and organic ingredients. Once the food is prepared, Revive & Thrive delivers free high quality foods to community members facing debilitating disease such as cancer.
Revive & Thrive also offers education to those recovering from illness so they can support themselves with nourishing meals moving forward. By partnering with local food producers Revive & Thrive is stimulating the local food economy through all stages of food production and distribution. Community members can get in touch with Revive & Thrive to learn more about their programs, donate, volunteer, or become a partner.
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Common Sandpipers are small waders. Their plumage is cryptic. When seen in Australia, they are in eclipse plumage. During the non-breeding season they have a whitish throat, light grey-brown upper chest with darker grey-brown sides, while the rest of the front, including shoulder bars, is white. The sides of the head are grey-brown, with a darker eye stripe and crown and a lighter eyebrow and cheeks and ear coverts. The nape of the neck is also grey-brown. The back, including the wings, is darker grey-brown, with a faint light-brown bar pattern that is also visible on the sides of the tail. In-flight they show a broad white wing bar and white terminal spots on the outer tail feathers. During the breeding season, the sides of the head and the neck show more streaking, while the bar pattern on the back and wings becomes bolder and more prominent, with more brown hues visible than grey. The eyes have dark irises. The grey bill is straight and a bit longer than the size of the head. The legs and feet are olive-grey. In flight the feet do not protrude beyond the tip of the tail. Juveniles roughly resemble non-breeding adults, but they have a crisper, tidier plumage.
Compared with Green Sandpipers, Common Sandpipers are smaller, have visible white shoulder bars and in-flight show white wing bars. A photo taken in Oman showing the two species together in non-breeding plumage is available HERE.
See Common Sandpiper at Wikipedia .
The global distribution of the Common Sandpiper is available HERE . Common Sandpipers are a migratory species that can be seen in flocks during migration. They breed across most of temperate and subtropical Europe and Asia and spend the northern winters in Africa, southern Asia and Australia.
In Australia Common Sandpipers migrate from the North around the entire coastal fringe of the continent. They settle mostly in the western part of the tropical North of the NT, along the Australian West coast and in southern SA, VIC and the South coast of NSW; they are also found along the coastline of Tasmania. After substantial rainfall they will venture further into the semi-arid interior - basically anywhere except the driest part of the continent, i.e. the major sandy deserts of eastern WA, the south-western NT, the western half of SA, and the Nullarbor.
In Australia Common Sandpipers are usually found along beaches, but also along river banks and in intertidal wetlands, sometimes also on rocks.
We first spotted a pair of Common Sandpipers at Lee Point, Darwin, NT, in August 2014.
Various contributors report spotting Common Sandpipers in different locations along the coastline of Darwin, NT, semi-regularly.
J. Greaves reports spotting a Common Sandpiper at Yellow Water billabong, Kakadu NP, NT, in November 2014.
J. Greaves also reports finding a Common Sandpiper at Salter Point, Canning River, Perth, in January 2017.
M. Eaton found Common Sandpipers at Newell Beach, QLD, in December 2018.
We have previously also seen Common Sandpipers in Oman.
We have seen Common Sandpipers take flies from the fringes of water courses, where they had sat down to drink water (see here).


Learn what precisely 'full root-level access' implies, what benefits you'll have and ways to use them to modify your server.
If you have root-level access to a hosting server, it means that you'll have full control of it. That is to say, you can install any server-side application regardless of the changes that it will make to the software environment on your server, and you will be able to both access and modify any kind of file, which includes system files, and change various settings. You can do this by connecting to the server as a root user who has full privileges to do all these things as well as to generate other users, including users that also have full privileges. This connection can be established through a web-based graphical interface or a Secure Shell console. For security reasons, it is recommended that you make a separate user for your daily work and employ the root user only when you have to modify the server or to install software which may be needed by some script-driven application that you want to run.


