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Q: Closed subsets of $\mathbb{R}$ characterization I remember the characterization of open subsets of $\mathbb{R}$ as a countable union of disjoint open intervals. I was thinking about whether this allows us to characterize closed subsets as a countable union of disjoint closed intervals. As we know, closed subsets are just complements of open subsets.
I had an idea of starting with an open interval at $(a,b)$, then looking at the next open interval to the right at $(c,d)$, and concluding that $[b,c]$ belongs to the closed subset. But this idea can break down, for example, if the open subset contains the intervals $(-1,0), (1/2,1), (1/8,1/4), (1/32,1/16), \ldots$. In this case, there is no next open interval to the right of $(-1,0)$. How can we modify this idea to characterize closed subsets?

A: Although closed sets in $\mathbb R$ are not necessarily countable unions of disjoint closed intervals, they are countable intersections of complements of disjoint open intervals.

A: To see that closed subsets of $\mathbb R$cannot be characterized countable unions of disjoint closed intervals, note that the set $[\frac12,1]\cup[\frac14,\frac13]\cup[\frac16,\frac15]\cup\dots$ is a countable union of disjoint closed intervals, but is not closed.

A: It's not true that all closed sets are countable unions of disjoint closed intervals: the middle-thirds Cantor set is a counterexample. It is closed and nowhere dense in $\Bbb R$, so it contains no non-trivial closed interval. That is, the only closed intervals that it contains are degenerate ones of the form $[x,x]=\{x\}$. And since it is uncountable, it isn't a countable union even of these degenerate closed intervals.

A: Using a bit of set theory, one way to classify closed sets is by means of the Cantor-Bendixson derivative. This is not as clean as the characterization of open sets as countable unions of disjoint intervals, but allows us to distinguish some closed sets from others depending on how "complex" their limit points are, so in a sense indicates why there is not a satisfactory analogue of the case of open sets.
The derivative of a set $A$ is the set $A'$ consisting of all limit points of $A$, that is, $a\in A'$ iff there is a sequence of distinct points of $A$ with limit $a$. The set $A'$ is always closed and, if $A$ is closed, then $A'\subset A$.
We can use this to define a transfinite sequence of iterated derivatives of a given closed set $C$:

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*$C_0=C$.

*Given $C_\alpha$, let $C_{\alpha+1}=C_\alpha'$.

*For $\lambda$ a limit ordinal, define $C_\lambda=\bigcap_{\alpha<\lambda}C_\alpha$.

Recall that a non-empty set $P$ is perfect iff every point of $P$ is a limit point of $P$, so $P'=P$. The Cantor set, mentioned in Brian's answer, is an example of a perfect set.
Since $$C_0\supseteq C_1\supseteq\dots\supseteq C_\alpha\supseteq\dots,$$ eventually we must reach an $\alpha$ such that $C_\alpha=C_{\alpha+1}=C_{\alpha+2}=\dots$, that is, $C_\alpha$ is either empty, or perfect. One can also verify that the first such $\alpha$ is countable; this is because if $p\in A\setminus A'$, then there is an interval centered at $p$ and disjoint from $A'$. One can use this to associate to each $p\in A\setminus A'$ a rational number, and this process can be carried out in such a way that for any $\beta$, the rationals we associate to points $p\in C_\beta\setminus C_{\beta+1}$ are not used at any stage other than $\beta$. Since we only have countably many rationals, the process necessarily stabilizes at a countable stage. (For details of this argument, see either Kechris's book on Descriptive set theory, or Jech's set theory book.) This also shows that $A\setminus A'$ is countable, and therefore (since countable unions of countable sets are countable) that if $\alpha$ is the stage where the derivatives stabilize, then $C\setminus C_\alpha$ is countable as well.
The above shows that any closed set $C$ has the form $A\cup P$ where $A$ is countable, $P$ is either empty, or perfect, and $A\cap P=\emptyset$. Writing $A_\alpha\subset A$ for $C_\alpha\setminus P$, there is a countable ordinal $\alpha$ such that $A_\alpha=\emptyset$.
This gives us a classification of closed sets:

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*If $C,D$ are closed, $C$ is countable and $D$ is not, then $C$ is simpler than $D$.

*If $C$ and $D$ are countable, then $C$ is simpler iff $C_\alpha=\emptyset$ for some $\alpha$ such that $D_\alpha\ne\emptyset$.

*If $C$ and $D$ are uncountable, so $C=A\cup P$ and $D=B\cup Q$ with $A,B$ countable, $P,Q$ perfect, and $A\cap P=B\cap Q=\emptyset$, then $C$ is simpler iff $A_\alpha=\emptyset$ for some $\alpha$ with $B_\alpha\ne\emptyset$.

*Sets that are not distinguished this way are said to have the same complexity.

For each countable $\alpha$, there are closed sets such that $C_\alpha=\emptyset$ and $\alpha$ is least for which this happens. This tells us that in a sense there are many different levels of complexity of closed sets ($\omega_1$ many). For example, the empty set is trivial. After this, a finite set of points is as simple as it gets, and $C_1=\emptyset$ in this case. For an increasing sequence with its limit, we need to wait until $C_2$ to reach an empty set. For an increasing sequence with limit $1$ followed by an increasing sequence with limit $1.5$, followed by an increasing sequence with limit $1.75,\dots$, followed by $2$, we have $C_1=\{1,1.5,1.75,\dots\}\cup\{2\}$, $C_2=\{2\}$, $C_3=\emptyset$. Etc. The idea is that the larger $\alpha$ is the more complex the closed set is. For example, in the set just described, we have isolated points, points that are limits of isolated points, and points that are limits of limits of isolated points, but nothing more. Something that has, say, limits of limits of limits of limits of limits of isolated points, is more complex.
Note that this classification of closed sets could stand some improvement, since it does not distinguish between perfect sets. Sets that are like Cantor's set are easy to describe, see here. We can go a bit further: If $A$ is closed and contains an interval, we could "identify" all the points in the interval, and think of them as a single point, and then proceed with the classification described above. This gives us a way to distinguish $[0,1]$ from $$[0,1/2]\cup[3/4,7/8]\cup[15/16,31/32]\cup\dots\cup\{1\}:$$ They are both perfect, but the second one is more complex. Again, this does not seem to be a refined enough approach, and I do not know of a satisfactory way of distinguishing among perfect sets in general. (It may be this is all there is, and anything that "reaches the end" of this process is a Cantor set, perhaps unbounded.)
It may be natural to wonder what precisely is the relation between this classification and your question. As the examples in other answers point out, closed sets do not need to be given as countable unions of disjoint closed intervals. Saying that they are the intersection of the complements of disjoint closed intervals is also a bit unsatisfactory, since this does not seem to give us any intrinsic information beyond "the complement is open". Now, since the complement is open, then we could attempt to understand closed sets by seeing how the open intervals in the complement relate to each other. To say of a point $p\in C$ that there are two intervals in the complement of $C$, one precisely to the right of $p$, and one precisely to its left, is simply to say that $p$ is isolated. To say that there is no such interval, but there is a sequence of intervals to the left, "converging" to $p$, such as $(0,1),(1,1.5),(1.5,1.75),\dots$ "converges" to $2$, is to say that $p$ is a limit of isolated points from the left. Etc. Hence, to understand how these open intervals "sit" in the complement of $C$ is the same as understanding the "limit" nature of the points of $C$, which is precisely what the Cantor-Bendixson derivative allows us to do.


