text:
Browse: Home » Principality of Bulgaria
19th Century Cathedral in Bulgaria's Danube City of Vidin Gets Restoration Funding from Government
April 16, 2021 · by Ivan Dikov · in Bulgarian Empire, Christianity, Cultural Tourism, Middle Ages, Modern Era, Other History
Bulgaria's outgoing Cabinet has allocated nearly BGN 1 million (app. EUR 500,000) in funding for the conservation and restoration of the St. Great-Martyr Demetrius of Thessaloniki Cathedral in the Danube city of Vidin, one of the largest churches in the…
Bulgaria Celebrates 143rd Anniversary since National Liberation from Ottoman Empire
March 3, 2021 · by Ivan Dikov · in Modern Era, Other History, Ottoman Empire
Bulgaria and Bulgarians around the world celebrate on Wednesday, March 3, the 143th anniversary since the country's National Liberation from the Ottoman Empire on March 3, 1878.
Bulgaria's Black Sea City Varna Starts Restoration of 134-Year-Old Golden-Dome Cathedral
August 17, 2020 · by Ivan Dikov · in Christianity, Cultural Tourism, Modern Era, Other History
Bulgaria's Black Sea city of Varna, successor of ancient Odessos, has started the restoration of its largest church, the Dormition of the Holy Mother of God Cathedral, whose construction was completed 134 years ago.
Antique Weights, Scales from 19th Century Join Modernity Collection of History Museum in Bulgaria's Ruse
April 3, 2020 · by Ivan Dikov · in Modern Era, Other History
A collection of a total of 58 antique scales, weighing machines, volume-measuring machines, and 16 sets of weights, some of them from the 19th century, is undergoing a procedure for identification and cataloging at the Regional Museum of History in…
Bulgaria Celebrates 111th Anniversary since Declaration of Independence from Ottoman Empire
September 22, 2019 · by Ivan Dikov · in Modern Era, Other History, Ottoman Empire
Bulgaria celebrates on Saturday, September 22, 2019, the 111th anniversary since its Declaration of Independence from Ottoman Turkey which was proclaimed on September 22, 1908.
Sofia Celebrates Holiday, 140th Anniversary since Becoming Capital of Bulgaria
September 17, 2019 · by Ivan Dikov · in Cultural Tourism, Modern Era, Other History
The city of Sofia celebrates on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, its city holiday, the Day of St. Sophia and her three daughters, Saints Faith, Hope, and Charity, with this year's events being marked by the continuing celebrations of the 140th…
New Silver Coin Commemorates 150th Anniversary of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
September 16, 2019 · by Ivan Dikov · in Modern Era, Museums & Institutes, Other History, Ottoman Empire
The Bulgarian National Bank has issued a silver coin commemorating the 150th anniversary since the founding of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, which was established back in 1869, seven years before Bulgaria's Liberation from the Ottoman Empire.
Sofia Celebrates 140th Anniversary since Becoming Capital of Modern-Day Bulgaria
April 3, 2019 · by Ivan Dikov · in Cultural Tourism, Modern Era, Other History
The city of Sofia celebrates on Wednesday, April 3, 2019, the 140th anniversary since it was declared capital of modern-day Bulgaria.
Bulgaria Celebrates 133rd Anniversary since National Unification of Principality of Bulgaria and 'Eastern Rumelia'
September 6, 2018 · by Ivan Dikov · in Modern Era, Other History
Bulgaria celebrates on Thursday, September 6, 2018, the 133rd anniversary since the Unification of what is today North and South Bulgaria, back then the Principality of Bulgaria, a vassal of Ottoman Turkey, and Eastern Roumelia, an autonomous region of Ottoman Turkey,…
Bulgaria Celebrates 140th Anniversary since National Liberation from the Ottoman Empire
Bulgaria and Bulgarians around the world celebrate on Saturday, March 3, the 140th anniversary since the country's National Liberation from the Ottoman Empire on March 3, 1878.
Bulgaria and Bulgarians around the world celebrate on Friday, March 3, the 139th anniversary since the country's National Liberation from the Ottoman Empire on March 3, 1878.
Military History Museums in Bulgaria's Pleven Saw Almost 150,000 Visitors in 2016
January 7, 2017 · by Ivan Dikov · in Middle Ages, Modern Era, Other History, Ottoman Empire
The eight Museums of Military History in the northern Bulgarian city of Pleven, which are dedicated to the Russian-Turkish War of 1877-1878 partially liberating Bulgaria from the Ottoman Empire, saw a total of 146,000 visitors in 2016.
Bulgaria has celebrated the 108th anniversary since its Declaration of Independence from Ottoman Turkey which was made on September 22, 1908. The Team of ArchaeologyinBulgaria.com wishes happy Independence Day (September 22) to its Bulgarian and Bulgaria-loving readers from around the…
Bulgaria Celebrates 131th Anniversary since National Unification of Principality of Bulgaria and 'Eastern Rumelia'
Bulgaria has celebrated the 131th anniversary since the Unification of what is today North and South Bulgaria, back then the Principality of Bulgaria, a vassal of Ottoman Turkey, and Eastern Roumelia, an autonomous region of Ottoman Turkey, which was declared…
Fathers of Bulgarian Archaeology, the Skorpil Brothers, to Be Honored in Exhibit Dedicated to 'Bulgarian Czechs'
April 17, 2016 · by Ivan Dikov · in Modern Era, Other History
Karel Skorpil and Hermann Skorpil, also known as the Skorpil Brothers, who founded modern-day Bulgarian archaeology at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, will be honored in a special exhibition dedicated to the Czechs…
Bulgaria's Parliament Showcases Originals of Four Bulgarian Constitutions, Honors First Exarch in Special 'Constitution Day' Exhibit
April 16, 2016 · by Ivan Dikov · in Christianity, Modern Era, Other History
A special exhibition at Bulgaria's Parliament has been organized to honor April 16, Bulgaria's Constitution Day, and to the 200th anniversary since the birth of Exarch Anthim I, the first head of the Bulgarian Exarchate, i.e. the autocephalous Bulgarian Orthodox…
March 3, 2016 · by Ivan Dikov · in Middle Ages, Modern Era, Other History, Ottoman Empire
Bulgaria has celebrated the 138th anniversary since its National Liberation from the Ottoman Empire on March 3, 1878.
Bulgaria has celebrated the 107th anniversary since its Declaration of Independence from Ottoman Turkey which was made on September 22, 1908.
Bulgaria and Bulgarians around the world celebrate on Tuesday, March 3, 2015, the 137th anniversary since the country's National Liberation from the Ottoman Empire on March 3, 1878. The Team of ArchaeologyinBulgaria.com wishes happy Liberation Day (March 3) to its…
Bulgaria and Bulgarians around the world celebrate on Monday, March 3, 2014, the 136th anniversary since the country's National Liberation from the Ottoman Empire on March 3, 1878.


ProMat 2019 attendees are registering in record numbers for the event to be held April 8-11 at Chicago's McCormick Place.
When attendees register, they are asked to answer a variety of demographic questions indicating their industry, product interest, buying authority and spending plans. Looking at attendees that have registered to date, they are high in quality from a buying authority perspective and represent the majority of the Fortune 1000 and top 100 retailers. Below are some highlights from current ProMat attendee demographics.
–58% are coming to network and learn.
These statistics are an early indication of investments in the manufacturing and supply chain equipment and systems. For more information and to register to attend ProMat, visit ProMatShow.com.


text:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">

  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>morbrian</groupId>
  <artifactId>mormessages</artifactId>
  <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
  <packaging>war</packaging>

 <properties>
    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
    <version.java>1.8</version.java>
    <version.maven.compiler.plugin>3.3</version.maven.compiler.plugin>
    <version.maven.war.plugin>2.6</version.maven.war.plugin>
    <version.maven.checkstyle.plugin>2.17</version.maven.checkstyle.plugin>
    <version.maven.enunciate.plugin>2.1.1</version.maven.enunciate.plugin>
    <version.maven.dependency.plugin>2.10</version.maven.dependency.plugin>
    <version.javaee>7.0</version.javaee>
    <version.junit>4.11</version.junit>
    <version.jackson>2.7.0</version.jackson>
    <version.slf4j>1.7.12</version.slf4j>
    <version.logback>1.1.3</version.logback>
    <version.arquillian>1.1.10.Final</version.arquillian>
    <version.maven.surefire.plugin>2.19</version.maven.surefire.plugin>
    <version.maven.failsafe.plugin>2.19</version.maven.failsafe.plugin>
    <version.wildfly>9.0.2.Final</version.wildfly>
    <version.wildfly.domain.management>2.0.10.Final</version.wildfly.domain.management>
  </properties>

  <dependencyManagement>
    <dependencies>
      <dependency>
        <groupId>javax</groupId>
        <artifactId>javaee-api</artifactId>
        <version>${version.javaee}</version>
      </dependency>
      <dependency>
        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
        <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
        <version>${version.slf4j}</version>
      </dependency>
      <dependency>
        <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs</groupId>
        <artifactId>jackson-jaxrs-json-provider</artifactId>
        <version>${version.jackson}</version>
      </dependency>
     <dependency>
        <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
        <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
        <version>${version.jackson}</version>
      </dependency>
      <dependency>
        <groupId>junit</groupId>
        <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
        <version>${version.junit}</version>
      </dependency>
      <dependency>
        <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
        <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
        <version>${version.logback}</version>
      </dependency>
      <dependency>
        <groupId>org.jboss.arquillian</groupId>
        <artifactId>arquillian-bom</artifactId>
        <version>${version.arquillian}</version>
        <scope>import</scope>
        <type>pom</type>
      </dependency>
    </dependencies>
  </dependencyManagement>