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According to this comically stitled story from Fox News, Bruce Springsteen—"The Boss, as we still call him"—is planning to release a new album with The E Street Band, his first since The Rising. Fox News breathlessly describes Bruce as a "savior" for Columbia Records, incorrectly stating that The Rising "sold better than any previous Springsteen albums." (Surely Fox has heard of a little album called Born In The U.S.A., no?) But entertainment reporter Roger Friedman's enthusiasm is still adorable. To quote (because it's so fun): "When the Springsteen album comes out, I don't want to listen to it on earbuds, but through my Rogue tube amplifier and Sequerra Met 7 speakers. Loud, baby, loud." Aww!
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Programmes for Rangatahi (secondary school age)
Kia Ora and welcome to Youthtown, your happy place!
Why stay at home when you can have more fun building experience and qualifications with new friends? Whether you're into creative, tech, sport, outdoors, adventure or just social activities, there's something for you.
And we're smoke, drug and alcohol free!
Select your local Youthtown to see what's on (and to book) these holidays or after school.
Activity Sessions at Youth Hubs :
Typically FREE thanks to funding, Youth Hubs are where all the action is, after school and holidays.
This is an opportunity to have a go at a wide range of activities alongside experienced Youth Coordinators. Plus it's so much more fun to learn/experience something when you're with others.
We make sure there's a mix of physical/outdoor adventure, creative arts and social/life skills, so in the morning you couldl be blo-carting and the afternoon you could be doing a mural, with more of the week to look forward to. (view generic flyer here)
See what's on near you!
Workshops :
Typically FREE thanks to funding, Youthtown's workshops are about tapping into our networks of experts so that you can build specific skills and gain formal recognition on completion.
The content is designed for your age group to be relevant, interactive and fun, covering topics that aren't always taught in schools and you've told us are needed. Best of all, they can help you get closer to the job or further education you want in the near future.
Workshops like Financial literacy and Learner's licence will set you up for life. Other workshops like our creative or fitness ones give you the chance to immerse yourself in something you're really into, with like-minded new friends.
Volunteering on our programmes for 5-12's involves being treated as one of our staff, with all the training that goes with this. (view flyer here).
See what's on near you! (example Auckland flyer here and generic Workshops flyer here)
Camps and Tramps :
Typically FREE thanks to funding, Youthtown's Camps and Tramps are life-changing. They are run by staff that know how to ensure everyone has the best time, while unlocking your hidden potential.
Because we have access to the most amazing parts of New Zealand and we have our own lodge (central North Island), there are plenty of places to explore together.
The themes are : Snow, Adventure, Leadership, Squad, Sport, Enviro and include transport. Many on the snow/outdoor adventure camps have never seen snow before, but can snowboard by the end of the trip. Our South Island team make the most of their special access to DoC land. See one of their videos (here).
Check your location page for when the next camp is. (view generic flyer here).
Project Groups :
Many of New Zealand's communities and councils are seeing young people's input and Youthtown is their go-to.
We love facilitating these select groups of young people who have a passion for the projectsthey commit to. There's so much to learn along the way and then so much to celebrate when each of the team's goals are met.
You can do the Duke of Edinburgh Hilary Award programme with Youthtown and cover the set range of challenges this entails (view flyer for in-school here and outside of school here)
Youthtown's Youth Squads or Councils in each area of New Zealand work together for a whole year on a number of different projects. This team gets to know how to leverage each other's strengths really well over time and this is never more evident when you attend their smoothly run events.
Keep an eye on your location page for the invite to apply!
Youthtown, often via Youth Squads event management, run events themselves or we partner up with community organisations to make them even bigger.
There are music events like the music festival run by the Taupo Squad, the Hip Hop event put on by Auckland's Programme participants, the Condor7s' finals in Auckland. the LYFE festival and Zombie Apocalypse event in Christchurch to name a few.
We'll keep you posted on what's coming up in your location.
What secondary school aged students tell us here.