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In a case that has been watched by several Minnesota cities, the Hennepin County Board hindered the City of Rockford's effort to redraw the county line. On June 17, the Board rejected a measure that would have allowed Hennepin County residents to vote on the matter.
The 3,800-resident city straddles Crow River, which is the boundary for the two counties of Wright and Hennepin. Approximately 90% of the city is in Wright County and about 10% of its land parcels are in Hennepin County. City officials say being split between law enforcement and ambulance service jurisdictions and tax rates has caused a multitude of problems. For years, Rockford MN residents have petitioned to bring all of its land under Wright County jurisdiction.
Commissioners, who stated that they had "no opposition" to the boarder change in Rockford, did not discuss the resolution before voting it down 6-1. Previously, commissioners had said that allowing Rockford to switch would set a precedent that could prompt "a cascade of changes" to Minnesota's most populous county.
There are other Minnesota cities which have been watching Rockford's situation. St. Bonifacius began to look at whether its taxes would be lower and its services better if it were part of nearby Carver County. But there is one catch: St. Bonifacius doesn't even border Carver County. The city would need to annex land in order to make its case.
State law allows changing counties' boundaries, but the process is involved. To begin with, one-fourth of a county's residents must petition for the change. In Hennepin County, that would be 123,000 signatures.
The Northstar Center is undergoing an ambitious makeover. Downtown Minneapolis' first mixed-use property, adding up to 814,000-square-feet of space which includes offices and retail as well as a Crowne Plaza Hotel, is being restored.
The work will include tuck-pointing, replacing stone, and cleaning the exterior of the three-building complex over the course of about three to four yearsWork on the parking ramp, which includes replacing some concrete and waterproofing, began in April and is expected to be completed in September. Renovation of the 222-room hotel is underway and is scheduled to be completed later this month. The over $4 million project has included remodeling guest rooms and the lobby and adding a larger Executive Club lounge.
All of this is happening because of new property owner and manager Grubb & Ellis. Grubb & Ellis acquired the Northstar Center in December when it merged with the parent company of California-based Triple Net Properties.
The complex has about 645,000 square feet of office space, most of it occupied by Wells Fargo & Co.
Dayton's Bluff is a neighborhood located on the east side of the Mississippi in the southeast part of the city of Saint Paul, Minnesota. The northern border of the neighborhood is Grove Street and the Burlington Northern Railroad. The southern border is Warner Road. To the west is Lafayette Road and Highway 3, and to the east is Highway 61.
Dayton's Bluff contains one of the widest varieties of history of any Twin Cities' neighborhood. The history of the area goes back over 1,000 years when the Hopewell Native Americans used the area as a sacred burial ground. On the edge of the southern and highest part of Dayton's Bluff today, a series of seven large aboriginal burial mounds remain in Indian Mounds Park, overlooking the Mississippi River and the central part of the city. The park features walking paths, playgrounds and a picnic area.
In 1857, Lyman Dayton, a well-known land and railroad speculator from Vermont, platted an "addition to St. Paul" on the Eastern border of the city. The area was separated from the early settlement along the river by a ravine, but this inaccessibility did not deter Dayton. A handful of other businessmen also built large and costly houses in the area. Farther to the south, beyond present day I-94 in the Mounds Park area, river-oriented residential development was also occurring. The earliest settlers had a spectacular view of the growth of the city at the Lower Levee and along E. Seventh Street. The area has since been referred to as Dayton' Bluff, named after the man who built the first large home here.
Northeast community of Minneapolis is composed of 13 smaller neighborhoods. The Northeast community blends old architecture, classic housing, bustling commercial districts, and industrial work centers as well as new residential high-rises, suburban cul-de-sacs, and a popular art scene. The Northeast community is part bedroom neighborhood and part job center for the City of Minneapolis. The prominent features of Northeast include ornate churches and massive grain silos and mills, both of which help to create a unique skyline. Formerly known as the City of Saint Anthony before it was annexed into Minneapolis, Northeast is sometimes referred to as Nordeast, reflecting the history of northern and eastern European immigrants and their language influence.
Columbia Park - The Columbia Park neighborhood in northeast Minneapolis is bound on the north by 37th Avenue Northeast, on the east by Central Avenue Northeast, on the south by 27th Avenue Northeast and St. Anthony Boulevard, and on the west by University Avenue Northeast, 4th Street Northeast and the Mississippi River. Phew! The Columbia Park neighborhood received its name for three reasons. The first has to do with the actual Columbia Park, an area park which has a challenging 18 hole golf course, playground area, walking trails, archery course, horseshoe pits and picnic areas. The second coincides with the park's acquisition in 1892, which is referred to as the "Columbian" year, 400 years after Christopher Columbus' first voyage to the Americas. Finally, the third reason is a nod to the adjacent suburb to this neighborhood, Columbia Heights.
In addition to Columbia Park, the neighborhood also includes a smaller park, Hi View park, with a children's wading pool and basketball courts. Other highlights of the neighborhood include the walking paths along the Mississippi and the St. Anthony Parkway Bridge.
One hundred years ago if you wanted to look up any sort of vital records, from births and deaths to marriages and property histories, oversized books filled with information on paper was all the county recorders had. Hennepin County still has its plat books, which are large, awkward, green-bound volumes that measure 31 by 26 inches and weigh 15 to 20 pounds each.
The county didn't begin microfilming old documents until the 1960s. Electronic recordkeeping began in 1988, and since 1994, all document imaging has been in a digital format.
Now, Hennepin County will spend $2.7 million to digitize more than 24 million pages of records and marriage licenses dating back all the way to the 1850s. The information won't be available on the internet to just anyone, however. The digitization is largely a move to smooth document tracking for Twin Cities real estate, legal and financial professionals who work with mortgages, property titles, easements and others. Lay people are welcome to use the digitized information at the county records office.
Professionals who work with land records will be able to search the records online from their offices for a subscription fee, which has yet to be set. In order to use the system, they'll need a property name or legal description to track a property. The documents will not be searchable by keywords.
The switch to digitization is expected to improve efficiency and turnaround time. The new system will allow users to go between documents that are related with a click. Digitization should also protect ancient, brittle paper documents and reduce the theft of legal and historical records.
For example, northern Minneapolis has 544 of the 925 boarded and vacant houses listed within the city. The effects were cited on streets such as the 2900 block of Dupont Avenue N., where several houses were burned and boarded up after they were foreclosed on or abandoned. Minneapolis commissioners worry that other residents in the area will leave, resulting in even more blighted and vacant homes.
County officials will meet with their Minneapolis counterparts to negotiate an agreement that should allow the city to possibly double the number of houses it can tear down this year after they've been declared nuisance properties. Hennepin County evaluates properties for rehabilitation and chooses removal when area livability and safety can be improved with its destruction. At least 50 houses are to be demolished by the end of the year, with plans for the sites to be cleared and improved by next June.
The measure passed 6 to 1, with Linda Koblick voting no. Koblick's refusal argued that the plan should have been reviewed by board committees and faced public feedback before a vote was taken. She said that taxes paid by people all over the county shouldn't be earmarked just for a single city when there may be suburban properties that need attention as well.
During the month of May this year in Minneapolis, there was once again a decrease in new listings, according to the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors' Market Update for 100 Twin Cities Communities. During May of 2008, there were 1,098 new listings. In May 2007, there were 1,353 new listings. That is a drop of nearly 20%! It's also much higher than April's drop of just 6.9%, but it matches March's 20% decrease. Basically, many sellers seem to be holding off compared to last year. The slowdown in new listings has really helped to ease pressure on the Twin Cities area real estate market.
Unlike March and April, the University community experienced the greatest increase in new listings during May. There were 56 new listings in University, up 36.6% from May of 2007's 41. Conversely, the Philips and Nokomis communities had decreases in new listings compared to last year, at -48.4% and -34.9% respectively.
The Twin Cities suburb of Edina will soon have the opportunity to present its greatness to the nation. This year, the 2008 U.S. Women's Open is happening right here in our own Edina, at the Interlachen Country Club. This event, which just happens to be the biggest competition in the world of women's golf, happens from June 23 to June 29. It is expected to attract 135,000 people to Edina during that period of time. Edina native Hilary Lunke will be competing in the championship this year, giving the city yet another reason to be proud. To top it off, the entire competition will be broadcast nationally on channels ESPN, ESPN2 and NBC.The flood of people will also mean a deluge of business for hotels and restaurants. Because many attendants will be parking at Southdale Center and Galleria, it is probable that they will go shopping before or after they take a shuttle to Interlachen. It is estimated that the U.S. Women's Open will bring $20 million into Edina's economy as people sleep at hotels, eat at restaurants, and shop at the many stores.
Edina community businesses have already been cashing in on the benefits of hosting this huge event. The Edina Chamber of Commerce has connected event organizers, the United States Golf Association, with Edina businesses that will provide services and materials for the golf championship. The Chamber will also have a hospitality tent at Interlachen provided by several metro-area businesses and organization. The USGA is lining up vendors, sponsorships, ticket sales, even scheduling trash pick up. All of it is going to result in dollar $ign$ for Edina.
Every June, the Home Safety Council celebrates Home Safety Month! HSC is an organization which encourages people to take easy steps toward making their homes safer for themselves, their pets, and their families. The theme for this year's Home Safety Month campaign is Hands on Home Safety. As the name suggests, it suggests some simple hands-on steps to create a safer home environment from the five leading causes of home injury: falls, poisonings, fires and burns, choking or suffocation, and drowning. Many household accidents like these can be avoided with some precautionary measures! Also, some aspects of a home safety are good to have in place anyway when one is trying to sell a house. If a potential buyer hurts themselves on your property, you may find yourself with a lawsuit instead of a sale!
According to the HSC, falls are the leading cause of injury at home. There are several actions which can be taken to prevent many types of falls. Ensuring that stairwells and hallways are well-lit is the first place you want to start. Stairs should have handrails on both sides secured along the full length of the stairway. Finally, make sure the halls and stairs are unobstructed. You wouldn't want a potential home-buyer tripping over a soccer ball in an enclosed space like this.
Make certain that smooth walking surfaces, such as hardwood or stone floors, are dry. When these surfaces are wet, they can be very slick. Putting rugs at doorways and in the kitchen in front of the sink can help to provide traction in potentially slick walking areas.
Here is the HSC's Hands On Home Safety Checklist. Now, there are other areas of a home which can be susceptible to trips and falls which are important to be aware of when you're selling your home.