  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>javax</groupId>
      <artifactId>javaee-api</artifactId>
      <scope>provided</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
      <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
      <scope>provided</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
      <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>junit</groupId>
      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
      <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
      <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
      <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>

  <build>
    <finalName>${project.artifactId}</finalName>
    <pluginManagement>
      <plugins>
        <plugin>
          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
          <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>${version.maven.compiler.plugin}</version>
          <configuration>
            <source>${version.java}</source>
            <target>${version.java}</target>
          </configuration>
        </plugin>
        <plugin>
          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
          <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>${version.maven.war.plugin}</version>
          <configuration>
          </configuration>
        </plugin>
      </plugins>
      <!--<plugin>-->
      <!--<groupId>com.webcohesion.enunciate</groupId>-->
      <!--<artifactId>enunciate-maven-plugin</artifactId>-->
      <!--<version>${maven.enunciate.plugin.version}</version>-->
      <!--<executions>-->
      <!--<execution>-->
      <!--<goals>-->
      <!--<goal>assemble</goal>-->
      <!--</goals>-->
      <!--</execution>-->
      <!--</executions>-->
      <!--</plugin>-->
    </pluginManagement>
  </build>

  <profiles>
    <profile>
      <id>cli-app-cxf</id>
      <!--
        When running the CLI to test a server using self signed certs,
        it may be useful to add the following JVM param to
        the CLI run configuration when running the app in your IDE:

            -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=src/test/certs/mormessages-trust.jks
        -->
      <dependencies>
        <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
          <artifactId>cxf-rt-rs-client</artifactId>
          <version>3.0.0-milestone1</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
      </dependencies>
    </profile>
    <profile>
      <id>wildfy902-embedded</id>
      <activation>
        <file>
          <exists>${basedir}/src/test/.embedded-marker</exists>
        </file>
      </activation>
      <dependencies>
        <dependency>
          <groupId>org.wildfly.arquillian</groupId>
          <artifactId>wildfly-arquillian-container-embedded</artifactId>
          <version>1.0.2.Final</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
          <groupId>org.wildfly</groupId>
          <artifactId>wildfly-embedded</artifactId>
          <version>${version.wildfly}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
          <groupId>org.jboss.arquillian.junit</groupId>
          <artifactId>arquillian-junit-container</artifactId>
          <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
          <groupId>org.wildfly.core</groupId>
          <artifactId>wildfly-domain-management</artifactId>
          <version>${version.wildfly.domain.management}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
      </dependencies>

      <build>
        <finalName>${project.artifactId}</finalName>
        <testResources>
          <!--<testResource>-->
            <!--<directory>src/test/resources</directory>-->
          <!--</testResource>-->
          <testResource>
            <directory>src/test/resources-wildfly-embedded</directory>
          </testResource>
        </testResources>
        <plugins>
          <!-- You need the maven dependency plugin to download locally a zip with the server, unless you provide your own, it will download under the /target directory -->
          <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>${version.maven.dependency.plugin}</version>
            <executions>
              <execution>
                <id>unpack</id>
                <phase>process-test-classes</phase>
                <goals>
                  <goal>unpack</goal>
                </goals>
                <configuration>
                  <artifactItems>
                    <artifactItem>
                      <groupId>org.wildfly</groupId>
                      <artifactId>wildfly-dist</artifactId>
                      <version>${version.wildfly}</version>
                      <type>zip</type>
                      <overWrite>false</overWrite>
                      <outputDirectory>target</outputDirectory>
                    </artifactItem>
                  </artifactItems>
                </configuration>
              </execution>
            </executions>
          </plugin>
          <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>${version.maven.surefire.plugin}</version>
            <configuration>
              <!-- Fork every test because it will launch a separate AS instance -->
              <forkMode>always</forkMode>
              <environmentVariables>
                <JBOSS_HOME>${project.basedir}/target/wildfly-${version.wildfly}</JBOSS_HOME>
              </environmentVariables>
              <systemPropertyVariables>
                <java.util.logging.manager>org.jboss.logmanager.LogManager
                </java.util.logging.manager>
                <!-- the maven dependency plugin will have already downloaded the server on /target -->
                <jboss.home>${project.basedir}/target/wildfly-${version.wildfly}</jboss.home>
                <module.path>${project.basedir}/target/wildfly-${version.wildfly}/modules
                </module.path>
                <jboss.socket.binding.port-offset>101</jboss.socket.binding.port-offset>
              </systemPropertyVariables>
              <redirectTestOutputToFile>false</redirectTestOutputToFile>
            </configuration>
          </plugin>
        </plugins>
      </build>
    </profile>
  </profiles>

</project>

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
My Ox Is Broken
Reality TV News and Reviews
SYTYCD 3, Top 16: Performances
A medical emergency led to a very interesting pairing on tonight's edition of So You Think You Can Dance.
Joining Nigel and Mary at the judges table was the woman responsible for Fame, Debbie Allen.
Sara & Jesus — Krump
Song: The Game feat. Junior Reid, "It's Okay (One Blood)"
Choreographer: LiL'C
To quote LiL'C, they were pretty "buck." Nigel called Sara a "gangsta," and Mary screamed, "Loved it!"
Shauna & Cedric — Contemporary
Song: The Family Stand, "I Thought We Had"
Choreographer: Mia Michaels
Mia made the strange choice to have Cedric spend a good chunk of the dance sitting on the floor pretending to cry. All of the judges praised Shauna, but Mary told Cedric, "I don't feel that you should stay in the competition any longer." Debbie invited Cedric to join her at the Debbie Allen Dance Academy on a scholarship.
Lacey & Kameron — Quickstep
Song: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, "Big and Bad"
Choreographer: Tony Meredith
Totally fun, and as competent as we've been led to expect from these two! Debbie called the performance "sassy and adorable."
Anya & Danny — Hip-Hop
Song: Timbaland, "Oh Timbaland"
Choreographer: Dan Karaty
It was impressive for a couple of non-hip-hoppers. Debbie called them "The Dream Team." Nigel said this was the least comfortable they've looked thus far, but said that he was holding them to a higher standard than some of the other couples.
Sabra & Dominic — Rumba
Song: Pussycat Dolls, "Stickwitu"
Choreographer: Jean-Marc Genereux
Sabra & Dominic are becoming one of the couples to beat. "Call the fire department, honey, that was hot!" exclaimed Debbie. And Mary awarded them "two tickets on the Hot Tamale Train."
Lauren & Neil — Tango
Song: Sexteto Mayor, "Tanguera"
The performance was good, but not memorable. Mary liked the beginning, but said they lost their fire as the routine went on. Nigel said Neil overdanced it, but said he, and the other guys on the show, "danced like dudes."
Jamie & Hok — Jazz
Song: "The Chairman's Waltz" from Memoirs of a Geisha
Choreographer: Wade Robson
Wade's vision of a love story between a hummingbird and a flower may have been too staccato in its movements to be considered romantic, but Jamie & Hok executed the physically challenging routine perfectly. Debbie called the piece "brilliant," and Mary said the performance was "a step up from last week."
Pasha & Melanie LaPatin — Cha Cha
Song: Jennifer Lopez"Let's Get Loud"
During the dress rehearsal, Jessi felt ill and was taken to the hospital. An EKG revealed a heart problem, and Jessi was still at the hospital when the show was filmed. So Cat announced that Pasha would be dancing with "Tony Meredith's assistant, Melanie." Tony's assistant was none other than his former professional partner and Latin dance champion, Melanie LaPatin (who was also featured on a What No To Wear episode a few years back).
Pasha — a Latin dancer by training — knocked the Cha Cha out of the park. Mary screamed at Pasha, "You are hot, hot, hot!"
Nigel clarified that Jessi will have to "dance for her life" at the Results show no matter if Pasha is voted into the Bottom Three or not. If the doctors won't allow her to dance, Jessie will be cut from the competition.
My favorite performance of the night was Sabra & Dominic's Rumba. And I'll be surprised if Shauna & Cedric are able to avoid a trip to the bottom.
This entry was posted in Reality TV and tagged dancing with the stars, dwts on June 27, 2007 by Kathy.
← Ox Notes: June 27, 2007 Ox Notes: June 28, 2007 →
MOIB's New Home
Time for an Amazing Race Makeover
Ox Notes: March 4, 2010
Dancing with the Stars 10 Cast Announcement
Ox Notes: February 25, 2010