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I so love the way the leaders and coordinators look after the kids. It is done with such understanding and maturity, that is worth more than gold for the kids and the parents.
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This is a delightful walk that takes you through a glacial valley and wooded ravines and past impressive cascades. There are also the options of extending the walk to view Dinas Powys Castle and/or an Iron Age Hill Fort at Caerau. Walking is almost totally on well defined tracks, though there are some climbs and descents.
Distance: Main walk 5 miles; Castle Option, extra ½ mile; Hill Fort, extra 2½ miles.
Parking: At the start, there is a small (3 or 4 cars) parking area opposite Millbrook Rd.
Public Transport: Train and Bus to Dinas Powys.
Refreshments: None on actual route (though there are good picnic sites), but three nearby inns in Dinas Powys.


Local news often delivers a hard-hitting lineup of mishaps, bloopers and accidents.
The inevitable troubles of a live newscast mean that a chuckle-worthy moment can happen at any time. And rather than tuning in every night to the 5 p.m. broadcast in hopes of a funny on-air incident between traffic accident reports and feel-good segments, just turn to YouTube.
This amusing news blooper compilation rounds up the best ones throughout March, including clips from the earthquake that rattled California, awkward sexual innuendos and horse-headed, tutu-toting runners disrupting on-the-scene reporters.
Sometimes, the news becomes the news — and it's glorious.


Aircraft lighting system plays a vital role in the overall functioning of aircraft and it also adds aesthetically to the design of the aircraft. Lighting has a significant impact on the cabin environment and enhances the interior of the aircraft. There is continuous development in improving overall look and design of interior & exterior lighting system for airplanes. Air travel companies are more inclined towards installing LED lighting instead of conventional incandescent, halogen, and fluorescent tube systems considering the overall savings in the maintenance of aircraft. Technological developments are essential for continuously driving the market as the demand for lights migrate from incandescent to LED lights and other modern-day solutions. Thus, manufacturers in the aircraft lighting market are focused on developing novel systems that facilitate ease in installation, long life provides lower maintenance, and weight savings of the aircraft.
The Aircraft Lighting market is estimated to reach US$ 3.03 Bn by 2025 from US$ 2.21 Bn in 2017. The report include key understanding on the driving factors of this growth and also highlights the prominent players in the market and their developments.
With an improvement in the standard of living, continuous enhancement and development in the aviation fleet, and balanced national air transportation system throughout the globe supports the render significant growth opportunities for the manufactures of aviation and would lead also help to maintain and retain the leading position in the global air transportation market. Such an increase in the production of aircrafts is anticipated to fuel the aircraft lighting.
The global aircraft lighting market is segmented on the basis of end users which is fragmented into commercial and defense. The commercial end-user is generating high amount of revenue from the aircraft lighting market followed by defense segment. In a current scenario, designers of airline lighting are looking ahead to bring innovations in lighting solutions with an aim to increase the satisfaction level of passengers. Moreover, commercial segment is growing at a highest CAGR and is anticipated to dominate the market by 2025. In addition to this, with the high usage of aircrafts for commercial purpose due to high income level of individuals and more comfort, safety and reliability in these aircrafts plays a vital role. Also, in order to provide hassle-free experience to its customers, interior lights of aircrafts is brighter than jet way.
Aircraft lighting market operates in a highly fragmented industry with large number of local players capturing market place. Key players in the market are collaborating with other providers of aircraft lighting to gain high market share. Some of the key players operating in the Aircraft Lighting market includes Honeywell International Inc., Cobham PLC Zodiac Aerospace, STG Aerospace Ltd., Rockwell Collins, Diehl Stiftung & Co. KG, Astronics Corporation, Oxley group, United Technologies Corporation, and Bruce Aerospace among others.


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Gingerbread Houses
The Boucard House in Jacmel
Photo: Anton Lau
"an important architectural and cultural heritage, not just for Haiti but also for the international community."