The 34-year-old is currently banned from football for 18-months but is determined to find a way back into the game.
Former QPR midfielder Joey Barton has said people would be "silly" to write him off after being banned from football.
The 34-year-old was banned for 18 months after being found guilty of betting offences, effectively ending his career as a professional footballer.
However Barton says that despite the difficult circumstances, he is determined to find his way back into the game.
Speaking to Sky Sports News, he said: "It makes it incredibly difficult, but it makes it an even better story, should you have the audacity to pull it off.
"I don't think I have (played my last football match). Obviously I may well have but personally i don't think that'll be the case."
When asked if he had played his last game in English football, Barton said: "I don't know, but anybody who knows anything about me would be really silly to write me off."


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Festivals in France - celebrate the Languedoc-Roussillon way!
A guide to the festivals and fetes held the Languedoc region of France
Fetes and festivals offer traditional pleasures
The Languedoc-Roussillon (Languedoc-Roussillon Property Guide) region of France is a wonderful region in which to find and enjoy traditional French fun. Just about every village, even the tiny ones, host at least one festival or village fete every year, with many hosting what seems to be hundreds! This traditional way of life is a big part of what we love about France, and one of the main reasons why we come to live or holiday here. It's an old fashioned kind of fun... family friendly, good humoured and totally enjoyable.
Bastille Day in Carcassonne and Narbonne
The larger towns of the region host some fantastic festivals, on a very diverse scale. Some of these correspond to events that take place all over the country, rather than being region specific, like the well known Bastille Day celebrations of July 14th. Every town has its own take on this festival, but many involve spectacular firework displays, street parties and music. One of the best of these is held in Carcassonne (Carcassonne Property Guide) where thousands gather to see the incredible sight of the fireworks bursting into the night sky and illuminating the fairytale splendour of the walled cité. Narbonne too (Narbonne Property Guide), goes to town on Bastille Day, making it the excuse for a massive four-day long party.
A feast of events throughout the year
Other than Bastille Day and countrywide events, the Languedoc offers up a feast of cultural events, parties and celebrations throughout all its departments and throughout the year. The selection that follows is just that, a selection, and there are many wonderful events that are not listed here, but hopefully it will give a taste of the sort of festivals that are found in this region.
Carcassonne's music festival
Carcassonne in the Aude (Aude Property Guide), is everybody's favourite city, with its magical old town, perched high on a hill and surrounded by towering walls. It holds a full programme of festivals, but one of the most celebrated is the summer music festival. Top name bands and solo artists are booked to perform at various venues around the old and "new" parts of the city, and free concerts also take place which generate a fantastic atmosphere. The festival lasts from June to August, and covers all genres of music from opera to heavy rock.
Les Joutes Nautiques de Sète
Les Joutes Nautiques de Sète in Hérault (Hérault Property Guide) is an unforgettable event. Taking place on the Canal du Midi, the four-day festival involves canal jousting, which is a highly entertaining competition entailing teams of professional jousters trying to knock each other off special perched platforms into the waiting waters of the famous waterway. Played out in traditional costume, the festival attracts thousands of spectators and really is one to catch.
Ferias de Nîmes - the Pentecost Feria
The beautiful old city of Nîmes (Nîmes Property Guide) in the Gard department (Gard Property Guide), with its Roman history and heritage, is home to another acclaimed festival. The Pentecost Feria of Nîmes is the big event here, and it all happens every year around the feast of Pentecost. The Pentecost Feria lasts for a full five days, during which time there are bullfights, street parties, music, dancing and general craziness.
Montpellier Dance Festival
The Dance Festival of Montpellier (Montpellier Property Guide) in the Hérault is definitely one worth putting in the diary. This one runs for a three-week period in late June and early July, and offers up a feast of traditional dance from all over the world.
Folk music festival in Langogne
This Langogne festival in the Lozère department (Lozère Property Guide) is one for fans of folk music, as the town gives itself up to enjoying this traditional form of popular music for a whole week of tuneful fun and frolics.
Le Grau du Roi's September festival
Le Grau du Roi in the Gard has a typically Camarguaise festival in September, where you can see the beautiful Camargue horses working in the traditional way, herding bulls through the streets.
Olive Fete in Canet en Roussillon
Not such a huge event, but definitely one that captures the flavour of the department, the Olive Fete in Canet en Roussillon (Canet en Roussillon Property Guide) in Pyrénées-Orientales (Pyrénées-Orientales Property Guide) is a lovely day. Usually held in early June, the festival sees costume parades, street markets and a chance to sample the produce from local olive farmers and oil mills.
Winter Festival of Limoux
If you love festivals, there can be no better place to live than Limoux (Limoux Property Guide) in the Aude, the original party town of the region. The winter festival lasts from January to April, with all manner of events taking place. There is always something happening in this fabulous little town.
Ceret Cherry Festival
Ceret (Ceret Property Guide) is known as the town of cherries, and it comes as no surprise that it holds its main event in honour of this delicious early summer fruit.
Wine Festival in Béziers
Béziers (Béziers Property Guide) in the Hérault is a wine town, surrounded by and dependant on its vineyards for generations. The wine festival of the Vins Primeurs d'Oc is a great event, and refreshingly provides something fun to do in October, just when you thought the best of the summer fun was over.
Saint Vincent Festival in Collioure
The gorgeous fishing village of Collioure in Pyrénées-Orientales has plenty of festivals to choose from, held pretty much in every month of the year, but the main one and the one to head for in August is the Saint Vincent Festival. Spending time in Collioure (Collioure Property Guide) is never less than a delight, but during this festival the pleasure is doubled as visitors from all over Europe flock to this prettiest part of the Catalan coast to enjoy bullfighting, street markets, live music, Catalan dancing, local food and wine and more.
Cassoulet Festival in Castelnaudary
The king of the cassoulet (a traditional dish of duck, sausage, white beans and duck fat), Castelnaudary (Castelnaudary Property Guide) in Aude, has a massive week-long festival to celebrate its most famous dish. The end of August is the time to get along to this charming old town on the Canal du Midi to take part in the festivities which include canal sports, live bands, dancing and discos, street entertainers and of course, eating cassoulet at long trestle tables in a tented village that takes over the whole of the main street. Side events have been known to include such oddities as a coach trip to see a field of the white haricot beans used for cassoulet... but I'm not sure how many takers there were for that one!
Smaller village fetes too numerous to mention
Above should give some idea of the larger and most important fetes and festivals in the Languedoc, but don't forget that every small village has its own fetes and parties. Even the least assuming of these often offer some sort of activity, perhaps a Petanque tournament or a rugby match against a rival village, followed by a night of feasting and merriment in the village square or Salles des Fetes if the weather isn't good.
Take part in the French way of life
Village fetes are a fantastic way to get to know the people who live in your village, make yourself known to the Maire, and to generally take part in the real French life that you came to find. Offering to help by becoming part of the "committee des fetes", which does all the hard work of organising the events, is also highly recommended.
Any excuse for a party
By now, you should have realised that the Languedoc is always looking for an excuse to have a party! In addition to the ones named above, excuses for festivals and general merrymaking include pigs, truffles, sardines, saints, church bells, horses, goose fat, teddy bears, beer, bicycles and extreme sports! It seems that if you fancy a good old knees up, just name something new to celebrate... that's if you can find an empty slot in the social calendar, which might be harder than you think.
Other articles which may be of interest:
Christmas in France
Retirement and retiring to France
French Sports and Sports Clubs in France
Joanna Simm moved to the Languedoc area of south-west France in October 2004 having found her property through French Property Links.
(The images in this article have been kindly supplied by Sharon Stairs.)
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5 minutes with Tsogo Sun CEO Marcel von Aulock
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Tsogo Sun CEO Marcel von Aulock
Tsogo Sun CEO Marcel von Aulock may be pleased that international borders are reopening, but he doesn't foresee an influx of travellers anytime soon.
"With there still being cases around the world, many people are quite nervous to travel. It may be the fear factor as some are scared to be stranded in another country should regulations change on a whim, " he says during an interview with IOL
Von Aulock has had quite a challenging few months dealing with the effects of the pandemic and the national lockdown. Only 40 of the 112 hotels in the Tsogo Sun group is currently opened, and around 4000 staff have had their salary reduced.
While he would love nothing more than to open all of the hotels nationwide, he says that they will open as the demand grows.
"We are keen to open our hotels and get all our employees back to work. The nationwide lockdown has allowed us to look at every process from scratch. It helped us to reflect and find ways on how we can do better.
"The domestic travel market has seen good demand, although we found that the corporate market has been slow, which could be due to people working from home, " he says.
Von Aulock looks forward to their annual Summer Sale, which he hopes will generate leisure demand. He also looks forward to the 2021 British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa in July next year, which attracts a large international market.
"It's a long road to recovery, but the industry will recover, " he says.
Day to day running of a hotel amid a pandemic
Von Aulock has been back at work since early May. He has shifted his focus on crisis management systems. He also regularly engages with stakeholders and keep staff morale high.
He says throughout the lockdown process, the hotel group has been honest and transparent with staff about the financial repercussions of the pandemic on the group.
The CEO travels to Cape Town and Durban once a month to check on the group's properties. He hopes to travel to African countries like Seychelles and Lusaka to view their newest properties and resorts.
Article originally published
https://www.iol.co.za/travel/south-africa/5-minutes-with-tsogo-sun-ceo-marcel-von-aulock-2b167d99-6eb7-4cbe-94fd-d56cef1735c5
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A study of preceptor roles in clinical teaching.
Acknowledging the continuing use of preceptors for clinical teaching in undergraduate nursing programs, this study examined the role of preceptors, criteria for selection, and knowledge and skills they require to undertake clinical teaching in baccalaureate (BSN) programs. All National League for Nursing (NLN)-accredited BSN programs in the Midwest were surveyed (N = 142) using an instrument developed by the investigator; 84 instruments were returned, for a response rate of 59.2%. Most nursing programs (74.7%) used preceptors from affiliating clinical settings for teaching senior-year clinical courses (90.9%) such as leadership and management, community health nursing, and critical care. Across the majority of nursing programs two important responsibilities of the preceptor were selecting patients for care by students and teaching students in the clinical setting. Findings also revealed that certain responsibilities were shared by faculty and preceptors, including assessing students' learning needs and evaluating learning in the clinical settings. Although preceptors played an important role in teaching students, only half of the programs had a written position statement that described the role. Selection criteria for preceptors were educational preparation at the BSN level (75.8%) and experience as a staff nurse (59.7%). Respondents also identified the knowledge and skills required by preceptors to undertake clinical teaching and content included in preceptor-preparation programs, providing a framework for faculty to use when preparing preceptors for this important role.