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
Wooden Storage Bench
Modern Daybed
Which Laptop Brand is Best For Gaming Laptop?
Brand Laptop Which Laptop Brand is Best For Gaming Laptop?...
Are Laptops OK For Gaming?
Laptop Games Are Laptops OK For Gaming? A laptop may...
Which Laptop is Best For Gaming?
Laptop Which Laptop is Best For Gaming? There are many...
Which Brand Gaming Laptops Are Best?
Laptop Bests Game Which Brand Gaming Laptops Are Best? Whether...
Best Font Websites
Looking For Best Font Websites If you're looking for free...
Best Websites For Hotel Booking
Search Hotel Booking Websites The Best Websites For Hotel...
World's Most Visited Websites
Twitter Is One of the World's Most Visited Websites World's...
Inspired Websites
Five Great Resources For Finding Inspired Websites Inspired Websites, If...
2024 Kawasaki Ninja 650 Top Speed Ninja 650 Top Speed. The 2024 Kawasaki Ninja 650 will bring a lot of power and design to the...
Surgery How Much Is Top Surgery? When it comes to figuring out how much you should be spending on top surgery, there are two different...
Brisket Internal Temperature Brisket Internal Temp. When you're cooking a brisket, you'll notice that the internal temperature of the meat is often a little higher...
How To Sign Amazon? Amazon Sign on Bonus, that are worth up to $3000 to anyone who works with them. They also offer extra equity,...
How To Shipping to Amazon via FBA Rapid Express Freight? If you want to ship your goods to Shipping To Amazon fba Rapid Express Freight,...
Buying a Wooden Storage Bench Wooden Storage Bench. If you are looking to buy a storage bench, you are going to want to look at...
Daybed Modern Daybed. If you're looking for a new piece of furniture to add to your home, you may want to consider a modern daybed....
Table With Shelving
Types of Table With Shelving Table With Shelving. If you're looking for a dining table with shelving, you've come to the right place. There are...
Sage Green Kitchen
How to Paint Cabinets in a Sage Green Kitchen Sage Green Kitchen. If you are looking for a new way to spice up your kitchen,...
Modern Bed Frame King
Modern Bed Frames For King Size Mattresses Modern Bed Frame King. If you are looking for a modern bed frame, you are in the right...
Oval Dining Table For 6
Choosing a Dining Table For Six People Oval Dining Table For 6. Oval dining tables come in a variety of styles. The Russo Dining Table,...
Minimalist Bed Frame
5-Modern Bed Frames For a Minimalist Look Minimalist Bed Frame. When looking for a bed frame, there are several options available, and many of them...
What is a Spacer For Teeth? Spacer For Teeth. A spacer for teeth is a type of orthodontic device which is used by a dentist...
Problems With Split King Adjustable Beds
Common Problems With Split King Adjustable Beds Problems With Split King Adjustable Beds. There are some common problems that can occur with a split king...
Ice Sculpting Body Treatment Ice Sculpting Body. If you are thinking about getting an ice-sculpting body treatment, you may be wondering what the procedure involves...
The Symptoms of a Dead Tooth Dead Tooth Root Canal Before and After. The symptoms of a dead tooth can be frightening. You may not...
Tasty Black Tea Recipes Tasty Black. If you're looking for a way to make some tasty black tea, here are a few recipes for you...
Wood Dresser Light Wood Dresser. If you are looking for a dresser, you can choose from a variety of different woods. You can pick out...
Cool Beds
Beds Cool beds can be a nice addition to any bedroom. Cool Beds. Whether you're looking for a bed that's funky or a bed that's...
Black Accent Wall
How to Accept a Wall in Your Home If you are looking for ideas on how to Black Accent Wall in your home, then you...
How to See Your Subscribers on YouTube See Your Subscribers on YouTube. Whether you're just beginning to upload videos to your YouTube channel, or you're...
How to See Your YouTube Subscribers in the YouTube App See Your YouTube Subscribers. Do you want to see who is subscribed to your YouTube...
How Can You See Your YouTube Subscribers Can You See Your YouTube Subscribers. There are a number of ways you can find out how many...
How to See Subscribers in Your YouTube Account YouTube How to See Subscribers. Having a lot of subscribers in your YouTube account is essential to...
How to See Your Subscribers on YouTube YouTube How to See Your Subscribers. If you have a YouTube account, you probably want to know how...
Cool Rugs
Cool Rugs For Your Home Cool Rugs. If you're looking for some cool rugs for your home, you've come to the right place. These rugs...
Black Round Coffee Table
Round Coffee Table Black Round Coffee Table. A black round coffee table is a fantastic addition to your home. You can buy this type of...
Comfy Chairs
Add Comfort and Style to Your Home With Comfortable Chairs Comfy Chairs. Comfortable chairs can be a great addition to any home. There are plenty...
Satisfying Bedroom Gadgets
Bedroom Gadgets Satisfying Bedroom Gadgets. There are a wide variety of bedroom gadgets to choose from. Some of these include nightlights, nightstands, clocks, speakers, and...
Small Coffee Tables
What Types of Small Coffee Tables Are Available? Small Coffee Tables. There are various types of small coffee tables available in the market. They can...
How to Use Search Jobs Websites to Find a New Job Search Jobs Websites, If you want to find a job, there are many places...
How to Websites For Jobs Search Websites for jobs search are a great resource for anyone seeking employment. These sites cater to different types of...
Best Work Life Balance Companies With the Best Work Life Balance Powder keg is a company that connects job seekers with employers that value work-life...
Guidelines For Installing Electrical Panels Electrical Panels Clearance Requirements that you should follow to install an electrical panel. Some of these guidelines include the height...
PVC Pipe Vs ABS Black Plumbing Pipe PVC Pipe Vs ABS , PVC pipe is much more flexible and shock-resistant than ABS black plumbing pipe....
Company With Best Culture
Example of a Company With Best Culture Company With Best Culture can be an indication of how well-run it is. The turnover rate for employees...
Candy Crush Candy Crush Highest Level If you're looking for the hardest levels in Candy Crush Saga, you've come to the right place. There are...
Kettlebell Workouts Kettlebell Workouts Abs, If you've never tried Kettlebell workouts, they are definitely worth a try! This article contains a variety of abs, back,...
Golf Handicap How to Calculate?
Golf Handicapping Golf handicap how to calculate? If you're new to the game, here are some basics about the golf handicap system. These calculations will...
Running With Knee Pain
Running With Knee Pain - 7 Exercises For Running With Knee Pain Running With Knee Pain, If you're having knee pain while running, there are...
Dungeons & Dragons Race Guide
What Dungeons & Dragons Race Guide Dungeons & Dragons Race Guide, If you're looking to take your character to the next level, you've likely wondered...
How is Baccarat Played
How is Baccarat Played? How is Baccarat Played? If you're looking to win big, you should know how to play baccarat. The game is similar...
Common Cold How to Treat
How to Treat a Common Cold? Common Cold How to Treat If you have a cold, there are several things you can do to...
Health Benefits Almonds
Causes For type 2 diabetes
Gonorrhea in Woman Symptoms
Rheumatoid Arthritis in Hands
American Jewelry and Loans
Invest in Gold IRA
How to Invest in a Gold IRA Invest in Gold IRA, Before you start investing, make sure you understand the rules regarding gold IRA accounts....
What Is Insurance Underwriting
Cheap Car Insurance For a Young Driver
What Is Comprehensive Insurance On A Car
What is a Loans Principal
Software Students
Software Students Can Take Optional Courses to Get Into the Software Industry Software Students who are considering pursuing post-graduate studies in engineering software, taking optional...
Banned Books For Schools
Banning Books For Schools in the Run-Up to Mid-Term Elections Banned Books For Schools, A number of state governments are considering banning books for schools...
Divide And Multiply Fractions
How to Divide and Multiply Fractions Divide And Multiply Fractions. Learn how to divide and multiply fractions by following these steps. This article will teach...
How to Record Meetings in Zoom
Record Meetings in Zoom How to Record Meetings in Zoom? If you're wondering how to record a meeting in Zoom, you're not alone. There are...
How to Whitelist a Website? If you've been trying to figure out How to Whitelist a Website on Your Network, you're in the right place!...
How SEO For Lawyers Can Help Law Firms Succeed Online SEO Lawyers is an essential process that can help increase the visibility of a law...
SEO Mean
What Does SEO Mean For a Website What does SEO mean for a website? If you have a website, it's essential that you make it...
What Is Google SEO? What Is Google SEO stands for search engine optimization. It is a way to get more traffic to a website by...


Do you record video for professional or commercial applications? If so, Digital Video Recorders can save countless hours of encoding. Markertek carries direct-to-edit DVRs with cutting-edge functionality, including built-in monitoring, waveform/vectorscope, Genlock, 4K recording capabilities, Solid State Drives (SSD) and more! Choose from rackmount or portable Digital Video Recorders to create a streamlined workflow both in the studio and in the field. Looking for a network video recording solution? We have those too! Markertek is proud to carry Digital Video Recorders from leading brands like Atomos, Datavideo, Vitec and Blackmagic.


Snap's shares keep falling but short sellers aren't making as much money as you might think.
Shares of hedge fund favorite Snap fell another 2.8 percent to close at $14.08. This is nearly 18 percent below its initial public offering price of $17 a share. Still, short sellers are not making as much money as one might think. Short interest declined by $273 million in July to a current $1.003 billion after peaking in June at $1.44 billion, according to S3 Partners, a financial data, analytics and services firm. It attributes this sharp decline in short interest to tight supply, which has driven up the cost to borrow the stock to support the short positions. It figures Snap's shares need to decline by 5 percent each month to cover financing costs alone. However, this situation could change soon. S3 says 1.2 billion shares will be released from their lockup constraints over the next 5 weeks from early investors, employees, directors and founders. Snap's lock-ups for insiders expire on July 29 and August 29. This new huge number of shares will replenish the lending pool and reduce stock borrow rates.
Ricky Sandler's Eminence Capital disclosed that on July 14 it owned nearly 1.9 million shares of CyberArk Software, or 5.4 percent of the security software company. The filing indicates the position is passive. Eminence owned about 415,000 shares of the company at the end of the first quarter. We probably won't know its second-quarter holdings for about three weeks.
Shares of hot-shot stock Alphabet, the parent of Google, fell more than 3 percent in after-hours trading on Monday, even though the search giant reported second-quarter earnings and revenues that beat expectations. The "C" shares closed Monday's regular session at $980.34 while the "A" shares closed at $998.31.