Gingerbread Houses are ornate turn-of-the-century buildings unique to Haiti. Like their edible namesake, Gingerbread Houses are famous for steep roofs and ornate details highlighted in vibrant, contrasting colours. They are architecturally fascinating for a number of reasons - not least because they've proven to be surprisingly resistant to earthquakes.
An iconic feature of urban communities around Haiti, these ageing architectural masterpieces have survived a century of turmoil and natural disaster, and are a compelling conservation opportunity. And they've just been formally recognised as one of the most important at-risk heritage sites in the world.
Old gingerbread house on Rue 16 F, Cap-Haïtien
Photo: Mozart Louis
Where can you see Gingerbread Houses?
These stately relics are scattered throughout Port-au-Prince, but are concentrated in the neighborhoods of Pacot, Turgeau, Bois Verna, and Bas Peu de Choses. You'll also find Gingerbread Houses in other cities around Haiti, including Jérémie, Jacmel, and Cap-Haïtien.
Who were they built for? What are they used for now?
Originally, Gingerbread Houses were built as the residences of powerful Haitian families, and many surviving examples have housed Haitian presidents. During the 1900s, some of these Gingerbread residences were acquired or built by Catholic institutions, which is why many of the Catholic schools and buildings you can see today are examples of the Gingerbread style.
During Haiti's boom time as a fashionable travel destination in the 1950s and 60s (when the moniker "Gingerbread" was first introduced by American tourists), Gingerbread Houses were symbols of prestige, used as the seasonal residences of stars like Truman Capote, Noël Coward, Graham Greene and Katherine Dunham, who stayed at the Hotel Oloffson or bought Gingerbread Houses of their own.
Today, most of the investment in Gingerbread Houses comes from the arts. Organizations like Kolektif 509, FOKAL, Fondation Viviane Gauthier and Le Centre d'Art are restoring iconic Gingerbread Houses and opening them up to the public as spaces to preserve, practice and promote Haitian art forms.
Gingerbread house in Turgeau
In 1895, three young Haitians travelled to Paris to study architecture, and adapted Parisian architecture to the Caribbean climate and living conditions. Together, these young architects refined the architectural style now known as "Gingerbread", designing civic buildings and residences that combined French-inspired, Victorian Gothic grandeur with flamboyant colors and vivid decorative patterns - including vèvè symbols from Haitian vodou.
Designed for Haiti's tropical hot and humid weather, Gingerbread Houses feature tall ceilings, doors and windows as well as wrap-around verandahs, all decorated in a vibrant, distinctive style with elaborate details unique to Haiti. Most Gingerbread Houses were constructed using natural, flexible timber frames that have the innate ability to weather some of the Caribbean's toughest storms (and as it turns out, even earthquakes).
Inside, they're a mastery of climate-control, with high ceilings and tall turret roofs designed to draw hot air upwards and out of living rooms. Louvred shutter windows allow cool breezes in and keep moisture out. In the leafy suburbs of Pacot, Pétion-Ville and Turgeau, these majestic windows open out onto picturesque views of the city. Luxurious, extended front porches plunge onto stately grounds with manicured tropical gardens.
Gingerbread houses on Rue Du Commerce, Jacmel
By the 21st century, many of these once-elegant, century-old structures had fallen into disrepair. Although the communities of people living in and caring for Gingerbread Houses had made substantive efforts to preserve them, political and economic conditions meant that only some of these iconic buildings could be adequately preserved.
As a whole, the historic Gingerbread House district of Port-au-Prince wasn't getting the support it needed as an at-risk cultural heritage site. In 2009, the Haitian Leadership and Education Program (HELP) successfully brought Gingerbread Houses to the attention of the World Monuments Fund (WMF), in the hopes of generating support for the restoration of these irreplaceable treasures. In late 2009, Haiti's Gingerbread Houses were chosen as one of the WMF's 2010 World Monuments Watch list.