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Dear handball friends in Algeria and all over the world, For the first time in handball history, Algeria hosts an IHF World Championship. In 2017, 40 years after the first edition of the event, the world's best 24 men's junior team will meet in Algeria's capital Algiers to compete for the Men's Junior World Championship trophy and celebrate our beloved sport. It will be interesting to see how the players have developed since the last Men's Youth World Championship in Russia and surely we will discover the stars of tomorrow. This major event is a chance for the organiser to bring handball in the focus of fans, sponsors and media and I am certain that Algeria is well-prepared to be in the spotlight of the international handball family. I hope that this competition is another great step for the development of handball not only in Algeria, but all over the world.
Algeria 2017: The end of the 2017 IHF Men's Junior World Championship is here.


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Bob Boze Bell's Big Bad Book of Bad Diary Entries
If you've ever wondered what it's like to run a magazine or how crazy my personal life is, be sure to read the behind-the-scenes peek at the daily trials and tribulations of running True West. Culled straight from my Franklin Daytimer, it contains actual journal entries, laid out raw and uncensored. Some of it is enlightening. Much of it is embarrassing, but all of it is painfully true. Are you a True West Maniac? Get True West for LIFE...Click here!
Painting Until The Cows Come Home And Punched In The Nose With A Sombrero?
Had a grand weekend. I was home alone (Kathy is in Korea serving with the troops there), and I basically painted until the cows came home.
Weekend Whip Out: "Arizona Cowboy"
The second edition of my first Old West book, The Illustrated Life & Times of Billy the Kid, has sold out and we are going into a third printing. One of the sequences I wanted to take another run at is this one:
Daily Whip Out: "The Kid's Grand Entrance"
"I heard a knock at the door, and I called out, 'Come in.' The door opened somewhat slowly and carefully, and there stood the young fellow generally known as the Kid, his Winchester in his right hand, his revolver in his left."
—Lew Wallace, remarking on the events of March 17, 1879
Earlier, the Kid jumped out of a burning kitchen into the face of the blazing guns brandished by his awaiting enemies, and, at the moment, he became the most famous man in New Mexico:
Daily Whip Out: "The Kid's Grand Escape"
Two years later when he was shot down in the Maxwell house, he became one of the most famous outlaws in the history of the West, rising above the mountains to claim the turbulent sky.
Daily Whip Out: "The Kid In Turbulent Skies"
I also had fun with a couple other subjects:
Daily Whip Out:
"The Oatman Wagon Train, Down to One"
Daily Whip Out: "Zero Visibility"
Yes, this is one I couldn't leave alone and had to "fix" over the weekend. I also took a run at a scratchboard, idea I have been noodling:
Daily Whip Out: "Big-brimmed Bad Boy"
Speaking of big, bad sombreros, I read with some interest about a computer generated joke writing program called The Headlinertron, which tries to capture the awkward incoherences and flashes of brilliance associated with open-mic stand-up comedy. The computer program was created by C. J. Henderson and he claims he created the monster by importing transcripts of shows from Dave Chappelle, John Mulaney, Sarah Silverman and Chris Rock. Here is an example:
"You ever been punched in the nose? Oh, my God, it's the only story I have. I was punched in the nose with a sombrero and thought, 'This is because of the election.'"
—The Headlinertron
Posted by Bob Boze Bell at 2:05 PM
Mort 4:35 PM
Great work Bob
Bob Boze Bell
Bob Boze Bell's work has appeared in Arizona Highways, Playboy, National Lampoon, the Arizona Republic and True West magazine. For ten years (2002-20012) he did a video version of True West Moments which ran on the Westerns Channel. BBB can currently be seen on the series "Gunslingers" which runs on the American Heroes Channel. Triple B is also the President and executive editor of True West magazine, positions he has held since 1999. He has written a dozen books on Old West characters like Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Wild Bill Hickok and a three-part series (so far) on Classic Gunfights which appear in True West. These popular, heavily illustrated books have sold over 90,000 copies, so far. In 2014 he published a visual memoir of growing up on Route 66 called "The 66 Kid," and he is currently working on a bio of Geronimo. As for retirement, BBB says, "Work is only work if you'd rather be someplace else. And I'm exactly where I want to be."
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Long, Strange Trip
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Help Us Choose A Cover
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GIS – 12 July 2013: The Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Public Infrastructure, National Development Unit, Land Transport and Shipping, Mr. Anil Bachoo, has effected several site visits recently to assess the ongoing progress of current governmental projects.
On Wednesday 10 July 2013, Vice-Prime Minister Bachoo, accompanied by the Minister of Health and Quality of Life, Mr. Lormus Bundhoo, was at the Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam National Hospital (SSRNH) in Pamplemousses.
Current projects at the hospital include renovations works to the Intensive Care Unit at the cost of Rs 37.94 million, construction of a septic tank, repairs of leakages at some wards and blocks, upgrading of the laboratory, renovation works to the pharmacy department and to the biomedical workshop, amongst others. It is to be noted that renovation works to wards 1, 2 and 3 have been completed. Works for the intensive care unit are expected to be completed by the end of 2013. Also, a plot of land next to SSRNH has been identified for the construction of an Institute for Women's Health.
Moreover, a new Accident and Emergency Department block has been constructed and all the services required therein are being offered in a modern and more conducive environment. The rationale is to improve the quality of care being delivered to patients and to increase customer satisfaction. It will also enable a better flow of patients, with more consultation rooms, including referred cases.
Twenty resting rooms have been provided for Medical Officers and 5 for nursing staff in this new block. Dedicated rooms have also been provided, for example, additional services for ECG department, minor operation theatre and autoclave room. The new building has a more spacious waiting room which can accommodate some 150 patients at a time. The wastewater infrastructure will be improved to the tune of Rs 118 million.
Yesterday, Mr. Anil Bachoo accompanied by the Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Mr. Deva Virahsawmy, and Parliamentary Private Secretaries, Dr. Balkissoon Hookoom and Mrs. Prateebah Bholah, respectively, went on site to Ville Bague to be apprised of the progress of the drainworks in the locality.
This project consists of 680 metres of masonry drains up to Ripailles Nicolière Road and the construction of cross drains in lateral tract roads. The ongoing additional works include the raising of the existing masonry drain wall by 0.5 metres and the backfilling behind drains, as well as the widening of cross drains in lateral track roads.
The delegation then went to Rivière du Rempart to take cognizance of the ongoing works for the Schoenfeld Road Bypass, Phase II. These involve the upgrading and realignment of the existing Schoenfeld Road over a length of 2.4 km and the construction of two bridges to join with the Phase I and B16 Road at Poudre D'Or. The first phase of the bypass consisted of the upgrading of an existing railway track over a stretch of 1.8km starting from Rivière du Rempart to the junction with the existing Schoenfeld Road.