text:
Natural gas prices spike on cold weather and lowest early season supply in 15 years
Published Fri, Nov 9 2018 11:53 AM EST Updated Fri, Nov 9 2018 2:27 PM EST
Patti Domm@pattidomm
Natural gas prices spike as new forecasts show a cold snap extending longer than expected.
The amount of natural gas in U.S. storage is 16 percent below the five-year average and the lowest level to start the winter heating season in 15 years.
Analysts say one reason for the low gas supplies is the fact that the warm weather stretched longer into the fall, requiring extended air conditioning usage across the country.
A gas flare is seen at an oil well site on July 26, 2013 outside Williston, North Dakota.
Andrew Burton | Getty Images
Forecasts of a more extended November cold snap across the U.S. sent natural gas prices to a near two-year high, as investors worry about rising demand at a time when supplies are at the lowest level to start the winter heating season in 15 years.
Natural gas futures for December spiked more than 6 percent to $3.76 per mmbtu, the highest price since December, 2016.
"We added a lot of heating demand over the last week," said Jacob Meisel, chief weather analyst at Bespoke Weather Services. "This morning, there are more risks that the cold is going to linger a bit longer through November, not at the same intensity but it's enough to scare a market that has low storage levels and already has strong physical prices."
Meisel said colder than average weather is expected from the Midwest into parts of the Northeast and East Coast. "It looks like around November 16 to 17 we finally see the cold move out, but now there's one more system that could keep cold weather on the East Coast. There's still disagreement on the long range," he said.
Source: the Climate Prediction Center/Bespoke Weather
Weekly government data Thursday showed the amount of natural gas in U.S. storage facilities rose by 65 billion cubic feet to 3.208 trillion cubic feet in the week ended Nov. 2, but that is still 15 percent below the year-ago level of 3.788 tcf, and 16 percent below the five-year average.
"I think we're looking at the potential for shortages towards the end of the season, depending on how the winter goes," said John Kilduff, partner with Again Capital. In recent years, the U.S. has started the heating season with record supplies that were largely depleted by the end of the season.
Kilduff said, however, the amount of gas in storage this year at the Nov. 1 start of the winter heating season is unusually low. The last time supplies were this low in the first week of November was in 2003, and that year natural gas prices hit $12 per mmbtu.
"Now we'were going into the winter 15 percent in the hole, and prices could double or triple from here," said Kilduff. He said gas prices could easily cross the psychological threshold of $4 per mmbtu for the first time in two years.
December may offer a reprieve. Meisel said the weather outlook is still unclear, but as of now December is not expected to be that cold. "Most seasonal forecasts, including my own, show periods of warm temperatures, especially in December," he said. "The cold may come back in January and February, but I'm still pretty confident that risks in December are to the warmer side."
Analysts say one reason for the low gas supplies is the fact that the warm weather stretched longer into the fall, requiring extended air conditioning usage across the country. There was no gap between the hot weather and the arrival of cooler weather, which required heating systems to be turned on.
"It's all because of that weather," said Meisel. Production levels remain near record highs, and if the weather stays warmer, gas in storage could be increased, he said.
"This is the first winter in several years that we haven't started with a record amount of gas in storage," Kilduff said. He said the deficit is also due in part to the fact that the U.S.' natural gas bounty has led to exports, as both liquified natural gas and gas through pipelines.
WATCH: Here's what drives the price of oil
Oil prices and what drives them
Digital Original


text:
South Africa: Garden of Remembrance Unveiled for Slain Cradock Four
By Pelane Phakgadi
The Eastern Cape tourism department has unveiled a Garden of Remembrance in memory of four anti-apartheid activists known as The Cradock Four.
Fort Calata, Sparrow Mkhonto, Sicelo Mhlauli and Mathew Goniwe were abducted and killed by the South African security police in 1985. Their bodies were later burnt.
Commemorating Human Rights Day on Thursday, Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom officiated the opening of the garden.
"The Cradock Four Garden of Remembrance embraces the historic memoirs of anti-apartheid activists [and] tourism's infrastructure improvements at the site will enable the community to host educational and cultural activities that facilitate information sharing and celebrate the legacy of the four activists," the department said in a statement issued ahead of the unveiling.
ANC Eastern Cape chairperson Oscar Mabuyane added: "Because of their courage, we will commemorate Human Rights Day and honour them with the Garden of Remembrance which would serve as a lasting reminder of their contributions for future generations."
SABC News reported that some widows of the slain anti-apartheid activists described the official opening of the garden as a bittersweet moment.
Goniwe's widow told the broadcaster that she had mixed emotions.
"It is long overdue. This site has been standing empty for so many years and we even thought it would never be realised. It is a dream realised instead of being deferred for so many years. We are excited about it, not only because it is opening today (Thursday) but what it could be for the community," she said.
"I remember my father-in-law because he is the one who was expected to go down to Port Elizabeth to identify the body, talking to himself saying how can they kill my son so gruesomely," Mhlauli's widow said.
Hanekom said the site would serve as a heritage site and tourist attraction in Cradock.
Nigeria: Minimum Wage - Govt Commences Payment for Workers Earning Below U.S.$83(Premium Times)
Kenya: You'll Get Better Salaries, Roba Tells Mandera Health Workers(Nation)
South Africa: Solidarity Slams Unisa's Affirmative Action Plan, Wants Labour Department to Intervene(News24Wire)
Somalia: Police Officers Decorated With Ranks for Exemplary Service(Shabelle)
Zimbabwe: Govt to Announce Workers' Package(The Herald)
South Africa: Workers At Security Company Demand Union Recognition(GroundUp)
Nigeria: Minimum Wage - Public Service Workers Insist On Strike(This Day)


text:
Teach Access Task Forces
Supporters & Contributors
Teach Access Tutorial
Accessibility Trivia
Accessibility Skills Hiring Toolkit
Why Teach Accessibility? Fact Sheet
Creating Accessible Course Content
Celebrating GAAD with Accessibility Teachers
By Ann Desrochers June 18, 2021 No Comments
The purpose of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, or GAAD, is to raise awareness about digital accessibility and disability inclusion. For this year's event, on May 20th, Teach Access partnered with the Teaching Accessibility in the Digital Skill Set research team at the Southampton Education School, University of Southampton to host an international coffee hour, bringing together educators from around the world to discuss the unique and rewarding work of teaching accessibility.
Our Accessibility Teachers' Coffee Hour guests came from 16 universities and colleges, in the UK, Ireland, Austria, Spain, Portugal, Australia, and the US. They provided viewpoints of both aspiring and experienced accessibility educators, teaching accessibility topics in education, design, and engineering courses and providing outreach, support, and mentoring.
We started the event with a plenary session and then split into four breakout sessions to discuss the following topics:
The challenges of teaching accessibility
Our values and approaches
Strategies for student engagement
Teaching and learning tasks and activities
We reconvened for reports back from the groups and wrapped up with a discussion of ways forward for accessibility education.
Several important themes emerged from the sessions.
The values discussion led to clarity around the societal imperative to teach accessibility, because digital accessibility is key to disability rights and disability inclusion and enabling everyone to contribute to society.
Challenges inherent in teaching accessibility include complexity and scope, and the tension between covering complex, multi-faceted accessibility topics in an already overloaded curriculum. Deficiencies include a lack of awareness and understanding, since students and teachers are unfamiliar with disability and how people with disabilities use technology, and a lack of visibility and urgency, as the need for accessibility skills is not visible and prioritized.
Educators overcome these challenges using various strategies, tasks, and activities. They seek out ways to embed accessibility into culture and practice, both at a strategic level, making accessibility a core value, and at a practical level, weaving accessibility into courses and activities. They find ways to engage diverse perspectives through activities like user research with people with disabilities and projects aimed at addressing accessibility needs. And they show the career impact of accessibility knowledge and skills through role modeling and mentoring with accessibility professionals.
Participants contributed to lively discussions and shared resources, including the growing Universal Design into University Curriculum (UDUC) repository of accessibility teaching resources at the University of Colorado at Boulder and the MOOCs for Accessibility Partnership (MOOCAP) Open Educational Resources, developed by an EU partnership of eight European universities.
We look forward to continuing our discussions with accessibility teachers worldwide and sharing resources to enhance accessibility education. Please subscribe to the Teaching Accessibility in the Digital Skill Set newsletter for announcements of future events and project updates. You can also subscribe to updates from Teach Access by completing our Contact Us form.
Teach Access is a 501(c)(3) public charity registered in the United States, EIN # 86-1697668. Contributions are tax-deductible. Please consult your tax advisor for applicable rules and regulations governing tax deductions.
Teach Access receives project management support from Wheelhouse Group.
Support Teach Access
© 2022 Teach Access.


text: Summerhill Pyramid Winery is excited to present the Summer Wine & Laughs festival at Dakoda's Comedy Lounge. This hilarious weekend will feature eight co-headlining comedians over four totally different shows, 7pm & 9pm on Friday and Saturday night. Audience members will be treated to a guided tasting of a white and a red wine and then entertained by the top comedians in the Okanagan Valley. Saturday at 9pm features Kyle Ferris & Scott Murata. Kyle P Ferris is a Kelowna comedian with a style that is locally unmatched. With his quick wit and edgy and sometimes controversial jokes, he's definitely a comic you won't want to miss. Kyle got into standup comedy only 2 years ago and has quickly established himself as a heavy hitter amongst the scene. In his 2 short years, he has performed on various shows and festivals all over western Canada, has won several comedy competitions and has opened for some Canada's biggest names in comedy. Scott Murata is a local Kelowna comedian who has performed across BC and is a favourite of audiences everywhere. He has appeared on the Okanagan Comedy Festival and the Wine and Laughs Comedy Festival.


Our new fine middle eastern bakery is located at 1415 Kennedy Road Unit #26 (SE corner of Kennedy & Ellesmere). There's plenty of parking in the plaza, so come by to check out our newly designed store. Our other location will be closing Dec 15th.