Less than three months later, the devastating earthquake of January 12, 2010 struck. The Haitian government made Gingerbread Houses a conservation priority. Now internationally recognised for their architectural and social significance, local and global cultural heritage organizations mobilized quickly to assess the damage. By early February, teams were touring Gingerbread House sites to inspect and evaluate. Though many suffered serious damage, their traditional construction proved surprisingly earthquake-resistant, and very few of them collapsed.
In fact, less than five percent of Gingerbread Houses collapsed completely, compared with forty percent of modern, conventionally-constructed buildings. Architects are now trying to analyse what makes the fragile-looking, intricate Gingerbread Houses so seismically resistant, in the hopes of designing future homes in Haiti to be more resilient.
2020 World Monuments Watch
In November 2019, the Gingerbread district of Port-au-Prince was chosen as one of 25 globally-important sites on the WMF 2020 World Monuments Watch, a list of exceptional sites that "marry great historical significance with contemporary social impact."
The Gingerbread district was selected from more than 250 applications, after a series of in-depth reviews by an independent panel of international experts in heritage preservation.
"The chosen locations are determined not only by their architectural value, but also by their impact on communities around the world," said Bénédicte de Montlaur, CEO of WMF. "These remarkable sites demand sustainable, community-driven solutions that bring people together and combine conservation and social change"
Being on the 2020 Watch list means that local stakeholders working to preserve Port-au-Prince's Gingerbread district will now receive crucial funding from the WMF and its international financial partners. Hopefully, the hard work of local conservation teams will now have an even bigger impact.
A compelling conservation opportunity
Port-au-Prince's historic Gingerbread Houses embody Haiti's cultural heritage in a nutshell: rich and incredibly valuable as a cultural and economic resource for contemporary Haitians and future generations to thrive - but also endangered, under-documented and underfunded.
Make a difference by visiting Port-au-Prince's Historic District today. If you're lucky, you might get to meet the communities of artists and conservationists working to revitalize these extraordinary treasures.
Old gingerbread houses on Rue Stenio Vincent in Jérémie
Go on a self-guided tour of Gingerbread houses
Open to the public in Port-au-Prince
Villa Kalewès - 99 Rue Gregoire, Petion-Ville. Easily recognizable by the rich gingerbread color of its fairy-tale wooden walls and icing-like white lace edging. One of the most important Gingerbread structures in Petionville, Villa Kalewès remains both in-use and, lucky for us, open to the public. Villa Kalewès isn't open every day, so make sure to visit during an advertised event or call head to check.
Maison Dufort - 9 2eme Rue du Travail, Turgeau, Port-au-Prince. Open to the public 9am - 4pm. Maison Dufort was extensively restored by nonprofit FOKAL (Foundation Connaissance et Liberté) between 2012 and 2018. To find out more, ring 2813-1694 or email studiofokal@fokal.org. Voyages Lumière run guided tours in French and English.
Gingerbread restaurant - 22 Rue 3, Port-au-Prince. Open 11am to 10pm Monday thru Saturday. Closed Sundays.
Hotel Oloffson - Ave Christophe, 60, Port-au-Prince. A working hotel, Hotel Oloffson also has a restaurant where non-guests are welcome for lunch (US $12-15) and dinner (US $15-25), as well as a famously good live Vodou rock show every Thursday night. Originally built as the residence of an influence family, Hotel Oloffson has been a presidential residence, a US military hospital (during the 20-year US occupation of Haiti from 1915 to 1935) and a hotel since 1936. Glorified in Graham Greene's 1966 novel The Comedians.
Le Centre d'Art / Larsen Family House - 22 rue Casseus, Pacot, Port-au-Prince. In late 2019, this house was purchased from the Larsen family and will become the new home of Le Centre d'Art. The old premises of Le Centre d'Art, at 58 rue Roy, were damaged beyond repair during the 2010 earthquake.