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After One Session With The Horses, 'The Black Cloud Just Disappeared'
By Matthew Russell
It's been called battle shock, shell shock, and combat fatigue. No matter what you call it, post-traumatic stress disorder is a real and threatening issue for many American veterans, but some are finding hope in the saddle.
Physiological damage suffered from violent events during war or peace time has been linked to mental conditions like anxiety and depression, flashbacks, and hyperarousal, all symptoms of PTSD. For those with the condition, the battle often continues in civilian life. Some, sadly, turn to drugs and alcohol; others find respite in more constructive means, like education, art, or public service.
The methods used to treat PTSD are in no short supply, and vary in effectiveness. For those participating in equine therapy, however, comfort comes in the form of a four-legged friend.
Veterans like Retired Marine Kevin Sakai understand the benefits of this breed of therapy. Sakai, who's been paired with a former race horse named Clayton, served in both Iraq and Afghanistan before coming home to a PTSD diagnosis. Working with horses helps him stay grounded and in control of his emotions.
"There is something peaceful about being around the horses," he told CBS News in 2016. "It's just really relaxing."
An estimate from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs maintains that about 20 percent of all living veterans suffer from PTSD. Far fewer of them reach out for help, either out of embarrassment or defense. Sakai, a member of the few and the proud, is happy to be part of an even smaller minority of veterans surviving and thriving with PTSD.
"I just had short temper but being a sergeant in the Marine corps, it's kind of that expectation that are you doing your job well when you are kind of on that edge a little bit," he told CBS. "The problem was carrying that home."
For former Navy Seabee David Vernaza, PTSD had made him reclusive, withdrawn, emotionless and combative. After years of seeing psychoanalysts, he was referred to equine therapy
"The first session alone was mind-clearing," Vernaza told Everyday Health after his first ride with the McCormick Research Institute's Heavenly Hooves program. "The black cloud just disappeared."
Vernaza was assisted by Caity Wall, Heavenly Hooves' equine-assisted education manager.
"When David came to us, he seemed mad at the world," she told Everyday Health. "As he bonded with Jake, he seemed to soften every week and then became one of our most active members of our program."
In equine therapy, participants like Sakai and Vernaza not only enjoy horseback riding lessons, they assist in caring for the animals. Many therapy horses are rescued from troubled pasts themselves, and become more than just riding partners to the scarred but healing veterans who sign up for classes. The bonds that develop in a just few sessions are strong enough to make even the hardest of hearts open up.
Equine therapy is not relegated to ex-military, of course. There are a number of other groups that have found hope in horses. Police and other first responders in Longmont, Colorado, a demographic in which suicide once claimed over 50 lives in 6 months, have been working with equine therapy for over a year.
A testament to the effectiveness and popularity of equine therapy, the short documentary "Ride My Way Back" was released to awards and awe in 2015. "A story about a veteran, a horse, and hope," the film was made by Academy Award nominee Robin Friday and Peter Rosenbaum. It shares the true story of Staff Sergeant Aaron Heliker's return home after combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, where he had sustained a traumatic brain injury and the seeds of PTSD were sown.
Feeling isolated and nearly driven to suicide, Heliker finds meaning in life once more from a horse named Fred.
Being a relatively new form of treatment for PTSD, there is still much to be learned in the field of equine therapy. A study being conducted by the Columbia University Medical Center and the New York State Psychiatric Institute is hoped to reveal some insight about its process.
"Horses, like people, are highly social animals who are sensitive to the emotional states of others," says co-lead investigator of the study Prudence Fisher, PhD, associate professor of clinical psychiatric social work. "In addition to being patient, horses are prey animals that are known for their hypervigilance toward potential dangers — just like people with PTSD. We think that horses may reflect back some of the emotions that patients with PTSD are experiencing."
This testing will provide some much needed data on the therapy's effectiveness, Horse Talk reports.
"Anecdotally, using horses has shown some promise in treating a range of mental health problems, such as PTSD and depression," she said. "However, therapy programs that use horses are not standardized and are highly variable in both content and delivery, so we haven't been able to determine if it is truly effective in reducing symptoms of PTSD and depression."
Where equine therapy is used, in many cases, horses have been adopted out of poor conditions, and painful pasts. There is currently work being done to end the practice of horse soring, where would-be show horses are intentionally abused to walk a certain way. Click the button below to sign the petition and help stop horse soring.
Stop Hurting Horses For Show Tricks!
For many horse trainers, torturous practices like soring — whipping, burning, shocking, or otherwise irritating a horse's forelegs to get the animal to step higher when presenting in shows and auctions — are all part of the job.
Sign the petition and tell the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service that the Horse Protection Act needs to be strengthened and enforced today!
Matthew Russell is a West Michigan native and with a background in journalism, data analysis, cartography and design thinking. He likes to learn new things and solve old problems whenever possible, and enjoys bicycling, going to the dog park, spending time with his daughter, and coffee.


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Hexalectris warnockii, the Texas crested coralroot, Texas purple-spike, is a myco-heterotrophic orchid found in the states of Texas and Arizona in the southwestern United States, and in the states of Coahuila and Baja California Sur in northern Mexico. Being myco-heterotrophic, H. warnockii derives all of its nutrients from mycorrhizal fungi.

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Predecessor Hookipa–SEVERAL: investment, 201902 financing round Series D €33.2m ($37.4m) led by Redmile Group + incl Invus + Samsara Capital et al.
Money taker Hookipa Pharma Inc.
Source Eaton, Elizabeth S. [BioCentury]. (3/22/19). "News: Hookipa Proposes IPO as Its Cancer Vaccines Head towards the Clinic".


Short description: Eurocontrol's SESAR and FAA's NextGen program see textual NOTAMs (Notices to airmen) be replaced by Digital NOTAMs in Aeronautical Information Management of the future. This project will exploit and extend semantic technologies for fine-grained, intelligent filtering and querying of Digital NOTAMs, using a wide range of criteria based on event types, types of aircraft or flight, as well as location in space and progress in time.
In: Proceedings of the Twelfth Asia-Pacific Conference on Conceptual Modelling (APCCM 2016) at the Australasian Computer Science Week Multiconference (ACSW 2016), February 2-5, 2016, Canberra, Australia, ACM Press, U.S.A., Article 46, 10 pp., ISBN 978-1-4503-4042-7, 2016.
In: Integrated Communications, Navigation and Surveillance Conference (ICNS), April 21-23, 2015, Washington, USA, IEEE, IEEE Publ., pp. D3-1 - D3-13, 2015. Publication received "Best Student Paper Award".
In: Proceedings of the 18th IEEE Conference on Business Informatics (CBI 2016), 25.08.-02.09.2016, Paris, Frankreich, pp. 262-271, 2016.
In: Proceedings of the 21st IEEE International Distributed Object Computing Conference (EDOC 2017), October 10-13, 2017, Québec City, Québec, Canada, IEEE Press, ISSN: 2325-6362, ISBN: 978-1-5090-3045-3, http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8089879/, peer reviewed, pp. 194-203, 10 Seiten, 2017.
In: Joint Proceedings of the Web Stream Processing Workshop (WSP 2017) and the 2nd International Workshop on Ontology Modularity, Contextuality, and Evolution (WOMoCoE 2017) co-located with 16th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2017), October 21-25, 2017 (Oct. 22nd, 2017), Vienna, Austria, CEUR Workshop Proceedings, Vol. 1936, Online: http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-1936/paper-09.pdf, open Access, peer reviewed, pp. 98-109, 2017.


Terror kills hardly anyone. Disease kills millions. For @BW.
Want to know what's wrong with foreign policy: the most influential voices have an average age of 85. For @BW.
The planet --and America-- is safer than it was ten years ago. For @BW.
Why do we give the DoD so much to do when it does the basic stuff so badly? For @BW.