After more than 20 years and $42 million worth of exploration, another round of drilling has started on Canada's first geothermal energy project situated near Meager Creek, north-west of Pemberton.
This project is a pivotal one because, while there are hundreds of geothermal projects supplying power to people around the world, there are none in Canada.
The company running the operation, Western GeoPower Corp, or WGP, has predicted that the site could provide 100 Megawatts of power, which is enough electricity to supply 80,000 households for a lifetime.
Final government approval is still 12 to 18 months away but WGC is drilling more holes now in a bid to compile a more detailed plan for the B.C. Environmental Assessment Agency.
President and CEO of WGP Kenneth MacLeod confirmed that 70 trucks of equipment would soon be at Meager Creek to start drilling two wells, 2.5 kilometres deep.
"The first well will be completed by mid-October and the second well by the later part of December," said MacLeod.
"At that point we will have enough information to determine the commercial viability of the resource and complete the feasibility study.
"Concurrent with the drilling program we will be conducting the feasibility study on the transmission line routes and concurrent with all of this there will also be some base-line environmental studies."
MacLeod said the project has a total budget of $276 million and is scheduled to begin extracting geothermal energy by mid-2007.
"Approximately $45 million has been spent to date on determining the value of the resource and the work we did in 2002, which was a drilling program of three core holes and a geophysical survey, enabled us to better delineate the location, size and temperature of the resource.
"This gave us a very high degree of confidence that this resource is capable of sustaining at least 100 Megawatts with a probable capacity of 200 MW."
The 2002 exploration also proved that there is a geothermal reservoir with average temperatures above 220 degrees Celsius and a maximum measured temperature of 275 degrees Celsius.
MacLeod said these temperatures were ideal for geothermal mining.
"When the water comes into contact with the hot rock, which is being heated from below by the magma, the water heats up and the hot water rises on a convective cycle."
The high temperature water is then "flashed" into steam so it can drive a turbine and this creates energy.
Once the steam is used it is condensed, cooled and then re-injected into a reservoir so it can, eventually, be used again.
The one issue MacLeod hopes to explore more in this round of drilling is the permeability of the rocks surrounding the site.
Permeability relates to the ability of the water to flow through the rocks underground into the wells WGP will drill.
The more permeability the less number of wells WGP will have to drill and therefore the more profit they will make.
The other major issue MacLeod identified is the transmission line that must run from the site to the B.C. Hydro transmission lines.
WGP said in a press release that the cable would be a 70 kilometre long, 230-kilovolt transmission line that connects to the B.C. Hydro line in Pemberton.
but we still have to take that power to market so there has to be a transmission line," said MacLeod.
"We've identified six possible routes and we have to make a short list of two so we can do in-depth design on these routes.
"The transmission line is probably the biggest down side for any geothermal project."
Derek Griffin, who is the Project Assessment Director from the Environmental Assessment Office, confirmed that this project was unique in Canada and could pave the way for more geothermal exploration.
"At this stage we're accepting that geothermal power is a possible source of power for electrical production in British Columbia, but we need to learn a lot more about the what it involves and what its impacts are," said Griffin.
"We're obviously not experienced in reviewing these kinds of projects."
The assessment process WGP must navigate is complicated and will only be given the go-ahead once three federal ministries approve the project.
"What we do in the first stage of this process is develop terms of reference for the environmental assessment application," said Griffin.
"We will also be asking the proponent to hold some public meetings or open houses to describe the project to local residents during the pre-application stage.
"Then we're expecting to receive a formal application along with a full environmental assessment in 2005.
"That will go through a formal review process, including public comment period, and a decision will be made by the appropriate ministers."


text:
We are seeking HVAC distributors and sales rep in North America.
KITANO NY
In response to our customers, we seek to create comfortable spaces which are both people and environmentally friendly.
Who is PMAC?
PMAC has, for 40 years, been producing a wide range of highly efficient air conditioning systems and has been a pioneer in the development of individual air conditioning units. Our designs have been adopted in a variety of different buildings. PMAC uses the individual heat pump system based on a water heat source and an air heat source. We have been highly successful in designing and developing small air conditioning systems to suit clients' building needs. We provide the answers to all air conditioning requirements, and aim to create a "comfortable space" for our clients.
NIPPON PMAC seeks to contribute to society through our commitment to the principle: "Earning trust by putting customer quality first".
Operating Principles:
Continuously improving quality and delivery
Our process know-how is the source of our technological advantage
Each and every employee contributes
The modern building, with its high-technology and high-performance construction, has evolved into an astonishing example of technical and environmental design. On the other hand, in the field of building air conditioning, various basic needs must still be met such as providing suitable temperature, humidity, and clean air as well as "conformability", "convenience" and "consideration for the environment".
By providing "comfortable spaces" which are both user and environmentally friendly, we at PMAC play an active role in the preservation of the global environment and the creation of a sustainable society. Our company will ensure that everyone in the company is made fully aware of the above environmental policy and that it is also made available to the public.
Nippon PMAC established. Manufacturing at PMAC factory in Atsugi started.
Sales of ASPAC air heat source unit started.
TACS: centralized AC supervising control system developed.
PAFMAC series with both heat pump and fan coil unit developed.
ISO9001 certificate obtained.
ISO14001 certificate obtained.
PAFMAC launched in USA and the press conference was made in New York.
PAFMAC was installed KITANO HOTEL in New York.
New York business office opened.
"It's all about the client comfort."
We are committed to helping our clients create comfortable spaces by providing solutions to their air conditioning challenges. We will ensure that everyone in the company is made fully aware of our environmental policy and that it is also made available to the public.
Mikio Wakayama
CEO of NIPPON PMAC Co., Ltd
We're currently selling HVAC systems in the U.S. Would you like to talk?
USA: (646) 216-2133 info_usa@pmac.co.jp
Japan: +81-3-5473-1426 Japanese Website


I ordered 11 underwears last November.
I got only two underwears in a small pack (10 apparel items and 2.1bs8Oz on the pack, it's lie) last December and I asked the service that they shipped two packs separately.But they only told me to wait until the end of December.Finally the rest underwears had not delivered.I asked them about it again and I got some replying and I sent the photo of the pack. Now I sent some email again, but they don't reply.
Do you think you can pack 11 underwears in this small package?
Cancelled my order after three weeks when I emailed to ask where it was. They had sold out of multiple items at this point and offered me the same discount I'd received but only valid for two weeks. I'm not getting my order. Communication is terrible and I'm just so very annoyed.
I love the underwear so ordered 19 pairs direct from Andrew Christian via their website in the Black Friday sale. When the package arrived they had only sent 3 pairs and the packing slip showed only 3 were ever sent. I phoned to ask where the rest of the order was and was told that despite them being in stock they would not send replacements. They offered only a partial credit for the missing items and said i could reorder, but because the sale was no longer on and because I would have to pay shipping and taxes again it would have cost me an additional $100 on top of the $250 i originally spent. The fact it was entirely their mistake seems lost on them. I am now having to fight through Paypal to get my money back as they refuse to refund me in full for the missing items.
Tip for consumers: Don't buy from Andrew Christian, just not worth paying over $100 per pair when they screw up and charge you for it.
Terrible experience when ordering at the Andrew Christian Shop. After ordering the system cancelled my order. Long discussions (more than 15 e-mails) with the AC Customer Service to replace my order (to not loose the first discount). After that they lost my parcel and AC Customer Service again is not really willing to help and to replace that order. Seems that Andrew Christian does not really like to sell but only waste your time. The e-mail-customer service gives you answers that aren't answers to a question; it seems that they enjoy teasing customers.
The telephone service sometimes answers and sometimes not.
Byebye Andrew Christian Shop never again!
I loved the underwear from this company.I do think that the prices are a bit high for some items. The shipping was a little ridiculous the last time I ordered.Took way too long to get to me.Honestly, this is some of the best underwear out there, though.
Think twice before you click "Purchase"
I purchased One swimming shorts and two underwears from Andrew Christian. Delivery was delayed without any explanation despite my inquiries. And it arrived with one of the underwear missing from the package. Contacted customer service for the missing item twice. Never heard back from them.
Hence I am leaving my review on this 3rd party website.
I would advise any potential consumers to be aware that this can happen to anyone. And you will not receive any customer service from them if anything were to happen to your order.
Lordy, lordy Andrew Christian's web site is quite the eye-opener or body-jolter. Well known fashionista has been featuring body enhancing and fashion undergear for sometime, now. Surprisingly, the items are not extremely expensive for a name brand company. Also, they do offer quite regularly sales, with either overstock or end-of-season items.
If youre adventurous, review the videos. But, please be forewarned tres tres over-the-top vids with extreme models. I have been told that 'some' of the men are straight. Wow! The companys videos have been in the news and received all manner of applause to opprobrium.
Questions? Get answers from the Andrew Christian staff and other customers.


text:
Atlantic Grill is a seafood restaurant located at 50 West 65th street of Manhattan, New York City.

The 220-seat restaurant opened in 1998. It specializes in fish dishes, and is noted for its by-the-glass wine list.

The restaurant's wood and chrome bar is lined with photographs of the French Riviera by Jacques-Henri Lartigue. The main dining room has brown velour Hollywood booths and ecru chairs.

The restaurant was originally owned by B.R. Guest.  In late 2021,  Monte Carlo Hospitality Group,  became the new management of the restaurant.

In 2013, Zagat gave it a rating of 23 for food.