Maison Gauthier - In the heart of the historic Gingerbread district, Maison Gauthier "represents both the life of the celebrated doyenne of Haitian folkloric dance, Viviane Gauthier, and one of the finest examples of gingerbread architecture in Haiti." In 2015 the Fondation Viviane Gauthier was established to restore the villa and maintain it as a place to teach and promote Haitian folkloric dance.
Open to the public outside Port-au-Prince
In Jacmel it's possible to see inside a Gingerbread House at Hotel Florita, Hotel Manoir Adriana, Sant d'A Jakmel and Alliance Francaise.
In Cap-Haitien it's possible to go inside Hotel Roi Christophe and Alliance Francaise.
The Peabody House - hidden from view by dense tropical gardens, the Peabody House is near the corner of Rue Pacot and Rue Malval in Pacot, Port-au-Prince.
The Cordasco House (also known as Villa Marimar / Le Petit Trianon) - a 19th century gothic Gingerbread mansion in Pacot, Port-au-Prince.
Villa Castel Fleuri - Avenue H. Christophe, Port-au-Prince. Briefly home to the President of Haiti, Villa Castel Fleuri suffered extensive damage during the 2010 earthquake.
Le Manoir - Avenue John Brown, Port-au-Prince. Has remarkable roofs and turrets constructed with decorative pressed metal roof shingles.
The Patrice Pamphile House - 4 Rue Casseus, Turgeau, Port-au-Prince. Extensively damaged by the 2010 earthquake.
Maison Chenet, also restored by nonprofit FOKAL between 2012 and 2018.
The Bazin House on Rue du Travail Deuxième, Port-au-Prince.
The house of Jean-Richard Montas - 79 Avenue H. Christophe, Port-au-Prince.
Gingerbread House built by Tancrede Auguste - 32 Lamartiniere, Port-au-Prince.
Wood-frame house - 24 Avenue Lamartiniere, Port-au-Prince.
A charming example of a smaller and simpler Gingerbread House - 26 Rue 7
A large and elaborate Gingerbread House, still surrounded by its original
spacious property, at 9 Rue Bellvue, Port-au-Prince.
Gingerbread House - 51 Avenue Christophe, Port-au-Prince.
Gingerbread House at 59 Lavaud 3, Port-au-Prince.
Gingerbread House at 14 Rue Marcelin, Port-au-Prince.
Gingerbread House at 32 Lamartiniere, Port-au-Prince.
Gingerbread House at the Episcopal University, 14 Rue Légitime, Port-au-Prince.
Gingerbread House at 22 Rue Pacot, Port-au-Prince.
College de Jeunes Filles, at 10 Lavaud, Port-au-Prince.
Gingerbread house in Jacmel
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Is there any one who is not affected from the magnificance of Hagia Sophia? One of the people who is affected from the beauty which has been protected by city owner public and that has been cared intensively is one of the emperor of Ottoman Empire and Istanbul who is Sultan II. Ahmet. Sultan had the idea of building a magnificant mosque in the face of Hagia Sophia even when he was the prince of the dynasty. Moreover he had accomplished this as his first action in his emperor time and that magnificant mosques became one of the reason that Istanbul is the capital of culture of 2010 today.
The work of art built between 1609 and 1616 is stil used as a mosque today. Sedefhar Mehmet Ağa, a pupil and senior assistant of the famous architect Mimar Sinan built the mosque. The mosque's capacity is 10.000 people and it has 6 minarets. It was built in the style of late classical Ottoman. The mosque is called as Blue Mosque by European people because of it has gren, white and especially and mostly blue ceramics inside and canopy.
Opens every day from 07.00 to 23.00 .
There are a lot of popular work of arts built by many popular arcitects. There are place of worships, bridges, structures causes us to ask how a human could do it. There are historical structures bring us to the hundreds years past. The most popular one that effects us incredibly much and causes us to have many different feelings in Turkey was built between 532 and 537 years during Byzantine period: Hagia Sophia.