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Now Reading: Vets, or Lab Rats?
Vets, or Lab Rats?
Jim Hightower Aug 8, 2008, 12:00 am CST
Time for another Gooberhead Award, presented periodically to newsmakers who've got their mouths going 100 miles an hour, but forgot to put their brains in gear.
There are so many gooberheads in today's story it's hard to tell who's the gooberest of them all. It's certainly not James Elliot, an Army veteran who came back from Iraq with post-traumatic stress disorder. During his treatment by the Veterans Administration, he was recruited by VA doctors for a behavioral study of Chantix, an experimental drug developed by Pfizer Inc. to help people stop smoking.
But no one told Elliott about one detail: A side effect of Chantix is that it can make you suicidal. Sure enough, weeks into the test, Elliot suffered a mental breakdown, got a gun, and ended up tasered and arrested.
Three weeks later, the VA finally notified the other 940 vets in the study that … uh … there could be a … side effect. Unabashed, the lead doctor declared that Elliott's breakdown was no reason to deprive veterans of "an effective method of treatment to help them stop smoking."
Then came the goobers in the White House to defend their VA appointees for running a dangerous human experiment on vets without telling them. Bush flack Tony Fratto hailed the "wonderful leadership" of VA Secretary and Gooberhead Award-winner James Peake, who said he saw "no evidence to suggest the study should be stopped."
Well, not unless you count Elliott's breakdown.
GOLFING FOR DOLLARS
America might be mired in a Gulf War, but it's golf that seems to be on the minds of the Bushites. Here's the three-part story.
First comes George W. himself. A reporter, noting that Bush hasn't been golfing recently, asked if this important presidential development related to Iraq. "Yes," Bush solemnly declared, furrowing his brow and dialing up his most sincere tone. "I don't want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander-in-chief playing golf. … I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal."
Well, that's not much in the way of presidential solidarity with military families who are making the ultimate sacrifice, but hey, it's a gesture.
Second, here comes Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, shouting "Fore!" On July 4, Condi teed up for 18 holes at the Congressional Country Club and told the Golf Channel, "I've been playing and playing a lot." But wait, Condi, what about sending the wrong signal? Oh, posh, she breezily responded, "Cabinet secretaries and the president can all do exactly what they wish." No sacrifice for her.
Third, look out, it's George W. again! Mr. Sincere recently joined his parents and brother Jeb at the family compound in Kennebunkport for-guess what?-a golf outing. Apparently this one passes Bush's ethical test because it's not just for fun-it's business. Indeed, for $5,000 a pop, Republican high rollers can enjoy a round of golf on Bush's home course, with the money going to support John McCain's presidential run.
So, children, what have we learned? Golfing by the commander-in-chief is disrespectful to our troops-unless its done for purposes of political fundraising.
Yes, they have no potatoes
Corporations commonly try to dodge their tax responsibilities, but it's unusual for one to diss its own product in order to avoid paying up.
Yet that's what Procter & Gamble Co. has done with Pringles, the salty spud snack stacked in a tube. When Pringles were introduced, they were pitched as a sort of super potato chip, touted as superior because the tube prevented the terrible tragedy of crumbled chips. Personally, I've always liked chip crumbles. But so what? Pringles were a triumph of neatness over nature. Now they've triumphed over the tax man, too.
England's tax office claimed that Pringles were subject to a tax that's applied to products made from potatoes. P&G lawyers, however, scoffed at the idea that Pringles merited potato status. It doesn't taste like a chip, they confessed. It gives no crunchy sensation, they demurred. It has a shape that "is not found in nature," they conceded. Plus, they revealed that while the thing contains some potato flour, it is not made from potato slices.
Still, the tax office argued that a Pringle is a potato "crisp," the British word for chip. Not so, cried P&G's lawyers, though the Pringles label declares the product to be "potato crisps." Forget what the label says, the lawyers countered-labels are designed as consumer come-ons, not as legal proclamations. Look at the ingredients, they said-it's mostly corn flour, wheat starch, rice flour, fat, emulsifiers, sugar, monosodium glutamate, and such-not potato. Therefore, concluded the defense, it's more of a biscuit.
The judge, perhaps after tasting a Pringle, agreed, ruling that Pringles are not "made from the potato" as defined by the tax code. Thus, P&G avoided a tax by putting the lie to the product it advertises as potato crisps. Will they now change the label? Nah-that'd be too honest.
For more information on Jim Hightower's work-and to subscribe to his award-winning monthly newsletter, The Hightower Lowdown-visit www.jimhightower.com. His latest book, with Susan DeMarco, is Swim Against the Current: Even a Dead Fish Can Go With the Flow.


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NTU climbs ten places in national league table
Nottingham Trent University has climbed ten places in a national league table.
The University has risen 21 places in the league table in two years
The Complete University Guide 2019, published today (25 April), shows the University is ranked 42nd out of 131 UK institutions.
It follows last year's rise of 11 places, meaning the University has jumped 21 places in the last two years.
The Complete University Guide ranks universities on ten measures which include: student satisfaction, research quality, graduate prospects and spending on student facilities.
The climb means NTU is now the UK's top modern university (that is, created as a University since 1992), according to the league table. This is another accolade for the University in what is the 175th anniversary of its founding college opening its doors in 1843.
As well as this, the University has made the top ten for six of its subjects: Agriculture and Forestry, Art & Design, Building, Forensic Science, Land and Property Management and Librarianship and Information Management.
Professor Edward Peck, Vice-Chancellor of Nottingham Trent University, said: "This ranking is further confirmation that NTU is the vanguard of teaching intensive universities in the UK delivering outstanding outcomes with and for its students."
Press enquiries please contact Dave Rogers, Public Relations Manager, on telephone +44 (0)115 848 8782, or via email.
Nottingham Trent University was named University of the Year 2017 at the Times Higher Education Awards and Modern University of the Year in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2018. The award recognises NTU for its strong student satisfaction, quality of teaching, overall student experience and engagement with employers.
Nottingham Trent University (NTU) has been awarded the highest, gold, rating in the Government's Teaching Excellence Framework for its outstanding teaching and learning.
NTU is one of the largest UK universities with nearly 28,000 students and more than 3,500 staff across four campuses, contributing £496m to the UK economy every year. It is one of the most environmentally-friendly universities, containing some of the country's most inspiring and efficient award-winning buildings.
The University is passionate about creating opportunities and its extensive outreach programme is designed to enable Nottingham Trent to be a vehicle for social mobility. NTU is the sixth biggest recruiter of students from disadvantaged backgrounds in the country and 95.6% of the its graduates go on to employment or further education within six months of leaving.
NTU is home to world-class research, winning The Queen's Anniversary Prize in 2015 - the highest national honour for a UK university. It recognised the University's pioneering projects to improve weapons and explosives detection in luggage, enable safer production of powdered infant formula and combat food fraud.
With an international student population of approximately 2,600 from around 100 countries, the University prides itself on its global outlook.
Category: Current students; Press office
Expert blog: Deserts are brimming with life but remain one of the most poorly-understood ecosystems – here's why that needs to change
By Sarah Curtis, PhD researcher, School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences
ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/news-articles/2023/01/expert-blog-deserts-are-brimming-with-life-but-remain-one-of-the-most-poorly-understood-ecosystems-heres-why-that-needs-to-change
Regional accents are a bar to legal careers, researchers find
People are less likely to want to be represented by a barrister who has a regional accent, preferring 'posh' voices instead, according to new research led by Nottingham Trent University.
ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/news-articles/2023/01/regional-accents-are-a-bar-to-legal-careers,-researchers-find
NTU invites local businesses to explore the benefits of apprenticeships
Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is hosting a series of events for local businesses to discover more about apprenticeships as part of National Apprenticeship Week 2023 (6-12 February).
ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/news-articles/2023/01/ntu-invites-local-businesses-to-explore-the-benefits-of-apprenticeships


An opportunity to meet with the wider Local Enterprise Partnership and to network with other stakeholders. This is a free event that is aimed at the private, public, education and third sectors, and will include an update on the economic issues for our area and a look at what is planned for the future.
This year, the focus will be around the implementation of the Action Plan for the area's Productivity Strategy.
There will also be an opportunity to find out about a range of free support for your business, including the latest help around digital technology.
Support will also be available throughout the morning from the Heart of the South West Growth Hub, and delegates can meet and talk with local providers.
Demand is expected to be high and it's recommended that places are reserved early.