See also
 List of restaurants in New York City
 List of seafood restaurants

References

External links

New York Magazine review and listing
New York Times review and listing
Zagat review and listing

Restaurants established in 1998
Upper East Side
Restaurants in Manhattan
1998 establishments in New York City
Seafood restaurants in New York (state)
Third Avenue

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
<!DOCTYPE html>

    <title>Critical Role Moments</title>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">

    <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="57x57" href="/favicon/apple-touch-icon-57x57.png" />
    <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="114x114" href="/favicon/apple-touch-icon-114x114.png" />
    <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="72x72" href="/favicon/apple-touch-icon-72x72.png" />
    <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="144x144" href="/favicon/apple-touch-icon-144x144.png" />
    <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="60x60" href="/favicon/apple-touch-icon-60x60.png" />
    <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="120x120" href="/favicon/apple-touch-icon-120x120.png" />
    <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="76x76" href="/favicon/apple-touch-icon-76x76.png" />
    <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="152x152" href="/favicon/apple-touch-icon-152x152.png" />
    <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/favicon/favicon-196x196.png" sizes="196x196" />
    <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/favicon/favicon-96x96.png" sizes="96x96" />
    <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/favicon/favicon-32x32.png" sizes="32x32" />
    <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/favicon/favicon-16x16.png" sizes="16x16" />
    <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/favicon/favicon-128.png" sizes="128x128" />
    <meta name="application-name" content="Critical Role Moments"/>
    <meta name="msapplication-TileColor" content="#FFFFFF" />
    <meta name="msapplication-TileImage" content="mstile-144x144.png" />
    <meta name="msapplication-square70x70logo" content="mstile-70x70.png" />
    <meta name="msapplication-square150x150logo" content="mstile-150x150.png" />
    <meta name="msapplication-wide310x150logo" content="mstile-310x150.png" />
    <meta name="msapplication-square310x310logo" content="mstile-310x310.png" />


Members donate their creativity, energy, expertise, time, & talents to the church project in many and varied ways, see – well most of the rest of this website for information about that.
This page is about donating financially to the activities and upkeep of the Auckland Unitarian Church.
Directly into our bank account No:- 02 0100 0024691 00.
By cheque payable to Auckland Unitarian Church' at 1a Ponsonby Road, Grey Lynn, Auckland 1011.
AUC Pledge – for your pledged commitment to supporting our congregation's work from 1 June 2018 to 31 May 2019. You can make a pledge online, or download and print a pledge form for the year.
PSJ Donation – specifically for the use of the Peace and Social Justice Group.
TShirt – for the purchase of an Auckland UU T Shirt.
You may inform our treasurer of your donation via the form below. If you require a receipt, and aren't already known to us, please provide your contact details. Donations over $5 are tax deductible.


text:
Difficulty: Medium

https://leetcode.com/problems/minimum-score-triangulation-of-polygon/

Given N, consider a convex N-sided polygon with vertices labelled A[0], A[i], ..., A[N-1] in clockwise order.

Suppose you triangulate the polygon into N-2 triangles.  For each triangle, the value of that triangle is the product of the labels of the vertices, and the total score of the triangulation is the sum of these values over all N-2 triangles in the triangulation.

Return the smallest possible total score that you can achieve with some triangulation of the polygon.

**Example 1:**
```
Input: [1,2,3]
Output: 6
Explanation: The polygon is already triangulated, and the score of the only triangle is 6.
```

**Example 2:**
![ex2](minimum-score-triangulation-of-polygon-1.png)
```
Input: [3,7,4,5]
Output: 144
Explanation: There are two triangulations, with possible scores: 3*7*5 + 4*5*7 = 245, or 3*4*5 + 3*4*7 = 144.  The minimum score is 144.
```

**Example 3:**
```
Input: [1,3,1,4,1,5]
Output: 13
Explanation: The minimum score triangulation has score 1*1*3 + 1*1*4 + 1*1*5 + 1*1*1 = 13.
```

**Note:**

1. 3 <= A.length <= 50
2. 1 <= A[i] <= 100


text:
Jack Halsey takes his wife, their adult kids, and a friend for a dream vacation in Kenya. But as they venture off alone into a wilderness park, their safari van is flipped over by an angry rhino, leaving them injured and desperate. Then, as two of them go in search of rescue, a bloody, vicious encounter with a leopard and a clan of hyenas incites a desperate fight for survival.
Country: Kenya, USA
The Elephant Queen
Join Athena, the majestic matriarch, as she leads her elephant herd across an unforgiving African landscape.
Country: Kenya, UK
Kena and Ziki long for something more. Despite the political rivalry between their families, the girls resist and remain close friends, supporting each other to pursue their dreams in a conservative society. When love blossoms between them, the two girls will be forced to choose between happiness and safety.
Country: France, Germany, Kenya, Lebanon, Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, UK
The Good Lie
A young refugee of the Sudanese Civil War who wins a lottery for relocation to the United States with three other lost boys. Encountering the modern world for the first time, they develop an unlikely friendship with a brash American woman assigned to help them, but the young man struggles to adjust to this new life and his feelings of guilt about the brother he left behind.
Country: India, Kenya, USA
Nairobi Half Life
Mwas, a young aspiring actor from upcountry Kenya dreams of becoming an accomplished actor one day, and in pursuit of this, he makes his way to Nairobi, the city of opportunity. He quickly understands why Nairobi is nicknamed Nairrobery as he is bereaved of all his money and belongings and left alone in a city where he doesn't know a soul. Luck or the lack of it brings Mwas face to face with the city's criminals and forms a friendship with a small time crook who takes him in. He is quickly drawn into a world of crime as he struggles to pursue his dream of becoming an actor. Keeping the two worlds separate proves to be a challenge for Mwas as he steps into this unknown world called Nairobi.
Country: Germany, Kenya
Samsara is a word that describes the ever turning wheel of life. It is a concept both intimate and vast – the perfect subject for filmmakers Ron Fricke and Mark Magidson, whose previous collaborations include Chronos and Baraka, and who, in the last 20 years, have travelled to over 58 countries together in the pursuit of unique imagery. Samsara takes the form of a nonverbal, guided meditation that will transform viewers in countries around the world as they are swept along a journey of the soul. Through powerful images pristinely photographed in 70mm and a dynamic music score, the film illuminates the links between humanity and the rest of the nature, showing how our life cycle mirrors the rhythm of the planet.
Country: Brazil, China, Denmark, Egypt, Ghana, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, USA
Living in the Age of Airplanes
LIVING IN THE AGE OF AIRPLANES offers a fresh perspective on a modern-day miracle that many of us take for granted: flying. Narrated by Harrison Ford and featuring an original score from Academy Award® winning composer James Horner, the film takes viewers to 18 countries across all seven continents to illuminate how airplanes have empowered a century of global connectedness our ancestors could never have imagined.
Country: Antarctica, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Egypt, France, Italy, Kenya, Maldives, Mexico, Netherlands, USA
The First Grader
Country: Kenya, UK, USA
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
The Pirates of Somalia
After an inspiring chance encounter with his idol, rookie journalist Jay Bahadur uproots his life and moves to Somalia looking for the story of a lifetime. Hooking up with a local fixer, he attempts to get embedded with the local Somali pirates, only to quickly find himself in over his head.
Country: Kenya, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, USA
From a graffiti artist speaking out against domestic violence in the favelas of Brazil to a dancer rehabilitating sex-trafficking survivors in India, Little Stones profiles four women, each of whom are contributing a stone to the mosaic of the women's movement through their art. The film and accompanying education initiative have been designed to raise awareness about global women's rights issues, and to celebrate creative, entrepreneurial, and arts-therapy based solutions to the most pressing challenges facing women globally.
Country: Brazil, Germany, India, Kenya, Senegal, USA
Fishing Without Nets
In Somalia, principled, young husband and father Abdi turns to piracy to support his family. While his wife and child wait for him in Yemen, an outdated and fragile satellite phone is his only connection to all he truly values. Abdi and his fellow pirates hit the high seas and capture a French oil tanker, demanding a hefty ransom. During the long, tedious wait for the cash to arrive, Abdi forges a tentative friendship with one of the hostages. When some of the pirates resort to violence, Abdi must make dramatic choices to determine his course.
Country: Kenya, Somalia, USA
VEVE follows the lives of multiple characters trying to find themselves in a world of political intrigue, revenge, love and longings for success complemented by the background of the thriving yet unregulated veve business.
Pelada
Away from professional stadiums, bright lights, and manicured fields, there's another side of soccer. Tucked away on alleys, side streets, and concrete courts, people play in improvised games. Every country has a different word for it. In the United States, we call it "pick-up soccer." In Trinidad, it's "taking a sweat." In England, it's "having a kick-about." In Brazil, the word is "pelada," which literally means "naked"—the game stripped down to its core. It's the version of the game played by anyone, anywhere—and it's a window into lives all around the world. Pelada is a documentary following Luke and Gwendolyn, two former college soccer stars who didn't quite make it to the pros. Not ready for it to be over, they take off, chasing the game. From prisoners in Bolivia to moonshine brewers in Kenya, from freestylers in China to women who play in hijab in Iran, Pelada is the story of the people who play.
Country: Argentina, Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, China, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Palestine, Peru, South Africa, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, UK, Uruguay, USA
Beauty Bites Beast
Beauty Bites Beast aims to 'normalize' the idea of women's self-defense – and by extension, kids' self-defense – as a human need and right.
Country: Israel, Kenya, Mexico, USA


You will be contacted by your funeral arranger shortly in order to setup a time and place to meet and discuss arrangements that will best celebrate the life of your loved one. You will be visiting the funeral home, and several items will be needed for this meeting. Most of these are outlined in the following section. Please take a moment to review these needed items to ensure that you have the necessary information for the meeting with your funeral arranger.
Your arrangement conference will probably last several hours. During this time, your funeral arranger will help you to plan, at your pace and comfort, how to best remember and memorialize your loved one. An agenda of the arrangement conference appears in the following section. At any time, please feel free to ask any questions, voice any concerns or discuss any subjects that may come to mind, no matter how trivial they may seem. Our goal is to assist you in creating a personal, inspirational tribute to someone you hold dear.
When choosing traditional burial or mausoleum entombment, you will need to select a grave space, lawn crypt or mausoleum space and will want to choose a memorial or monument that reflects the life of your loved one.
If cremation is your family's preference, it is important to remember that cremation is simply one part of the final memorialization process. You can still plan a funeral service or tribute to be held either before or after cremation to celebrate the life of your loved one. Cremation also offers a wide range of memorialization options including burial, inurnment in a mausoleum or columbarium, cremation memorials and many unique keepsake items.
Your funeral arranger or cemetery family service counselor can explain all the arrangement options available to you and your family.
Family History and Special Memories - People are not the same...why should funerals be?