The arcitects of the church that was built in historical peninsula in Istanbul during the Byzantine emperor Justinian, are Isidoros of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles. It is told that approximately 10.000 people worked and a huge treasure of state spent to be able to build the church.
It is okey till here but how can stand a building for hundreds years without collapsing? It is because of the abutments that was added by the most popular Turkish architect Mimar Sinan.
Hagia Sophia was built as an Ortodox church in 537 and used like that untill Latins conquered Istanbul in 1204. During the Latins sovereignty between 1204 and 1261, the church was used as a Catholic cathedral. In 1261 Byzantine conquered it one more and after that year, it was used as an Ortodox church one more untill Ottoman Empire collapsed Byzantine in 1453. Turks used Hagia Sophia as a mosque between 1453 and 1935. After the Turkish Republic founded, it continued to be used as a mosque till 1935 and in that year it is decided to return it from mosque to a museum.
Hagia Sophia was built in the style of vaulted basilica and it is used as a museum today.
Turks added minarets, library, madrasah, alms house and fountain to the structure. The building was repaired hundreds times and in different shapes since the date of it built.
From Eminonu: It would be fun to walk through the tram way. In case you do not want to walk, you can get the tram and get off in the Sultanahmet Station.
From Kadıköy: Get the Kadıköy – Eminönü boat, to pass the bosphorus, from Eminönü you can get the tram to Sultanahmet.


You all enjoyed my post listing five TED Talks that changed my life (so far) that I couldn't hold back – I have to share five more. And believe me, there's a ton more where that came from!
***A huge quality of a Detourist is our sponginess. We need to be able to take in stimuli so we can best adapt to them in order to thrive.
My Spongey Example: To cope with not being able to eat or drink for six of the past ten years, I didn't run from my circumstances – I fully took in, like a sponge.
I decided to fill my other four senses (besides taste) and cook for my family!
And now….let's say I'm as hungry as they come – for life….but mostly for FOOD! Which is a big part of life!
Do Schools Kill Creativity? This guy will make you laugh until you cry and think until it hurts. This talk about creativity and learning was terribly inspiring and thought-provoking. So much that I bought his book right away! Listen here.
The Power of Introverts: I'm as extroverted as they come, but listening to this talk, I realized that introverts has tremendous lessons to teach us all. And we all have an introvert inside of us! Listen here.
The Happy Secret to Better Work: This story starts with a unicorn and ends up with an powerful message about the way we think of happiness. It's an extremely well presented talk and those 12 minutes flew by. Listen here.
The Unexpected Beauty of Everyday Sounds: Meklit Hadero is an amazin gmusician, but more amazingly, she has discovered the beauty int he music all around us. ou'll definitely ear sounds differently after this! Listen here.
The Shared Experience of Absurdity: Have you heard of Improv Everywhere? It's the only reason nobody flinches when once a year thousands of people ride subways with no pants on. Watch it here – you'll understand.
The common thread in these talks? They make us feel alive.
1.) My memories. This is a picture of my bichon, Gabby. She was my childhood dog and a symbol of my life pre-coma. When I think of Gabby, besides thinking of a big happy fluff-ball, I also think of my wonderful childhood.
One of my favorite childhood books…check it out!
2.) Art. No explanation needed. When I make art, I don't think. I just feel, and it's a wonderful feeling to feel…anything!
Sharing my art – Hampshire College even used my painting "The Day Is My Friend" as their greeting cards!
On an interesting art note: To those who have looked at art and thought "I could do that", an art curator explains why you couldn't.
7.) Being alive is wherever I feel music in my heart.
What makes you feel alive? Maybe it's that detour you didn't quite expect. A Detourist looks for that twist in their path as an epic chance to "sponge" in even more unexpected sources of aliveness!
Have you joined the #LoveMyDetour Gallery yet?
Be sure to share the gifts of your detour with me and with all of us here.
Thanks for sharing at Manic Monday Linky Party, hope to see you next week!!
Thank you so much. I get overwhelmed by TED, thanks for curating!