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ARE YOU A NUMB SPECTATOR TO THIS GAME CALLED 'LIFE'?
This is a subject that is so very close to my heart!
I lived my life as a numb spectator for many years. On the surface it appeared to everyone that all was right in my world, I had the house, great kids, a good husband, and all the while I was slowly dying inside and I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT!
Living like this is of course a recipe for physical and emotional disaster and no matter how hard, or for how long we continue to bury and ignore the internal messages that our body is sending us there will be a point when there will be an eruption and much like a volcano once it starts there is no turning back. All the anger, resentment, grief, guilt and hurt will begin to spew out with a force that scares the most hardened of us.
Everyone will move through this period in their own way and in their own time as reaching this turning point begins the struggle to unleash the real 'us' that has been buried deep inside for far too long and as much it creates fear and confusion at the time everyone who has already been through this period of transition will acknowledge that it was also the beginning of their journey of personal discovery and self-awareness.
It is not however a journey without its challenges.
Creating any significant change in our lives will mean that there will be opposition and resistance from the people around us.
As we begin to make the conscious decision to discard all the beliefs that we have created or those that have been past on to us as we allowed the influence of our family and society to shape us into a clone of other peoples expectations those closest to us will feel threatened and fearful.
What if reaching the point of no return was exactly what needed to happen?
What if we were doing the very best we could with the resources we currently had available to us?
What if all the heartache and pain we had buried for so long was actually helping us to survive?
What if the eruption of the volcano meant the complete destruction of the road we were currently travelling?
What if we discovered our voice, our passion for life and began to live with a sense of peace, contentment and joy?
I firmly believe that this is our birthright.


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Emmet Kane launches Kildare County Council local election campaign
Running for FF in the Athy Municipal District
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Emmet Kane (back centre) with John McGuinness, Dep Fiona O'Loughlin, Cllr Martin Miley and Dep Brendan Smith
Deputy John McGuinness, Chair of the Dail's Finance Committee, was the guest of honour at the local election campaign launch for Castledermot candidate Emmet Kane in Teach Diarmada, Castledermot last Saturday night, March 30.
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McGuinness was joined by outgoing Councillor, Martin Miley Jr, Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin and Deputy Brendan Smith, who is a Fianna Fáil candidate for the Midlands North West European Constituency.
They each told the packed Teach Diarmada that Emmet Kane needs their support in the local elections on May 24 to ensure the voice and interests of rural Athy Municipal District continue to be served in Kildare County Council.
Mr McGuinness told the packed meeting that politics needs honest public representatives with high moral standards to ensure that the values of the State's founding fathers are upheld.
He said strong public representation is an essential element of our society to ensure our communities are properly cared for, including providing housing and tackling homelessness, as well as ensuring the Government and officials properly account for taxpayers money.
Outgoing Cllr Martin Miley told the meeting that he and his family represented the rural interests of the Athy electoral area for 60 years and encouraged his supporters to now vote for Mr Kane. He said it is 35 years since Castledermot had a councillor and that the county council needs a strong rural representation.
Ms O'Loughlin said she has served with Mr Kane on Fianna Fail's National Executive and other party activities over the years.
"There are so many opportunities in the area of skills development and apprenticeship where you can learn as you earn. All of those areas of enterprise, of supporting local business, of supporting education and skills, are all areas Emmet Kane has vast experience in. He has a lot of ideas and a very strong vision to help realise that in Castledermot and in our rural communities," she said.
Mr Kane told the meeting: "If elected, I am committed to continuing the excellent representation that Cllr Miley has given to this area for the past 15 years. I will work hard for our community and hope to bring my experience of volunteering with many national and local organisations to the benefit of the people of Rural Athy Municipal District.
"If elected I will work with our many active and vibrant community leaders, and with the relevant agencies, and will encourage those agencies be more inclusive of rural areas.
"Education and training should be more accessible to people living in local areas and not just be concentrated in urban centres. We also need more job opportunities in our rural areas and there is enormous hidden tourism potential in our rich heritage and landscape stretching from Calverstown, Narraghmore, Mullaghamast ,Ballitore, Moone, Kilkea and Castledermot."
He said he will also work to support efforts to combat anti-social behaviour in our rural communities which he believe requires not only a concerted effort and investment, but also listening to all of the community, including our young people themselves.
Mr Kane has worked with young people delivering after-school wood-turning training in St Conleth's Community College School, Newbridge since 2007.
"I will bring my creative and practical knowledge to help find meaningful solutions to ensure young people have alternatives that they will be encouraged to get involved with," he said.
"Climate change is the biggest challenge we are facing and we all have to start thinking how it will effect our lives in now and in the further from heating out homes to how we live.
"Communities have to be encourage and enabled to plan for the future by the looking at alternative of sources of energy like community based solar electricity generation and to inform everyone of the grants available to make their homes more energy efficient."
The Castledermot native has earned a national and international reputation as a successful woodturner. Self-taught and self-employed, he creates award winning wood sculptures from his workshop on Castledermot's Main Street.


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SANTA ROSA, CA., January 25, 2014 — Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and the Children's Museum of Sonoma County (CMOSC) today unveiled a new, interactive hydroelectric exhibit at the Children's Museum of Sonoma County in Santa Rosa.
PG&E provided a $105,000 grant to fund the project, which will demonstrate how hydroelectric power plants work and how PG&E uses this clean energy source to provide electricity to homes and businesses.
Set up like a water table, the PG&E hydroelectric exhibit shows how water can generate power. Children can pump and release water spinning a turbine while they monitor a gage showing how much energy they generate.
The opening of the exhibit today not only provides children the first opportunity to explore the hydroelectric exhibit, but also a new nature education garden. As children enter the garden, Mary the butterfly greets them, encouraging them to explore her lifecycle, dig for treasure and explore a miniature Russian River. The farmer's market welcomes shoppers and gardeners, and the tractor and windmill attract curious hands and minds. In Ella's Art Studio, children can explore with paint, chalk, fabrics, clay and more.
In addition to the $105,000 PG&E has provided for the hydroelectric exhibit, CMOSC has raised $7.3 million as part of its ongoing capital campaign.
Ernest L. and Ruth W. Finley Foundation.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), a subsidiary of PG&E Corporation (NYSE:PCG), and the PG&E Corporation Foundation strive to power strong communities throughout Northern and Central California. In 2013, PG&E contributed more than $23 million to more than 1,500 charitable organizations, including matching the generosity of employees who donated more than $6.5 million and volunteered more than 48,000 hours to company-supported events. Community investments are funded entirely by the company's shareholders. For more information, visit www.pge.com/community.
The Children's Museum of Sonoma County's mission is to inspire children's creativity and stimulate their curiosity to discover the world through playful exploration of the arts and sciences. The Museum envisions a compassionate and vibrant environment that supports the creative potential of all children and a child's capacity to actively contribute to the long-term health and prosperity of the community. For more information, visit www.cmosc.org.


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Bruschetta is reliable party fare: a crusty baguette acting as the trusty vehicle for whatever your whim. We used two cheeses (ricotta and blue) as our binding agents for a Pantone array of toppings.
Thinly slice a baguette and brush with olive oil. Toast in a 350°F oven until golden, 10-15 minutes.
Simmer ¼ cup of balsamic until reduced by half and cool.
PURPLE: Spread toasts with ricotta. Top with halved dark red grapes. Drizzle with balsamic reduction, extra virgin olive oil, and a sprinkling of salt.
RED: Top toasts with ricotta, thinly sliced grape tomatoes, and a few capers. Drizzle with balsamic reduction and extra virgin olive oil and a few grinds of black pepper.
YELLOW: Top toasts with ricotta, prosciutto, slices of pineapple, a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil, and a few grinds of black pepper.
BLUE: Spread toasts with mild blue cheese or ricotta and top with blueberries and gently smashed blackberries.
GREEN: Toss julienned zucchini with a little extra virgin olive oil and lemon juice. Top toasts with ricotta, dressed zucchini, chopped pistachios, and a caper berry.


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Shahriston is a station of the Tashkent Metro on Yunusobod Line. It was opened on 24 October 2001 as part of the inaugural section of the line, between Ming Orik and  Habib Abdullayev. Previously it was called Habib Abdullayev (). On June 16, 2015 the station was renamed to "Shahristan" according to the decision of hakim (mayor) Tashkent. The station served the northern terminus of the line until 29 August 2020, when the line was extended north to Turkiston.

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Tashkent Metro stations
Railway stations opened in 2001
2001 establishments in Uzbekistan


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Милетин (, ) — город в Чехии в Краловеградецком крае в районе Йичин.

Расположен между городами Йичин, Двур-Кралове-над-Лабем и Горжице у подножия горы Звицина. Находится в 18 км к востоку от Йичина.

История
Название города происходит от языческого бога Милотына или от личного имени Милота. История Милетина насчитывает почти девять веков. За это время он превратился из небольшой приграничной деревни в процветающий крепостной город.