You can think of Ethereum as a programmable blockchain. Unlike bitcoin blockchain that gives a predefined operations - limited to bitcoin transactions, Ethereum allows users to create their own customized operations or task they need to establish. In other words, Ethereum is an open software based on blockchain technology that enables developers to build and deploy decentralized applications that includes but not limited to cryptocurrencies. It ensures that the "customized operations" or "smart contracts" are replicated and processed to all computer networks.


text:
Balancing the Budget: Why deflating the carbon bubble requires oil & gas companies to shrink
Oil 01 November 2019
Oil majors must cut output by average of 35% to 2040 to hit Paris targets ConocoPhillips and Exxon must cut most, Shell least
LONDON/NEW YORK, November 1 – The world's listed oil and gas majors must cut combined production by a...
Mike Coffin, Oil & Gas Analyst at Carbon Tracker and report author, said: "If companies and governments attempt to develop all their oil and gas reserves, either the world will miss its climate targets or assets will become "stranded" in the energy transition, or both. The industry is trying to have its cake and eat it -- reassuring shareholders and appearing supportive of Paris, while still producing more fossil fuels. This analysis shows that if companies really want to both mitigate financial risk and be part of the climate solution, they must shrink production."
Andrew Grant, Senior Oil and Gas Analyst and co-author of the report said: "Only Shell, Total and Repsol have targets which include the "Scope 3" emissions created by burning their products, which account for the vast majority of CO2 related to fossil fuel use. While an improvement on many peers, they have only pledged to reduce the carbon intensity of the energy they produce, which means they can continue to grow fossil fuel production -- increasing CO2 emissions overall and leaving open the risk of stranded assets. Our climate system works on finite limits, so strategies that allow infinite growth are a square peg in a round hole."
Mark Fulton, Chair of Carbon Tracker's Research Council, said: "Our Breaking the Habit work shows the amount of capex consistent with achieving "well below" 2˚C. Based on the same project level analysis we can express this in terms of a carbon budget with associated production levels. This therefore gives a comprehensive picture with consistent metrics that can be factored into company planning."
Mark Campanale, Founder and Executive Director, said: "In our first 2011 report, Unburnable Carbon: Are the world's financial markets carrying a Carbon Bubble? we highlighted the finite global carbon budget and the risks from excess supply of fossil fuels. Carbon Tracker has been consistent in finding most fossil fuels must remain in the ground. "Yet as this new report highlights, companies and the governments that grant them their licences are still intent on expansion. It is now more urgent than ever that shareholders promote, then support, plans for the oil and gas sector to manage rapid decline in production."
To deflate the carbon bubble and protect investors, oil & gas companies must shrink
The world's listed oil and gas majors must cut combined production by more than a third by 2040 to keep emissions within international climate targets and protect shareholder value.
The current requirements under the Paris Agreement are that nations limit warming to "well below" 2ºC and "pursue efforts" for 1.5ºC. For a 50% chance of success, carbon budgets for 1.5ºC and 1.75ºC, irrespective of the trajectory taken, equate to 13 and 24 years at current CO2 emissions levels.
Source: IPCC, Global Carbon Project, BP, CTI analysis
Company Carbon Budgets
We translate the macro global carbon budget to the company level and define "company carbon budgets" to provide aggregate limits for individual oil and gas producers.
Source: Rystad Energy, IEA, CTI analysis
The majors need to significantly reduce emissions from oil and gas production over the next two decades by on average 40% by 2040 compared to 2019 levels.
Based on our analysis, ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips are modelled as having to reduce emissions at the fastest rate to stay within their respective company carbon budgets. Shell's portfolio is most aligned, but would still need cuts of 10%
The 'carbon bubble' remains: global proved reserves of fossil fuels still significantly exceed that which can be burned to stay within Paris limits.
We translate the macro global carbon budget to the company level and define "company carbon budgets" to provide aggregate limits for individual oil and gas producers, factoring-in the relative emissions-intensity of different projects.
Production and emissions reductions to 2040 are presented alongside capex numbers from Breaking the Habit (Sept 2019) to give a holistic framework covering the entire oil and gas industry.
We estimate that as a group, the major oil and gas companies need to reduce production by 35% to 2040 to stay within their B2DS budgets. Within this decline there is significant variation, from Shell (-10%) to ConocoPhillips (-85%) reflecting current and future project mix.
Average carbon emissions reductions of 40% are required for the majors; this reflects that the analysis covers production from both oil and gas, with a relative 'shift to gas' already factored in for many.
Companies that continue to sanction higher-cost projects which do not fit with a lower demand scenario risk destroying significant shareholder value through the creation of stranded assets, as well as contributing to the failure to achieve climate goals.
Companies can pursue different trajectories to meet their production reduction to 2040, however those that delay taking action carry a greater risk of being caught out.
Current company targets leave much to be desired. They commonly only cover scope 1-2 emissions (accounting for ~15% of lifecycle emissions for fossil fuels), are on an intensity rather than absolute basis, or they often only cover operated assets (meaning that a substantial portion of a company's production may be excluded).
We define the hallmarks of Paris compliance that a company target should incorporate as a pre-condition for it to be considered Paris compliant. No company currently meets these criteria.
Handbrake Turn: The cost of failing to anticipate an Inevitable Policy Response to climate change
In this report, we look at the Inevitable Policy Response (IPR), which models...
Carbon Tracker's mission is to align investors strategies to climate change...
The argument is often made that oil reserves have high natural decline rates which...
Growth incentives just don't pay for oil...
Why shareholders should rethink executive reward For much of the...
How the oil price collapse can deliver the...
Carbon Tracker Initiative's Anthony Hobley argues that far from being...


text:
Q: adjusting line size based on ouput screen in perl I am outputing some text on the screen in perl
However, I want to make sure that only 1 line fits on each screen line thus if I change screen the program would automatically adjust its output line size.
Is there a way to automatically do it without having user-interaction?
Thanks

A: On Unix/Linux you should be able to use the Term family of modules to get the current screen size. You can even hook SIGWINCH with it and respond to a terminal window resize event by adjusting your output.
http://search.cpan.org/modlist/User_Interfaces/Term

A: perl -MTerm::ReadKey -E '($cols,$rows) = GetTerminalSize(); say "This screen has $rows rows and $cols columns."'

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


Hope Crossing is a volunteer-led church.With a small staff, our members volunteer and hold up this church. We strongly believe that everyone plays a role in the body of Christ and our staff is available to help you find the best fit for your skills. Here are just a few ideas.
Hope Crossing believes families are the primary place where the Kingdom of God takes hold of our hearts and moves out. We place an extremely high priority on our children. Through Kids' Crossing our children are safe, taught about Jesus, and they have fun. Whether it's helping preschoolers have fun, caring for infants, or pitching in with the elementary class - there is somewhere for you to get involved.
Our Hospitality Team handles preparing our church to receive regular attendees, as well as guests, every Sunday morning. This involves greeting people at the door with a friendly handshake and a smile, managing the parking lot to ensure everyone makes it in safely, providing information for guests, and putting the coffee on. We try hard to be a friendly, neighborhood church, and this team makes it a reality.
Hope Crossing seeks to be known in our community as a place of hope, peace, and purpose. We are also a place where you can find a solid meal if you need it. Every Sunday after our 10 am service our food bank is open to the neighborhood. This is an easy way with connect to people you may not normally get to meet, as well as to help meet a very tangible need in our community.
One of the things we love to do most at Hope Crossing Church is to reach out to our community through loving acts of service. Through these acts we gain the opportunity to be heard and people are pointed towards Christ. Together we will be a community engaged with our culture as salt and light.
Every Sunday our Service Production team helps create the technical foundation for our Worship and Preaching teams to build on. Without this critical team, Sundays simply wouldn't happen. From preparing the stage, to running the visual presentations, and building sets for the changing seasons - this team is always looking for people to pitch in!