Первое письменное упоминание о Милетине датируется 1124 годом в биографии святого, епископа Оттона Бамбергского. В крепости Милетин князь Чехии Владислав I встретил и принял миссионера, «апостола народа Померании» Оттона Бамбергского, направлявшегося в Померанию через Прагу.

Замок на воде Милетин принадлежал чешским князьям. В 1241 году был подарен тевтонским рыцарям и принадлежал им до гуситских войн в 1410 году. От этого периода сохранились подземелья. В последующие годы сменились многие владельцы, в том числе, род Валленштейна.Магдебургское право город получил в 1560 году. С XVI века — один из центров текстильной промышленности. В 1693—1701 годах здесь был построен барочный замок, в 1847 году был модернизован в стиле ампир.

В 1846 году пострадал от сильного пожара.

После Второй мировой войны значение Милетина уменьшалось. Статус города повторно обрёл в 2006 году.

Население
Население по состоянию на 2020 год — 923 жителя. Площадь — 8,93 км².

Достопримечательности
 Милетинский замок
 Дом-музей, где родился писатель Карел Яромир Эрбен
 Церковь Благовещения, изначально готическая, после пожара в городе 1847 г. отремонтирована и расширена в неоготическом стиле
 Статуя Непорочной Девы Марии
 Статуя Св. Готарда
 Статуя Святого Георгия
 Статуя Святого Линхарта
 Чумной столб со статуей Девы Марии на центральной площади
 Памятник Карелу Яромиру Эрбену
 Музей чешского любительского театра

Известные уроженцы
 Эрбен, Карел Яромир (1811—1870) — писатель, поэт, переводчик, историк литературы.

Примечания

Ссылки
 Сайт г. Милетин

Города Краловеградецкого края


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RBEI Joins AWS Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Accelerate Program
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BENGALURU, India, December 07, 2021--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions (RBEI) announced today that it has joined the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Accelerate Program, a co-sell program for AWS Partners who provide software solutions that run on or integrate with AWS. With it, RBEI will drive new business, accelerate sales cycles, and further strengthen customer outcomes working with the AWS Sales organization.
RBEI uses AWS to power its software-led solutions that connect sensors, software, and services. Participation in the AWS ISV Accelerate program showcases RBEI's technical expertise on AWS as well as proven customer success.
Businesses can now purchase RBEI's solutions in the domains of building technologies, energy, Industry 4.0, manufacturing, mobility, internet of things (IoT), and retail, among others, directly through the AWS Marketplace, a curated digital catalog that makes it easy for organizations to discover, procure, entitle, provision, and govern third-party software, to accelerate their digital transformation journey.
"The ISV Accelerate Program enables us to solidify our collaboration with AWS and strategically engage with AWS customers and sellers. Our goal is to provide our customers with advanced solutions that leverage the power and benefits of cloud with optimized costs," said Digant Shah, Vice President, Bosch Software and Digital Solutions.
RBEI's connected technologies enable businesses to grow, nurture and accelerate their digital strategies. The company's solutions enable easy and swift transformation from traditional to digital products and processes for customers. Through this collaboration, RBEI aims to drive business growth and unlock opportunities for technology innovation to build smarter and enhanced products and solutions.
About RBEI: Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions is a 100% owned subsidiary of Robert Bosch GmbH, one of the world's leading global supplier of technology and services, offering end-to-end Engineering, IT and Business Solutions. With over 20,500 associates, it's the largest software development center of Bosch, outside Germany, indicating that it's the Technology Powerhouse of Bosch in India with a global footprint and presence in US, Europe and the Asia Pacific region. With our unique ability to offer end-to-end solutions that connect sensors, software, and services, we enable businesses to move from the traditional to digital or improve businesses by introducing a digital element in their products and processes.
About Bosch in India
In India, Bosch is a leading supplier of technology and services in the areas of Mobility Solutions, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology. Additionally, Bosch has in India the largest development center outside Germany, for end to end engineering and technology solutions. The Bosch Group operates in India through fifteen companies, viz, Bosch Limited, Bosch Chassis Systems India Private Limited, Bosch Rexroth (India) Private Limited, Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Private Limited, Bosch Automotive Electronics India Private Limited, Bosch Electrical Drives India Private Limited, BSH Home Appliances Private Limited, ETAS Automotive India Private Limited, Robert Bosch Automotive Steering Private Limited, Automobility Services and Solutions Private Limited, Newtech Filter India Private Limited, Mivin Engg. Technologies Private Limited, Robert Bosch India Manufacturing and Technology Private Limited, PreBo Automotive Private Limited and Precision Seals. In India, Bosch set-up its manufacturing operation in 1951, which has grown over the years to include 16 manufacturing sites, and seven development and application centers. Bosch Group in India employs over 31,530 associates and generated consolidated revenue of about Rs.17,354 crores* (2.05 billion euros) in 2020 of which Rs. 10,942 crores* (1.29 billion euros) from third party. The Bosch Group in India has close to 15,650 research and development associates. In India, Bosch Limited is the flagship company of the Bosch Group. It earned revenue of over Rs. 8,386 crores (0.99 billion euros) in 2020. Additional information can be accessed at www.bosch.in
The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. It employs roughly 395,000 associates worldwide (as of December 31, 2020). The company generated sales of 71.5 billion euros in 2020. Its operations are divided into four business sectors: Mobility Solutions, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology. As a leading IoT provider, Bosch offers innovative solutions for smart homes, Industry 4.0, and connected mobility. Bosch is pursuing a vision of mobility that is sustainable, safe, and exciting. It uses its expertise in sensor technology, software, and services, as well as its own IoT cloud, to offer its customers connected, cross-domain solutions from a single source. The Bosch Group's strategic objective is to facilitate connected living with products and solutions that either contain artificial intelligence (AI) or have been developed or manufactured with its help. Bosch improves quality of life worldwide with products and services that are innovative and spark enthusiasm. In short, Bosch creates technology that is "Invented for life." The Bosch Group comprises Robert Bosch GmbH and its roughly 440 subsidiary and regional companies in some 60 countries. Including sales and service partners, Bosch's global manufacturing, engineering, and sales network covers nearly every country in the world. With its more than 400 locations worldwide, the Bosch Group has been carbon neutral since the first quarter of 2020. The basis for the company's future growth is its innovative strength. At 129 locations across the globe, Bosch employs some 73,000 associates in research and development, of which nearly 34,000 are software engineers.
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This is a narrow grade 2 river with a few easy white water sections probably suited to an adventurous beginner / a safe intermediate or a mixed group looking to clock up rivers. The water is moving for most of the run.
From the M1 at Dundalk take the Dundalk north exit for Castleblaney (N53). Head in Castleblaney direction for @8miles and you come to Culloville South Armagh. In Culloville take a left turn at Mc Aleavey's pub which is in middle of the village - continue past the GAA and at the botton of the hill you'll see the river / old mill. Drive over the bridge and pull in on the right where you can get ready etc.
Head back to Culloville and take a right turn onto the main N53 (Dundalk direction). Travel for 4.8 miles and at Watters shop take a right turn - travel on this road until you come to a crossroads (7miles from Culloville).
Go straight through the cross and drive until you come to a T junction (10 miles from Culloville) - turn right for 0.3miles and pull in on the left above the bridge.
The first feature is a weir at the Mill (at the put in). In medium - high water this is a grade 2+ as it demands getting a line before a 7 foot drop or slide down the weir. There is a small stopper at the bottom which would need a bit of inspection at very high levels. After the drop there is a short white water section until the bridge (2).
The river then slows and meanders through the countryside with a few gentle wave trains. After about 1mile there is a small drop at a sharp bend and pick either left for a easy line or side drop down the right if you want some play!! Paddle on and look out for the odd wave opportunity or pour over stopper to spice up the run.
After some beautiful countryside and limited whitewater action you come to a small weir which is easily paddled over - you might want to park and play! From here the water picks up some speed as you get closer to Inniskeen village. Just after the weir there is a low bridge which may be limboed under with care. The river narrows and with the extra energy there are more wave trains and also trees to watch out for. In inniskeen village two more low bridges to consider as well as some pitch in put players who will be surprised to see you pass. A few play opportunities in the village and then the river slows a little as it passes another old mill.
I never had any bother - In one section there is a few private signs up for fishermen. There is a little wooden house on the banks of the river - I don't think this guy would be offering tea but I have never met him.
River is fed from Lough Muckno and is usually runnable most of the year but is best after a wet spell. At the put in look up river from the bridge this section needs to be busy with a few stoppers forming at the small drops to make it worthwhile.
Low bridges / barbed wire in a few places / plenty of trees and a few will be blocking the route.At the put in there is a mill race on river right which is a potential hazard.