Spin legend Shane Warne believes the present Australian team, led Michael Clarke, has the potential to become one of the best ever sides of the country.
"About what this Australian cricket team can achieve, I think it can go all the way and become one of the best sides that has ever played for Australia," said Warne, who was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame on Monday.
"We're very well-led by Michael Clarke, we've got such a wonderful array of talent ... and up-and-coming talent, so it's in really good shape," he was quoted as saying by Fox Sports.
The former leg-spinner, who drew curtains to his international career in 2007 after claiming 708 Test wickets, said Australian cricket is in for some "exciting time" ahead after successfully overcoming the transition period.
"I think if we look at the Australian team at the moment and the people on the fringe, we're at an exciting time," Warne said.


text:
by Christofer Oberst
Someone once said, "Necessity is the mother of invention."
Before Peter Quiring, Founder and President of NatureFresh™ Farms, found himself in the midst of overseeing one of North America's largest greenhouse bell pepper operations, he was just a young man pursuing a dream in mechanical engineering. Little did he know that dream would soon evolve into the multi-million dollar venture NatureFresh is today.
"That's because, in part, I had no other choice," Peter laughs.
Armed with his engineering knowledge and the resources to bring greenhouses to the modern age, Peter saw fit to start his own company called South Essex Fabricating (SEF), located in Leamington, Ontario, in 1994. As the forerunner to NatureFresh, SEF was established to drive innovation in Canada's high-tech commercial greenhouse industry, providing growers with structures, heating systems, and logistics.
"I never wanted to get into the marketing side of this business," Peter tells me. "Originally, I wanted to build a state-of-the-art greenhouse operation and sell it, but that didn't work out. So we kept building greenhouses and I ended up falling in love with the business. It was fun and we were hiring young talented people, but we never wanted to do the marketing. That became a necessity as the company continued to grow."
Soon, a dedicated Sales & Marketing team was born.
Thus began the story of the accidental farmer, one whose predilection and passion for automation and agriculture came together to build a company driven by advancements in technology, product innovation, and continued investing in its employees to grow the future.
Grow Smarter, Not Harder
NatureFresh has been, and continues to be, one of the companies at the forefront of the greenhouse technological revolution. SEF was just the beginning. It helped to bring leading-edge ideas like thermal storage, CO2 capture, biomass heating, water recycling technology, and the latest in greenhouse innovations, such as diffused glass, into the industry sixteen years ago. Peter is continuing that legacy with NatureFresh.
Now, the company boasts 100 percent zero nutrient water discharge into the environment and is just starting to install commercial dehumidification systems in greenhouses after experimenting with it for the past four years. NatureFresh also became one of the first successful businesses to grow peppers under lights, and will continue to do so this coming winter season.
The results are speaking for themselves.
"What keeps us competitive is our core knowledge of the industry and hands-on experience; we are constantly innovating to differentiate and grow our business. Otherwise, we're out of business," Peter tells me. "A big part of our success is that we're early adopters of new technology. It's helped us stay in business when times are tough. Not only do we continue to adopt new technology and help develop them ourselves, but we're obviously a significant farming operation as well."
Since its foundation, the vertically-integrated corporation has built more than 1,500 acres of greenhouses for growers in North America and owns 130 acres in Ontario with an additional 30 to be added by next year. Today, the company offers a broad variety of greenhouse produce items, ranging from TOVs and beefsteak tomatoes, bell peppers, both organic and conventional, seedless cucumbers, and several types of specialty tomatoes.
"We have a stringent quality assurance program to ensure we are shipping the best product to all of our customers," Chris Veillon, NatureFresh's Director of Marketing, tells me. "Our customers have become accustomed to purchasing top quality NatureFresh Farms product from our retail partners, which has helped drive and maintain our significant growth."
With the arrival of the first tomato plants in NatureFresh's new Ohio greenhouse scheduled for later this fall of 2015, the company is reducing the need to source from other suppliers in other countries and regions.
"We believe in growing our own product to ensure the same quality that our customers have grown accustomed to and is proprietary to us," Chris continued. "That NatureFresh-branded product is going to be the same twelve months of the year. We're heading in a very positive direction with our expansion into Delta, Ohio."
A company of this scope is nothing without a robust merchandising initiative in place, and both Peter and Chris are quick to tell me that they still have some radical ideas brewing in the kitchen.
How Do You Like Your Tomato?
Take for example, NatureFresh's recently introduced TomBar™ at retail.
Designed by SEF, the TomBar™ gives consumers the opportunity to select the tomatoes they want from a bar similar to a traditional olive bar and place them in their own TomBox™.
"Consumers like the TomBar™ because it gives them the ability to choose what they want. More than anything though, there's a consistency to the product," Peter tells me.
With consumer attitudes trending towards accountability for what they put into their bodies, NatureFresh says progressive growers and retailers must be driven to be better communicators.
It's this educational philosophy that bridges the gaps between NatureFresh as a company, its employees, and the consumers.
The Grow-to People
Take a walk through the NatureFresh offices and farms and you will find that most of the employees are in their early 30s. That's not intentional either. Outside the front door, there's an old weathered sign, its faded letters bearing the brunt of the wind, which says, "Help Wanted." NatureFresh has always had an open door policy since day one way back in 1999, but Peter says it's not just a policy, it is everyday life.
"My favorite part is when I see the growth of our people from within," Peter tells me. "We don't have a lot of degrees floating around here, but that's okay with us. We're quite happy to educate and mentor people along the way. If they have a good attitude and the desire to learn and excel in their work, then we give them an opportunity to become a part of our team. Some evolve into positions as growers or supervisors, or a team manager. Many employees are learning different aspects of the business. That's unique in this day and age."
Peter's son, Matt, has been a key component of the company's sales team. Even at 26 years old, Matt is continuing to learn from senior management, including his father. John Ketler, Peter's son-in-law, heads the company's farming operations as General Manager and continues to be a key and integral part of the business as well.
"I am very proud of what Matt and John have accomplished to date," Peter says. "Their dedication to the business has helped our growth significantly. These guys always rise to the occasion; they are having a lot of fun!"
When you hear Peter speak about the company's culture, it's not top-down, but rather top-across. Across all departments of the company, the respect among each employee is the same no matter the compensation differences.
Peter has even gone so far as to install an industrial kitchen in the company headquarters two years ago, featuring a full-fledged grill, ovens, a stove, and so much more – all restaurant-quality. Healthy, inexpensive meals utilizing NatureFresh products are catered on-site by professional chefs every day for up to 200 employees a day. The beauty of it all is once a recipe is approved, it makes its way into the company's recipe listings online.
The investment in employees and their education pays dividends every day. It's a huge part of what makes the company so successful. True satisfaction, however, comes from being able to make an impact for both retailers and consumers simultaneously.
Educating the Future
"We have people come up to us and say, 'Nope, not interested. I only eat organic.' We have no problem with that, but let us tell you what conventional growing is to us. By the end of it, people almost always say, 'You converted me. I'll buy your product.' That's always exciting to see," Peter tells me.
Peter is referring to NatureFresh's mobile Greenhouse Education Center (GEC), which has made its premiere debut at retailers across North America. The GEC is designed to give consumers a first-hand, up-close, and personal experience with greenhouse vegetables. The 38-foot custom-built trailer contains six different cassettes that hold a variety of products, including three different colors of bell peppers, English cucumbers, cocktail tomatoes, and cherry tomatoes, as well as a live bumble bee eco-system that's a hit among kids.
"Almost everybody walks up to our GEC and says, 'Wow. That is so cool.' Adults and kids of all ages are walking up and pressing their face up against the glass," Chris says.
Knowledge is power. Once a consumer knows where a product is from and who the grower is, they will be more likely to pick up that specific product.
"When three of the biggest retailers in North America are asking you to be at their stores every weekend, you know you have an opportunity to educate their consumers and make a difference," Chris explains. "In a mere two minutes, you can shape a consumer's decision. If you can articulate to someone the value of what they can purchase from a grower they know, you've created a customer for that day, that week, that month, or even that year."
With that level of engagement, you may have even found a customer for life.
Though Peter had initially thought he never wanted to get into the marketing side of the business, things are continuing to look bright for NatureFresh.
"From start to finish, everything we do is tied up in the food business, but we like to say we're in the health business," Peter tells me.
"We're growing the future of fresh by using innovation to maximize and optimize all we do, including the people."
From accidental farmer to overseer of one of the largest independent greenhouse produce growers in North America, Peter has shown time after time his level of dedication to the business and his employees. Though NatureFresh still operates like the small company it was sixteen years ago, its innovation and power to enlighten and inform is a force to be reckoned with. They are the grow-to people.
NatureFresh™ Farms
Beyond the Cubicle: A Q&A with Nelia Alamo
Defining Southern Excellence: An SEPC Story
Implementing Success: Q&A With Produce Pro Software's Dave Donat
Running in the Family: The Tom Lange Family of Companies
NatureFresh™ Farms is a 130 acre state-of-the-art greenhouse facility located in Leamington, Ontario that grows an extensive variety of gourmet greenhouse tomatoes, bell peppers, and cucumbers.


Note: Your ticket includes - and is the exact price of - the book!
The Last Bookstore is pleased to present clinical psychologist Jonathan Yahalom and his new book on aging and Alzheimer's in Oaxaca. Join us for an intimate discussion of contemporary life in Oaxaca, and a reflection on what we might learn about mental health and social values in the United States today.
Free mezcal tasting with purchase of book.
In rural Mexico, people often say that Alzheimer's does not exist. "People do not have Alzheimer's because they don't need to worry," said one Oaxacan, explaining that locals lack the stresses that people face "over there"—that is, in the modern world. Alzheimer's and related dementias carry a stigma. In contrast to the way elders are revered for remembering local traditions, dementia symbolizes how modern families have forgotten the communal values that bring them together.
In Caring for the People of the Clouds, psychologist Jonathan Yahalom provides an emotionally evocative, story-rich analysis of family caregiving for Oaxacan elders living with dementia. Based on his extensive research in a Zapotec community, Yahalom presents the conflicted experience of providing care in a setting where illness is steeped in stigma and locals are concerned about social cohesion. Traditionally, the Zapotec, or "people of the clouds," respected their elders and venerated their ancestors. Dementia reveals the difficulty of upholding those ideals today. Yahalom looks at how dementia is understood in a medically pluralist landscape, how it is treated in a setting marked by social tension, and how caregivers endure challenges among their families and the broader community.
Yahalom argues that caregiving involves more than just a response to human dependency; it is central to regenerating local values and family relationships threatened by broader social change. In so doing, the author bridges concepts in mental health with theory from medical anthropology. Unique in its interdisciplinary approach, this book advances theory pertaining to cross-cultural psychology and develops anthropological insights about how aging, dementia, and caregiving disclose the intimacies of family life in Oaxaca.
Jonathan Yahalom is a psychologist at the Department of Veterans Affairs in Los Angeles. He has published in anthropology, philosophy, and psychology journals, and holds a PhD in clinical psychology from Duquesne University. This is his first book.